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taskmaster_id: "4"
status: "in-progress"
priority: "high"
depends_on: []
parent_id: ""
source: "taskmaster"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T07:15:25.199Z"
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# 4 - Define backend security and refactor strategy from latest audit

- [ ] 4 - Define backend security and refactor strategy from latest audit #taskmaster #priority/high #status/in-progress ⏫ 🆔 tm-4

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Taskmaster ID | 4 |
| Status | in-progress |
| Priority | high |
| Dependencies | None |
| Parent | None |

## Description

Convert the backend stack security/refactor assessment into concrete architecture decisions, documentation deliverables, and developer handoff criteria.

## Details

Source audit: .taskmaster/docs/audit-backend-stack-security-and-refactor-assessment-2026-05-24.md. This task is advisory/architecture-focused and should run in parallel with immediate hardening. It should produce the decision artifacts needed before any backend-core rewrite or provider migration is started.

## Verification

Review and sign off each architecture document with backend, payments, frontend, and operations stakeholders. Confirm every open question has an owner or explicit deferred decision before implementation work begins.