Accounting vendor AP settle / Pay vendor (1.9.0 / 1.6.0) — Production Readiness Audit

Field	Value
Date	2026-10-17
Status	Go for production — feature Pest green
Scope	Pay vendor on purchase orders clears receipt accounts payable from cash/bank
Catalog	accounting 1.8.0 → 1.9.0, purchase-orders 1.5.0 → 1.6.0
Companion	Accounting user guide · Purchase Orders · CHANGELOG

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Executive summary

When Accounting is installed and a purchase-order receipt has posted accounts payable, Pay vendor posts Dr Accounts Payable 2000 / Cr the chosen cash or bank account for each open receipt. Convert to expense stays blocked while AP journals exist.

Go / No-Go: Go. Migrate-only. New permission purchase-orders.pay for admin/manager defaults.

Gate	Result
Platform freeze	Pass
Pay vendor posts Dr AP / Cr cash once per receipt	Pass (Pest)
Second pay is rejected	Pass (Pest)
Missing paid-from and missing Accounting validate	Pass (Pest)
purchase-orders.pay required	Pass (Pest)
Catalog bumps + CatalogSeeder companion	Pass (Pest)

Feature Pest on 2026-10-17: 6 passed (PurchaseOrderVendorPaymentTest, AccountingModuleVersion190BumpTest).

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Deploy

1. php artisan migrate --force (receipt payment columns, permission, catalog bumps). Do not db:seed.
2. Confirm modules.version for accounting is 1.9.0 and purchase-orders is 1.6.0.
3. Deploy Frontend after production build; hard-refresh SPA.
4. Smoke: receive a tracked PO → Pay vendor → AP open is $0.00; convert stays unavailable.