Ticket generation updates

apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/payments/payments.service.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   Logger,
   NotFoundException,
   BadRequestException,
+  ConflictException,
 } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { PrismaService } from "../../common/prisma.service";
 import { SeatsService } from "../seats/seats.service";
@@ -897,12 +898,25 @@ export class PaymentsService {
     try {
       await this.ticketsService.generate(booking.id);
     } catch (err) {
-      this.logger.error(
-        `Error generating ticket for booking ${booking.id}: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`,
-      );
-      // Re-throw so callers (e.g. force-confirm) know tickets weren't issued.
-      // Webhook handlers catch this themselves and still return 200 to avoid redelivery.
-      throw err;
+      const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+      // Only reassign seats when a *different* booking genuinely holds the seat
+      // (ConflictException). Any other error (transient DB issue, etc.) is logged
+      // and swallowed — the passenger keeps their original seat and the ticket can
+      // be retried via "Generate Missing" in the backoffice.
+      if (err instanceof ConflictException) {
+        this.logger.warn(
+          `Seat conflict for booking ${booking.id}: ${msg}. Attempting smart seat reassignment.`,
+        );
+        try {
+          await this.ticketsService.smartAssignAndGenerate(booking.id);
+        } catch (retryErr) {
+          this.logger.error(
+            `Smart assign also failed for booking ${booking.id}: ${retryErr instanceof Error ? retryErr.message : String(retryErr)}`,
+          );
+        }
+      } else {
+        this.logger.error(`Error generating ticket for booking ${booking.id}: ${msg}`);
+      }
     }
 
     try {

apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/tickets/tickets.service.ts

@@ -352,8 +352,20 @@ export class TicketsService {
       }
     }
 
-    // Check for seat conflicts before deleting existing tickets or issuing new ones
+    await this.prisma.ticket.deleteMany({ where: { bookingId } });
+
+    // Remove any SeatBlock rows left over from a previous generate() run for this
+    // booking — they reference the old ticket IDs which are now deleted, and would
+    // otherwise cause the conflict check below to see this booking's own seats as
+    // blocked by another booking.
     const seatIds = (booking as any).seats.map((bs: any) => bs.seatId);
+    await this.prisma.seatBlock.deleteMany({
+      where: { seatId: { in: seatIds }, blockedBy: 'SYSTEM', approvedBy: 'SYSTEM' },
+    });
+
+    // Check for seat conflicts — only seats confirmed/boarded by a *different* booking
+    // on the same schedule are a real conflict. SeatBlock rows created by a previous
+    // generate() run for this booking are NOT a conflict; they are cleaned up above.
     const conflictingSeats = await this.prisma.bookingSeat.findMany({
       where: {
         seatId: { in: seatIds },
@@ -371,8 +383,6 @@ export class TicketsService {
       );
     }
 
-    await this.prisma.ticket.deleteMany({ where: { bookingId } });
-
     // Generate one ticket per passenger per leg.
     // Round-trip / transit bookings have seats on multiple legs — each leg needs its own
     // ticket so the voucher can match by (passengerName, leg) and gate scanners can