Fix #3: Avoid detached SQLAlchemy objects in middleware — store member_id, re-fetch in endpoints

src/tracker/api/attachments.py

@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ UPLOAD_DIR = os.environ.get("UPLOAD_DIR", "/data/uploads")
 MAX_FILE_SIZE = 50 * 1024 * 1024  # 50MB
 
 
-def _get_member(request: Request) -> Member:
+def _get_member_id(request: Request) -> str:
-    member = getattr(request.state, "member", None)
+    member_id = getattr(request.state, "member_id", None)
-    if not member:
+    if not member_id:
         raise HTTPException(401, "Not authenticated")
-    return member
+    return member_id
 
 
 @router.post("/upload")
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ async def upload_file(
     db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
 ):
     """Upload a file and return attachment metadata (not yet linked to a message)."""
-    member = _get_member(request)
+    member_id = _get_member_id(request)
 
     # Read file
     content = await file.read()

src/tracker/api/project_files.py

@@ -53,10 +53,15 @@ def project_file_out(f: ProjectFile) -> ProjectFileOut:
         updated_at=f.updated_at.isoformat() if f.updated_at else "",
     )
 
-def _get_member(request: Request) -> Member:
+async def _get_member(request: Request, db: AsyncSession) -> Member:
-    member = getattr(request.state, "member", None)
+    """Get member from request state, re-fetched from DB to avoid detached objects."""
-    if not member:
+    member_id = getattr(request.state, "member_id", None)
+    if not member_id:
         raise HTTPException(401, "Not authenticated")
+    result = await db.execute(select(Member).where(Member.id == uuid.UUID(member_id)))
+    member = result.scalar_one_or_none()
+    if not member:
+        raise HTTPException(401, "Member not found")
     return member
 
 
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ async def upload_project_file(
     description: Optional[str] = Form(None),
     db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
 ):
-    member = _get_member(request)
+    member = await _get_member(request, db)
     project = await _get_project(slug, db)
     
     content = await file.read()
@@ -227,7 +232,7 @@ async def update_project_file(
     data: ProjectFileUpdate,
     db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
 ):
-    member = _get_member(request)
+    member = await _get_member(request, db)
     project = await _get_project(slug, db)
     
     result = await db.execute(
@@ -257,7 +262,7 @@ async def delete_project_file(
     file_id: str,
     db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
 ):
-    member = _get_member(request)
+    member = await _get_member(request, db)
     project = await _get_project(slug, db)
     
     result = await db.execute(

src/tracker/app.py

@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ async def auth_middleware(request: Request, call_next):
         return JSONResponse(status_code=401, content={"error": "Invalid or expired token"})
 
     request.state.member = member
+    request.state.member_id = str(member.id)
     return await call_next(request)