diff --git a/Tiltfile b/Tiltfile
index aad992d..252aaba 100644
--- a/Tiltfile
+++ b/Tiltfile
@@ -432,6 +432,13 @@ k8s_resource(
         link('https://game-2048.fp.sbtp.xyz/')
     ]
 )
+k8s_resource(
+    workload='whoami',
+    labels=['frontend'],
+    links=[
+        link('https://whoami.fp.sbtp.xyz/')
+    ]
+)
 k8s_resource(
     workload='postgresql-primary',
     port_forwards=['5432'],
diff --git a/charts/fp/templates/capture.yaml b/charts/fp/templates/capture.yaml
index 9be7df4..85a66e7 100644
--- a/charts/fp/templates/capture.yaml
+++ b/charts/fp/templates/capture.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: postgrest
                   key: automationUserJwt
+            - name: HTTP_PROXY
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: capture
+                  key: httpProxy
             - name: POSTGREST_URL 
               value: "{{ .Values.postgrest.url }}"
             - name: PORT
diff --git a/packages/types/index.d.ts b/packages/types/index.d.ts
index 5f62fdd..7de9d28 100644
--- a/packages/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/types/index.d.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ declare namespace Futureporn {
 
   type PlatformNotificationType = 'email' | 'manual' | 'twitter'
   type ArchiveStatus = 'good' | 'issue' | 'missing'
-  type RecordingState = 'pending' | 'recording' | 'stalled' | 'aborted' | 'failed' | 'finished'
-  type Status = Partial<RecordingState>
+  type RecordingState = 'recording' | 'stalled' | 'aborted' | 'failed' | 'finished'
+  type Status = Partial<'pending_recording' | RecordingState>
 
   interface Stream {
     id: string;
     url: string;
     platform_notification_type: PlatformNotificationType;
+    discord_message_id: string;
     date: Date;
     created_at: Date;
     updated_at: Date;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ declare namespace Futureporn {
     is_fansly_stream: Boolean;
     is_recording_aborted: Boolean;
     status: Status;
+    segments?: Segment[]
   }
 
   interface RecordingRecord {
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ declare namespace Futureporn {
     s3_id: string;
     bytes: number;
     stream?: Stream[];
+    created_at: Date;
+    updated_at: Date;
   }
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/k8s-secrets.sh b/scripts/k8s-secrets.sh
index 8776f7a..65c5a11 100755
--- a/scripts/k8s-secrets.sh
+++ b/scripts/k8s-secrets.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ kubectl --namespace futureporn delete secret capture --ignore-not-found
 kubectl --namespace futureporn create secret generic capture \
 --from-literal=workerConnectionString=${WORKER_CONNECTION_STRING} \
 --from-literal=s3AccessKeyId=${S3_USC_BUCKET_KEY_ID} \
---from-literal=s3SecretAccessKey=${S3_USC_BUCKET_APPLICATION_KEY} 
+--from-literal=s3SecretAccessKey=${S3_USC_BUCKET_APPLICATION_KEY} \
+--from-literal=httpProxy=${HTTP_PROXY}
 
 kubectl --namespace futureporn delete secret mailbox --ignore-not-found
 kubectl --namespace futureporn create secret generic mailbox \
diff --git a/services/bot/crontab b/services/bot/crontab
index b8a176f..b656b85 100644
--- a/services/bot/crontab
+++ b/services/bot/crontab
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 
 ## every n minutes, we see which /records are stale and we mark them as such.
 ## this prevents stalled Record updates by marking stalled recordings as stopped
-* * * * * expire_stream_recordings ?max=1 { idle_minutes:2 }
\ No newline at end of file
+* * * * * update_stream_statuses ?max=1 { stalled_minutes:1 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/bot.ts b/services/bot/src/bot.ts
index 8190158..983bdd6 100644
--- a/services/bot/src/bot.ts
+++ b/services/bot/src/bot.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ bot.transformers.desiredProperties.interaction.token = true
 bot.transformers.desiredProperties.interaction.guildId = true
 bot.transformers.desiredProperties.interaction.member = true
 bot.transformers.desiredProperties.interaction.message = true
+bot.transformers.desiredProperties.interaction.user = true
 
 bot.transformers.desiredProperties.message.activity = true
 bot.transformers.desiredProperties.message.id = true
diff --git a/services/bot/src/collector.ts b/services/bot/src/collector.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd25474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/bot/src/collector.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events'
+import type { Interaction } from '@discordeno/bot'
+
+export class ItemCollector extends EventEmitter {
+  onItem(callback: (item: Interaction) => unknown): void {
+    this.on('item', callback)
+  }
+
+  collect(item: Interaction): void {
+    this.emit('item', item)
+  }
+}
+
+export default ItemCollector
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/commands/cancel.ts b/services/bot/src/commands/cancel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..776f060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/bot/src/commands/cancel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+
+import { ApplicationCommandTypes, type Interaction } from '@discordeno/bot'
+import type { Status } from '@futureporn/types'
+import { createCommand } from '../commands.ts'
+import { bot } from '../bot.ts'
+import { configs } from '../config.ts'
+
+createCommand({
+  name: 'cancel',
+  description: 'Cancel a recording',
+  type: ApplicationCommandTypes.ChatInput,
+  async execute(interaction: Interaction) {
+    bot.logger.info(`cancel command is executing now.`)
+    const message = interaction.message
+    if (!message) return bot.logger.error('interaction.message was missing');
+    if (!message.id) return bot.logger.error(`interaction.message.id was missing`);
+
+    const url = `${configs.postgrestUrl}/streams?discord_message_id=eq.${message.id}`;
+    const options = {
+      method: 'PATCH',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'Accept': 'application/json',
+        'Prefer': 'return=representation',
+        'Authorization': `Bearer ${configs.automationUserJwt}`
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        is_recording_aborted: true,
+        status: 'aborted' as Status
+      })
+    };
+
+    let streamId: string;
+    try {
+      const response = await fetch(url, options);
+
+      bot.logger.info(`response.ok=${response.ok}`)
+      const data: any = await response.json();
+      streamId = data?.at(0).id
+      bot.logger.info(interaction.user);
+      interaction.respond(`<@${interaction.user.id}> cancelled recording on Stream ${streamId}`, { isPrivate: false })
+      bot.logger.info(`Cancel command successfully ran on message.id=${message.id}`)
+
+    } catch (error) {
+      bot.logger.error('error encountered while cancelling job')
+      bot.logger.error(error);
+    }
+
+
+  },
+})
diff --git a/services/bot/src/commands/record.ts b/services/bot/src/commands/record.ts
index fb8694c..8ad1e53 100644
--- a/services/bot/src/commands/record.ts
+++ b/services/bot/src/commands/record.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import {
   type Interaction,
   EmbedsBuilder,
   type InteractionCallbackData,
+  logger,
 } from '@discordeno/bot'
 import { createCommand } from '../commands.ts'
 import { configs } from '../config.ts'
+import type { Stream } from '@futureporn/types'
 
 
 async function createStreamInDatabase(url: string, discordMessageId: string) {
@@ -19,15 +21,16 @@ async function createStreamInDatabase(url: string, discordMessageId: string) {
     method: 'POST',
     headers: {
       'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      'Prefer': 'return=headers-only',
       'Authorization': `Bearer ${configs.automationUserJwt}`,
-      'Prefer': 'return=headers-only'
     },
     body: JSON.stringify(streamPayload)
   })
   if (!res.ok) {
     const status = res.status
     const statusText = res.statusText
-    const msg = `fetch failed to create stream in database. status=${status}, statusText=${statusText}`
+    const body = await res.text()
+    const msg = `failed to create stream in database. status=${status}, statusText=${statusText}, body=${body}`
     console.error(msg)
     throw new Error(msg)
   }
@@ -36,6 +39,47 @@ async function createStreamInDatabase(url: string, discordMessageId: string) {
   return parseInt(id)
 }
 
+async function getUrlFromMessage(interaction: Interaction): Promise<string|null> {
+  const messageId = interaction.message?.id
+
+  const pgRequestUrl = `${configs.postgrestUrl}/streams?discord_message_id=eq.${messageId}`
+  logger.info(`pgRequestUrl=${pgRequestUrl}`)
+  const requestOptions = {
+    method: 'GET',
+    headers: {
+      'Authorization': `Bearer ${configs.automationUserJwt}`,
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      'Prefer': 'return=representation'
+    }
+  }
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch (pgRequestUrl, requestOptions)
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      const body = await res.json()
+      logger.error(body)
+      throw new Error(`Problem during getOptionsMessage. res.status=${res.status}, res.statusText=${res.statusText}`)
+    }
+    const json = await res.json() as Stream[]
+    const stream = json[0]
+    const url = stream?.url
+    if (!url) return null
+    else return url
+  } catch (e) {
+    logger.error(e)
+    throw e
+  }
+  
+
+}
+
+async function getUrlFromData(interaction: Interaction): Promise<string|null> {
+  if (!interaction) throw new Error('interaction arg passed to getOptions was missing');
+  const url = (interaction.data?.options?.find(o => o.name === 'url'))?.value
+  if (!url) return null;
+  return String(url)
+}
+
+
 createCommand({
   name: 'record',
   description: 'Record a livestream.',
@@ -48,43 +92,50 @@ createCommand({
     },
   ],
   async execute(interaction: Interaction) {
+    logger.info('logger.info hello? record command is running now`)')
     await interaction.defer()
 
-    // console.log('interation.data as follows')
-    // console.log(interaction.data)
-    const options = interaction.data?.options
-    if (!options) throw new Error(`interaction options was undefined. it's expected to be an array of options.`);
-    const urlOption = options.find((o) => o.name === 'url')
-    if (!urlOption) throw new Error(`url option was missing from interaction data`);
-    const url = ''+urlOption.value
-    if (!url) throw new Error(`url was missing from interaction data options`);
+    try {
+      // The url can come from one of two places.
+      // interaction.data.options, or interaction.message?.embeds
+      let url
+      url = await getUrlFromData(interaction)
+      logger.info(`getUrlFromData url=${url}`)
+      if (!url) {
+        url = await getUrlFromMessage(interaction)
+        logger.info(`getUrlFromMessage url=${url}`)
+      }
+      
+      logger.info(`url=${url}`)
+      if (!url) throw new Error('Neither the interaction data nor the message embed contained a URL.');
+      
 
-    // respond to the interaction and get a message ID which we will then add to the database Record
-    const embeds = new EmbedsBuilder()
-      .setTitle(`Record ⋅`)
-      .setDescription('Waiting for a worker to start the job.')
-      .setFields([
-        { name: 'Status', value: 'Pending', inline: true },
-        { name: 'Filesize', value: '0 bytes', inline: true},
-        { name: 'URL', value: url, inline: false }
-      ])
-      .setColor('#808080')
-    
-    const response: InteractionCallbackData = { embeds }
-    const message = await interaction.edit(response)
+      // respond to the interaction and get a message ID which we will then add to the database Record
+      const embeds = new EmbedsBuilder()
+        .setTitle(`Stream ⋅`)
+        .setDescription('Waiting for a worker to start the job.')
+        .setFields([
+          { name: 'Status', value: 'Pending', inline: true },
+          { name: 'URL', value: url, inline: true }
+        ])
+        .setColor('#808080')
+      
+      const response: InteractionCallbackData = { embeds }
+      const message = await interaction.edit(response)
 
-    // console.log('deferred, interaction message is as follows')
-    // console.log(message)
-    if (!message?.id) {
-      const msg = `message.id was empty, ruh roh raggy`
-      console.error(msg)
-      throw new Error(msg)
+      if (!message?.id) {
+        const msg = `message.id was empty, ruh roh raggy`
+        console.error(msg)
+        throw new Error(msg)
+      }
+
+      // @todo create stream in db
+      const stream = await createStreamInDatabase(url, message.id.toString())
+      logger.info(stream)
+    } catch (e) {
+      await interaction.edit(`Record failed due to the following error.\n${e}`)
     }
 
-    // @todo create record in db
-    const record = await createStreamInDatabase(url, message.id.toString())
-    // console.log(record)
-
 
   }
 })
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/commands/yeah.ts b/services/bot/src/commands/yeah.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5555aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/bot/src/commands/yeah.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+import { ApplicationCommandTypes, type Interaction } from '@discordeno/bot'
+import { createCommand } from '../commands.ts'
+import { bot } from '../bot.ts'
+
+
+
+createCommand({
+  name: 'yeah',
+  description: 'Yeah! a message',
+  type: ApplicationCommandTypes.ChatInput,
+  async execute(interaction: Interaction) {
+    // interaction.message.id
+    const message = interaction.message
+    if (!message) return bot.logger.error('interaction.message was missing');
+    if (!message.id) return bot.logger.error(`interaction.message.id was missing`);
+    interaction.respond('https://futureporn-b2.b-cdn.net/yeah_nobg.png', { isPrivate: true })
+    bot.logger.info(`Yeah! command successfully ran with message.id=${message.id}`)
+  },
+})
diff --git a/services/bot/src/components/README.md b/services/bot/src/components/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dce41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/bot/src/components/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Handlers for Message Component interactions such as button presses
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/events/interactionCreate.ts b/services/bot/src/events/interactionCreate.ts
index 920e61a..a9227c4 100644
--- a/services/bot/src/events/interactionCreate.ts
+++ b/services/bot/src/events/interactionCreate.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,50 @@
 import { InteractionTypes, commandOptionsParser, type Interaction } from '@discordeno/bot'
 import { bot } from '../bot.ts'
-import { commands } from '../commands.ts'
+import { commands, type Command } from '../commands.ts'
+import ItemCollector from '../collector.ts'
 
-bot.events.interactionCreate = async (interaction: Interaction) => {
-  if (!interaction.data || interaction.type !== InteractionTypes.ApplicationCommand) return
-
-  const command = commands.get(interaction.data.name)
-
-  if (!command) {
-    bot.logger.error(`Command ${interaction.data.name} not found`)
-    return
-  }
+export const collectors = new Set<ItemCollector>()
 
+const execCommand = async function execCommand(command: Command, interaction: Interaction) {
   const options = commandOptionsParser(interaction)
-
+  
   try {
     await command.execute(interaction, options)
   } catch (error) {
     bot.logger.error(`There was an error running the ${command.name} command.`, error)
   }
+}
+
+const handleApplicationCommand = async function handleApplicationCommand (interaction: Interaction) {
+  
+  if (!interaction.data) return
+  const command = commands.get(interaction.data.name)
+  
+  if (!command) {
+    bot.logger.error(`Command ${interaction.data.name} (customId=${interaction.data.customId}) not found`)
+    return
+  }
+
+  execCommand(command, interaction)
+  
+}
+
+const handleMessageComponent = async function handleMessageComponent (interaction: Interaction) {
+  if (!interaction.data) return
+  if (!interaction.data.customId) return
+  const command = commands.get(interaction.data.customId)
+  if (!command) return bot.logger.error(`Command ${interaction.data.customId} not found`);
+  execCommand(command, interaction)
+}
+
+bot.events.interactionCreate = async (interaction: Interaction) => {
+  
+  if (interaction.type === InteractionTypes.ApplicationCommand) {
+    await handleApplicationCommand(interaction)
+  } else if (interaction.type === InteractionTypes.MessageComponent) {
+    await handleMessageComponent(interaction)
+  } else {
+    bot.logger.info(`received interaction of type=${interaction.type}`)
+  }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/old/clientReady.ts b/services/bot/src/old/clientReady.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d15f078..0000000
--- a/services/bot/src/old/clientReady.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import { Client, Events, type Interaction } from 'discord.js';
-
-export default {
-  name: Events.ClientReady,
-  once: true,
-  execute(client: Client) {
-    console.log(`Ready! Logged in as ${client?.user?.tag}`);
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/old/commands-index.ts b/services/bot/src/old/commands-index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8855c9d..0000000
--- a/services/bot/src/old/commands-index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import { type CreateApplicationCommand, type CreateSlashApplicationCommand, type Interaction } from '@discordeno/bot'
-import record from '../commands/record.ts'
-import donger from '../commands/donger.ts'
-
-export const commands = new Map<string, Command>(
-  [
-    record,
-    donger
-  ].map(cmd => [cmd.name, cmd]),
-)
-
-
-export default commands
-
-export interface Command extends CreateSlashApplicationCommand {
-  /** Handler that will be executed when this command is triggered */
-  execute(interaction: Interaction, args: Record<string, any>): Promise<any>
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/old/deployCommands.ts b/services/bot/src/old/deployCommands.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9753f38..0000000
--- a/services/bot/src/old/deployCommands.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import 'dotenv/config';
-import { REST, Routes } from 'discord.js';
-
-if (!process.env.DISCORD_APPLICATION_ID) throw new Error('DISCORD_APPLICATION_ID was undefined in env');
-if (!process.env.DISCORD_GUILD_ID) throw new Error('DISCORD_GUILD_ID was undefined in env');
-if (!process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN) throw new Error('DISCORD_TOKEN was undefined in env');
-
-// Construct and prepare an instance of the REST module
-const rest = new REST({ version: '9' }).setToken(process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN);
-
-export default async function deployCommands(commands: any[]): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    // console.log(`Started refreshing ${commands.length} application (/) commands.`);
-    // and deploy your commands!
-    const data: any = await rest.put(
-      Routes.applicationGuildCommands(process.env.DISCORD_APPLICATION_ID!, process.env.DISCORD_GUILD_ID!),
-      { body: commands },
-    );
-
-    // console.log(`Successfully reloaded ${data.length} application (/) commands.`);
-  } catch (error) {
-    // And of course, make sure you catch and log any errors!
-    console.error(error);
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/old/index.ts b/services/bot/src/old/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bc1866..0000000
--- a/services/bot/src/old/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import type { EventHandlers } from '@discordeno/bot'
-import { event as interactionCreateEvent } from './interactionCreate.ts.old'
-
-export const events = {
-  interactionCreate: interactionCreateEvent,
-} as Partial<EventHandlers>
-
-export default events
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/old/interactionCreate.ts.old b/services/bot/src/old/interactionCreate.ts.old
deleted file mode 100644
index b9ea694..0000000
--- a/services/bot/src/old/interactionCreate.ts.old
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-import { Events, type Interaction, Client, Collection } from 'discord.js';
-import type { WorkerUtils } from 'graphile-worker';
-
-interface ExtendedClient extends Client {
-  commands: Collection<string, any>
-}
-
-export default {
-	name: Events.InteractionCreate,
-  once: false,
-	async execute(interaction: Interaction, workerUtils: WorkerUtils) {
-		// if (!interaction.isChatInputCommand()) return;
-    // console.log(interaction.client)
-    // const command = interaction.client.commands.get(interaction.commandName);
-    if (interaction.isButton()) {
-      console.log(`the interaction is a button type with customId=${interaction.customId}, message.id=${interaction.message.id}, user=${interaction.user.id} (${interaction.user.globalName})`)
-      if (interaction.customId === 'stop') {
-        interaction.reply(`Stopped by @${interaction.user.id}`)
-        workerUtils.addJob('stop_recording', { discordMessageId: interaction.message.id, userId: interaction.user.id }, { maxAttempts: 1 })
-      } else if (interaction.customId === 'retry') {
-        interaction.reply(`Retried by @${interaction.user.id}`)
-        workerUtils.addJob('start_recording', { discordMessageId: interaction.message.id, userId: interaction.user.id }, { maxAttempts: 3 })
-      } else {
-        console.error(`this button's customId=${interaction.customId} did not match one of the known customIds`)
-      }
-
-    } else if (interaction.isChatInputCommand()) {
-      console.log(`the interaction is a ChatInputCommandInteraction with commandName=${interaction.commandName}, user=${interaction.user.id} (${interaction.user.globalName})`)
-      const client = interaction.client as ExtendedClient
-      const command = client.commands.get(interaction.commandName);
-      
-      if (!command) {
-      	console.error(`No command matching ${interaction.commandName} was found.`);
-      	return;
-      }
-
-      command.execute({ interaction, workerUtils })
-    }
-    
-	},
-};
-
-// const { Events } = require('discord.js');
-
-// module.exports = {
-// 	name: Events.ClientReady,
-// 	once: true,
-// 	execute(client) {
-// 		console.log(`Ready! Logged in as ${client.user.tag}`);
-// 	},
-// };
-
-
-
-// client.on(Events.InteractionCreate, interaction => {
-//   if (interaction.isChatInputCommand()) {
-//     const { commandName } = interaction;
-//     console.log(`Received interaction with commandName=${commandName}`)
-//     const cmd = commands.find((c) => c.data.name === commandName)
-//     if (!cmd) {
-//       console.log(`no command handler matches commandName=${commandName}`)
-//       return;
-//     }
-//     cmd.execute({ interaction, workerUtils })
-//   } else {
-//     // probably a ButtonInteraction
-//     console.log(interaction)
-//   }
-// });
-
-
diff --git a/services/bot/src/old/loadCommands.ts b/services/bot/src/old/loadCommands.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 694b20a..0000000
--- a/services/bot/src/old/loadCommands.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import * as path from 'node:path';
-import * as fs from 'node:fs';
-import { dirname } from 'node:path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-
-
-export default async function loadCommands(): Promise<any[]> {
-  const commands: any[] = [];
-  // console.log('Grab all the command folders from the commands directory you created earlier')
-  const foldersPath = path.join(__dirname, 'commands');
-  const commandFolders = fs.readdirSync(foldersPath);
-
-  for (const folder of commandFolders) {
-    const commandsPath = path.join(foldersPath, folder);
-    const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync(commandsPath).filter(file => file.endsWith('.ts') || file.endsWith('.js'));
-    console.log(`commandFiles=${commandFiles}`);
-    // console.log(`Grab the SlashCommandBuilder#toJSON() output of each command's data for deployment`)
-    for (const file of commandFiles) {
-      const filePath = path.join(commandsPath, file);
-      const command = (await import(filePath)).default;
-      // console.log(command)
-      if (command?.data && command?.execute) {
-        commands.push(command);
-      } else {
-        console.log(`[WARNING] The command at ${filePath} is missing a required "data" or "execute" property.`);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return commands;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/old/loadEvents.ts b/services/bot/src/old/loadEvents.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a51985..0000000
--- a/services/bot/src/old/loadEvents.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import * as path from 'node:path';
-import * as fs from 'node:fs';
-import { dirname } from 'node:path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-import type { Client } from 'discord.js';
-import type { WorkerUtils } from 'graphile-worker';
-const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-
-export default async function loadEvents(client: Client, workerUtils: WorkerUtils) {
-  console.log(`loading events`);
-  const eventsPath = path.join(__dirname, 'events');
-  const eventFiles = fs.readdirSync(eventsPath).filter(file => file.endsWith('.ts') || file.endsWith('.js'));
-  console.log(`eventFiles=${eventFiles}`);
-  for (const file of eventFiles) {
-    const filePath = path.join(eventsPath, file);
-    const event = (await import(filePath)).default;
-    if (event.once) {
-      client.once(event.name, (...args) => event.execute(...args, workerUtils));
-    } else {
-      client.on(event.name, (...args) => event.execute(...args, workerUtils));
-    }
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/old/messageReactionAdd.ts b/services/bot/src/old/messageReactionAdd.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7621b45..0000000
--- a/services/bot/src/old/messageReactionAdd.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import { Client, Events, MessageReaction, User, type Interaction } from 'discord.js';
-
-export default {
-  name: Events.MessageReactionAdd,
-  once: false,
-  async execute(reaction: MessageReaction, user: User) {
-    // When a reaction is received, check if the structure is partial
-    if (reaction.partial) {
-      // If the message this reaction belongs to was removed, the fetching might result in an API error which should be handled
-      try {
-        await reaction.fetch();
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.error('Something went wrong when fetching the message:', error);
-        // Return as `reaction.message.author` may be undefined/null
-        return;
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Now the message has been cached and is fully available
-    console.log(`${reaction.message.author}'s message "${reaction.message.content}" gained a reaction!`);
-    // The reaction is now also fully available and the properties will be reflected accurately:
-    console.log(`${reaction.count} user(s) have given the same reaction to this message!`);
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/old/register-commands.ts b/services/bot/src/old/register-commands.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b636f91..0000000
--- a/services/bot/src/old/register-commands.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import 'dotenv/config'
-import { bot } from '../index.js'
-import donger from '../commands/donger.js'
-import record from '../commands/record.js'
-
-const guildId = process.env.DISCORD_GUILD_ID!
-const commands = [
-  donger, 
-  record
-]
-
-await bot.rest.upsertGuildApplicationCommands(guildId, commands)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/old/utilities/donger.ts b/services/bot/src/old/utilities/donger.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e86a524..0000000
--- a/services/bot/src/old/utilities/donger.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-import { type ChatInputCommandInteraction, SlashCommandBuilder, Message } from 'discord.js';
-
-
-const dongers: string[] = [
-    '( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )',
-    '¯\_(ツ)_/¯',
-    '(๑>ᴗ<๑)',
-    '(̿▀̿ ̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿ ̿)',
-    '( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)',
-    '٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶',
-    'ლ(´◉❥◉｀ლ)',
-    '（　ﾟДﾟ）',
-    'ԅ( ͒ ۝ ͒ )ᕤ',
-    '( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡°)',
-    '( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)╭∩╮',
-    '༼ つ ❦౪❦ ༽つ',
-    '( ͡↑ ͜ʖ ͡↑)',
-    '(ভ_ ভ) ރ ／/ ┊ \＼',
-    'ヽ(⌐□益□)ﾉ',
-    '༼ つ ◕‿◕ ༽つ',
-    'ヽ(⚆෴⚆)ﾉ',
-    '(つ .•́ _ʖ •̀.)つ',
-    '༼⌐■ل͟■༽',
-    '┬─┬ノ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°ノ)',
-    '༼⁰o⁰；༽꒳ᵒ꒳ᵎᵎᵎ',
-    '( -_･) ▄︻̷̿┻̿═━一',
-    '【 º ᗜ º 】',
-    'ᕦ(✧╭╮✧)ᕥ',
-    '┗( T﹏T )┛',
-    '(Φ ᆺ Φ)',
-    '(TдT)',
-    '☞(◉▽◉)☞'
-  ];
-  
-
-export default {
-	data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
-		.setName('donger')
-		.setDescription('Replies with a free donger!'),
-	async execute({ interaction }: { interaction: ChatInputCommandInteraction}): Promise<void> {
-		await interaction.reply({
-      content: dongers[Math.floor(Math.random()*dongers.length)]
-    });
-	},
-};
diff --git a/services/bot/src/old/utilities/record.ts b/services/bot/src/old/utilities/record.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0530b49..0000000
--- a/services/bot/src/old/utilities/record.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-
-import type { ExecuteArguments } from '../../index.js';
-
-
-if (!process.env.AUTOMATION_USER_JWT) throw new Error(`AUTOMATION_USER_JWT was missing from env`);
-
-export default {
-	data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
-		.setName('record')
-		.setDescription('Record a livestream.')
-    .addStringOption((option) => 
-      option.setName('url')
-        .setMaxLength(1024)
-        .setDescription('The channel URL to record')
-        .setRequired(true)
-    ),
-	async execute({ interaction, workerUtils }: ExecuteArguments): Promise<void> {
-    const url = interaction.options.getString('url')
-
-    // const row = new ActionRowBuilder<ButtonBuilder>()
-    //   .addComponents(component);
-
-
-		// {
-		// 	content: `Button`,
-		// 	components: [
-		// 		new ActionRowBuilder<MessageActionRowComponentBuilder>().addComponents([
-		// 			new ButtonBuilder()
-		// 				.setCustomId('click/12345')
-		// 				.setLabel('LABEL')
-		// 				.setStyle(ButtonStyle.Primary)
-		// 		])
-		// 	]
-
-    // cols can be 5 high
-    // rows can be 5 wide
-    const statusEmbed = new EmbedBuilder()
-      .setTitle('Pending')
-      .setDescription('Waiting for a worker to accept the job.')
-      .setColor(2326507)
-      
-    const buttonRow = new ActionRowBuilder<MessageActionRowComponentBuilder>()
-      .addComponents([
-        new ButtonBuilder()
-          .setCustomId('stop')
-          .setLabel('Stop Recording')
-          .setEmoji('🛑')
-          .setStyle(ButtonStyle.Danger),
-      ]);
-
-    // const embed = new EmbedBuilder().setTitle('Attachments');
-
-
-    const idk = await interaction.reply({ 
-      content: `/record ${url}`, 
-      embeds: [
-        statusEmbed
-      ],
-      components: [
-        buttonRow
-      ]
-    });
-
-    // console.log('the following is idk, the return value from interaction.reply')
-    // console.log(idk)
-
-    const message = await idk.fetch()
-    const discordMessageId = message.id
-    await workerUtils.addJob('start_recording', { url, discordMessageId }, { maxAttempts: 3 })
-
-	},
-};
-
-
-/**
-{
-  "content": "https://chaturbate.com/projektmelody",
-  "tts": false,
-  "embeds": [
-    {
-      "id": 652627557,
-      "title": "Pending",
-      "description": "Waiting for a worker to accept the job.",
-      "color": 2326507,
-      "fields": []
-    },
-    {
-      "id": 88893690,
-      "title": "Recording",
-      "description": "The stream is being recorded.",
-      "color": 392960,
-      "fields": []
-    },
-    {
-      "id": 118185075,
-      "title": "Aborted",
-      "description": "The recording was stopped by the user.",
-      "color": 8289651,
-      "fields": []
-    },
-    {
-      "id": 954884517,
-      "title": "Ended",
-      "description": "The recording has stopped.",
-      "color": 10855845,
-      "fields": []
-    },
-    {
-      "id": 64407340,
-      "description": "",
-      "fields": [],
-      "image": {
-        "url": "https://futureporn-b2.b-cdn.net/ti8ht9bgwj6k783j7hglfg8j_projektmelody-chaturbate-2024-07-18.png"
-      }
-    }
-  ],
-  "components": [
-    {
-      "id": 300630266,
-      "type": 1,
-      "components": [
-        {
-          "id": 320918638,
-          "type": 2,
-          "style": 4,
-          "label": "Stop Recording",
-          "action_set_id": "407606538",
-          "emoji": {
-            "name": "🛑",
-            "animated": false
-          }
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  ],
-  "actions": {
-    "407606538": {
-      "actions": []
-    }
-  },
-  "username": "@futureporn/capture",
-  "avatar_url": "https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/1081818302344597506/93892e06c2f94c3ef1043732a49856db.webp?size=128"
-}
-*/
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diff --git a/services/bot/src/old/utilities/simEmail.ts b/services/bot/src/old/utilities/simEmail.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 86e1379..0000000
--- a/services/bot/src/old/utilities/simEmail.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { type ChatInputCommandInteraction, SlashCommandBuilder } from 'discord.js';
-
-
-export default {
-	data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
-		.setName('sim-email')
-		.setDescription('Simulate an incoming platform notification e-mail'),
-	async execute(interaction: ChatInputCommandInteraction): Promise<void> {
-
-		await interaction.reply({
-			content: 'testing 123 this is sim-email (simEmail.ts)'
-		});
-	},
-};
diff --git a/services/bot/src/tasks/expire_stream_recordings.ts b/services/bot/src/tasks/expire_stream_recordings.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index dfac5c0..0000000
--- a/services/bot/src/tasks/expire_stream_recordings.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-import type { Task, Helpers } from "graphile-worker"
-import { sub } from 'date-fns'
-import type { RecordingRecord, Stream } from "@futureporn/types"
-import qs from 'qs'
-import fetch from 'node-fetch'
-import { configs } from '../config.ts'
-
-interface Payload {
-  idle_minutes: number;
-}
-
-function assertPayload(payload: any): asserts payload is Payload {
-  if (typeof payload !== "object" || !payload) throw new Error("invalid payload");
-  if (!payload.idle_minutes) throw new Error(`idle_minutes was absent in the payload`);
-  if (typeof payload.idle_minutes !== 'number') throw new Error(`idle_minutes parameter was not a number`);
-}
-
-export const expire_stream_recordings: Task = async function (payload: unknown, helpers: Helpers) {
-  assertPayload(payload)
-  const { idle_minutes } = payload
-  helpers.logger.info(`expire_stream_recordings has begun. Expring 'recording' and 'pending' streams that haven't been updated in ${idle_minutes} minutes.`)
-  
-  const url = 'http://postgrest.futureporn.svc.cluster.local:9000/streams'
-  let streams: Stream[] = []
-
-  try {
-    // 1. identify and update stalled /streams
-    // Any streams that was updated earlier than n minute ago AND is in 'pending_recording' or 'recording' state is marked as stalled.
-    const timestamp = sub(new Date(), { minutes: idle_minutes }).toISOString()
-    const queryOptions = {
-      updated_at: `lt.${timestamp}`,
-      or: '(status.eq.pending_recording,status.eq.recording)'
-    }
-    const updatePayload = {
-      updated_at: new Date().toISOString(),
-      status: 'stalled'
-    }
-    helpers.logger.info(JSON.stringify(updatePayload))
-    const query = qs.stringify(queryOptions)
-    const res = await fetch (`${url}?${query}`, {
-      method: 'PATCH',
-      headers: {
-        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-        'Authorization': `Bearer ${configs.automationUserJwt}`,
-        'Prefer': 'return=headers-only'
-      },
-      body: JSON.stringify(updatePayload)
-    })
-    if (!res.ok) {
-      const body = await res.text()
-      helpers.logger.info(JSON.stringify(res.headers))
-      helpers.logger.error(`Response code was not 200. status=${res.status}, statusText=${res.statusText}`)
-      helpers.logger.error(body)
-      return;
-    }
-
-    const body = await res.text()
-    helpers.logger.info('body as follows')
-    helpers.logger.info(body)
-
-  } catch (e: any) {
-    if (e instanceof Error) {
-      helpers.logger.error(`hi there we encountered an error while fetching /streams`)
-      helpers.logger.error(e.message)
-    } else {
-      helpers.logger.error(e)
-    }
-
-  }
-}
-
-export default expire_stream_recordings
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/tasks/update_discord_message.ts b/services/bot/src/tasks/update_discord_message.ts
index 012e53e..77407dc 100644
--- a/services/bot/src/tasks/update_discord_message.ts
+++ b/services/bot/src/tasks/update_discord_message.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'dotenv/config'
-import type { Status } from '@futureporn/types'
+import type { Status, Stream, Segment } from '@futureporn/types'
 import { type Task, type Helpers } from 'graphile-worker'
-import { add } from 'date-fns'
+import { intervalToDuration, formatDuration, isBefore, sub, max } from 'date-fns'
 import prettyBytes from 'pretty-bytes'
 import { 
   EmbedsBuilder, 
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ import {
   type ActionRow, 
   MessageComponentTypes, 
   type ButtonComponent, 
-  type InputTextComponent, 
   type EditMessage,
-  type Message,
-  type Embed
 } from '@discordeno/bot'
 import { bot } from '../bot.ts'
 import { configs } from '../config.ts'
 
+const yeahEmojiId = BigInt('1253191939461873756')
+
+
 interface Payload {
   stream_id: number;
 }
@@ -31,25 +31,17 @@ function assertPayload(payload: any): asserts payload is Payload {
 
 
 
-async function editDiscordMessage({ helpers, streamStatus, discordMessageId, url, fileSize, streamId }: { streamId: number, fileSize: number, url: string, helpers: Helpers, streamStatus: Status, discordMessageId: string }) {
+async function editDiscordMessage({ helpers, stream }: { stream: Stream, helpers: Helpers }) {
   
+  const discordMessageId = stream.discord_message_id
   if (!discordMessageId) throw new Error(`discordMessageId was missing!`);
   if (typeof discordMessageId !== 'string') throw new Error(`discordMessageId was not a string!`);
-
-  // const { captureJobId } = job.data
-  helpers.logger.info(`editDiscordMessage has begun with discordMessageId=${discordMessageId}, streamStatus=${streamStatus}`)
-  
-  
-  // const guild = await bot.cache.guilds.get(BigInt(configs.discordGuildId))
-  // const channel = guild?.channels.get(BigInt(configs.discordChannelId))
-  
-  // // const channel = await bot.cache.channels.get()
-  // console.log('channel as follows')
-  // console.log(channel)
   
   const channelId = BigInt(configs.discordChannelId)
+  
   const updatedMessage: EditMessage = {
-    embeds: getStatusEmbed({ streamStatus, fileSize, streamId, url }),
+    embeds: getEmbeds(stream),
+    components: getButtonRow(stream.status)
   }
   bot.helpers.editMessage(channelId, discordMessageId, updatedMessage)
 
@@ -59,7 +51,7 @@ async function editDiscordMessage({ helpers, streamStatus, discordMessageId, url
 
 
 async function getStreamFromDatabase(streamId: number) {
-  const res = await fetch(`${process.env.POSTGREST_URL}/streams?select=*,segment:segments(*)&id=eq.${streamId}`)
+  const res = await fetch(`${process.env.POSTGREST_URL}/streams?select=*,segments(*)&id=eq.${streamId}`)
   if (!res.ok) {
     throw new Error(`failed fetching stream ${streamId}. status=${res.status}, statusText=${res.statusText}`)
   }
@@ -74,7 +66,6 @@ async function getStreamFromDatabase(streamId: number) {
  * the most up-to-date status information from the database
  * 
  * Sometimes the update is changing the state, one of Pending|Recording|Aborted|Ended.
- * Sometimes the update is updating the Filesize of the recording in-progress
  * Sometimes the update is adding a thumbnail image to the message
  */
 export const update_discord_message: Task = async function (payload, helpers: Helpers) {
@@ -82,113 +73,120 @@ export const update_discord_message: Task = async function (payload, helpers: He
     assertPayload(payload)
     const { stream_id } = payload
     const streamId = stream_id
-    helpers.logger.info(`update_discord_message() with streamId=${streamId}`)
+    
     const stream = await getStreamFromDatabase(streamId)
-    const { discord_message_id, status, file_size, url } = stream
-    const streamStatus = status
-    const discordMessageId = discord_message_id
-    const fileSize = file_size
-    editDiscordMessage({ helpers, streamStatus, discordMessageId, url, fileSize, streamId })
-    // schedule the next update 10s from now, but only if the recording is still happening
-    if (streamStatus !== 'ended') {
-      const runAt = add(new Date(), { seconds: 10 })
-      const streamId = stream.id
-      await helpers.addJob('update_discord_message', { streamId }, { jobKey: `stream_${streamId}_update_discord_message`, maxAttempts: 3, runAt })
-    }
+    // helpers.logger.info(`update_discord_message with streamId=${streamId}. stream=${JSON.stringify(stream)}`)
+    editDiscordMessage({ helpers, stream })
   } catch (e) {
     helpers.logger.error(`caught an error during update_discord_message. e=${e}`)
   }
 }
 
 
-function getStatusEmbed({
-  streamStatus, streamId, fileSize, url
-}: { fileSize: number, streamStatus: Status, streamId: number, url: string }) {
+
+function getEmbeds(stream: Stream) {
+  const streamId = stream.id
+  const url = stream.url
+  const segments = stream?.segments
+  const status = stream.status
   const embeds = new EmbedsBuilder()
     .setTitle(`Stream ${streamId}`)
     .setFields([
-      { name: 'Status', value: streamStatus.charAt(0).toUpperCase()+streamStatus.slice(1), inline: true },
-      { name: 'Filesize', value: prettyBytes(fileSize), inline: true },
+      { name: 'Status', value: status.charAt(0).toUpperCase()+status.slice(1), inline: true },
+      // { name: 'Filesize', value: prettyBytes(fileSize), inline: true }, // filesize isn't on stream. filesize is on segment. keeping for reference. @todo
       { name: 'URL', value: url, inline: false },
     ])
-  if (streamStatus === 'pending') {
+  if (status === 'pending_recording') {
     embeds
       .setDescription("Waiting for a worker to accept the job.")
       .setColor(2326507)
-  } else if (streamStatus === 'recording') {
+  } else if (status === 'recording') {
     embeds
       .setDescription('The stream is being recorded.')
       .setColor(392960)
-  } else if (streamStatus === 'aborted') {
+  } else if (status === 'aborted') {
     embeds
       .setDescription("The recording was stopped by the user.")
       .setColor(8289651)
-  } else if (streamStatus === 'finished') {
+  } else if (status === 'finished') {
     embeds
       .setDescription("The recording has ended nominally.")
       .setColor(10855845)
-  } else if (streamStatus === 'failed') {
+  } else if (status === 'failed') {
     embeds
       .setDescription("The recording has ended abnorminally.")
       .setColor(8289651)
-  } else if (streamStatus === 'stalled') {
+  } else if (status === 'stalled') {
     embeds
     .setDescription("We have not received a progress update in the past two minutes.")
     .setColor(8289651)
   } else {
     embeds
-      .setDescription(`The recording is in an unknown state? (streamStatus=${streamStatus} this is a bug.)`)
+      .setDescription(`The recording is in an unknown state? (streamStatus=${status} this is a bug.)`)
       .setColor(10855845)
   }
+
+  // Add an Embed for each segment
+  if (segments) {
+    const getDuration = (s: Segment) => formatDuration(intervalToDuration({ start: s.created_at, end: s.updated_at }))
+    embeds.newEmbed()
+      .setTitle(`Recording Segments`)
+      .setFields(segments.map((s, i) => (
+        { 
+          name: `Segment ${i+1}`, 
+          value: `${getDuration(s)} (${prettyBytes(s.bytes)})`,
+          inline: false
+        }
+      )))
+  }
   return embeds
 }
 
 
 
-function getButtonRow(streamStatus: Status): ActionRow {
+function getButtonRow(streamStatus: Status): ActionRow[] {
   const components: ButtonComponent[] = []
   
-  if (streamStatus === 'pending' || streamStatus === 'recording') {
-    const stopButton: ButtonComponent = {
-      type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
-      customId: 'stop',
-      label: 'Cancel',
-      style: ButtonStyles.Danger
-    }
-    components.push(stopButton)
+  const yeahButton: ButtonComponent = {
+    type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
+    customId: 'yeah',
+    label: "Yeah!",
+    emoji: {
+      id: yeahEmojiId
+    },
+    style: ButtonStyles.Success
+  }
+  const processButton: ButtonComponent = {
+    type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
+    customId: 'process',
+    label: 'Process Recording',
+    style: ButtonStyles.Success
+  }
+  const cancelButton: ButtonComponent = {
+    type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
+    customId: 'cancel',
+    label: 'Cancel',
+    style: ButtonStyles.Danger
+  }
+
+  const retryButton: ButtonComponent = {
+    type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
+    customId: 'record',
+    label:  'Retry Recording',
+    style: ButtonStyles.Secondary
+  }
+
+
+  if (streamStatus === 'pending_recording' || streamStatus === 'recording') {
+    components.push(cancelButton)
+    components.push(processButton) // @todo this is only for testing. normally the process button is hidden until recording completes.
+    components.push(yeahButton) // @todo this is only for testing. normally the process button is hidden until recording completes.
   } else if (streamStatus === 'aborted') {
-    const retryButton: ButtonComponent = {
-      type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
-      customId: 'retry',
-      label:  'Retry Recording',
-      emoji: {
-        name: 'retry'
-      },
-      style: ButtonStyles.Secondary
-    }
     components.push(retryButton)
   } else if (streamStatus === 'finished') {
-    const downloadButton: ButtonComponent = {
-      type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
-      customId: 'download',
-      label: 'Download Recording',
-      emoji: {
-        id: BigInt('1253191939461873756')
-      },
-      style: ButtonStyles.Success
-    }
-    components.push(downloadButton)
+    components.push(processButton)
   } else {
-    const unknownButton: ButtonComponent = {
-      type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
-      customId: 'unknown',
-      label: 'Unknown Status',
-      emoji: {
-        name: 'thinking'
-      },
-      style: ButtonStyles.Primary
-    }
-    components.push(unknownButton)
+    components.push(retryButton)
   }
   
 
@@ -197,7 +195,7 @@ function getButtonRow(streamStatus: Status): ActionRow {
     components: components as [ButtonComponent]
   }
 
-  return actionRow
+  return [actionRow]
 }
 
 
diff --git a/services/bot/src/tasks/update_stream_statuses.ts b/services/bot/src/tasks/update_stream_statuses.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f8c66c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/bot/src/tasks/update_stream_statuses.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import type { Task, Helpers } from "graphile-worker"
+import { sub } from 'date-fns'
+import type { Status } from "@futureporn/types"
+import qs from 'qs'
+import fetch from 'node-fetch'
+import { configs } from '../config.ts'
+
+interface Payload {
+  stalled_minutes: number;
+}
+
+function assertPayload(payload: any): asserts payload is Payload {
+  if (typeof payload !== "object" || !payload) throw new Error("invalid payload");
+  if (!payload.stalled_minutes) throw new Error(`stalled_minutes was absent in the payload`);
+  if (typeof payload.stalled_minutes !== 'number') throw new Error(`stalled_minutes parameter was not a number`);
+}
+
+async function updateStalledStreams({ 
+  helpers, 
+  stalled_minutes,
+  url
+}: {
+  helpers: Helpers, 
+  stalled_minutes: number,
+  url: string
+}) {
+
+    // 1. identify and update stalled /streams
+    // Any streams that was updated earlier than n minute ago AND is in 'pending_recording' or 'recording' state is marked as stalled.
+    const timestamp = sub(new Date(), { minutes: stalled_minutes }).toISOString()
+    const queryOptions = {
+      updated_at: `lt.${timestamp}`,
+      or: '(status.eq.pending_recording,status.eq.recording)'
+    }
+    const updatePayload = {
+      updated_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+      status: 'stalled' as Status
+    }
+    // helpers.logger.info(JSON.stringify(updatePayload))
+    const query = qs.stringify(queryOptions)
+    const res = await fetch (`${url}?${query}`, {
+      method: 'PATCH',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'Authorization': `Bearer ${configs.automationUserJwt}`,
+        'Prefer': 'return=headers-only'
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify(updatePayload)
+    })
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      const body = await res.text()
+      helpers.logger.info(JSON.stringify(res.headers))
+      helpers.logger.error(`Response code was not 200. status=${res.status}, statusText=${res.statusText}`)
+      helpers.logger.error(body)
+      return;
+    }
+
+}
+
+async function updateRecordingStreams({ 
+  helpers, 
+  url
+}: {
+  helpers: Helpers, 
+  url: string
+}) {
+
+    // identify and update recording /streams
+    // Any streams that has a segment that was updated within the past 1 minutes is considered recording
+    const timestamp = sub(new Date(), { minutes: 1 }).toISOString()
+    const queryOptions = {
+      select: 'status,id,segments!inner(updated_at)',
+      'segments.updated_at': `lt.${timestamp}`,
+      or: '(status.eq.pending_recording,status.eq.recording)',
+    }
+    const updatePayload = {
+      status: 'recording'
+    }
+    // helpers.logger.info(JSON.stringify(updatePayload))
+    const query = qs.stringify(queryOptions)
+    const options = {
+      method: 'PATCH',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'Authorization': `Bearer ${configs.automationUserJwt}`,
+        'Prefer': 'return=headers-only'
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify(updatePayload)
+    }
+    const res = await fetch (`${url}?${query}`, options)
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      const body = await res.text()
+      helpers.logger.info(JSON.stringify(res.headers))
+      helpers.logger.error(`Response code was not 200. status=${res.status}, statusText=${res.statusText}`)
+      helpers.logger.error(body)
+      return;
+    }
+
+}
+
+export const update_stream_statuses: Task = async function (payload: unknown, helpers: Helpers) {
+  assertPayload(payload)
+  const { stalled_minutes } = payload
+  // helpers.logger.info(`update_stream_statuses has begun.`)
+  
+  const url = 'http://postgrest.futureporn.svc.cluster.local:9000/streams'
+
+  try {
+    // await updateStalledStreams({ helpers, url, stalled_minutes })
+    await updateRecordingStreams({ helpers, url })
+
+  } catch (e: any) {
+    if (e instanceof Error) {
+      helpers.logger.error(`hi there we encountered an error while fetching /streams`)
+      helpers.logger.error(e.message)
+    } else {
+      helpers.logger.error(e)
+    }
+
+  }
+}
+
+export default update_stream_statuses
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/capture/package.json b/services/capture/package.json
index b72df9a..da74a27 100644
--- a/services/capture/package.json
+++ b/services/capture/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "@types/mocha": "^10.0.7",
     "@types/qs": "^6.9.15",
     "date-fns": "^3.6.0",
+    "discord.js": "^14.15.3",
     "diskusage": "^1.2.0",
     "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "execa": "^6.1.0",
diff --git a/services/capture/pnpm-lock.yaml b/services/capture/pnpm-lock.yaml
index cad0018..8786e41 100644
--- a/services/capture/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/services/capture/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ importers:
       date-fns:
         specifier: ^3.6.0
         version: 3.6.0
+      discord.js:
+        specifier: ^14.15.3
+        version: 14.15.3
       diskusage:
         specifier: ^1.2.0
         version: 1.2.0
@@ -391,6 +394,34 @@ packages:
   '@dabh/diagnostics@2.0.3':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-hrlQOIi7hAfzsMqlGSFyVucrx38O+j6wiGOf//H2ecvIEqYN4ADBSS2iLMh5UFyDunCNniUIPk/q3riFv45xRA==}
 
+  '@discordjs/builders@1.8.2':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-6wvG3QaCjtMu0xnle4SoOIeFB4y6fKMN6WZfy3BMKJdQQtPLik8KGzDwBVL/+wTtcE/ZlFjgEk74GublyEVZ7g==}
+    engines: {node: '>=16.11.0'}
+
+  '@discordjs/collection@1.5.3':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-SVb428OMd3WO1paV3rm6tSjM4wC+Kecaa1EUGX7vc6/fddvw/6lg90z4QtCqm21zvVe92vMMDt9+DkIvjXImQQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=16.11.0'}
+
+  '@discordjs/collection@2.1.0':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-mLcTACtXUuVgutoznkh6hS3UFqYirDYAg5Dc1m8xn6OvPjetnUlf/xjtqnnc47OwWdaoCQnHmHh9KofhD6uRqw==}
+    engines: {node: '>=18'}
+
+  '@discordjs/formatters@0.4.0':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-fJ06TLC1NiruF35470q3Nr1bi95BdvKFAF+T5bNfZJ4bNdqZ3VZ+Ttg6SThqTxm6qumSG3choxLBHMC69WXNXQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=16.11.0'}
+
+  '@discordjs/rest@2.3.0':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-C1kAJK8aSYRv3ZwMG8cvrrW4GN0g5eMdP8AuN8ODH5DyOCbHgJspze1my3xHOAgwLJdKUbWNVyAeJ9cEdduqIg==}
+    engines: {node: '>=16.11.0'}
+
+  '@discordjs/util@1.1.0':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-IndcI5hzlNZ7GS96RV3Xw1R2kaDuXEp7tRIy/KlhidpN/BQ1qh1NZt3377dMLTa44xDUNKT7hnXkA/oUAzD/lg==}
+    engines: {node: '>=16.11.0'}
+
+  '@discordjs/ws@1.1.1':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-PZ+vLpxGCRtmr2RMkqh8Zp+BenUaJqlS6xhgWKEZcgC/vfHLEzpHtKkB0sl3nZWpwtcKk6YWy+pU3okL2I97FA==}
+    engines: {node: '>=16.11.0'}
+
   '@esbuild/aix-ppc64@0.21.5':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-1SDgH6ZSPTlggy1yI6+Dbkiz8xzpHJEVAlF/AM1tHPLsf5STom9rwtjE4hKAF20FfXXNTFqEYXyJNWh1GiZedQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=12'}
@@ -819,6 +850,18 @@ packages:
     cpu: [x64]
     os: [win32]
 
+  '@sapphire/async-queue@1.5.3':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-x7zadcfJGxFka1Q3f8gCts1F0xMwCKbZweM85xECGI0hBTeIZJGGCrHgLggihBoprlQ/hBmDR5LKfIPqnmHM3w==}
+    engines: {node: '>=v14.0.0', npm: '>=7.0.0'}
+
+  '@sapphire/shapeshift@3.9.7':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-4It2mxPSr4OGn4HSQWGmhFMsNFGfFVhWeRPCRwbH972Ek2pzfGRZtb0pJ4Ze6oIzcyh2jw7nUDa6qGlWofgd9g==}
+    engines: {node: '>=v16'}
+
+  '@sapphire/snowflake@3.5.3':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-jjmJywLAFoWeBi1W7994zZyiNWPIiqRRNAmSERxyg93xRGzNYvGjlZ0gR6x0F4gPRi2+0O6S71kOZYyr3cxaIQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=v14.0.0', npm: '>=7.0.0'}
+
   '@sinonjs/commons@2.0.0':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-uLa0j859mMrg2slwQYdO/AkrOfmH+X6LTVmNTS9CqexuE2IvVORIkSpJLqePAbEnKJ77aMmCwr1NUZ57120Xcg==}
 
@@ -1106,6 +1149,13 @@ packages:
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+  '@types/ws@8.5.12':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-3tPRkv1EtkDpzlgyKyI8pGsGZAGPEaXeu0DOj5DI25Ja91bdAYddYHbADRYVrZMRbfW+1l5YwXVDKohDJNQxkQ==}
+
+  '@vladfrangu/async_event_emitter@2.4.5':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-J7T3gUr3Wz0l7Ni1f9upgBZ7+J22/Q1B7dl0X6fG+fTsD+H+31DIosMHj4Um1dWQwqbcQ3oQf+YS2foYkDc9cQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=v14.0.0', npm: '>=7.0.0'}
+
   abort-controller@3.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-h8lQ8tacZYnR3vNQTgibj+tODHI5/+l06Au2Pcriv/Gmet0eaj4TwWH41sO9wnHDiQsEj19q0drzdWdeAHtweg==}
     engines: {node: '>=6.5'}
@@ -1484,6 +1534,13 @@ packages:
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     engines: {node: '>=8'}
 
+  discord-api-types@0.37.83:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-urGGYeWtWNYMKnYlZnOnDHm8fVRffQs3U0SpE8RHeiuLKb/u92APS8HoQnPTFbnXmY1vVnXjXO4dOxcAn3J+DA==}
+
+  discord.js@14.15.3:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-/UJDQO10VuU6wQPglA4kz2bw2ngeeSbogiIPx/TsnctfzV/tNf+q+i1HlgtX1OGpeOBpJH9erZQNO5oRM2uAtQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=16.11.0'}
+
   diskusage@1.2.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-2u3OG3xuf5MFyzc4MctNRUKjjwK+UkovRYdD2ed/NZNZPrt0lqHnLKxGhlFVvAb4/oufIgQG3nWgwmeTbHOvXA==}
 
@@ -2051,12 +2108,18 @@ packages:
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     resolution: {integrity: sha512-chi4NHZlZqZD18a0imDHnZPrDeBbTtVN7GXMwuGdRH9qotxAjYs3aVLKc7zNOG9eddR5Ksd8rvFEBc9SsggPpg==}
 
+  lodash.snakecase@4.1.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-QZ1d4xoBHYUeuouhEq3lk3Uq7ldgyFXGBhg04+oRLnIz8o9T65Eh+8YdroUwn846zchkA9yDsDl5CVVaV2nqYw==}
+
   lodash.sortby@4.7.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-HDWXG8isMntAyRF5vZ7xKuEvOhT4AhlRt/3czTSjvGUxjYCBVRQY48ViDHyfYz9VIoBkW4TMGQNapx+l3RUwdA==}
 
   lodash@4.1.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-B9sgtKUlz0xe7lkYb80BcOpwwJJw5iOiz4HkBDzF0+i5nJLiwfBnL08m7bBkCOPBfi+0aqvrJDMdZDfAvs8vYg==}
 
+  lodash@4.17.21:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-v2kDEe57lecTulaDIuNTPy3Ry4gLGJ6Z1O3vE1krgXZNrsQ+LFTGHVxVjcXPs17LhbZVGedAJv8XZ1tvj5FvSg==}
+
   log-symbols@4.1.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-8XPvpAA8uyhfteu8pIvQxpJZ7SYYdpUivZpGy6sFsBuKRY/7rQGavedeB8aK+Zkyq6upMFVL/9AW6vOYzfRyLg==}
     engines: {node: '>=10'}
@@ -2075,6 +2138,9 @@ packages:
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     engines: {node: '>=12'}
 
+  magic-bytes.js@1.10.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-/k20Lg2q8LE5xiaaSkMXk4sfvI+9EGEykFS4b0CHHGWqDYU0bGUFSwchNOMA56D7TCs9GwVTkqe9als1/ns8UQ==}
+
   make-error@1.3.6:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-s8UhlNe7vPKomQhC1qFelMokr/Sc3AgNbso3n74mVPA5LTZwkB9NlXf4XPamLxJE8h0gh73rM94xvwRT2CVInw==}
 
@@ -2777,6 +2843,9 @@ packages:
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     resolution: {integrity: sha512-Y/arvbn+rrz3JCKl9C4kVNfTfSm2/mEp5FSz5EsZSANGPSlQrpRI5M4PKF+mJnE52jOO90PnPSc3Ur3bTQw0gA==}
 
+  ts-mixer@6.0.4:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-ufKpbmrugz5Aou4wcr5Wc1UUFWOLhq+Fm6qa6P0w0K5Qw2yhaUoiWszhCVuNQyNwrlGiscHOmqYoAox1PtvgjA==}
+
   ts-node@10.9.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-f0FFpIdcHgn8zcPSbf1dRevwt047YMnaiJM3u2w2RewrB+fob/zePZcrOyQoLMMO7aBIddLcQIEK5dYjkLnGrQ==}
     hasBin: true
@@ -2791,6 +2860,9 @@ packages:
       '@swc/wasm':
         optional: true
 
+  tslib@2.6.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-AEYxH93jGFPn/a2iVAwW87VuUIkR1FVUKB77NwMF7nBTDkDrrT/Hpt/IrCJ0QXhW27jTBDcf5ZY7w6RiqTMw2Q==}
+
   tslib@2.6.3:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-xNvxJEOUiWPGhUuUdQgAJPKOOJfGnIyKySOc09XkKsgdUV/3E2zvwZYdejjmRgPCgcym1juLH3226yA7sEFJKQ==}
 
@@ -2867,6 +2939,10 @@ packages:
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+  undici@6.13.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-Q2rtqmZWrbP8nePMq7mOJIN98M0fYvSgV89vwl/BQRT4mDOeY2GXZngfGpcBBhtky3woM7G24wZV3Q304Bv6cw==}
+    engines: {node: '>=18.0'}
+
   universalify@0.2.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-CJ1QgKmNg3CwvAv/kOFmtnEN05f0D/cn9QntgNOQlQF9dgvVTHj3t+8JPdjqawCHk7V/KA+fbUqzZ9XWhcqPUg==}
     engines: {node: '>= 4.0.0'}
@@ -2950,6 +3026,18 @@ packages:
   wrappy@1.0.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-l4Sp/DRseor9wL6EvV2+TuQn63dMkPjZ/sp9XkghTEbV9KlPS1xUsZ3u7/IQO4wxtcFB4bgpQPRcR3QCvezPcQ==}
 
+  ws@8.18.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-8VbfWfHLbbwu3+N6OKsOMpBdT4kXPDDB9cJk2bJ6mh9ucxdlnNvH1e+roYkKmN9Nxw2yjz7VzeO9oOz2zJ04Pw==}
+    engines: {node: '>=10.0.0'}
+    peerDependencies:
+      bufferutil: ^4.0.1
+      utf-8-validate: '>=5.0.2'
+    peerDependenciesMeta:
+      bufferutil:
+        optional: true
+      utf-8-validate:
+        optional: true
+
   xml2js@0.6.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-T4rieHaC1EXcES0Kxxj4JWgaUQHDk+qwHcYOCFHfiwKz7tOVPLq7Hjq9dM1WCMhylqMEfP7hMcOIChvotiZegA==}
     engines: {node: '>=4.0.0'}
@@ -3533,6 +3621,53 @@ snapshots:
       enabled: 2.0.0
       kuler: 2.0.0
 
+  '@discordjs/builders@1.8.2':
+    dependencies:
+      '@discordjs/formatters': 0.4.0
+      '@discordjs/util': 1.1.0
+      '@sapphire/shapeshift': 3.9.7
+      discord-api-types: 0.37.83
+      fast-deep-equal: 3.1.3
+      ts-mixer: 6.0.4
+      tslib: 2.6.3
+
+  '@discordjs/collection@1.5.3': {}
+
+  '@discordjs/collection@2.1.0': {}
+
+  '@discordjs/formatters@0.4.0':
+    dependencies:
+      discord-api-types: 0.37.83
+
+  '@discordjs/rest@2.3.0':
+    dependencies:
+      '@discordjs/collection': 2.1.0
+      '@discordjs/util': 1.1.0
+      '@sapphire/async-queue': 1.5.3
+      '@sapphire/snowflake': 3.5.3
+      '@vladfrangu/async_event_emitter': 2.4.5
+      discord-api-types: 0.37.83
+      magic-bytes.js: 1.10.0
+      tslib: 2.6.3
+      undici: 6.13.0
+
+  '@discordjs/util@1.1.0': {}
+
+  '@discordjs/ws@1.1.1':
+    dependencies:
+      '@discordjs/collection': 2.1.0
+      '@discordjs/rest': 2.3.0
+      '@discordjs/util': 1.1.0
+      '@sapphire/async-queue': 1.5.3
+      '@types/ws': 8.5.12
+      '@vladfrangu/async_event_emitter': 2.4.5
+      discord-api-types: 0.37.83
+      tslib: 2.6.3
+      ws: 8.18.0
+    transitivePeerDependencies:
+      - bufferutil
+      - utf-8-validate
+
   '@esbuild/aix-ppc64@0.21.5':
     optional: true
 
@@ -3794,6 +3929,15 @@ snapshots:
   '@rollup/rollup-win32-x64-msvc@4.19.1':
     optional: true
 
+  '@sapphire/async-queue@1.5.3': {}
+
+  '@sapphire/shapeshift@3.9.7':
+    dependencies:
+      fast-deep-equal: 3.1.3
+      lodash: 4.17.21
+
+  '@sapphire/snowflake@3.5.3': {}
+
   '@sinonjs/commons@2.0.0':
     dependencies:
       type-detect: 4.0.8
@@ -4212,6 +4356,12 @@ snapshots:
 
   '@types/triple-beam@1.3.5': {}
 
+  '@types/ws@8.5.12':
+    dependencies:
+      '@types/node': 20.14.13
+
+  '@vladfrangu/async_event_emitter@2.4.5': {}
+
   abort-controller@3.0.0:
     dependencies:
       event-target-shim: 5.0.1
@@ -4610,6 +4760,26 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       path-type: 4.0.0
 
+  discord-api-types@0.37.83: {}
+
+  discord.js@14.15.3:
+    dependencies:
+      '@discordjs/builders': 1.8.2
+      '@discordjs/collection': 1.5.3
+      '@discordjs/formatters': 0.4.0
+      '@discordjs/rest': 2.3.0
+      '@discordjs/util': 1.1.0
+      '@discordjs/ws': 1.1.1
+      '@sapphire/snowflake': 3.5.3
+      discord-api-types: 0.37.83
+      fast-deep-equal: 3.1.3
+      lodash.snakecase: 4.1.1
+      tslib: 2.6.2
+      undici: 6.13.0
+    transitivePeerDependencies:
+      - bufferutil
+      - utf-8-validate
+
   diskusage@1.2.0:
     dependencies:
       es6-promise: 4.2.8
@@ -5289,10 +5459,14 @@ snapshots:
 
   lodash.isarguments@3.1.0: {}
 
+  lodash.snakecase@4.1.1: {}
+
   lodash.sortby@4.7.0: {}
 
   lodash@4.1.0: {}
 
+  lodash@4.17.21: {}
+
   log-symbols@4.1.0:
     dependencies:
       chalk: 4.1.2
@@ -5315,6 +5489,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   luxon@3.4.4: {}
 
+  magic-bytes.js@1.10.0: {}
+
   make-error@1.3.6: {}
 
   merge-stream@2.0.0: {}
@@ -6051,6 +6227,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   ts-interface-checker@0.1.13: {}
 
+  ts-mixer@6.0.4: {}
+
   ts-node@10.9.2(@types/node@20.14.13)(typescript@5.5.4):
     dependencies:
       '@cspotcode/source-map-support': 0.8.1
@@ -6069,6 +6247,8 @@ snapshots:
       v8-compile-cache-lib: 3.0.1
       yn: 3.1.1
 
+  tslib@2.6.2: {}
+
   tslib@2.6.3: {}
 
   tsup@8.2.3(tsx@4.16.2)(typescript@5.5.4):
@@ -6168,6 +6348,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   undici-types@5.26.5: {}
 
+  undici@6.13.0: {}
+
   universalify@0.2.0: {}
 
   url-parse@1.5.10:
@@ -6274,6 +6456,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   wrappy@1.0.2: {}
 
+  ws@8.18.0: {}
+
   xml2js@0.6.2:
     dependencies:
       sax: 1.2.1
diff --git a/services/capture/src/Record.ts b/services/capture/src/Record.ts
index 1c87aa1..f1ba5a3 100644
--- a/services/capture/src/Record.ts
+++ b/services/capture/src/Record.ts
@@ -151,14 +151,15 @@ export default class Record {
       console.log('parallelUploads3 is complete.')
   
     } catch (e) {
+      // if we got an abort error, e.name is not AbortError as expected. Instead, e.name is Error.
+      // so in order to catch AbortError, we don't even look there. instead, we check if our abortcontroller was aborted.
+      // in other words, `(e.name === 'AbortError')` will never be true.
+      if (this.abortSignal.aborted) return;
+
       if (e instanceof Error) {
-        if (e.name === 'AbortError') {
-          console.error(`We got an error, AbortError which is something we know how to handle. we will NOT throw and instead return gracefully.`)
-          return
-        } else {
-          console.error(`We were uploading a file to S3 but then we encountered an error! ${JSON.stringify(e, null, 2)}`)
-          throw e
-        }
+        console.error(`We were uploading a file to S3 but then we encountered an exception!`)
+        console.error(e)
+        throw e
       } else {
         throw new Error(`error of some sort ${JSON.stringify(e, null, 2)}`)
       }
diff --git a/services/capture/src/index.ts b/services/capture/src/index.ts
index bfda862..9121f96 100644
--- a/services/capture/src/index.ts
+++ b/services/capture/src/index.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ const preset: GraphileConfig.Preset = {
 };
 
 
-async function api() {
+
+
+async function doRunApi() {
   if (!process.env.PORT) throw new Error('PORT is missing in env');
   console.log(`api FUNCTION listening on PORT ${process.env.PORT}`)
   const PORT = parseInt(process.env.PORT!)
@@ -51,18 +53,42 @@ async function api() {
   })
 }
 
-async function worker(workerUtils: WorkerUtils) {
+async function doRunWorker(workerUtils: WorkerUtils) {
+
+  let workerIds: string[] = []
+  
   const runnerOptions: RunnerOptions = {
     preset,
     concurrency,
     taskDirectory: join(__dirname, 'tasks'),
-    // taskList: {
-    //   'record': record,
-    // }
   }
-  
+
+
+    
   const runner = await graphileRun(runnerOptions)
   if (!runner) throw new Error('failed to initialize graphile worker');
+  
+  /**
+   * This is likely only relevant during development.
+   * if nodemon restarts us, we need to unlock the graphile-worker job so it gets retried immediately by another worker.
+   * 
+   */
+  runner.events.on('worker:create', ({ worker }) => {
+    // There is no way to get workerIds on demand when the SIGUSR2 comes in, so we log the IDs ahead of time.
+    workerIds.push(worker.workerId)
+  })
+  process.on('SIGUSR2', async () => {
+    console.warn(`SIGUSR2 detected! ulocking ${workerIds.length} workers, workerIds=${workerIds}`)
+    await workerUtils.forceUnlockWorkers(workerIds)
+    process.kill(process.pid, 'SIGTERM');
+  })
+  runner.events.on("pool:gracefulShutdown", async ({ workerPool, message }) => {
+    const workerIds = workerPool._workers.map((w) => w.workerId)
+    console.warn(`gracefulShutdown detected. releasing job locks on ${workerIds.length} workers, workerIds=${workerIds}, message=${message}`);
+    await workerUtils.forceUnlockWorkers(workerIds)
+  });
+
+
   await runner.promise
 }
 
@@ -74,9 +100,9 @@ async function main() {
 
   console.log(`@futureporn/capture version ${version} (FUNCTION=${process.env.FUNCTION})`)
   if (process.env.FUNCTION === 'api') {
-    api()
+    doRunApi()
   } else if (process.env.FUNCTION === 'worker') {
-    worker(workerUtils)
+    doRunWorker(workerUtils)
   } else {
     throw new Error('process.env.FUNCTION must be either api or worker. got '+process.env.FUNCTION)
   }
@@ -85,5 +111,5 @@ async function main() {
 main().catch((err) => {
   console.error('there was an error!')
   console.error(err);
-  process.exit(1);
+  process.exit(874);
 });
diff --git a/services/capture/src/tasks/record.ts b/services/capture/src/tasks/record.ts
index 1c37604..6a447a4 100644
--- a/services/capture/src/tasks/record.ts
+++ b/services/capture/src/tasks/record.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ interface Payload {
   stream_id: string;
 }
 
+
+
 function assertPayload(payload: any): asserts payload is Payload {
   if (typeof payload !== "object" || !payload) throw new Error("invalid payload");  
   if (typeof payload.url !== "string") throw new Error("invalid url");
@@ -141,14 +143,8 @@ async function getRecordInstance(url: string, segment_id: number, helpers: Helpe
   const inputStream = Record.getFFmpegStream({ url: playlistUrl })
   const onProgress = (fileSize: number) => { 
     updateDatabaseRecord({ segment_id, fileSize, helpers })
-     .then((reee) => {
-      
-        helpers.logger.info(JSON.stringify(reee))
-        return reee
-      })
       .then(checkIfAborted)
       .then((isAborted) => {
-        helpers.logger.info(`isAborted=${isAborted}`)
         isAborted ? abortController.abort() : null
       })
       .catch((e) => {
@@ -316,9 +312,11 @@ const doRecordSegment = async function doRecordSegment(url: string, stream_id: s
 
 
 export const record: Task = async function (payload: unknown, helpers: Helpers) {
+
+
   assertPayload(payload)
   const { url, stream_id } = payload
-  const recordId = stream_id
+  const streamId = stream_id
   try {
     /**
      * We do an exponential backoff timer when we record. If the Record() instance throws an error, we try again after a delay.
@@ -329,16 +327,31 @@ export const record: Task = async function (payload: unknown, helpers: Helpers)
      * @todo We must implement retrying at a higher level, and retry a few times to handle this type of corner-case.
      */
     // await backOff(() => doRecordSegment(url, recordId, helpers))
-    await doRecordSegment(url, recordId, helpers)
+    await doRecordSegment(url, streamId, helpers)
   } catch (e) {
     // await updateDatabaseRecord({ recordId: stream_id, recordingState: 'failed' })
     helpers.logger.error(`caught an error during record Task`)
     if (e instanceof Error) {
-      helpers.logger.error(e.message)
+      helpers.logger.info(`error.name=${e.name}`)
+      if (e.name === 'RoomOfflineError') {
+        // If room is offline, we want to retry until graphile-worker retries expire.
+        // We don't want to swallow the error so we simply log the error then let the below throw re-throw the error
+        // graphile-worker will retry when we re-throw the error below.
+        helpers.logger.info(`Room is offline.`)
+      } else if (e.name === 'AbortError') {
+        // If the recording was aborted by an admin, we want graphile-worker to stop retrying the record job.
+        // We swallow the error and return in order to mark the job as succeeded.
+        helpers.logger.info(`>>> we got an AbortError so we are ending the record job.`)
+        return
+      } else {
+        helpers.logger.error(e.message)
+      }
     } else {
       helpers.logger.error(JSON.stringify(e))
     }
-    // throw e // @todo uncomment this for production
+    // we throw the error which fails the graphile-worker job, thus causing graphile-worker to restart/retry the job.
+    helpers.logger.error(`we got an error during record Task so we throw and retry`)
+    throw e
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/services/migrations/migrations/00030_update-update_discord_message.sql b/services/migrations/migrations/00030_update-update_discord_message.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..835cd63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/migrations/migrations/00030_update-update_discord_message.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+-- instead of using record_id, we need to use stream_id
+DROP FUNCTION public.tg__update_discord_message CASCADE;
+
+CREATE FUNCTION public.tg__update_discord_message() RETURNS trigger
+  LANGUAGE plpgsql SECURITY DEFINER
+  SET search_path TO 'pg_catalog', 'public', 'pg_temp'
+  AS $$
+    begin
+      PERFORM graphile_worker.add_job('update_discord_message', json_build_object(
+        'stream_id', NEW.id
+      ), max_attempts := 3);
+      return NEW;
+    end;
+  $$;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/migrations/migrations/00031_recreate-update_stream-trigger.sql b/services/migrations/migrations/00031_recreate-update_stream-trigger.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddb6957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/migrations/migrations/00031_recreate-update_stream-trigger.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-- when a stream is updated, we add a job in graphile to update_discord_message
+CREATE TRIGGER stream_update
+  AFTER UPDATE ON api.streams
+  FOR EACH ROW
+  EXECUTE PROCEDURE public.tg__update_discord_message('update_discord_message');
diff --git a/services/migrations/migrations/00032_update-stream-when-segment-updates.sql b/services/migrations/migrations/00032_update-stream-when-segment-updates.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18578ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/migrations/migrations/00032_update-stream-when-segment-updates.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+-- in order for discord chatops messages to be updated when a segment is updated,
+-- we need to have postgres update the related stream timestamp when a segment is updated.
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION update_stream_on_segment_update()
+RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
+BEGIN
+  UPDATE api.streams
+  SET updated_at = NOW() 
+  WHERE id IN (
+    SELECT stream_id 
+    FROM segments_stream_links 
+    WHERE segment_id = NEW.id
+  );
+
+  RETURN NEW;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
+
+CREATE TRIGGER trigger_update_stream
+  AFTER UPDATE ON api.segments
+  FOR EACH ROW
+  EXECUTE FUNCTION update_stream_on_segment_update();