From cf6868a7538b5a5fbd150a58bea060723b5a9c56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin Zuczek <devin.zuczek@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:52:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [api] testing real progression event

---
 apps/api/src/routes/progression.ts        | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 apps/api/src/test/integration/api.test.ts |  8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/progression.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/progression.ts
index 7b207ad..acd8f77 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/routes/progression.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/progression.ts
@@ -565,29 +565,29 @@ export const progressionRoutes = new Hono<App>({ strict: false })
 	// The progression event running right now — the limited-time XP event the client shows
 	// a banner and a progress track for.
 	//
-	// STUB: a bare `0` — the id of the active event, or 0 when there is none (this once
-	// served -1 for the same meaning). The client reads it as "no event on" and skips the
-	// event UI entirely. That is the honest answer (nothing here runs events) and the safe
-	// one: a fabricated event would draw a track that never fills. No auth — whether an
-	// event is running is the same fact for everybody, and the client asks while loading.
+	// STUB: a bare `18` — the id of the active event, or 0 when there is none (this once
+	// served -1 for the same meaning). 18 is hardcoded: it names an event the archive above
+	// holds, so the client can fetch its definition from `/event/18`, but nothing here
+	// tracks progress through it yet. No auth — whether an event is running is the same
+	// fact for everybody, and the client asks while loading.
 	.get(
 		'/api/progressionEvents/active',
 		describeRoute({
 			tags: ['Progression'],
 			summary: 'Progression event currently running (stub)',
 			description:
-				'The limited-time XP event in progress, as a bare event id. Always `0` — the ' +
-				'“no active event” value; nothing on this server runs one — which the client reads ' +
-				'as “no event” and skips the event UI, where a 404 would stall the load. No auth: ' +
+				'The limited-time XP event in progress, as a bare event id (`0` would mean “no ' +
+				'active event”). Always `18` for now — a hardcoded archived event; nothing on this ' +
+				'server tracks progress through it yet. A 404 here would stall the load. No auth: ' +
 				'it is the same answer for every player.',
-			responses: { 200: json(BareInteger, 'A bare `0` — no event is running') },
+			responses: { 200: json(BareInteger, 'A bare `18` — the hardcoded active event') },
 		}),
-		(c) => c.json(0)
+		(c) => c.json(18)
 	)
 
 	// One progression event's definition — its reward track, keepsake rooms, dates and boost
 	// settings — served from the archive of official events above. Reading a definition says
-	// nothing about whether the event is running (`/active` above still answers 0), and no
+	// nothing about whether the event is running (`/active` above is a hardcoded 18), and no
 	// auth for the same reason as there: it is the same record for everybody.
 	.get(
 		'/api/progressionEvents/event/:id{[0-9]+}',
diff --git a/apps/api/src/test/integration/api.test.ts b/apps/api/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
index 10903e6..3a0783c 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
@@ -2081,12 +2081,12 @@ describe('public endpoints', () => {
 		expect(res.status).toBe(400)
 	})
 
-	test('GET /api/progressionEvents/active is a bare 0 (no auth)', async () => {
-		// 0 is the "no active event" value; the client reads it as "no event running" and
-		// skips the event UI. A 404 would stall its load instead.
+	test('GET /api/progressionEvents/active is a bare 18 (no auth)', async () => {
+		// A hardcoded stub: the id of an archived event (0 would mean "no active event").
+		// A 404 would stall the client's load instead.
 		const res = await exports.default.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/api/progressionEvents/active`)
 		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
-		expect(await res.json()).toBe(0)
+		expect(await res.json()).toBe(18)
 	})
 
 	test('GET /api/progressionEvents/event/:id serves the archived event verbatim', async () => {