feat(discovery): drop Shorts and livestreams before the caption fetch (ADR-023)

The scarce resource is the per-IP timedtext caption fetch (ADR-014); the pilot's
candidate set was mostly Shorts/clips/livestreams, each burning a fetch (a "none"
result is a completed fetch — it costs budget even when it yields nothing).

NewVideos now enriches candidates with one cheap Data API videos.list call
(contentDetails.duration + snippet.liveBroadcastContent — the quota API, a
DIFFERENT limit from the timedtext 429) and drops, before returning: videos
shorter than TAPIR_MIN_VIDEO_SECONDS (default 60) and any live/upcoming
broadcast. Dropped videos are never persisted, so the list declutters too.

Degrade-open: MinVideoSeconds=0 disables it (no quota call); a videos.list error
returns candidates unfiltered so discovery never breaks on a metadata hiccup. The
paste-a-URL path (VideoByID) is not filtered — an explicit request is honoured.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

CLAUDE.md

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Skills live in the canonical library `mathias/skills` and are wired into this re
 
 ## Current build state (start here for the first task)
 
-The repo is **green and shipping** — last tag `v0.14.0`. `task check` passes (fmt, vet, lint,
+The repo is **green and shipping** — last tag `v0.15.0`. `task check` passes (fmt, vet, lint,
 `go test -p 1 ./...`). Go is `1.26.1` (see `go.mod`).
 
 - Clean Architecture core is implemented: `internal/domain` (entities), `internal/ports`
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ The repo is **green and shipping** — last tag `v0.14.0`. `task check` passes (
   green against it.
 - Adapters present under `internal/adapters/`: `youtube` (captions-first `VideoSource`,
   timedtext/InnerTube acquisition per ADR-010), `summarizer` + `llm` (the copied AI router,
-  Primary→Fallback per ADR-004), `store` (Postgres, golang-migrate migrations 001–015),
+  now a resilient endpoint chain — local primary → local fallback → external worst-case,
+  parse-failure-aware, ADR-004 + ADR-022), `store` (Postgres, golang-migrate migrations 001–015),
   `secrets` (file-backed `SecretStore`). The brain HTTP sink (ADR-005) is the remaining
   optional sink.
 - Stage 1 is open (ADR-012): multi-user with **DB-enforced** isolation — Postgres RLS `FORCE`d

DECISIONS.md

@@ -855,6 +855,42 @@ reply still parses; a transcript within budget is unchanged).
 
 ---
 
+## ADR-023 — Drop Shorts/livestreams at discovery to protect the caption budget
+
+**Status:** Accepted (2026-06-10). **Builds on ADR-014** (per-IP caption rate limit is the
+binding constraint) and the ADR-022 live-run findings.
+
+**Context.** The scarce resource is the unofficial timedtext caption fetch (per-egress-IP
+429, ~3 successful/pass). The first multi-user run showed the candidate set was mostly noise —
+Shorts, sub-minute clips, and live broadcasts — each of which still consumes a caption-fetch
+attempt (and a "none" result is a *completed* fetch, so it costs budget even when it yields
+nothing). Spending the rate-limited budget on content the user will not read is the waste to
+cut first; it is cheaper and lower-risk than raising the ceiling (multi-IP, Whisper).
+
+Duration and live status are NOT in the playlistItems discovery response, but they ARE in the
+Data API `videos.list` (contentDetails.duration + snippet.liveBroadcastContent) — the official
+**quota-based** API (1 unit/call, 50 ids/call), which is a *different* limit from the timedtext
+429. So one cheap quota call buys a filter that saves many expensive throttled fetches.
+
+**Decision.**
+1. `NewVideos` enriches its candidates with a single `videos.list` call and drops, before
+   returning: videos shorter than `TAPIR_MIN_VIDEO_SECONDS` (default 60) and any `live`/
+   `upcoming` broadcast. Dropped videos are never persisted, so they also declutter the list.
+2. The filter is **degrade-open**: `MinVideoSeconds=0` disables it (no quota call), and a
+   `videos.list` error returns the candidates unfiltered — discovery must never break because a
+   metadata call hiccuped (worst case = pre-ADR-023 behaviour).
+3. The paste-a-URL path (`VideoByID`) is **not** filtered — an explicit user request for a
+   specific video (even a Short) is honoured.
+
+**Reversibility.** Pure discovery-time filter + config. `TAPIR_MIN_VIDEO_SECONDS=0` restores
+the old behaviour. No schema change, no effect on already-stored videos.
+
+**Quota note.** Per-channel enrichment adds ~1 unit/channel/pass. At pilot scale (≤3 users)
+this is well under the 10k/day cap; at larger scale, batch `videos.list` across channels
+(50 ids/call) by collecting all discovered ids per pass before enriching.
+
+---
+
 ## Rejected alternatives
 
 Approaches considered during the 2026-06-02 planning + grill session and **deliberately not

cmd/tapir/processor.go

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func buildProcessor(cfg config.Config, st *store.Store) (*usecase.Engine, error)
 		ClientSecret:       cfg.YTClientSecret,
 		TokenSecretRef:     cfg.YTTokenRef,
 		PreferredLanguages: []string{"en"},
+		MinVideoSeconds:    cfg.MinVideoSeconds,
 	}, secretStore)
 
 	sum := buildSummarizer(cfg)

cmd/tapir/scheduler.go

@@ -33,9 +33,15 @@ func buildUserRunner(cfg config.Config, st *store.Store, secretStore ports.Secre
 		ClientSecret:       cfg.YTClientSecret,
 		TokenSecretRef:     web.YouTubeTokenRef(userID),
 		PreferredLanguages: []string{"en"},
+		MinVideoSeconds:    cfg.MinVideoSeconds,
 	}, secretStore)
 
 	engine := usecase.NewEngine(src, buildSummarizer(cfg), st)
+	// Share the transcript cache (ADR-021) on the scheduler path too — without
+	// this every scheduled pass re-fetches transcripts it already had, burning the
+	// scarce per-IP caption budget (ADR-014) and starving other users. The web
+	// "Summarize now" path already sets this; the scheduler omitting it was a bug.
+	engine.Transcripts = st
 
 	return runner.New(src, st, engine, userID, log,
 		runner.WithBackoff(cfg.FetchBackoff),
@@ -57,6 +63,7 @@ type userLister interface {
 // isolation). Returns the stats summed across users.
 func runDiscoveryPass(
 	ctx context.Context,
+	pass int,
 	lister userLister,
 	runUser func(context.Context, string) (runner.Stats, error),
 	log *slog.Logger,
@@ -67,15 +74,17 @@ func runDiscoveryPass(
 		return runner.Stats{}
 	}
 
-	log.Info("scheduler: starting discovery pass", "users", len(users))
-	var total runner.Stats
+	// Keep only users with a video connection. A pass for a connectionless user
+	// (e.g. a stale Dex-era orphan identity) only tries to resolve a token that
+	// was never minted, logging a spurious "ref not found" every tick. Filtering
+	// here — BEFORE rotation — also keeps fairness honest: rotation is over the
+	// users that actually consume the caption budget, so a dead identity can't eat
+	// a rotation slot and skew the lead share.
+	var connected []store.UserIdentity
 	for _, u := range users {
 		if ctx.Err() != nil {
-			break // shutting down: stop enumerating
+			return runner.Stats{} // shutting down
 		}
-		// Skip users with no video connection. A discovery pass for them only
-		// attempts to resolve a token that was never minted, logging a spurious
-		// "ref not found" every tick (e.g. stale Dex-era orphan identities).
 		conns, err := lister.ConnectionsForUser(ctx, u.UserID)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Warn("scheduler: list connections failed", "user", u.UserID, "err", err)
@@ -85,6 +94,22 @@ func runDiscoveryPass(
 			log.Debug("scheduler: skipping user with no video connections", "user", u.UserID)
 			continue
 		}
+		connected = append(connected, u)
+	}
+
+	// Rotate who goes first each pass. Caption fetches share one per-egress-IP
+	// rate budget (ADR-014); whoever runs first each pass spends the pre-throttle
+	// window, so a FIXED order permanently starves whoever is last (a new pilot
+	// user got 0 fetches for 12h while the first-listed user got all of them).
+	// Rotation over the connected set gives each real user the lead in turn.
+	connected = rotateUsers(connected, pass)
+
+	log.Info("scheduler: starting discovery pass", "users", len(connected))
+	var total runner.Stats
+	for _, u := range connected {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			break // shutting down: stop enumerating
+		}
 		stats, err := runUser(ctx, u.UserID)
 		total = sumStats(total, stats)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -116,7 +141,8 @@ func runScheduler(
 		return // disabled
 	}
 
-	runDiscoveryPass(ctx, lister, runUser, log)
+	pass := 0
+	runDiscoveryPass(ctx, pass, lister, runUser, log)
 
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
@@ -125,11 +151,32 @@ func runScheduler(
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
 		case <-ticker.C:
-			runDiscoveryPass(ctx, lister, runUser, log)
+			pass++
+			runDiscoveryPass(ctx, pass, lister, runUser, log)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+// rotateUsers left-rotates users by pass positions so a different user leads each
+// pass. With n users, user i leads on every pass where pass ≡ i (mod n). A pass
+// offset that is negative or exceeds n is normalised. Order within the rotation
+// is otherwise preserved, so the set of users run is unchanged — only who is
+// first (and thus wins the scarce caption-fetch budget) rotates.
+func rotateUsers(users []store.UserIdentity, pass int) []store.UserIdentity {
+	n := len(users)
+	if n <= 1 {
+		return users
+	}
+	off := ((pass % n) + n) % n
+	if off == 0 {
+		return users
+	}
+	out := make([]store.UserIdentity, 0, n)
+	out = append(out, users[off:]...)
+	out = append(out, users[:off]...)
+	return out
+}
+
 // sumStats adds two passes' stats field-wise, so runDiscoveryPass can report a
 // per-tick aggregate across all users.
 func sumStats(a, b runner.Stats) runner.Stats {

cmd/tapir/scheduler_test.go

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func (f fakeLister) ConnectionsForUser(_ context.Context, userID string) ([]stor
 type countingRunUser struct {
 	mu      sync.Mutex
 	calls   map[string]int
+	order   []string // userIDs in the order they were run, across all passes
 	failFor map[string]bool
 }
 
@@ -60,12 +61,19 @@ func (c *countingRunUser) run(_ context.Context, userID string) (runner.Stats, e
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	defer c.mu.Unlock()
 	c.calls[userID]++
+	c.order = append(c.order, userID)
 	if c.failFor[userID] {
 		return runner.Stats{Errors: 1}, errors.New("boom")
 	}
 	return runner.Stats{Summarized: 1}, nil
 }
 
+func (c *countingRunUser) runOrder() []string {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	return append([]string(nil), c.order...)
+}
+
 func (c *countingRunUser) count(userID string) int {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	defer c.mu.Unlock()
@@ -94,7 +102,7 @@ func TestDiscoveryPassRunsEveryUserOnce(t *testing.T) {
 	lister := fakeLister{users: usersN("a", "b", "c")}
 	rc := newCountingRunUser()
 
-	stats := runDiscoveryPass(context.Background(), lister, rc.run, quietLog())
+	stats := runDiscoveryPass(context.Background(), 0, lister, rc.run, quietLog())
 
 	require.Equal(t, 1, rc.count("a"))
 	require.Equal(t, 1, rc.count("b"))
@@ -102,13 +110,46 @@ func TestDiscoveryPassRunsEveryUserOnce(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 3, stats.Summarized, "stats are summed across users")
 }
 
+// Caption fetches share one per-IP budget; a fixed user order starves whoever is
+// last. Each pass must rotate which user leads so the lead slot is shared.
+func TestDiscoveryPassRotatesLeadUser(t *testing.T) {
+	lister := fakeLister{users: usersN("a", "b", "c")}
+	rc := newCountingRunUser()
+
+	runDiscoveryPass(context.Background(), 0, lister, rc.run, quietLog())
+	runDiscoveryPass(context.Background(), 1, lister, rc.run, quietLog())
+	runDiscoveryPass(context.Background(), 2, lister, rc.run, quietLog())
+
+	require.Equal(t, []string{"a", "b", "c", "b", "c", "a", "c", "a", "b"}, rc.runOrder(),
+		"each pass left-rotates the user order so every user leads in turn")
+	// Fairness: over a full rotation cycle every user ran the same number of times.
+	require.Equal(t, 3, rc.count("a"))
+	require.Equal(t, 3, rc.count("b"))
+	require.Equal(t, 3, rc.count("c"))
+}
+
+// A connectionless orphan must not consume a rotation slot: rotation is over the
+// connected users only, so two real users alternate the lead 50/50 even with a
+// dead identity listed between them.
+func TestDiscoveryPassRotationIgnoresConnectionlessUsers(t *testing.T) {
+	lister := fakeLister{users: usersN("a", "orphan", "c"), noConn: map[string]bool{"orphan": true}}
+	rc := newCountingRunUser()
+
+	runDiscoveryPass(context.Background(), 0, lister, rc.run, quietLog())
+	runDiscoveryPass(context.Background(), 1, lister, rc.run, quietLog())
+
+	require.Equal(t, []string{"a", "c", "c", "a"}, rc.runOrder(),
+		"only connected users rotate; the orphan never runs and never holds a slot")
+	require.Equal(t, 0, rc.count("orphan"))
+}
+
 func TestDiscoveryPassSkipsUsersWithoutConnections(t *testing.T) {
 	// b never connected a video source (e.g. a stale Dex-era orphan identity).
 	// It must be skipped silently — not run and logged as a token error every pass.
 	lister := fakeLister{users: usersN("a", "b", "c"), noConn: map[string]bool{"b": true}}
 	rc := newCountingRunUser()
 
-	stats := runDiscoveryPass(context.Background(), lister, rc.run, quietLog())
+	stats := runDiscoveryPass(context.Background(), 0, lister, rc.run, quietLog())
 
 	require.Equal(t, 1, rc.count("a"))
 	require.Equal(t, 0, rc.count("b"), "a user with no connection must be skipped, not run")
@@ -121,7 +162,7 @@ func TestDiscoveryPassOneUserFailureDoesNotStopOthers(t *testing.T) {
 	lister := fakeLister{users: usersN("a", "b", "c")}
 	rc := newCountingRunUser("b") // user b's pass errors
 
-	stats := runDiscoveryPass(context.Background(), lister, rc.run, quietLog())
+	stats := runDiscoveryPass(context.Background(), 0, lister, rc.run, quietLog())
 
 	require.Equal(t, 1, rc.count("a"))
 	require.Equal(t, 1, rc.count("b"))
@@ -134,7 +175,7 @@ func TestDiscoveryPassListerErrorIsContained(t *testing.T) {
 	lister := fakeLister{err: errors.New("db down")}
 	rc := newCountingRunUser()
 
-	stats := runDiscoveryPass(context.Background(), lister, rc.run, quietLog())
+	stats := runDiscoveryPass(context.Background(), 0, lister, rc.run, quietLog())
 
 	require.Equal(t, 0, rc.total(), "no users enumerated → no passes")
 	require.Equal(t, runner.Stats{}, stats)

docs/homelab-integration.md

@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ it** — endpoints and aliases drift, and this file is a snapshot (2026-06-06),
   - `TAPIR_MAX_TRANSCRIPT_CHARS` — transcript truncation budget sent to the model. **Default
     `18000`** (~fits an 8k-context model). `0` disables truncation. Prevents the context-overflow
     HTTP 400 a long transcript caused on `phi4-mini`.
+- **Discovery low-value filter (ADR-023).** `TAPIR_MIN_VIDEO_SECONDS` — **default `60`**. At
+  discovery, `NewVideos` enriches candidates with one cheap `videos.list` call (quota API, NOT
+  the timedtext 429 path) and drops videos shorter than this plus any live/upcoming broadcast,
+  so the scarce caption-fetch budget isn't spent on Shorts. `0` disables the filter. The
+  paste-a-URL path is never filtered.
 - **Thinking models need an explicit `max_tokens`.** qwen3 / deepseek-r1 spend the budget on
   reasoning and return **empty content** if `max_tokens` is too low (or unset). The summarizer's
   parser treats an empty summary as an error for exactly this reason. **Done (2026-06-02, Worker F):**

internal/adapters/youtube/youtube.go

@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ type Config struct {
 	// poll. Zero means defaultMaxVideos.
 	MaxVideosPerSubscription int
 
+	// MinVideoSeconds drops videos shorter than this from discovery (Shorts/clips,
+	// ADR-023). NewVideos enriches candidates with a single cheap videos.list call
+	// (contentDetails.duration + snippet.liveBroadcastContent) and filters before
+	// returning, so the scarce caption-fetch budget is never spent on them. Live
+	// and upcoming broadcasts are dropped too. Zero disables the filter.
+	MinVideoSeconds int
+
 	// BaseURL overrides the Data API root. Empty means defaultBaseURL.
 	BaseURL string
 
@@ -242,7 +249,97 @@ func (a *Adapter) NewVideos(ctx context.Context, sub domain.Subscription) ([]dom
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	return videos, nil
+
+	// Drop Shorts/sub-minute clips and live/upcoming broadcasts before they ever
+	// reach the rate-limited caption path (ADR-023). One cheap videos.list call
+	// (quota API, not the timedtext throttle) supplies duration + live status.
+	return a.filterLowValue(ctx, client, videos), nil
+}
+
+// filterLowValue removes videos shorter than cfg.MinVideoSeconds and any live or
+// upcoming broadcast, using a single videos.list lookup for duration +
+// liveBroadcastContent. The filter is best-effort: if MinVideoSeconds is 0 (off)
+// or the lookup fails, the input is returned unfiltered — discovery must not break
+// because a metadata call hiccuped; the worst case is the pre-ADR-023 behaviour.
+func (a *Adapter) filterLowValue(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, videos []domain.Video) []domain.Video {
+	if a.cfg.MinVideoSeconds <= 0 || len(videos) == 0 {
+		return videos
+	}
+
+	ids := make([]string, 0, len(videos))
+	for _, v := range videos {
+		ids = append(ids, v.ProviderVideoID)
+	}
+	q := url.Values{
+		"part": {"contentDetails,snippet"},
+		"id":   {strings.Join(ids, ",")},
+	}
+	var resp videoListResponse
+	if err := a.getJSON(ctx, client, "/videos", q, &resp); err != nil {
+		// Degrade open: keep the candidates rather than lose discovery.
+		return videos
+	}
+
+	type meta struct {
+		seconds int
+		live    string
+	}
+	byID := make(map[string]meta, len(resp.Items))
+	for _, it := range resp.Items {
+		byID[it.ID] = meta{seconds: parseISO8601Seconds(it.ContentDetails.Duration), live: it.Snippet.LiveBroadcastContent}
+	}
+
+	kept := videos[:0]
+	for _, v := range videos {
+		m, ok := byID[v.ProviderVideoID]
+		if !ok {
+			kept = append(kept, v) // unknown metadata: keep, let the fetch decide
+			continue
+		}
+		if m.live != "" && m.live != "none" {
+			continue // live or upcoming broadcast
+		}
+		if m.seconds > 0 && m.seconds < a.cfg.MinVideoSeconds {
+			continue // Short / sub-threshold clip
+		}
+		kept = append(kept, v)
+	}
+	return kept
+}
+
+// parseISO8601Seconds parses an ISO 8601 duration as returned by the YouTube Data
+// API (e.g. "PT1H2M3S", "PT45S", "PT3M") into seconds. Only the hour/minute/second
+// components YouTube emits are handled; an unparseable or zero value returns 0,
+// which the caller treats as "unknown" (not filtered on duration).
+func parseISO8601Seconds(d string) int {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(d, "PT") {
+		return 0
+	}
+	d = d[2:]
+	total, num := 0, 0
+	seen := false
+	for _, r := range d {
+		switch {
+		case r >= '0' && r <= '9':
+			num = num*10 + int(r-'0')
+			seen = true
+		case r == 'H':
+			total += num * 3600
+			num, seen = 0, false
+		case r == 'M':
+			total += num * 60
+			num, seen = 0, false
+		case r == 'S':
+			total += num
+			num, seen = 0, false
+		default:
+			return 0 // unexpected component (days/weeks) — treat as unknown
+		}
+	}
+	if seen {
+		return 0 // trailing digits without a unit: malformed
+	}
+	return total
 }
 
 // VideoByID fetches a single video's metadata (videos.list, snippet) for an
@@ -377,11 +474,16 @@ type playlistItemListResponse struct {
 
 type videoListResponse struct {
 	Items []struct {
+		ID      string `json:"id"`
 		Snippet struct {
-			Title        string    `json:"title"`
-			ChannelTitle string    `json:"channelTitle"`
-			PublishedAt  time.Time `json:"publishedAt"`
+			Title                string    `json:"title"`
+			ChannelTitle         string    `json:"channelTitle"`
+			PublishedAt          time.Time `json:"publishedAt"`
+			LiveBroadcastContent string    `json:"liveBroadcastContent"`
 		} `json:"snippet"`
+		ContentDetails struct {
+			Duration string `json:"duration"` // ISO 8601, e.g. "PT1M30S"
+		} `json:"contentDetails"`
 	} `json:"items"`
 }
 

internal/adapters/youtube/youtube_test.go

@@ -186,6 +186,91 @@ func TestNewVideosCapsAtMax(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestNewVideosFiltersShortsAndLive: with MinVideoSeconds set, discovery enriches
+// candidates via videos.list and drops sub-threshold clips (Shorts) and
+// live/upcoming broadcasts before they reach the rate-limited caption path.
+func TestNewVideosFiltersShortsAndLive(t *testing.T) {
+	a, _ := newTestAdapter(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		switch r.URL.Path {
+		case "/playlistItems":
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{
+				"items": [
+					{"snippet": {"title": "Real Talk", "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T10:00:00Z", "resourceId": {"videoId": "long1"}}},
+					{"snippet": {"title": "A Short", "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T09:00:00Z", "resourceId": {"videoId": "short1"}}},
+					{"snippet": {"title": "Live Now", "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T08:00:00Z", "resourceId": {"videoId": "live1"}}}
+				]
+			}`))
+		case "/videos":
+			if got := r.URL.Query().Get("part"); got != "contentDetails,snippet" {
+				t.Errorf("videos.list part=%q, want contentDetails,snippet", got)
+			}
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{
+				"items": [
+					{"id": "long1", "contentDetails": {"duration": "PT12M30S"}, "snippet": {"liveBroadcastContent": "none"}},
+					{"id": "short1", "contentDetails": {"duration": "PT45S"}, "snippet": {"liveBroadcastContent": "none"}},
+					{"id": "live1", "contentDetails": {"duration": "PT0S"}, "snippet": {"liveBroadcastContent": "live"}}
+				]
+			}`))
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("unexpected path %q", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+	})
+	a.cfg.MinVideoSeconds = 60
+
+	vids, err := a.NewVideos(context.Background(), domain.Subscription{ID: "s1", UserID: "u1", ChannelID: "UC_acme"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewVideos: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(vids) != 1 || vids[0].ProviderVideoID != "long1" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected only long1 to survive the filter, got %+v", vids)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNewVideosNoFilterWhenDisabled: MinVideoSeconds=0 keeps the pre-ADR-023
+// behaviour — no videos.list call, no filtering.
+func TestNewVideosNoFilterWhenDisabled(t *testing.T) {
+	a, _ := newTestAdapter(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path == "/videos" {
+			t.Errorf("videos.list must not be called when MinVideoSeconds is 0")
+		}
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"items": [
+			{"snippet": {"title": "A Short", "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T09:00:00Z", "resourceId": {"videoId": "short1"}}}
+		]}`))
+	})
+	a.cfg.MinVideoSeconds = 0
+
+	vids, err := a.NewVideos(context.Background(), domain.Subscription{ID: "s1", UserID: "u1", ChannelID: "UC_acme"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewVideos: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(vids) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("filter disabled must keep all videos, got %d", len(vids))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseISO8601Seconds(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		in   string
+		want int
+	}{
+		{"PT45S", 45},
+		{"PT1M30S", 90},
+		{"PT3M", 180},
+		{"PT1H2M3S", 3723},
+		{"PT2H", 7200},
+		{"PT0S", 0},
+		{"", 0},
+		{"garbage", 0},
+		{"P1D", 0},  // days component not handled → unknown
+		{"PT10", 0}, // trailing digits without a unit → malformed
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		if got := parseISO8601Seconds(c.in); got != c.want {
+			t.Errorf("parseISO8601Seconds(%q) = %d, want %d", c.in, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TestUploadsPlaylistID covers the zero-cost UC->UU derivation, including
 // non-standard ids that must fall through unchanged (handled via fallback).
 func TestUploadsPlaylistID(t *testing.T) {

internal/config/config.go

@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ type Config struct {
 	// MaxTranscriptChars bounds the transcript text sent to the model so a long
 	// transcript does not overflow a small-context primary. 0 disables truncation.
 	MaxTranscriptChars int
+
+	// MinVideoSeconds drops videos shorter than this from discovery (Shorts and
+	// other sub-minute clips that are noise and waste the scarce caption-fetch
+	// budget, ADR-014/ADR-023). Enforced via a cheap Data API videos.list lookup at
+	// discovery, never the rate-limited caption path. 0 disables the filter.
+	MinVideoSeconds int
 	// SummarizerTimeout bounds a single completion call. Thinking models are
 	// slow, so the default is generous.
 	SummarizerTimeout time.Duration
@@ -138,6 +144,7 @@ const (
 	defaultCloudFallbackModel    = "berget/mistral-small"
 	defaultSummaryMaxTokens      = 1500
 	defaultMaxTranscriptChars    = 18000
+	defaultMinVideoSeconds       = 60
 	defaultSummarizerTimeout     = 5 * time.Minute
 	defaultYTTokenRef            = "youtube/refresh_token"
 	defaultYTConnectRedirectURL  = "https://tapir.d-ma.be/oauth/youtube/callback"
@@ -230,6 +237,15 @@ func Load() (Config, error) {
 	}
 	c.MaxTranscriptChars = maxChars
 
+	minVideo, err := intOr("TAPIR_MIN_VIDEO_SECONDS", defaultMinVideoSeconds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Config{}, err
+	}
+	if minVideo < 0 {
+		minVideo = 0
+	}
+	c.MinVideoSeconds = minVideo
+
 	onboard, err := intOr("TAPIR_ONBOARD_SUMMARIZE_COUNT", defaultOnboardSummarizeCount)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Config{}, err

internal/web/handlers.go

@@ -233,11 +233,20 @@ func (a *App) handleList(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 	hasConnected := len(conns) > 0
 
-	if isHTMX(r) {
-		a.render(w, r, summaryList(buckets, hasConnected))
+	// Summarization mode drives the backlog copy: an auto user is told summaries
+	// land gradually; a manual user is told to click Summarize (the first pilot
+	// user sat in manual mode reading "land automatically" and waited forever).
+	autoSummarize, err := a.Store.GetAutoSummarize(r.Context(), userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		a.serverError(w, r, "summarize mode", err)
 		return
 	}
-	a.render(w, r, ListPage(buckets, f, stats, takeFlash(w, r), hasConnected, channels))
+
+	if isHTMX(r) {
+		a.render(w, r, summaryList(buckets, hasConnected, autoSummarize))
+		return
+	}
+	a.render(w, r, ListPage(buckets, f, stats, takeFlash(w, r), hasConnected, channels, autoSummarize))
 }
 
 // handleDetail renders one summary in full (highlights, takeaways, action group).

internal/web/handlers_test.go

@@ -477,3 +477,36 @@ func postAction(t *testing.T, app *web.App, videoID, action string, htmx bool) *
 	}
 	return do(t, app, req)
 }
+
+// TestListManualModeBannerCopy: a manual-mode user with un-summarized videos
+// sees the manual prompt (click Summarize), NOT the "summaries land
+// automatically" copy that misled the first pilot user into waiting forever.
+func TestListManualModeBannerCopy(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	app := newApp(t)
+	p := rawPool(t)
+	resetDB(t, p)
+	seedVideo(t, p, videoX, "X Title", "https://x", time.Time{}) // pending, un-summarized
+	require.NoError(t, app.Store.SetAutoSummarize(ctx, userID, false))
+
+	html := body(t, do(t, app, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)))
+	require.Contains(t, html, "Manual mode")
+	require.Contains(t, html, "are not summarized automatically")
+	require.NotContains(t, html, "land gradually",
+		"manual-mode user must not be told summaries arrive automatically")
+}
+
+// TestListAutoModeBannerCopy: an auto-mode user with a backlog sees the
+// gradual-delivery copy, not the manual prompt.
+func TestListAutoModeBannerCopy(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	app := newApp(t)
+	p := rawPool(t)
+	resetDB(t, p)
+	seedVideo(t, p, videoX, "X Title", "https://x", time.Time{})
+	require.NoError(t, app.Store.SetAutoSummarize(ctx, userID, true))
+
+	html := body(t, do(t, app, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)))
+	require.Contains(t, html, "land gradually")
+	require.NotContains(t, html, "are not summarized automatically")
+}

internal/web/paste_test.go

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TestParseYouTubeVideoID(t *testing.T) {
 func TestListPageShowsPasteFormOnlyWhenConnected(t *testing.T) {
 	render := func(connected bool) string {
 		var buf bytes.Buffer
-		if err := ListPage(listBuckets{}, Filter{}, PipelineStats{}, "", connected, nil).Render(context.Background(), &buf); err != nil {
+		if err := ListPage(listBuckets{}, Filter{}, PipelineStats{}, "", connected, nil, true).Render(context.Background(), &buf); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("render: %v", err)
 		}
 		return buf.String()

internal/web/views.templ

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ templ flashBanner(code string) {
 // #summary-list region; a non-HTMX request renders the whole page. flash carries
 // a one-shot notification (e.g. "connected", "registered") surfaced on arrival
 // after a POST→redirect.
-templ ListPage(b listBuckets, f Filter, stats PipelineStats, flash string, hasConnected bool, channels []string) {
+templ ListPage(b listBuckets, f Filter, stats PipelineStats, flash string, hasConnected bool, channels []string, autoSummarize bool) {
 	@Layout("Tapir — Summaries") {
 		@flashBanner(flash)
 		if hasConnected {
@@ -116,14 +116,23 @@ templ ListPage(b listBuckets, f Filter, stats PipelineStats, flash string, hasCo
 		if stats.RateLimited > 0 || stats.Pending > 0 || stats.NoText > 0 {
 			@pipelineBar(stats)
 		}
-		if stats.RateLimited+stats.Pending > 0 {
+		if (stats.RateLimited+stats.Pending) > 0 && autoSummarize {
 			<p class="pipeline-note muted">
 				Tapir fetches captions slowly on purpose, to respect YouTube's limits —
 				new summaries land gradually. Check back tomorrow.
 			</p>
 		}
+		if (stats.RateLimited+stats.Pending) > 0 && !autoSummarize {
+			<p class="pipeline-note muted">
+				You are in Manual mode: new videos appear here but are not summarized
+				automatically. Use the Summarize button on the ones you want.
+			</p>
+			<p class="pipeline-note muted">
+				<a href="/account">Switch to Automatic</a> to have new videos summarized for you.
+			</p>
+		}
 		<div id="summary-list">
-			@summaryList(b, hasConnected)
+			@summaryList(b, hasConnected, autoSummarize)
 		</div>
 	}
 }
@@ -203,12 +212,16 @@ templ filterForm(f Filter, channels []string) {
 // and a single disclosure holding the older un-summarized back-catalogue. Cards
 // reflow to a single column on mobile; an empty list shows a friendly first-run
 // state instead of a blank table.
-templ summaryList(b listBuckets, hasConnected bool) {
+templ summaryList(b listBuckets, hasConnected bool, autoSummarize bool) {
 	if b.empty() {
 		if hasConnected {
 			<div class="empty empty-connected">
 				<strong>Your account is connected</strong>
-				<span>Tapir is finding your subscriptions and fetching captions — summaries appear here gradually. Check back later.</span>
+				if autoSummarize {
+					<span>Tapir is finding your subscriptions and fetching captions — summaries appear here gradually. Check back later.</span>
+				} else {
+					<span>Tapir is finding your subscriptions. You are in Manual mode, so videos appear here with a Summarize button — pick the ones you want, or switch to Automatic in your account.</span>
+				}
 			</div>
 		} else {
 			<div class="empty">