feat: FC links a conclusive pair itself instead of asking (4392)

Operator, 2026-09-24: *"I don't want this to be manual that defeats the
convenience that I'm going for."*

Confirm-only was right while every signal was circumstantial. Time proximity
and a body that mentions Discord can never be more than suggestive, so asking
was the honest response to what FC actually knew. A shared working name is
different in kind: when the creator's own name for a piece appears in exactly
these two posts and nowhere else in their library, there is nothing left for
the operator to adjudicate, and asking is a chore FC invented for them.

AUTO_LINK_FLOOR is 1.0 and sits deliberately above IDENTITY_FLOOR's 0.75. The
gap between them IS the review queue — real evidence, not certain enough for
FC to act on alone. Measured on artist 8, of 15 name-sharing pairs: 11 are
conclusive, 2 more propose, 2 fall short of both.

Three refusals, because an auto-link is FC asserting something the operator
never saw:

  * Exactly one candidate may be conclusive. Two is not a tie to be broken by
    score — one post can tease two pieces dropped separately, and then each
    drop carries a different name from the same teaser, each individually
    conclusive. Two conclusive answers to "which drop is this" means the
    question was wrong, so both queue and FC says nothing.
  * Neither end may already be claimed by an accepted link. That link is the
    operator's decision and reassigning its other end would overrule them
    silently.
  * The whole thing is one setting, defaulting on, reversible in the UI —
    an accepted link is a row they can dismiss.

`match_post` now returns (proposed, linked) so a sweep can report what it did
on its own rather than only what it queued.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LVjrnpQjRgHdvq95rASoiR

alembic/versions/0109_discord_link_auto.py

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+"""discord_link_auto — whether FC links a conclusive pair without asking.
+
+Operator, 2026-09-24: *"I don't want this to be manual that defeats the
+convenience that I'm going for."*
+
+Confirm-only was right while every signal was circumstantial. Time proximity
+and a body that mentions Discord can never be more than suggestive, so asking
+was the honest response. A shared working name is different in kind: when the
+creator's own name for a piece appears in exactly these two posts and nowhere
+else in their library, there is nothing left for the operator to adjudicate,
+and asking is just a chore FC invented for them.
+
+Defaults ON, which is a real change of posture and deliberate. It only governs
+the conclusive band — weaker evidence still queues — and a link is a row the
+operator can dismiss, so the reversal is a click rather than a migration.
+
+Revision ID: 0109
+Revises: 0108
+Create Date: 2026-09-24
+
+"""
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+
+revision = "0109"
+down_revision = "0108"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.add_column(
+        "import_settings",
+        sa.Column(
+            "discord_link_auto",
+            sa.Boolean(),
+            nullable=False,
+            server_default=sa.text("true"),
+        ),
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    op.drop_column("import_settings", "discord_link_auto")

backend/app/api/settings.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ _EDITABLE_FIELDS = (
     "discord_link_enabled",
     "discord_link_threshold",
     "discord_link_window_hours",
+    "discord_link_auto",
     "extdl_mega_enabled",
     "extdl_gdrive_enabled",
     "extdl_mediafire_enabled",
@@ -165,6 +166,10 @@ async def update_import_settings():
         body["discord_link_enabled"], bool
     ):
         return jsonify({"error": "discord_link_enabled must be a boolean"}), 400
+    if "discord_link_auto" in body and not isinstance(
+        body["discord_link_auto"], bool
+    ):
+        return jsonify({"error": "discord_link_auto must be a boolean"}), 400
     if "discord_link_threshold" in body:
         v = body["discord_link_threshold"]
         if not isinstance(v, (int, float)) or isinstance(v, bool) or v < 0 or v > 1:

backend/app/models/import_settings.py

@@ -139,6 +139,25 @@ class ImportSettings(Base):
         server_default="24",
     )
 
+    # Whether FC links a CONCLUSIVE pair without asking.
+    #
+    # Operator, 2026-09-24: *"I don't want this to be manual that defeats the
+    # convenience that I'm going for."* Confirm-only was the right default
+    # while the only signals were circumstantial — proximity and a body that
+    # mentions Discord can never be more than suggestive, and asking was the
+    # honest response to that. A shared working name is different in kind: when
+    # the name appears in exactly these two posts and nowhere else in the
+    # artist's library, there is nothing for the operator to adjudicate.
+    #
+    # Only the conclusive band is affected (post_association_service.
+    # AUTO_LINK_FLOOR). Everything weaker still queues, and an accepted link is
+    # a row the operator can dismiss, so this is reversible in the UI rather
+    # than only in the database.
+    discord_link_auto: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(
+        Boolean, nullable=False, default=True,
+        server_default="true",
+    )
+
     # #830 off-platform file-host downloads — per-host enable lever (default on,
     # rule #26). Column names are extdl_<host>_enabled so the worker reads them
     # via getattr(settings, f"extdl_{host}_enabled", True).

backend/app/services/post_association_service.py

@@ -129,6 +129,20 @@ MAX_CANDIDATES = 25
 # the manual button's job.
 MAX_RECENT_DROPS = 200
 
+# What a shared name must reach before FC links a pair WITHOUT asking.
+#
+# 1.0, which under post_naming's post-span counting means the name appears in
+# exactly these two posts and nowhere else in the artist's library. That is not
+# "strong evidence" — within the library it is conclusive, and the remaining
+# ways to be wrong are a mis-parse or the creator reusing a name for a genuinely
+# different piece on the same day.
+#
+# Deliberately above IDENTITY_FLOOR, which is what a name needs to PROPOSE.
+# The gap between them is the review queue: real evidence, not certain enough
+# for FC to act on by itself. Measured on artist 8, 15 name-sharing pairs: 11
+# are conclusive, 2 more propose, 2 fall short of both.
+AUTO_LINK_FLOOR = 1.0
+
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class _Corpus:
@@ -272,14 +286,38 @@ class PostAssociationService:
             .limit(MAX_CANDIDATES)
         )).scalars().all()
 
+    async def _claimed(self, announcement_id: int, payload_id: int) -> bool:
+        """Is either end of this pair already spoken for by an accepted link?
+
+        An auto-link is FC asserting something the operator never saw, so it
+        only happens where there is nothing to contradict. A drop already
+        linked to a different announcement is exactly such a contradiction, and
+        resolving it is a judgement about which one is right — which is the
+        operator's, not FC's.
+        """
+        return (await self.session.execute(
+            select(PostAssociation.id).where(
+                PostAssociation.status == "linked",
+                or_(
+                    PostAssociation.payload_post_id == payload_id,
+                    PostAssociation.announcement_post_id == announcement_id,
+                ),
+            ).limit(1)
+        )).scalar() is not None
+
     async def match_post(
         self, announcement_id: int, *, threshold: float, window_hours: float,
-    ) -> int:
+        auto_link: bool = False,
-        """Score one announcement against nearby groupings. Returns proposals made."""
+    ) -> tuple[int, int]:
+        """Score one announcement against nearby groupings.
+
+        Returns `(proposed, linked)` — how many pairs were written, and how
+        many of those were linked outright rather than queued.
+        """
         announcement = await self.session.get(Post, announcement_id)
         if announcement is None or announcement.synthesized_by is not None:
             # A synthetic post cannot announce anything — FC wrote it.
-            return 0
+            return 0, 0
 
         window = timedelta(hours=window_hours)
         declared = declared_signal(announcement.description)
@@ -289,6 +327,7 @@ class PostAssociationService:
         here_text = corpus.text_by_post.get(announcement.id, "")
 
         made = 0
+        scored: list[tuple[Post, float, dict, float]] = []
         for group in await self._candidate_groups(announcement, window=window):
             if group.id in already:
                 continue
@@ -335,15 +374,35 @@ class PostAssociationService:
                 # Carried so the queue can say WHY. A review queue that cannot
                 # explain itself is one the operator learns to click through.
                 signals["identity_token"] = token
+            scored.append((group, score, signals, identity))
+
+        # Who, if anyone, FC links without asking.
+        #
+        # EXACTLY ONE candidate may be conclusive. Two drops sharing a name
+        # with one teaser at full strength is not a tie to be broken by score —
+        # it means the name identifies something other than what FC thinks it
+        # does, and the right response is to queue both and say nothing.
+        auto_id = None
+        if auto_link:
+            conclusive = [c for c in scored if c[3] >= AUTO_LINK_FLOOR]
+            if len(conclusive) == 1 and not await self._claimed(
+                announcement.id, conclusive[0][0].id
+            ):
+                auto_id = conclusive[0][0].id
+
+        linked = 0
+        for group, score, signals, identity in scored:
+            status = "linked" if group.id == auto_id else "pending"
+            linked += status == "linked"
             self.session.add(PostAssociation(
                 announcement_post_id=announcement.id,
                 payload_post_id=group.id,
                 score=score,
                 signals=signals,
-                status="pending",
+                status=status,
             ))
             made += 1
-        return made
+        return made, linked
 
     async def list_pending(self) -> list[dict]:
         rows = (await self.session.execute(
@@ -412,7 +471,7 @@ async def rescan(session: AsyncSession, *, now: datetime | None = None) -> dict:
     """Score every recent non-synthetic post against nearby groupings."""
     settings = await ImportSettings.load(session)
     if not settings.discord_link_enabled:
-        return {"enabled": False, "scanned": 0, "proposed": 0}
+        return {"enabled": False, "scanned": 0, "proposed": 0, "linked": 0}
 
     now = now or datetime.now(UTC)
     window_hours = float(settings.discord_link_window_hours)
@@ -466,17 +525,25 @@ async def rescan(session: AsyncSession, *, now: datetime | None = None) -> dict:
 
     svc = PostAssociationService(session)
     proposed = 0
+    linked = 0
     # Sorted because `ids` is now a union of two queries: set iteration order
     # is arbitrary, and a sweep that visits posts in a different order each
     # run is one whose failures cannot be reproduced.
     for pid in sorted(ids):
-        proposed += await svc.match_post(
+        made, auto = await svc.match_post(
             pid,
             threshold=float(settings.discord_link_threshold),
             window_hours=window_hours,
+            auto_link=bool(settings.discord_link_auto),
         )
+        proposed += made
+        linked += auto
     log.info(
-        "discord announcement matcher: scanned %d post(s), proposed %d pair(s)",
+        "discord announcement matcher: scanned %d post(s), proposed %d pair(s), "
-        len(ids), proposed,
+        "linked %d outright",
+        len(ids), proposed, linked,
     )
-    return {"enabled": True, "scanned": len(ids), "proposed": proposed}
+    return {
+        "enabled": True, "scanned": len(ids), "proposed": proposed,
+        "linked": linked,
+    }

backend/app/tasks/maintenance.py

@@ -1184,12 +1184,16 @@ def group_discord_drops() -> str:
     soft_time_limit=900, time_limit=1200,
 )
 def match_post_associations() -> str:
-    """Milestone 388 E5: propose which Patreon post announced which Discord drop.
+    """Milestone 388 E5: which Patreon post announced which Discord drop.
 
-    Proposes only — every pair lands in a review queue and nothing is linked
+    A CONCLUSIVE pair — one the creator's own working name identifies, where
-    until the operator accepts. Maintenance lane for the same reason as the
+    that name appears in these two posts and nowhere else in their library — is
-    grouper: no inference, no ML library, and it must not depend on the
+    linked outright when `discord_link_auto` is on, because there is nothing
-    optional ml-worker being present.
+    there for the operator to adjudicate. Everything weaker lands in the review
+    queue and stays unlinked until they accept it.
+
+    Maintenance lane for the same reason as the grouper: no inference, no ML
+    library, and it must not depend on the optional ml-worker being present.
     """
     import asyncio
 

tests/test_api_settings_downloader.py

@@ -103,3 +103,35 @@ async def test_a_negative_window_is_refused(client):
         "/api/settings/import", json={"download_revisit_days": -1}
     )
     assert resp.status_code == 400
+
+
+# --- the announcement matcher's own switch ---------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_auto_linking_is_on_by_default(client):
+    """Operator, 2026-09-24: "I don't want this to be manual that defeats the
+    convenience that I'm going for." Defaulting ON is the change of posture
+    that request asks for, so the default is what this pins."""
+    resp = await client.get("/api/settings/import")
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert (await resp.get_json())["discord_link_auto"] is True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_auto_linking_can_be_turned_off(client):
+    """Confirm-only has to stay reachable — linking without asking is a change
+    of posture, and not everyone wants it."""
+    resp = await client.patch(
+        "/api/settings/import", json={"discord_link_auto": False}
+    )
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert (await resp.get_json())["discord_link_auto"] is False
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_auto_linking_refuses_a_non_boolean(client):
+    resp = await client.patch(
+        "/api/settings/import", json={"discord_link_auto": "yes"}
+    )
+    assert resp.status_code == 400

tests/test_post_association.py

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ async def test_a_teaser_and_its_drop_an_hour_apart_are_proposed(db):
         teaser.id, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD, window_hours=WINDOW,
     )
     await db.commit()
-    assert made == 1
+    assert made == (1, 0)
 
     assoc = (await db.execute(select(PostAssociation))).scalar_one()
     assert assoc.announcement_post_id == teaser.id
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ async def test_two_unrelated_posts_the_same_day_are_not_proposed(db):
         teaser.id, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD, window_hours=WINDOW,
     )
     await db.commit()
-    assert made == 0
+    assert made == (0, 0)
     assert (await db.execute(select(PostAssociation))).scalars().all() == []
 
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ async def test_a_drop_outside_the_window_is_not_proposed(db):
 
     assert await PostAssociationService(db).match_post(
         teaser.id, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD, window_hours=WINDOW,
-    ) == 0
+    ) == (0, 0)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ async def test_another_artists_drop_is_never_proposed(db):
 
     assert await PostAssociationService(db).match_post(
         teaser.id, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD, window_hours=WINDOW,
-    ) == 0
+    ) == (0, 0)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ async def test_an_artist_with_no_discord_source_produces_nothing_and_no_error(db
 
     assert await PostAssociationService(db).match_post(
         teaser.id, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD, window_hours=WINDOW,
-    ) == 0
+    ) == (0, 0)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ async def test_a_synthetic_post_cannot_announce_anything(db):
 
     assert await PostAssociationService(db).match_post(
         drop_a.id, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD, window_hours=WINDOW,
-    ) == 0
+    ) == (0, 0)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ async def test_a_dismissed_pair_is_never_proposed_again(db):
 
     assert await svc.match_post(
         teaser.id, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD, window_hours=WINDOW,
-    ) == 0
+    ) == (0, 0)
     await db.commit()
     assert len((await db.execute(select(PostAssociation))).scalars().all()) == 1
 
@@ -384,7 +384,9 @@ async def test_the_rescan_is_a_no_op_when_the_switch_is_off(db):
     settings = await ImportSettings.load(db)
     settings.discord_link_enabled = False
     await db.commit()
-    assert await rescan(db) == {"enabled": False, "scanned": 0, "proposed": 0}
+    assert await rescan(db) == {
+        "enabled": False, "scanned": 0, "proposed": 0, "linked": 0,
+    }
 
 
 # --- the identity route ----------------------------------------------------
@@ -422,7 +424,7 @@ async def test_a_shared_working_name_proposes_a_pair_time_cannot_reach(db):
     )
     await db.commit()
 
-    assert made == 1
+    assert made == (1, 0)
     assoc = (await db.execute(select(PostAssociation))).scalar_one()
     assert assoc.payload_post_id == drop.id
     assert assoc.signals["identity"] == 1.0
@@ -484,7 +486,7 @@ async def test_a_name_the_creator_reuses_everywhere_links_nothing(db):
     )
     await db.commit()
 
-    assert made == 0
+    assert made == (0, 0)
     assert (await db.execute(select(PostAssociation))).scalars().all() == []
 
 
@@ -518,7 +520,7 @@ async def test_a_name_below_the_floor_is_recorded_but_carries_nothing(db):
     )
     await db.commit()
 
-    assert made == 0
+    assert made == (0, 0)
     corpus = await svc._corpus(artist.id)
     assert corpus.token_posts["cnni18x"] == 4, "four posts carry the name"
 
@@ -549,7 +551,7 @@ async def test_a_marker_the_creator_uses_once_lifts_a_pair_over_the_line(db):
     )
     await db.commit()
 
-    assert made == 1
+    assert made == (1, 0)
     assoc = (await db.execute(select(PostAssociation))).scalar_one()
     assert assoc.signals["marker"] == 1.0
 
@@ -582,7 +584,7 @@ async def test_a_marker_the_creator_uses_constantly_lifts_nothing(db):
     )
     await db.commit()
 
-    assert made == 0
+    assert made == (0, 0)
 
 
 def test_the_creators_own_phrasing_counts_as_a_declaration():
@@ -661,3 +663,171 @@ async def test_the_sweep_still_ignores_a_drop_nothing_is_near(db):
 
     assert result["proposed"] == 0
     assert (await db.execute(select(PostAssociation))).scalars().all() == []
+
+
+# --- linking without asking ------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Operator, 2026-09-24: "I don't want this to be manual that defeats the
+# convenience that I'm going for." Confirm-only was right while every signal
+# was circumstantial; a name the creator uses on these two posts and nowhere
+# else is different in kind. These pin where that line sits.
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_conclusive_name_links_without_asking(db):
+    """A name appearing in exactly these two posts is not strong evidence —
+    within the artist's library it is conclusive, and there is nothing left for
+    the operator to adjudicate. 20 hours apart, with nothing else to go on."""
+    artist, patreon, discord = await _artist_with_channels(db, "autoartist")
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    teaser = await _teaser(
+        db, artist, patreon, at=now - timedelta(hours=20),
+        body="a little preview", names=["Frieren1Clean"],
+    )
+    await _drop(db, artist, discord, at=now, names=["01_Frieren1Clean"])
+    await db.commit()
+
+    made = await PostAssociationService(db).match_post(
+        teaser.id, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD, window_hours=WINDOW,
+        auto_link=True,
+    )
+    await db.commit()
+
+    assert made == (1, 1)
+    assoc = (await db.execute(select(PostAssociation))).scalar_one()
+    assert assoc.status == "linked"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_the_same_pair_still_waits_when_the_switch_is_off(db):
+    """The setting is the whole difference; nothing else about the pair
+    changes. Confirm-only has to remain reachable, because "link it yourself"
+    is a change of posture and not everyone wants it."""
+    artist, patreon, discord = await _artist_with_channels(db, "manualartist")
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    teaser = await _teaser(
+        db, artist, patreon, at=now - timedelta(hours=20),
+        body="a little preview", names=["Frieren1Clean"],
+    )
+    await _drop(db, artist, discord, at=now, names=["01_Frieren1Clean"])
+    await db.commit()
+
+    made = await PostAssociationService(db).match_post(
+        teaser.id, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD, window_hours=WINDOW,
+        auto_link=False,
+    )
+    await db.commit()
+
+    assert made == (1, 0)
+    assoc = (await db.execute(select(PostAssociation))).scalar_one()
+    assert assoc.status == "pending"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_evidence_short_of_conclusive_is_queued_not_linked(db):
+    """The gap between IDENTITY_FLOOR and AUTO_LINK_FLOOR, which is the review
+    queue. This pair proposes on a name spanning three posts — real evidence,
+    not certain enough for FC to act on by itself. Measured equivalent on
+    artist 8: `0-k`, the operator's own example, at three posts."""
+    artist, patreon, discord = await _artist_with_channels(db, "queuedartist")
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    teaser = await _teaser(
+        db, artist, patreon, at=now - timedelta(hours=20),
+        body="a little preview", ext="t0", names=["0-k"],
+    )
+    await _drop(db, artist, discord, at=now, names=["01_0-k"])
+    await _teaser(
+        db, artist, patreon, at=now - timedelta(days=30),
+        body="older", ext="other", names=["0-k_wip1"],
+    )
+    await db.commit()
+
+    made = await PostAssociationService(db).match_post(
+        teaser.id, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD, window_hours=WINDOW,
+        auto_link=True,
+    )
+    await db.commit()
+
+    assert made == (1, 0)
+    assoc = (await db.execute(select(PostAssociation))).scalar_one()
+    assert assoc.status == "pending"
+    assert assoc.signals["identity"] == 0.75
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_two_drops_sharing_one_name_link_neither(db):
+    """Not a tie to be broken by score.
+
+    One post can tease two pieces that were dropped separately, and then each
+    drop carries a DIFFERENT name from the same teaser — each spanning exactly
+    two posts, so each is individually conclusive. Two conclusive answers to
+    "which drop is this" is not a close call; it means the question was wrong.
+    Both are queued and FC says nothing.
+
+    (One name cannot do this on its own: under post-span counting, a token in
+    the teaser and two drops spans three posts and is not conclusive at all.
+    The ambiguity has to come from two names, which is why this fixture has
+    two.)
+    """
+    artist, patreon, discord = await _artist_with_channels(db, "ambigartist")
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    teaser = await _teaser(
+        db, artist, patreon, at=now - timedelta(hours=2),
+        body="a little preview", names=["Sabirth", "Terra3"],
+    )
+    await _drop(db, artist, discord, at=now, ext="fc-drop:1",
+                names=["01_Sabirth"])
+    await _drop(db, artist, discord, at=now - timedelta(hours=4),
+                ext="fc-drop:2", names=["01_Terra3"])
+    await db.commit()
+
+    made = await PostAssociationService(db).match_post(
+        teaser.id, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD, window_hours=WINDOW,
+        auto_link=True,
+    )
+    await db.commit()
+
+    proposed, linked = made
+    assert (proposed, linked) == (2, 0)
+    rows = (await db.execute(select(PostAssociation))).scalars().all()
+    assert {r.status for r in rows} == {"pending"}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_drop_another_post_already_claims_is_never_taken(db):
+    """An accepted link is the operator's decision. FC reassigning its other
+    end on the next sweep would silently overrule them."""
+    artist, patreon, discord = await _artist_with_channels(db, "claimedartist")
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    first = await _teaser(
+        db, artist, patreon, at=now - timedelta(hours=2),
+        body="first", ext="t0", names=["Terra3"],
+    )
+    # The drop carries both names, so the second teaser's claim on it is
+    # CONCLUSIVE on `Svtt` — two posts, nowhere else. Only the existing link
+    # stops it, which is the point being pinned.
+    drop = await _drop(db, artist, discord, at=now,
+                       names=["01_Terra3", "02_Svtt"])
+    second = await _teaser(
+        db, artist, patreon, at=now - timedelta(hours=3),
+        body="second", ext="t1", names=["Svtt"],
+    )
+    db.add(PostAssociation(
+        announcement_post_id=first.id, payload_post_id=drop.id,
+        score=1.0, signals={"identity": 1.0}, status="linked",
+    ))
+    await db.commit()
+
+    made = await PostAssociationService(db).match_post(
+        second.id, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD, window_hours=WINDOW,
+        auto_link=True,
+    )
+    await db.commit()
+
+    assert made[1] == 0, "the drop is already spoken for"
+    rows = (await db.execute(
+        select(PostAssociation).where(
+            PostAssociation.announcement_post_id == second.id
+        )
+    )).scalars().all()
+    assert [r.status for r in rows] == ["pending"]