Declare only the tables and columns pixa writes and reads (closes #310)

Removes output_content and request_cache, which nothing writes, and every
column that was written but never read: the host, path, query, content_type
and fetched_at of source_content, the content_type and created_at of
variant_content, and the status_code, error_message and fetched_at of
negative_cache.

StoreSource no longer takes the fetch result and LookupSource returns only
the source key. StoreVariant no longer takes a content type and
StoreNegative no longer takes a status code or message, so
extractStatusCode and the status constants, which only fed status_code,
are gone. Reconciliation adopts a variant file without opening it, as its
row no longer records a content type. Tests that set or checked a removed
column follow.

Model: opus-5-5

.gitea/workflows/check.yml

@@ -18,4 +18,3 @@ jobs:
                   # All history and tags, so git describe finds the version tag.
                   fetch-depth: 0
             - run: script/cibuild
-            - run: script/docker-smoke

AGENTS.md

@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ These rules MUST be followed at all times, it is very important.
   without asking first. In almost all cases, the code should be changed, NOT the
   tests. If you think the test needs to be changed, make your case for that and
   ask for permission to proceed, then stop. You need explicit user approval to
-  modify existing tests. (You do not need user approval for writing NEW tests.)
+  modify existing tests. A bug fix may change an existing test without asking
+  when that test pins exactly the behavior the filed bug calls wrong, and the
+  change moves it to the fixed behavior and nothing else; any other change to an
+  existing test still needs explicit user approval. (You do not need user
+  approval for writing NEW tests.)
 
 - When linting, assume the linter config is CORRECT, and that each item output
   by the linter is something that legitimately needs fixing in the code.

Dockerfile

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-# Every stage declares ARG CACHEBUST first: script/ passes a new value
-# on every build, which reruns every RUN step after it. The steps that
-# compile mount Go's build cache, which survives from build to build.
+# In every stage ARG CACHEBUST comes right after the steps that install
+# system packages and download Go's modules, or right after FROM in a
+# stage with neither, and every step that lints, tests or compiles
+# comes after it. script/ passes a new value on every build, which
+# reruns every RUN step after it. Docker keeps the layers above it
+# until the base image, their own lines or go.mod and go.sum change.
+# The steps that compile mount Go's build cache, and golangci-lint run
+# also mounts golangci-lint's; both survive from build to build.
 
 # Lint phase. script/lint builds it alone. The linter is run directly:
 # `make lint` and script/lint are themselves a docker build.
 # golangci/golangci-lint:v2.14.0, 2026-10-15
 FROM golangci/golangci-lint@sha256:ad862ba6b3798cbe0fd9fd7408d498fd74fbd2623a92406b2fd3898faf0bf98f AS lint
-ARG CACHEBUST
 
 # The linter compiles every package, and govips needs the libvips
 # headers for that. REPO_POLICIES.md has the lint phase install them
@@ -18,25 +22,29 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 WORKDIR /src
 COPY go.mod go.sum ./
 RUN go mod download
+ARG CACHEBUST
 COPY . .
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/golangci-lint \
     golangci-lint run --config .golangci.yml ./...
 
 # Test phase. script/test builds it alone. -race needs cgo and so a C
 # compiler, which the Debian Go image ships and the alpine one does not.
 # golang:1.25.4-trixie, 2026-10-15
 FROM golang@sha256:a02d35efc036053fdf0da8c15919276bf777a80cbfda6a35c5e9f087e652adfc AS test
-ARG CACHEBUST
+
+# govips compiles against the libvips and libheif headers, and the tests
+# need libvips' JPEG XL support; libvips-dev brings all three. The tests
+# also encode AVIF, which needs libheif's AVIF encoder,
+# libheif-plugin-aomenc: Debian only recommends it, so it is named here.
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libvips-dev libheif-plugin-aomenc \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 WORKDIR /src
-
-# script/bootstrap --cgo installs the build dependencies (the libvips
-# and libheif headers, and libvips' JPEG XL support, which the tests
-# need) and downloads the Go modules.
-COPY script/ ./script/
 COPY go.mod go.sum ./
-RUN script/bootstrap --cgo
-
+RUN go mod download
+ARG CACHEBUST
 COPY . .
 
 # Without -v first; on a failure, again with -v for the details, and
@@ -52,22 +60,23 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
       go test -count=1 -timeout 90s -race -parallel 4 -v ./...; exit 1; }
 
 # Build stage. Nothing is wanted from the two phases above: these copies
-# make BuildKit build them first, so this stage runs only when lint and
-# test passed.
+# make BuildKit build them first, so nothing after them runs unless lint
+# and test passed.
 # golang:1.25.4-alpine3.22, 2026-02-25; the runtime stage uses Alpine 3.22 too
 FROM golang:1.25.4-alpine3.22@sha256:d3f0cf7723f3429e3f9ed846243970b20a2de7bae6a5b66fc5914e228d831bbb AS builder
+
+# git for the version, and for govips a C compiler, pkg-config and the
+# libvips and libheif headers
+RUN apk add --no-cache git build-base pkgconfig vips-dev libheif-dev
+
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
 ARG CACHEBUST
 
 COPY --from=lint /src/go.sum /dev/null
 COPY --from=test /src/go.sum /dev/null
 
-WORKDIR /src
-
-# Build dependencies, git among them, and Go modules, as in the test
-# phase
-COPY script/ ./script/
-COPY go.mod go.sum ./
-RUN script/bootstrap --cgo
 # A tar-stream context keeps the sender's file owners, which git refuses.
 RUN git config --system --add safe.directory /src
 
@@ -102,7 +111,6 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
 # the libvips and musl it was built with.
 # alpine:3.22, 2026-10-08
 FROM alpine:3.22@sha256:5291449c3df73caf6ed85e649dec1b9e818b39a5d8c871e97afc13e9cd5e8fa8
-ARG CACHEBUST
 
 # Install runtime dependencies only. vips-jxl is libvips' JPEG XL
 # support, without which pixad does not start.
@@ -113,6 +121,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     ca-certificates \
     tzdata \
     su-exec
+ARG CACHEBUST
 
 # Copy binary from builder
 COPY --from=builder /pixad /usr/local/bin/pixad

Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: bootstrap setup check lint test fmt fmt-check build clean docker docker-smoke docker-versioned docker-test devserver devserver-stop hooks loadtest
+.PHONY: bootstrap setup check lint test fmt fmt-check build clean docker docker-smoke docker-versioned docker-test devserver devserver-stop hooks loadtest bench
 
 VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo "dev")
 LDFLAGS := -X main.Version=$(VERSION)
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ docker-smoke:
 loadtest:
 	@script/loadtest
 
+# Serve cache hits in parallel through the image handler and report hits per
+# second (needs Go on the host after `script/bootstrap --cgo`, not Docker; a
+# benchmark, not part of check)
+bench:
+	@script/bench
+
 # Build Docker image as `make docker` does, and also tag it pixa:$(VERSION)
 docker-versioned:
 	@script/docker

README.md

@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ database and the disk cache:
   pixa runs as (uid 65532) and sets its mode to `750`; outside it, that user
   must be able to write the directory.
 - `cache_max_bytes` limits the source and transformed images together. The
-  database, the metadata files, the `.meta` file beside each transformed image
-  and files still being written come on top, and eviction runs in the
+  database and files still being written come on top, and eviction runs in the
   background, so the cache can pass the limit for a while: leave room on the
   volume beyond it.
 - Set `cache_max_bytes` for a lasting deployment. Its default, worked out each
@@ -91,19 +90,20 @@ which answers 200 whenever pixa is running, in maintenance mode too (see
 
 On SIGTERM or SIGINT pixa stops accepting connections, gives the requests in
 progress and the images being processed 5 seconds to finish, then writes to the
-database the counts of cache hits, misses, fetches and conversions that requests
-could not write by their deadline, and exits: with 0, or with 1 when images were
-still being processed after those 5 seconds, some of those counts could not be
-written, or another part of pixa failed to stop. A request not finished by then
-is cut off. `docker stop` waits 10 seconds before it kills the container.
+database the counts of cache hits, misses, fetches and conversions and the times
+cached images were last used that are not written yet (see Storage), and exits:
+with 0, or with 1 when images were still being processed after those 5 seconds,
+some of those counts or times could not be written, or another part of pixa
+failed to stop. A request not finished by then is cut off. `docker stop` waits
+10 seconds before it kills the container.
 
 Outside Docker, pixa needs libvips (the image has 8.16) and libheif to run, as
 it uses libvips through CGO. pixad does not start unless libvips has its JPEG XL
 support, which on Alpine is the `vips-jxl` package and which the nix and brew
 packages of libvips include, as do the apt ones from Debian 12 and Ubuntu 24.04
 on. Building pixa also needs the development files of libvips and libheif,
-`pkg-config` and a C compiler. `script/bootstrap --cgo` installs all of these,
-as the `Dockerfile` does where it compiles pixa. Plain `script/bootstrap`, which
+`pkg-config` and a C compiler. `script/bootstrap --cgo` installs all of these;
+the `Dockerfile` installs its own packages. Plain `script/bootstrap`, which
 `script/setup` and `script/cibuild` run, installs git, make and Go, and Node,
 Yarn and the prettier pinned in `yarn.lock` for formatting the markdown, but
 none of the C libraries: the checks compile pixa in Docker. Docker itself must
@@ -177,34 +177,46 @@ allowlisted source hosts for open access.
 
 ### Storage
 
-- **Source content**:
-  `<state_dir>/cache/sources/<ab>/<cd>/<sha256 of source content>`
-- **Source metadata**:
-  `<state_dir>/cache/metadata/<hostname>/<sha256 of path and query>.json` (host,
-  path and query, content hash, upstream status and headers, fetch time)
+- **Source images**:
+  `<state_dir>/cache/sources/<ab>/<cd>/<sha256 of host, path and query>`, one
+  file for each source URL
 - **Database**: `<state_dir>/state.sqlite3` (SQLite)
 - **Transformed images**:
-  `<state_dir>/cache/variants/<ab>/<cd>/<sha256 of host, path, query, size, format, quality and fit>`,
-  each with a `.meta` file beside it holding its content type
+  `<state_dir>/cache/variants/<ab>/<cd>/<sha256 of host, path, query, size, format, quality and fit>`
 
 `<ab>` and `<cd>` are the first and second pairs of characters of the file's
 name.
 
-Multiple source paths may reference the same content blob; the database tracks
-references rather than using filesystem refcounting.
+Each source image and each transformed image has one row in the database,
+holding its size and when it was last used. Two source URLs that serve the same
+bytes are stored twice, once under each URL. A source image is stored by writing
+its file and then its row; when the row cannot be written, the file is removed
+again.
 
-Source and transformed image files, and the `.meta` file beside each transformed
-image, are written under a temporary name, synced to disk, and only then renamed
-into place, so a crash leaves no file under its own name with part of its data.
-When pixa starts, and every five minutes after, it removes each cached source or
-transformed image whose file is empty, or not the size the database records for
-it, with a warning naming the file; the next request for it fetches the source
-or converts the image again.
+Source and transformed image files are written under a temporary name, synced to
+disk, and only then renamed into place, so a crash leaves no file under its own
+name with part of its data. When pixa starts, and every five minutes after, it
+removes each cached source or transformed image whose file is empty, or not the
+size the database records for it, with a warning naming the file; the next
+request for it fetches the source or converts the image again. Looking for those
+files reads the database once for every cached file, so pixa skips each
+five-minute look that would start less than ten times as long after the last
+look ended as that look took. After a look that took one minute, the next one
+starts 10 to 15 minutes after that look ended.
 
 pixa's target is 1-5k r/s, which has not been measured at that rate (see Load
-Test). Toward it, pixa keeps in memory the content types of the 10,000
-transformed images most recently cached or served, so a cache hit on one of them
-reads only the image file from disk and not the metadata file stored beside it.
+Test). Toward it, a cache hit opens the transformed image's file and nothing
+else, and makes no database call. The content type comes from the file's first
+bytes, which are those of the format pixa wrote it in; a file whose first bytes
+are not those of a format pixa writes is not served, and the image is converted
+again. The time the image was last served, which eviction orders by, and the hit
+count are handed to a background writer without waiting for it, as are the
+counts of misses, fetches and conversions, and the time a miss last used a
+cached source image. Once a second that writer writes the waiting times in one
+transaction and the counts in one statement. While 10,000 times of transformed
+images, or 10,000 of source images, wait to be written, a further one is
+dropped, and that image only looks less recently used to eviction.
+`script/bench` measures how many hits pixa serves per second (see Load Test).
 
 ### Routes
 
@@ -243,9 +255,11 @@ path under `/v1/` answers 200, in maintenance mode too.
   redirects to, is `localhost`, ends in `.localhost` or `.local`, or has an
   address in a blocked network (see `blocked_networks`); 429 over
   `image_requests_per_minute` (below); 415 when the upstream answers with a
-  `Content-Type` that is not one of the source formats (below), or with an image
-  whose first bytes libvips reads as another format; 502 when the upstream
-  answered with an error status, and for 5 minutes after that for an image of
+  `Content-Type` that is not one of the source formats (below), with a body
+  whose first bytes are not those of the format its `Content-Type` names, or
+  with an image whose first bytes libvips reads as another format; 502 when the
+  upstream answered with an error status, and for 5 minutes after that, or after
+  a body whose first bytes are not those of its `Content-Type`, for an image of
   the same source URL that pixa can neither serve from its cache nor make from
   the source image still in its cache; 503 when pixa is busy or in maintenance
   mode; 500 for any other failure.
@@ -351,11 +365,22 @@ either side may be; so is a size with `fit=outside`, which scales the image to
 cover the size and so past it on one side, when that side would come out
 above 8192.
 
+An AVIF image of more than 16,777,216 pixels, the number 4096x4096 and 8192x2048
+have, is refused with 400 before anything is decoded, as its encode could take
+more than 40 seconds (see below). That includes `orig` of an AVIF source, and
+`auto` when it chooses AVIF, so a client whose `Accept` names `image/avif` but
+not `image/jxl` is refused such a size.
+
 The source image may be JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF or JPEG XL. The upstream's
 `Content-Type` must name its format, and the image's first bytes must match it.
 An upstream answering with any other `Content-Type`, SVG included, is refused
-with 415, and so is an image whose first bytes libvips reads as another format,
-such as an SVG whose first bytes pass the check for AVIF.
+with 415. So is a body whose first bytes are not those of the format its
+`Content-Type` names, such as a JPEG sent as `image/png`, text sent as an image,
+or an empty body. pixa then does not fetch that source URL again for 5 minutes,
+as after an upstream error status, and meanwhile answers 502 for an image that
+would need that fetch. An image whose first bytes libvips reads as another
+format, such as an SVG whose first bytes pass the check for AVIF, is refused
+with 415 too.
 
 With the format `auto`, pixa chooses the format for each request from its
 `Accept` header, in this order:
@@ -400,14 +425,18 @@ transcode that stops this way is answered 503 with the error
 ended. govips gives pixa no way to stop libvips once an encode has begun, so an
 encode keeps its slot until it finishes, which can be after
 `downstream_timeout`. The limit of 8192 on each side of the source and of the
-output bounds how long that takes. With one libvips thread, as pixad runs it,
-encoding 8192x8192 random pixels takes up to about 1 second as JPEG, 15 as PNG,
-16 as GIF, 63 as WebP, 110 as AVIF and 96 as JPEG XL, the slowest of 8 or 16
-bits per sample, with or without an alpha channel. WebP, AVIF and JPEG XL are
-that slow only with an alpha channel: 8-bit RGB takes about 44, 53 and 28
-seconds. Decoding such a source adds up to about 11 seconds. A WebP, AVIF or
-JPEG XL encode can therefore hold its slot past the default `downstream_timeout`
-of 60 seconds.
+output, and for AVIF the limit of 16,777,216 pixels, bound how long that takes.
+With one libvips thread, as pixad runs it, encoding 8192x8192 random pixels
+takes up to about 1 second as JPEG, 15 as PNG and 16 as GIF, the slowest of 8 or
+16 bits per sample, with or without an alpha channel. The WebP and JPEG XL
+encoders run below libvips' default effort, and AVIF at the lowest effort govips
+can set, so that no encode takes more than 40 seconds of the default
+`downstream_timeout` of 60: at any quality and 8 or 16 bits per sample,
+8192x8192 random pixels with an alpha channel take up to about 23 seconds as
+WebP and 27 as JPEG XL, and 4096x4096, 8192x2048 or 2048x8192 up to about 34 as
+AVIF, which at quality 85 would take about 96 at 8192x8192. Without an alpha
+channel they take up to about 16, 13 and 22 seconds. Decoding such a source adds
+up to about 11 seconds.
 
 The login form (`POST /`) is limited to 5 attempts per minute per client
 address, counting an IPv6 client by its /64; an attempt over the limit is
@@ -459,13 +488,13 @@ nor change what it asks for.
    sent with an empty format, or none, also makes a JPEG XL URL. Width and
    height both empty or `0` keep the original size; if only one of them is empty
    or `0`, that side is scaled to keep the image's proportions. A URL whose
-   scaled side would come out above 8192 answers 400, and so does a source URL
-   whose path holds a `..` segment. So does a source URL that the image URL
-   would fetch written another way, and the page then shows the URL pixa would
-   fetch: one with a user name and password, which pixa does not send, or one
-   whose path holds `%2F`, fetched as `/`, or `(`, fetched as `%28`, as pixa
-   keeps the source path decoded and fetches it percent-encoded again (see
-   Routes).
+   scaled side would come out above 8192 answers 400, and so does an AVIF URL of
+   more than 16,777,216 pixels or a source URL whose path holds a `..` segment.
+   So does a source URL that the image URL would fetch written another way, and
+   the page then shows the URL pixa would fetch: one with a user name and
+   password, which pixa does not send, or one whose path holds `%2F`, fetched as
+   `/`, or `(`, fetched as `%28`, as pixa keeps the source path decoded and
+   fetches it percent-encoded again (see Routes).
 3. The page shows the URL, `https://<host>/v1/e/<token>/img.<format>`, and when
    it expires. `<host>` is the host the page was opened on, and the URL starts
    with `http` instead while `debug` is on. The name after the token is ignored
@@ -697,7 +726,9 @@ Key settings in more detail:
   benchmark, NAT64, and the like); an invalid CIDR aborts startup. An IPv6
   address in the IPv4-mapped form (`::ffff:a.b.c.d`) is matched only as the IPv4
   address it holds, so an IPv6 range such as `::/0` refuses neither it nor a
-  plain IPv4 address
+  plain IPv4 address. An entry written in that form is read as the IPv4 range it
+  covers, so `::ffff:10.0.0.0/104` refuses what `10.0.0.0/8` refuses; such an
+  entry shorter than `/96` covers more than IPv4 addresses and aborts startup
 - `trusted_proxies` — list of CIDR ranges of the reverse proxies in front of
   pixa. `X-Forwarded-For` is believed only when the direct peer falls inside one
   of these ranges; the logged and login-recorded client address is then the
@@ -707,16 +738,22 @@ Key settings in more detail:
   omitted key defaults to the RFC 1918 private ranges (`10.0.0.0/8`,
   `172.16.0.0/12`, `192.168.0.0/16`), since pixa is deployed behind a proxy on a
   private network; an explicitly empty list (`[]`) trusts no one, and an
-  explicit list replaces the default. An invalid CIDR aborts startup. Set this
-  to the address pixa sees for requests that come through your proxy, such as
-  `172.17.0.1/32`, when the defaults do not cover it, or to trust nothing else
-  (see the login limit and `image_requests_per_minute` under Routes). For a
-  proxy on the Docker host that connects to pixa over `127.0.0.1`, that address
-  is the gateway of the container's Docker network (`172.17.0.1` on the default
-  bridge), not the proxy's own address; a proxy that connects through another of
-  the host's addresses is seen with that address. To be sure which address it
-  is, set this to `[]` (or `PIXA_TRUSTED_PROXIES` to empty), send a request
-  through the proxy, and read `remoteIP` in pixa's request log line for it
+  explicit list replaces the default. An invalid CIDR aborts startup. An IPv6
+  address in the IPv4-mapped form (`::ffff:a.b.c.d`) is matched only as the IPv4
+  address it holds, so an IPv6 range such as `::/0` trusts neither it nor a
+  plain IPv4 address. An entry written in that form is read as the IPv4 range it
+  covers, so `::ffff:10.0.0.0/104` trusts what `10.0.0.0/8` trusts; such an
+  entry shorter than `/96` covers more than IPv4 addresses and aborts startup.
+  Set this to the address pixa sees for requests that come through your proxy,
+  such as `172.17.0.1/32`, when the defaults do not cover it, or to trust
+  nothing else (see the login limit and `image_requests_per_minute` under
+  Routes). For a proxy on the Docker host that connects to pixa over
+  `127.0.0.1`, that address is the gateway of the container's Docker network
+  (`172.17.0.1` on the default bridge), not the proxy's own address; a proxy
+  that connects through another of the host's addresses is seen with that
+  address. To be sure which address it is, set this to `[]` (or
+  `PIXA_TRUSTED_PROXIES` to empty), send a request through the proxy, and read
+  `remoteIP` in pixa's request log line for it
 - `upstream_fetch_timeout` — time allowed for one fetch from an upstream host,
   as a duration such as `30s` (the default) or `2m`
 - `upstream_max_response_size` — largest upstream response accepted, in bytes;
@@ -817,6 +854,9 @@ provide:
 - `script/docker-smoke` — build the image, start it, wait for it to be healthy
 - `script/loadtest` — measure pixad's throughput, latency and peak memory; a
   benchmark, not part of `script/check` (see Load Test)
+- `script/bench` — run the Go benchmark that serves cache hits in parallel
+  through the image handler, with Go on the host after `script/bootstrap --cgo`;
+  a benchmark, not part of `script/check` (see Load Test)
 - `script/cibuild` — CI entrypoint: run `script/bootstrap` (without `--cgo`),
   then `script/check`, then build the image as `script/docker` does
 - `script/precommit` — pre-commit checks (`go mod tidy` guard, then
@@ -825,19 +865,25 @@ provide:
   `script/precommit`
 
 Every `docker build` in these scripts passes a new value of the `CACHEBUST`
-build argument, which every stage of the `Dockerfile` declares first, so every
-`RUN` step, the lint and test phases included, runs on every build instead of
-coming from the build cache. Go's build cache is kept from build to build: the
-steps that compile mount it, so a package whose inputs are unchanged is not
-compiled again, and both `go test` runs pass `-count=1` so that no stored test
-result is replayed. The `test` phase runs on the Debian Go image, with Debian's
-libvips and libheif; the image pixa ships is built and runs on Alpine.
-`script/check`, `script/cibuild`, `script/docker`, `script/lint`, `script/test`,
-`script/setup` and `script/install-precommit` are the standard copies from
-`sneak/prompts`, kept identical to them. `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` are
-the standard copies with pixa's `gofmt` step kept before prettier. prettier
-formats the markdown only, not the HTML templates, as it cannot parse a Go
-template action inside a tag.
+build argument, which every stage of the `Dockerfile` declares, so every `RUN`
+step after that line, the lint and test steps included, runs on every build
+instead of coming from the build cache. Above the line are the steps that
+install system packages and download the Go modules; Docker keeps their layers
+until the base image, the step itself, `go.mod` or `go.sum` changes. Go's build
+cache is kept from build to build: the steps that compile mount it, so a package
+whose inputs are unchanged is not compiled again, and both `go test` runs pass
+`-count=1` so that no stored test result is replayed. The lint step also mounts
+golangci-lint's cache, which reuses a package's findings only when its files,
+those of the packages it imports, `go.mod`, the linters and their settings in
+`.golangci.yml`, and the golangci-lint version are all unchanged. The `test`
+phase runs on the Debian Go image, with Debian's libvips and libheif; the image
+pixa ships is built and runs on Alpine. `script/check`, `script/cibuild`,
+`script/docker`, `script/lint`, `script/test`, `script/setup` and
+`script/install-precommit` are the standard copies from `sneak/prompts`, kept
+identical to them. `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` are the standard copies
+with pixa's `gofmt` step kept before prettier. prettier formats the markdown
+only, not the HTML templates, as it cannot parse a Go template action inside a
+tag.
 
 ## Load Test
 
@@ -891,6 +937,17 @@ The numbers depend on the machine and on whatever else runs on it. The first
 measurement, made on a shared machine with few clients, is in `TODO.md`; it says
 nothing about the target.
 
+`script/bench` (or `make bench`) measures cache hits alone, without the network
+and with no pixad process: a Go benchmark in `internal/handlers` serves one
+cached image through the `/v1/image/` handler from as many goroutines at once as
+the machine has CPUs, and reports the hits served per second as `hits/s`. Each
+run starts with an empty cache and an empty database, a SQLite file of its own,
+and puts the image in the cache before it measures. The benchmark fails if
+serving the hits ran any statement on the database. Like the load test it is not
+part of `script/check`. It runs Go on the host, as the load test does, and
+compiles pixa there, so it needs the C compiler and libraries that
+`script/bootstrap --cgo` installs, but not Docker.
+
 ## TODO
 
 See [TODO.md](TODO.md) for the full prioritized task list.

REPO_POLICIES.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Repository Policies
-last_modified: 2026-10-15
+last_modified: 2026-10-18
 ---
 
 This document covers repository structure, tooling, and workflow standards. Code
@@ -159,8 +159,11 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
     one's findings, and a host-global lock in `$TMPDIR` makes concurrent runs
     exit non-zero with `parallel golangci-lint is running` — a status a caller
     cannot tell from real findings. Both have produced wrong verdicts in this
-    org, in both directions. A container has its own golangci-lint cache, its
-    own `TMPDIR` and a digest-pinned binary, so neither is reachable.
+    org, in both directions. A container has its own `TMPDIR`, so the lock is
+    out of reach. The lint phase does keep golangci-lint's cache between check
+    builds (below), but it lints every checkout at `/src`, and a finding is
+    taken from that cache only for the same files, settings and golangci-lint
+    version.
 
 - **Any build that runs checks is given a new `CACHEBUST` value.** Docker
   invalidates a `COPY` layer only when the copied content changes, so on an
@@ -170,15 +173,21 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
   id, so no two builds share a value, not even the three in one
   `script/cibuild`. `script/lint`, `script/test`, `script/cibuild` and
   `script/docker` are the four, and there is no fifth — `script/check` runs the
-  two gate phases and `script/fmt-check`, and builds no image of its own. Every
-  stage of the `Dockerfile` declares `ARG CACHEBUST` as its first line after
-  `FROM`, and a new value reruns every `RUN` step after that line; `COPY` steps
-  are compared by content and need nothing. A stage without the `ARG` line is
-  served from cache on an unchanged tree, so a repository re-vendors the scripts
-  and adds the `ARG` lines in one commit. The scripts do not pass `--no-cache`:
-  it reruns every step too, but it also empties every cache mount, and Go's
-  build cache, which the canonical Go `Dockerfile` below mounts so that compiled
-  packages survive between check builds, would start empty every time. A bare
+  two gate phases and `script/fmt-check`, and builds no image of its own. In
+  every stage of the `Dockerfile`, `ARG CACHEBUST` comes right after the steps
+  that install system packages and download Go's modules, or right after `FROM`
+  in a stage with neither, and every step that lints, tests or compiles comes
+  after it. A step that installs anything else as well, such as a
+  `script/bootstrap` that also installs node packages, comes after it too. A new
+  value reruns every `RUN` step after that line; `COPY` steps are compared by
+  content and need nothing. Docker keeps the layers above the line until the
+  base image, their own lines or the files they copy change. A stage without the
+  `ARG` line is served from cache on an unchanged tree, so a repository
+  re-vendors the scripts and adds the `ARG` lines in one commit. The scripts do
+  not pass `--no-cache`: it reruns every step too, but it also builds the layers
+  above the line again and empties every cache mount, so Go's build cache and
+  golangci-lint's, which the canonical Go `Dockerfile` below mounts so that they
+  survive between check builds, would start empty every time. A bare
   `docker build .` is not evidence that anything ran: a sub-second build
   reporting success is a cache hit, not a result. Never invalidate by pruning —
   `docker builder prune` and friends destroy a build cache shared with every
@@ -194,19 +203,25 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
   `Dockerfile`:
 
     ```dockerfile
-    # Every stage declares ARG CACHEBUST first: script/ passes a new value
-    # on every build, which reruns every RUN step after it. The steps that
-    # compile mount Go's build cache, which survives from build to build.
+    # In every stage ARG CACHEBUST comes right after the steps that install
+    # system packages and download Go's modules, or right after FROM in a
+    # stage with neither, and every step that lints, tests or compiles
+    # comes after it. script/ passes a new value on every build, which
+    # reruns every RUN step after it. Docker keeps the layers above it
+    # until the base image, their own lines or go.mod and go.sum change.
+    # The steps that compile mount Go's build cache, and golangci-lint run
+    # also mounts golangci-lint's; both survive from build to build.
 
     # Lint phase
     # golangci/golangci-lint:v2.x.x, YYYY-MM-DD
     FROM golangci/golangci-lint@sha256:... AS lint
-    ARG CACHEBUST
     WORKDIR /src
     COPY go.mod go.sum ./
     RUN go mod download
+    ARG CACHEBUST
     COPY . .
     RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
+        --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/golangci-lint \
         golangci-lint run --config .golangci.yml ./...
 
     # Test phase. -race needs cgo and so a C compiler, which the Debian Go
@@ -214,10 +229,10 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
     # cache also holds test results, which go test would otherwise replay.
     # golang:1.x, YYYY-MM-DD
     FROM golang@sha256:... AS test
-    ARG CACHEBUST
     WORKDIR /src
     COPY go.mod go.sum ./
     RUN go mod download
+    ARG CACHEBUST
     COPY . .
     RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
         go test -count=1 -timeout 90s -race -cover ./... || \
@@ -225,19 +240,19 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
           go test -count=1 -timeout 90s -race -v ./...; exit 1; }
 
     # Build stage. Nothing is wanted from either phase above; the copies
-    # are what make BuildKit build them first, so this stage cannot run
-    # unless lint and test passed.
+    # are what make BuildKit build them first, so nothing after them can
+    # run unless lint and test passed.
     # golang:1.x-alpine, YYYY-MM-DD
     FROM golang@sha256:... AS builder
-    ARG CACHEBUST
-    COPY --from=lint /src/go.sum /dev/null
-    COPY --from=test /src/go.sum /dev/null
     RUN apk add --no-cache git
-    # A tar-stream context keeps the sender's file owners, which git refuses.
-    RUN git config --system --add safe.directory /src
     WORKDIR /src
     COPY go.mod go.sum ./
     RUN go mod download
+    ARG CACHEBUST
+    COPY --from=lint /src/go.sum /dev/null
+    COPY --from=test /src/go.sum /dev/null
+    # A tar-stream context keeps the sender's file owners, which git refuses.
+    RUN git config --system --add safe.directory /src
     COPY . .
 
     # The VERSION build arg when one is given, otherwise
@@ -274,16 +289,26 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
     - Keep the runtime stage last, and if you add a stage after it, give it the
       same two copies. A plain `docker build .` builds the last stage's chain
       and nothing else.
-    - Only Go's build cache is mounted (`/root/.cache/go-build`, where Go keeps
-      it for root), and only on the steps that compile: `golangci-lint run`,
-      both `go test` runs and `go build`. It keeps compiled packages between
-      check builds, and Go reuses one only when all its inputs are unchanged, so
-      it saves the compile without skipping a check. Nothing else is kept:
-      golangci-lint's own cache would replay stored findings in place of a lint
-      run, and Go builds from whatever files a kept module cache holds without
-      checking them again (only `go mod verify` does), so a file changed there
-      would go unnoticed. Go's build cache also holds test results, which is why
-      both `go test` runs carry `-count=1`.
+    - Check builds keep these, and none of them can hand back a stale result:
+        - The layers above `ARG CACHEBUST`: the system packages and Go's
+          modules. Docker installs the packages again when the base image or the
+          install line changes, and downloads the modules again when `go.mod` or
+          `go.sum` changes. Go checks every module against `go.sum` as it
+          downloads it, and no later build can change a kept layer. The modules
+          are kept in a layer rather than a cache mount because a cache mount is
+          shared by every build on the host, and Go builds from whatever files
+          it holds without checking them again (only `go mod verify` does), so a
+          file changed there would go unnoticed.
+        - Go's build cache (`/root/.cache/go-build`, where Go keeps it for
+          root), mounted on the steps that compile: `golangci-lint run`, both
+          `go test` runs and `go build`. Go reuses a compiled package only when
+          all its inputs are unchanged. The cache also holds test results, which
+          is why both `go test` runs carry `-count=1`.
+        - golangci-lint's cache (`/root/.cache/golangci-lint`, where the pinned
+          image keeps it), mounted on `golangci-lint run`. golangci-lint reuses
+          a package's findings only when the package's files and those of every
+          package it imports, `go.mod`, the linters and their settings in
+          `.golangci.yml`, and the golangci-lint version are all unchanged.
     - If the project uses `//go:embed` directives that reference build artifacts
       (e.g. a web frontend compiled in a separate stage), the lint phase must
       create placeholder files so the embed directives resolve. Example:
@@ -292,12 +317,20 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
       in the lint phase. The `golangci/golangci-lint` image is Debian-based and
       has no `apk`, so install with `apt-get` under the Debian package name
       (`libvips-dev`, where alpine says `vips-dev`), and delete the package
-      lists in the same `RUN`, so the layer does not keep them:
+      lists in the same `RUN`, so the layer does not keep them. The test phase,
+      on the Debian Go image, installs the libraries its tests need the same
+      way. Either install goes right after `FROM`, above `ARG CACHEBUST`, so
+      Docker keeps it until the base image or the install line changes:
 
         ```dockerfile
+        FROM golangci/golangci-lint@sha256:... AS lint
         RUN apt-get update \
             && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libvips-dev \
             && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+        WORKDIR /src
+        COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+        RUN go mod download
+        ARG CACHEBUST
         ```
 
     - `.dockerignore` lets `.git` into the build context. It keeps out every git

TODO.md

@@ -30,6 +30,94 @@ P2: security: per-origin rate limiting
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-21 the schema file declares only the tables and columns pixa writes
+  and reads (closes #310): `output_content` and `request_cache` are gone, and so
+  are the columns nothing read: the host, path, query, `content_type` and
+  `fetched_at` of `source_content`, the `content_type` and `created_at` of
+  `variant_content`, and the `status_code`, `error_message` and `fetched_at` of
+  `negative_cache`. `StoreSource` no longer takes the fetch result,
+  `LookupSource` returns only the source key, `StoreVariant` no longer takes a
+  content type, `StoreNegative` no longer takes a status code or message, and
+  reconciliation adopts a variant file without reading its first bytes.
+- 2026-10-21 a cache hit makes no database call (closes #309): `Service.Get`
+  opens the variant file with `Cache.GetVariant` and nothing else, with no
+  existence check first. The content type comes from the file's first bytes; a
+  file whose first bytes are not those of an output format, SVG included, is a
+  miss, and the variant is made again. A hit hands its access time to a channel
+  that holds up to 10,000 and drops the rest, and its hit count to the pending
+  counts, without waiting; every count is now a pending count. A miss that finds
+  a cached source hands that source's access time to a second such channel. The
+  goroutine `StartPendingCountWrites` starts writes, once a second, the access
+  times in one transaction and the counts in one `UPDATE`;
+  `StopPendingCountWrites` writes what is left once at shutdown and logs
+  separately the access times and the counts it could not write.
+  `checkNegativeCache` no longer deletes an expired row; `CleanExpired` in the
+  eviction goroutine does. The `.meta` files, `VariantMeta`, `LoadWithMeta`,
+  `variantContentTypeFromSidecar`, `metaCache`, `Lookup` and `golang-lru` are
+  gone. `make bench` (`script/bench`) runs `BenchmarkHandleImage_CacheHits` with
+  Go on the host after `script/bootstrap --cgo`, outside `make check`.
+- 2026-10-21 a source is stored the way a variant is (closes #308): one
+  `source_content` row and one file per source URL, the file named by the
+  source's `SourceKey`, the SHA-256 of its host, path and query made as the
+  variant key is, under `cache/sources/`. A store writes the file, then the row,
+  and removes the file when the row cannot be written; an eviction deletes the
+  row, then the file, with no lock and no transaction. `source_metadata`, the
+  JSON files under `cache/metadata/`, `MetadataStorage` and the content lock are
+  gone. Two source URLs that serve the same bytes now store them twice.
+- 2026-10-21 one image request type instead of five (closes #307): the new
+  package `internal/imagerequest`, which imports no other package of pixa, holds
+  `imagerequest.Request` with its two parts, `Source` (host, path and query) and
+  `Transform` (size, format, quality and fit), the `Format` and `Fit` types, the
+  checks, the parsing of the `/v1/image/` path and the variant key.
+  `imgcache.ParsedURL`, `imgcache.ImageRequest`, `signature.Request`,
+  `imageprocessor.Request`, the second `Size`, format and fit types and the
+  conversions between them are gone. The image processor takes a `Transform`
+  only, and `encurl` keeps a private struct with the token's short CBOR field
+  names, so tokens made before still decode. Every URL of both image routes
+  answers as before.
+- 2026-10-21 the Gitea workflow checks out the repo and runs `script/cibuild`,
+  nothing else (closes #203): its `script/docker-smoke` step is removed, as the
+  canonical `REPO_POLICIES.md` says, since `make check` covers what CI needs to
+  check. CI no longer starts the image and waits for its healthcheck.
+  `script/docker-smoke` and `make docker-smoke` stay, to run by hand.
+- 2026-10-20 a WebP, AVIF or JPEG XL encode at the limits takes at most about 34
+  seconds (closes #272): with one libvips thread, 8192x8192 random pixels with
+  an alpha channel took about 61 seconds to encode as WebP, 81 as JPEG XL and,
+  at quality 85, 96 as AVIF, so with the default `downstream_timeout` of 60
+  seconds such an image was never delivered, yet its encode held a processing
+  slot to the end. WebP is now saved at effort 2 and JPEG XL at effort 4, which
+  take up to about 23 and 27 seconds at any quality. AVIF was already at the
+  lowest effort govips can set, so an AVIF output of more than 16,777,216 pixels
+  is refused with 400 before anything is decoded; 4096x4096, 8192x2048 or
+  2048x8192 takes up to about 34 seconds at any quality. Resizing with
+  `fit=cover` already decodes the input, so the output's dimensions are worked
+  out before resizing. `README.md` gives the limit and the new times.
+- 2026-10-20 a source whose first bytes do not match its `Content-Type` answers
+  415 (closes #253): a body whose first bytes are not those of the format its
+  `Content-Type` names, such as a JPEG sent as `image/png`, text, or a body
+  under 12 bytes, answered 500 on both image routes and was logged as an error
+  of pixa's, and each request for it fetched the whole body again. Both routes
+  now answer 415, and the image service logs it at warning level as a refused
+  source. It also gets a negative cache entry, as an upstream error status does,
+  so the source URL is not fetched again for 5 minutes, and meanwhile an image
+  that would need that fetch answers 502.
+- 2026-10-20 `AGENTS.md`: a bug fix may change an existing test without asking
+  when that test pins exactly the behavior the filed bug calls wrong, and the
+  change moves it to the fixed behavior and nothing else (closes #280).
+- 2026-10-18 re-vendored from `sneak/prompts` commit `0653579` (closes #221):
+  each `Dockerfile` stage installs its system packages and downloads the Go
+  modules above `ARG CACHEBUST`, so check builds keep them, and the lint step
+  keeps golangci-lint's cache.
+- 2026-10-19 a `trusted_proxies` entry in the IPv4-mapped form trusted nothing;
+  it is now read as the IPv4 range it covers by the same code that reads
+  `blocked_networks`, and such an entry shorter than `/96` aborts startup
+  (closes #303).
+- 2026-10-18 the next reconciliation pass waits at least ten times as long as
+  the last one took, so passes on a large cache no longer run back to back
+  (closes #250).
+- 2026-10-18 a `blocked_networks` entry in the IPv4-mapped form refused nothing;
+  `::ffff:10.0.0.0/104` is now read as `10.0.0.0/8`, and such an entry shorter
+  than `/96` aborts startup (closes #301).
 - 2026-10-16 P1 security bug: the check that keeps pixa from fetching internal
   addresses refuses the local-use NAT64 range (`64:ff9b:1::/48`, RFC 8215) as it
   refuses `64:ff9b::/96`, and refuses an IPv6 address in the IPv4-compatible

go.mod

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-chi/httprate v0.16.0
 	github.com/gorilla/csrf v1.7.3
 	github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.2
-	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
 	github.com/slok/go-http-metrics v0.13.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2

go.sum

@@ -228,8 +228,6 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.2.1/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.0/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4 h1:YDjusn29QI/Das2iO9M0BHnIbxPeyuCHsjMW+lJfyTc=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4/go.mod h1:iADmTwqILo4mZ8BN3D2Q6+9jd8WM5uGBxy+E8yxSoD4=
-github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 h1:a+bsQ5rvGLjzHuww6tVxozPZFVghXaHOwFs4luLUK2k=
-github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7/go.mod h1:QeFd9opnmA6QUJc5vARoKUSoFhyfM2/ZepoAG6RGpeM=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.1-vault-7 h1:ag5OxFVy3QYTFTJODRzTKVZ6xvdfLLCA1cy/Y6xGI0I=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.1-vault-7/go.mod h1:XYhtn6ijBSAj6n4YqAaf7RBPS4I06AItNorpy+MoQNM=
 github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0/go.mod h1:QIAnNjmIWmVIIkWDTG1z5v++HQmx9WQRO+LraFDTW64=

internal/config/blocked_networks_internal_test.go

@@ -88,3 +88,56 @@ func TestBlockedNetworksInvalidAbortsStartup(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 }
+
+// TestBlockedNetworksMappedEntryIsIPv4Range checks that an entry written in
+// the IPv4-mapped form (::ffff:a.b.c.d) is kept as the IPv4 range it covers,
+// since the fetcher matches an IPv4-mapped address as the IPv4 address it
+// holds. /96, the shortest such entry, covers every IPv4 address.
+func TestBlockedNetworksMappedEntryIsIPv4Range(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	yamlContent := signingKeyLine + `blocked_networks:
+  - "::ffff:10.0.0.0/104"
+  - "::ffff:0:0/96"
+`
+
+	c, err := configFromYAML(t, yamlContent)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("IPv4-mapped blocked_networks entries should load, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	want := []string{"10.0.0.0/8", "0.0.0.0/0"}
+	if len(c.BlockedNetworks) != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("BlockedNetworks = %v, want %d entries", c.BlockedNetworks, len(want))
+	}
+
+	for i, w := range want {
+		if got := c.BlockedNetworks[i].String(); got != w {
+			t.Errorf("BlockedNetworks[%d] = %q, want %q", i, got, w)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBlockedNetworksMappedEntryShorterThan96AbortsStartup checks that an
+// entry in the IPv4-mapped form shorter than /96, which covers more than the
+// IPv4 addresses, aborts startup with an error naming the key and the value.
+func TestBlockedNetworksMappedEntryShorterThan96AbortsStartup(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	runAbortCases(t, []abortCase{
+		{
+			name: "mapped-shorter-than-96",
+			yaml: signingKeyLine + `blocked_networks:
+  - "::ffff:0.0.0.0/80"
+`,
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyBlockedNetworks, "::ffff:0.0.0.0/80"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "mapped-95",
+			yaml: signingKeyLine + `blocked_networks:
+  - "::ffff:0:0/95"
+`,
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyBlockedNetworks},
+		},
+	})
+}

internal/config/config.go

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ var (
 	errNotABoolean       = errors.New("not a boolean")
 	errNotAStringList    = errors.New("not a list of strings")
 	errNotAValidCIDR     = errors.New("not a valid CIDR network")
+	errMappedTooShort    = errors.New("in the IPv4-mapped form but shorter than /96")
 	errNotAMetricsMap    = errors.New("not a map of metrics settings")
 	errEmptyListEntry    = errors.New("list contains an empty entry")
 	errEmptyEntry        = errors.New("contains an empty entry")
@@ -1248,6 +1249,13 @@ func defaultTrustedProxies() []netip.Prefix {
 // wrong type, an empty entry, a non-string entry, or an unparseable CIDR
 // aborts startup naming the key and the offending value; the default
 // (an empty list) applies only to an omitted key.
+//
+// An entry written in the IPv4-mapped form (::ffff:a.b.c.d) is kept as the
+// IPv4 range it covers: ::ffff:10.0.0.0/104 is kept as 10.0.0.0/8. Both
+// blocked_networks and trusted_proxies are matched against an IPv4-mapped
+// address as the IPv4 address it holds, so the entry as written would match
+// nothing. Such an entry shorter than /96 covers more than the IPv4
+// addresses and aborts startup.
 func parseCIDRList(sc *smartconfig.Config, key string) ([]netip.Prefix, error) {
 	raw, ok := lookupValue(sc, key)
 	if !ok {
@@ -1263,6 +1271,10 @@ func parseCIDRList(sc *smartconfig.Config, key string) ([]netip.Prefix, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// An IPv4-mapped address is the 96 bits of ::ffff:0:0/96 followed by
+	// the 32 bits of the IPv4 address it holds.
+	const mappedPrefixBits = 96
+
 	prefixes := make([]netip.Prefix, 0, len(entries))
 
 	for _, entry := range entries {
@@ -1272,6 +1284,16 @@ func parseCIDRList(sc *smartconfig.Config, key string) ([]netip.Prefix, error) {
 				settingName(key), entry, errNotAValidCIDR)
 		}
 
+		if prefix.Addr().Is4In6() && prefix.Bits() < mappedPrefixBits {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: value %q is %w",
+				settingName(key), entry, errMappedTooShort)
+		}
+
+		if prefix.Addr().Is4In6() {
+			prefix = netip.PrefixFrom(prefix.Addr().Unmap(),
+				prefix.Bits()-mappedPrefixBits)
+		}
+
 		prefixes = append(prefixes, prefix)
 	}
 

internal/config/trusted_proxies_internal_test.go

@@ -83,3 +83,41 @@ func TestTrustedProxiesInvalidAbortsStartup(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 }
+
+// TestTrustedProxiesMappedEntryIsIPv4Range checks that an entry written in
+// the IPv4-mapped form (::ffff:a.b.c.d) is kept as the IPv4 range it covers,
+// since the client address is matched as the IPv4 address it holds. /96, the
+// shortest such entry, covers every IPv4 address.
+func TestTrustedProxiesMappedEntryIsIPv4Range(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	c, err := configFromYAML(t, signingKeyLine+
+		`trusted_proxies: ["::ffff:10.0.0.0/104", "::ffff:0:0/96"]`+"\n")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("IPv4-mapped trusted_proxies entries should load: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	got := make([]string, len(c.TrustedProxies))
+	for i, p := range c.TrustedProxies {
+		got[i] = p.String()
+	}
+
+	if joined := strings.Join(got, ","); joined != "10.0.0.0/8,0.0.0.0/0" {
+		t.Errorf("TrustedProxies = %v, want 10.0.0.0/8 and 0.0.0.0/0", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTrustedProxiesMappedEntryShorterThan96AbortsStartup checks that an
+// entry in the IPv4-mapped form shorter than /96, which covers more than the
+// IPv4 addresses, aborts startup with an error naming the key and the value.
+func TestTrustedProxiesMappedEntryShorterThan96AbortsStartup(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	runAbortCases(t, []abortCase{
+		{
+			name:              "mapped-95",
+			yaml:              signingKeyLine + `trusted_proxies: ["::ffff:0:0/95"]` + "\n",
+			wantErrSubstrings: []string{keyTrustedProxies, "::ffff:0:0/95"},
+		},
+	})
+}

internal/database/concurrent_writes_internal_test.go

@@ -131,13 +131,13 @@ func writeLikeOneRequest(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, key string) error {
 	}
 
 	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, `INSERT INTO source_content
-		(content_hash, content_type, size_bytes) VALUES (?, 'image/png', 1)`, key)
+		(source_key, size_bytes) VALUES (?, 1)`, key)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("storing a source: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, `INSERT INTO variant_content
-		(cache_key, size_bytes, content_type) VALUES (?, 1, 'image/png')`, key)
+		(cache_key, size_bytes) VALUES (?, 1)`, key)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("recording a transformed image: %w", err)
 	}

internal/database/database_internal_test.go

@@ -159,10 +159,7 @@ func TestApplyMigrations_CreatesSchemaAndTables(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Verify that the application tables created by 001.sql exist.
-	tables := []string{
-		"source_content", "source_metadata", "output_content",
-		"request_cache", "negative_cache", "cache_stats",
-	}
+	tables := []string{"source_content", "negative_cache", "cache_stats"}
 	for _, table := range tables {
 		var count int
 

internal/db/migrations/001_schema.sql

@@ -1,52 +1,27 @@
 -- Migration 001: Initial schema
 -- Creates all tables for the pixa caching image proxy
 
--- Source content blobs
--- Files stored at: cache/sources/<ab>/<cd>/<sha256>
+-- Source images, one row per source URL
+-- Files stored at: cache/sources/<ab>/<cd>/<source_key>, where source_key
+-- is the SHA-256 of the source's host, path and query
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS source_content (
-    content_hash TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
-    content_type TEXT NOT NULL,
+    source_key TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
     size_bytes INTEGER NOT NULL,
-    fetched_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     last_accessed_at DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 );
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_source_content_last_accessed
     ON source_content(last_accessed_at);
 
--- Source URL metadata - maps URLs to content hashes
--- JSON stored at: cache/metadata/<hostname>/<path_hash>.json
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS source_metadata (
-    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-    source_host TEXT NOT NULL,
-    source_path TEXT NOT NULL,
-    source_query TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-    path_hash TEXT NOT NULL,
-    content_hash TEXT,
-    status_code INTEGER NOT NULL,
-    content_type TEXT,
-    response_headers TEXT,
-    fetched_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-    expires_at DATETIME,
-    etag TEXT,
-    last_modified TEXT,
-    UNIQUE(source_host, source_path, source_query),
-    FOREIGN KEY (content_hash) REFERENCES source_content(content_hash)
-);
-CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_source_meta_host ON source_metadata(source_host);
-CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_source_meta_path_hash ON source_metadata(path_hash);
-CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_source_meta_expires ON source_metadata(expires_at);
-CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_source_meta_content_hash ON source_metadata(content_hash);
-
 -- Processed variant blobs
--- Files stored at: cache/variants/<ab>/<cd>/<cache_key> (plus a .meta
--- sidecar with the content type). Tracked here (like source content
--- blobs above) so total cache usage is known without a directory scan,
--- and so LRU eviction has a timestamp to order on.
+-- Files stored at: cache/variants/<ab>/<cd>/<cache_key>. Tracked here
+-- (like source content blobs above) so total cache usage is known
+-- without a directory scan, and so LRU eviction has a timestamp to order
+-- on. A cache hit does not read this table: it takes the content type
+-- from the file's first bytes, and its last_accessed_at is written
+-- later, in a batch.
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS variant_content (
     cache_key TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
     size_bytes INTEGER NOT NULL,
-    content_type TEXT NOT NULL,
-    created_at DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     last_accessed_at DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 );
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_variant_content_last_accessed
@@ -120,46 +95,14 @@ BEGIN
     WHERE id = 1;
 END;
 
--- Output/transformed content blobs
--- Not written: transformed images are stored in cache/variants and
--- tracked in variant_content above.
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS output_content (
-    content_hash TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
-    content_type TEXT NOT NULL,
-    size_bytes INTEGER NOT NULL,
-    fetched_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-);
-
--- Request cache - maps full request params to output content
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS request_cache (
-    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-    cache_key TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
-    source_metadata_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
-    output_hash TEXT NOT NULL,
-    width INTEGER NOT NULL,
-    height INTEGER NOT NULL,
-    format TEXT NOT NULL,
-    quality INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 85,
-    fit_mode TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'cover',
-    fetched_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-    access_count INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
-    FOREIGN KEY (source_metadata_id) REFERENCES source_metadata(id),
-    FOREIGN KEY (output_hash) REFERENCES output_content(content_hash)
-);
-CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_request_cache_key ON request_cache(cache_key);
-CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_request_cache_source ON request_cache(source_metadata_id);
-CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_request_cache_output ON request_cache(output_hash);
-CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_request_cache_fetched ON request_cache(fetched_at);
-
--- Negative cache for failed fetches (404s, timeouts, etc.)
+-- Negative cache: source URLs whose fetch failed with an upstream error
+-- status, or whose first bytes did not match their Content-Type. pixa does
+-- not fetch such a URL again until its row expires.
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS negative_cache (
     id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
     source_host TEXT NOT NULL,
     source_path TEXT NOT NULL,
     source_query TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-    status_code INTEGER NOT NULL,
-    error_message TEXT,
-    fetched_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     expires_at DATETIME NOT NULL,
     UNIQUE(source_host, source_path, source_query)
 );

internal/encurl/encurl.go

@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2"
 
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/seal"
 )
 
 // Default values for optional fields.
 const (
 	DefaultQuality = 85
-	DefaultFormat  = imgcache.FormatJXL
-	DefaultFitMode = imgcache.FitCover
+	DefaultFormat  = imagerequest.FormatJXL
+	DefaultFitMode = imagerequest.FitCover
 
 	// HKDF salt for URL encryption key derivation
 	urlKeySalt = "pixa-urlenc-v1"
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@ var (
 	ErrDecryptFailed = errors.New("failed to decrypt URL")
 )
 
-// Payload contains all image request parameters in a compact format.
+// payload contains all image request parameters in a compact format.
 // Field names are short to minimize encoded size.
 // Fields with omitempty use sane defaults when absent.
-type Payload struct {
-	SourceHost  string               `cbor:"h"`            // required
-	SourcePath  string               `cbor:"p"`            // required
-	SourceQuery string               `cbor:"q,omitempty"`  // optional
-	Width       int                  `cbor:"w,omitempty"`  // 0 = original
-	Height      int                  `cbor:"ht,omitempty"` // 0 = original
-	Format      imgcache.ImageFormat `cbor:"f,omitempty"`  // default: jxl
-	Quality     int                  `cbor:"ql,omitempty"` // default: 85
-	FitMode     imgcache.FitMode     `cbor:"fm,omitempty"` // default: cover
-	ExpiresAt   int64                `cbor:"e,omitempty"`  // 0 = never expires
+type payload struct {
+	SourceHost  string              `cbor:"h"`            // required
+	SourcePath  string              `cbor:"p"`            // required
+	SourceQuery string              `cbor:"q,omitempty"`  // optional
+	Width       int                 `cbor:"w,omitempty"`  // 0 = original
+	Height      int                 `cbor:"ht,omitempty"` // 0 = original
+	Format      imagerequest.Format `cbor:"f,omitempty"`  // default: jxl
+	Quality     int                 `cbor:"ql,omitempty"` // default: 85
+	FitMode     imagerequest.Fit    `cbor:"fm,omitempty"` // default: cover
+	ExpiresAt   int64               `cbor:"e,omitempty"`  // 0 = never expires
 }
 
 // Generator creates and parses encrypted URL tokens.
@@ -59,9 +59,27 @@ func NewGenerator(signingKey string) (*Generator, error) {
 	return &Generator{key: key}, nil
 }
 
-// Generate creates an encrypted URL token from the payload.
-// The token is CBOR-encoded, encrypted with NaCl secretbox, and base64url-encoded.
-func (g *Generator) Generate(p *Payload) (string, error) {
+// Generate creates an encrypted URL token from the request's source,
+// transform and expiry, each as the request holds it; an empty format, a
+// quality of 0 or an empty fit mode is left out of the token, and a zero
+// Expires makes a token that never expires. The token is CBOR-encoded,
+// encrypted with NaCl secretbox, and base64url-encoded.
+func (g *Generator) Generate(req *imagerequest.Request) (string, error) {
+	p := &payload{
+		SourceHost:  req.Source.Host,
+		SourcePath:  req.Source.Path,
+		SourceQuery: req.Source.Query,
+		Width:       req.Transform.Size.Width,
+		Height:      req.Transform.Size.Height,
+		Format:      req.Transform.Format,
+		Quality:     req.Transform.Quality,
+		FitMode:     req.Transform.FitMode,
+	}
+
+	if !req.Expires.IsZero() {
+		p.ExpiresAt = req.Expires.Unix()
+	}
+
 	// CBOR encode the payload
 	data, err := cbor.Marshal(p)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -72,9 +90,11 @@ func (g *Generator) Generate(p *Payload) (string, error) {
 	return seal.Encrypt(g.key, data)
 }
 
-// Parse decrypts and validates an encrypted URL token.
+// Parse decrypts and validates an encrypted URL token and returns the
+// request it holds, with default values for omitted optional fields. A token
+// that never expires gives the zero Expires.
 // Returns ErrExpired if the token has expired, or other errors for invalid tokens.
-func (g *Generator) Parse(token string) (*Payload, error) {
+func (g *Generator) Parse(token string) (*imagerequest.Request, error) {
 	// Decrypt
 	data, err := seal.Decrypt(g.key, token)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -87,7 +107,7 @@ func (g *Generator) Parse(token string) (*Payload, error) {
 	}
 
 	// CBOR decode
-	var p Payload
+	var p payload
 
 	err = cbor.Unmarshal(data, &p)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -99,13 +119,6 @@ func (g *Generator) Parse(token string) (*Payload, error) {
 		return nil, ErrExpired
 	}
 
-	return &p, nil
-}
-
-// ToImageRequest converts the payload to an ImageRequest.
-// Applies default values for omitted optional fields. An ExpiresAt of 0, a URL
-// that never expires, gives the zero Expires.
-func (p *Payload) ToImageRequest() *imgcache.ImageRequest {
 	format := p.Format
 	if format == "" {
 		format = DefaultFormat
@@ -126,44 +139,18 @@ func (p *Payload) ToImageRequest() *imgcache.ImageRequest {
 		expires = time.Unix(p.ExpiresAt, 0)
 	}
 
-	return &imgcache.ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost:  p.SourceHost,
-		SourcePath:  p.SourcePath,
-		SourceQuery: p.SourceQuery,
-		Size: imgcache.Size{
-			Width:  p.Width,
-			Height: p.Height,
+	return &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host:  p.SourceHost,
+			Path:  p.SourcePath,
+			Query: p.SourceQuery,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: p.Width, Height: p.Height},
+			Format:  format,
+			Quality: quality,
+			FitMode: fitMode,
 		},
-		Format:  format,
-		Quality: quality,
-		FitMode: fitMode,
 		Expires: expires,
-	}
-}
-
-// FromImageRequest creates a Payload from an ImageRequest with the given expiration.
-func FromImageRequest(req *imgcache.ImageRequest, expiresAt time.Time) *Payload {
-	p := &Payload{
-		SourceHost:  req.SourceHost,
-		SourcePath:  req.SourcePath,
-		SourceQuery: req.SourceQuery,
-		Width:       req.Size.Width,
-		Height:      req.Size.Height,
-		ExpiresAt:   expiresAt.Unix(),
-	}
-
-	// Only set non-default values to benefit from omitempty
-	if req.Format != "" && req.Format != DefaultFormat {
-		p.Format = req.Format
-	}
-
-	if req.Quality != 0 && req.Quality != DefaultQuality {
-		p.Quality = req.Quality
-	}
-
-	if req.FitMode != "" && req.FitMode != DefaultFitMode {
-		p.FitMode = req.FitMode
-	}
-
-	return p
+	}, nil
 }

internal/encurl/encurl_test.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // Shared test fixture strings.
@@ -24,19 +24,22 @@ func TestGenerator_GenerateAndParse(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("NewGenerator() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	payload := &encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost:  testSourceHost,
-		SourcePath:  testSourcePath,
-		SourceQuery: testSourceQuery,
-		Width:       800,
-		Height:      600,
-		Format:      imgcache.FormatWebP,
-		Quality:     90,
-		FitMode:     imgcache.FitContain,
-		ExpiresAt:   time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix(),
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host:  testSourceHost,
+			Path:  testSourcePath,
+			Query: testSourceQuery,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatWebP,
+			Quality: 90,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitContain,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Now().Add(time.Hour),
 	}
 
-	token, err := gen.Generate(payload)
+	token, err := gen.Generate(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Generate() error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -51,40 +54,45 @@ func TestGenerator_GenerateAndParse(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Verify all fields
-	if parsed.SourceHost != payload.SourceHost {
-		t.Errorf("SourceHost = %q, want %q", parsed.SourceHost, payload.SourceHost)
+	if parsed.Source.Host != req.Source.Host {
+		t.Errorf("SourceHost = %q, want %q", parsed.Source.Host, req.Source.Host)
 	}
 
-	if parsed.SourcePath != payload.SourcePath {
-		t.Errorf("SourcePath = %q, want %q", parsed.SourcePath, payload.SourcePath)
+	if parsed.Source.Path != req.Source.Path {
+		t.Errorf("SourcePath = %q, want %q", parsed.Source.Path, req.Source.Path)
 	}
 
-	if parsed.SourceQuery != payload.SourceQuery {
-		t.Errorf("SourceQuery = %q, want %q", parsed.SourceQuery, payload.SourceQuery)
+	if parsed.Source.Query != req.Source.Query {
+		t.Errorf("SourceQuery = %q, want %q", parsed.Source.Query, req.Source.Query)
 	}
 
-	if parsed.Width != payload.Width {
-		t.Errorf("Width = %d, want %d", parsed.Width, payload.Width)
+	if parsed.Transform.Size.Width != req.Transform.Size.Width {
+		t.Errorf("Width = %d, want %d",
+			parsed.Transform.Size.Width, req.Transform.Size.Width)
 	}
 
-	if parsed.Height != payload.Height {
-		t.Errorf("Height = %d, want %d", parsed.Height, payload.Height)
+	if parsed.Transform.Size.Height != req.Transform.Size.Height {
+		t.Errorf("Height = %d, want %d",
+			parsed.Transform.Size.Height, req.Transform.Size.Height)
 	}
 
-	if parsed.Format != payload.Format {
-		t.Errorf("Format = %q, want %q", parsed.Format, payload.Format)
+	if parsed.Transform.Format != req.Transform.Format {
+		t.Errorf("Format = %q, want %q",
+			parsed.Transform.Format, req.Transform.Format)
 	}
 
-	if parsed.Quality != payload.Quality {
-		t.Errorf("Quality = %d, want %d", parsed.Quality, payload.Quality)
+	if parsed.Transform.Quality != req.Transform.Quality {
+		t.Errorf("Quality = %d, want %d",
+			parsed.Transform.Quality, req.Transform.Quality)
 	}
 
-	if parsed.FitMode != payload.FitMode {
-		t.Errorf("FitMode = %q, want %q", parsed.FitMode, payload.FitMode)
+	if parsed.Transform.FitMode != req.Transform.FitMode {
+		t.Errorf("FitMode = %q, want %q",
+			parsed.Transform.FitMode, req.Transform.FitMode)
 	}
 
-	if parsed.ExpiresAt != payload.ExpiresAt {
-		t.Errorf("ExpiresAt = %d, want %d", parsed.ExpiresAt, payload.ExpiresAt)
+	if parsed.Expires.Unix() != req.Expires.Unix() {
+		t.Errorf("ExpiresAt = %d, want %d", parsed.Expires.Unix(), req.Expires.Unix())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -93,13 +101,15 @@ func TestGenerator_Parse_Expired(t *testing.T) {
 
 	gen, _ := encurl.NewGenerator("test-signing-key-12345")
 
-	payload := &encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost: testSourceHost,
-		SourcePath: testSourcePath,
-		ExpiresAt:  time.Now().Add(-time.Hour).Unix(), // Already expired
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testSourceHost,
+			Path: testSourcePath,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), // Already expired
 	}
 
-	token, err := gen.Generate(payload)
+	token, err := gen.Generate(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Generate() error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -130,13 +140,15 @@ func TestGenerator_Parse_TamperedToken(t *testing.T) {
 
 	gen, _ := encurl.NewGenerator("test-signing-key-12345")
 
-	payload := &encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost: testSourceHost,
-		SourcePath: testSourcePath,
-		ExpiresAt:  time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix(),
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testSourceHost,
+			Path: testSourcePath,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Now().Add(time.Hour),
 	}
 
-	token, _ := gen.Generate(payload)
+	token, _ := gen.Generate(req)
 
 	// Tamper with the token
 	tampered := []byte(token)
@@ -156,13 +168,15 @@ func TestGenerator_Parse_WrongKey(t *testing.T) {
 	gen1, _ := encurl.NewGenerator("signing-key-1")
 	gen2, _ := encurl.NewGenerator("signing-key-2")
 
-	payload := &encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost: testSourceHost,
-		SourcePath: testSourcePath,
-		ExpiresAt:  time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix(),
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testSourceHost,
+			Path: testSourcePath,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Now().Add(time.Hour),
 	}
 
-	token, _ := gen1.Generate(payload)
+	token, _ := gen1.Generate(req)
 
 	_, err := gen2.Parse(token)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -170,140 +184,41 @@ func TestGenerator_Parse_WrongKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestPayload_ToImageRequest(t *testing.T) {
+func TestGenerator_Parse_Defaults(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	payload := &encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost:  testSourceHost,
-		SourcePath:  testSourcePath,
-		SourceQuery: testSourceQuery,
-		Width:       800,
-		Height:      600,
-		Format:      imgcache.FormatWebP,
-		Quality:     90,
-		FitMode:     imgcache.FitContain,
-		ExpiresAt:   time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix(),
+	gen, _ := encurl.NewGenerator("test-signing-key-12345")
+
+	// Request with only required fields - should get defaults
+	token, err := gen.Generate(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testSourceHost,
+			Path: testSourcePath,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Now().Add(time.Hour),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Generate() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	req := payload.ToImageRequest()
-
-	if req.SourceHost != payload.SourceHost {
-		t.Errorf("SourceHost = %q, want %q", req.SourceHost, payload.SourceHost)
+	req, err := gen.Parse(token)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Parse() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if req.SourcePath != payload.SourcePath {
-		t.Errorf("SourcePath = %q, want %q", req.SourcePath, payload.SourcePath)
+	if req.Transform.Format != encurl.DefaultFormat {
+		t.Errorf("Format = %q, want default %q",
+			req.Transform.Format, encurl.DefaultFormat)
 	}
 
-	if req.SourceQuery != payload.SourceQuery {
-		t.Errorf("SourceQuery = %q, want %q", req.SourceQuery, payload.SourceQuery)
+	if req.Transform.Quality != encurl.DefaultQuality {
+		t.Errorf("Quality = %d, want default %d",
+			req.Transform.Quality, encurl.DefaultQuality)
 	}
 
-	if req.Size.Width != payload.Width {
-		t.Errorf("Width = %d, want %d", req.Size.Width, payload.Width)
-	}
-
-	if req.Size.Height != payload.Height {
-		t.Errorf("Height = %d, want %d", req.Size.Height, payload.Height)
-	}
-
-	if req.Format != payload.Format {
-		t.Errorf("Format = %q, want %q", req.Format, payload.Format)
-	}
-
-	if req.Quality != payload.Quality {
-		t.Errorf("Quality = %d, want %d", req.Quality, payload.Quality)
-	}
-
-	if req.FitMode != payload.FitMode {
-		t.Errorf("FitMode = %q, want %q", req.FitMode, payload.FitMode)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPayload_ToImageRequest_Defaults(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	// Payload with only required fields - should get defaults
-	payload := &encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost: testSourceHost,
-		SourcePath: testSourcePath,
-		ExpiresAt:  time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix(),
-	}
-
-	req := payload.ToImageRequest()
-
-	if req.Format != encurl.DefaultFormat {
-		t.Errorf("Format = %q, want default %q", req.Format, encurl.DefaultFormat)
-	}
-
-	if req.Quality != encurl.DefaultQuality {
-		t.Errorf("Quality = %d, want default %d", req.Quality, encurl.DefaultQuality)
-	}
-
-	if req.FitMode != encurl.DefaultFitMode {
-		t.Errorf("FitMode = %q, want default %q", req.FitMode, encurl.DefaultFitMode)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestFromImageRequest(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	req := &imgcache.ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost:  testSourceHost,
-		SourcePath:  testSourcePath,
-		SourceQuery: testSourceQuery,
-		Size:        imgcache.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-		Format:      imgcache.FormatWebP,
-		Quality:     90,
-		FitMode:     imgcache.FitContain,
-	}
-
-	expiresAt := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
-	payload := encurl.FromImageRequest(req, expiresAt)
-
-	if payload.SourceHost != req.SourceHost {
-		t.Errorf("SourceHost = %q, want %q", payload.SourceHost, req.SourceHost)
-	}
-
-	if payload.SourcePath != req.SourcePath {
-		t.Errorf("SourcePath = %q, want %q", payload.SourcePath, req.SourcePath)
-	}
-
-	if payload.Width != req.Size.Width {
-		t.Errorf("Width = %d, want %d", payload.Width, req.Size.Width)
-	}
-
-	if payload.ExpiresAt != expiresAt.Unix() {
-		t.Errorf("ExpiresAt = %d, want %d", payload.ExpiresAt, expiresAt.Unix())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestFromImageRequest_OmitsDefaults(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	// Request with default values - payload should omit them for
-	// smaller encoding
-	req := &imgcache.ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testSourceHost,
-		SourcePath: testSourcePath,
-		Format:     encurl.DefaultFormat,
-		Quality:    encurl.DefaultQuality,
-		FitMode:    encurl.DefaultFitMode,
-	}
-
-	payload := encurl.FromImageRequest(req, time.Now().Add(time.Hour))
-
-	// These should be zero/empty because they match defaults
-	if payload.Format != "" {
-		t.Errorf("Format should be empty for default, got %q", payload.Format)
-	}
-
-	if payload.Quality != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("Quality should be 0 for default, got %d", payload.Quality)
-	}
-
-	if payload.FitMode != "" {
-		t.Errorf("FitMode should be empty for default, got %q", payload.FitMode)
+	if req.Transform.FitMode != encurl.DefaultFitMode {
+		t.Errorf("FitMode = %q, want default %q",
+			req.Transform.FitMode, encurl.DefaultFitMode)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -312,13 +227,15 @@ func TestGenerator_TokenIsURLSafe(t *testing.T) {
 
 	gen, _ := encurl.NewGenerator("test-signing-key-12345")
 
-	payload := &encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost: testSourceHost,
-		SourcePath: testSourcePath,
-		ExpiresAt:  time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix(),
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testSourceHost,
+			Path: testSourcePath,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Now().Add(time.Hour),
 	}
 
-	token, _ := gen.Generate(payload)
+	token, _ := gen.Generate(req)
 
 	// Check that token only contains URL-safe characters
 	for _, c := range token {

internal/handlers/auth.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/clientip"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/templates"
 )
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleGenerateURL() http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
-		payload, expiresAt, ttl, err := buildGeneratePayload(parsed, r.Form)
+		req, expiresAt, ttl, err := buildGenerateRequest(parsed, r.Form)
 		if err != nil {
 			s.renderGeneratorWithForm(w, r, err.Error(), r.Form,
 				http.StatusBadRequest)
@@ -154,9 +154,8 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleGenerateURL() http.HandlerFunc {
 		}
 
 		// The image URL must fetch the source URL as it was written
-		sourceRequest := payload.ToImageRequest()
-		sourceRequest.AllowHTTP = s.config.AllowHTTP
-		fetchURL := sourceRequest.SourceURL()
+		req.AllowHTTP = s.config.AllowHTTP
+		fetchURL := req.SourceURL()
 
 		if !fetchedAsWritten(parsed, fetchURL) {
 			s.renderGeneratorWithForm(w, r, "Source URL cannot be fetched as "+
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleGenerateURL() http.HandlerFunc {
 		}
 
 		// Generate encrypted token
-		token, err := s.encGen.Generate(payload)
+		token, err := s.encGen.Generate(req)
 		if err != nil {
 			s.log.Error("failed to generate encrypted URL", "error", err)
 			s.renderGeneratorWithForm(w, r, "Failed to generate URL", r.Form,
@@ -240,14 +239,15 @@ func fetchedAsWritten(source *url.URL, fetchURL string) bool {
 		fetched.RawQuery == source.RawQuery
 }
 
-// buildGeneratePayload parses the numeric form fields and assembles the
-// encrypted URL payload. ttl=0 means never expires (ExpiresAt stays 0). A
-// non-numeric or out-of-range width, height, quality or ttl, or an
-// unrecognized fit mode, is a client error naming the offending field. The
-// format field is passed through unchecked.
-func buildGeneratePayload(
+// buildGenerateRequest parses the numeric form fields and assembles the
+// image request the encrypted URL's token is made from. ttl=0 means never
+// expires (Expires stays the zero time). A non-numeric or out-of-range
+// width, height, quality or ttl, or an unrecognized fit mode, is a client
+// error naming the offending field. The format field is passed through
+// unchecked.
+func buildGenerateRequest(
 	parsed *url.URL, form url.Values,
-) (*encurl.Payload, time.Time, int, error) {
+) (*imagerequest.Request, time.Time, int, error) {
 	width, err := parseFormDimension(form, "width")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, time.Time{}, 0, err
@@ -269,42 +269,40 @@ func buildGeneratePayload(
 		return nil, time.Time{}, 0, err
 	}
 
-	fitMode := imgcache.FitMode(form.Get("fit"))
+	fitMode := imagerequest.Fit(form.Get("fit"))
 
-	err = imgcache.ValidateFitMode(fitMode)
+	err = imagerequest.ValidateFitMode(fitMode)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, time.Time{}, 0,
-			fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", imgcache.ErrInvalidFitMode, form.Get("fit"))
+			fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", imagerequest.ErrInvalidFitMode, form.Get("fit"))
 	}
 
-	var (
-		expiresAt     time.Time
-		expiresAtUnix int64
-	)
-
+	var expiresAt time.Time
 	if ttl > 0 {
 		expiresAt = time.Now().Add(time.Duration(ttl) * time.Second)
-		expiresAtUnix = expiresAt.Unix()
 	}
 
-	payload := &encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost:  parsed.Host,
-		SourcePath:  parsed.Path,
-		SourceQuery: parsed.RawQuery,
-		Width:       width,
-		Height:      height,
-		Format:      imgcache.ImageFormat(form.Get("format")),
-		Quality:     quality,
-		FitMode:     fitMode,
-		ExpiresAt:   expiresAtUnix,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host:  parsed.Host,
+			Path:  parsed.Path,
+			Query: parsed.RawQuery,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: width, Height: height},
+			Format:  imagerequest.Format(form.Get("format")),
+			Quality: quality,
+			FitMode: fitMode,
+		},
+		Expires: expiresAt,
 	}
 
-	return payload, expiresAt, ttl, nil
+	return req, expiresAt, ttl, nil
 }
 
 // parseFormDimension reads an optional width or height form field. An empty
 // value means "original size" (0). A non-numeric value, or one
-// imgcache.ValidateDimension rejects, is an error naming the field.
+// imagerequest.ValidateDimension rejects, is an error naming the field.
 func parseFormDimension(form url.Values, field string) (int, error) {
 	raw := form.Get(field)
 	if raw == "" {
@@ -316,7 +314,7 @@ func parseFormDimension(form url.Values, field string) (int, error) {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("%w %s: not a number", errInvalidFormField, field)
 	}
 
-	err = imgcache.ValidateDimension(field, value)
+	err = imagerequest.ValidateDimension(field, value)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}

internal/handlers/auth_generate_internal_test.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // Generator form field names, and a value that is not a number.
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ func TestGeneratePostRejectsBadField(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestBuildGeneratePayloadDefaultAndLimits verifies that an empty quality
+// TestBuildGenerateRequestDefaultAndLimits verifies that an empty quality
 // takes the default, and that the largest accepted width, height, quality and
 // ttl are accepted with an expiry still in the future.
-func TestBuildGeneratePayloadDefaultAndLimits(t *testing.T) {
+func TestBuildGenerateRequestDefaultAndLimits(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	parsed, err := url.Parse(testSourceURL)
@@ -136,19 +136,19 @@ func TestBuildGeneratePayloadDefaultAndLimits(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("url.Parse() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	payload, _, _, err := buildGeneratePayload(parsed, url.Values{})
+	req, _, _, err := buildGenerateRequest(parsed, url.Values{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("empty form: error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if payload.Quality != encurl.DefaultQuality {
+	if req.Transform.Quality != encurl.DefaultQuality {
 		t.Errorf("empty quality gave %d, want %d",
-			payload.Quality, encurl.DefaultQuality)
+			req.Transform.Quality, encurl.DefaultQuality)
 	}
 
-	_, expiresAt, _, err := buildGeneratePayload(parsed, url.Values{
-		widthField:   {strconv.Itoa(imgcache.MaxDimension)},
-		heightField:  {strconv.Itoa(imgcache.MaxDimension)},
+	_, expiresAt, _, err := buildGenerateRequest(parsed, url.Values{
+		widthField:   {strconv.Itoa(imagerequest.MaxDimension)},
+		heightField:  {strconv.Itoa(imagerequest.MaxDimension)},
 		qualityField: {strconv.Itoa(maxQuality)},
 		ttlField:     {strconv.Itoa(maxTTL)},
 	})

internal/handlers/auth_session_internal_test.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/session"
 )
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func TestGeneratePost_URLServesImage(t *testing.T) {
 		sourceURLField: {"https://" + signedHost + photoPath},
 		widthField:     {"50"},
 		heightField:    {"50"},
-		formatField:    {string(imgcache.FormatJPEG)},
+		formatField:    {string(imagerequest.FormatJPEG)},
 	})
 
 	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func TestGeneratePost_URLWithTTLExpires(t *testing.T) {
 		sourceURLField: {"https://" + signedHost + photoPath},
 		widthField:     {"50"},
 		heightField:    {"50"},
-		formatField:    {string(imgcache.FormatJPEG)},
+		formatField:    {string(imagerequest.FormatJPEG)},
 		ttlField:       {"1"},
 	})
 

internal/handlers/avif_too_large_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imageprocessor"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
+)
+
+// TestAVIFOutputTooLargeAnswers400 checks that respondImageError and
+// handleImageError, which answer the errors of the two image routes, answer
+// 400 naming the AVIF pixel limit when the image processor refuses an AVIF
+// output above it, wrapped as the service wraps it. The request's source only
+// goes into a log line, so it is left empty.
+func TestAVIFOutputTooLargeAnswers400(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	h := &Handlers{log: slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler)}
+	err := fmt.Errorf("image processing failed: %w: 4097x4096",
+		imageprocessor.ErrAVIFOutputTooLarge)
+	wantBody := fmt.Sprintf("above %d pixels", imageprocessor.MaxAVIFOutputPixels)
+
+	plain := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.respondImageError(plain, &imagerequest.Request{}, err)
+
+	encrypted := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.handleImageError(encrypted, err)
+
+	for name, rec := range map[string]*httptest.ResponseRecorder{
+		"respondImageError": plain, "handleImageError": encrypted,
+	} {
+		t.Logf("%s: status = %d, body = %q", name, rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+			t.Errorf("%s: status = %d, want %d",
+				name, rec.Code, http.StatusBadRequest)
+		}
+
+		if !strings.Contains(rec.Body.String(), wantBody) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: body = %q, want it to say %q",
+				name, rec.Body.String(), wantBody)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/handlers/cache_hit_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"database/sql/driver"
+	"image"
+	"image/jpeg"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"testing/fstest"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/database"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+)
+
+// countingHost is the allowlisted host whose photoPath the server of
+// newCountingDatabaseServer serves.
+const countingHost = "counting.example.com"
+
+// countingConnector opens connections to the SQLite database file name with
+// sqliteDriver, each one counting in statements the statements run on it.
+type countingConnector struct {
+	sqliteDriver driver.Driver
+	name         string
+	statements   *atomic.Int64
+}
+
+func (c countingConnector) Connect(context.Context) (driver.Conn, error) {
+	conn, err := c.sqliteDriver.Open(c.name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return countingConn{Conn: conn, statements: c.statements}, nil
+}
+
+func (c countingConnector) Driver() driver.Driver {
+	return c.sqliteDriver
+}
+
+// countingConn counts the statements run on its connection. It has only the
+// methods of driver.Conn, so database/sql prepares every query and every
+// other statement with Prepare, which counts it.
+type countingConn struct {
+	driver.Conn
+
+	statements *atomic.Int64
+}
+
+func (c countingConn) Prepare(query string) (driver.Stmt, error) {
+	c.statements.Add(1)
+
+	return c.Conn.Prepare(query)
+}
+
+// newCountingDatabase returns a database with pixa's schema, in a file of
+// its own and with one connection, and the count of the statements run on
+// it once the schema is in place.
+func newCountingDatabase(tb testing.TB) (*sql.DB, *atomic.Int64) {
+	tb.Helper()
+
+	path := filepath.Join(tb.TempDir(), "state.sqlite3")
+
+	schemaDB, err := sql.Open("sqlite", path)
+	if err != nil {
+		tb.Fatalf("opening the database: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	defer func() { _ = schemaDB.Close() }()
+
+	err = database.ApplyMigrations(tb.Context(), schemaDB, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		tb.Fatalf("applying the migrations: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	statements := new(atomic.Int64)
+
+	db := sql.OpenDB(countingConnector{
+		sqliteDriver: schemaDB.Driver(),
+		name:         path,
+		statements:   statements,
+	})
+	db.SetMaxOpenConns(1)
+
+	tb.Cleanup(func() { _ = db.Close() })
+
+	return db, statements
+}
+
+// newCountingDatabaseServer returns a router for both image routes whose
+// image cache uses newCountingDatabase, the count of the statements run on
+// that database, and a URL on each route for a different image of
+// photoPath on countingHost. Nothing writes the cache's pending counts and
+// access times in the background, so every statement counted comes from a
+// request.
+func newCountingDatabaseServer(
+	tb testing.TB,
+) (http.Handler, *atomic.Int64, []string) {
+	tb.Helper()
+
+	db, statements := newCountingDatabase(tb)
+
+	var photo bytes.Buffer
+
+	err := jpeg.Encode(&photo, image.NewRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, 100, 100)), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		tb.Fatalf("encoding the photo: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	cache, err := imgcache.NewCache(db, imgcache.CacheConfig{
+		StateDir:    tb.TempDir(),
+		NegativeTTL: 5 * time.Minute,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		tb.Fatalf("imgcache.NewCache() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	svc, err := imgcache.NewService(&imgcache.ServiceConfig{
+		Cache: cache,
+		Fetcher: newMockFetcher(fstest.MapFS{
+			countingHost + photoPath: &fstest.MapFile{Data: photo.Bytes()},
+		}),
+		SigningKey: testSigningKey,
+		Allowlist:  []string{countingHost},
+		Logger:     slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		tb.Fatalf("imgcache.NewService() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	encGen, err := encurl.NewGenerator(testSigningKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		tb.Fatalf("encurl.NewGenerator() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	token, err := encGen.Generate(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{Host: countingHost, Path: photoPath},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 40, Height: 40},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		tb.Fatalf("encGen.Generate() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	h := &Handlers{
+		log:    slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler),
+		imgSvc: svc,
+		encGen: encGen,
+	}
+
+	r := chi.NewRouter()
+	r.Get("/v1/image/*", h.HandleImage())
+	r.Get("/v1/e/{token}/*", h.HandleImageEnc())
+
+	return r, statements, []string{
+		"/v1/image/" + countingHost + photoPath + "/50x50.jpeg",
+		"/v1/e/" + token + "/img.jpg",
+	}
+}
+
+// serveImage sends srv a GET for target and returns the response, failing
+// the test unless it is a 200 with an image.
+func serveImage(
+	tb testing.TB, srv http.Handler, target string,
+) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+	tb.Helper()
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	srv.ServeHTTP(rec,
+		httptest.NewRequestWithContext(tb.Context(), http.MethodGet, target, nil))
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK || rec.Body.Len() == 0 {
+		tb.Errorf("GET %s: %d with %d bytes, want 200 with an image",
+			target, rec.Code, rec.Body.Len())
+	}
+
+	return rec
+}
+
+// TestImageRoutes_CacheHitsMakeNoDatabaseCall serves an image on each image
+// route once, which makes and caches it, then serves it again from the cache.
+// Serving those cache hits must run no statement on the database.
+func TestImageRoutes_CacheHitsMakeNoDatabaseCall(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	srv, statements, targets := newCountingDatabaseServer(t)
+
+	for _, target := range targets {
+		before := statements.Load()
+
+		serveImage(t, srv, target)
+
+		afterMiss := statements.Load()
+		t.Logf("GET %s, a miss: %d statements", target, afterMiss-before)
+
+		if afterMiss == before {
+			t.Fatalf("GET %s, a miss: no statement counted, want some", target)
+		}
+
+		for range 3 {
+			rec := serveImage(t, srv, target)
+
+			cacheStatus := rec.Header().Get("X-Pixa-Cache")
+			if cacheStatus != string(imgcache.CacheHit) {
+				t.Errorf("GET %s: X-Pixa-Cache = %q, want %s",
+					target, cacheStatus, imgcache.CacheHit)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if hitStatements := statements.Load() - afterMiss; hitStatements != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("GET %s: 3 cache hits ran %d statements, want 0",
+				target, hitStatements)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkHandleImage_CacheHits serves one cached image through the
+// /v1/image/ route from b.RunParallel's goroutines, and reports the cache
+// hits served per second. It fails if serving them ran any statement on the
+// database. script/bench runs it.
+func BenchmarkHandleImage_CacheHits(b *testing.B) {
+	srv, statements, targets := newCountingDatabaseServer(b)
+	target := targets[0]
+
+	serveImage(b, srv, target)
+
+	before := statements.Load()
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		for pb.Next() {
+			rec := serveImage(b, srv, target)
+
+			cacheStatus := rec.Header().Get("X-Pixa-Cache")
+			if cacheStatus != string(imgcache.CacheHit) {
+				b.Errorf("GET %s: X-Pixa-Cache = %q, want %s",
+					target, cacheStatus, imgcache.CacheHit)
+
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.ReportMetric(float64(b.N)/b.Elapsed().Seconds(), "hits/s")
+
+	if hitStatements := statements.Load() - before; hitStatements != 0 {
+		b.Fatalf("%d cache hits ran %d statements, want 0", b.N, hitStatements)
+	}
+}

internal/handlers/first_bytes_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"image/color"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"slices"
+	"testing"
+	"testing/fstest"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+)
+
+// mismatchedSourcePath is the path of the source that
+// TestFirstBytesNotMatchingContentType serves on allowlistedHost. The mock
+// fetcher names a file's Content-Type from its extension, so the source is
+// sent as image/png.
+const mismatchedSourcePath = "/images/source.png"
+
+// newRoutesFetchingThrough returns both image routes, and the Handlers behind
+// them, whose image service fetches through fetcher and has allowlistedHost on
+// its allowlist. The handlers and the image service log to log.
+func newRoutesFetchingThrough(
+	t *testing.T, fetcher httpfetcher.Fetcher, log *slog.Logger,
+) (*Handlers, http.Handler) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	cache, err := imgcache.NewCache(setupTestDB(t), imgcache.CacheConfig{
+		StateDir:    t.TempDir(),
+		NegativeTTL: 5 * time.Minute,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("imgcache.NewCache() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	svc, err := imgcache.NewService(&imgcache.ServiceConfig{
+		Cache:      cache,
+		Fetcher:    fetcher,
+		SigningKey: testSigningKey,
+		Allowlist:  []string{allowlistedHost},
+		Logger:     log,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("imgcache.NewService() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	encGen, err := encurl.NewGenerator(testSigningKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("encurl.NewGenerator() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	h := &Handlers{log: log, imgSvc: svc, encGen: encGen}
+
+	r := chi.NewRouter()
+	r.Get("/v1/image/*", h.HandleImage())
+	r.Get("/v1/e/{token}/*", h.HandleImageEnc())
+
+	return h, r
+}
+
+// mismatchedSourcePlainURL returns the /v1/image/ URL of mismatchedSourcePath
+// on allowlistedHost at 50x50 as a JPEG.
+func mismatchedSourcePlainURL(*testing.T, *Handlers) string {
+	return "/v1/image/" + allowlistedHost + mismatchedSourcePath + "/50x50.jpeg"
+}
+
+// mismatchedSourceEncURL returns an encrypted /v1/e/ URL, made with h's
+// generator, of mismatchedSourcePath on allowlistedHost at 50x50 as a JPEG.
+func mismatchedSourceEncURL(t *testing.T, h *Handlers) string {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	token, err := h.encGen.Generate(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: allowlistedHost,
+			Path: mismatchedSourcePath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format: imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Generate() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return "/v1/e/" + token + "/img.jpg"
+}
+
+// loggedLevels reads the JSON log lines in logs and returns the messages
+// logged at each level.
+func loggedLevels(t *testing.T, logs *bytes.Buffer) map[string][]string {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	t.Logf("logged:\n%s", logs.String())
+
+	messages := make(map[string][]string)
+
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(logs)
+	for dec.More() {
+		var line struct {
+			Level string `json:"level"`
+			Msg   string `json:"msg"`
+		}
+
+		err := dec.Decode(&line)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("decoding log line: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		messages[line.Level] = append(messages[line.Level], line.Msg)
+	}
+
+	return messages
+}
+
+// TestFirstBytesNotMatchingContentType checks that both image routes answer
+// 415 for an upstream body whose first bytes are not those of the format its
+// Content-Type names, and log it as a refused source, not as an error of
+// pixa's. The next request for that source must answer 502 without fetching
+// it again, as after an upstream error status.
+func TestFirstBytesNotMatchingContentType(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	bodies := map[string][]byte{
+		"JPEG sent as image/png":          generateTestJPEG(t, 10, 10, color.Black),
+		"text sent as image/png":          []byte("This is just text, not a PNG"),
+		"body too short to name a format": []byte("short"),
+	}
+
+	// The source's URL on each image route.
+	sourceURLs := map[string]func(*testing.T, *Handlers) string{
+		"plain URL":     mismatchedSourcePlainURL,
+		"encrypted URL": mismatchedSourceEncURL,
+	}
+
+	for bodyName, body := range bodies {
+		for urlName, sourceURL := range sourceURLs {
+			t.Run(urlName+", "+bodyName, func(t *testing.T) {
+				t.Parallel()
+
+				fetcher := &countingFetcher{
+					Fetcher: httpfetcher.NewMock(fstest.MapFS{
+						allowlistedHost + mismatchedSourcePath: &fstest.MapFile{
+							Data: body,
+						},
+					}),
+				}
+
+				var logs bytes.Buffer
+
+				h, routes := newRoutesFetchingThrough(t, fetcher,
+					slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(&logs, nil)))
+				target := sourceURL(t, h)
+
+				checkErrorBody(t, sendGet(t, routes, target),
+					http.StatusUnsupportedMediaType, "unsupported source format")
+
+				levels := loggedLevels(t, &logs)
+				if len(levels[slog.LevelError.String()]) != 0 {
+					t.Errorf("logged at error level: %q",
+						levels[slog.LevelError.String()])
+				}
+
+				if !slices.Contains(levels[slog.LevelWarn.String()], "source refused") {
+					t.Error(`no "source refused" line logged at warning level`)
+				}
+
+				checkErrorBody(t, sendGet(t, routes, target),
+					http.StatusBadGateway, "upstream error")
+
+				if n := fetcher.fetches.Load(); n != 1 {
+					t.Errorf("upstream fetched %d times, want 1", n)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/handlers/format_auto.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // Errors for an Accept header that an auto URL cannot be served for.
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ var (
 // header that is not valid and 406 for one that allows none of the formats,
 // and reports whether req can be served. Any other format is left as it is.
 func (s *Handlers) chooseAutoFormat(
-	w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, req *imgcache.ImageRequest,
+	w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, req *imagerequest.Request,
 ) bool {
-	if req.Format != imgcache.FormatAuto {
+	if req.Transform.Format != imagerequest.FormatAuto {
 		return true
 	}
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (s *Handlers) chooseAutoFormat(
 		return false
 	}
 
-	req.Format = format
+	req.Transform.Format = format
 
 	return true
 }
@@ -56,26 +56,26 @@ func (s *Handlers) chooseAutoFormat(
 // specific entry of image/jpeg, image/* and */* allows it, or when it names
 // nothing. A q of 0 refuses a format. JPEG XL, AVIF and WebP must be named, as
 // clients that cannot show them send image/* and */* too.
-func formatForAccept(accept string) (imgcache.ImageFormat, error) {
+func formatForAccept(accept string) (imagerequest.Format, error) {
 	qualities, err := parseAccept(accept)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
 	if len(qualities) == 0 {
-		return imgcache.FormatJPEG, nil
+		return imagerequest.FormatJPEG, nil
 	}
 
 	if qualities["image/jxl"] > 0 {
-		return imgcache.FormatJXL, nil
+		return imagerequest.FormatJXL, nil
 	}
 
 	if qualities["image/avif"] > 0 {
-		return imgcache.FormatAVIF, nil
+		return imagerequest.FormatAVIF, nil
 	}
 
 	if qualities["image/webp"] > 0 {
-		return imgcache.FormatWebP, nil
+		return imagerequest.FormatWebP, nil
 	}
 
 	// For JPEG, the most specific entry the header has decides
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func formatForAccept(accept string) (imgcache.ImageFormat, error) {
 	}
 
 	if quality > 0 {
-		return imgcache.FormatJPEG, nil
+		return imagerequest.FormatJPEG, nil
 	}
 
 	return "", errNotAcceptable

internal/handlers/format_auto_internal_test.go

@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // The content types the tests below expect.
@@ -33,24 +32,24 @@ func TestFormatForAccept(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
 		accept  string
-		want    imgcache.ImageFormat
+		want    imagerequest.Format
 		wantErr error
 	}{
 		{"AVIF-capable browser",
 			"image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,image/svg+xml,image/*,*/*;q=0.8",
-			imgcache.FormatAVIF, nil},
+			imagerequest.FormatAVIF, nil},
 		{"WebP-capable browser",
 			"image/webp,image/png,image/svg+xml,image/*;q=0.8,*/*;q=0.5",
-			imgcache.FormatWebP, nil},
-		{"WebP only", webpType, imgcache.FormatWebP, nil},
-		{"neither", "image/png,image/*;q=0.8,*/*;q=0.5", imgcache.FormatJPEG, nil},
-		{"wildcard only", "*/*", imgcache.FormatJPEG, nil},
-		{"image wildcard only", "image/*", imgcache.FormatJPEG, nil},
-		{"absent", "", imgcache.FormatJPEG, nil},
-		{"q=0 on AVIF", "image/avif;q=0,image/webp,*/*", imgcache.FormatWebP, nil},
+			imagerequest.FormatWebP, nil},
+		{"WebP only", webpType, imagerequest.FormatWebP, nil},
+		{"neither", "image/png,image/*;q=0.8,*/*;q=0.5", imagerequest.FormatJPEG, nil},
+		{"wildcard only", "*/*", imagerequest.FormatJPEG, nil},
+		{"image wildcard only", "image/*", imagerequest.FormatJPEG, nil},
+		{"absent", "", imagerequest.FormatJPEG, nil},
+		{"q=0 on AVIF", "image/avif;q=0,image/webp,*/*", imagerequest.FormatWebP, nil},
 		{"AVIF named twice, once with q=0", "image/avif,image/avif;q=0.0,*/*",
-			imgcache.FormatJPEG, nil},
-		{"upper case and spaces", " Image/AVIF ; Q=0.5 ", imgcache.FormatAVIF, nil},
+			imagerequest.FormatJPEG, nil},
+		{"upper case and spaces", " Image/AVIF ; Q=0.5 ", imagerequest.FormatAVIF, nil},
 		{"q=0 on JPEG", "image/jpeg;q=0,image/*", "", errNotAcceptable},
 		{"q=0 on everything", "*/*;q=0", "", errNotAcceptable},
 		{"PNG only", "image/png", "", errNotAcceptable},
@@ -80,23 +79,30 @@ func TestFormatForAccept(t *testing.T) {
 func autoPhotoURLs(t *testing.T, h *Handlers) (string, string) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	signedURL, err := h.imgSvc.GenerateSignedURL("", &imgcache.ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: signedHost,
-		SourcePath: photoPath,
-		Size:       imgcache.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     imgcache.FormatAuto,
+	signedURL, err := h.imgSvc.GenerateSignedURL("", &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: signedHost,
+			Path: photoPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format: imagerequest.FormatAuto,
+		},
 	}, time.Minute)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GenerateSignedURL() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	token, err := h.encGen.Generate(&encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost: signedHost,
-		SourcePath: photoPath,
-		Width:      50,
-		Height:     50,
-		Format:     imgcache.FormatAuto,
-		ExpiresAt:  time.Now().Add(time.Minute).Unix(),
+	token, err := h.encGen.Generate(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: signedHost,
+			Path: photoPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format: imagerequest.FormatAuto,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Now().Add(time.Minute),
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Generate() error = %v", err)
@@ -184,11 +190,15 @@ func TestFormatAuto_SignatureCoversAuto(t *testing.T) {
 
 	h, srv := newSignedHostServer(t, slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler))
 
-	signedForAVIF, err := h.imgSvc.GenerateSignedURL("", &imgcache.ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: signedHost,
-		SourcePath: photoPath,
-		Size:       imgcache.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     imgcache.FormatAVIF,
+	signedForAVIF, err := h.imgSvc.GenerateSignedURL("", &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: signedHost,
+			Path: photoPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format: imagerequest.FormatAVIF,
+		},
 	}, time.Minute)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GenerateSignedURL() error = %v", err)

internal/handlers/handlers.go

@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ func New(lc fx.Lifecycle, params Params) (*Handlers, error) {
 		OnStart: func(_ context.Context) error {
 			return s.initImageService()
 		},
-		// The pending counts are written here, before the database's stop
-		// hook closes it.
+		// The pending counts and access times are written here, before the
+		// database's stop hook closes it.
 		OnStop: func(ctx context.Context) error {
 			if s.imgCache == nil {
 				return nil
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ func (s *Handlers) initImageService() error {
 	// rows, which is all it does when the disk cache is disabled.
 	cache.StartEviction(imgcache.DefaultEvictionInterval)
 
-	// Writes the counts requests could not write by their deadline
+	// Writes the counts and the access times of cache hits that requests
+	// hand over, so that no request waits for the database to record them
 	cache.StartPendingCountWrites()
 
 	// Create the fetcher config

internal/handlers/image.go

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imageprocessor"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/magic"
 )
 
 // HandleImage handles the main image proxy route:
@@ -34,8 +36,8 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleImage() http.HandlerFunc {
 		err := s.imgSvc.ValidateRequest(req)
 		if err != nil {
 			s.log.Warn("signature validation failed",
-				"host", req.SourceHost,
-				"path", req.SourcePath,
+				"host", req.Source.Host,
+				"path", req.Source.Path,
 				"error", err,
 			)
 			s.respondError(w, "unauthorized", http.StatusUnauthorized)
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleImage() http.HandlerFunc {
 		}
 
 		// Get cache key for logging
-		cacheKey := imgcache.CacheKey(req)
+		cacheKey := imagerequest.CacheKey(req)
 
 		// Get the image (from cache or fetch/process)
 		startTime := time.Now()
@@ -80,17 +82,17 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleRobotsTxt() http.HandlerFunc {
 }
 
 // parseImageRequest parses the image URL's path and query parameters into
-// an ImageRequest. On invalid input it writes an error response and
+// an image request. On invalid input it writes an error response and
 // returns false.
 func (s *Handlers) parseImageRequest(
 	w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request,
-) (*imgcache.ImageRequest, bool) {
+) (*imagerequest.Request, bool) {
 	// The path is parsed decoded once, as r.URL.Path holds it, and not from
 	// chi's wildcard: chi routes on the path as the client wrote it whenever
 	// that is not Go's own encoding of it, so its wildcard would still hold
 	// the %3F before a source query when, say, a "/" in the query is written
 	// as %2F
-	parsed, err := imgcache.ParseImageURL(r.URL.Path)
+	req, err := imagerequest.ParseImageURL(r.URL.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.log.Warn("failed to parse image URL",
 			"path", r.URL.Path,
@@ -101,9 +103,6 @@ func (s *Handlers) parseImageRequest(
 		return nil, false
 	}
 
-	// Convert to ImageRequest
-	req := parsed.ToImageRequest()
-
 	// Parse signature params from query string. r.URL.Query() would silently
 	// drop a pair it cannot decode, such as q=80%, so that q would be served
 	// at 85; a query string that cannot be decoded is refused instead. A
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ func (s *Handlers) parseImageRequest(
 		return nil, false
 	}
 
-	req.Quality, err = parseFormInt(query, "q",
+	req.Transform.Quality, err = parseFormInt(query, "q",
 		encurl.DefaultQuality, minQuality, maxQuality)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.respondError(w, fmt.Sprintf("%v, got %q", err, qStr),
@@ -159,23 +158,23 @@ func (s *Handlers) parseImageRequest(
 	// Only a fit missing from the URL is cover. A fit in the URL that is not a
 	// fit mode is refused by the fit-mode check below; that check would take an
 	// empty fit as missing, so an empty one is refused here.
-	req.FitMode = imgcache.FitMode(query.Get("fit"))
-	if query.Has("fit") && req.FitMode == "" {
+	req.Transform.FitMode = imagerequest.Fit(query.Get("fit"))
+	if query.Has("fit") && req.Transform.FitMode == "" {
 		s.respondError(w, `invalid fit: not a fit mode, got ""`, http.StatusBadRequest)
 
 		return nil, false
 	}
 
 	// Default fit mode if not set
-	if req.FitMode == "" {
-		req.FitMode = imgcache.FitCover
+	if req.Transform.FitMode == "" {
+		req.Transform.FitMode = imagerequest.FitCover
 	}
 
 	// Enforce dimension and fit-mode bounds, shared with the encrypted-URL
 	// route. Dimensions are already bounded by the path parser above; this
 	// also rejects an unrecognized fit mode with 400 instead of letting it
 	// reach the processor as a 500.
-	err = imgcache.ValidateImageRequest(req)
+	err = imagerequest.ValidateImageRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.respondError(w, "invalid image request: "+err.Error(),
 			http.StatusBadRequest)
@@ -218,11 +217,23 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleTooManyRequests() http.HandlerFunc {
 
 // respondImageError maps image retrieval errors to HTTP responses.
 func (s *Handlers) respondImageError(
-	w http.ResponseWriter, req *imgcache.ImageRequest, err error,
+	w http.ResponseWriter, req *imagerequest.Request, err error,
 ) {
+	// An upstream body whose first bytes are not those of the format its
+	// Content-Type names is the upstream's error, not pixa's: the image
+	// service has logged it as a refused source.
+	if errors.Is(err, magic.ErrMagicByteMismatch) ||
+		errors.Is(err, magic.ErrUnknownFormat) ||
+		errors.Is(err, magic.ErrNotEnoughData) {
+		s.respondError(w, "unsupported source format",
+			http.StatusUnsupportedMediaType)
+
+		return
+	}
+
 	s.log.Error("failed to get image",
-		"host", req.SourceHost,
-		"path", req.SourcePath,
+		"host", req.Source.Host,
+		"path", req.Source.Path,
 		"error", err,
 	)
 
@@ -264,6 +275,14 @@ func (s *Handlers) respondImageError(
 		return
 	}
 
+	if errors.Is(err, imageprocessor.ErrAVIFOutputTooLarge) {
+		s.respondError(w, fmt.Sprintf("size too large for AVIF: the output "+
+			"would be above %d pixels", imageprocessor.MaxAVIFOutputPixels),
+			http.StatusBadRequest)
+
+		return
+	}
+
 	s.respondError(w, "internal error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
 }
 
@@ -325,8 +344,8 @@ func notModified(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, etag string) bool {
 // handling conditional and HEAD requests.
 func (s *Handlers) writeImageResponse(
 	w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request,
-	req *imgcache.ImageRequest, resp *imgcache.ImageResponse,
-	cacheKey imgcache.VariantKey, startTime time.Time,
+	req *imagerequest.Request, resp *imgcache.ImageResponse,
+	cacheKey imagerequest.VariantKey, startTime time.Time,
 ) {
 	// Set response headers
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", resp.ContentType)
@@ -367,7 +386,7 @@ func (s *Handlers) writeImageResponse(
 		"cache_key", cacheKey,
 		"cache_status", resp.CacheStatus,
 		"duration_ms", duration.Milliseconds(),
-		"format", req.Format,
+		"format", req.Transform.Format,
 		"served_bytes", servedBytes,
 		"fetched_bytes", resp.FetchedBytes,
 	)

internal/handlers/image_cache_control_internal_test.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
 )
 
@@ -107,11 +108,15 @@ func TestHandleImage_SignedURL_MaxAgeEndsAtExp(t *testing.T) {
 
 	h, srv := newSignedHostServer(t, slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler))
 
-	signedURL, err := h.imgSvc.GenerateSignedURL("", &imgcache.ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: signedHost,
-		SourcePath: photoPath,
-		Size:       imgcache.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     imgcache.FormatJPEG,
+	signedURL, err := h.imgSvc.GenerateSignedURL("", &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: signedHost,
+			Path: photoPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format: imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+		},
 	}, time.Minute)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GenerateSignedURL() error = %v", err)
@@ -168,13 +173,13 @@ func TestHandleImageEnc_MaxAge(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name        string
-		expiresAt   int64
+		expires     time.Time
 		wantAtLeast int
 		wantAtMost  int
 	}{
-		{"60 second TTL", time.Now().Add(time.Minute).Unix(), 50, 60},
-		{"two-year TTL", time.Now().Add(2 * 365 * 24 * time.Hour).Unix(), 31536000, 31536000},
-		{"no TTL", 0, 31536000, 31536000},
+		{"60 second TTL", time.Now().Add(time.Minute), 50, 60},
+		{"two-year TTL", time.Now().Add(2 * 365 * 24 * time.Hour), 31536000, 31536000},
+		{"no TTL", time.Time{}, 31536000, 31536000},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -183,13 +188,16 @@ func TestHandleImageEnc_MaxAge(t *testing.T) {
 
 			h, srv := newSignedHostServer(t, slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler))
 
-			token, err := h.encGen.Generate(&encurl.Payload{
-				SourceHost: signedHost,
-				SourcePath: photoPath,
-				Width:      50,
-				Height:     50,
-				Format:     imgcache.FormatJPEG,
-				ExpiresAt:  tt.expiresAt,
+			token, err := h.encGen.Generate(&imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host: signedHost,
+					Path: photoPath,
+				},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+					Format: imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+				},
+				Expires: tt.expires,
 			})
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Generate() error = %v", err)

internal/handlers/image_errors_internal_test.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/signature"
 )
@@ -84,15 +85,18 @@ func photoURLWithSig(host, sig string, expires time.Time) string {
 // photoSignature returns the signature of photoURL(host) at the default
 // quality and fit, made with key and expiring at expires.
 func photoSignature(key, host string, expires time.Time) string {
-	return signature.New(key).Sign(&signature.Request{
-		SourceHost: host,
-		SourcePath: photoPath,
-		Width:      50,
-		Height:     50,
-		Format:     string(imgcache.FormatJPEG),
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    string(imgcache.FitCover),
-		Expires:    expires,
+	return signature.New(key).Sign(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: host,
+			Path: photoPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
+		Expires: expires,
 	})
 }
 
@@ -353,15 +357,18 @@ func TestHandleImage_HashInSourcePathOrQuery_Returns400(t *testing.T) {
 	photos := newPhotoFetcher(t, allowlistedHost, signedHost)
 	exp := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
 
-	sig := signature.New(testSigningKey).Sign(&signature.Request{
-		SourceHost: signedHost,
-		SourcePath: photoPath + "#x",
-		Width:      50,
-		Height:     50,
-		Format:     string(imgcache.FormatJPEG),
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    string(imgcache.FitCover),
-		Expires:    exp,
+	sig := signature.New(testSigningKey).Sign(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: signedHost,
+			Path: photoPath + "#x",
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
+		Expires: exp,
 	})
 
 	tests := []struct {

internal/handlers/image_signature_internal_test.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/signature"
 )
 
@@ -44,15 +44,18 @@ func TestHandleImage_SignatureCoversQualityAndFit(t *testing.T) {
 
 	expires := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
 	signer := signature.New("test-signing-key-must-be-32-chars")
-	sig := signer.Sign(&signature.Request{
-		SourceHost: signedHost,
-		SourcePath: "/images/photo.jpg",
-		Width:      50,
-		Height:     50,
-		Format:     string(imgcache.FormatJPEG),
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    string(imgcache.FitCover),
-		Expires:    expires,
+	sig := signer.Sign(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: signedHost,
+			Path: "/images/photo.jpg",
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
+		Expires: expires,
 	})
 	signedURL := fmt.Sprintf("/v1/image/%s/images/photo.jpg/50x50.jpeg?sig=%s&exp=%d",
 		signedHost, sig, expires.Unix())
@@ -88,9 +91,9 @@ func TestHandleImage_GeneratedSignedURLVerifies(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
 		quality int
-		fitMode imgcache.FitMode
+		fitMode imagerequest.Fit
 	}{
-		{"quality 40 and fit contain", 40, imgcache.FitContain},
+		{"quality 40 and fit contain", 40, imagerequest.FitContain},
 		{"quality and fit unset", 0, ""},
 	}
 
@@ -100,13 +103,17 @@ func TestHandleImage_GeneratedSignedURLVerifies(t *testing.T) {
 
 			fix := setupTestHandler(t)
 
-			signedURL, err := fix.service.GenerateSignedURL("", &imgcache.ImageRequest{
-				SourceHost: signedHost,
-				SourcePath: "/images/photo.jpg",
-				Size:       imgcache.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-				Format:     imgcache.FormatJPEG,
-				Quality:    tt.quality,
-				FitMode:    tt.fitMode,
+			signedURL, err := fix.service.GenerateSignedURL("", &imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host: signedHost,
+					Path: "/images/photo.jpg",
+				},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+					Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+					Quality: tt.quality,
+					FitMode: tt.fitMode,
+				},
 			}, time.Hour)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("GenerateSignedURL() error = %v", err)
@@ -196,12 +203,16 @@ func TestHandleImage_GeneratedSignedURLWithSourceQueryVerifies(t *testing.T) {
 
 			fix := setupTestHandler(t)
 
-			signedURL, err := fix.service.GenerateSignedURL("", &imgcache.ImageRequest{
-				SourceHost:  signedHost,
-				SourcePath:  photoPath,
-				SourceQuery: tt.query,
-				Size:        imgcache.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-				Format:      imgcache.FormatJPEG,
+			signedURL, err := fix.service.GenerateSignedURL("", &imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host:  signedHost,
+					Path:  photoPath,
+					Query: tt.query,
+				},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+					Format: imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+				},
 			}, time.Hour)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("GenerateSignedURL() error = %v", err)
@@ -224,16 +235,19 @@ func TestHandleImage_SourceQueryEncodedAnyWay(t *testing.T) {
 
 	expires := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
 	signer := signature.New("test-signing-key-must-be-32-chars")
-	sig := signer.Sign(&signature.Request{
-		SourceHost:  signedHost,
-		SourcePath:  photoPath,
-		SourceQuery: "url=https://origin.example.com/my%20cat.jpg",
-		Width:       50,
-		Height:      50,
-		Format:      string(imgcache.FormatJPEG),
-		Quality:     85,
-		FitMode:     string(imgcache.FitCover),
-		Expires:     expires,
+	sig := signer.Sign(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host:  signedHost,
+			Path:  photoPath,
+			Query: "url=https://origin.example.com/my%20cat.jpg",
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
+		Expires: expires,
 	})
 
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -288,16 +302,19 @@ func TestHandleImage_SourceURLHoldingPercent25Verifies(t *testing.T) {
 
 			expires := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
 			signer := signature.New("test-signing-key-must-be-32-chars")
-			sig := signer.Sign(&signature.Request{
-				SourceHost:  signedHost,
-				SourcePath:  tt.sourcePath,
-				SourceQuery: tt.sourceQuery,
-				Width:       50,
-				Height:      50,
-				Format:      string(imgcache.FormatJPEG),
-				Quality:     85,
-				FitMode:     string(imgcache.FitCover),
-				Expires:     expires,
+			sig := signer.Sign(&imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host:  signedHost,
+					Path:  tt.sourcePath,
+					Query: tt.sourceQuery,
+				},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+					Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+					Quality: 85,
+					FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+				},
+				Expires: expires,
 			})
 
 			target := fmt.Sprintf("/v1/image/%s%s/50x50.jpeg?sig=%s&exp=%d",
@@ -314,12 +331,16 @@ func TestHandleImage_SourceURLHoldingPercent25Verifies(t *testing.T) {
 
 			fix := setupTestHandler(t)
 
-			signedURL, err := fix.service.GenerateSignedURL("", &imgcache.ImageRequest{
-				SourceHost:  signedHost,
-				SourcePath:  tt.sourcePath,
-				SourceQuery: tt.sourceQuery,
-				Size:        imgcache.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-				Format:      imgcache.FormatJPEG,
+			signedURL, err := fix.service.GenerateSignedURL("", &imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host:  signedHost,
+					Path:  tt.sourcePath,
+					Query: tt.sourceQuery,
+				},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+					Format: imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+				},
 			}, time.Hour)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("GenerateSignedURL() error = %v", err)

internal/handlers/imageenc.go

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imageprocessor"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/magic"
 )
 
 // HandleImageEnc handles requests to /v1/e/{token}/* for encrypted
@@ -36,10 +38,11 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleImageEnc() http.HandlerFunc {
 
 		// Log the request
 		s.log.Debug("encrypted image request",
-			"host", req.SourceHost,
-			"path", req.SourcePath,
-			"dimensions", fmt.Sprintf("%dx%d", req.Size.Width, req.Size.Height),
-			"format", req.Format,
+			"host", req.Source.Host,
+			"path", req.Source.Path,
+			"dimensions", fmt.Sprintf("%dx%d",
+				req.Transform.Size.Width, req.Transform.Size.Height),
+			"format", req.Transform.Format,
 		)
 
 		// Fetch and process the image (no signature validation
@@ -87,10 +90,10 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleImageEnc() http.HandlerFunc {
 		duration := time.Since(start)
 		s.log.Info("image served",
 			"request_id", middleware.GetReqID(ctx),
-			"cache_key", imgcache.CacheKey(req),
-			"host", req.SourceHost,
-			"path", req.SourcePath,
-			"format", req.Format,
+			"cache_key", imagerequest.CacheKey(req),
+			"host", req.Source.Host,
+			"path", req.Source.Path,
+			"format", req.Transform.Format,
 			"cache_status", resp.CacheStatus,
 			"served_bytes", written,
 			"duration_ms", duration.Milliseconds(),
@@ -99,12 +102,12 @@ func (s *Handlers) HandleImageEnc() http.HandlerFunc {
 }
 
 // parseImageEncRequest decrypts the token of an encrypted image URL into an
-// ImageRequest and checks it. On a token that is missing, does not decrypt,
+// image request and checks it. On a token that is missing, does not decrypt,
 // has expired or asks for something not valid, it writes an error response
 // and returns false.
 func (s *Handlers) parseImageEncRequest(
 	w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request,
-) (*imgcache.ImageRequest, bool) {
+) (*imagerequest.Request, bool) {
 	// Extract token from URL
 	token := chi.URLParam(r, "token")
 	if token == "" {
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ func (s *Handlers) parseImageEncRequest(
 	}
 
 	// Decrypt and validate the payload
-	payload, err := s.encGen.Parse(token)
+	req, err := s.encGen.Parse(token)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, encurl.ErrExpired) {
 			s.log.Debug("encrypted URL expired", "error", err)
@@ -129,14 +132,11 @@ func (s *Handlers) parseImageEncRequest(
 		return nil, false
 	}
 
-	// Convert payload to ImageRequest
-	req := payload.ToImageRequest()
-
 	// Apply the same dimension and fit-mode bounds as the plain image
 	// route: a sealed payload is trusted for its origin, not for staying
 	// within limits, so an over-limit size or unknown fit mode is a 400
 	// here rather than an out-of-memory or a 500 from the processor.
-	err = imgcache.ValidateImageRequest(req)
+	err = imagerequest.ValidateImageRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.log.Debug("encrypted URL failed validation", "error", err)
 		s.respondError(w, "invalid encrypted URL: "+err.Error(),
@@ -163,13 +163,20 @@ func (s *Handlers) handleImageError(w http.ResponseWriter, err error) {
 		s.respondError(w, "server busy, try again later",
 			http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 	case errors.Is(err, httpfetcher.ErrInvalidContentType),
-		errors.Is(err, imageprocessor.ErrUnsupportedInputFormat):
+		errors.Is(err, imageprocessor.ErrUnsupportedInputFormat),
+		errors.Is(err, magic.ErrMagicByteMismatch),
+		errors.Is(err, magic.ErrUnknownFormat),
+		errors.Is(err, magic.ErrNotEnoughData):
 		s.respondError(w, "unsupported source format",
 			http.StatusUnsupportedMediaType)
 	case errors.Is(err, imageprocessor.ErrOutputTooLarge):
 		s.respondError(w, fmt.Sprintf("size too large for the source: the side "+
 			"computed from its proportions is above %d",
 			imageprocessor.MaxOutputDimension), http.StatusBadRequest)
+	case errors.Is(err, imageprocessor.ErrAVIFOutputTooLarge):
+		s.respondError(w, fmt.Sprintf("size too large for AVIF: the output "+
+			"would be above %d pixels", imageprocessor.MaxAVIFOutputPixels),
+			http.StatusBadRequest)
 	default:
 		s.log.Error("image request failed", "error", err)
 		s.respondError(w, "internal error", http.StatusInternalServerError)

internal/handlers/imageenc_internal_test.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // newEncTestServer builds a router serving the encrypted-URL route with a
@@ -54,11 +54,14 @@ func TestHandleImageEnc_OverLimitDimension_Returns400(t *testing.T) {
 
 	encGen, srv := newEncTestServer(t)
 
-	token, err := encGen.Generate(&encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost: "cdn.example.com",
-		SourcePath: "/photo.jpg",
-		Width:      100000,
-		Height:     100000,
+	token, err := encGen.Generate(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: "cdn.example.com",
+			Path: "/photo.jpg",
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size: imagerequest.Size{Width: 100000, Height: 100000},
+		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Generate() error = %v", err)
@@ -79,12 +82,15 @@ func TestHandleImageEnc_InvalidFitMode_Returns400(t *testing.T) {
 
 	encGen, srv := newEncTestServer(t)
 
-	token, err := encGen.Generate(&encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost: "cdn.example.com",
-		SourcePath: "/photo.jpg",
-		Width:      800,
-		Height:     600,
-		FitMode:    imgcache.FitMode("bogus"),
+	token, err := encGen.Generate(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: "cdn.example.com",
+			Path: "/photo.jpg",
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+			FitMode: imagerequest.Fit("bogus"),
+		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Generate() error = %v", err)

internal/handlers/imageenc_token_internal_test.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // requireServedPhoto requires that rec answers 200 with the JPEG at photoPath
@@ -59,11 +60,14 @@ func TestHandleImageEnc_RejectedToken(t *testing.T) {
 
 	h, srv := newSignedHostServer(t, slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler))
 
-	photo := encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost: signedHost,
-		SourcePath: photoPath,
-		Width:      50,
-		Height:     50,
+	photo := imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: signedHost,
+			Path: photoPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size: imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+		},
 	}
 
 	valid, err := h.encGen.Generate(&photo)
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ func TestHandleImageEnc_RejectedToken(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	expiredPhoto := photo
-	expiredPhoto.ExpiresAt = time.Now().Add(-time.Minute).Unix()
+	expiredPhoto.Expires = time.Now().Add(-time.Minute)
 
 	expired, err := h.encGen.Generate(&expiredPhoto)
 	if err != nil {

internal/handlers/jpegxl_default_internal_test.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/davidbyttow/govips/v2/vips"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/signature"
 )
 
@@ -58,15 +58,18 @@ func TestImageWithoutFormat_SignedAsJXL(t *testing.T) {
 	route := newImageRoute(t, newPhotoFetcher(t, signedHost))
 	expires := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
 
-	sig := signature.New(testSigningKey).Sign(&signature.Request{
-		SourceHost: signedHost,
-		SourcePath: photoPath,
-		Width:      50,
-		Height:     50,
-		Format:     string(imgcache.FormatJXL),
-		Quality:    encurl.DefaultQuality,
-		FitMode:    string(imgcache.FitCover),
-		Expires:    expires,
+	sig := signature.New(testSigningKey).Sign(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: signedHost,
+			Path: photoPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJXL,
+			Quality: encurl.DefaultQuality,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
+		Expires: expires,
 	})
 	query := fmt.Sprintf("?sig=%s&exp=%d", sig, expires.Unix())
 
@@ -83,11 +86,14 @@ func TestImageEncWithoutFormat_ServesJPEGXL(t *testing.T) {
 
 	h, srv := newSignedHostServer(t, slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler))
 
-	token, err := h.encGen.Generate(&encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost: signedHost,
-		SourcePath: photoPath,
-		Width:      50,
-		Height:     50,
+	token, err := h.encGen.Generate(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: signedHost,
+			Path: photoPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size: imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Generate() error = %v", err)

internal/handlers/jpegxl_internal_test.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/davidbyttow/govips/v2/vips"
 
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // jxlType is the content type of JPEG XL.
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ func TestFormatForAccept_JPEGXL(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name   string
 		accept string
-		want   imgcache.ImageFormat
+		want   imagerequest.Format
 	}{
 		{"JPEG XL-capable browser",
-			"image/jxl,image/avif,image/webp,image/*,*/*;q=0.8", imgcache.FormatJXL},
-		{"JPEG XL only", jxlType, imgcache.FormatJXL},
+			"image/jxl,image/avif,image/webp,image/*,*/*;q=0.8", imagerequest.FormatJXL},
+		{"JPEG XL only", jxlType, imagerequest.FormatJXL},
 		{"JPEG XL with a lower q than AVIF", "image/avif,image/jxl;q=0.5",
-			imgcache.FormatJXL},
-		{"q=0 on JPEG XL", "image/jxl;q=0,image/avif,*/*", imgcache.FormatAVIF},
+			imagerequest.FormatJXL},
+		{"q=0 on JPEG XL", "image/jxl;q=0,image/avif,*/*", imagerequest.FormatAVIF},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {

internal/handlers/request_id_internal_test.go

@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
 
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // signedPhotoURL returns a signed /v1/image/ URL, valid for a minute, for the
@@ -22,11 +21,15 @@ import (
 func signedPhotoURL(t *testing.T, h *Handlers) string {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	signedURL, err := h.imgSvc.GenerateSignedURL("", &imgcache.ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: signedHost,
-		SourcePath: photoPath,
-		Size:       imgcache.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     imgcache.FormatJPEG,
+	signedURL, err := h.imgSvc.GenerateSignedURL("", &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: signedHost,
+			Path: photoPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format: imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+		},
 	}, time.Minute)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GenerateSignedURL() error = %v", err)
@@ -40,12 +43,15 @@ func signedPhotoURL(t *testing.T, h *Handlers) string {
 func encPhotoURL(t *testing.T, h *Handlers) string {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	token, err := h.encGen.Generate(&encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost: signedHost,
-		SourcePath: photoPath,
-		Width:      50,
-		Height:     50,
-		Format:     imgcache.FormatJPEG,
+	token, err := h.encGen.Generate(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: signedHost,
+			Path: photoPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format: imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Generate() error = %v", err)

internal/handlers/server_busy_internal_test.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imageprocessor"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
 )
 
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ func TestServerBusyAnswers503(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	h := &Handlers{log: slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler)}
-	req := &imgcache.ImageRequest{SourceHost: "img.example.com", SourcePath: "/a.jpg"}
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{Host: "img.example.com", Path: "/a.jpg"},
+	}
 
 	for _, err := range []error{
 		fmt.Errorf("upstream fetch failed: %w", httpfetcher.ErrTooManyConnections),
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ func TestProcessingTimedOutAnswers503(t *testing.T) {
 		imgcache.ErrProcessingTimedOut, context.DeadlineExceeded)
 
 	plain := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	h.respondImageError(plain, &imgcache.ImageRequest{}, err)
+	h.respondImageError(plain, &imagerequest.Request{}, err)
 
 	encrypted := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	h.handleImageError(encrypted, err)

internal/handlers/unsupported_source_internal_test.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imageprocessor"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // TestUnsupportedSourceFormatAnswers415 checks that both image routes answer
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ func TestUnsupportedSourceFormatAnswers415(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	h := &Handlers{log: slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler)}
-	req := &imgcache.ImageRequest{SourceHost: "img.example.com", SourcePath: "/a.svg"}
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{Host: "img.example.com", Path: "/a.svg"},
+	}
 
 	for _, err := range []error{
 		fmt.Errorf("upstream fetch failed: %w: image/svg+xml",

internal/imageprocessor/avif_too_large_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package imageprocessor
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
+)
+
+// TestImageProcessor_RefusesAVIFAboveMaxPixels verifies that an AVIF output
+// of more than MaxAVIFOutputPixels is refused with ErrAVIFOutputTooLarge
+// before anything is decoded, whatever size and fit give it, the source's own
+// size included, and that an AVIF output of at most that many pixels, or one
+// in another format, is not. One input is a 64x32 PNG cut off in its pixel
+// data. The other is testdata/red.avif, a 4x4 AVIF, with the size in its
+// header changed to 4097x4096. libvips reads each input's size from its
+// header but fails when it decodes its pixel data, so a request that gets
+// that failure was not refused, and a refusal came before any decoding.
+func TestImageProcessor_RefusesAVIFAboveMaxPixels(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	whole := createTestPNG(t, 64, 32)
+	cutOff := whole[:len(whole)/2]
+
+	largeAVIF, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/red.avif")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to read test AVIF: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// The ispe box gives the width and then the height, 4 bytes each, after
+	// the box's type and its 4 bytes of version and flags
+	ispe := bytes.Index(largeAVIF, []byte("ispe"))
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(largeAVIF[ispe+8:], 4097)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(largeAVIF[ispe+12:], 4096)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		input         []byte
+		format        imagerequest.Format
+		width, height int
+		fit           imagerequest.Fit
+		refused       bool
+	}{
+		{"AVIF at the limit", cutOff, imagerequest.FormatAVIF,
+			4096, 4096, imagerequest.FitCover, false},
+		{"AVIF above the limit", cutOff, imagerequest.FormatAVIF,
+			4096, 4097, imagerequest.FitCover, true},
+		{"WebP above the AVIF limit", cutOff, imagerequest.FormatWebP,
+			4096, 4097, imagerequest.FitCover, false},
+		// FitInside does not enlarge, so the output stays 64x32
+		{"AVIF inside a larger size", cutOff, imagerequest.FormatAVIF,
+			8192, 8192, imagerequest.FitInside, false},
+		// FitOutside scales 64x32 by 128 to cover 8192x1: 8192x4096
+		{"AVIF outside a smaller size", cutOff, imagerequest.FormatAVIF,
+			8192, 1, imagerequest.FitOutside, true},
+		// With no size, the output keeps the source's 4097x4096
+		{"AVIF of the source's size", largeAVIF, imagerequest.FormatAVIF,
+			0, 0, imagerequest.FitCover, true},
+		{"orig of an AVIF source", largeAVIF, imagerequest.FormatOriginal,
+			0, 0, imagerequest.FitCover, true},
+		{"JPEG of the source's size", largeAVIF, imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			0, 0, imagerequest.FitCover, false},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			_, err := New(Params{}).Process(t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(tt.input),
+				&imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: tt.width, Height: tt.height},
+					Format:  tt.format,
+					FitMode: tt.fit,
+				})
+			t.Logf("Process() error = %v", err)
+
+			if tt.refused {
+				if !errors.Is(err, ErrAVIFOutputTooLarge) {
+					t.Errorf("Process() error = %v, want %v", err, ErrAVIFOutputTooLarge)
+				}
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			if err == nil || errors.Is(err, ErrAVIFOutputTooLarge) {
+				t.Errorf("Process() error = %v, want the failure to decode "+
+					"the input", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/imageprocessor/computed_side_internal_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // TestImageProcessor_RefusesComputedSideAboveMaximum verifies that a size
@@ -17,13 +19,17 @@ func TestImageProcessor_RefusesComputedSideAboveMaximum(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name                    string
 		inputWidth, inputHeight int
-		size                    Size
+		size                    imagerequest.Size
 		wantErr                 error
 	}{
-		{"width at the maximum", 4096, 1, Size{Height: 2}, nil},
-		{"width above the maximum", 4096, 1, Size{Height: 3}, ErrOutputTooLarge},
-		{"height at the maximum", 1, 4096, Size{Width: 2}, nil},
-		{"height above the maximum", 1, 4096, Size{Width: 3}, ErrOutputTooLarge},
+		{"width at the maximum", 4096, 1,
+			imagerequest.Size{Height: 2}, nil},
+		{"width above the maximum", 4096, 1,
+			imagerequest.Size{Height: 3}, ErrOutputTooLarge},
+		{"height at the maximum", 1, 4096,
+			imagerequest.Size{Width: 2}, nil},
+		{"height above the maximum", 1, 4096,
+			imagerequest.Size{Width: 3}, ErrOutputTooLarge},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -34,7 +40,11 @@ func TestImageProcessor_RefusesComputedSideAboveMaximum(t *testing.T) {
 
 			result, err := New(Params{}).Process(t.Context(),
 				bytes.NewReader(input),
-				&Request{Size: tt.size, Format: FormatJPEG, FitMode: FitCover})
+				&imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    tt.size,
+					Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+					FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+				})
 			if result != nil {
 				t.Logf("Process() made %dx%d", result.Width, result.Height)
 
@@ -64,18 +74,21 @@ func TestImageProcessor_ComputedSideIsAtLeastOne(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name                    string
 		inputWidth, inputHeight int
-		size                    Size
+		size                    imagerequest.Size
 		wantWidth, wantHeight   int
 	}{
-		{"8192x1 at 100x0", 8192, 1, Size{Width: 100}, 100, 1},
-		{"8192x1 at 1300x0", 8192, 1, Size{Width: 1300}, 1300, 1},
-		{"8192x2 at 100x0", 8192, 2, Size{Width: 100}, 100, 1},
-		{"1x8192 at 0x100", 1, 8192, Size{Height: 100}, 1, 100},
-		{"1x8192 at 0x1300", 1, 8192, Size{Height: 1300}, 1, 1300},
-		{"2x8192 at 0x100", 2, 8192, Size{Height: 100}, 1, 100},
+		{"8192x1 at 100x0", 8192, 1, imagerequest.Size{Width: 100}, 100, 1},
+		{"8192x1 at 1300x0", 8192, 1, imagerequest.Size{Width: 1300}, 1300, 1},
+		{"8192x2 at 100x0", 8192, 2, imagerequest.Size{Width: 100}, 100, 1},
+		{"1x8192 at 0x100", 1, 8192, imagerequest.Size{Height: 100}, 1, 100},
+		{"1x8192 at 0x1300", 1, 8192, imagerequest.Size{Height: 1300}, 1, 1300},
+		{"2x8192 at 0x100", 2, 8192, imagerequest.Size{Height: 100}, 1, 100},
 	}
 
-	fits := []FitMode{FitCover, FitContain, FitFill, FitInside, FitOutside}
+	fits := []imagerequest.Fit{
+		imagerequest.FitCover, imagerequest.FitContain, imagerequest.FitFill,
+		imagerequest.FitInside, imagerequest.FitOutside,
+	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		for _, fit := range fits {
@@ -93,7 +106,11 @@ func TestImageProcessor_ComputedSideIsAtLeastOne(t *testing.T) {
 
 				result, err := New(Params{}).Process(t.Context(),
 					bytes.NewReader(input),
-					&Request{Size: tt.size, Format: FormatJPEG, FitMode: fit})
+					&imagerequest.Transform{
+						Size:    tt.size,
+						Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+						FitMode: fit,
+					})
 				if err != nil {
 					t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
 				}
@@ -103,14 +120,14 @@ func TestImageProcessor_ComputedSideIsAtLeastOne(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Logf("Process() made %dx%d", result.Width, result.Height)
 
 				ok := result.Width == tt.wantWidth && result.Height == tt.wantHeight
-				if fit == FitOutside {
+				if fit == imagerequest.FitOutside {
 					ok = result.Width >= tt.wantWidth && result.Height >= tt.wantHeight
 				}
 
 				if !ok {
 					t.Errorf("Process() made %dx%d, want %dx%d (at least, for %s)",
 						result.Width, result.Height, tt.wantWidth, tt.wantHeight,
-						FitOutside)
+						imagerequest.FitOutside)
 				}
 			})
 		}

internal/imageprocessor/deadline_internal_test.go

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func checkProcessStopsAtDeadline(
 
 	proc := New(Params{MaxConcurrentProcessing: 1})
 
-	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, input, smallJPEGRequest())
+	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, input, smallJPEGTransform())
 	if result != nil {
 		t.Logf("Process() made a %dx%d image after its deadline passed",
 			result.Width, result.Height)

internal/imageprocessor/empty_format_internal_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // TestImageProcessor_EmptyFormatRefused verifies that a request with no format
@@ -13,7 +15,8 @@ func TestImageProcessor_EmptyFormatRefused(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	_, err := New(Params{}).Process(
-		t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(createTestJPEG(t, 20, 20)), &Request{},
+		t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(createTestJPEG(t, 20, 20)),
+		&imagerequest.Transform{},
 	)
 	if !errors.Is(err, ErrUnsupportedOutputFormat) {
 		t.Errorf("Process() error = %v, want %v", err, ErrUnsupportedOutputFormat)

internal/imageprocessor/encoder_settings_internal_test.go

@@ -8,14 +8,17 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/davidbyttow/govips/v2/vips"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // processedSize runs input through Process and returns the output's size in
 // bytes.
-func processedSize(t *testing.T, input []byte, req *Request) int64 {
+func processedSize(
+	t *testing.T, input []byte, transform *imagerequest.Transform,
+) int64 {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	result, err := New(Params{}).Process(t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(input), req)
+	result, err := New(Params{}).Process(t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(input), transform)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -68,7 +71,8 @@ func TestImageProcessor_PNGIsCompressed(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	size := processedSize(t, encodePNG(t, flat), &Request{Format: FormatPNG})
+	size := processedSize(t, encodePNG(t, flat),
+		&imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatPNG})
 
 	const rawBytes = width * height * 3
 	if size > rawBytes/10 {
@@ -77,27 +81,28 @@ func TestImageProcessor_PNGIsCompressed(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestImageProcessor_WebPAtDefaultEffort verifies that WebP is saved at
-// libvips' default effort, 4: the output is the size of the same image saved
-// at that effort.
-func TestImageProcessor_WebPAtDefaultEffort(t *testing.T) {
+// TestImageProcessor_WebPAtEffort2 verifies that WebP is saved at effort 2,
+// not libvips' default of 4: the output is the size of the same image saved
+// at effort 2.
+func TestImageProcessor_WebPAtEffort2(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	input := createTestJPEG(t, 200, 150)
 
-	size := processedSize(t, input, &Request{Format: FormatWebP, Quality: 85})
+	size := processedSize(t, input,
+		&imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatWebP, Quality: 85})
 
 	want, _, err := decode(t, input).ExportWebp(&vips.WebpExportParams{
 		StripMetadata:   true,
 		Quality:         85,
-		ReductionEffort: 4,
+		ReductionEffort: 2,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("ExportWebp() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if size != int64(len(want)) {
-		t.Errorf("WebP output is %d bytes, want %d, the size at effort 4",
+		t.Errorf("WebP output is %d bytes, want %d, the size at effort 2",
 			size, len(want))
 	}
 }
@@ -126,7 +131,8 @@ func TestImageProcessor_AVIFAtEffort1(t *testing.T) {
 
 	input := encodePNG(t, source)
 
-	size := processedSize(t, input, &Request{Format: FormatAVIF, Quality: 85})
+	size := processedSize(t, input,
+		&imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatAVIF, Quality: 85})
 
 	want, _, err := decode(t, input).ExportAvif(&vips.AvifExportParams{
 		StripMetadata: true,
@@ -143,3 +149,30 @@ func TestImageProcessor_AVIFAtEffort1(t *testing.T) {
 			"and 8 bits", size, len(want))
 	}
 }
+
+// TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLAtEffort4 verifies that JPEG XL is saved at
+// effort 4, not libvips' default of 7: the output is the size of the same
+// image saved at effort 4, with the distance exportJXL gives quality 85.
+func TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLAtEffort4(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	input := createTestJPEG(t, 200, 150)
+
+	size := processedSize(t, input,
+		&imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatJXL, Quality: 85})
+
+	params := vips.NewJxlExportParams()
+	params.Quality = 85
+	params.Distance = jxlDistance(85)
+	params.Effort = 4
+
+	want, _, err := decode(t, input).ExportJxl(params)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ExportJxl() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if size != int64(len(want)) {
+		t.Errorf("JPEG XL output is %d bytes, want %d, the size at effort 4",
+			size, len(want))
+	}
+}

internal/imageprocessor/fit_cover_internal_test.go

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"image/png"
 	"math"
 	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // TestImageProcessor_FitCoverServesThinSource verifies that FitCover serves
@@ -20,12 +22,12 @@ func TestImageProcessor_FitCoverServesThinSource(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name                    string
 		inputWidth, inputHeight int
-		size                    Size
+		size                    imagerequest.Size
 	}{
-		{"8192x1 at 8192x8192", 8192, 1, Size{Width: 8192, Height: 8192}},
-		{"8192x1 at 1x8192", 8192, 1, Size{Width: 1, Height: 8192}},
-		{"1x8192 at 8192x8192", 1, 8192, Size{Width: 8192, Height: 8192}},
-		{"1x8192 at 8192x1", 1, 8192, Size{Width: 8192, Height: 1}},
+		{"8192x1 at 8192x8192", 8192, 1, imagerequest.Size{Width: 8192, Height: 8192}},
+		{"8192x1 at 1x8192", 8192, 1, imagerequest.Size{Width: 1, Height: 8192}},
+		{"1x8192 at 8192x8192", 1, 8192, imagerequest.Size{Width: 8192, Height: 8192}},
+		{"1x8192 at 8192x1", 1, 8192, imagerequest.Size{Width: 8192, Height: 1}},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -36,7 +38,11 @@ func TestImageProcessor_FitCoverServesThinSource(t *testing.T) {
 
 			result, err := New(Params{}).Process(t.Context(),
 				bytes.NewReader(input),
-				&Request{Size: tt.size, Format: FormatJPEG, FitMode: FitCover})
+				&imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    tt.size,
+					Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+					FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+				})
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
 			}
@@ -102,10 +108,10 @@ func TestImageProcessor_FitCoverCropsTheCentre(t *testing.T) {
 
 			result, err := New(Params{}).Process(t.Context(),
 				bytes.NewReader(input),
-				&Request{
-					Size:    Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-					Format:  FormatPNG,
-					FitMode: FitCover,
+				&imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+					Format:  imagerequest.FormatPNG,
+					FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
 				})
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
@@ -208,14 +214,14 @@ func TestImageProcessor_FitCoverKeepsProportions(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name             string
 		side, squareSide int
-		size             Size
+		size             imagerequest.Size
 	}{
-		{"16x16 at 100x60", 16, 8, Size{Width: 100, Height: 60}},
-		{"16x16 at 60x100", 16, 8, Size{Width: 60, Height: 100}},
-		{"10x10 at 100x35", 10, 2, Size{Width: 100, Height: 35}},
-		{"10x10 at 35x100", 10, 2, Size{Width: 35, Height: 100}},
-		{"64x64 at 300x100", 64, 16, Size{Width: 300, Height: 100}},
-		{"64x64 at 100x300", 64, 16, Size{Width: 100, Height: 300}},
+		{"16x16 at 100x60", 16, 8, imagerequest.Size{Width: 100, Height: 60}},
+		{"16x16 at 60x100", 16, 8, imagerequest.Size{Width: 60, Height: 100}},
+		{"10x10 at 100x35", 10, 2, imagerequest.Size{Width: 100, Height: 35}},
+		{"10x10 at 35x100", 10, 2, imagerequest.Size{Width: 35, Height: 100}},
+		{"64x64 at 300x100", 64, 16, imagerequest.Size{Width: 300, Height: 100}},
+		{"64x64 at 100x300", 64, 16, imagerequest.Size{Width: 100, Height: 300}},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -226,7 +232,11 @@ func TestImageProcessor_FitCoverKeepsProportions(t *testing.T) {
 
 			result, err := New(Params{}).Process(t.Context(),
 				bytes.NewReader(input),
-				&Request{Size: tt.size, Format: FormatPNG, FitMode: FitCover})
+				&imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    tt.size,
+					Format:  imagerequest.FormatPNG,
+					FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+				})
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
 			}

internal/imageprocessor/fit_outside_internal_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // TestImageProcessor_RefusesFitOutsideAboveMaximum verifies that FitOutside,
@@ -17,15 +19,20 @@ func TestImageProcessor_RefusesFitOutsideAboveMaximum(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name                    string
 		inputWidth, inputHeight int
-		size                    Size
+		size                    imagerequest.Size
 		// wantWidth and wantHeight are the output's, 0 for a refusal
 		wantWidth, wantHeight int
 	}{
-		{"width above the maximum", 3000, 600, Size{Width: 1, Height: 8192}, 0, 0},
-		{"height above the maximum", 600, 3000, Size{Width: 8192, Height: 1}, 0, 0},
-		{"width at the maximum", 1024, 256, Size{Width: 1, Height: 2048}, 8192, 2048},
-		{"height at the maximum", 256, 1024, Size{Width: 2048, Height: 1}, 2048, 8192},
-		{"within the maximum", 3000, 600, Size{Width: 1, Height: 1200}, 6000, 1200},
+		{"width above the maximum", 3000, 600,
+			imagerequest.Size{Width: 1, Height: 8192}, 0, 0},
+		{"height above the maximum", 600, 3000,
+			imagerequest.Size{Width: 8192, Height: 1}, 0, 0},
+		{"width at the maximum", 1024, 256,
+			imagerequest.Size{Width: 1, Height: 2048}, 8192, 2048},
+		{"height at the maximum", 256, 1024,
+			imagerequest.Size{Width: 2048, Height: 1}, 2048, 8192},
+		{"within the maximum", 3000, 600,
+			imagerequest.Size{Width: 1, Height: 1200}, 6000, 1200},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -36,7 +43,11 @@ func TestImageProcessor_RefusesFitOutsideAboveMaximum(t *testing.T) {
 
 			result, err := New(Params{}).Process(t.Context(),
 				bytes.NewReader(input),
-				&Request{Size: tt.size, Format: FormatJPEG, FitMode: FitOutside})
+				&imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    tt.size,
+					Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+					FitMode: imagerequest.FitOutside,
+				})
 			if result != nil {
 				t.Logf("Process() made %dx%d", result.Width, result.Height)
 			}
@@ -71,11 +82,11 @@ func TestImageProcessor_FitOutsideSideIsAtLeastOne(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name                    string
 		inputWidth, inputHeight int
-		size                    Size
+		size                    imagerequest.Size
 		wantWidth, wantHeight   int
 	}{
-		{"49x8192 at 0x100", 49, 8192, Size{Height: 100}, 1, 167},
-		{"49x49 at 1x1", 49, 49, Size{Width: 1, Height: 1}, 1, 1},
+		{"49x8192 at 0x100", 49, 8192, imagerequest.Size{Height: 100}, 1, 167},
+		{"49x49 at 1x1", 49, 49, imagerequest.Size{Width: 1, Height: 1}, 1, 1},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -86,7 +97,11 @@ func TestImageProcessor_FitOutsideSideIsAtLeastOne(t *testing.T) {
 
 			result, err := New(Params{}).Process(t.Context(),
 				bytes.NewReader(input),
-				&Request{Size: tt.size, Format: FormatJPEG, FitMode: FitOutside})
+				&imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    tt.size,
+					Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+					FitMode: imagerequest.FitOutside,
+				})
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
 			}

internal/imageprocessor/imageprocessor.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/davidbyttow/govips/v2/vips"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/config"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // vipsOnce ensures vips is initialized exactly once.
@@ -54,49 +55,6 @@ func CheckJPEGXLSupport() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Format represents supported output image formats.
-type Format string
-
-// Supported image output formats.
-const (
-	FormatOriginal Format = "orig"
-	FormatJPEG     Format = "jpeg"
-	FormatPNG      Format = "png"
-	FormatWebP     Format = "webp"
-	FormatAVIF     Format = "avif"
-	FormatJXL      Format = "jxl"
-	FormatGIF      Format = "gif"
-)
-
-// FitMode represents how to fit an image into requested dimensions.
-type FitMode string
-
-// Supported image fit modes.
-const (
-	FitCover   FitMode = "cover"
-	FitContain FitMode = "contain"
-	FitFill    FitMode = "fill"
-	FitInside  FitMode = "inside"
-	FitOutside FitMode = "outside"
-)
-
-// ErrInvalidFitMode is returned when an invalid fit mode is provided.
-var ErrInvalidFitMode = errors.New("invalid fit mode")
-
-// Size represents requested image dimensions.
-type Size struct {
-	Width  int
-	Height int
-}
-
-// Request holds the parameters for image processing.
-type Request struct {
-	Size    Size
-	Format  Format
-	Quality int
-	FitMode FitMode
-}
-
 // Result contains the output of image processing.
 type Result struct {
 	// Content is the processed image data.
@@ -133,8 +91,8 @@ var ErrInputTooLarge = errors.New("input image dimensions exceed maximum")
 var ErrInputDataTooLarge = errors.New("input data exceeds maximum allowed size")
 
 // MaxOutputDimension is the maximum width or height of an output image, and
-// so of a requested size (imgcache.MaxDimension).
-const MaxOutputDimension = 8192
+// so of a requested size (imagerequest.MaxDimension).
+const MaxOutputDimension = imagerequest.MaxDimension
 
 // ErrOutputTooLarge is returned, before resizing, when the output would have a
 // side above MaxOutputDimension: the side of a size with one side 0, computed
@@ -142,6 +100,19 @@ const MaxOutputDimension = 8192
 // requested size.
 var ErrOutputTooLarge = errors.New("output image dimensions exceed maximum")
 
+// MaxAVIFOutputPixels is the most pixels an AVIF output may have, so that an
+// encode takes at most 40 seconds of the default downstream_timeout of 60
+// seconds; AVIF is already at the lowest effort govips can set (avifEffort).
+// With one thread, as pixad runs libvips, saving 4096x4096, 8192x2048 or
+// 2048x8192 random pixels with an alpha channel takes up to about 34
+// seconds, the slowest at any quality and at 8 or 16 bits per sample, and
+// 5120x4096 at 8 bits already takes about 36.
+const MaxAVIFOutputPixels = 4096 * 4096
+
+// ErrAVIFOutputTooLarge is returned, before anything is decoded, when an AVIF
+// output would have more than MaxAVIFOutputPixels pixels.
+var ErrAVIFOutputTooLarge = errors.New("AVIF output has too many pixels")
+
 // ErrUnsupportedOutputFormat is returned when the requested output format is
 // not supported.
 var ErrUnsupportedOutputFormat = errors.New("unsupported output format")
@@ -204,17 +175,18 @@ func New(params Params) *ImageProcessor {
 	}
 }
 
-// Process transforms an image according to the request. When
+// Process transforms an image according to transform. When
 // MaxConcurrentProcessing images are already being processed, it waits up
 // to ProcessingWaitTimeout for one to finish, then fails with
 // ErrTooManyImages. When ctx has ended once Process has a slot, or before it
 // encodes, it returns ctx's error and gives the slot back. govips gives pixa
 // no way to stop libvips once an encode has begun, so an encode keeps its
-// slot until it finishes.
+// slot until it finishes. An AVIF output of more than MaxAVIFOutputPixels is
+// refused with ErrAVIFOutputTooLarge before anything is decoded.
 func (p *ImageProcessor) Process(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	input io.Reader,
-	req *Request,
+	transform *imagerequest.Transform,
 ) (*Result, error) {
 	release, err := p.acquireSlot(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -223,18 +195,9 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) Process(
 
 	defer release()
 
-	// Read input with a size limit to prevent unbounded memory consumption.
-	// We read at most maxInputBytes+1 so we can detect if the input exceeds
-	// the limit without consuming additional memory.
-	limited := io.LimitReader(input, p.maxInputBytes+1)
-
-	data, err := io.ReadAll(limited)
+	data, err := p.readInput(input)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read input: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if int64(len(data)) > p.maxInputBytes {
-		return nil, ErrInputDataTooLarge
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	// govips picks the libvips loader from the input's first bytes with
@@ -272,27 +235,36 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) Process(
 	}
 
 	// Determine target dimensions; too large ones are refused before resizing
-	targetWidth, targetHeight, err := targetDimensions(req.Size, origWidth, origHeight)
+	targetWidth, targetHeight, err := targetDimensions(transform.Size,
+		origWidth, origHeight)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// orig is the source's own format; encode refuses an empty format
+	outputFormat := transform.Format
+	if outputFormat == imagerequest.FormatOriginal {
+		outputFormat = sourceFormat
+	}
+
+	// Determine output dimensions; too large ones are refused before
+	// resizing, which with FitCover already decodes the input
+	outputWidth, outputHeight, err := outputDimensions(origWidth, origHeight,
+		targetWidth, targetHeight, transform.FitMode, outputFormat)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	// Resize if needed
 	if targetWidth != origWidth || targetHeight != origHeight {
-		err := p.resize(img, targetWidth, targetHeight, req.FitMode)
+		err := p.resize(img, outputWidth, outputHeight, transform.FitMode)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to resize: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	// orig is the source's own format; encode refuses an empty format
-	outputFormat := req.Format
-	if outputFormat == FormatOriginal {
-		outputFormat = sourceFormat
-	}
-
 	// Encode to target format
-	output, err := p.encode(ctx, img, outputFormat, req.Quality)
+	output, err := p.encode(ctx, img, outputFormat, transform.Quality)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to encode: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -315,7 +287,9 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) Process(
 // rounded down but kept at 1 or more, as for a thin image it would round
 // down to 0, a side of no pixels. It can come out above MaxOutputDimension,
 // which is ErrOutputTooLarge.
-func targetDimensions(size Size, origWidth, origHeight int) (int, int, error) {
+func targetDimensions(
+	size imagerequest.Size, origWidth, origHeight int,
+) (int, int, error) {
 	width, height := size.Width, size.Height
 
 	switch {
@@ -361,33 +335,33 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) SupportedInputFormats() []string {
 }
 
 // SupportedOutputFormats returns formats this processor can write.
-func (p *ImageProcessor) SupportedOutputFormats() []Format {
-	return []Format{
-		FormatJPEG,
-		FormatPNG,
-		FormatGIF,
-		FormatWebP,
-		FormatAVIF,
-		FormatJXL,
+func (p *ImageProcessor) SupportedOutputFormats() []imagerequest.Format {
+	return []imagerequest.Format{
+		imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+		imagerequest.FormatPNG,
+		imagerequest.FormatGIF,
+		imagerequest.FormatWebP,
+		imagerequest.FormatAVIF,
+		imagerequest.FormatJXL,
 	}
 }
 
 // FormatToMIME converts a Format to its MIME type string.
-func FormatToMIME(format Format) string {
+func FormatToMIME(format imagerequest.Format) string {
 	switch format {
-	case FormatJPEG:
+	case imagerequest.FormatJPEG:
 		return mimeJPEG
-	case FormatPNG:
+	case imagerequest.FormatPNG:
 		return mimePNG
-	case FormatWebP:
+	case imagerequest.FormatWebP:
 		return mimeWebP
-	case FormatGIF:
+	case imagerequest.FormatGIF:
 		return mimeGIF
-	case FormatAVIF:
+	case imagerequest.FormatAVIF:
 		return mimeAVIF
-	case FormatJXL:
+	case imagerequest.FormatJXL:
 		return mimeJXL
-	case FormatOriginal:
+	case imagerequest.FormatOriginal, imagerequest.FormatAuto:
 		return "application/octet-stream"
 	default:
 		return "application/octet-stream"
@@ -445,6 +419,23 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) acquireSlot(ctx context.Context) (func(), error) {
 	return release, nil
 }
 
+// readInput reads input with a size limit to prevent unbounded memory
+// consumption, refusing more than maxInputBytes with ErrInputDataTooLarge. It
+// reads at most maxInputBytes+1 so it can detect if the input exceeds the
+// limit without consuming additional memory.
+func (p *ImageProcessor) readInput(input io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(input, p.maxInputBytes+1))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read input: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if int64(len(data)) > p.maxInputBytes {
+		return nil, ErrInputDataTooLarge
+	}
+
+	return data, nil
+}
+
 // detectFormat returns the format string for a govips image type.
 func (p *ImageProcessor) detectFormat(imageType vips.ImageType) string {
 	switch imageType {
@@ -457,9 +448,9 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) detectFormat(imageType vips.ImageType) string {
 	case vips.ImageTypeWEBP:
 		return "webp"
 	case vips.ImageTypeAVIF, vips.ImageTypeHEIF:
-		return string(FormatAVIF)
+		return string(imagerequest.FormatAVIF)
 	case vips.ImageTypeJXL:
-		return string(FormatJXL)
+		return string(imagerequest.FormatJXL)
 	case vips.ImageTypeUnknown, vips.ImageTypeMagick, vips.ImageTypePDF,
 		vips.ImageTypeSVG, vips.ImageTypeTIFF, vips.ImageTypeBMP,
 		vips.ImageTypeJP2K:
@@ -469,72 +460,94 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) detectFormat(imageType vips.ImageType) string {
 	}
 }
 
-// resize resizes the image according to the fit mode. With FitOutside one
-// side can come out larger than requested; when it would be above
-// MaxOutputDimension, resize returns ErrOutputTooLarge without resizing.
-func (p *ImageProcessor) resize(
-	img *vips.ImageRef, width, height int, fit FitMode,
-) error {
-	switch fit {
-	case FitCover, "":
-		// Crop the centre and resize to fill exact dimensions (default)
-		return cropCentreAndResize(img, width, height)
+// outputDimensions returns the dimensions resize gives an image of imgWidth x
+// imgHeight for the target dimensions and fit mode, without resizing it, and
+// refuses an output too large for format. With FitOutside one side can come
+// out larger than the target; when it would be above MaxOutputDimension,
+// outputDimensions returns ErrOutputTooLarge. An AVIF output of more than
+// MaxAVIFOutputPixels is ErrAVIFOutputTooLarge.
+func outputDimensions(
+	imgWidth, imgHeight, width, height int,
+	fit imagerequest.Fit, format imagerequest.Format,
+) (int, int, error) {
+	scaleW := float64(width) / float64(imgWidth)
+	scaleH := float64(height) / float64(imgHeight)
+	outputWidth, outputHeight := width, height
 
-	case FitContain:
-		// Resize to fit within dimensions, maintaining aspect ratio. Scaled
+	switch fit {
+	case imagerequest.FitCover, imagerequest.FitFill, "":
+		// Cover crops, and fill stretches, to exactly the target dimensions
+
+	case imagerequest.FitContain:
+		// Fit within the target dimensions, maintaining aspect ratio. Scaled
 		// by the smaller scale, the short side of a thin image can round
 		// down to 0, which libvips refuses as a width, so each side is at
 		// least 1.
-		imgW, imgH := img.Width(), img.Height()
-		scaleW := float64(width) / float64(imgW)
-		scaleH := float64(height) / float64(imgH)
 		scale := min(scaleW, scaleH)
-		newW := max(1, int(float64(imgW)*scale))
-		newH := max(1, int(float64(imgH)*scale))
+		outputWidth = max(1, int(float64(imgWidth)*scale))
+		outputHeight = max(1, int(float64(imgHeight)*scale))
 
-		return img.Thumbnail(newW, newH, vips.InterestingNone)
+	case imagerequest.FitInside:
+		// Same as contain, but only shrink
+		scale := min(scaleW, scaleH, 1)
+		outputWidth = max(1, int(float64(imgWidth)*scale))
+		outputHeight = max(1, int(float64(imgHeight)*scale))
 
-	case FitFill:
+	case imagerequest.FitOutside:
+		// The smallest dimension fits, the other may exceed the target. A
+		// side scaled to 1 can come out just under 1 in floating point, as
+		// 49 times 1/49 does, and round down to 0, which libvips refuses as
+		// a width, so each side is at least 1.
+		scale := max(scaleW, scaleH)
+		outputWidth = max(1, int(float64(imgWidth)*scale))
+		outputHeight = max(1, int(float64(imgHeight)*scale))
+
+	default:
+		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", imagerequest.ErrInvalidFitMode, fit)
+	}
+
+	// The side FitOutside scales past the target is held to the maximum too
+	if max(outputWidth, outputHeight) > MaxOutputDimension {
+		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: %dx%d is above %d", ErrOutputTooLarge,
+			outputWidth, outputHeight, MaxOutputDimension)
+	}
+
+	if format == imagerequest.FormatAVIF &&
+		outputWidth*outputHeight > MaxAVIFOutputPixels {
+		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: %dx%d is above %d pixels",
+			ErrAVIFOutputTooLarge, outputWidth, outputHeight, MaxAVIFOutputPixels)
+	}
+
+	return outputWidth, outputHeight, nil
+}
+
+// resize resizes the image to width x height, the dimensions
+// outputDimensions gives for the fit mode.
+func (p *ImageProcessor) resize(
+	img *vips.ImageRef, width, height int, fit imagerequest.Fit,
+) error {
+	switch fit {
+	case imagerequest.FitCover, "":
+		// Crop the centre and resize to fill exact dimensions (default)
+		return cropCentreAndResize(img, width, height)
+
+	case imagerequest.FitFill:
 		// Resize to exact dimensions (may distort)
 		return img.ThumbnailWithSize(width, height, vips.InterestingNone, vips.SizeForce)
 
-	case FitInside:
-		// Same as contain, but only shrink
-		if img.Width() <= width && img.Height() <= height {
-			return nil // Already fits
+	case imagerequest.FitInside:
+		// outputDimensions keeps the dimensions of an image that already fits
+		if img.Width() == width && img.Height() == height {
+			return nil
 		}
 
-		imgW, imgH := img.Width(), img.Height()
-		scaleW := float64(width) / float64(imgW)
-		scaleH := float64(height) / float64(imgH)
-		scale := min(scaleW, scaleH)
-		newW := max(1, int(float64(imgW)*scale))
-		newH := max(1, int(float64(imgH)*scale))
+		return img.Thumbnail(width, height, vips.InterestingNone)
 
-		return img.Thumbnail(newW, newH, vips.InterestingNone)
-
-	case FitOutside:
-		// Resize so smallest dimension fits, may exceed target on other
-		// dimension. A side scaled to 1 can come out just under 1 in
-		// floating point, as 49 times 1/49 does, and round down to 0, which
-		// libvips refuses as a width, so each side is at least 1.
-		imgW, imgH := img.Width(), img.Height()
-		scaleW := float64(width) / float64(imgW)
-		scaleH := float64(height) / float64(imgH)
-		scale := max(scaleW, scaleH)
-		newW := max(1, int(float64(imgW)*scale))
-		newH := max(1, int(float64(imgH)*scale))
-
-		// The dimension that exceeds the target is held to the maximum too
-		if newW > MaxOutputDimension || newH > MaxOutputDimension {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%w: %dx%d is above %d", ErrOutputTooLarge,
-				newW, newH, MaxOutputDimension)
-		}
-
-		return img.Thumbnail(newW, newH, vips.InterestingNone)
+	case imagerequest.FitContain, imagerequest.FitOutside:
+		return img.Thumbnail(width, height, vips.InterestingNone)
 
 	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrInvalidFitMode, fit)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", imagerequest.ErrInvalidFitMode, fit)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -576,7 +589,8 @@ const defaultQuality = 85
 // to stop libvips once an encode has begun, so when ctx has ended encode
 // returns ctx's error without beginning one.
 func (p *ImageProcessor) encode(
-	ctx context.Context, img *vips.ImageRef, format Format, quality int,
+	ctx context.Context, img *vips.ImageRef, format imagerequest.Format,
+	quality int,
 ) ([]byte, error) {
 	err := ctx.Err()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -599,25 +613,25 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) encode(
 	}
 
 	switch format {
-	case FormatJPEG:
+	case imagerequest.FormatJPEG:
 		return exportJPEG(img, quality)
 
-	case FormatPNG:
+	case imagerequest.FormatPNG:
 		return exportPNG(img)
 
-	case FormatGIF:
+	case imagerequest.FormatGIF:
 		return exportGIF(img)
 
-	case FormatWebP:
+	case imagerequest.FormatWebP:
 		return exportWebP(img, quality)
 
-	case FormatAVIF:
+	case imagerequest.FormatAVIF:
 		return exportAVIF(img, quality)
 
-	case FormatJXL:
+	case imagerequest.FormatJXL:
 		return exportJXL(img, quality)
 
-	case FormatOriginal:
+	case imagerequest.FormatOriginal, imagerequest.FormatAuto:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrUnsupportedOutputFormat, format)
 
 	default:
@@ -667,11 +681,16 @@ func exportGIF(img *vips.ImageRef) ([]byte, error) {
 	return output, err
 }
 
-// webpEffort is libvips' default WebP effort, from 0 (fastest) to 6.
-const webpEffort = 4
+// webpEffort is the WebP effort, from 0 (fastest) to 6. It is below libvips'
+// default of 4 so that an encode takes at most 40 seconds of the default
+// downstream_timeout of 60 seconds. With one thread, as pixad runs libvips,
+// saving an 8192x8192 image of random pixels with an alpha channel takes up
+// to about 23 seconds at 2, and up to about 16 without one, at any quality;
+// with an alpha channel, 3 takes about 50 seconds and 4 about 61.
+const webpEffort = 2
 
-// exportWebP encodes img as lossy WebP at quality and libvips' default
-// effort, without metadata.
+// exportWebP encodes img as lossy WebP at quality and webpEffort, without
+// metadata.
 func exportWebP(img *vips.ImageRef, quality int) ([]byte, error) {
 	output, _, err := img.ExportWebp(&vips.WebpExportParams{
 		StripMetadata:   true,
@@ -683,12 +702,13 @@ func exportWebP(img *vips.ImageRef, quality int) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 // avifEffort is the AVIF effort, from 0 (fastest) to 9; 1 is the lowest
-// govips can set. With one thread, as pixad runs libvips, 1 takes about 51
-// seconds to save an 8192x8192 RGB image of random pixels, and about 110
-// with an alpha channel, the worst case, against the default
-// downstream_timeout of 60 seconds. On an image of milder noise, which 1
-// saves in about 12 seconds, 2 takes nearly a minute and libvips' default,
-// 4, takes minutes.
+// govips can set. With one thread, as pixad runs libvips, 1 takes about 52
+// seconds to save an 8192x8192 RGB image of random pixels at quality 85,
+// and about 96 with an alpha channel, against the default
+// downstream_timeout of 60 seconds, so an AVIF output is held to
+// MaxAVIFOutputPixels. On an image of milder noise, which 1 saves in about
+// 12 seconds, 2 takes nearly a minute and libvips' default, 4, takes
+// minutes.
 const avifEffort = 1
 
 // avifBitdepth is the AVIF bit depth, 8 bits per sample for every image.
@@ -715,10 +735,18 @@ func exportAVIF(img *vips.ImageRef, quality int) ([]byte, error) {
 // JPEG that names none.
 const jxlResolution = 72 / 25.4
 
-// exportJXL encodes img as JPEG XL at quality, with libvips' default effort
-// and without metadata. govips sends libvips a distance, the JPEG XL
-// encoder's own measure of quality, along with the quality, and libvips then
-// uses the distance alone, so the quality is also given as a distance.
+// jxlEffort is the JPEG XL effort, from 1 (fastest) to 9. It is below
+// libvips' default of 7 so that an encode takes at most 40 seconds of the
+// default downstream_timeout of 60 seconds. With one thread, as pixad runs
+// libvips, saving an 8192x8192 image of random pixels with an alpha channel
+// takes up to about 27 seconds at 4, and up to about 13 without one, at any
+// quality; with an alpha channel, 5 takes about 43 seconds and 7 about 81.
+const jxlEffort = 4
+
+// exportJXL encodes img as JPEG XL at quality and jxlEffort, without
+// metadata. govips sends libvips a distance, the JPEG XL encoder's own
+// measure of quality, along with the quality, and libvips then uses the
+// distance alone, so the quality is also given as a distance.
 func exportJXL(img *vips.ImageRef, quality int) ([]byte, error) {
 	// libvips converts a CMYK image to sRGB before it saves WebP, AVIF or
 	// PNG, but cannot save one as JPEG XL. encode has already converted
@@ -757,6 +785,7 @@ func exportJXL(img *vips.ImageRef, quality int) ([]byte, error) {
 	params := vips.NewJxlExportParams()
 	params.Quality = quality
 	params.Distance = jxlDistance(quality)
+	params.Effort = jxlEffort
 
 	output, _, err := toSave.ExportJxl(params)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -784,20 +813,22 @@ func jxlDistance(quality int) float64 {
 
 // formatFromString converts a format string from detectFormat to Format. A
 // format detectFormat could not name is ErrUnsupportedInputFormat.
-func (p *ImageProcessor) formatFromString(format string) (Format, error) {
+func (p *ImageProcessor) formatFromString(
+	format string,
+) (imagerequest.Format, error) {
 	switch format {
 	case "jpeg":
-		return FormatJPEG, nil
+		return imagerequest.FormatJPEG, nil
 	case "png":
-		return FormatPNG, nil
+		return imagerequest.FormatPNG, nil
 	case "gif":
-		return FormatGIF, nil
+		return imagerequest.FormatGIF, nil
 	case "webp":
-		return FormatWebP, nil
-	case string(FormatAVIF):
-		return FormatAVIF, nil
-	case string(FormatJXL):
-		return FormatJXL, nil
+		return imagerequest.FormatWebP, nil
+	case string(imagerequest.FormatAVIF):
+		return imagerequest.FormatAVIF, nil
+	case string(imagerequest.FormatJXL):
+		return imagerequest.FormatJXL, nil
 	default:
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrUnsupportedInputFormat, format)
 	}

internal/imageprocessor/imageprocessor_internal_test.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/davidbyttow/govips/v2/vips"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ func isAVIF(data []byte) bool {
 
 	brand := string(data[8:12])
 
-	return brand == string(FormatAVIF) || brand == "avis"
+	return brand == string(imagerequest.FormatAVIF) || brand == "avis"
 }
 
 // detectMIME is a minimal magic-byte detector for test assertions.
@@ -123,14 +124,14 @@ func TestImageProcessor_ResizeJPEG(t *testing.T) {
 
 	input := createTestJPEG(t, 800, 600)
 
-	req := &Request{
-		Size:    Size{Width: 400, Height: 300},
-		Format:  FormatJPEG,
+	transform := &imagerequest.Transform{
+		Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 400, Height: 300},
+		Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
 		Quality: 85,
-		FitMode: FitCover,
+		FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
 	}
 
-	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), req)
+	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), transform)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -169,13 +170,13 @@ func TestImageProcessor_ConvertToPNG(t *testing.T) {
 
 	input := createTestJPEG(t, 200, 150)
 
-	req := &Request{
-		Size:    Size{Width: 200, Height: 150},
-		Format:  FormatPNG,
-		FitMode: FitCover,
+	transform := &imagerequest.Transform{
+		Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 200, Height: 150},
+		Format:  imagerequest.FormatPNG,
+		FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
 	}
 
-	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), req)
+	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), transform)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ func TestImageProcessor_ConvertToPNG(t *testing.T) {
 // processAndCheckSize processes a test JPEG of the given input dimensions
 // with the requested size and asserts the resulting dimensions.
 func processAndCheckSize(
-	t *testing.T, inputW, inputH int, size Size, wantW, wantH int,
+	t *testing.T, inputW, inputH int, size imagerequest.Size, wantW, wantH int,
 ) {
 	t.Helper()
 
@@ -205,14 +206,14 @@ func processAndCheckSize(
 
 	input := createTestJPEG(t, inputW, inputH)
 
-	req := &Request{
+	transform := &imagerequest.Transform{
 		Size:    size,
-		Format:  FormatJPEG,
+		Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
 		Quality: 85,
-		FitMode: FitCover,
+		FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
 	}
 
-	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), req)
+	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), transform)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ func TestImageProcessor_OriginalSize(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	// Width and height 0: keep original size
-	processAndCheckSize(t, 640, 480, Size{Width: 0, Height: 0}, 640, 480)
+	processAndCheckSize(t, 640, 480, imagerequest.Size{Width: 0, Height: 0}, 640, 480)
 }
 
 func TestImageProcessor_FitContain(t *testing.T) {
@@ -245,14 +246,14 @@ func TestImageProcessor_FitContain(t *testing.T) {
 	// Should result in 400x200 (maintaining aspect ratio)
 	input := createTestJPEG(t, 800, 400)
 
-	req := &Request{
-		Size:    Size{Width: 400, Height: 400},
-		Format:  FormatJPEG,
+	transform := &imagerequest.Transform{
+		Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 400, Height: 400},
+		Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
 		Quality: 85,
-		FitMode: FitContain,
+		FitMode: imagerequest.FitContain,
 	}
 
-	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), req)
+	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), transform)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ func TestImageProcessor_ProportionalScale_WidthOnly(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// 800x600 image, request width=400 height=0
 	// Should scale proportionally to 400x300
-	processAndCheckSize(t, 800, 600, Size{Width: 400, Height: 0}, 400, 300)
+	processAndCheckSize(t, 800, 600, imagerequest.Size{Width: 400, Height: 0}, 400, 300)
 }
 
 func TestImageProcessor_ProportionalScale_HeightOnly(t *testing.T) {
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ func TestImageProcessor_ProportionalScale_HeightOnly(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// 800x600 image, request width=0 height=300
 	// Should scale proportionally to 400x300
-	processAndCheckSize(t, 800, 600, Size{Width: 0, Height: 300}, 400, 300)
+	processAndCheckSize(t, 800, 600, imagerequest.Size{Width: 0, Height: 300}, 400, 300)
 }
 
 func TestImageProcessor_ProcessPNG(t *testing.T) {
@@ -289,13 +290,13 @@ func TestImageProcessor_ProcessPNG(t *testing.T) {
 
 	input := createTestPNG(t, 400, 300)
 
-	req := &Request{
-		Size:    Size{Width: 200, Height: 150},
-		Format:  FormatPNG,
-		FitMode: FitCover,
+	transform := &imagerequest.Transform{
+		Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 200, Height: 150},
+		Format:  imagerequest.FormatPNG,
+		FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
 	}
 
-	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), req)
+	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), transform)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -349,14 +350,14 @@ func TestImageProcessor_RejectsOversizedInput(t *testing.T) {
 			ctx := context.Background()
 			input := createTestJPEG(t, tt.width, tt.height)
 
-			req := &Request{
-				Size:    Size{Width: 100, Height: 100},
-				Format:  FormatJPEG,
+			transform := &imagerequest.Transform{
+				Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 100, Height: 100},
+				Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
 				Quality: 85,
-				FitMode: FitCover,
+				FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
 			}
 
-			_, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), req)
+			_, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), transform)
 			if err == nil {
 				t.Error("Process() should reject oversized input images")
 			}
@@ -377,14 +378,14 @@ func TestImageProcessor_AcceptsMaxDimensionInput(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create an image at exactly MaxInputDimension - should be accepted
 	input := createTestJPEG(t, MaxInputDimension, 100)
 
-	req := &Request{
-		Size:    Size{Width: 100, Height: 100},
-		Format:  FormatJPEG,
+	transform := &imagerequest.Transform{
+		Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 100, Height: 100},
+		Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
 		Quality: 85,
-		FitMode: FitCover,
+		FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
 	}
 
-	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), req)
+	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), transform)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf(
 			"Process() should accept images at MaxInputDimension, got error: %v",
@@ -397,7 +398,9 @@ func TestImageProcessor_AcceptsMaxDimensionInput(t *testing.T) {
 
 // encodeAndCheck processes a 200x150 test JPEG into a 100x75 output of the
 // given format and asserts the output MIME type and dimensions.
-func encodeAndCheck(t *testing.T, format Format, quality int, wantMIME string) {
+func encodeAndCheck(
+	t *testing.T, format imagerequest.Format, quality int, wantMIME string,
+) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	proc := New(Params{})
@@ -405,14 +408,14 @@ func encodeAndCheck(t *testing.T, format Format, quality int, wantMIME string) {
 
 	input := createTestJPEG(t, 200, 150)
 
-	req := &Request{
-		Size:    Size{Width: 100, Height: 75},
+	transform := &imagerequest.Transform{
+		Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 100, Height: 75},
 		Format:  format,
 		Quality: quality,
-		FitMode: FitCover,
+		FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
 	}
 
-	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), req)
+	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), transform)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v, want nil", err)
 	}
@@ -443,7 +446,7 @@ func encodeAndCheck(t *testing.T, format Format, quality int, wantMIME string) {
 func TestImageProcessor_EncodeWebP(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	encodeAndCheck(t, FormatWebP, 80, mimeWebP)
+	encodeAndCheck(t, imagerequest.FormatWebP, 80, mimeWebP)
 }
 
 func TestImageProcessor_DecodeAVIF(t *testing.T) {
@@ -459,14 +462,14 @@ func TestImageProcessor_DecodeAVIF(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Request resize and convert to JPEG
-	req := &Request{
-		Size:    Size{Width: 2, Height: 2},
-		Format:  FormatJPEG,
+	transform := &imagerequest.Transform{
+		Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 2, Height: 2},
+		Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
 		Quality: 85,
-		FitMode: FitCover,
+		FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
 	}
 
-	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), req)
+	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), transform)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v, want nil (AVIF decoding should work)", err)
 	}
@@ -500,14 +503,14 @@ func TestImageProcessor_RejectsOversizedInputData(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("test JPEG must exceed %d bytes, got %d", limit, len(input))
 	}
 
-	req := &Request{
-		Size:    Size{Width: 100, Height: 75},
-		Format:  FormatJPEG,
+	transform := &imagerequest.Transform{
+		Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 100, Height: 75},
+		Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
 		Quality: 85,
-		FitMode: FitCover,
+		FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
 	}
 
-	_, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), req)
+	_, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), transform)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("Process() should reject input exceeding maxInputBytes")
 	}
@@ -527,14 +530,14 @@ func TestImageProcessor_AcceptsInputWithinLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	proc := New(Params{MaxInputBytes: limit})
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	req := &Request{
-		Size:    Size{Width: 10, Height: 10},
-		Format:  FormatJPEG,
+	transform := &imagerequest.Transform{
+		Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 10, Height: 10},
+		Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
 		Quality: 85,
-		FitMode: FitCover,
+		FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
 	}
 
-	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), req)
+	result, err := proc.Process(ctx, bytes.NewReader(input), transform)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v, want nil", err)
 	}
@@ -561,16 +564,18 @@ func TestImageProcessor_DefaultMaxInputBytes(t *testing.T) {
 func TestImageProcessor_EncodeAVIF(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	encodeAndCheck(t, FormatAVIF, 85, mimeAVIF)
+	encodeAndCheck(t, imagerequest.FormatAVIF, 85, mimeAVIF)
 }
 
 // processAndDecode runs input through Process and decodes the output with
 // vips, so a test can inspect the image a client would receive.
-func processAndDecode(t *testing.T, input []byte, req *Request) *vips.ImageRef {
+func processAndDecode(
+	t *testing.T, input []byte, transform *imagerequest.Transform,
+) *vips.ImageRef {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	result, err := New(Params{}).Process(
-		context.Background(), bytes.NewReader(input), req,
+		context.Background(), bytes.NewReader(input), transform,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
@@ -614,15 +619,17 @@ func TestImageProcessor_StripsEXIF(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("testdata/gps-exif.jpg has no GPS latitude")
 	}
 
-	formats := []Format{
-		FormatJPEG, FormatPNG, FormatWebP, FormatAVIF, FormatGIF, FormatOriginal,
+	formats := []imagerequest.Format{
+		imagerequest.FormatJPEG, imagerequest.FormatPNG, imagerequest.FormatWebP,
+		imagerequest.FormatAVIF, imagerequest.FormatGIF, imagerequest.FormatOriginal,
 	}
 
 	for _, format := range formats {
 		t.Run(string(format), func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			output := processAndDecode(t, input, &Request{Format: format})
+			output := processAndDecode(t, input,
+				&imagerequest.Transform{Format: format})
 
 			if output.HasExif() {
 				t.Errorf("output has EXIF: %v", output.GetExif())
@@ -644,21 +651,21 @@ func TestImageProcessor_AppliesEXIFOrientation(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name  string
-		size  Size
+		size  imagerequest.Size
 		wantW int
 		wantH int
 	}{
-		{name: "original size", size: Size{}, wantW: 8, wantH: 16},
-		{name: "width only", size: Size{Width: 4}, wantW: 4, wantH: 8},
+		{name: "original size", size: imagerequest.Size{}, wantW: 8, wantH: 16},
+		{name: "width only", size: imagerequest.Size{Width: 4}, wantW: 4, wantH: 8},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			output := processAndDecode(t, input, &Request{
+			output := processAndDecode(t, input, &imagerequest.Transform{
 				Size:   tt.size,
-				Format: FormatPNG,
+				Format: imagerequest.FormatPNG,
 			})
 
 			if output.Width() != tt.wantW || output.Height() != tt.wantH {
@@ -694,7 +701,8 @@ func TestImageProcessor_ConvertsWideGamutToSRGB(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to read test JPEG: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	output := processAndDecode(t, input, &Request{Format: FormatPNG})
+	output := processAndDecode(t, input,
+		&imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatPNG})
 
 	if output.HasICCProfile() {
 		t.Error("output has an ICC profile")

internal/imageprocessor/jpegxl_output_internal_test.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/davidbyttow/govips/v2/vips"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // TestImageProcessor_EncodeJPEGXL converts a JPEG to a smaller JPEG XL and
@@ -15,10 +16,13 @@ import (
 func TestImageProcessor_EncodeJPEGXL(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	req := &Request{Size: Size{Width: 100, Height: 75}, Format: FormatJXL}
+	transform := &imagerequest.Transform{
+		Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 100, Height: 75},
+		Format: imagerequest.FormatJXL,
+	}
 
 	result, err := New(Params{}).Process(
-		t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(createTestJPEG(t, 200, 150)), req,
+		t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(createTestJPEG(t, 200, 150)), transform,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
@@ -61,7 +65,8 @@ func TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLQuality(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, quality := range []int{30, 90} {
 		result, err := New(Params{}).Process(t.Context(),
-			bytes.NewReader(input), &Request{Format: FormatJXL, Quality: quality})
+			bytes.NewReader(input),
+			&imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatJXL, Quality: quality})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Process() at quality %d error = %v", quality, err)
 		}
@@ -89,7 +94,8 @@ func TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLDropsSourceEXIF(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to read test JPEG: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	exif := processAndDecode(t, input, &Request{Format: FormatJXL}).GetExif()
+	exif := processAndDecode(t, input,
+		&imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatJXL}).GetExif()
 
 	for _, field := range []string{
 		"exif-ifd0-Make", "exif-ifd0-Model", "exif-ifd2-BodySerialNumber",
@@ -115,7 +121,8 @@ func TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLDropsSourceResolution(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to read test JPEG: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	output := processAndDecode(t, input, &Request{Format: FormatJXL})
+	output := processAndDecode(t, input,
+		&imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatJXL})
 
 	// libvips gives the resolution in pixels per millimetre.
 	xDPI := math.Round(output.ResX() * 25.4)
@@ -140,7 +147,8 @@ func TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLAppliesEXIFOrientation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to read test JPEG: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	output := processAndDecode(t, input, &Request{Format: FormatJXL})
+	output := processAndDecode(t, input,
+		&imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatJXL})
 
 	if output.Width() != 8 || output.Height() != 16 {
 		t.Fatalf("output is %dx%d, want 8x16", output.Width(), output.Height())
@@ -176,7 +184,8 @@ func TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLConvertsWideGamutToSRGB(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to read test JPEG: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	output := processAndDecode(t, input, &Request{Format: FormatJXL})
+	output := processAndDecode(t, input,
+		&imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatJXL})
 
 	pixel, err := output.GetPoint(4, 4)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -203,7 +212,8 @@ func TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLFromCMYK(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to read test JPEG: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	output := processAndDecode(t, input, &Request{Format: FormatJXL})
+	output := processAndDecode(t, input,
+		&imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatJXL})
 
 	if output.Bands() != 3 {
 		t.Fatalf("output has %d bands, want 3", output.Bands())

internal/imageprocessor/max_concurrent_processing_internal_test.go

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"testing/iotest"
 	"time"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // errTestReadFailed is the error the unreadable test input returns.
@@ -76,13 +78,13 @@ func (r *gatedReader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	return n, err
 }
 
-// smallJPEGRequest asks for a 5x5 JPEG.
-func smallJPEGRequest() *Request {
-	return &Request{
-		Size:    Size{Width: 5, Height: 5},
-		Format:  FormatJPEG,
+// smallJPEGTransform asks for a 5x5 JPEG.
+func smallJPEGTransform() *imagerequest.Transform {
+	return &imagerequest.Transform{
+		Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 5, Height: 5},
+		Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
 		Quality: 85,
-		FitMode: FitCover,
+		FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ func processInBackground(
 	proc *ImageProcessor, reader *gatedReader, results chan<- error,
 ) {
 	go func() {
-		result, err := proc.Process(context.Background(), reader, smallJPEGRequest())
+		result, err := proc.Process(context.Background(), reader, smallJPEGTransform())
 		if err == nil {
 			_ = result.Content.Close()
 		}
@@ -237,7 +239,7 @@ func TestProcessWaitsThenFailsWhenNoSlotFrees(t *testing.T) {
 	start := time.Now()
 
 	_, err := proc.Process(context.Background(), bytes.NewReader(input),
-		smallJPEGRequest())
+		smallJPEGTransform())
 	if !errors.Is(err, ErrTooManyImages) {
 		t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v, want ErrTooManyImages", err)
 	}
@@ -263,38 +265,38 @@ func TestProcessReleasesSlotOnError(t *testing.T) {
 
 	valid := createTestJPEG(t, 10, 10)
 
-	unsupported := smallJPEGRequest()
+	unsupported := smallJPEGTransform()
 	unsupported.Format = "bmp"
 
 	cases := []struct {
-		name  string
-		input io.Reader
-		req   *Request
+		name      string
+		input     io.Reader
+		transform *imagerequest.Transform
 		// want is the error Process must return; nil means any error.
 		want error
 	}{
 		{
-			name:  "input cannot be read",
-			input: iotest.ErrReader(errTestReadFailed),
-			req:   smallJPEGRequest(),
-			want:  errTestReadFailed,
+			name:      "input cannot be read",
+			input:     iotest.ErrReader(errTestReadFailed),
+			transform: smallJPEGTransform(),
+			want:      errTestReadFailed,
 		},
 		{
-			name:  "input over the byte limit",
-			input: bytes.NewReader(createTestJPEG(t, 800, 600)),
-			req:   smallJPEGRequest(),
-			want:  ErrInputDataTooLarge,
+			name:      "input over the byte limit",
+			input:     bytes.NewReader(createTestJPEG(t, 800, 600)),
+			transform: smallJPEGTransform(),
+			want:      ErrInputDataTooLarge,
 		},
 		{
-			name:  "input not an image",
-			input: strings.NewReader("not an image"),
-			req:   smallJPEGRequest(),
+			name:      "input not an image",
+			input:     strings.NewReader("not an image"),
+			transform: smallJPEGTransform(),
 		},
 		{
-			name:  "output format not supported",
-			input: bytes.NewReader(valid),
-			req:   unsupported,
-			want:  ErrUnsupportedOutputFormat,
+			name:      "output format not supported",
+			input:     bytes.NewReader(valid),
+			transform: unsupported,
+			want:      ErrUnsupportedOutputFormat,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -305,7 +307,7 @@ func TestProcessReleasesSlotOnError(t *testing.T) {
 			proc := New(Params{MaxInputBytes: 4096, MaxConcurrentProcessing: 1})
 			proc.processingWaitTimeout = 100 * time.Millisecond
 
-			_, err := proc.Process(context.Background(), tc.input, tc.req)
+			_, err := proc.Process(context.Background(), tc.input, tc.transform)
 			if err == nil || (tc.want != nil && !errors.Is(err, tc.want)) {
 				t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v, want %v", err, tc.want)
 			}
@@ -315,7 +317,7 @@ func TestProcessReleasesSlotOnError(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			result, err := proc.Process(context.Background(), bytes.NewReader(valid),
-				smallJPEGRequest())
+				smallJPEGTransform())
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Process() after the error = %v, want nil", err)
 			}

internal/imageprocessor/orig_format_internal_test.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/davidbyttow/govips/v2/vips"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // TestImageProcessor_OrigOfUnnamedFormatRefused verifies that orig of a TIFF
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ func TestImageProcessor_OrigOfUnnamedFormatRefused(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	result, err := New(Params{}).Process(
-		t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(tiff), &Request{Format: FormatOriginal},
+		t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(tiff),
+		&imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatOriginal},
 	)
 	if result != nil {
 		t.Logf("Process() returned %s", result.ContentType)

internal/imageprocessor/source_formats_internal_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
 	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // TestImageProcessor_LoadsEachSourceFormat verifies that an image in each of
@@ -14,11 +16,13 @@ func TestImageProcessor_LoadsEachSourceFormat(t *testing.T) {
 
 	proc := New(Params{})
 
-	for _, format := range []Format{
-		FormatJPEG, FormatPNG, FormatGIF, FormatWebP, FormatAVIF, FormatJXL,
+	for _, format := range []imagerequest.Format{
+		imagerequest.FormatJPEG, imagerequest.FormatPNG, imagerequest.FormatGIF,
+		imagerequest.FormatWebP, imagerequest.FormatAVIF, imagerequest.FormatJXL,
 	} {
 		saved, err := proc.Process(t.Context(),
-			bytes.NewReader(createTestPNG(t, 20, 20)), &Request{Format: format})
+			bytes.NewReader(createTestPNG(t, 20, 20)),
+			&imagerequest.Transform{Format: format})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("saving the test image as %s: %v", format, err)
 		}
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ func TestImageProcessor_LoadsEachSourceFormat(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		result, err := proc.Process(t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(source),
-			&Request{Format: FormatOriginal})
+			&imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatOriginal})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("orig of the %s image: %v", format, err)
 

internal/imagerequest/imagerequest.go

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+// Package imagerequest holds the image request type, its parts, its checks,
+// the parsing of the /v1/image/ path, the variant key and the source key. It
+// imports no other package of this repo, so every package that handles an
+// image request can import it.
+package imagerequest
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"net/url"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// ErrInvalidFitMode is returned when an invalid fit mode is provided.
+var ErrInvalidFitMode = errors.New("invalid fit mode")
+
+// Format represents supported output image formats.
+type Format string
+
+// Supported image output formats.
+const (
+	FormatOriginal Format = "orig"
+	FormatJPEG     Format = "jpeg"
+	FormatPNG      Format = "png"
+	FormatWebP     Format = "webp"
+	FormatAVIF     Format = "avif"
+	FormatJXL      Format = "jxl"
+	FormatGIF      Format = "gif"
+
+	// FormatAuto stands for JPEG XL, AVIF, WebP or JPEG, chosen for each
+	// request from its Accept header once the URL's signature or token has
+	// been checked; it is never processed or cached as itself.
+	FormatAuto Format = "auto"
+)
+
+// Size represents requested image dimensions
+type Size struct {
+	Width  int
+	Height int
+}
+
+// OriginalSize returns true if this represents "keep original size"
+func (s Size) OriginalSize() bool {
+	return s.Width == 0 && s.Height == 0
+}
+
+// Fit represents how to fit image into requested dimensions.
+type Fit string
+
+// Supported image fit modes.
+const (
+	FitCover   Fit = "cover"
+	FitContain Fit = "contain"
+	FitFill    Fit = "fill"
+	FitInside  Fit = "inside"
+	FitOutside Fit = "outside"
+)
+
+// ValidateFitMode checks if the given fit mode is valid.
+// Returns ErrInvalidFitMode for unrecognized fit modes.
+func ValidateFitMode(fit Fit) error {
+	switch fit {
+	case FitCover, FitContain, FitFill, FitInside, FitOutside, "":
+		return nil
+	default:
+		return ErrInvalidFitMode
+	}
+}
+
+// ValidateImageRequest checks a request's width and height with
+// ValidateDimension and its fit mode with ValidateFitMode. Both the plain
+// /v1/image/ route and the encrypted /v1/e/ route validate through this
+// function so a request from either source enforces identical bounds.
+func ValidateImageRequest(req *Request) error {
+	err := ValidateDimension("width", req.Transform.Size.Width)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = ValidateDimension("height", req.Transform.Size.Height)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return ValidateFitMode(req.Transform.FitMode)
+}
+
+// Request represents a request for a processed image: the source to fetch
+// and the transform to apply to it.
+type Request struct {
+	// Source is what to fetch
+	Source Source
+	// Transform is what to do to it
+	Transform Transform
+	// Signature is the HMAC signature for non-allowlisted hosts
+	Signature string
+	// Expires is when the URL expires: the exp of a signed URL, or the expiry
+	// of an encrypted URL; the zero time if it has none
+	Expires time.Time
+	// AllowHTTP indicates whether HTTP (non-TLS) is allowed for this request
+	AllowHTTP bool
+}
+
+// Source is the image a request fetches from the origin.
+type Source struct {
+	// Host is the origin host (e.g., "cdn.example.com")
+	Host string
+	// Path is the path on the origin with its percent-escapes decoded, as
+	// url.URL's Path holds it (e.g., "/photos/my cat.jpg")
+	Path string
+	// Query is the optional query string for the origin URL as the URL
+	// writes it, percent-escapes included, as url.URL's RawQuery holds it
+	Query string
+}
+
+// Transform is what a request does to its source; the image processor
+// takes it alone.
+type Transform struct {
+	// Size is the requested output dimensions
+	Size Size
+	// Format is the requested output format
+	Format Format
+	// Quality is the output quality (1-100) for lossy formats
+	Quality int
+	// FitMode is how to fit the image into requested dimensions
+	FitMode Fit
+}
+
+// SourceURL returns the full upstream URL to fetch: the source path
+// percent-encoded again, as net/url writes a path, so each source path is one
+// upstream path, and the source query as it is, with the characters
+// escapeQuery encodes percent-encoded. Uses http:// scheme when AllowHTTP is
+// true, otherwise https://.
+func (r *Request) SourceURL() string {
+	scheme := "https"
+	if r.AllowHTTP {
+		scheme = "http"
+	}
+
+	sourceURL := url.URL{
+		Scheme:   scheme,
+		Host:     r.Source.Host,
+		Path:     r.Source.Path,
+		RawQuery: escapeQuery(r.Source.Query),
+	}
+
+	return sourceURL.String()
+}

internal/imagerequest/sourcekey.go

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package imagerequest
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// SourceKey is a SHA256 hash identifying a cached source image (hex-encoded).
+type SourceKey string
+
+// Key returns the key the source is cached under, made as CacheKey makes a
+// variant key.
+// Format: sha256(host:path:query)
+// The path and query go through escapePercentAndColon, so that a ":" in
+// either cannot be taken for the one between them.
+func (s Source) Key() SourceKey {
+	data := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s",
+		s.Host,
+		escapePercentAndColon(s.Path),
+		escapePercentAndColon(s.Query),
+	)
+	h := sha256.Sum256([]byte(data))
+
+	return SourceKey(hex.EncodeToString(h[:]))
+}

internal/imagerequest/sourcekey_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package imagerequest
+
+import "testing"
+
+// TestSourceKey_DiffersForEachSource checks that each source gets a key of
+// 64 hex characters, the same each time, and that no two of these sources
+// share one, also when they differ only by a ":" or "%" in the path or query.
+func TestSourceKey_DiffersForEachSource(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	sources := []Source{
+		{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat},
+		{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat, Query: "v=2"},
+		{Host: "other.example.com", Path: testPathCat},
+		{Host: testHostCDN, Path: "/c:d"},
+		{Host: testHostCDN, Path: "/c", Query: "d:"},
+		{Host: testHostCDN, Path: "/c%3Ad"},
+	}
+
+	seen := make(map[SourceKey]Source)
+
+	for _, source := range sources {
+		key := source.Key()
+		t.Logf("Key() of %+v = %s", source, key)
+
+		if len(key) != 64 {
+			t.Errorf("Key() of %+v length = %d, want 64", source, len(key))
+		}
+
+		if again := source.Key(); again != key {
+			t.Errorf("Key() of %+v not deterministic: %s vs %s", source, key, again)
+		}
+
+		if earlier, found := seen[key]; found {
+			t.Errorf("Key() gave %+v and %+v the same key", earlier, source)
+		}
+
+		seen[key] = source
+	}
+}

internal/imagerequest/sourceurl_internal_test.go

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-package imgcache
+package imagerequest
 
 import "testing"
 
-func TestImageRequest_SourceURL_DefaultHTTPS(t *testing.T) {
+func TestRequest_SourceURL_DefaultHTTPS(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost:  testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath:  testPathCat,
-		SourceQuery: "v=2",
+	req := &Request{
+		Source: Source{
+			Host:  testHostCDN,
+			Path:  testPathCat,
+			Query: "v=2",
+		},
 	}
 
 	got := req.SourceURL()
@@ -19,13 +21,15 @@ func TestImageRequest_SourceURL_DefaultHTTPS(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestImageRequest_SourceURL_AllowHTTP(t *testing.T) {
+func TestRequest_SourceURL_AllowHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: "localhost:8080",
-		SourcePath: testPathCat,
-		AllowHTTP:  true,
+	req := &Request{
+		Source: Source{
+			Host: "localhost:8080",
+			Path: testPathCat,
+		},
+		AllowHTTP: true,
 	}
 
 	got := req.SourceURL()
@@ -36,13 +40,15 @@ func TestImageRequest_SourceURL_AllowHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestImageRequest_SourceURL_AllowHTTPFalse(t *testing.T) {
+func TestRequest_SourceURL_AllowHTTPFalse(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath: "/img.jpg",
-		AllowHTTP:  false,
+	req := &Request{
+		Source: Source{
+			Host: testHostCDN,
+			Path: "/img.jpg",
+		},
+		AllowHTTP: false,
 	}
 
 	got := req.SourceURL()

internal/imagerequest/urlparser.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package imgcache
+package imagerequest
 
 import (
 	"errors"
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imageprocessor"
 )
 
 // URL parsing errors.
@@ -25,8 +23,8 @@ var (
 )
 
 // MaxDimension is the maximum allowed width or height, the same as the image
-// processor's maximum for an output image.
-const MaxDimension = imageprocessor.MaxOutputDimension
+// processor's maximum for an output image (imageprocessor.MaxOutputDimension).
+const MaxDimension = 8192
 
 // ValidateDimension checks one requested width or height; name ("width" or
 // "height") appears in the error. 0 is valid: that side is then worked out from
@@ -68,20 +66,6 @@ var queryEscapeRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`%[0-9A-Fa-f]{2}|[^!-~]|["#'<>%]`)
 var hostRegex = regexp.MustCompile(
 	`^(?:[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+|\[([0-9A-Fa-f:.]+)\])(?::[0-9]*)?$`)
 
-// ParsedURL contains the parsed components of an image proxy URL.
-type ParsedURL struct {
-	// Host is the source origin host (e.g., "cdn.example.com")
-	Host string
-	// Path is the path on the origin (e.g., "/photos/cat.jpg")
-	Path string
-	// Query is the optional query string for the origin
-	Query string
-	// Size is the requested output dimensions
-	Size Size
-	// Format is the requested output format
-	Format ImageFormat
-}
-
 // ParseImagePath parses an image URL's path after /v1/image/, decoded once:
 // <host>/<path>/<size>.<format>, or <host>/<path>/<size> for JPEG XL.
 // Examples:
@@ -89,7 +73,7 @@ type ParsedURL struct {
 //   - cdn.example.com/photos/cat.jpg/0x0.jpeg
 //   - cdn.example.com/photos/cat.jpg/orig.png
 //   - cdn.example.com/photos/cat.jpg/800x600
-func ParseImagePath(path string) (*ParsedURL, error) {
+func ParseImagePath(path string) (*Request, error) {
 	// Strip leading slash if present (chi may include it)
 	path = strings.TrimPrefix(path, "/")
 	if path == "" {
@@ -103,7 +87,7 @@ func ParseImagePath(path string) (*ParsedURL, error) {
 // it: /v1/image/<host>/<path>/<size>.<format>, or /v1/image/<host>/<path>/<size>
 // for JPEG XL. A source query follows the source path after a "?", which the
 // URL writes as %3F.
-func ParseImageURL(urlPath string) (*ParsedURL, error) {
+func ParseImageURL(urlPath string) (*Request, error) {
 	// Remove the /v1/image/ prefix
 	const prefix = "/v1/image/"
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(urlPath, prefix) {
@@ -120,7 +104,7 @@ func ParseImageURL(urlPath string) (*ParsedURL, error) {
 
 // parseImageComponents parses <host>/<path>/<size>.<format>, or
 // <host>/<path>/<size> for JPEG XL.
-func parseImageComponents(remainder string) (*ParsedURL, error) {
+func parseImageComponents(remainder string) (*Request, error) {
 	// Find the last path segment, which holds "size" or "size.format"
 	lastSlash := strings.LastIndex(remainder, "/")
 	if lastSlash == -1 {
@@ -209,12 +193,9 @@ func parseImageComponents(remainder string) (*ParsedURL, error) {
 		path = "/" + path
 	}
 
-	return &ParsedURL{
-		Host:   host,
-		Path:   path,
-		Query:  query,
-		Size:   size,
-		Format: format,
+	return &Request{
+		Source:    Source{Host: host, Path: path, Query: query},
+		Transform: Transform{Size: size, Format: format},
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -297,7 +278,7 @@ func escapeQuery(query string) string {
 }
 
 // parseSizeFormat parses strings like "800x600.webp", "orig.png" or "800x600"
-func parseSizeFormat(s string) (Size, ImageFormat, error) {
+func parseSizeFormat(s string) (Size, Format, error) {
 	matches := sizeFormatRegex.FindStringSubmatch(s)
 	if matches == nil {
 		return Size{}, "", ErrInvalidSize
@@ -351,8 +332,8 @@ func parseSizeFormat(s string) (Size, ImageFormat, error) {
 	return size, format, nil
 }
 
-// parseFormat converts a format string to ImageFormat.
-func parseFormat(s string) (ImageFormat, error) {
+// parseFormat converts a format string to Format.
+func parseFormat(s string) (Format, error) {
 	switch strings.ToLower(s) {
 	case "orig", "original":
 		return FormatOriginal, nil
@@ -374,14 +355,3 @@ func parseFormat(s string) (ImageFormat, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrInvalidFormat, s)
 	}
 }
-
-// ToImageRequest converts a ParsedURL to an ImageRequest.
-func (p *ParsedURL) ToImageRequest() *ImageRequest {
-	return &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost:  p.Host,
-		SourcePath:  p.Path,
-		SourceQuery: p.Query,
-		Size:        p.Size,
-		Format:      p.Format,
-	}
-}

internal/imagerequest/urlparser_internal_test.go

@@ -1,33 +1,41 @@
-package imgcache
+package imagerequest
 
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"testing"
 )
 
-// assertParsedURL compares all fields of a parsed URL against the
-// expected value.
-func assertParsedURL(t *testing.T, got, want *ParsedURL) {
+// Shared test fixture strings.
+const (
+	testHostCDN     = "cdn.example.com"
+	testHostExample = "example.com"
+	testPathCat     = "/photos/cat.jpg"
+)
+
+// assertRequest compares the source host, path and query and the size and
+// format of got against want.
+func assertRequest(t *testing.T, got, want *Request) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	if got.Host != want.Host {
-		t.Errorf("Host = %q, want %q", got.Host, want.Host)
+	if got.Source.Host != want.Source.Host {
+		t.Errorf("Host = %q, want %q", got.Source.Host, want.Source.Host)
 	}
 
-	if got.Path != want.Path {
-		t.Errorf("Path = %q, want %q", got.Path, want.Path)
+	if got.Source.Path != want.Source.Path {
+		t.Errorf("Path = %q, want %q", got.Source.Path, want.Source.Path)
 	}
 
-	if got.Query != want.Query {
-		t.Errorf("Query = %q, want %q", got.Query, want.Query)
+	if got.Source.Query != want.Source.Query {
+		t.Errorf("Query = %q, want %q", got.Source.Query, want.Source.Query)
 	}
 
-	if got.Size != want.Size {
-		t.Errorf("Size = %v, want %v", got.Size, want.Size)
+	if got.Transform.Size != want.Transform.Size {
+		t.Errorf("Size = %v, want %v", got.Transform.Size, want.Transform.Size)
 	}
 
-	if got.Format != want.Format {
-		t.Errorf("Format = %q, want %q", got.Format, want.Format)
+	if got.Transform.Format != want.Transform.Format {
+		t.Errorf("Format = %q, want %q",
+			got.Transform.Format, want.Transform.Format)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -37,62 +45,64 @@ func TestParseImageURL(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name  string
 		input string
-		want  *ParsedURL
+		want  *Request
 	}{
 		{
 			name:  "basic path with size",
 			input: "/v1/image/cdn.example.com/photos/cat.jpg/800x600.webp",
-			want: &ParsedURL{
-				Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat,
-				Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, Format: FormatWebP,
+			want: &Request{
+				Source:    Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat},
+				Transform: Transform{Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, Format: FormatWebP},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "original size with 0x0",
 			input: "/v1/image/cdn.example.com/photos/cat.jpg/0x0.jpeg",
-			want: &ParsedURL{
-				Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat,
-				Size: Size{Width: 0, Height: 0}, Format: FormatJPEG,
+			want: &Request{
+				Source:    Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat},
+				Transform: Transform{Size: Size{Width: 0, Height: 0}, Format: FormatJPEG},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "original size with orig keyword",
 			input: "/v1/image/cdn.example.com/photos/cat.jpg/orig.png",
-			want: &ParsedURL{
-				Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat,
-				Size: Size{Width: 0, Height: 0}, Format: FormatPNG,
+			want: &Request{
+				Source:    Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat},
+				Transform: Transform{Size: Size{Width: 0, Height: 0}, Format: FormatPNG},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "path with query string",
 			input: "/v1/image/cdn.example.com/photos/cat.jpg?arg1=val1&arg2=val2/800x600.webp",
-			want: &ParsedURL{
-				Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat, Query: "arg1=val1&arg2=val2",
-				Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, Format: FormatWebP,
+			want: &Request{
+				Source: Source{
+					Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat, Query: "arg1=val1&arg2=val2",
+				},
+				Transform: Transform{Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, Format: FormatWebP},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "deep nested path",
 			input: "/v1/image/cdn.example.com/a/b/c/d/image.jpg/1920x1080.avif",
-			want: &ParsedURL{
-				Host: testHostCDN, Path: "/a/b/c/d/image.jpg",
-				Size: Size{Width: 1920, Height: 1080}, Format: FormatAVIF,
+			want: &Request{
+				Source:    Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: "/a/b/c/d/image.jpg"},
+				Transform: Transform{Size: Size{Width: 1920, Height: 1080}, Format: FormatAVIF},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "jpg alias for jpeg",
 			input: "/v1/image/example.com/img.png/100x100.jpg",
-			want: &ParsedURL{
-				Host: testHostExample, Path: "/img.png",
-				Size: Size{Width: 100, Height: 100}, Format: FormatJPEG,
+			want: &Request{
+				Source:    Source{Host: testHostExample, Path: "/img.png"},
+				Transform: Transform{Size: Size{Width: 100, Height: 100}, Format: FormatJPEG},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "gif format",
 			input: "/v1/image/example.com/animated.gif/200x200.gif",
-			want: &ParsedURL{
-				Host: testHostExample, Path: "/animated.gif",
-				Size: Size{Width: 200, Height: 200}, Format: FormatGIF,
+			want: &Request{
+				Source:    Source{Host: testHostExample, Path: "/animated.gif"},
+				Transform: Transform{Size: Size{Width: 200, Height: 200}, Format: FormatGIF},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -106,7 +116,7 @@ func TestParseImageURL(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("ParseImageURL() unexpected error = %v", err)
 			}
 
-			assertParsedURL(t, got, tt.want)
+			assertRequest(t, got, tt.want)
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -121,8 +131,8 @@ func TestParseImageURL_AutoFormat(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("ParseImageURL() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if got.Format != FormatAuto {
-		t.Errorf("Format = %q, want %q", got.Format, FormatAuto)
+	if got.Transform.Format != FormatAuto {
+		t.Errorf("Format = %q, want %q", got.Transform.Format, FormatAuto)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -189,27 +199,35 @@ func TestParseImagePath(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
 		input   string
-		want    *ParsedURL
+		want    *Request
 		wantErr bool
 	}{
 		{
 			name:  "chi wildcard capture",
 			input: "cdn.example.com/photos/cat.jpg/800x600.webp",
-			want: &ParsedURL{
-				Host:   testHostCDN,
-				Path:   testPathCat,
-				Size:   Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-				Format: FormatWebP,
+			want: &Request{
+				Source: Source{
+					Host: testHostCDN,
+					Path: testPathCat,
+				},
+				Transform: Transform{
+					Size:   Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+					Format: FormatWebP,
+				},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "with leading slash from chi",
 			input: "/cdn.example.com/photos/cat.jpg/800x600.webp",
-			want: &ParsedURL{
-				Host:   testHostCDN,
-				Path:   testPathCat,
-				Size:   Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-				Format: FormatWebP,
+			want: &Request{
+				Source: Source{
+					Host: testHostCDN,
+					Path: testPathCat,
+				},
+				Transform: Transform{
+					Size:   Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+					Format: FormatWebP,
+				},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -229,7 +247,7 @@ func TestParseImagePath(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 
-			assertParsedURL(t, got, tt.want)
+			assertRequest(t, got, tt.want)
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -246,14 +264,14 @@ func TestParseImagePath_LowerCasesHost(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("ParseImagePath() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	t.Logf("parsed host %q, path %q", got.Host, got.Path)
+	t.Logf("parsed host %q, path %q", got.Source.Host, got.Source.Path)
 
-	if got.Host != testHostCDN {
-		t.Errorf("Host = %q, want %q", got.Host, testHostCDN)
+	if got.Source.Host != testHostCDN {
+		t.Errorf("Host = %q, want %q", got.Source.Host, testHostCDN)
 	}
 
-	if got.Path != "/Photos/Cat.jpg" {
-		t.Errorf("Path = %q, want %q", got.Path, "/Photos/Cat.jpg")
+	if got.Source.Path != "/Photos/Cat.jpg" {
+		t.Errorf("Path = %q, want %q", got.Source.Path, "/Photos/Cat.jpg")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -277,40 +295,6 @@ func TestParseImagePath_RefusesUserinfo(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestParsedURL_ToImageRequest(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	parsed := &ParsedURL{
-		Host:   testHostCDN,
-		Path:   testPathCat,
-		Query:  "version=2",
-		Size:   Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-		Format: FormatWebP,
-	}
-
-	req := parsed.ToImageRequest()
-
-	if req.SourceHost != parsed.Host {
-		t.Errorf("SourceHost = %q, want %q", req.SourceHost, parsed.Host)
-	}
-
-	if req.SourcePath != parsed.Path {
-		t.Errorf("SourcePath = %q, want %q", req.SourcePath, parsed.Path)
-	}
-
-	if req.SourceQuery != parsed.Query {
-		t.Errorf("SourceQuery = %q, want %q", req.SourceQuery, parsed.Query)
-	}
-
-	if req.Size != parsed.Size {
-		t.Errorf("Size = %v, want %v", req.Size, parsed.Size)
-	}
-
-	if req.Format != parsed.Format {
-		t.Errorf("Format = %q, want %q", req.Format, parsed.Format)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestParseImageURL_PathTraversal(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -417,22 +401,24 @@ func TestParseImageURL_SourceURLHoldingPercent25(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name  string
 		input string
-		want  *ParsedURL
+		want  *Request
 	}{
 		{
 			name:  "path",
 			input: "/v1/image/cdn.example.com/sale/50%25off.jpg/800x600.webp",
-			want: &ParsedURL{
-				Host: testHostCDN, Path: "/sale/50%25off.jpg",
-				Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, Format: FormatWebP,
+			want: &Request{
+				Source:    Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: "/sale/50%25off.jpg"},
+				Transform: Transform{Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, Format: FormatWebP},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "query",
 			input: "/v1/image/cdn.example.com/photos/cat.jpg?discount=50%25/800x600.webp",
-			want: &ParsedURL{
-				Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat, Query: "discount=50%25",
-				Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, Format: FormatWebP,
+			want: &Request{
+				Source: Source{
+					Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat, Query: "discount=50%25",
+				},
+				Transform: Transform{Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, Format: FormatWebP},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -446,7 +432,7 @@ func TestParseImageURL_SourceURLHoldingPercent25(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("ParseImageURL() unexpected error = %v", err)
 			}
 
-			assertParsedURL(t, got, tt.want)
+			assertRequest(t, got, tt.want)
 		})
 	}
 }

internal/imagerequest/validate_internal_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package imgcache
+package imagerequest
 
 import (
 	"errors"
@@ -10,35 +10,43 @@ func TestValidateImageRequest(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
-		req     ImageRequest
+		req     Request
 		wantErr error
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "within bounds",
-			req:  ImageRequest{Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, FitMode: FitCover},
+			req: Request{Transform: Transform{
+				Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, FitMode: FitCover,
+			}},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "original size and empty fit",
-			req:  ImageRequest{Size: Size{Width: 0, Height: 0}},
+			req:  Request{Transform: Transform{Size: Size{Width: 0, Height: 0}}},
 		},
 		{
-			name:    "width over limit",
-			req:     ImageRequest{Size: Size{Width: MaxDimension + 1, Height: 600}},
+			name: "width over limit",
+			req: Request{Transform: Transform{
+				Size: Size{Width: MaxDimension + 1, Height: 600},
+			}},
 			wantErr: ErrDimensionTooLarge,
 		},
 		{
-			name:    "height over limit",
-			req:     ImageRequest{Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: MaxDimension + 1}},
+			name: "height over limit",
+			req: Request{Transform: Transform{
+				Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: MaxDimension + 1},
+			}},
 			wantErr: ErrDimensionTooLarge,
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "negative width",
-			req:     ImageRequest{Size: Size{Width: -1, Height: 600}},
+			req:     Request{Transform: Transform{Size: Size{Width: -1, Height: 600}}},
 			wantErr: ErrInvalidSize,
 		},
 		{
-			name:    "invalid fit mode",
-			req:     ImageRequest{Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, FitMode: "bogus"},
+			name: "invalid fit mode",
+			req: Request{Transform: Transform{
+				Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, FitMode: "bogus",
+			}},
 			wantErr: ErrInvalidFitMode,
 		},
 	}

internal/imagerequest/variantkey.go

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package imagerequest
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// VariantKey is a SHA256 hash identifying a specific image variant (hex-encoded).
+type VariantKey string
+
+// CacheKey generates a unique key for a request variant.
+// Format: sha256(host:path:query:width:height:format:quality:fit_mode)
+// The path and query go through escapePercentAndColon, so that a ":" in
+// either cannot be taken for the one between them.
+func CacheKey(req *Request) VariantKey {
+	data := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s:%d:%d:%s:%d:%s",
+		req.Source.Host,
+		escapePercentAndColon(req.Source.Path),
+		escapePercentAndColon(req.Source.Query),
+		req.Transform.Size.Width,
+		req.Transform.Size.Height,
+		req.Transform.Format,
+		req.Transform.Quality,
+		req.Transform.FitMode,
+	)
+	h := sha256.Sum256([]byte(data))
+
+	return VariantKey(hex.EncodeToString(h[:]))
+}
+
+// escapePercentAndColon returns s with each "%" written as "%25" and each
+// ":" as "%3A", so that the result holds no ":".
+func escapePercentAndColon(s string) string {
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "%", "%25")
+
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(s, ":", "%3A")
+}

internal/imagerequest/variantkey_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+package imagerequest
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestCacheKey(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	req1 := &Request{
+		Source: Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat, Query: ""},
+		Transform: Transform{
+			Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, Format: FormatWebP,
+			Quality: 85, FitMode: FitCover,
+		},
+	}
+
+	req2 := &Request{
+		Source: Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat, Query: ""},
+		Transform: Transform{
+			Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, Format: FormatWebP,
+			Quality: 85, FitMode: FitCover,
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Same request should produce same key
+	key1 := CacheKey(req1)
+	key2 := CacheKey(req2)
+
+	if key1 != key2 {
+		t.Errorf("CacheKey() not deterministic: %s vs %s", key1, key2)
+	}
+
+	// Key should be 64 hex chars
+	if len(string(key1)) != 64 {
+		t.Errorf("CacheKey() length = %d, want 64", len(string(key1)))
+	}
+
+	// Different size should produce different key
+	req3 := &Request{
+		Source: Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat, Query: ""},
+		Transform: Transform{
+			Size: Size{Width: 400, Height: 300}, Format: FormatWebP, // Different size
+			Quality: 85, FitMode: FitCover,
+		},
+	}
+
+	key3 := CacheKey(req3)
+	if key1 == key3 {
+		t.Error("CacheKey() produced same key for different sizes")
+	}
+
+	// Different format should produce different key
+	req4 := &Request{
+		Source: Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat, Query: ""},
+		Transform: Transform{
+			Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, Format: FormatPNG, // Different format
+			Quality: 85, FitMode: FitCover,
+		},
+	}
+
+	key4 := CacheKey(req4)
+	if key1 == key4 {
+		t.Error("CacheKey() produced same key for different formats")
+	}
+
+	// Different quality should produce different key
+	req5 := &Request{
+		Source: Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat, Query: ""},
+		Transform: Transform{
+			Size: Size{Width: 800, Height: 600}, Format: FormatWebP,
+			Quality: 50, FitMode: FitCover, // Different quality
+		},
+	}
+
+	key5 := CacheKey(req5)
+	if key1 == key5 {
+		t.Error("CacheKey() produced same key for different quality")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestCacheKey_ColonOrPercentInPathOrQuery checks that two different source
+// URLs whose path or query holds ":" or "%" get different keys.
+func TestCacheKey_ColonOrPercentInPathOrQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name          string
+		path1, query1 string
+		path2, query2 string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "colon moved from path to query",
+			path1: "/a:b", query1: "",
+			path2: "/a", query2: "b:",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "colon in path and its percent-encoding",
+			path1: "/a:b", query1: "",
+			path2: "/a%3Ab", query2: "",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range cases {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			key1 := CacheKey(&Request{
+				Source: Source{
+					Host:  testHostCDN,
+					Path:  tt.path1,
+					Query: tt.query1,
+				},
+				Transform: Transform{
+					Size:    Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+					Format:  FormatWebP,
+					Quality: 85,
+					FitMode: FitCover,
+				},
+			})
+			key2 := CacheKey(&Request{
+				Source: Source{
+					Host:  testHostCDN,
+					Path:  tt.path2,
+					Query: tt.query2,
+				},
+				Transform: Transform{
+					Size:    Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+					Format:  FormatWebP,
+					Quality: 85,
+					FitMode: FitCover,
+				},
+			})
+
+			t.Logf("CacheKey() of path %q query %q = %s", tt.path1, tt.query1, key1)
+			t.Logf("CacheKey() of path %q query %q = %s", tt.path2, tt.query2, key2)
+
+			if key1 == key2 {
+				t.Errorf("CacheKey() gave path %q query %q and path %q query %q "+
+					"the same key", tt.path1, tt.query1, tt.path2, tt.query2)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/imgcache/cache.go

@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ package imgcache
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"database/sql"
-	"encoding/hex"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -15,8 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
-	lru "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // Cache errors.
@@ -25,12 +21,11 @@ var (
 	ErrNegativeCache = errors.New("negative cache hit")
 )
 
-// HTTP status code for successful fetch.
-const httpStatusOK = 200
-
-// metaCacheSize is how many variants' content types metaCache holds. A
-// variant not among them is served as before, reading its .meta file.
-const metaCacheSize = 10000
+// maxPendingAccessTimes is how many access times of variants served from
+// the cache, and how many of cached sources a miss used, may each wait to be
+// written, at about 80 bytes each. An access time handed over while that
+// many of its kind wait is dropped.
+const maxPendingAccessTimes = 10000
 
 // cleanExpiredBatchSize is the most expired negative cache rows one
 // statement of CleanExpired deletes. Each batch is a statement of its
@@ -68,12 +63,11 @@ type CacheConfig struct {
 
 // Cache implements the caching layer for the image proxy.
 type Cache struct {
-	db          *sql.DB
-	srcContent  *ContentStorage  // source images by content hash
-	variants    *VariantStorage  // processed variants by cache key
-	srcMetadata *MetadataStorage // source metadata by host/path
-	config      CacheConfig
-	log         *slog.Logger
+	db         *sql.DB
+	srcContent *ContentStorage // source images by source key
+	variants   *VariantStorage // processed variants by cache key
+	config     CacheConfig
+	log        *slog.Logger
 
 	// disabled means the disk cache is turned off entirely: lookups
 	// always miss, stores are no-ops, and no eviction runs.
@@ -88,19 +82,23 @@ type Cache struct {
 	evictionCancel   context.CancelFunc
 
 	// The pending counts: hits, misses, upstream fetches and transforms
-	// whose write to the database missed its request's deadline, kept
-	// here until they are written by the goroutine that
-	// StartPendingCountWrites starts. As for eviction, the channels are
-	// created in NewCache: pendingCountsAdded wakes that goroutine, and
-	// pendingCountsDone is closed when it returns. pendingCountsCancel,
-	// set by StartPendingCountWrites, cancels its context, which tells it
-	// to finish.
+	// that requests counted, kept here until they are written by the
+	// goroutine that StartPendingCountWrites starts, so that no request
+	// waits for the database to count it. pendingVariantAccessTimes holds
+	// the variants served from the cache, and pendingSourceAccessTimes the
+	// cached sources a miss used, whose access time is still to be written
+	// by that goroutine. As for eviction, the channels are created in
+	// NewCache, so that requests can hand over access times before that
+	// goroutine starts; pendingCountsDone is closed when it returns.
+	// pendingCountsCancel, set by StartPendingCountWrites, cancels its
+	// context, which tells it to finish.
 	pendingHits               atomic.Int64
 	pendingMisses             atomic.Int64
 	pendingUpstreamFetches    atomic.Int64
 	pendingUpstreamFetchBytes atomic.Int64
 	pendingTransforms         atomic.Int64
-	pendingCountsAdded        chan struct{}
+	pendingVariantAccessTimes chan imagerequest.VariantKey
+	pendingSourceAccessTimes  chan imagerequest.SourceKey
 	pendingCountsDone         chan struct{}
 	pendingCountsCancel       context.CancelFunc
 
@@ -108,24 +106,6 @@ type Cache struct {
 	// readHitAndMissCounts to read them
 	pendingCountsWriteMutex sync.Mutex
 
-	// metaCache holds the content types of the variants most recently
-	// stored or served, so a hit does not read the variant's .meta file.
-	// It never stands in for the variant file, which is always opened.
-	metaCache *lru.Cache[VariantKey, string]
-
-	// contentLocks serializes StoreSource and evictSourceBlob per
-	// content hash, closing the race window between an eviction's row
-	// deletion and its file unlink against a concurrent store of
-	// identical content.
-	contentLocks *contentLock
-
-	// evictSourceBlobTestHook, when set, is invoked by evictSourceBlob
-	// after its row-deletion transaction commits and before the
-	// content file is unlinked. It exists solely so tests can
-	// deterministically pause inside that window to exercise
-	// concurrent stores against it; production code leaves it nil.
-	evictSourceBlobTestHook func(ContentHash)
-
 	// reconciliationPageSize is the most rows one read of a content table
 	// returns in the reconciliation pass and in Stats. newCache sets it to
 	// defaultReconciliationPageSize; tests set it smaller.
@@ -153,11 +133,6 @@ func newCache(
 		log = slog.Default()
 	}
 
-	metaCache, err := lru.New[VariantKey, string](metaCacheSize)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create variant content type cache: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	c := &Cache{
 		db:               db,
 		config:           config,
@@ -165,11 +140,10 @@ func newCache(
 		disabled:         config.DisableDiskCache,
 		evictionPressure: make(chan struct{}, 1),
 		evictionDone:     make(chan struct{}),
-		metaCache:        metaCache,
-		contentLocks:     newContentLock(),
 
-		pendingCountsAdded: make(chan struct{}, 1),
-		pendingCountsDone:  make(chan struct{}),
+		pendingVariantAccessTimes: make(chan imagerequest.VariantKey, maxPendingAccessTimes),
+		pendingSourceAccessTimes:  make(chan imagerequest.SourceKey, maxPendingAccessTimes),
+		pendingCountsDone:         make(chan struct{}),
 
 		reconciliationPageSize: defaultReconciliationPageSize,
 	}
@@ -186,22 +160,14 @@ func newCache(
 	}
 
 	variants, err := NewVariantStorage(
-		filepath.Join(config.StateDir, "cache", "variants"), log,
+		filepath.Join(config.StateDir, "cache", "variants"),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create variant storage: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	srcMetadata, err := NewMetadataStorage(
-		filepath.Join(config.StateDir, "cache", "metadata"),
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create source metadata storage: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	c.srcContent = srcContent
 	c.variants = variants
-	c.srcMetadata = srcMetadata
 
 	if config.UseDefaultMaxBytes {
 		limit, err := c.computeDefaultMaxBytes(context.Background(), probe)
@@ -220,146 +186,68 @@ func newCache(
 	return c, nil
 }
 
-// LookupResult contains the result of a cache lookup.
-type LookupResult struct {
-	Hit         bool
-	CacheKey    VariantKey
-	ContentType string
-	SizeBytes   int64
-	CacheStatus CacheStatus
-}
-
-// Lookup checks if a processed variant exists on disk. Hits touch the
-// variant's LRU timestamp; a disabled cache always misses.
-func (c *Cache) Lookup(ctx context.Context, req *ImageRequest) (*LookupResult, error) {
-	cacheKey := CacheKey(req)
-
-	// Check variant storage directly - no DB needed for cache hits
-	if !c.disabled && c.variants.Exists(cacheKey) {
-		c.touchVariant(ctx, cacheKey)
-
-		return &LookupResult{
-			Hit:         true,
-			CacheKey:    cacheKey,
-			CacheStatus: CacheHit,
-		}, nil
-	}
-
-	return &LookupResult{
-		Hit:         false,
-		CacheKey:    cacheKey,
-		CacheStatus: CacheMiss,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-// GetVariant returns a reader, size, and content type for a cached
-// variant. The content type comes from metaCache, or else from the
-// variant's .meta file and is then kept in metaCache. A variant with
-// no .meta file is served as application/octet-stream, which is not
-// kept.
-func (c *Cache) GetVariant(cacheKey VariantKey) (io.ReadCloser, int64, string, error) {
+// GetVariant opens a cached variant and returns a reader, its size and its
+// content type, read from the variant file's first bytes. It opens that one
+// file and makes no database call. A variant not in the cache, or any
+// variant of a disabled cache, is ErrNotFound; a variant file whose first
+// bytes are not those of an output format is another error.
+func (c *Cache) GetVariant(
+	cacheKey imagerequest.VariantKey,
+) (io.ReadCloser, int64, string, error) {
 	if c.disabled {
 		return nil, 0, "", ErrNotFound
 	}
 
-	contentType, known := c.metaCache.Get(cacheKey)
-	if !known {
-		return c.loadVariantWithMeta(cacheKey)
-	}
-
-	reader, size, err := c.variants.LoadWithSize(cacheKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		// The file is gone, e.g. deleted outside pixa
-		c.metaCache.Remove(cacheKey)
-
-		return nil, 0, "", err
-	}
-
-	return reader, size, contentType, nil
+	return c.variants.LoadWithContentType(cacheKey)
 }
 
-// StoreSource stores fetched source content and metadata. On a
-// disabled cache it is a no-op returning an empty hash.
+// StoreSource stores fetched source content: it writes the file named by
+// the source's key, then the source's row. When the row cannot be written
+// the file is removed and the store fails, as a file with no row is never
+// served or evicted; if that removal fails too, the next reconciliation
+// pass removes the file. On a disabled cache it is a no-op returning an
+// empty key.
 func (c *Cache) StoreSource(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	req *ImageRequest,
+	req *imagerequest.Request,
 	content io.Reader,
-	result *httpfetcher.FetchResult,
-) (ContentHash, error) {
+) (imagerequest.SourceKey, error) {
 	if c.disabled {
 		return "", nil
 	}
 
-	// Hash the content ourselves (rather than via srcContent.Store,
-	// which would hash internally) so the content hash is known before
-	// any file or database work happens: that lets the entire store be
-	// serialized, per hash, against a concurrent eviction of the same
-	// content below.
 	data, err := io.ReadAll(content)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to read source content: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	sum := sha256.Sum256(data)
-	contentHash := ContentHash(hex.EncodeToString(sum[:]))
+	key := req.Source.Key()
 
-	// Hold the content hash's lock for the whole store operation. A
-	// concurrent eviction of this exact hash (the real SHA-256 dedup
-	// case: a different source path whose bytes hash identically)
-	// deletes the accounting rows and unlinks the file inside the same
-	// lock, so the two can never interleave: either this store
-	// completes first (and a subsequent eviction removes it together
-	// with its rows and file, correctly), or eviction completes first
-	// (and this store finds the file already gone and recreates it
-	// fresh) — never a fresh row left pointing at a file eviction is
-	// mid-unlink on.
-	unlock := c.contentLocks.Lock(string(contentHash))
-	defer unlock()
-
-	size, err := c.srcContent.StoreHashed(contentHash, data)
+	size, err := c.srcContent.Store(key, data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to store source content: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Store in database
-	pathHash := HashPath(req.SourcePath + "?" + req.SourceQuery)
-
-	headersJSON, err := json.Marshal(result.Headers)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal response headers: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	_, err = c.db.ExecContext(ctx, `
-		INSERT INTO source_content (content_hash, content_type, size_bytes)
-		VALUES (?, ?, ?)
-		ON CONFLICT(content_hash) DO NOTHING
-	`, contentHash, result.ContentType, size)
+		INSERT INTO source_content (source_key, size_bytes)
+		VALUES (?, ?)
+		ON CONFLICT(source_key) DO UPDATE SET
+			size_bytes = excluded.size_bytes,
+			last_accessed_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+	`, string(key), size)
 	if err != nil {
+		deleteErr := c.srcContent.Delete(key)
+		if deleteErr != nil {
+			c.log.Warn("failed to remove source file whose row was not written",
+				"source_key", key, "error", deleteErr)
+		}
+
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to insert source content: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	_, err = c.db.ExecContext(ctx, `
-		INSERT INTO source_metadata
-			(source_host, source_path, source_query, path_hash,
-			 content_hash, status_code, content_type, response_headers)
-		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
-		ON CONFLICT(source_host, source_path, source_query) DO UPDATE SET
-			content_hash = excluded.content_hash,
-			status_code = excluded.status_code,
-			content_type = excluded.content_type,
-			response_headers = excluded.response_headers,
-			fetched_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-	`, req.SourceHost, req.SourcePath, req.SourceQuery, pathHash,
-		contentHash, httpStatusOK, result.ContentType, string(headersJSON))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to insert source metadata: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	c.writeMetadataSidecar(req, pathHash, contentHash, result)
-
 	c.notifyWritePressure()
 
-	return contentHash, nil
+	return key, nil
 }
 
 // StoreVariant stores a processed variant by its cache key and records
@@ -367,27 +255,24 @@ func (c *Cache) StoreSource(
 // accounting insert is best-effort (the startup reconciliation pass
 // adopts any variant file that misses its accounting row).
 func (c *Cache) StoreVariant(
-	ctx context.Context, cacheKey VariantKey, content io.Reader, contentType string,
+	ctx context.Context, cacheKey imagerequest.VariantKey, content io.Reader,
 ) error {
 	if c.disabled {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	size, err := c.variants.Store(cacheKey, content, contentType)
+	size, err := c.variants.Store(cacheKey, content)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	c.metaCache.Add(cacheKey, contentType)
-
 	_, err = c.db.ExecContext(ctx, `
-		INSERT INTO variant_content (cache_key, size_bytes, content_type)
-		VALUES (?, ?, ?)
+		INSERT INTO variant_content (cache_key, size_bytes)
+		VALUES (?, ?)
 		ON CONFLICT(cache_key) DO UPDATE SET
 			size_bytes = excluded.size_bytes,
-			content_type = excluded.content_type,
 			last_accessed_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-	`, string(cacheKey), size, contentType)
+	`, string(cacheKey), size)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.log.Warn("failed to record variant in size accounting",
 			"cache_key", cacheKey, "error", err)
@@ -399,60 +284,54 @@ func (c *Cache) StoreVariant(
 }
 
 // LookupSource checks if we have cached source content for a request.
-// Returns the content hash and content type if found, or empty values
-// if not. Hits touch the blob's LRU timestamp; a disabled cache always
-// reports no cached source.
+// Returns the source key if found, or an empty key if not; a row whose
+// file is missing is not found. A source found has its access time
+// handed to the background writer without waiting (see
+// touchSourceContent); a disabled cache always reports no cached source.
 func (c *Cache) LookupSource(
-	ctx context.Context, req *ImageRequest,
-) (ContentHash, string, error) {
+	ctx context.Context, req *imagerequest.Request,
+) (imagerequest.SourceKey, error) {
 	if c.disabled {
-		return "", "", nil
+		return "", nil
 	}
 
-	var hashStr, contentType string
+	key := req.Source.Key()
+
+	var foundKey string
 
 	err := c.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, `
-		SELECT content_hash, content_type FROM source_metadata
-		WHERE source_host = ? AND source_path = ? AND source_query = ?
-	`, req.SourceHost, req.SourcePath, req.SourceQuery).Scan(&hashStr, &contentType)
+		SELECT source_key FROM source_content WHERE source_key = ?
+	`, string(key)).Scan(&foundKey)
 
 	if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
-		return "", "", nil
+		return "", nil
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("failed to lookup source: %w", err)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to lookup source: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	contentHash := ContentHash(hashStr)
-
 	// Verify the content file exists
-	if !c.srcContent.Exists(contentHash) {
-		return "", "", nil
+	if !c.srcContent.Exists(key) {
+		return "", nil
 	}
 
-	c.touchSourceContent(ctx, contentHash)
+	c.touchSourceContent(key)
 
-	return contentHash, contentType, nil
+	return key, nil
 }
 
 // StoreNegative stores a negative cache entry for a failed fetch.
-func (c *Cache) StoreNegative(
-	ctx context.Context, req *ImageRequest, statusCode int, errMsg string,
-) error {
+func (c *Cache) StoreNegative(ctx context.Context, req *imagerequest.Request) error {
 	expiresAt := time.Now().UTC().Add(c.config.NegativeTTL)
 
 	_, err := c.db.ExecContext(ctx, `
 		INSERT INTO negative_cache
-			(source_host, source_path, source_query, status_code,
-			 error_message, expires_at)
-		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+			(source_host, source_path, source_query, expires_at)
+		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)
 		ON CONFLICT(source_host, source_path, source_query) DO UPDATE SET
-			status_code = excluded.status_code,
-			error_message = excluded.error_message,
-			fetched_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
 			expires_at = excluded.expires_at
-	`, req.SourceHost, req.SourcePath, req.SourceQuery, statusCode, errMsg, expiresAt)
+	`, req.Source.Host, req.Source.Path, req.Source.Query, expiresAt)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to insert negative cache: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -460,33 +339,16 @@ func (c *Cache) StoreNegative(
 	return nil
 }
 
-// GetSourceMetadataID returns the source metadata ID for a request.
-func (c *Cache) GetSourceMetadataID(
-	ctx context.Context, req *ImageRequest,
-) (int64, error) {
-	var id int64
-
-	err := c.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, `
-		SELECT id FROM source_metadata
-		WHERE source_host = ? AND source_path = ? AND source_query = ?
-	`, req.SourceHost, req.SourcePath, req.SourceQuery).Scan(&id)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to get source metadata ID: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return id, nil
-}
-
-// GetSourceContent returns a reader for cached source content by its hash,
+// GetSourceContent returns a reader for cached source content by its key,
 // and the content's size in bytes.
 func (c *Cache) GetSourceContent(
-	contentHash ContentHash,
+	key imagerequest.SourceKey,
 ) (io.ReadCloser, int64, error) {
 	if c.disabled {
 		return nil, 0, ErrNotFound
 	}
 
-	return c.srcContent.LoadWithSize(contentHash)
+	return c.srcContent.LoadWithSize(key)
 }
 
 // CleanExpired removes the negative cache rows past their expiry, one
@@ -549,92 +411,33 @@ func (c *Cache) Stats(ctx context.Context) (*CacheStats, error) {
 
 // IncrementStats counts a cache hit or miss, and an upstream fetch that read
 // fetchBytes bytes, as IncrementUpstreamFetch does. Like the other Increment
-// methods, it writes to the database with ctx's deadline but not its
-// cancellation, so an ended request is still counted but does not wait for
-// the database past its deadline; a count not written by then becomes a
-// pending count (see StartPendingCountWrites).
-func (c *Cache) IncrementStats(ctx context.Context, hit bool, fetchBytes int64) {
-	countCtx, cancel := withoutCancelKeepingDeadline(ctx)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	var err error
-
-	pendingCount := &c.pendingMisses
-
+// methods, it only adds to the pending counts, which the goroutine
+// StartPendingCountWrites starts writes to the database, so it never waits
+// for the database or fails.
+func (c *Cache) IncrementStats(hit bool, fetchBytes int64) {
 	if hit {
-		pendingCount = &c.pendingHits
-
-		_, err = c.db.ExecContext(countCtx, `
-			UPDATE cache_stats
-			SET hit_count = hit_count + 1,
-			    last_updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-			WHERE id = 1
-		`)
+		c.pendingHits.Add(1)
 	} else {
-		_, err = c.db.ExecContext(countCtx, `
-			UPDATE cache_stats
-			SET miss_count = miss_count + 1,
-			    last_updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-			WHERE id = 1
-		`)
+		c.pendingMisses.Add(1)
 	}
 
-	switch {
-	case errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded):
-		c.addPendingCount(pendingCount, 1)
-	case err != nil:
-		c.log.Warn("failed to count cache hit or miss", "hit", hit, "error", err)
-	}
-
-	c.IncrementUpstreamFetch(ctx, fetchBytes)
+	c.IncrementUpstreamFetch(fetchBytes)
 }
 
 // IncrementUpstreamFetch counts one upstream fetch that read fetchBytes bytes.
 // A fetch that read no bytes is not counted.
-func (c *Cache) IncrementUpstreamFetch(ctx context.Context, fetchBytes int64) {
+func (c *Cache) IncrementUpstreamFetch(fetchBytes int64) {
 	if fetchBytes <= 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
-	countCtx, cancel := withoutCancelKeepingDeadline(ctx)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	_, err := c.db.ExecContext(countCtx, `
-		UPDATE cache_stats
-		SET upstream_fetch_count = upstream_fetch_count + 1,
-		    upstream_fetch_bytes = upstream_fetch_bytes + ?,
-		    last_updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-		WHERE id = 1
-	`, fetchBytes)
-
-	switch {
-	case errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded):
-		c.addPendingCount(&c.pendingUpstreamFetches, 1)
-		c.addPendingCount(&c.pendingUpstreamFetchBytes, fetchBytes)
-	case err != nil:
-		c.log.Warn("failed to count upstream fetch",
-			"fetch_bytes", fetchBytes, "error", err)
-	}
+	c.pendingUpstreamFetches.Add(1)
+	c.pendingUpstreamFetchBytes.Add(fetchBytes)
 }
 
 // IncrementTransformCount counts one image transcoded by the image processor.
-func (c *Cache) IncrementTransformCount(ctx context.Context) {
-	countCtx, cancel := withoutCancelKeepingDeadline(ctx)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	_, err := c.db.ExecContext(countCtx, `
-		UPDATE cache_stats
-		SET transform_count = transform_count + 1,
-		    last_updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-		WHERE id = 1
-	`)
-
-	switch {
-	case errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded):
-		c.addPendingCount(&c.pendingTransforms, 1)
-	case err != nil:
-		c.log.Warn("failed to count transform", "error", err)
-	}
+func (c *Cache) IncrementTransformCount() {
+	c.pendingTransforms.Add(1)
 }
 
 // readHitAndMissCounts sets the hit and miss counts of stats to those of the
@@ -656,97 +459,42 @@ func (c *Cache) readHitAndMissCounts(ctx context.Context, stats *CacheStats) err
 	return err
 }
 
-// loadVariantWithMeta is GetVariant for a variant metaCache does not
-// hold: it reads the content type from the variant's .meta file and
-// keeps it in metaCache, unless a StoreVariant has put one there
-// meanwhile, as the store's is newer. A read that finds no .meta file,
-// as one can when the store's .meta write failed or an eviction removed
-// the file after the read opened the variant, serves
-// application/octet-stream and keeps nothing, so metaCache only ever
-// holds a type read from a .meta file or passed to StoreVariant.
-func (c *Cache) loadVariantWithMeta(
-	cacheKey VariantKey,
-) (io.ReadCloser, int64, string, error) {
-	reader, size, contentType, err := c.variants.LoadWithMeta(cacheKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, "", err
-	}
-
-	if contentType == "" {
-		return reader, size, fallbackContentType, nil
-	}
-
-	c.metaCache.ContainsOrAdd(cacheKey, contentType)
-
-	return reader, size, contentType, nil
-}
-
-// writeMetadataSidecar writes the JSON metadata sidecar of a stored source.
-// A failure is logged and is otherwise non-fatal; the metadata is in the
-// database.
-func (c *Cache) writeMetadataSidecar(
-	req *ImageRequest,
-	pathHash PathHash,
-	contentHash ContentHash,
-	result *httpfetcher.FetchResult,
-) {
-	meta := &SourceMetadata{
-		Host:            req.SourceHost,
-		Path:            req.SourcePath,
-		Query:           req.SourceQuery,
-		ContentHash:     string(contentHash),
-		StatusCode:      result.StatusCode,
-		ContentType:     result.ContentType,
-		ContentLength:   result.ContentLength,
-		ResponseHeaders: result.Headers,
-		FetchedAt:       time.Now().UTC().Unix(),
-		FetchDurationMs: result.FetchDurationMs,
-		RemoteAddr:      result.RemoteAddr,
-	}
-
-	err := c.srcMetadata.Store(req.SourceHost, pathHash, meta)
-	if err != nil {
-		c.log.Warn("failed to write metadata sidecar",
-			"host", req.SourceHost, "path_hash", pathHash, "error", err)
+// touchVariant hands the access time of a variant served from the cache to
+// the goroutine StartPendingCountWrites starts, which writes it in its next
+// batch. It never waits: while maxPendingAccessTimes access times of
+// variants wait to be written, this one is dropped, and the variant only
+// looks colder to eviction.
+func (c *Cache) touchVariant(cacheKey imagerequest.VariantKey) {
+	select {
+	case c.pendingVariantAccessTimes <- cacheKey:
+	default:
 	}
 }
 
-// touchVariant updates the LRU timestamp of a variant, best-effort:
-// a failed touch only makes the entry look colder to eviction.
-func (c *Cache) touchVariant(ctx context.Context, cacheKey VariantKey) {
-	_, err := c.db.ExecContext(ctx, `
-		UPDATE variant_content SET last_accessed_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-		WHERE cache_key = ?
-	`, string(cacheKey))
-	if err != nil {
-		c.log.Debug("failed to touch variant LRU timestamp",
-			"cache_key", cacheKey, "error", err)
+// touchSourceContent hands the access time of a cached source a miss used to
+// the goroutine StartPendingCountWrites starts, which writes it in its next
+// batch. It never waits: while maxPendingAccessTimes access times of sources
+// wait to be written, this one is dropped, and the source only looks colder
+// to eviction.
+func (c *Cache) touchSourceContent(key imagerequest.SourceKey) {
+	select {
+	case c.pendingSourceAccessTimes <- key:
+	default:
 	}
 }
 
-// touchSourceContent updates the LRU timestamp of a source content
-// blob, best-effort: a failed touch only makes the blob look colder.
-func (c *Cache) touchSourceContent(ctx context.Context, contentHash ContentHash) {
-	_, err := c.db.ExecContext(ctx, `
-		UPDATE source_content SET last_accessed_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-		WHERE content_hash = ?
-	`, string(contentHash))
-	if err != nil {
-		c.log.Debug("failed to touch source content LRU timestamp",
-			"content_hash", contentHash, "error", err)
-	}
-}
-
-// checkNegativeCache checks if a request is in the negative cache.
+// checkNegativeCache checks if a request is in the negative cache. It only
+// reads: a row past its expiry is not a hit, and the eviction goroutine
+// deletes it with the other expired rows (see CleanExpired).
 func (c *Cache) checkNegativeCache(
-	ctx context.Context, req *ImageRequest,
+	ctx context.Context, req *imagerequest.Request,
 ) (bool, error) {
 	var expiresAt time.Time
 
 	err := c.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, `
 		SELECT expires_at FROM negative_cache
 		WHERE source_host = ? AND source_path = ? AND source_query = ?
-	`, req.SourceHost, req.SourcePath, req.SourceQuery).Scan(&expiresAt)
+	`, req.Source.Host, req.Source.Path, req.Source.Query).Scan(&expiresAt)
 
 	if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
 		return false, nil
@@ -756,22 +504,9 @@ func (c *Cache) checkNegativeCache(
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to check negative cache: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Check if expired
-	if time.Now().After(expiresAt) {
-		// Clean up expired entry
-		_, err = c.db.ExecContext(ctx, `
-			DELETE FROM negative_cache
-			WHERE source_host = ? AND source_path = ? AND source_query = ?
-		`, req.SourceHost, req.SourcePath, req.SourceQuery)
-		if err != nil {
-			c.log.Warn("failed to delete expired negative cache entry",
-				"host", req.SourceHost, "path", req.SourcePath, "error", err)
-		}
+	expired := time.Now().After(expiresAt)
 
-		return false, nil
-	}
-
-	return true, nil
+	return !expired, nil
 }
 
 // cleanExpiredBatch deletes up to cleanExpiredBatchSize negative cache

internal/imgcache/cache_hit_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,298 @@
+package imgcache
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"image/color"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imageprocessor"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/magic"
+)
+
+// TestGetVariant_ContentTypeFromFirstBytes stores an image in each output
+// format as a variant and checks that GetVariant serves it whole with the
+// content type of its format, read from the file.
+func TestGetVariant_ContentTypeFromFirstBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
+	processor := imageprocessor.New(imageprocessor.Params{})
+	source := generateTestJPEG(t, 40, 30, color.RGBA{200, 40, 40, 255})
+
+	for _, format := range []imagerequest.Format{
+		imagerequest.FormatJPEG, imagerequest.FormatPNG, imagerequest.FormatGIF,
+		imagerequest.FormatWebP, imagerequest.FormatAVIF, imagerequest.FormatJXL,
+	} {
+		result, err := processor.Process(t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(source),
+			&imagerequest.Transform{
+				Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 20, Height: 15},
+				Format:  format,
+				Quality: 85,
+				FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+			})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("making a %s image: %v", format, err)
+		}
+
+		image, err := io.ReadAll(result.Content)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("reading the %s image: %v", format, err)
+		}
+
+		key := imagerequest.VariantKey("aabbccdd10" + string(format))
+
+		err = cache.StoreVariant(t.Context(), key, bytes.NewReader(image))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("StoreVariant(%s) error = %v", format, err)
+		}
+
+		reader, size, contentType, err := cache.GetVariant(key)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("GetVariant(%s) error = %v", format, err)
+		}
+
+		served, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+		_ = reader.Close()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("reading the %s variant: %v", format, err)
+		}
+
+		t.Logf("%s: %d bytes served as %s", format, size, contentType)
+
+		if want := imageprocessor.FormatToMIME(format); contentType != want {
+			t.Errorf("%s variant content type = %q, want %q", format, contentType, want)
+		}
+
+		if size != int64(len(image)) || !bytes.Equal(served, image) {
+			t.Errorf("%s variant served %d bytes, size %d, want the %d bytes stored",
+				format, len(served), size, len(image))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestGetVariant_RefusesFileOfNoOutputFormat checks that GetVariant refuses
+// a variant file whose first bytes are not those of an output format, with
+// an error other than ErrNotFound, and that a variant with no file, or any
+// variant of a disabled cache, is ErrNotFound.
+func TestGetVariant_RefusesFileOfNoOutputFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
+	jpegImage := generateTestJPEG(t, 10, 10, color.RGBA{0, 0, 255, 255})
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		content []byte
+		wantErr error
+	}{
+		{"text", []byte("this is text, not an image"), magic.ErrUnknownFormat},
+		{"SVG", []byte(`<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg>`),
+			errNotAnOutputFormat},
+		{"JPEG cut to 10 bytes", jpegImage[:10], io.EOF},
+		{"empty", nil, io.EOF},
+	}
+
+	for i, tt := range tests {
+		key := imagerequest.VariantKey(fmt.Sprintf("aabbccdd20%02d", i))
+
+		_, err := cache.variants.Store(key, bytes.NewReader(tt.content))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: storing the variant file: %v", tt.name, err)
+		}
+
+		reader, _, contentType, err := cache.GetVariant(key)
+		t.Logf("%s: GetVariant() error = %v", tt.name, err)
+
+		if reader != nil || contentType != "" || !errors.Is(err, tt.wantErr) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: GetVariant() = reader %v, content type %q, error %v; "+
+				"want no reader and %v", tt.name, reader, contentType, err, tt.wantErr)
+		}
+	}
+
+	reader, _, _, err := cache.GetVariant(testVariantKeyFour)
+	if reader != nil || !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Errorf("GetVariant() of a variant with no file = reader %v, error %v; "+
+			"want no reader and %v", reader, err, ErrNotFound)
+	}
+
+	disabled, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 0)
+
+	reader, _, _, err = disabled.GetVariant(testVariantKeyOne)
+	if reader != nil || !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Errorf("GetVariant() on a disabled cache = reader %v, error %v; "+
+			"want no reader and %v", reader, err, ErrNotFound)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestService_Get_MakesAgainVariantOfNoOutputFormat replaces a cached
+// variant's file with text, and checks that the next request is a miss
+// answered with the variant made again, and the one after a hit.
+func TestService_Get_MakesAgainVariantOfNoOutputFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
+	req := photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover)
+
+	want, _ := getImage(t, svc, req)
+
+	path := svc.cache.variants.keyToPath(imagerequest.CacheKey(req))
+
+	err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("this is text, not an image"), StorageFilePerm)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("replacing the variant file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	got, status := getImage(t, svc, req)
+	t.Logf("after the replacement: %d bytes, %s", len(got), status)
+
+	if status != CacheMiss || !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("after the replacement: Get() = %d bytes, %s; want the %d bytes "+
+			"made again, %s", len(got), status, len(want), CacheMiss)
+	}
+
+	got, status = getImage(t, svc, req)
+
+	if status != CacheHit || !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("next request: Get() = %d bytes, %s; want the %d bytes, %s",
+			len(got), status, len(want), CacheHit)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestService_Get_HitWaitsForNoDatabaseWrite holds the database's one
+// connection while a cached variant is requested. The hit must be answered
+// while the connection is still held, and its access time and hit count
+// must reach the database once it is free.
+func TestService_Get_HitWaitsForNoDatabaseWrite(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
+	req := photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover)
+	key := imagerequest.CacheKey(req)
+
+	getImage(t, svc, req)
+	waitForPendingCountsWritten(t, svc.cache)
+
+	anHourAgo := time.Now().Add(-time.Hour)
+	setVariantLastAccessed(t, svc.cache, key, anHourAgo)
+
+	want := readCacheStatsCounters(t, svc.cache)
+	want.hitCount++
+
+	releaseDatabase := holdDatabase(t, svc.cache)
+	defer releaseDatabase()
+
+	results := startGet(t.Context(), svc, req)
+
+	select {
+	case got := <-results:
+		if got.err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Get() of the cached variant error = %v", got.err)
+		}
+	case <-time.After(pendingCountsWait):
+		t.Fatal("the cache hit waited for the database")
+	}
+
+	releaseDatabase()
+
+	waitForCounters(t, svc.cache, want)
+
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(pendingCountsWait)
+
+	for countRows(t, svc.cache, `
+		SELECT COUNT(*) FROM variant_content
+		WHERE cache_key = ? AND last_accessed_at > ?
+	`, string(key), anHourAgo.UTC().Format(sqliteTimestampFormat)) == 0 {
+		if time.Now().After(deadline) {
+			t.Fatal("the hit's access time was not written")
+		}
+
+		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTouchVariantAndTouchSourceContent_DropAccessTimesPastTheLimit hands one
+// more access time of a variant, and one more of a source, than may wait to
+// be written. touchVariant and touchSourceContent must return each time
+// without waiting, and the last of each must be dropped.
+func TestTouchVariantAndTouchSourceContent_DropAccessTimesPastTheLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
+
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+
+	go func() {
+		defer close(done)
+
+		for range maxPendingAccessTimes + 1 {
+			cache.touchVariant(testVariantKeyOne)
+			cache.touchSourceContent("aabbccdd3001")
+		}
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+	case <-time.After(pendingCountsWait):
+		t.Fatal("touchVariant or touchSourceContent waited once the access " +
+			"times reached the limit")
+	}
+
+	if waiting := len(cache.pendingVariantAccessTimes); waiting != maxPendingAccessTimes {
+		t.Errorf("%d access times of variants wait to be written, want %d",
+			waiting, maxPendingAccessTimes)
+	}
+
+	if waiting := len(cache.pendingSourceAccessTimes); waiting != maxPendingAccessTimes {
+		t.Errorf("%d access times of sources wait to be written, want %d",
+			waiting, maxPendingAccessTimes)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestStopPendingCountWrites_WritesPendingAccessTimes hands the access time
+// of one of two variants, three times, then stops the goroutine that writes
+// them, which never started. The stop must write that access time and
+// leave the other variant's.
+func TestStopPendingCountWrites_WritesPendingAccessTimes(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
+	anHourAgo := time.Now().Add(-time.Hour)
+
+	for _, key := range []imagerequest.VariantKey{testVariantKeyOne, testVariantKeyTwo} {
+		storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, key, []byte("variant bytes"))
+		setVariantLastAccessed(t, cache, key, anHourAgo)
+	}
+
+	for range 3 {
+		cache.touchVariant(testVariantKeyOne)
+	}
+
+	err := cache.StopPendingCountWrites(t.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("StopPendingCountWrites() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for key, wantTouched := range map[imagerequest.VariantKey]int{
+		testVariantKeyOne: 1, testVariantKeyTwo: 0,
+	} {
+		touched := countRows(t, cache, `
+			SELECT COUNT(*) FROM variant_content
+			WHERE cache_key = ? AND last_accessed_at > ?
+		`, string(key), anHourAgo.UTC().Format(sqliteTimestampFormat))
+		if touched != wantTouched {
+			t.Errorf("variant %s: %d rows with a new access time, want %d",
+				key, touched, wantTouched)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if waiting := len(cache.pendingVariantAccessTimes); waiting != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("%d access times still wait to be written, want 0", waiting)
+	}
+}

internal/imgcache/cache_internal_test.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package imgcache
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"os"
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
 )
 
 func setupTestDB(t *testing.T) *sql.DB {
@@ -23,54 +21,15 @@ func setupTestDB(t *testing.T) *sql.DB {
 	// Create schema
 	schema := `
 		CREATE TABLE source_content (
-			content_hash TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
-			content_type TEXT NOT NULL,
+			source_key TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
 			size_bytes INTEGER NOT NULL,
-			fetched_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-		);
-		CREATE TABLE source_metadata (
-			id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-			source_host TEXT NOT NULL,
-			source_path TEXT NOT NULL,
-			source_query TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-			path_hash TEXT NOT NULL,
-			content_hash TEXT,
-			status_code INTEGER NOT NULL,
-			content_type TEXT,
-			response_headers TEXT,
-			fetched_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-			expires_at DATETIME,
-			etag TEXT,
-			last_modified TEXT,
-			UNIQUE(source_host, source_path, source_query)
-		);
-		CREATE TABLE output_content (
-			content_hash TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
-			content_type TEXT NOT NULL,
-			size_bytes INTEGER NOT NULL,
-			fetched_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-		);
-		CREATE TABLE request_cache (
-			id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-			cache_key TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
-			source_metadata_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
-			output_hash TEXT NOT NULL,
-			width INTEGER NOT NULL,
-			height INTEGER NOT NULL,
-			format TEXT NOT NULL,
-			quality INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 85,
-			fit_mode TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'cover',
-			fetched_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-			access_count INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1
+			last_accessed_at DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 		);
 		CREATE TABLE negative_cache (
 			id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
 			source_host TEXT NOT NULL,
 			source_path TEXT NOT NULL,
 			source_query TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-			status_code INTEGER NOT NULL,
-			error_message TEXT,
-			fetched_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
 			expires_at DATETIME NOT NULL,
 			UNIQUE(source_host, source_path, source_query)
 		);
@@ -111,319 +70,6 @@ func setupTestCache(t *testing.T) *Cache {
 	return cache
 }
 
-func TestCache_LookupMiss(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache := setupTestCache(t)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath: testPathCat,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-		Format:     FormatWebP,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
-	}
-
-	result, err := cache.Lookup(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Lookup() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if result.Hit {
-		t.Error("Lookup() hit = true, want false for cache miss")
-	}
-
-	if result.CacheStatus != CacheMiss {
-		t.Errorf("Lookup() status = %v, want %v", result.CacheStatus, CacheMiss)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCache_StoreAndLookup(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache := setupTestCache(t)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath: testPathCat,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-		Format:     FormatWebP,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
-	}
-
-	// Store source content
-	sourceContent := []byte("fake jpeg data")
-	fetchResult := &httpfetcher.FetchResult{
-		ContentType: testContentTypeJPEG,
-		Headers:     map[string][]string{testHeaderContentType: {testContentTypeJPEG}},
-	}
-
-	contentHash, err := cache.StoreSource(
-		ctx, req, bytes.NewReader(sourceContent), fetchResult)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("StoreSource() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if contentHash == "" {
-		t.Error("StoreSource() returned empty hash")
-	}
-
-	// Store variant
-	cacheKey := CacheKey(req)
-	outputContent := []byte("fake webp data")
-
-	err = cache.StoreVariant(
-		t.Context(), cacheKey, bytes.NewReader(outputContent), "image/webp")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("StoreVariant() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Now lookup should hit
-	result, err := cache.Lookup(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Lookup() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if !result.Hit {
-		t.Error("Lookup() hit = false, want true after store")
-	}
-
-	if result.CacheStatus != CacheHit {
-		t.Errorf("Lookup() status = %v, want %v", result.CacheStatus, CacheHit)
-	}
-
-	if result.CacheKey == "" {
-		t.Error("Lookup() returned empty cache key")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCache_NegativeCache(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache := setupTestCache(t)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath: "/photos/notfound.jpg",
-		Size:       Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-		Format:     FormatWebP,
-	}
-
-	// Store negative cache entry
-	err := cache.StoreNegative(ctx, req, 404, "not found")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("StoreNegative() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Lookup should return miss (negative cache is checked at service level)
-	result, err := cache.Lookup(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Lookup() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if result.Hit {
-		t.Error("Lookup() hit = true, want false for negative cache entry")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCache_NegativeCacheExpiry(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-	db := setupTestDB(t)
-
-	// Very short negative TTL for testing
-	cache, err := NewCache(db, CacheConfig{
-		StateDir:    tmpDir,
-		NegativeTTL: 1 * time.Millisecond,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create cache: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath: "/photos/expired.jpg",
-		Size:       Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-		Format:     FormatWebP,
-	}
-
-	// Store negative cache entry
-	err = cache.StoreNegative(ctx, req, 404, "not found")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("StoreNegative() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Wait for expiry
-	time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
-
-	// Lookup should return miss after expiry
-	result, err := cache.Lookup(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Lookup() error = %v, want nil after expiry", err)
-	}
-
-	if result.Hit {
-		t.Error("Lookup() hit = true, want false after negative cache expiry")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCache_VariantLookup(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache := setupTestCache(t)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath: "/photos/variant.jpg",
-		Size:       Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-		Format:     FormatWebP,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
-	}
-
-	// Store variant
-	cacheKey := CacheKey(req)
-	outputContent := []byte("output data")
-
-	err := cache.StoreVariant(
-		t.Context(), cacheKey, bytes.NewReader(outputContent), "image/webp")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("StoreVariant() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// First lookup
-	result1, err := cache.Lookup(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Lookup() first error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if !result1.Hit {
-		t.Error("Lookup() first hit = false")
-	}
-
-	// Second lookup should also hit (from disk)
-	result2, err := cache.Lookup(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Lookup() second error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if !result2.Hit {
-		t.Error("Lookup() second hit = false")
-	}
-
-	if result1.CacheKey != result2.CacheKey {
-		t.Error("Lookup() returned different cache keys")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCache_GetVariant_ReturnsContentType(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache := setupTestCache(t)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath: "/photos/variantct.jpg",
-		Size:       Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-		Format:     FormatWebP,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
-	}
-
-	// Store variant
-	cacheKey := CacheKey(req)
-	outputContent := []byte("output webp data")
-
-	err := cache.StoreVariant(
-		t.Context(), cacheKey, bytes.NewReader(outputContent), "image/webp")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("StoreVariant() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Lookup
-	result, err := cache.Lookup(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Lookup() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if !result.Hit {
-		t.Fatal("Lookup() hit = false, want true")
-	}
-
-	// GetVariant should return content type
-	reader, size, contentType, err := cache.GetVariant(result.CacheKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("GetVariant() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	defer func() { _ = reader.Close() }()
-
-	if contentType != "image/webp" {
-		t.Errorf("GetVariant() ContentType = %q, want %q", contentType, "image/webp")
-	}
-
-	if size != int64(len(outputContent)) {
-		t.Errorf("GetVariant() size = %d, want %d", size, len(outputContent))
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCache_GetVariant(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache := setupTestCache(t)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath: "/photos/output.jpg",
-		Size:       Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-		Format:     FormatWebP,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
-	}
-
-	// Store variant
-	cacheKey := CacheKey(req)
-	outputContent := []byte("the actual output content")
-
-	err := cache.StoreVariant(
-		t.Context(), cacheKey, bytes.NewReader(outputContent), "image/webp")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("StoreVariant() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Lookup to get cache key
-	result, err := cache.Lookup(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Lookup() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Get variant content
-	reader, _, _, err := cache.GetVariant(result.CacheKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("GetVariant() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	defer func() { _ = reader.Close() }()
-
-	buf := make([]byte, 100)
-	n, _ := reader.Read(buf)
-
-	if !bytes.Equal(buf[:n], outputContent) {
-		t.Errorf("GetVariant() content = %q, want %q", buf[:n], outputContent)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestCache_Stats(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -431,9 +77,9 @@ func TestCache_Stats(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	// Increment some stats
-	cache.IncrementStats(ctx, true, 0)
-	cache.IncrementStats(ctx, true, 0)
-	cache.IncrementStats(ctx, false, 1024)
+	cache.IncrementStats(true, 0)
+	cache.IncrementStats(true, 0)
+	cache.IncrementStats(false, 1024)
 
 	stats, err := cache.Stats(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -465,8 +111,8 @@ func TestCache_CleanExpired(t *testing.T) {
 	// Insert expired negative cache entry directly
 	_, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, `
 		INSERT INTO negative_cache
-			(source_host, source_path, source_query, status_code, expires_at)
-		VALUES ('example.com', '/old.jpg', '', 404, datetime('now', '-1 hour'))
+			(source_host, source_path, source_query, expires_at)
+		VALUES ('example.com', '/old.jpg', '', datetime('now', '-1 hour'))
 	`)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to insert test data: %v", err)
@@ -518,7 +164,6 @@ func TestCache_StorageDirectoriesCreated(t *testing.T) {
 	dirs := []string{
 		"cache/sources",
 		"cache/variants",
-		"cache/metadata",
 	}
 
 	for _, dir := range dirs {

internal/imgcache/cache_usage_internal_test.go

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // TestEvictionReadsTheUsageTotal adds, stores again, resizes and evicts
@@ -29,10 +31,10 @@ func TestEvictionReadsTheUsageTotal(t *testing.T) {
 	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, testVariantKeyTwo,
 		bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x75}, 200))
 
-	// pixa never changes a source's size, but a statement that does must
-	// change the total too.
+	// Storing a source URL again changes its size, so the total must
+	// follow a statement that changes it.
 	_, err := cache.db.ExecContext(ctx,
-		`UPDATE source_content SET size_bytes = 900 WHERE content_hash = ?`,
+		`UPDATE source_content SET size_bytes = 900 WHERE source_key = ?`,
 		string(kept))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to change the source's size: %v", err)
@@ -153,8 +155,9 @@ func TestUsageTotalNotCorrectedFromAnOlderSum(t *testing.T) {
 // pass. No read the pass makes of a content table, to check its rows or
 // to sum them, may cover more than two rows, so a request's query waits
 // for one page at most. Between them the reads must still cover every
-// row of both tables twice, once to check it and once to sum it, and the
-// sum must put a wrong total right.
+// variant row twice, once to check it and once to sum it, and every
+// source row once, as source rows are read only to sum them, and the sum
+// must put a wrong total right.
 func TestReconciliationReadsAPageAtATime(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -171,7 +174,8 @@ func TestReconciliationReadsAPageAtATime(t *testing.T) {
 
 		storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, "pages.example.com",
 			"/"+strconv.Itoa(i)+".jpg", bytes.Repeat(content, 100))
-		storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, VariantKey("aabbccdd000"+strconv.Itoa(i)),
+		storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache,
+			imagerequest.VariantKey("aabbccdd000"+strconv.Itoa(i)),
 			bytes.Repeat(content, 10))
 	}
 
@@ -204,9 +208,10 @@ func TestReconciliationReadsAPageAtATime(t *testing.T) {
 		coveredRows += rows
 	}
 
-	// Ten rows, each read once to check it and once to sum it.
-	if coveredRows != 20 {
-		t.Errorf("the reads covered %d rows in all, want 20", coveredRows)
+	// Five variant rows, each read once to check it and once to sum it,
+	// and five source rows, read only to sum them.
+	if coveredRows != 15 {
+		t.Errorf("the reads covered %d rows in all, want 15", coveredRows)
 	}
 
 	usage, err := cache.UsageBytes(ctx)

internal/imgcache/cachesize_internal_test.go

@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ func TestComputeDefaultMaxBytesCountsWhatTheCacheHolds(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// The cache now holds those 3 GiB, which leaves 1 GiB free.
 	_, err = cache.db.ExecContext(t.Context(),
-		`INSERT INTO variant_content (cache_key, size_bytes, content_type)
-		 VALUES (?, ?, ?)`,
-		string(testVariantKeyOne), 3221225472, testContentTypeWebP,
+		`INSERT INTO variant_content (cache_key, size_bytes) VALUES (?, ?)`,
+		string(testVariantKeyOne), 3221225472,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to insert variant accounting row: %v", err)

internal/imgcache/concurrent_misses_internal_test.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imageprocessor"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/magic"
 )
 
@@ -80,14 +81,20 @@ func setupHeldFetchService(t *testing.T) (*Service, *TestFixtures, *heldFetcher)
 // photoVariant asks for the test photo, 100x100, at 50x25 as a JPEG of the
 // given quality and fit mode. Each call returns a new request, as Get writes
 // to the request it is given.
-func photoVariant(fixtures *TestFixtures, quality int, fit FitMode) *ImageRequest {
-	return &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathPhoto,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 25},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    quality,
-		FitMode:    fit,
+func photoVariant(
+	fixtures *TestFixtures, quality int, fit imagerequest.Fit,
+) *imagerequest.Request {
+	return &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.GoodHost,
+			Path: testPathPhoto,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 25},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: quality,
+			FitMode: fit,
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@ type getResult struct {
 // startGet calls Get in a goroutine of its own and delivers what it returned
 // on the channel.
 func startGet(
-	ctx context.Context, svc *Service, req *ImageRequest,
+	ctx context.Context, svc *Service, req *imagerequest.Request,
 ) <-chan getResult {
 	results := make(chan getResult, 1)
 
@@ -146,7 +153,7 @@ func TestService_Get_ConcurrentMissesShareOneFetch(t *testing.T) {
 	pending := make([]<-chan getResult, 0, requests)
 	for range requests {
 		pending = append(pending,
-			startGet(t.Context(), svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover)))
+			startGet(t.Context(), svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover)))
 	}
 
 	<-fetcher.started
@@ -186,6 +193,8 @@ func TestService_Get_ConcurrentMissesShareOneFetch(t *testing.T) {
 
 	want := cacheStatsCounters{0, requests, 1, int64(len(photo)), 1}
 
+	waitForPendingCountsWritten(t, svc.cache)
+
 	if got := readCacheStatsCounters(t, svc.cache); got != want {
 		t.Errorf("counters = %+v, want %+v", got, want)
 	}
@@ -199,9 +208,11 @@ func TestService_Get_ConcurrentVariantsStayApart(t *testing.T) {
 
 	svc, fixtures, fetcher := setupHeldFetchService(t)
 
-	cover := startGet(t.Context(), svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
-	lowQuality := startGet(t.Context(), svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 40, FitCover))
-	contain := startGet(t.Context(), svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitContain))
+	cover := startGet(t.Context(), svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
+	lowQuality := startGet(t.Context(), svc,
+		photoVariant(fixtures, 40, imagerequest.FitCover))
+	contain := startGet(t.Context(), svc,
+		photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitContain))
 
 	for range 3 {
 		select {
@@ -253,12 +264,12 @@ func TestService_Get_WaiterStopsWhenItsContextEnds(t *testing.T) {
 
 	svc, fixtures, fetcher := setupHeldFetchService(t)
 
-	first := startGet(t.Context(), svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	first := startGet(t.Context(), svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 
 	<-fetcher.started
 
 	waiterCtx, cancelWaiter := context.WithCancel(t.Context())
-	waiter := startGet(waiterCtx, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	waiter := startGet(waiterCtx, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 
 	time.Sleep(arrivalWait)
 	cancelWaiter()
@@ -300,11 +311,11 @@ func TestService_Get_FirstRequestLeavingKeepsTheWork(t *testing.T) {
 	svc, fixtures, fetcher := setupHeldFetchService(t)
 
 	firstCtx, cancelFirst := context.WithCancel(t.Context())
-	first := startGet(firstCtx, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	first := startGet(firstCtx, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 
 	<-fetcher.started
 
-	second := startGet(t.Context(), svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	second := startGet(t.Context(), svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 
 	time.Sleep(arrivalWait)
 	cancelFirst()
@@ -331,8 +342,7 @@ func TestService_Get_FirstRequestLeavingKeepsTheWork(t *testing.T) {
 // TestService_Get_ConcurrentMissesShareAFailure has several requests for an
 // image that cannot be served arrive while its fetch is held: the one fetch
 // answers all of them with its error. The request after them is answered from
-// the negative cache when the failure is kept there, and fetches again when it
-// is not.
+// the negative cache, where the failure is kept.
 func TestService_Get_ConcurrentMissesShareAFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -346,8 +356,8 @@ func TestService_Get_ConcurrentMissesShareAFailure(t *testing.T) {
 		{"upstream answers 404, kept in the negative cache",
 			"/images/missing.jpg", httpfetcher.ErrUpstreamError,
 			ErrNegativeCached, 1},
-		{"source fails the magic byte check, not kept",
-			"/images/text.png", magic.ErrUnknownFormat, magic.ErrUnknownFormat, 2},
+		{"source fails the magic byte check, kept in the negative cache",
+			"/images/text.png", magic.ErrUnknownFormat, ErrNegativeCached, 1},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {
@@ -356,9 +366,9 @@ func TestService_Get_ConcurrentMissesShareAFailure(t *testing.T) {
 
 			svc, fixtures, fetcher := setupHeldFetchService(t)
 
-			request := func() *ImageRequest {
-				req := photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover)
-				req.SourcePath = tc.path
+			request := func() *imagerequest.Request {
+				req := photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover)
+				req.Source.Path = tc.path
 
 				return req
 			}
@@ -400,7 +410,7 @@ func TestService_Get_EndedRequestFetchesNothing(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(t.Context())
 	cancel()
 
-	_, err := svc.Get(ctx, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	_, err := svc.Get(ctx, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 	if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
 		t.Errorf("Get() error = %v, want %v", err, context.Canceled)
 	}
@@ -424,7 +434,7 @@ func TestService_Get_ReturnsByItsDeadline(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	results := startGet(ctx, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	results := startGet(ctx, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 
 	select {
 	case got := <-results:
@@ -457,11 +467,11 @@ func TestService_Get_WaiterGetsProcessingTimedOut(t *testing.T) {
 	firstCtx, cancelFirst := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), firstTimeout)
 	defer cancelFirst()
 
-	first := startGet(firstCtx, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	first := startGet(firstCtx, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 
 	<-fetcher.started
 
-	waiter := startGet(t.Context(), svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	waiter := startGet(t.Context(), svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 
 	time.Sleep(arrivalWait)
 	fetcher.releaseFetches()
@@ -504,7 +514,7 @@ func TestService_Get_PanicBecomesAnError(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}()
 
-		_, err = svc.Get(t.Context(), photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+		_, err = svc.Get(t.Context(), photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 	}()
 
 	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "upstream fetcher panicked") {
@@ -541,7 +551,7 @@ func TestService_Get_PanicIsReportedToSentry(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}()
 
-		_, _ = svc.Get(ctx, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+		_, _ = svc.Get(ctx, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 	}()
 
 	events := transport.Events()

internal/imgcache/contentlock.go

@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-package imgcache
-
-import "sync"
-
-// contentLock provides per-key mutual exclusion for content-hash keyed
-// operations. StoreSource and evictSourceBlob each hold a content
-// hash's lock for the full duration of their file-plus-accounting-row
-// work, so a store and an eviction racing on identical content bytes
-// (the real SHA-256 content-addressed dedup case, not a contrived one)
-// can never interleave: the unlink of an evicted blob's file can never
-// race the creation of a fresh database row for a concurrently
-// re-stored copy of the same content. Entries are removed once no
-// goroutine holds or is waiting for them, so a long-running process
-// does not accumulate memory proportional to the number of distinct
-// content hashes it has ever seen.
-type contentLock struct {
-	mu      sync.Mutex
-	entries map[string]*contentLockEntry
-}
-
-// contentLockEntry is one key's exclusion lock plus a count of
-// goroutines currently holding or waiting to acquire it, used to know
-// when it is safe to remove the entry from the map.
-type contentLockEntry struct {
-	mu    sync.Mutex
-	count int
-}
-
-// newContentLock creates an empty contentLock.
-func newContentLock() *contentLock {
-	return &contentLock{entries: make(map[string]*contentLockEntry)}
-}
-
-// Lock acquires exclusive access for key, blocking until it is
-// available, and returns a function that releases it. The caller must
-// invoke the returned function exactly once to release the lock.
-func (c *contentLock) Lock(key string) func() {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-
-	entry, ok := c.entries[key]
-	if !ok {
-		entry = &contentLockEntry{}
-		c.entries[key] = entry
-	}
-
-	entry.count++
-
-	c.mu.Unlock()
-
-	entry.mu.Lock()
-
-	return func() {
-		entry.mu.Unlock()
-
-		c.mu.Lock()
-
-		entry.count--
-		if entry.count == 0 {
-			delete(c.entries, key)
-		}
-
-		c.mu.Unlock()
-	}
-}

internal/imgcache/contentlock_internal_test.go

@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-package imgcache
-
-import (
-	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// TestContentLockExcludesSameKey verifies that two goroutines locking
-// the same key never run their critical sections concurrently.
-func TestContentLockExcludesSameKey(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	lock := newContentLock()
-
-	var (
-		active  atomic.Int32
-		maxSeen int32
-		wg      sync.WaitGroup
-	)
-
-	const goroutines = 20
-
-	wg.Add(goroutines)
-
-	for range goroutines {
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
-
-			unlock := lock.Lock("same-key")
-			defer unlock()
-
-			n := active.Add(1)
-
-			for {
-				seen := atomic.LoadInt32(&maxSeen)
-				if n <= seen || atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&maxSeen, seen, n) {
-					break
-				}
-			}
-
-			time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
-
-			active.Add(-1)
-		}()
-	}
-
-	wg.Wait()
-
-	if maxSeen != 1 {
-		t.Errorf("max concurrent holders of the same key = %d, want 1", maxSeen)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestContentLockAllowsDifferentKeys verifies that locking distinct
-// keys does not serialize unrelated work: all goroutines must be able
-// to enter their critical sections at once, proven by every one of
-// them reaching the rendezvous point before any is allowed to
-// proceed.
-func TestContentLockAllowsDifferentKeys(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	lock := newContentLock()
-
-	const goroutines = 20
-
-	var (
-		wg      sync.WaitGroup
-		inside  atomic.Int32
-		reached = make(chan struct{}, goroutines)
-	)
-
-	wg.Add(goroutines)
-
-	release := make(chan struct{})
-
-	for i := range goroutines {
-		key := string(rune('a' + i))
-
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
-
-			unlock := lock.Lock(key)
-			defer unlock()
-
-			inside.Add(1)
-
-			reached <- struct{}{}
-
-			<-release
-		}()
-	}
-
-	// Every goroutine must reach the rendezvous point (i.e. acquire its
-	// own key's lock) without needing any other to release first. If
-	// keys were incorrectly serialized onto one underlying lock, only
-	// one would get here and this would time out.
-	for i := range goroutines {
-		select {
-		case <-reached:
-		case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
-			t.Fatalf("only %d/%d goroutines locking distinct keys made progress; "+
-				"keys may be incorrectly serialized", i, goroutines)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if n := inside.Load(); n != goroutines {
-		t.Errorf("goroutines inside their critical section = %d, want %d",
-			n, goroutines)
-	}
-
-	close(release)
-	wg.Wait()
-}
-
-// TestContentLockRemovesEntryAfterUnlock verifies that the internal
-// entries map does not grow without bound: once no goroutine holds or
-// awaits a key, its entry is removed.
-func TestContentLockRemovesEntryAfterUnlock(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	lock := newContentLock()
-
-	unlock := lock.Lock("k")
-
-	lock.mu.Lock()
-	if _, ok := lock.entries["k"]; !ok {
-		lock.mu.Unlock()
-		t.Fatal("entry missing while lock is held")
-	}
-	lock.mu.Unlock()
-
-	unlock()
-
-	lock.mu.Lock()
-	defer lock.mu.Unlock()
-
-	if _, ok := lock.entries["k"]; ok {
-		t.Error("entry for key still present after the last holder unlocked")
-	}
-}

internal/imgcache/eviction.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package imgcache
 import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
@@ -11,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // DefaultEvictionInterval is how often the background evictor checks
@@ -18,6 +19,14 @@ import (
 // write-pressure wakeups triggered by stores.
 const DefaultEvictionInterval = 5 * time.Minute
 
+// reconciliationWaitFactor is how many times as long as a
+// reconciliation pass took the eviction loop waits at least, after that
+// pass ends, before it starts the next one. A pass reads a row and stats a
+// file for every cached file, so its time grows with the cache; waiting
+// ten times as long keeps reconciliation to at most a tenth of the time,
+// however large the cache is.
+const reconciliationWaitFactor = 10
+
 // evictionBatchSize is how many LRU candidates of each class (variants
 // and source blobs) one eviction pass fetches from the database.
 const evictionBatchSize = 100
@@ -42,14 +51,6 @@ const sqliteTimestampLayout = "2006-01-02 15:04:05"
 // writes (".tmp-*" patterns in the storage layer).
 const tempFilePrefix = ".tmp-"
 
-// variantMetaSuffix is the sidecar suffix VariantStorage writes next
-// to each variant file.
-const variantMetaSuffix = ".meta"
-
-// fallbackContentType is the content type given to a variant file that
-// has no readable .meta sidecar, when it is served or reconciled.
-const fallbackContentType = "application/octet-stream"
-
 // UsageBytes returns the total number of bytes of cache content
 // tracked in the database (source content blobs plus processed
 // variants). It reads the total the database keeps up to date as rows
@@ -74,11 +75,11 @@ func (c *Cache) UsageBytes(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
 
 // evictionCandidate is one LRU eviction victim candidate: either a
 // processed variant (isVariant true, identified by cacheKey) or a
-// source content blob (identified by contentHash).
+// source content blob (identified by sourceKey).
 type evictionCandidate struct {
 	isVariant      bool
-	cacheKey       VariantKey
-	contentHash    ContentHash
+	cacheKey       imagerequest.VariantKey
+	sourceKey      imagerequest.SourceKey
 	sizeBytes      int64
 	lastAccessedAt string
 }
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ func (c *Cache) evictBatch(ctx context.Context, excessBytes int64) (int64, error
 
 			c.log.Warn("failed to evict cache entry",
 				"cache_key", candidate.cacheKey,
-				"content_hash", candidate.contentHash,
+				"source_key", candidate.sourceKey,
 				"error", err,
 			)
 
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ func (c *Cache) evictCandidate(ctx context.Context, candidate evictionCandidate)
 		return c.evictVariant(ctx, candidate.cacheKey)
 	}
 
-	return c.evictSourceBlob(ctx, candidate.contentHash)
+	return c.evictSourceBlob(ctx, candidate.sourceKey)
 }
 
 // evictionCandidates returns up to evictionBatchSize variants and
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ func (c *Cache) variantCandidates(ctx context.Context) ([]evictionCandidate, err
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to scan variant candidate: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		candidate.cacheKey = VariantKey(key)
+		candidate.cacheKey = imagerequest.VariantKey(key)
 		candidates = append(candidates, candidate)
 	}
 
@@ -249,9 +250,9 @@ func (c *Cache) variantCandidates(ctx context.Context) ([]evictionCandidate, err
 // SQLite reads the rows in order from that column's index instead of
 // sorting the whole table.
 const sourceCandidatesQuery = `
-	SELECT content_hash, size_bytes, last_accessed_at
+	SELECT source_key, size_bytes, last_accessed_at
 	FROM source_content
-	ORDER BY last_accessed_at ASC, content_hash ASC
+	ORDER BY last_accessed_at ASC, source_key ASC
 	LIMIT ?`
 
 // sourceCandidates returns the least recently used source blobs.
@@ -268,14 +269,14 @@ func (c *Cache) sourceCandidates(ctx context.Context) ([]evictionCandidate, erro
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var candidate evictionCandidate
 
-		var hash string
+		var key string
 
-		err := rows.Scan(&hash, &candidate.sizeBytes, &candidate.lastAccessedAt)
+		err := rows.Scan(&key, &candidate.sizeBytes, &candidate.lastAccessedAt)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to scan source candidate: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		candidate.contentHash = ContentHash(hash)
+		candidate.sourceKey = imagerequest.SourceKey(key)
 		candidates = append(candidates, candidate)
 	}
 
@@ -288,19 +289,16 @@ func (c *Cache) sourceCandidates(ctx context.Context) ([]evictionCandidate, erro
 }
 
 // evictVariant removes one variant: accounting row first, then the
-// content and .meta files, so the database never references a deleted
-// file. The metaCache entry goes before the files; a GetVariant that
-// read them just before may put it back, and the next GetVariant then
-// fails to open the file and removes it again.
-func (c *Cache) evictVariant(ctx context.Context, cacheKey VariantKey) error {
+// file, so the database never references a deleted file.
+func (c *Cache) evictVariant(
+	ctx context.Context, cacheKey imagerequest.VariantKey,
+) error {
 	_, err := c.db.ExecContext(ctx,
 		`DELETE FROM variant_content WHERE cache_key = ?`, string(cacheKey))
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete variant accounting row: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	c.metaCache.Remove(cacheKey)
-
 	err = c.variants.Delete(cacheKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -309,117 +307,18 @@ func (c *Cache) evictVariant(ctx context.Context, cacheKey VariantKey) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// sourceReference identifies one source_metadata row's JSON sidecar.
-type sourceReference struct {
-	host     string
-	pathHash PathHash
-}
-
-// evictSourceBlob removes one source content blob. All source_metadata
-// rows referencing the blob are deleted together with its
-// source_content row in a single transaction BEFORE the file is
-// unlinked: a blob referenced by multiple source paths is only ever
-// removed together with all of its references, and database rows never
-// point at deleted files. The JSON metadata sidecars for the removed
-// rows are deleted afterwards.
-//
-// The whole operation holds the content hash's lock (the same one
-// StoreSource holds for its full store), so a concurrent store of
-// identical content bytes can never observe the file gone but a row
-// still present, or insert a fresh row between this transaction's
-// commit and the file unlink below: it either runs entirely before
-// this eviction starts, or is blocked until this eviction (row
-// deletion and unlink together) has fully completed.
-func (c *Cache) evictSourceBlob(ctx context.Context, contentHash ContentHash) error {
-	unlock := c.contentLocks.Lock(string(contentHash))
-	defer unlock()
-
-	references, err := c.sourceReferences(ctx, contentHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	tx, err := c.db.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to begin eviction transaction: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	defer func() { _ = tx.Rollback() }()
-
-	_, err = tx.ExecContext(ctx,
-		`DELETE FROM source_metadata WHERE content_hash = ?`, string(contentHash))
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete source metadata rows: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = tx.ExecContext(ctx,
-		`DELETE FROM source_content WHERE content_hash = ?`, string(contentHash))
+// evictSourceBlob removes one source: its row first, then its file, as
+// evictVariant does for a variant. It holds no lock: a store of the same
+// source in between can leave the source's row with no file, which
+// LookupSource treats as a miss.
+func (c *Cache) evictSourceBlob(ctx context.Context, key imagerequest.SourceKey) error {
+	_, err := c.db.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`DELETE FROM source_content WHERE source_key = ?`, string(key))
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete source content row: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	err = tx.Commit()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to commit eviction transaction: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if c.evictSourceBlobTestHook != nil {
-		c.evictSourceBlobTestHook(contentHash)
-	}
-
-	// Only after the rows are gone may the files be removed.
-	for _, reference := range references {
-		err := c.srcMetadata.Delete(reference.host, reference.pathHash)
-		if err != nil {
-			c.log.Warn("failed to delete metadata sidecar",
-				"host", reference.host, "path_hash", reference.pathHash, "error", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	err = c.srcContent.Delete(contentHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// sourceReferences lists the metadata sidecar locations of every
-// source_metadata row referencing the given blob.
-func (c *Cache) sourceReferences(
-	ctx context.Context, contentHash ContentHash,
-) ([]sourceReference, error) {
-	rows, err := c.db.QueryContext(ctx, `
-		SELECT source_host, path_hash FROM source_metadata WHERE content_hash = ?
-	`, string(contentHash))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to query source references: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	defer func() { _ = rows.Close() }()
-
-	var references []sourceReference
-
-	for rows.Next() {
-		var reference sourceReference
-
-		var pathHash string
-
-		err := rows.Scan(&reference.host, &pathHash)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to scan source reference: %w", err)
-		}
-
-		reference.pathHash = PathHash(pathHash)
-		references = append(references, reference)
-	}
-
-	err = rows.Err()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("source reference iteration failed: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return references, nil
+	return c.srcContent.Delete(key)
 }
 
 // notifyWritePressure wakes the background evictor after a store, so
@@ -438,10 +337,12 @@ func (c *Cache) notifyWritePressure() {
 }
 
 // StartEviction launches the background eviction goroutine, which
-// reconciles the database accounting with the cache directories and
 // removes the expired negative cache rows at startup and again on every
-// periodic tick thereafter, and evicts to the configured limit on the
-// given periodic interval and on write-pressure notifications. On a
+// periodic tick thereafter, reconciles the database accounting with the
+// cache directories at startup and again on the first periodic tick
+// that comes at least ten times as long after a reconciliation pass
+// ended as that pass took, and evicts to the configured limit on the given
+// periodic interval and on write-pressure notifications. On a
 // disabled cache it only removes the expired negative cache rows, as
 // the negative cache is used either way. It is a no-op when already
 // started. The goroutine outlives the caller, so it runs with its own
@@ -482,7 +383,7 @@ func (c *Cache) StopEviction(ctx context.Context) error {
 func (c *Cache) evictionLoop(ctx context.Context, interval time.Duration) {
 	defer close(c.evictionDone)
 
-	c.runReconciliationPass(ctx)
+	nextReconciliation := c.runReconciliationPass(ctx)
 	c.runCleanExpired(ctx)
 	c.runEvictionPass(ctx)
 
@@ -494,16 +395,20 @@ func (c *Cache) evictionLoop(ctx context.Context, interval time.Duration) {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
 		case <-ticker.C:
-			// Reconciliation walks the cache directories, so it only
-			// runs on the periodic ticker rather than on every
-			// write-pressure wakeup, keeping it off the per-store hot
-			// path. Reusing the eviction interval itself (rather than a
-			// separate, longer one) is a deliberate choice: it is the
-			// simplest option that still bounds how long a store's
-			// best-effort accounting insert can stay silently
-			// unaccounted for to one interval, on a process that is
-			// already running this loop regardless.
-			c.runReconciliationPass(ctx)
+			// Reconciliation walks the cache directories and reads a
+			// row for every file, so it runs only on the periodic
+			// ticker rather than on every write-pressure wakeup, and
+			// only on the first tick at or after nextReconciliation,
+			// which is ten times as long after the last pass ended as
+			// that pass took. Passes then never run back to back,
+			// however long one takes. A file whose best-effort
+			// accounting insert failed in a store stays unaccounted for
+			// until the next pass, up to about one eviction interval
+			// plus ten times the last pass's time.
+			if !time.Now().Before(nextReconciliation) {
+				nextReconciliation = c.runReconciliationPass(ctx)
+			}
+
 			c.runCleanExpired(ctx)
 		case <-c.evictionPressure:
 		}
@@ -527,17 +432,25 @@ func (c *Cache) runEvictionPass(ctx context.Context) {
 }
 
 // runReconciliationPass runs one reconciliation pass, logging failures
-// instead of propagating them (the loop must keep running). It does
-// nothing once ctx is cancelled.
-func (c *Cache) runReconciliationPass(ctx context.Context) {
+// instead of propagating them (the loop must keep running), and returns
+// the earliest time the next pass may start: reconciliationWaitFactor
+// times as long after this pass ended as it took. It does nothing once
+// ctx is cancelled.
+func (c *Cache) runReconciliationPass(ctx context.Context) time.Time {
 	if ctx.Err() != nil {
-		return
+		return time.Now()
 	}
 
+	started := time.Now()
+
 	err := c.reconcileAccounting(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.log.Warn("cache accounting reconciliation failed", "error", err)
 	}
+
+	ended := time.Now()
+
+	return ended.Add(reconciliationWaitFactor * ended.Sub(started))
 }
 
 // runCleanExpired runs CleanExpired, logging a failure instead of
@@ -556,19 +469,21 @@ func (c *Cache) runCleanExpired(ctx context.Context) {
 
 // reconcileAccounting synchronizes the database size accounting with
 // the actual contents of the cache directories. It runs at startup and
-// again on every periodic eviction tick thereafter, off the request
+// then on the first periodic eviction tick that comes at least ten times
+// as long after the last pass ended as that pass took, off the request
 // hot path: it adopts variant files that predate the accounting table
 // (or whose accounting insert failed, e.g. StoreVariant's best-effort
-// insert under transient DB contention), drops accounting rows whose
-// files are missing, removes source blob files the database does not
-// know (and rows whose files are gone), removes source and variant files
-// that are empty or not the size their rows record, sweeps stale temp
-// files left behind by crashed writes, and last checks the total cache
-// usage against the tables. It reads the tables a page at a time.
+// insert under transient DB contention), drops variant accounting rows
+// whose files are missing, removes source blob files the database does
+// not know, removes source and variant files that are empty or not the
+// size their rows record, sweeps stale temp files left behind by crashed
+// writes, and last checks the total cache usage against the tables. It
+// reads the tables a page at a time.
 // Running it periodically, not just once, bounds how long such drift can
-// accumulate unaccounted for on a long-running process to one eviction
-// interval. Once ctx is cancelled, it stops at the next file or row and
-// returns ctx's error.
+// accumulate unaccounted for on a long-running process to about one
+// eviction interval plus ten times the last pass's time.
+// Once ctx is cancelled, it stops at the next file or row and returns
+// ctx's error.
 func (c *Cache) reconcileAccounting(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if c.disabled {
 		return nil
@@ -589,20 +504,19 @@ func (c *Cache) reconcileAccounting(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = c.reconcileSourceRows(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	return c.reconcileUsageTotal(ctx)
 }
 
-// reconcileVariantFiles walks the variant storage directory, checking
-// each variant file against its accounting row (reconcileVariantFile)
-// and sweeping stale temp files.
-func (c *Cache) reconcileVariantFiles(ctx context.Context) error {
+// reconcileFiles walks baseDir, one of the cache's storage directories,
+// sweeping stale temp files and passing each other file, with its name, to
+// reconcileFile. Once ctx is cancelled it stops at the next file and
+// returns ctx's error.
+func (c *Cache) reconcileFiles(
+	ctx context.Context, baseDir string,
+	reconcileFile func(path string, entry fs.DirEntry, name string) error,
+) error {
 	return filepath.WalkDir(
-		c.variants.baseDir,
+		baseDir,
 		func(path string, entry fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
 			if ctx.Err() != nil {
 				return ctx.Err()
@@ -620,22 +534,28 @@ func (c *Cache) reconcileVariantFiles(ctx context.Context) error {
 				return nil
 			}
 
-			if strings.HasSuffix(name, variantMetaSuffix) {
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			return c.reconcileVariantFile(ctx, path, entry, VariantKey(name))
+			return reconcileFile(path, entry, name)
 		},
 	)
 }
 
+// reconcileVariantFiles walks the variant storage directory, checking
+// each variant file against its accounting row (reconcileVariantFile)
+// and sweeping stale temp files.
+func (c *Cache) reconcileVariantFiles(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return c.reconcileFiles(ctx, c.variants.baseDir,
+		func(path string, entry fs.DirEntry, name string) error {
+			return c.reconcileVariantFile(ctx, path, entry, imagerequest.VariantKey(name))
+		})
+}
+
 // reconcileVariantFile checks one variant file against its accounting
 // row. A file without a row is adopted into the accounting, unless it is
 // empty. A file that is empty, or not the size its row records, as a
 // crash or a restored snapshot can leave it, is removed with its row and
 // a warning naming it, so the variant is converted again.
 func (c *Cache) reconcileVariantFile(
-	ctx context.Context, path string, entry fs.DirEntry, cacheKey VariantKey,
+	ctx context.Context, path string, entry fs.DirEntry, cacheKey imagerequest.VariantKey,
 ) error {
 	info, err := entry.Info()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -650,7 +570,7 @@ func (c *Cache) reconcileVariantFile(
 
 	switch {
 	case errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) && info.Size() > 0:
-		return c.adoptVariantFile(ctx, path, info, cacheKey)
+		return c.adoptVariantFile(ctx, info, cacheKey)
 	case err != nil && !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows):
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to check variant accounting row: %w", err)
 	case info.Size() > 0 && info.Size() == recordedSize:
@@ -667,16 +587,14 @@ func (c *Cache) reconcileVariantFile(
 // adoptVariantFile inserts an accounting row for a variant file that
 // has none, using the file's size and modification time.
 func (c *Cache) adoptVariantFile(
-	ctx context.Context, path string, info fs.FileInfo, cacheKey VariantKey,
+	ctx context.Context, info fs.FileInfo, cacheKey imagerequest.VariantKey,
 ) error {
 	modTime := info.ModTime().UTC().Format(sqliteTimestampLayout)
-	contentType := c.variantContentTypeFromSidecar(path)
 
 	_, err := c.db.ExecContext(ctx, `
-		INSERT INTO variant_content
-			(cache_key, size_bytes, content_type, created_at, last_accessed_at)
-		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
-	`, string(cacheKey), info.Size(), contentType, modTime, modTime)
+		INSERT INTO variant_content (cache_key, size_bytes, last_accessed_at)
+		VALUES (?, ?, ?)
+	`, string(cacheKey), info.Size(), modTime)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to adopt variant file into accounting: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -687,27 +605,10 @@ func (c *Cache) adoptVariantFile(
 	return nil
 }
 
-// variantContentTypeFromSidecar reads the content type from a variant
-// .meta sidecar, falling back to application/octet-stream.
-func (c *Cache) variantContentTypeFromSidecar(variantPath string) string {
-	//nolint:gosec // path from cache walk
-	metaData, err := os.ReadFile(variantPath + variantMetaSuffix)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fallbackContentType
-	}
-
-	var meta VariantMeta
-	if json.Unmarshal(metaData, &meta) != nil || meta.ContentType == "" {
-		return fallbackContentType
-	}
-
-	return meta.ContentType
-}
-
 // reconcileVariantRows drops accounting rows whose variant files are
 // missing, so the database never references deleted content.
 func (c *Cache) reconcileVariantRows(ctx context.Context) error {
-	var after VariantKey
+	var after imagerequest.VariantKey
 
 	for {
 		keys, err := c.variantKeysAfter(ctx, after)
@@ -748,9 +649,9 @@ func (c *Cache) reconcileVariantRows(ctx context.Context) error {
 // variantKeysAfter returns, in order, up to c.reconciliationPageSize
 // tracked variant cache keys that sort after the given one.
 func (c *Cache) variantKeysAfter(
-	ctx context.Context, after VariantKey,
-) ([]VariantKey, error) {
-	return queryStringColumn[VariantKey](ctx, c.db, `
+	ctx context.Context, after imagerequest.VariantKey,
+) ([]imagerequest.VariantKey, error) {
+	return queryStringColumn[imagerequest.VariantKey](ctx, c.db, `
 		SELECT cache_key FROM variant_content
 		WHERE cache_key > ? ORDER BY cache_key LIMIT ?
 	`, "variant keys", "variant key", string(after), c.reconciliationPageSize)
@@ -795,38 +696,20 @@ func queryStringColumn[T ~string](
 // each blob file against its source_content row (reconcileSourceFile)
 // and sweeping stale temp files.
 func (c *Cache) reconcileSourceFiles(ctx context.Context) error {
-	return filepath.WalkDir(
-		c.srcContent.baseDir,
-		func(path string, entry fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
-			if ctx.Err() != nil {
-				return ctx.Err()
-			}
-
-			if err != nil || entry.IsDir() {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			name := entry.Name()
-
-			if strings.HasPrefix(name, tempFilePrefix) {
-				c.sweepStaleTempFile(path, entry)
-
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			return c.reconcileSourceFile(ctx, path, entry, ContentHash(name))
-		},
-	)
+	return c.reconcileFiles(ctx, c.srcContent.baseDir,
+		func(path string, entry fs.DirEntry, name string) error {
+			return c.reconcileSourceFile(ctx, path, entry, imagerequest.SourceKey(name))
+		})
 }
 
 // reconcileSourceFile checks one source blob file against its
-// source_content row. A file without a row is removed: it is
-// unreachable, as source lookups always go through source_metadata. A
-// file that is empty, or not the size its row records, as a crash or a
-// restored snapshot can leave it, is removed with its rows and a warning
-// naming it, so the source is fetched again.
+// source_content row. A file without a row is removed, as no lookup
+// serves it and no eviction removes it. A file that is empty, or not the
+// size its row records, as a crash or a restored snapshot can leave it,
+// is removed with its row and a warning naming it, so the source is
+// fetched again.
 func (c *Cache) reconcileSourceFile(
-	ctx context.Context, path string, entry fs.DirEntry, contentHash ContentHash,
+	ctx context.Context, path string, entry fs.DirEntry, key imagerequest.SourceKey,
 ) error {
 	info, err := entry.Info()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -836,13 +719,13 @@ func (c *Cache) reconcileSourceFile(
 	var recordedSize int64
 
 	err = c.db.QueryRowContext(ctx,
-		`SELECT size_bytes FROM source_content WHERE content_hash = ?`,
-		string(contentHash),
+		`SELECT size_bytes FROM source_content WHERE source_key = ?`,
+		string(key),
 	).Scan(&recordedSize)
 
 	switch {
 	case errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows):
-		return c.removeUntrackedSourceFile(ctx, path, contentHash)
+		return c.removeUntrackedSourceFile(path, key)
 	case err != nil:
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to check source content row: %w", err)
 	case info.Size() > 0 && info.Size() == recordedSize:
@@ -853,96 +736,34 @@ func (c *Cache) reconcileSourceFile(
 	c.log.Warn("removing damaged cached source file", "path", path,
 		"file_bytes", info.Size(), "recorded_bytes", recordedSize)
 
-	return c.evictSourceBlob(ctx, contentHash)
+	return c.evictSourceBlob(ctx, key)
 }
 
 // removeUntrackedSourceFile deletes a source blob file that has no
-// source_content row. Any source_metadata rows referencing the hash
-// are removed first so no row ever points at a deleted file.
+// source_content row.
 func (c *Cache) removeUntrackedSourceFile(
-	ctx context.Context, path string, contentHash ContentHash,
+	path string, key imagerequest.SourceKey,
 ) error {
-	_, err := c.db.ExecContext(ctx,
-		`DELETE FROM source_metadata WHERE content_hash = ?`, string(contentHash))
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete metadata rows for untracked blob: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	err = os.Remove(path)
+	err := os.Remove(path)
 	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to remove untracked source file: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	c.log.Info("removed untracked source content file", "content_hash", contentHash)
+	c.log.Info("removed untracked source content file", "source_key", key)
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-// reconcileSourceRows removes source_content rows (and their metadata
-// references and sidecars) whose blob files are missing on disk.
-func (c *Cache) reconcileSourceRows(ctx context.Context) error {
-	var after ContentHash
-
-	for {
-		hashes, err := c.sourceContentHashesAfter(ctx, after)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if c.reconciliationReadTestHook != nil {
-			c.reconciliationReadTestHook(len(hashes))
-		}
-
-		if len(hashes) == 0 {
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		for _, hash := range hashes {
-			if ctx.Err() != nil {
-				return ctx.Err()
-			}
-
-			if c.srcContent.Exists(hash) {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			// The blob file is already gone; evictSourceBlob removes the
-			// rows and sidecars and tolerates the missing file.
-			err := c.evictSourceBlob(ctx, hash)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			c.log.Info("dropped rows for missing source content file", "content_hash", hash)
-		}
-
-		after = hashes[len(hashes)-1]
-	}
-}
-
-// sourceContentHashesAfter returns, in order, up to
-// c.reconciliationPageSize tracked source content hashes that sort after
-// the given one.
-func (c *Cache) sourceContentHashesAfter(
-	ctx context.Context, after ContentHash,
-) ([]ContentHash, error) {
-	return queryStringColumn[ContentHash](ctx, c.db, `
-		SELECT content_hash FROM source_content
-		WHERE content_hash > ? ORDER BY content_hash LIMIT ?
-	`, "source content hashes", "content hash", string(after),
-		c.reconciliationPageSize)
-}
-
 // Each of these queries sums size_bytes over the next page of rows of
 // one content table, the rows that sort after a key, and returns the
 // page's last key, the sum and the number of rows in the page. Past the
 // last row the page has no rows and the key is NULL.
 const (
 	sourceSizePageQuery = `
-		SELECT MAX(content_hash), COALESCE(SUM(size_bytes), 0), COUNT(*)
+		SELECT MAX(source_key), COALESCE(SUM(size_bytes), 0), COUNT(*)
 		FROM (
-			SELECT content_hash, size_bytes FROM source_content
-			WHERE content_hash > ? ORDER BY content_hash LIMIT ?
+			SELECT source_key, size_bytes FROM source_content
+			WHERE source_key > ? ORDER BY source_key LIMIT ?
 		)`
 	variantSizePageQuery = `
 		SELECT MAX(cache_key), COALESCE(SUM(size_bytes), 0), COUNT(*)

internal/imgcache/eviction_internal_test.go

@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
+	"modernc.org/sqlite"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/database"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // sqliteTimestampFormat matches the format SQLite's CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
@@ -27,10 +28,10 @@ const sqliteTimestampFormat = "2006-01-02 15:04:05"
 // keys reused across the eviction tests, in the order the tests store
 // them.
 const (
-	testVariantKeyOne   VariantKey = "aabbccdd0001"
-	testVariantKeyTwo   VariantKey = "aabbccdd0002"
-	testVariantKeyThree VariantKey = "aabbccdd0003"
-	testVariantKeyFour  VariantKey = "aabbccdd0004"
+	testVariantKeyOne   imagerequest.VariantKey = "aabbccdd0001"
+	testVariantKeyTwo   imagerequest.VariantKey = "aabbccdd0002"
+	testVariantKeyThree imagerequest.VariantKey = "aabbccdd0003"
+	testVariantKeyFour  imagerequest.VariantKey = "aabbccdd0004"
 )
 
 // evictionTestDB creates an in-memory SQLite database with the real
@@ -82,47 +83,42 @@ func newEvictionTestCache(t *testing.T, maxBytes int64) (*Cache, string) {
 }
 
 // storeEvictionTestSource stores content as a fetched source for
-// host/path and returns the resulting content hash.
+// host/path and returns the resulting source key.
 func storeEvictionTestSource(
 	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, host, path string, content []byte,
-) ContentHash {
+) imagerequest.SourceKey {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: host,
-		SourcePath: path,
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
-	}
-
-	result := &httpfetcher.FetchResult{
-		StatusCode:    200,
-		ContentType:   testContentTypeJPEG,
-		ContentLength: int64(len(content)),
-		Headers: map[string][]string{
-			testHeaderContentType: {testContentTypeJPEG},
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: host,
+			Path: path,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
 		},
 	}
 
-	hash, err := cache.StoreSource(
-		context.Background(), req, bytes.NewReader(content), result,
+	key, err := cache.StoreSource(
+		context.Background(), req, bytes.NewReader(content),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("StoreSource(%s%s) failed: %v", host, path, err)
 	}
 
-	return hash
+	return key
 }
 
 // storeEvictionTestVariant stores content as a processed variant under
 // the given cache key.
 func storeEvictionTestVariant(
-	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, key VariantKey, content []byte,
+	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, key imagerequest.VariantKey, content []byte,
 ) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	err := cache.StoreVariant(t.Context(), key, bytes.NewReader(content), "image/webp")
+	err := cache.StoreVariant(t.Context(), key, bytes.NewReader(content))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("StoreVariant(%s) failed: %v", key, err)
 	}
@@ -131,7 +127,7 @@ func storeEvictionTestVariant(
 // setVariantLastAccessed backdates the last access time of a tracked
 // variant, to make LRU ordering deterministic in tests.
 func setVariantLastAccessed(
-	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, key VariantKey, when time.Time,
+	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, key imagerequest.VariantKey, when time.Time,
 ) {
 	t.Helper()
 
@@ -157,13 +153,13 @@ func setVariantLastAccessed(
 // setSourceLastAccessed backdates the last access time of a tracked
 // source content blob.
 func setSourceLastAccessed(
-	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, hash ContentHash, when time.Time,
+	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, key imagerequest.SourceKey, when time.Time,
 ) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	res, err := cache.db.ExecContext(t.Context(),
-		`UPDATE source_content SET last_accessed_at = ? WHERE content_hash = ?`,
-		when.UTC().Format(sqliteTimestampFormat), string(hash),
+		`UPDATE source_content SET last_accessed_at = ? WHERE source_key = ?`,
+		when.UTC().Format(sqliteTimestampFormat), string(key),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to set source last_accessed_at: %v", err)
@@ -175,7 +171,7 @@ func setSourceLastAccessed(
 	}
 
 	if affected != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("source %s has no accounting row (affected=%d)", hash, affected)
+		t.Fatalf("source %s has no accounting row (affected=%d)", key, affected)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -200,32 +196,31 @@ func assertNoDanglingReferences(t *testing.T, cache *Cache) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	rows, err := cache.db.QueryContext(t.Context(),
-		`SELECT content_hash FROM source_metadata
-		 WHERE content_hash IS NOT NULL AND content_hash != ''`,
+		`SELECT source_key FROM source_content`,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to query source_metadata: %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("failed to query source_content: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	defer func() { _ = rows.Close() }()
 
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var hash string
+		var key string
 
-		err := rows.Scan(&hash)
+		err := rows.Scan(&key)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("failed to scan content_hash: %v", err)
+			t.Fatalf("failed to scan source_key: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		if !cache.srcContent.Exists(ContentHash(hash)) {
-			t.Errorf("source_metadata references content %s but the file is missing",
-				hash)
+		if !cache.srcContent.Exists(imagerequest.SourceKey(key)) {
+			t.Errorf("source_content references content %s but the file is missing",
+				key)
 		}
 	}
 
 	err = rows.Err()
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("source_metadata iteration failed: %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("source_content iteration failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	variantRows, err := cache.db.QueryContext(t.Context(),
@@ -244,7 +239,7 @@ func assertNoDanglingReferences(t *testing.T, cache *Cache) {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to scan cache_key: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		if !cache.variants.Exists(VariantKey(key)) {
+		if !cache.variants.Exists(imagerequest.VariantKey(key)) {
 			t.Errorf("variant_content references key %s but the file is missing", key)
 		}
 	}
@@ -308,33 +303,6 @@ func TestUsageBytesAccountsSourceAndVariantBytes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestUsageBytesCountsMultiReferencedBlobOnce(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
-
-	content := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0xCC}, 1200)
-
-	hashOne := storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache,
-		"src.example.com", "/one.jpg", content)
-	hashTwo := storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache,
-		"src.example.com", "/two.jpg", content)
-
-	if hashOne != hashTwo {
-		t.Fatalf("identical content produced different hashes: %s vs %s",
-			hashOne, hashTwo)
-	}
-
-	usage, err := cache.UsageBytes(context.Background())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("UsageBytes failed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if usage != 1200 {
-		t.Errorf("UsageBytes = %d, want 1200 (deduplicated blob counted once)", usage)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestEvictToLimitEvictsLeastRecentlyUsedFirst(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -343,7 +311,7 @@ func TestEvictToLimitEvictsLeastRecentlyUsedFirst(t *testing.T) {
 	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, limit)
 
 	now := time.Now()
-	keys := []VariantKey{
+	keys := []imagerequest.VariantKey{
 		testVariantKeyOne, testVariantKeyTwo,
 		testVariantKeyThree, testVariantKeyFour,
 	}
@@ -388,102 +356,15 @@ func TestEvictToLimitEvictsLeastRecentlyUsedFirst(t *testing.T) {
 	assertNoDanglingReferences(t, cache)
 }
 
-func TestEvictionRemovesMultiReferencedBlobTogetherWithAllReferences(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	const limit = 1000
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, limit)
-
-	now := time.Now()
-
-	// One 800-byte blob referenced by two source paths.
-	sharedContent := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0xDD}, 800)
-	sharedHash := storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache,
-		"src.example.com", "/a.jpg", sharedContent)
-
-	h := storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache,
-		"src.example.com", "/b.jpg", sharedContent)
-	if h != sharedHash {
-		t.Fatalf("identical content produced different hashes: %s vs %s",
-			h, sharedHash)
-	}
-
-	// A newer 600-byte blob referenced by one source path.
-	recentHash := storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, "src.example.com", "/c.jpg",
-		bytes.Repeat([]byte{0xEE}, 600))
-
-	setSourceLastAccessed(t, cache, sharedHash, now.Add(-2*time.Hour))
-	setSourceLastAccessed(t, cache, recentHash, now.Add(-time.Minute))
-
-	err := cache.EvictToLimit(context.Background())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("EvictToLimit failed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	usage, err := cache.UsageBytes(context.Background())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("UsageBytes failed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if usage > limit {
-		t.Errorf("usage after eviction = %d, want <= %d", usage, limit)
-	}
-
-	// The multi-referenced blob must be gone from disk, from
-	// source_content, and from BOTH source_metadata rows: references
-	// are removed together with the blob, never left dangling.
-	if cache.srcContent.Exists(sharedHash) {
-		t.Errorf("evicted blob %s still exists on disk", sharedHash)
-	}
-
-	if n := countRows(t, cache,
-		`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_content WHERE content_hash = ?`, string(sharedHash),
-	); n != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("evicted blob %s still has %d source_content rows", sharedHash, n)
-	}
-
-	if n := countRows(t, cache,
-		`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_metadata WHERE content_hash = ?`, string(sharedHash),
-	); n != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("evicted blob %s still has %d source_metadata references", sharedHash, n)
-	}
-
-	// The JSON metadata sidecars for both referencing paths must be
-	// removed along with the rows.
-	for _, path := range []string{"/a.jpg", "/b.jpg"} {
-		pathHash := HashPath(path + "?")
-		if cache.srcMetadata.Exists("src.example.com", pathHash) {
-			t.Errorf("metadata sidecar for %s must be removed with its row", path)
-		}
-	}
-
-	// The more recently used blob survives fully intact.
-	if !cache.srcContent.Exists(recentHash) {
-		t.Errorf("recently used blob %s must survive eviction", recentHash)
-	}
-
-	if n := countRows(t, cache,
-		`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_metadata WHERE content_hash = ?`, string(recentHash),
-	); n != 1 {
-		t.Errorf("recently used blob %s has %d source_metadata rows, want 1",
-			recentHash, n)
-	}
-
-	assertNoDanglingReferences(t, cache)
-}
-
 func TestEvictionKeepsEverythingWhenUnderLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
 
 	content := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0xDF}, 800)
-	hash := storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, "src.example.com", "/a.jpg", content)
-
-	h := storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, "src.example.com", "/b.jpg", content)
-	if h != hash {
-		t.Fatalf("identical content produced different hashes: %s vs %s", h, hash)
+	keys := []imagerequest.SourceKey{
+		storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, "src.example.com", "/a.jpg", content),
+		storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, "src.example.com", "/b.jpg", content),
 	}
 
 	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne,
@@ -494,14 +375,16 @@ func TestEvictionKeepsEverythingWhenUnderLimit(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("EvictToLimit failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if !cache.srcContent.Exists(hash) {
-		t.Errorf("blob %s must not be evicted while usage is under the limit", hash)
-	}
+	for _, key := range keys {
+		if !cache.srcContent.Exists(key) {
+			t.Errorf("source %s must not be evicted while usage is under the limit", key)
+		}
 
-	if n := countRows(t, cache,
-		`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_metadata WHERE content_hash = ?`, string(hash),
-	); n != 2 {
-		t.Errorf("blob %s has %d source_metadata rows, want 2", hash, n)
+		if n := countRows(t, cache,
+			`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_content WHERE source_key = ?`, string(key),
+		); n != 1 {
+			t.Errorf("source %s has %d source_content rows, want 1", key, n)
+		}
 	}
 
 	if !cache.variants.Exists(testVariantKeyOne) {
@@ -516,12 +399,16 @@ func TestZeroMaxBytesDisablesDiskCache(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cache, tmpDir := newEvictionTestCache(t, 0)
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: "src.example.com",
-		SourcePath: "/a.jpg",
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: "src.example.com",
+			Path: "/a.jpg",
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
 	assertDisabledCacheWritesAreNoOps(t, cache, req)
@@ -533,62 +420,45 @@ func TestZeroMaxBytesDisablesDiskCache(t *testing.T) {
 // assertDisabledCacheWritesAreNoOps verifies that stores against a
 // disabled cache report success without recording anything.
 func assertDisabledCacheWritesAreNoOps(
-	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, req *ImageRequest,
+	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, req *imagerequest.Request,
 ) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	ctx := t.Context()
 
 	err := cache.StoreVariant(
-		ctx, CacheKey(req), bytes.NewReader([]byte("data")), "image/webp",
+		ctx, imagerequest.CacheKey(req), bytes.NewReader([]byte("data")),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("StoreVariant on disabled cache must be a no-op, got error: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	result := &httpfetcher.FetchResult{
-		StatusCode:    200,
-		ContentType:   testContentTypeJPEG,
-		ContentLength: 4,
-		Headers:       map[string][]string{},
-	}
-
-	hash, err := cache.StoreSource(ctx, req, bytes.NewReader([]byte("data")), result)
+	key, err := cache.StoreSource(ctx, req, bytes.NewReader([]byte("data")))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("StoreSource on disabled cache must be a no-op, got error: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if hash != "" {
-		t.Errorf("StoreSource on disabled cache returned hash %q, want empty", hash)
+	if key != "" {
+		t.Errorf("StoreSource on disabled cache returned key %q, want empty", key)
 	}
 }
 
 // assertDisabledCacheReadsAlwaysMiss verifies that lookups against a
 // disabled cache never report a hit.
 func assertDisabledCacheReadsAlwaysMiss(
-	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, req *ImageRequest,
+	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, req *imagerequest.Request,
 ) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	ctx := t.Context()
 
-	lookup, err := cache.Lookup(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Lookup on disabled cache failed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if lookup.Hit {
-		t.Error("Lookup on disabled cache must always miss")
-	}
-
-	srcHash, srcType, err := cache.LookupSource(ctx, req)
+	key, err := cache.LookupSource(ctx, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("LookupSource on disabled cache failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if srcHash != "" || srcType != "" {
-		t.Errorf("LookupSource on disabled cache = (%q, %q), want empty",
-			srcHash, srcType)
+	if key != "" {
+		t.Errorf("LookupSource on disabled cache = %q, want empty", key)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -609,10 +479,6 @@ func assertDisabledCacheTracksNothing(t *testing.T, cache *Cache) {
 	if n := countRows(t, cache, `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_content`); n != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("disabled cache wrote %d source_content rows, want 0", n)
 	}
-
-	if n := countRows(t, cache, `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_metadata`); n != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("disabled cache wrote %d source_metadata rows, want 0", n)
-	}
 }
 
 // assertDisabledCacheWroteNothingToDisk verifies that a disabled cache
@@ -661,7 +527,7 @@ func TestEvictionRunsUnderWritePressure(t *testing.T) {
 	cache.StartEviction(time.Hour)
 	defer func() { _ = cache.StopEviction(t.Context()) }()
 
-	keys := []VariantKey{
+	keys := []imagerequest.VariantKey{
 		testVariantKeyOne, testVariantKeyTwo, testVariantKeyThree,
 	}
 	fills := []byte{0x11, 0x12, 0x13}
@@ -715,7 +581,7 @@ func TestEvictionRunsOnPeriodicSchedule(t *testing.T) {
 		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
 	}
 
-	keys := []VariantKey{
+	keys := []imagerequest.VariantKey{
 		testVariantKeyOne, testVariantKeyTwo, testVariantKeyThree,
 	}
 	fills := []byte{0x21, 0x22, 0x23}
@@ -723,7 +589,7 @@ func TestEvictionRunsOnPeriodicSchedule(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, key := range keys {
 		content := bytes.Repeat([]byte{fills[i]}, 1000)
 
-		_, err = cache.variants.Store(key, bytes.NewReader(content), "image/webp")
+		_, err = cache.variants.Store(key, bytes.NewReader(content))
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to store variant file: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -775,7 +641,7 @@ func TestStartEvictionReconcilesAccountingWithDisk(t *testing.T) {
 	untracked := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x31}, 1000)
 
 	_, err := cache.variants.Store(
-		testVariantKeyOne, bytes.NewReader(untracked), "image/webp",
+		testVariantKeyOne, bytes.NewReader(untracked),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to store untracked variant file: %v", err)
@@ -783,9 +649,8 @@ func TestStartEvictionReconcilesAccountingWithDisk(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// An accounting row whose file is missing must be dropped.
 	_, err = cache.db.ExecContext(t.Context(),
-		`INSERT INTO variant_content (cache_key, size_bytes, content_type)
-		 VALUES (?, ?, ?)`,
-		"deadbeef0001", 700, "image/webp",
+		`INSERT INTO variant_content (cache_key, size_bytes) VALUES (?, ?)`,
+		"deadbeef0001", 700,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to insert stale variant accounting row: %v", err)
@@ -877,7 +742,7 @@ func TestPeriodicReconciliationAdoptsFileThatAppearsAfterStartup(t *testing.T) {
 	untracked := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x41}, 900)
 
 	_, err = cache.variants.Store(
-		"aabbccdd0099", bytes.NewReader(untracked), "image/webp",
+		"aabbccdd0099", bytes.NewReader(untracked),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to store untracked variant file: %v", err)
@@ -918,6 +783,89 @@ func TestPeriodicReconciliationAdoptsFileThatAppearsAfterStartup(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestReconciliationPassesAreSpacedByTenTimesTheirTime makes the hook
+// called after every read of the reconciliation pass sleep 10 ms, runs
+// the eviction loop on a 10 ms interval, and records when each of those
+// calls starts and ends. A pass starts before its first call and ends
+// after its last, so the time from the first call's start to the last
+// call's end is at most the pass's time. The next pass's first call must
+// start at least ten times that long after the last call ended.
+func TestReconciliationPassesAreSpacedByTenTimesTheirTime(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
+
+	// A pass made here, before the loop starts, counts the reads one
+	// pass makes on this empty cache, so the reads recorded below can be
+	// split into passes.
+	readsPerPass := 0
+	cache.reconciliationReadTestHook = func(int) { readsPerPass++ }
+
+	err := cache.reconcileAccounting(t.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("reconcileAccounting failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("one reconciliation pass makes %d reads", readsPerPass)
+
+	if readsPerPass == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("a reconciliation pass made no read")
+	}
+
+	// The pass at startup and two after it.
+	const passes = 3
+
+	type read struct{ start, end time.Time }
+
+	// The channel holds every read the test looks at, so none of those
+	// is dropped; reads after them are, and never block the loop.
+	reads := make(chan read, passes*readsPerPass)
+
+	cache.reconciliationReadTestHook = func(int) {
+		start := time.Now()
+
+		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+
+		select {
+		case reads <- read{start: start, end: time.Now()}:
+		default:
+		}
+	}
+
+	cache.StartEviction(10 * time.Millisecond)
+	defer func() { _ = cache.StopEviction(t.Context()) }()
+
+	recorded := make([]read, 0, passes*readsPerPass)
+	timeout := time.After(15 * time.Second)
+
+	for len(recorded) < passes*readsPerPass {
+		select {
+		case r := <-reads:
+			recorded = append(recorded, r)
+		case <-timeout:
+			t.Fatalf("saw %d reconciliation reads in 15 s, want %d (%d passes)",
+				len(recorded), passes*readsPerPass, passes)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for pass := range passes - 1 {
+		first := recorded[pass*readsPerPass]
+		last := recorded[(pass+1)*readsPerPass-1]
+		next := recorded[(pass+1)*readsPerPass]
+
+		passTime := last.end.Sub(first.start)
+		wait := next.start.Sub(last.end)
+
+		t.Logf("pass %d took at least %v, and the next pass started %v after it",
+			pass+1, passTime, wait)
+
+		if wait < 10*passTime {
+			t.Errorf("pass %d took at least %v, and the next pass started %v "+
+				"after it, want at least %v", pass+1, passTime, wait, 10*passTime)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TestStopEvictionInterruptsPassInProgress holds the test database's
 // only connection, so the startup reconciliation pass waits for it, and
 // checks that StopEviction stops that pass instead of waiting for the
@@ -972,9 +920,15 @@ func TestStopEvictionInterruptsPassInProgress(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // TestEvictToLimitStopsAtNextCandidateOnceCancelled cancels the context
-// while the oldest of three source blobs is being evicted, and checks that
-// EvictToLimit then returns context.Canceled without evicting the other
-// two or logging a warning for either of them.
+// once the oldest of three sources is evicted, while the next one waits
+// for the database, and checks that EvictToLimit then returns
+// context.Canceled, with that source gone and the other two kept, and
+// logs no warning. The test database has one connection. When the
+// deletion of the oldest source's row commits, a commit hook holds the
+// deletion until the test waits for the connection, so the test takes it
+// as soon as the deletion is done. The eviction of the next source then
+// waits for the connection, and the test cancels the context while it
+// waits.
 func TestEvictToLimitStopsAtNextCandidateOnceCancelled(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -984,7 +938,7 @@ func TestEvictToLimitStopsAtNextCandidateOnceCancelled(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cache.log = slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(&logBuf, nil))
 
-	hashes := []ContentHash{
+	keys := []imagerequest.SourceKey{
 		storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, "cancel.example.com", "/a.jpg",
 			bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x61}, 1000)),
 		storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, "cancel.example.com", "/b.jpg",
@@ -995,69 +949,155 @@ func TestEvictToLimitStopsAtNextCandidateOnceCancelled(t *testing.T) {
 
 	base := time.Now().Add(-time.Hour)
 
-	for i, hash := range hashes {
-		setSourceLastAccessed(t, cache, hash, base.Add(time.Duration(i)*time.Minute))
+	for i, key := range keys {
+		setSourceLastAccessed(t, cache, key, base.Add(time.Duration(i)*time.Minute))
 	}
 
+	waitsBefore := cache.db.Stats().WaitCount
+	oldestRowDeleted := make(chan struct{})
+
+	var oldestRowDeletedOnce sync.Once
+
+	setCommitHook(t, cache, func() int32 {
+		oldestRowDeletedOnce.Do(func() {
+			close(oldestRowDeleted)
+
+			deadline := time.Now().Add(5 * time.Second)
+
+			for cache.db.Stats().WaitCount == waitsBefore && time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+				time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
+			}
+		})
+
+		return 0
+	})
+
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(t.Context())
 	defer cancel()
 
-	cache.evictSourceBlobTestHook = func(ContentHash) { cancel() }
+	evicted := make(chan error, 1)
 
-	err := cache.EvictToLimit(ctx)
+	go func() { evicted <- cache.EvictToLimit(ctx) }()
+
+	select {
+	case <-oldestRowDeleted:
+	case err := <-evicted:
+		t.Fatalf("EvictToLimit() returned %v without deleting a row", err)
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("EvictToLimit never deleted a row")
+	}
+
+	releaseDatabase := holdDatabase(t, cache)
+	defer releaseDatabase()
+
+	waitForConnectionWaits(t, cache.db, waitsBefore+2)
+	cancel()
+
+	err := <-evicted
 	t.Logf("EvictToLimit() error = %v", err)
 	t.Logf("log output: %s", logBuf.String())
 
+	// The checks below read the database, so the connection goes back.
+	releaseDatabase()
+
+	setCommitHook(t, cache, nil)
+
 	if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
 		t.Errorf("EvictToLimit() error = %v, want context.Canceled", err)
 	}
 
-	if cache.srcContent.Exists(hashes[0]) {
-		t.Errorf("source blob %s, evicted when the context was cancelled, "+
-			"is still on disk", hashes[0])
-	}
-
-	for _, hash := range hashes[1:] {
-		if !cache.srcContent.Exists(hash) {
-			t.Errorf("source blob %s was evicted after the context was cancelled", hash)
-		}
-	}
+	assertOnlyOldestSourceEvicted(t, cache, keys)
 
 	if strings.Contains(logBuf.String(), `"level":"WARN"`) {
 		t.Errorf("EvictToLimit logged a warning after the context was cancelled")
 	}
+}
+
+// setCommitHook makes the SQLite driver call hook each time a write on
+// the test database's one connection commits, or stops it when hook is
+// nil.
+func setCommitHook(t *testing.T, cache *Cache, hook sqlite.CommitHookFn) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	conn, err := cache.db.Conn(t.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to take the database connection: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	defer func() { _ = conn.Close() }()
+
+	err = conn.Raw(func(driverConn any) error {
+		hooks, ok := driverConn.(sqlite.HookRegisterer)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("the database connection is a %T, which takes no hooks",
+				driverConn)
+		}
+
+		hooks.RegisterCommitHook(hook)
+
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to set the commit hook: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// assertOnlyOldestSourceEvicted checks that the first of keys has neither
+// its file nor its row, and that every other one has both.
+func assertOnlyOldestSourceEvicted(
+	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, keys []imagerequest.SourceKey,
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	if cache.srcContent.Exists(keys[0]) {
+		t.Errorf("source %s, evicted when the context was cancelled, "+
+			"is still on disk", keys[0])
+	}
+
+	for _, key := range keys[1:] {
+		if !cache.srcContent.Exists(key) {
+			t.Errorf("source %s was evicted after the context was cancelled", key)
+		}
+
+		if n := countRows(t, cache,
+			`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_content WHERE source_key = ?`, string(key),
+		); n != 1 {
+			t.Errorf("source %s, kept, has %d source_content rows, want 1", key, n)
+		}
+	}
 
 	assertNoDanglingReferences(t, cache)
 }
 
-// TestStopEvictionReturnsWhenItsContextEnds pauses an eviction pass where
-// cancellation cannot reach it, after a source blob's rows are deleted and
-// before its file is removed, and checks that StopEviction returns its
-// context's error when that context ends instead of waiting for the pass.
-// Once the pass goes on, the goroutine exits and no row points at a
-// missing file.
+// TestStopEvictionReturnsWhenItsContextEnds pauses the startup
+// reconciliation pass in the hook called after each of its reads, where
+// cancellation cannot reach it, and checks that StopEviction returns an
+// error wrapping its context's error when that context ends, instead of
+// waiting for the pass. Once the pass goes on, the goroutine exits, and a
+// second StopEviction returns nil.
 func TestStopEvictionReturnsWhenItsContextEnds(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1)
+	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
 
 	paused := make(chan struct{})
 	resume := make(chan struct{})
 
-	cache.evictSourceBlobTestHook = func(ContentHash) {
-		close(paused)
-		<-resume
-	}
+	var pauseOnce sync.Once
 
-	hash := storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, "stop.example.com", "/a.jpg",
-		bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x61}, 1000))
+	cache.reconciliationReadTestHook = func(int) {
+		pauseOnce.Do(func() {
+			close(paused)
+			<-resume
+		})
+	}
 
 	cache.StartEviction(time.Hour)
 
 	select {
 	case <-paused:
 	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
-		t.Fatal("the eviction pass never reached the source blob")
+		t.Fatal("the reconciliation pass never made a read")
 	}
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), 50*time.Millisecond)
@@ -1076,12 +1116,6 @@ func TestStopEvictionReturnsWhenItsContextEnds(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("second StopEviction() error = %v, want nil", err)
 	}
-
-	assertNoDanglingReferences(t, cache)
-
-	if cache.srcContent.Exists(hash) {
-		t.Errorf("source blob %s is still on disk after its rows were deleted", hash)
-	}
 }
 
 // TestReconciliationWalksStopOnceCancelled checks that both directory
@@ -1153,125 +1187,3 @@ func TestReconciliationPassLogsNoWarningOnceCancelled(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("runReconciliationPass logged a warning with a cancelled context")
 	}
 }
-
-// TestEvictSourceBlobExcludesConcurrentStoreOfIdenticalContent exercises
-// the exact TOCTOU window between evictSourceBlob's row-deletion
-// transaction commit and its content file unlink: a concurrent
-// StoreSource for a different source path whose content hashes to the
-// same value (real SHA-256 dedup, not a contrived case) must not be
-// able to insert a fresh row referencing the file while eviction is
-// mid-unlink, and must not lose its own store once eviction has fully
-// released the content hash.
-func TestEvictSourceBlobExcludesConcurrentStoreOfIdenticalContent(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	content := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x55}, 400)
-
-	hash := storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache,
-		"race.example.com", "/first.jpg", content)
-
-	proceed := make(chan struct{})
-	storeAttempted := make(chan struct{})
-
-	cache.evictSourceBlobTestHook = func(gotHash ContentHash) {
-		if gotHash != hash {
-			t.Errorf("test hook invoked for hash %s, want %s", gotHash, hash)
-		}
-
-		close(storeAttempted)
-		<-proceed
-	}
-
-	evictDone := make(chan error, 1)
-
-	go func() {
-		evictDone <- cache.evictSourceBlob(ctx, hash)
-	}()
-
-	// Wait until eviction has committed its delete transaction and is
-	// paused (inside the test hook) immediately before unlinking the
-	// content file: exactly the window the review flagged.
-	<-storeAttempted
-
-	storeDone := storeIdenticalContentConcurrently(ctx, cache, content)
-
-	// The concurrent store must not be able to complete while eviction
-	// still holds the content hash (i.e. before the file is unlinked):
-	// if it could, it would insert a row referencing a file about to be
-	// removed out from under it.
-	select {
-	case err := <-storeDone:
-		t.Fatalf("StoreSource for identical content completed (err=%v) while eviction "+
-			"still held the content hash open between commit and unlink; the store and "+
-			"the evict of identical content are not mutually exclusive", err)
-	case <-time.After(200 * time.Millisecond):
-		// Expected: the store is blocked behind eviction's exclusion.
-	}
-
-	close(proceed)
-
-	err := <-evictDone
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("evictSourceBlob failed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	err = <-storeDone
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("StoreSource failed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	assertNoDanglingReferences(t, cache)
-
-	dupHash, _, err := cache.LookupSource(ctx, &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: "race.example.com",
-		SourcePath: "/dup.jpg",
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("LookupSource failed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if dupHash == "" {
-		t.Fatal("re-stored blob was lost: the store legitimately ran after eviction " +
-			"released the content hash and must have recreated the file and row")
-	}
-
-	if !cache.srcContent.Exists(dupHash) {
-		t.Errorf("source_content/source_metadata references %s but its file is missing",
-			dupHash)
-	}
-}
-
-// storeIdenticalContentConcurrently starts a StoreSource for a second
-// source path whose body hashes to the same content hash, returning the
-// channel its error is delivered on.
-func storeIdenticalContentConcurrently(
-	ctx context.Context, cache *Cache, content []byte,
-) chan error {
-	storeDone := make(chan error, 1)
-
-	go func() {
-		req := &ImageRequest{
-			SourceHost: "race.example.com",
-			SourcePath: "/dup.jpg",
-			Format:     FormatJPEG,
-			Quality:    85,
-			FitMode:    FitCover,
-		}
-		result := &httpfetcher.FetchResult{
-			StatusCode:    200,
-			ContentType:   testContentTypeJPEG,
-			ContentLength: int64(len(content)),
-			Headers: map[string][]string{
-				testHeaderContentType: {testContentTypeJPEG},
-			},
-		}
-
-		_, err := cache.StoreSource(ctx, req, bytes.NewReader(content), result)
-		storeDone <- err
-	}()
-
-	return storeDone
-}

internal/imgcache/imgcache.go

@@ -3,134 +3,12 @@ package imgcache
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"io"
-	"net/url"
 	"time"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
-// ErrInvalidFitMode is returned when an invalid fit mode is provided.
-var ErrInvalidFitMode = errors.New("invalid fit mode")
-
-// ImageFormat represents supported output image formats.
-type ImageFormat string
-
-// Supported image output formats.
-const (
-	FormatOriginal ImageFormat = "orig"
-	FormatJPEG     ImageFormat = "jpeg"
-	FormatPNG      ImageFormat = "png"
-	FormatWebP     ImageFormat = "webp"
-	FormatAVIF     ImageFormat = "avif"
-	FormatJXL      ImageFormat = "jxl"
-	FormatGIF      ImageFormat = "gif"
-
-	// FormatAuto stands for JPEG XL, AVIF, WebP or JPEG, chosen for each
-	// request from its Accept header once the URL's signature or token has
-	// been checked; it is never processed or cached as itself.
-	FormatAuto ImageFormat = "auto"
-)
-
-// Size represents requested image dimensions
-type Size struct {
-	Width  int
-	Height int
-}
-
-// OriginalSize returns true if this represents "keep original size"
-func (s Size) OriginalSize() bool {
-	return s.Width == 0 && s.Height == 0
-}
-
-// FitMode represents how to fit image into requested dimensions.
-type FitMode string
-
-// Supported image fit modes.
-const (
-	FitCover   FitMode = "cover"
-	FitContain FitMode = "contain"
-	FitFill    FitMode = "fill"
-	FitInside  FitMode = "inside"
-	FitOutside FitMode = "outside"
-)
-
-// ValidateFitMode checks if the given fit mode is valid.
-// Returns ErrInvalidFitMode for unrecognized fit modes.
-func ValidateFitMode(fit FitMode) error {
-	switch fit {
-	case FitCover, FitContain, FitFill, FitInside, FitOutside, "":
-		return nil
-	default:
-		return ErrInvalidFitMode
-	}
-}
-
-// ValidateImageRequest checks a request's width and height with
-// ValidateDimension and its fit mode with ValidateFitMode. Both the plain
-// /v1/image/ route and the encrypted /v1/e/ route validate through this
-// function so a request from either source enforces identical bounds.
-func ValidateImageRequest(req *ImageRequest) error {
-	err := ValidateDimension("width", req.Size.Width)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	err = ValidateDimension("height", req.Size.Height)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return ValidateFitMode(req.FitMode)
-}
-
-// ImageRequest represents a request for a processed image
-type ImageRequest struct {
-	// SourceHost is the origin host (e.g., "cdn.example.com")
-	SourceHost string
-	// SourcePath is the path on the origin with its percent-escapes decoded,
-	// as url.URL's Path holds it (e.g., "/photos/my cat.jpg")
-	SourcePath string
-	// SourceQuery is the optional query string for the origin URL as the URL
-	// writes it, percent-escapes included, as url.URL's RawQuery holds it
-	SourceQuery string
-	// Size is the requested output dimensions
-	Size Size
-	// Format is the requested output format
-	Format ImageFormat
-	// Quality is the output quality (1-100) for lossy formats
-	Quality int
-	// FitMode is how to fit the image into requested dimensions
-	FitMode FitMode
-	// Signature is the HMAC signature for non-allowlisted hosts
-	Signature string
-	// Expires is when the URL expires: the exp of a signed URL, or the expiry
-	// of an encrypted URL; the zero time if it has none
-	Expires time.Time
-	// AllowHTTP indicates whether HTTP (non-TLS) is allowed for this request
-	AllowHTTP bool
-}
-
-// SourceURL returns the full upstream URL to fetch: the source path
-// percent-encoded again, as net/url writes a path, so each source path is one
-// upstream path, and the source query as it is, with the characters
-// escapeQuery encodes percent-encoded. Uses http:// scheme when AllowHTTP is
-// true, otherwise https://.
-func (r *ImageRequest) SourceURL() string {
-	scheme := "https"
-	if r.AllowHTTP {
-		scheme = "http"
-	}
-
-	sourceURL := url.URL{
-		Scheme:   scheme,
-		Host:     r.SourceHost,
-		Path:     r.SourcePath,
-		RawQuery: escapeQuery(r.SourceQuery),
-	}
-
-	return sourceURL.String()
-}
-
 // ImageResponse represents a processed image ready to serve
 type ImageResponse struct {
 	// Content is the image data reader
@@ -162,10 +40,10 @@ const (
 // ImageCache is the main interface for the image caching proxy
 type ImageCache interface {
 	// Get retrieves a processed image, fetching and processing if necessary
-	Get(ctx context.Context, req *ImageRequest) (*ImageResponse, error)
+	Get(ctx context.Context, req *imagerequest.Request) (*ImageResponse, error)
 
 	// Warm pre-fetches and caches an image without returning it
-	Warm(ctx context.Context, req *ImageRequest) error
+	Warm(ctx context.Context, req *imagerequest.Request) error
 
 	// Stats returns cache statistics
 	Stats(ctx context.Context) (*CacheStats, error)

internal/imgcache/max_concurrent_processing_internal_test.go

@@ -9,18 +9,23 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imageprocessor"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // widthOnlyRequest asks for the test photo at width, its height scaled to
 // keep the photo's aspect ratio.
-func widthOnlyRequest(fixtures *TestFixtures, width int) *ImageRequest {
-	return &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathPhoto,
-		Size:       Size{Width: width},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+func widthOnlyRequest(fixtures *TestFixtures, width int) *imagerequest.Request {
+	return &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.GoodHost,
+			Path: testPathPhoto,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: width},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ func holdProcessingSlot(
 	input, feed := io.Pipe()
 
 	go func() {
-		_, _ = proc.Process(t.Context(), input, &imageprocessor.Request{})
+		_, _ = proc.Process(t.Context(), input, &imagerequest.Transform{})
 	}()
 
 	_, err := feed.Write([]byte{0})
@@ -72,11 +77,11 @@ func TestService_Get_WaitsForSlotBeforeReadingCachedSource(t *testing.T) {
 
 	_ = resp.Content.Close()
 
-	contentHash, _, err := svc.cache.LookupSource(t.Context(),
+	sourceKey, err := svc.cache.LookupSource(t.Context(),
 		widthOnlyRequest(fixtures, 50))
-	if err != nil || contentHash == "" {
+	if err != nil || sourceKey == "" {
 		t.Fatalf("LookupSource() = %q, %v; want the cached source",
-			contentHash, err)
+			sourceKey, err)
 	}
 
 	release := holdProcessingSlot(t, svc.processor)
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ func TestService_Get_WaitsForSlotBeforeReadingCachedSource(t *testing.T) {
 	// before waiting, it would have read it by now.
 	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
 
-	err = os.WriteFile(svc.cache.srcContent.hashToPath(contentHash),
+	err = os.WriteFile(svc.cache.srcContent.keyToPath(sourceKey),
 		generateTestJPEG(t, 100, 50, color.RGBA{0, 0, 255, 255}), 0o600)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to rewrite the cached source: %v", err)

internal/imgcache/metacache_internal_test.go

@@ -1,349 +0,0 @@
-package imgcache
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"os"
-	"sync"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// webpRequest returns a request for a 100x100 WebP variant of path.
-func webpRequest(path string) *ImageRequest {
-	return &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath: path,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 100, Height: 100},
-		Format:     FormatWebP,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
-	}
-}
-
-// assertVariantServed checks that GetVariant serves key with the given
-// content and the image/webp content type storeEvictionTestVariant stores.
-func assertVariantServed(t *testing.T, cache *Cache, key VariantKey, content []byte) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	reader, size, contentType, err := cache.GetVariant(key)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("GetVariant(%s) error = %v", key, err)
-	}
-
-	defer func() { _ = reader.Close() }()
-
-	got, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("reading variant %s: %v", key, err)
-	}
-
-	if !bytes.Equal(got, content) {
-		t.Errorf("GetVariant(%s) content = %q, want %q", key, got, content)
-	}
-
-	if size != int64(len(content)) {
-		t.Errorf("GetVariant(%s) size = %d, want %d", key, size, len(content))
-	}
-
-	if contentType != testContentTypeWebP {
-		t.Errorf("GetVariant(%s) content type = %q, want %q",
-			key, contentType, testContentTypeWebP)
-	}
-}
-
-// assertVariantNotFound checks that GetVariant refuses key with
-// ErrNotFound.
-func assertVariantNotFound(t *testing.T, cache *Cache, key VariantKey) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	reader, _, _, err := cache.GetVariant(key)
-	if err == nil {
-		_ = reader.Close()
-	}
-
-	if !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
-		t.Errorf("GetVariant(%s) error = %v, want ErrNotFound", key, err)
-	}
-}
-
-// assertLookupMisses checks that Lookup reports request as a miss.
-func assertLookupMisses(t *testing.T, cache *Cache, request *ImageRequest) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	lookup, err := cache.Lookup(t.Context(), request)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Lookup(%s) error = %v", request.SourcePath, err)
-	}
-
-	if lookup.Hit {
-		t.Errorf("Lookup(%s) is a hit, want a miss", request.SourcePath)
-	}
-}
-
-// renameFile renames the file at from to to.
-func renameFile(t *testing.T, from, to string) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	err := os.Rename(from, to)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("renaming %s: %v", from, err)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestSecondHitDoesNotReadMetaFile checks that once a variant has been
-// stored or read, a hit takes its content type from memory: with the
-// .meta file deleted, GetVariant must still return the stored content
-// type rather than the application/octet-stream it uses without one.
-func TestSecondHitDoesNotReadMetaFile(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<20)
-	content := []byte("webp variant bytes")
-
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-
-	// A second Cache on the same state directory starts with nothing in
-	// memory, as pixad does after a restart, so its first read uses the
-	// .meta file.
-	restarted, err := NewCache(cache.db, cache.config)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewCache() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	assertVariantServed(t, restarted, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-
-	err = os.Remove(cache.variants.keyToPath(testVariantKeyOne) + ".meta")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("removing .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	assertVariantServed(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-	assertVariantServed(t, restarted, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-}
-
-// TestReadDuringStoreKeepsStoredContentType checks that a GetVariant
-// which began before StoreVariant finished cannot replace the content
-// type the store kept in memory. Such a read can find the variant file
-// but not yet its .meta file, and so gets application/octet-stream. The
-// test deletes the .meta file after the store, then runs the part of
-// GetVariant that comes after its check of memory.
-func TestReadDuringStoreKeepsStoredContentType(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<20)
-	content := []byte("webp variant bytes")
-
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-
-	err := os.Remove(cache.variants.keyToPath(testVariantKeyOne) + ".meta")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("removing .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	reader, _, contentType, err := cache.loadVariantWithMeta(testVariantKeyOne)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("loadVariantWithMeta(%s) error = %v", testVariantKeyOne, err)
-	}
-
-	_ = reader.Close()
-
-	t.Logf("the read without a .meta file got content type %q", contentType)
-
-	assertVariantServed(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-}
-
-// TestReadOfOlderMetaFileKeepsStoredContentType checks that a read
-// which got its content type from a .meta file that StoreVariant had
-// not yet rewritten cannot replace the type the store kept in memory.
-// The test writes such a .meta file, with a different content type,
-// after the store, then runs the part of GetVariant that comes after
-// its check of memory.
-func TestReadOfOlderMetaFileKeepsStoredContentType(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<20)
-	content := []byte("webp variant bytes")
-
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-
-	olderMeta, err := json.Marshal(VariantMeta{
-		ContentType: testContentTypeJPEG,
-		Size:        int64(len(content)),
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("encoding .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	metaPath := cache.variants.keyToPath(testVariantKeyOne) + ".meta"
-
-	err = os.WriteFile(metaPath, olderMeta, StorageFilePerm)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("writing .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	reader, _, contentType, err := cache.loadVariantWithMeta(testVariantKeyOne)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("loadVariantWithMeta(%s) error = %v", testVariantKeyOne, err)
-	}
-
-	_ = reader.Close()
-
-	if contentType != testContentTypeJPEG {
-		t.Fatalf("loadVariantWithMeta(%s) content type = %q, want %q from the .meta file",
-			testVariantKeyOne, contentType, testContentTypeJPEG)
-	}
-
-	kept, _ := cache.metaCache.Get(testVariantKeyOne)
-	if kept != testContentTypeWebP {
-		t.Errorf("content type in memory = %q, want the stored %q",
-			kept, testContentTypeWebP)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestFailedReadDuringStoreKeepsStoredContentType checks that a read
-// which found no .meta file cannot leave application/octet-stream in
-// memory, even when another read has removed the content type
-// StoreVariant kept there. In this order: the store; a read that finds
-// the variant in memory but cannot open its file, and so removes it
-// from memory; a read that opened the variant file before the store
-// wrote its .meta file. Later hits must get the stored content type.
-func TestFailedReadDuringStoreKeepsStoredContentType(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<20)
-	content := []byte("webp variant bytes")
-	variantPath := cache.variants.keyToPath(testVariantKeyOne)
-	metaPath := variantPath + ".meta"
-
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-
-	renameFile(t, variantPath, variantPath+".hidden")
-	assertVariantNotFound(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne)
-	renameFile(t, variantPath+".hidden", variantPath)
-
-	renameFile(t, metaPath, metaPath+".hidden")
-
-	reader, _, contentType, err := cache.GetVariant(testVariantKeyOne)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("GetVariant(%s) error = %v", testVariantKeyOne, err)
-	}
-
-	_ = reader.Close()
-
-	t.Logf("the read without a .meta file got content type %q", contentType)
-
-	renameFile(t, metaPath+".hidden", metaPath)
-
-	assertVariantServed(t, cache, testVariantKeyOne, content)
-}
-
-// TestEvictedVariantIsNotServed checks that a variant the evictor
-// removed is a miss and cannot be read, although it had been stored
-// and served before.
-func TestEvictedVariantIsNotServed(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1500)
-
-	oldRequest := webpRequest("/old.jpg")
-	newRequest := webpRequest("/new.jpg")
-	oldKey := CacheKey(oldRequest)
-	newKey := CacheKey(newRequest)
-	oldContent := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x01}, 1000)
-	newContent := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x02}, 1000)
-
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, oldKey, oldContent)
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, newKey, newContent)
-	assertVariantServed(t, cache, oldKey, oldContent)
-	setVariantLastAccessed(t, cache, oldKey, time.Now().Add(-time.Hour))
-
-	err := cache.EvictToLimit(t.Context())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("EvictToLimit() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	assertLookupMisses(t, cache, oldRequest)
-	assertVariantNotFound(t, cache, oldKey)
-	assertVariantServed(t, cache, newKey, newContent)
-}
-
-// TestVariantDeletedFromDiskIsNotServed checks that a variant whose
-// file was deleted by something other than the evictor cannot be read,
-// and is a miss afterwards.
-func TestVariantDeletedFromDiskIsNotServed(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<20)
-
-	request := webpRequest("/deleted.jpg")
-	key := CacheKey(request)
-	content := []byte("webp variant bytes")
-
-	storeEvictionTestVariant(t, cache, key, content)
-	assertVariantServed(t, cache, key, content)
-
-	err := os.Remove(cache.variants.keyToPath(key))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("removing variant file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	assertVariantNotFound(t, cache, key)
-	assertLookupMisses(t, cache, request)
-}
-
-// TestConcurrentVariantStoreReadAndEvict stores, reads and evicts
-// variants from several goroutines at once, for the race detector.
-func TestConcurrentVariantStoreReadAndEvict(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<20)
-	ctx := t.Context()
-
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-
-	for goroutine := range 8 {
-		wg.Go(func() {
-			key := VariantKey(fmt.Sprintf("aabbccdd01%02d", goroutine))
-			content := []byte(key)
-
-			for range 20 {
-				err := cache.StoreVariant(
-					ctx, key, bytes.NewReader(content), testContentTypeWebP)
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Errorf("StoreVariant(%s) error = %v", key, err)
-
-					return
-				}
-
-				reader, _, contentType, err := cache.GetVariant(key)
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Errorf("GetVariant(%s) error = %v", key, err)
-
-					return
-				}
-
-				_ = reader.Close()
-
-				if contentType != testContentTypeWebP {
-					t.Errorf("GetVariant(%s) content type = %q, want %q",
-						key, contentType, testContentTypeWebP)
-				}
-
-				err = cache.evictVariant(ctx, key)
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Errorf("evictVariant(%s) error = %v", key, err)
-
-					return
-				}
-
-				assertVariantNotFound(t, cache, key)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-
-	wg.Wait()
-}

internal/imgcache/negative_cache_internal_test.go

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 func TestNegativeCache_StoreAndCheck(t *testing.T) {
@@ -23,9 +25,11 @@ func TestNegativeCache_StoreAndCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testHostExample,
-		SourcePath: "/missing.jpg",
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testHostExample,
+			Path: "/missing.jpg",
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Initially should not be in negative cache
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ func TestNegativeCache_StoreAndCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Store a negative entry
-	err = cache.StoreNegative(ctx, req, 404, "not found")
+	err = cache.StoreNegative(ctx, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -70,13 +74,15 @@ func TestNegativeCache_Expired(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testHostExample,
-		SourcePath: "/expired.jpg",
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testHostExample,
+			Path: "/expired.jpg",
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Store a negative entry with very short TTL
-	err = cache.StoreNegative(ctx, req, 500, "server error")
+	err = cache.StoreNegative(ctx, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -106,20 +112,20 @@ func TestService_Get_ServesCachedVariantOfNegativeCachedURL(t *testing.T) {
 
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
 
-	resp, err := svc.Get(t.Context(), photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	resp, err := svc.Get(t.Context(), photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Get() first request error = %v", err)
 	}
 
 	_ = resp.Content.Close()
 
-	err = svc.cache.StoreNegative(t.Context(), photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover),
-		httpStatusBadGateway, "upstream answered 503")
+	err = svc.cache.StoreNegative(t.Context(),
+		photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("StoreNegative() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	resp, err = svc.Get(t.Context(), photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	resp, err = svc.Get(t.Context(), photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Get() of the cached variant error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -131,7 +137,7 @@ func TestService_Get_ServesCachedVariantOfNegativeCachedURL(t *testing.T) {
 			resp.CacheStatus, CacheHit)
 	}
 
-	resp, err = svc.Get(t.Context(), photoVariant(fixtures, 40, FitCover))
+	resp, err = svc.Get(t.Context(), photoVariant(fixtures, 40, imagerequest.FitCover))
 	t.Logf("Get() of a variant made from the cached source: error = %v", err)
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -140,18 +146,18 @@ func TestService_Get_ServesCachedVariantOfNegativeCachedURL(t *testing.T) {
 
 	_ = resp.Content.Close()
 
-	contentHash, _, err := svc.cache.LookupSource(t.Context(),
-		photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
-	if err != nil || contentHash == "" {
-		t.Fatalf("LookupSource() = %q, %v, want the cached source", contentHash, err)
+	sourceKey, err := svc.cache.LookupSource(t.Context(),
+		photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
+	if err != nil || sourceKey == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("LookupSource() = %q, %v, want the cached source", sourceKey, err)
 	}
 
-	err = svc.cache.evictSourceBlob(t.Context(), contentHash)
+	err = svc.cache.evictSourceBlob(t.Context(), sourceKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("evictSourceBlob() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	_, err = svc.Get(t.Context(), photoVariant(fixtures, 60, FitCover))
+	_, err = svc.Get(t.Context(), photoVariant(fixtures, 60, imagerequest.FitCover))
 	t.Logf("Get() of a variant whose source was evicted: error = %v", err)
 
 	if !errors.Is(err, ErrNegativeCached) {
@@ -190,11 +196,11 @@ func TestEvictionLoopRemovesExpiredNegativeCacheRows(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("failed to create cache: %v", err)
 			}
 
-			expired := &ImageRequest{
-				SourceHost: testHostExample, SourcePath: "/gone.jpg",
+			expired := &imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{Host: testHostExample, Path: "/gone.jpg"},
 			}
 
-			err = cache.StoreNegative(t.Context(), expired, 404, "not found")
+			err = cache.StoreNegative(t.Context(), expired)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("StoreNegative failed: %v", err)
 			}
@@ -203,8 +209,8 @@ func TestEvictionLoopRemovesExpiredNegativeCacheRows(t *testing.T) {
 
 			_, err = cache.db.ExecContext(t.Context(), `
 				INSERT INTO negative_cache
-					(source_host, source_path, status_code, expires_at)
-				VALUES (?, ?, 404, datetime('now', '+1 hour'))
+					(source_host, source_path, expires_at)
+				VALUES (?, ?, datetime('now', '+1 hour'))
 			`, testHostExample, notExpiredPath)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("failed to insert a row that has not expired: %v", err)
@@ -215,7 +221,7 @@ func TestEvictionLoopRemovesExpiredNegativeCacheRows(t *testing.T) {
 			cache.StartEviction(100 * time.Millisecond)
 			defer func() { _ = cache.StopEviction(t.Context()) }()
 
-			for negativeCacheRowCount(t, cache, expired.SourcePath) > 0 {
+			for negativeCacheRowCount(t, cache, expired.Source.Path) > 0 {
 				if time.Since(started) > 10*time.Second {
 					t.Fatal("the expired row is still in negative_cache")
 				}
@@ -272,8 +278,8 @@ func TestCleanExpiredDeletesInBatches(t *testing.T) {
 
 	_, err = cache.db.ExecContext(ctx, `
 		INSERT INTO negative_cache
-			(source_host, source_path, status_code, expires_at)
-		VALUES (?, ?, 404, datetime('now', '+1 hour'))
+			(source_host, source_path, expires_at)
+		VALUES (?, ?, datetime('now', '+1 hour'))
 	`, testHostExample, notExpiredPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to insert a row that has not expired: %v", err)
@@ -371,8 +377,8 @@ func insertExpiredNegativeCacheRows(t *testing.T, cache *Cache, count int) {
 	for i := range count {
 		_, err := cache.db.ExecContext(t.Context(), `
 			INSERT INTO negative_cache
-				(source_host, source_path, status_code, expires_at)
-			VALUES (?, ?, 404, datetime('now', '-1 hour'))
+				(source_host, source_path, expires_at)
+			VALUES (?, ?, datetime('now', '-1 hour'))
 		`, testHostExample, "/expired/"+strconv.Itoa(i)+".jpg")
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to insert an expired row: %v", err)

internal/imgcache/partial_cache_files_internal_test.go

@@ -2,31 +2,33 @@ package imgcache
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"crypto/sha256"
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // getImage calls Get for req and returns the image it answered with and
 // its cache status.
-func getImage(t *testing.T, svc *Service, req *ImageRequest) ([]byte, CacheStatus) {
+func getImage(
+	t *testing.T, svc *Service, req *imagerequest.Request,
+) ([]byte, CacheStatus) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	resp, err := svc.Get(t.Context(), req)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Get() of quality %d error = %v", req.Quality, err)
+		t.Fatalf("Get() of quality %d error = %v", req.Transform.Quality, err)
 	}
 
 	defer func() { _ = resp.Content.Close() }()
 
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Content)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("reading the image of quality %d: %v", req.Quality, err)
+		t.Fatalf("reading the image of quality %d: %v", req.Transform.Quality, err)
 	}
 
 	return body, resp.CacheStatus
@@ -58,15 +60,17 @@ func truncateFile(t *testing.T, path string, size int64) {
 }
 
 // cachedSourcePath returns the path of the cached source file req uses.
-func cachedSourcePath(t *testing.T, svc *Service, req *ImageRequest) string {
+func cachedSourcePath(
+	t *testing.T, svc *Service, req *imagerequest.Request,
+) string {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	contentHash, _, err := svc.cache.LookupSource(t.Context(), req)
-	if err != nil || contentHash == "" {
-		t.Fatalf("LookupSource() = %q, %v; want the cached source", contentHash, err)
+	sourceKey, err := svc.cache.LookupSource(t.Context(), req)
+	if err != nil || sourceKey == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("LookupSource() = %q, %v; want the cached source", sourceKey, err)
 	}
 
-	return svc.cache.srcContent.hashToPath(contentHash)
+	return svc.cache.srcContent.keyToPath(sourceKey)
 }
 
 // reconcileAsAtStartup runs the cache's reconciliation pass, as pixa does
@@ -113,16 +117,18 @@ func TestService_Get_FetchesAgainForEmptyCachedSource(t *testing.T) {
 
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
 
-	getImage(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	getImage(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 
-	path := cachedSourcePath(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	path := cachedSourcePath(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 	wholeSize := fileSize(t, path)
 
 	truncateFile(t, path, 0)
 	assertWarningNames(t, reconcileAsAtStartup(t, svc.cache), path)
 
-	getImage(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 40, FitCover))
-	getImage(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 30, FitCover))
+	getImage(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 40, imagerequest.FitCover))
+	getImage(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 30, imagerequest.FitCover))
+
+	waitForPendingCountsWritten(t, svc.cache)
 
 	fetches := readCacheStatsCounters(t, svc.cache).upstreamFetchCount
 	t.Logf("upstream fetches = %d", fetches)
@@ -149,16 +155,18 @@ func TestService_Get_FetchesAgainForPartialCachedSource(t *testing.T) {
 
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
 
-	getImage(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	getImage(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 
-	path := cachedSourcePath(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	path := cachedSourcePath(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 	wholeSize := fileSize(t, path)
 
 	truncateFile(t, path, wholeSize/2)
 	assertWarningNames(t, reconcileAsAtStartup(t, svc.cache), path)
 
-	getImage(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 40, FitCover))
-	getImage(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 30, FitCover))
+	getImage(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 40, imagerequest.FitCover))
+	getImage(t, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 30, imagerequest.FitCover))
+
+	waitForPendingCountsWritten(t, svc.cache)
 
 	fetches := readCacheStatsCounters(t, svc.cache).upstreamFetchCount
 	t.Logf("upstream fetches = %d", fetches)
@@ -182,11 +190,11 @@ func assertConvertedAgain(t *testing.T, size int64) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
-	req := photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover)
+	req := photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover)
 
 	want, _ := getImage(t, svc, req)
 
-	path := svc.cache.variants.keyToPath(CacheKey(req))
+	path := svc.cache.variants.keyToPath(imagerequest.CacheKey(req))
 
 	truncateFile(t, path, size)
 	assertWarningNames(t, reconcileAsAtStartup(t, svc.cache), path)
@@ -235,8 +243,7 @@ func TestReconciliationRemovesEmptyVariantFileWithoutRow(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
 
-	_, err := cache.variants.Store(testVariantKeyOne, bytes.NewReader(nil),
-		testContentTypeWebP)
+	_, err := cache.variants.Store(testVariantKeyOne, bytes.NewReader(nil))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to store an empty variant file: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -257,63 +264,10 @@ func TestReconciliationRemovesEmptyVariantFileWithoutRow(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestVariantStorage_StoreReplacesMetaFile stores a variant over one
-// already stored and checks that Store puts a new .meta file in place of
-// the old one, as it does the image, rather than writing into the old
-// file, which a crash could leave empty. The old .meta file is given a
-// second name before the store, so that it can be told apart from the new
-// one after it.
-func TestVariantStorage_StoreReplacesMetaFile(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	storage, key := storeTestVariant(t)
-	metaPath := storage.keyToPath(key) + variantMetaSuffix
-	oldMetaPath := metaPath + ".old"
-
-	err := os.Link(metaPath, oldMetaPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("giving the .meta file a second name: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = storage.Store(key, bytes.NewReader([]byte("new variant data")),
-		testContentTypeJPEG)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Store() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	oldMeta, err := os.Stat(oldMetaPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("stat of the old .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	newMeta, err := os.Stat(metaPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("stat of the new .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if os.SameFile(oldMeta, newMeta) {
-		t.Error("Store() wrote into the old .meta file instead of putting " +
-			"a new one in its place")
-	}
-
-	reader, _, contentType, err := storage.LoadWithMeta(key)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("LoadWithMeta() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	_ = reader.Close()
-
-	t.Logf("content type after the store: %s", contentType)
-
-	if contentType != testContentTypeJPEG {
-		t.Errorf("content type = %q, want %q", contentType, testContentTypeJPEG)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestContentStorage_StoreHashedReplacesFileOfAnotherSize checks that a
-// store over a file of another size at the content's path, such as a
+// TestContentStorage_StoreReplacesFileOfAnotherSize checks that a
+// store over a file of another size at the source's path, such as a
 // partial file a crash left, replaces it with the content.
-func TestContentStorage_StoreHashedReplacesFileOfAnotherSize(t *testing.T) {
+func TestContentStorage_StoreReplacesFileOfAnotherSize(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	storage, err := NewContentStorage(t.TempDir())
@@ -322,13 +276,12 @@ func TestContentStorage_StoreHashedReplacesFileOfAnotherSize(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	content := []byte("the whole source image")
-	sum := sha256.Sum256(content)
-	hash := ContentHash(hex.EncodeToString(sum[:]))
-	path := storage.hashToPath(hash)
+	key := imagerequest.Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat}.Key()
+	path := storage.keyToPath(key)
 
 	err = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), StorageDirPerm)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("creating the content's directory: %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("creating the source's directory: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	err = os.WriteFile(path, content[:5], StorageFilePerm)
@@ -336,12 +289,12 @@ func TestContentStorage_StoreHashedReplacesFileOfAnotherSize(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("writing a partial file: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	_, err = storage.StoreHashed(hash, content)
+	_, err = storage.Store(key, content)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("StoreHashed() error = %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("Store() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	stored, err := storage.Load(hash)
+	stored, err := storage.Load(key)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Load() error = %v", err)
 	}

internal/imgcache/pendingcounts.go

@@ -2,17 +2,26 @@ package imgcache
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
-// StartPendingCountWrites starts the goroutine that writes the pending
-// counts to the database whenever there are some, one UPDATE at a time:
-// however many requests pass their deadline before their counts are
-// written, at most this one write waits for the database. It is a no-op
-// when already started. The goroutine outlives the caller, so it runs with
-// its own context, which StopPendingCountWrites cancels to tell it to
-// finish.
+// pendingWriteInterval is how often the goroutine StartPendingCountWrites
+// starts writes the pending access times and counts. SQLite's
+// CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, which an access time is written as, counts whole
+// seconds.
+const pendingWriteInterval = time.Second
+
+// StartPendingCountWrites starts the goroutine that writes, every
+// pendingWriteInterval, the pending access times in one transaction and then
+// the pending counts in one UPDATE. Requests only hand these to it, so none
+// waits for the database to record what it did, and only this goroutine's
+// write ever waits for it. It is a no-op when already started. The goroutine
+// outlives the caller, so it runs with its own context, which
+// StopPendingCountWrites cancels to tell it to finish.
 func (c *Cache) StartPendingCountWrites() {
 	if c.pendingCountsCancel != nil {
 		return
@@ -28,12 +37,12 @@ func (c *Cache) StartPendingCountWrites() {
 
 // StopPendingCountWrites tells the goroutine StartPendingCountWrites
 // started, if it did, to finish, and waits for its write under way to end
-// and for it to return. It then writes the pending counts left, so that
-// they are written before the database closes. It waits for all of this at
-// most until ctx ends, then logs the counts not written and returns an
-// error.
+// and for it to return. It then writes the pending access times and counts
+// left, once, so that they are written before the database closes. It waits
+// for all of this at most until ctx ends. It logs what was not written,
+// access times or counts, and returns an error.
 func (c *Cache) StopPendingCountWrites(ctx context.Context) error {
-	var err error
+	var accessTimesErr, countsErr error
 
 	if c.pendingCountsCancel != nil {
 		c.pendingCountsCancel()
@@ -41,71 +50,134 @@ func (c *Cache) StopPendingCountWrites(ctx context.Context) error {
 		select {
 		case <-c.pendingCountsDone:
 		case <-ctx.Done():
-			// The write given up on here may not reach the database:
-			// database/sql closes without waiting for a query, and a
-			// write still waiting for the connection fails when the
-			// database closes.
-			err = fmt.Errorf("pending counts still being written: %w", ctx.Err())
+			// The write given up on here, of access times or of counts,
+			// may not reach the database: database/sql closes without
+			// waiting for a query, and a write still waiting for the
+			// connection fails when the database closes. Neither is
+			// written here.
+			accessTimesErr = fmt.Errorf("access times still being written: %w", ctx.Err())
+			countsErr = fmt.Errorf("pending counts still being written: %w", ctx.Err())
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err == nil {
-		err = c.writePendingCounts(ctx)
+	if accessTimesErr == nil && countsErr == nil {
+		accessTimesErr = c.writePendingAccessTimes(ctx)
+		countsErr = c.writePendingCounts(ctx)
 	}
 
-	if err != nil {
+	if accessTimesErr != nil {
+		c.log.Error("access times not written at shutdown", "error", accessTimesErr)
+	}
+
+	if countsErr != nil {
 		c.log.Error("counts not written at shutdown",
 			"hits", c.pendingHits.Load(),
 			"misses", c.pendingMisses.Load(),
 			"upstream_fetches", c.pendingUpstreamFetches.Load(),
 			"upstream_fetch_bytes", c.pendingUpstreamFetchBytes.Load(),
 			"transforms", c.pendingTransforms.Load(),
-			"error", err,
+			"error", countsErr,
 		)
-
-		return err
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return errors.Join(accessTimesErr, countsErr)
 }
 
 // pendingCountWriteLoop is the body of the goroutine
 // StartPendingCountWrites starts. Once ctx is cancelled it starts no write
-// and returns, but does not cut off a write under way then. A write that
-// fails leaves the counts pending, for the next write.
+// and returns, but does not cut off a write under way then. Counts whose
+// write fails stay pending, for the next write; access times whose write
+// fails are dropped.
 func (c *Cache) pendingCountWriteLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 	defer close(c.pendingCountsDone)
 
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(pendingWriteInterval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
-		case <-c.pendingCountsAdded:
+		case <-ticker.C:
 		}
 
-		// select picks at random when ctx is cancelled and a wakeup
-		// waits too.
+		// select picks at random when ctx is cancelled and a tick waits
+		// too.
 		if ctx.Err() != nil {
 			return
 		}
 
-		err := c.writePendingCounts(context.WithoutCancel(ctx))
+		err := c.writePendingAccessTimes(context.WithoutCancel(ctx))
+		if err != nil {
+			c.log.Warn("failed to write access times", "error", err)
+		}
+
+		err = c.writePendingCounts(context.WithoutCancel(ctx))
 		if err != nil {
 			c.log.Warn("failed to write pending counts", "error", err)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-// addPendingCount adds n to pendingCount, one of the pending counts, and
-// wakes the goroutine that writes them. pendingCountsAdded has capacity one,
-// so a wakeup already waiting is enough.
-func (c *Cache) addPendingCount(pendingCount *atomic.Int64, n int64) {
-	pendingCount.Add(n)
+// writePendingAccessTimes takes out the variants waiting in
+// pendingVariantAccessTimes and the sources waiting in
+// pendingSourceAccessTimes, and sets their last_accessed_at to now in one
+// transaction, once for each however often it was used. Nothing else takes
+// from those channels while it runs: only the goroutine
+// StartPendingCountWrites starts calls it, or StopPendingCountWrites once
+// that goroutine has returned.
+func (c *Cache) writePendingAccessTimes(ctx context.Context) error {
+	variants := make(map[imagerequest.VariantKey]struct{})
 
-	select {
-	case c.pendingCountsAdded <- struct{}{}:
-	default:
+	for range len(c.pendingVariantAccessTimes) {
+		variants[<-c.pendingVariantAccessTimes] = struct{}{}
 	}
+
+	sources := make(map[imagerequest.SourceKey]struct{})
+
+	for range len(c.pendingSourceAccessTimes) {
+		sources[<-c.pendingSourceAccessTimes] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	accessTimes := len(variants) + len(sources)
+	if accessTimes == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	tx, err := c.db.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %d access times: %w", accessTimes, err)
+	}
+
+	// Does nothing once the transaction is committed
+	defer func() { _ = tx.Rollback() }()
+
+	for cacheKey := range variants {
+		_, err = tx.ExecContext(ctx, `
+			UPDATE variant_content SET last_accessed_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+			WHERE cache_key = ?
+		`, string(cacheKey))
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %d access times: %w", accessTimes, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for sourceKey := range sources {
+		_, err = tx.ExecContext(ctx, `
+			UPDATE source_content SET last_accessed_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+			WHERE source_key = ?
+		`, string(sourceKey))
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %d access times: %w", accessTimes, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = tx.Commit()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %d access times: %w", accessTimes, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 // writePendingCounts adds the pending counts to the cache_stats row in one

internal/imgcache/pendingcounts_internal_test.go

@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 package imgcache
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
+	"log/slog"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // pendingCountsWait is how long a test waits for the database's connection,
@@ -71,6 +76,35 @@ func waitForCounters(t *testing.T, cache *Cache, want cacheStatsCounters) {
 	}
 }
 
+// waitForPendingCountsWritten starts the goroutine that writes cache's
+// pending counts, unless it is running, and waits until it has written them
+// all, so that the database holds every count made so far. The goroutine is
+// stopped when the test ends. The database is limited to one connection
+// first: each connection to an in-memory SQLite database opens a new, empty
+// one, so the goroutine must share the connection that holds the schema.
+func waitForPendingCountsWritten(t *testing.T, cache *Cache) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	if cache.pendingCountsCancel == nil {
+		cache.db.SetMaxOpenConns(1)
+		cache.StartPendingCountWrites()
+
+		t.Cleanup(func() { _ = cache.StopPendingCountWrites(context.Background()) })
+	}
+
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(pendingCountsWait)
+
+	for cache.pendingHits.Load()+cache.pendingMisses.Load()+
+		cache.pendingUpstreamFetches.Load()+cache.pendingUpstreamFetchBytes.Load()+
+		cache.pendingTransforms.Load() > 0 {
+		if time.Now().After(deadline) {
+			t.Fatal("the pending counts were not written")
+		}
+
+		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestService_Get_ReturnsByItsDeadlineWhileTheDatabaseIsBusy holds the
 // database's one connection while a request whose fetch is held reaches its
 // deadline. The request must return with the deadline's error while the
@@ -92,7 +126,7 @@ func TestService_Get_ReturnsByItsDeadlineWhileTheDatabaseIsBusy(t *testing.T) {
 
 	deadline, _ := ctx.Deadline()
 
-	results := startGet(ctx, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover))
+	results := startGet(ctx, svc, photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover))
 
 	// The request has made its database reads by the time it fetches.
 	select {
@@ -121,11 +155,12 @@ func TestService_Get_ReturnsByItsDeadlineWhileTheDatabaseIsBusy(t *testing.T) {
 	waitForCounters(t, svc.cache, cacheStatsCounters{missCount: 1})
 }
 
-// TestIncrementStats_ManyCountsPastTheirDeadlineLeaveOneWriteWaiting holds the
-// database's one connection while many misses are counted past their
-// deadline. At most one write may then wait for the connection, and every
-// miss must reach the database once it is free.
-func TestIncrementStats_ManyCountsPastTheirDeadlineLeaveOneWriteWaiting(t *testing.T) {
+// TestIncrementStats_ManyCountsLeaveOneWriteWaiting holds the database's one
+// connection while many misses are added to the pending counts, which the
+// goroutine StartPendingCountWrites starts writes to the database. At most one
+// write may then wait for the connection, and every miss must reach the
+// database once it is free.
+func TestIncrementStats_ManyCountsLeaveOneWriteWaiting(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
@@ -138,14 +173,10 @@ func TestIncrementStats_ManyCountsPastTheirDeadlineLeaveOneWriteWaiting(t *testi
 
 	waitsBefore := cache.db.Stats().WaitCount
 
-	// Writes given a context past its deadline fail at once.
-	ended, cancel := context.WithDeadline(t.Context(), time.Now())
-	defer cancel()
-
 	const misses = 20
 
 	for range misses {
-		cache.IncrementStats(ended, false, 0)
+		cache.IncrementStats(false, 0)
 	}
 
 	// Once one write waits for the connection, any others start waiting too.
@@ -164,9 +195,9 @@ func TestIncrementStats_ManyCountsPastTheirDeadlineLeaveOneWriteWaiting(t *testi
 	waitForCounters(t, cache, cacheStatsCounters{missCount: misses})
 }
 
-// TestStats_IncludesPendingCounts counts hits and misses whose writes miss
-// their deadline, and checks that Stats adds them to the database's counts
-// before they are written.
+// TestStats_IncludesPendingCounts adds hits and misses to the pending counts,
+// with no goroutine started to write them, and checks that Stats adds them to
+// the database's counts before they are written.
 func TestStats_IncludesPendingCounts(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -178,13 +209,9 @@ func TestStats_IncludesPendingCounts(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	// Writes given a context past its deadline fail at once.
-	ended, cancel := context.WithDeadline(t.Context(), time.Now())
-	defer cancel()
-
-	cache.IncrementStats(ended, true, 0)
-	cache.IncrementStats(ended, true, 0)
-	cache.IncrementStats(ended, false, 0)
+	cache.IncrementStats(true, 0)
+	cache.IncrementStats(true, 0)
+	cache.IncrementStats(false, 0)
 
 	stats, err := cache.Stats(t.Context())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -220,19 +247,15 @@ func TestStopPendingCountWrites_WritesPendingCounts(t *testing.T) {
 
 	waitsBefore := cache.db.Stats().WaitCount
 
-	// Writes given a context past its deadline fail at once.
-	ended, cancel := context.WithDeadline(t.Context(), time.Now())
-	defer cancel()
-
-	cache.IncrementStats(ended, true, 0)
+	cache.IncrementStats(true, 0)
 
 	// The goroutine's write waits for the connection.
 	waitForConnectionWaits(t, cache.db, waitsBefore+1)
 
 	// Counted after that write read the pending counts
-	cache.IncrementStats(ended, false, 0)
-	cache.IncrementUpstreamFetch(ended, 1024)
-	cache.IncrementTransformCount(ended)
+	cache.IncrementStats(false, 0)
+	cache.IncrementUpstreamFetch(1024)
+	cache.IncrementTransformCount()
 
 	// The goroutine is told to finish here as well as by the stop, so that it
 	// is told before its write under way ends, however late the stop runs.
@@ -293,11 +316,7 @@ func TestStopPendingCountWrites_ReturnsWhenItsContextEnds(t *testing.T) {
 
 	waitsBefore := cache.db.Stats().WaitCount
 
-	// Writes given a context past its deadline fail at once.
-	ended, cancel := context.WithDeadline(t.Context(), time.Now())
-	defer cancel()
-
-	cache.IncrementStats(ended, true, 0)
+	cache.IncrementStats(true, 0)
 
 	// The goroutine's write waits for the connection.
 	waitForConnectionWaits(t, cache.db, waitsBefore+1)
@@ -325,3 +344,88 @@ func TestStopPendingCountWrites_ReturnsWhenItsContextEnds(t *testing.T) {
 
 	waitForCounters(t, cache, cacheStatsCounters{hitCount: 1})
 }
+
+// TestLookupSource_HandsAccessTimeToTheBackgroundWriter finds a cached source
+// whose access time is an hour old. LookupSource must not write the access
+// time itself but hand it over to be written, and StopPendingCountWrites must
+// then write it.
+func TestLookupSource_HandsAccessTimeToTheBackgroundWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
+	key := storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, "example.com", "/photo.jpg",
+		[]byte("source bytes"))
+	anHourAgo := time.Now().Add(-time.Hour)
+	setSourceLastAccessed(t, cache, key, anHourAgo)
+
+	touchedQuery := `
+		SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_content
+		WHERE source_key = ? AND last_accessed_at > ?
+	`
+	anHourAgoInDatabase := anHourAgo.UTC().Format(sqliteTimestampFormat)
+
+	found, err := cache.LookupSource(t.Context(), &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{Host: "example.com", Path: "/photo.jpg"},
+	})
+	if err != nil || found != key {
+		t.Fatalf("LookupSource() = %q, %v; want %q", found, err, key)
+	}
+
+	if countRows(t, cache, touchedQuery, string(key), anHourAgoInDatabase) != 0 {
+		t.Error("LookupSource wrote the source's access time itself")
+	}
+
+	if waiting := len(cache.pendingSourceAccessTimes); waiting != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("%d access times of sources wait to be written, want 1", waiting)
+	}
+
+	err = cache.StopPendingCountWrites(t.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("StopPendingCountWrites() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if countRows(t, cache, touchedQuery, string(key), anHourAgoInDatabase) != 1 {
+		t.Error("the source's access time was not written")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestStopPendingCountWrites_LogsWhatWasNotWritten makes the write of the
+// access times fail at shutdown, by dropping the table they are written to,
+// while a hit count is written. The stop must return an error and log that
+// access times were not written, and must not log the counts as not written.
+func TestStopPendingCountWrites_LogsWhatWasNotWritten(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
+
+	var logs bytes.Buffer
+
+	cache.log = slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(&logs, nil))
+
+	cache.touchVariant(testVariantKeyOne)
+	cache.IncrementStats(true, 0)
+
+	_, err := cache.db.ExecContext(t.Context(), `DROP TABLE variant_content`)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("dropping variant_content: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err = cache.StopPendingCountWrites(t.Context())
+	t.Logf("StopPendingCountWrites() error = %v; logged:\n%s", err, logs.String())
+
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("StopPendingCountWrites() error = nil, want the access times' error")
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(logs.String(), "access times not written at shutdown") {
+		t.Error("the access times not written were not logged")
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(logs.String(), "counts not written at shutdown") {
+		t.Error("the counts, which were written, were logged as not written")
+	}
+
+	if got := readCacheStatsCounters(t, cache); got.hitCount != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("hit count in the database = %d, want 1", got.hitCount)
+	}
+}

internal/imgcache/service.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/allowlist"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imageprocessor"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/magic"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/signature"
 )
@@ -139,34 +140,37 @@ var ErrProcessingTimedOut = errors.New(
 // While its source URL is in the negative cache, a cached variant is still
 // served and a variant not in the cache is still made from a cached source;
 // only a request that needs the source fetched is refused.
-func (s *Service) Get(ctx context.Context, req *ImageRequest) (*ImageResponse, error) {
+//
+// A cache hit opens the variant file and makes no database call: its access
+// time and its hit count are handed to the goroutine that
+// StartPendingCountWrites starts, without waiting for it. A variant file
+// that cannot be served, such as one whose first bytes are not those of an
+// output format, is a miss, and the variant is made again.
+func (s *Service) Get(
+	ctx context.Context, req *imagerequest.Request,
+) (*ImageResponse, error) {
 	// Propagate AllowHTTP setting to the request
 	req.AllowHTTP = s.allowHTTP
 
-	// Check variant cache first (disk only, no DB)
-	result, err := s.cache.Lookup(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		s.log.Warn("cache lookup failed", "error", err)
+	cacheKey := imagerequest.CacheKey(req)
+
+	reader, size, contentType, err := s.cache.GetVariant(cacheKey)
+	if err == nil {
+		s.cache.touchVariant(cacheKey)
+		s.cache.IncrementStats(true, 0)
+
+		return &ImageResponse{
+			Content:       reader,
+			ContentLength: size,
+			ContentType:   contentType,
+			CacheStatus:   CacheHit,
+			ETag:          formatETag(cacheKey),
+		}, nil
 	}
 
-	// Cache hit - serve directly from disk
-	if result != nil && result.Hit {
-		reader, size, contentType, err := s.cache.GetVariant(result.CacheKey)
-		if err != nil {
-			s.log.Error("failed to get cached variant", "key", result.CacheKey, "error", err)
-			// Fall through to re-process
-		} else {
-			// Counted also when the request context has ended meanwhile
-			s.cache.IncrementStats(ctx, true, 0)
-
-			return &ImageResponse{
-				Content:       reader,
-				ContentLength: size,
-				ContentType:   contentType,
-				CacheStatus:   CacheHit,
-				ETag:          formatETag(result.CacheKey),
-			}, nil
-		}
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+		s.log.Warn("cached variant not served, making it again",
+			"cache_key", cacheKey, "error", err)
 	}
 
 	// Cache miss - get the variant, processed once for all the requests that
@@ -174,7 +178,7 @@ func (s *Service) Get(ctx context.Context, req *ImageRequest) (*ImageResponse, e
 	// failed or the request context has ended meanwhile
 	response, err := s.processOrWait(ctx, req)
 
-	s.cache.IncrementStats(ctx, false, 0)
+	s.cache.IncrementStats(false, 0)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -186,7 +190,7 @@ func (s *Service) Get(ctx context.Context, req *ImageRequest) (*ImageResponse, e
 }
 
 // Warm pre-fetches and caches an image without returning it.
-func (s *Service) Warm(ctx context.Context, req *ImageRequest) error {
+func (s *Service) Warm(ctx context.Context, req *imagerequest.Request) error {
 	_, err := s.Get(ctx, req)
 
 	return err
@@ -204,7 +208,7 @@ func (s *Service) WaitForProcessing(ctx context.Context) int {
 }
 
 // ValidateRequest validates the request signature if required.
-func (s *Service) ValidateRequest(req *ImageRequest) error {
+func (s *Service) ValidateRequest(req *imagerequest.Request) error {
 	// Check if host is allowed (no signature required)
 	sourceURL := req.SourceURL()
 
@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@ func (s *Service) ValidateRequest(req *ImageRequest) error {
 	}
 
 	// Signature required for non-allowed hosts
-	return s.signer.Verify(signatureRequest(req))
+	return s.signer.Verify(req)
 }
 
 // GenerateSignedURL generates a signed URL for the given request. The URL
@@ -236,26 +240,22 @@ func (s *Service) ValidateRequest(req *ImageRequest) error {
 // set to 85 or cover, the values the route uses when a URL has no q or fit.
 func (s *Service) GenerateSignedURL(
 	baseURL string,
-	req *ImageRequest,
+	req *imagerequest.Request,
 	ttl time.Duration,
 ) (string, error) {
-	if req.Quality == 0 {
-		req.Quality = 85
+	if req.Transform.Quality == 0 {
+		req.Transform.Quality = 85
 	}
 
-	if req.FitMode == "" {
-		req.FitMode = FitCover
+	if req.Transform.FitMode == "" {
+		req.Transform.FitMode = imagerequest.FitCover
 	}
 
-	sigReq := signatureRequest(req)
-	path, sig, exp := s.signer.GenerateSignedURL(sigReq, ttl)
-
-	// Propagate the generated signature and expiration back onto the request.
-	req.Expires = sigReq.Expires
-	req.Signature = sigReq.Signature
+	// Sets the request's Expires and Signature
+	path, sig, exp := s.signer.GenerateSignedURL(req, ttl)
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s?sig=%s&exp=%d&q=%d&fit=%s",
-		baseURL, path, sig, exp, req.Quality, req.FitMode), nil
+		baseURL, path, sig, exp, req.Transform.Quality, req.Transform.FitMode), nil
 }
 
 // errPanicked is returned when processing a variant panicked.
@@ -268,14 +268,14 @@ var errPanicked = errors.New("panic while processing image")
 // the first request's cancellation, so the others are still served if that
 // client goes away, but keeps its deadline.
 func (s *Service) processOrWait(
-	ctx context.Context, req *ImageRequest,
+	ctx context.Context, req *imagerequest.Request,
 ) (*ImageResponse, error) {
 	// A request that has already ended starts no processing
 	if ctx.Err() != nil {
 		return nil, ctx.Err()
 	}
 
-	cacheKey := CacheKey(req)
+	cacheKey := imagerequest.CacheKey(req)
 
 	// Closed when this request's own function runs, which singleflight does
 	// only when no other request is processing the variant
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func (s *Service) processOrWait(
 				recovered := recover()
 				if recovered != nil {
 					s.log.Error("panic while processing image",
-						"host", req.SourceHost, "path", req.SourcePath,
+						"host", req.Source.Host, "path", req.Source.Path,
 						"panic", recovered, "stack", string(debug.Stack()))
 
 					if hub := sentry.GetHubFromContext(ctx); hub != nil {
@@ -360,9 +360,9 @@ func withoutCancelKeepingDeadline(
 // returns it with its size; nil if the cached data is unavailable, empty or
 // exceeds maxResponseSize.
 func (s *Service) loadCachedSource(
-	contentHash ContentHash,
+	sourceKey imagerequest.SourceKey,
 ) (io.ReadCloser, int64) {
-	reader, size, err := s.cache.GetSourceContent(contentHash)
+	reader, size, err := s.cache.GetSourceContent(sourceKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.log.Warn("failed to load cached source, fetching", "error", err)
 
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ func (s *Service) loadCachedSource(
 		_ = reader.Close()
 
 		s.log.Warn("cached source exceeds max response size, discarding",
-			"hash", contentHash,
+			"source_key", sourceKey,
 			"max_bytes", s.maxResponseSize,
 		)
 
@@ -393,11 +393,11 @@ func (s *Service) loadCachedSource(
 // if available.
 func (s *Service) processFromSourceOrFetch(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	req *ImageRequest,
-	cacheKey VariantKey,
+	req *imagerequest.Request,
+	cacheKey imagerequest.VariantKey,
 ) (*processedVariant, error) {
 	// Check if we have cached source content
-	contentHash, _, err := s.cache.LookupSource(ctx, req)
+	sourceKey, err := s.cache.LookupSource(ctx, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.log.Warn("source lookup failed", "error", err)
 	}
@@ -407,9 +407,9 @@ func (s *Service) processFromSourceOrFetch(
 		sourceSize int64
 	)
 
-	if contentHash != "" {
-		s.log.Debug("using cached source", "hash", contentHash)
-		source, sourceSize = s.loadCachedSource(contentHash)
+	if sourceKey != "" {
+		s.log.Debug("using cached source", "source_key", sourceKey)
+		source, sourceSize = s.loadCachedSource(sourceKey)
 	}
 
 	// Fetch from upstream if we don't have source data or it's empty
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@ func (s *Service) processFromSourceOrFetch(
 // source URL is in the negative cache.
 func (s *Service) fetchAndProcess(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	req *ImageRequest,
-	cacheKey VariantKey,
+	req *imagerequest.Request,
+	cacheKey imagerequest.VariantKey,
 ) (*processedVariant, error) {
 	// Check negative cache - skip fetching for recently-failed URLs
 	negHit, err := s.cache.checkNegativeCache(ctx, req)
@@ -442,8 +442,8 @@ func (s *Service) fetchAndProcess(
 
 	if negHit {
 		s.log.Debug("negative cache hit",
-			"host", req.SourceHost,
-			"path", req.SourcePath,
+			"host", req.Source.Host,
+			"path", req.Source.Path,
 		)
 
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %w", httpfetcher.ErrUpstreamError, ErrNegativeCached)
@@ -458,13 +458,7 @@ func (s *Service) fetchAndProcess(
 	if err != nil {
 		// Store negative cache for certain errors
 		if isNegativeCacheable(err) {
-			statusCode := extractStatusCode(err)
-
-			storeErr := s.cache.StoreNegative(ctx, req, statusCode, err.Error())
-			if storeErr != nil {
-				s.log.Warn("failed to store negative cache entry",
-					"host", req.SourceHost, "path", req.SourcePath, "error", storeErr)
-			}
+			s.storeNegative(ctx, req)
 		}
 
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("upstream fetch failed: %w", err)
@@ -481,7 +475,7 @@ func (s *Service) fetchAndProcess(
 	fetchBytes := int64(len(sourceData))
 
 	// Counted also when the request context has ended meanwhile
-	s.cache.IncrementUpstreamFetch(ctx, fetchBytes)
+	s.cache.IncrementUpstreamFetch(fetchBytes)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read upstream response: %w", err)
@@ -499,8 +493,8 @@ func (s *Service) fetchAndProcess(
 	// Log upstream fetch details
 	s.log.Info("upstream fetched",
 		"request_id", middleware.GetReqID(ctx),
-		"host", req.SourceHost,
-		"path", req.SourcePath,
+		"host", req.Source.Host,
+		"path", req.Source.Path,
 		"bytes", fetchBytes,
 		"fetch_ms", fetchResult.FetchDurationMs,
 		"rate", downloadRate,
@@ -510,14 +504,21 @@ func (s *Service) fetchAndProcess(
 		"cipher", fetchResult.TLSCipherSuite,
 	)
 
-	// Validate magic bytes match content type
+	// Validate magic bytes match content type. A body that does not is the
+	// upstream's error, so it gets a negative cache entry, as an upstream
+	// error status does.
 	err = magic.ValidateMagicBytes(sourceData, fetchResult.ContentType)
 	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("source refused", "request_id", middleware.GetReqID(ctx),
+			"host", req.Source.Host, "path", req.Source.Path,
+			"content_type", fetchResult.ContentType, "error", err)
+		s.storeNegative(ctx, req)
+
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("content validation failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// Store source content
-	_, err = s.cache.StoreSource(ctx, req, bytes.NewReader(sourceData), fetchResult)
+	_, err = s.cache.StoreSource(ctx, req, bytes.NewReader(sourceData))
 	if err != nil {
 		s.log.Warn("failed to store source content", "error", err)
 		// Continue even if caching fails
@@ -528,6 +529,17 @@ func (s *Service) fetchAndProcess(
 	)
 }
 
+// storeNegative stores a negative cache entry for req's source, whose fetch
+// failed, so the source is not fetched again until the entry expires. A
+// failure to store the entry is only logged.
+func (s *Service) storeNegative(ctx context.Context, req *imagerequest.Request) {
+	err := s.cache.StoreNegative(ctx, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("failed to store negative cache entry",
+			"host", req.Source.Host, "path", req.Source.Path, "error", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // processedVariant is a variant as processAndStore made it. Each request that
 // shared its processing serves it through a reader of its own.
 type processedVariant struct {
@@ -540,24 +552,17 @@ type processedVariant struct {
 // result.
 func (s *Service) processAndStore(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	req *ImageRequest,
-	cacheKey VariantKey,
+	req *imagerequest.Request,
+	cacheKey imagerequest.VariantKey,
 	source io.Reader,
 	fetchBytes int64,
 ) (*processedVariant, error) {
 	// Process the image
 	processStart := time.Now()
 
-	processReq := &imageprocessor.Request{
-		Size:    imageprocessor.Size{Width: req.Size.Width, Height: req.Size.Height},
-		Format:  imageprocessor.Format(req.Format),
-		Quality: req.Quality,
-		FitMode: imageprocessor.FitMode(req.FitMode),
-	}
-
 	// ctx has the deadline of the request doing the processing, which can
 	// end while a request waiting for its image has time left
-	processResult, err := s.processor.Process(ctx, source, processReq)
+	processResult, err := s.processor.Process(ctx, source, &req.Transform)
 	if errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %w", ErrProcessingTimedOut, err)
 	}
@@ -569,7 +574,7 @@ func (s *Service) processAndStore(
 	processDuration := time.Since(processStart)
 
 	// Counted also when the request context has ended meanwhile
-	s.cache.IncrementTransformCount(ctx)
+	s.cache.IncrementTransformCount()
 
 	// Read processed content
 	processedData, err := io.ReadAll(processResult.Content)
@@ -590,10 +595,10 @@ func (s *Service) processAndStore(
 
 	s.log.Info("image converted",
 		"request_id", middleware.GetReqID(ctx),
-		"host", req.SourceHost,
-		"path", req.SourcePath,
+		"host", req.Source.Host,
+		"path", req.Source.Path,
 		"src_format", processResult.InputFormat,
-		"dst_format", req.Format,
+		"dst_format", req.Transform.Format,
 		"src_bytes", fetchBytes,
 		"dst_bytes", outputSize,
 		"src_dimensions", fmt.Sprintf("%dx%d",
@@ -602,14 +607,12 @@ func (s *Service) processAndStore(
 			processResult.Width, processResult.Height),
 		"size_ratio", fmt.Sprintf("%.1f%%", sizePercent),
 		"convert_ms", processDuration.Milliseconds(),
-		"quality", req.Quality,
-		"fit", req.FitMode,
+		"quality", req.Transform.Quality,
+		"fit", req.Transform.FitMode,
 	)
 
 	// Store variant to cache
-	err = s.cache.StoreVariant(
-		ctx, cacheKey, bytes.NewReader(processedData), processResult.ContentType,
-	)
+	err = s.cache.StoreVariant(ctx, cacheKey, bytes.NewReader(processedData))
 	if err != nil {
 		s.log.Warn("failed to store variant", "error", err)
 		// Continue even if caching fails
@@ -622,50 +625,16 @@ func (s *Service) processAndStore(
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// signatureRequest projects an ImageRequest onto the standalone
-// signature.Request type used by the signature package. This keeps the
-// import edge one-way: imgcache depends on signature, never the reverse.
-func signatureRequest(req *ImageRequest) *signature.Request {
-	return &signature.Request{
-		SourceHost:  req.SourceHost,
-		SourcePath:  req.SourcePath,
-		SourceQuery: req.SourceQuery,
-		Width:       req.Size.Width,
-		Height:      req.Size.Height,
-		Format:      string(req.Format),
-		Quality:     req.Quality,
-		FitMode:     string(req.FitMode),
-		Signature:   req.Signature,
-		Expires:     req.Expires,
-	}
-}
-
-// HTTP status codes for error responses.
-const (
-	httpStatusBadGateway    = 502
-	httpStatusInternalError = 500
-)
-
 // isNegativeCacheable returns true if the error should be cached.
 func isNegativeCacheable(err error) bool {
 	return errors.Is(err, httpfetcher.ErrUpstreamError)
 }
 
-// extractStatusCode extracts HTTP status code from error message.
-func extractStatusCode(err error) int {
-	// Default to 502 Bad Gateway for upstream errors
-	if errors.Is(err, httpfetcher.ErrUpstreamError) {
-		return httpStatusBadGateway
-	}
-
-	return httpStatusInternalError
-}
-
 // etagHashLength is the number of hash characters to use for ETags.
 const etagHashLength = 16
 
 // formatETag formats a VariantKey as a quoted ETag value.
-func formatETag(key VariantKey) string {
+func formatETag(key imagerequest.VariantKey) string {
 	hash := string(key)
 	// Use first 16 characters of hash for a shorter but still unique ETag
 	if len(hash) > etagHashLength {

internal/imgcache/service_internal_test.go

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ package imgcache
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/magic"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/signature"
 )
@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@ func TestService_Get_AllowlistedHost(t *testing.T) {
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathPhoto,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.GoodHost,
+			Path: testPathPhoto,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
 	resp, err := svc.Get(ctx, req)
@@ -61,13 +65,17 @@ func TestService_Get_NonAllowlistedHost_NoSignature(t *testing.T) {
 
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t, WithSigningKey("test-key"))
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.OtherHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathUpload,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.OtherHost,
+			Path: testPathUpload,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Should fail validation - not allowlisted and no signature
@@ -84,19 +92,23 @@ func TestService_Get_NonAllowlistedHost_ValidSignature(t *testing.T) {
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t, WithSigningKey(signingKey))
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.OtherHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathUpload,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.OtherHost,
+			Path: testPathUpload,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Generate a valid signature
 	signer := signature.New(signingKey)
 	req.Expires = time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
-	req.Signature = signer.Sign(signatureRequest(req))
+	req.Signature = signer.Sign(req)
 
 	// Should pass validation
 	err := svc.ValidateRequest(req)
@@ -128,19 +140,23 @@ func TestService_Get_NonAllowlistedHost_ExpiredSignature(t *testing.T) {
 	signingKey := testSigningKey
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t, WithSigningKey(signingKey))
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.OtherHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathUpload,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.OtherHost,
+			Path: testPathUpload,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Generate an expired signature
 	signer := signature.New(signingKey)
 	req.Expires = time.Now().Add(-time.Hour) // Already expired
-	req.Signature = signer.Sign(signatureRequest(req))
+	req.Signature = signer.Sign(req)
 
 	// Should fail validation
 	err := svc.ValidateRequest(req)
@@ -155,13 +171,17 @@ func TestService_Get_NonAllowlistedHost_InvalidSignature(t *testing.T) {
 	signingKey := testSigningKey
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t, WithSigningKey(signingKey))
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.OtherHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathUpload,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.OtherHost,
+			Path: testPathUpload,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Set an invalid signature
@@ -191,16 +211,20 @@ func TestService_ValidateRequest_SignatureExactHostMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	signer := signature.New(signingKey)
 
 	// Sign a request for "cdn.example.com"
-	signedReq := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath: testPathCat,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
-		Expires:    time.Now().Add(time.Hour),
+	signedReq := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testHostCDN,
+			Path: testPathCat,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Now().Add(time.Hour),
 	}
-	signedReq.Signature = signer.Sign(signatureRequest(signedReq))
+	signedReq.Signature = signer.Sign(signedReq)
 
 	// The original request should pass validation
 	t.Run("exact host passes", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -228,23 +252,22 @@ func TestService_ValidateRequest_SignatureExactHostMatch(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name+" rejected", func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			req := &ImageRequest{
-				SourceHost:  tt.host,
-				SourcePath:  signedReq.SourcePath,
-				SourceQuery: signedReq.SourceQuery,
-				Size:        signedReq.Size,
-				Format:      signedReq.Format,
-				Quality:     signedReq.Quality,
-				FitMode:     signedReq.FitMode,
-				Expires:     signedReq.Expires,
-				Signature:   signedReq.Signature,
+			req := &imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host:  tt.host,
+					Path:  signedReq.Source.Path,
+					Query: signedReq.Source.Query,
+				},
+				Transform: signedReq.Transform,
+				Expires:   signedReq.Expires,
+				Signature: signedReq.Signature,
 			}
 
 			err := svc.ValidateRequest(req)
 			if err == nil {
 				t.Errorf(
 					"ValidateRequest() should reject signature for host %q (signed for %q)",
-					tt.host, signedReq.SourceHost)
+					tt.host, signedReq.Source.Host)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -280,13 +303,17 @@ func TestService_ValidateRequest_HostWithPortNeedsSignature(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.host, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			req := &ImageRequest{
-				SourceHost: tt.host,
-				SourcePath: testPathCat,
-				Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-				Format:     FormatJPEG,
-				Quality:    85,
-				FitMode:    FitCover,
+			req := &imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host: tt.host,
+					Path: testPathCat,
+				},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+					Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+					Quality: 85,
+					FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+				},
 			}
 
 			err := svc.ValidateRequest(req)
@@ -320,13 +347,17 @@ func TestService_ValidateRequest_UnbracketedIPv6PortNeedsSignature(
 		t.Run(host, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			req := &ImageRequest{
-				SourceHost: host,
-				SourcePath: testPathCat,
-				Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-				Format:     FormatJPEG,
-				Quality:    85,
-				FitMode:    FitCover,
+			req := &imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host: host,
+					Path: testPathCat,
+				},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+					Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+					Quality: 85,
+					FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+				},
 			}
 
 			err := svc.ValidateRequest(req)
@@ -347,14 +378,9 @@ func TestService_Get_InvalidFile(t *testing.T) {
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-		SourcePath: "/images/fake.jpg",
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
-	}
+	req := photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover)
+	req.Source.Path = "/images/fake.jpg"
+	req.Transform.Size = imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50}
 
 	// Should fail because magic bytes don't match
 	_, err := svc.Get(ctx, req)
@@ -369,14 +395,9 @@ func TestService_Get_NotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-		SourcePath: "/images/nonexistent.jpg",
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
-	}
+	req := photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover)
+	req.Source.Path = "/images/nonexistent.jpg"
+	req.Transform.Size = imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50}
 
 	_, err := svc.Get(ctx, req)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -393,25 +414,25 @@ func TestService_Get_FormatConversion(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string
 		sourcePath string
-		outFormat  ImageFormat
+		outFormat  imagerequest.Format
 		wantMIME   string
 	}{
 		{
 			name:       "JPEG to PNG",
 			sourcePath: testPathPhoto,
-			outFormat:  FormatPNG,
+			outFormat:  imagerequest.FormatPNG,
 			wantMIME:   "image/png",
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "PNG to JPEG",
 			sourcePath: "/images/logo.png",
-			outFormat:  FormatJPEG,
+			outFormat:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
 			wantMIME:   testContentTypeJPEG,
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "GIF to PNG",
 			sourcePath: "/images/animation.gif",
-			outFormat:  FormatPNG,
+			outFormat:  imagerequest.FormatPNG,
 			wantMIME:   "image/png",
 		},
 	}
@@ -420,13 +441,12 @@ func TestService_Get_FormatConversion(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			req := &ImageRequest{
-				SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-				SourcePath: tt.sourcePath,
-				Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-				Format:     tt.outFormat,
-				Quality:    85,
-				FitMode:    FitCover,
+			req := &imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{Host: fixtures.GoodHost, Path: tt.sourcePath},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+					Format: tt.outFormat, Quality: 85, FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+				},
 			}
 
 			resp, err := svc.Get(ctx, req)
@@ -474,13 +494,17 @@ func TestService_Get_Caching(t *testing.T) {
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathPhoto,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.GoodHost,
+			Path: testPathPhoto,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// First request - should be a cache miss
@@ -525,26 +549,20 @@ func TestService_Get_Caching(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestService_Get_ServesSourceAndVariantCachedTwoDaysAgo caches a source and
 // a variant of it and sets back two days every time pixa stored for them.
-// For the source: fetched_at in source_metadata, fetched_at and
-// last_accessed_at in source_content, the fetched_at in its metadata file,
-// and the access and modification times of its file and of its metadata
-// file. For the variant: created_at and last_accessed_at in variant_content,
-// the created_at in its .meta file, and the access and modification times of
-// its file and of its .meta file. It then checks that the variant is still
-// served from the cache and that a new variant is made from the cached source
-// without fetching it again.
+// For the source: last_accessed_at in source_content, and the access and
+// modification times of its file. For the variant: last_accessed_at in
+// variant_content, and the access and modification times of its file. It
+// then checks that the variant is still served from the cache and that a new
+// variant is made from the cached source without fetching it again.
 //
 // Left at the present: the files' status change and birth times, which a
 // program cannot set, and the times of the directories holding the files,
-// which other entries share. The source's stored response headers are empty,
-// as the mock fetcher sends none. expires_at, etag and last_modified in
-// source_metadata and in the metadata file are never written, nor are the
-// request_cache and output_content tables.
+// which other entries share.
 func TestService_Get_ServesSourceAndVariantCachedTwoDaysAgo(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
-	variant := photoVariant(fixtures, 85, FitCover)
+	variant := photoVariant(fixtures, 85, imagerequest.FitCover)
 
 	resp, err := svc.Get(t.Context(), variant)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -570,13 +588,15 @@ func TestService_Get_ServesSourceAndVariantCachedTwoDaysAgo(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Another quality is a new variant, made from the cached source
-	resp, err = svc.Get(t.Context(), photoVariant(fixtures, 40, FitCover))
+	resp, err = svc.Get(t.Context(), photoVariant(fixtures, 40, imagerequest.FitCover))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Get() of a new variant error = %v", err)
 	}
 
 	_ = resp.Content.Close()
 
+	waitForPendingCountsWritten(t, svc.cache)
+
 	fetches := readCacheStatsCounters(t, svc.cache).upstreamFetchCount
 	if fetches != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("upstream fetches = %d, want 1", fetches)
@@ -586,43 +606,18 @@ func TestService_Get_ServesSourceAndVariantCachedTwoDaysAgo(t *testing.T) {
 // backdateSource sets every time pixa stored for req's cached source to when,
 // as listed on TestService_Get_ServesSourceAndVariantCachedTwoDaysAgo.
 func backdateSource(
-	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, req *ImageRequest, when time.Time,
+	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, req *imagerequest.Request, when time.Time,
 ) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	pathHash := HashPath(req.SourcePath + "?" + req.SourceQuery)
+	key := req.Source.Key()
+	setSourceLastAccessed(t, cache, key, when)
 
-	meta, err := cache.srcMetadata.Load(req.SourceHost, pathHash)
+	path := cache.srcContent.keyToPath(key)
+
+	err := os.Chtimes(path, when, when)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("reading the source's metadata file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	meta.FetchedAt = when.Unix()
-
-	err = cache.srcMetadata.Store(req.SourceHost, pathHash, meta)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("writing the source's metadata file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	dbTime := when.UTC().Format(sqliteTimestampFormat)
-
-	updateOneRow(t, cache, `
-		UPDATE source_metadata SET fetched_at = ?
-		WHERE source_host = ? AND source_path = ? AND source_query = ?
-	`, dbTime, req.SourceHost, req.SourcePath, req.SourceQuery)
-	updateOneRow(t, cache,
-		`UPDATE source_content SET fetched_at = ? WHERE content_hash = ?`,
-		dbTime, meta.ContentHash)
-	setSourceLastAccessed(t, cache, ContentHash(meta.ContentHash), when)
-
-	for _, path := range []string{
-		cache.srcContent.hashToPath(ContentHash(meta.ContentHash)),
-		cache.srcMetadata.metaPath(req.SourceHost, pathHash),
-	} {
-		err = os.Chtimes(path, when, when)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("setting back the times of %s: %v", path, err)
-		}
+		t.Fatalf("setting back the times of %s: %v", path, err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -630,62 +625,18 @@ func backdateSource(
 // for to when, as listed on
 // TestService_Get_ServesSourceAndVariantCachedTwoDaysAgo.
 func backdateVariant(
-	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, req *ImageRequest, when time.Time,
+	t *testing.T, cache *Cache, req *imagerequest.Request, when time.Time,
 ) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	key := CacheKey(req)
-
-	content, size, contentType, err := cache.variants.LoadWithMeta(key)
-	if err != nil || contentType == "" {
-		t.Fatalf("reading the variant's .meta file: content type %q, error %v",
-			contentType, err)
-	}
-
-	_ = content.Close()
-
-	meta, err := json.Marshal(VariantMeta{
-		ContentType: contentType,
-		Size:        size,
-		CreatedAt:   when.Unix(),
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("encoding the variant's .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
+	key := imagerequest.CacheKey(req)
 	path := cache.variants.keyToPath(key)
 
-	err = os.WriteFile(path+variantMetaSuffix, meta, StorageFilePerm)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("writing the variant's .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	updateOneRow(t, cache,
-		`UPDATE variant_content SET created_at = ? WHERE cache_key = ?`,
-		when.UTC().Format(sqliteTimestampFormat), string(key))
 	setVariantLastAccessed(t, cache, key, when)
 
-	for _, file := range []string{path, path + variantMetaSuffix} {
-		err = os.Chtimes(file, when, when)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("setting back the times of %s: %v", file, err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// updateOneRow runs the UPDATE statement query and fails the test unless it
-// changed exactly one row.
-func updateOneRow(t *testing.T, cache *Cache, query string, args ...any) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	result, err := cache.db.ExecContext(t.Context(), query, args...)
+	err := os.Chtimes(path, when, when)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("%s: %v", query, err)
-	}
-
-	rows, err := result.RowsAffected()
-	if err != nil || rows != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("%s: rows = %d, error = %v, want 1 row", query, rows, err)
+		t.Fatalf("setting back the times of %s: %v", path, err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -696,7 +647,7 @@ func TestService_Get_DifferentSizes(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	// Request same image at different sizes
-	sizes := []Size{
+	sizes := []imagerequest.Size{
 		{Width: 25, Height: 25},
 		{Width: 50, Height: 50},
 		{Width: 75, Height: 75},
@@ -705,13 +656,17 @@ func TestService_Get_DifferentSizes(t *testing.T) {
 	responses := make([][]byte, 0, len(sizes))
 
 	for _, size := range sizes {
-		req := &ImageRequest{
-			SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-			SourcePath: testPathPhoto,
-			Size:       size,
-			Format:     FormatJPEG,
-			Quality:    85,
-			FitMode:    FitCover,
+		req := &imagerequest.Request{
+			Source: imagerequest.Source{
+				Host: fixtures.GoodHost,
+				Path: testPathPhoto,
+			},
+			Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+				Size:    size,
+				Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+				Quality: 85,
+				FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+			},
 		}
 
 		resp, err := svc.Get(ctx, req)
@@ -745,13 +700,17 @@ func TestService_ValidateRequest_NoSigningKey(t *testing.T) {
 	// Service with no signing key - all non-allowlisted requests should fail
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t, WithNoAllowlist())
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.OtherHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathUpload,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.OtherHost,
+			Path: testPathUpload,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
 	err := svc.ValidateRequest(req)
@@ -770,13 +729,17 @@ func TestService_Get_ContextCancellation(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	cancel() // Cancel immediately
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathPhoto,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.GoodHost,
+			Path: testPathPhoto,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
 	_, err := svc.Get(ctx, req)
@@ -791,13 +754,17 @@ func TestService_Get_ReturnsETag(t *testing.T) {
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathPhoto,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.GoodHost,
+			Path: testPathPhoto,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
 	resp, err := svc.Get(ctx, req)
@@ -824,13 +791,17 @@ func TestService_Get_ETagConsistency(t *testing.T) {
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathPhoto,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.GoodHost,
+			Path: testPathPhoto,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// First request
@@ -866,22 +837,30 @@ func TestService_Get_DifferentETagsForDifferentContent(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	// Request same image at different sizes - should get different ETags
-	req1 := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathPhoto,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 25, Height: 25},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req1 := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.GoodHost,
+			Path: testPathPhoto,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 25, Height: 25},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
-	req2 := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathPhoto,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req2 := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.GoodHost,
+			Path: testPathPhoto,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
 	resp1, err := svc.Get(ctx, req1)

internal/imgcache/source_content_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+package imgcache
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
+)
+
+// TestStoreSource_StoresIdenticalBytesOfTwoURLsTwice stores the same bytes
+// for two source URLs and checks that each URL has a source_content row of
+// its own and a file of its own, named by its source key under
+// cache/sources/<ab>/<cd>/.
+func TestStoreSource_StoresIdenticalBytesOfTwoURLsTwice(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cache, stateDir := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
+	content := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x5A}, 400)
+
+	keys := map[string]imagerequest.SourceKey{
+		"/a.jpg": storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, testHostCDN, "/a.jpg", content),
+		"/b.jpg": storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, testHostCDN, "/b.jpg", content),
+	}
+	t.Logf("source keys: %v", keys)
+
+	if keys["/a.jpg"] == keys["/b.jpg"] {
+		t.Fatalf("both source URLs got the key %s", keys["/a.jpg"])
+	}
+
+	for sourcePath, key := range keys {
+		rows := countRows(t, cache,
+			`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_content WHERE source_key = ?`, string(key))
+		if rows != 1 {
+			t.Errorf("%s has %d source_content rows, want 1", sourcePath, rows)
+		}
+
+		name := string(key)
+		file := filepath.Join(stateDir, "cache", "sources", name[0:2], name[2:4], name)
+
+		stored, err := os.ReadFile(file) //nolint:gosec // path in the test's state dir
+		if err != nil || !bytes.Equal(stored, content) {
+			t.Errorf("file of %s at %s holds %d bytes (error %v), want the %d stored",
+				sourcePath, file, len(stored), err, len(content))
+		}
+	}
+
+	usage, err := cache.UsageBytes(t.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UsageBytes() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if usage != 800 {
+		t.Errorf("UsageBytes() = %d, want 800, the 400 bytes once for each URL", usage)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEvictSourceBlob_LeavesSourceWithIdenticalBytesServed stores the same
+// bytes for two source URLs and evicts the first. Its row and file must be
+// gone, and the second must still be found and read from the cache.
+func TestEvictSourceBlob_LeavesSourceWithIdenticalBytesServed(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
+	content := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x5B}, 400)
+
+	evicted := storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, testHostCDN, "/evicted.jpg", content)
+	storeEvictionTestSource(t, cache, testHostCDN, "/kept.jpg", content)
+
+	err := cache.evictSourceBlob(t.Context(), evicted)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("evictSourceBlob() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if cache.srcContent.Exists(evicted) {
+		t.Error("the evicted source's file is still on disk")
+	}
+
+	if n := countRows(t, cache,
+		`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_content WHERE source_key = ?`, string(evicted),
+	); n != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("the evicted source still has %d source_content rows", n)
+	}
+
+	kept, err := cache.LookupSource(t.Context(), &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: "/kept.jpg"},
+	})
+	t.Logf("LookupSource() of the kept source = %q, error %v", kept, err)
+
+	if err != nil || kept == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("LookupSource() of the kept source = %q, %v; want it cached", kept, err)
+	}
+
+	reader, _, err := cache.GetSourceContent(kept)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetSourceContent() of the kept source error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	defer func() { _ = reader.Close() }()
+
+	served, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("reading the kept source: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(served, content) {
+		t.Errorf("the kept source reads as %d bytes, want the %d stored",
+			len(served), len(content))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestStoreSource_FailedRowWriteLeavesNoFile drops source_content, so that
+// StoreSource cannot write the source's row, and checks that the store fails
+// and leaves no file under the source's key.
+func TestStoreSource_FailedRowWriteLeavesNoFile(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cache, _ := newEvictionTestCache(t, 1<<30)
+
+	_, err := cache.db.ExecContext(t.Context(), `DROP TABLE source_content`)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to drop source_content: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat},
+	}
+	key, err := cache.StoreSource(t.Context(), req,
+		bytes.NewReader([]byte("source bytes")))
+	t.Logf("StoreSource() = %q, error = %v", key, err)
+
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("StoreSource() error = nil, want the failed row write")
+	}
+
+	if cache.srcContent.Exists(req.Source.Key()) {
+		t.Error("the source's file is on disk although its row was not written")
+	}
+}

internal/imgcache/stats_internal_test.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/database"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 func setupStatsTestDB(t *testing.T) *sql.DB {
@@ -147,43 +148,6 @@ func TestStats_LogsFailedCountQueries(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestIncrementStats_LogsFailedUpdates verifies that a failed hit or miss
-// count update and a failed upstream fetch count update are each logged at
-// warn.
-func TestIncrementStats_LogsFailedUpdates(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	db := setupStatsTestDB(t)
-
-	var logBuf bytes.Buffer
-
-	cache, err := NewCache(db, CacheConfig{
-		StateDir:    t.TempDir(),
-		NegativeTTL: 5 * time.Minute,
-		Logger:      slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(&logBuf, nil)),
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = db.ExecContext(t.Context(), `DROP TABLE cache_stats`)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	cache.IncrementStats(t.Context(), false, 1024)
-
-	for _, msg := range []string{
-		"failed to count cache hit or miss",
-		"failed to count upstream fetch",
-	} {
-		want := `"level":"WARN","msg":"` + msg + `"`
-		if !strings.Contains(logBuf.String(), want) {
-			t.Errorf("log missing %s; got %q", want, logBuf.String())
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // TestStats_TotalsCountSourcesAndVariants verifies that TotalItems and
 // TotalSizeBytes cover the stored source images and processed variants.
 func TestStats_TotalsCountSourcesAndVariants(t *testing.T) {
@@ -319,13 +283,17 @@ func TestService_Get_CountsStats(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, step := range steps {
-		resp, err := svc.Get(t.Context(), &ImageRequest{
-			SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-			SourcePath: step.path,
-			Size:       Size{Width: step.size, Height: step.size},
-			Format:     FormatJPEG,
-			Quality:    85,
-			FitMode:    FitCover,
+		resp, err := svc.Get(t.Context(), &imagerequest.Request{
+			Source: imagerequest.Source{
+				Host: fixtures.GoodHost,
+				Path: step.path,
+			},
+			Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+				Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: step.size, Height: step.size},
+				Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+				Quality: 85,
+				FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+			},
 		})
 		if (err != nil) != step.wantErr {
 			t.Fatalf("%s: Get() error = %v, want error %t", step.name, err, step.wantErr)
@@ -335,6 +303,8 @@ func TestService_Get_CountsStats(t *testing.T) {
 			_ = resp.Content.Close()
 		}
 
+		waitForPendingCountsWritten(t, svc.cache)
+
 		got := readCacheStatsCounters(t, svc.cache)
 		if got != step.want {
 			t.Fatalf("after the %s: counters = %+v, want %+v", step.name, got, step.want)
@@ -419,13 +389,17 @@ func TestService_Get_CountsInterruptedMisses(t *testing.T) {
 
 			svc.fetcher = upstream
 
-			resp, err := svc.Get(ctx, &ImageRequest{
-				SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-				SourcePath: testPathPhoto,
-				Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-				Format:     FormatJPEG,
-				Quality:    85,
-				FitMode:    FitCover,
+			resp, err := svc.Get(ctx, &imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host: fixtures.GoodHost,
+					Path: testPathPhoto,
+				},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+					Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+					Quality: 85,
+					FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+				},
 			})
 			t.Logf("Get() error = %v", err)
 
@@ -437,6 +411,8 @@ func TestService_Get_CountsInterruptedMisses(t *testing.T) {
 				_ = resp.Content.Close()
 			}
 
+			waitForPendingCountsWritten(t, svc.cache)
+
 			got := readCacheStatsCounters(t, svc.cache)
 			if got != tc.want {
 				t.Errorf("counters = %+v, want %+v", got, tc.want)
@@ -453,13 +429,17 @@ func TestService_Get_CountsHitAfterRequestEnds(t *testing.T) {
 
 	svc, fixtures := SetupTestService(t)
 
-	req := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost: fixtures.GoodHost,
-		SourcePath: testPathPhoto,
-		Size:       Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
-		Format:     FormatJPEG,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    FitCover,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: fixtures.GoodHost,
+			Path: testPathPhoto,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 50, Height: 50},
+			Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// A first request caches the variant.
@@ -470,6 +450,8 @@ func TestService_Get_CountsHitAfterRequestEnds(t *testing.T) {
 
 	_ = resp.Content.Close()
 
+	waitForPendingCountsWritten(t, svc.cache)
+
 	want := readCacheStatsCounters(t, svc.cache)
 	want.hitCount++
 
@@ -487,6 +469,8 @@ func TestService_Get_CountsHitAfterRequestEnds(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("CacheStatus = %v, want %v", resp.CacheStatus, CacheHit)
 	}
 
+	waitForPendingCountsWritten(t, svc.cache)
+
 	got := readCacheStatsCounters(t, svc.cache)
 	if got != want {
 		t.Errorf("counters = %+v, want %+v", got, want)

internal/imgcache/storage.go

@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 package imgcache
 
 import (
-	"crypto/sha256"
-	"encoding/hex"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/magic"
 )
 
 // Storage constants.
@@ -29,17 +26,8 @@ var (
 	ErrNotFound = errors.New("content not found")
 )
 
-// ContentHash is a SHA256 hash of file content (hex-encoded).
-type ContentHash string
-
-// VariantKey is a SHA256 hash identifying a specific image variant (hex-encoded).
-type VariantKey string
-
-// PathHash is a SHA256 hash of a URL path (hex-encoded).
-type PathHash string
-
-// ContentStorage handles content-addressable file storage.
-// Files are stored at: <basedir>/<ab>/<cd>/<abcdef...sha256>
+// ContentStorage handles source image file storage, one file per source
+// URL. Files are stored at: <basedir>/<ab>/<cd>/<source key>
 type ContentStorage struct {
 	baseDir string
 }
@@ -54,38 +42,19 @@ func NewContentStorage(baseDir string) (*ContentStorage, error) {
 	return &ContentStorage{baseDir: baseDir}, nil
 }
 
-// Store writes content to storage and returns its SHA256 hash.
-// The content is read fully into memory to compute the hash before writing.
-func (s *ContentStorage) Store(r io.Reader) (ContentHash, int64, error) {
-	// Read all content to compute hash
-	data, err := io.ReadAll(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to read content: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// Compute hash
-	h := sha256.Sum256(data)
-	hash := ContentHash(hex.EncodeToString(h[:]))
-	size := int64(len(data))
-
-	err = s.writeIfAbsent(hash, data)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
-	}
-
-	return hash, size, nil
-}
-
-// StoreHashed writes pre-hashed content to storage at the path derived
-// from hash, without recomputing it. Callers that already know the
-// hash before writing (e.g. because they must hold a hash-keyed lock
-// across the whole store operation) use this instead of Store. Like
-// Store, it is idempotent: a file of the content's size already at that
-// path is left untouched, and a file of another size is replaced.
-func (s *ContentStorage) StoreHashed(
-	hash ContentHash, data []byte,
+// Store writes data with writeFileSynced to the path derived from key,
+// replacing any file already there, and returns its size.
+func (s *ContentStorage) Store(
+	key imagerequest.SourceKey, data []byte,
 ) (int64, error) {
-	err := s.writeIfAbsent(hash, data)
+	path := s.keyToPath(key)
+
+	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), StorageDirPerm)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to create directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	err = writeFileSynced(path, data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
@@ -93,11 +62,11 @@ func (s *ContentStorage) StoreHashed(
 	return int64(len(data)), nil
 }
 
-// Load returns a reader for the content with the given hash.
-func (s *ContentStorage) Load(hash ContentHash) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	path := s.hashToPath(hash)
+// Load returns a reader for the content with the given key.
+func (s *ContentStorage) Load(key imagerequest.SourceKey) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	path := s.keyToPath(key)
 
-	f, err := os.Open(path) //nolint:gosec // path derived from content hash
+	f, err := os.Open(path) //nolint:gosec // path derived from source key
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			return nil, ErrNotFound
@@ -109,11 +78,13 @@ func (s *ContentStorage) Load(hash ContentHash) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	return f, nil
 }
 
-// LoadWithSize returns a reader and file size for the content with the given hash.
-func (s *ContentStorage) LoadWithSize(hash ContentHash) (io.ReadCloser, int64, error) {
-	path := s.hashToPath(hash)
+// LoadWithSize returns a reader and file size for the content with the given key.
+func (s *ContentStorage) LoadWithSize(
+	key imagerequest.SourceKey,
+) (io.ReadCloser, int64, error) {
+	path := s.keyToPath(key)
 
-	f, err := os.Open(path) //nolint:gosec // path derived from content hash
+	f, err := os.Open(path) //nolint:gosec // path derived from source key
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			return nil, 0, ErrNotFound
@@ -132,9 +103,9 @@ func (s *ContentStorage) LoadWithSize(hash ContentHash) (io.ReadCloser, int64, e
 	return f, stat.Size(), nil
 }
 
-// Delete removes content with the given hash.
-func (s *ContentStorage) Delete(hash ContentHash) error {
-	path := s.hashToPath(hash)
+// Delete removes content with the given key.
+func (s *ContentStorage) Delete(key imagerequest.SourceKey) error {
+	path := s.keyToPath(key)
 
 	err := os.Remove(path)
 	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -144,34 +115,14 @@ func (s *ContentStorage) Delete(hash ContentHash) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Exists checks if content with the given hash exists.
-func (s *ContentStorage) Exists(hash ContentHash) bool {
-	path := s.hashToPath(hash)
+// Exists checks if content with the given key exists.
+func (s *ContentStorage) Exists(key imagerequest.SourceKey) bool {
+	path := s.keyToPath(key)
 	_, err := os.Stat(path)
 
 	return err == nil
 }
 
-// writeIfAbsent writes data with writeFileSynced to the path derived
-// from hash, unless a file of the data's size is already there.
-func (s *ContentStorage) writeIfAbsent(hash ContentHash, data []byte) error {
-	// Build path: <basedir>/<ab>/<cd>/<hash>
-	path := s.hashToPath(hash)
-
-	// A file of another size there is damaged, and is replaced
-	info, statErr := os.Stat(path)
-	if statErr == nil && info.Size() == int64(len(data)) {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), StorageDirPerm)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create directory: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return writeFileSynced(path, data)
-}
-
 // writeFileSynced writes data to path through a temp file in the same
 // directory: the temp file is synced to disk, renamed to path, and the
 // directory synced after, so that neither a concurrent reader nor a
@@ -246,269 +197,62 @@ func syncDirectory(dir string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// hashToPath converts a hash to a file path: <basedir>/<ab>/<cd>/<hash>
-func (s *ContentStorage) hashToPath(hash ContentHash) string {
-	h := string(hash)
-	if len(h) < MinHashLength {
-		return filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(s.baseDir, h))
+// keyToPath converts a key to a file path: <basedir>/<ab>/<cd>/<key>
+func (s *ContentStorage) keyToPath(key imagerequest.SourceKey) string {
+	k := string(key)
+	if len(k) < MinHashLength {
+		return filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(s.baseDir, k))
 	}
 
-	return filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(s.baseDir, h[0:2], h[2:4], h))
-}
-
-// MetadataStorage handles JSON metadata file storage.
-// Files are stored at: <basedir>/<hostname>/<path_hash>.json
-type MetadataStorage struct {
-	baseDir string
-}
-
-// NewMetadataStorage creates a new metadata storage at the given base directory.
-func NewMetadataStorage(baseDir string) (*MetadataStorage, error) {
-	err := os.MkdirAll(baseDir, StorageDirPerm)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create metadata directory: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return &MetadataStorage{baseDir: baseDir}, nil
-}
-
-// SourceMetadata represents cached metadata about a source URL.
-//
-//nolint:tagliatelle // stored metadata format uses snake_case
-type SourceMetadata struct {
-	Host            string              `json:"host"`
-	Path            string              `json:"path"`
-	Query           string              `json:"query,omitempty"`
-	ContentHash     string              `json:"content_hash,omitempty"`
-	StatusCode      int                 `json:"status_code"`
-	ContentType     string              `json:"content_type,omitempty"`
-	ContentLength   int64               `json:"content_length,omitempty"`
-	ResponseHeaders map[string][]string `json:"response_headers,omitempty"`
-	FetchedAt       int64               `json:"fetched_at"`
-	FetchDurationMs int64               `json:"fetch_duration_ms,omitempty"`
-	ExpiresAt       int64               `json:"expires_at,omitempty"`
-	ETag            string              `json:"etag,omitempty"`
-	LastModified    string              `json:"last_modified,omitempty"`
-	RemoteAddr      string              `json:"remote_addr,omitempty"`
-}
-
-// Store writes metadata to storage.
-func (s *MetadataStorage) Store(
-	host string, pathHash PathHash, meta *SourceMetadata,
-) error {
-	path := s.metaPath(host, pathHash)
-
-	// Create directory structure
-	dir := filepath.Dir(path)
-
-	err := os.MkdirAll(dir, StorageDirPerm)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create directory: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// Marshal to JSON
-	data, err := json.MarshalIndent(meta, "", "  ")
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal metadata: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// Write to temp file first, then rename for atomicity
-	tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp(dir, ".tmp-*.json")
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create temp file: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	tmpPath := tmpFile.Name()
-
-	_, err = tmpFile.Write(data)
-	if err != nil {
-		_ = tmpFile.Close()
-		_ = os.Remove(tmpPath)
-
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write metadata: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	err = tmpFile.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		_ = os.Remove(tmpPath)
-
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to close temp file: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// Atomic rename
-	err = os.Rename(filepath.Clean(tmpPath), filepath.Clean(path))
-	if err != nil {
-		_ = os.Remove(tmpPath)
-
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to rename temp file: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Load reads metadata from storage.
-func (s *MetadataStorage) Load(
-	host string, pathHash PathHash,
-) (*SourceMetadata, error) {
-	path := s.metaPath(host, pathHash)
-
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(path) //nolint:gosec // path derived from host+hash
-	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return nil, ErrNotFound
-		}
-
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read metadata: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	var meta SourceMetadata
-
-	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &meta)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal metadata: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return &meta, nil
-}
-
-// Delete removes metadata for the given host and path hash.
-func (s *MetadataStorage) Delete(host string, pathHash PathHash) error {
-	path := s.metaPath(host, pathHash)
-
-	err := os.Remove(path)
-	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete metadata: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Exists checks if metadata exists for the given host and path hash.
-func (s *MetadataStorage) Exists(host string, pathHash PathHash) bool {
-	path := s.metaPath(host, pathHash)
-	_, err := os.Stat(path)
-
-	return err == nil
-}
-
-// metaPath returns the file path for metadata: <basedir>/<host>/<path_hash>.json
-func (s *MetadataStorage) metaPath(host string, pathHash PathHash) string {
-	return filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(s.baseDir, host, string(pathHash)+".json"))
-}
-
-// HashPath computes the SHA256 hash of a path string.
-func HashPath(path string) PathHash {
-	h := sha256.Sum256([]byte(path))
-
-	return PathHash(hex.EncodeToString(h[:]))
-}
-
-// CacheKey generates a unique key for a request variant.
-// Format: sha256(host:path:query:width:height:format:quality:fit_mode)
-// The path and query go through escapePercentAndColon, so that a ":" in
-// either cannot be taken for the one between them.
-func CacheKey(req *ImageRequest) VariantKey {
-	data := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s:%d:%d:%s:%d:%s",
-		req.SourceHost,
-		escapePercentAndColon(req.SourcePath),
-		escapePercentAndColon(req.SourceQuery),
-		req.Size.Width,
-		req.Size.Height,
-		req.Format,
-		req.Quality,
-		req.FitMode,
-	)
-	h := sha256.Sum256([]byte(data))
-
-	return VariantKey(hex.EncodeToString(h[:]))
-}
-
-// escapePercentAndColon returns s with each "%" written as "%25" and each
-// ":" as "%3A", so that the result holds no ":".
-func escapePercentAndColon(s string) string {
-	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "%", "%25")
-
-	return strings.ReplaceAll(s, ":", "%3A")
+	return filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(s.baseDir, k[0:2], k[2:4], k))
 }
 
 // VariantStorage handles key-based file storage for processed image variants.
 // Files are stored at: <basedir>/<ab>/<cd>/<cache_key>
-// Metadata is stored at: <basedir>/<ab>/<cd>/<cache_key>.meta
-// Unlike ContentStorage, the key is provided by the caller (not computed from content).
 type VariantStorage struct {
 	baseDir string
-	log     *slog.Logger
 }
 
-// VariantMeta contains metadata about a cached variant.
-//
-//nolint:tagliatelle // stored metadata format uses snake_case
-type VariantMeta struct {
-	ContentType string `json:"content_type"`
-	Size        int64  `json:"size"`
-	CreatedAt   int64  `json:"created_at"`
-}
+// errNotAnOutputFormat is returned for a variant file whose first bytes are
+// those of a format pixa reads but never writes, such as SVG.
+var errNotAnOutputFormat = errors.New("variant file is not in an output format")
 
 // NewVariantStorage creates a new variant storage at the given base directory.
-// A failed .meta write is logged to log.
-func NewVariantStorage(baseDir string, log *slog.Logger) (*VariantStorage, error) {
+func NewVariantStorage(baseDir string) (*VariantStorage, error) {
 	err := os.MkdirAll(baseDir, StorageDirPerm)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create variant storage directory: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return &VariantStorage{baseDir: baseDir, log: log}, nil
+	return &VariantStorage{baseDir: baseDir}, nil
 }
 
-// Store writes content and metadata to storage at the given key, each
-// with writeFileSynced. The .meta file is written first, so that a crash
-// cannot leave the content in place without it.
+// Store writes content to storage at the given key with writeFileSynced.
 func (s *VariantStorage) Store(
-	key VariantKey, r io.Reader, contentType string,
+	key imagerequest.VariantKey, r io.Reader,
 ) (int64, error) {
 	data, err := io.ReadAll(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to read content: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	size := int64(len(data))
 	path := s.keyToPath(key)
-	metaPath := path + ".meta"
 
 	err = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), StorageDirPerm)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to create directory: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	meta := VariantMeta{
-		ContentType: contentType,
-		Size:        size,
-		CreatedAt:   time.Now().UTC().Unix(),
-	}
-
-	metaData, err := json.Marshal(meta)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal metadata: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// Metadata write failure is non-fatal: the content is then served as
-	// application/octet-stream.
-	err = writeFileSynced(metaPath, metaData)
-	if err != nil {
-		s.log.Warn("failed to write variant metadata sidecar",
-			"path", metaPath, "error", err)
-	}
-
 	err = writeFileSynced(path, data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	return size, nil
+	return int64(len(data)), nil
 }
 
 // Load returns a reader for the content at the given key.
-func (s *VariantStorage) Load(key VariantKey) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+func (s *VariantStorage) Load(key imagerequest.VariantKey) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	path := s.keyToPath(key)
 
 	f, err := os.Open(path) //nolint:gosec // path derived from cache key
@@ -523,67 +267,76 @@ func (s *VariantStorage) Load(key VariantKey) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	return f, nil
 }
 
-// LoadWithSize returns a reader and file size for the content at the
-// given key.
-func (s *VariantStorage) LoadWithSize(key VariantKey) (io.ReadCloser, int64, error) {
+// LoadWithContentType opens the content at the given key and returns a
+// reader, the file size and the content type, which is read from the
+// file's first bytes. A missing file is ErrNotFound. A file whose first
+// bytes are not those of an output format, an empty one included, is
+// closed again and the reason returned.
+func (s *VariantStorage) LoadWithContentType(
+	key imagerequest.VariantKey,
+) (io.ReadCloser, int64, string, error) {
 	path := s.keyToPath(key)
 
 	f, err := os.Open(path) //nolint:gosec // path derived from cache key
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return nil, 0, ErrNotFound
+			return nil, 0, "", ErrNotFound
 		}
 
-		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to open content: %w", err)
+		return nil, 0, "", fmt.Errorf("failed to open content: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	stat, err := f.Stat()
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = f.Close()
 
-		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to stat content: %w", err)
+		return nil, 0, "", fmt.Errorf("failed to stat content: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return f, stat.Size(), nil
-}
-
-// LoadWithMeta returns a reader, size, and content type for the content at
-// the given key. The content type is read from the .meta file, and is
-// empty when that file is missing or unreadable.
-func (s *VariantStorage) LoadWithMeta(
-	key VariantKey,
-) (io.ReadCloser, int64, string, error) {
-	f, size, err := s.LoadWithSize(key)
+	contentType, err := outputContentType(f)
 	if err != nil {
+		_ = f.Close()
+
 		return nil, 0, "", err
 	}
 
-	var contentType string
+	return f, stat.Size(), contentType, nil
+}
 
-	metaPath := s.keyToPath(key) + ".meta"
+// outputContentType reads the first bytes of content, without moving its
+// offset, and returns the content type of the output format they show.
+func outputContentType(content io.ReaderAt) (string, error) {
+	firstBytes := make([]byte, magic.MinMagicBytes)
 
-	metaData, err := os.ReadFile(metaPath) //nolint:gosec // path derived from cache key
-	if err == nil {
-		var meta VariantMeta
-		if json.Unmarshal(metaData, &meta) == nil && meta.ContentType != "" {
-			contentType = meta.ContentType
-		}
+	_, err := content.ReadAt(firstBytes, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to read the first bytes: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return f, size, contentType, nil
+	detected, err := magic.DetectFormat(firstBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	_, isOutputFormat := magic.MIMEToImageFormat(string(detected))
+	if !isOutputFormat {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errNotAnOutputFormat, detected)
+	}
+
+	return string(detected), nil
 }
 
 // Exists checks if content exists at the given key.
-func (s *VariantStorage) Exists(key VariantKey) bool {
+func (s *VariantStorage) Exists(key imagerequest.VariantKey) bool {
 	path := s.keyToPath(key)
 	_, err := os.Stat(path)
 
 	return err == nil
 }
 
-// Delete removes the content at the given key together with its .meta
-// sidecar file. A missing file is not an error.
-func (s *VariantStorage) Delete(key VariantKey) error {
+// Delete removes the content at the given key. A missing file is not an
+// error.
+func (s *VariantStorage) Delete(key imagerequest.VariantKey) error {
 	path := s.keyToPath(key)
 
 	err := os.Remove(path)
@@ -591,18 +344,11 @@ func (s *VariantStorage) Delete(key VariantKey) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete content: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	metaPath := path + ".meta"
-
-	err = os.Remove(metaPath)
-	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete variant metadata: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
 // keyToPath converts a key to a file path: <basedir>/<ab>/<cd>/<key>
-func (s *VariantStorage) keyToPath(key VariantKey) string {
+func (s *VariantStorage) keyToPath(key imagerequest.VariantKey) string {
 	k := string(key)
 	if len(k) < MinHashLength {
 		return filepath.Join(s.baseDir, k)

internal/imgcache/storage_internal_test.go

@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
-	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 func TestContentStorage_StoreAndLoad(t *testing.T) {
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ func TestContentStorage_StoreAndLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	content := []byte("hello world")
+	key := imagerequest.Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat}.Key()
 
-	hash, size, err := storage.Store(bytes.NewReader(content))
+	size, err := storage.Store(key, content)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Store() error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -32,14 +33,10 @@ func TestContentStorage_StoreAndLoad(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Store() size = %d, want %d", size, len(content))
 	}
 
-	if hash == "" {
-		t.Error("Store() returned empty hash")
-	}
-
 	// Verify file exists at expected path
-	hashStr := string(hash)
+	keyStr := string(key)
 
-	expectedPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, hashStr[0:2], hashStr[2:4], hashStr)
+	expectedPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, keyStr[0:2], keyStr[2:4], keyStr)
 
 	_, err = os.Stat(expectedPath)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -47,7 +44,7 @@ func TestContentStorage_StoreAndLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Load and verify content
-	r, err := storage.Load(hash)
+	r, err := storage.Load(key)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Load() error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -64,33 +61,6 @@ func TestContentStorage_StoreAndLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestContentStorage_StoreIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-
-	storage, err := NewContentStorage(tmpDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewContentStorage() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	content := []byte("same content")
-
-	hash1, _, err := storage.Store(bytes.NewReader(content))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Store() first error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	hash2, _, err := storage.Store(bytes.NewReader(content))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Store() second error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if hash1 != hash2 {
-		t.Errorf("Store() hashes differ: %s vs %s", hash1, hash2)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestContentStorage_LoadNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -101,7 +71,7 @@ func TestContentStorage_LoadNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("NewContentStorage() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	_, err = storage.Load(ContentHash("nonexistent"))
+	_, err = storage.Load(imagerequest.SourceKey("nonexistent"))
 	if !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
 		t.Errorf("Load() error = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
 	}
@@ -118,22 +88,23 @@ func TestContentStorage_Delete(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	content := []byte("to be deleted")
+	key := imagerequest.Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat}.Key()
 
-	hash, _, err := storage.Store(bytes.NewReader(content))
+	_, err = storage.Store(key, content)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Store() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if !storage.Exists(hash) {
+	if !storage.Exists(key) {
 		t.Error("Exists() = false, want true")
 	}
 
-	err = storage.Delete(hash)
+	err = storage.Delete(key)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Delete() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if storage.Exists(hash) {
+	if storage.Exists(key) {
 		t.Error("Exists() = true after delete, want false")
 	}
 }
@@ -149,13 +120,13 @@ func TestContentStorage_DeleteNonexistent(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Should not error
-	err = storage.Delete(ContentHash("nonexistent"))
+	err = storage.Delete(imagerequest.SourceKey("nonexistent"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Delete() error = %v, want nil", err)
 	}
 }
 
-func TestContentStorage_HashToPath(t *testing.T) {
+func TestContentStorage_KeyToPath(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
@@ -167,400 +138,19 @@ func TestContentStorage_HashToPath(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Test by storing and verifying the resulting path structure
 	content := []byte("test content for path verification")
+	key := imagerequest.Source{Host: testHostCDN, Path: testPathCat}.Key()
 
-	hash, _, err := storage.Store(bytes.NewReader(content))
+	_, err = storage.Store(key, content)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Store() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	hashStr := string(hash)
+	keyStr := string(key)
 
-	expectedPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, hashStr[0:2], hashStr[2:4], hashStr)
+	expectedPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, keyStr[0:2], keyStr[2:4], keyStr)
 
 	_, err = os.Stat(expectedPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("File not at expected path %s: %v", expectedPath, err)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestMetadataStorage_StoreAndLoad(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-
-	storage, err := NewMetadataStorage(tmpDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewMetadataStorage() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	meta := &SourceMetadata{
-		Host:        testHostCDN,
-		Path:        testPathCat,
-		ContentHash: "abc123",
-		StatusCode:  200,
-		ContentType: testContentTypeJPEG,
-		FetchedAt:   1704067200,
-		ETag:        `"etag123"`,
-	}
-
-	pathHash := HashPath(testPathCat)
-
-	err = storage.Store(testHostCDN, pathHash, meta)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Store() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Verify file exists at expected path
-	expectedPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, testHostCDN, string(pathHash)+".json")
-
-	_, err = os.Stat(expectedPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("File not at expected path %s: %v", expectedPath, err)
-	}
-
-	// Load and verify
-	loaded, err := storage.Load(testHostCDN, pathHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Load() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if loaded.Host != meta.Host {
-		t.Errorf("Host = %q, want %q", loaded.Host, meta.Host)
-	}
-
-	if loaded.Path != meta.Path {
-		t.Errorf("Path = %q, want %q", loaded.Path, meta.Path)
-	}
-
-	if loaded.ContentHash != meta.ContentHash {
-		t.Errorf("ContentHash = %q, want %q", loaded.ContentHash, meta.ContentHash)
-	}
-
-	if loaded.StatusCode != meta.StatusCode {
-		t.Errorf("StatusCode = %d, want %d", loaded.StatusCode, meta.StatusCode)
-	}
-
-	if loaded.ETag != meta.ETag {
-		t.Errorf("ETag = %q, want %q", loaded.ETag, meta.ETag)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestMetadataStorage_LoadNotFound(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-
-	storage, err := NewMetadataStorage(tmpDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewMetadataStorage() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = storage.Load(testHostExample, PathHash("nonexistent"))
-	if !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
-		t.Errorf("Load() error = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestMetadataStorage_Delete(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-
-	storage, err := NewMetadataStorage(tmpDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewMetadataStorage() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	meta := &SourceMetadata{
-		Host:       testHostExample,
-		Path:       "/test.jpg",
-		StatusCode: 200,
-	}
-
-	pathHash := HashPath("/test.jpg")
-
-	err = storage.Store(testHostExample, pathHash, meta)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Store() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if !storage.Exists(testHostExample, pathHash) {
-		t.Error("Exists() = false, want true")
-	}
-
-	err = storage.Delete(testHostExample, pathHash)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Delete() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if storage.Exists(testHostExample, pathHash) {
-		t.Error("Exists() = true after delete, want false")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestHashPath(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	// Same input should produce same hash
-	hash1 := HashPath(testPathCat)
-	hash2 := HashPath(testPathCat)
-
-	if hash1 != hash2 {
-		t.Errorf("HashPath() not deterministic: %s vs %s", hash1, hash2)
-	}
-
-	// Different input should produce different hash
-	hash3 := HashPath("/photos/dog.jpg")
-
-	if hash1 == hash3 {
-		t.Error("HashPath() produced same hash for different inputs")
-	}
-
-	// Hash should be 64 hex chars (256 bits)
-	if len(string(hash1)) != 64 {
-		t.Errorf("HashPath() length = %d, want 64", len(string(hash1)))
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCacheKey(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	req1 := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost:  testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath:  testPathCat,
-		SourceQuery: "",
-		Size:        Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-		Format:      FormatWebP,
-		Quality:     85,
-		FitMode:     FitCover,
-	}
-
-	req2 := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost:  testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath:  testPathCat,
-		SourceQuery: "",
-		Size:        Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-		Format:      FormatWebP,
-		Quality:     85,
-		FitMode:     FitCover,
-	}
-
-	// Same request should produce same key
-	key1 := CacheKey(req1)
-	key2 := CacheKey(req2)
-
-	if key1 != key2 {
-		t.Errorf("CacheKey() not deterministic: %s vs %s", key1, key2)
-	}
-
-	// Key should be 64 hex chars
-	if len(string(key1)) != 64 {
-		t.Errorf("CacheKey() length = %d, want 64", len(string(key1)))
-	}
-
-	// Different size should produce different key
-	req3 := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost:  testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath:  testPathCat,
-		SourceQuery: "",
-		Size:        Size{Width: 400, Height: 300}, // Different size
-		Format:      FormatWebP,
-		Quality:     85,
-		FitMode:     FitCover,
-	}
-
-	key3 := CacheKey(req3)
-	if key1 == key3 {
-		t.Error("CacheKey() produced same key for different sizes")
-	}
-
-	// Different format should produce different key
-	req4 := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost:  testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath:  testPathCat,
-		SourceQuery: "",
-		Size:        Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-		Format:      FormatPNG, // Different format
-		Quality:     85,
-		FitMode:     FitCover,
-	}
-
-	key4 := CacheKey(req4)
-	if key1 == key4 {
-		t.Error("CacheKey() produced same key for different formats")
-	}
-
-	// Different quality should produce different key
-	req5 := &ImageRequest{
-		SourceHost:  testHostCDN,
-		SourcePath:  testPathCat,
-		SourceQuery: "",
-		Size:        Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-		Format:      FormatWebP,
-		Quality:     50, // Different quality
-		FitMode:     FitCover,
-	}
-
-	key5 := CacheKey(req5)
-	if key1 == key5 {
-		t.Error("CacheKey() produced same key for different quality")
-	}
-}
-
-// TestCacheKey_ColonOrPercentInPathOrQuery checks that two different source
-// URLs whose path or query holds ":" or "%" get different keys.
-func TestCacheKey_ColonOrPercentInPathOrQuery(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cases := []struct {
-		name          string
-		path1, query1 string
-		path2, query2 string
-	}{
-		{
-			name:  "colon moved from path to query",
-			path1: "/a:b", query1: "",
-			path2: "/a", query2: "b:",
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "colon in path and its percent-encoding",
-			path1: "/a:b", query1: "",
-			path2: "/a%3Ab", query2: "",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range cases {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-
-			key1 := CacheKey(&ImageRequest{
-				SourceHost:  testHostCDN,
-				SourcePath:  tt.path1,
-				SourceQuery: tt.query1,
-				Size:        Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-				Format:      FormatWebP,
-				Quality:     85,
-				FitMode:     FitCover,
-			})
-			key2 := CacheKey(&ImageRequest{
-				SourceHost:  testHostCDN,
-				SourcePath:  tt.path2,
-				SourceQuery: tt.query2,
-				Size:        Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
-				Format:      FormatWebP,
-				Quality:     85,
-				FitMode:     FitCover,
-			})
-
-			t.Logf("CacheKey() of path %q query %q = %s", tt.path1, tt.query1, key1)
-			t.Logf("CacheKey() of path %q query %q = %s", tt.path2, tt.query2, key2)
-
-			if key1 == key2 {
-				t.Errorf("CacheKey() gave path %q query %q and path %q query %q "+
-					"the same key", tt.path1, tt.query1, tt.path2, tt.query2)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-// TestVariantStorage_StoreLogsFailedMetaWrite verifies that a .meta write
-// that fails is logged at warn and the store still succeeds.
-func TestVariantStorage_StoreLogsFailedMetaWrite(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	var logBuf bytes.Buffer
-
-	storage, err := NewVariantStorage(
-		t.TempDir(), slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(&logBuf, nil)))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewVariantStorage() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	key := CacheKey(&ImageRequest{SourceHost: testHostCDN, SourcePath: testPathCat})
-
-	// A directory where the .meta file goes makes the .meta write fail.
-	err = os.MkdirAll(storage.keyToPath(key)+".meta", StorageDirPerm)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create directory: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = storage.Store(key, bytes.NewReader([]byte("variant data")), "image/webp")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Store() error = %v, want nil", err)
-	}
-
-	want := `"level":"WARN","msg":"failed to write variant metadata sidecar"`
-	if !strings.Contains(logBuf.String(), want) {
-		t.Errorf("log missing %s; got %q", want, logBuf.String())
-	}
-}
-
-// storeTestVariant stores one variant, with its .meta file, in a new
-// VariantStorage and returns the storage and the variant's key.
-func storeTestVariant(t *testing.T) (*VariantStorage, VariantKey) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	storage, err := NewVariantStorage(t.TempDir(), slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewVariantStorage() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	key := CacheKey(&ImageRequest{SourceHost: testHostCDN, SourcePath: testPathCat})
-
-	_, err = storage.Store(key, bytes.NewReader([]byte("variant data")), "image/webp")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Store() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	return storage, key
-}
-
-// TestVariantStorage_DeleteRemovesMeta verifies that Delete removes the
-// variant's .meta file along with the variant file.
-func TestVariantStorage_DeleteRemovesMeta(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	storage, key := storeTestVariant(t)
-	metaPath := storage.keyToPath(key) + ".meta"
-
-	_, err := os.Stat(metaPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Store() wrote no .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	err = storage.Delete(key)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Delete() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if storage.Exists(key) {
-		t.Error("Exists() = true after delete, want false")
-	}
-
-	_, err = os.Stat(metaPath)
-	if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		t.Errorf(".meta file left after Delete() (stat err=%v)", err)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestVariantStorage_DeleteWithoutMeta verifies that Delete succeeds for a
-// variant whose .meta file is missing.
-func TestVariantStorage_DeleteWithoutMeta(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	storage, key := storeTestVariant(t)
-
-	err := os.Remove(storage.keyToPath(key) + ".meta")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("removing .meta file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	err = storage.Delete(key)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Delete() error = %v, want nil", err)
-	}
-
-	if storage.Exists(key) {
-		t.Error("Exists() = true after delete, want false")
-	}
-}

internal/imgcache/testutil_internal_test.go

@@ -20,12 +20,10 @@ import (
 
 // Shared test data literals, extracted as constants for goconst.
 const (
-	testHostCDN           = "cdn.example.com"
-	testHostExample       = "example.com"
-	testPathCat           = "/photos/cat.jpg"
-	testContentTypeJPEG   = "image/jpeg"
-	testContentTypeWebP   = "image/webp"
-	testHeaderContentType = "Content-Type"
+	testHostCDN         = "cdn.example.com"
+	testHostExample     = "example.com"
+	testPathCat         = "/photos/cat.jpg"
+	testContentTypeJPEG = "image/jpeg"
 )
 
 // TestFixtures contains paths to test files in the mock filesystem.

internal/server/computed_side_internal_test.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // TestImageProxyRefusesComputedSideAboveMaximum requests sizes of a 3000x600
@@ -70,9 +70,12 @@ func TestImageProxyRefusesComputedSideAboveMaximum(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
-		token, err := generator.Generate(&encurl.Payload{
-			SourceHost: upstreamHost, SourcePath: tt.path,
-			Width: tt.width, Height: tt.height, Format: imgcache.FormatJPEG,
+		token, err := generator.Generate(&imagerequest.Request{
+			Source: imagerequest.Source{Host: upstreamHost, Path: tt.path},
+			Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+				Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: tt.width, Height: tt.height},
+				Format: imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+			},
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("encurl Generate: %v", err)

internal/server/fit_outside_internal_test.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // TestImageProxyRefusesFitOutsideAboveMaximum requests sizes with fit=outside
@@ -59,10 +59,13 @@ func TestImageProxyRefusesFitOutsideAboveMaximum(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
-		token, err := generator.Generate(&encurl.Payload{
-			SourceHost: upstreamHost, SourcePath: tt.path,
-			Width: tt.width, Height: tt.height, Format: imgcache.FormatJPEG,
-			FitMode: imgcache.FitOutside,
+		token, err := generator.Generate(&imagerequest.Request{
+			Source: imagerequest.Source{Host: upstreamHost, Path: tt.path},
+			Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+				Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: tt.width, Height: tt.height},
+				Format:  imagerequest.FormatJPEG,
+				FitMode: imagerequest.FitOutside,
+			},
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("encurl Generate: %v", err)

internal/server/image_proxy_internal_test.go

@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ package server
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"database/sql"
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"image"
 	"image/color"
 	"image/jpeg"
@@ -30,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/handlers"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/healthcheck"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/logger"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/middleware"
 )
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ func TestImageProxyFlow(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			checkSourceCached(t, db, stateDir, source)
-			checkVariantCached(t, db, stateDir, first.Body.Bytes(), tt.contentType)
+			checkVariantCached(t, db, stateDir, first.Body.Bytes())
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -254,63 +253,42 @@ func getImage(t *testing.T, s *Server, target string) *httptest.ResponseRecorder
 	return rec
 }
 
-// checkSourceCached checks that source is stored under its SHA-256 in
-// cache/sources, recorded in source_content, and that the source URL's row in
-// source_metadata points at it.
+// checkSourceCached checks that source is stored in cache/sources under the
+// source key of upstreamHost and /photo.png, and recorded under that key in
+// source_content.
 func checkSourceCached(t *testing.T, db *sql.DB, stateDir string, source []byte) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	sum := sha256.Sum256(source)
-	hash := hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
+	key := string(imagerequest.Source{Host: upstreamHost, Path: "/photo.png"}.Key())
 
-	checkFile(t, filepath.Join(stateDir, "cache", "sources", hash[0:2], hash[2:4], hash),
+	checkFile(t, filepath.Join(stateDir, "cache", "sources", key[0:2], key[2:4], key),
 		source)
 
 	var rows int
 
 	err := db.QueryRowContext(t.Context(),
-		"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_content WHERE content_hash = ?", hash,
+		"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_content WHERE source_key = ?", key,
 	).Scan(&rows)
 	if err != nil || rows != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("source_content rows for the source = %d (error %v), want 1",
 			rows, err)
 	}
-
-	var metadataHash string
-
-	err = db.QueryRowContext(t.Context(),
-		`SELECT content_hash FROM source_metadata
-			WHERE source_host = ? AND source_path = ?`,
-		upstreamHost, "/photo.png",
-	).Scan(&metadataHash)
-	if err != nil || metadataHash != hash {
-		t.Errorf("source_metadata content_hash = %q (error %v), want %q",
-			metadataHash, err, hash)
-	}
 }
 
 // checkVariantCached checks that the converted image served is recorded in
-// variant_content with contentType, and stored under its cache key in
-// cache/variants.
-func checkVariantCached(
-	t *testing.T, db *sql.DB, stateDir string, served []byte, contentType string,
-) {
+// variant_content, and stored under its cache key in cache/variants.
+func checkVariantCached(t *testing.T, db *sql.DB, stateDir string, served []byte) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	var cacheKey, storedType string
+	var cacheKey string
 
 	err := db.QueryRowContext(t.Context(),
-		"SELECT cache_key, content_type FROM variant_content",
-	).Scan(&cacheKey, &storedType)
+		"SELECT cache_key FROM variant_content",
+	).Scan(&cacheKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("variant_content row: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if storedType != contentType {
-		t.Errorf("variant_content content_type = %q, want %q",
-			storedType, contentType)
-	}
-
 	checkFile(t, filepath.Join(stateDir, "cache", "variants",
 		cacheKey[0:2], cacheKey[2:4], cacheKey), served)
 }

internal/server/source_url_internal_test.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/session"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/signature"
@@ -513,12 +514,16 @@ func signedImageURL(t *testing.T, sourceHost string) string {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	path, sig, exp := signature.New(testSigningKey).GenerateSignedURL(
-		&signature.Request{
-			SourceHost: sourceHost,
-			SourcePath: ipv6SourcePath,
-			Format:     string(imgcache.FormatPNG),
-			Quality:    85,
-			FitMode:    string(imgcache.FitCover),
+		&imagerequest.Request{
+			Source: imagerequest.Source{
+				Host: sourceHost,
+				Path: ipv6SourcePath,
+			},
+			Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+				Format:  imagerequest.FormatPNG,
+				Quality: 85,
+				FitMode: imagerequest.FitCover,
+			},
 		}, time.Hour)
 
 	return path + "?sig=" + sig + "&exp=" + strconv.FormatInt(exp, 10)
@@ -534,9 +539,9 @@ func encryptedImageURL(t *testing.T, sourceHost string) string {
 		t.Fatalf("encurl.NewGenerator: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	token, err := generator.Generate(&encurl.Payload{
-		SourceHost: sourceHost, SourcePath: ipv6SourcePath,
-		Format: imgcache.FormatPNG,
+	token, err := generator.Generate(&imagerequest.Request{
+		Source:    imagerequest.Source{Host: sourceHost, Path: ipv6SourcePath},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{Format: imagerequest.FormatPNG},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("encurl Generate: %v", err)

internal/server/svg_as_avif_internal_test.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/encurl"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // svgServedAsAVIF is an SVG whose first bytes pass the first-bytes check for
@@ -38,10 +38,13 @@ func TestImageProxyRefusesSVGServedAsAVIF(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("encurl.NewGenerator: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	encryptedURL := func(format imgcache.ImageFormat) string {
-		token, err := generator.Generate(&encurl.Payload{
-			SourceHost: upstreamHost, SourcePath: "/drawing.avif",
-			Width: 32, Height: 24, Format: format,
+	encryptedURL := func(format imagerequest.Format) string {
+		token, err := generator.Generate(&imagerequest.Request{
+			Source: imagerequest.Source{Host: upstreamHost, Path: "/drawing.avif"},
+			Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+				Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 32, Height: 24},
+				Format: format,
+			},
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("encurl Generate: %v", err)
@@ -53,8 +56,8 @@ func TestImageProxyRefusesSVGServedAsAVIF(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, target := range []string{
 		"/v1/image/" + upstreamHost + "/drawing.avif/32x24.png",
 		"/v1/image/" + upstreamHost + "/drawing.avif/64x48.orig",
-		encryptedURL(imgcache.FormatPNG),
-		encryptedURL(imgcache.FormatOriginal),
+		encryptedURL(imagerequest.FormatPNG),
+		encryptedURL(imagerequest.FormatOriginal),
 	} {
 		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 		s.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(

internal/signature/escaping_test.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/signature"
 )
 
@@ -16,32 +17,35 @@ func TestSigner_Verify_ColonCannotMovePathQueryBoundary(t *testing.T) {
 
 	signer := signature.New(goldenSigningKey)
 
-	signed := &signature.Request{
-		SourceHost: testHost,
-		SourcePath: "/a:b",
-		Width:      800,
-		Height:     600,
-		Format:     testFormatWebP,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    testFitCover,
-		Expires:    time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour),
+	signed := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testHost,
+			Path: "/a:b",
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+			Format:  testFormatWebP,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: testFitCover,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour),
 	}
 	signed.Signature = signer.Sign(signed)
 
 	replayed := *signed
-	replayed.SourcePath = "/a"
-	replayed.SourceQuery = "b:"
+	replayed.Source.Path = "/a"
+	replayed.Source.Query = "b:"
 
 	t.Logf("signature for path %q query %q: %s",
-		signed.SourcePath, signed.SourceQuery, signed.Signature)
+		signed.Source.Path, signed.Source.Query, signed.Signature)
 	t.Logf("signature for path %q query %q: %s",
-		replayed.SourcePath, replayed.SourceQuery, signer.Sign(&replayed))
+		replayed.Source.Path, replayed.Source.Query, signer.Sign(&replayed))
 
 	err := signer.Verify(&replayed)
 	if !errors.Is(err, signature.ErrInvalid) {
 		t.Errorf("Verify() of path %q query %q with the signature for "+
 			"path %q = %v, want %v",
-			replayed.SourcePath, replayed.SourceQuery, signed.SourcePath,
+			replayed.Source.Path, replayed.Source.Query, signed.Source.Path,
 			err, signature.ErrInvalid)
 	}
 }
@@ -90,16 +94,19 @@ func TestSigner_EscapedGoldenVectors(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			req := &signature.Request{
-				SourceHost:  testHost,
-				SourcePath:  tt.path,
-				SourceQuery: tt.query,
-				Width:       800,
-				Height:      600,
-				Format:      testFormatWebP,
-				Quality:     85,
-				FitMode:     testFitCover,
-				Expires:     time.Unix(goldenExpiresUnix, 0),
+			req := &imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host:  testHost,
+					Path:  tt.path,
+					Query: tt.query,
+				},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+					Format:  testFormatWebP,
+					Quality: 85,
+					FitMode: testFitCover,
+				},
+				Expires: time.Unix(goldenExpiresUnix, 0),
 			}
 
 			gotSignature := signer.Sign(req)

internal/signature/golden_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/signature"
 )
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ const goldenSigningKey = "golden-test-key"
 
 type goldenVector struct {
 	name string
-	req  signature.Request
+	req  imagerequest.Request
 	// wantSignature is the exact base64url (RFC 4648 URL-safe,
 	// padded) HMAC-SHA256 signature for the request with Expires
 	// set to goldenExpiresUnix.
@@ -34,15 +35,18 @@ func goldenVectors() []goldenVector {
 	return []goldenVector{
 		{
 			name: "resized without query",
-			req: signature.Request{
-				SourceHost:  testHost,
-				SourcePath:  testPath,
-				SourceQuery: "",
-				Width:       800,
-				Height:      600,
-				Format:      testFormatWebP,
-				Quality:     85,
-				FitMode:     testFitCover,
+			req: imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host:  testHost,
+					Path:  testPath,
+					Query: "",
+				},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+					Format:  testFormatWebP,
+					Quality: 85,
+					FitMode: testFitCover,
+				},
 			},
 			// Signed data:
 			// "cdn.example.com:/photos/cat.jpg::800:600:webp:1704067200:85:cover"
@@ -51,15 +55,18 @@ func goldenVectors() []goldenVector {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "resized with query string",
-			req: signature.Request{
-				SourceHost:  testHost,
-				SourcePath:  testPath,
-				SourceQuery: "token=abc&v=2",
-				Width:       800,
-				Height:      600,
-				Format:      testFormatWebP,
-				Quality:     85,
-				FitMode:     testFitCover,
+			req: imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host:  testHost,
+					Path:  testPath,
+					Query: "token=abc&v=2",
+				},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+					Format:  testFormatWebP,
+					Quality: 85,
+					FitMode: testFitCover,
+				},
 			},
 			// Signed data:
 			// "cdn.example.com:/photos/cat.jpg:token=abc&v=2:800:600:webp:1704067200:85:cover"
@@ -69,15 +76,18 @@ func goldenVectors() []goldenVector {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "original size without query",
-			req: signature.Request{
-				SourceHost:  testHost,
-				SourcePath:  testPath,
-				SourceQuery: "",
-				Width:       0,
-				Height:      0,
-				Format:      testFormatPNG,
-				Quality:     85,
-				FitMode:     testFitCover,
+			req: imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host:  testHost,
+					Path:  testPath,
+					Query: "",
+				},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 0, Height: 0},
+					Format:  testFormatPNG,
+					Quality: 85,
+					FitMode: testFitCover,
+				},
 			},
 			// Signed data:
 			// "cdn.example.com:/photos/cat.jpg::0:0:png:1704067200:85:cover"
@@ -86,15 +96,18 @@ func goldenVectors() []goldenVector {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "non-default quality and fit",
-			req: signature.Request{
-				SourceHost:  testHost,
-				SourcePath:  testPath,
-				SourceQuery: "",
-				Width:       800,
-				Height:      600,
-				Format:      testFormatWebP,
-				Quality:     40,
-				FitMode:     testFitContain,
+			req: imagerequest.Request{
+				Source: imagerequest.Source{
+					Host:  testHost,
+					Path:  testPath,
+					Query: "",
+				},
+				Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+					Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+					Format:  testFormatWebP,
+					Quality: 40,
+					FitMode: testFitContain,
+				},
 			},
 			// Signed data:
 			// "cdn.example.com:/photos/cat.jpg::800:600:webp:1704067200:40:contain"

internal/signature/quality_fit_test.go

@@ -5,22 +5,26 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/signature"
 )
 
 // signedQualityFitRequest returns a request signed for quality 85 and fit
 // mode "cover", the effective defaults the handler applies before
 // verification.
-func signedQualityFitRequest(signer *signature.Signer) *signature.Request {
-	req := &signature.Request{
-		SourceHost: testHost,
-		SourcePath: testPath,
-		Width:      800,
-		Height:     600,
-		Format:     testFormatWebP,
-		Quality:    85,
-		FitMode:    testFitCover,
-		Expires:    time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour),
+func signedQualityFitRequest(signer *signature.Signer) *imagerequest.Request {
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testHost,
+			Path: testPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+			Format:  testFormatWebP,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: testFitCover,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour),
 	}
 	req.Signature = signer.Sign(req)
 
@@ -40,15 +44,15 @@ func TestSigner_Verify_QualityAndFitAreSigned(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cases := []struct {
 		name   string
-		tamper func(r *signature.Request)
+		tamper func(r *imagerequest.Request)
 	}{
 		{
 			name:   "replayed with different quality",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.Quality = 40 },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Transform.Quality = 40 },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "replayed with different fit mode",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.FitMode = testFitContain },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Transform.FitMode = testFitContain },
 		},
 	}
 

internal/signature/signature.go

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 )
 
 // Signature errors.
@@ -22,37 +24,6 @@ var (
 	ErrMissingExpiration = errors.New("signature expiration is required")
 )
 
-// Request carries the components an image request signature covers. It is a
-// standalone type so that this package does not depend on imgcache, keeping
-// the import edge one-way (imgcache depends on signature, never the reverse).
-type Request struct {
-	// SourceHost is the origin host (e.g. "cdn.example.com").
-	SourceHost string
-	// SourcePath is the path on the origin (e.g. "/photos/cat.jpg").
-	SourcePath string
-	// SourceQuery is the optional query string for the origin URL.
-	SourceQuery string
-	// Width is the requested output width in pixels.
-	Width int
-	// Height is the requested output height in pixels.
-	Height int
-	// Format is the requested output format (e.g. "webp").
-	Format string
-	// Quality is the requested output quality (1-100) for lossy formats.
-	// It is the effective value the request resolves to: callers pass the
-	// default quality when the request omits the parameter, so an omitted
-	// quality signs identically to that same value stated explicitly.
-	Quality int
-	// FitMode is how the image is fit into the requested dimensions
-	// (e.g. "cover"). Like Quality it is the effective value: callers pass
-	// the default fit mode when the request omits the parameter.
-	FitMode string
-	// Signature is the HMAC signature to verify.
-	Signature string
-	// Expires is the signature expiration timestamp.
-	Expires time.Time
-}
-
 // Signer handles HMAC-SHA256 signature generation and verification.
 type Signer struct {
 	secretKey []byte
@@ -67,8 +38,11 @@ func New(secretKey string) *Signer {
 
 // Sign generates an HMAC-SHA256 signature for the given request.
 // The signature covers: host + path + query + width + height + format +
-// expiration + quality + fit.
-func (s *Signer) Sign(req *Request) string {
+// expiration + quality + fit. The quality and fit mode are the effective
+// values the request resolves to: callers pass the defaults when the request
+// omits those parameters, so an omitted quality or fit mode signs
+// identically to that same value stated explicitly.
+func (s *Signer) Sign(req *imagerequest.Request) string {
 	data := s.buildSignatureData(req)
 	mac := hmac.New(sha256.New, s.secretKey)
 	mac.Write([]byte(data))
@@ -84,7 +58,7 @@ func (s *Signer) Sign(req *Request) string {
 // No suffix matching, wildcard matching, or partial matching is supported.
 // A signature for "cdn.example.com" will NOT verify for "example.com" or
 // "other.cdn.example.com", and vice versa.
-func (s *Signer) Verify(req *Request) error {
+func (s *Signer) Verify(req *imagerequest.Request) error {
 	// Check expiration first
 	if req.Expires.IsZero() {
 		return ErrMissingExpiration
@@ -108,7 +82,7 @@ func (s *Signer) Verify(req *Request) error {
 // GenerateSignedURL creates a complete URL with signature and expiration.
 // Returns the path portion that should be appended to the base URL.
 func (s *Signer) GenerateSignedURL(
-	req *Request, ttl time.Duration,
+	req *imagerequest.Request, ttl time.Duration,
 ) (string, string, int64) {
 	// Set expiration
 	req.Expires = time.Now().Add(ttl)
@@ -120,10 +94,11 @@ func (s *Signer) GenerateSignedURL(
 
 	// Build the size component
 	var sizeStr string
-	if req.Width == 0 && req.Height == 0 {
+	if req.Transform.Size.Width == 0 && req.Transform.Size.Height == 0 {
 		sizeStr = "orig"
 	} else {
-		sizeStr = fmt.Sprintf("%dx%d", req.Width, req.Height)
+		sizeStr = fmt.Sprintf("%dx%d",
+			req.Transform.Size.Width, req.Transform.Size.Height)
 	}
 
 	// Build the path. A source query follows the source path after a "?".
@@ -131,13 +106,13 @@ func (s *Signer) GenerateSignedURL(
 	// written in Go's own percent-encoding of a URL path, which writes "?"
 	// as %3F and "%" as %25, and leaves "/", ";", ",", "=" and "&" as they
 	// are.
-	sourcePathAndQuery := req.SourcePath
-	if req.SourceQuery != "" {
-		sourcePathAndQuery += "?" + req.SourceQuery
+	sourcePathAndQuery := req.Source.Path
+	if req.Source.Query != "" {
+		sourcePathAndQuery += "?" + req.Source.Query
 	}
 
 	unescapedPath := fmt.Sprintf("/v1/image/%s%s/%s.%s",
-		req.SourceHost, sourcePathAndQuery, sizeStr, req.Format)
+		req.Source.Host, sourcePathAndQuery, sizeStr, req.Transform.Format)
 
 	return (&url.URL{Path: unescapedPath}).EscapedPath(), sig, exp
 }
@@ -150,17 +125,17 @@ func (s *Signer) GenerateSignedURL(
 // expansion is performed. Quality and fit are the effective transform
 // values, so replaying a signed URL with a different quality or fit mode
 // fails verification.
-func (s *Signer) buildSignatureData(req *Request) string {
+func (s *Signer) buildSignatureData(req *imagerequest.Request) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s:%d:%d:%s:%d:%d:%s",
-		req.SourceHost,
-		escapePercentAndColon(req.SourcePath),
-		escapePercentAndColon(req.SourceQuery),
-		req.Width,
-		req.Height,
-		req.Format,
+		req.Source.Host,
+		escapePercentAndColon(req.Source.Path),
+		escapePercentAndColon(req.Source.Query),
+		req.Transform.Size.Width,
+		req.Transform.Size.Height,
+		req.Transform.Format,
 		req.Expires.Unix(),
-		req.Quality,
-		req.FitMode,
+		req.Transform.Quality,
+		req.Transform.FitMode,
 	)
 }
 

internal/signature/signature_test.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imagerequest"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/signature"
 )
 
@@ -26,14 +27,17 @@ func TestSigner_Sign(t *testing.T) {
 
 	signer := signature.New("test-secret-key")
 
-	req := &signature.Request{
-		SourceHost:  testHost,
-		SourcePath:  testPath,
-		SourceQuery: "",
-		Width:       800,
-		Height:      600,
-		Format:      testFormatWebP,
-		Expires:     time.Unix(1704067200, 0), // Fixed timestamp for reproducibility
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host:  testHost,
+			Path:  testPath,
+			Query: "",
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+			Format: testFormatWebP,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Unix(1704067200, 0), // Fixed timestamp for reproducibility
 	}
 
 	sig1 := signer.Sign(req)
@@ -51,14 +55,17 @@ func TestSigner_Sign(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Different input should produce different signature
-	req2 := &signature.Request{
-		SourceHost:  testHost,
-		SourcePath:  "/photos/dog.jpg", // Different path
-		SourceQuery: "",
-		Width:       800,
-		Height:      600,
-		Format:      testFormatWebP,
-		Expires:     time.Unix(1704067200, 0),
+	req2 := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host:  testHost,
+			Path:  "/photos/dog.jpg", // Different path
+			Query: "",
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+			Format: testFormatWebP,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Unix(1704067200, 0),
 	}
 
 	sig3 := signer.Sign(req2)
@@ -69,20 +76,23 @@ func TestSigner_Sign(t *testing.T) {
 
 // validVerifyRequest returns a fully-populated request that verifies
 // successfully once signed.
-func validVerifyRequest() *signature.Request {
-	return &signature.Request{
-		SourceHost: testHost,
-		SourcePath: testPath,
-		Width:      800,
-		Height:     600,
-		Format:     testFormatWebP,
-		Expires:    time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour),
+func validVerifyRequest() *imagerequest.Request {
+	return &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testHost,
+			Path: testPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+			Format: testFormatWebP,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour),
 	}
 }
 
 type verifyCase struct {
 	name    string
-	setup   func() *signature.Request
+	setup   func() *imagerequest.Request
 	wantErr error
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +100,7 @@ func verifyCases(signer *signature.Signer) []verifyCase {
 	return []verifyCase{
 		{
 			name: "valid signature",
-			setup: func() *signature.Request {
+			setup: func() *imagerequest.Request {
 				req := validVerifyRequest()
 				req.Signature = signer.Sign(req)
 
@@ -100,7 +110,7 @@ func verifyCases(signer *signature.Signer) []verifyCase {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "expired signature",
-			setup: func() *signature.Request {
+			setup: func() *imagerequest.Request {
 				req := validVerifyRequest()
 				req.Expires = time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Hour)
 				req.Signature = signer.Sign(req)
@@ -111,7 +121,7 @@ func verifyCases(signer *signature.Signer) []verifyCase {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "invalid signature",
-			setup: func() *signature.Request {
+			setup: func() *imagerequest.Request {
 				req := validVerifyRequest()
 				req.Signature = "invalid-signature"
 
@@ -121,7 +131,7 @@ func verifyCases(signer *signature.Signer) []verifyCase {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "missing expiration",
-			setup: func() *signature.Request {
+			setup: func() *imagerequest.Request {
 				req := validVerifyRequest()
 				req.Expires = time.Time{}
 				req.Signature = "some-signature"
@@ -132,10 +142,10 @@ func verifyCases(signer *signature.Signer) []verifyCase {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "tampered request",
-			setup: func() *signature.Request {
+			setup: func() *imagerequest.Request {
 				req := validVerifyRequest()
 				req.Signature = signer.Sign(req)
-				req.SourcePath = "/photos/secret.jpg"
+				req.Source.Path = "/photos/secret.jpg"
 
 				return req
 			},
@@ -173,7 +183,7 @@ func TestSigner_Verify(t *testing.T) {
 
 type tamperCase struct {
 	name   string
-	tamper func(r *signature.Request)
+	tamper func(r *imagerequest.Request)
 }
 
 // exactMatchTamperCases mutates one signed component per case; every
@@ -182,59 +192,59 @@ func exactMatchTamperCases() []tamperCase {
 	return []tamperCase{
 		{
 			name:   "parent domain does not match subdomain",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.SourceHost = "example.com" },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Source.Host = "example.com" },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "subdomain does not match parent domain",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.SourceHost = "images.cdn.example.com" },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Source.Host = "images.cdn.example.com" },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "sibling subdomain does not match",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.SourceHost = "images.example.com" },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Source.Host = "images.example.com" },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "host with suffix appended does not match",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.SourceHost = testHost + ".evil.com" },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Source.Host = testHost + ".evil.com" },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "host with prefix does not match",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.SourceHost = "evilcdn.example.com" },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Source.Host = "evilcdn.example.com" },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "different path does not match",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.SourcePath = "/photos/dog.jpg" },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Source.Path = "/photos/dog.jpg" },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "path suffix does not match",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.SourcePath = testPath + "/extra" },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Source.Path = testPath + "/extra" },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "path prefix does not match",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.SourcePath = "/other" + testPath },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Source.Path = "/other" + testPath },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "different query does not match",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.SourceQuery = "token=xyz" },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Source.Query = "token=xyz" },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "added query does not match empty query",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.SourceQuery = "extra=1" },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Source.Query = "extra=1" },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "removed query does not match",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.SourceQuery = "" },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Source.Query = "" },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "different width does not match",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.Width = 801 },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Transform.Size.Width = 801 },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "different height does not match",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.Height = 601 },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Transform.Size.Height = 601 },
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "different format does not match",
-			tamper: func(r *signature.Request) { r.Format = testFormatPNG },
+			tamper: func(r *imagerequest.Request) { r.Transform.Format = testFormatPNG },
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -248,15 +258,18 @@ func TestSigner_Verify_ExactMatchOnly(t *testing.T) {
 	signer := signature.New("test-secret-key")
 
 	// Base request that we'll sign, then tamper with individual fields.
-	baseReq := func() *signature.Request {
-		req := &signature.Request{
-			SourceHost:  testHost,
-			SourcePath:  testPath,
-			SourceQuery: "token=abc",
-			Width:       800,
-			Height:      600,
-			Format:      testFormatWebP,
-			Expires:     time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour),
+	baseReq := func() *imagerequest.Request {
+		req := &imagerequest.Request{
+			Source: imagerequest.Source{
+				Host:  testHost,
+				Path:  testPath,
+				Query: "token=abc",
+			},
+			Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+				Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+				Format: testFormatWebP,
+			},
+			Expires: time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour),
 		}
 		req.Signature = signer.Sign(req)
 
@@ -309,14 +322,17 @@ func TestSigner_Sign_ExactHostInData(t *testing.T) {
 	sigs := make(map[string]string)
 
 	for _, host := range hosts {
-		req := &signature.Request{
-			SourceHost:  host,
-			SourcePath:  testPath,
-			SourceQuery: "",
-			Width:       800,
-			Height:      600,
-			Format:      testFormatWebP,
-			Expires:     time.Unix(1704067200, 0),
+		req := &imagerequest.Request{
+			Source: imagerequest.Source{
+				Host:  host,
+				Path:  testPath,
+				Query: "",
+			},
+			Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+				Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+				Format: testFormatWebP,
+			},
+			Expires: time.Unix(1704067200, 0),
 		}
 
 		sig := signer.Sign(req)
@@ -334,13 +350,16 @@ func TestSigner_DifferentKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	signer1 := signature.New("secret-key-1")
 	signer2 := signature.New("secret-key-2")
 
-	req := &signature.Request{
-		SourceHost: testHost,
-		SourcePath: testPath,
-		Width:      800,
-		Height:     600,
-		Format:     testFormatWebP,
-		Expires:    time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour),
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testHost,
+			Path: testPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+			Format: testFormatWebP,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour),
 	}
 
 	// Sign with key 1
@@ -364,13 +383,16 @@ func TestGenerateSignedURL(t *testing.T) {
 
 	signer := signature.New("test-secret-key")
 
-	req := &signature.Request{
-		SourceHost:  testHost,
-		SourcePath:  testPath,
-		SourceQuery: "",
-		Width:       800,
-		Height:      600,
-		Format:      testFormatWebP,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host:  testHost,
+			Path:  testPath,
+			Query: "",
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+			Format: testFormatWebP,
+		},
 	}
 
 	ttl := 1 * time.Hour
@@ -405,12 +427,15 @@ func TestGenerateSignedURL_OrigSize(t *testing.T) {
 
 	signer := signature.New("test-secret-key")
 
-	req := &signature.Request{
-		SourceHost: testHost,
-		SourcePath: testPath,
-		Width:      0, // Original size
-		Height:     0,
-		Format:     testFormatPNG,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testHost,
+			Path: testPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 0, Height: 0}, // Original size
+			Format: testFormatPNG,
+		},
 	}
 
 	path, _, _ := signer.GenerateSignedURL(req, time.Hour)
@@ -426,13 +451,16 @@ func TestGenerateSignedURL_WithQueryString(t *testing.T) {
 
 	signer := signature.New("test-secret-key-for-testing!")
 
-	req := &signature.Request{
-		SourceHost:  testHost,
-		SourcePath:  testPath,
-		SourceQuery: "token=abc&v=2",
-		Width:       800,
-		Height:      600,
-		Format:      testFormatWebP,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host:  testHost,
+			Path:  testPath,
+			Query: "token=abc&v=2",
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+			Format: testFormatWebP,
+		},
 	}
 
 	path, _, _ := signer.GenerateSignedURL(req, time.Hour)
@@ -460,12 +488,15 @@ func TestGenerateSignedURL_WithoutQueryString(t *testing.T) {
 
 	signer := signature.New("test-secret-key-for-testing!")
 
-	req := &signature.Request{
-		SourceHost: testHost,
-		SourcePath: testPath,
-		Width:      800,
-		Height:     600,
-		Format:     testFormatWebP,
+	req := &imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host: testHost,
+			Path: testPath,
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:   imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+			Format: testFormatWebP,
+		},
 	}
 
 	path, _, _ := signer.GenerateSignedURL(req, time.Hour)
@@ -485,16 +516,19 @@ func TestGenerateSignedURL_ReadmeQueryExample(t *testing.T) {
 
 	signer := signature.New("example-signing-key-for-documentation")
 
-	req := signature.Request{
-		SourceHost:  testHost,
-		SourcePath:  "/img",
-		SourceQuery: "url=https://origin.example.com/my%20cat.jpg",
-		Width:       800,
-		Height:      600,
-		Format:      testFormatWebP,
-		Quality:     85,
-		FitMode:     testFitCover,
-		Expires:     time.Unix(1704067200, 0),
+	req := imagerequest.Request{
+		Source: imagerequest.Source{
+			Host:  testHost,
+			Path:  "/img",
+			Query: "url=https://origin.example.com/my%20cat.jpg",
+		},
+		Transform: imagerequest.Transform{
+			Size:    imagerequest.Size{Width: 800, Height: 600},
+			Format:  testFormatWebP,
+			Quality: 85,
+			FitMode: testFitCover,
+		},
+		Expires: time.Unix(1704067200, 0),
 	}
 
 	const wantSig = "37aFa9GSVCZM1kRY9SzMOk2fOg_M7Wt5gKNR4xM-FYA="

script/bench

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/bench: run the Go benchmarks of internal/handlers, which serve
+# cache hits in parallel through the image handler and report the hits
+# served per second. A benchmark, not a check: script/check does not run
+# it. It runs Go on the host, as script/loadtest does, and compiles pixa
+# there with CGO, so it needs the C compiler and libraries that
+# `script/bootstrap --cgo` installs. -run '^$' runs no test, only the
+# benchmarks.
+set -eu
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"
+ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    CGO_ENABLED=1 go test -run '^$' -bench . ./internal/handlers
+}
+
+main "$@"

script/bootstrap

@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@
 #                            CGO image libraries (pkg-config, vips
 #                            with its JPEG XL support, libheif) for
 #                            the govips bindings instead of Node: to
-#                            compile pixa, in the Dockerfile's test
-#                            phase and build stage, which format
-#                            nothing
+#                            compile pixa outside Docker, as
+#                            `make build` does
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"

script/cibuild

@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 # script/cibuild: run the CI build. It bootstraps first: a CI runner
 # checks out and runs this and nothing else, and script/fmt-check runs
 # the formatter on the host, which a pristine checkout cannot do.
-# A new CACHEBUST value reruns every RUN step, since a cached gate phase
-# is a check that did not run; unlike --no-cache, it keeps Go's build cache.
+# A new CACHEBUST value reruns every RUN step after the ARG CACHEBUST
+# line, since a cached gate phase is a check that did not run; unlike
+# --no-cache, it keeps the layers above that line and the cache mounts.
 # This relies on every stage of the Dockerfile declaring ARG CACHEBUST
-# first; a stage without that line is served from cache on an unchanged
-# tree, with no warning.
+# before every step that lints, tests or compiles; a stage without that
+# line is served from cache on an unchanged tree, with no warning.
 set -eu
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"

script/docker

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # script/docker: build the Docker image tagged with the project name.
 # Identical in all repos; the tag comes from script/projectname.
-# A new CACHEBUST value reruns every RUN step, since a cached gate phase
-# is a check that did not run; unlike --no-cache, it keeps Go's build cache.
+# A new CACHEBUST value reruns every RUN step after the ARG CACHEBUST
+# line, since a cached gate phase is a check that did not run; unlike
+# --no-cache, it keeps the layers above that line and the cache mounts.
 # This relies on every stage of the Dockerfile declaring ARG CACHEBUST
-# first; a stage without that line is served from cache on an unchanged
-# tree, with no warning.
+# before every step that lints, tests or compiles; a stage without that
+# line is served from cache on an unchanged tree, with no warning.
 set -eu
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"

script/docker-smoke

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # script/docker-smoke: build the Docker image, start it, and wait up to
-# 30 seconds for its HEALTHCHECK to report healthy. Needs a Docker
-# daemon, so it is not part of script/check; the Gitea workflow runs it
-# after script/cibuild.
+# 30 seconds for its HEALTHCHECK to report healthy. It is not part of
+# script/check, which never starts the image, and the Gitea workflow
+# does not run it. Run it by hand.
 set -eu
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"

script/lint

@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
 # make its answer untrustworthy.
 #
 # The phase is not the last stage in the file, so it is built only when
-# --target names it. A new CACHEBUST value reruns every RUN step, since
-# a cached lint layer is a lint that did not run; unlike --no-cache, it
-# keeps Go's build cache. This relies on every stage of the Dockerfile
-# declaring ARG CACHEBUST first; a stage without that line is served
-# from cache on an unchanged tree, with no warning.
+# --target names it. A new CACHEBUST value reruns every RUN step after
+# the ARG CACHEBUST line, since a cached lint layer is a lint that did
+# not run; unlike --no-cache, it keeps the layers above that line and
+# the cache mounts. This relies on every stage of the Dockerfile
+# declaring ARG CACHEBUST before every step that lints, tests or
+# compiles; a stage without that line is served from cache on an
+# unchanged tree, with no warning.
 # --output type=cacheonly writes no image, since nothing uses one.
 set -eu