.beans/nuzlocke-tracker-h0dr--fix-route-deletion-failing-due-to-missing-cascade.md

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+# nuzlocke-tracker-h0dr
+title: Fix route deletion failing due to missing cascade on route_encounters
+status: completed
+type: bug
+priority: normal
+created_at: 2026-02-14T14:19:56Z
+updated_at: 2026-02-14T14:23:10Z
+---
+
+Deleting a route returns 500 due to two FK constraint issues:
+
+1. `route_encounters.route_id` — missing cascade on the relationship (SQLAlchemy tried to NULL a NOT NULL column)
+2. `boss_battles.after_route_id` — references the route being deleted
+
+## Fix
+- Added `cascade="all, delete-orphan"` to `Route.route_encounters` relationship
+- Added `update(BossBattle).where(...).values(after_route_id=None)` before deleting the route in the delete endpoint

backend/src/app/api/games.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import json
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException
-from sqlalchemy import delete, select
+from sqlalchemy import delete, select, update
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from sqlalchemy.orm import selectinload
 
@@ -373,6 +373,13 @@ async def delete_route(
             detail="Cannot delete route with existing encounters. Delete the encounters first.",
         )
 
+    # Null out any boss battle references to this route
+    await session.execute(
+        update(BossBattle)
+        .where(BossBattle.after_route_id == route_id)
+        .values(after_route_id=None)
+    )
+
     await session.delete(route)
     await session.commit()
 

backend/src/app/models/route.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Route(Base):
 
     version_group: Mapped["VersionGroup"] = relationship(back_populates="routes")
     route_encounters: Mapped[list["RouteEncounter"]] = relationship(
-        back_populates="route"
+        back_populates="route", cascade="all, delete-orphan"
     )
     encounters: Mapped[list["Encounter"]] = relationship(back_populates="route")