feat(settings): add highlightsFirstEnabled flag, forward to feed

[pnvasanth]

Summary

• Adds a new user-level Settings flag highlightsFirstEnabled (stored in the existing Settings.flags JSONB column — no migration needed).
• Exposes it on SettingsFlagsPublic GQL type and SettingsFlagsPublicInput input so the apps can read/write it through the existing updateUserSettings mutation.
• FeedPreferencesConfigGenerator.generate() now loads the user's Settings alongside the existing User lookup and forwards highlights_first: true to the feed service when the flag is on.

This is the daily-api half of a 3-repo change. The daily-feed side (https://github.com/dailydotdev/daily-feed/pull/860) consumes highlights_first to pin the highlight to index 0 on the first page.

Test plan

• pnpm run lint clean
• npx tsc --noEmit — no new type errors introduced (pre-existing telemetry/workers errors untouched)
• New test: FeedPreferencesConfigGenerator sets highlights_first when the user has the flag enabled, omits it otherwise
• New test: updateUserSettings mutation persists highlightsFirstEnabled to Settings.flags and reads it back
• Existing settings-flags assertions + snapshot updated to include the new field
• CI runs full Jest suite (Postgres + Redis required, not run locally)

[pulumi]

🍹 The Update (preview) for dailydotdev/api/prod (at a92045a) was successful.

✨ Neo Explanation

Routine deployment adding the `highlightsFirstEnabled` user preference flag, which controls `highlights_first` in feed config generation. All changes are image tag updates and migration job cycling — ✅ Low Risk.

This is a routine application deployment rolling out the highlightsFirstEnabled user setting feature. The new setting allows users to opt-in to having feed highlights shown first, surfaced via FeedPreferencesConfigGenerator which now fetches the Settings entity and passes highlights_first: true to the feed config when enabled.

All deployment and cron job updates are solely container image tag bumps (4b9d08fa → 22cc12d3). The migration Jobs (both DB and Clickhouse) are being cycled to the new commit hash — this is the standard pattern for running schema/data migrations on deploy. The highlightsFirstEnabled field is additive to the existing SettingsFlags JSON column, so no destructive schema change is expected.

Resource Changes

    Name                                                       Type                           Operation
~   vpc-native-expire-super-agent-trial-cron                   kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-worker-job-deployment                           kubernetes:apps/v1:Deployment  update
~   vpc-native-bg-deployment                                   kubernetes:apps/v1:Deployment  update
~   vpc-native-personalized-digest-deployment                  kubernetes:apps/v1:Deployment  update
~   vpc-native-clean-channel-highlights-cron                   kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-user-profile-analytics-history-clickhouse-cron  kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-update-views-cron                               kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-update-current-streak-cron                      kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-private-deployment                              kubernetes:apps/v1:Deployment  update
~   vpc-native-clean-expired-better-auth-sessions-cron         kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-clean-zombie-opportunities-cron                 kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-user-posts-analytics-refresh-cron               kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-calculate-top-readers-cron                      kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-update-tag-materialized-views-cron              kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-update-trending-cron                            kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-personalized-digest-cron                        kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-user-profile-analytics-clickhouse-cron          kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-deployment                                      kubernetes:apps/v1:Deployment  update
~   vpc-native-clean-stale-user-transactions-cron              kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-clean-zombie-user-companies-cron                kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-generic-referral-reminder-cron                  kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-rotate-daily-quests-cron                        kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
+   vpc-native-api-clickhouse-migration-22cc12d3               kubernetes:batch/v1:Job        create
~   vpc-native-rotate-weekly-quests-cron                       kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
+   vpc-native-api-db-migration-22cc12d3                       kubernetes:batch/v1:Job        create
~   vpc-native-update-source-public-threshold-cron             kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-hourly-notification-cron                        kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-materialize-yearly-best-post-archives-cron      kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-validate-active-users-cron                      kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-update-tags-str-cron                            kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-post-analytics-clickhouse-cron                  kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-temporal-deployment                             kubernetes:apps/v1:Deployment  update
~   vpc-native-channel-digests-cron                            kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-daily-digest-cron                               kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-user-profile-updated-sync-cron                  kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-check-analytics-report-cron                     kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-clean-gifted-plus-cron                          kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-sync-subscription-with-cio-cron                 kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
~   vpc-native-ws-deployment                                   kubernetes:apps/v1:Deployment  update
~   vpc-native-update-achievement-rarity-cron                  kubernetes:batch/v1:CronJob    update
-   vpc-native-api-db-migration-4b9d08fa                       kubernetes:batch/v1:Job        delete
... and 11 other changes

[capJavert]

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