From 1078b6dcd7c83b3ab0687a6807a01f124fcc5d37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jlightner <jlightner@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 22:12:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: default monitoring mode to 'none' for new channels

Prevents accidental system bloat from auto-downloading all content
on channel add. Users must explicitly opt in to monitoring.
---
 src/frontend/src/components/AddChannelModal.tsx | 4 ++--
 src/server/routes/channel.ts                    | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/AddChannelModal.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/AddChannelModal.tsx
index 61324be..c622957 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/AddChannelModal.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/AddChannelModal.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function AddChannelModal({ open, onClose }: AddChannelModalProps) {
   const [url, setUrl] = useState('');
   const [checkInterval, setCheckInterval] = useState('');
   const [formatProfileId, setFormatProfileId] = useState<number | undefined>(undefined);
-  const [monitoringMode, setMonitoringMode] = useState<string>('all');
+  const [monitoringMode, setMonitoringMode] = useState<string>('none');
 
   const createChannel = useCreateChannel();
   const { data: platformSettingsList } = usePlatformSettings();
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export function AddChannelModal({ open, onClose }: AddChannelModalProps) {
     setUrl('');
     setCheckInterval('');
     setFormatProfileId(undefined);
-    setMonitoringMode('all');
+    setMonitoringMode('none');
     createChannel.reset();
   };
 
diff --git a/src/server/routes/channel.ts b/src/server/routes/channel.ts
index 4a55165..4b4a0fc 100644
--- a/src/server/routes/channel.ts
+++ b/src/server/routes/channel.ts
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ export async function channelRoutes(fastify: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> {
 
       // Derive monitoringEnabled from monitoringMode when provided;
       // preserve backward compat when only monitoringEnabled is sent
-      const resolvedMode = monitoringMode ?? 'all';
+      const resolvedMode = monitoringMode ?? 'none';
       const resolvedEnabled = monitoringMode
         ? monitoringMode !== 'none'
-        : (monitoringEnabled ?? true);
+        : (monitoringEnabled ?? false);
 
       request.log.info(
         { resolvedMode, resolvedEnabled, platform: metadata.platform },