refactor(admin): move Needs review recording into its own mixin

_record_scanned_review, _record_review_sync, record_review_file and
_log_review_items move unchanged from py/api/admin.py to
py/api/review_recording.py (ReviewRecordingMixin), keeping admin.py from
growing further past the size ceiling. No behaviour change.

py/api/__init__.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Split into domain-specific mixins for maintainability:
 - AutotagRoutesMixin: auto-tagging model management and tagging
 - JobRoutesMixin: the session job registry behind Activity (py/api/jobs.py)
 - ReviewRoutesMixin: the Needs review queue, item detail and decisions
+- ReviewRecordingMixin: Needs review recording for the scan and the monitor
 """
 
 import asyncio
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ from .library import LibraryRoutesMixin
 from .vocabulary import VocabularyRoutesMixin
 from .annotations import AnnotationRoutesMixin
 from .review import ReviewRoutesMixin
+from .review_recording import ReviewRecordingMixin
 from .saved_views import SavedViewRoutesMixin
 from .history import HistoryRoutesMixin
 from .images import ImageRoutesMixin
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@ class PromptManagerAPI(
     VocabularyRoutesMixin,
     AnnotationRoutesMixin,
     ReviewRoutesMixin,
+    ReviewRecordingMixin,
     SavedViewRoutesMixin,
     HistoryRoutesMixin,
     PromptRoutesMixin,

py/api/admin.py

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ try:
         parse_js_json,
     )
     from ...utils.prompt_pair_resolver import resolve_prompt_pair
-    from ...utils.review_capture import record_ambiguous_file
 except ImportError:
     from database.operations import PromptDatabase
     from database.pair_ingestion import ingest_resolved_pair
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ except ImportError:
         parse_js_json,
     )
     from utils.prompt_pair_resolver import resolve_prompt_pair
-    from utils.review_capture import record_ambiguous_file
 
 
 try:
@@ -1854,61 +1852,6 @@ class AdminRoutesMixin:
             return status
         return {"status": status, "title": self._scan_title(media_file, prompt_text)}
 
-    # ── Needs review items (the scan's and the monitor's ambiguous files) ──
-
-    def _record_scanned_review(self, media_file, roots, review=None):
-        """Record one ambiguous scanned file; a failure is logged and counted."""
-        try:
-            outcome = self._record_review_sync(media_file, roots)
-        except Exception:
-            self.logger.warning(
-                f"{media_file.name} could not be added to Needs review",
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            if review is not None:
-                review["errors"] += 1
-            return
-        if review is not None and outcome in ("recorded", "limited"):
-            review["recorded"] += 1
-
-    def _record_review_sync(self, media_file, roots):
-        """``record_ambiguous_file`` for a file under one of ``roots`` (blocking)."""
-        relative, _label, index = _scan_location(media_file, roots)
-        root = next((r for r, _l, i in roots if i == index), None)
-        if index is None or root is None:
-            return "skipped"
-        return record_ambiguous_file(
-            self.db, self._capture_store(), Path(root), index, relative
-        )
-
-    def record_review_file(self, image_path):
-        """Needs review recording for the live monitor (its worker thread).
-
-        Maps ``image_path`` to the gallery root that lists it (the listing's
-        ``root_index``); a file under no current root is ``skipped``. Errors
-        propagate: the monitor logs them and keeps its link.
-        """
-        full = os.path.abspath(str(image_path))
-        located = Path(os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(full))) / os.path.basename(full)
-        return self._record_review_sync(
-            located, _scan_roots(self._get_all_output_dirs())
-        )
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _log_review_items(job, review):
-        """The scan log's Needs review summary lines (none when nothing moved)."""
-        if review["recorded"]:
-            job.log_line(
-                f"{SCAN_LOG_PREFIXES['review']} "
-                f"{_plural(review['recorded'], 'image')} added to Needs review"
-            )
-        if review["errors"]:
-            job.log_line(
-                f"{SCAN_LOG_PREFIXES['errors']} "
-                f"{_plural(review['errors'], 'image')} could not be added to "
-                "Needs review"
-            )
-
     def _scan_title(self, media_file, text):
         """The linked prompt's Library title (its stored title, else ``text``'s
         first line), as the Library and the inspector name it."""

py/api/review_recording.py

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+"""Needs review recording for the output scan and the live monitor (#249).
+
+The scan hands every file the ingestion resolver finds ambiguous to
+``_record_scanned_review`` (best effort: a failure is logged and counted);
+the monitor calls ``record_review_file`` from its worker thread after its
+fallback link. Both go through ``utils.review_capture.record_ambiguous_file``
+on the API's capture store. Nothing here links a file.
+"""
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from .admin import SCAN_LOG_PREFIXES, _plural, _scan_location, _scan_roots
+
+try:
+    from ...utils.review_capture import record_ambiguous_file
+except ImportError:
+    from utils.review_capture import record_ambiguous_file
+
+
+class ReviewRecordingMixin:
+    """Record the scan's and the monitor's ambiguous files for Needs review."""
+
+    def _record_scanned_review(self, media_file, roots, review=None):
+        """Record one ambiguous scanned file; a failure is logged and counted."""
+        try:
+            outcome = self._record_review_sync(media_file, roots)
+        except Exception:
+            self.logger.warning(
+                f"{media_file.name} could not be added to Needs review",
+                exc_info=True,
+            )
+            if review is not None:
+                review["errors"] += 1
+            return
+        if review is not None and outcome in ("recorded", "limited"):
+            review["recorded"] += 1
+
+    def _record_review_sync(self, media_file, roots):
+        """``record_ambiguous_file`` for a file under one of ``roots`` (blocking)."""
+        relative, _label, index = _scan_location(media_file, roots)
+        root = next((r for r, _l, i in roots if i == index), None)
+        if index is None or root is None:
+            return "skipped"
+        return record_ambiguous_file(
+            self.db, self._capture_store(), Path(root), index, relative
+        )
+
+    def record_review_file(self, image_path):
+        """Needs review recording for the live monitor (its worker thread).
+
+        Maps ``image_path`` to the gallery root that lists it (the listing's
+        ``root_index``); a file under no current root is ``skipped``. Errors
+        propagate: the monitor logs them and keeps its link.
+        """
+        full = os.path.abspath(str(image_path))
+        located = Path(os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(full))) / os.path.basename(full)
+        return self._record_review_sync(
+            located, _scan_roots(self._get_all_output_dirs())
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _log_review_items(job, review):
+        """The scan log's Needs review summary lines (none when nothing moved)."""
+        if review["recorded"]:
+            job.log_line(
+                f"{SCAN_LOG_PREFIXES['review']} "
+                f"{_plural(review['recorded'], 'image')} added to Needs review"
+            )
+        if review["errors"]:
+            job.log_line(
+                f"{SCAN_LOG_PREFIXES['errors']} "
+                f"{_plural(review['errors'], 'image')} could not be added to "
+                "Needs review"
+            )