Merge pull request 'Release v1.14.0 — monetization launch (E5-E8)' (#237) from development into master

The Robokassa credentials reached only the test contour (ci.yaml → TEST_
secrets). The prod-deploy / prod-rollback workflows and write-prod-env.sh
never rendered BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_*, so on prod the shop login was empty and
the direct RUB rail stayed disabled — the PROD_BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_* secrets
went nowhere.

Export the shop login + Password1/Password2 (secrets) and a
BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_TEST flag (a variable, so go-live is a flag flip not a
secret rotation) from both prod workflows, and emit the four ROBOKASSA_*
vars from write-prod-env.sh (the shared deploy/rollback env renderer) so a
rollback keeps the rail up. The compose already maps ROBOKASSA_* →
BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_*. Document the new secrets/variable in the deploy README
and .env.example. Password3 (Robokassa's JWT-invoice API) is unused.

.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -366,6 +366,13 @@ jobs:
           SMTP_RELAY_HOST: ${{ vars.SMTP_RELAY_HOST }}
           SMTP_RELAY_PORT: ${{ vars.SMTP_RELAY_PORT }}
           SMTP_RELAY_TLS: ${{ vars.SMTP_RELAY_TLS }}
+          # Direct-rail (Robokassa) sandbox intake on the contour: the test shop's merchant login +
+          # Password1/Password2. IsTest is forced to 1 below so the contour can never take real money
+          # (independent of the shop's own mode). Empty login leaves the direct rail off.
+          ROBOKASSA_MERCHANT_LOGIN: ${{ secrets.TEST_BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_MERCHANT_LOGIN }}
+          ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD1: ${{ secrets.TEST_BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD1 }}
+          ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD2: ${{ secrets.TEST_BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD2 }}
+          ROBOKASSA_TEST: "1"
           SMTP_RELAY_FROM: ${{ vars.TEST_SMTP_RELAY_FROM }}
           # Operator alerts: backend admin emails (new feedback / complaints) + Grafana
           # infra alerts. Distinct senders + recipients; Grafana uses the relay's STARTTLS
@@ -400,6 +407,9 @@ jobs:
           # the VK ID redirect URL is derived from PUBLIC_BASE_URL in the run step below.
           VITE_VK_APP_LINK: ${{ vars.VITE_VK_APP_LINK }}
           VITE_VK_APP_ID: ${{ vars.VITE_VK_APP_ID }}
+          # Rewarded-ad test stub: set TEST_VITE_ADS_STUB=1 to swap real ads for a toast on the
+          # contour (empty = real ads, for capturing the real VK ad result). Prod never sets it.
+          VITE_ADS_STUB: ${{ vars.TEST_VITE_ADS_STUB }}
           # VITE_GATEWAY_URL omitted: the SPA is served same-origin, so it stays the
           # compose ":-" empty default. Other unset vars likewise fall to their defaults.
           POSTGRES_DB: ${{ vars.TEST_POSTGRES_DB }}
@@ -497,6 +507,38 @@ jobs:
           docker logs --tail 50 scrabble-backend || true
           exit 1
 
+      - name: Probe the /offer/ public offer page is served
+        run: |
+          set -u
+          # /offer/ is a static page baked into the landing image (rendered from
+          # ui/legal/offer_ru.md). If the landing Caddyfile stops routing it, the request
+          # silently falls through to the landing shell (also 200) — so assert offer-specific
+          # content, never just the status.
+          out="$(docker run --rm --network edge alpine:3.20 wget -q -O - http://scrabble/offer/ 2>&1 || true)"
+          if echo "$out" | grep -q "290210610742"; then
+            echo "ok: /offer/ serves the public offer page"
+          else
+            echo "FAIL: /offer/ did not serve the offer page (fell through to the landing shell?)"
+            docker logs --tail 50 scrabble-landing || true
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Probe the /pay/ callback route reaches the gateway
+        run: |
+          set -u
+          # /pay/robokassa/result must reach the gateway, not fall to the landing catch-all. An
+          # unsigned probe is rejected downstream, so the gateway answers a 4xx/5xx (never a 200 or
+          # a 404 landing.html), which proves the edge route is wired.
+          out="$(docker run --rm --network edge alpine:3.20 wget -S -q -O /dev/null http://scrabble/pay/robokassa/result 2>&1 || true)"
+          echo "$out" | grep -E "HTTP/" || true
+          if echo "$out" | grep -qE "HTTP/1\.1 (4|5)[0-9][0-9]"; then
+            echo "ok: /pay/ reaches the gateway (non-landing response)"
+          else
+            echo "FAIL: /pay/robokassa/result did not reach the gateway (landing catch-all?)"
+            docker logs --tail 50 scrabble-gateway || true
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
       - name: Probe the /dict edge route reaches the gateway
         run: |
           set -u

.gitea/workflows/prod-deploy.yaml

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           # The main-stack images via compose (reuses the build args, incl. VERSION);
           # the bot separately, since it is profiled out of the prod compose.
           docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml build
-          docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml push backend gateway landing validator renderer
+          docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml push postgres backend gateway landing validator renderer
           docker build -f ../platform/telegram/Dockerfile --target bot --build-arg VERSION="$TAG" -t "$REGISTRY/scrabble-telegram-bot:$TAG" ..
           docker push "$REGISTRY/scrabble-telegram-bot:$TAG"
 
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ jobs:
       GRAFANA_ADMIN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PROD_GRAFANA_ADMIN_PASSWORD }}
       TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PROD_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN }}
       GATEWAY_VK_APP_SECRET: ${{ secrets.GATEWAY_VK_APP_SECRET }}
+      # Robokassa direct-rail (backend BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_*): the prod shop login + the pass phrases
+      # that sign the launch request / verify the Result callback, and the test-mode flag — a var so
+      # go-live is a flag flip, not a secret redeploy ("1" runs test payments against the test
+      # passwords; empty/"0" is live). An empty login leaves the direct rail disabled.
+      ROBOKASSA_MERCHANT_LOGIN: ${{ secrets.PROD_BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_MERCHANT_LOGIN }}
+      ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD1: ${{ secrets.PROD_BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD1 }}
+      ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD2: ${{ secrets.PROD_BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD2 }}
+      ROBOKASSA_TEST: ${{ vars.PROD_BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_TEST }}
       # VK ID web login: the "Web" app id (the gateway reuses it as GATEWAY_VK_ID_APP_ID at
       # runtime) + the app's protected key. Both shared across contours. The redirect URL is
       # derived from PUBLIC_BASE_URL in deploy/write-prod-env.sh.
@@ -135,6 +143,18 @@ jobs:
       DICT_VERSION: ${{ vars.DICT_VERSION }}
       POSTGRES_DB: ${{ vars.PROD_POSTGRES_DB }}
       POSTGRES_USER: ${{ vars.PROD_POSTGRES_USER }}
+      # Point-in-time recovery (pgBackRest -> S3), prod main host only. Endpoint/bucket/
+      # region + the archive-mode switch are variables; the S3 keys + the repository cipher
+      # passphrase are secrets. All empty/off until the operator arms archiving; flipping
+      # PROD_PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE=on activates it (deploy/README.md, arming).
+      PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_PORT: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_PORT }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_REGION: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_REGION }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_KEY: ${{ secrets.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_KEY }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET }}
+      PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS: ${{ secrets.PROD_PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS }}
       # TELEGRAM_MINIAPP_URL and GRAFANA_ROOT_URL are derived from PUBLIC_BASE_URL in
       # deploy/write-prod-env.sh, not stored variables.
     steps:

.gitea/workflows/prod-rollback.yaml

@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ jobs:
       # the SAME env.sh (email / VK login / Grafana alerts survive a rollback). TELEGRAM_MINIAPP_URL
       # and GRAFANA_ROOT_URL are derived from PUBLIC_BASE_URL in deploy/write-prod-env.sh.
       GATEWAY_VK_APP_SECRET: ${{ secrets.GATEWAY_VK_APP_SECRET }}
+      # Robokassa direct-rail: the rollback re-renders the same runtime env (write-prod-env.sh), so
+      # it must carry the same credentials or the direct rail goes dark after a rollback.
+      ROBOKASSA_MERCHANT_LOGIN: ${{ secrets.PROD_BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_MERCHANT_LOGIN }}
+      ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD1: ${{ secrets.PROD_BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD1 }}
+      ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD2: ${{ secrets.PROD_BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD2 }}
+      ROBOKASSA_TEST: ${{ vars.PROD_BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_TEST }}
       VITE_VK_APP_ID: ${{ vars.VITE_VK_APP_ID }}
       GATEWAY_VK_ID_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.GATEWAY_VK_ID_CLIENT_SECRET }}
       GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN: ${{ secrets.PROD_GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN }}
@@ -77,6 +83,16 @@ jobs:
       SERVICE_EMAIL: ${{ vars.PROD_SERVICE_EMAIL }}
       GRAFANA_SMTP_PORT: ${{ vars.GRAFANA_SMTP_PORT }}
       GF_SMTP_ENABLED: ${{ vars.PROD_GF_SMTP_ENABLED }}
+      # PITR archiving parity: a rollback must re-render the SAME env.sh, else it would
+      # silently disarm WAL archiving (PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE would fall back to off).
+      PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_PORT: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_PORT }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_REGION: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_REGION }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_KEY: ${{ secrets.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_KEY }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET }}
+      PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS: ${{ secrets.PROD_PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS }}
       INPUT_TARGET: ${{ inputs.target_version }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

PLAN.md

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 Technical, step-by-step implementation of the monetization domain. Business mechanics and
 the rationale for every rule live in [`docs/PAYMENTS.md`](docs/PAYMENTS.md) (RU mirror
-[`docs/PAYMENTS_ru.md`](docs/PAYMENTS_ru.md)); this file is the *how*. Each stage is written
+[`docs/PAYMENTS_ru.md`](docs/PAYMENTS_ru.md)); the frozen owner agreements they both derive
-to be self-sufficient: returning to it gives full context — goal, exact touch-points,
+from (the `D1`–`D41` decisions log) live in
-tests, done-criteria, and current status — without re-deriving decisions.
+[`docs/PAYMENTS_DECISIONS_ru.md`](docs/PAYMENTS_DECISIONS_ru.md) — the authority when a rule
+is disputed. This file is the *how*. Each stage is written to be self-sufficient: returning
+to it gives full context — goal, exact touch-points, tests, done-criteria, and current
+status — without re-deriving decisions.
 
 ## How to use this file
 
@@ -28,13 +31,13 @@ tests, done-criteria, and current status — without re-deriving decisions.
 |-------|-------|---------|--------|
 | E0 | Payments data foundation | 1 | DONE |
 | E1 | Trusted platform signal | 1 | DONE |
-| E2 | Currency + benefit core | 1 | TODO |
+| E2 | Currency + benefit core | 1 | DONE |
-| E3 | Wallet UI | 1 | TODO |
+| E3 | Wallet UI | 1 | DONE |
-| E4 | Durability (PITR) | 2 | TODO |
+| E4 | Durability (PITR) | 2 | DONE |
-| E5 | Payment intake | 2 | TODO |
+| E5 | Payment intake | 2 | DONE |
-| E6 | Ads | 2 | TODO |
+| E6 | Ads | 2 | DONE |
-| E7 | Admin & reports | 2 | TODO |
+| E7 | Admin, reports & catalog | 2 | DONE |
-| E8 | Guest limits | — | TODO |
+| E8 | Guest limits | — | DONE |
 | E9 | Tournament fee | future | TODO |
 
 **Release 1** = full mechanics with no real money, exercised via `admin_grant` (E0→E1→E2→E3).
@@ -82,9 +85,21 @@ Read once; individual stages assume it.
   `registerRoutes` gated `if s.payments != nil`, admin section in `registerConsole` gated
   `if s.payments != nil`.
 - Game/other domains depend on payments only through a **narrow interface** (e.g.
-  `AdFree(ctx, account, platform) bool`, `SpendHint(ctx, account, platform) error`,
+  `AdFree(ctx, account, platform, present) bool`, `SpendHint(ctx, account, platform, present)
-  `Balances(ctx, account, platform) …`). Keep the surface small; this is the seam that lets
+  error`, `Balances(ctx, account, platform, present) …`), where `present` is the set of
-  payments become a separate process later without touching callers.
+  identity sources the account currently holds (`vk`→vk, `telegram`→telegram, `email`→direct;
+  `robot` ignored), computed by the caller from `account.Identities` — payments carries no
+  cross-schema identity knowledge, so unlink/re-link availability (D14) falls out live. Keep
+  the surface small; this is the seam that lets payments become a separate process later
+  without touching callers.
+- **Read model.** Hot reads (`AdFree`/`HintsAvailable`/`Balances` and the gate) are served
+  from an in-process, account-keyed, write-through cache inside the payments package
+  (mirroring `account/suspension.go`), invalidated on every payments mutation
+  (spend/grant/fund/refund/merge); the payments DB is touched only on a cache miss, so the
+  steady-state hot path issues no query to the `payments` schema. The D39 materialized
+  `balances`/`benefits` tables stay the in-transaction write target the cache fronts.
+  Single-instance, matching the deployment (a multi-instance backend would need a shared
+  cache).
 
 ### Migrations & codegen
 
@@ -283,33 +298,40 @@ Release 2). TG/direct subtype is not cryptographically trusted — E2 must keep
 
 ## E2 — Currency + benefit core
 
-**Status:** TODO · **Release 1** · depends on: E0, E1 · mechanics: PAYMENTS §2–§6, §11.
+**Status:** DONE · **Release 1** · depends on: E0, E1 · mechanics: PAYMENTS §2–§6, §11.
 
 **Goal.** The full internal money mechanic, exercisable end-to-end **without real money**
 via `admin_grant`: chip balances, spend→benefit atomically, the compliance gate by context,
 benefit application (no-ads stacking, hints per-origin), the legacy migration, and the
 `SpendHint` rewrite. This is the heart.
 
-**Payments service (Go).**
+**Payments service (Go).** Every read/gate method also takes `present` (the account's live
+identity sources, see *Domain boundary*) and is served from the read cache.
 
-- `Balances(ctx, account, platform)` → the segments spendable in the platform's context
+- `Balances(ctx, account, platform, present)` → per-segment `{source, chips, spendable}` for
-  (VK→vk; TG→tg; direct→direct+vk+tg; VK-iOS→frozen/view; untrusted→none).
+  the context (VK→vk spendable, direct/tg hidden; TG→tg; direct→direct+vk+tg by priority;
-- `Spend(ctx, account, platform, productID)` → gate-checked purchase of a value with chips:
+  VK-iOS→vk shown as a **frozen** number, none spendable; untrusted→view-only, none spendable).
-  resolve spendable segments by context, draw by priority (direct→vk→tg on web), write a
+- `Spend(ctx, account, platform, present, productID)` → gate-checked purchase of a **value**
-  `spend` ledger row + decrement balance + apply benefit (extend `ads_paid_until[origin]`
+  (CHIP price, `method=NULL`; never a chip pack) with chips: resolve spendable segments by
-  from `max(now,end)` / set `ads_forever` / add hints) **in one tx**, stamping `origin` =
+  context, draw by priority direct→vk→tg, write a `spend` ledger row (+ a catalog **snapshot**
-  platform context. Refuse if untrusted (fail-closed) or funds insufficient.
+  of atoms+price) + decrement balance + apply benefit (extend `ads_paid_until[origin]` from
-- `Grant(ctx, account, origin, atoms)` → `admin_grant` ledger row (price 0, concrete values
+  `max(now,end)` / set `ads_forever` / add hints) **in one tx**, stamping `origin` = platform
-  only, never chips), same benefit application; origin chosen by the admin (E7 UI; here the
+  context. Refuse if untrusted (fail-closed) or funds insufficient.
-  service method + an internal/admin entrypoint).
+- `Grant(ctx, account, origin, atoms)` → a **0-price sale of a value**: an `admin_grant`
-- `AdFree(ctx, account, platform)` / `HintsAvailable(ctx, account, platform)` /
+  ledger row (`chips_delta=0`, + snapshot), same benefit application; concrete values only,
-  `SpendHint(ctx, account, platform)` → apply the one-directional origin rule: in context P,
+  never chips (no chips move — it neither requires nor touches a balance). Origin chosen by
-  usable origins = {P} plus, when P is web/native, {vk,tg} (relaxation outward); in VK only
+  the admin. In E2 this is the Go service method only, exercised by tests; the admin grant UI
-  vk; in TG only tg.
+  + catalog editor are E7.
-- `Merge` / `Unlink` hooks: extend `accountmerge` to merge segments+benefits by origin
+- `AdFree(ctx, account, platform, present)` / `HintsAvailable(…)` / `SpendHint(…)` → apply
-  (same-origin add, different coexist), and make segment availability follow identity
+  the one-directional origin rule: in context P, usable origins = {P} plus, when P is
-  presence (unlink → sleep, re-link → wake). Warn-before-unlink is a UI concern (surface the
+  web/native, {vk,tg} (relaxation outward); in VK only vk; in TG only tg. Hint consumption
-  balance via the interface).
+  draws by the same priority direct→vk→tg.
+- `Merge` / `Unlink` hooks: extend `accountmerge` to merge segments **and** benefits by origin
+  (same-origin add — chips sum, terms extend per origin; different origins coexist) in the
+  caller's tx (`MergeTx`), and make **both** segment *and* benefit availability follow
+  identity presence — unlink sleeps the balance *and* the benefit, re-link wakes them (D14),
+  resolved live from `present`. Warn-before-unlink surfaces the balance via the interface; the
+  warning UI itself is not E2.
 
 **Backend wiring & migration.**
 
@@ -328,18 +350,22 @@ methods, Connect methods + transcode + FBS. Admin grant is internal/admin (E7 UI
 
 **Tests.**
 
-- unit (Go): gate-by-context matrix (every row of PAYMENTS §4); priority draw; no-ads
+- unit (Go): gate-by-context matrix (every row of PAYMENTS §4, incl. VK-iOS frozen +
-  stacking (`+=` from max(now,end)) + forever override; per-origin hint applicability;
+  untrusted); priority draw; no-ads stacking (`+=` from max(now,end)) + forever override;
-  merge/unlink segment math.
+  per-origin hint applicability + direct→vk→tg draw; merge/unlink segment+benefit math;
+  catalog snapshotting; read-cache invalidation on each mutation.
 - integration: atomic spend (ledger+balance+benefit in one tx; failure rolls all back);
   admin_grant credits values not chips; legacy migration zeroes and flips reads; merge/
   unlink over Postgres.
 - UI: none new (E3 builds the screen); wallet DTO covered by codec unit tests.
 
-**Done-criteria.** With chips seeded via `admin_grant`, a user can buy no-ads/hints; the gate
+**Done-criteria.** `admin_grant` applies no-ads/hints directly (a 0-price sale of a value —
-blocks cross-context spend and cross-origin application; ads gate reads the new benefit;
+no chips involved); the player chip-spend path (`Spend`) is proven by unit/integration tests
-`SpendHint` uses segments; all layers green; **compliance regression** (a `direct` benefit
+(balance seeded in-test, since a legitimate chip source arrives only with Release 2); the gate
-never activates inside VK/TG) is a named test.
+blocks cross-context spend and cross-origin application; the ads gate reads the new benefit;
+`SpendHint` uses segments; the hot read paths hit the read cache, not the `payments` schema;
+all layers green; **compliance regression** (a `direct` benefit never activates inside VK/TG)
+is a named test.
 
 **Notes/risks.** This is the high-blast-radius core (money semantics + a live path
 `SpendHint`/`ads.Eligible`). Minimize surface, keep the interface narrow, no mixed-in
@@ -349,88 +375,177 @@ refactors. The legacy flip is expand-contract: reads move first, DROP much later
 
 ## E3 — Wallet UI
 
-**Status:** TODO · **Release 1** · depends on: E2 · mechanics: PAYMENTS §1, §7, §6, §13, §4.
+**Status:** DONE · **Release 1** · depends on: E2 · mechanics: PAYMENTS §1, §7, §6, §13, §4.
 
 **Goal.** The user-facing "Кошелёк" (Wallet) section: balances + active benefits + the
 catalog storefront, honouring guest-hidden, GP-stub, and the web-spend warning.
 
+**Backend + wire (catalog read — new).** E2 shipped `wallet.get` / `wallet.buy` (segments +
+benefits + a chip spend) but no way to *list* the catalog; the storefront needs one, so E3 adds a
+read path following the E2 shape:
+
+- `payments.Service.Catalog(ctx, cxt)` + `store.loadCatalog` (`internal/payments/{catalog,
+  store_catalog}.go`) read every **active** product with atoms and prices and project them to the
+  context (`projectCatalog`, pure + unit-tested): a **value** (no `chips` atom) carries its CHIP
+  price and shows everywhere; a **chip pack** (`chips` atom) carries the money price for the
+  context method (`cxt.Kind`: vk→VOTE, telegram→XTR, direct→RUB) and shows only where that method
+  is priced. Read **uncached** (the catalog is small and rarely edited — unlike the per-account
+  balances/benefits the read cache fronts).
+- REST `GET /api/v1/user/wallet/catalog` (`handleWalletCatalog`, gated by `walletGate`) →
+  `catalogDTO`; gateway op `wallet.catalog` (`transcode.go` + `encodeCatalog`), `backendclient.
+  Catalog`; FBS `Catalog`/`CatalogProduct`/`CatalogAtom` (`pkg/fbs/scrabble.fbs`), client
+  `decodeCatalog`.
+
 **UI (`ui/`).**
 
-- New `'wallet'` tab in `ui/src/screens/SettingsHub.svelte` — `SettingsTab` union, tab
+- New `'wallet'` tab in `ui/src/screens/SettingsHub.svelte` — `SettingsTab` union, tab button
-  button **between Friends (:65) and About (:66)**, body branch in the `:42-51` switch,
+  **between Friends and About** (guest-hidden like Friends, offline-disabled like Profile/Friends),
-  `'wallet'` route in `ui/src/lib/routeparse.ts` + `ui/src/App.svelte`. Reuse the hub's
+  body branch, `'wallet'` route in `ui/src/lib/routeparse.ts` + `ui/src/App.svelte`.
-  guest/offline gating.
+- `Wallet.svelte` screen: context-available chip balances + active benefits (no-ads until date /
-- `Wallet.svelte` screen: **minimal** — context-available chip balances + active benefits
+  forever, hints count). **No history feed** (PAYMENTS §11 — noise). Storefront: values priced in
-  (no-ads until date, hints count). **No history feed** (PAYMENTS §11 — noise). Storefront:
+  chips (buyable with `wallet.buy`), chip packs priced per method.
-  products from the configurable catalog, prices in chips (values) / per-method (chip packs).
 - **Guest:** section hidden entirely (durable-only).
-- **GP build:** purchase CTA replaced by a stub ("install the RuStore build to make
+- **GP build:** the chip-pack purchases are hidden behind a RuStore stub; spending earned chips on
-  purchases"); rewarded + spending earned chips still work. Detect the GP native build.
+  values still works (PAYMENTS §13). Detected by a build-time flag `VITE_GP_BUILD`
-- **Web-spend warning:** before spending vk/tg chips in a web/native (direct) context, show
+  (`ui/src/lib/distribution.ts`), forcible under the mock e2e with `?gp`.
-  an own `Modal` (not `showPopup` — that eats the user-activation gesture) warning the value
+- **Web-spend warning:** before a value spend that would draw vk/tg chips in a direct context, an
-  will be web/native-only.
+  own `Modal` (not `showPopup`) warns the benefit will be web/native-only. The context is inferred
-- Extract all logic into `ui/src/lib/*` (unit-testable); keep `.svelte` thin.
+  client-side (`executionContext` — VK/Telegram/direct); the server enforces the real gate on
+  `wallet.buy` (fail-closed), so no wallet-DTO change was needed.
+- Logic extracted to `ui/src/lib/{wallet,distribution}.ts` (unit-testable); `.svelte` stays thin.
+
+**Pack purchase is display-only in E3.** Buying a chip pack needs the money order flow, which is
+**E5**; here a pack card shows its price with a disabled **"Soon"** action. E5 replaces that with the
+launch/order CTA. Value spends are wired now (E2 `wallet.buy`), though a Release-1 durable account
+has 0 chips until funding exists (E5/E6), so a real value spend returns insufficient-funds until then.
 
 **Tests.**
 
-- unit (vitest): storefront/price formatting, context-available-segment selection, warning
+- unit (Go): `projectCatalog` context matrix (value everywhere; pack per context method; misconfig
-  trigger condition.
+  omitted). unit (vitest): money/price formatting, spendable-segment selection, warning trigger,
-- UI (Playwright mock, Chromium+WebKit): Wallet renders between Friends/About; guest hides
+  the GP flag; `decodeCatalog` codec round-trip (mock e2e bypasses the codec).
-  it; GP stub; warning modal on web vk/tg spend. Mock overlay must stay instant under
+- integration (`inttest`): `/wallet/catalog` returns active products with the context-correct price
-  `MODE==='mock'` (or it intercepts taps).
+  over Postgres; soft-deleted excluded.
+- UI (Playwright mock, Chromium+WebKit): Wallet renders between Friends/About; guest hides it
+  (`?guest` seam); GP stub (`?gp`); warning modal on a vk-drawing web spend, no warning on a
+  direct-covered spend. Mock overlay stays instant under `MODE==='mock'` (or it intercepts taps).
 
-**Done-criteria.** Owner can review the Wallet on the deployed test contour (visual sign-off
+**Done-criteria (met).** Balances/benefits/storefront render per context; guest/GP/warning paths
-is on the contour, not local); balances/benefits/storefront correct per context; guest/GP/
+verified by unit + integration + mock e2e on both engines. **A *populated* contour review depends
-warning paths verified. Release 1 is now demonstrable end-to-end via `admin_grant`.
+on later stages** (no products until the E7 catalog editor, no chip funding until E5/E6, no grant
+UI until E7): on the contour E3 shows the correct **empty** wallet/storefront states; the populated
+UI is proven by the mock e2e. (This replaces the earlier "demonstrable end-to-end via `admin_grant`"
+line — the grant UI is E7.)
 
-**Notes/risks.** No global `.btn`/`.ghost` in `ui/` — style per-component with scoped CSS +
+**Notes/risks.** No global `.btn`/`.ghost` in `ui/` — styled per-component with scoped CSS + tokens
-tokens (mirror NewGame `.invite` for a CTA). Svelte whitespace/`$state` naming gotchas
+(mirror NewGame `.invite`). Product titles are single-language catalog data (E0 `product.title`),
-apply. iOS WebView download/gesture caveats are irrelevant here (no file delivery).
+shown verbatim; currency/chip words are i18n, counts follow the app's label+number convention (no
+noun agreement). Svelte whitespace/`$state` naming gotchas apply.
 
 ---
 
 ## E4 — Durability (PITR)
 
-**Status:** TODO · **Release 2** · depends on: E0 (schema exists) · mechanics: PAYMENTS §14.
+**Status:** DONE — armed + restore-drilled on prod (v1.13.0, 2026-07-09). · **Release 2** ·
+depends on: E0 (schema exists) · mechanics: PAYMENTS §14 (D4).
 
 **Goal.** Continuous WAL archiving with point-in-time recovery, armed **before the first
 real money** is accepted (E5 prod). Protects both money and game data.
 
-**Work.**
+**Locked decisions (this stage).**
 
-- Add WAL archiving to the prod Postgres (pgBackRest or WAL-G): base backups + continuous
+- **Tool: pgBackRest.** **Destination: Selectel S3** object storage (encrypted AES-256-CBC,
-  WAL to a second host or object storage. Wire into `deploy/` (compose/prod overlay +
+  path-style addressing), **prod main host only** — the test contour never archives. (D4 left
-  ansible `deploy/ansible/`), config + secrets under the `PROD_` prefix.
+  the tool + destination open; resolved here. Warm replica stays deferred, per D4.)
-- Restore runbook in `deploy/README.md`: base + WAL replay to a timestamp; test the restore
+- **Retention 30 days**, **daily full base backup** (a systemd timer) + continuous WAL
-  on a scratch target.
+  (`archive_command`, a 5-minute forced switch bounds the recovery point). Assessment
-- Keep the existing migration-time `pg_dump` (`deploy/prod-deploy.sh`) as belt-and-braces.
+  (owner-reviewed prod gate): measured prod WAL **~0.77 MB/day**, DB **~9.6 MB** → archive
+  **< 1 ₽/month** on Selectel S3, **negligible** perf impact. Recorded in `deploy/README.md`.
+- **Archiving ships gated OFF** (`PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE` on the DB, `pitr_enabled` for the
+  timer — both default off), so the merged/redeployed artifact is inert until armed and an
+  un-armed prod deploy **cannot** pile WAL onto the disk.
 
-**Mandatory pre-prod assessment (owner-required, gates the Release 2 prod rollout).**
+**Work (landed in the artifacts PR into `development`).**
-Before the first money goes live, produce and record here:
 
-1. **Disk-storage cost estimate** for the WAL archive + base backups (retention window ×
+- pgBackRest in the DB image (`deploy/postgres/Dockerfile`); postgres becomes a built + pushed
-   WAL volume; account for both hosts / object-storage pricing). This can change hosting
+  image (prod overlay `image:` + `prod-deploy.yaml` build/push list).
-   sizing.
+- Repository config + `archive_mode` via `PGBACKREST_*` env on the prod-overlay postgres
-2. **PG performance-degradation assessment** from continuous archiving (write amplification,
+  service; secrets/vars rendered by `deploy/write-prod-env.sh` from the `PROD_PGBACKREST_*`
-   archive_command latency, backup I/O contention) on the prod-sized instance.
+  Gitea set; **parity added to `prod-rollback.yaml`** (a rollback must not disarm archiving).
+- Daily base-backup systemd timer (Ansible `main` role, gated by `pitr_enabled`).
+- Two Grafana alerts on the exporter's `pg_stat_archiver` metrics (failing / stalled),
+  absent/NaN-safe on the contour.
+- Belt-and-braces `pg_dump` fixed to dump the **whole DB** (`deploy/prod-deploy.sh` was
+  `-n backend`, silently excluding `payments`); manual-restore runbook updated.
+- Full PITR runbook + arming sequence + recorded assessment in `deploy/README.md`.
 
-Neither blocks building the plan, but both **must** be completed and reviewed before the
+**Prod arming (completed 2026-07-09 with the v1.13.0 release).** Owner created the Selectel S3
-prod release — surface the numbers to the owner (they may change host settings).
+bucket (`erudite`, ru-6) + the `PROD_PGBACKREST_*` secrets/variables (incl. `ARCHIVE_MODE=on`);
+promoted `development → master` → `prod-deploy` (archive_mode on behind the maintenance window),
+then `stanza-create` + first base backup (31.9 MB cluster → 3.7 MB in the repo) + `check`, the
+Ansible `-e pitr_enabled=true` timer, and a restore drill on an isolated one-shot target (data
+intact, then wiped). Exact steps: `deploy/README.md` (point-in-time recovery — arming).
 
-**Tests.** Restore drill on a scratch instance (base + WAL → target timestamp) documented
+**Tests.** Restore drill on an isolated one-shot instance (base + WAL → target timestamp),
-and passing. No app-level tests.
+recorded in `deploy/README.md`. No app-level tests. Local verification: `docker compose config`
+valid + the custom PG image builds (archiving inert on the contour).
 
-**Done-criteria.** WAL archiving live on prod PG; a timed restore verified; cost + perf
+**Done-criteria (met).** WAL archiving live on prod PG (v1.13.0); a restore verified on an
-assessment recorded and owner-reviewed; runbook in `deploy/README.md`.
+isolated one-shot target; cost + perf assessment reviewed; runbook current in
+`deploy/README.md`.
 
-**Notes/risks.** The tg host is weak (1 vCPU) — if the archive lands there, watch
+**Notes/risks.** The repository **cipher passphrase is unrecoverable if lost** — stored apart
-contention. Migrations stay expand-contract so image rollback remains DB-safe alongside PITR.
+from the S3 keys. Manual/timer pgBackRest runs use `docker exec -u postgres … --pg1-user=scrabble`
+(docker exec is root; the DB superuser role is `scrabble`, not `postgres`) — the systemd timer
++ the runbook carry this. Enabling `archive_mode` restarts postgres (rode the prod-deploy
+maintenance window). Migrations stay expand-contract so image rollback remains DB-safe with PITR.
 
 ---
 
 ## E5 — Payment intake
 
-**Status:** TODO · **Release 2** · depends on: E0, E1, E2, E4 · mechanics: PAYMENTS §9, §12.
+**Status:** DONE · **Release 2** · depends on: E0, E1, E2, E4 · mechanics: PAYMENTS §9, §12.
+
+**Delivery & baked decisions.** Shipped as a linear PR stack (owner's choice), Robokassa first.
+Resolved: match the order by a Robokassa **`Shp_order`** custom parameter, not the numeric `InvId`
+(an order id is a uuid); idempotency key = the order id (`provider_payment_id = order_id`); the НПД
+receipt is formed **shop-side in the Robokassa cabinet**, so no `Receipt` parameter is sent; a
+chargeback **never drives the balance negative** (D27 stands, `balances_chips_chk` kept), so E5 is
+**schema-free** (no migration, no contour wipe). Delivered on `feature/payment-intake-robokassa`:
+the offer page (`/offer/`), the order/`fund` engine (idempotent, honours an expired order), the
+`internal/robokassa` adapter, the `POST /wallet/order` + internal Result-callback handlers (a D36
+confirmed-email gate on `direct`), the pending reaper, the `wallet.order` edge wire + the public
+`/pay/*` routes, the Wallet purchase CTA, the contour deploy env (IsTest forced), and the
+`payment_events` dispatcher — an in-app wallet-refresh push (KindNotification `"payment"`) with a
+self-closing provider-return page (the payment opens in a separate window) and a return-focus
+refetch fallback. The **VK Votes rail** is delivered too: the client opens
+`VKWebAppShowOrderBox({item: order_id})`; a two-phase signed server callback (`get_item` → the pack
+title + vote price; a chargeable `order_status_change` → the same `Fund` with source=`vk`, idempotent
+on VK's own order id) is verified at the gateway with the app protected key (`GATEWAY_VK_APP_SECRET`,
+already deployed) and proxied to the backend intake. The **Telegram Stars rail** is delivered on
+`feature/payment-intake-tg-stars`: only the bot reaches Telegram, so the **invoice is minted by the
+bot** — on the `wallet.order` path the gateway sends a new `CreateInvoice` command over the reverse
+bot-link and the bot returns the `createInvoiceLink` (XTR) in its Ack, handed to the client's
+`WebApp.openInvoice`. The bot answers `pre_checkout_query` via a new bot→gateway **`ValidatePreCheckout`**
+unary (backed by the backend: the order must exist, be still creditable and **not already paid** — the
+reusable-invoice double-pay guard — with a matching amount); the decline reason is localised to the
+order account's language. A completed `successful_payment` is persisted to a pure-Go **SQLite outbox**
+(`modernc.org/sqlite`) then forwarded by a new bot→gateway **`ForwardPayment`** unary into the same
+`Fund` (source=`telegram`, idempotent on `telegram_payment_charge_id`, honours an expired order),
+re-driven at startup and every 30 s. The rail is wired by `TELEGRAM_STARS_OUTBOX_DIR` (defaults to the
+bot `/data` volume) but stays **inert until a chip pack carries an XTR price**, so seeding a Stars price
+in the admin is the go-live. Finally **refunds** are delivered on `feature/payment-intake-refunds`: a
+single `Refund` engine (`internal/payments`) reverses a paid order best-effort, exactly once —
+idempotent on `(provider, provider_refund_id)`, revoking the funded chips **floored at 0** (never
+negative, D27), and recording the unrecoverable remainder (chips already spent) as a per-account
+**loss + abuse flag** in the new additive `payments.account_risk` table (read by the E7 report). The
+refund ledger row's chip delta is what was actually reclaimed (the ledger stays reconcilable); the
+full reversal rides in its snapshot; the order stays `paid`. **No rail pushes an unsolicited refund**
+— all are admin-triggered (E7): Robokassa refund API / cabinet (auto-polling deferred — a worker not
+worth it at low chargeback volume), VK via support, Telegram `refundStarPayment`. `failed` events are
+not wired (no rail signals a hard post-charge server decline). The migration is **additive** (a new
+table only), so E5 stays rollback-safe / no contour wipe. That closes E5. Deferred to a later stage:
+hiding the ad banner on a no-ads purchase (a spend-path `NotifyBanner`, with the owner's agreement).
 
 **Goal.** Accept real money on all three rails into the payments domain: order-flow,
 verified provider callbacks, idempotency, the TG bot SQLite outbox, the event dispatcher,
@@ -440,7 +555,9 @@ receipts, and refunds.
 
 - `POST /api/v1/user/wallet/order` → create `order(pending)` (account/platform/product/
   expected amount/origin), return the provider-specific launch payload with `order_id`
-  threaded in (Robokassa `InvId` / TG `invoice_payload` / VK `item`).
+  threaded in (Robokassa `InvId` / TG `invoice_payload` / VK `item`). The storefront's chip-pack
+  card wires its purchase CTA to this here, **replacing the disabled "Soon" placeholder E3 left**
+  (`ui/src/screens/Wallet.svelte`).
 - Robokassa + VK **public webhooks**: new edge routes (add to `deploy/caddy/Caddyfile`
   `@gateway` matcher — or they fall to the landing catch-all), signature/HMAC verified,
   proxied into a payments intake handler. Match by `order_id`, verify amount, credit
@@ -451,12 +568,14 @@ receipts, and refunds.
 
 **TG bot outbox (`platform/telegram/`).**
 
-- The bot receives `successful_payment` (and `pre_checkout_query`) via Bot API. Add a
+- The bot receives `successful_payment` (and `pre_checkout_query`) via Bot API. A **SQLite**
-  **SQLite** store on the bot's disk: on receipt, persist → ack the Telegram update → forward
+  store on the bot's disk (`internal/outbox`): on receipt, persist → forward over the reverse
-  to a backend payments-intake endpoint (internal, authenticated over the existing reverse
+  mTLS bot-link to the **gateway** (a `ForwardPayment` unary; the bot cannot dial the backend
-  mTLS bot-link) → on backend ack, mark `forwarded`. Retries with backoff; re-drive
+  directly) → the gateway proxies to the backend payments-intake REST → on a durable response,
-  undelivered on restart. Backend intake dedups by `telegram_payment_charge_id`.
+  mark `forwarded`. Re-drive undelivered on startup and on a 30 s tick. Backend intake dedups by
-- Provide the invoice creation path (Stars) from the Mini App via the bot as needed.
+  `telegram_payment_charge_id`.
+- Invoice creation (Stars) is minted by the bot (`createInvoiceLink`, XTR) on the gateway's
+  `CreateInvoice` bot-link command, returned to the Mini App as the `openInvoice` link.
 
 **Events & notifications.**
 
@@ -468,9 +587,13 @@ receipts, and refunds.
 **Receipts (§12).** Robokassa self-employed НПД receipt on payment (provider config); VK
 handles Votes tax itself; TG Stars — no receipt.
 
-**Refunds (§9).** ToS non-refundable; admin manual refund (ties to `accountdelete`); external
+**Refunds (§9).** ToS non-refundable. **All refunds are admin-triggered** (E7): no rail pushes an
-`refunded` events honoured — best-effort benefit revoke (never negative; record loss + abuse
+unsolicited refund — Robokassa refund API / cabinet (auto-polling deferred as a low-value worker),
-flag if spent), ledger `refund` row. Ledger export-ready (reconciliation not built).
+VK via support, Telegram `refundStarPayment`. One `Refund` engine reverses a paid order best-effort,
+exactly once (idempotent on `(provider, provider_refund_id)`): revoke floored at 0 (never negative),
+unrecoverable remainder → per-account loss + abuse flag (`payments.account_risk`), a `refund` ledger
+row (chip delta = revoked, full reversal in the snapshot). `failed` events are not wired (no rail
+signals a hard post-charge server decline). Ledger export-ready (reconciliation not built).
 
 **Tests.**
 
@@ -495,9 +618,42 @@ force-recreate when the Caddyfile changes.
 
 ## E6 — Ads
 
-**Status:** TODO · **Release 2** · depends on: E2 (chips), E5 (rewarded credits via intake) ·
+**Status:** DONE · **Release 2** · depends on: E2 (chips), E5 (rewarded credits via intake) ·
 mechanics: PAYMENTS §10.
 
+**Delivery & baked decisions.** Shipped as a linear PR stack (owner's choice): **rewarded first**,
+then interstitial. Baked: the interstitial cooldowns already exist in `payments.config` (E0) and the
+per-origin banner suppression is already done (E2 `AdFree`), so E6 is the two ad DISPLAY paths + the
+rewarded credit. **VK reality (checked live in the VK docs via Playwright):** VK Mini App ads
+(`VKWebAppShowNativeAds`, both `reward` and `interstitial`) expose **only a client-side `data.result`
+boolean** — no server verify, no signature. So **D29 is amended**: rewarded is **client-attested**,
+guarded by a server **daily + hourly cap** (config `reward_daily_cap` / `reward_hourly_cap`, default
+50 / 10) that is both anti-abuse and an economic conversion lever (limits free chips so players buy);
+the cooldown state for the interstitial is **client-mirrored** (owner's pick). Delivered on
+`feature/ads-rewarded` (the **rewarded** slice): the ads-network abstraction (`ui/src/lib/ads.ts`, VK
+impl) + the VK bridge (`vkRewardedReady` / `vkShowRewarded`), the backend `CreditReward` (VK-only,
+order-less, idempotent on a client nonce, floored by the caps, payout from config
+`rewarded_payout_chips` default 0 = off), the `wallet.reward` edge op returning the updated wallet
+(with `reward_chips` gating the "watch for chips" CTA), and a **contour test stub** (`VITE_ADS_STUB` →
+a toast instead of a real ad; prod always real). A temporary diagnostic confirmed on the contour that
+VK returns **only `{result:true}`** (no token/signature) — client-attested is final, no hardening
+possible; the diagnostic is removed. The slice also **corrects the VK-iOS freeze to purchase-only**
+(rewarded on VK-iOS earns chips, which the old blanket "spend freeze" then blocked from spending —
+Apple forbids only *buying* in-app values, not spending or earning them; `vkFrozen()` now gates only
+`CreateOrder`, not `spendableSources`, so VK-wallet chips spend on VK-iOS). Delivered on
+`feature/ads-interstitial` (the **interstitial + D31** slice): the post-move fullscreen interstitial
+as a **client-mirrored** gate — the backend `adsFor` puts the config cooldowns + a `suppressed` flag
+(the no-ads / `no_banner` gate, same as the banner) on the profile (`Profile.ads`), and
+`ui/src/lib/ads.ts` `maybeShowInterstitial` self-gates on the last-shown time per kind in
+`localStorage`, showing a VK interstitial (`vkShowInterstitial`) after a **confirmed play or a hint
+only** (never a pass / exchange / resign), VK-only, offline banner-only, with the same `VITE_ADS_STUB`
+toast on the contour. The slice also lands **D31 step 1 (contract-code)**: the domain no longer reads
+or writes the deprecated `accounts.hint_balance` / `paid_account` columns — the `Account` fields, the
+dead `account.SpendHint`, `account.GrantHints` and the admin **grant-hints** action are removed, and
+the in-game hint display now comes wholly from the payments benefit (`HintsAvailable`). The **columns
+stay** (no migration → image rollback is DB-safe); a later contract-PR does the `DROP` once E6 is
+stable on prod.
+
 **Goal.** VK video ads: the post-move interstitial (frequency-gated) and the rewarded video
 (credits chips via server verify), plus extending the existing banner suppression to
 per-origin.
@@ -512,8 +668,9 @@ per-origin.
 - **Interstitial** (post-move fullscreen), configurable server values (from `payments`
   config): global per-user cooldown across all games (default 5 min); `vs_ai` 30 min; a hint
   application triggers a post-move interstitial independently with its own 1-min cooldown;
-  offline banner-only; respect VK's own frequency caps. Cooldown state tracked server-side
+  offline banner-only; respect VK's own frequency caps. Cooldown state is **client-mirrored**
-  (per user) or client-mirrored from a server value — pick and document at implementation.
+  (the chosen option): the server sends the cooldowns + `suppressed` on the profile and the
+  client self-gates on a per-kind last-shown time in `localStorage` — no per-move round-trip.
 - **Banner suppression:** extend `ads.Eligible` (`backend/internal/ads/ads.go` :107) to gate
   on the **origin benefit applicable in the current context** (E2 interface) instead of the
   single legacy flag. No-ads suppresses banner + interstitial; rewarded never suppressed.
@@ -536,75 +693,177 @@ it tunes without a store release.
 
 ---
 
-## E7 — Admin & reports
+## E7 — Admin, reports & catalog
 
-**Status:** TODO · **Release 2** · depends on: E2 (ledger/grant), E5 (payments/refunds) ·
+**Status:** DONE · **Release 2** · depends on: E2 (ledger/grant/spend), E5 (payments/refunds),
-mechanics: PAYMENTS §11.
+E6 (D31 retired the legacy `hint_balance`/`paid_account`) · mechanics: PAYMENTS §11, §12, D32.
 
-**Goal.** The admin console financial surface: per-user report, admin grant UI, manual
+**Delivery & baked decisions (this planning round).** A linear PR stack into `development`.
-refund UI, ledger export.
 
-**Work (`/_gm`, `backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go` + `adminconsole/`).**
+- **Archived product = the existing `product.active` flag** (no new column, no migration):
+  `active=false` **is** "archived". Its three behaviours already hold — hidden from the user
+  storefront (`store_catalog.go` filters `active`), an **in-flight external payment still
+  credits** (the `fund` credit path resolves the order and never re-checks `active`; only order
+  *creation* / chip *spend* require `active`), and a product with any order/ledger row **cannot
+  be hard-deleted** (FK `orders→product` / `ledger→product` are RESTRICT). The admin toggle is
+  labelled **Archive / Unarchive**.
+- **Delete vs archive:** the editor offers a hard **Delete** only for a product with **no
+  orders and no ledger rows** (never transacted — the FK is the DB backstop); a transacted
+  product is **archive-only**.
+- **Admin grant = raw atoms + by-product.** Keep the quick raw-atom grant (N hints / no-ads
+  days / forever) AND add grant-by-product: pick a defined product (including archived "reward"
+  bundles) and grant its atoms. Both write an `admin_grant` ledger row; by-product records
+  `product_id` + the snapshot. **Both refuse any set containing `chips`** (admin never grants
+  currency) **or `tournament`** (no credit target until E9) — an explicit refusal, never a
+  silent no-op.
+- **Manual refund = full order only** for now (the E5 `Refund` engine takes an amount; partial
+  is a later add if needed).
+- **Tournament stays atom-only (E0); its entry economy is E9.** The catalog editor can compose
+  products carrying the `tournament` atom (archived templates for E9), but granting/spending a
+  `tournament` atom is refused until E9 designs the storage (recurring types, each its own
+  benefit + price) — see E9. Adding a `benefits.tournament` counter now was rejected: the model
+  is multi-type, so a single column would be wrong and force a second DB break.
+- The admin grant **no longer mirrors `grant-hints`** (E6/D31 removed that action); it is a
+  fresh action on `payments.Grant`.
 
-- **Per-user financial panel** on the existing user card (`consoleUserDetail` :343,
+**Goal.** The admin console financial surface — per-user report, admin grant, manual refund,
-  `UserDetailView`): segment balances, payments, spends, grants, refunds, full history —
+ledger export — plus the **configurable product catalog editor** (D32).
-  read from the append-only ledger + materialized cache.
+
-- **Admin grant** action (mirror the existing `POST /_gm/users/:id/grant-hints`): grant
+**Work (`/_gm`, `handlers_admin_console.go` + `adminconsole/`, `internal/payments/`).**
-  concrete values (no-ads days / hints), **origin picker**, **never chips**; writes an
+
-  `admin_grant` ledger row (E2 `Grant`).
+- **Per-user financial panel** on the user card (`consoleUserDetail`, `UserDetailView`): segment
-- **Manual refund** action: admin-initiated refund of a specific order (ties to the refund
+  chip balances `(account, source)`, benefits `(account, origin)` (hints, no-ads until/forever),
-  path); records a `refund` ledger row; best-effort benefit revoke.
+  and the full append-only ledger (fund/spend/admin_grant/refund — amount, origin, product,
-- **Ledger export**: CSV/JSON export of the ledger for tax reporting + future Robokassa
+  provider, snapshot) from the ledger + materialized cache. Replaces the retired
-  reconciliation (export-ready schema; reconciliation itself not built).
+  `PaidAccount`/`HintBalance` fields with the segmented view.
+- **Catalog editor** (`/_gm/catalog`): list every product (active + archived) with its atoms and
+  per-method/currency prices; create/edit (title, atom items `atom_type→quantity`, price rows
+  `method+currency→amount`); **Archive/Unarchive** (`active`); **Delete** (never-transacted
+  only). Enforce the projection's shape: a **pack** (carries `chips`) needs a money price per
+  method; a **value** (no `chips`) needs a single `CHIP` price. A `tournament`-bearing product is
+  allowed in composition but cannot be activated for sale until E9.
+- **Admin grant** action: raw atoms (hints / no-ads days / forever) and by-product (a value
+  product, incl. archived); **origin picker**; refuses `chips`/`tournament`; `admin_grant` ledger
+  row (+ `product_id`/snapshot for by-product) via `payments.Grant`.
+- **Manual refund** action: refund a specific paid order **in full** — a `refund` ledger row +
+  best-effort floor-0 benefit revoke (E5 `Refund`).
+- **Ledger export**: CSV/JSON for tax + future Robokassa reconciliation (export-ready;
+  reconciliation itself not built).
 - Auth unchanged: gateway Basic-Auth in front of `/_gm` + backend same-origin CSRF on POSTs.
 
 **Tests.**
 
-- unit: report view assembly; grant refuses chips; export shape.
+- unit: panel view assembly; catalog pack/value shape projection; grant refuses chips + tournament;
-- integration: grant/refund write correct ledger rows; report reflects balances+history.
+  editor validation (pack⇒money price, value⇒CHIP price); export shape.
+- integration: grant (raw + by-product) writes the right `admin_grant` row + benefit; refund writes
+  a `refund` row + floor-0 revoke; catalog CRUD round-trips (create→edit→archive→delete-if-clean);
+  delete refused on a transacted product; panel reflects balances + benefits + history.
 
-**Done-criteria.** An operator can see a user's full financial picture, grant concrete
+**Done-criteria.** An operator can: see a user's full financial picture; create/edit/archive
-values (origin-picked, never chips), issue a manual refund, and export the ledger.
+products + prices and delete only never-transacted ones; grant concrete values raw or by-product
+(origin-picked, never chips/tournament); refund an order in full; export the ledger.
 
-**Notes/risks.** `/_gm` per-user detail already surfaces `PaidAccount`/`HintBalance` — replace
+**PR stack (linear into `development`, all merged).**
-those with the segmented view as the legacy columns retire.
+
+1. ~~**Per-user financial panel**~~ (#230) — read-only ledger/segments/benefits on the user card;
+   retired the `PaidAccount`/`HintBalance` display.
+2. ~~**Catalog editor**~~ (#231) — product/atom/price CRUD + archive/unarchive + delete-if-clean +
+   shape validation.
+3. ~~**Admin grant**~~ (#232, + the D31 hint-wallet wire cleanup that surfaced there) — raw +
+   by-product, refuse chips/tournament, origin-picked, `admin_grant` + snapshot.
+4. ~~**Manual refund** (full order via E5 `Refund`) + **ledger CSV export**~~ — `RefundOrderFull`
+   (idempotent, floor-0 revoke) on each fund row; `/_gm/ledger.csv`.
+
+**Notes/risks.** High-blast-radius (money, ledger — append-only, trigger-enforced). No mixed-in
+refactors. The catalog editor becomes the source of truth for products; the contour SQL seeds
+become bootstrap-only.
 
 ---
 
 ## E8 — Guest limits
 
-**Status:** TODO · **standalone** (game-behaviour change; can run in parallel) · depends on:
+**Status:** DONE · **standalone** (game-behaviour change) · depends on: none · mechanics: PAYMENTS §6.
-none · mechanics: PAYMENTS §6.
 
-**Goal.** A registration funnel: cap what a guest can do, enforced **server-side** (today the
+**Goal.** A registration funnel: cap what a guest can do, enforced **server-side** (today UI-only),
-gating is UI-only).
+with configurable per-tier × per-kind limits so the pressure tunes without a release.
 
-**Finding (verified).** The friend/invitation paths do **not** check `is_guest` on the
+**Finding (verified).** Two gaps. (a) The friend/invitation paths do **not** check `is_guest` on the
-server — only the UI hides them: `social/friends.go:50` `SendFriendRequest`,
+server — only the UI hides them: `social/friends.go`, `robotfriends.go`, `friendcodes.go`,
-`robotfriends.go:41` `RequestInGame`, `friendcodes.go:67` `RedeemFriendCode`,
+`lobby/invitations.go`. A guest with a valid `X-User-ID` can call them. (b) A **pre-existing** flat
-`lobby/invitations.go:208` `CreateInvitation`. A guest with a valid `X-User-ID` can call them
+cap already existed: `game.MaxActiveQuickGames`=10 — a **combined** cap on `active`+`open` quick
-in the UI's stead.
+games (vs_ai+random together, friend games excluded), counted by `CountActiveQuickGames`, enforced at
+the handler (`ensureUnderGameLimit`) with **409 `game_limit_reached`**, surfaced as `at_game_limit`.
+E8's per-tier × per-kind config **subsumes and replaces** it (decided: option A).
+
+**Delivery & baked decisions (this planning round).** A linear PR stack; E8 is game-behaviour, no
+payments mixed in.
+
+- **`games.game_kind smallint DEFAULT 0`** (0=unknown — pre-E8 games, never gated; 1=vs_ai; 2=random;
+  3=friends), set on creation (`StartVsAI`=1, `Enqueue`=2, a friend invitation=3). Existing games
+  stay 0 and fall outside the gate.
+- **Limits are per-tier × per-kind**, in a **new single-row `backend.config`** table:
+  `guest_{vs_ai,random,friends}_limit` + `durable_{vs_ai,random,friends}_limit` (smallint,
+  **`-1`=unlimited**), seeded `(1,1,0, 10,10,10)`. A guest is capped at 1 vs_ai + 1 random (friends
+  is moot — the guest gate blocks friend games); a durable account is **10 per kind** — the old flat
+  MaxActiveQuickGames=10, now split per kind. Editable in the admin.
+- **The old flat cap is removed** (option A, owner-agreed): `MaxActiveQuickGames`,
+  `CountActiveQuickGames`, `atGameLimit` deleted; the per-tier/kind config is the single mechanism,
+  enforced at the **same handler gate** (`ensureUnderGameLimit(kind)` for `enqueue`
+  random/vs_ai) plus the durable **friends cap** inside `CreateInvitation`. The gate stays out of the
+  game domain — `game.Service.AtGameLimit(account, kind)` only resolves tier + counts.
+- **A hot in-memory cache** fronts the config (read once on start, invalidated on the admin edit —
+  mirrors the payments read-cache) so a login / game-create never queries it.
+- **"Active" = `open` + `active`** (an open, unmatched random game holds a slot); the limit is on
+  **creation** — an existing game is grandfathered, never interrupted.
+- **Limits ride the wire (forward-compat, no double break):** `Profile.game_limits`
+  (`GameLimits{vs_ai, random, friends}` — the caller's tier resolved server-side) + `GameView.kind`,
+  so the client counts active games **per kind** from its lobby and locks the right start button. On
+  a guest → durable upgrade (register / link) the client **re-fetches the profile** so the new
+  (durable) limits apply. The client picks the lock's message by tier: a **guest** → the login funnel;
+  a **durable** account at its cap → a plain "finish a current game first" notice.
 
 **Work.**
 
-- **Server guest gate** on friend-request / redeem-code / invitation-create: refuse when the
+- ~~**PR1 — backend + admin (server-side)** — DONE.~~ The migration (`game_kind` + `backend.config`,
-  caller `is_guest` (add an `ErrGuestForbidden`-style guard, as `feedback` already has).
+  seeded `1,1,0 / 10,10,10` + jetgen); `game_kind` set on creation and projected onto `game.Game`;
-- **Active-game limits** for guests: at most **1 random-opponent game + 1 vs_ai** concurrently
+  the **guest gate** (`ErrGuestForbidden`, mapped to **403 `guest_forbidden`**) on friend-request /
-  (enforce on game/invitation creation in `lobby`/`game`; today no such limit exists).
+  redeem-code / befriend-in-game / invitation-create; the **active-limit enforce** — the old flat
-- Keep the existing UI gating; this adds the server as the source of truth.
+  `MaxActiveQuickGames` mechanism removed and replaced by `ensureUnderGameLimit(kind)` on `enqueue`
+  (random/vs_ai) plus the durable friends cap in `CreateInvitation`, keyed off
+  `game.Service.AtGameLimit`; the **`internal/gamelimits` config + hot cache** (loaded at boot,
+  invalidated on edit); the admin **kind column** in both game lists (`/_gm/games` + the user card)
+  and a **config editor** (`/_gm/limits`) for the six limits.
+- ~~**PR2 — wire + client** — DONE.~~ `Profile.game_limits` (the caller's tier) + `GameView.kind` (FBS
+  + gateway transcode + client codec, committed regen); the client counts active games per kind from
+  the lobby cache (`gamelimits.ts`) and locks a capped new-game start — an **outline 🔒** button that
+  opens `GameLimitModal` instead of a game, native (Telegram `showPopup`) or the in-app `Modal`
+  elsewhere, with two messages by tier: a **guest** sign-in funnel ("Войдите или создайте учётную
+  запись…", Отмена / Вход→`/settings`) and, for a **durable** account at its cap, a plain notice
+  ("Вы достигли лимита одновременных игр, сначала завершите текущие", ОК). The lock lifts via the
+  existing profile re-fetch after a guest→durable upgrade.
+  - **Decision (owner-agreed): the lobby's old `at_game_limit` New-Game tab-disable + notice is
+    removed.** The `at_game_limit` flag (now the random-kind cap) conflicted with the per-kind lock —
+    it hid the New-Game screen where the lock lives, and wrongly blocked starting an unfulfilled kind.
+    The tab is always enabled; the per-kind lock on the start button is the only gate. The wire field
+    `GameList.at_game_limit` stays (unused by the client) for a later cleanup.
 
 **Tests.**
 
-- integration: guest is refused friend/redeem/invitation server-side; guest blocked from a
+- integration (PR1, done): `game_kind` persisted per path; guest refused friend/redeem/invitation
-  2nd random / 2nd vs_ai; durable account unaffected.
+  (domain + HTTP 403); guest blocked from a 2nd vs_ai / 2nd random (+ `at_game_limit`); durable on the
-- UI: guest sees the funnel (existing hides + any new messaging).
+  higher tier; the durable friends cap + config cache reflecting an admin edit; accept stays exempt.
+- unit (PR1, done): the per-tier/kind limit resolution (`Cap`, `LimitsFor`).
+- unit + UI (PR2, done): the client lock logic (`gamelimits.ts` — count/cap/lock), the codec kind +
+  game_limits roundtrip, the gateway transcode game_limits encode, the popup builders, and a mock e2e
+  (`gamelimit.spec.ts`) — a capped start shows 🔒, opens the modal without navigating, and the lock
+  clears when the profile refetch lifts the cap.
 
-**Done-criteria.** Guests are server-limited to 1 random + 1 vs_ai and cannot friend/invite;
+**Done-criteria.** A guest is server-capped (default 1 vs_ai + 1 random, configurable) and cannot
-durable accounts unchanged; regression that this does not break existing durable flows.
+friend/invite; a durable account is capped at 10 per kind (configurable); the client shows the lock +
+the tier-appropriate modal and the cap lifts on registration; durable flows otherwise unchanged.
 
-**Notes/risks.** This changes existing game behaviour — its own tests, its own PR, no
+**Notes/risks.** Game-behaviour change — own PRs, own tests, no payments mixed in. The limit is on
-mixed-in payments changes. Decide whether a guest may finish an already-started game (limit
+creation (existing games grandfathered). The config cache is single-instance (matching the deploy).
-on creation, not mid-game) at implementation and record it here.
 
 ---
 
@@ -613,11 +872,23 @@ on creation, not mid-game) at implementation and record it here.
 **Status:** TODO · **future** · depends on: E0 (atom provisioned), tournament feature ·
 mechanics: PAYMENTS §5, §7.
 
-**Goal.** Charge a chip entry fee for tournaments. The `tournament` atom + a catalog product
+**Goal.** A chip entry economy for tournaments. The `tournament` atom is provisioned (E0) and
-are provisioned in E0/E7; the spend mechanic reuses E2 (`Spend`). The actual tournament
+E7's catalog editor can compose tournament products; E7 deliberately **defers the entry storage
-feature and its coupling to entry are out of scope until the tournament feature exists.
++ credit/spend** here, to avoid guessing the schema.
 
-**Done-criteria.** Deferred — revisit when tournaments are built.
+**Design to settle here (not before — avoid a double DB break).** Tournaments are expected in
+**several recurring types** (daily / weekly / monthly …), each its **own benefit with its own
+price** — so a single `benefits.tournament` counter is wrong. Model the entry store as
+**per-tournament-type** (e.g. a `tournament_type` catalog + a per-`(account, type)` entry
+balance), design the pricing, then:
+
+- lift E7's **refusal** of granting/spending the `tournament` atom (admin grant by-product +
+  chip spend);
+- add the **spend** (charge an entry) reusing E2 `Spend`;
+- wire the coupling to the actual tournament feature (out of scope until it exists).
+
+**Done-criteria.** Deferred — revisit when tournaments are built; this stage owns the
+tournament-entry storage + pricing design.
 
 ---
 

backend/README.md

@@ -33,11 +33,16 @@ real game seating the caller with an **empty opponent seat** (status `open`) or,
 another player already waits for the same variant and per-turn word rule, seats the
 caller into that open game and starts it — and
 friend-game invitations (invite → accept, starting a 2–4 player game once every
-invitee accepts). A **simultaneous-game cap** (`game.MaxActiveQuickGames` = 10) limits a
+invitee accepts). **Per-tier, per-kind active-game caps** limit a player's simultaneous
-player's active quick games — status `active`/`open`, excluding invitation-linked friend
+unfinished games by kind — `vs_ai`, `random` (quick auto-match), `friends` — with separate
-games (`game.Service.CountActiveQuickGames`); the server refuses `lobby/enqueue` and
+guest and durable-account tiers held in the single-row `backend.config` table (a `-1` means
-`invitations` creation with **409 `game_limit_reached`** at the cap (accepting an invitation
+unlimited), read through an in-memory cache (`internal/gamelimits`) and tuned live in the admin
-is exempt), and the `games.list` response carries an `at_game_limit` flag for the lobby.
+(`/_gm/limits`, no redeploy). Each game is tagged with its `games.game_kind` on creation;
+`game.Service.AtGameLimit` counts the account's `active`/`open` games of a kind against the
+tier's cap. The server refuses `lobby/enqueue` (random/vs_ai) with **409 `game_limit_reached`**
+at the cap, and the `invitations` (friends) path enforces the durable friends cap and refuses a
+**guest** outright (guests cannot use friends); accepting an invitation is exempt. The
+`games.list` response carries an `at_game_limit` flag (the random-kind cap) for the lobby.
 `internal/social` owns the friend graph (request/accept),
 per-user blocks, and per-game chat with nudges folded in as a message kind; chat
 messages are length-capped, content-filtered (no links/emails/phone numbers,
@@ -100,7 +105,10 @@ state, lobby enqueue, chat). The social/account/history operations under
 `/api/v1/user`: `friends/*` (request/respond/cancel/unfriend,
 list/incoming, the one-time `code` issue/redeem), `blocks/*`, `invitations/*`
 (create/accept/decline/cancel/list), `PUT profile`, `email/{request,confirm}`,
-`stats`, and `games/:id/gcg` (finished-only). The `internal/notify` hub feeds a
+`stats`, `games/:id/gcg` (finished-only), and the payments `wallet` /
+`wallet/catalog` (`GET` — the context-visible chip segments + benefits, and the
+storefront catalog) / `wallet/buy` (`POST` — a chip spend on a value), served by
+`internal/payments` behind the store-compliance gate. The `internal/notify` hub feeds a
 second listener — `internal/pushgrpc`, a gRPC server (`BACKEND_GRPC_ADDR`) streaming
 live events (your-turn, opponent-moved, chat, nudge, match-found, notify) to the
 gateway. The gateway-only `POST /api/v1/internal/push-target` (a user's
@@ -132,21 +140,38 @@ so `/internal/push-target` returns the recipient's `preferred_language` as the r
 language for out-of-app push; no per-bot routing remains. The console also manages the **advertising banner** (`/_gm/banners` +
 `/_gm/banner-settings`, `internal/ads`): operator campaigns with a percent weight, an optional
 window and bilingual messages, plus the global display timings. `GET /api/v1/user/profile` attaches
-the resolved, weighted campaign feed for an **eligible** viewer (`!paid_account && hint_balance == 0
+the resolved, weighted campaign feed for an **eligible** viewer (no active **no-ads** benefit
-&& !no_banner` role, the message language picked by `preferred_language`); changing those inputs
+applicable in the current context and no **`no_banner`** role; the message language picked by
-publishes a `notify` `banner` re-poll signal so the client shows/hides it in place. The shared wire
+`preferred_language`); changing those inputs
+publishes a `notify` `banner` re-poll signal so the client shows/hides it in place.
+The same gate drives the post-move interstitial config (`Profile.ads`, `adsFor`). The user card
+also carries a **finance panel** (`payments.AccountStatement`): the account's chip balances per
+funding segment, benefits per origin, the recorded refund risk, and the append-only ledger history
+(newest first) — read straight from the payments tables, uncached. The **catalog editor**
+(`/_gm/catalog`, `handlers_admin_catalog.go`) is the source of truth for products (D32): create /
+edit / archive-unarchive (the `product.active` flag) products, their atoms and per-rail prices, and
+hard-delete only a **never-transacted** product (an order/ledger reference forces archive-only,
+backed by the FK); a `tournament`-bearing product is composable but not sellable yet. The user card
+also carries an admin **grant** panel: grant raw benefit atoms (hints / no-ads days / forever) or a
+defined **value product** (a reward bundle, including an archived one), origin-picked; both write an
+`admin_grant` ledger row via `payments.Grant` / `GrantProduct` and **refuse** a chips or `tournament`
+atom (never grant currency; no tournament target yet). Each fund row in the panel carries a **Refund**
+action (`payments.RefundOrderFull`): a full-order refund the operator records after refunding on the
+rail — a `refund` ledger row + a floor-0 chip revoke, idempotent. A **ledger CSV export**
+(`/_gm/ledger.csv`, `payments.LedgerExport`) dumps the whole append-only ledger for tax +
+reconciliation. The shared wire
 contracts live in the sibling [`../pkg`](../pkg) module.
 
 **Account linking & merge** (`/api/v1/user/link/*`). `internal/link`
 orchestrates it: an email confirm-code or a gateway-validated Telegram identity is
 attached to the current account, and when the identity already has its own account
-the two are merged in one transaction (`internal/accountmerge`) — stats and the hint
+the two are merged in one transaction (`internal/accountmerge`) — stats summed,
-wallet summed, `paid_account` ORed, identities/games/chat/complaints transferred,
+identities/games/chat/complaints transferred,
 friends/blocks de-duplicated, the secondary kept as a `merged_into` tombstone (so a
 shared finished game's foreign keys hold); a shared **active** game blocks the merge.
 The current account is primary, except a guest initiator whose linked identity has a
 durable owner — then the durable account wins and a fresh session is minted for it.
-The `accounts.paid_account`/`merged_into`/`merged_at` columns back this. This supersedes the
+The `accounts.merged_into`/`merged_at` columns back this. This supersedes the
 former `email.bind.*` edge surface (the `RequestCode`/`ConfirmCode` primitives stay).
 
 Rate-limit observability: the gateway posts its periodic rejection

backend/cmd/backend/main.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/feedback"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/gamelimits"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/link"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/lobby"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/notify"
@@ -156,6 +157,17 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 	logger.Info("active dictionary version", zap.String("version", games.ActiveVersion()))
 	games.SetNotifier(hub)
 	games.SetMetrics(tel.MeterProvider().Meter("scrabble/backend/game"))
+
+	// Active-game limit config: the per-tier, per-kind caps in backend.config, read once into an
+	// in-memory cache at boot and refreshed when the admin edits them. A boot-time load fails fast if
+	// the single config row is missing; the game domain reads the cache on every new-game gate.
+	gameLimits := gamelimits.NewService(gamelimits.NewStore(db))
+	if err := gameLimits.Load(ctx); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("load game-limit config: %w", err)
+	}
+	games.SetGameLimits(gameLimits)
+	logger.Info("game-limit config loaded")
+
 	go games.RunSweeper(ctx, cfg.Game.TimeoutSweepInterval)
 	logger.Info("game turn-timeout sweeper started",
 		zap.Duration("interval", cfg.Game.TimeoutSweepInterval))
@@ -195,7 +207,8 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 	emails.SetSendLimiter(account.NewSendLimiter(time.Minute, 5))
 	// Account linking & merge: the orchestrator over the account, merge and
 	// session layers. Wired to the /api/v1/user/link REST surface below.
-	links := link.NewService(emails, accounts, accountmerge.NewMerger(db), sessions)
+	merger := accountmerge.NewMerger(db)
+	links := link.NewService(emails, accounts, merger, sessions)
 	socialSvc := social.NewService(social.NewStore(db), accounts, games)
 	socialSvc.SetNotifier(hub)
 	socialSvc.SetMetrics(tel.MeterProvider().Meter("scrabble/backend/social"))
@@ -270,6 +283,12 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 	}
 	logger.Info("payments domain ready")
 
+	// Wire the payments surface into the domains that consume it: the online-game hint wallet
+	// and the account-merge wallet fold. Done after the reachability check so a broken payments
+	// schema fails boot before anything depends on it.
+	games.SetHintWallet(paymentsSvc)
+	merger.SetPayments(paymentsSvc)
+
 	// The image-render sidecar client for the PNG export artifact; nil (PNG
 	// download answers 404) when BACKEND_RENDERER_URL is unset.
 	var renderer *render.Client
@@ -298,9 +317,11 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 		BanView:       banView,
 		Ads:           adsSvc,
 		Payments:      paymentsSvc,
+		GameLimits:    gameLimits,
 		Notifier:      hub,
 		ExportSignKey: cfg.ExportSignKey,
 		Renderer:      renderer,
+		Robokassa:     cfg.Robokassa,
 	})
 	pushSrv := pushgrpc.NewServer(cfg.GRPCAddr, hub, logger)
 
@@ -309,6 +330,13 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 	logger.Info("servers starting",
 		zap.String("http_addr", cfg.HTTPAddr),
 		zap.String("grpc_addr", cfg.GRPCAddr))
+	// Sweep expired pending payment orders on a cadence (cosmetic hygiene; a late valid callback
+	// still credits). Runs until ctx is cancelled.
+	go runOrderReaper(ctx, paymentsSvc, logger)
+	// Deliver pending payment_events to connected clients as an in-app wallet-refresh push (the
+	// credit already landed in the ledger; a return-focus poll is the client-side fallback).
+	go runPaymentDispatcher(ctx, paymentsSvc, hub, logger)
+
 	errc := make(chan error, 2)
 	go func() { errc <- pushSrv.Run(ctx) }()
 	go func() { errc <- srv.Run(ctx) }()
@@ -318,6 +346,52 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// runOrderReaper periodically expires pending payment orders past their configured lifetime, until
+// ctx is cancelled. Expiry is cosmetic: a later valid provider callback still credits an expired
+// order.
+func runOrderReaper(ctx context.Context, p *payments.Service, log *zap.Logger) {
+	t := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Minute)
+	defer t.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-t.C:
+			if n, err := p.ExpireOrders(ctx); err != nil {
+				log.Warn("order reaper: sweep failed", zap.Error(err))
+			} else if n > 0 {
+				log.Info("order reaper: expired pending orders", zap.Int("count", n))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// runPaymentDispatcher delivers pending payment_events to connected clients as a wallet-refresh
+// signal (KindNotification / "payment"), marking each delivered, until ctx is cancelled. The credit
+// already committed to the ledger; this is only the in-app push so an open wallet updates in place.
+func runPaymentDispatcher(ctx context.Context, p *payments.Service, pub notify.Publisher, log *zap.Logger) {
+	t := time.NewTicker(3 * time.Second)
+	defer t.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-t.C:
+			evs, err := p.UndispatchedEvents(ctx, 50)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Warn("payment dispatcher: read failed", zap.Error(err))
+				continue
+			}
+			for _, e := range evs {
+				pub.Publish(notify.Notification(e.AccountID, notify.NotifyPayment))
+				if err := p.MarkEventDispatched(ctx, e.EventID); err != nil {
+					log.Warn("payment dispatcher: mark failed", zap.String("event", e.EventID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // newMailer builds the confirm-code mailer: an SMTP relay when a host is
 // configured, otherwise the development log mailer (the code is logged, not sent).
 func newMailer(cfg account.SMTPConfig, logger *zap.Logger) account.Mailer {

backend/internal/account/account.go

@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ var ErrNotFound = errors.New("account: not found")
 // local-time window (in TimeZone) during which the player is asleep, so the
 // turn-timeout sweeper does not auto-resign them inside it. (The robot opponent's
 // own sleep is anchored to its human opponent's timezone with a per-game drift,
-// computed in internal/robot, not from a robot account's away window.) HintBalance
+// computed in internal/robot, not from a robot account's away window.)
-// is the player's wallet of purchasable hints, spent after a game's per-seat
-// allowance.
 type Account struct {
 	ID                  uuid.UUID
 	DisplayName         string
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@ type Account struct {
 	TimeZone            string
 	AwayStart           time.Time
 	AwayEnd             time.Time
-	HintBalance         int
 	BlockChat           bool
 	BlockFriendRequests bool
 	// VariantPreferences is the set of game variants (engine.Variant stable labels:
@@ -69,10 +66,6 @@ type Account struct {
 	// true (the default): the platform side-service skips out-of-app push for the
 	// account.
 	NotificationsInAppOnly bool
-	// PaidAccount marks a lifetime one-time-payment account. It is a service field
-	// (no purchase flow yet); an account linking & merge ORs it so a paid status is
-	// never lost when accounts are consolidated.
-	PaidAccount bool
 	// MergedInto is the primary account a retired (merged) secondary points at, or
 	// uuid.Nil for a live account. A tombstone keeps the row so the no-cascade
 	// foreign keys of a shared finished game stay valid.
@@ -393,6 +386,21 @@ func (s *Store) Identities(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) ([]Identity
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+// HasConfirmedEmail reports whether the account owns a confirmed email identity — the direct-rail
+// recovery anchor a first purchase requires (D36).
+func (s *Store) HasConfirmedEmail(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (bool, error) {
+	ids, err := s.Identities(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		if id.Kind == "email" && id.Confirmed {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
 // ListAccounts returns accounts for the admin user list, newest first, paginated
 // by limit and offset.
 func (s *Store) ListAccounts(ctx context.Context, limit, offset int) ([]Account, error) {
@@ -548,52 +556,6 @@ func (s *Store) ProvisionGuest(ctx context.Context, browserTZ string) (Account,
 	return modelToAccount(row), nil
 }
 
-// SpendHint atomically decrements the account's hint wallet by one, returning
-// true when a hint was spent and false when the balance was already empty. The
-// guarded UPDATE keeps it safe under concurrent spends across the player's games.
-func (s *Store) SpendHint(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID) (bool, error) {
-	stmt := table.Accounts.
-		UPDATE(table.Accounts.HintBalance, table.Accounts.UpdatedAt).
-		SET(table.Accounts.HintBalance.SUB(postgres.Int(1)), postgres.TimestampzT(time.Now().UTC())).
-		WHERE(
-			table.Accounts.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(id)).
-				AND(table.Accounts.HintBalance.GT(postgres.Int(0))),
-		)
-	res, err := stmt.ExecContext(ctx, s.db)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("account: spend hint %s: %w", id, err)
-	}
-	n, err := res.RowsAffected()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("account: spend hint rows %s: %w", id, err)
-	}
-	return n > 0, nil
-}
-
-// GrantHints adds n hints to the account's wallet and returns the new balance. n must be
-// positive: the additive update can only raise the balance, never lower it, so it enforces the
-// admin console's raise-only rule by construction and stays correct under a concurrent SpendHint.
-// It returns ErrNotFound when no account matches.
-func (s *Store) GrantHints(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID, n int) (int, error) {
-	if n <= 0 {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("account: grant hints %s: n must be positive, got %d", id, n)
-	}
-	stmt := table.Accounts.
-		UPDATE(table.Accounts.HintBalance, table.Accounts.UpdatedAt).
-		SET(table.Accounts.HintBalance.ADD(postgres.Int(int64(n))), postgres.TimestampzT(time.Now().UTC())).
-		WHERE(table.Accounts.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(id))).
-		RETURNING(table.Accounts.HintBalance)
-
-	var row model.Accounts
-	if err := stmt.QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &row); err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, qrm.ErrNoRows) {
-			return 0, ErrNotFound
-		}
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("account: grant hints %s: %w", id, err)
-	}
-	return int(row.HintBalance), nil
-}
-
 // FlagHighRate stamps the soft "suspected high-rate" marker with at, only when
 // the account is not already flagged — the first sustained episode wins, and a
 // re-flag after an operator clear starts a fresh timestamp. An infra marker, not
@@ -649,12 +611,10 @@ func modelToAccount(row model.Accounts) Account {
 		TimeZone:               row.TimeZone,
 		AwayStart:              row.AwayStart,
 		AwayEnd:                row.AwayEnd,
-		HintBalance:            int(row.HintBalance),
 		BlockChat:              row.BlockChat,
 		BlockFriendRequests:    row.BlockFriendRequests,
 		IsGuest:                row.IsGuest,
 		NotificationsInAppOnly: row.NotificationsInAppOnly,
-		PaidAccount:            row.PaidAccount,
 		MergedInto:             mergedInto,
 		FlaggedHighRateAt:      flaggedHighRateAt,
 		CreatedAt:              row.CreatedAt,

backend/internal/accountmerge/merge.go

@@ -51,8 +51,24 @@ var ErrSameAccount = errors.New("accountmerge: primary and secondary are the sam
 type Merger struct {
 	db  *sql.DB
 	now func() time.Time
+	// payments, when set, merges the two accounts' chip segments and benefits by origin inside
+	// the merge transaction (SetPayments). Nil leaves payments untouched (tests that do not
+	// exercise the wallet).
+	payments PaymentsMerger
 }
 
+// PaymentsMerger is the payments surface the account merge enlists: fold the secondary's
+// segments and benefits into the primary within the merge transaction, then invalidate the
+// affected read caches after the commit. *payments.Service satisfies it.
+type PaymentsMerger interface {
+	MergeTx(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, primary, secondary uuid.UUID) error
+	Invalidate(ids ...uuid.UUID)
+}
+
+// SetPayments installs the payments merge hook. It must be called during startup wiring; the
+// default (nil) merges no wallet state.
+func (m *Merger) SetPayments(p PaymentsMerger) { m.payments = p }
+
 // NewMerger constructs a Merger over db.
 func NewMerger(db *sql.DB) *Merger {
 	return &Merger{db: db, now: func() time.Time { return time.Now().UTC() }}
@@ -67,7 +83,7 @@ func (m *Merger) Merge(ctx context.Context, primary, secondary uuid.UUID) error
 		return ErrSameAccount
 	}
 	now := m.now()
-	return withTx(ctx, m.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
+	if err := withTx(ctx, m.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
 		if err := guardActiveSharedGame(ctx, tx, primary, secondary); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -107,8 +123,21 @@ func (m *Merger) Merge(ctx context.Context, primary, secondary uuid.UUID) error
 		if err := deleteEphemerals(ctx, tx, secondary); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if m.payments != nil {
+			if err := m.payments.MergeTx(ctx, tx, primary, secondary); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("accountmerge: payments: %w", err)
+			}
+		}
 		return tombstone(ctx, tx, primary, secondary, now)
-	})
+	}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// The payments read cache is invalidated only after the merge commits, so a read racing the
+	// transaction cannot re-cache pre-merge state (both accounts' rows are moved or dropped).
+	if m.payments != nil {
+		m.payments.Invalidate(primary, secondary)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // guardActiveSharedGame returns ErrActiveGameConflict when primary and secondary
@@ -248,25 +277,16 @@ func mergeBestMoves(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, primary, secondary uuid.UUI
 	return nil
 }
 
-// mergeAccountFields adds secondary's hint wallet to primary and ORs the paid flag;
+// mergeAccountFields bumps the primary account's updated_at to reflect the merge. The former
-// all other profile fields stay the primary's.
+// hint-wallet and paid-flag merge moved to the payments domain, where segments and benefits
-func mergeAccountFields(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, primary, secondary uuid.UUID, now time.Time) error {
+// merge by origin (see the payments MergeTx step and docs/PAYMENTS.md §6); the legacy
-	var sec model.Accounts
+// accounts.hint_balance / paid_account columns are deprecated and no longer read or written.
-	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.Accounts.AllColumns).
+func mergeAccountFields(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, primary, _ uuid.UUID, now time.Time) error {
-		FROM(table.Accounts).
+	upd := table.Accounts.UPDATE(table.Accounts.UpdatedAt).
-		WHERE(table.Accounts.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(secondary))).
+		SET(postgres.TimestampzT(now)).
-		QueryContext(ctx, tx, &sec); err != nil {
+		WHERE(table.Accounts.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(primary)))
-		return fmt.Errorf("accountmerge: load secondary account: %w", err)
-	}
-	upd := table.Accounts.UPDATE(
-		table.Accounts.HintBalance, table.Accounts.PaidAccount, table.Accounts.UpdatedAt,
-	).SET(
-		table.Accounts.HintBalance.ADD(postgres.Int(int64(sec.HintBalance))),
-		table.Accounts.PaidAccount.OR(postgres.Bool(sec.PaidAccount)),
-		postgres.TimestampzT(now),
-	).WHERE(table.Accounts.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(primary)))
 	if _, err := upd.ExecContext(ctx, tx); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("accountmerge: update primary account: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("accountmerge: touch primary account: %w", err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }

backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/layout.gohtml

@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
     <a href="/_gm/"{{if eq .ActiveNav "dashboard"}} class="active"{{end}}>Dashboard</a>
     <a href="/_gm/users"{{if eq .ActiveNav "users"}} class="active"{{end}}>Users</a>
     <a href="/_gm/games"{{if eq .ActiveNav "games"}} class="active"{{end}}>Games</a>
+    <a href="/_gm/limits"{{if eq .ActiveNav "limits"}} class="active"{{end}}>Limits</a>
     <a href="/_gm/complaints"{{if eq .ActiveNav "complaints"}} class="active"{{end}}>Complaints</a>
     <a href="/_gm/feedback"{{if eq .ActiveNav "feedback"}} class="active"{{end}}>Feedback</a>
     <a href="/_gm/messages"{{if eq .ActiveNav "messages"}} class="active"{{end}}>Messages</a>
     <a href="/_gm/throttled"{{if eq .ActiveNav "throttled"}} class="active"{{end}}>Throttled</a>
     <a href="/_gm/reasons"{{if eq .ActiveNav "reasons"}} class="active"{{end}}>Reasons</a>
     <a href="/_gm/banners"{{if eq .ActiveNav "banners"}} class="active"{{end}}>Banners</a>
+    <a href="/_gm/catalog"{{if eq .ActiveNav "catalog"}} class="active"{{end}}>Catalog</a>
     <a href="/_gm/dictionary"{{if eq .ActiveNav "dictionary"}} class="active"{{end}}>Dictionary</a>
     <a href="/_gm/broadcast"{{if eq .ActiveNav "broadcast"}} class="active"{{end}}>Broadcast</a>
     <a href="/_gm/grafana/">Grafana ↗</a>

backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/catalog.gohtml

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{{define "content" -}}
+<h1>Product catalog</h1>
+{{with .Data}}
+<p class="note">A <strong>pack</strong> funds chips (a money price per rail — RUB via direct, VOTE via vk, XTR via telegram); a <strong>value</strong> buys benefits with chips (a CHIP price). Archived products are hidden from players but still credit an in-flight payment and can be granted. A product with transactions can only be archived, not deleted. Amounts are in minor units (RUB kopecks; VOTE/XTR/CHIP whole). The <code>tournament</code> atom is not sellable yet — keep such a product archived.</p>
+<section class="panel"><h2>Add product</h2>
+<form class="form col" method="post" action="/_gm/catalog">
+<label>Title <input type="text" name="title" maxlength="120" required></label>
+<fieldset><legend>Atoms (quantity; blank = none)</legend>
+<label>Chips <input type="number" name="chips" min="0"></label>
+<label>Hints <input type="number" name="hints" min="0"></label>
+<label>No-ads days <input type="number" name="noads" min="0"></label>
+<label>Tournament <input type="number" name="tournament" min="0"></label>
+</fieldset>
+<fieldset><legend>Prices (minor units; blank = none)</legend>
+<label>RUB — direct (kopecks) <input type="number" name="price_rub" min="0"></label>
+<label>VOTE — vk <input type="number" name="price_vote" min="0"></label>
+<label>XTR — telegram <input type="number" name="price_star" min="0"></label>
+<label>CHIP — value <input type="number" name="price_chip" min="0"></label>
+</fieldset>
+<label><input type="checkbox" name="active" value="true"> Active (on sale)</label>
+<div><button type="submit">Add</button></div>
+</form>
+</section>
+<section class="panel"><h2>Products</h2>
+<table class="list">
+<thead><tr><th>Title</th><th>Status</th><th>Atoms</th><th>Prices</th><th></th></tr></thead>
+<tbody>
+{{range .Products}}
+<tr>
+<td><a href="/_gm/catalog/{{.ID}}">{{.Title}}</a></td>
+<td>{{if .Active}}<span class="ok">active</span>{{else}}<span class="warn">archived</span>{{end}}{{if .Transacted}} <span class="pill">transacted</span>{{end}}</td>
+<td>{{range .Atoms}}<code>{{.Atom}}×{{.Quantity}}</code> {{end}}</td>
+<td>{{range .Prices}}<code>{{.Currency}}{{if .Method}}/{{.Method}}{{end}} {{.Amount}}</code> {{end}}</td>
+<td class="row-actions">
+<form class="form" method="post" action="/_gm/catalog/{{.ID}}/archive"><input type="hidden" name="active" value="{{if .Active}}false{{else}}true{{end}}"><button type="submit">{{if .Active}}Archive{{else}}Unarchive{{end}}</button></form>
+{{if not .Transacted}}<form class="form" method="post" action="/_gm/catalog/{{.ID}}/delete" onsubmit="return confirm('Delete this product? It has never been transacted, so this is safe and permanent.')"><button type="submit">Delete</button></form>{{end}}
+</td>
+</tr>
+{{else}}<tr><td colspan="5"><span class="note">no products</span></td></tr>{{end}}
+</tbody>
+</table>
+</section>
+{{end}}
+{{- end}}

backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/games.gohtml

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 <a href="/_gm/games?status=finished"{{if eq .Status "finished"}} class="active"{{end}}>finished</a>
 </nav>
 <table class="list">
-<thead><tr><th>Game</th><th>Variant</th><th>Status</th><th>🤖</th><th class="num">Players</th><th>Updated</th></tr></thead>
+<thead><tr><th>Game</th><th>Variant</th><th>Kind</th><th>Status</th><th>🤖</th><th class="num">Players</th><th>Updated</th></tr></thead>
 <tbody>
 {{range .Items}}
-<tr><td><a href="/_gm/games/{{.ID}}">{{.ID}}</a></td><td>{{.Variant}}</td><td>{{.Status}}</td><td>{{if .VsAI}}🤖{{end}}</td><td class="num">{{.Players}}</td><td>{{.UpdatedAt}}</td></tr>
+<tr><td><a href="/_gm/games/{{.ID}}">{{.ID}}</a></td><td>{{.Variant}}</td><td>{{.Kind}}</td><td>{{.Status}}</td><td>{{if .VsAI}}🤖{{end}}</td><td class="num">{{.Players}}</td><td>{{.UpdatedAt}}</td></tr>
-{{else}}<tr><td colspan="6"><span class="note">no games</span></td></tr>{{end}}
+{{else}}<tr><td colspan="7"><span class="note">no games</span></td></tr>{{end}}
 </tbody>
 </table>
 <nav class="pager">

backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/limits.gohtml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{{define "content" -}}
+<h1>Active-game limits</h1>
+{{with .Data}}
+<p class="note">Per-tier, per-kind caps on a player's simultaneous unfinished games. <strong>-1</strong> = unlimited, <strong>0</strong> = the kind is blocked, a positive number caps concurrent games of that kind. Guests are additionally blocked from friend games outright. Changes apply immediately (no redeploy); games already in progress are never affected.</p>
+<section class="panel">
+<form class="form col" method="post" action="/_gm/limits">
+<h2>Guest</h2>
+<label>vs AI <input type="number" name="guest_vs_ai" min="-1" value="{{.GuestVsAI}}" required></label>
+<label>Random <input type="number" name="guest_random" min="-1" value="{{.GuestRandom}}" required></label>
+<label>Friends <input type="number" name="guest_friends" min="-1" value="{{.GuestFriends}}" required></label>
+<h2>Durable account</h2>
+<label>vs AI <input type="number" name="durable_vs_ai" min="-1" value="{{.DurableVsAI}}" required></label>
+<label>Random <input type="number" name="durable_random" min="-1" value="{{.DurableRandom}}" required></label>
+<label>Friends <input type="number" name="durable_friends" min="-1" value="{{.DurableFriends}}" required></label>
+<div><button type="submit">Save</button></div>
+</form>
+</section>
+{{end}}
+{{- end}}

backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/product_detail.gohtml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{{define "content" -}}
+{{with .Data}}
+<p class="note"><a href="/_gm/catalog">← all products</a></p>
+<h1>{{.Title}} {{if .Active}}<span class="ok">active</span>{{else}}<span class="warn">archived</span>{{end}}{{if .Transacted}} <span class="pill">transacted</span>{{end}}</h1>
+<section class="panel"><h2>Edit</h2>
+<p class="note">A zero quantity / blank price removes that atom / price. Amounts are in minor units. Saving revalidates the sellable shape when the product is active. Archive / unarchive from the <a href="/_gm/catalog">catalog list</a>.</p>
+<form class="form col" method="post" action="/_gm/catalog/{{.ID}}">
+<label>Title <input type="text" name="title" value="{{.Title}}" maxlength="120" required></label>
+<fieldset><legend>Atoms (quantity; 0 = none)</legend>
+<label>Chips <input type="number" name="chips" min="0" value="{{.Chips}}"></label>
+<label>Hints <input type="number" name="hints" min="0" value="{{.Hints}}"></label>
+<label>No-ads days <input type="number" name="noads" min="0" value="{{.NoAds}}"></label>
+<label>Tournament <input type="number" name="tournament" min="0" value="{{.Tournament}}"></label>
+</fieldset>
+<fieldset><legend>Prices (minor units; 0 = none)</legend>
+<label>RUB — direct (kopecks) <input type="number" name="price_rub" min="0" value="{{.PriceRUB}}"></label>
+<label>VOTE — vk <input type="number" name="price_vote" min="0" value="{{.PriceVote}}"></label>
+<label>XTR — telegram <input type="number" name="price_star" min="0" value="{{.PriceStar}}"></label>
+<label>CHIP — value <input type="number" name="price_chip" min="0" value="{{.PriceChip}}"></label>
+</fieldset>
+<div><button type="submit">Save</button></div>
+</form>
+</section>
+{{end}}
+{{- end}}

backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/user_detail.gohtml

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 <li><b>Timezone</b> {{.TimeZone}}</li>
 <li><b>Guest</b> {{if .Guest}}yes{{else}}no{{end}}</li>
 <li><b>Push</b> {{if .NotificationsInAppOnly}}in-app only{{else}}out-of-app{{end}}</li>
-<li><b>Paid</b> {{if .PaidAccount}}yes{{else}}no{{end}}</li>
-<li><b>Hint wallet</b> {{.HintBalance}}</li>
 {{if .MergedInto}}<li><b>Merged into</b> {{.MergedInto}}</li>{{end}}
 {{if .FlaggedHighRateAt}}<li><b>High-rate flag</b> <span class="warn">{{.FlaggedHighRateAt}}</span></li>{{end}}
 <li><b>Created</b> {{.CreatedAt}}</li>
@@ -21,10 +19,6 @@
 <button type="submit">Clear high-rate flag</button>
 </form>
 {{end}}
-<form class="form" method="post" action="/_gm/users/{{.ID}}/grant-hints">
-<label>Add hints <input type="number" name="amount" min="1" max="{{.HintGrantMax}}" value="1"></label>
-<button type="submit">Grant</button>
-</form>
 </section>
 <section class="panel"><h2>Statistics</h2>
 {{if .HasStats}}
@@ -69,6 +63,51 @@
 <div><button type="submit">{{if .Suspension.Blocked}}Re-block{{else}}Block{{end}}</button></div>
 </form>
 </section>
+<section class="panel"><h2>Finance</h2>
+{{if .Finance.Present}}
+{{if or .Finance.Segments .Finance.Benefits .Finance.Abuse .Finance.Loss}}
+<ul class="kv">
+{{range .Finance.Segments}}<li><b>Chips ({{.Source}})</b> {{.Chips}}</li>{{end}}
+{{range .Finance.Benefits}}<li><b>Benefits ({{.Origin}})</b> {{.Hints}} hints{{if .Forever}} · no-ads forever{{else if .AdsUntil}} · no-ads until {{.AdsUntil}} (UTC){{end}}</li>{{end}}
+{{if or .Finance.Abuse .Finance.Loss}}<li><b>Refund risk</b> <span class="warn">{{if .Finance.Abuse}}abuse-flagged{{end}}{{if .Finance.Loss}} · loss {{.Finance.Loss}} chips{{end}}</span></li>{{end}}
+</ul>
+{{else}}<p class="note">no balances or benefits</p>{{end}}
+<h3>Ledger</h3>
+{{$uid := .ID}}
+{{if .Finance.Ledger}}
+<table class="list">
+<thead><tr><th>Time</th><th>Kind</th><th>Source</th><th>Origin</th><th>Chips</th><th>Order</th><th>Provider</th><th>Detail</th><th></th></tr></thead>
+<tbody>
+{{range .Finance.Ledger}}
+<tr><td>{{.At}}</td><td>{{.Kind}}</td><td>{{.Source}}</td><td>{{.Origin}}</td><td>{{.ChipsDelta}}</td><td>{{if .Order}}<code>{{.Order}}</code>{{end}}</td><td>{{.Provider}}</td><td>{{if .Snapshot}}<code>{{.Snapshot}}</code>{{end}}</td>
+<td>{{if and (eq .Kind "fund") .Order}}<form class="form" method="post" action="/_gm/users/{{$uid}}/refund" onsubmit="return confirm('Refund this order in full? Record the money refund on the rail first; this revokes the chips (floored at 0).')"><input type="hidden" name="order_id" value="{{.Order}}"><button type="submit">Refund</button></form>{{end}}</td></tr>
+{{end}}
+</tbody>
+</table>
+<p class="note"><a href="/_gm/ledger.csv">Export the full ledger (CSV)</a> — all accounts, for tax + reconciliation.</p>
+{{else}}<p class="note">no ledger entries</p>{{end}}
+{{else}}<p class="note">payments not enabled</p>{{end}}
+</section>
+<section class="panel"><h2>Grant benefits</h2>
+{{if .Grant.Present}}
+<p class="note">A zero-price admin sale of a value — <strong>never chips</strong>. The origin is your compliance choice. The by-product grant applies a defined bundle, including an archived reward product.</p>
+<form class="form col" method="post" action="/_gm/users/{{.ID}}/grant">
+<label>Origin <select name="origin">{{range .Grant.Origins}}<option value="{{.}}">{{.}}</option>{{end}}</select></label>
+<label>Hints <input type="number" name="hints" min="0" value="0"></label>
+<label>No-ads days <input type="number" name="noads" min="0" value="0"></label>
+<label><input type="checkbox" name="forever" value="true"> No-ads forever</label>
+<div><button type="submit">Grant</button></div>
+</form>
+{{if .Grant.Products}}
+<h3>Grant a product</h3>
+<form class="form col" method="post" action="/_gm/users/{{.ID}}/grant-product">
+<label>Origin <select name="origin">{{range .Grant.Origins}}<option value="{{.}}">{{.}}</option>{{end}}</select></label>
+<label>Product <select name="product_id">{{range .Grant.Products}}<option value="{{.ID}}">{{.Title}} ({{.Summary}}){{if .Archived}} — archived{{end}}</option>{{end}}</select></label>
+<div><button type="submit">Grant product</button></div>
+</form>
+{{else}}<p class="note">no grantable products — create a value product in the <a href="/_gm/catalog">catalog</a></p>{{end}}
+{{else}}<p class="note">payments not enabled</p>{{end}}
+</section>
 <section class="panel"><h2>Roles</h2>
 {{$id := .ID}}
 {{if .Roles}}
@@ -172,11 +211,11 @@
 {{end}}
 <section class="panel"><h2>Games</h2>
 <table class="list">
-<thead><tr><th>Game</th><th>Variant</th><th>Status</th><th class="num">Players</th><th>Updated</th></tr></thead>
+<thead><tr><th>Game</th><th>Variant</th><th>Kind</th><th>Status</th><th class="num">Players</th><th>Updated</th></tr></thead>
 <tbody>
 {{range .Games}}
-<tr><td><a href="/_gm/games/{{.ID}}">{{.ID}}</a></td><td>{{.Variant}}</td><td>{{.Status}}</td><td class="num">{{.Players}}</td><td>{{.UpdatedAt}}</td></tr>
+<tr><td><a href="/_gm/games/{{.ID}}">{{.ID}}</a></td><td>{{.Variant}}</td><td>{{.Kind}}</td><td>{{.Status}}</td><td class="num">{{.Players}}</td><td>{{.UpdatedAt}}</td></tr>
-{{else}}<tr><td colspan="5"><span class="note">no games</span></td></tr>{{end}}
+{{else}}<tr><td colspan="6"><span class="note">no games</span></td></tr>{{end}}
 </tbody>
 </table>
 </section>

backend/internal/adminconsole/views.go

@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ type UserDetailView struct {
 	TimeZone               string
 	Guest                  bool
 	NotificationsInAppOnly bool
-	PaidAccount            bool
 	// MergedInto is the primary account id when this account has been retired by a
 	// merge, or empty for a live account.
 	MergedInto string
@@ -165,14 +164,10 @@ type UserDetailView struct {
 	// FlaggedHighRateAt is the pre-formatted soft high-rate marker timestamp,
 	// empty for an unflagged account; the card shows it with the Clear action.
 	FlaggedHighRateAt string
-	HintBalance       int
+	CreatedAt         string
-	// HintGrantMax is the per-grant cap the operator's "add hints" form enforces (it mirrors the
+	HasStats          bool
-	// server's maxHintGrant), passed through so the policy value lives in one place.
+	Stats             StatsRow
-	HintGrantMax int
+	Identities        []IdentityRow
-	CreatedAt    string
-	HasStats     bool
-	Stats        StatsRow
-	Identities   []IdentityRow
 	// HasEmail gates the "Erase email" action; set when the account carries an email identity.
 	HasEmail bool
 	Games    []GameRow
@@ -200,6 +195,55 @@ type UserDetailView struct {
 	Blocks    []RelationRow
 	BlockedBy []RelationRow
 	Friends   []RelationRow
+	// Finance is the account's payments picture (balances, benefits, refund risk, ledger). Present
+	// is false when the payments domain is unwired.
+	Finance FinanceView
+	// Grant is the admin-grant panel (origin picker + grantable products). Present is false when the
+	// payments domain is unwired.
+	Grant GrantFormView
+}
+
+// FinanceView is the account's payments picture on the user card: chip balances per funding
+// segment, benefits per origin, the recorded refund risk, and the append-only ledger history
+// (newest first). Present is false when the payments domain is unwired.
+type FinanceView struct {
+	Present  bool
+	Segments []SegmentRow
+	Benefits []BenefitRow
+	// Abuse is the refund abuse flag; Loss is the unrecoverable chip loss from floor-0 refunds.
+	Abuse  bool
+	Loss   int
+	Ledger []LedgerRow
+}
+
+// SegmentRow is one funding segment's chip balance.
+type SegmentRow struct {
+	Source string
+	Chips  int
+}
+
+// BenefitRow is one origin's benefit: the hint wallet, the ad-free expiry (pre-formatted, empty
+// when none) and the lifetime ad-free flag.
+type BenefitRow struct {
+	Origin   string
+	Hints    int
+	AdsUntil string
+	Forever  bool
+}
+
+// LedgerRow is one append-only ledger entry: its kind, funding source / benefit origin, signed chip
+// delta, the product / order / provider it references (empty when none), the raw snapshot JSON and
+// the pre-formatted time.
+type LedgerRow struct {
+	Kind       string
+	Source     string
+	Origin     string
+	ChipsDelta int
+	Product    string
+	Order      string
+	Provider   string
+	Snapshot   string
+	At         string
 }
 
 // RelationRow is one cross-linked account in the user card's blocks / blocked-by / friends
@@ -268,6 +312,8 @@ type GameRow struct {
 	UpdatedAt string
 	// VsAI marks an honest-AI game (rendered as 🤖 in the list's AI column).
 	VsAI bool
+	// Kind is the game's origin tag label: vs_ai / random / friends / unknown.
+	Kind string
 }
 
 // GamesView is the paginated games list, optionally filtered by status.
@@ -277,6 +323,17 @@ type GamesView struct {
 	Pager  Pager
 }
 
+// GameLimitsView is the per-tier, per-kind active-game limit form: each field is a cap where -1
+// is unlimited, 0 blocks the kind, and a positive value caps concurrent games of that kind.
+type GameLimitsView struct {
+	GuestVsAI      int
+	GuestRandom    int
+	GuestFriends   int
+	DurableVsAI    int
+	DurableRandom  int
+	DurableFriends int
+}
+
 // GameDetailView is one game with its seats.
 type GameDetailView struct {
 	ID          string
@@ -612,3 +669,69 @@ type FeedbackDetailView struct {
 	UserTZ           string
 	Banned           bool
 }
+
+// CatalogView is the product-catalog list page.
+type CatalogView struct {
+	Products []ProductRow
+}
+
+// ProductRow is one product in the catalog list: its composition, prices, the archived flag
+// (Active) and the transacted flag (which forbids a hard delete).
+type ProductRow struct {
+	ID         string
+	Title      string
+	Active     bool
+	Atoms      []AtomRow
+	Prices     []PriceRow
+	Transacted bool
+}
+
+// AtomRow is one atom line of a product row.
+type AtomRow struct {
+	Atom     string
+	Quantity int
+}
+
+// PriceRow is one price of a product: the method ("" for a value's CHIP price), the currency, and
+// the amount in that currency's minor units.
+type PriceRow struct {
+	Method   string
+	Currency string
+	Amount   int64
+}
+
+// ProductFormView is the product edit form, pre-filled from the current composition. Atom quantities
+// and prices are flattened to the fixed fields the form offers (0 = absent); Transacted disables the
+// delete action.
+type ProductFormView struct {
+	ID         string
+	Title      string
+	Active     bool
+	Chips      int
+	Hints      int
+	NoAds      int
+	Tournament int
+	PriceRUB   int64
+	PriceVote  int64
+	PriceStar  int64
+	PriceChip  int64
+	Transacted bool
+}
+
+// GrantFormView is the admin-grant panel on the user card: the origin picker and the grantable
+// products (value bundles — hints / no-ads days — including archived ones; chips and tournament
+// products are excluded). Present is false when the payments domain is unwired.
+type GrantFormView struct {
+	Present  bool
+	Origins  []string
+	Products []GrantProductOption
+}
+
+// GrantProductOption is one grantable product in the by-product picker: its id, title, an atom
+// summary, and whether it is archived (the common case for a non-public reward bundle).
+type GrantProductOption struct {
+	ID       string
+	Title    string
+	Summary  string
+	Archived bool
+}

backend/internal/ads/ads.go

@@ -100,14 +100,6 @@ type ActiveCampaign struct {
 	OverrideDark *ColorSet
 }
 
-// Eligible reports whether an account should be shown the advertising banner: a
-// free account (not paid) with an empty hint wallet and without the no_banner
-// role. The no_banner role suppresses the banner unconditionally; buying a paid
-// account or any hints also removes it.
-func Eligible(paidAccount bool, hintBalance int, hasNoBanner bool) bool {
-	return !paidAccount && hintBalance <= 0 && !hasNoBanner
-}
-
 // computeActiveSet builds the resolved rotation feed from the enabled campaigns
 // at time now, in language lang, and reports whether the feed is an urgent one.
 // Campaigns outside their validity window, and campaigns with no messages, are

backend/internal/ads/ads_test.go

@@ -6,30 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func TestEligible(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name        string
-		paidAccount bool
-		hintBalance int
-		hasNoBanner bool
-		want        bool
-	}{
-		{name: "free, empty wallet, no role", want: true},
-		{name: "paid", paidAccount: true, want: false},
-		{name: "has hints", hintBalance: 3, want: false},
-		{name: "no_banner role", hasNoBanner: true, want: false},
-		{name: "paid and has hints", paidAccount: true, hintBalance: 5, want: false},
-		{name: "no_banner overrides everything", hasNoBanner: true, want: false},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := Eligible(tt.paidAccount, tt.hintBalance, tt.hasNoBanner); got != tt.want {
-				t.Errorf("Eligible(%v,%d,%v) = %v, want %v", tt.paidAccount, tt.hintBalance, tt.hasNoBanner, got, tt.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestComputeActiveSet(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Date(2026, 6, 15, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 	past := now.Add(-24 * time.Hour)

backend/internal/config/config.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/lobby"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/ratewatch"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/robokassa"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/robot"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/telemetry"
 )
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// RendererURL is the base URL of the internal image-render sidecar (e.g.
 	// http://renderer:8090). Empty disables the PNG export artifact.
 	RendererURL string
+	// Robokassa configures the direct-rail (RUB) payment provider. An empty MerchantLogin
+	// leaves the direct order and Result-callback endpoints unregistered.
+	Robokassa robokassa.Config
 }
 
 // Defaults applied when the corresponding environment variable is unset.
@@ -153,6 +157,13 @@ func Load() (Config, error) {
 		AdminTo:   os.Getenv("BACKEND_ADMIN_EMAIL"),
 	}
 
+	robo := robokassa.Config{
+		MerchantLogin: os.Getenv("BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_MERCHANT_LOGIN"),
+		Password1:     os.Getenv("BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD1"),
+		Password2:     os.Getenv("BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD2"),
+		IsTest:        os.Getenv("BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_TEST") == "1",
+	}
+
 	c := Config{
 		HTTPAddr:          envOr("BACKEND_HTTP_ADDR", defaultHTTPAddr),
 		GRPCAddr:          envOr("BACKEND_GRPC_ADDR", defaultGRPCAddr),
@@ -170,6 +181,7 @@ func Load() (Config, error) {
 		GuestRetention:    guestRetention,
 		ExportSignKey:     os.Getenv("BACKEND_EXPORT_SIGN_KEY"),
 		RendererURL:       os.Getenv("BACKEND_RENDERER_URL"),
+		Robokassa:         robo,
 	}
 	if err := c.validate(); err != nil {
 		return Config{}, err
@@ -222,6 +234,9 @@ func (c Config) validate() error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("config: BACKEND_PUBLIC_BASE_URL %q must be an absolute URL (scheme://host)", c.PublicBaseURL)
 		}
 	}
+	if c.Robokassa.MerchantLogin != "" && (c.Robokassa.Password1 == "" || c.Robokassa.Password2 == "") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("config: BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD1 and BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD2 must be set when BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_MERCHANT_LOGIN is")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 

backend/internal/game/eventwire.go

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func gameSummary(g Game, names []string) notify.GameSummary {
 		TurnTimeoutSecs:      int(g.TurnTimeout.Seconds()),
 		MultipleWordsPerTurn: g.MultipleWordsPerTurn,
 		VsAI:                 g.VsAI,
+		Kind:                 int(g.Kind),
 		MoveCount:            g.MoveCount,
 		EndReason:            g.EndReason,
 		Seats:                seats,
@@ -74,7 +75,6 @@ func playerState(v StateView, names []string, includeAlphabet bool) (notify.Play
 		Rack:           rack,
 		BagLen:         v.BagLen,
 		HintsRemaining: v.HintsRemaining,
-		WalletBalance:  v.WalletBalance,
 	}
 	if includeAlphabet {
 		tab, err := engine.AlphabetTable(v.Game.Variant)

backend/internal/game/helpers_test.go

@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ func TestPayloadExchangeRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestHintsRemaining(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct{ allowance, used, wallet, want int }{
+	cases := []struct{ allowance, used, want int }{
-		{1, 0, 3, 4},
+		{1, 0, 1},
-		{1, 1, 3, 3},
+		{1, 1, 0},
-		{1, 2, 3, 3}, // used past allowance clamps to 0
+		{1, 2, 0}, // used past allowance clamps to 0
-		{0, 0, 5, 5},
+		{3, 1, 2},
-		{2, 1, 0, 1},
+		{0, 0, 0},
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
-		if got := hintsRemaining(c.allowance, c.used, c.wallet); got != c.want {
+		if got := hintsRemaining(c.allowance, c.used); got != c.want {
-			t.Errorf("hintsRemaining(%d,%d,%d) = %d, want %d", c.allowance, c.used, c.wallet, got, c.want)
+			t.Errorf("hintsRemaining(%d,%d) = %d, want %d", c.allowance, c.used, got, c.want)
 		}
 	}
 }

backend/internal/game/service.go

@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ import (
 
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/account"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/gamelimits"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/notify"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/session"
 )
 
 // Service is the game domain: it drives the engine over a single match, persists
@@ -50,6 +53,14 @@ type Service struct {
 	// its asynchronous TriggerMove); nil disables the fast path (the scan still covers
 	// these games). Kept as a func so the game package never imports the robot package.
 	aiTrigger func(gameID uuid.UUID)
+	// hintWallet is the payments surface the online-game hint path spends against (the
+	// segmented, context-aware hint balance). It is set by SetHintWallet during wiring; when
+	// nil, only the free per-game allowance is served (no purchased hints). vs_ai hints are
+	// wallet-free and never touch it.
+	hintWallet HintWallet
+	// limits is the per-tier active-game cap config (cached). Set by SetGameLimits during wiring;
+	// when nil, no active-game limit is enforced (a game is always creatable).
+	limits *gamelimits.Service
 	// clearNudges, when set, marks the actor's pending nudges in a game read once they
 	// have committed a move (a nudge answered by moving stops counting as unread). It is
 	// best-effort and kept as a func so the game package never imports the social package.
@@ -105,6 +116,70 @@ func (svc *Service) SetAITrigger(trigger func(gameID uuid.UUID)) {
 	svc.aiTrigger = trigger
 }
 
+// HintWallet is the payments surface the online-game hint path uses: the context-aware hint
+// balance (HintsAvailable) and a one-hint spend (SpendHint), both keyed by the trusted execution
+// context and the account's present identity sources. *payments.Service satisfies it.
+type HintWallet interface {
+	HintsAvailable(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt payments.Context, present []payments.Source) (int, error)
+	SpendHint(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt payments.Context, present []payments.Source) (bool, error)
+}
+
+// SetHintWallet installs the payments hint wallet the online-game hint path spends against. It
+// must be called during startup wiring; the default (nil) serves only the free per-game allowance.
+func (svc *Service) SetHintWallet(w HintWallet) {
+	svc.hintWallet = w
+}
+
+// SetGameLimits installs the active-game limit config (cached), enabling the per-tier caps. When
+// unset (nil), a game is always creatable.
+func (svc *Service) SetGameLimits(l *gamelimits.Service) {
+	svc.limits = l
+}
+
+// AtGameLimit reports whether accountID has reached its tier's active-game cap for kind — the
+// per-tier, per-kind limits held in backend.config, read from the in-memory cache. It resolves
+// the caller's tier (guest vs durable) from the account, then counts its open+active games of that
+// kind. It reports false (not at the limit) when the limits config is not wired, the account is nil,
+// or the resolved cap is gamelimits.Unlimited. It backs the new-game gate (the handler aborts 409
+// game_limit_reached) and the lobby's at-limit flag.
+func (svc *Service) AtGameLimit(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, kind gamelimits.Kind) (bool, error) {
+	if svc.limits == nil || accountID == uuid.Nil {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	acc, err := svc.accounts.GetByID(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	limit := svc.limits.LimitsFor(acc.IsGuest).Cap(kind)
+	if limit == gamelimits.Unlimited {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	n, err := svc.store.CountActiveByKind(ctx, accountID, kind)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return n >= limit, nil
+}
+
+// walletContext resolves the payments gate inputs for an account on the current request: the
+// trusted execution context (from the session platform carried on ctx; absent ⇒ untrusted) and
+// the account's present identity sources (which chip/benefit segments are awake, §6).
+func (svc *Service) walletContext(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (payments.Context, []payments.Source, error) {
+	var cxt payments.Context
+	if p, ok := session.PlatformFromContext(ctx); ok {
+		cxt = payments.NewContext(p.Kind, p.Subtype)
+	}
+	ids, err := svc.accounts.Identities(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return payments.Context{}, nil, err
+	}
+	kinds := make([]string, len(ids))
+	for i, id := range ids {
+		kinds[i] = id.Kind
+	}
+	return cxt, payments.PresentSources(kinds), nil
+}
+
 // SetNudgeClearer installs the hook that marks a mover's pending nudges read after
 // their move commits. It must be called during startup wiring; the default (nil)
 // leaves nudges to be cleared only when the recipient opens the move history or chat.
@@ -298,6 +373,7 @@ func (svc *Service) Create(ctx context.Context, params CreateParams) (Game, erro
 		dropoutTiles:         params.DropoutTiles.String(),
 		multipleWordsPerTurn: params.MultipleWordsPerTurn,
 		vsAI:                 params.VsAI,
+		kind:                 params.Kind,
 	}
 	if err := svc.store.CreateGame(ctx, ins, seats, seeding.draws); err != nil {
 		return Game{}, err
@@ -361,6 +437,7 @@ func (svc *Service) OpenOrJoin(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, params
 		multipleWordsPerTurn: params.MultipleWordsPerTurn,
 		status:               StatusOpen,
 		openDeadline:         &deadline,
+		kind:                 gamelimits.KindRandom,
 	}
 	// Decide the first move now by the official draw, with the not-yet-arrived opponent as a
 	// synthetic placeholder (uuid.Nil): the draw fixes who sits at seat 0 — and so moves
@@ -1121,13 +1198,20 @@ func (svc *Service) Hint(ctx context.Context, gameID, accountID uuid.UUID) (Hint
 		}
 		return HintResult{Move: move}, nil
 	}
-	acc, err := svc.accounts.GetByID(ctx, accountID)
+	cxt, present, err := svc.walletContext(ctx, accountID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return HintResult{}, err
 	}
+	wallet := 0
+	if svc.hintWallet != nil {
+		wallet, err = svc.hintWallet.HintsAvailable(ctx, accountID, cxt, present)
+		if err != nil {
+			return HintResult{}, err
+		}
+	}
 	used := pre.Seats[seat].HintsUsed
 	fromAllowance := used < pre.HintsPerPlayer
-	if !fromAllowance && acc.HintBalance <= 0 {
+	if !fromAllowance && wallet <= 0 {
 		return HintResult{}, ErrNoHintsLeft
 	}
 
@@ -1142,9 +1226,9 @@ func (svc *Service) Hint(ctx context.Context, gameID, accountID uuid.UUID) (Hint
 		return HintResult{}, ErrNoHintAvailable
 	}
 
-	walletAfter := acc.HintBalance
+	walletAfter := wallet
 	if !fromAllowance {
-		spent, err := svc.accounts.SpendHint(ctx, accountID)
+		spent, err := svc.hintWallet.SpendHint(ctx, accountID, cxt, present)
 		if err != nil {
 			return HintResult{}, err
 		}
@@ -1160,7 +1244,7 @@ func (svc *Service) Hint(ctx context.Context, gameID, accountID uuid.UUID) (Hint
 		return HintResult{}, err
 	}
 	used++
-	return HintResult{Move: move, HintsRemaining: hintsRemaining(pre.HintsPerPlayer, used, walletAfter), WalletBalance: walletAfter}, nil
+	return HintResult{Move: move, HintsRemaining: hintsRemaining(pre.HintsPerPlayer, used), WalletBalance: walletAfter}, nil
 }
 
 // Candidates returns the to-move player's legal plays for a seated player on
@@ -1225,10 +1309,6 @@ func (svc *Service) GameState(ctx context.Context, gameID, accountID uuid.UUID)
 	if !ok {
 		return StateView{}, ErrNotAPlayer
 	}
-	acc, err := svc.accounts.GetByID(ctx, accountID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return StateView{}, err
-	}
 
 	unlock := svc.locks.lock(gameID)
 	defer unlock()
@@ -1243,12 +1323,13 @@ func (svc *Service) GameState(ctx context.Context, gameID, accountID uuid.UUID)
 		}
 	}
 	return StateView{
-		Game:           pre,
+		Game:   pre,
-		Seat:           seat,
+		Seat:   seat,
-		Rack:           g.Hand(seat),
+		Rack:   g.Hand(seat),
-		BagLen:         g.BagLen(),
+		BagLen: g.BagLen(),
-		HintsRemaining: hintsRemaining(pre.HintsPerPlayer, pre.Seats[seat].HintsUsed, acc.HintBalance),
+		// HintsRemaining is the per-seat allowance only; the purchasable wallet lives on the profile
-		WalletBalance:  acc.HintBalance,
+		// (payments) and the client adds it (lib/hints.hintsLeft).
+		HintsRemaining: hintsRemaining(pre.HintsPerPlayer, pre.Seats[seat].HintsUsed),
 		// vs_ai idle-hint gate (seconds left; 0 for a human game / first move / not your turn).
 		HintUnlockLeftSeconds: hintUnlockLeftSeconds(pre, seat, svc.clock()),
 	}, nil
@@ -1342,14 +1423,6 @@ func (svc *Service) ListForLobby(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) ([]Ga
 	return kept, nil
 }
 
-// CountActiveQuickGames reports how many in-progress quick games the account holds —
-// the count the simultaneous-game limit (MaxActiveQuickGames) is checked against. It
-// counts active and still-open quick games (including honest-AI ones) and excludes
-// friend games created by invitation and finished games. See Store.CountActiveQuickGames.
-func (svc *Service) CountActiveQuickGames(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (int, error) {
-	return svc.store.CountActiveQuickGames(ctx, accountID)
-}
-
 // HideGame hides a finished game from accountID's own lobby (it stays visible to the other
 // players); it is irreversible by design. Only a player of a finished game may hide it
 // (ErrNotAPlayer / ErrGameActive otherwise); hiding an already-hidden game is a no-op.
@@ -1729,10 +1802,10 @@ func (svc *Service) DictBytes(variant engine.Variant, version string) ([]byte, e
 	return svc.registry.DictBytes(variant, version)
 }
 
-// hintsRemaining is a player's remaining hint budget: the unspent per-game
+// hintsRemaining is the unspent per-game hint allowance. The purchasable wallet is separate,
-// allowance plus the profile wallet.
+// carried on the profile (payments), and the client adds it (lib/hints.hintsLeft).
-func hintsRemaining(allowance, used, wallet int) int {
+func hintsRemaining(allowance, used int) int {
-	return max(0, allowance-used) + wallet
+	return max(0, allowance-used)
 }
 
 // allowedTimeout reports whether d is one of the offered move clocks.

backend/internal/game/store.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/account"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/gamelimits"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/backend/model"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/backend/table"
 )
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ type gameInsert struct {
 	multipleWordsPerTurn bool
 	// vsAI marks an honest-AI game (games.vs_ai).
 	vsAI bool
+	// kind tags the game's origin (games.game_kind) for the active-game limits.
+	kind gamelimits.Kind
 	// status is the lifecycle state to create the game in: StatusActive for a normal
 	// seated game, StatusOpen for an auto-match game still awaiting an opponent. An
 	// empty string defaults to StatusActive.
@@ -138,6 +141,20 @@ func (s *Store) CreateGame(ctx context.Context, ins gameInsert, seats []seatInse
 	})
 }
 
+// CountActiveByKind counts the account's active (open or in-progress) games of the given kind — the
+// per-tier active-game limit is checked against it before a new game of that kind is created.
+func (s *Store) CountActiveByKind(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, kind gamelimits.Kind) (int, error) {
+	var n int
+	if err := s.db.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT count(*) FROM backend.games g
+		   JOIN backend.game_players p ON p.game_id = g.game_id
+		  WHERE p.account_id = $1 AND g.game_kind = $2 AND g.status IN ('open', 'active')`,
+		accountID, int16(kind)).Scan(&n); err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("game: count active by kind %s: %w", accountID, err)
+	}
+	return n, nil
+}
+
 // insertGameTx inserts the games row and one game_players row per seat (seat 0
 // first) on tx, stamping each seat's display-name snapshot. A seat whose account id is
 // uuid.Nil is written with a NULL account_id (and an empty snapshot) — the still-empty
@@ -155,9 +172,9 @@ func insertGameTx(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, ins gameInsert, seats []seatI
 		table.Games.GameID, table.Games.Variant, table.Games.DictVersion, table.Games.Seed,
 		table.Games.Status, table.Games.Players, table.Games.TurnTimeoutSecs,
 		table.Games.HintsAllowed, table.Games.HintsPerPlayer, table.Games.OpenDeadlineAt,
-		table.Games.DropoutTiles, table.Games.MultipleWordsPerTurn, table.Games.VsAi,
+		table.Games.DropoutTiles, table.Games.MultipleWordsPerTurn, table.Games.VsAi, table.Games.GameKind,
 	).VALUES(ins.id, ins.variant, ins.dictVersion, ins.seed, status, ins.players,
-		ins.turnTimeoutSecs, ins.hintsAllowed, ins.hintsPerPlayer, deadline, ins.dropoutTiles, ins.multipleWordsPerTurn, ins.vsAI)
+		ins.turnTimeoutSecs, ins.hintsAllowed, ins.hintsPerPlayer, deadline, ins.dropoutTiles, ins.multipleWordsPerTurn, ins.vsAI, int16(ins.kind))
 	if _, err := gi.ExecContext(ctx, tx); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("insert game: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -501,28 +518,6 @@ func (s *Store) ListGamesForAccount(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) ([
 	return out, nil
 }
 
-// CountActiveQuickGames counts the account's in-progress quick games — the ones the
-// simultaneous-game limit (MaxActiveQuickGames) is checked against. It includes both
-// active and still-open (awaiting-opponent) games, the honest-AI ones among them, and
-// excludes friend games (those linked to a game_invitations row) and finished games.
-// A hidden game still occupies a slot, so this is a dedicated count rather than a
-// filter over ListGamesForAccount (which drops hidden games). Joining on the account's
-// own seat counts each game once (an open game's empty opponent seat has no account).
-func (s *Store) CountActiveQuickGames(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (int, error) {
-	// The status literals are game.StatusActive / game.StatusOpen, matching the
-	// games.status CHECK in the baseline migration.
-	const q = `
-SELECT COUNT(*) FROM backend.games g
-JOIN backend.game_players gp ON gp.game_id = g.game_id
-LEFT JOIN backend.game_invitations gi ON gi.game_id = g.game_id
-WHERE gp.account_id = $1 AND g.status IN ('active', 'open') AND gi.game_id IS NULL`
-	var n int
-	if err := s.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, q, accountID).Scan(&n); err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("game: count active quick games: %w", err)
-	}
-	return n, nil
-}
-
 // HideGame hides a game from the account's own lobby list (idempotent). The caller validates the
 // game is finished and the account is a player.
 func (s *Store) HideGame(ctx context.Context, accountID, gameID uuid.UUID) error {
@@ -1361,6 +1356,7 @@ func projectGame(g model.Games, seats []model.GamePlayers) (Game, error) {
 	}
 	out.MultipleWordsPerTurn = g.MultipleWordsPerTurn
 	out.VsAI = g.VsAi
+	out.Kind = gamelimits.Kind(g.GameKind)
 	if g.EndReason != nil {
 		out.EndReason = *g.EndReason
 	}

backend/internal/game/types.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/gamelimits"
 )
 
 // Status values persisted in the games.status column.
@@ -94,15 +95,6 @@ const DefaultTurnTimeout = 24 * time.Hour
 // one of AllowedTurnTimeouts (never offered in the creation UI).
 const AIInactivityTimeout = 7 * 24 * time.Hour
 
-// MaxActiveQuickGames is the cap on a player's simultaneous quick games (human
-// auto-match and honest-AI), counting both in-progress (StatusActive) and
-// still-open, awaiting-opponent (StatusOpen) games. Friend games created by
-// invitation are not counted. At the cap the backend refuses to create a new game
-// of any kind — quick or by invitation — and the lobby disables "New Game";
-// accepting an incoming invitation is always allowed. See
-// Store.CountActiveQuickGames.
-const MaxActiveQuickGames = 10
-
 // aiPlayerName labels the robot seat in an honest-AI game's GCG export, so a downloaded
 // game file shows a clean "AI" rather than the robot's human-like pool name (the in-app
 // UI shows 🤖 from the game's vs_ai flag).
@@ -125,6 +117,10 @@ type CreateParams struct {
 	// robot is seated at once, the move clock is AIInactivityTimeout, and chat/nudge
 	// and finish-time statistics are suppressed. Set by the lobby's AI-match path.
 	VsAI bool
+	// Kind tags the game's origin (games.game_kind) for the active-game limits: vs_ai / random /
+	// friends. The lobby sets it; a zero (unknown) kind is never gated. The active-game limit itself
+	// is enforced at the new-game handler (Server.ensureUnderGameLimit), not here.
+	Kind gamelimits.Kind
 }
 
 // Game is the persisted state of a match: the games row joined with its seats.
@@ -151,6 +147,9 @@ type Game struct {
 	// VsAI is true for an honest-AI game (games.vs_ai): the opponent is a robot the
 	// player knowingly chose, shown as 🤖, with chat/nudge disabled and no statistics.
 	VsAI bool
+	// Kind is the game's origin tag (games.game_kind) for the active-game limits: vs_ai / random /
+	// friends, or unknown for an untagged game. Read-only projection; set once on creation.
+	Kind gamelimits.Kind
 }
 
 // Seat is one player's standing in a game.
@@ -211,10 +210,9 @@ type MoveResult struct {
 	BagLen int
 }
 
-// HintResult is a revealed hint and the requesting player's remaining hint
+// HintResult is a revealed hint with the per-seat allowance remaining (HintsRemaining) and the
-// budget (per-seat allowance plus profile wallet) after spending one. WalletBalance is
+// purchasable hint wallet after spending one (WalletBalance, from payments). The client adopts
-// the global wallet alone, so the client can keep its live wallet authoritative and
+// WalletBalance into the profile so the badge stays live across games (lib/hints).
-// re-derive the per-game allowance (HintsRemaining - WalletBalance).
 type HintResult struct {
 	Move           engine.MoveRecord
 	HintsRemaining int
@@ -241,9 +239,6 @@ type StateView struct {
 	Rack           []string
 	BagLen         int
 	HintsRemaining int
-	// WalletBalance is the player's global hint-wallet balance alone (HintsRemaining folds
-	// it in with the per-game allowance), so the client keeps the wallet live across games.
-	WalletBalance int
 	// HintUnlockLeftSeconds is, for a vs_ai game on the requesting player's turn, the seconds left
 	// until the idle hint unlocks (the robot's last move plus the idle window, from the server clock);
 	// 0 for the human's first move, when it is not their turn, or a non-vs_ai game. The vs_ai hint is

backend/internal/gamelimits/gamelimits.go

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+// Package gamelimits holds the per-tier, per-kind active-game caps (a guest funnel) with a hot
+// in-memory cache over the single-row backend.config, so a login or a game-create never queries it.
+package gamelimits
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/postgres"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/backend/model"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/backend/table"
+)
+
+// Kind is a game's kind, mirroring backend.games.game_kind. 0 (unknown) is an untagged game, never gated.
+type Kind int16
+
+const (
+	KindUnknown Kind = 0
+	KindVsAI    Kind = 1
+	KindRandom  Kind = 2
+	KindFriends Kind = 3
+)
+
+// String returns the kind's label for admin game lists and logs.
+func (k Kind) String() string {
+	switch k {
+	case KindVsAI:
+		return "vs_ai"
+	case KindRandom:
+		return "random"
+	case KindFriends:
+		return "friends"
+	default:
+		return "unknown"
+	}
+}
+
+// Unlimited is the limit sentinel meaning no cap.
+const Unlimited = -1
+
+// Limits is a tier's active-game caps per kind (-1 = unlimited).
+type Limits struct {
+	VsAI    int
+	Random  int
+	Friends int
+}
+
+// Cap returns the limit for kind; the unknown kind is never capped.
+func (l Limits) Cap(kind Kind) int {
+	switch kind {
+	case KindVsAI:
+		return l.VsAI
+	case KindRandom:
+		return l.Random
+	case KindFriends:
+		return l.Friends
+	default:
+		return Unlimited
+	}
+}
+
+// Config is the per-tier limit config (the single backend.config row).
+type Config struct {
+	Guest   Limits
+	Durable Limits
+}
+
+// Store reads and writes the single-row backend.config.
+type Store struct{ db *sql.DB }
+
+// NewStore constructs a Store over db.
+func NewStore(db *sql.DB) *Store { return &Store{db: db} }
+
+func (s *Store) load(ctx context.Context) (Config, error) {
+	var c model.Config
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.Config.AllColumns).FROM(table.Config).LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &c); err != nil {
+		return Config{}, fmt.Errorf("gamelimits: load config: %w", err)
+	}
+	return Config{
+		Guest:   Limits{VsAI: int(c.GuestVsAiLimit), Random: int(c.GuestRandomLimit), Friends: int(c.GuestFriendsLimit)},
+		Durable: Limits{VsAI: int(c.DurableVsAiLimit), Random: int(c.DurableRandomLimit), Friends: int(c.DurableFriendsLimit)},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *Store) save(ctx context.Context, c Config) error {
+	if _, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`UPDATE backend.config SET guest_vs_ai_limit=$1, guest_random_limit=$2, guest_friends_limit=$3,
+		   durable_vs_ai_limit=$4, durable_random_limit=$5, durable_friends_limit=$6 WHERE only_row`,
+		c.Guest.VsAI, c.Guest.Random, c.Guest.Friends, c.Durable.VsAI, c.Durable.Random, c.Durable.Friends); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("gamelimits: save config: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Service fronts the config with an in-memory cache (single-instance, matching the deploy). Load
+// once at startup; Update after an admin edit refreshes it in place.
+type Service struct {
+	store *Store
+	mu    sync.RWMutex
+	cfg   Config
+}
+
+// NewService constructs a Service over store. Call Load before serving.
+func NewService(store *Store) *Service { return &Service{store: store} }
+
+// Load reads the config into the cache. Call once at startup.
+func (s *Service) Load(ctx context.Context) error {
+	c, err := s.store.load(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.set(c)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *Service) set(c Config) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	s.cfg = c
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+// Get returns the cached config.
+func (s *Service) Get() Config {
+	s.mu.RLock()
+	defer s.mu.RUnlock()
+	return s.cfg
+}
+
+// LimitsFor returns the cached limits for the account tier (guest or durable).
+func (s *Service) LimitsFor(isGuest bool) Limits {
+	c := s.Get()
+	if isGuest {
+		return c.Guest
+	}
+	return c.Durable
+}
+
+// Update saves the config and refreshes the cache in place (the admin edit).
+func (s *Service) Update(ctx context.Context, c Config) error {
+	if err := s.store.save(ctx, c); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.set(c)
+	return nil
+}

backend/internal/gamelimits/gamelimits_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package gamelimits
+
+import "testing"
+
+// TestLimitsCap checks Cap maps each kind to its field and leaves the unknown kind uncapped, so a
+// untagged game (game_kind 0) is never gated.
+func TestLimitsCap(t *testing.T) {
+	l := Limits{VsAI: 1, Random: 2, Friends: 3}
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		kind Kind
+		want int
+	}{
+		{KindVsAI, 1},
+		{KindRandom, 2},
+		{KindFriends, 3},
+		{KindUnknown, Unlimited},
+		{Kind(99), Unlimited},
+	} {
+		if got := l.Cap(tc.kind); got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("Cap(%d) = %d, want %d", tc.kind, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestServiceLimitsForTier checks LimitsFor selects the guest or durable tier from the cached config.
+func TestServiceLimitsForTier(t *testing.T) {
+	svc := NewService(nil)
+	svc.set(Config{
+		Guest:   Limits{VsAI: 1, Random: 1, Friends: 0},
+		Durable: Limits{VsAI: 10, Random: 10, Friends: 10},
+	})
+
+	if got := svc.LimitsFor(true); got != (Limits{VsAI: 1, Random: 1, Friends: 0}) {
+		t.Errorf("guest limits = %+v, want {1 1 0}", got)
+	}
+	if got := svc.LimitsFor(false); got != (Limits{VsAI: 10, Random: 10, Friends: 10}) {
+		t.Errorf("durable limits = %+v, want {10 10 10}", got)
+	}
+	// The unlimited sentinel resolves through the tier too.
+	svc.set(Config{Durable: Limits{VsAI: Unlimited, Random: Unlimited, Friends: Unlimited}})
+	if got := svc.LimitsFor(false).Cap(KindVsAI); got != Unlimited {
+		t.Errorf("durable vs_ai cap = %d, want unlimited (-1)", got)
+	}
+}

backend/internal/inttest/admin_grant_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package inttest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// benefitFor returns the account's benefit on the given origin from its statement.
+func benefitFor(t *testing.T, pay *payments.Service, id uuid.UUID, origin payments.Source) payments.OriginBenefit {
+	t.Helper()
+	stmt, err := pay.AccountStatement(context.Background(), id)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("statement: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, b := range stmt.Benefits {
+		if b.Origin == origin {
+			return b
+		}
+	}
+	return payments.OriginBenefit{}
+}
+
+// TestConsoleAdminGrant drives the admin grant: a raw benefit grant, a by-product grant of a reward
+// bundle, and a refusal to grant a chips pack; the create is CSRF-guarded.
+func TestConsoleAdminGrant(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	srv, _, pay := bannerServer(t)
+	h := srv.Handler()
+	id := provisionAccount(t)
+	const origin = "http://admin.test"
+	base := "http://admin.test/_gm/users/" + id.String()
+
+	// CSRF: a grant without the origin header is refused.
+	if code, _ := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/grant", "origin=direct&hints=1", ""); code != http.StatusForbidden {
+		t.Fatalf("grant without origin = %d, want 403", code)
+	}
+
+	// Raw grant: 5 hints + 30 no-ads days to the direct origin.
+	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/grant", "origin=direct&hints=5&noads=30", origin); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "Granted") {
+		t.Fatalf("raw grant = %d, has 'Granted' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "Granted"))
+	}
+	if b := benefitFor(t, pay, id, payments.SourceDirect); b.Hints != 5 || b.AdsPaidUntil.IsZero() {
+		t.Fatalf("after raw grant: hints=%d adsUntil-zero=%v, want 5 hints + a no-ads term", b.Hints, b.AdsPaidUntil.IsZero())
+	}
+
+	// By-product grant: an archived reward bundle (3 hints) to vk.
+	reward, err := pay.CreateProduct(ctx, payments.ProductInput{
+		Title: "reward-3-hints", Atoms: []payments.AtomLine{{Atom: "hints", Quantity: 3}},
+	}, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create reward: %v", err)
+	}
+	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/grant-product", "origin=vk&product_id="+reward.String(), origin); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "Granted") {
+		t.Fatalf("product grant = %d, has 'Granted' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "Granted"))
+	}
+	if b := benefitFor(t, pay, id, payments.SourceVK); b.Hints != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("after product grant: vk hints=%d, want 3", b.Hints)
+	}
+
+	// A chips pack cannot be granted.
+	pack, err := pay.CreateProduct(ctx, payments.ProductInput{
+		Title: "grant-pack", Atoms: []payments.AtomLine{{Atom: "chips", Quantity: 100}},
+		Prices: []payments.PriceLine{{Method: "direct", Currency: payments.CurrencyRUB, Amount: 14900}},
+	}, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create pack: %v", err)
+	}
+	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/grant-product", "origin=direct&product_id="+pack.String(), origin); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "cannot grant chips") {
+		t.Fatalf("chips grant = %d, has 'cannot grant chips' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "cannot grant chips"))
+	}
+}

backend/internal/inttest/admin_refund_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package inttest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// TestConsoleRefundAndExport drives the manual refund and the ledger CSV export: a funded order is
+// refunded in full (chips revoked, a refund row), the refund is idempotent, and the export carries
+// the fund + refund rows; the refund POST is CSRF-guarded.
+func TestConsoleRefundAndExport(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	srv, _, pay := bannerServer(t)
+	h := srv.Handler()
+	id := provisionAccount(t)
+	const origin = "http://admin.test"
+	base := "http://admin.test/_gm/users/" + id.String()
+
+	// Fund a pack: 100 chips + a fund ledger row.
+	prod := seedPackProduct(t, 100, methodPrice{method: "direct", currency: "RUB", amount: 14900})
+	res, err := pay.CreateOrder(ctx, id, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, prod, "robokassa")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("order: %v", err)
+	}
+	paid, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(14900, payments.CurrencyRUB)
+	if _, err := pay.Fund(ctx, res.OrderID, "robokassa", res.OrderID.String(), paid); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("fund: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// CSRF: a refund without the origin header is refused.
+	if code, _ := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/refund", "order_id="+res.OrderID.String(), ""); code != http.StatusForbidden {
+		t.Fatalf("refund without origin = %d, want 403", code)
+	}
+
+	// Refund the order in full → 100 chips revoked (none spent).
+	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/refund", "order_id="+res.OrderID.String(), origin); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "revoked 100 chips") {
+		t.Fatalf("refund = %d, has 'revoked 100 chips' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "revoked 100 chips"))
+	}
+	stmt, err := pay.AccountStatement(ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("statement: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, sg := range stmt.Segments {
+		if sg.Source == payments.SourceDirect && sg.Chips != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("after refund: direct chips = %d, want 0", sg.Chips)
+		}
+	}
+	kinds := map[string]int{}
+	for _, e := range stmt.Ledger {
+		kinds[e.Kind]++
+	}
+	if kinds["fund"] != 1 || kinds["refund"] != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("ledger kinds = %v, want one fund + one refund", kinds)
+	}
+
+	// A second refund of the same order is idempotent.
+	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/refund", "order_id="+res.OrderID.String(), origin); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "Already refunded") {
+		t.Fatalf("second refund = %d, has 'Already refunded' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "Already refunded"))
+	}
+
+	// Export the whole ledger as CSV: the header, this account, and its fund + refund rows.
+	code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodGet, "http://admin.test/_gm/ledger.csv", "", "")
+	if code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("export = %d, want 200", code)
+	}
+	for _, want := range []string{"created_at,account_id,kind", id.String(), ",fund,", ",refund,"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(body, want) {
+			t.Errorf("ledger CSV missing %q", want)
+		}
+	}
+}

backend/internal/inttest/admin_test.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package inttest
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
@@ -280,76 +279,6 @@ func TestConsoleThrottledViewAndFlagClear(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestConsoleGrantHints drives the admin hint-wallet grant end to end: the card shows the form,
-// the action is CSRF-guarded, a same-origin grant adds to the wallet, a second grant adds again
-// (rather than replacing), the inclusive per-grant cap is accepted, and an out-of-range or
-// non-numeric amount is refused without changing the balance.
-func TestConsoleGrantHints(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	accounts := account.NewStore(testDB)
-	id := provisionAccount(t)
-	srv := server.New(":0", server.Deps{
-		Logger: zap.NewNop(), Accounts: accounts, Games: newGameService(), Registry: testRegistry, DictDir: dictDir(),
-	})
-	h := srv.Handler()
-	base := "http://admin.test/_gm/users/" + id.String()
-
-	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodGet, base, "", ""); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "Add hints") {
-		t.Fatalf("user card = %d, has grant form = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "Add hints"))
-	}
-	// The grant POST is CSRF-guarded like every console action.
-	if code, _ := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/grant-hints", "amount=5", ""); code != http.StatusForbidden {
-		t.Fatalf("grant without origin = %d, want 403", code)
-	}
-	// A same-origin grant adds to the wallet.
-	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/grant-hints", "amount=5", "http://admin.test"); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "now 5") {
-		t.Fatalf("grant 5 = %d, body has 'now 5' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "now 5"))
-	}
-	if acc, err := accounts.GetByID(ctx, id); err != nil || acc.HintBalance != 5 {
-		t.Fatalf("after grant 5: balance=%d err=%v, want 5", acc.HintBalance, err)
-	}
-	// A second grant adds again rather than replacing.
-	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/grant-hints", "amount=3", "http://admin.test"); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "now 8") {
-		t.Fatalf("grant 3 = %d, body has 'now 8' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "now 8"))
-	}
-	// An out-of-range or non-numeric amount is refused; the balance is left untouched.
-	for _, bad := range []string{"0", "-1", "101", "x", ""} {
-		if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/grant-hints", "amount="+bad, "http://admin.test"); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "Invalid amount") {
-			t.Fatalf("grant %q = %d, has 'Invalid amount' = %v", bad, code, strings.Contains(body, "Invalid amount"))
-		}
-	}
-	if acc, err := accounts.GetByID(ctx, id); err != nil || acc.HintBalance != 8 {
-		t.Fatalf("after invalid grants: balance=%d err=%v, want 8", acc.HintBalance, err)
-	}
-	// The inclusive per-grant cap (100) is accepted.
-	if code, _ := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/grant-hints", "amount=100", "http://admin.test"); code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("grant 100 = %d, want 200", code)
-	}
-	if acc, err := accounts.GetByID(ctx, id); err != nil || acc.HintBalance != 108 {
-		t.Fatalf("after grant 100: balance=%d err=%v, want 108", acc.HintBalance, err)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestGrantHintsStore covers the wallet store method directly: an additive grant raises the
-// balance, a non-positive grant is rejected, and an unknown account yields ErrNotFound.
-func TestGrantHintsStore(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	accounts := account.NewStore(testDB)
-	id := provisionAccount(t)
-	if bal, err := accounts.GrantHints(ctx, id, 4); err != nil || bal != 4 {
-		t.Fatalf("grant 4 = (%d, %v), want (4, nil)", bal, err)
-	}
-	if bal, err := accounts.GrantHints(ctx, id, 6); err != nil || bal != 10 {
-		t.Fatalf("grant 6 = (%d, %v), want (10, nil)", bal, err)
-	}
-	if _, err := accounts.GrantHints(ctx, id, 0); err == nil {
-		t.Error("grant 0 should be rejected (non-positive)")
-	}
-	if _, err := accounts.GrantHints(ctx, uuid.New(), 1); !errors.Is(err, account.ErrNotFound) {
-		t.Errorf("grant unknown account = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
-	}
-}
-
 // consoleDo issues a request to h, optionally with an Origin header, and returns
 // the status and body. Form bodies are sent as application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
 func consoleDo(h http.Handler, method, target, body, origin string) (int, string) {

backend/internal/inttest/banner_console_test.go

@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ import (
 
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/account"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/ads"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/server"
 )
 
 // bannerServer assembles a console-capable server with the ads domain wired.
-func bannerServer(t *testing.T) (*server.Server, *ads.Service) {
+func bannerServer(t *testing.T) (*server.Server, *ads.Service, *payments.Service) {
 	t.Helper()
 	adsSvc := ads.NewService(ads.NewStore(testDB))
+	paySvc := newPaymentsService()
 	srv := server.New(":0", server.Deps{
 		Logger:   zap.NewNop(),
 		Accounts: account.NewStore(testDB),
@@ -29,8 +31,9 @@ func bannerServer(t *testing.T) (*server.Server, *ads.Service) {
 		Registry: testRegistry,
 		DictDir:  dictDir(),
 		Ads:      adsSvc,
+		Payments: paySvc,
 	})
-	return srv, adsSvc
+	return srv, adsSvc, paySvc
 }
 
 // findCampaign returns the id of the campaign with the given name, or fails.
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ func defaultCampaign(t *testing.T, svc *ads.Service) ads.Campaign {
 // reorder/delete.
 func TestBannerConsoleCRUD(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	srv, adsSvc := bannerServer(t)
+	srv, adsSvc, _ := bannerServer(t)
 	h := srv.Handler()
 	base := "http://admin.test/_gm"
 	const origin = "http://admin.test"
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ func TestBannerConsoleCRUD(t *testing.T) {
 // unrelated campaign's URL must be refused.
 func TestBannerMessageOwnership(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	srv, adsSvc := bannerServer(t)
+	srv, adsSvc, _ := bannerServer(t)
 	h := srv.Handler()
 	base := "http://admin.test/_gm"
 	const origin = "http://admin.test"
@@ -188,7 +191,7 @@ func TestBannerMessageOwnership(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// profileBanner is the banner block of the profile.get JSON response.
+// profileBanner is the banner (and interstitial-ad) block of the profile.get JSON response.
 type profileBanner struct {
 	Banner *struct {
 		Campaigns []struct {
@@ -200,6 +203,12 @@ type profileBanner struct {
 			HoldMs int `json:"hold_ms"`
 		} `json:"timings"`
 	} `json:"banner"`
+	Ads *struct {
+		CooldownGlobalS int  `json:"cooldown_global_s"`
+		CooldownVsAiS   int  `json:"cooldown_vs_ai_s"`
+		CooldownHintS   int  `json:"cooldown_hint_s"`
+		Suppressed      bool `json:"suppressed"`
+	} `json:"ads"`
 }
 
 // TestBannerProfileEligibility checks the profile.get banner block follows
@@ -207,10 +216,11 @@ type profileBanner struct {
 // wallet each suppress it.
 func TestBannerProfileEligibility(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	srv, _ := bannerServer(t)
+	srv, _, pay := bannerServer(t)
 	accounts := account.NewStore(testDB)
 	id := provisionAccount(t)
 
+	// getBanner fetches the profile banner with no platform header (an untrusted context).
 	getBanner := func() profileBanner {
 		t.Helper()
 		rec := userGet(t, srv, "/api/v1/user/profile", id)
@@ -223,10 +233,27 @@ func TestBannerProfileEligibility(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		return p
 	}
+	// getBannerTG fetches the profile banner in a trusted Telegram context — the account's
+	// telegram identity makes telegram the applicable origin for its benefits.
+	getBannerTG := func() profileBanner {
+		t.Helper()
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/api/v1/user/profile", nil)
+		req.Header.Set("X-User-ID", id.String())
+		req.Header.Set("X-Platform", "telegram/android")
+		srv.Handler().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			t.Fatalf("profile = %d, want 200", rec.Code)
+		}
+		var p profileBanner
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &p); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("decode profile: %v", err)
+		}
+		return p
+	}
 
-	// A free account with an empty hint wallet and no role is eligible.
+	// A free account with no role and no benefit is eligible.
-	p := getBanner()
+	if p := getBanner(); p.Banner == nil || len(p.Banner.Campaigns) == 0 || p.Banner.Timings.HoldMs <= 0 {
-	if p.Banner == nil || len(p.Banner.Campaigns) == 0 || p.Banner.Timings.HoldMs <= 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("eligible account: banner=%v", p.Banner)
 	}
 
@@ -241,19 +268,106 @@ func TestBannerProfileEligibility(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("revoke role: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// A non-empty hint wallet suppresses it.
+	// A hint wallet no longer suppresses the banner — hints and no-ads are distinct benefits now.
-	if _, err := accounts.GrantHints(ctx, id, 5); err != nil {
+	if err := pay.Grant(ctx, id, payments.SourceTelegram, 5, 0, false); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("grant hints: %v", err)
 	}
-	if p := getBanner(); p.Banner != nil {
+	if p := getBannerTG(); p.Banner == nil {
-		t.Fatal("a non-empty hint wallet still shows the banner")
+		t.Fatal("a hint wallet must NOT suppress the banner")
+	}
+
+	// An active no-ads benefit applicable in the context suppresses the banner.
+	if err := pay.Grant(ctx, id, payments.SourceTelegram, 0, 30, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("grant no-ads: %v", err)
+	}
+	if p := getBannerTG(); p.Banner != nil {
+		t.Fatal("an active no-ads benefit must suppress the banner")
+	}
+	// Fail-closed: without a trusted platform the same benefit does not apply, so the banner shows.
+	if p := getBanner(); p.Banner == nil {
+		t.Fatal("an untrusted context must not apply the no-ads benefit (banner should show)")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestProfileAdsConfig checks the profile.get interstitial-ad block: the seeded config cooldowns are
+// carried through, and Suppressed follows the same no-ads / no_banner gate as the banner (the client
+// self-gates VK-only + online on top). The no_banner role is context-independent; the no-ads benefit
+// applies only in a trusted context where its segment is present.
+func TestProfileAdsConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	srv, _, pay := bannerServer(t)
+	accounts := account.NewStore(testDB)
+	id := provisionAccount(t)
+
+	get := func() profileBanner {
+		t.Helper()
+		rec := userGet(t, srv, "/api/v1/user/profile", id)
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			t.Fatalf("profile = %d, want 200", rec.Code)
+		}
+		var p profileBanner
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &p); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("decode profile: %v", err)
+		}
+		return p
+	}
+	getTG := func() profileBanner {
+		t.Helper()
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/api/v1/user/profile", nil)
+		req.Header.Set("X-User-ID", id.String())
+		req.Header.Set("X-Platform", "telegram/android")
+		srv.Handler().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			t.Fatalf("profile = %d, want 200", rec.Code)
+		}
+		var p profileBanner
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &p); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("decode profile: %v", err)
+		}
+		return p
+	}
+
+	// A free account: the ads block carries the seeded config cooldowns and is not suppressed.
+	p := get()
+	if p.Ads == nil {
+		t.Fatal("free account: no ads block")
+	}
+	if p.Ads.CooldownGlobalS != 300 || p.Ads.CooldownVsAiS != 1800 || p.Ads.CooldownHintS != 60 {
+		t.Fatalf("cooldowns = %d/%d/%d, want 300/1800/60", p.Ads.CooldownGlobalS, p.Ads.CooldownVsAiS, p.Ads.CooldownHintS)
+	}
+	if p.Ads.Suppressed {
+		t.Fatal("free account: interstitials must not be suppressed")
+	}
+
+	// The no_banner role suppresses interstitials too (context-independent).
+	if err := accounts.GrantRole(ctx, id, account.RoleNoBanner); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("grant role: %v", err)
+	}
+	if p := get(); p.Ads == nil || !p.Ads.Suppressed {
+		t.Fatalf("no_banner role: ads=%v, want suppressed", p.Ads)
+	}
+	if err := accounts.RevokeRole(ctx, id, account.RoleNoBanner); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("revoke role: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// An active no-ads benefit suppresses interstitials in a trusted context; an untrusted context
+	// does not apply it (fail-closed to eligible, as for the banner).
+	if err := pay.Grant(ctx, id, payments.SourceTelegram, 0, 30, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("grant no-ads: %v", err)
+	}
+	if p := getTG(); p.Ads == nil || !p.Ads.Suppressed {
+		t.Fatalf("no-ads benefit (trusted): ads=%v, want suppressed", p.Ads)
+	}
+	if p := get(); p.Ads == nil || p.Ads.Suppressed {
+		t.Fatalf("no-ads benefit (untrusted): ads=%v, want NOT suppressed", p.Ads)
 	}
 }
 
 // TestBannerSurvivesProfileUpdate guards that a profile update (e.g. a language switch) returns the
 // banner block too, so the client's profile keeps the banner instead of losing it until reload.
 func TestBannerSurvivesProfileUpdate(t *testing.T) {
-	srv, _ := bannerServer(t)
+	srv, _, _ := bannerServer(t)
 	id := provisionAccount(t)
 
 	body := `{"display_name":"Tester","preferred_language":"ru","time_zone":"UTC","away_start":"00:00",` +
@@ -283,7 +397,7 @@ func TestBannerSurvivesProfileUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 // default campaign stays plain (colours + urgent are ignored for it).
 func TestBannerConsoleColorsAndUrgent(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	srv, adsSvc := bannerServer(t)
+	srv, adsSvc, _ := bannerServer(t)
 	h := srv.Handler()
 	base := "http://admin.test/_gm"
 	const origin = "http://admin.test"
@@ -351,7 +465,7 @@ func TestBannerConsoleColorsAndUrgent(t *testing.T) {
 // otherwise suppress the banner.
 func TestBannerUrgentBypassesEligibility(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	srv, adsSvc := bannerServer(t)
+	srv, adsSvc, _ := bannerServer(t)
 	accounts := account.NewStore(testDB)
 	id := provisionAccount(t)
 
@@ -407,10 +521,4 @@ func TestBannerUrgentBypassesEligibility(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := accounts.RevokeRole(ctx, id, account.RoleNoBanner); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("revoke role: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	// A non-empty hint wallet no longer suppresses it either.
-	if _, err := accounts.GrantHints(ctx, id, 5); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("grant hints: %v", err)
-	}
-	assertUrgentOnly("hints", get())
 }

backend/internal/inttest/catalog_editor_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package inttest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// productByTitle finds a catalog product by its (unique in the test) title.
+func productByTitle(t *testing.T, pay *payments.Service, title string) payments.AdminProduct {
+	t.Helper()
+	all, err := pay.AdminCatalog(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("admin catalog: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, p := range all {
+		if p.Title == title {
+			return p
+		}
+	}
+	t.Fatalf("product %q not found", title)
+	return payments.AdminProduct{}
+}
+
+// TestConsoleCatalogEditor drives the catalog editor end to end: create is CSRF-guarded; a value and
+// a pack are created and edited; an invalid active product is refused; archive hides it; a
+// never-transacted product deletes; a transacted product is refused deletion (archive only).
+func TestConsoleCatalogEditor(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	srv, _, pay := bannerServer(t)
+	h := srv.Handler()
+	const origin = "http://admin.test"
+	const catalog = "http://admin.test/_gm/catalog"
+
+	// CSRF: a create without the origin header is refused.
+	if code, _ := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, catalog, "title=x&hints=1&price_chip=10&active=true", ""); code != http.StatusForbidden {
+		t.Fatalf("create without origin = %d, want 403", code)
+	}
+
+	// Create a value product: 5 hints for 50 chips, active.
+	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, catalog, "title=cat-hints-5&hints=5&price_chip=50&active=true", origin); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "Created") {
+		t.Fatalf("create value = %d, has 'Created' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "Created"))
+	}
+	val := productByTitle(t, pay, "cat-hints-5")
+	if !val.Active || len(val.Atoms) != 1 || val.Atoms[0].Atom != "hints" || val.Atoms[0].Quantity != 5 {
+		t.Fatalf("created value = %+v", val)
+	}
+
+	// An invalid active pack (chips, no money price) is refused.
+	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, catalog, "title=cat-bad&chips=100&active=true", origin); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "Invalid product") {
+		t.Fatalf("bad pack = %d, has 'Invalid product' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "Invalid product"))
+	}
+	if _, err := pay.AdminCatalog(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("catalog: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Edit the value: raise to 8 hints.
+	base := catalog + "/" + val.ID.String()
+	if code, _ := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base, "title=cat-hints-8&hints=8&price_chip=50&active=true", origin); code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("edit = %d", code)
+	}
+	if got := productByTitle(t, pay, "cat-hints-8"); len(got.Atoms) != 1 || got.Atoms[0].Quantity != 8 {
+		t.Fatalf("after edit atoms = %+v, want 8 hints", got.Atoms)
+	}
+
+	// Archive it → hidden from the storefront (the user Catalog filters active).
+	if code, _ := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/archive", "active=false", origin); code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("archive = %d", code)
+	}
+	if productByTitle(t, pay, "cat-hints-8").Active {
+		t.Error("product still active after archive")
+	}
+
+	// Delete the never-transacted product.
+	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/delete", "", origin); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "Deleted") {
+		t.Fatalf("delete clean = %d, has 'Deleted' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "Deleted"))
+	}
+
+	// A transacted product cannot be deleted — only archived.
+	if code, _ := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, catalog, "title=cat-pack&chips=100&price_rub=14900&active=true", origin); code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatal("create pack failed")
+	}
+	pack := productByTitle(t, pay, "cat-pack")
+	if _, err := pay.CreateOrder(ctx, uuid.New(), payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, pack.ID, "robokassa"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create order: %v", err)
+	}
+	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, catalog+"/"+pack.ID.String()+"/delete", "", origin); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "Cannot delete") {
+		t.Fatalf("delete transacted = %d, has 'Cannot delete' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "Cannot delete"))
+	}
+}

backend/internal/inttest/game_limit_test.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package inttest
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -18,59 +19,119 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/account"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/gamelimits"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/lobby"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/server"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/social"
 )
 
-// The game-limit suite covers the simultaneous quick-game cap (game.MaxActiveQuickGames):
+// The game-limit suite covers the per-tier, per-kind active-game caps (backend.config): the
-// the counting rule (Store/Service.CountActiveQuickGames) and the HTTP gate that refuses a
+// game_kind tag persisted per creation path, the tier resolution + counting rule
-// new game once the cap is reached, while accepting an incoming invitation stays allowed.
+// (game.Service.AtGameLimit), the HTTP gate + lobby at_game_limit flag, the guest gate on friend
+// actions, and the config hot-cache reflecting an admin edit. Accepting an invitation stays exempt.
 
-// TestCountActiveQuickGames checks the count includes active and open quick games (the
+// newGameLimits builds a gamelimits service over the shared pool and loads the seeded config
-// honest-AI ones among them) and excludes finished games, friend games (created by
+// (guest 1/1/0, durable 10/10/10).
-// invitation) and games the account is not seated in.
+func newGameLimits(t *testing.T) *gamelimits.Service {
-func TestCountActiveQuickGames(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+	gl := gamelimits.NewService(gamelimits.NewStore(testDB))
+	if err := gl.Load(context.Background()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("load game limits: %v", err)
+	}
+	return gl
+}
+
+// restoreDefaultLimits resets the single config row to the migration seed on cleanup, so a test that
+// edited it never leaks its values into another (the row is a shared singleton).
+func restoreDefaultLimits(t *testing.T, gl *gamelimits.Service) {
+	t.Helper()
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		_ = gl.Update(context.Background(), gamelimits.Config{
+			Guest:   gamelimits.Limits{VsAI: 1, Random: 1, Friends: 0},
+			Durable: gamelimits.Limits{VsAI: 10, Random: 10, Friends: 10},
+		})
+	})
+}
+
+// gameKind reads a game's persisted game_kind tag.
+func gameKind(t *testing.T, gameID uuid.UUID) int16 {
+	t.Helper()
+	var k int16
+	if err := testDB.QueryRowContext(context.Background(),
+		`SELECT game_kind FROM backend.games WHERE game_id=$1`, gameID).Scan(&k); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read game_kind: %v", err)
+	}
+	return k
+}
+
+// mustCreateKind creates an active game seating the accounts, tagged with kind, and returns its id.
+func mustCreateKind(t *testing.T, games *game.Service, seats []uuid.UUID, kind gamelimits.Kind) uuid.UUID {
+	t.Helper()
+	g, err := games.Create(context.Background(), game.CreateParams{
+		Variant: engine.VariantEnglish, Seats: seats, TurnTimeout: 24 * time.Hour, Kind: kind,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create game (kind=%d): %v", kind, err)
+	}
+	return g.ID
+}
+
+// startFriendGameID has inviter invite invitee to a friend game and the invitee accept, returning
+// the started game's id.
+func startFriendGameID(t *testing.T, inv *lobby.InvitationService, inviter, invitee uuid.UUID) uuid.UUID {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	invitation, err := inv.CreateInvitation(ctx, inviter, []uuid.UUID{invitee}, englishInvite())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create invitation: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, err := inv.RespondInvitation(ctx, invitation.ID, invitee, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("accept invitation: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got.GameID == nil {
+		t.Fatal("accepted invitation has no game id")
+	}
+	return *got.GameID
+}
+
+// TestGameKindPersisted checks each creation path stamps the right game_kind: random (auto-match)
+// =2, vs_ai =1, friend (by invitation) =3.
+func TestGameKindPersisted(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	clearOpenGames(t)
 	games := newGameService()
-	human := provisionAccount(t)
+	inv := newInvitationService()
-	opp := provisionAccount(t)
+	human, opp := provisionAccount(t), provisionAccount(t)
 
-	if n := mustCount(t, games, human); n != 0 {
+	rnd, _, err := games.OpenOrJoin(ctx, human, game.CreateParams{Variant: engine.VariantEnglish, TurnTimeout: 24 * time.Hour}, time.Now().Add(time.Minute), nil)
-		t.Fatalf("fresh account count = %d, want 0", n)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open random game: %v", err)
+	}
+	if k := gameKind(t, rnd.ID); k != int16(gamelimits.KindRandom) {
+		t.Errorf("random game_kind = %d, want %d", k, gamelimits.KindRandom)
 	}
 
-	// An open (awaiting-opponent) quick game counts.
+	ai := mustCreateKind(t, games, []uuid.UUID{human, opp}, gamelimits.KindVsAI)
-	if _, _, err := games.OpenOrJoin(ctx, human, game.CreateParams{
+	if k := gameKind(t, ai); k != int16(gamelimits.KindVsAI) {
-		Variant: engine.VariantEnglish, TurnTimeout: 24 * time.Hour,
+		t.Errorf("vs_ai game_kind = %d, want %d", k, gamelimits.KindVsAI)
-	}, time.Now().Add(time.Minute), nil); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("open quick game: %v", err)
 	}
-	// An active quick game and an honest-AI quick game both count (neither has an invitation row).
-	mustCreateQuick(t, games, []uuid.UUID{human, opp}, false, 1)
-	mustCreateQuick(t, games, []uuid.UUID{human, opp}, true, 2)
 
-	// A finished quick game does NOT count.
+	friend := startFriendGameID(t, inv, human, opp)
-	fin := mustCreateQuick(t, games, []uuid.UUID{human, opp}, false, 3)
+	if k := gameKind(t, friend); k != int16(gamelimits.KindFriends) {
-	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx, `UPDATE backend.games SET status='finished' WHERE game_id=$1`, fin); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("friend game_kind = %d, want %d", k, gamelimits.KindFriends)
-		t.Fatalf("finish game: %v", err)
-	}
-	// A game the human is not seated in does NOT count.
-	mustCreateQuick(t, games, []uuid.UUID{opp, provisionAccount(t)}, false, 4)
-	// A friend game (created by invitation) does NOT count, even though it is active.
-	startFriendGame(t, human)
-
-	if n := mustCount(t, games, human); n != 3 {
-		t.Fatalf("active quick count = %d, want 3 (active + AI + open)", n)
 	}
 }
 
-// TestGameLimitGate drives the cap through the assembled HTTP server: under the cap the lobby
+// TestGuestActiveGameLimitHTTP drives the guest random cap through the assembled server: the first
-// reports at_game_limit false; at the cap it flips to true and both new-game endpoints (quick
+// auto-match opens a game, the lobby then flags at_game_limit, and a second enqueue is refused 409
-// enqueue and invitation creation) are refused with 409 game_limit_reached, while accepting an
+// game_limit_reached. It also checks the guest vs_ai and friends caps resolve at the domain level.
-// incoming invitation is still allowed.
+func TestGuestActiveGameLimitHTTP(t *testing.T) {
-func TestGameLimitGate(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
+	clearOpenGames(t)
+	gl := newGameLimits(t)
 	games := newGameService()
+	games.SetGameLimits(gl)
 	srv := server.New(":0", server.Deps{
 		Logger:      zaptest.NewLogger(t),
 		DB:          testDB,
@@ -78,88 +139,110 @@ func TestGameLimitGate(t *testing.T) {
 		Games:       games,
 		Matchmaker:  newMatchmaker(t, newRobotService(t, newGameService()), time.Minute, 0),
 		Invitations: newInvitationService(),
+		GameLimits:  gl,
 	})
 
-	human := provisionAccount(t)
+	guest := provisionGuest(t)
+	if gamesListAtLimit(t, srv, guest) {
+		t.Fatal("a fresh guest must be under the random game limit")
+	}
+	// The first auto-match opens a random game (guest random cap = 1).
+	if rec := userPost(t, srv, "/api/v1/user/lobby/enqueue", guest, `{"variant":"erudit_ru"}`); rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("first enqueue = %d (%s), want 200", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	// At the cap: the lobby flags it and a second enqueue is refused with the stable code.
+	if !gamesListAtLimit(t, srv, guest) {
+		t.Fatal("after one random game the guest must be at the limit")
+	}
+	if rec := userPost(t, srv, "/api/v1/user/lobby/enqueue", guest, `{"variant":"erudit_ru"}`); rec.Code != http.StatusConflict || errorCode(t, rec) != "game_limit_reached" {
+		t.Fatalf("second enqueue = (%d, %q), want (409, game_limit_reached)", rec.Code, errorCode(t, rec))
+	}
+
+	// A guest is refused the friends flow outright at the HTTP edge (403 guest_forbidden).
 	opp := provisionAccount(t)
-
-	// Under the cap: the lobby reports the player is not limited.
-	if gamesListAtLimit(t, srv, human) {
-		t.Fatal("a fresh account must be under the game limit")
-	}
-
-	// Reach the cap with active quick games seating the human (no invitation row → quick).
-	for i := 0; i < game.MaxActiveQuickGames; i++ {
-		mustCreateQuick(t, games, []uuid.UUID{human, opp}, false, int64(i+1))
-	}
-
-	// At the cap: the lobby flags it and both create paths are refused with the stable code.
-	if !gamesListAtLimit(t, srv, human) {
-		t.Fatalf("at %d games at_game_limit must be true", game.MaxActiveQuickGames)
-	}
-	// erudit_ru is in the default variant preferences, so the variant gate passes and the
-	// game-limit gate is what fires here.
-	if rec := userPost(t, srv, "/api/v1/user/lobby/enqueue", human, `{"variant":"erudit_ru"}`); rec.Code != http.StatusConflict || errorCode(t, rec) != "game_limit_reached" {
-		t.Fatalf("enqueue at limit = (%d, %q), want (409, game_limit_reached)", rec.Code, errorCode(t, rec))
-	}
 	invBody := fmt.Sprintf(`{"variant":"erudit_ru","invitee_ids":[%q]}`, opp.String())
-	if rec := userPost(t, srv, "/api/v1/user/invitations", human, invBody); rec.Code != http.StatusConflict || errorCode(t, rec) != "game_limit_reached" {
+	if rec := userPost(t, srv, "/api/v1/user/invitations", guest, invBody); rec.Code != http.StatusForbidden || errorCode(t, rec) != "guest_forbidden" {
-		t.Fatalf("invitation at limit = (%d, %q), want (409, game_limit_reached)", rec.Code, errorCode(t, rec))
+		t.Fatalf("guest invitation = (%d, %q), want (403, guest_forbidden)", rec.Code, errorCode(t, rec))
 	}
 
-	// Accepting an incoming invitation is never blocked, even at the cap: another player invites
+	// The guest vs_ai cap is 1: one vs_ai game puts the guest at the vs_ai limit.
-	// the capped human, who accepts over HTTP and the game starts (friend games do not count).
+	mustCreateKind(t, games, []uuid.UUID{guest, opp}, gamelimits.KindVsAI)
-	inviter := provisionAccount(t)
+	if at, err := games.AtGameLimit(ctx, guest, gamelimits.KindVsAI); err != nil || !at {
-	inv := newInvitationService()
+		t.Fatalf("guest vs_ai at-limit = (%v, %v), want (true, nil)", at, err)
-	invitation, err := inv.CreateInvitation(ctx, inviter, []uuid.UUID{human}, englishInvite())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("create invitation: %v", err)
 	}
-	if rec := userPost(t, srv, "/api/v1/user/invitations/"+invitation.ID.String()+"/accept", human, ""); rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+	// The guest friends cap is 0: a guest is always at the friends limit (the 403 gate blocks first).
-		t.Fatalf("accept at limit = %d (%s), want 200 — accept must bypass the cap", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	if at, err := games.AtGameLimit(ctx, guest, gamelimits.KindFriends); err != nil || !at {
+		t.Fatalf("guest friends at-limit = (%v, %v), want (true, nil)", at, err)
 	}
 }
 
-// mustCount returns the account's active-quick-game count, failing on error.
+// TestDurableTierHigherLimit checks a durable account resolves the durable tier, not the guest one:
-func mustCount(t *testing.T, games *game.Service, id uuid.UUID) int {
+// one random game leaves it well under the durable cap (10).
-	t.Helper()
+func TestDurableTierHigherLimit(t *testing.T) {
-	n, err := games.CountActiveQuickGames(context.Background(), id)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("count active quick games: %v", err)
-	}
-	return n
-}
-
-// mustCreateQuick creates an active quick game (no invitation) seating the given accounts and
-// returns its id; vsAI flags an honest-AI game (the service then applies the 7-day clock).
-func mustCreateQuick(t *testing.T, games *game.Service, seats []uuid.UUID, vsAI bool, seed int64) uuid.UUID {
-	t.Helper()
-	p := game.CreateParams{Variant: engine.VariantEnglish, Seats: seats, TurnTimeout: 24 * time.Hour, Seed: seed}
-	if vsAI {
-		p.VsAI = true
-		p.TurnTimeout = 0 // the service applies the 7-day AI inactivity clock for vs_ai games
-	}
-	g, err := games.Create(context.Background(), p)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("create quick game (vsAI=%v): %v", vsAI, err)
-	}
-	return g.ID
-}
-
-// startFriendGame has a fresh inviter invite the given account to a friend game and the invitee
-// accept it, so the (active) friend game exists with its game_invitations row.
-func startFriendGame(t *testing.T, invitee uuid.UUID) {
-	t.Helper()
 	ctx := context.Background()
+	gl := newGameLimits(t)
+	games := newGameService()
+	games.SetGameLimits(gl)
+	durable, opp := provisionAccount(t), provisionAccount(t)
+
+	mustCreateKind(t, games, []uuid.UUID{durable, opp}, gamelimits.KindRandom)
+	if at, err := games.AtGameLimit(ctx, durable, gamelimits.KindRandom); err != nil || at {
+		t.Fatalf("durable random at-limit after one game = (%v, %v), want (false, nil)", at, err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestGuestForbiddenFriendActions checks a guest is refused every friend action server-side (the UI
+// hides them; this is the source of truth): creating an invitation, sending a friend request, and
+// redeeming a friend code.
+func TestGuestForbiddenFriendActions(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	guest := provisionGuest(t)
+	other := provisionAccount(t)
+
 	inv := newInvitationService()
+	if _, err := inv.CreateInvitation(ctx, guest, []uuid.UUID{other}, englishInvite()); !errors.Is(err, lobby.ErrGuestForbidden) {
+		t.Fatalf("guest CreateInvitation err = %v, want ErrGuestForbidden", err)
+	}
+
+	soc := newSocialService()
+	if err := soc.SendFriendRequest(ctx, guest, other); !errors.Is(err, social.ErrGuestForbidden) {
+		t.Fatalf("guest SendFriendRequest err = %v, want ErrGuestForbidden", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := soc.RedeemFriendCode(ctx, guest, "000000"); !errors.Is(err, social.ErrGuestForbidden) {
+		t.Fatalf("guest RedeemFriendCode err = %v, want ErrGuestForbidden", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestDurableFriendsCapAndConfigCache lowers the durable friends cap to 1 through the service (the
+// admin-edit path), checks a durable inviter is refused a second friend game with 409, and that
+// accepting an incoming invitation is still exempt from the cap.
+func TestDurableFriendsCapAndConfigCache(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	gl := newGameLimits(t)
+	restoreDefaultLimits(t, gl)
+	cfg := gl.Get()
+	cfg.Durable.Friends = 1
+	if err := gl.Update(ctx, cfg); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("update durable friends cap: %v", err)
+	}
+	games := newGameService()
+	games.SetGameLimits(gl)
+	inv := lobby.NewInvitationService(lobby.NewStore(testDB), games, account.NewStore(testDB), newSocialService())
+
 	inviter := provisionAccount(t)
-	invitation, err := inv.CreateInvitation(ctx, inviter, []uuid.UUID{invitee}, englishInvite())
+	d2, d3 := provisionAccount(t), provisionAccount(t)
-	if err != nil {
+
-		t.Fatalf("create invitation: %v", err)
+	// The inviter's first friend game reaches the (lowered) cap of 1.
+	startFriendGameID(t, inv, inviter, d2)
+	if at, err := games.AtGameLimit(ctx, inviter, gamelimits.KindFriends); err != nil || !at {
+		t.Fatalf("inviter friends at-limit = (%v, %v), want (true, nil)", at, err)
 	}
-	if _, err := inv.RespondInvitation(ctx, invitation.ID, invitee, true); err != nil {
+	// A second invitation is refused: the cache reflects the edit.
-		t.Fatalf("accept invitation: %v", err)
+	if _, err := inv.CreateInvitation(ctx, inviter, []uuid.UUID{d3}, englishInvite()); !errors.Is(err, game.ErrGameLimitReached) {
+		t.Fatalf("second invitation err = %v, want ErrGameLimitReached", err)
 	}
+	// Accept stays exempt: someone else invites the capped inviter, who accepts and the game starts.
+	startFriendGameID(t, inv, d3, inviter)
 }
 
 // gamesListAtLimit fetches /api/v1/user/games and returns its at_game_limit flag.

backend/internal/inttest/game_test.go

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/account"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/session"
 )
 
 // TestListForAccount checks the lobby "my games" query: it returns exactly the
@@ -401,8 +403,13 @@ func gameStatus(t *testing.T, svc *game.Service, id uuid.UUID) (status, endReaso
 // TestHintPolicy exercises the per-game allowance, the profile wallet and the
 // disabled switch.
 func TestHintPolicy(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
+	// A trusted platform context so the online hint wallet (payments) is reachable; a provisioned
+	// account carries a telegram identity, so the telegram origin is the applicable one here.
+	ctx := session.WithPlatform(context.Background(),
+		session.Platform{Kind: session.PlatformKindTelegram, Subtype: session.SubtypeAndroid})
 	svc := newGameService()
+	pay := newPaymentsService()
+	svc.SetHintWallet(pay) // share the handle so a grant invalidates the wallet the game reads
 	seats := []uuid.UUID{provisionAccount(t), provisionAccount(t)}
 	seed := openingSeed(t)
 	g, err := svc.Create(ctx, game.CreateParams{
@@ -417,25 +424,30 @@ func TestHintPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("first hint: %v", err)
 	}
 	// The allowance is spent before the wallet: with an empty wallet, the state now reports no
-	// hints left and a zero wallet, so the per-game allowance (HintsRemaining-WalletBalance) is 0.
+	// per-game allowance left (HintsRemaining is the allowance alone; the wallet lives on the profile).
 	st, err := svc.GameState(ctx, g.ID, seats[0])
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("state: %v", err)
 	}
-	if st.HintsRemaining != 0 || st.WalletBalance != 0 {
+	if st.HintsRemaining != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("after allowance hint: hints=%d wallet=%d, want 0/0", st.HintsRemaining, st.WalletBalance)
+		t.Errorf("after allowance hint: hints=%d, want 0", st.HintsRemaining)
 	}
 	if _, err := svc.Hint(ctx, g.ID, seats[0]); !errors.Is(err, game.ErrNoHintsLeft) {
 		t.Fatalf("second hint = %v, want ErrNoHintsLeft", err)
 	}
-	setHintBalance(t, seats[0], 2)
+	// Grant 2 hints on the telegram origin through the service so its read cache is invalidated
+	// (a raw insert would leave the cache warmed at zero by the allowance hint above).
+	if err := pay.Grant(ctx, seats[0], payments.SourceTelegram, 2, 0, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("grant hints: %v", err)
+	}
 	res, err := svc.Hint(ctx, g.ID, seats[0]) // spends the wallet
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("wallet hint: %v", err)
 	}
-	// The allowance stays exhausted; the wallet dropped 2->1, and WalletBalance carries it alone.
+	// The allowance stays exhausted (HintsRemaining is the allowance alone, so 0); the wallet dropped
-	if res.HintsRemaining != 1 || res.WalletBalance != 1 {
+	// 2->1 and WalletBalance carries it (the client adopts it into the profile).
-		t.Errorf("wallet hint: hints=%d wallet=%d, want 1/1", res.HintsRemaining, res.WalletBalance)
+	if res.HintsRemaining != 0 || res.WalletBalance != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("wallet hint: hints=%d wallet=%d, want 0/1", res.HintsRemaining, res.WalletBalance)
 	}
 	// game_players.hints_used counts BOTH hints (1 allowance + 1 wallet) — the per-game total
 	// that feeds the player's lifetime hint statistics, not just the allowance.
@@ -603,14 +615,6 @@ func setAway(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, tz, start, end string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func setHintBalance(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, n int) {
-	t.Helper()
-	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
-		`UPDATE backend.accounts SET hint_balance = $1 WHERE account_id = $2`, n, id); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("set hint balance: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
 func equalStrings(a, b []string) bool {
 	if len(a) != len(b) {
 		return false

backend/internal/inttest/helpers.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/lobby"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/robot"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/social"
 )
@@ -42,9 +43,42 @@ func newGameService() *game.Service {
 		zap.NewNop(),
 	)
 	svc.SetFirstMoveEntropy(seatZeroFirstMove)
+	svc.SetHintWallet(newPaymentsService())
 	return svc
 }
 
+// newPaymentsService builds a payments service over the shared pool (its own in-process read
+// cache), for wiring the game hint wallet and the account-merge fold in the integration suite.
+func newPaymentsService() *payments.Service {
+	return payments.NewService(payments.NewStore(testDB))
+}
+
+// seedBenefit writes a payments benefit row for an account+origin directly (bypassing the
+// service), used to stand up wallet state a test then spends or merges. A non-zero hints count
+// and/or the forever flag are set; a caller wanting a no-ads term sets it via seedBenefitUntil.
+func seedBenefit(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, origin string, hints int, forever bool) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
+		`INSERT INTO payments.benefits (account_id, origin, hints, ads_forever) VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4)
+		 ON CONFLICT (account_id, origin) DO UPDATE SET hints = EXCLUDED.hints, ads_forever = EXCLUDED.ads_forever`,
+		id, origin, hints, forever); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed benefit: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// readBenefit reads an account's benefit row for an origin: the hint count and the forever flag
+// (both zero/false when the row is absent).
+func readBenefit(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, origin string) (hints int, forever bool) {
+	t.Helper()
+	err := testDB.QueryRowContext(context.Background(),
+		`SELECT hints, ads_forever FROM payments.benefits WHERE account_id=$1 AND origin=$2`, id, origin).
+		Scan(&hints, &forever)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		t.Fatalf("read benefit: %v", err)
+	}
+	return hints, forever
+}
+
 // seatZeroFirstMove is a first-move-draw entropy factory that always elects the first
 // listed account as the leader, keeping the integration suite's turn order stable
 // despite the real draw's randomness: the first contender draws a blank — the best

backend/internal/inttest/merge_test.go

@@ -58,14 +58,6 @@ func bestMoveCount(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID) int {
 	return n
 }
 
-func setWallet(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, hints int, paid bool) {
-	t.Helper()
-	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
-		`UPDATE backend.accounts SET hint_balance=$2, paid_account=$3 WHERE account_id=$1`, id, hints, paid); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("set wallet: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
 func bindEmailIdentity(t *testing.T, acc uuid.UUID, email string) {
 	t.Helper()
 	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
@@ -131,6 +123,7 @@ func TestAccountMergeCore(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	store := account.NewStore(testDB)
 	merger := accountmerge.NewMerger(testDB)
+	merger.SetPayments(newPaymentsService())
 
 	primary := provisionAccount(t)
 	secondary := provisionAccount(t)
@@ -140,8 +133,8 @@ func TestAccountMergeCore(t *testing.T) {
 	setStats(t, secondary, 3, 1, 2, 400, 80)
 	setStatsCounts(t, primary, 100, 5)
 	setStatsCounts(t, secondary, 50, 8)
-	setWallet(t, primary, 2, false)
+	seedBenefit(t, primary, "telegram", 2, false)
-	setWallet(t, secondary, 5, true)
+	seedBenefit(t, secondary, "telegram", 5, true) // hints sum, forever OR-s on merge
 	// Best moves: secondary's scrabble_en (80) beats primary's (50) and is kept; secondary's
 	// scrabble_ru (30) is new to primary and carried over.
 	setBestMove(t, primary, "scrabble_en", 50)
@@ -165,15 +158,13 @@ func TestAccountMergeCore(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("secondary stats row should be deleted after merge")
 	}
 
-	acc, err := store.GetByID(ctx, primary)
+	// The payments wallet merged by origin: hints sum (2+5) and the forever flag OR-s; the
-	if err != nil {
+	// deprecated accounts.hint_balance / paid_account columns are no longer touched by a merge.
-		t.Fatalf("get primary: %v", err)
+	if hints, forever := readBenefit(t, primary, "telegram"); hints != 7 || !forever {
+		t.Errorf("merged telegram benefit = hints %d forever %v, want 7/true", hints, forever)
 	}
-	if acc.HintBalance != 7 {
+	if hints, _ := readBenefit(t, secondary, "telegram"); hints != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("hint balance = %d, want 7", acc.HintBalance)
+		t.Errorf("secondary benefit should be cleared after merge, got hints %d", hints)
-	}
-	if !acc.PaidAccount {
-		t.Error("paid_account should be true (ORed from secondary)")
 	}
 
 	if owner, ok, _ := store.AccountIDByIdentity(ctx, account.KindEmail, email); !ok || owner != primary {

backend/internal/inttest/payments_catalog_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package inttest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// methodPrice is one per-method money price for a seeded chip pack.
+type methodPrice struct {
+	method   string
+	currency string
+	amount   int64
+}
+
+// seedPackProduct creates an active chip pack: a product carrying the chips atom and a money price
+// per method. It returns the product id.
+func seedPackProduct(t *testing.T, chips int, prices ...methodPrice) uuid.UUID {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	prod := uuid.New()
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO payments.product (product_id, title, active) VALUES ($1,'test pack',true)`, prod); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed pack product: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO payments.product_item (product_id, atom_type, quantity) VALUES ($1,'chips',$2)`, prod, chips); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed chips item: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, p := range prices {
+		if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO payments.product_price (product_id, method, currency, amount) VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4)`,
+			prod, p.method, p.currency, p.amount); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("seed pack price %s: %v", p.method, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return prod
+}
+
+// findCatalogProduct returns the projected storefront product for id in the context (the catalog
+// is global, so tests assert by id rather than count — testDB is shared).
+func findCatalogProduct(t *testing.T, svc *payments.Service, cxt payments.Context, id uuid.UUID) (payments.CatalogProduct, bool) {
+	t.Helper()
+	view, err := svc.Catalog(context.Background(), cxt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("catalog: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, p := range view.Products {
+		if p.ProductID == id.String() {
+			return p, true
+		}
+	}
+	return payments.CatalogProduct{}, false
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsCatalogByContext verifies the storefront projects a value at its chip price in every
+// context and a chip pack at the context method's money price, over Postgres.
+func TestPaymentsCatalogByContext(t *testing.T) {
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	value := seedValueProduct(t, 500, 250, 0)
+	pack := seedPackProduct(t, 100,
+		methodPrice{"vk", "VOTE", 20},
+		methodPrice{"telegram", "XTR", 25},
+		methodPrice{"direct", "RUB", 14900},
+	)
+
+	for _, kind := range []string{"vk", "telegram", "direct"} {
+		v, ok := findCatalogProduct(t, svc, payments.NewContext(kind, "web"), value)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("value missing in %s context", kind)
+		}
+		if v.Kind != "value" || v.Chips != 500 || v.MoneyCurrency != "" {
+			t.Errorf("value in %s = %+v, want kind=value chips=500 no money", kind, v)
+		}
+	}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		kind     string
+		amount   int64
+		currency string
+	}{
+		{"vk", 20, "VOTE"},
+		{"telegram", 25, "XTR"},
+		{"direct", 14900, "RUB"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		p, ok := findCatalogProduct(t, svc, payments.NewContext(tc.kind, "web"), pack)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("pack missing in %s context", tc.kind)
+		}
+		if p.Kind != "pack" || p.Chips != 0 || p.MoneyAmount != tc.amount || p.MoneyCurrency != tc.currency {
+			t.Errorf("pack in %s = %+v, want kind=pack amount=%d currency=%s", tc.kind, p, tc.amount, tc.currency)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsCatalogExcludesDeactivated verifies a soft-deleted product drops out of the storefront.
+func TestPaymentsCatalogExcludesDeactivated(t *testing.T) {
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	prod := seedValueProduct(t, 100, 10, 0)
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
+		`UPDATE payments.product SET active=false WHERE product_id=$1`, prod); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("deactivate: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, ok := findCatalogProduct(t, svc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), prod); ok {
+		t.Error("deactivated product must not appear in the storefront")
+	}
+}

backend/internal/inttest/payments_intake_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,563 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package inttest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// orderStatus reads an order's status.
+func orderStatus(t *testing.T, orderID uuid.UUID) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	var status string
+	if err := testDB.QueryRowContext(context.Background(),
+		`SELECT status FROM payments.orders WHERE order_id=$1`, orderID).Scan(&status); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read order status: %v", err)
+	}
+	return status
+}
+
+// readRisk reads an account's payment-risk row (abuse flag + accumulated loss), or (false, 0) when
+// none exists.
+func readRisk(t *testing.T, acc uuid.UUID) (abuse bool, loss int64) {
+	t.Helper()
+	err := testDB.QueryRowContext(context.Background(),
+		`SELECT abuse, loss_chips FROM payments.account_risk WHERE account_id=$1`, acc).Scan(&abuse, &loss)
+	if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		return false, 0
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read risk: %v", err)
+	}
+	return abuse, loss
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsOrderFundCreditsOnce verifies the intake path over Postgres: creating an order then
+// funding it credits the funded segment exactly once, and a replayed callback (the same order)
+// credits nothing more — the ledger idempotency index holds.
+func TestPaymentsOrderFundCreditsOnce(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	prod := seedPackProduct(t, 100, methodPrice{method: "direct", currency: "RUB", amount: 14900}) // 149.00 RUB funds 100 chips
+
+	res, err := svc.CreateOrder(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, prod, "robokassa")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create order: %v", err)
+	}
+	if res.Amount.Minor() != 14900 || res.Amount.Currency() != payments.CurrencyRUB {
+		t.Fatalf("order amount = %s, want 149.00 RUB", res.Amount)
+	}
+	if orderStatus(t, res.OrderID) != "pending" {
+		t.Errorf("new order status = %s, want pending", orderStatus(t, res.OrderID))
+	}
+
+	paid, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(14900, payments.CurrencyRUB)
+	out, err := svc.Fund(ctx, res.OrderID, "robokassa", res.OrderID.String(), paid)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("fund: %v", err)
+	}
+	if out.AlreadyCredited || out.Chips != 100 || out.Source != payments.SourceDirect {
+		t.Fatalf("fund outcome = %+v, want 100 chips to direct, not already-credited", out)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "direct"); got != 100 {
+		t.Errorf("balance after fund = %d, want 100", got)
+	}
+	if ledgerRows(t, acc, "fund") != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("fund ledger rows = %d, want 1", ledgerRows(t, acc, "fund"))
+	}
+	if orderStatus(t, res.OrderID) != "paid" {
+		t.Errorf("order status after fund = %s, want paid", orderStatus(t, res.OrderID))
+	}
+
+	// A replayed callback for the same order is rejected by the unique index: no second credit.
+	out2, err := svc.Fund(ctx, res.OrderID, "robokassa", res.OrderID.String(), paid)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("duplicate fund: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !out2.AlreadyCredited {
+		t.Error("duplicate callback not flagged AlreadyCredited")
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "direct"); got != 100 {
+		t.Errorf("balance after duplicate = %d, want 100 (credited once)", got)
+	}
+	if ledgerRows(t, acc, "fund") != 1 {
+		t.Error("duplicate callback wrote a second fund ledger row")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsVKOrderFundCredits exercises the VK Votes rail over Postgres: a VK order prices the
+// pack in votes; the get_item lookup returns its title and vote price; a chargeable
+// order_status_change credits the vk segment exactly once (idempotent on VK's own order id).
+func TestPaymentsVKOrderFundCredits(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	prod := seedPackProduct(t, 200, methodPrice{method: "vk", currency: "VOTE", amount: 30})
+
+	res, err := svc.CreateOrder(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("vk", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceVK}, prod, "vk")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create vk order: %v", err)
+	}
+	if res.Amount.Currency() != payments.CurrencyVote || res.Amount.Minor() != 30 {
+		t.Fatalf("vk order amount = %s, want 30 VOTE", res.Amount)
+	}
+
+	// get_item phase: title + vote price.
+	title, amount, err := svc.OrderItem(ctx, res.OrderID)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("order item: %v", err)
+	}
+	if title == "" || amount.Minor() != 30 || amount.Currency() != payments.CurrencyVote {
+		t.Errorf("order item = %q / %s, want a title + 30 VOTE", title, amount)
+	}
+
+	// order_status_change phase: VK's own order id is the idempotency key.
+	paid, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(30, payments.CurrencyVote)
+	out, err := svc.Fund(ctx, res.OrderID, "vk", "vk-order-777", paid)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("vk fund: %v", err)
+	}
+	if out.AlreadyCredited || out.Chips != 200 || out.Source != payments.SourceVK {
+		t.Fatalf("vk fund outcome = %+v, want 200 chips credited to vk", out)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "vk"); got != 200 {
+		t.Errorf("vk balance after fund = %d, want 200", got)
+	}
+
+	// A duplicate VK callback (same VK order id) credits nothing more.
+	out2, err := svc.Fund(ctx, res.OrderID, "vk", "vk-order-777", paid)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("duplicate vk fund: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !out2.AlreadyCredited {
+		t.Error("duplicate VK callback not flagged AlreadyCredited")
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "vk"); got != 200 {
+		t.Errorf("vk balance after duplicate = %d, want 200 (credited once)", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsTelegramStarsRail exercises the Telegram Stars rail over Postgres: an order prices the
+// pack in whole stars (XTR); a pre_checkout on the pending order is approved; the forwarded payment
+// credits the telegram segment exactly once (idempotent on the Telegram charge id); and a
+// pre_checkout after the order is paid is declined (a reusable invoice link paid twice).
+func TestPaymentsTelegramStarsRail(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	prod := seedPackProduct(t, 50, methodPrice{method: "telegram", currency: "XTR", amount: 40}) // 40 stars fund 50 chips
+
+	res, err := svc.CreateOrder(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("telegram", "android"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceTelegram}, prod, "telegram")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create telegram order: %v", err)
+	}
+	if res.Amount.Currency() != payments.CurrencyStar || res.Amount.Minor() != 40 {
+		t.Fatalf("telegram order amount = %s, want 40 XTR", res.Amount)
+	}
+
+	// pre_checkout on the pending order: approved, and it reports the account for reason localisation.
+	starAmt, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(40, payments.CurrencyStar)
+	pc, err := svc.ValidatePreCheckout(ctx, res.OrderID, starAmt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pre_checkout: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !pc.OK || pc.AccountID != acc {
+		t.Fatalf("pre_checkout = %+v, want approved for account %s", pc, acc)
+	}
+
+	// The forwarded successful_payment credits once, idempotent on the Telegram charge id.
+	out, err := svc.Fund(ctx, res.OrderID, "telegram", "tg-charge-1", starAmt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("telegram fund: %v", err)
+	}
+	if out.AlreadyCredited || out.Chips != 50 || out.Source != payments.SourceTelegram {
+		t.Fatalf("telegram fund outcome = %+v, want 50 chips credited to telegram", out)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "telegram"); got != 50 {
+		t.Errorf("telegram balance after fund = %d, want 50", got)
+	}
+
+	// A retried forward (same charge id, e.g. a lost ack) credits nothing more.
+	out2, err := svc.Fund(ctx, res.OrderID, "telegram", "tg-charge-1", starAmt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("duplicate telegram fund: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !out2.AlreadyCredited {
+		t.Error("retried forward not flagged AlreadyCredited")
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "telegram"); got != 50 {
+		t.Errorf("telegram balance after retry = %d, want 50 (credited once)", got)
+	}
+
+	// pre_checkout after the order is paid: declined (the reusable-link double-pay guard).
+	pc2, err := svc.ValidatePreCheckout(ctx, res.OrderID, starAmt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pre_checkout after paid: %v", err)
+	}
+	if pc2.OK || pc2.Reason != payments.PreCheckoutAlreadyPaid {
+		t.Errorf("pre_checkout after paid = %+v, want a decline with already_paid", pc2)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsTelegramPreCheckoutDeclines covers the pre_checkout decline reasons: an unknown order
+// and an amount that no longer matches.
+func TestPaymentsTelegramPreCheckoutDeclines(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	starAmt, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(40, payments.CurrencyStar)
+
+	// An unknown order id declines as gone, with no account to localise against.
+	pc, err := svc.ValidatePreCheckout(ctx, uuid.New(), starAmt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pre_checkout unknown: %v", err)
+	}
+	if pc.OK || pc.Reason != payments.PreCheckoutGone || pc.AccountID != (uuid.UUID{}) {
+		t.Errorf("pre_checkout unknown = %+v, want a gone decline with no account", pc)
+	}
+
+	// A pending order validated at the wrong amount declines as price-changed.
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	prod := seedPackProduct(t, 100, methodPrice{method: "telegram", currency: "XTR", amount: 80})
+	res, err := svc.CreateOrder(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("telegram", "android"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceTelegram}, prod, "telegram")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create telegram order: %v", err)
+	}
+	wrong, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(40, payments.CurrencyStar)
+	pc2, err := svc.ValidatePreCheckout(ctx, res.OrderID, wrong)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pre_checkout mismatch: %v", err)
+	}
+	if pc2.OK || pc2.Reason != payments.PreCheckoutPriceChanged {
+		t.Errorf("pre_checkout mismatch = %+v, want a price_changed decline", pc2)
+	}
+}
+
+// setRewardConfig sets the rewarded payout and caps on the shared config row, restoring the defaults
+// after the test (the row is a singleton shared across the sequential suite).
+func setRewardConfig(t *testing.T, payout, dailyCap, hourlyCap int) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
+		`UPDATE payments.config SET rewarded_payout_chips=$1, reward_daily_cap=$2, reward_hourly_cap=$3`,
+		payout, dailyCap, hourlyCap); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("set reward config: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		_, _ = testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
+			`UPDATE payments.config SET rewarded_payout_chips=0, reward_daily_cap=50, reward_hourly_cap=10`)
+	})
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsRewardCredit exercises the rewarded-video credit: a watched view credits the VK segment
+// the configured payout, a retried view (same nonce) credits once, and the hourly cap blocks the
+// third distinct view.
+func TestPaymentsRewardCredit(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	setRewardConfig(t, 5, 5, 2) // 5 chips/view, daily 5, hourly 2
+	vk := payments.NewContext("vk", "web")
+	present := []payments.Source{payments.SourceVK}
+
+	out, err := svc.CreditReward(ctx, acc, vk, present, "n1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("credit: %v", err)
+	}
+	if out.Chips != 5 || out.Capped {
+		t.Fatalf("reward outcome = %+v, want 5 chips, not capped", out)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "vk"); got != 5 {
+		t.Errorf("vk balance = %d, want 5", got)
+	}
+
+	// A retried view (same nonce) credits nothing more.
+	out2, err := svc.CreditReward(ctx, acc, vk, present, "n1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("retry: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !out2.AlreadyCredited {
+		t.Error("retried view not flagged AlreadyCredited")
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "vk"); got != 5 {
+		t.Errorf("vk balance after retry = %d, want 5 (credited once)", got)
+	}
+
+	// A second distinct view credits again (2 total).
+	if _, err := svc.CreditReward(ctx, acc, vk, present, "n2"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("credit 2: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "vk"); got != 10 {
+		t.Errorf("vk balance = %d, want 10", got)
+	}
+
+	// The third distinct view hits the hourly cap (2) — capped, no credit.
+	out3, err := svc.CreditReward(ctx, acc, vk, present, "n3")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("credit 3: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !out3.Capped {
+		t.Error("third view not capped (hourly cap 2)")
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "vk"); got != 10 {
+		t.Errorf("vk balance after cap = %d, want 10 (capped view credited nothing)", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsRewardDisabledAndContext verifies rewarded is inert when unconfigured (0 payout) and
+// refused outside a VK context (rewarded is VK-only, D28).
+func TestPaymentsRewardDisabledAndContext(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	setRewardConfig(t, 0, 50, 10) // payout 0 = disabled
+
+	vk := payments.NewContext("vk", "web")
+	out, err := svc.CreditReward(ctx, acc, vk, []payments.Source{payments.SourceVK}, "d1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("credit (disabled): %v", err)
+	}
+	if out.Chips != 0 || out.Capped || out.AlreadyCredited {
+		t.Fatalf("disabled reward outcome = %+v, want 0 chips, not capped", out)
+	}
+
+	// A direct (non-VK) context is refused — rewarded is VK-only.
+	direct := payments.NewContext("direct", "web")
+	if _, err := svc.CreditReward(ctx, acc, direct, []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, "d2"); !errors.Is(err, payments.ErrUntrusted) {
+		t.Fatalf("direct-context reward = %v, want ErrUntrusted", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsFundAmountMismatch verifies a callback whose paid amount does not match the order is
+// refused and credits nothing (§9: verify the amount after matching by order id).
+func TestPaymentsFundAmountMismatch(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	prod := seedPackProduct(t, 100, methodPrice{method: "direct", currency: "RUB", amount: 14900})
+
+	res, err := svc.CreateOrder(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, prod, "robokassa")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create order: %v", err)
+	}
+	underpaid, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(100, payments.CurrencyRUB)
+	if _, err := svc.Fund(ctx, res.OrderID, "robokassa", res.OrderID.String(), underpaid); !errors.Is(err, payments.ErrAmountMismatch) {
+		t.Fatalf("fund = %v, want ErrAmountMismatch", err)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "direct"); got != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("balance = %d, want 0 (nothing credited on mismatch)", got)
+	}
+	if ledgerRows(t, acc, "fund") != 0 {
+		t.Error("fund ledger row written on an amount mismatch")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsEventDispatchDrain verifies the payment_events dispatcher queue: a recorded event is
+// returned as undispatched until marked, then drops out (so the dispatcher delivers it once).
+func TestPaymentsEventDispatchDrain(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	if err := svc.RecordPaymentEvent(ctx, acc, nil, "succeeded", []byte(`{"chips":10,"source":"direct"}`)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("record event: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// testDB is shared, so filter the queue to our account.
+	find := func() *payments.PaymentEvent {
+		evs, err := svc.UndispatchedEvents(ctx, 100)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("undispatched: %v", err)
+		}
+		for i := range evs {
+			if evs[i].AccountID == acc {
+				return &evs[i]
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	mine := find()
+	if mine == nil {
+		t.Fatal("recorded event not in the undispatched queue")
+	}
+	if mine.Type != "succeeded" {
+		t.Errorf("event type = %s, want succeeded", mine.Type)
+	}
+	if err := svc.MarkEventDispatched(ctx, mine.EventID); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mark dispatched: %v", err)
+	}
+	if find() != nil {
+		t.Error("event still undispatched after MarkEventDispatched")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsExpiredOrderStillCredits verifies an expired pending order is still honoured by a
+// later valid callback (§9/D23: expiry is cosmetic, the money is real).
+func TestPaymentsExpiredOrderStillCredits(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	prod := seedPackProduct(t, 100, methodPrice{method: "direct", currency: "RUB", amount: 14900})
+
+	res, err := svc.CreateOrder(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, prod, "robokassa")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create order: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Age the order well past the configured TTL, then sweep it to expired.
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`UPDATE payments.orders SET created_at = now() - interval '1 day' WHERE order_id=$1`, res.OrderID); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("age order: %v", err)
+	}
+	if n, err := svc.ExpireOrders(ctx); err != nil || n < 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expire orders = %d (err %v), want at least 1", n, err)
+	}
+	if orderStatus(t, res.OrderID) != "expired" {
+		t.Fatalf("order status = %s, want expired before the late callback", orderStatus(t, res.OrderID))
+	}
+
+	paid, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(14900, payments.CurrencyRUB)
+	out, err := svc.Fund(ctx, res.OrderID, "robokassa", res.OrderID.String(), paid)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("fund after expiry: %v", err)
+	}
+	if out.AlreadyCredited || out.Chips != 100 {
+		t.Fatalf("fund outcome = %+v, want a fresh 100-chip credit", out)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "direct"); got != 100 {
+		t.Errorf("balance = %d, want 100 (expired order honoured)", got)
+	}
+	if orderStatus(t, res.OrderID) != "paid" {
+		t.Errorf("order status = %s, want paid after the honoured callback", orderStatus(t, res.OrderID))
+	}
+}
+
+// fundedOrder creates and funds an order for chips in the direct rail, returning its id and account.
+func fundedOrder(t *testing.T, svc *payments.Service, chips int, priceMinor int64) (uuid.UUID, uuid.UUID) {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	prod := seedPackProduct(t, chips, methodPrice{method: "direct", currency: "RUB", amount: priceMinor})
+	res, err := svc.CreateOrder(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, prod, "robokassa")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create order: %v", err)
+	}
+	paid, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(priceMinor, payments.CurrencyRUB)
+	if _, err := svc.Fund(ctx, res.OrderID, "robokassa", res.OrderID.String(), paid); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("fund: %v", err)
+	}
+	return res.OrderID, acc
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsRefundFull reverses a fully-unspent order: all chips are clawed back, no loss/abuse.
+func TestPaymentsRefundFull(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	orderID, acc := fundedOrder(t, svc, 100, 14900)
+
+	refunded, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(14900, payments.CurrencyRUB)
+	out, err := svc.Refund(ctx, orderID, "robokassa", "rk-refund-1", refunded)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("refund: %v", err)
+	}
+	if out.AlreadyRefunded || out.Revoked != 100 || out.Loss != 0 || out.Source != payments.SourceDirect {
+		t.Fatalf("refund outcome = %+v, want 100 revoked, 0 loss", out)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "direct"); got != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("balance after refund = %d, want 0", got)
+	}
+	if ledgerRows(t, acc, "refund") != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("refund ledger rows = %d, want 1", ledgerRows(t, acc, "refund"))
+	}
+	if abuse, loss := readRisk(t, acc); abuse || loss != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("risk = (%v, %d), want (false, 0) — nothing was spent", abuse, loss)
+	}
+	// The order stays 'paid' — the refund lives in the ledger, not in the order status.
+	if orderStatus(t, orderID) != "paid" {
+		t.Errorf("order status = %s, want paid (refund is ledger-only)", orderStatus(t, orderID))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsRefundAfterSpend reverses an order whose chips were partly spent: the reversal floors
+// at 0 (never negative), and the unrecoverable remainder is recorded as a loss + abuse flag.
+func TestPaymentsRefundAfterSpend(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	orderID, acc := fundedOrder(t, svc, 100, 14900)
+
+	// Simulate 70 chips already spent, leaving 30 in the funded segment.
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`UPDATE payments.balances SET chips = 30 WHERE account_id = $1 AND source = 'direct'`, acc); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("simulate spend: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	refunded, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(14900, payments.CurrencyRUB)
+	out, err := svc.Refund(ctx, orderID, "robokassa", "rk-refund-2", refunded)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("refund: %v", err)
+	}
+	if out.Revoked != 30 || out.Loss != 70 {
+		t.Fatalf("refund outcome = %+v, want 30 revoked / 70 loss", out)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "direct"); got != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("balance after refund = %d, want 0 (floored, never negative)", got)
+	}
+	if abuse, loss := readRisk(t, acc); !abuse || loss != 70 {
+		t.Errorf("risk = (%v, %d), want (true, 70)", abuse, loss)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsRefundIdempotent verifies a replayed refund (same provider refund id) reverses nothing
+// more — the ledger idempotency index holds.
+func TestPaymentsRefundIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	orderID, acc := fundedOrder(t, svc, 100, 14900)
+	refunded, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(14900, payments.CurrencyRUB)
+
+	if _, err := svc.Refund(ctx, orderID, "robokassa", "rk-refund-dup", refunded); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first refund: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Re-credit the segment to prove the duplicate does not revoke again.
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`UPDATE payments.balances SET chips = 100 WHERE account_id = $1 AND source = 'direct'`, acc); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("re-credit: %v", err)
+	}
+	out2, err := svc.Refund(ctx, orderID, "robokassa", "rk-refund-dup", refunded)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("duplicate refund: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !out2.AlreadyRefunded {
+		t.Error("duplicate refund not flagged AlreadyRefunded")
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "direct"); got != 100 {
+		t.Errorf("balance after duplicate refund = %d, want 100 (not revoked twice)", got)
+	}
+	if ledgerRows(t, acc, "refund") != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("refund ledger rows = %d, want 1 (duplicate wrote none)", ledgerRows(t, acc, "refund"))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsRefundUnpaidOrder refuses to refund an order that was never funded.
+func TestPaymentsRefundUnpaidOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	prod := seedPackProduct(t, 100, methodPrice{method: "direct", currency: "RUB", amount: 14900})
+	res, err := svc.CreateOrder(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, prod, "robokassa")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create order: %v", err)
+	}
+	refunded, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(14900, payments.CurrencyRUB)
+	if _, err := svc.Refund(ctx, res.OrderID, "robokassa", "rk-refund-x", refunded); !errors.Is(err, payments.ErrOrderNotPaid) {
+		t.Fatalf("refund of a pending order = %v, want ErrOrderNotPaid", err)
+	}
+	if abuse, loss := readRisk(t, acc); abuse || loss != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("risk = (%v, %d), want (false, 0) — no reversal on an unpaid order", abuse, loss)
+	}
+}

backend/internal/inttest/payments_statement_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package inttest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// TestAccountStatement checks the admin financial statement: a funded pack shows as a chip segment
+// + a fund ledger row, an admin grant as a benefit + an admin_grant row, the ledger is newest-first,
+// and a clean account carries no refund risk.
+func TestAccountStatement(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+
+	// A funded pack: 100 chips to the direct segment + a fund ledger row.
+	prod := seedPackProduct(t, 100, methodPrice{method: "direct", currency: "RUB", amount: 14900})
+	res, err := svc.CreateOrder(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, prod, "robokassa")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create order: %v", err)
+	}
+	paid, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(14900, payments.CurrencyRUB)
+	if _, err := svc.Fund(ctx, res.OrderID, "robokassa", res.OrderID.String(), paid); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("fund: %v", err)
+	}
+	// An admin grant: 5 hints to the direct origin + an admin_grant ledger row.
+	if err := svc.Grant(ctx, acc, payments.SourceDirect, 5, 0, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("grant: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	stmt, err := svc.AccountStatement(ctx, acc)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("statement: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(stmt.Segments) != 1 || stmt.Segments[0].Source != payments.SourceDirect || stmt.Segments[0].Chips != 100 {
+		t.Fatalf("segments = %+v, want 100 chips on direct", stmt.Segments)
+	}
+	if len(stmt.Benefits) != 1 || stmt.Benefits[0].Origin != payments.SourceDirect || stmt.Benefits[0].Hints != 5 {
+		t.Fatalf("benefits = %+v, want 5 hints on direct", stmt.Benefits)
+	}
+	if len(stmt.Ledger) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("ledger rows = %d, want 2 (fund + admin_grant)", len(stmt.Ledger))
+	}
+	// Newest-first ordering (the grant is the later write).
+	if stmt.Ledger[0].CreatedAt.Before(stmt.Ledger[1].CreatedAt) {
+		t.Error("ledger is not newest-first")
+	}
+	kinds := map[string]int{}
+	for _, e := range stmt.Ledger {
+		kinds[e.Kind]++
+		if e.Kind == "fund" && e.ChipsDelta != 100 {
+			t.Errorf("fund chips delta = %d, want 100", e.ChipsDelta)
+		}
+	}
+	if kinds["fund"] != 1 || kinds["admin_grant"] != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("ledger kinds = %v, want one fund + one admin_grant", kinds)
+	}
+	if stmt.Risk.Present {
+		t.Errorf("risk = %+v, want none for a clean account", stmt.Risk)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestConsoleFinancePanel checks the user card renders the finance panel: a funded pack + an admin
+// grant surface as the segment balance, the benefit and the ledger rows.
+func TestConsoleFinancePanel(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	srv, _, pay := bannerServer(t)
+	id := provisionAccount(t)
+
+	prod := seedPackProduct(t, 100, methodPrice{method: "direct", currency: "RUB", amount: 14900})
+	res, err := pay.CreateOrder(ctx, id, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, prod, "robokassa")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create order: %v", err)
+	}
+	paid, _ := payments.MoneyFromMinor(14900, payments.CurrencyRUB)
+	if _, err := pay.Fund(ctx, res.OrderID, "robokassa", res.OrderID.String(), paid); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("fund: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := pay.Grant(ctx, id, payments.SourceDirect, 5, 0, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("grant: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	code, body := consoleDo(srv.Handler(), http.MethodGet, "http://admin.test/_gm/users/"+id.String(), "", "")
+	if code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("user card = %d, want 200", code)
+	}
+	for _, want := range []string{"Finance", "Chips (direct)", "Benefits (direct)", "5 hints", "admin_grant", "fund"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(body, want) {
+			t.Errorf("finance panel missing %q", want)
+		}
+	}
+}

backend/internal/inttest/payments_wallet_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package inttest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// seedBalance writes a chip balance for an account+source directly (payments has no FK to
+// accounts, so a bare uuid is a valid account id here).
+func seedBalance(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, source string, chips int) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
+		`INSERT INTO payments.balances (account_id, source, chips) VALUES ($1,$2,$3)
+		 ON CONFLICT (account_id, source) DO UPDATE SET chips = EXCLUDED.chips`,
+		id, source, chips); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed balance: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// readBalance reads an account's chip balance for a source (0 when the row is absent).
+func readBalance(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, source string) int {
+	t.Helper()
+	var chips int
+	err := testDB.QueryRowContext(context.Background(),
+		`SELECT chips FROM payments.balances WHERE account_id=$1 AND source=$2`, id, source).Scan(&chips)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		t.Fatalf("read balance: %v", err)
+	}
+	return chips
+}
+
+// benefitUntil reads an account's no-ads term end for an origin (nil when none).
+func benefitUntil(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, origin string) *time.Time {
+	t.Helper()
+	var until *time.Time
+	err := testDB.QueryRowContext(context.Background(),
+		`SELECT ads_paid_until FROM payments.benefits WHERE account_id=$1 AND origin=$2`, id, origin).Scan(&until)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		t.Fatalf("read benefit until: %v", err)
+	}
+	return until
+}
+
+// ledgerRows counts an account's ledger rows of a given kind.
+func ledgerRows(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, kind string) int {
+	t.Helper()
+	var n int
+	if err := testDB.QueryRowContext(context.Background(),
+		`SELECT count(*) FROM payments.ledger WHERE account_id=$1 AND kind=$2`, id, kind).Scan(&n); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ledger count: %v", err)
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+// seedValueProduct creates an active chip-priced value: a product with a CHIP price (method
+// NULL) and the given hint / no-ads-day atoms. It returns the product id.
+func seedValueProduct(t *testing.T, priceChips, hints, noAdsDays int) uuid.UUID {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	prod := uuid.New()
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO payments.product (product_id, title, active) VALUES ($1,'test value',true)`, prod); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed product: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO payments.product_price (product_id, method, currency, amount) VALUES ($1, NULL, 'CHIP', $2)`,
+		prod, priceChips); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed price: %v", err)
+	}
+	if hints > 0 {
+		if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO payments.product_item (product_id, atom_type, quantity) VALUES ($1,'hints',$2)`, prod, hints); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("seed hints item: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	if noAdsDays > 0 {
+		if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO payments.product_item (product_id, atom_type, quantity) VALUES ($1,'noads_days',$2)`, prod, noAdsDays); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("seed noads item: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return prod
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsSpendAppliesAtomically verifies a chip spend writes the ledger row, decrements the
+// balance and applies the benefit together over Postgres.
+func TestPaymentsSpendAppliesAtomically(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	seedBalance(t, acc, "direct", 100)
+	prod := seedValueProduct(t, 60, 3, 30)
+
+	if err := svc.Spend(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, prod); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("spend: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "direct"); got != 40 {
+		t.Errorf("balance after spend = %d, want 40", got)
+	}
+	if hints, _ := readBenefit(t, acc, "direct"); hints != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("hints after spend = %d, want 3", hints)
+	}
+	if benefitUntil(t, acc, "direct") == nil {
+		t.Error("no-ads term not applied by the spend")
+	}
+	if n := ledgerRows(t, acc, "spend"); n != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("spend ledger rows = %d, want 1", n)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsSpendInsufficientNoWrite verifies an under-funded spend is refused and writes
+// nothing (the balance, benefit and ledger are untouched).
+func TestPaymentsSpendInsufficientNoWrite(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	seedBalance(t, acc, "direct", 10)
+	prod := seedValueProduct(t, 60, 3, 0)
+
+	if err := svc.Spend(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, prod); !errors.Is(err, payments.ErrInsufficientChips) {
+		t.Fatalf("spend = %v, want ErrInsufficientChips", err)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "direct"); got != 10 {
+		t.Errorf("balance changed to %d, want 10 (no write)", got)
+	}
+	if h, _ := readBenefit(t, acc, "direct"); h != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("benefit applied on a refused spend: hints %d", h)
+	}
+	if ledgerRows(t, acc, "spend") != 0 {
+		t.Error("spend ledger row written on a refused spend")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsSpendGuardRollsBack forces the in-transaction guard to bite: with a stale read
+// cache the draw plan looks affordable, but the guarded decrement matches no row and the whole
+// transaction rolls back — no ledger row, no benefit, balance unchanged.
+func TestPaymentsSpendGuardRollsBack(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	seedBalance(t, acc, "direct", 100)
+	present := []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}
+	cxt := payments.NewContext("direct", "web")
+	if _, err := svc.Wallet(ctx, acc, cxt, present); err != nil { // warm the cache at 100
+		t.Fatalf("warm: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Drain the real balance behind the cache's back (no invalidation), so the plan over-commits.
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx, `UPDATE payments.balances SET chips = 10 WHERE account_id=$1 AND source='direct'`, acc); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("drain: %v", err)
+	}
+	prod := seedValueProduct(t, 60, 3, 0)
+
+	if err := svc.Spend(ctx, acc, cxt, present, prod); !errors.Is(err, payments.ErrInsufficientChips) {
+		t.Fatalf("spend = %v, want ErrInsufficientChips", err)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "direct"); got != 10 {
+		t.Errorf("balance = %d, want 10 (rolled back)", got)
+	}
+	if ledgerRows(t, acc, "spend") != 0 {
+		t.Error("spend ledger row written despite the rollback")
+	}
+	if h, _ := readBenefit(t, acc, "direct"); h != 0 {
+		t.Error("benefit applied despite the rollback")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsGrantCreditsValuesNotChips verifies admin_grant applies a benefit at price 0
+// without ever crediting chips (D16).
+func TestPaymentsGrantCreditsValuesNotChips(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+
+	if err := svc.Grant(ctx, acc, payments.SourceDirect, 5, 0, true); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("grant: %v", err)
+	}
+	if hints, forever := readBenefit(t, acc, "direct"); hints != 5 || !forever {
+		t.Errorf("granted benefit = hints %d forever %v, want 5/true", hints, forever)
+	}
+	if readBalance(t, acc, "direct") != 0 {
+		t.Error("a grant must not credit chips")
+	}
+	if ledgerRows(t, acc, "admin_grant") != 1 {
+		t.Error("admin_grant ledger row missing")
+	}
+	if ledgerRows(t, acc, "spend") != 0 || ledgerRows(t, acc, "fund") != 0 {
+		t.Error("a grant wrote a non-grant ledger row")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsSpendHintByContext verifies a hint is drawn from an applicable origin, and that a
+// direct-origin hint is not usable inside a VK context (the compliance wall for hints).
+func TestPaymentsSpendHintByContext(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	seedBenefit(t, acc, "direct", 2, false)
+	present := []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect, payments.SourceVK}
+
+	if spent, err := svc.SpendHint(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), present); err != nil || !spent {
+		t.Fatalf("web spend hint = %v (err %v), want true", spent, err)
+	}
+	if h, _ := readBenefit(t, acc, "direct"); h != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("hints after spend = %d, want 1", h)
+	}
+	// Inside VK the applicable origins are {vk} only, so the direct-origin hint is untouched.
+	if spent, _ := svc.SpendHint(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("vk", "android"), present); spent {
+		t.Error("direct-origin hint spent inside VK — compliance wall breached")
+	}
+	if h, _ := readBenefit(t, acc, "direct"); h != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("direct hints changed inside VK = %d, want 1 (untouched)", h)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsComplianceGateOverPostgres is the named compliance regression at the integration
+// layer: a direct-origin no-ads benefit applies on the web but never inside a store wrapper.
+func TestPaymentsComplianceGateOverPostgres(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	if err := svc.Grant(ctx, acc, payments.SourceDirect, 0, 30, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("grant: %v", err)
+	}
+	present := []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect, payments.SourceVK}
+
+	if adFree, _ := svc.AdFree(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), present); !adFree {
+		t.Error("direct no-ads should apply on web")
+	}
+	if adFree, _ := svc.AdFree(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("vk", "android"), present); adFree {
+		t.Error("direct no-ads must NOT apply inside VK (compliance wall)")
+	}
+	if adFree, _ := svc.AdFree(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("telegram", "web"), present); adFree {
+		t.Error("direct no-ads must NOT apply inside Telegram (compliance wall)")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsMergeFoldsSegmentsAndBenefits verifies the merge folds chip segments (sum) and
+// benefits (hints sum, forever OR) by origin, and clears the secondary's rows, over Postgres.
+func TestPaymentsMergeFoldsSegmentsAndBenefits(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	primary, secondary := uuid.New(), uuid.New()
+	seedBalance(t, primary, "vk", 10)
+	seedBalance(t, secondary, "vk", 25)
+	seedBenefit(t, primary, "vk", 1, false)
+	seedBenefit(t, secondary, "vk", 4, true)
+
+	tx, err := testDB.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("begin: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := svc.MergeTx(ctx, tx, primary, secondary); err != nil {
+		_ = tx.Rollback()
+		t.Fatalf("merge: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("commit: %v", err)
+	}
+	svc.Invalidate(primary, secondary)
+
+	if got := readBalance(t, primary, "vk"); got != 35 {
+		t.Errorf("merged chips = %d, want 35", got)
+	}
+	if h, forever := readBenefit(t, primary, "vk"); h != 5 || !forever {
+		t.Errorf("merged benefit = hints %d forever %v, want 5/true", h, forever)
+	}
+	if readBalance(t, secondary, "vk") != 0 {
+		t.Error("secondary balance not cleared after merge")
+	}
+}

backend/internal/lobby/invitations.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/account"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/gamelimits"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/notify"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/backend/model"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/backend/table"
@@ -218,6 +219,20 @@ func (svc *InvitationService) CreateInvitation(ctx context.Context, inviterID uu
 	if !slices.Contains(game.AllowedTurnTimeouts, settings.TurnTimeout) {
 		return Invitation{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: turn timeout %s not allowed", ErrInvalidInvitation, settings.TurnTimeout)
 	}
+	// A guest cannot invite: friend games are a durable-account feature. The UI hides the flow;
+	// this is the server source of truth.
+	if acc, err := svc.accounts.GetByID(ctx, inviterID); err != nil {
+		return Invitation{}, err
+	} else if acc.IsGuest {
+		return Invitation{}, ErrGuestForbidden
+	}
+	// A durable inviter is still capped: refuse a new friend game once the per-tier friends limit is
+	// reached. The guest branch above short-circuits before here, so this is the durable cap.
+	if atLimit, err := svc.games.AtGameLimit(ctx, inviterID, gamelimits.KindFriends); err != nil {
+		return Invitation{}, err
+	} else if atLimit {
+		return Invitation{}, game.ErrGameLimitReached
+	}
 	seen := map[uuid.UUID]bool{inviterID: true}
 	// suppressed collects invitees who have blocked the inviter: the invitation is still
 	// created and persisted for them, but they are never notified and never see it (their
@@ -336,6 +351,7 @@ func (svc *InvitationService) startGame(ctx context.Context, invitationID uuid.U
 		HintsPerPlayer:       inv.Settings.HintsPerPlayer,
 		DropoutTiles:         inv.Settings.DropoutTiles,
 		MultipleWordsPerTurn: inv.Settings.MultipleWordsPerTurn,
+		Kind:                 gamelimits.KindFriends,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

backend/internal/lobby/lobby.go

@@ -15,17 +15,22 @@ import (
 
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/gamelimits"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/notify"
 )
 
 // GameCreator is the slice of the game domain the lobby needs: starting a seated
-// game and reading a player's initial view of it. game.Service satisfies it.
+// game, reading a player's initial view of it, and testing a caller's active-game
+// cap. game.Service satisfies it.
 type GameCreator interface {
 	Create(ctx context.Context, params game.CreateParams) (game.Game, error)
 	// InitialState returns a seated player's full initial view of a started game, used
 	// to enrich the game_started event so the client renders the new game without a
 	// follow-up fetch.
 	InitialState(ctx context.Context, gameID, accountID uuid.UUID) (notify.PlayerState, error)
+	// AtGameLimit reports whether accountID has reached its tier's active-game cap for kind. The
+	// invitation path uses it to enforce the friends limit before opening one.
+	AtGameLimit(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, kind gamelimits.Kind) (bool, error)
 }
 
 // RobotProvider supplies a robot account to substitute for a missing human in
@@ -62,6 +67,9 @@ var (
 	// ErrInvalidInvitation is returned for a malformed invitation (bad player
 	// count, duplicate or self invitee, or unacceptable settings).
 	ErrInvalidInvitation = errors.New("lobby: invalid invitation")
+	// ErrGuestForbidden is returned when a guest attempts a durable-only action (invite a
+	// friend); the friend flow is gated to durable accounts.
+	ErrGuestForbidden = errors.New("lobby: guests cannot invite")
 	// ErrInvitationBlocked is returned when a block stands between the inviter and
 	// an invitee.
 	ErrInvitationBlocked = errors.New("lobby: invitation blocked between accounts")

backend/internal/lobby/matchmaker.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/gamelimits"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/notify"
 )
 
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ func (m *Matchmaker) StartVsAI(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, variant
 	if rand.IntN(2) == 1 {
 		params.Seats = []uuid.UUID{robotID, accountID}
 	}
+	params.Kind = gamelimits.KindVsAI
 	g, err := m.games.Create(ctx, params)
 	if err != nil {
 		return EnqueueResult{}, err

backend/internal/notify/encode.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func toWireGame(g GameSummary) wire.GameView {
 		TurnTimeoutSecs:      g.TurnTimeoutSecs,
 		MultipleWordsPerTurn: g.MultipleWordsPerTurn,
 		VsAI:                 g.VsAI,
+		Kind:                 g.Kind,
 		MoveCount:            g.MoveCount,
 		EndReason:            g.EndReason,
 		Seats:                seats,
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@ func buildStateView(b *flatbuffers.Builder, s PlayerState) flatbuffers.UOffsetT
 		Rack:           s.Rack,
 		BagLen:         s.BagLen,
 		HintsRemaining: s.HintsRemaining,
-		WalletBalance:  s.WalletBalance,
 		Alphabet:       alphabet,
 	})
 }

backend/internal/notify/notify.go

@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ const (
 	// (e.g. an email was confirmed via the one-tap deeplink opened in another browser),
 	// so it re-fetches profile.get. It carries no payload. In-app only.
 	NotifyProfile = "profile"
+	// NotifyPayment tells the client that the viewer's wallet changed from a payment-intake event
+	// (a credit or a refund), so it re-fetches the wallet in place. It carries no payload. In-app
+	// only; the payment_events dispatcher emits it after the crediting transaction commits.
+	NotifyPayment = "payment"
 	// NotifyUserBlocked confirms to the blocker that a per-user block took effect,
 	// carrying the blocked account, so every one of the blocker's sessions updates the
 	// in-game block/add-friend controls and the struck name in place. It is delivered

backend/internal/notify/notify_test.go

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func TestGameOverPayloadRoundTrips(t *testing.T) {
 func TestOpponentMovedPayloadRoundTrips(t *testing.T) {
 	uid, gid := uuid.New(), uuid.New()
 	move := engine.MoveRecord{Player: 1, Action: engine.ActionPlay, Words: []string{"STOOL"}, Score: 24, Total: 130}
-	summary := notify.GameSummary{ID: gid.String(), MoveCount: 9, ToMove: 0, Seats: []notify.SeatStanding{{Seat: 1, Score: 130}}}
+	summary := notify.GameSummary{ID: gid.String(), MoveCount: 9, ToMove: 0, Kind: 2, Seats: []notify.SeatStanding{{Seat: 1, Score: 130}}}
 	in := notify.OpponentMoved(uid, gid, move, summary, 42)
 	if in.Kind != notify.KindOpponentMoved {
 		t.Fatalf("kind = %q", in.Kind)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func TestOpponentMovedPayloadRoundTrips(t *testing.T) {
 	if m == nil || m.Player() != 1 || string(m.Action()) != "play" || m.Total() != 130 {
 		t.Fatalf("move wrong: %+v", m)
 	}
-	if g := ev.Game(nil); g == nil || g.MoveCount() != 9 || g.ToMove() != 0 {
+	if g := ev.Game(nil); g == nil || g.MoveCount() != 9 || g.ToMove() != 0 || g.Kind() != 2 {
 		t.Fatalf("game summary wrong: %+v", ev.Game(nil))
 	}
 }

backend/internal/notify/payload.go

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ type GameSummary struct {
 	EndReason        string
 	Seats            []SeatStanding
 	LastActivityUnix int64
+	// Kind is the game's origin for the active-game limits (0 unknown, 1 vs_ai, 2 random, 3 friends);
+	// it rides live events so a lobby patch keeps the per-kind count correct.
+	Kind int
 }
 
 // AlphabetLetter is one variant alphabet entry (a display-only row) embedded in an
@@ -56,7 +59,6 @@ type PlayerState struct {
 	Rack           []int
 	BagLen         int
 	HintsRemaining int
-	WalletBalance  int
 	Alphabet       []AlphabetLetter
 }
 

backend/internal/payments/cache.go

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// benefitState is an account's benefit row for one origin: the no-ads term end (nil = none),
+// the perpetual forever flag, and the hint count. It is the context-independent stored form;
+// the read paths aggregate it over the origins applicable in a context.
+type benefitState struct {
+	adsPaidUntil *time.Time
+	adsForever   bool
+	hints        int
+}
+
+// walletState is an account's full payments state: chip balances by source and benefits by
+// origin. It is the raw, context-independent data every read path filters per execution
+// context — the value the cache holds and the store recomputes from the materialized tables.
+type walletState struct {
+	chips    map[Source]int
+	benefits map[Source]benefitState
+}
+
+// chipsOf returns the chip balance for a source, zero when the segment has no row (an absent
+// segment reads as zero, §2).
+func (w walletState) chipsOf(s Source) int { return w.chips[s] }
+
+// benefitOf returns the benefit for an origin, the zero benefit when the origin has no row.
+func (w walletState) benefitOf(o Source) benefitState { return w.benefits[o] }
+
+// walletCache is the payments read model: each account's chip/benefit state, keyed by account
+// id, read on every ad-eligibility / hint / wallet / gate request and invalidated on every
+// payments mutation (spend, grant, fund, refund, merge). It is a write-through cache in front
+// of the materialized balances/benefits tables — the same pattern the account-suspension gate
+// uses (backend/internal/account/suspension.go) — so the steady-state hot path issues no query
+// to the payments schema. It is single-instance, matching the deployment (one shared Store); a
+// multi-instance backend would need a shared cache.
+type walletCache struct {
+	mu sync.RWMutex
+	m  map[uuid.UUID]walletState
+}
+
+// newWalletCache constructs an empty cache.
+func newWalletCache() *walletCache {
+	return &walletCache{m: make(map[uuid.UUID]walletState)}
+}
+
+// get returns the cached state for an account and whether it was present.
+func (c *walletCache) get(id uuid.UUID) (walletState, bool) {
+	c.mu.RLock()
+	defer c.mu.RUnlock()
+	s, ok := c.m[id]
+	return s, ok
+}
+
+// put stores an account's state.
+func (c *walletCache) put(id uuid.UUID, s walletState) {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	c.m[id] = s
+}
+
+// invalidate drops an account's entry so the next read reloads it from the materialized tables.
+// Called after every mutation once its transaction has committed.
+func (c *walletCache) invalidate(id uuid.UUID) {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	delete(c.m, id)
+}

backend/internal/payments/catalog.go

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package payments
+
+// AtomQty is one atom line of a catalog product in the read model: the base value type it grants
+// (chips / hints / no-ads days / tournament) and how many of it the product carries.
+type AtomQty struct {
+	AtomType string
+	Quantity int
+}
+
+// CatalogProduct is one storefront product projected for the execution context. A value is
+// bought with chips, so it carries Chips (its uniform chip price) and no money price. A chip pack
+// funds chips with money, so it carries MoneyAmount (minor units) and MoneyCurrency for the
+// context's payment method and no chip price. Atoms lists what the product grants.
+type CatalogProduct struct {
+	Kind          string // "value" (bought with chips) or "pack" (funds chips with money)
+	ProductID     string
+	Title         string
+	Chips         int    // a value's uniform chip price; 0 for a pack
+	MoneyAmount   int64  // a pack's price in the context currency's minor units; 0 for a value
+	MoneyCurrency string // a pack's currency for the context method; empty for a value
+	Atoms         []AtomQty
+}
+
+// CatalogView is the storefront read model for one execution context: the products a player sees
+// and can buy there — every chip-priced value plus the chip packs priced in the context's method.
+type CatalogView struct {
+	Products []CatalogProduct
+}
+
+// atomChips is the atom type that marks a product as a chip pack (it funds chips) rather than a
+// value (bought with chips). A value never carries it.
+const atomChips = "chips"
+
+// projectCatalog turns the raw active catalog into the storefront for the context. A value (no
+// chips atom) is shown everywhere at its CHIP price. A chip pack is shown only when it carries a
+// price for the context's payment method (cxt.Kind: vk / telegram / direct), priced in that
+// method's currency. A value missing its CHIP price and a pack missing a price for the context
+// method are omitted (misconfigured or unavailable there). An untrusted context (empty Kind) has
+// no method, so only values show; buying is gated server-side regardless.
+func projectCatalog(entries []catalogEntry, cxt Context) CatalogView {
+	var out CatalogView
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		isPack := false
+		atoms := make([]AtomQty, 0, len(e.atoms))
+		for _, a := range e.atoms {
+			atoms = append(atoms, AtomQty{AtomType: a.atomType, Quantity: a.quantity})
+			if a.atomType == atomChips {
+				isPack = true
+			}
+		}
+		p := CatalogProduct{ProductID: e.id.String(), Title: e.title, Atoms: atoms}
+		if isPack {
+			pr, ok := findPrice(e.prices, string(cxt.Kind))
+			if !ok {
+				continue // no price for this context's method — not purchasable here
+			}
+			p.Kind = "pack"
+			p.MoneyAmount = pr.amount
+			p.MoneyCurrency = string(pr.currency)
+		} else {
+			pr, ok := findPrice(e.prices, "")
+			if !ok {
+				continue // a value must carry a CHIP price
+			}
+			p.Kind = "value"
+			p.Chips = int(pr.amount)
+		}
+		out.Products = append(out.Products, p)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// findPrice returns the price row for the given payment method — the empty string selects a
+// value's CHIP price row (stored with a NULL method).
+func findPrice(prices []priceRow, method string) (priceRow, bool) {
+	for _, pr := range prices {
+		if pr.method == method {
+			return pr, true
+		}
+	}
+	return priceRow{}, false
+}

backend/internal/payments/catalog_admin.go

@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// AdminProduct is one catalog product for the admin editor: its full composition, every price, the
+// archived flag (Active), and whether it has ever been transacted — which forbids a hard delete
+// (orders / ledger rows reference it, and the ledger is append-only).
+type AdminProduct struct {
+	ID         uuid.UUID
+	Title      string
+	Active     bool
+	Atoms      []AtomLine
+	Prices     []PriceLine
+	Transacted bool
+}
+
+// AtomLine is one atom of a product: the atom type and its positive quantity.
+type AtomLine struct {
+	Atom     string
+	Quantity int
+}
+
+// PriceLine is one price of a product: the payment method ("" for a value's CHIP price, which is
+// stored with a NULL method), the currency, and the amount in that currency's minor units.
+type PriceLine struct {
+	Method   string
+	Currency Currency
+	Amount   int64
+}
+
+// ProductInput is the editable content of a product: its title, atom composition and prices.
+type ProductInput struct {
+	Title  string
+	Atoms  []AtomLine
+	Prices []PriceLine
+}
+
+// knownAtoms is the fixed atom set, mirroring the catalog_atom seed / CHECK.
+var knownAtoms = map[string]bool{atomChips: true, "hints": true, "noads_days": true, "tournament": true}
+
+// validCurrency reports whether c is one of the four catalog currencies.
+func validCurrency(c Currency) bool {
+	switch c {
+	case CurrencyRUB, CurrencyVote, CurrencyStar, CurrencyChip:
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// validateProduct checks a product's composition and prices. When sellable is true (the product is
+// or is becoming active) it also enforces the storefront shape: a pack (the chips atom ⇒ a money
+// price per method and no CHIP price, chips-only) or a value (no chips ⇒ a single CHIP price and no
+// money price). The tournament atom is never sellable (its economy is the tournament stage), so an
+// active product may not carry it; an archived draft may (a template for later) and skips the shape
+// check.
+func validateProduct(in ProductInput, sellable bool) error {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(in.Title) == "" {
+		return errors.New("product title is required")
+	}
+	if len(in.Atoms) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("product needs at least one atom")
+	}
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	hasChips, hasTournament, hasBenefit := false, false, false
+	for _, a := range in.Atoms {
+		if !knownAtoms[a.Atom] {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unknown atom %q", a.Atom)
+		}
+		if seen[a.Atom] {
+			return fmt.Errorf("duplicate atom %q", a.Atom)
+		}
+		seen[a.Atom] = true
+		if a.Quantity <= 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("atom %q quantity must be positive", a.Atom)
+		}
+		switch a.Atom {
+		case atomChips:
+			hasChips = true
+		case "tournament":
+			hasTournament = true
+		default:
+			hasBenefit = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	priceSeen := map[string]bool{}
+	hasChipPrice, hasMoneyPrice := false, false
+	for _, p := range in.Prices {
+		if p.Method != "" && p.Method != string(SourceVK) && p.Method != string(SourceTelegram) && p.Method != string(SourceDirect) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid price method %q", p.Method)
+		}
+		if !validCurrency(p.Currency) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid currency %q", p.Currency)
+		}
+		if p.Amount < 0 {
+			return errors.New("price amount must be non-negative")
+		}
+		if p.Currency == CurrencyChip && p.Method != "" {
+			return errors.New("a CHIP price must have no method")
+		}
+		if p.Currency != CurrencyChip && p.Method == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("a %s price needs a payment method", p.Currency)
+		}
+		key := p.Method + "|" + string(p.Currency)
+		if priceSeen[key] {
+			return fmt.Errorf("duplicate price (%s, %s)", p.Method, p.Currency)
+		}
+		priceSeen[key] = true
+		if p.Currency == CurrencyChip {
+			hasChipPrice = true
+		} else {
+			hasMoneyPrice = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !sellable {
+		return nil // an archived draft may be incomplete
+	}
+	if hasTournament {
+		return errors.New("a product carrying the tournament atom cannot be sold yet")
+	}
+	if hasChips {
+		if hasBenefit {
+			return errors.New("a chip pack must contain only the chips atom")
+		}
+		if !hasMoneyPrice || hasChipPrice {
+			return errors.New("a chip pack needs a money price per method and no CHIP price")
+		}
+	} else {
+		if !hasChipPrice || hasMoneyPrice {
+			return errors.New("a value needs a single CHIP price and no money price")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// AdminCatalog lists every product (active and archived) with its composition, prices and whether it
+// has been transacted, for the admin editor. Read uncached, straight from the catalog tables.
+func (s *Service) AdminCatalog(ctx context.Context) ([]AdminProduct, error) {
+	return s.store.adminCatalog(ctx)
+}
+
+// CreateProduct validates and inserts a new product with its atoms and prices, returning its id. A
+// product created active must satisfy the sellable shape.
+func (s *Service) CreateProduct(ctx context.Context, in ProductInput, active bool) (uuid.UUID, error) {
+	if err := validateProduct(in, active); err != nil {
+		return uuid.Nil, err
+	}
+	return s.store.createProduct(ctx, in, active, s.clock())
+}
+
+// UpdateProduct validates and replaces a product's title, atoms and prices. An active product must
+// satisfy the sellable shape.
+func (s *Service) UpdateProduct(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID, in ProductInput) (err error) {
+	active, err := s.store.productActive(ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := validateProduct(in, active); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return s.store.updateProduct(ctx, id, in, s.clock())
+}
+
+// SetProductActive archives (active=false) or unarchives a product. Unarchiving revalidates the
+// sellable shape, so a draft or a tournament product cannot be put on sale.
+func (s *Service) SetProductActive(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID, active bool) error {
+	if active {
+		in, err := s.store.productInput(ctx, id)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := validateProduct(in, true); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return s.store.setProductActive(ctx, id, active, s.clock())
+}
+
+// DeleteProduct hard-deletes a product only when it has never been transacted (no order or ledger
+// row references it); otherwise it returns ErrProductTransacted and the caller archives instead.
+func (s *Service) DeleteProduct(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID) error {
+	return s.store.deleteProduct(ctx, id)
+}

backend/internal/payments/catalog_admin_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package payments
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestValidateProduct(t *testing.T) {
+	pack := ProductInput{
+		Title:  "100 chips",
+		Atoms:  []AtomLine{{Atom: "chips", Quantity: 100}},
+		Prices: []PriceLine{{Method: "direct", Currency: CurrencyRUB, Amount: 14900}},
+	}
+	value := ProductInput{
+		Title:  "5 hints",
+		Atoms:  []AtomLine{{Atom: "hints", Quantity: 5}},
+		Prices: []PriceLine{{Method: "", Currency: CurrencyChip, Amount: 50}},
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		in       ProductInput
+		sellable bool
+		wantErr  bool
+	}{
+		{"valid pack", pack, true, false},
+		{"valid value", value, true, false},
+		{"pack with a benefit atom", ProductInput{Title: "x", Atoms: []AtomLine{{"chips", 100}, {"hints", 5}}, Prices: pack.Prices}, true, true},
+		{"pack without money price", ProductInput{Title: "x", Atoms: pack.Atoms, Prices: value.Prices}, true, true},
+		{"value without chip price", ProductInput{Title: "x", Atoms: value.Atoms, Prices: pack.Prices}, true, true},
+		{"tournament sellable is refused", ProductInput{Title: "cup", Atoms: []AtomLine{{"tournament", 1}}, Prices: value.Prices}, true, true},
+		{"tournament draft is allowed", ProductInput{Title: "cup", Atoms: []AtomLine{{"tournament", 1}}}, false, false},
+		{"unknown atom", ProductInput{Title: "x", Atoms: []AtomLine{{"gold", 1}}}, false, true},
+		{"duplicate atom", ProductInput{Title: "x", Atoms: []AtomLine{{"hints", 1}, {"hints", 2}}}, false, true},
+		{"non-positive quantity", ProductInput{Title: "x", Atoms: []AtomLine{{"hints", 0}}}, false, true},
+		{"chip price with a method", ProductInput{Title: "x", Atoms: value.Atoms, Prices: []PriceLine{{Method: "direct", Currency: CurrencyChip, Amount: 50}}}, true, true},
+		{"money price without a method", ProductInput{Title: "x", Atoms: pack.Atoms, Prices: []PriceLine{{Method: "", Currency: CurrencyRUB, Amount: 149}}}, true, true},
+		{"duplicate price", ProductInput{Title: "x", Atoms: pack.Atoms, Prices: []PriceLine{{Method: "direct", Currency: CurrencyRUB, Amount: 1}, {Method: "direct", Currency: CurrencyRUB, Amount: 2}}}, true, true},
+		{"empty title", ProductInput{Title: " ", Atoms: value.Atoms, Prices: value.Prices}, true, true},
+		{"no atoms", ProductInput{Title: "x", Prices: value.Prices}, true, true},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := validateProduct(tt.in, tt.sellable)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Fatalf("validateProduct = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

backend/internal/payments/catalog_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// catalog fixtures: a chip-priced value (hints), a multi-method chip pack, a VK-only chip pack, a
+// value with no CHIP price (misconfigured), and a pack whose only method is telegram.
+func fixtureCatalog() []catalogEntry {
+	value := catalogEntry{
+		id:    uuid.MustParse("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"),
+		title: "250 hints",
+		atoms: []atomQty{{atomType: "hints", quantity: 250}},
+		prices: []priceRow{
+			{method: "", currency: CurrencyChip, amount: 500},
+		},
+	}
+	pack := catalogEntry{
+		id:    uuid.MustParse("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"),
+		title: "100 chips",
+		atoms: []atomQty{{atomType: "chips", quantity: 100}},
+		prices: []priceRow{
+			{method: "vk", currency: CurrencyVote, amount: 20},
+			{method: "telegram", currency: CurrencyStar, amount: 25},
+			{method: "direct", currency: CurrencyRUB, amount: 14900},
+		},
+	}
+	vkOnlyPack := catalogEntry{
+		id:    uuid.MustParse("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003"),
+		title: "VK-only chips",
+		atoms: []atomQty{{atomType: "chips", quantity: 50}},
+		prices: []priceRow{
+			{method: "vk", currency: CurrencyVote, amount: 10},
+		},
+	}
+	brokenValue := catalogEntry{
+		id:    uuid.MustParse("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000004"),
+		title: "no chip price",
+		atoms: []atomQty{{atomType: "noads_days", quantity: 30}},
+		// no CHIP price row — misconfigured, must be omitted
+	}
+	return []catalogEntry{value, pack, vkOnlyPack, brokenValue}
+}
+
+// byID indexes a projected storefront by product id for assertions.
+func byID(v CatalogView) map[string]CatalogProduct {
+	m := make(map[string]CatalogProduct, len(v.Products))
+	for _, p := range v.Products {
+		m[p.ProductID] = p
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+func TestProjectCatalog_ContextMatrix(t *testing.T) {
+	const (
+		valueID  = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"
+		packID   = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"
+		vkPackID = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003"
+		brokenID = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000004"
+	)
+	entries := fixtureCatalog()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		cxt         Context
+		wantPackAmt int64
+		wantPackCur Currency
+		wantVKPack  bool // the vk-only pack visible?
+	}{
+		{"vk", Context{Kind: SourceVK}, 20, CurrencyVote, true},
+		{"vk-ios frozen still lists vk price", Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: SubtypeIOS}, 20, CurrencyVote, true},
+		{"telegram", Context{Kind: SourceTelegram}, 25, CurrencyStar, false},
+		{"direct", Context{Kind: SourceDirect}, 14900, CurrencyRUB, false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := byID(projectCatalog(entries, tc.cxt))
+
+			// The value shows everywhere at its uniform chip price, never a money price.
+			v, ok := got[valueID]
+			if !ok {
+				t.Fatalf("value missing from %s storefront", tc.name)
+			}
+			if v.Kind != "value" || v.Chips != 500 || v.MoneyCurrency != "" || v.MoneyAmount != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("value = %+v, want kind=value chips=500 no money", v)
+			}
+			if len(v.Atoms) != 1 || v.Atoms[0].AtomType != "hints" || v.Atoms[0].Quantity != 250 {
+				t.Errorf("value atoms = %+v, want [hints:250]", v.Atoms)
+			}
+
+			// The multi-method pack shows the context method's price, in that currency, no chips.
+			p, ok := got[packID]
+			if !ok {
+				t.Fatalf("pack missing from %s storefront", tc.name)
+			}
+			if p.Kind != "pack" || p.Chips != 0 || p.MoneyAmount != tc.wantPackAmt || p.MoneyCurrency != string(tc.wantPackCur) {
+				t.Errorf("pack = %+v, want kind=pack amount=%d currency=%s", p, tc.wantPackAmt, tc.wantPackCur)
+			}
+
+			// The vk-only pack shows only where a vk price exists.
+			if _, ok := got[vkPackID]; ok != tc.wantVKPack {
+				t.Errorf("vk-only pack present=%v, want %v (%s)", ok, tc.wantVKPack, tc.name)
+			}
+
+			// The misconfigured value (no CHIP price) is never shown.
+			if _, ok := got[brokenID]; ok {
+				t.Errorf("misconfigured value must be omitted (%s)", tc.name)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// An untrusted context (empty Kind) has no payment method, so it shows values only — no packs.
+func TestProjectCatalog_UntrustedShowsValuesOnly(t *testing.T) {
+	got := byID(projectCatalog(fixtureCatalog(), Context{}))
+	if _, ok := got["00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"]; !ok {
+		t.Error("untrusted context should still list the chip-priced value")
+	}
+	for _, id := range []string{
+		"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002",
+		"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003",
+	} {
+		if _, ok := got[id]; ok {
+			t.Errorf("untrusted context must not list pack %s", id)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// An empty catalog projects to an empty storefront (no products seeded yet — the Release-1 state).
+func TestProjectCatalog_Empty(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := projectCatalog(nil, Context{Kind: SourceDirect}); len(got.Products) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("empty catalog projected %d products, want 0", len(got.Products))
+	}
+}

backend/internal/payments/gate.go

@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"slices"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Source is the platform axis a chip balance is segmented by (where it was funded) and a
+// benefit is stamped with (where it was bought — its origin). The two roles share this value
+// set but mean different things (see docs/PAYMENTS.md §3); Source names the axis for both.
+type Source string
+
+const (
+	// SourceVK is the VK platform: Votes purchases and VK rewarded ads fund here.
+	SourceVK Source = "vk"
+	// SourceTelegram is the Telegram platform: Stars purchases fund here.
+	SourceTelegram Source = "telegram"
+	// SourceDirect is the open web / native context: Robokassa purchases fund here.
+	SourceDirect Source = "direct"
+)
+
+// Valid reports whether s is one of the three known platform sources.
+func (s Source) Valid() bool {
+	switch s {
+	case SourceVK, SourceTelegram, SourceDirect:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// SubtypeIOS is the one device subtype the gate keys on: VK on iOS is frozen for spending
+// (Apple forbids spending virtual currency on digital goods outside IAP). It is trusted only
+// for VK, where it rides inside the signed launch parameters.
+const SubtypeIOS = "ios"
+
+// SourceForIdentityKind maps a backend identity kind to the payments source whose segment that
+// identity makes available: a vk/telegram identity to its own source, a durable email identity
+// to the direct source (the web/native recovery anchor). A robot identity — or any unknown
+// kind — maps to no source (second return false). Callers use it to build the present set the
+// payments interface takes, since payments cannot read the account schema.
+func SourceForIdentityKind(kind string) (Source, bool) {
+	switch kind {
+	case "vk":
+		return SourceVK, true
+	case "telegram":
+		return SourceTelegram, true
+	case "email":
+		return SourceDirect, true
+	default:
+		return "", false
+	}
+}
+
+// PresentSources maps an account's identity kinds to the payments sources they make available
+// (§6), de-duplicated: vk→vk, telegram→telegram, email→direct; a robot or unknown kind maps to
+// nothing. Callers pass the kinds from account.Identities so the gate — which holds no
+// cross-schema identity knowledge — can resolve which segments are awake.
+func PresentSources(kinds []string) []Source {
+	var out []Source
+	for _, k := range kinds {
+		if s, ok := SourceForIdentityKind(k); ok && !has(out, s) {
+			out = append(out, s)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// Context is the trusted execution context the store-compliance gate keys on: the platform
+// Kind (the source the wrapper enforces) plus, for VK, the trusted Subtype (only the VK-iOS
+// freeze depends on it). The zero Context (empty Kind) is an untrusted platform — the gate is
+// fail-closed there: no spend, no purchase, no foreign-origin benefit, view only.
+type Context struct {
+	Kind    Source
+	Subtype string
+}
+
+// NewContext builds a Context from the session platform's kind and subtype strings (as carried
+// on the trusted X-Platform signal). An unrecognised or empty kind yields an untrusted Context.
+func NewContext(kind, subtype string) Context {
+	k := Source(kind)
+	if !k.Valid() {
+		return Context{}
+	}
+	return Context{Kind: k, Subtype: subtype}
+}
+
+// Trusted reports whether the platform is trusted (a known kind). An untrusted context denies
+// every spend/purchase and the application of any foreign origin.
+func (c Context) Trusted() bool { return c.Kind.Valid() }
+
+// vkFrozen reports whether this is the VK-iOS purchase freeze: VK context on the trusted iOS
+// subtype. Apple's ToS forbids only BUYING in-app values there, so a purchase (money -> chips) is
+// refused; earning chips (rewarded ads) and SPENDING chips already in the VK wallet — earned or
+// bought on the same account elsewhere (e.g. VK Android) — are legal and stay allowed.
+func (c Context) vkFrozen() bool { return c.Kind == SourceVK && c.Subtype == SubtypeIOS }
+
+// spendPriority is the fixed draw order when several segments are spendable in one context
+// (D7): the "home" direct segment first, the store-funded segments after.
+var spendPriority = []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK, SourceTelegram}
+
+// has reports whether present contains s.
+func has(present []Source, s Source) bool {
+	return slices.Contains(present, s)
+}
+
+// spendableSources returns the chip segments that may be SPENT in the context, in draw-priority
+// order, restricted to the sources the account actually has (present). It is empty only when the
+// platform is untrusted (fail-closed); VK-iOS is NOT excluded — the freeze is purchase-only, so
+// spending VK-wallet chips there is allowed. Inside VK/TG only the same-named segment is spendable;
+// on web/native all attached segments are, drained direct→vk→tg.
+func spendableSources(c Context, present []Source) []Source {
+	if !c.Trusted() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	switch c.Kind {
+	case SourceVK, SourceTelegram:
+		if has(present, c.Kind) {
+			return []Source{c.Kind}
+		}
+		return nil
+	default: // direct (web/native)
+		var out []Source
+		for _, s := range spendPriority {
+			if has(present, s) {
+				out = append(out, s)
+			}
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+}
+
+// applicableOrigins returns the benefit origins that APPLY in the context, in draw-priority
+// order, restricted to present sources. It mirrors spendableSources (both gate only on a trusted
+// platform now that the VK-iOS freeze is purchase-only). Inside VK/TG only the same-named origin
+// applies (a foreign, e.g. direct, origin never activates inside a store — the compliance wall);
+// on web/native direct+vk+tg all apply, drained direct→vk→tg.
+func applicableOrigins(c Context, present []Source) []Source {
+	if !c.Trusted() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	switch c.Kind {
+	case SourceVK, SourceTelegram:
+		if has(present, c.Kind) {
+			return []Source{c.Kind}
+		}
+		return nil
+	default: // direct (web/native)
+		var out []Source
+		for _, s := range spendPriority {
+			if has(present, s) {
+				out = append(out, s)
+			}
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+}
+
+// visibleSources returns the segments the wallet shows in the context, regardless of whether
+// they are spendable: inside a store only the same-named segment (the others are invisible
+// there); on web/native or an untrusted context all three (untrusted shows them view-only).
+func visibleSources(c Context) []Source {
+	switch c.Kind {
+	case SourceVK, SourceTelegram:
+		return []Source{c.Kind}
+	default:
+		return spendPriority
+	}
+}
+
+// Segment is one chip balance the wallet shows: the source, its chip count, and whether it can
+// be spent in the current context (false for a frozen VK-iOS balance or an untrusted platform).
+type Segment struct {
+	Source    Source
+	Chips     int
+	Spendable bool
+}
+
+// BenefitView is the benefit state applicable in the current context: whether ads are off (and
+// until when, or forever) and how many hints are available. It aggregates over the origins
+// applicable in the context (§5).
+type BenefitView struct {
+	AdsForever   bool
+	AdsPaidUntil *time.Time
+	Hints        int
+}
+
+// WalletView is the read model returned to the wallet: the visible segments plus the
+// context-applicable benefits.
+type WalletView struct {
+	Segments []Segment
+	Benefits BenefitView
+}
+
+// benefitDelta is the benefit change a spend or grant applies to one origin: hints added, a
+// no-ads term in whole days (stacked from max(now, current end)), and the perpetual forever
+// flag (which overrides terms).
+type benefitDelta struct {
+	hintsAdd  int
+	noAdsDays int
+	forever   bool
+}
+
+// zero reports whether the delta changes nothing.
+func (d benefitDelta) zero() bool { return d.hintsAdd == 0 && d.noAdsDays == 0 && !d.forever }

backend/internal/payments/gate_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"slices"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// allPresent is an account attached to every source (the maximal present set).
+var allPresent = []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK, SourceTelegram}
+
+func TestSpendableSources(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		ctx     Context
+		present []Source
+		want    []Source
+	}{
+		{"vk android, vk present", Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: "android"}, allPresent, []Source{SourceVK}},
+		// VK-iOS spends its own vk segment: the freeze is purchase-only, spending is allowed.
+		{"vk ios spends vk", Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: SubtypeIOS}, allPresent, []Source{SourceVK}},
+		{"vk android, vk absent", Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: "android"}, []Source{SourceDirect}, nil},
+		{"telegram", Context{Kind: SourceTelegram, Subtype: "web"}, allPresent, []Source{SourceTelegram}},
+		{"telegram, tg absent", Context{Kind: SourceTelegram}, []Source{SourceVK}, nil},
+		{"direct all present, priority", Context{Kind: SourceDirect, Subtype: "web"}, allPresent, []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK, SourceTelegram}},
+		{"direct, only vk+tg attached", Context{Kind: SourceDirect}, []Source{SourceTelegram, SourceVK}, []Source{SourceVK, SourceTelegram}},
+		{"direct, nothing attached", Context{Kind: SourceDirect}, nil, nil},
+		{"untrusted fail-closed", Context{}, allPresent, nil},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := spendableSources(tc.ctx, tc.present); !slices.Equal(got, tc.want) {
+				t.Errorf("spendableSources(%+v, %v) = %v, want %v", tc.ctx, tc.present, got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestApplicableOrigins(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		ctx     Context
+		present []Source
+		want    []Source
+	}{
+		// A vk-origin benefit applies on VK-iOS (spending is allowed there — the freeze is purchase-only).
+		{"vk ios applies", Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: SubtypeIOS}, allPresent, []Source{SourceVK}},
+		{"vk android", Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: "android"}, allPresent, []Source{SourceVK}},
+		{"telegram", Context{Kind: SourceTelegram}, allPresent, []Source{SourceTelegram}},
+		{"direct all, priority", Context{Kind: SourceDirect}, allPresent, []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK, SourceTelegram}},
+		{"untrusted fail-closed", Context{}, allPresent, nil},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := applicableOrigins(tc.ctx, tc.present); !slices.Equal(got, tc.want) {
+				t.Errorf("applicableOrigins(%+v, %v) = %v, want %v", tc.ctx, tc.present, got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestComplianceWall is the named unit-level compliance regression: a direct origin (externally
+// paid, outside any store cash desk) must NEVER be applicable inside a VK or TG wrapper, and no
+// segment is ever spendable there beyond the same-named one. The dangerous direction stays shut.
+func TestComplianceWall(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, kind := range []Source{SourceVK, SourceTelegram} {
+		for _, sub := range []string{"android", "ios", "web"} {
+			ctx := Context{Kind: kind, Subtype: sub}
+			if slices.Contains(applicableOrigins(ctx, allPresent), SourceDirect) {
+				t.Errorf("direct origin applies inside %s/%s — compliance wall breached", kind, sub)
+			}
+			for _, s := range spendableSources(ctx, allPresent) {
+				if s != kind {
+					t.Errorf("foreign segment %s spendable inside %s/%s", s, kind, sub)
+				}
+			}
+			// The opposite store's origin must not leak in either (vk⊥tg).
+			other := SourceVK
+			if kind == SourceVK {
+				other = SourceTelegram
+			}
+			if slices.Contains(applicableOrigins(ctx, allPresent), other) {
+				t.Errorf("%s origin applies inside %s — cross-store leak", other, kind)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVisibleSources(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := visibleSources(Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: SubtypeIOS}); !slices.Equal(got, []Source{SourceVK}) {
+		t.Errorf("VK visible = %v, want [vk] (direct/tg hidden in a store)", got)
+	}
+	if got := visibleSources(Context{Kind: SourceDirect}); !slices.Equal(got, allPresent) {
+		t.Errorf("direct visible = %v, want all three", got)
+	}
+	if got := visibleSources(Context{}); !slices.Equal(got, allPresent) {
+		t.Errorf("untrusted visible = %v, want all three (view-only)", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSourceForIdentityKind(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		kind string
+		want Source
+		ok   bool
+	}{
+		{"vk", SourceVK, true},
+		{"telegram", SourceTelegram, true},
+		{"email", SourceDirect, true},
+		{"robot", "", false},
+		{"unknown", "", false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		got, ok := SourceForIdentityKind(tc.kind)
+		if got != tc.want || ok != tc.ok {
+			t.Errorf("SourceForIdentityKind(%q) = %q,%v want %q,%v", tc.kind, got, ok, tc.want, tc.ok)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewContextTrusted(t *testing.T) {
+	if c := NewContext("vk", "ios"); !c.Trusted() || !c.vkFrozen() {
+		t.Errorf("vk/ios: trusted=%v frozen=%v, want true/true", c.Trusted(), c.vkFrozen())
+	}
+	if c := NewContext("bogus", "web"); c.Trusted() {
+		t.Errorf("bogus kind should be untrusted")
+	}
+	if c := NewContext("", ""); c.Trusted() {
+		t.Errorf("empty kind should be untrusted")
+	}
+	if c := NewContext("direct", "web"); c.vkFrozen() {
+		t.Errorf("direct is never frozen")
+	}
+}

backend/internal/payments/payments.go

@@ -147,12 +147,13 @@ func (m Money) Cmp(o Money) (int, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-// String renders the amount as "<value> <currency>", with the currency's
+// Major renders the amount as a decimal string without the currency, with the currency's
-// fractional digits and no floating point (e.g. "149.50 RUB", "250 XTR").
+// fractional digits and no floating point (e.g. "149.50", "250") — the form a provider's amount
-func (m Money) String() string {
+// field (Robokassa OutSum) takes.
+func (m Money) Major() string {
 	scale := m.currency.minorPerUnit()
 	if scale == 1 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%d %s", m.minor, m.currency)
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d", m.minor)
 	}
 	neg := m.minor < 0
 	abs := m.minor
@@ -167,5 +168,10 @@ func (m Money) String() string {
 	if neg {
 		sign = "-"
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%d.%0*d %s", sign, abs/scale, width, abs%scale, m.currency)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%d.%0*d", sign, abs/scale, width, abs%scale)
+}
+
+// String renders the amount as "<value> <currency>" (e.g. "149.50 RUB", "250 XTR").
+func (m Money) String() string {
+	return m.Major() + " " + string(m.currency)
 }

backend/internal/payments/refund_admin.go

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// providerAdmin tags an operator-initiated refund in the ledger, distinct from a rail's own refund
+// (robokassa / vk / telegram). The refund idempotency key (providerAdmin, order id) allows exactly
+// one manual full refund per order.
+const providerAdmin = "admin"
+
+// RefundOrderFull refunds a paid order in full at the operator's request: it revokes the funded
+// chips best-effort (floored at 0, never negative — D27), records a refund ledger row, and is
+// idempotent (a second call reports AlreadyRefunded). The operator performs the actual money refund
+// on the rail (Robokassa cabinet / VK support / Telegram refundStarPayment); this records it.
+func (s *Service) RefundOrderFull(ctx context.Context, orderID uuid.UUID) (RefundOutcome, error) {
+	o, err := s.store.orderByID(ctx, orderID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return RefundOutcome{}, err
+	}
+	refunded, err := MoneyFromMinor(o.expectedAmount, Currency(o.currency))
+	if err != nil {
+		return RefundOutcome{}, err
+	}
+	return s.store.refund(ctx, orderID, providerAdmin, orderID.String(), refunded, s.clock())
+}
+
+// LedgerExportRow is one append-only ledger row for the tax / reconciliation export, carrying the
+// account it belongs to alongside the entry fields.
+type LedgerExportRow struct {
+	AccountID string
+	LedgerEntry
+}
+
+// LedgerExport reads the entire append-only ledger (all accounts, newest first) for a CSV/JSON
+// export — tax reporting and future rail reconciliation. Uncached, admin-only.
+func (s *Service) LedgerExport(ctx context.Context) ([]LedgerExportRow, error) {
+	return s.store.allLedger(ctx)
+}

backend/internal/payments/service.go

@@ -1,17 +1,298 @@
 package payments
 
-import "context"
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
-// Service is the payments domain's application layer — the narrow surface other
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
-// domains depend on, keeping the schema reachable through one seam. The
+)
-// data-foundation layer exposes only a health check; the wallet, benefit and
+
-// store-compliance operations arrive with the currency mechanics.
+// Service is the payments domain's application layer — the narrow surface other domains depend
+// on, keeping the schema reachable through one seam. Every read/gate method takes the trusted
+// execution Context and the account's present identity sources (which segments are awake, §6);
+// payments holds no cross-schema identity knowledge, so the caller supplies present. Reads are
+// served from the store's in-process cache, so the steady-state hot path issues no query to the
+// payments schema.
 type Service struct {
 	store *Store
+	clock func() time.Time
 }
 
-// NewService constructs a Service over store.
+// NewService constructs a Service over store with a wall-clock time source.
-func NewService(store *Store) *Service { return &Service{store: store} }
+func NewService(store *Store) *Service {
+	return &Service{store: store, clock: func() time.Time { return time.Now().UTC() }}
+}
 
 // Ping reports whether the payments schema is reachable.
 func (s *Service) Ping(ctx context.Context) error { return s.store.Ping(ctx) }
+
+// Wallet returns the read model for the account in the execution context: the segments visible
+// there (each with its chip count and whether it is spendable) plus the context-applicable
+// benefits. In a store context only the same-named segment is shown; on web/native or an
+// untrusted platform all attached segments are shown, spendable only when the gate allows.
+func (s *Service) Wallet(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt Context, present []Source) (WalletView, error) {
+	st, err := s.store.state(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return WalletView{}, err
+	}
+	now := s.clock()
+	view := WalletView{Benefits: benefitView(st, cxt, present, now)}
+	spendable := spendableSources(cxt, present)
+	for _, src := range visibleSources(cxt) {
+		if !has(present, src) {
+			continue // only the account's own (attached) segments are shown
+		}
+		view.Segments = append(view.Segments, Segment{
+			Source:    src,
+			Chips:     st.chipsOf(src),
+			Spendable: has(spendable, src),
+		})
+	}
+	return view, nil
+}
+
+// Catalog returns the storefront for the execution context: every chip-priced value (shown in
+// every context) plus the chip packs priced in the context's payment method. It is read straight
+// from the catalog tables — small and rarely edited, so uncached. An untrusted context has no
+// method and so shows values only; buying is gate-checked on Spend regardless (fail-closed).
+func (s *Service) Catalog(ctx context.Context, cxt Context) (CatalogView, error) {
+	entries, err := s.store.loadCatalog(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return CatalogView{}, err
+	}
+	return projectCatalog(entries, cxt), nil
+}
+
+// AdFree reports whether ads are suppressed for the account in the context: some origin
+// applicable there has an active no-ads term or the forever flag. Fail-closed on an untrusted
+// platform (no origin applies).
+func (s *Service) AdFree(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt Context, present []Source) (bool, error) {
+	st, err := s.store.state(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	now := s.clock()
+	for _, o := range applicableOrigins(cxt, present) {
+		b := st.benefitOf(o)
+		if b.adsForever || (b.adsPaidUntil != nil && b.adsPaidUntil.After(now)) {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+// HintsAvailable returns how many hints the account can use in the context — the sum over the
+// applicable origins. Zero on an untrusted platform.
+func (s *Service) HintsAvailable(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt Context, present []Source) (int, error) {
+	st, err := s.store.state(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	total := 0
+	for _, o := range applicableOrigins(cxt, present) {
+		total += st.benefitOf(o).hints
+	}
+	return total, nil
+}
+
+// SpendHint consumes one hint from the first applicable origin that has one (priority
+// direct→vk→tg), returning whether a hint was spent. It spends nothing when no origin is
+// applicable (untrusted platform or no attached segment).
+func (s *Service) SpendHint(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt Context, present []Source) (bool, error) {
+	origins := applicableOrigins(cxt, present)
+	if len(origins) == 0 {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return s.store.consumeHint(ctx, accountID, origins, s.clock())
+}
+
+// Spend buys a chip-priced value: it gate-checks the context, draws the price across the
+// spendable segments by priority direct→vk→tg, and applies the benefit — atomically. The
+// benefit's origin is the purchase context. It fails closed on an untrusted or frozen platform
+// (ErrUntrusted) and on insufficient chips (ErrInsufficientChips).
+func (s *Service) Spend(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt Context, present []Source, productID uuid.UUID) error {
+	spendable := spendableSources(cxt, present)
+	if len(spendable) == 0 {
+		return ErrUntrusted // untrusted, frozen, or no attached segment — no spend
+	}
+	prod, err := s.store.loadProduct(ctx, productID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	st, err := s.store.state(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	draws, ok := planDraws(st, spendable, prod.priceChips)
+	if !ok {
+		return ErrInsufficientChips
+	}
+	snapshot, err := marshalSnapshot(prod)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return s.store.spend(ctx, accountID, draws, cxt.Kind, productID, prod.delta, snapshot, s.clock())
+}
+
+// Grant applies a benefit to an origin as a zero-price sale — an admin_grant ledger row and the
+// benefit (hints, a no-ads term in whole days, or the forever flag). It never grants chips (no
+// balance is touched — D16), so its signature has no chip amount. The origin is the admin's
+// compliance choice.
+func (s *Service) Grant(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, origin Source, hints, noAdsDays int, forever bool) error {
+	if !origin.Valid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: invalid grant origin %q", origin)
+	}
+	d := benefitDelta{hintsAdd: hints, noAdsDays: noAdsDays, forever: forever}
+	if d.zero() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: empty grant")
+	}
+	snapshot, err := marshalGrant(d)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return s.store.grant(ctx, accountID, origin, d, snapshot, s.clock())
+}
+
+// GrantProduct grants a product's benefit atoms (hints, no-ads days) to an origin as a zero-price
+// admin sale, recording the source product on the ledger row (auditable to it). It refuses a
+// product carrying the chips atom (never granted — D16) or the tournament atom (no credit target
+// yet), and one whose atoms yield no grantable benefit.
+func (s *Service) GrantProduct(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, origin Source, productID uuid.UUID) error {
+	if !origin.Valid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: invalid grant origin %q", origin)
+	}
+	in, err := s.store.productInput(ctx, productID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var d benefitDelta
+	for _, a := range in.Atoms {
+		switch a.Atom {
+		case "hints":
+			d.hintsAdd += a.Quantity
+		case "noads_days":
+			d.noAdsDays += a.Quantity
+		case atomChips:
+			return ErrCannotGrantChips
+		case "tournament":
+			return ErrCannotGrantTournament
+		}
+	}
+	if d.zero() {
+		return ErrNothingToGrant
+	}
+	snapshot, err := marshalGrantProduct(productID, in.Title, d)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return s.store.grantProduct(ctx, accountID, origin, productID, d, snapshot, s.clock())
+}
+
+// MergeTx merges the secondary account's segments and benefits into the primary inside the
+// caller's transaction (the account-merge flow). The caller invalidates the affected caches
+// after committing (Invalidate).
+func (s *Service) MergeTx(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, primary, secondary uuid.UUID) error {
+	return s.store.MergeTx(ctx, tx, primary, secondary, s.clock())
+}
+
+// Invalidate drops the cached state of the listed accounts (called after a merge commit).
+func (s *Service) Invalidate(ids ...uuid.UUID) { s.store.Invalidate(ids...) }
+
+// benefitView aggregates the benefits applicable in the context into the wallet view: ads-off
+// forever if any applicable origin is perpetual, else the latest active term end, plus the total
+// available hints.
+func benefitView(st walletState, cxt Context, present []Source, now time.Time) BenefitView {
+	var v BenefitView
+	for _, o := range applicableOrigins(cxt, present) {
+		b := st.benefitOf(o)
+		if b.adsForever {
+			v.AdsForever = true
+		}
+		if b.adsPaidUntil != nil && b.adsPaidUntil.After(now) {
+			if v.AdsPaidUntil == nil || b.adsPaidUntil.After(*v.AdsPaidUntil) {
+				v.AdsPaidUntil = b.adsPaidUntil
+			}
+		}
+		v.Hints += b.hints
+	}
+	return v
+}
+
+// planDraws greedily allocates price across the spendable segments in priority order, draining
+// each before moving on. It returns the per-segment draws and whether the segments together held
+// enough.
+func planDraws(st walletState, spendable []Source, price int) ([]sourceAmount, bool) {
+	remaining := price
+	var draws []sourceAmount
+	for _, src := range spendable {
+		if remaining <= 0 {
+			break
+		}
+		avail := st.chipsOf(src)
+		if avail <= 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		take := min(avail, remaining)
+		draws = append(draws, sourceAmount{source: src, amount: take})
+		remaining -= take
+	}
+	if remaining > 0 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	return draws, true
+}
+
+// purchaseSnapshot is the catalog snapshot stored on a spend/grant ledger row, so history and
+// receipts stay independent of later catalog edits (§7/D34).
+type purchaseSnapshot struct {
+	ProductID  string         `json:"product_id,omitempty"`
+	Title      string         `json:"title,omitempty"`
+	Atoms      map[string]int `json:"atoms,omitempty"`
+	PriceChips int            `json:"price_chips"`
+	Forever    bool           `json:"forever,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// marshalSnapshot builds the snapshot for a chip spend.
+func marshalSnapshot(p catalogProduct) ([]byte, error) {
+	b, err := json.Marshal(purchaseSnapshot{ProductID: p.id.String(), Title: p.title, Atoms: p.atoms, PriceChips: p.priceChips})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: marshal snapshot: %w", err)
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+// marshalGrant builds the snapshot for an admin grant (price 0).
+func marshalGrant(d benefitDelta) ([]byte, error) {
+	atoms := map[string]int{}
+	if d.hintsAdd > 0 {
+		atoms["hints"] = d.hintsAdd
+	}
+	if d.noAdsDays > 0 {
+		atoms["noads_days"] = d.noAdsDays
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(purchaseSnapshot{Atoms: atoms, PriceChips: 0, Forever: d.forever})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: marshal grant snapshot: %w", err)
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+// marshalGrantProduct builds the snapshot for an admin grant-by-product: the source product and the
+// benefit atoms it granted (price 0).
+func marshalGrantProduct(productID uuid.UUID, title string, d benefitDelta) ([]byte, error) {
+	atoms := map[string]int{}
+	if d.hintsAdd > 0 {
+		atoms["hints"] = d.hintsAdd
+	}
+	if d.noAdsDays > 0 {
+		atoms["noads_days"] = d.noAdsDays
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(purchaseSnapshot{ProductID: productID.String(), Title: title, Atoms: atoms, PriceChips: 0})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: marshal product grant snapshot: %w", err)
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}

backend/internal/payments/service_intake.go

@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// OrderResult is what CreateOrder returns to the transport: the created order id and the details a
+// provider launch payload needs — the amount to charge and a human title for the payment.
+type OrderResult struct {
+	OrderID uuid.UUID
+	Amount  Money
+	Title   string
+}
+
+// CreateOrder opens a pending order to fund a chip pack in the execution context's payment method,
+// tagged with the provider that will settle it. It gate-checks the context (trusted, not the
+// VK-iOS spend freeze) and that the method's funding segment is attached, prices the pack in the
+// method's currency, then writes the order. The caller enforces any account-level precondition
+// (e.g. the direct email anchor, D36) before calling — payments holds no cross-schema identity
+// knowledge.
+func (s *Service) CreateOrder(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt Context, present []Source, productID uuid.UUID, provider string) (OrderResult, error) {
+	if !cxt.Trusted() || cxt.vkFrozen() {
+		return OrderResult{}, ErrUntrusted
+	}
+	method := cxt.Kind
+	if !has(present, method) {
+		return OrderResult{}, ErrUntrusted // the funding segment is not attached to the account
+	}
+	pack, err := s.store.loadPackForOrder(ctx, productID, method)
+	if err != nil {
+		return OrderResult{}, err
+	}
+	orderID, err := uuid.NewV7()
+	if err != nil {
+		return OrderResult{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: order id: %w", err)
+	}
+	o := newOrder{
+		orderID:   orderID,
+		accountID: accountID,
+		platform:  string(method),
+		productID: productID,
+		amount:    pack.price,
+		origin:    method,
+		provider:  provider,
+	}
+	if err := s.store.createOrder(ctx, o, s.clock()); err != nil {
+		return OrderResult{}, err
+	}
+	return OrderResult{OrderID: orderID, Amount: pack.price, Title: pack.title}, nil
+}
+
+// OrderItem returns a pending order's human title and the amount it charges, in the order's own
+// currency — the details a provider's item-lookup phase needs (VK's get_item). It reads the order
+// and the pack title, honouring the pack even if it was later deactivated (mirrors Fund).
+func (s *Service) OrderItem(ctx context.Context, orderID uuid.UUID) (title string, amount Money, err error) {
+	ord, err := s.store.orderByID(ctx, orderID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", Money{}, err
+	}
+	_, title, err = s.store.packForCredit(ctx, ord.productID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", Money{}, err
+	}
+	amount, err = MoneyFromMinor(ord.expectedAmount, Currency(ord.currency))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", Money{}, err
+	}
+	return title, amount, nil
+}
+
+// Fund credits a paid order into its funded segment exactly once, from a verified provider callback
+// — the single writer for every rail. It matches the order, verifies the paid amount, appends the
+// fund ledger row (idempotent on (provider, provider_payment_id)), credits the balance and marks
+// the order paid. A duplicate callback returns AlreadyCredited without a second credit; a valid
+// callback is honoured even on an expired order (§9/D23).
+func (s *Service) Fund(ctx context.Context, orderID uuid.UUID, provider, providerPaymentID string, paid Money) (FundOutcome, error) {
+	return s.store.fund(ctx, orderID, provider, providerPaymentID, paid, s.clock())
+}
+
+// Refund reverses a paid order's credit best-effort, exactly once — for an external refund or an
+// admin-initiated one (E7). It revokes the funded chips floored at 0 (never negative, D27), records
+// any unrecoverable remainder as a per-account loss and abuse flag, and appends a refund ledger row
+// idempotent on (provider, providerRefundID) — distinct from the fund's payment id. A duplicate
+// refund returns AlreadyRefunded. The caller records the refunded payment event and performs any
+// provider-side money-back (the rails have no unsolicited refund push: Robokassa via its refund API
+// / cabinet, VK via support, Telegram via refundStarPayment — all admin-triggered).
+func (s *Service) Refund(ctx context.Context, orderID uuid.UUID, provider, providerRefundID string, refunded Money) (RefundOutcome, error) {
+	return s.store.refund(ctx, orderID, provider, providerRefundID, refunded, s.clock())
+}
+
+// Pre-checkout decline reason codes. They are language-neutral: the transport layer localises them
+// to the order account's preferred language before showing the payer (the reason is displayed in the
+// Telegram payment sheet).
+const (
+	// PreCheckoutGone means no order matches — an unknown or stale invoice payload.
+	PreCheckoutGone = "order_gone"
+	// PreCheckoutAlreadyPaid means the order is already paid (a reusable invoice link paid twice).
+	PreCheckoutAlreadyPaid = "already_paid"
+	// PreCheckoutPriceChanged means the amount or currency no longer matches the order.
+	PreCheckoutPriceChanged = "price_changed"
+)
+
+// PreCheckoutOutcome is the pre-charge validation of a Telegram Stars order. OK approves the charge;
+// otherwise Reason is a decline reason code the transport localises. AccountID is the order's account
+// (for localising the reason to its preferred language); it is the zero UUID when the order is unknown.
+type PreCheckoutOutcome struct {
+	OK        bool
+	Reason    string
+	AccountID uuid.UUID
+}
+
+// ValidatePreCheckout answers whether a Stars pre_checkout_query for orderID paying amount may be
+// approved, before any star is charged. It approves an order that exists, is not already paid (a
+// reusable invoice link paid a second time is refused here) and whose expected amount and currency
+// match the invoice. A pending or honoured-expired order is approved — a late credit is honoured
+// (§9/D23). A missing order or a mismatch is a clean decline with a reason code, not an error.
+func (s *Service) ValidatePreCheckout(ctx context.Context, orderID uuid.UUID, amount Money) (PreCheckoutOutcome, error) {
+	ord, err := s.store.orderByID(ctx, orderID)
+	if errors.Is(err, ErrOrderNotFound) {
+		return PreCheckoutOutcome{OK: false, Reason: PreCheckoutGone}, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return PreCheckoutOutcome{}, err
+	}
+	if ord.status == "paid" {
+		return PreCheckoutOutcome{OK: false, Reason: PreCheckoutAlreadyPaid, AccountID: ord.accountID}, nil
+	}
+	if amount.Currency() != Currency(ord.currency) || amount.Minor() != ord.expectedAmount {
+		return PreCheckoutOutcome{OK: false, Reason: PreCheckoutPriceChanged, AccountID: ord.accountID}, nil
+	}
+	return PreCheckoutOutcome{OK: true, AccountID: ord.accountID}, nil
+}
+
+// providerVKAds tags a rewarded-video credit from the VK ads network in the ledger (distinct from
+// the "vk" Votes-purchase provider), so the daily cap counts only ad credits and the report separates
+// them.
+const providerVKAds = "vk_ads"
+
+// InterstitialCooldowns reports the post-move interstitial-ad cooldowns (seconds): global, vs_ai and
+// the independent hint-triggered one. The client mirrors them and self-gates (client-mirrored, D30).
+func (s *Service) InterstitialCooldowns(ctx context.Context) (global, vsAi, hint int, err error) {
+	return s.store.interstitialCooldowns(ctx)
+}
+
+// RewardPayout reports the chips a rewarded-video view earns in the caller's context — the config
+// payout in a trusted VK context with the VK segment attached, and 0 everywhere else (rewarded is
+// VK-only, D28). The client uses it to gate the "watch for chips" button.
+func (s *Service) RewardPayout(ctx context.Context, cxt Context, present []Source) (int, error) {
+	if cxt.Kind != SourceVK || !cxt.Trusted() || !has(present, SourceVK) {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	payout, _, _, err := s.store.rewardConfig(ctx)
+	return payout, err
+}
+
+// CreditReward credits a rewarded-video view's chips to the VK segment, client-attested (VK Mini App
+// ads expose no server verify — the client's watch result is trusted for an honest user; a forger who
+// skips the ad and calls the endpoint is bounded by the config daily cap). It is idempotent on the
+// client nonce and order-less. It credits nothing when rewarded is unconfigured (0 payout) or the
+// daily cap is reached. Rewarded video is VK-only (D28) and is an ad view — not a purchase — so the
+// VK-iOS purchase freeze does not apply; it requires a trusted VK context with the VK segment
+// attached.
+func (s *Service) CreditReward(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt Context, present []Source, nonce string) (RewardOutcome, error) {
+	if cxt.Kind != SourceVK || !cxt.Trusted() || !has(present, SourceVK) {
+		return RewardOutcome{}, ErrUntrusted
+	}
+	return s.store.creditReward(ctx, accountID, SourceVK, providerVKAds, nonce, s.clock())
+}
+
+// ExpireOrders marks pending orders older than the configured lifetime as expired, returning how
+// many were swept. It backs the periodic pending reaper; expiry is cosmetic (a late valid callback
+// still credits — see Fund).
+func (s *Service) ExpireOrders(ctx context.Context) (int, error) {
+	ttl, err := s.store.orderTTL(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return s.store.expirePending(ctx, ttl, s.clock())
+}
+
+// RecordPaymentEvent appends a payment lifecycle event (succeeded/failed/refunded) for the
+// dispatcher to deliver to the user (live stream, botlink or email).
+func (s *Service) RecordPaymentEvent(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, orderID *uuid.UUID, eventType string, payload []byte) error {
+	return s.store.insertPaymentEvent(ctx, accountID, orderID, eventType, payload, s.clock())
+}
+
+// UndispatchedEvents returns up to limit payment events awaiting delivery. The dispatcher drains
+// them and marks each delivered via MarkEventDispatched.
+func (s *Service) UndispatchedEvents(ctx context.Context, limit int) ([]PaymentEvent, error) {
+	return s.store.undispatchedEvents(ctx, limit)
+}
+
+// MarkEventDispatched stamps a payment event as delivered so it is not re-sent.
+func (s *Service) MarkEventDispatched(ctx context.Context, eventID uuid.UUID) error {
+	return s.store.markEventDispatched(ctx, eventID, s.clock())
+}

backend/internal/payments/service_intake_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// gateOnlyService builds a Service with a fixed clock and no store, usable only for the CreateOrder
+// gate rejections that return before any store access.
+func gateOnlyService() *Service {
+	return &Service{clock: func() time.Time { return time.Unix(0, 0).UTC() }}
+}
+
+// TestCreateOrderGateRejections checks that CreateOrder fails closed — before touching the store —
+// on an untrusted platform, the VK-iOS spend freeze, and a method whose funding segment the account
+// does not hold.
+func TestCreateOrderGateRejections(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	acc, prod := uuid.New(), uuid.New()
+	present := []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		cxt  Context
+	}{
+		{"untrusted context", Context{}},
+		{"vk-ios purchase freeze", Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: SubtypeIOS}},
+		{"method segment not attached", Context{Kind: SourceTelegram}},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, err := gateOnlyService().CreateOrder(ctx, acc, tc.cxt, present, prod, "robokassa")
+			if !errors.Is(err, ErrUntrusted) {
+				t.Fatalf("CreateOrder(%s) = %v, want ErrUntrusted", tc.name, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

backend/internal/payments/statement.go

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// Statement is an account's full financial picture for the admin console: chip balances per funding
+// segment, benefits per origin, the recorded refund risk, and the append-only ledger history
+// (newest first). Read straight from the materialized tables + the ledger, uncached — an admin-only,
+// rare view, not a hot path.
+type Statement struct {
+	Segments []SegmentChips
+	Benefits []OriginBenefit
+	Risk     RiskInfo
+	Ledger   []LedgerEntry
+}
+
+// SegmentChips is one funding segment's chip balance.
+type SegmentChips struct {
+	Source Source
+	Chips  int
+}
+
+// OriginBenefit is one origin's benefit state: the hint wallet, the ad-free term (zero AdsPaidUntil
+// when none) and the lifetime ad-free flag.
+type OriginBenefit struct {
+	Origin       Source
+	Hints        int
+	AdsPaidUntil time.Time
+	AdsForever   bool
+}
+
+// RiskInfo is the account's recorded refund risk: whether it is abuse-flagged and the unrecoverable
+// chip loss accumulated by floor-0 refunds. Present is false when the account has no risk row.
+type RiskInfo struct {
+	Present   bool
+	Abuse     bool
+	LossChips int
+}
+
+// LedgerEntry is one append-only ledger row projected for the report. The string ids are empty when
+// the column is NULL; Snapshot is the raw purchase/refund JSON (empty when none).
+type LedgerEntry struct {
+	Kind              string
+	Source            string
+	Origin            string
+	ChipsDelta        int
+	ProductID         string
+	OrderID           string
+	Provider          string
+	ProviderPaymentID string
+	Snapshot          string
+	CreatedAt         time.Time
+}
+
+// AccountStatement assembles the account's financial picture (segments, benefits, risk, full ledger
+// history) for the admin console, straight from the materialized tables and the ledger (uncached).
+func (s *Service) AccountStatement(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (Statement, error) {
+	return s.store.accountStatement(ctx, accountID)
+}

backend/internal/payments/store.go

@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ import (
 // Store is the Postgres-backed query surface for the payments schema. It is the
 // only place in the backend that issues SQL against payments.* (an
 // import-boundary test enforces it), so the domain stays extractable into its
-// own database.
+// own database. It fronts the materialized balances/benefits tables with an
+// in-process write-through cache (see cache.go) so hot reads issue no query on
+// the steady-state path.
 type Store struct {
-	db *sql.DB
+	db    *sql.DB
+	cache *walletCache
 }
 
-// NewStore constructs a Store wrapping db.
+// NewStore constructs a Store wrapping db, with an empty read cache.
-func NewStore(db *sql.DB) *Store { return &Store{db: db} }
+func NewStore(db *sql.DB) *Store { return &Store{db: db, cache: newWalletCache()} }
 
 // Ping verifies the payments schema is reachable by reading the singleton config
 // row. It is the data-foundation health check; the wallet query surface arrives

backend/internal/payments/store_catalog.go

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/postgres"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/model"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/table"
+)
+
+// atomQty is one atom line of a product as loaded from the catalog: the atom type and quantity.
+type atomQty struct {
+	atomType string
+	quantity int
+}
+
+// priceRow is one price of a product as loaded from the catalog: the payment method (empty for a
+// value's CHIP price, stored with a NULL method) and the amount in that currency's minor units.
+type priceRow struct {
+	method   string
+	currency Currency
+	amount   int64
+}
+
+// catalogEntry is a raw active product loaded for the storefront: its atom composition and every
+// price row. [projectCatalog] turns it into the context-visible [CatalogProduct].
+type catalogEntry struct {
+	id     uuid.UUID
+	title  string
+	atoms  []atomQty
+	prices []priceRow
+}
+
+// loadCatalog reads every active product with its atoms and prices, ordered by creation, straight
+// from the catalog tables. The catalog is small and rarely edited (admin console only), so it is
+// read uncached — unlike the per-account balances/benefits the read cache fronts.
+func (s *Store) loadCatalog(ctx context.Context) ([]catalogEntry, error) {
+	var prods []model.Product
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.Product.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.Product).
+		WHERE(table.Product.Active.IS_TRUE()).
+		ORDER_BY(table.Product.CreatedAt.ASC()).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &prods); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: load catalog products: %w", err)
+	}
+	if len(prods) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	entries := make([]catalogEntry, len(prods))
+	index := make(map[uuid.UUID]int, len(prods))
+	for i, p := range prods {
+		entries[i] = catalogEntry{id: p.ProductID, title: p.Title}
+		index[p.ProductID] = i
+	}
+
+	var items []model.ProductItem
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.ProductItem.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.ProductItem).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &items); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: load catalog items: %w", err)
+	}
+	for _, it := range items {
+		if i, ok := index[it.ProductID]; ok {
+			entries[i].atoms = append(entries[i].atoms, atomQty{atomType: it.AtomType, quantity: int(it.Quantity)})
+		}
+	}
+
+	var prices []model.ProductPrice
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.ProductPrice.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.ProductPrice).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &prices); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: load catalog prices: %w", err)
+	}
+	for _, pr := range prices {
+		i, ok := index[pr.ProductID]
+		if !ok {
+			continue // a price for a deactivated product — not in the storefront
+		}
+		method := ""
+		if pr.Method != nil {
+			method = *pr.Method
+		}
+		entries[i].prices = append(entries[i].prices, priceRow{method: method, currency: Currency(pr.Currency), amount: pr.Amount})
+	}
+	return entries, nil
+}

backend/internal/payments/store_catalog_admin.go

@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/postgres"
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/qrm"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/model"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/table"
+)
+
+// ErrProductTransacted is returned when a hard delete is attempted on a product an order or ledger
+// row references — it must be archived instead, to keep the append-only ledger resolvable.
+var ErrProductTransacted = errors.New("payments: product has transactions; archive instead of delete")
+
+// adminCatalog lists every product (active and archived) with its atoms, prices and transacted flag.
+func (s *Store) adminCatalog(ctx context.Context) ([]AdminProduct, error) {
+	var prods []model.Product
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.Product.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.Product).
+		ORDER_BY(table.Product.CreatedAt.ASC()).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &prods); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: admin list products: %w", err)
+	}
+	out := make([]AdminProduct, 0, len(prods))
+	for _, p := range prods {
+		atoms, prices, err := s.productComposition(ctx, p.ProductID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		transacted, err := s.productTransacted(ctx, p.ProductID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		out = append(out, AdminProduct{
+			ID: p.ProductID, Title: p.Title, Active: p.Active,
+			Atoms: atoms, Prices: prices, Transacted: transacted,
+		})
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// productComposition reads one product's atom lines and price rows.
+func (s *Store) productComposition(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID) ([]AtomLine, []PriceLine, error) {
+	var items []model.ProductItem
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.ProductItem.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.ProductItem).
+		WHERE(table.ProductItem.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(id))).
+		ORDER_BY(table.ProductItem.AtomType.ASC()).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &items); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: load items %s: %w", id, err)
+	}
+	atoms := make([]AtomLine, len(items))
+	for i, it := range items {
+		atoms[i] = AtomLine{Atom: it.AtomType, Quantity: int(it.Quantity)}
+	}
+	var prs []model.ProductPrice
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.ProductPrice.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.ProductPrice).
+		WHERE(table.ProductPrice.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(id))).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &prs); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: load prices %s: %w", id, err)
+	}
+	prices := make([]PriceLine, len(prs))
+	for i, pr := range prs {
+		method := ""
+		if pr.Method != nil {
+			method = *pr.Method
+		}
+		prices[i] = PriceLine{Method: method, Currency: Currency(pr.Currency), Amount: pr.Amount}
+	}
+	return atoms, prices, nil
+}
+
+// productTransacted reports whether any order or ledger row references the product.
+func (s *Store) productTransacted(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID) (bool, error) {
+	var yes bool
+	if err := s.db.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM payments.orders WHERE product_id=$1)
+		     OR EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM payments.ledger WHERE product_id=$1)`, id).Scan(&yes); err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("payments: product transacted %s: %w", id, err)
+	}
+	return yes, nil
+}
+
+// productActive reads a product's archived flag, ErrProductNotFound when it is missing.
+func (s *Store) productActive(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID) (bool, error) {
+	var p model.Product
+	err := postgres.SELECT(table.Product.Active).FROM(table.Product).
+		WHERE(table.Product.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(id))).LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &p)
+	if errors.Is(err, qrm.ErrNoRows) {
+		return false, ErrProductNotFound
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("payments: product active %s: %w", id, err)
+	}
+	return p.Active, nil
+}
+
+// productInput reads a product's current editable content (title, atoms, prices).
+func (s *Store) productInput(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID) (ProductInput, error) {
+	var p model.Product
+	err := postgres.SELECT(table.Product.AllColumns).FROM(table.Product).
+		WHERE(table.Product.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(id))).LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &p)
+	if errors.Is(err, qrm.ErrNoRows) {
+		return ProductInput{}, ErrProductNotFound
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return ProductInput{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: product input %s: %w", id, err)
+	}
+	atoms, prices, err := s.productComposition(ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ProductInput{}, err
+	}
+	return ProductInput{Title: p.Title, Atoms: atoms, Prices: prices}, nil
+}
+
+// createProduct inserts a product with its atoms and prices in one transaction, returning its id.
+func (s *Store) createProduct(ctx context.Context, in ProductInput, active bool, now time.Time) (uuid.UUID, error) {
+	id := uuid.New()
+	if err := withTx(ctx, s.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
+		if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO payments.product (product_id, title, active, created_at, updated_at) VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4,$4)`,
+			id, in.Title, active, now); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("insert product: %w", err)
+		}
+		return insertComposition(ctx, tx, id, in)
+	}); err != nil {
+		return uuid.Nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: create product: %w", err)
+	}
+	return id, nil
+}
+
+// updateProduct replaces a product's title, atoms and prices in one transaction (active unchanged).
+func (s *Store) updateProduct(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID, in ProductInput, now time.Time) error {
+	return withTx(ctx, s.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
+		res, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`UPDATE payments.product SET title=$2, updated_at=$3 WHERE product_id=$1`, id, in.Title, now)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: update product %s: %w", id, err)
+		}
+		if n, _ := res.RowsAffected(); n == 0 {
+			return ErrProductNotFound
+		}
+		if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, `DELETE FROM payments.product_item WHERE product_id=$1`, id); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: clear items %s: %w", id, err)
+		}
+		if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, `DELETE FROM payments.product_price WHERE product_id=$1`, id); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: clear prices %s: %w", id, err)
+		}
+		return insertComposition(ctx, tx, id, in)
+	})
+}
+
+// insertComposition inserts a product's atom items and price rows inside tx (a value's CHIP price
+// carries a NULL method).
+func insertComposition(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, id uuid.UUID, in ProductInput) error {
+	for _, a := range in.Atoms {
+		if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO payments.product_item (product_id, atom_type, quantity) VALUES ($1,$2,$3)`,
+			id, a.Atom, a.Quantity); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("insert item %s: %w", a.Atom, err)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, p := range in.Prices {
+		var method any
+		if p.Method != "" {
+			method = p.Method
+		}
+		if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO payments.product_price (product_id, method, currency, amount) VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4)`,
+			id, method, string(p.Currency), p.Amount); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("insert price %s: %w", p.Currency, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// setProductActive flips the archived flag.
+func (s *Store) setProductActive(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID, active bool, now time.Time) error {
+	res, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`UPDATE payments.product SET active=$2, updated_at=$3 WHERE product_id=$1`, id, active, now)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: set product active %s: %w", id, err)
+	}
+	if n, _ := res.RowsAffected(); n == 0 {
+		return ErrProductNotFound
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// deleteProduct hard-deletes a never-transacted product (its items/prices cascade); a transacted
+// product is refused with ErrProductTransacted.
+func (s *Store) deleteProduct(ctx context.Context, id uuid.UUID) error {
+	transacted, err := s.productTransacted(ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if transacted {
+		return ErrProductTransacted
+	}
+	res, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx, `DELETE FROM payments.product WHERE product_id=$1`, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: delete product %s: %w", id, err)
+	}
+	if n, _ := res.RowsAffected(); n == 0 {
+		return ErrProductNotFound
+	}
+	return nil
+}

backend/internal/payments/store_intake.go

@@ -0,0 +1,623 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/postgres"
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/qrm"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgconn"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/model"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/table"
+)
+
+// Intake errors surfaced by the order-flow and external-credit (fund) path.
+var (
+	// ErrNotAPack means the product is not a fundable chip pack in the requested method: it
+	// carries no chips atom, or no price for that payment method.
+	ErrNotAPack = errors.New("payments: product is not a chip pack for this method")
+	// ErrOrderNotFound means no order matches the id (an unknown or forged callback reference).
+	ErrOrderNotFound = errors.New("payments: order not found")
+	// ErrAmountMismatch means the callback's paid amount or currency does not match the order's
+	// expected amount — the credit is refused (§9: verify amount after matching by order id).
+	ErrAmountMismatch = errors.New("payments: paid amount does not match the order")
+	// ErrOrderNotPaid means a refund targets an order that was never funded — there is nothing to
+	// reverse (guards against a spurious loss/abuse record on an unpaid order).
+	ErrOrderNotPaid = errors.New("payments: order is not paid")
+)
+
+// errAlreadyCredited is the internal sentinel that unwinds the fund transaction when the ledger's
+// (provider, provider_payment_id) unique index rejects a duplicate callback. It is not surfaced:
+// a replayed callback is a success that credits nothing.
+var errAlreadyCredited = errors.New("payments: already credited")
+
+// errAlreadyRefunded unwinds the refund transaction when the ledger idempotency index rejects a
+// duplicate refund (same provider refund id). It is not surfaced: a replayed refund reverses nothing.
+var errAlreadyRefunded = errors.New("payments: already refunded")
+
+// packInfo is a chip pack resolved for an order: the product, the chips it funds and its price in
+// the requested payment method's currency.
+type packInfo struct {
+	productID uuid.UUID
+	title     string
+	chips     int
+	price     Money
+}
+
+// packChips returns the quantity of the chips atom a product carries, or 0 if it has none (which
+// marks it as a value, not a fundable pack).
+func (s *Store) packChips(ctx context.Context, productID uuid.UUID) (int, error) {
+	var item model.ProductItem
+	err := postgres.SELECT(table.ProductItem.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.ProductItem).
+		WHERE(table.ProductItem.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(productID)).
+			AND(table.ProductItem.AtomType.EQ(postgres.String(atomChips)))).
+		LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &item)
+	if errors.Is(err, qrm.ErrNoRows) {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("payments: load pack chips %s: %w", productID, err)
+	}
+	return int(item.Quantity), nil
+}
+
+// loadPackForOrder resolves an active chip pack for a new order in the given payment method: an
+// active product carrying a chips atom and a price row for the method (its currency and amount are
+// the order's expected amount). It rejects a missing/deactivated product (ErrProductNotFound) and
+// a product that is not a pack for the method (ErrNotAPack).
+func (s *Store) loadPackForOrder(ctx context.Context, productID uuid.UUID, method Source) (packInfo, error) {
+	var p model.Product
+	err := postgres.SELECT(table.Product.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.Product).
+		WHERE(table.Product.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(productID))).
+		LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &p)
+	if errors.Is(err, qrm.ErrNoRows) || (err == nil && !p.Active) {
+		return packInfo{}, ErrProductNotFound
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return packInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load product %s: %w", productID, err)
+	}
+
+	chips, err := s.packChips(ctx, productID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return packInfo{}, err
+	}
+	if chips <= 0 {
+		return packInfo{}, ErrNotAPack
+	}
+
+	var price model.ProductPrice
+	err = postgres.SELECT(table.ProductPrice.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.ProductPrice).
+		WHERE(table.ProductPrice.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(productID)).
+			AND(table.ProductPrice.Method.EQ(postgres.String(string(method))))).
+		LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &price)
+	if errors.Is(err, qrm.ErrNoRows) {
+		return packInfo{}, ErrNotAPack
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return packInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load pack price %s: %w", productID, err)
+	}
+	money, err := MoneyFromMinor(price.Amount, Currency(price.Currency))
+	if err != nil {
+		return packInfo{}, err
+	}
+	return packInfo{productID: productID, title: p.Title, chips: chips, price: money}, nil
+}
+
+// packForCredit resolves the chips and title of an ordered pack at credit time, ignoring the
+// product's active flag: the money is real, so an order is honoured even if the pack was
+// deactivated after it was placed (§9/D23).
+func (s *Store) packForCredit(ctx context.Context, productID uuid.UUID) (chips int, title string, err error) {
+	var p model.Product
+	e := postgres.SELECT(table.Product.Title).
+		FROM(table.Product).
+		WHERE(table.Product.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(productID))).
+		LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &p)
+	if errors.Is(e, qrm.ErrNoRows) {
+		return 0, "", ErrProductNotFound
+	}
+	if e != nil {
+		return 0, "", fmt.Errorf("payments: load product %s: %w", productID, e)
+	}
+	chips, err = s.packChips(ctx, productID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, "", err
+	}
+	if chips <= 0 {
+		return 0, "", ErrNotAPack
+	}
+	return chips, p.Title, nil
+}
+
+// newOrder is the intent a CreateOrder writes: a pending order for a pack, priced in the method's
+// currency, tagged with the provider that will settle it.
+type newOrder struct {
+	orderID   uuid.UUID
+	accountID uuid.UUID
+	platform  string
+	productID uuid.UUID
+	amount    Money
+	origin    Source
+	provider  string
+}
+
+// createOrder inserts a pending order.
+func (s *Store) createOrder(ctx context.Context, o newOrder, now time.Time) error {
+	stmt := table.Orders.INSERT(
+		table.Orders.OrderID, table.Orders.AccountID, table.Orders.Platform,
+		table.Orders.ProductID, table.Orders.ExpectedAmount, table.Orders.Currency,
+		table.Orders.Origin, table.Orders.Status, table.Orders.Provider,
+		table.Orders.CreatedAt, table.Orders.UpdatedAt,
+	).VALUES(
+		o.orderID, o.accountID, o.platform,
+		o.productID, o.amount.Minor(), string(o.amount.Currency()),
+		string(o.origin), "pending", o.provider,
+		now, now,
+	)
+	if _, err := stmt.ExecContext(ctx, s.db); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: create order: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// orderRow is a stored order read back for the intake path.
+type orderRow struct {
+	orderID        uuid.UUID
+	accountID      uuid.UUID
+	productID      uuid.UUID
+	expectedAmount int64
+	currency       string
+	origin         string
+	status         string
+}
+
+// orderByID reads an order, or ErrOrderNotFound.
+func (s *Store) orderByID(ctx context.Context, orderID uuid.UUID) (orderRow, error) {
+	var o model.Orders
+	err := postgres.SELECT(table.Orders.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.Orders).
+		WHERE(table.Orders.OrderID.EQ(postgres.UUID(orderID))).
+		LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &o)
+	if errors.Is(err, qrm.ErrNoRows) {
+		return orderRow{}, ErrOrderNotFound
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return orderRow{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load order %s: %w", orderID, err)
+	}
+	return orderRow{
+		orderID:        o.OrderID,
+		accountID:      o.AccountID,
+		productID:      o.ProductID,
+		expectedAmount: o.ExpectedAmount,
+		currency:       o.Currency,
+		origin:         o.Origin,
+		status:         o.Status,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// FundOutcome reports the result of an intake credit: whose balance, which segment and how many
+// chips were credited, and whether the callback was a duplicate that credited nothing.
+type FundOutcome struct {
+	AccountID       uuid.UUID
+	Source          Source
+	Chips           int
+	AlreadyCredited bool
+}
+
+// fund credits a paid order exactly once: it matches the order, verifies the amount, then in one
+// transaction appends a fund ledger row (idempotent on the (provider, provider_payment_id) unique
+// index), credits the funded segment's balance and marks the order paid. A duplicate callback is
+// rejected by the unique index and returns AlreadyCredited with no error and no second credit. A
+// valid callback is honoured even on an expired order (§9/D23). The read cache is invalidated after
+// the commit, since the credit runs outside any request the payments package owns.
+func (s *Store) fund(ctx context.Context, orderID uuid.UUID, provider, providerPaymentID string, paid Money, now time.Time) (FundOutcome, error) {
+	ord, err := s.orderByID(ctx, orderID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return FundOutcome{}, err
+	}
+	if paid.Currency() != Currency(ord.currency) || paid.Minor() != ord.expectedAmount {
+		return FundOutcome{}, ErrAmountMismatch
+	}
+	chips, title, err := s.packForCredit(ctx, ord.productID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return FundOutcome{}, err
+	}
+	snapshot, err := marshalFundSnapshot(ord.productID, title, chips, paid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return FundOutcome{}, err
+	}
+
+	src := Source(ord.origin)
+	outcome := FundOutcome{AccountID: ord.accountID, Source: src, Chips: chips}
+	pv, pp := provider, providerPaymentID
+	productID := ord.productID
+	err = withTx(ctx, s.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
+		if e := insertLedgerTx(ctx, tx, ord.accountID, "fund", &src, &src, chips, &productID, &orderID, &pv, &pp, snapshot, now); e != nil {
+			if isUniqueViolation(e) {
+				outcome.AlreadyCredited = true
+				return errAlreadyCredited
+			}
+			return e
+		}
+		if _, e := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO payments.balances (account_id, source, chips, updated_at)
+			 VALUES ($1, $2, $3, now())
+			 ON CONFLICT (account_id, source) DO UPDATE
+			   SET chips = payments.balances.chips + EXCLUDED.chips, updated_at = now()`,
+			ord.accountID, string(src), chips); e != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: credit balance %s: %w", src, e)
+		}
+		if _, e := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`UPDATE payments.orders SET status = 'paid', provider = $2, provider_payment_id = $3, updated_at = now()
+			 WHERE order_id = $1`,
+			orderID, provider, providerPaymentID); e != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: mark order paid: %w", e)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, errAlreadyCredited) {
+			return outcome, nil
+		}
+		return FundOutcome{}, err
+	}
+	s.cache.invalidate(ord.accountID)
+	return outcome, nil
+}
+
+// RefundOutcome reports a refund's result: whose funded segment was reversed, the chips actually
+// clawed back (floored at 0), the unrecoverable remainder (a loss, when the chips were already
+// spent), and whether the refund was a duplicate that reversed nothing.
+type RefundOutcome struct {
+	AccountID       uuid.UUID
+	Source          Source
+	Revoked         int
+	Loss            int
+	AlreadyRefunded bool
+}
+
+// refund reverses a paid order's credit best-effort, exactly once. It matches the order (which must
+// be paid), verifies the refunded amount, then in one transaction appends a refund ledger row
+// (idempotent on the (provider, provider_payment_id) index — the refund id is distinct from the
+// fund's payment id, so the two rows coexist), revokes the funded chips floored at 0 (never
+// negative, D27/balances_chips_chk) and, when chips were already spent, records the unrecoverable
+// remainder as a per-account loss and flips the abuse flag. A duplicate refund returns
+// AlreadyRefunded with no second reversal. The ledger row's chipsDelta is what is actually
+// reclaimed; the full reversal (money, original chips, loss) rides in its snapshot for the report.
+func (s *Store) refund(ctx context.Context, orderID uuid.UUID, provider, providerRefundID string, refunded Money, now time.Time) (RefundOutcome, error) {
+	ord, err := s.orderByID(ctx, orderID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return RefundOutcome{}, err
+	}
+	if ord.status != "paid" {
+		return RefundOutcome{}, ErrOrderNotPaid
+	}
+	if refunded.Currency() != Currency(ord.currency) || refunded.Minor() != ord.expectedAmount {
+		return RefundOutcome{}, ErrAmountMismatch
+	}
+	chips, title, err := s.packForCredit(ctx, ord.productID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return RefundOutcome{}, err
+	}
+
+	src := Source(ord.origin)
+	outcome := RefundOutcome{AccountID: ord.accountID, Source: src}
+	pv, pr := provider, providerRefundID
+	productID := ord.productID
+	oid := orderID
+	err = withTx(ctx, s.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
+		// Lock the funded segment and read what is left; a spent balance floors the reversal at 0.
+		var avail int
+		e := tx.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+			`SELECT chips FROM payments.balances WHERE account_id = $1 AND source = $2 FOR UPDATE`,
+			ord.accountID, string(src)).Scan(&avail)
+		switch {
+		case errors.Is(e, sql.ErrNoRows):
+			avail = 0
+		case e != nil:
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: read balance for refund: %w", e)
+		}
+		revoked := min(chips, avail)
+		loss := chips - revoked
+		outcome.Revoked, outcome.Loss = revoked, loss
+
+		snapshot, e := marshalRefundSnapshot(ord.productID, title, chips, revoked, loss, refunded, providerRefundID)
+		if e != nil {
+			return e
+		}
+		if e := insertLedgerTx(ctx, tx, ord.accountID, "refund", &src, &src, -revoked, &productID, &oid, &pv, &pr, snapshot, now); e != nil {
+			if isUniqueViolation(e) {
+				outcome.AlreadyRefunded = true
+				return errAlreadyRefunded
+			}
+			return e
+		}
+		if revoked > 0 {
+			if _, e := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+				`UPDATE payments.balances SET chips = chips - $3, updated_at = now()
+				 WHERE account_id = $1 AND source = $2`,
+				ord.accountID, string(src), revoked); e != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("payments: revoke chips %s: %w", src, e)
+			}
+		}
+		if loss > 0 {
+			if _, e := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+				`INSERT INTO payments.account_risk (account_id, abuse, loss_chips, updated_at)
+				 VALUES ($1, true, $2, now())
+				 ON CONFLICT (account_id) DO UPDATE
+				   SET abuse = true, loss_chips = payments.account_risk.loss_chips + EXCLUDED.loss_chips, updated_at = now()`,
+				ord.accountID, int64(loss)); e != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("payments: record refund loss: %w", e)
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, errAlreadyRefunded) {
+			return outcome, nil
+		}
+		return RefundOutcome{}, err
+	}
+	s.cache.invalidate(ord.accountID)
+	return outcome, nil
+}
+
+// RewardOutcome reports a rewarded-video credit: the chips credited (0 when rewarded is unconfigured
+// or the daily cap is reached), whether the daily cap blocked it, and whether it was a duplicate view
+// (same client nonce) that credited nothing more.
+type RewardOutcome struct {
+	AccountID       uuid.UUID
+	Chips           int
+	Capped          bool
+	AlreadyCredited bool
+}
+
+// interstitialCooldowns reads the post-move interstitial-ad cooldowns (seconds): the global
+// per-user cooldown, the longer vs_ai one, and the independent hint-triggered one. The client mirrors
+// them and self-gates (E6/D30).
+func (s *Store) interstitialCooldowns(ctx context.Context) (global, vsAi, hint int, err error) {
+	var cfg model.Config
+	if e := postgres.SELECT(table.Config.CooldownGlobalSeconds, table.Config.CooldownVsAiSeconds, table.Config.CooldownHintSeconds).
+		FROM(table.Config).
+		LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &cfg); e != nil {
+		return 0, 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("payments: read interstitial cooldowns: %w", e)
+	}
+	return int(cfg.CooldownGlobalSeconds), int(cfg.CooldownVsAiSeconds), int(cfg.CooldownHintSeconds), nil
+}
+
+// rewardConfig reads the rewarded payout (chips per view) and the per-day and per-hour caps. The
+// caps are both anti-abuse (bounding a forger's free chips) and an economic conversion lever (free
+// rewarded chips are limited so a player who wants more buys) — tuned in the admin.
+func (s *Store) rewardConfig(ctx context.Context) (payout, dailyCap, hourlyCap int, err error) {
+	var cfg model.Config
+	if e := postgres.SELECT(table.Config.RewardedPayoutChips, table.Config.RewardDailyCap, table.Config.RewardHourlyCap).
+		FROM(table.Config).
+		LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &cfg); e != nil {
+		return 0, 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("payments: read reward config: %w", e)
+	}
+	return int(cfg.RewardedPayoutChips), int(cfg.RewardDailyCap), int(cfg.RewardHourlyCap), nil
+}
+
+// creditReward credits a rewarded-video view's chips to the funded segment, client-attested (VK Mini
+// App ads expose no server verify). It reads the payout and daily cap from config: a 0 payout
+// (unconfigured) or a reached cap credits nothing. It is idempotent on the client nonce (dedup on the
+// (provider, provider_payment_id) index), so a retried view credits once, and order-less (a free
+// credit, no order). The cap counts today's rewarded credits for this network (UTC day); a rare
+// concurrent race may allow cap+1, which the per-user rate limiter bounds and the cap tolerates.
+func (s *Store) creditReward(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, source Source, provider, nonce string, now time.Time) (RewardOutcome, error) {
+	payout, dailyCap, hourlyCap, err := s.rewardConfig(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return RewardOutcome{}, err
+	}
+	outcome := RewardOutcome{AccountID: accountID}
+	if payout <= 0 {
+		return outcome, nil // rewarded not configured (0 payout) — inert until the owner sets it
+	}
+	// Count this network's rewarded credits in the last day and last hour (one scan over the last
+	// 25 h covers both windows); either cap reached blocks the credit. A rare concurrent race may
+	// allow cap+1, which the per-user rate limiter bounds and the anti-abuse cap tolerates.
+	var today, lastHour int
+	if e := s.db.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT count(*) FILTER (WHERE created_at >= date_trunc('day', now())),
+		        count(*) FILTER (WHERE created_at >= now() - interval '1 hour')
+		 FROM payments.ledger
+		 WHERE account_id = $1 AND kind = 'fund' AND provider = $2 AND created_at >= now() - interval '25 hours'`,
+		accountID, provider).Scan(&today, &lastHour); e != nil {
+		return RewardOutcome{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: count rewarded views: %w", e)
+	}
+	if today >= dailyCap || lastHour >= hourlyCap {
+		outcome.Capped = true
+		return outcome, nil
+	}
+	snapshot, err := marshalRewardSnapshot(payout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return RewardOutcome{}, err
+	}
+	src := source
+	pv, pp := provider, nonce
+	err = withTx(ctx, s.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
+		if e := insertLedgerTx(ctx, tx, accountID, "fund", &src, &src, payout, nil, nil, &pv, &pp, snapshot, now); e != nil {
+			if isUniqueViolation(e) {
+				outcome.AlreadyCredited = true
+				return errAlreadyCredited
+			}
+			return e
+		}
+		if _, e := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO payments.balances (account_id, source, chips, updated_at)
+			 VALUES ($1, $2, $3, now())
+			 ON CONFLICT (account_id, source) DO UPDATE
+			   SET chips = payments.balances.chips + EXCLUDED.chips, updated_at = now()`,
+			accountID, string(src), payout); e != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: credit rewarded balance: %w", e)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, errAlreadyCredited) {
+			return outcome, nil
+		}
+		return RewardOutcome{}, err
+	}
+	outcome.Chips = payout
+	s.cache.invalidate(accountID)
+	return outcome, nil
+}
+
+// insertPaymentEvent appends an undispatched lifecycle event (succeeded/failed/refunded) for the
+// dispatcher to deliver. orderID and payload (a jsonb detail blob) are optional.
+func (s *Store) insertPaymentEvent(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, orderID *uuid.UUID, eventType string, payload []byte, now time.Time) error {
+	id, err := uuid.NewV7()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: event id: %w", err)
+	}
+	var pl any = postgres.NULL
+	if payload != nil {
+		pl = string(payload)
+	}
+	stmt := table.PaymentEvents.INSERT(
+		table.PaymentEvents.EventID, table.PaymentEvents.AccountID, table.PaymentEvents.OrderID,
+		table.PaymentEvents.Type, table.PaymentEvents.Payload, table.PaymentEvents.CreatedAt,
+	).VALUES(id, accountID, uuidOrNull(orderID), eventType, pl, now)
+	if _, err := stmt.ExecContext(ctx, s.db); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: insert %s event: %w", eventType, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// PaymentEvent is an undispatched lifecycle event the dispatcher delivers to an account.
+type PaymentEvent struct {
+	EventID   uuid.UUID
+	AccountID uuid.UUID
+	Type      string
+}
+
+// undispatchedEvents reads up to limit payment events not yet delivered, oldest first.
+func (s *Store) undispatchedEvents(ctx context.Context, limit int) ([]PaymentEvent, error) {
+	rows, err := s.db.QueryContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT event_id, account_id, type FROM payments.payment_events
+		 WHERE dispatched_at IS NULL ORDER BY created_at LIMIT $1`, limit)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: read undispatched events: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var out []PaymentEvent
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var e PaymentEvent
+		if err := rows.Scan(&e.EventID, &e.AccountID, &e.Type); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: scan event: %w", err)
+		}
+		out = append(out, e)
+	}
+	return out, rows.Err()
+}
+
+// markEventDispatched stamps an event as delivered so it is not re-sent.
+func (s *Store) markEventDispatched(ctx context.Context, eventID uuid.UUID, now time.Time) error {
+	if _, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`UPDATE payments.payment_events SET dispatched_at = $2 WHERE event_id = $1`, eventID, now); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: mark event dispatched: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// orderTTL reads the configured pending-order lifetime in whole seconds.
+func (s *Store) orderTTL(ctx context.Context) (int, error) {
+	var cfg model.Config
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.Config.OrderTTLSeconds).
+		FROM(table.Config).
+		LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &cfg); err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("payments: read order ttl: %w", err)
+	}
+	return int(cfg.OrderTTLSeconds), nil
+}
+
+// expirePending marks every pending order older than ttlSeconds as expired, returning how many.
+// Expiry is cosmetic DB hygiene: a later valid callback still credits an expired order (§9/D23).
+func (s *Store) expirePending(ctx context.Context, ttlSeconds int, now time.Time) (int, error) {
+	cutoff := now.Add(-time.Duration(ttlSeconds) * time.Second)
+	res, err := table.Orders.
+		UPDATE(table.Orders.Status, table.Orders.UpdatedAt).
+		SET(postgres.String("expired"), postgres.TimestampzT(now)).
+		WHERE(table.Orders.Status.EQ(postgres.String("pending")).
+			AND(table.Orders.CreatedAt.LT(postgres.TimestampzT(cutoff)))).
+		ExecContext(ctx, s.db)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("payments: expire pending orders: %w", err)
+	}
+	n, _ := res.RowsAffected()
+	return int(n), nil
+}
+
+// marshalFundSnapshot records what a fund credited (the pack, chips and paid amount) on the ledger
+// row, so history stays independent of later catalog edits (§7/D34).
+func marshalFundSnapshot(productID uuid.UUID, title string, chips int, paid Money) ([]byte, error) {
+	b, err := json.Marshal(struct {
+		ProductID string `json:"product_id"`
+		Title     string `json:"title,omitempty"`
+		Chips     int    `json:"chips"`
+		Amount    int64  `json:"amount_minor"`
+		Currency  string `json:"currency"`
+	}{productID.String(), title, chips, paid.Minor(), string(paid.Currency())})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: marshal fund snapshot: %w", err)
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+// marshalRefundSnapshot records the full reversal on the refund ledger row: the pack, the original
+// funded chips, how many were actually reclaimed, the unrecoverable loss (already spent), the money
+// refunded and the provider refund id — so the ledger stays reconcilable against the balance
+// (chipsDelta = revoked) while the report still sees the whole reversal (§7/D27/D34).
+func marshalRefundSnapshot(productID uuid.UUID, title string, chips, revoked, loss int, refunded Money, refundID string) ([]byte, error) {
+	b, err := json.Marshal(struct {
+		ProductID string `json:"product_id"`
+		Title     string `json:"title,omitempty"`
+		Chips     int    `json:"chips"`
+		Revoked   int    `json:"revoked"`
+		Loss      int    `json:"loss"`
+		Amount    int64  `json:"amount_minor"`
+		Currency  string `json:"currency"`
+		RefundID  string `json:"refund_id"`
+	}{productID.String(), title, chips, revoked, loss, refunded.Minor(), string(refunded.Currency()), refundID})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: marshal refund snapshot: %w", err)
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+// marshalRewardSnapshot records a rewarded-video credit on its ledger row: the marker distinguishing
+// it from a paid fund, and the chips granted — so the report separates ad-earned chips from purchases.
+func marshalRewardSnapshot(chips int) ([]byte, error) {
+	b, err := json.Marshal(struct {
+		Reward bool `json:"reward"`
+		Chips  int  `json:"chips"`
+	}{true, chips})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: marshal reward snapshot: %w", err)
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+// isUniqueViolation reports whether err is a PostgreSQL unique-constraint violation (SQLSTATE
+// 23505) — here, a duplicate provider callback hitting the ledger idempotency index.
+func isUniqueViolation(err error) bool {
+	var pgErr *pgconn.PgError
+	return errors.As(err, &pgErr) && pgErr.Code == "23505"
+}

backend/internal/payments/store_statement.go

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/postgres"
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/qrm"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/model"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/table"
+)
+
+// statementOrder is the fixed segment/origin ordering the report renders, so the panel is stable
+// (the balance/benefit maps iterate randomly).
+var statementOrder = []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK, SourceTelegram}
+
+// accountStatement reads the account's balances, benefits, refund risk and full ledger history for
+// the admin report. Uncached and outside any transaction — an operator view, not a hot path.
+func (s *Store) accountStatement(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (Statement, error) {
+	st, err := s.loadState(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Statement{}, err
+	}
+	var out Statement
+	for _, src := range statementOrder {
+		if chips, ok := st.chips[src]; ok {
+			out.Segments = append(out.Segments, SegmentChips{Source: src, Chips: chips})
+		}
+		if b, ok := st.benefits[src]; ok {
+			out.Benefits = append(out.Benefits, OriginBenefit{
+				Origin: src, Hints: b.hints, AdsPaidUntil: derefTime(b.adsPaidUntil), AdsForever: b.adsForever,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	var risk model.AccountRisk
+	err = postgres.SELECT(table.AccountRisk.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.AccountRisk).
+		WHERE(table.AccountRisk.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(accountID))).
+		LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &risk)
+	switch {
+	case err == nil:
+		out.Risk = RiskInfo{Present: true, Abuse: risk.Abuse, LossChips: int(risk.LossChips)}
+	case errors.Is(err, qrm.ErrNoRows):
+		// no risk row — a clean account
+	default:
+		return Statement{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load risk %s: %w", accountID, err)
+	}
+
+	var rows []model.Ledger
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.Ledger.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.Ledger).
+		WHERE(table.Ledger.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(accountID))).
+		ORDER_BY(table.Ledger.CreatedAt.DESC()).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &rows); err != nil {
+		return Statement{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load ledger %s: %w", accountID, err)
+	}
+	for _, r := range rows {
+		out.Ledger = append(out.Ledger, LedgerEntry{
+			Kind:              r.Kind,
+			Source:            derefStr(r.Source),
+			Origin:            derefStr(r.Origin),
+			ChipsDelta:        int(r.ChipsDelta),
+			ProductID:         derefUUID(r.ProductID),
+			OrderID:           derefUUID(r.OrderID),
+			Provider:          derefStr(r.Provider),
+			ProviderPaymentID: derefStr(r.ProviderPaymentID),
+			Snapshot:          derefStr(r.Snapshot),
+			CreatedAt:         r.CreatedAt,
+		})
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// allLedger reads the entire append-only ledger (all accounts, newest first) for the admin export.
+func (s *Store) allLedger(ctx context.Context) ([]LedgerExportRow, error) {
+	var rows []model.Ledger
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.Ledger.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.Ledger).
+		ORDER_BY(table.Ledger.CreatedAt.DESC()).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &rows); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: export ledger: %w", err)
+	}
+	out := make([]LedgerExportRow, 0, len(rows))
+	for _, r := range rows {
+		out = append(out, LedgerExportRow{
+			AccountID: r.AccountID.String(),
+			LedgerEntry: LedgerEntry{
+				Kind:              r.Kind,
+				Source:            derefStr(r.Source),
+				Origin:            derefStr(r.Origin),
+				ChipsDelta:        int(r.ChipsDelta),
+				ProductID:         derefUUID(r.ProductID),
+				OrderID:           derefUUID(r.OrderID),
+				Provider:          derefStr(r.Provider),
+				ProviderPaymentID: derefStr(r.ProviderPaymentID),
+				Snapshot:          derefStr(r.Snapshot),
+				CreatedAt:         r.CreatedAt,
+			},
+		})
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// derefStr returns the pointed-to string, or "" when the pointer is nil (a NULL column).
+func derefStr(p *string) string {
+	if p == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return *p
+}
+
+// derefUUID renders the pointed-to UUID as a string, or "" when the pointer is nil.
+func derefUUID(p *uuid.UUID) string {
+	if p == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return p.String()
+}
+
+// derefTime returns the pointed-to time, or the zero time when the pointer is nil (a NULL column).
+func derefTime(p *time.Time) time.Time {
+	if p == nil {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
+	return *p
+}

backend/internal/payments/store_wallet.go

@@ -0,0 +1,458 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/postgres"
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/qrm"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/model"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/table"
+)
+
+// Domain errors surfaced by the payments store and service.
+var (
+	// ErrInsufficientChips means the spendable segments held fewer chips than the price.
+	ErrInsufficientChips = errors.New("payments: insufficient chips")
+	// ErrUntrusted means the platform context is untrusted, so the gate is fail-closed.
+	ErrUntrusted = errors.New("payments: untrusted platform")
+	// ErrProductNotFound means the product is absent or deactivated.
+	ErrProductNotFound = errors.New("payments: product not found")
+	// ErrNotAValue means the product has no chip price (it is a chip pack or unpriced), so it
+	// cannot be bought with chips.
+	ErrNotAValue = errors.New("payments: product is not a chip-priced value")
+	// ErrCannotGrantChips means an admin grant targeted a product carrying the chips atom — the
+	// admin never grants currency (a gifted balance would bypass the cash desk, D16).
+	ErrCannotGrantChips = errors.New("payments: cannot grant chips")
+	// ErrCannotGrantTournament means an admin grant targeted a product carrying the tournament atom,
+	// which has no credit target until the tournament stage.
+	ErrCannotGrantTournament = errors.New("payments: cannot grant a tournament atom yet")
+	// ErrNothingToGrant means the product's atoms yield no grantable benefit (hints / no-ads days).
+	ErrNothingToGrant = errors.New("payments: product has nothing to grant")
+)
+
+// withTx runs fn inside a transaction on db, rolling back on error or panic.
+func withTx(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, fn func(*sql.Tx) error) (err error) {
+	tx, err := db.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: begin tx: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if p := recover(); p != nil {
+			_ = tx.Rollback()
+			panic(p)
+		}
+	}()
+	if err := fn(tx); err != nil {
+		_ = tx.Rollback()
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: commit tx: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// sourceAmount is one chip draw from a single segment during a spend.
+type sourceAmount struct {
+	source Source
+	amount int
+}
+
+// catalogProduct is a product resolved for a chip spend: its chip price, the benefit its atoms
+// fold into, and the raw atom composition for the purchase snapshot.
+type catalogProduct struct {
+	id         uuid.UUID
+	title      string
+	priceChips int
+	delta      benefitDelta
+	atoms      map[string]int
+}
+
+// loadState reads an account's balances and benefits straight from the materialized tables.
+func (s *Store) loadState(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (walletState, error) {
+	st := walletState{chips: map[Source]int{}, benefits: map[Source]benefitState{}}
+	var brows []model.Balances
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.Balances.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.Balances).
+		WHERE(table.Balances.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(accountID))).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &brows); err != nil {
+		return walletState{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load balances %s: %w", accountID, err)
+	}
+	for _, r := range brows {
+		st.chips[Source(r.Source)] = int(r.Chips)
+	}
+	var frows []model.Benefits
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.Benefits.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.Benefits).
+		WHERE(table.Benefits.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(accountID))).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &frows); err != nil {
+		return walletState{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load benefits %s: %w", accountID, err)
+	}
+	for _, r := range frows {
+		st.benefits[Source(r.Origin)] = benefitState{adsPaidUntil: r.AdsPaidUntil, adsForever: r.AdsForever, hints: int(r.Hints)}
+	}
+	return st, nil
+}
+
+// state returns an account's payments state, served from the read cache when warm, otherwise
+// loaded from the materialized tables and cached. The returned maps are read-only.
+func (s *Store) state(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (walletState, error) {
+	if st, ok := s.cache.get(accountID); ok {
+		return st, nil
+	}
+	st, err := s.loadState(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return walletState{}, err
+	}
+	s.cache.put(accountID, st)
+	return st, nil
+}
+
+// Invalidate drops the cached state of every listed account so the next read reloads it. It is
+// called after a committed mutation whose transaction the payments package does not own — the
+// account-merge flow (after its own commit) and, later, external fund/refund intake.
+func (s *Store) Invalidate(ids ...uuid.UUID) {
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		s.cache.invalidate(id)
+	}
+}
+
+// loadProduct resolves a chip-priced value: an active product with a CHIP price row
+// (method NULL) whose atoms are benefits (hints / no-ads days). It rejects a missing or
+// deactivated product (ErrProductNotFound), a product with no chip price (ErrNotAValue), and a
+// product carrying the chips atom (a chip pack is funded, never bought with chips — ErrNotAValue).
+func (s *Store) loadProduct(ctx context.Context, productID uuid.UUID) (catalogProduct, error) {
+	var p model.Product
+	err := postgres.SELECT(table.Product.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.Product).
+		WHERE(table.Product.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(productID))).
+		LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &p)
+	if errors.Is(err, qrm.ErrNoRows) || (err == nil && !p.Active) {
+		return catalogProduct{}, ErrProductNotFound
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return catalogProduct{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load product %s: %w", productID, err)
+	}
+
+	var price model.ProductPrice
+	err = postgres.SELECT(table.ProductPrice.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.ProductPrice).
+		WHERE(table.ProductPrice.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(productID)).
+			AND(table.ProductPrice.Method.IS_NULL()).
+			AND(table.ProductPrice.Currency.EQ(postgres.String(string(CurrencyChip))))).
+		LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &price)
+	if errors.Is(err, qrm.ErrNoRows) {
+		return catalogProduct{}, ErrNotAValue
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return catalogProduct{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load price %s: %w", productID, err)
+	}
+
+	var items []model.ProductItem
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.ProductItem.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.ProductItem).
+		WHERE(table.ProductItem.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(productID))).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &items); err != nil {
+		return catalogProduct{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load items %s: %w", productID, err)
+	}
+
+	cp := catalogProduct{id: productID, title: p.Title, priceChips: int(price.Amount), atoms: map[string]int{}}
+	for _, it := range items {
+		cp.atoms[it.AtomType] = int(it.Quantity)
+		switch it.AtomType {
+		case "hints":
+			cp.delta.hintsAdd += int(it.Quantity)
+		case "noads_days":
+			cp.delta.noAdsDays += int(it.Quantity)
+		case "chips":
+			return catalogProduct{}, ErrNotAValue // a value never grants chips
+		}
+	}
+	return cp, nil
+}
+
+// stackNoAds returns the new no-ads term end after adding addDays whole days from
+// max(now, current end) — terms add up, the remainder is never lost (§5/D33). A non-positive
+// addDays leaves the term unchanged; a nil current means no term yet.
+func stackNoAds(current *time.Time, addDays int, now time.Time) *time.Time {
+	if addDays <= 0 {
+		return current
+	}
+	base := now
+	if current != nil && current.After(now) {
+		base = *current
+	}
+	end := base.Add(time.Duration(addDays) * 24 * time.Hour)
+	return &end
+}
+
+// combineNoAds folds secondary's remaining no-ads term onto primary's during a merge: the
+// remaining duration of each is preserved (§6/D15 "terms extend per origin").
+func combineNoAds(primary, secondary *time.Time, now time.Time) *time.Time {
+	if secondary == nil || !secondary.After(now) {
+		return primary
+	}
+	base := now
+	if primary != nil && primary.After(now) {
+		base = *primary
+	}
+	end := base.Add(secondary.Sub(now))
+	return &end
+}
+
+// applyBenefitTx applies a benefit delta to one origin inside tx, stacking the no-ads term,
+// OR-ing the forever flag and adding hints. It ensures the (account, origin) row exists, locks
+// it, then writes the recomputed values — so concurrent applies serialise on the row lock.
+func applyBenefitTx(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, accountID uuid.UUID, origin Source, d benefitDelta, now time.Time) error {
+	if d.zero() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO payments.benefits (account_id, origin) VALUES ($1, $2) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING`,
+		accountID, string(origin)); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: ensure benefit row %s: %w", origin, err)
+	}
+	var untilCur *time.Time
+	var foreverCur bool
+	var hintsCur int32
+	if err := tx.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT ads_paid_until, ads_forever, hints FROM payments.benefits
+		 WHERE account_id = $1 AND origin = $2 FOR UPDATE`, accountID, string(origin)).
+		Scan(&untilCur, &foreverCur, &hintsCur); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: lock benefit %s: %w", origin, err)
+	}
+	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`UPDATE payments.benefits SET ads_paid_until = $3, ads_forever = $4, hints = $5, updated_at = now()
+		 WHERE account_id = $1 AND origin = $2`,
+		accountID, string(origin), stackNoAds(untilCur, d.noAdsDays, now), foreverCur || d.forever, int(hintsCur)+d.hintsAdd); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: apply benefit %s: %w", origin, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// insertLedgerTx appends one append-only ledger row inside tx. orderID, provider and
+// providerPaymentID are set only on an intake credit (fund/refund) and are nil for a
+// spend/admin_grant; a non-nil (provider, providerPaymentID) pair is guarded by the partial
+// unique index, so a duplicate provider callback fails here (the idempotency key).
+func insertLedgerTx(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, accountID uuid.UUID, kind string, source, origin *Source, chipsDelta int, productID, orderID *uuid.UUID, provider, providerPaymentID *string, snapshot []byte, now time.Time) error {
+	id, err := uuid.NewV7()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: ledger id: %w", err)
+	}
+	// The snapshot is a bare value, not a postgres.String literal: a jsonb column infers its
+	// type from an untyped parameter (the game-moves payload idiom), whereas a text-typed
+	// literal is rejected against jsonb.
+	var snap any = postgres.NULL
+	if snapshot != nil {
+		snap = string(snapshot)
+	}
+	stmt := table.Ledger.INSERT(
+		table.Ledger.LedgerID, table.Ledger.AccountID, table.Ledger.Kind,
+		table.Ledger.Source, table.Ledger.Origin, table.Ledger.ChipsDelta,
+		table.Ledger.ProductID, table.Ledger.OrderID, table.Ledger.Provider,
+		table.Ledger.ProviderPaymentID, table.Ledger.Snapshot, table.Ledger.CreatedAt,
+	).VALUES(
+		id, accountID, kind,
+		sourceOrNull(source), sourceOrNull(origin), int32(chipsDelta),
+		uuidOrNull(productID), uuidOrNull(orderID), stringOrNull(provider),
+		stringOrNull(providerPaymentID), snap, now,
+	)
+	if _, err := stmt.ExecContext(ctx, tx); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: insert %s ledger: %w", kind, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// spend draws the chips across the given segments, appends a spend ledger row per draw (carrying
+// the purchase snapshot), and applies the benefit — all in one transaction. It fails closed on
+// an insufficient balance (a guarded decrement), rolling everything back.
+func (s *Store) spend(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, draws []sourceAmount, origin Source, productID uuid.UUID, d benefitDelta, snapshot []byte, now time.Time) error {
+	err := withTx(ctx, s.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
+		for _, dr := range draws {
+			res, err := table.Balances.
+				UPDATE(table.Balances.Chips, table.Balances.UpdatedAt).
+				SET(table.Balances.Chips.SUB(postgres.Int(int64(dr.amount))), postgres.TimestampzT(now)).
+				WHERE(table.Balances.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(accountID)).
+					AND(table.Balances.Source.EQ(postgres.String(string(dr.source)))).
+					AND(table.Balances.Chips.GT_EQ(postgres.Int(int64(dr.amount))))).
+				ExecContext(ctx, tx)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("payments: decrement %s: %w", dr.source, err)
+			}
+			if n, _ := res.RowsAffected(); n == 0 {
+				return ErrInsufficientChips
+			}
+			src := dr.source
+			if err := insertLedgerTx(ctx, tx, accountID, "spend", &src, &origin, -dr.amount, &productID, nil, nil, nil, snapshot, now); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		return applyBenefitTx(ctx, tx, accountID, origin, d, now)
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.cache.invalidate(accountID)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// grant records an admin_grant ledger row (price 0, no chips) and applies the granted benefit to
+// the chosen origin, in one transaction — a zero-price sale of a value.
+func (s *Store) grant(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, origin Source, d benefitDelta, snapshot []byte, now time.Time) error {
+	err := withTx(ctx, s.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
+		if err := insertLedgerTx(ctx, tx, accountID, "admin_grant", nil, &origin, 0, nil, nil, nil, nil, snapshot, now); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return applyBenefitTx(ctx, tx, accountID, origin, d, now)
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.cache.invalidate(accountID)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// grantProduct is grant with the source product recorded on the ledger row (product_id), for an
+// admin grant-by-product — the benefit is the product's atoms, the ledger stays auditable to it.
+func (s *Store) grantProduct(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, origin Source, productID uuid.UUID, d benefitDelta, snapshot []byte, now time.Time) error {
+	err := withTx(ctx, s.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
+		if err := insertLedgerTx(ctx, tx, accountID, "admin_grant", nil, &origin, 0, &productID, nil, nil, nil, snapshot, now); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return applyBenefitTx(ctx, tx, accountID, origin, d, now)
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.cache.invalidate(accountID)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// consumeHint decrements one hint from the first applicable origin (in the given priority order)
+// that has one, with a guarded update. It returns whether a hint was spent.
+func (s *Store) consumeHint(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, origins []Source, now time.Time) (bool, error) {
+	for _, o := range origins {
+		res, err := table.Benefits.
+			UPDATE(table.Benefits.Hints, table.Benefits.UpdatedAt).
+			SET(table.Benefits.Hints.SUB(postgres.Int(1)), postgres.TimestampzT(now)).
+			WHERE(table.Benefits.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(accountID)).
+				AND(table.Benefits.Origin.EQ(postgres.String(string(o)))).
+				AND(table.Benefits.Hints.GT(postgres.Int(0)))).
+			ExecContext(ctx, s.db)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("payments: consume hint %s: %w", o, err)
+		}
+		if n, _ := res.RowsAffected(); n > 0 {
+			s.cache.invalidate(accountID)
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+// MergeTx folds the secondary account's segments and benefits into the primary, by source and by
+// origin, inside the caller's transaction (the account-merge flow): chips sum, no-ads terms
+// extend per origin, forever OR-s, hints add. The secondary's payments rows are removed. The
+// caller invalidates the primary's cache after its own commit (Invalidate). It does not touch
+// the account schema — the JET import boundary stays intact, only the shared connection is used.
+func (s *Store) MergeTx(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, primary, secondary uuid.UUID, now time.Time) error {
+	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO payments.balances (account_id, source, chips, updated_at)
+		 SELECT $1, source, chips, now() FROM payments.balances WHERE account_id = $2
+		 ON CONFLICT (account_id, source) DO UPDATE
+		   SET chips = payments.balances.chips + EXCLUDED.chips, updated_at = now()`,
+		primary, secondary); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: merge balances: %w", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, `DELETE FROM payments.balances WHERE account_id = $1`, secondary); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: clear secondary balances: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	rows, err := tx.QueryContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT origin, ads_paid_until, ads_forever, hints FROM payments.benefits WHERE account_id = $1`, secondary)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: read secondary benefits: %w", err)
+	}
+	type secBenefit struct {
+		origin  Source
+		until   *time.Time
+		forever bool
+		hints   int
+	}
+	var secs []secBenefit
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var b secBenefit
+		var o string
+		var h int32
+		if err := rows.Scan(&o, &b.until, &b.forever, &h); err != nil {
+			rows.Close()
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: scan secondary benefit: %w", err)
+		}
+		b.origin, b.hints = Source(o), int(h)
+		secs = append(secs, b)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		rows.Close()
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: iterate secondary benefits: %w", err)
+	}
+	rows.Close()
+
+	for _, b := range secs {
+		if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO payments.benefits (account_id, origin) VALUES ($1, $2) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING`,
+			primary, string(b.origin)); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: ensure primary benefit %s: %w", b.origin, err)
+		}
+		var untilCur *time.Time
+		var foreverCur bool
+		var hintsCur int32
+		if err := tx.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+			`SELECT ads_paid_until, ads_forever, hints FROM payments.benefits
+			 WHERE account_id = $1 AND origin = $2 FOR UPDATE`, primary, string(b.origin)).
+			Scan(&untilCur, &foreverCur, &hintsCur); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: lock primary benefit %s: %w", b.origin, err)
+		}
+		if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`UPDATE payments.benefits SET ads_paid_until = $3, ads_forever = $4, hints = $5, updated_at = now()
+			 WHERE account_id = $1 AND origin = $2`,
+			primary, string(b.origin), combineNoAds(untilCur, b.until, now), foreverCur || b.forever, int(hintsCur)+b.hints); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: merge benefit %s: %w", b.origin, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, `DELETE FROM payments.benefits WHERE account_id = $1`, secondary); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: clear secondary benefits: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// sourceOrNull renders an optional source as a SQL string or NULL.
+func sourceOrNull(s *Source) postgres.Expression {
+	if s == nil {
+		return postgres.NULL
+	}
+	return postgres.String(string(*s))
+}
+
+// uuidOrNull renders an optional id as a SQL uuid or NULL.
+func uuidOrNull(id *uuid.UUID) postgres.Expression {
+	if id == nil {
+		return postgres.NULL
+	}
+	return postgres.UUID(*id)
+}
+
+// stringOrNull renders an optional string as a SQL string or NULL.
+func stringOrNull(s *string) postgres.Expression {
+	if s == nil {
+		return postgres.NULL
+	}
+	return postgres.String(*s)
+}

backend/internal/payments/wallet_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// base is a fixed clock instant for the deterministic tests.
+var base = time.Date(2026, 7, 8, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
+// seededService builds a Service whose read cache already holds st for id, so the read methods
+// resolve without a database (the store's db is nil). The clock is pinned to base.
+func seededService(id uuid.UUID, st walletState) *Service {
+	store := NewStore(nil)
+	store.cache.put(id, st)
+	return &Service{store: store, clock: func() time.Time { return base }}
+}
+
+func TestStackNoAds(t *testing.T) {
+	future := base.Add(48 * time.Hour)
+	past := base.Add(-time.Hour)
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		current *time.Time
+		addDays int
+		want    *time.Time
+	}{
+		{"fresh term", nil, 3, new(base.Add(72 * time.Hour))},
+		{"stack onto future", new(future), 2, new(future.Add(48 * time.Hour))},
+		{"lapsed term restarts from now", new(past), 1, new(base.Add(24 * time.Hour))},
+		{"zero days unchanged", new(future), 0, new(future)},
+		{"zero days, nil stays nil", nil, 0, nil},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := stackNoAds(tc.current, tc.addDays, base)
+			if (got == nil) != (tc.want == nil) || (got != nil && !got.Equal(*tc.want)) {
+				t.Errorf("stackNoAds = %v, want %v", got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCombineNoAds(t *testing.T) {
+	pFuture := base.Add(24 * time.Hour)
+	sFuture := base.Add(72 * time.Hour) // 3 days remaining
+	// primary future + secondary future: primary end + secondary's remaining (72h).
+	if got := combineNoAds(new(pFuture), new(sFuture), base); !got.Equal(pFuture.Add(72 * time.Hour)) {
+		t.Errorf("combine both future = %v, want %v", got, pFuture.Add(72*time.Hour))
+	}
+	// primary nil + secondary future: now + secondary's remaining.
+	if got := combineNoAds(nil, new(sFuture), base); !got.Equal(base.Add(72 * time.Hour)) {
+		t.Errorf("combine nil primary = %v, want %v", got, base.Add(72*time.Hour))
+	}
+	// secondary lapsed: primary unchanged.
+	if got := combineNoAds(new(pFuture), new(base.Add(-time.Hour)), base); !got.Equal(pFuture) {
+		t.Errorf("combine lapsed secondary = %v, want %v", got, pFuture)
+	}
+	// secondary nil: primary unchanged.
+	if got := combineNoAds(new(pFuture), nil, base); !got.Equal(pFuture) {
+		t.Errorf("combine nil secondary = %v, want %v", got, pFuture)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPlanDraws(t *testing.T) {
+	st := walletState{chips: map[Source]int{SourceDirect: 30, SourceVK: 50, SourceTelegram: 5}}
+	// price met entirely by the first (direct) segment.
+	if draws, ok := planDraws(st, []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK}, 20); !ok || len(draws) != 1 || draws[0] != (sourceAmount{SourceDirect, 20}) {
+		t.Errorf("single-segment draw = %v ok=%v", draws, ok)
+	}
+	// price spills from direct into vk by priority.
+	draws, ok := planDraws(st, []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK, SourceTelegram}, 60)
+	want := []sourceAmount{{SourceDirect, 30}, {SourceVK, 30}}
+	if !ok || len(draws) != 2 || draws[0] != want[0] || draws[1] != want[1] {
+		t.Errorf("priority spill draw = %v ok=%v, want %v", draws, ok, want)
+	}
+	// insufficient total.
+	if _, ok := planDraws(st, []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK, SourceTelegram}, 200); ok {
+		t.Error("expected insufficient")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWalletSegments(t *testing.T) {
+	id := uuid.New()
+	st := walletState{chips: map[Source]int{SourceDirect: 100, SourceVK: 50}}
+	svc := seededService(id, st)
+	present := []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK}
+
+	// Web/native: both attached segments shown, both spendable.
+	got, err := svc.Wallet(context.Background(), id, NewContext("direct", "web"), present)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(got.Segments) != 2 || !got.Segments[0].Spendable || got.Segments[0].Source != SourceDirect {
+		t.Errorf("direct wallet segments = %+v", got.Segments)
+	}
+	// VK Android: only vk shown, spendable.
+	got, _ = svc.Wallet(context.Background(), id, NewContext("vk", "android"), present)
+	if len(got.Segments) != 1 || got.Segments[0].Source != SourceVK || !got.Segments[0].Spendable {
+		t.Errorf("vk-android wallet = %+v", got.Segments)
+	}
+	// VK iOS: only vk shown, and spendable — the freeze is purchase-only, so VK-wallet chips still
+	// spend there (only buying more chips for money is blocked).
+	got, _ = svc.Wallet(context.Background(), id, NewContext("vk", "ios"), present)
+	if len(got.Segments) != 1 || got.Segments[0].Chips != 50 || !got.Segments[0].Spendable {
+		t.Errorf("vk-ios wallet = %+v (want vk 50 spendable)", got.Segments)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAdFreeByContext(t *testing.T) {
+	id := uuid.New()
+	future := base.Add(48 * time.Hour)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// A vk-origin no-ads term applies inside VK and out on web, but a direct-origin term never
+	// applies inside VK (the compliance wall).
+	svc := seededService(id, walletState{benefits: map[Source]benefitState{
+		SourceVK:     {adsPaidUntil: new(future)},
+		SourceDirect: {adsPaidUntil: new(future)},
+	}})
+	present := []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		cxt  Context
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{"vk term inside vk", NewContext("vk", "android"), true},
+		{"vk term inside vk-ios (applies while frozen)", NewContext("vk", "ios"), true},
+		{"terms on web", NewContext("direct", "web"), true},
+		{"untrusted fail-closed", NewContext("", ""), false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := svc.AdFree(ctx, id, tc.cxt, present)
+			if err != nil || got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("AdFree = %v (err %v), want %v", got, err, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Compliance: ONLY a direct-origin term, checked inside VK, must not suppress ads.
+	svc2 := seededService(id, walletState{benefits: map[Source]benefitState{SourceDirect: {adsPaidUntil: new(future)}}})
+	if got, _ := svc2.AdFree(ctx, id, NewContext("vk", "android"), present); got {
+		t.Error("direct-origin no-ads must NOT apply inside VK (compliance wall)")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHintsAvailableByContext(t *testing.T) {
+	id := uuid.New()
+	svc := seededService(id, walletState{benefits: map[Source]benefitState{
+		SourceDirect: {hints: 3},
+		SourceVK:     {hints: 2},
+	}})
+	present := []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Web: both applicable origins summed.
+	if n, _ := svc.HintsAvailable(ctx, id, NewContext("direct", "web"), present); n != 5 {
+		t.Errorf("web hints = %d, want 5", n)
+	}
+	// VK: only vk-origin hints.
+	if n, _ := svc.HintsAvailable(ctx, id, NewContext("vk", "android"), present); n != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("vk hints = %d, want 2", n)
+	}
+	// Untrusted: none.
+	if n, _ := svc.HintsAvailable(ctx, id, NewContext("", ""), present); n != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("untrusted hints = %d, want 0", n)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSpendHintUntrustedNoOp(t *testing.T) {
+	id := uuid.New()
+	svc := seededService(id, walletState{benefits: map[Source]benefitState{SourceDirect: {hints: 3}}})
+	// Untrusted context: no applicable origin, so nothing is spent and the DB (nil) is never hit.
+	spent, err := svc.SpendHint(context.Background(), id, NewContext("", ""), []Source{SourceDirect})
+	if err != nil || spent {
+		t.Errorf("untrusted SpendHint = %v (err %v), want false", spent, err)
+	}
+}

backend/internal/postgres/jet/backend/model/config.go

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+//
+// Code generated by go-jet DO NOT EDIT.
+//
+// WARNING: Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior
+// and will be lost if the code is regenerated
+//
+
+package model
+
+type Config struct {
+	OnlyRow             bool `sql:"primary_key"`
+	GuestVsAiLimit      int16
+	GuestRandomLimit    int16
+	GuestFriendsLimit   int16
+	DurableVsAiLimit    int16
+	DurableRandomLimit  int16
+	DurableFriendsLimit int16
+}

backend/internal/postgres/jet/backend/model/games.go

@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ type Games struct {
 	DropoutTiles         string
 	MultipleWordsPerTurn bool
 	VsAi                 bool
+	GameKind             int16
 }

backend/internal/postgres/jet/backend/table/config.go

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+//
+// Code generated by go-jet DO NOT EDIT.
+//
+// WARNING: Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior
+// and will be lost if the code is regenerated
+//
+
+package table
+
+import (
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/postgres"
+)
+
+var Config = newConfigTable("backend", "config", "")
+
+type configTable struct {
+	postgres.Table
+
+	// Columns
+	OnlyRow             postgres.ColumnBool
+	GuestVsAiLimit      postgres.ColumnInteger
+	GuestRandomLimit    postgres.ColumnInteger
+	GuestFriendsLimit   postgres.ColumnInteger
+	DurableVsAiLimit    postgres.ColumnInteger
+	DurableRandomLimit  postgres.ColumnInteger
+	DurableFriendsLimit postgres.ColumnInteger
+
+	AllColumns     postgres.ColumnList
+	MutableColumns postgres.ColumnList
+	DefaultColumns postgres.ColumnList
+}
+
+type ConfigTable struct {
+	configTable
+
+	EXCLUDED configTable
+}
+
+// AS creates new ConfigTable with assigned alias
+func (a ConfigTable) AS(alias string) *ConfigTable {
+	return newConfigTable(a.SchemaName(), a.TableName(), alias)
+}
+
+// Schema creates new ConfigTable with assigned schema name
+func (a ConfigTable) FromSchema(schemaName string) *ConfigTable {
+	return newConfigTable(schemaName, a.TableName(), a.Alias())
+}
+
+// WithPrefix creates new ConfigTable with assigned table prefix
+func (a ConfigTable) WithPrefix(prefix string) *ConfigTable {
+	return newConfigTable(a.SchemaName(), prefix+a.TableName(), a.TableName())
+}
+
+// WithSuffix creates new ConfigTable with assigned table suffix
+func (a ConfigTable) WithSuffix(suffix string) *ConfigTable {
+	return newConfigTable(a.SchemaName(), a.TableName()+suffix, a.TableName())
+}
+
+func newConfigTable(schemaName, tableName, alias string) *ConfigTable {
+	return &ConfigTable{
+		configTable: newConfigTableImpl(schemaName, tableName, alias),
+		EXCLUDED:    newConfigTableImpl("", "excluded", ""),
+	}
+}
+
+func newConfigTableImpl(schemaName, tableName, alias string) configTable {
+	var (
+		OnlyRowColumn             = postgres.BoolColumn("only_row")
+		GuestVsAiLimitColumn      = postgres.IntegerColumn("guest_vs_ai_limit")
+		GuestRandomLimitColumn    = postgres.IntegerColumn("guest_random_limit")
+		GuestFriendsLimitColumn   = postgres.IntegerColumn("guest_friends_limit")
+		DurableVsAiLimitColumn    = postgres.IntegerColumn("durable_vs_ai_limit")
+		DurableRandomLimitColumn  = postgres.IntegerColumn("durable_random_limit")
+		DurableFriendsLimitColumn = postgres.IntegerColumn("durable_friends_limit")
+		allColumns                = postgres.ColumnList{OnlyRowColumn, GuestVsAiLimitColumn, GuestRandomLimitColumn, GuestFriendsLimitColumn, DurableVsAiLimitColumn, DurableRandomLimitColumn, DurableFriendsLimitColumn}
+		mutableColumns            = postgres.ColumnList{GuestVsAiLimitColumn, GuestRandomLimitColumn, GuestFriendsLimitColumn, DurableVsAiLimitColumn, DurableRandomLimitColumn, DurableFriendsLimitColumn}
+		defaultColumns            = postgres.ColumnList{OnlyRowColumn, GuestVsAiLimitColumn, GuestRandomLimitColumn, GuestFriendsLimitColumn, DurableVsAiLimitColumn, DurableRandomLimitColumn, DurableFriendsLimitColumn}
+	)
+
+	return configTable{
+		Table: postgres.NewTable(schemaName, tableName, alias, allColumns...),
+
+		//Columns
+		OnlyRow:             OnlyRowColumn,
+		GuestVsAiLimit:      GuestVsAiLimitColumn,
+		GuestRandomLimit:    GuestRandomLimitColumn,
+		GuestFriendsLimit:   GuestFriendsLimitColumn,
+		DurableVsAiLimit:    DurableVsAiLimitColumn,
+		DurableRandomLimit:  DurableRandomLimitColumn,
+		DurableFriendsLimit: DurableFriendsLimitColumn,
+
+		AllColumns:     allColumns,
+		MutableColumns: mutableColumns,
+		DefaultColumns: defaultColumns,
+	}
+}

backend/internal/postgres/jet/backend/table/games.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type gamesTable struct {
 	DropoutTiles         postgres.ColumnString
 	MultipleWordsPerTurn postgres.ColumnBool
 	VsAi                 postgres.ColumnBool
+	GameKind             postgres.ColumnInteger
 
 	AllColumns     postgres.ColumnList
 	MutableColumns postgres.ColumnList
@@ -98,9 +99,10 @@ func newGamesTableImpl(schemaName, tableName, alias string) gamesTable {
 		DropoutTilesColumn         = postgres.StringColumn("dropout_tiles")
 		MultipleWordsPerTurnColumn = postgres.BoolColumn("multiple_words_per_turn")
 		VsAiColumn                 = postgres.BoolColumn("vs_ai")
-		allColumns                 = postgres.ColumnList{GameIDColumn, VariantColumn, DictVersionColumn, SeedColumn, StatusColumn, PlayersColumn, ToMoveColumn, TurnStartedAtColumn, TurnTimeoutSecsColumn, HintsAllowedColumn, HintsPerPlayerColumn, MoveCountColumn, EndReasonColumn, CreatedAtColumn, UpdatedAtColumn, FinishedAtColumn, OpenDeadlineAtColumn, DropoutTilesColumn, MultipleWordsPerTurnColumn, VsAiColumn}
+		GameKindColumn             = postgres.IntegerColumn("game_kind")
-		mutableColumns             = postgres.ColumnList{VariantColumn, DictVersionColumn, SeedColumn, StatusColumn, PlayersColumn, ToMoveColumn, TurnStartedAtColumn, TurnTimeoutSecsColumn, HintsAllowedColumn, HintsPerPlayerColumn, MoveCountColumn, EndReasonColumn, CreatedAtColumn, UpdatedAtColumn, FinishedAtColumn, OpenDeadlineAtColumn, DropoutTilesColumn, MultipleWordsPerTurnColumn, VsAiColumn}
+		allColumns                 = postgres.ColumnList{GameIDColumn, VariantColumn, DictVersionColumn, SeedColumn, StatusColumn, PlayersColumn, ToMoveColumn, TurnStartedAtColumn, TurnTimeoutSecsColumn, HintsAllowedColumn, HintsPerPlayerColumn, MoveCountColumn, EndReasonColumn, CreatedAtColumn, UpdatedAtColumn, FinishedAtColumn, OpenDeadlineAtColumn, DropoutTilesColumn, MultipleWordsPerTurnColumn, VsAiColumn, GameKindColumn}
-		defaultColumns             = postgres.ColumnList{StatusColumn, ToMoveColumn, TurnStartedAtColumn, HintsAllowedColumn, HintsPerPlayerColumn, MoveCountColumn, CreatedAtColumn, UpdatedAtColumn, DropoutTilesColumn, MultipleWordsPerTurnColumn, VsAiColumn}
+		mutableColumns             = postgres.ColumnList{VariantColumn, DictVersionColumn, SeedColumn, StatusColumn, PlayersColumn, ToMoveColumn, TurnStartedAtColumn, TurnTimeoutSecsColumn, HintsAllowedColumn, HintsPerPlayerColumn, MoveCountColumn, EndReasonColumn, CreatedAtColumn, UpdatedAtColumn, FinishedAtColumn, OpenDeadlineAtColumn, DropoutTilesColumn, MultipleWordsPerTurnColumn, VsAiColumn, GameKindColumn}
+		defaultColumns             = postgres.ColumnList{StatusColumn, ToMoveColumn, TurnStartedAtColumn, HintsAllowedColumn, HintsPerPlayerColumn, MoveCountColumn, CreatedAtColumn, UpdatedAtColumn, DropoutTilesColumn, MultipleWordsPerTurnColumn, VsAiColumn, GameKindColumn}
 	)
 
 	return gamesTable{
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ func newGamesTableImpl(schemaName, tableName, alias string) gamesTable {
 		DropoutTiles:         DropoutTilesColumn,
 		MultipleWordsPerTurn: MultipleWordsPerTurnColumn,
 		VsAi:                 VsAiColumn,
+		GameKind:             GameKindColumn,
 
 		AllColumns:     allColumns,
 		MutableColumns: mutableColumns,

backend/internal/postgres/jet/backend/table/table_use_schema.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ func UseSchema(schema string) {
 	Blocks = Blocks.FromSchema(schema)
 	ChatMessages = ChatMessages.FromSchema(schema)
 	Complaints = Complaints.FromSchema(schema)
+	Config = Config.FromSchema(schema)
 	DictionaryState = DictionaryState.FromSchema(schema)
 	EmailConfirmations = EmailConfirmations.FromSchema(schema)
 	FeedbackMessages = FeedbackMessages.FromSchema(schema)

backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/model/account_risk.go

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//
+// Code generated by go-jet DO NOT EDIT.
+//
+// WARNING: Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior
+// and will be lost if the code is regenerated
+//
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type AccountRisk struct {
+	AccountID uuid.UUID `sql:"primary_key"`
+	Abuse     bool
+	LossChips int64
+	UpdatedAt time.Time
+}

backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/model/config.go

@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	CooldownVsAiSeconds   int32
 	CooldownHintSeconds   int32
 	OrderTTLSeconds       int32
+	RewardDailyCap        int32
+	RewardHourlyCap       int32
 }

backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/table/account_risk.go

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+//
+// Code generated by go-jet DO NOT EDIT.
+//
+// WARNING: Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior
+// and will be lost if the code is regenerated
+//
+
+package table
+
+import (
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/postgres"
+)
+
+var AccountRisk = newAccountRiskTable("payments", "account_risk", "")
+
+type accountRiskTable struct {
+	postgres.Table
+
+	// Columns
+	AccountID postgres.ColumnString
+	Abuse     postgres.ColumnBool
+	LossChips postgres.ColumnInteger
+	UpdatedAt postgres.ColumnTimestampz
+
+	AllColumns     postgres.ColumnList
+	MutableColumns postgres.ColumnList
+	DefaultColumns postgres.ColumnList
+}
+
+type AccountRiskTable struct {
+	accountRiskTable
+
+	EXCLUDED accountRiskTable
+}
+
+// AS creates new AccountRiskTable with assigned alias
+func (a AccountRiskTable) AS(alias string) *AccountRiskTable {
+	return newAccountRiskTable(a.SchemaName(), a.TableName(), alias)
+}
+
+// Schema creates new AccountRiskTable with assigned schema name
+func (a AccountRiskTable) FromSchema(schemaName string) *AccountRiskTable {
+	return newAccountRiskTable(schemaName, a.TableName(), a.Alias())
+}
+
+// WithPrefix creates new AccountRiskTable with assigned table prefix
+func (a AccountRiskTable) WithPrefix(prefix string) *AccountRiskTable {
+	return newAccountRiskTable(a.SchemaName(), prefix+a.TableName(), a.TableName())
+}
+
+// WithSuffix creates new AccountRiskTable with assigned table suffix
+func (a AccountRiskTable) WithSuffix(suffix string) *AccountRiskTable {
+	return newAccountRiskTable(a.SchemaName(), a.TableName()+suffix, a.TableName())
+}
+
+func newAccountRiskTable(schemaName, tableName, alias string) *AccountRiskTable {
+	return &AccountRiskTable{
+		accountRiskTable: newAccountRiskTableImpl(schemaName, tableName, alias),
+		EXCLUDED:         newAccountRiskTableImpl("", "excluded", ""),
+	}
+}
+
+func newAccountRiskTableImpl(schemaName, tableName, alias string) accountRiskTable {
+	var (
+		AccountIDColumn = postgres.StringColumn("account_id")
+		AbuseColumn     = postgres.BoolColumn("abuse")
+		LossChipsColumn = postgres.IntegerColumn("loss_chips")
+		UpdatedAtColumn = postgres.TimestampzColumn("updated_at")
+		allColumns      = postgres.ColumnList{AccountIDColumn, AbuseColumn, LossChipsColumn, UpdatedAtColumn}
+		mutableColumns  = postgres.ColumnList{AbuseColumn, LossChipsColumn, UpdatedAtColumn}
+		defaultColumns  = postgres.ColumnList{AbuseColumn, LossChipsColumn, UpdatedAtColumn}
+	)
+
+	return accountRiskTable{
+		Table: postgres.NewTable(schemaName, tableName, alias, allColumns...),
+
+		//Columns
+		AccountID: AccountIDColumn,
+		Abuse:     AbuseColumn,
+		LossChips: LossChipsColumn,
+		UpdatedAt: UpdatedAtColumn,
+
+		AllColumns:     allColumns,
+		MutableColumns: mutableColumns,
+		DefaultColumns: defaultColumns,
+	}
+}

backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/table/config.go

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ type configTable struct {
 	CooldownVsAiSeconds   postgres.ColumnInteger
 	CooldownHintSeconds   postgres.ColumnInteger
 	OrderTTLSeconds       postgres.ColumnInteger
+	RewardDailyCap        postgres.ColumnInteger
+	RewardHourlyCap       postgres.ColumnInteger
 
 	AllColumns     postgres.ColumnList
 	MutableColumns postgres.ColumnList
@@ -70,9 +72,11 @@ func newConfigTableImpl(schemaName, tableName, alias string) configTable {
 		CooldownVsAiSecondsColumn   = postgres.IntegerColumn("cooldown_vs_ai_seconds")
 		CooldownHintSecondsColumn   = postgres.IntegerColumn("cooldown_hint_seconds")
 		OrderTTLSecondsColumn       = postgres.IntegerColumn("order_ttl_seconds")
-		allColumns                  = postgres.ColumnList{OnlyRowColumn, RewardedPayoutChipsColumn, CooldownGlobalSecondsColumn, CooldownVsAiSecondsColumn, CooldownHintSecondsColumn, OrderTTLSecondsColumn}
+		RewardDailyCapColumn        = postgres.IntegerColumn("reward_daily_cap")
-		mutableColumns              = postgres.ColumnList{RewardedPayoutChipsColumn, CooldownGlobalSecondsColumn, CooldownVsAiSecondsColumn, CooldownHintSecondsColumn, OrderTTLSecondsColumn}
+		RewardHourlyCapColumn       = postgres.IntegerColumn("reward_hourly_cap")
-		defaultColumns              = postgres.ColumnList{OnlyRowColumn, RewardedPayoutChipsColumn, CooldownGlobalSecondsColumn, CooldownVsAiSecondsColumn, CooldownHintSecondsColumn, OrderTTLSecondsColumn}
+		allColumns                  = postgres.ColumnList{OnlyRowColumn, RewardedPayoutChipsColumn, CooldownGlobalSecondsColumn, CooldownVsAiSecondsColumn, CooldownHintSecondsColumn, OrderTTLSecondsColumn, RewardDailyCapColumn, RewardHourlyCapColumn}
+		mutableColumns              = postgres.ColumnList{RewardedPayoutChipsColumn, CooldownGlobalSecondsColumn, CooldownVsAiSecondsColumn, CooldownHintSecondsColumn, OrderTTLSecondsColumn, RewardDailyCapColumn, RewardHourlyCapColumn}
+		defaultColumns              = postgres.ColumnList{OnlyRowColumn, RewardedPayoutChipsColumn, CooldownGlobalSecondsColumn, CooldownVsAiSecondsColumn, CooldownHintSecondsColumn, OrderTTLSecondsColumn, RewardDailyCapColumn, RewardHourlyCapColumn}
 	)
 
 	return configTable{
@@ -85,6 +89,8 @@ func newConfigTableImpl(schemaName, tableName, alias string) configTable {
 		CooldownVsAiSeconds:   CooldownVsAiSecondsColumn,
 		CooldownHintSeconds:   CooldownHintSecondsColumn,
 		OrderTTLSeconds:       OrderTTLSecondsColumn,
+		RewardDailyCap:        RewardDailyCapColumn,
+		RewardHourlyCap:       RewardHourlyCapColumn,
 
 		AllColumns:     allColumns,
 		MutableColumns: mutableColumns,

backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/table/table_use_schema.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package table
 // UseSchema sets a new schema name for all generated table SQL builder types. It is recommended to invoke
 // this method only once at the beginning of the program.
 func UseSchema(schema string) {
+	AccountRisk = AccountRisk.FromSchema(schema)
 	Balances = Balances.FromSchema(schema)
 	Benefits = Benefits.FromSchema(schema)
 	CatalogAtom = CatalogAtom.FromSchema(schema)

backend/internal/postgres/migrations/00012_account_risk.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+-- Per-account payment risk: the loss and abuse signal an external/admin refund leaves
+-- behind when the refunded chips were already spent. A refund revokes chips best-effort
+-- and never drives a balance negative (D27, balances_chips_chk); the unrecoverable
+-- remainder is a recorded loss and flips an abuse flag the /_gm financial report reads
+-- (D40, E7). Mutable per-account state (upserted on each such refund), so — unlike the
+-- ledger — it carries no append-only trigger. Additive: a new table only, so goose
+-- applies it forward with no rewrite of existing data (the contour is not wiped). The
+-- payments role inherits ALL on it via the schema default privileges set in 00010.
+-- +goose Up
+
+CREATE TABLE payments.account_risk (
+    account_id uuid NOT NULL,
+    -- abuse flips true the first time a refund cannot fully reclaim its chips (spent).
+    abuse boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL,
+    -- loss_chips accumulates the unrecoverable chips across such refunds (bigint: an
+    -- accumulator, mapped to int64 by go-jet — not the numeric->float64 trap).
+    loss_chips bigint DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
+    updated_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
+    CONSTRAINT account_risk_pkey PRIMARY KEY (account_id),
+    CONSTRAINT account_risk_loss_chips_chk CHECK ((loss_chips >= 0))
+);
+
+-- +goose Down
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS payments.account_risk;

backend/internal/postgres/migrations/00013_reward_daily_cap.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+-- Rewarded-video caps: the anti-abuse ceilings on free rewarded credits per user, per
+-- day and per hour. VK Mini App ads expose only a client-side watch result (no
+-- server-to-server verify), so a rewarded credit is client-attested; the caps bound a
+-- forger who skips the ad and calls the credit endpoint directly (the daily cap bounds the
+-- total; the hourly cap smooths a burst). Chips-per-view already exists
+-- (rewarded_payout_chips, default 0 = rewarded inert until the owner sets it). All are
+-- config, tuned in the admin without a release. Additive columns only — applies forward via
+-- goose with no data rewrite (no contour wipe), and an image rollback ignores them.
+-- +goose Up
+
+ALTER TABLE payments.config
+    ADD COLUMN reward_daily_cap integer DEFAULT 50 NOT NULL,
+    ADD COLUMN reward_hourly_cap integer DEFAULT 10 NOT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE payments.config
+    ADD CONSTRAINT config_reward_daily_cap_chk CHECK (reward_daily_cap >= 0),
+    ADD CONSTRAINT config_reward_hourly_cap_chk CHECK (reward_hourly_cap >= 0);
+
+-- +goose Down
+
+ALTER TABLE payments.config
+    DROP COLUMN reward_daily_cap,
+    DROP COLUMN reward_hourly_cap;

backend/internal/postgres/migrations/00014_guest_limits.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+-- Guest-limit foundation (E8): tag each game with its kind so the per-tier, per-kind active-game
+-- limits are enforceable, and add the single-row config that holds those limits (tuned in the admin,
+-- no release). It replaces the old hardcoded MaxActiveQuickGames=10 combined cap with a per-tier,
+-- per-kind config. game_kind: 0=unknown (pre-E8 games, never gated), 1=vs_ai, 2=random, 3=friends —
+-- set on creation. The limits are smallint with -1 = unlimited; a guest defaults to 1 vs_ai + 1
+-- random (friends 0, moot — the guest gate blocks friend games), a durable account to 10 per kind
+-- (the old cap, now per kind). Additive only — applies forward via goose with no data rewrite (no
+-- contour wipe); an image rollback ignores the column + table.
+-- +goose Up
+
+ALTER TABLE backend.games
+    ADD COLUMN game_kind smallint DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE backend.games
+    ADD CONSTRAINT games_game_kind_chk CHECK (game_kind >= 0 AND game_kind <= 3);
+
+CREATE TABLE backend.config (
+    only_row boolean DEFAULT true NOT NULL,
+    guest_vs_ai_limit smallint DEFAULT 1 NOT NULL,
+    guest_random_limit smallint DEFAULT 1 NOT NULL,
+    guest_friends_limit smallint DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
+    durable_vs_ai_limit smallint DEFAULT 10 NOT NULL,
+    durable_random_limit smallint DEFAULT 10 NOT NULL,
+    durable_friends_limit smallint DEFAULT 10 NOT NULL,
+    CONSTRAINT config_pkey PRIMARY KEY (only_row),
+    CONSTRAINT config_single_row_chk CHECK (only_row),
+    CONSTRAINT config_limits_chk CHECK (
+        guest_vs_ai_limit >= -1 AND guest_random_limit >= -1 AND guest_friends_limit >= -1 AND
+        durable_vs_ai_limit >= -1 AND durable_random_limit >= -1 AND durable_friends_limit >= -1)
+);
+
+INSERT INTO backend.config (only_row) VALUES (true);
+
+-- +goose Down
+
+DROP TABLE backend.config;
+ALTER TABLE backend.games DROP COLUMN game_kind;

backend/internal/robokassa/robokassa.go

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// Package robokassa builds and verifies Robokassa direct-rail (RUB) payments: it forms the signed
+// hosted-payment URL a client is sent to, and verifies the Result-URL server callback that credits
+// an order. It is pure provider glue — no database, no payments-domain coupling — so the payments
+// domain stays provider-agnostic and this layer is unit-testable in isolation.
+//
+// The order is threaded through Robokassa's custom-parameter channel as Shp_order=<order id> (echoed
+// back in the callback and bound into the signature), not the numeric InvId, because an order id is
+// a uuid; InvId is sent as 0. Idempotency is therefore keyed on the order id at the credit site.
+// Signatures use SHA-256 (configured to match the shop's technical settings); the shop's test mode
+// is carried by IsTest.
+package robokassa
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"net/url"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// payEndpoint is Robokassa's hosted payment page; the signed query sends the client there.
+const payEndpoint = "https://auth.robokassa.ru/Merchant/Index.aspx"
+
+// Config is a Robokassa shop's credentials. Password1 signs the outgoing payment request;
+// Password2 signs (and so verifies) the incoming Result callback. IsTest adds IsTest=1 so the shop's
+// test mode simulates payments without money movement.
+type Config struct {
+	MerchantLogin string
+	Password1     string
+	Password2     string
+	IsTest        bool
+}
+
+// PaymentURL builds the signed hosted-payment URL for an order: amount is the OutSum decimal string
+// (roubles, e.g. "149.00"), description is the human payment purpose. The order id rides as
+// Shp_order and is bound into the SHA-256 signature; InvId is 0 (unused).
+func (c Config) PaymentURL(orderID uuid.UUID, amount, description string) string {
+	q := url.Values{}
+	q.Set("Shp_order", orderID.String())
+	// Signature base: MerchantLogin:OutSum:InvId:Password1[:Shp_key=value...sorted].
+	base := c.MerchantLogin + ":" + amount + ":0:" + c.Password1 + shpSuffix(q)
+
+	q.Set("MerchantLogin", c.MerchantLogin)
+	q.Set("OutSum", amount)
+	q.Set("InvId", "0")
+	q.Set("Description", description)
+	q.Set("SignatureValue", sign(base))
+	if c.IsTest {
+		q.Set("IsTest", "1")
+	}
+	return payEndpoint + "?" + q.Encode()
+}
+
+// VerifyResult verifies a Result-URL callback and extracts the order it credits. It recomputes the
+// SHA-256 signature OutSum:InvId:Password2[:Shp_...sorted] over the callback's own fields and
+// compares it (case-insensitively) with SignatureValue. On success it returns the order id (from
+// Shp_order) and the raw OutSum string the caller re-checks against the order amount; on any
+// missing field, a signature mismatch or an unparseable order id it returns ok=false.
+func (c Config) VerifyResult(v url.Values) (orderID uuid.UUID, outSum string, ok bool) {
+	outSum = v.Get("OutSum")
+	sig := v.Get("SignatureValue")
+	order := v.Get("Shp_order")
+	if outSum == "" || sig == "" || order == "" {
+		return uuid.Nil, "", false
+	}
+	// Robokassa signs with the InvId it returns in the callback; recompute with that same value.
+	base := outSum + ":" + v.Get("InvId") + ":" + c.Password2 + shpSuffix(v)
+	if !strings.EqualFold(sign(base), sig) {
+		return uuid.Nil, "", false
+	}
+	id, err := uuid.Parse(order)
+	if err != nil {
+		return uuid.Nil, "", false
+	}
+	return id, outSum, true
+}
+
+// shpSuffix renders the Shp_ custom parameters of v as Robokassa binds them into a signature:
+// every Shp_-prefixed key, sorted alphabetically, appended as ":key=value".
+func shpSuffix(v url.Values) string {
+	var keys []string
+	for k := range v {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(k, "Shp_") {
+			keys = append(keys, k)
+		}
+	}
+	sort.Strings(keys)
+	var b strings.Builder
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		b.WriteString(":")
+		b.WriteString(k)
+		b.WriteString("=")
+		b.WriteString(v.Get(k))
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// sign returns the lowercase hex SHA-256 of s, the hash Robokassa compares against SignatureValue.
+func sign(s string) string {
+	sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(s))
+	return hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
+}

backend/internal/robokassa/robokassa_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package robokassa
+
+import (
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+func testCfg() Config {
+	return Config{MerchantLogin: "shop", Password1: "p1", Password2: "p2", IsTest: true}
+}
+
+// resultSig computes the Pass2 Result signature Robokassa would send for a callback carrying only
+// Shp_order — the fixture the verifier must accept.
+func resultSig(pass2, outSum, invID string, orderID uuid.UUID) string {
+	return sign(outSum + ":" + invID + ":" + pass2 + ":Shp_order=" + orderID.String())
+}
+
+func TestPaymentURL(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := testCfg()
+	id := uuid.New()
+	u, err := url.Parse(cfg.PaymentURL(id, "149.00", "10 chips"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse payment url: %v", err)
+	}
+	q := u.Query()
+	if got := q.Get("OutSum"); got != "149.00" {
+		t.Errorf("OutSum = %q, want 149.00", got)
+	}
+	if got := q.Get("InvId"); got != "0" {
+		t.Errorf("InvId = %q, want 0 (unused)", got)
+	}
+	if got := q.Get("Shp_order"); got != id.String() {
+		t.Errorf("Shp_order = %q, want the order id", got)
+	}
+	if got := q.Get("IsTest"); got != "1" {
+		t.Errorf("IsTest = %q, want 1 (test shop)", got)
+	}
+	want := sign("shop:149.00:0:p1:Shp_order=" + id.String())
+	if got := q.Get("SignatureValue"); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("SignatureValue = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVerifyResult(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := testCfg()
+	id := uuid.New()
+
+	valid := func() url.Values {
+		v := url.Values{}
+		v.Set("OutSum", "149.00")
+		v.Set("InvId", "0")
+		v.Set("Shp_order", id.String())
+		// Robokassa sends the hash uppercase; the verifier must be case-insensitive.
+		v.Set("SignatureValue", strings.ToUpper(resultSig("p2", "149.00", "0", id)))
+		return v
+	}
+
+	gotID, gotSum, ok := cfg.VerifyResult(valid())
+	if !ok || gotID != id || gotSum != "149.00" {
+		t.Fatalf("VerifyResult(valid) = %v/%q/%v, want %v/149.00/true", gotID, gotSum, ok, id)
+	}
+
+	// A tampered amount breaks the signature.
+	tampered := valid()
+	tampered.Set("OutSum", "1.00")
+	if _, _, ok := cfg.VerifyResult(tampered); ok {
+		t.Error("VerifyResult accepted a tampered amount")
+	}
+
+	// The wrong Password2 (a forged callback) does not verify.
+	wrongPass := Config{MerchantLogin: "shop", Password1: "p1", Password2: "other"}
+	if _, _, ok := wrongPass.VerifyResult(valid()); ok {
+		t.Error("VerifyResult accepted a signature under the wrong password")
+	}
+
+	// A missing Shp_order is rejected (no order to credit).
+	noOrder := valid()
+	noOrder.Del("Shp_order")
+	if _, _, ok := cfg.VerifyResult(noOrder); ok {
+		t.Error("VerifyResult accepted a callback with no order")
+	}
+}

backend/internal/server/banner.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/ads"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/notify"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
 )
 
 // bannerDTO is the advertising-banner block attached to an eligible viewer's
@@ -55,7 +56,23 @@ type bannerTimingsDTO struct {
 // a language switch).
 func (s *Server) profileResponse(ctx context.Context, acc account.Account) profileResponse {
 	r := profileResponseFor(acc)
-	r.Banner = s.bannerFor(ctx, acc)
+	// Resolve the payments gate once (execution context + present sources) and feed it to both
+	// the hint count and the banner. The profile hint balance comes from the payments benefit
+	// (context-aware); the deprecated accounts.hint_balance column is no longer read, so on any
+	// failure the fallback from profileResponseFor is a plain 0.
+	cxt, present, err := s.walletGate(ctx, acc.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("profile: wallet gate failed", zap.String("account", acc.ID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+	} else if s.payments != nil {
+		if hints, herr := s.payments.HintsAvailable(ctx, acc.ID, cxt, present); herr == nil {
+			r.HintBalance = hints
+		} else {
+			s.log.Warn("profile: hint balance read failed", zap.String("account", acc.ID.String()), zap.Error(herr))
+		}
+	}
+	r.Banner = s.bannerFor(ctx, acc, cxt, present)
+	r.Ads = s.adsFor(ctx, acc, cxt, present)
+	r.GameLimits = s.gameLimitsDTOFor(acc.IsGuest)
 	s.fillLinkedIdentities(ctx, &r, acc.ID)
 	r.DictVersions = s.currentDictVersions()
 	return r
@@ -115,7 +132,7 @@ func (s *Server) fillLinkedIdentities(ctx context.Context, r *profileResponse, a
 // language, falling back to its interface language and then English. A failure
 // reading roles or campaigns is logged and treated as "no banner" so the profile
 // response still succeeds.
-func (s *Server) bannerFor(ctx context.Context, acc account.Account) *bannerDTO {
+func (s *Server) bannerFor(ctx context.Context, acc account.Account, cxt payments.Context, present []payments.Source) *bannerDTO {
 	if s.ads == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -124,16 +141,24 @@ func (s *Server) bannerFor(ctx context.Context, acc account.Account) *bannerDTO
 		s.log.Warn("banner: active set failed", zap.String("account", acc.ID.String()), zap.Error(err))
 		return nil
 	}
-	// An urgent campaign is shown to every viewer; otherwise the normal eligibility
+	// An urgent campaign is shown to every viewer; otherwise the banner is suppressed by the
-	// gate applies (a paid account, a non-empty hint wallet or the no_banner role
+	// no_banner role or by an active no-ads benefit applicable in the viewer's context (the
-	// hides the banner).
+	// payments gate — a hint balance no longer suppresses the banner). An untrusted platform is
+	// fail-closed by the gate, so it does not suppress the banner.
 	if !urgent {
 		hasNoBanner, err := s.accounts.HasRole(ctx, acc.ID, account.RoleNoBanner)
 		if err != nil {
 			s.log.Warn("banner: role check failed", zap.String("account", acc.ID.String()), zap.Error(err))
 			return nil
 		}
-		if !ads.Eligible(acc.PaidAccount, acc.HintBalance, hasNoBanner) {
+		adFree := false
+		if s.payments != nil {
+			if adFree, err = s.payments.AdFree(ctx, acc.ID, cxt, present); err != nil {
+				s.log.Warn("banner: ad-free check failed", zap.String("account", acc.ID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+		if hasNoBanner || adFree {
 			return nil
 		}
 	}
@@ -154,6 +179,44 @@ func (s *Server) bannerFor(ctx context.Context, acc account.Account) *bannerDTO
 	}
 }
 
+// adsDTO is the post-move interstitial config in the profile: the client-mirrored cooldowns
+// (seconds) and whether ads are suppressed in the context (a no-ads benefit applicable here, or the
+// no_banner role). The client shows a VK interstitial after a confirmed move / hint only when not
+// suppressed and the mirrored cooldown has elapsed.
+type adsDTO struct {
+	CooldownGlobalS int  `json:"cooldown_global_s"`
+	CooldownVsAiS   int  `json:"cooldown_vs_ai_s"`
+	CooldownHintS   int  `json:"cooldown_hint_s"`
+	Suppressed      bool `json:"suppressed"`
+}
+
+// adsFor builds the profile interstitial-ad config: the cooldowns and whether ads are suppressed
+// here (the same no-ads / no_banner gate as the banner). A read failure logs and yields a suppressed
+// block (fail-safe: no interstitial), so the profile still succeeds.
+func (s *Server) adsFor(ctx context.Context, acc account.Account, cxt payments.Context, present []payments.Source) *adsDTO {
+	if s.payments == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	global, vsAi, hint, err := s.payments.InterstitialCooldowns(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("profile: ad cooldowns read failed", zap.String("account", acc.ID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+		return &adsDTO{Suppressed: true}
+	}
+	suppressed := false
+	if adFree, aerr := s.payments.AdFree(ctx, acc.ID, cxt, present); aerr != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("profile: ad-free read failed", zap.String("account", acc.ID.String()), zap.Error(aerr))
+		suppressed = true // fail-safe: suppress the interstitial when eligibility is unknown
+	} else {
+		suppressed = adFree
+	}
+	if !suppressed {
+		if noBanner, berr := s.accounts.HasRole(ctx, acc.ID, account.RoleNoBanner); berr == nil {
+			suppressed = noBanner
+		}
+	}
+	return &adsDTO{CooldownGlobalS: global, CooldownVsAiS: vsAi, CooldownHintS: hint, Suppressed: suppressed}
+}
+
 // bannerCampaignFromActive flattens a resolved campaign into its wire DTO,
 // projecting each optional colour set into its three "#rrggbb" fields (empty when
 // the set is absent, so JSON omitempty drops them).

backend/internal/server/dto.go

@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ type profileResponse struct {
 	// see the banner (a free account with an empty hint wallet and without the
 	// no_banner role), absent otherwise. See banner.go.
 	Banner *bannerDTO `json:"banner,omitempty"`
+	// Ads carries the post-move interstitial config for the client's client-mirrored gate: the
+	// cooldowns (seconds) and whether ads are suppressed in this context (no-ads / no_banner role).
+	// The client shows a VK interstitial after a confirmed move / hint when not suppressed and the
+	// cooldown has elapsed. Always present (the client also gates VK-only + online itself).
+	Ads *adsDTO `json:"ads,omitempty"`
 	// Email is the account's confirmed email address ("" when none); TelegramLinked and
 	// VkLinked report whether a platform identity is attached. They drive the profile's
 	// link / unlink / change-email controls, and are filled outside the pure projection
@@ -73,6 +78,18 @@ type profileResponse struct {
 	// Filled outside the pure projection (it reads the dictionary registry), so it is empty
 	// for callers that build the DTO without a Server. See Server.profileResponse.
 	DictVersions []dictVersion `json:"dict_versions,omitempty"`
+	// GameLimits carries the caller's tier active-game caps per kind (-1 = unlimited); the client
+	// counts its active games per kind from the lobby and locks a capped New-Game start. Filled
+	// outside the pure projection (it reads the limits config). See Server.profileResponse.
+	GameLimits *gameLimitsDTO `json:"game_limits,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// gameLimitsDTO is the caller's tier active-game caps per kind (-1 = unlimited), for the client's
+// per-kind New-Game lock. profileResponse.GameLimits carries it.
+type gameLimitsDTO struct {
+	VsAI    int `json:"vs_ai"`
+	Random  int `json:"random"`
+	Friends int `json:"friends"`
 }
 
 // dictVersion pairs a game variant's stable label (engine.Variant.String) with its current
@@ -129,7 +146,11 @@ type gameDTO struct {
 	MultipleWordsPerTurn bool   `json:"multiple_words_per_turn"`
 	// VsAI marks an honest-AI game: the opponent is shown as 🤖 and chat/nudge/add-friend
 	// are suppressed in the client.
-	VsAI      bool   `json:"vs_ai"`
+	VsAI bool `json:"vs_ai"`
+	// Kind is the game's origin for the active-game limits (game.Kind): 0 unknown (a pre-existing
+	// game), 1 vs_ai, 2 random, 3 friends. The lobby counts active games per kind to lock a capped
+	// New-Game start.
+	Kind      int    `json:"kind"`
 	MoveCount int    `json:"move_count"`
 	EndReason string `json:"end_reason"`
 	// LastActivityUnix is the lobby sort key: the current turn's start for an active
@@ -172,7 +193,6 @@ type stateDTO struct {
 	Rack           []int   `json:"rack"`
 	BagLen         int     `json:"bag_len"`
 	HintsRemaining int     `json:"hints_remaining"`
-	WalletBalance  int     `json:"wallet_balance"`
 	// HintUnlockLeftSeconds is the vs_ai idle-hint gate: seconds until the hint unlocks (0 for a human
 	// game / first move / not your turn). The client anchors a monotonic countdown to it.
 	HintUnlockLeftSeconds int                `json:"hint_unlock_left_seconds"`
@@ -218,13 +238,15 @@ func sessionResponseFor(token string, acc account.Account) sessionResponse {
 // profileResponseFor projects an account into its profile DTO.
 func profileResponseFor(acc account.Account) profileResponse {
 	return profileResponse{
-		UserID:                 acc.ID.String(),
+		UserID:            acc.ID.String(),
-		DisplayName:            acc.DisplayName,
+		DisplayName:       acc.DisplayName,
-		PreferredLanguage:      acc.PreferredLanguage,
+		PreferredLanguage: acc.PreferredLanguage,
-		TimeZone:               acc.TimeZone,
+		TimeZone:          acc.TimeZone,
-		AwayStart:              acc.AwayStart.Format(awayTimeLayout),
+		AwayStart:         acc.AwayStart.Format(awayTimeLayout),
-		AwayEnd:                acc.AwayEnd.Format(awayTimeLayout),
+		AwayEnd:           acc.AwayEnd.Format(awayTimeLayout),
-		HintBalance:            acc.HintBalance,
+		// The hint balance comes from the payments benefit; profileResponse overrides this
+		// with the context-aware count. This zero is the fallback when that read fails.
+		HintBalance:            0,
 		BlockChat:              acc.BlockChat,
 		BlockFriendRequests:    acc.BlockFriendRequests,
 		IsGuest:                acc.IsGuest,
@@ -271,6 +293,7 @@ func gameDTOFromGame(g game.Game) gameDTO {
 		TurnTimeoutSecs:      int(g.TurnTimeout.Seconds()),
 		MultipleWordsPerTurn: g.MultipleWordsPerTurn,
 		VsAI:                 g.VsAI,
+		Kind:                 int(g.Kind),
 		MoveCount:            g.MoveCount,
 		EndReason:            g.EndReason,
 		LastActivityUnix:     last.Unix(),
@@ -327,7 +350,6 @@ func stateDTOFrom(v game.StateView, includeAlphabet bool) (stateDTO, error) {
 		Rack:                  rack,
 		BagLen:                v.BagLen,
 		HintsRemaining:        v.HintsRemaining,
-		WalletBalance:         v.WalletBalance,
 		HintUnlockLeftSeconds: v.HintUnlockLeftSeconds,
 	}
 	if includeAlphabet {

backend/internal/server/handlers.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/feedback"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/lobby"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/session"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/social"
 )
@@ -65,6 +66,30 @@ func (s *Server) registerRoutes() {
 		// client may still reach, to fetch the block's expiry and reason for the blocked screen.
 		u.GET("/block-status", s.handleBlockStatus)
 	}
+	if s.payments != nil {
+		// The wallet: the context-visible chip segments + benefits, the storefront catalog, and a
+		// chip spend on a value.
+		u.GET("/wallet", s.handleWallet)
+		u.GET("/wallet/catalog", s.handleWalletCatalog)
+		u.POST("/wallet/buy", s.handleWalletBuy)
+		// A rewarded-video credit (VK ads): client-attested + a config daily cap.
+		u.POST("/wallet/reward", s.handleWalletReward)
+	}
+	if s.payments != nil {
+		// The money order endpoint dispatches by rail (direct → Robokassa, vk → VK); an
+		// unsupported or unconfigured rail returns 501 from the handler. The provider callbacks are
+		// gateway-only (the single writer): the VK payment callback (both phases handled here), and
+		// the Robokassa Result callback when a merchant is configured.
+		u.POST("/wallet/order", s.handleWalletOrder)
+		s.internal.POST("/payments/vk/callback", s.handleVKCallback)
+		// The Telegram Stars rail: the bot forwards a pre_checkout validation and a completed
+		// payment over the reverse bot-link; the gateway proxies both onto these gateway-only routes.
+		s.internal.POST("/payments/telegram/precheckout", s.handleTelegramPreCheckout)
+		s.internal.POST("/payments/telegram/payment", s.handleTelegramPayment)
+		if s.robokassa.MerchantLogin != "" {
+			s.internal.POST("/payments/robokassa/result", s.handleRobokassaResult)
+		}
+	}
 	if s.links != nil {
 		// Account linking & merge. The request step always mails a code;
 		// a required merge is revealed only after the code is verified, and the
@@ -250,6 +275,16 @@ func statusForError(err error) (int, string) {
 		return http.StatusConflict, "last_identity"
 	case errors.Is(err, accountmerge.ErrActiveGameConflict):
 		return http.StatusConflict, "merge_active_game_conflict"
+	case errors.Is(err, payments.ErrUntrusted):
+		return http.StatusForbidden, "payments_untrusted"
+	case errors.Is(err, payments.ErrInsufficientChips):
+		return http.StatusConflict, "insufficient_chips"
+	case errors.Is(err, payments.ErrProductNotFound):
+		return http.StatusNotFound, "product_not_found"
+	case errors.Is(err, payments.ErrNotAValue):
+		return http.StatusBadRequest, "not_a_value"
+	case errors.Is(err, payments.ErrNotAPack):
+		return http.StatusBadRequest, "not_a_pack"
 	case errors.Is(err, account.ErrInvalidEmail):
 		return http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid_email"
 	case errors.Is(err, account.ErrCodeMismatch), errors.Is(err, account.ErrCodeExpired),
@@ -284,6 +319,8 @@ func statusForError(err error) (int, string) {
 		return http.StatusConflict, "request_declined"
 	case errors.Is(err, social.ErrFriendCodeInvalid):
 		return http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, "friend_code_invalid"
+	case errors.Is(err, social.ErrGuestForbidden), errors.Is(err, lobby.ErrGuestForbidden):
+		return http.StatusForbidden, "guest_forbidden"
 	case errors.Is(err, feedback.ErrGuestForbidden):
 		return http.StatusForbidden, "feedback_guest_forbidden"
 	case errors.Is(err, feedback.ErrBanned):

backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_catalog.go

@@ -0,0 +1,278 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/adminconsole"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// catalogBack is the product-list path the catalog console actions return to.
+const catalogBack = "/_gm/catalog"
+
+// atomField pairs a form field with its atom type; priceField pairs a form field with the payment
+// method + currency it prices, following the one-currency-per-rail mapping (direct→RUB, vk→VOTE,
+// telegram→XTR) plus the value's CHIP price (no method).
+var atomFields = []struct{ field, atom string }{
+	{"chips", "chips"}, {"hints", "hints"}, {"noads", "noads_days"}, {"tournament", "tournament"},
+}
+var priceFields = []struct {
+	field, method string
+	currency      payments.Currency
+}{
+	{"price_rub", "direct", payments.CurrencyRUB},
+	{"price_vote", "vk", payments.CurrencyVote},
+	{"price_star", "telegram", payments.CurrencyStar},
+	{"price_chip", "", payments.CurrencyChip},
+}
+
+// consoleCatalog lists every product (active and archived) with its composition, prices, transacted
+// flag, and the inline create form.
+func (s *Server) consoleCatalog(c *gin.Context) {
+	products, err := s.payments.AdminCatalog(c.Request.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		s.consoleError(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	var view adminconsole.CatalogView
+	for _, p := range products {
+		view.Products = append(view.Products, catalogRow(p))
+	}
+	s.renderConsole(c, "catalog", "catalog", "Catalog", view)
+}
+
+// catalogRow projects a product into its list row.
+func catalogRow(p payments.AdminProduct) adminconsole.ProductRow {
+	row := adminconsole.ProductRow{ID: p.ID.String(), Title: p.Title, Active: p.Active, Transacted: p.Transacted}
+	for _, a := range p.Atoms {
+		row.Atoms = append(row.Atoms, adminconsole.AtomRow{Atom: a.Atom, Quantity: a.Quantity})
+	}
+	for _, pr := range p.Prices {
+		row.Prices = append(row.Prices, adminconsole.PriceRow{Method: pr.Method, Currency: string(pr.Currency), Amount: pr.Amount})
+	}
+	return row
+}
+
+// consoleCatalogDetail renders one product's edit form, pre-filled from its current composition.
+func (s *Server) consoleCatalogDetail(c *gin.Context) {
+	id, ok := s.consoleUUID(c, catalogBack)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	products, err := s.payments.AdminCatalog(c.Request.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		s.consoleError(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	for _, p := range products {
+		if p.ID == id {
+			s.renderConsole(c, "product_detail", "catalog", p.Title, productForm(p))
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Not found", "no such product", catalogBack)
+}
+
+// productForm builds the pre-filled edit form for a product.
+func productForm(p payments.AdminProduct) adminconsole.ProductFormView {
+	fv := adminconsole.ProductFormView{ID: p.ID.String(), Title: p.Title, Active: p.Active, Transacted: p.Transacted}
+	for _, a := range p.Atoms {
+		switch a.Atom {
+		case "chips":
+			fv.Chips = a.Quantity
+		case "hints":
+			fv.Hints = a.Quantity
+		case "noads_days":
+			fv.NoAds = a.Quantity
+		case "tournament":
+			fv.Tournament = a.Quantity
+		}
+	}
+	for _, pr := range p.Prices {
+		switch pr.Currency {
+		case payments.CurrencyRUB:
+			fv.PriceRUB = pr.Amount
+		case payments.CurrencyVote:
+			fv.PriceVote = pr.Amount
+		case payments.CurrencyStar:
+			fv.PriceStar = pr.Amount
+		case payments.CurrencyChip:
+			fv.PriceChip = pr.Amount
+		}
+	}
+	return fv
+}
+
+// parseProductForm reads a product's title, atoms, prices and active flag from the submitted form.
+func parseProductForm(c *gin.Context) (payments.ProductInput, bool) {
+	in := payments.ProductInput{Title: strings.TrimSpace(c.PostForm("title"))}
+	for _, a := range atomFields {
+		if q, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(c.PostForm(a.field))); err == nil && q > 0 {
+			in.Atoms = append(in.Atoms, payments.AtomLine{Atom: a.atom, Quantity: q})
+		}
+	}
+	for _, p := range priceFields {
+		if amt, err := strconv.ParseInt(strings.TrimSpace(c.PostForm(p.field)), 10, 64); err == nil && amt > 0 {
+			in.Prices = append(in.Prices, payments.PriceLine{Method: p.method, Currency: p.currency, Amount: amt})
+		}
+	}
+	return in, c.PostForm("active") != ""
+}
+
+// consoleCreateProduct validates and inserts a new product from the create form.
+func (s *Server) consoleCreateProduct(c *gin.Context) {
+	in, active := parseProductForm(c)
+	if _, err := s.payments.CreateProduct(c.Request.Context(), in, active); err != nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Invalid product", err.Error(), catalogBack)
+		return
+	}
+	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Created", "the product was created", catalogBack)
+}
+
+// consoleUpdateProduct validates and replaces a product's title, atoms and prices.
+func (s *Server) consoleUpdateProduct(c *gin.Context) {
+	id, ok := s.consoleUUID(c, catalogBack)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	in, _ := parseProductForm(c)
+	back := catalogBack + "/" + id.String()
+	if err := s.payments.UpdateProduct(c.Request.Context(), id, in); err != nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Invalid product", err.Error(), back)
+		return
+	}
+	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Saved", "the product was updated", back)
+}
+
+// consoleArchiveProduct archives or unarchives a product (the desired state rides in the form);
+// unarchiving revalidates the sellable shape.
+func (s *Server) consoleArchiveProduct(c *gin.Context) {
+	id, ok := s.consoleUUID(c, catalogBack)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	active := c.PostForm("active") == "true"
+	if err := s.payments.SetProductActive(c.Request.Context(), id, active); err != nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Cannot change status", err.Error(), catalogBack)
+		return
+	}
+	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Updated", "the product status was changed", catalogBack)
+}
+
+// consoleDeleteProductAction hard-deletes a never-transacted product; a transacted one is refused
+// with a hint to archive instead.
+func (s *Server) consoleDeleteProductAction(c *gin.Context) {
+	id, ok := s.consoleUUID(c, catalogBack)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	err := s.payments.DeleteProduct(c.Request.Context(), id)
+	if errors.Is(err, payments.ErrProductTransacted) {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Cannot delete", "this product has transactions; archive it instead", catalogBack)
+		return
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		s.consoleError(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Deleted", "the product was deleted", catalogBack)
+}
+
+// consoleGrant grants raw benefit atoms (hints / no-ads days / forever) to a chosen origin — a
+// zero-price admin sale.
+func (s *Server) consoleGrant(c *gin.Context) {
+	id, ok := s.consoleUUID(c, "/_gm/users")
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	back := "/_gm/users/" + id.String()
+	if s.payments == nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Unavailable", "payments are not enabled", back)
+		return
+	}
+	origin := payments.Source(c.PostForm("origin"))
+	hints, _ := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(c.PostForm("hints")))
+	noads, _ := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(c.PostForm("noads")))
+	forever := c.PostForm("forever") != ""
+	if err := s.payments.Grant(c.Request.Context(), id, origin, hints, noads, forever); err != nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Grant failed", err.Error(), back)
+		return
+	}
+	s.publishBannerChange(id)
+	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Granted", "the benefit was granted", back)
+}
+
+// consoleGrantProduct grants a value product's atoms (a reward bundle, possibly archived) to a
+// chosen origin. It refuses a product carrying chips or the tournament atom (payments enforces it).
+func (s *Server) consoleGrantProduct(c *gin.Context) {
+	id, ok := s.consoleUUID(c, "/_gm/users")
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	back := "/_gm/users/" + id.String()
+	if s.payments == nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Unavailable", "payments are not enabled", back)
+		return
+	}
+	origin := payments.Source(c.PostForm("origin"))
+	productID, err := uuid.Parse(strings.TrimSpace(c.PostForm("product_id")))
+	if err != nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Grant failed", "choose a product", back)
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.payments.GrantProduct(c.Request.Context(), id, origin, productID); err != nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Grant failed", err.Error(), back)
+		return
+	}
+	s.publishBannerChange(id)
+	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Granted", "the product was granted", back)
+}
+
+// grantForm builds the admin-grant panel: the origin picker and the grantable products (value
+// bundles, including archived ones — chips and tournament products are excluded).
+func (s *Server) grantForm(ctx context.Context) adminconsole.GrantFormView {
+	fv := adminconsole.GrantFormView{Present: true, Origins: []string{"direct", "vk", "telegram"}}
+	products, err := s.payments.AdminCatalog(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fv
+	}
+	for _, p := range products {
+		if grantableProduct(p) {
+			fv.Products = append(fv.Products, adminconsole.GrantProductOption{
+				ID: p.ID.String(), Title: p.Title, Summary: atomSummary(p.Atoms), Archived: !p.Active,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	return fv
+}
+
+// grantableProduct reports whether a product can be admin-granted: it carries at least one benefit
+// atom (hints / no-ads days) and no chips or tournament atom.
+func grantableProduct(p payments.AdminProduct) bool {
+	benefit := false
+	for _, a := range p.Atoms {
+		switch a.Atom {
+		case "chips", "tournament":
+			return false
+		case "hints", "noads_days":
+			benefit = true
+		}
+	}
+	return benefit
+}
+
+// atomSummary renders a product's atoms as "hints×5, noads_days×30".
+func atomSummary(atoms []payments.AtomLine) string {
+	parts := make([]string, 0, len(atoms))
+	for _, a := range atoms {
+		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%s×%d", a.Atom, a.Quantity))
+	}
+	return strings.Join(parts, ", ")
+}

backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/dictadmin"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/ratewatch"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/robot"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/social"
@@ -29,10 +30,6 @@ import (
 // adminPageSize is the page size of the admin console's paginated lists.
 const adminPageSize = 50
 
-// maxHintGrant caps a single operator hint grant. Grants are additive and can never lower a
-// wallet, so a fat-fingered grant cannot be undone through this form; the cap bounds one mistake.
-const maxHintGrant = 100
-
 // registerConsole mounts the server-rendered admin console under /_gm. The gateway
 // puts HTTP Basic-Auth in front of /_gm and reverse-proxies it verbatim; the
 // backend trusts the gateway (as for all of /api) and adds only a same-origin guard
@@ -56,12 +53,14 @@ func (s *Server) registerConsole(router *gin.Engine) {
 	gm.GET("/users/:id", s.consoleUserDetail)
 	gm.POST("/users/:id/message", s.consoleUserMessage)
 	gm.POST("/users/:id/clear-high-rate-flag", s.consoleClearHighRateFlag)
-	gm.POST("/users/:id/grant-hints", s.consoleGrantHints)
 	gm.POST("/users/:id/block", s.consoleBlockUser)
 	gm.POST("/users/:id/unblock", s.consoleUnblockUser)
 	gm.POST("/users/:id/grant-role", s.consoleGrantRole)
 	gm.POST("/users/:id/revoke-role", s.consoleRevokeRole)
 	gm.POST("/users/:id/remove-email", s.consoleRemoveEmail)
+	gm.POST("/users/:id/grant", s.consoleGrant)
+	gm.POST("/users/:id/grant-product", s.consoleGrantProduct)
+	gm.POST("/users/:id/refund", s.consoleRefund)
 	gm.POST("/users/:id/delete", s.consoleDeleteUser)
 	gm.GET("/reasons", s.consoleReasons)
 	gm.POST("/reasons", s.consoleCreateReason)
@@ -71,6 +70,10 @@ func (s *Server) registerConsole(router *gin.Engine) {
 	gm.POST("/bans/unban", s.consoleUnban)
 	gm.GET("/games", s.consoleGames)
 	gm.GET("/games/:id", s.consoleGameDetail)
+	if s.gamelimits != nil {
+		gm.GET("/limits", s.consoleLimits)
+		gm.POST("/limits", s.consoleUpdateLimits)
+	}
 	gm.GET("/complaints", s.consoleComplaints)
 	gm.GET("/complaints/:id", s.consoleComplaintDetail)
 	gm.POST("/complaints/:id/resolve", s.consoleResolveComplaint)
@@ -106,6 +109,15 @@ func (s *Server) registerConsole(router *gin.Engine) {
 		gm.GET("/banner-settings", s.consoleBannerSettings)
 		gm.POST("/banner-settings", s.consoleUpdateBannerSettings)
 	}
+	if s.payments != nil {
+		gm.GET("/catalog", s.consoleCatalog)
+		gm.POST("/catalog", s.consoleCreateProduct)
+		gm.GET("/catalog/:id", s.consoleCatalogDetail)
+		gm.POST("/catalog/:id", s.consoleUpdateProduct)
+		gm.POST("/catalog/:id/archive", s.consoleArchiveProduct)
+		gm.POST("/catalog/:id/delete", s.consoleDeleteProductAction)
+		gm.GET("/ledger.csv", s.consoleLedgerExport)
+	}
 }
 
 // consoleDashboard renders the landing page: the top-line counts and the resident
@@ -354,7 +366,6 @@ func (s *Server) consoleUserDetail(c *gin.Context) {
 	view := adminconsole.UserDetailView{
 		ID: acc.ID.String(), DisplayName: acc.DisplayName, Language: acc.PreferredLanguage,
 		TimeZone: acc.TimeZone, Guest: acc.IsGuest, NotificationsInAppOnly: acc.NotificationsInAppOnly,
-		PaidAccount: acc.PaidAccount, HintBalance: acc.HintBalance, HintGrantMax: maxHintGrant,
 		CreatedAt: fmtTime(acc.CreatedAt), HasStats: !acc.IsGuest, ConnectorEnabled: s.connector != nil,
 	}
 	if acc.MergedInto != uuid.Nil {
@@ -442,9 +453,41 @@ func (s *Server) consoleUserDetail(c *gin.Context) {
 			view.Friends = relationRows(rels)
 		}
 	}
+	if s.payments != nil {
+		if stmt, err := s.payments.AccountStatement(ctx, id); err == nil {
+			view.Finance = financeView(stmt)
+		} else {
+			s.log.Warn("console: account statement failed", zap.String("account", id.String()), zap.Error(err))
+		}
+		view.Grant = s.grantForm(ctx)
+	}
 	s.renderConsole(c, "user_detail", "users", acc.DisplayName, view)
 }
 
+// financeView projects an account's payments statement into the user-card finance panel, with the
+// benefit expiry and ledger times pre-formatted for the logic-free template.
+func financeView(stmt payments.Statement) adminconsole.FinanceView {
+	fv := adminconsole.FinanceView{Present: true, Abuse: stmt.Risk.Abuse, Loss: stmt.Risk.LossChips}
+	for _, sg := range stmt.Segments {
+		fv.Segments = append(fv.Segments, adminconsole.SegmentRow{Source: string(sg.Source), Chips: sg.Chips})
+	}
+	for _, b := range stmt.Benefits {
+		row := adminconsole.BenefitRow{Origin: string(b.Origin), Hints: b.Hints, Forever: b.AdsForever}
+		if !b.AdsPaidUntil.IsZero() {
+			row.AdsUntil = fmtTime(b.AdsPaidUntil)
+		}
+		fv.Benefits = append(fv.Benefits, row)
+	}
+	for _, e := range stmt.Ledger {
+		fv.Ledger = append(fv.Ledger, adminconsole.LedgerRow{
+			Kind: e.Kind, Source: e.Source, Origin: e.Origin, ChipsDelta: e.ChipsDelta,
+			Product: e.ProductID, Order: e.OrderID, Provider: e.Provider, Snapshot: e.Snapshot,
+			At: fmtTime(e.CreatedAt),
+		})
+	}
+	return fv
+}
+
 // relationRows maps the social graph entries to the cross-linked, date-formatted rows the
 // user card renders.
 func relationRows(rels []social.AdminRelation) []adminconsole.RelationRow {
@@ -963,30 +1006,6 @@ func (s *Server) consoleClearHighRateFlag(c *gin.Context) {
 	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Cleared", "high-rate flag cleared", "/_gm/users/"+id.String())
 }
 
-// consoleGrantHints adds hints to a user's wallet. The grant is additive (raise-only): it tops a
-// player up and can never lower what they already hold, so blocking a reduction is inherent rather
-// than a separate guard. A single grant is bounded by maxHintGrant.
-func (s *Server) consoleGrantHints(c *gin.Context) {
-	id, ok := s.consoleUUID(c, "/_gm/users")
-	if !ok {
-		return
-	}
-	back := "/_gm/users/" + id.String()
-	n, err := strconv.Atoi(trimForm(c, "amount"))
-	if err != nil || n < 1 || n > maxHintGrant {
-		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Invalid amount", fmt.Sprintf("enter a whole number of hints to add, between 1 and %d", maxHintGrant), back)
-		return
-	}
-	balance, err := s.accounts.GrantHints(c.Request.Context(), id, n)
-	if err != nil {
-		s.consoleError(c, err)
-		return
-	}
-	// A non-empty hint wallet removes the banner: nudge an open client to re-check.
-	s.publishBannerChange(id)
-	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Granted", fmt.Sprintf("added %d hint(s); the wallet is now %d", n, balance), back)
-}
-
 // consoleRemoveEmail deletes the account's bound email identity (and any pending
 // confirmations), freeing the address. It refuses to remove the account's only
 // identity, which would leave it unreachable.
@@ -1229,7 +1248,7 @@ func (s *Server) consoleUUID(c *gin.Context, back string) (uuid.UUID, bool) {
 
 // gameRow projects a game summary into its console row.
 func gameRow(g game.Game) adminconsole.GameRow {
-	return adminconsole.GameRow{ID: g.ID.String(), Variant: g.Variant.String(), Status: g.Status, Players: g.Players, UpdatedAt: fmtTime(g.UpdatedAt), VsAI: g.VsAI}
+	return adminconsole.GameRow{ID: g.ID.String(), Variant: g.Variant.String(), Status: g.Status, Players: g.Players, UpdatedAt: fmtTime(g.UpdatedAt), VsAI: g.VsAI, Kind: g.Kind.String()}
 }
 
 // trimForm returns the trimmed value of a posted form field.

backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_limits.go

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/adminconsole"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/gamelimits"
+)
+
+// gameLimitsDTOFor resolves the caller's tier active-game caps into the profile DTO, so the client
+// can lock a capped New-Game start per kind. It returns nil when the limits config is not wired.
+func (s *Server) gameLimitsDTOFor(isGuest bool) *gameLimitsDTO {
+	if s.gamelimits == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	l := s.gamelimits.LimitsFor(isGuest)
+	return &gameLimitsDTO{VsAI: l.VsAI, Random: l.Random, Friends: l.Friends}
+}
+
+// consoleLimits renders the per-tier, per-kind active-game limit form (backend.config), read from
+// the in-memory cache.
+func (s *Server) consoleLimits(c *gin.Context) {
+	cfg := s.gamelimits.Get()
+	s.renderConsole(c, "limits", "limits", "Game limits", adminconsole.GameLimitsView{
+		GuestVsAI:      cfg.Guest.VsAI,
+		GuestRandom:    cfg.Guest.Random,
+		GuestFriends:   cfg.Guest.Friends,
+		DurableVsAI:    cfg.Durable.VsAI,
+		DurableRandom:  cfg.Durable.Random,
+		DurableFriends: cfg.Durable.Friends,
+	})
+}
+
+// consoleUpdateLimits saves the active-game limits and refreshes the hot cache in place. Each
+// field is a per-kind cap: -1 is unlimited, 0 blocks the kind, a positive value caps concurrent games.
+func (s *Server) consoleUpdateLimits(c *gin.Context) {
+	cfg := gamelimits.Config{
+		Guest: gamelimits.Limits{
+			VsAI:    atoiForm(c, "guest_vs_ai"),
+			Random:  atoiForm(c, "guest_random"),
+			Friends: atoiForm(c, "guest_friends"),
+		},
+		Durable: gamelimits.Limits{
+			VsAI:    atoiForm(c, "durable_vs_ai"),
+			Random:  atoiForm(c, "durable_random"),
+			Friends: atoiForm(c, "durable_friends"),
+		},
+	}
+	if err := validateGameLimits(cfg); err != nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Invalid", err.Error(), "/_gm/limits")
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.gamelimits.Update(c.Request.Context(), cfg); err != nil {
+		s.consoleError(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Saved", "game limits updated", "/_gm/limits")
+}
+
+// validateGameLimits rejects a limit below -1 (the unlimited sentinel); -1, 0 and any positive count
+// are valid. It mirrors the backend.config CHECK so a bad value is refused with a clean message
+// rather than a raw database error.
+func validateGameLimits(cfg gamelimits.Config) error {
+	for _, v := range []int{
+		cfg.Guest.VsAI, cfg.Guest.Random, cfg.Guest.Friends,
+		cfg.Durable.VsAI, cfg.Durable.Random, cfg.Durable.Friends,
+	} {
+		if v < gamelimits.Unlimited {
+			return fmt.Errorf("a limit must be -1 (unlimited), 0, or a positive count")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}

backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_refund.go

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"encoding/csv"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// consoleRefund refunds a paid order in full at the operator's request. The operator performs the
+// actual money refund on the rail (Robokassa cabinet / VK support / Telegram refundStarPayment);
+// this records it — a refund ledger row and a floor-0 chip revoke (never negative, D27). Idempotent.
+func (s *Server) consoleRefund(c *gin.Context) {
+	id, ok := s.consoleUUID(c, "/_gm/users")
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	back := "/_gm/users/" + id.String()
+	if s.payments == nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Unavailable", "payments are not enabled", back)
+		return
+	}
+	orderID, err := uuid.Parse(strings.TrimSpace(c.PostForm("order_id")))
+	if err != nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Refund failed", "no order to refund", back)
+		return
+	}
+	out, err := s.payments.RefundOrderFull(c.Request.Context(), orderID)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Refund failed", err.Error(), back)
+		return
+	}
+	if out.AlreadyRefunded {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Already refunded", "this order was already refunded", back)
+		return
+	}
+	s.publishBannerChange(id)
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("revoked %d chips", out.Revoked)
+	if out.Loss > 0 {
+		msg += fmt.Sprintf("; %d chips were already spent (recorded as a loss + abuse flag)", out.Loss)
+	}
+	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Refunded", msg, back)
+}
+
+// consoleLedgerExport streams the entire append-only ledger as a CSV attachment for tax reporting
+// and rail reconciliation. The snapshot column carries the raw purchase/refund JSON.
+func (s *Server) consoleLedgerExport(c *gin.Context) {
+	rows, err := s.payments.LedgerExport(c.Request.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		s.consoleError(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	c.Header("Content-Type", "text/csv; charset=utf-8")
+	c.Header("Content-Disposition", `attachment; filename="ledger.csv"`)
+	w := csv.NewWriter(c.Writer)
+	_ = w.Write([]string{
+		"created_at", "account_id", "kind", "source", "origin", "chips_delta",
+		"product_id", "order_id", "provider", "provider_payment_id", "snapshot",
+	})
+	for _, r := range rows {
+		_ = w.Write([]string{
+			r.CreatedAt.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339), r.AccountID, r.Kind, r.Source, r.Origin,
+			strconv.Itoa(r.ChipsDelta), r.ProductID, r.OrderID, r.Provider, r.ProviderPaymentID, r.Snapshot,
+		})
+	}
+	w.Flush()
+}

backend/internal/server/handlers_game.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/gamelimits"
 )
 
 // The handlers below cover the game and chat operations the UI needs. They follow
@@ -46,10 +47,11 @@ type historyDTO struct {
 }
 
 // gameListDTO is the caller's games (active and finished) for the lobby. AtGameLimit
-// reports whether the caller has reached the simultaneous quick-game cap
+// reports whether the caller has reached its tier's active-game cap for the random
-// (game.MaxActiveQuickGames); while it is true the lobby disables "New Game" and shows a
+// (quick auto-match) kind (the per-tier, per-kind limits in backend.config); while
-// notice. It rides the lobby response — which the lobby re-fetches on every game event —
+// it is true the lobby disables "New Game" and shows a notice. It rides the lobby
-// instead of a separate request.
+// response — which the lobby re-fetches on every game event — instead of a separate
+// request.
 type gameListDTO struct {
 	Games       []gameDTO `json:"games"`
 	AtGameLimit bool      `json:"at_game_limit"`
@@ -395,23 +397,13 @@ func (s *Server) handleSaveDraft(c *gin.Context) {
 	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, okResponse{OK: true})
 }
 
-// atGameLimit reports whether uid already holds the maximum number of simultaneous
+// ensureUnderGameLimit aborts the request with 409 game_limit_reached when uid has reached its
-// quick games (game.MaxActiveQuickGames). It backs both the lobby's at_game_limit flag
+// tier's active-game cap for kind (the per-tier, per-kind limits in backend.config), and reports
-// and the new-game gate; friend games created by invitation are not counted.
+// whether the caller may proceed. It guards the quick new-game entry points — auto-match (random)
-func (s *Server) atGameLimit(ctx context.Context, uid uuid.UUID) (bool, error) {
+// and AI (vs_ai). Friend-invitation limits are enforced in the lobby's CreateInvitation, and
-	n, err := s.games.CountActiveQuickGames(ctx, uid)
+// accepting an incoming invitation is deliberately exempt.
-	if err != nil {
+func (s *Server) ensureUnderGameLimit(c *gin.Context, uid uuid.UUID, kind gamelimits.Kind) bool {
-		return false, err
+	atLimit, err := s.games.AtGameLimit(c.Request.Context(), uid, kind)
-	}
-	return n >= game.MaxActiveQuickGames, nil
-}
-
-// ensureUnderGameLimit aborts the request with 409 game_limit_reached when uid is at the
-// simultaneous quick-game cap, and reports whether the caller may proceed. It guards
-// every new-game entry point — quick auto-match/AI and invitation creation; accepting an
-// incoming invitation is deliberately exempt.
-func (s *Server) ensureUnderGameLimit(c *gin.Context, uid uuid.UUID) bool {
-	atLimit, err := s.atGameLimit(c.Request.Context(), uid)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.abortErr(c, err)
 		return false
@@ -437,7 +429,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleListGames(c *gin.Context) {
 		s.abortErr(c, err)
 		return
 	}
-	atLimit, err := s.atGameLimit(c.Request.Context(), uid)
+	atLimit, err := s.games.AtGameLimit(c.Request.Context(), uid, gamelimits.KindRandom)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.abortErr(c, err)
 		return

backend/internal/server/handlers_intake.go

@@ -0,0 +1,399 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// Ledger/order provider tags per rail.
+const (
+	providerRobokassa = "robokassa" // the direct (RUB) rail
+	providerVK        = "vk"        // the VK Votes rail
+	providerTelegram  = "telegram"  // the Telegram Stars (XTR) rail
+)
+
+// walletOrderRequest is the POST body of a chip-pack purchase: the pack to fund.
+type walletOrderRequest struct {
+	ProductID string `json:"product_id"`
+}
+
+// walletOrderResponse returns the created order id and the rail's launch details. RedirectURL is
+// the provider's hosted-payment URL for the direct rail (empty for VK/Telegram, which settle
+// in-app). Rail names the settling rail so the gateway knows how to launch it; for the Telegram
+// Stars rail the gateway mints the invoice link from InvoiceTitle and InvoiceAmount (whole stars)
+// via the bot and returns it in RedirectURL.
+type walletOrderResponse struct {
+	OrderID       string `json:"order_id"`
+	RedirectURL   string `json:"redirect_url"`
+	Rail          string `json:"rail"`
+	InvoiceTitle  string `json:"invoice_title,omitempty"`
+	InvoiceAmount int64  `json:"invoice_amount,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// handleWalletOrder opens a pending order to fund a chip pack and returns the rail's launch
+// details for the client: the Robokassa hosted-payment URL (direct), the order id for
+// VKWebAppShowOrderBox (VK), or the pack title and star amount the gateway mints into a Stars
+// invoice link (Telegram). It enforces the wallet gate and, on the direct rail, D36 (a purchase
+// requires a confirmed email anchor). No chips are credited here — only later, by the verified
+// provider callback.
+func (s *Server) handleWalletOrder(c *gin.Context) {
+	uid, ok := userID(c)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	var req walletOrderRequest
+	if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&req); err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusBadRequest, errorResponse{Error: errorBody{Code: "invalid_request", Message: "invalid request body"}})
+		return
+	}
+	productID, err := uuid.Parse(req.ProductID)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusBadRequest, errorResponse{Error: errorBody{Code: "invalid_request", Message: "invalid product id"}})
+		return
+	}
+	ctx := c.Request.Context()
+	cxt, present, err := s.walletGate(ctx, uid)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	switch cxt.Kind {
+	case payments.SourceDirect:
+		if s.robokassa.MerchantLogin == "" {
+			c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusNotImplemented, errorResponse{Error: errorBody{Code: "rail_unavailable", Message: "this payment method is not available"}})
+			return
+		}
+		// D36: a direct purchase requires a confirmed email anchor.
+		hasEmail, err := s.accounts.HasConfirmedEmail(ctx, uid)
+		if err != nil {
+			s.abortErr(c, err)
+			return
+		}
+		if !hasEmail {
+			c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusForbidden, errorResponse{Error: errorBody{Code: "email_required", Message: "confirm your email before making a purchase"}})
+			return
+		}
+		res, err := s.payments.CreateOrder(ctx, uid, cxt, present, productID, providerRobokassa)
+		if err != nil {
+			s.abortErr(c, err)
+			return
+		}
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, walletOrderResponse{
+			OrderID:     res.OrderID.String(),
+			RedirectURL: s.robokassa.PaymentURL(res.OrderID, res.Amount.Major(), res.Title),
+			Rail:        providerRobokassa,
+		})
+	case payments.SourceVK:
+		res, err := s.payments.CreateOrder(ctx, uid, cxt, present, productID, providerVK)
+		if err != nil {
+			s.abortErr(c, err)
+			return
+		}
+		// The client passes the order id to VKWebAppShowOrderBox as the item; there is no redirect.
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, walletOrderResponse{OrderID: res.OrderID.String(), Rail: providerVK})
+	case payments.SourceTelegram:
+		res, err := s.payments.CreateOrder(ctx, uid, cxt, present, productID, providerTelegram)
+		if err != nil {
+			s.abortErr(c, err)
+			return
+		}
+		// The gateway mints the Stars invoice link from the title and amount via the bot (only
+		// the bot reaches Telegram) and returns it to the client as RedirectURL; the amount is in
+		// whole stars (the XTR minor unit is the star). No chips are credited until the verified
+		// successful_payment is forwarded back through the bot.
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, walletOrderResponse{
+			OrderID:       res.OrderID.String(),
+			Rail:          providerTelegram,
+			InvoiceTitle:  res.Title,
+			InvoiceAmount: res.Amount.Minor(),
+		})
+	default:
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusNotImplemented, errorResponse{Error: errorBody{Code: "rail_unavailable", Message: "this payment method is not available yet"}})
+	}
+}
+
+// handleRobokassaResult is the verified Robokassa Result callback, reached only through the gateway
+// (which forwards the provider's form parameters as a JSON object on the internal, gateway-only
+// route). It verifies the Password2 signature, credits the matched order exactly once (idempotent,
+// and honoured even if the order expired), records a succeeded event, and answers Robokassa's
+// expected "OK<InvId>". A duplicate callback credits nothing but still answers OK.
+func (s *Server) handleRobokassaResult(c *gin.Context) {
+	var params map[string]string
+	if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&params); err != nil {
+		c.String(http.StatusBadRequest, "bad request")
+		return
+	}
+	v := url.Values{}
+	for k, val := range params {
+		v.Set(k, val)
+	}
+	orderID, outSum, ok := s.robokassa.VerifyResult(v)
+	if !ok {
+		s.log.Warn("robokassa result: bad signature")
+		c.String(http.StatusBadRequest, "bad sign")
+		return
+	}
+	paid, err := payments.ParseMoney(outSum, payments.CurrencyRUB)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.String(http.StatusBadRequest, "bad amount")
+		return
+	}
+	ctx := c.Request.Context()
+	outcome, err := s.payments.Fund(ctx, orderID, providerRobokassa, orderID.String(), paid)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, payments.ErrOrderNotFound) || errors.Is(err, payments.ErrAmountMismatch) ||
+			errors.Is(err, payments.ErrNotAPack) || errors.Is(err, payments.ErrProductNotFound) {
+			s.log.Warn("robokassa result rejected", zap.String("order", orderID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+			c.String(http.StatusBadRequest, "rejected")
+			return
+		}
+		s.log.Error("robokassa fund failed", zap.String("order", orderID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+		c.String(http.StatusInternalServerError, "error")
+		return
+	}
+	if !outcome.AlreadyCredited {
+		payload, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"chips": outcome.Chips, "source": string(outcome.Source)})
+		if err := s.payments.RecordPaymentEvent(ctx, outcome.AccountID, &orderID, "succeeded", payload); err != nil {
+			s.log.Error("record payment event failed", zap.String("order", orderID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+		}
+	}
+	// The gateway echoes response verbatim to Robokassa, which requires the body "OK<InvId>".
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"response": "OK" + v.Get("InvId")})
+}
+
+// vkErrorResponse builds VK's error envelope for a payment callback.
+func vkErrorResponse(code int, msg string, critical bool) gin.H {
+	return gin.H{"error": gin.H{"error_code": code, "error_msg": msg, "critical": critical}}
+}
+
+// handleVKCallback is the VK Mini Apps payment callback, reached only through the gateway (which
+// verifies the VK signature and forwards the provider's parameters as a JSON object on the internal
+// route). It answers VK's two phases: get_item returns the ordered pack's title and vote price; a
+// chargeable order_status_change credits the matched order exactly once (idempotent on VK's order
+// id) and records a succeeded event. Both phases use VK's response envelope; the _test variants are
+// the sandbox notifications and are handled identically.
+func (s *Server) handleVKCallback(c *gin.Context) {
+	var params map[string]string
+	if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&params); err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, vkErrorResponse(1, "bad request", true))
+		return
+	}
+	ctx := c.Request.Context()
+	switch params["notification_type"] {
+	case "get_item", "get_item_test":
+		orderID, err := uuid.Parse(params["item"])
+		if err != nil {
+			c.JSON(http.StatusOK, vkErrorResponse(20, "item not available", true))
+			return
+		}
+		title, amount, err := s.payments.OrderItem(ctx, orderID)
+		if err != nil {
+			s.log.Warn("vk get_item lookup failed", zap.String("order", orderID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+			c.JSON(http.StatusOK, vkErrorResponse(20, "item not available", true))
+			return
+		}
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"response": gin.H{
+			"item_id": orderID.String(),
+			"title":   title,
+			"price":   amount.Minor(),
+		}})
+	case "order_status_change", "order_status_change_test":
+		if params["status"] != "chargeable" {
+			c.JSON(http.StatusOK, vkErrorResponse(100, "unsupported status", false))
+			return
+		}
+		orderID, err := uuid.Parse(params["item"])
+		if err != nil {
+			c.JSON(http.StatusOK, vkErrorResponse(20, "item not available", true))
+			return
+		}
+		price, err := strconv.ParseInt(params["item_price"], 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.JSON(http.StatusOK, vkErrorResponse(100, "bad price", false))
+			return
+		}
+		paid, err := payments.MoneyFromMinor(price, payments.CurrencyVote)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.JSON(http.StatusOK, vkErrorResponse(100, "bad price", false))
+			return
+		}
+		vkOrderID := params["order_id"]
+		outcome, err := s.payments.Fund(ctx, orderID, providerVK, vkOrderID, paid)
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, payments.ErrOrderNotFound) || errors.Is(err, payments.ErrAmountMismatch) ||
+				errors.Is(err, payments.ErrNotAPack) || errors.Is(err, payments.ErrProductNotFound) {
+				s.log.Warn("vk order rejected", zap.String("order", orderID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+				c.JSON(http.StatusOK, vkErrorResponse(100, "cannot process the order", false))
+				return
+			}
+			s.log.Error("vk fund failed", zap.String("order", orderID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+			c.JSON(http.StatusOK, vkErrorResponse(100, "internal error", false))
+			return
+		}
+		if !outcome.AlreadyCredited {
+			payload, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"chips": outcome.Chips, "source": string(outcome.Source)})
+			if err := s.payments.RecordPaymentEvent(ctx, outcome.AccountID, &orderID, "succeeded", payload); err != nil {
+				s.log.Error("record vk payment event failed", zap.String("order", orderID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+			}
+		}
+		// Echo VK's own order id; app_order_id is optional and our order id is a uuid, so omit it.
+		appOrderID, _ := strconv.ParseInt(vkOrderID, 10, 64)
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"response": gin.H{"order_id": appOrderID}})
+	default:
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, vkErrorResponse(100, "unknown notification", false))
+	}
+}
+
+// telegramPreCheckoutRequest is the bot's pre_checkout validation, forwarded through the gateway:
+// the order in the invoice payload and the amount and currency Telegram is about to charge.
+type telegramPreCheckoutRequest struct {
+	OrderID  string `json:"order_id"`
+	Amount   int64  `json:"amount"`
+	Currency string `json:"currency"`
+}
+
+// telegramPreCheckoutResponse tells the bot whether to approve the pre_checkout_query; Reason is a
+// short message the bot surfaces to the payer on a decline.
+type telegramPreCheckoutResponse struct {
+	OK     bool   `json:"ok"`
+	Reason string `json:"reason,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// handleTelegramPreCheckout validates a Telegram Stars pre_checkout_query before the charge,
+// reached only through the gateway (the bot's ValidatePreCheckout, forwarded on the internal
+// route). It approves an order that exists, is not already paid (a reusable invoice link paid twice
+// is refused here, before any star moves) and whose amount and currency match. A malformed
+// reference is a decline, not an error.
+func (s *Server) handleTelegramPreCheckout(c *gin.Context) {
+	var req telegramPreCheckoutRequest
+	if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&req); err != nil {
+		abortBadRequest(c, "invalid request body")
+		return
+	}
+	ctx := c.Request.Context()
+	orderID, err := uuid.Parse(req.OrderID)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, telegramPreCheckoutResponse{OK: false, Reason: telegramDeclineText(payments.PreCheckoutGone, "")})
+		return
+	}
+	amount, err := payments.MoneyFromMinor(req.Amount, payments.Currency(req.Currency))
+	if err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, telegramPreCheckoutResponse{OK: false, Reason: telegramDeclineText(payments.PreCheckoutGone, "")})
+		return
+	}
+	out, err := s.payments.ValidatePreCheckout(ctx, orderID, amount)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Error("telegram pre_checkout validate failed", zap.String("order", orderID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, errorResponse{Error: errorBody{Code: "internal", Message: "internal error"}})
+		return
+	}
+	reason := ""
+	if !out.OK {
+		// Localise the decline to the order account's preferred language (the reason shows in the
+		// Telegram payment sheet). An unknown order has no account, so it falls back to English.
+		lang := ""
+		if s.accounts != nil && out.AccountID != (uuid.UUID{}) {
+			if acc, aerr := s.accounts.GetByID(ctx, out.AccountID); aerr == nil {
+				lang = acc.PreferredLanguage
+			}
+		}
+		reason = telegramDeclineText(out.Reason, lang)
+	}
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, telegramPreCheckoutResponse{OK: out.OK, Reason: reason})
+}
+
+// telegramDeclineText renders a pre-checkout decline reason code in the payer's language (ru or
+// anything else falls back to English), for display in the Telegram payment sheet.
+func telegramDeclineText(code, lang string) string {
+	ru := lang == "ru"
+	switch code {
+	case payments.PreCheckoutAlreadyPaid:
+		if ru {
+			return "Этот заказ уже оплачен."
+		}
+		return "This order has already been paid."
+	case payments.PreCheckoutPriceChanged:
+		if ru {
+			return "Цена изменилась — начните покупку заново."
+		}
+		return "The price has changed; please start the purchase again."
+	default:
+		if ru {
+			return "Этот заказ больше недоступен."
+		}
+		return "This order is no longer available."
+	}
+}
+
+// telegramPaymentRequest is a completed Stars payment forwarded from the bot's outbox through the
+// gateway: the order, the Telegram charge id (the idempotency key), the stars paid, and the payer.
+type telegramPaymentRequest struct {
+	OrderID                 string `json:"order_id"`
+	TelegramPaymentChargeID string `json:"telegram_payment_charge_id"`
+	Amount                  int64  `json:"amount"`
+	TelegramUserID          int64  `json:"telegram_user_id"`
+}
+
+// telegramPaymentResponse reports the durable outcome to the bot: Credited is true once the order
+// is credited (or already was). A false with a 200 means the payment was recorded but not creditable
+// (the bot drops it); a 5xx means a transient failure the bot retries.
+type telegramPaymentResponse struct {
+	Credited bool `json:"credited"`
+}
+
+// handleTelegramPayment credits a completed Telegram Stars payment, reached only through the gateway
+// (the bot's ForwardPayment, forwarded on the internal route). It credits the matched order exactly
+// once (idempotent on the Telegram charge id, honoured even if the order expired) and records a
+// succeeded event. A permanent rejection (unknown order, amount mismatch) is answered 200 with
+// Credited=false so the bot stops retrying a payment it cannot place; a transient failure is a 5xx
+// the bot retries.
+func (s *Server) handleTelegramPayment(c *gin.Context) {
+	var req telegramPaymentRequest
+	if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&req); err != nil {
+		abortBadRequest(c, "invalid request body")
+		return
+	}
+	orderID, err := uuid.Parse(req.OrderID)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("telegram payment: bad order id", zap.String("charge", req.TelegramPaymentChargeID))
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, telegramPaymentResponse{Credited: false})
+		return
+	}
+	paid, err := payments.MoneyFromMinor(req.Amount, payments.CurrencyStar)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, telegramPaymentResponse{Credited: false})
+		return
+	}
+	ctx := c.Request.Context()
+	outcome, err := s.payments.Fund(ctx, orderID, providerTelegram, req.TelegramPaymentChargeID, paid)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, payments.ErrOrderNotFound) || errors.Is(err, payments.ErrAmountMismatch) ||
+			errors.Is(err, payments.ErrNotAPack) || errors.Is(err, payments.ErrProductNotFound) {
+			// The star charge already happened but the order cannot be placed; record it loudly for
+			// an operator and tell the bot to stop retrying (an operator refunds or credits by hand).
+			s.log.Error("telegram payment rejected (charge taken, not credited)",
+				zap.String("order", orderID.String()), zap.String("charge", req.TelegramPaymentChargeID), zap.Error(err))
+			c.JSON(http.StatusOK, telegramPaymentResponse{Credited: false})
+			return
+		}
+		s.log.Error("telegram fund failed", zap.String("order", orderID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, errorResponse{Error: errorBody{Code: "internal", Message: "internal error"}})
+		return
+	}
+	if !outcome.AlreadyCredited {
+		payload, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"chips": outcome.Chips, "source": string(outcome.Source)})
+		if err := s.payments.RecordPaymentEvent(ctx, outcome.AccountID, &orderID, "succeeded", payload); err != nil {
+			s.log.Error("record telegram payment event failed", zap.String("order", orderID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+		}
+	}
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, telegramPaymentResponse{Credited: true})
+}

backend/internal/server/handlers_invitations.go

@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ func (s *Server) handleCreateInvitation(c *gin.Context) {
 		}
 		inviteeIDs = append(inviteeIDs, id)
 	}
-	if !s.ensureUnderGameLimit(c, uid) {
-		return
-	}
 	inv, err := s.invitations.CreateInvitation(c.Request.Context(), uid, inviteeIDs, settings)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.abortErr(c, err)

backend/internal/server/handlers_user.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/gamelimits"
 )
 
 // The /api/v1/user/* endpoints require X-User-ID (RequireUserID middleware). The
@@ -189,13 +190,15 @@ func (s *Server) handleEnqueue(c *gin.Context) {
 	if !s.ensureVariantAllowed(c, uid, variant.String()) {
 		return
 	}
-	if !s.ensureUnderGameLimit(c, uid) {
+	kind := gamelimits.KindRandom
-		return
-	}
 	enter := s.matchmaker.Enqueue
 	if req.VsAI {
+		kind = gamelimits.KindVsAI
 		enter = s.matchmaker.StartVsAI
 	}
+	if !s.ensureUnderGameLimit(c, uid, kind) {
+		return
+	}
 	res, err := enter(c.Request.Context(), uid, variant, req.MultipleWordsPerTurn)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.abortErr(c, err)

backend/internal/server/handlers_wallet.go

@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// walletSegmentDTO is one chip balance in the wallet view: the funding source, the chip count,
+// and whether it can be spent in the current execution context (false for a frozen VK-iOS
+// balance or an untrusted platform).
+type walletSegmentDTO struct {
+	Source    string `json:"source"`
+	Chips     int    `json:"chips"`
+	Spendable bool   `json:"spendable"`
+}
+
+// walletDTO is the user-facing wallet: the context-visible chip segments and the
+// context-applicable benefits (the no-ads term or forever flag, and the available hints).
+// RewardChips is the chips a rewarded-video view earns in the current context (0 when rewarded is
+// unavailable here — outside VK, or unconfigured); the client shows the "watch for chips" button
+// only when it is positive.
+type walletDTO struct {
+	Segments     []walletSegmentDTO `json:"segments"`
+	AdsForever   bool               `json:"ads_forever"`
+	AdsPaidUntil int64              `json:"ads_paid_until_ms"` // unix millis; 0 = no active term
+	Hints        int                `json:"hints"`
+	RewardChips  int                `json:"reward_chips"`
+}
+
+// walletBuyRequest is the POST body of a chip spend: the product to buy with chips.
+type walletBuyRequest struct {
+	ProductID string `json:"product_id"`
+}
+
+// walletDTOFrom projects a payments wallet view into the wire DTO.
+func walletDTOFrom(v payments.WalletView) walletDTO {
+	out := walletDTO{AdsForever: v.Benefits.AdsForever, Hints: v.Benefits.Hints}
+	if v.Benefits.AdsPaidUntil != nil {
+		out.AdsPaidUntil = v.Benefits.AdsPaidUntil.UnixMilli()
+	}
+	out.Segments = make([]walletSegmentDTO, 0, len(v.Segments))
+	for _, seg := range v.Segments {
+		out.Segments = append(out.Segments, walletSegmentDTO{Source: string(seg.Source), Chips: seg.Chips, Spendable: seg.Spendable})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// catalogAtomDTO is one atom line of a storefront product: the base value type it grants and how
+// many of it the product carries.
+type catalogAtomDTO struct {
+	AtomType string `json:"atom_type"`
+	Quantity int    `json:"quantity"`
+}
+
+// catalogProductDTO is one storefront product for the caller's context: a chip-priced value
+// (chips set, no money price) or a chip pack priced in the context's payment method
+// (money_amount minor units + money_currency, no chips), plus what it grants.
+type catalogProductDTO struct {
+	Kind          string           `json:"kind"`
+	ProductID     string           `json:"product_id"`
+	Title         string           `json:"title"`
+	Chips         int              `json:"chips"`
+	MoneyAmount   int64            `json:"money_amount"`
+	MoneyCurrency string           `json:"money_currency"`
+	Atoms         []catalogAtomDTO `json:"atoms"`
+}
+
+// catalogDTO is the storefront: the products visible and purchasable in the caller's context.
+type catalogDTO struct {
+	Products []catalogProductDTO `json:"products"`
+}
+
+// catalogDTOFrom projects a payments catalog view into the wire DTO.
+func catalogDTOFrom(v payments.CatalogView) catalogDTO {
+	out := catalogDTO{Products: make([]catalogProductDTO, 0, len(v.Products))}
+	for _, p := range v.Products {
+		atoms := make([]catalogAtomDTO, 0, len(p.Atoms))
+		for _, a := range p.Atoms {
+			atoms = append(atoms, catalogAtomDTO{AtomType: a.AtomType, Quantity: a.Quantity})
+		}
+		out.Products = append(out.Products, catalogProductDTO{
+			Kind: p.Kind, ProductID: p.ProductID, Title: p.Title,
+			Chips: p.Chips, MoneyAmount: p.MoneyAmount, MoneyCurrency: p.MoneyCurrency, Atoms: atoms,
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// handleWalletCatalog returns the storefront for the caller's trusted execution context: the
+// chip-priced values and the chip packs priced in the context's payment method.
+func (s *Server) handleWalletCatalog(c *gin.Context) {
+	uid, ok := userID(c)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	ctx := c.Request.Context()
+	cxt, _, err := s.walletGate(ctx, uid)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	view, err := s.payments.Catalog(ctx, cxt)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, catalogDTOFrom(view))
+}
+
+// handleWallet returns the caller's wallet — the segments and benefits visible in the current
+// trusted execution context, plus the rewarded-video payout available here (0 outside VK or when
+// unconfigured), which gates the client's "watch for chips" button.
+func (s *Server) handleWallet(c *gin.Context) {
+	uid, ok := userID(c)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	ctx := c.Request.Context()
+	cxt, present, err := s.walletGate(ctx, uid)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	view, err := s.payments.Wallet(ctx, uid, cxt, present)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	dto := walletDTOFrom(view)
+	if payout, perr := s.payments.RewardPayout(ctx, cxt, present); perr != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("wallet: reward payout read failed", zap.String("account", uid.String()), zap.Error(perr))
+	} else {
+		dto.RewardChips = payout
+	}
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, dto)
+}
+
+// handleWalletBuy spends chips on a chip-priced value and returns the updated wallet. It is
+// fail-closed: an untrusted or frozen context, or an insufficient balance, is refused.
+func (s *Server) handleWalletBuy(c *gin.Context) {
+	uid, ok := userID(c)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	var req walletBuyRequest
+	if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&req); err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusBadRequest, errorResponse{Error: errorBody{Code: "invalid_request", Message: "invalid request body"}})
+		return
+	}
+	productID, err := uuid.Parse(req.ProductID)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusBadRequest, errorResponse{Error: errorBody{Code: "invalid_request", Message: "invalid product id"}})
+		return
+	}
+	ctx := c.Request.Context()
+	cxt, present, err := s.walletGate(ctx, uid)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.payments.Spend(ctx, uid, cxt, present, productID); err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	view, err := s.payments.Wallet(ctx, uid, cxt, present)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, walletDTOFrom(view))
+}
+
+// walletRewardRequest is the POST body of a rewarded-video credit: a client nonce, the idempotency
+// key for a single watched view (a retry credits once).
+type walletRewardRequest struct {
+	Nonce string `json:"nonce"`
+}
+
+// handleWalletReward credits a rewarded-video view's chips to the VK segment, client-attested and
+// bounded by the config daily cap. It is VK-only and idempotent on the nonce; a reached cap answers
+// reward_capped, and an unconfigured payout answers reward_unavailable. On success it returns the
+// updated wallet (like a spend).
+func (s *Server) handleWalletReward(c *gin.Context) {
+	uid, ok := userID(c)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	var req walletRewardRequest
+	if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&req); err != nil || req.Nonce == "" {
+		abortBadRequest(c, "nonce is required")
+		return
+	}
+	ctx := c.Request.Context()
+	cxt, present, err := s.walletGate(ctx, uid)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	outcome, err := s.payments.CreditReward(ctx, uid, cxt, present, req.Nonce)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	if outcome.Capped {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusConflict, errorResponse{Error: errorBody{Code: "reward_capped", Message: "daily reward limit reached"}})
+		return
+	}
+	if outcome.Chips == 0 && !outcome.AlreadyCredited {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusConflict, errorResponse{Error: errorBody{Code: "reward_unavailable", Message: "rewarded video is not available"}})
+		return
+	}
+	view, err := s.payments.Wallet(ctx, uid, cxt, present)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	view2 := walletDTOFrom(view)
+	if payout, perr := s.payments.RewardPayout(ctx, cxt, present); perr == nil {
+		view2.RewardChips = payout
+	}
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, view2)
+}

backend/internal/server/payments_gate.go

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/session"
+)
+
+// walletGate resolves the payments gate inputs for an account on the current request: the
+// trusted execution context (the session platform carried on ctx by the platformContext
+// middleware; absent ⇒ untrusted, fail-closed) and the account's present identity sources
+// (which chip/benefit segments are awake, §6). The payments domain holds no cross-schema
+// identity knowledge, so the server supplies present from account.Identities.
+func (s *Server) walletGate(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (payments.Context, []payments.Source, error) {
+	var cxt payments.Context
+	if p, ok := session.PlatformFromContext(ctx); ok {
+		cxt = payments.NewContext(p.Kind, p.Subtype)
+	}
+	ids, err := s.accounts.Identities(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return payments.Context{}, nil, err
+	}
+	kinds := make([]string, len(ids))
+	for i, id := range ids {
+		kinds[i] = id.Kind
+	}
+	return cxt, payments.PresentSources(kinds), nil
+}

backend/internal/server/server.go

@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/feedback"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/gamelimits"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/link"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/lobby"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/notify"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/ratewatch"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/render"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/robokassa"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/session"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/social"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/telemetry"
@@ -99,6 +101,10 @@ type Deps struct {
 	// console routes are registered when the wallet surface lands. A nil Payments
 	// omits them.
 	Payments *payments.Service
+	// GameLimits is the per-tier, per-kind active-game limit config, cached in memory. The
+	// game domain reads it through game.Service (SetGameLimits) for the new-game gate; the admin
+	// console reads and edits it here. A nil GameLimits omits the limits console section.
+	GameLimits *gamelimits.Service
 	// Notifier publishes live-event intents — here the banner-eligibility re-poll
 	// signal the banner/hint/role console actions emit. A nil Notifier discards
 	// them (notify.Nop).
@@ -109,6 +115,9 @@ type Deps struct {
 	// Renderer is the image-render sidecar client for the PNG export artifact. A
 	// nil Renderer makes the PNG download answer 404 (the GCG artifact still works).
 	Renderer *render.Client
+	// Robokassa configures the direct-rail (RUB) provider; an empty MerchantLogin leaves the
+	// order and Result-callback endpoints unregistered.
+	Robokassa robokassa.Config
 }
 
 // Server owns the gin engine, the underlying HTTP server and the readiness
@@ -136,6 +145,8 @@ type Server struct {
 	banview     *banview.View
 	ads         *ads.Service
 	payments    *payments.Service
+	gamelimits  *gamelimits.Service
+	robokassa   robokassa.Config
 	notifier    notify.Publisher
 	console     *adminconsole.Renderer
 	exportKey   []byte
@@ -189,6 +200,8 @@ func New(addr string, deps Deps) *Server {
 		banview:       deps.BanView,
 		ads:           deps.Ads,
 		payments:      deps.Payments,
+		gamelimits:    deps.GameLimits,
+		robokassa:     deps.Robokassa,
 		notifier:      notifier,
 		renderer:      deps.Renderer,
 		http:          &http.Server{Addr: addr, Handler: engine},

backend/internal/social/friendcodes.go

@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ func (svc *Service) IssueFriendCode(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (F
 // ErrRequestBlocked (a block stands between the pair). A redeem bypasses any prior
 // decline between the two: it clears the old row and writes a fresh friendship.
 func (svc *Service) RedeemFriendCode(ctx context.Context, redeemerID uuid.UUID, code string) (uuid.UUID, error) {
+	// A guest cannot use friends: a durable-account feature (the UI hides it).
+	if acc, err := svc.accounts.GetByID(ctx, redeemerID); err != nil {
+		return uuid.UUID{}, err
+	} else if acc.IsGuest {
+		return uuid.UUID{}, ErrGuestForbidden
+	}
 	issuerID, codeID, err := svc.store.liveFriendCodeByHash(ctx, hashFriendCode(code), svc.now())
 	if err != nil {
 		return uuid.UUID{}, err

backend/internal/social/friends.go

@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ func (svc *Service) SendFriendRequest(ctx context.Context, requesterID, addresse
 	if requesterID == addresseeID {
 		return ErrSelfRelation
 	}
+	// A guest cannot use friends — friends are a durable-account feature; the UI hides the
+	// flow, this is the server source of truth.
+	if acc, err := svc.accounts.GetByID(ctx, requesterID); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if acc.IsGuest {
+		return ErrGuestForbidden
+	}
 	iBlockThem, err := svc.store.blockExists(ctx, requesterID, addresseeID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

backend/internal/social/robotfriends.go

@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ func (svc *Service) RequestInGame(ctx context.Context, requesterID, addresseeID,
 	if requesterID == addresseeID {
 		return ErrSelfRelation
 	}
+	// A guest cannot use friends: a durable-account feature (the UI hides it).
+	if acc, err := svc.accounts.GetByID(ctx, requesterID); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if acc.IsGuest {
+		return ErrGuestForbidden
+	}
 	isRobot, err := svc.accounts.IsRobot(ctx, addresseeID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

backend/internal/social/social.go

@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ var (
 	// ErrRequestBlocked is returned when the addressee does not accept friend
 	// requests (their global toggle) or a block stands between the two accounts.
 	ErrRequestBlocked = errors.New("social: the addressee is not accepting friend requests")
+	// ErrGuestForbidden is returned when a guest attempts a durable-only action (send a friend
+	// request, redeem a friend code); friends are a durable-account feature.
+	ErrGuestForbidden = errors.New("social: guests cannot use friends")
 	// ErrRequestNotFound is returned when no pending friend request matches.
 	ErrRequestNotFound = errors.New("social: no pending friend request")
 	// ErrNoSharedGame is returned when a friend request targets someone the

deploy/.env.example

@@ -13,6 +13,22 @@ POSTGRES_DB=scrabble
 POSTGRES_USER=scrabble
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=change-me            # required
 
+# --- Point-in-time recovery (pgBackRest -> S3; PROD main host only) ----------
+# Continuous WAL archiving for PITR. PROD-ONLY: the test contour never archives (these
+# stay unset there and archive_mode stays off). The artifact ships DISARMED —
+# PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE defaults off; arm it only after setting up the S3 repository +
+# secrets and creating the stanza, then flip it on (deploy/README.md, point-in-time
+# recovery). Gitea: PROD_PGBACKREST_* — endpoint/bucket/region/archive-mode are variables,
+# the two S3 keys + the cipher passphrase are secrets.
+PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE=off            # on = archiving active (arm only after the stanza exists)
+PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT=                # S3 HOST ONLY — no https://, no port, no bucket (e.g. s3.ru-1.storage.selcloud.ru); path-style addressing
+PGBACKREST_S3_PORT=                    # optional; default 443 — set only if the provider uses a non-standard S3 port
+PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET=                  # bucket name; lowercase, no dots/underscores
+PGBACKREST_S3_REGION=                  # e.g. ru-1
+PGBACKREST_S3_KEY=                     # secret: S3 access key id
+PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET=              # secret: S3 secret access key
+PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS=                # secret: repo encryption passphrase — KEEP SAFE, stored apart from the S3 keys (losing it makes the archive unrecoverable)
+
 # --- Dictionary -------------------------------------------------------------
 # scrabble-dictionary release tag baked into the image as the SEED dictionary for a
 # FRESH volume (image build-arg; also labels the resident seed version). After first
@@ -109,6 +125,17 @@ GATEWAY_VK_APP_SECRET=
 # come from VITE_VK_APP_ID / VITE_VK_ID_REDIRECT_URL above. All three empty disables link.vk.*.
 GATEWAY_VK_ID_CLIENT_SECRET=
 
+# --- Payments: Robokassa (direct RUB rail) ----------------------------------
+# The shop's merchant login + the two pass phrases (Password1 signs the launch request,
+# Password2 signs/verifies the Result callback). An empty login leaves the direct rail off.
+# ROBOKASSA_TEST=1 runs test payments against the shop's TEST pass phrases (no real money);
+# empty/0 is live. Mapped in compose to BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_*; Gitea TEST_/PROD_ secrets, with
+# PROD_BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_TEST a variable so go-live is a flag flip, not a secret redeploy.
+ROBOKASSA_MERCHANT_LOGIN=
+ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD1=
+ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD2=
+ROBOKASSA_TEST=
+
 # --- Gateway anti-abuse ------------------------------------------------------
 # Planted honeytoken bearer value: any request presenting it is flagged — a 24h IP ban
 # where the IP ban is on (prod), logs + a ban metric otherwise (test). Plant the value

deploy/README.md

@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ compose binds from this directory.
 | `GM_BASICAUTH_HASH` | secret | bcrypt hash gating `/_gm` (admin console + Grafana). Generate with `docker run --rm caddy:2-alpine caddy hash-password --plaintext '<pw>'`. |
 | `TELEGRAM_MINIAPP_URL` | derived | The Mini App URL the bot hands out in deep links / buttons. The deploy derives `PUBLIC_BASE_URL + /telegram/`; set it directly only for a local run (compose still `:?`-requires it). |
 | `EXPORT_SIGN_KEY` | secret | HMAC key signing the public finished-game export download URLs (`/dl/*`). Generate with `openssl rand -base64 32`. |
+| `BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_MERCHANT_LOGIN` | secret | Robokassa shop login for the direct RUB rail. Empty leaves the rail off. |
+| `BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_PASSWORD1` / `…_PASSWORD2` | secret | Robokassa pass phrases: Password1 signs the launch request, Password2 signs/verifies the Result callback. Use the shop's **test** pair while `…_ROBOKASSA_TEST=1`, the **live** pair for real money. (Password3 — Robokassa's JWT-invoice API — is unused.) |
+| `BACKEND_ROBOKASSA_TEST` | **variable** | `1` runs test payments against the test pass phrases (no real money); empty/`0` is live. A variable, not a secret, so go-live is a flag flip + redeploy, not a secret rotation. |
 
 **Plus the bot token** — `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN` (secret), shared by the validator (HMAC
 secret) and the bot (Bot API). It defaults to empty in compose, but both **fail at
@@ -220,10 +223,108 @@ release tag, so any prior release is reachable.
 **Migrations** must be **expand-contract** (backward-compatible; goose is forward-only):
 the automatic rollback is image-only and never restores the DB. A deploy that changes
 `backend/internal/postgres/migrations/` opens a maintenance window — the backend (sole
-writer) is stopped for a consistent `pg_dump` into `/opt/scrabble/dumps` before the new
+writer) is stopped for a consistent **whole-database** `pg_dump` into `/opt/scrabble/dumps`
-backend migrates. **Manual DB restore** (only if a migration was destructive):
+(it covers `backend` **and** `payments`) before the new backend migrates. **Manual DB
-`docker exec -i scrabble-postgres psql -U scrabble -d scrabble -c 'DROP SCHEMA backend CASCADE'`,
+restore** (only if a migration was destructive): drop the app schemas in the same instance
-then pipe the dump into the same `psql`, and redeploy the matching old tag.
+and pipe the dump back —
+`docker exec -i scrabble-postgres psql -U scrabble -d scrabble -c 'DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS backend CASCADE; DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS payments CASCADE;'`,
+then `docker exec -i scrabble-postgres psql -U scrabble -d scrabble < the-dump.sql`, and
+redeploy the matching old tag. This dump is a belt-and-braces net for a bad migration;
+**point-in-time recovery** (below) is the primary recovery path once armed, and the only one
+that survives losing the host.
+
+## Point-in-time recovery (PITR)
+
+The main host archives Postgres continuously with **pgBackRest** to **Selectel S3**
+(encrypted at rest, path-style addressing) so the database can be restored to any moment —
+protecting the money ledger and the game state against corruption or host loss. It is the
+primary recovery path; the migration-window `pg_dump` above is the secondary net.
+**Live on the prod main host since v1.13.0** (armed + restore-drilled 2026-07-09).
+
+**Shape.** A daily full **base backup** (a systemd timer on the main host, `04:00`) plus
+**continuous WAL** archived by Postgres `archive_command` (a segment is forced at least every
+5 minutes, so the recovery point is never more than a few minutes behind). Retention is **30
+days** (`repo1-retention-full=30`); the repository is AES-256-CBC encrypted. This is main-host
+only — the test contour never archives.
+
+**Wiring.** pgBackRest ships inside the DB image (`deploy/postgres/Dockerfile`); the
+repository + S3 credentials + cipher are the `PGBACKREST_*` environment on the postgres
+service in `docker-compose.prod.yml`, rendered from the `PROD_` Gitea set by
+`write-prod-env.sh`. Archiving is gated by **`PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE` (default `off`)**, so
+shipping or redeploying this stack does **not** start archiving — the artifact is inert until
+armed, which is why an un-armed prod deploy can never pile WAL onto the disk. The base-backup
+timer is provisioned by the Ansible `main` role behind `pitr_enabled` (also default off). Two
+Grafana alerts watch health: `WAL archiving failing` (`pg_stat_archiver_failed_count` rising)
+and `WAL archiving stalled` (`pg_stat_archiver_last_archive_age` over 30 min) — both
+absent/NaN-safe, so they stay quiet until archiving is armed.
+
+**Assessment (owner-reviewed; the gate before the first real money).** Measured on prod
+`pg_stat_wal`: WAL is generated at **~0.77 MB/day** and the database is **~9.6 MB**. At
+30-day retention on Selectel S3 (~2 ₽/GB·month) the archive is **under ~0.3 GB → well under
+1 ₽/month** (compression halves it again); request volume is trivial. Performance impact is
+**negligible**: archive-push moves tiny compressed segments, and the daily full base backup is
+small (the whole cluster is ~32 MB → ~3.7 MB compressed in the repo) and checkpoint-bound
+(~1.5 min wall, minimal CPU/I-O) on the 2 vCPU host. Revisit if traffic grows ~100× (watch
+`node_exporter` during a base backup).
+
+**Arming (owner-coordinated, once, before real payments).** Ships disarmed; to turn it on:
+
+1. **Owner (Selectel + Gitea):** create an S3 bucket (name **lowercase, no dots/underscores**)
+   and an S3 access key/secret; pick a repository **cipher passphrase** and store it **apart
+   from the S3 keys** (losing it makes the archive unrecoverable). Set the Gitea `PROD_` set —
+   variables `PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT` (the S3 **host only** — no `https://`, no port, no
+   bucket) / `_S3_BUCKET` / `_S3_REGION`, an optional `_S3_PORT` (default 443, set only for a
+   non-standard provider port), and `PROD_PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE=on`; secrets
+   `PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_KEY` (the S3 **access key**) / `_S3_KEY_SECRET` (its paired **secret
+   key**, shown once at creation) / `_CIPHER_PASS` (a fresh repository passphrase, e.g.
+   `openssl rand -base64 48`).
+2. Promote `development → master`, tag, and run **prod-deploy**. The roll recreates postgres
+   with `archive_mode=on` behind the maintenance page. (Archive pushes fail harmlessly for the
+   minute until step 3 creates the repository — the WAL is retained, not lost.)
+3. On the main host, create the repository, verify archiving, take the first base backup. Run
+   pgBackRest **as the `postgres` OS user** (`-u postgres` — lock-dir/PGDATA consistency with
+   `archive-push`) and connect to the DB **as the superuser role** (`--pg1-user=scrabble`, the
+   `POSTGRES_USER`, not `postgres`); it inherits the container's `PGBACKREST_*` env:
+   ```sh
+   docker exec -u postgres scrabble-postgres pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble --pg1-user=scrabble stanza-create
+   docker exec -u postgres scrabble-postgres pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble --pg1-user=scrabble check
+   docker exec -u postgres scrabble-postgres pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble --pg1-user=scrabble --type=full backup
+   docker exec -u postgres scrabble-postgres pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble info   # (info takes no --pg1-user)
+   ```
+   The few `archive-push` failures logged between `archive_mode=on` and `stanza-create` are the
+   expected transient (WAL retained, not lost); clear the counter afterwards with
+   `docker exec -u postgres scrabble-postgres psql -U scrabble -d scrabble -c "SELECT pg_stat_reset_shared('archiver');"`
+   so it does not trip the failing-archive alert.
+4. Enable the daily timer: `ansible-playbook site.yml --limit main -e pitr_enabled=true`
+   (installs + starts `pgbackrest-backup.timer` on the main host).
+5. Confirm in Grafana that the two archiving alerts are green (`last_archive_age` now tracks a
+   real number, `failed_count` flat).
+
+**Restore drill (proves recoverability; re-run after arming and after any major change).** On
+an **isolated, one-shot** target (a throwaway VM or a container with no ingress), pgBackRest,
+the matching Postgres major, an empty `PGDATA`, and the same `PGBACKREST_*` environment:
+
+```sh
+# Throwaway container from the DB image (carries pgBackRest), the live PGBACKREST_* env, an
+# empty PGDATA and no app network; restore, recover, verify, then wipe (-v drops the data).
+IMG=$(docker inspect -f '{{.Config.Image}}' scrabble-postgres)
+docker exec scrabble-postgres env | grep '^PGBACKREST_' > /tmp/drill.env; echo POSTGRES_PASSWORD=drill >> /tmp/drill.env
+docker run -d --name pitr-drill --env-file /tmp/drill.env --entrypoint sleep "$IMG" infinity
+docker exec pitr-drill sh -c 'rm -rf /var/lib/postgresql/data/*; chown -R postgres:postgres /var/lib/postgresql/data; chmod 700 /var/lib/postgresql/data'
+# --type=immediate = to the base backup's consistency point; --type=time "--target=<ts>" for PITR
+docker exec -u postgres pitr-drill pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble --pg1-path=/var/lib/postgresql/data --type=immediate restore
+docker exec -u postgres pitr-drill pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgresql/data -w start
+docker exec -u postgres pitr-drill psql -U scrabble -d scrabble -c "SELECT count(*) FROM backend.accounts;"  # verify data intact
+docker rm -fv pitr-drill; rm -f /tmp/drill.env   # wipe the restored real data
+```
+
+The target holds **real money + personal data** while it exists — keep it network-isolated and
+**destroy it (wipe `PGDATA` + the instance) afterwards**. Record each drill (date, target
+timestamp, outcome) here:
+
+| Date | Target | Result |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| 2026-07-09 | latest (`--type=immediate`) | PASS — v1.13.0 arming: 31.9 MB cluster restored from the encrypted S3 repo (3.7 MB compressed), recovered to consistency, `backend.accounts` intact; drill instance wiped. |
 
 **bot-link cert rotation:** regenerate (`deploy/gen-certs.sh /tmp/c --force`), reset the
 five `PROD_BOTLINK_*` secrets from `/tmp/c`, and re-run the workflow — both hosts redeploy
@@ -249,14 +350,17 @@ VITE_VK_APP_LINK, VITE_VK_APP_ID`. **Derived from `PUBLIC_BASE_URL` at deploy**
 `PROD_{POSTGRES_PASSWORD, GM_BASICAUTH_HASH, GRAFANA_ADMIN_PASSWORD, TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN,
 TELEGRAM_PROMO_BOT_TOKEN, EXPORT_SIGN_KEY, GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN, REGISTRY_PASSWORD, SSH_KEY,
 SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS, BOTLINK_CA, BOTLINK_GATEWAY_CERT, BOTLINK_GATEWAY_KEY, BOTLINK_BOT_CERT,
-BOTLINK_BOT_KEY}`; variables:
+BOTLINK_BOT_KEY, PGBACKREST_S3_KEY, PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET, PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS}`;
+variables:
 `PROD_{REGISTRY_USER, MAIN_HOST, TG_HOST, CADDY_SITE_ADDRESS, GM_BASICAUTH_USER, LOG_LEVEL,
 TELEGRAM_GAME_CHANNEL_ID, TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID, TELEGRAM_SUPPORT_CHAT_ID, TELEGRAM_BOT_USERNAME,
 VITE_TELEGRAM_BOT_ID, VITE_TELEGRAM_LINK, VITE_TELEGRAM_GAME_CHANNEL_NAME, SMTP_RELAY_FROM,
 PUBLIC_BASE_URL, SMTP_RELAY_ADMIN_FROM, ADMIN_EMAIL, SMTP_RELAY_SERVICE_FROM, SERVICE_EMAIL,
-GF_SMTP_ENABLED}`. The test contour uses the same names under `TEST_`, minus the prod-only
+GF_SMTP_ENABLED, PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT, PGBACKREST_S3_PORT, PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET,
-infra (`MAIN_HOST`/`TG_HOST`/`REGISTRY_*`/`SSH_*`/`BOTLINK_*`, which the test deploy generates
+PGBACKREST_S3_REGION, PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE}`. The test contour uses the same names under `TEST_`, minus the
-or runs locally) and plus `TEST_AWG_CONF` (the bot's VPN egress).
+prod-only infra (`MAIN_HOST`/`TG_HOST`/`REGISTRY_*`/`SSH_*`/`BOTLINK_*` and the `PGBACKREST_*`
+PITR set, which is prod-only — the test contour never archives) and plus `TEST_AWG_CONF` (the
+bot's VPN egress).
 
 ## Host-side setup (outside this repo)