Minor version bump (1.x.0) is appropriate because:

✅ New functionality added (soft delete system)
✅ Backward compatible (existing features unchanged)
✅ Significant enhancement (complete temporal tracking system)
✅ API additions (new endpoints, parameters)
✅ UI enhancements (new components, visual indicators)

backend/database_init.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Database initialization script that creates all tables and triggers.
+Use this for setting up fresh development or production databases.
+
+Usage:
+    python database_init.py
+"""
+
+import sys
+import os
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+# Add parent directory to path to import models
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+from models import Base
+from database import get_database_url
+
+def init_database():
+    """Initialize database with all tables and triggers"""
+    
+    database_url = get_database_url()
+    engine = create_engine(database_url)
+    
+    print("🚀 Initializing database...")
+    print(f"📍 Database URL: {database_url}")
+    
+    try:
+        # Create all tables
+        print("📊 Creating tables...")
+        Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
+        print("✅ Tables created successfully")
+        
+        # Create triggers (if not already created by event listener)
+        print("⚙️ Ensuring triggers are created...")
+        with engine.connect() as connection:
+            # Check if trigger exists
+            result = connection.execute(text("""
+                SELECT EXISTS (
+                    SELECT 1 FROM information_schema.triggers 
+                    WHERE trigger_name = 'products_versioning_trigger'
+                );
+            """)).scalar()
+            
+            if not result:
+                print("📝 Creating products versioning trigger...")
+                from models import PRODUCTS_VERSIONING_TRIGGER_SQL
+                connection.execute(text(PRODUCTS_VERSIONING_TRIGGER_SQL))
+                connection.commit()
+                print("✅ Trigger created successfully")
+            else:
+                print("✅ Trigger already exists")
+        
+        print("🎉 Database initialization completed successfully!")
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"❌ Error initializing database: {e}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    init_database()