fix: align request payloads with backend DTOs ahead of forbidNonWhitelisted

app/(landing)/hackathons/[slug]/teams/[teamId]/page.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import Link from 'next/link';
 import { useHackathon, useTeam } from '@/hooks/hackathon/use-hackathon-queries';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 import BasicAvatar from '@/components/avatars/BasicAvatar';
+import { readTeamContact } from '@/lib/api/hackathons/teams';
 import {
   ArrowLeft,
   Calendar,
@@ -227,22 +228,24 @@ export default function TeamDetailsPage({
                   </div>
                 )}
 
-                {team.contactInfo && (
-                  <div className='rounded-2xl border border-white/5 bg-[#0A0B0D] p-6'>
-                    <h2 className='mb-4 text-[10px] font-black tracking-[0.2em] text-[#555555] uppercase'>
-                      Contact
-                    </h2>
-                    <div className='flex items-start gap-3 text-sm text-gray-300'>
-                      <Mail className='mt-0.5 h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-gray-500' />
-                      <span className='break-all'>{team.contactInfo}</span>
-                    </div>
-                    {team.contactMethod && (
+                {(() => {
+                  const contact = readTeamContact(team.contactInfo);
+                  if (!contact) return null;
+                  return (
+                    <div className='rounded-2xl border border-white/5 bg-[#0A0B0D] p-6'>
+                      <h2 className='mb-4 text-[10px] font-black tracking-[0.2em] text-[#555555] uppercase'>
+                        Contact
+                      </h2>
+                      <div className='flex items-start gap-3 text-sm text-gray-300'>
+                        <Mail className='mt-0.5 h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-gray-500' />
+                        <span className='break-all'>{contact.value}</span>
+                      </div>
                       <p className='mt-2 text-[10px] font-bold tracking-wider text-gray-500 uppercase'>
-                        Via {team.contactMethod}
+                        Via {contact.method}
                       </p>
-                    )}
-                  </div>
-                )}
+                    </div>
+                  );
+                })()}
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>

components/hackathons/team-formation/ContactTeamModal.tsx

@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ import {
   ExternalLink,
   Check,
 } from 'lucide-react';
-import { TeamRecruitmentPost } from '@/lib/api/hackathons/teams';
+import {
+  readTeamContact,
+  TeamRecruitmentPost,
+} from '@/lib/api/hackathons/teams';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { toast } from 'sonner';
 
@@ -39,10 +42,16 @@ export function ContactTeamModal({
 
   if (!team) return null;
 
-  const { teamName, contactMethod, contactInfo, id } = team;
+  const { teamName, contactInfo, id } = team;
+  const contact = readTeamContact(contactInfo);
+
+  // If the team has no contact info at all, render nothing: the parent
+  // should have already gated this modal, but defend against bad data.
+  if (!contact) return null;
+  const { method: contactMethod, value: contactValue } = contact;
 
   const handleCopy = () => {
-    navigator.clipboard.writeText(contactInfo);
+    navigator.clipboard.writeText(contactValue);
     setCopied(true);
     toast.success('Contact info copied to clipboard');
     setTimeout(() => setCopied(false), 2000);
@@ -56,8 +65,6 @@ export function ContactTeamModal({
       case 'telegram':
       case 'discord':
         return <MessageCircle className='h-5 w-5' />;
-      case 'github':
-        return <Github className='h-5 w-5' />;
       default:
         return <Globe className='h-5 w-5' />;
     }
@@ -71,15 +78,13 @@ export function ContactTeamModal({
         return 'Telegram Username/Link';
       case 'discord':
         return 'Discord Username';
-      case 'github':
-        return 'GitHub Profile';
       default:
         return 'Contact Info';
     }
   };
 
   const isLink =
-    contactInfo.startsWith('http') || contactInfo.startsWith('https');
+    contactValue.startsWith('http') || contactValue.startsWith('https');
 
   return (
     <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ export function ContactTeamModal({
                   {getLabel()}
                 </p>
                 <p className='truncate text-lg font-bold text-white'>
-                  {contactInfo}
+                  {contactValue}
                 </p>
               </div>
             </div>
@@ -132,7 +137,7 @@ export function ContactTeamModal({
                 variant='outline'
                 className='h-12 flex-1 rounded-xl border-white/10 bg-white/5 font-bold hover:bg-white/10'
                 onClick={() => {
-                  window.open(contactInfo, '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer');
+                  window.open(contactValue, '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer');
                   onTrackContact?.(id);
                 }}
               >

components/hackathons/team-formation/CreateTeamPostModal.tsx

@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ import { BoundlessButton } from '@/components/buttons/BoundlessButton';
 import { useTeamPosts } from '@/hooks/hackathon/use-team-posts';
 import { Loader2, Plus, X, Trash2 } from 'lucide-react';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
-import { type TeamRecruitmentPost } from '@/lib/api/hackathons/teams';
+import {
+  readTeamContact,
+  type TeamContactInfo,
+  type TeamRecruitmentPost,
+} from '@/lib/api/hackathons/teams';
 
 const roleSchema = z.object({
   role: z.string().min(1, 'Role name is required'),
@@ -86,13 +90,12 @@ export function CreateTeamPostModal({
             maxRoles,
             `You can add at most ${maxRoles} open role${maxRoles === 1 ? '' : 's'} (the team is capped at ${effectiveTeamMax} member${effectiveTeamMax === 1 ? '' : 's'} including you)`
           ),
-        contactMethod: z.enum([
-          'email',
-          'telegram',
-          'discord',
-          'github',
-          'other',
-        ]),
+        // contactMethod stays on the form for UX (radio-style selector)
+        // but is NOT sent to the backend as a separate field. Backend stores
+        // contact as a sparse object keyed by channel (TeamContactInfo);
+        // onSubmit transforms { contactMethod, contactInfo } into that shape.
+        // github / other were dropped because the backend cannot store them.
+        contactMethod: z.enum(['email', 'telegram', 'discord']),
         contactInfo: z.string().min(1, 'Contact info is required'),
       }),
     [maxRoles, effectiveTeamMax]
@@ -105,6 +108,11 @@ export function CreateTeamPostModal({
 
   const isEditMode = !!initialData;
 
+  // Flatten the backend's sparse contactInfo object back into the form's
+  // single { method, value } UI representation. Used both as the initial
+  // form value and in the edit-mode reset below.
+  const initialContact = readTeamContact(initialData?.contactInfo);
+
   const form = useForm<TeamPostFormData>({
     resolver: zodResolver(teamPostSchema),
     defaultValues: {
@@ -115,8 +123,8 @@ export function CreateTeamPostModal({
           role: typeof roleObj === 'string' ? roleObj : roleObj.role,
           skills: typeof roleObj === 'string' ? [] : roleObj.skills || [],
         })) || [],
-      contactMethod: initialData?.contactMethod || 'email',
-      contactInfo: initialData?.contactInfo || '',
+      contactMethod: initialContact?.method ?? 'email',
+      contactInfo: initialContact?.value ?? '',
     },
   });
 
@@ -125,15 +133,16 @@ export function CreateTeamPostModal({
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (open && initialData) {
+      const contact = readTeamContact(initialData.contactInfo);
       form.reset({
         teamName: initialData.teamName,
         description: initialData.description,
         lookingFor: initialData.lookingFor.map(roleObj => ({
           role: typeof roleObj === 'string' ? roleObj : roleObj.role,
           skills: typeof roleObj === 'string' ? [] : roleObj.skills || [],
         })),
-        contactMethod: initialData.contactMethod || 'email',
-        contactInfo: initialData.contactInfo,
+        contactMethod: contact?.method ?? 'email',
+        contactInfo: contact?.value ?? '',
       });
     } else if (!open) {
       form.reset();
@@ -207,18 +216,27 @@ export function CreateTeamPostModal({
   };
 
   const onSubmit = async (data: TeamPostFormData) => {
+    // Project the form's single { method, value } shape into the backend's
+    // sparse TeamContactInfo object. The channel is implicit in the key.
+    const contactInfo: TeamContactInfo = {
+      [data.contactMethod]: data.contactInfo,
+    };
     try {
       if (isEditMode && initialData) {
         await updatePost(initialData.id, {
           teamName: data.teamName,
           description: data.description,
           lookingFor: data.lookingFor,
           isOpen: data.lookingFor.length > 0,
-          contactMethod: data.contactMethod,
-          contactInfo: data.contactInfo,
+          contactInfo,
         });
       } else {
-        await createPost(data);
+        await createPost({
+          teamName: data.teamName,
+          description: data.description,
+          lookingFor: data.lookingFor,
+          contactInfo,
+        });
       }
 
       onOpenChange(false);
@@ -483,8 +501,6 @@ export function CreateTeamPostModal({
                             <SelectItem value='email'>Email</SelectItem>
                             <SelectItem value='telegram'>Telegram</SelectItem>
                             <SelectItem value='discord'>Discord</SelectItem>
-                            <SelectItem value='github'>GitHub</SelectItem>
-                            <SelectItem value='other'>Other</SelectItem>
                           </SelectContent>
                         </Select>
                         <FormMessage />

components/organization/cards/GradeSubmissionModal/useScoreForm.ts

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ export const useScoreForm = ({
           : await submitJudgingScore({
               submissionId,
               criteriaScores: scoreData,
-              comment: overallComment,
+              notes: overallComment,
             });
 
       const isSuccess = response.success !== false;

hooks/hackathon/use-submission.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,61 @@ export type SubmissionFormData = Omit<
   }>;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Fields the backend `UpdateSubmissionDto` accepts. Backend rejects any
+ * other field after PR #187 (forbidNonWhitelisted: true). Keep this list
+ * in sync with src/modules/hackathons/dto/submission.dto.ts.
+ *
+ * Notably NOT on update: participationType, teamId, teamName,
+ * organizationId, hackathonId, participantId. Those are set on create
+ * only and cannot be changed via PATCH.
+ */
+const UPDATE_SUBMISSION_FIELDS: readonly (keyof SubmissionFormData)[] = [
+  'projectName',
+  'category',
+  'description',
+  'logo',
+  'banner',
+  'videoUrl',
+  'introduction',
+  'links',
+  'socialLinks',
+  'teamMembers',
+  'trackIds',
+  'trackAnswers',
+  'tagline',
+  'builtWith',
+  'screenshots',
+  'license',
+  'codeAttested',
+] as const;
+
+function pickUpdateSubmissionFields(
+  data: Partial<SubmissionFormData>
+): Partial<SubmissionFormData> {
+  const out: Partial<SubmissionFormData> = {};
+  for (const key of UPDATE_SUBMISSION_FIELDS) {
+    if (key in data && data[key] !== undefined) {
+      // The index type below is awkward because SubmissionFormData has
+      // many optional fields with different shapes. The cast is safe
+      // because each `key` is a real key of SubmissionFormData.
+      (out as Record<string, unknown>)[key] = data[key];
+    }
+  }
+  // teamMembers entries must match the backend TeamMemberDto exactly:
+  // { userId, name, username?, role } — no `email`, no `avatar`. Project
+  // each entry down to that shape so unknown fields never reach the wire.
+  if (Array.isArray(out.teamMembers)) {
+    out.teamMembers = out.teamMembers.map(member => ({
+      userId: member.userId,
+      name: member.name,
+      role: member.role,
+      ...(member.username ? { username: member.username } : {}),
+    }));
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
 interface UseSubmissionOptions {
   hackathonSlugOrId: string;
   organizationId?: string;
@@ -170,7 +225,11 @@ export function useSubmission({
       setError(null);
 
       try {
-        const response = await updateSubmission(submissionId, data);
+        // Strip create-only fields (participationType, teamId, teamName,
+        // organizationId, ...) and per-team-member email so the request
+        // matches UpdateSubmissionDto under forbidNonWhitelisted: true.
+        const payload = pickUpdateSubmissionFields(data);
+        const response = await updateSubmission(submissionId, payload);
 
         if (response?.success && response?.data) {
           setSubmission(response.data);

lib/api/auth.ts

@@ -55,7 +55,15 @@ export const getAuthHeaders = (): Record<string, string> => {
 };
 
 /**
- * Update user profile request interface - matches API payload specification
+ * Update user profile request interface. Mirrors the backend
+ * `UpdateProfileDto` (src/modules/users/dto/update-profile.dto.ts).
+ *
+ * Notably absent: a `preferences` block. The backend has dedicated
+ * endpoints for theme / language / timezone / notification toggles
+ * (see updateAppearanceSettings, updateNotificationsSettings,
+ * updateUserSettings in lib/api/user/settings.ts). Sending a
+ * `preferences` field here would be rejected as an unknown property
+ * once the backend enables forbidNonWhitelisted (PR #187).
  */
 export interface UpdateUserProfileRequest {
   bio?: string;
@@ -69,13 +77,6 @@ export interface UpdateUserProfileRequest {
     linkedin?: string;
     discord?: string;
   };
-  preferences?: {
-    theme?: 'light' | 'dark' | 'auto';
-    language?: string;
-    timezone?: string;
-    emailNotifications?: boolean;
-    pushNotifications?: boolean;
-  };
 }
 
 /**

lib/api/hackathons.ts

@@ -502,9 +502,24 @@ export interface PublishHackathonRequest extends Hackathon {
   escrowDetails?: object;
 }
 
-export type UpdateHackathonRequest = Partial<Hackathon> & {
+/**
+ * Narrow shape for the PUT /hackathons/:id endpoint. The previous wider
+ * `Partial<Hackathon>` typing let callers leak Hackathon-shape fields
+ * (id, organizationId, creatorId, status, ...) into the request body,
+ * any of which would 400 once the backend enables
+ * forbidNonWhitelisted (PR #187). The only caller today is the rank
+ * override save in JudgingResultsTable, which sends only `rewards`.
+ *
+ * Note: the backend route this calls (PUT /hackathons/:id) does not
+ * currently exist as a separate endpoint; the section-specific PATCH
+ * routes (/content, /schedule, /financial) are where edits should go.
+ * That mismatch is a separate pre-existing bug, but the narrow type
+ * here at least prevents the request from carrying unknown fields if
+ * the route is wired up later.
+ */
+export interface UpdateHackathonRequest {
   rewards?: HackathonRewards;
-};
+}
 
 // Response Types
 export interface CreateDraftResponse extends ApiResponse<HackathonDraft> {

lib/api/hackathons/judging.ts

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ export interface CriterionScoreRequest {
 export interface SubmitJudgingScoreRequest {
   submissionId: string;
   criteriaScores: CriterionScoreRequest[];
-  comment?: string; // Optional global feedback
+  notes?: string; // Optional global feedback (per-judge notes on this submission)
 }
 
 export interface OverrideSubmissionScoreRequest {