Require 80% shared title words for same-site related duplicates

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AeJmv3WED4w8S3GV7mMjS7

Cargo.toml

@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 ammonia = "4.1.4"
 anyhow = "1.0.104"
+arborium = { version = "2.18.2", default-features = false, features = ["lang-asm", "lang-awk", "lang-bash", "lang-c", "lang-c-sharp", "lang-clojure", "lang-cmake", "lang-commonlisp", "lang-cpp", "lang-css", "lang-d", "lang-dart", "lang-diff", "lang-dockerfile", "lang-elisp", "lang-elixir", "lang-elm", "lang-erlang", "lang-fish", "lang-fsharp", "lang-gleam", "lang-glsl", "lang-go", "lang-graphql", "lang-groovy", "lang-haskell", "lang-hcl", "lang-html", "lang-ini", "lang-java", "lang-javascript", "lang-jq", "lang-json", "lang-julia", "lang-kotlin", "lang-lean", "lang-lua", "lang-make", "lang-matlab", "lang-nix", "lang-objc", "lang-ocaml", "lang-odin", "lang-perl", "lang-php", "lang-powershell", "lang-prolog", "lang-proto", "lang-python", "lang-r", "lang-ruby", "lang-rust", "lang-scala", "lang-scheme", "lang-scss", "lang-solidity", "lang-sql", "lang-starlark", "lang-swift", "lang-toml", "lang-tsx", "lang-typescript", "lang-verilog", "lang-vhdl", "lang-vim", "lang-x86asm", "lang-xml", "lang-yaml", "lang-zig", "lang-zsh"] }
 askama = "0.16.0"
 async-trait = "0.1.92"
 axum = "0.8.9"
 axum-login = { git = "https://github.com/maxcountryman/axum-login.git", rev = "151c72d7a1b4646830f86b4332e6bd6e34d719a7", version = "0.18.0" }
 base64 = "0.23.1"
+betlang = "0.1.1"
 clap = { version = "4.6.6", features = ["derive"] }
 dom_smoothie = "0.18.0"
 epub-builder = "0.8.3"

config.example.toml

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ affinity_full = 40
 slop_author_penalty = 0.75           # blend and utility × 0.25 for authors with an AI slop verdict
 semantic_min_words = 300
 exploration_slots = 5
-embedding_retention_days = 120       # `features prune`: unrated, unpublished vectors
+embedding_retention_days = 0         # `features prune`: unrated, unpublished vectors; 0 = keep forever
 telemetry_retention_days = 180       # `features prune`: candidate_runs and article_assessments
 
 [curation.ranking.quotas]

examples/seed_dev_db.rs

@@ -131,9 +131,25 @@ fn body_html(title: &str, words: i64) -> String {
             html.push_str("<blockquote><p>A pull quote that the author would rather you remembered than the rest.</p></blockquote>");
         }
         if index == 7 {
-            html.push_str(
-                "<pre><code>fn main() {\n    println!(\"hello, reader\");\n}</code></pre>",
-            );
+            // One block the source marked as Rust, one it left for detection.
+            html.push_str(concat!(
+                "<pre data-lang=\"rust\"><code>/// Greets whoever is reading.\n",
+                "fn main() {\n",
+                "    let reader: &amp;str = \"reader\";\n",
+                "    for n in 0..3 {\n",
+                "        println!(\"hello, {reader} #{n}\"); // three times\n",
+                "    }\n",
+                "}</code></pre>",
+                "<pre><code>import json\n\n",
+                "def load(path: str) -&gt; dict:\n",
+                "    \"\"\"Read a JSON config, or an empty one.\"\"\"\n",
+                "    try:\n",
+                "        with open(path) as f:\n",
+                "            return json.load(f)\n",
+                "    except FileNotFoundError:\n",
+                "        return {}  # first run\n",
+                "</code></pre>",
+            ));
         }
         html.push_str("<p>Paragraph ");
         html.push_str(&(index + 1).to_string());

examples/x4_preview.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+//! Preview an article the way the Xteink X4 will show it.
+//!
+//! Browsers are a poor stand-in for the X4: its pages are rendered ahead of
+//! time by the XTC converter's CREngine, which has its own defaults (`code` is a
+//! block, `pre` has no margin) and only four grey levels. This builds both
+//! EPUB editions around one article, runs the real converter on the X4 one and
+//! decodes every page to `page-NNN.png`.
+//!
+//! ```text
+//! cargo run --example x4_preview -- <article URL | HTML file> <out dir>
+//! cargo run --example x4_preview -- --convert <x4.epub> <out dir>
+//! ```
+//!
+//! A URL goes through the real extraction path; an HTML file is used as the
+//! stored body as-is. `--convert` skips the build, for iterating on a
+//! stylesheet inside an unzipped EPUB. Needs the converter at
+//! `/opt/epub-to-xtc-converter` and runs it with `xtc-settings.example.json`.
+
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+
+use daily_epub::config::Config;
+use daily_epub::epub;
+use daily_epub::extract::Extractor;
+use daily_epub::types::Edition;
+
+const CONVERTER: &str = "/opt/epub-to-xtc-converter/cli/index.js";
+const SETTINGS: &str = "xtc-settings.example.json";
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().skip(1).collect();
+    match args.as_slice() {
+        [flag, epub, out] if flag == "--convert" => {
+            let pages = convert(Path::new(epub), Path::new(out))?;
+            println!("{pages} pages in {out}");
+        }
+        [source, out] => {
+            let out = PathBuf::from(out);
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(&out)?;
+            let html = if source.starts_with("http") {
+                let extractor = Extractor::new(reqwest::Client::new(), vec![]);
+                let page = extractor.fetch_readable(source).await?;
+                extractor.finish_readable(source, &page).content_html
+            } else {
+                std::fs::read_to_string(source)?
+            };
+            std::fs::write(out.join("stored.html"), &html)?;
+
+            let mut issue = epub::fixtures::issue();
+            issue.lineup.picks.truncate(1);
+            issue.lineup.picks[0].article.content_html = html;
+            let config = Config::default();
+            for edition in [Edition::Standard, Edition::X4] {
+                let artifact =
+                    epub::build_edition_with_images(&issue, edition, &config, &out, &[])?;
+                println!("{edition:?}: {}", artifact.path.display());
+                if edition == Edition::X4 {
+                    let pages = convert(&artifact.path, &out)?;
+                    println!("{pages} X4 pages in {}", out.display());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        _ => anyhow::bail!(
+            "usage: x4_preview <URL | HTML file> <out dir> | --convert <epub> <out dir>"
+        ),
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Run the converter on `epub` and decode its pages into `out`.
+fn convert(epub: &Path, out: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(out)?;
+    let xtch = out.join("x4.xtch");
+    let status = Command::new("node")
+        .args([CONVERTER, "convert"])
+        .arg(epub)
+        .arg("-o")
+        .arg(&xtch)
+        .args(["-f", "xtch", "-c", SETTINGS])
+        .stdout(Stdio::null())
+        .status()?;
+    anyhow::ensure!(status.success(), "converter failed: {status}");
+    decode_xtch(&xtch, out)
+}
+
+fn u16_at(bytes: &[u8], at: usize) -> usize {
+    u16::from_le_bytes([bytes[at], bytes[at + 1]]) as usize
+}
+
+fn u64_at(bytes: &[u8], at: usize) -> usize {
+    u64::from_le_bytes(bytes[at..at + 8].try_into().unwrap()) as usize
+}
+
+/// Decode every page of an XTCH container to a PNG.
+///
+/// Layout per the converter's `docs/xtc-format-spec.md`: the page index is at
+/// the offset in header bytes 0x18..0x20, 16 bytes per page (offset, size,
+/// width, height). Each page is a 22-byte header and two bit planes stored
+/// column by column, right to left, 8 vertical pixels per byte. The plane
+/// order follows the encoder (`cli/encoder.js`), not the spec's table: the
+/// first plane holds the level's low bit, and 0b01 is dark grey.
+fn decode_xtch(path: &Path, out: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
+    let bytes = std::fs::read(path)?;
+    let pages = u16_at(&bytes, 0x06);
+    let index = u64_at(&bytes, 0x18);
+    for page in 0..pages {
+        let entry = index + page * 16;
+        let (offset, width, height) = (
+            u64_at(&bytes, entry),
+            u16_at(&bytes, entry + 12),
+            u16_at(&bytes, entry + 14),
+        );
+        let plane = (width * height).div_ceil(8);
+        let column = height.div_ceil(8);
+        let data = &bytes[offset + 22..];
+        let mut image = image::GrayImage::new(width as u32, height as u32);
+        for x in 0..width {
+            for y in 0..height {
+                let byte = (width - 1 - x) * column + y / 8;
+                let bit = 7 - (y % 8);
+                let low = (data[byte] >> bit) & 1;
+                let high = (data[plane + byte] >> bit) & 1;
+                let shade = [255, 85, 170, 0][usize::from(high << 1 | low)];
+                image.put_pixel(x as u32, y as u32, image::Luma([shade]));
+            }
+        }
+        image.save(out.join(format!("page-{page:03}.png")))?;
+    }
+    Ok(pages)
+}

migrations/0014_issue_related.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+-- Related articles under each web issue article: the nearest embedded articles
+-- across the whole archive, computed when the issue is published (and by
+-- `features related` for older issues). Stored rather than computed per page
+-- view because finding them is a scan of every cached embedding.
+CREATE TABLE issue_related (
+    issue_date TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES issues(date) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    article_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES articles(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    position   INTEGER NOT NULL,              -- 0 = closest
+    related_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES articles(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    cosine     REAL NOT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY (issue_date, article_id, position)
+);

src/config.rs

@@ -490,6 +490,8 @@ pub struct RankingConfig {
     pub slop_author_penalty: f64,
     pub semantic_min_words: i64,
     pub exploration_slots: usize,
+    /// Days before `features prune` drops unrated, unpublished vectors; 0 keeps
+    /// them forever (the default, so related articles span the whole archive).
     pub embedding_retention_days: i64,
     pub telemetry_retention_days: i64,
     pub quotas: RankingQuotas,
@@ -517,7 +519,7 @@ impl Default for RankingConfig {
             slop_author_penalty: 0.75,
             semantic_min_words: 300,
             exploration_slots: 5,
-            embedding_retention_days: 120,
+            embedding_retention_days: 0,
             telemetry_retention_days: 180,
             quotas: RankingQuotas::default(),
             weights: RankingWeights::default(),
@@ -2104,7 +2106,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(ranking.weights.utility.knn, 0.10);
         assert_eq!(ranking.weights.utility.affinity, 0.05);
         assert_eq!(ranking.diversity.per_cluster_cap, 2);
-        assert_eq!(ranking.embedding_retention_days, 120);
+        assert_eq!(ranking.embedding_retention_days, 0);
         assert_eq!(ranking.telemetry_retention_days, 180);
         cfg.validate().unwrap();
 

src/curate/embedding.rs

@@ -444,10 +444,10 @@ pub fn dot(left: &[f32], right: &[f32]) -> Result<f64, EmbeddingError> {
 
 /// The `limit` closest compatible cached article vectors, highest cosine first.
 ///
-/// A brute-force scan: the cache holds at most a few thousand rows after
-/// pruning, so one statement plus a sort is cheap. The caller supplies the
-/// target row's model, dimension and decoded vector so pages that already
-/// load that row do not query it a second time. Malformed candidate blobs are
+/// A brute-force scan of every compatible row: fine for the admin dashboard,
+/// too slow for reader pages (see [`crate::related`], which stores its
+/// results). The caller supplies the target row's model, dimension and decoded
+/// vector so pages that already load that row do not query it a second time. Malformed candidate blobs are
 /// ignored like malformed entries in the normal cache loader.
 pub async fn nearest_articles(
     db: &Db,

src/curate/telemetry.rs

@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ pub fn render_stats_text(data: &StatsData) -> String {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Pruned {
     /// `article_embeddings` of unrated, unpublished articles past
-    /// `embedding_retention_days`.
+    /// `embedding_retention_days`; always 0 when that is 0 (keep forever).
     pub embeddings: u64,
     /// `candidate_runs` rows of runs past `telemetry_retention_days`.
     pub telemetry: u64,
@@ -1067,7 +1067,8 @@ pub struct Pruned {
 }
 
 /// Delete `article_embeddings` for articles neither rated nor published that
-/// are older than `embedding_retention_days`, `candidate_runs` rows whose run
+/// are older than `embedding_retention_days` (0 or less keeps every vector, so
+/// related articles can reach the whole archive), `candidate_runs` rows whose run
 /// started more than `telemetry_retention_days` ago, and `article_assessments`
 /// older than the same window (§7.1, §7.4). Runs from `features prune` and
 /// once per `generate` after publishing.
@@ -1081,8 +1082,11 @@ pub async fn prune(
         now.checked_sub(jiff::Span::new().hours(days.max(0).saturating_mul(24)))
             .unwrap_or(Timestamp::UNIX_EPOCH)
     };
-    let embeddings = sqlx::query(
-        "DELETE FROM article_embeddings
+    let embeddings = if embedding_retention_days <= 0 {
+        0
+    } else {
+        sqlx::query(
+            "DELETE FROM article_embeddings
          WHERE article_id IN (
              SELECT ae.article_id
              FROM article_embeddings ae JOIN articles a ON a.id = ae.article_id
@@ -1090,11 +1094,12 @@ pub async fn prune(
                AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM rating_events re WHERE re.article_id = ae.article_id)
                AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM issue_articles ia WHERE ia.article_id = ae.article_id)
          )",
-    )
-    .bind(fmt_ts(cutoff(embedding_retention_days)))
-    .execute(db.pool())
-    .await?
-    .rows_affected();
+        )
+        .bind(fmt_ts(cutoff(embedding_retention_days)))
+        .execute(db.pool())
+        .await?
+        .rows_affected()
+    };
 
     let telemetry = sqlx::query(
         "DELETE FROM candidate_runs
@@ -1942,4 +1947,39 @@ mean generation time: n/a (0 runs)
         // A second pass finds nothing left to remove.
         assert_eq!(prune(&db, 120, 180, now).await.unwrap(), Pruned::default());
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn zero_embedding_retention_keeps_every_vector() {
+        let (_dir, db) = db_with_articles(&[1, 2]).await;
+        let now = Timestamp::now();
+        let old = fmt_ts(now - jiff::Span::new().hours(2000 * 24));
+        sqlx::query("UPDATE articles SET first_seen = ?")
+            .bind(&old)
+            .execute(db.pool())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let blob = encode_blob(&[0.5, 0.5]).unwrap();
+        for id in 1..=2 {
+            sqlx::query(
+                "INSERT INTO article_embeddings
+                     (article_id, model, dimension, input_hash, embedding, created_at)
+                 VALUES (?, 'voyage-4-lite', 2, 'h', ?, ?)",
+            )
+            .bind(id)
+            .bind(&blob)
+            .bind(&old)
+            .execute(db.pool())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        }
+
+        // 0 must not mean "a cutoff of now", which would delete everything.
+        let pruned = prune(&db, 0, 180, now).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(pruned.embeddings, 0);
+        let remaining: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM article_embeddings")
+            .fetch_one(db.pool())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(remaining, 2);
+    }
 }

src/epub/chapters.rs

@@ -150,9 +150,10 @@ struct ProviderCostLine {
 
 /// Prepare article markup for XHTML: rewrite images, sanitize, self-close voids.
 pub fn prepare_body(html: &str, images_: &[ImageAsset]) -> String {
-    // Sanitize first: image rewriting emits our own trusted markup (including the
-    // `image-placeholder` class, which ammonia would otherwise strip).
-    let cleaned = ammonia::clean(html);
+    // Sanitize first: highlighting and image rewriting emit our own trusted
+    // markup (the `hl-*` token classes and `image-placeholder`, which ammonia
+    // would otherwise strip).
+    let cleaned = crate::highlight::clean_and_highlight(html);
     let rewritten = images::rewrite_img_srcs(&cleaned, images_);
     to_xhtml(&rewritten)
 }

src/epub/templates/style-x4.css

@@ -160,7 +160,16 @@ figcaption,
   text-align: center;
 }
 
-pre, code {
+/* The firmwares (CrossPoint, CrossInk) ignore `white-space` and treat `pre`
+   as inline, so the X4 simplifier makes each listing line a `p.code-line`;
+   the first and last lines carry the block's spacing, and a blank source
+   line becomes a `p.code-gap` margin. `figure` centres for
+   image captions, so lines reset alignment. The XTC converter's CREngine
+   defaults `code` to a block. */
+pre {
+  display: block;
+  margin: 0;
+  text-align: left;
   font-family: monospace;
   font-size: 0.85em;
   white-space: pre-wrap;
@@ -169,6 +178,81 @@ pre, code {
   -webkit-hyphens: none;
 }
 
+p.code-line {
+  margin: 0;
+  text-indent: 0;
+  text-align: left;
+  hyphens: none;
+  -webkit-hyphens: none;
+}
+
+p.code-first {
+  margin-top: 0.6em;
+}
+
+p.code-last {
+  margin-bottom: 0.6em;
+}
+
+/* Where the source had a blank line: half a line, not a whole one. */
+p.code-gap {
+  margin-bottom: 0.5em;
+}
+
+code {
+  display: inline;
+  font-family: monospace;
+  font-size: 0.85em;
+  hyphens: none;
+  -webkit-hyphens: none;
+}
+
+/* Syntax tokens (src/highlight.rs), as in style.css but on the X4's four
+   levels only (#000, #555, #aaa, white), so glyphs are not dithered: ink for
+   names, dark grey for keywords, literals and punctuation, light grey for
+   comments. */
+.hl-function,
+.hl-macro,
+.hl-title,
+.hl-strong {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+.hl-type,
+.hl-namespace,
+.hl-constructor,
+.hl-attribute,
+.hl-emphasis {
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+
+.hl-keyword,
+.hl-tag {
+  font-weight: bold;
+  color: #555555;
+}
+
+.hl-string {
+  color: #555555;
+}
+
+.hl-number,
+.hl-constant,
+.hl-label {
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: #555555;
+}
+
+.hl-punctuation,
+.hl-operator {
+  color: #555555;
+}
+
+.hl-comment {
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: #aaaaaa;
+}
+
 table {
   border-collapse: collapse;
   font-size: 0.85em;

src/epub/templates/style.css

@@ -221,13 +221,67 @@ hr.rule {
   font-size: 0.85em;
 }
 
+/* CREngine readers (KOReader, PocketBook) default `code` to a block. */
+.article-body code {
+  display: inline;
+}
+
+/* Left even inside a `<figure>`, which centres for image captions. */
 .article-body pre {
+  margin: 0.8em 0;
+  text-align: left;
   white-space: pre-wrap;
   word-wrap: break-word;
   border-left: 2px solid #cccccc;
   padding-left: 0.5em;
 }
 
+/* Syntax tokens (src/highlight.rs), monochrome for e-ink, after zenbones and
+   lackluster: what the code names stays in ink (functions bold, types italic),
+   the language's own furniture steps back to grey (keywords bold grey,
+   literals and punctuation grey), comments lightest. Flat selectors. */
+.hl-function,
+.hl-macro,
+.hl-title,
+.hl-strong {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+.hl-type,
+.hl-namespace,
+.hl-constructor,
+.hl-attribute,
+.hl-emphasis {
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+
+.hl-keyword,
+.hl-tag {
+  font-weight: bold;
+  color: #555555;
+}
+
+.hl-string {
+  color: #555555;
+}
+
+.hl-number,
+.hl-constant,
+.hl-label {
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: #555555;
+}
+
+.hl-punctuation,
+.hl-operator {
+  color: #666666;
+}
+
+.hl-comment {
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: #888888;
+}
+
 .article-body table {
   border-collapse: collapse;
   font-size: 0.85em;

src/epub/x4.rs

@@ -124,10 +124,295 @@ fn is_dropped_declaration(decl: &str) -> bool {
     false
 }
 
+/// Class of every paragraph [`paragraph_code_lines`] makes from a listing
+/// line; the first and last also get [`CODE_FIRST_CLASS`] / [`CODE_LAST_CLASS`].
+pub const CODE_LINE_CLASS: &str = "code-line";
+pub const CODE_FIRST_CLASS: &str = "code-first";
+pub const CODE_LAST_CLASS: &str = "code-last";
+/// Marks a line followed by blank lines in the source; it gets a short gap.
+pub const CODE_GAP_CLASS: &str = "code-gap";
+
 /// Strip layout constructs the X4 renderer handles poorly from chapter markup,
 /// then soft-hyphenate anything too long for it to wrap (§3.10).
 pub fn simplify_xhtml(xhtml: &str) -> String {
-    break_long_words(&strip_attributes(xhtml, DROPPED_ATTRIBUTES))
+    paragraph_code_lines(&break_long_words(&strip_attributes(
+        &flatten_lossy_tables(xhtml),
+        DROPPED_ATTRIBUTES,
+    )))
+}
+
+/// Table elements dropped outright when an image table is flattened.
+const TABLE_FRAME_ELEMENTS: &[&str] =
+    &["table", "thead", "tbody", "tfoot", "tr", "colgroup", "col"];
+
+/// Table elements whose content becomes a `<div>` when a table is flattened.
+const TABLE_CELL_ELEMENTS: &[&str] = &["td", "th", "caption"];
+
+/// Elements the X4 firmwares treat as images.
+const IMAGE_ELEMENTS: &[&str] = &["img", "image"];
+
+/// Turn every table the X4 firmwares would lose content from into plain
+/// `<div>` blocks: one that holds an image or another table.
+///
+/// The firmwares (CrossPoint and CrossInk) never draw an image inside a table
+/// cell: they print its alt text instead. Publishers that lay out a figure as a
+/// one-cell table with the caption beneath the image (The Space Review, many
+/// older sites) would lose every figure. CrossInk also throws away all the text
+/// of a table nested in another. Flattening keeps each cell's content in order,
+/// which is how the firmwares already fall back for any table they cannot lay
+/// out as a grid. Tables of plain text stay tables.
+fn flatten_lossy_tables(html: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(html.len());
+    let mut cursor = 0usize;
+    while let Some(rel) = html[cursor..].find('<') {
+        let start = cursor + rel;
+        out.push_str(&html[cursor..start]);
+        let Some(end) = tag_end(html, start) else {
+            out.push_str(&html[start..]);
+            return out;
+        };
+        let tag = &html[start..end];
+        if let Some(name) = raw_text_name(tag) {
+            let close = find_close_tag(html, end, name).unwrap_or(html.len());
+            out.push_str(&html[start..close]);
+            cursor = close;
+            continue;
+        }
+        if !is_element_tag(tag, "table", false) {
+            out.push_str(tag);
+            cursor = end;
+            continue;
+        }
+        let table_end = matching_table_end(html, start);
+        let table = &html[start..table_end];
+        // Past the outer `<table` tag, so it doesn't count as its own nesting.
+        let inner = &table[end - start..];
+        if contains_element(inner, IMAGE_ELEMENTS) || contains_element(inner, &["table"]) {
+            out.push_str(&flatten_table(table));
+        } else {
+            out.push_str(table);
+        }
+        cursor = table_end;
+    }
+    out.push_str(&html[cursor..]);
+    out
+}
+
+/// Byte offset just past the `</table>` that closes the table opened at
+/// `start`, counting nested tables; the end of `html` if it is never closed.
+fn matching_table_end(html: &str, start: usize) -> usize {
+    let mut depth = 0usize;
+    let mut cursor = start;
+    while let Some(rel) = html[cursor..].find('<') {
+        let tag_start = cursor + rel;
+        let Some(end) = tag_end(html, tag_start) else {
+            break;
+        };
+        let tag = &html[tag_start..end];
+        if is_element_tag(tag, "table", false) && !tag.ends_with("/>") {
+            depth += 1;
+        } else if is_element_tag(tag, "table", true) {
+            depth = depth.saturating_sub(1);
+            if depth == 0 {
+                return end;
+            }
+        }
+        cursor = end;
+    }
+    html.len()
+}
+
+/// Whether any tag in `html` opens one of the named elements.
+fn contains_element(html: &str, names: &[&str]) -> bool {
+    let mut cursor = 0usize;
+    while let Some(rel) = html[cursor..].find('<') {
+        let start = cursor + rel;
+        let Some(end) = tag_end(html, start) else {
+            return false;
+        };
+        let tag = &html[start..end];
+        if names.iter().any(|name| is_element_tag(tag, name, false)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        cursor = end;
+    }
+    false
+}
+
+/// Rewrite one table's markup (nested tables included) as `<div>` blocks.
+fn flatten_table(table: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(table.len());
+    let mut cursor = 0usize;
+    while let Some(rel) = table[cursor..].find('<') {
+        let start = cursor + rel;
+        out.push_str(&table[cursor..start]);
+        let Some(end) = tag_end(table, start) else {
+            out.push_str(&table[start..]);
+            return out;
+        };
+        let tag = &table[start..end];
+        cursor = end;
+        let is = |names: &[&str], closing: bool| {
+            names.iter().any(|name| is_element_tag(tag, name, closing))
+        };
+        if is(TABLE_FRAME_ELEMENTS, false) || is(TABLE_FRAME_ELEMENTS, true) {
+            // A newline, not nothing: the firmwares buffer the last word
+            // before an element boundary until whitespace arrives.
+            out.push('\n');
+        } else if is(TABLE_CELL_ELEMENTS, false) {
+            out.push_str(if tag.ends_with("/>") {
+                "<div></div>"
+            } else {
+                "<div>"
+            });
+        } else if is(TABLE_CELL_ELEMENTS, true) {
+            out.push_str("</div>");
+        } else {
+            out.push_str(tag);
+        }
+    }
+    out.push_str(&table[cursor..]);
+    out
+}
+
+/// Turn each line of every `<pre>` into its own `<p class="code-line">`.
+///
+/// The X4 firmwares (CrossPoint and forks such as CrossInk) ignore
+/// `white-space` and lay out only `p`, `div`, `li`, `blockquote`, lists and
+/// `br` as blocks: a `<pre>` is inline, so its margins never apply and its
+/// `<br/>` lines are handled by each firmware's own rules. CrossInk glues the
+/// first line onto the paragraph before, and empty `<br/>` lines count as scene
+/// breaks. A paragraph per line takes the one path every firmware lays out the
+/// same way. The first and last lines carry the block's margins; blank lines
+/// become a half-line gap (see [`code_paragraphs`]).
+///
+/// Inline elements open across a line break (a `<code>`, a multi-line
+/// comment's span) are closed at the end of the line and reopened at the start
+/// of the next, so every paragraph is well formed.
+fn paragraph_code_lines(html: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(html.len() + 256);
+    let mut cursor = 0usize;
+    while let Some(rel) = html[cursor..].find('<') {
+        let start = cursor + rel;
+        out.push_str(&html[cursor..start]);
+        let Some(end) = tag_end(html, start) else {
+            out.push_str(&html[start..]);
+            return out;
+        };
+        let tag = &html[start..end];
+        out.push_str(tag);
+        cursor = end;
+        if !is_element_tag(tag, "pre", false) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let Some(close) = find_close_tag(html, cursor, "pre") else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        out.push_str(&code_paragraphs(&html[cursor..close]));
+        cursor = close;
+    }
+    out.push_str(&html[cursor..]);
+    out
+}
+
+/// The paragraphs for one `<pre>` body whose line breaks are `<br/>`.
+fn code_paragraphs(body: &str) -> String {
+    // Each line's markup, plus whether it shows any text.
+    let mut lines: Vec<(String, bool)> = Vec::new();
+    // Inline elements open at this point: (name, opening tag).
+    let mut open: Vec<(String, &str)> = Vec::new();
+    let mut line = String::new();
+    let mut visible = false;
+    let mut cursor = 0usize;
+    let finish = |line: &mut String, visible: &mut bool, open: &[(String, &str)]| {
+        let mut done = std::mem::take(line);
+        if !*visible {
+            done.push(NO_BREAK_SPACE);
+        }
+        for (name, _) in open.iter().rev() {
+            done.push_str(&format!("</{name}>"));
+        }
+        let shown = std::mem::replace(visible, false);
+        for (_, tag) in open {
+            line.push_str(tag);
+        }
+        (done, shown)
+    };
+    while cursor < body.len() {
+        let Some(rel) = body[cursor..].find('<') else {
+            let text = &body[cursor..];
+            visible |= shows_text(text);
+            line.push_str(text);
+            break;
+        };
+        let start = cursor + rel;
+        let text = &body[cursor..start];
+        visible |= shows_text(text);
+        line.push_str(text);
+        let Some(end) = tag_end(body, start) else {
+            line.push_str(&body[start..]);
+            break;
+        };
+        let tag = &body[start..end];
+        cursor = end;
+        let inner = tag.trim_start_matches('<').trim_end_matches('>');
+        let name = crate::html::tag_name(inner);
+        if name == "br" {
+            lines.push(finish(&mut line, &mut visible, &open));
+        } else if inner.starts_with('/') {
+            if let Some(at) = open.iter().rposition(|(open_name, _)| *open_name == name) {
+                open.remove(at);
+            }
+            line.push_str(tag);
+        } else {
+            if !inner.trim_end().ends_with('/') {
+                open.push((name, tag));
+            }
+            line.push_str(tag);
+        }
+    }
+    lines.push(finish(&mut line, &mut visible, &open));
+    // Blank lines become a short gap after the line before them rather than
+    // paragraphs of their own: with the firmware's paragraph spacing on, a
+    // blank paragraph adds a full line plus two half-line gaps and reads as a
+    // double newline. Leading, trailing and repeated blanks collapse.
+    let mut kept: Vec<(String, bool)> = Vec::with_capacity(lines.len());
+    for (line, shown) in lines {
+        if shown {
+            kept.push((line, false));
+        } else if let Some(previous) = kept.last_mut() {
+            previous.1 = true;
+        }
+    }
+    if kept.is_empty() {
+        // An all-blank listing still occupies one line.
+        kept.push((NO_BREAK_SPACE.to_string(), false));
+    }
+
+    let last = kept.len() - 1;
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(body.len() + kept.len() * 48);
+    for (index, (line, gap_after)) in kept.into_iter().enumerate() {
+        let mut class = String::from(CODE_LINE_CLASS);
+        if index == 0 {
+            class.push(' ');
+            class.push_str(CODE_FIRST_CLASS);
+        }
+        if index == last {
+            class.push(' ');
+            class.push_str(CODE_LAST_CLASS);
+        } else if gap_after {
+            class.push(' ');
+            class.push_str(CODE_GAP_CLASS);
+        }
+        out.push_str(&format!("<p class=\"{class}\">{line}</p>"));
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Whether a run of character data shows anything but spaces.
+fn shows_text(text: &str) -> bool {
+    text.chars()
+        .any(|c| !c.is_whitespace() && c != NO_BREAK_SPACE)
 }
 
 /// Insert soft hyphens into over-long words and make `<pre>` whitespace
@@ -609,7 +894,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn pre_whitespace_is_made_explicit_inside_nested_tags() {
         let input = "<pre><code>fn main() {\n    if x &lt; 2 {\n        <em>return</em>;\n    }\n <strong><a href=\"#\">// done</a></strong>\n}</code></pre>";
-        let out = simplify_xhtml(input);
+        let out = break_long_words(input);
         assert_eq!(
             out,
             concat!(
@@ -622,10 +907,40 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn each_code_line_becomes_a_paragraph() {
+        let input = "<p>Before.</p><figure><pre><code>let a = 1;\n\n  let b = 2;</code></pre></figure><p>After.</p>";
+        assert_eq!(
+            simplify_xhtml(input),
+            concat!(
+                "<p>Before.</p><figure><pre>",
+                "<p class=\"code-line code-first code-gap\"><code>let a = 1;</code></p>",
+                "<p class=\"code-line code-last\"><code>\u{00a0}\u{00a0}let b = 2;</code></p>",
+                "</pre></figure><p>After.</p>"
+            )
+        );
+        // `<pre` as a prefix of another name is not a code block.
+        assert_eq!(simplify_xhtml("<prefix>x</prefix>"), "<prefix>x</prefix>");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn spans_open_across_a_line_break_are_closed_and_reopened() {
+        let input = "<pre><code><span class=\"hl-comment\">/* one\ntwo */</span> x\n</code></pre>";
+        assert_eq!(
+            simplify_xhtml(input),
+            concat!(
+                "<pre>",
+                "<p class=\"code-line code-first\"><code><span class=\"hl-comment\">/* one</span></code></p>",
+                "<p class=\"code-line code-last\"><code><span class=\"hl-comment\">two */</span> x</code></p>",
+                "</pre>"
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn tabs_in_pre_become_four_no_break_spaces() {
         assert_eq!(
-            simplify_xhtml("<pre><code>one\ttwo</code></pre>"),
+            break_long_words("<pre><code>one\ttwo</code></pre>"),
             "<pre><code>one\u{00a0}\u{00a0}\u{00a0}\u{00a0}two</code></pre>"
         );
     }
@@ -634,7 +949,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn whitespace_outside_pre_is_untouched() {
         let input = "<p>outside  text\n next\tword</p><pre>x  y</pre><p>tail  text</p>";
         assert_eq!(
-            simplify_xhtml(input),
+            break_long_words(input),
             "<p>outside  text\n next\tword</p><pre>x\u{00a0}\u{00a0}y</pre><p>tail  text</p>"
         );
     }
@@ -642,11 +957,11 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn newline_right_after_pre_open_is_not_a_blank_line() {
         assert_eq!(
-            simplify_xhtml("<pre><code>\nlet a = 1;\n\nlet b = 2;</code></pre>"),
+            break_long_words("<pre><code>\nlet a = 1;\n\nlet b = 2;</code></pre>"),
             "<pre><code>let a = 1;<br/><br/>let b = 2;</code></pre>"
         );
         assert_eq!(
-            simplify_xhtml("<pre>\n  x</pre>"),
+            break_long_words("<pre>\n  x</pre>"),
             "<pre>\u{00a0}\u{00a0}x</pre>"
         );
     }
@@ -654,7 +969,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn pre_without_a_trailing_newline_gets_no_extra_break() {
         let input = "<pre><code>let answer = 42;</code></pre>";
-        assert_eq!(simplify_xhtml(input), input);
+        assert_eq!(break_long_words(input), input);
     }
 
     /// The shipped X4 stylesheet must already satisfy the X4 rules, so the
@@ -794,4 +1109,97 @@ mod tests {
             "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html><body><p>2 &lt; 3</p></body></html>";
         assert_eq!(simplify_xhtml(input), input);
     }
+
+    /// Whether any image in `html` sits inside a table, where the X4
+    /// firmwares print its alt text instead of drawing it.
+    fn image_inside_table(html: &str) -> bool {
+        let mut depth = 0usize;
+        let mut cursor = 0usize;
+        while let Some(rel) = html[cursor..].find('<') {
+            let start = cursor + rel;
+            let end = tag_end(html, start).unwrap();
+            let tag = &html[start..end];
+            if is_element_tag(tag, "table", false) {
+                depth += 1;
+            } else if is_element_tag(tag, "table", true) {
+                depth -= 1;
+            } else if depth > 0 && IMAGE_ELEMENTS.iter().any(|n| is_element_tag(tag, n, false)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            cursor = end;
+        }
+        false
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_figure_laid_out_as_a_table_becomes_divs() {
+        // The Space Review's figure markup (issue 2026-10-01).
+        let input = "<p>Before.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><img src=\"images/a.jpg\" alt=\"ELINT images\"/><p>During the 1970s. (credit: NRO)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>Next</h3>";
+        let out = simplify_xhtml(input);
+        assert!(!image_inside_table(&out), "{out}");
+        assert!(!out.contains("<t"), "{out}");
+        assert!(
+            out.contains("<div><img src=\"images/a.jpg\" alt=\"ELINT images\"/><p>During the 1970s. (credit: NRO)</p></div>"),
+            "{out}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            out.starts_with("<p>Before.</p>") && out.ends_with("<h3>Next</h3>"),
+            "{out}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn every_cell_of_an_image_table_keeps_its_content_in_order() {
+        let input = "<table class=\"x\" width=\"600\"><caption>Cap</caption><thead><tr><th>A</th><th>B</th></tr></thead><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><img src=\"1.jpg\"/></td></tr><tr><td>left</td><td>right</td></tr></table>";
+        let out = flatten_lossy_tables(input);
+        assert_eq!(
+            out.split_whitespace().collect::<String>(),
+            "<div>Cap</div><div>A</div><div>B</div><div><imgsrc=\"1.jpg\"/></div><div>left</div><div>right</div>"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn nested_image_tables_flatten_from_the_outside_in() {
+        for input in [
+            // Image in the inner table only.
+            "<table><tr><td><table><tr><td><img src=\"1.jpg\"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p>after</p>",
+            // Image in the outer table after a text-only inner table.
+            "<table><tr><td><table><tr><td>x</td></tr></table><img src=\"1.jpg\"/></td></tr></table><p>after</p>",
+            // An SVG `<image>` counts too.
+            "<table><tr><td><svg><image href=\"1.jpg\"/></svg></td></tr></table><p>after</p>",
+        ] {
+            let out = simplify_xhtml(input);
+            assert!(!image_inside_table(&out), "{out}");
+            assert!(!out.contains("<table"), "{out}");
+            assert!(out.ends_with("<p>after</p>"), "{out}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_nested_text_table_flattens_its_outer_table() {
+        let input = "<table><tr><td>outer<table><tr><td>inner</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>";
+        let out = flatten_lossy_tables(input);
+        assert_eq!(
+            out.split_whitespace().collect::<String>(),
+            "<div>outer<div>inner</div></div>"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn text_tables_stay_tables() {
+        let input = "<table><tr><th>Year</th><td>1971</td></tr></table><p><img src=\"1.jpg\"/></p><table><tr><td>2</td></tr></table>";
+        assert_eq!(flatten_lossy_tables(input), input);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn table_markup_inside_raw_text_is_left_alone() {
+        let input = "<script>let t = '<table><td><img src=x></td></table>';</script>";
+        assert_eq!(flatten_lossy_tables(input), input);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn an_unclosed_image_table_still_flattens() {
+        let out = flatten_lossy_tables("<table><tr><td><img src=\"1.jpg\"/>");
+        assert!(!image_inside_table(&out), "{out}");
+    }
 }

src/extract.rs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use url::Url;
 
+use crate::highlight::annotate_hints;
 use crate::html::word_count;
 use crate::images::normalize::{normalize_img_tags, prepare_for_readability};
 use crate::images::refs::collect_image_urls;
@@ -338,7 +339,8 @@ fn readable_page(
     html: &str,
     url: &str,
 ) -> Result<(String, String, Option<String>, Option<String>), ExtractError> {
-    let html = prepare_for_readability(html);
+    // Readability strips classes, and with them code blocks' language hints.
+    let html = prepare_for_readability(&annotate_hints(html));
     let config = dom_smoothie::Config {
         max_elements_to_parse: 60_000,
         ..Default::default()
@@ -447,6 +449,7 @@ fn builder() -> ammonia::Builder<'static> {
         .generic_attributes(HashSet::new())
         .link_rel(None)
         .strip_comments(true);
+    crate::highlight::keep_lang_attr(&mut b);
     b
 }
 
@@ -454,8 +457,10 @@ fn builder() -> ammonia::Builder<'static> {
 ///
 /// Allowed: `p`, `h1`–`h4`, `ul`/`ol`/`li`, `blockquote`, `pre`, `code`, `em`,
 /// `strong`, `a`, `img`, `figure`, `figcaption`, table basics, `hr`, `br`.
+/// The one attribute kept beyond links and images is a code block's language,
+/// as `<pre data-lang>` (see [`crate::highlight`]).
 pub fn sanitize(html: &str) -> String {
-    builder().clean(html).to_string()
+    builder().clean(&annotate_hints(html)).to_string()
 }
 
 /// [`sanitize`], additionally rewriting relative `href`/`src` against `base_url`
@@ -464,7 +469,7 @@ pub fn sanitize_with_base(html: &str, base_url: &str) -> String {
     match Url::parse(base_url) {
         Ok(base) => builder()
             .url_relative(ammonia::UrlRelative::RewriteWithBase(base))
-            .clean(html)
+            .clean(&annotate_hints(html))
             .to_string(),
         Err(_) => sanitize(html),
     }
@@ -546,6 +551,26 @@ mod tests {
         format!("<p>{}</p>", "lorem ".repeat(words))
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn sanitize_keeps_code_block_languages_as_data_lang_only() {
+        let dirty = r#"<div class="language-ruby highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code>puts 1</code></pre></div>
+            <pre><code class="language-rust" data-x="y">fn main() {}</code></pre>
+            <pre data-lang="&quot; onload=&quot;x">forged</pre>
+            <p data-lang="rust">not a block</p>"#;
+        let clean = sanitize(dirty);
+        assert!(
+            clean.contains(r#"<pre data-lang="ruby"><code>puts 1</code></pre>"#),
+            "{clean}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            clean.contains(r#"<pre data-lang="rust"><code>fn main() {}</code></pre>"#),
+            "{clean}"
+        );
+        assert!(clean.contains("<pre>forged</pre>"), "{clean}");
+        assert!(clean.contains("<p>not a block</p>"), "{clean}");
+        assert!(!clean.contains("class="));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn sanitize_keeps_the_allowlist_and_drops_everything_else() {
         let dirty = r#"

src/highlight.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,743 @@
+//! Syntax highlighting for code blocks in article bodies.
+//!
+//! Two halves, run at different times:
+//!
+//! * [`annotate_hints`] runs on source markup at extraction, before
+//!   readability and the sanitizer strip every `class`. It reads whatever
+//!   language hint the page carries (`language-rust`, Rouge's wrapper `<div>`,
+//!   SyntaxHighlighter's `brush: py`, `data-lang`, …) and records it as one
+//!   normalized `data-lang` on the `<pre>`, which both of them keep.
+//! * [`highlight_blocks`] runs at render time, on sanitized markup, for the web
+//!   article page and both EPUB editions. Blocks with a hint use it; blocks
+//!   without one are guessed from their content ([`guess_language`]), and
+//!   anything not confidently code is left exactly as it was.
+//!
+//! Tokens come out as flat `<span class="hl-…">` elements, one class each, so
+//! the X4 stylesheet (no descendant selectors) can style them too. Colours are
+//! the stylesheets' business: the web theme is in `src/web/tailwind.css`, the
+//! monochrome e-ink themes in `src/epub/templates/style*.css`.
+
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::sync::{Arc, LazyLock};
+
+use arborium::{Config, GrammarStore, Highlighter, HtmlFormat};
+
+use crate::html::{attr_escape, decode_entities, parse_attrs, tag_end, tag_name};
+
+/// The attribute that carries a block's language from extraction to render.
+pub const LANG_ATTR: &str = "data-lang";
+
+/// The `data-lang` value for a block its source marked as not code (plain
+/// text, program output): never highlighted, never guessed.
+pub const PLAIN: &str = "text";
+
+/// Prefix of every token class, e.g. `hl-keyword`.
+const CLASS_PREFIX: &str = "hl";
+
+/// Hints that mean "this is not source code".
+const PLAIN_HINTS: &[&str] = &[
+    "text",
+    "txt",
+    "plain",
+    "plaintext",
+    "none",
+    "nohighlight",
+    "no-highlight",
+    "output",
+    "console",
+    "terminal",
+    "log",
+];
+
+/// Attributes that name a block's language outright.
+const LANG_ATTRIBUTES: &[&str] = &[
+    "data-lang",
+    "data-language",
+    "data-code-block-lang",
+    "data-code-language",
+];
+
+/// Class prefixes highlighters put in front of a language name.
+const CLASS_PREFIXES: &[&str] = &[
+    "language-",
+    "lang-",
+    "highlight-source-",
+    "highlight-",
+    "source-",
+];
+
+/// Minimum model confidence for a guessed language. Measured on short real
+/// snippets, guesses at or above this were right; below it they were coin flips.
+const MIN_GUESS_SCORE: f32 = 0.5;
+
+/// Unhinted blocks shorter than this are left alone: one-liners are usually a
+/// command or a path, and too short to classify.
+const MIN_GUESS_CHARS: usize = 40;
+
+/// A block that is only plausibly code is weighed against the article's
+/// prevailing language using at most this many of its best candidates…
+const MAX_CANDIDATES: usize = 3;
+
+/// …each scoring at least this much.
+const MIN_CANDIDATE_SCORE: f32 = 0.1;
+
+/// The detector reads at most this much of a block.
+const MAX_GUESS_BYTES: usize = 4096;
+
+/// Compiled grammars, shared across threads; each call gets its own parser.
+static GRAMMARS: LazyLock<Arc<GrammarStore>> = LazyLock::new(|| Arc::new(GrammarStore::new()));
+
+fn new_highlighter() -> Highlighter {
+    Highlighter::with_store_and_config(
+        GRAMMARS.clone(),
+        Config {
+            html_format: HtmlFormat::ClassNamesWithPrefix(CLASS_PREFIX.into()),
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    )
+}
+
+/// Whether `name` (a language or one of arborium's aliases) has a grammar.
+fn supported(name: &str) -> bool {
+    GRAMMARS.get(name).is_some()
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Hints (extraction time)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Normalize one hint token (`language-rust`, `py`, `nohighlight`) to the
+/// value stored in `data-lang`: a supported language name or [`PLAIN`].
+///
+/// A bare token (no `language-` style prefix) must be at least two characters,
+/// so stray one-letter classes don't turn into C or R.
+pub fn normalize_hint(token: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let token = token.trim().trim_matches(';').to_ascii_lowercase();
+    let (name, prefixed) = CLASS_PREFIXES
+        .iter()
+        .find_map(|p| token.strip_prefix(p).map(|rest| (rest, true)))
+        .unwrap_or((token.as_str(), false));
+    if name.is_empty() || (!prefixed && name.len() < 2) {
+        return None;
+    }
+    if PLAIN_HINTS.contains(&name) {
+        return Some(PLAIN.to_string());
+    }
+    let name = canonical_name(name);
+    supported(name).then(|| name.to_string())
+}
+
+/// The name detection uses for the common aliases a hint may carry, so a
+/// `py` block and a guessed `python` block count as the same language.
+fn canonical_name(name: &str) -> &str {
+    match name {
+        "py" | "python3" => "python",
+        "js" | "node" | "jsx" => "javascript",
+        "ts" => "typescript",
+        "sh" | "shell" => "bash",
+        "rs" => "rust",
+        "golang" => "go",
+        "rb" => "ruby",
+        "yml" => "yaml",
+        "c++" | "cxx" | "cc" | "hpp" => "cpp",
+        "cs" | "csharp" | "c#" => "c-sharp",
+        "objective-c" | "objectivec" => "objc",
+        "kt" => "kotlin",
+        "ex" | "exs" => "elixir",
+        "hs" => "haskell",
+        "ps1" | "pwsh" => "powershell",
+        other => other,
+    }
+}
+
+/// The language hint carried by one element's attributes, if any.
+fn hint_from_attrs(attrs: &[(String, String)]) -> Option<String> {
+    for (name, value) in attrs {
+        if LANG_ATTRIBUTES.contains(&name.as_str())
+            && let Some(hint) = normalize_hint(value)
+        {
+            return Some(hint);
+        }
+    }
+    let class = attrs.iter().find(|(name, _)| name == "class")?.1.as_str();
+    // SyntaxHighlighter writes `class="brush: python; gutter: false"`.
+    let tokens: Vec<&str> = class
+        .split(|c: char| c.is_whitespace() || c == ';')
+        .filter(|t| !t.is_empty())
+        .collect();
+    for (i, token) in tokens.iter().enumerate() {
+        let candidate = match token.strip_prefix("brush:") {
+            Some("") => tokens.get(i + 1).copied(),
+            Some(rest) => Some(rest),
+            None if i > 0 && tokens[i - 1] == "brush:" => None,
+            None => Some(*token),
+        };
+        if let Some(hint) = candidate.and_then(normalize_hint) {
+            return Some(hint);
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// Record each `<pre>`'s language hint as `data-lang`, before readability and
+/// the sanitizer strip the classes that carry it.
+///
+/// The hint may sit on the `<pre>`, on the `<code>` right inside it, or on an
+/// enclosing `<div>` (Jekyll's Rouge, GitHub's `highlight-source-*`). Markup is
+/// otherwise returned byte-identical.
+pub fn annotate_hints(html: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(html.len() + 64);
+    let mut cursor = 0usize;
+    // Hint of every open `<div>`, innermost last.
+    let mut divs: Vec<Option<String>> = Vec::new();
+    while let Some(rel) = html[cursor..].find('<') {
+        let start = cursor + rel;
+        out.push_str(&html[cursor..start]);
+        let Some(end) = tag_end(html, start) else {
+            out.push_str(&html[start..]);
+            return out;
+        };
+        let raw = &html[start..end];
+        cursor = end;
+        let inner = raw.trim_start_matches('<').trim_end_matches('>');
+        let name = tag_name(inner);
+        if inner.starts_with('/') {
+            if name == "div" {
+                divs.pop();
+            }
+            out.push_str(raw);
+            continue;
+        }
+        match name.as_str() {
+            "div" => {
+                if !inner.trim_end().ends_with('/') {
+                    divs.push(hint_from_attrs(&parse_attrs(inner)));
+                }
+                out.push_str(raw);
+            }
+            "pre" => {
+                let attrs = parse_attrs(inner.trim_end_matches('/'));
+                let hint = hint_from_attrs(&attrs)
+                    .or_else(|| first_code_hint(html, end))
+                    .or_else(|| divs.iter().rev().find_map(Clone::clone));
+                match hint {
+                    Some(hint) => out.push_str(&pre_tag(&attrs, &hint)),
+                    None => out.push_str(raw),
+                }
+            }
+            _ => out.push_str(raw),
+        }
+    }
+    out.push_str(&html[cursor..]);
+    out
+}
+
+/// The hint on a `<code>` that opens right after a `<pre>` ending at `after`.
+fn first_code_hint(html: &str, after: usize) -> Option<String> {
+    let rest = &html[after..];
+    let start = after + (rest.len() - rest.trim_start().len());
+    if !html[start..].starts_with('<') {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let end = tag_end(html, start)?;
+    let inner = html[start..end]
+        .trim_start_matches('<')
+        .trim_end_matches('>');
+    (tag_name(inner) == "code").then(|| hint_from_attrs(&parse_attrs(inner)))?
+}
+
+/// Rebuild a `<pre>` tag with `data-lang` set to `hint`.
+fn pre_tag(attrs: &[(String, String)], hint: &str) -> String {
+    let mut tag = String::from("<pre");
+    for (name, value) in attrs {
+        if LANG_ATTRIBUTES.contains(&name.as_str()) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        tag.push_str(&format!(" {name}=\"{}\"", attr_escape(value)));
+    }
+    tag.push_str(&format!(" {LANG_ATTR}=\"{}\">", attr_escape(hint)));
+    tag
+}
+
+/// Sanitizer filter for `data-lang`: keep it only if it is a value
+/// [`annotate_hints`] could have written.
+pub fn filter_lang_attr(value: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    normalize_hint(value).filter(|hint| hint == &value.to_ascii_lowercase())
+}
+
+/// Let an ammonia builder keep a valid `data-lang` on `<pre>` (and nothing else
+/// it did not already allow).
+pub fn keep_lang_attr(builder: &mut ammonia::Builder<'_>) {
+    builder
+        .add_tag_attributes("pre", &[LANG_ATTR])
+        .attribute_filter(|element, attribute, value| {
+            if element == "pre" && attribute == LANG_ATTR {
+                filter_lang_attr(value).map(Cow::Owned)
+            } else {
+                Some(Cow::Borrowed(value))
+            }
+        });
+}
+
+/// `ammonia::clean` that keeps block languages, then [`highlight_blocks`]:
+/// the render-time entry point for article bodies.
+pub fn clean_and_highlight(html: &str) -> String {
+    let mut builder = ammonia::Builder::default();
+    keep_lang_attr(&mut builder);
+    highlight_blocks(&builder.clean(html).to_string())
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Detection
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// What an unhinted block's content says about its language.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+enum Detected {
+    /// Confidently this language.
+    Sure(&'static str),
+    /// Plausibly one of these, best first: taken only when the rest of the
+    /// article is in one of them (see [`highlight_blocks`]).
+    Maybe(Vec<&'static str>),
+    /// Not code, or too little of it to tell.
+    Unknown,
+}
+
+/// Best guess at the language of an unhinted block, or `None` when it is not
+/// confidently code. A wrong colour scheme is worse than none.
+pub fn guess_language(code: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    match detect(code) {
+        Detected::Sure(language) => Some(language),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn detect(code: &str) -> Detected {
+    let text = code.trim();
+    // Parsing is proof, at any length.
+    if (text.starts_with('{') || text.starts_with('['))
+        && serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(text).is_ok()
+    {
+        return Detected::Sure("json");
+    }
+    if text.chars().count() < MIN_GUESS_CHARS && !text.starts_with("#!") {
+        return Detected::Unknown;
+    }
+    if let Some(language) = first_line_language(text) {
+        return Detected::Sure(language);
+    }
+    // A shell session is prompts interleaved with output; neither grammar fits.
+    if text.starts_with("$ ") || text.starts_with("> ") || text.starts_with("% ") {
+        return Detected::Unknown;
+    }
+    let sample = crate::html::truncate_utf8(text, MAX_GUESS_BYTES);
+    let detection = betlang::detect(sample);
+    let mut ranked = detection.top_languages().take(MAX_CANDIDATES);
+    let Some((score, top)) = ranked.next() else {
+        return Detected::Unknown;
+    };
+    // Prose, logs and program output all come out as Markdown.
+    let Some(top) = betlang_language(top) else {
+        return Detected::Unknown;
+    };
+    if score >= MIN_GUESS_SCORE {
+        return Detected::Sure(top);
+    }
+    let mut candidates = vec![top];
+    candidates.extend(
+        ranked
+            .filter(|(score, _)| *score >= MIN_CANDIDATE_SCORE)
+            .filter_map(|(_, language)| betlang_language(language)),
+    );
+    Detected::Maybe(candidates)
+}
+
+/// The grammar for a betlang label, if we have one.
+fn betlang_language(language: betlang::Language) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    let name = match language.slug() {
+        "markdown" => return None,
+        "cs" => "c-sharp",
+        "objectivec" => "objc",
+        "lisp" => "commonlisp",
+        "shell" => "bash",
+        "gemfile" | "gemspec" => "ruby",
+        "gradle" => "groovy",
+        other => other,
+    };
+    supported(name).then_some(name)
+}
+
+/// Languages a block announces on its first line: shebangs and XML-ish preludes.
+fn first_line_language(text: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    let first = text.lines().next()?.trim().to_ascii_lowercase();
+    if let Some(shebang) = first.strip_prefix("#!") {
+        let interpreter = shebang
+            .split_whitespace()
+            .flat_map(|word| word.rsplit('/').next())
+            .find(|word| *word != "env" && !word.starts_with('-'))?;
+        let name = match interpreter.trim_end_matches(|c: char| c.is_ascii_digit() || c == '.') {
+            "sh" | "bash" | "dash" | "ksh" => "bash",
+            "zsh" => "zsh",
+            "fish" => "fish",
+            "python" => "python",
+            "node" | "deno" | "bun" => "javascript",
+            "ruby" => "ruby",
+            "perl" => "perl",
+            "php" => "php",
+            "lua" => "lua",
+            _ => return None,
+        };
+        return supported(name).then_some(name);
+    }
+    if first.starts_with("<?php") {
+        return Some("php");
+    }
+    if first.starts_with("<?xml") {
+        return Some("xml");
+    }
+    // Pages and the tags posts most often quote on their own.
+    if ["<!doctype html", "<html", "<script", "<style", "<template"]
+        .iter()
+        .any(|prefix| first.starts_with(prefix))
+    {
+        return Some("html");
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Rendering
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// One `<pre>` block found by [`highlight_blocks`].
+struct Block {
+    /// Byte range of the opening tag, and where `</pre>` starts.
+    start: usize,
+    open_end: usize,
+    close: usize,
+    attrs: Vec<(String, String)>,
+    hint: Option<String>,
+    code: Option<String>,
+    detected: Detected,
+}
+
+/// Highlight every `<pre>` block in sanitized markup.
+///
+/// A block's language is its `data-lang`, else what its content confidently
+/// says ([`guess_language`]). A block whose content is only plausibly code
+/// takes the article's prevailing language when that is one of its
+/// candidates, so a post in Go does not alternate between highlighted and
+/// plain listings. A highlighted block becomes `<pre><code>…spans…</code></pre>`;
+/// any other block is copied through untouched apart from losing `data-lang`,
+/// which is only for this step.
+pub fn highlight_blocks(html: &str) -> String {
+    if !html.contains("<pre") {
+        return html.to_string();
+    }
+    let blocks = find_blocks(html);
+    let prevailing = prevailing_language(&blocks);
+    let mut highlighter: Option<Highlighter> = None;
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(html.len() * 2);
+    let mut cursor = 0usize;
+    for block in &blocks {
+        out.push_str(&html[cursor..block.start]);
+        let language = match (block.hint.as_deref(), &block.detected) {
+            (Some(PLAIN), _) => None,
+            (Some(hint), _) => Some(hint),
+            (None, Detected::Sure(language)) => Some(*language),
+            (None, Detected::Maybe(candidates)) => {
+                prevailing.filter(|language| candidates.contains(language))
+            }
+            (None, Detected::Unknown) => None,
+        };
+        let highlighted = match (language, &block.code) {
+            (Some(language), Some(code)) => highlighter
+                .get_or_insert_with(new_highlighter)
+                .highlight(language, code)
+                .ok()
+                .filter(|spans| spans.contains("<span")),
+            _ => None,
+        };
+        match highlighted {
+            Some(spans) => {
+                out.push_str("<pre><code>");
+                out.push_str(&spans);
+                out.push_str("</code></pre>");
+            }
+            None => {
+                out.push_str(&pre_without_lang(
+                    &block.attrs,
+                    block.hint.is_some(),
+                    &html[block.start..block.open_end],
+                ));
+                out.push_str(&html[block.open_end..block.close]);
+                out.push_str("</pre>");
+            }
+        }
+        cursor = block.close + "</pre>".len();
+    }
+    out.push_str(&html[cursor..]);
+    out
+}
+
+/// Every complete `<pre>` block, in order, with its hint and detection.
+fn find_blocks(html: &str) -> Vec<Block> {
+    let mut blocks = Vec::new();
+    let mut cursor = 0usize;
+    while let Some(rel) = html[cursor..].find("<pre") {
+        let start = cursor + rel;
+        let Some(open_end) = tag_end(html, start) else {
+            break;
+        };
+        let inner = html[start..open_end]
+            .trim_start_matches('<')
+            .trim_end_matches('>');
+        if tag_name(inner) != "pre" {
+            cursor = open_end;
+            continue;
+        }
+        let Some(close_rel) = html[open_end..].find("</pre>") else {
+            break;
+        };
+        let close = open_end + close_rel;
+        let attrs = parse_attrs(inner);
+        let hint = attrs
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(name, _)| name == LANG_ATTR)
+            .map(|(_, value)| value.clone());
+        let code = block_text(&html[open_end..close]);
+        let detected = match (&hint, &code) {
+            (None, Some(code)) => detect(code),
+            _ => Detected::Unknown,
+        };
+        blocks.push(Block {
+            start,
+            open_end,
+            close,
+            attrs,
+            hint,
+            code,
+            detected,
+        });
+        cursor = close + "</pre>".len();
+    }
+    blocks
+}
+
+/// The language most of an article's hinted and confidently detected blocks
+/// share, earliest first on a tie.
+fn prevailing_language(blocks: &[Block]) -> Option<&str> {
+    let mut counts: Vec<(&str, usize)> = Vec::new();
+    for block in blocks {
+        let language = match (block.hint.as_deref(), &block.detected) {
+            (Some(PLAIN), _) => continue,
+            (Some(hint), _) => hint,
+            (None, Detected::Sure(language)) => language,
+            _ => continue,
+        };
+        match counts.iter_mut().find(|(name, _)| *name == language) {
+            Some((_, count)) => *count += 1,
+            None => counts.push((language, 1)),
+        }
+    }
+    counts
+        .iter()
+        .rev()
+        .max_by_key(|(_, count)| *count)
+        .map(|(language, _)| *language)
+}
+
+/// The `<pre>` opening tag minus `data-lang`, or `raw` when it had none.
+fn pre_without_lang(attrs: &[(String, String)], had_lang: bool, raw: &str) -> String {
+    if !had_lang {
+        return raw.to_string();
+    }
+    let mut tag = String::from("<pre");
+    for (name, value) in attrs.iter().filter(|(name, _)| name != LANG_ATTR) {
+        tag.push_str(&format!(" {name}=\"{}\"", attr_escape(value)));
+    }
+    tag.push('>');
+    tag
+}
+
+/// The source text of a `<pre>` body: an optional wrapping `<code>` removed,
+/// `<br>` as newlines, inline markup dropped, entities decoded, and the one
+/// leading newline HTML ignores stripped.
+///
+/// `None` when the body holds block markup (a table, a list) — that is a
+/// layout, not a listing, and is left alone.
+fn block_text(body: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let mut text = String::with_capacity(body.len());
+    let mut cursor = 0usize;
+    while let Some(rel) = body[cursor..].find('<') {
+        let start = cursor + rel;
+        text.push_str(&body[cursor..start]);
+        let end = tag_end(body, start)?;
+        let inner = body[start..end]
+            .trim_start_matches('<')
+            .trim_end_matches('>');
+        match tag_name(inner).as_str() {
+            "br" => text.push('\n'),
+            "code" | "span" | "em" | "strong" | "a" | "b" | "i" | "u" | "s" | "mark" | "kbd"
+            | "samp" | "var" | "sub" | "sup" | "small" => {}
+            _ => return None,
+        }
+        cursor = end;
+    }
+    text.push_str(&body[cursor..]);
+    let text = decode_entities(&text);
+    let text = text
+        .strip_prefix("\r\n")
+        .or_else(|| text.strip_prefix('\n'))
+        .unwrap_or(&text);
+    let text = text.trim_end_matches(['\n', '\r']);
+    (!text.trim().is_empty()).then(|| text.to_string())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn normalizes_prefixed_bare_and_plain_hints() {
+        assert_eq!(normalize_hint("language-rust").as_deref(), Some("rust"));
+        assert_eq!(normalize_hint("lang-py").as_deref(), Some("python"));
+        assert_eq!(normalize_hint("highlight-source-go").as_deref(), Some("go"));
+        assert_eq!(normalize_hint("Python").as_deref(), Some("python"));
+        assert_eq!(normalize_hint("language-text").as_deref(), Some(PLAIN));
+        assert_eq!(normalize_hint("nohighlight").as_deref(), Some(PLAIN));
+        assert_eq!(normalize_hint("language-c").as_deref(), Some("c"));
+        // Bare one-letter classes and framework classes are not hints.
+        assert_eq!(normalize_hint("c"), None);
+        assert_eq!(normalize_hint("highlight"), None);
+        assert_eq!(normalize_hint("chroma"), None);
+        assert_eq!(normalize_hint("language-klingon"), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn annotates_hints_from_pre_code_and_wrapper_divs() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            annotate_hints(r#"<pre class="chroma"><code class="language-go">x</code></pre>"#),
+            r#"<pre class="chroma" data-lang="go"><code class="language-go">x</code></pre>"#
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            annotate_hints(r#"<pre class="brush: py; gutter: false">x</pre>"#),
+            r#"<pre class="brush: py; gutter: false" data-lang="python">x</pre>"#
+        );
+        // Jekyll/Rouge: the hint is on a wrapper two levels up.
+        assert_eq!(
+            annotate_hints(
+                r#"<div class="language-ruby highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>x</code></pre></div></div><pre>y</pre>"#
+            ),
+            r#"<div class="language-ruby highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight" data-lang="ruby"><code>x</code></pre></div></div><pre>y</pre>"#
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            annotate_hints(r#"<pre data-code-block-lang="JavaScript">x</pre>"#),
+            r#"<pre data-lang="javascript">x</pre>"#
+        );
+        let plain = "<p>a</p><pre><code>no hint</code></pre>";
+        assert_eq!(annotate_hints(plain), plain);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_sanitizer_filter_only_keeps_normalized_values() {
+        assert_eq!(filter_lang_attr("rust").as_deref(), Some("rust"));
+        assert_eq!(filter_lang_attr("text").as_deref(), Some(PLAIN));
+        assert_eq!(filter_lang_attr("language-rust"), None);
+        // Hints are stored canonical, so an alias is not a stored value.
+        assert_eq!(filter_lang_attr("py"), None);
+        assert_eq!(filter_lang_attr("\" onload=\"x"), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn highlights_hinted_blocks_with_flat_prefixed_spans() {
+        let out = highlight_blocks(
+            "<p>a</p><pre data-lang=\"rust\"><code>fn main() {\n    let s = \"&lt;&amp;&gt;\";\n}</code></pre><p>b</p>",
+        );
+        assert!(out.starts_with("<p>a</p><pre><code><span class=\"hl-keyword\">fn</span>"));
+        assert!(out.contains("<span class=\"hl-string\">&quot;&lt;&amp;&gt;&quot;</span>"));
+        assert!(out.ends_with("</code></pre><p>b</p>"));
+        assert!(!out.contains("data-lang"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn br_line_breaks_and_inline_markup_become_plain_source() {
+        let out = highlight_blocks(
+            "<pre data-lang=\"python\"><code>def f():<br>    <em>return</em> 1</code></pre>",
+        );
+        assert!(out.contains("<span class=\"hl-keyword\">def</span>"));
+        assert!(out.contains("\n    <span class=\"hl-keyword\">return</span>"));
+        assert!(!out.contains("<em>"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn plain_and_unrecognized_blocks_are_left_alone() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            highlight_blocks("<pre data-lang=\"text\"><code>def f(): return 1</code></pre>"),
+            "<pre><code>def f(): return 1</code></pre>"
+        );
+        let short = "<pre><code>cargo build</code></pre>";
+        assert_eq!(highlight_blocks(short), short);
+        let prose = "<pre>Dear reader, this is a poem set in a preformatted block\nbecause the author liked the look of it.</pre>";
+        assert_eq!(highlight_blocks(prose), prose);
+        let session = "<pre><code>$ cargo build --release\n   Compiling foo v0.1.0\n    Finished release</code></pre>";
+        assert_eq!(highlight_blocks(session), session);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn guesses_unhinted_code_by_content() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            guess_language(
+                "import os\n\ndef main():\n    print(os.getcwd())\n\nif __name__ == '__main__':\n    main()\n"
+            ),
+            Some("python")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            guess_language(
+                "SELECT id, name FROM users WHERE created_at > NOW() - INTERVAL '1 day' ORDER BY id;"
+            ),
+            Some("sql")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            guess_language("#!/usr/bin/env bash\nset -euo pipefail"),
+            Some("bash")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            guess_language("{\"a\": [1, 2, 3], \"b\": {\"c\": null}}"),
+            Some("json")
+        );
+        let out = highlight_blocks(
+            "<pre><code>#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;\n\nint main(void) {\n    printf(\"hello\\n\");\n    return 0;\n}</code></pre>",
+        );
+        assert!(out.contains("hl-"), "{out}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn an_uncertain_block_takes_the_articles_prevailing_language() {
+        // Both from go.dev/blog/range-functions, which marks no languages.
+        let sure = "<pre><code>// Add adds an element to a set.\nfunc (s *Set[E]) Add(v E) {\n    s.m[v] = struct{}{}\n}\n\n// Contains reports whether an element is in a set.\nfunc (s *Set[E]) Contains(v E) bool {\n    _, ok := s.m[v]\n    return ok\n}\n</code></pre>";
+        let unsure = "<pre><code>func (s *Set[E]) Push(f func(E) bool) {\n    for v := range s.m {\n        if !f(v) {\n            return\n        }\n    }\n}\n</code></pre>";
+        let text = |pre: &str| block_text(&pre[5..pre.len() - 6]).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(guess_language(&text(sure)), Some("go"));
+        assert_eq!(guess_language(&text(unsure)), None);
+        assert!(matches!(detect(&text(unsure)), Detected::Maybe(c) if c.contains(&"go")));
+
+        let alone = highlight_blocks(unsure);
+        assert_eq!(alone, unsure);
+        let together = highlight_blocks(&format!("{sure}<p>and</p>{unsure}"));
+        assert_eq!(
+            together
+                .matches("<span class=\"hl-keyword\">func</span>")
+                .count(),
+            4
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn quoted_style_and_script_tags_are_html() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            guess_language("<style>\n* {\n  box-sizing: border-box;\n}\n</style>"),
+            Some("html")
+        );
+    }
+}

src/jobs.rs

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ pub const EXITED_BEFORE_START: &str = "unit exited before the job started; see t
 pub enum Job {
     /// `generate` (today) or `generate-YYYY-MM-DD`.
     Generate { date: Option<Date> },
+    /// `rebuild-YYYY-MM-DD` → `rebuild --date`.
+    Rebuild { date: Date },
     /// `dry-run` → `generate --dry-run`.
     DryRun,
     /// `profile-rebuild` → `profile rebuild`.
@@ -70,8 +72,9 @@ impl Job {
                 .all(|byte| byte.is_ascii_lowercase() || byte.is_ascii_digit() || byte == b'-')
     }
 
-    /// Parse a catalogue name or the dated `generate-YYYY-MM-DD` form; anything
-    /// else (including `../x`, uppercase, unknown names) is `None`.
+    /// Parse a catalogue name or a dated `generate-YYYY-MM-DD` or
+    /// `rebuild-YYYY-MM-DD` form; anything else (including `../x`, uppercase,
+    /// unknown names) is `None`.
     pub fn parse(name: &str) -> Option<Job> {
         if !Self::valid_name(name) {
             return None;
@@ -86,10 +89,17 @@ impl Job {
             "import-ratings" => Some(Job::ImportRatings),
             "interests-categorize" => Some(Job::InterestsCategorize),
             _ => {
-                let date = name.strip_prefix("generate-")?;
+                let (rebuild, date) = match name.strip_prefix("generate-") {
+                    Some(date) => (false, date),
+                    None => (true, name.strip_prefix("rebuild-")?),
+                };
                 // Exactly `YYYY-MM-DD`; the round trip rejects `2026-9-3`.
                 let parsed: Date = date.parse().ok()?;
-                (parsed.to_string() == date).then_some(Job::Generate { date: Some(parsed) })
+                (parsed.to_string() == date).then_some(if rebuild {
+                    Job::Rebuild { date: parsed }
+                } else {
+                    Job::Generate { date: Some(parsed) }
+                })
             }
         }
     }
@@ -98,6 +108,7 @@ impl Job {
         match self {
             Job::Generate { date: None } => "generate".into(),
             Job::Generate { date: Some(date) } => format!("generate-{date}"),
+            Job::Rebuild { date } => format!("rebuild-{date}"),
             Job::DryRun => "dry-run".into(),
             Job::ProfileRebuild => "profile-rebuild".into(),
             Job::FeaturesBackfill => "features-backfill".into(),
@@ -121,6 +132,9 @@ impl Job {
             Job::Generate { date: Some(_) } => {
                 "Build and publish the issue of a given date, republishing it if it exists."
             }
+            Job::Rebuild { .. } => {
+                "Re-render and republish a published issue's EPUBs from its stored content, without curating again."
+            }
             Job::DryRun => "Run the whole pipeline but publish nothing and record no issue.",
             Job::ProfileRebuild => {
                 "Regenerate the learned taste adjustments from ratings with the editor model."
@@ -144,6 +158,7 @@ impl Job {
     pub fn takes_lock(&self) -> Option<&'static str> {
         match self {
             Job::Generate { .. } | Job::DryRun => Some("generate"),
+            Job::Rebuild { .. } => Some("rebuild"),
             Job::ProfileRebuild => Some("profile rebuild"),
             Job::FeaturesBackfill => Some("features backfill"),
             Job::BackfillSocial => Some("backfill-social"),
@@ -151,9 +166,9 @@ impl Job {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Needs a confirmation dialog: `generate` republishes an issue.
+    /// Needs a confirmation dialog: `generate` and `rebuild` republish an issue.
     pub fn dangerous(&self) -> bool {
-        matches!(self, Job::Generate { .. })
+        matches!(self, Job::Generate { .. } | Job::Rebuild { .. })
     }
 }
 
@@ -481,6 +496,24 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!Job::parse("dry-run").unwrap().dangerous());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_accepts_the_dated_rebuild_form() {
+        let job = Job::parse("rebuild-2026-10-01").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            job,
+            Job::Rebuild {
+                date: "2026-10-01".parse().unwrap()
+            }
+        );
+        assert_eq!(job.name(), "rebuild-2026-10-01");
+        assert_eq!(job.unit(), "daily-epub-job@rebuild-2026-10-01.service");
+        assert_eq!(job.takes_lock(), Some("rebuild"));
+        assert!(job.dangerous());
+        for bad in ["rebuild", "rebuild-", "rebuild-2026-10-1", "rebuild-today"] {
+            assert_eq!(Job::parse(bad), None, "{bad}");
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn parse_rejects_traversal_uppercase_and_unknown_names() {
         for name in [

src/lib.rs

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ pub mod dedupe;
 pub mod discovery;
 pub mod epub;
 pub mod extract;
+pub mod highlight;
 pub mod html;
 pub mod http;
 pub mod images;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ pub mod miniflux;
 pub mod pipeline;
 pub mod publish;
 pub mod rate;
+pub mod related;
 pub mod report;
 pub mod server;
 pub mod social;

src/main.rs

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ struct Cli {
 enum Command {
     /// Build (and publish) one issue.
     Generate(GenerateArgs),
+    /// Rebuild and republish a published issue's EPUBs from its stored content.
+    Rebuild(RebuildArgs),
     /// Run the rating endpoints, the OPDS catalog and downloads.
     Serve,
     /// Taste-profile maintenance.
@@ -159,6 +161,13 @@ enum ConfigCommand {
     Check,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
+struct RebuildArgs {
+    /// Date of the published issue to rebuild.
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "YYYY-MM-DD")]
+    date: jiff::civil::Date,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
 struct GenerateArgs {
     /// Issue date in the configured timezone (defaults to today).
@@ -330,6 +339,15 @@ enum FeaturesCommand {
     Backfill(BackfillArgs),
     /// Drop stale embeddings, old candidate telemetry and old assessments per the retention config.
     Prune,
+    /// Recompute the related articles under each issue's web articles.
+    Related(RelatedArgs),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
+struct RelatedArgs {
+    /// Only this issue (YYYY-MM-DD); every issue when omitted.
+    #[arg(long)]
+    date: Option<jiff::civil::Date>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
@@ -382,6 +400,17 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             let outcome = pipeline::generate(&config, &db, &GenerateOptions::from(&args)).await?;
             print_outcome(&outcome);
         }
+        Command::Rebuild(args) => {
+            // No migration: this only re-renders what an existing schema holds.
+            let db = Db::open(&config.database_path).await?;
+            let published = pipeline::rebuild(&config, &db, args.date).await?;
+            for artifact in &published.epubs {
+                println!("{:?}: {}", artifact.edition, artifact.path.display());
+            }
+            if let Some(xtc) = &published.xtc {
+                println!("XTC: {}", xtc.display());
+            }
+        }
         Command::Serve => {
             let db = Db::open_and_migrate(&config.database_path).await?;
             let config_path = Config::resolve_path(cli.config.as_deref());
@@ -451,6 +480,14 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                     }
                     .description()
                 );
+                eprintln!(
+                    "  {:<20} {}",
+                    "rebuild-YYYY-MM-DD",
+                    jobs::Job::Rebuild {
+                        date: jiff::civil::Date::default()
+                    }
+                    .description()
+                );
                 std::process::exit(2);
             };
             let db = Db::open_and_migrate(&config.database_path).await?;
@@ -461,12 +498,13 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 /// The commands that write the database and provider budgets and so hold the
-/// run lock (§5): `generate`, `profile rebuild`, `features backfill`,
+/// run lock (§5): `generate`, `rebuild`, `profile rebuild`, `features backfill`,
 /// `backfill-social`, `interests backfill`, and a `job run` of any of them.
 /// Everything else is read-only or its own writer.
 fn lock_holder(command: &Command) -> Option<&'static str> {
     match command {
         Command::Generate(_) => Some("generate"),
+        Command::Rebuild(_) => Some("rebuild"),
         // Writes the same tables the discovery stage of a run writes.
         Command::Feeds(FeedsCommand::Discover(_)) => Some("feeds discover"),
         Command::Profile(ProfileCommand::Rebuild) => Some("profile rebuild"),
@@ -483,6 +521,7 @@ fn lock_holder(command: &Command) -> Option<&'static str> {
         | Command::Explain(_)
         | Command::Stats(_)
         | Command::Features(FeaturesCommand::Prune)
+        | Command::Features(FeaturesCommand::Related(_))
         | Command::Db(_)
         | Command::Config(_)
         | Command::Users(_)
@@ -1033,7 +1072,7 @@ async fn cmd_explain(db: &Db, args: ExplainArgs) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// `features backfill` / `features prune`; returns the final summary line
+/// `features backfill` / `features prune` / `features related`; returns the final summary line
 /// (progress lines are printed as they happen).
 async fn cmd_features(config: &Config, db: &Db, command: FeaturesCommand) -> Result<String> {
     match command {
@@ -1091,13 +1130,25 @@ async fn cmd_features(config: &Config, db: &Db, command: FeaturesCommand) -> Res
                 jiff::Timestamp::now(),
             )
             .await?;
+            let embeddings = if ranking.embedding_retention_days <= 0 {
+                "kept every embedding (retention 0)".to_string()
+            } else {
+                format!(
+                    "pruned {} embeddings older than {} days",
+                    pruned.embeddings, ranking.embedding_retention_days
+                )
+            };
             Ok(format!(
-                "pruned {} embeddings older than {} days, {} candidate rows and {} assessments older than {} days",
-                pruned.embeddings,
-                ranking.embedding_retention_days,
-                pruned.telemetry,
-                pruned.assessments,
-                ranking.telemetry_retention_days
+                "{embeddings}, {} candidate rows and {} assessments older than {} days",
+                pruned.telemetry, pruned.assessments, ranking.telemetry_retention_days
+            ))
+        }
+        FeaturesCommand::Related(args) => {
+            let dates: Vec<_> = args.date.into_iter().collect();
+            let refreshed = daily_epub::related::refresh(db, &config.voyage, &dates).await?;
+            Ok(format!(
+                "stored {} related links across {} issues",
+                refreshed.links, refreshed.issues
             ))
         }
     }
@@ -1161,6 +1212,21 @@ async fn run_job(config: &Config, db: &Db, job: &jobs::Job) -> Result<(String, O
         jobs::Job::Generate { date } => {
             generate_job(config, db, date.map(|date| date.to_string()), false).await
         }
+        jobs::Job::Rebuild { date } => {
+            let published = pipeline::rebuild(config, db, *date).await?;
+            let xtc = if published.xtc.is_some() {
+                " and the XTC"
+            } else {
+                ""
+            };
+            Ok((
+                format!(
+                    "rebuilt the {date} issue: {} EPUBs{xtc}",
+                    published.epubs.len()
+                ),
+                None,
+            ))
+        }
         jobs::Job::DryRun => generate_job(config, db, None, true).await,
         jobs::Job::ProfileRebuild => Ok((cmd_profile_rebuild(config, db).await?, None)),
         jobs::Job::FeaturesBackfill => {
@@ -1450,7 +1516,7 @@ mod tests {
             row.message
                 .as_deref()
                 .unwrap_or_default()
-                .starts_with("pruned 0 embeddings"),
+                .starts_with("kept every embedding (retention 0)"),
             "{row:?}"
         );
         assert_eq!(row.run_id, None);
@@ -1640,6 +1706,15 @@ mod tests {
                 .command,
             Command::Features(FeaturesCommand::Prune)
         ));
+        match Cli::try_parse_from(["daily-epub", "features", "related", "--date", "2026-09-01"])
+            .unwrap()
+            .command
+        {
+            Command::Features(FeaturesCommand::Related(args)) => {
+                assert_eq!(args.date, Some("2026-09-01".parse().unwrap()));
+            }
+            other => panic!("expected features related, got {other:?}"),
+        }
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]

src/pipeline.rs

@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ pub async fn generate(config: &Config, db: &Db, opts: &GenerateOptions) -> Resul
     db.finish_run(run_id, &report).await?;
     if stages.published.is_some() {
         prune_retention(config, db).await;
+        refresh_related(config, db, date).await;
     }
     // The issue row is written before the report is costed, so stamp the finished
     // report onto it now (the paths are preserved by `COALESCE`, §3.13).
@@ -321,6 +322,15 @@ async fn prune_retention(config: &Config, db: &Db) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Store the issue's related-article links (best effort: a failure only
+/// leaves the web article pages without them until `features related`).
+async fn refresh_related(config: &Config, db: &Db, date: Date) {
+    match crate::related::refresh(db, &config.voyage, &[date]).await {
+        Ok(refreshed) => tracing::info!(links = refreshed.links, "related articles stored"),
+        Err(error) => tracing::warn!(%error, "related articles failed; continuing"),
+    }
+}
+
 /// What [`run_stages`] hands back; [`generate`] pairs it with the costed report.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct StageOutput {
@@ -1095,6 +1105,51 @@ async fn persist_articles(db: &Db, articles: &mut [Article]) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Rebuild and republish a published issue's EPUBs (and XTC) from its stored
+/// snapshot, for when rendering changed after the issue went out.
+///
+/// The content is exactly the issue's: the `issues.issue_json` snapshot with
+/// each article's body restored from its row (the snapshot drops bodies).
+/// Unlike the web reader it does not refresh anything else from the live rows,
+/// so social lines and metadata stay as published. Nothing is curated or
+/// fetched except the images, which are downloaded again as in a run.
+pub async fn rebuild(config: &Config, db: &Db, date: Date) -> Result<Published> {
+    let row = db
+        .issue_by_date(date)
+        .await?
+        .with_context(|| format!("no issue for {date}"))?;
+    let raw = row
+        .issue_json
+        .with_context(|| format!("the {date} issue predates issue snapshots"))?;
+    let mut issue: Issue = serde_json::from_str(&raw).context("decoding issues.issue_json")?;
+    let ids: Vec<ArticleId> = issue.lineup.picks.iter().map(|p| p.article.id).collect();
+    let mut articles = db.get_articles(&ids).await?;
+    for pick in &mut issue.lineup.picks {
+        let article = articles
+            .remove(&pick.article.id)
+            .with_context(|| format!("article {} is gone", pick.article.id))?;
+        pick.article.content_html = article.content_html;
+    }
+
+    let (artifacts, _) = epub::build_all(&issue, config, &config.out_dir)
+        .await
+        .context("building the EPUB editions")?;
+    let x4 = artifacts.iter().find(|a| a.edition == Edition::X4);
+    let xtc = match x4 {
+        Some(artifact) if config.xtc.enabled => {
+            Some(epub::x4::convert(&config.xtc, &artifact.path, &config.out_dir).await?)
+        }
+        _ => None,
+    };
+    let published = publish::publish_issue(config, &issue, &artifacts, xtc.as_deref())
+        .await
+        .context("publishing the issue")?;
+    record_issue(db, &issue, &published)
+        .await
+        .context("recording the issue")?;
+    Ok(published)
+}
+
 /// Write the `issues` row and replace `issue_articles` for the date (notes §12).
 async fn record_issue(db: &Db, issue: &Issue, published: &Published) -> Result<()> {
     let path_for = |edition: Edition| {
@@ -1346,6 +1401,91 @@ fn elapsed_ms(since: Timestamp) -> i64 {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    /// Read one entry of a zip archive as text.
+    fn zip_entry(path: &std::path::Path, name: &str) -> String {
+        use std::io::Read;
+        let mut archive = zip::ZipArchive::new(std::fs::File::open(path).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        let mut text = String::new();
+        archive
+            .by_name(name)
+            .unwrap()
+            .read_to_string(&mut text)
+            .unwrap();
+        text
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn rebuild_republishes_from_the_snapshot_without_touching_it() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let db = Db::open_and_migrate(&dir.path().join("db.sqlite"))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let mut issue = crate::epub::fixtures::issue();
+        for pick in &mut issue.lineup.picks {
+            // No images: the rebuild must not need the network here.
+            pick.article.content_html =
+                "<p>Before.</p><pre data-lang=\"rust\"><code>fn main() {}</code></pre>".into();
+            pick.article.image_count = 0;
+            let article = &pick.article;
+            db.upsert_entry(&crate::types::Entry {
+                id: article.best_entry_id,
+                feed_id: article.feed_id,
+                feed_title: Some(article.feed_title.clone()),
+                category: article.category.clone(),
+                title: article.title.clone(),
+                url: article.url.clone(),
+                canonical_url: Some(article.canonical_url.clone()),
+                author: article.author.clone(),
+                published_at: article.published_at,
+                comments_url: article.comments_url.clone(),
+                raw_content: article.content_html.clone(),
+                fetched_at: article.first_seen,
+            })
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+            pick.article.id = db.upsert_article(article).await.unwrap();
+        }
+        let mut snapshot = issue.clone();
+        for pick in &mut snapshot.lineup.picks {
+            pick.article.content_html.clear();
+        }
+        let issue_json = serde_json::to_string(&snapshot).unwrap();
+        db.upsert_issue(
+            issue.meta.date,
+            issue.meta.issue_number,
+            issue.meta.generated_at,
+            None,
+            None,
+            None,
+            Some(&issue.editorial.front_page_html),
+            None,
+            Some(&issue_json),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let mut config = Config {
+            out_dir: dir.path().join("out"),
+            ..Config::default()
+        };
+        config.publish.epub_dir = dir.path().join("epubs");
+        config.publish.xtc_dir = dir.path().join("xtc");
+        config.xtc.enabled = false;
+        let published = rebuild(&config, &db, issue.meta.date).await.unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(published.epubs.len(), 2);
+        let row = db.issue_by_date(issue.meta.date).await.unwrap().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(row.issue_json.as_deref(), Some(issue_json.as_str()));
+        let standard = &published.epubs[0];
+        assert_eq!(
+            row.epub_path.as_deref(),
+            Some(standard.path.to_str().unwrap())
+        );
+        let chapter = zip_entry(&standard.path, "OEBPS/art-1001.xhtml");
+        assert!(chapter.contains("<p>Before.</p>"), "body restored");
+        assert!(chapter.contains("<span class=\"hl-keyword\">fn</span>"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn display_date_matches_the_masthead_format() {
         let date: Date = "2026-08-15".parse().unwrap();

src/related.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,446 @@
+//! Related articles under each web issue article.
+//!
+//! For every pick, the nearest embedded articles across the whole archive
+//! (`article_embeddings`, kept forever by default). Finding them is a scan of
+//! every cached vector, so it runs once when an issue is published and once
+//! per issue from `features related`, and the result lives in `issue_related`;
+//! reader pages only read that table.
+
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use jiff::civil::Date;
+use sqlx::Row as _;
+
+use crate::config::VoyageConfig;
+use crate::curate::embedding::{decode_blob, dot, load_article_embeddings};
+use crate::db::Db;
+use crate::types::ArticleId;
+
+/// Links shown under each article.
+const PER_ARTICLE: usize = 5;
+/// Below this cosine a neighbour is noise, not a related article (the same
+/// cut the curation prompts use for "closest rated").
+const MIN_COSINE: f64 = 0.55;
+/// Embedding rows decoded per statement, so memory stays flat as the archive grows.
+const SCAN_PAGE: i64 = 1000;
+/// Candidates kept per pick between pages: enough headroom for the
+/// same-story filter at the end to still fill [`PER_ARTICLE`].
+const KEEP: usize = PER_ARTICLE * 4;
+/// Share of title words two articles from one site must have in common to be
+/// one story re-published under a new URL ("…after AI accusations" and
+/// "…after AI allegations").
+const SAME_SITE_TITLE_OVERLAP: f64 = 0.8;
+
+/// What [`refresh`] wrote.
+#[derive(Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Refreshed {
+    pub issues: usize,
+    pub links: usize,
+}
+
+/// Recompute `issue_related` for the given issues (every issue when `dates` is
+/// empty) in one pass over the embedding cache.
+///
+/// Excluded: the pick itself, the rest of its issue, articles that only have a
+/// feed excerpt (their page would be near-empty), and articles that are the
+/// pick's or a closer link's story again (see [`Story::same_as`]).
+pub async fn refresh(db: &Db, voyage: &VoyageConfig, dates: &[Date]) -> Result<Refreshed> {
+    let dates = if dates.is_empty() {
+        sqlx::query_scalar::<_, String>("SELECT date FROM issues ORDER BY date")
+            .fetch_all(db.pool())
+            .await?
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter_map(|raw| raw.parse().ok())
+            .collect()
+    } else {
+        dates.to_vec()
+    };
+
+    // Every pick of every requested issue, with its story key for de-duplication.
+    let mut groups: Vec<Group> = Vec::with_capacity(dates.len());
+    for date in &dates {
+        let rows = sqlx::query(
+            "SELECT ia.article_id, a.title, a.canonical_url FROM issue_articles ia
+             JOIN articles a ON a.id = ia.article_id
+             WHERE ia.issue_date = ? ORDER BY ia.section, ia.position",
+        )
+        .bind(date.to_string())
+        .fetch_all(db.pool())
+        .await?;
+        groups.push(Group {
+            date: *date,
+            members: rows.iter().map(|row| row.get("article_id")).collect(),
+            picks: rows
+                .iter()
+                .map(|row| Target {
+                    article_id: row.get("article_id"),
+                    story: Story::from_row(row),
+                    vector: Vec::new(),
+                    best: Vec::new(),
+                })
+                .collect(),
+        });
+    }
+    let ids: Vec<ArticleId> = groups
+        .iter()
+        .flat_map(|group| group.picks.iter().map(|pick| pick.article_id))
+        .collect();
+    let mut vectors = load_article_embeddings(db, voyage, &ids).await?;
+    for group in &mut groups {
+        // A pick without a cached vector simply gets no related list.
+        group
+            .picks
+            .retain_mut(|pick| match vectors.remove(&pick.article_id) {
+                Some(vector) => {
+                    pick.vector = vector;
+                    true
+                }
+                None => false,
+            });
+    }
+
+    let mut after = i64::MIN;
+    loop {
+        let rows = sqlx::query(
+            "SELECT ae.article_id, ae.embedding, a.title, a.canonical_url
+             FROM article_embeddings ae JOIN articles a ON a.id = ae.article_id
+             WHERE ae.model = ? AND ae.dimension = ? AND a.excerpt_only = 0
+               AND ae.article_id > ?
+             ORDER BY ae.article_id LIMIT ?",
+        )
+        .bind(&voyage.model)
+        .bind(voyage.output_dimension as i64)
+        .bind(after)
+        .bind(SCAN_PAGE)
+        .fetch_all(db.pool())
+        .await?;
+        let Some(last) = rows.last() else { break };
+        after = last.get("article_id");
+        for row in &rows {
+            let candidate: ArticleId = row.get("article_id");
+            let vector = match decode_blob(
+                &row.get::<Vec<u8>, _>("embedding"),
+                voyage.output_dimension,
+            ) {
+                Ok(vector) => vector,
+                Err(error) => {
+                    tracing::warn!(article_id = candidate, %error, "ignoring a malformed embedding");
+                    continue;
+                }
+            };
+            let story = Story::from_row(row);
+            for group in &mut groups {
+                if group.members.contains(&candidate) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                for pick in &mut group.picks {
+                    let cosine = dot(&pick.vector, &vector)?;
+                    if cosine.is_finite() && cosine >= MIN_COSINE {
+                        pick.best.push((candidate, cosine, story.clone()));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        for group in &mut groups {
+            for pick in &mut group.picks {
+                // Highest cosine first; ties by id so reruns write the same rows.
+                pick.best.sort_by(|left, right| {
+                    right
+                        .1
+                        .total_cmp(&left.1)
+                        .then_with(|| left.0.cmp(&right.0))
+                });
+                pick.best.truncate(KEEP);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let mut refreshed = Refreshed::default();
+    let mut tx = db.pool().begin().await?;
+    for group in &groups {
+        let date = group.date.to_string();
+        sqlx::query("DELETE FROM issue_related WHERE issue_date = ?")
+            .bind(&date)
+            .execute(&mut *tx)
+            .await?;
+        for pick in &group.picks {
+            let mut seen = vec![&pick.story];
+            let mut chosen = Vec::new();
+            for (id, cosine, story) in &pick.best {
+                if chosen.len() == PER_ARTICLE {
+                    break;
+                }
+                if !seen.iter().any(|earlier| earlier.same_as(story)) {
+                    seen.push(story);
+                    chosen.push((id, cosine));
+                }
+            }
+            for (position, (related_id, cosine)) in chosen.into_iter().enumerate() {
+                sqlx::query(
+                    "INSERT INTO issue_related (issue_date, article_id, position, related_id, cosine)
+                     VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
+                )
+                .bind(&date)
+                .bind(pick.article_id)
+                .bind(position as i64)
+                .bind(related_id)
+                .bind(cosine)
+                .execute(&mut *tx)
+                .await?;
+                refreshed.links += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        refreshed.issues += 1;
+    }
+    tx.commit().await?;
+    Ok(refreshed)
+}
+
+/// The stored related links for one pick, closest first.
+pub async fn for_article(db: &Db, date: Date, article_id: ArticleId) -> Result<Vec<ArticleId>> {
+    Ok(sqlx::query_scalar(
+        "SELECT related_id FROM issue_related
+         WHERE issue_date = ? AND article_id = ? ORDER BY position",
+    )
+    .bind(date.to_string())
+    .bind(article_id)
+    .fetch_all(db.pool())
+    .await?)
+}
+
+/// The most recent issue each of `ids` was published in, for linking a related
+/// article to its issue page rather than the standalone one.
+pub async fn latest_issues(db: &Db, ids: &[ArticleId]) -> Result<HashMap<ArticleId, Date>> {
+    let mut issues = HashMap::new();
+    for id in ids {
+        let date: Option<String> =
+            sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT MAX(issue_date) FROM issue_articles WHERE article_id = ?")
+                .bind(id)
+                .fetch_one(db.pool())
+                .await?;
+        if let Some(date) = date.and_then(|raw| raw.parse().ok()) {
+            issues.insert(*id, date);
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(issues)
+}
+
+struct Group {
+    date: Date,
+    /// Every pick of the issue, embedded or not: none of them is "related".
+    members: HashSet<ArticleId>,
+    picks: Vec<Target>,
+}
+
+struct Target {
+    article_id: ArticleId,
+    story: Story,
+    vector: Vec<f32>,
+    /// (candidate, cosine, story), closest first after each scan page.
+    best: Vec<(ArticleId, f64, Story)>,
+}
+
+/// What decides whether two articles are one story told twice. The ingest
+/// dedupe only merges within one run, so a story re-published on another day
+/// under a new URL reaches the archive as a second article.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+struct Story {
+    /// Canonical URL host without `www.`.
+    site: String,
+    /// Lowercased title words.
+    words: HashSet<String>,
+}
+
+impl Story {
+    fn from_row(row: &sqlx::sqlite::SqliteRow) -> Self {
+        // Re-canonicalized so legacy rows still wrapped in a Scour redirect
+        // count as the outlet's site, not Scour's.
+        let raw: String = row.get("canonical_url");
+        let site = crate::dedupe::canonical_url(&raw)
+            .and_then(|canonical| url::Url::parse(&canonical).ok())
+            .and_then(|url| {
+                url.host_str()
+                    .map(|host| host.trim_start_matches("www.").to_string())
+            })
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        let words = row
+            .get::<Option<String>, _>("title")
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .split(|c: char| !c.is_alphanumeric())
+            .filter(|word| !word.is_empty())
+            .map(str::to_lowercase)
+            .collect();
+        Self { site, words }
+    }
+
+    /// The same title anywhere (syndication), or mostly the same title on the
+    /// same site (a re-slugged republish).
+    fn same_as(&self, other: &Story) -> bool {
+        if self.words.is_empty() || other.words.is_empty() {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if self.words == other.words {
+            return true;
+        }
+        let shared = self.words.intersection(&other.words).count() as f64;
+        let union = self.words.union(&other.words).count() as f64;
+        !self.site.is_empty()
+            && self.site == other.site
+            && shared / union >= SAME_SITE_TITLE_OVERLAP
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::curate::embedding::encode_blob;
+
+    fn voyage() -> VoyageConfig {
+        VoyageConfig {
+            model: "voyage-4-lite".into(),
+            output_dimension: 2,
+            ..VoyageConfig::default()
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn harness() -> (tempfile::TempDir, Db) {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let db = Db::open_and_migrate(&dir.path().join("related.db"))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        (dir, db)
+    }
+
+    async fn article(db: &Db, id: ArticleId, title: &str, vector: &[f32], excerpt_only: bool) {
+        sqlx::query(
+            "INSERT INTO articles (id, canonical_url, title, excerpt_only, first_seen)
+             VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, '2026-08-15T00:00:00Z')",
+        )
+        .bind(id)
+        .bind(format!("https://example.com/{id}"))
+        .bind(title)
+        .bind(excerpt_only)
+        .execute(db.pool())
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        let norm = vector.iter().map(|v| v * v).sum::<f32>().sqrt();
+        let unit: Vec<f32> = vector.iter().map(|v| v / norm).collect();
+        sqlx::query(
+            "INSERT INTO article_embeddings
+                 (article_id, model, dimension, input_hash, embedding, created_at)
+             VALUES (?, 'voyage-4-lite', 2, 'h', ?, '2026-08-15T00:00:00Z')",
+        )
+        .bind(id)
+        .bind(encode_blob(&unit).unwrap())
+        .execute(db.pool())
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    }
+
+    async fn issue(db: &Db, date: &str, picks: &[ArticleId]) {
+        sqlx::query("INSERT INTO issues (date, issue_number, generated_at) VALUES (?, 1, ?)")
+            .bind(date)
+            .bind("2026-09-01T00:00:00Z")
+            .execute(db.pool())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        for (position, id) in picks.iter().enumerate() {
+            sqlx::query(
+                "INSERT INTO issue_articles (issue_date, article_id, section, position)
+                 VALUES (?, ?, 'Top Stories', ?)",
+            )
+            .bind(date)
+            .bind(id)
+            .bind(position as i64)
+            .execute(db.pool())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn day(raw: &str) -> Date {
+        raw.parse().unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn links_skip_the_issue_excerpts_duplicates_and_far_articles() {
+        let (_dir, db) = harness().await;
+        article(&db, 1, "Rust borrow checker", &[1.0, 0.0], false).await;
+        article(&db, 2, "Same issue neighbour", &[1.0, 0.01], false).await;
+        article(&db, 3, "Lifetimes explained", &[1.0, 0.1], false).await;
+        article(&db, 4, "Paywalled", &[1.0, 0.05], true).await;
+        article(&db, 5, "Rust Borrow-Checker!", &[1.0, 0.02], false).await;
+        article(&db, 6, "Ownership deep dive", &[1.0, 0.3], false).await;
+        article(&db, 7, "Ownership: deep dive", &[1.0, 0.31], false).await;
+        article(&db, 8, "Gardening", &[0.0, 1.0], false).await;
+        issue(&db, "2026-09-01", &[1, 2]).await;
+
+        let refreshed = refresh(&db, &voyage(), &[day("2026-09-01")]).await.unwrap();
+        let one = for_article(&db, day("2026-09-01"), 1).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(one, vec![3, 6], "closest first, one copy of each story");
+        // 5 only repeats article 1's title, so it is fair game for article 2.
+        let two = for_article(&db, day("2026-09-01"), 2).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(two, vec![5, 3, 6]);
+        assert_eq!(
+            refreshed,
+            Refreshed {
+                issues: 1,
+                links: 5
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn refreshing_every_issue_replaces_rows_and_links_earlier_picks() {
+        let (_dir, db) = harness().await;
+        article(&db, 1, "One", &[1.0, 0.0], false).await;
+        article(&db, 2, "Two", &[1.0, 0.1], false).await;
+        article(&db, 3, "Three", &[1.0, 0.3], false).await;
+        issue(&db, "2026-09-01", &[1]).await;
+        issue(&db, "2026-09-02", &[2]).await;
+
+        assert_eq!(refresh(&db, &voyage(), &[]).await.unwrap().issues, 2);
+        // A rerun rewrites rather than duplicates.
+        refresh(&db, &voyage(), &[]).await.unwrap();
+        let ids = for_article(&db, day("2026-09-02"), 2).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(ids, vec![1, 3]);
+        let issues = latest_issues(&db, &[1, 3]).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(issues.get(&1), Some(&day("2026-09-01")));
+        assert_eq!(issues.get(&3), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stories_match_on_identical_titles_or_close_titles_from_one_site() {
+        let story = |site: &str, title: &str| Story {
+            site: site.into(),
+            words: title
+                .split(|c: char| !c.is_alphanumeric())
+                .filter(|word| !word.is_empty())
+                .map(str::to_lowercase)
+                .collect(),
+        };
+        let accusations = story(
+            "the-independent.com",
+            "The bestselling novel pulled from prestigious literary prize after AI accusations",
+        );
+        let allegations = story(
+            "the-independent.com",
+            "The bestselling novel pulled from prestigious literary prize after AI allegations",
+        );
+        let conversation = story(
+            "theconversation.com",
+            "A bestselling novel was pulled from a French literary prize after AI accusations – what next?",
+        );
+        assert!(accusations.same_as(&allegations), "a re-slugged republish");
+        assert!(
+            !accusations.same_as(&conversation),
+            "other outlets' coverage stays"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            story("a.com", "Foo: Bar").same_as(&story("b.com", "foo — bar")),
+            "syndicated copies match across sites"
+        );
+        assert!(!story("a.com", "").same_as(&story("a.com", "")));
+    }
+}

src/web/dashboard/settings.rs

@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ pub const SETTINGS_HELP: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("curation.ranking.affinity_full", "Interest-attributable ratings at which affinity reaches full weight. Must be > affinity_floor."),
     ("curation.ranking.semantic_min_words", "Bodies shorter than this are not embedded."),
     ("curation.ranking.exploration_slots", "Shortlist slots reserved for exploration picks."),
-    ("curation.ranking.embedding_retention_days", "features prune: unrated, unpublished vectors older than this are deleted."),
+    ("curation.ranking.embedding_retention_days", "features prune: unrated, unpublished vectors older than this are deleted; 0 keeps them forever."),
     ("curation.ranking.telemetry_retention_days", "features prune: candidate_runs and article_assessments older than this are deleted."),
     ("curation.ranking.quotas.triage", "Deep-set slots filled by triage score."),
     ("curation.ranking.quotas.interest", "Deep-set slots filled by interest similarity."),

src/web/issue.rs

@@ -943,23 +943,74 @@ struct ArticleLink {
 struct ArticleTemplate {
     page: Page,
     toc: Toc,
+    head: ArticleHead,
+    discussion_html: Option<String>,
+    rating: Option<RatingWidget>,
+    previous: Option<ArticleLink>,
+    next: Option<ArticleLink>,
+    issue_href: String,
+    related: Vec<RelatedView>,
+}
+
+/// An archive article that never ran in an issue, reached from a related list:
+/// the stored body with no summary, rating or issue navigation.
+#[derive(Template)]
+#[template(path = "article_standalone.html")]
+struct StandaloneArticleTemplate {
+    page: Page,
+    head: ArticleHead,
+}
+
+/// What `_article_head.html` renders (header and body) plus the footer links
+/// both article pages share.
+struct ArticleHead {
     title: String,
     source_url: String,
     byline: Option<String>,
     source: Source,
     meta_line: String,
     social_line: Option<String>,
+    /// Issue-only: empty and `None` on the standalone page.
     understanding: chapters::Understanding,
     summary: Option<String>,
     excerpt_only: bool,
     body_html: String,
-    discussion_html: Option<String>,
     read_online_url: String,
     dashboard_href: String,
-    rating: Option<RatingWidget>,
-    previous: Option<ArticleLink>,
-    next: Option<ArticleLink>,
-    issue_href: String,
+}
+
+impl ArticleHead {
+    fn new(article: &Article, config: &Config, is_admin: bool) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            title: article.title.clone(),
+            source_url: article.canonical_url.clone(),
+            byline: article.author.as_ref().map(|author| format!("By {author}")),
+            source: Source::new(article, config, is_admin),
+            meta_line: format!(
+                "{} words · ~{} min read",
+                thousands(article.word_count),
+                article.reading_minutes()
+            ),
+            social_line: chapters::social_line(&article.social),
+            understanding: chapters::Understanding::default(),
+            summary: None,
+            excerpt_only: article.excerpt_only,
+            body_html: prepare_body(&article.content_html),
+            read_online_url: article.url.clone(),
+            dashboard_href: format!("/dashboard/articles/{}", article.id),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// One entry of the "Related" list under an issue article.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct RelatedView {
+    title: String,
+    href: String,
+    author: Option<String>,
+    source: Source,
+    reading_minutes: i64,
+    date: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(Template)]
@@ -1114,31 +1165,21 @@ pub async fn article(
     let is_admin = viewer.role == crate::web::users::Role::Admin;
     let config = state.config();
     let active_nav = if view.is_latest { "latest" } else { "archive" };
+    let related = related_views(&state.db, &config, is_admin, date, article_id).await?;
     let mut page = Page::new(article.title.clone(), Some(viewer.clone()), active_nav);
     page.flash = take_flash(&session).await?;
     Ok(Html(ArticleTemplate {
         page,
         toc,
-        title: article.title.clone(),
-        source_url: article.canonical_url.clone(),
-        byline: article.author.as_ref().map(|author| format!("By {author}")),
-        source: Source::new(article, &config, is_admin),
-        meta_line: format!(
-            "{} words · ~{} min read",
-            thousands(article.word_count),
-            article.reading_minutes()
-        ),
-        social_line: chapters::social_line(&article.social),
-        understanding: chapters::understanding(pick),
-        summary: summary_for(&view.issue, pick).map(str::to_string),
-        excerpt_only: article.excerpt_only,
-        body_html: prepare_body(&article.content_html),
+        head: ArticleHead {
+            understanding: chapters::understanding(pick),
+            summary: summary_for(&view.issue, pick).map(str::to_string),
+            ..ArticleHead::new(article, &config, is_admin)
+        },
         discussion_html: pick
             .discussion
             .as_ref()
             .map(|discussion| crate::comments::render_xhtml(discussion, &article.title)),
-        read_online_url: article.url.clone(),
-        dashboard_href: format!("/dashboard/articles/{}", article.id),
         rating: is_admin.then(|| {
             RatingWidget::for_issue(
                 article.id,
@@ -1150,10 +1191,90 @@ pub async fn article(
         previous,
         next,
         issue_href: issue_href(date),
+        related,
     })
     .into_response())
 }
 
+/// `/articles/{id}`: any stored article on its own page. One that ran in an
+/// issue redirects to its (latest) issue page, which carries the summary and
+/// related list.
+pub async fn standalone(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    auth: AuthSession,
+    Extension(session): Extension<Session>,
+    Path(article_id): Path<ArticleId>,
+) -> Result<Response, WebError> {
+    let viewer = auth
+        .user()
+        .await
+        .map(Viewer::from)
+        .ok_or_else(|| WebError::Unauthenticated {
+            next: standalone_href(article_id),
+        })?;
+    let Some(article) = state.db.get_article(article_id).await? else {
+        return Err(WebError::NotFound);
+    };
+    if let Some(date) = crate::related::latest_issues(&state.db, &[article_id])
+        .await?
+        .remove(&article_id)
+    {
+        return Ok(Redirect::to(&article_href(date, article_id)).into_response());
+    }
+    let is_admin = viewer.role == crate::web::users::Role::Admin;
+    let config = state.config();
+    let mut page = Page::new(article.title.clone(), Some(viewer), "archive");
+    page.flash = take_flash(&session).await?;
+    Ok(Html(StandaloneArticleTemplate {
+        page,
+        head: ArticleHead::new(&article, &config, is_admin),
+    })
+    .into_response())
+}
+
+/// The stored related links of one pick, each pointing at the issue page it
+/// ran on or, failing that, its standalone page.
+async fn related_views(
+    db: &Db,
+    config: &Config,
+    is_admin: bool,
+    date: Date,
+    article_id: ArticleId,
+) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<RelatedView>> {
+    let ids = crate::related::for_article(db, date, article_id).await?;
+    if ids.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(Vec::new());
+    }
+    let articles = db.get_articles(&ids).await?;
+    let issues = crate::related::latest_issues(db, &ids).await?;
+    Ok(ids
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|id| {
+            let article = articles.get(id)?;
+            let href = match issues.get(id) {
+                Some(date) => article_href(*date, article.id),
+                None => standalone_href(article.id),
+            };
+            Some(RelatedView {
+                title: article.title.clone(),
+                href,
+                author: article.author.clone(),
+                source: Source::new(article, config, is_admin),
+                reading_minutes: article.reading_minutes(),
+                date: short_date(article.published_at.unwrap_or(article.first_seen), config),
+            })
+        })
+        .collect())
+}
+
+/// "Aug 15, 2026" in the configured zone.
+fn short_date(timestamp: jiff::Timestamp, config: &Config) -> String {
+    match config.tz() {
+        Ok(tz) => timestamp.to_zoned(tz).strftime("%b %-d, %Y").to_string(),
+        Err(_) => timestamp.strftime("%b %-d, %Y").to_string(),
+    }
+}
+
 pub async fn world(
     State(state): State<AppState>,
     auth: AuthSession,
@@ -1335,6 +1456,10 @@ fn article_href(date: Date, article_id: ArticleId) -> String {
     format!("/issues/{date}/articles/{article_id}")
 }
 
+fn standalone_href(article_id: ArticleId) -> String {
+    format!("/articles/{article_id}")
+}
+
 fn issue_href(date: Date) -> String {
     format!("/issues/{date}")
 }
@@ -1415,7 +1540,7 @@ fn thousands(value: i64) -> String {
 /// Sanitize article HTML exactly as the EPUB does, then add browser-only image
 /// loading/referrer attributes without converting the fragment to XHTML.
 fn prepare_body(html: &str) -> String {
-    let clean = ammonia::clean(html);
+    let clean = crate::highlight::clean_and_highlight(html);
     let mut output = String::with_capacity(clean.len() + 64);
     let mut cursor = 0usize;
     while let Some(relative) = clean[cursor..].find('<') {
@@ -2198,6 +2323,98 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!reader.contains(&feed_href));
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn related_links_reach_issue_pages_and_standalone_archive_articles() {
+        let (_dir, db, source) = seeded_issue(true).await;
+        crate::web::users::add(&db, "reader", "correct horse battery", false)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let pick = &source.lineup.picks[0].article;
+        let sibling = &source.lineup.picks[1].article;
+        let mut archived = pick.clone();
+        archived.id = 0;
+        archived.canonical_url = "https://example.com/archived-story".into();
+        archived.title = "An archived story nobody picked".into();
+        archived.content_html = "<p>Archived body text.</p>".into();
+        let archived_id = db.upsert_article(&archived).await.unwrap();
+        for (position, related_id) in [archived_id, sibling.id].into_iter().enumerate() {
+            sqlx::query(
+                "INSERT INTO issue_related (issue_date, article_id, position, related_id, cosine)
+                 VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, 0.8)",
+            )
+            .bind(source.meta.date.to_string())
+            .bind(pick.id)
+            .bind(position as i64)
+            .bind(related_id)
+            .execute(db.pool())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        }
+        let app = crate::server::router(crate::server::AppState::new(
+            db,
+            crate::config::Config::default(),
+            None,
+        ));
+        let cookie = login_cookie(&app, "reader", "correct horse battery").await;
+        let get = |uri: String, cookie: Option<String>| {
+            let app = app.clone();
+            async move {
+                let mut request = Request::builder().uri(uri);
+                if let Some(cookie) = cookie {
+                    request = request.header(header::COOKIE, cookie);
+                }
+                app.oneshot(request.body(Body::empty()).unwrap())
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap()
+            }
+        };
+
+        let page = response_text(
+            get(
+                format!("/issues/{}/articles/{}", source.meta.date, pick.id),
+                Some(cookie.clone()),
+            )
+            .await,
+        )
+        .await;
+        let related = page
+            .split_once("id=\"related-heading\"")
+            .expect("related list")
+            .1;
+        let archived_at = related
+            .find(&format!("href=\"/articles/{archived_id}\""))
+            .expect("unpicked article links to its standalone page");
+        let sibling_at = related
+            .find(&format!(
+                "href=\"/issues/{}/articles/{}\"",
+                source.meta.date, sibling.id
+            ))
+            .expect("a picked article links to its issue page");
+        assert!(archived_at < sibling_at, "stored order is kept");
+
+        let standalone = get(format!("/articles/{archived_id}"), Some(cookie.clone())).await;
+        assert_eq!(standalone.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+        let standalone = response_text(standalone).await;
+        assert!(standalone.contains("An archived story nobody picked"));
+        assert!(standalone.contains("Archived body text."));
+
+        let picked = get(format!("/articles/{}", pick.id), Some(cookie)).await;
+        assert_eq!(picked.status(), StatusCode::SEE_OTHER);
+        assert_eq!(
+            picked.headers()[header::LOCATION],
+            format!("/issues/{}/articles/{}", source.meta.date, pick.id)
+        );
+
+        let anonymous = get(format!("/articles/{archived_id}"), None).await;
+        assert!(anonymous.status().is_redirection());
+        assert!(
+            anonymous.headers()[header::LOCATION]
+                .to_str()
+                .unwrap()
+                .starts_with("/login")
+        );
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn fallback_full_issue_recovers_colophon_world_and_behind() {
         let (_dir, db, source) = seeded_issue(false).await;

src/web/mod.rs

@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ pub fn router(config: &crate::config::Config) -> axum::Router<crate::server::App
         .route_layer(from_fn(session::require_password_change));
     let full_issues = axum::Router::new()
         .route("/issues/{date}/articles/{article_id}", get(issue::article))
+        .route("/articles/{article_id}", get(issue::standalone))
         .route("/issues/{date}/world", get(issue::world))
         .route("/issues/{date}/behind", get(issue::behind))
         .route("/issues/{date}/read", get(issue::read))

src/web/static/app.css

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 /*! tailwindcss v4.3.3 | MIT License | https://tailwindcss.com */
-@layer properties{@supports (((-webkit-hyphens:none)) and (not (margin-trim:inline))) or ((-moz-orient:inline) and (not (color:rgb(from red r g b)))){*,:before,:after,::backdrop{--tw-translate-x:0;--tw-translate-y:0;--tw-translate-z:0;--tw-space-y-reverse:0;--tw-divide-y-reverse:0;--tw-border-style:solid;--tw-leading:initial;--tw-font-weight:initial;--tw-tracking:initial;--tw-ordinal:initial;--tw-slashed-zero:initial;--tw-numeric-figure:initial;--tw-numeric-spacing:initial;--tw-numeric-fraction:initial;--tw-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-color:initial;--tw-shadow-alpha:100%;--tw-inset-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-inset-shadow-color:initial;--tw-inset-shadow-alpha:100%;--tw-ring-color:initial;--tw-ring-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-inset-ring-color:initial;--tw-inset-ring-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-inset:initial;--tw-ring-offset-width:0px;--tw-ring-offset-color:#fff;--tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-duration:initial}}}@layer theme{:root,:host{--spacing:.25rem;--container-md:28rem;--container-lg:32rem;--container-2xl:42rem;--container-7xl:80rem;--text-xs:.75rem;--text-xs--line-height:calc(1 / .75);--text-sm:.875rem;--text-sm--line-height:calc(1.25 / .875);--text-base:1rem;--text-base--line-height:calc(1.5 / 1);--text-lg:1.125rem;--text-lg--line-height:calc(1.75 / 1.125);--text-xl:1.25rem;--text-xl--line-height:calc(1.75 / 1.25);--text-2xl:1.5rem;--text-2xl--line-height:calc(2 / 1.5);--text-3xl:1.875rem;--text-3xl--line-height:calc(2.25 / 1.875);--text-4xl:2.25rem;--text-4xl--line-height:calc(2.5 / 2.25);--text-5xl:3rem;--text-5xl--line-height:1;--font-weight-normal:400;--font-weight-medium:500;--font-weight-semibold:600;--tracking-normal:0em;--leading-tight:1.25;--leading-snug:1.375;--leading-normal:1.5;--leading-relaxed:1.625;--radius-xs:.125rem;--radius-sm:.25rem;--default-transition-duration:.15s;--default-transition-timing-function:cubic-bezier(.4, 0, .2, 1);--default-font-family:ui-sans-serif, 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optgroup{font-weight:bolder}:where(select:is([multiple],[size])) optgroup option{padding-inline-start:20px}::file-selector-button{margin-inline-end:4px}::placeholder{opacity:1}@supports (not ((-webkit-appearance:-apple-pay-button))) or (contain-intrinsic-size:1px){::placeholder{color:currentColor}@supports (color:color-mix(in lab, red, red)){::placeholder{color:color-mix(in oklab, currentcolor 50%, transparent)}}}textarea{resize:vertical}::-webkit-search-decoration{-webkit-appearance:none}::-webkit-date-and-time-value{min-height:1lh;text-align:inherit}::-webkit-datetime-edit{display:inline-flex}::-webkit-datetime-edit-fields-wrapper{padding:0}::-webkit-datetime-edit{padding-block:0}::-webkit-datetime-edit-year-field{paddiLine truncated
+@layer properties{@supports (((-webkit-hyphens:none)) and (not (margin-trim:inline))) or ((-moz-orient:inline) and (not (color:rgb(from red r g b)))){*,:before,:after,::backdrop{--tw-translate-x:0;--tw-translate-y:0;--tw-translate-z:0;--tw-space-y-reverse:0;--tw-divide-y-reverse:0;--tw-border-style:solid;--tw-leading:initial;--tw-font-weight:initial;--tw-tracking:initial;--tw-ordinal:initial;--tw-slashed-zero:initial;--tw-numeric-figure:initial;--tw-numeric-spacing:initial;--tw-numeric-fraction:initial;--tw-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-color:initial;--tw-shadow-alpha:100%;--tw-inset-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-inset-shadow-color:initial;--tw-inset-shadow-alpha:100%;--tw-ring-color:initial;--tw-ring-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-inset-ring-color:initial;--tw-inset-ring-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-inset:initial;--tw-ring-offset-width:0px;--tw-ring-offset-color:#fff;--tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-duration:initial}}}@layer 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monospace);font-feature-settings:var(--default-mono-font-feature-settings,normal);font-variation-settings:var(--default-mono-font-variation-settings,normal);font-size:1em}small{font-size:80%}sub,sup{vertical-align:baseline;font-size:75%;line-height:0;position:relative}sub{bottom:-.25em}sup{top:-.5em}table{text-indent:0;border-color:inherit;border-collapse:collapse}:-moz-focusring:where(:not(iframe)){outline:auto}progress{vertical-align:baseline}summary{display:list-item}ol,ul,menu{list-style:none}img,svg,video,canvas,audio,iframe,embed,object{vertical-align:middle;display:block}img,video{max-width:100%;height:auto}button,input,select,optgroup,textarea{font:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;color:inherit;opacity:1;background-color:#0000;border-radius:0}::file-selector-button{font:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;color:inherit;opacity:1;background-color:#0000;border-radius:0}:where(select:is([multiple],[size])) 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src/web/tailwind.css

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
   --paper:#f6f3ec; --paper-2:#ece7db; --ink:#1c1b18; --ink-2:#4f4b43; --muted:#6b665a;
   --rule:#d8d2c4; --rule-strong:#1c1b18; --accent:#a3231f; --accent-hover:#7c1a16;
   --loved:#2f6f46; --good:#2f6a8f; --down:#9c3f36; --warn:#7d631c; color-scheme:light;
+  --hl-keyword:#8c2a22; --hl-string:#3b6246; --hl-number:#7a4f16; --hl-type:#2c5572;
 }
 
 @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@
     --paper:#151513; --paper-2:#1e1d1a; --ink:#ebe6da; --ink-2:#bfb9aa; --muted:#8f8a7d;
     --rule:#3a3833; --rule-strong:#ebe6da; --accent:#ef8c82; --accent-hover:#f7aaa2;
     --loved:#7fcb92; --good:#7fb8d8; --down:#ea8f84; --warn:#d9b45a; color-scheme:dark;
+    --hl-keyword:#e3a197; --hl-string:#a3c9a9; --hl-number:#d8b77a; --hl-type:#9dbdd3;
   }
 }
 
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@
   --paper:#151513; --paper-2:#1e1d1a; --ink:#ebe6da; --ink-2:#bfb9aa; --muted:#8f8a7d;
   --rule:#3a3833; --rule-strong:#ebe6da; --accent:#ef8c82; --accent-hover:#f7aaa2;
   --loved:#7fcb92; --good:#7fb8d8; --down:#ea8f84; --warn:#d9b45a; color-scheme:dark;
+  --hl-keyword:#e3a197; --hl-string:#a3c9a9; --hl-number:#d8b77a; --hl-type:#9dbdd3;
 }
 
 @theme inline {
@@ -178,6 +181,17 @@
   .prose-body th, .prose-body td { overflow-wrap:normal; }
   .prose-body pre { @apply max-w-full overflow-x-auto rounded-sm bg-paper-2 p-4 text-sm leading-relaxed; }
   .prose-body :not(pre) > code { @apply rounded-sm bg-paper-2 px-1 py-0.5 text-[0.9em]; }
+  /* Syntax tokens (src/highlight.rs): ink-first, with a few print colours —
+     oxblood keywords, bottle-green strings, umber literals, slate types. All at
+     least 4.5:1 on paper-2 in both themes. Names and variables stay ink. */
+  .hl-keyword, .hl-tag, .hl-diff-delete { color:var(--hl-keyword); }
+  .hl-string, .hl-diff-add { color:var(--hl-string); }
+  .hl-number, .hl-constant, .hl-macro, .hl-attribute, .hl-label { color:var(--hl-number); }
+  .hl-type, .hl-namespace, .hl-constructor { color:var(--hl-type); }
+  .hl-comment { color:var(--muted); font-style:italic; }
+  .hl-punctuation, .hl-operator { color:var(--ink-2); }
+  .hl-title, .hl-strong { font-weight:600; }
+  .hl-emphasis { font-style:italic; }
   .prose-body blockquote { @apply my-7 border-l-2 border-rule-strong pl-5 text-ink-2; }
   .prose-body ul { @apply list-disc pl-6; }
   .prose-body ol { @apply list-decimal pl-6; }

src/web/templates/_article_head.html

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<header><p class="font-sans text-[0.72rem] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-muted">Article</p><h1 class="mt-3 text-4xl font-semibold leading-[1.1] tracking-[-0.01em] sm:text-5xl"><a class="text-ink no-underline hover:text-accent" href="{{ head.source_url }}">{{ head.title }}</a></h1>{% match head.byline %}{% when Some with (byline) %}<p class="mt-5 font-sans text-sm font-medium text-ink-2">{{ byline }}</p>{% when None %}{% endmatch %}<p class="mt-1 font-sans text-sm text-muted">{% let source = head.source %}{% include "_source.html" %} · {{ head.meta_line }}</p>{% let understanding = head.understanding %}{% include "_understanding.html" %}{% match head.summary %}{% when Some with (summary) %}<p class="mt-7 text-xl italic leading-relaxed text-ink-2">{{ summary }}</p>{% when None %}{% endmatch %}{% match head.social_line %}{% when Some with (social) %}<p class="mt-4 font-sans text-sm text-muted">{{ social }}</p>{% when None %}{% endmatch %}{% if head.excerpt_only %}<p class="notice mt-6">Excerpt only — continue reading at the original site.</p>{% endif %}</header>
+  <div class="prose-body mt-10 border-t border-rule pt-8">{{ head.body_html|safe }}</div>

src/web/templates/_related.html

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{% if !related.is_empty() %}<section class="mt-12" aria-labelledby="related-heading"><h2 id="related-heading" class="reader-section-heading">Related</h2><ul class="m-0 list-none p-0">{% for item in related %}<li class="border-b border-rule py-5"><h3 class="font-serif text-xl font-semibold leading-[1.15] tracking-[-0.01em]"><a class="text-ink no-underline hover:text-accent" href="{{ item.href }}">{{ item.title }}</a></h3><p class="mt-1.5 font-sans text-sm text-muted">{% match item.author %}{% when Some with (author) %}{{ author }} · {% when None %}{% endmatch %}{% let source = item.source %}{% include "_source.html" %} · {{ item.reading_minutes }} min read · {{ item.date }}</p></li>{% endfor %}</ul></section>{% endif %}

src/web/templates/article.html

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {% extends "layout.html" %}{% block ears %}<span class="sm:hidden">{{ toc.short_date }}</span><span class="hidden sm:inline">{{ toc.display_date }} · No. {{ toc.issue_number }}</span>{% endblock %}{% block content %}<div class="mx-auto max-w-7xl lg:grid lg:grid-cols-[15rem_minmax(0,1fr)] lg:gap-x-8 lg:px-6 xl:grid-cols-[18rem_minmax(0,1fr)] xl:gap-x-14">{% include "_toc.html" %}
 <article class="reader-page mx-auto mt-10 w-full max-w-[68ch] px-4 sm:px-6 lg:mt-12 lg:px-0" data-toc-scroll>
-  <header><p class="font-sans text-[0.72rem] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-muted">Article</p><h1 class="mt-3 text-4xl font-semibold leading-[1.1] tracking-[-0.01em] sm:text-5xl"><a class="text-ink no-underline hover:text-accent" href="{{ source_url }}">{{ title }}</a></h1>{% match byline %}{% when Some with (byline) %}<p class="mt-5 font-sans text-sm font-medium text-ink-2">{{ byline }}</p>{% when None %}{% endmatch %}<p class="mt-1 font-sans text-sm text-muted">{% include "_source.html" %} · {{ meta_line }}</p>{% include "_understanding.html" %}{% match summary %}{% when Some with (summary) %}<p class="mt-7 text-xl italic leading-relaxed text-ink-2">{{ summary }}</p>{% when None %}{% endmatch %}{% match social_line %}{% when Some with (social) %}<p class="mt-4 font-sans text-sm text-muted">{{ social }}</p>{% when None %}{% endmatch %}{% if excerpt_only %}<p class="notice mt-6">Excerpt only — continue reading at the original site.</p>{% endif %}</header>
-  <div class="prose-body mt-10 border-t border-rule pt-8">{{ body_html|safe }}</div>
+  {% include "_article_head.html" %}
   {% match discussion_html %}{% when Some with (discussion) %}<section class="discussion prose-body mt-12 border-t border-rule pt-6 [&_.comment-meta]:font-sans [&_.comment-meta]:text-sm [&_.comment-meta]:text-muted [&_blockquote.reply]:ml-6"><h2 class="mb-6 border-0 pt-0 text-2xl">Discussion</h2>{{ discussion|safe }}</section>{% when None %}{% endmatch %}
-  <footer class="mt-12 border-t border-rule pt-6">{% match rating %}{% when Some with (widget) %}{% include "_rating_widget.html" %}{% when None %}{% endmatch %}<p class="mt-6 flex flex-wrap gap-2"><a class="btn" href="{{ read_online_url }}">Read online ↗</a>{% if page.is_admin() %}<a class="btn" href="{{ dashboard_href }}">Dashboard</a>{% endif %}</p><nav class="mt-10 grid grid-cols-1 gap-3 font-sans sm:grid-cols-2" aria-label="Adjacent articles">{% match previous %}{% when Some with (previous) %}<a class="group min-h-24 border border-rule p-4 text-ink no-underline hover:border-accent" rel="prev" href="{{ previous.href }}"><span class="block text-[0.68rem] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-muted">Previous</span><span class="mt-2 block leading-snug group-hover:text-accent">← {{ previous.title }}</span></a>{% when None %}{% endmatch %}{% match next %}{% when Some with (next) %}<a class="group min-h-24 border border-rule p-4 text-right text-ink no-underline hover:border-accent sm:col-start-2" rel="next" href="{{ next.href }}"><span class="block text-[0.68rem] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-muted">Next</span><span class="mt-2 block leading-snug group-hover:text-accent">{{ next.title }} →</span></a>{% when None %}{% endmatch %}</nav><p class="mt-8 font-sans text-sm"><a href="{{ issue_href }}">← Back to this issue</a></p></footer>
+  {% include "_related.html" %}
+  <footer class="mt-12 border-t border-rule pt-6">{% match rating %}{% when Some with (widget) %}{% include "_rating_widget.html" %}{% when None %}{% endmatch %}<p class="mt-6 flex flex-wrap gap-2"><a class="btn" href="{{ head.read_online_url }}">Read online ↗</a>{% if page.is_admin() %}<a class="btn" href="{{ head.dashboard_href }}">Dashboard</a>{% endif %}</p><nav class="mt-10 grid grid-cols-1 gap-3 font-sans sm:grid-cols-2" aria-label="Adjacent articles">{% match previous %}{% when Some with (previous) %}<a class="group min-h-24 border border-rule p-4 text-ink no-underline hover:border-accent" rel="prev" href="{{ previous.href }}"><span class="block text-[0.68rem] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-muted">Previous</span><span class="mt-2 block leading-snug group-hover:text-accent">← {{ previous.title }}</span></a>{% when None %}{% endmatch %}{% match next %}{% when Some with (next) %}<a class="group min-h-24 border border-rule p-4 text-right text-ink no-underline hover:border-accent sm:col-start-2" rel="next" href="{{ next.href }}"><span class="block text-[0.68rem] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-muted">Next</span><span class="mt-2 block leading-snug group-hover:text-accent">{{ next.title }} →</span></a>{% when None %}{% endmatch %}</nav><p class="mt-8 font-sans text-sm"><a href="{{ issue_href }}">← Back to this issue</a></p></footer>
 </article>
 </div>{% endblock %}

src/web/templates/article_standalone.html

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{% extends "layout.html" %}{% block ears %}Article{% endblock %}{% block content %}
+<article class="reader-page mx-auto mt-10 w-full max-w-[68ch] px-4 sm:px-6 lg:mt-12 lg:px-0">
+  {% include "_article_head.html" %}
+  <footer class="mt-12 border-t border-rule pt-6"><p class="flex flex-wrap gap-2"><a class="btn" href="{{ head.read_online_url }}">Read online ↗</a>{% if page.is_admin() %}<a class="btn" href="{{ head.dashboard_href }}">Dashboard</a>{% endif %}</p></footer>
+</article>{% endblock %}