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+"""Phase 5 orchestration: weekly_run table + pending_approval_policy
+
+Revision ID: 0008
+Revises: 0007
+Create Date: 2026-05-07
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
+
+revision = "0008"
+down_revision = "0007"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.add_column(
+        "family_profile",
+        sa.Column(
+            "pending_approval_policy",
+            sa.String(10),
+            nullable=False,
+            server_default="approve",
+        ),
+    )
+    op.create_table(
+        "weekly_run",
+        sa.Column(
+            "id",
+            postgresql.UUID(as_uuid=True),
+            primary_key=True,
+            server_default=sa.text("gen_random_uuid()"),
+        ),
+        sa.Column(
+            "family_id",
+            postgresql.UUID(as_uuid=True),
+            sa.ForeignKey("family_profile.id", ondelete="CASCADE"),
+            nullable=False,
+        ),
+        sa.Column("week_start_date", sa.Date, nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("status", sa.String(20), nullable=False, server_default="pending"),
+        sa.Column("scraped_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("generated_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("emailed_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("deadline_passed_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("finalized_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column(
+            "used_stale_data",
+            sa.Boolean,
+            nullable=False,
+            server_default="false",
+        ),
+        sa.Column("error_step", sa.String(50), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("error_message", sa.Text, nullable=True),
+        sa.Column(
+            "created_at",
+            sa.DateTime(timezone=True),
+            server_default=sa.text("NOW()"),
+        ),
+        sa.UniqueConstraint(
+            "family_id", "week_start_date", name="uq_weekly_run_family_week"
+        ),
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_table("weekly_run")
+    op.drop_column("family_profile", "pending_approval_policy")