# Portal - Decisions

## Settled
- Portal should consume API-normalized state, not talk directly to agents for normal status/actions.
- Portal should not keep fallback direct-agent bridges in the frontend repo once the API owns the supported route.
- Portal must never add or expose `INTERNAL_API_TOKEN` in browser/client code.
- Portal must treat admin/internal API routes as unavailable to normal browser UI; user-facing pages should call user-safe API routes only.
- Portal server deletion should use `DELETE /api/servers/{id}` with the logged-in user's JWT, not the legacy `DELETE /api/containers/{vmid}` path.
- Portal delete UX should map API responses explicitly, including `409` as `Stop host before deleting`.
- Portal compatibility must be revalidated after API control-plane hardening because JWT, ownership, admin, and internal-token boundaries can change response codes without changing UI code.
- `agentStatus === online` is not enough by itself for game action eligibility.
- `ready === false` does not automatically mean a stopped server is unstartable.
- Portal should not infer `Needs attention` from `connectable === false`; it must prefer specific API/host/operation states before falling back to error labels.
- game-server readiness and dev-container readiness should remain separate because DEV status is host/agent/IDE oriented while GAME status is game service/connectability oriented.
- host/container lifecycle actions should be represented as accepted asynchronous operations and polled through API-owned host status rather than treated as completed immediately.
- server creation progress should be shown on the Servers surface with user-facing phases rather than leaving the user on the create form without progress context.
- creation progress may begin before the API returns a VMID, but once the VMID exists Portal should reconcile the pending marker to the real server id.
- stopped/stopping host lifecycle states should not be presented as fresh `creating` or `installing` setup work.
- IDE controls should stay compact and colocated with IDE readiness indicators on console and server-list surfaces.
- backup actions should not be blocked purely by frontend readiness assumptions when backend can decide validity.
- Portal is now tracked on a Node 24 baseline aligned with the API runtime line.
- Portal linting should use the current ESLint / Next 16-compatible path rather than removed `next lint` behavior.
- confirmed-unused HUD wrapper components and stale legacy CSS should stay removed rather than being reintroduced as dead scaffolding.
- runtime/tooling cleanup is allowed when it preserves user-visible behavior and keeps lint/build green.
- Portal should preserve compatibility with API auth and hosted IDE flows even when API token verification is tightened.
- dashboard summary/spotlight UI should be backed by real API data and should not advertise routes that Portal does not actually implement.
- onboarding tour targets must stay aligned with the real navigation structure.
- billing, profile, and similar authenticated account surfaces should stay within the hub/dashboard shell unless there is a deliberate UX reason not to.

## Tracking rule
- when Portal work completes, remove it from `OPEN_ITEMS.md`
- if it changes long-lived UX/state model assumptions, update `CURRENT_STATE.md` or this file
- after API hardening, verify Portal routes by behavior rather than assuming old `401`/`403`/`404` semantics are unchanged
