From 7d305d09e945cecd59aff74be3cf72c82f91db01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "gpt-engineer-app[bot]"
 <159125892+gpt-engineer-app[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:28:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Changes

Co-authored-by: renee-png <262607627+renee-png@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/routes/settings.import.tsx | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/routes/settings.import.tsx b/src/routes/settings.import.tsx
index 224ab6e..9b013e3 100644
--- a/src/routes/settings.import.tsx
+++ b/src/routes/settings.import.tsx
@@ -1374,10 +1374,24 @@ function ImportPage() {
 
       // Inserts must have a non-null client_id; fall back to placeholder
       // ONLY for genuinely new invoices that never matched anything.
-      let placeholderClient: string | null = null;
       const insertsNeedingClient = toInsertInv.filter((r) => !r.client_id);
       if (insertsNeedingClient.length > 0) {
-        placeholderClient = await ensureArchivedClient("Imported (no client)", "imported-no-client");
+        const { data: ph } = await supabase
+          .from("clients")
+          .upsert(
+            {
+              name: "Imported (no client)",
+              external_id: "imported-no-client",
+              client_type: "hoa",
+              archived_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+              notes: "Auto-created from invoice import (no matching client).",
+              created_by: user.id,
+            } as any,
+            { onConflict: "external_id" },
+          )
+          .select("id")
+          .single();
+        const placeholderClient = (ph?.id as string | undefined) ?? null;
         if (placeholderClient) {
           for (const r of insertsNeedingClient) r.client_id = placeholderClient;
         }