Run remote replies scraping as Fedify tasks

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Route scrape jobs through the shared PostgreSQL task queue so scraping runs under the same worker lifecycle as import and cleanup. Tasks carry only job IDs; database rows retain progress and host leases so duplicate deliveries cannot start overlapping attempts.

Jobs are enqueued after commit, with bounded recovery scans to repair missed enqueues and interrupted attempts. Delayed tasks respect host availability and 429 backoff. Dispatch limits and a two-scrape cap per process leave capacity for other background work.

Fixes #638.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Remote reply scraping now runs through the shared task queue, with scheduled retries for HTTP 429 responses, per-host request spacing, and cooldowns.
• Bug Fixes
  • Scraping jobs can recover after interruptions, and stale attempts can no longer overwrite newer work. Cancelled jobs can return to the queue for later processing.
• Documentation
  • Worker guides now explain scraping limits, retry and recovery behavior, and upgrade compatibility. Upgrades require stopping older nodes and deploying compatible task definitions across all nodes.

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Remote reply scraping now runs through Fedify tasks instead of a polling worker. The change adds durable dispatch scheduling, host-level controls, and bounded recovery. Worker integration, tests, a database migration, and installation guides are updated.

Changes

Remote reply scraping

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Durable job state src/schema.ts, drizzle/20261003081610_replies-tasks/migration.sql, src/federation/replies.ts, src/federation/replies.test.ts	Scrape jobs gain a dispatch timestamp and partial index. Job creation locks existing rows and attempts dispatch only for the root database after the transaction. Tests cover dispatch failure and concurrent refreshes.
Per-job execution and ownership src/federation/replies-worker.ts, src/federation/replies-worker.test.ts	The worker claims individual jobs and processes them with a Fedify context. Heartbeats check job and origin ownership. Cancellation returns an owned attempt to pending, while lost ownership prevents further outcome updates. Tests exercise task delivery, recovery, cancellation, capacity, and competing workers.
Task dispatch and recovery src/federation/replies-tasks.ts, src/federation/federation.ts, src/background/jobs.ts, src/background/jobs.test.ts, bin/server.ts	Tasks schedule eligible jobs and delayed wakeups, enforce queue and per-origin constraints, and reclaim stale jobs and origin locks. Federation setup registers scrape recovery, and background recovery rotates through callbacks. Worker startup assigns the shared abort signal and no longer starts or stops the polling worker.
Upgrade guidance CHANGES.md, docs/src/content/docs/{install,ja/install,ko/install,zh-cn/install,zh-tw/install}/*.mdx, tests/helpers.ts	The changelog and installation guides describe task-queue behavior, recovery limits, processing and retry handling, and upgrade requirements. The test helper uses Vitest lifecycle hooks.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Refactor

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant FedifyTaskQueue
  participant replyScrapes
  participant PostgreSQL
  participant processRemoteReplyScrapeJob
  participant RemoteRepliesCollection
  FedifyTaskQueue->>replyScrapes: Deliver scrape job ID
  replyScrapes->>PostgreSQL: Claim pending job and origin lease
  replyScrapes->>processRemoteReplyScrapeJob: Pass task context and abort signal
  processRemoteReplyScrapeJob->>RemoteRepliesCollection: Fetch replies
  processRemoteReplyScrapeJob->>PostgreSQL: Persist replies and update job state
  replyScrapes->>FedifyTaskQueue: Enqueue eligible or delayed work

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f87f1

Concurrent reply-scrape arrivals can exceed the intended reservation limit and add work to the shared task queue. This creates a queue-pressure risk for other background work; the concern is operational and does not establish a broader failure, so overall merge risk is low.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to f87f1

The change affects 6 systems.

Changed systems: docs, src, bin, CHANGES.md, drizzle, tests

Architecture concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Systems and components

• observed — docs (service) was modified; 10 changed files map to changed impact.
• observed — src (service) was modified; 9 changed files map to changed impact.
• observed — bin (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
• observed — CHANGES.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in CHANGES.md: Adds a changelog entry describing queued remote-reply scraping, durable retry and host state, bounded recovery, and the requirement to stop older nodes before upgrading and deploy compatible task definitions on all nodes.
• observed — Modified behavior in CHANGES.md: Adds reference links for issue #638 and pull request #648. The old-hunk entries for #641 and #645 are retained in the final file.
• observed — Modified behavior in bin/server.ts: Worker startup now imports replyScrapes and assigns it the shared abort signal alongside backgroundJobs. It no longer imports the remote reply scrape worker’s start/stop functions or its module.
• observed — Modified behavior in bin/server.ts: Worker startup no longer starts the remote reply scrape worker, and shutdown no longer stops it. The startup log omits that worker from its list.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 3.03% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 33 functions across 11 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: running remote-reply scraping as Fedify tasks.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	[#638] Scrape execution uses Fedify tasks with durable PostgreSQL job and origin state. The implementation retains claims, attempt fencing, heartbeats, host spacing, cooldown, 429 backoff, and bounded…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The worker startup, queue recovery, schema, tests, changelog, and worker documentation changes support [#638]. The test-helper lifecycle change supports reliable database setup and teardown for the up…

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docs/src/content/docs/install/env.mdx (1)

49-53: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Update the NODE_TYPE list to match the new architecture.

The list still names a "remote replies scrape worker" as a separate component. The PR removes the polling worker, and scraping now runs as a task on the shared queue. The new text at Line 70 already describes it as a task. Rename the list item to avoid implying a separate worker process.

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Review comment at @docs/src/content/docs/install/env.mdx around lines 49 - 53:
Update the NODE_TYPE descriptions for `all` and `worker` to remove “remote
replies scrape worker” as a separate process and describe scraping as a task on
the shared queue, consistent with the existing text at Line 70.

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Review comments at @src/federation/replies-worker.ts:
- Around line 246-247: Update the error path around checkpoint() so heartbeat
failures do not bypass backOffJob or failJob: stop only when ownership is lost,
and continue handling the original fetch error for other checkpoint failures.
Preserve the subsequent updateScrapedRepliesCount(job.postId) flow.

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Review comments at @docs/src/content/docs/install/env.mdx:
- Around line 49-53: Update the NODE_TYPE descriptions for `all` and `worker` to
remove “remote replies scrape worker” as a separate process and describe
scraping as a task on the shared queue, consistent with the existing text at
Line 70.

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• src/background/jobs.ts
• src/federation/federation.ts
• src/federation/replies-tasks.ts
• src/federation/replies-worker.test.ts
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