fix(api): /capabilities terminal-tier marker — null upgrade_url + is_terminal_tier (DOG-26)

internal/handlers/capabilities.go

@@ -49,7 +49,19 @@ type tierCapabilities struct {
 	RPOMinutes            int            `json:"rpo_minutes"`
 	RTOMinutes            int            `json:"rto_minutes"`
 	AnnualDiscountPercent int            `json:"annual_discount_percent"`
-	UpgradeURL            string         `json:"upgrade_url"`
+	// UpgradeURL — pointer so the terminal tier (Team — there is nothing
+	// to upgrade to) emits an explicit JSON `null` instead of the pricing
+	// URL. DOG-26 (QA 2026-05-29): every tier including Team used to
+	// return the pricing page, which would have SDKs / dashboards
+	// rendering an "Upgrade" CTA on the Team plan with no destination.
+	// `null` is the contract-stable terminal-tier marker; a non-null
+	// string is the "click here to upgrade" signal.
+	UpgradeURL            *string        `json:"upgrade_url"`
+	// IsTerminalTier — explicit boolean so clients don't have to encode
+	// the "is upgrade_url null" check at every render site. True for the
+	// top tier (Team today), false for everything below. Pairs with
+	// UpgradeURL — when IsTerminalTier=true, UpgradeURL is null.
+	IsTerminalTier        bool           `json:"is_terminal_tier"`
 }
 
 // capabilityResourceTypes is the list of service types the /capabilities
@@ -128,6 +140,20 @@ func (h *CapabilitiesHandler) Get(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		return entries[i].name < entries[j].name
 	})
 
+	// terminalRank — the highest rank in the entries slice. Used to mark
+	// the top tier as terminal (upgrade_url=null, is_terminal_tier=true).
+	// Computed after the rank-sort so we don't have to re-walk the slice;
+	// entries[len-1] has the highest rank by construction.
+	terminalRank := -1
+	if len(entries) > 0 {
+		terminalRank = entries[len(entries)-1].rank
+	}
+
+	// upgradeURLStr — pointer-to-string so we can emit explicit null for
+	// the terminal tier. Hoisted to a local so we don't take the address
+	// of a package-level const (Go doesn't allow that).
+	upgradeURLStr := upgradeURL
+
 	out := make([]tierCapabilities, 0, len(entries))
 	for _, e := range entries {
 		storage := map[string]int{}
@@ -137,6 +163,15 @@ func (h *CapabilitiesHandler) Get(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 			conns[rt] = h.plans.ConnectionsLimit(e.name, rt)
 		}
 		priceUSD := e.plan.PriceMonthly / 100 // cents → dollars
+		// DOG-26: terminal tier marker — top of the rank ladder has
+		// nothing to upgrade to. upgrade_url is null + is_terminal_tier
+		// is true so SDKs/dashboards rendering an "Upgrade" CTA can
+		// suppress it without string-matching "team".
+		isTerminal := e.rank == terminalRank
+		var upgrade *string
+		if !isTerminal {
+			upgrade = &upgradeURLStr
+		}
 		out = append(out, tierCapabilities{
 			Tier:                  e.name,
 			DisplayName:           e.plan.DisplayName,
@@ -151,7 +186,8 @@ func (h *CapabilitiesHandler) Get(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 			RPOMinutes:            h.plans.RPOMinutes(e.name),
 			RTOMinutes:            h.plans.RTOMinutes(e.name),
 			AnnualDiscountPercent: annualDiscountPercent(all, e.name),
-			UpgradeURL:            upgradeURL,
+			UpgradeURL:            upgrade,
+			IsTerminalTier:        isTerminal,
 		})
 	}
 

internal/handlers/capabilities_test.go

@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ type capabilityTier struct {
 	BackupRestoreEnabled  bool           `json:"backup_restore_enabled"`
 	ManualBackupsPerDay   int            `json:"manual_backups_per_day"`
 	AnnualDiscountPercent int            `json:"annual_discount_percent"`
-	UpgradeURL            string         `json:"upgrade_url"`
+	// DOG-26: UpgradeURL is *string — terminal tier (Team) emits null.
+	UpgradeURL     *string `json:"upgrade_url"`
+	IsTerminalTier bool    `json:"is_terminal_tier"`
 }
 
 // newCapabilitiesApp wires a minimal Fiber app with the /capabilities
@@ -165,7 +167,17 @@ func TestCapabilities_DerivesPriceFromPlanRegistry(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, c.wantPriceUSD, got.PriceUSDMonthly, "%s price_usd_monthly", c.tier)
 		assert.Equal(t, c.wantPaid, got.PaidFromDayOne, "%s paid_from_day_one", c.tier)
 		assert.Equal(t, c.wantDisplay, got.DisplayName, "%s display_name", c.tier)
-		assert.Equal(t, "https://instanode.dev/pricing/", got.UpgradeURL, "%s upgrade_url", c.tier)
+		// DOG-26: terminal tier (Team — top of the rank ladder) emits
+		// upgrade_url=null + is_terminal_tier=true. Every other tier
+		// emits the pricing URL.
+		if c.tier == "team" {
+			assert.Nil(t, got.UpgradeURL, "%s upgrade_url must be null (terminal tier)", c.tier)
+			assert.True(t, got.IsTerminalTier, "%s is_terminal_tier must be true", c.tier)
+		} else {
+			require.NotNil(t, got.UpgradeURL, "%s upgrade_url must be non-null", c.tier)
+			assert.Equal(t, "https://instanode.dev/pricing/", *got.UpgradeURL, "%s upgrade_url", c.tier)
+			assert.False(t, got.IsTerminalTier, "%s is_terminal_tier must be false (non-terminal)", c.tier)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -237,6 +249,40 @@ func TestCapabilities_SkipsYearlyVariants(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestCapabilities_TerminalTierUpgradeURLIsNull pins DOG-26: the top tier
+// in the rank ladder (Team today) emits upgrade_url=null + is_terminal_tier=
+// true. Every non-terminal tier emits the pricing URL + is_terminal_tier=false.
+//
+// Registry-iterating per CLAUDE.md rule 18: tomorrow's plans.yaml + rank.go
+// addition (e.g. an `enterprise` tier above team) automatically shifts the
+// terminal marker — this test reads the live rank ordering rather than
+// hardcoding "team" as the terminal name, so adding a new top tier doesn't
+// require touching this assertion.
+func TestCapabilities_TerminalTierUpgradeURLIsNull(t *testing.T) {
+	reg := plans.Default()
+	app := newCapabilitiesApp(t, reg)
+	_, body := callCapabilities(t, app)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, body.Tiers, "expected at least one tier")
+
+	// Last row in the rank-sorted slice is the terminal tier by
+	// construction (capabilities.go sorts entries by rank ascending).
+	terminal := body.Tiers[len(body.Tiers)-1]
+	assert.True(t, terminal.IsTerminalTier,
+		"DOG-26: top-of-ladder tier (%q) must have is_terminal_tier=true", terminal.Tier)
+	assert.Nil(t, terminal.UpgradeURL,
+		"DOG-26: top-of-ladder tier (%q) must have upgrade_url=null — nothing to upgrade to", terminal.Tier)
+
+	// Every other row must be non-terminal with a populated URL.
+	for _, tr := range body.Tiers[:len(body.Tiers)-1] {
+		assert.False(t, tr.IsTerminalTier,
+			"DOG-26: non-terminal tier %q must have is_terminal_tier=false", tr.Tier)
+		require.NotNil(t, tr.UpgradeURL,
+			"DOG-26: non-terminal tier %q must have a non-null upgrade_url", tr.Tier)
+		assert.Equal(t, "https://instanode.dev/pricing/", *tr.UpgradeURL,
+			"non-terminal tier %q upgrade_url", tr.Tier)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestCapabilities_AnnualDiscountFromYAML — when a {tier}_yearly variant
 // exists in the registry, the canonical tier reports a non-zero
 // annual_discount_percent computed from (1 - yearly/(monthly*12)).

internal/handlers/openapi.go

@@ -3246,9 +3246,10 @@ const openAPISpec = `{
           "rpo_minutes":             { "type": "integer", "description": "Recovery Point Objective in minutes — the maximum window of data loss a restore can incur. 0 means no backup/RPO guarantee for the tier." },
           "rto_minutes":             { "type": "integer", "description": "Recovery Time Objective in minutes — the target time to restore service after an incident. 0 means no RTO guarantee for the tier." },
           "annual_discount_percent": { "type": "integer", "description": "Discount percent of the {tier}_yearly variant vs 12x the monthly. 0 when no yearly variant exists." },
-          "upgrade_url":             { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }
+          "upgrade_url":             { "type": ["string", "null"], "format": "uri", "description": "Pricing/upgrade URL for non-terminal tiers. null for the terminal tier (Team today) — there is nothing to upgrade to. Pairs with is_terminal_tier; SDKs/dashboards rendering an Upgrade CTA should suppress when null. DOG-26 (QA 2026-05-29)." },
+          "is_terminal_tier":        { "type": "boolean", "description": "True for the top tier in the rank ladder (Team today). When true, upgrade_url is null. Lets clients render an Upgrade CTA conditionally without string-matching tier names. DOG-26." }
         },
-        "required": ["tier", "display_name", "price_usd_monthly", "paid_from_day_one", "storage_limit_mb", "connections_limit", "deployments_apps", "upgrade_url"]
+        "required": ["tier", "display_name", "price_usd_monthly", "paid_from_day_one", "storage_limit_mb", "connections_limit", "deployments_apps", "upgrade_url", "is_terminal_tier"]
       },
       "CapabilitiesResponse": {
         "type": "object",