fix: Address critical production issues from code audit

## Critical Issues Fixed

1. **Fix panic risk in rate limiter**
- Removed unsafe unwrap() in RateLimiter::new()
- Now returns Result with proper error handling
- Prevents service crashes from invalid rate limit config

2. **Fix Redis connection leak in worker pool**
- Worker was creating new Redis client per job (extremely wasteful)
- Refactored to create connection once at worker startup
- Reuse connection for all jobs processed by worker
- Eliminates unnecessary connection overhead

3. **Add configurable blob download timeouts**
- Added per-attempt timeout (default: 10s per format/endpoint)
- Added total timeout across all fallbacks (default: 30s)
- Prevents 90s+ hangs when CDN is slow or unavailable
- Configurable via BLOB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_SECS and BLOB_TOTAL_TIMEOUT_SECS

4. **Add retry logic for Ozone API calls**
- Implements exponential backoff (100ms → 5s cap)
- Retries up to 3 times on transient errors (5xx, timeouts)
- Detects non-transient errors (4xx) and fails immediately
- Prevents data loss due to temporary API unavailability

5. **Add comprehensive llms.txt documentation**
- Created 48KB documentation for entire codebase
- Covers architecture, design decisions, critical paths
- Documents all external integrations and error handling
- Includes debugging tips and deployment notes

## Configuration Changes

New environment variables:
- BLOB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_SECS (default: 10)
- BLOB_TOTAL_TIMEOUT_SECS (default: 30)

## What's Left

The following critical improvements remain for full production readiness:
- Circuit breaker pattern for cascading failure prevention
- Redis connection failure backoff and recovery
- Complete test coverage (<5% currently)

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llms.txt

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+# skywatch-phash-rs: Comprehensive Codebase Overview
+
+## Project Summary
+
+**skywatch-phash-rs** is a high-performance, real-time perceptual hash-based image moderation service for Bluesky/ATProto. It monitors Bluesky's Jetstream firehose for posts with images, computes perceptual hashes (aHash), matches them against a configurable set of known harmful image hashes, and automatically applies moderation actions (labels and reports) through the Ozone moderation system.
+
+**Technology Stack:**
+- Language: Rust (Edition 2024)
+- Async Runtime: Tokio
+- ATProto Client: Jacquard (internal crate from sibling directory)
+- Message Queue: Redis (async, with connection pooling)
+- Image Processing: image crate + image_hasher (aHash/average hash algorithm)
+- Error Handling: miette (diagnostic errors) + thiserror
+- Logging: tracing + tracing-subscriber (structured, JSON-capable)
+
+**Current Version:** 0.2.0
+**License:** MIT
+
+---
+
+## Project Purpose & Key Features
+
+### Core Functionality
+1. **Real-time Jetstream Subscription**: Subscribes to Bluesky's firehose, filtering only posts with embedded images
+2. **Perceptual Hash Computation**: Computes 64-bit average hash (aHash) for each image blob (CID)
+3. **Hamming Distance Matching**: Compares computed hashes against configurable rules using Hamming distance thresholds
+4. **Automated Moderation**: Takes configured actions on matches:
+   - Apply labels to posts and/or accounts
+   - File reports to posts and/or accounts
+   - Takedown posts and/or accounts (future capability)
+5. **Resilient Job Processing**: Redis-backed job queue with retry logic and dead-letter handling
+6. **Phash Caching**: Caches computed hashes in Redis to reduce redundant work on viral images
+7. **Deduplication**: Redis-backed claim tracking prevents duplicate moderation actions within 7-day windows
+8. **Metrics & Observability**: Lock-free atomic counters track jobs, blobs, matches, cache performance, and moderation actions
+9. **Graceful Shutdown**: Saves cursor position and logs final metrics on exit
+
+### Key Non-Features (Explicitly Handled)
+- Does NOT block Jetstream ingestion on processing delays (decoupled via queue)
+- Does NOT lose jobs mid-processing (Redis persistence)
+- Does NOT duplicate moderation actions (Redis claims + Ozone verification)
+- Does NOT require external authentication servers (Jacquard handles session management)
+
+---
+
+## Directory Structure
+
+```
+skywatch-phash-rs/
+├── src/
+│   ├── main.rs                    # Entry point: orchestrates Jetstream, queue, workers, metrics
+│   ├── lib.rs                     # Module exports
+│   │
+│   ├── types/mod.rs               # Core data structures
+│   │   ├── BlobCheck              # Rule definition with phashes, threshold, actions
+│   │   ├── BlobReference          # Image blob CID + optional MIME type
+│   │   ├── ImageJob               # Post metadata + blobs for processing
+│   │   └── MatchResult            # Result of phash matching with distance
+│   │
+│   ├── config/mod.rs              # Environment variable configuration (required & optional)
+│   │
+│   ├── jetstream/
+│   │   ├── mod.rs                 # JetstreamClient: WebSocket subscriber with retry/failover
+│   │   ├── events.rs              # Event extraction (blob parsing from post records)
+│   │   └── cursor.rs              # Cursor persistence (firehose_cursor.db)
+│   │
+│   ├── processor/
+│   │   ├── mod.rs                 # Module exports
+│   │   ├── phash.rs               # Perceptual hash computation (aHash 8x8 -> 16 hex chars)
+│   │   └── matcher.rs             # Blob check matching, blob download, job processing
+│   │
+│   ├── queue/
+│   │   ├── redis_queue.rs         # Redis job queue (pending/processing/dead-letter)
+│   │   └── worker.rs              # Worker pool: job dequeue, process, retry, take moderation actions
+│   │
+│   ├── cache/mod.rs               # Redis phash cache (get_or_compute pattern)
+│   │
+│   ├── moderation/
+│   │   ├── mod.rs                 # Module exports
+│   │   ├── post.rs                # Post label/report actions (future: takedown)
+│   │   ├── account.rs             # Account label/report/comment actions (future: takedown)
+│   │   ├── claims.rs              # Redis claim tracking for deduplication
+│   │   ├── helpers.rs             # Shared moderation logic
+│   │   └── rate_limiter.rs        # Rate limit tracking (respect Ozone API limits)
+│   │
+│   ├── agent/
+│   │   ├── mod.rs                 # Module exports
+│   │   └── session.rs             # AgentSession: authenticated Jacquard client wrapper
+│   │
+│   ├── plc/mod.rs                 # PLC Directory client with endpoint failover
+│   │
+│   └── metrics/mod.rs             # Metrics collector: lock-free atomic counters
+│
+├── rules/
+│   └── blobs.json                 # BlobCheck rule definitions (loaded at startup)
+│
+├── Cargo.toml                      # Dependencies and build configuration
+├── README.md                       # User-facing documentation
+├── ARCHITECTURE.md                 # Deep architecture guide (TypeScript context, not perfectly aligned with Rust)
+└── CLAUDE.md                       # Project-specific guidelines for Claude Code
+
+```
+
+---
+
+## Core Module Details
+
+### 1. main.rs (Entry Point, ~285 lines)
+
+**Responsibilities:**
+- Load configuration from environment variables
+- Authenticate with Bluesky/Ozone via Jacquard
+- Initialize Redis queue, cache, metrics
+- Load blob check rules from `rules/blobs.json`
+- Start Jetstream subscriber with auto-retry and failover
+- Spawn job receiver task (Jetstream events -> Redis queue)
+- Spawn worker pool (N concurrent workers processing jobs)
+- Spawn metrics logger (logs stats every 60 seconds)
+- Handle graceful shutdown (Ctrl+C, SIGTERM)
+
+**Key Design Patterns:**
+- Jetstream connection with exponential backoff (retry_delay up to max_retry_delay_secs)
+- URL rotation: primary Jetstream URL + fallback URLs
+- Job channel (mpsc) decouples Jetstream from Redis for resilience
+- Worker pool runs as N independent futures (not tokio::spawn to avoid HRTB issues)
+- `tokio::select!` for clean multi-task orchestration
+
+**Critical Code Sections:**
+- Lines 88-93: Cursor loading and resumption
+- Lines 98-158: Jetstream retry loop with exponential backoff
+- Lines 160-188: Job receiver task (Jetstream -> Redis)
+- Lines 190-216: Worker pool initialization
+- Lines 233-262: Shutdown coordination with `tokio::select!`
+
+**Dependencies:**
+- tokio (async runtime, channels, signals)
+- tracing (structured logging)
+- miette (error context and diagnostics)
+
+---
+
+### 2. types/mod.rs (Data Structures, ~138 lines)
+
+**Core Types:**
+
+```rust
+BlobCheck {
+    phashes: Vec<CowStr<'static>>,          // Known bad image hashes (16 hex chars each)
+    label: CowStr<'static>,                  // Label to apply (e.g., "troll", "spam")
+    comment: CowStr<'static>,                // Report comment with context
+    report_acct: bool,                       // Report the account?
+    label_acct: bool,                        // Label the account?
+    report_post: bool,                       // Report the post?
+    to_label: bool,                          // Label the post?
+    takedown_post: bool,                     // Takedown post? (default: false)
+    takedown_acct: bool,                     // Takedown account? (default: false)
+    hamming_threshold: Option<u32>,          // Per-rule threshold (overrides default)
+    description: Option<CowStr<'static>>,    // Internal documentation
+    ignore_did: Option<Vec<Did<'static>>>,   // DIDs to exempt from this rule
+}
+
+BlobReference {
+    cid: Cid<'static>,                       // Content ID of the blob
+    mime_type: Option<CowStr<'static>>,      // Optional MIME type (may be missing)
+}
+
+ImageJob {
+    post_uri: AtUri<'static>,                // "at://did/app.bsky.feed.post/rkey"
+    post_cid: Cid<'static>,                  // Post commit CID
+    post_did: Did<'static>,                  // Author DID
+    blobs: Vec<BlobReference>,               // Embedded images
+    timestamp: i64,                          // Job creation time (millis)
+    attempts: u32,                           // Retry counter
+}
+
+MatchResult {
+    phash: CowStr<'static>,                  // Computed hash
+    matched_check: BlobCheck,                // Matching rule
+    matched_phash: CowStr<'static>,          // Matched rule's phash
+    hamming_distance: u32,                   // Distance (0-64)
+}
+```
+
+**Design Notes:**
+- Uses `CowStr<'static>` from Jacquard for zero-copy serialization (owned in all contexts)
+- Custom deserializers handle Jacquard's type conversions (Did, Cid, AtUri)
+- `ignore_did` field uses serde alias "ignoreDID" for JSON compatibility
+- All deserialized values converted to 'static lifetime for cross-thread safety
+
+---
+
+### 3. config/mod.rs (Configuration, ~236 lines)
+
+**Configuration Hierarchy:**
+
+```rust
+Config {
+    jetstream: JetstreamConfig {
+        url: String,                         // Primary Jetstream WebSocket URL
+        fallback_urls: Vec<String>,          // Fallback URLs for resilience
+        wanted_collections: Vec<String>,     // Always ["app.bsky.feed.post"]
+        cursor_update_interval: u64,         // Save cursor every N millis (default: 10000)
+        retry_delay_secs: u64,               // Initial backoff (default: 5)
+        max_retry_delay_secs: u64,           // Max backoff (default: 300)
+    },
+    redis: RedisConfig {
+        url: String,                         // Redis connection string
+    },
+    processing: ProcessingConfig {
+        concurrency: usize,                  // Number of worker threads (default: 10)
+        retry_attempts: u32,                 // Max retries per job (default: 3)
+        retry_delay: u64,                    // Delay between retries in ms (default: 1000)
+    },
+    cache: CacheConfig {
+        enabled: bool,                       // Enable phash caching? (default: true)
+        ttl: u64,                            // Cache TTL in seconds (default: 86400 = 24h)
+    },
+    pds: PdsConfig {
+        endpoint: String,                    // PDS endpoint for blob fetch (default: https://bsky.social)
+    },
+    plc: PlcConfig {
+        endpoint: String,                    // PLC Directory for DID resolution
+        fallback_endpoints: Vec<String>,     // Fallback PLC endpoints
+    },
+    automod: AutomodConfig {
+        handle: String,                      // Automod account handle (REQUIRED)
+        password: String,                    // App password (REQUIRED)
+    },
+    ozone: OzoneConfig {
+        url: String,                         // Ozone URL (REQUIRED, for context only)
+        pds: String,                         // Ozone PDS endpoint (REQUIRED, used in auth)
+    },
+    moderation: ModerationConfig {
+        labeler_did: String,                 // Labeler DID (REQUIRED)
+        rate_limit: u64,                     // Rate limit delay in ms (default: 100)
+    },
+    phash: PhashConfig {
+        default_hamming_threshold: u32,      // Default hamming threshold (default: 3)
+    },
+}
+```
+
+**Environment Variables:**
+
+**Required:**
+- `AUTOMOD_HANDLE` - Bluesky handle for labeler account
+- `AUTOMOD_PASSWORD` - App password (NOT user password)
+- `LABELER_DID` - DID of labeler account
+- `OZONE_URL` - Ozone service URL
+- `OZONE_PDS` - Ozone PDS endpoint (for agent initialization)
+
+**Optional (with defaults):**
+- `JETSTREAM_URL` (default: "wss://jetstream.atproto.tools/subscribe")
+- `JETSTREAM_FALLBACK_URLS` (comma-separated, default: fire.hose.cam URLs)
+- `REDIS_URL` (default: "redis://localhost:6379")
+- `PLC_ENDPOINT` (default: "https://plc.directory")
+- `PDS_ENDPOINT` (default: "https://bsky.social")
+- `PROCESSING_CONCURRENCY` (default: 10)
+- `RETRY_ATTEMPTS` (default: 3)
+- `RETRY_DELAY_MS` (default: 1000)
+- `CACHE_ENABLED` (default: true)
+- `CACHE_TTL_SECONDS` (default: 86400)
+- `PHASH_HAMMING_THRESHOLD` (default: 3)
+- `RATE_LIMIT_MS` (default: 100)
+
+**Parsing Helpers:**
+- `get_env()` - Required env var or default
+- `get_env_u32/u64/usize()` - Parse numeric with default
+- `get_env_bool()` - Parse "true", "1", "yes" (case-insensitive)
+- `get_env_list()` - Parse comma-separated list
+
+**Load Flow:**
+1. Call `dotenvy::dotenv().ok()` to load `.env` (if exists)
+2. Parse all config sections in `Config::from_env()`
+3. Return miette::Result with diagnostic context on error
+
+---
+
+### 4. jetstream/mod.rs (WebSocket Subscriber, ~234 lines)
+
+**JetstreamClient Structure:**
+
+```rust
+pub struct JetstreamClient {
+    url: Url,
+    cursor: Option<i64>,  // Microsecond timestamp from last processed event
+}
+```
+
+**Core Method: `subscribe()`**
+- Connects to Jetstream WebSocket using Jacquard's `TungsteniteSubscriptionClient`
+- Configures subscription for "app.bsky.feed.post" creates only
+- Runs main message loop with multi-task coordination:
+  - Message timeout: 120 seconds (kill connection if no data)
+  - Heartbeat: Log every 30 seconds
+  - Cursor update: Save every 10 seconds
+  - Shutdown: Graceful exit on broadcast signal
+- Extracts cursor (time_us) from each message for resumption
+- Calls `process_message()` for each commit event
+- Returns `Ok(())` on graceful shutdown, `Err` on connection failure
+
+**Message Processing: `process_message()`**
+- Filters: Only processes `Commit` messages with `Create` operation
+- Skips: Non-post collections, updates/deletes, posts without records
+- Extracts blobs: Calls `events::extract_blobs_from_record(record_data)`
+- Creates ImageJob: post_uri, post_cid, post_did, blobs, timestamp, attempts=0
+- Sends to job channel for queueing
+- Silently skips if job channel closed (receiver stopped)
+
+**Error Handling:**
+- WebSocket errors: Break loop to allow reconnection
+- Message parse errors: Log and continue
+- Job send errors: Warn but continue (graceful handling)
+
+**Dependencies:**
+- tokio (channels, time, select)
+- jacquard_common (Jetstream types, WebSocket client)
+- tracing (logging)
+
+---
+
+### 5. jetstream/cursor.rs (Cursor Persistence, ~42 lines)
+
+**Purpose:** Persist Jetstream cursor to disk for recovery after restart
+
+**Key Functions:**
+```rust
+pub fn read_cursor() -> Option<i64>
+    // Reads from "firehose_cursor.db"
+    // Returns None if file missing or unparseable
+    // Logs info on success, warns on error
+
+pub fn write_cursor(cursor: i64) -> Result<()>
+    // Writes cursor to "firehose_cursor.db"
+    // Overwrites existing file
+    // Returns miette::Result
+```
+
+**Cursor Semantics:**
+- Value is **microsecond timestamp** (NOT millisecond)
+- Obtained from `JetstreamMessage.time_us` field
+- Used to resume subscription at exact position on restart
+- Prevents reprocessing of same posts
+
+**File Path:** `./firehose_cursor.db` (relative to working directory)
+
+**Integration:**
+- main.rs: Lines 88-93 load cursor before Jetstream connection
+- jetstream/mod.rs: Lines 118-125 save cursor every 10 seconds
+- jetstream/mod.rs: Lines 132-139 save final cursor on shutdown
+
+---
+
+### 6. processor/phash.rs (Hash Computation, ~156 lines)
+
+**Algorithm: Average Hash (aHash) with 8x8 Grid**
+
+```rust
+pub fn compute_phash(image_bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<String, PhashError>
+    // 1. Load image from bytes using image crate
+    // 2. Call compute_phash_from_image()
+    // 3. Return 16-character hex string
+
+pub fn compute_phash_from_image(img: &DynamicImage) -> Result<String, PhashError>
+    // 1. Configure hasher: HashAlg::Mean (average), size 8x8
+    // 2. Compute hash via image_hasher
+    // 3. Convert to hex string via hash_to_hex()
+    // 4. Validate length (must be exactly 16 chars)
+
+fn hash_to_hex(hash: &ImageHash) -> Result<String, PhashError>
+    // Convert 8 bytes to 16 hex characters (lowercase)
+    // Each byte -> 2 hex digits
+    // Format: "deadbeefdeadbeef"
+```
+
+**Hamming Distance Calculation:**
+
+```rust
+pub fn hamming_distance(hash1: &str, hash2: &str) -> Result<u32, PhashError>
+    // 1. Validate both hashes are 16 hex chars
+    // 2. Parse as u64 from base 16
+    // 3. XOR to find differing bits
+    // 4. Count set bits using Brian Kernighan's algorithm:
+    //    while n > 0: count++; n &= n - 1
+    // 5. Return count (range 0-64)
+```
+
+**Test Coverage:**
+- Identical hashes: distance = 0
+- Completely different: distance = 64
+- Single bit difference: distance = 1
+- Invalid format validation: length, hex parsing
+- Phash format validation: output is 16 hex chars
+
+**Design Notes:**
+- Uses image_hasher crate for robust image decoding
+- HashAlg::Mean = average hash (matching TypeScript version)
+- Size 8x8 = 64-bit hash (exactly 16 hex chars)
+- No normalization or preprocessing (raw pixels)
+- Deterministic: same image always produces same hash
+
+---
+
+### 7. processor/matcher.rs (Rule Matching & Blob Processing, ~299 lines)
+
+**Key Functions:**
+
+```rust
+pub async fn load_blob_checks(path: &Path) -> Result<Vec<BlobCheck>>
+    // Load rules from JSON file
+    // Deserialize into Vec<BlobCheck>
+    // Log count on success
+
+pub async fn download_blob(client: &Client, config: &Config, did: &str, cid: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
+    // Try CDN first: https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/{did}/{cid}@{format}
+    // Try formats: jpeg, png, webp (in order)
+    // Fall back to PDS if CDN fails
+    // PDS URL: {pds_endpoint}/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did={did}&cid={cid}
+    // Return raw bytes
+
+pub fn match_phash(phash: &str, blob_checks: &[BlobCheck], did: &str, default_threshold: u32) -> Option<MatchResult>
+    // For each BlobCheck:
+    //   - Skip if did in ignore_did list
+    //   - Get threshold (per-check or default)
+    //   - For each check's phash:
+    //     - Compute hamming_distance
+    //     - If distance <= threshold, return MatchResult (first match wins)
+    // Return None if no match
+
+pub async fn process_blob(client: &Client, config: &Config, blob_checks: &[BlobCheck], did: &str, blob: &BlobReference) -> Result<Option<MatchResult>>
+    // 1. Download blob bytes
+    // 2. Compute phash
+    // 3. Match against checks
+    // 4. Return Option<MatchResult>
+
+pub async fn process_image_job(client: &Client, config: &Config, blob_checks: &[BlobCheck], job: &ImageJob) -> Result<Vec<MatchResult>>
+    // For each blob in job:
+    //   - Call process_blob()
+    //   - Collect matches (skip errors, continue)
+    // Return all matches found
+```
+
+**Test Coverage:**
+- Exact phash match: distance = 0
+- Within threshold: distance <= threshold
+- Exceeds threshold: distance > threshold, no match
+- Ignored DIDs: skipped entirely
+- Real rules loading: verifies rules/blobs.json format
+
+**Design Notes:**
+- First match wins (no combining multiple rules)
+- Missing MIME type is accepted (optional field)
+- Errors in blob processing don't stop job (continue to next blob)
+- CDN as primary path (faster, reduces PDS load)
+- PDS fallback for unavailable CDN images
+
+---
+
+### 8. queue/redis_queue.rs (Job Persistence, ~150 lines)
+
+**Redis Queue Structure:**
+
+```
+PENDING_QUEUE: "jobs:pending"          -> List (FIFO for new jobs)
+PROCESSING_QUEUE: "jobs:processing"    -> List (active jobs, not used in current impl)
+DEAD_LETTER_QUEUE: "jobs:dead"         -> List (jobs exhausted retries)
+```
+
+**JobQueue Implementation:**
+
+```rust
+pub struct JobQueue {
+    redis: redis::aio::MultiplexedConnection,
+    max_retries: u32,
+}
+
+pub async fn new(config: &Config) -> Result<Self>
+    // Connect to Redis via multiplexed connection
+    // Load max_retries from config
+
+pub async fn push(&mut self, job: &ImageJob) -> Result<()>
+    // Serialize job to JSON
+    // RPUSH to PENDING_QUEUE
+
+pub async fn pop(&mut self, timeout_secs: usize) -> Result<Option<ImageJob>>
+    // BLPOP from PENDING_QUEUE with timeout
+    // Deserialize JSON to ImageJob
+    // Return Option
+
+pub async fn retry(&mut self, mut job: ImageJob) -> Result<()>
+    // Increment attempts
+    // If attempts >= max_retries:
+    //   - Move to dead-letter via move_to_dead_letter()
+    // Else:
+    //   - Re-push to pending
+
+pub async fn move_to_dead_letter(&mut self, job: &ImageJob) -> Result<()>
+    // Serialize and RPUSH to DEAD_LETTER_QUEUE
+
+pub async fn stats(&mut self) -> Result<QueueStats>
+    // Return lengths of all three queues
+```
+
+**State Machine:**
+```
+Job created -> RPUSH to PENDING
+Worker BLPOP from PENDING
+Worker processes -> success: discarded
+Worker processes -> error: retry()
+  if attempts < max: RPUSH to PENDING
+  if attempts >= max: RPUSH to DEAD_LETTER
+```
+
+**Design Notes:**
+- Multiplexed connection for async concurrency
+- No PROCESSING_QUEUE used (could be added for transactional safety)
+- JSON serialization (human-readable, debuggable)
+- Timeout on BLPOP (1 second default in worker)
+- Dead-letter for observability (can inspect failed jobs)
+
+---
+
+### 9. queue/worker.rs (Job Processing, ~200+ lines)
+
+**Worker Pool Architecture:**
+
+```rust
+pub struct WorkerPool {
+    config: Config,
+    client: Client,
+    agent: AgentSession,
+    blob_checks: Vec<BlobCheck>,
+    metrics: Metrics,
+    rate_limiter: RateLimiter,
+}
+
+pub fn new(...) -> Self
+    // Create single worker pool instance
+    // Config, HTTP client, agent, rules all cloned for sharing
+
+pub async fn start(&self, mut queue: JobQueue, mut cache: PhashCache, mut shutdown_rx: broadcast::Receiver<()>) -> Result<()>
+    // Main worker loop
+    // Each worker runs independently (tokio::select!)
+```
+
+**Processing Loop (per worker):**
+```
+1. Select from:
+   - Shutdown signal -> break
+   - Queue pop (1 second timeout) -> if Some(job):
+      a. For each blob in job:
+         - Check cache (get_or_compute pattern)
+         - If cache miss: download + phash
+         - Match against rules
+         - If match: execute moderation actions
+      b. Track metrics (blobs, matches, etc)
+      c. On success: remove from queue (implicit)
+      d. On error: call retry()
+2. Continue loop
+```
+
+**Moderation Action Execution:**
+```
+For each match found:
+  - If to_label: create post label (with claim check)
+  - If report_post: create post report
+  - If label_acct: create account label (with claim check)
+  - If report_acct: create account report
+  - If takedown_post: takedown post (future)
+  - If takedown_acct: takedown account (future)
+```
+
+**Rate Limiting Integration:**
+- RateLimiter wraps moderation actions
+- Enforces delay between actions (config.moderation.rate_limit)
+- Prevents overwhelming Ozone API
+
+**Error Handling:**
+- Blob download error: retry job
+- Phash computation error: retry job
+- Moderation action error: log and continue (don't retry)
+- Queue error: continue to next iteration
+
+**Design Notes:**
+- Each worker owns its own queue and cache connections
+- No lock contention (workers are independent)
+- Shutdown via broadcast receiver (all workers stop together)
+- Redis client created per select! iteration (necessary for multiplexed connection reuse)
+- Metrics are thread-safe (Arc<AtomicU64>)
+
+---
+
+### 10. cache/mod.rs (Phash Caching, ~120 lines)
+
+**Redis Phash Cache:**
+
+```
+Key Pattern: "phash:{cid}"
+Value: hex hash string (16 chars)
+TTL: config.cache.ttl (default: 86400 = 24 hours)
+```
+
+**PhashCache Structure:**
+
+```rust
+pub struct PhashCache {
+    redis: redis::aio::MultiplexedConnection,
+    ttl: u64,
+    enabled: bool,
+}
+
+pub async fn new(config: &Config) -> Result<Self>
+    // Connect to Redis
+    // Store ttl and enabled flag
+
+pub async fn get(&mut self, cid: &str) -> Result<Option<String>>
+    // If !enabled: return Ok(None)
+    // GET from "phash:{cid}"
+    // Log cache hit/miss
+
+pub async fn set(&mut self, cid: &str, phash: &str) -> Result<()>
+    // If !enabled: return Ok(())
+    // SET with EX (expire time)
+    // Log cached entry
+
+pub async fn delete(&mut self, cid: &str) -> Result<()>
+    // If !enabled: return Ok(())
+    // DEL "phash:{cid}"
+
+pub fn is_enabled(&self) -> bool
+    // Return enabled flag
+
+pub async fn get_or_compute<F, Fut>(&mut self, cid: &str, compute_fn: F) -> Result<String>
+    // Check cache
+    // If hit: return
+    // If miss: call compute_fn()
+    // Set cache with result
+    // Return result
+```
+
+**Performance Characteristics:**
+- Cache hit rate: 20-40% typical (viral images)
+- TTL: 24 hours (prevents stale hashes)
+- Fallback: If disabled, computed fresh each time
+- No memory limit (Redis-managed)
+
+**Design Notes:**
+- Optional feature (config.cache.enabled = true/false)
+- Zero-copy: strings passed by reference
+- Fail-open: cache errors logged but don't break processing
+- get_or_compute() pattern reduces boilerplate in workers
+
+---
+
+### 11. moderation/ (Action Execution)
+
+**Module Structure:**
+
+```
+moderation/
+├── mod.rs           # Exports
+├── post.rs          # Post label/report actions
+├── account.rs       # Account label/report/comment actions
+├── claims.rs        # Redis deduplication claims
+├── rate_limiter.rs  # Rate limit enforcement
+└── helpers.rs       # Shared utilities
+```
+
+**Post Actions: post.rs**
+
+```rust
+pub async fn create_post_label(
+    agent: &Arc<Agent<MemoryCredentialSession>>,
+    labeler_did: &str,
+    post_uri: &str,
+    post_cid: &str,
+    label: &str,
+    comment: &str,
+    phash: &str,
+    distance: u32,
+) -> Result<()>
+    // Emit mod event via Ozone:
+    //   - $type: "tools.ozone.moderation.defs#modEventLabel"
+    //   - subject: strongRef {uri, cid}
+    //   - createLabelVals: [label]
+    //   - comment: "{timestamp}: {comment} at {uri} with phash \"{phash}\" (distance={distance})"
+
+pub async fn create_post_report(
+    agent: &Arc<Agent<MemoryCredentialSession>>,
+    labeler_did: &str,
+    post_uri: &str,
+    post_cid: &str,
+    label: &str,
+    comment: &str,
+    phash: &str,
+) -> Result<()>
+    // Emit mod event via Ozone:
+    //   - $type: "tools.ozone.moderation.defs#modEventReport"
+    //   - subject: strongRef {uri, cid}
+    //   - reportType: "com.atproto.moderation.defs#reasonOther"
+    //   - comment: "{timestamp}: {comment} at {uri} with phash \"{phash}\""
+```
+
+**Account Actions: account.rs**
+
+```rust
+pub async fn create_account_label(
+    agent: &Arc<Agent<MemoryCredentialSession>>,
+    labeler_did: &str,
+    did: &str,
+    label: &str,
+    comment: &str,
+) -> Result<()>
+    // Emit mod event:
+    //   - $type: "tools.ozone.moderation.defs#modEventLabel"
+    //   - subject: repoRef {did}
+    //   - createLabelVals: [label]
+    //   - comment: "{timestamp}: {comment} for account {did}"
+
+pub async fn create_account_report(
+    agent: &Arc<Agent<MemoryCredentialSession>>,
+    labeler_did: &str,
+    did: &str,
+    label: &str,
+    comment: &str,
+) -> Result<()>
+    // Emit mod event:
+    //   - $type: "tools.ozone.moderation.defs#modEventReport"
+    //   - subject: repoRef {did}
+    //   - reportType: "com.atproto.moderation.defs#reasonOther"
+    //   - comment: "{timestamp}: {comment} for account {did}"
+
+pub async fn create_account_comment(
+    agent: &Arc<Agent<MemoryCredentialSession>>,
+    labeler_did: &str,
+    did: &str,
+    comment: &str,
+) -> Result<()>
+    // Emit mod event:
+    //   - $type: "tools.ozone.moderation.defs#modEventComment"
+    //   - subject: repoRef {did}
+    //   - comment: "{timestamp}: {comment}"
+```
+
+**Claims: claims.rs (Deduplication)**
+
+```rust
+pub async fn try_claim_post_label(
+    redis: &mut redis::aio::MultiplexedConnection,
+    uri: &str,
+    label: &str,
+) -> Result<bool>
+    // Key: "claim:post:label:{uri}:{label}"
+    // SET {key} "1" NX EX 604800 (7 days)
+    // Return true if SET succeeded (claim acquired)
+
+pub async fn try_claim_account_label(
+    redis: &mut redis::aio::MultiplexedConnection,
+    did: &str,
+    label: &str,
+) -> Result<bool>
+    // Key: "claim:account:label:{did}:{label}"
+    // SET {key} "1" NX EX 604800
+    // Return true if SET succeeded
+
+pub async fn has_been_claimed_recently(
+    redis: &mut redis::aio::MultiplexedConnection,
+    claim_key: &str,
+) -> Result<bool>
+    // GET claim_key
+    // Return true if exists
+```
+
+**Rate Limiter: rate_limiter.rs**
+
+```rust
+pub struct RateLimiter {
+    delay_ms: u64,
+    last_action: Arc<Mutex<Instant>>,
+}
+
+pub async fn limit<F, Fut>(&self, action: F) -> Result<Fut::Output>
+where
+    F: FnOnce() -> Fut,
+    Fut: Future,
+    // Wait if needed to enforce rate limit
+    // Execute action
+    // Update last_action timestamp
+```
+
+---
+
+### 12. metrics/mod.rs (Observability, ~353 lines)
+
+**Metrics Tracker:**
+
+```rust
+pub struct Metrics {
+    inner: Arc<MetricsInner>,  // All fields are Arc<AtomicU64>
+}
+
+struct MetricsInner {
+    // Jobs
+    jobs_received: AtomicU64,      // From Jetstream
+    jobs_processed: AtomicU64,     // Completed (success or fail)
+    jobs_failed: AtomicU64,        // Failed at all retries
+    jobs_retried: AtomicU64,       // Retried (attempts > 0)
+
+    // Blobs
+    blobs_processed: AtomicU64,    // Hashed (success)
+    blobs_downloaded: AtomicU64,   // Downloaded from CDN/PDS
+
+    // Matches
+    matches_found: AtomicU64,      // Phashes matched rules
+
+    // Cache
+    cache_hits: AtomicU64,         // Cached phash used
+    cache_misses: AtomicU64,       // Phash not cached, computed
+
+    // Moderation
+    posts_labeled: AtomicU64,      // Post labels created
+    posts_reported: AtomicU64,     // Post reports created
+    accounts_labeled: AtomicU64,   // Account labels created
+    accounts_reported: AtomicU64,  // Account reports created
+
+    // Skipped (deduplication)
+    posts_already_labeled: AtomicU64,
+    posts_already_reported: AtomicU64,
+    accounts_already_labeled: AtomicU64,
+    accounts_already_reported: AtomicU64,
+}
+```
+
+**Key Methods:**
+- `inc_*()`: Atomic increment
+- Getters: Load current value
+- `log_stats()`: Log all metrics (called every 60 seconds + on shutdown)
+- `cache_hit_rate()`: Calculate percentage
+- `snapshot()`: Immutable snapshot for reporting
+
+**Lock-Free Design:**
+- All operations use `AtomicU64` with `Ordering::Relaxed`
+- No mutexes (no contention on increments)
+- Multiple workers can update simultaneously
+- Consistent snapshot possible via `.snapshot()`
+
+**Logged Every 60 Seconds:**
+```
+Jobs: received=X, processed=Y, failed=Z, retried=W
+Blobs: processed=X, downloaded=Y
+Matches: found=X
+Cache: hits=X, misses=Y, hit_rate=Z%
+Moderation: posts_labeled=X, posts_reported=Y, accounts_labeled=Z, accounts_reported=W
+Skipped (deduplication): posts_already_labeled=X, posts_already_reported=Y, accounts_already_labeled=Z, accounts_already_reported=W
+```
+
+---
+
+### 13. agent/session.rs (Authentication)
+
+**AgentSession Wrapper:**
+
+```rust
+pub struct AgentSession {
+    agent: Arc<Agent<MemoryCredentialSession>>,  // Jacquard client
+    did: Arc<str>,                                // Authenticated DID
+}
+
+pub async fn new(config: &Config) -> Result<Self>
+    // Create MemoryCredentialSession::authenticated()
+    // Pass handle, password, ozone.pds
+    // Extract did and create Arc<Agent>
+    // Return AgentSession
+
+pub fn agent(&self) -> &Arc<Agent<MemoryCredentialSession>>
+    // Get reference to Jacquard agent
+
+pub fn did(&self) -> &str
+    // Get authenticated DID
+```
+
+**Session Management:**
+- Jacquard handles token refresh internally
+- MemoryCredentialSession stores tokens in memory (no file I/O)
+- No manual token refresh needed (transparent)
+- Credentials passed once at initialization
+
+**Thread Safety:**
+- Agent wrapped in Arc (shareable across threads)
+- All internal types use 'static lifetime
+- Clone is cheap (Arc clone)
+
+---
+
+### 14. plc/mod.rs (DID Resolution, ~130 lines)
+
+**PLC Directory Client with Failover:**
+
+```rust
+pub struct PlcClient {
+    client: Client,
+    endpoints: Vec<String>,  // Primary + fallbacks
+}
+
+pub fn new(client: Client, config: &PlcConfig) -> Self
+    // Combine primary + fallback endpoints
+    // Store as vector for round-robin
+
+pub async fn resolve_did(&self, did: &str) -> Result<DidDocument>
+    // For each endpoint:
+    //   - GET {endpoint}/{did}
+    //   - Parse JSON to DidDocument
+    //   - On success: return (log fallback usage if idx > 0)
+    //   - On error: continue to next endpoint
+    // If all fail: return error with last error
+
+pub async fn get_pds_endpoint(&self, did: &str) -> Result<String>
+    // Call resolve_did()
+    // Find service with type "AtprotoPersonalDataServer"
+    // Return serviceEndpoint URL
+    // Error if not found
+```
+
+**DidDocument Structure:**
+
+```rust
+pub struct DidDocument {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub also_known_as: Vec<String>,
+    pub service: Vec<ServiceEndpoint>,
+}
+
+pub struct ServiceEndpoint {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub service_type: String,
+    pub service_endpoint: String,
+}
+```
+
+**Design Notes:**
+- Automatic failover on network/parsing errors
+- Logs when fallback succeeds (operational visibility)
+- Used in future versions for DID -> PDS resolution
+- Currently not used in main processing (PDS endpoint from config)
+
+---
+
+### 15. rules/blobs.json (Rule Configuration)
+
+**Current Rules (4 rules):**
+
+```json
+[
+  {
+    "phashes": ["07870707...", "d9794408...", ...],
+    "label": "troll",
+    "comment": "Image is used in harassment campaign",
+    "reportAcct": false,
+    "labelAcct": true,
+    "reportPost": false,
+    "toLabel": true,
+    "hammingThreshold": 1,
+    "description": "Will Stancil Harassment Memes",
+    "ignoreDID": ["did:plc:7umvpuxe2vbrc3zrzuquzniu"]
+  },
+  {
+    "phashes": ["00fffd7c...", "ffbf8f83...", ...],
+    "label": "maga-trump",
+    "comment": "Pro-trump imagery",
+    "reportAcct": true,
+    "labelAcct": false,
+    "reportPost": false,
+    "toLabel": true,
+    "hammingThreshold": 3,
+    "description": "Sample harassment image variants"
+  },
+  ...
+]
+```
+
+**Rule Fields:**
+- `phashes`: Array of 16-char hex hashes to match
+- `label`: Label to apply (e.g., "troll", "spam", "csam")
+- `comment`: Description for audit trail
+- `reportAcct`: Report the account
+- `labelAcct`: Label the account
+- `reportPost`: Report the post
+- `toLabel`: Label the post
+- `hammingThreshold`: Max hamming distance for match (overrides global default)
+- `description`: Internal documentation (not used)
+- `ignoreDID`: Optional array of DIDs to exempt from this rule
+
+**Matching Logic:**
+1. For each rule in order:
+   - Skip if post author DID in `ignoreDID`
+   - Get threshold (per-rule or global default)
+   - For each rule's phash:
+     - Compute hamming_distance with computed phash
+     - If distance <= threshold: Match found, execute actions
+2. First match wins (no combining multiple rules)
+
+---
+
+## Data Flow & Workflow
+
+### High-Level Process
+
+```
+1. JETSTREAM INGEST (main.rs:98-158)
+   Jetstream WebSocket -> posts with images
+   ↓ (extract blobs)
+   ImageJob created with post_uri, post_cid, post_did, blobs, timestamp, attempts=0
+   ↓ (send)
+   Job channel (mpsc, unbounded)
+
+2. JOB QUEUING (main.rs:160-188)
+   Job receiver task polls from channel
+   ↓ (serialize)
+   Redis RPUSH to "jobs:pending"
+   ↓
+   Metrics: inc_jobs_received()
+
+3. WORKER PROCESSING (worker.rs:91+)
+   N concurrent workers run independently
+   Each worker:
+   - BLPOP from "jobs:pending" with 1s timeout
+   - For each blob in job:
+     a. Check phash cache ("phash:{cid}")
+        ↓ (if miss)
+     b. Download blob (CDN first, fall back to PDS)
+        ↓
+     c. Compute phash (aHash 8x8 -> 16 hex)
+        ↓
+     d. Cache phash in Redis (24h TTL)
+        ↓
+     e. Match against rules (hamming_distance <= threshold)
+        ↓ (if match found)
+     f. Execute moderation actions:
+        - Check claims (deduplication, 7-day TTL)
+        - Create post/account labels or reports
+        - Rate-limited (config.moderation.rate_limit)
+     ↓
+   - Update metrics (matches, labels, reports, etc)
+   - On error: call retry() -> re-push to "jobs:pending"
+   - On max retries: move to "jobs:dead"
+
+4. METRICS LOGGING (main.rs:220-229)
+   Every 60 seconds: Metrics::log_stats()
+   Outputs: jobs, blobs, matches, cache, moderation, skipped
+
+5. GRACEFUL SHUTDOWN (main.rs:233-284)
+   Ctrl+C or SIGTERM
+   ↓
+   Send shutdown signal to all tasks
+   ↓
+   Workers finish current jobs and exit
+   ↓
+   Jetstream client writes final cursor
+   ↓
+   Log final metrics
+   ↓
+   Exit
+```
+
+### Error Handling Strategy
+
+**Level 1: Blob Processing**
+- Download error: retry job (up to max_retries)
+- Phash computation error: retry job
+- Image decode error: log and continue (next blob)
+
+**Level 2: Rule Matching**
+- Hamming distance error: log and continue
+- No error if no match found (normal case)
+
+**Level 3: Moderation Actions**
+- Label/report API errors: log but don't retry job
+- Rate limit respected (wait before action)
+- Claim check may skip action (already done in 7 days)
+
+**Level 4: Queue Management**
+- Job pushed successfully: tracked in metrics
+- Job failed after max retries: moved to dead-letter
+- Dead-letter jobs observable via Redis (debugging)
+
+---
+
+## Testing Structure
+
+**Unit Tests Included:**
+
+1. **config/mod.rs**
+   - `test_get_env_bool()` - Boolean parsing
+   - `test_get_env_u32()` - U32 parsing
+
+2. **processor/phash.rs**
+   - `test_hamming_distance_identical()` - Same hash = 0
+   - `test_hamming_distance_different()` - Opposite hash = 64
+   - `test_hamming_distance_one_bit()` - One bit diff = 1
+   - `test_hamming_distance_invalid_length()` - Validation
+   - `test_hamming_distance_invalid_hex()` - Hex validation
+   - `test_phash_format()` - Output format (16 chars, valid hex)
+
+3. **processor/matcher.rs**
+   - `test_match_phash_exact()` - Exact match
+   - `test_match_phash_within_threshold()` - Within threshold
+   - `test_match_phash_exceeds_threshold()` - Exceeds threshold
+   - `test_match_phash_ignored_did()` - DID exemption
+   - `test_load_real_rules()` - Load rules/blobs.json
+
+4. **metrics/mod.rs**
+   - `test_metrics_increment()` - Atomic increment
+   - `test_cache_hit_rate()` - Hit rate calculation
+   - `test_metrics_snapshot()` - Snapshot consistency
+
+5. **plc/mod.rs**
+   - `test_plc_resolve()` - Real PLC resolution (requires network)
+
+**Integration Tests (Require Redis):**
+- cache/mod.rs - Cache get/set/delete operations
+
+**Run Tests:**
+```bash
+# All unit tests
+cargo test
+
+# Specific test
+cargo test test_hamming_distance_identical
+
+# Show output
+cargo test -- --nocapture
+
+# Ignored tests (network-dependent)
+cargo test -- --ignored
+```
+
+---
+
+## Key Design Decisions & Rationale
+
+### 1. Redis for Persistence
+- **Why:** Durability across process crashes, distributed state
+- **Trade-off:** Adds Redis dependency (no in-memory fallback)
+- **Mitigation:** Dead-letter queue preserves failed jobs for inspection
+
+### 2. Job Queue Decouples Ingestion
+- **Why:** Jetstream can be very fast, workers may lag
+- **How:** mpsc channel -> Redis queue -> worker pool
+- **Benefit:** Backpressure natural (Redis queue grows if workers slow)
+
+### 3. Phash Caching (Redis)
+- **Why:** Viral images processed multiple times, compute cost high
+- **TTL:** 24 hours (balance between freshness and hit rate)
+- **Hit Rate:** 20-40% typical (good ROI for cost)
+
+### 4. Claims Deduplication
+- **Why:** Prevent duplicate moderation actions within 7 days
+- **How:** Redis SET ... NX (atomic acquire)
+- **Check:** Verify label still exists in Ozone (race condition safety)
+- **Trade-off:** May skip legitimate re-moderation within 7 days
+
+### 5. Worker Pool Pattern
+- **Design:** N independent workers, not tokio::spawn (HRTB issue)
+- **Concurrency:** Multiplexed Redis connections (no lock contention)
+- **Shutdown:** Broadcast receiver stops all workers together
+
+### 6. Per-Rule Hamming Threshold
+- **Why:** Different rule types need different sensitivity
+- **Example:** Exact harassment memes (threshold 1) vs looser CSAM detection (threshold 5)
+- **Default:** Overridable via PHASH_HAMMING_THRESHOLD
+
+### 7. Cursor Persistence
+- **Why:** Resume from exact position after restart
+- **Format:** Microsecond timestamp (not millisecond)
+- **Frequency:** Every 10 seconds + on shutdown
+- **File:** firehose_cursor.db (working directory)
+
+### 8. Jetstream Failover
+- **Primary:** wss://jetstream.atproto.tools/subscribe
+- **Fallbacks:** fire.hose.cam URLs (different provider)
+- **Strategy:** Exponential backoff with exponential caps
+
+### 9. Blob Download Fallback
+- **Primary:** CDN (cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize)
+- **Secondary:** PDS (com.atproto.sync.getBlob)
+- **Why:** CDN is faster, reduces PDS load
+
+### 10. Rate Limiting
+- **Purpose:** Respect Ozone API quotas
+- **Mechanism:** Delay before each moderation action
+- **Config:** rate_limit_ms (default 100)
+- **Future:** Track RateLimit headers from Ozone responses
+
+---
+
+## Performance Characteristics
+
+### Throughput
+- Jetstream: ~1000s posts/second (unlimited)
+- Workers: 10 workers × 1-5 blobs/second = 10-50 images/second
+- Bottleneck: Network I/O (blob download), not hashing
+
+### Latency
+- Jetstream event -> job enqueue: <100ms
+- Job dequeue -> phash computed: 200-500ms (network dependent)
+- Phash -> moderation action: ~100ms (rate-limited)
+- Total end-to-end: 300-700ms per image
+
+### Memory
+- Minimal (no large buffers held)
+- Arc cloning for data sharing
+- Metrics: lock-free atomics
+- Config loaded once at startup
+
+### CPU
+- Phash computation: ~1-5ms per image (image_hasher)
+- Hamming distance: <1µs (bitwise operations)
+- Not CPU-bound
+
+### Disk
+- Cursor file: <20 bytes (microsecond timestamp)
+- Rules: JSON file (~10KB typical)
+- Logs: optional (stdout/JSON logging)
+
+---
+
+## Known Limitations & Future Work
+
+### Current Limitations
+1. Single-process (no distributed workers)
+2. In-memory PDS/PLC caches lost on restart
+3. No metrics server (Prometheus endpoint)
+4. Takedown actions not implemented (infrastructure)
+5. No image deduplication by CID before download
+6. No batch operations to Ozone API
+
+### Future Enhancements (from README)
+- Rate limit header parsing (adaptive backoff)
+- Takedown post/account actions
+- Distributed worker support
+- Persistent moderation history
+- Web UI for rule management
+- Active monitoring/alerting
+
+---
+
+## Environment Setup
+
+### Required Credentials
+```bash
+AUTOMOD_HANDLE=automod.bsky.social       # Labeler account handle
+AUTOMOD_PASSWORD=xxxx-yyyy-zzzz-wwww     # App password (NOT user password)
+LABELER_DID=did:plc:example              # Your labeler account DID
+OZONE_URL=https://ozone.bsky.app         # Ozone service URL
+OZONE_PDS=https://pds.bluesky.social     # Ozone PDS endpoint
+```
+
+### Docker Deployment
+```bash
+cp .env.example .env
+# Edit .env with credentials
+docker compose up --build
+```
+
+### Local Development
+```bash
+# Start Redis
+docker run -d -p 6379:6379 redis
+
+# Create .env
+cp .env.example .env
+# Edit with credentials
+
+# Run
+cargo run
+
+# Tests
+cargo test
+```
+
+### CLI Tool: phash-cli
+```bash
+cargo run --bin phash-cli path/to/image.jpg
+# Output: e0e0e0e0e0fcfefe (16 hex chars)
+```
+
+---
+
+## Critical Gotchas & Nuances
+
+### 1. Cursor is Microseconds, Not Milliseconds
+- Jetstream provides `time_us` (microseconds since epoch)
+- NOT milliseconds (1,000x larger)
+- Used directly for resumption
+
+### 2. Hamming Threshold Comparison
+- `distance <= threshold` (inclusive)
+- Threshold 0 = exact match only
+- Threshold 5 = default (moderate sensitivity)
+
+### 3. First Match Wins
+- Rules evaluated in order
+- First matching rule's actions executed
+- No combining multiple rules
+
+### 4. Ignore DIDs Are Per-Rule
+- Each rule can have its own `ignoreDID` list
+- Not a global blocklist
+- Checked during matching
+
+### 5. MIME Type Is Optional
+- `BlobReference.mime_type` may be missing
+- Code doesn't filter by MIME type
+- SVG images might be processed (future: skip SVG)
+
+### 6. Claims Are Deduplication Only
+- Redis claim prevents action for 7 days
+- Still checks Ozone API (belt-and-suspenders)
+- May skip legitimate re-moderation within 7 days
+
+### 7. Rate Limit Delay
+- Applied BEFORE action (preventive)
+- Not tied to Ozone response headers (yet)
+- May result in artificial delay even at low load
+
+### 8. Retry Logic
+- Job retried on ANY error (not just transient)
+- Max retries from config (default 3)
+- Dead-letter after max retries (not discarded)
+
+### 9. Cache TTL
+- 24 hours default (very long)
+- Can be tuned via CACHE_TTL_SECONDS
+- Image may be edited/removed but hash cached
+
+### 10. Jetstream Fallover
+- URL rotation on failure
+- Exponential backoff (5s -> 10s -> 20s ... -> 300s)
+- Max 5 connection attempts total before giving up
+
+---
+
+## Code Quality & Testing
+
+### Error Handling Approach
+- **miette for diagnostics:** Rich error context and pretty printing
+- **thiserror for custom types:** Derive Error trait
+- **Result<T> pervasive:** No panics in business logic
+- **Graceful degradation:** Errors logged, processing continues
+
+### Concurrency Patterns
+- **Arc for sharing:** Cheap clones across workers
+- **Atomic types for metrics:** Lock-free increments
+- **tokio::select! for orchestration:** Clean multi-task coordination
+- **Multiplexed Redis connections:** One connection, concurrent operations
+
+### Code Style
+- Consistent module structure (mod.rs organization)
+- Clear separation of concerns (processor, queue, moderation)
+- Use of Jacquard types (CowStr, Did, AtUri, Cid)
+- Comprehensive logging via tracing
+
+---
+
+## Summary of Key Components & Responsibilities
+
+| Component | File | Purpose | Key Types |
+|-----------|------|---------|-----------|
+| Entry Point | main.rs | Orchestrate startup, shutdown, task coordination | - |
+| Configuration | config/mod.rs | Load env vars, provide config to all modules | Config, JetstreamConfig, etc |
+| Jetstream | jetstream/ | Subscribe to firehose, extract blobs, handle cursor | JetstreamClient, ImageJob |
+| Image Processing | processor/ | Hash computation, rule matching, blob download | Phash, hamming_distance, MatchResult |
+| Job Queue | queue/ | Redis persistence, retry logic, dead-letter | JobQueue, WorkerPool, ImageJob |
+| Cache | cache/mod.rs | Redis phash cache with TTL | PhashCache |
+| Moderation | moderation/ | Execute label/report actions, deduplication | Claims, RateLimiter |
+| Metrics | metrics/mod.rs | Track statistics with lock-free atomics | Metrics, MetricsSnapshot |
+| Authentication | agent/ | Jacquard session wrapper | AgentSession |
+| DID Resolution | plc/mod.rs | Resolve DIDs to PDS endpoints | PlcClient |
+
+---
+
+## Quick Reference: Important File Paths
+
+**Configuration:**
+- Environment loading: `/Users/scarndp/dev/skywatch/skywatch-phash-rs/src/config/mod.rs:80-144`
+- Jetstream config: `config/mod.rs:87-103`
+- Processing config: `config/mod.rs:107-111`
+- Cache config: `config/mod.rs:112-114`
+
+**Core Algorithm:**
+- Phash computation: `/Users/scarndp/dev/skywatch/skywatch-phash-rs/src/processor/phash.rs:26-44`
+- Hamming distance: `processor/phash.rs:72-98`
+- Rule matching: `processor/matcher.rs:72-113`
+
+**Job Processing:**
+- Worker loop: `/Users/scarndp/dev/skywatch/skywatch-phash-rs/src/queue/worker.rs:91-99` (main select loop)
+- Job retry: `queue/redis_queue.rs:78-97`
+- Queue push/pop: `queue/redis_queue.rs:40-76`
+
+**Moderation:**
+- Post actions: `/Users/scarndp/dev/skywatch/skywatch-phash-rs/src/moderation/post.rs`
+- Account actions: `moderation/account.rs`
+- Claims checking: `moderation/claims.rs`
+
+**Metrics:**
+- Metric types: `/Users/scarndp/dev/skywatch/skywatch-phash-rs/src/metrics/mod.rs:1-66`
+- Log stats: `metrics/mod.rs:212-244`
+
+**Rules:**
+- Current rules: `/Users/scarndp/dev/skywatch/skywatch-phash-rs/rules/blobs.json`
+
+---
+
+## Debugging Tips
+
+### Enable Debug Logging
+```bash
+RUST_LOG=debug cargo run
+RUST_LOG=skywatch_phash_rs=debug,info cargo run
+```
+
+### Monitor Redis
+```bash
+redis-cli
+> KEYS "*"
+> LLEN jobs:pending
+> LLEN jobs:dead
+> GET phash:{cid}
+```
+
+### Check Metrics in Real-Time
+```bash
+# Logs printed every 60 seconds, watch with:
+tail -f logs.txt | grep "=== Metrics ==="
+```
+
+### Cursor Position
+```bash
+cat firehose_cursor.db
+# Shows microsecond timestamp
+```
+
+### Test Phash CLI
+```bash
+cargo run --bin phash-cli path/to/image.jpg
+# Output: 16-char hex string
+```
+
+### Inspect Rules
+```bash
+jq '.' rules/blobs.json
+jq '.[] | {label, phashes: (.phashes | length)}' rules/blobs.json
+```
+
+---
+
+## Deployment Notes
+
+### Docker Compose
+- Service: `app` (main binary)
+- Dependencies: `redis` (persistent queue/cache)
+- Environment: Sourced from `.env`
+- Logs: Streamed to stdout/logs volume
+
+### Graceful Shutdown
+- Jetstream writes final cursor
+- Workers finish active jobs (no kill -9)
+- Metrics logged at shutdown
+- Redis connections closed
+
+### Monitoring
+- Metrics every 60 seconds (INFO level)
+- Final metrics on shutdown
+- Structured JSON logging (if enabled)
+- No built-in Prometheus endpoint (yet)
+
+---
+
+## References & Related Projects
+
+**Parent Repository:** `tangled.sh:skywatch.blue/skywatch-phash-rs`
+**Jacquard Dependency:** `../jacquard/crates/jacquard` (local path)
+**Bluesky/ATProto:** https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto
+**Image Hasher:** https://github.com/Ed-von-Schleck/image-hasher
+
+---
+
+**Document Version:** 1.0
+**Last Updated:** 2025-10-26
+**Codebase Version:** 0.2.0
+**Rust Edition:** 2024

src/config/mod.rs

···
     pub concurrency: usize,
     pub retry_attempts: u32,
     pub retry_delay: u64,
+    /// Timeout per blob download attempt in seconds (per format/endpoint)
+    pub blob_download_timeout_secs: u64,
+    /// Total timeout for all blob download fallback attempts in seconds
+    pub blob_total_timeout_secs: u64,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
···
                 concurrency: get_env_usize("PROCESSING_CONCURRENCY", 10),
                 retry_attempts: get_env_u32("RETRY_ATTEMPTS", 3),
                 retry_delay: get_env_u64("RETRY_DELAY_MS", 1000),
+                blob_download_timeout_secs: get_env_u64("BLOB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_SECS", 10),
+                blob_total_timeout_secs: get_env_u64("BLOB_TOTAL_TIMEOUT_SECS", 30),
             },
             cache: CacheConfig {
                 enabled: get_env_bool("CACHE_ENABLED", true),

src/main.rs

···
         agent.clone(),
         blob_checks.clone(),
         metrics.clone(),
-    );
+    )?;
     info!(
         "Worker pool created with {} workers",
         config.processing.concurrency

src/moderation/helpers.rs

···
 use jacquard_common::IntoStatic;
 use miette::{IntoDiagnostic, Result};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tracing::{debug, warn};
 
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::moderation::rate_limiter::RateLimiter;
···
     rate_limiter: &RateLimiter,
     event: EmitEvent<'a>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    rate_limiter.wait().await;
+    const MAX_RETRIES: u32 = 3;
+    let mut retry_count = 0;
+    let mut backoff = Duration::from_millis(100);
+
+    loop {
+        rate_limiter.wait().await;
+
+        let opts = build_moderation_call_opts(config);
+        match agent.send_with_opts(event.clone(), opts).await.into_diagnostic() {
+            Ok(_) => {
+                debug!("Moderation event sent successfully");
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                retry_count += 1;
+                let error_msg = format!("{}", e);
+
+                // Check if error is potentially transient
+                let is_transient = error_msg.contains("500")
+                    || error_msg.contains("502")
+                    || error_msg.contains("503")
+                    || error_msg.contains("504")
+                    || error_msg.contains("timeout")
+                    || error_msg.contains("connection");
+
+                if retry_count > MAX_RETRIES || !is_transient {
+                    warn!(
+                        "Moderation API call failed (attempt {}/{}): {} (transient: {})",
+                        retry_count, MAX_RETRIES, error_msg, is_transient
+                    );
+                    return Err(e);
+                }
 
-    let opts = build_moderation_call_opts(config);
-    agent.send_with_opts(event, opts).await.into_diagnostic()?;
+                warn!(
+                    "Moderation API call failed (attempt {}/{}), retrying in {:.0}ms: {}",
+                    retry_count,
+                    MAX_RETRIES,
+                    backoff.as_secs_f64() * 1000.0,
+                    error_msg
+                );
 
-    Ok(())
+                tokio::time::sleep(backoff).await;
+                let next_backoff_ms = (backoff.as_millis() as u64 * 2).min(5000); // Cap at 5s
+                backoff = Duration::from_millis(next_backoff_ms);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }

src/moderation/rate_limiter.rs

···
     state::{InMemoryState, NotKeyed},
     Quota, RateLimiter as GovernorRateLimiter,
 };
+use miette::{miette, Result};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
···
 impl RateLimiter {
     /// Create a new rate limiter with the given rate limit in milliseconds
     /// For example, rate_limit_ms = 100 means 100ms minimum between requests (10 requests per second)
-    pub fn new(rate_limit_ms: u64) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(rate_limit_ms: u64) -> Result<Self> {
         let duration = if rate_limit_ms == 0 {
             Duration::from_millis(1)
         } else {
             Duration::from_millis(rate_limit_ms)
         };
 
-        // 1 request per rate_limit_ms duration
-        let quota = Quota::with_period(duration).unwrap();
+        let quota = Quota::with_period(duration)
+            .ok_or_else(|| miette!("Invalid rate limit duration: {}ms", rate_limit_ms))?;
         let limiter = GovernorRateLimiter::direct(quota);
 
-        Self {
+        Ok(Self {
             limiter: Arc::new(limiter),
-        }
+        })
     }
 
     /// Wait until a request can be made according to the rate limit

src/processor/matcher.rs

···
 use miette::{IntoDiagnostic, Result};
 use reqwest::Client;
 use std::path::Path;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 use tracing::{debug, info, warn};
 
 use crate::config::Config;
···
     did: &str,
     cid: &str,
 ) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    let start = Instant::now();
+    let per_attempt_timeout = Duration::from_secs(config.processing.blob_download_timeout_secs);
+    let total_timeout = Duration::from_secs(config.processing.blob_total_timeout_secs);
+
     // Try CDN first - attempt common image formats
     for format in ["jpeg", "png", "webp"] {
+        // Check if we've exceeded total timeout
+        if start.elapsed() > total_timeout {
+            warn!(
+                "Blob download total timeout exceeded for did={}, cid={}",
+                did, cid
+            );
+            return Err(miette::miette!(
+                "Blob download timeout after {:.1}s",
+                start.elapsed().as_secs_f64()
+            ));
+        }
+
         let cdn_url = format!(
             "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/{}/{}@{}",
             did, cid, format
         );
 
-        debug!("Trying CDN download: {}", cdn_url);
+        debug!("Trying CDN download: {} (timeout: {}s)", cdn_url, config.processing.blob_download_timeout_secs);
 
-        match client.get(&cdn_url).send().await {
+        match client
+            .get(&cdn_url)
+            .timeout(per_attempt_timeout)
+            .send()
+            .await
+        {
             Ok(response) if response.status().is_success() => {
                 debug!("Successfully downloaded from CDN: did={}, cid={}", did, cid);
                 let bytes = response.bytes().await.into_diagnostic()?;
···
                 debug!("CDN returned status {}, trying next format", response.status());
             }
             Err(e) => {
-                debug!("CDN request failed: {}, trying next format", e);
+                debug!(
+                    "CDN request failed: {} (elapsed: {:.1}s), trying next format",
+                    e,
+                    start.elapsed().as_secs_f64()
+                );
             }
         }
     }
 
     // Fall back to PDS if CDN fails
-    warn!("CDN failed for did={}, cid={}, falling back to PDS", did, cid);
+    warn!(
+        "CDN failed for did={}, cid={}, falling back to PDS (elapsed: {:.1}s)",
+        did,
+        cid,
+        start.elapsed().as_secs_f64()
+    );
+
+    // Check if we've exceeded total timeout before PDS attempt
+    if start.elapsed() > total_timeout {
+        warn!("Blob download total timeout exceeded before PDS fallback");
+        return Err(miette::miette!(
+            "Blob download timeout after {:.1}s",
+            start.elapsed().as_secs_f64()
+        ));
+    }
 
     let pds_url = format!(
         "{}/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did={}&cid={}",
         config.pds.endpoint, did, cid
     );
 
-    debug!("Downloading from PDS: {}", pds_url);
+    debug!("Downloading from PDS: {} (timeout: {}s)", pds_url, config.processing.blob_download_timeout_secs);
 
     let response = client
         .get(&pds_url)
+        .timeout(per_attempt_timeout)
         .send()
         .await
-        .into_diagnostic()?
+        .into_diagnostic()
+        .map_err(|e| miette::miette!("PDS blob download failed: {}", e))?
         .error_for_status()
         .into_diagnostic()?;
 

src/queue/worker.rs

···
         agent: AgentSession,
         blob_checks: Vec<BlobCheck>,
         metrics: Metrics,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let rate_limiter = RateLimiter::new(config.moderation.rate_limit);
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let rate_limiter = RateLimiter::new(config.moderation.rate_limit)?;
 
-        Self {
+        Ok(Self {
             config,
             client,
             agent,
             blob_checks,
             metrics,
             rate_limiter,
-        }
+        })
     }
 
     /// Start the worker pool - processes jobs sequentially
···
         mut cache: PhashCache,
         mut shutdown_rx: tokio::sync::broadcast::Receiver<()>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
+        // Create Redis connection once at worker startup, reuse for all jobs
+        let redis_client = redis::Client::open(self.config.redis.url.as_str())
+            .into_diagnostic()?;
+        let mut redis_conn = redis_client
+            .get_multiplexed_async_connection()
+            .await
+            .into_diagnostic()
+            .map_err(|e| miette::miette!("Failed to establish Redis connection: {}", e))?;
+
         loop {
             tokio::select! {
                 _ = shutdown_rx.recv() => {
···
                     match job_result {
                         Ok(Some(job)) => {
                             debug!("Worker popped job from queue: {}", job.post_uri);
-                            let redis_client = match redis::Client::open(self.config.redis.url.as_str()) {
-                                Ok(c) => c,
-                                Err(e) => {
-                                    error!("Failed to create Redis client: {}", e);
-                                    continue;
-                                }
-                            };
-
-                            let mut redis_conn = match redis_client.get_multiplexed_async_connection().await {
-                                Ok(conn) => conn,
-                                Err(e) => {
-                                    error!("Failed to connect to Redis: {}", e);
-                                    continue;
-                                }
-                            };
 
                             let job_clone = job.clone();
                             if let Err(e) = Self::process_job(