feat: fix recently-updated section + hideable home sections

Fix "Recently Updated" showing stale books: replace meta_updated
sorting (only changes on metadata writes) with chapters_idx sorted
by -created, so the section now reflects actual chapter activity.

Add per-section show/hide toggles on the home page, persisted in
localStorage via Svelte 5 $state. Each section header gets a small
hide button; hidden sections appear as restore chips above the footer.
Toggleable: Recently Updated, Browse by Genre, From Following.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

ui/src/lib/server/pocketbase.ts

@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ export async function invalidateBooksCache(): Promise<void> {
 	await Promise.all([
 		cache.invalidate(BOOKS_CACHE_KEY),
 		cache.invalidate(HOME_STATS_CACHE_KEY),
-		cache.invalidatePattern('books:recent:*')
+		cache.invalidatePattern('books:recent:*'),
+		cache.invalidatePattern('books:recently-updated:*')
 	]);
 }
 
@@ -312,10 +313,46 @@ export async function recentlyAddedBooks(limit = 6): Promise<Book[]> {
 	const cached = await cache.get<Book[]>(key);
 	if (cached) return cached;
 	const books = await listN<Book>('books', limit, '', '-meta_updated');
-	await cache.set(key, books, 5 * 60); // 5 minutes
+	await cache.set(key, books, 5 * 60);
 	return books;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Books with the most recently added chapters, ordered by chapter insertion time.
+ * Queries chapters_idx sorted by -created, deduplicates by slug, then loads books.
+ * This correctly reflects actual chapter activity, unlike meta_updated on books.
+ */
+export async function recentlyUpdatedBooks(limit = 8): Promise<Book[]> {
+	const key = `books:recently-updated:${limit}`;
+	const cached = await cache.get<Book[]>(key);
+	if (cached) return cached;
+
+	// Fetch enough recent chapter rows to find `limit` distinct books
+	const rows = await listN<{ slug: string; created: string }>(
+		'chapters_idx', limit * 25, '', '-created'
+	);
+
+	const seen = new Set<string>();
+	const slugs: string[] = [];
+	for (const row of rows) {
+		if (!seen.has(row.slug)) {
+			seen.add(row.slug);
+			slugs.push(row.slug);
+			if (slugs.length >= limit) break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!slugs.length) return [];
+
+	const books = await getBooksBySlugs(new Set(slugs));
+	// Restore recency order (getBooksBySlugs returns in title sort order)
+	const bookMap = new Map(books.map((b) => [b.slug, b]));
+	const ordered = slugs.flatMap((s) => (bookMap.has(s) ? [bookMap.get(s)!] : []));
+
+	await cache.set(key, ordered, 5 * 60);
+	return ordered;
+}
+
 export interface HomeStats {
 	totalBooks: number;
 	totalChapters: number;

ui/src/routes/+page.server.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { PageServerLoad } from './$types';
 import {
 	getBooksBySlugs,
-	recentlyAddedBooks,
+	recentlyUpdatedBooks,
 	allProgress,
 	getHomeStats,
 	getSubscriptionFeed
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const load: PageServerLoad = async ({ locals }) => {
 
 	try {
 		[recentBooks, progressList, stats] = await Promise.all([
-			recentlyAddedBooks(8),
+			recentlyUpdatedBooks(8),
 			allProgress(locals.sessionId, locals.user?.id),
 			getHomeStats()
 		]);

ui/src/routes/+page.svelte

@@ -1,9 +1,47 @@
 <script lang="ts">
+	import { browser } from '$app/environment';
 	import type { PageData } from './$types';
 	import * as m from '$lib/paraglide/messages.js';
 
 	let { data }: { data: PageData } = $props();
 
+	// ── Section visibility (localStorage, Svelte 5 runes) ────────────────────────
+	type SectionId = 'recently-updated' | 'browse-genre' | 'from-following';
+	const SECTIONS_KEY = 'home_sections_v1';
+
+	const SECTION_LABELS: Record<SectionId, string> = {
+		'recently-updated': 'Recently Updated',
+		'browse-genre':     'Browse by Genre',
+		'from-following':   'From Following',
+	};
+
+	function loadHidden(): Set<SectionId> {
+		if (!browser) return new Set();
+		try {
+			const raw = localStorage.getItem(SECTIONS_KEY);
+			if (raw) return new Set(JSON.parse(raw) as SectionId[]);
+		} catch { /* ignore */ }
+		return new Set();
+	}
+
+	let hidden = $state<Set<SectionId>>(loadHidden());
+
+	function hide(id: SectionId) {
+		hidden = new Set([...hidden, id]);
+		if (browser) localStorage.setItem(SECTIONS_KEY, JSON.stringify([...hidden]));
+	}
+
+	function restore(id: SectionId) {
+		const next = new Set(hidden);
+		next.delete(id);
+		hidden = next;
+		if (browser) localStorage.setItem(SECTIONS_KEY, JSON.stringify([...next]));
+	}
+
+	const hiddenList = $derived(
+		(Object.keys(SECTION_LABELS) as SectionId[]).filter((id) => hidden.has(id))
+	);
+
 	function parseGenres(genres: string[] | string | null | undefined): string[] {
 		if (!genres) return [];
 		if (Array.isArray(genres)) return genres;
@@ -121,10 +159,19 @@
 {/if}
 
 <!-- ── Genre discovery strip ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
+{#if !hidden.has('browse-genre')}
 <section class="mb-10">
 	<div class="flex items-baseline justify-between mb-3">
 		<h2 class="text-base font-bold text-(--color-text)">Browse by genre</h2>
+		<div class="flex items-center gap-3">
 			<a href="/catalogue" class="text-xs text-(--color-brand) hover:text-(--color-brand-dim)">{m.home_view_all()}</a>
+			<button type="button" onclick={() => hide('browse-genre')} title="Hide section"
+				class="text-(--color-muted) hover:text-(--color-text) transition-colors">
+				<svg class="w-3.5 h-3.5" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+					<path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M13.875 18.825A10.05 10.05 0 0112 19c-4.478 0-8.268-2.943-9.543-7a9.97 9.97 0 011.563-3.029m5.858.908a3 3 0 114.243 4.243M9.878 9.878l4.242 4.242M9.88 9.88l-3.29-3.29m7.532 7.532l3.29 3.29M3 3l3.59 3.59m0 0A9.953 9.953 0 0112 5c4.478 0 8.268 2.943 9.543 7a10.025 10.025 0 01-4.132 5.411m0 0L21 21"/>
+				</svg>
+			</button>
+		</div>
 	</div>
 	<div class="flex gap-2 overflow-x-auto pb-1 scrollbar-none -mx-4 px-4">
 		{#each GENRES as genre}
@@ -135,13 +182,22 @@
 		{/each}
 	</div>
 </section>
+{/if}
 
 <!-- ── Recently Updated ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
-{#if dedupedRecent.length > 0}
+{#if dedupedRecent.length > 0 && !hidden.has('recently-updated')}
 <section class="mb-10">
 	<div class="flex items-baseline justify-between mb-3">
 		<h2 class="text-base font-bold text-(--color-text)">{m.home_recently_updated()}</h2>
+		<div class="flex items-center gap-3">
 			<a href="/catalogue" class="text-xs text-(--color-brand) hover:text-(--color-brand-dim)">{m.home_view_all()}</a>
+			<button type="button" onclick={() => hide('recently-updated')} title="Hide section"
+				class="text-(--color-muted) hover:text-(--color-text) transition-colors">
+				<svg class="w-3.5 h-3.5" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+					<path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M13.875 18.825A10.05 10.05 0 0112 19c-4.478 0-8.268-2.943-9.543-7a9.97 9.97 0 011.563-3.029m5.858.908a3 3 0 114.243 4.243M9.878 9.878l4.242 4.242M9.88 9.88l-3.29-3.29m7.532 7.532l3.29 3.29M3 3l3.59 3.59m0 0A9.953 9.953 0 0112 5c4.478 0 8.268 2.943 9.543 7a10.025 10.025 0 01-4.132 5.411m0 0L21 21"/>
+				</svg>
+			</button>
+		</div>
 	</div>
 	<div class="flex gap-3 overflow-x-auto pb-2 scrollbar-none -mx-4 px-4">
 		{#each dedupedRecent as { book, count }}
@@ -182,10 +238,16 @@
 {/if}
 
 <!-- ── From Following ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
-{#if data.subscriptionFeed.length > 0}
+{#if data.subscriptionFeed.length > 0 && !hidden.has('from-following')}
 <section class="mb-10">
 	<div class="flex items-baseline justify-between mb-3">
 		<h2 class="text-base font-bold text-(--color-text)">{m.home_from_following()}</h2>
+		<button type="button" onclick={() => hide('from-following')} title="Hide section"
+			class="text-(--color-muted) hover:text-(--color-text) transition-colors">
+			<svg class="w-3.5 h-3.5" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+				<path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M13.875 18.825A10.05 10.05 0 0112 19c-4.478 0-8.268-2.943-9.543-7a9.97 9.97 0 011.563-3.029m5.858.908a3 3 0 114.243 4.243M9.878 9.878l4.242 4.242M9.88 9.88l-3.29-3.29m7.532 7.532l3.29 3.29M3 3l3.59 3.59m0 0A9.953 9.953 0 0112 5c4.478 0 8.268 2.943 9.543 7a10.025 10.025 0 01-4.132 5.411m0 0L21 21"/>
+			</svg>
+		</button>
 	</div>
 	<div class="flex gap-3 overflow-x-auto pb-2 scrollbar-none -mx-4 px-4">
 		{#each data.subscriptionFeed as { book, readerUsername }}
@@ -221,6 +283,23 @@
 </div>
 {/if}
 
+<!-- ── Hidden sections restore ───────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
+{#if hiddenList.length > 0}
+<div class="mb-6 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
+	<span class="text-xs text-(--color-muted)">Hidden:</span>
+	{#each hiddenList as id}
+		<button type="button" onclick={() => restore(id)}
+			class="inline-flex items-center gap-1 text-xs px-2.5 py-1 rounded-full border border-(--color-border) bg-(--color-surface-2) text-(--color-muted) hover:text-(--color-text) hover:border-(--color-brand)/40 transition-colors">
+			<svg class="w-3 h-3" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+				<path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M15 12a3 3 0 11-6 0 3 3 0 016 0z"/>
+				<path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M2.458 12C3.732 7.943 7.523 5 12 5c4.478 0 8.268 2.943 9.542 7-1.274 4.057-5.064 7-9.542 7-4.477 0-8.268-2.943-9.542-7z"/>
+			</svg>
+			{SECTION_LABELS[id]}
+		</button>
+	{/each}
+</div>
+{/if}
+
 <!-- ── Stats footer ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
 <div class="mt-6 pt-6 border-t border-(--color-border) flex items-center justify-center gap-6 text-sm text-(--color-muted)">
 	<span><span class="font-semibold text-(--color-text)">{data.stats.totalBooks.toLocaleString()}</span> {m.home_stat_books()}</span>