bugfix: gate manga PATCH and cover endpoints on uploader (0.34.1)

PATCH /mangas/:id, PUT /mangas/:id/cover and DELETE /mangas/:id/cover took the current user but never compared it against the row's uploaded_by. Any signed-in user could overwrite or clear any manga's metadata and cover. Add require_can_edit gate: non-NULL uploaded_by must match the caller; legacy NULL rows stay open until an admin role lands (per migration 0011 historical-data note). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-28 19:51:35 +02:00
15 changed files with 209 additions and 814 deletions
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -44,14 +44,6 @@ MAX_REQUEST_BYTES=209715200
 # Default 20 MiB.
 MAX_FILE_BYTES=20971520

-# ----- Crawler download safety -----
-# Hosts the crawler is allowed to fetch images/covers from, in addition
-# to CRAWLER_START_URL's host and CRAWLER_CDN_HOST. Comma-separated.
-# Defends against SSRF via scraped <img src="http://10.0.0.1/...">.
-CRAWLER_DOWNLOAD_ALLOWLIST=
-# Hard cap on a single image body. Default 32 MiB.
-CRAWLER_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES=33554432
-
 # ----- Frontend -----
 # The frontend container runs SvelteKit's Node adapter on :3000 and
 # proxies /api/* to BACKEND_URL via src/hooks.server.ts. In compose the
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -2324,7 +2324,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "cookie",
 "cookie_store",
 "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
 "http",
 "http-body",
 "http-body-util",
@@ -2344,14 +2343,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "sync_wrapper",
 "tokio",
 "tokio-rustls",
- "tokio-util",
 "tower",
 "tower-http",
 "tower-service",
 "url",
 "wasm-bindgen",
 "wasm-bindgen-futures",
- "wasm-streams",
 "web-sys",
 "webpki-roots",
 ]
@@ -3530,19 +3527,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "wasmparser",
 ]

-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-streams"
-version = "0.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "15053d8d85c7eccdbefef60f06769760a563c7f0a9d6902a13d35c7800b0ad65"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-util",
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "wasm-bindgen-futures",
- "web-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmparser"
 version = "0.244.0"
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ futures-util = "0.3"
 bytes = "1"
 chromiumoxide = { version = "0.7", features = ["tokio-runtime", "_fetcher-rusttls-tokio"], default-features = false }
 scraper = "0.20"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls", "socks", "cookies", "stream"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls", "socks", "cookies"] }

 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3"
--- a/backend/src/api/mangas.rs
+++ b/backend/src/api/mangas.rs
@@ -196,16 +196,14 @@ async fn create(

 async fn update(
    State(state): State<AppState>,
-    CurrentUser(_user): CurrentUser,
+    CurrentUser(user): CurrentUser,
    Path(id): Path<Uuid>,
    Json(patch): Json<MangaPatch>,
 ) -> AppResult<Json<MangaDetail>> {
-    // TODO(auth): until uploaders are tracked (Phase 5), any signed-in
-    // user can edit any manga. Restrict to uploader + admin once that
-    // column lands.
    if !repo::manga::exists(&state.db, id).await? {
        return Err(AppError::NotFound);
    }
+    require_can_edit(&state, id, user.id).await?;

    if let Some(ref status) = patch.status {
        let trimmed = status.trim();
@@ -269,16 +267,14 @@ async fn update(
 /// `MangaDetail`.
 async fn put_cover(
    State(state): State<AppState>,
-    CurrentUser(_user): CurrentUser,
+    CurrentUser(user): CurrentUser,
    Path(id): Path<Uuid>,
    mut multipart: Multipart,
 ) -> AppResult<Json<MangaDetail>> {
-    // TODO(auth): until uploaders are tracked (Phase 5), any signed-in
-    // user can edit any manga's cover. Restrict to uploader + admin
-    // once that column lands.
    if !repo::manga::exists(&state.db, id).await? {
        return Err(AppError::NotFound);
    }
+    require_can_edit(&state, id, user.id).await?;

    let mut cover: Option<UploadedImage> = None;
    while let Some(field) = next_field(&mut multipart).await? {
@@ -320,13 +316,13 @@ async fn put_cover(
 /// with the unchanged detail.
 async fn delete_cover(
    State(state): State<AppState>,
-    CurrentUser(_user): CurrentUser,
+    CurrentUser(user): CurrentUser,
    Path(id): Path<Uuid>,
 ) -> AppResult<Json<MangaDetail>> {
-    // TODO(auth): same caveat as put_cover.
    if !repo::manga::exists(&state.db, id).await? {
        return Err(AppError::NotFound);
    }
+    require_can_edit(&state, id, user.id).await?;
    if let Some(key) = repo::manga::get(&state.db, id).await?.cover_image_path {
        match state.storage.delete(&key).await {
            Ok(()) | Err(StorageError::NotFound) => {}
@@ -413,6 +409,30 @@ fn validate_new_manga(input: &NewManga) -> AppResult<()> {
    Ok(())
 }

+/// Authorisation gate for manga mutations. The manga is assumed to
+/// exist (the caller runs [`repo::manga::exists`] first so a missing id
+/// surfaces as `NotFound`, not `Forbidden`).
+///
+/// Rule: a non-NULL `uploaded_by` must match the current user. Legacy
+/// rows with `uploaded_by IS NULL` (pre-migration-0011) are still
+/// editable by any signed-in user — there's nobody to gate on yet, and
+/// the historical-data note in 0011 acknowledges the gap. Once an
+/// admin role lands the NULL case can flip to admin-only.
+///
+/// Returns `Forbidden` (not `NotFound`) on owner mismatch — mangas
+/// are listable via `GET /mangas`, so existence isn't a secret and
+/// the more accurate 403 is fine. This deliberately differs from
+/// `repo::collection::require_owner`, which collapses both states to
+/// `NotFound` because collections are private to a user and existence
+/// itself is information worth hiding from non-owners.
+async fn require_can_edit(state: &AppState, manga_id: Uuid, user_id: Uuid) -> AppResult<()> {
+    match repo::manga::uploaded_by(&state.db, manga_id).await? {
+        Some(owner) if owner != user_id => Err(AppError::Forbidden),
+        // Some(owner) == user_id (good) or None (legacy row, no owner).
+        _ => Ok(()),
+    }
+}
+
 async fn validate_genre_ids(state: &AppState, ids: &[Uuid]) -> AppResult<()> {
    if ids.is_empty() {
        return Ok(());
--- a/backend/src/app.rs
+++ b/backend/src/app.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use crate::crawler::daemon::{self, ChapterDispatcher, DaemonConfig, MetadataPass
 use crate::crawler::jobs::JobPayload;
 use crate::crawler::pipeline::{self, MetadataStats};
 use crate::crawler::rate_limit::HostRateLimiters;
-use crate::crawler::safety::DownloadAllowlist;
 use crate::crawler::session;
 use crate::crawler::source::{target as target_source, DiscoverMode};
 use crate::repo;
@@ -154,8 +153,6 @@ async fn spawn_crawler_daemon(
            start_url: url.clone(),
            mode_pref: cfg.mode,
            incremental_stop_after: cfg.incremental_stop_after,
-            download_allowlist: cfg.download_allowlist.clone(),
-            max_image_bytes: cfg.max_image_bytes,
        });
        m
    });
@@ -166,8 +163,6 @@ async fn spawn_crawler_daemon(
        storage: Arc::clone(&storage),
        http,
        rate: Arc::clone(&rate),
-        download_allowlist: cfg.download_allowlist.clone(),
-        max_image_bytes: cfg.max_image_bytes,
    });

    // Shared cancellation: daemon shutdown cancels the BrowserManager's
@@ -221,8 +216,6 @@ struct RealMetadataPass {
    start_url: String,
    mode_pref: CrawlerModePref,
    incremental_stop_after: usize,
-    download_allowlist: DownloadAllowlist,
-    max_image_bytes: usize,
 }

 #[async_trait]
@@ -245,8 +238,6 @@ impl MetadataPass for RealMetadataPass {
            0,
            false,
            mode,
-            &self.download_allowlist,
-            self.max_image_bytes,
        )
        .await
    }
@@ -302,8 +293,6 @@ struct RealChapterDispatcher {
    storage: Arc<dyn Storage>,
    http: reqwest::Client,
    rate: Arc<HostRateLimiters>,
-    download_allowlist: DownloadAllowlist,
-    max_image_bytes: usize,
 }

 #[async_trait]
@@ -342,8 +331,6 @@ impl ChapterDispatcher for RealChapterDispatcher {
                    manga_id,
                    &source_url,
                    false,
-                    &self.download_allowlist,
-                    self.max_image_bytes,
                )
                .await?;
                drop(lease);
--- a/backend/src/bin/crawler.rs
+++ b/backend/src/bin/crawler.rs
@@ -229,33 +229,6 @@ async fn run(
    }
    let rate = Arc::new(rate);

-    // SSRF defence: only download from the catalog host + CDN host
-    // (plus optional CRAWLER_DOWNLOAD_ALLOWLIST extras), and cap
-    // single-image downloads at CRAWLER_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES bytes.
-    let mut allowlist =
-        mangalord::crawler::safety::DownloadAllowlist::new();
-    if let Ok(parsed) = reqwest::Url::parse(start_url) {
-        if let Some(h) = parsed.host_str() {
-            allowlist = allowlist.allow(h);
-        }
-    }
-    if let Some(host) = cdn_host {
-        allowlist = allowlist.allow(host);
-    }
-    if let Ok(extras) = std::env::var("CRAWLER_DOWNLOAD_ALLOWLIST") {
-        for piece in extras.split(',') {
-            let trimmed = piece.trim();
-            if !trimmed.is_empty() {
-                allowlist = allowlist.allow(trimmed);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    let max_image_bytes: usize = std::env::var("CRAWLER_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES")
-        .ok()
-        .and_then(|s| s.parse().ok())
-        .unwrap_or(mangalord::crawler::safety::DEFAULT_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES);
-    let allowlist = Arc::new(allowlist);
-
    let stats = pipeline::run_metadata_pass(
        manager.as_ref(),
        db,
@@ -266,8 +239,6 @@ async fn run(
        limit,
        skip_chapters,
        mode,
-        allowlist.as_ref(),
-        max_image_bytes,
    )
    .await?;
    tracing::info!(?stats, "metadata pass complete");
@@ -282,8 +253,6 @@ async fn run(
            "target",
            chapter_workers,
            force_refetch_chapters,
-            Arc::clone(&allowlist),
-            max_image_bytes,
        )
        .await?;
    }
@@ -307,8 +276,6 @@ async fn sync_bookmarked_chapter_content(
    source_id: &str,
    workers: usize,
    force_refetch: bool,
-    allowlist: Arc<mangalord::crawler::safety::DownloadAllowlist>,
-    max_image_bytes: usize,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    let pending: Vec<(Uuid, Uuid, String)> = sqlx::query_as(
        r#"
@@ -345,7 +312,6 @@ async fn sync_bookmarked_chapter_content(
            let storage = Arc::clone(&storage);
            let rate = Arc::clone(&rate);
            let manager = Arc::clone(&manager);
-            let allowlist = Arc::clone(&allowlist);
            let stats = &stats;
            async move {
                if session_expired.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) {
@@ -370,8 +336,6 @@ async fn sync_bookmarked_chapter_content(
                    manga_id,
                    &source_url,
                    force_refetch,
-                    allowlist.as_ref(),
-                    max_image_bytes,
                )
                .await;
                drop(lease);
--- a/backend/src/config.rs
+++ b/backend/src/config.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use chrono::NaiveTime;
 use chrono_tz::Tz;

 use crate::crawler::browser::LaunchOptions;
-use crate::crawler::safety::{DownloadAllowlist, DEFAULT_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES};
 use crate::crawler::source::DiscoverMode;

 /// What `CRAWLER_MODE` was set to. `Auto` is the daemon's default —
@@ -94,13 +93,6 @@ pub struct CrawlerConfig {
    /// `stop_after_unchanged` threshold supplied to Incremental in both
    /// `Auto` (post-seed) and `Explicit(Incremental)` modes.
    pub incremental_stop_after: usize,
-    /// Hosts the crawler is allowed to download images / covers from.
-    /// Always seeded with the host of `start_url` and (when set) the
-    /// configured `cdn_host`. Additional hosts can be added via
-    /// `CRAWLER_DOWNLOAD_ALLOWLIST` (comma-separated).
-    pub download_allowlist: DownloadAllowlist,
-    /// Hard upper bound on a single image download. Defaults to 32 MiB.
-    pub max_image_bytes: usize,
 }

 impl Default for CrawlerConfig {
@@ -123,8 +115,6 @@ impl Default for CrawlerConfig {
            browser: LaunchOptions::headless(),
            mode: CrawlerModePref::Auto,
            incremental_stop_after: 20,
-            download_allowlist: DownloadAllowlist::new(),
-            max_image_bytes: DEFAULT_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -182,14 +172,6 @@ impl CrawlerConfig {
        let incremental_stop_after =
            env_u64("CRAWLER_INCREMENTAL_STOP_AFTER", 20).max(1) as usize;
        let mode = parse_mode_env(incremental_stop_after)?;
-        let start_url = std::env::var("CRAWLER_START_URL")
-            .ok()
-            .filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty());
-        let cdn_host = std::env::var("CRAWLER_CDN_HOST")
-            .ok()
-            .filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty());
-        let download_allowlist =
-            build_download_allowlist(start_url.as_deref(), cdn_host.as_deref());
        Ok(Self {
            daemon_enabled: env_bool("CRAWLER_DAEMON", true),
            daily_at,
@@ -197,9 +179,13 @@ impl CrawlerConfig {
            idle_timeout: Duration::from_secs(env_u64("CRAWLER_IDLE_TIMEOUT_S", 600)),
            chapter_workers: env_u64("CRAWLER_CHAPTER_WORKERS", 1).max(1) as usize,
            retention_days: env_u64("CRAWLER_JOB_RETENTION_DAYS", 7) as u32,
-            start_url,
+            start_url: std::env::var("CRAWLER_START_URL")
+                .ok()
+                .filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty()),
            rate_ms: env_u64("CRAWLER_RATE_MS", 1000),
-            cdn_host,
+            cdn_host: std::env::var("CRAWLER_CDN_HOST")
+                .ok()
+                .filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty()),
            cdn_rate_ms: env_u64("CRAWLER_CDN_RATE_MS", env_u64("CRAWLER_RATE_MS", 1000)),
            phpsessid: std::env::var("CRAWLER_PHPSESSID")
                .ok()
@@ -216,45 +202,10 @@ impl CrawlerConfig {
            browser: LaunchOptions::from_env(),
            mode,
            incremental_stop_after,
-            download_allowlist,
-            max_image_bytes: env_usize("CRAWLER_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES", DEFAULT_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES),
        })
    }
 }

-/// Build the download allowlist from env. Always includes
-/// `CRAWLER_START_URL`'s host (so the crawler can fetch covers from
-/// the catalog itself) and `CRAWLER_CDN_HOST` when set. Additional
-/// hosts can be supplied via `CRAWLER_DOWNLOAD_ALLOWLIST` (comma-
-/// separated). Empty by default — meaning the crawler refuses to
-/// download anything when no source is configured, which is the safe
-/// fail-closed posture.
-fn build_download_allowlist(
-    start_url: Option<&str>,
-    cdn_host: Option<&str>,
-) -> DownloadAllowlist {
-    let mut allow = DownloadAllowlist::new();
-    if let Some(url) = start_url {
-        if let Ok(parsed) = reqwest::Url::parse(url) {
-            if let Some(h) = parsed.host_str() {
-                allow = allow.allow(h);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    if let Some(host) = cdn_host {
-        allow = allow.allow(host);
-    }
-    if let Ok(extras) = std::env::var("CRAWLER_DOWNLOAD_ALLOWLIST") {
-        for piece in extras.split(',') {
-            let trimmed = piece.trim();
-            if !trimmed.is_empty() {
-                allow = allow.allow(trimmed);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    allow
-}
-
 /// Parse `CRAWLER_MODE`. Empty/unset → `Auto`. Recognized values are
 /// `auto`, `backfill`, and `incremental` (case-insensitive). Anything
 /// else is a hard error so a typo can't silently fall through to the
--- a/backend/src/crawler/content.rs
+++ b/backend/src/crawler/content.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ use uuid::Uuid;

 use crate::crawler::detect::PageError;
 use crate::crawler::rate_limit::HostRateLimiters;
-use crate::crawler::safety::{fetch_bytes_capped, looks_like_image, DownloadAllowlist};
-use crate::crawler::session::{self, ChapterProbe};
+use crate::crawler::session;
 use crate::storage::Storage;

 /// Parse the chapter page DOM and return the page images in `pageN`
@@ -89,8 +88,6 @@ pub async fn sync_chapter_content(
    manga_id: Uuid,
    source_url: &str,
    force_refetch: bool,
-    allowlist: &DownloadAllowlist,
-    max_image_bytes: usize,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<SyncOutcome> {
    // Skip if already fetched, unless caller explicitly forces.
    if !force_refetch {
@@ -113,28 +110,16 @@ pub async fn sync_chapter_content(
        .with_context(|| format!("open chapter page {source_url}"))?;
    page.wait_for_navigation().await.context("wait for chapter nav")?;

+    // Session probe: avatar present == still logged in. Missing means
+    // PHPSESSID expired; bail the entire crawler run.
+    if page.find_element("#avatar_menu").await.is_err() {
+        page.close().await.ok();
+        return Ok(SyncOutcome::SessionExpired);
+    }
+
    let html = page.content().await.context("read chapter html")?;
    page.close().await.ok();

-    // Three-way session classification: distinguishes a transient
-    // hiccup (broken-page body or logged-in-but-no-reader) from a
-    // genuine PHPSESSID expiry (no reader and no avatar widget). The
-    // earlier binary `#avatar_menu` check conflated both and froze
-    // every worker on a layout shift.
-    match session::classify_chapter_probe(&html) {
-        ChapterProbe::Unauthenticated => return Ok(SyncOutcome::SessionExpired),
-        ChapterProbe::Transient => {
-            // Surface as a typed Err so the dispatcher path runs
-            // ack_failed with exponential backoff (rather than the
-            // session-expired sticky flag).
-            anyhow::bail!(
-                "chapter page at {source_url} returned a transient response \
-                 (broken-page body or reader didn't render); will retry"
-            );
-        }
-        ChapterProbe::Ok => {}
-    }
-
    let images = parse_chapter_pages(&html)
        .with_context(|| format!("parse chapter pages at {source_url}"))?;
    if images.is_empty() {
@@ -153,29 +138,18 @@ pub async fn sync_chapter_content(
            format!("join image URL {} onto {source_url}", img.url)
        })?;
        rate.wait_for(url.as_str()).await?;
-        let bytes = fetch_bytes_capped(
-            http,
-            url.as_str(),
-            Some(source_url),
-            allowlist,
-            max_image_bytes,
-        )
-        .await?
-        .to_vec();
-        // Reject any non-image response: the only valid output of an
-        // image URL is an image. `infer` returns None on truncated
-        // bytes too, which also wants to be a failure not a silent
-        // `.bin` extension.
-        if !looks_like_image(&bytes) {
-            anyhow::bail!(
-                "image URL {url} returned non-image bytes \
-                 (first 16: {:?}); refusing to store as binary blob",
-                &bytes.get(..16.min(bytes.len()))
-            );
-        }
-        let ext = infer::get(&bytes)
-            .map(|k| k.extension())
-            .expect("looks_like_image asserted infer succeeded");
+        let resp = http
+            .get(url.clone())
+            // Source CDNs commonly check Referer. Set it to the
+            // chapter page — matches what the browser would send.
+            .header(reqwest::header::REFERER, source_url)
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .with_context(|| format!("GET {url}"))?
+            .error_for_status()
+            .with_context(|| format!("non-2xx for {url}"))?;
+        let bytes = resp.bytes().await.context("read image body")?.to_vec();
+        let ext = infer::get(&bytes).map(|k| k.extension()).unwrap_or("bin");
        fetched.push((img.page_number, bytes, ext));
    }

@@ -220,9 +194,8 @@ pub async fn sync_chapter_content(
    Ok(SyncOutcome::Fetched { pages: fetched.len() })
 }

-// Suppress unused-import warning for `session::registrable_domain`
-// until the bin/crawler wiring lands in this branch and uses it
-// through this module.
+// Suppress unused-import warning for `session` until the bin/crawler
+// wiring lands in this branch and uses it through this module.
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 fn _keep_session_in_scope() {
    let _ = session::registrable_domain;
--- a/backend/src/crawler/mod.rs
+++ b/backend/src/crawler/mod.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,5 @@ pub mod diff;
 pub mod jobs;
 pub mod pipeline;
 pub mod rate_limit;
-pub mod safety;
 pub mod session;
 pub mod source;
--- a/backend/src/crawler/pipeline.rs
+++ b/backend/src/crawler/pipeline.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 use crate::crawler::browser_manager::BrowserManager;
 use crate::crawler::jobs::{self, EnqueueResult, JobPayload};
 use crate::crawler::rate_limit::HostRateLimiters;
-use crate::crawler::safety::{fetch_bytes_capped, looks_like_image, DownloadAllowlist};
 use crate::crawler::source::target::TargetSource;
 use crate::crawler::source::{DiscoverMode, FetchContext, Source};
 use crate::repo;
@@ -63,8 +62,6 @@ pub async fn run_metadata_pass(
    limit: usize,
    skip_chapters: bool,
    mode: DiscoverMode,
-    allowlist: &DownloadAllowlist,
-    max_image_bytes: usize,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<MetadataStats> {
    let lease = browser_manager
        .acquire()
@@ -184,8 +181,6 @@ pub async fn run_metadata_pass(
                        &r.url,
                        upsert.manga_id,
                        cover_url,
-                        allowlist,
-                        max_image_bytes,
                    )
                    .await
                    {
@@ -387,7 +382,6 @@ pub struct EnqueueSummary {
 /// pipeline because the CLI still calls it from its inline chapter-content
 /// loop; once the worker pool fully replaces that path we can fold this
 /// into `pipeline` proper.
-#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 async fn download_and_store_cover(
    db: &PgPool,
    storage: &dyn Storage,
@@ -396,8 +390,6 @@ async fn download_and_store_cover(
    manga_url: &str,
    manga_id: Uuid,
    cover_url: &str,
-    allowlist: &DownloadAllowlist,
-    max_image_bytes: usize,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    let absolute = reqwest::Url::parse(manga_url)
        .context("parse manga URL")?
@@ -405,22 +397,17 @@ async fn download_and_store_cover(
        .context("join cover URL onto manga URL")?;

    rate.wait_for(absolute.as_str()).await?;
-    let bytes = fetch_bytes_capped(
-        http,
-        absolute.as_str(),
-        Some(manga_url),
-        allowlist,
-        max_image_bytes,
-    )
-    .await?;
-    if !looks_like_image(&bytes) {
-        anyhow::bail!(
-            "cover URL {absolute} returned non-image bytes; refusing to store as binary blob"
-        );
-    }
-    let ext = infer::get(&bytes)
-        .map(|k| k.extension())
-        .expect("looks_like_image asserted infer succeeded");
+    let resp = http
+        .get(absolute.clone())
+        .header(reqwest::header::REFERER, manga_url)
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .with_context(|| format!("GET {absolute}"))?
+        .error_for_status()
+        .with_context(|| format!("non-2xx for {absolute}"))?;
+    let bytes = resp.bytes().await.context("read cover body")?;
+    let kind = infer::get(&bytes);
+    let ext = kind.map(|k| k.extension()).unwrap_or("bin");
    let key = format!("mangas/{manga_id}/cover.{ext}");

    storage
--- a/backend/src/crawler/safety.rs
+++ b/backend/src/crawler/safety.rs
@@ -1,486 +0,0 @@
-//! Defensive helpers for the image-download paths.
-//!
-//! Two threats this module addresses:
-//!
-//! - **SSRF**: a scraped chapter or manga page can embed an absolute
-//!   `<img src="http://10.0.0.1/...">`. The crawler runs inside the
-//!   backend container with intra-compose access to `postgres:5432`
-//!   and possibly other internal services; without a host check the
-//!   crawler would happily probe them. [`is_safe_url`] rejects
-//!   anything whose host isn't on the operator-configured allowlist,
-//!   plus any IP literal in RFC1918 / loopback / link-local / unique-
-//!   local space (including IPv4-mapped IPv6 like `::ffff:127.0.0.1`)
-//!   as a second defence for the case where an allowlisted hostname's
-//!   DNS happens to resolve to a literal private address.
-//!
-//!   **DNS rebinding is not covered.** A hostname like `cdn.allowed.com`
-//!   that *resolves* to `127.0.0.1` via hostile DNS bypasses the IP
-//!   check entirely — `is_safe_url` only inspects URL strings, not
-//!   resolved IPs. Mitigating that requires a custom reqwest resolver
-//!   that filters IPs after DNS, which would mean rebuilding reqwest's
-//!   connector. The allowlist + good operator DNS hygiene is the
-//!   realistic mitigation today.
-//!
-//! - **Unbounded download**: `Response::bytes().await` reads the full
-//!   body before returning. A malicious source serving a 10 GiB image
-//!   would fill memory and then disk. [`accumulate_capped`] streams
-//!   the body chunk-by-chunk into a [`bytes::BytesMut`] and bails as
-//!   soon as the running total exceeds the cap.
-//!
-//! Both helpers are pure-data: the SSRF check is keyed off a parsed
-//! URL string, and the byte accumulator is keyed off a generic stream.
-//! Easy to unit-test without a live network or browser.
-
-use std::net::IpAddr;
-
-use anyhow::{bail, Context};
-use bytes::BytesMut;
-use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use reqwest::Url;
-
-/// Default per-image download cap. A page image is generally <2 MiB;
-/// 32 MiB leaves headroom for high-resolution covers while still
-/// stopping a misbehaving CDN dead. Override via `CRAWLER_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES`.
-pub const DEFAULT_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES: usize = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
-
-/// Hosts that are always allowed in addition to the operator's
-/// configured allowlist. None by default — keeping the surface area
-/// minimal so the only way a URL gets through is if it matches an
-/// explicit catalog/CDN entry.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
-pub struct DownloadAllowlist {
-    hosts: Vec<String>,
-}
-
-impl DownloadAllowlist {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        Self { hosts: Vec::new() }
-    }
-
-    /// Add a host (case-insensitive match). Sub-domains are *not*
-    /// implied: pass `cdn.example.com` and `example.com` separately
-    /// if both should be reachable.
-    pub fn allow(mut self, host: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
-        let h = host.into().to_ascii_lowercase();
-        if !h.is_empty() && !self.hosts.iter().any(|existing| existing == &h) {
-            self.hosts.push(h);
-        }
-        self
-    }
-
-    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.hosts.is_empty()
-    }
-
-    pub fn contains(&self, host: &str) -> bool {
-        let lower = host.to_ascii_lowercase();
-        self.hosts.iter().any(|h| h == &lower)
-    }
-}
-
-/// Verify a URL is safe for the crawler to fetch.
-///
-/// Rejects:
-/// - non-http(s) schemes (file://, gopher://, …),
-/// - any IP literal in private / loopback / link-local / unique-local
-///   space (defense in depth — a DNS allowlist alone wouldn't cover an
-///   attacker that places an entry like `cdn.evil` pointing at
-///   `192.168.1.1`),
-/// - the literal hostname `localhost`,
-/// - hosts that aren't on the supplied allowlist.
-///
-/// An empty allowlist rejects everything (the conservative default —
-/// callers must explicitly allow the catalog and CDN hosts).
-pub fn is_safe_url(raw_url: &str, allow: &DownloadAllowlist) -> Result<(), UrlSafetyError> {
-    let url = Url::parse(raw_url).map_err(|_| UrlSafetyError::Unparseable)?;
-    let scheme = url.scheme();
-    if scheme != "http" && scheme != "https" {
-        return Err(UrlSafetyError::BadScheme(scheme.to_string()));
-    }
-    let host = url.host_str().ok_or(UrlSafetyError::NoHost)?;
-    let lower_host = host.to_ascii_lowercase();
-    if lower_host == "localhost" {
-        return Err(UrlSafetyError::Loopback);
-    }
-    // Reject IP literals in private/loopback ranges regardless of the
-    // allowlist — if someone puts an IP literal on the allowlist they
-    // almost certainly didn't mean a private range.
-    // reqwest::Url normalises IPv6 literals as `[::1]` (brackets
-    // included) in `host_str()`. Strip the brackets before parsing.
-    let ip_candidate = lower_host
-        .strip_prefix('[')
-        .and_then(|s| s.strip_suffix(']'))
-        .unwrap_or(&lower_host);
-    if let Ok(ip) = ip_candidate.parse::<IpAddr>() {
-        if is_private_ip(&ip) {
-            return Err(UrlSafetyError::PrivateIp(ip));
-        }
-    }
-    if !allow.contains(&lower_host) {
-        return Err(UrlSafetyError::HostNotAllowed(lower_host));
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-fn is_private_ip(ip: &IpAddr) -> bool {
-    match ip {
-        IpAddr::V4(v4) => {
-            v4.is_loopback()
-                || v4.is_private()
-                || v4.is_link_local()
-                || v4.is_unspecified()
-                || v4.is_broadcast()
-                // CGNAT 100.64.0.0/10
-                || (v4.octets()[0] == 100 && (v4.octets()[1] & 0xC0) == 64)
-                // 169.254/16 link-local already covered, but 0.0.0.0/8 is special-use
-                || v4.octets()[0] == 0
-        }
-        IpAddr::V6(v6) => {
-            // IPv4-mapped IPv6 (::ffff:0:0/96): unwrap to the embedded
-            // IPv4 and recurse so `::ffff:127.0.0.1` is caught by the
-            // IPv4 loopback check rather than passing through.
-            // `Ipv6Addr::is_loopback()` only matches `::1` exactly.
-            if let Some(v4) = v6.to_ipv4_mapped() {
-                return is_private_ip(&IpAddr::V4(v4));
-            }
-            v6.is_loopback()
-                || v6.is_unspecified()
-                // fc00::/7 unique-local
-                || (v6.segments()[0] & 0xfe00) == 0xfc00
-                // fe80::/10 link-local
-                || (v6.segments()[0] & 0xffc0) == 0xfe80
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum UrlSafetyError {
-    #[error("URL is not parseable")]
-    Unparseable,
-    #[error("scheme {0:?} is not http or https")]
-    BadScheme(String),
-    #[error("URL is missing a host")]
-    NoHost,
-    #[error("host points at the loopback interface")]
-    Loopback,
-    #[error("host is a private/internal IP: {0}")]
-    PrivateIp(IpAddr),
-    #[error("host {0:?} is not on the crawler download allowlist")]
-    HostNotAllowed(String),
-}
-
-/// Drain a byte stream into a single buffer, bailing out as soon as
-/// the running total exceeds `max_bytes`. Generic over the stream so
-/// it's testable without a live HTTP response.
-pub async fn accumulate_capped<S, E>(stream: S, max_bytes: usize) -> anyhow::Result<bytes::Bytes>
-where
-    S: futures_core::Stream<Item = Result<bytes::Bytes, E>>,
-    E: std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static,
-{
-    let mut buf = BytesMut::new();
-    let mut stream = std::pin::pin!(stream);
-    while let Some(chunk) = stream.next().await {
-        let chunk = chunk.map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("stream chunk: {e}"))?;
-        if buf.len().saturating_add(chunk.len()) > max_bytes {
-            bail!(
-                "response exceeds {max_bytes}-byte cap (received >{}+{})",
-                buf.len(),
-                chunk.len()
-            );
-        }
-        buf.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
-    }
-    Ok(buf.freeze())
-}
-
-/// Send `req` and stream the response into a length-limited buffer.
-/// Combines [`is_safe_url`] check + [`accumulate_capped`] so each
-/// call-site is one line.
-pub async fn fetch_bytes_capped(
-    http: &reqwest::Client,
-    url: &str,
-    referer: Option<&str>,
-    allow: &DownloadAllowlist,
-    max_bytes: usize,
-) -> anyhow::Result<bytes::Bytes> {
-    is_safe_url(url, allow).with_context(|| format!("reject unsafe URL {url}"))?;
-    let mut req = http.get(url);
-    if let Some(r) = referer {
-        req = req.header(reqwest::header::REFERER, r);
-    }
-    let resp = req
-        .send()
-        .await
-        .with_context(|| format!("GET {url}"))?
-        .error_for_status()
-        .with_context(|| format!("non-2xx for {url}"))?;
-    accumulate_capped(resp.bytes_stream(), max_bytes)
-        .await
-        .with_context(|| format!("download body for {url}"))
-}
-
-/// True when `bytes` sniffs as one of the *renderable* image formats
-/// the `/files/*key` endpoint can serve with a correct Content-Type:
-/// JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF. Matches the upload pipeline's
-/// whitelist in `upload::parse_image`.
-///
-/// `infer::MatcherType::Image` is intentionally NOT used — it also
-/// matches BMP, TIFF, HEIF, ICO, PSD, and JP2. Those would sniff as
-/// "image" here but [`api::files::content_type_for`] would fall back
-/// to `application/octet-stream`, prompting browsers to download
-/// instead of render. Keep the two layers aligned.
-pub fn looks_like_image(bytes: &[u8]) -> bool {
-    matches!(
-        infer::get(bytes).map(|k| k.mime_type()),
-        Some("image/jpeg" | "image/png" | "image/webp" | "image/gif" | "image/avif")
-    )
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use futures_util::stream;
-
-    fn allow_just(host: &str) -> DownloadAllowlist {
-        DownloadAllowlist::new().allow(host)
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn safe_url_allows_listed_host() {
-        let allow = allow_just("cdn.example.com");
-        assert!(is_safe_url("https://cdn.example.com/img.jpg", &allow).is_ok());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn safe_url_blocks_unlisted_host() {
-        let allow = allow_just("cdn.example.com");
-        let err = is_safe_url("https://evil.example.org/img.jpg", &allow).unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(err, UrlSafetyError::HostNotAllowed(h) if h == "evil.example.org"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn safe_url_blocks_localhost_even_if_allowlisted() {
-        let allow = allow_just("localhost");
-        assert!(matches!(
-            is_safe_url("http://localhost:8080/", &allow).unwrap_err(),
-            UrlSafetyError::Loopback
-        ));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn safe_url_blocks_loopback_ipv4() {
-        let allow = allow_just("127.0.0.1");
-        assert!(matches!(
-            is_safe_url("http://127.0.0.1/", &allow).unwrap_err(),
-            UrlSafetyError::PrivateIp(_)
-        ));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn safe_url_blocks_rfc1918() {
-        let allow = allow_just("10.0.0.1");
-        for url in [
-            "http://10.0.0.1/",
-            "http://192.168.1.1/",
-            "http://172.16.0.5/",
-            "http://172.31.255.255/",
-        ] {
-            assert!(
-                matches!(
-                    is_safe_url(url, &allow).unwrap_err(),
-                    UrlSafetyError::PrivateIp(_)
-                ),
-                "should reject {url}"
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn safe_url_blocks_link_local() {
-        let allow = allow_just("169.254.169.254");
-        // 169.254.169.254 is the AWS/GCP metadata service — the most
-        // dangerous SSRF target on a default cloud VM.
-        assert!(matches!(
-            is_safe_url("http://169.254.169.254/", &allow).unwrap_err(),
-            UrlSafetyError::PrivateIp(_)
-        ));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn safe_url_blocks_ipv6_loopback_and_ula() {
-        // Debug what host_str returns first — reqwest::Url normalises
-        // IPv6 literals as `[::1]` with brackets, which doesn't parse
-        // as `IpAddr` directly. The implementation strips them.
-        let allow = allow_just("[::1]");
-        let err = is_safe_url("http://[::1]/", &allow).unwrap_err();
-        assert!(
-            matches!(err, UrlSafetyError::PrivateIp(_)),
-            "expected PrivateIp, got {err:?}"
-        );
-        let allow = allow_just("[fd00::1]");
-        let err = is_safe_url("http://[fd00::1]/", &allow).unwrap_err();
-        assert!(
-            matches!(err, UrlSafetyError::PrivateIp(_)),
-            "expected PrivateIp, got {err:?}"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn safe_url_blocks_ipv4_mapped_ipv6_loopback() {
-        // `Ipv6Addr::is_loopback()` only matches `::1` exactly, so
-        // `::ffff:127.0.0.1` would slip through without the
-        // to_ipv4_mapped() unwrap in is_private_ip.
-        let allow = allow_just("[::ffff:127.0.0.1]");
-        let err = is_safe_url("http://[::ffff:127.0.0.1]/", &allow).unwrap_err();
-        assert!(
-            matches!(err, UrlSafetyError::PrivateIp(_)),
-            "expected PrivateIp, got {err:?}"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn safe_url_blocks_ipv4_mapped_ipv6_rfc1918() {
-        let allow = allow_just("[::ffff:10.0.0.1]");
-        let err = is_safe_url("http://[::ffff:10.0.0.1]/", &allow).unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(err, UrlSafetyError::PrivateIp(_)));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn safe_url_blocks_non_http_schemes() {
-        let allow = allow_just("anywhere");
-        assert!(matches!(
-            is_safe_url("file:///etc/passwd", &allow).unwrap_err(),
-            UrlSafetyError::BadScheme(_)
-        ));
-        assert!(matches!(
-            is_safe_url("gopher://anywhere:70/", &allow).unwrap_err(),
-            UrlSafetyError::BadScheme(_)
-        ));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn safe_url_rejects_unparseable() {
-        let allow = allow_just("anywhere");
-        assert!(matches!(
-            is_safe_url("not a url", &allow).unwrap_err(),
-            UrlSafetyError::Unparseable
-        ));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn safe_url_empty_allowlist_rejects_everything() {
-        let allow = DownloadAllowlist::new();
-        let err = is_safe_url("https://cdn.example.com/img.jpg", &allow).unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(err, UrlSafetyError::HostNotAllowed(_)));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn allowlist_matches_case_insensitively() {
-        let allow = DownloadAllowlist::new().allow("CDN.Example.COM");
-        assert!(is_safe_url("https://cdn.example.com/x.jpg", &allow).is_ok());
-        assert!(is_safe_url("https://CDN.EXAMPLE.com/x.jpg", &allow).is_ok());
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn accumulate_capped_returns_full_body_under_cap() {
-        let chunks: Vec<Result<bytes::Bytes, std::io::Error>> = vec![
-            Ok(bytes::Bytes::from_static(b"hello ")),
-            Ok(bytes::Bytes::from_static(b"world")),
-        ];
-        let s = stream::iter(chunks);
-        let out = accumulate_capped(s, 100).await.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(out.as_ref(), b"hello world");
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn accumulate_capped_bails_past_cap() {
-        let chunks: Vec<Result<bytes::Bytes, std::io::Error>> = vec![
-            Ok(bytes::Bytes::from(vec![0u8; 50])),
-            Ok(bytes::Bytes::from(vec![0u8; 60])),
-        ];
-        let s = stream::iter(chunks);
-        let err = accumulate_capped(s, 100).await.unwrap_err();
-        assert!(err.to_string().contains("100-byte cap"));
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn accumulate_capped_surfaces_stream_errors() {
-        let chunks: Vec<Result<bytes::Bytes, std::io::Error>> = vec![
-            Ok(bytes::Bytes::from_static(b"ok")),
-            Err(std::io::Error::other("network blip")),
-        ];
-        let s = stream::iter(chunks);
-        let err = accumulate_capped(s, 100).await.unwrap_err();
-        assert!(err.to_string().contains("network blip"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn looks_like_image_accepts_jpeg() {
-        // JPEG SOI + APP0 segment.
-        let jpeg = [0xff, 0xd8, 0xff, 0xe0, 0, 0x10, b'J', b'F', b'I', b'F'];
-        assert!(looks_like_image(&jpeg));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn looks_like_image_accepts_png() {
-        let png = [0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x1a, 0x0a, 0, 0, 0, 0];
-        assert!(looks_like_image(&png));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn looks_like_image_rejects_html_disguised_as_image() {
-        let html = b"<html><body>not an image</body></html>";
-        assert!(!looks_like_image(html));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn looks_like_image_rejects_empty() {
-        assert!(!looks_like_image(&[]));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn looks_like_image_rejects_renderable_but_unsupported_formats() {
-        // BMP, TIFF, ICO, PSD are `infer::MatcherType::Image` but the
-        // /files/*key handler doesn't have Content-Type mappings for
-        // them, so they'd be served as application/octet-stream and
-        // download instead of render. Reject at the crawler so we
-        // never land them in storage.
-        // BMP magic: "BM" + 4-byte size.
-        let bmp = [b'B', b'M', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
-        assert!(!looks_like_image(&bmp), "BMP must be rejected (not renderable by /files)");
-
-        // TIFF little-endian magic: "II" + 42.
-        let tiff = [0x49, 0x49, 0x2a, 0x00, 0, 0, 0, 0];
-        assert!(!looks_like_image(&tiff), "TIFF must be rejected");
-
-        // ICO magic: 0x00,0x00,0x01,0x00.
-        let ico = [0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 1, 0, 16, 16, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0x18, 0, 0x40, 0, 0, 0, 0x16, 0, 0, 0];
-        assert!(!looks_like_image(&ico), "ICO must be rejected");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn looks_like_image_accepts_webp_gif_avif() {
-        // Cover the three remaining whitelisted formats so a future
-        // tightening that drops one would fail noisily.
-        let webp = [
-            b'R', b'I', b'F', b'F',
-            0, 0, 0, 0,
-            b'W', b'E', b'B', b'P',
-            b'V', b'P', b'8', b' ',
-        ];
-        assert!(looks_like_image(&webp));
-
-        let gif = [b'G', b'I', b'F', b'8', b'7', b'a', 0, 0, 0, 0];
-        assert!(looks_like_image(&gif));
-
-        let avif = [
-            0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18,
-            b'f', b't', b'y', b'p',
-            b'a', b'v', b'i', b'f',
-            0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-            b'm', b'i', b'f', b'1',
-            b'a', b'v', b'i', b'f',
-        ];
-        assert!(looks_like_image(&avif));
-    }
-}
--- a/backend/src/crawler/session.rs
+++ b/backend/src/crawler/session.rs
@@ -127,54 +127,6 @@ pub fn classify_probe(html: &str) -> SessionProbe {
    }
 }

-/// Three-way classification of a chapter page response.
-///
-/// Reader pages don't render `#logo`, so [`classify_probe`] can't be
-/// reused as-is. The chapter-specific marker is `a#pic_container`
-/// (asserted by the reader-page parser at `parse_chapter_pages`).
-///
-/// Order matters: broken-page body wins over selector matches, so a
-/// transient site-wide 5xx that happens to render the avatar widget
-/// elsewhere doesn't falsely reach `Ok`.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum ChapterProbe {
-    /// `a#pic_container` present — reader rendered. Whether
-    /// `#avatar_menu` is also there is informational; if the reader
-    /// loaded the session is by definition still good.
-    Ok,
-    /// Site rendered a "logged out" or "please log in" page (no
-    /// reader, no broken-page body, and no avatar widget either).
-    /// Distinguishes the genuine expired-session case from a
-    /// transient site hiccup.
-    Unauthenticated,
-    /// Broken-page body, or reader didn't render but the user is
-    /// still logged in (avatar widget present). Caller should retry
-    /// rather than blame the session.
-    Transient,
-}
-
-pub fn classify_chapter_probe(html: &str) -> ChapterProbe {
-    if is_broken_page_body(html) {
-        return ChapterProbe::Transient;
-    }
-    let doc = scraper::Html::parse_document(html);
-    let container = scraper::Selector::parse("a#pic_container").unwrap();
-    if doc.select(&container).next().is_some() {
-        return ChapterProbe::Ok;
-    }
-    let avatar = scraper::Selector::parse("#avatar_menu").unwrap();
-    if doc.select(&avatar).next().is_some() {
-        // Logged-in user, but the reader didn't render — most likely
-        // the layout shifted or the site is serving an interstitial.
-        ChapterProbe::Transient
-    } else {
-        // No reader, no avatar, no broken-body marker — site rendered
-        // the "please log in" page, which is the genuine session-
-        // expired signal on this route.
-        ChapterProbe::Unauthenticated
-    }
-}
-
 /// In-startup retry budget for the session probe. Small but non-zero —
 /// startup hitting a 5-second site hiccup shouldn't fail the operator
 /// with "PHPSESSID expired" when the session is actually fine.
@@ -321,73 +273,6 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(classify_probe(""), SessionProbe::Transient);
    }

-    #[test]
-    fn classify_chapter_probe_ok_when_reader_rendered() {
-        let html = r#"
-            <html><body>
-              <a id="pic_container">
-                <img id="page1" src="https://cdn/1.jpg">
-              </a>
-            </body></html>
-        "#;
-        assert_eq!(classify_chapter_probe(html), ChapterProbe::Ok);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn classify_chapter_probe_unauthenticated_when_no_reader_and_no_avatar() {
-        // What a logged-out hit on a chapter URL renders: a normal
-        // site layout (header etc.) with a "please log in" body, but
-        // no reader and no avatar widget.
-        let html = r#"
-            <html><body>
-              <header><div id="logo">Catalog</div></header>
-              <main>Please log in to read this chapter.</main>
-            </body></html>
-        "#;
-        assert_eq!(
-            classify_chapter_probe(html),
-            ChapterProbe::Unauthenticated
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn classify_chapter_probe_transient_when_logged_in_but_reader_missing() {
-        // Avatar shows the session is still valid; reader didn't
-        // render — site is serving an interstitial or the layout
-        // momentarily shifted. Retry, don't blame the session.
-        let html = r#"
-            <html><body>
-              <header><div id="logo">Catalog</div><div id="avatar_menu"></div></header>
-              <main>Site maintenance — back in 5 minutes.</main>
-            </body></html>
-        "#;
-        assert_eq!(classify_chapter_probe(html), ChapterProbe::Transient);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn classify_chapter_probe_transient_on_broken_page_body() {
-        let html =
-            "<html><body><p>we're sorry, the request file are not found.</p></body></html>";
-        assert_eq!(classify_chapter_probe(html), ChapterProbe::Transient);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn classify_chapter_probe_does_not_misfire_on_avatar_alone_without_reader() {
-        // Regression for the original bug: the binary
-        // find_element("#avatar_menu") check treated "no avatar" as
-        // session-expired even when a transient hiccup was the real
-        // cause. classify_chapter_probe must NOT trip on that pattern
-        // when pic_container *is* present.
-        let html = r#"
-            <html><body>
-              <a id="pic_container">
-                <img id="page1" src="https://cdn/1.jpg">
-              </a>
-            </body></html>
-        "#;
-        assert_eq!(classify_chapter_probe(html), ChapterProbe::Ok);
-    }
-
    #[test]
    fn classify_probe_trusts_broken_body_over_stray_avatar_match() {
        // Defensive: if a broken-page body somehow contains an
--- a/backend/src/repo/manga.rs
+++ b/backend/src/repo/manga.rs
@@ -281,3 +281,17 @@ pub async fn exists(pool: &PgPool, id: Uuid) -> AppResult<bool> {
            .await?;
    Ok(exists)
 }
+
+/// Returns the uploader's user id for a manga. `None` either when the
+/// manga doesn't exist or when the row predates the `uploaded_by`
+/// column (historical NULL — see migration 0011). Callers must
+/// distinguish "manga missing" via [`exists`] before relying on this
+/// to make an authz decision.
+pub async fn uploaded_by(pool: &PgPool, id: Uuid) -> AppResult<Option<Uuid>> {
+    let row: Option<(Option<Uuid>,)> =
+        sqlx::query_as("SELECT uploaded_by FROM mangas WHERE id = $1")
+            .bind(id)
+            .fetch_optional(pool)
+            .await?;
+    Ok(row.and_then(|(u,)| u))
+}
--- a/backend/tests/api_mangas_cover.rs
+++ b/backend/tests/api_mangas_cover.rs
@@ -410,3 +410,53 @@ async fn delete_cover_404_on_unknown_id(pool: PgPool) {
        .unwrap();
    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
 }
+
+/// Authz: PUT /mangas/:id/cover must be uploader-only.
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn put_cover_forbidden_for_non_uploader(pool: PgPool) {
+    let h = harness(pool);
+    let (_, owner_cookie) = register_user(&h.app).await;
+    let (_, intruder_cookie) = register_user(&h.app).await;
+
+    let manga =
+        create_manga_with_cover(&h.app, &owner_cookie, "Mine", None).await;
+    let id = id_of(&manga);
+
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .oneshot(put_multipart_with_cookie(
+            &format!("/api/v1/mangas/{id}/cover"),
+            cover_form(&fake_png_bytes()),
+            &intruder_cookie,
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::FORBIDDEN);
+}
+
+/// Authz: DELETE /mangas/:id/cover must be uploader-only.
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn delete_cover_forbidden_for_non_uploader(pool: PgPool) {
+    let h = harness(pool);
+    let (_, owner_cookie) = register_user(&h.app).await;
+    let (_, intruder_cookie) = register_user(&h.app).await;
+
+    let manga = create_manga_with_cover(
+        &h.app,
+        &owner_cookie,
+        "Mine",
+        Some(("image/jpeg", &fake_jpeg_bytes())),
+    )
+    .await;
+    let id = id_of(&manga);
+
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .oneshot(delete_with_cookie(
+            &format!("/api/v1/mangas/{id}/cover"),
+            &intruder_cookie,
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::FORBIDDEN);
+}
--- a/backend/tests/api_mangas_metadata.rs
+++ b/backend/tests/api_mangas_metadata.rs
@@ -566,3 +566,78 @@ async fn patch_requires_authentication(pool: PgPool) {
        .unwrap();
    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED);
 }
+
+/// A signed-in user who didn't upload the manga must not be able to
+/// PATCH it. Without the uploader-gate this returned 200 — see
+/// REVIEW.md "manga PATCH / cover endpoints don't check ownership".
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn patch_forbidden_for_non_uploader(pool: PgPool) {
+    let h = common::harness(pool);
+    let (_, owner_cookie) = common::register_user(&h.app).await;
+    let (_, intruder_cookie) = common::register_user(&h.app).await;
+
+    let created = create_manga(&h.app, &owner_cookie, json!({ "title": "Mine" })).await;
+    let id = id_of(&created);
+
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .oneshot(common::patch_json_with_cookie(
+            &format!("/api/v1/mangas/{id}"),
+            json!({ "status": "completed" }),
+            &intruder_cookie,
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::FORBIDDEN);
+}
+
+/// Owner can still edit their own manga (regression guard for the
+/// authz fix).
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn patch_allowed_for_uploader(pool: PgPool) {
+    let h = common::harness(pool);
+    let (_, cookie) = common::register_user(&h.app).await;
+    let created = create_manga(&h.app, &cookie, json!({ "title": "Owned" })).await;
+    let id = id_of(&created);
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .oneshot(common::patch_json_with_cookie(
+            &format!("/api/v1/mangas/{id}"),
+            json!({ "status": "completed" }),
+            &cookie,
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+}
+
+/// Legacy rows with `uploaded_by IS NULL` (created before migration
+/// 0011) remain editable by any signed-in user. Without this carve-out
+/// the historical-data note in 0011 would be broken.
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn patch_allowed_on_legacy_null_uploader(pool: PgPool) {
+    let h = common::harness(pool.clone());
+    let (_, cookie) = common::register_user(&h.app).await;
+    let created = create_manga(&h.app, &cookie, json!({ "title": "Legacy" })).await;
+    let id = id_of(&created);
+
+    // Simulate a row uploaded before the column existed: clear
+    // uploaded_by directly via SQL.
+    sqlx::query("UPDATE mangas SET uploaded_by = NULL WHERE id = $1")
+        .bind(id)
+        .execute(&pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let (_, other_cookie) = common::register_user(&h.app).await;
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .oneshot(common::patch_json_with_cookie(
+            &format!("/api/v1/mangas/{id}"),
+            json!({ "status": "completed" }),
+            &other_cookie,
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+}