# openspec/changes/archive/2025-05-18-user-config-management
dir: openspec/changes/archive/2025-05-18-user-config-management

index: openspec/changes/archive/2025-05-18-user-config-management/.pi-map.index.md

## role
Design and specification package for a persistent user configuration management feature using PostgreSQL JSONB storage.
## files
- .openspec.yaml | Defines an OpenAPI specification metadata file with schema type and creation date
- design.md | Design document specifying a simple key-value user configuration system using PostgreSQL JSONB with merge semantics and lazy creation | dep: PostgreSQL, JSONB
- proposal.md | Design proposal for implementing persistent user preferences and settings storage across sessions
- tasks.md | Project task tracking document for implementing a user settings/config feature with backend API, frontend UI, and verification steps | dep: SQLAlchemy, Alembic, FastAPI/HTTP endpoints, React/frontend framework, Docker Compose, ruff, mypy, pytest, TypeScript
## arch
Specification-driven development with phased implementation (backend API → frontend UI → verification), using lazy-creation merge semantics for JSONB key-value preferences, tracked through OpenAPI metadata, design docs, proposals, and task breakdown.
## tags
design, user, proposal, creation, .openspec, document, postgresql, jsonb
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