Update issue tracker: backend data-quality bugs + full backlog

Capture the proven backend issues (F1 topic mis-classification, over-clustering
with mismatched headline/summary, missing per-story tags) plus open client/CI
work in docs/BACKLOG.md, and expand scripts/create-issues.sh to file all 14 on
the Gitea repo once it exists.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/BACKLOG.md

@@ -1,32 +1,67 @@
 # Backlog
 
-Seed list for the issue tracker. Each becomes a GitHub issue (see
-`scripts/create-issues.sh`). `[client]` = iOS, `[backend]` = coordinate with the
-backend service.
+Open issues, seeding the Gitea tracker via `scripts/create-issues.sh` (run once the
+repo exists). `[client]` = iOS, `[backend]` = the platform service on the Docker host,
+`[ci]` = build/test.
 
-1. **[client][backend] Add `Sport` (F1) and `World` topic pills.** The 47 feeds now
-   include heavy F1 + global-news coverage that gets squeezed into finance/tech/
-   politics/africa. Add pills in `Topic.filters`; backend classifier must emit `sport`
-   / `world` slugs to match.
-2. **[client] Wire the Tailscale remote host in Connectivity.** Populate the Remote
-   Access card's host so away-from-home auto-selects the Tailscale address. Verify the
-   LAN⇄Tailscale switch via `/health` probing.
-3. **[client] SSID-based trusted networks.** Pin trusted Wi-Fi by name ("Add current
-   network"). Needs the *Access WiFi Information* entitlement (real device + paid
-   account); no-ops in the simulator. Currently approximated by LAN reachability.
-4. **[client] Optional in-app WireGuard tunnel.** NetworkExtension packet-tunnel so
-   Jarvis can bring up a WireGuard tunnel itself (WireGuard/Netmaker configs only).
-   Needs entitlement + real device. Deferred.
-5. **[client] App icon + launch assets.** `AppIcon` is an empty placeholder.
-6. **[client] Flesh out Latest / Saved / Search tabs.** Currently minimal reuse of the
-   feed components; add proper empty/loading states and dedicated behavior.
-7. **[client] Verify hero image loading.** `AsyncImage` against real feed `imageUrl`s
-   (ATS, redirects, grey fallback) in the article reader.
-8. **[client] Infinite scroll / pagination at scale.** Validate `loadMore`/cursor
-   round-trips against the live ~850-story dataset; guard against dupes.
-9. **[backend] Topic-classifier coverage for the 47 feeds.** Ensure science/tech/world/
-   sport map sensibly into the supported topic slugs.
-10. **[ci] Add unit/UI tests.** The build matrix compiles but runs no tests yet; add a
-    test target and a `test` matrix leg.
-11. **[client] Offline polish.** Green "cached" dot + Saved tab depend on opening an
-    article; consider pre-caching top stories for true offline-first.
+## Backend — data quality (highest priority)
+
+1. **[backend] F1 stories are mis-classified into tech/finance/politics.** The topic
+   classifier has no sport category, so F1 (with 100% F1 sources) scatters across topics.
+   Evidence from the live feed: "Monaco Grand Prix stewards…" → `tech`, "F1 reports 35%
+   CO2 reduction…" → `finance`, "McLaren launch appeal against Gasly penalty" → `politics`.
+   Add a `sport` (or `f1`) topic and route motorsport sources there.
+2. **[backend] Over-clustering merges unrelated articles.** Stories pair a headline with a
+   summary about something else, e.g. an Ebola/Bunia (DR Congo) headline carried a
+   South-Africa summary, and a CRISPR headline carried Drakensberg/SA text. Raise the
+   TF-IDF similarity threshold (~0.22 → 0.30–0.40) and make the canonical `headline` and
+   `summary` come from the **same** representative article. This also inflates
+   `sourceCount` / `crossSourceConfirmation` and the signal score.
+3. **[backend] Add accurate per-story tags (topic + region).** So the client can *read*
+   tags (sport, uganda, east-africa, south-africa, …) instead of keyword-guessing. Unblocks
+   moving the filter pills to server-side. Pairs with #1/#2.
+4. **[backend] Topic-classifier coverage for the 47 feeds.** Ensure science/world/tech map
+   sensibly into the supported topics.
+
+## Backend — features
+
+5. **[backend] Server-side push for breaking alerts (APNs or ntfy).** Needed for
+   breaking-story notifications while the app is fully closed; the backend already computes
+   the stories. Client currently does local notifications + background refresh only.
+
+## Client
+
+6. **[client] Move interest filters server-side once tags exist (#3).** Replace the
+   client-side keyword filters (F1 / Uganda / East Africa / South Africa) — which only see
+   loaded stories and match the headline — with backend tag filtering for full coverage.
+7. **[client] SSID-based trusted networks.** Pin trusted Wi-Fi by name. Needs the Access
+   WiFi Information entitlement (real device + paid account); no-ops in the simulator.
+   Currently approximated by LAN reachability.
+8. **[client] Optional in-app WireGuard tunnel.** NetworkExtension packet-tunnel so Jarvis
+   can bring up a WireGuard tunnel itself (WireGuard/Netmaker configs only). Entitlement +
+   real device. Deferred.
+9. **[client] App icon + launch assets.** `AppIcon` is an empty placeholder.
+10. **[client] Flesh out Latest / Search tabs.** (Saved is now an explicit bookmarks list.)
+    Add proper empty/loading states and dedicated behavior.
+11. **[client] Verify hero image loading.** `AsyncImage` against real feed `imageUrl`s
+    (ATS, redirects, grey fallback) in the article reader.
+12. **[client] Offline-first polish.** Pre-cache top stories for true offline-first; today
+    the green "cached" dot depends on opening an article.
+
+## CI
+
+13. **[ci] Add unit/UI tests + a test matrix leg.** The build matrix compiles but runs no
+    tests yet.
+14. **[ci] Backend CI build matrix.** Python 3.11–3.13 + lint + Docker image build/health
+    probe, for the backend repo (template lives in chat/handoff).
+
+---
+
+## Recently shipped (this iteration)
+
+Signal feed + detail + reader + feed manager; LAN⇄Tailscale connectivity; notifications
+(morning/evening briefings + breaking alerts) with Open-Meteo weather; device code signing;
+feed resilience (no blank-on-refresh, ignore cancelled, coalesced WS refresh); clearer
+empty states; deterministic feed order; read/unread (drop stripe on open); 6-line summary
+preview; pinned mutually-exclusive filters (F1 split out, regions non-overlapping,
+Finance/Tech by topic); swipe actions (left = save, right = share + mark read).