fix solr

backend/src/main/java/com/storycove/service/SolrService.java

@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ import com.storycove.entity.Story;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrQuery;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServerException;
-import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.schema.SchemaRequest;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.QueryResponse;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.UpdateResponse;
-import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.schema.SchemaResponse;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrDocument;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrDocumentList;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
@@ -72,40 +70,6 @@ public class SolrService {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.error("Failed to test Solr cores availability", e);
         }
-
-        ensureStoriesSchemaFields();
-    }
-
-    private void ensureStoriesSchemaFields() {
-        String core = properties.getCores().getStories();
-        ensureSchemaField(core, "lastCompletedAt", "pdate");
-    }
-
-    private void ensureSchemaField(String core, String fieldName, String fieldType) {
-        try {
-            // Check whether the field already exists
-            SchemaRequest.Field checkRequest = new SchemaRequest.Field(fieldName);
-            checkRequest.process(solrClient, core);
-            logger.debug("Solr field '{}' already exists in core '{}'", fieldName, core);
-        } catch (Exception notFound) {
-            // Field is absent — add it
-            try {
-                Map<String, Object> attrs = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-                attrs.put("name", fieldName);
-                attrs.put("type", fieldType);
-                attrs.put("indexed", true);
-                attrs.put("stored", true);
-                SchemaRequest.AddField addRequest = new SchemaRequest.AddField(attrs);
-                SchemaResponse.UpdateResponse response = addRequest.process(solrClient, core);
-                if (response.getStatus() == 0) {
-                    logger.info("Added Solr field '{}' (type={}) to core '{}'", fieldName, fieldType, core);
-                } else {
-                    logger.warn("Unexpected status {} adding field '{}' to core '{}'", response.getStatus(), fieldName, core);
-                }
-            } catch (Exception addEx) {
-                logger.error("Failed to add Solr field '{}' to core '{}'", fieldName, core, addEx);
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     // ===============================

solr.Dockerfile

@@ -12,10 +12,18 @@ COPY <<EOF /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init-cores.sh
 #!/bin/bash
 echo "StoryCove: Initializing cores..."
 
-# Use solr's built-in precreate-core functionality
+# Create cores on first startup (no-op if they already exist)
 precreate-core storycove_stories /opt/solr-9.9.0/server/solr/configsets/storycove_stories
 precreate-core storycove_authors /opt/solr-9.9.0/server/solr/configsets/storycove_authors
 
+# Always sync schema files from the image so deployments pick up schema changes
+cp -f /opt/solr-9.9.0/server/solr/configsets/storycove_stories/conf/managed-schema \
+      /var/solr/data/storycove_stories/conf/managed-schema
+if [ -f /opt/solr-9.9.0/server/solr/configsets/storycove_authors/conf/managed-schema ]; then
+  cp -f /opt/solr-9.9.0/server/solr/configsets/storycove_authors/conf/managed-schema \
+        /var/solr/data/storycove_authors/conf/managed-schema
+fi
+
 echo "StoryCove: Core initialization complete!"
 EOF