Cache library index and refresh changed manga

README.md

@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ see administration; personal settings do not poll scraper services. See
 |-----------------|-------------|---------|
 | `PORT`          | `8080`      | HTTP port |
 | `LIBRARY`       | `./library` | Library folder (read-only access is enough) |
-| `DATA`          | `./data`    | Where `db.json` (users, progress, votes, notifications) and `scan-cache.json` live |
+| `DATA`          | `./data`    | Where `db.json` (users, progress, votes, notifications) and disposable library-index caches live |
 | `SIGNUP`        | `closed`    | `open` lets anyone create an account. Otherwise the admin adds users under Settings |
-| `SCAN_INTERVAL` | `10`        | Minutes between automatic library rescans (`0` = only at start and on "Rescan") |
+| `SCAN_INTERVAL` | `10`        | Minutes between shallow library change checks (`0` disables this timer) |
+| `FULL_SCAN_INTERVAL` | `1440` | Minutes between full library reconciliations (`0` disables this timer) |
 | `COOKIE_SECURE` | –           | `1` marks the login cookie `Secure` (use it when you serve over HTTPS) |
 | `SCRAPER_URL`   | `http://127.0.0.1:8091` | Private scraper daemon URL |
 | `SCRAPER_TOKEN` | empty       | Shared daemon token; required when it listens beyond loopback |

docs/architecture.md

@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ The catalog and relation store is reader-owned `data/catalog.json`. Sentinel wri
 The admin browser never talks to the scraper daemon directly. Admin-only reader
 routes proxy commands to the daemon's private API, so its shared token stays on the
 server. The daemon publishes complete folders atomically and increments a durable
-revision; the reader polls that revision and rescans the library after publication.
+revision; the reader polls that revision and refreshes changed manga after publication.
+The reader restores a disposable full-index snapshot at startup so browsing need not
+wait for a filesystem walk. Shallow directory stamps identify changed manga; a
+background and daily full reconciliation catches in-place manual edits.
 
 | Path | Lines | Responsibility |
 |------|------:|----------------|
@@ -78,7 +81,8 @@ revision; the reader polls that revision and rescans the library after publicati
   - `lib` is the current library index, replaced as a whole after each scan.
   - `db` is all user data, loaded from `db.json` at start.
 - **Timers:**
-  - a library scan at start and every `SCAN_INTERVAL` minutes,
+  - a saved-index restore and shallow check at start (full scan when no snapshot),
+  - a shallow check every `SCAN_INTERVAL` minutes, full reconciliation every `FULL_SCAN_INTERVAL` minutes,
   - a debounced `db.json` write, 500 ms after the last change.
 - **Shutdown:** `SIGINT` / `SIGTERM` flush `db.json`; the daemon cooperatively stops at a page boundary and keeps its archive checkpoint.
 - **Durability:** every file write goes to `*.tmp` first and is then renamed over the target, so a file is never half-written. A hard kill loses at most the changes of the last ~0.5 s. A corrupt `db.json` makes the server **refuse to start** rather than start empty and overwrite it.
@@ -146,6 +150,9 @@ This keeps ids human-readable and derivable without a database. The price: renam
 ```
 
 - `data/scan-cache.json` holds `{ "<Manga>/<Book>/<Chapter>": { m: <folder mtimeMs>, p: [[file, w, h], …] } }`. It is disposable.
+- `data/library-index.json` holds a disposable, versioned index snapshot and shallow
+  directory stamps. The library folders remain authoritative; a missing or invalid
+  snapshot triggers a full scan. Rollback-compatible `scan-cache.json` is retained.
 - **Backups:** copy `data/db.json`. The atomic writes make a copy at any time consistent.
 
 ## 6. Server
@@ -331,7 +338,7 @@ docker compose up -d --build
 - **Volumes:**
   - `/library`: read-only in the reader and writable in the scraper. Files must be readable—and scraper targets writable—by uid 1000.
   - `/data`: reader state must be writable; the scraper also needs its writable `/data/scraper` state.
-- **Configuration:** process wiring uses environment variables (`PORT`, `LIBRARY`, `DATA`, `SIGNUP`, `SCAN_INTERVAL`, `COOKIE_SECURE`, `SCRAPER_URL`, and `SCRAPER_TOKEN`). Queue pacing and automatic-update schedule are persisted in `data/scraper/queue.json` and edited through the authenticated admin UI.
+- **Configuration:** process wiring uses environment variables (`PORT`, `LIBRARY`, `DATA`, `SIGNUP`, `SCAN_INTERVAL`, `FULL_SCAN_INTERVAL`, `COOKIE_SECURE`, `SCRAPER_URL`, and `SCRAPER_TOKEN`). Queue pacing and automatic-update schedule are persisted in `data/scraper/queue.json` and edited through the authenticated admin UI.
 - **Without Docker:** `npm run start:all` with Node ≥ 18, or supervise `npm start` and `npm run start:scraper` independently. On the current Windows machine that supervision is already owned by `\MangaCircus Supervisor`.
 - **Behind a reverse proxy:** terminate TLS, set `COOKIE_SECURE=1`. A sub-path works.
 - **Upgrades:** replace the code and restart. Reader state has no explicit migration;

docs/import.md

@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ MangaCircus does not copy or convert anything. "Import" means **indexing the lib
 
 ```
                  ┌───────────── triggers ─────────────┐
-                 │ start-up · every SCAN_INTERVAL min │
+                 │ start-up · shallow interval · daily full │
                  │ admin "Rescan" · admin "Full rescan"│
                  └────────────────┬───────────────────┘
                                   ▼
- library/ ──read──▶ scanLibrary(root, oldCache)            library.js
+ data/library-index.json ──▶ immediate in-memory index at start (if valid)
+ library/ ──read──▶ shallow changed-manga check or full scan   library.js
                       ├─ scanManga      (per manga folder)
                       │    ├─ book folders  → parseKey, book.json, cover
                       │    └─ chapter folders → scanVersion
@@ -20,19 +21,23 @@ MangaCircus does not copy or convert anything. "Import" means **indexing the lib
                                   ▼
                       lib = index       (atomic swap, requests see old or new, never half)
                                   ▼
-                      data/scan-cache.json   (written atomically)
+                      data/scan-cache.json + data/library-index.json (atomic)
 ```
 
 ## 1. Triggers
 
 | Trigger | When | Cache |
 |---------|------|-------|
-| Start-up | Right after the HTTP server starts listening. Requests are served meanwhile; the library page shows "Scanning…" until the first scan is done | used |
-| Interval | Every `SCAN_INTERVAL` minutes (default 10, `0` = off) | used |
+| Start-up | Restore the saved index immediately if its library mount is present, then check changed manga. Without a valid snapshot, scan the whole library; the page shows "Scanning…" until done | used |
+| Interval | Shallow change check every `SCAN_INTERVAL` minutes (default 10, `0` = off); full reconciliation every `FULL_SCAN_INTERVAL` minutes (default 1440, `0` = off) | used |
 | **Rescan** (Settings → Admin, or `POST /api/admin/rescan {}`) | On demand; the request returns when the scan is done | used |
 | **Full rescan** (`POST /api/admin/rescan {"full":true}`) | On demand | ignored: every image header is read again |
 
-Scans are **single-flight**. A trigger that fires while a scan is running joins that scan instead of starting a second one.
+Scans are **single-flight**. A trigger during a scan queues one coalesced follow-up,
+with a full reconciliation taking precedence over a shallow check. Publication
+revisions trigger a shallow check; if no changed directory is visible, the reader
+falls back to a full scan. In-place edits to `chapter.json` are found by the full
+reconciliation or an admin Rescan, not by shallow parent-directory stamps.
 
 ## 2. Walking the tree
 
@@ -155,6 +160,11 @@ The reader lays pages out before they load, so it needs every image's size. Inst
 ## 4. The scan cache
 
 - Stored in `DATA/scan-cache.json`. It is rewritten atomically after every successful scan and holds only the folders seen in that scan, so deleted chapters drop out.
+- `DATA/library-index.json` also stores the complete rebuildable index and shallow
+  manga/book directory stamps. It lets a restarted reader serve the dashboard and
+  manga pages before the background filesystem check completes. Both files can be
+  deleted safely; without the index the next startup walks the library, and without
+  the size cache it also rereads image headers.
 - Invalidation is **per chapter folder, by its mtime**. Adding, removing or renaming a file changes the folder mtime, so that folder is re-read on the next scan.
 - **Blind spot:** overwriting an image *in place* (same name) usually doesn't change the folder's mtime, so the old size stays cached. Run a **Full rescan** after such edits, or write new files and rename them (§7).
 - Deleting the cache file is harmless. The next scan is simply slower.

library.js

@@ -164,4 +164,72 @@ async function scanLibrary(root, oldCache = {}) {
   return { index: { mangas, byId: new Map(mangas.map(m => [m.id, m])) }, cache };
 }
 
-module.exports = { scanLibrary, parseKey, sizeFromBuffer, imageSize };
+// Book-directory renames are the publisher's atomic commit point. A shallow
+// stamp pass costs one stat per book, rather than one stat/JSON read per chapter.
+// In-place chapter.json edits are picked up by the scheduled deep reconciliation.
+async function fileStamp(file) {
+  try { const s = await fsp.stat(file); return `${s.mtimeMs}:${s.size}`; }
+  catch (e) { if (e.code === 'ENOENT') return ''; throw e; }
+}
+async function libraryStamps(root) {
+  const stamps = {};
+  for (const name of (await list(root)).dirs) {
+    const mangaDir = path.join(root, name), books = {};
+    const listed = await list(mangaDir);
+    for (const bookName of listed.dirs.filter(parseKey)) {
+      const bookDir = path.join(mangaDir, bookName);
+      books[bookName] = [await fileStamp(bookDir), await fileStamp(path.join(bookDir, 'book.json'))];
+    }
+    stamps[name] = [await fileStamp(mangaDir), await fileStamp(path.join(mangaDir, 'manga.json')), books];
+  }
+  return stamps;
+}
+
+async function scanChangedLibrary(root, prior, oldCache, oldStamps, stamps) {
+  stamps = stamps || await libraryStamps(root);
+  const names = new Set([...Object.keys(oldStamps || {}), ...Object.keys(stamps)]);
+  const changed = [...names].filter(name => JSON.stringify(oldStamps?.[name]) !== JSON.stringify(stamps[name]));
+  if (!changed.length) return { index: prior, cache: oldCache, stamps, changed };
+  const byId = new Map(prior.mangas.map(m => [m.id, m]));
+  const cache = { ...oldCache };
+  for (const name of changed) {
+    byId.delete(name);
+    for (const key of Object.keys(cache)) if (key.startsWith(name + '/')) delete cache[key];
+    if (!Object.hasOwn(stamps, name)) continue;
+    const m = await scanManga(root, name, oldCache, cache);
+    if (m.chapters.length) byId.set(name, m);
+  }
+  const mangas = [...byId.values()].sort((a, b) => cmp(a.title, b.title));
+  return { index: { mangas, byId: new Map(mangas.map(m => [m.id, m])) }, cache, stamps, changed };
+}
+
+// Store each chapter only once. Maps and book chapter references are rebuilt
+// from the snapshot, which is a disposable cache rather than library authority.
+function snapshotIndex(index) {
+  return index.mangas.map(m => ({ ...m, chapterById: undefined,
+    books: m.books.map(b => ({ ...b, chapters: b.chapters.map(ch => ch.id) })) }));
+}
+function restoreIndex(mangas) {
+  if (!Array.isArray(mangas)) throw new Error('Invalid library index snapshot');
+  const byId = new Map();
+  for (const m of mangas) {
+    if (!m || typeof m.id !== 'string' || !Array.isArray(m.books) || !Array.isArray(m.chapters) || byId.has(m.id))
+      throw new Error('Invalid manga in library index snapshot');
+    m.chapterById = new Map();
+    for (const ch of m.chapters) {
+      if (!ch || typeof ch.id !== 'string' || !Array.isArray(ch.versions) || ch.versions.some(v => !Array.isArray(v.pages)))
+        throw new Error('Invalid chapter in library index snapshot');
+      m.chapterById.set(ch.id, ch);
+    }
+    for (const book of m.books) {
+      if (!Array.isArray(book.chapters) || book.chapters.some(id => !m.chapterById.has(id)))
+        throw new Error('Invalid book in library index snapshot');
+      book.chapters = book.chapters.map(id => m.chapterById.get(id));
+    }
+    byId.set(m.id, m);
+  }
+  return { mangas, byId };
+}
+
+module.exports = { scanLibrary, scanChangedLibrary, libraryStamps, snapshotIndex, restoreIndex,
+  parseKey, sizeFromBuffer, imageSize };

server.js

@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
  * Environment:
  *   PORT=8080            LIBRARY=./library        DATA=./data
  *   SIGNUP=closed|open   (the very first account can always be created and becomes admin)
- *   SCAN_INTERVAL=10     minutes between automatic library rescans, 0 = off
+ *   SCAN_INTERVAL=10     minutes between shallow change checks, 0 = off
+ *   FULL_SCAN_INTERVAL=1440  minutes between full reconciliations, 0 = off
  *   COOKIE_SECURE=1      mark the session cookie Secure (when served over HTTPS)
  *   SCRAPER_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8091   scraper daemon API
  *   SCRAPER_TOKEN=...                    shared daemon token (optional on loopback)
  */
 const http = require('http'), fs = require('fs'), path = require('path'), crypto = require('crypto');
-const { scanLibrary } = require('./library');
+const { scanLibrary, scanChangedLibrary, libraryStamps, snapshotIndex, restoreIndex } = require('./library');
 const { Catalog, CatalogError, collectionViews, TYPES, ROLES } = require('./catalog');
 const { secret } = require('./runtime/config');
 const {
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ const LIB = path.resolve(process.env.LIBRARY || 'library');
 const DATA = path.resolve(process.env.DATA || 'data');
 const OPEN_SIGNUP = process.env.SIGNUP === 'open';
 const SCAN_MINUTES = +(process.env.SCAN_INTERVAL || 10);
+const FULL_SCAN_MINUTES = +(process.env.FULL_SCAN_INTERVAL || 1440);
 const SECURE_COOKIE = process.env.COOKIE_SECURE === '1';
 const SCRAPER_URL = String(process.env.SCRAPER_URL || 'http://127.0.0.1:8091').replace(/\/$/, '');
 const SCRAPER_TOKEN = secret('SCRAPER_TOKEN');
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ const MIME = {
 // ---------- storage: one JSON file, written atomically ----------
 fs.mkdirSync(DATA, { recursive: true });
 const catalog = new Catalog(DATA);
-const DB_FILE = path.join(DATA, 'db.json'), CACHE_FILE = path.join(DATA, 'scan-cache.json');
+const DB_FILE = path.join(DATA, 'db.json'), CACHE_FILE = path.join(DATA, 'scan-cache.json'), INDEX_FILE = path.join(DATA, 'library-index.json');
 const db = { users: {}, sessions: {}, progress: {}, reading: {}, follows: {}, notes: {}, votes: {}, known: {} };
 // A corrupt db.json stops the server instead of silently starting empty and overwriting it.
 if (fs.existsSync(DB_FILE)) Object.assign(db, JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(DB_FILE, 'utf8')));
@@ -83,28 +85,63 @@ function userOf(req) { const t = tokenOf(req), s = t && db.sessions[sha(t)]; ret
 for (const [k, s] of Object.entries(db.sessions)) if (Date.now() - s.t > 365 * 864e5 || !db.users[s.u]) delete db.sessions[k];
 
 // ---------- library index ----------
-let lib = { mangas: [], byId: new Map() }, scanning = null, scanState = {}, scanCache = {};
+let lib = { mangas: [], byId: new Map() }, scanning = null, pendingScan = null, scanState = {}, scanCache = {}, scanStamps = {};
 try { scanCache = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(CACHE_FILE, 'utf8')); } catch { /* first run */ }
+try {
+  const saved = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(INDEX_FILE, 'utf8'));
+  if (saved.version !== 1 || saved.root !== LIB || !saved.cache || !saved.stamps) throw new Error('Invalid library index snapshot');
+  const restored = restoreIndex(saved.mangas);
+  // A disconnected/replaced library mount must not appear populated from cache.
+  const present = new Set(fs.readdirSync(LIB, { withFileTypes: true }).filter(e => e.isDirectory()).map(e => e.name));
+  if (restored.mangas.length && !restored.mangas.some(m => present.has(m.id))) throw new Error('Library mount differs from snapshot');
+  lib = restored; scanCache = saved.cache; scanStamps = saved.stamps;
+  scanState = { at: saved.at, mode: 'snapshot', stale: true, mangas: lib.mangas.length, error: null };
+  console.log(`[scan] restored ${lib.mangas.length} manga from saved index; verifying in background`);
+} catch (e) { if (e.code !== 'ENOENT') console.warn(`[scan] ignoring saved index: ${e.message}`); }
 
-function rescan(full) {
-  scanning = scanning || (async () => {
+async function performScan(mode) {
     const t0 = Date.now();
     try {
-      const { index, cache } = await scanLibrary(LIB, full ? {} : scanCache);
-      announce(index);
-      lib = index; scanCache = cache;
-      writeAtomic(CACHE_FILE, JSON.stringify(cache));
+      // Capture before the scan: a publication during the walk remains visible
+      // as a changed stamp on the next check, rather than being silently missed.
+      const stamps = await libraryStamps(LIB);
+      const result = mode === 'changed' && Object.keys(scanStamps).length
+        ? await scanChangedLibrary(LIB, lib, scanCache, scanStamps, stamps)
+        : { ...(await scanLibrary(LIB, mode === 'deep' ? {} : scanCache)), stamps, changed: Object.keys(stamps) };
+      const { index, cache, changed } = result;
+      if (mode !== 'changed' || changed.length) {
+        announce(index);
+        lib = index; scanCache = cache; scanStamps = stamps;
+        writeAtomic(CACHE_FILE, JSON.stringify(cache));
+        writeAtomic(INDEX_FILE, JSON.stringify({ version: 1, root: LIB, at: Date.now(), mangas: snapshotIndex(index), cache, stamps }));
+      }
       let chapters = 0, pages = 0;
-      for (const m of index.mangas) for (const ch of m.chapters) { chapters++; for (const v of ch.versions) pages += v.pages.length; }
-      scanState = { at: Date.now(), ms: Date.now() - t0, mangas: index.mangas.length, chapters, pages, error: null };
-      console.log(`[scan] ${index.mangas.length} manga, ${chapters} chapters, ${pages} pages in ${scanState.ms} ms`);
+      for (const m of lib.mangas) for (const ch of m.chapters) { chapters++; for (const v of ch.versions) pages += v.pages.length; }
+      scanState = { at: Date.now(), ms: Date.now() - t0, mode, changedMangas: changed.length,
+        mangas: lib.mangas.length, chapters, pages, stale: false, error: null };
+      console.log(`[scan] ${mode}: ${changed.length} changed manga, ${lib.mangas.length} manga, ${chapters} chapters, ${pages} pages in ${scanState.ms} ms`);
+      return scanState;
     } catch (e) {
       scanState = { ...scanState, at: Date.now(), error: e.message };
       console.error('[scan] failed:', e.message);
-    } finally { scanning = null; }
-  })();
+      return scanState;
+    }
+}
+function queueScan(mode) {
+  if (scanning) {
+    const priority = { changed: 1, full: 2, deep: 3 };
+    if (!pendingScan || priority[mode] > priority[pendingScan]) pendingScan = mode;
+    return scanning;
+  }
+  scanning = (async () => {
+    let next = mode, result;
+    do { result = await performScan(next); next = pendingScan; pendingScan = null; } while (next);
+    return result;
+  })().finally(() => { scanning = null; });
   return scanning;
 }
+function rescan(full) { return queueScan(full ? 'deep' : 'full'); }
+function refreshChanged() { return queueScan('changed'); }
 
 // New chapter ids (compared with every id ever seen for that manga) notify the followers.
 function announce(index) {
@@ -596,8 +633,13 @@ http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
   }
 }).listen(PORT, () => console.log(`MangaCircus on http://localhost:${PORT}  (library: ${LIB}, data: ${DATA})`));
 
-rescan();
-if (SCAN_MINUTES > 0) setInterval(() => rescan(), SCAN_MINUTES * 60000).unref();
+if (lib.mangas.length) {
+  refreshChanged();
+  // Catch in-place manual edits that cannot change a parent directory stamp.
+  setTimeout(() => rescan(), 60000).unref();
+} else rescan();
+if (SCAN_MINUTES > 0) setInterval(() => refreshChanged(), SCAN_MINUTES * 60000).unref();
+if (FULL_SCAN_MINUTES > 0) setInterval(() => rescan(), FULL_SCAN_MINUTES * 60000).unref();
 
 // A completed scraper publish increments a durable revision. Polling it here keeps the
 // reader index fresh without exposing an unauthenticated rescan endpoint to the daemon.
@@ -606,7 +648,16 @@ async function pollScraper() {
   try {
     const state = await scraperRequest('/api/state');
     const revision = Number(state.publishedRevision || 0);
-    if (scraperRevision !== null && revision > scraperRevision) await rescan();
+    if (scraperRevision === null || revision > scraperRevision) {
+      const checked = await refreshChanged();
+      if (checked.error) throw new Error(checked.error);
+      // A publication without a visible directory change should not disappear
+      // because of coarse filesystem timestamps or a missed scan race.
+      if (scraperRevision !== null && revision > scraperRevision && !checked.changedMangas) {
+        const reconciled = await rescan();
+        if (reconciled.error) throw new Error(reconciled.error);
+      }
+    }
     scraperRevision = revision;
   } catch { /* the reader also works when the optional scraper daemon is offline */ }
 }

test/library-index.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+'use strict';
+const test = require('node:test'), assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('fs'), os = require('os'), path = require('path'), net = require('net');
+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+const { Canvas } = require('../tools/png');
+const { scanLibrary, scanChangedLibrary, libraryStamps, snapshotIndex, restoreIndex } = require('../library');
+
+const image = new Canvas(20, 40, [20, 40, 80]).png();
+function chapter(root, manga, number) {
+  const dir = path.join(root, manga, 'v01', `c${String(number).padStart(4, '0')}`);
+  fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, '0001.png'), image);
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, 'chapter.json'), JSON.stringify({ title: `Part ${number}` }));
+}
+
+test('saved index restores chapter maps and book references without rereading images', async () => {
+  const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'mc-index-'));
+  try {
+    chapter(root, 'Alpha', 1); chapter(root, 'Beta', 1);
+    const first = await scanLibrary(root);
+    const stamps = await libraryStamps(root);
+    const restored = restoreIndex(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(snapshotIndex(first.index))));
+    assert.equal(restored.byId.get('Alpha').chapterById.get('1/1').title, 'Part 1');
+    assert.strictEqual(restored.byId.get('Alpha').books[0].chapters[0], restored.byId.get('Alpha').chapters[0]);
+    const same = await scanChangedLibrary(root, restored, first.cache, stamps);
+    assert.deepEqual(same.changed, []);
+    assert.strictEqual(same.index, restored);
+    assert.throws(() => restoreIndex([{ id: 'Broken', books: [], chapters: [{ id: 'x', versions: [{}] }] }]), /Invalid chapter/);
+  } finally { fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }); }
+});
+
+test('shallow refresh replaces only a published manga and removes deleted cache entries', async () => {
+  const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'mc-changed-'));
+  try {
+    chapter(root, 'Alpha', 1); chapter(root, 'Beta', 1);
+    const first = await scanLibrary(root), stamps = await libraryStamps(root);
+    const beta = first.index.byId.get('Beta');
+    chapter(root, 'Alpha', 2);
+    const next = await scanChangedLibrary(root, first.index, first.cache, stamps);
+    assert.deepEqual(next.changed, ['Alpha']);
+    assert.equal(next.index.byId.get('Alpha').chapters.length, 2);
+    assert.strictEqual(next.index.byId.get('Beta'), beta);
+    assert.equal(Object.keys(next.cache).length, 3);
+    fs.rmSync(path.join(root, 'Alpha'), { recursive: true });
+    const removed = await scanChangedLibrary(root, next.index, next.cache, next.stamps);
+    assert.deepEqual(removed.changed, ['Alpha']);
+    assert.equal(removed.index.byId.has('Alpha'), false);
+    assert.equal(Object.keys(removed.cache).length, 1);
+  } finally { fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }); }
+});
+
+test('in-place chapter metadata edits require a full reconciliation', async () => {
+  const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'mc-deep-'));
+  try {
+    chapter(root, 'Alpha', 1);
+    const first = await scanLibrary(root), stamps = await libraryStamps(root);
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(root, 'Alpha', 'v01', 'c0001', 'chapter.json'), JSON.stringify({ title: 'Revised Part 1' }));
+    const shallow = await scanChangedLibrary(root, first.index, first.cache, stamps);
+    assert.deepEqual(shallow.changed, []);
+    assert.equal((await scanLibrary(root, first.cache)).index.byId.get('Alpha').chapters[0].title, 'Revised Part 1');
+  } finally { fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }); }
+});
+
+test('reader serves a saved index immediately after restart and verifies it in background', { timeout: 15000 }, async () => {
+  const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'mc-warm-start-'));
+  let child;
+  try {
+    const library = path.join(root, 'library'), data = path.join(root, 'data');
+    fs.mkdirSync(data);
+    chapter(library, 'Alpha', 1);
+    const scanned = await scanLibrary(library), stamps = await libraryStamps(library);
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(data, 'library-index.json'), JSON.stringify({ version: 1, root: library,
+      at: Date.now(), mangas: snapshotIndex(scanned.index), cache: scanned.cache, stamps }));
+    const listener = net.createServer();
+    await new Promise(resolve => listener.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', resolve));
+    const port = listener.address().port;
+    await new Promise(resolve => listener.close(resolve));
+    const output = [];
+    child = spawn(process.execPath, ['server.js'], { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), windowsHide: true,
+      env: { ...process.env, LIBRARY: library, DATA: data, PORT: String(port), SCAN_INTERVAL: '0', FULL_SCAN_INTERVAL: '0',
+        SCRAPER_URL: 'http://127.0.0.1:9', SCRAPER_TOKEN: 'fixture-token', SCRAPER_TOKEN_FILE: '' } });
+    child.stdout.on('data', data => output.push(String(data)));
+    child.stderr.on('data', data => output.push(String(data)));
+    const base = `http://127.0.0.1:${port}`;
+    let ready = false;
+    for (let n = 0; n < 100 && !ready; n++) {
+      ready = await fetch(base + '/health').then(r => r.ok).catch(() => false);
+      if (!ready) await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+    }
+    assert.ok(ready, output.join(''));
+    const signup = await fetch(base + '/api/signup', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ name: 'fixture', password: 'fixture-password' }) });
+    assert.equal(signup.status, 200);
+    const response = await fetch(base + '/api/library', { headers: { cookie: signup.headers.get('set-cookie').split(';')[0] } });
+    assert.equal(response.status, 200);
+    assert.equal((await response.json()).mangas[0].title, 'Alpha');
+    assert.match(output.join(''), /restored 1 manga from saved index/);
+  } finally {
+    if (child) await new Promise(resolve => { if (child.exitCode !== null) return resolve(); child.once('exit', resolve); child.kill(); });
+    fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});