📊 Usage Metrics Dashboard
📈 Last 24 hours vs. Spark (Free) Tier limits. Spoiler: you're barely touching the free tier.
📖 Reads
120 / 50,000 0.24%
✏️ Writes
~21 / 20,000 0.1%
👀 Listeners
3 peak minimal
🛡️ Allow / Deny
55 allows / 1 deny 98.2%
🎉 Verdict: Massive Headroom
At 0.24% read utilization you could 208x your current traffic before touching free tier limits. Go ship features, not infrastructure.
🛡️ Security Rules Audit — Deployed Feb 19, 2026
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Overall: Solid Foundation
Ownership checks present, server-only collections locked down, helper functions used. Better than 80% of indie Firebase projects.
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Gaps: Rate Limiting & Validation
No write rate limiting, no field validation in rules, no index-based query restrictions. Fine for now, needs hardening before scale.
📜 7 rule versions deployed — showing latest configuration:
🧩 Helper Functions ✅ Good Pattern
Reusable auth checks — DRY principle applied correctly
function isAuthenticated() { return request.auth != null; }
function isOwner(userId) { return request.auth.uid == userId; }
✅ Clean abstractions. Prevents copy-paste bugs in individual rules.
💳 /billing/{userId} ✅ Owner-Only
Read and write restricted to document owner
allow read, write: if isAuthenticated() && isOwner(userId);
✅ Users can only access their own billing data. Solid.
🔐 /stripeCustomers/{customerId} ✅ Server-Only
All client access denied — server/admin SDK only
allow read, write: if false;
✅ Stripe customer data properly locked to backend. No client exposure.
📝 /logEntries/{entryId} ✅ Auth + Ownership
Authenticated users can access their own log entries
allow read, write: if isAuthenticated() && resource.data.userId == request.auth.uid;
✅ Document-level ownership verification. Core data protected.
🔧 /diagnosticSessions/{sessionId} ✅ Auth + Ownership
Diagnostic session data locked to owner
allow read, write: if isAuthenticated() && resource.data.userId == request.auth.uid;
✅ Same ownership pattern as logEntries. Consistent.
🔗 /webhookEvents/{eventId} ✅ Server-Only
Webhook idempotency records — no client access
allow read, write: if false;
✅ Correctly locked down. Webhook internals stay internal.
⚠️ Missing: /users/{userId} ❓ Not Visible in Rules
Users collection exists in Firestore but wasn't explicitly listed in scraped rules
// No explicit rule found — may rely on default deny or a catch-all
⚠️ Verify: Is there a wildcard match or is this relying on default deny? Should have explicit ownership rule.
⚠️ Missing: Rate Limiting 🐌 Not Implemented
No timestamp-based write throttling in any collection
// Example: allow write: if request.time > resource.data.lastWrite + duration.value(1, 's');
⚠️ Fine for now at 2 connections, but a malicious client could spam writes. Add before scaling.
⚠️ Missing: Field Validation 📋 Not Implemented
No schema validation in rules — clients can write arbitrary fields
// Example: allow write: if request.resource.data.keys().hasOnly(['name', 'email', 'role']);
⚠️ Any authenticated user could add random fields to their documents. Low risk now, tech debt later.
📅 Rules Deployment History:
Feb 19, 2026
Latest deployment (currently active) ✨
Nov 2025
Initial rules deployed 🚀
🧬 Data Patterns Analysis
🔬 Examining schema patterns and anti-patterns found across collections.
✅ Billing Schema Clean
Flat structure with timestamps, status tracking, provider field supports multi-platform billing (Apple, Stripe)
✅ Good: createdAt + updatedAt for audit trail. Status field enables subscription lifecycle management.
✅ Server-Only Collections Secure
stripeCustomers and webhookEvents properly isolated from client
✅ Sensitive payment and webhook data can't be read or written by clients. Production-ready pattern.
✅ Ownership Model Consistent
userId-based ownership across billing, logEntries, diagnosticSessions
✅ Consistent pattern makes it easy to reason about data access. Each user sees only their data.
🟠 avatarBase64 in Users Anti-Pattern
Binary image data stored as base64 string in Firestore document
🔥 Fix: Move to Cloud Storage (now initialized at gs://pullsheetlive.firebasestorage.app), store download URL in user doc. Saves bandwidth, enables CDN caching, allows thumbnails.
⚠️ Timestamps: Mixed Types Inconsistent
billing uses number timestamps, users uses Timestamp type
⚠️ Pick one: Firestore native Timestamps are preferred (server-generated, timezone-safe). Standardize across collections.
⚠️ experience as String Type Mismatch
User experience stored as "7" (string) instead of 7 (number)
⚠️ Can't do numeric queries (e.g., "find users with 5+ years"). Should be a number field.
⚠️ No Backup Strategy No Safety Net
No scheduled exports, no backup configuration detected
⚠️ One bad deploy or script could wipe data. Set up scheduled Firestore exports to Cloud Storage.
⚠️ Issues & Recommendations — Prioritized Action Items
🔴 HIGH PRIORITY — Fix Before Scaling
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avatarBase64 → Firebase Storage
Avatar images stored as base64 strings in Firestore docs.
Every user profile read downloads the entire image. At scale this burns through bandwidth and inflates read costs.
💊 Fix: Upload avatars to gs://pullsheetlive.firebasestorage.app/avatars/{uid}.jpg, store downloadURL in user doc. Storage is now initialized.
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Initialize Firebase Storage RESOLVED
Cloud Storage initialized at gs://pullsheetlive.firebasestorage.app — production mode, us-central1.
Avatar migration and file handling now unblocked.
✅ Done: Storage active. Next: configure security rules and migrate avatarBase64.
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No Backup Strategy
Zero backups configured. One accidental deletion or bad migration script = total data loss.
9 billing records, all user profiles, all log entries — gone.
💊 Fix: Enable Firestore scheduled exports to Cloud Storage bucket. Free tier covers this at your scale.
🟡 MEDIUM PRIORITY — Address When Building Features
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Composite Indexes RESOLVED
4 composite indexes deployed covering logEntries, diagnosticSessions, billing, and webhookEvents.
Compound queries across key collections now resolve without runtime errors.
✅ Done: All critical query paths indexed. Add new indexes as query patterns evolve.
🛡️
No Rate Limiting in Security Rules
A malicious authenticated user could spam writes to their own collections.
No timestamp-based throttling or write frequency limits.
💊 Fix: Add request.time > resource.data.updatedAt + duration.value(1, 's') to write rules.
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No Field Validation in Rules
Security rules check ownership but don't validate document schema.
Clients can add arbitrary fields to their own documents.
💊 Fix: Add request.resource.data.keys().hasOnly([...]) to write rules.
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Inconsistent Timestamp Types
billing uses epoch numbers, users uses Firestore Timestamps. Pick one convention (prefer Timestamps).
💊 Fix: Standardize on Firestore Timestamp type. Add migration for billing collection.
🔵 LOW PRIORITY — Nice to Have
📊 experience → number type
Currently stored as string "7". Can't do range queries. Minor schema cleanup.
👤 users rules verification
Verify users collection has explicit security rules and isn't relying on default deny.
📈 Enable Firestore monitoring
Set up Cloud Monitoring alerts for usage spikes before they become billing surprises.
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Database Health Score: 8.5 / 10
Strong security foundations, zero cost, clean ownership model. Storage initialized, 4 composite indexes deployed.
Remaining items: avatarBase64 migration to Storage and backup strategy. Almost production-ready. 🚀
🛡️ Security: 8/10
💰 Cost: 10/10
📐 Schema: 7/10
🔧 Operations: 7/10