Internal Database Fix

app/database.py

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ needs to change.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, inspect, text
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, Session
 
 from app import config
-from app.models import Base
+from app.models import Base, Order
 
 _engine = None
 _SessionLocal = None
@@ -42,8 +42,34 @@ def get_session_factory():
 
 
 def init_db() -> None:
-    """Create tables that don't exist yet. Safe to call every startup."""
+    """Create tables that don't exist yet, and patch existing ones with
-    Base.metadata.create_all(get_engine())
+    any columns added to the model since they were created. Safe to call
+    every startup - this is a local cache rebuilt from JIRA/ShipStation,
+    not a system of record, so a simple additive auto-migration is
+    enough; we don't need a full migration framework for it."""
+    engine = get_engine()
+    Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
+    _add_missing_columns(engine)
+
+
+def _add_missing_columns(engine) -> None:
+    inspector = inspect(engine)
+    if "orders" not in inspector.get_table_names():
+        return  # create_all() just made it fresh - nothing to patch
+
+    existing_columns = {col["name"] for col in inspector.get_columns("orders")}
+    missing = [c for c in Order.__table__.columns if c.name not in existing_columns]
+    if not missing:
+        return
+
+    with engine.begin() as conn:
+        for column in missing:
+            col_type = column.type.compile(dialect=engine.dialect)
+            # Always added as nullable, regardless of what the model says -
+            # existing rows get backfilled with real values the next time
+            # they're touched by an import, and this avoids ALTER TABLE
+            # failing on a NOT NULL column with no default for old rows.
+            conn.execute(text(f'ALTER TABLE orders ADD COLUMN "{column.name}" {col_type}'))
 
 
 def get_session() -> Session: