Expand profile gender options and cover country plus activity persistence.

Allow the broader gender enum and add tests for country saves and discovery event recording.

database/migrations/2026_09_17_120000_expand_user_profiles_gender_enum.php

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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        if (! Schema::hasTable('user_profiles') || ! Schema::hasColumn('user_profiles', 'gender')) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $driver = Schema::getConnection()->getDriverName();
+
+        if ($driver !== 'mysql') {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Production/local imports may still be enum('M','F') while the app stores X
+        // for "prefer not to say" / non-binary. Expand safely without rewriting rows.
+        DB::statement("ALTER TABLE `user_profiles` MODIFY `gender` ENUM('M','F','X') NULL DEFAULT NULL");
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        if (! Schema::hasTable('user_profiles') || ! Schema::hasColumn('user_profiles', 'gender')) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $driver = Schema::getConnection()->getDriverName();
+
+        if ($driver !== 'mysql') {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Map unsupported values before shrinking the enum.
+        DB::table('user_profiles')
+            ->where('gender', 'X')
+            ->update(['gender' => null]);
+
+        DB::statement("ALTER TABLE `user_profiles` MODIFY `gender` ENUM('M','F') NULL DEFAULT NULL");
+    }
+};