Discussion only open while a study is active; v2.11.1

- Community posts, replies, likes and lesson comments are refused (403) for finished and planned studies
- Reading a closed study's community/comments returns an empty list with closed:true
- Discussion hub lists only active studies; community page shows a closed notice
- Lesson page hides Lesson Discussion, 'Discuss this lesson' and 'Go to Community' for inactive studies; Community buttons hidden on study/dashboard pages
- Tests for isStudyDiscussionOpen

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

server/routes/study-comments.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto'
 import { requireAdminAuth } from '../auth.js'
-import { requireStudyAuth, normalizeStudySlug, normalizeLessonSectionId, hasStudyAccess, findStudyUserById, getCommunityDisplayName } from '../study-helpers.js'
+import { requireStudyAuth, normalizeStudySlug, normalizeLessonSectionId, hasStudyAccess, findStudyUserById, getCommunityDisplayName, isStudyDiscussionOpen, DISCUSSION_CLOSED_MESSAGE } from '../study-helpers.js'
 import { state } from '../state.js'
 import { queueStudyCommentsWrite } from '../data.js'
 import { MAX_STUDY_COMMENTS, MAX_STUDY_COMMENT_LENGTH } from '../config.js'
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ export function register(app) {
       res.status(400).json({ message: 'Invalid study slug or section id.' }); return
     }
 
+    if (!isStudyDiscussionOpen(studySlug)) {
+      res.json({ comments: [], closed: true, message: DISCUSSION_CLOSED_MESSAGE }); return
+    }
+
     const comments = state.studyComments
       .filter(c => c.studySlug === studySlug && c.sectionId === sectionId && c.isApproved === true)
       .sort((a, b) => new Date(a.createdAt) - new Date(b.createdAt))
@@ -44,6 +48,10 @@ export function register(app) {
       res.status(403).json({ message: 'Please enroll in this study to leave a comment.' }); return
     }
 
+    if (!isStudyDiscussionOpen(studySlug)) {
+      res.status(403).json({ message: DISCUSSION_CLOSED_MESSAGE, closed: true }); return
+    }
+
     const text = typeof req.body?.text === 'string' ? req.body.text.trim() : ''
     if (!text || text.length < 2 || text.length > MAX_STUDY_COMMENT_LENGTH) {
       res.status(400).json({ message: `Comment must be between 2 and ${MAX_STUDY_COMMENT_LENGTH} characters.` }); return

server/routes/study-data.js

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import {
   getCommunityDisplayName,
   getAccessibleStudySlugs,
   markStudyCompletedIfDone,
+  isStudyDiscussionOpen,
+  DISCUSSION_CLOSED_MESSAGE,
 } from '../study-helpers.js'
 import { state } from '../state.js'
 import {
@@ -368,6 +370,11 @@ export function register(app) {
       return
     }
 
+    if (!isStudyDiscussionOpen(studySlug)) {
+      res.json({ studySlug, posts: [], closed: true, message: DISCUSSION_CLOSED_MESSAGE })
+      return
+    }
+
     const posts = state.studyCommunityPosts
       .filter(post => post.studySlug === studySlug)
       .sort((a, b) => new Date(b.createdAt).getTime() - new Date(a.createdAt).getTime())
@@ -413,6 +420,11 @@ export function register(app) {
       return
     }
 
+    if (!isStudyDiscussionOpen(studySlug)) {
+      res.status(403).json({ message: DISCUSSION_CLOSED_MESSAGE, closed: true })
+      return
+    }
+
     const now = new Date().toISOString()
     const authorName = getCommunityDisplayName(user)
     const post = {
@@ -455,6 +467,11 @@ export function register(app) {
       return
     }
 
+    if (!isStudyDiscussionOpen(post.studySlug)) {
+      res.status(403).json({ message: DISCUSSION_CLOSED_MESSAGE, closed: true })
+      return
+    }
+
     const reply = {
       id: randomUUID(),
       authorUserId: user.id,
@@ -480,6 +497,9 @@ export function register(app) {
     if (!hasStudyAccess(user, post.studySlug)) {
       res.status(403).json({ message: 'Please enroll in this study to like posts.' }); return
     }
+    if (!isStudyDiscussionOpen(post.studySlug)) {
+      res.status(403).json({ message: DISCUSSION_CLOSED_MESSAGE, closed: true }); return
+    }
     if (!Array.isArray(post.likedBy)) post.likedBy = []
     const idx = post.likedBy.indexOf(user.id)
     if (idx === -1) {

server/study-helpers.js

@@ -225,6 +225,18 @@ export async function backfillCompletedStudies() {
   return updated
 }
 
+// Discussion (community posts, replies, likes and lesson comments) is only open while a
+// study is active. Finished and planned studies are closed.
+export function isStudyDiscussionOpen(studySlug) {
+  const normalized = normalizeStudySlug(studySlug)
+  const studies = state.cachedSiteContent?.studies
+  if (!normalized || !Array.isArray(studies)) return false
+  const study = studies.find(item => normalizeStudySlug(item?.slug) === normalized)
+  return Boolean(study) && getEffectiveStudyStatus(study) === 'active'
+}
+
+export const DISCUSSION_CLOSED_MESSAGE = 'Discussion is only open while a study is active.'
+
 export function findStudyUserById(userId) {
   if (typeof userId !== 'string' || !userId.trim()) return undefined
   return state.studyUsers.find(user => user.id === userId)