Fix: add missing deps, lazy-load heavy modules in podcast mode

backend/api/__init__.py

@@ -5,50 +5,60 @@ The onboarding endpoints are re-exported from a stable module
 `onboarding.py`.
 """
 
-from .onboarding_endpoints import (
+import os
-    health_check,
-    get_onboarding_status,
-    get_onboarding_progress_full,
-    get_step_data,
-    complete_step,
-    skip_step,
-    validate_step_access,
-    get_api_keys,
-    save_api_key,
-    validate_api_keys,
-    start_onboarding,
-    complete_onboarding,
-    reset_onboarding,
-    get_resume_info,
-    get_onboarding_config,
-    generate_writing_personas,
-    generate_writing_personas_async,
-    get_persona_task_status,
-    assess_persona_quality,
-    regenerate_persona,
-    get_persona_generation_options
-)
 
-__all__ = [
+# Check podcast mode early
-    'health_check',
+_is_podcast = os.getenv("ALWRITY_ENABLED_FEATURES", "").strip().lower() == "podcast"
-    'get_onboarding_status',
+
-    'get_onboarding_progress_full',
+# In podcast mode, don't import heavy onboarding endpoints
-    'get_step_data',
+# They trigger heavy dependencies (exa_py, etc.)
-    'complete_step',
+if _is_podcast:
-    'skip_step',
+    __all__ = []
-    'validate_step_access',
+else:
-    'get_api_keys',
+    from .onboarding_endpoints import (
-    'save_api_key',
+        health_check,
-    'validate_api_keys',
+        get_onboarding_status,
-    'start_onboarding',
+        get_onboarding_progress_full,
-    'complete_onboarding',
+        get_step_data,
-    'reset_onboarding',
+        complete_step,
-    'get_resume_info',
+        skip_step,
-    'get_onboarding_config',
+        validate_step_access,
-    'generate_writing_personas',
+        get_api_keys,
-    'generate_writing_personas_async',
+        save_api_key,
-    'get_persona_task_status',
+        validate_api_keys,
-    'assess_persona_quality',
+        start_onboarding,
-    'regenerate_persona',
+        complete_onboarding,
-    'get_persona_generation_options'
+        reset_onboarding,
-] 
+        get_resume_info,
+        get_onboarding_config,
+        generate_writing_personas,
+        generate_writing_personas_async,
+        get_persona_task_status,
+        assess_persona_quality,
+        regenerate_persona,
+        get_persona_generation_options
+    )
+
+    __all__ = [
+        'health_check',
+        'get_onboarding_status',
+        'get_onboarding_progress_full',
+        'get_step_data',
+        'complete_step',
+        'skip_step',
+        'validate_step_access',
+        'get_api_keys',
+        'save_api_key',
+        'validate_api_keys',
+        'start_onboarding',
+        'complete_onboarding',
+        'reset_onboarding',
+        'get_resume_info',
+        'get_onboarding_config',
+        'generate_writing_personas',
+        'generate_writing_personas_async',
+        'get_persona_task_status',
+        'assess_persona_quality',
+        'regenerate_persona',
+        'get_persona_generation_options'
+    ] 

backend/render-build.sh

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ httpx>=0.27.2,<0.28.0
 aiohttp>=3.9.0
 openai>=1.3.0
 google-genai>=1.0.0
+exa-py==1.9.1
 gtts>=2.4.0
 pyttsx3>=2.90
 markdown>=3.5.0
@@ -51,6 +52,13 @@ requests>=2.31.0
 beautifulsoup4>=4.12.0
 lxml>=4.9.0
 psutil>=5.9.0
+sentence-transformers>=2.2.2
+google-api-python-client>=2.100.0
+google-auth>=2.23.0
+google-auth-oauthlib>=1.0.0
+pydantic-settings>=2.0.0
+python-dateutil>=2.8.0
+jinja2>=3.1.0
 EOF
     python -m pip install --retries 10 --timeout 120 -r requirements_min.txt
 else