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+# Multi-stage Dockerfile for the Xtablo Go backend.
+#
+# Three stages:
+#   assets  — downloads Tailwind CLI, HTMX, and Sortable.js then compiles the
+#             Tailwind output CSS from tailwind.input.css + templates/. (D-09)
+#   builder — copies assets, runs `templ generate`, and compiles both binaries
+#             with CGO_ENABLED=0 so they are fully static. (D-07)
+#   runtime — copies only the two binaries into a minimal distroless image.
+#             No CMD is set — docker-compose overrides command: per service. (D-08)
+#
+# Build context: backend/ directory (sibling to go.mod).
+#   From the repo root:  docker build -f backend/Dockerfile backend/
+#   From inside backend/: docker build .
+#
+# Security: no .env files are ever COPY'd into any layer (T-07-05).
+# The :nonroot distroless tag runs as uid 65532, preventing filesystem writes (T-07-07).
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Stage 1: assets
+# Downloads pinned versions of Tailwind CLI, HTMX, and Sortable.js,
+# then compiles tailwind.input.css against templates/ for the minified CSS.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+FROM node:20-alpine AS assets
+
+WORKDIR /build
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache curl
+
+RUN mkdir -p static
+
+# Tailwind standalone CLI — pinned at v4.0.0 (matches justfile tailwind_version)
+RUN curl -sSL -o /usr/local/bin/tailwindcss \
+    "https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/download/v4.0.0/tailwindcss-linux-x64" \
+    && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/tailwindcss
+
+# HTMX — pinned at major version 2 (matches justfile htmx_version)
+RUN curl -sSL -o static/htmx.min.js \
+    "https://unpkg.com/htmx.org@2/dist/htmx.min.js"
+
+# Sortable.js — pinned at v1.15.7 (matches justfile sortable_version)
+RUN curl -sSL -o static/sortable.min.js \
+    "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/sortablejs@1.15.7/Sortable.min.js"
+
+# Copy Tailwind input and templates for content-scanning
+COPY tailwind.input.css .
+COPY templates/ templates/
+
+# Compile and minify Tailwind CSS
+RUN tailwindcss -i tailwind.input.css -o static/tailwind.css --minify
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Stage 2: builder
+# Compiles both Go binaries (cmd/web and cmd/worker) with CGO_ENABLED=0.
+# Runs `templ generate` first since *_templ.go files are gitignored. (D-07)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+FROM golang:1.26-alpine AS builder
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Download dependencies first (layer-cached until go.mod/go.sum change)
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+
+# Copy the entire backend context
+COPY . .
+
+# Overwrite static/ with the freshly built assets from the assets stage
+COPY --from=assets /build/static ./static
+
+# Install templ at the pinned version and run template generation
+# (gitignored *_templ.go files must be generated at build time)
+RUN go install github.com/a-h/templ/cmd/templ@v0.3.1020 && templ generate
+
+# Compile the web server binary — CGO_ENABLED=0 required for distroless/static
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
+    CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -ldflags="-s -w" -trimpath -o /app/web ./cmd/web
+
+# Compile the background worker binary — CGO_ENABLED=0 required for distroless/static
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
+    CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -ldflags="-s -w" -trimpath -o /app/worker ./cmd/worker
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Stage 3: runtime
+# Minimal distroless image containing only the two compiled binaries.
+# Runs as nonroot (uid 65532) — no filesystem write access. (T-07-07)
+# No CMD set — docker-compose.prod.yaml provides `command:` per service. (D-08)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:nonroot
+
+COPY --from=builder /app/web /app/web
+COPY --from=builder /app/worker /app/worker
+
+EXPOSE 8080