refactor(api): literal-union the closed-value string fields (R7 S3a·1)

Video.status, Playlist.kind/source (+ PlaylistDetail), DownloadJob.job_kind
were bare `string`; type them as named unions verified against the backend
(VALID_STATES={new,watched,hidden}; kind user|watch_later; source local|
youtube; job_kind download|edit). VideoStatus then propagates through the
optimistic-override map, onState, and the VideoCard/VirtualFeed/PlayerModal
props — tsc now rejects a status typo (e.g. a stale "in_progress", which is a
derived filter, never a stored status) at every call site.

frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
   Youtube,
   type LucideIcon,
 } from "lucide-react";
-import { api, HttpError, type FeedFilters, type Video } from "../lib/api";
+import { api, HttpError, type FeedFilters, type Video, type VideoStatus } from "../lib/api";
 import i18n from "../i18n";
 import { notify, resolveVideo } from "../lib/notifications";
 import { useDebounced } from "../lib/useDebounced";
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ const VIEW_ICON: Record<FeedView, LucideIcon> = {
 // (which encode both). One entry per concept; a single arrow flips the direction.
 // "relevance" (full-text search ranking) and "shuffle" are directionless single-string sorts.
 
-function matchesView(status: string, show: string): boolean {
+function matchesView(status: VideoStatus, show: string): boolean {
   switch (show) {
     case "hidden":
       return status === "hidden";
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export default function Feed({
   const sortKeys = channelScoped
     ? SORT_KEYS.filter((k) => k !== "subscribers" && k !== "priority")
     : SORT_KEYS;
-  const [overrides, setOverrides] = useState<Record<string, string>>({});
+  const [overrides, setOverrides] = useState<Record<string, VideoStatus>>({});
   const [savedOverrides, setSavedOverrides] = useState<Record<string, boolean>>({});
   // The open player: which video and where to start (null = resume from saved position).
   const [activeVideo, setActiveVideo] = useState<{ video: Video; startAt: number | null } | null>(
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export default function Feed({
   const loadedRef = useRef<Video[]>([]);
 
   const onState = useCallback(
-    (id: string, status: string) => {
+    (id: string, status: VideoStatus) => {
       setOverrides((o) => ({ ...o, [id]: status }));
       // Refetch once the server has the change so other views (e.g. Hidden) are in sync.
       // Announce the change only AFTER the server confirms it: a "Marked watched"/"Hidden"

frontend/src/components/PlayerModal.tsx

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import Avatar from "./Avatar";
 import AddToPlaylist from "./AddToPlaylist";
 import { modalCount } from "./Modal";
 import DownloadButton from "./DownloadButton";
-import { api, type Video } from "../lib/api";
+import { api, type Video, type VideoStatus } from "../lib/api";
 import {
   channelYouTubeUrl,
   formatDate,
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export default function PlayerModal({
   queue?: Video[];
   startIndex?: number;
   onClose: () => void;
-  onState: (id: string, status: string) => void;
+  onState: (id: string, status: VideoStatus) => void;
   // Open the active video's channel page in-app (closes the player first). The small external
   // icon next to the name keeps the open-on-YouTube behaviour.
 }) {

frontend/src/components/VideoCard.tsx

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import Avatar from "./Avatar";
 import AddToPlaylist from "./AddToPlaylist";
 import DownloadButton from "./DownloadButton";
 import clsx from "clsx";
-import type { Video } from "../lib/api";
+import type { Video, VideoStatus } from "../lib/api";
 import { FEED_VIEW_SPEC, type FeedView } from "../lib/feedView";
 import { formatDate, formatDuration, formatViews, relativeTime } from "../lib/format";
 
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ function Actions({
   dense = false,
 }: {
   video: Video;
-  onState: (id: string, status: string) => void;
+  onState: (id: string, status: VideoStatus) => void;
   onResetState?: (id: string) => void;
   onToggleSave: (id: string, saved: boolean) => void;
   /** Tighter buttons for the small card, whose column bottoms out at 180px. */
   dense?: boolean;
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const act = (status: string) => (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
+  const act = (status: VideoStatus) => (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
     e.preventDefault();
     e.stopPropagation();
     onState(video.id, video.status === status ? "new" : status);
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ function VideoCard({
   view: FeedView;
   /** Measured width of this card/row, from VirtualFeed. 0 until the first measure. */
   width: number;
-  onState: (id: string, status: string) => void;
+  onState: (id: string, status: VideoStatus) => void;
   onResetState?: (id: string) => void;
   onToggleSave: (id: string, saved: boolean) => void;
   onOpen?: (v: Video, startAt?: number | null) => void;

frontend/src/components/VirtualFeed.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Video } from "../lib/api";
+import type { Video, VideoStatus } from "../lib/api";
 import { FEED_VIEW_SPEC, type FeedView } from "../lib/feedView";
 import VideoCard from "./VideoCard";
 import VirtualGrid from "./VirtualGrid";
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const ROW_EST: Record<FeedView, number> = {
 export interface VirtualFeedProps {
   items: Video[];
   view: FeedView;
-  onState: (id: string, status: string) => void;
+  onState: (id: string, status: VideoStatus) => void;
   onToggleSave: (id: string, saved: boolean) => void;
   onResetState: (id: string) => void;
   onOpen: (v: Video, startAt?: number | null) => void;

frontend/src/lib/api.ts

@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ export interface Tag {
   channel_count: number;
 }
 
+// Per-user watch status stored server-side (VALID_STATES in routes/feed.py). "in_progress" and
+// "unwatched" are NOT statuses — they're derived feed filters (status "new" + a resume position),
+// so they never appear on the wire.
+export type VideoStatus = "new" | "watched" | "hidden";
+
 export interface Video {
   id: string;
   title: string | null;
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ export interface Video {
   view_count: number | null;
   is_short: boolean;
   live_status: string;
-  status: string;
+  status: VideoStatus;
   position_seconds: number;
   saved: boolean; // is the video in the user's built-in Watch later playlist
   watch_url: string;
@@ -124,11 +129,14 @@ export interface FeedResponse {
   source?: "scrape" | "api";
 }
 
+export type PlaylistKind = "user" | "watch_later";
+export type PlaylistSource = "local" | "youtube";
+
 export interface Playlist {
   id: number;
   name: string;
-  kind: string; // "user" | "watch_later"
+  kind: PlaylistKind;
-  source: string; // "local" | "youtube"
+  source: PlaylistSource;
   yt_playlist_id: string | null;
   dirty: boolean; // linked local playlist has edits not yet pushed to YouTube
   item_count: number;
@@ -140,8 +148,8 @@ export interface Playlist {
 export interface PlaylistDetail {
   id: number;
   name: string;
-  kind: string;
+  kind: PlaylistKind;
-  source: string;
+  source: PlaylistSource;
   yt_playlist_id: string | null;
   dirty: boolean;
   items: Video[];
@@ -1012,6 +1020,8 @@ interface DownloadAsset {
 }
 
 export type DownloadStatus = "queued" | "running" | "paused" | "done" | "error" | "canceled";
+// "download" (default) or "edit" (a per-user trim/crop derivative cut from another job).
+export type DownloadJobKind = "download" | "edit";
 
 // Phase-2 editor recipe. A single `trim` (one output file) or a `segments` cut-list joined into
 // one file. `accurate` re-encodes for a frame-accurate cut (a crop always re-encodes).
@@ -1051,7 +1061,7 @@ export interface DownloadJob {
   display_uploader: string | null; // user override of the channel name
   display_uploader_url: string | null; // user override of the channel link
   extra_links: string[]; // extra reference URLs (beyond source_url)
-  job_kind?: string; // "download" (default) | "edit"
+  job_kind?: DownloadJobKind; // "download" (default) | "edit" (a per-user trim/crop derivative)
   source_job_id?: number | null; // parent download an edit was cut from
   edit_spec?: EditSpec | null;
   can_download: boolean;