feat: link official news to Ubisoft

database/schema.sql

@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS external_news_sources (
 	provider TEXT NOT NULL CHECK(provider IN ('ubisoft')),
 	external_id TEXT NOT NULL,
 	canonical_url TEXT NOT NULL,
+	thumbnail_url TEXT,
+	thumbnail_alt TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	source_published_at TEXT NOT NULL,
 	content_hash TEXT NOT NULL CHECK(length(content_hash)=64),
 	first_seen_at TEXT NOT NULL,

docs/DESIGN_SYSTEM.md

@@ -606,6 +606,11 @@ editorial group, and Recommended Guides carry a textual badge and filter. Search
 relevance is not overridden by curation. Guide cards pair a cover or
 field-manual fallback with title, deck, author, publication date, tags, and the
 rating count. Unlisted and private articles never enter discovery or search.
+Official Ubisoft News cards use the validated source thumbnail through the
+same-origin image proxy and link their cover and headline to the canonical
+Ubisoft article. The `BY UBISOFT` metadata identifies the external destination
+before activation. Internal News and all Guides continue to use SHD.build
+article routes.
 
 Profile conversations begin with a collapsed `LEAVE A MESSAGE` action. A reply
 opens the same editor beneath the selected message, and only one editor remains

docs/architecture.md

@@ -123,25 +123,30 @@ comments still use community moderation.
 
 The Ubisoft News importer reads the English-language Division Resurgence feed
 from Ubisoft Nimbus. It stores each Nimbus item ID as the stable external ID and
-publishes only the source title, excerpt, and canonical Ubisoft link. It does
-not copy the source article body or images. Imported articles use Ubisoft's
-original publication timestamp rather than the import time.
+publishes the source title, excerpt, canonical Ubisoft link, and validated
+Ubisoft-hosted thumbnail. SHD.build does not copy the article body or image
+file. A bounded same-origin endpoint proxies each thumbnail so opening the News
+listing does not send visitor metadata to Ubisoft. News cards link to the
+canonical Ubisoft article. Imported articles use Ubisoft's original publication
+timestamp rather than the import time.
 
 `external_news_sources` maps each Nimbus ID to one SHD.build article. A SHA-256
 content hash covers the normalized title, excerpt, canonical URL, and source
 publication timestamp. An unchanged hash updates `last_seen_at` without creating
-a revision. A changed hash creates and publishes an immutable revision. The
-importer does not delete or unpublish an article when Nimbus omits it from a
-later feed, and it does not restore an article that an editor deleted. The
-Newsroom treats source-linked articles as read-only so local edits cannot retain
-Ubisoft attribution. The importer defers future-dated items until their source
-publication time.
+a revision. Thumbnail changes update the audited source metadata without
+creating an article revision. A changed content hash creates and publishes an
+immutable revision. The importer does not delete or unpublish an article when
+Nimbus omits it from a later feed, and it does not restore an article that an
+editor deleted. The Newsroom treats source-linked articles as read-only so local
+edits cannot retain Ubisoft attribution. The importer defers future-dated items
+until their source publication time.
 
 The seeded, non-public `Ubisoft Official News` service identity owns imported
 articles and acts on their audit events. A first import records
 `editorial_content / news.imported`; a later content sync records
 `editorial_content / news.import_synced`. Audit snapshots identify the provider,
-Nimbus ID, canonical URL, source timestamp, and resulting revision.
+Nimbus ID, canonical URL, thumbnail metadata, source timestamp, and resulting
+revision.
 
 The existing bearer-authenticated scheduler endpoint invokes the importer. A
 successful run sets the next check one hour later. The importer stores the last

scripts/db-migrate.mjs

@@ -679,6 +679,27 @@ if (articleRevisionColumns.some((column) => column.name === 'plaint_text')) {
   );
 }
 
+const externalNewsSourceColumns = await (
+  await database.prepare("PRAGMA table_info('external_news_sources')")
+).all();
+if (
+  externalNewsSourceColumns.length &&
+  !externalNewsSourceColumns.some((column) => column.name === 'thumbnail_url')
+) {
+  console.log('Adding Ubisoft News thumbnail metadata.');
+  await database.exec(
+    'ALTER TABLE external_news_sources ADD COLUMN thumbnail_url TEXT',
+  );
+}
+if (
+  externalNewsSourceColumns.length &&
+  !externalNewsSourceColumns.some((column) => column.name === 'thumbnail_alt')
+) {
+  await database.exec(
+    "ALTER TABLE external_news_sources ADD COLUMN thumbnail_alt TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''",
+  );
+}
+
 const currentModerationScanColumns = await (
   await database.prepare("PRAGMA table_info('content_moderation_scans')")
 ).all();

src/lib/components/ArticleCard.svelte

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	let { article, kind = 'guide', prominent = false } = $props();
+	const href = $derived(article.source?.url ?? `/${kind === 'guide' ? 'guides' : 'news'}/${encodeURIComponent(article.slug)}`);
+	const external = $derived(Boolean(article.source));
 </script>
 <article class="article-card" class:prominent>
-	<a class="article-card-cover" href={`/${kind === 'guide' ? 'guides' : 'news'}/${encodeURIComponent(article.slug)}`}>
-		{#if article.coverUrl}<img src={article.coverUrl} alt=""/>{:else}<div><span>SHD // {kind === 'guide' ? 'FIELD MANUAL' : 'TRANSMISSION'}</span><b>{article.tags?.[0]?.name ?? article.channel ?? 'COMMUNITY INTELLIGENCE'}</b></div>{/if}
+	<a class="article-card-cover" {href} rel={external ? 'external noreferrer' : undefined}>
+		{#if article.coverUrl}<img src={article.coverUrl} alt={article.coverAlt ?? ''}/>{:else}<div><span>SHD // {kind === 'guide' ? 'FIELD MANUAL' : 'TRANSMISSION'}</span><b>{article.tags?.[0]?.name ?? article.channel ?? 'COMMUNITY INTELLIGENCE'}</b></div>{/if}
 	</a>
 	<div class="article-card-body">
 		<header><span>{article.channel ?? article.tags?.[0]?.name ?? kind.toUpperCase()}</span>{#if article.recommended}<b>RECOMMENDED</b>{/if}{#if article.featured}<b>FEATURED</b>{/if}</header>
-		<h2><a href={`/${kind === 'guide' ? 'guides' : 'news'}/${encodeURIComponent(article.slug)}`}>{article.title}</a></h2>
+		<h2><a {href} rel={external ? 'external noreferrer' : undefined}>{article.title}</a></h2>
 		<p>{article.deck}</p>
 		<footer><span>BY {(article.source?.name ?? article.author).toUpperCase()} · {new Date(article.publishedAt).toLocaleDateString()}</span>{#if kind === 'guide'}<b>{article.votes ? `★ ${article.rating.toFixed(1)} · ${article.votes}` : 'UNRATED'}</b>{/if}</footer>
 	</div>

src/lib/components/ArticlePage.svelte

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 		{#if data.article.source}<aside class="article-source-notice"><div><span>OFFICIAL SOURCE</span><strong>Originally published by {data.article.source.name}</strong></div><a href={data.article.source.url} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">READ ON UBISOFT</a></aside>{/if}
 		{#if data.tags.length}<nav class="article-reader-tags" aria-label="Article tags">{#each data.tags as tag}<a href={`/${path}?tag=${encodeURIComponent(tag.slug)}`}>{tag.name}</a>{/each}</nav>{/if}
 	</header>
-	{#if data.article.coverUrl}<figure class="article-hero-image"><img src={data.article.coverUrl} alt={data.article.coverAlt}/>{#if data.article.coverCaption}<figcaption>{data.article.coverCaption}</figcaption>{/if}</figure>{/if}
+	{#if data.article.coverUrl}<figure class="article-hero-image"><img src={data.article.coverUrl} alt={data.article.coverAlt} referrerpolicy={data.article.source ? 'no-referrer' : undefined}/>{#if data.article.coverCaption}<figcaption>{data.article.coverCaption}</figcaption>{/if}</figure>{/if}
 	<div class="article-reader-layout" class:article-reader-layout-wide={data.article.kind === 'news'}>
 		<article><ArticleContent document={data.document} builds={data.builds} images={data.images}/></article>
 		{#if data.article.kind === 'guide'}<aside>

src/lib/server/articles.ts

@@ -896,6 +896,7 @@ export async function loadPublishedArticle(
 		COALESCE(profile.display_name,users.username,'Deleted Agent') AS author,profile.public_slug,
 		images.updated_at AS cover_updated_at,
 		source.provider AS external_provider,source.canonical_url AS external_canonical_url,
+		source.thumbnail_url AS external_thumbnail_url,source.thumbnail_alt AS external_thumbnail_alt,
 		source.source_published_at AS external_published_at,
 		COALESCE(rating.average,0) AS rating,COALESCE(rating.votes,0) AS votes,
 		curation.pinned_order,COALESCE(curation.featured,0) AS featured,COALESCE(curation.recommended,0) AS recommended
@@ -995,8 +996,12 @@ export async function loadPublishedArticle(
       channel: row.channel ? String(row.channel) : null,
       coverUrl: row.cover_image_id
         ? managedImageUrl(String(row.cover_image_id), row.cover_updated_at)
-        : '',
-      coverAlt: String(row.cover_alt),
+        : row.external_thumbnail_url
+          ? `/images/news/${encodeURIComponent(String(row.article_id))}`
+          : '',
+      coverAlt: row.cover_image_id
+        ? String(row.cover_alt)
+        : String(row.external_thumbnail_alt ?? ''),
       coverCaption: String(row.cover_caption),
       rating: Number(row.rating),
       votes: Number(row.votes),
@@ -1110,6 +1115,7 @@ export async function listPublishedArticles(input: {
     await database.prepare(`${withClause} SELECT articles.id,articles.slug,articles.owner_id,articles.published_at,
 		revision.id AS revision_id,revision.title,revision.deck,revision.channel,revision.cover_image_id,cover.updated_at AS cover_updated_at,
 		source.provider AS external_provider,source.canonical_url AS external_canonical_url,
+		source.thumbnail_url AS external_thumbnail_url,source.thumbnail_alt AS external_thumbnail_alt,
 		COALESCE(profile.display_name,users.username,'Deleted Agent') AS author,profile.public_slug,
 		COALESCE(ratings.rating,0) AS rating,COALESCE(ratings.votes,0) AS votes,
 		curation.pinned_order,COALESCE(curation.featured,0) AS featured,COALESCE(curation.recommended,0) AS recommended,
@@ -1142,7 +1148,12 @@ export async function listPublishedArticles(input: {
         : null,
       coverUrl: row.cover_image_id
         ? managedImageUrl(String(row.cover_image_id), row.cover_updated_at)
-        : '',
+        : row.external_thumbnail_url
+          ? `/images/news/${encodeURIComponent(String(row.id))}`
+          : '',
+      coverAlt: row.cover_image_id
+        ? ''
+        : String(row.external_thumbnail_alt ?? ''),
       rating: Number(row.rating),
       votes: Number(row.votes),
       pinnedOrder: row.pinned_order === null ? null : Number(row.pinned_order),

src/lib/server/ubisoft-news-client.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import {
   extractNimbusApiKey,
+  fetchUbisoftNewsThumbnail,
   fetchUbisoftNews,
   UbisoftNewsSourceError,
 } from './ubisoft-news-client';
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ function item(id: string, overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
     abstract: 'Read the latest official update.',
     date: '2024-03-11T15:20:00.000Z',
     button: { buttonUrl: `/${id}/division-resurgence-update` },
+    thumbnail: {
+      url: `https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/news/${id}/cover.jpg`,
+      description: 'Division Resurgence key art',
+    },
     ...overrides,
   };
 }
@@ -68,6 +73,10 @@ describe('Ubisoft News client', () => {
     expect(result[0].canonicalUrl).toBe(
       `https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/resurgence/news-updates/${externalIdOne}/earlier-update`,
     );
+    expect(result[0].thumbnailUrl).toBe(
+      `https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/news/${externalIdOne}/cover.jpg`,
+    );
+    expect(result[0].thumbnailAlt).toBe('Division Resurgence key art');
     expect(fetchImpl).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
     const secondRequest = fetchImpl.mock.calls[1];
     expect(String(secondRequest[0])).toContain('locale=en-us');
@@ -109,6 +118,26 @@ describe('Ubisoft News client', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('rejects thumbnails outside Ubisoft image hosting', async () => {
+    const fetchImpl = vi
+      .fn<typeof fetch>()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(landing())
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(
+        page(1, [
+          item(externalIdOne, {
+            thumbnail: {
+              url: 'https://example.com/cover.jpg',
+              description: 'Untrusted image',
+            },
+          }),
+        ]),
+      );
+
+    await expect(fetchUbisoftNews(fetchImpl)).rejects.toThrow(
+      'Ubisoft news thumbnail was outside the approved image host.',
+    );
+  });
+
   it('does not follow provider redirects', async () => {
     const fetchImpl = vi.fn<typeof fetch>().mockResolvedValueOnce(
       new Response(null, {
@@ -122,4 +151,54 @@ describe('Ubisoft News client', () => {
     );
     expect(fetchImpl.mock.calls[0][1]?.redirect).toBe('error');
   });
+
+  it('fetches bounded raster thumbnails without following redirects', async () => {
+    const bytes = new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]);
+    const fetchImpl = vi.fn<typeof fetch>().mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      new Response(bytes, {
+        headers: { 'content-type': 'image/jpeg; charset=binary' },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const image = await fetchUbisoftNewsThumbnail(
+      'https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/news/cover.jpg',
+      fetchImpl,
+    );
+    expect(image.contentType).toBe('image/jpeg');
+    expect(image.body).toEqual(bytes);
+    expect(fetchImpl.mock.calls[0][1]?.redirect).toBe('error');
+  });
+
+  it('rejects thumbnail responses that are not raster images', async () => {
+    const fetchImpl = vi.fn<typeof fetch>().mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      new Response('<svg/>', {
+        headers: { 'content-type': 'image/svg+xml' },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    await expect(
+      fetchUbisoftNewsThumbnail(
+        'https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/news/cover.svg',
+        fetchImpl,
+      ),
+    ).rejects.toThrow('not a supported image');
+  });
+
+  it('rejects thumbnails larger than the response bound', async () => {
+    const fetchImpl = vi.fn<typeof fetch>().mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      new Response(new Uint8Array([1]), {
+        headers: {
+          'content-type': 'image/jpeg',
+          'content-length': String(5 * 1024 * 1024 + 1),
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    await expect(
+      fetchUbisoftNewsThumbnail(
+        'https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/news/large-cover.jpg',
+        fetchImpl,
+      ),
+    ).rejects.toThrow('exceeded the size limit');
+  });
 });

src/lib/server/ubisoft-news-client.ts

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ const UBISOFT_NEWS_ORIGIN = 'https://www.ubisoft.com';
 export const UBISOFT_NEWS_LISTING_URL = `${UBISOFT_NEWS_ORIGIN}/en-us/game/the-division/resurgence/news-updates`;
 const UBISOFT_NEWS_PATH = '/en-us/game/the-division/resurgence/news-updates';
 const NIMBUS_ITEMS_URL = 'https://nimbus.ubisoft.com/api/v1/items';
+const UBISOFT_IMAGE_ORIGIN = 'https://staticctf.ubisoft.com';
 const RESURGENCE_TAGS = 'BR-the-division GA-resurgence';
 const MAX_LANDING_BYTES = 600_000;
 const MAX_API_BYTES = 2_000_000;
+const MAX_THUMBNAIL_BYTES = 5 * 1024 * 1024;
 const PAGE_SIZE = 15;
 const MAX_PAGES = 10;
 const ITEM_ID_PATTERN = /^[A-Za-z0-9]{20,24}$/;
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ export type UbisoftNewsItem = {
   title: string;
   excerpt: string;
   canonicalUrl: string;
+  thumbnailUrl: string;
+  thumbnailAlt: string;
   publishedAt: string;
 };
 
@@ -23,14 +27,14 @@ function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
   return Boolean(value) && typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value);
 }
 
-async function readBoundedText(response: Response, maxBytes: number) {
+async function readBoundedBytes(response: Response, maxBytes: number) {
   const declaredLength = Number(response.headers.get('content-length'));
   if (Number.isFinite(declaredLength) && declaredLength > maxBytes) {
     throw new UbisoftNewsSourceError(
       'Ubisoft response exceeded the size limit.',
     );
   }
-  if (!response.body) return '';
+  if (!response.body) return new Uint8Array();
   const reader = response.body.getReader();
   const chunks: Uint8Array[] = [];
   let size = 0;
@@ -52,7 +56,11 @@ async function readBoundedText(response: Response, maxBytes: number) {
     bytes.set(chunk, offset);
     offset += chunk.byteLength;
   }
-  return new TextDecoder().decode(bytes);
+  return bytes;
+}
+
+async function readBoundedText(response: Response, maxBytes: number) {
+  return new TextDecoder().decode(await readBoundedBytes(response, maxBytes));
 }
 
 export function extractNimbusApiKey(html: string) {
@@ -144,6 +152,95 @@ function canonicalUrl(externalId: string, title: string, candidate: unknown) {
   return url.toString();
 }
 
+export function validateUbisoftThumbnailUrl(value: unknown) {
+  if (typeof value !== 'string') {
+    throw new UbisoftNewsSourceError(
+      'Ubisoft returned an invalid news thumbnail.',
+    );
+  }
+  let url: URL;
+  try {
+    url = new URL(value);
+  } catch {
+    throw new UbisoftNewsSourceError(
+      'Ubisoft returned an invalid news thumbnail.',
+    );
+  }
+  if (
+    url.origin !== UBISOFT_IMAGE_ORIGIN ||
+    url.username ||
+    url.password ||
+    value.length > 2_000
+  ) {
+    throw new UbisoftNewsSourceError(
+      'Ubisoft news thumbnail was outside the approved image host.',
+    );
+  }
+  url.hash = '';
+  return url.toString();
+}
+
+function thumbnail(value: unknown, title: string) {
+  if (!isRecord(value)) {
+    throw new UbisoftNewsSourceError(
+      'Ubisoft returned an invalid news thumbnail.',
+    );
+  }
+  const url = validateUbisoftThumbnailUrl(value.url);
+  const description = normalizeText(value.description, 300, false);
+  if (description === null) {
+    throw new UbisoftNewsSourceError(
+      'Ubisoft returned an invalid news thumbnail.',
+    );
+  }
+  return {
+    url,
+    alt: description || title,
+  };
+}
+
+export async function fetchUbisoftNewsThumbnail(
+  sourceUrl: string,
+  fetchImpl: typeof fetch = fetch,
+) {
+  const url = validateUbisoftThumbnailUrl(sourceUrl);
+  let response: Response;
+  try {
+    response = await fetchImpl(url, {
+      headers: { accept: 'image/avif,image/webp,image/png,image/jpeg' },
+      redirect: 'error',
+      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(10_000),
+    });
+  } catch {
+    throw new UbisoftNewsSourceError('Ubisoft thumbnail request failed.');
+  }
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new UbisoftNewsSourceError(
+      `Ubisoft thumbnail request returned HTTP ${response.status}.`,
+    );
+  }
+  const contentType = response.headers
+    .get('content-type')
+    ?.split(';', 1)[0]
+    ?.trim()
+    .toLocaleLowerCase('en-US');
+  if (
+    !contentType ||
+    !['image/avif', 'image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/webp'].includes(
+      contentType,
+    )
+  ) {
+    throw new UbisoftNewsSourceError(
+      'Ubisoft thumbnail response was not a supported image.',
+    );
+  }
+  const body = await readBoundedBytes(response, MAX_THUMBNAIL_BYTES);
+  if (!body.byteLength) {
+    throw new UbisoftNewsSourceError('Ubisoft thumbnail response was empty.');
+  }
+  return { body, contentType };
+}
+
 function parseItem(value: unknown): UbisoftNewsItem {
   if (!isRecord(value))
     throw new UbisoftNewsSourceError('Ubisoft returned an invalid news item.');
@@ -162,11 +259,14 @@ function parseItem(value: unknown): UbisoftNewsItem {
     throw new UbisoftNewsSourceError('Ubisoft returned an invalid news item.');
   }
   const button = isRecord(value.button) ? value.button.buttonUrl : null;
+  const image = thumbnail(value.thumbnail, title);
   return {
     externalId,
     title,
     excerpt,
     canonicalUrl: canonicalUrl(externalId, title, button),
+    thumbnailUrl: image.url,
+    thumbnailAlt: image.alt,
     publishedAt: published.toISOString(),
   };
 }

src/lib/server/ubisoft-news-import.test.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ import {
 const externalId = '64f1234567890abcdef12345';
 const sourceDate = '2024-02-20T10:30:00.000Z';
 
-function fetchSource(excerpt: string, publishedAt = sourceDate) {
+function fetchSource(
+  excerpt: string,
+  publishedAt = sourceDate,
+  thumbnailUrl = 'https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/news/cover.jpg',
+) {
   return vi
     .fn<typeof fetch>()
     .mockResolvedValueOnce(
@@ -28,6 +32,10 @@ function fetchSource(excerpt: string, publishedAt = sourceDate) {
               abstract: excerpt,
               date: publishedAt,
               button: { buttonUrl: `/${externalId}/official-news` },
+              thumbnail: {
+                url: thumbnailUrl,
+                description: 'Official source artwork',
+              },
             },
           ],
         }),
@@ -65,7 +73,8 @@ async function createDatabase() {
     );
     CREATE TABLE external_news_sources (
       article_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, provider TEXT NOT NULL, external_id TEXT NOT NULL, canonical_url TEXT NOT NULL,
-      source_published_at TEXT NOT NULL, content_hash TEXT NOT NULL, first_seen_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+      thumbnail_url TEXT, thumbnail_alt TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '', source_published_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+      content_hash TEXT NOT NULL, first_seen_at TEXT NOT NULL,
       last_seen_at TEXT NOT NULL, last_synced_at TEXT NOT NULL, UNIQUE(provider, external_id)
     );
     CREATE TABLE external_news_sync_state (
@@ -125,6 +134,10 @@ describe('Ubisoft News import', () => {
       await database.prepare('SELECT * FROM external_news_sources')
     ).get();
     expect(source?.source_published_at).toBe(sourceDate);
+    expect(source?.thumbnail_url).toBe(
+      'https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/news/cover.jpg',
+    );
+    expect(source?.thumbnail_alt).toBe('Official source artwork');
     const audit = await (
       await database.prepare('SELECT * FROM audit_log')
     ).get();
@@ -135,6 +148,7 @@ describe('Ubisoft News import', () => {
     });
     expect(JSON.parse(String(audit?.after_json))).toMatchObject({
       externalId,
+      thumbnailUrl: 'https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/news/cover.jpg',
       sourcePublishedAt: sourceDate,
     });
   });
@@ -230,6 +244,105 @@ describe('Ubisoft News import', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('synchronizes a changed Ubisoft thumbnail', async () => {
+    await syncUbisoftNews({
+      database,
+      fetchImpl: fetchSource('Stable excerpt.'),
+      now: new Date('2026-08-01T12:00:00.000Z'),
+      force: true,
+    });
+    const result = await syncUbisoftNews({
+      database,
+      fetchImpl: fetchSource(
+        'Stable excerpt.',
+        sourceDate,
+        'https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/news/revised-cover.jpg',
+      ),
+      now: new Date('2026-08-01T14:00:00.000Z'),
+      force: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ status: 'ok', updated: 1 });
+    const source = await (
+      await database.prepare(
+        'SELECT thumbnail_url,thumbnail_alt FROM external_news_sources',
+      )
+    ).get();
+    expect(source).toMatchObject({
+      thumbnail_url: 'https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/news/revised-cover.jpg',
+      thumbnail_alt: 'Official source artwork',
+    });
+    expect(
+      Number(
+        (
+          await (
+            await database.prepare(
+              'SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM article_revisions',
+            )
+          ).get()
+        )?.count,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+    const audit = await (
+      await database.prepare(
+        "SELECT after_json FROM audit_log WHERE action='news.import_synced' ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 1",
+      )
+    ).get();
+    expect(JSON.parse(String(audit?.after_json))).toMatchObject({
+      thumbnailUrl: 'https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/news/revised-cover.jpg',
+      sourceMetadataOnly: true,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('audits source changes without restoring a deleted article', async () => {
+    await syncUbisoftNews({
+      database,
+      fetchImpl: fetchSource('First excerpt.'),
+      now: new Date('2026-08-01T12:00:00.000Z'),
+      force: true,
+    });
+    await (
+      await database.prepare(
+        "UPDATE articles SET deleted_at='2026-08-01T13:00:00.000Z'",
+      )
+    ).run();
+
+    const result = await syncUbisoftNews({
+      database,
+      fetchImpl: fetchSource('Changed after deletion.'),
+      now: new Date('2026-08-01T14:00:00.000Z'),
+      force: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ status: 'ok', updated: 1 });
+    const article = await (
+      await database.prepare(
+        'SELECT deleted_at,published_revision_id FROM articles',
+      )
+    ).get();
+    expect(article?.deleted_at).toBe('2026-08-01T13:00:00.000Z');
+    expect(
+      Number(
+        (
+          await (
+            await database.prepare(
+              'SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM article_revisions',
+            )
+          ).get()
+        )?.count,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+    const audit = await (
+      await database.prepare(
+        "SELECT after_json FROM audit_log WHERE action='news.import_synced' ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 1",
+      )
+    ).get();
+    expect(JSON.parse(String(audit?.after_json))).toMatchObject({
+      articleDeleted: true,
+      sourceMetadataOnly: true,
+    });
+  });
+
   it('skips network work until the persisted next-check time', async () => {
     const now = new Date('2026-08-01T12:00:00.000Z');
     await syncUbisoftNews({

src/lib/server/ubisoft-news-import.ts

@@ -96,6 +96,60 @@ function revisionSnapshot(item: UbisoftNewsItem, document: ArticleDocument) {
   };
 }
 
+async function syncSourceMetadata(
+  database: Database,
+  existing: Record<string, unknown>,
+  item: UbisoftNewsItem,
+  contentHash: string,
+  now: string,
+) {
+  const articleId = String(existing.article_id);
+  await (
+    await database.prepare(`UPDATE external_news_sources SET canonical_url=?,thumbnail_url=?,thumbnail_alt=?,
+      source_published_at=?,content_hash=?,last_seen_at=?,last_synced_at=? WHERE article_id=?`)
+  ).run(
+    item.canonicalUrl,
+    item.thumbnailUrl,
+    item.thumbnailAlt,
+    item.publishedAt,
+    contentHash,
+    now,
+    now,
+    articleId,
+  );
+  await recordIsacAudit({
+    actorId: UBISOFT_NEWS_SERVICE_USER_ID,
+    category: 'editorial_content',
+    action: 'news.import_synced',
+    entityId: articleId,
+    database,
+    createdAt: now,
+    before: {
+      contentHash: String(existing.content_hash),
+      canonicalUrl: String(existing.canonical_url),
+      thumbnailUrl: existing.thumbnail_url
+        ? String(existing.thumbnail_url)
+        : null,
+      thumbnailAlt: String(existing.thumbnail_alt ?? ''),
+      sourcePublishedAt: String(existing.source_published_at),
+      publishedRevisionId: existing.published_revision_id ?? null,
+    },
+    after: {
+      provider: UBISOFT_NEWS_PROVIDER,
+      externalId: item.externalId,
+      canonicalUrl: item.canonicalUrl,
+      thumbnailUrl: item.thumbnailUrl,
+      thumbnailAlt: item.thumbnailAlt,
+      sourcePublishedAt: item.publishedAt,
+      contentHash,
+      publishedRevisionId: existing.published_revision_id ?? null,
+      sourceMetadataOnly: true,
+      articleDeleted: Boolean(existing.deleted_at),
+    },
+  });
+  return 'updated' as const;
+}
+
 async function importItem(
   database: Database,
   item: UbisoftNewsItem,
@@ -110,7 +164,13 @@ async function importItem(
       WHERE source.provider=? AND source.external_id=?`)
   ).get(UBISOFT_NEWS_PROVIDER, item.externalId);
 
-  if (existing && String(existing.content_hash) === contentHash) {
+  const contentUnchanged =
+    existing && String(existing.content_hash) === contentHash;
+  const thumbnailUnchanged =
+    existing &&
+    String(existing.thumbnail_url ?? '') === item.thumbnailUrl &&
+    String(existing.thumbnail_alt ?? '') === item.thumbnailAlt;
+  if (contentUnchanged && thumbnailUnchanged) {
     await (
       await database.prepare(
         'UPDATE external_news_sources SET last_seen_at=? WHERE provider=? AND external_id=?',
@@ -118,6 +178,9 @@ async function importItem(
     ).run(now, UBISOFT_NEWS_PROVIDER, item.externalId);
     return 'unchanged' as const;
   }
+  if (existing && (contentUnchanged || existing.deleted_at)) {
+    return syncSourceMetadata(database, existing, item, contentHash, now);
+  }
 
   const document = articleDocument(item);
   const parsed = parseArticleDocument(document);
@@ -181,13 +244,16 @@ async function importItem(
     ).run(articleId, item.title, item.excerpt, parsed.plainText, NEWS_CHANNEL);
     await (
       await database.prepare(`INSERT INTO external_news_sources(
-        article_id,provider,external_id,canonical_url,source_published_at,content_hash,first_seen_at,last_seen_at,last_synced_at
-      ) VALUES(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)`)
+        article_id,provider,external_id,canonical_url,thumbnail_url,thumbnail_alt,source_published_at,
+        content_hash,first_seen_at,last_seen_at,last_synced_at
+      ) VALUES(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)`)
     ).run(
       articleId,
       UBISOFT_NEWS_PROVIDER,
       item.externalId,
       item.canonicalUrl,
+      item.thumbnailUrl,
+      item.thumbnailAlt,
       item.publishedAt,
       contentHash,
       now,
@@ -205,6 +271,8 @@ async function importItem(
         provider: UBISOFT_NEWS_PROVIDER,
         externalId: item.externalId,
         canonicalUrl: item.canonicalUrl,
+        thumbnailUrl: item.thumbnailUrl,
+        thumbnailAlt: item.thumbnailAlt,
         sourcePublishedAt: item.publishedAt,
         publishedRevisionId: revisionId,
         snapshotHash,
@@ -214,20 +282,6 @@ async function importItem(
   }
 
   const articleId = String(existing.article_id);
-  if (existing.deleted_at) {
-    await (
-      await database.prepare(`UPDATE external_news_sources SET canonical_url=?,source_published_at=?,content_hash=?,
-        last_seen_at=?,last_synced_at=? WHERE article_id=?`)
-    ).run(
-      item.canonicalUrl,
-      item.publishedAt,
-      contentHash,
-      now,
-      now,
-      articleId,
-    );
-    return 'unchanged' as const;
-  }
   const next = await (
     await database.prepare(
       'SELECT COALESCE(MAX(revision_number),0)+1 AS number FROM article_revisions WHERE article_id=?',
@@ -287,9 +341,18 @@ async function importItem(
     )
   ).run(articleId, item.title, item.excerpt, parsed.plainText, NEWS_CHANNEL);
   await (
-    await database.prepare(`UPDATE external_news_sources SET canonical_url=?,source_published_at=?,content_hash=?,
-      last_seen_at=?,last_synced_at=? WHERE article_id=?`)
-  ).run(item.canonicalUrl, item.publishedAt, contentHash, now, now, articleId);
+    await database.prepare(`UPDATE external_news_sources SET canonical_url=?,thumbnail_url=?,thumbnail_alt=?,
+      source_published_at=?,content_hash=?,last_seen_at=?,last_synced_at=? WHERE article_id=?`)
+  ).run(
+    item.canonicalUrl,
+    item.thumbnailUrl,
+    item.thumbnailAlt,
+    item.publishedAt,
+    contentHash,
+    now,
+    now,
+    articleId,
+  );
   await recordIsacAudit({
     actorId: UBISOFT_NEWS_SERVICE_USER_ID,
     category: 'editorial_content',
@@ -300,6 +363,10 @@ async function importItem(
     before: {
       contentHash: String(existing.content_hash),
       canonicalUrl: String(existing.canonical_url),
+      thumbnailUrl: existing.thumbnail_url
+        ? String(existing.thumbnail_url)
+        : null,
+      thumbnailAlt: String(existing.thumbnail_alt ?? ''),
       sourcePublishedAt: String(existing.source_published_at),
       publishedRevisionId: existing.published_revision_id ?? null,
     },
@@ -307,6 +374,8 @@ async function importItem(
       provider: UBISOFT_NEWS_PROVIDER,
       externalId: item.externalId,
       canonicalUrl: item.canonicalUrl,
+      thumbnailUrl: item.thumbnailUrl,
+      thumbnailAlt: item.thumbnailAlt,
       sourcePublishedAt: item.publishedAt,
       contentHash,
       publishedRevisionId: revisionId,

src/routes/images/news/[id]/+server.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
+import { error } from '@sveltejs/kit';
+import { getDatabase } from '$lib/server/database';
+import { fetchUbisoftNewsThumbnail } from '$lib/server/ubisoft-news-client';
+import type { RequestHandler } from './$types';
+
+const ID_PATTERN =
+  /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/i;
+const CACHE_TTL_MS = 60 * 60 * 1_000;
+const CACHE_LIMIT_BYTES = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
+type CachedImage = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof fetchUbisoftNewsThumbnail>> & {
+  sourceUrl: string;
+  etag: string;
+  expiresAt: number;
+};
+const cache = new Map<string, CachedImage>();
+const pending = new Map<string, Promise<CachedImage>>();
+let cacheBytes = 0;
+
+function removeCached(id: string) {
+  const image = cache.get(id);
+  if (!image) return;
+  cache.delete(id);
+  cacheBytes -= image.body.byteLength;
+}
+
+function pruneCache(now: number) {
+  for (const [id, image] of cache) {
+    if (image.expiresAt <= now) removeCached(id);
+  }
+  while (cacheBytes > CACHE_LIMIT_BYTES) {
+    const oldest = cache.keys().next().value;
+    if (!oldest) break;
+    removeCached(oldest);
+  }
+}
+
+async function loadImage(id: string, sourceUrl: string) {
+  const now = Date.now();
+  pruneCache(now);
+  const cached = cache.get(id);
+  if (cached?.sourceUrl === sourceUrl && cached.expiresAt > now) {
+    cache.delete(id);
+    cache.set(id, cached);
+    return cached;
+  }
+  if (cached) removeCached(id);
+  const key = `${id}:${sourceUrl}`;
+  const active = pending.get(key);
+  if (active) return active;
+
+  const imageRequest = fetchUbisoftNewsThumbnail(sourceUrl).then((image) => {
+    const loaded: CachedImage = {
+      ...image,
+      sourceUrl,
+      etag: `"${createHash('sha256').update(image.body).digest('hex')}"`,
+      expiresAt: Date.now() + CACHE_TTL_MS,
+    };
+    if (loaded.body.byteLength <= CACHE_LIMIT_BYTES) {
+      removeCached(id);
+      cache.set(id, loaded);
+      cacheBytes += loaded.body.byteLength;
+      pruneCache(Date.now());
+    }
+    return loaded;
+  });
+  pending.set(key, imageRequest);
+  try {
+    return await imageRequest;
+  } finally {
+    pending.delete(key);
+  }
+}
+
+export const GET: RequestHandler = async ({ params, request }) => {
+  if (!ID_PATTERN.test(params.id)) error(404, 'Image not found');
+  const row = await (
+    await (
+      await getDatabase()
+    ).prepare(`SELECT source.thumbnail_url FROM external_news_sources source
+      JOIN articles ON articles.id=source.article_id
+      WHERE source.article_id=? AND source.provider='ubisoft' AND source.thumbnail_url IS NOT NULL
+        AND articles.visibility IN ('public','unlisted') AND articles.deleted_at IS NULL`)
+  ).get(params.id);
+  if (!row?.thumbnail_url) error(404, 'Image not found');
+
+  let image: CachedImage;
+  try {
+    image = await loadImage(params.id, String(row.thumbnail_url));
+  } catch {
+    error(502, 'Source image unavailable');
+  }
+  const etag = image.etag;
+  if (
+    request.headers
+      .get('if-none-match')
+      ?.split(',')
+      .some((value) => value.trim() === etag)
+  ) {
+    return new Response(null, {
+      status: 304,
+      headers: { etag, 'cache-control': 'public, max-age=3600' },
+    });
+  }
+  return new Response(image.body, {
+    headers: {
+      'cache-control': 'public, max-age=3600, stale-while-revalidate=86400',
+      'cross-origin-resource-policy': 'same-origin',
+      'content-length': String(image.body.byteLength),
+      'content-type': image.contentType,
+      etag,
+      'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff',
+    },
+  });
+};

src/routes/images/news/[id]/server.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  get: vi.fn(),
+  fetchThumbnail: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('$lib/server/database', () => ({
+  getDatabase: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    prepare: vi.fn(async () => ({ get: mocks.get })),
+  })),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('$lib/server/ubisoft-news-client', () => ({
+  fetchUbisoftNewsThumbnail: mocks.fetchThumbnail,
+}));
+
+import { GET } from './+server';
+
+const articleId = '9890c398-0522-4e8c-8fdb-78de9c66deb6';
+const sourceUrl = 'https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/news/cover.jpg';
+
+describe('Ubisoft News image proxy', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mocks.get.mockReset().mockResolvedValue({ thumbnail_url: sourceUrl });
+    mocks.fetchThumbnail.mockReset().mockResolvedValue({
+      body: new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]),
+      contentType: 'image/jpeg',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('serves a same-origin cached image and honors its ETag', async () => {
+    const first = await GET({
+      params: { id: articleId },
+      request: new Request(`http://localhost/images/news/${articleId}`),
+    } as never);
+    expect(first.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(first.headers.get('content-type')).toBe('image/jpeg');
+    expect(first.headers.get('cross-origin-resource-policy')).toBe(
+      'same-origin',
+    );
+    const etag = first.headers.get('etag');
+    expect(etag).toBeTruthy();
+
+    const second = await GET({
+      params: { id: articleId },
+      request: new Request(`http://localhost/images/news/${articleId}`, {
+        headers: { 'if-none-match': String(etag) },
+      }),
+    } as never);
+    expect(second.status).toBe(304);
+    expect(mocks.fetchThumbnail).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});