always serve embedded frontend

docs/api.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ when a query string follows the slash.
 
 ## Health and frontend
 
-- `GET /` serves the embedded frontend when `production=false`.
+- `GET /` serves the embedded frontend.
 - `GET /api/health` returns HTTP 200:
 
 ```json

docs/configuration.md

@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ ushort legacy-config.json
 | `max_retention_days` | no | `3650` | Maximum per-URL retention value. |
 | `rate_limit_requests` | no | `60` | Requests allowed per client/window. |
 | `rate_limit_window` | no | `60` | Sliding-window length in seconds. |
-| `production` | no | `false` | Disable embedded frontend routes when a separate server provides them. |
 
 The legacy `short_length` option remains an alias for `min_short_length`.
+The removed legacy `production` key is ignored when present; ushort always
+serves its embedded frontend and static assets.
 
 ## Public URL layouts
 

docs/deployment.md

@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@ the server as `docker-compose.yml`. For repeatable releases, replace its image
 tag with the verified multi-architecture digest:
 
 ```yaml
-image: docker.io/sodium/ushort:0.1.1@sha256:<verified-index-digest>
+image: docker.io/sodium/ushort:0.1.2@sha256:<verified-index-digest>
 ```
 
-Set `db_path = "data/urlshort.db"` and normally keep `production = false` so
-the executable serves its embedded frontend. Keep `config.toml` owned by the
-container identity (`1001:1001`) with mode `0400`; the `data` directory must be
-writable by the same identity.
+Set `db_path = "data/urlshort.db"`. The executable always serves its embedded
+frontend. Keep `config.toml` owned by the container identity (`1001:1001`) with
+mode `0400`; the `data` directory must be writable by the same identity.
 
 ## Start and validate
 

docs/frontend.md

@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ actions, API-key administration, sorting, pagination, theme selection, and
 locally hosted fonts. Relative asset URLs and the browser-derived API prefix
 allow the same files to work at either a subdomain root or a nested path.
 
-Set `production = false` for the normal self-contained deployment. Setting it
-to `true` disables the embedded frontend routes for installations that serve
-those files separately.
+The frontend and static assets are always available. The former `production`
+toggle was removed because disabling embedded assets conflicts with ushort's
+self-contained deployment model. Old configuration files containing that key
+remain loadable; its value is ignored.
 
 The nginx examples apply `no-store` to the HTML entry point and `no-cache` to
 static assets. Embedded static requests do not consume the API rate-limit