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Jellyfin-compatible HLS remuxes could run to end-of-file despite configured throttling and leave large caches after playback ended. This change applies the configured forward-buffer limit and closes owned FFmpeg sessions on expiration and shutdown.

The API resolves the throttle policy once for remote playback, carries it through durable reconstruction recipes and signed claims, and requires the node to attest the requested threshold. Remote reconstruction and FFmpeg restarts re-arm that policy. Shutdown rejects late HLS and progressive-remux admission and cancels and drains already active progressive remuxes. Native playback persists its plan before publishing the transport and returns a terminal response if shutdown prevents publication.

Related issue: N/A — narrow Jellyfin compatibility playback fix.

Validation

  • Full affected playback, Jellycompat, transcode-node, native API/handler, stream-token, and server-entrypoint suites passed after integrating current main.
  • A new regression reproduces publication before durable plan storage and verifies save-failure cleanup, shutdown between storage and publication, and terminal replay.
  • Final affected-package suites and settings, playback-fixture, and documentation checks pass. Changed-line lint reports 0 issues. Go, Web, and Docs CI passed on 57cb1e40a. The later progressive-remux shutdown fix passes the full transcode-node suite and changed-line lint. Go, Web, and Docs CI also pass on 49ba8d0fd.
  • The contributor previously validated throttling and cache cleanup on an integrated deployment. That manual validation predates this integration; remote behavior is covered by automated tests.

Scope and risks

  • The earlier cue-derived complete VOD playlist is deferred. Synthetic FFmpeg validation showed that restarting at the same source keyframe changes subsequent cut boundaries: a segment advertised as 1.6 seconds was regenerated as 4.4 seconds. Retaining that playlist would assign different content to an existing URL. This revision preserves actual FFmpeg playlists; fix(jellycompat): complete viewer and playback contracts #950 handles managed-web seeks outside the produced window by negotiating a new playback session.
  • Unmodified Jellyfin clients remain limited to the produced copy-HLS window, including for MP4/MOV. A source index alone cannot guarantee stable fragment identities across restarts.
  • Updated API servers reject older transcode nodes that do not attest an enabled throttle policy. Update nodes before enabling the policy. Native Apple and Android clients require no contract changes.

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  • Original contribution: OpenAI Codex, GPT-5; contributor reported human verification.
  • Integration and independent review: Codex desktop, gpt-6-astra, including Astra medium subagents.
  • Review covered shutdown publication, durable rollback, throttle propagation and attestation, reconstruction, expiration cleanup, and actual FFmpeg fragment timing. CodeRabbit identified a later progressive-remux shutdown admission gap; it is fixed in 49ba8d0fd, independently checked, and regression-tested. The automatic re-review of that fix is rate-limited, not an approval. The integration fixes the durable-publication regression and removes the unsafe cue timeline.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added configurable transcode throttling for local and remote playback, including policy persistence across reconstruction and restarts.
    • Added graceful transcode cleanup during application shutdown, preventing new sessions while existing work drains.
    • Added session-expiration cleanup for compatible playback streams.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved playback start failure handling and prevented invalid transports from being published.
    • Added validation for remote throttle settings and safer handling of expired sessions.
    • Preserved transcode routing and throttle details in playback metadata.
  • Documentation

    • Documented the transcode-node throttling contract and operational requirements.

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Walkthrough

The change adds durable transcode throttle propagation and attestation, expiration cleanup, shutdown publication guards, graceful transcode draining, playback commit error handling, and copy-video manifest behavior updates.

Changes

Transcode policy and session lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Throttle policy propagation
internal/playback/..., internal/api/handlers/..., internal/jellycompat/..., internal/transcodenode/..., internal/streamtoken/..., docs/transcode-node-api.md
Throttle settings now use shared resolution, persist through recipe cards and claims, travel in remote start requests, and require node response attestation.
Session expiration and local throttling
internal/playback/session.go, internal/api/handlers/playback.go, internal/jellycompat/handlers_playback.go, internal/jellycompat/streams.go, internal/jellycompat/*test.go
Expiration hooks support multiple callbacks. Compatibility sessions close their transcodes on expiration. Local sessions re-arm throttling after restarts.
Playback V3 commit safety
internal/api/handlers/playback_v3.go, internal/api/handlers/*test.go
Transport commits return errors, shutdown races reject publication, failed commits abort sessions, and terminal replay checks session liveness.
Transcode manager and node shutdown
internal/playback/transcode_manager.go, internal/transcodenode/server.go, related tests
Shutdown drains tracked sessions, rejects later registration or reconstruction, and reports remote cancellation errors.
Graceful application shutdown
cmd/silo/main.go, internal/api/router.go, internal/jellycompat/router.go, dependency and lifecycle tests
Routers register cleanup channels. Main waits for cleanup with a fresh 30-second timeout. Standalone transcode nodes run workload shutdown after HTTP shutdown.
Copy-video manifest path
internal/playback/transcode.go
Copy-video fMP4 timestamp handling is centralized, and copy-manifest caching is removed in favor of on-disk manifest reads.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 57cb1

A remux request arriving during shutdown can start FFmpeg after cleanup has completed, leaving work running beyond the intended shutdown lifecycle. Add the shutdown admission guard before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PlaybackHandler
  participant TranscodeNode
  participant RecipeCard
  participant ShutdownCoordinator
  PlaybackHandler->>TranscodeNode: Start transcode with throttle policy
  TranscodeNode-->>PlaybackHandler: Return throttle attestation
  PlaybackHandler->>RecipeCard: Persist throttle policy
  ShutdownCoordinator->>TranscodeNode: Drain active sessions
  TranscodeNode-->>ShutdownCoordinator: Signal cleanup completion
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In `@internal/api/router.go`:
- Line 1066: Update the shutdown flows invoking
TranscodeManager().StartShutdownCleanup in internal/api/router.go at lines
1066-1066 and internal/jellycompat/router.go at lines 135-135: retain each
cleanup completion channel, incorporate it into the application lifecycle, and
wait for completion using the shutdown deadline before the respective server
shutdown path finishes.

In `@internal/playback/matroska_cues.go`:
- Around line 210-211: Update the Matroska metadata validation near the duration
check to reject a zero TimestampScale before converting cue times or duration.
Return the existing invalid-metadata error path for zero scale values so
playback falls back to the FFmpeg manifest.

In `@internal/playback/throttle.go`:
- Around line 47-48: Update the threshold parsing in the playback throttle
configuration to clamp positive values below minThresholdSeconds to that minimum
before assigning threshold, while preserving the existing handling of invalid
and already-valid values. Anchor the change to the configured threshold logic in
ConfiguredTranscodeThrottleSeconds and reuse the existing minThresholdSeconds
symbol.

In `@internal/playback/transcode_manager.go`:
- Line 1015: Guard transcode registration with the shutdown state under
transcodeMu: mark shutdown before replacing the transcodes map, reject any
subsequent session registration, and close the rejected TranscodeSession so its
FFmpeg process and cache are cleaned up.
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  • internal/playback/session.go
  • internal/playback/session_test.go
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  • internal/playback/throttle_settings_test.go
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In `@cmd/silo/main_test.go`:
- Around line 62-67: Update the early-return assertion around the done channel
in the cleanup test to use a bounded wait or deterministic progress handshake,
ensuring the worker has had an opportunity to process one before checking that
it remains blocked until every cleanup completes. Preserve the existing failure
condition and final completion verification.

In `@cmd/silo/main.go`:
- Around line 3207-3208: Give workload cleanup its own bounded context instead
of reusing the HTTP shutdown context: update the waitForShutdownWork call at
cmd/silo/main.go lines 3207-3208 and the shutdownWork path at cmd/silo/main.go
lines 3300-3301 to use independently timed cleanup contexts, preserving the
existing cleanup deadline/error handling.

In `@internal/api/handlers/playback_v3.go`:
- Around line 3306-3308: Update preparedTransportV3.commit so the accepted ==
false branch returns a retryable transport-start error after closing ts, rather
than succeeding silently; update startPlannedPlaybackV3 to handle that commit
error before any post-commit work and avoid returning a playable response for an
unpublished transport.
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internal/transcodenode/server.go (1)

2029-2029: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject progressive remux requests after shutdown starts.

When s.shuttingDown is true, handleRemux can still register a progressive remux and start FFmpeg. Server.Shutdown drains s.sessions but does not guard this admission after it releases reloadMu. Return HTTP 503 before authority checks or registration.

Proposed fix
 s.reloadMu.RLock()
+if s.shuttingDown {
+    s.reloadMu.RUnlock()
+    http.Error(w, "node is shutting down", http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
+    return
+}
 if s.watcher.Config() != cfg {
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In `@internal/transcodenode/server.go` at line 2029, Update handleRemux to check
s.shuttingDown under the existing reloadMu read lock before performing authority
checks or registering a progressive remux; return HTTP 503 immediately when
shutdown has started, preventing FFmpeg startup and session admission.
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In `@internal/transcodenode/server.go`:
- Line 2029: Update handleRemux to check s.shuttingDown under the existing
reloadMu read lock before performing authority checks or registering a
progressive remux; return HTTP 503 immediately when shutdown has started,
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Addressed the progressive-remux finding from review 5123269559 in 49ba8d0.

The route now checks shutdown state under the existing admission lock before authority lookup or registration. Shutdown cancels and waits for already active progressive remuxes while preserving their durable reconstruction authority. The regression exercises a blocked client write, verifies the active handler drains, and checks that later GET and HEAD requests return 503 without consulting authority storage. It failed before the fix and passes afterward.

The full transcode-node suite passes; changed-line lint reports 0 issues. The preceding revision passed Go, Web, and Docs CI. Refreshed CI is running for this fix.

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