* fix(cache): align Redis digest + RSS feed TTLs to CF CDN TTL
RSS feed TTL 600s → 3600s; digest TTL 900s → 3600s.
CF CDN caches at 3600s, so Redis expiring earlier caused every hourly
CF revalidation to hit a cold origin and run the full buildDigest()
pipeline (75 feeds, up to 25s). Aligning both to 3600s ensures CF
revalidation gets a warm Redis hit and returns immediately.
* fix(cache): emit only non-ok feedStatuses; update proto comment + make generate
Digest was emitting 'ok' for every successful feed (~50 entries, ~1-2KB
per response). No in-repo client reads feedStatuses values. Changed to
only emit 'empty' and 'timeout'; absent key implies ok.
Updated proto comment to document the absence-implies-ok contract and
ran make generate to regenerate docs/api/ OpenAPI files.
* fix(cache): add slow-browser tier; move digest route to it
New 'slow-browser' tier is identical to 'slow' but adds max-age=300,
letting browsers skip the network for 5 minutes. Without max-age,
browsers ignore s-maxage and send conditional If-None-Match on every
20-min poll — each costing 1 billable edge request even for 304s.
Scoped only to list-feed-digest (a safe polling endpoint). Premium
user-triggered endpoints (analyze-stock, backtest-stock) stay on 'slow'
where browser caching is inappropriate.
* test: regression tests for feedStatuses and slow-browser tier
- digest-no-reclassify: assert buildDigest does not write 'ok' to feedStatuses
- route-cache-tier: include slow-browser in tier regex; assert slow-browser
has max-age and slow tier does not
* fix(cache): add variant to per-feed RSS cache key
rss:feed:v1:${url} was shared across variants even though classifyByKeyword()
bakes variant-specific threat/category labels into the cached ParsedItem[].
Feeds shared between full and tech variants (Verge, Ars, HN, etc.) had
whichever variant populated the cache first control the other variant's
classifications for the full 3600s TTL — turning a pre-existing 10-minute
bleed-through into a 1-hour accuracy bug for the tech dashboard.
Fix: key is now rss:feed:v1:${variant}:${url}.
* fix(cache): bypass browser HTTP cache on digest fetch
max-age=300 on the slow-browser tier lets browsers serve the digest
from their HTTP cache for up to 5 minutes, including on explicit
in-app refresh (window.location.reload) or page reload after a
breaking event. Users would see stale data until the TTL expired.
Add cache: 'no-cache' to tryFetchDigest() so every fetch revalidates
against CF edge. CF returns 304 (minimal cost) when data is unchanged,
or 200 with the current digest. s-maxage and CF-level caching are
unaffected; max-age still benefits browser back/forward cache.
* fix(cache): 15-min consistent TTL + degrade guard for digest
Issue 1 — TTL alignment: Redis digest TTL reverted to 900s (from 3600).
slow-browser tier reduced from s-maxage=1800/CDN=3600 to s-maxage=900 on
both sides, matching the Redis TTL. The freshness window is now consistently
15 minutes across Redis, Vercel edge, and CF CDN. max-age=300 (browser
local) is kept to avoid unnecessary revalidations on tab switch.
Issue 2 — Cache poisoning: replaced cachedFetchJson in listFeedDigest with
explicit getCachedJson/setCachedJson. After buildDigest(), if total items
across all categories is 0 the response is treated as degraded: Redis write
is skipped and markNoCacheResponse(ctx.request) is called so the gateway
sets Cache-Control: no-store instead of the normal tier headers. This
prevents a transient bad run from poisoning Redis and browser/CDN for the
full TTL. Error paths also call markNoCacheResponse.
World Monitor
Real-time global intelligence dashboard — AI-powered news aggregation, geopolitical monitoring, and infrastructure tracking in a unified situational awareness interface.
Documentation · Releases · Contributing
What It Does
- 435+ curated news feeds across 15 categories, AI-synthesized into briefs
- Dual map engine — 3D globe (globe.gl) and WebGL flat map (deck.gl) with 45 data layers
- Cross-stream correlation — military, economic, disaster, and escalation signal convergence
- Country Intelligence Index — composite risk scoring across 12 signal categories
- Finance radar — 92 stock exchanges, commodities, crypto, and 7-signal market composite
- Local AI — run everything with Ollama, no API keys required
- 5 site variants from a single codebase (world, tech, finance, commodity, happy)
- Native desktop app (Tauri 2) for macOS, Windows, and Linux
- 21 languages with native-language feeds and RTL support
For the full feature list, architecture, data sources, and algorithms, see the documentation.
Quick Start
git clone https://github.com/koala73/worldmonitor.git
cd worldmonitor
npm install
npm run dev
Open localhost:5173. No environment variables required for basic operation.
For variant-specific development:
npm run dev:tech # tech.worldmonitor.app
npm run dev:finance # finance.worldmonitor.app
npm run dev:commodity # commodity.worldmonitor.app
npm run dev:happy # happy.worldmonitor.app
See the self-hosting guide for deployment options (Vercel, Docker, static).
Tech Stack
| Category | Technologies |
|---|---|
| Frontend | Vanilla TypeScript, Vite, globe.gl + Three.js, deck.gl + MapLibre GL |
| Desktop | Tauri 2 (Rust) with Node.js sidecar |
| AI/ML | Ollama / Groq / OpenRouter, Transformers.js (browser-side) |
| API Contracts | Protocol Buffers (92 protos, 22 services), sebuf HTTP annotations |
| Deployment | Vercel Edge Functions (60+), Railway relay, Tauri, PWA |
| Caching | Redis (Upstash), 3-tier cache, CDN, service worker |
Full stack details in the architecture docs.
Contributing
Contributions welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
npm run typecheck # Type checking
npm run build:full # Production build
License
AGPL-3.0 for non-commercial use. Commercial license required for any commercial use.
| Use Case | Allowed? |
|---|---|
| Personal / research / educational | Yes |
| Self-hosted (non-commercial) | Yes, with attribution |
| Fork and modify (non-commercial) | Yes, share source under AGPL-3.0 |
| Commercial use / SaaS / rebranding | Requires commercial license |
See LICENSE for full terms. For commercial licensing, contact the maintainer.
Copyright (C) 2024-2026 Elie Habib. All rights reserved.
Author
Elie Habib — GitHub
Contributors
Security Acknowledgments
We thank the following researchers for responsibly disclosing security issues:
- Cody Richard — Disclosed three security findings covering IPC command exposure, renderer-to-sidecar trust boundary analysis, and fetch patch credential injection architecture (2026)
See our Security Policy for responsible disclosure guidelines.
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