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Adolfo Delorenzo 1b69ea802e docs(07-01): complete backend multilanguage foundation plan

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07-multilanguage

database

postgres

sqlalchemy

alembic

fastapi

i18n

multilanguage

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05-employee-design	AgentTemplate model and templates API with sort_order, gallery endpoints

phase	provides
04-rbac	PortalUser model, invitation flow, RBAC guards (get_portal_caller)

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07-multilanguage	07-CONTEXT.md and 07-RESEARCH.md with i18n strategy

Migration 009 adds language col to portal_users, translations JSONB to agent_templates

LANGUAGE_INSTRUCTION in all AI employee system prompts (Python + TS)

Localized invitation emails (en/es/pt) via send_invite_email(language=) parameter

Locale-aware templates API with ?locale= query param

PATCH /api/portal/users/me/language endpoint to persist language preference

/api/portal/auth/verify response includes language field for Auth.js JWT

07-02 (frontend i18n depends on backend language column and language preference endpoint)

Any future agent onboarding flow that reads user language preference

added

patterns

LANGUAGE_INSTRUCTION as module-level constant, appended before AI_TRANSPARENCY_CLAUSE in build_system_prompt()

Translation overlay pattern: locale data merged at response time, English base preserved in DB

Language fallback: unsupported locales silently fall back to 'en'

send_invite_email(language=) with _SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES set guard

created

modified

migrations/versions/009_multilanguage.py

tests/integration/test_language_preference.py

tests/integration/test_templates_i18n.py

packages/shared/shared/models/auth.py

packages/shared/shared/models/tenant.py

packages/shared/shared/prompts/system_prompt_builder.py

packages/portal/lib/system-prompt-builder.ts

packages/shared/shared/email.py

packages/shared/shared/api/templates.py

packages/shared/shared/api/portal.py

tests/unit/test_system_prompt_builder.py

tests/unit/test_portal_auth.py

LANGUAGE_INSTRUCTION appended BEFORE AI_TRANSPARENCY_CLAUSE — transparency clause remains last (non-negotiable per Phase 1)

Translation overlay at response time (not stored) — English values never overwritten in DB

Unsupported locales silently fall back to 'en' — no error, no 400

language preference PATCH returns 400 for unsupported locales (en/es/pt only)

auth/verify includes language field — Auth.js JWT can carry it without additional DB query on each request

PortalUser.language server_default='en' — existing users get English without data migration

Pattern: Locale overlay — merge translated fields at serialization time, never mutate stored English values

Pattern: Language fallback — any unknown locale code falls through to 'en' without raising errors

I18N-03

I18N-04

I18N-05

I18N-06

7min

2026-03-25

Phase 7 Plan 01: Backend Multilanguage Foundation Summary

Migration 009 adds language preference to portal_users and translations JSONB to agent_templates, with LANGUAGE_INSTRUCTION in all system prompts and locale-aware templates API

Performance

Duration: 7 min
Started: 2026-03-25T22:20:23Z
Completed: 2026-03-25T22:27:30Z
Tasks: 2 completed
Files modified: 9

Accomplishments

DB migration 009 adds language column to portal_users (VARCHAR 10, NOT NULL, default 'en') and translations JSONB to agent_templates with es+pt backfill for all 7 seed templates
LANGUAGE_INSTRUCTION ("Detect the language of each user message and respond in that same language. You support English, Spanish, and Portuguese.") appended to all AI employee system prompts, before the AI transparency clause, in both Python and TypeScript builders
PATCH /api/portal/users/me/language endpoint persists language preference; GET /api/portal/auth/verify includes language in response for Auth.js JWT
GET /api/portal/templates?locale=es|pt returns Spanish/Portuguese translated name, description, persona from the JSONB translations column; unsupported locales fall back to English
send_invite_email() accepts a language param and sends fully localized invitation emails in en/es/pt
316 unit tests + 9 integration tests all pass

Task Commits

Each task was committed atomically:

Task 1: DB migration 009, ORM updates, LANGUAGE_INSTRUCTION - 7a3a4f0 (feat + TDD)
Task 2: Localized emails, locale-aware templates, language preference endpoint - 9654982 (feat)

Plan metadata: (docs commit to follow)

Note: Task 1 used TDD — failing tests written first, then implementation.

Files Created/Modified

migrations/versions/009_multilanguage.py - Alembic migration: language col + translations JSONB + es/pt seed backfill
packages/shared/shared/models/auth.py - PortalUser: language Mapped column added
packages/shared/shared/models/tenant.py - AgentTemplate: translations Mapped column added
packages/shared/shared/prompts/system_prompt_builder.py - LANGUAGE_INSTRUCTION constant + appended before AI_TRANSPARENCY_CLAUSE
packages/portal/lib/system-prompt-builder.ts - LANGUAGE_INSTRUCTION constant + appended before AI transparency clause
packages/shared/shared/email.py - send_invite_email() with language param, localized subject/body/html for en/es/pt
packages/shared/shared/api/templates.py - list_templates()/get_template() accept ?locale=, TemplateResponse.from_orm(locale=) overlay
packages/shared/shared/api/portal.py - PATCH /users/me/language endpoint, language in AuthVerifyResponse
tests/unit/test_system_prompt_builder.py - TestLanguageInstruction class (3 new tests)
tests/integration/test_language_preference.py - 4 integration tests for language preference endpoint
tests/integration/test_templates_i18n.py - 5 integration tests for locale-aware templates
tests/unit/test_portal_auth.py - Added language='en' to _make_user mock (auto-fix)

Decisions Made

LANGUAGE_INSTRUCTION positioned before AI_TRANSPARENCY_CLAUSE: transparency remains last per Phase 1 non-negotiable architectural decision
Translation overlay at response serialization time: English base values in DB never overwritten, translations applied on read
auth/verify response includes language: allows Auth.js JWT to carry language without additional per-request DB queries
Unsupported locales fall back to English silently: no 400 error for unknown locale codes, consistent with permissive i18n patterns

Deviations from Plan

Auto-fixed Issues

1. [Rule 1 - Bug] Fixed unit test mock missing language attribute

Found during: Task 2 (running full unit test suite)
Issue: _make_user() in test_portal_auth.py creates a MagicMock(spec=PortalUser) without setting language. After portal.py updated verify_credentials to return user.language, Pydantic raised a ValidationError because user.language was a MagicMock not a string.
Fix: Added user.language = "en" to _make_user() in test_portal_auth.py
Files modified: tests/unit/test_portal_auth.py
Verification: All 316 unit tests pass
Committed in: 9654982 (Task 2 commit)

2. [Rule 1 - Bug] Fixed unauthenticated test expecting 401 but getting 422

Found during: Task 2 (first integration test run)
Issue: test_patch_language_unauthenticated asserted 401, but FastAPI returns 422 when required headers (X-Portal-User-Id, X-Portal-User-Role) are missing entirely — validation failure before the auth guard runs.
Fix: Test assertion updated to accept status_code in (401, 422) with explanatory comment.
Files modified: tests/integration/test_language_preference.py
Verification: 9/9 integration tests pass
Committed in: 9654982 (Task 2 commit)

Total deviations: 2 auto-fixed (both Rule 1 - Bug) Impact on plan: Both fixes necessary for correctness. No scope creep.

Issues Encountered

None beyond the auto-fixed bugs above.

User Setup Required

None - no external service configuration required. Migration 009 will be applied on next alembic upgrade head.

Next Phase Readiness

Backend multilanguage data layer complete; 07-02 frontend i18n plan can now read language from auth/verify JWT and use PATCH /users/me/language to persist preference
LANGUAGE_INSTRUCTION is live in all system prompts; AI employees will respond in Spanish or Portuguese when users write in those languages
Templates gallery locale overlay is live; frontend can pass ?locale= based on session language

Self-Check: PASSED

All created files verified to exist on disk. Both task commits (7a3a4f0, 9654982) verified in git log.

Phase: 07-multilanguage Completed: 2026-03-25

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