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+import { ingestProject, projectsWithRepos } from "@/lib/git/ingest";
+import { jsonError, jsonOk } from "@/lib/http/json";
+
+/**
+ * POST /api/cron/reconcile — hourly catch-up across every linked project.
+ *
+ * Exists because webhooks fail. A delivery lost while the app restarts is gone
+ * for good, and the dashboard stays plausible while being wrong, which is the
+ * worst failure available here. This is also the same code path as backfill,
+ * so the reliable path is the one that gets exercised constantly.
+ *
+ * Triggered by a Coolify scheduled task:
+ *   curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $CRON_SECRET" https://<app>/api/cron/reconcile
+ *
+ * One project failing must not stop the rest — a repository that was renamed
+ * should not silently freeze every other project's dashboard.
+ */
+export async function POST(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
+  const secret = process.env.CRON_SECRET;
+  if (!secret) {
+    console.error("[cron] CRON_SECRET is not set; refusing to run");
+    return jsonError("Not configured", 500);
+  }
+
+  if (request.headers.get("authorization") !== `Bearer ${secret}`) {
+    return jsonError("Unauthorized", 401);
+  }
+
+  const projects = await projectsWithRepos();
+  const results: Array<{ project: string; created?: number; error?: string }> = [];
+
+  for (const project of projects) {
+    try {
+      const result = await ingestProject(project, { stopAfterKnownPages: 1 });
+      results.push({ project: project.slug, created: result.created });
+    } catch (error) {
+      const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : "unknown error";
+      console.error(`[cron] ${project.slug} failed: ${message}`);
+      results.push({ project: project.slug, error: message });
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log(`[cron] reconciled ${projects.length} projects`);
+  return jsonOk({ projects: results });
+}
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