addd TG integration

2026-05-10 22:01:16 +00:00 · 2026-03-02 11:57:17 +01:00
parent b427193d17
commit 4d0df6b1a4
35 changed files with 4436 additions and 242 deletions
--- a/.claude/launch.json
+++ b/.claude/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "nextjs-dev",
+      "runtimeExecutable": "cmd.exe",
+      "runtimeArgs": ["/c", "npx next dev --port 3001"],
+      "port": 3001
+    }
+  ]
+}
--- a/.claude/settings.local.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.local.json
@@ -43,7 +43,47 @@
      "Bash(gh run:*)",
      "Bash(npx next lint:*)",
      "Bash(npx eslint .)",
-      "Bash(echo:*)"
+      "Bash(echo:*)",
+      "Bash(npx next build:*)",
+      "Bash(npx eslint:*)",
+      "Bash(git add:*)",
+      "Bash(git commit -m \"$\\(cat <<''EOF''\nfix: suppress remaining ESLint warnings blocking CI\n\n- Disable react-hooks/incompatible-library warnings for RHF watch\\(\\)\n  and TanStack useReactTable\\(\\) — these are false positives from the\n  React Compiler plugin\n- Remove unused useDebounce import and variable from vendor-table\n\nCo-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>\nEOF\n\\)\")",
+      "Bash(git push:*)",
+      "Bash(git fetch:*)",
+      "Bash(git commit -m \"$\\(cat <<''EOF''\nfix: track migration_lock.toml required by prisma migrate deploy\n\nThe migration_lock.toml was excluded by a gitignore pattern\n\\(prisma/migrations/**/migration_lock.toml\\) which caused\n`prisma migrate deploy` to fail in CI with no lock file present.\nPrisma requires this file to be version-controlled.\n\nCo-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>\nEOF\n\\)\")",
+      "Bash(git commit -m \"$\\(cat <<''EOF''\nfix: make DATABASE_URL available to all CI steps and add prisma verify\n\n- Move DATABASE_URL to workflow-level env so all steps can access it\n- Add verification step to confirm prisma generate creates output files\n- This should fix TS2307 ''Cannot find module @/generated/prisma'' in CI\n\nCo-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>\nEOF\n\\)\")",
+      "Bash(git commit:*)",
+      "Bash(cd:*)",
+      "Bash(find:*)",
+      "Bash(curl.exe:*)",
+      "Bash(powershell -Command \"\\(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri ''http://localhost:3000/telegram'' -UseBasicParsing\\).Content.Length\")",
+      "Bash(powershell -Command \"\\(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri ''http://localhost:3000/telegram'' -UseBasicParsing\\).Content\")",
+      "Bash(powershell -Command \"\\(\\(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri ''http://localhost:3000/telegram'' -UseBasicParsing\\).Content\\) -match ''Telegram''\")",
+      "Bash(powershell -Command \"$c = \\(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri ''http://localhost:3000/telegram'' -UseBasicParsing\\).Content; @\\(''Telegram'',''Manage Telegram'',''Accounts'',''Channels'',''Add Account'',''Sync All'',''Add Channel'',''No accounts configured'',''No channels configured''\\) | ForEach-Object { if \\($c -match [regex]::Escape\\($_\\) { Write-Host \"\"FOUND: $_\" } else { Write-Host \"\"MISSING: $_\" } }\")",
+      "Bash(node test-ux.mjs:*)",
+      "Bash(npx prisma db execute:*)",
+      "Bash(docker.exe ps:*)",
+      "Bash(node test-content.mjs:*)",
+      "Bash(node:*)",
+      "Bash(tee:*)",
+      "Bash(git ls-remote:*)",
+      "Bash(npm info:*)",
+      "Bash(npm view:*)",
+      "WebFetch(domain:core.telegram.org)",
+      "Bash(Remove-Item -Recurse -Force \"C:\\\\Users\\\\A00963355\\\\OneDrive - Amaris Zorggroep\\\\Documents\\\\VScodeProjects\\\\DragonsStash\\\\.next\")",
+      "Bash(Write-Output \"Done\")",
+      "Bash(powershell -Command \"Remove-Item -Recurse -Force ''C:\\\\Users\\\\A00963355\\\\OneDrive - Amaris Zorggroep\\\\Documents\\\\VScodeProjects\\\\DragonsStash\\\\.next''\")",
+      "Bash(1:*)",
+      "Bash(findstr:*)",
+      "Bash(git reset:*)",
+      "Bash(git rm:*)",
+      "Bash(taskkill /F /FI \"WINDOWTITLE eq npm*\")",
+      "Bash(taskkill:*)",
+      "Bash(wmic process where \"name=''node.exe''\" get ProcessId,CommandLine)",
+      "Bash(git -C /mnt/c/Users/A00963355/OneDrive - Amaris Zorggroep/Documents/VScodeProjects/DragonsStash log --oneline -10)",
+      "Bash(git -C \"C:/Users/A00963355/OneDrive - Amaris Zorggroep/Documents/VScodeProjects/DragonsStash\" status --short)",
+      "Bash(timeout:*)",
+      "mcp__Claude_Preview__preview_start"
    ]
  }
 }
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Dragon's Stash

-A self-hosted inventory management system for 3D printing filament, SLA resin, and miniature paints. Built with a dark, data-dense UI inspired by [Spoolman](https://github.com/Donkie/Spoolman).
+A self-hosted inventory management system for 3D printing filament, SLA resin, and miniature paints — with an integrated Telegram archive worker that ingests, indexes, and redistributes archive files. Built with a dark, data-dense UI inspired by [Spoolman](https://github.com/Donkie/Spoolman).

 ## Features

+### Inventory Management
+
 - **Filament tracking** with spool weight, material type, color swatches, and usage logging
 - **SLA resin management** with bottle sizes, resin types, and remaining volume tracking
 - **Miniature paint inventory** with product lines, finishes, and volume tracking
@@ -13,7 +15,18 @@ A self-hosted inventory management system for 3D printing filament, SLA resin, a
 - **Low-stock alerts** with configurable threshold percentage
 - **Dark theme** optimized for workshop environments
 - **Role-based auth** with admin and user roles
- **Docker-ready** for easy self-hosting
+
+### Telegram Archive Worker
+
+- **Channel scanning** — monitors configured Telegram channels (including forum topics) for archive files (ZIP, RAR, 7z)
+- **Multipart detection** — automatically groups related multipart archives (`.part01.rar`, `.z01`, `.001`, etc.)
+- **Content indexing** — extracts file listings from archives and stores them in the database
+- **Destination upload** — re-uploads processed archives to a configured destination channel
+- **Byte-level splitting** — splits files exceeding Telegram's 2GB limit into uploadable chunks
+- **Full repack** — concatenates and re-splits multipart sets where any single part exceeds 2GB
+- **Progress tracking** — resumes from the last successfully processed message on each run
+- **Upload verification** — confirms files reached the destination before marking them complete
+- **Preview matching** — associates photo messages with their corresponding archive sets

 ## Tech Stack

@@ -24,6 +37,8 @@ A self-hosted inventory management system for 3D printing filament, SLA resin, a
 - **UI**: Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, Lucide icons
 - **Tables**: TanStack Table v8 with server-side pagination
 - **Validation**: Zod v4 + React Hook Form
+- **Worker**: Node.js + TDLib (via tdl)
+- **Archive handling**: unrar, zlib

 ## Quick Start

@@ -31,6 +46,7 @@ A self-hosted inventory management system for 3D printing filament, SLA resin, a

 - Node.js 20+
 - PostgreSQL 16+ (or Docker)
+- Telegram API credentials (for the worker — get from [my.telegram.org/apps](https://my.telegram.org/apps))

 ### Development Setup

@@ -50,7 +66,7 @@ npm install
 3. Start a PostgreSQL database (using Docker):

 ```bash
-docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d
+docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d db
 ```

 4. Copy the environment file and update values:
@@ -62,8 +78,8 @@ cp .env.example .env.local
 5. Run database migrations and seed:

 ```bash
-npx prisma migrate dev
-npx prisma db seed
+npx prisma migrate dev     # Run migrations
+npx prisma db seed         # Seed with sample data (admin/user accounts + inventory)
 ```

 6. Start the development server:
@@ -76,20 +92,75 @@ npm run dev
   - **Admin**: admin@dragonsstash.local / password123
   - **User**: user@dragonsstash.local / password123

-### Docker Deployment
+### Running the Worker in Development
+
+To also run the Telegram worker alongside the dev database:

 ```bash
+docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d
+```
+
+This starts both the PostgreSQL database and the worker container. The worker reads `TELEGRAM_API_ID` and `TELEGRAM_API_HASH` from your `.env.local` file.
+
+## Docker Deployment
+
+### Full Stack (App + Worker + Database)
+
+Run the entire application from Docker:
+
+```bash
+cp .env.example .env
+# Edit .env — set TELEGRAM_API_ID, TELEGRAM_API_HASH, and a secure AUTH_SECRET
 docker compose up -d
 ```

-This starts both the application and PostgreSQL database. The app will be available at `http://localhost:3000`.
+The app will be available at [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000).

-To seed the database on first run:
+### Seeding the Database
+
+To seed the database with sample data on first run:

 ```bash
 SEED_DATABASE=true docker compose up -d
 ```

+This creates default admin/user accounts and sample inventory data. The seed runs once during the app container's entrypoint (before the Next.js server starts). On subsequent runs without `SEED_DATABASE=true`, seeding is skipped automatically.
+
+You can also seed manually at any time:
+
+```bash
+npx prisma db seed
+```
+
+### Development Mode (DB + Worker Only)
+
+If you prefer to run the Next.js app locally with hot reload:
+
+```bash
+docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d   # Start DB + worker
+npm run dev                                        # Start Next.js locally
+```
+
+### Rebuilding After Code Changes
+
+```bash
+docker compose build && docker compose up -d --force-recreate
+```
+
+To rebuild only the worker:
+
+```bash
+docker compose build worker && docker compose up -d worker --force-recreate
+```
+
+### Viewing Logs
+
+```bash
+docker compose logs -f worker   # Worker logs
+docker compose logs -f app      # App logs
+docker compose logs -f db       # Database logs
+```
+
 ## Project Structure

 ```
@@ -116,6 +187,16 @@ src/
  lib/               # Auth config, Prisma client, constants
  schemas/           # Zod validation schemas
  types/             # TypeScript type definitions
+worker/
+  src/
+    archive/         # Archive detection, multipart grouping, byte-level splitting
+    db/              # Prisma queries for packages, progress tracking
+    preview/         # Preview image matching
+    tdlib/           # TDLib client, channel scanning, topic/forum handling
+    upload/          # Telegram upload logic
+    util/            # Config, logger
+    worker.ts        # Main processing pipeline
+    index.ts         # Entry point + scheduler
 prisma/
  schema.prisma      # Database schema
  seed.ts            # Seed data
@@ -125,6 +206,8 @@ prisma/

 Environment variables (see `.env.example`):

+### Application
+
 | Variable | Description | Default |
 |----------|-------------|---------|
 | `DATABASE_URL` | PostgreSQL connection string | Required |
@@ -133,6 +216,20 @@ Environment variables (see `.env.example`):
 | `AUTH_GITHUB_ID` | GitHub OAuth client ID | Optional |
 | `AUTH_GITHUB_SECRET` | GitHub OAuth client secret | Optional |
 | `NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL` | Public application URL | `http://localhost:3000` |
+| `SEED_DATABASE` | Seed the database on app container start | `false` |
+
+### Telegram Worker
+
+| Variable | Description | Default |
+|----------|-------------|---------|
+| `TELEGRAM_API_ID` | Telegram API ID (from [my.telegram.org](https://my.telegram.org/apps)) | Required |
+| `TELEGRAM_API_HASH` | Telegram API hash | Required |
+| `WORKER_INTERVAL_MINUTES` | Scan interval in minutes | `60` |
+| `WORKER_TEMP_DIR` | Temp directory for downloads | `/tmp/zips` |
+| `TDLIB_STATE_DIR` | TDLib session state persistence directory | `/data/tdlib` |
+| `WORKER_MAX_ZIP_SIZE_MB` | Max archive size to process (MB) | `4096` |
+| `MULTIPART_TIMEOUT_HOURS` | Max time span for multipart set parts (0 = no limit) | `0` |
+| `LOG_LEVEL` | Worker log level (`debug`, `info`, `warn`, `error`) | `info` |

 ## Health Check

--- a/TELEGRAM_INTEGRATION_PLAN.md
+++ b/TELEGRAM_INTEGRATION_PLAN.md
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ services:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: worker/Dockerfile
+    env_file:
+      - .env.local
    environment:
      - DATABASE_URL=postgresql://dragons:stash@db:5432/dragonsstash
      - WORKER_INTERVAL_MINUTES=5
@@ -26,8 +28,6 @@ services:
      - TDLIB_STATE_DIR=/data/tdlib
      - WORKER_MAX_ZIP_SIZE_MB=4096
      - LOG_LEVEL=debug
-      - TELEGRAM_API_ID=${TELEGRAM_API_ID}
-      - TELEGRAM_API_HASH=${TELEGRAM_API_HASH}
    volumes:
      - tdlib_dev_state:/data/tdlib
      - tmp_dev_zips:/tmp/zips
--- a/prisma/migrations/20260225095116_channel_fetch_and_global_dest/migration.sql
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20260225095116_channel_fetch_and_global_dest/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+-- CreateEnum
+CREATE TYPE "FetchStatus" AS ENUM ('PENDING', 'IN_PROGRESS', 'COMPLETED', 'FAILED');
+
+-- CreateTable
+CREATE TABLE "global_settings" (
+    "key" VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
+    "value" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "updatedAt" TIMESTAMP(3) NOT NULL,
+
+    CONSTRAINT "global_settings_pkey" PRIMARY KEY ("key")
+);
+
+-- CreateTable
+CREATE TABLE "channel_fetch_requests" (
+    "id" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "accountId" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "status" "FetchStatus" NOT NULL DEFAULT 'PENDING',
+    "resultJson" TEXT,
+    "error" TEXT,
+    "createdAt" TIMESTAMP(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    "updatedAt" TIMESTAMP(3) NOT NULL,
+
+    CONSTRAINT "channel_fetch_requests_pkey" PRIMARY KEY ("id")
+);
+
+-- CreateIndex
+CREATE INDEX "channel_fetch_requests_accountId_status_idx" ON "channel_fetch_requests"("accountId", "status");
+
+-- AddForeignKey
+ALTER TABLE "channel_fetch_requests" ADD CONSTRAINT "channel_fetch_requests_accountId_fkey" FOREIGN KEY ("accountId") REFERENCES "telegram_accounts"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE;
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -384,6 +384,13 @@ enum IngestionStatus {
  CANCELLED
 }

+enum FetchStatus {
+  PENDING
+  IN_PROGRESS
+  COMPLETED
+  FAILED
+}
+
 model TelegramAccount {
  id          String    @id @default(cuid())
  phone       String    @unique
@@ -397,6 +404,7 @@ model TelegramAccount {

  channelMaps   AccountChannelMap[]
  ingestionRuns IngestionRun[]
+  fetchRequests ChannelFetchRequest[]

  @@index([isActive])
  @@map("telegram_accounts")
@@ -535,3 +543,26 @@ model TopicProgress {
  @@index([accountChannelMapId])
  @@map("topic_progress")
 }
+
+model GlobalSetting {
+  key       String   @id @db.VarChar(64)
+  value     String   @db.Text
+  updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt
+
+  @@map("global_settings")
+}
+
+model ChannelFetchRequest {
+  id         String      @id @default(cuid())
+  accountId  String
+  status     FetchStatus @default(PENDING)
+  resultJson String?     @db.Text
+  error      String?
+  createdAt  DateTime    @default(now())
+  updatedAt  DateTime    @updatedAt
+
+  account TelegramAccount @relation(fields: [accountId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
+
+  @@index([accountId, status])
+  @@map("channel_fetch_requests")
+}
--- a/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/account-columns.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/account-columns.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
  Link2,
  Play,
  KeyRound,
+  Download,
 } from "lucide-react";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ interface AccountColumnsProps {
  onViewLinks: (id: string) => void;
  onTriggerSync: (id: string) => void;
  onEnterCode: (account: AccountRow) => void;
+  onFetchChannels: (id: string) => void;
 }

 export function getAccountColumns({
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ export function getAccountColumns({
  onViewLinks,
  onTriggerSync,
  onEnterCode,
+  onFetchChannels,
 }: AccountColumnsProps): ColumnDef<AccountRow, unknown>[] {
  return [
    {
@@ -157,6 +160,13 @@ export function getAccountColumns({
              <Link2 className="mr-2 h-3.5 w-3.5" />
              Manage Channels
            </DropdownMenuItem>
+            <DropdownMenuItem
+              onClick={() => onFetchChannels(row.original.id)}
+              disabled={row.original.authState !== "AUTHENTICATED"}
+            >
+              <Download className="mr-2 h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+              Fetch Channels
+            </DropdownMenuItem>
            <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => onTriggerSync(row.original.id)}>
              <Play className="mr-2 h-3.5 w-3.5" />
              Sync Now
--- a/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/accounts-tab.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/accounts-tab.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 "use client";

-import { useState, useTransition } from "react";
+import { useState, useEffect, useTransition } from "react";
+import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { Plus, Play } from "lucide-react";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 import { getAccountColumns } from "./account-columns";
 import { AccountModal } from "./account-modal";
 import { AccountLinksDrawer } from "./account-links-drawer";
 import { AuthCodeDialog } from "./auth-code-dialog";
+import { ChannelPickerDialog } from "./channel-picker-dialog";
 import { deleteAccount, toggleAccountActive, triggerIngestion } from "../actions";
 import { DataTable } from "@/components/shared/data-table";
 import { DeleteDialog } from "@/components/shared/delete-dialog";
@@ -19,12 +21,27 @@ interface AccountsTabProps {
 }

 export function AccountsTab({ accounts }: AccountsTabProps) {
+  const router = useRouter();
  const [isPending, startTransition] = useTransition();
  const [modalOpen, setModalOpen] = useState(false);
  const [editAccount, setEditAccount] = useState<AccountRow | undefined>();
  const [deleteId, setDeleteId] = useState<string | null>(null);
  const [linksAccountId, setLinksAccountId] = useState<string | null>(null);
  const [authCodeAccount, setAuthCodeAccount] = useState<AccountRow | null>(null);
+  const [fetchChannelsAccountId, setFetchChannelsAccountId] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  // Auto-refresh when accounts are in transitional states (PENDING, AWAITING_CODE, AWAITING_PASSWORD)
+  const hasTransitional = accounts.some(
+    (a) => a.authState === "PENDING" || a.authState === "AWAITING_CODE" || a.authState === "AWAITING_PASSWORD"
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!hasTransitional) return;
+    const interval = setInterval(() => {
+      router.refresh();
+    }, 3_000);
+    return () => clearInterval(interval);
+  }, [hasTransitional, router]);

  const columns = getAccountColumns({
    onEdit: (account) => {
@@ -48,6 +65,7 @@ export function AccountsTab({ accounts }: AccountsTabProps) {
        else toast.error(result.error);
      });
    },
+    onFetchChannels: (id) => setFetchChannelsAccountId(id),
  });

  const { table } = useDataTable({
@@ -135,6 +153,14 @@ export function AccountsTab({ accounts }: AccountsTabProps) {
          if (!open) setAuthCodeAccount(null);
        }}
      />
+
+      <ChannelPickerDialog
+        accountId={fetchChannelsAccountId}
+        open={!!fetchChannelsAccountId}
+        onOpenChange={(open) => {
+          if (!open) setFetchChannelsAccountId(null);
+        }}
+      />
    </div>
  );
 }
--- a/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/channel-columns.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/channel-columns.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 import { type ColumnDef } from "@tanstack/react-table";
 import {
  MoreHorizontal,
-  Pencil,
  Trash2,
  Power,
+  ArrowDownToLine,
+  ArrowUpFromLine,
 } from "lucide-react";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
@@ -19,15 +20,15 @@ import {
 import type { ChannelRow } from "@/lib/telegram/admin-queries";

 interface ChannelColumnsProps {
-  onEdit: (channel: ChannelRow) => void;
  onToggleActive: (id: string) => void;
  onDelete: (id: string) => void;
+  onSetType: (id: string, type: "SOURCE" | "DESTINATION") => void;
 }

 export function getChannelColumns({
-  onEdit,
  onToggleActive,
  onDelete,
+  onSetType,
 }: ChannelColumnsProps): ColumnDef<ChannelRow, unknown>[] {
  return [
    {
@@ -105,10 +106,21 @@ export function getChannelColumns({
            </Button>
          </DropdownMenuTrigger>
          <DropdownMenuContent align="end">
-            <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => onEdit(row.original)}>
-              <Pencil className="mr-2 h-3.5 w-3.5" />
-              Edit
-            </DropdownMenuItem>
+            {row.original.type === "SOURCE" ? (
+              <DropdownMenuItem
+                onClick={() => onSetType(row.original.id, "DESTINATION")}
+              >
+                <ArrowDownToLine className="mr-2 h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+                Set as Destination
+              </DropdownMenuItem>
+            ) : (
+              <DropdownMenuItem
+                onClick={() => onSetType(row.original.id, "SOURCE")}
+              >
+                <ArrowUpFromLine className="mr-2 h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+                Set as Source
+              </DropdownMenuItem>
+            )}
            <DropdownMenuItem
              onClick={() => onToggleActive(row.original.id)}
            >
--- a/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/channel-picker-dialog.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/channel-picker-dialog.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,337 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useState, useEffect, useCallback, useTransition } from "react";
+import { Loader2, Search, CheckSquare, Square, Radio } from "lucide-react";
+import { toast } from "sonner";
+import { saveChannelSelections } from "../actions";
+import {
+  Dialog,
+  DialogContent,
+  DialogDescription,
+  DialogHeader,
+  DialogTitle,
+  DialogFooter,
+} from "@/components/ui/dialog";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
+import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
+import { Checkbox } from "@/components/ui/checkbox";
+import { ScrollArea } from "@/components/ui/scroll-area";
+
+interface FetchedChannel {
+  chatId: string;
+  title: string;
+  type: "channel" | "supergroup";
+  isForum: boolean;
+  memberCount: number | null;
+  alreadyLinked: boolean;
+  existingChannelId: string | null;
+}
+
+interface ChannelPickerDialogProps {
+  accountId: string | null;
+  open: boolean;
+  onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
+}
+
+type FetchState =
+  | { phase: "idle" }
+  | { phase: "fetching"; requestId?: string }
+  | { phase: "loaded"; channels: FetchedChannel[] }
+  | { phase: "error"; message: string };
+
+export function ChannelPickerDialog({
+  accountId,
+  open,
+  onOpenChange,
+}: ChannelPickerDialogProps) {
+  const [isPending, startTransition] = useTransition();
+  const [fetchState, setFetchState] = useState<FetchState>({ phase: "idle" });
+  const [selected, setSelected] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
+  const [search, setSearch] = useState("");
+
+  // Start fetching when dialog opens
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!open || !accountId) {
+      setFetchState({ phase: "idle" });
+      setSelected(new Set());
+      setSearch("");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let mounted = true;
+
+    const startFetch = async () => {
+      setFetchState({ phase: "fetching" });
+
+      try {
+        // POST to create a fetch request
+        const postRes = await fetch(
+          `/api/telegram/accounts/${accountId}/fetch-channels`,
+          { method: "POST" }
+        );
+
+        if (!postRes.ok) {
+          let message = `Server error (${postRes.status})`;
+          try {
+            const err = await postRes.json();
+            message = err.error || message;
+          } catch {
+            // response wasn't JSON
+          }
+          if (mounted) setFetchState({ phase: "error", message });
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const { requestId } = await postRes.json();
+        if (mounted) setFetchState({ phase: "fetching", requestId });
+
+        // Poll for result
+        const poll = async () => {
+          for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+            await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 2000));
+            if (!mounted) return;
+
+            const getRes = await fetch(
+              `/api/telegram/accounts/${accountId}/fetch-channels?requestId=${requestId}`
+            );
+            if (!getRes.ok) continue;
+
+            const data = await getRes.json();
+            if (data.status === "COMPLETED") {
+              if (mounted) {
+                // Filter out already-linked channels
+                const available = (data.channels as FetchedChannel[]).filter(
+                  (ch) => !ch.alreadyLinked
+                );
+                setFetchState({ phase: "loaded", channels: available });
+              }
+              return;
+            } else if (data.status === "FAILED") {
+              if (mounted) {
+                setFetchState({
+                  phase: "error",
+                  message: data.error || "Fetch failed",
+                });
+              }
+              return;
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (mounted) {
+            setFetchState({ phase: "error", message: "Fetch timed out" });
+          }
+        };
+
+        await poll();
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (mounted) {
+          const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Network error";
+          setFetchState({ phase: "error", message: `Network error: ${message}` });
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    startFetch();
+    return () => { mounted = false; };
+  }, [open, accountId]);
+
+  const channels =
+    fetchState.phase === "loaded" ? fetchState.channels : [];
+
+  const filteredChannels = channels.filter((ch) =>
+    ch.title.toLowerCase().includes(search.toLowerCase())
+  );
+
+  const toggleChannel = (chatId: string) => {
+    setSelected((prev) => {
+      const next = new Set(prev);
+      if (next.has(chatId)) {
+        next.delete(chatId);
+      } else {
+        next.add(chatId);
+      }
+      return next;
+    });
+  };
+
+  const selectAll = () => {
+    setSelected(new Set(filteredChannels.map((ch) => ch.chatId)));
+  };
+
+  const deselectAll = () => {
+    setSelected(new Set());
+  };
+
+  const handleSave = () => {
+    if (!accountId || selected.size === 0) return;
+
+    const selectedChannels = channels
+      .filter((ch) => selected.has(ch.chatId))
+      .map((ch) => ({
+        telegramId: ch.chatId,
+        title: ch.title,
+        isForum: ch.isForum,
+      }));
+
+    startTransition(async () => {
+      const result = await saveChannelSelections(accountId, selectedChannels);
+      if (result.success) {
+        toast.success(`${selectedChannels.length} channel(s) linked as source`);
+        onOpenChange(false);
+      } else {
+        toast.error(result.error);
+      }
+    });
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
+      <DialogContent className="sm:max-w-xl max-h-[85vh] flex flex-col">
+        <DialogHeader>
+          <DialogTitle>Select Source Channels</DialogTitle>
+          <DialogDescription>
+            Choose which channels to scan for archives. Already-linked channels
+            are hidden.
+          </DialogDescription>
+        </DialogHeader>
+
+        {fetchState.phase === "fetching" && (
+          <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-3 py-12">
+            <Loader2 className="h-8 w-8 animate-spin text-primary" />
+            <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+              Fetching channels from Telegram...
+            </p>
+            <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+              This may take a few seconds
+            </p>
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        {fetchState.phase === "error" && (
+          <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-3 py-12">
+            <p className="text-sm text-destructive">{fetchState.message}</p>
+            <Button
+              variant="outline"
+              size="sm"
+              onClick={() => {
+                // Reopen to re-trigger fetch
+                onOpenChange(false);
+                setTimeout(() => onOpenChange(true), 100);
+              }}
+            >
+              Retry
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        {fetchState.phase === "loaded" && (
+          <>
+            {channels.length === 0 ? (
+              <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-2 py-12">
+                <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                  All channels are already linked to this account.
+                </p>
+              </div>
+            ) : (
+              <>
+                {/* Search + bulk actions */}
+                <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                  <div className="relative flex-1">
+                    <Search className="absolute left-3 top-1/2 h-4 w-4 -translate-y-1/2 text-muted-foreground" />
+                    <Input
+                      placeholder="Filter channels..."
+                      value={search}
+                      onChange={(e) => setSearch(e.target.value)}
+                      className="pl-9"
+                    />
+                  </div>
+                  <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={selectAll}>
+                    All
+                  </Button>
+                  <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={deselectAll}>
+                    None
+                  </Button>
+                </div>
+
+                <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                  {filteredChannels.length} channel(s) available
+                  {selected.size > 0 && ` \u2014 ${selected.size} selected`}
+                </p>
+
+                {/* Channel list */}
+                <ScrollArea className="flex-1 max-h-[400px] -mx-2 px-2">
+                  <div className="space-y-1">
+                    {filteredChannels.map((ch) => (
+                      <label
+                        key={ch.chatId}
+                        className="flex items-center gap-3 rounded-md border p-3 cursor-pointer hover:bg-accent/50 transition-colors"
+                      >
+                        <Checkbox
+                          checked={selected.has(ch.chatId)}
+                          onCheckedChange={() => toggleChannel(ch.chatId)}
+                        />
+                        <div className="flex-1 min-w-0">
+                          <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                            <span className="text-sm font-medium truncate">
+                              {ch.title}
+                            </span>
+                            <Badge
+                              variant="outline"
+                              className="text-[10px] shrink-0"
+                            >
+                              {ch.type}
+                            </Badge>
+                            {ch.isForum && (
+                              <Badge
+                                variant="secondary"
+                                className="text-[10px] shrink-0"
+                              >
+                                forum
+                              </Badge>
+                            )}
+                            {!ch.existingChannelId && (
+                              <Badge
+                                variant="secondary"
+                                className="text-[10px] bg-emerald-500/10 text-emerald-600 border-emerald-500/20 shrink-0"
+                              >
+                                new
+                              </Badge>
+                            )}
+                          </div>
+                          <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                            ID: {ch.chatId}
+                            {ch.memberCount ? ` \u2022 ${ch.memberCount} members` : ""}
+                          </span>
+                        </div>
+                      </label>
+                    ))}
+                  </div>
+                </ScrollArea>
+              </>
+            )}
+          </>
+        )}
+
+        <DialogFooter>
+          <Button variant="outline" onClick={() => onOpenChange(false)}>
+            Cancel
+          </Button>
+          <Button
+            onClick={handleSave}
+            disabled={
+              isPending ||
+              selected.size === 0 ||
+              fetchState.phase !== "loaded"
+            }
+          >
+            {isPending ? (
+              <Loader2 className="mr-2 h-4 w-4 animate-spin" />
+            ) : null}
+            Link {selected.size} Channel{selected.size !== 1 ? "s" : ""}
+          </Button>
+        </DialogFooter>
+      </DialogContent>
+    </Dialog>
+  );
+}
--- a/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/channels-tab.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/channels-tab.tsx
@@ -1,32 +1,29 @@
 "use client";

 import { useState, useTransition } from "react";
-import { Plus } from "lucide-react";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 import { getChannelColumns } from "./channel-columns";
-import { ChannelModal } from "./channel-modal";
-import { deleteChannel, toggleChannelActive } from "../actions";
+import { DestinationCard } from "./destination-card";
+import {
+  deleteChannel,
+  toggleChannelActive,
+  setChannelType,
+} from "../actions";
 import { DataTable } from "@/components/shared/data-table";
 import { DeleteDialog } from "@/components/shared/delete-dialog";
-import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
-import type { ChannelRow } from "@/lib/telegram/admin-queries";
+import type { ChannelRow, GlobalDestination } from "@/lib/telegram/admin-queries";
 import { useDataTable } from "@/hooks/use-data-table";

 interface ChannelsTabProps {
  channels: ChannelRow[];
+  globalDestination: GlobalDestination;
 }

-export function ChannelsTab({ channels }: ChannelsTabProps) {
+export function ChannelsTab({ channels, globalDestination }: ChannelsTabProps) {
  const [isPending, startTransition] = useTransition();
-  const [modalOpen, setModalOpen] = useState(false);
-  const [editChannel, setEditChannel] = useState<ChannelRow | undefined>();
  const [deleteId, setDeleteId] = useState<string | null>(null);

  const columns = getChannelColumns({
-    onEdit: (channel) => {
-      setEditChannel(channel);
-      setModalOpen(true);
-    },
    onToggleActive: (id) => {
      startTransition(async () => {
        const result = await toggleChannelActive(id);
@@ -35,6 +32,13 @@ export function ChannelsTab({ channels }: ChannelsTabProps) {
      });
    },
    onDelete: (id) => setDeleteId(id),
+    onSetType: (id, type) => {
+      startTransition(async () => {
+        const result = await setChannelType(id, type);
+        if (result.success) toast.success(`Channel set as ${type.toLowerCase()}`);
+        else toast.error(result.error);
+      });
+    },
  });

  const { table } = useDataTable({
@@ -58,30 +62,17 @@ export function ChannelsTab({ channels }: ChannelsTabProps) {

  return (
    <div className="space-y-4">
-      <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
-        <Button
-          onClick={() => {
-            setEditChannel(undefined);
-            setModalOpen(true);
-          }}
-        >
-          <Plus className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
-          Add Channel
-        </Button>
-      </div>
+      <DestinationCard destination={globalDestination} />
+
+      {channels.length > 0 && (
+        <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+          Source channels are added per-account via the &quot;Fetch Channels&quot; button on the Accounts tab.
+        </p>
+      )}

      <DataTable
        table={table}
-        emptyMessage="No channels configured. Add a Telegram channel to start ingesting."
-      />
-
-      <ChannelModal
-        open={modalOpen}
-        onOpenChange={(open) => {
-          setModalOpen(open);
-          if (!open) setEditChannel(undefined);
-        }}
-        channel={editChannel}
+        emptyMessage="No channels yet. Use &quot;Fetch Channels&quot; on an account to discover and add source channels."
      />

      <DeleteDialog
--- a/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/destination-card.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/destination-card.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useState, useEffect, useTransition } from "react";
+import { Database, AlertTriangle, Link2, Plus, Loader2 } from "lucide-react";
+import { toast } from "sonner";
+import { createDestinationViaWorker } from "../actions";
+import { Card, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
+import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
+import { Label } from "@/components/ui/label";
+import {
+  Dialog,
+  DialogContent,
+  DialogDescription,
+  DialogHeader,
+  DialogTitle,
+  DialogFooter,
+} from "@/components/ui/dialog";
+import type { GlobalDestination } from "@/lib/telegram/admin-queries";
+
+interface DestinationCardProps {
+  destination: GlobalDestination;
+}
+
+type CreateState =
+  | { phase: "idle" }
+  | { phase: "creating"; requestId?: string }
+  | { phase: "done"; title: string; telegramId: string }
+  | { phase: "error"; message: string };
+
+export function DestinationCard({ destination }: DestinationCardProps) {
+  const [isPending, startTransition] = useTransition();
+  const [createOpen, setCreateOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [title, setTitle] = useState("dragonsstash db");
+  const [createState, setCreateState] = useState<CreateState>({ phase: "idle" });
+
+  // Poll for worker result when creating
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (createState.phase !== "creating" || !createState.requestId) return;
+
+    let mounted = true;
+    const requestId = createState.requestId;
+
+    const poll = async () => {
+      for (let i = 0; i < 60; i++) {
+        await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 2000));
+        if (!mounted) return;
+
+        try {
+          const res = await fetch(
+            `/api/telegram/worker-request?requestId=${requestId}`
+          );
+          if (!res.ok) continue;
+
+          const data = await res.json();
+          if (data.status === "COMPLETED" && data.result) {
+            if (mounted) {
+              setCreateState({
+                phase: "done",
+                title: data.result.title,
+                telegramId: data.result.telegramId,
+              });
+              toast.success(`Telegram group "${data.result.title}" created and set as destination!`);
+              setCreateOpen(false);
+              // Refresh the page to show the new destination
+              window.location.reload();
+            }
+            return;
+          } else if (data.status === "FAILED") {
+            if (mounted) {
+              setCreateState({
+                phase: "error",
+                message: data.error || "Worker failed to create the group",
+              });
+            }
+            return;
+          }
+        } catch {
+          // Network blip — keep polling
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (mounted) {
+        setCreateState({ phase: "error", message: "Timed out waiting for the worker" });
+      }
+    };
+
+    poll();
+    return () => { mounted = false; };
+  }, [createState]);
+
+  const handleCreate = () => {
+    if (!title.trim()) return;
+
+    startTransition(async () => {
+      const result = await createDestinationViaWorker(title.trim());
+      if (result.success) {
+        setCreateState({ phase: "creating", requestId: result.data.requestId });
+      } else {
+        setCreateState({ phase: "error", message: result.error ?? "Unknown error" });
+      }
+    });
+  };
+
+  const handleOpenChange = (open: boolean) => {
+    setCreateOpen(open);
+    if (!open) {
+      // Reset state when closing (unless actively creating)
+      if (createState.phase !== "creating") {
+        setCreateState({ phase: "idle" });
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  if (!destination) {
+    return (
+      <>
+        <Card className="border-dashed border-yellow-500/40">
+          <CardContent className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4 py-4">
+            <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+              <AlertTriangle className="h-5 w-5 text-yellow-500 shrink-0" />
+              <div>
+                <p className="text-sm font-medium">
+                  No destination channel configured
+                </p>
+                <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                  Create a private Telegram group that all accounts will write
+                  archives to. Requires at least one authenticated account.
+                </p>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <Button size="sm" onClick={() => setCreateOpen(true)}>
+              <Plus className="mr-2 h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+              Create Destination
+            </Button>
+          </CardContent>
+        </Card>
+
+        <CreateDestinationDialog
+          open={createOpen}
+          onOpenChange={handleOpenChange}
+          title={title}
+          setTitle={setTitle}
+          onSubmit={handleCreate}
+          createState={createState}
+          isPending={isPending}
+        />
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Card>
+        <CardContent className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4 py-4">
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+            <Database className="h-5 w-5 text-purple-500 shrink-0" />
+            <div>
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                <p className="text-sm font-medium">{destination.title}</p>
+                <Badge
+                  variant="outline"
+                  className="bg-purple-500/10 text-purple-600 border-purple-500/20 text-[10px]"
+                >
+                  DESTINATION
+                </Badge>
+              </div>
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-3 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                <span>ID: {destination.telegramId}</span>
+                {destination.inviteLink && (
+                  <span className="flex items-center gap-1">
+                    <Link2 className="h-3 w-3" />
+                    Invite link active
+                  </span>
+                )}
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <Button
+            variant="outline"
+            size="sm"
+            onClick={() => setCreateOpen(true)}
+          >
+            Change
+          </Button>
+        </CardContent>
+      </Card>
+
+      <CreateDestinationDialog
+        open={createOpen}
+        onOpenChange={handleOpenChange}
+        title={title}
+        setTitle={setTitle}
+        onSubmit={handleCreate}
+        createState={createState}
+        isPending={isPending}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+function CreateDestinationDialog({
+  open,
+  onOpenChange,
+  title,
+  setTitle,
+  onSubmit,
+  createState,
+  isPending,
+}: {
+  open: boolean;
+  onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
+  title: string;
+  setTitle: (v: string) => void;
+  onSubmit: () => void;
+  createState: CreateState;
+  isPending: boolean;
+}) {
+  const isCreating = createState.phase === "creating";
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
+      <DialogContent className="sm:max-w-md">
+        <DialogHeader>
+          <DialogTitle>Create Destination Channel</DialogTitle>
+          <DialogDescription>
+            A private Telegram group will be created automatically using one of
+            your authenticated accounts. All accounts will write archives here.
+          </DialogDescription>
+        </DialogHeader>
+
+        {isCreating ? (
+          <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-3 py-8">
+            <Loader2 className="h-8 w-8 animate-spin text-primary" />
+            <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+              Creating Telegram group...
+            </p>
+            <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+              This may take a few seconds
+            </p>
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          <div className="space-y-4">
+            {createState.phase === "error" && (
+              <div className="rounded-md border border-destructive/50 bg-destructive/10 p-3">
+                <p className="text-sm text-destructive">{createState.message}</p>
+              </div>
+            )}
+
+            <div className="space-y-2">
+              <Label htmlFor="dest-title">Group Name</Label>
+              <Input
+                id="dest-title"
+                placeholder="e.g. dragonsstash db"
+                value={title}
+                onChange={(e) => setTitle(e.target.value)}
+              />
+              <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                This will be the name of the Telegram group. You can rename it later in Telegram.
+              </p>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        <DialogFooter>
+          <Button
+            variant="outline"
+            onClick={() => onOpenChange(false)}
+            disabled={isCreating}
+          >
+            Cancel
+          </Button>
+          <Button
+            onClick={onSubmit}
+            disabled={isPending || isCreating || !title.trim()}
+          >
+            {(isPending || isCreating) && (
+              <Loader2 className="mr-2 h-4 w-4 animate-spin" />
+            )}
+            Create Group
+          </Button>
+        </DialogFooter>
+      </DialogContent>
+    </Dialog>
+  );
+}
--- a/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/telegram-admin.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/telegram-admin.tsx
@@ -4,14 +4,23 @@ import { Tabs, TabsContent, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
 import { PageHeader } from "@/components/shared/page-header";
 import { AccountsTab } from "./accounts-tab";
 import { ChannelsTab } from "./channels-tab";
-import type { AccountRow, ChannelRow } from "@/lib/telegram/admin-queries";
+import { WorkerStatusPanel } from "./worker-status-panel";
+import type { AccountRow, ChannelRow, GlobalDestination } from "@/lib/telegram/admin-queries";
+import type { IngestionAccountStatus } from "@/lib/telegram/types";

 interface TelegramAdminProps {
  accounts: AccountRow[];
  channels: ChannelRow[];
+  ingestionStatus: IngestionAccountStatus[];
+  globalDestination: GlobalDestination;
 }

-export function TelegramAdmin({ accounts, channels }: TelegramAdminProps) {
+export function TelegramAdmin({
+  accounts,
+  channels,
+  ingestionStatus,
+  globalDestination,
+}: TelegramAdminProps) {
  return (
    <div className="space-y-4">
      <PageHeader
@@ -19,6 +28,8 @@ export function TelegramAdmin({ accounts, channels }: TelegramAdminProps) {
        description="Manage Telegram accounts, channels, and ingestion"
      />

+      <WorkerStatusPanel initialStatus={ingestionStatus} />
+
      <Tabs defaultValue="accounts" className="space-y-4">
        <TabsList>
          <TabsTrigger value="accounts">
@@ -33,7 +44,7 @@ export function TelegramAdmin({ accounts, channels }: TelegramAdminProps) {
          <AccountsTab accounts={accounts} />
        </TabsContent>
        <TabsContent value="channels">
-          <ChannelsTab channels={channels} />
+          <ChannelsTab channels={channels} globalDestination={globalDestination} />
        </TabsContent>
      </Tabs>
    </div>
--- a/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/worker-status-panel.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/telegram/_components/worker-status-panel.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useState, useCallback } from "react";
+import {
+  Loader2,
+  CheckCircle2,
+  XCircle,
+  Clock,
+  Radio,
+  AlertTriangle,
+  RefreshCw,
+} from "lucide-react";
+import { Card, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
+import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+import type { IngestionAccountStatus } from "@/lib/telegram/types";
+
+interface WorkerStatusPanelProps {
+  initialStatus: IngestionAccountStatus[];
+}
+
+const AUTH_STATE_CONFIG: Record<
+  string,
+  { label: string; color: string; icon: string }
+> = {
+  PENDING: { label: "Pending", color: "text-yellow-500", icon: "clock" },
+  AWAITING_CODE: {
+    label: "Awaiting Code",
+    color: "text-orange-500",
+    icon: "alert",
+  },
+  AWAITING_PASSWORD: {
+    label: "Awaiting Password",
+    color: "text-orange-500",
+    icon: "alert",
+  },
+  AUTHENTICATED: { label: "Connected", color: "text-emerald-500", icon: "check" },
+  EXPIRED: { label: "Expired", color: "text-red-500", icon: "x" },
+};
+
+export function WorkerStatusPanel({ initialStatus }: WorkerStatusPanelProps) {
+  const [accounts, setAccounts] = useState(initialStatus);
+  const [error, setError] = useState(false);
+  const [nextRunCountdown, setNextRunCountdown] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  // Find active run
+  const activeRun = accounts.find((a) => a.currentRun);
+  const isRunning = !!activeRun;
+
+  // Poll for status
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
+    let mounted = true;
+
+    const poll = async () => {
+      try {
+        const res = await fetch("/api/ingestion/status");
+        if (!res.ok) throw new Error("fetch failed");
+        const data = await res.json();
+        if (mounted) {
+          setAccounts(data.accounts ?? []);
+          setError(false);
+        }
+      } catch {
+        if (mounted) setError(true);
+      }
+      if (mounted) {
+        const interval = accounts.some((a) => a.currentRun) ? 2_000 : 10_000;
+        timer = setTimeout(poll, interval);
+      }
+    };
+
+    timer = setTimeout(poll, 2_000);
+    return () => {
+      mounted = false;
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+    };
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [isRunning]);
+
+  // Countdown timer to next run
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isRunning) {
+      setNextRunCountdown(null);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Estimate next run based on last run finish time + interval (5 min + up to 5 min jitter)
+    const lastFinished = accounts
+      .filter((a) => a.lastRun?.finishedAt)
+      .map((a) => new Date(a.lastRun!.finishedAt!).getTime())
+      .sort((a, b) => b - a)[0];
+
+    if (!lastFinished) {
+      setNextRunCountdown(null);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const intervalMs = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 min base
+    const estimatedNext = lastFinished + intervalMs;
+
+    const tick = () => {
+      const remaining = estimatedNext - Date.now();
+      if (remaining <= 0) {
+        setNextRunCountdown("any moment...");
+      } else {
+        const mins = Math.floor(remaining / 60_000);
+        const secs = Math.floor((remaining % 60_000) / 1_000);
+        setNextRunCountdown(
+          mins > 0 ? `~${mins}m ${secs}s` : `~${secs}s`
+        );
+      }
+    };
+
+    tick();
+    const interval = setInterval(tick, 1_000);
+    return () => clearInterval(interval);
+  }, [isRunning, accounts]);
+
+  if (accounts.length === 0 && !error) {
+    return (
+      <Card>
+        <CardContent className="flex items-center gap-3 py-4">
+          <AlertTriangle className="h-5 w-5 text-yellow-500 shrink-0" />
+          <div>
+            <p className="text-sm font-medium">No accounts configured</p>
+            <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+              Add a Telegram account below to get started. You&apos;ll need your
+              phone number and the API credentials in your .env.local file.
+            </p>
+          </div>
+        </CardContent>
+      </Card>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Card>
+      <CardContent className="py-4 space-y-3">
+        {/* Account status row */}
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-4 flex-wrap">
+          {accounts.map((account) => {
+            const config = AUTH_STATE_CONFIG[account.authState] ?? AUTH_STATE_CONFIG.PENDING;
+            return (
+              <div key={account.id} className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                {config.icon === "check" && (
+                  <CheckCircle2 className={cn("h-4 w-4", config.color)} />
+                )}
+                {config.icon === "clock" && (
+                  <Clock className={cn("h-4 w-4", config.color)} />
+                )}
+                {config.icon === "alert" && (
+                  <AlertTriangle className={cn("h-4 w-4", config.color)} />
+                )}
+                {config.icon === "x" && (
+                  <XCircle className={cn("h-4 w-4", config.color)} />
+                )}
+                <span className="text-sm font-medium">
+                  {account.displayName || account.phone}
+                </span>
+                <Badge
+                  variant="outline"
+                  className={cn("text-[10px]", config.color)}
+                >
+                  {config.label}
+                </Badge>
+              </div>
+            );
+          })}
+        </div>
+
+        {/* Divider */}
+        <div className="border-t" />
+
+        {/* Worker activity */}
+        {error ? (
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+            <XCircle className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+            <span>Could not reach worker status</span>
+          </div>
+        ) : isRunning && activeRun?.currentRun ? (
+          <RunningStatus run={activeRun.currentRun} />
+        ) : (
+          <IdleStatus accounts={accounts} nextRunCountdown={nextRunCountdown} />
+        )}
+      </CardContent>
+    </Card>
+  );
+}
+
+function RunningStatus({
+  run,
+}: {
+  run: NonNullable<IngestionAccountStatus["currentRun"]>;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-2">
+      <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+        <Loader2 className="h-4 w-4 animate-spin text-primary shrink-0" />
+        <span className="text-sm font-medium text-primary truncate">
+          {run.currentActivity ?? "Working..."}
+        </span>
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Progress bar for downloads */}
+      {run.downloadPercent != null && run.downloadPercent > 0 && (
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-3 pl-6">
+          <div className="h-1.5 flex-1 max-w-[200px] rounded-full bg-primary/20">
+            <div
+              className="h-full rounded-full bg-primary transition-all duration-500"
+              style={{ width: `${Math.min(100, run.downloadPercent)}%` }}
+            />
+          </div>
+          <span className="text-xs text-primary/70 tabular-nums">
+            {run.downloadPercent}%
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {/* Stats line */}
+      <div className="flex items-center gap-4 pl-6 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+        {run.currentChannel && (
+          <span>
+            Channel: <span className="text-foreground">{run.currentChannel}</span>
+          </span>
+        )}
+        {run.totalFiles != null && run.currentFileNum != null && (
+          <span>
+            Archive{" "}
+            <span className="text-foreground tabular-nums">
+              {run.currentFileNum}/{run.totalFiles}
+            </span>
+          </span>
+        )}
+        {run.zipsIngested > 0 && (
+          <span>
+            <span className="text-foreground tabular-nums">{run.zipsIngested}</span> ingested
+          </span>
+        )}
+        {run.zipsDuplicate > 0 && (
+          <span>
+            <span className="text-foreground tabular-nums">{run.zipsDuplicate}</span> skipped
+          </span>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function IdleStatus({
+  accounts,
+  nextRunCountdown,
+}: {
+  accounts: IngestionAccountStatus[];
+  nextRunCountdown: string | null;
+}) {
+  const lastRun = accounts
+    .filter((a) => a.lastRun)
+    .sort(
+      (a, b) =>
+        new Date(b.lastRun!.finishedAt ?? b.lastRun!.startedAt).getTime() -
+        new Date(a.lastRun!.finishedAt ?? a.lastRun!.startedAt).getTime()
+    )[0]?.lastRun;
+
+  const hasAuthenticated = accounts.some(
+    (a) => a.authState === "AUTHENTICATED"
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4">
+      <div className="flex items-center gap-2 min-w-0">
+        {lastRun ? (
+          <>
+            {lastRun.status === "FAILED" ? (
+              <XCircle className="h-3.5 w-3.5 text-red-500 shrink-0" />
+            ) : (
+              <CheckCircle2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5 text-emerald-500 shrink-0" />
+            )}
+            <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground truncate">
+              {lastRun.status === "FAILED"
+                ? `Last sync failed ${getTimeAgo(lastRun.finishedAt ?? lastRun.startedAt)}`
+                : `Last sync ${getTimeAgo(lastRun.finishedAt ?? lastRun.startedAt)} — ${lastRun.zipsIngested} new, ${lastRun.zipsDuplicate} skipped, ${lastRun.messagesScanned} messages`}
+            </span>
+          </>
+        ) : hasAuthenticated ? (
+          <>
+            <Clock className="h-3.5 w-3.5 text-muted-foreground shrink-0" />
+            <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+              Waiting for first sync...
+            </span>
+          </>
+        ) : accounts.some((a) => a.authState === "PENDING") ? (
+          <>
+            <Clock className="h-3.5 w-3.5 text-yellow-500 shrink-0" />
+            <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+              Pending account detected — worker will send an SMS code on the next cycle. Please wait...
+            </span>
+          </>
+        ) : accounts.some(
+            (a) => a.authState === "AWAITING_CODE" || a.authState === "AWAITING_PASSWORD"
+          ) ? (
+          <>
+            <AlertTriangle className="h-3.5 w-3.5 text-orange-500 shrink-0" />
+            <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+              Waiting for you to enter the auth code — check the Accounts table below
+            </span>
+          </>
+        ) : (
+          <>
+            <Radio className="h-3.5 w-3.5 text-muted-foreground shrink-0" />
+            <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+              Worker idle — authenticate an account to start syncing
+            </span>
+          </>
+        )}
+      </div>
+
+      {nextRunCountdown && hasAuthenticated && (
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5 shrink-0">
+          <RefreshCw className="h-3 w-3 text-muted-foreground" />
+          <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground tabular-nums">
+            Next: {nextRunCountdown}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function getTimeAgo(dateStr: string): string {
+  const diff = Date.now() - new Date(dateStr).getTime();
+  const mins = Math.floor(diff / 60_000);
+  if (mins < 1) return "just now";
+  if (mins < 60) return `${mins}m ago`;
+  const hours = Math.floor(mins / 60);
+  if (hours < 24) return `${hours}h ago`;
+  const days = Math.floor(hours / 24);
+  return `${days}d ago`;
+}
--- a/src/app/(app)/telegram/actions.ts
+++ b/src/app/(app)/telegram/actions.ts
@@ -258,6 +258,44 @@ export async function deleteChannel(id: string): Promise<ActionResult> {
  }
 }

+export async function setChannelType(
+  id: string,
+  type: "SOURCE" | "DESTINATION"
+): Promise<ActionResult> {
+  const admin = await requireAdmin();
+  if (!admin.success) return admin;
+
+  const existing = await prisma.telegramChannel.findUnique({ where: { id } });
+  if (!existing) return { success: false, error: "Channel not found" };
+
+  try {
+    await prisma.telegramChannel.update({
+      where: { id },
+      data: { type },
+    });
+    revalidatePath(REVALIDATE_PATH);
+    return { success: true, data: undefined };
+  } catch {
+    return { success: false, error: "Failed to update channel type" };
+  }
+}
+
+export async function triggerChannelSync(): Promise<ActionResult> {
+  const admin = await requireAdmin();
+  if (!admin.success) return admin;
+
+  try {
+    // Signal the worker to do a channel sync via pg_notify
+    await prisma.$queryRawUnsafe(
+      `SELECT pg_notify('channel_sync', 'requested')`
+    );
+    revalidatePath(REVALIDATE_PATH);
+    return { success: true, data: undefined };
+  } catch {
+    return { success: false, error: "Failed to trigger channel sync" };
+  }
+}
+
 // ── Account-Channel link actions ──

 export async function linkChannel(
@@ -317,24 +355,42 @@ export async function triggerIngestion(
  if (!admin.success) return admin;

  try {
-    const res = await fetch(
-      `${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL || "http://localhost:3000"}/api/ingestion/trigger`,
-      {
-        method: "POST",
-        headers: {
-          "Content-Type": "application/json",
-          "X-API-Key": process.env.INGESTION_API_KEY || "",
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ accountId }),
-      }
-    );
+    // Find eligible accounts
+    const where: { isActive: boolean; authState: "AUTHENTICATED"; id?: string } = {
+      isActive: true,
+      authState: "AUTHENTICATED",
+    };
+    if (accountId) where.id = accountId;

-    if (!res.ok) {
-      const data = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
-      return {
-        success: false,
-        error: (data as { error?: string }).error || "Failed to trigger ingestion",
-      };
+    const accounts = await prisma.telegramAccount.findMany({
+      where,
+      select: { id: true },
+    });
+
+    if (accounts.length === 0) {
+      return { success: false, error: "No eligible accounts found" };
+    }
+
+    // Create ingestion runs — the worker picks these up
+    for (const account of accounts) {
+      const existing = await prisma.ingestionRun.findFirst({
+        where: { accountId: account.id, status: "RUNNING" },
+      });
+      if (!existing) {
+        await prisma.ingestionRun.create({
+          data: { accountId: account.id, status: "RUNNING" },
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    // pg_notify for immediate worker pickup
+    try {
+      await prisma.$queryRawUnsafe(
+        `SELECT pg_notify('ingestion_trigger', $1)`,
+        accounts.map((a) => a.id).join(",")
+      );
+    } catch {
+      // Best-effort
    }

    revalidatePath(REVALIDATE_PATH);
@@ -343,3 +399,227 @@ export async function triggerIngestion(
    return { success: false, error: "Failed to trigger ingestion" };
  }
 }
+
+// ── Channel selection (from fetch results) ──
+
+export async function saveChannelSelections(
+  accountId: string,
+  channels: { telegramId: string; title: string; isForum: boolean }[]
+): Promise<ActionResult> {
+  const admin = await requireAdmin();
+  if (!admin.success) return admin;
+
+  const existing = await prisma.telegramAccount.findUnique({
+    where: { id: accountId },
+  });
+  if (!existing) return { success: false, error: "Account not found" };
+
+  try {
+    let linked = 0;
+    for (const ch of channels) {
+      // Upsert the channel record
+      const channel = await prisma.telegramChannel.upsert({
+        where: { telegramId: BigInt(ch.telegramId) },
+        create: {
+          telegramId: BigInt(ch.telegramId),
+          title: ch.title,
+          type: "SOURCE",
+          isForum: ch.isForum,
+        },
+        update: {
+          title: ch.title,
+          isForum: ch.isForum,
+        },
+      });
+
+      // Create READER link (idempotent)
+      try {
+        await prisma.accountChannelMap.create({
+          data: { accountId, channelId: channel.id, role: "READER" },
+        });
+        linked++;
+      } catch (err: unknown) {
+        // Unique constraint = already linked, that's fine
+        if (!(err instanceof Error && err.message.includes("Unique constraint"))) {
+          throw err;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    revalidatePath(REVALIDATE_PATH);
+    return { success: true, data: undefined };
+  } catch {
+    return { success: false, error: "Failed to save channel selections" };
+  }
+}
+
+// ── Global destination channel ──
+
+export async function setGlobalDestination(
+  channelId: string
+): Promise<ActionResult> {
+  const admin = await requireAdmin();
+  if (!admin.success) return admin;
+
+  const channel = await prisma.telegramChannel.findUnique({
+    where: { id: channelId },
+  });
+  if (!channel) return { success: false, error: "Channel not found" };
+
+  try {
+    // Set the channel type to DESTINATION
+    await prisma.telegramChannel.update({
+      where: { id: channelId },
+      data: { type: "DESTINATION" },
+    });
+
+    // Save as global destination
+    await prisma.globalSetting.upsert({
+      where: { key: "destination_channel_id" },
+      create: { key: "destination_channel_id", value: channelId },
+      update: { value: channelId },
+    });
+
+    // Auto-create WRITER links for all active authenticated accounts
+    const accounts = await prisma.telegramAccount.findMany({
+      where: { isActive: true, authState: "AUTHENTICATED" },
+      select: { id: true },
+    });
+
+    for (const account of accounts) {
+      try {
+        await prisma.accountChannelMap.create({
+          data: { accountId: account.id, channelId, role: "WRITER" },
+        });
+      } catch {
+        // Already linked — ignore
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Signal worker to generate invite link
+    try {
+      await prisma.$queryRawUnsafe(
+        `SELECT pg_notify('generate_invite', $1)`,
+        channelId
+      );
+    } catch {
+      // Best-effort
+    }
+
+    revalidatePath(REVALIDATE_PATH);
+    return { success: true, data: undefined };
+  } catch {
+    return { success: false, error: "Failed to set global destination" };
+  }
+}
+
+export async function createDestinationChannel(
+  telegramId: string,
+  title: string
+): Promise<ActionResult<{ id: string }>> {
+  const admin = await requireAdmin();
+  if (!admin.success) return admin;
+
+  try {
+    // Create the channel as DESTINATION
+    const channel = await prisma.telegramChannel.upsert({
+      where: { telegramId: BigInt(telegramId) },
+      create: {
+        telegramId: BigInt(telegramId),
+        title,
+        type: "DESTINATION",
+      },
+      update: {
+        title,
+        type: "DESTINATION",
+      },
+    });
+
+    // Set as global destination
+    await prisma.globalSetting.upsert({
+      where: { key: "destination_channel_id" },
+      create: { key: "destination_channel_id", value: channel.id },
+      update: { value: channel.id },
+    });
+
+    // Auto-create WRITER links for all active authenticated accounts
+    const accounts = await prisma.telegramAccount.findMany({
+      where: { isActive: true, authState: "AUTHENTICATED" },
+      select: { id: true },
+    });
+
+    for (const account of accounts) {
+      try {
+        await prisma.accountChannelMap.create({
+          data: { accountId: account.id, channelId: channel.id, role: "WRITER" },
+        });
+      } catch {
+        // Already linked
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Signal worker to generate invite link
+    try {
+      await prisma.$queryRawUnsafe(
+        `SELECT pg_notify('generate_invite', $1)`,
+        channel.id
+      );
+    } catch {
+      // Best-effort
+    }
+
+    revalidatePath(REVALIDATE_PATH);
+    return { success: true, data: { id: channel.id } };
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    if (
+      err instanceof Error &&
+      err.message.includes("Unique constraint failed")
+    ) {
+      return { success: false, error: "A channel with this Telegram ID already exists" };
+    }
+    return { success: false, error: "Failed to create destination channel" };
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Request the worker to create a new Telegram supergroup as the destination.
+ * Uses ChannelFetchRequest as a generic DB-mediated request with pg_notify.
+ * Returns the requestId so the UI can poll for completion.
+ */
+export async function createDestinationViaWorker(
+  title: string
+): Promise<ActionResult<{ requestId: string }>> {
+  const admin = await requireAdmin();
+  if (!admin.success) return admin;
+
+  if (!title.trim()) return { success: false, error: "Title is required" };
+
+  try {
+    // Need at least one authenticated account for TDLib
+    const hasAccount = await prisma.telegramAccount.findFirst({
+      where: { isActive: true, authState: "AUTHENTICATED" },
+      select: { id: true },
+    });
+    if (!hasAccount) {
+      return { success: false, error: "At least one authenticated account is needed to create a Telegram group" };
+    }
+
+    // Create a fetch request to track progress (reusing the model as a generic worker request)
+    const fetchRequest = await prisma.channelFetchRequest.create({
+      data: {
+        accountId: hasAccount.id,
+        status: "PENDING",
+      },
+    });
+
+    // Signal worker via pg_notify
+    await prisma.$queryRawUnsafe(
+      `SELECT pg_notify('create_destination', $1)`,
+      JSON.stringify({ requestId: fetchRequest.id, title: title.trim() })
+    );
+
+    return { success: true, data: { requestId: fetchRequest.id } };
+  } catch {
+    return { success: false, error: "Failed to request destination creation" };
+  }
+}
--- a/src/app/(app)/telegram/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/telegram/page.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { auth } from "@/lib/auth";
 import { redirect } from "next/navigation";
-import { listAccounts, listChannels } from "@/lib/telegram/admin-queries";
+import { listAccounts, listChannels, getGlobalDestination } from "@/lib/telegram/admin-queries";
+import { getIngestionStatus } from "@/lib/telegram/queries";
 import { TelegramAdmin } from "./_components/telegram-admin";

 export default async function TelegramPage() {
@@ -8,10 +9,19 @@ export default async function TelegramPage() {
  if (!session?.user?.id) redirect("/login");
  if (session.user.role !== "ADMIN") redirect("/dashboard");

-  const [accounts, channels] = await Promise.all([
+  const [accounts, channels, ingestionStatus, globalDestination] = await Promise.all([
    listAccounts(),
    listChannels(),
+    getIngestionStatus(),
+    getGlobalDestination(),
  ]);

-  return <TelegramAdmin accounts={accounts} channels={channels} />;
+  return (
+    <TelegramAdmin
+      accounts={accounts}
+      channels={channels}
+      ingestionStatus={ingestionStatus}
+      globalDestination={globalDestination}
+    />
+  );
 }
--- a/src/app/api/telegram/accounts/[accountId]/fetch-channels/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/telegram/accounts/[accountId]/fetch-channels/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { authenticateApiRequest } from "@/lib/telegram/api-auth";
+import { prisma } from "@/lib/prisma";
+
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
+/**
+ * POST: Create a channel fetch request for this account.
+ * Signals the worker via pg_notify to fetch channels from Telegram.
+ */
+export async function POST(
+  request: Request,
+  { params }: { params: Promise<{ accountId: string }> }
+) {
+  const authResult = await authenticateApiRequest(request, true);
+  if ("error" in authResult) return authResult.error;
+
+  const { accountId } = await params;
+
+  try {
+    // Verify account exists and is authenticated
+    const account = await prisma.telegramAccount.findUnique({
+      where: { id: accountId },
+      select: { id: true, authState: true },
+    });
+
+    if (!account) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ error: "Account not found" }, { status: 404 });
+    }
+
+    if (account.authState !== "AUTHENTICATED") {
+      return NextResponse.json(
+        { error: "Account must be authenticated to fetch channels" },
+        { status: 400 }
+      );
+    }
+
+    // Check for an existing recent request that's still pending/in-progress
+    const existing = await prisma.channelFetchRequest.findFirst({
+      where: {
+        accountId,
+        status: { in: ["PENDING", "IN_PROGRESS"] },
+      },
+    });
+
+    if (existing) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ requestId: existing.id }, { status: 202 });
+    }
+
+    // Also check for a recently completed request (within last 30 seconds)
+    const recent = await prisma.channelFetchRequest.findFirst({
+      where: {
+        accountId,
+        status: "COMPLETED",
+        updatedAt: { gte: new Date(Date.now() - 30_000) },
+      },
+      orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
+    });
+
+    if (recent) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ requestId: recent.id }, { status: 200 });
+    }
+
+    // Create a new fetch request
+    const fetchRequest = await prisma.channelFetchRequest.create({
+      data: { accountId, status: "PENDING" },
+    });
+
+    // Signal the worker via pg_notify
+    try {
+      await prisma.$queryRawUnsafe(
+        `SELECT pg_notify('channel_fetch', $1)`,
+        fetchRequest.id
+      );
+    } catch {
+      // Best-effort — worker will also pick it up on next poll
+    }
+
+    return NextResponse.json({ requestId: fetchRequest.id }, { status: 202 });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("fetch-channels POST error:", err);
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { error: "Server error — try restarting the dev server if the schema changed" },
+      { status: 500 }
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * GET: Poll for the result of a channel fetch request.
+ * Query param: ?requestId=xxx
+ */
+export async function GET(
+  request: Request,
+  { params }: { params: Promise<{ accountId: string }> }
+) {
+  const authResult = await authenticateApiRequest(request, true);
+  if ("error" in authResult) return authResult.error;
+
+  const { accountId } = await params;
+  const url = new URL(request.url);
+  const requestId = url.searchParams.get("requestId");
+
+  try {
+    if (!requestId) {
+      // Return the most recent completed fetch request for this account
+      const latest = await prisma.channelFetchRequest.findFirst({
+        where: { accountId, status: "COMPLETED" },
+        orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
+      });
+
+      if (!latest) {
+        return NextResponse.json(
+          { status: "NOT_FOUND", channels: [] },
+          { status: 200 }
+        );
+      }
+
+      return NextResponse.json({
+        requestId: latest.id,
+        status: latest.status,
+        channels: latest.resultJson ? JSON.parse(latest.resultJson) : [],
+      });
+    }
+
+    const fetchRequest = await prisma.channelFetchRequest.findUnique({
+      where: { id: requestId },
+    });
+
+    if (!fetchRequest || fetchRequest.accountId !== accountId) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ error: "Request not found" }, { status: 404 });
+    }
+
+    return NextResponse.json({
+      requestId: fetchRequest.id,
+      status: fetchRequest.status,
+      error: fetchRequest.error,
+      channels: fetchRequest.status === "COMPLETED" && fetchRequest.resultJson
+        ? JSON.parse(fetchRequest.resultJson)
+        : [],
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("fetch-channels GET error:", err);
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { error: "Server error — try restarting the dev server if the schema changed" },
+      { status: 500 }
+    );
+  }
+}
--- a/src/app/api/telegram/worker-request/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/telegram/worker-request/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { authenticateApiRequest } from "@/lib/telegram/api-auth";
+import { prisma } from "@/lib/prisma";
+
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
+/**
+ * GET: Poll for the result of a worker request (ChannelFetchRequest used as generic request).
+ * Query param: ?requestId=xxx
+ */
+export async function GET(request: Request) {
+  const authResult = await authenticateApiRequest(request, true);
+  if ("error" in authResult) return authResult.error;
+
+  const url = new URL(request.url);
+  const requestId = url.searchParams.get("requestId");
+
+  if (!requestId) {
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { error: "requestId is required" },
+      { status: 400 }
+    );
+  }
+
+  const fetchRequest = await prisma.channelFetchRequest.findUnique({
+    where: { id: requestId },
+  });
+
+  if (!fetchRequest) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "Request not found" }, { status: 404 });
+  }
+
+  return NextResponse.json({
+    requestId: fetchRequest.id,
+    status: fetchRequest.status,
+    error: fetchRequest.error,
+    result: fetchRequest.status === "COMPLETED" && fetchRequest.resultJson
+      ? JSON.parse(fetchRequest.resultJson)
+      : null,
+  });
+}
--- a/src/lib/telegram/admin-queries.ts
+++ b/src/lib/telegram/admin-queries.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,42 @@ export type AccountChannelLinkRow = Awaited<
  ReturnType<typeof listAccountChannelLinks>
 >[number];

+// ── Global destination ──
+
+export async function getGlobalDestination() {
+  try {
+    const setting = await prisma.globalSetting.findUnique({
+      where: { key: "destination_channel_id" },
+    });
+    if (!setting) return null;
+
+    const channel = await prisma.telegramChannel.findUnique({
+      where: { id: setting.value },
+      select: { id: true, title: true, telegramId: true, isActive: true },
+    });
+
+    if (!channel) return null;
+
+    // Also get the invite link if it exists
+    const inviteSetting = await prisma.globalSetting.findUnique({
+      where: { key: "destination_invite_link" },
+    });
+
+    return {
+      id: channel.id,
+      title: channel.title,
+      telegramId: channel.telegramId.toString(),
+      isActive: channel.isActive,
+      inviteLink: inviteSetting?.value ?? null,
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Failed to fetch global destination (restart dev server if schema changed):", error);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export type GlobalDestination = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getGlobalDestination>>;
+
 export async function getUnlinkedChannels(accountId: string) {
  const linked = await prisma.accountChannelMap.findMany({
    where: { accountId },
--- a/telegram_test.html
+++ b/telegram_test.html
--- a/worker/src/archive/multipart.ts
+++ b/worker/src/archive/multipart.ts
@@ -57,17 +57,19 @@ export function groupArchiveSets(messages: TelegramMessage[]): ArchiveSet[] {
      // Check if any single entry is the "final part" of a legacy split
      const allEntries = [...multipartEntries, ...singleEntries];

-      // Check time span — skip if parts span too long
-      const dates = allEntries.map((e) => e.msg.date.getTime());
-      const span = Math.max(...dates) - Math.min(...dates);
-      const maxSpanMs = config.multipartTimeoutHours * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+      // Check time span — skip if parts span too long (0 = no limit)
+      if (config.multipartTimeoutHours > 0) {
+        const dates = allEntries.map((e) => e.msg.date.getTime());
+        const span = Math.max(...dates) - Math.min(...dates);
+        const maxSpanMs = config.multipartTimeoutHours * 60 * 60 * 1000;

-      if (span > maxSpanMs) {
-        log.warn(
-          { baseName, format, span: span / 3600000 },
-          "Multipart set spans too long, skipping"
-        );
-        continue;
+        if (span > maxSpanMs) {
+          log.warn(
+            { baseName, format, span: span / 3600000 },
+            "Multipart set spans too long, skipping"
+          );
+          continue;
+        }
      }

      // Sort by part number (singles get a very high number so they come last — they're the final part)
--- a/worker/src/archive/split.ts
+++ b/worker/src/archive/split.ts
@@ -46,3 +46,35 @@ export async function byteLevelSplit(filePath: string): Promise<string[]> {
  log.info({ filePath, parts: parts.length }, "File split complete");
  return parts;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Concatenate multiple files into a single output file by streaming
+ * each input sequentially. Used for repacking multipart archives
+ * that have oversized parts (>2GB) before re-splitting.
+ */
+export async function concatenateFiles(
+  inputPaths: string[],
+  outputPath: string
+): Promise<void> {
+  const out = createWriteStream(outputPath);
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < inputPaths.length; i++) {
+    log.info(
+      { part: i + 1, total: inputPaths.length, file: path.basename(inputPaths[i]) },
+      "Concatenating part"
+    );
+    await pipeline(createReadStream(inputPaths[i]), out, { end: false });
+  }
+
+  // Close the output stream
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    out.end(() => resolve());
+    out.on("error", reject);
+  });
+
+  const stats = await stat(outputPath);
+  log.info(
+    { outputPath, totalBytes: stats.size, parts: inputPaths.length },
+    "Concatenation complete"
+  );
+}
--- a/worker/src/archive/zip-reader.ts
+++ b/worker/src/archive/zip-reader.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import yauzl from "yauzl";
+import { open as fsOpen, stat as fsStat } from "fs/promises";
 import path from "path";
+import { Readable } from "stream";
 import { childLogger } from "../util/logger.js";

 const log = childLogger("zip-reader");
@@ -15,20 +17,28 @@ export interface FileEntry {

 /**
 * Read the central directory of a ZIP file without extracting any contents.
- * For multipart ZIPs, pass the paths sorted by part order.
- * We attempt to read from the last part first (central directory is at the end).
+ * For multipart ZIPs (.zip.001, .zip.002 etc.), uses a custom random-access
+ * reader that spans all parts seamlessly so yauzl can find the central
+ * directory at the end of the combined data.
 */
 export async function readZipCentralDirectory(
  filePaths: string[]
 ): Promise<FileEntry[]> {
-  // The central directory lives at the end of the last file
-  const targetFile = filePaths[filePaths.length - 1];
+  if (filePaths.length === 1) {
+    return readSingleZip(filePaths[0]);
+  }

-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  // Multipart: use a spanning random-access reader
+  return readMultipartZip(filePaths);
+}
+
+/** Read a single (non-split) ZIP file. */
+function readSingleZip(targetFile: string): Promise<FileEntry[]> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    yauzl.open(targetFile, { lazyEntries: true, autoClose: true }, (err, zipFile) => {
      if (err) {
        log.warn({ err, file: targetFile }, "Failed to open ZIP for reading");
-        resolve([]); // Fallback: return empty on error
+        resolve([]);
        return;
      }

@@ -36,13 +46,12 @@ export async function readZipCentralDirectory(

      zipFile.readEntry();
      zipFile.on("entry", (entry: yauzl.Entry) => {
-        // Skip directories
        if (!entry.fileName.endsWith("/")) {
          const ext = path.extname(entry.fileName).toLowerCase();
          entries.push({
            path: entry.fileName,
            fileName: path.basename(entry.fileName),
-            extension: ext ? ext.slice(1) : null, // Remove leading dot
+            extension: ext ? ext.slice(1) : null,
            compressedSize: BigInt(entry.compressedSize),
            uncompressedSize: BigInt(entry.uncompressedSize),
            crc32: entry.crc32 !== 0 ? entry.crc32.toString(16).padStart(8, "0") : null,
@@ -54,8 +63,144 @@ export async function readZipCentralDirectory(
      zipFile.on("end", () => resolve(entries));
      zipFile.on("error", (error) => {
        log.warn({ error, file: targetFile }, "Error reading ZIP entries");
-        resolve(entries); // Return whatever we got
+        resolve(entries);
      });
    });
  });
 }
+
+/**
+ * Read a multipart split ZIP using yauzl's RandomAccessReader API.
+ * This creates a virtual "file" that spans all parts so yauzl can
+ * seek freely across the entire archive to read the central directory.
+ */
+async function readMultipartZip(filePaths: string[]): Promise<FileEntry[]> {
+  // Get sizes of all parts
+  const partSizes: number[] = [];
+  for (const fp of filePaths) {
+    const s = await fsStat(fp);
+    partSizes.push(s.size);
+  }
+  const totalSize = partSizes.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
+
+  log.debug(
+    { parts: filePaths.length, totalSize },
+    "Reading multipart ZIP via spanning reader"
+  );
+
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const reader = createMultiPartReader(filePaths, partSizes);
+
+    yauzl.fromRandomAccessReader(
+      reader,
+      totalSize,
+      { lazyEntries: true, autoClose: true },
+      (err, zipFile) => {
+        if (err) {
+          log.warn({ err }, "Failed to open multipart ZIP for reading");
+          reader.close(() => {});
+          resolve([]);
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const entries: FileEntry[] = [];
+
+        zipFile.readEntry();
+        zipFile.on("entry", (entry: yauzl.Entry) => {
+          if (!entry.fileName.endsWith("/")) {
+            const ext = path.extname(entry.fileName).toLowerCase();
+            entries.push({
+              path: entry.fileName,
+              fileName: path.basename(entry.fileName),
+              extension: ext ? ext.slice(1) : null,
+              compressedSize: BigInt(entry.compressedSize),
+              uncompressedSize: BigInt(entry.uncompressedSize),
+              crc32: entry.crc32 !== 0 ? entry.crc32.toString(16).padStart(8, "0") : null,
+            });
+          }
+          zipFile.readEntry();
+        });
+
+        zipFile.on("end", () => {
+          log.info({ entries: entries.length }, "Multipart ZIP entries read");
+          resolve(entries);
+        });
+        zipFile.on("error", (error) => {
+          log.warn({ error }, "Error reading multipart ZIP entries");
+          resolve(entries);
+        });
+      }
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a yauzl RandomAccessReader that reads across multiple split part files.
+ * Maps a global offset to the correct part file and local offset.
+ *
+ * Uses Object.create to properly inherit from yauzl.RandomAccessReader
+ * (whose constructor + prototype is defined at runtime, not as a TS class).
+ */
+function createMultiPartReader(
+  filePaths: string[],
+  partSizes: number[]
+): yauzl.RandomAccessReader {
+  // Build cumulative offset table
+  const partOffsets: number[] = [];
+  let offset = 0;
+  for (const size of partSizes) {
+    partOffsets.push(offset);
+    offset += size;
+  }
+
+  // Create an instance by calling the parent constructor
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  const reader = new (yauzl.RandomAccessReader as any)() as yauzl.RandomAccessReader;
+
+  // Override _readStreamForRange — yauzl calls this to read a range of bytes
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  (reader as any)._readStreamForRange = function (start: number, end: number): Readable {
+    const readable = new Readable({ read() {} });
+
+    readRange(start, end, readable).catch((err) => {
+      readable.destroy(err);
+    });
+
+    return readable;
+  };
+
+  async function readRange(start: number, end: number, readable: Readable): Promise<void> {
+    let remaining = end - start;
+    let globalOffset = start;
+
+    while (remaining > 0) {
+      // Find which part this offset falls in
+      let partIdx = partOffsets.length - 1;
+      for (let i = 0; i < partOffsets.length; i++) {
+        if (i + 1 < partOffsets.length && globalOffset < partOffsets[i + 1]) {
+          partIdx = i;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      const localOffset = globalOffset - partOffsets[partIdx];
+      const partRemaining = partSizes[partIdx] - localOffset;
+      const toRead = Math.min(remaining, partRemaining);
+
+      const fh = await fsOpen(filePaths[partIdx], "r");
+      try {
+        const buf = Buffer.alloc(toRead);
+        const { bytesRead } = await fh.read(buf, 0, toRead, localOffset);
+        readable.push(buf.subarray(0, bytesRead));
+        remaining -= bytesRead;
+        globalOffset += bytesRead;
+      } finally {
+        await fh.close();
+      }
+    }
+
+    readable.push(null); // Signal end of stream
+  }
+
+  return reader;
+}
--- a/worker/src/db/queries.ts
+++ b/worker/src/db/queries.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { db } from "./client.js";
-import type { ArchiveType } from "@prisma/client";
+import type { ArchiveType, FetchStatus } from "@prisma/client";

 export async function getActiveAccounts() {
  return db.telegramAccount.findMany({
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ export async function getActiveAccounts() {
  });
 }

+export async function getPendingAccounts() {
+  return db.telegramAccount.findMany({
+    where: { isActive: true, authState: "PENDING" },
+  });
+}
+
+export async function hasAnyChannels(): Promise<boolean> {
+  const count = await db.telegramChannel.count();
+  return count > 0;
+}
+
 export async function getSourceChannelMappings(accountId: string) {
  return db.accountChannelMap.findMany({
    where: {
@@ -18,26 +29,66 @@ export async function getSourceChannelMappings(accountId: string) {
  });
 }

-export async function getDestinationChannel(accountId: string) {
-  const mapping = await db.accountChannelMap.findFirst({
-    where: {
-      accountId,
-      role: "WRITER",
-      channel: { type: "DESTINATION", isActive: true },
-    },
-    include: { channel: true },
+// ── Global destination channel ──
+
+export async function getGlobalDestinationChannel() {
+  const setting = await db.globalSetting.findUnique({
+    where: { key: "destination_channel_id" },
+  });
+  if (!setting) return null;
+  return db.telegramChannel.findFirst({
+    where: { id: setting.value, type: "DESTINATION", isActive: true },
+  });
+}
+
+export async function getGlobalSetting(key: string): Promise<string | null> {
+  const setting = await db.globalSetting.findUnique({ where: { key } });
+  return setting?.value ?? null;
+}
+
+export async function setGlobalSetting(key: string, value: string) {
+  return db.globalSetting.upsert({
+    where: { key },
+    create: { key, value },
+    update: { value },
  });
-  return mapping?.channel ?? null;
 }

 export async function packageExistsByHash(contentHash: string) {
-  const pkg = await db.package.findUnique({
-    where: { contentHash },
+  const pkg = await db.package.findFirst({
+    where: { contentHash, destMessageId: { not: null } },
    select: { id: true },
  });
  return pkg !== null;
 }

+/**
+ * Check if a package already exists for a given source message ID
+ * AND was successfully uploaded to the destination (destMessageId is set).
+ * Used as an early skip before downloading.
+ */
+export async function packageExistsBySourceMessage(
+  sourceChannelId: string,
+  sourceMessageId: bigint
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const pkg = await db.package.findFirst({
+    where: { sourceChannelId, sourceMessageId, destMessageId: { not: null } },
+    select: { id: true },
+  });
+  return pkg !== null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Delete orphaned Package rows that have the same content hash but never
+ * completed the upload (destMessageId is null). Called before creating a
+ * new complete record to avoid unique constraint violations.
+ */
+export async function deleteOrphanedPackageByHash(contentHash: string): Promise<void> {
+  await db.package.deleteMany({
+    where: { contentHash, destMessageId: null },
+  });
+}
+
 export interface CreatePackageInput {
  contentHash: string;
  fileName: string;
@@ -228,6 +279,57 @@ export async function getAccountAuthCode(accountId: string) {
  return account;
 }

+// ── Channel sync (auto-discovery from Telegram) ──
+
+export interface UpsertChannelInput {
+  telegramId: bigint;
+  title: string;
+  type: "SOURCE" | "DESTINATION";
+  isForum: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Upsert a channel by telegramId. Returns the channel record.
+ * If it already exists, update title and forum status.
+ */
+export async function upsertChannel(input: UpsertChannelInput) {
+  return db.telegramChannel.upsert({
+    where: { telegramId: input.telegramId },
+    create: {
+      telegramId: input.telegramId,
+      title: input.title,
+      type: input.type,
+      isForum: input.isForum,
+    },
+    update: {
+      title: input.title,
+      isForum: input.isForum,
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Link an account to a channel if not already linked.
+ * Uses a try/catch on unique constraint to make it idempotent.
+ */
+export async function ensureAccountChannelLink(
+  accountId: string,
+  channelId: string,
+  role: "READER" | "WRITER"
+) {
+  try {
+    return await db.accountChannelMap.create({
+      data: { accountId, channelId, role },
+    });
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    // Already linked — ignore unique constraint violation
+    if (err instanceof Error && err.message.includes("Unique constraint")) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    throw err;
+  }
+}
+
 // ── Forum / Topic progress ──

 export async function setChannelForum(channelId: string, isForum: boolean) {
@@ -268,3 +370,50 @@ export async function upsertTopicProgress(
    },
  });
 }
+
+// ── Channel fetch requests (DB-mediated communication with web app) ──
+
+export async function getChannelFetchRequest(requestId: string) {
+  return db.channelFetchRequest.findUnique({
+    where: { id: requestId },
+    include: { account: true },
+  });
+}
+
+export async function updateFetchRequestStatus(
+  requestId: string,
+  status: FetchStatus,
+  extra?: { resultJson?: string; error?: string }
+) {
+  return db.channelFetchRequest.update({
+    where: { id: requestId },
+    data: {
+      status,
+      resultJson: extra?.resultJson ?? undefined,
+      error: extra?.error ?? undefined,
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+export async function getAccountLinkedChannelIds(accountId: string): Promise<Set<string>> {
+  const links = await db.accountChannelMap.findMany({
+    where: { accountId },
+    select: { channel: { select: { telegramId: true } } },
+  });
+  return new Set(links.map((l) => l.channel.telegramId.toString()));
+}
+
+export async function getExistingChannelsByTelegramId(): Promise<Map<string, string>> {
+  const channels = await db.telegramChannel.findMany({
+    select: { id: true, telegramId: true },
+  });
+  const map = new Map<string, string>();
+  for (const ch of channels) {
+    map.set(ch.telegramId.toString(), ch.id);
+  }
+  return map;
+}
+
+export async function getAccountById(accountId: string) {
+  return db.telegramAccount.findUnique({ where: { id: accountId } });
+}
--- a/worker/src/fetch-listener.ts
+++ b/worker/src/fetch-listener.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+import type pg from "pg";
+import { pool } from "./db/client.js";
+import { childLogger } from "./util/logger.js";
+import { withTdlibMutex } from "./util/mutex.js";
+import { processFetchRequest } from "./worker.js";
+import { generateInviteLink, createSupergroup } from "./tdlib/chats.js";
+import { createTdlibClient, closeTdlibClient } from "./tdlib/client.js";
+import {
+  getGlobalDestinationChannel,
+  getGlobalSetting,
+  setGlobalSetting,
+  getActiveAccounts,
+  upsertChannel,
+  ensureAccountChannelLink,
+} from "./db/queries.js";
+
+const log = childLogger("fetch-listener");
+
+let pgClient: pg.PoolClient | null = null;
+
+/**
+ * Start listening for pg_notify signals from the web app.
+ *
+ * Channels:
+ *   - `channel_fetch` — payload = requestId → fetch channels for an account
+ *   - `generate_invite` — payload = channelId → generate invite link for destination
+ *   - `create_destination` — payload = JSON { requestId, title } → create supergroup via TDLib
+ */
+export async function startFetchListener(): Promise<void> {
+  pgClient = await pool.connect();
+  await pgClient.query("LISTEN channel_fetch");
+  await pgClient.query("LISTEN generate_invite");
+  await pgClient.query("LISTEN create_destination");
+
+  pgClient.on("notification", (msg) => {
+    if (msg.channel === "channel_fetch" && msg.payload) {
+      handleChannelFetch(msg.payload);
+    } else if (msg.channel === "generate_invite" && msg.payload) {
+      handleGenerateInvite(msg.payload);
+    } else if (msg.channel === "create_destination" && msg.payload) {
+      handleCreateDestination(msg.payload);
+    }
+  });
+
+  log.info("Fetch listener started (channel_fetch, generate_invite, create_destination)");
+}
+
+export function stopFetchListener(): void {
+  if (pgClient) {
+    pgClient.release();
+    pgClient = null;
+  }
+  log.info("Fetch listener stopped");
+}
+
+// ── Channel fetch handler ──
+
+// Chain promises to ensure sequential execution
+let fetchQueue: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
+
+function handleChannelFetch(requestId: string): void {
+  fetchQueue = fetchQueue.then(async () => {
+    try {
+      await withTdlibMutex("fetch-channels", () =>
+        processFetchRequest(requestId)
+      );
+    } catch (err) {
+      log.error({ err, requestId }, "Failed to process fetch request");
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+// ── Invite link generation handler ──
+
+function handleGenerateInvite(channelId: string): void {
+  fetchQueue = fetchQueue.then(async () => {
+    try {
+      await withTdlibMutex("generate-invite", async () => {
+        const destChannel = await getGlobalDestinationChannel();
+        if (!destChannel || destChannel.id !== channelId) {
+          log.warn({ channelId }, "Destination channel mismatch, skipping invite generation");
+          return;
+        }
+
+        // Use the first available authenticated account to generate the link
+        const accounts = await getActiveAccounts();
+        if (accounts.length === 0) {
+          log.warn("No authenticated accounts to generate invite link");
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const account = accounts[0];
+        const client = await createTdlibClient({ id: account.id, phone: account.phone });
+
+        try {
+          const link = await generateInviteLink(client, destChannel.telegramId);
+          await setGlobalSetting("destination_invite_link", link);
+          log.info({ link }, "Invite link generated and saved");
+        } finally {
+          await closeTdlibClient(client);
+        }
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      log.error({ err, channelId }, "Failed to generate invite link");
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+// ── Create destination supergroup handler ──
+
+function handleCreateDestination(payload: string): void {
+  fetchQueue = fetchQueue.then(async () => {
+    let requestId: string | undefined;
+    try {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(payload) as { requestId: string; title: string };
+      requestId = parsed.requestId;
+
+      await withTdlibMutex("create-destination", async () => {
+        const { db } = await import("./db/client.js");
+
+        // Mark the request as in-progress
+        await db.channelFetchRequest.update({
+          where: { id: parsed.requestId },
+          data: { status: "IN_PROGRESS" },
+        });
+
+        // Use the first available authenticated account
+        const accounts = await getActiveAccounts();
+        if (accounts.length === 0) {
+          throw new Error("No authenticated accounts available to create the group");
+        }
+
+        const account = accounts[0];
+        const client = await createTdlibClient({ id: account.id, phone: account.phone });
+
+        try {
+          // Create the supergroup via TDLib
+          const result = await createSupergroup(client, parsed.title);
+          log.info({ chatId: result.chatId.toString(), title: result.title }, "Supergroup created");
+
+          // Upsert it as a DESTINATION channel in the DB
+          const channel = await upsertChannel({
+            telegramId: result.chatId,
+            title: result.title,
+            type: "DESTINATION",
+            isForum: false,
+          });
+
+          // Set as global destination
+          await setGlobalSetting("destination_channel_id", channel.id);
+
+          // Generate an invite link
+          const link = await generateInviteLink(client, result.chatId);
+          await setGlobalSetting("destination_invite_link", link);
+          log.info({ link }, "Invite link generated for new destination");
+
+          // Link all authenticated accounts as WRITER
+          for (const acc of accounts) {
+            try {
+              await ensureAccountChannelLink(acc.id, channel.id, "WRITER");
+            } catch {
+              // Already linked
+            }
+          }
+
+          // Mark fetch request as completed with the channel info
+          await db.channelFetchRequest.update({
+            where: { id: parsed.requestId },
+            data: {
+              status: "COMPLETED",
+              resultJson: JSON.stringify({
+                channelId: channel.id,
+                telegramId: result.chatId.toString(),
+                title: result.title,
+                inviteLink: link,
+              }),
+            },
+          });
+
+          log.info(
+            { channelId: channel.id, telegramId: result.chatId.toString() },
+            "Destination channel created and configured"
+          );
+        } finally {
+          await closeTdlibClient(client);
+        }
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      log.error({ err, payload }, "Failed to create destination channel");
+      if (requestId) {
+        try {
+          const { db } = await import("./db/client.js");
+          await db.channelFetchRequest.update({
+            where: { id: requestId },
+            data: {
+              status: "FAILED",
+              error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+            },
+          });
+        } catch {
+          // Best-effort
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}
--- a/worker/src/index.ts
+++ b/worker/src/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { logger } from "./util/logger.js";
 import { markStaleRunsAsFailed } from "./db/queries.js";
 import { cleanupTempDir } from "./worker.js";
 import { startScheduler, stopScheduler } from "./scheduler.js";
+import { startFetchListener, stopFetchListener } from "./fetch-listener.js";
 import { db, pool } from "./db/client.js";

 const log = logger.child({ module: "main" });
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
  await cleanupTempDir();
  await markStaleRunsAsFailed();

+  // Start the fetch listener (pg_notify for on-demand channel fetching)
+  await startFetchListener();
+
  // Start the scheduler
  await startScheduler();
 }
@@ -28,6 +32,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
 function shutdown(signal: string): void {
  log.info({ signal }, "Shutdown signal received");
  stopScheduler();
+  stopFetchListener();

  // Close DB connections
  Promise.all([db.$disconnect(), pool.end()])
--- a/worker/src/scheduler.ts
+++ b/worker/src/scheduler.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 import { config } from "./util/config.js";
 import { childLogger } from "./util/logger.js";
-import { getActiveAccounts } from "./db/queries.js";
-import { runWorkerForAccount } from "./worker.js";
+import { withTdlibMutex } from "./util/mutex.js";
+import { getActiveAccounts, getPendingAccounts } from "./db/queries.js";
+import { runWorkerForAccount, authenticateAccount } from "./worker.js";

 const log = childLogger("scheduler");

 let running = false;
 let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+let cycleCount = 0;

 /**
- * Run one ingestion cycle: process all active, authenticated accounts sequentially.
+ * Run one ingestion cycle:
+ * 1. Authenticate any PENDING accounts (triggers SMS code flow + auto-fetch channels)
+ * 2. Process all active AUTHENTICATED accounts for ingestion
+ *
+ * All TDLib operations are wrapped in the mutex to ensure only one client
+ * runs at a time (also shared with the fetch listener for on-demand requests).
 */
 async function runCycle(): Promise<void> {
  if (running) {
@@ -18,20 +25,38 @@ async function runCycle(): Promise<void> {
  }

  running = true;
-  log.info("Starting ingestion cycle");
+  cycleCount++;
+  log.info({ cycle: cycleCount }, "Starting ingestion cycle");

  try {
+    // ── Phase 1: Authenticate pending accounts ──
+    const pendingAccounts = await getPendingAccounts();
+    if (pendingAccounts.length > 0) {
+      log.info(
+        { count: pendingAccounts.length },
+        "Found pending accounts, starting authentication"
+      );
+      for (const account of pendingAccounts) {
+        await withTdlibMutex(`auth:${account.phone}`, () =>
+          authenticateAccount(account)
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    // ── Phase 2: Ingest for authenticated accounts ──
    const accounts = await getActiveAccounts();

    if (accounts.length === 0) {
-      log.info("No active authenticated accounts, nothing to do");
+      log.info("No active authenticated accounts, nothing to ingest");
      return;
    }

    log.info({ accountCount: accounts.length }, "Processing accounts");

    for (const account of accounts) {
-      await runWorkerForAccount(account);
+      await withTdlibMutex(`ingest:${account.phone}`, () =>
+        runWorkerForAccount(account)
+      );
    }

    log.info("Ingestion cycle complete");
--- a/worker/src/tdlib/chats.ts
+++ b/worker/src/tdlib/chats.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+import type { Client } from "tdl";
+import { childLogger } from "../util/logger.js";
+import { config } from "../util/config.js";
+
+const log = childLogger("chats");
+
+export interface TelegramChatInfo {
+  chatId: bigint;
+  title: string;
+  type: "channel" | "supergroup" | "group" | "private" | "other";
+  isForum: boolean;
+  memberCount?: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fetch all chats the account is a member of.
+ * Uses TDLib's getChats to load the chat list, then getChat for details.
+ * Filters to channels and supergroups only (groups/privates are not useful for ingestion).
+ */
+export async function getAccountChats(
+  client: Client
+): Promise<TelegramChatInfo[]> {
+  const chats: TelegramChatInfo[] = [];
+
+  // Load main chat list — TDLib loads in batches
+  let offsetOrder = "9223372036854775807"; // max int64 as string
+  let offsetChatId = 0;
+  let hasMore = true;
+
+  while (hasMore) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    const result = (await client.invoke({
+      _: "getChats",
+      chat_list: { _: "chatListMain" },
+      limit: 100,
+    })) as { chat_ids: number[] };
+
+    if (!result.chat_ids || result.chat_ids.length === 0) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+    for (const chatId of result.chat_ids) {
+      try {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+        const chat = (await client.invoke({
+          _: "getChat",
+          chat_id: chatId,
+        })) as any;
+
+        const chatType = chat.type?._;
+        let type: TelegramChatInfo["type"] = "other";
+        let isForum = false;
+
+        if (chatType === "chatTypeSupergroup") {
+          // Get supergroup details to check if it's a channel or group
+          try {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+            const sg = (await client.invoke({
+              _: "getSupergroup",
+              supergroup_id: chat.type.supergroup_id,
+            })) as any;
+
+            type = sg.is_channel ? "channel" : "supergroup";
+            isForum = sg.is_forum ?? false;
+          } catch {
+            type = "supergroup";
+          }
+        } else if (chatType === "chatTypeBasicGroup") {
+          type = "group";
+        } else if (chatType === "chatTypePrivate" || chatType === "chatTypeSecret") {
+          type = "private";
+        }
+
+        // Only include channels and supergroups
+        if (type === "channel" || type === "supergroup") {
+          chats.push({
+            chatId: BigInt(chatId),
+            title: chat.title ?? `Chat ${chatId}`,
+            type,
+            isForum,
+          });
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        log.warn({ chatId, err }, "Failed to get chat details, skipping");
+      }
+    }
+
+    // getChats with chatListMain returns all chats at once in newer TDLib versions
+    // So we break after the first batch
+    hasMore = false;
+
+    await sleep(config.apiDelayMs);
+  }
+
+  log.info(
+    { total: chats.length },
+    "Fetched channels/supergroups from Telegram"
+  );
+
+  return chats;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generate an invite link for a chat. The account must be an admin or have
+ * invite link permissions.
+ */
+export async function generateInviteLink(
+  client: Client,
+  chatId: bigint
+): Promise<string> {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  const result = (await client.invoke({
+    _: "createChatInviteLink",
+    chat_id: Number(chatId),
+    name: "DragonsStash Auto-Join",
+    creates_join_request: false,
+  })) as any;
+
+  const link = result.invite_link as string;
+  log.info({ chatId: chatId.toString(), link }, "Generated invite link");
+  return link;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a new supergroup (private group) via TDLib.
+ * Returns the chat ID and title.
+ */
+export async function createSupergroup(
+  client: Client,
+  title: string
+): Promise<{ chatId: bigint; title: string }> {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  const result = (await client.invoke({
+    _: "createNewSupergroupChat",
+    title,
+    is_forum: false,
+    is_channel: false,
+    description: "DragonsStash archive destination — all accounts write here",
+  })) as any;
+
+  const chatId = BigInt(result.id);
+  log.info({ chatId: chatId.toString(), title }, "Created new supergroup");
+  return { chatId, title: result.title ?? title };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Join a chat using an invite link.
+ */
+export async function joinChatByInviteLink(
+  client: Client,
+  inviteLink: string
+): Promise<void> {
+  await client.invoke({
+    _: "joinChatByInviteLink",
+    invite_link: inviteLink,
+  });
+  log.info({ inviteLink }, "Joined chat by invite link");
+}
+
+function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+}
--- a/worker/src/tdlib/download.ts
+++ b/worker/src/tdlib/download.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { Client } from "tdl";
-import { readFile, rename, stat } from "fs/promises";
+import { readFile, rename, copyFile, unlink, stat } from "fs/promises";
 import { config } from "../util/config.js";
 import { childLogger } from "../util/logger.js";
 import { isArchiveAttachment } from "../archive/detect.js";
@@ -69,19 +69,26 @@ export interface ChannelScanResult {
 }

 /**
- * Fetch messages from a channel since a given message ID.
+ * Fetch messages from a channel, stopping once we've scanned past the
+ * last-processed boundary (with one page of lookback for multipart safety).
 * Collects both archive attachments AND photo messages (for preview matching).
 * Returns messages in chronological order (oldest first).
+ *
+ * When `lastProcessedMessageId` is null (first run), scans everything.
+ * The worker applies a post-grouping filter to skip fully-processed sets,
+ * and keeps `packageExistsBySourceMessage` as a safety net.
 */
 export async function getChannelMessages(
  client: Client,
  chatId: bigint,
-  fromMessageId?: bigint | null,
+  lastProcessedMessageId?: bigint | null,
  limit = 100
 ): Promise<ChannelScanResult> {
  const archives: TelegramMessage[] = [];
  const photos: TelegramPhoto[] = [];
-  let currentFromId = fromMessageId ? Number(fromMessageId) : 0;
+  const boundary = lastProcessedMessageId ? Number(lastProcessedMessageId) : null;
+
+  let currentFromId = 0;

  // eslint-disable-next-line no-constant-condition
  while (true) {
@@ -114,8 +121,6 @@ export async function getChannelMessages(
      const photo = msg.content?.photo;
      const caption = msg.content?.caption?.text ?? "";
      if (photo?.sizes && photo.sizes.length > 0) {
-        // Pick the smallest size for thumbnail (type "s" or "m")
-        // TDLib photo sizes are ordered from smallest to largest
        const smallest = photo.sizes[0];
        photos.push({
          id: BigInt(msg.id),
@@ -128,13 +133,22 @@ export async function getChannelMessages(
    }

    currentFromId = result.messages[result.messages.length - 1].id;
+
+    // Stop scanning once we've gone past the boundary (this page is the lookback)
+    if (boundary && currentFromId < boundary) break;
+
    if (result.messages.length < 100) break;

    // Rate limit delay
    await sleep(config.apiDelayMs);
  }

-  // Return in chronological order (oldest first)
+  log.info(
+    { chatId: chatId.toString(), archives: archives.length, photos: photos.length },
+    "Channel scan complete"
+  );
+
+  // Reverse to chronological order (oldest first) so worker processes old→new
  return {
    archives: archives.reverse(),
    photos: photos.reverse(),
@@ -380,8 +394,23 @@ async function verifyAndMove(
    "File verified and complete"
  );

-  // Move from TDLib's cache to our temp directory
-  await rename(localPath, destPath);
+  // Move from TDLib's cache to our temp directory.
+  // Use rename first (fast, same filesystem), fall back to copy+delete
+  // when source and destination are on different filesystems (EXDEV).
+  try {
+    await rename(localPath, destPath);
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    if ((err as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === "EXDEV") {
+      log.debug(
+        { fileId, fileName },
+        "Cross-device rename — falling back to copy + unlink"
+      );
+      await copyFile(localPath, destPath);
+      await unlink(localPath);
+    } else {
+      throw err;
+    }
+  }
 }

 function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
--- a/worker/src/tdlib/topics.ts
+++ b/worker/src/tdlib/topics.ts
@@ -125,29 +125,43 @@ export async function getForumTopicList(
 }

 /**
- * Fetch messages from a specific forum topic (thread).
- * Uses getMessageThreadHistory to scan within a topic.
+ * Fetch messages from a specific forum topic (thread), stopping once
+ * we've scanned past the last-processed boundary (with one page of lookback).
+ * Uses searchChatMessages with message_thread_id to scan within a topic.
+ *
+ * Returns messages in chronological order (oldest first).
+ *
+ * When `lastProcessedMessageId` is null (first run), scans everything.
+ * The worker applies a post-grouping filter to skip fully-processed sets,
+ * and keeps `packageExistsBySourceMessage` as a safety net.
 */
 export async function getTopicMessages(
  client: Client,
  chatId: bigint,
  topicId: bigint,
-  fromMessageId?: bigint | null,
+  lastProcessedMessageId?: bigint | null,
  limit = 100
 ): Promise<ChannelScanResult> {
  const archives: TelegramMessage[] = [];
  const photos: TelegramPhoto[] = [];
-  let currentFromId = fromMessageId ? Number(fromMessageId) : 0;
+  const boundary = lastProcessedMessageId ? Number(lastProcessedMessageId) : null;
+
+  let currentFromId = 0;

  // eslint-disable-next-line no-constant-condition
  while (true) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
    const result = (await client.invoke({
-      _: "getMessageThreadHistory",
+      _: "searchChatMessages",
      chat_id: Number(chatId),
-      message_id: Number(topicId),
+      query: "",
+      message_thread_id: Number(topicId),
      from_message_id: currentFromId,
      offset: 0,
      limit: Math.min(limit, 100),
+      filter: null,
+      sender_id: null,
+      saved_messages_topic_id: 0,
    })) as {
      messages?: {
        id: number;
@@ -206,11 +220,21 @@ export async function getTopicMessages(
    }

    currentFromId = result.messages[result.messages.length - 1].id;
+
+    // Stop scanning once we've gone past the boundary (this page is the lookback)
+    if (boundary && currentFromId < boundary) break;
+
    if (result.messages.length < 100) break;

    await sleep(config.apiDelayMs);
  }

+  log.info(
+    { chatId: chatId.toString(), topicId: topicId.toString(), archives: archives.length, photos: photos.length },
+    "Topic scan complete"
+  );
+
+  // Reverse to chronological order (oldest first) so worker processes old→new
  return {
    archives: archives.reverse(),
    photos: photos.reverse(),
--- a/worker/src/upload/channel.ts
+++ b/worker/src/upload/channel.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import path from "path";
+import { stat } from "fs/promises";
 import type { Client } from "tdl";
 import { config } from "../util/config.js";
 import { childLogger } from "../util/logger.js";
@@ -11,7 +13,13 @@ export interface UploadResult {
 /**
 * Upload one or more files to a destination Telegram channel.
 * For multipart archives, each file is sent as a separate message.
- * Returns the message ID of the first uploaded message.
+ * Returns the **final** (server-assigned) message ID of the first uploaded message.
+ *
+ * IMPORTANT: `sendMessage` returns a *temporary* message immediately.
+ * The actual file upload happens asynchronously in TDLib. We listen for
+ * `updateMessageSendSucceeded` to get the real server-side message ID and
+ * to make sure the upload is fully committed before we clean up temp files
+ * or close the TDLib client (which would cancel pending uploads).
 */
 export async function uploadToChannel(
  client: Client,
@@ -26,31 +34,24 @@ export async function uploadToChannel(
    const fileCaption =
      i === 0 && caption ? caption : undefined;

-    log.debug(
-      { chatId: Number(chatId), filePath, part: i + 1, total: filePaths.length },
+    const fileName = path.basename(filePath);
+    let fileSizeMB = 0;
+    try {
+      const s = await stat(filePath);
+      fileSizeMB = Math.round(s.size / (1024 * 1024));
+    } catch {
+      // Non-critical
+    }
+
+    log.info(
+      { chatId: Number(chatId), fileName, sizeMB: fileSizeMB, part: i + 1, total: filePaths.length },
      "Uploading file to channel"
    );

-    const result = (await client.invoke({
-      _: "sendMessage",
-      chat_id: Number(chatId),
-      input_message_content: {
-        _: "inputMessageDocument",
-        document: {
-          _: "inputFileLocal",
-          path: filePath,
-        },
-        caption: fileCaption
-          ? {
-              _: "formattedText",
-              text: fileCaption,
-            }
-          : undefined,
-      },
-    })) as { id: number };
+    const serverMsgId = await sendAndWaitForUpload(client, chatId, filePath, fileCaption, fileName, fileSizeMB);

    if (i === 0) {
-      firstMessageId = BigInt(result.id);
+      firstMessageId = serverMsgId;
    }

    // Rate limit delay between uploads
@@ -65,12 +66,133 @@ export async function uploadToChannel(

  log.info(
    { chatId: Number(chatId), messageId: Number(firstMessageId), files: filePaths.length },
-    "Upload complete"
+    "All uploads confirmed by Telegram"
  );

  return { messageId: firstMessageId };
 }

+/**
+ * Send a single file message and wait for Telegram to confirm the upload.
+ * Returns the final server-assigned message ID.
+ */
+async function sendAndWaitForUpload(
+  client: Client,
+  chatId: bigint,
+  filePath: string,
+  caption: string | undefined,
+  fileName: string,
+  fileSizeMB: number
+): Promise<bigint> {
+  // Send the message — this returns a temporary message immediately
+  const tempMsg = (await client.invoke({
+    _: "sendMessage",
+    chat_id: Number(chatId),
+    input_message_content: {
+      _: "inputMessageDocument",
+      document: {
+        _: "inputFileLocal",
+        path: filePath,
+      },
+      caption: caption
+        ? {
+            _: "formattedText",
+            text: caption,
+          }
+        : undefined,
+    },
+  })) as { id: number };
+
+  const tempMsgId = tempMsg.id;
+
+  log.debug(
+    { fileName, tempMsgId },
+    "Message queued, waiting for upload confirmation"
+  );
+
+  // Wait for the actual upload to complete
+  return new Promise<bigint>((resolve, reject) => {
+    let settled = false;
+    let lastLoggedPercent = 0;
+
+    // Timeout: 10 minutes per GB, minimum 10 minutes
+    const timeoutMs = Math.max(
+      10 * 60_000,
+      (fileSizeMB / 1024) * 10 * 60_000
+    );
+
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      if (!settled) {
+        settled = true;
+        cleanup();
+        reject(
+          new Error(
+            `Upload timed out after ${Math.round(timeoutMs / 60_000)}min for ${fileName}`
+          )
+        );
+      }
+    }, timeoutMs);
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    const handleUpdate = (update: any) => {
+      // Track upload progress via updateFile events
+      if (update?._ === "updateFile") {
+        const file = update.file;
+        if (file?.remote?.is_uploading_active && file.expected_size > 0) {
+          const uploaded = file.remote.uploaded_size ?? 0;
+          const total = file.expected_size;
+          const percent = Math.round((uploaded / total) * 100);
+          if (percent >= lastLoggedPercent + 20) {
+            lastLoggedPercent = percent - (percent % 20);
+            log.info(
+              { fileName, uploaded, total, percent: `${percent}%` },
+              "Upload progress"
+            );
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // The money event: upload succeeded, we get the final server message ID
+      if (update?._ === "updateMessageSendSucceeded") {
+        const msg = update.message;
+        const oldMsgId = update.old_message_id;
+        if (oldMsgId === tempMsgId) {
+          if (!settled) {
+            settled = true;
+            cleanup();
+            const finalId = BigInt(msg.id);
+            log.info(
+              { fileName, tempMsgId, finalMsgId: Number(finalId) },
+              "Upload confirmed by Telegram"
+            );
+            resolve(finalId);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Upload failed
+      if (update?._ === "updateMessageSendFailed") {
+        const oldMsgId = update.old_message_id;
+        if (oldMsgId === tempMsgId) {
+          if (!settled) {
+            settled = true;
+            cleanup();
+            const errorMsg = update.error?.message ?? "Unknown upload error";
+            reject(new Error(`Upload failed for ${fileName}: ${errorMsg}`));
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    const cleanup = () => {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      client.off("update", handleUpdate);
+    };
+
+    client.on("update", handleUpdate);
+  });
+}
+
 function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
  return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 }
--- a/worker/src/util/config.ts
+++ b/worker/src/util/config.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ export const config = {
  telegramApiHash: process.env.TELEGRAM_API_HASH ?? "",
  /** Maximum jitter added to scheduler interval (in minutes) */
  jitterMinutes: 5,
-  /** Maximum time between multipart archive parts (in hours) */
-  multipartTimeoutHours: 24,
+  /** Maximum time span for multipart archive parts (in hours). 0 = no limit. */
+  multipartTimeoutHours: parseInt(process.env.MULTIPART_TIMEOUT_HOURS ?? "0", 10),
  /** Delay between Telegram API calls (in ms) to avoid rate limits */
  apiDelayMs: 1000,
  /** Max retries for rate-limited requests */
--- a/worker/src/util/mutex.ts
+++ b/worker/src/util/mutex.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { childLogger } from "./logger.js";
+
+const log = childLogger("mutex");
+
+let locked = false;
+let holder = "";
+const queue: Array<{ resolve: () => void; label: string }> = [];
+
+/**
+ * Ensures only one TDLib client runs at a time across the entire worker process.
+ * Both the scheduler (auth, ingestion) and the fetch listener acquire this
+ * before creating any TDLib client.
+ */
+export async function withTdlibMutex<T>(
+  label: string,
+  fn: () => Promise<T>
+): Promise<T> {
+  if (locked) {
+    log.info({ waiting: label, holder }, "Waiting for TDLib mutex");
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => queue.push({ resolve, label }));
+  }
+
+  locked = true;
+  holder = label;
+  log.debug({ label }, "TDLib mutex acquired");
+
+  try {
+    return await fn();
+  } finally {
+    locked = false;
+    holder = "";
+    const next = queue.shift();
+    if (next) {
+      log.debug({ next: next.label }, "TDLib mutex releasing to next waiter");
+      next.resolve();
+    } else {
+      log.debug({ label }, "TDLib mutex released");
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/worker/src/worker.ts
+++ b/worker/src/worker.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import path from "path";
-import { unlink, readdir } from "fs/promises";
+import { unlink, readdir, mkdir, rm } from "fs/promises";
 import { config } from "./util/config.js";
 import { childLogger } from "./util/logger.js";
 import { tryAcquireLock, releaseLock } from "./db/locks.js";
 import {
  getSourceChannelMappings,
-  getDestinationChannel,
+  getGlobalDestinationChannel,
  packageExistsByHash,
+  packageExistsBySourceMessage,
  createPackageWithFiles,
  createIngestionRun,
  completeIngestionRun,
@@ -16,9 +17,19 @@ import {
  setChannelForum,
  getTopicProgress,
  upsertTopicProgress,
+  upsertChannel,
+  ensureAccountChannelLink,
+  getGlobalSetting,
+  getChannelFetchRequest,
+  updateFetchRequestStatus,
+  getAccountLinkedChannelIds,
+  getExistingChannelsByTelegramId,
+  getAccountById,
+  deleteOrphanedPackageByHash,
 } from "./db/queries.js";
 import type { ActivityUpdate } from "./db/queries.js";
 import { createTdlibClient, closeTdlibClient } from "./tdlib/client.js";
+import { getAccountChats, joinChatByInviteLink } from "./tdlib/chats.js";
 import { getChannelMessages, downloadFile, downloadPhotoThumbnail } from "./tdlib/download.js";
 import type { DownloadProgress, ChannelScanResult } from "./tdlib/download.js";
 import { isChatForum, getForumTopicList, getTopicMessages } from "./tdlib/topics.js";
@@ -29,13 +40,203 @@ import { extractCreatorFromFileName } from "./archive/creator.js";
 import { hashParts } from "./archive/hash.js";
 import { readZipCentralDirectory } from "./archive/zip-reader.js";
 import { readRarContents } from "./archive/rar-reader.js";
-import { byteLevelSplit } from "./archive/split.js";
+import { byteLevelSplit, concatenateFiles } from "./archive/split.js";
 import { uploadToChannel } from "./upload/channel.js";
 import type { TelegramAccount, TelegramChannel } from "@prisma/client";
 import type { Client } from "tdl";

 const log = childLogger("worker");

+/**
+ * Authenticate a PENDING account by creating a TDLib client.
+ * TDLib will send an SMS code to the phone number, and the client.login()
+ * callbacks set the authState to AWAITING_CODE. Once the admin enters the
+ * code via the UI, pollForAuthCode picks it up and completes the login.
+ *
+ * After successful auth:
+ * 1. Fetches channels from Telegram and writes as a ChannelFetchRequest
+ *    (so the admin can select sources in the UI)
+ * 2. Auto-joins the destination group if an invite link is configured
+ */
+export async function authenticateAccount(
+  account: TelegramAccount
+): Promise<void> {
+  const aLog = childLogger("auth", { accountId: account.id, phone: account.phone });
+  aLog.info("Starting authentication flow");
+
+  let client: Client | undefined;
+  try {
+    client = await createTdlibClient({
+      id: account.id,
+      phone: account.phone,
+    });
+    aLog.info("Authentication successful");
+
+    // Auto-fetch channels and create a fetch request result
+    aLog.info("Fetching channels from Telegram...");
+    await createAutoFetchRequest(client, account.id, aLog);
+
+    // Auto-join the destination group if an invite link exists
+    const inviteLink = await getGlobalSetting("destination_invite_link");
+    if (inviteLink) {
+      aLog.info("Attempting to join destination group via invite link...");
+      try {
+        await joinChatByInviteLink(client, inviteLink);
+        // Link this account as WRITER to the destination channel
+        const destChannel = await getGlobalDestinationChannel();
+        if (destChannel) {
+          await ensureAccountChannelLink(account.id, destChannel.id, "WRITER");
+          aLog.info({ destChannel: destChannel.title }, "Joined destination group and linked as WRITER");
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        // May already be a member — that's fine
+        aLog.warn({ err }, "Could not join destination group (may already be a member)");
+        // Still try to link as WRITER
+        const destChannel = await getGlobalDestinationChannel();
+        if (destChannel) {
+          await ensureAccountChannelLink(account.id, destChannel.id, "WRITER");
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    aLog.error({ err }, "Authentication failed");
+  } finally {
+    if (client) {
+      await closeTdlibClient(client);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Process a ChannelFetchRequest: fetch channels from Telegram,
+ * enrich with DB state, and write the result JSON.
+ * Called by the fetch listener (pg_notify) and by authenticateAccount.
+ */
+export async function processFetchRequest(requestId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const aLog = childLogger("fetch-request", { requestId });
+  const request = await getChannelFetchRequest(requestId);
+
+  if (!request || request.status !== "PENDING") {
+    aLog.warn("Fetch request not found or not pending, skipping");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await updateFetchRequestStatus(requestId, "IN_PROGRESS");
+  aLog.info({ accountId: request.accountId }, "Processing fetch request");
+
+  const client = await createTdlibClient({
+    id: request.account.id,
+    phone: request.account.phone,
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const chats = await getAccountChats(client);
+
+    // Enrich with DB state
+    const linkedTelegramIds = await getAccountLinkedChannelIds(request.accountId);
+    const existingChannels = await getExistingChannelsByTelegramId();
+
+    const enrichedChats = chats.map((chat) => {
+      const telegramIdStr = chat.chatId.toString();
+      return {
+        chatId: telegramIdStr,
+        title: chat.title,
+        type: chat.type,
+        isForum: chat.isForum,
+        memberCount: chat.memberCount ?? null,
+        alreadyLinked: linkedTelegramIds.has(telegramIdStr),
+        existingChannelId: existingChannels.get(telegramIdStr) ?? null,
+      };
+    });
+
+    // Also upsert channel metadata while we have the data
+    for (const chat of chats) {
+      try {
+        await upsertChannel({
+          telegramId: chat.chatId,
+          title: chat.title,
+          type: "SOURCE",
+          isForum: chat.isForum,
+        });
+      } catch {
+        // Non-critical — metadata sync can fail silently
+      }
+    }
+
+    await updateFetchRequestStatus(requestId, "COMPLETED", {
+      resultJson: JSON.stringify(enrichedChats),
+    });
+
+    aLog.info(
+      { total: chats.length, linked: [...linkedTelegramIds].length },
+      "Fetch request completed"
+    );
+  } catch (err) {
+    const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+    aLog.error({ err }, "Fetch request failed");
+    await updateFetchRequestStatus(requestId, "FAILED", { error: message });
+  } finally {
+    await closeTdlibClient(client);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Internal helper called after authentication to auto-create a fetch request
+ * with the channel list (so the UI can show the picker immediately).
+ */
+async function createAutoFetchRequest(
+  client: Client,
+  accountId: string,
+  aLog: ReturnType<typeof childLogger>
+): Promise<void> {
+  const chats = await getAccountChats(client);
+
+  const linkedTelegramIds = await getAccountLinkedChannelIds(accountId);
+  const existingChannels = await getExistingChannelsByTelegramId();
+
+  const enrichedChats = chats.map((chat) => {
+    const telegramIdStr = chat.chatId.toString();
+    return {
+      chatId: telegramIdStr,
+      title: chat.title,
+      type: chat.type,
+      isForum: chat.isForum,
+      memberCount: chat.memberCount ?? null,
+      alreadyLinked: linkedTelegramIds.has(telegramIdStr),
+      existingChannelId: existingChannels.get(telegramIdStr) ?? null,
+    };
+  });
+
+  // Upsert channel metadata
+  for (const chat of chats) {
+    try {
+      await upsertChannel({
+        telegramId: chat.chatId,
+        title: chat.title,
+        type: "SOURCE",
+        isForum: chat.isForum,
+      });
+    } catch {
+      // Non-critical
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Create the fetch request record with the result already filled in
+  const { db } = await import("./db/client.js");
+  await db.channelFetchRequest.create({
+    data: {
+      accountId,
+      status: "COMPLETED",
+      resultJson: JSON.stringify(enrichedChats),
+    },
+  });
+
+  aLog.info(
+    { total: chats.length },
+    "Auto-fetch request created with channel list"
+  );
+}
+
 /**
 * Throttle DB writes for download progress to avoid hammering the DB.
 * Only writes if at least 2 seconds have passed since the last write.
@@ -140,17 +341,18 @@ export async function runWorkerForAccount(
    };

    try {
-      // 4. Get assigned source channels and destination
+      // 4. Get assigned source channels and global destination
      const channelMappings = await getSourceChannelMappings(account.id);
-      const destChannel = await getDestinationChannel(account.id);
+      const destChannel = await getGlobalDestinationChannel();

      if (!destChannel) {
-        throw new Error("No active destination channel configured");
+        throw new Error("No global destination channel configured — set one in the admin UI");
      }

      for (const mapping of channelMappings) {
        const channel = mapping.channel;

+        try {
        // ── Check if channel is a forum ──
        const forum = await isChatForum(client, channel.telegramId);
        if (forum !== channel.isForum) {
@@ -198,61 +400,63 @@ export async function runWorkerForAccount(
          );

          for (const topic of topics) {
-            const progress = topicProgressList.find(
-              (tp) => tp.topicId === topic.topicId
-            );
-
-            await updateRunActivity(activeRunId, {
-              currentActivity: `Scanning topic "${topic.name}" in "${channel.title}"`,
-              currentStep: "scanning",
-              currentChannel: `${channel.title} › ${topic.name}`,
-              currentFile: null,
-              currentFileNum: null,
-              totalFiles: null,
-              downloadedBytes: null,
-              totalBytes: null,
-              downloadPercent: null,
-            });
-
-            const scanResult = await getTopicMessages(
-              client,
-              channel.telegramId,
-              topic.topicId,
-              progress?.lastProcessedMessageId
-            );
-
-            if (scanResult.archives.length === 0) {
-              accountLog.debug(
-                { channelId: channel.id, topic: topic.name },
-                "No new archives in topic"
+            try {
+              const progress = topicProgressList.find(
+                (tp) => tp.topicId === topic.topicId
              );
-              continue;
-            }

-            accountLog.info(
-              { topic: topic.name, archives: scanResult.archives.length, photos: scanResult.photos.length },
-              "Found messages in topic"
-            );
+              await updateRunActivity(activeRunId, {
+                currentActivity: `Scanning topic "${topic.name}" in "${channel.title}"`,
+                currentStep: "scanning",
+                currentChannel: `${channel.title} › ${topic.name}`,
+                currentFile: null,
+                currentFileNum: null,
+                totalFiles: null,
+                downloadedBytes: null,
+                totalBytes: null,
+                downloadPercent: null,
+              });

-            // Process archives with topic creator
-            pipelineCtx.topicCreator = topic.name;
-            pipelineCtx.sourceTopicId = topic.topicId;
-            pipelineCtx.channelTitle = `${channel.title} › ${topic.name}`;
-
-            await processArchiveSets(pipelineCtx, scanResult, run.id);
-
-            // Update topic progress
-            const allMsgIds = [
-              ...scanResult.archives.map((m) => m.id),
-              ...scanResult.photos.map((p) => p.id),
-            ];
-            if (allMsgIds.length > 0) {
-              const maxId = allMsgIds.reduce((a, b) => (a > b ? a : b));
-              await upsertTopicProgress(
-                mapping.id,
+              const scanResult = await getTopicMessages(
+                client,
+                channel.telegramId,
                topic.topicId,
-                topic.name,
-                maxId
+                progress?.lastProcessedMessageId
+              );
+
+              if (scanResult.archives.length === 0) {
+                accountLog.debug(
+                  { channelId: channel.id, topic: topic.name },
+                  "No new archives in topic"
+                );
+                continue;
+              }
+
+              accountLog.info(
+                { topic: topic.name, archives: scanResult.archives.length, photos: scanResult.photos.length },
+                "Found messages in topic"
+              );
+
+              // Process archives with topic creator
+              pipelineCtx.topicCreator = topic.name;
+              pipelineCtx.sourceTopicId = topic.topicId;
+              pipelineCtx.channelTitle = `${channel.title} › ${topic.name}`;
+
+              const maxProcessedId = await processArchiveSets(pipelineCtx, scanResult, run.id, progress?.lastProcessedMessageId);
+
+              // Only advance progress to the highest successfully processed message
+              if (maxProcessedId) {
+                await upsertTopicProgress(
+                  mapping.id,
+                  topic.topicId,
+                  topic.name,
+                  maxProcessedId
+                );
+              }
+            } catch (topicErr) {
+              accountLog.warn(
+                { err: topicErr, channelId: channel.id, topic: topic.name, topicId: topic.topicId.toString() },
+                "Failed to process topic, skipping"
              );
            }
          }
@@ -296,18 +500,19 @@ export async function runWorkerForAccount(
          pipelineCtx.sourceTopicId = null;
          pipelineCtx.channelTitle = channel.title;

-          await processArchiveSets(pipelineCtx, scanResult, run.id);
+          const maxProcessedId = await processArchiveSets(pipelineCtx, scanResult, run.id, mapping.lastProcessedMessageId);

-          // Update last processed message
-          const allMsgIds = [
-            ...scanResult.archives.map((m) => m.id),
-            ...scanResult.photos.map((p) => p.id),
-          ];
-          if (allMsgIds.length > 0) {
-            const maxId = allMsgIds.reduce((a, b) => (a > b ? a : b));
-            await updateLastProcessedMessage(mapping.id, maxId);
+          // Only advance progress to the highest successfully processed message
+          if (maxProcessedId) {
+            await updateLastProcessedMessage(mapping.id, maxProcessedId);
          }
        }
+        } catch (channelErr) {
+          accountLog.warn(
+            { err: channelErr, channelId: channel.id, title: channel.title },
+            "Failed to process channel, skipping to next"
+          );
+        }
      }

      // ── Done ──
@@ -332,16 +537,37 @@ export async function runWorkerForAccount(
 /**
 * Process a scan result through the archive pipeline:
 * group → download → hash → dedup → metadata → split → upload → preview → index.
+ *
+ * Returns the highest message ID that was successfully processed (ingested or
+ * confirmed duplicate). The caller should only advance the progress boundary
+ * to this value — never to the max of all scanned messages.
 */
 async function processArchiveSets(
  ctx: PipelineContext,
  scanResult: ChannelScanResult,
-  ingestionRunId: string
-): Promise<void> {
+  ingestionRunId: string,
+  lastProcessedMessageId?: bigint | null
+): Promise<bigint | null> {
  const { client, runId, channelTitle, channel, throttled, counters, accountLog } = ctx;

  // Group into archive sets
-  const archiveSets = groupArchiveSets(scanResult.archives);
+  let archiveSets = groupArchiveSets(scanResult.archives);
+
+  // Filter out sets where ALL parts are at or below the boundary (already processed)
+  if (lastProcessedMessageId) {
+    const totalBefore = archiveSets.length;
+    archiveSets = archiveSets.filter((set) =>
+      set.parts.some((p) => p.id > lastProcessedMessageId)
+    );
+    const filtered = totalBefore - archiveSets.length;
+    if (filtered > 0) {
+      accountLog.info(
+        { filtered, remaining: archiveSets.length },
+        "Filtered out already-processed archive sets"
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
  counters.zipsFound += archiveSets.length;

  // Match preview photos to archive sets
@@ -369,16 +595,38 @@ async function processArchiveSets(
    zipsFound: counters.zipsFound,
  });

+  // Track the highest message ID that was successfully processed
+  let maxProcessedId: bigint | null = null;
+
  for (let setIdx = 0; setIdx < archiveSets.length; setIdx++) {
-    await processOneArchiveSet(
-      ctx,
-      archiveSets[setIdx],
-      setIdx,
-      archiveSets.length,
-      previewMatches,
-      ingestionRunId
-    );
+    try {
+      await processOneArchiveSet(
+        ctx,
+        archiveSets[setIdx],
+        setIdx,
+        archiveSets.length,
+        previewMatches,
+        ingestionRunId
+      );
+
+      // Set completed (ingested or confirmed duplicate) — advance watermark
+      const setMaxId = archiveSets[setIdx].parts.reduce(
+        (max, p) => (p.id > max ? p.id : max),
+        0n
+      );
+      if (setMaxId > (maxProcessedId ?? 0n)) {
+        maxProcessedId = setMaxId;
+      }
+    } catch (setErr) {
+      // If a set fails, do NOT advance the watermark past it
+      accountLog.warn(
+        { err: setErr, baseName: archiveSets[setIdx].baseName },
+        "Archive set failed, watermark will not advance past this set"
+      );
+    }
  }
+
+  return maxProcessedId;
 }

 /**
@@ -400,17 +648,43 @@ async function processOneArchiveSet(

  counters.messagesScanned += archiveSet.parts.length;
  const archiveName = archiveSet.parts[0].fileName;
+
+  // ── Early skip: check if this archive set was already ingested ──
+  // This avoids re-downloading large archives that were processed in a prior run.
+  const alreadyIngested = await packageExistsBySourceMessage(
+    channel.id,
+    archiveSet.parts[0].id
+  );
+  if (alreadyIngested) {
+    counters.zipsDuplicate++;
+    accountLog.debug(
+      { fileName: archiveName, sourceMessageId: Number(archiveSet.parts[0].id) },
+      "Archive already ingested (by source message), skipping"
+    );
+    await updateRunActivity(runId, {
+      currentActivity: `Skipped ${archiveName} (already ingested)`,
+      currentStep: "deduplicating",
+      currentChannel: channelTitle,
+      currentFile: archiveName,
+      currentFileNum: setIdx + 1,
+      totalFiles: totalSets,
+      zipsDuplicate: counters.zipsDuplicate,
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
  const tempPaths: string[] = [];
  let splitPaths: string[] = [];

+  // Per-set subdirectory so uploaded files keep their original filenames
+  const setDir = path.join(config.tempDir, `${ingestionRunId}_${archiveSet.parts[0].id}`);
+  await mkdir(setDir, { recursive: true });
+
  try {
    // ── Downloading ──
    for (let partIdx = 0; partIdx < archiveSet.parts.length; partIdx++) {
      const part = archiveSet.parts[partIdx];
-      const tempPath = path.join(
-        config.tempDir,
-        `${ingestionRunId}_${part.id}_${part.fileName}`
-      );
+      const tempPath = path.join(setDir, part.fileName);

      const partLabel = archiveSet.parts.length > 1
        ? ` (part ${partIdx + 1}/${archiveSet.parts.length})`
@@ -526,14 +800,33 @@ async function processOneArchiveSet(
      accountLog.warn({ err, baseName: archiveSet.baseName }, "Failed to read archive metadata, ingesting without file list");
    }

-    // ── Splitting (if needed) ──
-    let uploadPaths = tempPaths;
+    // ── Splitting / Repacking (if needed) ──
+    let uploadPaths = [...tempPaths];
    const totalSize = archiveSet.parts.reduce(
      (sum, p) => sum + p.fileSize,
      0n
    );
+    const MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE = 2n * 1024n * 1024n * 1024n;
+    const hasOversizedPart = archiveSet.parts.some((p) => p.fileSize > MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE);

-    if (!archiveSet.isMultipart && totalSize > 2n * 1024n * 1024n * 1024n) {
+    if (hasOversizedPart) {
+      // Full repack: concatenate all parts → single file → re-split into uniform 2GB chunks
+      await updateRunActivity(runId, {
+        currentActivity: `Repacking ${archiveName} (parts >2GB, concatenating + re-splitting)`,
+        currentStep: "splitting",
+        currentChannel: channelTitle,
+        currentFile: archiveName,
+        currentFileNum: setIdx + 1,
+        totalFiles: totalSets,
+      });
+      const concatPath = path.join(setDir, `${archiveSet.baseName}.concat`);
+      await concatenateFiles(tempPaths, concatPath);
+      splitPaths = await byteLevelSplit(concatPath);
+      uploadPaths = splitPaths;
+      // Clean up the concat intermediate file
+      await unlink(concatPath).catch(() => {});
+    } else if (!archiveSet.isMultipart && totalSize > MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE) {
+      // Single file >2GB: split directly
      await updateRunActivity(runId, {
        currentActivity: `Splitting ${archiveName} for upload (>2GB)`,
        currentStep: "splitting",
@@ -595,6 +888,9 @@ async function processOneArchiveSet(
      totalFiles: totalSets,
    });

+    // Clean up any orphaned record (same hash but no dest upload) before creating
+    await deleteOrphanedPackageByHash(contentHash);
+
    await createPackageWithFiles({
      contentHash,
      fileName: archiveName,
@@ -632,8 +928,9 @@ async function processOneArchiveSet(
      "Archive ingested"
    );
  } finally {
-    // ALWAYS delete temp files
+    // ALWAYS delete temp files and the set directory
    await deleteFiles([...tempPaths, ...splitPaths]);
+    await rm(setDir, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => {});
  }
 }

@@ -648,16 +945,16 @@ async function deleteFiles(paths: string[]): Promise<void> {
 }

 /**
- * Clean up any leftover temp files from previous runs.
+ * Clean up any leftover temp files/directories from previous runs.
 */
 export async function cleanupTempDir(): Promise<void> {
  try {
-    const files = await readdir(config.tempDir);
-    for (const file of files) {
-      await unlink(path.join(config.tempDir, file)).catch(() => {});
+    const entries = await readdir(config.tempDir);
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      await rm(path.join(config.tempDir, entry), { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => {});
    }
-    if (files.length > 0) {
-      log.info({ count: files.length }, "Cleaned up stale temp files");
+    if (entries.length > 0) {
+      log.info({ count: entries.length }, "Cleaned up stale temp files");
    }
  } catch {
    // Directory might not exist yet