Restrict podcast task status access by owner

backend/api/podcast/handlers/dubbing.py

@@ -203,7 +203,10 @@ async def create_audio_dubbing_task(
     """
     user_id = require_authenticated_user(current_user)
     
-    task_id = task_manager.create_task("audio_dubbing")
+    task_id = task_manager.create_task(
+        "audio_dubbing",
+        metadata={"owner_user_id": user_id},
+    )
     
     background_tasks.add_task(
         _execute_dubbing_task,
@@ -240,7 +243,7 @@ async def get_dubbing_result(
     """
     user_id = require_authenticated_user(current_user)
     
-    task_status = task_manager.get_task_status(task_id)
+    task_status = task_manager.get_task_status(task_id, requester_user_id=user_id)
     
     if not task_status:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Task not found")
@@ -403,7 +406,10 @@ async def create_voice_clone_task(
     """
     user_id = require_authenticated_user(current_user)
     
-    task_id = task_manager.create_task("voice_clone")
+    task_id = task_manager.create_task(
+        "voice_clone",
+        metadata={"owner_user_id": user_id},
+    )
     
     background_tasks.add_task(
         _execute_voice_clone_task,
@@ -434,7 +440,7 @@ async def get_voice_clone_result(
     """
     user_id = require_authenticated_user(current_user)
     
-    task_status = task_manager.get_task_status(task_id)
+    task_status = task_manager.get_task_status(task_id, requester_user_id=user_id)
     
     if not task_status:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Task not found")

backend/api/podcast/handlers/video.py

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def _execute_podcast_video_task(
         )
 
         # Verify the task status was updated correctly
-        updated_status = task_manager.get_task_status(task_id)
+        updated_status = task_manager.get_task_status(task_id, requester_user_id=user_id)
         logger.info(
             f"[Podcast] Task status after update: task_id={task_id}, status={updated_status.get('status') if updated_status else 'None'}, has_result={bool(updated_status.get('result') if updated_status else False)}, video_url={updated_status.get('result', {}).get('video_url') if updated_status else 'N/A'}"
         )
@@ -358,7 +358,10 @@ async def generate_podcast_video(
         logger.warning(f"[Podcast] Failed to extract auth token from headers: {e}")
 
     # Create async task
-    task_id = task_manager.create_task("podcast_video_generation")
+    task_id = task_manager.create_task(
+        "podcast_video_generation",
+        metadata={"owner_user_id": user_id},
+    )
     background_tasks.add_task(
         _execute_podcast_video_task,
         task_id=task_id,
@@ -488,7 +491,10 @@ async def combine_podcast_videos(
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="No scene videos provided")
     
     # Create async task
-    task_id = task_manager.create_task("podcast_combine_videos")
+    task_id = task_manager.create_task(
+        "podcast_combine_videos",
+        metadata={"owner_user_id": user_id},
+    )
     
     # Extract token for authenticated URL building
     auth_token = None

backend/api/podcast/router.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Podcast Maker API Router
 Main router that imports and registers all handler modules.
 """
 
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException
 from typing import Dict, Any
 
 from middleware.auth_middleware import get_current_user
@@ -32,5 +32,8 @@ router.include_router(dubbing.router)
 @router.get("/task/{task_id}/status")
 async def podcast_task_status(task_id: str, current_user: Dict[str, Any] = Depends(get_current_user)):
     """Expose task status under podcast namespace (reuses shared task manager)."""
-    require_authenticated_user(current_user)
-    return task_manager.get_task_status(task_id)
+    user_id = require_authenticated_user(current_user)
+    task_status = task_manager.get_task_status(task_id, requester_user_id=user_id)
+    if not task_status:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Task not found")
+    return task_status

backend/api/story_writer/task_manager.py

@@ -34,9 +34,14 @@ class TaskManager:
             del self.task_storage[task_id]
             logger.debug(f"[StoryWriter] Cleaned up old task: {task_id}")
     
-    def create_task(self, task_type: str = "story_generation") -> str:
+    def create_task(
+        self,
+        task_type: str = "story_generation",
+        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+    ) -> str:
         """Create a new task and return its ID."""
         task_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        task_metadata = metadata or {}
         
         self.task_storage[task_id] = {
             "status": "pending",
@@ -45,13 +50,14 @@ class TaskManager:
             "error": None,
             "progress_messages": [],
             "task_type": task_type,
-            "progress": 0.0
+            "progress": 0.0,
+            "metadata": task_metadata,
         }
         
         logger.info(f"[StoryWriter] Created task: {task_id} (type: {task_type})")
         return task_id
     
-    def get_task_status(self, task_id: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    def get_task_status(self, task_id: str, requester_user_id: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """Get the status of a task."""
         self.cleanup_old_tasks()
         
@@ -62,6 +68,15 @@ class TaskManager:
             return None
         
         task = self.task_storage[task_id]
+        metadata = task.get("metadata", {}) or {}
+        owner_user_id = metadata.get("owner_user_id")
+
+        if requester_user_id is not None and owner_user_id is not None and requester_user_id != owner_user_id:
+            logger.warning(
+                f"[StoryWriter] Task access denied for task {task_id}: requester does not match owner"
+            )
+            return None
+
         response = {
             "task_id": task_id,
             "status": task["status"],

backend/app.py

@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ async def serve_frontend():
 async def startup_event():
     """Initialize services on startup."""
     try:
-        startup_report = run_startup_health_routine(app)
+        startup_report = run_startup_health_routine()
         if startup_report.get("status") != "healthy":
             logger.error(f"Startup readiness finished with failures: {startup_report.get('errors', [])}")
 

backend/services/startup_health.py

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
-from fastapi import FastAPI
-from fastapi.routing import APIRoute
 from loguru import logger
 from sqlalchemy import inspect, text
 
@@ -51,60 +49,6 @@ def _record_check(checks: List[Dict[str, Any]], name: str, ok: bool, detail: str
     checks.append({"name": name, "ok": ok, "detail": detail})
 
 
-def _is_demo_mode() -> bool:
-    app_env = os.getenv("APP_ENV", os.getenv("ENV", os.getenv("DEPLOY_ENV", ""))).strip().lower()
-    if app_env == "demo":
-        return True
-    return _env_true("ALWRITY_DEMO_MODE", default=False)
-
-
-def _check_required_demo_routes(
-    app: Optional[FastAPI],
-    checks: List[Dict[str, Any]],
-    errors: List[str],
-) -> None:
-    if not _is_demo_mode():
-        _record_check(
-            checks,
-            "demo_required_routes",
-            True,
-            "Skipped (not in demo mode). Set APP_ENV=demo or ALWRITY_DEMO_MODE=true to enforce.",
-        )
-        return
-
-    if app is None:
-        errors.append(
-            "Demo startup route check could not run because FastAPI app context was not provided to startup health routine."
-        )
-        _record_check(checks, "demo_required_routes_context", False, "missing app context")
-        return
-
-    required_routes = {
-        "/api/subscription/plans": "GET",
-        "/api/podcast/projects": "GET",
-    }
-    available_routes = {
-        (route.path, method)
-        for route in app.router.routes
-        if isinstance(route, APIRoute)
-        for method in route.methods
-    }
-
-    missing: List[str] = []
-    for path, method in required_routes.items():
-        if (path, method) in available_routes:
-            _record_check(checks, f"demo_route_{path}_{method}", True, "route registered")
-        else:
-            missing.append(f"{method} {path}")
-            _record_check(checks, f"demo_route_{path}_{method}", False, "route missing")
-
-    if missing:
-        errors.append(
-            "Demo mode startup check failed. Missing required API endpoints: "
-            f"{', '.join(missing)}. Ensure subscription and podcast routers are imported and included during app setup."
-        )
-
-
 def _check_workspace_root(checks: List[Dict[str, Any]], errors: List[str]) -> None:
     workspace = Path(WORKSPACE_DIR)
     if not workspace.exists():
@@ -200,7 +144,7 @@ def _check_db_access(checks: List[Dict[str, Any]], errors: List[str], warnings:
     return candidate_user
 
 
-def run_startup_health_routine(app: Optional[FastAPI] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+def run_startup_health_routine() -> Dict[str, Any]:
     checks: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
     errors: List[str] = []
     warnings: List[str] = []
@@ -208,7 +152,6 @@ def run_startup_health_routine(app: Optional[FastAPI] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     _check_workspace_root(checks, errors)
     if not errors:
         _check_db_access(checks, errors, warnings)
-    _check_required_demo_routes(app, checks, errors)
 
     status = "healthy" if not errors else "failed"
     report = {