- Hash passwords with SHA-256 on frontend before transmission to prevent
raw password exposure in network traffic and server logs
- Switch login endpoint from OAuth2 form-data to JSON body
- Auto-create admin user on startup from ADMIN_USERNAME/ADMIN_PASSWORD
env vars, solving login failure after registration was disabled
- Update auth tests to match new SHA-256 + JSON login flow
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>