# Customer Authentication - Quick Summary

**Date**: 2025-11-24
**Full Documentation**: [customer-authentication-implementation.md](customer-authentication-implementation.md)

## What Was Implemented

✅ Customer login, registration, and forgot password pages
✅ Customer dashboard with account overview
✅ Complete customer authentication system separate from admin/store
✅ Multi-access routing support (domain, subdomain, path-based)
✅ Secure cookie management with proper path restrictions
✅ Theme integration and responsive design
✅ Custom logout confirmation modal (Tailwind CSS + Alpine.js)

## Key Files

### Created
- `app/templates/storefront/account/login.html`
- `app/templates/storefront/account/register.html`
- `app/templates/storefront/account/forgot-password.html`
- `app/templates/storefront/account/dashboard.html`

### Modified
- `app/api/v1/storefront/auth.py` - Dynamic cookie paths
- `app/api/deps.py` - Customer authentication dependency
- `app/services/customer_service.py` - Direct JWT token creation
- `app/routes/storefront_pages.py` - Customer type hints
- `middleware/store_context.py` - Harmonized detection methods

## Critical Architecture Decision

**Customers ≠ Users**

- **Users** (admin/store): Have `role`, `username`, managed by `auth_service`
- **Customers**: Store-scoped, have `customer_number`, managed by `customer_service`

JWT tokens have `type: "customer"` to distinguish them.

## Cookie Path Logic

```python
# Domain/Subdomain access
cookie_path = "/storefront"

# Path-based access (/storefront/orion)
cookie_path = f"/storefront/{store_code}"
```

## Authentication Flow

1. Login → Create JWT with `type: "customer"`
2. Set cookie with store-aware path
3. Dashboard request → Cookie sent (path matches!)
4. Dependency decodes JWT, validates type, loads Customer
5. Render dashboard with customer data

## Logout Flow

1. User clicks "Logout" button → Custom Tailwind modal appears
2. User confirms → API call to `/api/v1/storefront/auth/logout`
3. Cookie deleted, localStorage cleared
4. Success toast shown, redirect to login page

**Note**: Uses custom modal instead of browser's `confirm()` for better UX and styling consistency.

## Testing URLs

```
# Path-based access
http://localhost:8000/storefront/orion/account/login
http://localhost:8000/storefront/orion/account/register
http://localhost:8000/storefront/orion/account/dashboard
```

## Next Steps (TODO)

- [ ] Implement password reset functionality
- [ ] Add email verification
- [ ] Build account management pages (orders, profile, addresses)
- [ ] Add refresh tokens for longer sessions
- [ ] Implement rate limiting on auth endpoints