Fix: run startup refresh in WSGI mode

webapp.py

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def health():
     return jsonify({"status": "unhealthy", "message": cached_status}), 503
 
 
-# ---- Load cached data on startup (for WSGI) ----
+# ---- Startup (runs in both WSGI and dev modes) ----
 
 _cache_data = _load_cache()
 if _cache_data:
@@ -252,31 +252,29 @@ if _cache_data:
             pass
     logger.info("Loaded cached data: %s", cached_status)
 
-# ---- Scheduled refresh for long-running processes ----
+if not cached_results:
+    threading.Thread(target=refresh_data, daemon=True).start()
 
-def _start_scheduler():
-    try:
-        from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
-        scheduler = BackgroundScheduler(daemon=True)
-        scheduler.add_job(
-            refresh_data,
-            trigger="cron",
-            hour=cfg.refresh_hour,
-            minute=cfg.refresh_minute,
-            timezone=cfg.refresh_timezone,
-            id="daily_refresh",
-            name="Daily news refresh",
-            replace_existing=True,
-        )
-        scheduler.start()
-        logger.info("Scheduler started — daily refresh at %02d:%02d %s", cfg.refresh_hour, cfg.refresh_minute, cfg.refresh_timezone)
-    except ImportError:
-        logger.warning("APScheduler not available — scheduled refresh disabled. Use PythonAnywhere tasks instead.")
-
-
-# ---- Entry points ----
+try:
+    from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
+    _scheduler = BackgroundScheduler(daemon=True)
+    _scheduler.add_job(
+        refresh_data,
+        trigger="cron",
+        hour=cfg.refresh_hour,
+        minute=cfg.refresh_minute,
+        timezone=cfg.refresh_timezone,
+        id="daily_refresh",
+        name="Daily news refresh",
+        replace_existing=True,
+    )
+    _scheduler.start()
+    logger.info("Scheduler started — daily refresh at %02d:%02d %s", cfg.refresh_hour, cfg.refresh_minute, cfg.refresh_timezone)
+except ImportError:
+    logger.warning("APScheduler not available — scheduled refresh disabled")
+
+
+# ---- Dev server (not used in WSGI/gunicorn) ----
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    _start_scheduler()
-    threading.Thread(target=refresh_data, daemon=True).start()
     app.run(host=cfg.host, port=cfg.port, debug=(cfg.flask_env != "production"))