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Tournament Transaction Log API

Purpose

Tournament transaction log is owner-readable tournament history.

It records ordered tournament events such as:

tournament creation
timer changes
match state changes
match score changes
decider match creation
playoff start attempts and failures
playoff start success
group match auto-starts

Frontend should show this as an append-only history feed for tournament owners.

Read Flow

Transaction log is not embedded in normal tournament payload. Read it from dedicated owner-only endpoint:

GET /tournaments/:id/transaction_log

Auth:

same Devise token auth headers as other owner APIs
endpoint requires authenticated tournament owner

Response:

200 OK
JSON array
ordered by sequence ascending
no pagination yet

Example:

[
  {
    "id": 17,
    "sequence": 1,
    "action": "tournament.created",
    "message": "owner created tournament Spring Cup(123)",
    "metadata": {
      "tournament_id": 123,
      "tournament_name": "Spring Cup"
    },
    "created_at": "2026-04-30T10:12:42Z",
    "user": {
      "id": 4,
      "username": "owner"
    }
  },
  {
    "id": 18,
    "sequence": 2,
    "action": "match.state_changed",
    "message": "owner changed match 77 (Team A(10) vs Team B(11)) to running",
    "metadata": {
      "match_id": 77,
      "stage_type": "playoffs",
      "old_state": "not_started",
      "new_state": "in_progress",
      "team_ids": [10, 11],
      "teams": [
        { "id": 10, "name": "Team A" },
        { "id": 11, "name": "Team B" }
      ],
      "winner_team_id": null,
      "advanced_match_ids": [],
      "group_scores": []
    },
    "created_at": "2026-04-30T10:13:01Z",
    "user": {
      "id": 4,
      "username": "owner"
    }
  }
]

Field Contract

Each entry has:

id: DB id for entry
sequence: per-tournament monotonic order number, starts at 1
action: machine-readable action key
message: human-readable owner history text
metadata: structured action-specific data
created_at: ISO-8601 timestamp
user: actor object, or null for system actions

user shape:

{
  "id": 4,
  "username": "owner"
}

Frontend display guidance:

sort by sequence, not by timestamp
use message for first UI pass
use metadata for links/details/chips
tolerate unknown future action values
tolerate extra metadata fields

Current Action Keys

Current action values:

tournament.created
tournament.timer_changed
match.state_changed
match_score.updated
decider_match.created
playoffs.start_failed
playoffs.started
group_matches.started

Future backend work may add more action keys. Unknown actions should still render via message.

Metadata Notes

metadata is stable JSON, but shape depends on action.

Common match metadata includes:

match_id
stage_id
group_id
stage_type: groupstage or playoffs
team_ids
teams
winner_team_id
advanced_match_ids
group_scores

Team object shape:

{
  "id": 10,
  "name": "Team A"
}

Group score object shape:

{
  "team_id": 10,
  "team_name": "Team A",
  "points": 9,
  "matches_played": 3,
  "wins": 3,
  "draws": 0,
  "losses": 0,
  "score": 12,
  "score_against": 4,
  "score_difference": 8,
  "position": 1
}

Example Actions

Match state change

{
  "action": "match.state_changed",
  "message": "owner changed match 77 to finished (Team A(10) wins) - playoffs - Team A(10) advances to match 80",
  "metadata": {
    "match_id": 77,
    "stage_type": "playoffs",
    "old_state": "in_progress",
    "new_state": "finished",
    "winner_team_id": 10,
    "advanced_match_ids": [80]
  }
}

Match score update

{
  "action": "match_score.updated",
  "message": "owner changed matchscore 91 from match 77 to 3 (3 points for Team A(10) in match vs Team B(11))",
  "metadata": {
    "match_id": 77,
    "match_score_id": 91,
    "team_id": 10,
    "changes": {
      "points": {
        "from": 2,
        "to": 3
      }
    }
  }
}

Playoff start failure

{
  "action": "playoffs.start_failed",
  "message": "owner attempted playoff start, failed because decider missing",
  "metadata": {
    "stage_id": 12,
    "reason": "decider_missing",
    "blocking_ties": [
      {
        "group_id": 5,
        "team_ids": [10, 11],
        "teams": [
          { "id": 10, "name": "Team A" },
          { "id": 11, "name": "Team B" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Playoffs started

{
  "action": "playoffs.started",
  "message": "owner started playoffs, advancing teams: Team A(10), Team B(11), Team C(12), Team D(13)",
  "metadata": {
    "stage_id": 12,
    "advancing_team_ids": [10, 11, 12, 13],
    "advancing_teams": [
      { "id": 10, "name": "Team A" },
      { "id": 11, "name": "Team B" },
      { "id": 12, "name": "Team C" },
      { "id": 13, "name": "Team D" }
    ]
  }
}

Error Behavior

Expected errors:

401 Unauthorized: missing or invalid auth
403 Forbidden: authenticated user is not tournament owner
404 Not Found: tournament id does not exist

Read-only follower tournaments:

log read is allowed for owner
log write is internal only; frontend has no write endpoint

Frontend Implementation Guide

Recommended owner-history flow:

Load tournament as usual.
If current user is owner, request GET /tournaments/:id/transaction_log.
Render entries sorted by sequence.
Use message as main text.
Show created_at as event time.
Link matches/teams from metadata when ids are present.
Refresh after owner mutations, or poll while history panel is open.

There is no websocket stream for transaction log yet. Existing tournament/match websocket updates still fire for live tournament state.

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