- Added a new `scan_directory` task to enable folder scans as asynchronous tasks while maintaining compatibility with the immediate backend.
- Introduced the `reconcile` function, replacing `generate_directory` for improved separation of concerns between database writes and read operations.
- Established a unique constraint on `Directory` (`one_directory_name_per_parent`) to prevent duplicate directories under the same parent.
- Added a "Scan" button to the frontend for re-reading folders from disk, along with new task invocation endpoints in the API.
- Updated tests across modules to validate the new `scan_directory` task, unique constraints, and database indexing logic.
- Improved cleanup logic for stale files, directories, and thumbnails to handle concurrent operations efficiently.
- Simplified `scan_comics` management command by removing user dependency and aligning it with the new `reconcile` function.
- Enhanced frontend components (`TheComicReader`, `TheComicList`, and others) to include lifecycle method cleanups, prevent memory leaks, and handle task-based scans.
- Removed `flake8` and `flake8-annotations` from dependencies, replaced by `ruff` for linting.
- Introduced cleaner type hinting and modern Python annotations (PEP 604 style) across multiple modules.
- Moved archive processing to a dedicated helper (`comic.archives`) for improved maintainability.
- Updated and simplified logic for archive file retrieval, directory cleaning, and user access validation.
- Improved error handling and added support for user classification restrictions in API responses.
- Skip page count assignment for corrupt or incompatible archives in comic processing.
- Update `Dockerfile` to append crontab entries to `/etc/crontab` instead of `/etc/cron.daily/cbreader`.
- Modify crontab entry to use the virtual environment's Python binary and include the `root` user for execution.
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Peter Dwyer