Codex's two non-blocking hardening items, folded in before cutover:
- _candidate_articles() now excludes paywalled sources IN-QUERY (before LIMIT 50),
so flagged stories can't consume candidate slots and leave a full brief thin.
Dropped the now-redundant post-fetch filter in build_daily_brief.
- Regressions: history retains a viewed paywalled article; sitemap omits a
paywalled source AND restores it under override="free".
- Aligned test_brief_paywall to the source-level model (paywalled sources carry a
paywalled homepage, as in production) — it had relied on article-URL detection.
425 backend tests green.
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- ArticleCard: derive safeHref from article.url and reset image-failure state
when the article changes, so in-place replacements re-evaluate correctly
(clears the Svelte capture warning; build is warning-free again).
- Downweight paywalled stories below readable ones (stable sort) when composing
the daily five and in feed results — the brief now leads readable and rarely
hands over a locked door.
- review_sources gains a 'paywall-heavy' advisory flag (Nature, New Scientist
flag at 100%); never auto-deactivates.
- New Scientist/Nature kept active but no longer reach the daily five; they
remain browsable with the label + Replace.
- Tests: brief readability preference + paywall-heavy flag (79 total).
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