server.spec.ts

@@ -33,28 +33,26 @@ vi.mock('./angular-app-engine-manifest.mjs', () => ({
 }));
 
 describe('SSR server — server.ts', () => {
-  it('should export a request handler', async () => {
+  it('should route all requests through Angular SSR engine (no spider gate)', async () => {
+    const fs = require('fs');
+    const content = fs.readFileSync('./server.ts', 'utf-8');
+    expect(content).toContain('requestHandler(req, res,');
+    // Should NOT have spider-only SSR gate
+    expect(content).not.toContain('if (!isSpider(userAgent))');
+    expect(content).not.toContain('isSpider');
+  });
+
+  it('should still have serveCsrShell as a fallback for when SSR engine fails', async () => {
+    const fs = require('fs');
+    const content = fs.readFileSync('./server.ts', 'utf-8');
+    expect(content).toContain('serveCsrShell');
+  });
+
+  it('should have request handler export', async () => {
     const mod = await import('./server');
     expect(mod.requestHandler).toBeDefined();
   });
 
-  it('should have spider detection imports and serveCsrShell', async () => {
-    const fs = require('fs');
-    const content = fs.readFileSync('./server.ts', 'utf-8');
-    expect(content).toContain('isSpider');
-    expect(content).toContain('getUserAgent');
-    expect(content).toContain('serveCsrShell');
-    expect(content).toContain('spider_detection');
-  });
-
-  it('should gate SSR behind spider detection', async () => {
-    const fs = require('fs');
-    const content = fs.readFileSync('./server.ts', 'utf-8');
-    // Verify the spider detection gate exists
-    expect(content).toContain("if (!isSpider(userAgent))");
-    expect(content).toContain('serveCsrShell(res)');
-  });
-
   it('should inject fresh station config as window.__STATION_CONFIG', async () => {
     const fs = require('fs');
     const content = fs.readFileSync('./server.ts', 'utf-8');

server.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import * as fs from 'node:fs';
 import * as http from 'node:http';
 import * as https from 'node:https';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
-import { isSpider, getUserAgent } from './spider_detection';
 
 /**
  * Manually import and register the Angular app engine manifest.
@@ -263,17 +262,17 @@ if (isMainModule(import.meta.url)) {
   const server = http.createServer();
   server.on('request', async (req, res) => {
     try {
-      // ── Spider detection gate ──────────────────────────
-      // Only search engine spiders get full SSR rendering.
-      // Regular users receive the CSR app shell from disk,
-      // enhanced with fresh station config injected at runtime.
-      const userAgent = getUserAgent(req.headers);
-      if (!isSpider(userAgent)) {
-        await serveCsrShell(res);
-        return;
-      }
-
-      // Spider — render full HTML via Angular SSR with live API data
+      // ── SSR rendering for all users ────────────────────
+      // Every user — spiders and regular browsers — gets full
+      // Angular SSR rendering. The SSR engine (main.server.ts)
+      // fetches fresh station config from the API via APP_INITIALIZER
+      // before rendering, so the first paint carries real content,
+      // colors, and assets. No CSR shell flash, no blank gap.
+      //
+      // NOTE: The spider-only SSR gate was removed because serving
+      // a CSR shell (empty <app-root>) to regular browsers caused
+      // a visible blank-to-content transition. The SSR engine is
+      // fast enough to handle regular traffic.
       await requestHandler(req, res, () => {
         res.statusCode = 404;
         res.end('Not Found');