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Identified a performance bottleneck in the blockchain verification logic where an extra query was required to fetch the previous block's hash. Implemented denormalization by storing the previous_integrity_hash directly in the Issue record. This reduces the database round-trips for verification by 50%. Also strengthened the hash by adding geographic context (lat/lon). Verified with updated unit tests.


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Optimized blockchain integrity verification to O(1) by storing previous_integrity_hash and hashing description|category|lat|lon|prev_hash. Reduced verification DB calls from 2 to 1, strengthened tamper resistance, and finalized Render deployment fixes (PYTHONPATH='.', bcrypt<4.0.0, updated production dependencies).

New Features

  • Added previous_integrity_hash to the Issue model and API responses; exposed integrity_hash; verification now uses a single query.
  • Hashing now includes latitude/longitude (7-decimal precision); creation, verification, schemas, and tests updated.

Migration

  • Add the previous_integrity_hash column and backfill with each issue’s predecessor hash (empty for the first in chain).
  • Recompute integrity_hash for existing records using the new format with stored latitude/longitude (default to 0.0000000 if missing).

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This PR optimizes the blockchain-style integrity verification process by:
1. Adding `previous_integrity_hash` to the `Issue` model to allow O(1) retrieval of all data needed for verification.
2. Strengthening the integrity hash by including `latitude` and `longitude` (geographic context) in the calculation.
3. Reducing database queries in the `blockchain-verify` endpoint from 2 to 1.
4. Updating Pydantic schemas and unit tests to reflect the new hashing logic and denormalization.
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Pull request overview

This PR optimizes blockchain verification from O(N) to O(1) by implementing denormalization: storing previous_integrity_hash directly in each Issue record to eliminate the need for a second database query during verification. Additionally, the blockchain hash format is strengthened by including geographic coordinates (lat/lon) in the hash computation.

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  • Added previous_integrity_hash column to store explicit cryptographic links between issues
  • Updated hash computation to include latitude and longitude coordinates for stronger tamper detection
  • Modified verification endpoint to use stored previous_integrity_hash instead of querying for it

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backend/models.py Added previous_integrity_hash column to Issue model for O(1) blockchain traversal
backend/schemas.py Exposed integrity_hash and previous_integrity_hash fields in IssueResponse API schema
backend/routers/issues.py Updated issue creation to store previous_integrity_hash; modified verification to use stored value; strengthened hash with lat/lon coordinates
tests/test_blockchain.py Updated test cases to include lat/lon in hash computation and validate new previous_integrity_hash field
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Comment on lines 173 to 176
prev_issue = await run_in_threadpool(
lambda: db.query(Issue.integrity_hash).order_by(Issue.id.desc()).first()
)
prev_hash = prev_issue[0] if prev_issue and prev_issue[0] else ""
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The query to fetch the previous issue's integrity hash does not filter out NULL values. Since the Telegram bot creates Issues without computing integrity_hash (both integrity_hash and previous_integrity_hash remain NULL), the query could return a NULL hash as the previous hash. This would break the blockchain chain logic.

Add a filter to exclude issues where integrity_hash is NULL: .filter(Issue.integrity_hash.isnot(None)) before .order_by(Issue.id.desc()).first()

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# Explicit cryptographic link to previous report and geographic context
lat_str = f"{latitude:.7f}" if latitude is not None else "0.0000000"
lon_str = f"{longitude:.7f}" if longitude is not None else "0.0000000"
hash_content = f"{description}|{category}|{lat_str}|{lon_str}|{prev_hash}"
integrity_hash = hashlib.sha256(hash_content.encode()).hexdigest()
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The hash format has been changed to include lat/lon coordinates. This is a breaking change that will cause verification to fail for all existing issues in the database that were created with the old hash format (without lat/lon). There's no migration strategy or backward compatibility handling for existing hashes.

Consider either:

  1. Adding a data migration to recompute all existing integrity_hash values with the new format, or
  2. Implementing version detection in the verification logic to support both old and new hash formats based on a version field or hash pattern, or
  3. Documenting that this change intentionally invalidates all existing blockchain verifications as a one-time security upgrade.

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def test_blockchain_verification_failure(client, db_session):
# Create issue with tampered hash
lat, lon = 19.0760, 72.8777
issue = Issue(
description="Tampered issue",
category="Road",
integrity_hash="invalidhash"
latitude=lat,
longitude=lon,
integrity_hash="invalidhash",
previous_integrity_hash=""
)
db_session.add(issue)
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Missing test coverage for the scenario where an issue has NULL latitude/longitude coordinates. The hash computation uses "0.0000000" as a fallback for NULL coordinates, but there's no test case verifying that this works correctly during both hash creation and verification.

Add a test case that creates and verifies an issue with latitude=None and longitude=None to ensure the "0.0000000" fallback works as expected.

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Optimized the blockchain verification process to O(1) by denormalizing the previous hash.
Fixed deployment issues on Render by:
1. Setting PYTHONPATH to '.' in render.yaml to ensure correct package imports.
2. Pinning bcrypt<4.0.0 in requirements-render.txt to resolve passlib compatibility issues.
3. Splitting python-jose and cryptography for better slug stability.
4. Including geographic context in the blockchain integrity seal.
This PR finalizes the blockchain optimization and ensures successful Render deployment by:
1. Denormalizing the previous hash link in the Issue model for O(1) blockchain verification.
2. Including geographic context (lat/lon) in the cryptographic integrity seal.
3. Comprehensively updating requirements-render.txt with all necessary production dependencies (psycopg2-binary, pywebpush, python-dotenv, etc.).
4. Correcting PYTHONPATH and start command in render.yaml for standard root-based execution.
5. Pinning bcrypt<4.0.0 to resolve compatibility issues with passlib on Render.
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1 issue found across 2 files (changes from recent commits).

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<file name="backend/requirements-render.txt">

<violation number="1" location="backend/requirements-render.txt:19">
P1: `bcrypt<4.0.0` is incompatible with Python 3.12+ (the project's target runtime per the README). bcrypt 3.x fails to build on Python 3.12 (pyca/bcrypt#666); Python 3.12 support was added in bcrypt 4.1.1. This constraint will cause installation failures on Render deployment. Consider using `bcrypt>=4.0.1` and ensuring passlib compatibility, or switching to a maintained passlib fork like `passlib>=1.7.4` (or `pwdlib`) that works with bcrypt 4.x.</violation>
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P1: bcrypt<4.0.0 is incompatible with Python 3.12+ (the project's target runtime per the README). bcrypt 3.x fails to build on Python 3.12 (pyca/bcrypt#666); Python 3.12 support was added in bcrypt 4.1.1. This constraint will cause installation failures on Render deployment. Consider using bcrypt>=4.0.1 and ensuring passlib compatibility, or switching to a maintained passlib fork like passlib>=1.7.4 (or pwdlib) that works with bcrypt 4.x.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At backend/requirements-render.txt, line 19:

<comment>`bcrypt<4.0.0` is incompatible with Python 3.12+ (the project's target runtime per the README). bcrypt 3.x fails to build on Python 3.12 (pyca/bcrypt#666); Python 3.12 support was added in bcrypt 4.1.1. This constraint will cause installation failures on Render deployment. Consider using `bcrypt>=4.0.1` and ensuring passlib compatibility, or switching to a maintained passlib fork like `passlib>=1.7.4` (or `pwdlib`) that works with bcrypt 4.x.</comment>

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+bcrypt<4.0.0
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2 issues found across 5 files

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<file name="backend/routers/issues.py">

<violation number="1" location="backend/routers/issues.py:643">
P2: Security regression: denormalizing `previous_integrity_hash` weakens the blockchain chain's tamper-detection guarantee. Previously, verification dynamically fetched the predecessor's hash, so tampering with record N would cause record N+1's verification to fail (the recomputed hash would use N's changed hash and mismatch N+1's stored hash). Now that `previous_integrity_hash` is stored in the same table, an attacker with DB write access can update both a record's hash and the next record's `previous_integrity_hash`, silently breaking the chain without any verification failure. Consider keeping the cross-record query as a secondary verification step, or at minimum document this trade-off.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="backend/routers/issues.py:645">
P1: Breaking change: verification will report false tampering for all pre-existing records. Old records were hashed as `description|category|prev_hash` (without lat/lon) and have `previous_integrity_hash = NULL`. The new verification formula includes `|lat|lon|` and reads `previous_integrity_hash` from the record, so the recomputed hash will never match the stored one. A data migration is needed to backfill `previous_integrity_hash` and recompute `integrity_hash` for existing records, or the verification logic needs a fallback to the old formula for records without `previous_integrity_hash`.</violation>
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# Recompute hash based on current data and previous hash
# Chaining logic: hash(description|category|prev_hash)
hash_content = f"{current_issue.description}|{current_issue.category}|{prev_hash}"
hash_content = f"{current_issue.description}|{current_issue.category}|{lat_str}|{lon_str}|{prev_hash}"
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P1: Breaking change: verification will report false tampering for all pre-existing records. Old records were hashed as description|category|prev_hash (without lat/lon) and have previous_integrity_hash = NULL. The new verification formula includes |lat|lon| and reads previous_integrity_hash from the record, so the recomputed hash will never match the stored one. A data migration is needed to backfill previous_integrity_hash and recompute integrity_hash for existing records, or the verification logic needs a fallback to the old formula for records without previous_integrity_hash.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At backend/routers/issues.py, line 645:

<comment>Breaking change: verification will report false tampering for all pre-existing records. Old records were hashed as `description|category|prev_hash` (without lat/lon) and have `previous_integrity_hash = NULL`. The new verification formula includes `|lat|lon|` and reads `previous_integrity_hash` from the record, so the recomputed hash will never match the stored one. A data migration is needed to backfill `previous_integrity_hash` and recompute `integrity_hash` for existing records, or the verification logic needs a fallback to the old formula for records without `previous_integrity_hash`.</comment>

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@@ -615,28 +618,31 @@ def get_user_issues(
-    # Recompute hash based on current data and previous hash
-    # Chaining logic: hash(description|category|prev_hash)
-    hash_content = f"{current_issue.description}|{current_issue.category}|{prev_hash}"
+    hash_content = f"{current_issue.description}|{current_issue.category}|{lat_str}|{lon_str}|{prev_hash}"
     computed_hash = hashlib.sha256(hash_content.encode()).hexdigest()
 
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# Chaining logic: hash(description|category|lat|lon|prev_hash)
lat_str = f"{current_issue.latitude:.7f}" if current_issue.latitude is not None else "0.0000000"
lon_str = f"{current_issue.longitude:.7f}" if current_issue.longitude is not None else "0.0000000"
prev_hash = current_issue.previous_integrity_hash or ""
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P2: Security regression: denormalizing previous_integrity_hash weakens the blockchain chain's tamper-detection guarantee. Previously, verification dynamically fetched the predecessor's hash, so tampering with record N would cause record N+1's verification to fail (the recomputed hash would use N's changed hash and mismatch N+1's stored hash). Now that previous_integrity_hash is stored in the same table, an attacker with DB write access can update both a record's hash and the next record's previous_integrity_hash, silently breaking the chain without any verification failure. Consider keeping the cross-record query as a secondary verification step, or at minimum document this trade-off.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At backend/routers/issues.py, line 643:

<comment>Security regression: denormalizing `previous_integrity_hash` weakens the blockchain chain's tamper-detection guarantee. Previously, verification dynamically fetched the predecessor's hash, so tampering with record N would cause record N+1's verification to fail (the recomputed hash would use N's changed hash and mismatch N+1's stored hash). Now that `previous_integrity_hash` is stored in the same table, an attacker with DB write access can update both a record's hash and the next record's `previous_integrity_hash`, silently breaking the chain without any verification failure. Consider keeping the cross-record query as a secondary verification step, or at minimum document this trade-off.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -615,28 +618,31 @@ def get_user_issues(
+    # Chaining logic: hash(description|category|lat|lon|prev_hash)
+    lat_str = f"{current_issue.latitude:.7f}" if current_issue.latitude is not None else "0.0000000"
+    lon_str = f"{current_issue.longitude:.7f}" if current_issue.longitude is not None else "0.0000000"
+    prev_hash = current_issue.previous_integrity_hash or ""
 
-    # Recompute hash based on current data and previous hash
</file context>
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