.gitea/workflows/go-unit.yaml

@@ -33,16 +33,25 @@ jobs:
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
+    env:
+      # The engine consumes the published scrabble-solver module from this Gitea;
+      # GOPRIVATE makes go fetch it directly (skipping the public proxy/checksum DB).
+      # DICT_VERSION selects the dictionary DAWG release the engine tests load.
+      GOPRIVATE: gitea.iliadenisov.ru/*
+      DICT_VERSION: v1.0.0
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Fetch scrabble-solver (sibling)
-        # The engine package consumes scrabble-solver in-process; go.work points
-        # its bare module path at this sibling checkout. The repository is public,
-        # so the clone needs no credentials. It tracks master HEAD (see PLAN.md
-        # TODO-1 for the move to a published, versioned module).
-        run: git clone --depth 1 https://gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver.git "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/../scrabble-solver"
+      - name: Fetch dictionary DAWGs
+        # The DAWGs moved to the scrabble-dictionary repo (the solver is now a
+        # versioned module pinned in backend/go.mod, fetched via GOPRIVATE — no
+        # sibling clone). They ship as a release artifact, one semver per set.
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/dawg"
+          curl -fsSL -o /tmp/dawg.tar.gz "https://gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-dictionary/releases/download/${DICT_VERSION}/scrabble-dawg-${DICT_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+          tar xzf /tmp/dawg.tar.gz -C "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/dawg"
+          ls -la "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/dawg"
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
@@ -66,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: test
         # -count=1 disables the test cache so a green run never depends on a
         # previous runner's cached state. BACKEND_DICT_DIR points the engine
-        # tests at the committed DAWGs in the sibling checkout.
+        # tests at the DAWGs fetched from the dictionary release.
         env:
-          BACKEND_DICT_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/../scrabble-solver/dawg
+          BACKEND_DICT_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/dawg
         run: go test -count=1 ./backend/... ./pkg/... ./gateway/... ./platform/telegram/...

.gitea/workflows/integration.yaml

@@ -35,16 +35,25 @@ jobs:
       # Ryuk (testcontainers' reaper) does not start cleanly on every runner;
       # the suite's TestMain terminates its own container, so disable it.
       TESTCONTAINERS_RYUK_DISABLED: "true"
+      # The engine consumes the published scrabble-solver module from this Gitea
+      # (GOPRIVATE -> direct fetch, skipping the public proxy/checksum DB);
+      # DICT_VERSION selects the dictionary DAWG release the engine tests load.
+      GOPRIVATE: gitea.iliadenisov.ru/*
+      DICT_VERSION: v1.0.0
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Fetch scrabble-solver (sibling)
-        # The backend now imports the engine package, which consumes
-        # scrabble-solver in-process; go.work points its bare module path at this
-        # sibling checkout. The repository is public, so the clone needs no
-        # credentials. It tracks master HEAD (see PLAN.md TODO-1).
-        run: git clone --depth 1 https://gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver.git "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/../scrabble-solver"
+      - name: Fetch dictionary DAWGs
+        # The DAWGs moved to the scrabble-dictionary repo (the solver is now a
+        # versioned module pinned in backend/go.mod, fetched via GOPRIVATE — no
+        # sibling clone). They ship as a release artifact; the engine's untagged
+        # tests (compiled here too) load them.
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/dawg"
+          curl -fsSL -o /tmp/dawg.tar.gz "https://gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-dictionary/releases/download/${DICT_VERSION}/scrabble-dawg-${DICT_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+          tar xzf /tmp/dawg.tar.gz -C "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/dawg"
+          ls -la "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/dawg"
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
@@ -56,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
         # -count=1 disables the test cache; -p=1 -parallel=1 keeps the
         # container-backed tests serial; the 15-minute timeout bounds a stuck
         # container pull. The engine package's (untagged) tests also compile and
-        # run here, so BACKEND_DICT_DIR points them at the committed DAWGs.
+        # run here, so BACKEND_DICT_DIR points them at the DAWGs from the release.
         env:
-          BACKEND_DICT_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/../scrabble-solver/dawg
+          BACKEND_DICT_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/dawg
         run: go test -tags=integration -count=1 -p=1 -parallel=1 -timeout=15m ./backend/...

PLAN.md

@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ independent (see ARCHITECTURE §9.1).
 | 11 | Account linking & merge | **done** |
 | 12 | Observability & performance (telemetry, metrics, guest GC) | **done** |
 | 13 | Alphabet on the wire (UI alphabet-agnostic) | **done** |
-| 14 | CI & deploy (multi-service, dictionary artifacts) | todo |
+| 14 | Solver & dictionary split (publish solver + scrabble-dictionary repo/artifact) | **done** |
+| 15 | Deploy infra & test contour (Dockerfiles, gateway static UI, compose, observability) | todo |
+| 16 | Prod contour deploy (SSH export/import, manual after merge) | todo |
+| 17 | Dual Telegram bots & language-gated variants | todo |
 
 Scaffolding is incremental: `go.work` lists only existing modules; each stage
 adds the modules it needs.
@@ -213,7 +216,7 @@ new `pkg/telemetry`; add telemetry to the **gateway** and the **Telegram connect
 domain/operational **metrics** close to the business (game replay/validate timings,
 started/abandoned games, live-cache size, chat/nudge counts, the edge roundtrip, Go
 runtime metrics); discharge **TODO-3** (abandoned-guest GC). The OTLP collector and
-dashboards are stood up with the deploy (Stage 14); the default exporter stays `none`,
+dashboards are stood up with the deploy (Stage 15); the default exporter stays `none`,
 so CI needs no collector. Performance is operational-metric instrumentation, not
 speculative optimisation (the standing "evidence first" rule — no measured hotspot yet).
 Open details: exporter default and whether a collector is stood up now; the metric set
@@ -239,35 +242,69 @@ Open details: the fbs shape and `include_alphabet` flag placement; whether to ke
 concrete-letter fields during the transition; whether tile exchange moves fully to
 indices; the premiums.ts parity-test rework.
 
-### Stage 14 — CI & deploy
-Scope: the full **multi-service production deploy** plus the observability backend, also
-discharging **TODO-1** and **TODO-2**. Backend + gateway **Dockerfiles** (multi-stage
-distroless, mirroring the Stage 9 connector image); the gateway gains **static UI
-serving** (the §13 single-origin model — mini-landing at `/`, Mini App under
-`/telegram/`), documented since Stage 9 but **not yet implemented**; prod UI build vars
-(`VITE_TELEGRAM_BOT_ID` for the Login Widget, the Mini App URL / share link); a root
-`deploy/docker-compose.yml` (backend + gateway + Postgres + connector + the OTLP
-collector / Grafana stack) on the external `edge` network behind the host caddy, the VPN
-sidecar only for the connector; a **deploy workflow** mirroring `../15-puzzle` (host-mode
-runner, `docker compose up -d --build`, no external registry, env from Gitea secrets, a
-post-deploy probe). Stand up the **OTLP collector + dashboards** (the export wiring landed
-in Stage 12).
-- **TODO-1 — publish & version the solver:** tag/publish `scrabble-solver`, drop the
-  `go.work` replace + the CI clone, pin a version in `backend/go.mod` (or keep cloning the
-  sibling as the minimal-diff fallback). The DAWGs are delivered separately regardless.
-- **TODO-2 — versioned dictionary artifacts:** a **new versioned repo** for the wordlist
-  parsers + built DAWGs, delivered as a **release artifact** (Gitea release / OCI / object
-  store — not `go get`; DAWGs are data). **One semver label `vX.Y.Z` for the whole set**,
-  additive: a deploy drops a new `BACKEND_DICT_DIR/<version>/` subdir;
-  `engine.OpenWithVersions` loads every present subdir at boot; `BACKEND_DICT_VERSION`
-  selects the default for **new** games. A new version never breaks a running backend
-  (each game pins its `dict_version`; versions are additive); **only active games need a
-  dictionary** (validate-at-submit — finished games replay the dictionary-independent
-  journal), so a version is safe to retire once no active game pins it. The dict repo must
-  build against the **same `dafsa`/`alphabet`/solver** the backend runs, or letter indexing
-  drifts (ties into Stage 13).
-Open details: embed-vs-mount for the UI build and the DAWG set; the OTLP collector /
-dashboard stack; solver-publish vs clone-in-build; load expectations.
+### Stage 14 — Solver & dictionary split (TODO-1 + TODO-2)
+Re-scoped from the original "CI & deploy": that was several sessions of work, so the
+deploy + observability + the two-bots idea were split into **Stages 15–17** below and this
+stage took only the dependency/artifact split that everything else builds on. Scope: publish
+`scrabble-solver` as a versioned Gitea module and split the dictionary build into a new
+`scrabble-dictionary` repo delivering a **release artifact**, then make `scrabble-game` consume
+both — discharging **TODO-1** and **TODO-2**.
+
+- **TODO-1 — solver published.** `scrabble-solver` renamed to module
+  `gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver`, tagged **v1.0.0**; `wordlist`/`dictdawg`
+  de-internalised to public packages (the dict repo imports them); `cmd/builddict`/`dictprep`/the
+  `dictionaries` submodule moved out; `internal/dict` repointed at the committed `dawg/*.dawg`
+  fixtures. `backend/go.mod` pins `v1.0.0`; the `go.work` replace and the CI sibling-clone are
+  gone; `GOPRIVATE=gitea.iliadenisov.ru/*` makes go fetch it directly (no public proxy/checksum DB).
+- **TODO-2 — dictionary artifacts.** New repo `developer/scrabble-dictionary` holds the word-list
+  sources + `cmd/builddict` and builds the three DAWGs against the **published solver + pinned
+  `dafsa`/`alphabet` v1.1.0**, so they are byte-identical to the solver's fixtures (no index drift).
+  Released as `scrabble-dawg-vX.Y.Z.tar.gz` (flat, one semver per set); the Go workflows download it
+  and point `BACKEND_DICT_DIR` at it. The runtime contract is unchanged (additive
+  `BACKEND_DICT_DIR/<version>/`, `engine.OpenWithVersions`, per-game `dict_version` pin; a version is
+  safe to retire once no active game pins it).
+
+### Stage 15 — Deploy infra & test contour
+Scope: the deploy machinery + the **test contour** (the bulk of the original Stage 14). Backend +
+gateway **Dockerfiles** (multi-stage distroless, mirroring the Stage 9 connector image); the gateway
+gains **static UI serving** — **embedded** via `go:embed` (a node build stage in the gateway image),
+SPA served at both `/` (web) and `/telegram/` (Mini App), the §13 single-origin model; prod UI build
+vars (`VITE_TELEGRAM_BOT_ID`, `VITE_TELEGRAM_LINK`, `VITE_GATEWAY_URL`) as image build-args; a root
+`deploy/docker-compose.yml` (backend + gateway + Postgres + connector + VPN sidecar + the **full
+observability stack** — OTel Collector + Prometheus + Tempo + Grafana with provisioned dashboards) on
+the external `edge` network behind the host caddy (VPN sidecar only for the connector); the backend
+image pulls the DAWG release artifact (Stage 14). **The test contour deploys automatically on push to
+a feature branch** (`docker compose up -d --build` on the local host where the gitea runner lives),
+with a post-deploy probe (`GET /` on the gateway). Test-contour secrets use the **`TEST_`** prefix
+(see Stage 16).
+Open details (re-interview at start): the dashboard set; the gateway static-serving hook (before the
+h2c wrap — `/` + `/telegram/` mounts; a committed `dist` placeholder so `go build` works without a UI
+build); Postgres healthcheck/volume; whether the connector-scoped compose is retired for the root one;
+collector/Tempo/Prometheus retention.
+
+### Stage 16 — Prod contour deploy
+Scope: the **production contour** on a remote host over SSH. Deploy by **container export/import**
+(`docker save` → `scp`/ssh → `docker load` → `docker compose up` on the remote), the SSH key + host IP
+in Gitea secrets; **strictly manual** (`workflow_dispatch`) after a feature branch is merged to
+`master`. Two-contour config uses **`TEST_`/`PROD_` secret/variable prefixes** — Gitea 1.26 has no
+deployment environments (verified: the `environments` API 404s), so a flat prefixed namespace is the
+convention.
+Open details (re-interview): export/import vs a registry trade-off; prod domain/TLS at the remote
+caddy; prod VPN; rollback.
+
+### Stage 17 — Dual Telegram bots & language-gated variants *(feature; own interview)*
+Scope (owner's idea, to design in detail at its own start): run **two bots in the one connector
+container** — one for the English audience, one for Russian — each with its own token + game-channel id
++ service-language tag (the same Telegram user id spans both). `initData` validation tries each bot's
+token in turn (none succeeds ⇒ invalid). The connector returns the **service language `en`/`ru`**;
+`Notify`/`SendToUser` take a language key so the right bot delivers. The UI **gates the game-type
+(variant) choice** by service language (en → English; ru → Russian + Эрудит).
+Open details (own interview): which bot sends a notification for an **existing** game (game language vs
+the player's service language) given one user id spans both bots; behaviour for **non-Telegram**
+players (web/email/guest — ungated, or by interface language); the proto/wire changes
+(`ValidateInitData` service-language field, a bot/language selector on the push RPCs); per-bot config +
+tests. Engineering feedback already captured at the Stage 14 interview: the two-bots-in-one-container +
+sequential validation + language-keyed routing model is sound.
 
 ## Refinements logged during implementation
 
@@ -862,13 +899,15 @@ dashboard stack; solver-publish vs clone-in-build; load expectations.
     + performance + guest GC; **Stage 13** = alphabet-on-the-wire (TODO-4); **Stage 14** =
     CI & deploy (TODO-1, TODO-2, the collector + dashboards). The latter two were written
     into the plan now as the agreed baseline (each still re-interviews at its own start).
+    (Stage 14 was itself later re-scoped to the solver/dictionary split alone; deploy +
+    observability + the dual-bot idea split into Stages 15–17.)
   - **Shared telemetry** (interview): a new `pkg/telemetry` owns the OTel provider
     bootstrap (exporter selection, W3C propagators, shutdown, Go runtime metrics); the
     backend `internal/telemetry` is now a thin facade over it (keeping its gin middleware),
     and the gateway and connector gained telemetry runtimes. A configurable **`otlp`**
     exporter was added alongside `none`/`stdout`; the **default stays `none`**, the OTLP
     endpoint comes from the standard `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_*` env, and the collector +
-    dashboards are Stage 14 (so CI needs none). `otelgrpc` instruments the backend push
+    dashboards are Stage 15 (so CI needs none). `otelgrpc` instruments the backend push
     server, the gateway's backend + connector clients, and the connector's gRPC server.
     New config `GATEWAY_SERVICE_NAME`/`GATEWAY_OTEL_*` and `TELEGRAM_SERVICE_NAME`/
     `TELEGRAM_OTEL_*`; the backend's existing `BACKEND_OTEL_*` gained the `otlp` value.
@@ -938,33 +977,52 @@ dashboard stack; solver-publish vs clone-in-build; load expectations.
     handled by construction (the running backend produces the table, so client↔server cannot
     drift); the DAWG/solver build-time agreement remains **Stage 14 / TODO-2**.
 
+- **Stage 14** (interview + implementation, re-scoped + discharges TODO-1/TODO-2):
+  - **Re-scoped to the split** (interview): the original "CI & deploy" was several sessions of work,
+    so it was cut to the **solver/dictionary split** (the dependency foundation) and the deploy +
+    observability + the dual-bot idea were written into the plan as new **Stages 15–17**. The deploy
+    decisions taken at the interview are recorded there (embed the UI in the gateway via `go:embed`;
+    full Collector+Prometheus+Tempo+Grafana stack; **two contours** — test = auto on feature-branch
+    push on the local host, prod = manual SSH `docker save`/`load` after merge; `TEST_`/`PROD_` secret
+    prefixes since Gitea 1.26 has no environments — verified).
+  - **TODO-1 — publish solver** (interview: "опубликовать и запинить"): `scrabble-solver` renamed to
+    module `gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver`, `internal/{wordlist,dictdawg}`
+    **de-internalised** to public packages (so the dict repo imports one builder — no drift), the build
+    pipeline (`cmd/builddict`, `dictprep`, the `dictionaries` submodule) moved out, `internal/dict`
+    repointed at the committed `dawg/*.dawg` fixtures, tagged **v1.0.0**. scrabble-game pins it in
+    `backend/go.mod`, drops the `go.work` replace + the CI clone, and sets `GOPRIVATE=gitea.iliadenisov.ru/*`
+    (go fetches the module directly from Gitea — verified end-to-end). The solver hash lives in
+    `go.work.sum` (workspace mode; the bare-path `scrabble/pkg` replace still blocks `go mod tidy`).
+  - **TODO-2 — dictionary repo** (interview: "полный TODO-2, новый репо"): `developer/scrabble-dictionary`
+    builds the three DAWGs against the published solver + pinned `dafsa`/`alphabet` v1.1.0,
+    **byte-identical** to the solver fixtures; published as the release artifact
+    `scrabble-dawg-v1.0.0.tar.gz`; both Go workflows download it for `BACKEND_DICT_DIR` instead of
+    cloning the solver. English source vendored from `kamilmielnik/scrabble-dictionaries`; the Эрудит
+    fold is committed as `dictprep/russian/erudit.txt`, so the build needs no `python`.
+  - **Bootstrap nuances** (encountered): the dict repo was created empty with a protected `master`, so
+    it was seeded once via an owner-authorised protection lift→push→restore (a subsequent CI-fix push
+    correctly went through a PR, not another lift); it was made **public** (like the solver) so the Go
+    workflows fetch the artifact anonymously. Its CI is a **build-only** validation gate — the
+    auto-release step's `${{ github.* }}` contexts failed the Gitea workflow compile, so releases are
+    published manually for now (a logged follow-up).
+
 ## Deferred TODOs (cross-stage)
 
-- **TODO-1 — publish & version the solver.** Once `scrabble-solver` is stable,
-  give it a real module URL and switch `backend` to a versioned dependency,
-  dropping the `go.work` replace and the CI clone. Removes the floating
-  `master` dependency accepted for now (Stage 2 interview). **Planned for Stage 14**
-  (it cleans up the backend Docker build; a clone-in-build fallback stays available).
-- **TODO-2 — split the solver into engine vs dictionary generator + versioned
-  dictionary artifacts.** Owner's idea, with the caveats agreed at the Stage 2
-  interview: the split is sound (build-time wordlist→DAWG vs runtime load have
-  different lifecycles and shrink the runtime dependency surface), **but** the
-  generator must pin the **same** `dafsa`/`alphabet` versions and alphabet
-  definitions as the runtime engine or the on-disk format / letter indexing
-  drifts and silently corrupts validation. For delivery prefer **Git LFS or an
-  artifact store** (Gitea releases / OCI artifact / object storage) over a raw
-  git submodule (the ~0.5–0.7 MB DAWGs are regenerated wholesale and bloat git
-  history); pin by tag/hash for a reproducible startup set. A submodule/LFS pull
-  is a **deploy-time** way to populate the directory, **not** the runtime
-  dynamic-reload mechanism (**implemented in Stage 10**: a per-version subdirectory
-  `BACKEND_DICT_DIR/<version>/` loaded via `Registry.LoadAvailable`, restart-restored by
-  `engine.OpenWithVersions`) — keep the `BACKEND_DICT_DIR` directory as
-  the runtime contract: a new `.dawg` appears in it and is loaded with
-  `dawg.Load`. **Planned for Stage 14**, agreed resolution: a **new versioned repo**
-  for the parsers + built DAWGs, delivered as a **release artifact** (not `go get`),
-  versioned with **one semver label for the whole set** (additive; old versions retired
-  once no active game pins them — see Stage 14). The generator must build against the same
-  `dafsa`/`alphabet`/solver as the runtime (the index-drift caveat, shared with TODO-4).
+- ~~**TODO-1 — publish & version the solver.**~~ **Done in Stage 14.** `scrabble-solver` is
+  published as module `gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver` (tagged `v1.0.0`, with
+  `wordlist`/`dictdawg` de-internalised to public packages); `backend/go.mod` pins it, the `go.work`
+  replace and the CI sibling-clone are gone, and `GOPRIVATE=gitea.iliadenisov.ru/*` fetches it directly
+  (no public proxy/checksum DB). Removes the floating `master` dependency accepted since Stage 2.
+- ~~**TODO-2 — split the solver into engine vs dictionary generator + versioned dictionary
+  artifacts.**~~ **Done in Stage 14.** A new repo `developer/scrabble-dictionary` holds the word-list
+  sources + `cmd/builddict` (moved out of the solver, with `dictprep` and the `dictionaries` submodule)
+  and builds the three DAWGs against the **published solver + pinned `dafsa`/`alphabet` v1.1.0** — the
+  output is **byte-identical** to the solver's committed fixtures, so the index-drift caveat is handled
+  by construction. Delivered as a Gitea **release artifact** `scrabble-dawg-vX.Y.Z.tar.gz` (not
+  `go get`; DAWGs are data; **one semver label for the whole set**); the Go workflows download it for
+  `BACKEND_DICT_DIR`. The runtime dynamic-reload contract (per-version `BACKEND_DICT_DIR/<version>/` via
+  `Registry.LoadAvailable` / `engine.OpenWithVersions`, Stage 10) is unchanged — a deploy drops a new
+  set into the directory; a version is safe to retire once no active game pins it.
 - ~~**TODO-3 — garbage-collect abandoned guest accounts.**~~ **Done in Stage 12.**
   A periodic `account.GuestReaper` deletes guests (`is_guest`) **with no game seat at
   all** whose account age exceeds `BACKEND_GUEST_RETENTION` (default 30 d, swept every
@@ -984,8 +1042,9 @@ dashboard stack; solver-publish vs clone-in-build; load expectations.
   produced from the solver ruleset (`engine.AlphabetTable`), so it is pinned by the solver
   version and cannot drift from the running backend, and `ui/src/lib/premiums.ts` is now
   geometry only. The durable journal / history / GCG stay decoded concrete characters (§9.1,
-  unchanged). The DAWG/solver build-time agreement (the original caveat, shared with TODO-2)
-  remains Stage 14.
+  unchanged). The DAWG/solver build-time agreement (the original caveat, shared with TODO-2) was
+  discharged in Stage 14: the dict repo builds against the published solver + pinned
+  `dafsa`/`alphabet`, byte-identical to the fixtures.
 - **TODO-5 — QR friend codes (owner's idea, Stage 8).** *Partially done in Stage 9:*
   the deep-link scheme now exists (`f<code>`, shared Go ↔ TS), the bot redeems it on
   launch, and the UI shows a **share-to-Telegram** link for an issued code when

backend/README.md

@@ -154,8 +154,11 @@ internal/connector/  # backend gRPC client to the Telegram connector (operator b
 
 ```sh
 docker run -d --name scrabble-pg -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=dev -p 5432:5432 postgres:17-alpine
+# DAWGs: extract the dictionary release artifact (or point at a local scrabble-solver/dawg):
+mkdir -p /tmp/dawg && curl -fsSL https://gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-dictionary/releases/download/v1.0.0/scrabble-dawg-v1.0.0.tar.gz | tar xz -C /tmp/dawg
 BACKEND_POSTGRES_DSN='postgres://postgres:dev@localhost:5432/postgres?search_path=backend&sslmode=disable' \
-  BACKEND_DICT_DIR=../../scrabble-solver/dawg \
+  BACKEND_DICT_DIR=/tmp/dawg \
+  GOPRIVATE='gitea.iliadenisov.ru/*' \
   go run ./cmd/backend
 ```
 
@@ -178,19 +181,18 @@ go run ./cmd/jetgen     # rewrites internal/postgres/jet against a temp containe
 
 ## Engine & dictionaries
 
-`internal/engine` consumes the sibling `scrabble-solver` module in-process. Its
-bare module path (`scrabble-solver`, not a URL) cannot be fetched via VCS, so the
-workspace `go.work` carries `replace scrabble-solver => ../scrabble-solver` and
-the build must run from the repository root (the workspace), not from this module
-in isolation. `github.com/iliadenisov/dafsa` (the DAWG loader) is a direct
-dependency. CI clones the public solver repository into `../scrabble-solver`
-before building (see `.gitea/workflows/`); locally, check it out next to this
-repository. Committed dictionaries (`en_sowpods.dawg`, `ru_scrabble.dawg`,
-`ru_erudit.dawg`) live in the solver's `dawg/` directory; the engine loads them
-by `(variant, dict_version)` from a directory path. Since Stage 3 the backend
-loads them at startup from the **required** `BACKEND_DICT_DIR` (a missing
-dictionary aborts the boot); the future versioned-artifact direction is recorded
-in [`../PLAN.md`](../PLAN.md) TODO-2.
+`internal/engine` consumes `scrabble-solver` in-process as a **published, versioned
+module** (`gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver`, pinned in `go.mod`). Set
+`GOPRIVATE=gitea.iliadenisov.ru/*` so go fetches it directly from this Gitea (skipping
+the public proxy/checksum DB); no sibling checkout or `go.work` replace is needed (for
+local solver co-development you may add a temporary replace — see `go.work`).
+`github.com/iliadenisov/dafsa` (the DAWG loader) is a direct dependency. The dictionaries
+(`en_sowpods.dawg`, `ru_scrabble.dawg`, `ru_erudit.dawg`) ship as a **release artifact**
+from the [`scrabble-dictionary`](https://gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-dictionary)
+repo (one semver per set); the engine loads them by `(variant, dict_version)` from
+`BACKEND_DICT_DIR`. Since Stage 3 the backend loads them at startup as a hard dependency
+(a missing dictionary aborts the boot). See [`../PLAN.md`](../PLAN.md) Stage 14
+(TODO-1/TODO-2).
 
 ## Tests
 
@@ -201,6 +203,8 @@ go test -tags=integration -count=1 -p=1 ./... # Postgres-backed (needs Docker)
 
 Integration tests are guarded by the `integration` build tag and run against a
 throwaway `postgres:17-alpine` container; they fail loudly when Docker is absent
-rather than skipping. The `internal/engine` tests load the committed DAWGs from
-`BACKEND_DICT_DIR` (defaulting to the sibling `../scrabble-solver/dawg`) and fail
-loudly when that directory is absent.
+rather than skipping. The `internal/engine` tests load the DAWGs from
+`BACKEND_DICT_DIR` (CI sets it to the extracted dictionary release artifact; locally it
+defaults to a `scrabble-solver/dawg` sibling checkout) and fail loudly when that directory
+is absent. `GOPRIVATE=gitea.iliadenisov.ru/*` is needed for go to fetch the pinned solver
+module.

backend/go.mod

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module scrabble/backend
 go 1.26.3
 
 require (
+	gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver v1.0.0
 	github.com/XSAM/otelsql v0.42.0
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.12.0
 	github.com/go-jet/jet/v2 v2.14.1
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.43.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.43.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1
-	scrabble-solver v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 )
 
 require (

backend/internal/engine/bag.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package engine
 import (
 	"math/rand"
 
-	"scrabble-solver/rules"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/rules"
 )
 
 // blankTile marks a blank tile in a hand or in the bag, matching the

backend/internal/engine/bag_test.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"slices"
 	"testing"
 
-	"scrabble-solver/rules"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/rules"
 )
 
 // allTiles returns the full multiset of tiles a bag is filled from, in ruleset

backend/internal/engine/decode.go

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package engine
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"scrabble-solver/board"
-	"scrabble-solver/rules"
-	"scrabble-solver/scrabble"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/board"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/rules"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/scrabble"
 )
 
 // ActionKind classifies a turn in the move log.

backend/internal/engine/decode_test.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package engine
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"scrabble-solver/scrabble"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/scrabble"
 )
 
 // blankCellFlag is the bit board cells set for a blank tile (board.go encoding).

backend/internal/engine/domain.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package engine
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"scrabble-solver/scrabble"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/scrabble"
 )
 
 // blankLetter is how a blank tile is written in the decoded, domain-facing API:

backend/internal/engine/engine.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"scrabble-solver/rules"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/rules"
 )
 
 // Variant identifies a Scrabble variant the backend offers. Each maps to a

backend/internal/engine/game.go

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ package engine
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"scrabble-solver/board"
-	"scrabble-solver/rack"
-	"scrabble-solver/rules"
-	"scrabble-solver/scrabble"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/board"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/rack"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/rules"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/scrabble"
 )
 
 // scorelessLimit is the number of consecutive scoreless turns (passes and

backend/internal/engine/game_test.go

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"testing"
 
-	"scrabble-solver/board"
-	"scrabble-solver/scrabble"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/board"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/scrabble"
 )
 
 // newEnglishGame starts a two-player English game with the given seed.

backend/internal/engine/helpers_test.go

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
-	"scrabble-solver/rules"
-	"scrabble-solver/scrabble"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/rules"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/scrabble"
 )
 
 // testVersion labels the single dictionary version the tests register.

backend/internal/engine/registry.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	dawg "github.com/iliadenisov/dafsa"
 
-	"scrabble-solver/scrabble"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/scrabble"
 )
 
 // dictFiles maps each variant to its committed DAWG filename, as built by

backend/internal/engine/registry_test.go

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"testing"
 
-	"scrabble-solver/board"
-	"scrabble-solver/scrabble"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/board"
+	"gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver/scrabble"
 )
 
 // TestRegistryOpensEveryVariant checks that Open loads all three variants at the

docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -203,9 +203,10 @@ Key points:
   `Registry.LoadAvailable` (only the variants whose DAWG is present there), and a
   restart re-loads every resident version via `engine.OpenWithVersions` (the flat
   boot version plus each subdirectory). In-flight games keep their pinned version;
-  new games use the latest. (A future split of the solver into engine + dictionary
-  generator with versioned artifacts is recorded in [`../PLAN.md`](../PLAN.md)
-  TODO-2.)
+  new games use the latest. (The solver is published as a versioned module and the
+  dictionaries ship as a separate versioned **release artifact** from the
+  `scrabble-dictionary` repo — TODO-1/TODO-2, Stage 14; the runtime contract above is
+  unchanged.)
 - Move generation/validation/scoring use `Solver.GenerateMoves` (ranked),
   `Solver.ValidatePlay` and `Solver.ScorePlay`; board mutation uses
   `scrabble.Apply`. The engine adds its own deterministic, seeded tile **bag**
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ promotions) is future work and would deliver short markdown messages (text + lin
   `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_*` environment) exports to a collector. The Postgres pool is
   instrumented with otelsql and `otelgrpc` traces the backend↔gateway push stream
   and the gateway↔connector calls. The OTLP collector and Grafana dashboards are
-  stood up with the deploy (Stage 14).
+  stood up with the deploy (Stage 15).
 - Per-request server-side timing via gin middleware from day one (the access log
   carries method, route, status, latency and the active trace id). A
   client-measured RTT piggybacked on the next request is a later enhancement.
@@ -516,7 +517,7 @@ a dedicated redeem sub-limit or a longer code is the hardening step if abuse app
 ## 13. Deployment (informational)
 
 Single public origin, path-routed: a mini-landing at the root, the **Telegram Mini
-App under `/telegram/`** (the gateway serves the static UI build, wired in Stage 14;
+App under `/telegram/`** (the gateway serves the static UI build, wired in Stage 15;
 outside Telegram that path redirects to the root), the gateway public surface and the **admin console
 at `/_gm`** (backend-rendered, Basic-Auth at the gateway) share one host that
 terminates TLS. The **Telegram connector** runs as a separate
@@ -524,7 +525,7 @@ container with **no public ingress** — it long-polls Telegram and egresses thr
 VPN sidecar, answering only internal gRPC. MVP runs one `gateway`, one `backend`, one
 Postgres, plus the connector. The connector's Docker/compose ships now
 (`platform/telegram/deploy`, mirroring `../15-puzzle`); the gateway's static UI serving
-and the full multi-service deploy land in Stage 14.
+and the full multi-service deploy land in Stage 15.
 
 ## 14. CI & branches
 
@@ -536,9 +537,12 @@ and the full multi-service deploy land in Stage 14.
   `integration` build tag (testcontainers `postgres:17-alpine`, Ryuk disabled,
   serial). Further workflows (ui-test, deploy) are added with the components they
   cover.
-- Since Stage 2 both Go workflows clone the public `scrabble-solver` sibling
-  (master HEAD, no credentials) into `../scrabble-solver` before building, so the
-  `go.work` `replace` resolves; the engine tests read the committed DAWGs from
-  that checkout via `BACKEND_DICT_DIR`.
+- The engine consumes `scrabble-solver` as a **published, versioned module**
+  (`gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver`, pinned in `backend/go.mod`); both Go
+  workflows set `GOPRIVATE=gitea.iliadenisov.ru/*` so go fetches it directly from this Gitea
+  (no public proxy/checksum DB, no sibling clone). The dictionaries ship as a **release
+  artifact** from the `scrabble-dictionary` repo; the workflows download
+  `scrabble-dawg-<DICT_VERSION>.tar.gz` and point the engine tests at it via
+  `BACKEND_DICT_DIR` (TODO-1/TODO-2 discharged in Stage 14).
 - After any push, the run is watched to green before a stage is declared done
   (`python3 ~/.claude/bin/gitea-ci-watch.py`).

go.work

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ use (
 	./platform/telegram
 )
 
-// The scrabble-solver engine is consumed in-process as a library. Its module
-// path is the bare "scrabble-solver" (not a URL), so it cannot be fetched as a
-// versioned dependency via VCS; the workspace points it at the sibling checkout.
-// CI clones that sibling next to this repository before building.
-replace scrabble-solver => ../scrabble-solver
+// The scrabble-solver engine is consumed in-process as a published, versioned Gitea
+// module (gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver, pinned in backend/go.mod). It
+// is fetched directly from Gitea — set GOPRIVATE=gitea.iliadenisov.ru/* so go skips the
+// public proxy/checksum DB. For local solver co-development, temporarily add:
+//   replace gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver => ../scrabble-solver
 
 // scrabble/pkg holds the shared wire contracts (push proto + FlatBuffers edge
 // payloads) imported by both backend and gateway. Its module path has no dot, so

go.work.sum

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
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 cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0/go.mod h1:E0bWwX5wTnLPedCKqk3pJmVgCBSM6qQI1yTBdEb3C10=
 filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:xzAOLCNug/yB62zG1bQ8uziwrIqIuxhctzJT18Q77mc=
+gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver v1.0.0 h1:ntN6m4cOB+4FelleO2nkAIZp8WSc+v25neetzfdUuuw=
+gitea.iliadenisov.ru/developer/scrabble-solver v1.0.0/go.mod h1:G60OiGZtkrRyYX8P3SSsjVpU707fufmZkvCkNFPFWrY=
 github.com/ClickHouse/ch-go v0.71.0/go.mod h1:NwbNc+7jaqfY58dmdDUbG4Jl22vThgx1cYjBw0vtgXw=
 github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-go/v2 v2.45.0/go.mod h1:giJfUVlMkcfUEPVfRpt51zZaGEx9i17gCos8gBl392c=
 github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/detectors/gcp v1.31.0/go.mod h1:P4WPRUkOhJC13W//jWpyfJNDAIpvRbAUIYLX/4jtlE0=