From afaa32384886a5b94efe39e7f8cb1da6864d4622 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias G <matthias.giesselmann@pocket-rocket.io>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 12:03:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Delete drafts from the admin editor

The editor could publish, archive and resume, but never remove. A draft
whose id was lost was unreachable from the interface.
---
 messages/de.json                     |  5 +++-
 messages/en.json                     |  5 +++-
 src/components/admin/EntryEditor.tsx | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/lib/entries.ts                   | 28 ++++++++++++++++++-
 src/lib/entry-actions.ts             | 18 ++++++++++++
 src/lib/entry-types.ts               |  4 +++
 6 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/messages/de.json b/messages/de.json
index 76154e4..770e752 100644
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -402,7 +402,10 @@
 				"change": "Anderes Bild",
 				"clear": "Bild entfernen",
 				"upload": "Hochladen",
-				"close": "Schließen"
+				"close": "Schließen",
+				"delete": "Entwurf löschen",
+				"deleteConfirm": "Wirklich löschen?",
+				"deleting": "Wird gelöscht"
 			},
 			"blocks": {
 				"text": "Text",
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index 5977437..2850c01 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -402,7 +402,10 @@
 				"change": "Other image",
 				"clear": "Remove image",
 				"upload": "Upload",
-				"close": "Close"
+				"close": "Close",
+				"delete": "Delete draft",
+				"deleteConfirm": "Really delete?",
+				"deleting": "Deleting"
 			},
 			"blocks": {
 				"text": "Text",
diff --git a/src/components/admin/EntryEditor.tsx b/src/components/admin/EntryEditor.tsx
index 76841d6..d16f0e3 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/EntryEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/EntryEditor.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import Link from 'next/link'
+import { useRouter } from 'next/navigation'
 import { useTranslations } from 'next-intl'
 import {
 	TbArchive,
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 	TbPlus,
 	TbRotate2,
 	TbSend,
+	TbTrash,
 	TbX,
 } from 'react-icons/tb'
 import { AdminField } from './AdminField'
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ import {
 	archiveEntry,
 	loadEntryMedia,
 	publishEntry,
+	removeEntry,
 	resumeEntry,
 	saveEntry,
 	scheduleEntry,
@@ -163,6 +166,8 @@ function localTime(date: Date): string {
 
 export function EntryEditor({ projects, types, media: initialMedia, accept, defaultProjectId, entry }: EntryEditorProps) {
 	const t = useTranslations('admin.entries')
+	const router = useRouter()
+	const [asking, setAsking] = useState(false)
 	const [form, setForm] = useState<Form>(() => initialForm(entry, defaultProjectId, types[0]?.id ?? ''))
 	const [media, setMedia] = useState<EntryMedia[]>(initialMedia)
 	const [status, setStatus] = useState<EntryState | null>(
@@ -401,6 +406,29 @@ export function EntryEditor({ projects, types, media: initialMedia, accept, defa
 		setSavedAt(new Date())
 	}
 
+	async function remove() {
+		const id = idRef.current
+
+		if (id === '') {
+			return
+		}
+
+		setBusy(true)
+		setError(null)
+
+		const result = await removeEntry(id)
+
+		if (!result.ok) {
+			setBusy(false)
+			setAsking(false)
+			setError(result.error)
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		router.push(adminEntriesPath)
+	}
+
 	function update(patch: Partial<Form>) {
 		setForm(current => ({ ...current, ...patch }))
 	}
@@ -497,6 +525,19 @@ export function EntryEditor({ projects, types, media: initialMedia, accept, defa
 					{t('actions.save')}
 				</button>
 
+				{status && current === 'draft' ? (
+					<button
+						type="button"
+						disabled={busy}
+						onClick={() => (asking ? void remove() : setAsking(true))}
+						onBlur={() => setAsking(false)}
+						className={`${ghostButtonClass} ${asking ? 'border-signal text-signal' : ''}`}
+					>
+						<TbTrash aria-hidden="true" className="size-4" />
+						{busy ? t('actions.deleting') : asking ? t('actions.deleteConfirm') : t('actions.delete')}
+					</button>
+				) : null}
+
 				{current === 'published' ? (
 					<button type="button" disabled={busy} onClick={() => void run(id => archiveEntry({ id }))} className={ghostButtonClass}>
 						<TbArchive aria-hidden="true" className="size-4" />
diff --git a/src/lib/entries.ts b/src/lib/entries.ts
index 62902c4..a1d27e0 100644
--- a/src/lib/entries.ts
+++ b/src/lib/entries.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { recordAudit } from '~/data/repositories/audit'
 import {
 	createEntry,
+	deleteEntry,
 	findEntry,
 	findEntryBySlug,
 	listEntryBlocks,
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ import { isSlug, slugify } from '~/domain/slug'
 import type { Audience, PostStatus } from '~/domain/types'
 import { canAccessProject, type Viewer } from './auth-access'
 import { hasAlt } from './media-url'
-import type { EntryInput, EntryResult, EntryState, EntryStatusInput } from './entry-types'
+import type { EntryDeleteResult, EntryInput, EntryResult, EntryState, EntryStatusInput } from './entry-types'
 import type { Block, Post } from '~/data/schema'
 
 export const maxTitleLength = 200
@@ -356,3 +357,28 @@ export async function performArchiveEntry(viewer: Viewer, input: EntryStatusInpu
 export async function performResumeEntry(viewer: Viewer, input: EntryStatusInput): Promise<EntryResult> {
 	return move(viewer, input, 'draft', { checked: false, publishAt: null, action: 'post.resume' })
 }
+
+export async function performDeleteEntry(viewer: Viewer, id: string): Promise<EntryDeleteResult> {
+	const current = await loadOwned(viewer, id)
+
+	if (!current) {
+		return { ok: false, error: 'notFound' }
+	}
+
+	if (current.status !== 'draft') {
+		return { ok: false, error: 'statusInvalid' }
+	}
+
+	await deleteEntry(current.id)
+
+	await recordAudit({
+		actorId: viewer.id,
+		actorLabel: viewer.email,
+		action: 'post.delete',
+		entity: 'post',
+		entityId: current.id,
+		data: { projectId: current.projectId, number: current.number, slug: current.slug, title: current.title },
+	})
+
+	return { ok: true }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/entry-actions.ts b/src/lib/entry-actions.ts
index b710bc0..ed3276a 100644
--- a/src/lib/entry-actions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/entry-actions.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { readViewer } from './auth-guards'
 import { adminEntriesPath, adminEntryPath, lastProjectCookie } from './admin-routes'
 import {
 	performArchiveEntry,
+	performDeleteEntry,
 	performPublishEntry,
 	performResumeEntry,
 	performSaveEntry,
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 import { toEntryMediaList, toEntryMedia } from './entry-media'
 import { readUploadBody, uploadMedia, type UploadFailure } from './media-upload'
 import type {
+	EntryDeleteResult,
 	EntryInput,
 	EntryMediaResult,
 	EntryResult,
@@ -198,3 +200,19 @@ export async function uploadEntryImage(formData: FormData): Promise<EntryUploadR
 
 	return { ok: true, media: toEntryMedia(result.media) }
 }
+
+export async function removeEntry(id: string): Promise<EntryDeleteResult> {
+	const viewer = await readViewer()
+
+	if (!viewer) {
+		return { ok: false, error: 'forbidden' }
+	}
+
+	const result = await performDeleteEntry(viewer, id)
+
+	if (result.ok) {
+		revalidatePath(adminEntriesPath)
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/entry-types.ts b/src/lib/entry-types.ts
index 922cae6..de25b10 100644
--- a/src/lib/entry-types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/entry-types.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ export type EntryResult =
 	| { ok: true, entry: EntryState }
 	| { ok: false, error: EntryErrorKey, blockers?: string[], hints?: string[] }
 
+export type EntryDeleteResult =
+	| { ok: true }
+	| { ok: false, error: EntryErrorKey }
+
 export type EntryUploadError =
 	| EntryErrorKey
 	| 'fileMissing'