[api] update hot avatar custom endpoint

apps/api/src/custom-avatar-items-db.ts

@@ -229,6 +229,26 @@ export async function listFeaturedCustomAvatarItems(
 	return results.map(toDto)
 }
 
+/**
+ * The "hot" (trending) feed (`GET /api/customAvatarItems/v1/hot`): every PUBLISHED item —
+ * `Accessibility` 0 is the unpublished state and is the only thing held back. Newest
+ * first, standing in for a trend ranking there is nothing to compute one from yet (no
+ * purchase or wear counts are recorded).
+ */
+export async function listHotCustomAvatarItems(
+	db: D1Database,
+	limit = 50
+): Promise<CustomAvatarItem[]> {
+	const { results } = await db
+		.prepare(
+			`SELECT * FROM custom_avatar_item WHERE accessibility != 0
+			 ORDER BY created_at DESC, custom_avatar_item_id LIMIT ?1`
+		)
+		.bind(limit)
+		.all<Row>()
+	return results.map(toDto)
+}
+
 /**
  * What an account has authored (`GET /api/customAvatarItems/v2/fromCreator/:id`), newest
  * first, with the total for the client's paginated envelope. `includeUnpublished` is for

apps/api/src/routes/avatar.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
 	getCustomAvatarItem,
 	listCustomAvatarItemsByCreator,
 	listFeaturedCustomAvatarItems,
+	listHotCustomAvatarItems,
 	updateCustomAvatarItem,
 } from '../custom-avatar-items-db'
 import { authedId, unauthorized } from '../http'
@@ -446,16 +447,21 @@ export const avatarRoutes = new Hono<App>({ strict: false })
 		async (c) => c.json(await listFeaturedCustomAvatarItems(c.env.DB))
 	)
 
-	// The "hot" (trending) custom-avatar-item feed. No items yet → an empty list.
+	// The "hot" (trending) custom-avatar-item feed: every published (`Accessibility` != 0)
+	// item from the `custom_avatar_item` table. There is nothing to rank a trend from yet,
+	// so it is the accessible items, newest first.
 	.get(
 		'/api/customAvatarItems/v1/hot',
 		describeRoute({
 			tags: ['Avatar'],
 			summary: 'Trending custom avatar items',
-			description: 'The “hot” feed. No custom items exist yet, so it is empty.',
+			description:
-			responses: { 200: json(JsonArray, 'An empty list') },
+				'The “hot” feed: the published items (`Accessibility` 0 is unpublished and is left ' +
+				'out), newest first, up to 50. No purchase or wear counts are recorded, so there is ' +
+				'no trend to rank by and recency stands in for one.',
+			responses: { 200: json(CustomAvatarItemList, 'The items, newest first') },
 		}),
-		(c) => c.json([])
+		async (c) => c.json(await listHotCustomAvatarItems(c.env.DB))
 	)
 
 	// A batch lookup of custom avatar items by id. The reference filters a static catalog

apps/api/src/test/integration/api.test.ts

@@ -1007,10 +1007,49 @@ describe('public endpoints', () => {
 		expect(await res.json()).toEqual([])
 	})
 
-	test('GET /api/customAvatarItems/v1/hot returns []', async () => {
+	test('GET /api/customAvatarItems/v1/hot lists the published items, newest first', async () => {
+		await env.DB.prepare('DELETE FROM custom_avatar_item').run()
+		const empty = await exports.default.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/api/customAvatarItems/v1/hot`)
+		expect(empty.status).toBe(200)
+		expect(await empty.json()).toEqual([])
+
+		const older = await createCustomAvatarItem(
+			env.DB,
+			item('Older', 1),
+			new Date('2026-08-01T00:00:00Z')
+		)
+		const newer = await createCustomAvatarItem(
+			env.DB,
+			item('Newer', 1),
+			new Date('2026-08-02T00:00:00Z')
+		)
+		const unpublished = await createCustomAvatarItem(env.DB, item('Unpublished', 0))
+
 		const res = await exports.default.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/api/customAvatarItems/v1/hot`)
 		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
-		expect(await res.json()).toEqual([])
+		const got = (await res.json()) as Array<{ CustomAvatarItemId: string; Name: string }>
+		// Unfeatured but published: the hot feed does not care about the featured flag.
+		expect(got.map((i) => i.CustomAvatarItemId)).toEqual([
+			newer.CustomAvatarItemId,
+			older.CustomAvatarItemId,
+		])
+		expect(got.map((i) => i.CustomAvatarItemId)).not.toContain(unpublished.CustomAvatarItemId)
+		expect(got[0]).toMatchObject({ Name: 'Newer', IsFeatured: false, CurrentSaves: [] })
+
+		function item(name: string, accessibility: number) {
+			return {
+				customAvatarItemId: crypto.randomUUID(),
+				creatorAccountId: 205,
+				name,
+				description: '',
+				price: 0,
+				baseAvatarItemId: 1,
+				baseAvatarItemColor: '#fff',
+				accessibility,
+				designFilename: 'design_x.bin',
+				thumbnailImageFilename: 'thumb_x.png',
+			}
+		}
 	})
 
 	test('GET /api/customAvatarItems/v2/fromCreator/:id shows unpublished items only to the creator', async () => {