fix(backend): resolve refresh-token expiry deadlock, missing Jira on normal campaign approval, discarded threat-actor campaign start_date

- /auth/refresh now allows a short grace window past expiry and checks
  the blacklist, so an active session's silent refresh no longer fails
  the instant its own token expires
- normal manager /approve flow now creates Jira tickets for the campaign
  and its already-linked tests, matching the admin-only /activate path
- GenerateFromActorPayload now accepts start_date and threads it through
  to the new campaign instead of silently discarding it

backend/app/routers/campaigns.py

@@ -134,6 +134,42 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/campaigns", tags=["campaigns"])
 
 
+def _create_jira_tickets_for_campaign(db: Session, campaign: Campaign, campaign_id: str, user: User) -> None:
+    """Create Jira tickets for a campaign and its already-linked tests, if missing.
+
+    Shared by both paths that bring a campaign to ``active``: the admin-only
+    emergency `/activate` override and the normal manager `/approve` flow.
+    Tests may already be linked to the campaign from when it was still a
+    draft, i.e. before any Jira ticket existed for the campaign — so they
+    need their own tickets created here too. Best-effort: failures are
+    logged, not raised, since a Jira outage must not block activation.
+    """
+    try:
+        from app.services.jira_service import (
+            auto_create_campaign_issue,
+            auto_create_test_issue,
+            get_campaign_jira_key,
+            get_test_jira_key,
+        )
+        campaign_jira_key = get_campaign_jira_key(db, campaign_id)
+        if not campaign_jira_key:
+            campaign_jira_key = auto_create_campaign_issue(db, campaign, user)
+        if campaign_jira_key:
+            for ct in campaign.campaign_tests:
+                if ct.test and not get_test_jira_key(db, ct.test.id):
+                    auto_create_test_issue(
+                        db, ct.test, user,
+                        parent_ticket_override=campaign_jira_key,
+                        campaign_start_date=campaign.start_date,
+                    )
+        db.commit()
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception(
+            "Jira ticket creation failed while activating campaign %s",
+            campaign_id,
+        )
+
+
 # ── Pydantic schemas ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 class CampaignCreate(BaseModel):
@@ -498,6 +534,11 @@ def approve_campaign_endpoint(
         )
         uow.commit()
     db.refresh(campaign)
+
+    # Create Jira tickets for campaign and its already-linked tests (non-fatal).
+    # Mirrors the admin-only /activate override — this is the normal path.
+    _create_jira_tickets_for_campaign(db, campaign, campaign_id, current_user)
+
     return serialize_campaign(db, campaign)
 
 
@@ -837,30 +878,7 @@ def activate_campaign(
 
     # Create Jira tickets for campaign and tests at activation time (non-fatal).
     # Campaign ticket is created here if it doesn't already exist (deferred from creation).
-    try:
-        from app.services.jira_service import (
-            auto_create_campaign_issue,
-            auto_create_test_issue,
-            get_campaign_jira_key,
-            get_test_jira_key,
-        )
-        campaign_jira_key = get_campaign_jira_key(db, campaign_id)
-        if not campaign_jira_key:
-            campaign_jira_key = auto_create_campaign_issue(db, campaign, current_user)
-        if campaign_jira_key:
-            for ct in campaign.campaign_tests:
-                if ct.test and not get_test_jira_key(db, ct.test.id):
-                    auto_create_test_issue(
-                        db, ct.test, current_user,
-                        parent_ticket_override=campaign_jira_key,
-                        campaign_start_date=campaign.start_date,
-                    )
-        db.commit()
-    except Exception:
-        logger.exception(
-            "Jira ticket creation failed during activation of campaign %s",
-            campaign_id,
-        )
+    _create_jira_tickets_for_campaign(db, campaign, campaign_id, current_user)
 
     return serialize_campaign(db, campaign)
 
@@ -950,7 +968,7 @@ def get_campaign_progress_endpoint(
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class GenerateFromActorPayload(BaseModel):
-    pass
+    start_date: Optional[datetime] = None
 
 
 @router.post("/from-threat-actor/{actor_id}", status_code=201)
@@ -980,6 +998,7 @@ def generate_campaign_from_actor(
         db,
         uuid.UUID(actor_id),
         current_user,
+        start_date=payload.start_date,
     )
 
     # Open context manager