From f53e422b457ad3a07e55553d811ce2b4281fe4ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yisroel Baum <yisroel.d.baum@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:50:12 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] test seeded development user

---
 .../Feature/Database/DatabaseSeederTest.php   | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 backend/tests/Feature/Database/DatabaseSeederTest.php

diff --git a/backend/tests/Feature/Database/DatabaseSeederTest.php b/backend/tests/Feature/Database/DatabaseSeederTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26b6b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/Feature/Database/DatabaseSeederTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Feature\Database;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class DatabaseSeederTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RefreshDatabase;
+
+    public function test_it_seeds_the_development_user_idempotently(): void
+    {
+        $this->seed();
+        $this->seed();
+
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('users', [
+            'email' => 'user@example.com',
+        ]);
+        $this->assertDatabaseCount('users', 1);
+    }
+}

From 0e3901f05a1679bff233d063a75a17e606714f67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yisroel Baum <yisroel.d.baum@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:51:17 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] seed development user on startup

---
 backend/database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php |  1 +
 backend/database/seeders/UserSeeder.php     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 process-compose.yaml                        |  9 ++++++++-
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 backend/database/seeders/UserSeeder.php

diff --git a/backend/database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php b/backend/database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php
index dc2b6db..def224c 100644
--- a/backend/database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php
+++ b/backend/database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
      */
     public function run(): void
     {
+        $this->call(UserSeeder::class);
     }
 }
diff --git a/backend/database/seeders/UserSeeder.php b/backend/database/seeders/UserSeeder.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..886e4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/database/seeders/UserSeeder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Database\Seeders;
+
+use App\User\UserModel;
+use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
+
+class UserSeeder extends Seeder
+{
+    public function run(): void
+    {
+        UserModel::firstOrCreate([
+            'email' => 'user@example.com',
+        ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/process-compose.yaml b/process-compose.yaml
index ad7a160..2a00aea 100644
--- a/process-compose.yaml
+++ b/process-compose.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ processes:
       postgres:
         condition: process_healthy
 
+  seed:
+    command: php artisan db:seed --force
+    working_dir: ./backend
+    depends_on:
+      migrate:
+        condition: process_completed_successfully
+
   mailpit:
     command: mailpit --smtp 127.0.0.1:${MAILPIT_SMTP_PORT:-2525} --listen 127.0.0.1:${MAILPIT_UI_PORT:-8025}
     readiness_probe:
@@ -32,7 +39,7 @@ processes:
     command: php artisan serve --host=127.0.0.1 --port=${BACKEND_PORT:-8001}
     working_dir: ./backend
     depends_on:
-      migrate:
+      seed:
         condition: process_completed_successfully
       mailpit:
         condition: process_healthy