* fix(feeds): replace 25 dead/stale RSS URLs and add feed validation script
- Replace 16 dead feeds (404/403/timeout) with working alternatives
(Google News proxies or corrected direct RSS endpoints)
- Replace 6 empty feeds with correct RSS paths (VnExpress, Tuoi Tre,
Live Science, Greater Good, News24, ScienceDaily)
- Replace 3 stale feeds (CNN World, TVN24, Layoffs.fyi) with active sources
- Remove Disrupt Africa (inactive since Jan 2024)
- Add scripts/validate-rss-feeds.mjs to check all 420 feeds
- Add test:feeds npm script
* feat(live-news): use stable CDN HLS feeds for desktop native playback
Direct HLS feeds bypass YouTube's expiring tokenized URLs and iframe
cookie issues on WKWebView. 10 channels (Sky, DW, France24, Euronews,
Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, CBS News, TRT World, Sky News Arabia, Al Hadath)
now play via native <video> on desktop with automatic YouTube fallback
when CDN feeds are down (5-min cooldown).
Also:
- Fix euronews handle typo (@euabortnews → @euronews)
- Fix TRT World handle (@taborrtworld → @TRTWorld)
- Add fallbackVideoId to CBS News, Sky News Arabia, TRT World
- Extract hlsManifestUrl from YouTube API for non-mapped channels
- Add sidecar /api/youtube-embed endpoint (auth-exempt for iframes)
- Switch webcam/embed iframes from cloud to local sidecar origin
- CSP: allow frame-src http://127.0.0.1:* for sidecar embeds
- Remove legacy WEBKIT_FORCE_SANDBOX env var (deprecated in WebKitGTK)
- Add 37 tests covering HLS map integrity, decision tree ordering,
cooldown logic, race safety, service layer, sidecar endpoint, and CSP
* fix(summarization): pass panelId as geoContext to prevent Redis cache key collision
When breaking news appeared across multiple panels (World, US, Europe,
Middle East), all panels generated identical cache keys because geoContext
was always undefined. The first panel's summary was served to all others.
* fix(desktop): sidecar embed autoplay, webcam fullscreen, optional channel fallbacks
- Sidecar YouTube embed: use mute param (not hardcoded), add play overlay
for WKWebView autoplay fallback, add postMessage bridge for play/pause/
mute/unmute commands matching the cloud embed handler
- Webcam iframes: only set allowFullscreen on web to prevent grid-breaking
fullscreen on desktop click
- Optional channels: add fallbackVideoId + useFallbackOnly for livenow-fox,
abc-news, nbc-news, wion so they play instead of showing "not currently live"
- Tests: 9 new assertions covering mute param, postMessage bridge, play
overlay, yt-ready message, and optional channel fallback coverage (46 total)
