Fix blank page on direct navigation to /admin pages

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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed `TypeError: can't subtract offset-naive and offset-aware datetimes` in `process_mail_account` task when computing `duration_seconds`. After a database refresh, `started_at` may be returned as a naive datetime; it is now normalized to UTC before subtraction.
 - **Admin user not seeing admin dashboard**: Added startup auto-promotion in `main.py` lifespan handler — on every application start, if the user matching `ADMIN_EMAIL` exists in the database but does not yet have `is_superuser=True`, they are promoted immediately. This fixes accounts created before the auto-promotion-on-login code was deployed (e.g. `christianlouis@gmail.com` was logged in but saw no admin section).
+- **Blank page on direct navigation to `/admin`, `/admin/users`, `/admin/plans`**: All three admin pages had `if (!user?.is_superuser) return null` before the `<AuthGuard>` was ever rendered. On a direct page load or refresh the Zustand store initialises with `user = null`, so the guard fired immediately and returned an empty render — `AuthGuard` was never mounted, its `checkAuth` effect never ran, and the user data was never fetched. Fixed by removing the early return and moving the superuser guard inside the `<AuthGuard>/<DashboardLayout>` tree, so authentication always runs first.
 
 ### Security
 - Upgraded `python-jose` from 3.3.0 to 3.5.0 to fix CVE: algorithm confusion vulnerability with OpenSSH ECDSA keys (affected versions < 3.4.0).

docs/TODO.md

@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ because the API client layer is missing.
 - [x] `ADMIN_EMAIL` env var with default `christianlouis@gmail.com`; admin auto-promoted on login and on every application startup (fixes pre-existing accounts)
 - [x] `is_superuser` exposed in `/users/me` response
 - [x] Admin badge (purple shield) shown in top bar for superusers
+- [x] Fix blank page on direct navigation to `/admin*`: moved superuser guard inside `<AuthGuard>` so auth check always runs on fresh load
 
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frontend/src/app/admin/page.tsx

@@ -26,11 +26,22 @@ export default function AdminPage() {
     enabled: !!user?.is_superuser,
   });
 
-  if (!user?.is_superuser) return null;
+  // AuthGuard must always render so it can fetch the current user and handle
-
+  // unauthenticated redirects.  The early-return that was here prevented
+  // AuthGuard from ever mounting on a direct navigation to /admin, leaving a
+  // permanent blank page.  The superuser guard is now applied inside the
+  // layout so that the auth check always runs first.
   return (
     <AuthGuard>
       <DashboardLayout>
+        {!user?.is_superuser ? (
+          // Shown briefly while AuthGuard resolves the current user, or while
+          // the non-superuser redirect in the useEffect at the top of this
+          // component fires (router.replace('/dashboard')).
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-center py-12">
+            <div className="animate-spin rounded-full h-8 w-8 border-b-2 border-purple-600" />
+          </div>
+        ) : (
           <div className="space-y-6">
             <div>
               <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold text-gray-900 flex items-center gap-2">
@@ -105,6 +116,7 @@ export default function AdminPage() {
               </Link>
             </div>
           </div>
+        )}
       </DashboardLayout>
     </AuthGuard>
   );

frontend/src/app/admin/plans/page.tsx

@@ -270,11 +270,16 @@ export default function AdminPlansPage() {
     },
   });
 
-  if (!user?.is_superuser) return null;
+  // AuthGuard must always render (see admin/page.tsx for explanation).
-
   return (
     <AuthGuard>
       <DashboardLayout>
+        {!user?.is_superuser ? (
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-center py-12">
+            <div className="animate-spin rounded-full h-8 w-8 border-b-2 border-purple-600" />
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          <>
             <div className="space-y-6">
               <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
                 <div>
@@ -417,6 +422,8 @@ export default function AdminPlansPage() {
                 }
               />
             )}
+          </>
+        )}
       </DashboardLayout>
     </AuthGuard>
   );

frontend/src/app/admin/users/page.tsx

@@ -162,11 +162,16 @@ export default function AdminUsersPage() {
     },
   });
 
-  if (!currentUser?.is_superuser) return null;
+  // AuthGuard must always render (see admin/page.tsx for explanation).
-
   return (
     <AuthGuard>
       <DashboardLayout>
+        {!currentUser?.is_superuser ? (
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-center py-12">
+            <div className="animate-spin rounded-full h-8 w-8 border-b-2 border-purple-600" />
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          <>
             <div className="space-y-6">
               <div>
                 <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold text-gray-900 flex items-center gap-2">
@@ -299,6 +304,8 @@ export default function AdminUsersPage() {
                 onSave={(data) => updateMutation.mutate({ id: editingUser.id, data })}
               />
             )}
+          </>
+        )}
       </DashboardLayout>
     </AuthGuard>
   );