feat(translation): live re-translate progress in the Settings card

translation/status now reports `active` (a translate/retranslate sweep is
running, from the TaskRun table) and `last_run` (the most recent finished run's
task + status). The Settings card polls live while a sweep runs, showing a
spinner + "Translating… N remaining" that ticks down, and flags a last run that
ended in error/timeout. No migration.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

backend/app/api/settings.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from ..models import (
     ImportTask,
     Post,
     Tag,
+    TaskRun,
 )
 from ..services import interpreter_client as ic
 
@@ -306,6 +307,10 @@ async def translation_status():
     """For the Settings card: is it on, is a URL set, is the service reachable,
     and how many posts still await translation. Health runs the sync client in a
     thread so the event loop isn't blocked."""
+    translation_tasks = (
+        "backend.app.tasks.translation.translate_posts",
+        "backend.app.tasks.translation.retranslate_posts",
+    )
     async with get_session() as session:
         cfg = await ImportSettings.load(session)
         untranslated = (await session.execute(
@@ -315,6 +320,21 @@ async def translation_status():
                 Post.post_title.is_not(None), Post.description.is_not(None),
             ))
         )).scalar_one()
+        # Live progress: is a sweep running now, and what did the last one do?
+        # (run-until-done re-enqueues itself, so `active` stays true across a
+        # bulk re-translate; `last_run` surfaces a completed run's outcome.)
+        active = (await session.execute(
+            select(func.count(TaskRun.id))
+            .where(TaskRun.task_name.in_(translation_tasks))
+            .where(TaskRun.status == "running")
+        )).scalar_one()
+        last = (await session.execute(
+            select(TaskRun.task_name, TaskRun.status, TaskRun.finished_at)
+            .where(TaskRun.task_name.in_(translation_tasks))
+            .where(TaskRun.finished_at.is_not(None))
+            .order_by(TaskRun.finished_at.desc())
+            .limit(1)
+        )).first()
     base_url = (cfg.interpreter_base_url or "").strip()
     healthy = await asyncio.to_thread(ic.health, base_url) if base_url else False
     return jsonify({
@@ -322,6 +342,12 @@ async def translation_status():
         "base_url_set": bool(base_url),
         "healthy": healthy,
         "untranslated_count": int(untranslated),
+        "active": int(active) > 0,
+        "last_run": {
+            "task": last[0].rsplit(".", 1)[-1],
+            "status": last[1],
+            "finished_at": last[2].isoformat() if last[2] else None,
+        } if last else None,
     })
 
 

frontend/src/components/settings/TranslationCard.vue

@@ -52,11 +52,25 @@
         prepend-icon="mdi-refresh" :loading="retranslating"
         :disabled="!enabled || !baseUrl" @click="confirmAll = true"
       >Re-translate all</v-btn>
-      <span v-if="status" class="fc-muted text-caption">
+      <span
+        v-if="status && status.active"
+        class="fc-muted text-caption d-inline-flex align-center" style="gap: 6px;"
+      >
+        <v-progress-circular indeterminate size="12" width="2" color="accent" />
+        Translating… {{ status.untranslated_count }} remaining
+      </span>
+      <span v-else-if="status" class="fc-muted text-caption">
         {{ status.untranslated_count }}
         post{{ status.untranslated_count === 1 ? '' : 's' }} awaiting translation
       </span>
     </div>
+    <p
+      v-if="status && status.last_run && ['error', 'timeout'].includes(status.last_run.status)"
+      class="text-caption text-error mt-1 mb-0"
+    >
+      Last translation run ended with “{{ status.last_run.status }}”. It resumes on
+      the next sweep; check the Interpreter connection if it persists.
+    </p>
     <p class="fc-muted text-caption mt-2 mb-0">
       Use <strong>Re-translate all</strong> after switching the Interpreter model —
       it clears every stored translation and re-runs it through the new model
@@ -94,7 +108,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
-import { computed, onMounted, ref } from 'vue'
+import { computed, onMounted, onUnmounted, ref } from 'vue'
 import { toast } from '../../utils/toast.js'
 import { useApi } from '../../composables/useApi.js'
 import { useImportStore } from '../../stores/import.js'
@@ -126,10 +140,16 @@ const statusText = computed(() => {
   return status.value.healthy ? 'Interpreter reachable' : 'Interpreter unreachable'
 })
 
+let pollTimer = null
 async function loadStatus() {
   try { status.value = await api.get('/api/settings/translation/status') }
   catch { status.value = null }
+  // Poll live while a sweep is running so the remaining count ticks down; stop
+  // when idle (a fresh trigger restarts it via its own setTimeout(loadStatus)).
+  clearTimeout(pollTimer)
+  if (status.value?.active) pollTimer = setTimeout(loadStatus, 3000)
 }
+onUnmounted(() => clearTimeout(pollTimer))
 
 async function onTest() {
   // Ping /v1/health for the CURRENTLY-typed URL (not the saved one), so a new

tests/test_api_settings.py

@@ -61,6 +61,34 @@ async def test_translation_status_defaults(client):
     assert body["base_url_set"] is False
     assert body["healthy"] is False
     assert "untranslated_count" in body
+    assert body["active"] is False      # no sweep running
+    assert body["last_run"] is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_translation_status_reports_active_and_last_run(client, db):
+    # A running translate/retranslate TaskRun → active True; the most recent
+    # finished one → last_run (task basename + status).
+    from datetime import UTC, datetime
+
+    from backend.app.models import TaskRun
+
+    db.add(TaskRun(
+        celery_task_id="r-run", queue="maintenance_long",
+        task_name="backend.app.tasks.translation.retranslate_posts",
+        started_at=datetime.now(UTC), status="running",
+    ))
+    db.add(TaskRun(
+        celery_task_id="r-done", queue="maintenance_long",
+        task_name="backend.app.tasks.translation.translate_posts",
+        started_at=datetime.now(UTC), finished_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        status="success",
+    ))
+    await db.commit()
+    body = await (await client.get("/api/settings/translation/status")).get_json()
+    assert body["active"] is True
+    assert body["last_run"]["task"] == "translate_posts"
+    assert body["last_run"]["status"] == "success"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio