feat(backend): remove browse-page cache, add Sentry/GlitchTip, rename MinIO buckets

- Remove BrowseStore interface + all browse MinIO ops (PutBrowsePage, GetBrowsePage,
  BrowseObjectKey, putBrowse, getBrowse); the /api/browse endpoint was replaced by
  the Meilisearch-backed /api/catalogue route
- Remove browse_refresh.go and the 6h browse refresh ticker in runner
- Add Sentry/GlitchTip error tracking to both backend and runner binaries via
  github.com/getsentry/sentry-go; opt-in via GLITCHTIP_DSN env var
- Wrap http.ServeMux with sentryhttp middleware for automatic panic recovery
- Rename MinIO bucket defaults: libnovel-chapters→chapters, libnovel-audio→audio,
  libnovel-browse→catalogue (env vars still override)
- Remove staged compiled binaries (backend/bin/runner, backend/healthcheck)

v3/backend/cmd/backend/main.go

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //
 // It exposes all endpoints consumed by the SvelteKit UI: book/chapter reads,
 // scrape-task creation, presigned MinIO URLs, audio-task creation, reading
-// progress, live novelfire.net browse/search, and Kokoro voice list.
+// progress, live novelfire.net search, and Kokoro voice list.
 //
 // All heavy lifting (scraping, TTS generation) is delegated to the runner
 // binary via PocketBase task records. The backend never scrapes directly.
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
 	"github.com/libnovel/backend/internal/backend"
 	"github.com/libnovel/backend/internal/config"
 	"github.com/libnovel/backend/internal/kokoro"
@@ -43,6 +45,19 @@ func main() {
 func run() error {
 	cfg := config.Load()
 
+	// ── Sentry / GlitchTip error tracking ────────────────────────────────────
+	if dsn := os.Getenv("GLITCHTIP_DSN"); dsn != "" {
+		if err := sentry.Init(sentry.ClientOptions{
+			Dsn:              dsn,
+			Release:          version + "@" + commit,
+			TracesSampleRate: 0.1,
+		}); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "backend: sentry init warning: %v\n", err)
+		} else {
+			defer sentry.Flush(2 * time.Second)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// ── Logger ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 	log := buildLogger(cfg.LogLevel)
 	log.Info("backend starting",
@@ -95,7 +110,6 @@ func run() error {
 			AudioStore:    store,
 			PresignStore:  store,
 			ProgressStore: store,
-			BrowseStore:   store,
 			CoverStore:    store,
 			Producer:      store,
 			TaskReader:    store,

v3/backend/cmd/runner/main.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
 	"github.com/libnovel/backend/internal/browser"
 	"github.com/libnovel/backend/internal/config"
 	"github.com/libnovel/backend/internal/kokoro"
@@ -44,6 +45,19 @@ func main() {
 func run() error {
 	cfg := config.Load()
 
+	// ── Sentry / GlitchTip error tracking ────────────────────────────────────
+	if dsn := os.Getenv("GLITCHTIP_DSN"); dsn != "" {
+		if err := sentry.Init(sentry.ClientOptions{
+			Dsn:              dsn,
+			Release:          version + "@" + commit,
+			TracesSampleRate: 0.1,
+		}); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "runner: sentry init warning: %v\n", err)
+		} else {
+			defer sentry.Flush(2 * time.Second)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// ── Logger ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 	log := buildLogger(cfg.LogLevel)
 	log.Info("runner starting",
@@ -105,21 +119,20 @@ func run() error {
 
 	// ── Runner ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 	rCfg := runner.Config{
-		WorkerID:                 cfg.Runner.WorkerID,
-		PollInterval:             cfg.Runner.PollInterval,
-		MaxConcurrentScrape:      cfg.Runner.MaxConcurrentScrape,
-		MaxConcurrentAudio:       cfg.Runner.MaxConcurrentAudio,
-		OrchestratorWorkers:      workers,
-		MetricsAddr:              cfg.Runner.MetricsAddr,
-		CatalogueRefreshInterval:            cfg.Runner.CatalogueRefreshInterval,
-		SkipInitialCatalogueRefresh:         cfg.Runner.SkipInitialCatalogueRefresh,
+		WorkerID:                    cfg.Runner.WorkerID,
+		PollInterval:                cfg.Runner.PollInterval,
+		MaxConcurrentScrape:         cfg.Runner.MaxConcurrentScrape,
+		MaxConcurrentAudio:          cfg.Runner.MaxConcurrentAudio,
+		OrchestratorWorkers:         workers,
+		MetricsAddr:                 cfg.Runner.MetricsAddr,
+		CatalogueRefreshInterval:    cfg.Runner.CatalogueRefreshInterval,
+		SkipInitialCatalogueRefresh: cfg.Runner.SkipInitialCatalogueRefresh,
 	}
 	deps := runner.Dependencies{
 		Consumer:    store,
 		BookWriter:  store,
 		BookReader:  store,
 		AudioStore:  store,
-		BrowseStore: store,
 		CoverStore:  store,
 		SearchIndex: searchIndex,
 		Novel:       novel,

v3/backend/go.mod

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.43.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ini/ini v1.67.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect

v3/backend/go.sum

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f h1:lO4WD4F/r
 github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f/go.mod h1:cuUVRXasLTGF7a8hSLbxyZXjz+1KgoB3wDUb6vlszIc=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 h1:GzkhY7T5VNhEkwH0PVJgjz+fX1rhBrR7pRT3mDkpeCY=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Mu1zIs6XwVuF/gI1OepvI0qD18qycQx+mFykh5fBlto=
+github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.43.0 h1:XbXLpFicpo8HmBDaInk7dum18G9KSLcjZiyUKS+hLW4=
+github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.43.0/go.mod h1:XDotiNZbgf5U8bPDUAfvcFmOnMQQceESxyKaObSssW0=
 github.com/go-ini/ini v1.67.0 h1:z6ZrTEZqSWOTyH2FlglNbNgARyHG8oLW9gMELqKr06A=
 github.com/go-ini/ini v1.67.0/go.mod h1:ByCAeIL28uOIIG0E3PJtZPDL8WnHpFKFOtgjp+3Ies8=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.3.1 h1:kYf81DTWFe7t+1VvL7eS+jKFVWaUnK9cB1qbwn63YCY=
@@ -57,5 +59,6 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.34.0 h1:oL/Qq0Kdaqxa1KbNeMKwQq0reLCCaFtqu2eNuSeNHbk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.34.0/go.mod h1:homfLqTYRFyVYemLBFl5GgL/DWEiH5wcsQ5gSh1yziA=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=

v3/backend/internal/backend/handlers.go

@@ -176,80 +176,6 @@ type NovelListing struct {
 	URL      string `json:"url"`
 }
 
-// handleBrowse handles GET /api/browse.
-// Fetches novelfire.net live (no MinIO cache in the new backend).
-// Query params: page (default 1), genre (default "all"), sort (default "popular"),
-// status (default "all"), type (default "all-novel")
-func (s *Server) handleBrowse(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	q := r.URL.Query()
-	page := q.Get("page")
-	if page == "" {
-		page = "1"
-	}
-	genre := q.Get("genre")
-	if genre == "" {
-		genre = "all"
-	}
-	sortBy := q.Get("sort")
-	if sortBy == "" {
-		sortBy = "popular"
-	}
-	status := q.Get("status")
-	if status == "" {
-		status = "all"
-	}
-	novelType := q.Get("type")
-	if novelType == "" {
-		novelType = "all-novel"
-	}
-
-	pageNum, _ := strconv.Atoi(page)
-	if pageNum <= 0 {
-		pageNum = 1
-	}
-
-	// ── Try MinIO cache first ─────────────────────────────────────────────
-	// Only page 1 is cached; higher pages fall through to live fetch.
-	if pageNum == 1 && s.deps.BrowseStore != nil {
-		if data, ok, err := s.deps.BrowseStore.GetBrowsePage(r.Context(), genre, sortBy, status, novelType, 1); err == nil && ok {
-			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-			w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "public, max-age=300")
-			_, _ = w.Write(data)
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	// ── Fall back to live novelfire.net fetch ──────────────────────────────
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), 45*time.Second)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	targetURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/genre-%s/sort-%s/status-%s/%s?page=%d",
-		novelFireBase, genre, sortBy, status, novelType, pageNum)
-
-	novels, hasNext, err := s.fetchBrowsePage(ctx, targetURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		// Live fetch also failed — return empty list with cached=false flag so
-		// the UI can show a "not ready yet" state instead of a hard error.
-		s.deps.Log.Error("handleBrowse: fetch failed (no cache)", "url", targetURL, "err", err)
-		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-store")
-		writeJSON(w, 0, map[string]any{
-			"novels":  []any{},
-			"page":    pageNum,
-			"hasNext": false,
-			"cached":  false,
-		})
-		return
-	}
-
-	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "public, max-age=300")
-	writeJSON(w, 0, map[string]any{
-		"novels":  novels,
-		"page":    pageNum,
-		"hasNext": hasNext,
-		"cached":  false,
-	})
-}
-
 // handleSearch handles GET /api/search.
 // Query params: q (min 2 chars), source ("local"|"remote"|"all", default "all")
 //
@@ -832,7 +758,13 @@ func (s *Server) handlePresignAudio(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	writeJSON(w, 0, map[string]string{"url": u})
 }
 
+// voiceSampleText is the phrase synthesised for every voice sample.
+const voiceSampleText = "Hello! This is a preview of what I sound like. I hope you enjoy listening to your stories with my voice."
+
 // handlePresignVoiceSample handles GET /api/presign/voice-sample/{voice}.
+// If the sample has not been generated yet it synthesises it on the fly via
+// Kokoro, stores the result in MinIO, and returns the presigned URL — so the
+// caller always gets a playable URL in a single request.
 func (s *Server) handlePresignVoiceSample(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	voice := r.PathValue("voice")
 	if voice == "" {
@@ -841,9 +773,21 @@ func (s *Server) handlePresignVoiceSample(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 	}
 
 	key := kokoro.VoiceSampleKey(voice)
+
+	// Generate sample on demand when it is not in MinIO yet.
 	if !s.deps.AudioStore.AudioExists(r.Context(), key) {
-		http.NotFound(w, r)
-		return
+		s.deps.Log.Info("generating voice sample on demand", "voice", voice)
+		mp3, err := s.deps.Kokoro.GenerateAudio(r.Context(), voiceSampleText, voice)
+		if err != nil {
+			s.deps.Log.Error("voice sample generation failed", "voice", voice, "err", err)
+			jsonError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "voice sample generation failed")
+			return
+		}
+		if err := s.deps.AudioStore.PutAudio(r.Context(), key, mp3); err != nil {
+			s.deps.Log.Error("voice sample upload failed", "voice", voice, "err", err)
+			jsonError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "voice sample upload failed")
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	u, err := s.deps.PresignStore.PresignAudio(r.Context(), key, 1*time.Hour)

v3/backend/internal/backend/server.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //     picks up and executes those tasks asynchronously
 //   - Presigned MinIO URLs for media playback/upload
 //   - Session-scoped reading progress
-//   - Live novelfire.net browse/search (no scraper interface needed; direct HTTP)
+//   - Live novelfire.net search (no scraper interface needed; direct HTTP)
 //   - Kokoro voice list
 //
 // The backend never scrapes directly. All scraping (metadata, chapter list,
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	sentryhttp "github.com/getsentry/sentry-go/http"
 	"github.com/libnovel/backend/internal/bookstore"
 	"github.com/libnovel/backend/internal/kokoro"
 	"github.com/libnovel/backend/internal/meili"
@@ -47,8 +48,6 @@ type Dependencies struct {
 	PresignStore bookstore.PresignStore
 	// ProgressStore reads/writes per-session reading progress.
 	ProgressStore bookstore.ProgressStore
-	// BrowseStore reads cached browse page snapshots from MinIO.
-	BrowseStore bookstore.BrowseStore
 	// CoverStore reads and writes book cover images from MinIO.
 	// If nil, the cover endpoint falls back to a CDN redirect.
 	CoverStore bookstore.CoverStore
@@ -122,8 +121,7 @@ func (s *Server) ListenAndServe(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// Cancel a pending task (scrape or audio)
 	mux.HandleFunc("POST /api/cancel-task/{id}", s.handleCancelTask)
 
-	// Browse & search (live novelfire.net)
-	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/browse", s.handleBrowse)
+	// Browse & search
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/search", s.handleSearch)
 
 	// Catalogue (Meilisearch-backed browse + search — preferred path for UI)
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ func (s *Server) ListenAndServe(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	srv := &http.Server{
 		Addr:         s.cfg.Addr,
-		Handler:      mux,
+		Handler:      sentryhttp.New(sentryhttp.Options{Repanic: true}).Handle(mux),
 		ReadTimeout:  15 * time.Second,
 		WriteTimeout: 60 * time.Second,
 		IdleTimeout:  60 * time.Second,

v3/backend/internal/bookstore/bookstore.go

@@ -128,18 +128,6 @@ type ProgressStore interface {
 	DeleteProgress(ctx context.Context, sessionID, slug string) error
 }
 
-// BrowseStore covers browse page snapshot storage.
-// The runner writes snapshots; the backend reads them.
-type BrowseStore interface {
-	// PutBrowsePage stores a raw JSON snapshot for a browse page.
-	// genre, sort, status, novelType and page identify the page.
-	PutBrowsePage(ctx context.Context, genre, sort, status, novelType string, page int, data []byte) error
-
-	// GetBrowsePage retrieves a raw JSON snapshot. Returns (nil, false, nil)
-	// when no snapshot exists for the given parameters.
-	GetBrowsePage(ctx context.Context, genre, sort, status, novelType string, page int) ([]byte, bool, error)
-}
-
 // CoverStore covers book cover image storage in MinIO.
 // The runner writes covers during catalogue refresh; the backend reads them.
 type CoverStore interface {

v3/backend/internal/config/config.go

@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ func Load() Config {
 			SecretKey:      envOr("MINIO_SECRET_KEY", "changeme123"),
 			UseSSL:         envBool("MINIO_USE_SSL", false),
 			PublicUseSSL:   envBool("MINIO_PUBLIC_USE_SSL", true),
-			BucketChapters: envOr("MINIO_BUCKET_CHAPTERS", "libnovel-chapters"),
-			BucketAudio:    envOr("MINIO_BUCKET_AUDIO", "libnovel-audio"),
+			BucketChapters: envOr("MINIO_BUCKET_CHAPTERS", "chapters"),
+			BucketAudio:    envOr("MINIO_BUCKET_AUDIO", "audio"),
 			BucketAvatars:  envOr("MINIO_BUCKET_AVATARS", "avatars"),
-			BucketBrowse:   envOr("MINIO_BUCKET_BROWSE", "libnovel-browse"),
+			BucketBrowse:   envOr("MINIO_BUCKET_BROWSE", "catalogue"),
 		},
 
 		Kokoro: Kokoro{

v3/backend/internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ func TestLoad_Defaults(t *testing.T) {
 	if cfg.PocketBase.URL != "http://localhost:8090" {
 		t.Errorf("PocketBase.URL: want http://localhost:8090, got %q", cfg.PocketBase.URL)
 	}
-	if cfg.MinIO.BucketChapters != "libnovel-chapters" {
-		t.Errorf("MinIO.BucketChapters: want libnovel-chapters, got %q", cfg.MinIO.BucketChapters)
+	if cfg.MinIO.BucketChapters != "chapters" {
+		t.Errorf("MinIO.BucketChapters: want chapters, got %q", cfg.MinIO.BucketChapters)
 	}
 	if cfg.MinIO.UseSSL != false {
 		t.Errorf("MinIO.UseSSL: want false, got %v", cfg.MinIO.UseSSL)

v3/backend/internal/runner/browse_refresh.go

@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-package runner
-
-// browse_refresh.go — independent 6-hour loop that fetches novelfire.net
-// browse page snapshots and stores them in MinIO.
-//
-// Design:
-//   - Runs on its own ticker (BrowseRefreshInterval, default 6h) inside Run().
-//   - Fetches page 1 for each combination of the standard genre/sort/status
-//     filter values and stores the parsed JSON blob in MinIO via BrowseStore.
-//   - The backend's handleBrowse then serves from MinIO instead of calling
-//     novelfire.net live, which avoids IP-based rate-limiting on the server.
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"net/http"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// browseNovelListing mirrors backend.NovelListing for JSON serialisation.
-type browseNovelListing struct {
-	Slug  string `json:"slug"`
-	Title string `json:"title"`
-	Cover string `json:"cover"`
-	URL   string `json:"url"`
-}
-
-// browseSnapshot is the JSON structure stored in MinIO.
-type browseSnapshot struct {
-	Novels  []browseNovelListing `json:"novels"`
-	Page    int                  `json:"page"`
-	HasNext bool                 `json:"hasNext"`
-	// CachedAt is the UTC time the snapshot was written (ISO 8601).
-	CachedAt string `json:"cachedAt"`
-}
-
-// browseCombos lists the filter combinations to pre-fetch.
-// Each entry is (genre, sort, status, novelType).
-var browseCombos = []struct{ genre, sort, status, novelType string }{
-	{"all", "popular", "all", "all-novel"},
-	{"all", "popular", "ongoing", "all-novel"},
-	{"all", "popular", "completed", "all-novel"},
-	{"all", "new", "all", "all-novel"},
-	{"all", "new", "ongoing", "all-novel"},
-	{"all", "new", "completed", "all-novel"},
-	{"all", "top-rated", "all", "all-novel"},
-	{"all", "top-rated", "ongoing", "all-novel"},
-	{"all", "top-rated", "completed", "all-novel"},
-}
-
-const novelFireBrowseBase = "https://novelfire.net"
-
-// runBrowseRefresh fetches all browse combos from novelfire.net and stores
-// the results in MinIO. Errors per-combo are logged but do not abort the
-// whole refresh cycle.
-func (r *Runner) runBrowseRefresh(ctx context.Context) {
-	if r.deps.BrowseStore == nil {
-		r.deps.Log.Warn("runner: browse refresh skipped — BrowseStore not configured")
-		return
-	}
-
-	log := r.deps.Log.With("op", "browse_refresh")
-	log.Info("runner: browse refresh starting", "combos", len(browseCombos))
-
-	ok, fail := 0, 0
-	for _, c := range browseCombos {
-		if ctx.Err() != nil {
-			break
-		}
-		novels, hasNext, err := fetchBrowsePage(ctx, c.genre, c.sort, c.status, c.novelType)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Warn("runner: browse fetch failed",
-				"genre", c.genre, "sort", c.sort, "status", c.status, "err", err)
-			fail++
-			continue
-		}
-
-		snap := browseSnapshot{
-			Novels:   novels,
-			Page:     1,
-			HasNext:  hasNext,
-			CachedAt: time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
-		}
-		data, _ := json.Marshal(snap)
-		if err := r.deps.BrowseStore.PutBrowsePage(ctx, c.genre, c.sort, c.status, c.novelType, 1, data); err != nil {
-			log.Warn("runner: browse put failed",
-				"genre", c.genre, "sort", c.sort, "status", c.status, "err", err)
-			fail++
-			continue
-		}
-		ok++
-	}
-
-	log.Info("runner: browse refresh finished", "ok", ok, "failed", fail)
-}
-
-// fetchBrowsePage calls novelfire.net and returns a list of novel listings
-// plus a hasNext flag. Mirrors the logic in backend/handlers.go.
-func fetchBrowsePage(ctx context.Context, genre, sort, status, novelType string) ([]browseNovelListing, bool, error) {
-	pageURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/genre-%s/sort-%s/status-%s/%s?page=1",
-		novelFireBrowseBase, genre, sort, status, novelType)
-
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, pageURL, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("build request: %w", err)
-	}
-	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; libnovel-runner/2)")
-	req.Header.Set("Accept", "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8")
-	req.Header.Set("Accept-Language", "en-US,en;q=0.9")
-
-	httpClient := &http.Client{Timeout: 45 * time.Second}
-	resp, err := httpClient.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("fetch %s: %w", pageURL, err)
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
-		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("upstream returned %d for %s", resp.StatusCode, pageURL)
-	}
-
-	return parseBrowseHTML(resp.Body)
-}
-
-// parseBrowseHTML parses a novelfire HTML response body. Mirrors parseBrowsePage
-// in backend/handlers.go — kept separate to avoid coupling packages.
-func parseBrowseHTML(r io.Reader) ([]browseNovelListing, bool, error) {
-	data, err := io.ReadAll(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, false, err
-	}
-	body := string(data)
-
-	hasNext := strings.Contains(body, `rel="next"`) ||
-		strings.Contains(body, `aria-label="Next"`) ||
-		strings.Contains(body, `class="next"`)
-
-	slugRe := regexp.MustCompile(`href="/book/([^/"]+)"`)
-	titleRe := regexp.MustCompile(`class="novel-title[^"]*"[^>]*>([^<]+)<`)
-	coverRe := regexp.MustCompile(`data-src="(https?://[^"]+)"`)
-
-	slugMatches := slugRe.FindAllStringSubmatch(body, -1)
-	titleMatches := titleRe.FindAllStringSubmatch(body, -1)
-	coverMatches := coverRe.FindAllStringSubmatch(body, -1)
-
-	var novels []browseNovelListing
-	seen := make(map[string]bool)
-	for i, sm := range slugMatches {
-		slug := sm[1]
-		if seen[slug] {
-			continue
-		}
-		seen[slug] = true
-
-		item := browseNovelListing{
-			Slug: slug,
-			URL:  novelFireBrowseBase + "/book/" + slug,
-		}
-		if i < len(titleMatches) {
-			item.Title = strings.TrimSpace(titleMatches[i][1])
-		}
-		if i < len(coverMatches) {
-			item.Cover = coverMatches[i][1]
-		}
-		if item.Title != "" {
-			novels = append(novels, item)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return novels, hasNext, nil
-}

v3/backend/internal/runner/runner.go

@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// StaleTaskThreshold is how old a heartbeat must be (or absent) before the
 	// task is considered orphaned and reset to pending. Defaults to 2m when 0.
 	StaleTaskThreshold time.Duration
-	// BrowseRefreshInterval is how often the runner pre-fetches browse page
-	// snapshots from novelfire.net and stores them in MinIO. Defaults to 6h.
-	BrowseRefreshInterval time.Duration
 	// CatalogueRefreshInterval is how often the runner walks the full catalogue,
 	// scrapes per-book metadata, downloads covers, and re-indexes everything in
 	// Meilisearch. Defaults to 24h (expensive — full catalogue walk).
@@ -76,10 +73,7 @@ type Dependencies struct {
 	BookReader bookstore.BookReader
 	// AudioStore persists generated audio and checks key existence.
 	AudioStore bookstore.AudioStore
-	// BrowseStore stores browse page snapshots in MinIO.
-	BrowseStore bookstore.BrowseStore
 	// CoverStore stores book cover images in MinIO.
-	// If nil, cover downloads are skipped during catalogue refresh.
 	CoverStore bookstore.CoverStore
 	// SearchIndex indexes books in Meilisearch after scraping.
 	// If nil a no-op is used.
@@ -125,9 +119,6 @@ func New(cfg Config, deps Dependencies) *Runner {
 	if cfg.StaleTaskThreshold <= 0 {
 		cfg.StaleTaskThreshold = 2 * time.Minute
 	}
-	if cfg.BrowseRefreshInterval <= 0 {
-		cfg.BrowseRefreshInterval = 6 * time.Hour
-	}
 	if cfg.CatalogueRefreshInterval <= 0 {
 		cfg.CatalogueRefreshInterval = 24 * time.Hour
 	}
@@ -151,7 +142,6 @@ func (r *Runner) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		"poll_interval", r.cfg.PollInterval,
 		"max_scrape", r.cfg.MaxConcurrentScrape,
 		"max_audio", r.cfg.MaxConcurrentAudio,
-		"browse_refresh_interval", r.cfg.BrowseRefreshInterval,
 		"catalogue_refresh_interval", r.cfg.CatalogueRefreshInterval,
 		"metrics_addr", r.cfg.MetricsAddr,
 	)
@@ -173,14 +163,9 @@ func (r *Runner) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	tick := time.NewTicker(r.cfg.PollInterval)
 	defer tick.Stop()
 
-	browseTick := time.NewTicker(r.cfg.BrowseRefreshInterval)
-	defer browseTick.Stop()
-
 	catalogueTick := time.NewTicker(r.cfg.CatalogueRefreshInterval)
 	defer catalogueTick.Stop()
 
-	// Run one browse refresh immediately on startup.
-	go r.runBrowseRefresh(ctx)
 	// Run one catalogue refresh immediately on startup (unless skipped by flag).
 	if !r.cfg.SkipInitialCatalogueRefresh {
 		go r.runCatalogueRefresh(ctx)
@@ -207,8 +192,6 @@ func (r *Runner) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 				r.deps.Log.Warn("runner: drain timeout exceeded, forcing exit")
 			}
 			return nil
-		case <-browseTick.C:
-			go r.runBrowseRefresh(ctx)
 		case <-catalogueTick.C:
 			go r.runCatalogueRefresh(ctx)
 		case <-tick.C:

v3/backend/internal/storage/minio.go

@@ -119,12 +119,6 @@ func AvatarObjectKey(userID, ext string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s.%s", userID, ext, ext)
 }
 
-// BrowseObjectKey returns the MinIO object key for a cached browse page snapshot.
-// Format: browse/{genre}/{sort}/{status}/{type}/page-{n}.json
-func BrowseObjectKey(genre, sort, status, novelType string, page int) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("browse/%s/%s/%s/%s/page-%d.json", genre, sort, status, novelType, page)
-}
-
 // CoverObjectKey returns the MinIO object key for a book cover image.
 // Format: covers/{slug}.jpg
 func CoverObjectKey(slug string) string {
@@ -207,26 +201,6 @@ func (m *minioClient) listObjectKeys(ctx context.Context, bucket, prefix string)
 	return keys, nil
 }
 
-// ── Browse operations ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-// putBrowse stores raw JSON bytes for a browse page snapshot.
-func (m *minioClient) putBrowse(ctx context.Context, key string, data []byte) error {
-	return m.putObject(ctx, m.bucketBrowse, key, "application/json", data)
-}
-
-// getBrowse retrieves a browse page snapshot. Returns (nil, false, nil) when
-// the object does not exist.
-func (m *minioClient) getBrowse(ctx context.Context, key string) ([]byte, bool, error) {
-	if !m.objectExists(ctx, m.bucketBrowse, key) {
-		return nil, false, nil
-	}
-	data, err := m.getObject(ctx, m.bucketBrowse, key)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, false, err
-	}
-	return data, true, nil
-}
-
 // ── Cover operations ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 // putCover stores a raw cover image in the browse bucket under covers/{slug}.jpg.

v3/backend/internal/storage/store.go

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ var _ bookstore.RankingStore = (*Store)(nil)
 var _ bookstore.AudioStore = (*Store)(nil)
 var _ bookstore.PresignStore = (*Store)(nil)
 var _ bookstore.ProgressStore = (*Store)(nil)
-var _ bookstore.BrowseStore = (*Store)(nil)
 var _ bookstore.CoverStore = (*Store)(nil)
 var _ taskqueue.Producer = (*Store)(nil)
 var _ taskqueue.Consumer = (*Store)(nil)
@@ -790,25 +789,6 @@ func parseAudioTask(raw json.RawMessage) (domain.AudioTask, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// ── BrowseStore ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-func (s *Store) PutBrowsePage(ctx context.Context, genre, sort, status, novelType string, page int, data []byte) error {
-	key := BrowseObjectKey(genre, sort, status, novelType, page)
-	if err := s.mc.putBrowse(ctx, key, data); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("PutBrowsePage: %w", err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *Store) GetBrowsePage(ctx context.Context, genre, sort, status, novelType string, page int) ([]byte, bool, error) {
-	key := BrowseObjectKey(genre, sort, status, novelType, page)
-	data, ok, err := s.mc.getBrowse(ctx, key)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("GetBrowsePage: %w", err)
-	}
-	return data, ok, nil
-}
-
 // ── CoverStore ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 func (s *Store) PutCover(ctx context.Context, slug string, data []byte, contentType string) error {