Fix signup registration receipts and activation worker lifetime (#57)

backend/product/providers/sendico/client.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2/bson"
 )
 
-func (c *Client) post(ctx context.Context, resource, requestRef string, payload any) (receiptDTO, error) {
+func (c *Client) post(ctx context.Context, resource, requestRef string, payload any, expectedStatus int) (receiptDTO, error) {
 	var receipt receiptDTO
 	token, err := c.token()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (c *Client) post(ctx context.Context, resource, requestRef string, payload
 	}
 	defer func() { _ = response.Body.Close() }()
 	// Never decode or expose upstream error bodies, which can contain assertions.
-	if response.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+	if response.StatusCode != expectedStatus {
 		return receipt, merrors.ServiceUnavailable("Sendico request was not accepted")
 	}
 	decoder := json.NewDecoder(io.LimitReader(response.Body, 16385))
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ func (c *Client) post(ctx context.Context, resource, requestRef string, payload
 }
 
 func (c *Client) Register(ctx context.Context, requestRef string) (string, error) {
-	dto, err := c.post(ctx, "individuals", requestRef, nil)
+	dto, err := c.post(ctx, "individuals", requestRef, nil, http.StatusCreated)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	return mapSubject(dto)
 }
 func (c *Client) Submit(ctx context.Context, subject, source string, facts identity.Facts) (identity.Receipt, error) {
-	dto, err := c.post(ctx, "identity_facts", bson.NewObjectID().Hex(), mapFacts(subject, source, facts))
+	dto, err := c.post(ctx, "identity_facts", bson.NewObjectID().Hex(), mapFacts(subject, source, facts), http.StatusOK)
 	if err != nil {
 		return identity.Receipt{}, err
 	}

backend/product/providers/sendico/client_test.go

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ func TestSignupWireContractAndCredentialRotation(t *testing.T) {
 		if strings.Contains(r.URL.Path, "/individuals/") {
 			require.Equal(t, "registration-request", r.Header.Get("X-Request-ID"))
 			require.Empty(t, body)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
 			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, `{"status":"success","data":{"subject_ref":%q,"registered_at":"2026-10-07T10:30:00.123Z"}}`, subject)
 		} else {
 			require.JSONEq(t, `{"subject_ref":"`+subject+`","source_submission_ref":"signup-1","facts":{"full_name":"Ada Lovelace","email":"ada@example.com","external_customer_ref":"local-user"}}`, string(body))
@@ -95,6 +96,36 @@ func TestRejectInvalidConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
 
+func TestSignupReceiptsRequireOperationStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, status := range []int{200, 201, 202, 204, 206, 300, 403, 409, 503} {
+		t.Run(http.StatusText(status), func(t *testing.T) {
+			server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.WriteHeader(status)
+				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, `{"status":"success","data":{"subject_ref":%q,"registered_at":"2026-10-07T10:30:00Z","submission_ref":%q,"accepted_at":"2026-10-07T10:30:00Z"}}`, subject, submission)
+			}))
+			defer server.Close()
+			client, err := Open(config(t, server.URL))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			ref, err := client.Register(context.Background(), "registration-request")
+			if status == http.StatusCreated {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.Equal(t, subject, ref)
+			} else {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				require.Empty(t, ref)
+			}
+			receipt, err := client.Submit(context.Background(), subject, "key", identity.Facts{})
+			if status == http.StatusOK {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.Equal(t, submission, receipt.SubmissionRef)
+			} else {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				require.Empty(t, receipt)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestUpstreamFailuresNeverProduceReceiptsOrLeakBodies(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		name   string
@@ -113,7 +144,11 @@ func TestUpstreamFailuresNeverProduceReceiptsOrLeakBodies(t *testing.T) {
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-				w.WriteHeader(tc.status)
+				status := tc.status
+				if status == http.StatusOK && strings.Contains(r.URL.Path, "/individuals/") {
+					status = http.StatusCreated
+				}
+				w.WriteHeader(status)
 				_, _ = io.WriteString(w, tc.body)
 			}))
 			defer server.Close()