feat(scripts): prune Forgejo releases >90 days in ship.sh

Adds step 6 to scripts/ship.sh: after smoke checks, list Forgejo
releases and delete any with created_at older than FORGEJO_PRUNE_DAYS
(default 90). Bounded retention prevents the tc-git CPX11 disk from
filling up (each release ≈ 511MB of attachments × 1/week pace).

Skipped silently with a warn if FORGEJO_TOKEN is not exported, so
the step is opt-in via secret presence (no token = no destructive
action). Tunables: FORGEJO_PRUNE_DAYS, FORGEJO_REPO, FORGEJO_BASE,
SKIP_FORGEJO_PRUNE.

.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -12,35 +12,26 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        go-version: ["1.25"]
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: docker.io/library/golang:1.25
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: go test -v -race -count=1 ./...
 
   build:
     name: Build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: docker.io/library/golang:1.25
     strategy:
       matrix:
         goos: [linux, darwin, windows]
         goarch: [amd64, arm64]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
-        with:
-          go-version: "1.25"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Build
         env:
@@ -50,30 +41,30 @@ jobs:
 
   lint:
     name: Lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: docker.io/library/golang:1.25
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
-        with:
-          go-version: "1.25"
+      - name: Install golangci-lint
+        run: |
+          curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2.11.4/install.sh \
+            | sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin v2.11.4
 
       - name: Run golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9
-        with:
-          version: v2.11.4
+        run: golangci-lint run ./...
 
   coverage:
     name: Coverage
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: docker.io/library/golang:1.25
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
-        with:
-          go-version: "1.25"
+      - name: Install python3
+        run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3
 
       - name: Run tests with coverage (all packages)
         run: |
@@ -102,24 +93,13 @@ jobs:
               print('OK: Coverage meets minimum threshold')
           "
 
-      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v6
-        with:
-          files: ./coverage.out
-          fail_ci_if_error: false
-        env:
-          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-
   vet:
     name: Vet
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: docker.io/library/golang:1.25
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
-        with:
-          go-version: "1.25"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Run go vet
         run: go vet ./...

.forgejo/workflows/docker-rebuild.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Rebuilds and re-pushes the `latest` image without a version bump so newly
+# *fixed* Alpine / ffmpeg / Go patches land between tagged releases. Versioned
+# tags are immutable and never touched here. Runs weekly and on demand.
+name: Docker rebuild
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Mondays 04:17 UTC (off the hour to avoid the scheduler rush)
+    - cron: "17 4 * * 1"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  rebuild:
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: docker.io/library/docker:27-cli
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install build deps
+        run: apk add --no-cache curl git bash
+
+      - name: Install buildx
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins
+          curl -sSL https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/latest/download/buildx-linux-amd64 \
+            -o ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+          chmod +x ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+
+      - name: Set up qemu
+        run: docker run --rm --privileged tonistiigi/binfmt --install all
+
+      # Stamp the binary with the most recent release tag (not "dev").
+      - name: Resolve version
+        id: ver
+        run: |
+          v=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo dev)
+          echo "version=$v" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        env:
+          DH_USER: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          DH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: echo "$DH_TOKEN" | docker login -u "$DH_USER" --password-stdin
+
+      - name: Build + push (refresh latest)
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          docker buildx create --name builder --use --driver docker-container
+          # Refresh the floating tag only — never overwrite a versioned release.
+          # Force a fresh base pull so apk upgrade picks up new patches.
+          docker buildx build \
+            --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
+            --build-arg "VERSION=$VERSION" \
+            --tag "torrentclaw/unarr:latest" \
+            --no-cache \
+            --push \
+            .

.forgejo/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: docker.io/library/golang:1.25
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install build deps (bash, curl, jq, ffmpeg fetch deps)
+        run: |
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends bash curl ca-certificates jq xz-utils unzip
+
+      - name: Install goreleaser
+        run: |
+          curl -sSfL https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/releases/latest/download/goreleaser_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz \
+            | tar -xz -C /usr/local/bin goreleaser
+
+      - name: Run goreleaser
+        env:
+          # Forgejo runner auto-injects GITHUB_TOKEN (a per-job, instance-scoped
+          # token usable against the Forgejo REST API). goreleaser only accepts
+          # one token; with both GITHUB_TOKEN + GITEA_TOKEN set it errors out
+          # ("multiple tokens"). Unset GITHUB_TOKEN before invoking goreleaser so
+          # it picks the Gitea code path + the gitea_urls block in .goreleaser.yml.
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          SENTRY_DSN: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_DSN }}
+          # Empty when RELEASE_SIGNING_PUBKEY variable is unset — goreleaser
+          # accepts it and the resulting binary disables signature checks
+          # (back-compat: pre-signing releases continue to update). Set
+          # RELEASE_SIGNING_PUBKEY (variable) + RELEASE_SIGNING_KEY (secret)
+          # to turn verification on.
+          RELEASE_SIGNING_PUBKEY: ${{ vars.RELEASE_SIGNING_PUBKEY }}
+        run: |
+          unset GITHUB_TOKEN
+          goreleaser release --clean
+
+      - name: Sign checksums.txt with ed25519
+        if: ${{ vars.RELEASE_SIGNING_PUBKEY != '' && secrets.RELEASE_SIGNING_KEY != '' }}
+        env:
+          RELEASE_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_SIGNING_KEY }}
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          FORGEJO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # Tailscale IP — domain-agnostic; the runner shares the dokploy-network with
+          # forgejo (hostname `forgejo`), so the in-cluster hostname is fastest, but the
+          # Tailscale IP is the documented fallback.
+          FORGEJO_API: http://forgejo:3000/api/v1
+          REPO: torrentclaw/unarr
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          go run ./scripts/sign-checksums \
+            -key "$RELEASE_SIGNING_KEY" \
+            -in  dist/checksums.txt \
+            -out dist/checksums.txt.sig
+
+          # Find the release ID for this tag, then upload the sig as an asset.
+          rel_id=$(curl -sSf "$FORGEJO_API/repos/$REPO/releases/tags/$RELEASE_TAG" \
+            -H "Authorization: token $FORGEJO_TOKEN" | jq -r '.id')
+          curl -sSf -X POST \
+            "$FORGEJO_API/repos/$REPO/releases/$rel_id/assets?name=checksums.txt.sig" \
+            -H "Authorization: token $FORGEJO_TOKEN" \
+            -F "attachment=@dist/checksums.txt.sig"
+
+  docker:
+    needs: release
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      # Docker-in-Docker capable image — buildx + qemu pre-installed.
+      image: docker.io/library/docker:27-cli
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install buildx
+        run: |
+          apk add --no-cache curl
+          mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins
+          curl -sSL https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/latest/download/buildx-linux-amd64 \
+            -o ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+          chmod +x ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        env:
+          DH_USER: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          DH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: echo "$DH_TOKEN" | docker login -u "$DH_USER" --password-stdin
+
+      - name: Set up qemu
+        run: docker run --rm --privileged tonistiigi/binfmt --install all
+
+      - name: Build + push multi-arch image
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          VERSION_SEMVER="${VERSION#v}"
+          MAJOR_MINOR="${VERSION_SEMVER%.*}"
+          docker buildx create --name builder --use --driver docker-container
+          docker buildx build \
+            --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
+            --build-arg "VERSION=$VERSION" \
+            --tag "torrentclaw/unarr:$VERSION_SEMVER" \
+            --tag "torrentclaw/unarr:$MAJOR_MINOR" \
+            --tag "torrentclaw/unarr:latest" \
+            --push \
+            .

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-name: Release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "v*"
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
-        with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
-
-      - uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
-        with:
-          version: "~> v2"
-          args: release --clean
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          SENTRY_DSN: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_DSN }}
-
-  docker:
-    needs: release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Docker meta
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v6
-        with:
-          images: torrentclaw/unarr
-          tags: |
-            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
-            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
-            type=raw,value=latest
-
-      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
-
-      - uses: docker/login-action@v4
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
-        with:
-          context: .
-          push: true
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          build-args: |
-            VERSION=${{ github.ref_name }}
-
-
-  virustotal:
-    needs: release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: vars.VT_ENABLED == 'true'
-    steps:
-      - name: Get release tag
-        id: tag
-        run: echo "tag=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Download release assets
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p assets
-          gh release download "${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}" \
-            --repo "${{ github.repository }}" \
-            --dir assets \
-            --pattern '*.tar.gz' \
-            --pattern '*.zip' \
-            --pattern 'checksums.txt'
-
-      - name: Scan assets with VirusTotal
-        env:
-          VT_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.VT_API_KEY }}
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p results
-          for file in assets/*; do
-            filename=$(basename "$file")
-            echo "Uploading $filename to VirusTotal..."
-
-            response=$(curl -s --request POST \
-              --url https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/files \
-              --header "x-apikey: $VT_API_KEY" \
-              --form "file=@$file")
-
-            analysis_id=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.data.id // empty')
-            if [ -z "$analysis_id" ]; then
-              echo "::warning::Failed to upload $filename: $response"
-              continue
-            fi
-
-            echo "$filename=$analysis_id" >> results/scans.txt
-            echo "  Analysis ID: $analysis_id"
-
-            # Rate limit: VT free tier allows 4 req/min
-            sleep 16
-          done
-
-      - name: Wait for analysis completion
-        env:
-          VT_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.VT_API_KEY }}
-        run: |
-          echo "Waiting 60s for VirusTotal analysis to complete..."
-          sleep 60
-
-          vt_report="## 🛡️ VirusTotal Scan Results\n\n"
-          vt_report+="| File | Result | Link |\n"
-          vt_report+="|------|--------|------|\n"
-
-          while IFS='=' read -r filename analysis_id; do
-            result=$(curl -s --request GET \
-              --url "https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/analyses/$analysis_id" \
-              --header "x-apikey: $VT_API_KEY")
-
-            malicious=$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.data.attributes.stats.malicious // 0')
-            undetected=$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.data.attributes.stats.undetected // 0')
-            sha256=$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.meta.file_info.sha256 // empty')
-
-            if [ "$malicious" = "0" ]; then
-              status="✅ Clean ($undetected engines)"
-            else
-              status="⚠️ $malicious detections"
-            fi
-
-            link="https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/$sha256"
-            vt_report+="| \`$filename\` | $status | [View]($link) |\n"
-
-            sleep 16
-          done < results/scans.txt
-
-          echo -e "$vt_report" > results/report.md
-          cat results/report.md
-
-      - name: Append scan results to release notes
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          current_body=$(gh release view "${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}" \
-            --repo "${{ github.repository }}" \
-            --json body --jq '.body')
-
-          new_body="${current_body}
-
-          $(cat results/report.md)"
-
-          gh release edit "${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}" \
-            --repo "${{ github.repository }}" \
-            --notes "$new_body"

.gitignore

@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # GoReleaser
 dist/
+dist-ffbinaries/
 
 # Docker
 tmp/
 config/
+dist-ffbinaries/
+
+# Claude Code: keep entirely local, do not track
+.claude/

.goreleaser.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ version: 2
 
 project_name: unarr
 
+# Pre-build hook: fetch static ffmpeg + ffprobe per platform so each
+# release tarball ships them adjacent to the unarr binary. ResolveFFmpeg /
+# ResolveFFprobe pick them up via the "adjacent to executable" branch — no
+# system install or runtime download needed.
+before:
+  hooks:
+    - bash scripts/download-ffmpeg-static.sh
+
 builds:
   - main: ./cmd/unarr/
     binary: unarr
@@ -18,13 +26,27 @@ builds:
       - -s -w
       - -X github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/cmd.Version={{.Version}}
       - -X github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/sentry.dsn={{ .Env.SENTRY_DSN }}
+      # Release-signing public key — verified by the self-updater against
+      # checksums.txt.sig. Empty when not configured; in that case
+      # signature verification is skipped and a warning is logged.
+      - -X github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/upgrade.releasePubKeyBase64={{ .Env.RELEASE_SIGNING_PUBKEY }}
 
 archives:
-  - format: tar.gz
+  - formats: [tar.gz]
     name_template: "{{ .ProjectName }}_{{ .Version }}_{{ .Os }}_{{ .Arch }}"
     format_overrides:
       - goos: windows
-        format: zip
+        formats: [zip]
+    files:
+      - LICENSE*
+      - README*
+      # Bundle the matching ffmpeg + ffprobe (filename includes .exe on Windows
+      # because download-ffmpeg-static.sh writes ffmpeg.exe / ffprobe.exe there).
+      - src: "dist-ffbinaries/{{ .Os }}-{{ .Arch }}/*"
+        dst: .
+        strip_parent: true
+        info:
+          mode: 0o755
 
 checksum:
   name_template: "checksums.txt"
@@ -37,6 +59,22 @@ changelog:
       - "^test:"
       - "^chore:"
 
+# Self-hosted Forgejo at git.torrentclaw.com. goreleaser detects GITEA_TOKEN +
+# these URLs and publishes the release there instead of GitHub. Reachable via
+# `forgejo` hostname inside the dokploy-network (the runner shares it); for
+# local goreleaser runs outside the network, override via env GITEA_API_URL.
+#
+# In goreleaser v2 `gitea_urls` is a top-level key (was nested under `release`
+# in v1).
+gitea_urls:
+  api: http://forgejo:3000/api/v1
+  download: https://git.torrentclaw.com
+  skip_tls_verify: false
+
+release:
+  draft: false
+  prerelease: auto
+
 # Homebrew tap — requires PAT with repo scope (not GITHUB_TOKEN)
 # Enable when torrentclaw/homebrew-tap PAT is configured as HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN
 # brews:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,12 +5,275 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.9.15] - 2026-05-27
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **sentry**: enhance error handling by skipping user input errors in CaptureError
+
+### Changed
+
+- **ci**: point Forgejo URLs at torrentclaw org (post-transfer)
+- **sentry**: decouple agent import via string-match, rename predicate
+
+### Documentation
+
+- **positioning**: reframe unarr around download/stream/transcode, drop misleading search-first wording
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **ci**: unset GITHUB_TOKEN so goreleaser uses GITEA_TOKEN
+- **sentry**: skip "daemon not running" stop/reload errors
+
+### Other
+
+- **scripts**: harden release.sh against double-release and inline version bumps
+- untrack .claude/ (private local config)
+## [0.9.14] - 2026-05-27
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **vaapi**: hybrid CPU-scale + hwupload encode path (QW2, 0.9.14)
+
+### CI/CD
+
+- port workflows from .github/ to .forgejo/ (Forgejo Actions)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **daemon**: defensive IsClosed check in watchSessionReady poll loop
+- **daemon**: use parent ctx for MarkSessionReady so cancel propagates
+- **release**: move gitea_urls to top-level (goreleaser v2 schema)
+## [0.9.13] - 2026-05-27
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **agent**: session-ready webhook for SSE-driven player handshake (0.9.13)
+- **agent**: send full transcoder diagnostic in register payload (0.9.12)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **daemon**: defer probeCancel so a panic mid-diagnostic still releases ctx
+
+### Other
+
+- **release**: add ship.sh end-to-end pipeline as GH Actions backup
+- **skills**: add /publish slash command + allow .claude/ in git
+## [0.9.11] - 2026-05-27
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **hls**: pre-segmentación delantada — 2 s segments + async session start (0.9.10)
+- **hls**: faster first-start — probe cache + tighter encoder presets (0.9.9)
+
+### Changed
+
+- **hls**: critico-driven hardening of fase 3.2
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **cors**: allow play from .to / staging / onion mirrors
+- **library**: classify resolution by width + height, not height alone
+- **transcode**: make preset libx264-only + restore quality opt-in
+
+### Other
+
+- **release**: 0.9.11
+## [0.9.8] - 2026-05-27
+
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **upgrade**: break auto-apply restart loop (0.9.8)
+## [0.9.7] - 2026-05-26
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **hls**: persistent fMP4 segment cache + integrity + stats (0.9.7)
+## [0.9.6] - 2026-05-26
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **daemon**: auto-apply upgrades when server signals (0.9.6)
+## [0.9.5] - 2026-05-26
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **funnel**: cloudflare quick tunnel embedded subprocess (0.9.5)
+## [0.9.4] - 2026-05-26
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **stream**: retire WebRTC, HLS-only, bump 0.9.4 (**BREAKING**)
+## [0.9.3] - 2026-05-26
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **usenet**: warn at startup when par2 or extractor is missing
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **engine**: truncate errorMessage before reporting status
+- **hls**: clamp ffmpeg bitrate to the level we derive from outputHeight
+## [0.9.2] - 2026-05-22
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **vpn**: unarr vpn command + report/arbitrate the WireGuard slot
+## [0.9.1] - 2026-05-21
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **mirror**: update fallback URLs to use IPFS and remove GitHub Pages
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **security**: bump golang.org/x deps and add container CVE scan gate
+
+### Other
+
+- **release**: 0.9.1
+## [0.9.0] - 2026-05-21
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **agent**: add mirror failover, agent client refactor, status 401 detection
+- **vpn**: local config_file for self-hosted/personal VPN testing
+- **vpn**: split-tunnel torrent traffic through managed WireGuard
+
+### CI/CD
+
+- deploy install scripts to GitHub Pages
+
+### Documentation
+
+- **docker**: refresh Docker Hub README + sync description in CI
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **security**: CORS allowlist, URL scheme guard, state perms, ZIP slip, mirror docs
+- **security**: UPnP opt-in, bounded SSE reader, signed self-update
+- **security**: harden HLS session IDs, /health disclosure, archive password handling
+- **upgrade**: fetch releases from TorrentClaw app, not GitHub
+
+### Other
+
+- **pages**: add .nojekyll to disable Jekyll processing
+- **pages**: set custom domain unarr.torrentclaw.com
+- **release**: 0.9.0
+## [0.8.1] - 2026-05-08
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **config**: set default values for WebRTC and transcoding in minimal TOML config
+- **transcode**: dynamic H.264 level + HW probe + capability reporting
+
+### Changed
+
+- **streaming**: improve signal handling and remove unused components
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **self-update**: auto-restart live daemon after upgrade
+- **streaming**: allow HLS sessions when webrtc disabled
+
+### Other
+
+- **gitignore**: add dist-ffbinaries to ignored files
+- **release**: 0.8.1
+## [0.8.0] - 2026-05-08
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **mediainfo**: ResolveFFmpeg + DownloadFFmpeg mirroring ffprobe pattern
+- **release**: bundle ffmpeg + ffprobe in tarballs and Docker image
+- **seed-file**: unarr-side handler for browser-on-demand seeding (Fase 4.7.c)
+- **stream**: per-session quality cap from web
+- **stream**: real-time transcoding for non-browser-decodable codecs
+- **stream**: pion-based WebRTC byte streamer for browser playback
+- **streaming**: seek-restart, single-session, idle sweeper, probe.json
+- **streaming**: add HLS transport pipeline (daemon side)
+- **streaming**: ffmpeg transcoding pipeline (direct play / fMP4 / HW accel)
+- **torrent**: act as WebTorrent peer for browser ↔ unarr P2P streaming
+- **wstracker-probe**: -seed FILE mode for browser ↔ unarr e2e validation
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **streaming**: bounded ffmpeg auto-restart + tmpdir gc + probe/stderr safety
+- **transcoder**: force aac stereo 48khz + frag_duration for mse compat
+- **transcoder**: force main profile + setparams Rec.709 + serveRange wait
+- **transcoder**: correct scale filter + always force yuv420p
+
+### Other
+
+- **release**: 0.8.0
+- **streaming**: post-review fixes — race lock, dead branch, stderr cap
+- **torrent**: bump anacrolix log level Critical → Warning for visibility
+## [0.7.0] - 2026-04-10
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **daemon**: enhance service management with start, stop, restart, and status commands for Windows
+
+### Other
+
+- **release**: 0.7.0
+## [0.6.8] - 2026-04-10
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **library**: add server-driven file deletion with allow_delete config
+
+### Other
+
+- **release**: 0.6.8
+## [0.6.7] - 2026-04-10
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **scan**: always scan downloads + organize dirs, deduplicate child paths
+
+### Other
+
+- **release**: 0.6.7
+## [0.6.6] - 2026-04-09
+
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **docker**: switch ffprobe download from johnvansickle.com to BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds
+- **stream**: fix black screen on remote/Tailscale streaming
+
+### Other
+
+- **release**: 0.6.6
 ## [0.6.5] - 2026-04-09
 
 
 ### Fixed
 
 - **upgrade**: retry download on transient network errors with user feedback
+
+### Other
+
+- **release**: 0.6.5
 ## [0.6.4] - 2026-04-09
 
 
@@ -144,16 +407,117 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.4.1] - 2026-04-01
 
 
+### Added
+
+- **cli**: add login command and refactor shared helpers
+- **stream**: report watch progress to API via HTTP Range tracking
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **ci**: fix lint errors and pin CI to Go 1.25
+- **lint**: remove unused newStubCmd function
+
+### Other
+
+- **cli**: remove moreseed stub command
+- **cli**: remove redundant stub commands (monitor, open, add, compare)
+## [0.4.0] - 2026-03-31
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **cli**: upgrade command, rich status, and version cache
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **progress**: always report status transitions and poll for control signals
+## [0.3.7] - 2026-03-31
+
+
+### CI/CD
+
+- **docker**: remove dockerhub-description sync step
+## [0.3.6] - 2026-03-31
+
+
+### CI/CD
+
+- **deps**: bump docker/metadata-action from 5 to 6
+- **deps**: bump docker/setup-qemu-action from 3 to 4
+- **deps**: bump docker/login-action from 3 to 4
+- **deps**: bump docker/build-push-action from 6 to 7
+- **deps**: bump codecov/codecov-action from 5 to 6
+- **docker**: add Docker Hub description sync and DOCKERHUB.md
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **ci**: upgrade golangci-lint to v2.11.3 for Go 1.25 support
+- **docker**: upgrade alpine packages to patch CVE-2025-60876 and CVE-2026-27171
+- **lint**: use default:none to disable errcheck, fix all gofmt and exhaustive
+- **lint**: disable errcheck, tune gosec/exclusions for codebase state
+- **lint**: configure linters for codebase maturity, fix gofmt and ineffassign
+- **lint**: exclude common fire-and-forget patterns from errcheck
+- **lint**: resolve errcheck and bodyclose warnings for golangci-lint v2
+## [0.3.5] - 2026-03-30
+
+
+### Changed
+
+- migrate lint config to v2, remove daemon auto-upgrade, add trust badges
+## [0.3.3] - 2026-03-30
+
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **ci**: remove go-client checkout steps
+## [0.3.2] - 2026-03-30
+
+
+### Added
+
+- **init**: add 60s countdown, skip key, and cancel detection to browser auth
+
+### CI/CD
+
+- **release**: add Docker Hub publish and VirusTotal scan jobs
+
+### Documentation
+
+- add beta notice, fix install URLs to get.torrentclaw.com
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **ci**: fix virustotal job condition syntax
+- **docker**: simplify Dockerfile for CI builds (no local go-client)
+- **release**: disable homebrew tap (needs PAT, not GITHUB_TOKEN)
+
+### Other
+
+- re-enable homebrew tap in goreleaser
+## [0.3.1] - 2026-03-30
+
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **build**: unused variable in Windows process check
+- **release**: disable homebrew tap until repo is created
+
+### Other
+
+- rename module from torrentclaw-cli to unarr
+
+### Build
+
+- remove UPX compression (antivirus false positives, startup penalty)
+## [0.3.0] - 2026-03-29
+
+
 ### Added
 
 - **agent**: add WebSocket transport with HTTP fallback
 - **auth**: browser-based CLI authentication (like Claude Code)
-- **cli**: add login command and refactor shared helpers
-- **cli**: upgrade command, rich status, and version cache
 - **daemon**: add auto-scan, force start, and stall timeout default
 - **debrid**: add HTTPS downloader for debrid direct URLs
-- **init**: add 60s countdown, skip key, and cancel detection to browser auth
-- **stream**: report watch progress to API via HTTP Range tracking
 - **stream**: UPnP port forwarding for remote video playback
 - **usenet**: implement full NNTP download pipeline
 - add migrate command, media server detection, and debrid auto-config
@@ -163,61 +527,43 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - improve daemon resilience, streaming, and usenet downloads
 - initial commit — unarr CLI
 
-### CI/CD
-
-- **deps**: bump docker/metadata-action from 5 to 6
-- **deps**: bump docker/setup-qemu-action from 3 to 4
-- **deps**: bump docker/login-action from 3 to 4
-- **deps**: bump docker/build-push-action from 6 to 7
-- **deps**: bump codecov/codecov-action from 5 to 6
-- **docker**: remove dockerhub-description sync step
-- **docker**: add Docker Hub description sync and DOCKERHUB.md
-- **release**: add Docker Hub publish and VirusTotal scan jobs
-
 ### Changed
 
-- migrate lint config to v2, remove daemon auto-upgrade, add trust badges
 - extract BuildSyncItems to library package, remove duplication
 
 ### Documentation
 
-- add beta notice, fix install URLs to get.torrentclaw.com
 - improve CLI help, shell completion, and README
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- **build**: unused variable in Windows process check
-- **ci**: fix lint errors and pin CI to Go 1.25
-- **ci**: upgrade golangci-lint to v2.11.3 for Go 1.25 support
-- **ci**: remove go-client checkout steps
-- **ci**: fix virustotal job condition syntax
-- **docker**: upgrade alpine packages to patch CVE-2025-60876 and CVE-2026-27171
-- **docker**: simplify Dockerfile for CI builds (no local go-client)
-- **lint**: remove unused newStubCmd function
-- **lint**: use default:none to disable errcheck, fix all gofmt and exhaustive
-- **lint**: disable errcheck, tune gosec/exclusions for codebase state
-- **lint**: configure linters for codebase maturity, fix gofmt and ineffassign
-- **lint**: exclude common fire-and-forget patterns from errcheck
-- **lint**: resolve errcheck and bodyclose warnings for golangci-lint v2
-- **progress**: always report status transitions and poll for control signals
-- **release**: disable homebrew tap (needs PAT, not GITHUB_TOKEN)
-- **release**: disable homebrew tap until repo is created
 - **torrent**: expand tracker list, add DHT persistence and configurable timeouts
 - force-start tasks bypass HasCapacity check in dispatch loop
 - add panic recovery to auto-scan, cap DHT nodes at 200
 - harden usenet/debrid downloaders from critico review
 
-### Other
-
-- **cli**: remove moreseed stub command
-- **cli**: remove redundant stub commands (monitor, open, add, compare)
-- re-enable homebrew tap in goreleaser
-- rename module from torrentclaw-cli to unarr
-
 ### Build
 
-- remove UPX compression (antivirus false positives, startup penalty)
 - add -s -w -trimpath to Makefile, add build-small target with UPX
+[0.9.15]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.9.14...v0.9.15
+[0.9.14]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.9.13...v0.9.14
+[0.9.13]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.9.11...v0.9.13
+[0.9.11]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.9.8...v0.9.11
+[0.9.8]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.9.7...v0.9.8
+[0.9.7]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.9.6...v0.9.7
+[0.9.6]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.9.5...v0.9.6
+[0.9.5]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.9.4...v0.9.5
+[0.9.4]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.9.3...v0.9.4
+[0.9.3]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.9.2...v0.9.3
+[0.9.2]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.9.1...v0.9.2
+[0.9.1]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.9.0...v0.9.1
+[0.9.0]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.8.1...v0.9.0
+[0.8.1]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.8.0...v0.8.1
+[0.8.0]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0
+[0.7.0]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.6.8...v0.7.0
+[0.6.8]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.6.7...v0.6.8
+[0.6.7]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.6.6...v0.6.7
+[0.6.6]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.6.5...v0.6.6
 [0.6.5]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.6.4...v0.6.5
 [0.6.4]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.6.3...v0.6.4
 [0.6.3]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.6.2...v0.6.3
@@ -231,4 +577,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [0.5.1]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1
 [0.5.0]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.4.1...v0.5.0
 [0.4.1]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.4.0...v0.4.1
+[0.4.0]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.3.7...v0.4.0
+[0.3.7]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.3.6...v0.3.7
+[0.3.6]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.3.5...v0.3.6
+[0.3.5]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.3.3...v0.3.5
+[0.3.3]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.3.2...v0.3.3
+[0.3.2]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.3.1...v0.3.2
+[0.3.1]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/compare/v0.3.0...v0.3.1
+[0.3.0]: https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/releases/tag/v0.3.0
 

CNAME

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unarr.torrentclaw.com

DOCKERHUB.md

@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 # unarr
 
-Powerful terminal tool for torrent search and management. Search 30+ sources, inspect quality, discover popular content, find streaming providers, and manage downloads — all from your terminal.
+**The single binary that replaces your whole *arr stack.** Built-in torrent,
+debrid, and usenet engines. Stream, transcode, and organize your library from
+one terminal — or run it as a headless daemon with a web dashboard, WireGuard
+split-tunnel, and Cloudflare Funnel remote access.
 
-**[GitHub](https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr)** | **[Documentation](https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr#readme)** | **[Releases](https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/releases)**
+**[Website & docs](https://torrentclaw.com/unarr)** · **[Install guide](https://torrentclaw.com/cli)** · **[Get an API key](https://torrentclaw.com)**
 
-## Quick Start
+> Powered by [TorrentClaw](https://torrentclaw.com) — an aggregator that unifies
+> YTS, EZTV, Knaben, Torrentio, Bitmagnet and more, enriched with TMDB metadata
+> and a 0–100 quality score per release.
 
-### 1. Setup (interactive wizard)
+---
+
+## Quick start
+
+### 1. First-time setup (interactive wizard)
 
 ```bash
 docker run -it --rm \
@@ -14,6 +23,9 @@ docker run -it --rm \
   torrentclaw/unarr setup
 ```
 
+The wizard asks for your TorrentClaw API key (free at
+[torrentclaw.com](https://torrentclaw.com)) and your download directory.
+
 ### 2. Run the daemon
 
 ```bash
@@ -26,6 +38,10 @@ docker run -d --name unarr \
   torrentclaw/unarr
 ```
 
+That's it — `unarr` now runs headless, watching for jobs and managing downloads.
+
+---
+
 ## Docker Compose
 
 ```yaml
@@ -45,45 +61,54 @@ services:
     environment:
       - TZ=UTC
       # - UNARR_API_KEY=tc_your_key_here
+    network_mode: host        # recommended for full P2P performance
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
           memory: 512M
           cpus: "2.0"
-    network_mode: host
 
 volumes:
   unarr-data:
 ```
 
+```bash
+docker compose run --rm unarr setup   # one-time wizard
+docker compose up -d                   # start the daemon
+```
+
+---
+
 ## Volumes
 
 | Path         | Purpose                                          |
-|------|---------|
+|--------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 | `/config`    | Configuration file (`config.toml`)               |
 | `/downloads` | Finished media downloads                         |
 | `/data`      | Internal state: torrent metadata, cache          |
 
-## Environment Variables
+## Environment variables
 
 | Variable               | Description                          | Default                   |
-|----------|-------------|---------|
-| `TZ` | Timezone | `UTC` |
+|------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
 | `UNARR_API_KEY`        | TorrentClaw API key                  | from config               |
 | `UNARR_API_URL`        | API endpoint                         | `https://torrentclaw.com` |
 | `UNARR_DOWNLOAD_DIR`   | Download directory                   | `/downloads`              |
 | `UNARR_CONFIG_DIR`     | Config directory                     | `/config`                 |
 | `UNARR_COUNTRY`        | Country code (ISO 3166)              | `US`                      |
+| `TZ`                   | Timezone                             | `UTC`                     |
+
+Any config value can be overridden by its matching `UNARR_*` environment variable.
 
 ## Networking
 
-**Host mode** (recommended) gives full P2P performance with no port management:
+**Host mode (recommended)** — full P2P performance, no port mapping:
 
 ```yaml
 network_mode: host
 ```
 
-**Bridge mode** — more isolated, but requires explicit ports:
+**Bridge mode** — more isolated, but you must expose the BitTorrent ports:
 
 ```yaml
 ports:
@@ -91,7 +116,7 @@ ports:
   - "6881-6889:6881-6889/udp"
 ```
 
-## Running Commands
+## Running commands
 
 Use `docker exec` for one-off commands while the daemon is running:
 
@@ -99,32 +124,77 @@ Use `docker exec` for one-off commands while the daemon is running:
 docker exec unarr unarr search "inception" --quality 1080p
 docker exec unarr unarr popular --limit 10
 docker exec unarr unarr status
-docker exec unarr unarr doctor
+docker exec unarr unarr doctor      # diagnose config / connectivity
 ```
 
-## Supported Architectures
-
-| Architecture | Tag |
-|-------------|-----|
-| `linux/amd64` | `latest`, `0.3`, `0.3.5` |
-| `linux/arm64` | `latest`, `0.3`, `0.3.5` |
+---
 
 ## Tags
 
 | Tag      | Description                                      |
-|-----|-------------|
+|----------|--------------------------------------------------|
 | `latest` | Latest stable release                            |
-| `X.Y.Z` | Specific version (e.g. `0.3.5`) |
-| `X.Y` | Latest patch for minor version (e.g. `0.3`) |
+| `X.Y.Z`  | Exact version (e.g. `0.9.0`)                      |
+| `X.Y`    | Latest patch within a minor (e.g. `0.9`)         |
 
-## Image Details
+Pin a tag in production (`torrentclaw/unarr:0.9.0`) for reproducible deploys.
 
-- **Base image:** Alpine 3.22
-- **User:** `unarr` (UID 1000, GID 1000)
+## Supported architectures
+
+Multi-arch image — Docker pulls the right one automatically:
+
+- `linux/amd64`
+- `linux/arm64` (Apple Silicon, Raspberry Pi 4/5, ARM servers)
+
+## Image details
+
+- **Base:** Alpine 3.22 (minimal, regularly patched)
+- **User:** `unarr` (UID 1000, GID 1000) — runs as **non-root**
 - **Entrypoint:** `unarr start` (daemon mode)
-- **Read-only filesystem** — only mounted volumes are writable
-- **No root required** — runs as non-root by default
+- **Read-only rootfs** — only mounted volumes are writable
+- **Bundled `ffmpeg` / `ffprobe`** for media inspection — nothing else to install
+- **Self-contained updates** — binaries are served from TorrentClaw's own
+  infrastructure, no third-party registry dependency
+
+---
+
+## Other install methods
+
+Not using Docker? Install the native binary instead:
+
+```bash
+# Linux / macOS
+curl -fsSL https://torrentclaw.com/install.sh | sh
+
+# Windows (PowerShell)
+irm https://torrentclaw.com/install.ps1 | iex
+
+# Go toolchain
+go install github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/cmd/unarr@latest
+```
+
+## Mirrors
+
+The installer and release binaries are served from every TorrentClaw mirror, so
+you can install even if one domain is blocked in your region. Each mirror is
+self-contained (it serves its own binaries — no cross-domain dependency):
+
+| Mirror | Install command |
+|--------|-----------------|
+| `torrentclaw.com` (primary) | `curl -fsSL https://torrentclaw.com/install.sh \| sh` |
+| `torrentclaw.to` | `curl -fsSL https://torrentclaw.to/install.sh \| sh` |
+| Tor (`.onion`) | `torsocks sh -c "$(curl http://torrentf3aifidcsaaanmnmuhv2s53r6hqsl3zkmfidiaxainkeqk5id.onion/install.sh)"` |
+
+The Tor address routes everything (install script + binaries) through the hidden
+service, so no clearnet exit is needed.
+
+## Links
+
+- **Website & docs:** https://torrentclaw.com/unarr
+- **CLI install guide:** https://torrentclaw.com/cli
+- **API & account:** https://torrentclaw.com
+- **Mirror status:** https://torrentclaw.com/mirrors
 
 ## License
 
-MIT License — see [LICENSE](https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/blob/main/LICENSE) for details.
+MIT.

Dockerfile

@@ -1,23 +1,3 @@
-# ---- ffprobe static binary stage ----
-# Download a static ffprobe-only build (~30MB) to avoid the full ffmpeg package (~1GB).
-# johnvansickle.com provides reliable static builds for amd64/arm64.
-FROM alpine:3.22 AS ffprobe-dl
-
-RUN apk add --no-cache curl xz
-
-RUN ARCH=$(uname -m) && \
-    case "$ARCH" in \
-      x86_64)  SLUG="amd64" ;; \
-      aarch64) SLUG="arm64" ;; \
-      *) echo "Unsupported arch: $ARCH" && exit 1 ;; \
-    esac && \
-    curl -fsSL "https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-${SLUG}-static.tar.xz" -o /tmp/ff.tar.xz && \
-    tar xJ -f /tmp/ff.tar.xz --strip-components=1 -C /tmp/ && \
-    mv /tmp/ffprobe /usr/local/bin/ffprobe && \
-    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ffprobe && \
-    rm -rf /tmp/ff.tar.xz /tmp/ffmpeg /tmp/ffmpeg-* && \
-    ffprobe -version | head -1
-
 # ---- Build stage ----
 FROM golang:1.25-alpine AS builder
 
@@ -38,8 +18,26 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags="-s -w -X github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/inter
 # ---- Runtime stage ----
 FROM alpine:3.22
 
+# Use Alpine's native musl ffmpeg + ffprobe instead of the johnvansickle /
+# BtbN static glibc builds — those need a glibc shim on Alpine and the
+# vector-math symbols the GPL builds reference are not satisfiable by
+# gcompat. Alpine ships ffmpeg ~7.x which is fine for the HLS transcoding
+# pipeline (libx264 + libfdk-aac alternatives included).
 RUN apk upgrade --no-cache && \
-    apk add --no-cache ca-certificates tzdata
+    apk add --no-cache ca-certificates tzdata ffmpeg wget
+
+# Bundle cloudflared so `unarr funnel on` (default: on, see config defaults)
+# Just Works on a headless container with no first-run network round-trip.
+# TARGETARCH is set automatically by Docker buildx during cross-builds.
+ARG TARGETARCH=amd64
+RUN case "$TARGETARCH" in \
+      amd64) CF_ARCH=amd64 ;; \
+      arm64) CF_ARCH=arm64 ;; \
+      arm)   CF_ARCH=armhf ;; \
+      *)     echo "unsupported TARGETARCH=$TARGETARCH" >&2; exit 1 ;; \
+    esac && \
+    wget -qO /usr/local/bin/cloudflared "https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-$CF_ARCH" && \
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cloudflared
 
 # Non-root user (UID 1000 matches typical host user for volume permissions)
 RUN addgroup -g 1000 unarr && adduser -u 1000 -G unarr -D -h /home/unarr unarr
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@ RUN mkdir -p /config /downloads /data && \
 USER unarr
 
 COPY --from=builder /unarr /usr/local/bin/unarr
-COPY --from=ffprobe-dl /usr/local/bin/ffprobe /usr/local/bin/ffprobe
 
 # Environment: point config/data to container paths
 ENV UNARR_CONFIG_DIR=/config

Docs/plans/library-sync.md

@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+# Plan: Sincronización bidireccional de biblioteca (CLI ↔ Web)
+
+## Context
+La biblioteca web solo muestra descargas completadas (download_task + debrid). El `unarr scan` escanea ficheros con ffprobe y los sube al servidor, pero solo soporta un path, no detecta borrados del disco, y no permite borrar ficheros desde la web. El usuario quiere una biblioteca unificada que refleje el estado real de su colección y se sincronice en ambas direcciones.
+
+## Protocolo de sincronización
+
+### Forward Sync (Disco → Web)
+1. CLI escanea todos los `ScanPaths` configurados
+2. Para cada path: descubre ficheros, compara con cache (skip ffprobe si no cambió), sube a `/library-sync`
+3. En `isLastBatch=true`: el servidor elimina items con ese `scanPath` que no estén en el batch (ficheros borrados del disco desaparecen de la web)
+
+### Reverse Sync (Web → Disco)
+1. CLI llama a `GET /agent/library-deletions` — items que el usuario soft-deleted desde la web
+2. Si `AutoDelete=true` o `--yes`: borra ficheros del disco
+3. Si no: muestra lista y pide confirmación interactiva
+4. Llama a `POST /agent/library-deletions/confirm` con los IDs confirmados → hard-delete en DB
+
+### Resolución de conflictos
+- Fichero en disco pero no en web → forward sync lo añade
+- Fichero en web pero no en disco → forward sync lo elimina (isLastBatch)
+- Soft-deleted en web, aún en disco → reverse sync lo borra del disco y confirma
+- Soft-deleted en web, ya borrado del disco → reverse sync confirma directamente
+- Race condition (user borra en web mientras CLI escanea) → forward sync skippea rows con `deleted_at IS NOT NULL`
+
+---
+
+## Fase 1: Multi-path + Forward Sync mejorado
+
+### 1.1 CLI — Config multi-path
+**Archivo:** `torrentclaw-cli/internal/config/config.go`
+- Añadir `ScanPaths []string` a `LibraryConfig`
+- Migrar `ScanPath` → `ScanPaths[0]` en `Load()` si `ScanPaths` está vacío
+- Añadir `AutoDelete bool` (default false)
+
+### 1.2 CLI — Cache v2
+**Archivo:** `torrentclaw-cli/internal/library/types.go`
+- Cambiar `LibraryCache` a version 2: `Paths map[string][]LibraryItem`
+- Migración v1→v2: `Path`+items → `Paths[Path]`
+
+**Archivo:** `torrentclaw-cli/internal/library/cache.go`
+- `LoadCache` detecta versión y migra
+- `SaveCache` siempre guarda v2
+
+### 1.3 CLI — Scan multi-path
+**Archivo:** `torrentclaw-cli/internal/cmd/scan.go`
+- `unarr scan` sin args → escanea todos los `ScanPaths`
+- `unarr scan /path/a /path/b` → escanea paths específicos y los recuerda en config
+- Loop: para cada path, scan + sync con su `scanPath`
+
+### 1.4 CLI — Nuevo comando `unarr sync`
+**Archivo nuevo:** `torrentclaw-cli/internal/cmd/sync.go`
+- Forward sync: scan ligero (sin ffprobe para ficheros sin cambios) + upload
+- Sin reverse sync todavía (Fase 3)
+- Flags: `--dry-run`, `--paths`
+
+### 1.5 Web — Columna `scan_path` en `library_item`
+**Archivo:** `torrentclaw-web/src/lib/db/schema.ts`
+- Añadir `scanPath: varchar(2048)` a tabla `libraryItem`
+- Generar migración con `pnpm db:generate`
+
+**Archivo:** `torrentclaw-web/src/lib/services/library-upgrade.ts`
+- `syncLibraryItems()`: persistir `scanPath` en cada row al hacer upsert
+
+### 1.6 CLI — Daemon multi-path
+**Archivo:** `torrentclaw-cli/internal/cmd/daemon.go`
+- `runAutoScan()` itera sobre todos los `ScanPaths`
+
+---
+
+## Fase 2: Reverse Sync (Web → Disco)
+
+### 2.1 Web — Soft-delete
+**Archivo:** `torrentclaw-web/src/lib/db/schema.ts`
+- Añadir `deletedAt: timestamp` a tabla `libraryItem`
+- Generar migración
+
+### 2.2 Web — Endpoints de borrado
+**Archivo nuevo:** `torrentclaw-web/src/app/api/internal/library/items/route.ts`
+- `DELETE` — session auth, recibe `{itemIds: number[]}`, hace soft-delete (`deletedAt = NOW()`)
+
+**Archivo nuevo:** `torrentclaw-web/src/app/api/internal/agent/library-deletions/route.ts`
+- `GET` — agent auth, devuelve items con `deletedAt IS NOT NULL` para ese usuario
+- `POST` — agent auth, recibe `{confirmedIds: number[]}`, hard-delete los rows
+
+### 2.3 Web — Heartbeat con pendingDeletions
+**Archivo:** endpoint de heartbeat del agente
+- Añadir `pendingDeletions: number` al response (count de items con `deletedAt IS NOT NULL`)
+
+### 2.4 Web — Forward sync respeta soft-deletes
+**Archivo:** `torrentclaw-web/src/lib/services/library-upgrade.ts`
+- `syncLibraryItems()` en `isLastBatch`: la query de DELETE excluye rows con `deletedAt IS NOT NULL`
+
+### 2.5 CLI — Agent client nuevos métodos
+**Archivo:** `torrentclaw-cli/internal/agent/client.go`
+- `GetLibraryDeletions(ctx) → []DeletionItem`
+- `ConfirmLibraryDeletions(ctx, ids []int) → error`
+
+**Archivo:** `torrentclaw-cli/internal/agent/types.go`
+- `DeletionItem {ID int, FilePath string, DeletedAt string}`
+
+### 2.6 CLI — Sync reverse
+**Archivo:** `torrentclaw-cli/internal/cmd/sync.go`
+- Después del forward sync: llama a `GetLibraryDeletions()`
+- Valida que cada fichero está dentro de un `ScanPaths` conocido (seguridad)
+- Si `AutoDelete` o `--yes`: borra y confirma
+- Si no: muestra lista interactiva, pide confirmación
+- Flag `--no-delete` para skip reverse sync
+- Si `BackupDir` configurado: mover a backup en vez de borrar
+
+### 2.7 CLI — Daemon auto-delete
+**Archivo:** `torrentclaw-cli/internal/cmd/daemon.go`
+- Al final de `runAutoSync()`: si `AutoDelete=true`, procesa deletions automáticamente
+- Si no: log warning "N files pending deletion, run `unarr sync`"
+
+---
+
+## Fase 3: Web UI (brief)
+
+- Botón "Eliminar" en items de biblioteca → llama `DELETE /library/items`
+- Badge "Pendiente de borrar" en items soft-deleted
+- Posibilidad de cancelar el borrado (clear `deletedAt`)
+- Vista unificada: scanned items + downloaded items en la misma vista
+
+---
+
+## Archivos clave
+
+### CLI (Go)
+| Archivo | Cambio |
+|---------|--------|
+| `internal/config/config.go` | ScanPaths, AutoDelete, migración |
+| `internal/library/types.go` | Cache v2 con Paths map |
+| `internal/library/cache.go` | Load/Save v2, migración v1 |
+| `internal/library/sync.go` | BuildSyncItems (sin cambios) |
+| `internal/cmd/scan.go` | Multi-path loop |
+| `internal/cmd/sync.go` | **Nuevo** — comando sync bidireccional |
+| `internal/cmd/daemon.go` | runAutoSync multi-path + reverse |
+| `internal/agent/client.go` | GetLibraryDeletions, ConfirmLibraryDeletions |
+| `internal/agent/types.go` | DeletionItem type |
+
+### Web (TypeScript)
+| Archivo | Cambio |
+|---------|--------|
+| `src/lib/db/schema.ts` | scanPath + deletedAt en library_item |
+| `src/lib/services/library-upgrade.ts` | persistir scanPath, respetar soft-deletes |
+| `src/app/api/internal/agent/library-deletions/route.ts` | **Nuevo** — GET + POST |
+| `src/app/api/internal/library/items/route.ts` | **Nuevo** — DELETE soft-delete |
+| Endpoint heartbeat del agente | pendingDeletions en response |
+
+---
+
+## Verificación
+
+### Fase 1
+1. `go build ./cmd/unarr/ && go test ./...`
+2. Configurar 2 scan paths en config.toml, ejecutar `unarr scan` → ambos se escanean
+3. Borrar un fichero del disco, ejecutar `unarr scan` → desaparece de la web
+4. `pnpm build` en torrentclaw-web para verificar tipos
+
+### Fase 2
+1. Desde la web: borrar un item de la biblioteca
+2. Ejecutar `unarr sync` → muestra el fichero pendiente de borrar, pedir confirmación
+3. Confirmar → fichero se borra del disco y desaparece de la web
+4. `unarr sync --dry-run` → muestra lo que haría sin hacer nada
+5. Con `auto_delete = true` en config: el daemon borra automáticamente
+
+### Fase 3
+1. Verificar visualmente en Chrome DevTools la UI de borrado
+2. Verificar que el badge "pendiente" aparece y desaparece correctamente

Docs/plans/security-stream-token.md

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+# Phase 2.2 — Per-task stream token (deferred)
+
+Status: deferred. Requires coordinated change in the web app
+(`torrentclaw-web`) and the CLI daemon. Pulled out of the Phase 2
+security pass because the CLI-only fixes (UPnP opt-in, SSE caps,
+signed self-update) ship without web-side work; the stream-token
+work cannot.
+
+## Problem
+
+`/stream`, `/playlist.m3u` and `/hls/<sessionID>/...` on the daemon
+HTTP server have no authentication. Today, anyone who can reach the
+listener and guesses (or learns) the `taskID` (for `/stream`) or
+`sessionID` (for `/hls`) can fetch the active file.
+
+Mitigations already in place after Phase 1+2:
+
+- `sessionID` is restricted to a safe regex and is a server-issued
+  UUID v4 (122-bit entropy, not enumerable in practice).
+- `/health` no longer leaks the active filename, taskID prefix or
+  client IP to remote callers (loopback diagnostics preserved).
+- UPnP is opt-in, so by default the daemon is not exposed to the
+  public internet.
+- The web client probes `/health` to pick LAN vs Tailscale.
+
+Residual risk:
+
+- On a shared LAN (open Wi-Fi, office network, dorm) any device can
+  reach the listener and brute-force `?id=<taskID>` against
+  `/stream`. taskIDs are also UUIDs, so this is high entropy, but
+  the URL may leak through browser history, sharing, screen capture
+  or a passive logger and there is no second factor.
+- A user who explicitly opts into UPnP exposes the same surface to
+  the entire internet.
+
+A per-task secret carried in the URL closes this without breaking
+the `<video src>` flow (the browser cannot attach `Authorization`
+headers to media elements, but it can append a query parameter).
+
+## Design
+
+Both ends agree on a per-task secret token. The web generates it
+when the user requests streaming; the daemon receives the
+`(taskID, token)` pair and validates the token on every `/stream`
+and `/hls/...` request.
+
+### Web side (`torrentclaw-web`)
+
+When the user clicks "Stream":
+
+1. Generate `streamToken = crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex")`
+   server-side (NOT browser, so it never lives in client storage
+   longer than the page lifetime).
+2. Persist `(taskID, streamToken, expiresAt)` in `download_task`
+   (new columns or a sibling table). Token expires e.g. 6 h after
+   issue or on explicit revoke.
+3. Push the token to the daemon over the existing heartbeat / sync
+   channel that already carries `streamRequested`. Add a
+   `streamToken` field next to it. The daemon trusts that channel
+   (it is authenticated agent ↔ origin).
+4. Include the token in the stream URLs the API returns to the
+   browser:
+   `http://<host>:<port>/stream?id=<taskID>&t=<streamToken>` and
+   the `/hls/<sessionID>` URLs gain `?t=<streamToken>` too.
+
+Files that will need to change:
+
+- `src/lib/services/agent.ts` — extend the stream-request payload
+  with `streamToken`.
+- `src/lib/db/schema.ts` — column / table for the token.
+- `src/lib/services/stream-resolve.ts` — append `&t=` to the URLs
+  it builds.
+- `src/lib/stream-probe.ts` — keep probing `/health` (no token),
+  then append `&t=` to the winning stream URL before returning.
+- `src/middleware.ts` — no CORS change required (browser still hits
+  daemon directly).
+
+### CLI side
+
+- `internal/agent/types.go` / `internal/agent/sync.go` — accept and
+  store `streamToken` next to `streamRequested`.
+- `internal/agent/daemon.go` — when the heartbeat reports a new
+  active stream task, push the token into the stream server via a
+  setter: `streamSrv.SetTaskToken(taskID, token)`.
+- `internal/engine/stream_server.go`:
+    - New field `tokens map[string]string` guarded by mutex.
+    - `SetTaskToken(taskID, token)` and `ClearTaskToken(taskID)`.
+    - `handler` (`/stream`) extracts `?id=` and `?t=`, checks the
+      token with `subtle.ConstantTimeCompare`; 404 on mismatch.
+    - `hlsHandler` (`/hls/<sessionID>/...`) needs an HLS-session
+      → token mapping, since the path carries `sessionID` not
+      `taskID`. Store the token on the `HLSSession` at start and
+      validate per request.
+
+### Backwards compatibility
+
+- The daemon must accept token-less requests for one minor version
+  so a newer daemon can still serve an older web (and vice-versa).
+  Gate the check on a config flag (`require_stream_token`,
+  default false in the first release, default true in the next).
+- The `<video src>` form supports query parameters, so the only
+  user-visible change is the URL string.
+
+## Open questions to resolve before implementing
+
+1. Token TTL. 6 h gives plenty of room for a movie + pause +
+   resume; longer means the post-leak window is wider.
+2. Where to store the token in `download_task` — same row, or a
+   sibling `download_stream_token` table that we can rotate
+   without writing to the task row.
+3. Should `/playlist.m3u` (VLC) embed the token directly, or use
+   a one-shot redeem URL? VLC URL ends up in history.
+4. Token reuse across HLS reconnects — yes, scoped to the
+   `HLSSession`, invalidated on `Close()`.
+5. Do we want a daemon flag `--require-stream-token` independent
+   of config, for users to flip on quickly without editing TOML?
+
+## Effort estimate
+
+- CLI: ~3 h
+- Web: ~3 h
+- Migration + rollout (config flag flip): 1 release cycle of soak.
+
+## Why not now
+
+- Cross-repo coordination raises commit blast radius beyond what
+  the Phase 2 security pass should carry.
+- Web work needs DB migration + UI surfaces (the "stream link
+  expired" path).
+- Phase 2 hardenings ship value today without it; this is the
+  defense-in-depth layer on top.

Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: all build test lint coverage clean fmt vet check install-hooks changelog release release-patch release-minor release-major release-dry
+.PHONY: all build test lint coverage clean fmt vet check install-hooks changelog release release-patch release-minor release-major release-dry ship ship-dry ship-push
 
 BINARY = unarr
 SENTRY_DSN ?=
@@ -71,6 +71,19 @@ release-dry:
 	@test -n "$(V)" || { echo "Usage: make release-dry V=patch|minor|major|0.5.0"; exit 1; }
 	@./scripts/release.sh --dry-run $(V)
 
+## Ship a release end-to-end (goreleaser + Hetzner + Docker Hub). Standalone backup for GH Actions.
+## Reads version from internal/cmd/version.go unless V= is provided.
+ship:
+	@./scripts/ship.sh $(V)
+
+## Ship + git push tag to GH afterwards
+ship-push:
+	@./scripts/ship.sh --push $(V)
+
+## Preview ship steps without executing
+ship-dry:
+	@./scripts/ship.sh --dry-run $(V)
+
 ## Remove generated files
 clean:
 	rm -f $(BINARY) coverage.out coverage.html

README.md

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
 [![Go Version](https://img.shields.io/github/go-mod/go-version/torrentclaw/unarr)](go.mod)
 
-Powerful terminal tool for torrent search and management. **Free and open source.**
+The single-binary terminal client for torrent, debrid, and usenet downloads. **Free and open source.**
 
-Search 30+ torrent sources, inspect torrent quality, discover popular content, find streaming providers, and manage your media collection — all from your terminal.
+Built-in torrent engine, debrid (Real-Debrid / AllDebrid), and NZB support. Stream to mpv/vlc, transcode on the fly with hardware acceleration, and manage your library — one binary or a headless daemon with WireGuard split-tunnel and Cloudflare Funnel remote access.
 
 <!-- GIF demo placeholder -->
 <!-- ![unarr Demo](docs/demo.gif) -->
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ unarr start
 | `unarr status` | Show daemon status and active downloads |
 | `unarr daemon install` | Install as system service (systemd/launchd) |
 | `unarr daemon uninstall` | Remove the system service |
+| `unarr vpn status` | Show managed-VPN config and live tunnel state |
+| `unarr vpn enable` | Turn the managed VPN on |
+| `unarr vpn disable` | Turn the managed VPN off |
 
 ### System & Diagnostics
 
@@ -280,6 +283,53 @@ The daemon connects via WebSocket for instant task delivery, with automatic HTTP
 - Linux: `~/.config/systemd/user/unarr.service` (systemd)
 - macOS: `~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.torrentclaw.unarr.plist` (launchd)
 
+## VPN
+
+unarr can route your **downloads** through a managed WireGuard VPN, so peers and
+trackers see the VPN server's IP instead of yours. It runs entirely in userspace
+(wireguard-go + a gVisor netstack) — **no root, no `wg-quick`, no changes to your
+OS routing table**.
+
+Requires a **PRO+ plan with the VPN add-on**. Set it up at
+[torrentclaw.com/vpn](https://torrentclaw.com/vpn).
+
+```bash
+# Turn it on (writes [downloads.vpn] enabled = true to your config)
+unarr vpn enable
+
+# Restart the daemon so it brings the tunnel up at startup
+unarr daemon restart        # or: unarr start (if not installed as a service)
+
+# Check it's working — shows the exit server when the tunnel is up
+unarr vpn status
+
+# Verify your account is provisioned (queries the API)
+unarr vpn status --check
+
+# Turn it off again
+unarr vpn disable
+```
+
+**Split-tunnel — read this:** only the torrent client's traffic goes through the
+VPN. Your browser, `curl`, and every other app keep using your **real IP** — that
+is by design. To check the VPN is working, look at `unarr vpn status` (or the
+peer/announce IP), **not** your browser's "what's my IP". To protect your other
+devices (phone, laptop), use the **OpenVPN credentials** from your profile — those
+support ~10 concurrent devices and do **not** share the agent's WireGuard slot.
+
+**When does it fetch the config?** Once, at daemon startup. There's no periodic
+refresh — after changing your exit server in the web panel or re-provisioning,
+restart the daemon to pick it up. If the fetch fails the daemon logs a `[vpn]`
+line and downloads in the clear (never refuses to run).
+
+**Self-hosted / personal VPN:** instead of the managed config, point unarr at a
+local WireGuard `.conf`:
+
+```toml
+[downloads.vpn]
+config_file = "/path/to/wg.conf"   # takes precedence over `enabled`
+```
+
 ## Diagnostics
 
 ```bash
@@ -293,6 +343,58 @@ unarr self-update --force   # reinstall even if up to date
 
 `unarr doctor` checks: config file, API key, server connectivity (with latency), agent registration, download directory, disk space, and version.
 
+### Updating unarr
+
+unarr supports three update paths. Pick whichever fits your workflow.
+
+**1. Manual self-update (always available).**
+
+```bash
+unarr self-update                # interactive update to latest
+unarr self-update --force        # reinstall same version
+unarr self-update --allow-unsigned # accept releases without checksum signature
+```
+
+The CLI downloads the new release archive over HTTPS (from
+`torrentclaw.com/releases/download/v<ver>/`), verifies SHA-256, swaps the
+binary in place (`.backup` kept next to it), and restarts the systemd
+user unit if the daemon is running.
+
+**2. Auto-apply on server signal (default, since 0.9.6).**
+
+When you press **"Force update now"** on the web (Settings → Agent → Force
+update), the server sets a flag your daemon polls every sync (~3 s). On
+the next sync the daemon downloads the new binary, replaces itself, and
+exits — `systemd Restart=always` respawns on the new version. No SSH, no
+terminal access required. Works headless on NAS / Docker.
+
+The button shows an amber warning if your agent is below 0.9.6 (older
+daemons see the signal but only log "run unarr update" — the operator
+must run the command manually that one time).
+
+**Opt out of auto-apply.** Some users prefer reviewing CHANGELOG before
+applying. Disable in `config.toml`:
+
+```toml
+[daemon]
+auto_upgrade = false
+```
+
+With `auto_upgrade = false`, pressing the web button still flags your
+agent (so the daemon logs the new version on next sync), but the daemon
+will not download / replace anything — you run `unarr self-update` when
+you're ready.
+
+**3. Docker auto-restart with a new tag.**
+
+```bash
+docker pull torrentclaw/unarr:latest
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+Tags published: `latest`, `0.9`, `0.9.7`, ... — pin to a minor (`0.9`)
+for opt-in patch updates without surprises.
+
 ## Clean
 
 Remove temporary files, logs, resume data, and other artifacts generated by unarr. Shows what will be removed and asks for confirmation before deleting.
@@ -374,6 +476,7 @@ tv_shows_dir = "~/Media/TV Shows"
 [daemon]
 poll_interval = "30s"
 heartbeat_interval = "30s"
+auto_upgrade = true   # apply server-flagged upgrades in-place (since 0.9.6)
 
 [notifications]
 enabled = true
@@ -382,6 +485,142 @@ enabled = true
 country = "US"
 ```
 
+### Streaming reference
+
+The in-browser player on torrentclaw.com streams from the daemon over HLS
+(HTTP fragments + ffmpeg transcode for codecs the browser can't decode
+natively). Enabled by default — a fresh install "just works" without editing
+the TOML.
+
+```toml
+[downloads.transcode]
+enabled        = true        # master switch
+hw_accel       = "auto"      # auto | none | nvenc | qsv | vaapi | videotoolbox
+preset         = "veryfast"  # libx264 preset
+video_bitrate  = ""          # e.g. "5M" caps -b:v; empty = engine fallback (5M)
+audio_bitrate  = "192k"      # e.g. "128k", "192k", "256k"
+max_height     = 0           # 0 = no cap; e.g. 720 forces 720p max
+max_concurrent = 2           # max simultaneous ffmpeg processes
+```
+
+#### `[downloads.transcode]`
+
+| Key | Type | Default | Notes |
+|-----|------|---------|-------|
+| `enabled` | bool | `true` | Real-time HLS transcoding when source codec is browser-incompatible (HEVC, AV1, AC3, DTS). Requires `ffmpeg` + `ffprobe` on PATH. |
+| `hw_accel` | string | `"auto"` | Hardware accel: `"auto"`, `"none"`, `"nvenc"` (NVIDIA), `"qsv"` (Intel), `"vaapi"` (Linux), `"videotoolbox"` (macOS). |
+| `preset` | string | `"veryfast"` | libx264 preset. Slower preset = smaller files but higher CPU. Options: `ultrafast`, `superfast`, `veryfast`, `faster`, `fast`, `medium`, `slow`, `slower`, `veryslow`. |
+| `video_bitrate` | string | `""` | E.g. `"5M"` caps `-b:v`. Empty falls back to the engine default (`5M`). |
+| `audio_bitrate` | string | `"192k"` | E.g. `"128k"`, `"256k"`. |
+| `max_height` | int | `0` | `0` = no cap. E.g. `720` forces 720p max — useful on weak GPUs. |
+| `max_concurrent` | int | `2` | Max simultaneous ffmpeg processes. Increase if hosting multiple users on a beefy box. |
+
+If `transcode.enabled = true` but `ffmpeg` / `ffprobe` aren't on PATH, the
+daemon logs a warning at startup and HLS sessions are rejected at runtime
+with a clear error — install ffmpeg or set `enabled = false`.
+
+#### `[downloads.hls_cache]` — persistent HLS segment cache
+
+```toml
+[downloads.hls_cache]
+enabled = true   # on by default
+size_gb = 5      # disk budget; LRU eviction once exceeded
+dir     = ""     # custom path; empty = ~/.cache/unarr/hls-cache
+```
+
+| Key | Type | Default | Notes |
+|-----|------|---------|-------|
+| `enabled` | bool | `true` | Persists finished HLS encodes per `(source, quality, audio_index)`. A second play of the same file at the same quality reuses the segments — no ffmpeg, near-zero CPU, instant playback. Set to `false` to delete segments on session close (original behavior). |
+| `size_gb` | int | `5` | Cache budget in gigabytes. When exceeded the LRU sweeper evicts the least-recently-used cached encodes hourly. Minimum 1 GB (smaller values are clamped up). |
+| `dir` | string | `""` | Custom storage path. Empty defaults to `~/.cache/unarr/hls-cache` (Linux/macOS) or the user cache dir (Windows). |
+
+**What it does.** First play encodes normally (ffmpeg writes segments).
+On session close, if every segment is on disk and ffmpeg exited cleanly,
+the directory is sealed with a `.complete` marker and kept. Next time the
+same source + quality combo is requested, the daemon serves segments
+straight from disk — no transcode, no warm-up, no CPU cost.
+
+**Why per (source, quality, audio).** Renaming the file or switching
+quality invalidates the entry: the segments are tied to the exact source
+bytes and the exact ffmpeg parameters. Re-encoding generates a new key.
+
+**Eviction.** A background goroutine wakes every hour. If total cache size
+exceeds `size_gb`, it deletes the oldest entries (by mtime) until under
+budget. Active sessions are pinned — they never get evicted mid-play.
+
+**Disable.** Either edit the TOML to set `enabled = false`, or remove the
+cache directory manually (it'll be recreated as needed). Disabling does
+not delete existing cached segments — drop `dir` (or `~/.cache/unarr/hls-cache`)
+to reclaim the space.
+
+#### `[downloads.vpn]`
+
+| Key | Type | Default | Notes |
+|-----|------|---------|-------|
+| `enabled` | bool | `false` | Managed VPN: at startup the daemon fetches a WireGuard config from your account and split-tunnels torrent traffic through it. Needs a PRO+ plan with the VPN add-on. Toggle with `unarr vpn enable` / `disable`. |
+| `config_file` | string | `""` | Self-hosted / personal VPN: path to a local WireGuard `.conf`. **Takes precedence over `enabled`** — when set, the daemon uses this file and never calls the API. |
+
+See the [VPN](#vpn) section above for how it works (split-tunnel, no root) and
+how to protect your other devices.
+
+#### `[downloads.funnel]` — public HTTPS hostname for the daemon (CloudFlare Quick Tunnel)
+
+```toml
+[downloads.funnel]
+enabled = false   # off by default
+```
+
+| Key | Type | Default | Notes |
+|-----|------|---------|-------|
+| `enabled` | bool | `false` | Spawns `cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:<stream_port>` as a child process at daemon startup. Toggle with `unarr funnel on` / `off`. Requires `cloudflared` on PATH. |
+
+**What it does.** Without a tunnel, the daemon is reachable on `localhost`,
+your LAN, and (if installed) Tailscale. That covers the same-machine and
+Tailscale-connected cases, but the **browser-based player on torrentclaw.com
+fails on any other network** because HTTPS pages can't fetch HTTP resources
+("mixed content"). Enabling the funnel gives the daemon a public
+`https://<random>.trycloudflare.com` hostname so the web player picks it up
+and playback works from anywhere — phone on cellular, friend's laptop on a
+foreign Wi-Fi, anywhere. The Stremio addon already works cross-network
+(native mpv/VLC players ignore CORS), so this is strictly a web-player fix.
+
+**Privacy posture.** Bytes pass through CloudFlare's edge — TorrentClaw never
+relays content (we don't see your traffic), CloudFlare does. Quick Tunnels
+are **anonymous** (no CF account required); the registration is unauthenticated
+and the hostname is a random label, but CF logs request metadata like any CDN
+would. If you want zero third-party byte access, use Tailscale instead.
+
+**Limitations (free Quick Tunnels).**
+| Aspect | Limit |
+|--------|-------|
+| Session lifetime | ~6 hours, then the hostname rotates. cloudflared re-registers automatically; the web picks up the new URL on the next sync. In-flight HLS sessions break across the rotation (browser retries). |
+| Bandwidth | No documented hard cap, but CF reserves the right to throttle. 1080p HLS (~6 Mbps) is fine; 4K HEVC at 25 Mbps may hit throttling. |
+| Latency | +20–80 ms vs direct LAN/Tailscale (extra hop browser → CF edge → tunnel). HLS player buffer absorbs it. |
+| Concurrency | One tunnel serves N viewers. CF rate-limits ~200 req/s, plenty for HLS segments. |
+| TOS | CloudFlare flags Quick Tunnels as "not for production traffic". They can decommission an abusive tunnel without notice. |
+
+For heavy / high-throughput / persistent-URL use cases, switch to a CloudFlare
+Named Tunnel (free, needs a CF account) or run your own reverse proxy — both
+out of scope for the bundled command.
+
+**Disable.** `unarr funnel off` flips `enabled` to `false` in the TOML and
+prompts you to restart the daemon. You can also edit `config.toml` directly:
+
+```toml
+[downloads.funnel]
+enabled = false
+```
+
+**Install cloudflared.**
+- Linux: `apt install cloudflared` (after adding CF's apt repo) — see
+  <https://pkg.cloudflare.com>. Or pull the static binary from
+  <https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases>.
+- macOS: `brew install cloudflared`.
+- Windows: `winget install --id Cloudflare.cloudflared`.
+
+If `cloudflared` is not on PATH the daemon logs a warning at startup and
+falls back to LAN/Tailscale-only reachability.
+
 ### Environment variables
 
 Environment variables override config file values:

SECURITY.md

@@ -59,6 +59,50 @@ This project follows these security practices:
 - **Non-root Docker** — Container runs as unprivileged user (UID 1000)
 - **Dependency scanning** — Automated via Dependabot
 
+## Container Image Vulnerability Scanning
+
+The Docker image (`torrentclaw/unarr`) is scanned by Docker Scout on Docker Hub and
+by a CVE gate in CI (see `.github/workflows/`). Two things matter when reading the
+Docker Hub vulnerability count:
+
+- **Scanner database differs.** Docker Hub (Scout) matches `package@version` against
+  NVD/GHSA. Trivy/Alpine `secdb` only lists CVEs Alpine has acknowledged and patched.
+  A high Scout count with a clean Trivy report is expected, not a contradiction.
+- **The bulk comes from the bundled `ffmpeg` codec stack.** Alpine's `ffmpeg`
+  package pulls ~40 codec/parser libraries (`x264`, `x265`, `libvpx`, `aom`,
+  `dav1d`, `libtheora`, `libvorbis`, `libwebp`, `libbluray`, `libopenmpt`, …).
+  Each carries a long NVD history that Alpine does not backport. ffmpeg is a
+  **functional dependency** — the HLS transcode pipeline shells out to
+  `ffmpeg`/`ffprobe` to decode untrusted media and re-encode to H.264 + AAC.
+
+### Accepted risk and policy
+
+- **Fixable** CRITICAL/HIGH findings **block** a release (CI CVE gate, `only-fixed`).
+- **Unfixed-upstream** codec CVEs are tracked but **accepted**: there is no patched
+  Alpine package to move to, and dropping codecs would break playback of common
+  formats. They are mitigated by the hardening below rather than eliminated.
+- Images are **rebuilt and re-pushed weekly** (scheduled workflow) so any newly
+  *fixed* base/ffmpeg/Go patch lands between tagged releases.
+
+### Mitigations (run the container hardened)
+
+Crafted media (torrents are untrusted input) is the realistic attack vector against
+ffmpeg's parsers. The shipped `docker-compose.yml` already applies:
+
+- **Non-root** user (UID 1000), **read-only** root filesystem, writable `tmpfs` only.
+- **Resource limits** (memory/CPU) to bound a runaway decode.
+
+Recommended additions for exposed deployments:
+
+```yaml
+    cap_drop: ["ALL"]
+    security_opt:
+      - no-new-privileges:true
+```
+
+If you do not need HLS transcoding, you can run with transcoding disabled to
+avoid feeding untrusted media to ffmpeg at all.
+
 ## Disclosure Policy
 
 We follow coordinated disclosure. We will credit reporters in the release notes unless they prefer to remain anonymous.

go.mod

@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v1.1.4
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
 	github.com/torrentclaw/go-client v0.2.0
-	golang.org/x/term v0.41.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.43.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.15.0
+	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard v0.0.0-20250521234502-f333402bd9cb
 )
 
 require (
@@ -121,12 +122,14 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.42.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.42.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.42.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.49.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.51.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260312153236-7ab1446f8b90 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.52.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.54.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.35.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.44.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.37.0 // indirect
+	golang.zx2c4.com/wintun v0.0.0-20230126152724-0fa3db229ce2 // indirect
+	gvisor.dev/gvisor v0.0.0-20250503011706-39ed1f5ac29c // indirect
 	lukechampine.com/blake3 v1.4.1 // indirect
 	modernc.org/libc v1.70.0 // indirect
 	modernc.org/mathutil v1.7.1 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnf
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-golang.org/x/crypto v0.49.0 h1:+Ng2ULVvLHnJ/ZFEq4KdcDd/cfjrrjjNSXNzxg0Y4U4=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.49.0/go.mod h1:ErX4dUh2UM+CFYiXZRTcMpEcN8b/1gxEuv3nODoYtCA=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.51.0 h1:IBPXwPfKxY7cWQZ38ZCIRPI50YLeevDLlLnyC5wRGTI=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.51.0/go.mod h1:8AdwkbraGNABw2kOX6YFPs3WM22XqI4EXEd8g+x7Oc8=
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-golang.org/x/mod v0.34.0 h1:xIHgNUUnW6sYkcM5Jleh05DvLOtwc6RitGHbDk4akRI=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.34.0/go.mod h1:ykgH52iCZe79kzLLMhyCUzhMci+nQj+0XkbXpNYtVjY=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.35.0 h1:Ww1D637e6Pg+Zb2KrWfHQUnH2dQRLBQyAtpr/haaJeM=
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@@ -500,8 +500,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190613194153-d28f0bde5980/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLL
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-golang.org/x/net v0.52.0/go.mod h1:R1MAz7uMZxVMualyPXb+VaqGSa3LIaUqk0eEt3w36Sw=
+golang.org/x/net v0.54.0 h1:2zJIZAxAHV/OHCDTCOHAYehQzLfSXuf/5SoL/Dv6w/w=
+golang.org/x/net v0.54.0/go.mod h1:Sj4oj8jK6XmHpBZU/zWHw3BV3abl4Kvi+Ut7cQcY+cQ=
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-golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0 h1:omrd2nAlyT5ESRdCLYdm3+fMfNFE/+Rf4bDIQImRJeo=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.44.0 h1:ildZl3J4uzeKP07r2F++Op7E9B29JRUy+a27EibtBTQ=
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internal/agent/client.go

@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Client communicates with the /api/internal/agent/* endpoints.
+//
+// The client owns a MirrorPool: when a request fails with a transient
+// network error (DNS, refused, timeout, 5xx) it rotates to the next mirror
+// and retries up to `len(mirrors)-1` times so a single agent run survives
+// a primary-domain takedown without user intervention.
 type Client struct {
-	baseURL    string
+	pool       *MirrorPool
 	apiKey     string
 	httpClient *http.Client
 	// wakeClient has no built-in timeout — used exclusively for the long-poll
@@ -25,10 +30,19 @@ type Client struct {
 	userAgent         string
 }
 
-// NewClient creates an agent API client.
+// NewClient creates an agent API client targeting a single base URL.
+// Equivalent to NewClientWithMirrors(baseURL, nil, ...) — kept for callers
+// that don't yet care about mirror failover.
 func NewClient(baseURL, apiKey, userAgent string) *Client {
+	return NewClientWithMirrors(baseURL, nil, apiKey, userAgent)
+}
+
+// NewClientWithMirrors creates an agent API client that can fail over from
+// the primary base URL to any of the extras when the primary is unreachable.
+// The order of `extras` matters: they're tried left-to-right after a failure.
+func NewClientWithMirrors(baseURL string, extras []string, apiKey, userAgent string) *Client {
 	return &Client{
-		baseURL: baseURL,
+		pool:   NewMirrorPool(baseURL, extras),
 		apiKey: apiKey,
 		httpClient: &http.Client{
 			Timeout: 30 * time.Second,
@@ -44,6 +58,18 @@ func NewClient(baseURL, apiKey, userAgent string) *Client {
 	}
 }
 
+// MirrorPool exposes the underlying pool so callers (e.g. the `unarr mirrors`
+// subcommand) can swap the list at runtime after fetching /api/v1/mirrors.
+func (c *Client) MirrorPool() *MirrorPool {
+	return c.pool
+}
+
+// baseURL returns the currently-active mirror. Routed through this helper so
+// future changes (e.g. per-endpoint mirror affinity) only need one edit.
+func (c *Client) baseURL() string {
+	return c.pool.Current()
+}
+
 // Register registers the CLI agent with the server and returns user info + features.
 func (c *Client) Register(ctx context.Context, req RegisterRequest) (*RegisterResponse, error) {
 	var resp RegisterResponse
@@ -65,6 +91,45 @@ func (c *Client) Deregister(ctx context.Context, agentID string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// ReportUpgradeResult tells the server the outcome of a previously requested
+// upgrade so the server can clear `upgrade_requested`. Without this call the
+// flag stays sticky and the daemon would re-trigger applyAutoUpgrade on every
+// sync after upgrade — even for "already on target version" no-ops.
+func (c *Client) ReportUpgradeResult(ctx context.Context, agentID string, success bool, version, errMsg string) error {
+	req := struct {
+		AgentID string `json:"agentId"`
+		Success bool   `json:"success"`
+		Version string `json:"version,omitempty"`
+		Error   string `json:"error,omitempty"`
+	}{AgentID: agentID, Success: success, Version: version, Error: errMsg}
+	var resp StatusResponse
+	if err := c.doPost(ctx, "/api/internal/agent/upgrade-result", req, &resp); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("report upgrade result: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// MarkSessionReady signals the server that the first HLS segment + init.mp4
+// landed on disk for the given session. The web side flips
+// streaming_session.ready_at = NOW(), which its SSE endpoint emits to
+// subscribed players so the "Preparando…" UI ends without polling HEAD
+// on /hls/<id>/master.m3u8.
+//
+// Best-effort: the server is the source of truth for session state and
+// will reach the same conclusion via HEAD probes anyway if this call
+// fails. We log the error in the caller but don't retry — by the time
+// a retry would land the user is likely already playing.
+func (c *Client) MarkSessionReady(ctx context.Context, sessionID string) error {
+	req := struct {
+		SessionID string `json:"sessionId"`
+	}{SessionID: sessionID}
+	var resp StatusResponse
+	if err := c.doPost(ctx, "/api/internal/agent/session-ready", req, &resp); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mark session ready: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ReportStatus reports download progress. Returns server-side flags the CLI must act on.
 func (c *Client) ReportStatus(ctx context.Context, update StatusUpdate) (*StatusResponse, error) {
 	var resp StatusResponse
@@ -109,30 +174,35 @@ func (c *Client) SearchNzbs(ctx context.Context, params NzbSearchParams) (*NzbSe
 // DownloadNzb downloads the NZB file for the given nzbId.
 // Returns the raw NZB XML bytes.
 func (c *Client) DownloadNzb(ctx context.Context, nzbID string) ([]byte, error) {
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("/api/internal/agent/nzb-download?nzbId=%s", nzbID)
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("/api/internal/agent/nzb-download?nzbId=%s", nzbID)
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, c.baseURL+url, nil)
+	var out []byte
+	err := c.withMirrorFailover(func(base string) error {
+		req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, base+path, nil)
 		if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create request: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("create request: %w", err)
 		}
 		c.setHeaders(req)
 
 		resp, err := c.httpClient.Do(req)
 		if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("request failed: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("request failed: %w", err)
 		}
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 		if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
 			body, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 1<<16))
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("nzb download error %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, string(body))
+			return &HTTPError{StatusCode: resp.StatusCode, Message: string(body)}
 		}
 
 		data, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 100<<20)) // 100MB limit
 		if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read nzb: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("read nzb: %w", err)
 		}
-	return data, nil
+		out = data
+		return nil
+	})
+	return out, err
 }
 
 // GetUsenetCredentials fetches NNTP connection credentials.
@@ -193,31 +263,41 @@ func (c *Client) ReportWatchProgress(ctx context.Context, update WatchProgressUp
 // WaitForWake blocks until the server sends a wake signal, the long-poll
 // timeout elapses, or ctx is cancelled. Returns true when a wake signal
 // was received (caller should sync immediately), false on timeout/cancel.
+//
+// Wake is a long-poll on a single mirror — failover here would just drop
+// the connection and try again immediately, which the server already
+// handles with a fresh wait loop. We only retry against the next mirror
+// when the current one is definitively unreachable (DNS / refused / TLS).
 func (c *Client) WaitForWake(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, c.baseURL+"/api/internal/agent/wake", nil)
+	var wake bool
+	err := c.withMirrorFailover(func(base string) error {
+		req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, base+"/api/internal/agent/wake", nil)
 		if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("create wake request: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("create wake request: %w", err)
 		}
 		c.setHeaders(req)
 
 		resp, err := c.wakeClient.Do(req)
 		if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("wake request failed: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("wake request failed: %w", err)
 		}
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 		if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
 			body, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 1<<10))
-		return false, &HTTPError{StatusCode: resp.StatusCode, Message: string(body)}
+			return &HTTPError{StatusCode: resp.StatusCode, Message: string(body)}
 		}
 
 		var result struct {
 			Wake bool `json:"wake"`
 		}
 		if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&result); err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("decode wake response: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("decode wake response: %w", err)
 		}
-	return result.Wake, nil
+		wake = result.Wake
+		return nil
+	})
+	return wake, err
 }
 
 // doPost sends a JSON POST request using the default httpClient and decodes the response.
@@ -227,13 +307,16 @@ func (c *Client) doPost(ctx context.Context, path string, body any, dst any) err
 
 // doPostWith sends a JSON POST request using the provided HTTP client and decodes the response.
 // Use this to override the default timeout for specific operations (e.g. librarySyncClient).
+// Wrapped in withMirrorFailover so a transient connection failure on the
+// active mirror retries against the next one.
 func (c *Client) doPostWith(ctx context.Context, hc *http.Client, path string, body any, dst any) error {
 	jsonBody, err := json.Marshal(body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("marshal body: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, c.baseURL+path, bytes.NewReader(jsonBody))
+	return c.withMirrorFailover(func(base string) error {
+		req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, base+path, bytes.NewReader(jsonBody))
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("create request: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -248,11 +331,13 @@ func (c *Client) doPostWith(ctx context.Context, hc *http.Client, path string, b
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 		return c.handleResponse(resp, dst)
+	})
 }
 
 // doGet sends a GET request and decodes the response.
 func (c *Client) doGet(ctx context.Context, path string, dst any) error {
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, c.baseURL+path, nil)
+	return c.withMirrorFailover(func(base string) error {
+		req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, base+path, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("create request: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -266,6 +351,45 @@ func (c *Client) doGet(ctx context.Context, path string, dst any) error {
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 		return c.handleResponse(resp, dst)
+	})
+}
+
+// withMirrorFailover runs `fn` against the current mirror; on a transient
+// error it rotates the pool and retries up to `len(mirrors)-1` times.
+//
+// The active mirror is updated on rotation so subsequent unrelated calls
+// stick to the working host until that host fails too — this avoids
+// hammering a known-bad primary on every request, while still trying it
+// again next time the agent reloads (no permanent demotion).
+func (c *Client) withMirrorFailover(fn func(base string) error) error {
+	attempts := c.pool.Len()
+	if attempts < 1 {
+		attempts = 1
+	}
+
+	var lastErr error
+	for i := 0; i < attempts; i++ {
+		base := c.baseURL()
+		err := fn(base)
+		if err == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		lastErr = err
+		if !IsTransient(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Last attempt: don't bother rotating, just surface the error.
+		if i == attempts-1 {
+			break
+		}
+		next, rotated := c.pool.Rotate()
+		if !rotated {
+			break
+		}
+		_ = next // mirror rotation logging is left to higher layers (cmd/) so the
+		// pool stays log-free for tests.
+	}
+	return lastErr
 }
 
 func (c *Client) setHeaders(req *http.Request) {

internal/agent/client_test.go

@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ func TestClient_SlowServer_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Crear cliente con timeout muy corto
 	c := &Client{
-		baseURL: srv.URL,
+		pool:   NewMirrorPool(srv.URL, nil),
 		apiKey: "test-key",
 		httpClient: &http.Client{
 			Timeout: 50 * time.Millisecond,

internal/agent/daemon.go

@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/upgrade"
 )
 
 // DaemonConfig holds daemon runtime settings.
@@ -21,6 +24,19 @@ type DaemonConfig struct {
 	StreamPort         int      // port for the HTTP stream server
 	LanIP              string   // LAN IP (reported in sync for stream URL resolution)
 	TailscaleIP        string   // Tailscale IP (reported in sync for stream URL resolution)
+	CanDelete          bool     // library.allow_delete is enabled
+	ScanPaths          []string // configured scan paths for file deletion validation
+	HWAccel            string   // detected encoder backend ("nvenc"/"qsv"/"vaapi"/"videotoolbox"/"none")
+	MaxTranscodeHeight int      // resolution cap the agent can transcode comfortably (px)
+	// Diagnostic data populated by engine.DetectHWAccelDiagnostic at daemon
+	// start. Surfaced in the web "Diagnose transcoder" modal — lets a user
+	// see which encoders the ffmpeg binary supports and which devices the
+	// host exposes without running `unarr probe-hwaccel`.
+	FFmpegVersion string   // first line of `ffmpeg -version`
+	FFmpegPath    string   // resolved binary path
+	HWEncoders    []string // HW-class encoder names found in `ffmpeg -encoders`
+	HWDevices     []string // device files + driver bins detected at probe time
+	AutoUpgrade   bool     // honor server-flagged upgrades by downloading + restarting (default: true)
 }
 
 // Daemon manages agent registration and the sync loop.
@@ -33,6 +49,7 @@ type Daemon struct {
 	// Callbacks — set by cmd/daemon.go before calling Run.
 	OnTasksClaimed    func(tasks []Task)
 	OnStreamRequested func(req StreamRequest)
+	OnStreamSession   func(sess StreamSession)
 	OnControlAction   func(action, taskID string, deleteFiles bool)
 	GetActiveCount    func() int // returns number of active downloads (wired from manager)
 
@@ -43,6 +60,16 @@ type Daemon struct {
 	State               DaemonState
 	lastNotifiedVersion string
 
+	// Managed-VPN split-tunnel state, set by cmd/daemon.go before Run and folded
+	// into DaemonState on every write so external tools (`unarr vpn status`) see it.
+	vpnActive bool
+	vpnMode   string
+	vpnServer string
+
+	// CloudFlare Quick Tunnel public URL; folded into DaemonState + heartbeat
+	// so the web can prefer it over Tailscale/LAN for in-browser playback.
+	funnelURL string
+
 	// Watching tracks whether a user is viewing download progress in the web UI.
 	Watching atomic.Bool
 
@@ -65,6 +92,23 @@ func NewDaemon(cfg DaemonConfig, client *Client) *Daemon {
 // SyncClient returns the sync client for external wiring.
 func (d *Daemon) SyncClient() *SyncClient { return d.sync }
 
+// SetVPNState records the managed-VPN split-tunnel state so it's reflected in the
+// daemon state file (read by `unarr vpn status`). Call before Run.
+func (d *Daemon) SetVPNState(active bool, mode, server string) {
+	d.vpnActive = active
+	d.vpnMode = mode
+	d.vpnServer = server
+}
+
+// SetFunnelURL records the CloudFlare Quick Tunnel hostname so it's reflected
+// in the daemon state file (read by `unarr funnel status`) and in heartbeat
+// requests (so the web prefers it over Tailscale/LAN). Pass "" to clear.
+func (d *Daemon) SetFunnelURL(url string) {
+	d.funnelURL = url
+	d.State.FunnelURL = url
+	WriteState(&d.State)
+}
+
 // UpdateStreamPort updates the stream port reported in sync requests.
 func (d *Daemon) UpdateStreamPort(port int) {
 	d.cfg.StreamPort = port
@@ -84,6 +128,16 @@ func (d *Daemon) Register(ctx context.Context) error {
 		StreamPort:         d.cfg.StreamPort,
 		LanIP:              d.cfg.LanIP,
 		TailscaleIP:        d.cfg.TailscaleIP,
+		HWAccel:            d.cfg.HWAccel,
+		MaxTranscodeHeight: d.cfg.MaxTranscodeHeight,
+		FFmpegVersion:      d.cfg.FFmpegVersion,
+		FFmpegPath:         d.cfg.FFmpegPath,
+		HWEncoders:         d.cfg.HWEncoders,
+		HWDevices:          d.cfg.HWDevices,
+		VPNActive:          d.vpnActive,
+		VPNMode:            d.vpnMode,
+		VPNServer:          d.vpnServer,
+		FunnelURL:          d.funnelURL,
 	}
 	if free, total, err := DiskInfo(d.cfg.DownloadDir); err == nil {
 		req.DiskFreeBytes = free
@@ -134,6 +188,10 @@ func (d *Daemon) Register(ctx context.Context) error {
 		PID:         os.Getpid(),
 		StartedAt:   now,
 		MethodStats: make(map[string]int),
+		VPNActive:   d.vpnActive,
+		VPNMode:     d.vpnMode,
+		VPNServer:   d.vpnServer,
+		FunnelURL:   d.funnelURL,
 	}
 	WriteState(&d.State)
 
@@ -151,6 +209,21 @@ func (d *Daemon) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	log.Printf("Agent registered: %s (%s) [%s]", d.User.Name, d.User.Email, d.User.Plan)
 	log.Printf("Features: torrent=%v debrid=%v usenet=%v", d.Features.Torrent, d.Features.Debrid, d.Features.Usenet)
 
+	// Usenet needs par2 (segment repair) + an extractor (RAR/7z) on the host.
+	// Without par2, a single bad segment corrupts the file silently; without
+	// an extractor, RAR-packed downloads can't be unpacked. Warn loudly at
+	// startup so the operator installs them before the first download fails.
+	if d.Features.Usenet {
+		if _, err := exec.LookPath("par2"); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[usenet] WARNING: par2 not found in PATH — corrupted segments cannot be repaired and extraction may fail. Install par2 (apt install par2 / brew install par2).")
+		}
+		_, unrarErr := exec.LookPath("unrar")
+		_, sevenZErr := exec.LookPath("7z")
+		if unrarErr != nil && sevenZErr != nil {
+			log.Printf("[usenet] WARNING: no archive extractor (unrar or 7z) found — RAR-packed downloads cannot be unpacked. Install unrar or 7z.")
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Wire sync callbacks
 	d.sync.OnNewTasks = func(tasks []Task) {
 		if d.OnTasksClaimed != nil {
@@ -167,12 +240,23 @@ func (d *Daemon) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 			d.OnStreamRequested(req)
 		}
 	}
-	d.sync.OnUpgrade = func(version string) {
-		if version != d.lastNotifiedVersion {
-			d.lastNotifiedVersion = version
-			log.Printf("New version available: %s (run `unarr self-update` to upgrade)", version)
+	d.sync.OnStreamSession = func(sess StreamSession) {
+		if d.OnStreamSession != nil {
+			d.OnStreamSession(sess)
 		}
 	}
+	d.sync.OnUpgrade = func(version string) {
+		if version == d.lastNotifiedVersion {
+			return
+		}
+		d.lastNotifiedVersion = version
+		if !d.cfg.AutoUpgrade {
+			log.Printf("[upgrade] new version available: %s — auto_upgrade=false, run `unarr update` to apply", version)
+			return
+		}
+		log.Printf("[upgrade] new version available: %s — applying auto-upgrade", version)
+		go d.applyAutoUpgrade(version)
+	}
 	d.sync.OnScan = func() {
 		log.Printf("Library scan requested by server")
 		select {
@@ -183,6 +267,12 @@ func (d *Daemon) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	d.sync.OnWatchingChange = func(watching bool) {
 		d.Watching.Store(watching)
 	}
+	d.sync.GetVPNState = func() (bool, string, string) {
+		return d.vpnActive, d.vpnMode, d.vpnServer
+	}
+	d.sync.GetFunnelURL = func() string {
+		return d.funnelURL
+	}
 	d.sync.OnSyncSuccess = func() {
 		d.State.LastHeartbeat = time.Now()
 		if d.GetActiveCount != nil {
@@ -212,6 +302,67 @@ func (d *Daemon) Deregister() {
 	RemoveState()
 }
 
+// applyAutoUpgrade downloads the target version and exits so the service
+// supervisor (systemd Restart=always on Linux) respawns on the new binary.
+// Triggered by the server's upgrade signal — opt-in flag set by the user from
+// the web UI; the daemon never auto-upgrades on a passive version bump.
+//
+// Reports the outcome to /api/internal/agent/upgrade-result so the server
+// clears `upgrade_requested`. Without this report the flag stays sticky and
+// the daemon would loop on every sync — including the no-op case where it's
+// already on the target version.
+func (d *Daemon) applyAutoUpgrade(targetVersion string) {
+	currentClean := strings.TrimPrefix(d.cfg.Version, "v")
+	targetClean := strings.TrimPrefix(targetVersion, "v")
+
+	// No-op: server signal arrived but we're already running the target. This
+	// happens when the daemon restarts after a previous auto-upgrade before
+	// reportUpgradeResult cleared the flag, or when the operator manually
+	// installed the same version off-band. Skip Execute (which would also
+	// no-op) AND skip os.Exit, but DO clear the flag — otherwise we loop.
+	if currentClean == targetClean {
+		log.Printf("[upgrade] already on v%s — clearing server flag", currentClean)
+		ctxR, cancelR := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+		defer cancelR()
+		if err := d.client.ReportUpgradeResult(ctxR, d.cfg.AgentID, true, currentClean, ""); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[upgrade] report-result failed (will retry on next signal): %v", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	upgrader := &upgrade.Upgrader{
+		CurrentVersion: currentClean,
+		OnProgress: func(msg string) {
+			log.Printf("[upgrade] %s", msg)
+		},
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
+	result := upgrader.Execute(ctx, targetVersion)
+	if !result.Success {
+		log.Printf("[upgrade] auto-upgrade failed: %v", result.Error)
+		errMsg := ""
+		if result.Error != nil {
+			errMsg = result.Error.Error()
+		}
+		ctxR, cancelR := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+		defer cancelR()
+		if err := d.client.ReportUpgradeResult(ctxR, d.cfg.AgentID, false, targetClean, errMsg); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[upgrade] report-result failed: %v", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	log.Printf("[upgrade] upgraded v%s → v%s; reporting result + exiting so service supervisor restarts on new binary",
+		result.OldVersion, result.NewVersion)
+	ctxR, cancelR := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+	if err := d.client.ReportUpgradeResult(ctxR, d.cfg.AgentID, true, result.NewVersion, ""); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[upgrade] report-result failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	cancelR()
+	time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	os.Exit(0)
+}
+
 // isTransientError returns true for errors worth retrying (429, 5xx, network).
 func isTransientError(err error) bool {
 	if err == nil {

internal/agent/disk_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package agent
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestDirSize(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(root, "a.bin"), make([]byte, 100), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(root, "sub"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(root, "sub", "b.bin"), make([]byte, 250), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	got, err := DirSize(root)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("DirSize error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != 350 {
+		t.Errorf("DirSize = %d, want 350", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDirSizeEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	got, err := DirSize(t.TempDir())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("DirSize empty dir error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("DirSize empty = %d, want 0", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDirSizeMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	// Walk skips unreadable entries — missing path returns 0 with no error.
+	got, err := DirSize("/nonexistent/path/zzz")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("DirSize on missing path = err %v, want nil", err)
+	}
+	if got != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("DirSize on missing path = %d, want 0", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDiskInfoCurrentDir(t *testing.T) {
+	free, total, err := DiskInfo(".")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("DiskInfo: %v", err)
+	}
+	if total <= 0 {
+		t.Errorf("total bytes should be > 0, got %d", total)
+	}
+	if free > total {
+		t.Errorf("free (%d) should not exceed total (%d)", free, total)
+	}
+}

internal/agent/mirror_client.go

@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+package agent
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// MirrorEntry mirrors the shape of /api/v1/mirrors items on the server.
+type MirrorEntry struct {
+	URL     string `json:"url"`
+	Label   string `json:"label"`
+	Kind    string `json:"kind"`    // "clearnet" | "tor"
+	Primary bool   `json:"primary"`
+}
+
+// MirrorChannel is an out-of-band status channel (Telegram, status page, etc.)
+type MirrorChannel struct {
+	URL   string `json:"url"`
+	Label string `json:"label"`
+}
+
+// MirrorsResponse is the JSON document served by /api/v1/mirrors and
+// /api/mirrors.
+type MirrorsResponse struct {
+	Revision  int             `json:"revision"`
+	Mirrors   []MirrorEntry   `json:"mirrors"`
+	Tor       *MirrorEntry    `json:"tor"`
+	Channels  []MirrorChannel `json:"channels"`
+	UpdatedAt string          `json:"updatedAt"`
+}
+
+// DefaultStaticFallbackURLs lists off-domain JSON copies of the mirror list.
+// Hard-coded here (not loaded from config) because the whole point is to
+// have something to consult when config-driven URLs all fail.
+//
+// Hosted on IPFS (content-addressed, re-pinnable, no host can take it down
+// permanently — same bytes re-pinned anywhere keep the same CID). Multiple
+// public gateways are listed so a single gateway being blocked doesn't kill
+// the fallback; the /ipfs/<CID>/ path is identical across all gateways.
+//
+// GitHub Pages was removed 2026-05-17: the whole torrentclaw org is
+// shadow-banned (public repos 404 to anonymous users). Do NOT re-add any
+// github.io URL. Keep this slice in sync with `STATIC_FALLBACKS` in
+// `torrentclaw-web/src/lib/mirrors-config.ts` — when the IPFS CID changes
+// (scripts/publish-mirrors-ipfs.sh), update both.
+//
+// Future hardening: sign mirrors.json with the same ed25519 release key
+// (or a sibling) so a hijack of any single static host cannot serve a
+// malicious mirror list. Today the only signal is "agreement between
+// independent providers" via cross-checking, which we leave to the
+// operator.
+const mirrorsIPFSCID = "bafybeigwux74fek7uky7nct47z5eqwwnpylakfxppqqnzbuxdw7p3ikfdy"
+
+var DefaultStaticFallbackURLs = []string{
+	"https://ipfs.io/ipfs/" + mirrorsIPFSCID + "/mirrors.json",
+	"https://dweb.link/ipfs/" + mirrorsIPFSCID + "/mirrors.json",
+	"https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/" + mirrorsIPFSCID + "/mirrors.json",
+}
+
+// FetchMirrorsWithFallback pulls the mirror list using FetchMirrors against
+// `candidates` first; if every candidate fails, it falls back to the static
+// JSON copies on off-domain hosts (GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages, …).
+//
+// This is the function `unarr mirrors update` should call when it wants the
+// strongest "give me a working mirror list no matter what" guarantee.
+func FetchMirrorsWithFallback(ctx context.Context, candidates []string, userAgent string) (*MirrorsResponse, error) {
+	resp, err := FetchMirrors(ctx, candidates, userAgent)
+	if err == nil {
+		return resp, nil
+	}
+	if len(DefaultStaticFallbackURLs) == 0 {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// Try the static JSON files directly. They follow the same wire shape so
+	// we can reuse the same parser — but the URLs already include the JSON
+	// suffix so we hit them with `fetchMirrorsJSON` instead of FetchMirrors
+	// (which appends /api/v1/mirrors).
+	staticResp, staticErr := fetchMirrorsJSON(ctx, DefaultStaticFallbackURLs, userAgent)
+	if staticErr == nil {
+		return staticResp, nil
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("primary failed (%v) and static fallback failed (%v)", err, staticErr)
+}
+
+// fetchMirrorsJSON pulls a MirrorsResponse from already-fully-qualified URLs
+// (e.g. https://ipfs.io/ipfs/<CID>/mirrors.json). Each candidate is tried
+// in order; the first success wins.
+func fetchMirrorsJSON(ctx context.Context, urls []string, userAgent string) (*MirrorsResponse, error) {
+	if len(urls) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no static fallback URLs configured")
+	}
+	hc := &http.Client{Timeout: 15 * time.Second}
+	var lastErr error
+	for _, url := range urls {
+		req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			lastErr = err
+			continue
+		}
+		if userAgent != "" {
+			req.Header.Set("User-Agent", userAgent)
+		}
+		req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
+		resp, err := hc.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			lastErr = err
+			continue
+		}
+		body, readErr := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 1<<20))
+		resp.Body.Close()
+		if readErr != nil {
+			lastErr = readErr
+			continue
+		}
+		if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
+			lastErr = fmt.Errorf("%s returned HTTP %d", url, resp.StatusCode)
+			continue
+		}
+		var out MirrorsResponse
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &out); err != nil {
+			lastErr = fmt.Errorf("%s: invalid JSON: %w", url, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(out.Mirrors) == 0 {
+			lastErr = fmt.Errorf("%s returned empty mirror list", url)
+			continue
+		}
+		return &out, nil
+	}
+	if lastErr == nil {
+		lastErr = fmt.Errorf("no reachable static fallback")
+	}
+	return nil, lastErr
+}
+
+// FetchMirrors pulls the latest mirror list from the server.
+//
+// The endpoint is intentionally public and unauthenticated: the whole point
+// of mirror discovery is that it must work even when the user's API key
+// is invalid, expired, or the auth path is unreachable. The function tries
+// each candidate base URL in order so a takedown of the primary doesn't
+// also kill mirror discovery.
+func FetchMirrors(ctx context.Context, candidates []string, userAgent string) (*MirrorsResponse, error) {
+	if len(candidates) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no mirror discovery URLs configured")
+	}
+
+	hc := &http.Client{Timeout: 15 * time.Second}
+
+	var lastErr error
+	for _, base := range candidates {
+		if base == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		url := base + "/api/v1/mirrors"
+		req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			lastErr = err
+			continue
+		}
+		if userAgent != "" {
+			req.Header.Set("User-Agent", userAgent)
+		}
+		req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
+
+		resp, err := hc.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			lastErr = err
+			continue
+		}
+		body, readErr := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 1<<20))
+		resp.Body.Close()
+		if readErr != nil {
+			lastErr = readErr
+			continue
+		}
+		if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
+			lastErr = fmt.Errorf("%s returned HTTP %d", base, resp.StatusCode)
+			continue
+		}
+		var out MirrorsResponse
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &out); err != nil {
+			lastErr = fmt.Errorf("%s: invalid JSON: %w", base, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(out.Mirrors) == 0 {
+			lastErr = fmt.Errorf("%s returned empty mirror list", base)
+			continue
+		}
+		return &out, nil
+	}
+
+	if lastErr == nil {
+		lastErr = fmt.Errorf("no reachable mirror discovery endpoint")
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("fetch mirrors: %w", lastErr)
+}
+
+// ToConfig splits a MirrorsResponse into (primary, extras) suitable for
+// rebuilding a MirrorPool or persisting back into config.toml.
+//
+// The "primary" returned here is whichever entry has primary=true. If none
+// are flagged, the first one wins.
+func (m *MirrorsResponse) ToConfig() (primary string, extras []string) {
+	if m == nil {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	var picked *MirrorEntry
+	for i := range m.Mirrors {
+		if m.Mirrors[i].Primary {
+			picked = &m.Mirrors[i]
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if picked == nil && len(m.Mirrors) > 0 {
+		picked = &m.Mirrors[0]
+	}
+	if picked != nil {
+		primary = picked.URL
+	}
+	for _, e := range m.Mirrors {
+		if e.URL == primary {
+			continue
+		}
+		extras = append(extras, e.URL)
+	}
+	return primary, extras
+}

internal/agent/mirror_pool.go

@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+package agent
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// MirrorPool holds the ordered list of API base URLs the client is willing to
+// fall back to when the current mirror is unreachable. The first entry is
+// always the "preferred" mirror configured by the user. Subsequent entries
+// are alternate domains we can rotate to without changing any user-visible
+// configuration — they exist so a long-lived agent survives a takedown of
+// the primary host without needing a new release.
+//
+// The pool is concurrency-safe; rotation is a fast O(1) index bump under a
+// mutex. The previously-active mirror is NEVER removed — it might just be
+// temporarily unreachable from one network path.
+type MirrorPool struct {
+	mu      sync.RWMutex
+	mirrors []string
+	current int
+}
+
+// NewMirrorPool builds a pool from the provided base URLs. The primary URL
+// is always first; "extras" are appended in order and de-duplicated. Empty
+// strings are skipped. Trailing slashes are normalised so callers can concat
+// `pool.Current() + "/api/..."` reliably.
+func NewMirrorPool(primary string, extras []string) *MirrorPool {
+	seen := make(map[string]struct{})
+	var out []string
+
+	add := func(raw string) {
+		raw = strings.TrimRight(strings.TrimSpace(raw), "/")
+		if raw == "" {
+			return
+		}
+		if _, dup := seen[raw]; dup {
+			return
+		}
+		seen[raw] = struct{}{}
+		out = append(out, raw)
+	}
+
+	add(primary)
+	for _, e := range extras {
+		add(e)
+	}
+
+	if len(out) == 0 {
+		// Defensive: always return a pool with at least one entry so callers
+		// can call Current() without nil checks. The empty string would
+		// produce obvious errors immediately, which is preferable to a panic
+		// somewhere deep in net/http.
+		out = []string{""}
+	}
+
+	return &MirrorPool{mirrors: out}
+}
+
+// Current returns the active base URL.
+func (p *MirrorPool) Current() string {
+	p.mu.RLock()
+	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
+	return p.mirrors[p.current]
+}
+
+// Mirrors returns a copy of the configured base URLs in priority order.
+func (p *MirrorPool) Mirrors() []string {
+	p.mu.RLock()
+	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
+	out := make([]string, len(p.mirrors))
+	copy(out, p.mirrors)
+	return out
+}
+
+// Len reports how many mirrors are configured.
+func (p *MirrorPool) Len() int {
+	p.mu.RLock()
+	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
+	return len(p.mirrors)
+}
+
+// Rotate moves the cursor to the next mirror in the pool, wrapping around.
+// Returns the new current mirror and whether a rotation actually happened
+// (a single-mirror pool returns false).
+func (p *MirrorPool) Rotate() (string, bool) {
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	defer p.mu.Unlock()
+	if len(p.mirrors) <= 1 {
+		return p.mirrors[p.current], false
+	}
+	p.current = (p.current + 1) % len(p.mirrors)
+	return p.mirrors[p.current], true
+}
+
+// Replace swaps the entire mirror set, e.g. after `unarr mirrors update`
+// downloaded a fresh list from /api/v1/mirrors. Resets the cursor to 0 so
+// the newly-discovered primary is tried first.
+func (p *MirrorPool) Replace(primary string, extras []string) {
+	fresh := NewMirrorPool(primary, extras)
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	defer p.mu.Unlock()
+	p.mirrors = fresh.mirrors
+	p.current = 0
+}
+
+// IsTransient reports whether an error is the kind we should retry against
+// another mirror. The intent is conservative: rotate on connection-level
+// failures (DNS, refused, TLS, timeouts, 5xx) but NOT on auth or validation
+// errors that would just fail again somewhere else.
+func IsTransient(err error) bool {
+	if err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	var httpErr *HTTPError
+	if errors.As(err, &httpErr) {
+		switch httpErr.StatusCode {
+		case http.StatusBadGateway,
+			http.StatusServiceUnavailable,
+			http.StatusGatewayTimeout,
+			http.StatusRequestTimeout:
+			return true
+		}
+		// 4xx (auth, rate limit, validation) won't get healthier on another mirror.
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	var netErr net.Error
+	if errors.As(err, &netErr) && netErr.Timeout() {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	var dnsErr *net.DNSError
+	if errors.As(err, &dnsErr) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	var urlErr *url.Error
+	if errors.As(err, &urlErr) {
+		// `connection refused`, `EOF`, `tls: ...` end up as wrapped url.Errors.
+		msg := urlErr.Error()
+		if strings.Contains(msg, "connection refused") ||
+			strings.Contains(msg, "no such host") ||
+			strings.Contains(msg, "EOF") ||
+			strings.Contains(msg, "tls:") ||
+			strings.Contains(msg, "i/o timeout") ||
+			strings.Contains(msg, "network is unreachable") {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Bare strings as last resort — net.OpError messages are unstable across Go versions.
+	msg := err.Error()
+	if strings.Contains(msg, "connection refused") ||
+		strings.Contains(msg, "no such host") ||
+		strings.Contains(msg, "i/o timeout") ||
+		strings.Contains(msg, "network is unreachable") {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}

internal/agent/process_unix_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+//go:build !windows
+
+package agent
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestIsProcessAliveSelf(t *testing.T) {
+	if !IsProcessAlive(os.Getpid()) {
+		t.Errorf("self PID should be alive")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsProcessAliveBogus(t *testing.T) {
+	// PID 0 is reserved (signal 0 to PID 0 broadcasts to the whole pgrp).
+	// Pick a very high PID unlikely to exist.
+	if IsProcessAlive(0x7FFFFFFE) {
+		t.Errorf("very high PID should not be alive")
+	}
+}

internal/agent/state.go

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package agent
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
@@ -9,6 +11,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
 )
 
+// ErrDaemonNotRunning is returned when no daemon state file exists on disk.
+// Callers may wrap it with %w; downstream code uses errors.Is to detect it.
+// NOTE: the message text is matched by the sentry package (string-match, to
+// avoid an import cycle). Keep the prefix "daemon does not appear to be
+// running" stable, or update sentry.daemonNotRunningMarker accordingly.
+var ErrDaemonNotRunning = errors.New("daemon does not appear to be running (state file not found)")
+
 // DaemonState is written to disk every heartbeat for external tools to read.
 type DaemonState struct {
 	AgentID         string         `json:"agentId"`
@@ -22,6 +31,18 @@ type DaemonState struct {
 	FailedCount     int            `json:"failedCount"`
 	TotalDownloaded int64          `json:"totalDownloaded"`
 	MethodStats     map[string]int `json:"methodStats,omitempty"`
+
+	// Managed-VPN split-tunnel state, so `unarr vpn status` can report whether
+	// torrent traffic is actually being routed through the tunnel (vs. the daemon
+	// running but the tunnel having failed to come up → downloading in the clear).
+	VPNActive bool   `json:"vpnActive,omitempty"`
+	VPNMode   string `json:"vpnMode,omitempty"`   // managed | self-hosted
+	VPNServer string `json:"vpnServer,omitempty"` // WireGuard endpoint (ip:port)
+
+	// CloudFlare Quick Tunnel state, so `unarr funnel status` can report the
+	// HTTPS hostname the daemon is reachable at from anywhere on the internet.
+	// Empty when the funnel is off or hasn't registered yet.
+	FunnelURL string `json:"funnelUrl,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // stateFilePathFn is overridable for testing.
@@ -45,25 +66,43 @@ func WriteState(state *DaemonState) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Write to temp file then rename for atomicity
+	// Write to temp file then rename for atomicity. 0o600 keeps the file
+	// readable only by the owning user — the state contains agentID, PID
+	// and counters which are useful to a co-tenant on a shared host for
+	// fingerprinting the daemon, and we already use 0o600 for the config
+	// file. No need for cross-user readability here.
 	tmp := path + ".tmp"
-	if err := os.WriteFile(tmp, data, 0o644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(tmp, data, 0o600); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 	os.Rename(tmp, path)
 }
 
-// ReadState reads the daemon state from disk. Returns nil if not found.
+// ReadState reads the daemon state from disk. Returns nil if not found or
+// unreadable. Use LoadState when callers need to distinguish "not running"
+// from "state file corrupted".
 func ReadState() *DaemonState {
+	state, _ := LoadState()
+	return state
+}
+
+// LoadState reads the daemon state and returns explicit errors:
+//   - ErrDaemonNotRunning when the state file does not exist
+//   - a wrapped json error when the file exists but cannot be decoded
+//     (a real bug worth reporting to Sentry)
+func LoadState() (*DaemonState, error) {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(StateFilePath())
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			return nil, ErrDaemonNotRunning
+		}
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	var state DaemonState
-	if json.Unmarshal(data, &state) != nil {
-		return nil
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &state); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("decode daemon state %s: %w", StateFilePath(), err)
 	}
-	return &state
+	return &state, nil
 }
 
 // RemoveState deletes the state file (called on clean shutdown).

internal/agent/state_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package agent
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
@@ -104,3 +105,39 @@ func TestReadStateCorruptedJSON(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("ReadState() should return nil for corrupted JSON, got %+v", state)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestLoadStateNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	origFn := stateFilePathFn
+	stateFilePathFn = func() string { return filepath.Join(tmpDir, "nonexistent.json") }
+	defer func() { stateFilePathFn = origFn }()
+
+	state, err := LoadState()
+	if state != nil {
+		t.Errorf("LoadState() state = %+v, want nil", state)
+	}
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrDaemonNotRunning) {
+		t.Errorf("LoadState() err = %v, want ErrDaemonNotRunning", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoadStateCorruptedJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	origFn := stateFilePathFn
+	path := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "daemon.state.json")
+	stateFilePathFn = func() string { return path }
+	defer func() { stateFilePathFn = origFn }()
+
+	os.WriteFile(path, []byte("not valid json{{{"), 0o644)
+
+	state, err := LoadState()
+	if state != nil {
+		t.Errorf("LoadState() state = %+v, want nil", state)
+	}
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("LoadState() err = nil, want decode error")
+	}
+	if errors.Is(err, ErrDaemonNotRunning) {
+		t.Error("corrupt state must not be reported as ErrDaemonNotRunning — it would be filtered from Sentry")
+	}
+}

internal/agent/sync.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"log"
 	"runtime"
+	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -28,18 +29,36 @@ type SyncClient struct {
 	OnNewTasks       func(tasks []Task)
 	OnControl        func(action, taskID string, deleteFiles bool)
 	OnStreamRequest  func(req StreamRequest)
+	OnStreamSession  func(sess StreamSession)
 	OnUpgrade        func(version string)
 	OnScan           func()
 	OnWatchingChange func(watching bool)
 	OnSyncSuccess    func() // called after each successful sync (e.g. to update state file)
 	GetFreeSlots     func() int
 	GetTaskStates    func() []TaskState // returns current state of all active + recently finished tasks
+	// GetVPNState returns the live managed-VPN split-tunnel state (whether the
+	// WireGuard tunnel is up, the mode, and the exit server) so the web can track
+	// which agent holds the single WG slot.
+	GetVPNState func() (active bool, mode, server string)
+	// GetFunnelURL returns the CloudFlare Quick Tunnel public hostname if one
+	// is active, else "". Sent on every sync so the web picks it up live.
+	GetFunnelURL func() string
+	// OnDeleteFiles is called when the server requests file deletion from disk.
+	// It should delete the files and return the IDs of successfully deleted items.
+	OnDeleteFiles func(items []LibraryDeleteRequest) []int
 
 	// SyncNow triggers an immediate sync (e.g., on task completion).
 	SyncNow chan struct{}
 
 	watching atomic.Bool
 	interval atomic.Int64 // stored as nanoseconds
+
+	// pendingDeleteConfirmed holds item IDs to report as deleted in the next sync.
+	pendingDeleteMu        sync.Mutex
+	pendingDeleteConfirmed []int
+	// deleteInFlight tracks item IDs currently being processed or awaiting confirmation.
+	// Prevents the same file from being passed to OnDeleteFiles multiple times.
+	deleteInFlight map[int]struct{}
 }
 
 // NewSyncClient creates a sync client.
@@ -129,6 +148,7 @@ func (sc *SyncClient) buildRequest() SyncRequest {
 		StreamPort:  sc.cfg.StreamPort,
 		LanIP:       sc.cfg.LanIP,
 		TailscaleIP: sc.cfg.TailscaleIP,
+		CanDelete:   sc.cfg.CanDelete,
 	}
 	if sc.GetTaskStates != nil {
 		req.Tasks = sc.GetTaskStates()
@@ -142,6 +162,24 @@ func (sc *SyncClient) buildRequest() SyncRequest {
 	if sc.GetFreeSlots != nil {
 		req.FreeSlots = sc.GetFreeSlots()
 	}
+	if sc.GetVPNState != nil {
+		req.VPNActive, req.VPNMode, req.VPNServer = sc.GetVPNState()
+	}
+	if sc.GetFunnelURL != nil {
+		req.FunnelURL = sc.GetFunnelURL()
+	}
+	// Flush confirmed deletions from previous cycle.
+	// Once flushed, remove IDs from deleteInFlight — the server will stop sending
+	// them after this sync, so deduplication protection is no longer needed.
+	sc.pendingDeleteMu.Lock()
+	if len(sc.pendingDeleteConfirmed) > 0 {
+		req.DeleteConfirmed = sc.pendingDeleteConfirmed
+		for _, id := range sc.pendingDeleteConfirmed {
+			delete(sc.deleteInFlight, id)
+		}
+		sc.pendingDeleteConfirmed = nil
+	}
+	sc.pendingDeleteMu.Unlock()
 	return req
 }
 
@@ -167,6 +205,13 @@ func (sc *SyncClient) processResponse(resp *SyncResponse) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// HLS streaming sessions.
+	for _, ws := range resp.StreamSessions {
+		if sc.OnStreamSession != nil {
+			sc.OnStreamSession(ws)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Upgrade
 	if resp.Upgrade != nil && resp.Upgrade.Version != "" && sc.OnUpgrade != nil {
 		sc.OnUpgrade(resp.Upgrade.Version)
@@ -176,6 +221,35 @@ func (sc *SyncClient) processResponse(resp *SyncResponse) {
 	if resp.Scan && sc.OnScan != nil {
 		sc.OnScan()
 	}
+
+	// File deletions requested by the server — deduplicate against in-flight items
+	if len(resp.FilesToDelete) > 0 && sc.OnDeleteFiles != nil {
+		sc.pendingDeleteMu.Lock()
+		if sc.deleteInFlight == nil {
+			sc.deleteInFlight = make(map[int]struct{})
+		}
+		var newItems []LibraryDeleteRequest
+		for _, item := range resp.FilesToDelete {
+			if _, inFlight := sc.deleteInFlight[item.ItemID]; !inFlight {
+				newItems = append(newItems, item)
+				sc.deleteInFlight[item.ItemID] = struct{}{}
+			}
+		}
+		sc.pendingDeleteMu.Unlock()
+
+		if len(newItems) > 0 {
+			// Run deletions off the sync goroutine — disk I/O must not block the
+			// next sync tick. Confirmations are picked up on the next regular cycle.
+			go func(items []LibraryDeleteRequest) {
+				confirmed := sc.OnDeleteFiles(items)
+				if len(confirmed) > 0 {
+					sc.pendingDeleteMu.Lock()
+					sc.pendingDeleteConfirmed = append(sc.pendingDeleteConfirmed, confirmed...)
+					sc.pendingDeleteMu.Unlock()
+				}
+			}(newItems)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // runWakeListener holds a long-poll connection to /api/internal/agent/wake.

internal/agent/taskstate_test.go

@@ -215,3 +215,56 @@ func TestLocalState_EmptySnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected 0 tasks, got %d", len(snap))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTaskStateFromUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	u := StatusUpdate{
+		TaskID:          "task-1",
+		Status:          "downloading",
+		Progress:        42,
+		DownloadedBytes: 1024,
+		TotalBytes:      4096,
+		SpeedBps:        100,
+		ETA:             30,
+		ResolvedMethod:  "torrent",
+		FileName:        "movie.mkv",
+		FilePath:        "/tmp/movie.mkv",
+		StreamURL:       "http://localhost/stream",
+		ErrorMessage:    "",
+	}
+	got := TaskStateFromUpdate(u)
+	if got.TaskID != "task-1" || got.Status != "downloading" || got.Progress != 42 {
+		t.Errorf("basic fields wrong: %+v", got)
+	}
+	if got.DownloadedBytes != 1024 || got.TotalBytes != 4096 || got.SpeedBps != 100 {
+		t.Errorf("byte fields wrong: %+v", got)
+	}
+	if got.ResolvedMethod != "torrent" || got.FileName != "movie.mkv" {
+		t.Errorf("method/name fields wrong: %+v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestShortID(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := ShortID("abcdef1234567890"); got != "abcdef12" {
+		t.Errorf("ShortID = %q", got)
+	}
+	if got := ShortID("short"); got != "short" {
+		t.Errorf("ShortID short = %q", got)
+	}
+	if got := ShortID(""); got != "" {
+		t.Errorf("ShortID empty = %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStateFilePath(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := StateFilePath(); got == "" {
+		t.Errorf("StateFilePath should not be empty")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHTTPError(t *testing.T) {
+	e := &HTTPError{StatusCode: 404, Message: "not found"}
+	got := e.Error()
+	if got == "" || got == "API error 0: " {
+		t.Errorf("HTTPError.Error() unexpected: %q", got)
+	}
+}

internal/agent/types.go

@@ -18,6 +18,34 @@ type RegisterRequest struct {
 	StreamPort     int    `json:"streamPort,omitempty"`
 	LanIP          string `json:"lanIp,omitempty"`
 	TailscaleIP    string `json:"tailscaleIp,omitempty"`
+	// Transcode capabilities — let the web side suggest a smarter quality
+	// before the player even starts. HWAccel is the picked backend
+	// ("nvenc"/"qsv"/"vaapi"/"videotoolbox"/"none"). MaxTranscodeHeight is
+	// the largest output resolution the agent can encode comfortably; for
+	// software-only ffmpeg this is 1080p, with a real GPU encoder it goes
+	// up to 2160p.
+	HWAccel            string `json:"hwAccel,omitempty"`
+	MaxTranscodeHeight int    `json:"maxTranscodeHeight,omitempty"`
+	// Diagnostic surface filled by engine.DetectHWAccelDiagnostic at daemon
+	// start. Surfaced in the web "Diagnose transcoder" modal so users can
+	// see *why* their HWAccel landed on "none" without running
+	// `unarr probe-hwaccel` locally — most commonly the ffmpeg binary
+	// shipped without HW encoders (linuxbrew, brew's default formula).
+	FFmpegVersion string   `json:"ffmpegVersion,omitempty"`
+	FFmpegPath    string   `json:"ffmpegPath,omitempty"`
+	HWEncoders    []string `json:"hwEncoders,omitempty"`
+	HWDevices     []string `json:"hwDevices,omitempty"`
+	// Managed-VPN split-tunnel state. The web tracks which agent holds the single
+	// WireGuard slot (1 VPNResellers account = 1 WG keypair = 1 concurrent
+	// connection); other agents are told to use OpenVPN on their host instead.
+	// VPNActive has no omitempty: false is a meaningful state (tunnel down), not
+	// "unset" — the server must see it to release the slot.
+	VPNActive bool   `json:"vpnActive"`
+	VPNMode   string `json:"vpnMode,omitempty"` // managed | self-hosted
+	VPNServer string `json:"vpnServer,omitempty"`
+	// CloudFlare Quick Tunnel hostname when enabled; the web prefers it over
+	// Tailscale/LAN for in-browser playback because it works on any network.
+	FunnelURL string `json:"funnelUrl,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // RegisterResponse is returned by the server after registration.
@@ -72,6 +100,12 @@ type Task struct {
 	Episode         *int   `json:"episode,omitempty"`        // Episode number
 	ContentYear     *int   `json:"contentYear,omitempty"`    // Year from TMDB (avoids regex on torrent title)
 	CollectionName  string `json:"collectionName,omitempty"` // Collection name (e.g., "Harry Potter Collection")
+
+	// FilePath is the on-disk path of the file the agent is being asked
+	// to operate on. Currently used by mode=seed_file to know which
+	// arbitrary file to wrap as a single-file torrent for browser
+	// streaming; populated by the server from libraryItem.filePath.
+	FilePath string `json:"filePath,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // StreamRequest is a request to stream a completed download from disk.
@@ -95,6 +129,9 @@ type StatusUpdate struct {
 	StreamURL       string `json:"streamUrl,omitempty"`
 	StreamReady     bool   `json:"streamReady,omitempty"`
 	ErrorMessage    string `json:"errorMessage,omitempty"`
+	// mode=seed_file: agent computes the info_hash from the local file
+	// and reports it back so the web player can target /stream/<hash>.
+	InfoHash string `json:"infoHash,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // StatusResponse is returned by the status endpoint.
@@ -325,6 +362,17 @@ type SyncRequest struct {
 	TailscaleIP     string      `json:"tailscaleIp,omitempty"`
 	FreeSlots       int         `json:"freeSlots"`
 	Tasks           []TaskState `json:"tasks"`
+	CanDelete       bool        `json:"canDelete"`                 // library.allow_delete is enabled
+	DeleteConfirmed []int       `json:"deleteConfirmed,omitempty"` // library item IDs successfully deleted from disk
+	// Live managed-VPN split-tunnel state, sent every sync so the web sees the
+	// WireGuard slot owner update in near-realtime (vs. register, once at startup).
+	// VPNActive has no omitempty: false (tunnel down) must reach the server so it
+	// releases the slot, not be elided as "unset".
+	VPNActive bool   `json:"vpnActive"`
+	VPNMode   string `json:"vpnMode,omitempty"`
+	VPNServer string `json:"vpnServer,omitempty"`
+	// CloudFlare Quick Tunnel hostname when enabled, else empty.
+	FunnelURL string `json:"funnelUrl,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ControlAction represents a server-side control signal for a task.
@@ -334,14 +382,41 @@ type ControlAction struct {
 	DeleteFiles bool   `json:"deleteFiles,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// LibraryDeleteRequest is a server-side request to delete a file from disk.
+type LibraryDeleteRequest struct {
+	ItemID   int    `json:"itemId"`
+	FilePath string `json:"filePath"`
+}
+
+// StreamSession is a request to open an HLS streaming session for an
+// in-browser player. The CLI registers the HLS session in the StreamServer's
+// HLS registry; source bytes come from FilePath (or, when only InfoHash is
+// set, from a download_task on disk).
+type StreamSession struct {
+	SessionID  string `json:"sessionId"`
+	FilePath   string `json:"filePath,omitempty"`
+	InfoHash   string `json:"infoHash,omitempty"`
+	TaskID     string `json:"taskId,omitempty"`
+	FileName   string `json:"fileName,omitempty"`
+	FileSize   int64  `json:"fileSize,omitempty"`
+	// Quality target the daemon should aim for when transcoding. One of
+	// "2160p" | "1080p" | "720p" | "480p" | "original" | "" (defer to config).
+	Quality string `json:"quality,omitempty"`
+	// AudioIndex selects the source audio track (-map 0:a:N). -1 means
+	// "use the default/first track".
+	AudioIndex int `json:"audioIndex,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // SyncResponse is returned by the server with all pending actions for the CLI.
 type SyncResponse struct {
 	NewTasks       []Task                 `json:"newTasks,omitempty"`
 	Controls       []ControlAction        `json:"controls,omitempty"`
 	StreamRequests []StreamRequest        `json:"streamRequests,omitempty"`
+	StreamSessions []StreamSession        `json:"streamSessions,omitempty"`
 	Watching       bool                   `json:"watching"`
 	Upgrade        *UpgradeSignal         `json:"upgrade,omitempty"`
 	Scan           bool                   `json:"scan,omitempty"`
+	FilesToDelete  []LibraryDeleteRequest `json:"filesToDelete,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

internal/cmd/agent_client.go

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
+)
+
+// newAgentClientFromConfig builds an agent.Client wired with the mirror pool
+// from the user's TOML config. Use this instead of agent.NewClient in any
+// long-running command (daemon, status loop, etc.) so a `.com` outage rolls
+// over to `.to` / .onion without restarting the agent.
+//
+// The function lives in cmd/ rather than agent/ because it has to know
+// about the config struct, and cmd/ is the only place that owns the
+// "wire defaults + user overrides" rule.
+func newAgentClientFromConfig(cfg config.Config, userAgent string) *agent.Client {
+	return agent.NewClientWithMirrors(
+		cfg.Auth.APIURL,
+		cfg.Auth.Mirrors,
+		cfg.Auth.APIKey,
+		userAgent,
+	)
+}

internal/cmd/config_menu.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
 )
 
-var configCategories = []string{"downloads", "organization", "notifications", "device", "region", "connection", "advanced"}
+var configCategories = []string{"downloads", "organization", "library", "notifications", "device", "region", "connection", "advanced"}
 
 func newConfigCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ func newConfigCmd() *cobra.Command {
 Categories:
   downloads        Download directory, method, speed limits, concurrency
   organization     Auto-sort into Movies / TV Shows folders
+  library          Library scan settings and file deletion permissions
   notifications    Desktop notifications
   device           Agent name
   region           Country and language
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ func runConfigMenu(category string) error {
 					Options(
 						huh.NewOption("Downloads        — directory, method, speed limits", "downloads"),
 						huh.NewOption("Organization     — auto-sort Movies & TV Shows", "organization"),
+						huh.NewOption("Library          — scan settings & file deletion", "library"),
 						huh.NewOption("Notifications    — desktop notifications", "notifications"),
 						huh.NewOption("Device           — agent name", "device"),
 						huh.NewOption("Region           — country & language", "region"),
@@ -131,6 +133,8 @@ func runCategory(cfg *config.Config, category string) error {
 		return configDownloads(cfg)
 	case "organization":
 		return configOrganization(cfg)
+	case "library":
+		return configLibrary(cfg)
 	case "notifications":
 		return configNotifications(cfg)
 	case "device":
@@ -311,6 +315,17 @@ func configConnection(cfg *config.Config) error {
 	).Run()
 }
 
+func configLibrary(cfg *config.Config) error {
+	return huh.NewForm(
+		huh.NewGroup(
+			huh.NewConfirm().
+				Title("Allow file deletion from web UI?").
+				Description("When enabled, the web library's Delete button can permanently remove files from disk.\nOnly activate this if you understand that deleted files cannot be recovered.").
+				Value(&cfg.Library.AllowDelete),
+		),
+	).Run()
+}
+
 func configAdvanced(_ *config.Config) error {
 	// Sync intervals are adaptive (3s watching, 60s idle) — no user-facing config needed.
 	fmt.Println("No advanced settings to configure. Sync intervals are automatic.")

internal/cmd/daemon.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -16,8 +17,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/engine"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/funnel"
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/library"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/library/mediainfo"
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/usenet/download"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/vpn"
 )
 
 // newStartCmd creates the top-level `unarr start` command.
@@ -46,27 +50,20 @@ To run as a background service, use 'unarr daemon install' instead.`,
 	}
 }
 
-// newStopCmd creates the top-level `unarr stop` placeholder.
+// newStopCmd creates the top-level `unarr stop` command.
 func newStopCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	return &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "stop",
 		Short: "Stop the running daemon",
-		Long: `Stop the unarr daemon.
+		Long: `Stop the unarr daemon gracefully.
 
-If running in the foreground, press Ctrl+C in the terminal where it was started.
-If installed as a system service, use your OS service manager:
+Reads the daemon PID from the state file and sends a graceful stop signal.
+Works regardless of whether the daemon was started in the foreground or as a service.
 
-  Linux (systemd):   systemctl --user stop unarr
-  macOS (launchd):   launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.torrentclaw.unarr.plist`,
+To stop a service-managed daemon and prevent auto-restart, use 'unarr daemon stop' instead.`,
 		Example: `  unarr stop`,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			fmt.Println("  Use Ctrl+C in the terminal where the daemon is running.")
-			fmt.Println()
-			fmt.Println("  If installed as a service:")
-			fmt.Println("    Linux:  systemctl --user stop unarr")
-			fmt.Println("    macOS:  launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.torrentclaw.unarr.plist")
-			fmt.Println()
-			return nil
+			return stopDaemonByPID()
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -76,17 +73,30 @@ func newDaemonCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "daemon <command>",
 		Short: "Manage the daemon as a system service",
-		Long: `Install or remove unarr as a system service that starts automatically on boot.
+		Long: `Install, control and inspect the unarr daemon as a system service.
 
-  Linux:  Creates a systemd user service (~/.config/systemd/user/unarr.service)
-  macOS:  Creates a launchd agent (~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.torrentclaw.unarr.plist)`,
+  Linux:   systemd user service (~/.config/systemd/user/unarr.service)
+  macOS:   launchd agent (~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.torrentclaw.unarr.plist)
+  Windows: Task Scheduler task (runs at logon)`,
 		Example: `  unarr daemon install
+  unarr daemon start
+  unarr daemon status
+  unarr daemon logs -f
+  unarr daemon reload
+  unarr daemon restart
+  unarr daemon stop
   unarr daemon uninstall`,
 	}
 
 	cmd.AddCommand(
 		newDaemonInstallCmdReal(),
 		newDaemonUninstallCmdReal(),
+		newDaemonStartCmd(),
+		newDaemonStopCmd(),
+		newDaemonRestartCmd(),
+		newDaemonSvcStatusCmd(),
+		newDaemonLogsCmd(),
+		newDaemonReloadCmd(),
 	)
 
 	return cmd
@@ -129,6 +139,28 @@ func runDaemonStart() error {
 
 	userAgent := "unarr/" + Version
 
+	// Probe HW accel + derive a sensible transcode resolution cap. The cap
+	// is what the web side uses to decide whether the user should pre-empt
+	// transcoding by downloading a smaller version (4K source on a software
+	// libx264-only host is the canonical case where pre-download wins).
+	//
+	// Use the full diagnostic (encoders + devices + ffmpeg version) instead
+	// of just the picked backend — the extra fields ride along in the
+	// register payload so the web "Diagnose transcoder" modal can show *why*
+	// libx264 was selected on a host with a GPU (e.g. brew's ffmpeg without
+	// --enable-nvenc). 10 s ceiling so a hung ffmpeg binary can't stall
+	// startup forever.
+	ffmpegResolved, _ := mediainfo.ResolveFFmpeg(cfg.Library.FFmpegPath)
+	probeCtx, probeCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+	defer probeCancel() // guard against a panic inside DetectHWAccelDiagnostic
+	hwDiag := engine.DetectHWAccelDiagnostic(probeCtx, ffmpegResolved)
+	log.Println(hwDiag.LogLine())
+	hwAccelPick := hwDiag.Pick
+	maxTranscodeHeight := 1080
+	if hwAccelPick != engine.HWAccelNone {
+		maxTranscodeHeight = 2160
+	}
+
 	// Create daemon config
 	daemonCfg := agent.DaemonConfig{
 		AgentID:            cfg.Agent.ID,
@@ -138,11 +170,21 @@ func runDaemonStart() error {
 		StreamPort:         cfg.Download.StreamPort,
 		LanIP:              engine.LanIP(),
 		TailscaleIP:        engine.TailscaleIP(),
+		CanDelete:          cfg.Library.AllowDelete,
+		ScanPaths:          library.ResolveScanPaths(cfg.Download.Dir, cfg.Organize.MoviesDir, cfg.Organize.TVShowsDir, cfg.Library.ScanPath),
+		HWAccel:            string(hwAccelPick),
+		MaxTranscodeHeight: maxTranscodeHeight,
+		FFmpegVersion:      hwDiag.FFmpegVersion,
+		FFmpegPath:         hwDiag.FFmpegPath,
+		HWEncoders:         hwDiag.Encoders,
+		HWDevices:          hwDiag.Devices,
+		AutoUpgrade:        cfg.Daemon.AutoUpgradeEnabled(),
 	}
 
-	// Create HTTP client — single communication channel
-	agentClient := agent.NewClient(cfg.Auth.APIURL, cfg.Auth.APIKey, userAgent)
-	log.Printf("Transport: HTTP sync → %s", cfg.Auth.APIURL)
+	// Create HTTP client with mirror failover so a `.com` block-out rolls
+	// over to `.to` / .onion without restarting the daemon.
+	agentClient := newAgentClientFromConfig(cfg, userAgent)
+	log.Printf("Transport: HTTP sync → %s (mirrors: %d)", cfg.Auth.APIURL, len(cfg.Auth.Mirrors))
 
 	// Create daemon
 	d := agent.NewDaemon(daemonCfg, agentClient)
@@ -171,6 +213,56 @@ func runDaemonStart() error {
 	reporter := engine.NewProgressReporter(agentClient, statusInterval)
 	reporter.SetWatchingFunc(func() bool { return d.Watching.Load() })
 
+	// Managed-VPN add-on: bring up the in-process WireGuard split-tunnel before
+	// the torrent client so peer + tracker traffic routes through it. Failure is
+	// non-fatal — log and download in the clear (better than refusing to run).
+	var vpnTunnel *vpn.Tunnel
+	if cfg.Download.VPN.ConfigFile != "" {
+		// Self-hosted / personal-VPN mode: read a local .conf directly.
+		raw, rerr := os.ReadFile(cfg.Download.VPN.ConfigFile)
+		if rerr != nil {
+			log.Printf("[vpn] could not read config_file %q (%v) — downloading in the clear", cfg.Download.VPN.ConfigFile, rerr)
+		} else if t, uerr := vpn.Up(string(raw)); uerr != nil {
+			log.Printf("[vpn] tunnel failed to start from config_file (%v) — downloading in the clear", uerr)
+		} else {
+			vpnTunnel = t
+			defer vpnTunnel.Close()
+			log.Printf("[vpn] managed VPN active (local config_file) — torrent traffic split-tunnelled through WireGuard")
+		}
+	} else if cfg.Download.VPN.Enabled {
+		apiURL := cfg.Auth.APIURL
+		if apiURL == "" {
+			apiURL = "https://torrentclaw.com"
+		}
+		fetchCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 25*time.Second)
+		conf, ferr := vpn.FetchConfig(fetchCtx, apiURL, cfg.Auth.APIKey, "unarr/"+Version, cfg.Agent.ID, false)
+		cancel()
+		var fe *vpn.FetchError
+		switch {
+		case ferr != nil && errors.As(ferr, &fe) && fe.Code == vpn.ErrSlotOnDevice:
+			log.Printf("[vpn] the single WireGuard slot is already held by another unarr agent — this one downloads in the clear. To protect this machine too, set up OpenVPN on it (1 agent uses WireGuard, the rest use OpenVPN — up to 10). See https://torrentclaw.com/vpn")
+		case ferr != nil:
+			log.Printf("[vpn] could not enable VPN (%v) — downloading in the clear", ferr)
+		default:
+			if t, uerr := vpn.Up(conf); uerr != nil {
+				log.Printf("[vpn] tunnel failed to start (%v) — downloading in the clear", uerr)
+			} else {
+				vpnTunnel = t
+				defer vpnTunnel.Close()
+				log.Printf("[vpn] managed VPN active — torrent traffic split-tunnelled through WireGuard")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Record VPN split-tunnel state for `unarr vpn status`.
+	if vpnTunnel != nil {
+		mode := "managed"
+		if cfg.Download.VPN.ConfigFile != "" {
+			mode = "self-hosted"
+		}
+		d.SetVPNState(true, mode, vpnTunnel.Endpoint)
+	}
+
 	// Create torrent downloader
 	torrentDl, err := engine.NewTorrentDownloader(engine.TorrentConfig{
 		DataDir:         cfg.Download.Dir,
@@ -181,6 +273,7 @@ func runDaemonStart() error {
 		MaxUploadRate:   maxUl,
 		ListenPort:      cfg.Download.ListenPort,
 		SeedEnabled:     false,
+		VPNTunnel:       vpnTunnel,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("create torrent downloader: %w", err)
@@ -215,11 +308,74 @@ func runDaemonStart() error {
 
 	// Create persistent stream server
 	streamSrv := engine.NewStreamServer(cfg.Download.StreamPort)
+	streamSrv.SetUPnPEnabled(cfg.Download.EnableUPnP)
+	// CORS extras = operator config + dynamic mirror list from /api/mirrors.
+	// Without the mirror merge, a user playing from `torrentclaw.to` (or any
+	// future mirror) hits the daemon, gets 200 + body, but no
+	// `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` → browser drops the response → player
+	// reports "404 todos los canales". Fetching /api/mirrors at startup
+	// future-proofs against mirror additions without a CLI rebuild.
+	corsExtras := append([]string(nil), cfg.Download.CORSExtraOrigins...)
+	corsExtras = append(corsExtras, mirrorCORSOrigins(ctx, cfg, userAgent)...)
+	streamSrv.SetCORSAllowedOrigins(corsExtras)
+	// Reap HLS tmpdirs left over from a previous daemon run before we start
+	// accepting new sessions. The in-memory registry doesn't survive a
+	// restart, so without this disk usage grows unbounded across restarts.
+	if err := engine.CleanupHLSOrphanDirs(); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[hls] orphan tmpdir cleanup: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Persistent HLS segment cache — survives across sessions so re-plays
+	// of the same file at the same quality skip ffmpeg entirely. Off when
+	// hls_cache.enabled = false; size cap from hls_cache.size_gb; path from
+	// hls_cache.dir (defaults to ~/.cache/unarr/hls-cache).
+	var hlsCache *engine.HLSCache
+	if cfg.Download.HLSCache.Enabled {
+		cacheDir := cfg.Download.HLSCache.Dir
+		if cacheDir == "" {
+			if base, err := os.UserCacheDir(); err == nil {
+				cacheDir = filepath.Join(base, "unarr", "hls-cache")
+			} else {
+				cacheDir = filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "unarr-hls-cache")
+			}
+		}
+		c, err := engine.NewHLSCache(cacheDir, cfg.Download.HLSCache.SizeGB)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[hls_cache] init failed (%v) — falling back to per-session tmpdirs", err)
+		} else {
+			hlsCache = c
+			hlsCache.StartSweeper(ctx, time.Hour)
+			log.Printf("[hls_cache] enabled: dir=%s budget=%dGB", cacheDir, cfg.Download.HLSCache.SizeGB)
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("[hls_cache] disabled by config — every play re-encodes from scratch")
+	}
 	if err := streamSrv.Listen(ctx); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("start stream server: %w", err)
 	}
 	d.UpdateStreamPort(streamSrv.Port())
 
+	// CloudFlare Quick Tunnel — needs the ACTUAL listening port (the
+	// configured port may have been busy and bumped). Spawning here ensures
+	// cloudflared --url points at the right socket. Failures degrade to
+	// Tailscale/LAN only; the supervisor keeps the tunnel up across CF's
+	// periodic rotation + transient cloudflared crashes.
+	if cfg.Download.Funnel.Enabled {
+		go superviseFunnel(ctx, d, streamSrv.Port())
+	}
+
+	// Warn at startup if transcode is enabled but ffmpeg/ffprobe are missing.
+	// HLS sessions get rejected at runtime (see daemon.go ~line 455), but
+	// surfacing it here gives the operator a chance to install ffmpeg before
+	// a user hits a confusing "rejected" line in the logs.
+	if cfg.Download.Transcode.Enabled {
+		if _, err := mediainfo.ResolveFFmpeg(cfg.Library.FFmpegPath); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[hls] transcode enabled but ffmpeg/ffprobe not found — install ffmpeg to use HLS")
+		} else if _, err := mediainfo.ResolveFFprobe(cfg.Library.FFprobePath); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[hls] transcode enabled but ffmpeg/ffprobe not found — install ffmpeg to use HLS")
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Wire sync client callbacks
 	sc := d.SyncClient()
 	sc.GetFreeSlots = manager.FreeSlots
@@ -302,6 +458,13 @@ func runDaemonStart() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Wire: sync receives file deletion requests from the server
+	if cfg.Library.AllowDelete && len(daemonCfg.ScanPaths) > 0 {
+		sc.OnDeleteFiles = func(items []agent.LibraryDeleteRequest) []int {
+			return library.DeleteFiles(items, daemonCfg.ScanPaths)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Wire: sync receives stream requests for completed downloads
 	d.OnStreamRequested = func(sr agent.StreamRequest) {
 		if streamSrv.CurrentTaskID() == sr.TaskID {
@@ -386,6 +549,77 @@ func runDaemonStart() error {
 		}()
 	}
 
+	// Wire: sync receives HLS streaming session requests. Each session spawns
+	// one ffmpeg process and registers its HLS playlist with the StreamServer.
+	// Validate FilePath against allowed dirs to prevent path traversal abuse
+	// from a compromised server.
+	d.OnStreamSession = func(sess agent.StreamSession) {
+		if playerSessionRegistry.has(sess.SessionID) {
+			return // already running
+		}
+		filePath := sess.FilePath
+		if filePath == "" {
+			log.Printf("[hls %s] rejected: empty file path", agent.ShortID(sess.SessionID))
+			return
+		}
+		filePath = filepath.Clean(filePath)
+		if !isAllowedStreamPath(filePath, cfg.Download.Dir, cfg.Library.ScanPath,
+			cfg.Organize.MoviesDir, cfg.Organize.TVShowsDir) {
+			log.Printf("[hls %s] rejected: path outside allowed dirs: %s",
+				agent.ShortID(sess.SessionID), filePath)
+			return
+		}
+		// Resolve directory → first video file (matches StreamRequest behavior).
+		if info, err := os.Stat(filePath); err == nil && info.IsDir() {
+			found := engine.FindVideoFile(filePath)
+			if found == "" {
+				log.Printf("[hls %s] rejected: no video file in dir %s",
+					agent.ShortID(sess.SessionID), filePath)
+				return
+			}
+			filePath = found
+		}
+
+		tcRuntime := buildTranscodeRuntime(ctx, cfg)
+		if tcRuntime.FFmpegPath == "" || tcRuntime.FFprobePath == "" {
+			log.Printf("[hls %s] rejected: ffmpeg/ffprobe unavailable", agent.ShortID(sess.SessionID))
+			return
+		}
+		hlsCtx, hlsCancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+		playerSessionRegistry.add(sess.SessionID, hlsCancel)
+		hlsCfg := engine.HLSSessionConfig{
+			SessionID:  sess.SessionID,
+			SourcePath: filePath,
+			FileName:   sess.FileName,
+			Quality:    sess.Quality,
+			AudioIndex: sess.AudioIndex,
+			Transcode:  tcRuntime,
+			Cache:      hlsCache,
+		}
+		// StartHLSSession runs ffprobe (15 s cap, typical 0.3–1 s) before
+		// returning. Doing this synchronously inside the sync handler holds
+		// the next sync HTTP cycle until ffprobe is done, so any other
+		// pending actions (new tasks, deletes) wait too. Hand it off so
+		// the sync loop returns immediately — browser HEAD probes already
+		// have a 30 s retry budget that absorbs the gap until
+		// `streamSrv.HLS().Register` lands.
+		go func() {
+			hsess, err := engine.StartHLSSession(hlsCtx, hlsCfg)
+			if err != nil {
+				playerSessionRegistry.remove(sess.SessionID)
+				hlsCancel()
+				log.Printf("[hls %s] start failed: %v", agent.ShortID(sess.SessionID), err)
+				return
+			}
+			streamSrv.HLS().Register(hsess)
+			// Tell the server seg-0 is on disk as soon as it lands so the
+			// player's SSE subscription flips its "Preparando…" UI without
+			// waiting for the browser HEAD-probe loop to discover it
+			// independently. Cache-HIT sessions are ready immediately.
+			go watchSessionReady(hlsCtx, agentClient, hsess, sess.SessionID)
+		}()
+	}
+
 	// Periodic DHT node persistence (every 5 min)
 	go func() {
 		ticker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Minute)
@@ -400,21 +634,35 @@ func runDaemonStart() error {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	// Start auto-scan goroutine
-	scanPath := cfg.Library.ScanPath
-	if scanPath == "" {
-		scanPath = cfg.Download.Dir
+	// Periodic HLS session sweeper (every 5 min). Closes sessions whose last
+	// segment fetch was over 30 min ago — kills the orphan ffmpeg + removes
+	// the per-session tmpdir, so a tab that died mid-stream doesn't leak
+	// disk space until daemon shutdown.
+	go func() {
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Minute)
+		defer ticker.Stop()
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ticker.C:
+				if n := streamSrv.HLS().SweepIdle(); n > 0 {
+					log.Printf("[hls] swept %d idle session(s)", n)
 				}
-	if scanPath != "" && cfg.Library.AutoScan {
-		scanCfg := cfg
-		scanCfg.Library.ScanPath = scanPath
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Start auto-scan goroutine
+	scanPaths := daemonCfg.ScanPaths
+	if len(scanPaths) > 0 && cfg.Library.AutoScan {
 		scanInterval := 24 * time.Hour
 		if cfg.Library.ScanInterval != "" {
 			if parsed, err := time.ParseDuration(cfg.Library.ScanInterval); err == nil && parsed > 0 {
 				scanInterval = parsed
 			}
 		}
-		go runAutoScan(ctx, scanCfg, scanInterval, agentClient, d.ScanNow)
+		go runAutoScan(ctx, cfg, scanInterval, agentClient, d.ScanNow, scanPaths)
 	}
 
 	// Start reporter only for stream task handling
@@ -438,6 +686,7 @@ func runDaemonStart() error {
 	case sig := <-sigCh:
 		fmt.Printf("\n  Received %s, shutting down...\n", sig)
 		cancelStreamContexts()
+		cancelAllPlayerSessions()
 		streamSrv.Shutdown(context.Background())
 		cancel()
 
@@ -452,6 +701,7 @@ func runDaemonStart() error {
 
 	case err := <-errCh:
 		cancelStreamContexts()
+		cancelAllPlayerSessions()
 		streamSrv.Shutdown(context.Background())
 		cancel()
 		return err
@@ -491,8 +741,10 @@ func formatSpeedLog(bps int64) string {
 }
 
 // runAutoScan runs a library scan + sync on a timer or on-demand via scanNow channel.
-func runAutoScan(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, interval time.Duration, ac *agent.Client, scanNow <-chan struct{}) {
-	log.Printf("[auto-scan] enabled: every %s, path: %s", interval, cfg.Library.ScanPath)
+// It scans all provided paths and syncs each independently so stale-item cleanup
+// is scoped to the correct directory prefix on the server.
+func runAutoScan(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, interval time.Duration, ac *agent.Client, scanNow <-chan struct{}, scanPaths []string) {
+	log.Printf("[auto-scan] enabled: every %s, paths: %v", interval, scanPaths)
 
 	select {
 	case <-time.After(30 * time.Second):
@@ -507,7 +759,7 @@ func runAutoScan(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, interval time.Duration,
 				log.Printf("[auto-scan] panic recovered: %v", r)
 			}
 		}()
-		log.Printf("[auto-scan] starting scan of %s", cfg.Library.ScanPath)
+		log.Printf("[auto-scan] starting scan of %v", scanPaths)
 
 		existing, _ := library.LoadCache()
 
@@ -516,28 +768,32 @@ func runAutoScan(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, interval time.Duration,
 			workers = 8
 		}
 
-		cache, err := library.Scan(ctx, cfg.Library.ScanPath, existing, library.ScanOptions{
+		scanOpts := library.ScanOptions{
 			Workers:     workers,
 			FFprobePath: cfg.Library.FFprobePath,
 			Incremental: existing != nil,
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("[auto-scan] scan failed: %v", err)
-			return
 		}
 
-		if err := library.SaveCache(cache); err != nil {
-			log.Printf("[auto-scan] save cache failed: %v", err)
-			return
+		// Scan each path independently and sync per path so the server can
+		// scope stale-item deletion to the correct directory prefix.
+		const batchSize = 100
+		totalSynced := 0
+		var mergedItems []library.LibraryItem
+
+		for _, scanPath := range scanPaths {
+			cache, err := library.Scan(ctx, scanPath, existing, scanOpts)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("[auto-scan] scan failed for %s: %v", scanPath, err)
+				continue
 			}
+			mergedItems = append(mergedItems, cache.Items...)
 
 			items := library.BuildSyncItems(cache)
 			if len(items) == 0 {
-			log.Printf("[auto-scan] no items to sync")
-			return
+				log.Printf("[auto-scan] no items under %s", scanPath)
+				continue
 			}
 
-		const batchSize = 100
 			syncStartedAt := time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
 			for i := 0; i < len(items); i += batchSize {
 				end := i + batchSize
@@ -548,17 +804,31 @@ func runAutoScan(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, interval time.Duration,
 
 				_, err := ac.SyncLibrary(ctx, agent.LibrarySyncRequest{
 					Items:         items[i:end],
-				ScanPath:      cache.Path,
+					ScanPath:      scanPath,
 					IsLastBatch:   isLast,
 					SyncStartedAt: syncStartedAt,
 				})
 				if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("[auto-scan] sync failed: %v", err)
-				return
+					log.Printf("[auto-scan] sync failed for %s: %v", scanPath, err)
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			totalSynced += len(items)
+		}
+
+		// Save merged cache for incremental scanning next time.
+		if len(mergedItems) > 0 {
+			mergedCache := &library.LibraryCache{
+				ScannedAt: time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
+				Path:      scanPaths[0],
+				Items:     mergedItems,
+			}
+			if err := library.SaveCache(mergedCache); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("[auto-scan] save cache failed: %v", err)
 			}
 		}
 
-		log.Printf("[auto-scan] synced %d items", len(items))
+		log.Printf("[auto-scan] synced %d items across %d path(s)", totalSynced, len(scanPaths))
 	}
 
 	doScan()
@@ -579,3 +849,144 @@ func runAutoScan(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, interval time.Duration,
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// superviseFunnel keeps a CloudFlare Quick Tunnel up across cloudflared
+// crashes and CF's ~6h tunnel rotation. On a clean exit (cancellation) it
+// returns; on a crash it clears the reported URL and respawns with an
+// exponential backoff so we don't hammer cloudflared into a tight loop when
+// it can't reach the CF edge.
+func superviseFunnel(ctx context.Context, d *agent.Daemon, port int) {
+	backoff := 2 * time.Second
+	const maxBackoff = 5 * time.Minute
+	for ctx.Err() == nil {
+		t, err := funnel.Start(ctx, funnel.Config{Port: port})
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[funnel] could not start CloudFlare tunnel (%v) — retrying in %s", err, backoff)
+			select {
+			case <-time.After(backoff):
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return
+			}
+			backoff = min(backoff*2, maxBackoff)
+			continue
+		}
+		log.Printf("[funnel] cloudflared started, waiting for public URL...")
+		go func() {
+			url, werr := t.WaitURL(45 * time.Second)
+			if werr != nil {
+				log.Printf("[funnel] cloudflared did not emit a URL (%v)", werr)
+				return
+			}
+			log.Printf("[funnel] public URL: %s", url)
+			d.SetFunnelURL(url)
+		}()
+		// Block until cloudflared exits (CF rotation, crash, or shutdown).
+		exitErr := <-t.Done()
+		_ = t.Close()
+		d.SetFunnelURL("")
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if exitErr != nil {
+			log.Printf("[funnel] cloudflared exited: %v — restarting in %s", exitErr, backoff)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("[funnel] cloudflared exited cleanly — restarting in %s", backoff)
+		}
+		select {
+		case <-time.After(backoff):
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		}
+		backoff = min(backoff*2, maxBackoff)
+	}
+}
+
+// mirrorCORSOrigins fetches /api/mirrors from the configured primary (+ extra
+// mirror candidates + static IPFS fallback) and returns the discovered URLs as
+// Origin strings. Best-effort: any failure logs a warning and returns an empty
+// slice; the static defaultCORSAllowedOrigins in validate.go covers the known
+// mirrors (.com / .to / built-in onion) so the daemon still accepts the
+// official surfaces when this call fails.
+//
+// Bounded to a short timeout so a slow /api/mirrors response can't delay
+// daemon startup — every second here is a second the user can't play.
+func mirrorCORSOrigins(parent context.Context, cfg config.Config, userAgent string) []string {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(parent, 10*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	candidates := append([]string{cfg.Auth.APIURL}, cfg.Auth.Mirrors...)
+	resp, err := agent.FetchMirrorsWithFallback(ctx, candidates, userAgent)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[cors] mirror discovery failed (%v) — using static allowlist only", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	seen := make(map[string]struct{})
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(resp.Mirrors))
+	add := func(rawURL string) {
+		if rawURL == "" {
+			return
+		}
+		origin := strings.TrimRight(rawURL, "/")
+		if _, dup := seen[origin]; dup {
+			return
+		}
+		seen[origin] = struct{}{}
+		out = append(out, origin)
+	}
+	for _, m := range resp.Mirrors {
+		add(m.URL)
+	}
+	if resp.Tor != nil {
+		add(resp.Tor.URL)
+	}
+	if len(out) > 0 {
+		log.Printf("[cors] merged %d mirror origins from /api/mirrors", len(out))
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// watchSessionReady polls HLSSession.ReadyCount until the first segment +
+// init.mp4 are on disk, then POSTs /api/internal/agent/session-ready so
+// the web side flips streaming_session.ready_at — which its SSE endpoint
+// pushes to subscribed players. Cache-HIT sessions are ready the moment
+// StartHLSSession returns and POST immediately.
+//
+// Bounded by a 60 s deadline so a permanently stuck encoder doesn't keep
+// a goroutine alive forever; if seg-0 never lands the player falls back
+// to its existing HEAD-probe retry path anyway.
+func watchSessionReady(ctx context.Context, client *agent.Client, hsess *engine.HLSSession, sessionID string) {
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(60 * time.Second)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(200 * time.Millisecond)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for {
+		// Session torn down through a path that didn't cancel ctx (registry
+		// replace, idle sweep, internal kill). Bail before polling further —
+		// without this check the watcher could keep alive for up to 60 s on
+		// a dead HLSSession that's never going to become ready.
+		if hsess.IsClosed() {
+			return
+		}
+		// Cache HIT or seg-0 ready → notify + done.
+		if hsess.FromCache() || hsess.ReadyCount() >= 1 {
+			// Parent ctx so a session cancel mid-POST (user closed tab,
+			// daemon shutdown) tears down the in-flight webhook instead of
+			// blocking the goroutine for up to 10 s on a now-orphan call.
+			rctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second)
+			if err := client.MarkSessionReady(rctx, sessionID); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("[hls %s] mark-ready failed: %v", agent.ShortID(sessionID), err)
+			}
+			cancel()
+			return
+		}
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+		}
+		if time.Now().After(deadline) {
+			log.Printf("[hls %s] mark-ready: timeout waiting for seg-0", agent.ShortID(sessionID))
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/cmd/daemon_control.go

@@ -0,0 +1,335 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
+)
+
+func newDaemonStartCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "start",
+		Short: "Start the installed daemon service",
+		Long: `Start the unarr daemon using the system service manager.
+Requires 'unarr daemon install' to have been run first.
+
+  Linux:   systemctl --user start unarr
+  macOS:   launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.torrentclaw.unarr.plist
+  Windows: schtasks /run /tn unarr`,
+		Example: `  unarr daemon start`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return runDaemonSvcStart()
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func newDaemonStopCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "stop",
+		Short: "Stop the running daemon service",
+		Long: `Stop the unarr daemon service.
+
+  Linux:   systemctl --user stop unarr
+  macOS:   launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.torrentclaw.unarr.plist
+  Windows: sends stop signal via process PID`,
+		Example: `  unarr daemon stop`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return runDaemonSvcStop()
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func newDaemonRestartCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "restart",
+		Short: "Restart the daemon service",
+		Long: `Restart the unarr daemon service.
+
+  Linux:   systemctl --user restart unarr
+  macOS:   unload + reload launchd agent
+  Windows: stop by PID + schtasks /run`,
+		Example: `  unarr daemon restart`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return runDaemonSvcRestart()
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func newDaemonSvcStatusCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "status",
+		Short: "Show daemon service status",
+		Long: `Show the current status of the unarr daemon service as reported
+by the system service manager, plus local state information.`,
+		Example: `  unarr daemon status`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return runDaemonSvcStatus()
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func newDaemonLogsCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var follow bool
+	var lines int
+
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "logs",
+		Short: "Show daemon logs",
+		Long: `Show daemon log output.
+
+  Linux:   streams from journald (journalctl --user -u unarr)
+  macOS:   tails ~/.local/share/unarr/unarr.log
+  Windows: tails %LOCALAPPDATA%\unarr\unarr.log`,
+		Example: `  unarr daemon logs
+  unarr daemon logs -f
+  unarr daemon logs -n 100 -f`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return runDaemonLogs(follow, lines)
+		},
+	}
+
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&follow, "follow", "f", false, "Follow log output")
+	cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&lines, "lines", "n", 50, "Number of lines to show")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func newDaemonReloadCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "reload",
+		Short: "Reload daemon configuration without restarting",
+		Long: `Send a reload signal to the running daemon, causing it to
+re-read its configuration file without interrupting active downloads.
+
+  Linux/macOS: sends SIGUSR1 to the daemon process
+  Windows:     not supported (use 'unarr daemon restart' instead)`,
+		Example: `  unarr daemon reload`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return runDaemonReload()
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// ── Platform implementations ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func runDaemonSvcStart() error {
+	fmt.Println()
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "linux":
+		if err := svcExec("systemctl", "--user", "start", "unarr"); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "\n  Is the daemon installed? Run 'unarr daemon install' first.")
+			return fmt.Errorf("start service: %w", err)
+		}
+	case "darwin":
+		home, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
+		plist := launchdPlistPath(home)
+		if _, err := os.Stat(plist); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("service not installed — run 'unarr daemon install' first")
+		}
+		if err := svcExec("launchctl", "load", plist); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("load service: %w", err)
+		}
+	case "windows":
+		if err := svcExec("schtasks", "/run", "/tn", "unarr"); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "\n  Is the daemon installed? Run 'unarr daemon install' first.")
+			return fmt.Errorf("start task: %w", err)
+		}
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("service control not supported on %s", runtime.GOOS)
+	}
+
+	color.New(color.FgGreen).Println("  ✓ Started")
+	fmt.Println()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runDaemonSvcStop() error {
+	fmt.Println()
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "linux":
+		if err := svcExec("systemctl", "--user", "stop", "unarr"); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("stop service: %w", err)
+		}
+	case "darwin":
+		home, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
+		plist := launchdPlistPath(home)
+		if err := svcExec("launchctl", "unload", plist); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unload service: %w", err)
+		}
+	default:
+		return stopDaemonByPID()
+	}
+
+	color.New(color.FgGreen).Println("  ✓ Stopped")
+	fmt.Println()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runDaemonSvcRestart() error {
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "linux":
+		fmt.Println()
+		if err := svcExec("systemctl", "--user", "restart", "unarr"); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("restart service: %w", err)
+		}
+		color.New(color.FgGreen).Println("  ✓ Restarted")
+		fmt.Println()
+		return nil
+	default:
+		fmt.Println("  Stopping...")
+		_ = runDaemonSvcStop()
+		fmt.Println("  Starting...")
+		return runDaemonSvcStart()
+	}
+}
+
+func runDaemonSvcStatus() error {
+	fmt.Println()
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "linux":
+		// systemctl gives rich formatted output; exit code non-zero when stopped is fine.
+		svcExec("systemctl", "--user", "status", "--no-pager", "unarr") //nolint:errcheck
+	case "darwin":
+		printDaemonStatusDarwin()
+	case "windows":
+		svcExec("schtasks", "/query", "/tn", "unarr", "/fo", "LIST") //nolint:errcheck
+	default:
+		fmt.Printf("  Service manager not supported on %s\n", runtime.GOOS)
+	}
+
+	printStateInfo()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runDaemonLogs(follow bool, lines int) error {
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "linux":
+		args := []string{"--user", "-u", "unarr", "--no-pager", "-n", strconv.Itoa(lines)}
+		if follow {
+			// -f implies live output; drop --no-pager so journalctl can control the terminal.
+			args = []string{"--user", "-u", "unarr", "-f"}
+		}
+		return svcExecInteractive("journalctl", args...)
+
+	case "darwin":
+		home, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
+		logFile := filepath.Join(home, ".local", "share", "unarr", "unarr.log")
+		if _, err := os.Stat(logFile); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "The daemon writes this file when running as a launchd service. Run 'unarr daemon install' first.")
+			return fmt.Errorf("log file not found: %s", logFile)
+		}
+		args := []string{"-n", strconv.Itoa(lines)}
+		if follow {
+			args = append(args, "-f")
+		}
+		args = append(args, logFile)
+		return svcExecInteractive("tail", args...)
+
+	case "windows":
+		logFile := filepath.Join(config.DataDir(), "unarr.log")
+		if _, err := os.Stat(logFile); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "The daemon writes logs here when running. Start it first.")
+			return fmt.Errorf("log file not found: %s", logFile)
+		}
+		var psCmd string
+		if follow {
+			psCmd = fmt.Sprintf("Get-Content -Path '%s' -Tail %d -Wait", logFile, lines)
+		} else {
+			psCmd = fmt.Sprintf("Get-Content -Path '%s' -Tail %d", logFile, lines)
+		}
+		return svcExecInteractive("powershell", "-NonInteractive", "-Command", psCmd)
+
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("log viewing not supported on %s", runtime.GOOS)
+	}
+}
+
+func runDaemonReload() error {
+	return sendReloadSignal()
+}
+
+// ── Helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// stopDaemonByPID reads the state file and sends a graceful stop to the daemon PID.
+// Used as fallback on platforms without a service manager (and as Windows implementation).
+func stopDaemonByPID() error {
+	state, err := agent.LoadState()
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, agent.ErrDaemonNotRunning) {
+			return err
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("read daemon state: %w", err)
+	}
+	return killPID(state.PID)
+}
+
+func launchdPlistPath(home string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(home, "Library", "LaunchAgents", "com.torrentclaw.unarr.plist")
+}
+
+// printDaemonStatusDarwin shows launchd service state by filtering launchctl output.
+func printDaemonStatusDarwin() {
+	out, err := exec.Command("launchctl", "list").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("  Could not query launchctl: %v\n", err)
+		return
+	}
+	found := false
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(out), "\n") {
+		if strings.Contains(line, "unarr") {
+			// Format: PID  ExitCode  Label
+			fmt.Printf("  launchd: %s\n", strings.TrimSpace(line))
+			found = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !found {
+		fmt.Println("  launchd: service not loaded")
+	}
+}
+
+// printStateInfo shows information from the local daemon.state.json file.
+func printStateInfo() {
+	state := agent.ReadState()
+	if state == nil {
+		color.New(color.FgHiBlack).Println("  State:   no state file (daemon not running or crashed)")
+		fmt.Println()
+		return
+	}
+	dim := color.New(color.FgHiBlack)
+	fmt.Println()
+	dim.Println("  Local state:")
+	fmt.Printf("    PID:        %d\n", state.PID)
+	fmt.Printf("    Status:     %s\n", state.Status)
+	fmt.Printf("    Version:    %s\n", state.Version)
+	fmt.Printf("    Uptime:     %s\n", formatDuration(time.Since(state.StartedAt)))
+	fmt.Printf("    Heartbeat:  %s ago\n", formatDuration(time.Since(state.LastHeartbeat)))
+	fmt.Printf("    Active:     %d task(s)\n", state.ActiveTasks)
+	fmt.Println()
+}
+
+// svcExec runs a service management command with output flowing to the terminal.
+func svcExec(name string, args ...string) error {
+	cmd := exec.Command(name, args...)
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	return cmd.Run()
+}
+
+// svcExecInteractive is like svcExec but also connects stdin (needed for follow/pager modes).
+func svcExecInteractive(name string, args ...string) error {
+	cmd := exec.Command(name, args...)
+	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	return cmd.Run()
+}

internal/cmd/daemon_install.go

@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
 )
 
 const systemdTemplate = `[Unit]
@@ -123,6 +127,8 @@ func runDaemonInstall() error {
 		return installSystemd(data, green)
 	case "darwin":
 		return installLaunchd(data, green)
+	case "windows":
+		return installWindowsTask(data, green)
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("service installation not supported on %s yet", runtime.GOOS)
 	}
@@ -228,6 +234,17 @@ func runDaemonUninstall() error {
 		os.Remove(path)
 		green.Printf("  ✓ Removed %s\n", path)
 
+	case "windows":
+		// Stop the running process if any
+		if state := agent.ReadState(); state != nil {
+			exec.Command("taskkill", "/pid", strconv.Itoa(state.PID), "/f").Run()
+		}
+		out, err := exec.Command("schtasks", "/delete", "/tn", "unarr", "/f").CombinedOutput()
+		if err != nil && !strings.Contains(string(out), "cannot find") {
+			return fmt.Errorf("remove scheduled task: %w\n%s", err, strings.TrimSpace(string(out)))
+		}
+		green.Println("  ✓ Scheduled task removed")
+
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("service uninstall not supported on %s yet", runtime.GOOS)
 	}
@@ -235,3 +252,45 @@ func runDaemonUninstall() error {
 	fmt.Println()
 	return nil
 }
+
+func installWindowsTask(data serviceData, green *color.Color) error {
+	logDir := config.DataDir()
+	os.MkdirAll(logDir, 0o755)
+
+	// Remove any existing task before (re)installing.
+	exec.Command("schtasks", "/delete", "/tn", "unarr", "/f").Run()
+
+	// Wrap with PowerShell so stdout/stderr are captured to a log file.
+	psScript := fmt.Sprintf(
+		`Start-Transcript -Path '%s\unarr.log' -Append -NoClobber; & '%s' start`,
+		logDir, data.BinPath,
+	)
+	taskCmd := fmt.Sprintf(`powershell.exe -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "%s"`, psScript)
+
+	out, err := exec.Command("schtasks",
+		"/create",
+		"/tn", "unarr",
+		"/tr", taskCmd,
+		"/sc", "onlogon",
+		"/ru", data.User,
+		"/rl", "highest",
+		"/f",
+	).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("create scheduled task: %w\n%s", err, strings.TrimSpace(string(out)))
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println()
+	green.Println("  ✓ Installed! Service will start automatically at next login.")
+	fmt.Println()
+	fmt.Println("  To start now:")
+	fmt.Println("    unarr daemon start")
+	fmt.Println()
+	fmt.Println("  Manage with:")
+	fmt.Println("    unarr daemon status")
+	fmt.Println("    unarr daemon stop")
+	fmt.Printf("    unarr daemon logs          (log: %s\\unarr.log)\n", logDir)
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	return nil
+}

internal/cmd/funnel.go

@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
+)
+
+func newFunnelCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "funnel",
+		Short: "Expose the daemon over a public HTTPS hostname via CloudFlare Quick Tunnel",
+		Long: `Turn the CloudFlare Quick Tunnel on/off and check its status.
+
+When on, the daemon spawns cloudflared as a child process and registers a
+` + "`https://<random>.trycloudflare.com`" + ` hostname tunnelled to its local
+HLS server. The torrentclaw.com / torrentclaw.to web player picks the tunnel
+URL first so cross-network playback works from any browser without Tailscale
+or port forwarding.
+
+Trade-offs:
+  • Bytes proxy through CloudFlare. We don't relay; CF does. Preserves the
+    TorrentClaw legal posture but means CF sees your traffic shape.
+  • Quick Tunnels are anonymous — no CF account required.
+  • Hostname is random per session and rotates roughly every 6 h.
+
+Requires the cloudflared binary on PATH. Install:
+  Linux  : https://pkg.cloudflare.com (apt) or download from
+           https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases
+  macOS  : brew install cloudflared
+  Windows: winget install --id Cloudflare.cloudflared`,
+		Example: `  unarr funnel status   # is the tunnel up? what's the URL?
+  unarr funnel on       # turn it on
+  unarr funnel off      # turn it off`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return cmd.Help()
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.AddCommand(newFunnelStatusCmd(), newFunnelOnCmd(), newFunnelOffCmd())
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func newFunnelStatusCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "status",
+		Short:   "Show CloudFlare tunnel configuration + live URL",
+		Example: "  unarr funnel status",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return runFunnelStatus()
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func runFunnelStatus() error {
+	bold := color.New(color.Bold)
+	dim := color.New(color.FgHiBlack)
+	green := color.New(color.FgGreen)
+	yellow := color.New(color.FgYellow)
+	cyan := color.New(color.FgCyan)
+
+	cfg := loadConfig()
+
+	fmt.Println()
+	bold.Println("  CloudFlare Quick Tunnel")
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	if !cfg.Download.Funnel.Enabled {
+		dim.Println("  Mode:    off")
+		fmt.Println()
+		dim.Println("  Enable with `unarr funnel on` to give the daemon a public HTTPS URL")
+		dim.Println("  so cross-network browser playback works without Tailscale.")
+		fmt.Println()
+		return nil
+	}
+	cyan.Println("  Mode:    on")
+
+	state := agent.ReadState()
+	alive := state != nil && isDaemonAlive(state)
+	fmt.Println()
+	switch {
+	case alive && state.FunnelURL != "":
+		green.Println("  ✓ Tunnel ACTIVE")
+		fmt.Printf("    URL:  %s\n", state.FunnelURL)
+		fmt.Println()
+		dim.Println("  This URL rotates roughly every 6 h. The web player picks it up")
+		dim.Println("  automatically — no action needed on your side.")
+	case alive:
+		yellow.Println("  ⚠  Daemon is running but the tunnel hasn't registered yet.")
+		dim.Println("     Check `unarr daemon logs` for a [funnel] line. Common cause:")
+		dim.Println("     cloudflared isn't installed on PATH.")
+	default:
+		dim.Println("  Daemon not running — start it (`unarr start`) to bring the tunnel up.")
+	}
+	fmt.Println()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func newFunnelOnCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "on",
+		Short:   "Turn the CloudFlare tunnel on",
+		Example: "  unarr funnel on",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return setFunnelEnabled(true)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func newFunnelOffCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "off",
+		Short:   "Turn the CloudFlare tunnel off",
+		Example: "  unarr funnel off",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return setFunnelEnabled(false)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func setFunnelEnabled(enabled bool) error {
+	green := color.New(color.FgGreen)
+	dim := color.New(color.FgHiBlack)
+
+	cfg := loadConfig()
+	if cfg.Download.Funnel.Enabled == enabled {
+		fmt.Println()
+		dim.Printf("  Tunnel is already %s — nothing to do.\n", onOffWord(enabled))
+		fmt.Println()
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	cfg.Download.Funnel.Enabled = enabled
+
+	configPath := config.FilePath()
+	if cfgFile != "" {
+		configPath = cfgFile
+	}
+	if err := config.Save(cfg, configPath); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("save config: %w", err)
+	}
+	appCfg = cfg
+
+	fmt.Println()
+	green.Printf("  ✓ CloudFlare tunnel %s.\n", onOffWord(enabled))
+
+	// Subprocess is launched/torn down by the daemon at startup; a plain config
+	// reload does not bring it up. Prompt for a restart when the daemon is alive.
+	if state := agent.ReadState(); state != nil && isDaemonAlive(state) {
+		fmt.Println()
+		dim.Println("  The daemon is running. Restart it for this to take effect:")
+		dim.Println("    unarr daemon restart")
+	}
+	fmt.Println()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func onOffWord(enabled bool) string {
+	if enabled {
+		return "on"
+	}
+	return "off"
+}

internal/cmd/helpers.go

@@ -9,12 +9,21 @@ import (
 )
 
 // openBrowser opens a URL in the default browser.
+//
+// The URL is restricted to http(s) so that a hostile caller cannot trick
+// xdg-open/open into interpreting it as a flag (a leading "-" would otherwise
+// match a switch on every helper we shell out to). Where the helper supports
+// it we also append "--" to terminate switch parsing as belt-and-braces.
 func openBrowser(url string) {
+	if !isSafeBrowserURL(url) {
+		return
+	}
 	var c *exec.Cmd
 	switch runtime.GOOS {
 	case "darwin":
-		c = exec.Command("open", url)
+		c = exec.Command("open", "--", url)
 	case "windows":
+		// rundll32 does not parse switches from positional args.
 		c = exec.Command("rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler", url)
 	default: // linux, freebsd
 		c = exec.Command("xdg-open", url)
@@ -22,6 +31,12 @@ func openBrowser(url string) {
 	_ = c.Start() // fire and forget; best-effort
 }
 
+// isSafeBrowserURL accepts only http(s) URLs. Other schemes (file://, javascript:,
+// data:, ...) and flag-shaped strings ("--help") are rejected.
+func isSafeBrowserURL(url string) bool {
+	return strings.HasPrefix(url, "http://") || strings.HasPrefix(url, "https://")
+}
+
 // defaultDownloadDir returns a sensible default download directory.
 func defaultDownloadDir() string {
 	home, _ := os.UserHomeDir()

internal/cmd/helpers_test.go

@@ -31,6 +31,32 @@ func TestExpandHome(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestIsSafeBrowserURL(t *testing.T) {
+	good := []string{
+		"http://localhost:3000",
+		"https://torrentclaw.com/some/path?q=1",
+	}
+	bad := []string{
+		"--help",
+		"-version",
+		"file:///etc/passwd",
+		"javascript:alert(1)",
+		"data:text/html,foo",
+		"ftp://example.com",
+		"",
+	}
+	for _, u := range good {
+		if !isSafeBrowserURL(u) {
+			t.Errorf("isSafeBrowserURL(%q) = false, want true", u)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, u := range bad {
+		if isSafeBrowserURL(u) {
+			t.Errorf("isSafeBrowserURL(%q) = true, want false", u)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDefaultDownloadDir(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := defaultDownloadDir()
 	if dir == "" {

internal/cmd/mirrors.go

@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
+)
+
+// newMirrorsCmd wires `unarr mirrors` and its subcommands.
+//
+// Mirrors are alternate base URLs the agent can fall back to when the
+// primary api_url is unreachable. The pool is consulted on every transient
+// network failure (DNS, refused, timeout, 5xx) — see internal/agent/
+// mirror_pool.go for the rotation rules.
+func newMirrorsCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "mirrors",
+		Short: "Manage TorrentClaw mirror failover list",
+		Long: `Mirrors are alternate base URLs the agent falls back to when the primary
+domain is unreachable. The pool survives DNS blocks, ISP filters, and
+short-lived takedowns without restarting the agent.
+
+Examples:
+  unarr mirrors list          Print currently configured mirrors
+  unarr mirrors update        Refresh from the server's canonical list
+  unarr mirrors test          Probe every configured mirror`,
+	}
+
+	cmd.AddCommand(newMirrorsListCmd())
+	cmd.AddCommand(newMirrorsUpdateCmd())
+	cmd.AddCommand(newMirrorsTestCmd())
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func newMirrorsListCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "list",
+		Short: "Print currently configured mirrors",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cfg := loadConfig()
+			pool := agent.NewMirrorPool(cfg.Auth.APIURL, cfg.Auth.Mirrors)
+
+			if jsonOut {
+				out := map[string]any{
+					"primary": cfg.Auth.APIURL,
+					"mirrors": pool.Mirrors(),
+				}
+				return json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout).Encode(out)
+			}
+
+			fmt.Printf("Primary: %s\n", color.GreenString(cfg.Auth.APIURL))
+			if len(cfg.Auth.Mirrors) == 0 {
+				fmt.Println("Fallbacks: (none configured — run `unarr mirrors update`)")
+				return nil
+			}
+			fmt.Println("Fallbacks:")
+			for i, m := range cfg.Auth.Mirrors {
+				fmt.Printf("  %d. %s\n", i+1, m)
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func newMirrorsUpdateCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "update",
+		Short: "Refresh the mirror list from the server",
+		Long: `Fetch /api/v1/mirrors from the configured primary (with fallback to any
+currently-known mirrors) and write the resulting list back to config.toml.
+
+This is how long-running agents survive a takedown of the primary domain:
+the user runs ` + "`unarr mirrors update`" + ` once a week (or via cron), and
+the agent transparently picks up new mirrors without a CLI release.`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cfg := loadConfig()
+
+			// Candidate set: primary + any currently-known mirrors. Order matters —
+			// we try primary first so the most-trusted endpoint wins.
+			candidates := append([]string{cfg.Auth.APIURL}, cfg.Auth.Mirrors...)
+
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 20*time.Second)
+			defer cancel()
+
+			fmt.Println("Refreshing mirror list...")
+			resp, err := agent.FetchMirrorsWithFallback(ctx, candidates, "unarr/"+Version)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("fetch mirrors: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			primary, extras := resp.ToConfig()
+			if primary == "" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("server returned no mirrors")
+			}
+
+			// Track what changed so we can give the user a clear diff.
+			added, removed := diffMirrors(append([]string{cfg.Auth.APIURL}, cfg.Auth.Mirrors...), append([]string{primary}, extras...))
+
+			cfg.Auth.APIURL = primary
+			cfg.Auth.Mirrors = extras
+			if err := config.Save(cfg, cfgFile); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("save config: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			fmt.Printf("%s revision %d (%d mirror%s)\n",
+				color.GreenString("✓"), resp.Revision, len(resp.Mirrors), pluralS(len(resp.Mirrors)))
+			fmt.Printf("  Primary:   %s\n", primary)
+			if len(extras) > 0 {
+				fmt.Printf("  Fallbacks: %s\n", strings.Join(extras, ", "))
+			}
+			if resp.Tor != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("  Tor:       %s\n", resp.Tor.URL)
+			}
+			for _, c := range resp.Channels {
+				fmt.Printf("  Channel:   %s — %s\n", c.Label, c.URL)
+			}
+			if len(added) > 0 {
+				fmt.Printf("  %s %s\n", color.GreenString("added:"), strings.Join(added, ", "))
+			}
+			if len(removed) > 0 {
+				fmt.Printf("  %s %s\n", color.YellowString("removed:"), strings.Join(removed, ", "))
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func newMirrorsTestCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "test",
+		Short: "Probe every configured mirror",
+		Long: `Performs a small unauthenticated HEAD/GET against /api/health on every
+configured mirror and reports latency + reachability.`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cfg := loadConfig()
+			all := append([]string{cfg.Auth.APIURL}, cfg.Auth.Mirrors...)
+			if len(all) == 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("no mirrors configured")
+			}
+
+			for _, base := range all {
+				if base == "" {
+					continue
+				}
+				ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 6*time.Second)
+				start := time.Now()
+				_, err := agent.FetchMirrors(ctx, []string{base}, "unarr/"+Version)
+				cancel()
+				elapsed := time.Since(start)
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Printf("  %s %s — %s (%s)\n", color.RedString("✗"), base, err, elapsed.Round(time.Millisecond))
+					continue
+				}
+				fmt.Printf("  %s %s (%s)\n", color.GreenString("✓"), base, elapsed.Round(time.Millisecond))
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// diffMirrors returns the URLs added and removed between two ordered lists.
+// Used to print a friendly diff after `unarr mirrors update`.
+func diffMirrors(old, fresh []string) (added, removed []string) {
+	oldSet := make(map[string]struct{}, len(old))
+	for _, m := range old {
+		if m != "" {
+			oldSet[m] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+	freshSet := make(map[string]struct{}, len(fresh))
+	for _, m := range fresh {
+		if m == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		freshSet[m] = struct{}{}
+		if _, ok := oldSet[m]; !ok {
+			added = append(added, m)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, m := range old {
+		if m == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, ok := freshSet[m]; !ok {
+			removed = append(removed, m)
+		}
+	}
+	return added, removed
+}
+
+func pluralS(n int) string {
+	if n == 1 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return "s"
+}

internal/cmd/player_session_registry.go

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/engine"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/library/mediainfo"
+)
+
+// playerSessionRegistry tracks per-session cancel funcs for active in-browser
+// HLS streaming sessions. Each session lives only as long as its ffmpeg
+// process; the registry exists so duplicate sync responses don't double-spawn
+// the same session and so daemon shutdown can drain.
+var playerSessionRegistry = &playerSessionRegistryT{
+	cancels: make(map[string]context.CancelFunc),
+}
+
+type playerSessionRegistryT struct {
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	cancels map[string]context.CancelFunc
+}
+
+func (r *playerSessionRegistryT) has(sessionID string) bool {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+	_, ok := r.cancels[sessionID]
+	return ok
+}
+
+func (r *playerSessionRegistryT) add(sessionID string, cancel context.CancelFunc) {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+	r.cancels[sessionID] = cancel
+}
+
+func (r *playerSessionRegistryT) remove(sessionID string) {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+	delete(r.cancels, sessionID)
+}
+
+// cancelAllPlayerSessions cancels every running session. Called on daemon
+// shutdown so the ffmpeg children and SSE consumers exit cleanly.
+func cancelAllPlayerSessions() {
+	playerSessionRegistry.mu.Lock()
+	cancels := make([]context.CancelFunc, 0, len(playerSessionRegistry.cancels))
+	for _, c := range playerSessionRegistry.cancels {
+		cancels = append(cancels, c)
+	}
+	playerSessionRegistry.cancels = make(map[string]context.CancelFunc)
+	playerSessionRegistry.mu.Unlock()
+	for _, c := range cancels {
+		c()
+	}
+}
+
+// buildTranscodeRuntime resolves the ffmpeg/ffprobe binaries + config knobs
+// for the HLS streaming pipeline. Failure to resolve a binary returns a
+// runtime with empty paths so the caller can short-circuit instead of
+// launching a transcoder that will immediately fail.
+func buildTranscodeRuntime(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config) engine.TranscodeRuntime {
+	if !cfg.Download.Transcode.Enabled {
+		return engine.TranscodeRuntime{Disabled: true}
+	}
+	ffmpegPath, errF := mediainfo.ResolveFFmpeg(cfg.Library.FFmpegPath)
+	ffprobePath, errP := mediainfo.ResolveFFprobe(cfg.Library.FFprobePath)
+	if errF != nil || errP != nil {
+		return engine.TranscodeRuntime{Disabled: true}
+	}
+	hw := engine.HWAccelNone
+	switch cfg.Download.Transcode.HWAccel {
+	case "auto":
+		hw = engine.DetectHWAccel(ctx, ffmpegPath)
+	case "nvenc":
+		hw = engine.HWAccelNVENC
+	case "qsv":
+		hw = engine.HWAccelQSV
+	case "vaapi":
+		hw = engine.HWAccelVAAPI
+	case "videotoolbox":
+		hw = engine.HWAccelVideoToolbox
+	case "none", "":
+		hw = engine.HWAccelNone
+	}
+	return engine.TranscodeRuntime{
+		FFmpegPath:   ffmpegPath,
+		FFprobePath:  ffprobePath,
+		HWAccel:      hw,
+		Preset:       cfg.Download.Transcode.Preset,
+		VideoBitrate: cfg.Download.Transcode.VideoBitrate,
+		AudioBitrate: cfg.Download.Transcode.AudioBitrate,
+		MaxHeight:    cfg.Download.Transcode.MaxHeight,
+	}
+}

internal/cmd/probe_hwaccel.go

@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/engine"
+)
+
+// newProbeHWAccelCmd reports the hardware-acceleration capabilities the daemon
+// would actually use for HLS transcoding. The motivation: a beefy host
+// (e.g. RTX 3090) can still fall back to software encoding when the installed
+// ffmpeg binary was built without nvenc/qsv/vaapi support — Homebrew ffmpeg
+// is a common offender. Without this command, users see slow / failing 4K
+// transcodes and no obvious way to diagnose where the regression sits.
+func newProbeHWAccelCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "probe-hwaccel",
+		Short: "Diagnose hardware-acceleration availability",
+		Long: `Report the hardware-acceleration backends the daemon would pick for
+transcoding, plus exactly why each one was kept or rejected.
+
+Checks performed:
+  - ffmpeg / ffprobe paths
+  - which HW encoders the ffmpeg binary supports (h264_nvenc, h264_qsv, h264_vaapi…)
+  - whether the matching device files / drivers are actually present
+  - which backend the daemon would pick today (HWAccelNone means software)
+
+Use this when transcoding feels slow or fails on 4K — the most common cause
+is a software-only ffmpeg build, not a missing GPU.`,
+		Example: `  unarr probe-hwaccel`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return runProbeHWAccel()
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func runProbeHWAccel() error {
+	bold := color.New(color.Bold)
+	green := color.New(color.FgGreen)
+	yellow := color.New(color.FgYellow)
+	red := color.New(color.FgRed)
+
+	fmt.Println()
+	bold.Println("  Hardware acceleration probe")
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	// 1. Locate ffmpeg / ffprobe.
+	ffmpegPath, ffmpegErr := exec.LookPath("ffmpeg")
+	ffprobePath, ffprobeErr := exec.LookPath("ffprobe")
+
+	bold.Println("  Binaries")
+	if ffmpegErr != nil {
+		red.Printf("    x ffmpeg not on PATH\n")
+		fmt.Println()
+		yellow.Println("    HW probe needs ffmpeg. Install it:")
+		fmt.Println("      Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install ffmpeg")
+		fmt.Println("      macOS:         brew install ffmpeg")
+		fmt.Println()
+		return nil
+	}
+	green.Printf("    OK ffmpeg  %s\n", ffmpegPath)
+	if ffprobeErr != nil {
+		yellow.Printf("    !  ffprobe not on PATH (HLS still works, source probing falls back to ffmpeg)\n")
+	} else {
+		green.Printf("    OK ffprobe %s\n", ffprobePath)
+	}
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	// 2. List encoders the ffmpeg binary supports.
+	bold.Println("  HW encoders compiled in")
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	out, err := exec.CommandContext(ctx, ffmpegPath, "-hide_banner", "-encoders").CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		red.Printf("    x ffmpeg -encoders failed: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Println()
+		return nil
+	}
+	encoders := string(out)
+
+	hwEncoders := []struct {
+		name    string
+		family  string
+		family2 string
+	}{
+		{"h264_nvenc", "NVIDIA NVENC", "hevc_nvenc"},
+		{"h264_qsv", "Intel Quick Sync", "hevc_qsv"},
+		{"h264_vaapi", "Linux VA-API (Intel/AMD)", "hevc_vaapi"},
+		{"h264_videotoolbox", "macOS VideoToolbox", "hevc_videotoolbox"},
+	}
+	anyHWEncoder := false
+	for _, e := range hwEncoders {
+		hasH264 := strings.Contains(encoders, e.name)
+		hasHEVC := strings.Contains(encoders, e.family2)
+		if hasH264 || hasHEVC {
+			anyHWEncoder = true
+			green.Printf("    OK %s\n", e.family)
+			if hasH264 {
+				fmt.Printf("       %s\n", e.name)
+			}
+			if hasHEVC {
+				fmt.Printf("       %s\n", e.family2)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if !anyHWEncoder {
+		red.Printf("    x No HW encoders compiled in\n")
+		fmt.Println()
+		yellow.Println("    Most likely your ffmpeg was built without --enable-nvenc /")
+		yellow.Println("    --enable-libmfx / --enable-vaapi. Brew's default formula is one")
+		yellow.Println("    common offender. On Ubuntu, the system package ships with VAAPI")
+		yellow.Println("    by default and NVENC if you have CUDA installed.")
+	}
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	// 3. Device-file checks.
+	bold.Println("  Devices / drivers")
+	checks := []struct {
+		path string
+		desc string
+	}{
+		{"/dev/nvidia0", "NVIDIA GPU"},
+		{"/dev/dri/renderD128", "Linux DRM render node (used by VA-API + QSV)"},
+	}
+	for _, c := range checks {
+		if fileExistsLocal(c.path) {
+			green.Printf("    OK %s — %s\n", c.path, c.desc)
+		} else {
+			yellow.Printf("    -  %s — %s (not present)\n", c.path, c.desc)
+		}
+	}
+	if _, err := exec.LookPath("nvidia-smi"); err == nil {
+		green.Printf("    OK nvidia-smi on PATH\n")
+	} else {
+		yellow.Printf("    -  nvidia-smi not on PATH\n")
+	}
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		fmt.Printf("    .  macOS host — VideoToolbox available if encoder was compiled in\n")
+	}
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	// 4. Daemon's actual decision.
+	engine.ResetHWAccelCache()
+	pick := engine.DetectHWAccel(ctx, ffmpegPath)
+	bold.Println("  Daemon would pick")
+	switch pick {
+	case engine.HWAccelNone:
+		red.Printf("    x %s — software libx264 only\n", pick)
+		fmt.Println()
+		yellow.Println("    On a slow CPU 1080p will lag and 4K is effectively unwatchable.")
+		yellow.Println("    Fix: rebuild / reinstall ffmpeg with HW encoder support, then:")
+		fmt.Println()
+		fmt.Println("      unarr daemon restart")
+	default:
+		green.Printf("    OK %s\n", pick)
+		fmt.Printf("    encoder: %s (h264) / %s (hevc)\n", pick.FFmpegVideoCodec("h264"), pick.FFmpegVideoCodec("hevc"))
+	}
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// fileExistsLocal stats a path. Mirrors engine.fileExists without exporting it.
+func fileExistsLocal(path string) bool {
+	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+	return err == nil
+}

internal/cmd/reload_unix.go

@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
 
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
 )
@@ -38,3 +41,40 @@ func startReloadWatcher(rc *ReloadableConfig) {
 		}
 	}()
 }
+
+// sendReloadSignal sends SIGUSR1 to the running daemon process.
+func sendReloadSignal() error {
+	state, err := agent.LoadState()
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, agent.ErrDaemonNotRunning) {
+			return err
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("read daemon state: %w", err)
+	}
+	p, err := os.FindProcess(state.PID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("find process %d: %w", state.PID, err)
+	}
+	if err := p.Signal(syscall.SIGUSR1); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("send reload signal to PID %d: %w", state.PID, err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println()
+	color.New(color.FgGreen).Printf("  ✓ Reload signal sent to daemon (PID %d)\n", state.PID)
+	fmt.Println("  Config will be re-read shortly.")
+	fmt.Println()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// killPID sends SIGTERM to the given PID for a graceful shutdown.
+func killPID(pid int) error {
+	p, err := os.FindProcess(pid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("find process %d: %w", pid, err)
+	}
+	if err := p.Signal(syscall.SIGTERM); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("stop daemon (PID %d): %w", pid, err)
+	}
+	color.New(color.FgGreen).Printf("  ✓ Stop signal sent to daemon (PID %d)\n", pid)
+	fmt.Println()
+	return nil
+}

internal/cmd/reload_windows.go

@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@
 
 package cmd
 
-import "github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
+)
 
 // ReloadableConfig holds a reference to the daemon for hot-reload.
 type ReloadableConfig struct {
@@ -11,3 +19,25 @@ type ReloadableConfig struct {
 
 // startReloadWatcher is a no-op on Windows (no SIGUSR1 support).
 func startReloadWatcher(_ *ReloadableConfig) {}
+
+// sendReloadSignal is not supported on Windows; instructs the user to restart instead.
+func sendReloadSignal() error {
+	fmt.Println()
+	color.New(color.FgYellow).Println("  ⚠  Config reload via signal is not supported on Windows.")
+	fmt.Println("  Use 'unarr daemon restart' to apply configuration changes.")
+	fmt.Println()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// killPID stops the daemon process on Windows using taskkill.
+func killPID(pid int) error {
+	cmd := exec.Command("taskkill", "/pid", strconv.Itoa(pid), "/f")
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("stop daemon (PID %d): %w", pid, err)
+	}
+	color.New(color.FgGreen).Printf("  ✓ Daemon stopped (PID %d)\n", pid)
+	fmt.Println()
+	return nil
+}

internal/cmd/root.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	tc "github.com/torrentclaw/go-client"
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/sentry"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/upgrade"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -25,15 +26,19 @@ var (
 func init() {
 	rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "unarr",
-		Short: "unarr — torrent search and management",
-		Long: `unarr is a powerful terminal tool for torrent search and management.
-
-Search 30+ torrent sources, inspect torrent quality, discover popular content,
-find streaming providers, and manage your media collection — all from your terminal.
+		Version: Version,
+		Short:   "Terminal torrent + debrid + usenet client — download, stream, transcode",
+		Long: `unarr is a terminal-native client that downloads torrents, debrid links,
+and usenet (NZB) — all from the same binary. It streams content straight
+to mpv/vlc with sequential piece prioritization, transcodes on the fly via
+ffmpeg with hardware acceleration (NVENC, QSV, VA-API, VideoToolbox), and
+organizes your library into Movies/TV folders. Run it one-shot or as a
+long-running daemon with a built-in WireGuard split-tunnel and remote
+playback over Cloudflare Funnel.
 
 Get started:
   unarr init                           First-time configuration wizard
-  unarr search "breaking bad"          Search for content
+  unarr download <magnet|hash>         Grab a torrent one-shot
   unarr start                          Start the download daemon
 
 Documentation:  https://torrentclaw.com/cli
@@ -42,6 +47,10 @@ Source:         https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr`,
 			if noColor || os.Getenv("NO_COLOR") != "" {
 				color.NoColor = true
 			}
+			// Self-updater fetches releases from the configured host (default
+			// torrentclaw.com), not GitHub — so mirrors / onion / staging /
+			// UNARR_API_URL all route updates correctly.
+			upgrade.SetBaseURL(loadConfig().Auth.APIURL)
 		},
 		SilenceUsage:  true,
 		SilenceErrors: true,
@@ -50,7 +59,7 @@ Source:         https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr`,
 	// Command groups for organized help output
 	rootCmd.AddGroup(
 		&cobra.Group{ID: "start", Title: "Getting Started:"},
-		&cobra.Group{ID: "search", Title: "Search & Discovery:"},
+		&cobra.Group{ID: "search", Title: "Catalog & Discovery:"},
 		&cobra.Group{ID: "download", Title: "Downloads & Streaming:"},
 		&cobra.Group{ID: "daemon", Title: "Daemon Management:"},
 		&cobra.Group{ID: "system", Title: "System & Diagnostics:"},
@@ -98,14 +107,22 @@ Source:         https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr`,
 	statusCmd.GroupID = "daemon"
 	daemonCmd := newDaemonCmd()
 	daemonCmd.GroupID = "daemon"
+	vpnCmd := newVPNCmd()
+	vpnCmd.GroupID = "daemon"
+	funnelCmd := newFunnelCmd()
+	funnelCmd.GroupID = "daemon"
 
 	// System & Diagnostics
 	statsCmd := newStatsCmd()
 	statsCmd.GroupID = "system"
 	doctorCmd := newDoctorCmd()
 	doctorCmd.GroupID = "system"
+	probeHWAccelCmd := newProbeHWAccelCmd()
+	probeHWAccelCmd.GroupID = "system"
 	cleanCmd := newCleanCmd()
 	cleanCmd.GroupID = "system"
+	mirrorsCmd := newMirrorsCmd()
+	mirrorsCmd.GroupID = "system"
 	selfUpdateCmd := newSelfUpdateCmd()
 	selfUpdateCmd.GroupID = "system"
 	versionCmd := newVersionCmd()
@@ -137,10 +154,14 @@ Source:         https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr`,
 		stopCmd,
 		statusCmd,
 		daemonCmd,
+		vpnCmd,
+		funnelCmd,
 		// System & Diagnostics
 		statsCmd,
 		doctorCmd,
+		probeHWAccelCmd,
 		cleanCmd,
+		mirrorsCmd,
 		selfUpdateCmd,
 		versionCmd,
 		completionCmd,

internal/cmd/scan.go

@@ -41,11 +41,16 @@ to see available quality upgrades.`,
 			}
 			if len(args) == 0 {
 				cfg := loadConfig()
-				if cfg.Library.ScanPath != "" {
-					args = append(args, cfg.Library.ScanPath)
-				} else {
-					return fmt.Errorf("usage: unarr scan <path>\n\nProvide a media folder to scan")
+				paths := library.ResolveScanPaths(cfg.Download.Dir, cfg.Organize.MoviesDir, cfg.Organize.TVShowsDir, cfg.Library.ScanPath)
+				if len(paths) == 0 {
+					return fmt.Errorf("usage: unarr scan <path>\n\nNo scan paths configured. Provide a path or set up downloads.dir via 'unarr init'")
 				}
+				for _, p := range paths {
+					if err := runScan(p, workers, ffprobe, noSync); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				}
+				return nil
 			}
 			return runScan(args[0], workers, ffprobe, noSync)
 		},
@@ -236,7 +241,7 @@ func printScanSummary(cache *library.LibraryCache) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		res := library.ResolveResolution(item.MediaInfo.Video.Height)
+		res := library.ResolveResolution(item.MediaInfo.Video.Width, item.MediaInfo.Video.Height)
 		if res == "" {
 			res = "other"
 		}

internal/cmd/self_update.go

@@ -3,19 +3,17 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/upgrade"
 )
 
 func newSelfUpdateCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var force bool
+	var allowUnsigned bool
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "self-update",
@@ -23,29 +21,35 @@ func newSelfUpdateCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		Long: `Download and install the latest version of unarr.
 
 Checks GitHub for the latest release, verifies the checksum, and
-replaces the current binary. A backup is kept at <binary>.backup.`,
+replaces the current binary. A backup is kept at <binary>.backup.
+
+If the daemon is running, it is automatically restarted so the new
+version is loaded into memory (otherwise heartbeat would keep
+reporting the old version until a manual restart).`,
 		Example: `  unarr self-update
-  unarr self-update --force`,
+  unarr self-update --force
+  unarr self-update --allow-unsigned   # accept releases missing checksums.txt.sig`,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			return runSelfUpdate(force)
+			return runSelfUpdate(force, allowUnsigned)
 		},
 	}
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&force, "force", "f", false, "reinstall even if already up to date")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&allowUnsigned, "allow-unsigned", false, "continue with SHA256-only verification when checksums.txt.sig is missing")
 
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func runSelfUpdate(force bool) error {
+func runSelfUpdate(force, allowUnsigned bool) error {
 	bold := color.New(color.Bold)
 	green := color.New(color.FgGreen)
 	yellow := color.New(color.FgYellow)
+	red := color.New(color.FgRed)
 
 	fmt.Println()
 	bold.Println("  unarr self-update")
 	fmt.Println()
 
-	// Check latest version
 	fmt.Print("  Checking latest version... ")
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	latest, err := upgrade.CheckLatest(ctx)
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ func runSelfUpdate(force bool) error {
 
 	upgrader := &upgrade.Upgrader{
 		CurrentVersion: currentClean,
+		AllowUnsigned:  allowUnsigned,
 		OnProgress: func(msg string) {
 			fmt.Printf("  %s\n", msg)
 		},
@@ -89,37 +94,25 @@ func runSelfUpdate(force bool) error {
 	if result.BackupPath != "" {
 		fmt.Printf("  Backup: %s\n", result.BackupPath)
 	}
+
+	// Auto-restart daemon if it is running, otherwise the live process keeps
+	// serving the old version (heartbeat reports old version → web gates
+	// features against the wrong version).
+	if state := agent.ReadState(); state != nil && isDaemonAlive(state) {
+		fmt.Println()
+		fmt.Printf("  → Daemon running (PID %d), restarting to load new version...\n", state.PID)
+		if err := runDaemonSvcRestart(); err != nil {
+			fmt.Println()
+			red.Printf("  ✗ Auto-restart failed: %v\n", err)
+			fmt.Println("    The new binary is on disk but the daemon is still running the old version.")
+			fmt.Println("    Run manually: unarr daemon restart")
+			fmt.Println("    (If the daemon runs under a different user/session, restart it there.)")
 			fmt.Println()
-
-	// If running as daemon, re-exec to restart with new binary
-	// For interactive use, just suggest restarting
-	if isRunningAsDaemon() {
-		fmt.Println("  Restarting daemon with new version...")
-		binPath, err := os.Executable()
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("could not determine executable path: %w", err)
-		}
-		execErr := syscall.Exec(binPath, os.Args, os.Environ())
-		if execErr != nil && runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-			// Windows doesn't support syscall.Exec — start new process
-			proc := exec.Command(binPath, os.Args[1:]...)
-			proc.Stdout = os.Stdout
-			proc.Stderr = os.Stderr
-			proc.Stdin = os.Stdin
-			return proc.Start()
-		}
-		return execErr
-	}
-
 			return nil
 		}
+		green.Println("  ✓ Daemon restarted")
+	}
 
-func isRunningAsDaemon() bool {
-	// Simple heuristic: check if "start" was in the original args
-	for _, arg := range os.Args {
-		if arg == "start" {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
+	fmt.Println()
+	return nil
 }

internal/cmd/status.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func runStatus() error {
 	go func() {
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 3*time.Second)
 		defer cancel()
-		ac := agent.NewClient(cfg.Auth.APIURL, cfg.Auth.APIKey, "unarr/"+Version)
+		ac := newAgentClientFromConfig(cfg, "unarr/"+Version)
 		resp, err := ac.Register(ctx, agent.RegisterRequest{
 			AgentID: cfg.Agent.ID,
 			Name:    cfg.Agent.Name,
@@ -74,7 +75,17 @@ func runStatus() error {
 	cyan.Println("  Account")
 	ar := <-accountCh
 	if ar.err != nil {
-		dim.Println("    Could not fetch account info")
+		var httpErr *agent.HTTPError
+		switch {
+		case errors.As(ar.err, &httpErr) && httpErr.StatusCode == 401:
+			yellow.Println("    API key invalid or revoked")
+			fmt.Printf("    Run %s to re-authenticate\n", cyan.Sprint("unarr login"))
+		case errors.As(ar.err, &httpErr) && httpErr.StatusCode == 403:
+			yellow.Println("    API key lacks permission for this server")
+			fmt.Printf("    Check plan or run %s\n", cyan.Sprint("unarr login"))
+		default:
+			dim.Printf("    Could not fetch account info (%v)\n", ar.err)
+		}
 	} else {
 		fmt.Printf("    User:       %s\n", ar.user.Name)
 		fmt.Printf("    Email:      %s\n", ar.user.Email)

internal/cmd/stream_handler.go

@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ func handleStreamTask(parentCtx context.Context, at agent.Task, reporter *engine
 	task.StreamURL = srv.URLsJSON()
 	log.Printf("[%s] stream ready: %s (url: %s)", at.ID[:8], eng.FileName(), srv.URL())
 
+	// Pre-descargar los últimos 5 MB del archivo para que el moov atom (MP4)
+	// o el seekhead (MKV) estén disponibles cuando VLC los pida al abrir el
+	// stream. Sin esto, VLC busca el final del archivo, el lector bloquea
+	// esperando piezas no descargadas, y el resultado es pantalla negra en
+	// redes remotas donde la latencia amplifica el efecto.
+	eng.PrioritizeTail(ctx, 5*1024*1024)
+
 	// 5. Start watch progress reporter
 	if agentClient != nil {
 		watchReporter := engine.NewWatchReporter(agentClient, srv, at.ID)

internal/cmd/upgrade.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 // newUpgradeCmd creates the `unarr upgrade` command as an alias for `self-update`.
 func newUpgradeCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var force bool
+	var allowUnsigned bool
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "upgrade",
@@ -18,13 +19,15 @@ This is an alias for 'unarr self-update'. Checks GitHub for the latest
 release, verifies the checksum, and replaces the current binary.
 A backup is kept at <binary>.backup.`,
 		Example: `  unarr upgrade
-  unarr upgrade --force`,
+  unarr upgrade --force
+  unarr upgrade --allow-unsigned`,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			return runSelfUpdate(force)
+			return runSelfUpdate(force, allowUnsigned)
 		},
 	}
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&force, "force", "f", false, "reinstall even if already up to date")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&allowUnsigned, "allow-unsigned", false, "continue with SHA256-only verification when checksums.txt.sig is missing")
 
 	return cmd
 }

internal/cmd/version.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package cmd
 
 // Version is the CLI version. Overridden by goreleaser ldflags at release time.
-var Version = "0.6.5"
+var Version = "0.9.15"

internal/cmd/vpn.go

@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/vpn"
+)
+
+func newVPNCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "vpn",
+		Short: "Manage the managed-VPN split-tunnel for downloads",
+		Long: `Enable, disable, and inspect the managed VPN.
+
+When enabled, the daemon fetches a WireGuard config from your TorrentClaw account
+at startup and routes ONLY the torrent client's traffic (peers + trackers) through
+an in-process WireGuard tunnel — no root, no OS routing changes.
+
+This is split-tunnel: your browser and other apps keep using your real IP. Only
+your downloads are hidden behind the VPN server.
+
+The VPN requires a PRO+ plan with the VPN add-on. Set it up at
+https://torrentclaw.com/vpn and configure your other devices (phone, laptop) with
+the OpenVPN credentials from your profile — those don't share the agent's tunnel.`,
+		Example: `  unarr vpn status      # is the tunnel up? which server?
+  unarr vpn enable      # turn the managed VPN on
+  unarr vpn disable     # turn it off`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return cmd.Help()
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.AddCommand(newVPNStatusCmd(), newVPNEnableCmd(), newVPNDisableCmd())
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func newVPNStatusCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var check bool
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "status",
+		Short:   "Show VPN configuration and live tunnel state",
+		Example: "  unarr vpn status\n  unarr vpn status --check   # also verify your account is provisioned",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return runVPNStatus(check)
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&check, "check", false, "query the API to verify the VPN is provisioned on your account")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func runVPNStatus(check bool) error {
+	bold := color.New(color.Bold)
+	dim := color.New(color.FgHiBlack)
+	green := color.New(color.FgGreen)
+	yellow := color.New(color.FgYellow)
+	cyan := color.New(color.FgCyan)
+
+	cfg := loadConfig()
+
+	fmt.Println()
+	bold.Println("  Managed VPN")
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	// ── Configured mode ──
+	switch {
+	case cfg.Download.VPN.ConfigFile != "":
+		cyan.Println("  Mode:    self-hosted (local config_file)")
+		fmt.Printf("  Config:  %s\n", cfg.Download.VPN.ConfigFile)
+	case cfg.Download.VPN.Enabled:
+		cyan.Println("  Mode:    managed (config fetched from your account)")
+	default:
+		dim.Println("  Mode:    off")
+		fmt.Println()
+		dim.Println("  Enable with `unarr vpn enable` (needs a PRO+ plan with the VPN add-on).")
+		fmt.Println()
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// ── Live tunnel state (from the daemon state file) ──
+	state := agent.ReadState()
+	alive := state != nil && isDaemonAlive(state)
+	fmt.Println()
+	switch {
+	case alive && state.VPNActive:
+		server := state.VPNServer
+		if host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(server); err == nil && host != "" {
+			server = host
+		}
+		green.Println("  ✓ Tunnel ACTIVE — torrent traffic is routed through the VPN")
+		if server != "" {
+			fmt.Printf("    Exit server: %s\n", server)
+		}
+	case alive:
+		yellow.Println("  ⚠  Daemon is running but the tunnel is NOT up — downloads go in the clear.")
+		dim.Println("     Check `unarr daemon logs` for a [vpn] line. Common cause: no active")
+		dim.Println("     VPN on your account (set it up at https://torrentclaw.com/vpn).")
+	default:
+		dim.Println("  Daemon not running — start it (`unarr start`) to bring the tunnel up.")
+	}
+
+	// ── Optional live provisioning check ──
+	if check {
+		fmt.Println()
+		if cfg.Auth.APIKey == "" {
+			yellow.Println("  ⚠  No API key — run `unarr init` first.")
+		} else {
+			apiURL := cfg.Auth.APIURL
+			if apiURL == "" {
+				apiURL = "https://torrentclaw.com"
+			}
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+			_, err := vpn.FetchConfig(ctx, apiURL, cfg.Auth.APIKey, "unarr/"+Version, cfg.Agent.ID, true)
+			cancel()
+			switch {
+			case err == nil:
+				green.Println("  ✓ Account provisioned — a VPN config is available.")
+			default:
+				yellow.Printf("  ⚠  %s\n", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// ── Split-tunnel reminder ──
+	fmt.Println()
+	dim.Println("  Split-tunnel: only your downloads use the VPN. Your browser and other")
+	dim.Println("  apps keep your real IP — that's by design. Use the OpenVPN credentials in")
+	dim.Println("  your profile to protect your other devices.")
+	fmt.Println()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func newVPNEnableCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "enable",
+		Short:   "Turn the managed VPN on",
+		Example: "  unarr vpn enable",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return setVPNEnabled(true)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func newVPNDisableCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "disable",
+		Short:   "Turn the managed VPN off",
+		Example: "  unarr vpn disable",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return setVPNEnabled(false)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func setVPNEnabled(enabled bool) error {
+	green := color.New(color.FgGreen)
+	yellow := color.New(color.FgYellow)
+	dim := color.New(color.FgHiBlack)
+
+	cfg := loadConfig()
+
+	if enabled && cfg.Auth.APIKey == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("no API key configured — run `unarr init` first (the managed VPN fetches its config from your account)")
+	}
+
+	if cfg.Download.VPN.Enabled == enabled {
+		fmt.Println()
+		dim.Printf("  VPN is already %s — nothing to do.\n", enabledWord(enabled))
+		fmt.Println()
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	cfg.Download.VPN.Enabled = enabled
+
+	configPath := config.FilePath()
+	if cfgFile != "" {
+		configPath = cfgFile
+	}
+	if err := config.Save(cfg, configPath); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("save config: %w", err)
+	}
+	appCfg = cfg
+
+	fmt.Println()
+	green.Printf("  ✓ Managed VPN %s.\n", enabledWord(enabled))
+
+	if enabled && cfg.Download.VPN.ConfigFile != "" {
+		yellow.Println("  ⚠  A config_file is set, so self-hosted mode takes precedence and the")
+		yellow.Println("     managed config from your account is ignored. Clear config_file to use it.")
+	}
+
+	// The tunnel is brought up once at daemon startup; a plain config reload does
+	// NOT (re)create it. Tell the user to restart the daemon if it's running.
+	if state := agent.ReadState(); state != nil && isDaemonAlive(state) {
+		fmt.Println()
+		dim.Println("  The daemon is running. Restart it for this to take effect:")
+		dim.Println("    unarr daemon restart")
+	}
+	fmt.Println()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func enabledWord(enabled bool) string {
+	if enabled {
+		return "enabled"
+	}
+	return "disabled"
+}

internal/config/config.go

@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ type Config struct {
 type AuthConfig struct {
 	APIKey string `toml:"api_key"`
 	APIURL string `toml:"api_url"`
+	// Mirrors lists alternate base URLs the agent will fall back to when the
+	// primary api_url is unreachable. Ordered by preference. Refreshed at
+	// runtime by `unarr mirrors update` against /api/v1/mirrors so a long-
+	// running agent survives a primary takedown without a new release.
+	Mirrors []string `toml:"mirrors"`
 }
 
 type AgentConfig struct {
@@ -44,6 +49,78 @@ type DownloadConfig struct {
 	StallTimeout     string          `toml:"stall_timeout"`      // e.g. "30m", "1h", "0" = unlimited (default: "30m")
 	ListenPort       int             `toml:"listen_port"`        // fixed port for incoming peer connections (default: 42069, 0 = random)
 	StreamPort       int             `toml:"stream_port"`        // fixed port for streaming HTTP server (default: 11818)
+	EnableUPnP       bool            `toml:"enable_upnp"`        // map StreamPort to the WAN via UPnP/NAT-PMP (default: false; opt-in because it exposes the unauthenticated /stream + /hls endpoints to the public internet)
+	CORSExtraOrigins []string        `toml:"cors_extra_origins"` // extra browser origins added on top of the baked-in allowlist (torrentclaw.com, app.torrentclaw.com, localhost:3030)
+	Transcode        TranscodeConfig `toml:"transcode"`
+	HLSCache         HLSCacheConfig  `toml:"hls_cache"`
+	VPN              VPNConfig       `toml:"vpn"`
+	Funnel           FunnelConfig    `toml:"funnel"`
+}
+
+// HLSCacheConfig controls the persistent HLS segment cache. A completed encode
+// is kept on disk so a second play of the same file at the same quality skips
+// ffmpeg entirely. Old entries are evicted (LRU) once the cache exceeds the
+// size budget. Enabled by default — disable to save disk space at the cost of
+// re-encoding every play.
+type HLSCacheConfig struct {
+	Enabled bool   `toml:"enabled"`  // default: true
+	SizeGB  int    `toml:"size_gb"`  // size budget in gigabytes; default: 5; minimum: 1
+	Dir     string `toml:"dir"`      // override storage path; default: ~/.cache/unarr/hls-cache
+}
+
+// FunnelConfig gates the optional CloudFlare Quick Tunnel that exposes the
+// daemon's HLS server over a public HTTPS hostname (https://<random>.try
+// cloudflare.com). Enabling it lets the web player on torrentclaw.com play
+// from this daemon across any network without Tailscale or a public IP —
+// the cost is that bytes proxy through CloudFlare's network. Off by default.
+type FunnelConfig struct {
+	Enabled bool `toml:"enabled"`
+}
+
+// VPNConfig gates the managed-VPN add-on split-tunnel. When enabled, the daemon
+// fetches a WireGuard config from the web (/api/internal/agent/vpn-config) and
+// routes only the torrent client's peer/tracker traffic through an in-process
+// userspace tunnel (no root, no OS routing changes). Requires an active VPN
+// add-on on the account; otherwise the daemon logs and downloads in the clear.
+type VPNConfig struct {
+	Enabled bool `toml:"enabled"`
+	// ConfigFile, when set, makes the daemon read a local WireGuard .conf instead
+	// of fetching one from the web API. For self-hosted / personal-VPN testing:
+	// point it at a peer .conf from your own WireGuard server and the torrent
+	// client split-tunnels through it with no web/provider plumbing.
+	ConfigFile string `toml:"config_file"`
+}
+
+// TranscodeConfig controls real-time transcoding for the in-browser player
+// when source codecs aren't browser-decodable (HEVC, AV1, AC3, DTS, etc.).
+// Disabled by default; enabling requires ffmpeg + ffprobe on PATH (or
+// explicit paths via the library config).
+type TranscodeConfig struct {
+	Enabled bool   `toml:"enabled"`  // master switch
+	HWAccel string `toml:"hw_accel"` // "auto" | "none" | "nvenc" | "qsv" | "vaapi" | "videotoolbox"
+	// Preset is the encoder speed/quality dial. Only used on software encode
+	// (libx264) — HW backends (NVENC/QSV/VAAPI/VideoToolbox) use vendor
+	// presets that don't share libx264's vocabulary and would be rejected
+	// by ffmpeg if passed here.
+	//
+	// Empty (default) → engine picks "superfast" — latency-biased, ~3 s
+	// first-play on 1080p source on a modern x86 CPU. Marginal quality loss
+	// at 5-25 Mbps target bitrates.
+	//
+	// For better quality at slower first-play (1-2 s slower per seg):
+	//   "veryfast"  — previous default; balanced
+	//   "faster"    — slight quality bump
+	//   "fast"      — meaningful quality bump
+	//   "medium"    — libx264 stock default; CPU-bound on 4K
+	//   "slow" / "slower" / "veryslow" — only for batch encodes, not real-time HLS
+	//
+	// Or faster:
+	//   "ultrafast" — lowest quality, fastest encode
+	Preset        string `toml:"preset"`
+	VideoBitrate  string `toml:"video_bitrate"`  // e.g. "5M"
+	AudioBitrate  string `toml:"audio_bitrate"`  // e.g. "192k"
+	MaxHeight     int    `toml:"max_height"`     // optional downscale cap (e.g. 720)
+	MaxConcurrent int    `toml:"max_concurrent"` // safety cap on simultaneous transcoder processes
 }
 
 type OrganizeConfig struct {
@@ -54,8 +131,27 @@ type OrganizeConfig struct {
 
 type DaemonConfig struct {
 	StatusInterval string `toml:"status_interval"`
+	// AutoUpgrade gates the daemon's response to a server-flagged upgrade
+	// (set via the "Force update" button on the web). When true the daemon
+	// downloads + replaces the binary in-place and exits so the service
+	// supervisor respawns on the new version. When false the daemon only
+	// logs "new version available" and the operator must run `unarr update`
+	// manually. Default: true. Available since unarr 0.9.6.
+	AutoUpgrade *bool `toml:"auto_upgrade"`
 }
 
+// AutoUpgradeEnabled returns the resolved AutoUpgrade flag — defaults to true
+// when the user has not set it explicitly. Pointer-vs-bool because Go's
+// zero-value bool would collapse "unset" and "false" together.
+func (d DaemonConfig) AutoUpgradeEnabled() bool {
+	if d.AutoUpgrade == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	return *d.AutoUpgrade
+}
+
+func boolPtr(v bool) *bool { return &v }
+
 type NotificationsConfig struct {
 	Enabled bool `toml:"enabled"`
 }
@@ -70,26 +166,66 @@ type LibraryConfig struct {
 	ScanPath     string `toml:"scan_path"`     // remembered from last scan
 	Workers      int    `toml:"workers"`       // concurrent ffprobe (default 8)
 	FFprobePath  string `toml:"ffprobe_path"`  // optional explicit path
+	FFmpegPath   string `toml:"ffmpeg_path"`   // optional explicit path (used by the HLS streaming transcoder)
 	BackupDir    string `toml:"backup_dir"`    // for replaced files
 	AutoScan     bool   `toml:"auto_scan"`     // enable daily auto-scan in daemon (default true)
 	ScanInterval string `toml:"scan_interval"` // e.g. "24h", "12h", "6h" (default "24h")
+	AllowDelete  bool   `toml:"allow_delete"`  // allow web UI to request file deletion from disk
 }
 
-// Default returns a Config with sensible defaults.
+// Default returns a Config with sensible defaults. Used both for fresh
+// installs (no config file yet) and as the baseline for Load — fields not
+// present in the user's TOML keep their Default() value.
 func Default() Config {
 	return Config{
 		Auth: AuthConfig{
 			APIURL: "https://torrentclaw.com",
+			// Default mirror list. Kept in sync with src/lib/mirrors-config.ts
+			// on the server. Users can override with `unarr mirrors update`,
+			// which pulls the live list from /api/v1/mirrors.
+			Mirrors: []string{
+				"https://torrentclaw.to",
+			},
 		},
 		Download: DownloadConfig{
 			PreferredMethod: "auto",
 			MaxConcurrent:   3,
 			StreamPort:      11818,
+			Transcode: TranscodeConfig{
+				Enabled:       true,
+				HWAccel:       "auto",
+				// Empty preset → engine.ResolveEncoderProfile picks the
+				// latency-biased default ("superfast" on libx264). Override
+				// in config.toml when quality > first-start latency matters.
+				Preset:        "",
+				AudioBitrate:  "192k",
+				MaxConcurrent: 2,
+			},
+			Funnel: FunnelConfig{
+				// On by default so headless installs (NAS / Docker) get cross-network
+				// HTTPS playback without anyone having to terminal in. Users who
+				// don't want bytes proxied through CloudFlare can opt out with
+				// `unarr funnel off` (sets enabled=false in the TOML).
+				Enabled: true,
+			},
+			HLSCache: HLSCacheConfig{
+				// On by default — second play of a recently watched file at the
+				// same quality skips ffmpeg (instant start, near-zero CPU).
+				// Users can opt out (hls_cache.enabled=false) or shrink the
+				// budget (hls_cache.size_gb) when disk is tight.
+				Enabled: true,
+				SizeGB:  5,
+			},
+		},
+		Daemon: DaemonConfig{
+			// Pointer-to-true so Default() round-trips through TOML marshal
+			// as `auto_upgrade = true` instead of an omitted key — keeps the
+			// freshly-written config aligned with what README documents.
+			AutoUpgrade: boolPtr(true),
 		},
 		Organize: OrganizeConfig{
 			Enabled: true,
 		},
-		Daemon: DaemonConfig{},
 		Notifications: NotificationsConfig{
 			Enabled: true,
 		},
@@ -123,28 +259,67 @@ func Load(path string) (Config, error) {
 		return cfg, fmt.Errorf("read config: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if err := toml.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
+	meta, err := toml.Decode(string(data), &cfg)
+	if err != nil {
 		return cfg, fmt.Errorf("parse config: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Re-apply defaults for zero values that should have defaults
-	if cfg.Auth.APIURL == "" {
-		cfg.Auth.APIURL = "https://torrentclaw.com"
-	}
-	if cfg.Download.PreferredMethod == "" {
-		cfg.Download.PreferredMethod = "auto"
-	}
-	if cfg.Download.MaxConcurrent == 0 {
-		cfg.Download.MaxConcurrent = 3
-	}
-	if cfg.General.Country == "" {
-		cfg.General.Country = "US"
-	}
-	if cfg.Download.StreamPort == 0 {
-		cfg.Download.StreamPort = 11818
+	applyDefaults(&cfg, meta)
+	return cfg, nil
 }
 
-	return cfg, nil
+// applyDefaults fills in sensible defaults for keys that the user did not
+// define in the TOML file. We use MetaData (rather than zero-value checks) so
+// that explicitly setting a field to its zero value (e.g. `enabled = false`)
+// is respected — only truly missing keys get defaulted. This lets a fresh
+// install work out of the box for streaming without forcing every user to
+// edit the TOML, while still letting power users disable features.
+func applyDefaults(cfg *Config, meta toml.MetaData) {
+	if !meta.IsDefined("auth", "api_url") {
+		cfg.Auth.APIURL = "https://torrentclaw.com"
+	}
+	if !meta.IsDefined("auth", "mirrors") {
+		cfg.Auth.Mirrors = []string{"https://torrentclaw.to"}
+	}
+	if !meta.IsDefined("downloads", "preferred_method") {
+		cfg.Download.PreferredMethod = "auto"
+	}
+	if !meta.IsDefined("downloads", "max_concurrent") {
+		cfg.Download.MaxConcurrent = 3
+	}
+	if !meta.IsDefined("downloads", "stream_port") {
+		cfg.Download.StreamPort = 11818
+	}
+	if !meta.IsDefined("general", "country") {
+		cfg.General.Country = "US"
+	}
+
+	if !meta.IsDefined("downloads", "transcode", "enabled") {
+		cfg.Download.Transcode.Enabled = true
+	}
+	if !meta.IsDefined("downloads", "transcode", "hw_accel") {
+		cfg.Download.Transcode.HWAccel = "auto"
+	}
+	if !meta.IsDefined("downloads", "transcode", "preset") {
+		// Empty = let engine.ResolveEncoderProfile pick the latency-biased
+		// default ("superfast" on libx264). Users wanting better quality at
+		// slower first-play can override to "veryfast" / "fast" / "medium" in
+		// config.toml. Ignored when hw_accel picks NVENC/QSV/VAAPI/VideoToolbox
+		// (those have built-in vendor presets).
+		cfg.Download.Transcode.Preset = ""
+	}
+	if !meta.IsDefined("downloads", "transcode", "audio_bitrate") {
+		cfg.Download.Transcode.AudioBitrate = "192k"
+	}
+	if !meta.IsDefined("downloads", "transcode", "max_concurrent") {
+		cfg.Download.Transcode.MaxConcurrent = 2
+	}
+	// NOTE: Funnel default-ON only applies to fresh installs (no config file →
+	// Default() returns Funnel.Enabled=true straight off). When an existing
+	// config file lacks `[downloads.funnel]` entirely we intentionally do NOT
+	// flip it on here — that would silently route an upgraded operator's
+	// traffic through CloudFlare without their consent. They opt in with
+	// `unarr funnel on` whenever they're ready.
 }
 
 // Save writes config to the default or specified path using atomic write.

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -190,6 +190,62 @@ func TestParseSpeed(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLoadMinimalTOMLAppliesStreamingDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(tmp, "config.toml")
+
+	// Minimal config — only auth + agent. Nothing about webrtc / transcode.
+	os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`[auth]
+api_key = "tc_minimal"
+
+[agent]
+id = "agent-uuid"
+name = "Test"
+`), 0o644)
+
+	cfg, err := Load(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Transcode should be on by default.
+	if !cfg.Download.Transcode.Enabled {
+		t.Error("Transcode.Enabled should default to true when [downloads.transcode] is absent")
+	}
+	if cfg.Download.Transcode.HWAccel != "auto" {
+		t.Errorf("Transcode.HWAccel = %q, want auto", cfg.Download.Transcode.HWAccel)
+	}
+	if cfg.Download.Transcode.Preset != "" {
+		// Default is now empty — engine.ResolveEncoderProfile picks
+		// "superfast" on libx264 for first-start latency. Users
+		// wanting better quality override in config.toml.
+		t.Errorf("Transcode.Preset = %q, want empty", cfg.Download.Transcode.Preset)
+	}
+	if cfg.Download.Transcode.MaxConcurrent != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Transcode.MaxConcurrent = %d, want 2", cfg.Download.Transcode.MaxConcurrent)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoadRespectsExplicitlyDisabledStreaming(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(tmp, "config.toml")
+
+	// User explicitly opted out of transcode. Defaults must NOT override
+	// it — that would silently re-enable a feature the user disabled.
+	os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`[downloads.transcode]
+enabled = false
+`), 0o644)
+
+	cfg, err := Load(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if cfg.Download.Transcode.Enabled {
+		t.Error("Transcode.Enabled = true, want false (user explicitly disabled)")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLoadInvalidTOML(t *testing.T) {
 	tmp := t.TempDir()
 	path := filepath.Join(tmp, "config.toml")

internal/engine/hls_cache.go

@@ -0,0 +1,410 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// HLSCache persists transcoded HLS segments per (source, quality, audio) so a
+// second play of the same file at the same quality skips ffmpeg entirely.
+//
+// Layout on disk:
+//
+//	{root}/{key}/init.mp4
+//	{root}/{key}/seg-0.m4s
+//	{root}/{key}/seg-N.m4s
+//	{root}/{key}/.complete
+//
+// Atomicity: the .complete marker is written only when ffmpeg exits 0 AND all
+// segments are on disk. A dir without .complete is treated as a partial run —
+// next session can reuse the segments already present, ffmpeg fills the gaps.
+//
+// Concurrency: Pin/Unpin increments a ref counter per key so the LRU sweeper
+// never evicts a directory that an active session is reading from.
+type HLSCache struct {
+	root     string
+	maxBytes int64
+
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	refs    map[string]int
+	writers map[string]bool // exclusive ffmpeg writer per key; nil entries are absent
+
+	// Counters surfaced via Stats() — useful for /api/internal/agent/cache-stats
+	// and for the sweeper's daily log line. atomic so RecordHit/RecordMiss are
+	// safe to call from any goroutine without taking the cache mutex.
+	hits   atomic.Uint64
+	misses atomic.Uint64
+}
+
+const (
+	hlsCacheCompleteMarker = ".complete"
+	// hlsCacheMinBudgetGB clamps absurd / zero / negative SizeGB values to
+	// a sane floor. NOT a guarantee that any single encode fits — a long
+	// 4K HEVC re-encode can exceed it. Operators should set size_gb based
+	// on their actual workload.
+	hlsCacheMinBudgetGB = 1
+	// hlsCacheStartupOrphanAge: directories without .complete older than
+	// this are removed on cache startup. Long enough that a daemon crash
+	// during an in-progress encode (which legitimately leaves a partial
+	// dir) doesn't get nuked too aggressively if the daemon restarts fast.
+	hlsCacheStartupOrphanAge = 10 * time.Minute
+)
+
+// NewHLSCache creates the cache rooted at the given dir with a size budget in
+// gigabytes. A budget < hlsCacheMinBudgetGB is clamped up so a single play
+// doesn't get instantly evicted mid-stream.
+func NewHLSCache(root string, sizeGB int) (*HLSCache, error) {
+	if root == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("hls_cache: empty root")
+	}
+	if sizeGB < hlsCacheMinBudgetGB {
+		sizeGB = hlsCacheMinBudgetGB
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(root, 0o755); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("hls_cache: mkdir root: %w", err)
+	}
+	c := &HLSCache{
+		root:     root,
+		maxBytes: int64(sizeGB) * 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
+		refs:     make(map[string]int),
+		writers:  make(map[string]bool),
+	}
+	// Reap dirs left over from a crashed encode. A dir without .complete that
+	// hasn't been touched recently was almost certainly orphaned by an
+	// ungraceful daemon exit — keeping it just feeds the unbounded growth
+	// pattern the hourly LRU is too slow to contain.
+	if removed, err := c.cleanStartupOrphans(); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[hls_cache] startup orphan cleanup: %v", err)
+	} else if removed > 0 {
+		log.Printf("[hls_cache] startup: removed %d orphan dir(s) without .complete", removed)
+	}
+	return c, nil
+}
+
+// cleanStartupOrphans removes cache subdirectories that lack a .complete
+// marker AND haven't been modified within hlsCacheStartupOrphanAge. Called
+// once at construction. Safe at startup because no sessions are active yet,
+// so Pin can't race with us.
+func (c *HLSCache) cleanStartupOrphans() (int, error) {
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(c.root)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return 0, nil
+		}
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	cutoff := time.Now().Add(-hlsCacheStartupOrphanAge)
+	removed := 0
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		if !e.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+		dir := filepath.Join(c.root, e.Name())
+		if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, hlsCacheCompleteMarker)); err == nil {
+			continue // sealed, keep
+		}
+		info, err := e.Info()
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if info.ModTime().After(cutoff) {
+			continue // too recent — might be a daemon that just restarted mid-encode
+		}
+		if err := os.RemoveAll(dir); err == nil {
+			removed++
+		}
+	}
+	return removed, nil
+}
+
+// TryAcquireWriter attempts to claim exclusive ffmpeg-write access to a key.
+// Returns true on success — the caller is then responsible for ReleaseWriter
+// when ffmpeg exits / fails. Returns false if another session is already
+// writing this key, in which case the caller must fall back to a private
+// per-session tmpdir (no caching for that session).
+func (c *HLSCache) TryAcquireWriter(key string) bool {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	if c.writers[key] {
+		return false
+	}
+	c.writers[key] = true
+	return true
+}
+
+// ReleaseWriter releases the writer claim acquired via TryAcquireWriter.
+// Idempotent on unknown keys.
+func (c *HLSCache) ReleaseWriter(key string) {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	delete(c.writers, key)
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+// KeyFor derives a stable cache key for (source, quality, audioIndex). Using
+// the absolute source path means renaming a file invalidates the cache, which
+// is correct — segment content is tied to the encoded source.
+func (c *HLSCache) KeyFor(sourcePath, quality string, audioIndex int) string {
+	abs, err := filepath.Abs(sourcePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		abs = sourcePath
+	}
+	h := sha256.Sum256([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s|%s|%d", abs, quality, audioIndex)))
+	return hex.EncodeToString(h[:8]) // 16 hex chars — collision-safe enough for per-host cache
+}
+
+// DirFor returns the on-disk directory for a cache key. Caller is responsible
+// for creating it.
+func (c *HLSCache) DirFor(key string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(c.root, key)
+}
+
+// HasComplete returns true when the .complete marker is present, meaning the
+// directory holds a full set of segments from a successful encode.
+func (c *HLSCache) HasComplete(key string) bool {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(c.DirFor(key), hlsCacheCompleteMarker)); err == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// MarkComplete writes the .complete marker. Call only after verifying ffmpeg
+// exited cleanly AND every expected segment is on disk. The dir must already
+// exist — StartHLSSession created it on the writer path.
+func (c *HLSCache) MarkComplete(key string) error {
+	return os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(c.DirFor(key), hlsCacheCompleteMarker), nil, 0o644)
+}
+
+// RecordHit increments the hit counter; called by StartHLSSession on a
+// cache-HIT path.
+func (c *HLSCache) RecordHit() { c.hits.Add(1) }
+
+// RecordMiss increments the miss counter; called when a session has to
+// encode from scratch (or fails an integrity check on a stale HIT).
+func (c *HLSCache) RecordMiss() { c.misses.Add(1) }
+
+// CacheStats is a snapshot of the cache's runtime counters + on-disk size.
+// The size fields are best-effort (computed via dirSize) so callers paying
+// for them should cache the result, not poll in a hot loop.
+type CacheStats struct {
+	Hits       uint64
+	Misses     uint64
+	EntryCount int
+	TotalBytes int64
+}
+
+// Stats returns a snapshot of the cache counters and size. Walks the root
+// to total disk usage — O(N segments). Call at most every few minutes.
+func (c *HLSCache) Stats() CacheStats {
+	s := CacheStats{
+		Hits:   c.hits.Load(),
+		Misses: c.misses.Load(),
+	}
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(c.root)
+	if err != nil {
+		return s
+	}
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		if !e.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+		size, err := dirSize(filepath.Join(c.root, e.Name()))
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		s.EntryCount++
+		s.TotalBytes += size
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+// hitRatePercent returns the current hit/(hit+miss) percentage rounded to
+// the nearest int; 0 when no calls have been recorded.
+func (c *HLSCache) hitRatePercent() int {
+	h := c.hits.Load()
+	m := c.misses.Load()
+	total := h + m
+	if total == 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return int((h*100 + total/2) / total)
+}
+
+// VerifyComplete checks that the .complete marker is present AND the
+// essential files (init.mp4 + last segment) exist with non-zero size. A
+// dir that passes HasComplete but fails VerifyComplete is treated as
+// corrupted — typically external `rm` or a partial-disk-failure scenario.
+// When it returns false, callers should Invalidate and re-encode.
+func (c *HLSCache) VerifyComplete(key string, segmentCount int) bool {
+	if !c.HasComplete(key) {
+		return false
+	}
+	dir := c.DirFor(key)
+	if fi, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, "video", "init.mp4")); err != nil || fi.Size() == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	if segmentCount > 0 {
+		lastSeg := filepath.Join(dir, "video", fmt.Sprintf("seg-%d.m4s", segmentCount-1))
+		if fi, err := os.Stat(lastSeg); err != nil || fi.Size() == 0 {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// Pin increments the ref counter for a key. The sweeper checks this before
+// evicting, so a pinned dir is safe even if its mtime is old.
+func (c *HLSCache) Pin(key string) {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	c.refs[key]++
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+// Unpin decrements; safe to call on unknown keys (no-op).
+func (c *HLSCache) Unpin(key string) {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	if c.refs[key] > 0 {
+		c.refs[key]--
+		if c.refs[key] == 0 {
+			delete(c.refs, key)
+		}
+	}
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+func (c *HLSCache) isPinned(key string) bool {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	return c.refs[key] > 0
+}
+
+// Touch updates the directory mtime so LRU picks fresher entries as recently
+// used. Called when a session starts reading from a cached dir.
+func (c *HLSCache) Touch(key string) error {
+	dir := c.DirFor(key)
+	now := time.Now()
+	return os.Chtimes(dir, now, now)
+}
+
+// Sweep enforces the size budget by deleting the least-recently-used cache
+// dirs (ignoring pinned ones) until the total size is at or below maxBytes.
+// Returns the number of bytes freed.
+func (c *HLSCache) Sweep() (int64, error) {
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(c.root)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return 0, nil
+		}
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("hls_cache: read root: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	type item struct {
+		key   string
+		path  string
+		size  int64
+		mtime time.Time
+	}
+	items := make([]item, 0, len(entries))
+	var total, pinned int64
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		if !e.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+		info, err := e.Info()
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		key := e.Name()
+		path := filepath.Join(c.root, key)
+		size, err := dirSize(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		items = append(items, item{key: key, path: path, size: size, mtime: info.ModTime()})
+		total += size
+		if c.isPinned(key) {
+			pinned += size
+		}
+	}
+
+	if total <= c.maxBytes {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	if pinned >= c.maxBytes {
+		// Every pinned byte already exceeds the budget — even evicting
+		// every unpinned dir won't bring us under. Warn loudly so the
+		// operator knows to bump size_gb (or kill the long-running session).
+		log.Printf("[hls_cache] warn: pinned bytes (%.1f MB) exceed budget (%.1f MB) — cannot enforce limit until sessions release",
+			float64(pinned)/(1024*1024), float64(c.maxBytes)/(1024*1024))
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+
+	// Oldest first.
+	sort.Slice(items, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return items[i].mtime.Before(items[j].mtime)
+	})
+
+	var freed int64
+	for _, it := range items {
+		if total-freed <= c.maxBytes {
+			break
+		}
+		if c.isPinned(it.key) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := os.RemoveAll(it.path); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[hls_cache] evict %s failed: %v", it.key, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		log.Printf("[hls_cache] evicted %s (%.1f MB, age %s)",
+			it.key, float64(it.size)/(1024*1024), time.Since(it.mtime).Round(time.Second))
+		freed += it.size
+	}
+	return freed, nil
+}
+
+// StartSweeper kicks off the LRU sweeper goroutine. Cancels on ctx done.
+// In addition to enforcing the size budget, logs a daily summary of hit-rate
+// + disk usage so operators can see the cache's value at a glance.
+func (c *HLSCache) StartSweeper(ctx context.Context, interval time.Duration) {
+	if interval <= 0 {
+		interval = time.Hour
+	}
+	go func() {
+		t := time.NewTicker(interval)
+		defer t.Stop()
+		statsTick := time.NewTicker(24 * time.Hour)
+		defer statsTick.Stop()
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return
+			case <-t.C:
+				if _, err := c.Sweep(); err != nil {
+					log.Printf("[hls_cache] sweep error: %v", err)
+				}
+			case <-statsTick.C:
+				s := c.Stats()
+				log.Printf("[hls_cache] day-stats: hits=%d misses=%d ratio=%d%% entries=%d size=%.1fMB",
+					s.Hits, s.Misses, c.hitRatePercent(), s.EntryCount,
+					float64(s.TotalBytes)/(1024*1024))
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
+// Invalidate removes a cache entry — used when ffmpeg fails to encode the
+// source so we don't reuse a half-written dir next time.
+func (c *HLSCache) Invalidate(key string) error {
+	return os.RemoveAll(c.DirFor(key))
+}
+

internal/engine/hls_cache_smoke_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+//go:build smoke
+
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// TestHLSCacheSmoke exercises the end-to-end cache flow against real ffmpeg:
+//   - First session encodes a 5s test pattern; expect MISS, ffmpeg runs,
+//     .complete written, MarkComplete logs.
+//   - Second session for identical (source, quality, audio); expect HIT,
+//     no ffmpeg, instant Start.
+//
+// Build tag `smoke` keeps it out of the default `go test ./...` run because
+// it depends on a working ffmpeg/ffprobe and takes ~5–10 s.
+//
+//	go test -tags=smoke -run TestHLSCacheSmoke -v ./internal/engine/
+func TestHLSCacheSmoke(t *testing.T) {
+	ffmpeg, err := exec.LookPath("ffmpeg")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skipf("ffmpeg not on PATH: %v", err)
+	}
+	ffprobe, err := exec.LookPath("ffprobe")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skipf("ffprobe not on PATH: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	tmp := t.TempDir()
+	source := filepath.Join(tmp, "source.mp4")
+	t.Logf("generating 5 s test pattern → %s", source)
+	if out, err := exec.Command(ffmpeg,
+		"-y", "-loglevel", "error",
+		"-f", "lavfi", "-i", "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480:rate=30",
+		"-f", "lavfi", "-i", "sine=frequency=1000:duration=5",
+		"-c:v", "libx264", "-preset", "ultrafast", "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p",
+		"-c:a", "aac",
+		source,
+	).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ffmpeg generate: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+
+	cacheRoot := filepath.Join(tmp, "cache")
+	cache, err := NewHLSCache(cacheRoot, 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewHLSCache: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	cfg := HLSSessionConfig{
+		SessionID:  "smoke1",
+		SourcePath: source,
+		FileName:   "source.mp4",
+		Quality:    "720p",
+		AudioIndex: 0,
+		Transcode: TranscodeRuntime{
+			FFmpegPath:  ffmpeg,
+			FFprobePath: ffprobe,
+			Preset:      "ultrafast",
+		},
+		Cache: cache,
+	}
+
+	// First run — expect MISS, ffmpeg runs.
+	t.Log("session 1: expect MISS")
+	t0 := time.Now()
+	s1, err := StartHLSSession(context.Background(), cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("StartHLSSession #1: %v", err)
+	}
+	if s1.fromCache {
+		t.Fatal("session 1 reported cache HIT on a fresh cache")
+	}
+
+	// Wait for all segments to land. 5 s source @ 4 s segments → 2 segments.
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(60 * time.Second)
+	for {
+		s1.readyMu.Lock()
+		ready := s1.readyMax
+		exited := s1.exited
+		s1.readyMu.Unlock()
+		if ready >= s1.segmentCount-1 && exited {
+			break
+		}
+		if time.Now().After(deadline) {
+			_ = s1.Close()
+			t.Fatalf("session 1 didn't finish in 60 s (readyMax=%d/%d, exited=%v)",
+				ready, s1.segmentCount-1, exited)
+		}
+		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	if err := s1.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Close #1: %v", err)
+	}
+	encodeDur := time.Since(t0)
+	t.Logf("session 1: MISS completed in %s", encodeDur.Round(time.Millisecond))
+
+	key := cache.KeyFor(source, "720p", 0)
+	if !cache.HasComplete(key) {
+		t.Fatalf("cache.HasComplete(%s) is false after successful encode", key)
+	}
+
+	// Second run — expect HIT, no ffmpeg.
+	t.Log("session 2: expect HIT")
+	cfg.SessionID = "smoke2"
+	t1 := time.Now()
+	s2, err := StartHLSSession(context.Background(), cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("StartHLSSession #2: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !s2.fromCache {
+		t.Fatal("session 2 should have reported cache HIT")
+	}
+	if s2.cmd != nil {
+		t.Fatal("session 2 should not have spawned ffmpeg (s.cmd != nil)")
+	}
+	hitDur := time.Since(t1)
+	t.Logf("session 2: HIT in %s (%.1f×  faster than MISS)",
+		hitDur.Round(time.Millisecond), float64(encodeDur)/float64(hitDur))
+	if hitDur > 500*time.Millisecond {
+		t.Errorf("HIT path too slow: %s — expected <500 ms", hitDur)
+	}
+	if err := s2.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Close #2: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// After the HIT session closes, the cache dir + .complete must still exist.
+	if !cache.HasComplete(key) {
+		t.Fatal(".complete disappeared after HIT session closed")
+	}
+}

internal/engine/hls_cache_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,361 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func newTestCache(t *testing.T, sizeGB int) *HLSCache {
+	t.Helper()
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	c, err := NewHLSCache(root, sizeGB)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewHLSCache: %v", err)
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
+func TestKeyForStable(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	k1 := c.KeyFor("/a/b/movie.mkv", "1080p", 0)
+	k2 := c.KeyFor("/a/b/movie.mkv", "1080p", 0)
+	if k1 != k2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected stable keys, got %q vs %q", k1, k2)
+	}
+	if c.KeyFor("/a/b/movie.mkv", "720p", 0) == k1 {
+		t.Fatal("quality should change key")
+	}
+	if c.KeyFor("/a/b/movie.mkv", "1080p", 1) == k1 {
+		t.Fatal("audio index should change key")
+	}
+	if c.KeyFor("/x/y/other.mkv", "1080p", 0) == k1 {
+		t.Fatal("path should change key")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMarkCompleteAndHas(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	key := "abc123"
+	if c.HasComplete(key) {
+		t.Fatal("fresh cache should not report complete")
+	}
+	// Production callers create the dir during StartHLSSession; MarkComplete
+	// trusts that invariant and fails if the dir was wiped meanwhile.
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(c.DirFor(key), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mkdir: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := c.MarkComplete(key); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("MarkComplete: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !c.HasComplete(key) {
+		t.Fatal("after MarkComplete, HasComplete must be true")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMarkCompleteFailsWithoutDir(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	if err := c.MarkComplete("never-created"); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("MarkComplete should error when dir doesn't exist")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPinPreventsEviction(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1) // 1 GB budget, but min clamp keeps it usable
+	c.maxBytes = 1024       // squeeze budget for the test
+
+	// Write two entries past the budget.
+	for i, key := range []string{"old", "new"} {
+		dir := c.DirFor(key)
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("mkdir %s: %v", dir, err)
+		}
+		path := filepath.Join(dir, "seg.bin")
+		if err := os.WriteFile(path, make([]byte, 800), 0o644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("write %s: %v", path, err)
+		}
+		now := time.Now().Add(time.Duration(i) * time.Hour) // "old" mtime < "new"
+		_ = os.Chtimes(dir, now, now)
+	}
+
+	c.Pin("old") // protect the older one
+	freed, err := c.Sweep()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Sweep: %v", err)
+	}
+	if freed == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("expected some eviction")
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(c.DirFor("old")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("pinned 'old' was evicted")
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(c.DirFor("new")); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("'new' should have been evicted to make room")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSweepNoOpUnderBudget(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	dir := c.DirFor("small")
+	_ = os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755)
+	_ = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "x"), []byte("tiny"), 0o644)
+	freed, err := c.Sweep()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Sweep: %v", err)
+	}
+	if freed != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 0 freed under budget, got %d", freed)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(dir); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("under-budget entry was wrongly evicted")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSweepEmptyRoot(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	freed, err := c.Sweep()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Sweep empty: %v", err)
+	}
+	if freed != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("freed=%d, want 0", freed)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInvalidateRemovesDir(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	key := "drop"
+	dir := c.DirFor(key)
+	_ = os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755)
+	_ = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "x"), []byte("y"), 0o644)
+	if err := c.Invalidate(key); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Invalidate: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(dir); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("dir still present after Invalidate")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTouchUpdatesMtime(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	key := "touch"
+	dir := c.DirFor(key)
+	_ = os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755)
+	old := time.Now().Add(-2 * time.Hour)
+	_ = os.Chtimes(dir, old, old)
+
+	if err := c.Touch(key); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Touch: %v", err)
+	}
+	info, err := os.Stat(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("stat: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !info.ModTime().After(old.Add(time.Minute)) {
+		t.Fatalf("mtime not refreshed: %v", info.ModTime())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPinUnpinSymmetry(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	c.Pin("k")
+	c.Pin("k")
+	if !c.isPinned("k") {
+		t.Fatal("Pin twice should leave pinned")
+	}
+	c.Unpin("k")
+	if !c.isPinned("k") {
+		t.Fatal("Unpin once should keep pinned (refs=1)")
+	}
+	c.Unpin("k")
+	if c.isPinned("k") {
+		t.Fatal("Unpin twice should drop pin")
+	}
+	c.Unpin("k") // safe no-op
+}
+
+func TestConcurrentPinUnpin(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			c.Pin("race")
+			time.Sleep(time.Microsecond)
+			c.Unpin("race")
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	if c.isPinned("race") {
+		t.Fatal("refs leaked")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSweeperLoopExits(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	c.StartSweeper(ctx, 10*time.Millisecond)
+	time.Sleep(30 * time.Millisecond)
+	cancel()
+	// If StartSweeper doesn't exit on cancel the test would leak a goroutine;
+	// the leak detector in the test runner will surface it.
+	time.Sleep(20 * time.Millisecond)
+}
+
+func TestMinBudgetClamp(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	c, err := NewHLSCache(root, 0) // below floor
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewHLSCache: %v", err)
+	}
+	if c.maxBytes != int64(hlsCacheMinBudgetGB)*1024*1024*1024 {
+		t.Fatalf("budget not clamped to min: got %d", c.maxBytes)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTryAcquireWriterExclusive(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	if !c.TryAcquireWriter("k") {
+		t.Fatal("first acquire should succeed")
+	}
+	if c.TryAcquireWriter("k") {
+		t.Fatal("second acquire for same key must fail")
+	}
+	if !c.TryAcquireWriter("other") {
+		t.Fatal("different key should not conflict")
+	}
+	c.ReleaseWriter("k")
+	if !c.TryAcquireWriter("k") {
+		t.Fatal("acquire after release should succeed")
+	}
+	c.ReleaseWriter("k")
+	c.ReleaseWriter("k") // idempotent
+}
+
+func TestStartupOrphanCleanup(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+
+	// Pre-seed: one sealed dir + one orphan old enough + one orphan fresh.
+	sealed := filepath.Join(root, "sealed")
+	_ = os.MkdirAll(sealed, 0o755)
+	_ = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(sealed, hlsCacheCompleteMarker), nil, 0o644)
+
+	staleOrphan := filepath.Join(root, "stale_orphan")
+	_ = os.MkdirAll(staleOrphan, 0o755)
+	old := time.Now().Add(-2 * hlsCacheStartupOrphanAge)
+	_ = os.Chtimes(staleOrphan, old, old)
+
+	freshOrphan := filepath.Join(root, "fresh_orphan")
+	_ = os.MkdirAll(freshOrphan, 0o755)
+
+	if _, err := NewHLSCache(root, 1); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewHLSCache: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(sealed); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("sealed dir was wrongly removed")
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(staleOrphan); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("stale orphan should have been removed at startup")
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(freshOrphan); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("fresh orphan should be kept (might be a mid-restart encode)")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHitMissCounters(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	if s := c.Stats(); s.Hits != 0 || s.Misses != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("fresh cache stats not zero: %+v", s)
+	}
+	c.RecordHit()
+	c.RecordHit()
+	c.RecordMiss()
+	s := c.Stats()
+	if s.Hits != 2 || s.Misses != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("counters wrong: %+v", s)
+	}
+	// 2/3 = 67%
+	if got := c.hitRatePercent(); got != 67 {
+		t.Fatalf("hitRatePercent=%d, want 67", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStatsEntryCount(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	for _, k := range []string{"a", "b", "c"} {
+		dir := c.DirFor(k)
+		_ = os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755)
+		_ = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "x"), []byte("hello"), 0o644)
+	}
+	s := c.Stats()
+	if s.EntryCount != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("EntryCount=%d, want 3", s.EntryCount)
+	}
+	if s.TotalBytes != 15 {
+		t.Fatalf("TotalBytes=%d, want 15", s.TotalBytes)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVerifyCompleteRejectsMissingFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	key := "v"
+	dir := c.DirFor(key)
+	_ = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(dir, "video"), 0o755)
+
+	// No .complete yet → reject.
+	if c.VerifyComplete(key, 2) {
+		t.Fatal("VerifyComplete should reject without .complete")
+	}
+
+	// Mark complete but no files → reject.
+	if err := c.MarkComplete(key); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("MarkComplete: %v", err)
+	}
+	if c.VerifyComplete(key, 2) {
+		t.Fatal("VerifyComplete should reject when init.mp4 missing")
+	}
+
+	// Write init.mp4, last seg missing → reject.
+	_ = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "video", "init.mp4"), []byte("..."), 0o644)
+	if c.VerifyComplete(key, 2) {
+		t.Fatal("VerifyComplete should reject when last segment missing")
+	}
+
+	// Write last seg → pass.
+	_ = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "video", "seg-1.m4s"), []byte("..."), 0o644)
+	if !c.VerifyComplete(key, 2) {
+		t.Fatal("VerifyComplete should pass with all files present")
+	}
+
+	// Zero-size last seg → reject.
+	_ = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "video", "seg-1.m4s"), nil, 0o644)
+	if c.VerifyComplete(key, 2) {
+		t.Fatal("VerifyComplete should reject zero-size last segment")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSweepRespectsPinnedExceedsBudget(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestCache(t, 1)
+	c.maxBytes = 256 // squeeze
+
+	pinned := c.DirFor("pinned")
+	_ = os.MkdirAll(pinned, 0o755)
+	_ = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(pinned, "x"), make([]byte, 1024), 0o644)
+	c.Pin("pinned")
+
+	freed, err := c.Sweep()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Sweep: %v", err)
+	}
+	if freed != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("nothing should have been freed: got %d", freed)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(pinned); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("pinned dir wrongly removed despite over-budget pin")
+	}
+}

internal/engine/hls_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestYnBool(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := ynBool(true); got != "YES" {
+		t.Errorf("ynBool(true) = %q, want YES", got)
+	}
+	if got := ynBool(false); got != "NO" {
+		t.Errorf("ynBool(false) = %q, want NO", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBitrateForQuality(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]int{
+		"2160p":   25_000_000,
+		"1080p":   6_000_000,
+		"720p":    3_500_000,
+		"480p":    1_500_000,
+		"unknown": 6_000_000,
+		"":        6_000_000,
+	}
+	for q, want := range cases {
+		if got := bitrateForQuality(q); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("bitrateForQuality(%q) = %d, want %d", q, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQualityHeight(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]int{
+		"2160p":   2160,
+		"1080p":   1080,
+		"720p":    720,
+		"480p":    480,
+		"":        0,
+		"unknown": 0,
+	}
+	for q, want := range cases {
+		if got := qualityHeight(q); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("qualityHeight(%q) = %d, want %d", q, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScaledDimensions(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name             string
+		srcW, srcH, capH int
+		wantW, wantH     int
+	}{
+		{"no_cap_returns_source", 1920, 1080, 0, 1920, 1080},
+		{"under_cap_returns_source", 1280, 720, 1080, 1280, 720},
+		{"4k_capped_to_1080", 3840, 2160, 1080, 1920, 1080},
+		{"even_width_stays_even", 1003, 750, 720, 962, 720},
+		{"odd_width_bumps_up", 1001, 700, 500, 716, 500},
+		{"invalid_returns_default", 0, 0, 0, 1920, 1080},
+		{"negative_returns_default", -10, 100, 0, 1920, 1080},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			gotW, gotH := scaledDimensions(tt.srcW, tt.srcH, tt.capH)
+			if gotW != tt.wantW || gotH != tt.wantH {
+				t.Errorf("scaledDimensions(%d,%d,%d) = (%d,%d), want (%d,%d)",
+					tt.srcW, tt.srcH, tt.capH, gotW, gotH, tt.wantW, tt.wantH)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestShortHLSID(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := shortHLSID("abcdef1234567890"); got != "abcdef12" {
+		t.Errorf("got %q, want abcdef12", got)
+	}
+	if got := shortHLSID("short"); got != "short" {
+		t.Errorf("got %q, want short", got)
+	}
+	if got := shortHLSID(""); got != "" {
+		t.Errorf("got %q, want empty", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHlsTmpDirRoot(t *testing.T) {
+	root := hlsTmpDirRoot()
+	if root == "" {
+		t.Fatal("hlsTmpDirRoot returned empty")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(root, "hls-sessions") && !strings.Contains(root, "unarr-hls-sessions") {
+		t.Errorf("expected path to contain hls-sessions, got %q", root)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRenderVideoPlaylist(t *testing.T) {
+	out := renderVideoPlaylist(10.0, 3)
+	required := []string{
+		"#EXTM3U",
+		"#EXT-X-VERSION:7",
+		"#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:VOD",
+		`#EXT-X-MAP:URI="init.mp4"`,
+		"seg-0.m4s",
+		"seg-1.m4s",
+		"seg-2.m4s",
+		"#EXT-X-ENDLIST",
+	}
+	for _, want := range required {
+		if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
+			t.Errorf("playlist missing %q\n%s", want, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRenderVideoPlaylistShortFinalSegment(t *testing.T) {
+	// 9.5s total, 2s segments → 5 segs of 2/2/2/2/1.5
+	segCount := segmentCountForDuration(9.5)
+	out := renderVideoPlaylist(9.5, segCount)
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "#EXTINF:1.500,") {
+		t.Errorf("expected final segment 1.5s in playlist (segCount=%d), got:\n%s", segCount, out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRenderMasterPlaylist(t *testing.T) {
+	probe := &StreamProbe{
+		Width:  1920,
+		Height: 1080,
+		SubtitleTracks: []ProbeSubtitleTrack{
+			{Index: 0, Lang: "es", Codec: "subrip", Title: "Spanish"},
+			{Index: 1, Lang: "en", Codec: "subrip", Title: "English", Forced: true},
+			{Index: 2, Lang: "ja", Codec: "hdmv_pgs_subtitle"}, // bitmap, skipped
+		},
+	}
+	out := renderMasterPlaylist(probe, "1080p")
+
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(out, "#EXTM3U") {
+		t.Errorf("must start with #EXTM3U, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "BANDWIDTH=6000000") {
+		t.Errorf("expected 1080p bandwidth, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "RESOLUTION=1920x1080") {
+		t.Errorf("expected 1920x1080 resolution, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, `SUBTITLES="subs"`) {
+		t.Errorf("expected subtitles group attached, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, `LANGUAGE="es"`) || !strings.Contains(out, `LANGUAGE="en"`) {
+		t.Errorf("expected text subs included, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(out, "hdmv_pgs") || strings.Contains(out, `LANGUAGE="ja"`) {
+		t.Errorf("bitmap subs should be excluded, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "(forced)") {
+		t.Errorf("expected forced suffix on English track, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRenderMasterPlaylistNoSubs(t *testing.T) {
+	probe := &StreamProbe{Width: 1280, Height: 720}
+	out := renderMasterPlaylist(probe, "720p")
+	if strings.Contains(out, "SUBTITLES=") {
+		t.Errorf("no subs should produce no SUBTITLES attr, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "BANDWIDTH=3500000") {
+		t.Errorf("expected 720p bandwidth, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHLSSessionRegistry(t *testing.T) {
+	r := NewHLSSessionRegistry()
+	if r.Get("missing") != nil {
+		t.Error("Get on empty registry should return nil")
+	}
+
+	s1 := &HLSSession{cfg: HLSSessionConfig{SessionID: "a"}, lastTouch: time.Now()}
+	r.Register(s1)
+	if got := r.Get("a"); got != s1 {
+		t.Errorf("Get(a) = %v, want %v", got, s1)
+	}
+
+	// Registering a different session evicts (and Closes) the previous one.
+	s2 := &HLSSession{cfg: HLSSessionConfig{SessionID: "b"}, lastTouch: time.Now()}
+	r.Register(s2)
+	if r.Get("a") != nil {
+		t.Error("registering different session should evict prior entries")
+	}
+	if r.Get("b") != s2 {
+		t.Error("Get(b) should return s2")
+	}
+
+	r.Remove("b")
+	if r.Get("b") != nil {
+		t.Error("Remove should drop the session")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHLSSessionAccessors(t *testing.T) {
+	probe := &StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264", Width: 1280, Height: 720}
+	s := &HLSSession{
+		cfg:           HLSSessionConfig{SessionID: "abcdef1234"},
+		probe:         probe,
+		manifestRoot:  "MASTER",
+		manifestVideo: "VIDEO",
+		durationSec:   42.5,
+		lastTouch:     time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Hour),
+	}
+	if s.MasterPlaylist() != "MASTER" {
+		t.Errorf("MasterPlaylist mismatch")
+	}
+	if s.VideoPlaylist() != "VIDEO" {
+		t.Errorf("VideoPlaylist mismatch")
+	}
+	if s.DurationSeconds() != 42.5 {
+		t.Errorf("DurationSeconds mismatch")
+	}
+	if s.Probe() != probe {
+		t.Errorf("Probe mismatch")
+	}
+
+	old := s.lastTouch
+	s.Touch()
+	if !s.lastTouch.After(old) {
+		t.Errorf("Touch did not advance lastTouch")
+	}
+
+	info := s.ProbeInfo()
+	if info["videoCodec"] != "h264" || info["width"] != 1280 {
+		t.Errorf("ProbeInfo missing fields: %v", info)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHLSSessionProbeInfoNil(t *testing.T) {
+	s := &HLSSession{}
+	info := s.ProbeInfo()
+	if len(info) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("nil probe should produce empty info, got %v", info)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSweepIdle(t *testing.T) {
+	r := NewHLSSessionRegistry()
+	idleSession := &HLSSession{
+		cfg:       HLSSessionConfig{SessionID: "old"},
+		lastTouch: time.Now().Add(-2 * hlsSessionTTL),
+	}
+	r.Register(idleSession)
+	if got := r.SweepIdle(); got != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("SweepIdle = %d, want 1", got)
+	}
+	if r.Get("old") != nil {
+		t.Errorf("idle session should have been removed")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCleanupHLSOrphanDirsMissingRoot(t *testing.T) {
+	// Directory does not exist — should not error.
+	t.Setenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME", filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "nonexistent"))
+	if err := CleanupHLSOrphanDirs(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("CleanupHLSOrphanDirs on missing root = %v, want nil", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidSessionID(t *testing.T) {
+	good := []string{
+		"abc",
+		"7b8c4f12-9d3e-4a1b-9c2f-aabbccddeeff",
+		"ABC_123-xyz",
+		strings.Repeat("a", 128),
+	}
+	bad := []string{
+		"",
+		"../etc/passwd",
+		"foo/bar",
+		"foo\\bar",
+		"foo.bar",
+		"with spaces",
+		"with\nnewline",
+		strings.Repeat("a", 129),
+		"héctor", // non-ascii
+	}
+	for _, id := range good {
+		if !validSessionID.MatchString(id) {
+			t.Errorf("validSessionID rejected good id %q", id)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, id := range bad {
+		if validSessionID.MatchString(id) {
+			t.Errorf("validSessionID accepted bad id %q", id)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/engine/hwaccel.go

@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// HWAccel identifies a hardware-accelerated ffmpeg encoder family.
+type HWAccel string
+
+const (
+	HWAccelNone         HWAccel = "none"
+	HWAccelNVENC        HWAccel = "nvenc"        // NVIDIA — h264_nvenc / hevc_nvenc
+	HWAccelQSV          HWAccel = "qsv"          // Intel Quick Sync — h264_qsv / hevc_qsv
+	HWAccelVAAPI        HWAccel = "vaapi"        // Linux open-source — h264_vaapi / hevc_vaapi
+	HWAccelVideoToolbox HWAccel = "videotoolbox" // macOS — h264_videotoolbox
+)
+
+var (
+	hwOnce  sync.Once
+	hwCache HWAccel
+)
+
+// DetectHWAccel returns the most capable hardware encoder available on this
+// host, or HWAccelNone if software-only. Cached after first call — adding /
+// removing a GPU at runtime is rare and the cost of probing isn't free.
+func DetectHWAccel(ctx context.Context, ffmpegPath string) HWAccel {
+	hwOnce.Do(func() {
+		hwCache = detectHWAccelFresh(ctx, ffmpegPath)
+	})
+	return hwCache
+}
+
+// ResetHWAccelCache clears the singleton — only used in tests.
+func ResetHWAccelCache() {
+	hwOnce = sync.Once{}
+	hwCache = ""
+}
+
+func detectHWAccelFresh(ctx context.Context, ffmpegPath string) HWAccel {
+	if ffmpegPath == "" {
+		return HWAccelNone
+	}
+	encoders := listFFmpegEncoders(ctx, ffmpegPath)
+	if encoders == "" {
+		return HWAccelNone
+	}
+
+	// macOS — VideoToolbox is always available on Apple Silicon + recent Intel.
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" && strings.Contains(encoders, "h264_videotoolbox") {
+		return HWAccelVideoToolbox
+	}
+
+	// NVIDIA — encoder presence + a CUDA-capable device. We rely on the
+	// existence of the device file rather than running nvidia-smi to keep
+	// startup quick on hosts without nvidia tooling.
+	if strings.Contains(encoders, "h264_nvenc") &&
+		(fileExists("/dev/nvidia0") || hasNvidiaDriver()) {
+		return HWAccelNVENC
+	}
+
+	// Intel Quick Sync — needs /dev/dri (also used by VA-API). Distinguish by
+	// checking whether the QSV-specific encoder is built in.
+	if strings.Contains(encoders, "h264_qsv") && fileExists("/dev/dri/renderD128") {
+		return HWAccelQSV
+	}
+
+	// Linux generic VA-API — works on Intel + AMD with mesa drivers.
+	if strings.Contains(encoders, "h264_vaapi") && fileExists("/dev/dri/renderD128") {
+		return HWAccelVAAPI
+	}
+
+	return HWAccelNone
+}
+
+func listFFmpegEncoders(ctx context.Context, ffmpegPath string) string {
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, ffmpegPath, "-hide_banner", "-encoders")
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return string(out)
+}
+
+// HWAccelDiagnostic bundles what we know about the host's ffmpeg + HW encode
+// capabilities so the daemon can log a single coherent line at startup and the
+// web side can surface "this agent is software-only" without re-running probes.
+type HWAccelDiagnostic struct {
+	Pick          HWAccel  // backend selected by DetectHWAccel
+	FFmpegPath    string   // resolved ffmpeg binary
+	FFmpegVersion string   // first line of `ffmpeg -version` (e.g. "ffmpeg version 6.1.1")
+	Encoders      []string // HW + libsvtav1/libvpx9-class encoders found in -encoders output
+	Devices       []string // device files / drivers detected at probe time
+}
+
+// DetectHWAccelDiagnostic returns the full diagnostic picture for the host's
+// transcode pipeline. Unlike DetectHWAccel, this is NOT cached — callers pay
+// for an ffmpeg subprocess on each call (one `-encoders`, one `-version`).
+// Daemon startup is the natural caller; per-session lookups should keep using
+// DetectHWAccel (cached) and only re-probe diagnostics if the user runs an
+// explicit doctor command.
+func DetectHWAccelDiagnostic(ctx context.Context, ffmpegPath string) HWAccelDiagnostic {
+	d := HWAccelDiagnostic{Pick: HWAccelNone, FFmpegPath: ffmpegPath}
+	if ffmpegPath == "" {
+		return d
+	}
+	d.FFmpegVersion = ffmpegVersionLine(ctx, ffmpegPath)
+	encoders := listFFmpegEncoders(ctx, ffmpegPath)
+	for _, name := range hwEncoderNames {
+		if strings.Contains(encoders, name) {
+			d.Encoders = append(d.Encoders, name)
+		}
+	}
+	// Device-file checks mirror the picks below so the log line tells the
+	// reader why a present encoder might still have been rejected (e.g. NVENC
+	// compiled in but /dev/nvidia0 missing inside a container).
+	if fileExists("/dev/nvidia0") {
+		d.Devices = append(d.Devices, "/dev/nvidia0")
+	}
+	if fileExists("/dev/dri/renderD128") {
+		d.Devices = append(d.Devices, "/dev/dri/renderD128")
+	}
+	if hasNvidiaDriver() {
+		d.Devices = append(d.Devices, "nvidia-smi")
+	}
+	d.Pick = DetectHWAccel(ctx, ffmpegPath)
+	return d
+}
+
+// LogLine returns a one-line human-readable summary of the diagnostic,
+// suitable for daemon startup output. Format:
+//
+//	"[transcode] ffmpeg 6.1.1 at /usr/bin/ffmpeg, HW=nvenc (h264_nvenc), devices=/dev/nvidia0,nvidia-smi"
+//	"[transcode] ffmpeg 6.1.1 at /home/linuxbrew/.../ffmpeg, HW=none (software libx264) — no HW encoders compiled in"
+func (d HWAccelDiagnostic) LogLine() string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.WriteString("[transcode] ")
+	if d.FFmpegVersion != "" {
+		b.WriteString(d.FFmpegVersion)
+	} else {
+		b.WriteString("ffmpeg")
+	}
+	if d.FFmpegPath != "" {
+		b.WriteString(" at ")
+		b.WriteString(d.FFmpegPath)
+	}
+	b.WriteString(", HW=")
+	b.WriteString(string(d.Pick))
+	if d.Pick == HWAccelNone {
+		if len(d.Encoders) == 0 {
+			b.WriteString(" (software libx264) — no HW encoders compiled in")
+		} else {
+			b.WriteString(" (software libx264) — encoders found but no matching device: ")
+			b.WriteString(strings.Join(d.Encoders, ","))
+		}
+	} else {
+		b.WriteString(" (")
+		b.WriteString(d.Pick.FFmpegVideoCodec("h264"))
+		b.WriteString(")")
+		if len(d.Devices) > 0 {
+			b.WriteString(", devices=")
+			b.WriteString(strings.Join(d.Devices, ","))
+		}
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// hwEncoderNames lists the HW-accelerated encoders we care about for the
+// startup log. Kept in lookup order so the output reads predictably across
+// hosts.
+var hwEncoderNames = []string{
+	"h264_nvenc", "hevc_nvenc",
+	"h264_qsv", "hevc_qsv",
+	"h264_vaapi", "hevc_vaapi",
+	"h264_videotoolbox", "hevc_videotoolbox",
+}
+
+// ffmpegVersionLine extracts the "ffmpeg version X.Y.Z" prefix from
+// `ffmpeg -version`. Bounded to avoid hanging the daemon on a misbehaving
+// binary.
+func ffmpegVersionLine(ctx context.Context, ffmpegPath string) string {
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, ffmpegPath, "-hide_banner", "-version")
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil || len(out) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	line, _, _ := strings.Cut(string(out), "\n")
+	// "ffmpeg version 6.1.1-some-build-suffix Copyright..." → keep up to first
+	// space after "version 6.x" to avoid spamming build flags into the log.
+	if idx := strings.Index(line, "Copyright"); idx > 0 {
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line[:idx])
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(line)
+}
+
+func fileExists(path string) bool {
+	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+	return err == nil
+}
+
+func hasNvidiaDriver() bool {
+	// Cheap proxy — if the user has nvidia-smi on PATH they presumably also
+	// have a working driver / runtime libraries.
+	_, err := exec.LookPath("nvidia-smi")
+	return err == nil
+}
+
+// FFmpegVideoCodec returns the encoder name to pass to `-c:v` for the
+// requested HW accel + target (h264 or hevc).
+func (h HWAccel) FFmpegVideoCodec(target string) string {
+	target = strings.ToLower(target)
+	switch h {
+	case HWAccelNVENC:
+		if target == "hevc" {
+			return "hevc_nvenc"
+		}
+		return "h264_nvenc"
+	case HWAccelQSV:
+		if target == "hevc" {
+			return "hevc_qsv"
+		}
+		return "h264_qsv"
+	case HWAccelVAAPI:
+		if target == "hevc" {
+			return "hevc_vaapi"
+		}
+		return "h264_vaapi"
+	case HWAccelVideoToolbox:
+		if target == "hevc" {
+			return "hevc_videotoolbox"
+		}
+		return "h264_videotoolbox"
+	default:
+		// Software fallback. libx264 ships with every ffmpeg build.
+		return "libx264"
+	}
+}
+
+// H264LevelForHeight returns the lowest H.264 profile level capable of
+// encoding a stream at the given output pixel height. Each tier carries
+// enough macroblock headroom to handle ANAMORPHIC content (up to ~2.4:1
+// cinemascope) at 30 fps — a fixed 16:9 assumption used to silently bust
+// the level on a 720p movie shot in 2.4:1 (1728×720 = 4860 MBs > 3.1's
+// 3600 limit; libx264 logs "frame MB size > level limit" and emits a
+// corrupt stream).
+func H264LevelForHeight(height int) string {
+	switch {
+	case height <= 0:
+		// Unknown source — pick a level that covers up to 4K so we never
+		// re-introduce the silent-failure mode that motivated this helper.
+		return "5.1"
+	case height <= 480:
+		return "3.1"
+	case height <= 720:
+		// 4.0 instead of 3.1: covers 720p anamorphic (e.g. 1728×720) +
+		// MB rate up to 245k/s (3.1 caps at 108k/s — broken at 24 fps).
+		return "4.0"
+	case height <= 1080:
+		// 4.1 instead of 4.0: covers 1080p anamorphic + 30 fps (~245k MBs/s).
+		return "4.1"
+	case height <= 1440:
+		return "5.0"
+	case height <= 2160:
+		return "5.1"
+	default:
+		// 4K @ 60 fps and 8K all fall under 6.x.
+		return "6.0"
+	}
+}

internal/engine/hwaccel_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestHWAccelFFmpegVideoCodec(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		hw     HWAccel
+		target string
+		want   string
+	}{
+		{HWAccelNone, "h264", "libx264"},
+		{HWAccelNone, "hevc", "libx264"},
+		{HWAccelNVENC, "h264", "h264_nvenc"},
+		{HWAccelNVENC, "hevc", "hevc_nvenc"},
+		{HWAccelQSV, "h264", "h264_qsv"},
+		{HWAccelQSV, "hevc", "hevc_qsv"},
+		{HWAccelVAAPI, "h264", "h264_vaapi"},
+		{HWAccelVAAPI, "hevc", "hevc_vaapi"},
+		{HWAccelVideoToolbox, "h264", "h264_videotoolbox"},
+		{HWAccelVideoToolbox, "hevc", "hevc_videotoolbox"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		if got := tc.hw.FFmpegVideoCodec(tc.target); got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("%s.FFmpegVideoCodec(%q) = %q want %q", tc.hw, tc.target, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDetectHWAccelEmptyPathReturnsNone(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetHWAccelCache()
+	if got := detectHWAccelFresh(t.Context(), ""); got != HWAccelNone {
+		t.Errorf("got %s, want %s", got, HWAccelNone)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveEncoderProfileDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		hw         HWAccel
+		configured string
+		wantCodec  string
+		wantPreset string
+		wantHint   string
+	}{
+		// Empty configured preset → pick latency-biased default per backend.
+		// DecodeHwAccel matches the encoder family for HW encoders; libx264 +
+		// VideoToolbox have no demuxer hint.
+		{HWAccelNone, "", "libx264", "superfast", ""},
+		{HWAccelNVENC, "", "h264_nvenc", "p3", "cuda"},
+		{HWAccelQSV, "", "h264_qsv", "veryfast", "qsv"},
+		// VAAPI: decoder hint set, no preset, no `-hwaccel_output_format vaapi`
+		// (so the CPU filter chain can consume the decoded frames).
+		{HWAccelVAAPI, "", "h264_vaapi", "", "vaapi"},
+		// VideoToolbox has no preset knob — Preset should be "" regardless of input.
+		// VideoToolbox uses per-encoder flags, not a demuxer `-hwaccel` hint.
+		{HWAccelVideoToolbox, "p4", "h264_videotoolbox", "", ""},
+		{HWAccelVideoToolbox, "", "h264_videotoolbox", "", ""},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		got := ResolveEncoderProfile(tc.hw, tc.configured)
+		if got.Codec != tc.wantCodec || got.Preset != tc.wantPreset || got.DecodeHwAccel != tc.wantHint {
+			t.Errorf("ResolveEncoderProfile(%s, %q) = {codec=%s preset=%s hint=%s}, want {codec=%s preset=%s hint=%s}",
+				tc.hw, tc.configured,
+				got.Codec, got.Preset, got.DecodeHwAccel,
+				tc.wantCodec, tc.wantPreset, tc.wantHint)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveEncoderProfileHonoursConfiguredPreset(t *testing.T) {
+	// Only libx264 honours the configured preset — the libx264 vocabulary
+	// (ultrafast…veryslow) doesn't apply to vendor encoders. NVENC has its
+	// own p1-p7 scale; QSV uses a different subset; VideoToolbox has no
+	// preset knob. Passing a libx264 preset to them would have ffmpeg reject
+	// the argv, so ResolveEncoderProfile always falls back to the hardcoded
+	// vendor preset for non-libx264 codecs.
+	cases := []struct {
+		hw         HWAccel
+		configured string
+		wantPreset string
+	}{
+		{HWAccelNone, "ultrafast", "ultrafast"},  // libx264 honours
+		{HWAccelNone, "medium", "medium"},        // libx264 honours
+		{HWAccelNVENC, "p1", "p3"},               // NVENC ignores, sticks to p3
+		{HWAccelNVENC, "veryfast", "p3"},         // NVENC ignores libx264 vocab
+		{HWAccelQSV, "veryslow", "veryfast"},     // QSV ignores, sticks to veryfast
+		{HWAccelVideoToolbox, "veryfast", ""},    // VideoToolbox has no preset
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		got := ResolveEncoderProfile(tc.hw, tc.configured)
+		if got.Preset != tc.wantPreset {
+			t.Errorf("ResolveEncoderProfile(%s, %q).Preset = %q, want %q",
+				tc.hw, tc.configured, got.Preset, tc.wantPreset)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHWAccelDiagnosticLogLineNone(t *testing.T) {
+	d := HWAccelDiagnostic{
+		Pick:          HWAccelNone,
+		FFmpegPath:    "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg",
+		FFmpegVersion: "ffmpeg version 6.1.1",
+		Encoders:      nil,
+		Devices:       nil,
+	}
+	line := d.LogLine()
+	wantSubstrings := []string{
+		"ffmpeg version 6.1.1",
+		"/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg",
+		"HW=none",
+		"software libx264",
+		"no HW encoders compiled in",
+	}
+	for _, want := range wantSubstrings {
+		if !strings.Contains(line, want) {
+			t.Errorf("expected substring %q in log line; got %q", want, line)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHWAccelDiagnosticLogLineNVENCWithDevices(t *testing.T) {
+	d := HWAccelDiagnostic{
+		Pick:          HWAccelNVENC,
+		FFmpegPath:    "/usr/bin/ffmpeg",
+		FFmpegVersion: "ffmpeg version 6.0",
+		Encoders:      []string{"h264_nvenc", "hevc_nvenc", "h264_qsv"},
+		Devices:       []string{"/dev/nvidia0", "nvidia-smi"},
+	}
+	line := d.LogLine()
+	for _, want := range []string{"HW=nvenc", "h264_nvenc", "/dev/nvidia0", "nvidia-smi"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(line, want) {
+			t.Errorf("expected substring %q in log line; got %q", want, line)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHWAccelDiagnosticLogLineSoftwareButEncodersFound(t *testing.T) {
+	// Edge case: ffmpeg compiled WITH nvenc but no /dev/nvidia0 (container w/o GPU).
+	// LogLine should flag the encoders so the user knows where the gap is.
+	d := HWAccelDiagnostic{
+		Pick:          HWAccelNone,
+		FFmpegPath:    "/usr/bin/ffmpeg",
+		FFmpegVersion: "ffmpeg version 6.0",
+		Encoders:      []string{"h264_nvenc"},
+		Devices:       nil,
+	}
+	line := d.LogLine()
+	for _, want := range []string{"HW=none", "encoders found but no matching device", "h264_nvenc"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(line, want) {
+			t.Errorf("expected substring %q in log line; got %q", want, line)
+		}
+	}
+}
+

internal/engine/probe.go

@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/library/mediainfo"
+)
+
+// StreamProbe summarises the codec / container shape of a file as it relates
+// to the HLS streaming pipeline. It tells the transcoder whether bytes can
+// be streamed as-is, just remuxed to fragmented MP4, or fully transcoded.
+type StreamProbe struct {
+	// VideoCodec lowercased — e.g. "h264", "hevc", "av1", "vp9", "mpeg4".
+	VideoCodec string
+	// AudioCodec lowercased — e.g. "aac", "ac3", "dts", "eac3", "opus".
+	// Reflects the default/first audio track for legacy single-track callers.
+	AudioCodec string
+	// Width / Height of the primary video stream.
+	Width  int
+	Height int
+	// BitDepth — 8, 10 or 12. 0 if unknown.
+	BitDepth int
+	// HDR signalling string ("HDR10" / "DV" / "HLG" / etc, or "" for SDR).
+	HDR string
+	// DurationSec is the file length, used to sanity-check seek targets.
+	DurationSec float64
+	// Container is the file extension lowercased (".mp4", ".mkv", ".avi").
+	Container string
+	// AudioTracks lists every audio stream in source order. Index in this
+	// slice == ffmpeg `-map 0:a:N` index (where N starts at 0).
+	AudioTracks []ProbeAudioTrack
+	// SubtitleTracks lists every subtitle stream in source order. Index in
+	// this slice == ffmpeg `-map 0:s:N` index.
+	SubtitleTracks []ProbeSubtitleTrack
+}
+
+// ProbeAudioTrack is a slimmed AudioTrack view tied to ffmpeg stream index.
+type ProbeAudioTrack struct {
+	Index    int    // 0-based audio stream index (ffmpeg -map 0:a:Index)
+	Lang     string // ISO 639-1
+	Codec    string // lowercased
+	Channels int
+	Title    string
+	Default  bool
+}
+
+// ProbeSubtitleTrack is a slimmed SubtitleTrack view tied to ffmpeg stream index.
+// Codec discriminates text (srt/ass/webvtt → extract to WebVTT) vs bitmap
+// (pgs/dvbsub → require burn-in).
+type ProbeSubtitleTrack struct {
+	Index  int    // 0-based subtitle stream index (ffmpeg -map 0:s:Index)
+	Lang   string // ISO 639-1
+	Codec  string // lowercased — "subrip", "ass", "webvtt", "hdmv_pgs_subtitle", ...
+	Title  string
+	Forced bool
+}
+
+// IsTextSubtitle reports whether a subtitle codec can be extracted to WebVTT
+// without re-rendering. Bitmap subs (PGS, DVB) need burn-in.
+func (s ProbeSubtitleTrack) IsTextSubtitle() bool {
+	switch s.Codec {
+	case "subrip", "srt", "ass", "ssa", "webvtt", "mov_text":
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// TranscodeAction tells the streaming pipeline how to feed the file to
+// the browser <video> element. The decision matrix is documented in the
+// project plan (Fase 2.5 — Transcoding on-the-fly).
+type TranscodeAction string
+
+const (
+	// ActionPassthrough — file is already browser-playable as-is. Stream the
+	// raw bytes via ReadAt; no ffmpeg involved.
+	ActionPassthrough TranscodeAction = "passthrough"
+	// ActionRemux — codecs are browser-compatible but the container or moov
+	// placement is not. Run ffmpeg with `-c copy -movflags frag_keyframe`.
+	ActionRemux TranscodeAction = "remux"
+	// ActionRemuxAudio — video is fine but audio needs a re-encode (AC3/DTS
+	// → AAC). `-c:v copy -c:a aac`.
+	ActionRemuxAudio TranscodeAction = "remux-audio"
+	// ActionTranscodeVideo — full re-encode. Used for HEVC/AV1 and any
+	// 10-bit content if the browser refuses the codec.
+	ActionTranscodeVideo TranscodeAction = "transcode-video"
+)
+
+// ProbeFile runs ffprobe and returns a StreamProbe view of the file.
+//
+// Result is memoised by (path, mtime, size) for probeCacheTTL — repeat plays
+// of the same file at the same quality (the HLS cache HIT path) skip ffprobe
+// entirely. ffprobe on a 50 GB MKV can cost 1-3 s; first-segment latency
+// shrinks by the same amount on the second play.
+func ProbeFile(ctx context.Context, ffprobePath, filePath string) (*StreamProbe, error) {
+	if cached, ok := lookupProbeCache(filePath); ok {
+		return cached, nil
+	}
+	mi, err := mediainfo.ExtractMediaInfo(ctx, ffprobePath, filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("probe: %w", err)
+	}
+	probe := &StreamProbe{Container: lowerExt(filePath)}
+	if mi.Video != nil {
+		probe.VideoCodec = strings.ToLower(mi.Video.Codec)
+		probe.Width = mi.Video.Width
+		probe.Height = mi.Video.Height
+		probe.BitDepth = mi.Video.BitDepth
+		probe.HDR = mi.Video.HDR
+		probe.DurationSec = mi.Video.Duration
+	}
+	if len(mi.Audio) > 0 {
+		// Default to the first track marked "Default", else the first track.
+		picked := mi.Audio[0]
+		for _, a := range mi.Audio {
+			if a.Default {
+				picked = a
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		probe.AudioCodec = strings.ToLower(picked.Codec)
+		probe.AudioTracks = make([]ProbeAudioTrack, 0, len(mi.Audio))
+		for i, a := range mi.Audio {
+			probe.AudioTracks = append(probe.AudioTracks, ProbeAudioTrack{
+				Index:    i,
+				Lang:     a.Lang,
+				Codec:    strings.ToLower(a.Codec),
+				Channels: a.Channels,
+				Title:    a.Title,
+				Default:  a.Default,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	if len(mi.Subtitles) > 0 {
+		probe.SubtitleTracks = make([]ProbeSubtitleTrack, 0, len(mi.Subtitles))
+		for i, s := range mi.Subtitles {
+			probe.SubtitleTracks = append(probe.SubtitleTracks, ProbeSubtitleTrack{
+				Index:  i,
+				Lang:   s.Lang,
+				Codec:  strings.ToLower(s.Codec),
+				Title:  s.Title,
+				Forced: s.Forced,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	storeProbeCache(filePath, probe)
+	return probe, nil
+}
+
+// DecideAction maps a probe to the transcoding action the streaming pipeline
+// should take. Browsers consume MP4/h264+AAC natively; everything else needs
+// some level of re-shaping.
+func DecideAction(p *StreamProbe) TranscodeAction {
+	if p == nil {
+		return ActionPassthrough
+	}
+	video := p.VideoCodec
+	audio := p.AudioCodec
+	container := p.Container
+
+	// 10-bit / HDR is a hard no for browser playback even if h264 — needs SW transcode.
+	tenBitOrHDR := p.BitDepth >= 10 || p.HDR != ""
+
+	if !tenBitOrHDR && video == "h264" {
+		if audio == "aac" {
+			if container == ".mp4" {
+				return ActionPassthrough
+			}
+			return ActionRemux
+		}
+		// Audio incompatible (AC3/DTS/TrueHD/EAC3) → remux video, transcode audio.
+		return ActionRemuxAudio
+	}
+
+	// HEVC / AV1 / VP9 / 10-bit / unknown → full re-encode video.
+	return ActionTranscodeVideo
+}
+
+func lowerExt(filePath string) string {
+	dot := strings.LastIndex(filePath, ".")
+	if dot < 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.ToLower(filePath[dot:])
+}

internal/engine/probe_cache.go

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// probeCacheTTL is how long a cached probe stays usable. The cache key
+// already incorporates mtime + size, so the TTL is a defense against
+// runaway memory growth from stale paths, not a freshness guarantee — a
+// rename + recreate at the same inode (rare) would still be caught by the
+// mtime delta.
+const probeCacheTTL = 30 * time.Minute
+
+// probeCacheJanitorInterval is how often the background sweeper wakes to
+// drop expired entries. Lookup-time eviction handles hot paths, but a
+// user who browses 5k files and then stops would leak entries until each
+// is individually re-touched. 5 min ≈ 6 sweeps per TTL window — enough
+// to keep memory bounded without burning CPU.
+const probeCacheJanitorInterval = 5 * time.Minute
+
+type probeCacheEntry struct {
+	probe   *StreamProbe
+	expires time.Time
+}
+
+type probeCacheKey struct {
+	path  string
+	mtime int64 // ModTime().UnixNano()
+	size  int64
+}
+
+var (
+	probeCacheMu      sync.RWMutex
+	probeCache        = make(map[probeCacheKey]probeCacheEntry)
+	probeCacheJanitor sync.Once
+)
+
+// startProbeCacheJanitor launches the background sweeper exactly once per
+// process. Lazy — fired on first storeProbeCache. Drops expired entries
+// every probeCacheJanitorInterval. Idempotent (sync.Once).
+func startProbeCacheJanitor() {
+	probeCacheJanitor.Do(func() {
+		go func() {
+			ticker := time.NewTicker(probeCacheJanitorInterval)
+			defer ticker.Stop()
+			for range ticker.C {
+				sweepProbeCache(time.Now())
+			}
+		}()
+	})
+}
+
+// sweepProbeCache removes every entry whose expiry is at or before `now`.
+// Exposed for tests; production code calls it indirectly via the janitor
+// goroutine.
+func sweepProbeCache(now time.Time) int {
+	probeCacheMu.Lock()
+	defer probeCacheMu.Unlock()
+	removed := 0
+	for k, e := range probeCache {
+		if !now.Before(e.expires) {
+			delete(probeCache, k)
+			removed++
+		}
+	}
+	return removed
+}
+
+// lookupProbeCache returns the cached StreamProbe for the given path if its
+// mtime + size still match the value recorded at insert time, AND the cache
+// entry hasn't expired. Any stat failure / mismatch returns (nil, false) so
+// the caller falls through to a fresh ffprobe run.
+func lookupProbeCache(path string) (*StreamProbe, bool) {
+	fi, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	key := probeCacheKey{
+		path:  path,
+		mtime: fi.ModTime().UnixNano(),
+		size:  fi.Size(),
+	}
+	probeCacheMu.RLock()
+	entry, ok := probeCache[key]
+	probeCacheMu.RUnlock()
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	if time.Now().After(entry.expires) {
+		// Re-check under the write lock so a concurrent re-insert (same key,
+		// fresh expiry) isn't accidentally evicted.
+		probeCacheMu.Lock()
+		if cur, stillThere := probeCache[key]; stillThere && time.Now().After(cur.expires) {
+			delete(probeCache, key)
+		}
+		probeCacheMu.Unlock()
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	return entry.probe, true
+}
+
+// storeProbeCache stashes a fresh probe result under the (path, mtime, size)
+// key. A subsequent ffprobe-skipping HIT requires the file to still have the
+// same mtime + size — anything else (re-encoded, renamed+recreated at the
+// same path, truncated) misses and triggers a re-probe.
+func storeProbeCache(path string, probe *StreamProbe) {
+	fi, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	key := probeCacheKey{
+		path:  path,
+		mtime: fi.ModTime().UnixNano(),
+		size:  fi.Size(),
+	}
+	probeCacheMu.Lock()
+	probeCache[key] = probeCacheEntry{
+		probe:   probe,
+		expires: time.Now().Add(probeCacheTTL),
+	}
+	probeCacheMu.Unlock()
+	// Lazy janitor — fires once per process. No-op after first call.
+	startProbeCacheJanitor()
+}
+
+// ResetProbeCache clears the in-memory probe cache. Test-only.
+func ResetProbeCache() {
+	probeCacheMu.Lock()
+	probeCache = make(map[probeCacheKey]probeCacheEntry)
+	probeCacheMu.Unlock()
+}
+
+// ProbeCacheSize returns the number of entries currently cached. Exposed
+// for diagnostics + tests.
+func ProbeCacheSize() int {
+	probeCacheMu.RLock()
+	defer probeCacheMu.RUnlock()
+	return len(probeCache)
+}

internal/engine/probe_cache_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestProbeCache_LookupMissNonexistent(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetProbeCache()
+	t.Cleanup(ResetProbeCache)
+
+	if _, ok := lookupProbeCache("/path/that/does/not/exist"); ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected MISS for non-existent path")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProbeCache_StoreThenLookupHit(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetProbeCache()
+	t.Cleanup(ResetProbeCache)
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "movie.mkv")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("fake content"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write tmp file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	probe := &StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264", Width: 1920, Height: 1080, DurationSec: 5400}
+	storeProbeCache(path, probe)
+
+	got, ok := lookupProbeCache(path)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected HIT after store")
+	}
+	if got != probe {
+		t.Fatalf("expected pointer-identical probe; got different")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProbeCache_MtimeChangeInvalidates(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetProbeCache()
+	t.Cleanup(ResetProbeCache)
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "movie.mkv")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("original"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	probe := &StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264", DurationSec: 100}
+	storeProbeCache(path, probe)
+
+	// Force mtime change. WriteFile doesn't guarantee a different mtime if
+	// the filesystem timestamp resolution is coarse, so set it explicitly
+	// to a value 1 hour in the future.
+	future := time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour)
+	if err := os.Chtimes(path, future, future); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("chtimes: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := lookupProbeCache(path); ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected MISS after mtime change")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProbeCache_SizeChangeInvalidates(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetProbeCache()
+	t.Cleanup(ResetProbeCache)
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "movie.mkv")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("aaaaa"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
+	}
+	originalMtime := time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Hour) // stable, in the past
+	if err := os.Chtimes(path, originalMtime, originalMtime); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("chtimes original: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	probe := &StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264", DurationSec: 100}
+	storeProbeCache(path, probe)
+
+	// Truncate to a different size, then reset mtime to the original so
+	// only `size` differs between store and lookup keys — isolates the
+	// size-check path. Without the Chtimes, WriteFile bumps mtime and the
+	// test would pass via mtime invalidation regardless of size logic.
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("a"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("rewrite: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.Chtimes(path, originalMtime, originalMtime); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("chtimes restore: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := lookupProbeCache(path); ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected MISS after size change")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProbeCache_ExpiryDropsEntry(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetProbeCache()
+	t.Cleanup(ResetProbeCache)
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "movie.mkv")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("content"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Stash an entry whose expires is already in the past — simulates TTL
+	// having elapsed without sleeping for 30 min.
+	fi, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("stat: %v", err)
+	}
+	key := probeCacheKey{path: path, mtime: fi.ModTime().UnixNano(), size: fi.Size()}
+	probeCacheMu.Lock()
+	probeCache[key] = probeCacheEntry{
+		probe:   &StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264"},
+		expires: time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Minute),
+	}
+	probeCacheMu.Unlock()
+
+	if _, ok := lookupProbeCache(path); ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected MISS for expired entry")
+	}
+	// Side-effect: lookup should have evicted the stale entry.
+	if ProbeCacheSize() != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected cache size 0 after expiry eviction; got %d", ProbeCacheSize())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProbeCache_ResetClears(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetProbeCache()
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "movie.mkv")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("x"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	storeProbeCache(path, &StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264"})
+	if ProbeCacheSize() != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected size 1 after store; got %d", ProbeCacheSize())
+	}
+
+	ResetProbeCache()
+	if ProbeCacheSize() != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected size 0 after reset; got %d", ProbeCacheSize())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProbeCache_StoreNonexistentNoOp(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetProbeCache()
+	t.Cleanup(ResetProbeCache)
+
+	// Store on a non-existent path should silently do nothing (stat fails),
+	// not panic, and not poison the cache with a zero key.
+	storeProbeCache("/nope/never/exists.mkv", &StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264"})
+	if ProbeCacheSize() != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 0 entries; got %d", ProbeCacheSize())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProbeCache_SweepDropsExpired(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetProbeCache()
+	t.Cleanup(ResetProbeCache)
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	// Two entries: one expired, one fresh.
+	expiredPath := filepath.Join(dir, "old.mkv")
+	freshPath := filepath.Join(dir, "new.mkv")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(expiredPath, []byte("a"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write expired: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(freshPath, []byte("b"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write fresh: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	now := time.Now()
+	fiExp, _ := os.Stat(expiredPath)
+	fiFresh, _ := os.Stat(freshPath)
+
+	probeCacheMu.Lock()
+	probeCache[probeCacheKey{path: expiredPath, mtime: fiExp.ModTime().UnixNano(), size: fiExp.Size()}] = probeCacheEntry{
+		probe:   &StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264"},
+		expires: now.Add(-1 * time.Minute), // expired
+	}
+	probeCache[probeCacheKey{path: freshPath, mtime: fiFresh.ModTime().UnixNano(), size: fiFresh.Size()}] = probeCacheEntry{
+		probe:   &StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264"},
+		expires: now.Add(10 * time.Minute), // fresh
+	}
+	probeCacheMu.Unlock()
+
+	removed := sweepProbeCache(now)
+	if removed != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 expired entry removed; got %d", removed)
+	}
+	if ProbeCacheSize() != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 fresh entry kept; got %d", ProbeCacheSize())
+	}
+}

internal/engine/probe_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package engine
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestDecideAction(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		p    StreamProbe
+		want TranscodeAction
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "MP4 + h264 + AAC = passthrough",
+			p:    StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264", AudioCodec: "aac", Container: ".mp4"},
+			want: ActionPassthrough,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "MKV + h264 + AAC = remux",
+			p:    StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264", AudioCodec: "aac", Container: ".mkv"},
+			want: ActionRemux,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "MKV + h264 + AC3 = remux audio",
+			p:    StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264", AudioCodec: "ac3", Container: ".mkv"},
+			want: ActionRemuxAudio,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "MP4 + h264 + EAC3 = remux audio",
+			p:    StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264", AudioCodec: "eac3", Container: ".mp4"},
+			want: ActionRemuxAudio,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "MKV + HEVC = transcode video",
+			p:    StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "hevc", AudioCodec: "aac", Container: ".mkv"},
+			want: ActionTranscodeVideo,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "MP4 + AV1 = transcode video",
+			p:    StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "av1", AudioCodec: "aac", Container: ".mp4"},
+			want: ActionTranscodeVideo,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "h264 10-bit = transcode video (browser refuses)",
+			p:    StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264", AudioCodec: "aac", BitDepth: 10, Container: ".mp4"},
+			want: ActionTranscodeVideo,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "h264 + HDR10 = transcode video",
+			p:    StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264", AudioCodec: "aac", HDR: "HDR10", Container: ".mp4"},
+			want: ActionTranscodeVideo,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "AVI + h264 + AAC = remux",
+			p:    StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "h264", AudioCodec: "aac", Container: ".avi"},
+			want: ActionRemux,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Unknown codec = transcode video",
+			p:    StreamProbe{VideoCodec: "mpeg4", AudioCodec: "mp3", Container: ".avi"},
+			want: ActionTranscodeVideo,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Empty probe falls through to transcode (unknown codec)",
+			p:    StreamProbe{},
+			want: ActionTranscodeVideo,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := DecideAction(&tc.p)
+			if got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("got %s, want %s", got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecideActionNil(t *testing.T) {
+	if DecideAction(nil) != ActionPassthrough {
+		t.Error("nil probe should default passthrough")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLowerExt(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]string{
+		"foo.MP4":              ".mp4",
+		"path/to/movie.MKV":    ".mkv",
+		"weird.name.with.dots": ".dots",
+		"":                     "",
+		"noext":                "",
+	}
+	for in, want := range cases {
+		if got := lowerExt(in); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("lowerExt(%q) = %q want %q", in, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/engine/stream.go

@@ -303,6 +303,38 @@ func (s *StreamEngine) FileSize() int64 { return s.totalBytes }
 // BufferTarget returns the buffer threshold in bytes.
 func (s *StreamEngine) BufferTarget() int64 { return s.bufferTarget }
 
+// PrioritizeTail abre un lector posicionado cerca del final del archivo para
+// forzar la descarga anticipada de los metadatos del container (moov atom en
+// MP4, seekhead en MKV). Sin esto, VLC busca el final del archivo al abrirlo
+// y el lector bloquea indefinidamente si esas piezas aún no están descargadas,
+// resultando en pantalla negra en redes lentas o remotas.
+//
+// Se ejecuta en una goroutine y se cancela cuando ctx expira.
+func (s *StreamEngine) PrioritizeTail(ctx context.Context, tailBytes int64) {
+	if s.file == nil || s.totalBytes <= tailBytes*2 {
+		return
+	}
+	go func() {
+		reader := s.file.NewReader()
+		defer reader.Close()
+
+		seekPos := s.totalBytes - tailBytes
+		reader.Seek(seekPos, io.SeekStart) //nolint:errcheck
+		reader.SetReadahead(tailBytes)
+		reader.SetContext(ctx)
+
+		// Leer continuamente para mantener las piezas priorizadas hasta que
+		// ctx se cancele o el final del archivo esté completamente descargado.
+		buf := make([]byte, 32*1024)
+		for {
+			_, err := reader.Read(buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
 // Shutdown gracefully closes the torrent and client.
 func (s *StreamEngine) Shutdown(_ context.Context) error {
 	if s.tor != nil {

internal/engine/stream_player.go

@@ -4,14 +4,23 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // OpenPlayer attempts to open a media player with the given stream URL.
 // Returns the player name and the running command.
 // If override is set, it uses that command directly.
+//
+// The URL is required to be http(s) so a hostile-looking value (e.g. starting
+// with `--`) is not interpreted as a switch by mpv/vlc/xdg-open/open. The
+// `--` separator is also appended before the URL where the helper supports
+// it.
 func OpenPlayer(url, override string) (string, *exec.Cmd, error) {
+	if !isSafePlayerURL(url) {
+		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("refusing to open non-http(s) URL")
+	}
 	if override != "" {
-		cmd := exec.Command(override, url)
+		cmd := exec.Command(override, "--", url)
 		if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
 			return override, nil, fmt.Errorf("start %s: %w", override, err)
 		}
@@ -20,7 +29,7 @@ func OpenPlayer(url, override string) (string, *exec.Cmd, error) {
 
 	// Try mpv first (best streaming support)
 	if path, err := exec.LookPath("mpv"); err == nil {
-		cmd := exec.Command(path, "--no-terminal", url)
+		cmd := exec.Command(path, "--no-terminal", "--", url)
 		if err := cmd.Start(); err == nil {
 			return "mpv", cmd, nil
 		}
@@ -28,7 +37,7 @@ func OpenPlayer(url, override string) (string, *exec.Cmd, error) {
 
 	// Try VLC
 	if path, err := exec.LookPath("vlc"); err == nil {
-		cmd := exec.Command(path, url)
+		cmd := exec.Command(path, "--", url)
 		if err := cmd.Start(); err == nil {
 			return "vlc", cmd, nil
 		}
@@ -36,7 +45,7 @@ func OpenPlayer(url, override string) (string, *exec.Cmd, error) {
 
 	// Try cvlc (VLC headless)
 	if path, err := exec.LookPath("cvlc"); err == nil {
-		cmd := exec.Command(path, url)
+		cmd := exec.Command(path, "--", url)
 		if err := cmd.Start(); err == nil {
 			return "vlc (headless)", cmd, nil
 		}
@@ -51,6 +60,9 @@ func OpenPlayer(url, override string) (string, *exec.Cmd, error) {
 }
 
 func openBrowser(url string) (string, *exec.Cmd, error) {
+	if !isSafePlayerURL(url) {
+		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("refusing to open non-http(s) URL")
+	}
 	switch runtime.GOOS {
 	case "linux":
 		if path, err := exec.LookPath("xdg-open"); err == nil {
@@ -60,7 +72,7 @@ func openBrowser(url string) (string, *exec.Cmd, error) {
 			}
 		}
 	case "darwin":
-		cmd := exec.Command("/usr/bin/open", url)
+		cmd := exec.Command("/usr/bin/open", "--", url)
 		if err := cmd.Start(); err == nil {
 			return "browser", cmd, nil
 		}
@@ -72,3 +84,9 @@ func openBrowser(url string) (string, *exec.Cmd, error) {
 	}
 	return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("no browser opener found")
 }
+
+// isSafePlayerURL guards the helpers above against URLs that could be
+// interpreted as command-line switches by the launched player.
+func isSafePlayerURL(url string) bool {
+	return strings.HasPrefix(url, "http://") || strings.HasPrefix(url, "https://")
+}

internal/engine/stream_server.go

@@ -50,7 +50,20 @@ type StreamServer struct {
 	url         string     // best single URL (backward compat)
 	urls        StreamURLs // all available URLs by network type
 	upnpMapping *UPnPMapping
-	disableUPnP bool
+	// enableUPnP gates whether Listen() asks the gateway to publish the
+	// stream port to the WAN. UPnP is opt-in (false by default) because
+	// /stream and /hls have no auth — exposing them on the public internet
+	// would let any scanner enumerate active downloads. LAN and Tailscale
+	// access keep working without UPnP.
+	enableUPnP bool
+	// corsExtraOrigins are operator-configured origins added to the default
+	// allowlist defined in validate.go. Set before Listen().
+	corsExtraOrigins []string
+	// corsAllowlist is computed at Listen() time and treated as read-only
+	// thereafter so per-request reads need no locking.
+	corsAllowlist map[string]struct{}
+
+	hls *HLSSessionRegistry // HLS sessions served on /hls/<id>/...
 
 	lastActivity  atomic.Int64
 	maxByteOffset atomic.Int64 // highest sequential read position (main playback connection)
@@ -63,14 +76,78 @@ type StreamServer struct {
 
 // NewStreamServer creates a stream server bound to the given port.
 // Call Listen() to start accepting connections, then SetFile() to serve content.
+//
+// UPnP is opt-in: call SetUPnPEnabled(true) before Listen() to publish the
+// stream port on the WAN. Without it, only LAN and Tailscale clients can
+// reach the server. This matches the security default — /stream and /hls
+// have no auth, so exposing them to the public internet is something the
+// operator must explicitly request.
 func NewStreamServer(port int) *StreamServer {
-	return &StreamServer{port: port}
+	return &StreamServer{port: port, hls: NewHLSSessionRegistry()}
 }
 
+// SetUPnPEnabled toggles WAN publishing of the stream port. Call before
+// Listen(); changes after Listen() are ignored for the active server.
+func (ss *StreamServer) SetUPnPEnabled(enabled bool) {
+	ss.enableUPnP = enabled
+}
+
+// SetCORSAllowedOrigins replaces the operator-supplied extra origins. The
+// default allowlist (torrentclaw.com / app.torrentclaw.com / localhost dev
+// ports) is always merged in. Call before Listen().
+func (ss *StreamServer) SetCORSAllowedOrigins(origins []string) {
+	ss.corsExtraOrigins = origins
+}
+
+// writeCORSHeaders writes the per-origin CORS response headers when the
+// request carries an Origin header that matches the allowlist. Returns true
+// if the handler must short-circuit (preflight OPTIONS). Media-tag requests
+// (no Origin header) bypass this entirely.
+//
+// `Vary: Origin` is emitted whenever an Origin header is present (matched
+// or not) so any intermediate cache keys the response per-origin and a
+// later request with a different origin cannot be served a stale ACAO.
+func (ss *StreamServer) writeCORSHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, expose string) (preflight bool) {
+	origin := r.Header.Get("Origin")
+	if origin == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	w.Header().Add("Vary", "Origin")
+	if _, ok := ss.corsAllowlist[origin]; !ok {
+		// Unknown origin — do not emit CORS headers so the browser blocks
+		// the response. Still return without short-circuiting so a non-CORS
+		// caller (e.g. curl) keeps working.
+		return false
+	}
+	w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", origin)
+	w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, HEAD, OPTIONS")
+	w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Range")
+	if expose != "" {
+		w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Expose-Headers", expose)
+	}
+	if r.Method == http.MethodOptions {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// HLS returns the HLS session registry for this server. Daemon code uses it
+// to register a session when the backend asks for HLS playback.
+func (ss *StreamServer) HLS() *HLSSessionRegistry { return ss.hls }
+
 // Listen starts the HTTP server on the configured port. Call once at daemon startup.
 func (ss *StreamServer) Listen(ctx context.Context) error {
+	// Freeze the CORS allowlist before the first request can land. After
+	// this point the map is treated as read-only so handlers can probe it
+	// without locking.
+	ss.corsAllowlist = buildCORSAllowlist(ss.corsExtraOrigins)
+
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 	mux.HandleFunc("/stream", ss.handler)
+	mux.HandleFunc("/health", ss.healthHandler)
+	mux.HandleFunc("/playlist.m3u", ss.playlistHandler)
+	mux.HandleFunc("/hls/", ss.hlsHandler)
 
 	// SO_REUSEADDR allows immediate rebind if the port is in TIME_WAIT (e.g. after agent restart)
 	lc := net.ListenConfig{
@@ -113,11 +190,16 @@ func (ss *StreamServer) Listen(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if tsIP := TailscaleIP(); tsIP != "" {
 		ss.urls.Tailscale = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d/stream", tsIP, ss.port)
 	}
-	if !ss.disableUPnP {
-		if mapping, err := SetupUPnP(ss.port); err == nil {
+	if ss.enableUPnP {
+		mapping, err := SetupUPnP(ss.port)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[stream] UPnP setup failed: %v (only LAN/Tailscale clients will reach port %d)", err, ss.port)
+		} else {
 			ss.upnpMapping = mapping
 			ss.urls.Public = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d/stream", mapping.ExternalIP, mapping.ExternalPort)
 		}
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("[stream] UPnP disabled — port %d not published to WAN (set downloads.enable_upnp = true to opt in)", ss.port)
 	}
 
 	// Best single URL for backward compat: Tailscale > LAN > Public > localhost
@@ -228,15 +310,273 @@ func (ss *StreamServer) IdleSince() time.Duration {
 // Call only at daemon shutdown — NOT between file swaps.
 func (ss *StreamServer) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 	ss.upnpMapping.Remove()
+	if ss.hls != nil {
+		ss.hls.CloseAll()
+	}
 	if ss.server != nil {
 		return ss.server.Shutdown(ctx)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+// hlsBaseURLs returns the per-network HLS base URLs for a given session.
+// The web client picks the first reachable one — same fallback strategy as
+// the legacy /stream URLs.
+func (ss *StreamServer) hlsBaseURLs(sessionID string) StreamURLs {
+	var out StreamURLs
+	if ss.urls.LAN != "" {
+		out.LAN = strings.Replace(ss.urls.LAN, "/stream", "/hls/"+sessionID, 1)
+	}
+	if ss.urls.Tailscale != "" {
+		out.Tailscale = strings.Replace(ss.urls.Tailscale, "/stream", "/hls/"+sessionID, 1)
+	}
+	if ss.urls.Public != "" {
+		out.Public = strings.Replace(ss.urls.Public, "/stream", "/hls/"+sessionID, 1)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// HLSURLsJSON returns base URLs for an HLS session as a JSON string for the
+// session response payload.
+func (ss *StreamServer) HLSURLsJSON(sessionID string) string {
+	urls := ss.hlsBaseURLs(sessionID)
+	b, _ := json.Marshal(urls)
+	return string(b)
+}
+
+// hlsHandler routes /hls/<sessionID>/<resource> to the matching HLSSession.
+//
+// Recognised resources:
+//
+//	master.m3u8                — top-level playlist
+//	video/index.m3u8           — video media playlist
+//	video/init.mp4             — fMP4 init segment
+//	video/seg-<n>.m4s          — video segment
+//	subs/sub-<n>.m3u8          — per-subtitle media playlist (synthesised)
+//	subs/sub-<n>.vtt           — WebVTT subtitle (extracted by ffmpeg)
+func (ss *StreamServer) hlsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	ss.lastActivity.Store(time.Now().UnixNano())
+
+	if ss.writeCORSHeaders(w, r, "Content-Length, Content-Range, Accept-Ranges") {
+		return
+	}
+
+	rest := strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/hls/")
+	parts := strings.SplitN(rest, "/", 2)
+	if len(parts) == 0 || parts[0] == "" {
+		http.Error(w, "missing session id", http.StatusNotFound)
+		return
+	}
+	sessionID := parts[0]
+	// Reject malformed IDs with the same 404 we return for unknown sessions —
+	// no oracle for the accepted format.
+	if !validSessionID.MatchString(sessionID) {
+		http.Error(w, "hls session not found", http.StatusNotFound)
+		return
+	}
+	session := ss.hls.Get(sessionID)
+	if session == nil {
+		http.Error(w, "hls session not found", http.StatusNotFound)
+		return
+	}
+	if len(parts) == 1 {
+		http.Error(w, "missing resource", http.StatusNotFound)
+		return
+	}
+	resource := parts[1]
+
+	switch {
+	case resource == "master.m3u8":
+		session.ServeMaster(w, r)
+	case resource == "probe.json":
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
+		_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(session.ProbeInfo())
+	case resource == "video/index.m3u8":
+		session.ServeVideoPlaylist(w, r)
+	case resource == "video/init.mp4":
+		session.ServeInit(w, r)
+	case strings.HasPrefix(resource, "video/seg-") && strings.HasSuffix(resource, ".m4s"):
+		idxStr := strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(resource, "video/seg-"), ".m4s")
+		idx, err := strconv.Atoi(idxStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, "bad segment index", http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+		session.ServeSegment(w, r, idx)
+	case strings.HasPrefix(resource, "subs/sub-") && strings.HasSuffix(resource, ".m3u8"):
+		idxStr := strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(resource, "subs/sub-"), ".m3u8")
+		idx, err := strconv.Atoi(idxStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, "bad subtitle index", http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+		ss.serveSubtitlePlaylist(w, r, session, idx)
+	case strings.HasPrefix(resource, "subs/sub-") && strings.HasSuffix(resource, ".vtt"):
+		idxStr := strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(resource, "subs/sub-"), ".vtt")
+		idx, err := strconv.Atoi(idxStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, "bad subtitle index", http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+		session.ServeSubtitle(w, r, idx)
+	default:
+		http.Error(w, "unknown hls resource", http.StatusNotFound)
+	}
+}
+
+// serveSubtitlePlaylist generates a single-VTT-segment HLS playlist on the
+// fly so hls.js can consume it as a regular subtitle rendition. The VTT file
+// itself is extracted asynchronously by HLSSession.extractSubtitles.
+func (ss *StreamServer) serveSubtitlePlaylist(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, session *HLSSession, idx int) {
+	if idx < 0 || idx >= len(session.probe.SubtitleTracks) {
+		http.Error(w, "subtitle out of range", http.StatusNotFound)
+		return
+	}
+	dur := session.durationSec
+	if dur < 1 {
+		dur = 1
+	}
+	body := strings.Builder{}
+	body.WriteString("#EXTM3U\n")
+	body.WriteString("#EXT-X-VERSION:3\n")
+	body.WriteString("#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:VOD\n")
+	body.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:%d\n", int(dur)+1))
+	body.WriteString("#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0\n")
+	body.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("#EXTINF:%.3f,\n", dur))
+	body.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("sub-%d.vtt\n", idx))
+	body.WriteString("#EXT-X-ENDLIST\n")
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/vnd.apple.mpegurl")
+	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
+	_, _ = io.WriteString(w, body.String())
+}
+
+// healthHandler responde con el estado del servidor en JSON.
+// Útil para diagnosticar conectividad desde redes remotas o Tailscale:
+//
+//	curl http://<tailscale-ip>:<port>/health
+func (ss *StreamServer) healthHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if ss.writeCORSHeaders(w, r, "") {
+		return
+	}
+	ss.mu.RLock()
+	provider := ss.provider
+	taskID := ss.taskID
+	ss.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	clientIP, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
+	// Only expose filename/taskID/client to loopback callers (local diagnostics).
+	// Remote callers (LAN, Tailscale, UPnP public) get a minimal probe response
+	// so that scanners and unauthenticated peers cannot fingerprint the active
+	// download. The web stream-probe only checks HTTP 200 + Content-Type.
+	//
+	// Use net.IP.IsLoopback so we also accept ::ffff:127.0.0.1 (Linux dual-stack
+	// IPv4-mapped form) and reject the empty-string fallthrough when
+	// SplitHostPort fails on a malformed RemoteAddr — both would otherwise
+	// silently bypass the disclosure boundary.
+	parsedIP := net.ParseIP(clientIP)
+	isLocal := parsedIP != nil && parsedIP.IsLoopback()
+
+	type healthResponse struct {
+		Status    string `json:"status"`
+		Streaming bool   `json:"streaming"`
+		File      string `json:"file,omitempty"`
+		Task      string `json:"task,omitempty"`
+		Port      int    `json:"port"`
+		Client    string `json:"client,omitempty"`
+	}
+	resp := healthResponse{
+		Status: "ok",
+		Port:   ss.port,
+	}
+	if provider != nil {
+		resp.Streaming = true
+	}
+	if isLocal {
+		resp.Client = clientIP
+		if provider != nil {
+			resp.File = provider.FileName()
+			resp.Task = taskID
+			if len(resp.Task) > 8 {
+				resp.Task = resp.Task[:8]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
+	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(resp) //nolint:errcheck
+}
+
+// playlistHandler generates an M3U playlist for VLC with #EXTVLCOPT language hints.
+// Query params: audioLangs (comma-sep), subLangs (comma-sep), resumeSec, title, streamUrl.
+// If streamUrl is omitted, uses the current best stream URL.
+//
+// VLC fetches this playlist and applies the EXTVLCOPT directives automatically,
+// enabling automatic audio/subtitle track selection on all VLC platforms (desktop + mobile).
+func (ss *StreamServer) playlistHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if ss.writeCORSHeaders(w, r, "") {
+		return
+	}
+
+	q := r.URL.Query()
+
+	// Sanitize query params: strip CR/LF to prevent M3U directive injection.
+	sanitize := func(s string) string {
+		s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "\n", "")
+		s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "\r", "")
+		return s
+	}
+
+	audioLangs := sanitize(q.Get("audioLangs"))
+	subLangs := sanitize(q.Get("subLangs"))
+	resumeSec := sanitize(q.Get("resumeSec"))
+	title := sanitize(q.Get("title"))
+	streamURL := q.Get("streamUrl")
+	// Only accept http(s) URLs to prevent file:// or other URI schemes in the playlist.
+	if streamURL != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(streamURL, "http://") && !strings.HasPrefix(streamURL, "https://") {
+		streamURL = ""
+	}
+	if streamURL == "" {
+		streamURL = ss.url
+	}
+	if streamURL == "" {
+		http.Error(w, "no active stream", http.StatusNotFound)
+		return
+	}
+	if title == "" {
+		title = "TorrentClaw Stream"
+	}
+
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.WriteString("#EXTM3U\n")
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("#EXTINF:-1,%s\n", title))
+	if audioLangs != "" {
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("#EXTVLCOPT:audio-language=%s\n", audioLangs))
+	}
+	if subLangs != "" {
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("#EXTVLCOPT:sub-language=%s\n", subLangs))
+	}
+	if resumeSec != "" && resumeSec != "0" {
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("#EXTVLCOPT:start-time=%s\n", resumeSec))
+	}
+	b.WriteString("#EXTVLCOPT:network-caching=30000\n")
+	b.WriteString(streamURL + "\n")
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "audio/x-mpegurl")
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Disposition", `inline; filename="stream.m3u"`)
+	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
+	fmt.Fprint(w, b.String()) //nolint:errcheck
+}
+
 func (ss *StreamServer) handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	ss.lastActivity.Store(time.Now().UnixNano())
 
+	// Log every incoming request — essential for diagnosing remote/Tailscale issues.
+	clientIP, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
+	log.Printf("[stream] %s /stream from %s Range:%q", r.Method, clientIP, r.Header.Get("Range"))
+
 	// Get current provider (may be nil if no file is being served)
 	ss.mu.RLock()
 	provider := ss.provider
@@ -247,18 +587,9 @@ func (ss *StreamServer) handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// CORS headers — only when browser sends Origin (HTTPS site → localhost)
-	if origin := r.Header.Get("Origin"); origin != "" {
-		w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
-		w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, HEAD, OPTIONS")
-		w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Range")
-		w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Expose-Headers", "Content-Length, Content-Range, Accept-Ranges")
-
-		if r.Method == http.MethodOptions {
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+	if ss.writeCORSHeaders(w, r, "Content-Length, Content-Range, Accept-Ranges") {
 		return
 	}
-	}
 
 	rawReader := provider.NewFileReader(r.Context())
 	if rawReader == nil {

internal/engine/stream_server_extra_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestStreamServerURLsJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	ss := &StreamServer{}
+	ss.urls = StreamURLs{LAN: "http://10.0.0.1:8000/stream", Tailscale: "http://100.64.0.1:8000/stream"}
+	got := ss.URLsJSON()
+	if !strings.Contains(got, `"lan":"http://10.0.0.1:8000/stream"`) {
+		t.Errorf("URLsJSON missing LAN: %s", got)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(got, `"ts":"http://100.64.0.1:8000/stream"`) {
+		t.Errorf("URLsJSON missing Tailscale: %s", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStreamServerHLSBaseURLs(t *testing.T) {
+	ss := &StreamServer{}
+	ss.urls = StreamURLs{
+		LAN:       "http://10.0.0.1:8000/stream",
+		Tailscale: "http://100.64.0.1:8000/stream",
+		Public:    "http://1.2.3.4:9000/stream",
+	}
+	out := ss.hlsBaseURLs("sess-1")
+	if out.LAN != "http://10.0.0.1:8000/hls/sess-1" {
+		t.Errorf("LAN swap = %q", out.LAN)
+	}
+	if out.Tailscale != "http://100.64.0.1:8000/hls/sess-1" {
+		t.Errorf("Tailscale swap = %q", out.Tailscale)
+	}
+	if out.Public != "http://1.2.3.4:9000/hls/sess-1" {
+		t.Errorf("Public swap = %q", out.Public)
+	}
+
+	js := ss.HLSURLsJSON("sess-1")
+	if !strings.Contains(js, "/hls/sess-1") {
+		t.Errorf("HLSURLsJSON output unexpected: %s", js)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStreamServerIdleSinceZeroBeforeActivity(t *testing.T) {
+	ss := &StreamServer{}
+	if got := ss.IdleSince(); got != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("IdleSince before any activity = %v, want 0", got)
+	}
+	ss.lastActivity.Store(time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Second).UnixNano())
+	if got := ss.IdleSince(); got <= 0 {
+		t.Errorf("IdleSince after activity should be > 0, got %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDiskFileProvider(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp := t.TempDir() + "/movie.mp4"
+	data := []byte("hello stream")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(tmp, data, 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	p := NewDiskFileProvider(tmp)
+	if got := p.FileName(); got != "movie.mp4" {
+		t.Errorf("FileName = %q", got)
+	}
+	if got := p.FileSize(); got != int64(len(data)) {
+		t.Errorf("FileSize = %d, want %d", got, len(data))
+	}
+	rdr := p.NewFileReader(context.Background())
+	if rdr == nil {
+		t.Fatal("NewFileReader = nil")
+	}
+	defer rdr.Close()
+	buf := make([]byte, len(data))
+	n, _ := rdr.Read(buf)
+	if string(buf[:n]) != string(data) {
+		t.Errorf("read = %q, want %q", buf[:n], data)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDiskFileProviderMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	p := NewDiskFileProvider("/nonexistent/file.mp4")
+	if rdr := p.NewFileReader(context.Background()); rdr != nil {
+		t.Errorf("NewFileReader on missing file should return nil")
+	}
+	if got := p.FileSize(); got != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("FileSize on missing file = %d, want 0", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFindVideoFile(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp := t.TempDir()
+	os.WriteFile(tmp+"/readme.txt", make([]byte, 1000), 0o644)           //nolint:errcheck
+	os.WriteFile(tmp+"/sample.mkv", make([]byte, 10*1024*1024), 0o644)   //nolint:errcheck
+	os.WriteFile(tmp+"/clip.mp4", make([]byte, 1024*1024), 0o644)        //nolint:errcheck
+	os.MkdirAll(tmp+"/sub", 0o755)                                       //nolint:errcheck
+	os.WriteFile(tmp+"/sub/extra.mp4", make([]byte, 5*1024*1024), 0o644) //nolint:errcheck
+
+	got := FindVideoFile(tmp)
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(got, "sample.mkv") {
+		t.Errorf("FindVideoFile = %q, want largest *.mkv", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFindVideoFileEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp := t.TempDir()
+	if got := FindVideoFile(tmp); got != "" {
+		t.Errorf("FindVideoFile on empty dir = %q, want ''", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLanIPReturnsValidOrEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	ip := LanIP()
+	if ip != "" && !strings.Contains(ip, ".") && !strings.Contains(ip, ":") {
+		t.Errorf("LanIP returned non-empty non-IP: %q", ip)
+	}
+}

internal/engine/stream_server_test.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -305,6 +306,223 @@ func TestStreamServer_SetFile_SwapsProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestStreamServer_Health_NoFile verifica que /health devuelve streaming:false
+// cuando no hay archivo configurado.
+func TestStreamServer_Health_NoFile(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := NewStreamServer(0)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	if err := srv.Listen(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Listen() error: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer srv.Shutdown(ctx)
+
+	healthURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://127.0.0.1:%d/health", srv.Port())
+	resp, err := http.Get(healthURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GET /health: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("status = %d, want 200", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+	ct := resp.Header.Get("Content-Type")
+	if !strings.Contains(ct, "application/json") {
+		t.Errorf("Content-Type = %q, want application/json", ct)
+	}
+
+	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	bodyStr := string(body)
+	if !strings.Contains(bodyStr, `"streaming":false`) {
+		t.Errorf("body = %q, want streaming:false", bodyStr)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(bodyStr, `"status":"ok"`) {
+		t.Errorf("body = %q, want status:ok", bodyStr)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestStreamServer_Health_WithFile verifica que /health devuelve streaming:true
+// y el nombre del archivo cuando hay un archivo configurado.
+func TestStreamServer_Health_WithFile(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := NewStreamServer(0)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	if err := srv.Listen(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Listen() error: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer srv.Shutdown(ctx)
+
+	provider := newFakeProvider("pelicula.mkv", []byte("contenido de prueba"))
+	srv.SetFile(provider, "task-health-test")
+
+	healthURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://127.0.0.1:%d/health", srv.Port())
+	resp, err := http.Get(healthURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GET /health: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("status = %d, want 200", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	bodyStr := string(body)
+	if !strings.Contains(bodyStr, `"streaming":true`) {
+		t.Errorf("body = %q, want streaming:true", bodyStr)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(bodyStr, "pelicula.mkv") {
+		t.Errorf("body = %q, want file name pelicula.mkv", bodyStr)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(bodyStr, "task-hea") { // primeros 8 chars de "task-health-test"
+		t.Errorf("body = %q, want task short ID", bodyStr)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestStreamServer_Health_NonLoopback_NoLeak verifica que /health no revela
+// nombre de fichero, taskID ni client IP cuando el caller no es loopback.
+// Protección contra reconnaissance vía LAN / UPnP / Tailscale.
+func TestStreamServer_Health_NonLoopback_NoLeak(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := NewStreamServer(0) // UPnP off by default — keep test hermetic
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if err := srv.Listen(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Listen() error: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer srv.Shutdown(ctx)
+
+	provider := newFakeProvider("secret.mkv", []byte("data"))
+	srv.SetFile(provider, "secret-task-id")
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name       string
+		remoteAddr string
+	}{
+		{"lan_ipv4", "192.168.1.50:54321"},
+		{"empty_host_no_bypass", ":54321"},
+		{"public_ipv4", "203.0.113.10:443"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/health", nil)
+			req.RemoteAddr = tc.remoteAddr
+			srv.healthHandler(rr, req)
+
+			body := rr.Body.String()
+			if !strings.Contains(body, `"status":"ok"`) {
+				t.Errorf("body missing status:ok: %q", body)
+			}
+			if !strings.Contains(body, `"streaming":true`) {
+				t.Errorf("body should report streaming bool: %q", body)
+			}
+			if strings.Contains(body, "secret.mkv") {
+				t.Errorf("body leaked filename: %q", body)
+			}
+			if strings.Contains(body, "secret-t") {
+				t.Errorf("body leaked task id: %q", body)
+			}
+			if strings.Contains(body, "192.168.1.50") || strings.Contains(body, "203.0.113.10") {
+				t.Errorf("body leaked client ip: %q", body)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestStreamServer_CORS_Allowlist verifica que sólo los origenes en la
+// allowlist reciben Access-Control-Allow-Origin y que ningún otro origen
+// es eco-reflejado.
+func TestStreamServer_CORS_Allowlist(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := NewStreamServer(0)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if err := srv.Listen(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Listen: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer srv.Shutdown(ctx)
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		origin    string
+		wantAllow bool
+	}{
+		{"https://app.torrentclaw.com", true},
+		{"https://torrentclaw.com", true},
+		{"http://localhost:3030", true},
+		{"http://127.0.0.1:3030", true},
+		{"https://evil.example", false},
+		{"null", false},
+		{"", false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.origin, func(t *testing.T) {
+			rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodOptions, "/health", nil)
+			if tc.origin != "" {
+				req.Header.Set("Origin", tc.origin)
+			}
+			srv.healthHandler(rr, req)
+			got := rr.Header().Get("Access-Control-Allow-Origin")
+			if tc.wantAllow {
+				if got != tc.origin {
+					t.Errorf("origin %q: ACAO = %q, want %q", tc.origin, got, tc.origin)
+				}
+			} else if got != "" {
+				t.Errorf("origin %q: ACAO leaked as %q, expected empty", tc.origin, got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestStreamServer_CORS_ExtraOrigin verifica que SetCORSAllowedOrigins añade
+// origins al baseline sin removerlos.
+func TestStreamServer_CORS_ExtraOrigin(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := NewStreamServer(0)
+	srv.SetCORSAllowedOrigins([]string{"https://custom.example"})
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if err := srv.Listen(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Listen: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer srv.Shutdown(ctx)
+
+	for _, origin := range []string{"https://custom.example", "https://torrentclaw.com"} {
+		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/health", nil)
+		req.Header.Set("Origin", origin)
+		srv.healthHandler(rr, req)
+		if got := rr.Header().Get("Access-Control-Allow-Origin"); got != origin {
+			t.Errorf("origin %q: ACAO = %q", origin, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestStreamServer_HLS_InvalidSessionID verifica que el hlsHandler rechaza
+// session IDs con caracteres ilegales devolviendo 404 (uniforme con sesión
+// inexistente) para no filtrar el formato aceptado a un attacker.
+func TestStreamServer_HLS_InvalidSessionID(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := NewStreamServer(0) // UPnP off by default — keep test hermetic
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if err := srv.Listen(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Listen() error: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer srv.Shutdown(ctx)
+
+	bad := []string{
+		"/hls/..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd/master.m3u8",
+		"/hls/foo.bar/master.m3u8",
+		"/hls/foo%20bar/master.m3u8",
+		"/hls/foo%2Fbar/master.m3u8",
+	}
+	for _, path := range bad {
+		t.Run(path, func(t *testing.T) {
+			rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, path, nil)
+			srv.hlsHandler(rr, req)
+			if rr.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
+				t.Errorf("path %q: status = %d, want 404", path, rr.Code)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // TestStreamServer_MKV_ContentType verifica que el Content-Type para .mkv
 // es el correcto.
 func TestStreamServer_MKV_ContentType(t *testing.T) {

internal/engine/stream_source.go

@@ -0,0 +1,347 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// streamSource abstracts the byte source consumed by the HLS transcoder.
+// Two implementations:
+//   - diskFileSource — direct passthrough of the on-disk file.
+//   - transcodeSource — ffmpeg writes a fragmented MP4 to a temp file in
+//     real time; reads block briefly when callers ask for bytes ahead of
+//     the writer.
+type streamSource interface {
+	ReadAt(p []byte, off int64) (int, error)
+	// Size returns the currently known size. For transcoded sources this
+	// grows as ffmpeg produces output; on Final() it's the final size.
+	Size() int64
+	// Final reports whether the source size is now stable (passthrough is
+	// always final, transcoder becomes final when ffmpeg exits).
+	Final() bool
+	// EstimatedSize returns the final size we expect to converge on. For
+	// passthrough it's the same as Size(). For transcoder it's a bitrate
+	// × duration estimate so the browser scrubber has something to anchor
+	// on; the real size will differ ±20%.
+	EstimatedSize() int64
+	FileName() string
+	Transcoded() bool
+	Close() error
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// disk passthrough
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+type diskFileSource struct {
+	f    *os.File
+	size int64
+	name string
+}
+
+func newDiskFileSource(path string) (*diskFileSource, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stream source: open %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+	stat, err := f.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		f.Close()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stream source: stat %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+	return &diskFileSource{f: f, size: stat.Size(), name: filepath.Base(path)}, nil
+}
+
+func (d *diskFileSource) ReadAt(p []byte, off int64) (int, error) {
+	return d.f.ReadAt(p, off)
+}
+func (d *diskFileSource) Size() int64          { return d.size }
+func (d *diskFileSource) Final() bool          { return true }
+func (d *diskFileSource) EstimatedSize() int64 { return d.size }
+func (d *diskFileSource) FileName() string     { return d.name }
+func (d *diskFileSource) Transcoded() bool     { return false }
+func (d *diskFileSource) Close() error         { return d.f.Close() }
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// transcode source — ffmpeg → tmp file
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+type transcodeSource struct {
+	tmpPath  string
+	tmpFile  *os.File
+	cmd      *Transcoder
+	name     string
+	estimate int64
+
+	ctx       context.Context
+	notify    chan struct{} // size grew or final flipped; cap=1, non-blocking send
+	size      atomic.Int64
+	final     atomic.Bool
+	failure   atomic.Pointer[error]
+	startedAt time.Time
+}
+
+const (
+	// readBlockTimeout caps how long ReadAt waits for bytes that haven't
+	// been transcoded yet before returning EOF/io.ErrUnexpectedEOF. The
+	// pump treats EOF as "respond with whatever we have so far + RangeEnd"
+	// so the browser can re-request once more bytes appear.
+	readBlockTimeout = 30 * time.Second
+)
+
+func newTranscodeSource(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	srcPath string,
+	probe *StreamProbe,
+	action TranscodeAction,
+	opts TranscodeOpts,
+	displayName string,
+) (*transcodeSource, error) {
+	tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "tc-stream-*.mp4")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("transcode source: tmp file: %w", err)
+	}
+	tmpPath := tmpFile.Name()
+	tmpFile.Close()
+
+	args := buildFFmpegArgs(srcPath, opts)
+	// Override -f mp4 pipe:1 with output to our tmp file path (last 3 args).
+	if len(args) >= 3 && args[len(args)-1] == "pipe:1" {
+		args[len(args)-1] = tmpPath
+	}
+
+	// Spawn ffmpeg directly (not via NewTranscoder pipe) so it writes to
+	// disk in real time. We re-use the rest of TranscodeOpts wiring.
+	cmd, err := startTranscoderToFile(ctx, opts.FFmpegPath, args, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		os.Remove(tmpPath)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	estimate := estimateOutputSize(probe, opts)
+
+	t := &transcodeSource{
+		tmpPath:   tmpPath,
+		cmd:       cmd,
+		name:      displayName,
+		estimate:  estimate,
+		ctx:       ctx,
+		notify:    make(chan struct{}, 1),
+		startedAt: time.Now(),
+	}
+
+	// Re-open the tmp file for reading; ffmpeg keeps writing to it.
+	rf, err := os.Open(tmpPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		_ = cmd.Close()
+		os.Remove(tmpPath)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("transcode source: reopen tmp: %w", err)
+	}
+	t.tmpFile = rf
+
+	go t.watchSize(ctx)
+	go t.watchExit()
+	return t, nil
+}
+
+// signalNotify wakes any goroutine blocked in ReadAt. Non-blocking: if a
+// notification is already pending the new event is folded into it (callers
+// always re-check size + final after waking, so a coalesced signal still
+// produces correct behaviour).
+func (t *transcodeSource) signalNotify() {
+	select {
+	case t.notify <- struct{}{}:
+	default:
+	}
+}
+
+// watchSize polls the temp file size every 200 ms and wakes any blocked
+// ReadAt callers once new bytes arrive.
+func (t *transcodeSource) watchSize(ctx context.Context) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(200 * time.Millisecond)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			t.signalNotify()
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+		}
+		if t.final.Load() {
+			t.signalNotify()
+			return
+		}
+		stat, err := os.Stat(t.tmpPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		current := stat.Size()
+		if current > t.size.Load() {
+			t.size.Store(current)
+			t.signalNotify()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// watchExit waits for ffmpeg to exit (via Transcoder's single-Wait goroutine)
+// and locks in the final size. A kill triggered by Close() is NOT a failure.
+func (t *transcodeSource) watchExit() {
+	<-t.cmd.Done()
+	err := t.cmd.WaitErr()
+	if err != nil && !t.cmd.IsClosing() {
+		failure := fmt.Errorf("ffmpeg exited: %w (%s)", err, t.cmd.Stderr())
+		t.failure.Store(&failure)
+	}
+	if stat, err := os.Stat(t.tmpPath); err == nil {
+		t.size.Store(stat.Size())
+	}
+	t.final.Store(true)
+	t.signalNotify()
+}
+
+// loadFailure returns the current failure (or nil) without taking a lock.
+func (t *transcodeSource) loadFailure() error {
+	if p := t.failure.Load(); p != nil {
+		return *p
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (t *transcodeSource) ReadAt(p []byte, off int64) (int, error) {
+	if err := t.loadFailure(); err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	if len(p) == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	if off < 0 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("transcode source: negative offset %d", off)
+	}
+	want := int64(len(p))
+
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(readBlockTimeout)
+	for {
+		if t.final.Load() {
+			break
+		}
+		size := t.size.Load()
+		// Overflow-safe form of "off + want <= size":
+		if size >= off && size-off >= want {
+			break
+		}
+		remaining := time.Until(deadline)
+		if remaining <= 0 {
+			break
+		}
+		wait := 500 * time.Millisecond
+		if remaining < wait {
+			wait = remaining
+		}
+		select {
+		case <-t.ctx.Done():
+			return 0, t.ctx.Err()
+		case <-t.notify:
+		case <-time.After(wait):
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := t.loadFailure(); err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	n, err := t.tmpFile.ReadAt(p, off)
+	// On a growing file ReadAt returns io.EOF when reading past current size.
+	// Translate that into "send what we have, RangeEnd will follow" by
+	// returning (n, nil) so the pump treats the data as a partial chunk and
+	// caller re-requests once more bytes appear. Only true EOF (final=true)
+	// propagates as io.EOF.
+	if err == io.EOF && !t.final.Load() {
+		if n > 0 {
+			return n, nil
+		}
+		return 0, errors.New("transcode source: read timed out waiting for ffmpeg output")
+	}
+	return n, err
+}
+
+func (t *transcodeSource) Size() int64 { return t.size.Load() }
+func (t *transcodeSource) Final() bool { return t.final.Load() }
+func (t *transcodeSource) EstimatedSize() int64 {
+	if t.final.Load() {
+		return t.size.Load()
+	}
+	return t.estimate
+}
+func (t *transcodeSource) FileName() string {
+	// Output is always fragmented MP4 regardless of source extension.
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(t.name, filepath.Ext(t.name)) + ".mp4"
+}
+func (t *transcodeSource) Transcoded() bool { return true }
+func (t *transcodeSource) Close() error {
+	var errs []error
+	if err := t.cmd.Close(); err != nil {
+		errs = append(errs, err)
+	}
+	if t.tmpFile != nil {
+		if err := t.tmpFile.Close(); err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if t.tmpPath != "" {
+		if err := os.Remove(t.tmpPath); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return errors.Join(errs...)
+}
+
+// estimateOutputSize converts probed bitrate × duration into a byte estimate
+// so the browser scrubber has something to anchor on while transcoding.
+func estimateOutputSize(probe *StreamProbe, opts TranscodeOpts) int64 {
+	if probe == nil || probe.DurationSec <= 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	videoKbps := parseBitrateKbps(opts.VideoBitrate, 5000)
+	audioKbps := parseBitrateKbps(opts.AudioBitrate, 192)
+	totalKbps := videoKbps + audioKbps
+	bytesPerSec := int64(totalKbps) * 1000 / 8
+	return int64(probe.DurationSec) * bytesPerSec
+}
+
+// parseBitrateKbps converts ffmpeg-style bitrate strings ("5M", "192k") to
+// kilobits per second. Unknown formats fall back to fallback.
+func parseBitrateKbps(s string, fallback int) int {
+	if s == "" {
+		return fallback
+	}
+	last := s[len(s)-1]
+	num := s
+	mult := 1
+	switch last {
+	case 'k', 'K':
+		num = s[:len(s)-1]
+	case 'M', 'm':
+		num = s[:len(s)-1]
+		mult = 1000
+	default:
+		// already in bps? treat as kbps
+	}
+	v := 0
+	for _, c := range num {
+		if c < '0' || c > '9' {
+			return fallback
+		}
+		v = v*10 + int(c-'0')
+	}
+	if v == 0 {
+		return fallback
+	}
+	return v * mult
+}

internal/engine/stream_source_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseBitrateKbps(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		in   string
+		fb   int
+		want int
+	}{
+		{"", 5000, 5000},
+		{"192k", 0, 192},
+		{"192K", 0, 192},
+		{"5M", 0, 5000},
+		{"5m", 0, 5000},
+		{"4500", 0, 4500},
+		{"bogus", 100, 100},
+		{"0k", 100, 100},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.in, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := parseBitrateKbps(tc.in, tc.fb); got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("parseBitrateKbps(%q,%d) = %d, want %d", tc.in, tc.fb, got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEstimateOutputSize(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := estimateOutputSize(nil, TranscodeOpts{}); got != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("nil probe -> 0, got %d", got)
+	}
+	if got := estimateOutputSize(&StreamProbe{}, TranscodeOpts{}); got != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("zero duration -> 0, got %d", got)
+	}
+	probe := &StreamProbe{DurationSec: 60}
+	opts := TranscodeOpts{VideoBitrate: "5M", AudioBitrate: "192k"}
+	// (5000 + 192) * 1000 / 8 = 649_000 bytes/s; *60 = 38_940_000
+	got := estimateOutputSize(probe, opts)
+	if got != 38_940_000 {
+		t.Errorf("estimateOutputSize = %d, want 38_940_000", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDiskFileSourceLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(tmp, "movie.bin")
+	data := []byte("hello world")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, data, 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	src, err := newDiskFileSource(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("newDiskFileSource: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer src.Close()
+
+	if src.Size() != int64(len(data)) {
+		t.Errorf("Size = %d, want %d", src.Size(), len(data))
+	}
+	if src.EstimatedSize() != src.Size() {
+		t.Errorf("EstimatedSize should equal Size for disk source")
+	}
+	if !src.Final() {
+		t.Errorf("disk source should be Final")
+	}
+	if src.Transcoded() {
+		t.Errorf("disk source should not report Transcoded")
+	}
+	if src.FileName() != "movie.bin" {
+		t.Errorf("FileName = %q", src.FileName())
+	}
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 5)
+	n, err := src.ReadAt(buf, 6)
+	if err != nil || n != 5 || string(buf) != "world" {
+		t.Errorf("ReadAt = (%d,%v,%q), want (5,nil,'world')", n, err, buf)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDiskFileSourceMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := newDiskFileSource("/nonexistent/movie.bin"); err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error opening nonexistent file")
+	}
+}

internal/engine/stream_test.go

@@ -380,3 +380,31 @@ func (r *responseRecorder) ReadFrom(src io.Reader) (int64, error) {
 	n, err := io.Copy(r.body, src)
 	return n, err
 }
+
+// TestPrioritizeTail_SmallFile verifica que PrioritizeTail no lanza goroutine
+// cuando el archivo es demasiado pequeño (≤ 2×tailBytes).
+func TestPrioritizeTail_SmallFile(t *testing.T) {
+	s := &StreamEngine{
+		totalBytes: 5 * 1024 * 1024, // 5 MB — menor que 2×5 MB
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// No debe entrar en pánico ni bloquear con file == nil
+	s.PrioritizeTail(ctx, 5*1024*1024)
+	// Si llega aquí sin pánico, el test pasa
+}
+
+// TestPrioritizeTail_NilFile verifica que PrioritizeTail es seguro cuando
+// file es nil (engine no inicializado).
+func TestPrioritizeTail_NilFile(t *testing.T) {
+	s := &StreamEngine{
+		totalBytes: 100 * 1024 * 1024,
+		file:       nil,
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	s.PrioritizeTail(ctx, 5*1024*1024)
+	// No debe entrar en pánico
+}

internal/engine/task.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
 )
@@ -229,10 +230,25 @@ func (t *Task) ToStatusUpdate() agent.StatusUpdate {
 		FileName:        t.FileName,
 		FilePath:        t.FilePath,
 		StreamURL:       t.StreamURL,
-		ErrorMessage:    t.ErrorMessage,
+		// Cap to the server's stored length. A failed extract can carry a
+		// multi-KB unrar/par2 dump; sending it raw made /agent/status 400
+		// the whole report, leaving the task stuck non-terminal.
+		ErrorMessage: truncateMsg(t.ErrorMessage, 2000),
 	}
 }
 
+// truncateMsg caps s to at most max bytes without splitting a UTF-8 rune.
+func truncateMsg(s string, max int) string {
+	if len(s) <= max {
+		return s
+	}
+	cut := max
+	for cut > 0 && !utf8.RuneStart(s[cut]) {
+		cut--
+	}
+	return s[:cut]
+}
+
 // MagnetURI builds a magnet link from the info hash.
 func (t *Task) MagnetURI() string {
 	return "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:" + t.InfoHash

internal/engine/torrent.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/anacrolix/torrent"
 	"github.com/anacrolix/torrent/storage"
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/vpn"
 	"golang.org/x/term"
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 )
@@ -70,6 +71,11 @@ type TorrentConfig struct {
 	SeedEnabled     bool
 	SeedRatio       float64       // target seed ratio (default 0, meaning seed until SeedTime)
 	SeedTime        time.Duration // min seed time after completion (default 0)
+
+	// VPNTunnel, when set, split-tunnels the torrent client's peer + tracker
+	// traffic through an in-process userspace WireGuard tunnel (managed-VPN
+	// add-on). nil = downloads in the clear. Brought up by the daemon.
+	VPNTunnel *vpn.Tunnel
 }
 
 // TorrentDownloader downloads torrents via BitTorrent P2P.
@@ -97,7 +103,10 @@ func NewTorrentDownloader(cfg TorrentConfig) (*TorrentDownloader, error) {
 	tcfg.DataDir = cfg.DataDir
 	tcfg.Seed = cfg.SeedEnabled
 	tcfg.NoUpload = !cfg.SeedEnabled
-	tcfg.Logger = alog.Default.FilterLevel(alog.Critical)
+	tcfg.Logger = alog.Default.FilterLevel(alog.Warning)
+
+	// No browser-facing WebTorrent peer; daemon never seeds via WSS.
+	tcfg.DisableWebtorrent = true
 
 	// --- Performance optimizations ---
 
@@ -191,6 +200,20 @@ func NewTorrentDownloader(cfg TorrentConfig) (*TorrentDownloader, error) {
 	// Re-announce active torrents to DHT periodically (keeps routing table healthy).
 	tcfg.PeriodicallyAnnounceTorrentsToDht = true
 
+	// --- Managed-VPN split-tunnel ---
+	// Route the torrent client's outbound peer + tracker traffic through the
+	// in-process WireGuard tunnel so the swarm + trackers see the VPN IP, not
+	// the user's. unarr's control plane keeps using the normal net. uTP (UDP
+	// peers) is disabled — TCP peers + HTTP/UDP tracker announces are tunnelled;
+	// inbound peers don't apply (leech-only, no port forward).
+	if cfg.VPNTunnel != nil {
+		tcfg.DisableUTP = true
+		tcfg.TrackerDialContext = cfg.VPNTunnel.Net.DialContext
+		tcfg.HTTPDialContext = cfg.VPNTunnel.Net.DialContext
+		tcfg.TrackerListenPacket = cfg.VPNTunnel.ListenPacket
+		log.Printf("[torrent] VPN split-tunnel enabled (peer + tracker traffic routed through WireGuard)")
+	}
+
 	// Try to create client; if the port is in use, try the next few ports.
 	var client *torrent.Client
 	var err error
@@ -212,6 +235,12 @@ func NewTorrentDownloader(cfg TorrentConfig) (*TorrentDownloader, error) {
 		log.Printf("[torrent] listening on port %d (configured: %d was busy)", tcfg.ListenPort, listenPort)
 	}
 
+	// Route outgoing peer dials through the VPN tunnel (TCP). Added after client
+	// creation; DialForPeerConns defaults to true so this is used for peers.
+	if cfg.VPNTunnel != nil {
+		client.AddDialer(torrent.NetworkDialer{Network: "tcp", Dialer: cfg.VPNTunnel.Net})
+	}
+
 	// Restore DHT nodes with full node IDs (direct routing table insertion, no async pings).
 	for _, s := range client.DhtServers() {
 		if w, ok := s.(torrent.AnacrolixDhtServerWrapper); ok {
@@ -235,7 +264,7 @@ func (d *TorrentDownloader) Available(_ context.Context, task *Task) (bool, erro
 }
 
 func (d *TorrentDownloader) Download(ctx context.Context, task *Task, outputDir string, progressCh chan<- Progress) (*Result, error) {
-	magnet := buildMagnet(task.InfoHash)
+	magnet := d.buildMagnet(task.InfoHash)
 
 	t, err := d.client.AddMagnet(magnet)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -604,6 +633,8 @@ func (d *TorrentDownloader) selectFiles(t *torrent.Torrent, taskID string) (tota
 	return totalBytes, fileName
 }
 
+// buildMagnet composes a magnet URI for the info hash with the static
+// tracker list.
 func buildMagnet(infoHash string) string {
 	params := []string{"xt=urn:btih:" + infoHash}
 	for _, tracker := range defaultTrackers {
@@ -612,6 +643,10 @@ func buildMagnet(infoHash string) string {
 	return "magnet:?" + strings.Join(params, "&")
 }
 
+func (d *TorrentDownloader) buildMagnet(infoHash string) string {
+	return buildMagnet(infoHash)
+}
+
 func formatBytes(b int64) string {
 	const unit = 1024
 	if b < unit {

internal/engine/transcode_quality.go

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package engine
+
+// TranscodeRuntime carries the resolved ffmpeg/ffprobe paths + tunables so
+// each session can decide whether to passthrough or pipe through ffmpeg.
+type TranscodeRuntime struct {
+	FFmpegPath   string
+	FFprobePath  string
+	HWAccel      HWAccel
+	Preset       string
+	VideoBitrate string
+	AudioBitrate string
+	MaxHeight    int
+	// Disabled forces passthrough for every file even when codecs are not
+	// browser-friendly. Useful when the user explicitly turns transcoding
+	// off in config.
+	Disabled bool
+}
+
+// qualityCap maps a session's Quality label to a (MaxHeight, VideoBitrate)
+// pair. An empty label or "original" returns zero-values, signalling "no
+// override" to the caller.
+type qualityCap struct {
+	MaxHeight    int
+	VideoBitrate string // ffmpeg -b:v string, e.g. "3500k"
+}
+
+func resolveQualityCap(label string) qualityCap {
+	switch label {
+	case "2160p":
+		return qualityCap{MaxHeight: 2160, VideoBitrate: "25000k"}
+	case "1080p":
+		return qualityCap{MaxHeight: 1080, VideoBitrate: "6000k"}
+	case "720p":
+		return qualityCap{MaxHeight: 720, VideoBitrate: "3500k"}
+	case "480p":
+		return qualityCap{MaxHeight: 480, VideoBitrate: "1500k"}
+	default:
+		// "original", "auto", "" → defer to config.
+		return qualityCap{}
+	}
+}
+
+// capForHeight returns the bitrate-cap pair appropriate for an effective
+// output height. Used after clamping outputHeight to the source's resolution:
+// asking ffmpeg for "2160p" bitrate (25 Mbps) on a 1080p source overshoots
+// the H.264 level we derived from the EFFECTIVE height (4.0, max 20 Mbps) and
+// makes libx264 refuse with "VBV bitrate > level limit". This helper picks
+// the bitrate that matches the level libx264 will actually accept.
+func capForHeight(height int) qualityCap {
+	switch {
+	case height <= 0:
+		return qualityCap{}
+	case height <= 480:
+		return qualityCap{MaxHeight: 480, VideoBitrate: "1500k"}
+	case height <= 720:
+		return qualityCap{MaxHeight: 720, VideoBitrate: "3500k"}
+	case height <= 1080:
+		return qualityCap{MaxHeight: 1080, VideoBitrate: "6000k"}
+	case height <= 1440:
+		return qualityCap{MaxHeight: 1440, VideoBitrate: "12000k"}
+	default:
+		return qualityCap{MaxHeight: 2160, VideoBitrate: "25000k"}
+	}
+}

internal/engine/transcoder.go

@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// TranscodeOpts steers how Transcoder builds its ffmpeg command line.
+//
+//   - Output: fragmented MP4 chunked into HLS segments by the muxer.
+//   - Audio: AAC stereo @ 192kbps unless source already AAC (then -c:a copy).
+//   - Video: copy when h264 8-bit; otherwise transcode to h264 with HW encode
+//     when available, software fallback at "veryfast" preset.
+type TranscodeOpts struct {
+	Action       TranscodeAction
+	HWAccel      HWAccel
+	Preset       string // "veryfast" / "fast" / "medium"
+	VideoBitrate string // e.g. "5M"
+	AudioBitrate string // e.g. "192k"
+	MaxHeight    int    // optional downscale cap (e.g. 720)
+	SourceHeight int    // probed source height — used to derive a sane H.264 level
+	StartSeconds float64
+	FFmpegPath   string
+}
+
+// Transcoder wraps a long-running ffmpeg child process whose stdout streams
+// fragmented MP4 bytes; the HLS muxer slices them into segments served over HTTP.
+//
+// One Transcoder == one playback position. A seek beyond the buffered window
+// requires Close()ing this transcoder and starting a new one with a higher
+// StartSeconds (handled by the HLS session at ffmpeg start time).
+//
+// A single internal goroutine owns cmd.Wait() — never call cmd.Wait()
+// directly from outside (os/exec forbids concurrent Wait callers). Use
+// Done() / WaitErr() instead.
+type Transcoder struct {
+	cmd *exec.Cmd
+	out io.ReadCloser
+
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	closed bool
+	stderr strings.Builder
+
+	done    chan struct{} // closed once cmd.Wait returns; nil if cmd never started
+	waitErr error         // populated before done is closed; read-only after
+}
+
+// NewTranscoder spawns ffmpeg and returns a Transcoder whose Read() yields
+// fragmented MP4 bytes from stdin. Callers MUST call Close() when done.
+func NewTranscoder(ctx context.Context, filePath string, opts TranscodeOpts) (*Transcoder, error) {
+	if opts.FFmpegPath == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("transcoder: empty ffmpeg path")
+	}
+	args := buildFFmpegArgs(filePath, opts)
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, opts.FFmpegPath, args...)
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("transcoder: stdout pipe: %w", err)
+	}
+	t := &Transcoder{cmd: cmd, out: stdout}
+	cmd.Stderr = &errWriter{t: t}
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("transcoder: start ffmpeg: %w", err)
+	}
+	t.startWaitGoroutine()
+	return t, nil
+}
+
+// startTranscoderToFile spawns ffmpeg with a pre-built argv where the last
+// argument is an output file path (instead of pipe:1). Used by streamSource
+// when we want random-access reads against a growing temp file rather than
+// sequential pipe consumption.
+func startTranscoderToFile(ctx context.Context, ffmpegPath string, args []string, t *Transcoder) (*Transcoder, error) {
+	if ffmpegPath == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("transcoder: empty ffmpeg path")
+	}
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, ffmpegPath, args...)
+	if t == nil {
+		t = &Transcoder{}
+	}
+	t.cmd = cmd
+	cmd.Stderr = &errWriter{t: t}
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("transcoder: start ffmpeg: %w", err)
+	}
+	t.startWaitGoroutine()
+	return t, nil
+}
+
+// startWaitGoroutine launches the single goroutine that owns cmd.Wait().
+// Idempotent — protected by sync.Once-via-nil-check on done.
+func (t *Transcoder) startWaitGoroutine() {
+	if t.done != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	t.done = make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		t.waitErr = t.cmd.Wait()
+		close(t.done)
+	}()
+}
+
+// Done returns a channel that closes when ffmpeg exits. Returns nil for a
+// Transcoder whose cmd never started.
+func (t *Transcoder) Done() <-chan struct{} { return t.done }
+
+// WaitErr blocks until ffmpeg exits and returns the wait error. Safe to
+// call concurrently from multiple goroutines.
+func (t *Transcoder) WaitErr() error {
+	if t.done == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	<-t.done
+	return t.waitErr
+}
+
+// Read implements io.Reader.
+func (t *Transcoder) Read(p []byte) (int, error) { return t.out.Read(p) }
+
+// Close kills the child process if still running and waits up to 2s for exit.
+// IsClosing reports true after Close has been invoked — used by streamSource
+// to distinguish a kill-by-Close from a genuine ffmpeg crash.
+func (t *Transcoder) Close() error {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	if t.closed {
+		t.mu.Unlock()
+		return nil
+	}
+	t.closed = true
+	t.mu.Unlock()
+
+	// out is nil for the file-output flow (startTranscoderToFile) — that
+	// pipeline writes directly to a temp file via -i ... output_path so we
+	// never wired a stdout pipe. Only close when present.
+	if t.out != nil {
+		_ = t.out.Close()
+	}
+	if t.cmd != nil && t.cmd.Process != nil {
+		_ = t.cmd.Process.Kill()
+	}
+	if t.done == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	select {
+	case <-t.done:
+	case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
+		// Process refused to die — leak it; the OS will clean up on exit.
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// IsClosing reports whether Close has been invoked. Cheap atomic-ish check
+// for callers that want to distinguish a kill-by-Close exit from a real
+// ffmpeg failure when reading WaitErr.
+func (t *Transcoder) IsClosing() bool {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+	return t.closed
+}
+
+// Stderr returns the accumulated ffmpeg stderr so far. Useful for surfacing
+// failure reasons in logs after Close().
+func (t *Transcoder) Stderr() string {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+	return t.stderr.String()
+}
+
+// errWriter funnels ffmpeg stderr into the Transcoder buffer so it can be
+// inspected post-mortem. Capped so a misbehaving ffmpeg can't grow memory.
+type errWriter struct{ t *Transcoder }
+
+func (w *errWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	w.t.mu.Lock()
+	defer w.t.mu.Unlock()
+	const maxBuf = 64 * 1024
+	if w.t.stderr.Len() < maxBuf {
+		w.t.stderr.Write(p)
+	}
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+// buildFFmpegArgs assembles the command line for the requested action.
+// Exposed package-level so tests can lock the flag matrix independently of
+// process spawning.
+func buildFFmpegArgs(filePath string, opts TranscodeOpts) []string {
+	// -y: overwrite output without asking (the file-output flow uses an
+	// already-created tmp file from os.CreateTemp, so the default "do you
+	// want to overwrite?" prompt would deadlock on stdin and ffmpeg dies
+	// before producing a single byte). Pipe flow doesn't need it but it's
+	// harmless there.
+	args := []string{"-y", "-hide_banner", "-loglevel", "warning"}
+
+	// Seek BEFORE input (-ss before -i) for fast keyframe-aligned start.
+	if opts.StartSeconds > 0 {
+		args = append(args, "-ss", strconv.FormatFloat(opts.StartSeconds, 'f', 3, 64))
+	}
+
+	// HW accel hint on the demuxer side improves throughput for HEVC inputs
+	// even when we end up encoding in software. Skip on macOS (videotoolbox
+	// uses a different flag shape).
+	switch opts.HWAccel {
+	case HWAccelNVENC:
+		args = append(args, "-hwaccel", "cuda")
+	case HWAccelQSV:
+		args = append(args, "-hwaccel", "qsv")
+	case HWAccelVAAPI:
+		args = append(args, "-hwaccel", "vaapi", "-hwaccel_output_format", "vaapi")
+	case HWAccelNone, HWAccelVideoToolbox:
+		// No demuxer-side hint: software decode (None) or per-encoder flags
+		// already applied separately by FFmpegVideoCodec (VideoToolbox).
+	}
+
+	args = append(args, "-i", filePath)
+
+	switch opts.Action {
+	case ActionPassthrough, ActionRemux:
+		args = append(args, "-c:v", "copy", "-c:a", "copy")
+	case ActionRemuxAudio:
+		args = append(args, "-c:v", "copy", "-c:a", "aac", "-b:a", coalesce(opts.AudioBitrate, "192k"))
+	case ActionTranscodeVideo:
+		videoCodec := opts.HWAccel.FFmpegVideoCodec("h264")
+		args = append(args, "-c:v", videoCodec)
+		if videoCodec == "libx264" {
+			args = append(args, "-preset", coalesce(opts.Preset, "veryfast"))
+		}
+		// Force the broadest browser-compatible h264 profile. `high` (libx264
+		// default) makes Chrome try its hardware decoder path first, which
+		// can fail with "VaapiWrapper: failed initializing" on Linux boxes
+		// where VA-API isn't fully wired up. `main` keeps a clean software
+		// decode fallback on every desktop + mobile platform.
+		//
+		// Level is derived from the actual output height — a fixed "4.0"
+		// silently rejects 4K and 1440p sources at the libx264 macroblock
+		// limits and produces unplayable streams. opts.MaxHeight is the
+		// downscale cap when set; falling through means "encode at source".
+		levelHeight := opts.MaxHeight
+		if levelHeight == 0 || (opts.SourceHeight > 0 && opts.SourceHeight < levelHeight) {
+			levelHeight = opts.SourceHeight
+		}
+		args = append(args, "-profile:v", "main", "-level:v", H264LevelForHeight(levelHeight))
+		args = append(args, "-b:v", coalesce(opts.VideoBitrate, "5M"))
+		// Filter chain:
+		//   1. scale (optional) — cap height + force even width.
+		//   2. format=yuv420p — drop 10-bit + reset pix_fmt to 8-bit before
+		//      libx264 (which refuses 10-bit unless built with --bit-depth=10).
+		//   3. setparams — REWRITE the color metadata in the output stream's
+		//      VUI/SEI without touching pixels. This is what makes HDR HEVC
+		//      sources (color_primaries=bt2020, color_transfer=arib-std-b67)
+		//      decodeable in browsers that reject anything but Rec.709. We
+		//      can't actually tonemap without libzimg/zscale (most ffmpeg
+		//      builds — including ours — ship without it), so colours look
+		//      desaturated on HDR sources, but the file plays. SDR sources
+		//      already match these params and are unaffected.
+		var filterChain string
+		if opts.MaxHeight > 0 {
+			filterChain = fmt.Sprintf(
+				"scale=-2:%d:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,format=yuv420p,setparams=colorspace=bt709:color_trc=bt709:color_primaries=bt709:range=tv",
+				opts.MaxHeight,
+			)
+		} else {
+			filterChain = "format=yuv420p,setparams=colorspace=bt709:color_trc=bt709:color_primaries=bt709:range=tv"
+		}
+		args = append(args, "-vf", filterChain)
+		// Force AAC-LC stereo 48 kHz so the hls.js demuxer accepts the moov.
+		// 5.1 / 7.1 source streams produce a moov shape the demuxer refuses
+		// to parse, so always downmix to stereo + resample to 48 kHz here.
+		args = append(args,
+			"-c:a", "aac",
+			"-b:a", coalesce(opts.AudioBitrate, "192k"),
+			"-ar", "48000",
+			"-ac", "2",
+		)
+	}
+
+	// Common output flags — fragmented MP4 to a single pipe.
+	//
+	//   * empty_moov + default_base_moof: header-only init segment up front
+	//     so the demuxer can start decoding before the file is finished.
+	//   * frag_duration=1s: cap each moof+mdat at ~1 second of media.
+	//     Without it ffmpeg only splits at keyframes; a high-bitrate 1080p
+	//     stream produces 8 MiB+ mdat boxes that delay the first fragment
+	//     until the whole mdat lands and playback never starts.
+	//   * negative_cts_offsets: lets b-frames carry the right pts/dts so
+	//     decoders don't reset the playhead to 0 every fragment.
+	args = append(args,
+		"-movflags", "+frag_keyframe+empty_moov+default_base_moof+negative_cts_offsets",
+		"-frag_duration", "1000000",
+		"-f", "mp4",
+		"pipe:1",
+	)
+	return args
+}
+
+func coalesce(s, fallback string) string {
+	if s == "" {
+		return fallback
+	}
+	return s
+}

internal/engine/transcoder_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func sliceContains(args []string, want string) bool {
+	for _, a := range args {
+		if a == want {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func sliceContainsPair(args []string, key, val string) bool {
+	for i := 0; i < len(args)-1; i++ {
+		if args[i] == key && args[i+1] == val {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func TestBuildFFmpegArgsPassthroughCopy(t *testing.T) {
+	args := buildFFmpegArgs("/tmp/movie.mp4", TranscodeOpts{
+		Action:     ActionPassthrough,
+		HWAccel:    HWAccelNone,
+		FFmpegPath: "ffmpeg",
+	})
+	if !sliceContainsPair(args, "-c:v", "copy") {
+		t.Errorf("passthrough should keep -c:v copy. args=%v", args)
+	}
+	if !sliceContainsPair(args, "-c:a", "copy") {
+		t.Error("passthrough should keep -c:a copy")
+	}
+	if !sliceContainsPair(args, "-f", "mp4") {
+		t.Error("output container must be mp4")
+	}
+	movflags := ""
+	for i := 0; i < len(args)-1; i++ {
+		if args[i] == "-movflags" {
+			movflags = args[i+1]
+		}
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(movflags, "frag_keyframe") {
+		t.Errorf("movflags must include frag_keyframe, got %q", movflags)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildFFmpegArgsRemuxAudio(t *testing.T) {
+	args := buildFFmpegArgs("/tmp/movie.mkv", TranscodeOpts{
+		Action:       ActionRemuxAudio,
+		AudioBitrate: "256k",
+		FFmpegPath:   "ffmpeg",
+	})
+	if !sliceContainsPair(args, "-c:v", "copy") {
+		t.Error("remux-audio keeps video copy")
+	}
+	if !sliceContainsPair(args, "-c:a", "aac") {
+		t.Error("remux-audio must transcode audio to aac")
+	}
+	if !sliceContainsPair(args, "-b:a", "256k") {
+		t.Error("audio bitrate override not honored")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildFFmpegArgsTranscodeVideoSoftware(t *testing.T) {
+	args := buildFFmpegArgs("/tmp/movie.mkv", TranscodeOpts{
+		Action:       ActionTranscodeVideo,
+		HWAccel:      HWAccelNone,
+		Preset:       "fast",
+		VideoBitrate: "6M",
+		FFmpegPath:   "ffmpeg",
+	})
+	if !sliceContainsPair(args, "-c:v", "libx264") {
+		t.Error("software fallback must use libx264")
+	}
+	if !sliceContainsPair(args, "-preset", "fast") {
+		t.Error("custom preset not honored")
+	}
+	if !sliceContainsPair(args, "-b:v", "6M") {
+		t.Error("video bitrate not honored")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildFFmpegArgsTranscodeVideoNVENC(t *testing.T) {
+	args := buildFFmpegArgs("/tmp/movie.mkv", TranscodeOpts{
+		Action:     ActionTranscodeVideo,
+		HWAccel:    HWAccelNVENC,
+		FFmpegPath: "ffmpeg",
+	})
+	if !sliceContainsPair(args, "-hwaccel", "cuda") {
+		t.Error("NVENC must request -hwaccel cuda")
+	}
+	if !sliceContainsPair(args, "-c:v", "h264_nvenc") {
+		t.Error("NVENC must use h264_nvenc encoder")
+	}
+	if sliceContains(args, "-preset") {
+		// HW encoders ignore software preset; we should NOT pass it.
+		t.Error("HW encoder path should not include -preset")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildFFmpegArgsAddsStartSeek(t *testing.T) {
+	args := buildFFmpegArgs("/tmp/movie.mp4", TranscodeOpts{
+		Action:       ActionPassthrough,
+		StartSeconds: 90.5,
+		FFmpegPath:   "ffmpeg",
+	})
+	idxSs, idxIn := -1, -1
+	for i, a := range args {
+		if a == "-ss" {
+			idxSs = i
+		}
+		if a == "-i" {
+			idxIn = i
+		}
+	}
+	if idxSs < 0 {
+		t.Fatal("missing -ss flag")
+	}
+	if idxIn < 0 {
+		t.Fatal("missing -i flag")
+	}
+	if idxSs >= idxIn {
+		t.Errorf("expected -ss BEFORE -i for fast seek; got -ss@%d -i@%d", idxSs, idxIn)
+	}
+	if args[idxSs+1] != "90.500" {
+		t.Errorf("expected seek 90.500s, got %q", args[idxSs+1])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTranscoderZeroValueLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
+	var tr Transcoder
+	if tr.IsClosing() {
+		t.Errorf("zero-value Transcoder should not report IsClosing")
+	}
+	if tr.Stderr() != "" {
+		t.Errorf("zero-value Stderr should be empty")
+	}
+	if err := tr.WaitErr(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("WaitErr without started cmd should be nil, got %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := tr.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Close without started cmd should be nil, got %v", err)
+	}
+	// Second Close is idempotent and must remain nil.
+	if err := tr.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("repeat Close should be nil, got %v", err)
+	}
+	if !tr.IsClosing() {
+		t.Errorf("after Close, IsClosing should be true")
+	}
+	if tr.Done() != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Done() should be nil for never-started Transcoder")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestErrWriterCapturesStderr(t *testing.T) {
+	tr := &Transcoder{}
+	w := &errWriter{t: tr}
+	n, err := w.Write([]byte("ffmpeg failed: bad codec"))
+	if err != nil || n != 24 {
+		t.Errorf("Write returned (%d,%v)", n, err)
+	}
+	if got := tr.Stderr(); got != "ffmpeg failed: bad codec" {
+		t.Errorf("Stderr captured %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestErrWriterCapsBuffer(t *testing.T) {
+	tr := &Transcoder{}
+	w := &errWriter{t: tr}
+	// Write a chunk under the cap, then a huge chunk: total should stop growing past 64KB.
+	w.Write(make([]byte, 32*1024)) //nolint:errcheck
+	w.Write(make([]byte, 32*1024)) //nolint:errcheck
+	w.Write(make([]byte, 32*1024)) //nolint:errcheck
+	if got := len(tr.Stderr()); got > 64*1024 {
+		t.Errorf("stderr exceeded 64KB cap: %d bytes", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCoalesce(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := coalesce("", "fallback"); got != "fallback" {
+		t.Errorf("empty -> fallback, got %q", got)
+	}
+	if got := coalesce("value", "fallback"); got != "value" {
+		t.Errorf("non-empty -> value, got %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildFFmpegArgsDownscale(t *testing.T) {
+	args := buildFFmpegArgs("/tmp/movie.mkv", TranscodeOpts{
+		Action:     ActionTranscodeVideo,
+		HWAccel:    HWAccelNone,
+		MaxHeight:  720,
+		FFmpegPath: "ffmpeg",
+	})
+	hasVF := false
+	for i := 0; i < len(args)-1; i++ {
+		if args[i] == "-vf" && strings.Contains(args[i+1], "720") {
+			hasVF = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !hasVF {
+		t.Errorf("expected -vf scale containing 720; args=%v", args)
+	}
+}

internal/engine/usenet_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package engine
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -74,3 +75,63 @@ func TestUsenetDownloader_Pause_NonExistent(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Pause non-existent task = %v, want nil", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestUsenetDownloader_MethodAndAvailable(t *testing.T) {
+	u := NewUsenetDownloader(agent.NewClient("http://localhost", "", "test"))
+	if got := u.Method(); got != MethodUsenet {
+		t.Errorf("Method = %v, want %v", got, MethodUsenet)
+	}
+
+	// Disabled → never available, no error.
+	u.SetEnabled(false)
+	ok, err := u.Available(context.Background(), &Task{Title: "Foo"})
+	if err != nil || ok {
+		t.Errorf("disabled Available = (%v,%v), want (false,nil)", ok, err)
+	}
+
+	u.SetEnabled(true)
+	// No IMDb / no title → not available, no error.
+	ok, err = u.Available(context.Background(), &Task{})
+	if err != nil || ok {
+		t.Errorf("empty task Available = (%v,%v), want (false,nil)", ok, err)
+	}
+
+	// Pre-resolved NzbID → available immediately.
+	ok, err = u.Available(context.Background(), &Task{NzbID: "preresolved", Title: "Bar"})
+	if err != nil || !ok {
+		t.Errorf("preresolved NzbID Available = (%v,%v), want (true,nil)", ok, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUsenetDownloader_Shutdown(t *testing.T) {
+	u := NewUsenetDownloader(agent.NewClient("http://localhost", "", "test"))
+	// Inject a fake active download — Shutdown should cancel it and clear the map.
+	_, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	u.active["t1"] = &activeDownload{cancel: cancel}
+	if err := u.Shutdown(context.Background()); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Shutdown = %v, want nil", err)
+	}
+	if len(u.active) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Shutdown should clear active downloads, got %d", len(u.active))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSanitizeDir(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]string{
+		"":                          "usenet_download",
+		"normal_name":               "normal_name",
+		"path/with/slashes":         "path_with_slashes",
+		`win\\bad:name*?"<>|`:       "win__bad_name______",
+		"con:tains/all\\bad?chars*": "con_tains_all_bad_chars_",
+	}
+	for in, want := range cases {
+		if got := sanitizeDir(in); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("sanitizeDir(%q) = %q, want %q", in, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+
+	long := strings.Repeat("a", 300)
+	if got := sanitizeDir(long); len(got) != 200 {
+		t.Errorf("expected sanitizeDir to truncate to 200, got %d", len(got))
+	}
+}

internal/engine/vaapi_args_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestBuildHLSFFmpegArgsVAAPI(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := HLSSessionConfig{
+		SessionID:  "test",
+		SourcePath: "/tmp/test.mkv",
+		Quality:    "720p",
+		AudioIndex: 0,
+		Transcode: TranscodeRuntime{
+			FFmpegPath:  "/usr/bin/ffmpeg",
+			FFprobePath: "/usr/bin/ffprobe",
+			HWAccel:     HWAccelVAAPI,
+		},
+	}
+	probe := &StreamProbe{Width: 1920, Height: 1080, DurationSec: 100}
+	args := buildHLSFFmpegArgsAt(cfg, probe, "/tmp/tmpdir", 0, 0)
+	got := strings.Join(args, " ")
+
+	wants := []string{
+		"-hwaccel vaapi",
+		"-vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128",
+		"-c:v h264_vaapi",
+		"format=nv12",
+		"hwupload",
+	}
+	for _, want := range wants {
+		if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("argv missing %q\n%s", want, got)
+		}
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(got, "scale_vaapi") {
+		t.Errorf("argv unexpectedly contains scale_vaapi (mesa bug): %s", got)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(got, "format=yuv420p") {
+		t.Errorf("argv contains format=yuv420p (libx264 path) for VAAPI codec: %s", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildHLSFFmpegArgsLibx264NoRegression(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := HLSSessionConfig{
+		SessionID:  "test",
+		SourcePath: "/tmp/test.mkv",
+		Quality:    "720p",
+		AudioIndex: 0,
+		Transcode: TranscodeRuntime{
+			FFmpegPath:  "/usr/bin/ffmpeg",
+			FFprobePath: "/usr/bin/ffprobe",
+			HWAccel:     HWAccelNone,
+		},
+	}
+	probe := &StreamProbe{Width: 1920, Height: 1080, DurationSec: 100}
+	args := buildHLSFFmpegArgsAt(cfg, probe, "/tmp/tmpdir", 0, 0)
+	got := strings.Join(args, " ")
+	for _, want := range []string{"-c:v libx264", "format=yuv420p", "setparams=colorspace=bt709"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("libx264 argv missing %q: %s", want, got)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, bad := range []string{"-vaapi_device", "format=nv12", "hwupload"} {
+		if strings.Contains(got, bad) {
+			t.Errorf("libx264 argv unexpectedly contains %q: %s", bad, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBuildHLSFFmpegArgsVAAPIDump prints the full argv buildHLSFFmpegArgsAt
+// emits for a typical VAAPI session. Mimics the daemon spawn step so the
+// operator can verify the ffmpeg command-line shape without booting the
+// stack — equivalent to `journalctl --user -u unarr-dev | grep ffmpeg`
+// but without waiting for a real player session.
+func TestBuildHLSFFmpegArgsVAAPIDump(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := HLSSessionConfig{
+		SessionID:  "vaapi-smoke",
+		SourcePath: "/mnt/nas/peliculas/sample.mkv",
+		Quality:    "720p",
+		AudioIndex: -1,
+		Transcode: TranscodeRuntime{
+			FFmpegPath:  "/usr/bin/ffmpeg",
+			FFprobePath: "/usr/bin/ffprobe",
+			HWAccel:     HWAccelVAAPI,
+		},
+	}
+	probe := &StreamProbe{
+		VideoCodec:  "hevc",
+		Width:       3840,
+		Height:      2160,
+		DurationSec: 5400,
+		AudioTracks: []ProbeAudioTrack{{Index: 0, Lang: "en", Codec: "ac3"}},
+	}
+	args := buildHLSFFmpegArgsAt(cfg, probe, "/tmp/smoke-tmpdir", 0, 0)
+	t.Logf("ffmpeg %s", strings.Join(args, " "))
+}

internal/engine/validate.go

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Package engine — validate.go centralises input validators used by the
+// stream/HLS HTTP handlers and the daemon glue. Keep new validators in this
+// file so a future reviewer can audit the trust boundary in one place.
+package engine
+
+import "regexp"
+
+// validSessionID restricts session IDs to characters safe for use as a single
+// filesystem path component. Server-issued UUIDs and hex strings match this;
+// anything containing slashes, dots, or path separators is rejected so a
+// compromised or buggy server cannot escape hlsTmpDirRoot via os.MkdirAll.
+var validSessionID = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,128}$`)
+
+// defaultCORSAllowedOrigins is the baseline of browser origins that may
+// XHR-probe `/health` and friends on the local daemon. Production hosts are
+// hardcoded; localhost on the dev port used by torrentclaw-web is included
+// so dev builds work without extra configuration. Operators may add more
+// origins via the [downloads] cors_extra_origins TOML key.
+//
+// The dev port matches `next dev -p 3030` in torrentclaw-web/package.json.
+// 127.0.0.1 is listed in addition to localhost because some browsers treat
+// them as distinct origins for CORS.
+//
+// Mirrors (`.to`, `staging.torrentclaw.com`, `www.`) are listed so a user
+// playing from any official mirror succeeds the HEAD probe; without these
+// the browser drops the response for "missing ACAO" and the player reports
+// "404 todos los canales" even though the daemon returned 200.
+//
+// Note: media tags (<video src>, <audio src>) do not send the Origin
+// header so they are not gated by CORS at all; this allowlist only
+// affects fetch()/XHR.
+var defaultCORSAllowedOrigins = []string{
+	"https://torrentclaw.com",
+	"https://www.torrentclaw.com",
+	"https://app.torrentclaw.com",
+	"https://staging.torrentclaw.com",
+	"https://torrentclaw.to",
+	"https://www.torrentclaw.to",
+	// Tor mirror — Tor Browser sends `Origin: http://<addr>.onion` (plain
+	// http, no port). Mirror address is the BUILT_IN_ONION constant from
+	// torrentclaw-web/src/lib/mirrors-config.ts; rotates rarely, kept in
+	// sync by hand. Daemon also dynamically merges /api/mirrors at startup
+	// (see daemon.go) so a new key doesn't need a CLI rebuild.
+	"http://torrentf3aifidcsaaanmnmuhv2s53r6hqsl3zkmfidiaxainkeqk5id.onion",
+	"http://localhost:3030",
+	"http://127.0.0.1:3030",
+}
+
+// buildCORSAllowlist merges the default origins with any extras supplied by
+// the operator. Returned map is intended to be installed once at Listen()
+// and treated as read-only afterwards.
+func buildCORSAllowlist(extra []string) map[string]struct{} {
+	out := make(map[string]struct{}, len(defaultCORSAllowedOrigins)+len(extra))
+	for _, o := range defaultCORSAllowedOrigins {
+		out[o] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	for _, o := range extra {
+		if o != "" {
+			out[o] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}

internal/engine/watch_reporter_test.go

@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@ package engine
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
 )
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -69,6 +75,105 @@ func TestMaxByteOffsetNeverRegresses(t *testing.T) {
 // End-to-end: real HTTP server with Range requests
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// WatchReporter.sendReport via the agent API
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func TestWatchReporter_NewWatchReporter(t *testing.T) {
+	c := agent.NewClient("http://localhost", "", "test")
+	ss := &StreamServer{}
+	wr := NewWatchReporter(c, ss, "task-1")
+	if wr.taskID != "task-1" || wr.client != c || wr.server != ss {
+		t.Errorf("NewWatchReporter fields not wired: %+v", wr)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWatchReporter_sendReportSkipsZeroProgress(t *testing.T) {
+	var hits atomic.Int32
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		hits.Add(1)
+		_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{"ok": true})
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	ss := &StreamServer{}
+	// totalFileSize == 0 → EstimatedProgress returns (0, 0) → sendReport skips.
+	c := agent.NewClient(srv.URL, "", "test")
+	wr := NewWatchReporter(c, ss, "task-1")
+	wr.sendReport(context.Background())
+	if hits.Load() != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected no API calls when progress=0, got %d", hits.Load())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWatchReporter_sendReportPostsProgress(t *testing.T) {
+	var captured atomic.Pointer[agent.WatchProgressUpdate]
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		var update agent.WatchProgressUpdate
+		_ = json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&update)
+		captured.Store(&update)
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	ss := &StreamServer{}
+	ss.totalFileSize.Store(1000)
+	ss.maxByteOffset.Store(250) // 25%
+	ss.durationSec.Store(120)
+
+	c := agent.NewClient(srv.URL, "", "test")
+	wr := NewWatchReporter(c, ss, "task-12345678")
+	wr.sendReport(context.Background())
+
+	got := captured.Load()
+	if got == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected a watch-progress POST")
+	}
+	if got.TaskID != "task-12345678" {
+		t.Errorf("TaskID = %q", got.TaskID)
+	}
+	if got.Progress == nil || *got.Progress != 25 {
+		t.Errorf("Progress = %v, want 25", got.Progress)
+	}
+	if got.Duration == nil || *got.Duration != 120 {
+		t.Errorf("Duration = %v, want 120", got.Duration)
+	}
+	if got.Position == nil || *got.Position != 30 {
+		t.Errorf("Position = %v, want 30", got.Position)
+	}
+
+	// Repeat report at same percentage — should NOT POST again.
+	captured.Store(nil)
+	wr.sendReport(context.Background())
+	if captured.Load() != nil {
+		t.Errorf("repeat sendReport at same pct should be a no-op")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWatchReporter_RunStopsOnContextCancel(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	ss := &StreamServer{}
+	c := agent.NewClient(srv.URL, "", "test")
+	wr := NewWatchReporter(c, ss, "task-x")
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		wr.Run(ctx)
+		close(done)
+	}()
+	cancel()
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+	case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("Run did not return after context cancellation")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStreamServerByteTracking(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create temp file (10 KB)
 	tmpFile := t.TempDir() + "/test.mp4"
@@ -80,8 +185,7 @@ func TestStreamServerByteTracking(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	srv := NewStreamServer(0)
-	srv.disableUPnP = true
+	srv := NewStreamServer(0) // UPnP off by default — keep test hermetic
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	if err := srv.Listen(ctx); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)

internal/funnel/funnel.go

@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+// Package funnel manages the optional CloudFlare Quick Tunnel subprocess
+// that gives the daemon a public HTTPS hostname for cross-network playback
+// from browser-based clients (web player on torrentclaw.com / torrentclaw.to).
+//
+// Why: HTTPS pages can't fetch HTTP resources (mixed content). Without a
+// tunnel the daemon is only reachable from the same machine (localhost is
+// exempt) or via Tailscale (which users can install themselves but most
+// won't). CF Quick Tunnels are anonymous — no CF account, no DNS, no port
+// forwarding — and assign a one-shot `https://<random>.trycloudflare.com`
+// URL. Bytes flow through CF, never through our infra (legal posture: we
+// don't relay; CF does).
+//
+// Lifecycle:
+//
+//   t, err := funnel.Start(ctx, funnel.Config{Port: 11819})
+//   defer t.Close()
+//   url, err := t.WaitURL(30 * time.Second)  // blocks until cloudflared emits the URL
+//
+// The tunnel runs until the context is cancelled or t.Close() is called.
+package funnel
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// urlPattern matches the `https://<random>.trycloudflare.com` URL cloudflared
+// prints when a Quick Tunnel is registered. The hostname has a random
+// hyphen-separated label followed by .trycloudflare.com.
+var urlPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`https://[a-z0-9-]+\.trycloudflare\.com`)
+
+// Config controls how the tunnel is launched.
+type Config struct {
+	// Port is the local upstream port cloudflared will tunnel to. Required.
+	Port int
+	// Binary is the cloudflared executable path. When empty the package looks
+	// it up via $PATH.
+	Binary string
+}
+
+// Tunnel is a handle on a running cloudflared Quick Tunnel.
+type Tunnel struct {
+	cmd     *exec.Cmd
+	cancel  context.CancelFunc
+	urlCh   chan string
+	exitCh  chan error
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	url     string
+	stopped bool
+}
+
+// Start launches cloudflared as a subprocess. The returned *Tunnel exposes the
+// public URL via WaitURL once cloudflared registers it (usually 2–5 s).
+//
+// The subprocess inherits the cancellation of the supplied context. Closing
+// the *Tunnel sends SIGTERM and waits for the subprocess to exit.
+func Start(ctx context.Context, cfg Config) (*Tunnel, error) {
+	if cfg.Port <= 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("funnel: invalid Port %d", cfg.Port)
+	}
+	binary := cfg.Binary
+	if binary == "" {
+		resolved, err := ResolveBinary()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		binary = resolved
+	}
+
+	subCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	// `--no-autoupdate` disables cloudflared's daily self-update check (the
+	// daemon manages binary rotation). `--metrics 127.0.0.1:0` suppresses the
+	// default `:9090` listener that would collide on a shared box.
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(subCtx, binary,
+		"tunnel",
+		"--no-autoupdate",
+		"--metrics", "127.0.0.1:0",
+		"--url", fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d", cfg.Port),
+	)
+
+	// cloudflared writes the connect log + assigned URL to stderr.
+	stderr, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		cancel()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("funnel: pipe stderr: %w", err)
+	}
+	cmd.Stdout = io.Discard // quick tunnels print nothing useful on stdout
+
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		cancel()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("funnel: start cloudflared: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	t := &Tunnel{
+		cmd:    cmd,
+		cancel: cancel,
+		urlCh:  make(chan string, 1),
+		exitCh: make(chan error, 1),
+	}
+
+	// Reader goroutine: scan cloudflared's stderr for the URL, surface the
+	// rest as a single string we don't try to interpret.
+	go t.scanStderr(stderr)
+
+	// Waiter goroutine: signal exit so callers can react (e.g. restart).
+	go func() {
+		t.exitCh <- cmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	return t, nil
+}
+
+// WaitURL blocks until cloudflared has registered the tunnel and emitted the
+// public URL, or `timeout` elapses, or the subprocess exits. The returned URL
+// has the form `https://<random>.trycloudflare.com`.
+func (t *Tunnel) WaitURL(timeout time.Duration) (string, error) {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	if t.url != "" {
+		u := t.url
+		t.mu.Unlock()
+		return u, nil
+	}
+	t.mu.Unlock()
+
+	select {
+	case u := <-t.urlCh:
+		return u, nil
+	case err := <-t.exitCh:
+		if err == nil {
+			return "", errors.New("funnel: cloudflared exited before URL")
+		}
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("funnel: cloudflared exited: %w", err)
+	case <-time.After(timeout):
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("funnel: timed out waiting for URL after %s", timeout)
+	}
+}
+
+// URL returns the assigned tunnel URL, or "" if not yet emitted.
+func (t *Tunnel) URL() string {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+	return t.url
+}
+
+// Done returns a channel that closes once the subprocess exits. The error sent
+// before close describes the exit reason (nil = clean shutdown via Close).
+func (t *Tunnel) Done() <-chan error {
+	return t.exitCh
+}
+
+// Close terminates the subprocess and waits for it to exit. Safe to call
+// multiple times.
+func (t *Tunnel) Close() error {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	if t.stopped {
+		t.mu.Unlock()
+		return nil
+	}
+	t.stopped = true
+	t.mu.Unlock()
+	t.cancel()
+	// Drain the exit channel so the Wait goroutine doesn't leak.
+	select {
+	case <-t.exitCh:
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (t *Tunnel) scanStderr(r io.Reader) {
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(r)
+	// Some cloudflared lines exceed the default 64KiB scanner buffer (when it
+	// prints connection diagnostics). Bump to 1MiB.
+	scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 0, 64*1024), 1024*1024)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		if t.URL() == "" {
+			if m := urlPattern.FindString(line); m != "" {
+				t.mu.Lock()
+				t.url = m
+				t.mu.Unlock()
+				// Non-blocking send: if no one is listening, just drop —
+				// the URL field carries the value for any later WaitURL call.
+				select {
+				case t.urlCh <- m:
+				default:
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+

internal/funnel/install.go

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+package funnel
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
+)
+
+// ResolveBinary returns the path to a usable cloudflared executable, downloading
+// one into the unarr data dir if neither $PATH nor the cached location has it.
+// This makes the funnel feature usable on headless installs (NAS / Docker)
+// where the user can't easily install cloudflared via the OS package manager.
+//
+// Resolution order:
+//
+//  1. cloudflared on $PATH (operator already installed it)
+//  2. <data-dir>/bin/cloudflared (we cached it on a previous run)
+//  3. download from GitHub releases (Linux-only fallback; macOS / Windows
+//     return a clear error pointing at brew / winget)
+func ResolveBinary() (string, error) {
+	if p, err := exec.LookPath("cloudflared"); err == nil {
+		return p, nil
+	}
+	cached := cachedBinaryPath()
+	if _, err := os.Stat(cached); err == nil {
+		return cached, nil
+	}
+	return downloadCloudflared(cached)
+}
+
+func cachedBinaryPath() string {
+	name := "cloudflared"
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		name += ".exe"
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(config.DataDir(), "bin", name)
+}
+
+// downloadCloudflared fetches the latest cloudflared release asset matching
+// the current GOOS/GOARCH into `dest`. Linux only — macOS/Windows return a
+// pointer at the OS package manager.
+//
+// Supply-chain caveat: we trust GitHub-over-TLS + cloudflare/cloudflared
+// repo integrity. The fetch is over HTTPS to api.github.com's release-asset
+// redirector, so a network MITM is bounded by Let's Encrypt + GitHub's cert
+// chain. We additionally verify the file is an ELF binary (Linux magic
+// bytes) so a generic 404 HTML page or a wrong-arch tarball is rejected at
+// rest. We do NOT verify a signature because Cloudflare doesn't sign release
+// assets at the moment — if you need stricter integrity, install cloudflared
+// from your distro's package manager (apt/brew/winget) and unarr will use
+// the PATH copy.
+func downloadCloudflared(dest string) (string, error) {
+	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("funnel: auto-download not supported on %s — install cloudflared manually or drop a binary at %s", runtime.GOOS, dest)
+	}
+
+	var asset string
+	switch runtime.GOARCH {
+	case "amd64":
+		asset = "cloudflared-linux-amd64"
+	case "arm64":
+		asset = "cloudflared-linux-arm64"
+	case "arm":
+		asset = "cloudflared-linux-armhf"
+	case "386":
+		asset = "cloudflared-linux-386"
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("funnel: unsupported linux arch %q — install cloudflared manually", runtime.GOARCH)
+	}
+
+	url := "https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/" + asset
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(dest), 0o755); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("funnel: create bin dir: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// O_EXCL so concurrent unarr-dev / prod daemons don't clobber each
+	// other's partial download. The loser gets EEXIST → falls back to
+	// polling for the winner to finish.
+	tmp := dest + ".partial"
+	out, err := os.OpenFile(tmp, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL, 0o755)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
+			// Another process is downloading. Wait briefly for them to finish.
+			for range 60 {
+				time.Sleep(time.Second)
+				if _, statErr := os.Stat(dest); statErr == nil {
+					return dest, nil
+				}
+			}
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("funnel: another download in progress at %s (timed out)", tmp)
+		}
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("funnel: open dest: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 5 * time.Minute}
+	resp, err := client.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		_ = out.Close()
+		_ = os.Remove(tmp)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("funnel: download cloudflared: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		_ = out.Close()
+		_ = os.Remove(tmp)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("funnel: download cloudflared: HTTP %d from %s", resp.StatusCode, url)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := io.Copy(out, resp.Body); err != nil {
+		_ = out.Close()
+		_ = os.Remove(tmp)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("funnel: write dest: %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := out.Close(); err != nil {
+		_ = os.Remove(tmp)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("funnel: close dest: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Sanity check before promoting <partial> to <dest>: must be a Linux
+	// ELF executable (rejects 404 HTML pages or wrong-arch payloads) and at
+	// least 1 MB (real cloudflared is ~50 MB; anything smaller is corrupt).
+	if err := verifyLinuxElf(tmp); err != nil {
+		_ = os.Remove(tmp)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("funnel: downloaded file failed sanity check: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.Rename(tmp, dest); err != nil {
+		_ = os.Remove(tmp)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("funnel: rename dest: %w", err)
+	}
+	return dest, nil
+}
+
+// verifyLinuxElf returns nil when the file at `path` starts with the ELF
+// magic bytes and is at least 1 MB. Used as a low-cost guard against
+// downloading an HTML error page or a wrong-arch payload.
+func verifyLinuxElf(path string) error {
+	st, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if st.Size() < 1024*1024 {
+		return errors.New("file is suspiciously small (<1 MB)")
+	}
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	head := make([]byte, 4)
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(f, head); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("read magic bytes: %w", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(head, []byte{0x7f, 'E', 'L', 'F'}) {
+		return errors.New("not an ELF binary")
+	}
+	return nil
+}

internal/library/delete.go

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package library
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
+)
+
+// DeleteFiles deletes the given library items from disk and cleans up empty
+// parent directories within the configured scan paths.
+//
+// Safety rules (all must pass before os.Remove is called):
+//  1. filePath must be an absolute path.
+//  2. filePath must be within one of the configured scanPaths.
+//  3. Empty parent directories are removed up to (but not including) the
+//     scan path root and only if they are not the scan path itself.
+//
+// Returns the IDs of items successfully deleted.
+func DeleteFiles(items []agent.LibraryDeleteRequest, scanPaths []string) []int {
+	// Sanitize scan paths: reject empty or non-absolute entries.
+	safe := make([]string, 0, len(scanPaths))
+	for _, sp := range scanPaths {
+		if filepath.IsAbs(sp) {
+			safe = append(safe, sp)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("library: ignoring non-absolute scan path: %q", sp)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(safe) == 0 {
+		log.Printf("library: no valid scan paths configured — refusing to delete")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	confirmed := make([]int, 0, len(items))
+
+	for _, item := range items {
+		if err := deleteOne(item.FilePath, safe); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("library: delete item %d (%q): %v", item.ItemID, item.FilePath, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		log.Printf("library: deleted item %d: %s", item.ItemID, item.FilePath)
+		confirmed = append(confirmed, item.ItemID)
+	}
+
+	return confirmed
+}
+
+func deleteOne(filePath string, scanPaths []string) error {
+	if !filepath.IsAbs(filePath) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("path is not absolute: %q", filePath)
+	}
+
+	clean := filepath.Clean(filePath)
+
+	// Resolve symlinks before validation to prevent traversal via symlinks.
+	real, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(clean)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			// File already gone — idempotent success.
+			pruneEmptyDirs(filepath.Dir(clean), scanPaths)
+			return nil
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("resolve symlinks: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Security: resolved file must be within one of the configured scan paths.
+	if !isWithinScanPaths(real, scanPaths) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("path %q (resolved: %q) is outside all configured scan paths — refusing to delete", clean, real)
+	}
+
+	// Remove the file (idempotent: not-exist is not an error).
+	if err := os.Remove(real); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("remove file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Clean up empty parent directories, stopping at the scan path root.
+	pruneEmptyDirs(filepath.Dir(real), scanPaths)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// isWithinScanPaths returns true if p is a child of any scan path.
+func isWithinScanPaths(p string, scanPaths []string) bool {
+	for _, sp := range scanPaths {
+		sp = filepath.Clean(sp)
+		rel, err := filepath.Rel(sp, p)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		// rel must not be "." (exact match = root itself) and must not start with ".."
+		if rel != "." && !strings.HasPrefix(rel, "..") {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// pruneEmptyDirs walks upward from dir, removing empty directories until it
+// reaches a scan path root (which is never removed).
+// Max 10 levels to guard against infinite loops on unexpected path shapes.
+func pruneEmptyDirs(dir string, scanPaths []string) {
+	const maxLevels = 10
+	for i := 0; i < maxLevels; i++ {
+		dir = filepath.Clean(dir)
+
+		// Single pass: stop if dir is a scan root or outside all scan paths.
+		if !dirEligibleForPrune(dir, scanPaths) {
+			return
+		}
+
+		entries, err := os.ReadDir(dir)
+		if err != nil || len(entries) > 0 {
+			return // non-empty or unreadable — stop
+		}
+
+		if err := os.Remove(dir); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("library: prune dir %s: %v", dir, err)
+			return
+		}
+		log.Printf("library: removed empty dir: %s", dir)
+
+		dir = filepath.Dir(dir)
+	}
+}
+
+// dirEligibleForPrune returns true if dir is a strict child of any scan path
+// (i.e. it is inside a scan path but is not the scan root itself).
+// Combines the former isScanPathRoot + isWithinScanPaths checks into one loop.
+func dirEligibleForPrune(dir string, scanPaths []string) bool {
+	for _, sp := range scanPaths {
+		sp = filepath.Clean(sp)
+		if sp == dir {
+			return false // dir IS the scan root — never remove it
+		}
+		rel, err := filepath.Rel(sp, dir)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if rel != "." && !strings.HasPrefix(rel, "..") {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}

internal/library/delete_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,414 @@
+package library
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
+)
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// isWithinScanPaths
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func TestIsWithinScanPaths(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		path      string
+		scanPaths []string
+		want      bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "file inside scan path",
+			path:      "/media/movies/Inception.mkv",
+			scanPaths: []string{"/media/movies"},
+			want:      true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "file in subdirectory of scan path",
+			path:      "/media/movies/2024/Inception/Inception.mkv",
+			scanPaths: []string{"/media/movies"},
+			want:      true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "file at scan path root itself",
+			path:      "/media/movies",
+			scanPaths: []string{"/media/movies"},
+			want:      false, // rel == "."
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "file outside all scan paths",
+			path:      "/tmp/evil.mkv",
+			scanPaths: []string{"/media/movies", "/media/shows"},
+			want:      false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "dotdot traversal attempt",
+			path:      "/media/movies/../../../etc/passwd",
+			scanPaths: []string{"/media/movies"},
+			want:      false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "multiple scan paths file in second",
+			path:      "/media/shows/Breaking.Bad.S01E01.mkv",
+			scanPaths: []string{"/media/movies", "/media/shows"},
+			want:      true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "empty scan paths",
+			path:      "/media/movies/file.mkv",
+			scanPaths: []string{},
+			want:      false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := isWithinScanPaths(tt.path, tt.scanPaths)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("isWithinScanPaths(%q, %v) = %v, want %v", tt.path, tt.scanPaths, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// dirEligibleForPrune
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func TestDirEligibleForPrune(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		dir       string
+		scanPaths []string
+		want      bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "scan root itself is NOT eligible",
+			dir:       "/media/movies",
+			scanPaths: []string{"/media/movies"},
+			want:      false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "subdirectory IS eligible",
+			dir:       "/media/movies/2024",
+			scanPaths: []string{"/media/movies"},
+			want:      true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "parent of scan path is NOT eligible",
+			dir:       "/media",
+			scanPaths: []string{"/media/movies"},
+			want:      false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "trailing slash normalization — root not eligible",
+			dir:       "/media/movies",
+			scanPaths: []string{"/media/movies/"},
+			want:      false, // filepath.Clean removes trailing slash
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := dirEligibleForPrune(tt.dir, tt.scanPaths)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("dirEligibleForPrune(%q, %v) = %v, want %v", tt.dir, tt.scanPaths, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// deleteOne
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func TestDeleteOne(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("delete existing file inside scan path", func(t *testing.T) {
+		root := t.TempDir()
+		file := filepath.Join(root, "movie.mkv")
+		if err := os.WriteFile(file, []byte("data"), 0644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if err := deleteOne(file, []string{root}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("deleteOne returned error: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if _, err := os.Stat(file); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			t.Error("file should have been deleted")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("reject relative path", func(t *testing.T) {
+		root := t.TempDir()
+		err := deleteOne("relative/path.mkv", []string{root})
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected error for relative path")
+		}
+		if got := err.Error(); got != `path is not absolute: "relative/path.mkv"` {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected error message: %s", got)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("reject path outside scan paths", func(t *testing.T) {
+		scanRoot := t.TempDir()
+		outsideDir := t.TempDir()
+		file := filepath.Join(outsideDir, "secret.txt")
+		if err := os.WriteFile(file, []byte("secret"), 0644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		err := deleteOne(file, []string{scanRoot})
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected error for path outside scan paths")
+		}
+
+		// File must NOT have been deleted.
+		if _, statErr := os.Stat(file); statErr != nil {
+			t.Error("file outside scan path should NOT have been deleted")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("file already deleted is idempotent", func(t *testing.T) {
+		root := t.TempDir()
+		// Reference a file that does not exist.
+		file := filepath.Join(root, "gone.mkv")
+
+		if err := deleteOne(file, []string{root}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expected idempotent success, got error: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("symlink pointing outside scan path is rejected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+			t.Skip("symlinks require elevated privileges on Windows")
+		}
+
+		scanRoot := t.TempDir()
+		outsideDir := t.TempDir()
+		outsideFile := filepath.Join(outsideDir, "real.mkv")
+		if err := os.WriteFile(outsideFile, []byte("real"), 0644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		link := filepath.Join(scanRoot, "link.mkv")
+		if err := os.Symlink(outsideFile, link); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		err := deleteOne(link, []string{scanRoot})
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected error: symlink target is outside scan paths")
+		}
+
+		// The real file must NOT have been deleted.
+		if _, statErr := os.Stat(outsideFile); statErr != nil {
+			t.Error("symlink target outside scan path should NOT have been deleted")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("symlink pointing inside scan path is allowed", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+			t.Skip("symlinks require elevated privileges on Windows")
+		}
+
+		scanRoot := t.TempDir()
+		subdir := filepath.Join(scanRoot, "sub")
+		if err := os.Mkdir(subdir, 0755); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		realFile := filepath.Join(subdir, "real.mkv")
+		if err := os.WriteFile(realFile, []byte("data"), 0644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		link := filepath.Join(scanRoot, "link.mkv")
+		if err := os.Symlink(realFile, link); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if err := deleteOne(link, []string{scanRoot}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("deleteOne returned error: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// The real file should have been deleted (os.Remove on resolved path).
+		if _, statErr := os.Stat(realFile); !os.IsNotExist(statErr) {
+			t.Error("resolved target inside scan path should have been deleted")
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// pruneEmptyDirs
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func TestPruneEmptyDirs(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("empty parent dir is removed", func(t *testing.T) {
+		root := t.TempDir()
+		sub := filepath.Join(root, "show")
+		if err := os.Mkdir(sub, 0755); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		pruneEmptyDirs(sub, []string{root})
+
+		if _, err := os.Stat(sub); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			t.Error("empty subdirectory should have been removed")
+		}
+		// Scan root must still exist.
+		if _, err := os.Stat(root); err != nil {
+			t.Error("scan path root should NOT have been removed")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("non-empty parent dir is NOT removed", func(t *testing.T) {
+		root := t.TempDir()
+		sub := filepath.Join(root, "show")
+		if err := os.Mkdir(sub, 0755); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		// Put a file inside so it's not empty.
+		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(sub, "keep.txt"), []byte("x"), 0644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		pruneEmptyDirs(sub, []string{root})
+
+		if _, err := os.Stat(sub); err != nil {
+			t.Error("non-empty directory should NOT have been removed")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("stops at scan path root", func(t *testing.T) {
+		root := t.TempDir()
+		// Create an empty dir that IS the scan root.
+		// pruneEmptyDirs should refuse to remove it.
+		pruneEmptyDirs(root, []string{root})
+
+		if _, err := os.Stat(root); err != nil {
+			t.Error("scan path root should never be removed")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("multi-level cleanup", func(t *testing.T) {
+		root := t.TempDir()
+		deep := filepath.Join(root, "a", "b", "c")
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(deep, 0755); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		pruneEmptyDirs(deep, []string{root})
+
+		// All three levels (a, a/b, a/b/c) should be removed.
+		for _, dir := range []string{
+			filepath.Join(root, "a", "b", "c"),
+			filepath.Join(root, "a", "b"),
+			filepath.Join(root, "a"),
+		} {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(dir); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				t.Errorf("directory should have been removed: %s", dir)
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Scan root must still exist.
+		if _, err := os.Stat(root); err != nil {
+			t.Error("scan path root should NOT have been removed")
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// DeleteFiles (integration)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func TestDeleteFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("multiple items some valid some invalid", func(t *testing.T) {
+		root := t.TempDir()
+		outsideDir := t.TempDir()
+		goodFile := filepath.Join(root, "good.mkv")
+		if err := os.WriteFile(goodFile, []byte("ok"), 0644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		outsideFile := filepath.Join(outsideDir, "outside.mkv")
+		if err := os.WriteFile(outsideFile, []byte("nope"), 0644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		items := []agent.LibraryDeleteRequest{
+			{ItemID: 1, FilePath: goodFile},                        // valid → deleted
+			{ItemID: 2, FilePath: "relative/bad.mkv"},              // relative → rejected
+			{ItemID: 3, FilePath: outsideFile},                     // outside scan paths → rejected
+			{ItemID: 4, FilePath: filepath.Join(root, "gone.mkv")}, // not-exist → idempotent success
+		}
+
+		confirmed := DeleteFiles(items, []string{root})
+
+		// Items 1 and 4 should succeed. Item 2 (relative) and 3 (outside) should fail.
+		want := map[int]bool{1: true, 4: true}
+		got := make(map[int]bool, len(confirmed))
+		for _, id := range confirmed {
+			got[id] = true
+		}
+		if len(got) != len(want) {
+			t.Fatalf("confirmed = %v, want IDs %v", confirmed, want)
+		}
+		for id := range want {
+			if !got[id] {
+				t.Errorf("expected item %d to be confirmed", id)
+			}
+		}
+
+		// outsideFile must NOT have been deleted.
+		if _, err := os.Stat(outsideFile); err != nil {
+			t.Error("file outside scan paths should NOT have been deleted")
+		}
+
+		// good.mkv should be deleted.
+		if _, err := os.Stat(goodFile); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			t.Error("good.mkv should have been deleted")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty scan paths returns nil", func(t *testing.T) {
+		items := []agent.LibraryDeleteRequest{
+			{ItemID: 1, FilePath: "/some/file.mkv"},
+		}
+		confirmed := DeleteFiles(items, []string{})
+		if confirmed != nil {
+			t.Errorf("expected nil, got %v", confirmed)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("all relative scan paths returns nil", func(t *testing.T) {
+		items := []agent.LibraryDeleteRequest{
+			{ItemID: 1, FilePath: "/some/file.mkv"},
+		}
+		confirmed := DeleteFiles(items, []string{"relative/path", "another/relative"})
+		if confirmed != nil {
+			t.Errorf("expected nil, got %v", confirmed)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("mixed absolute and relative scan paths uses only absolute", func(t *testing.T) {
+		root := t.TempDir()
+		file := filepath.Join(root, "movie.mkv")
+		if err := os.WriteFile(file, []byte("data"), 0644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		items := []agent.LibraryDeleteRequest{
+			{ItemID: 10, FilePath: file},
+		}
+		confirmed := DeleteFiles(items, []string{"relative/bad", root})
+
+		if len(confirmed) != 1 || confirmed[0] != 10 {
+			t.Errorf("confirmed = %v, want [10]", confirmed)
+		}
+		if _, err := os.Stat(file); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			t.Error("file should have been deleted via the absolute scan path")
+		}
+	})
+}

internal/library/mediainfo/ffmpeg.go

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package mediainfo
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+)
+
+// ResolveFFmpeg finds the ffmpeg binary. Search order mirrors ResolveFFprobe
+// so the same operator setup works for both:
+//  1. Explicit path (--ffmpeg flag / library.ffmpeg_path config)
+//  2. FFMPEG_PATH env var
+//  3. "ffmpeg" on PATH
+//  4. Adjacent to the current executable (release tarball bundles ffmpeg
+//     next to the unarr binary — this is the preferred install path)
+//  5. Previously downloaded in the unarr cache dir
+//  6. Auto-download static binary as last resort (~50MB, slow start)
+//
+// ffmpeg is required for the HLS streaming pipeline; ffprobe alone can't
+// transcode HEVC/MKV to browser-friendly H.264/MP4 fragments.
+func ResolveFFmpeg(explicit string) (string, error) {
+	if explicit != "" {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(explicit); err == nil {
+			return explicit, nil
+		}
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("ffmpeg not found at explicit path: %s", explicit)
+	}
+
+	if envPath := os.Getenv("FFMPEG_PATH"); envPath != "" {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(envPath); err == nil {
+			return envPath, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	if p, err := exec.LookPath("ffmpeg"); err == nil {
+		return p, nil
+	}
+
+	if exePath, err := os.Executable(); err == nil {
+		name := "ffmpeg"
+		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+			name = "ffmpeg.exe"
+		}
+		adjacent := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(exePath), name)
+		if _, err := os.Stat(adjacent); err == nil {
+			return adjacent, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	if cached, err := FFmpegCachePath(); err == nil {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(cached); err == nil {
+			return cached, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	if p, err := DownloadFFmpeg(); err == nil {
+		return p, nil
+	}
+
+	if isDocker() {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf(
+			"ffmpeg not found and auto-download failed (read-only filesystem?).\n" +
+				"Options:\n" +
+				"  • Use the official image: torrentclaw/unarr (includes ffmpeg)\n" +
+				"  • Set FFMPEG_PATH env var to point to a pre-installed ffmpeg binary\n" +
+				"  • Add to config.toml: [library]\\nffmpeg_path = \"/path/to/ffmpeg\"",
+		)
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf(
+		"ffmpeg not found and auto-download failed.\n" +
+			"Options:\n" +
+			"  • Install ffmpeg: sudo apt install ffmpeg  (or brew install ffmpeg)\n" +
+			"  • Use the unarr release tarball — ffmpeg is bundled next to the binary\n" +
+			"  • Set FFMPEG_PATH env var to point to the ffmpeg binary\n" +
+			"  • Add to config.toml: [library]\\nffmpeg_path = \"/path/to/ffmpeg\"",
+	)
+}

internal/library/mediainfo/ffmpeg_download.go

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package mediainfo
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+)
+
+const maxFFmpegZipSize = 200 * 1024 * 1024 // 200MB — ffmpeg static is ~70-100MB compressed
+
+// FFmpegCachePath returns the full path to the cached ffmpeg binary
+// (sibling of the cached ffprobe binary).
+func FFmpegCachePath() (string, error) {
+	dir, err := FFprobeCacheDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	name := "ffmpeg"
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		name = "ffmpeg.exe"
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(dir, name), nil
+}
+
+// DownloadFFmpeg downloads a static ffmpeg binary for the current platform
+// and caches it locally. Returns the path to the binary. Reuses
+// resolveFFprobeURL's ffbinaries.com discovery endpoint — that index ships
+// both ffprobe and ffmpeg per platform.
+func DownloadFFmpeg() (string, error) {
+	dest, err := FFmpegCachePath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot determine cache path: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(dest); err == nil {
+		return dest, nil
+	}
+
+	platform, err := ffprobePlatformKey()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	url, err := resolveFFmpegURL(platform)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ffmpeg not found — downloading for %s (~70MB)...\n", platform)
+
+	resp, err := ffprobeDLClient.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("download failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("download failed: HTTP %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	zipData, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, maxFFmpegZipSize))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("download read failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	name := "ffmpeg"
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		name = "ffmpeg.exe"
+	}
+
+	binary, err := extractFromZip(zipData, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(dest), 0o755); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot create cache directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.WriteFile(dest, binary, 0o755); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot write ffmpeg binary: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ffmpeg installed to %s\n", dest)
+	return dest, nil
+}
+
+// resolveFFmpegURL fetches the ffbinaries index and returns the ffmpeg
+// download URL for the requested platform key (e.g. "linux-64").
+func resolveFFmpegURL(platform string) (string, error) {
+	resp, err := ffprobeAPIClient.Get(ffbinariesAPI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot reach ffbinaries.com: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	var data ffbinariesResponse
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&data); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot parse ffbinaries response: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	bins, ok := data.Bin[platform]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("no ffmpeg binary available for platform %q", platform)
+	}
+
+	url, ok := bins["ffmpeg"]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("no ffmpeg download URL for platform %q", platform)
+	}
+
+	return url, nil
+}

internal/library/mediainfo/ffmpeg_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package mediainfo
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestResolveFFmpeg_ExplicitOK verifies the explicit-path branch returns
+// the requested binary if it exists on disk.
+func TestResolveFFmpeg_ExplicitOK(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	fake := filepath.Join(dir, "ffmpeg")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(fake, []byte("#!/bin/sh\n"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write fake: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	got, err := ResolveFFmpeg(fake)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ResolveFFmpeg(explicit): %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != fake {
+		t.Fatalf("got %q want %q", got, fake)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestResolveFFmpeg_ExplicitMissing returns a clear error when the path
+// the operator supplied doesn't exist — we do NOT silently fall back.
+func TestResolveFFmpeg_ExplicitMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := ResolveFFmpeg("/nonexistent/path/ffmpeg-XXXXXX")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for missing explicit path")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestResolveFFmpeg_EnvVar honours FFMPEG_PATH when no explicit path is given.
+func TestResolveFFmpeg_EnvVar(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	fake := filepath.Join(dir, "ffmpeg")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(fake, []byte("#!/bin/sh\n"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write fake: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Setenv("FFMPEG_PATH", fake)
+	// Hide the real ffmpeg from PATH so the env var is the next branch hit.
+	t.Setenv("PATH", "/nonexistent")
+
+	got, err := ResolveFFmpeg("")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ResolveFFmpeg(env): %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != fake {
+		t.Fatalf("got %q want %q (env-var branch)", got, fake)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestFFmpegCachePath returns a sibling path to the ffprobe cache,
+// consistent with the install layout the tarball produces.
+func TestFFmpegCachePath(t *testing.T) {
+	got, err := FFmpegCachePath()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("FFmpegCachePath: %v", err)
+	}
+	want := "ffmpeg"
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		want = "ffmpeg.exe"
+	}
+	if filepath.Base(got) != want {
+		t.Fatalf("cache path basename = %q want %q", filepath.Base(got), want)
+	}
+	probeCache, err := FFprobeCachePath()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("FFprobeCachePath: %v", err)
+	}
+	if filepath.Dir(got) != filepath.Dir(probeCache) {
+		t.Fatalf("ffmpeg cache (%s) and ffprobe cache (%s) should share a directory", got, probeCache)
+	}
+}

internal/library/paths.go

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package library
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// ResolveScanPaths returns a deduplicated list of directories to scan.
+// Always includes dlDir, moviesDir, tvDir (when non-empty).
+// Adds scanPath if non-empty.
+// Removes paths that are subdirectories of other paths in the list,
+// since a parent walk already covers them.
+func ResolveScanPaths(dlDir, moviesDir, tvDir, scanPath string) []string {
+	raw := make([]string, 0, 4)
+	for _, p := range []string{dlDir, moviesDir, tvDir, scanPath} {
+		if p != "" {
+			raw = append(raw, filepath.Clean(p))
+		}
+	}
+	return deduplicatePaths(raw)
+}
+
+// deduplicatePaths removes duplicate paths and paths that are subdirectories
+// of another path already present in the list.
+func deduplicatePaths(paths []string) []string {
+	// Remove exact duplicates first.
+	seen := make(map[string]bool, len(paths))
+	unique := make([]string, 0, len(paths))
+	for _, p := range paths {
+		if !seen[p] {
+			seen[p] = true
+			unique = append(unique, p)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Remove paths that are subdirs of another path in the list.
+	result := make([]string, 0, len(unique))
+	for _, p := range unique {
+		isChild := false
+		for _, other := range unique {
+			if other == p {
+				continue
+			}
+			rel, err := filepath.Rel(other, p)
+			if err == nil && rel != "." && !strings.HasPrefix(rel, "..") {
+				isChild = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !isChild {
+			result = append(result, p)
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}

internal/library/resolve.go

@@ -13,8 +13,17 @@ var (
 	altEpRegex  = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)(\d{1,2})x(\d{2})`)
 )
 
-// ResolveResolution maps a pixel height to a standard resolution label.
-func ResolveResolution(height int) string {
+// ResolveResolution maps video dimensions to a standard resolution label.
+// Uses both width and height so cinematic aspect ratios (2.35:1, 2.39:1, 21:9)
+// are not misclassified — e.g. a 1080p source presented as 1920×804 letterboxed
+// would fall to 720p if classified by height alone.
+func ResolveResolution(width, height int) string {
+	byHeight := resolutionByHeight(height)
+	byWidth := resolutionByWidth(width)
+	return maxResolution(byHeight, byWidth)
+}
+
+func resolutionByHeight(height int) string {
 	switch {
 	case height >= 2000:
 		return "2160p"
@@ -29,6 +38,36 @@ func ResolveResolution(height int) string {
 	}
 }
 
+func resolutionByWidth(width int) string {
+	switch {
+	case width >= 3400:
+		return "2160p"
+	case width >= 1800:
+		return "1080p"
+	case width >= 1200:
+		return "720p"
+	case width >= 800:
+		return "480p"
+	default:
+		return ""
+	}
+}
+
+var resolutionRank = map[string]int{
+	"":      0,
+	"480p":  1,
+	"720p":  2,
+	"1080p": 3,
+	"2160p": 4,
+}
+
+func maxResolution(a, b string) string {
+	if resolutionRank[a] >= resolutionRank[b] {
+		return a
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
 // DeriveContentType guesses "movie" or "show" from parsed metadata.
 func DeriveContentType(item LibraryItem) string {
 	if item.Season > 0 || item.Episode > 0 {

internal/library/resolve_test.go

@@ -8,28 +8,31 @@ import (
 
 func TestResolveResolution(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		width  int
 		height int
 		want   string
 	}{
-		{2160, "2160p"},
-		{2000, "2160p"},
-		{1080, "1080p"},
-		{1920, "1080p"}, // 1920 is width, not height — height for 1080p is ~1080
-		{900, "1080p"},
-		{720, "720p"},
-		{600, "720p"},
-		{576, "480p"},
-		{480, "480p"},
-		{400, "480p"},
-		{360, ""},
-		{0, ""},
+		{"4K square", 3840, 2160, "2160p"},
+		{"4K low height", 3840, 1600, "2160p"},
+		{"1080p square", 1920, 1080, "1080p"},
+		{"1080p cinematic 2.39:1", 1920, 804, "1080p"}, // anamorphic widescreen — must not fall to 720p
+		{"1080p cinematic 2.35:1", 1920, 818, "1080p"},
+		{"1080p 21:9", 2560, 1080, "1080p"},
+		{"720p square", 1280, 720, "720p"},
+		{"720p widescreen", 1280, 540, "720p"},
+		{"480p", 854, 480, "480p"},
+		{"sub-480", 640, 360, ""},
+		{"zero", 0, 0, ""},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
-		got := ResolveResolution(tt.height)
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := ResolveResolution(tt.width, tt.height)
 			if got != tt.want {
-			t.Errorf("ResolveResolution(%d) = %q, want %q", tt.height, got, tt.want)
+				t.Errorf("ResolveResolution(%d, %d) = %q, want %q", tt.width, tt.height, got, tt.want)
 			}
+		})
 	}
 }
 

internal/library/sync.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func BuildSyncItems(cache *LibraryCache) []agent.LibrarySyncItem {
 
 		if item.MediaInfo != nil {
 			if item.MediaInfo.Video != nil {
-				si.Resolution = ResolveResolution(item.MediaInfo.Video.Height)
+				si.Resolution = ResolveResolution(item.MediaInfo.Video.Width, item.MediaInfo.Video.Height)
 				si.VideoCodec = item.MediaInfo.Video.Codec
 				si.HDR = item.MediaInfo.Video.HDR
 				si.BitDepth = item.MediaInfo.Video.BitDepth

internal/sentry/sentry.go

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 package sentry
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	gosentry "github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
 // dsn is injected at build time via ldflags. If empty, Sentry is disabled.
@@ -44,9 +46,16 @@ func Close() {
 	gosentry.Flush(flushTimeout)
 }
 
+// daemonNotRunningMarker matches the message of agent.ErrDaemonNotRunning
+// without importing the agent package — avoids a sentry → agent dependency
+// that would risk a cycle if agent ever needed to report errors itself.
+const daemonNotRunningMarker = "daemon does not appear to be running"
+
 // CaptureError sends a non-fatal error to Sentry with optional command context.
+// Expected non-bug errors (bad CLI input, daemon not running) are skipped to
+// keep the issue feed signal-heavy.
 func CaptureError(err error, command string) {
-	if err == nil {
+	if err == nil || shouldSkipSentry(err) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -58,6 +67,21 @@ func CaptureError(err error, command string) {
 	})
 }
 
+func shouldSkipSentry(err error) bool {
+	var notExist *pflag.NotExistError
+	var valueReq *pflag.ValueRequiredError
+	var invalidVal *pflag.InvalidValueError
+	var invalidSyn *pflag.InvalidSyntaxError
+	if errors.As(err, &notExist) || errors.As(err, &valueReq) ||
+		errors.As(err, &invalidVal) || errors.As(err, &invalidSyn) {
+		return true
+	}
+	msg := err.Error()
+	return strings.HasPrefix(msg, "unknown command ") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(msg, "required flag(s)") ||
+		strings.Contains(msg, daemonNotRunningMarker)
+}
+
 // RecoverPanic captures a panic and re-panics after reporting.
 // Usage: defer sentry.RecoverPanic()
 func RecoverPanic() {

internal/sentry/sentry_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package sentry
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 func TestEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -45,3 +49,16 @@ func TestSetUser(t *testing.T) {
 	// Should not panic without initialization
 	SetUser("agent-123")
 }
+
+func TestShouldSkipSentryDaemonNotRunning(t *testing.T) {
+	// String must stay in sync with agent.ErrDaemonNotRunning. If that sentinel
+	// is reworded, this test fails loudly so the marker can be updated.
+	err := errors.New("daemon does not appear to be running (state file not found)")
+	if !shouldSkipSentry(err) {
+		t.Error("ErrDaemonNotRunning message should be skipped")
+	}
+	wrapped := fmt.Errorf("read daemon state: %w", err)
+	if !shouldSkipSentry(wrapped) {
+		t.Error("wrapped ErrDaemonNotRunning message should be skipped")
+	}
+}

internal/upgrade/download.go

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ package upgrade
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -88,7 +88,23 @@ func download(ctx context.Context, version string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // verifyChecksum downloads checksums.txt and verifies the archive's SHA256.
+// When a release public key is embedded at build time (releasePubKeyBase64),
+// the function also verifies an ed25519 signature over checksums.txt before
+// trusting any hash inside it — this turns the checksum file from a passive
+// integrity check into an authenticated artifact that a maintainer or CI key
+// compromise cannot trivially forge.
 func verifyChecksum(ctx context.Context, version, archivePath string) error {
+	return verifyChecksumWithOptions(ctx, version, archivePath, true)
+}
+
+// verifyChecksumOnly skips the ed25519 signature step. Used by Upgrader
+// when --allow-unsigned is set and the release is known to predate signing
+// (or when a release accidentally shipped without a .sig file).
+func verifyChecksumOnly(ctx context.Context, version, archivePath string) error {
+	return verifyChecksumWithOptions(ctx, version, archivePath, false)
+}
+
+func verifyChecksumWithOptions(ctx context.Context, version, archivePath string, verifySignature bool) error {
 	// Download checksums.txt
 	url := releaseURL(version, "checksums.txt")
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url, nil)
@@ -107,11 +123,28 @@ func verifyChecksum(ctx context.Context, version, archivePath string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("fetch checksums: HTTP %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
+	// Read the entire checksums.txt content first so we can both parse and
+	// verify the signature over the same bytes.
+	checksumsContent, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 1<<20))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("read checksums: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Verify ed25519 signature over checksums.txt before trusting its
+	// contents. Skipped silently when no key is embedded (handled by the
+	// caller via SignatureVerificationConfigured) or when the caller
+	// explicitly opts out via --allow-unsigned.
+	if verifySignature {
+		if err := verifyChecksumsSignature(ctx, version, checksumsContent); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("verify signature: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Parse checksums.txt — format: "<sha256>  <filename>"
 	expectedName := archiveName(version)
 	var expectedHash string
 
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(resp.Body)
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(checksumsContent))
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		line := scanner.Text()
 		parts := strings.Fields(line)
@@ -148,36 +181,35 @@ func verifyChecksum(ctx context.Context, version, archivePath string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// fetchLatestVersion queries GitHub API for the latest release tag.
+// fetchLatestVersion queries the TorrentClaw release endpoint (/version) for the
+// latest version string (e.g. "0.8.1"). No GitHub dependency.
 func fetchLatestVersion(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.github.com/repos/%s/releases/latest", githubRepo)
+	url := updateBaseURL + "/version"
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/vnd.github+json")
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "unarr-updater")
 
 	resp, err := httpClient.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("fetch latest release: %w", err)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("fetch latest version: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("GitHub API: HTTP %d", resp.StatusCode)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("version endpoint: HTTP %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
-	var release struct {
-		TagName string `json:"tag_name"`
-	}
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&release); err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("decode response: %w", err)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 64))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("read version: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if release.TagName == "" {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("empty tag_name in release")
+	version := strings.TrimPrefix(strings.TrimSpace(string(body)), "v")
+	if version == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("empty version from %s", url)
 	}
 
-	return strings.TrimPrefix(release.TagName, "v"), nil
+	return version, nil
 }

internal/upgrade/extract.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -85,15 +86,22 @@ func extractZip(archivePath, destDir string) (string, error) {
 
 	target := binaryName + ".exe"
 
-	for _, f := range r.File {
-		name := filepath.Base(f.Name)
-
-		// Guard against path traversal
-		if strings.Contains(f.Name, "..") {
-			continue
+	// Resolve destDir to its absolute form once so the ZIP-slip check below
+	// can compare canonical paths instead of fragile substring matches.
+	absDest, err := filepath.Abs(destDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("resolve dest: %w", err)
 	}
 
-		if name != target {
+	for _, f := range r.File {
+		if f.FileInfo().IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+		if filepath.Base(f.Name) != target {
+			continue
+		}
+		absDst, ok := safeZipPath(f.Name, target, absDest)
+		if !ok {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -102,8 +110,7 @@ func extractZip(archivePath, destDir string) (string, error) {
 			return "", err
 		}
 
-		dst := filepath.Join(destDir, target)
-		out, err := os.OpenFile(dst, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0o755)
+		out, err := os.OpenFile(absDst, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0o755)
 		if err != nil {
 			rc.Close()
 			return "", err
@@ -116,8 +123,41 @@ func extractZip(archivePath, destDir string) (string, error) {
 		}
 		out.Close()
 		rc.Close()
-		return dst, nil
+		return absDst, nil
 	}
 
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("binary %q not found in archive", target)
 }
+
+// safeZipPath validates that a ZIP entry name is safe to extract under
+// absDest, then returns the absolute destination path (always
+// absDest/target, never the raw entry name — we still only extract files
+// matched by Base name).
+//
+// Rejected: absolute paths, paths that resolve to "..", paths containing
+// a "../" or "..\\" component, and any entry whose final destination
+// would land outside absDest. The check uses path.Clean on the entry's
+// native separator (ZIP uses forward slashes by spec, but some authors
+// emit backslashes — we treat both as separators here so a hostile entry
+// on Linux can't bypass the substring scan).
+func safeZipPath(entryName, target, absDest string) (string, bool) {
+	// Normalise both separators to "/" so the check works on Linux too,
+	// where filepath.Separator is "/" and a hostile "..\\foo" string is
+	// otherwise treated as a single filename component by filepath.Clean.
+	normalised := strings.ReplaceAll(entryName, `\`, "/")
+	cleaned := path.Clean(normalised)
+	if cleaned == ".." ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(cleaned, "../") ||
+		strings.Contains(cleaned, "/../") ||
+		path.IsAbs(cleaned) {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	absDst, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(absDest, target))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(absDst+string(filepath.Separator), absDest+string(filepath.Separator)) {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	return absDst, true
+}

internal/upgrade/signature.go

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package upgrade
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/ed25519"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// releasePubKeyBase64 is the base64-encoded ed25519 public key used to verify
+// `checksums.txt.sig` against `checksums.txt` during self-update.
+//
+// It is overridable at link time via ldflags so the same source compiles for
+// users who do not yet have a release-signing keypair in their CI:
+//
+//	-X github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/upgrade.releasePubKeyBase64=<base64-pubkey>
+//
+// When the variable is empty, signature verification is skipped and a warning
+// is logged — checksum-only verification remains in force. This is the
+// transitional default until the keypair is provisioned; flip to a non-empty
+// value (and enable the corresponding CI signing step) to make signature
+// verification mandatory.
+var releasePubKeyBase64 = ""
+
+// ErrMissingSignature indicates the release does not ship a `.sig` file even
+// though signature verification is required by an embedded public key.
+var ErrMissingSignature = errors.New("release signature file is missing")
+
+// verifyChecksumsSignature downloads `checksums.txt.sig` (raw 64-byte ed25519
+// signature over the checksums.txt content) and verifies it with the embedded
+// public key. Returns nil if verification succeeds or if no public key has
+// been embedded yet (caller is expected to surface a warning in that case).
+func verifyChecksumsSignature(ctx context.Context, version string, checksumsContent []byte) error {
+	pubKey, err := loadReleasePubKey()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("load release pubkey: %w", err)
+	}
+	if pubKey == nil {
+		// Signature verification not configured; caller decides what to do.
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	url := releaseURL(version, "checksums.txt.sig")
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "unarr-updater")
+	resp, err := httpClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("fetch signature: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+		return ErrMissingSignature
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return fmt.Errorf("fetch signature: HTTP %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	// Signature file is base64(signature)\n — small and bounded.
+	rawSig, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 8*1024))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("read signature: %w", err)
+	}
+	sig, err := decodeSignature(rawSig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("decode signature: %w", err)
+	}
+	if len(sig) != ed25519.SignatureSize {
+		return fmt.Errorf("signature size %d, expected %d", len(sig), ed25519.SignatureSize)
+	}
+	if !ed25519.Verify(pubKey, checksumsContent, sig) {
+		return errors.New("ed25519 signature verification failed")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SignatureVerificationConfigured reports whether the build has a release
+// public key embedded. The CLI surfaces this so users running a non-signed
+// build get a clear warning rather than silent trust.
+func SignatureVerificationConfigured() bool {
+	pubKey, err := loadReleasePubKey()
+	return err == nil && pubKey != nil
+}
+
+func loadReleasePubKey() (ed25519.PublicKey, error) {
+	v := strings.TrimSpace(releasePubKeyBase64)
+	if v == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	raw, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("base64 decode: %w", err)
+	}
+	if len(raw) != ed25519.PublicKeySize {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pubkey size %d, expected %d", len(raw), ed25519.PublicKeySize)
+	}
+	return ed25519.PublicKey(raw), nil
+}
+
+// decodeSignature parses the base64-encoded signature emitted by
+// scripts/sign-checksums (always base64 + trailing newline). A single
+// expected format keeps the surface area minimal — a stricter parser is
+// less likely to accept a hostile mirror's coincidentally-sized payload.
+func decodeSignature(raw []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	return base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(strings.TrimSpace(string(raw)))
+}

internal/upgrade/signature_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+package upgrade
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/ed25519"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// withReleasePubKey temporarily swaps the embedded release public key and
+// restores the previous value on test exit.
+func withReleasePubKey(t *testing.T, encoded string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	prev := releasePubKeyBase64
+	releasePubKeyBase64 = encoded
+	t.Cleanup(func() { releasePubKeyBase64 = prev })
+}
+
+func TestSignatureVerificationDisabledByDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	withReleasePubKey(t, "")
+	if SignatureVerificationConfigured() {
+		t.Fatal("expected SignatureVerificationConfigured() to be false when pubkey is empty")
+	}
+	// verifyChecksumsSignature should be a no-op when no key is embedded.
+	if err := verifyChecksumsSignature(context.Background(), "0.0.0", []byte("anything")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected nil when pubkey is empty, got %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSignatureRejectsMalformedPubKey(t *testing.T) {
+	withReleasePubKey(t, "not-base64!!")
+	if _, err := loadReleasePubKey(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error from malformed base64")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSignatureRejectsWrongSizePubKey(t *testing.T) {
+	withReleasePubKey(t, base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte("too-short")))
+	if _, err := loadReleasePubKey(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error from wrong-size pubkey")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSignatureVerifiesGoodSignature(t *testing.T) {
+	pub, priv, err := ed25519.GenerateKey(rand.Reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("generate keypair: %v", err)
+	}
+	withReleasePubKey(t, base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(pub))
+
+	checksumsBody := []byte("deadbeef  unarr_0.0.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz\n")
+	signature := ed25519.Sign(priv, checksumsBody)
+
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, "checksums.txt.sig") {
+			http.NotFound(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(signature))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	prevHost := updateBaseURL
+	updateBaseURL = srv.URL
+	t.Cleanup(func() { updateBaseURL = prevHost })
+
+	if err := verifyChecksumsSignature(context.Background(), "0.0.0", checksumsBody); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("verifyChecksumsSignature(good) = %v, want nil", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSignatureRejectsBadSignature(t *testing.T) {
+	pub, _, err := ed25519.GenerateKey(rand.Reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("generate keypair: %v", err)
+	}
+	withReleasePubKey(t, base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(pub))
+
+	// Sign with a DIFFERENT private key — should be rejected.
+	_, other, _ := ed25519.GenerateKey(rand.Reader)
+	body := []byte("checksum-line\n")
+	badSig := ed25519.Sign(other, body)
+
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(badSig))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	prevHost := updateBaseURL
+	updateBaseURL = srv.URL
+	t.Cleanup(func() { updateBaseURL = prevHost })
+
+	err = verifyChecksumsSignature(context.Background(), "0.0.0", body)
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "verification failed") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected verification failure, got %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSignatureMissingFile(t *testing.T) {
+	pub, _, _ := ed25519.GenerateKey(rand.Reader)
+	withReleasePubKey(t, base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(pub))
+
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		http.NotFound(w, r)
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+	prevHost := updateBaseURL
+	updateBaseURL = srv.URL
+	t.Cleanup(func() { updateBaseURL = prevHost })
+
+	err := verifyChecksumsSignature(context.Background(), "0.0.0", []byte("body"))
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrMissingSignature) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ErrMissingSignature, got %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecodeSignatureRejectsRaw(t *testing.T) {
+	// 64-byte payload that happens NOT to be valid base64 must error rather
+	// than be silently accepted as a raw signature — the only legitimate
+	// shape is base64-encoded text.
+	raw := make([]byte, ed25519.SignatureSize)
+	for i := range raw {
+		raw[i] = 0xff
+	}
+	if _, err := decodeSignature(raw); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error from non-base64 64-byte payload")
+	}
+}

internal/upgrade/upgrade.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ package upgrade
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	githubRepo  = "torrentclaw/unarr"
 	binaryName  = "unarr"
 	smokeTestTO = 5 * time.Second
 )
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ type Upgrader struct {
 	CurrentVersion string
 	// OnProgress is called with status messages during the upgrade process.
 	OnProgress func(msg string)
+	// AllowUnsigned downgrades a missing checksums.txt.sig to a warning and
+	// continues with SHA256-only verification. Required to downgrade to a
+	// release published before signing was introduced, or to recover from
+	// an accidental release where the workflow's signing step was skipped.
+	// Default false — signature missing is a hard failure when a public
+	// key is embedded.
+	AllowUnsigned bool
 }
 
 func (u *Upgrader) log(msg string) {
@@ -89,11 +96,22 @@ func (u *Upgrader) Execute(ctx context.Context, targetVersion string) Result {
 	}
 	defer os.Remove(archivePath)
 
-	// 5. Verify checksum
-	u.log("Verifying checksum...")
+	// 5. Verify checksum (and signature, if configured)
+	if SignatureVerificationConfigured() {
+		u.log("Verifying checksum + ed25519 signature...")
+	} else {
+		u.log("Verifying checksum (release signature verification not configured for this build)...")
+	}
 	if err := verifyChecksum(ctx, targetVersion, archivePath); err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, ErrMissingSignature) && u.AllowUnsigned {
+			u.log("WARNING: release is unsigned and --allow-unsigned was passed; continuing with SHA256-only verification")
+			if err := verifyChecksumOnly(ctx, targetVersion, archivePath); err != nil {
 				return u.fail("checksum: %v", err)
 			}
+		} else {
+			return u.fail("checksum: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
 
 	// 6. Extract binary
 	u.log("Extracting...")
@@ -224,7 +242,26 @@ func archiveName(version string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s_%s_%s.%s", binaryName, version, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH, ext)
 }
 
-// releaseURL returns the download URL for a release asset.
-func releaseURL(version, filename string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/%s/releases/download/v%s/%s", githubRepo, version, filename)
+// updateBaseURL is the base URL the self-updater fetches releases from —
+// TorrentClaw's own app, no GitHub dependency (the org is shadow-banned, so
+// GitHub releases/raw/API all 404 to anonymous clients). Defaults to the
+// production apex; SetBaseURL points it at the configured host (cfg.Auth.APIURL)
+// so mirrors / onion / staging work, and tests can point it at an httptest.Server.
+var updateBaseURL = "https://torrentclaw.com"
+
+// SetBaseURL overrides the release endpoint base (trailing slash trimmed).
+// No-op for empty input so a blank config can't break the default.
+func SetBaseURL(base string) {
+	if base != "" {
+		updateBaseURL = strings.TrimRight(base, "/")
+	}
+}
+
+// releaseURL returns the download URL for a release asset:
+//
+//	{base}/releases/download/v{version}/{filename}
+//
+// served by the app's src/app/releases/download/[...seg] route handler.
+func releaseURL(version, filename string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/releases/download/v%s/%s", updateBaseURL, version, filename)
 }

internal/upgrade/upgrade_test.go

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestArchiveName(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestReleaseURL(t *testing.T) {
 	url := releaseURL("0.3.0", "unarr_0.3.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz")
-	want := "https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/releases/download/v0.3.0/unarr_0.3.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
+	want := "https://torrentclaw.com/releases/download/v0.3.0/unarr_0.3.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
 	if url != want {
 		t.Errorf("releaseURL = %q, want %q", url, want)
 	}
@@ -289,21 +289,24 @@ func TestUpgraderSameVersionWithPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestFetchLatestVersionMockServer(t *testing.T) {
 	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		fmt.Fprint(w, `{"tag_name":"v2.5.1","published_at":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"}`)
+		if r.URL.Path != "/version" {
+			http.NotFound(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "v2.5.1")
 	}))
 	defer srv.Close()
 
-	// We can't directly test fetchLatestVersion because it uses a hardcoded URL.
-	// But we can test the JSON parsing logic by calling the endpoint ourselves.
-	resp, err := http.Get(srv.URL)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	prev := updateBaseURL
+	updateBaseURL = srv.URL
+	t.Cleanup(func() { updateBaseURL = prev })
 
-	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
-		t.Errorf("status = %d, want 200", resp.StatusCode)
+	ver, err := fetchLatestVersion(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("fetchLatestVersion() = %v", err)
+	}
+	if ver != "2.5.1" {
+		t.Errorf("fetchLatestVersion() = %q, want %q", ver, "2.5.1")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -403,19 +406,19 @@ func TestReleaseURLEdgeCases(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "pre-release version",
 			version:  "2.0.0-beta.1",
 			filename: "unarr_2.0.0-beta.1_darwin_arm64.tar.gz",
-			wantURL:  "https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/releases/download/v2.0.0-beta.1/unarr_2.0.0-beta.1_darwin_arm64.tar.gz",
+			wantURL:  "https://torrentclaw.com/releases/download/v2.0.0-beta.1/unarr_2.0.0-beta.1_darwin_arm64.tar.gz",
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "checksums file",
 			version:  "3.0.0",
 			filename: "checksums.txt",
-			wantURL:  "https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/releases/download/v3.0.0/checksums.txt",
+			wantURL:  "https://torrentclaw.com/releases/download/v3.0.0/checksums.txt",
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "windows zip",
 			version:  "1.2.3",
 			filename: "unarr_1.2.3_windows_amd64.zip",
-			wantURL:  "https://github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/releases/download/v1.2.3/unarr_1.2.3_windows_amd64.zip",
+			wantURL:  "https://torrentclaw.com/releases/download/v1.2.3/unarr_1.2.3_windows_amd64.zip",
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -530,19 +533,19 @@ func TestFetchLatestVersionWithHTTPTest(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			name:       "valid response",
-			body:       `{"tag_name":"v3.1.4"}`,
+			body:       "v3.1.4\n",
 			statusCode: 200,
 			wantVer:    "3.1.4",
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "valid response without v prefix",
-			body:       `{"tag_name":"2.0.0"}`,
+			body:       "2.0.0",
 			statusCode: 200,
 			wantVer:    "2.0.0",
 		},
 		{
-			name:       "empty tag_name",
-			body:       `{"tag_name":""}`,
+			name:       "empty body",
+			body:       "",
 			statusCode: 200,
 			wantErr:    true,
 		},
@@ -553,8 +556,8 @@ func TestFetchLatestVersionWithHTTPTest(t *testing.T) {
 			wantErr:    true,
 		},
 		{
-			name:       "invalid json",
-			body:       `{invalid`,
+			name:       "whitespace only",
+			body:       "   \n",
 			statusCode: 200,
 			wantErr:    true,
 		},
@@ -1085,3 +1088,40 @@ func TestDownloadSetsUserAgent(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("User-Agent = %q, want 'unarr-updater'", gotUA)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSafeZipPath(t *testing.T) {
+	dest := t.TempDir()
+	absDest, err := filepath.Abs(dest)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("abs dest: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Names that must extract successfully.
+	good := []string{
+		"unarr.exe",
+		"bin/unarr.exe",
+		"./unarr.exe",
+		"folder/sub/unarr.exe",
+	}
+	for _, name := range good {
+		if _, ok := safeZipPath(name, "unarr.exe", absDest); !ok {
+			t.Errorf("safeZipPath(%q) = ok:false, want ok:true", name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Names that must be rejected for path-traversal reasons.
+	bad := []string{
+		"../unarr.exe",
+		"..",
+		"foo/../../unarr.exe",
+		"/etc/passwd",
+		"/abs/unarr.exe",
+		`..\..\windows\system32\unarr.exe`, // backslash entries that escape
+		"../../bin/unarr.exe",
+	}
+	for _, name := range bad {
+		if _, ok := safeZipPath(name, "unarr.exe", absDest); ok {
+			t.Errorf("safeZipPath(%q) = ok:true, want ok:false", name)
+		}
+	}
+}