Access the app at `http://10.2.0.14:3001` (or whatever static IP you assigned).
### Key settings explained
| Setting | Value | Notes |
|---------|-------|-------|
| `--net` | `br0` | Unraid custom bridge network — gives the container its own LAN IP |
| `--ip` | `10.2.0.14` | Static IP on your LAN — adjust to match your subnet |
| `--pids-limit` | `2048` | Required — Puppeteer/Chromium spawns many processes for PDF generation; default Unraid limit is too low and will cause PDF failures |
| `PORT` | `3001` | Express listen port inside the container |
| Volume | `/mnt/user/appdata/cpas/db` → `/data` | Persists the database across container restarts and rebuilds |
### Updating on Unraid
1. Build and export the new image on your dev machine (Step 1 above)
2. Load it on Unraid: `docker load < cpas-latest.tar.gz`
3. Stop and remove the old container: `docker stop cpas && docker rm cpas`
4. Re-run the `docker run` command from Step 4 — the volume mount preserves all data
> **Note:** The `--pids-limit 2048` flag is critical. Without it, Chromium hits Unraid's default PID limit and PDF generation silently fails or crashes the container.
- **Custom violation types**: add or edit user-defined types directly from the form (`+ Add Type` / `Edit Type` buttons); persisted to the database and merged into the dropdown alongside hardcoded types
- **Financial amount tracking**: dollar amount in question recorded for chargeback / receipt / custom financial violations; surfaces on the PDF for repayment records and is audit-logged on edit
- **Employee Acknowledgment section**: optional "received by employee" name and date fields; when filled, the PDF signature block shows the recorded acknowledgment instead of a blank signature line
- **Amend** button per active violation — edit non-scoring fields (location, notes, witness, acknowledgment, etc.) with a full field-level diff history
- Negate / restore individual violations (soft delete with resolution type + notes)
- Hard delete option for data entry errors
- PDF download for any historical violation record
- **Notes & Flags** — free-text notes (e.g. "on PIP", "union member") with quick-add tag buttons; visible in the profile modal without affecting scoring
- **Point Expiration Timeline** — shows when each active violation rolls off the 90-day window, with a progress bar, days-remaining countdown, and projected tier-drop indicators
- **↻ Backfill Snapshots** button (next to the Active Violations header) — manually rebuilds the `prior_active_points` snapshot on every violation for this employee. Use after back-dating a violation under older code, or any time a regenerated PDF shows stale prior-point totals. Audit-logged as `violation_snapshots_recomputed` with reason `manual_backfill`. See [Backfilling Prior-Points Snapshots](#backfilling-prior-points-snapshots) below.
- **Live dev ticker**: real-time elapsed counter since first commit (`2026-03-06`), ticking every second in `Xd HHh MMm SSs` format with a pulsing green dot
- **Gitea repo link** with icon — links directly to `git.alwisp.com/jason/cpas`
- **Acknowledgment rendering**: if the violation has an `acknowledged_by` value, the employee signature block on the PDF shows the recorded name and date with an "Acknowledged" badge; otherwise, blank signature lines are rendered for wet-ink signing
- **Back-dated inserts** auto-refresh the snapshot on downstream violations whose 90-day prior window now includes the new earlier event (handled inside the insert transaction by `recomputeSnapshotsAfter()`). If a back-date happened under older code that lacked this auto-refresh, use the **↻ Backfill Snapshots** button in the Employee Profile Modal — see [Backfilling Prior-Points Snapshots](#backfilling-prior-points-snapshots).
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## Backfilling Prior-Points Snapshots
Each violation stores a `prior_active_points` snapshot at insert time so its PDF always reflects the score *as it was on the incident date* (and stays stable through later negate/restore actions). Normally you never touch this column.
There is one situation where the snapshot can drift from current truth: a violation was back-dated *before*`recomputeSnapshotsAfter()` shipped (commit `e2c352d`), so the auto-refresh never ran on the violations that now sit inside its 90-day window. Symptom: re-downloading the PDF for the newer violation shows "Prior Active Points: 0" even though an earlier active violation clearly exists in the timeline.
**To fix:**
1. Open the affected employee's profile modal.
2. Click **↻ Backfill Snapshots** next to the **Active Violations** header.
3. Confirm the prompt. A toast reports `Updated X of Y snapshot(s)` or `Snapshots already up to date`.
4. Re-download the PDFs — they now reflect the corrected prior totals.
**What it does, exactly:**
- Iterates every violation belonging to that employee (active *and* negated).
- Recomputes each row's `prior_active_points` using the current set of non-negated violations in the 90 days before its `incident_date`.
- Writes only the rows that actually changed and reports the diff.
- Runs inside a single transaction.
- Writes one `violation_snapshots_recomputed` entry to the audit log with `reason: "manual_backfill"` and the per-row before/after values.
**When *not* to use it:**
- After a negate, restore, amend, or hard delete in normal workflow. The auto-managed snapshot is correct in those cases by design (PDFs are intentionally stable through negate/restore).
- As a routine maintenance step. It's a targeted repair tool, not a recurring task. If you find yourself reaching for it after normal back-dated inserts, file a bug — the auto-recompute should already be handling those.
| POST | `/api/employees/:id/recompute-snapshots` | Manual backfill — rebuild `prior_active_points` on every violation for this employee. See [Backfilling Prior-Points Snapshots](#backfilling-prior-points-snapshots) |
- **`violations`** — full incident record including `prior_active_points` snapshot, `acknowledged_by` / `acknowledged_date`, and `amount` (financial amount in question for chargeback/repayment)
- **`violation_types`** — persisted custom violation type definitions added via the UI; `type_key` is prefixed `custom_` to prevent collisions with hardcoded keys
| 7 | Acknowledgment signature field | "Received by employee" name + date on the violation form; renders on the PDF replacing blank signature lines with recorded acknowledgment |
| 7 | Toast notification system | Global success/error/warning/info notifications for all user actions; auto-dismiss with progress bar; consistent dark theme |
| 7 | Department dropdown | Pre-loaded select on the violation form replacing free-text department input; shared `DEPARTMENTS` constant |
| 8 | Stakeholder demo page | Standalone `/demo` route with synthetic data; static HTML served before SPA catch-all; useful for non-live presentations |
| 9 | Custom violation types | Persisted user-defined violation types created from the form; `+ Add Type` / `Edit Type` UI; merged into the dropdown alongside hardcoded types; delete blocked when in use |
| 9 | Financial amount tracking | `amount` field on financial violations (chargeback, receipt negligence, custom types with the field enabled); stored on `violations`, rendered prominently on the PDF, amendable with audit-logged diffs |
| Column sort on dashboard | 🟢 | Click `Tier`, `Active Points`, or `Department` headers to sort in-place; one `useState` + comparator, no API changes |
| Department filter on dashboard | 🟢 | Multi-select dropdown to scope the employee table by department; `DEPARTMENTS` constant already exists |
| Keyboard shortcut: New Violation | 🟢 | `N` key triggers tab switch to the violation form; ~5 lines of code |
| Violation trend chart | 🟡 | Line/bar chart of violations per day/week/month, filterable by department or supervisor; useful for identifying systemic patterns |
| Department heat map | 🟡 | Grid view showing violation density and average CPAS score by department; helps supervisors identify team-level risk |
| Violation sparklines per employee | 🟡 | Tiny inline bar chart of points over the last 6 months in the employee modal |
| Supervisor scoped view | 🟡 | Dashboard filtered to a supervisor's direct reports, accessible via URL param (`?supervisor=Name`); no schema changes required |
| Employee photo / avatar | 🟢 | Optional avatar upload stored alongside the employee record; shown in the profile modal and dashboard row |
| Tier escalation alerts | 🟡 | Email or in-app notification when an employee crosses into Tier 2+ so the relevant supervisor is automatically informed |
| At-risk threshold config | 🟢 | Make the "at-risk" warning threshold (currently hardcoded at 2 pts) configurable per deployment via an env var |
| version.json / build badge | 🟢 | Inject git SHA + build timestamp into a static file during `docker build`; surfaced in the footer and `/api/health` |
| Multi-user auth | 🔴 | Simple login with role-based access (admin, supervisor, read-only); currently the app runs on a trusted internal network with no auth |
| Automated DB backup | 🟡 | Cron job or Docker health hook to snapshot `/data/cpas.db` to a mounted backup volume or remote location on a schedule |
| Dark/light theme toggle | 🟡 | The UI is currently dark-only; a toggle would improve usability in bright environments |
*Proposed features are suggestions based on common HR documentation workflows. Priority and implementation order should be driven by actual operational needs.*