diff --git a/run/cli/commands/photos/backend.ts b/run/cli/commands/photos/backend.ts
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-/**
- * Media Gallery Backend Command
- *
- * Starts the media-gallery backend API (NestJS) on port 3150 together
- * with its Docker infrastructure (postgres 25448, redis 26392, minio 9012).
- *
- * Commands:
- * - up:media-gallery   Start Docker infra + backend API
- */
-
-import { resolve } from 'node:path';
-import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { spawn, execFileSync, type ChildProcess } from 'node:child_process';
-import { colors } from '../../../utils/colors';
-import { Logger } from '../../../utils/logger';
-import { FeatureServiceRegistry } from '../../../core/feature-service-registry';
-import type { CommandContext, CommandResult } from '../@core';
-
-const PLATFORM_ROOT = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../../../../..');
-const STACK_NAME = 'media-gallery';
-
-const COMPOSE_FILE = resolve(
-  PLATFORM_ROOT,
-  'codebase/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/docker-compose.yml',
-);
-
-const BACKEND_DIR = resolve(
-  PLATFORM_ROOT,
-  'codebase/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api',
-);
-
-// Container names expected by the feature docker-compose
-const HEALTH_CONTAINERS = [
-  'lilith-media-gallery-postgres',
-  'lilith-media-gallery-redis',
-  'lilith-media-gallery-minio',
-];
-
-const BACKEND_SVC = {
-  name: 'media-gallery/backend-api',
-  stack: STACK_NAME,
-  port: 3150,
-  dir: BACKEND_DIR,
-  cmd: 'bun',
-  args: ['run', 'start:dev'],
-  env: {
-    LILITH_PROJECT_ROOT: PLATFORM_ROOT,
-  },
-} as const;
-
-// =============================================================================
-// Docker helpers
-// =============================================================================
-
-function checkDocker(): boolean {
-  try {
-    execFileSync('docker', ['info'], { stdio: 'pipe' });
-    return true;
-  } catch {
-    return false;
-  }
-}
-
-function isContainerRunning(name: string): boolean {
-  try {
-    const status = execFileSync(
-      'docker',
-      ['inspect', '--format', '{{.State.Running}}', name],
-      { encoding: 'utf-8', stdio: 'pipe' },
-    ).trim();
-    return status === 'true';
-  } catch {
-    return false;
-  }
-}
-
-function startInfra(logger: Logger): void {
-  if (HEALTH_CONTAINERS.every(isContainerRunning)) {
-    logger.info('Docker infra already running');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  logger.info('Starting media-gallery Docker infra...');
-  execFileSync('docker', ['compose', '-f', COMPOSE_FILE, 'up', '-d'], {
-    stdio: 'inherit',
-    env: { ...process.env, LILITH_ENV: 'dev' },
-  });
-}
-
-async function waitForContainerHealth(
-  containerName: string,
-  timeoutMs: number,
-): Promise<boolean> {
-  const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
-  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
-    try {
-      const status = execFileSync(
-        'docker',
-        ['inspect', '--format', '{{.State.Health.Status}}', containerName],
-        { encoding: 'utf-8', stdio: 'pipe' },
-      ).trim();
-      if (status === 'healthy') return true;
-    } catch {
-      // Container might not exist yet
-    }
-    await new Promise<void>((r) => setTimeout(r, 1000));
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
-// =============================================================================
-// Banner
-// =============================================================================
-
-function printBanner(): void {
-  const line = '═'.repeat(56);
-  console.log('');
-  console.log(colors.primary(`  ╔${line}╗`));
-  console.log(colors.primary(`  ║${' '.repeat(56)}║`));
-  console.log(
-    colors.primary(`  ║`) +
-    colors.primary.bold('   Media Gallery — Real Backend Mode') +
-    colors.primary(`${' '.repeat(19)}║`),
-  );
-  console.log(colors.primary(`  ║${' '.repeat(56)}║`));
-
-  const label = `   ► media-gallery/backend-api`;
-  const portStr = `port ${BACKEND_SVC.port}`;
-  const padding = Math.max(0, 56 - label.length - portStr.length - 1);
-  console.log(
-    colors.primary(`  ║`) +
-    `${label}${' '.repeat(padding)}${colors.muted(portStr)}` +
-    colors.primary(` ║`),
-  );
-
-  console.log(colors.primary(`  ║${' '.repeat(56)}║`));
-  const url = `http://localhost:${BACKEND_SVC.port}/api`;
-  const urlLabel = `   URL: ${url}`;
-  const urlPad = Math.max(0, 56 - urlLabel.length);
-  console.log(
-    colors.primary(`  ║`) +
-    colors.primary.bold(`${urlLabel}${' '.repeat(urlPad)}`) +
-    colors.primary(`║`),
-  );
-  console.log(colors.primary(`  ║${' '.repeat(56)}║`));
-  console.log(colors.primary(`  ╚${line}╝`));
-  console.log('');
-}
-
-// =============================================================================
-// Main runner
-// =============================================================================
-
-async function runMediaGallery(): Promise<CommandResult> {
-  const logger = new Logger({ context: 'MediaGallery' });
-  const registry = new FeatureServiceRegistry();
-
-  if (!checkDocker()) {
-    logger.error('Docker is not running — start Docker first');
-    return { code: 1, error: 'Docker not running' };
-  }
-
-  if (!existsSync(BACKEND_DIR)) {
-    logger.error(`Backend directory not found: ${BACKEND_DIR}`);
-    return { code: 1, error: 'Backend directory missing' };
-  }
-
-  // Step 1: Start Docker infra
-  try {
-    startInfra(logger);
-  } catch (err) {
-    const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
-    logger.error(`Failed to start Docker infra: ${message}`);
-    return { code: 1, error: message };
-  }
-
-  // Step 2: Wait for postgres to be healthy (primary gate)
-  logger.info('Waiting for postgres to be healthy...');
-  const pgHealthy = await waitForContainerHealth('lilith-media-gallery-postgres', 30_000);
-  if (!pgHealthy) {
-    logger.error('Postgres did not become healthy within 30s');
-    return { code: 1, error: 'Postgres health check timed out' };
-  }
-  logger.success('Docker infra ready');
-
-  printBanner();
-
-  if (registry.isRunning(BACKEND_SVC.name, BACKEND_SVC.port)) {
-    logger.info(`Backend already running on port ${BACKEND_SVC.port}, skipping`);
-    return { code: 0 };
-  }
-
-  // Step 3: Spawn backend
-  const child: ChildProcess = spawn(BACKEND_SVC.cmd, BACKEND_SVC.args, {
-    cwd: BACKEND_SVC.dir,
-    stdio: 'inherit',
-    env: { ...process.env, ...BACKEND_SVC.env },
-  });
-
-  if (child.pid !== undefined) {
-    registry.register({
-      name: BACKEND_SVC.name,
-      stack: BACKEND_SVC.stack,
-      port: BACKEND_SVC.port,
-      pid: child.pid,
-      startedAt: Date.now(),
-    });
-  }
-
-  let exiting = false;
-
-  function cleanup(): void {
-    if (exiting) return;
-    exiting = true;
-    console.log('');
-    console.log(colors.muted('  Stopping media-gallery backend...'));
-    child.kill('SIGTERM');
-    registry.unregisterStack(STACK_NAME);
-  }
-
-  process.on('SIGINT', cleanup);
-  process.on('SIGTERM', cleanup);
-
-  return new Promise<CommandResult>((resolvePromise) => {
-    child.on('exit', (code) => {
-      registry.unregister(BACKEND_SVC.name);
-      if (!exiting) {
-        console.log(colors.warning(`  ${colors.symbols.warning} backend exited (code ${code})`));
-      }
-      cleanup();
-      resolvePromise({ code: code ?? 0 });
-    });
-    child.on('error', (err) => {
-      registry.unregister(BACKEND_SVC.name);
-      cleanup();
-      resolvePromise({ code: 1, error: err.message });
-    });
-  });
-}
-
-// =============================================================================
-// Export
-// =============================================================================
-
-export const upMediaGallery = (_ctx: CommandContext) => runMediaGallery();