fix(recap): speed up /card lookup, fix stale completed-season cache, add Place Finished

- /card player lookup was a leading-wildcard substring match with a Python
  ulower() UDF over 6.16M player_games_hist rows — a full scan measured at
  27s live before the ~2s render. Add a prefix fast-path
  (nick LIKE 'name%' COLLATE NOCASE) that uses the existing NOCASE index
  (~1ms), falling back to the ulower substring scan only when the prefix
  finds nothing. Same fix applied to _resolve_player_uids_batch (compare/stats).
  Lookup: 27,205ms -> 1ms.

- Completed-season recap cache served ANY cached PNG forever, including files
  rendered mid-season (frozen at whatever point they were last viewed). Only
  serve from cache when the file's mtime is after season end; otherwise
  re-render. Fixed in both BOT/utils.py and web/server.js (shared cache).

- Replace squadron card "Rating change" with "Place finished" (#rank / total),
  derived by ranking clans by final total_score among those active in-season.

- Add (CARD)/(RECAP) timing logs for prod observability.

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

BOT/botscript.py

@@ -3574,21 +3574,41 @@ async def card(
         )
 
     try:
+        _t_lookup = time_module.monotonic()
         async with aiosqlite.connect(SQ_BATTLES_DB_PATH) as db:
             db.row_factory = aiosqlite.Row
-            await db.create_function("ulower", 1, str.lower)
+
+            async def _lookup(where: str, pattern: str) -> list:
                 async with db.execute(
-                """
+                    f"""
                     SELECT UID, MIN(nick) AS nick
                     FROM player_games_hist
-                WHERE ulower(nick) LIKE ulower(?)
+                    WHERE {where}
                     GROUP BY UID
                     ORDER BY nick
                     LIMIT 25
                     """,
-                (f"%{player}%",),
+                    (pattern,),
                 ) as cursor:
-                results = list(await cursor.fetchall())
+                    return list(await cursor.fetchall())
+
+            # Fast path: a prefix match uses the `nick COLLATE NOCASE` index
+            # (~ms), covering the common case of typing the start of a name.
+            # This avoids a full scan of the multi-million-row games table.
+            results = await _lookup("nick LIKE ? COLLATE NOCASE", f"{player}%")
+            lookup_path = "prefix"
+
+            # Fallback: only if the prefix found nothing do we pay for a full
+            # substring scan. ulower() gives full Unicode case-folding (e.g.
+            # Cyrillic) that the ASCII-only NOCASE collation can't.
+            if not results:
+                await db.create_function("ulower", 1, str.lower)
+                results = await _lookup("ulower(nick) LIKE ulower(?)", f"%{player}%")
+                lookup_path = "substring"
+        logging.info(
+            "(CARD) nick lookup query=%r path=%s matches=%d ms=%d",
+            player, lookup_path, len(results), (time_module.monotonic() - _t_lookup) * 1000,
+        )
     except Exception as e:
         error_str = str(e)[:1800]
         return await interaction.followup.send(
@@ -5024,19 +5044,29 @@ _LOWER_IS_BETTER = {"deaths", "losses"}
 async def _resolve_player_uids_batch(db, usernames: List[str], lang: str = "en"):
     """Resolve multiple usernames in one pass. Returns (uid_list, error_msg) or (None, error_msg)."""
     uids: List[str] = []
-    for name in usernames:
+
+    async def _resolve_one(where: str, pattern: str) -> list:
         async with db.execute(
-            """
+            f"""
             SELECT UID, nick FROM (
                 SELECT UID, nick, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY UID ORDER BY endtime_unix DESC) as rn
                 FROM player_games_hist
-                WHERE ulower(nick) LIKE ulower(?)
+                WHERE {where}
             ) WHERE rn = 1
             ORDER BY nick LIMIT 25
             """,
-            (f"%{name}%",),
+            (pattern,),
         ) as cursor:
-            results = list(await cursor.fetchall())
+            return list(await cursor.fetchall())
+
+    for name in usernames:
+        # Fast path: prefix match uses the nick COLLATE NOCASE index (~ms).
+        # Only fall back to a full substring scan (ulower for Unicode
+        # case-folding) when the prefix finds nothing.
+        results = await _resolve_one("nick LIKE ? COLLATE NOCASE", f"{name}%")
+        if not results:
+            await db.create_function("ulower", 1, str.lower)
+            results = await _resolve_one("ulower(nick) LIKE ulower(?)", f"%{name}%")
         if not results:
             return None, t(lang, "compare.no_players_found", name=name)
         if len(results) > 1:

BOT/render_recap.py

@@ -369,6 +369,43 @@ def gather_squadron_rating(conn_sq: sqlite3.Connection, clan_id: int,
                          first=first, change=final - first)
 
 
+def gather_squadron_place(conn_sq: sqlite3.Connection, clan_id: int,
+                          season_start: int, season_end: int
+                          ) -> Optional[Tuple[int, int]]:
+    """Finishing leaderboard place for the season.
+
+    We don't store a per-season position, but ``total_score`` in
+    squadrons_points IS the squadron rating that the in-game leaderboard ranks
+    by. So rank clans by their final score and read off this clan's rank.
+
+    Only clans with at least one snapshot *within the season window* are ranked
+    — a clan whose last data predates the season never appeared on that season's
+    ladder (dead/inactive clans drop off in-game), so counting them would inflate
+    the denominator. Each ranked clan uses its last in-season snapshot.
+
+    Returns (place, total_ranked) or None if this clan wasn't active in-season.
+    Works for in-progress seasons too (season_end in the future → last snapshot
+    so far = current standing).
+    """
+    cur = conn_sq.execute(
+        "SELECT p.clan_id, p.total_score "
+        "FROM squadrons_points p "
+        "JOIN (SELECT clan_id, MAX(unix_time) AS mt FROM squadrons_points "
+        "      WHERE unix_time BETWEEN ? AND ? GROUP BY clan_id) m "
+        "  ON m.clan_id = p.clan_id AND m.mt = p.unix_time",
+        (season_start, season_end),
+    )
+    board = [(cid, sc) for cid, sc in cur.fetchall() if sc is not None]
+    if not board:
+        return None
+    board.sort(key=lambda r: r[1], reverse=True)
+    total = len(board)
+    for i, (cid, _sc) in enumerate(board):
+        if cid == clan_id:
+            return i + 1, total
+    return None
+
+
 @dataclass
 class MatchRow:
     session_id: str
@@ -1070,6 +1107,7 @@ def render_squadron_card(out_path: Path, ident: SquadronIdent, season: str,
                 rolling_battles: List[Tuple[int, int]],
                 season_start: int, season_end: int,
                 week_boundaries: List[int],
+                place: Optional[Tuple[int, int]] = None,
                 theme: str = "light",
                 lang: str = DEFAULT_LANG) -> None:
     pal = theme_palette(theme)
@@ -1219,7 +1257,7 @@ def render_squadron_card(out_path: Path, ident: SquadronIdent, season: str,
     # Short rows render in 2 columns; wide rows span full width.
     short_rows: List[Tuple[str, str]] = [
         (t("imgStatPeakRating"),          f"{_fmt_int(rating.peak)}  ({_fmt_date(rating.peak_ts)})"),
-        (t("imgStatRatingChange"),        f"{'+' if (rating.change or 0) >= 0 else ''}{_fmt_int(rating.change)}"),
+        (t("imgStatPlaceFinished"),       f"#{_fmt_int(place[0])} / {_fmt_int(place[1])}" if place else "—"),
         (t("imgStatTotalKills"),          f"{_fmt_int(players.total_kills)}  ({_fmt_int(players.ground_kills)} {t('imgGroundShort')} / {_fmt_int(players.air_kills)} {t('imgAirShort')})"),
         (t("imgStatTotalDeaths"),         _fmt_int(players.deaths)),
         (t("imgStatAssistsCaptures"),     f"{_fmt_int(players.assists)} / {_fmt_int(players.captures)}"),
@@ -1677,6 +1715,8 @@ def run_squadron(args: Args) -> int:
         logging.info(f"resolved {ident.short_name} / {ident.long_name}")
         rating = gather_squadron_rating(conn_sq, args.clan_id, args.season_start, args.season_end)
         logging.info(f"rating: series={len(rating.series)} final={rating.final} peak={rating.peak} change={rating.change}")
+        place = gather_squadron_place(conn_sq, args.clan_id, args.season_start, args.season_end)
+        logging.info(f"place: {place}")
 
     with _open_ro(SQ_BATTLES_DB) as conn_b:
         stream = gather_squadron_match_stream(conn_b, ident.short_name, args.season_start, args.season_end)
@@ -1707,6 +1747,7 @@ def run_squadron(args: Args) -> int:
         rolling_wr, rolling_kd, rolling_battles,
         args.season_start, args.season_end,
         args.week_boundaries,
+        place=place,
         theme=args.theme,
         lang=args.lang,
     )

BOT/utils.py

@@ -2161,14 +2161,19 @@ async def _get_recap(
     try:
         stat = cache_path.stat()
         if season_range["status"] == "completed":
-            serve_from_cache = True
+            # A completed season's card is only final if it was rendered AFTER
+            # the season ended. Files rendered mid-season are stale snapshots
+            # frozen at whatever point they were last viewed — re-render those.
+            serve_from_cache = stat.st_mtime > season_range["end"]
         elif (time.time() - stat.st_mtime) < RECAP_TTL_SECONDS:
             serve_from_cache = True
     except FileNotFoundError:
         pass
 
+    ident = clan_id if mode == "squadron" else uid
     if not serve_from_cache:
         cache_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        t0 = time.monotonic()
         await _spawn_recap_render(
             mode,
             clan_id=clan_id,
@@ -2181,6 +2186,15 @@ async def _get_recap(
             theme=theme,
             lang=lang,
         )
+        logging.info(
+            "(RECAP) %s id=%s season=%s theme=%s lang=%s result=fresh ms=%d",
+            mode, ident, season, theme, lang, (time.monotonic() - t0) * 1000,
+        )
+    else:
+        logging.info(
+            "(RECAP) %s id=%s season=%s theme=%s lang=%s result=cache",
+            mode, ident, season, theme, lang,
+        )
 
     if not cache_path.exists():
         raise RecapError("recap file missing after render")

web/locales/en.json

@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@
     "imgAxisWinRate": "Win Rate (%)",
     "imgStatPeakRating": "Peak rating",
     "imgStatRatingChange": "Rating change",
+    "imgStatPlaceFinished": "Place finished",
     "imgStatTotalKills": "Total kills",
     "imgStatTotalDeaths": "Total deaths",
     "imgStatAssistsCaptures": "Assists / captures",

web/server.js

@@ -1044,7 +1044,10 @@ app.get('/squadron/:clan_id/recap/:season.png', async (req, res) => {
     try {
         const stat = await fsp.stat(cachePath);
         if (range.status === 'completed') {
-            serveFromCache = true;
+            // Only trust a completed-season cache if it was rendered after the
+            // season ended; mid-season files are stale snapshots (range.end is
+            // epoch seconds, mtimeMs is ms).
+            serveFromCache = stat.mtimeMs > range.end * 1000;
         } else if (Date.now() - stat.mtimeMs < RECAP_TTL_MS) {
             serveFromCache = true;
         }
@@ -1112,7 +1115,10 @@ app.get('/players/:uid/recap/:season.png', async (req, res) => {
     try {
         const stat = await fsp.stat(cachePath);
         if (range.status === 'completed') {
-            serveFromCache = true;
+            // Only trust a completed-season cache if it was rendered after the
+            // season ended; mid-season files are stale snapshots (range.end is
+            // epoch seconds, mtimeMs is ms).
+            serveFromCache = stat.mtimeMs > range.end * 1000;
         } else if (Date.now() - stat.mtimeMs < RECAP_TTL_MS) {
             serveFromCache = true;
         }