feat(crawler): live cover + chapter-content observability with realtime page counts

Extends the live dashboard so an operator can see exactly what's being
fetched, in realtime:

- Chapters being crawled now are tracked in the status as `active_chapters`
  (manga title · ch.N) with a live page counter that climbs per stored page
  (set_chapter_pages, pushed via the existing watch→SSE). The dispatcher
  registers each via an RAII ChapterGuard (sync Mutex) that removes the
  entry on completion, panic, or timeout-drop — replacing the old per-worker
  slot model.
- Covers: status now carries the cover being fetched now (`current_cover`,
  set around download_and_store_cover in both the metadata pass and backfill)
  and a `covers_queued` backlog count; CoverBackfill phase gains index/total.
- Two paginated backlog endpoints (fetched on demand, auto-refreshed when the
  live counts change): GET /admin/crawler/active-jobs (which chapters of which
  mangas are queued/running) and GET /admin/crawler/covers (mangas missing a
  cover). repo: list_active_jobs, list_missing_cover_mangas, count_missing_covers.
- dispatch_target now also returns manga title + chapter number.

Frontend: the crawler page replaces the Workers table with an Active-chapters
table (live page bars), adds a current-cover line + covers-queued figure, and
two backlog sections (Queued chapters / Queued covers) with search + Pager,
auto-refetched via $effect on the live counts.

Tests: status guard/page + cover unit tests; repo list/count tests; endpoint
tests; frontend api tests. Version 0.53.1 -> 0.54.0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

backend/Cargo.lock

@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ checksum = "c41e0c4fef86961ac6d6f8a82609f55f31b05e4fce149ac5710e439df7619ba4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mangalord"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "argon2",

backend/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mangalord"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.54.0"
 edition = "2021"
 default-run = "mangalord"
 

backend/src/api/admin/crawler.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,491 @@
+//! Admin-only crawler observability + control endpoints.
+//!
+//! Mounted under `/api/v1/admin/crawler*`, cookie-only via `RequireAdmin`.
+//! All control endpoints return 503 when the crawler daemon is disabled
+//! (`AppState.crawler == None`). Reads compose the live in-process status
+//! ([`crate::crawler::status`]) with DB-derived queue counts and the
+//! session/browser flags.
+
+use std::convert::Infallible;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use axum::extract::{Query, State};
+use axum::response::sse::{Event, KeepAlive, Sse};
+use axum::routing::{get, post};
+use axum::{Json, Router};
+use futures_util::stream::Stream;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_json::json;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+use crate::app::{AppState, CrawlerControl};
+use crate::auth::extractor::RequireAdmin;
+use crate::crawler::browser_manager::RestartPhase;
+use crate::crawler::status::{ActiveChapter, CoverTarget, LastPass, Phase};
+use crate::error::{AppError, AppResult};
+use crate::repo;
+use crate::repo::crawler::{ActiveJob, DeadJob, MissingCoverRow, RequeueScope};
+
+/// Backstop recompose interval for the SSE stream. Phase/worker/session
+/// changes push instantly via the status `watch`; this only bounds the
+/// staleness of DB-derived queue counts and the browser phase when those
+/// change without an accompanying status poke.
+const SSE_BACKSTOP: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
+
+pub fn routes() -> Router<AppState> {
+    Router::new()
+        .route("/admin/crawler", get(get_status))
+        .route("/admin/crawler/stream", get(stream_status))
+        .route("/admin/crawler/run", post(run_now))
+        .route("/admin/crawler/browser/restart", post(restart_browser))
+        .route("/admin/crawler/session", post(update_session))
+        .route(
+            "/admin/crawler/session/clear-expired",
+            post(clear_session_expired),
+        )
+        .route("/admin/crawler/dead-jobs", get(list_dead_jobs))
+        .route("/admin/crawler/dead-jobs/requeue", post(requeue_dead_jobs))
+        .route("/admin/crawler/active-jobs", get(list_active_jobs))
+        .route("/admin/crawler/covers", get(list_covers))
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// GET /admin/crawler — live status
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+struct QueueCounts {
+    pending: i64,
+    running: i64,
+    dead: i64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+struct SessionStatus {
+    /// Whether the sticky session-expired flag is set (chapter workers idle).
+    expired: bool,
+    /// Whether a PHPSESSID is currently configured at all.
+    configured: bool,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+struct CrawlerStatusResponse {
+    /// `"running"` | `"disabled"`.
+    daemon: &'static str,
+    phase: Option<Phase>,
+    /// Configured chapter-worker count (for "N busy / M workers").
+    worker_count: usize,
+    /// Chapters being crawled right now, with live page counts.
+    active_chapters: Vec<ActiveChapter>,
+    /// The cover being fetched right now, if any.
+    current_cover: Option<CoverTarget>,
+    /// Mangas still queued for a cover fetch.
+    covers_queued: i64,
+    last_pass: LastPass,
+    session: SessionStatus,
+    /// `"healthy"` | `"draining"` | `"restarting"` | `"down"`.
+    browser: &'static str,
+    queue: QueueCounts,
+}
+
+fn browser_phase_str(p: RestartPhase) -> &'static str {
+    match p {
+        RestartPhase::Healthy => "healthy",
+        RestartPhase::Draining => "draining",
+        RestartPhase::Restarting => "restarting",
+    }
+}
+
+/// Compose a full status snapshot from the in-memory status, the
+/// browser/session flags, and a fresh DB queue-count query. Shared by the
+/// one-shot `get_status` and the SSE `stream_status`.
+async fn compose_status(state: &AppState) -> AppResult<CrawlerStatusResponse> {
+    let (pending, running, dead) = repo::crawler::job_state_counts(&state.db).await?;
+    let queue = QueueCounts {
+        pending,
+        running,
+        dead,
+    };
+    let covers_queued = repo::crawler::count_missing_covers(&state.db).await?;
+
+    Ok(match state.crawler.as_ref() {
+        None => CrawlerStatusResponse {
+            daemon: "disabled",
+            phase: None,
+            worker_count: 0,
+            active_chapters: Vec::new(),
+            current_cover: None,
+            covers_queued,
+            last_pass: LastPass::default(),
+            session: SessionStatus {
+                expired: false,
+                configured: false,
+            },
+            browser: "down",
+            queue,
+        },
+        Some(c) => {
+            let snap = c.status.snapshot().await;
+            CrawlerStatusResponse {
+                daemon: "running",
+                phase: Some(snap.phase),
+                worker_count: snap.worker_count,
+                active_chapters: snap.active_chapters,
+                current_cover: snap.current_cover,
+                covers_queued,
+                last_pass: snap.last_pass,
+                session: SessionStatus {
+                    expired: c.session.is_expired(),
+                    configured: c.session.current().await.is_some(),
+                },
+                browser: browser_phase_str(c.browser_manager.phase()),
+                queue,
+            }
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+async fn get_status(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    _admin: RequireAdmin,
+) -> AppResult<Json<CrawlerStatusResponse>> {
+    Ok(Json(compose_status(&state).await?))
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// GET /admin/crawler/stream — Server-Sent Events live status
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Push live status to the dashboard instead of polling. Emits a snapshot
+/// immediately on connect, then on every status change (instant, via the
+/// `watch` notifier) and on a [`SSE_BACKSTOP`] tick (to refresh DB queue
+/// counts / browser phase that change without a status poke). The browser
+/// opens this only while the crawler page is mounted and closes it on
+/// navigate-away, so the subscription is scoped to the active page.
+async fn stream_status(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    _admin: RequireAdmin,
+) -> Sse<impl Stream<Item = Result<Event, Infallible>>> {
+    // Subscribe before the first emit so no change between the initial
+    // snapshot and the first await is lost.
+    let rx = state.crawler.as_ref().map(|c| c.status.subscribe());
+
+    let stream = futures_util::stream::unfold(
+        (state, rx, true),
+        |(state, mut rx, first)| async move {
+            // After the first immediate emit, wait for a change or the
+            // backstop tick before recomposing.
+            if !first {
+                match rx.as_mut() {
+                    Some(rx) => {
+                        tokio::select! {
+                            _ = rx.changed() => {}
+                            _ = tokio::time::sleep(SSE_BACKSTOP) => {}
+                        }
+                    }
+                    None => tokio::time::sleep(SSE_BACKSTOP).await,
+                }
+            }
+            // Compose; on a transient DB error, emit a keep-alive comment
+            // rather than tearing down the stream.
+            let event = match compose_status(&state).await {
+                Ok(resp) => Event::default()
+                    .event("status")
+                    .json_data(&resp)
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| Event::default().comment("serialize error")),
+                Err(_) => Event::default().comment("status unavailable"),
+            };
+            Some((Ok(event), (state, rx, false)))
+        },
+    );
+
+    Sse::new(stream).keep_alive(KeepAlive::default())
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// POST /admin/crawler/run — trigger an out-of-cycle metadata pass
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+struct RunResponse {
+    started: bool,
+}
+
+async fn run_now(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    admin: RequireAdmin,
+) -> AppResult<Json<RunResponse>> {
+    let c = require_crawler(&state)?;
+    let mp = c.metadata_pass.as_ref().ok_or_else(|| {
+        AppError::ServiceUnavailable("no source configured (CRAWLER_START_URL unset)".into())
+    })?;
+    let mp = std::sync::Arc::clone(mp);
+    // Fire-and-forget: the pass can run for minutes; the dashboard polls
+    // status for progress. Overlap with the daily cron is rare (daily) and
+    // both serialise on the single browser lease.
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        if let Err(e) = mp.run().await {
+            tracing::warn!(error = ?e, "manual metadata pass failed");
+        }
+    });
+    repo::admin_audit::insert(&state.db, admin.0.id, "crawler_run", "crawler", None, json!({}))
+        .await?;
+    Ok(Json(RunResponse { started: true }))
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// POST /admin/crawler/browser/restart — coordinated restart
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+struct RestartResponse {
+    ok: bool,
+    error: Option<String>,
+}
+
+async fn restart_browser(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    admin: RequireAdmin,
+) -> AppResult<Json<RestartResponse>> {
+    let c = require_crawler(&state)?;
+    let result = c.browser_manager.coordinated_restart(c.drain_deadline).await;
+    // A successful coordinated_restart re-runs on_launch, which re-injects
+    // PHPSESSID and re-probes — i.e. the session is live. Drop the sticky
+    // `session_expired` flag so chapter workers stop idling without
+    // requiring a second click on "Clear expired".
+    if result.is_ok() {
+        c.session.clear_expired();
+    }
+    // Push the post-restart browser phase to live subscribers immediately.
+    c.status.poke();
+    repo::admin_audit::insert(
+        &state.db,
+        admin.0.id,
+        "crawler_browser_restart",
+        "crawler",
+        None,
+        json!({ "ok": result.is_ok() }),
+    )
+    .await?;
+    Ok(Json(match result {
+        Ok(()) => RestartResponse {
+            ok: true,
+            error: None,
+        },
+        Err(e) => RestartResponse {
+            ok: false,
+            error: Some(format!("{e:#}")),
+        },
+    }))
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// POST /admin/crawler/session — refresh PHPSESSID
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct UpdateSessionRequest {
+    phpsessid: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+struct UpdateSessionResponse {
+    /// Whether the post-update browser relaunch + session probe succeeded.
+    valid: bool,
+    error: Option<String>,
+}
+
+async fn update_session(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    admin: RequireAdmin,
+    Json(body): Json<UpdateSessionRequest>,
+) -> AppResult<Json<UpdateSessionResponse>> {
+    let c = require_crawler(&state)?;
+    c.session
+        .update(&body.phpsessid)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| AppError::InvalidInput(format!("{e:#}")))?;
+    // Relaunch the browser so on_launch re-injects the new cookie and
+    // re-probes — the restart's success IS the session-validity signal.
+    let probe = c.browser_manager.coordinated_restart(c.drain_deadline).await;
+    // Session + browser state changed — push to live subscribers.
+    c.status.poke();
+    repo::admin_audit::insert(
+        &state.db,
+        admin.0.id,
+        "crawler_session_update",
+        "crawler",
+        None,
+        json!({ "valid": probe.is_ok() }),
+    )
+    .await?;
+    Ok(Json(match probe {
+        Ok(()) => UpdateSessionResponse {
+            valid: true,
+            error: None,
+        },
+        Err(e) => UpdateSessionResponse {
+            valid: false,
+            error: Some(format!("{e:#}")),
+        },
+    }))
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+struct ClearExpiredResponse {
+    cleared: bool,
+}
+
+async fn clear_session_expired(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    admin: RequireAdmin,
+) -> AppResult<Json<ClearExpiredResponse>> {
+    let c = require_crawler(&state)?;
+    c.session.clear_expired();
+    // session.expired flipped — push to live subscribers.
+    c.status.poke();
+    repo::admin_audit::insert(
+        &state.db,
+        admin.0.id,
+        "crawler_session_clear_expired",
+        "crawler",
+        None,
+        json!({}),
+    )
+    .await?;
+    Ok(Json(ClearExpiredResponse { cleared: true }))
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Dead jobs
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Default)]
+struct DeadJobsParams {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    search: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default = "default_limit")]
+    limit: i64,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    offset: i64,
+}
+
+fn default_limit() -> i64 {
+    50
+}
+
+async fn list_dead_jobs(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    _admin: RequireAdmin,
+    Query(params): Query<DeadJobsParams>,
+) -> AppResult<Json<crate::api::pagination::PagedResponse<DeadJob>>> {
+    let limit = params.limit.clamp(1, 200);
+    let offset = params.offset.max(0);
+    let search = params.search.filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty());
+    let (items, total) =
+        repo::crawler::list_dead_jobs(&state.db, search.as_deref(), limit, offset).await?;
+    Ok(Json(crate::api::pagination::PagedResponse::with_total(
+        items, limit, offset, total,
+    )))
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "scope", rename_all = "snake_case")]
+enum RequeueRequest {
+    All,
+    Manga { manga_id: Uuid },
+    Chapter { chapter_id: Uuid },
+    Job { job_id: Uuid },
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+struct RequeueResponse {
+    requeued: u64,
+}
+
+async fn requeue_dead_jobs(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    admin: RequireAdmin,
+    Json(body): Json<RequeueRequest>,
+) -> AppResult<Json<RequeueResponse>> {
+    let scope = match &body {
+        RequeueRequest::All => RequeueScope::All,
+        RequeueRequest::Manga { manga_id } => RequeueScope::Manga(*manga_id),
+        RequeueRequest::Chapter { chapter_id } => RequeueScope::Chapter(*chapter_id),
+        RequeueRequest::Job { job_id } => RequeueScope::Job(*job_id),
+    };
+    let requeued = repo::crawler::requeue_dead_jobs(&state.db, scope).await?;
+    repo::admin_audit::insert(
+        &state.db,
+        admin.0.id,
+        "crawler_dead_jobs_requeue",
+        "crawler",
+        None,
+        json!({ "requeued": requeued, "scope": scope_label(&body) }),
+    )
+    .await?;
+    Ok(Json(RequeueResponse { requeued }))
+}
+
+fn scope_label(r: &RequeueRequest) -> &'static str {
+    match r {
+        RequeueRequest::All => "all",
+        RequeueRequest::Manga { .. } => "manga",
+        RequeueRequest::Chapter { .. } => "chapter",
+        RequeueRequest::Job { .. } => "job",
+    }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Queued-chapters + queued-covers backlogs (paginated, fetched on demand)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Pagination + title-search params shared by the backlog list endpoints.
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Default)]
+struct ListParams {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    search: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default = "default_limit")]
+    limit: i64,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    offset: i64,
+}
+
+async fn list_active_jobs(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    _admin: RequireAdmin,
+    Query(params): Query<ListParams>,
+) -> AppResult<Json<crate::api::pagination::PagedResponse<ActiveJob>>> {
+    let limit = params.limit.clamp(1, 200);
+    let offset = params.offset.max(0);
+    let search = params.search.filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty());
+    let (items, total) =
+        repo::crawler::list_active_jobs(&state.db, search.as_deref(), limit, offset).await?;
+    Ok(Json(crate::api::pagination::PagedResponse::with_total(
+        items, limit, offset, total,
+    )))
+}
+
+async fn list_covers(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    _admin: RequireAdmin,
+    Query(params): Query<ListParams>,
+) -> AppResult<Json<crate::api::pagination::PagedResponse<MissingCoverRow>>> {
+    let limit = params.limit.clamp(1, 200);
+    let offset = params.offset.max(0);
+    let search = params.search.filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty());
+    let (items, total) =
+        repo::crawler::list_missing_cover_mangas(&state.db, search.as_deref(), limit, offset)
+            .await?;
+    Ok(Json(crate::api::pagination::PagedResponse::with_total(
+        items, limit, offset, total,
+    )))
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+fn require_crawler(state: &AppState) -> Result<&std::sync::Arc<CrawlerControl>, AppError> {
+    state.crawler.as_ref().ok_or_else(|| {
+        AppError::ServiceUnavailable("crawler daemon is disabled".into())
+    })
+}

backend/src/api/admin/mod.rs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //! bot/API tokens cannot reach admin routes (see
 //! `crate::auth::extractor::RequireAdmin`).
 
+pub mod crawler;
 pub mod mangas;
 pub mod resync;
 pub mod system;
@@ -19,4 +20,5 @@ pub fn routes() -> Router<AppState> {
         .merge(mangas::routes())
         .merge(resync::routes())
         .merge(system::routes())
+        .merge(crawler::routes())
 }

backend/src/app.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU32, Ordering};
 
 use anyhow::Context;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
@@ -46,6 +46,24 @@ pub struct AppState {
     /// same wiring that builds the daemon's chapter dispatcher, so a
     /// force resync uses the daemon's BrowserManager + rate limiters.
     pub resync: Option<Arc<dyn ResyncService>>,
+    /// Crawler observability + control handle (live status, coordinated
+    /// browser restart, runtime session, manual run). `None` when the
+    /// daemon is disabled; admin handlers gate on `.is_some()` → 503.
+    pub crawler: Option<Arc<CrawlerControl>>,
+}
+
+/// Shared handle the admin crawler endpoints use to observe and control
+/// the running daemon. Bundled so the handlers take one optional field on
+/// `AppState` rather than many.
+pub struct CrawlerControl {
+    pub browser_manager: Arc<BrowserManager>,
+    pub session: Arc<crate::crawler::session_control::SessionController>,
+    pub status: crate::crawler::status::StatusHandle,
+    /// Used by the "run metadata pass now" endpoint; `None` when no
+    /// `CRAWLER_START_URL` is configured (cron disabled).
+    pub metadata_pass: Option<Arc<dyn MetadataPass>>,
+    /// Drain budget for a manually-triggered coordinated browser restart.
+    pub drain_deadline: std::time::Duration,
 }
 
 /// Bundle returned by [`build`]. The router is what `axum::serve` consumes;
@@ -80,12 +98,12 @@ pub async fn build(config: Config) -> anyhow::Result<AppHandle> {
 
     let storage: Arc<dyn Storage> = Arc::new(LocalStorage::new(config.storage_dir.clone()));
 
-    let (daemon, resync) = if config.crawler.daemon_enabled {
+    let (daemon, resync, crawler) = if config.crawler.daemon_enabled {
         let spawned = spawn_crawler_daemon(db.clone(), Arc::clone(&storage), &config.crawler).await?;
-        (Some(spawned.handle), Some(spawned.resync))
+        (Some(spawned.handle), Some(spawned.resync), Some(spawned.crawler))
     } else {
         tracing::info!("crawler daemon disabled (CRAWLER_DAEMON=false)");
-        (None, None)
+        (None, None, None)
     };
 
     let auth_limiter = Arc::new(AuthRateLimiter::new(config.auth.rate_limit));
@@ -96,6 +114,7 @@ pub async fn build(config: Config) -> anyhow::Result<AppHandle> {
         upload: config.upload.clone(),
         auth_limiter,
         resync,
+        crawler,
     };
     let router = router(state).layer(cors_layer(&config.cors_allowed_origins));
     Ok(AppHandle { router, daemon })
@@ -108,6 +127,7 @@ pub async fn build(config: Config) -> anyhow::Result<AppHandle> {
 struct SpawnedDaemon {
     handle: daemon::DaemonHandle,
     resync: Arc<dyn ResyncService>,
+    crawler: Arc<CrawlerControl>,
 }
 
 async fn spawn_crawler_daemon(
@@ -115,11 +135,17 @@ async fn spawn_crawler_daemon(
     storage: Arc<dyn Storage>,
     cfg: &CrawlerConfig,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<SpawnedDaemon> {
-    // Reqwest client with cookie jar pre-seeded so CDN image fetches
-    // include PHPSESSID. Same shape as bin/crawler.rs main().
+    // Reqwest client with a shared cookie jar so CDN image fetches include
+    // PHPSESSID. The same `Arc<Jar>` is held by the SessionController, so a
+    // runtime session refresh rewrites it in place. Initial value: a
+    // persisted runtime session (survives restart) takes precedence over
+    // CRAWLER_PHPSESSID env.
     let cookie_jar = Arc::new(reqwest::cookie::Jar::default());
+    let initial_sid = crate::crawler::session_control::SessionController::load_persisted(&db)
+        .await
+        .or_else(|| cfg.phpsessid.clone());
     if let (Some(sid), Some(domain), Some(start_url)) =
-        (&cfg.phpsessid, &cfg.cookie_domain, &cfg.start_url)
+        (&initial_sid, &cfg.cookie_domain, &cfg.start_url)
     {
         let cookie_str = format!("PHPSESSID={sid}; Domain={domain}; Path=/");
         let seed_url = reqwest::Url::parse(start_url)
@@ -129,7 +155,7 @@ async fn spawn_crawler_daemon(
     let mut http_builder = reqwest::Client::builder()
         .timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(30))
         .no_proxy()
-        .cookie_provider(cookie_jar);
+        .cookie_provider(Arc::clone(&cookie_jar));
     if let Some(ua) = &cfg.user_agent {
         http_builder = http_builder.user_agent(ua);
     }
@@ -157,6 +183,23 @@ async fn spawn_crawler_daemon(
     }
     let tor_recircuit_max = cfg.tor_recircuit_max_attempts;
 
+    // Session controller + sticky session-expired flag. Created before the
+    // browser so the on_launch hook can read the *current* session value
+    // (rather than a value captured at startup), and so a runtime refresh
+    // updates the cookie everywhere.
+    let session_expired = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let session_controller = crate::crawler::session_control::SessionController::new(
+        initial_sid,
+        Arc::clone(&cookie_jar),
+        cfg.cookie_domain.clone(),
+        cfg.start_url.clone(),
+        db.clone(),
+        Arc::clone(&session_expired),
+    );
+
+    // Live status surface, sized to the worker count.
+    let status = crate::crawler::status::StatusHandle::new(cfg.chapter_workers);
+
     // Browser manager. on_launch re-injects PHPSESSID on every fresh
     // chromium spawn so an idle teardown followed by re-launch stays
     // authenticated without operator action.
@@ -165,18 +208,25 @@ async fn spawn_crawler_daemon(
         let chromium_proxy = crate::crawler::url_utils::chromium_proxy_arg(proxy);
         launch_opts.extra_args.push(format!("--proxy-server={chromium_proxy}"));
     }
-    let on_launch = match (&cfg.phpsessid, &cfg.cookie_domain, &cfg.start_url) {
-        (Some(sid), Some(domain), Some(start_url)) => {
-            let sid = sid.clone();
+    let on_launch = match (&cfg.cookie_domain, &cfg.start_url) {
+        (Some(domain), Some(start_url)) => {
             let domain = domain.clone();
             let start_url = start_url.clone();
             let tor_for_launch = tor.as_ref().map(Arc::clone);
+            let sc = Arc::clone(&session_controller);
             let on_launch: browser_manager::OnLaunch = Arc::new(move |browser| {
-                let sid = sid.clone();
                 let domain = domain.clone();
                 let start_url = start_url.clone();
                 let tor_for_launch = tor_for_launch.as_ref().map(Arc::clone);
+                let sc = Arc::clone(&sc);
                 Box::pin(async move {
+                    // Read the *current* session each launch so a runtime
+                    // refresh is picked up on the next (re)launch. No session
+                    // configured → run unauthenticated (metadata needs no auth).
+                    let Some(sid) = sc.current().await else {
+                        tracing::info!("on_launch: no session set — skipping inject + probe");
+                        return Ok(());
+                    };
                     session::inject_phpsessid(&browser, &sid, &domain)
                         .await
                         .context("on_launch: inject_phpsessid")?;
@@ -197,8 +247,6 @@ async fn spawn_crawler_daemon(
     };
     let browser_manager = BrowserManager::new(launch_opts, cfg.idle_timeout, on_launch);
 
-    let session_expired = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
-
     let metadata_pass: Option<Arc<dyn MetadataPass>> = cfg.start_url.as_ref().map(|url| {
         let m: Arc<dyn MetadataPass> = Arc::new(RealMetadataPass {
             browser_manager: Arc::clone(&browser_manager),
@@ -210,6 +258,8 @@ async fn spawn_crawler_daemon(
             manga_limit: cfg.manga_limit,
             download_allowlist: cfg.download_allowlist.clone(),
             max_image_bytes: cfg.max_image_bytes,
+            metadata_max_consecutive_failures: cfg.metadata_max_consecutive_failures,
+            status: status.clone(),
             tor: tor.as_ref().map(Arc::clone),
         });
         m
@@ -223,6 +273,10 @@ async fn spawn_crawler_daemon(
         rate: Arc::clone(&rate),
         download_allowlist: cfg.download_allowlist.clone(),
         max_image_bytes: cfg.max_image_bytes,
+        transient_failures: Arc::new(AtomicU32::new(0)),
+        restart_threshold: cfg.browser_restart_threshold,
+        drain_deadline: cfg.job_timeout,
+        status: status.clone(),
         tor: tor.as_ref().map(Arc::clone),
     });
 
@@ -260,20 +314,31 @@ async fn spawn_crawler_daemon(
         db,
         cancel,
         DaemonConfig {
-            metadata_pass,
+            metadata_pass: metadata_pass.clone(),
             dispatcher,
             chapter_workers: cfg.chapter_workers,
             daily_at: cfg.daily_at,
             tz: cfg.tz,
             retention_days: cfg.retention_days,
             session_expired,
+            status: status.clone(),
+            job_timeout: cfg.job_timeout,
             extra_tasks: vec![reaper_task, shutdown_task],
         },
     );
 
+    let crawler = Arc::new(CrawlerControl {
+        browser_manager: Arc::clone(&browser_manager),
+        session: session_controller,
+        status,
+        metadata_pass,
+        drain_deadline: cfg.job_timeout,
+    });
+
     Ok(SpawnedDaemon {
         handle: daemon_handle,
         resync,
+        crawler,
     })
 }
 
@@ -292,6 +357,8 @@ struct RealMetadataPass {
     manga_limit: usize,
     download_allowlist: DownloadAllowlist,
     max_image_bytes: usize,
+    metadata_max_consecutive_failures: u32,
+    status: crate::crawler::status::StatusHandle,
     tor: Option<Arc<crate::crawler::tor::TorController>>,
 }
 
@@ -309,6 +376,8 @@ impl MetadataPass for RealMetadataPass {
             false,
             &self.download_allowlist,
             self.max_image_bytes,
+            self.metadata_max_consecutive_failures,
+            Some(&self.status),
             self.tor.as_deref(),
         )
         .await;
@@ -321,7 +390,8 @@ impl MetadataPass for RealMetadataPass {
         // errored — the early-stop walk can complete its work and bail
         // late, and a transient browser failure shouldn't cancel the
         // residual cover backlog. The backfill has its own per-call cap
-        // so a runaway error stream can't monopolise the tick.
+        // so a runaway error stream can't monopolise the tick. It sets the
+        // CoverBackfill{index,total} phase + current_cover per entry.
         match pipeline::backfill_missing_covers(
             &self.browser_manager,
             &self.db,
@@ -331,6 +401,7 @@ impl MetadataPass for RealMetadataPass {
             pipeline::COVER_BACKFILL_DEFAULT_MAX,
             &self.download_allowlist,
             self.max_image_bytes,
+            Some(&self.status),
             self.tor.as_deref(),
         )
         .await
@@ -359,6 +430,16 @@ struct RealChapterDispatcher {
     rate: Arc<HostRateLimiters>,
     download_allowlist: DownloadAllowlist,
     max_image_bytes: usize,
+    /// Consecutive transient chapter failures; resets on any success.
+    /// Drives the automatic coordinated browser restart.
+    transient_failures: Arc<std::sync::atomic::AtomicU32>,
+    /// Consecutive-failure count that triggers an auto restart.
+    restart_threshold: u32,
+    /// How long a coordinated restart waits for in-flight leases to drain.
+    drain_deadline: std::time::Duration,
+    /// Live status surface — the dispatcher registers each chapter it
+    /// crawls (with a realtime page count) here.
+    status: crate::crawler::status::StatusHandle,
     tor: Option<Arc<crate::crawler::tor::TorController>>,
 }
 
@@ -374,10 +455,21 @@ impl ChapterDispatcher for RealChapterDispatcher {
                 let row = repo::chapter::dispatch_target(&self.db, chapter_id)
                     .await
                     .context("look up chapter for dispatch")?;
-                let Some((manga_id, source_url)) = row else {
+                let Some((manga_id, source_url, manga_title, chapter_number)) = row else {
                     // Chapter (or its source row) is gone — ack done.
                     return Ok(SyncOutcome::Skipped);
                 };
+                // Register the chapter as crawling now (live status). The
+                // guard removes it on every exit path — success, panic, or
+                // the worker's outer-timeout drop.
+                let _active = self.status.begin_chapter(crate::crawler::status::ActiveChapter {
+                    manga_id,
+                    manga_title,
+                    chapter_id,
+                    chapter_number,
+                    pages_done: 0,
+                    pages_total: None,
+                });
                 let lease = self.browser_manager.acquire().await?;
                 let result = content::sync_chapter_content(
                     &lease,
@@ -392,14 +484,37 @@ impl ChapterDispatcher for RealChapterDispatcher {
                     &self.download_allowlist,
                     self.max_image_bytes,
                     self.tor.as_deref(),
+                    Some(&self.status),
                 )
                 .await;
                 drop(lease);
                 match result {
-                    Ok(outcome) => Ok(outcome),
+                    Ok(outcome) => {
+                        // Any successful dispatch (including a clean Skipped)
+                        // means the browser is healthy — reset the streak.
+                        self.transient_failures.store(0, Ordering::Release);
+                        Ok(outcome)
+                    }
                     Err(e) => {
+                        let streak = self.transient_failures.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel) + 1;
                         if crate::crawler::nav::anyhow_looks_browser_dead(&e) {
+                            // Hard browser-dead: lazy invalidate (next acquire
+                            // relaunches). Reset the streak — we're recovering.
                             self.browser_manager.invalidate().await;
+                            self.transient_failures.store(0, Ordering::Release);
+                        } else if self.restart_threshold > 0 && streak >= self.restart_threshold {
+                            // Persistent transients that TOR recircuit couldn't
+                            // fix — proactively restart Chromium.
+                            tracing::warn!(
+                                streak,
+                                threshold = self.restart_threshold,
+                                "auto browser restart: consecutive transient chapter failures"
+                            );
+                            let _ = self
+                                .browser_manager
+                                .coordinated_restart(self.drain_deadline)
+                                .await;
+                            self.transient_failures.store(0, Ordering::Release);
                         }
                         Err(e)
                     }

backend/src/bin/crawler.rs

@@ -303,6 +303,11 @@ async fn run(
         skip_chapters,
         allowlist.as_ref(),
         max_image_bytes,
+        // Circuit-breaker disabled for the operator-driven CLI: a manual
+        // sweep should push through transient failures, not self-abort.
+        0,
+        // No live status surface for the one-shot CLI.
+        None,
         tor.as_deref(),
     )
     .await?;
@@ -412,6 +417,8 @@ async fn sync_bookmarked_chapter_content(
                     allowlist.as_ref(),
                     max_image_bytes,
                     tor.as_deref(),
+                    // CLI one-shot — no live status surface.
+                    None,
                 )
                 .await;
                 drop(lease);

backend/src/config.rs

@@ -132,6 +132,19 @@ pub struct CrawlerConfig {
     /// (full sweep up to the source's own bound). Sourced from
     /// `CRAWLER_LIMIT`, mirroring the CLI binary.
     pub manga_limit: usize,
+    /// Hard upper bound on a single chapter-content job dispatch. A job
+    /// exceeding this is acked failed (exponential backoff) instead of
+    /// wedging a worker. Defaults to 600s. `CRAWLER_JOB_TIMEOUT_SECS`.
+    pub job_timeout: Duration,
+    /// Consecutive `fetch_manga` failures that abort a metadata pass
+    /// (circuit-breaker for a source outage). The pass does NOT mark a
+    /// clean exit, so the next tick does a recovery sweep. Defaults to
+    /// 10. `CRAWLER_METADATA_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES`.
+    pub metadata_max_consecutive_failures: u32,
+    /// Consecutive transient chapter failures (after TOR recircuit is
+    /// exhausted) that trigger an automatic coordinated browser restart.
+    /// Defaults to 3. `CRAWLER_BROWSER_RESTART_THRESHOLD`.
+    pub browser_restart_threshold: u32,
 }
 
 impl Default for CrawlerConfig {
@@ -159,6 +172,9 @@ impl Default for CrawlerConfig {
             download_allowlist: DownloadAllowlist::new(),
             max_image_bytes: DEFAULT_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES,
             manga_limit: 0,
+            job_timeout: Duration::from_secs(600),
+            metadata_max_consecutive_failures: 10,
+            browser_restart_threshold: 3,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -283,6 +299,13 @@ impl CrawlerConfig {
             download_allowlist,
             max_image_bytes: env_usize("CRAWLER_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES", DEFAULT_MAX_IMAGE_BYTES),
             manga_limit: env_usize("CRAWLER_LIMIT", 0),
+            job_timeout: Duration::from_secs(env_u64("CRAWLER_JOB_TIMEOUT_SECS", 600).max(1)),
+            metadata_max_consecutive_failures: env_u64(
+                "CRAWLER_METADATA_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES",
+                10,
+            ) as u32,
+            browser_restart_threshold: env_u64("CRAWLER_BROWSER_RESTART_THRESHOLD", 3).max(1)
+                as u32,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -384,6 +407,33 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(cfg.manga_limit, 0);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn reliability_knobs_default_when_unset() {
+        let _g = ENV_GUARD.lock().unwrap_or_else(|p| p.into_inner());
+        std::env::remove_var("CRAWLER_JOB_TIMEOUT_SECS");
+        std::env::remove_var("CRAWLER_METADATA_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES");
+        std::env::remove_var("CRAWLER_BROWSER_RESTART_THRESHOLD");
+        let cfg = CrawlerConfig::from_env().expect("from_env");
+        assert_eq!(cfg.job_timeout, Duration::from_secs(600));
+        assert_eq!(cfg.metadata_max_consecutive_failures, 10);
+        assert_eq!(cfg.browser_restart_threshold, 3);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn reliability_knobs_parse_from_env() {
+        let _g = ENV_GUARD.lock().unwrap_or_else(|p| p.into_inner());
+        std::env::set_var("CRAWLER_JOB_TIMEOUT_SECS", "120");
+        std::env::set_var("CRAWLER_METADATA_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES", "5");
+        std::env::set_var("CRAWLER_BROWSER_RESTART_THRESHOLD", "7");
+        let cfg = CrawlerConfig::from_env().expect("from_env");
+        std::env::remove_var("CRAWLER_JOB_TIMEOUT_SECS");
+        std::env::remove_var("CRAWLER_METADATA_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES");
+        std::env::remove_var("CRAWLER_BROWSER_RESTART_THRESHOLD");
+        assert_eq!(cfg.job_timeout, Duration::from_secs(120));
+        assert_eq!(cfg.metadata_max_consecutive_failures, 5);
+        assert_eq!(cfg.browser_restart_threshold, 7);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn private_mode_env_parses_true() {
         let _g = ENV_GUARD.lock().unwrap_or_else(|p| p.into_inner());

backend/src/crawler/browser_manager.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 //! until [`BrowserManager::shutdown`].
 
 use std::ops::Deref;
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU8, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -71,12 +71,42 @@ impl ActiveTracker {
     }
 }
 
+/// Lifecycle gate for a coordinated browser restart. `acquire()` parks
+/// while not [`RestartPhase::Healthy`] so no new navigation starts mid-
+/// restart; long-lived lease holders (the metadata pass) cooperate by
+/// checking [`BrowserManager::is_restart_pending`] at safe boundaries.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
+pub enum RestartPhase {
+    /// Normal operation — acquires proceed.
+    Healthy,
+    /// Restart requested; new acquires park, waiting for in-flight leases
+    /// to drain.
+    Draining,
+    /// Chromium is being closed + relaunched.
+    Restarting,
+}
+
+const PHASE_HEALTHY: u8 = 0;
+const PHASE_DRAINING: u8 = 1;
+const PHASE_RESTARTING: u8 = 2;
+
 pub struct BrowserManager {
     inner: Mutex<Inner>,
     active: Arc<ActiveTracker>,
     launch_opts: LaunchOptions,
     idle_timeout: Duration,
     on_launch: OnLaunch,
+    /// Coarse lifecycle phase (one of the `PHASE_*` constants).
+    phase: AtomicU8,
+    /// Woken when the phase returns to `Healthy` so parked acquires resume.
+    resume: Notify,
+    /// Serialises coordinated restarts so concurrent requests collapse into
+    /// a single relaunch.
+    restart_lock: Mutex<()>,
+    /// Result of the most recent relaunch, so a caller that coalesced into
+    /// an in-progress restart reports that restart's real outcome instead
+    /// of a blind success.
+    last_restart_ok: AtomicBool,
 }
 
 struct Inner {
@@ -99,28 +129,72 @@ impl BrowserManager {
             launch_opts,
             idle_timeout,
             on_launch,
+            phase: AtomicU8::new(PHASE_HEALTHY),
+            resume: Notify::new(),
+            restart_lock: Mutex::new(()),
+            last_restart_ok: AtomicBool::new(true),
         })
     }
 
+    /// Current restart phase.
+    pub fn phase(&self) -> RestartPhase {
+        match self.phase.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
+            PHASE_DRAINING => RestartPhase::Draining,
+            PHASE_RESTARTING => RestartPhase::Restarting,
+            _ => RestartPhase::Healthy,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn set_phase(&self, phase: RestartPhase) {
+        let v = match phase {
+            RestartPhase::Healthy => PHASE_HEALTHY,
+            RestartPhase::Draining => PHASE_DRAINING,
+            RestartPhase::Restarting => PHASE_RESTARTING,
+        };
+        self.phase.store(v, Ordering::Release);
+    }
+
+    /// Whether a coordinated restart is in progress. Long-lived lease
+    /// holders poll this at safe boundaries and yield their lease so the
+    /// drain can complete promptly.
+    pub fn is_restart_pending(&self) -> bool {
+        self.phase() != RestartPhase::Healthy
+    }
+
+    /// Launch Chromium into `guard`, running the `on_launch` hook before
+    /// publishing the handle so a probe failure doesn't leave a half-
+    /// initialised browser behind.
+    async fn launch_into(&self, guard: &mut Inner) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let handle = browser::launch(self.launch_opts.clone())
+            .await
+            .context("BrowserManager: launch chromium")?;
+        let shared = handle.shared();
+        if let Err(e) = (self.on_launch)(Arc::clone(&shared)).await {
+            let _ = handle.close().await;
+            return Err(e.context("BrowserManager: on_launch hook failed"));
+        }
+        guard.handle = Some(handle);
+        guard.shared = Some(shared);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Acquire a shared browser lease. The first acquire after a teardown
     /// launches a fresh Chromium (and runs `on_launch`); subsequent acquires
     /// while a process is alive just bump the counter and clone the `Arc`.
     pub async fn acquire(&self) -> anyhow::Result<BrowserLease> {
+        // Park while a coordinated restart is draining/relaunching so no new
+        // navigation starts against a browser that's about to be torn down.
+        // The short sleep fallback guarantees liveness even if a `resume`
+        // notification is missed (classic Notify lost-wakeup).
+        while self.phase() != RestartPhase::Healthy {
+            tokio::select! {
+                _ = self.resume.notified() => {}
+                _ = tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)) => {}
+            }
+        }
         let mut guard = self.inner.lock().await;
         if guard.handle.is_none() {
-            let handle = browser::launch(self.launch_opts.clone())
-                .await
-                .context("BrowserManager: launch chromium")?;
-            let shared = handle.shared();
-            // Run the on-launch hook before publishing the handle so a session
-            // probe failure doesn't leave a half-initialized browser behind.
-            if let Err(e) = (self.on_launch)(Arc::clone(&shared)).await {
-                // Close the just-launched browser since we won't be using it.
-                let _ = handle.close().await;
-                return Err(e.context("BrowserManager: on_launch hook failed"));
-            }
-            guard.handle = Some(handle);
-            guard.shared = Some(shared);
+            self.launch_into(&mut guard).await?;
         }
         let browser = guard
             .shared
@@ -134,6 +208,51 @@ impl BrowserManager {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Coordinated restart: block new acquires, wait for in-flight leases
+    /// to drain (up to `drain_deadline`, then force), close + relaunch
+    /// Chromium (re-running `on_launch` → re-inject session + probe), then
+    /// resume parked acquirers. Concurrent calls collapse into one
+    /// relaunch. The phase is always returned to `Healthy` — even if the
+    /// relaunch errors — so a failed restart never permanently wedges
+    /// acquisition (the next acquire retries the launch lazily).
+    pub async fn coordinated_restart(&self, drain_deadline: Duration) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        // Dedup: if a restart is already running, wait for it and report
+        // that restart's real outcome (not a blind success).
+        let _restart_guard = match self.restart_lock.try_lock() {
+            Ok(g) => g,
+            Err(_) => {
+                let _ = self.restart_lock.lock().await;
+                return if self.last_restart_ok.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
+                    Ok(())
+                } else {
+                    Err(anyhow::anyhow!("a concurrent coordinated browser restart failed"))
+                };
+            }
+        };
+
+        self.set_phase(RestartPhase::Draining);
+        await_drain(&self.active, drain_deadline).await;
+
+        self.set_phase(RestartPhase::Restarting);
+        let relaunch = {
+            let mut guard = self.inner.lock().await;
+            guard.shared = None;
+            if let Some(handle) = guard.handle.take() {
+                let _ = handle.close().await;
+            }
+            self.launch_into(&mut guard).await
+        };
+
+        self.last_restart_ok.store(relaunch.is_ok(), Ordering::Release);
+        self.set_phase(RestartPhase::Healthy);
+        self.resume.notify_waiters();
+        match &relaunch {
+            Ok(()) => tracing::info!("BrowserManager: coordinated restart complete"),
+            Err(e) => tracing::error!(error = ?e, "BrowserManager: coordinated restart relaunch failed"),
+        }
+        relaunch.context("coordinated_restart: relaunch")
+    }
+
     /// Forcefully close the cached browser regardless of active count.
     /// Used on daemon shutdown. After this returns the next acquire will
     /// re-launch from scratch.
@@ -176,6 +295,29 @@ impl BrowserManager {
     }
 }
 
+/// Wait for the active-lease count to reach zero, up to `deadline`. Wakes
+/// on the tracker's idle signal and re-checks on a short poll so a missed
+/// signal can't strand the drain. Returns when drained or when the
+/// deadline elapses (the caller then force-restarts). Extracted as a free
+/// fn so the timing logic is unit-testable without launching Chromium.
+async fn await_drain(active: &Arc<ActiveTracker>, deadline: Duration) {
+    let start = tokio::time::Instant::now();
+    while active.current() > 0 {
+        let Some(remaining) = deadline.checked_sub(start.elapsed()) else {
+            tracing::warn!(
+                active = active.current(),
+                "coordinated_restart: drain deadline exceeded — forcing relaunch"
+            );
+            return;
+        };
+        let nap = remaining.min(Duration::from_millis(250));
+        tokio::select! {
+            _ = active.idle_signal().notified() => {}
+            _ = tokio::time::sleep(nap) => {}
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Background reaper. Returns immediately when `idle_timeout == 0`.
 /// Otherwise spawns a task that:
 ///   1. Waits on `idle_signal` (woken when active hits zero).
@@ -270,6 +412,63 @@ mod tests {
         mgr.invalidate().await;
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn await_drain_returns_immediately_when_already_idle() {
+        let active = ActiveTracker::new();
+        let start = tokio::time::Instant::now();
+        await_drain(&active, Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+        assert!(start.elapsed() < Duration::from_millis(200), "no wait when idle");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn await_drain_completes_when_lease_released() {
+        let active = ActiveTracker::new();
+        active.acquire();
+        let bg = {
+            let a = Arc::clone(&active);
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+                a.release();
+            })
+        };
+        // Generous deadline; should return shortly after the release, not
+        // at the deadline.
+        let start = tokio::time::Instant::now();
+        await_drain(&active, Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+        assert!(start.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(2), "drained on release");
+        assert_eq!(active.current(), 0);
+        bg.await.unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn await_drain_force_returns_after_deadline_when_stuck() {
+        let active = ActiveTracker::new();
+        active.acquire(); // never released
+        let start = tokio::time::Instant::now();
+        await_drain(&active, Duration::from_millis(300)).await;
+        let elapsed = start.elapsed();
+        assert!(elapsed >= Duration::from_millis(250), "waited ~deadline: {elapsed:?}");
+        assert!(elapsed < Duration::from_secs(2), "but not forever: {elapsed:?}");
+        assert_eq!(active.current(), 1, "still held — caller force-restarts");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn phase_transitions_reflect_is_restart_pending() {
+        let mgr = BrowserManager::new(
+            crate::crawler::browser::LaunchOptions::default(),
+            Duration::ZERO,
+            noop_on_launch(),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(mgr.phase(), RestartPhase::Healthy);
+        assert!(!mgr.is_restart_pending());
+        mgr.set_phase(RestartPhase::Draining);
+        assert!(mgr.is_restart_pending());
+        mgr.set_phase(RestartPhase::Restarting);
+        assert!(mgr.is_restart_pending());
+        mgr.set_phase(RestartPhase::Healthy);
+        assert!(!mgr.is_restart_pending());
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn active_tracker_signals_idle_only_on_zero_transition() {
         let tracker = ActiveTracker::new();

backend/src/crawler/content.rs

@@ -186,11 +186,12 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-/// Fetch all images for one chapter and persist them atomically. On
-/// any error after the first storage put, the DB transaction rolls
-/// back so the chapter stays at `page_count = 0` and is retried on the
-/// next run. Bytes already written to storage become orphans; a future
-/// reaper sweeps them.
+/// Fetch one chapter's images and persist them. Each image is streamed to
+/// storage as it's fetched (peak memory ≈ one image, not the whole
+/// chapter); the page rows + `page_count` are then written in one short
+/// transaction. On any failure the chapter stays at `page_count = 0` (no
+/// partial rows) and the blobs already written are deleted best-effort by
+/// [`cleanup_orphans`], so a retry starts clean.
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub async fn sync_chapter_content(
     browser: &chromiumoxide::Browser,
@@ -205,6 +206,10 @@ pub async fn sync_chapter_content(
     allowlist: &DownloadAllowlist,
     max_image_bytes: usize,
     tor: Option<&crate::crawler::tor::TorController>,
+    // Optional live-status sink for the realtime page counter. The daemon
+    // dispatcher passes the shared handle (the chapter has already been
+    // registered via `begin_chapter`); the CLI / admin resync pass `None`.
+    progress: Option<&crate::crawler::status::StatusHandle>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<SyncOutcome> {
     // Skip if already fetched, unless caller explicitly forces.
     if !force_refetch {
@@ -260,56 +265,127 @@ pub async fn sync_chapter_content(
     // Resolve image URLs against the chapter URL (they may be relative).
     let base = reqwest::Url::parse(source_url).context("parse chapter URL")?;
 
-    // Fetch every image bytes-first into memory before writing
-    // anything. Lets us bail the whole chapter cleanly if any image
-    // fails — DB stays at page_count=0, no partial rows persisted.
-    let mut fetched: Vec<(i32, Vec<u8>, &'static str)> = Vec::with_capacity(images.len());
+    // Stream each image straight to storage as it's fetched, capping peak
+    // memory at a single image rather than the whole chapter. Track the
+    // keys written so they can be rolled back if a later page (or the
+    // final DB commit) fails — preserving the all-or-nothing guarantee
+    // without holding a DB transaction open across the network puts
+    // (which matters once `Storage` is backed by S3).
+    let total = images.len();
+    // Publish the now-known page total so the dashboard shows "0/N".
+    if let Some(p) = progress {
+        p.set_chapter_pages(chapter_id, 0, Some(total));
+    }
+    let mut written_keys: Vec<String> = Vec::with_capacity(total);
+    let mut stored: Vec<StoredPage> = Vec::with_capacity(total);
     for img in &images {
-        let url = base.join(&img.url).with_context(|| {
-            format!("join image URL {} onto {source_url}", img.url)
-        })?;
-        rate.wait_for(url.as_str()).await?;
-        let bytes = fetch_bytes_capped(
+        match download_and_store_page(
+            storage,
             http,
-            url.as_str(),
-            Some(source_url),
+            rate,
+            &base,
+            source_url,
+            manga_id,
+            chapter_id,
+            img,
             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()))
-            );
+        .await
+        {
+            Ok(page) => {
+                written_keys.push(page.storage_key.clone());
+                stored.push(page);
+                // Live page counter: push the climbing count to subscribers.
+                if let Some(p) = progress {
+                    p.set_chapter_pages(chapter_id, stored.len(), Some(total));
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                cleanup_orphans(storage, &written_keys).await;
+                return Err(e);
+            }
         }
-        let ext = infer::get(&bytes)
-            .map(|k| k.extension())
-            .expect("looks_like_image asserted infer succeeded");
-        fetched.push((img.page_number, bytes, ext));
     }
 
-    // Atomic write: storage puts + page row inserts + page_count
-    // update, all in one transaction. If anything fails, rollback +
-    // the chapter is retried next run. Storage orphans the bytes; a
-    // reaper sweeps them later.
-    let mut tx = db.begin().await.context("open chapter sync tx")?;
-    for (page_number, bytes, ext) in &fetched {
-        let key = format!(
-            "mangas/{manga_id}/chapters/{chapter_id}/pages/{:04}.{ext}",
-            page_number
+    // Short transaction: page rows + page_count only, no network I/O. On
+    // failure, roll back the stored bytes so the chapter stays at
+    // page_count=0 and is retried cleanly next run.
+    if let Err(e) = persist_pages(db, chapter_id, &stored).await {
+        cleanup_orphans(storage, &written_keys).await;
+        return Err(e);
+    }
+
+    Ok(SyncOutcome::Fetched { pages: stored.len() })
+}
+
+/// A page image that has been written to storage and is awaiting its DB
+/// row. Carries everything `persist_pages` needs.
+pub(crate) struct StoredPage {
+    page_number: i32,
+    storage_key: String,
+    content_type: String,
+}
+
+/// Download a single page image, validate it's really an image, and write
+/// it to storage. Returns the storage key + content type. Does not touch
+/// the DB — persistence is batched into one short transaction afterward.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+async fn download_and_store_page(
+    storage: &dyn Storage,
+    http: &reqwest::Client,
+    rate: &HostRateLimiters,
+    base: &reqwest::Url,
+    source_url: &str,
+    manga_id: Uuid,
+    chapter_id: Uuid,
+    img: &ChapterImage,
+    allowlist: &DownloadAllowlist,
+    max_image_bytes: usize,
+) -> anyhow::Result<StoredPage> {
+    let url = base
+        .join(&img.url)
+        .with_context(|| 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?;
+    // 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()))
         );
-        storage
-            .put(&key, bytes)
-            .await
-            .with_context(|| format!("put {key}"))?;
-        // (chapter_id, page_number) is unique — re-runs idempotent.
+    }
+    let ext = infer::get(&bytes)
+        .map(|k| k.extension())
+        .expect("looks_like_image asserted infer succeeded");
+    let key = format!(
+        "mangas/{manga_id}/chapters/{chapter_id}/pages/{:04}.{ext}",
+        img.page_number
+    );
+    storage
+        .put(&key, &bytes)
+        .await
+        .with_context(|| format!("put {key}"))?;
+    Ok(StoredPage {
+        page_number: img.page_number,
+        storage_key: key,
+        content_type: format!("image/{ext}"),
+    })
+}
+
+/// Persist the page rows + chapter `page_count` in one short transaction.
+/// `(chapter_id, page_number)` is unique so re-runs are idempotent.
+pub(crate) async fn persist_pages(
+    db: &PgPool,
+    chapter_id: Uuid,
+    stored: &[StoredPage],
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let mut tx = db.begin().await.context("open chapter sync tx")?;
+    for page in stored {
         sqlx::query(
             "INSERT INTO pages (chapter_id, page_number, storage_key, content_type)
              VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4)
@@ -318,22 +394,36 @@ pub async fn sync_chapter_content(
                  content_type = EXCLUDED.content_type",
         )
         .bind(chapter_id)
-        .bind(page_number)
-        .bind(&key)
-        .bind(format!("image/{ext}"))
+        .bind(page.page_number)
+        .bind(&page.storage_key)
+        .bind(&page.content_type)
         .execute(&mut *tx)
         .await
-        .with_context(|| format!("insert page row {page_number}"))?;
+        .with_context(|| format!("insert page row {}", page.page_number))?;
     }
     sqlx::query("UPDATE chapters SET page_count = $1 WHERE id = $2")
-        .bind(fetched.len() as i32)
+        .bind(stored.len() as i32)
         .bind(chapter_id)
         .execute(&mut *tx)
         .await
         .context("update page_count")?;
     tx.commit().await.context("commit chapter sync")?;
+    Ok(())
+}
 
-    Ok(SyncOutcome::Fetched { pages: fetched.len() })
+/// Best-effort delete of partially-written page blobs after a chapter sync
+/// fails, so a retry doesn't accumulate orphans. Errors are logged, not
+/// raised — a leftover blob is harmless and a future reaper can sweep it.
+pub(crate) async fn cleanup_orphans(storage: &dyn Storage, keys: &[String]) {
+    for key in keys {
+        if let Err(e) = storage.delete(key).await {
+            tracing::warn!(
+                %key,
+                error = ?e,
+                "failed to delete orphaned page blob after chapter sync failure"
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 // Suppress unused-import warning for `session::registrable_domain`
@@ -347,6 +437,90 @@ fn _keep_session_in_scope() {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use crate::storage::LocalStorage;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn cleanup_orphans_deletes_written_keys() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let storage = LocalStorage::new(dir.path());
+        let keys = vec![
+            "mangas/m/chapters/c/pages/0001.jpg".to_string(),
+            "mangas/m/chapters/c/pages/0002.jpg".to_string(),
+        ];
+        for k in &keys {
+            storage.put(k, b"\xff\xd8\xff\xe0 jpeg-ish").await.unwrap();
+            assert!(storage.exists(k).await.unwrap());
+        }
+        cleanup_orphans(&storage, &keys).await;
+        for k in &keys {
+            assert!(!storage.exists(k).await.unwrap(), "{k} should be deleted");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn cleanup_orphans_tolerates_missing_keys() {
+        // A key that was never written (e.g. the put itself failed) must
+        // not make cleanup error — it's best-effort.
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let storage = LocalStorage::new(dir.path());
+        cleanup_orphans(&storage, &["never/written.jpg".to_string()]).await;
+    }
+
+    #[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+    async fn persist_pages_inserts_rows_and_sets_page_count(pool: PgPool) {
+        let manga_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+        let chapter_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+        sqlx::query("INSERT INTO mangas (id, title) VALUES ($1, 'T')")
+            .bind(manga_id)
+            .execute(&pool)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        sqlx::query("INSERT INTO chapters (id, manga_id, number) VALUES ($1, $2, 1)")
+            .bind(chapter_id)
+            .bind(manga_id)
+            .execute(&pool)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let stored = vec![
+            StoredPage {
+                page_number: 1,
+                storage_key: "k/0001.jpg".into(),
+                content_type: "image/jpeg".into(),
+            },
+            StoredPage {
+                page_number: 2,
+                storage_key: "k/0002.jpg".into(),
+                content_type: "image/jpeg".into(),
+            },
+        ];
+        persist_pages(&pool, chapter_id, &stored).await.unwrap();
+
+        let page_count: i32 =
+            sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT page_count FROM chapters WHERE id = $1")
+                .bind(chapter_id)
+                .fetch_one(&pool)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(page_count, 2);
+        let rows: i64 =
+            sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pages WHERE chapter_id = $1")
+                .bind(chapter_id)
+                .fetch_one(&pool)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(rows, 2);
+
+        // Idempotent re-run (force refetch path): same rows, page_count stable.
+        persist_pages(&pool, chapter_id, &stored).await.unwrap();
+        let rows2: i64 =
+            sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pages WHERE chapter_id = $1")
+                .bind(chapter_id)
+                .fetch_one(&pool)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(rows2, 2, "re-run is idempotent via ON CONFLICT");
+    }
 
     #[test]
     fn parse_chapter_pages_skips_loader_and_sorts_by_id() {

backend/src/crawler/daemon.rs

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use crate::crawler::content::SyncOutcome;
 use crate::crawler::jobs::{self, JobPayload, Lease, KIND_SYNC_CHAPTER_CONTENT};
 use crate::crawler::pipeline;
+use crate::crawler::status::{Phase, StatusHandle};
 
 /// Fixed `pg_try_advisory_lock` key. ASCII "MANGALRD" interpreted as a
 /// big-endian i64. Hardcoded so every replica agrees on the lock identity
@@ -56,6 +57,15 @@ pub const CRON_LOCK_KEY: i64 = 0x4D414E47414C5244;
 
 const STATE_KEY_LAST_TICK: &str = "last_metadata_tick_at";
 
+/// Lease window handed to `jobs::lease`. Kept short, but continuously
+/// extended by the per-job heartbeat (see [`WorkerContext::process_lease`])
+/// so a long-but-healthy job never lapses and gets stolen.
+const LEASE_DURATION: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
+
+/// How often the heartbeat renews the lease while a job runs. A third of
+/// the lease window leaves two missed-beat's slack before expiry.
+const LEASE_HEARTBEAT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(20);
+
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait MetadataPass: Send + Sync {
     async fn run(&self) -> anyhow::Result<pipeline::MetadataStats>;
@@ -77,6 +87,13 @@ pub struct DaemonConfig {
     pub tz: Tz,
     pub retention_days: u32,
     pub session_expired: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    /// Live status surface updated by the cron + workers.
+    pub status: StatusHandle,
+    /// Hard upper bound on a single job's dispatch. A job that exceeds it
+    /// is acked failed (exponential backoff) rather than wedging a worker
+    /// forever. Must exceed [`LEASE_HEARTBEAT`] and the realistic
+    /// single-job runtime.
+    pub job_timeout: Duration,
     /// Tasks that should run alongside the cron + workers and be cancelled
     /// on shutdown. Used to hand the daemon ownership of the browser
     /// manager's idle reaper.
@@ -123,6 +140,8 @@ pub fn spawn(pool: PgPool, cancel: CancellationToken, cfg: DaemonConfig) -> Daem
         tz,
         retention_days,
         session_expired,
+        status,
+        job_timeout,
         extra_tasks,
     } = cfg;
 
@@ -134,6 +153,7 @@ pub fn spawn(pool: PgPool, cancel: CancellationToken, cfg: DaemonConfig) -> Daem
             tz,
             retention_days,
             metadata,
+            status: status.clone(),
         };
         join.spawn(async move { ctx.run().await });
     } else {
@@ -146,6 +166,8 @@ pub fn spawn(pool: PgPool, cancel: CancellationToken, cfg: DaemonConfig) -> Daem
             cancel: cancel.clone(),
             dispatcher: Arc::clone(&dispatcher),
             session_expired: Arc::clone(&session_expired),
+            status: status.clone(),
+            job_timeout,
             id: worker_id,
         };
         join.spawn(async move { ctx.run().await });
@@ -169,6 +191,7 @@ struct CronContext {
     tz: Tz,
     retention_days: u32,
     metadata: Arc<dyn MetadataPass>,
+    status: StatusHandle,
 }
 
 impl CronContext {
@@ -196,6 +219,11 @@ impl CronContext {
             // (NTP step, suspend/resume) don't strand us on a stale instant.
             let next = next_fire(Utc::now(), self.daily_at, self.tz);
             let wait = (next - Utc::now()).to_std().unwrap_or(Duration::ZERO);
+            self.status
+                .set_phase(Phase::Idle {
+                    next_fire: Some(next),
+                })
+                .await;
             tracing::info!(
                 next_fire_utc = %next.to_rfc3339(),
                 wait_seconds = wait.as_secs(),
@@ -243,9 +271,13 @@ impl CronContext {
         let metadata = &self.metadata;
         let pool = &self.pool;
         let retention_days = self.retention_days;
+        let status = &self.status;
         let body = async move {
             match metadata.run().await {
-                Ok(stats) => tracing::info!(?stats, "cron: metadata pass done"),
+                Ok(stats) => {
+                    status.record_pass(&stats, Utc::now()).await;
+                    tracing::info!(?stats, "cron: metadata pass done");
+                }
                 Err(e) => tracing::error!(?e, "cron: metadata pass failed"),
             }
             match pipeline::enqueue_bookmarked_pending(pool).await {
@@ -283,6 +315,8 @@ struct WorkerContext {
     cancel: CancellationToken,
     dispatcher: Arc<dyn ChapterDispatcher>,
     session_expired: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    status: StatusHandle,
+    job_timeout: Duration,
     id: usize,
 }
 
@@ -303,7 +337,7 @@ impl WorkerContext {
                 &self.pool,
                 Some(KIND_SYNC_CHAPTER_CONTENT),
                 1,
-                Duration::from_secs(60),
+                LEASE_DURATION,
             )
             .await
             {
@@ -341,9 +375,59 @@ impl WorkerContext {
             }
         }
 
-        let outcome = AssertUnwindSafe(self.dispatcher.dispatch(lease.payload.clone()))
-            .catch_unwind()
-            .await;
+        // Heartbeat: keep the lease fresh while the (potentially long)
+        // dispatch runs, so a slow-but-healthy job is never re-leased and
+        // never inflates `attempts` toward `max_attempts`. Stops itself
+        // once the job is no longer ours (renew returns false).
+        let heartbeat = {
+            let hb_pool = self.pool.clone();
+            let hb_id = lease.id;
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                loop {
+                    tokio::time::sleep(LEASE_HEARTBEAT).await;
+                    match jobs::renew(&hb_pool, hb_id, LEASE_DURATION).await {
+                        Ok(true) => {}
+                        Ok(false) => break,
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            tracing::warn!(lease_id = %hb_id, ?e, "heartbeat renew failed");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+        };
+
+        // The "currently crawling" chapter (with its live page count) is
+        // registered by the dispatcher itself (RealChapterDispatcher) so it
+        // carries the manga/chapter identity + page progress and is removed
+        // via an RAII guard on every exit path.
+
+        // Outer timeout: a dispatch that exceeds `job_timeout` is acked
+        // failed (exponential backoff) rather than wedging the worker.
+        let dispatch = AssertUnwindSafe(self.dispatcher.dispatch(lease.payload.clone()))
+            .catch_unwind();
+        let outcome = tokio::time::timeout(self.job_timeout, dispatch).await;
+        heartbeat.abort();
+
+        let outcome = match outcome {
+            Ok(o) => o,
+            Err(_elapsed) => {
+                tracing::warn!(
+                    worker = self.id,
+                    lease_id = %lease.id,
+                    timeout_secs = self.job_timeout.as_secs(),
+                    "worker: dispatch timed out — ack failed"
+                );
+                let _ = jobs::ack_failed(
+                    &self.pool,
+                    lease.id,
+                    "dispatch timed out",
+                    lease.attempts,
+                    lease.max_attempts,
+                )
+                .await;
+                return;
+            }
+        };
         match outcome {
             Ok(Ok(SyncOutcome::Fetched { .. } | SyncOutcome::Skipped)) => {
                 let _ = jobs::ack_done(&self.pool, lease.id).await;
@@ -355,6 +439,8 @@ impl WorkerContext {
                     "session expired — workers will idle until restart"
                 );
                 self.session_expired.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+                // Push the session-expired flip to live status subscribers.
+                self.status.poke();
                 let _ = jobs::release(&self.pool, lease.id).await;
             }
             Ok(Err(e)) => {

backend/src/crawler/jobs.rs

@@ -66,16 +66,33 @@ pub struct Lease {
     pub max_attempts: i32,
 }
 
-/// Exponential backoff for `ack_failed` retries. `attempts` is the
-/// post-increment value reported by `lease()` (so the first failure has
-/// `attempts == 1` and waits 60s, the second 120s, etc.). Capped at 1h to
-/// avoid runaway long sleeps that would outlive the daemon process.
-fn backoff_for(attempts: i32) -> Duration {
+/// Deterministic exponential backoff base for `ack_failed` retries.
+/// `attempts` is the post-increment value reported by `lease()` (so the
+/// first failure has `attempts == 1` and waits 60s, the second 120s,
+/// etc.). Capped at 1h to avoid runaway long sleeps that would outlive
+/// the daemon process. Jitter is applied separately by [`apply_jitter`].
+fn backoff_base(attempts: i32) -> Duration {
     let shift = attempts.saturating_sub(1).clamp(0, 20) as u32;
     let secs = 60u64.saturating_mul(1u64 << shift);
     Duration::from_secs(secs.min(3600))
 }
 
+/// Apply ±20% jitter to a backoff duration. `jitter` is a fraction in
+/// `[0.0, 1.0)` (e.g. `rand::random::<f64>()`), mapped to a multiplier in
+/// `[0.8, 1.2)`. Pure so the bounds stay unit-testable. Spreading retries
+/// avoids a thundering herd when a source outage fails many jobs at once.
+fn apply_jitter(base: Duration, jitter: f64) -> Duration {
+    let frac = jitter.clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+    let mult = 0.8 + 0.4 * frac; // [0.8, 1.2)
+    Duration::from_secs((base.as_secs_f64() * mult).round() as u64)
+}
+
+/// Jittered exponential backoff for `ack_failed`. Wraps [`backoff_base`]
+/// with a random ±20% spread.
+fn backoff_for(attempts: i32) -> Duration {
+    apply_jitter(backoff_base(attempts), rand::random::<f64>())
+}
+
 /// Insert a new pending job. For `SyncChapterContent` payloads the
 /// partial unique index `crawler_jobs_chapter_content_dedup_idx` blocks
 /// a second `(pending|running)` insert per chapter_id, returning
@@ -159,6 +176,35 @@ pub async fn lease(
     Ok(leases)
 }
 
+/// Extend the lease on a still-owned `running` job. Returns `true` if the
+/// row was updated (we still hold the lease), `false` if the job is no
+/// longer `running` (re-leased after a missed heartbeat, or already
+/// acked) — the caller's heartbeat loop should stop. The `state =
+/// 'running'` guard mirrors [`ack_done`]'s rationale.
+///
+/// This is the heartbeat primitive: a worker renews periodically while a
+/// long-but-healthy job runs so `leased_until` never lapses, which would
+/// otherwise let another worker steal the in-flight job and spuriously
+/// inflate `attempts` toward `max_attempts`.
+pub async fn renew(
+    pool: &PgPool,
+    lease_id: Uuid,
+    lease_duration: Duration,
+) -> sqlx::Result<bool> {
+    let lease_ms: i64 = lease_duration.as_millis().min(i64::MAX as u128) as i64;
+    let res = sqlx::query(
+        "UPDATE crawler_jobs \
+            SET leased_until = now() + ($2::bigint || ' milliseconds')::interval, \
+                updated_at = now() \
+          WHERE id = $1 AND state = 'running'",
+    )
+    .bind(lease_id)
+    .bind(lease_ms)
+    .execute(pool)
+    .await?;
+    Ok(res.rows_affected() > 0)
+}
+
 /// Mark a leased job as successfully completed. The `state = 'running'`
 /// predicate guards against a late ack from a worker whose lease expired
 /// and was already re-leased by another worker: without it, the late ack
@@ -278,19 +324,48 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
-    fn backoff_grows_exponentially_and_caps_at_one_hour() {
+    fn backoff_base_grows_exponentially_and_caps_at_one_hour() {
         // attempts == 1 → 60s, doubling each step.
-        assert_eq!(backoff_for(1), Duration::from_secs(60));
-        assert_eq!(backoff_for(2), Duration::from_secs(120));
-        assert_eq!(backoff_for(3), Duration::from_secs(240));
-        assert_eq!(backoff_for(4), Duration::from_secs(480));
-        assert_eq!(backoff_for(5), Duration::from_secs(960));
-        assert_eq!(backoff_for(6), Duration::from_secs(1920));
+        assert_eq!(backoff_base(1), Duration::from_secs(60));
+        assert_eq!(backoff_base(2), Duration::from_secs(120));
+        assert_eq!(backoff_base(3), Duration::from_secs(240));
+        assert_eq!(backoff_base(4), Duration::from_secs(480));
+        assert_eq!(backoff_base(5), Duration::from_secs(960));
+        assert_eq!(backoff_base(6), Duration::from_secs(1920));
         // 7th: 60 * 64 = 3840 → capped to 3600.
-        assert_eq!(backoff_for(7), Duration::from_secs(3600));
-        assert_eq!(backoff_for(20), Duration::from_secs(3600));
+        assert_eq!(backoff_base(7), Duration::from_secs(3600));
+        assert_eq!(backoff_base(20), Duration::from_secs(3600));
         // Garbage / zero / negatives stay sane.
-        assert_eq!(backoff_for(0), Duration::from_secs(60));
-        assert_eq!(backoff_for(-5), Duration::from_secs(60));
+        assert_eq!(backoff_base(0), Duration::from_secs(60));
+        assert_eq!(backoff_base(-5), Duration::from_secs(60));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn apply_jitter_stays_within_plus_minus_twenty_percent() {
+        let base = Duration::from_secs(100);
+        // Lower bound (jitter = 0.0) → 0.8x.
+        assert_eq!(apply_jitter(base, 0.0), Duration::from_secs(80));
+        // Midpoint (jitter = 0.5) → 1.0x.
+        assert_eq!(apply_jitter(base, 0.5), Duration::from_secs(100));
+        // Upper end (jitter → 1.0) → ~1.2x.
+        assert_eq!(apply_jitter(base, 1.0), Duration::from_secs(120));
+        // Out-of-range inputs are clamped, never panic.
+        assert_eq!(apply_jitter(base, -3.0), Duration::from_secs(80));
+        assert_eq!(apply_jitter(base, 9.0), Duration::from_secs(120));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn backoff_for_random_jitter_stays_in_band() {
+        // The production wrapper draws its own randomness; assert the
+        // result for a mid-range attempt always lands within the jitter
+        // band of the base, across many draws.
+        let base = backoff_base(3).as_secs_f64(); // 240s
+        for _ in 0..1000 {
+            let v = backoff_for(3).as_secs_f64();
+            assert!(
+                v >= base * 0.8 - 1.0 && v <= base * 1.2 + 1.0,
+                "jittered backoff {v} outside band of base {base}"
+            );
+        }
     }
 }

backend/src/crawler/mod.rs

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ pub mod rate_limit;
 pub mod resync;
 pub mod safety;
 pub mod session;
+pub mod session_control;
 pub mod source;
+pub mod status;
 pub mod tor;
 pub mod url_utils;

backend/src/crawler/pipeline.rs

@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ pub(crate) fn should_mark_clean_exit(
     walked_to_completion || hit_stop_condition
 }
 
+/// Circuit-breaker: abort the walk once `consecutive` `fetch_manga`
+/// failures reach `threshold`. A `threshold` of 0 disables the breaker
+/// (unbounded — the legacy behaviour). When it fires the caller must NOT
+/// mark a clean exit, so the next tick does a recovery sweep over the
+/// catalog tail the aborted pass never reached.
+///
+/// Pure so the rule is unit-testable without the walker.
+pub(crate) fn should_abort_pass(consecutive: u32, threshold: u32) -> bool {
+    threshold > 0 && consecutive >= threshold
+}
+
 /// Runs the discover → fetch → upsert → cover → chapter-list-diff pipeline
 /// for the target source. Pure metadata; chapter content is enqueued as
 /// separate `SyncChapterContent` jobs by the caller after this returns.
@@ -103,6 +114,8 @@ pub async fn run_metadata_pass(
     skip_chapters: bool,
     allowlist: &DownloadAllowlist,
     max_image_bytes: usize,
+    max_consecutive_failures: u32,
+    status: Option<&crate::crawler::status::StatusHandle>,
     tor: Option<&crate::crawler::tor::TorController>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<MetadataStats> {
     let lease = browser_manager
@@ -110,6 +123,9 @@ pub async fn run_metadata_pass(
         .await
         .context("acquire browser lease for metadata pass")?;
     let browser_ref: &chromiumoxide::Browser = &lease;
+    if let Some(s) = status {
+        s.set_phase(crate::crawler::status::Phase::WalkingList).await;
+    }
 
     let source = {
         let s = TargetSource::new(start_url.to_string());
@@ -165,6 +181,11 @@ pub async fn run_metadata_pass(
     let mut walked_to_completion = false;
     let mut hit_limit = false;
     let mut hit_stop_condition = false;
+    // Circuit-breaker state: consecutive fetch_manga failures. A sustained
+    // run abort (source outage) leaves the pass un-clean → recovery sweep
+    // next tick.
+    let mut consecutive_failures = 0u32;
+    let mut hit_failure_breaker = false;
 
     'outer: loop {
         let batch = match walker.next_batch(&ctx).await? {
@@ -175,6 +196,17 @@ pub async fn run_metadata_pass(
             }
         };
         for r in batch {
+            // Cooperative checkpoint: if a coordinated browser restart is
+            // pending, yield our (long-lived) lease so the drain can
+            // proceed instead of stalling for the rest of the walk. The
+            // pass exits un-clean, so the next tick recovery-sweeps the
+            // tail we didn't reach.
+            if browser_manager.is_restart_pending() {
+                tracing::info!(
+                    "metadata pass: browser restart pending — yielding (recovery sweep next tick)"
+                );
+                break 'outer;
+            }
             if max_refs.map(|m| stats.discovered >= m).unwrap_or(false) {
                 hit_limit = true;
                 tracing::info!(cap = ?max_refs, "max_results reached; halting walk");
@@ -198,13 +230,24 @@ pub async fn run_metadata_pass(
                 continue;
             }
             stats.discovered += 1;
+            if let Some(s) = status {
+                s.set_phase(crate::crawler::status::Phase::FetchingMetadata {
+                    index: stats.discovered,
+                    total: max_refs,
+                    title: r.title.clone(),
+                })
+                .await;
+            }
             tracing::info!(
                 idx = stats.discovered,
                 key = %r.source_manga_key,
                 "fetching metadata"
             );
             let manga = match source.fetch_manga(&ctx, &r).await {
-                Ok(m) => m,
+                Ok(m) => {
+                    consecutive_failures = 0;
+                    m
+                }
                 Err(e) => {
                     tracing::warn!(
                         key = %r.source_manga_key,
@@ -213,6 +256,17 @@ pub async fn run_metadata_pass(
                         "fetch_manga failed"
                     );
                     stats.mangas_failed += 1;
+                    consecutive_failures += 1;
+                    if should_abort_pass(consecutive_failures, max_consecutive_failures) {
+                        hit_failure_breaker = true;
+                        tracing::error!(
+                            consecutive_failures,
+                            threshold = max_consecutive_failures,
+                            "metadata pass: too many consecutive fetch_manga failures; \
+                             aborting (recovery sweep on next tick)"
+                        );
+                        break 'outer;
+                    }
                     continue;
                 }
             };
@@ -295,7 +349,14 @@ pub async fn run_metadata_pass(
                 || matches!(upsert.status, repo::crawler::UpsertStatus::Updated);
             if needs_cover {
                 if let Some(cover_url) = manga.cover_url.as_deref() {
-                    match download_and_store_cover(
+                    if let Some(s) = status {
+                        s.set_current_cover(Some(crate::crawler::status::CoverTarget {
+                            manga_id: upsert.manga_id,
+                            manga_title: manga.title.clone(),
+                        }))
+                        .await;
+                    }
+                    let cover_result = download_and_store_cover(
                         db,
                         storage,
                         http,
@@ -306,8 +367,11 @@ pub async fn run_metadata_pass(
                         allowlist,
                         max_image_bytes,
                     )
-                    .await
-                    {
+                    .await;
+                    if let Some(s) = status {
+                        s.set_current_cover(None).await;
+                    }
+                    match cover_result {
                         Ok(()) => stats.covers_fetched += 1,
                         Err(e) => tracing::warn!(
                             manga_id = %upsert.manga_id,
@@ -390,6 +454,7 @@ pub async fn run_metadata_pass(
         walked_to_completion,
         hit_limit,
         hit_stop_condition,
+        hit_failure_breaker,
         exited_cleanly,
         "metadata pass complete"
     );
@@ -560,6 +625,7 @@ pub async fn backfill_missing_covers(
     max_mangas: usize,
     allowlist: &DownloadAllowlist,
     max_image_bytes: usize,
+    status: Option<&crate::crawler::status::StatusHandle>,
     tor: Option<&crate::crawler::tor::TorController>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<CoverBackfillStats> {
     let mut stats = CoverBackfillStats::default();
@@ -582,8 +648,13 @@ pub async fn backfill_missing_covers(
     let browser_ref: &chromiumoxide::Browser = &lease;
     let ctx = FetchContext { browser: browser_ref, rate, tor };
 
-    for entry in entries {
+    let total = entries.len();
+    for (index, entry) in entries.into_iter().enumerate() {
         stats.considered += 1;
+        if let Some(s) = status {
+            s.set_phase(crate::crawler::status::Phase::CoverBackfill { index, total })
+                .await;
+        }
         // Metadata-only TargetSource: skip chapter-list parsing so a
         // missing-cover refetch doesn't soft-drop chapters on a partial
         // render. Cover URL alone is what we need.
@@ -593,8 +664,8 @@ pub async fn backfill_missing_covers(
             title: String::new(),
             url: entry.source_url.clone(),
         };
-        let cover_url = match source.fetch_manga(&ctx, &r).await {
-            Ok(manga) => manga.cover_url,
+        let manga = match source.fetch_manga(&ctx, &r).await {
+            Ok(manga) => manga,
             Err(e) => {
                 tracing::warn!(
                     manga_id = %entry.manga_id,
@@ -606,7 +677,7 @@ pub async fn backfill_missing_covers(
                 continue;
             }
         };
-        let Some(cover_url) = cover_url else {
+        let Some(cover_url) = manga.cover_url.clone() else {
             tracing::warn!(
                 manga_id = %entry.manga_id,
                 url = %entry.source_url,
@@ -615,7 +686,14 @@ pub async fn backfill_missing_covers(
             stats.failed += 1;
             continue;
         };
-        match download_and_store_cover(
+        if let Some(s) = status {
+            s.set_current_cover(Some(crate::crawler::status::CoverTarget {
+                manga_id: entry.manga_id,
+                manga_title: manga.title.clone(),
+            }))
+            .await;
+        }
+        let cover_result = download_and_store_cover(
             db,
             storage,
             http,
@@ -626,8 +704,11 @@ pub async fn backfill_missing_covers(
             allowlist,
             max_image_bytes,
         )
-        .await
-        {
+        .await;
+        if let Some(s) = status {
+            s.set_current_cover(None).await;
+        }
+        match cover_result {
             Ok(()) => stats.fetched += 1,
             Err(e) => {
                 tracing::warn!(
@@ -756,6 +837,18 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!should_stop(false, UpsertStatus::New, None));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn abort_pass_fires_at_threshold_and_respects_disable() {
+        // Disabled (0) never fires, no matter how many failures.
+        assert!(!should_abort_pass(0, 0));
+        assert!(!should_abort_pass(100, 0));
+        // Below threshold: keep going.
+        assert!(!should_abort_pass(9, 10));
+        // At/above threshold: abort.
+        assert!(should_abort_pass(10, 10));
+        assert!(should_abort_pass(11, 10));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn clean_exit_when_walked_to_completion() {
         // End-of-walk reached the catalog tail — the recovery flag may

backend/src/crawler/resync.rs

@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ impl ResyncService for RealResyncService {
         let row = repo::chapter::dispatch_target(&self.db, chapter_id)
             .await
             .context("look up chapter_sources for resync")?;
-        let Some((manga_id, source_url)) = row else {
+        let Some((manga_id, source_url, _title, _number)) = row else {
             return Err(ResyncError::NoChapterSource.into());
         };
 
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ impl ResyncService for RealResyncService {
             &self.download_allowlist,
             self.max_image_bytes,
             self.tor.as_deref(),
+            // Admin resync isn't a daemon worker slot — no live status.
+            None,
         )
         .await;
         drop(lease);

backend/src/crawler/session_control.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+//! Runtime-updatable crawler session (PHPSESSID).
+//!
+//! At startup the session comes from `CRAWLER_PHPSESSID`, but it expires
+//! and previously needed a container restart to refresh. This controller
+//! lets an admin push a fresh cookie at runtime: it rewrites the reqwest
+//! cookie jar (CDN image fetches), updates the in-memory value the browser
+//! `on_launch` hook reads, persists it to `crawler_state` (so it survives
+//! a restart), and clears the sticky `session_expired` flag. A subsequent
+//! coordinated browser restart re-runs `on_launch`, re-injecting the new
+//! cookie into Chromium and re-probing.
+
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use anyhow::Context;
+use serde_json::json;
+use sqlx::PgPool;
+use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+
+const STATE_KEY_RUNTIME_SESSION: &str = "runtime_session";
+
+pub struct SessionController {
+    /// Current PHPSESSID — what `on_launch` injects into a fresh browser.
+    phpsessid: RwLock<Option<String>>,
+    /// The same `Arc<Jar>` handed to the reqwest client; updating it here
+    /// updates the client's cookies (the jar is internally mutable).
+    cookie_jar: Arc<reqwest::cookie::Jar>,
+    cookie_domain: Option<String>,
+    start_url: Option<String>,
+    db: PgPool,
+    session_expired: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+}
+
+impl SessionController {
+    pub fn new(
+        initial: Option<String>,
+        cookie_jar: Arc<reqwest::cookie::Jar>,
+        cookie_domain: Option<String>,
+        start_url: Option<String>,
+        db: PgPool,
+        session_expired: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    ) -> Arc<Self> {
+        Arc::new(Self {
+            phpsessid: RwLock::new(initial),
+            cookie_jar,
+            cookie_domain,
+            start_url,
+            db,
+            session_expired,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// The PHPSESSID a fresh browser should inject (None when unset).
+    pub async fn current(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.phpsessid.read().await.clone()
+    }
+
+    /// Whether the sticky session-expired flag is set (chapter workers
+    /// idle while true).
+    pub fn is_expired(&self) -> bool {
+        self.session_expired.load(Ordering::Acquire)
+    }
+
+    /// Clear the session-expired flag without changing the cookie — used
+    /// when the operator knows the session is fine and wants workers to
+    /// resume immediately.
+    pub fn clear_expired(&self) {
+        self.session_expired.store(false, Ordering::Release);
+    }
+
+    /// Update the session everywhere: reqwest jar, in-memory value, and
+    /// persisted `crawler_state`. Clears the session-expired flag. Does
+    /// NOT relaunch the browser — the caller triggers a coordinated
+    /// restart so `on_launch` re-injects + re-probes.
+    pub async fn update(&self, sid: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let sid = sid.trim().to_string();
+        anyhow::ensure!(!sid.is_empty(), "PHPSESSID must not be empty");
+        // The value is spliced into a cookie string and a CDP CookieParam.
+        // Reject control chars and cookie delimiters so a pasted value
+        // can't smuggle extra attributes / break out of the cookie.
+        anyhow::ensure!(
+            sid.chars().all(|c| !c.is_control() && c != ';' && c != ','),
+            "PHPSESSID contains invalid characters"
+        );
+
+        if let (Some(domain), Some(start_url)) = (&self.cookie_domain, &self.start_url) {
+            let cookie_str = format!("PHPSESSID={sid}; Domain={domain}; Path=/");
+            let seed_url =
+                reqwest::Url::parse(start_url).context("parse start_url for cookie seed")?;
+            self.cookie_jar.add_cookie_str(&cookie_str, &seed_url);
+        }
+        *self.phpsessid.write().await = Some(sid.clone());
+        persist(&self.db, &sid).await.context("persist runtime session")?;
+        self.session_expired.store(false, Ordering::Release);
+        tracing::info!("crawler session updated at runtime");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Read a persisted runtime session (if any) from `crawler_state`.
+    /// Called at startup so a mid-day refresh survives a restart.
+    pub async fn load_persisted(db: &PgPool) -> Option<String> {
+        let row: Option<serde_json::Value> =
+            sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT value FROM crawler_state WHERE key = $1")
+                .bind(STATE_KEY_RUNTIME_SESSION)
+                .fetch_optional(db)
+                .await
+                .ok()
+                .flatten();
+        row.and_then(|v| {
+            v.get("phpsessid")
+                .and_then(|s| s.as_str())
+                .map(|s| s.to_string())
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+async fn persist(db: &PgPool, sid: &str) -> sqlx::Result<()> {
+    sqlx::query(
+        "INSERT INTO crawler_state (key, value, updated_at) \
+         VALUES ($1, $2, now()) \
+         ON CONFLICT (key) DO UPDATE \
+            SET value = EXCLUDED.value, updated_at = now()",
+    )
+    .bind(STATE_KEY_RUNTIME_SESSION)
+    .bind(json!({ "phpsessid": sid }))
+    .execute(db)
+    .await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn controller(db: PgPool) -> Arc<SessionController> {
+        SessionController::new(
+            None,
+            Arc::new(reqwest::cookie::Jar::default()),
+            Some("example.com".into()),
+            Some("https://example.com/".into()),
+            db,
+            Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(true)),
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+    async fn update_rejects_empty_and_control_chars(pool: PgPool) {
+        let c = controller(pool);
+        assert!(c.update("   ").await.is_err(), "empty rejected");
+        assert!(c.update("abc\r\ndef").await.is_err(), "CRLF rejected");
+        assert!(c.update("ab;Domain=evil").await.is_err(), "semicolon rejected");
+        assert!(c.update("x,y").await.is_err(), "comma rejected");
+    }
+
+    #[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+    async fn update_persists_and_clears_expired_then_round_trips(pool: PgPool) {
+        let c = controller(pool.clone());
+        c.update("good-sid-123").await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(c.current().await.as_deref(), Some("good-sid-123"));
+        assert!(!c.is_expired(), "update clears the expired flag");
+        // Persisted to crawler_state and readable by a fresh load.
+        assert_eq!(
+            SessionController::load_persisted(&pool).await.as_deref(),
+            Some("good-sid-123")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+    async fn clear_expired_flips_sticky_flag_without_touching_session(pool: PgPool) {
+        // The flag starts `true` per `controller(pool)`'s test wiring.
+        let c = controller(pool);
+        assert!(c.is_expired(), "test fixture starts with the flag set");
+        c.clear_expired();
+        assert!(!c.is_expired(), "clear_expired flips the sticky flag to false");
+        assert!(
+            c.current().await.is_none(),
+            "clear_expired does not invent a session"
+        );
+    }
+}

backend/src/crawler/status.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,355 @@
+//! Live, in-process crawler status.
+//!
+//! The metadata pass runs inline in the cron tick (it is not a
+//! `crawler_jobs` row), so without this surface "what is the crawler doing
+//! right now" is unanswerable from the dashboard. The daemon publishes its
+//! current [`Phase`], the chapters being crawled right now (with a live
+//! page count), and the cover being fetched into a shared [`StatusHandle`];
+//! the admin endpoint reads a [`CrawlerStatus`] snapshot and composes it
+//! with DB-derived counts + the session/browser flags.
+//!
+//! NOTE: this is per-process state. The deployment is a single server
+//! (see CLAUDE.md), so an in-memory handle is sufficient; durable signals
+//! (last-pass summary, runtime session) are persisted in `crawler_state`.
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use serde::Serialize;
+use tokio::sync::{watch, RwLock};
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+use crate::crawler::pipeline::MetadataStats;
+
+/// What the daemon's metadata pass is doing right now. Serialised with an
+/// internal `state` tag so the frontend can switch on it.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "state", rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum Phase {
+    /// Sleeping until the next scheduled metadata pass.
+    Idle { next_fire: Option<DateTime<Utc>> },
+    /// Walking the source catalog list pages.
+    WalkingList,
+    /// Fetching one manga's metadata. `index`/`total` drive a progress bar
+    /// (`total` is `None` when the source size is unknown / uncapped).
+    FetchingMetadata {
+        index: usize,
+        total: Option<usize>,
+        title: String,
+    },
+    /// Backfilling covers that failed on first attempt. `index`/`total`
+    /// track progress through this tick's batch.
+    CoverBackfill { index: usize, total: usize },
+}
+
+/// A chapter being downloaded right now, with a live page count. Keyed in
+/// the status by `chapter_id`; inserted by the dispatcher when a job starts
+/// and removed (via an RAII guard) when it finishes, panics, or times out.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize)]
+pub struct ActiveChapter {
+    pub manga_id: Uuid,
+    pub manga_title: String,
+    pub chapter_id: Uuid,
+    pub chapter_number: i32,
+    pub pages_done: usize,
+    /// `None` until the chapter page list has been parsed.
+    pub pages_total: Option<usize>,
+}
+
+/// The manga whose cover is being downloaded right now.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize)]
+pub struct CoverTarget {
+    pub manga_id: Uuid,
+    pub manga_title: String,
+}
+
+/// Summary of the most recent metadata pass (persisted across restarts in
+/// `crawler_state` by the cron; mirrored here for the live read).
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Default)]
+pub struct LastPass {
+    pub at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    pub discovered: usize,
+    pub upserted: usize,
+    pub covers_fetched: usize,
+    pub mangas_failed: usize,
+}
+
+/// A point-in-time snapshot returned by [`StatusHandle::snapshot`]. The
+/// session/browser/queue fields are composed at read time by the endpoint
+/// (they live elsewhere), so they are not stored here.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize)]
+pub struct CrawlerStatus {
+    pub phase: Phase,
+    /// Number of configured chapter workers (for "N busy / M workers").
+    pub worker_count: usize,
+    /// Chapters being downloaded right now, with live page counts.
+    pub active_chapters: Vec<ActiveChapter>,
+    pub last_pass: LastPass,
+    /// The cover being downloaded right now, if any.
+    pub current_cover: Option<CoverTarget>,
+}
+
+/// Scalar status state held under the async `RwLock`. Active chapters live
+/// in a separate sync map so per-page updates and RAII removal don't need
+/// to `.await` (removal happens in `Drop`).
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+struct Scalar {
+    phase: Phase,
+    worker_count: usize,
+    last_pass: LastPass,
+    current_cover: Option<CoverTarget>,
+}
+
+/// Cloneable handle the daemon tasks use to publish status. Cheap to clone
+/// (`Arc`). All writers funnel through the helper methods so locking stays
+/// localised. Every mutation bumps a `watch` version so SSE subscribers
+/// get pushed an update instead of polling.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct StatusHandle {
+    scalar: Arc<RwLock<Scalar>>,
+    /// Currently-downloading chapters keyed by `chapter_id`. A sync mutex so
+    /// the RAII [`ChapterGuard`]'s `Drop` can remove without `.await`.
+    active: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<Uuid, ActiveChapter>>>,
+    /// Monotonic version bumped on every change. SSE handlers `subscribe()`
+    /// and `await .changed()` for instant pushes; `watch` has no
+    /// lost-wakeup so a change between snapshots is never missed.
+    version: Arc<watch::Sender<u64>>,
+}
+
+/// Lock the active map, recovering from a poisoned mutex (we never hold the
+/// lock across a panic-prone section, so the data is still consistent).
+fn lock_active(
+    m: &Mutex<HashMap<Uuid, ActiveChapter>>,
+) -> std::sync::MutexGuard<'_, HashMap<Uuid, ActiveChapter>> {
+    m.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner())
+}
+
+impl StatusHandle {
+    pub fn new(num_workers: usize) -> Self {
+        let (version, _rx) = watch::channel(0u64);
+        Self {
+            scalar: Arc::new(RwLock::new(Scalar {
+                phase: Phase::Idle { next_fire: None },
+                worker_count: num_workers.max(1),
+                last_pass: LastPass::default(),
+                current_cover: None,
+            })),
+            active: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
+            version: Arc::new(version),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn bump(&self) {
+        self.version.send_modify(|v| *v = v.wrapping_add(1));
+    }
+
+    /// A receiver whose `.changed()` resolves on the next status change.
+    pub fn subscribe(&self) -> watch::Receiver<u64> {
+        self.version.subscribe()
+    }
+
+    /// Signal a change without mutating in-memory state — used when an
+    /// *external* signal the live snapshot reflects (browser phase,
+    /// session-expired flag, queue counts) has changed, so subscribers
+    /// recompose promptly.
+    pub fn poke(&self) {
+        self.bump();
+    }
+
+    pub async fn set_phase(&self, phase: Phase) {
+        self.scalar.write().await.phase = phase;
+        self.bump();
+    }
+
+    /// Set (or clear) the cover being downloaded right now.
+    pub async fn set_current_cover(&self, cover: Option<CoverTarget>) {
+        self.scalar.write().await.current_cover = cover;
+        self.bump();
+    }
+
+    /// Register a chapter as crawling now; returns a guard that removes it
+    /// when dropped (on completion, panic-unwind, or timeout-drop).
+    pub fn begin_chapter(&self, chapter: ActiveChapter) -> ChapterGuard {
+        let id = chapter.chapter_id;
+        lock_active(&self.active).insert(id, chapter);
+        self.bump();
+        ChapterGuard {
+            active: Arc::clone(&self.active),
+            version: Arc::clone(&self.version),
+            chapter_id: id,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Update the live page count of an in-flight chapter. Sync (no
+    /// `.await`) so it's cheap to call once per stored page.
+    pub fn set_chapter_pages(&self, chapter_id: Uuid, done: usize, total: Option<usize>) {
+        {
+            let mut map = lock_active(&self.active);
+            if let Some(c) = map.get_mut(&chapter_id) {
+                c.pages_done = done;
+                c.pages_total = total;
+            }
+        }
+        self.bump();
+    }
+
+    /// Record a finished metadata pass. Stamps `at` with `now`.
+    pub async fn record_pass(&self, stats: &MetadataStats, at: DateTime<Utc>) {
+        self.scalar.write().await.last_pass = LastPass {
+            at: Some(at),
+            discovered: stats.discovered,
+            upserted: stats.upserted,
+            covers_fetched: stats.covers_fetched,
+            mangas_failed: stats.mangas_failed,
+        };
+        self.bump();
+    }
+
+    /// Seed the last-pass summary from a persisted `crawler_state` value on
+    /// startup so the dashboard isn't blank until the first tick.
+    pub async fn set_last_pass(&self, last: LastPass) {
+        self.scalar.write().await.last_pass = last;
+        self.bump();
+    }
+
+    pub async fn snapshot(&self) -> CrawlerStatus {
+        let scalar = self.scalar.read().await.clone();
+        let mut active_chapters: Vec<ActiveChapter> =
+            lock_active(&self.active).values().cloned().collect();
+        // Stable, readable order: by chapter number then id.
+        active_chapters.sort_by(|a, b| {
+            a.chapter_number
+                .cmp(&b.chapter_number)
+                .then(a.chapter_id.cmp(&b.chapter_id))
+        });
+        CrawlerStatus {
+            phase: scalar.phase,
+            worker_count: scalar.worker_count,
+            active_chapters,
+            last_pass: scalar.last_pass,
+            current_cover: scalar.current_cover,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// RAII handle removing an [`ActiveChapter`] from the live status when the
+/// chapter dispatch finishes, panics, or is dropped on timeout.
+pub struct ChapterGuard {
+    active: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<Uuid, ActiveChapter>>>,
+    version: Arc<watch::Sender<u64>>,
+    chapter_id: Uuid,
+}
+
+impl Drop for ChapterGuard {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        lock_active(&self.active).remove(&self.chapter_id);
+        self.version.send_modify(|v| *v = v.wrapping_add(1));
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn sample_chapter(n: i32) -> ActiveChapter {
+        ActiveChapter {
+            manga_id: Uuid::new_v4(),
+            manga_title: "M".into(),
+            chapter_id: Uuid::new_v4(),
+            chapter_number: n,
+            pages_done: 0,
+            pages_total: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn begin_chapter_shows_in_snapshot_and_guard_removes_on_drop() {
+        let h = StatusHandle::new(2);
+        let chap = sample_chapter(7);
+        let cid = chap.chapter_id;
+        {
+            let _guard = h.begin_chapter(chap);
+            let snap = h.snapshot().await;
+            assert_eq!(snap.active_chapters.len(), 1);
+            assert_eq!(snap.active_chapters[0].chapter_id, cid);
+            assert_eq!(snap.worker_count, 2);
+        }
+        // Guard dropped → entry removed.
+        let snap = h.snapshot().await;
+        assert!(snap.active_chapters.is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn set_chapter_pages_updates_live_count() {
+        let h = StatusHandle::new(1);
+        let chap = sample_chapter(1);
+        let cid = chap.chapter_id;
+        let _guard = h.begin_chapter(chap);
+        h.set_chapter_pages(cid, 3, Some(20));
+        let snap = h.snapshot().await;
+        assert_eq!(snap.active_chapters[0].pages_done, 3);
+        assert_eq!(snap.active_chapters[0].pages_total, Some(20));
+        // Updating an unknown chapter is a no-op, not a panic.
+        h.set_chapter_pages(Uuid::new_v4(), 9, Some(9));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn snapshot_sorts_active_chapters_by_number() {
+        let h = StatusHandle::new(2);
+        let _g1 = h.begin_chapter(sample_chapter(5));
+        let _g2 = h.begin_chapter(sample_chapter(2));
+        let snap = h.snapshot().await;
+        assert_eq!(snap.active_chapters[0].chapter_number, 2);
+        assert_eq!(snap.active_chapters[1].chapter_number, 5);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn set_current_cover_round_trips() {
+        let h = StatusHandle::new(1);
+        let mid = Uuid::new_v4();
+        h.set_current_cover(Some(CoverTarget {
+            manga_id: mid,
+            manga_title: "One Piece".into(),
+        }))
+        .await;
+        assert_eq!(
+            h.snapshot().await.current_cover.map(|c| c.manga_id),
+            Some(mid)
+        );
+        h.set_current_cover(None).await;
+        assert!(h.snapshot().await.current_cover.is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn record_pass_captures_stats_and_timestamp() {
+        let h = StatusHandle::new(1);
+        let stats = MetadataStats {
+            discovered: 5,
+            upserted: 3,
+            covers_fetched: 2,
+            mangas_failed: 1,
+        };
+        let at = Utc::now();
+        h.record_pass(&stats, at).await;
+        let snap = h.snapshot().await;
+        assert_eq!(snap.last_pass.discovered, 5);
+        assert_eq!(snap.last_pass.upserted, 3);
+        assert_eq!(snap.last_pass.at, Some(at));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn subscribe_resolves_on_mutation_poke_and_chapter_change() {
+        let h = StatusHandle::new(1);
+        let mut rx = h.subscribe();
+        h.set_phase(Phase::WalkingList).await;
+        rx.changed().await.unwrap();
+        h.poke();
+        rx.changed().await.unwrap();
+        // begin_chapter + guard drop each bump the version.
+        let g = h.begin_chapter(sample_chapter(1));
+        rx.changed().await.unwrap();
+        drop(g);
+        rx.changed().await.unwrap();
+    }
+}

backend/src/repo/chapter.rs

@@ -138,14 +138,18 @@ pub async fn page_count(pool: &PgPool, id: Uuid) -> sqlx::Result<Option<i32>> {
 /// filter — this resolver stays in lockstep so a chapter that was
 /// dropped between enqueue and lease isn't dispatched against a stale
 /// URL.
+/// Returns `(manga_id, source_url, manga_title, chapter_number)`. The
+/// title + number feed the live "currently crawling" status; the rest is
+/// what the dispatcher needs to do the work.
 pub async fn dispatch_target(
     pool: &PgPool,
     chapter_id: Uuid,
-) -> sqlx::Result<Option<(Uuid, String)>> {
+) -> sqlx::Result<Option<(Uuid, String, String, i32)>> {
     sqlx::query_as(
-        "SELECT c.manga_id, cs.source_url \
+        "SELECT c.manga_id, cs.source_url, m.title, c.number \
            FROM chapters c \
            JOIN chapter_sources cs ON cs.chapter_id = c.id \
+           JOIN mangas m ON m.id = c.manga_id \
           WHERE c.id = $1 \
             AND cs.dropped_at IS NULL \
           ORDER BY cs.last_seen_at DESC \

backend/src/repo/crawler.rs

@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 //! Each public function is a transaction boundary so a partial failure
 //! mid-call leaves the DB in its pre-call state.
 
-use chrono::Utc;
-use sqlx::{PgPool, Postgres, Transaction};
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use serde::Serialize;
+use sqlx::{FromRow, PgPool, Postgres, Transaction};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::crawler::source::{SourceChapterRef, SourceManga};
@@ -618,3 +619,327 @@ pub async fn last_run_completed_cleanly(
         .unwrap_or(true))
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Dead-letter jobs: admin observability + requeue.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// A `dead` crawler job joined to its chapter/manga context for the admin
+/// dead-letter view. Chapter columns are `Option` because the join is
+/// best-effort (the chapter may have been removed since the job died, or
+/// the job may be a non-chapter kind).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, FromRow)]
+pub struct DeadJob {
+    pub id: Uuid,
+    pub kind: String,
+    pub chapter_id: Option<Uuid>,
+    pub manga_id: Option<Uuid>,
+    pub manga_title: Option<String>,
+    pub chapter_number: Option<i32>,
+    pub attempts: i32,
+    pub max_attempts: i32,
+    pub last_error: Option<String>,
+    pub updated_at: DateTime<Utc>,
+}
+
+/// Paginated list of `dead` jobs, newest-failed first, joined to chapter +
+/// manga context. `search` filters on manga title (case-insensitive
+/// substring). Returns the page slice plus the unfiltered-by-page total.
+pub async fn list_dead_jobs(
+    pool: &PgPool,
+    search: Option<&str>,
+    limit: i64,
+    offset: i64,
+) -> sqlx::Result<(Vec<DeadJob>, i64)> {
+    let search_pat = search
+        .map(|s| format!("%{}%", s.trim()))
+        .filter(|p| p.len() > 2);
+
+    let items: Vec<DeadJob> = sqlx::query_as(
+        r#"
+        SELECT
+            cj.id,
+            cj.payload->>'kind'                       AS kind,
+            (cj.payload->>'chapter_id')::uuid         AS chapter_id,
+            c.manga_id                                AS manga_id,
+            m.title                                   AS manga_title,
+            c.number                                  AS chapter_number,
+            cj.attempts,
+            cj.max_attempts,
+            cj.last_error,
+            cj.updated_at
+          FROM crawler_jobs cj
+          LEFT JOIN chapters c ON c.id = (cj.payload->>'chapter_id')::uuid
+          LEFT JOIN mangas m   ON m.id = c.manga_id
+         WHERE cj.state = 'dead'
+           AND ($1::text IS NULL OR m.title ILIKE $1)
+         ORDER BY cj.updated_at DESC
+         LIMIT $2 OFFSET $3
+        "#,
+    )
+    .bind(&search_pat)
+    .bind(limit)
+    .bind(offset)
+    .fetch_all(pool)
+    .await?;
+
+    let total: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar(
+        r#"
+        SELECT COUNT(*)
+          FROM crawler_jobs cj
+          LEFT JOIN chapters c ON c.id = (cj.payload->>'chapter_id')::uuid
+          LEFT JOIN mangas m   ON m.id = c.manga_id
+         WHERE cj.state = 'dead'
+           AND ($1::text IS NULL OR m.title ILIKE $1)
+        "#,
+    )
+    .bind(&search_pat)
+    .fetch_one(pool)
+    .await?;
+
+    Ok((items, total))
+}
+
+/// An in-flight chapter-content job (`pending` or `running`) joined to its
+/// chapter + manga, for the "queued chapters" admin view.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, FromRow)]
+pub struct ActiveJob {
+    pub id: Uuid,
+    pub chapter_id: Option<Uuid>,
+    pub manga_id: Option<Uuid>,
+    pub manga_title: Option<String>,
+    pub chapter_number: Option<i32>,
+    /// `"pending"` or `"running"`.
+    pub state: String,
+    pub attempts: i32,
+    pub max_attempts: i32,
+    pub updated_at: DateTime<Utc>,
+}
+
+/// Paginated list of `pending`/`running` chapter-content jobs (which
+/// chapters of which mangas are queued or being crawled). Running first,
+/// then by scheduled order. `search` filters on manga title.
+pub async fn list_active_jobs(
+    pool: &PgPool,
+    search: Option<&str>,
+    limit: i64,
+    offset: i64,
+) -> sqlx::Result<(Vec<ActiveJob>, i64)> {
+    let search_pat = search
+        .map(|s| format!("%{}%", s.trim()))
+        .filter(|p| p.len() > 2);
+
+    let items: Vec<ActiveJob> = sqlx::query_as(
+        r#"
+        SELECT
+            cj.id,
+            (cj.payload->>'chapter_id')::uuid         AS chapter_id,
+            c.manga_id                                AS manga_id,
+            m.title                                   AS manga_title,
+            c.number                                  AS chapter_number,
+            cj.state,
+            cj.attempts,
+            cj.max_attempts,
+            cj.updated_at
+          FROM crawler_jobs cj
+          LEFT JOIN chapters c ON c.id = (cj.payload->>'chapter_id')::uuid
+          LEFT JOIN mangas m   ON m.id = c.manga_id
+         WHERE cj.state IN ('pending','running')
+           AND cj.payload->>'kind' = 'sync_chapter_content'
+           AND ($1::text IS NULL OR m.title ILIKE $1)
+         ORDER BY (cj.state = 'running') DESC, cj.scheduled_at, cj.created_at
+         LIMIT $2 OFFSET $3
+        "#,
+    )
+    .bind(&search_pat)
+    .bind(limit)
+    .bind(offset)
+    .fetch_all(pool)
+    .await?;
+
+    let total: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar(
+        r#"
+        SELECT COUNT(*)
+          FROM crawler_jobs cj
+          LEFT JOIN chapters c ON c.id = (cj.payload->>'chapter_id')::uuid
+          LEFT JOIN mangas m   ON m.id = c.manga_id
+         WHERE cj.state IN ('pending','running')
+           AND cj.payload->>'kind' = 'sync_chapter_content'
+           AND ($1::text IS NULL OR m.title ILIKE $1)
+        "#,
+    )
+    .bind(&search_pat)
+    .fetch_one(pool)
+    .await?;
+
+    Ok((items, total))
+}
+
+/// A manga whose cover is still missing (queued for cover fetch).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, FromRow)]
+pub struct MissingCoverRow {
+    pub manga_id: Uuid,
+    pub manga_title: String,
+}
+
+/// Count mangas with no cover yet but a live source row — the cover
+/// backlog the metadata pass + backfill drain.
+pub async fn count_missing_covers(pool: &PgPool) -> sqlx::Result<i64> {
+    sqlx::query_scalar(
+        r#"
+        SELECT COUNT(*) FROM mangas m
+         WHERE m.cover_image_path IS NULL
+           AND EXISTS (
+               SELECT 1 FROM manga_sources ms
+                WHERE ms.manga_id = m.id AND ms.dropped_at IS NULL
+           )
+        "#,
+    )
+    .fetch_one(pool)
+    .await
+}
+
+/// Paginated list of mangas queued for a cover fetch (no cover yet + a live
+/// source), with titles. `search` filters on title. Freshest source first.
+pub async fn list_missing_cover_mangas(
+    pool: &PgPool,
+    search: Option<&str>,
+    limit: i64,
+    offset: i64,
+) -> sqlx::Result<(Vec<MissingCoverRow>, i64)> {
+    let search_pat = search
+        .map(|s| format!("%{}%", s.trim()))
+        .filter(|p| p.len() > 2);
+
+    let items: Vec<MissingCoverRow> = sqlx::query_as(
+        r#"
+        SELECT m.id AS manga_id, m.title AS manga_title
+          FROM mangas m
+         WHERE m.cover_image_path IS NULL
+           AND EXISTS (
+               SELECT 1 FROM manga_sources ms
+                WHERE ms.manga_id = m.id AND ms.dropped_at IS NULL
+           )
+           AND ($1::text IS NULL OR m.title ILIKE $1)
+         ORDER BY m.updated_at DESC
+         LIMIT $2 OFFSET $3
+        "#,
+    )
+    .bind(&search_pat)
+    .bind(limit)
+    .bind(offset)
+    .fetch_all(pool)
+    .await?;
+
+    let total: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar(
+        r#"
+        SELECT COUNT(*) FROM mangas m
+         WHERE m.cover_image_path IS NULL
+           AND EXISTS (
+               SELECT 1 FROM manga_sources ms
+                WHERE ms.manga_id = m.id AND ms.dropped_at IS NULL
+           )
+           AND ($1::text IS NULL OR m.title ILIKE $1)
+        "#,
+    )
+    .bind(&search_pat)
+    .fetch_one(pool)
+    .await?;
+
+    Ok((items, total))
+}
+
+/// Scope of a dead-job requeue.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum RequeueScope {
+    /// Every dead job.
+    All,
+    /// Dead jobs whose chapter belongs to this manga.
+    Manga(Uuid),
+    /// Dead jobs for a single chapter.
+    Chapter(Uuid),
+    /// A single dead job by its id.
+    Job(Uuid),
+}
+
+/// Requeue dead jobs back to `pending` with a fresh attempt budget. This is
+/// an explicit operator override, so it bypasses the dead-letter quarantine
+/// the enqueue helpers honour (we act directly on the row). Returns the
+/// number of rows requeued.
+///
+/// Two invariants protect the partial unique dedup index
+/// `crawler_jobs_chapter_content_dedup_idx` (one `pending|running`
+/// sync_chapter_content job per chapter):
+///   1. A chapter that already has a live (`pending|running`) job is
+///      skipped entirely (`NO_LIVE_DUP`).
+///   2. When a chapter has *multiple* dead jobs, only the newest is
+///      revived (`DISTINCT ON` the chapter key) — without this, flipping
+///      two dead rows for the same chapter to `pending` in one statement
+///      would violate the index and abort the whole requeue. Non-chapter
+///      jobs fall back to their row id so each stays distinct.
+pub async fn requeue_dead_jobs(pool: &PgPool, scope: RequeueScope) -> sqlx::Result<u64> {
+    // Scope predicate spliced into the `pick` CTE. Only compile-time
+    // literals are interpolated; all values are bound below.
+    let scope_pred: &str = match scope {
+        RequeueScope::All => "",
+        RequeueScope::Manga(_) => {
+            "AND (cj.payload->>'chapter_id')::uuid IN \
+             (SELECT id FROM chapters WHERE manga_id = $1)"
+        }
+        RequeueScope::Chapter(_) => "AND (cj.payload->>'chapter_id')::uuid = $1",
+        RequeueScope::Job(_) => "AND cj.id = $1",
+    };
+
+    let sql = format!(
+        r#"
+        WITH pick AS (
+            SELECT DISTINCT ON (COALESCE(cj.payload->>'chapter_id', cj.id::text)) cj.id
+              FROM crawler_jobs cj
+             WHERE cj.state = 'dead'
+               {scope_pred}
+               AND NOT EXISTS (
+                   SELECT 1 FROM crawler_jobs live
+                    WHERE live.payload->>'kind' = 'sync_chapter_content'
+                      AND live.payload->>'chapter_id' = cj.payload->>'chapter_id'
+                      AND live.state IN ('pending','running')
+               )
+             ORDER BY COALESCE(cj.payload->>'chapter_id', cj.id::text), cj.updated_at DESC
+        )
+        UPDATE crawler_jobs
+           SET state = 'pending', attempts = 0, leased_until = NULL,
+               last_error = NULL, scheduled_at = now(), updated_at = now()
+          FROM pick
+         WHERE crawler_jobs.id = pick.id
+        "#
+    );
+
+    let mut q = sqlx::query(&sql);
+    match scope {
+        RequeueScope::All => {}
+        RequeueScope::Manga(id) | RequeueScope::Chapter(id) | RequeueScope::Job(id) => {
+            q = q.bind(id);
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(q.execute(pool).await?.rows_affected())
+}
+
+/// Count crawler jobs grouped by state — drives the dashboard queue
+/// gauges. Returns `(pending, running, dead)`.
+pub async fn job_state_counts(pool: &PgPool) -> sqlx::Result<(i64, i64, i64)> {
+    let rows: Vec<(String, i64)> =
+        sqlx::query_as("SELECT state, COUNT(*) FROM crawler_jobs GROUP BY state")
+            .fetch_all(pool)
+            .await?;
+    let mut pending = 0;
+    let mut running = 0;
+    let mut dead = 0;
+    for (state, n) in rows {
+        match state.as_str() {
+            "pending" => pending = n,
+            "running" => running = n,
+            "dead" => dead = n,
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    Ok((pending, running, dead))
+}
+

backend/tests/api_admin_crawler.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,344 @@
+//! Integration tests for the admin crawler observability/control API.
+//!
+//! The default test harness wires `AppState.crawler = None` (no daemon),
+//! so the *control* endpoints return 503 and the *read* endpoints that
+//! work off the DB (status shell, dead-jobs list/requeue) still function.
+//! This is exactly the production "daemon disabled" posture.
+
+mod common;
+
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use axum::http::StatusCode;
+use axum::Router;
+use http_body_util::BodyExt;
+use serde_json::json;
+use sqlx::PgPool;
+use tower::ServiceExt;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+use common::{body_json, get, get_with_cookie, post_json_with_cookie, register_user, harness};
+
+async fn seed_admin(pool: &PgPool, app: &Router) -> String {
+    let (username, cookie) = register_user(app).await;
+    let u = mangalord::repo::user::find_by_username(pool, &username)
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .unwrap();
+    mangalord::repo::user::set_is_admin_unchecked(pool, u.id, true)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    cookie
+}
+
+async fn seed_dead_job(pool: &PgPool, title: &str) -> Uuid {
+    let manga_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    let chapter_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    sqlx::query("INSERT INTO mangas (id, title) VALUES ($1, $2)")
+        .bind(manga_id)
+        .bind(title)
+        .execute(pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    sqlx::query("INSERT INTO chapters (id, manga_id, number) VALUES ($1, $2, 1)")
+        .bind(chapter_id)
+        .bind(manga_id)
+        .execute(pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let job_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    sqlx::query(
+        "INSERT INTO crawler_jobs (id, payload, state, attempts, last_error) \
+         VALUES ($1, $2, 'dead', 5, 'boom')",
+    )
+    .bind(job_id)
+    .bind(json!({
+        "kind": "sync_chapter_content",
+        "source_id": "target",
+        "chapter_id": chapter_id,
+        "source_chapter_key": "k",
+    }))
+    .execute(pool)
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    job_id
+}
+
+/// Seed a chapter-content job in a given state ('pending'/'running').
+async fn seed_job(pool: &PgPool, title: &str, state: &str) {
+    let manga_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    let chapter_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    sqlx::query("INSERT INTO mangas (id, title) VALUES ($1, $2)")
+        .bind(manga_id)
+        .bind(title)
+        .execute(pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    sqlx::query("INSERT INTO chapters (id, manga_id, number) VALUES ($1, $2, 1)")
+        .bind(chapter_id)
+        .bind(manga_id)
+        .execute(pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    sqlx::query("INSERT INTO crawler_jobs (id, payload, state) VALUES ($1, $2, $3)")
+        .bind(Uuid::new_v4())
+        .bind(json!({
+            "kind": "sync_chapter_content",
+            "source_id": "target",
+            "chapter_id": chapter_id,
+            "source_chapter_key": "k",
+        }))
+        .bind(state)
+        .execute(pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+}
+
+/// Seed a manga with no cover + a live source row (queued for cover fetch).
+async fn seed_missing_cover(pool: &PgPool, title: &str) {
+    let manga_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    sqlx::query("INSERT INTO mangas (id, title, cover_image_path) VALUES ($1, $2, NULL)")
+        .bind(manga_id)
+        .bind(title)
+        .execute(pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    sqlx::query("INSERT INTO sources (id, name, base_url) VALUES ('target','T','http://x') ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING")
+        .execute(pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    sqlx::query(
+        "INSERT INTO manga_sources (source_id, source_manga_key, manga_id, source_url) \
+         VALUES ('target', $1, $2, 'http://x/m')",
+    )
+    .bind(format!("k-{manga_id}"))
+    .bind(manga_id)
+    .execute(pool)
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn active_jobs_and_covers_lists_over_http(pool: PgPool) {
+    seed_job(&pool, "Naruto", "pending").await;
+    seed_job(&pool, "Bleach", "running").await;
+    seed_missing_cover(&pool, "One Piece").await;
+    let h = harness(pool.clone());
+    let cookie = seed_admin(&pool, &h.app).await;
+
+    // Queued/active chapters.
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(get_with_cookie("/api/v1/admin/crawler/active-jobs", &cookie))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+    let body = body_json(resp).await;
+    assert_eq!(body["page"]["total"], 2);
+
+    // Queued covers.
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(get_with_cookie("/api/v1/admin/crawler/covers", &cookie))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+    let body = body_json(resp).await;
+    assert_eq!(body["page"]["total"], 1);
+    assert_eq!(body["items"][0]["manga_title"], "One Piece");
+
+    // Both are admin-gated.
+    let (_u, plain) = register_user(&h.app).await;
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(get_with_cookie("/api/v1/admin/crawler/active-jobs", &plain))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::FORBIDDEN);
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn get_status_requires_admin(pool: PgPool) {
+    let h = harness(pool);
+    // Unauthenticated → 401.
+    let resp = h.app.clone().oneshot(get("/api/v1/admin/crawler")).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED);
+
+    // Authenticated non-admin → 403.
+    let (_u, cookie) = register_user(&h.app).await;
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(get_with_cookie("/api/v1/admin/crawler", &cookie))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::FORBIDDEN);
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn get_status_reports_disabled_daemon_with_queue_counts(pool: PgPool) {
+    seed_dead_job(&pool, "Naruto").await;
+    let h = harness(pool.clone());
+    let cookie = seed_admin(&pool, &h.app).await;
+
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(get_with_cookie("/api/v1/admin/crawler", &cookie))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+    let body = body_json(resp).await;
+    assert_eq!(body["daemon"], "disabled");
+    assert_eq!(body["queue"]["dead"], 1);
+    assert_eq!(body["browser"], "down");
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn control_endpoints_return_503_when_daemon_disabled(pool: PgPool) {
+    let h = harness(pool.clone());
+    let cookie = seed_admin(&pool, &h.app).await;
+    for uri in [
+        "/api/v1/admin/crawler/run",
+        "/api/v1/admin/crawler/browser/restart",
+        "/api/v1/admin/crawler/session/clear-expired",
+    ] {
+        let resp = h
+            .app
+            .clone()
+            .oneshot(post_json_with_cookie(uri, json!({}), &cookie))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            resp.status(),
+            StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
+            "{uri} should be 503 when daemon disabled"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn status_stream_requires_admin(pool: PgPool) {
+    let h = harness(pool);
+    // Unauthenticated → 401.
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(get("/api/v1/admin/crawler/stream"))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED);
+    // Non-admin → 403.
+    let (_u, cookie) = register_user(&h.app).await;
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(get_with_cookie("/api/v1/admin/crawler/stream", &cookie))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::FORBIDDEN);
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn status_stream_emits_initial_event(pool: PgPool) {
+    let h = harness(pool.clone());
+    let cookie = seed_admin(&pool, &h.app).await;
+
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(get_with_cookie("/api/v1/admin/crawler/stream", &cookie))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+    let ct = resp
+        .headers()
+        .get(axum::http::header::CONTENT_TYPE)
+        .and_then(|v| v.to_str().ok())
+        .unwrap_or_default()
+        .to_string();
+    assert!(ct.starts_with("text/event-stream"), "content-type was {ct:?}");
+
+    // Accumulate frames (the immediate snapshot may arrive split across
+    // frames) until the status payload appears, with an overall timeout so
+    // the never-ending stream can't hang the test.
+    let mut body = resp.into_body();
+    let mut acc = String::new();
+    let deadline = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), async {
+        loop {
+            let Some(frame) = body.frame().await else { break };
+            if let Ok(data) = frame.expect("frame ok").into_data() {
+                acc.push_str(&String::from_utf8_lossy(&data));
+                if acc.contains("\"daemon\"") {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    })
+    .await;
+    assert!(deadline.is_ok(), "did not receive status within 5s; got: {acc:?}");
+    assert!(acc.contains("\"daemon\""), "missing status payload: {acc}");
+    assert!(acc.contains("status"), "missing SSE event name: {acc}");
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn mutating_endpoints_reject_non_admin(pool: PgPool) {
+    let h = harness(pool);
+    // A logged-in non-admin must be forbidden from a mutating endpoint.
+    let (_u, cookie) = register_user(&h.app).await;
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(post_json_with_cookie(
+            "/api/v1/admin/crawler/dead-jobs/requeue",
+            json!({ "scope": "all" }),
+            &cookie,
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::FORBIDDEN);
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn dead_jobs_list_and_requeue_over_http(pool: PgPool) {
+    let job_id = seed_dead_job(&pool, "Bleach").await;
+    let h = harness(pool.clone());
+    let cookie = seed_admin(&pool, &h.app).await;
+
+    // List.
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(get_with_cookie("/api/v1/admin/crawler/dead-jobs", &cookie))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+    let body = body_json(resp).await;
+    assert_eq!(body["page"]["total"], 1);
+    assert_eq!(body["items"][0]["manga_title"], "Bleach");
+
+    // Requeue the single job.
+    let resp = h
+        .app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(post_json_with_cookie(
+            "/api/v1/admin/crawler/dead-jobs/requeue",
+            json!({ "scope": "job", "job_id": job_id }),
+            &cookie,
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+    let body = body_json(resp).await;
+    assert_eq!(body["requeued"], 1);
+
+    let state: String = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT state FROM crawler_jobs WHERE id = $1")
+        .bind(job_id)
+        .fetch_one(&pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(state, "pending");
+}

backend/tests/api_admin_role.rs

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ fn admin_test_router(pool: PgPool) -> (Router, TempDir) {
         upload: UploadConfig::default(),
         auth_limiter,
         resync: None,
+        crawler: None,
     };
     let app = Router::new()
         .nest("/api/v1", api::routes())

backend/tests/common/mod.rs

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ fn harness_with_auth_config(
         // handlers return 503 in this config. Tests that need a stub
         // resync service swap it in via `harness_with_resync`.
         resync: None,
+        crawler: None,
     };
     Harness { app: router(state), _storage_dir: storage_dir }
 }
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ pub fn harness_with_resync(
         },
         auth_limiter,
         resync: Some(resync),
+        crawler: None,
     };
     Harness {
         app: router(state),

backend/tests/crawler_daemon.rs

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ fn make_cfg(
         tz: Tz::UTC,
         retention_days: 7,
         session_expired,
+        status: mangalord::crawler::status::StatusHandle::new(workers),
+        job_timeout: Duration::from_secs(60),
         extra_tasks: Vec::new(),
     }
 }
@@ -88,6 +90,52 @@ impl ChapterDispatcher for PanickingDispatcher {
     }
 }
 
+/// Never completes — used to verify the worker's outer dispatch timeout.
+struct HangingDispatcher {
+    seen: AtomicUsize,
+}
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl ChapterDispatcher for HangingDispatcher {
+    async fn dispatch(&self, _payload: JobPayload) -> anyhow::Result<SyncOutcome> {
+        self.seen.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel);
+        std::future::pending::<()>().await;
+        unreachable!("hanging dispatcher never resolves");
+    }
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn worker_times_out_a_hung_dispatch_and_acks_failed(pool: PgPool) {
+    enqueue_chapter_job(&pool).await;
+    let dispatcher = Arc::new(HangingDispatcher {
+        seen: AtomicUsize::new(0),
+    });
+    let session_expired = Arc::new(std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let cancel = CancellationToken::new();
+    let mut cfg = make_cfg(None, dispatcher.clone(), session_expired, 1);
+    cfg.job_timeout = Duration::from_millis(300);
+    let handle = daemon::spawn(pool.clone(), cancel.clone(), cfg);
+
+    // The hung job should time out and return to pending with backoff
+    // (attempts=1 < max=5). Poll for the recorded error.
+    let mut timed_out = false;
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        let n: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM crawler_jobs WHERE last_error = 'dispatch timed out'",
+        )
+        .fetch_one(&pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        if n == 1 {
+            timed_out = true;
+            break;
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
+    }
+    handle.shutdown().await;
+    assert!(timed_out, "hung dispatch must be acked failed with a timeout error");
+    assert!(dispatcher.seen.load(Ordering::Acquire) >= 1);
+}
+
 #[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
 async fn workers_drain_jobs_through_dispatcher(pool: PgPool) {
     enqueue_chapter_job(&pool).await;

backend/tests/crawler_dead_jobs.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+//! Integration tests for the dead-letter admin queries in
+//! `repo::crawler`: listing dead jobs with manga/chapter context and the
+//! scoped requeue (all / per-manga / single) used by the admin dashboard.
+
+use mangalord::repo::crawler::{self, RequeueScope};
+use serde_json::json;
+use sqlx::PgPool;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+/// Seed a manga with no cover + a live source row (so it's "queued for a
+/// cover fetch"). Returns the manga id.
+async fn seed_missing_cover(pool: &PgPool, title: &str) -> Uuid {
+    let manga_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    sqlx::query("INSERT INTO mangas (id, title, cover_image_path) VALUES ($1, $2, NULL)")
+        .bind(manga_id)
+        .bind(title)
+        .execute(pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    sqlx::query("INSERT INTO sources (id, name, base_url) VALUES ('target', 'T', 'http://x') ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING")
+        .execute(pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    sqlx::query(
+        "INSERT INTO manga_sources (source_id, source_manga_key, manga_id, source_url) \
+         VALUES ('target', $1, $2, 'http://x/m')",
+    )
+    .bind(format!("k-{manga_id}"))
+    .bind(manga_id)
+    .execute(pool)
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    manga_id
+}
+
+/// Seed a manga + chapter and return their ids.
+async fn seed_chapter(pool: &PgPool, title: &str, number: i32) -> (Uuid, Uuid) {
+    let manga_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    let chapter_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    sqlx::query("INSERT INTO mangas (id, title) VALUES ($1, $2)")
+        .bind(manga_id)
+        .bind(title)
+        .execute(pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    sqlx::query("INSERT INTO chapters (id, manga_id, number) VALUES ($1, $2, $3)")
+        .bind(chapter_id)
+        .bind(manga_id)
+        .bind(number)
+        .execute(pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    (manga_id, chapter_id)
+}
+
+/// Insert a crawler_jobs row in a given state for a chapter-content job.
+async fn insert_job(pool: &PgPool, chapter_id: Uuid, state: &str, attempts: i32) -> Uuid {
+    let id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    let payload = json!({
+        "kind": "sync_chapter_content",
+        "source_id": "target",
+        "chapter_id": chapter_id,
+        "source_chapter_key": "k",
+    });
+    sqlx::query(
+        "INSERT INTO crawler_jobs (id, payload, state, attempts, last_error) \
+         VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, 'boom')",
+    )
+    .bind(id)
+    .bind(payload)
+    .bind(state)
+    .bind(attempts)
+    .execute(pool)
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    id
+}
+
+async fn state_of(pool: &PgPool, id: Uuid) -> String {
+    sqlx::query_scalar::<_, String>("SELECT state FROM crawler_jobs WHERE id = $1")
+        .bind(id)
+        .fetch_one(pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn list_dead_jobs_returns_context_and_total(pool: PgPool) {
+    let (_m, c1) = seed_chapter(&pool, "Naruto", 700).await;
+    insert_job(&pool, c1, "dead", 5).await;
+    // A non-dead job must not appear.
+    let (_m2, c2) = seed_chapter(&pool, "Bleach", 1).await;
+    insert_job(&pool, c2, "pending", 0).await;
+
+    let (items, total) = crawler::list_dead_jobs(&pool, None, 50, 0).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(total, 1);
+    assert_eq!(items.len(), 1);
+    let row = &items[0];
+    assert_eq!(row.manga_title.as_deref(), Some("Naruto"));
+    assert_eq!(row.chapter_number, Some(700));
+    assert_eq!(row.attempts, 5);
+    assert_eq!(row.last_error.as_deref(), Some("boom"));
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn list_dead_jobs_filters_by_title_search(pool: PgPool) {
+    let (_m, c1) = seed_chapter(&pool, "Naruto", 700).await;
+    insert_job(&pool, c1, "dead", 5).await;
+    let (_m2, c2) = seed_chapter(&pool, "One Piece", 1).await;
+    insert_job(&pool, c2, "dead", 5).await;
+
+    let (items, total) = crawler::list_dead_jobs(&pool, Some("piece"), 50, 0)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(total, 1);
+    assert_eq!(items[0].manga_title.as_deref(), Some("One Piece"));
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn requeue_all_resets_dead_jobs_to_pending(pool: PgPool) {
+    let (_m, c1) = seed_chapter(&pool, "A", 1).await;
+    let (_m2, c2) = seed_chapter(&pool, "B", 1).await;
+    let j1 = insert_job(&pool, c1, "dead", 5).await;
+    let j2 = insert_job(&pool, c2, "dead", 5).await;
+
+    let n = crawler::requeue_dead_jobs(&pool, RequeueScope::All)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(n, 2);
+    assert_eq!(state_of(&pool, j1).await, "pending");
+    assert_eq!(state_of(&pool, j2).await, "pending");
+    let attempts: i32 = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT attempts FROM crawler_jobs WHERE id = $1")
+        .bind(j1)
+        .fetch_one(&pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(attempts, 0, "attempts reset on requeue");
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn requeue_by_manga_scopes_to_that_manga(pool: PgPool) {
+    let (m1, c1) = seed_chapter(&pool, "A", 1).await;
+    let (_m2, c2) = seed_chapter(&pool, "B", 1).await;
+    let j1 = insert_job(&pool, c1, "dead", 5).await;
+    let j2 = insert_job(&pool, c2, "dead", 5).await;
+
+    let n = crawler::requeue_dead_jobs(&pool, RequeueScope::Manga(m1))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(n, 1);
+    assert_eq!(state_of(&pool, j1).await, "pending");
+    assert_eq!(state_of(&pool, j2).await, "dead", "other manga untouched");
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn requeue_by_chapter_scopes_to_that_chapter(pool: PgPool) {
+    let (_m, c1) = seed_chapter(&pool, "A", 1).await;
+    let (_m2, c2) = seed_chapter(&pool, "A", 2).await;
+    let j1 = insert_job(&pool, c1, "dead", 5).await;
+    let j2 = insert_job(&pool, c2, "dead", 5).await;
+
+    let n = crawler::requeue_dead_jobs(&pool, RequeueScope::Chapter(c1))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(n, 1);
+    assert_eq!(state_of(&pool, j1).await, "pending");
+    assert_eq!(state_of(&pool, j2).await, "dead", "other chapter untouched");
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn requeue_single_job(pool: PgPool) {
+    let (_m, c1) = seed_chapter(&pool, "A", 1).await;
+    let (_m2, c2) = seed_chapter(&pool, "B", 1).await;
+    let j1 = insert_job(&pool, c1, "dead", 5).await;
+    let j2 = insert_job(&pool, c2, "dead", 5).await;
+
+    let n = crawler::requeue_dead_jobs(&pool, RequeueScope::Job(j1))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(n, 1);
+    assert_eq!(state_of(&pool, j1).await, "pending");
+    assert_eq!(state_of(&pool, j2).await, "dead");
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn requeue_skips_dead_when_live_job_exists_for_same_chapter(pool: PgPool) {
+    let (_m, c1) = seed_chapter(&pool, "A", 1).await;
+    let dead = insert_job(&pool, c1, "dead", 5).await;
+    // A live pending job for the SAME chapter already exists.
+    insert_job(&pool, c1, "pending", 0).await;
+
+    let n = crawler::requeue_dead_jobs(&pool, RequeueScope::All)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(n, 0, "must not resurrect a dead job that has a live counterpart");
+    assert_eq!(state_of(&pool, dead).await, "dead");
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn requeue_with_two_dead_jobs_for_one_chapter_revives_one_not_500(pool: PgPool) {
+    // Regression: two dead jobs for the SAME chapter must not both flip to
+    // pending in one statement — that would violate the partial unique
+    // dedup index and abort the whole requeue.
+    let (manga_id, c1) = seed_chapter(&pool, "A", 1).await;
+    let older = insert_job(&pool, c1, "dead", 5).await;
+    let newer = insert_job(&pool, c1, "dead", 5).await;
+    // Make `newer` unambiguously newer.
+    sqlx::query("UPDATE crawler_jobs SET updated_at = now() - interval '1 hour' WHERE id = $1")
+        .bind(older)
+        .execute(&pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    for scope in [RequeueScope::All, RequeueScope::Manga(manga_id), RequeueScope::Chapter(c1)] {
+        // Reset to two-dead before each scope variant.
+        sqlx::query("UPDATE crawler_jobs SET state = 'dead' WHERE id = ANY($1)")
+            .bind(vec![older, newer])
+            .execute(&pool)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let n = crawler::requeue_dead_jobs(&pool, scope)
+            .await
+            .expect("requeue must not error on duplicate dead jobs");
+        assert_eq!(n, 1, "exactly one dead job per chapter is revived");
+        // The newest one is the survivor; the other stays dead.
+        assert_eq!(state_of(&pool, newer).await, "pending");
+        assert_eq!(state_of(&pool, older).await, "dead");
+    }
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn list_active_jobs_returns_pending_and_running_running_first(pool: PgPool) {
+    let (_m, c1) = seed_chapter(&pool, "Naruto", 700).await;
+    let (_m2, c2) = seed_chapter(&pool, "Bleach", 10).await;
+    insert_job(&pool, c1, "pending", 0).await;
+    insert_job(&pool, c2, "running", 1).await;
+    // A dead + a done job must NOT appear.
+    let (_m3, c3) = seed_chapter(&pool, "Gone", 1).await;
+    insert_job(&pool, c3, "dead", 5).await;
+
+    let (items, total) = crawler::list_active_jobs(&pool, None, 50, 0).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(total, 2);
+    assert_eq!(items.len(), 2);
+    // Running first.
+    assert_eq!(items[0].state, "running");
+    assert_eq!(items[0].manga_title.as_deref(), Some("Bleach"));
+    assert_eq!(items[1].state, "pending");
+    assert_eq!(items[1].chapter_number, Some(700));
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn list_active_jobs_filters_by_title(pool: PgPool) {
+    let (_m, c1) = seed_chapter(&pool, "Naruto", 1).await;
+    let (_m2, c2) = seed_chapter(&pool, "One Piece", 1).await;
+    insert_job(&pool, c1, "pending", 0).await;
+    insert_job(&pool, c2, "pending", 0).await;
+    let (items, total) = crawler::list_active_jobs(&pool, Some("piece"), 50, 0)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(total, 1);
+    assert_eq!(items[0].manga_title.as_deref(), Some("One Piece"));
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn missing_covers_count_and_list(pool: PgPool) {
+    seed_missing_cover(&pool, "Naruto").await;
+    seed_missing_cover(&pool, "Bleach").await;
+    // A manga WITH a cover must not be counted.
+    let with_cover = Uuid::new_v4();
+    sqlx::query("INSERT INTO mangas (id, title, cover_image_path) VALUES ($1, 'Done', 'k.jpg')")
+        .bind(with_cover)
+        .execute(&pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(crawler::count_missing_covers(&pool).await.unwrap(), 2);
+
+    let (items, total) = crawler::list_missing_cover_mangas(&pool, None, 50, 0)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(total, 2);
+    assert_eq!(items.len(), 2);
+
+    let (items, total) = crawler::list_missing_cover_mangas(&pool, Some("naru"), 50, 0)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(total, 1);
+    assert_eq!(items[0].manga_title, "Naruto");
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn job_state_counts_groups_by_state(pool: PgPool) {
+    let (_m, c1) = seed_chapter(&pool, "A", 1).await;
+    let (_m2, c2) = seed_chapter(&pool, "B", 1).await;
+    let (_m3, c3) = seed_chapter(&pool, "C", 1).await;
+    insert_job(&pool, c1, "pending", 0).await;
+    insert_job(&pool, c2, "dead", 5).await;
+    insert_job(&pool, c3, "dead", 5).await;
+
+    let (pending, running, dead) = crawler::job_state_counts(&pool).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(pending, 1);
+    assert_eq!(running, 0);
+    assert_eq!(dead, 2);
+}

backend/tests/crawler_jobs.rs

@@ -185,6 +185,68 @@ async fn lease_marks_running_and_bumps_attempts_and_sets_leased_until(pool: PgPo
     assert!(leased_until > chrono::Utc::now());
 }
 
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn renew_extends_leased_until_while_running(pool: PgPool) {
+    let id = match jobs::enqueue(&pool, &chapter_content_payload(Uuid::new_v4()))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+    {
+        EnqueueResult::Inserted(id) => id,
+        EnqueueResult::Skipped => unreachable!(),
+    };
+
+    // Lease with a short window, then collapse leased_until to the recent
+    // past so the renew is unambiguously an extension.
+    let leases = jobs::lease(&pool, None, 1, Duration::from_secs(5))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(leases.len(), 1);
+    sqlx::query("UPDATE crawler_jobs SET leased_until = now() - interval '1 second' WHERE id = $1")
+        .bind(id)
+        .execute(&pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let still_owned = jobs::renew(&pool, id, Duration::from_secs(120))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(still_owned, "renew on a running job returns true");
+
+    let leased_until: chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc> =
+        sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT leased_until FROM crawler_jobs WHERE id = $1")
+            .bind(id)
+            .fetch_one(&pool)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        leased_until > chrono::Utc::now() + chrono::Duration::seconds(60),
+        "leased_until pushed ~120s into the future"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(job_state(&pool, id).await, "running");
+}
+
+#[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
+async fn renew_is_noop_once_job_no_longer_running(pool: PgPool) {
+    let id = match jobs::enqueue(&pool, &chapter_content_payload(Uuid::new_v4()))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+    {
+        EnqueueResult::Inserted(id) => id,
+        EnqueueResult::Skipped => unreachable!(),
+    };
+    let leases = jobs::lease(&pool, None, 1, Duration::from_secs(60))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    // Job completes — heartbeat should now see it's no longer ours.
+    jobs::ack_done(&pool, leases[0].id).await.unwrap();
+
+    let still_owned = jobs::renew(&pool, id, Duration::from_secs(120))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(!still_owned, "renew on a non-running job returns false");
+    assert_eq!(job_state(&pool, id).await, "done");
+}
+
 #[sqlx::test(migrations = "./migrations")]
 async fn lease_with_kind_filter_only_matches_that_kind(pool: PgPool) {
     let manga_id = match jobs::enqueue(&pool, &sync_manga_payload("foo"))

backend/tests/repo_chapter.rs

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ async fn dispatch_target_prefers_most_recent_live_source(pool: PgPool) {
         seed_chapter_with_two_live_sources(&pool).await;
 
     let row = dispatch_target(&pool, chapter_id).await.unwrap();
-    let (_manga_id, source_url) =
+    let (_manga_id, source_url, _title, _number) =
         row.expect("two live sources should yield a dispatch target");
     assert_eq!(
         source_url, new_url,
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ async fn dispatch_target_skips_dropped_sources(pool: PgPool) {
     .unwrap();
 
     let row = dispatch_target(&pool, chapter_id).await.unwrap();
-    let (_manga_id, source_url) =
+    let (_manga_id, source_url, _title, _number) =
         row.expect("a single live source should still yield a dispatch target");
     assert!(
         source_url != new_url,

frontend/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mangalord-frontend",
-  "version": "0.52.0",
+  "version": "0.54.0",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {

frontend/src/lib/api/admin.test.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,17 @@ import {
     listAdminChapters,
     getSystemStats,
     resyncManga,
-    resyncChapter
+    resyncChapter,
+    getCrawlerStatus,
+    crawlerStatusStreamUrl,
+    runCrawlerPass,
+    restartCrawlerBrowser,
+    updateCrawlerSession,
+    clearCrawlerSessionExpired,
+    listDeadJobs,
+    requeueDeadJobs,
+    listActiveJobs,
+    listMissingCovers
 } from './admin';
 
 function ok(body: unknown, status = 200): Response {
@@ -329,3 +339,126 @@ describe('admin api client', () => {
         expect(got.pages).toBeNull();
     });
 });
+
+describe('admin crawler api client', () => {
+    let fetchSpy: MockInstance<typeof globalThis.fetch>;
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        fetchSpy = vi.spyOn(globalThis, 'fetch');
+    });
+    afterEach(() => {
+        vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    });
+
+    const statusFixture = {
+        daemon: 'running',
+        phase: { state: 'fetching_metadata', index: 3, total: 10, title: 'One Piece' },
+        worker_count: 2,
+        active_chapters: [
+            {
+                manga_id: 'm-1',
+                manga_title: 'Bleach',
+                chapter_id: 'c-1',
+                chapter_number: 12,
+                pages_done: 4,
+                pages_total: 20
+            }
+        ],
+        current_cover: { manga_id: 'm-2', manga_title: 'Naruto' },
+        covers_queued: 7,
+        last_pass: { at: null, discovered: 0, upserted: 0, covers_fetched: 0, mangas_failed: 0 },
+        session: { expired: false, configured: true },
+        browser: 'healthy',
+        queue: { pending: 2, running: 1, dead: 4 }
+    };
+
+    it('crawlerStatusStreamUrl points at the SSE endpoint under the API base', () => {
+        expect(crawlerStatusStreamUrl()).toMatch(/\/v1\/admin\/crawler\/stream$/);
+    });
+
+    it('getCrawlerStatus GETs /v1/admin/crawler with live chapter/cover fields', async () => {
+        fetchSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(ok(statusFixture));
+        const s = await getCrawlerStatus();
+        expect(s.queue.dead).toBe(4);
+        expect(s.phase?.state).toBe('fetching_metadata');
+        expect(s.active_chapters[0].pages_done).toBe(4);
+        expect(s.active_chapters[0].pages_total).toBe(20);
+        expect(s.current_cover?.manga_title).toBe('Naruto');
+        expect(s.covers_queued).toBe(7);
+        const url = fetchSpy.mock.calls[0][0] as string;
+        expect(url).toMatch(/\/v1\/admin\/crawler$/);
+    });
+
+    it('listActiveJobs GETs /v1/admin/crawler/active-jobs with search', async () => {
+        fetchSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(
+            ok({ items: [], page: { limit: 20, offset: 0, total: 0 } })
+        );
+        await listActiveJobs({ search: 'bleach' });
+        const url = fetchSpy.mock.calls[0][0] as string;
+        expect(url).toMatch(/\/v1\/admin\/crawler\/active-jobs\?/);
+        expect(url).toContain('search=bleach');
+    });
+
+    it('listMissingCovers GETs /v1/admin/crawler/covers', async () => {
+        fetchSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(
+            ok({ items: [{ manga_id: 'm-1', manga_title: 'X' }], page: { limit: 20, offset: 0, total: 1 } })
+        );
+        const r = await listMissingCovers();
+        expect(r.items[0].manga_title).toBe('X');
+        expect(fetchSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatch(/\/v1\/admin\/crawler\/covers$/);
+    });
+
+    it('runCrawlerPass POSTs /v1/admin/crawler/run', async () => {
+        fetchSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(ok({ started: true }));
+        const r = await runCrawlerPass();
+        expect(r.started).toBe(true);
+        const init = fetchSpy.mock.calls[0][1] as RequestInit;
+        expect(init.method).toBe('POST');
+        expect(fetchSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatch(/\/v1\/admin\/crawler\/run$/);
+    });
+
+    it('restartCrawlerBrowser POSTs the restart endpoint', async () => {
+        fetchSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(ok({ ok: true, error: null }));
+        const r = await restartCrawlerBrowser();
+        expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+        expect(fetchSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatch(/\/v1\/admin\/crawler\/browser\/restart$/);
+    });
+
+    it('updateCrawlerSession POSTs the phpsessid body', async () => {
+        fetchSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(ok({ valid: true, error: null }));
+        const r = await updateCrawlerSession('abc123');
+        expect(r.valid).toBe(true);
+        const init = fetchSpy.mock.calls[0][1] as RequestInit;
+        expect(init.method).toBe('POST');
+        expect(JSON.parse(init.body as string)).toEqual({ phpsessid: 'abc123' });
+    });
+
+    it('clearCrawlerSessionExpired POSTs clear-expired', async () => {
+        fetchSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(ok({ cleared: true }));
+        const r = await clearCrawlerSessionExpired();
+        expect(r.cleared).toBe(true);
+        expect(fetchSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatch(/\/v1\/admin\/crawler\/session\/clear-expired$/);
+    });
+
+    it('listDeadJobs forwards search + pagination', async () => {
+        fetchSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(
+            ok({ items: [], page: { limit: 20, offset: 20, total: 0 } })
+        );
+        await listDeadJobs({ search: 'naruto', limit: 20, offset: 20 });
+        const url = fetchSpy.mock.calls[0][0] as string;
+        expect(url).toContain('search=naruto');
+        expect(url).toContain('offset=20');
+    });
+
+    it('requeueDeadJobs POSTs the scope body', async () => {
+        fetchSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(ok({ requeued: 3 }));
+        const r = await requeueDeadJobs({ scope: 'manga', manga_id: 'm-9' });
+        expect(r.requeued).toBe(3);
+        const init = fetchSpy.mock.calls[0][1] as RequestInit;
+        expect(JSON.parse(init.body as string)).toEqual({ scope: 'manga', manga_id: 'm-9' });
+    });
+
+    it('surfaces a 503 as ApiError', async () => {
+        fetchSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(envelope(503, 'service_unavailable', 'disabled'));
+        await expect(runCrawlerPass()).rejects.toMatchObject({ status: 503 });
+    });
+});

frontend/src/lib/api/admin.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // won't reach these routes). 403s thrown here propagate up to the
 // /admin layout, which renders the framework error page.
 
-import { request, type Page } from './client';
+import { request, apiUrl, type Page } from './client';
 import type { User } from './auth';
 import type { MangaDetail } from './mangas';
 import type { Chapter } from './chapters';
@@ -214,3 +214,172 @@ export async function resyncChapter(id: string): Promise<ChapterResyncResponse>
         { method: 'POST' }
     );
 }
+
+// ---- crawler observability + control ---------------------------------------
+
+/** Current daemon activity. Discriminated on `state`. */
+export type CrawlerPhase =
+    | { state: 'idle'; next_fire: string | null }
+    | { state: 'walking_list' }
+    | { state: 'fetching_metadata'; index: number; total: number | null; title: string }
+    | { state: 'cover_backfill'; index: number; total: number };
+
+/** A chapter being crawled right now, with a live page count. */
+export type ActiveChapter = {
+    manga_id: string;
+    manga_title: string;
+    chapter_id: string;
+    chapter_number: number;
+    pages_done: number;
+    pages_total: number | null;
+};
+
+export type CrawlerLastPass = {
+    at: string | null;
+    discovered: number;
+    upserted: number;
+    covers_fetched: number;
+    mangas_failed: number;
+};
+
+export type CrawlerStatus = {
+    daemon: 'running' | 'disabled';
+    phase: CrawlerPhase | null;
+    worker_count: number;
+    active_chapters: ActiveChapter[];
+    current_cover: { manga_id: string; manga_title: string } | null;
+    covers_queued: number;
+    last_pass: CrawlerLastPass;
+    session: { expired: boolean; configured: boolean };
+    browser: 'healthy' | 'draining' | 'restarting' | 'down';
+    queue: { pending: number; running: number; dead: number };
+};
+
+export async function getCrawlerStatus(): Promise<CrawlerStatus> {
+    return request<CrawlerStatus>('/v1/admin/crawler');
+}
+
+/** URL of the Server-Sent Events live-status stream. Open with
+ *  `new EventSource(...)` while the crawler page is mounted and close it on
+ *  navigate-away so the subscription is scoped to the active page. Each
+ *  message is a named `status` event whose `data` is a {@link CrawlerStatus}. */
+export function crawlerStatusStreamUrl(): string {
+    return apiUrl('/v1/admin/crawler/stream');
+}
+
+/** POST /v1/admin/crawler/run — trigger an out-of-cycle metadata pass. */
+export async function runCrawlerPass(): Promise<{ started: boolean }> {
+    return request('/v1/admin/crawler/run', { method: 'POST' });
+}
+
+/** POST /v1/admin/crawler/browser/restart — coordinated Chromium restart. */
+export async function restartCrawlerBrowser(): Promise<{ ok: boolean; error: string | null }> {
+    return request('/v1/admin/crawler/browser/restart', { method: 'POST' });
+}
+
+/** POST /v1/admin/crawler/session — refresh PHPSESSID and re-probe. */
+export async function updateCrawlerSession(
+    phpsessid: string
+): Promise<{ valid: boolean; error: string | null }> {
+    return request('/v1/admin/crawler/session', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ phpsessid })
+    });
+}
+
+/** POST /v1/admin/crawler/session/clear-expired — resume idled workers. */
+export async function clearCrawlerSessionExpired(): Promise<{ cleared: boolean }> {
+    return request('/v1/admin/crawler/session/clear-expired', { method: 'POST' });
+}
+
+export type DeadJob = {
+    id: string;
+    kind: string;
+    chapter_id: string | null;
+    manga_id: string | null;
+    manga_title: string | null;
+    chapter_number: number | null;
+    attempts: number;
+    max_attempts: number;
+    last_error: string | null;
+    updated_at: string;
+};
+
+export type DeadJobsPage = { items: DeadJob[]; page: Page };
+
+export async function listDeadJobs(opts?: {
+    search?: string;
+    limit?: number;
+    offset?: number;
+}): Promise<DeadJobsPage> {
+    const params = new URLSearchParams();
+    if (opts?.search) params.set('search', opts.search);
+    if (opts?.limit != null) params.set('limit', String(opts.limit));
+    if (opts?.offset != null) params.set('offset', String(opts.offset));
+    const qs = params.toString();
+    return request<DeadJobsPage>(`/v1/admin/crawler/dead-jobs${qs ? `?${qs}` : ''}`);
+}
+
+/** Requeue scope: all dead jobs, one manga's, one chapter's, or a single job. */
+export type RequeueScope =
+    | { scope: 'all' }
+    | { scope: 'manga'; manga_id: string }
+    | { scope: 'chapter'; chapter_id: string }
+    | { scope: 'job'; job_id: string };
+
+export async function requeueDeadJobs(scope: RequeueScope): Promise<{ requeued: number }> {
+    return request('/v1/admin/crawler/dead-jobs/requeue', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify(scope)
+    });
+}
+
+/** A queued/running chapter-content job (which chapters are queued). */
+export type ActiveJob = {
+    id: string;
+    chapter_id: string | null;
+    manga_id: string | null;
+    manga_title: string | null;
+    chapter_number: number | null;
+    state: 'pending' | 'running';
+    attempts: number;
+    max_attempts: number;
+    updated_at: string;
+};
+
+export type ActiveJobsPage = { items: ActiveJob[]; page: Page };
+
+/** GET /v1/admin/crawler/active-jobs — which chapters of which mangas are
+ *  queued or running now. */
+export async function listActiveJobs(opts?: {
+    search?: string;
+    limit?: number;
+    offset?: number;
+}): Promise<ActiveJobsPage> {
+    const params = new URLSearchParams();
+    if (opts?.search) params.set('search', opts.search);
+    if (opts?.limit != null) params.set('limit', String(opts.limit));
+    if (opts?.offset != null) params.set('offset', String(opts.offset));
+    const qs = params.toString();
+    return request<ActiveJobsPage>(`/v1/admin/crawler/active-jobs${qs ? `?${qs}` : ''}`);
+}
+
+/** A manga queued for a cover fetch (no cover yet + a live source). */
+export type MissingCover = { manga_id: string; manga_title: string };
+export type MissingCoversPage = { items: MissingCover[]; page: Page };
+
+/** GET /v1/admin/crawler/covers — which manga covers are queued. */
+export async function listMissingCovers(opts?: {
+    search?: string;
+    limit?: number;
+    offset?: number;
+}): Promise<MissingCoversPage> {
+    const params = new URLSearchParams();
+    if (opts?.search) params.set('search', opts.search);
+    if (opts?.limit != null) params.set('limit', String(opts.limit));
+    if (opts?.offset != null) params.set('offset', String(opts.offset));
+    const qs = params.toString();
+    return request<MissingCoversPage>(`/v1/admin/crawler/covers${qs ? `?${qs}` : ''}`);
+}

frontend/src/lib/api/client.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ export function fileUrl(key: string): string {
     return `${BASE}/v1/files/${key}`;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Builds an API URL for non-`fetch` consumers (e.g. `EventSource` for SSE),
+ * applying the same `VITE_API_BASE` prefix as `request()`. `path` is the
+ * route after the base, e.g. `/v1/admin/crawler/stream`.
+ */
+export function apiUrl(path: string): string {
+    return `${BASE}${path}`;
+}
+
 export class ApiError extends Error {
     constructor(
         public readonly status: number,

frontend/src/routes/admin/+layout.svelte

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
         { href: '/admin', label: 'Overview' },
         { href: '/admin/users', label: 'Users' },
         { href: '/admin/mangas', label: 'Mangas' },
+        { href: '/admin/crawler', label: 'Crawler' },
         { href: '/admin/system', label: 'System' }
     ];
 </script>

frontend/src/routes/admin/crawler/+page.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,838 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    import { onMount, onDestroy } from 'svelte';
+    import Modal from '$lib/components/Modal.svelte';
+    import Pager from '$lib/components/Pager.svelte';
+    import {
+        getCrawlerStatus,
+        crawlerStatusStreamUrl,
+        runCrawlerPass,
+        restartCrawlerBrowser,
+        updateCrawlerSession,
+        clearCrawlerSessionExpired,
+        listDeadJobs,
+        requeueDeadJobs,
+        listActiveJobs,
+        listMissingCovers,
+        type CrawlerStatus,
+        type CrawlerPhase,
+        type DeadJob,
+        type ActiveJob,
+        type MissingCover,
+        type RequeueScope
+    } from '$lib/api/admin';
+
+    let status: CrawlerStatus | null = $state(null);
+    let error: string | null = $state(null);
+    let notice: string | null = $state(null);
+    let live = $state(false);
+    let source: EventSource | null = null;
+    let busy = $state(false);
+
+    // Dead jobs
+    let deadJobs: DeadJob[] = $state([]);
+    let deadTotal = $state(0);
+    let deadSearch = $state('');
+    let deadPage = $state(1);
+    const DEAD_LIMIT = 20;
+
+    // Queued chapters (pending/running)
+    let activeJobs: ActiveJob[] = $state([]);
+    let activeTotal = $state(0);
+    let activeSearch = $state('');
+    let activePage = $state(1);
+    const ACTIVE_LIMIT = 20;
+
+    // Queued covers (mangas missing a cover)
+    let covers: MissingCover[] = $state([]);
+    let coversTotal = $state(0);
+    let coversSearch = $state('');
+    let coversPage = $state(1);
+    const COVERS_LIMIT = 20;
+
+    // Modals
+    let sessionModalOpen = $state(false);
+    let restartModalOpen = $state(false);
+    let phpsessid = $state('');
+    let sessionResult: string | null = $state(null);
+
+    async function refresh() {
+        try {
+            status = await getCrawlerStatus();
+            error = null;
+        } catch (e) {
+            error = e instanceof Error ? e.message : 'refresh failed';
+        }
+    }
+
+    async function loadDeadJobs() {
+        try {
+            const resp = await listDeadJobs({
+                search: deadSearch.trim() || undefined,
+                limit: DEAD_LIMIT,
+                offset: (deadPage - 1) * DEAD_LIMIT
+            });
+            deadJobs = resp.items;
+            deadTotal = resp.page.total ?? resp.items.length;
+        } catch (e) {
+            error = e instanceof Error ? e.message : 'failed to load dead jobs';
+        }
+    }
+
+    async function loadActiveJobs() {
+        try {
+            const resp = await listActiveJobs({
+                search: activeSearch.trim() || undefined,
+                limit: ACTIVE_LIMIT,
+                offset: (activePage - 1) * ACTIVE_LIMIT
+            });
+            activeJobs = resp.items;
+            activeTotal = resp.page.total ?? resp.items.length;
+        } catch (e) {
+            error = e instanceof Error ? e.message : 'failed to load queued chapters';
+        }
+    }
+
+    async function loadCovers() {
+        try {
+            const resp = await listMissingCovers({
+                search: coversSearch.trim() || undefined,
+                limit: COVERS_LIMIT,
+                offset: (coversPage - 1) * COVERS_LIMIT
+            });
+            covers = resp.items;
+            coversTotal = resp.page.total ?? resp.items.length;
+        } catch (e) {
+            error = e instanceof Error ? e.message : 'failed to load queued covers';
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Auto-refresh the (fetched, not streamed) backlog lists when the live
+    // status shows the relevant counts moved — keeps the lists feeling live
+    // without pushing big payloads over SSE. `$effect` re-runs when these
+    // tracked values change.
+    let lastQueueKey = $state('');
+    let lastCoversKey = $state(-1);
+    $effect(() => {
+        const k = `${status?.queue.pending ?? 0}:${status?.queue.running ?? 0}`;
+        if (k !== lastQueueKey) {
+            lastQueueKey = k;
+            loadActiveJobs();
+        }
+    });
+    $effect(() => {
+        const c = status?.covers_queued ?? -1;
+        if (c !== lastCoversKey) {
+            lastCoversKey = c;
+            loadCovers();
+        }
+    });
+
+    // Live updates via Server-Sent Events instead of polling. The
+    // EventSource is opened on mount and closed on destroy, so the
+    // subscription exists only while this page is showing live data.
+    function openStream() {
+        const es = new EventSource(crawlerStatusStreamUrl(), { withCredentials: true });
+        es.addEventListener('status', (e) => {
+            try {
+                status = JSON.parse((e as MessageEvent).data) as CrawlerStatus;
+                error = null;
+                live = true;
+            } catch {
+                // ignore a malformed frame; the next one will replace it
+            }
+        });
+        es.onopen = () => {
+            live = true;
+        };
+        es.onerror = () => {
+            // The browser auto-reconnects; reflect the gap in the UI.
+            live = false;
+        };
+        source = es;
+    }
+
+    onMount(() => {
+        // One-shot fetch for instant initial paint + resilience if SSE is
+        // blocked; the stream then drives subsequent updates.
+        refresh();
+        loadDeadJobs();
+        openStream();
+    });
+    onDestroy(() => {
+        source?.close();
+        source = null;
+    });
+
+    async function withBusy(label: string, fn: () => Promise<void>) {
+        busy = true;
+        notice = null;
+        error = null;
+        try {
+            await fn();
+        } catch (e) {
+            error = e instanceof Error ? e.message : `${label} failed`;
+        } finally {
+            busy = false;
+            await refresh();
+        }
+    }
+
+    async function onRunPass() {
+        await withBusy('run pass', async () => {
+            await runCrawlerPass();
+            notice = 'Metadata pass started.';
+        });
+    }
+
+    async function onConfirmRestart() {
+        restartModalOpen = false;
+        await withBusy('restart browser', async () => {
+            const r = await restartCrawlerBrowser();
+            notice = r.ok ? 'Browser restarted.' : `Restart failed: ${r.error ?? 'unknown'}`;
+        });
+    }
+
+    async function onSaveSession() {
+        sessionResult = null;
+        busy = true;
+        try {
+            const r = await updateCrawlerSession(phpsessid);
+            sessionResult = r.valid
+                ? '✓ Session valid — workers resumed.'
+                : `✕ Probe failed: ${r.error ?? 'unauthenticated'}`;
+            if (r.valid) {
+                sessionModalOpen = false;
+                phpsessid = '';
+                notice = 'Session updated.';
+            }
+        } catch (e) {
+            sessionResult = e instanceof Error ? e.message : 'update failed';
+        } finally {
+            busy = false;
+            await refresh();
+        }
+    }
+
+    async function onClearExpired() {
+        await withBusy('clear expired', async () => {
+            await clearCrawlerSessionExpired();
+            notice = 'Session-expired flag cleared.';
+        });
+    }
+
+    async function requeue(scope: RequeueScope) {
+        await withBusy('requeue', async () => {
+            const r = await requeueDeadJobs(scope);
+            notice = `Requeued ${r.requeued} job(s).`;
+            await loadDeadJobs();
+        });
+    }
+
+    function onSearchDead() {
+        deadPage = 1;
+        loadDeadJobs();
+    }
+
+    function onDeadPageChange(p: number) {
+        deadPage = p;
+        loadDeadJobs();
+    }
+
+    function onSearchActive() {
+        activePage = 1;
+        loadActiveJobs();
+    }
+    function onActivePageChange(p: number) {
+        activePage = p;
+        loadActiveJobs();
+    }
+    function onSearchCovers() {
+        coversPage = 1;
+        loadCovers();
+    }
+    function onCoversPageChange(p: number) {
+        coversPage = p;
+        loadCovers();
+    }
+
+    // ---- display helpers ----
+    function phaseLabel(p: CrawlerPhase | null): string {
+        if (!p) return 'Daemon disabled';
+        switch (p.state) {
+            case 'idle':
+                return p.next_fire
+                    ? `Idle — next pass ${new Date(p.next_fire).toLocaleString()}`
+                    : 'Idle';
+            case 'walking_list':
+                return 'Walking source list';
+            case 'fetching_metadata':
+                return `Fetching metadata · ${p.index}/${p.total ?? '?'} · ${p.title}`;
+            case 'cover_backfill':
+                return `Backfilling covers · ${p.index + 1}/${p.total}`;
+        }
+    }
+
+    function phasePercent(p: CrawlerPhase | null): number | null {
+        if (p && p.state === 'fetching_metadata' && p.total && p.total > 0) {
+            return Math.min(100, (p.index / p.total) * 100);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    function sessionPill(s: CrawlerStatus): { cls: string; text: string } {
+        if (s.daemon === 'disabled') return { cls: 'badge-not_downloaded', text: 'n/a' };
+        if (s.session.expired) return { cls: 'badge-in_progress', text: 'Expired' };
+        if (!s.session.configured) return { cls: 'badge-not_downloaded', text: 'Not set' };
+        return { cls: 'badge-synced', text: 'OK' };
+    }
+
+    function browserPill(s: CrawlerStatus): { cls: string; text: string } {
+        switch (s.browser) {
+            case 'healthy':
+                return { cls: 'badge-synced', text: 'Up' };
+            case 'draining':
+            case 'restarting':
+                return { cls: 'badge-in_progress', text: s.browser };
+            default:
+                return { cls: 'badge-not_downloaded', text: 'Down' };
+        }
+    }
+
+    const deadTotalPages = $derived(Math.max(1, Math.ceil(deadTotal / DEAD_LIMIT)));
+    const activeTotalPages = $derived(Math.max(1, Math.ceil(activeTotal / ACTIVE_LIMIT)));
+    const coversTotalPages = $derived(Math.max(1, Math.ceil(coversTotal / COVERS_LIMIT)));
+
+    function chapterPercent(c: { pages_done: number; pages_total: number | null }): number | null {
+        return c.pages_total && c.pages_total > 0
+            ? Math.min(100, (c.pages_done / c.pages_total) * 100)
+            : null;
+    }
+</script>
+
+<div class="titlebar">
+    <h1>Crawler</h1>
+    <span class="livedot" class:on={live} title={live ? 'Live (SSE)' : 'Reconnecting…'}>
+        {live ? '● live' : '○ reconnecting…'}
+    </span>
+</div>
+
+{#if error}
+    <p class="error" role="alert">{error}</p>
+{/if}
+{#if notice}
+    <p class="notice" role="status">{notice}</p>
+{/if}
+
+{#if status}
+    <!-- Status hero -->
+    <section class="hero" data-testid="crawler-hero">
+        <div class="pills">
+            <span class="pill"
+                >Daemon
+                <span class={`badge ${status.daemon === 'running' ? 'badge-synced' : 'badge-not_downloaded'}`}
+                    >{status.daemon}</span
+                ></span
+            >
+            <span class="pill"
+                >Session <span class={`badge ${sessionPill(status).cls}`}>{sessionPill(status).text}</span></span
+            >
+            <span class="pill"
+                >Browser <span class={`badge ${browserPill(status).cls}`}>{browserPill(status).text}</span></span
+            >
+        </div>
+
+        <p class="phase" data-testid="crawler-phase">{phaseLabel(status.phase)}</p>
+        {#if phasePercent(status.phase) !== null}
+            {@render Bar({ percent: phasePercent(status.phase) ?? 0 })}
+        {/if}
+
+        {#if status.session.expired}
+            <p class="warn">
+                ⚠ Chapter downloads paused — session expired. Metadata + list crawl continue.
+            </p>
+        {/if}
+
+        {#if status.current_cover}
+            <p class="cover" data-testid="current-cover">
+                🖼 Fetching cover: <strong>{status.current_cover.manga_title}</strong>
+            </p>
+        {/if}
+
+        <p class="lastpass">
+            Last pass:
+            {#if status.last_pass.at}
+                {new Date(status.last_pass.at).toLocaleString()} ·
+                {status.last_pass.discovered} seen · {status.last_pass.upserted} upserted ·
+                {status.last_pass.mangas_failed} failed
+            {:else}
+                — none yet this session
+            {/if}
+        </p>
+    </section>
+
+    <!-- Controls -->
+    <section class="controls">
+        <button onclick={onRunPass} disabled={busy || status.daemon !== 'running'}
+            >Run metadata pass now</button
+        >
+        <button onclick={() => (restartModalOpen = true)} disabled={busy || status.daemon !== 'running'}
+            >Restart browser</button
+        >
+        <button onclick={() => { sessionModalOpen = true; sessionResult = null; }} disabled={busy || status.daemon !== 'running'}
+            >Manage session…</button
+        >
+        {#if status.session.expired}
+            <button onclick={onClearExpired} disabled={busy}>Clear expired flag</button>
+        {/if}
+    </section>
+
+    <!-- Queue + covers stats -->
+    <section class="grid2">
+        <article>
+            <h2>Queue</h2>
+            <dl>
+                <dt>Pending</dt>
+                <dd>{status.queue.pending}</dd>
+                <dt>Running</dt>
+                <dd>{status.queue.running}</dd>
+                <dt>Dead</dt>
+                <dd>{status.queue.dead}</dd>
+                <dt>Covers queued</dt>
+                <dd>{status.covers_queued}</dd>
+            </dl>
+        </article>
+        <article>
+            <h2>Active chapters ({status.active_chapters.length}/{status.worker_count})</h2>
+            {#if status.active_chapters.length === 0}
+                <p class="muted">idle — no chapters downloading</p>
+            {:else}
+                <table class="active">
+                    <tbody>
+                        {#each status.active_chapters as c (c.chapter_id)}
+                            <tr>
+                                <td>{c.manga_title} · ch.{c.chapter_number}</td>
+                                <td class="pagecount" data-testid="active-pages">
+                                    {c.pages_done}/{c.pages_total ?? '?'}
+                                </td>
+                                <td class="pagebar">
+                                    {#if chapterPercent(c) !== null}
+                                        {@render Bar({ percent: chapterPercent(c) ?? 0 })}
+                                    {/if}
+                                </td>
+                            </tr>
+                        {/each}
+                    </tbody>
+                </table>
+            {/if}
+        </article>
+    </section>
+{:else}
+    <p>Loading…</p>
+{/if}
+
+<!-- Queued chapters (pending/running backlog) -->
+<section class="backlog">
+    <div class="deadhead">
+        <h2>Queued chapters ({activeTotal})</h2>
+        <div class="deadtools">
+            <input
+                placeholder="Search manga…"
+                bind:value={activeSearch}
+                onkeydown={(e) => e.key === 'Enter' && onSearchActive()}
+            />
+            <button onclick={onSearchActive}>Search</button>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    {#if activeJobs.length === 0}
+        <p class="muted">No chapters queued.</p>
+    {:else}
+        <table class="dead">
+            <thead>
+                <tr>
+                    <th>Manga / Chapter</th>
+                    <th>State</th>
+                    <th>Att.</th>
+                </tr>
+            </thead>
+            <tbody>
+                {#each activeJobs as j (j.id)}
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>
+                            {j.manga_title ?? '(unknown)'}
+                            {#if j.chapter_number != null}· ch.{j.chapter_number}{/if}
+                        </td>
+                        <td>
+                            <span
+                                class={`badge ${j.state === 'running' ? 'badge-downloading' : 'badge-not_downloaded'}`}
+                                >{j.state}</span
+                            >
+                        </td>
+                        <td>{j.attempts}/{j.max_attempts}</td>
+                    </tr>
+                {/each}
+            </tbody>
+        </table>
+        <Pager page={activePage} totalPages={activeTotalPages} onChange={onActivePageChange} />
+    {/if}
+</section>
+
+<!-- Queued covers (mangas missing a cover) -->
+<section class="backlog">
+    <div class="deadhead">
+        <h2>Queued covers ({coversTotal})</h2>
+        <div class="deadtools">
+            <input
+                placeholder="Search manga…"
+                bind:value={coversSearch}
+                onkeydown={(e) => e.key === 'Enter' && onSearchCovers()}
+            />
+            <button onclick={onSearchCovers}>Search</button>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    {#if covers.length === 0}
+        <p class="muted">No covers queued 🎉</p>
+    {:else}
+        <table class="dead">
+            <thead>
+                <tr><th>Manga</th></tr>
+            </thead>
+            <tbody>
+                {#each covers as c (c.manga_id)}
+                    <tr><td>{c.manga_title}</td></tr>
+                {/each}
+            </tbody>
+        </table>
+        <Pager page={coversPage} totalPages={coversTotalPages} onChange={onCoversPageChange} />
+    {/if}
+</section>
+
+<!-- Dead jobs -->
+<section class="deadjobs">
+    <div class="deadhead">
+        <h2>Dead jobs ({deadTotal})</h2>
+        <div class="deadtools">
+            <input
+                placeholder="Search manga…"
+                bind:value={deadSearch}
+                onkeydown={(e) => e.key === 'Enter' && onSearchDead()}
+            />
+            <button onclick={onSearchDead}>Search</button>
+            <button
+                onclick={() => requeue({ scope: 'all' })}
+                disabled={busy || deadTotal === 0}>Requeue all ({deadTotal})</button
+            >
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    {#if deadJobs.length === 0}
+        <p class="muted">No dead jobs 🎉</p>
+    {:else}
+        <table class="dead">
+            <thead>
+                <tr>
+                    <th>Manga / Chapter</th>
+                    <th>Att.</th>
+                    <th>Failed</th>
+                    <th>Last error</th>
+                    <th class="actions">Action</th>
+                </tr>
+            </thead>
+            <tbody>
+                {#each deadJobs as j (j.id)}
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>
+                            {j.manga_title ?? '(unknown)'}
+                            {#if j.chapter_number != null}· ch.{j.chapter_number}{/if}
+                        </td>
+                        <td>{j.attempts}/{j.max_attempts}</td>
+                        <td>{new Date(j.updated_at).toLocaleDateString()}</td>
+                        <td class="err" title={j.last_error ?? ''}>{j.last_error ?? '—'}</td>
+                        <td class="actions">
+                            <button onclick={() => requeue({ scope: 'job', job_id: j.id })} disabled={busy}
+                                >Requeue</button
+                            >
+                            {#if j.manga_id}
+                                <button
+                                    class="secondary"
+                                    onclick={() => requeue({ scope: 'manga', manga_id: j.manga_id! })}
+                                    disabled={busy}>Manga</button
+                                >
+                            {/if}
+                        </td>
+                    </tr>
+                {/each}
+            </tbody>
+        </table>
+        <Pager page={deadPage} totalPages={deadTotalPages} onChange={onDeadPageChange} />
+    {/if}
+</section>
+
+<!-- Restart confirm modal -->
+<Modal open={restartModalOpen} title="Restart browser" onClose={() => (restartModalOpen = false)} size="sm">
+    {#snippet children()}
+        <p>This relaunches Chromium and re-injects the session cookie.</p>
+        <ul class="coord">
+            <li>In-flight jobs are allowed to finish (bounded), then forced.</li>
+            <li>New jobs pause until the relaunch completes.</li>
+            <li>The metadata pass yields at its next checkpoint.</li>
+        </ul>
+    {/snippet}
+    {#snippet footer()}
+        <button onclick={() => (restartModalOpen = false)}>Cancel</button>
+        <button class="primary" onclick={onConfirmRestart} disabled={busy}>Restart</button>
+    {/snippet}
+</Modal>
+
+<!-- Session modal -->
+<Modal open={sessionModalOpen} title="Manage crawler session" onClose={() => (sessionModalOpen = false)} size="md">
+    {#snippet children()}
+        <label for="phpsessid">PHPSESSID</label>
+        <input id="phpsessid" type="password" bind:value={phpsessid} autocomplete="off" />
+        <p class="hint">
+            Saving rewrites the cookie everywhere, persists it, restarts the browser, and re-probes.
+        </p>
+        {#if sessionResult}
+            <p class="sessionresult">{sessionResult}</p>
+        {/if}
+    {/snippet}
+    {#snippet footer()}
+        <button onclick={() => (sessionModalOpen = false)}>Cancel</button>
+        <button class="primary" onclick={onSaveSession} disabled={busy || phpsessid.trim() === ''}
+            >Save &amp; validate</button
+        >
+    {/snippet}
+</Modal>
+
+{#snippet Bar({ percent }: { percent: number })}
+    <div class="bar" role="progressbar" aria-valuenow={percent} aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100">
+        <div class="fill" style:width="{Math.min(100, Math.max(0, percent))}%"></div>
+        <span class="label">{percent.toFixed(0)}%</span>
+    </div>
+{/snippet}
+
+<style>
+    h1 {
+        margin: 0;
+    }
+    .titlebar {
+        display: flex;
+        align-items: baseline;
+        gap: var(--space-3);
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-4);
+    }
+    .livedot {
+        font-size: var(--font-sm);
+        color: var(--text-muted);
+    }
+    .livedot.on {
+        color: var(--success, #0a7d2c);
+    }
+    h2 {
+        margin: 0 0 var(--space-3) 0;
+        font-size: var(--font-sm);
+        color: var(--text-muted);
+        text-transform: uppercase;
+        letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+    }
+    .hero {
+        padding: var(--space-4);
+        border: 1px solid var(--border);
+        border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+        background: var(--surface);
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-4);
+    }
+    .pills {
+        display: flex;
+        gap: var(--space-4);
+        flex-wrap: wrap;
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-3);
+    }
+    .pill {
+        font-size: var(--font-sm);
+        color: var(--text-muted);
+        display: inline-flex;
+        align-items: center;
+        gap: var(--space-2);
+    }
+    .phase {
+        font-size: var(--font-lg);
+        font-weight: var(--weight-semibold);
+        margin: var(--space-2) 0;
+    }
+    .lastpass,
+    .hint {
+        color: var(--text-muted);
+        font-size: var(--font-sm);
+    }
+    .warn {
+        color: #92400e;
+        background: #fef3c7;
+        border: 1px solid #fcd34d;
+        padding: var(--space-2) var(--space-3);
+        border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+        font-size: var(--font-sm);
+    }
+    .controls {
+        display: flex;
+        gap: var(--space-2);
+        flex-wrap: wrap;
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-4);
+    }
+    .grid2 {
+        display: grid;
+        grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(16rem, 1fr));
+        gap: var(--space-3);
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-4);
+    }
+    article {
+        padding: var(--space-3);
+        border: 1px solid var(--border);
+        border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+        background: var(--surface);
+    }
+    dl {
+        display: grid;
+        grid-template-columns: max-content 1fr;
+        gap: var(--space-1) var(--space-3);
+        margin: 0;
+        font-size: var(--font-sm);
+    }
+    dt {
+        color: var(--text-muted);
+    }
+    dd {
+        margin: 0;
+        font-family: var(--font-mono, monospace);
+    }
+    table {
+        width: 100%;
+        border-collapse: collapse;
+    }
+    th,
+    td {
+        padding: var(--space-2);
+        text-align: left;
+        border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
+        font-size: var(--font-sm);
+    }
+    .actions {
+        text-align: right;
+    }
+    .mono {
+        font-family: var(--font-mono, monospace);
+        font-size: var(--font-xs);
+    }
+    .err {
+        max-width: 22rem;
+        overflow: hidden;
+        text-overflow: ellipsis;
+        white-space: nowrap;
+        color: var(--text-muted);
+    }
+    .deadhead {
+        display: flex;
+        justify-content: space-between;
+        align-items: center;
+        gap: var(--space-3);
+        flex-wrap: wrap;
+    }
+    .deadtools {
+        display: flex;
+        gap: var(--space-2);
+    }
+    button.secondary {
+        background: var(--surface-elevated);
+    }
+    .notice {
+        color: var(--success, #0a7d2c);
+        padding: var(--space-2) var(--space-3);
+        border: 1px solid var(--success, #0a7d2c);
+        border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-3);
+    }
+    .sessionresult {
+        margin-top: var(--space-2);
+        font-size: var(--font-sm);
+    }
+    .coord {
+        margin: var(--space-2) 0;
+        padding-left: var(--space-4);
+        font-size: var(--font-sm);
+        color: var(--text-muted);
+    }
+    /* badges (shared convention with admin/mangas) */
+    :global(.badge) {
+        display: inline-block;
+        padding: 0 var(--space-2);
+        border-radius: var(--radius-sm, 4px);
+        font-size: var(--font-xs);
+        font-weight: var(--weight-semibold);
+        text-transform: uppercase;
+        letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+        border: 1px solid var(--border);
+        background: var(--surface);
+    }
+    :global(.badge-synced) {
+        background: #dcfce7;
+        color: #166534;
+        border-color: #86efac;
+    }
+    :global(.badge-in_progress),
+    :global(.badge-downloading) {
+        background: #fef3c7;
+        color: #92400e;
+        border-color: #fcd34d;
+    }
+    :global(.badge-not_downloaded) {
+        background: var(--surface-elevated);
+        color: var(--text-muted);
+    }
+    .bar {
+        position: relative;
+        background: var(--surface-elevated);
+        border-radius: var(--radius-sm, 4px);
+        height: 1.5rem;
+        margin: var(--space-2) 0;
+        overflow: hidden;
+    }
+    .fill {
+        height: 100%;
+        background: #22c55e;
+        transition: width 0.3s ease;
+    }
+    .label {
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 50%;
+        left: 50%;
+        transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+        font-size: var(--font-xs);
+        font-weight: var(--weight-semibold);
+    }
+    .error {
+        color: var(--danger, #dc2626);
+        padding: var(--space-2) var(--space-3);
+        border: 1px solid var(--danger, #dc2626);
+        border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+        margin-bottom: var(--space-3);
+    }
+    .muted {
+        color: var(--text-muted);
+    }
+    .cover {
+        font-size: var(--font-sm);
+    }
+    .backlog {
+        margin-top: var(--space-4);
+    }
+    .pagecount {
+        font-family: var(--font-mono, monospace);
+        font-size: var(--font-xs);
+        white-space: nowrap;
+    }
+    .pagebar {
+        width: 8rem;
+    }
+    table.active td {
+        vertical-align: middle;
+    }
+</style>

frontend/src/routes/admin/mangas/+page.svelte

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     import {
         listAdminMangas,
         listAdminChapters,
+        requeueDeadJobs,
         type AdminMangasPage,
         type AdminChapterRow,
         type MangaSyncState
@@ -59,6 +60,27 @@
     function badgeClass(state: string): string {
         return `badge badge-${state}`;
     }
+
+    let requeuingChapter: string | null = $state(null);
+
+    /** Requeue the dead job(s) for a single failed chapter, then refresh
+     *  that manga's chapter list so the pill updates. */
+    async function requeueChapter(mangaId: string, chapterId: string) {
+        requeuingChapter = chapterId;
+        error = null;
+        try {
+            await requeueDeadJobs({ scope: 'chapter', chapter_id: chapterId });
+            const resp = await listAdminChapters(mangaId, { limit: 500 });
+            chaptersByManga[mangaId] = {
+                items: resp.items,
+                total: resp.page.total ?? resp.items.length
+            };
+        } catch (e) {
+            error = e instanceof ApiError ? e.message : 'requeue failed';
+        } finally {
+            requeuingChapter = null;
+        }
+    }
 </script>
 
 <h1>Mangas</h1>
@@ -153,6 +175,16 @@
                                                         <span class={badgeClass(c.sync_state)}>
                                                             {c.sync_state}
                                                         </span>
+                                                        {#if c.sync_state === 'failed'}
+                                                            <button
+                                                                class="requeue"
+                                                                onclick={() => requeueChapter(m.id, c.id)}
+                                                                disabled={requeuingChapter === c.id}
+                                                                title="Requeue this chapter"
+                                                            >
+                                                                ↻ requeue
+                                                            </button>
+                                                        {/if}
                                                     </td>
                                                 </tr>
                                             {/each}
@@ -272,6 +304,11 @@
         color: #991b1b;
         border-color: #fca5a5;
     }
+    .requeue {
+        margin-left: var(--space-2);
+        font-size: var(--font-xs);
+        padding: 0 var(--space-2);
+    }
     .badge-not_downloaded {
         background: var(--surface-elevated);
         color: var(--text-muted);