Stop auto-failing manual payments (TPago/bank/cash) after the pending TTL.

Exclude manual providers from booking cleanup, hold them via the 72h sweep instead, and let admins reopen failed payments to pending.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

backend/src/lib/bookingCleanup.ts

@@ -5,11 +5,20 @@
 // abandoned checkout would otherwise hold those seats forever. This job cancels
 // pending tickets whose payment is still 'pending' (i.e. never paid and not
 // awaiting admin approval) after a configurable TTL, freeing the seats.
+//
+// Two exclusions:
+//   - Manual-verification providers (bank transfer / TPago / cash) are never
+//     auto-failed; they are settled by an admin and instead follow the 72h on-hold
+//     sweep. See holdSweep.ts and MANUAL_PAYMENT_PROVIDERS.
+//   - Staleness is measured from `updatedAt`, not `createdAt`, so an admin action
+//     (e.g. reopening a payment to 'pending' via /reopen) restarts the TTL rather
+//     than being immediately re-failed on the next run.
 
-import { and, eq, lt, inArray } from 'drizzle-orm';
+import { and, eq, lt, inArray, notInArray } from 'drizzle-orm';
 import { db, dbAll, tickets, payments } from '../db/index.js';
 import { getNow, toDbDate } from './utils.js';
 import { getLock } from './stores/lock.js';
+import { MANUAL_PAYMENT_PROVIDERS } from './manualProviders.js';
 
 function getTtlMs(): number {
   const minutes = parseInt(process.env.PENDING_BOOKING_TTL_MINUTES || '30', 10);
@@ -20,8 +29,9 @@ function getTtlMs(): number {
  * Cancel stale pending bookings. Returns the number of tickets cancelled.
  *
  * A booking is considered stale when its payment is still 'pending' (not
- * 'pending_approval', which means an admin is reviewing a manual transfer) and
+ * 'pending_approval', which means an admin is reviewing a manual transfer),
- * older than PENDING_BOOKING_TTL_MINUTES.
+ * uses a non-manual provider, and has not been touched (updatedAt) for
+ * PENDING_BOOKING_TTL_MINUTES.
  */
 export async function cleanupStalePendingBookings(): Promise<number> {
   const cutoff = toDbDate(new Date(Date.now() - getTtlMs()));
@@ -35,7 +45,8 @@ export async function cleanupStalePendingBookings(): Promise<number> {
       .from(payments)
       .where(and(
         eq((payments as any).status, 'pending'),
-        lt((payments as any).createdAt, cutoff)
+        notInArray((payments as any).provider, [...MANUAL_PAYMENT_PROVIDERS]),
+        lt((payments as any).updatedAt, cutoff)
       ))
   );
 

backend/src/lib/holdRecovery.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
-// Shared capacity-checked recovery for on-hold bookings.
+// Shared capacity-checked recovery for released bookings.
 //
-// When a booking is put on hold, its ticket(s) drop out of the capacity-counting
+// When a booking is put on hold (or failed/cancelled), its ticket(s) drop out of the
-// statuses ('pending', 'confirmed', 'checked_in'), releasing the seat. Recovering
+// capacity-counting statuses ('pending', 'confirmed', 'checked_in'), releasing the seat.
-// an on-hold booking (user "I've paid" again, or an admin reactivating / marking it
+// Recovering such a booking (user "I've paid" again, or an admin reactivating / marking
-// paid) must atomically re-check that the event still has room before re-reserving
+// it paid / reopening a failed payment) must atomically re-check that the event still has
-// the seat, exactly like the original booking-creation flow in routes/tickets.ts.
+// room before re-reserving the seat, exactly like the original booking-creation flow in
+// routes/tickets.ts.
+//
+// Callers choose which ticket statuses are eligible to be re-reserved via
+// `options.fromTicketStatuses` (default ['on_hold']); tickets not in that list — and
+// tickets that already hold a seat — are left untouched and don't consume capacity.
 
 import { eq, and, inArray, sql } from 'drizzle-orm';
 import { db, dbGet, tickets, payments, events, isSqlite } from '../db/index.js';
@@ -19,22 +24,29 @@ export class HoldCapacityError extends Error {
 interface ReserveOptions {
   paidByAdminId?: string;
   extraPaymentFields?: Record<string, any>;
+  /** Ticket statuses eligible to be flipped to targetTicketStatus. Default: ['on_hold']. */
+  fromTicketStatuses?: Array<'on_hold' | 'cancelled' | 'pending'>;
 }
 
 /**
- * Re-reserve seats for a group of on-hold tickets (e.g. all tickets sharing a
+ * Re-reserve seats for a group of released tickets (e.g. all tickets sharing a
  * bookingId), atomically re-checking capacity before flipping their status.
- * Throws HoldCapacityError if the event no longer has room for ticketIds.length seats.
+ * Only tickets whose current status is in `fromTicketStatuses` are flipped.
+ * Capacity is asserted against the number of those tickets that don't already
+ * hold a seat, so re-reserving tickets that are already seated is a no-op.
+ * Throws HoldCapacityError if the event no longer has room.
  */
 export async function reserveOnHoldBooking(
   eventId: string,
   ticketIds: string[],
   targetTicketStatus: 'pending' | 'confirmed',
-  targetPaymentStatus: 'pending_approval' | 'paid',
+  targetPaymentStatus: 'pending_approval' | 'paid' | 'pending',
   options: ReserveOptions = {}
 ): Promise<void> {
   if (ticketIds.length === 0) return;
 
+  const fromTicketStatuses = options.fromTicketStatuses ?? ['on_hold'];
+
   const event = await dbGet<any>(
     (db as any).select().from(events).where(eq((events as any).id, eventId))
   );
@@ -53,12 +65,15 @@ export async function reserveOnHoldBooking(
     if (options.paidByAdminId) paymentUpdate.paidByAdminId = options.paidByAdminId;
   }
 
-  const assertCapacity = (reserved: number) => {
+  // `needed` is how many of these tickets don't currently hold a seat and so must
+  // be found new capacity; tickets already in a seat-holding status cost nothing.
+  const assertCapacity = (reserved: number, needed: number) => {
+    if (needed <= 0) return;
     if (isEventSoldOut(event.capacity, reserved)) {
       throw new HoldCapacityError(0);
     }
     const seatsLeft = calculateAvailableSeats(event.capacity, reserved);
-    if (ticketIds.length > seatsLeft) {
+    if (needed > seatsLeft) {
       throw new HoldCapacityError(seatsLeft);
     }
   };
@@ -73,13 +88,21 @@ export async function reserveOnHoldBooking(
           sql`${(tickets as any).status} IN ('pending', 'confirmed', 'checked_in')`
         ))
         .get();
-      assertCapacity(Number(countRow?.count || 0));
+      const neededRow = tx
+        .select({ count: sql<number>`count(*)` })
+        .from(tickets)
+        .where(and(
+          inArray((tickets as any).id, ticketIds),
+          sql`${(tickets as any).status} NOT IN ('pending', 'confirmed', 'checked_in')`
+        ))
+        .get();
+      assertCapacity(Number(countRow?.count || 0), Number(neededRow?.count || 0));
 
       tx.update(tickets)
         .set({ status: targetTicketStatus })
         .where(and(
           inArray((tickets as any).id, ticketIds),
-          eq((tickets as any).status, 'on_hold')
+          inArray((tickets as any).status, fromTicketStatuses)
         ))
         .run();
 
@@ -99,13 +122,22 @@ export async function reserveOnHoldBooking(
             sql`${(tickets as any).status} IN ('pending', 'confirmed', 'checked_in')`
           ))
       );
-      assertCapacity(Number(countRow?.count || 0));
+      const neededRow = await dbGet<any>(
+        tx
+          .select({ count: sql<number>`count(*)` })
+          .from(tickets)
+          .where(and(
+            inArray((tickets as any).id, ticketIds),
+            sql`${(tickets as any).status} NOT IN ('pending', 'confirmed', 'checked_in')`
+          ))
+      );
+      assertCapacity(Number(countRow?.count || 0), Number(neededRow?.count || 0));
 
       await tx.update(tickets)
         .set({ status: targetTicketStatus })
         .where(and(
           inArray((tickets as any).id, ticketIds),
-          eq((tickets as any).status, 'on_hold')
+          inArray((tickets as any).status, fromTicketStatuses)
         ));
 
       await tx.update(payments)

backend/src/lib/holdSweep.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
-// Auto-hold stale pending-approval bookings.
+// Auto-hold stale manual-payment bookings.
 //
-// A payment enters 'pending_approval' when a user clicks "I've paid" on a manual
+// This job releases the seat held by an abandoned manual-payment booking (bank
-// payment method (bank transfer / TPago) and is waiting for an admin to review it.
+// transfer / TPago / cash) after HOLD_THRESHOLD_HOURS. It covers two states, both of
-// If no admin acts within HOLD_THRESHOLD_HOURS, this job silently moves the payment
+// which keep a seat reserved while awaiting a human:
-// (and its ticket) to 'on_hold', which drops it out of the capacity-counting statuses
+//   - 'pending_approval': the user clicked "I've paid" and is waiting for an admin.
-// ('pending', 'confirmed', 'checked_in') and so releases the seat back to the event.
+//   - 'pending' on a manual provider (see MANUAL_PAYMENT_PROVIDERS): the booking was
-// The user receives no notification — they can recover via "I've paid" again, and an
+//     never settled (these are exempt from the 30-min auto-fail in bookingCleanup.ts,
-// admin can reactivate or mark it paid directly, both re-checking capacity.
+//     so this is their only seat-release path).
+// In either case the payment (and its ticket) is silently moved to 'on_hold', which
+// drops it out of the capacity-counting statuses ('pending', 'confirmed', 'checked_in')
+// and so releases the seat back to the event. The user receives no notification — they
+// can recover via "I've paid" again, and an admin can reactivate or mark it paid
+// directly, both re-checking capacity.
 
-import { and, eq, lt, inArray } from 'drizzle-orm';
+import { and, or, eq, lt, inArray } from 'drizzle-orm';
 import { db, dbAll, tickets, payments } from '../db/index.js';
 import { getNow, toDbDate } from './utils.js';
 import { getLock } from './stores/lock.js';
+import { MANUAL_PAYMENT_PROVIDERS } from './manualProviders.js';
 
 function getThresholdMs(): number {
   const hours = parseInt(process.env.HOLD_THRESHOLD_HOURS || '72', 10);
@@ -19,7 +25,8 @@ function getThresholdMs(): number {
 }
 
 /**
- * Move stale pending-approval payments (and their tickets) to 'on_hold'.
+ * Move stale awaiting-verification payments (and their tickets) to 'on_hold'.
+ * Covers 'pending_approval' payments and 'pending' payments on manual providers.
  * Returns the number of payments put on hold.
  */
 export async function sweepStaleApprovals(): Promise<number> {
@@ -33,7 +40,13 @@ export async function sweepStaleApprovals(): Promise<number> {
       })
       .from(payments)
       .where(and(
-        eq((payments as any).status, 'pending_approval'),
+        or(
+          eq((payments as any).status, 'pending_approval'),
+          and(
+            eq((payments as any).status, 'pending'),
+            inArray((payments as any).provider, [...MANUAL_PAYMENT_PROVIDERS])
+          )
+        ),
         lt((payments as any).createdAt, cutoff)
       ))
   );
@@ -59,7 +72,7 @@ export async function sweepStaleApprovals(): Promise<number> {
       ));
   }
 
-  console.log(`[HoldSweep] Put ${stale.length} stale pending-approval payment(s) on hold.`);
+  console.log(`[HoldSweep] Put ${stale.length} stale awaiting-verification payment(s) on hold.`);
   return stale.length;
 }
 

backend/src/lib/manualProviders.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Payment providers that require a human to verify the money arrived.
+//
+// These methods (bank transfer / TPago / cash) are never auto-confirmed and —
+// crucially — are never auto-failed by the stale-booking cleanup: an admin settles
+// them by hand. Note this is broader than the set of methods that expose an online
+// "I've paid" step (bank transfer / TPago only); cash is settled at the door.
+export const MANUAL_PAYMENT_PROVIDERS = ['bank_transfer', 'tpago', 'cash'] as const;

backend/src/routes/payments.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ const rejectPaymentSchema = z.object({
   sendEmail: z.boolean().optional().default(true),
 });
 
+const reopenPaymentSchema = z.object({
+  adminNote: z.string().optional(),
+});
+
 // Get all payments (admin) - with ticket and event details
 paymentsRouter.get('/', requireAuth(['admin']), async (c) => {
   const status = c.req.query('status');
@@ -232,6 +236,12 @@ paymentsRouter.put('/:id', requireAuth(['admin', 'organizer']), zValidator('json
     return c.json({ error: 'Payment not found' }, 404);
   }
   
+  // Confirming a failed payment must go through /approve, which re-checks event
+  // capacity before re-reserving the (previously released) seat. Block the raw path.
+  if (data.status === 'paid' && existing.status === 'failed') {
+    return c.json({ error: 'Use the approve action to confirm a failed payment' }, 400);
+  }
+
   const now = getNow();
 
   const updateData: any = { ...data, updatedAt: now };
@@ -321,8 +331,10 @@ paymentsRouter.post('/:id/approve', requireAuth(['admin', 'organizer']), zValida
     return c.json({ error: 'Payment not found' }, 404);
   }
   
-  // Can approve pending, pending_approval, or on_hold payments
+  // Can approve pending, pending_approval, on_hold, or failed payments.
-  if (!['pending', 'pending_approval', 'on_hold'].includes(payment.status)) {
+  // 'failed' covers an admin confirming a payment that was auto-failed or rejected
+  // in error; its tickets are cancelled, so recovery re-checks capacity below.
+  if (!['pending', 'pending_approval', 'on_hold', 'failed'].includes(payment.status)) {
     return c.json({ error: 'Payment cannot be approved in its current state' }, 400);
   }
 
@@ -350,16 +362,39 @@ paymentsRouter.post('/:id/approve', requireAuth(['admin', 'organizer']), zValida
     console.log(`[Payment] Approving multi-ticket booking: ${ticket.bookingId}, ${ticketsToConfirm.length} tickets`);
   }
 
-  if (payment.status === 'on_hold') {
+  // For a failed payment, only recover tickets whose own payment is also failed.
-    // The seat was released when this booking went on hold - re-check capacity
+  // This protects mixed bookings (e.g. a sibling ticket was refunded) from being
-    // before confirming it directly.
+  // resurrected or having its payment flipped to paid.
+  if (payment.status === 'failed') {
+    const bookingPayments = await dbAll<any>(
+      (db as any)
+        .select({ ticketId: (payments as any).ticketId, status: (payments as any).status })
+        .from(payments)
+        .where(inArray((payments as any).ticketId, ticketsToConfirm.map((t: any) => t.id)))
+    );
+    const failedTicketIds = new Set(
+      bookingPayments.filter((p: any) => p.status === 'failed').map((p: any) => p.ticketId)
+    );
+    ticketsToConfirm = ticketsToConfirm.filter((t: any) => failedTicketIds.has(t.id));
+    if (ticketsToConfirm.length === 0) {
+      return c.json({ error: 'Payment cannot be approved in its current state' }, 400);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (payment.status === 'on_hold' || payment.status === 'failed') {
+    // The seat was released when this booking went on hold or failed - re-check
+    // capacity before confirming it directly.
     try {
       await reserveOnHoldBooking(
         ticket.eventId,
         ticketsToConfirm.map((t: any) => t.id),
         'confirmed',
         'paid',
-        { paidByAdminId: user.id }
+        {
+          paidByAdminId: user.id,
+          fromTicketStatuses:
+            payment.status === 'failed' ? ['cancelled', 'on_hold', 'pending'] : ['on_hold'],
+        }
       );
     } catch (err) {
       if (err instanceof HoldCapacityError) {
@@ -548,6 +583,87 @@ paymentsRouter.post('/:id/reactivate', requireAuth(['admin', 'organizer']), asyn
   return c.json({ payment: updated, message: 'Booking reactivated and pending admin review' });
 });
 
+// Reopen a failed payment back to pending (admin) - re-reserves the seat.
+// For when a payment was failed in error (auto-fail or rejection) and should
+// return to the normal pending flow (reminders, "I've paid", approve/reject).
+paymentsRouter.post('/:id/reopen', requireAuth(['admin', 'organizer']), zValidator('json', reopenPaymentSchema), async (c) => {
+  const id = c.req.param('id');
+  const { adminNote } = c.req.valid('json');
+
+  const payment = await dbGet<any>(
+    (db as any).select().from(payments).where(eq((payments as any).id, id))
+  );
+
+  if (!payment) {
+    return c.json({ error: 'Payment not found' }, 404);
+  }
+
+  if (payment.status !== 'failed') {
+    return c.json({ error: 'Only failed payments can be reopened' }, 400);
+  }
+
+  const ticket = await dbGet<any>(
+    (db as any).select().from(tickets).where(eq((tickets as any).id, payment.ticketId))
+  );
+  if (!ticket) {
+    return c.json({ error: 'Ticket not found' }, 404);
+  }
+
+  let ticketsToReopen: any[] = [ticket];
+  if (ticket.bookingId) {
+    ticketsToReopen = await dbAll<any>(
+      (db as any).select().from(tickets).where(eq((tickets as any).bookingId, ticket.bookingId))
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Only reopen tickets whose own payment is also failed (protects mixed bookings).
+  const bookingPayments = await dbAll<any>(
+    (db as any)
+      .select({ ticketId: (payments as any).ticketId, status: (payments as any).status })
+      .from(payments)
+      .where(inArray((payments as any).ticketId, ticketsToReopen.map((t: any) => t.id)))
+  );
+  const failedTicketIds = new Set(
+    bookingPayments.filter((p: any) => p.status === 'failed').map((p: any) => p.ticketId)
+  );
+  ticketsToReopen = ticketsToReopen.filter((t: any) => failedTicketIds.has(t.id));
+  if (ticketsToReopen.length === 0) {
+    return c.json({ error: 'Only failed payments can be reopened' }, 400);
+  }
+
+  const reopenIds = ticketsToReopen.map((t: any) => t.id);
+
+  try {
+    await reserveOnHoldBooking(
+      ticket.eventId,
+      reopenIds,
+      'pending',
+      'pending',
+      { fromTicketStatuses: ['cancelled', 'on_hold'] }
+    );
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof HoldCapacityError) {
+      return c.json({
+        error: 'This event is now full. Your spot was released after the payment deadline passed.',
+      }, 400);
+    }
+    throw err;
+  }
+
+  if (adminNote) {
+    await (db as any)
+      .update(payments)
+      .set({ adminNote })
+      .where(inArray((payments as any).ticketId, reopenIds));
+  }
+
+  const updated = await dbGet(
+    (db as any).select().from(payments).where(eq((payments as any).id, id))
+  );
+
+  return c.json({ payment: updated, message: 'Payment reopened and set to pending' });
+});
+
 // Send payment reminder email
 paymentsRouter.post('/:id/send-reminder', requireAuth(['admin', 'organizer']), async (c) => {
   const id = c.req.param('id');

backend/src/routes/tickets.ts

@@ -31,11 +31,19 @@ const createTicketSchema = z.object({
   preferredLanguage: z.enum(['en', 'es']).optional(),
   // 'bancard' intentionally excluded: no checkout integration exists for it
   paymentMethod: z.enum(['lightning', 'cash', 'bank_transfer', 'tpago']).default('cash'),
-  ruc: z.string().regex(/^\d{6,10}$/, 'Invalid RUC format').optional().or(z.literal('')),
+  // Base + optional "-" + check digit; digits-only kept for older clients, normalized to dashed form on save
+  ruc: z.string().regex(/^(\d{6,10}|\d{5,8}-\d)$/, 'Invalid RUC format').optional().or(z.literal('')),
   // Optional: array of attendees for multi-ticket booking (capped at MAX_TICKETS_PER_BOOKING)
   attendees: z.array(attendeeSchema).min(1).max(MAX_TICKETS_PER_BOOKING).optional(),
 });
 
+// Canonical stored RUC form is "base-checkdigit" (e.g. 1234567-9); older clients send digits only
+function normalizeRuc(ruc: string | undefined): string | null {
+  if (!ruc) return null;
+  if (ruc.includes('-')) return ruc;
+  return `${ruc.slice(0, -1)}-${ruc.slice(-1)}`;
+}
+
 // Maps a payment provider to the merged payment-option flag that enables it
 function isPaymentMethodEnabled(method: string, merged: Record<string, any>): boolean {
   const truthy = (v: any) => v === true || v === 1;
@@ -76,6 +84,7 @@ const adminCreateTicketSchema = z.object({
 // Book a ticket (public) - supports single or multi-ticket bookings
 ticketsRouter.post('/', zValidator('json', createTicketSchema), async (c) => {
   const data = c.req.valid('json');
+  const rucNumber = normalizeRuc(data.ruc);
 
   // Determine attendees list (use attendees array if provided, otherwise single attendee from main fields)
   const attendeesList = data.attendees && data.attendees.length > 0
@@ -168,19 +177,19 @@ ticketsRouter.post('/', zValidator('json', createTicketSchema), async (c) => {
       phone: data.phone || null,
       role: 'user',
       languagePreference: null,
-      rucNumber: data.ruc || null,
+      rucNumber,
       createdAt: now,
       updatedAt: now,
     };
     await (db as any).insert(users).values(user);
-  } else if (data.ruc) {
+  } else if (rucNumber) {
     // Keep the user's saved RUC up to date for future bookings, but never blank
     // out an existing value if this booking didn't include one.
     await (db as any)
       .update(users)
-      .set({ rucNumber: data.ruc, updatedAt: now })
+      .set({ rucNumber, updatedAt: now })
       .where(eq((users as any).id, user.id));
-    user.rucNumber = data.ruc;
+    user.rucNumber = rucNumber;
   }
 
   // Check for duplicate booking (unless allowDuplicateBookings is enabled)
@@ -253,7 +262,7 @@ ticketsRouter.post('/', zValidator('json', createTicketSchema), async (c) => {
             attendeeLastName: attendee.lastName && attendee.lastName.trim() ? attendee.lastName.trim() : null,
             attendeeEmail: data.email,
             attendeePhone: data.phone && data.phone.trim() ? data.phone.trim() : null,
-            attendeeRuc: data.ruc || null,
+            attendeeRuc: rucNumber,
             preferredLanguage: data.preferredLanguage || null,
             status: 'pending',
             qrCode,
@@ -314,7 +323,7 @@ ticketsRouter.post('/', zValidator('json', createTicketSchema), async (c) => {
             attendeeLastName: attendee.lastName && attendee.lastName.trim() ? attendee.lastName.trim() : null,
             attendeeEmail: data.email,
             attendeePhone: data.phone && data.phone.trim() ? data.phone.trim() : null,
-            attendeeRuc: data.ruc || null,
+            attendeeRuc: rucNumber,
             preferredLanguage: data.preferredLanguage || null,
             status: 'pending',
             qrCode,

frontend/src/app/(public)/book/[eventId]/_logic/booking.ts

@@ -8,11 +8,17 @@ import {
 } from '@heroicons/react/24/outline';
 import type { PaymentMethod, BookingResult } from '../_types';
 
-export const rucPattern = /^\d{6,10}$/;
+// Paraguayan RUC: 5-8 digit base + "-" + 1 check digit (DV), e.g. 1234567-9 or 80012345-0
+export const rucPattern = /^\d{5,8}-\d$/;
 
-/** Format RUC input: digits only, max 10. */
+/** Sanitize RUC input: digits and a single user-typed dash, max 10 chars. No dash is auto-inserted. */
 export function formatRuc(value: string): string {
-  return value.replace(/\D/g, '').slice(0, 10);
+  const cleaned = value.replace(/[^\d-]/g, '');
+  const firstDash = cleaned.indexOf('-');
+  const oneDash = firstDash === -1
+    ? cleaned
+    : cleaned.slice(0, firstDash + 1) + cleaned.slice(firstDash + 1).replace(/-/g, '');
+  return oneDash.slice(0, 10);
 }
 
 /** Truncate a long invoice string for display. */

frontend/src/app/(public)/book/[eventId]/_steps/BookingFormStep.tsx

@@ -226,25 +226,10 @@ export function BookingFormStep({
                     onBlur={handleRucBlur}
                     placeholder={t('booking.form.rucPlaceholder')}
                     error={errors.ruc}
-                    inputMode="numeric"
                     maxLength={10}
                     aria-label={t('booking.form.ruc')}
                   />
                 </div>
-
-                <div>
-                  <label className="block text-sm font-medium text-gray-700 mb-1">
-                    {t('booking.form.preferredLanguage')}
-                  </label>
-                  <select
-                    value={formData.preferredLanguage}
-                    onChange={(e) => setFormData({ ...formData, preferredLanguage: e.target.value as 'en' | 'es' })}
-                    className="w-full px-4 py-3 rounded-btn border border-secondary-light-gray focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary-yellow"
-                  >
-                    <option value="en">English</option>
-                    <option value="es">Español</option>
-                  </select>
-                </div>
               </div>
             </Card>
 

frontend/src/app/(public)/book/[eventId]/_types.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ export interface BookingFormData {
   lastName: string;
   email: string;
   phone: string;
-  preferredLanguage: 'en' | 'es';
   // Empty until the user explicitly picks a method (no default selection).
   paymentMethod: PaymentMethod | '';
   ruc: string;

frontend/src/app/(public)/book/[eventId]/page.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { useParams, useRouter, useSearchParams } from 'next/navigation';
 import { useLanguage } from '@/context/LanguageContext';
 import { useAuth } from '@/context/AuthContext';
 import { eventsApi, ticketsApi, paymentOptionsApi, Event, PaymentOptionsConfig } from '@/lib/api';
-import { formatDateLong, formatTime } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { formatDateLong, formatTime, formatRucDisplay } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { isSafeExternalUrl } from '@/lib/safeRedirect';
 import toast from 'react-hot-toast';
 import type {
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ export default function BookingPage() {
     lastName: '',
     email: '',
     phone: '',
-    preferredLanguage: locale as 'en' | 'es',
     paymentMethod: '',
     ruc: '',
   });
@@ -78,11 +77,10 @@ export default function BookingPage() {
     }
   };
 
-  // Validate RUC on blur (optional field: 6–10 digits)
+  // Validate RUC on blur (optional field: base + "-" + check digit)
   const handleRucBlur = () => {
     if (!formData.ruc) return;
-    const digits = formData.ruc.replace(/\D/g, '');
+    if (!rucPattern.test(formData.ruc)) {
-    if (digits.length > 0 && !rucPattern.test(digits)) {
       setErrors({ ...errors, ruc: t('booking.form.errors.rucInvalidFormat') });
     }
   };
@@ -152,8 +150,7 @@ export default function BookingPage() {
           lastName: prev.lastName || lastName,
           email: prev.email || user.email || '',
           phone: prev.phone || user.phone || '',
-          preferredLanguage: (user.languagePreference as 'en' | 'es') || prev.preferredLanguage,
+          ruc: prev.ruc || formatRucDisplay(user.rucNumber),
-          ruc: prev.ruc || user.rucNumber || '',
         };
       });
     }
@@ -197,12 +194,9 @@ export default function BookingPage() {
       newErrors.phone = t('booking.form.errors.phoneTooShort');
     }
 
-    // RUC validation (optional field - 6–10 digits if filled)
+    // RUC validation (optional field - base + "-" + check digit if filled)
-    if (formData.ruc.trim()) {
+    if (formData.ruc.trim() && !rucPattern.test(formData.ruc.trim())) {
-      const digits = formData.ruc.replace(/\D/g, '');
+      newErrors.ruc = t('booking.form.errors.rucInvalidFormat');
-      if (!/^\d{6,10}$/.test(digits)) {
-        newErrors.ruc = t('booking.form.errors.rucInvalidFormat');
-      }
     }
 
     // Payment method must be explicitly chosen and currently enabled
@@ -301,9 +295,9 @@ export default function BookingPage() {
         lastName: formData.lastName,
         email: formData.email,
         phone: formData.phone,
-        preferredLanguage: formData.preferredLanguage,
+        preferredLanguage: locale as 'en' | 'es',
         paymentMethod: formData.paymentMethod as PaymentMethod,
-        ...(formData.ruc.trim() && { ruc: formData.ruc.replace(/\D/g, '') }),
+        ...(formData.ruc.trim() && { ruc: formData.ruc.trim() }),
         // Include attendees array for multi-ticket bookings
         ...(allAttendees.length > 1 && { attendees: allAttendees }),
       });

frontend/src/app/admin/bookings/page.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useLanguage } from '@/context/LanguageContext';
 import { ticketsApi, eventsApi, paymentsApi, Ticket, Event } from '@/lib/api';
-import { parseDate } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { parseDate, formatRucDisplay } from '@/lib/utils';
 import Card from '@/components/ui/Card';
 import Button from '@/components/ui/Button';
 import { AdminPageSkeleton } from '@/components/ui/Skeleton';
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ export default function AdminBookingsPage() {
                         <p className="text-xs text-gray-500 truncate max-w-[200px]">{ticket.attendeeEmail || 'N/A'}</p>
                         {ticket.attendeePhone && <p className="text-xs text-gray-400">{ticket.attendeePhone}</p>}
                       </td>
-                      <td className="px-4 py-3 text-sm text-gray-600">{ticket.attendeeRuc || '-'}</td>
+                      <td className="px-4 py-3 text-sm text-gray-600">{formatRucDisplay(ticket.attendeeRuc) || '-'}</td>
                       <td className="px-4 py-3">
                         <span className="text-sm truncate max-w-[150px] block">
                           {ticket.event?.title || events.find(e => e.id === ticket.eventId)?.title || 'Unknown'}

frontend/src/app/admin/payments/page.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useLanguage } from '@/context/LanguageContext';
 import { paymentsApi, adminApi, eventsApi, PaymentWithDetails, Event, ExportedPayment, FinancialSummary } from '@/lib/api';
-import { parseDate } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { parseDate, formatRucDisplay } from '@/lib/utils';
 import Card from '@/components/ui/Card';
 import Button from '@/components/ui/Button';
 import { AdminPageSkeleton } from '@/components/ui/Skeleton';
@@ -162,6 +162,22 @@ export default function AdminPaymentsPage() {
     }
   };
 
+  const handleReopen = async (payment: PaymentWithDetails) => {
+    setProcessing(true);
+    try {
+      await paymentsApi.reopen(payment.id, noteText);
+      toast.success(locale === 'es' ? 'Pago cambiado a pendiente' : 'Payment changed to pending');
+      setSelectedPayment(null);
+      setNoteText('');
+      setSendEmail(true);
+      loadData();
+    } catch (error: any) {
+      toast.error(error.message || (locale === 'es' ? 'No se pudo reabrir el pago' : 'Failed to reopen payment'));
+    } finally {
+      setProcessing(false);
+    }
+  };
+
   const handleRefund = async (id: string) => {
     if (!confirm('Are you sure you want to process this refund?')) return;
 
@@ -205,7 +221,7 @@ export default function AdminPaymentsPage() {
       p.createdAt,
       `${p.attendeeFirstName} ${p.attendeeLastName || ''}`.trim(),
       p.attendeeEmail || '',
-      p.attendeeRuc || '',
+      formatRucDisplay(p.attendeeRuc) || '',
       p.eventTitle,
       p.eventDate,
     ]);
@@ -431,7 +447,7 @@ export default function AdminPaymentsPage() {
                     <p className="text-sm text-gray-600">{selectedPayment.ticket.attendeePhone}</p>
                   )}
                   {selectedPayment.ticket.attendeeRuc && (
-                    <p className="text-sm text-gray-600">RUC: {selectedPayment.ticket.attendeeRuc}</p>
+                    <p className="text-sm text-gray-600">RUC: {formatRucDisplay(selectedPayment.ticket.attendeeRuc)}</p>
                   )}
                 </div>
               )}
@@ -503,19 +519,32 @@ export default function AdminPaymentsPage() {
               </div>
             )}
 
-            <div className="flex gap-3">
+            {selectedPayment.status === 'failed' ? (
-              <Button onClick={() => handleApprove(selectedPayment)} isLoading={processing} className="flex-1 min-h-[44px]">
+              <div className="flex gap-3">
-                <CheckCircleIcon className="w-5 h-5 mr-2" />
+                <Button onClick={() => handleApprove(selectedPayment)} isLoading={processing} className="flex-1 min-h-[44px]">
-                {locale === 'es' ? 'Aprobar' : 'Approve'}
+                  <CheckCircleIcon className="w-5 h-5 mr-2" />
-              </Button>
+                  {locale === 'es' ? 'Confirmar pago' : 'Confirm payment'}
-              <Button variant="outline" onClick={() => handleReject(selectedPayment)} isLoading={processing}
+                </Button>
-                className="flex-1 border-red-300 text-red-600 hover:bg-red-50 min-h-[44px]">
+                <Button variant="outline" onClick={() => handleReopen(selectedPayment)} isLoading={processing} className="flex-1 min-h-[44px]">
-                <XCircleIcon className="w-5 h-5 mr-2" />
+                  <ArrowPathIcon className="w-5 h-5 mr-2" />
-                {locale === 'es' ? 'Rechazar' : 'Reject'}
+                  {locale === 'es' ? 'Cambiar a pendiente' : 'Change to pending'}
-              </Button>
+                </Button>
-            </div>
+              </div>
+            ) : (
+              <div className="flex gap-3">
+                <Button onClick={() => handleApprove(selectedPayment)} isLoading={processing} className="flex-1 min-h-[44px]">
+                  <CheckCircleIcon className="w-5 h-5 mr-2" />
+                  {locale === 'es' ? 'Aprobar' : 'Approve'}
+                </Button>
+                <Button variant="outline" onClick={() => handleReject(selectedPayment)} isLoading={processing}
+                  className="flex-1 border-red-300 text-red-600 hover:bg-red-50 min-h-[44px]">
+                  <XCircleIcon className="w-5 h-5 mr-2" />
+                  {locale === 'es' ? 'Rechazar' : 'Reject'}
+                </Button>
+              </div>
+            )}
 
-            {selectedPayment.status !== 'on_hold' && (
+            {!['on_hold', 'failed'].includes(selectedPayment.status) && (
               <div className="pt-2 border-t">
                 <Button variant="outline" onClick={() => handleSendReminder(selectedPayment)} isLoading={sendingReminder} className="w-full min-h-[44px]">
                   <EnvelopeIcon className="w-5 h-5 mr-2" />
@@ -980,7 +1009,7 @@ export default function AdminPaymentsPage() {
                           <td className="px-4 py-3">{getStatusBadge(payment.status)}</td>
                           <td className="px-4 py-3">
                             <div className="flex items-center justify-end gap-1">
-                              {(payment.status === 'pending' || payment.status === 'pending_approval' || payment.status === 'on_hold') && (
+                              {(payment.status === 'pending' || payment.status === 'pending_approval' || payment.status === 'on_hold' || payment.status === 'failed') && (
                                 <Button size="sm" onClick={() => setSelectedPayment(payment)} className="text-xs px-2 py-1">
                                   {locale === 'es' ? 'Revisar' : 'Review'}
                                 </Button>
@@ -1042,7 +1071,7 @@ export default function AdminPaymentsPage() {
                     <div className="flex items-center justify-between mt-2 pt-2 border-t border-gray-100">
                       <p className="text-[10px] text-gray-400">{formatDate(payment.createdAt)}</p>
                       <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
-                        {(payment.status === 'pending' || payment.status === 'pending_approval' || payment.status === 'on_hold') && (
+                        {(payment.status === 'pending' || payment.status === 'pending_approval' || payment.status === 'on_hold' || payment.status === 'failed') && (
                           <Button size="sm" onClick={() => setSelectedPayment(payment)} className="text-xs px-2.5 py-1.5 min-h-[36px]">
                             {locale === 'es' ? 'Revisar' : 'Review'}
                           </Button>

frontend/src/app/admin/users/page.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useLanguage } from '@/context/LanguageContext';
 import { usersApi, eventsApi, User, Event } from '@/lib/api';
-import { parseDate } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { parseDate, formatRucDisplay } from '@/lib/utils';
 import Card from '@/components/ui/Card';
 import Button from '@/components/ui/Button';
 import { AdminPageSkeleton } from '@/components/ui/Skeleton';
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ export default function AdminUsersPage() {
                       </div>
                     </td>
                     <td className="px-4 py-3 text-sm text-gray-600">{user.phone || '-'}</td>
-                    <td className="px-4 py-3 text-sm text-gray-600">{user.rucNumber || '-'}</td>
+                    <td className="px-4 py-3 text-sm text-gray-600">{formatRucDisplay(user.rucNumber) || '-'}</td>
                     <td className="px-4 py-3">
                       <select value={user.role} onChange={(e) => handleRoleChange(user.id, e.target.value)}
                         className="px-2 py-1 rounded border border-secondary-light-gray text-sm">
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ export default function AdminUsersPage() {
                       <p className="font-medium text-sm truncate">{user.name}</p>
                       <p className="text-xs text-gray-500 truncate">{user.email}</p>
                       {user.phone && <p className="text-[10px] text-gray-400">{user.phone}</p>}
-                      {user.rucNumber && <p className="text-[10px] text-gray-400">RUC: {user.rucNumber}</p>}
+                      {user.rucNumber && <p className="text-[10px] text-gray-400">RUC: {formatRucDisplay(user.rucNumber)}</p>}
                     </div>
                     {getRoleBadge(user.role)}
                   </div>

frontend/src/lib/api/payments.ts

@@ -51,4 +51,10 @@ export const paymentsApi = {
     fetchApi<{ payment: Payment; message: string }>(`/api/payments/${id}/reactivate`, {
       method: 'POST',
     }),
+
+  reopen: (id: string, adminNote?: string) =>
+    fetchApi<{ payment: Payment; message: string }>(`/api/payments/${id}/reopen`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: JSON.stringify({ adminNote }),
+    }),
 };

frontend/src/lib/utils.ts

@@ -166,6 +166,18 @@ export function formatCurrency(amount: number, currency: string = 'PYG'): string
   return formatPrice(amount, currency);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Format a Paraguayan RUC for display as "base-checkdigit" (e.g. 1234567-9).
+ * Legacy records stored digits only; insert the dash before the check digit.
+ */
+export function formatRucDisplay(ruc: string | null | undefined): string {
+  if (!ruc) return '';
+  if (ruc.includes('-')) return ruc;
+  const digits = ruc.replace(/\D/g, '');
+  if (digits.length < 2) return ruc;
+  return `${digits.slice(0, -1)}-${digits.slice(-1)}`;
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Payment helpers
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------