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+import type { FastifyInstance } from 'fastify';
+import { redis } from '../redis.js';
+import { prisma } from '../db.js';
+import { requireAuth } from '../plugins/session.js';
+
+export default async function metricsRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
+  app.get('/api/v1/metrics', { preHandler: requireAuth(['admin']) }, async (_req, reply) => {
+    reply.header('Content-Type', 'text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8');
+
+    const lines: string[] = [];
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const uptimeSec = process.uptime();
+
+    lines.push(`# HELP teknav_uptime_seconds Process uptime in seconds`);
+    lines.push(`# TYPE teknav_uptime_seconds gauge`);
+    lines.push(`teknav_uptime_seconds ${uptimeSec.toFixed(2)}`);
+
+    lines.push(`# HELP teknav_nodejs_heap_used_bytes Node.js heap used`);
+    lines.push(`# TYPE teknav_nodejs_heap_used_bytes gauge`);
+    const mem = process.memoryUsage();
+    lines.push(`teknav_nodejs_heap_used_bytes ${mem.heapUsed}`);
+    lines.push(`# HELP teknav_nodejs_heap_total_bytes Node.js heap total`);
+    lines.push(`# TYPE teknav_nodejs_heap_total_bytes gauge`);
+    lines.push(`teknav_nodejs_heap_total_bytes ${mem.heapTotal}`);
+    lines.push(`# HELP teknav_nodejs_rss_bytes Node.js RSS`);
+    lines.push(`# TYPE teknav_nodejs_rss_bytes gauge`);
+    lines.push(`teknav_nodejs_rss_bytes ${mem.rss}`);
+
+    try {
+      const articleCount = await prisma.article.count({ where: { status: 'منتشرشده' } });
+      lines.push(`# HELP teknav_articles_published_total Total published articles`);
+      lines.push(`# TYPE teknav_articles_published_total gauge`);
+      lines.push(`teknav_articles_published_total ${articleCount}`);
+
+      const userCount = await prisma.user.count();
+      lines.push(`# HELP teknav_users_total Total users`);
+      lines.push(`# TYPE teknav_users_total gauge`);
+      lines.push(`teknav_users_total ${userCount}`);
+
+      const subscriberCount = await prisma.newsletterSubscriber.count();
+      lines.push(`# HELP teknav_newsletter_subscribers_total Newsletter subscribers`);
+      lines.push(`# TYPE teknav_newsletter_subscribers_total gauge`);
+      lines.push(`teknav_newsletter_subscribers_total ${subscriberCount}`);
+    } catch {
+      // DB unreachable — skip DB metrics
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const activeWindow = 5 * 60 * 1000;
+      const cutoff = now - activeWindow;
+      const guests = await redis.zremrangebyscore('visitors:guests', 0, cutoff).then(() => redis.zcard('visitors:guests'));
+      const users = await redis.zremrangebyscore('visitors:users', 0, cutoff).then(() => redis.zcard('visitors:users'));
+      lines.push(`# HELP teknav_active_visitors Current active visitors`);
+      lines.push(`# TYPE teknav_active_visitors gauge`);
+      lines.push(`teknav_active_visitors{type="guest"} ${guests}`);
+      lines.push(`teknav_active_visitors{type="user"} ${users}`);
+    } catch {
+      // Redis unreachable — skip
+    }
+
+    return reply.send(lines.join('\n') + '\n');
+  });
+}