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+# PLAN — monetization implementation
+
+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
+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
+
+- **Stage granularity (E0–E9) is fixed.** Do not split or merge stages. Plan each stage
+  densely enough to execute whole.
+- **Never leak stage ids into the product.** Code, comments, commit messages, PR
+  titles/descriptions must read as finalized feature copy — never "E5", "stage 3", etc.
+  Stage ids exist only in this file.
+- **Deviations are allowed** when new unknowns surface, but the plan is then edited **whole
+  and in agreement** (not piecemeal), keeping it coherent, and `docs/PAYMENTS.md` updated in
+  step.
+- **Status marks:** each stage header carries `Status: TODO | WIP | DONE`. When a stage
+  lands, flip it to DONE and note the PR. The **Progress** table is the at-a-glance index.
+- **Per-change discipline** (repo `CLAUDE.md`): update tests at the layers `docs/TESTING.md`
+  calls out, bake doc updates into the same PR, run local full verification before pushing,
+  feature branch → PR into `development`.
+
+## Progress
+
+| Stage | Title | Release | Status |
+|-------|-------|---------|--------|
+| E0 | Payments data foundation | 1 | TODO |
+| E1 | Trusted platform signal | 1 | TODO |
+| E2 | Currency + benefit core | 1 | TODO |
+| E3 | Wallet UI | 1 | TODO |
+| E4 | Durability (PITR) | 2 | TODO |
+| E5 | Payment intake | 2 | TODO |
+| E6 | Ads | 2 | TODO |
+| E7 | Admin & reports | 2 | TODO |
+| E8 | Guest limits | — | TODO |
+| E9 | Tournament fee | future | TODO |
+
+**Release 1** = full mechanics with no real money, exercised via `admin_grant` (E0→E1→E2→E3).
+**Release 2** = money (E4→E5→E6→E7). E8 is standalone (game-behaviour change, can run in
+parallel). E9 is future.
+
+---
+
+## Architecture baseline (applies to all stages)
+
+Read once; individual stages assume it.
+
+### Schema & isolation
+
+- The payments domain owns its **own Postgres schema `payments`** in the shared instance
+  (`scrabble` DB). All payments tables are `payments.*`. `backend` schema is untouched
+  except for the deprecation of two legacy columns (E2).
+- **DB role.** A dedicated role owns `payments` (ALL on `payments.*`, plus `REFERENCES` on
+  `backend.accounts(account_id)` for the cross-schema FK — nothing else on `backend`). The
+  game/backend role keeps no rights on `payments`. Isolation is one-directional: payments
+  may reference accounts; the rest of the backend never touches `payments` SQL.
+- **No cross-schema writes.** Benefits move **into** `payments` (they no longer live on
+  `accounts` — see E2), so the spend transaction (ledger INSERT + balance UPDATE + benefit
+  UPDATE) is atomic **within `payments`**. The only cross-schema link is the FK
+  `payments.*.account_id → backend.accounts.account_id` (referential integrity, not a
+  write). Game code reads benefits through the payments **Go interface**, never via SQL.
+
+### Domain boundary
+
+- New package `backend/internal/payments/` — `payments.go` (types + `Service`),
+  `store.go` (`type Store struct{ db *sql.DB }`, go-jet against `internal/postgres/jet/
+  payments`), following the `ads` domain shape (`backend/internal/ads/{ads,service,store}.go`).
+- Wired in `backend/cmd/backend/main.go` `run()` (construct after `account`, before
+  `server.New`), handed into `server.Deps` (`server.go`), routes registered in
+  `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`,
+  `Balances(ctx, account, platform) …`). Keep the surface small; this is the seam that lets
+  payments become a separate process later without touching callers.
+
+### Migrations & codegen
+
+- Migrations: same goose dir `backend/internal/postgres/migrations/`, sequential
+  `0000N_*.sql`, `-- +goose Up/Down`, schema-qualified, **expand-contract mandatory**
+  (image rollback must stay DB-safe). First payments migration does `CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT
+  EXISTS payments`, creates the role, grants.
+- **jetgen** (`backend/cmd/jetgen/main.go`) is currently hardwired to `schema=backend`.
+  Extend it to also generate `schema=payments` into `internal/postgres/jet/payments/
+  {model,table}` (committed). Regenerate only after a payments migration; revert unrelated
+  `backend`-schema churn (jetgen may reorder untouched tables — commit only intended diffs).
+- Transactions: reuse the local `withTx(ctx, db, fn)` idiom. Balance/benefit mutations are
+  guarded single-row atomic UPDATEs (mirror `account.SpendHint`); the ledger INSERT +
+  materialized-cache UPDATE go in one `withTx`. Default Read-Committed is sufficient given
+  the guarded updates + unique idempotency keys; do not reach for Serializable without a
+  demonstrated need.
+
+### Transport
+
+- client ↔ gateway: Connect-RPC + FlatBuffers (h2c). gateway ↔ backend: REST/JSON +
+  `X-User-ID` via `gateway/internal/backendclient`. Any user-facing payments call needs the
+  full chain: backend REST handler (`u := s.user` group) → `backendclient` method →
+  Connect-RPC method + transcode (`gateway/internal/transcode/`) → FlatBuffers schema
+  (`pkg/fbs/…`, regen with `make -C pkg fbs` + `pnpm -C ui codegen`).
+- Provider webhooks (Robokassa/VK) do NOT use the Connect path — model on the existing
+  public HMAC-signed route `s.public.GET("/dl/:id/:kind", …)` (`handlers.go`): a public
+  route with signature verification, proxied by the gateway/Caddy `@gateway` matcher
+  (`deploy/caddy/Caddyfile` — a new edge route MUST be added there or it falls to the
+  landing catch-all).
+
+### Testing layers (`docs/TESTING.md`)
+
+- **unit** (Go `_test.go`, TS vitest): gate-by-context, no-ads stacking, priority draw,
+  rate math, idempotency keys, catalog snapshotting. UI logic must be extracted out of
+  `.svelte` into `ui/src/lib/*` to be unit-testable.
+- **integration** (`backend/internal/inttest/`, `//go:build integration`, Postgres-backed):
+  atomic chip↔benefit spend, callback idempotency, order-flow, TG outbox delivery, merge/
+  unlink of segments.
+- **UI** (Playwright mock e2e, Chromium+WebKit): Wallet screen, warnings, guest-hidden, GP
+  stub. Mock e2e bypasses codec — wire bugs need codec unit tests.
+- Local full verification before push: integration (`-tags=integration` + DAWG sibling +
+  Ryuk-off), UI check/test/build, codegen (`make -C pkg proto fbs`, `pnpm -C ui codegen`).
+
+---
+
+## E0 — Payments data foundation
+
+**Status:** TODO · **Release 1** · depends on: none · mechanics: PAYMENTS §14, §7, §11.
+
+**Goal.** Stand up the `payments` schema, DB role, jetgen target, domain package skeleton,
+and all core tables — with nothing wired to real money yet. This is the substrate every
+later stage builds on.
+
+**Migrations (`payments` schema).**
+
+- `CREATE SCHEMA payments`; create the payments DB role + GRANTs (ALL on `payments`,
+  `REFERENCES` on `backend.accounts(account_id)`).
+- `payments.ledger` — append-only. Columns: `ledger_id` (UUIDv7 PK), `account_id` (FK →
+  `backend.accounts`), `kind` (`fund|spend|admin_grant|refund`), `source` / `origin`
+  (nullable per kind), `chips_delta` (signed; 0 for admin_grant), `product_id` (nullable,
+  FK → catalog), `order_id` (nullable, FK → orders), `provider` + `provider_payment_id`
+  (nullable), `snapshot` (JSONB of sold atoms+price for spend/grant), `created_at`. **No
+  UPDATE/DELETE ever.** Unique partial index on `(provider, provider_payment_id)` where not
+  null — the idempotency key.
+- `payments.balances` — materialized `(account_id, source)` PK, `chips int CHECK (chips >=
+  0)`, `updated_at`.
+- `payments.benefits` — materialized `(account_id, origin)` PK, `ads_paid_until timestamptz`
+  null, `ads_forever bool`, `hints int CHECK (hints >= 0)`, `updated_at`.
+- `payments.catalog_atom` — atom types (`chips|hints|noads_days|tournament`).
+- `payments.product` — `product_id`, `title`, `active bool` (soft-delete), created/updated;
+  `payments.product_item` (product → atom + quantity); `payments.product_price` (product →
+  method `vk|telegram|direct` + amount + currency — multi-currency chip packs; value
+  products carry a single chips price).
+- `payments.chip_rate` / rewarded payout config — either dedicated rows or a small
+  `payments.config` KV (frequency cooldowns, rewarded payout, pending-expiry). Pick one and
+  document it here at implementation.
+- `payments.order` — `order_id` (UUIDv7 PK), `account_id`, `platform`, `product_id`,
+  `expected_amount` + currency, `origin`, `status` (`pending|paid|expired`), `provider`,
+  `provider_payment_id` (nullable), timestamps. Index for the pending-expiry sweep.
+- `payments.payment_event` — `event_id`, `account_id`, `order_id` (nullable), `type`
+  (`succeeded|failed|refunded`), `payload`, `created_at`, `dispatched_at` (nullable).
+
+**Backend.**
+
+- `backend/internal/payments/` package skeleton: `Store` + `Service` + a `withTx` helper.
+  No handlers wired yet beyond a health-style no-op — this stage is schema + package.
+- Extend `cmd/jetgen` to generate `payments` schema → `internal/postgres/jet/payments/`;
+  commit generated code.
+
+**Legacy deprecation (expand phase only).** Add a migration comment/marker that
+`accounts.hint_balance` and `accounts.paid_account` are deprecated; do NOT drop yet (drop is
+the contract phase, after E2 reads/writes the new tables and after Release 2). Reads still
+use the old columns until E2 flips them.
+
+**Tests.**
+
+- integration: schema/role created; role cannot read `backend`-only tables and vice-versa;
+  ledger rejects UPDATE/DELETE (trigger or role privilege); idempotency unique index holds;
+  FK to `backend.accounts` enforced; balance/benefit CHECKs hold.
+- unit: none material yet (logic arrives in E2).
+
+**Done-criteria.** Migrations apply cleanly forward+backward on a throwaway PG (jetgen path
+proves this); `go build ./backend/...` + `go vet` + `gofmt -l .` clean; committed jet code
+for `payments`; integration tests green; no behaviour change for users.
+
+**Notes/risks.** jetgen may reorder untouched `backend` tables — revert that churn, commit
+only the `payments` additions. Keep the `payments` role creation idempotent (`IF NOT
+EXISTS` / `DO $$`), since migrations re-run on fresh volumes.
+
+---
+
+## E1 — Trusted platform signal
+
+**Status:** TODO · **Release 1** · depends on: none (parallel to E0) · mechanics: PAYMENTS §8.
+
+**Goal.** Make the server know the execution platform from a trusted, unforgeable source,
+carried on the session and re-confirmed each cold start. This is the foundation the gate
+(E2) stands on; without it the gate is meaningless.
+
+**Model.** `platform = {kind: vk|telegram|direct, subtype: ios|android|web}` becomes a
+property of the **session**. On cold start the client submits the fresh wrapper signature
+(VK launch-params `sign` / TG `initData`); the gateway (or backend session-resolve)
+validates it and records/refreshes the session's platform. `direct` needs no signature — it
+is implied by a web/native session's creation path.
+
+**Backend.**
+
+- Session store (`backend/internal/session/`): add `platform` (kind+subtype) to the session
+  row + `Session` struct; set it at creation and refresh it on a validated cold-start call.
+- Session resolve (`handlers_auth.go handleResolveSession` → `resolveResponse` DTO
+  `dto.go`): return `platform` so the gateway can carry it.
+- Validation: TG `initData` validator already exists (`platform/telegram/internal/initdata`)
+  — reuse. Add VK launch-params `sign` verification (HMAC over sorted params with the VK app
+  secret) — new small verifier, unit-tested against known VK vectors.
+- Gateway (`gateway/internal/backendclient`): inject a trusted `X-Platform` header (mirror
+  `X-User-ID` injection in `client.go do()`), sourced from the resolved session — never from
+  the client request body.
+- Backend middleware: read `X-Platform` into context alongside `X-User-ID`
+  (`middleware.go`); expose a typed accessor `platform(c)`.
+- **Fail-closed default:** absent/invalid/stale platform ⇒ context = untrusted; the payments
+  interface treats untrusted as "view only" (enforced in E2's gate, but the signal plumbing
+  lands here).
+
+**Client (`ui/`).** On cold start, submit the wrapper signature to the session-establish/
+refresh call: VK via `ui/src/lib/vk.ts` (launch params), TG via `ui/src/lib/telegram.ts`
+(`initData`). `direct` submits nothing (web/native). Compose the platform from
+`insideVK()` + `insideTelegram()` + `clientChannel()` + `vkPlatform()` (no single
+discriminator exists today — see `ui/src/lib/channel.ts`, note VK reads as `web` there).
+
+**Tests.**
+
+- unit (Go): VK sign verifier accepts valid / rejects tampered params; TG initData path
+  (existing) covered; platform kind+subtype derivation.
+- integration: session carries platform; resolve returns it; stale/absent → untrusted.
+- UI: cold start submits the right signature per wrapper (mock).
+
+**Done-criteria.** A VK/TG session resolves to a trusted `{kind,subtype}`; a forged body
+cannot change it; `direct` sessions resolve to `direct`; untrusted path is reachable and
+observable. No user-visible change.
+
+**Notes/risks.** VK iOS must surface as `subtype=ios` (drives the frozen state in E2/E3).
+Old sessions predating this stage have no platform → untrusted → fail-closed (acceptable;
+re-cold-start fixes it). Keep the VK app secret in config/secret store, not code.
+
+---
+
+## E2 — Currency + benefit core
+
+**Status:** TODO · **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).**
+
+- `Balances(ctx, account, platform)` → the segments spendable in the platform's context
+  (VK→vk; TG→tg; direct→direct+vk+tg; VK-iOS→frozen/view; untrusted→none).
+- `Spend(ctx, account, platform, productID)` → gate-checked purchase of a value with chips:
+  resolve spendable segments by context, draw by priority (direct→vk→tg on web), write a
+  `spend` ledger row + decrement balance + apply benefit (extend `ads_paid_until[origin]`
+  from `max(now,end)` / set `ads_forever` / add hints) **in one tx**, stamping `origin` =
+  platform context. Refuse if untrusted (fail-closed) or funds insufficient.
+- `Grant(ctx, account, origin, atoms)` → `admin_grant` ledger row (price 0, concrete values
+  only, never chips), same benefit application; origin chosen by the admin (E7 UI; here the
+  service method + an internal/admin entrypoint).
+- `AdFree(ctx, account, platform)` / `HintsAvailable(ctx, account, platform)` /
+  `SpendHint(ctx, account, platform)` → apply the one-directional origin rule: in context P,
+  usable origins = {P} plus, when P is web/native, {vk,tg} (relaxation outward); in VK only
+  vk; in TG only tg.
+- `Merge` / `Unlink` hooks: extend `accountmerge` to merge segments+benefits by origin
+  (same-origin add, different coexist), and make segment availability follow identity
+  presence (unlink → sleep, re-link → wake). Warn-before-unlink is a UI concern (surface the
+  balance via the interface).
+
+**Backend wiring & migration.**
+
+- Deprecate-and-flip `accounts.hint_balance` / `accounts.paid_account`: E0 added the tables;
+  here, move reads/writes to `payments.benefits`. `SpendHint` (`game/service.go` ~:1147) and
+  `ads.Eligible` (`ads/ads.go` :107) call the payments interface instead of the account
+  columns. Legacy values were never set in prod → zero them; the DROP is the contract phase
+  (guarded, after Release 2 — keep columns until then for rollback safety).
+- `vs_ai` hints stay free/unlimited (unchanged 30-min gate); only online-game hint spend
+  routes through the segmented, context-aware path.
+
+**API (user-facing, Connect chain).** Read-only wallet view + spend:
+`GET /api/v1/user/wallet` (balances+benefits for the context), `POST /api/v1/user/wallet/
+buy` (spend chips on a product). Add the backend handlers (`u := s.user`), `backendclient`
+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
+  stacking (`+=` from max(now,end)) + forever override; per-origin hint applicability;
+  merge/unlink segment math.
+- 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
+blocks cross-context spend and cross-origin application; ads gate reads the new benefit;
+`SpendHint` uses segments; 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
+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.
+
+**Goal.** The user-facing "Кошелёк" (Wallet) section: balances + active benefits + the
+catalog storefront, honouring guest-hidden, GP-stub, and the web-spend warning.
+
+**UI (`ui/`).**
+
+- New `'wallet'` tab in `ui/src/screens/SettingsHub.svelte` — `SettingsTab` union, tab
+  button **between Friends (:65) and About (:66)**, body branch in the `:42-51` switch,
+  `'wallet'` route in `ui/src/lib/routeparse.ts` + `ui/src/App.svelte`. Reuse the hub's
+  guest/offline gating.
+- `Wallet.svelte` screen: **minimal** — context-available chip balances + active benefits
+  (no-ads until date, hints count). **No history feed** (PAYMENTS §11 — noise). Storefront:
+  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
+  purchases"); rewarded + spending earned chips still work. Detect the GP native build.
+- **Web-spend warning:** before spending vk/tg chips in a web/native (direct) context, show
+  an own `Modal` (not `showPopup` — that eats the user-activation gesture) warning the value
+  will be web/native-only.
+- Extract all logic into `ui/src/lib/*` (unit-testable); keep `.svelte` thin.
+
+**Tests.**
+
+- unit (vitest): storefront/price formatting, context-available-segment selection, warning
+  trigger condition.
+- UI (Playwright mock, Chromium+WebKit): Wallet renders between Friends/About; guest hides
+  it; GP stub; warning modal on web vk/tg spend. Mock overlay must stay instant under
+  `MODE==='mock'` (or it intercepts taps).
+
+**Done-criteria.** Owner can review the Wallet on the deployed test contour (visual sign-off
+is on the contour, not local); balances/benefits/storefront correct per context; guest/GP/
+warning paths verified. Release 1 is now demonstrable end-to-end via `admin_grant`.
+
+**Notes/risks.** No global `.btn`/`.ghost` in `ui/` — style per-component with scoped CSS +
+tokens (mirror NewGame `.invite` for a CTA). Svelte whitespace/`$state` naming gotchas
+apply. iOS WebView download/gesture caveats are irrelevant here (no file delivery).
+
+---
+
+## E4 — Durability (PITR)
+
+**Status:** TODO · **Release 2** · depends on: E0 (schema exists) · mechanics: PAYMENTS §14.
+
+**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.**
+
+- Add WAL archiving to the prod Postgres (pgBackRest or WAL-G): base backups + continuous
+  WAL to a second host or object storage. Wire into `deploy/` (compose/prod overlay +
+  ansible `deploy/ansible/`), config + secrets under the `PROD_` prefix.
+- Restore runbook in `deploy/README.md`: base + WAL replay to a timestamp; test the restore
+  on a scratch target.
+- Keep the existing migration-time `pg_dump` (`deploy/prod-deploy.sh`) as belt-and-braces.
+
+**Mandatory pre-prod assessment (owner-required, gates the Release 2 prod rollout).**
+Before the first money goes live, produce and record here:
+
+1. **Disk-storage cost estimate** for the WAL archive + base backups (retention window ×
+   WAL volume; account for both hosts / object-storage pricing). This can change hosting
+   sizing.
+2. **PG performance-degradation assessment** from continuous archiving (write amplification,
+   archive_command latency, backup I/O contention) on the prod-sized instance.
+
+Neither blocks building the plan, but both **must** be completed and reviewed before the
+prod release — surface the numbers to the owner (they may change host settings).
+
+**Tests.** Restore drill on a scratch instance (base + WAL → target timestamp) documented
+and passing. No app-level tests.
+
+**Done-criteria.** WAL archiving live on prod PG; a timed restore verified; cost + perf
+assessment recorded and owner-reviewed; runbook in `deploy/README.md`.
+
+**Notes/risks.** The tg host is weak (1 vCPU) — if the archive lands there, watch
+contention. Migrations stay expand-contract so image rollback remains DB-safe alongside PITR.
+
+---
+
+## E5 — Payment intake
+
+**Status:** TODO · **Release 2** · depends on: E0, E1, E2, E4 · mechanics: PAYMENTS §9, §12.
+
+**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,
+receipts, and refunds.
+
+**Order-flow & intake (single writer).**
+
+- `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`).
+- 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
+  (ledger `fund` + balance UPDATE in one tx), mark order `paid`, emit `payment_event`.
+  Idempotent by `(provider, provider_payment_id)`.
+- **Pending sweep:** background reaper expires pending orders after the configured timeout
+  (~30 min). Expiry is cosmetic — a later valid callback still credits (revive/honour).
+
+**TG bot outbox (`platform/telegram/`).**
+
+- The bot receives `successful_payment` (and `pre_checkout_query`) via Bot API. Add a
+  **SQLite** store on the bot's disk: on receipt, persist → ack the Telegram update → forward
+  to a backend payments-intake endpoint (internal, authenticated over the existing reverse
+  mTLS bot-link) → on backend ack, mark `forwarded`. Retries with backoff; re-drive
+  undelivered on restart. Backend intake dedups by `telegram_payment_charge_id`.
+- Provide the invoice creation path (Stars) from the Mini App via the bot as needed.
+
+**Events & notifications.**
+
+- `payment_events` dispatcher: `succeeded`/`failed`/`refunded` → live gRPC stream if the
+  user is connected, else `botlink` push / email relay (existing). "failed" = an active
+  provider decline (not an abandoned pending) surfaced to the user; "succeeded" hook
+  (email/bot message).
+
+**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
+`refunded` events honoured — best-effort benefit revoke (never negative; record loss + abuse
+flag if spent), ledger `refund` row. Ledger export-ready (reconciliation not built).
+
+**Tests.**
+
+- unit: signature/HMAC verifiers per rail; order-id matching; idempotency-key dedup.
+- integration: full order→callback→credit per rail; duplicate callback credits once; expired
+  order still honoured on late callback; TG outbox store→forward→ack→cleanup + restart
+  re-drive; refund revoke best-effort/never-negative.
+- UI: purchase flow reaches the provider launch (mock); success/failure surfaced.
+
+**Done-criteria.** A real (sandbox) payment on each rail credits chips exactly once; a
+replayed callback does not double-credit; the TG outbox survives a bot restart mid-flight;
+failed/succeeded events reach the user; refund path exercised. **PITR (E4) armed and the
+cost/perf assessment reviewed before this goes to prod.**
+
+**Notes/risks.** Manual `docker run -p` boot tests fail from the shell — verify the runnable
+artifact via the testcontainers integration suite. Distroless services run UID 65532;
+bind-mounted secrets must be 0644. Edge routes silently fall through if not added to the
+Caddyfile — add a CI probe. The prod rolling deploy skips caddy on config-only changes —
+force-recreate when the Caddyfile changes.
+
+---
+
+## E6 — Ads
+
+**Status:** TODO · **Release 2** · depends on: E2 (chips), E5 (rewarded credits via intake) ·
+mechanics: PAYMENTS §10.
+
+**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.
+
+**Work.**
+
+- **Provider abstraction:** a small ads-network interface (VK impl now) so a future network
+  for other platforms slots in without rework. VK integration via `ui/src/lib/vk.ts`.
+- **Rewarded:** voluntary view → the network's **server verify callback** → payments intake
+  credits chips to the `vk` segment (client not believed, like a payment). On-launch
+  anti-fraud = provider verify only (no own daily cap; abstraction allows later).
+- **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
+  (per user) or client-mirrored from a server value — pick and document at implementation.
+- **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.
+
+**Tests.**
+
+- unit: cooldown logic (global 5m / vs_ai 30m / hint-trigger 1m independence); rewarded
+  credit path; banner eligibility per context.
+- integration: rewarded verify → credit exactly once (idempotent like a payment).
+- UI: interstitial shows/respects cooldown (mock); rewarded button; no-ads hides banner +
+  interstitial; rewarded still available under no-ads.
+
+**Done-criteria.** VK rewarded credits chips once per verified view; interstitial respects
+all cooldowns incl. the hint trigger; no-ads suppresses banner+interstitial but not
+rewarded; offline shows banner only.
+
+**Notes/risks.** Crypto-payout networks stay rejected. Rewarded-without-payout is pointless —
+only enable where the network pays (VK). Keep the interstitial frequency as server config so
+it tunes without a store release.
+
+---
+
+## E7 — Admin & reports
+
+**Status:** TODO · **Release 2** · depends on: E2 (ledger/grant), E5 (payments/refunds) ·
+mechanics: PAYMENTS §11.
+
+**Goal.** The admin console financial surface: per-user report, admin grant UI, manual
+refund UI, ledger export.
+
+**Work (`/_gm`, `backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go` + `adminconsole/`).**
+
+- **Per-user financial panel** on the existing user card (`consoleUserDetail` :343,
+  `UserDetailView`): segment balances, payments, spends, grants, refunds, full history —
+  read from the append-only ledger + materialized cache.
+- **Admin grant** action (mirror the existing `POST /_gm/users/:id/grant-hints`): grant
+  concrete values (no-ads days / hints), **origin picker**, **never chips**; writes an
+  `admin_grant` ledger row (E2 `Grant`).
+- **Manual refund** action: admin-initiated refund of a specific order (ties to the refund
+  path); records a `refund` ledger row; best-effort benefit revoke.
+- **Ledger export**: CSV/JSON export of the ledger for tax reporting + future Robokassa
+  reconciliation (export-ready schema; 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.
+- integration: grant/refund write correct ledger rows; report reflects balances+history.
+
+**Done-criteria.** An operator can see a user's full financial picture, grant concrete
+values (origin-picked, never chips), issue a manual refund, and export the ledger.
+
+**Notes/risks.** `/_gm` per-user detail already surfaces `PaidAccount`/`HintBalance` — replace
+those with the segmented view as the legacy columns retire.
+
+---
+
+## E8 — Guest limits
+
+**Status:** TODO · **standalone** (game-behaviour change; can run in parallel) · depends on:
+none · mechanics: PAYMENTS §6.
+
+**Goal.** A registration funnel: cap what a guest can do, enforced **server-side** (today the
+gating is UI-only).
+
+**Finding (verified).** The friend/invitation paths do **not** check `is_guest` on the
+server — only the UI hides them: `social/friends.go:50` `SendFriendRequest`,
+`robotfriends.go:41` `RequestInGame`, `friendcodes.go:67` `RedeemFriendCode`,
+`lobby/invitations.go:208` `CreateInvitation`. A guest with a valid `X-User-ID` can call them
+in the UI's stead.
+
+**Work.**
+
+- **Server guest gate** on friend-request / redeem-code / invitation-create: refuse when the
+  caller `is_guest` (add an `ErrGuestForbidden`-style guard, as `feedback` already has).
+- **Active-game limits** for guests: at most **1 random-opponent game + 1 vs_ai** concurrently
+  (enforce on game/invitation creation in `lobby`/`game`; today no such limit exists).
+- Keep the existing UI gating; this adds the server as the source of truth.
+
+**Tests.**
+
+- integration: guest is refused friend/redeem/invitation server-side; guest blocked from a
+  2nd random / 2nd vs_ai; durable account unaffected.
+- UI: guest sees the funnel (existing hides + any new messaging).
+
+**Done-criteria.** Guests are server-limited to 1 random + 1 vs_ai and cannot friend/invite;
+durable accounts unchanged; regression that this does not break existing durable flows.
+
+**Notes/risks.** This changes existing game behaviour — its own tests, its own PR, no
+mixed-in payments changes. Decide whether a guest may finish an already-started game (limit
+on creation, not mid-game) at implementation and record it here.
+
+---
+
+## E9 — Tournament fee (future)
+
+**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
+are provisioned in E0/E7; the spend mechanic reuses E2 (`Spend`). The actual tournament
+feature and its coupling to entry are out of scope until the tournament feature exists.
+
+**Done-criteria.** Deferred — revisit when tournaments are built.
+
+---
+
+## Verification & CI (all stages)
+
+- Per-stage tests at the layers above; **compliance-gate regression is mandatory** (a
+  `direct` benefit must never activate inside VK/TG) and runs from E2 onward.
+- Local full verification before every push: `go build/vet ./backend/... && gofmt -l .`,
+  integration (`-tags=integration` + DAWG sibling + Ryuk-off), `pnpm -C ui check/test:unit/
+  build`, Playwright mock e2e, codegen (`make -C pkg proto fbs`, `pnpm -C ui codegen`).
+- Contour: each PR into `development` auto-deploys the test contour; owner does visual sign-
+  off there (not local). Keep a multi-PR batch a linear stack (one shared contour,
+  last-deploy-wins).
+- Prod (Release 2): expand-contract migrations only (image rollback DB-safe); PITR armed +
+  the E4 cost/perf assessment reviewed **before** the first money; new edge routes added to
+  the Caddyfile with a CI probe; caddy force-recreated on config-only changes.
+- Release framing: **shipped docs/code/commits/PRs carry no stage ids** — finalize copy for
+  the release, not the plan.

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+# PAYMENTS — monetization mechanics
+
+Authoritative specification of the monetization domain: the in-game currency, wallets,
+benefits, store-compliance rules, payment intake, ads, catalog, ledger, and reporting.
+English is authoritative; [`PAYMENTS_ru.md`](PAYMENTS_ru.md) mirrors it in plain Russian
+(mirror every point edit in the same PR, like `FUNCTIONAL.md`/`FUNCTIONAL_ru.md`).
+
+Read this before changing any payments behaviour. The technical implementation plan lives
+in [`../PLAN.md`](../PLAN.md).
+
+> Status: specification approved; implementation staged (see `PLAN.md`). Nothing here is
+> live yet.
+
+## 1. Overview
+
+The game earns through two orthogonal channels:
+
+- **Purchases** of the in-game currency **Фишка** (chips) with real money, then spending
+  chips on **values** (benefits).
+- **Ads** — a rewarded video tops chips up; an interstitial and a house banner monetize by
+  impression.
+
+The currency is **two-tier**:
+
+```
+money (VK Votes / TG Stars / RUB via Robokassa)  ─┐
+                                                  ├─►  Фишки (chips)  ──►  values
+rewarded ad view                                 ─┘                         (no-ads, hints,
+                                                                             tournament fee)
+```
+
+Chips are the single storefront unit. Money and rewarded views **fund** chips; chips
+**buy** values. There is no path that spends money directly on a value — always through
+chips.
+
+## 2. Currency model
+
+**One chip is one chip everywhere** — the unit is uniform. The difference between payment
+methods lives entirely in the **purchase rate**: a chip pack costs *X* Votes / *Y* Stars /
+*Z* RUB, and the rate absorbs each store's commission. Value prices are fixed **in chips**
+and identical across methods.
+
+The chip balance is **segmented by `source`** — the platform where the chips were funded:
+
+| `source`   | Funded by                        |
+|------------|----------------------------------|
+| `vk`       | VK Votes purchase, VK rewarded ad |
+| `telegram` | TG Stars purchase                |
+| `direct`   | Robokassa purchase (web / native)|
+
+A single account holds all three segments simultaneously: `balance = (account_id, source)`,
+exactly three rows. Segmentation is **not** per-identity — see §6.
+
+Why segmented, not one pooled balance: store rules forbid activating value that was paid
+for outside the store's own cash desk. Chips funded inside VK (Votes) may only be spent in
+the VK context; Stars only inside Telegram; Robokassa-funded (`direct`) chips only outside
+the stores. See §4.
+
+## 3. Three operations, kept distinct
+
+Do not conflate these — they use different keys:
+
+1. **Fund chips** — money/ad → chip `source` segment, keyed by the **execution context**.
+2. **Spend chips = buy a value** — segment → benefit, keyed by context with the gate (§4).
+   This is where a benefit is **born** and stamped with its `origin`.
+3. **Apply a benefit** over time (e.g. "no-ads until *T*") — governed by the origin rule
+   (§5).
+
+`source` (where chips were funded) and `origin` (where a value was bought) share the same
+value set `{vk, telegram, direct}` but mean different things. On the web they can diverge:
+web spending may draw `vk` chips (`source=vk`) into a `direct` purchase (`origin=direct`).
+
+## 4. Store-compliance gate
+
+The compliance wall is **one-directional**. The dangerous direction — activating externally
+paid value *inside* a store wrapper — is blocked; the safe direction (a store benefit
+leaking out to the open web) is allowed.
+
+**Spend context → which segments/benefits are usable:**
+
+| Execution context   | Spendable chip segments | Spend priority     |
+|---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
+| Inside VK (Android) | `vk`                    | —                  |
+| Inside VK (iOS)     | none — frozen (view only)| —                 |
+| Inside Telegram     | `telegram`              | —                  |
+| Web / native (Direct)| `direct` + `vk` + `telegram` | direct → vk → tg |
+
+- Inside VK/TG only the same-named segment is usable; everything else (chiefly `direct`) is
+  invisible-as-spendable there.
+- On the web the store has no jurisdiction, so all attached segments are spendable, drained
+  by priority direct → vk → tg.
+- **VK iOS** is frozen for spending (Apple forbids spending virtual currency on digital
+  goods outside IAP inside VK on iOS): the balance is shown as a number, but no purchase or
+  spend is possible. A previously bought benefit still *applies* there.
+
+The account is **single** (identities merge, one profile/friends/stats). The gate is
+**logical**: in a VK/TG context the server activates only the same-named segment. It rests
+on a **trusted platform signal** (§8) — the client is never believed. When the platform
+cannot be trusted, the gate is **fail-closed**: spends/purchases are denied, view only.
+
+### One-directional benefit application
+
+A benefit carries `origin` = the **purchase context** (not "what it was paid with"). Buying
+on the web with `vk` chips still yields `origin=direct`.
+
+| `origin`         | Where the benefit applies                          |
+|------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
+| `vk` / `telegram`| **Everywhere** — inside its store *and* out on web/native |
+| `direct`         | **Only** web/native — never inside VK/TG (= store ban) |
+
+Before a web spend draws `vk`/`telegram` chips, the UI **warns** the user that the value
+will be available here (web/native) only, because of VK/TG restrictions.
+
+## 5. Benefits
+
+Three distinct entities, do not merge:
+
+- **Chips** — currency. Segment by `source`.
+- **Hints** — consumable, bought with chips. Segment by `origin`. Spent one-per-hint in
+  online games; `vs_ai` hints stay free/unlimited (30-min idle gate, not counted). A hint
+  spent in a game is drawn from an `origin` applicable to the current context (same
+  one-directional relaxation as above).
+- **No-ads** — a duration benefit, bought with chips. Segment by `origin`.
+
+**No-ads stacking.** Buying a term extends `paid_until[origin] += term` from
+`max(now, current end)` — the remainder is never lost ("terms add up"). **Forever** is a
+separate perpetual flag that overrides terms. "Ads off in context *P*" ⇔ some `origin`
+applicable in *P* has `paid_until > now` (on the web take the max over direct/vk/tg; in VK
+only vk; in TG only tg).
+
+**What no-ads suppresses:** the top banner **and** the post-move fullscreen interstitial.
+The voluntary **rewarded** view (for chips) is never suppressed — it is the user's choice.
+
+**Tournament fee** — a future value type; the atom is provisioned but the mechanic ships
+later.
+
+## 6. Wallet lifecycle
+
+**Segment availability rule.** A segment is spendable ⇔ the account has an identity of that
+`source` (for `direct`: a durable identity/email). This makes unlink/merge fall out
+naturally.
+
+**Unlink (vk/tg).** Allowed even with a non-zero balance/active benefit. The segment is not
+burned — it **sleeps** (no identity ⇒ unavailable in VK *and*, lacking the attachment,
+unavailable as an attached web segment); re-linking wakes it. The user is warned before
+unlinking ("N chips will be unavailable until you re-link"). The last identity cannot be
+unlinked (existing `ErrLastIdentity`).
+
+**Merge.** Segments and benefits merge **by origin**: same-origin segments add (chips sum,
+benefit terms extend per origin), different origins coexist. This extends the current
+account-merge (`hint_balance +=`, `paid_account OR=`) so origin is preserved and nothing
+leaks across platforms.
+
+**Guest.** A guest account has **no wallet at all** — the Wallet section is hidden, no
+purchases, no balance, by design. Balances belong only to durable accounts. The guest
+reaper therefore deletes guests freely (no money can exist there). In `direct`, email is
+required **before the first purchase** as a recovery anchor (in VK/TG the vk/tg identity is
+already the anchor); the existing email flow (request code → confirm → clear guest →
+durable) is reused.
+
+## 7. Catalog and pricing
+
+The catalog is **configurable** — products, prices, purchase rates, and rewarded payout
+live in the database and are edited in the admin console, no release required.
+
+- **Base values (atoms):** chips, hints, no-ads days, tournament entry.
+- **Product = a set of atoms + a price.** Sold singly or as a combo (e.g. "250 hints + 30
+  no-ads days").
+- **Chip pack** (funds chips) — priced **per method** (multi-currency Votes/Stars/RUB) as a
+  single product.
+- **Value** (bought with chips) — priced **in chips** (uniform across methods).
+
+**Deactivation, not deletion.** Products are soft-deleted (deactivated). A completed
+purchase stores a **snapshot** of what was sold (atom composition + price at the time) into
+an archive, so history/receipts/tax are independent of later catalog edits.
+
+## 8. Trusted platform signal
+
+The gate (§4) needs a **trusted, unforgeable** platform context on the server. The client is
+never the source of truth.
+
+- The platform is a **property of the session**, re-confirmed by a fresh signature on **every
+  cold start** — VK launch-params `sign` / TG `initData` (validator already exists at
+  `platform/telegram/internal/initdata`). VK/TG wrappers resend the signature on every open,
+  so this is not a one-time login.
+- `direct` is established by the fact of a web/native session's creation (no external
+  signer, and none needed — reaching vk/tg segments in a direct context still requires a
+  real attachment, §6).
+- The platform carries **kind** (`vk`/`telegram`/`direct`) **plus subtype**
+  (`ios`/`android`/`web`) — the subtype is mandatory (VK iOS is frozen).
+- The gateway resolves the session and passes `platform` to the backend (alongside the
+  existing `X-User-ID`).
+- **Fail-closed:** an untrusted/unconfirmed platform (a VK/TG session without a valid
+  cold-start signature; an old session with no recorded platform) denies spends/purchases
+  and applying any foreign origin — view only.
+
+## 9. Payment intake
+
+**Server callback only.** Chips are credited solely on a **verified** (signature/HMAC)
+provider callback — Robokassa webhook / TG `successful_payment` / VK callback. A client "I
+paid" is ignored.
+
+**Single writer.** One payments domain is the only writer of the ledger. Public webhooks
+(Robokassa/VK) terminate at the edge (Caddy/gateway) and proxy into payments; TG
+`successful_payment` reaches the bot, which forwards into payments. One place credits and
+dedupes.
+
+**Order-flow.** The server pre-creates an `order(pending)` with account / platform / pack /
+expected amount / origin. The `order_id` is threaded to the provider (Robokassa `InvId` / TG
+`invoice_payload` / VK `item` — confirm the exact VK field at integration). The callback
+matches by `order_id` (never by amount, so equal-amount collisions cannot happen), verifies
+the amount, credits, marks `paid`. **Idempotency:** dedup by `(provider, provider_payment_id)`.
+
+**Pending is invisible** to the user; it auto-expires on a timeout (~30 min, DB hygiene). A
+valid callback is **always** honoured, even on an expired order (`expired` ≠ cancellation —
+the money is real, the chips are owed). The user sees only successful purchases.
+
+**TG bot outbox.** `successful_payment` reaches the bot only (Bot API, not the Mini App), and
+the bot host is weak and can lose connectivity, so the bot is a durable link. Store-and-
+forward on **SQLite** on the bot's disk: receive → store → ack the Telegram update → forward
+to payments (idempotent, dedup by `telegram_payment_charge_id`) → ack → mark `forwarded`.
+Retries with backoff; re-drives undelivered on restart. At-least-once delivery + idempotent
+intake = credited exactly once.
+
+**Events.** The payments domain writes `payment_events` (succeeded / failed / refunded); a
+dispatcher fans out over channels — the live gRPC stream if the user is in-app, else the
+existing `botlink` push / email relay. "Payment failed" (an **active** provider decline, not
+an abandoned pending) is surfaced to the user; "payment succeeded" is a hook (email / bot
+message).
+
+**Refunds.** ToS is **non-refundable** — we do not offer refunds to the user. An admin may
+issue a **manual** refund (edge case: a user demands one shortly after paying / closes their
+account — tie into `accountdelete`, which already preserves messages). **External** refunds
+(chargeback / store decision / TG / VK) are honoured: the system takes the `refunded` event,
+**best-effort** revokes the benefit (never going negative; if chips were already spent, it
+records the loss + an abuse flag), and writes to the ledger. The ledger is **export-ready**
+for future tax reporting and Robokassa reconciliation (reconciliation itself is not built
+yet; the schema stays compatible).
+
+## 10. Ads
+
+**Launch scope: VK only** for video (rewarded payout in RUB, ОРД automatic, API ready).
+web/native/TG keep the existing house **text banner** only; video is deferred until a
+ruble-paying in-app network exists. The ad provider is behind an **abstraction** so a future
+network for other platforms slots in without rework. Crypto-payout networks (AdsGram/AdMob)
+are rejected — no legal ruble income for a self-employed (НПД) developer.
+
+**Rewarded** (voluntary video for chips) credits chips through payments on the network's
+**server verify callback** (client not believed, like a payment). On-launch anti-fraud is
+the provider's verify only (no own daily cap yet; the abstraction allows adding caps later).
+
+**Interstitial** (post-move fullscreen), configurable server-side values:
+
+- Global cooldown **per user, across all games**, default **5 min**.
+- **`vs_ai` — 30 min** (aligned with the hint cooldown, so it does not scare casual players).
+- Applying a **hint** triggers a post-move interstitial **independently** of the main
+  cooldown, with its own **1-min** cooldown.
+- Offline — banner only.
+- Respect VK's own frequency caps.
+
+**No ads offline** beyond the house banner. The `no-ads` benefit suppresses the banner via
+the existing `ads.Eligible` (`backend/internal/ads/ads.go`), which is extended to gate on
+the **origin benefit applicable in the current context** rather than one global flag.
+
+## 11. Admin, audit, reporting
+
+**Append-only ledger + materialized balance.** The operations ledger is **INSERT-only**
+(never UPDATE/DELETE — full audit). Segment balances `(account, source)` and benefits
+`(account, origin)` are a fast **materialized** cache, updated **in the same transaction** as
+the ledger write, and recomputable from the ledger for reconciliation.
+
+**Admin rewards.** An admin grants **concrete values only** (no-ads / hints) — **never
+chips** (a gifted currency balance = a store cash-desk bypass). The admin **picks the
+origin** at grant time (compliance is on them: `origin=vk` point-wise/low-volume = low risk,
+`origin=direct` = safe). A grant is a ledger transaction of type `admin_grant`, price 0
+chips — full audit of rewards.
+
+**Per-user financial report** in the admin console `/_gm` — segment balances, payments,
+spends, grants, refunds, full history — as an extension of the existing user card
+(`UserDetailView`, `handlers_admin_console.go`). Plus a ledger export.
+
+## 12. Taxes and compliance
+
+Receipts are automatic **through the provider**, and differ by rail:
+
+- **Robokassa** (direct) — self-employed НПД receipt on payment.
+- **VK** — VK processes Votes through the tax authority itself; nothing to do.
+- **TG Stars** — no tax side (for a RU self-employed, Stars are not legally withdrawable = not
+  НПД income; accepted, no receipt issued).
+
+**ОРД** (ad marking) for VK ads is handled on VK's side. (Not legal advice — the owner
+confirms the exact НПД scheme with a tax advisor.)
+
+## 13. Distribution (native Android)
+
+- **RuStore** — Robokassa/external gate allowed (0%); native = clean `direct` context.
+- **Google Play** — direct purchases are **hidden**; the Wallet shows a stub ("install the
+  RuStore build to make purchases"). Rewarded ads and spending already-earned chips still
+  work. Confirm Google's current in-app-currency rules before the GP release.
+
+## 14. Data model (schema `payments`)
+
+The payments domain lives in its **own schema `payments`** in the shared Postgres instance,
+with its own DB role (rights limited to `payments`) and a domain package behind a hard
+interface. Cross-schema FKs to `backend.accounts` keep the chip↔benefit spend atomic in one
+transaction. Durability is **PITR** (continuous WAL archive), independent of DB topology.
+
+Core tables (final names/columns fixed in `PLAN.md`):
+
+- **ledger** — append-only operations: fund / spend / `admin_grant` / refund; `(provider,
+  provider_payment_id)` unique for idempotency; export-ready.
+- **balances** — materialized `(account_id, source) → chips`.
+- **benefits** — materialized `(account_id, origin)` → no-ads `paid_until`/`forever` +
+  hints count.
+- **catalog** — atoms + products (soft-deletable), per-method prices, chip-purchase rates,
+  rewarded payout.
+- **orders** — pending purchases, `order_id`, expected amount, origin, status
+  (pending/paid/expired).
+- **payment_events** — succeeded/failed/refunded for the dispatcher.
+
+Legacy `accounts.hint_balance` and `accounts.paid_account` are **deprecated** and dropped
+(expand-contract) in favour of the segmented model; neither was ever set in prod (no purchase
+flow existed), so legacy values are zeroed.
+
+## 15. Glossary
+
+- **Фишка / chip** — the in-game currency; uniform unit, segmented by `source`.
+- **source** — where chips were funded (`vk`/`telegram`/`direct`).
+- **origin** — where a value was bought; governs where the benefit applies.
+- **value / benefit** — what chips buy (no-ads, hints, tournament fee).
+- **gate** — the one-directional store-compliance rule (§4).
+- **ledger** — the append-only record of all money/value operations.
+- **rail** — a payment provider (Robokassa / VK Votes / TG Stars).

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+# PAYMENTS — механики монетизации
+
+Русское зеркало [`PAYMENTS.md`](PAYMENTS.md) (английская версия — основная). Описывает
+домен монетизации: игровую валюту, кошельки, ценности, правила комплаенса сторов, приём
+платежей, рекламу, каталог, журнал операций и отчёты. Каждую правку `PAYMENTS.md` зеркалим
+сюда в том же PR (как `FUNCTIONAL.md`/`FUNCTIONAL_ru.md`).
+
+Читать перед любым изменением платёжного поведения. Технический план внедрения —
+[`../PLAN.md`](../PLAN.md).
+
+> Статус: спецификация утверждена; внедрение поэтапно (см. `PLAN.md`). В проде пока ничего
+> из этого нет.
+
+## 1. Обзор
+
+Игра зарабатывает двумя независимыми каналами:
+
+- **Покупки** игровой валюты **«Фишка»** за реальные деньги, затем трата Фишек на
+  **ценности** (бенефиты).
+- **Реклама** — ролик за награду пополняет Фишки; полноэкранный ролик и наш баннер
+  зарабатывают показами.
+
+Валюта **двухуровневая**:
+
+```
+деньги (Голоса VK / Stars TG / рубли через Robokassa)  ─┐
+                                                        ├─►  Фишки  ──►  ценности
+просмотр ролика за награду                             ─┘                (без рекламы,
+                                                                          подсказки,
+                                                                          турнирный взнос)
+```
+
+Фишки — единая единица витрины. Деньги и просмотры **пополняют** Фишки; Фишки **покупают**
+ценности. Прямой оплаты ценности деньгами нет — всегда через Фишки.
+
+## 2. Модель валюты
+
+**Одна Фишка равна одной Фишке везде** — единица единая. Разница между методами оплаты
+целиком в **курсе покупки**: пакет Фишек стоит *X* Голосов / *Y* Stars / *Z* рублей, и курс
+учитывает комиссию каждого стора. Цены ценностей фиксированы **в Фишках** и одинаковы для
+всех методов.
+
+Баланс Фишек **сегментирован по «источнику» (`source`)** — платформе, где Фишки пополнены:
+
+| `source`   | Чем пополняется                    |
+|------------|------------------------------------|
+| `vk`       | Покупка за Голоса VK, ролик за награду в VK |
+| `telegram` | Покупка за Stars TG                |
+| `direct`   | Покупка через Robokassa (web / native) |
+
+Один аккаунт держит все три сегмента одновременно: `баланс = (account_id, source)`, ровно
+три записи. Сегментация **не** по привязке (identity) — см. §6.
+
+Почему сегментировано, а не один общий баланс: правила сторов запрещают активировать
+ценность, оплаченную мимо их кассы. Фишки, пополненные внутри VK (Голоса), тратятся только
+в контексте VK; Stars — только внутри Telegram; Фишки от Robokassa (`direct`) — только вне
+сторов. См. §4.
+
+## 3. Три операции, которые нельзя путать
+
+Не смешивать — у них разные ключи:
+
+1. **Пополнить Фишки** — деньги/реклама → сегмент `source` Фишек, по **контексту
+   исполнения**.
+2. **Потратить Фишки = купить ценность** — сегмент → бенефит, по контексту с гейтом (§4).
+   Здесь бенефит **рождается** и помечается своим `origin`.
+3. **Применить бенефит** во времени (напр. «без рекламы до *T*») — по правилу `origin`
+   (§5).
+
+`source` (где пополнены Фишки) и `origin` (где куплена ценность) используют одно множество
+значений `{vk, telegram, direct}`, но значат разное. В вебе они расходятся: покупка в вебе
+может списать `vk`-Фишки (`source=vk`) в `direct`-покупку (`origin=direct`).
+
+## 4. Гейт комплаенса сторов
+
+Стена комплаенса **односторонняя**. Опасное направление — активация оплаченной снаружи
+ценности *внутри* обёртки стора — заблокировано; безопасное (бенефит стора действует
+наружу, в открытом вебе) — разрешено.
+
+**Контекст траты → какие сегменты/бенефиты доступны:**
+
+| Контекст исполнения  | Тратимые сегменты Фишек   | Приоритет траты    |
+|----------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|
+| Внутри VK (Android)  | `vk`                      | —                  |
+| Внутри VK (iOS)      | нет — заморожено (только просмотр) | —          |
+| Внутри Telegram      | `telegram`                | —                  |
+| Web / native (Direct)| `direct` + `vk` + `telegram` | direct → vk → tg |
+
+- Внутри VK/TG доступен только одноимённый сегмент; всё остальное (в первую очередь
+  `direct`) там невидимо как тратимое.
+- В вебе у стора нет юрисдикции, поэтому доступны все привязанные сегменты, списываются по
+  приоритету direct → vk → tg.
+- **VK iOS** заморожен для траты (Apple запрещает тратить виртуальную валюту на цифровые
+  товары мимо IAP внутри VK на iOS): баланс показывается числом, но покупка/трата
+  невозможны. Ранее купленный бенефит там всё равно *действует*.
+
+Аккаунт **единый** (привязки сливаются, один профиль/друзья/статистика). Гейт
+**логический**: в контексте VK/TG сервер активирует только одноимённый сегмент. Держится на
+**доверенном сигнале платформы** (§8) — клиенту не верим. Когда платформу нельзя доверенно
+установить, гейт **fail-closed**: траты/покупки запрещены, только просмотр.
+
+### Одностороннее применение бенефита
+
+Бенефит несёт `origin` = **контекст покупки** (не «чем оплачено»). Покупка в вебе за
+`vk`-Фишки всё равно даёт `origin=direct`.
+
+| `origin`         | Где действует бенефит                              |
+|------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
+| `vk` / `telegram`| **Везде** — внутри своего стора *и* наружу в web/native |
+| `direct`         | **Только** web/native — никогда внутри VK/TG (= бан) |
+
+Перед тратой в вебе `vk`/`telegram`-Фишек интерфейс **предупреждает**, что ценность будет
+доступна только здесь (web/native) из-за ограничений VK/TG.
+
+## 5. Ценности
+
+Три разные сущности, не смешивать:
+
+- **Фишки** — валюта. Сегмент по `source`.
+- **Подсказки** — расходник, покупается за Фишки. Сегмент по `origin`. Тратятся по одной в
+  онлайн-играх; в `vs_ai` подсказки бесплатны/безлимитны (30-мин кулдаун, не в счёт).
+  Подсказка в игре списывается из `origin`, применимого в текущем контексте (то же
+  одностороннее послабление).
+- **Без рекламы** — срок-бенефит, покупается за Фишки. Сегмент по `origin`.
+
+**Складывание «без рекламы».** Покупка срока продлевает `paid_until[origin] += срок` от
+`max(сейчас, текущий конец)` — остаток не теряется («сроки плюсуются»). **Навсегда** —
+отдельный вечный флаг, перекрывает сроки. «Реклама выключена в контексте *P*» ⇔ есть
+применимый в *P* `origin` с `paid_until > сейчас` (в вебе берём максимум по direct/vk/tg; в
+VK только vk; в TG только tg).
+
+**Что гасит «без рекламы»:** верхний баннер **и** полноэкранный ролик после хода.
+Добровольный **ролик за награду** (за Фишки) не гасится — это выбор пользователя.
+
+**Турнирный взнос** — будущий тип ценности; атом заложен, механика позже.
+
+## 6. Жизненный цикл кошелька
+
+**Правило доступности сегмента.** Сегмент тратим ⇔ на аккаунте есть привязка этого
+`source` (для `direct` — устойчивая привязка/email). Отсюда unlink/мерж выводятся
+естественно.
+
+**Отвязка (vk/tg).** Разрешена даже при ненулевом балансе/активном бенефите. Сегмент не
+сжигается — он **засыпает** (нет привязки ⇒ недоступен в VK *и*, без привязки, недоступен
+как подтянутый веб-сегмент); повторная привязка будит. Перед отвязкой предупреждение
+(«N Фишек станут недоступны до повторной привязки»). Последнюю привязку отвязать нельзя
+(существующий `ErrLastIdentity`).
+
+**Мерж.** Сегменты и бенефиты сливаются **по origin**: одноимённые складываются (Фишки
+суммируются, сроки бенефита продлеваются по origin), разные сосуществуют. Это расширяет
+текущий мерж аккаунтов (`hint_balance +=`, `paid_account OR=`), так что origin сохраняется и
+ничего не протекает между платформами.
+
+**Гость.** У гостевого аккаунта **вообще нет кошелька** — раздел «Кошелёк» скрыт, покупок
+нет, баланса нет, by design. Балансы — только у durable-аккаунтов. Поэтому чистильщик
+гостей удаляет их свободно (денег там быть не может). В `direct` email обязателен **перед
+первой покупкой** как якорь восстановления (в VK/TG якорь — сама vk/tg-привязка);
+переиспользуем существующий флоу email (запрос кода → подтверждение → снятие флага гостя →
+durable).
+
+## 7. Каталог и цены
+
+Каталог **конфигурируемый** — продукты, цены, курсы покупки и награда за ролик живут в базе
+и правятся в админке, без релиза.
+
+- **Базовые ценности (атомы):** Фишки, подсказки, дни без рекламы, участие в турнире.
+- **Продукт = набор атомов + цена.** Продаётся по одной или комбо (напр. «250 подсказок +
+  30 дней без рекламы»).
+- **Пакет Фишек** (пополняет Фишки) — цена **per-метод** (мультивалютная Голоса/Stars/руб)
+  одним продуктом.
+- **Ценность** (за Фишки) — цена **в Фишках** (единая для всех методов).
+
+**Деактивация, не удаление.** Продукты деактивируются (soft-delete). Состоявшаяся покупка
+хранит **снимок** проданного (состав атомов + цена на момент) в архиве, чтобы
+история/чеки/налоги не зависели от последующих правок каталога.
+
+## 8. Доверенный сигнал платформы
+
+Гейту (§4) нужен **доверенный, неподделываемый** контекст платформы на сервере. Клиент —
+никогда не источник правды.
+
+- Платформа — **свойство сессии**, переподтверждается свежей подписью на **каждом холодном
+  старте** — VK launch-params `sign` / TG `initData` (валидатор уже есть в
+  `platform/telegram/internal/initdata`). Обёртки VK/TG шлют подпись при каждом открытии,
+  так что это не одноразовый вход.
+- `direct` устанавливается самим фактом создания веб/native-сессии (внешней подписи нет и
+  не нужно — доступ к vk/tg-сегментам в direct-контексте всё равно требует реальной
+  привязки, §6).
+- Платформа несёт **kind** (`vk`/`telegram`/`direct`) **плюс подтип**
+  (`ios`/`android`/`web`) — подтип обязателен (VK iOS заморожен).
+- Гейтвей резолвит сессию и передаёт `platform` в бэкенд (рядом с существующим
+  `X-User-ID`).
+- **Fail-closed:** недоверенная/неподтверждённая платформа (VK/TG-сессия без валидной
+  подписи на холодном старте; старая сессия без записанной платформы) запрещает
+  траты/покупки и применение любого чужого origin — только просмотр.
+
+## 9. Приём платежей
+
+**Только серверный колбэк провайдера.** Фишки начисляются лишь по **проверенному**
+(подпись/HMAC) серверному колбэку — Robokassa webhook / TG `successful_payment` / VK
+callback. Клиентское «я оплатил» игнорируется.
+
+**Единственный писатель.** Один платёжный домен — единственный, кто пишет в журнал операций.
+Публичные вебхуки (Robokassa/VK) терминируются на краю (Caddy/gateway) и проксируются в
+платёжный домен; TG `successful_payment` приходит боту, тот форвардит в платёжный домен.
+Одно место начисляет и защищает от повторов.
+
+**Флоу заказа.** Сервер заранее создаёт `order(pending)` с account / платформой / пакетом /
+ожидаемой суммой / origin. `order_id` прокидывается провайдеру (Robokassa `InvId` / TG
+`invoice_payload` / VK `item` — точную форму VK уточнить при интеграции). Колбэк матчится по
+`order_id` (никогда по сумме, поэтому коллизии одинаковых сумм невозможны), сверяет сумму,
+начисляет, помечает `paid`. **Защита от повторов:** дедуп по `(провайдер,
+provider_payment_id)`.
+
+**Pending невидим** пользователю; авто-истекает по таймауту (~30 мин, гигиена базы).
+Валидный колбэк исполняется **всегда**, даже на истёкшем заказе (`expired` ≠ отмена —
+деньги реальны, Фишки должны быть выданы). Пользователь видит только успешные покупки.
+
+**Outbox TG-бота.** `successful_payment` приходит только боту (Bot API, не Mini App), а
+хост бота слабый и может терять связь, поэтому бот — durable-звено. Store-and-forward на
+**SQLite** на диске бота: получил → сохранил → подтвердил апдейт Telegram → форвардит в
+платёжный домен (идемпотентно, дедуп по `telegram_payment_charge_id`) → ack → пометил
+`forwarded`. Ретраи с backoff; дореталивает недоставленное при рестарте. Доставка
+at-least-once + идемпотентный приём = начисление ровно один раз.
+
+**События.** Платёжный домен пишет `payment_events` (succeeded / failed / refunded);
+диспетчер рассылает по каналам — live gRPC-стрим, если пользователь в аппе, иначе
+существующий пуш `botlink` / email. «Оплата не прошла» (**активный** отказ провайдера, не
+брошенный pending) доводится до пользователя; «оплата прошла» — хук (письмо / сообщение в
+бота).
+
+**Возвраты.** ToS — **невозвратно**, пользователю возврат не предлагаем. Админ может сделать
+**ручной** возврат (крайний случай: пользователь требует вскоре после оплаты / закрывает
+аккаунт — связано с `accountdelete`, где уже сохраняются сообщения). **Внешние** возвраты
+(чарджбек / решение стора / TG / VK) обрабатываются: система принимает событие `refunded`,
+**по возможности** отзывает бенефит (в минус не уходим; если Фишки уже потрачены —
+фиксирует убыток + флаг защиты от злоупотреблений), пишет в журнал. Журнал операций
+**спроектирован экспортопригодным** для будущей налоговой отчётности и сверки с Robokassa
+(саму сверку пока не строим; схема остаётся совместимой).
+
+## 10. Реклама
+
+**Охват на старте: только VK** для видео (награда в рублях, ОРД автоматом, API готов).
+web/native/TG держат только существующий наш **текст-баннер**; видео отложено до появления
+рублёвой in-app сети. Рекламный провайдер за **абстракцией**, чтобы будущая сеть для других
+платформ встроилась без переделки. Крипто-сети (AdsGram/AdMob) отвергнуты — нет легального
+рублёвого дохода самозанятому (НПД).
+
+**Ролик за награду** (добровольное видео за Фишки) начисляет Фишки через платёжный домен по
+**серверному verify-колбэку** сети (клиенту не верим, как платежу). Антифрод на старте — только
+verify провайдера (своего дневного потолка пока нет; абстракция позволит добавить лимиты
+позже).
+
+**Полноэкранный ролик** (после хода), конфигурируемые серверные значения:
+
+- Глобальный кулдаун **на пользователя, сквозь все партии**, дефолт **5 мин**.
+- **`vs_ai` — 30 мин** (соосно кулдауну подсказок, чтобы не отпугивать казуалов).
+- Применение **подсказки** триггерит ролик после хода **независимо** от основного кулдауна,
+  со своим кулдауном **1 мин**.
+- Оффлайн — только баннер.
+- Уважать собственные лимиты частоты VK.
+
+**Оффлайн без рекламы**, кроме нашего баннера. Бенефит `без рекламы` гасит баннер через
+существующий `ads.Eligible` (`backend/internal/ads/ads.go`), который расширяется до гейта по
+**origin-бенефиту, применимому в текущем контексте**, а не по одному глобальному флагу.
+
+## 11. Админ, аудит, отчётность
+
+**Неизменяемый журнал операций + материализованный баланс.** Журнал операций **только на
+INSERT** (никогда UPDATE/DELETE — полный аудит). Балансы сегментов `(account, source)` и
+бенефиты `(account, origin)` — быстрый **материализованный** кэш, обновляется **в той же
+транзакции**, что и запись журнала, и пересчитывается из журнала для сверки.
+
+**Награждение админом.** Админ начисляет **только конкретные ценности** (без рекламы /
+подсказки) — **никогда не Фишки** (подаренный баланс валюты = обход кассы стора). Админ
+**выбирает origin** при выдаче (ответственность за комплаенс на нём: `origin=vk`
+точечно/малый объём = низкий риск, `origin=direct` = безопасно). Грант — транзакция журнала
+типа `admin_grant`, цена 0 Фишек — полный аудит наград.
+
+**Финансовый отчёт по пользователю** в админке `/_gm` — балансы сегментов, платежи, траты,
+гранты, возвраты, полная история — расширение существующей карточки (`UserDetailView`,
+`handlers_admin_console.go`). Плюс экспорт журнала.
+
+## 12. Налоги и комплаенс
+
+Чеки формируются автоматически **на стороне провайдера** и отличаются по каналу:
+
+- **Robokassa** (direct) — чек НПД самозанятого при оплате.
+- **VK** — VK сам процессит Голоса через налоговую; делать нечего.
+- **TG Stars** — налоговой стороны нет (для РФ-самозанятого Stars легально невыводимы = не
+  доход НПД; принимаем, чек не формируем).
+
+**ОРД** (маркировка рекламы) по VK-рекламе — на стороне VK. (Не юридическая консультация —
+владелец сверяет точную схему НПД с налоговым консультантом.)
+
+## 13. Дистрибуция (native Android)
+
+- **RuStore** — Robokassa/внешний гейт разрешён (0%); native = чистый контекст `direct`.
+- **Google Play** — direct-покупки **скрыты**; «Кошелёк» показывает заглушку («установите
+  версию из RuStore для покупок»). Ролик за награду и трата уже накопленных Фишек работают.
+  Перед GP-релизом свериться с актуальными правилами Google по внутренней валюте.
+
+## 14. Модель данных (схема `payments`)
+
+Платёжный домен живёт в **своей схеме `payments`** в общем инстансе Postgres, со своим
+DB-ролём (права только на `payments`) и доменным пакетом за жёстким интерфейсом.
+Cross-schema внешние ключи к `backend.accounts` держат трату «Фишки↔бенефит» атомарной в
+одной транзакции. Сохранность — **PITR** (непрерывный WAL-архив), независимо от топологии
+базы.
+
+Основные таблицы (финальные имена/колонки — в `PLAN.md`):
+
+- **журнал операций (ledger)** — append-only операции: пополнение / трата / `admin_grant` /
+  возврат; `(провайдер, provider_payment_id)` уникален для защиты от повторов;
+  экспортопригоден.
+- **балансы** — материализованные `(account_id, source) → Фишки`.
+- **бенефиты** — материализованные `(account_id, origin)` → «без рекламы»
+  `paid_until`/`forever` + счётчик подсказок.
+- **каталог** — атомы + продукты (деактивируемые), цены per-метод, курсы покупки Фишек,
+  награда за ролик.
+- **заказы (orders)** — pending-покупки, `order_id`, ожидаемая сумма, origin, статус
+  (pending/paid/expired).
+- **payment_events** — succeeded/failed/refunded для диспетчера.
+
+Legacy `accounts.hint_balance` и `accounts.paid_account` **устаревают** и удаляются
+(expand-contract) в пользу сегментированной модели; ни то, ни другое в проде никогда не
+выставлялось (потока покупки не было), поэтому legacy-значения обнуляются.
+
+## 15. Словарь
+
+- **Фишка** — игровая валюта; единая единица, сегментирована по `source`.
+- **source (источник)** — где пополнены Фишки (`vk`/`telegram`/`direct`).
+- **origin (происхождение)** — где куплена ценность; определяет, где действует бенефит.
+- **ценность / бенефит** — то, что покупается за Фишки (без рекламы, подсказки, турнирный
+  взнос).
+- **гейт** — одностороннее правило комплаенса сторов (§4).
+- **журнал операций (ledger)** — неизменяемая запись всех операций с деньгами/ценностями.
+- **платёжный канал / рельса** — платёжный провайдер (Robokassa / Голоса VK / Stars TG).