Make semester a first-class system (DB + backend) #259

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Make semester a first-class system (DB + backend)#259
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@AndresL230
AndresL230
opened on Jun 22, 2026

Problem

semester is a hardcoded free-text 'Spring 2026' default, not a real system. It's threaded through the analytics/gradebook tables but there's no term entity, no validation, and enrollment isn't semester-scoped.

Where it lives today:

  • courses.semester — TEXT DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', on the shared catalog (backend/db/migrations/0001_baseline_schema.sql:37)
  • course_concept_stats.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of UNIQUE(course_id, concept_name, semester) (:211, :221)
  • course_summary.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of PRIMARY KEY(course_id, semester) (:227, :235)
  • backend/routes/gradebook.py filters/returns it (:48-57, :99, :154); backend/services/course_context_service.py reads/writes it, defaulting to 'Spring 2026'

Gaps

  1. Enrollment isn't semester-scoped.user_courses has no semester column (0001_baseline_schema.sql:48-58). Semester lives only on the shared courses row, so "CS101 Spring" vs "CS101 Fall" must be two separate catalog rows.
  2. The courses API drops semester./api/graph/<user>/courses (getCourses) doesn't return it — flagged in docs/gradebook-rollout-notes.md:52,69.
  3. No term model. No semester entity, no validation, no concept of the "current/active term" — just a 'Spring 2026' string copy-pasted across four places.

Proposed

  • Introduce a term model (table or enum) + a notion of the current/active semester.
  • Add user_courses.semester (or otherwise scope enrollment to a term).
  • Surface semester in /api/graph/<user>/courses and any course-listing API.
  • Replace the scattered 'Spring 2026' default with the term model.

Related

Pairs with the frontend integration issue (see cross-link below). Touches knowledge-graph course scoping and the gradebook.

Related

Frontend counterpart: #260

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      Make semester a first-class system (DB + backend) #259
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      #279
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      #279
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      P2Medium prioritybackendBackend / APIdata-integrityCorrectness of stored/served dataenhancementNew feature or request
      Description
      @AndresL230
      AndresL230
      opened on Jun 22, 2026
      Problem
      semester is a hardcoded free-text 'Spring 2026' default, not a real system. It's threaded through the analytics/gradebook tables but there's no term entity, no validation, and enrollment isn't semester-scoped.
      Where it lives today:
      • courses.semester — TEXT DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', on the shared catalog (backend/db/migrations/0001_baseline_schema.sql:37)
      • course_concept_stats.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of UNIQUE(course_id, concept_name, semester) (:211, :221)
      • course_summary.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of PRIMARY KEY(course_id, semester) (:227, :235)
      • backend/routes/gradebook.py filters/returns it (:48-57, :99, :154); backend/services/course_context_service.py reads/writes it, defaulting to 'Spring 2026'
      Gaps
      1. Enrollment isn't semester-scoped.user_courses has no semester column (0001_baseline_schema.sql:48-58). Semester lives only on the shared courses row, so "CS101 Spring" vs "CS101 Fall" must be two separate catalog rows.
      2. The courses API drops semester./api/graph/<user>/courses (getCourses) doesn't return it — flagged in docs/gradebook-rollout-notes.md:52,69.
      3. No term model. No semester entity, no validation, no concept of the "current/active term" — just a 'Spring 2026' string copy-pasted across four places.
      Proposed
      •  Introduce a term model (table or enum) + a notion of the current/active semester.
      •  Add user_courses.semester (or otherwise scope enrollment to a term).
      •  Surface semester in /api/graph/<user>/courses and any course-listing API.
      •  Replace the scattered 'Spring 2026' default with the term model.
      Related
      Pairs with the frontend integration issue (see cross-link below). Touches knowledge-graph course scoping and the gradebook.
      Related
      Frontend counterpart: #260
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          Make semester a first-class system (DB + backend) #259
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          #279
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          Make semester a first-class system (DB + backend)#259
          #279
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          P2Medium prioritybackendBackend / APIdata-integrityCorrectness of stored/served dataenhancementNew feature or request
          Description
          @AndresL230
          AndresL230
          opened on Jun 22, 2026
          Problem
          semester is a hardcoded free-text 'Spring 2026' default, not a real system. It's threaded through the analytics/gradebook tables but there's no term entity, no validation, and enrollment isn't semester-scoped.
          Where it lives today:
          • courses.semester — TEXT DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', on the shared catalog (backend/db/migrations/0001_baseline_schema.sql:37)
          • course_concept_stats.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of UNIQUE(course_id, concept_name, semester) (:211, :221)
          • course_summary.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of PRIMARY KEY(course_id, semester) (:227, :235)
          • backend/routes/gradebook.py filters/returns it (:48-57, :99, :154); backend/services/course_context_service.py reads/writes it, defaulting to 'Spring 2026'
          Gaps
          1. Enrollment isn't semester-scoped.user_courses has no semester column (0001_baseline_schema.sql:48-58). Semester lives only on the shared courses row, so "CS101 Spring" vs "CS101 Fall" must be two separate catalog rows.
          2. The courses API drops semester./api/graph/<user>/courses (getCourses) doesn't return it — flagged in docs/gradebook-rollout-notes.md:52,69.
          3. No term model. No semester entity, no validation, no concept of the "current/active term" — just a 'Spring 2026' string copy-pasted across four places.
          Proposed
          •  Introduce a term model (table or enum) + a notion of the current/active semester.
          •  Add user_courses.semester (or otherwise scope enrollment to a term).
          •  Surface semester in /api/graph/<user>/courses and any course-listing API.
          •  Replace the scattered 'Spring 2026' default with the term model.
          Related
          Pairs with the frontend integration issue (see cross-link below). Touches knowledge-graph course scoping and the gradebook.
          Related
          Frontend counterpart: #260
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              Make semester a first-class system (DB + backend) #259
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              #279
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              P2Medium prioritybackendBackend / APIdata-integrityCorrectness of stored/served dataenhancementNew feature or request
              Description
              @AndresL230
              AndresL230
              opened on Jun 22, 2026
              Problem
              semester is a hardcoded free-text 'Spring 2026' default, not a real system. It's threaded through the analytics/gradebook tables but there's no term entity, no validation, and enrollment isn't semester-scoped.
              Where it lives today:
              • courses.semester — TEXT DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', on the shared catalog (backend/db/migrations/0001_baseline_schema.sql:37)
              • course_concept_stats.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of UNIQUE(course_id, concept_name, semester) (:211, :221)
              • course_summary.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of PRIMARY KEY(course_id, semester) (:227, :235)
              • backend/routes/gradebook.py filters/returns it (:48-57, :99, :154); backend/services/course_context_service.py reads/writes it, defaulting to 'Spring 2026'
              Gaps
              1. Enrollment isn't semester-scoped.user_courses has no semester column (0001_baseline_schema.sql:48-58). Semester lives only on the shared courses row, so "CS101 Spring" vs "CS101 Fall" must be two separate catalog rows.
              2. The courses API drops semester./api/graph/<user>/courses (getCourses) doesn't return it — flagged in docs/gradebook-rollout-notes.md:52,69.
              3. No term model. No semester entity, no validation, no concept of the "current/active term" — just a 'Spring 2026' string copy-pasted across four places.
              Proposed
              •  Introduce a term model (table or enum) + a notion of the current/active semester.
              •  Add user_courses.semester (or otherwise scope enrollment to a term).
              •  Surface semester in /api/graph/<user>/courses and any course-listing API.
              •  Replace the scattered 'Spring 2026' default with the term model.
              Related
              Pairs with the frontend integration issue (see cross-link below). Touches knowledge-graph course scoping and the gradebook.
              Related
              Frontend counterpart: #260
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                  Make semester a first-class system (DB + backend) #259
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                  Make semester a first-class system (DB + backend)#259
                  #279
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                  P2Medium prioritybackendBackend / APIdata-integrityCorrectness of stored/served dataenhancementNew feature or request
                  Description
                  @AndresL230
                  AndresL230
                  opened on Jun 22, 2026
                  Problem
                  semester is a hardcoded free-text 'Spring 2026' default, not a real system. It's threaded through the analytics/gradebook tables but there's no term entity, no validation, and enrollment isn't semester-scoped.
                  Where it lives today:
                  • courses.semester — TEXT DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', on the shared catalog (backend/db/migrations/0001_baseline_schema.sql:37)
                  • course_concept_stats.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of UNIQUE(course_id, concept_name, semester) (:211, :221)
                  • course_summary.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of PRIMARY KEY(course_id, semester) (:227, :235)
                  • backend/routes/gradebook.py filters/returns it (:48-57, :99, :154); backend/services/course_context_service.py reads/writes it, defaulting to 'Spring 2026'
                  Gaps
                  1. Enrollment isn't semester-scoped.user_courses has no semester column (0001_baseline_schema.sql:48-58). Semester lives only on the shared courses row, so "CS101 Spring" vs "CS101 Fall" must be two separate catalog rows.
                  2. The courses API drops semester./api/graph/<user>/courses (getCourses) doesn't return it — flagged in docs/gradebook-rollout-notes.md:52,69.
                  3. No term model. No semester entity, no validation, no concept of the "current/active term" — just a 'Spring 2026' string copy-pasted across four places.
                  Proposed
                  •  Introduce a term model (table or enum) + a notion of the current/active semester.
                  •  Add user_courses.semester (or otherwise scope enrollment to a term).
                  •  Surface semester in /api/graph/<user>/courses and any course-listing API.
                  •  Replace the scattered 'Spring 2026' default with the term model.
                  Related
                  Pairs with the frontend integration issue (see cross-link below). Touches knowledge-graph course scoping and the gradebook.
                  Related
                  Frontend counterpart: #260
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                      Make semester a first-class system (DB + backend) #259
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                      #279
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                      P2Medium prioritybackendBackend / APIdata-integrityCorrectness of stored/served dataenhancementNew feature or request
                      Description
                      @AndresL230
                      AndresL230
                      opened on Jun 22, 2026
                      Problem
                      semester is a hardcoded free-text 'Spring 2026' default, not a real system. It's threaded through the analytics/gradebook tables but there's no term entity, no validation, and enrollment isn't semester-scoped.
                      Where it lives today:
                      • courses.semester — TEXT DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', on the shared catalog (backend/db/migrations/0001_baseline_schema.sql:37)
                      • course_concept_stats.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of UNIQUE(course_id, concept_name, semester) (:211, :221)
                      • course_summary.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of PRIMARY KEY(course_id, semester) (:227, :235)
                      • backend/routes/gradebook.py filters/returns it (:48-57, :99, :154); backend/services/course_context_service.py reads/writes it, defaulting to 'Spring 2026'
                      Gaps
                      1. Enrollment isn't semester-scoped.user_courses has no semester column (0001_baseline_schema.sql:48-58). Semester lives only on the shared courses row, so "CS101 Spring" vs "CS101 Fall" must be two separate catalog rows.
                      2. The courses API drops semester./api/graph/<user>/courses (getCourses) doesn't return it — flagged in docs/gradebook-rollout-notes.md:52,69.
                      3. No term model. No semester entity, no validation, no concept of the "current/active term" — just a 'Spring 2026' string copy-pasted across four places.
                      Proposed
                      •  Introduce a term model (table or enum) + a notion of the current/active semester.
                      •  Add user_courses.semester (or otherwise scope enrollment to a term).
                      •  Surface semester in /api/graph/<user>/courses and any course-listing API.
                      •  Replace the scattered 'Spring 2026' default with the term model.
                      Related
                      Pairs with the frontend integration issue (see cross-link below). Touches knowledge-graph course scoping and the gradebook.
                      Related
                      Frontend counterpart: #260
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                          Make semester a first-class system (DB + backend) #259
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                          #279
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                          #279
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                          P2Medium prioritybackendBackend / APIdata-integrityCorrectness of stored/served dataenhancementNew feature or request
                          Description
                          @AndresL230
                          AndresL230
                          opened on Jun 22, 2026
                          Problem
                          semester is a hardcoded free-text 'Spring 2026' default, not a real system. It's threaded through the analytics/gradebook tables but there's no term entity, no validation, and enrollment isn't semester-scoped.
                          Where it lives today:
                          • courses.semester — TEXT DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', on the shared catalog (backend/db/migrations/0001_baseline_schema.sql:37)
                          • course_concept_stats.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of UNIQUE(course_id, concept_name, semester) (:211, :221)
                          • course_summary.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of PRIMARY KEY(course_id, semester) (:227, :235)
                          • backend/routes/gradebook.py filters/returns it (:48-57, :99, :154); backend/services/course_context_service.py reads/writes it, defaulting to 'Spring 2026'
                          Gaps
                          1. Enrollment isn't semester-scoped.user_courses has no semester column (0001_baseline_schema.sql:48-58). Semester lives only on the shared courses row, so "CS101 Spring" vs "CS101 Fall" must be two separate catalog rows.
                          2. The courses API drops semester./api/graph/<user>/courses (getCourses) doesn't return it — flagged in docs/gradebook-rollout-notes.md:52,69.
                          3. No term model. No semester entity, no validation, no concept of the "current/active term" — just a 'Spring 2026' string copy-pasted across four places.
                          Proposed
                          •  Introduce a term model (table or enum) + a notion of the current/active semester.
                          •  Add user_courses.semester (or otherwise scope enrollment to a term).
                          •  Surface semester in /api/graph/<user>/courses and any course-listing API.
                          •  Replace the scattered 'Spring 2026' default with the term model.
                          Related
                          Pairs with the frontend integration issue (see cross-link below). Touches knowledge-graph course scoping and the gradebook.
                          Related
                          Frontend counterpart: #260
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                              Make semester a first-class system (DB + backend) #259
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                              Make semester a first-class system (DB + backend)#259
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                              P2Medium prioritybackendBackend / APIdata-integrityCorrectness of stored/served dataenhancementNew feature or request
                              Description
                              @AndresL230
                              AndresL230
                              opened on Jun 22, 2026
                              Problem
                              semester is a hardcoded free-text 'Spring 2026' default, not a real system. It's threaded through the analytics/gradebook tables but there's no term entity, no validation, and enrollment isn't semester-scoped.
                              Where it lives today:
                              • courses.semester — TEXT DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', on the shared catalog (backend/db/migrations/0001_baseline_schema.sql:37)
                              • course_concept_stats.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of UNIQUE(course_id, concept_name, semester) (:211, :221)
                              • course_summary.semester — NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Spring 2026', part of PRIMARY KEY(course_id, semester) (:227, :235)
                              • backend/routes/gradebook.py filters/returns it (:48-57, :99, :154); backend/services/course_context_service.py reads/writes it, defaulting to 'Spring 2026'
                              Gaps
                              1. Enrollment isn't semester-scoped.user_courses has no semester column (0001_baseline_schema.sql:48-58). Semester lives only on the shared courses row, so "CS101 Spring" vs "CS101 Fall" must be two separate catalog rows.
                              2. The courses API drops semester./api/graph/<user>/courses (getCourses) doesn't return it — flagged in docs/gradebook-rollout-notes.md:52,69.
                              3. No term model. No semester entity, no validation, no concept of the "current/active term" — just a 'Spring 2026' string copy-pasted across four places.
                              Proposed
                              •  Introduce a term model (table or enum) + a notion of the current/active semester.
                              •  Add user_courses.semester (or otherwise scope enrollment to a term).
                              •  Surface semester in /api/graph/<user>/courses and any course-listing API.
                              •  Replace the scattered 'Spring 2026' default with the term model.
                              Related
                              Pairs with the frontend integration issue (see cross-link below). Touches knowledge-graph course scoping and the gradebook.
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                              Frontend counterpart: #260
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