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Adds a readwise-reader connector that carries reading state via the
Readwise Reader API v3. It's separate from the existing readwise connector,
which is highlights-only (classic /api/v2) and hidden — this one carries
finished/progress and touches the Reader API v3 only.

What it does

  • Archive on finish. When a document is finished on the device, it marks the
    matching Readwise Reader document archived + seen
    (PATCH /api/v3/bulk_update/{ location: "archive", seen: true }).
  • Fan-in (pullProgress). Pulls a Reader document's reading_progress so an
    article you've part-read in Readwise resumes on the device — mirroring the
    Audiobookshelf fan-in path. Readwise exposes only a 0–1 percentage, so the
    exact-line seek is best-effort (a prior device position sample fills it in when
    one exists; otherwise it resumes by percentage).
  • Matching is by title/author metadata through the framework's
    decideMatch(), gated at a high confidence (0.85) so it never archives the
    wrong document. (Sources that copy the article title verbatim into the EPUB
    dc:title match effectively exactly.)
  • Rate limits. Readwise is 20 req/min; since HttpTransport exposes no
    response headers, a 429 trips a short cooldown that skips Readwise calls until
    it clears (configurable via READWISE_RATE_COOLDOWN_MS).

Testing

  • New test/readwise-reader.test.ts: validate / match / archive-on-finish /
    ignore-in-progress / 207 retry / fan-in (incl. cursor skip).
  • Updated the connector-list assertion in test/connectors.test.ts (the new
    connector is listed; the classic readwise stays hidden).
  • Full suite green: 269 tests. Typechecks clean.

Validated end-to-end against a real device (XTEINK X3 running CrossPoint
firmware): finishing an article archives it in Readwise, and a freshly
downloaded part-read article resumes near its Readwise position.

Note (not changed here)

fanOutProgress fires finished at percentage >= 0.98. Short articles on
e-ink often top out just under that, so archive-on-finish can miss them. Left
the threshold alone to keep this PR focused — happy to follow up with a
configurable/per-connector threshold if that's of interest.

Co-authored-by: Claude

Adds a `readwise-reader` connector that carries reading *state* via the
Readwise Reader API v3 — distinct from the existing highlights-only
`readwise` connector (classic /api/v2, hidden).

- Archive-on-finish: when a document is finished on the device, marks the
  matching Reader document archived + seen (PATCH /api/v3/bulk_update/).
- Fan-in (pullProgress): pulls a Reader document's reading_progress so a
  part-read article resumes on the device, mirroring the Audiobookshelf
  fan-in path. Readwise exposes only a 0-1 percentage, so exact-line seek
  is best-effort (a prior device sample fills the position when present).
- Matches by title/author metadata using the framework's decideMatch(),
  gated at a high confidence (0.85) so it never archives the wrong doc.
- Approximates rate-limit backoff (Readwise is 20 req/min) with a cooldown,
  since the HttpTransport exposes no response headers.

Tests: full connector unit coverage (validate/match/push/fan-in/207 retry)
and updates the connector-list assertion. Full suite green (269 tests).

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Readwise Reader integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reader matching and validation
src/connectors/readwise-reader.ts, test/readwise-reader.test.ts
Adds Readwise API authentication, candidate collection, metadata matching, validation, rate-limit handling, and currently-reading listing.
Progress and archive synchronization
src/connectors/readwise-reader.ts, test/readwise-reader.test.ts
Reads reading_progress after a cursor and archives finished documents through /api/v3/bulk_update/ with status-specific results.
Connector registration and coverage
src/connectors/registry.ts, test/connectors.test.ts, README.md
Registers readwise-reader, updates connector listing coverage, and adds Readwise Reader to the supported services list.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: itsthisjustin

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sequenceDiagram
  participant SyncEngine
  participant readwiseReaderConnector
  participant ReadwiseReaderAPI
  SyncEngine->>readwiseReaderConnector: Match document metadata
  readwiseReaderConnector->>ReadwiseReaderAPI: GET /api/v3/list/
  ReadwiseReaderAPI-->>readwiseReaderConnector: Candidate documents
  readwiseReaderConnector-->>SyncEngine: Matched external id
  SyncEngine->>readwiseReaderConnector: Push finished event
  readwiseReaderConnector->>ReadwiseReaderAPI: PATCH /api/v3/bulk_update/
  ReadwiseReaderAPI-->>readwiseReaderConnector: Archive result
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c62dd

Rate limiting on one account can disrupt synchronization for another, while large libraries and malformed timestamps can prevent reliable matching or progress updates. These issues should be fixed before merge.

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In `@src/connectors/readwise-reader.ts`:
- Line 185: Update the document conversion logic around updatedAtMs to use the
parsed updated_at value only; return null when updated_at is absent or its
parsed timestamp is non-finite, preventing invalid InboundChange results. Add
coverage for both missing and invalid updated_at inputs.
- Line 40: Update the candidate-document pagination around MAX_CANDIDATE_PAGES
and listDocs to follow nextPageCursor until no cursor remains, while guarding
against repeated cursors to prevent an infinite loop. Ensure candidatePool
includes documents from later pages so match can select them for archiving, and
add a regression test covering a match on the second page.
- Line 49: Replace the shared rateLimitedUntil cooldown with per-token or
per-account state, and consistently key cooldown reads and updates in match,
pullProgress, and noteRateLimit by the active credential so one token’s 429 does
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const doc = body.results?.[0];
if (!doc || typeof doc.reading_progress !== 'number') return null;
const pct = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, doc.reading_progress));
const updatedAtMs = doc.updated_at ? Date.parse(doc.updated_at) : Date.now();

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Do not create a cursor from local time.

If updated_at is absent, Date.now() creates a newer cursor on every poll. An invalid timestamp produces NaN and reaches InboundChange.updatedAtMs. Return null for both cases and add coverage for both inputs.

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-  const updatedAtMs = doc.updated_at ? Date.parse(doc.updated_at) : Date.now();
+  const updatedAtMs = doc.updated_at ? Date.parse(doc.updated_at) : NaN;
+  if (!Number.isFinite(updatedAtMs)) return null;
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const updatedAtMs = doc.updated_at ? Date.parse(doc.updated_at) : Date.now();
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In `@src/connectors/readwise-reader.ts` at line 185, Update the document
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CodeRabbit findings on the readwise-reader connector:
- Candidate pool now follows nextPageCursor to the end of each location (with a
  repeated-cursor loop guard) instead of reading only the first 100 docs, so a
  finished document on a later page still matches and archives.
- Rate-limit cooldown is keyed per access token, not a module global, so one
  account's 429 no longer suppresses Readwise calls for other users on a
  multi-user server.
- pullProgress always returns a finite updatedAtMs (falls back to now when
  updated_at is missing/unparseable) so it never leaks NaN into an InboundChange.

Adds regression tests for each (second-page match, per-token isolation, missing
updated_at). Full suite green (272 tests).

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Is there an advantage to keeping the old api or does the new one not sync that stuff?

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Is there an advantage to keeping the old api or does the new one not sync that stuff?

Good question. Readwise's APIs are a little confusing, but as far as I can tell, the two Readwise APIs are split like this:

  • v2 (classic) is the account-wide highlights API: POST /highlights/ ingests highlights from any source, and GET /export/ pulls the user's entire highlight corpus across all sources (Kindle, Apple Books, books, Reader), each tagged with a source. That's what the existing Readwise connector uses.
  • v3 (Reader) is document-centric (list/save/archive + reading_progress). It can create highlights, but only on documents already in Reader (POST /save/ with a parent_id) — it's not a cross-source highlight importer or exporter. Unfortunately, it doesn't allow setting reading_progress, so there's no way to sync a partial read back to Readwise.

So there's nothing to collapse here: this PR adds reading-state sync (archive-on-finish + progress) via v3 and leaves highlights to the v2 connector. Whether the (currently hidden) v2 highlights connector is worth keeping is your call, but this PR doesn't change or replace it.

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