fix(podcasts): serialize explicit as a real boolean in API responses

SQLite has no boolean type, so raw rows return explicit as 0/1. The
podcast edit form round-trips whatever GET /api/podcasts/:id sends it,
and the update schema requires z.boolean() — so saving any change
without also touching the explicit checkbox failed validation with
"Expected boolean, received number".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.env.example

@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ MEDIAMTX_WHIP_PUBLIC=http://${PUBLIC_HOST}:8889
 MEDIAMTX_HLS_PUBLIC=http://${PUBLIC_HOST}:8890
 BLOSSOM_URL_DEFAULT=http://${PUBLIC_HOST}:8098
 
+# ICE host candidate MediaMTX advertises for WebRTC/WHIP (browser-publish
+# "stream from this browser"). If you're behind Cloudflare or similar
+# HTTP(S)-only proxy, this MUST be the raw origin IP, not PUBLIC_HOST —
+# Cloudflare never forwards raw UDP, so a proxied hostname here makes the
+# WHIP handshake succeed while media silently never arrives. Same reasoning
+# as MEDIAMTX_RTMP_PUBLIC above. Plain host/IP, no scheme or port.
+MEDIAMTX_WEBRTC_HOST=${PUBLIC_HOST}
+
 # Default nostr relays for NIP-53 live-event announcements (comma separated,
 # changeable at runtime in Settings)
 NOSTR_RELAYS=wss://relay.damus.io,wss://nos.lol,wss://relay.nostr.band

docker-compose.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ services:
       - blossom
 
   mediamtx:
-    image: docker.io/bluenviron/mediamtx:1.19.2
+    image: docker.io/bluenviron/mediamtx:1.20.0
     container_name: podsteadr-mediamtx
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
@@ -44,8 +44,16 @@ services:
       - "8189:8189/udp"    # WebRTC ICE
       - "8890:8888"        # HLS (host 8890; 8888 kept free for other apps)
     environment:
-      # Browsers need a reachable ICE host candidate; set PUBLIC_HOST in .env
+      # Browsers need a reachable ICE host candidate for the actual UDP media
-      MTX_WEBRTCADDITIONALHOSTS: ${PUBLIC_HOST:-localhost}
+      # path (browser-publish "stream from this browser" / WHIP). This must
+      # be the raw origin IP, NOT PUBLIC_HOST — Cloudflare's proxy only
+      # forwards HTTP(S), never raw UDP, regardless of port (same reason
+      # MEDIAMTX_RTMP_PUBLIC above uses the raw IP instead of the
+      # Cloudflare-proxied domain). Using PUBLIC_HOST here means the browser
+      # resolves the ICE candidate to Cloudflare's edge and the WHIP HTTP
+      # handshake succeeds while media silently never arrives — set
+      # MEDIAMTX_WEBRTC_HOST in .env.
+      MTX_WEBRTCADDITIONALHOSTS: ${MEDIAMTX_WEBRTC_HOST:-localhost}
     volumes:
       - ./mediamtx/mediamtx.yml:/mediamtx.yml:ro
       - mediamtx-recordings:/recordings

docs/STATUS.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Three containers on one compose network:
 | Container | Image | Host ports | Role |
 |---|---|---|---|
 | `podsteadr` | built from `Dockerfile` (node:22 + ffmpeg) | 8095 | Fastify API + built Vue UI + RSS feeds |
-| `podsteadr-mediamtx` | `bluenviron/mediamtx:1.19.2` | 1935 (RTMP), 8889 (WHIP), 8189/udp (ICE), 8890→8888 (HLS) | ingest + HLS output + recording |
+| `podsteadr-mediamtx` | `bluenviron/mediamtx:1.20.0` | 1935 (RTMP), 8889 (WHIP), 8189/udp (ICE), 8890→8888 (HLS) | ingest + HLS output + recording |
 | `podsteadr-blossom` | `ghcr.io/hzrd149/blossom-server:4` (4.4.1) | 8098→3000 | sha256-addressed media blobs |
 
 Key flows:
@@ -153,14 +153,29 @@ frontend/                     # Vue 3 + Vite + Tailwind + Pinia
 
 ## Remaining work
 
-- **Archipelago packaging** (the original deployment target, archy repo):
+- **Archipelago packaging — done (2026-08-07)**, on the archy repo branch
-  `apps/podsteadr/manifest.yml` + `apps/podsteadr-mediamtx` + `apps/podsteadr-blossom`
+  `feat/podsteadr-app-package` (not yet merged/pushed): `apps/podsteadr/manifest.yml`
-  following the `apps/btcpay-server` (dependencies) + `apps/monero-ui`
+  (`container.build` from this repo's own Dockerfile, following the
-  (`container.build` on `/opt/archipelago/docker/...`) patterns; bind volumes
+  `apps/indeedhub` externally-sourced-app pattern) + `apps/podsteadr-mediamtx` +
-  under `/var/lib/archipelago/<app>`; add ports **8095, 1935, 8889, 8189/udp,
+  `apps/podsteadr-blossom`, all three on a dedicated `podsteadr-net` bridge
-  8890, 8098** to `apps/PORTS.md` (chosen 2026-07-10 to avoid fleet collisions —
+  network per the `apps/indeedhub-*` sibling-manifest pattern. Bind volumes
-  8888 is searxng, hence HLS on 8890). `interfaces.main` → port 8095.
+  under `/var/lib/archipelago/<app>`. Ports **8095, 1935, 8889, 8189/udp, 8890,
-- **No git remote yet** — decide where to push (gitea?).
+  8098** added to `apps/PORTS.md` (chosen 2026-07-10 to avoid fleet collisions —
+  8888 is searxng, hence HLS on 8890), all declared `auth: none` with a
+  rationale (public podcast/livestream server — RSS/HLS/blob reads must stay
+  reachable with no Archipelago session; podsteadr already gates its own
+  sensitive routes via NIP-98). `interfaces.main` → port 8095. Passes
+  `scripts/validate-app-manifest.sh` and `cargo test -p archipelago-container
+  manifest` in archy. Not yet verified against a real node install — the
+  `data_uid`/capabilities guesses for blossom and mediamtx (both root-running
+  images writing to fresh bind mounts) are flagged inline as unverified.
+- Separately, podsteadr is also registered in archy's neode-ui dashboard as an
+  *external* identity-aware app (bookmark to the standalone
+  podsteadr.atobitcoin.io instance + NIP-07 bridge), on archy branch
+  `feat/podsteadr-external-nostr-identity` — a lighter integration than the
+  installable package above, for the already-hosted instance. The two are
+  complementary, not overlapping.
+- Git remote: `http://146.59.87.168:3000/ssmithx/podsteadr.git` (gitea).
 - Browser-tested only synthetically: the wizards should get a real pass with an
   actual NIP-07 extension + OBS (the API surface they call is fully covered by
   the e2e script, so surprises should be cosmetic).

frontend/index.html

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
     <meta charset="UTF-8" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <title>podsteadr</title>
+    <!-- No-op outside an Archipelago iframe (see nostr-provider.js's own
+         window === window.top guard) — safe to always include. Provides
+         window.nostr + auto sign-in via the node's selected nostr identity
+         when opened inside the Archipelago shell. -->
+    <script src="/nostr-provider.js" data-session-url="/api/auth/login" data-session-mode="cookie" data-me-url="/api/auth/me" data-health-url="/api/health"></script>
   </head>
   <body>
     <div id="app"></div>

frontend/public/nostr-provider.js

@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+/**
+ * NIP-07 Nostr Provider Shim — Archipelago
+ *
+ * Vendored from archy/neode-ui/public/nostr-provider.js (generalized version).
+ * Provides window.nostr (NIP-07) for iframe apps launched inside the
+ * Archipelago shell, bridging signing requests via postMessage to the
+ * parent frame, which relays them to the Archipelago node's identity
+ * manager. Auto sign-in: does NIP-98 auth against this app's own backend,
+ * then reloads so the app picks up the valid session.
+ *
+ * Not vendored via an Archipelago manifest hook (podsteadr isn't an
+ * orchestrator-managed package — see neode-ui's EXTERNAL_URLS /
+ * WEB_ONLY_APP-style "external web app" registration instead), so this
+ * copy won't auto-update with archy's OTA releases. Re-sync by hand from
+ * archy/neode-ui/public/nostr-provider.js if that file changes.
+ */
+(function () {
+  'use strict';
+  if (window.__archipelagoNostr) return;
+  window.__archipelagoNostr = true;
+  if (window === window.top) return;
+
+  var pending = {}, nextId = 1;
+
+  function request(method, params) {
+    return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+      var id = nextId++;
+      pending[id] = { resolve: resolve, reject: reject };
+      window.parent.postMessage({ type: 'nostr-request', id: id, method: method, params: params || {} }, '*');
+      setTimeout(function () { if (pending[id]) { pending[id].reject(new Error('NIP-07 timeout')); delete pending[id]; } }, 30000);
+    });
+  }
+
+  window.addEventListener('message', function (e) {
+    if (!e.data || e.data.type !== 'nostr-response') return;
+    var h = pending[e.data.id]; if (!h) return; delete pending[e.data.id];
+    e.data.error ? h.reject(new Error(e.data.error)) : h.resolve(e.data.result);
+  });
+
+  window.nostr = {
+    getPublicKey: function () { return request('getPublicKey'); },
+    signEvent: function (ev) { return request('signEvent', { event: ev }); },
+    sign: function (ev) { return request('signEvent', { event: ev }); },
+    getRelays: function () { return request('getRelays'); },
+    nip04: {
+      encrypt: function (pk, pt) { return request('nip04.encrypt', { pubkey: pk, plaintext: pt }); },
+      decrypt: function (pk, ct) { return request('nip04.decrypt', { pubkey: pk, ciphertext: ct }); },
+    },
+    nip44: {
+      encrypt: function (pk, pt) { return request('nip44.encrypt', { pubkey: pk, plaintext: pt }); },
+      decrypt: function (pk, ct) { return request('nip44.decrypt', { pubkey: pk, ciphertext: ct }); },
+    },
+  };
+
+  // --- Loading Overlay ---
+  var overlay = null;
+
+  function showLoader(message) {
+    if (overlay) return;
+    overlay = document.createElement('div');
+    overlay.id = 'archipelago-auth-overlay';
+    overlay.innerHTML =
+      '<div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;gap:16px;">' +
+        '<svg width="40" height="40" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" style="animation:archy-spin 1s linear infinite">' +
+          '<circle cx="12" cy="12" r="10" stroke="rgba(255,255,255,0.2)" stroke-width="3"/>' +
+          '<path d="M12 2a10 10 0 019.95 9" stroke="#fb923c" stroke-width="3" stroke-linecap="round"/>' +
+        '</svg>' +
+        '<div style="color:rgba(255,255,255,0.9);font:500 14px/1.4 -apple-system,system-ui,sans-serif">' + (message || 'Signing in...') + '</div>' +
+      '</div>';
+    overlay.style.cssText = 'position:fixed;inset:0;z-index:99999;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);backdrop-filter:blur(8px);';
+    var style = document.createElement('style');
+    style.textContent = '@keyframes archy-spin{to{transform:rotate(360deg)}}';
+    document.head.appendChild(style);
+    document.body.appendChild(overlay);
+  }
+
+  function updateLoader(message) {
+    if (!overlay) return;
+    var txt = overlay.querySelector('div > div');
+    if (txt) txt.textContent = message;
+  }
+
+  function hideLoader() {
+    if (overlay) { overlay.remove(); overlay = null; }
+  }
+
+  // --- Per-app config (data-* attrs on the injected <script> tag). Defaults
+  // match indeedhub's original hardcoded values, so apps that don't set any
+  // overrides keep behaving exactly as before.
+  var scriptEl = document.currentScript;
+  var ds = (scriptEl && scriptEl.dataset) || {};
+  var cfg = {
+    healthUrl: ds.healthUrl || '/api/nostr-auth/health',
+    sessionUrl: ds.sessionUrl || '/api/auth/nostr/session',
+    sessionMethod: ds.sessionMethod || 'POST',
+    // 'token' (default): login response is JSON {accessToken, refreshToken};
+    // stored in sessionStorage, matches indeedhub.
+    // 'cookie': server sets the session cookie directly on the login
+    // response (Set-Cookie) — nothing to store client-side, just reload.
+    sessionMode: ds.sessionMode || 'token',
+    // Optional: for cookie-mode apps, check this endpoint first and skip
+    // the NIP-98 handshake entirely if it reports already-authenticated
+    // (401 otherwise) — avoids re-running sign-in on every iframe reload.
+    meUrl: ds.meUrl || null,
+  };
+
+  // --- Direct NIP-98 Auth ---
+  var authDone = false;
+
+  function performNip98Auth(pubkey) {
+    var healthUrl = window.location.origin + cfg.healthUrl;
+    var sessionUrl = window.location.origin + cfg.sessionUrl;
+
+    // 1. Check if API backend is reachable (3s timeout)
+    var hc = new AbortController();
+    var ht = setTimeout(function () { hc.abort(); }, 3000);
+
+    fetch(healthUrl, { signal: hc.signal }).then(function (r) {
+      clearTimeout(ht);
+      if (!r.ok) throw new Error('Health ' + r.status);
+
+      // 2. API is up — show loader and do NIP-98
+      showLoader('Signing in with Nostr...');
+      var now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+      var event = {
+        kind: 27235, created_at: now, content: '', pubkey: pubkey,
+        tags: [['u', sessionUrl], ['method', cfg.sessionMethod]]
+      };
+      console.log('[nostr-provider] NIP-98: signing for', sessionUrl);
+      return window.nostr.signEvent(event);
+
+    }).then(function (signed) {
+      updateLoader('Creating session...');
+      var ac = new AbortController();
+      setTimeout(function () { ac.abort(); }, 10000);
+      return fetch(sessionUrl, {
+        method: cfg.sessionMethod,
+        headers: { 'Authorization': 'Nostr ' + btoa(JSON.stringify(signed)) },
+        signal: ac.signal
+      });
+
+    }).then(function (res) {
+      console.log('[nostr-provider] NIP-98: response', res.status);
+      if (!res.ok) throw new Error('Auth failed: ' + res.status);
+      if (cfg.sessionMode === 'cookie') {
+        // Session cookie already landed via Set-Cookie on this response.
+        updateLoader('Signed in! Loading...');
+        console.log('[nostr-provider] NIP-98: success (cookie session), reloading...');
+        setTimeout(function () { window.location.reload(); }, 400);
+        return null;
+      }
+      return res.json();
+
+    }).then(function (data) {
+      if (!data) return; // cookie-mode: handled above, nothing left to do
+      if (data.accessToken) {
+        sessionStorage.setItem('nostr_token', data.accessToken);
+        sessionStorage.setItem('nostr_pubkey', pubkey);
+        if (data.refreshToken) sessionStorage.setItem('refresh_token', data.refreshToken);
+        updateLoader('Signed in! Loading...');
+        console.log('[nostr-provider] NIP-98: success, reloading...');
+        setTimeout(function () { window.location.reload(); }, 400);
+      } else {
+        hideLoader(); authDone = false;
+      }
+
+    }).catch(function (err) {
+      hideLoader(); authDone = false;
+      var msg = err.message || String(err);
+      if (msg.indexOf('abort') > -1) msg = 'API timeout';
+      console.warn('[nostr-provider] NIP-98 skipped:', msg);
+    });
+  }
+
+  function doNip98Auth(pubkey) {
+    if (authDone) return;
+    authDone = true;
+
+    if (cfg.meUrl) {
+      // Already-authenticated check first — avoids re-running the NIP-98
+      // handshake (and its reload) on every iframe load for cookie-session
+      // apps, where there's no client-visible token to check locally.
+      fetch(window.location.origin + cfg.meUrl, { credentials: 'same-origin' })
+        .then(function (r) {
+          if (r.ok) {
+            console.log('[nostr-provider] Already authenticated (meUrl ok), skipping NIP-98');
+            authDone = false;
+            return;
+          }
+          performNip98Auth(pubkey);
+        })
+        .catch(function () { performNip98Auth(pubkey); });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    performNip98Auth(pubkey);
+  }
+
+  // Listen for identity from parent Archipelago frame
+  window.addEventListener('message', function (e) {
+    if (!e.data || e.data.type !== 'archipelago:identity') return;
+    var pk = e.data.nostr_pubkey;
+    console.log('[nostr-provider] Identity received:', pk ? pk.slice(0, 12) + '...' : 'none');
+    if (!pk) return;
+
+    // Skip if already signed in with a real token (not mock)
+    try {
+      var token = sessionStorage.getItem('nostr_token');
+      if (token && token.indexOf('mock-') === -1) {
+        console.log('[nostr-provider] Already signed in with real token');
+        return;
+      }
+    } catch (x) {}
+
+    setTimeout(function () { doNip98Auth(pk); }, 1500);
+  });
+})();

frontend/src/App.vue

@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { computed } from 'vue';
+import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools';
 import { useAuthStore } from './stores/auth';
 import { useRouter } from 'vue-router';
 
 const auth = useAuthStore();
 const router = useRouter();
 
+// Hex pubkeys look identical at a glance across identities — npub is the
+// standard nostr display form and is what users actually recognize.
+const identityLabel = computed(() => {
+  if (auth.displayName) return auth.displayName;
+  if (!auth.pubkey) return '';
+  try {
+    const npub = nip19.npubEncode(auth.pubkey);
+    return npub.slice(0, 12) + '…' + npub.slice(-6);
+  } catch {
+    return auth.pubkey.slice(0, 8) + '…';
+  }
+});
+
 async function logout() {
   await auth.logout();
   router.push('/login');
@@ -23,7 +38,7 @@ async function logout() {
           <RouterLink to="/earnings" class="hover:text-orange-400">Earnings</RouterLink>
           <RouterLink to="/settings" class="hover:text-orange-400">Settings</RouterLink>
           <button class="btn-secondary !px-3 !py-1" @click="logout">
-            <span class="max-w-[8rem] truncate font-mono text-xs">{{ auth.displayName || auth.pubkey.slice(0, 8) + '…' }}</span>
+            <span class="max-w-[8rem] truncate font-mono text-xs" :title="auth.pubkey ?? undefined">{{ identityLabel }}</span>
             Logout
           </button>
         </nav>

frontend/src/lib/blossom.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ export async function uploadToBlossom(
   file: File,
   sha256: string,
   onProgress?: (frac: number) => void,
+  onSigning?: () => void,
 ): Promise<BlossomUpload> {
+  // signEvent() waits on the NIP-07 extension's own approval popup, which can
+  // take an unbounded amount of time (or go unnoticed) — tell the caller so
+  // the UI doesn't say "Uploading… 0%" while nothing has actually started.
+  onSigning?.();
   const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
   const auth = await nip07().signEvent({
     kind: 24242,

frontend/src/lib/whip.ts

@@ -10,9 +10,41 @@ export async function publishWhip(
   bearer: string,
   stream: MediaStream,
 ): Promise<WhipSession> {
+  // MediaMTX's HLS output only muxes AV1, VP9, H265, H264, Opus, MPEG-4
+  // Audio, or KLV (confirmed live in its logs: "the stream doesn't contain
+  // any supported codec" — the muxer gets created then immediately
+  // destroyed, so the WHIP publish itself still succeeds and the stream
+  // shows as live, but hls/live/<id>/index.m3u8 permanently 404s with
+  // "muxer is waiting to be created"). Browsers default to VP8 for
+  // getUserMedia/getDisplayMedia video, which isn't in that list at all.
+  // Reordering codec preference to H264 first didn't actually change what
+  // got negotiated on a real test (RTCRtpSender.getCapabilities('video')
+  // apparently didn't list H264 on that browser/machine — Chrome's H264
+  // encoder is a separate downloadable component and isn't guaranteed
+  // present) — so try every MediaMTX-supported codec in priority order
+  // instead of only H264, and fail loudly if literally none of them are
+  // available rather than silently falling back to the broken default.
+  const MEDIAMTX_HLS_VIDEO_CODECS = ['video/H264', 'video/VP9', 'video/AV1'];
+
   const pc = new RTCPeerConnection();
   for (const track of stream.getTracks()) {
-    pc.addTransceiver(track, { direction: 'sendonly' });
+    const transceiver = pc.addTransceiver(track, { direction: 'sendonly' });
+    if (track.kind === 'video' && typeof transceiver.setCodecPreferences === 'function') {
+      const capabilities = RTCRtpSender.getCapabilities('video');
+      const available = capabilities?.codecs ?? [];
+      const preferred = MEDIAMTX_HLS_VIDEO_CODECS.flatMap((mime) =>
+        available.filter((c) => c.mimeType.toLowerCase() === mime.toLowerCase()),
+      );
+      if (preferred.length === 0) {
+        pc.close();
+        throw new Error(
+          "This browser doesn't support any video codec MediaMTX can turn into HLS " +
+            `(needs one of: ${MEDIAMTX_HLS_VIDEO_CODECS.join(', ')}). Try a different browser, or use OBS instead.`,
+        );
+      }
+      const rest = available.filter((c) => !preferred.includes(c));
+      transceiver.setCodecPreferences([...preferred, ...rest]);
+    }
   }
 
   const offer = await pc.createOffer();

frontend/src/views/PodcastSettingsView.vue

@@ -4,18 +4,30 @@ import { useRoute, useRouter } from 'vue-router';
 import { api } from '../lib/api';
 import PodcastForm, { type PodcastPayload } from '../components/PodcastForm.vue';
 
+interface Episode {
+  id: string;
+  title: string;
+  pub_date: number;
+  unlisted: number;
+}
+
 const route = useRoute();
 const router = useRouter();
 const podcastId = route.params.id as string;
 
 const podcast = ref<(PodcastPayload & { id: string }) | null>(null);
+const episodes = ref<Episode[]>([]);
 const loading = ref(true);
 const error = ref('');
 const saved = ref(false);
+const episodeError = ref('');
+const busyEpisodeId = ref('');
 
 onMounted(async () => {
   try {
-    podcast.value = await api.get<PodcastPayload & { id: string }>(`/api/podcasts/${podcastId}`);
+    const data = await api.get<PodcastPayload & { id: string; episodes: Episode[] }>(`/api/podcasts/${podcastId}`);
+    podcast.value = data;
+    episodes.value = data.episodes;
   } catch (err) {
     error.value = (err as Error).message;
   } finally {
@@ -27,6 +39,23 @@ function onSaved(): void {
   saved.value = true;
   setTimeout(() => router.push('/'), 800);
 }
+
+async function toggleListed(ep: Episode): Promise<void> {
+  const nextUnlisted = !ep.unlisted;
+  if (nextUnlisted && !confirm(`Remove "${ep.title}" from the RSS feed? It stays in your library and can be added back later.`)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  episodeError.value = '';
+  busyEpisodeId.value = ep.id;
+  try {
+    const updated = await api.put<Episode>(`/api/podcasts/${podcastId}/episodes/${ep.id}`, { unlisted: nextUnlisted });
+    ep.unlisted = updated.unlisted;
+  } catch (err) {
+    episodeError.value = (err as Error).message;
+  } finally {
+    busyEpisodeId.value = '';
+  }
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -40,5 +69,38 @@ function onSaved(): void {
         Saved.
       </p>
     </div>
+
+    <div v-if="!loading && !error" class="card">
+      <h2 class="mb-1 text-lg font-semibold">Episodes</h2>
+      <p class="mb-4 text-xs text-white/30">
+        Removing an episode from the feed hides it from RSS/podcast apps but keeps it in your
+        library — sales history, reseller listings, and the uploaded file are untouched, and you
+        can add it back any time.
+      </p>
+      <p v-if="episodeError" class="mb-3 rounded-lg bg-red-500/20 border border-red-500/40 p-3 text-sm text-red-200">
+        {{ episodeError }}
+      </p>
+      <p v-if="!episodes.length" class="text-sm text-white/50">No episodes yet.</p>
+      <ul v-else class="space-y-2">
+        <li v-for="ep in episodes" :key="ep.id" class="flex items-center justify-between gap-4 rounded-lg bg-white/5 p-3">
+          <div class="min-w-0">
+            <p class="truncate font-medium" :class="{ 'text-white/40': ep.unlisted }">{{ ep.title }}</p>
+            <p class="text-xs text-white/30">
+              {{ new Date(ep.pub_date * 1000).toLocaleDateString() }}
+              <span v-if="ep.unlisted" class="ml-2 rounded-full bg-amber-500/20 px-2 py-0.5 text-amber-300">
+                Removed from feed
+              </span>
+            </p>
+          </div>
+          <button
+            class="btn-secondary shrink-0 whitespace-nowrap !py-1.5 !px-3 text-sm"
+            :disabled="busyEpisodeId === ep.id"
+            @click="toggleListed(ep)"
+          >
+            {{ busyEpisodeId === ep.id ? 'Working…' : ep.unlisted ? 'Add back to feed' : 'Remove from feed' }}
+          </button>
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+    </div>
   </div>
 </template>

frontend/src/views/SettingsView.vue

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { onMounted, reactive, ref } from 'vue';
+import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools';
 import { api } from '../lib/api';
 import { useAuthStore } from '../stores/auth';
 
@@ -8,28 +9,64 @@ interface Settings {
   relays: string[];
   public_url: string;
   admin_pubkey: string | null;
+  login_allowlist_enabled: boolean;
+  login_allowlist: string[];
 }
 
 const auth = useAuthStore();
-const form = reactive({ blossom_url: '', relays: '', public_url: '' });
+const form = reactive({
+  blossom_url: '',
+  relays: '',
+  public_url: '',
+  login_allowlist_enabled: false,
+  login_allowlist: '',
+});
 const saved = ref(false);
 const error = ref('');
 
+/** Accepts npub or raw hex, one per line; returns lowercase hex. Throws on anything invalid. */
+function parseAllowlist(text: string): string[] {
+  return text
+    .split('\n')
+    .map((l) => l.trim())
+    .filter(Boolean)
+    .map((line) => {
+      if (line.startsWith('npub1')) {
+        const decoded = nip19.decode(line);
+        if (decoded.type !== 'npub') throw new Error(`not an npub: ${line}`);
+        return decoded.data;
+      }
+      if (!/^[0-9a-f]{64}$/i.test(line)) throw new Error(`not a valid npub or hex pubkey: ${line}`);
+      return line.toLowerCase();
+    });
+}
+
 onMounted(async () => {
   const s = await api.get<Settings>('/api/settings');
   form.blossom_url = s.blossom_url;
   form.relays = s.relays.join('\n');
   form.public_url = s.public_url;
+  form.login_allowlist_enabled = s.login_allowlist_enabled;
+  form.login_allowlist = s.login_allowlist.map((pk) => nip19.npubEncode(pk)).join('\n');
 });
 
 async function save() {
   error.value = '';
   saved.value = false;
+  let allowlist: string[];
+  try {
+    allowlist = parseAllowlist(form.login_allowlist);
+  } catch (err) {
+    error.value = (err as Error).message;
+    return;
+  }
   try {
     await api.put('/api/settings', {
       blossom_url: form.blossom_url,
       relays: form.relays.split('\n').map((r) => r.trim()).filter(Boolean),
       public_url: form.public_url,
+      login_allowlist_enabled: form.login_allowlist_enabled,
+      login_allowlist: allowlist,
     });
     saved.value = true;
   } catch (err) {
@@ -62,6 +99,24 @@ async function save() {
         <input id="set-public" v-model="form.public_url" class="input" type="url" required />
         <p class="mt-1 text-xs text-white/30">Used in RSS feed links. Must be reachable by podcast apps.</p>
       </div>
+      <div class="border-t border-white/10 pt-4">
+        <label class="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm">
+          <input v-model="form.login_allowlist_enabled" type="checkbox" />
+          Restrict logins to an allowlist
+        </label>
+        <p class="mt-1 text-xs text-white/30">
+          When enabled, only the admin and pubkeys listed below can log in. Everyone else is
+          rejected at login (existing sessions aren't revoked).
+        </p>
+        <textarea
+          id="set-allowlist"
+          v-model="form.login_allowlist"
+          class="input mt-2 font-mono text-sm"
+          rows="6"
+          placeholder="npub1... (one per line, npub or hex)"
+          :disabled="!form.login_allowlist_enabled"
+        />
+      </div>
       <p v-if="!auth.isAdmin" class="rounded-lg bg-amber-500/20 border border-amber-500/40 p-3 text-sm text-amber-200">
         Only the admin (first account to log in) can change settings.
       </p>

frontend/src/views/wizard/EpisodeWizard.vue

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const podcast = ref<PodcastSummary | null>(null);
 const creatingNew = ref(false);
 
 const file = ref<File | null>(null);
-const phase = ref<'idle' | 'hashing' | 'uploading' | 'registering'>('idle');
+const phase = ref<'idle' | 'hashing' | 'signing' | 'uploading' | 'registering'>('idle');
 const progress = ref(0);
 const error = ref('');
 
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const episodeUrl = ref('');
 const phaseLabel = computed(() => ({
   idle: '',
   hashing: 'Computing sha256…',
+  signing: 'Waiting for your nostr extension to approve the upload — check for a popup (it may be behind this window).',
   uploading: `Uploading to Blossom… ${(progress.value * 100).toFixed(0)}%`,
   registering: 'Publishing episode…',
 }[phase.value]));
@@ -72,9 +73,17 @@ async function publish() {
     durationSecs.value = await probeDuration(file.value);
     const sha = await sha256File(file.value);
 
-    phase.value = 'uploading';
     const blossomUrl = settings.public!.blossomUrl;
-    await uploadToBlossom(blossomUrl, file.value, sha, (f) => (progress.value = f));
+    await uploadToBlossom(
+      blossomUrl,
+      file.value,
+      sha,
+      (f) => {
+        phase.value = 'uploading';
+        progress.value = f;
+      },
+      () => (phase.value = 'signing'),
+    );
     uploaded.value = { sha256: sha, size: file.value.size };
 
     phase.value = 'registering';

mediamtx/mediamtx.yml

@@ -25,13 +25,22 @@ rtmpAddress: :1935
 
 hls: yes
 hlsAddress: :8888
-# Standard HLS, not lowLatency: LL-HLS's small per-part buffering window has very little
+# Switched from mpegts back to lowLatency (2026-08-11): mpegts can only mux
-# tolerance for B-frame reordering (common in most OBS encoder presets), and a real test
+# H264, and browser (WHIP) publishing sends VP8/VP9 depending on the
-# stream crashed the muxer twice in ~2 minutes with "too many reordered frames" / "unable to
+# machine's available encoders — confirmed live, mpegts crashed with "the
-# extract DTS" once frame timing got even slightly irregular. Standard HLS buffers a full
+# MPEG-TS variant of HLS supports H264 video only" for a VP9 browser stream.
-# segment before finalizing, which absorbs that jitter — a few extra seconds of latency
+# lowLatency supports AV1/VP9/H265/H264/Opus, so it's required for browser
-# instead of intermittent muxer crashes / viewer buffering.
+# publishing to produce any HLS output at all.
-hlsVariant: mpegts
+#
+# Known risk: this is the variant that was moved AWAY from earlier — LL-HLS's
+# small per-part buffering window has very little tolerance for B-frame
+# reordering (common in most OBS encoder presets), and a real OBS test
+# stream crashed the muxer twice in ~2 minutes with "too many reordered
+# frames" / "unable to extract DTS" once frame timing got even slightly
+# irregular. If that recurs, the real fix is running two MediaMTX instances
+# (mpegts for RTMP/OBS, lowLatency for WHIP/browser) since hlsVariant is a
+# global setting with no per-path override — not flipping back and forth.
+hlsVariant: lowLatency
 hlsAlwaysRemux: yes
 hlsAllowOrigins: ["*"]
 
@@ -39,6 +48,9 @@ webrtc: yes
 webrtcAddress: :8889
 webrtcLocalUDPAddress: :8189
 webrtcAllowOrigins: ["*"]
+# webrtcAdditionalHosts is set via MTX_WEBRTCADDITIONALHOSTS in
+# docker-compose.yml (MEDIAMTX_WEBRTC_HOST in .env) — see the comment there
+# for why it must be the raw IP, not the Cloudflare-proxied domain.
 
 # ---- recording -----------------------------------------------------------
 pathDefaults:

server/src/app.test.ts

@@ -79,8 +79,81 @@ describe('auth', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('login allowlist', () => {
+  const sk2 = generateSecretKey();
+  const pk2 = getPublicKey(sk2);
+
+  function nip98Header2(url: string, method: string): string {
+    const event = finalizeEvent(
+      {
+        kind: 27235,
+        created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+        content: '',
+        tags: [['u', url], ['method', method], ['nonce', Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)]],
+      },
+      sk2,
+    );
+    return `Nostr ${Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(event)).toString('base64')}`;
+  }
+
+  it('rejects a non-listed pubkey once the allowlist is enabled, admin still logs in', async () => {
+    const enable = await app.inject({
+      method: 'PUT',
+      url: '/api/settings',
+      headers: { cookie, 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      payload: { login_allowlist_enabled: true, login_allowlist: [] },
+    });
+    expect(enable.statusCode).toBe(200);
+
+    const blocked = await app.inject({
+      method: 'POST',
+      url: '/api/auth/login',
+      headers: { authorization: nip98Header2('http://localhost:8095/api/auth/login', 'POST') },
+    });
+    expect(blocked.statusCode).toBe(403);
+
+    const adminStillIn = await app.inject({
+      method: 'POST',
+      url: '/api/auth/login',
+      headers: { authorization: nip98Header('http://localhost:8095/api/auth/login', 'POST') },
+    });
+    expect(adminStillIn.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(adminStillIn.json().isAdmin).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('allows a pubkey once it is added to the allowlist', async () => {
+    const update = await app.inject({
+      method: 'PUT',
+      url: '/api/settings',
+      headers: { cookie, 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      payload: { login_allowlist: [pk2] },
+    });
+    expect(update.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(update.json().login_allowlist).toEqual([pk2]);
+
+    const res = await app.inject({
+      method: 'POST',
+      url: '/api/auth/login',
+      headers: { authorization: nip98Header2('http://localhost:8095/api/auth/login', 'POST') },
+    });
+    expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.json().pubkey).toBe(pk2);
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    // Leave the allowlist disabled so later describe blocks aren't affected.
+    await app.inject({
+      method: 'PUT',
+      url: '/api/settings',
+      headers: { cookie, 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      payload: { login_allowlist_enabled: false },
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 describe('podcasts, episodes, feed', () => {
   let podcastId: string;
+  let episodeId: string;
   const sha = 'c'.repeat(64);
 
   it('creates a podcast', async () => {
@@ -98,6 +171,23 @@ describe('podcasts, episodes, feed', () => {
     expect(res.statusCode).toBe(201);
     podcastId = res.json().id;
     expect(res.json().podcast_guid).toMatch(/^[0-9a-f-]{36}$/);
+    expect(res.json().explicit).toBe(false); // not the raw SQLite 0/1
+  });
+
+  it('lets the edit form round-trip a fetched podcast unmodified (regression: explicit came back as 0/1, not a bool)', async () => {
+    const fetched = await app.inject({ method: 'GET', url: `/api/podcasts/${podcastId}`, headers: { cookie } });
+    expect(fetched.json().explicit).toBe(false);
+
+    const { episodes: _episodes, feed_url: _feedUrl, ...editForm } = fetched.json();
+    const res = await app.inject({
+      method: 'PUT',
+      url: `/api/podcasts/${podcastId}`,
+      headers: { cookie },
+      payload: editForm,
+    });
+    expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.json().lightning_address).toBe('tester@getalby.com');
+    expect(res.json().explicit).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('registers an episode after verifying the blob on blossom', async () => {
@@ -116,6 +206,7 @@ describe('podcasts, episodes, feed', () => {
       });
       expect(res.statusCode).toBe(201);
       expect(res.json().enclosure_url).toContain(`${sha}.mp4`);
+      episodeId = res.json().id;
     } finally {
       vi.unstubAllGlobals();
     }
@@ -157,6 +248,35 @@ describe('podcasts, episodes, feed', () => {
     });
     expect(cached.statusCode).toBe(304);
   });
+
+  it('removing an episode from the feed hides it from feed.xml but keeps it in the owner list', async () => {
+    const unlist = await app.inject({
+      method: 'PUT',
+      url: `/api/podcasts/${podcastId}/episodes/${episodeId}`,
+      headers: { cookie },
+      payload: { unlisted: true },
+    });
+    expect(unlist.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(unlist.json().unlisted).toBe(1);
+
+    const feed = await app.inject({ method: 'GET', url: `/feeds/${podcastId}/feed.xml` });
+    expect(feed.body).not.toContain(`${sha}.mp4`);
+
+    const owned = await app.inject({ method: 'GET', url: `/api/podcasts/${podcastId}`, headers: { cookie } });
+    expect(owned.json().episodes.some((e: { id: string }) => e.id === episodeId)).toBe(true);
+
+    const relist = await app.inject({
+      method: 'PUT',
+      url: `/api/podcasts/${podcastId}/episodes/${episodeId}`,
+      headers: { cookie },
+      payload: { unlisted: false },
+    });
+    expect(relist.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(relist.json().unlisted).toBe(0);
+
+    const feedAgain = await app.inject({ method: 'GET', url: `/feeds/${podcastId}/feed.xml` });
+    expect(feedAgain.body).toContain(`${sha}.mp4`);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('streams + mediamtx auth webhook', () => {

server/src/db/migrations.ts

@@ -148,6 +148,17 @@ CREATE TABLE cashu_proofs (
   created_at  INTEGER NOT NULL
 );
 CREATE INDEX idx_cashu_proofs_unspent ON cashu_proofs(spent_at);
+`,
+  },
+  {
+    id: 3,
+    sql: `
+-- Removing an episode from the RSS feed doesn't have to mean deleting it outright:
+-- a hard DELETE cascades to purchases/earnings (ON DELETE CASCADE), which would wipe
+-- a producer's sales history and any unwithdrawn earnings for that episode. "unlisted"
+-- lets the feed simply omit the episode while everything else (purchases, reseller
+-- listings, the blob itself) stays intact and reversible.
+ALTER TABLE episodes ADD COLUMN unlisted INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
 `,
   },
 ];

server/src/routes/auth.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ export default async function authRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
       if (err instanceof Nip98Error) return reply.code(401).send({ error: err.message });
       throw err;
     }
+    if (!settings.isLoginAllowed(pubkey)) {
+      return reply.code(403).send({ error: 'this account is not on the login allowlist' });
+    }
     upsertUser.run(pubkey, nowSecs(), nowSecs());
     settings.claimAdminIfUnset(pubkey);
 

server/src/routes/feeds.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default async function feedRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
   const { db, settings } = app.ctx;
 
   const getPodcast = db.prepare('SELECT * FROM podcasts WHERE id = ?');
-  const listEpisodes = db.prepare('SELECT * FROM episodes WHERE podcast_id = ? ORDER BY pub_date DESC');
+  const listEpisodes = db.prepare('SELECT * FROM episodes WHERE podcast_id = ? AND unlisted = 0 ORDER BY pub_date DESC');
   const listAllPodcasts = db.prepare('SELECT * FROM podcasts ORDER BY created_at');
 
   app.get('/feeds/:id/feed.xml', async (req, reply) => {

server/src/routes/podcasts.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const episodeSchema = z.object({
   episode_no: z.number().int().positive().nullish(),
   pub_date: z.number().int().positive().optional(),
   price_sats: z.number().int().positive().nullish(),
+  unlisted: z.boolean().optional(),
 });
 
 export default async function podcastRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
@@ -50,10 +51,18 @@ export default async function podcastRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
     return p && p.owner_pubkey === pubkey ? p : null;
   }
 
+  // SQLite has no boolean type — `explicit` comes back as a raw 0/1 integer.
+  // The client's edit form round-trips whatever this endpoint sends it, and the
+  // update schema requires a real boolean, so this needs to be a true boolean
+  // on the wire or re-submitting an untouched form fails validation.
+  function serializePodcast(p: Podcast): Omit<Podcast, 'explicit'> & { explicit: boolean } {
+    return { ...p, explicit: !!p.explicit };
+  }
+
   app.get('/api/podcasts', { preHandler: app.requireAuth }, async (req) => {
     const podcasts = listPodcasts.all(req.userPubkey) as Podcast[];
     return podcasts.map((p) => ({
-      ...p,
+      ...serializePodcast(p),
       feed_url: `${settings.all().public_url}/feeds/${p.id}/feed.xml`,
     }));
   });
@@ -74,7 +83,7 @@ export default async function podcastRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
       d.category, d.explicit ? 1 : 0, d.lightning_address ?? null, d.keysend_node ?? null,
       d.value_suggested ?? null, podcastGuidForFeedUrl(feedUrl), nowSecs(), nowSecs(),
     );
-    return reply.code(201).send({ ...(getPodcast.get(id) as Podcast), feed_url: feedUrl });
+    return reply.code(201).send({ ...serializePodcast(getPodcast.get(id) as Podcast), feed_url: feedUrl });
   });
 
   app.get('/api/podcasts/:id', { preHandler: app.requireAuth }, async (req, reply) => {
@@ -82,7 +91,7 @@ export default async function podcastRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
     const p = ownedPodcast(id, req.userPubkey!);
     if (!p) return reply.code(404).send({ error: 'podcast not found' });
     return {
-      ...p,
+      ...serializePodcast(p),
       feed_url: `${settings.all().public_url}/feeds/${p.id}/feed.xml`,
       episodes: listEpisodes.all(id) as Episode[],
     };
@@ -105,7 +114,7 @@ export default async function podcastRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
       d.lightning_address ?? null, d.keysend_node ?? null, d.value_suggested ?? null,
       d.resale_producer_share_pct, nowSecs(), id,
     );
-    return getPodcast.get(id) as Podcast;
+    return serializePodcast(getPodcast.get(id) as Podcast);
   });
 
   app.delete('/api/podcasts/:id', { preHandler: app.requireAuth }, async (req, reply) => {
@@ -168,10 +177,10 @@ export default async function podcastRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
     const d = { ...episode, ...parsed.data };
     db.prepare(`
       UPDATE episodes SET title=?, description=?, duration_secs=?, season=?, episode_no=?,
-        pub_date=?, price_sats=?
+        pub_date=?, price_sats=?, unlisted=?
       WHERE id=?
     `).run(d.title, d.description, d.duration_secs ?? null, d.season ?? null,
-      d.episode_no ?? null, d.pub_date, d.price_sats ?? null, eid);
+      d.episode_no ?? null, d.pub_date, d.price_sats ?? null, d.unlisted ? 1 : 0, eid);
     return getEpisode.get(eid, id) as Episode;
   });
 

server/src/routes/settings.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ const updateSchema = z.object({
   relays: z.array(z.string().regex(/^wss?:\/\//)).optional(),
   public_url: z.string().url().optional(),
   cashu_mint_url: z.string().url().optional(),
+  login_allowlist_enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
+  login_allowlist: z.array(z.string().regex(/^[0-9a-f]{64}$/i)).optional(),
 });
 
 export default async function settingsRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
@@ -33,11 +35,24 @@ export default async function settingsRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
     }
     const parsed = updateSchema.safeParse(req.body);
     if (!parsed.success) return reply.code(400).send({ error: parsed.error.message });
-    const { blossom_url, relays, public_url, cashu_mint_url } = parsed.data;
+    const {
+      blossom_url,
+      relays,
+      public_url,
+      cashu_mint_url,
+      login_allowlist_enabled,
+      login_allowlist,
+    } = parsed.data;
     if (blossom_url !== undefined) settings.set('blossom_url', blossom_url);
     if (relays !== undefined) settings.set('relays', JSON.stringify(relays));
     if (public_url !== undefined) settings.set('public_url', public_url);
     if (cashu_mint_url !== undefined) settings.set('cashu_mint_url', cashu_mint_url);
+    if (login_allowlist_enabled !== undefined) {
+      settings.set('login_allowlist_enabled', login_allowlist_enabled ? 'true' : 'false');
+    }
+    if (login_allowlist !== undefined) {
+      settings.set('login_allowlist', JSON.stringify(login_allowlist.map((pk) => pk.toLowerCase())));
+    }
     return settings.all();
   });
 }

server/src/services/settings.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export interface Settings {
   public_url: string;
   admin_pubkey: string | null;
   cashu_mint_url: string;
+  login_allowlist_enabled: boolean;
+  login_allowlist: string[];
 }
 
 export class SettingsService {
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ export class SettingsService {
       public_url: this.get('public_url') ?? this.config.PUBLIC_URL,
       admin_pubkey: this.get('admin_pubkey'),
       cashu_mint_url: this.get('cashu_mint_url') ?? this.config.CASHU_MINT_URL_DEFAULT,
+      login_allowlist_enabled: this.get('login_allowlist_enabled') === 'true',
+      login_allowlist: JSON.parse(this.get('login_allowlist') ?? '[]'),
     };
   }
 
@@ -64,4 +68,17 @@ export class SettingsService {
   isAdmin(pubkey: string): boolean {
     return this.get('admin_pubkey') === pubkey;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Whether a pubkey may log in. Disabled by default (everyone allowed). When enabled,
+   * the admin and no-admin-claimed-yet bootstrap case always pass, otherwise the pubkey
+   * must be in the allowlist.
+   */
+  isLoginAllowed(pubkey: string): boolean {
+    if (this.get('login_allowlist_enabled') !== 'true') return true;
+    if (!this.get('admin_pubkey')) return true;
+    if (this.isAdmin(pubkey)) return true;
+    const list: string[] = JSON.parse(this.get('login_allowlist') ?? '[]');
+    return list.includes(pubkey);
+  }
 }

server/src/types.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export interface Episode {
   price_sats: number | null;
   pub_date: number;
   created_at: number;
+  unlisted: number;
 }
 
 export interface Purchase {