- Add LINGUISTIC_REQUIRED_FEATURES set for profile-based gating
- Add get_active_profile() helper to read from ALWRITY_ACTIVE_PROFILE, ALWRITY_PROFILE, ALWRITY_FEATURE_PROFILE
- Add get_loaded_features() to read from ALWRITY_LOADED_FEATURES
- Add should_bootstrap_linguistic_models() - runs for all/default or when loaded features intersect linguistic-required
- Add should_bootstrap_local_llm_models() - skip for podcast/youtube/planning profiles
- Gate bootstrap steps at module load time
- Add ALWRITY_FEATURE_PROFILE env var (precedence over ALWRITY_ROUTER_PROFILE)
- Add OPTIONAL_MODULE_MATRIX defining 'all' and 'default' profiles
- Add get_feature_profile_status() to RouterManager
- Add GET /api/feature-profile/status endpoint in main.py and app.py
- Returns active profile and enabled optional modules
- Add CORE_ROUTER_REGISTRY and OPTIONAL_ROUTER_REGISTRY for declarative router config
- Add profile gating via ALWRITY_ROUTER_PROFILE / ALWRITY_FEATURE_TO_ENABLE
- Only include routers whose profiles match active profile (podcast profile includes subscription, podcast)
- Use dynamic import_module for lazy loading
- Support include_kwargs for routers needing special args (youtube, research_config)
- Simplify include_core_routers and include_optional_routers to use registry
Reduces router_manager.py from 272 to ~156 lines.
- Improve error message handling for common API failures
- Add announcementSeverity state for error/success styling
- Display errors with red alert styling in podcast dashboard
- Skip onboarding in demo mode, redirect to podcast-maker
- Demo mode checks localStorage and env vars
- Remove mock subscription - use real subscription flow
- Add demoMode utility for consistent demo mode detection
- Skip onboarding API calls in OnboardingContext when in demo mode
- Redirect to /podcast-maker instead of /onboarding in demo mode
- Patch pricing redirect to route to podcast-maker instead of onboarding
- Allow all plan tiers in demo mode (remove alpha restriction)
- Add Stripe mode warning in demo when key is missing
- Add startup router mount assertions for subscription and podcast
- Add smoke test script for demo mode validation
- Add dedicated image_generation module with statistical extraction
- Support 16 industry domains with visual concept detection
- Add model-specific guidance for Ideogram, FLUX, GLM, Qwen, MAI
- Extract statistics, rankings, comparisons, and trends automatically
- Refactor backend/api/images.py to use new module
