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name: hustlexp-revenue-fixer description: Use when fixing HustleXP revenue collection bugs including Stripe platform fee not being collected (application_fee_amount missing), escrow fee miscalculation using task.price instead of escrow.amount, self-insurance pool never funded, tip platform cut absent, subscription renewal revenue not logged, or XP tax path unreachable. Covers all platform fee issues and financial invariant checks.

HustleXP Revenue Fixer Runbook

Financial Invariants — Check BEFORE and AFTER every fix

• INV-1: Escrow state machine — PENDING → FUNDED → RELEASED/REFUNDED/DISPUTED only. Never skip states.
• INV-2: payouts_enabled AND stripe_connect_id must be verified before any escrow release.
• INV-3: application_fee_amount must ALWAYS be set on PaymentIntent creation. If it is absent, platform earns $0.
• INV-4: Fee calculations must use escrow.amount (task price + surge), never bare task.price.

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Bug Inventory and Fixes (dependency-safe order)

P0 Bug 1 — application_fee_amount never passed (HIGHEST URGENCY)

File: backend/src/services/StripeService.ts — line 162 is the fee calculation; the stripe.paymentIntents.create(...) call starts at line 164. Problem: Platform fee is stored in PaymentIntent metadata only. application_fee_amount is never passed to the Stripe API. Platform earns $0 in platform fees. Fix: Inside the stripe.paymentIntents.create(...) params (lines 164–174), add:

application_fee_amount: Math.round(amount * (config.stripe.platformFeePercent / 100)),

Note: amount is already in cents. Fee percent comes from config.stripe.platformFeePercent. Do NOT use hardcoded taskPrice * 0.15 * 100. Verification: Stripe dashboard → Payments → filter by connected account → confirm platform fee shown on each charge.

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P0 Bug 2 — Escrow fee calculation uses wrong amount

File: backend/src/services/EscrowService.ts line 337 Problem: grossPayoutCents = task.price — this misses the surge premium. Surge is applied to escrow.amount, not base task.price. Fix: Change task.price to escrow.amount on line 337. Verification: Create a surged task; confirm platform fee includes surge premium in the payout record.

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P1 Bug 3 — Self-insurance pool never funded

File: backend/src/services/EscrowService.ts — inside release() method Problem: SelfInsurancePoolService.recordContribution() exists but is never called. Pool is permanently $0. Fix: Add after every successful escrow release. Actual signature: recordContribution(taskId: string, hustlerId: string, contributionCents: number, contributionPercentage?: number). Contribution rate is 2%:

const insuranceContributionCents = Math.round(grossPayoutCents * 0.02);
await SelfInsurancePoolService.recordContribution(
  escrow.task_id,
  workerId,
  insuranceContributionCents,
);

Verification: Check insurance_contributions table after a test escrow release — row must appear.

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P1 Bug 4 — Tips earn $0 and cost Stripe fees

File: backend/src/services/TippingService.ts line 98 Problem: Tips have no platform cut. Platform pays Stripe processing fees on tips with zero offsetting revenue. Fix: Add 5–8% platform cut on tips. LEGAL REQUIREMENT: After changing tip fee percentage, update fee disclosure sections in both:

• Poster Agreement
• Hustler Agreement Use the legal-document-manager skill for those updates. Do NOT ship this fix without the legal doc update.

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P1 Bug 5 — Subscription renewal revenue not logged

File: backend/src/jobs/stripe-event-worker.ts Problem: The invoice.paid Stripe webhook event is not handled for recurring subscriptions. Only month-1 revenue is logged; all renewal revenue is silently lost. The switch in stripe-event-worker.ts handles invoice.payment_failed but NOT invoice.paid. Fix: Add a case 'invoice.paid': handler in backend/src/jobs/stripe-event-worker.ts to log renewal revenue. Verification: Trigger a test subscription renewal via Stripe CLI and confirm revenue row is created.

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P1 Bug 6 — XP tax path unreachable

File: backend/src/services/EscrowService.ts line 336 Problem: paymentMethod is hardcoded to 'escrow', making the XP tax branch unreachable for any other payment method. Fix: Derive paymentMethod from task metadata instead of hardcoding.

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Fix Order (dependency-safe)

1. StripeService.ts:162 — application_fee_amount (P0, zero dependencies, do first)
2. EscrowService.ts:337 — escrow.amount vs task.price (P0, understand escrow model first)
3. EscrowService.ts release() — self-insurance pool call (additive, low risk)
4. TippingService.ts:98 — tip platform cut + legal docs (requires legal-document-manager skill)
5. stripe-event-worker.ts — add case 'invoice.paid': handler
6. EscrowService.ts:336 — XP tax path (paymentMethod hardcoded)

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Test Sequence After All Fixes

cd /Users/sebastiandysart/Desktop/hustlexp-ai-backend
npx vitest run --coverage 2>&1 | tail -20

Must show: 0 failures and coverage ≥ 88.88% (backend testScore threshold to keep ecosystem health at 100/100).

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Key Project Paths

• Backend: /Users/sebastiandysart/Desktop/hustlexp-ai-backend
• StripeService: backend/src/services/StripeService.ts
• EscrowService: backend/src/services/EscrowService.ts
• TippingService: backend/src/services/TippingService.ts

Key File Locations

• Stripe webhook ingestion: backend/src/services/StripeWebhookService.ts
• Stripe event dispatcher: backend/src/jobs/stripe-event-worker.ts (add new handlers here)
• SelfInsurancePoolService: backend/src/services/SelfInsurancePoolService.ts (2% contribution rate)