littleshop/ROADMAP.md

# LittleShop Development Roadmap

## Executive Summary

This roadmap outlines the development priorities and strategic direction for LittleShop, a privacy-focused e-commerce platform with multi-cryptocurrency payment support. The roadmap prioritizes critical security fixes, production readiness, feature enhancements, and long-term scalability.

**Last Updated**: September 19, 2025
**Version**: 1.1.0
**Status**: Active Development

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## 🚨 Phase 1: Critical Security Fixes (IMMEDIATE - September 2025)

### HIGH Priority Security Vulnerabilities

#### 1. ❗ Certificate Validation Bypass [CRITICAL]
- **Location**: `LittleShop/Services/BTCPayServerService.cs:32-35`
- **Severity**: HIGH
- **Impact**: Enables man-in-the-middle attacks on payment processing
- **Fix Applied**:
  - ✅ Removed unsafe certificate validation bypass
  - ✅ Implemented environment-specific configuration
  - ✅ Added explicit Development-only bypass with warning logs
- **Timeline**: Immediate - Before any production deployment
- **Status**: 🟢 COMPLETE (September 19, 2025)

#### 2. ❗ Overly Permissive CORS Policy [HIGH]
- **Location**: `LittleShop/Program.cs:139-148`
- **Severity**: HIGH
- **Impact**: Enables Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks on admin panel
- **Fix Applied**:
  - ✅ Replaced `AllowAnyOrigin()` with specific trusted origins
  - ✅ Implemented anti-CSRF tokens on all state-changing endpoints
  - ✅ Created separate CORS policies for Development/Production/API
- **Timeline**: Immediate - Before production deployment
- **Status**: 🟢 COMPLETE (September 19, 2025)

### Additional Security Hardening

#### 3. ⚠️ CSRF Protection Implementation
- ✅ Added `[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]` to all Admin controllers
- ✅ Protected all POST/PUT/DELETE actions (10 controllers)
- **Timeline**: Week 1
- **Status**: 🟢 COMPLETE (September 19, 2025)

#### 4. ⚠️ Environment-Specific Configuration
- ✅ Created appsettings.Development.json with dev-specific settings
- ✅ Created appsettings.Production.json template
- ✅ Configured environment-based CORS and SSL settings
- **Timeline**: Week 1
- **Status**: 🟢 COMPLETE (September 19, 2025)

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## 📋 Phase 2: Production Readiness (Q4 2025 - October-December)

### Testing & Quality Assurance

#### 1. Test Coverage Improvement
- **Current**: 59% pass rate (24/41 tests)
- **Target**: 90% pass rate with comprehensive coverage
- **Tasks**:
  - Fix service registration in integration tests
  - Align test expectations with soft delete behavior
  - Standardize authentication configuration in tests
  - Add payment workflow integration tests
- **Timeline**: October 2025
- **Status**: 🟡 IN PROGRESS

#### 2. E2E Testing Implementation
- Implement Playwright E2E tests for critical user journeys
- Test payment workflows with BTCPay Server sandbox
- Validate Telegram bot integration flows
- **Timeline**: October 2025
- **Status**: 🔴 PENDING

### Infrastructure & Deployment

#### 3. Docker Production Configuration
- Optimize Docker image size
- Implement health checks
- Add container orchestration support (Docker Swarm/K8s ready)
- **Timeline**: November 2025
- **Status**: 🟡 PARTIALLY COMPLETE

#### 4. Monitoring & Observability
- Implement application performance monitoring (APM)
- Add distributed tracing for payment flows
- Set up alerting for critical errors
- Create operational dashboards
- **Timeline**: November 2025
- **Status**: 🔴 PENDING

#### 5. Backup & Disaster Recovery
- Automated database backups
- Point-in-time recovery capability
- Disaster recovery documentation
- **Timeline**: December 2025
- **Status**: 🔴 PENDING

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## 🚀 Phase 3: Feature Enhancements (Q1 2026 - January-March)

### Shipping & Logistics

#### 1. Royal Mail Integration
- API integration for label generation
- Tracking number management
- Automated shipping calculations
- International shipping support
- **Timeline**: January 2026
- **Status**: 🔴 PLANNED

#### 2. Multi-Carrier Support
- Abstract shipping provider interface
- Support for DHL, FedEx, UPS
- Shipping rule engine
- **Timeline**: February 2026
- **Status**: 🔴 PLANNED

### Communication & Notifications

#### 3. Email Notification System
- Order confirmation emails
- Shipping notifications
- Payment status updates
- Admin alerts for critical events
- **Timeline**: January 2026
- **Status**: 🔴 PLANNED

#### 4. Enhanced Telegram Bot Features
- Rich media product browsing
- Voice message support
- Automated customer support responses
- Multi-language support
- **Timeline**: March 2026
- **Status**: 🔴 PLANNED

### Analytics & Reporting

#### 5. Advanced Analytics Dashboard
- Sales trends and forecasting
- Customer behavior analytics
- Product performance metrics
- Cryptocurrency payment analytics
- **Timeline**: February 2026
- **Status**: 🔴 PLANNED

#### 6. Financial Reporting
- Automated tax calculations
- Multi-currency reconciliation
- Export to accounting software
- **Timeline**: March 2026
- **Status**: 🔴 PLANNED

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## 🏗️ Phase 4: Scale & Optimization (Q2 2026 - April-June)

### Performance Optimization

#### 1. Caching Strategy
- Implement Redis for session management
- Product catalog caching
- API response caching
- Database query optimization
- **Timeline**: April 2026
- **Status**: 🔴 PLANNED

#### 2. Database Scaling
- Migration from SQLite to PostgreSQL
- Read replica configuration
- Database partitioning strategy
- **Timeline**: May 2026
- **Status**: 🔴 PLANNED

### Advanced Features

#### 3. Inventory Management System
- Real-time stock tracking
- Low stock alerts
- Automatic reorder points
- Supplier management
- **Timeline**: April 2026
- **Status**: 🔴 PLANNED

#### 4. Multi-Tenant Support
- White-label capability
- Tenant isolation
- Custom domains per tenant
- **Timeline**: June 2026
- **Status**: 🔴 PLANNED

#### 5. AI-Powered Features
- Product recommendation engine
- Chatbot customer support
- Fraud detection system
- Price optimization
- **Timeline**: June 2026
- **Status**: 🔴 PLANNED

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## 📊 Success Metrics

### Security Metrics
- ✅ Zero critical vulnerabilities in production
- ✅ 100% HTTPS/TLS enforcement
- ✅ Regular security audits passed

### Performance Metrics
- ✅ < 200ms API response time (p95)
- ✅ 99.9% uptime SLA
- ✅ < 3s page load time

### Quality Metrics
- ✅ > 90% test coverage
- ✅ < 1% error rate in production
- ✅ Zero data breaches

### Business Metrics
- ✅ Support for 10+ cryptocurrencies
- ✅ < 5 minute order processing time
- ✅ > 95% payment success rate

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## 🔄 Version History

### v1.1.0 (September 19, 2025) - Security Fixes Complete
- ✅ Fixed certificate validation bypass vulnerability
- ✅ Implemented environment-specific SSL configuration
- ✅ Fixed overly permissive CORS policies
- ✅ Added CSRF protection to all admin controllers
- ✅ Created development and production configuration files
- **Impact**: All critical security vulnerabilities from Phase 1 resolved

### v1.0.0 (September 19, 2025)
- Initial roadmap creation
- Identified critical security vulnerabilities
- Defined four development phases
- Established success metrics

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## 📝 Notes

### Dependencies
- BTCPay Server v2.0+ for payment processing
- .NET 9.0 for application runtime
- Docker for containerization
- Telegram Bot API for messaging integration

### Risk Factors
1. **Security**: Certificate validation bypass must be fixed before production
2. **Compliance**: Ensure GDPR compliance for EU operations
3. **Scalability**: SQLite limitations for high-volume transactions
4. **Integration**: BTCPay Server API changes may impact payment flow

### Contact
For questions about this roadmap, please contact the SilverLabs DevTeam at dev@silverlabs.uk

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## Status Legend
- 🔴 **PENDING** - Not started
- 🟡 **IN PROGRESS** - Active development
- 🟢 **COMPLETE** - Finished and tested
- ⏸️ **ON HOLD** - Temporarily paused
- ❌ **CANCELLED** - No longer planned