feat(node): share the (path,size,mtime)->hash index cache across every group

An operator routinely shares the same physical folder into more than one
group (a music library, a Séries drive) — IndexCache used to be opened
once per group (data_dir/{group_id}/index_cache.db), so the second group
to reference an already-fully-hashed multi-terabyte folder paid the same
full content read the first one did. IndexCache itself carried no
group_id in its schema; only daemon.py's wiring did. Now one instance,
opened once at startup (data_dir/index_cache.db), shared by every group's
DirectoryIndexer.

Confirmed against a real deployment (2026-08-25/26): a group sharing an
already-indexed folder with an existing group indexes it instantly, with
zero rehashing.

Also fixes a related cross-group correctness gap found during this work:
media_cache.db (thumbnails, TMDB/MusicBrainz metadata — already node-wide,
untouched by this change) was pruned for a file the moment it left *one*
group's index, even if another group's index still held the same content
hash — forcing a redundant re-fetch/re-probe/re-thumbnail for a group that
never actually lost anything. Prune now runs only once no group's index
references the file_id any more.

Adds a node admin UI action ("Maintenance" card, prune-index-cache) to
drop cache rows that no longer belong to any group's roots — skips
anything under a root that is merely temporarily unavailable (indexer.py's
"a root that goes away freezes, never empties" rule extends to this
cache too, or a reconnected drive would pay a full rehash for no reason).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_013XSohfUQQiaE77qyFLgSv3

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diff --git a/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_daemon.py b/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_daemon.py
index b367a20..71aae78 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_daemon.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_daemon.py
@@ -440,6 +440,71 @@ async def test_delta_reflects_additions_and_deletions(tmp_path, shared_dir, gek)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_media_cache_not_pruned_when_another_group_still_has_the_content(
+        tmp_path, shared_dir, gek):
+    """
+    media_cache.db is node-wide, keyed by content hash — a file shared into
+    two groups is one row there. Removing it from ONE group's index (root
+    unshared, group left) must not wipe the thumbnail/tmdb/mbid mapping the
+    OTHER group's copy still needs, or that surviving group pays for a
+    redundant re-fetch/re-probe/re-thumbnail for content it never lost.
+    """
+    daemon = _new_daemon_for_group(tmp_path, shared_dir, gek, group_id="a" * 32)
+    daemon._media_cache = AsyncMock()
+    daemon._webrtc = MagicMock()
+    daemon._webrtc._sessions = {}
+
+    indexer_a = DirectoryIndexer(roots=one_root(shared_dir), group_id="a" * 32,
+                                 sk_node=Ed25519PrivateKey.generate(), gek=gek)
+    await indexer_a.initial_scan()
+    shared_id = indexer_a.index.entries[0].id
+
+    indexer_b = DirectoryIndexer(roots=one_root(shared_dir), group_id="b" * 32,
+                                 sk_node=Ed25519PrivateKey.generate(), gek=gek)
+    await indexer_b.initial_scan()
+    assert indexer_b.index.get_entry(shared_id) is not None
+
+    daemon._indexers = [indexer_a, indexer_b]
+
+    await daemon._on_index_change(indexer_a)  # establishes the snapshot
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+
+    indexer_a.index.remove_entry(shared_id)
+    await daemon._on_index_change(indexer_a)
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+
+    daemon._media_cache.prune_file.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_media_cache_pruned_once_no_group_has_the_content_left(
+        tmp_path, shared_dir, gek):
+    """Counterpart of the test above: with only one group ever having held
+    the content, its removal must still prune media_cache as before — the
+    fix only withholds pruning when the content genuinely survives
+    elsewhere, it must not make pruning stop happening altogether."""
+    daemon = _new_daemon_for_group(tmp_path, shared_dir, gek, group_id="a" * 32)
+    daemon._media_cache = AsyncMock()
+    daemon._webrtc = MagicMock()
+    daemon._webrtc._sessions = {}
+
+    indexer = DirectoryIndexer(roots=one_root(shared_dir), group_id="a" * 32,
+                               sk_node=Ed25519PrivateKey.generate(), gek=gek)
+    await indexer.initial_scan()
+    removed_id = indexer.index.entries[0].id
+    daemon._indexers = [indexer]
+
+    await daemon._on_index_change(indexer)
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+
+    indexer.index.remove_entry(removed_id)
+    await daemon._on_index_change(indexer)
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+
+    daemon._media_cache.prune_file.assert_called_once_with(removed_id)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_a_burst_of_changes_produces_one_broadcast(tmp_path, shared_dir, gek):
     """Coalescing: several _on_index_change calls in quick succession (one
     per debounced watchdog event) must collapse into a single push."""