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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+One-shot PocketBase migration applied via:
+
+  PB_URL=https://pb.mega.infra.apphub.co.za \\
+  PB_ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@mega.co.za \\
+  PB_ADMIN_PASSWORD=... \\
+  python3 scripts/migrations/2026-08-31-data-import-batches-allow-pdf-images.py
+
+Extends the `original_file` field on DATA_IMPORT_BATCHES so PDF and
+image uploads (used by the PO and delivery-note import flows) are
+accepted. PB rejects files whose MIME type isn't in the field's
+allowlist with:
+
+    validation_invalid_mime_type: mime type must be one of: ...
+
+The bootstrap allowlist was scoped to the original CSV/Excel imports
+(timesheets, fuel logs, plant hours). The redesigned PO upload route
+posts PDFs directly to the same audit field, which crashed the
+batch_create call with `batch_create_failed`. This migration unblocks
+the queue for PDF/image uploads.
+
+Also adds application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
+(xlsx). The 2026-08-24 migration that should have added it was never
+applied to prod (verified in PB: xlsx is missing from the live
+mimeTypes); unioning it here keeps the schema at parity with the
+fuel-logs/plant-hours import paths.
+
+Strictly additive: existing mimeTypes are kept and the new ones are
+unioned in. Re-running is a no-op (early-return on identical list).
+
+Made reproducible by bug-report 2026-08-31 (PO upload
+batch_create_failed on production).
+"""
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.request
+
+
+COLLECTION = "data_import_batches"
+FIELD_NAME = "original_file"
+
+# MIME types to add. PB stores these as a flat array on the field's
+# `mimeTypes` property (PB v0.39 shape: options live at the field top
+# level, not nested under "options").
+NEW_MIME_TYPES = [
+    "application/pdf",
+    "image/jpeg",
+    "image/png",
+    "image/webp",
+    # xlsx - completing the 2026-08-24 migration that was never run on prod.
+    "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
+]
+
+
+def admin_auth(base_url: str) -> str:
+    email = os.environ["PB_ADMIN_EMAIL"]
+    password = os.environ["PB_ADMIN_PASSWORD"]
+    body = json.dumps({"identity": email, "password": password}).encode()
+    req = urllib.request.Request(
+        f"{base_url}/api/collections/_superusers/auth-with-password",
+        data=body,
+        headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+        method="POST",
+    )
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
+        return json.loads(resp.read())["token"]
+
+
+def get_collection(base_url: str, token: str, name: str):
+    req = urllib.request.Request(
+        f"{base_url}/api/collections/{name}",
+        headers={"Authorization": token},
+    )
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
+            return json.loads(resp.read())
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        if e.code == 404:
+            return None
+        raise
+
+
+def patch_collection(base_url: str, token: str, name: str, body: dict):
+    req = urllib.request.Request(
+        f"{base_url}/api/collections/{name}",
+        data=json.dumps(body).encode(),
+        headers={
+            "Authorization": token,
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        },
+        method="PATCH",
+    )
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
+            return json.loads(resp.read())
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        body_txt = e.read().decode() if e.fp else ""
+        raise RuntimeError(f"PATCH {name} failed: {e.code} {body_txt}") from e
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    base_url = os.environ.get("PB_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:8090").rstrip("/")
+    token = admin_auth(base_url)
+    coll = get_collection(base_url, token, COLLECTION)
+    if not coll:
+        print(f"ERROR: collection {COLLECTION!r} not found on {base_url}")
+        return 1
+
+    existing_fields = coll.get("fields", [])
+    field = next((f for f in existing_fields if f["name"] == FIELD_NAME), None)
+    if not field:
+        print(f"ERROR: field {FIELD_NAME!r} not found on {COLLECTION}")
+        return 1
+    if field.get("type") != "file":
+        print(f"ERROR: {FIELD_NAME!r} is type {field.get('type')!r}, not 'file'")
+        return 1
+
+    current = list(field.get("mimeTypes", []) or [])
+    wanted = sorted(set(current) | set(NEW_MIME_TYPES))
+
+    if wanted == current:
+        print(f"No-op: {FIELD_NAME}.mimeTypes already includes all needed types.")
+        print(f"  current = {current}")
+        return 0
+
+    # Build the merged fields array. Everything else passes through
+    # untouched; only this field gets its mimeTypes updated.
+    merged_fields = []
+    for f in existing_fields:
+        if f["name"] == FIELD_NAME:
+            f = dict(f)
+            f["mimeTypes"] = wanted
+        merged_fields.append(f)
+
+    print(f"Updating {FIELD_NAME}.mimeTypes:")
+    print(f"  current ({len(current)}): {current}")
+    print(f"  + adding:                 {sorted(set(wanted) - set(current))}")
+    patch_collection(base_url, token, COLLECTION, {"fields": merged_fields})
+
+    # Final sanity dump.
+    final = get_collection(base_url, token, COLLECTION)
+    final_field = next(
+        f for f in final.get("fields", []) if f["name"] == FIELD_NAME
+    )
+    print(f"\nFinal {FIELD_NAME}.mimeTypes = {final_field.get('mimeTypes')}")
+    print("\nMigration complete.")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        sys.exit(main())
+    except KeyError as e:
+        print(f"ERROR: missing environment variable {e}. "
+              "Set PB_ADMIN_EMAIL and PB_ADMIN_PASSWORD.", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(2)