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Stage 2 of the approved three-stage posters.py plan (stage 1 = SQL to interfaces, merged; stage 3 = router→package split, next).

What

All 56 top-level defs classified; the 51 route handlers stay (route surface proven identical before/after — same 51 routes, paths, methods, and order, which tests/test_routes.py depends on). The non-route logic leaves:

  • Candidate gather/score/rank (~120 duplicated lines across two endpoints) → backend/util/asset_candidates.rank_candidates
  • PIL thumbnail/transcode/optimize → backend/util/poster_images
  • Cleanarr config accessors → backend/util/poster_cleanarr_settings
  • Preview path confinement → path_safety's resolve_under_root (all five deny branches were the identical 403, so an Optional[Path] return is exactly faithful — 13-case parity harness, 0 mismatches)

Dedups taken: ARTWORK_IMAGE_TYPES (two copies deleted, canonical poster_cache owner), the 3× plex metadata-dir confinement → one owner, one shared format map. Declined dedups documented in-repo where the error-code surfaces genuinely differ. One deliberate deviation: optimize_poster_files returns (message, data) instead of a JSONResponse so backend/util never imports backend.api (an inversion this repo has nowhere).

posters.py: 3981 → 3568.

Merge-order note: overlaps #534 in path_safety.py (different regions) — whichever merges second takes a branch update.

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Suite green ×2 (1564 tests, +6 for previously-uncovered moved helpers); ruff clean incl. CI scope; throwaway parity harnesses on the image helpers (thumbnail cache, transcode, optimize incl. the png→jpg convert-and-delete path).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Improved poster candidate selection with more relevant, deduplicated results.
    • Added poster optimization, format conversion, thumbnail generation, and downloads.
    • Added configurable Plex cleanup options and library exclusions.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Strengthened file-access protections against traversal, symlinks, and unauthorized locations.
    • Improved Plex metadata path validation and artwork handling.
    • Improved reliability when processing poster images and applying cleanup settings.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for path security, poster processing, candidate ranking, thumbnails, and cleanup configuration.

51 route handlers stay put (surface proven identical, same order); the
non-route logic leaves: candidate ranking to asset_candidates, PIL
thumbnail/transcode/optimize to poster_images, cleanarr config accessors
to poster_cleanarr_settings, preview confinement to path_safety's
resolve_under_root. Dedups: ARTWORK_IMAGE_TYPES to its poster_cache
owner (two copies deleted), the 3x plex metadata-dir confinement to one
resolve_in_metadata_dir, one shared format map. _optimize_posters_sync
returns (message, data) so backend/util never imports backend.api.
posters.py: 3981 -> 3568.
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The PR extracts shared utilities for poster candidate ranking, image processing, Cleanarr settings, Plex metadata paths, and filesystem confinement. Poster APIs and tests now use these utilities.

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Poster API consolidation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Candidate ranking and image processing
backend/util/asset_candidates.py, backend/util/poster_images.py, backend/api/posters.py, tests/test_posters_queries.py
Candidate endpoints use shared ranking. Optimization, thumbnail generation, and downloads use shared image-processing functions. Artwork validation uses shared image types.
Path confinement and authorized file access
backend/util/path_safety.py, backend/util/plex_metadata.py, backend/api/posters.py, tests/test_path_safety.py, tests/test_plex_metadata.py
Path resolution uses canonical roots and explicit confinement checks. Preview, thumbnail, download, and Plex metadata routes reject unauthorized paths.
Cleanarr settings and Plex metadata access
backend/util/poster_cleanarr_settings.py, backend/api/posters.py, tests/test_posters_api_kometa_scan.py
Shared helpers provide Plex paths, excluded libraries, and cleanup overrides. Cleanup routes validate configured asset directories and configuration errors.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e83b2

This refactor moves poster cleanup and image operations into shared utilities, but the current code can still pass stale or unresolved paths into destructive file operations, potentially causing unauthorized moves or removals. The PR is not merge-ready until those paths are re-confined at execution time or the risk is explicitly accepted by the owner.

Possibly related PRs

  • chodeus/chub#500: Both centralize Plex artwork and path validation in poster-related code.
  • chodeus/chub#520: This PR generalizes the poster-preview path authorization change through shared path-safety utilities.
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The pathlib resolve() chain is modeled as a filesystem sink (the G1
lesson), so the moved confinement minted alerts 316/317 on itself. Same
operation through os.path.realpath + the os.sep-suffixed prefix check;
a new test pins the prefix-sibling bypass the suffix exists to stop.
py/path-injection 318/319/320: both routes fed a bare realpath into PIL
and FileResponse — normalizing, never authorizing. Same resolve_confined
guard #534 gives them, so the two branches converge on one shape rather
than conflicting. A poisoned row now gets 403 at both routes, pinned by
a test that reddens when either guard is reverted.
Comment thread tests/test_posters_queries.py Fixed
is_path_allowed keeps the verdict but normalizes with os.path.realpath
and compares with an os.sep-suffixed prefix — relative_to gave the same
answer, but CodeQL can't see through it, so every consumer of a confined
path stayed flagged (318/319/320). resolve_confined delegates as before,
so the preview regression test's seam is intact. New test pins the
prefix-sibling case the suffix exists to stop; the test's own import
style stops minting py/import-and-import-from (322).
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backend/util/asset_candidates.py (1)

34-43: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The 800-row cap only bounds one prefix query, not the whole pool.

The break at Line 43 exits the inner loop. The outer loop then queries the next alternate title and appends more rows. With k search titles the pool can grow to about 800 * k rows, and every row runs is_match plus a SequenceMatcher ratio. Check the cap before each prefix query so the bound holds for the gathered pool.

♻️ Proposed fix to make the pool cap absolute
     seen = set()
     gathered = []
     for st in search_titles:
+        if len(gathered) >= 800:  # bound the pool before scoring
+            break
         for c in db.poster.get_candidates_by_prefix(
             st or "", asset_type=asset_type, image_type=image_type
         ):
             f = c.get("file")
             if f and f not in seen:
                 seen.add(f)
                 gathered.append(c)
-            if len(gathered) >= 800:  # bound the pool before scoring
+            if len(gathered) >= 800:
                 break
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In `@backend/util/asset_candidates.py` around lines 34 - 43, Update the
search_titles iteration around get_candidates_by_prefix so it stops issuing
further prefix queries once gathered reaches 800, while retaining the existing
duplicate filtering and inner-loop break. Ensure gathered never exceeds the
800-row pool cap before scoring.
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Inline comments:
In `@backend/api/posters.py`:
- Around line 3324-3329: Ensure the route-level handlers preserve structured
ConfigError responses by adding an except ConfigError: raise arm before each
broad except Exception in get_poster_thumbnail, download_poster, and
optimize_posters. Apply this change at backend/api/posters.py lines 3324-3329,
3422-3427, and 1005-1023 respectively; no other error-handling behavior should
change.

Apply the same fix in `@backend/api/posters.py` around lines 1005 - 1023.

In `@backend/util/poster_cleanarr_settings.py`:
- Around line 66-92: The asset_dirs handling in the request override flow must
constrain caller-provided directories before PosterCleanarr scans or deletes
files. Resolve each asset_dirs entry with os.path.realpath and retain only paths
contained within the configured allowed asset root(s), rejecting or ignoring
paths outside those roots; preserve target_paths as a filter for
already-discovered files rather than treating it as a security boundary.

In `@backend/util/poster_images.py`:
- Around line 53-60: Update optimize_poster_files to load the current
configuration once per invocation, then pass each poster’s raw folder/file path
through resolve_confined before any shutil.move or os.remove operations. Skip
posters whose paths fail confinement, and derive dest_path from the resolved
path rather than cache-controlled values.

In `@tests/test_posters_queries.py`:
- Around line 504-519: Update
test_thumbnail_and_download_refuse_rows_outside_allowed_roots to assert not
is_path_allowed(str(victim), ChubConfig()) immediately before the thumbnail and
download requests, ensuring the fixture path is outside configured roots before
validating the 403 responses.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@backend/util/asset_candidates.py`:
- Around line 34-43: Update the search_titles iteration around
get_candidates_by_prefix so it stops issuing further prefix queries once
gathered reaches 800, while retaining the existing duplicate filtering and
inner-loop break. Ensure gathered never exceeds the 800-row pool cap before
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  • backend/api/posters.py
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  • backend/util/path_safety.py
  • backend/util/plex_metadata.py
  • backend/util/poster_cleanarr_settings.py
  • backend/util/poster_images.py
  • tests/test_path_safety.py
  • tests/test_plex_metadata.py
  • tests/test_posters_api_kometa_scan.py
  • tests/test_posters_queries.py

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asset_dirs arrived from the request body and reached PosterCleanarr's
deleting passes unchecked — build_cleanup_overrides now confines each
against the allowed roots and rejects the rest as a 400.
optimize_poster_files re-confines every cache row before shutil.move and
os.remove, skipping (and counting) a poisoned one instead of writing
through it. Four routes gained a function-level 'except ConfigError:
raise' — without it the inner re-raise landed in the broad handler and a
malformed config read as a generic 500 instead of CONFIG_INVALID. The
403 confinement test now asserts its own precondition.
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All four addressed in ae3be0f — thanks, two of these were real holes.

  • ConfigError interception: added the function-level except ConfigError: raise to get_poster_thumbnail, download_poster and optimize_posters. optimize_posters had no config load at all, so the F3 fix below is what makes its arm load-bearing rather than dead code. A fourth site needed it for the same reason: introducing load_config() into run_plex_metadata_cleanup put a ConfigError under its broad handler too, so that arm is in as well — with its own test.
  • asset_dirs: confirmed externally reachable — straight from the request body into the orphan/stale passes that delete. build_cleanup_overrides now takes the config, resolves each entry through resolve_confined, stores the resolved path, and raises ValueError otherwise so the route's existing handler returns its 400. Without the guard, /etc provably reached the job queue.
  • optimize_poster_files: re-confines each row before shutil.move/os.remove, skipping and counting a poisoned one rather than aborting the batch; dest_path derives from the resolved path. (The basename assignment on the next line is a separate pre-existing data bug, tracked, deliberately untouched here.)
  • Test precondition: added.

Every new guard is mutation-checked — reverting each one reddens its test (generic error codes instead of CONFIG_INVALID; /etc enqueued; the out-of-root file rewritten). Full suite and ruff green.

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The inner break bounded one prefix query, so each alternate title could
add another 800 rows before any scoring — with k titles the pool reached
~800k, every row paying an is_match plus a SequenceMatcher ratio. The cap
is now checked before each query too.
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Nitpick handled too in e83b280 — I'd missed it in my first pass, apologies.

Confirmed real: the break only left the inner loop, so with k alternate titles the pool reached ~800·k before any scoring, and every row pays an is_match plus a SequenceMatcher ratio. The cap is now checked before each prefix query as well. Test asserts the query count: one title fills the pool and the remaining two are never queried — it goes red (3 queries) with the outer check removed.

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backend/util/poster_cleanarr_settings.py (1)

58-91: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject malformed types before normalizing cleanup fields.

This helper receives a raw JSON object. .lower() raises AttributeError for a non-string mode, so the route does not convert that request to 400. bool("false") is True, so malformed flags can silently enable cleanup or overlays_only.

Require str for modes and bool for boolean fields. Raise ValueError for other types.

Also applies to: 104-105

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In `@backend/util/poster_cleanarr_settings.py` around lines 58 - 91, The
build_cleanup_overrides helper must validate raw cleanup field types before
normalization: require mode, orphan_assets_mode, and stale_duplicates_mode to be
strings, and require orphan_assets_enabled and stale_duplicates_enabled to be
booleans, raising ValueError for invalid types so the route returns 400.
Preserve the existing allowed-value checks and mode handling after validation,
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In `@backend/util/poster_cleanarr_settings.py`:
- Around line 92-103: Update the asynchronous worker’s cleanup flow to
re-resolve every asset directory with resolve_confined immediately before any
scanning, moving, unlinking, or content removal, and reject paths that no longer
resolve within the allowed roots. Do not rely solely on the enqueue-time
validation or pass the previously resolved paths directly into cleanup.

Apply the same fix in `@backend/util/poster_cleanarr_settings.py` around lines 92
- 103.

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In `@backend/util/poster_cleanarr_settings.py`:
- Around line 58-91: The build_cleanup_overrides helper must validate raw
cleanup field types before normalization: require mode, orphan_assets_mode, and
stale_duplicates_mode to be strings, and require orphan_assets_enabled and
stale_duplicates_enabled to be booleans, raising ValueError for invalid types so
the route returns 400. Preserve the existing allowed-value checks and mode
handling after validation, and avoid coercing malformed boolean values with
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Comment on lines +92 to +103
asset_dirs = body.get("asset_dirs")
if isinstance(asset_dirs, list):
# These reach PosterCleanarr's orphan/stale passes, which DELETE —
# confine here so no caller can hand it an unchecked request path.
confined = []
for p in asset_dirs:
real = resolve_confined(str(p), config)
if real is None:
raise ValueError(f"asset_dirs path is outside the allowed roots: {p}")
confined.append(str(real))
overrides["asset_dirs"] = confined

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Re-authorize queued cleanup paths at execution time. The request validates asset_dirs before enqueueing, but the background cleanup worker later applies those serialized paths and performs recursive scans, moves, and removals without checking them against current allowed roots. If a path or root changes before execution, cleanup can operate outside the original authorization decision. Re-resolve each path and reject the job before any destructive pass unless it remains confined to a current allowed root.

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  • backend/util/poster_cleanarr_settings.py#L92-L103
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In `@backend/util/poster_cleanarr_settings.py` around lines 92 - 103, Update the
asynchronous worker’s cleanup flow to re-resolve every asset directory with
resolve_confined immediately before any scanning, moving, unlinking, or content
removal, and reject paths that no longer resolve within the allowed roots. Do
not rely solely on the enqueue-time validation or pass the previously resolved
paths directly into cleanup.

Apply the same fix in `@backend/util/poster_cleanarr_settings.py` around lines 92
- 103.

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