feat: add GET /api/feed endpoint

Expose the user's current feed via GET /api/feed. Returns
cached feed from engine.lastFeed(), falling back to
engine.refresh() when no cache exists.

Auth middleware is injected as a dependency to allow test
substitution via mockAuthSessionMiddleware.

Co-authored-by: Ona <no-reply@ona.com>

apps/aris-backend/src/auth/session-middleware.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Context, Next } from "hono"
+import type { Context, MiddlewareHandler, Next } from "hono"
 
 import type { AuthSession, AuthUser } from "./session.ts"
 
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ export interface SessionVariables {
 	session: AuthSession | null
 }
 
+export type AuthSessionEnv = { Variables: SessionVariables }
+
+export type AuthSessionMiddleware = MiddlewareHandler<AuthSessionEnv>
+
 declare module "hono" {
 	interface ContextVariableMap extends SessionVariables {}
 }
@@ -55,3 +59,18 @@ export async function getSessionFromHeaders(
 	const session = await auth.api.getSession({ headers })
 	return session
 }
+
+/**
+ * Test-only middleware that injects a fake user and session.
+ * Pass userId to simulate an authenticated request, or omit to get 401.
+ */
+export function mockAuthSessionMiddleware(userId?: string): AuthSessionMiddleware {
+	return async (c: Context, next: Next): Promise<Response | void> => {
+		if (!userId) {
+			return c.json({ error: "Unauthorized" }, 401)
+		}
+		c.set("user", { id: userId } as AuthUser)
+		c.set("session", { id: "mock-session" } as AuthSession)
+		await next()
+	}
+}

apps/aris-backend/src/feed/http.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+import type { ActionDefinition, Context, FeedItem, FeedSource } from "@aris/core"
+
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { Hono } from "hono"
+
+import { mockAuthSessionMiddleware } from "../auth/session-middleware.ts"
+import { UserSessionManager } from "../session/index.ts"
+import { registerFeedHttpHandlers } from "./http.ts"
+
+interface FeedResponse {
+	items: Array<{
+		id: string
+		type: string
+		priority: number
+		timestamp: string
+		data: Record<string, unknown>
+	}>
+	errors: Array<{ sourceId: string; error: string }>
+}
+
+function createStubSource(id: string, items: FeedItem[] = []): FeedSource {
+	return {
+		id,
+		async listActions(): Promise<Record<string, ActionDefinition>> {
+			return {}
+		},
+		async executeAction(): Promise<unknown> {
+			return undefined
+		},
+		async fetchContext(): Promise<Partial<Context> | null> {
+			return null
+		},
+		async fetchItems() {
+			return items
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+function buildTestApp(sessionManager: UserSessionManager, userId?: string) {
+	const app = new Hono()
+	registerFeedHttpHandlers(app, {
+		sessionManager,
+		authSessionMiddleware: mockAuthSessionMiddleware(userId),
+	})
+	return app
+}
+
+describe("GET /api/feed", () => {
+	test("returns 401 without auth", async () => {
+		const manager = new UserSessionManager([])
+		const app = buildTestApp(manager)
+
+		const res = await app.request("/api/feed")
+
+		expect(res.status).toBe(401)
+	})
+
+	test("returns cached feed when available", async () => {
+		const items: FeedItem[] = [
+			{
+				id: "item-1",
+				type: "test",
+				priority: 0.8,
+				timestamp: new Date("2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"),
+				data: { value: 42 },
+			},
+		]
+		const manager = new UserSessionManager([() => createStubSource("test", items)])
+		const app = buildTestApp(manager, "user-1")
+
+		// Prime the cache
+		const session = manager.getOrCreate("user-1")
+		await session.engine.refresh()
+		expect(session.engine.lastFeed()).not.toBeNull()
+
+		const res = await app.request("/api/feed")
+
+		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+		const body = (await res.json()) as FeedResponse
+		expect(body.items).toHaveLength(1)
+		expect(body.items[0]!.id).toBe("item-1")
+		expect(body.items[0]!.type).toBe("test")
+		expect(body.items[0]!.priority).toBe(0.8)
+		expect(body.items[0]!.timestamp).toBe("2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z")
+		expect(body.errors).toHaveLength(0)
+	})
+
+	test("forces refresh when no cached feed", async () => {
+		const items: FeedItem[] = [
+			{
+				id: "fresh-1",
+				type: "test",
+				priority: 0.5,
+				timestamp: new Date("2025-06-01T12:00:00.000Z"),
+				data: { fresh: true },
+			},
+		]
+		const manager = new UserSessionManager([() => createStubSource("test", items)])
+		const app = buildTestApp(manager, "user-1")
+
+		// No prior refresh — lastFeed() returns null, handler should call refresh()
+		const res = await app.request("/api/feed")
+
+		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+		const body = (await res.json()) as FeedResponse
+		expect(body.items).toHaveLength(1)
+		expect(body.items[0]!.id).toBe("fresh-1")
+		expect(body.items[0]!.data.fresh).toBe(true)
+		expect(body.errors).toHaveLength(0)
+	})
+
+	test("serializes source errors as message strings", async () => {
+		const failingSource: FeedSource = {
+			id: "failing",
+			async listActions() {
+				return {}
+			},
+			async executeAction() {
+				return undefined
+			},
+			async fetchContext() {
+				return null
+			},
+			async fetchItems() {
+				throw new Error("connection timeout")
+			},
+		}
+		const manager = new UserSessionManager([() => failingSource])
+		const app = buildTestApp(manager, "user-1")
+
+		const res = await app.request("/api/feed")
+
+		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+		const body = (await res.json()) as FeedResponse
+		expect(body.items).toHaveLength(0)
+		expect(body.errors).toHaveLength(1)
+		expect(body.errors[0]!.sourceId).toBe("failing")
+		expect(body.errors[0]!.error).toBe("connection timeout")
+	})
+})

apps/aris-backend/src/feed/http.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import type { Context, Hono } from "hono"
+
+import { createMiddleware } from "hono/factory"
+
+import type { AuthSessionMiddleware } from "../auth/session-middleware.ts"
+import type { UserSessionManager } from "../session/index.ts"
+
+type Env = { Variables: { sessionManager: UserSessionManager } }
+
+interface FeedHttpHandlersDeps {
+	sessionManager: UserSessionManager
+	authSessionMiddleware: AuthSessionMiddleware
+}
+
+export function registerFeedHttpHandlers(
+	app: Hono,
+	{ sessionManager, authSessionMiddleware }: FeedHttpHandlersDeps,
+) {
+	const inject = createMiddleware<Env>(async (c, next) => {
+		c.set("sessionManager", sessionManager)
+		await next()
+	})
+
+	app.get("/api/feed", inject, authSessionMiddleware, handleGetFeed)
+}
+
+async function handleGetFeed(c: Context<Env>) {
+	const user = c.get("user")!
+	const sessionManager = c.get("sessionManager")
+	const session = sessionManager.getOrCreate(user.id)
+
+	const feed = session.engine.lastFeed() ?? (await session.engine.refresh())
+
+	return c.json({
+		items: feed.items,
+		errors: feed.errors.map((e) => ({
+			sourceId: e.sourceId,
+			error: e.error.message,
+		})),
+	})
+}

apps/aris-backend/src/server.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { LocationSource } from "@aris/source-location"
 import { Hono } from "hono"
 
 import { registerAuthHandlers } from "./auth/http.ts"
+import { requireSession } from "./auth/session-middleware.ts"
+import { registerFeedHttpHandlers } from "./feed/http.ts"
 import { registerLocationHttpHandlers } from "./location/http.ts"
 import { UserSessionManager } from "./session/index.ts"
 import { WeatherSourceProvider } from "./weather/provider.ts"
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ function main() {
 	app.get("/health", (c) => c.json({ status: "ok" }))
 
 	registerAuthHandlers(app)
+	registerFeedHttpHandlers(app, { sessionManager, authSessionMiddleware: requireSession })
 	registerLocationHttpHandlers(app, { sessionManager })
 
 	return app

packages/aris-core/src/feed-engine.test.ts

@@ -638,4 +638,290 @@ describe("FeedEngine", () => {
 			)
 		})
 	})
+
+	describe("lastFeed", () => {
+		test("returns null before any refresh", () => {
+			const engine = new FeedEngine()
+
+			expect(engine.lastFeed()).toBeNull()
+		})
+
+		test("returns cached result after refresh", async () => {
+			const location = createLocationSource()
+			location.simulateUpdate({ lat: 51.5, lng: -0.1 })
+
+			const weather = createWeatherSource()
+			const engine = new FeedEngine().register(location).register(weather)
+
+			const refreshResult = await engine.refresh()
+
+			const cached = engine.lastFeed()
+			expect(cached).not.toBeNull()
+			expect(cached!.items).toEqual(refreshResult.items)
+			expect(cached!.context).toEqual(refreshResult.context)
+		})
+
+		test("returns null after TTL expires", async () => {
+			const engine = new FeedEngine({ cacheTtlMs: 50 })
+			const location = createLocationSource()
+			location.simulateUpdate({ lat: 51.5, lng: -0.1 })
+
+			engine.register(location)
+			await engine.refresh()
+
+			expect(engine.lastFeed()).not.toBeNull()
+
+			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 60))
+
+			expect(engine.lastFeed()).toBeNull()
+		})
+
+		test("defaults to 5 minute TTL", async () => {
+			const engine = new FeedEngine()
+			const location = createLocationSource()
+			location.simulateUpdate({ lat: 51.5, lng: -0.1 })
+
+			engine.register(location)
+			await engine.refresh()
+
+			// Should still be cached immediately
+			expect(engine.lastFeed()).not.toBeNull()
+		})
+
+		test("refresh always fetches from sources", async () => {
+			let fetchCount = 0
+			const source: FeedSource = {
+				id: "counter",
+				...noActions,
+				async fetchContext() {
+					fetchCount++
+					return null
+				},
+			}
+
+			const engine = new FeedEngine().register(source)
+
+			await engine.refresh()
+			await engine.refresh()
+			await engine.refresh()
+
+			expect(fetchCount).toBe(3)
+		})
+
+		test("reactive context update refreshes cache", async () => {
+			const location = createLocationSource()
+			const weather = createWeatherSource()
+
+			const engine = new FeedEngine({ cacheTtlMs: 5000 }).register(location).register(weather)
+
+			engine.start()
+
+			// Simulate location update which triggers reactive refresh
+			location.simulateUpdate({ lat: 51.5, lng: -0.1 })
+
+			// Wait for async reactive refresh to complete
+			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50))
+
+			const cached = engine.lastFeed()
+			expect(cached).not.toBeNull()
+			expect(cached!.items.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+
+			engine.stop()
+		})
+
+		test("reactive item update refreshes cache", async () => {
+			let itemUpdateCallback: (() => void) | null = null
+
+			const source: FeedSource = {
+				id: "reactive-items",
+				...noActions,
+				async fetchContext() {
+					return null
+				},
+				async fetchItems() {
+					return [
+						{
+							id: "item-1",
+							type: "test",
+							priority: 0.5,
+							timestamp: new Date(),
+							data: {},
+						},
+					]
+				},
+				onItemsUpdate(callback) {
+					itemUpdateCallback = callback
+					return () => {
+						itemUpdateCallback = null
+					}
+				},
+			}
+
+			const engine = new FeedEngine().register(source)
+			engine.start()
+
+			// Trigger item update
+			itemUpdateCallback!()
+
+			// Wait for async refresh
+			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50))
+
+			const cached = engine.lastFeed()
+			expect(cached).not.toBeNull()
+			expect(cached!.items).toHaveLength(1)
+
+			engine.stop()
+		})
+
+		test("TTL resets after reactive update", async () => {
+			const location = createLocationSource()
+			const weather = createWeatherSource()
+
+			const engine = new FeedEngine({ cacheTtlMs: 100 }).register(location).register(weather)
+
+			engine.start()
+
+			// Initial reactive update
+			location.simulateUpdate({ lat: 51.5, lng: -0.1 })
+			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50))
+
+			expect(engine.lastFeed()).not.toBeNull()
+
+			// Wait 70ms (total 120ms from first update, past original TTL)
+			// but trigger another update at 50ms to reset TTL
+			location.simulateUpdate({ lat: 52.0, lng: -0.2 })
+			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50))
+
+			// Should still be cached because TTL was reset by second update
+			expect(engine.lastFeed()).not.toBeNull()
+
+			engine.stop()
+		})
+
+		test("cacheTtlMs is configurable", async () => {
+			const engine = new FeedEngine({ cacheTtlMs: 30 })
+			const location = createLocationSource()
+			location.simulateUpdate({ lat: 51.5, lng: -0.1 })
+
+			engine.register(location)
+			await engine.refresh()
+
+			expect(engine.lastFeed()).not.toBeNull()
+
+			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 40))
+
+			expect(engine.lastFeed()).toBeNull()
+		})
+
+		test("auto-refreshes on TTL interval after start", async () => {
+			let fetchCount = 0
+			const source: FeedSource = {
+				id: "counter",
+				...noActions,
+				async fetchContext() {
+					fetchCount++
+					return null
+				},
+				async fetchItems() {
+					return [
+						{
+							id: `item-${fetchCount}`,
+							type: "test",
+							priority: 0.5,
+							timestamp: new Date(),
+							data: {},
+						},
+					]
+				},
+			}
+
+			const engine = new FeedEngine({ cacheTtlMs: 50 }).register(source)
+			engine.start()
+
+			// Wait for two TTL intervals to elapse
+			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 120))
+
+			// Should have auto-refreshed at least twice
+			expect(fetchCount).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2)
+			expect(engine.lastFeed()).not.toBeNull()
+
+			engine.stop()
+		})
+
+		test("stop cancels periodic refresh", async () => {
+			let fetchCount = 0
+			const source: FeedSource = {
+				id: "counter",
+				...noActions,
+				async fetchContext() {
+					fetchCount++
+					return null
+				},
+			}
+
+			const engine = new FeedEngine({ cacheTtlMs: 50 }).register(source)
+			engine.start()
+			engine.stop()
+
+			const countAfterStop = fetchCount
+
+			// Wait past TTL
+			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 80))
+
+			// No additional fetches after stop
+			expect(fetchCount).toBe(countAfterStop)
+		})
+
+		test("reactive update resets periodic refresh timer", async () => {
+			let fetchCount = 0
+			const location = createLocationSource()
+			const countingWeather: FeedSource<WeatherFeedItem> = {
+				id: "weather",
+				dependencies: ["location"],
+				...noActions,
+				async fetchContext(ctx) {
+					fetchCount++
+					const loc = contextValue(ctx, LocationKey)
+					if (!loc) return null
+					return { [WeatherKey]: { temperature: 20, condition: "sunny" } }
+				},
+				async fetchItems(ctx) {
+					const weather = contextValue(ctx, WeatherKey)
+					if (!weather) return []
+					return [
+						{
+							id: `weather-${Date.now()}`,
+							type: "weather",
+							priority: 0.5,
+							timestamp: new Date(),
+							data: { temperature: weather.temperature, condition: weather.condition },
+						},
+					]
+				},
+			}
+
+			const engine = new FeedEngine({ cacheTtlMs: 100 })
+				.register(location)
+				.register(countingWeather)
+
+			engine.start()
+
+			// At 40ms, push a reactive update — this resets the timer
+			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 40))
+			const countBeforeUpdate = fetchCount
+			location.simulateUpdate({ lat: 51.5, lng: -0.1 })
+			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20))
+
+			// Reactive update triggered a fetch
+			expect(fetchCount).toBeGreaterThan(countBeforeUpdate)
+			const countAfterUpdate = fetchCount
+
+			// At 100ms from start (60ms after reactive update), the original
+			// timer would have fired, but it was reset. No extra fetch yet.
+			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 40))
+			expect(fetchCount).toBe(countAfterUpdate)
+
+			engine.stop()
+		})
+	})
 })

packages/aris-core/src/feed-engine.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ export interface FeedResult<TItem extends FeedItem = FeedItem> {
 
 export type FeedSubscriber<TItem extends FeedItem = FeedItem> = (result: FeedResult<TItem>) => void
 
+const DEFAULT_CACHE_TTL_MS = 300_000 // 5 minutes
+const MIN_CACHE_TTL_MS = 10 // prevent spin from zero/negative values
+
+export interface FeedEngineConfig {
+	/** Cache TTL in milliseconds. Default: 300_000 (5 minutes). Minimum: 10. */
+	cacheTtlMs?: number
+}
+
 interface SourceGraph {
 	sources: Map<string, FeedSource>
 	sorted: FeedSource[]
@@ -59,6 +67,29 @@ export class FeedEngine<TItems extends FeedItem = FeedItem> {
 	private cleanups: Array<() => void> = []
 	private started = false
 
+	private readonly cacheTtlMs: number
+	private cachedResult: FeedResult<TItems> | null = null
+	private cachedAt: number | null = null
+	private refreshTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
+
+	constructor(config?: FeedEngineConfig) {
+		this.cacheTtlMs = Math.max(config?.cacheTtlMs ?? DEFAULT_CACHE_TTL_MS, MIN_CACHE_TTL_MS)
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the cached FeedResult if available and not expired.
+	 * Returns null if no refresh has completed or the cache TTL has elapsed.
+	 */
+	lastFeed(): FeedResult<TItems> | null {
+		if (this.cachedResult === null || this.cachedAt === null) {
+			return null
+		}
+		if (Date.now() - this.cachedAt > this.cacheTtlMs) {
+			return null
+		}
+		return this.cachedResult
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Registers a FeedSource. Invalidates the cached graph.
 	 */
@@ -124,7 +155,10 @@ export class FeedEngine<TItems extends FeedItem = FeedItem> {
 
 		this.context = context
 
-		return { context, items: items as TItems[], errors }
+		const result: FeedResult<TItems> = { context, items: items as TItems[], errors }
+		this.updateCache(result)
+
+		return result
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -138,7 +172,7 @@ export class FeedEngine<TItems extends FeedItem = FeedItem> {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Starts reactive subscriptions on all sources.
+	 * Starts reactive subscriptions on all sources and begins periodic refresh.
 	 * Sources with onContextUpdate will trigger re-computation of dependents.
 	 */
 	start(): void {
@@ -168,13 +202,16 @@ export class FeedEngine<TItems extends FeedItem = FeedItem> {
 				this.cleanups.push(cleanup)
 			}
 		}
+
+		this.scheduleNextRefresh()
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Stops all reactive subscriptions.
+	 * Stops all reactive subscriptions and the periodic refresh timer.
 	 */
 	stop(): void {
 		this.started = false
+		this.cancelScheduledRefresh()
 		for (const cleanup of this.cleanups) {
 			cleanup()
 		}
@@ -279,11 +316,14 @@ export class FeedEngine<TItems extends FeedItem = FeedItem> {
 
 		items.sort((a, b) => b.priority - a.priority)
 
-		this.notifySubscribers({
+		const result: FeedResult<TItems> = {
 			context: this.context,
 			items: items as TItems[],
 			errors,
-		})
+		}
+		this.updateCache(result)
+
+		this.notifySubscribers(result)
 	}
 
 	private collectDependents(sourceId: string, graph: SourceGraph): string[] {
@@ -307,11 +347,46 @@ export class FeedEngine<TItems extends FeedItem = FeedItem> {
 		return graph.sorted.filter((s) => result.includes(s.id)).map((s) => s.id)
 	}
 
+	private updateCache(result: FeedResult<TItems>): void {
+		this.cachedResult = result
+		this.cachedAt = Date.now()
+		if (this.started) {
+			this.scheduleNextRefresh()
+		}
+	}
+
+	private scheduleNextRefresh(): void {
+		this.cancelScheduledRefresh()
+		this.refreshTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+			this.refresh()
+				.then((result) => {
+					this.notifySubscribers(result)
+				})
+				.catch(() => {
+					// Periodic refresh errors are non-fatal; schedule next attempt
+					if (this.started) {
+						this.scheduleNextRefresh()
+					}
+				})
+		}, this.cacheTtlMs)
+	}
+
+	private cancelScheduledRefresh(): void {
+		if (this.refreshTimer !== null) {
+			clearTimeout(this.refreshTimer)
+			this.refreshTimer = null
+		}
+	}
+
 	private scheduleRefresh(): void {
 		// Simple immediate refresh for now - could add debouncing later
-		this.refresh().then((result) => {
+		this.refresh()
+			.then((result) => {
 				this.notifySubscribers(result)
 			})
+			.catch(() => {
+				// Reactive refresh errors are non-fatal
+			})
 	}
 
 	private notifySubscribers(result: FeedResult<TItems>): void {

packages/aris-core/src/index.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export type { FeedItem } from "./feed"
 export type { FeedSource } from "./feed-source"
 
 // Feed Engine
-export type { FeedResult, FeedSubscriber, SourceError } from "./feed-engine"
+export type { FeedEngineConfig, FeedResult, FeedSubscriber, SourceError } from "./feed-engine"
 export { FeedEngine } from "./feed-engine"
 
 // =============================================================================