fix(sidecar): strip gallery-dl 'NN_' numbering prefix when locating sidecars — fixes 'deep scan refresh count high but 0 Posts created' (operator-flagged 2026-05-26) — Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

tests/test_sidecar_util.py

@@ -23,6 +23,51 @@ def test_find_sidecar_none(tmp_path):
     assert find_sidecar(media) is None
 
 
+def test_find_sidecar_gallerydl_numbered_prefix(tmp_path):
+    """gallery-dl prefixes media filenames with NN_ for in-post ordering
+    (e.g. `01_HOLLOW-ICHIGO.png`) but writes the post-level sidecar under
+    the attachment stem WITHOUT the prefix (`HOLLOW-ICHIGO.json`).
+    Confirmed against real Patreon downloads 2026-05-26 — operator's deep
+    scan produced 24 refresh calls but 0 Posts because the unprefixed
+    sidecar was invisible to find_sidecar."""
+    media = tmp_path / "01_HOLLOW-ICHIGO.png"
+    media.write_bytes(b"x")
+    sc = tmp_path / "HOLLOW-ICHIGO.json"
+    sc.write_text("{}")
+    assert find_sidecar(media) == sc
+
+
+def test_find_sidecar_multidigit_prefix(tmp_path):
+    """Numbering prefix can be wider than 2 digits (`001_...`); the strip
+    handles any \\d+_ form."""
+    media = tmp_path / "001_mirko-sketch.png"
+    media.write_bytes(b"x")
+    sc = tmp_path / "mirko-sketch.json"
+    sc.write_text("{}")
+    assert find_sidecar(media) == sc
+
+
+def test_find_sidecar_prefers_attachment_level_over_post_level(tmp_path):
+    """If BOTH a per-attachment sidecar and a post-level sidecar exist,
+    the attachment-level one wins (it's more specific)."""
+    media = tmp_path / "01_image.png"
+    media.write_bytes(b"x")
+    per_attachment = tmp_path / "01_image.json"
+    per_attachment.write_text('{"specific": true}')
+    post_level = tmp_path / "image.json"
+    post_level.write_text('{"specific": false}')
+    assert find_sidecar(media) == per_attachment
+
+
+def test_find_sidecar_no_underscore_not_treated_as_prefix(tmp_path):
+    """`01.png` (just digits, no underscore-separated stem) shouldn't
+    match. The regex requires NN_<something>."""
+    media = tmp_path / "01.png"
+    media.write_bytes(b"x")
+    (tmp_path / ".json").write_text("{}")  # would be matched only if buggy
+    assert find_sidecar(media) is None
+
+
 def test_parse_empty_dict_all_none():
     sd = parse_sidecar({})
     assert isinstance(sd, SidecarData)