diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/PostMaintenanceCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/PostMaintenanceCard.vue
index 6a0c153..4fd9bf6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/PostMaintenanceCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/PostMaintenanceCard.vue
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
         :loading="committing"
         @click="onCommit"
       >Delete {{ preview.count }} bare post(s)</v-btn>
-      <span v-if="deleted != null" class="ml-3 text-caption text-success">
-        Deleted {{ deleted }} ✓
+      <span v-if="bareResult" class="ml-3 text-caption text-success">
+        Deleted {{ bareResult.deleted ?? 0 }} ✓
       </span>
     </div>
   </MaintenanceTile>
@@ -88,78 +88,47 @@
         :loading="merging"
         @click="onMergeDupes"
       >Merge {{ dupPreview.posts_to_merge }} duplicate(s)</v-btn>
-      <span v-if="merged != null" class="ml-3 text-caption text-success">
-        Merged {{ merged }} ✓
+      <span v-if="dupResult" class="ml-3 text-caption text-success">
+        Merged {{ dupResult.merged ?? 0 }} ✓
       </span>
     </div>
   </MaintenanceTile>
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
-import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
+import { computed } from 'vue'
 
 import { useAdminStore } from '../../stores/admin.js'
+import { usePreviewCommit } from '../../composables/usePreviewCommit.js'
 import SampleNameGrid from '../common/SampleNameGrid.vue'
 import MaintenanceTile from '../common/MaintenanceTile.vue'
 
 const store = useAdminStore()
-const preview = ref(null)
-const loadingPreview = ref(false)
-const committing = ref(false)
-const deleted = ref(null)
 
-const dupPreview = ref(null)
-const loadingDupPreview = ref(false)
-const merging = ref(false)
-const merged = ref(null)
+// Bare-post prune: preview the count, then delete. After the apply the same
+// predicate is empty, so collapse to count 0.
+const {
+  previewData: preview, previewing: loadingPreview, committing,
+  result: bareResult, runPreview: onPreview, runCommit: onCommit,
+} = usePreviewCommit({
+  preview: () => store.pruneBarePosts({ dryRun: true }),
+  commit: () => store.pruneBarePosts({ dryRun: false }),
+  emptyPreview: { count: 0, sample_names: [] },
+})
+
+// Duplicate-post reconcile: same shape, collapse to zero groups after merge.
+const {
+  previewData: dupPreview, previewing: loadingDupPreview, committing: merging,
+  result: dupResult, runPreview: onPreviewDupes, runCommit: onMergeDupes,
+} = usePreviewCommit({
+  preview: () => store.reconcileDuplicatePosts({ dryRun: true }),
+  commit: () => store.reconcileDuplicatePosts({ dryRun: false }),
+  emptyPreview: { groups: 0, posts_to_merge: 0, sample: [] },
+})
+
 const dupSampleNames = computed(() =>
   (dupPreview.value?.sample ?? []).map(
     (g) => `${g.title} — ${g.rows} rows`,
   ),
 )
-
-async function onPreview() {
-  loadingPreview.value = true
-  deleted.value = null
-  try {
-    preview.value = await store.pruneBarePosts({ dryRun: true })
-  } finally {
-    loadingPreview.value = false
-  }
-}
-
-async function onCommit() {
-  committing.value = true
-  try {
-    const result = await store.pruneBarePosts({ dryRun: false })
-    deleted.value = result.deleted ?? 0
-    // Reflect the completed sweep — the predicate is identical to the preview,
-    // so after a commit there is nothing left to delete.
-    preview.value = { count: 0, sample_names: [] }
-  } finally {
-    committing.value = false
-  }
-}
-
-async function onPreviewDupes() {
-  loadingDupPreview.value = true
-  merged.value = null
-  try {
-    dupPreview.value = await store.reconcileDuplicatePosts({ dryRun: true })
-  } finally {
-    loadingDupPreview.value = false
-  }
-}
-
-async function onMergeDupes() {
-  merging.value = true
-  try {
-    const result = await store.reconcileDuplicatePosts({ dryRun: false })
-    merged.value = result.merged ?? 0
-    // Same predicate as the preview — after the merge there are no dup groups left.
-    dupPreview.value = { groups: 0, posts_to_merge: 0, sample: [] }
-  } finally {
-    merging.value = false
-  }
-}
 </script>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/TagMaintenanceCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/TagMaintenanceCard.vue
index 0091a9e..a29ec89 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/TagMaintenanceCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/TagMaintenanceCard.vue
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@
       <v-btn
         color="error" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
         prepend-icon="mdi-format-letter-case"
-        :disabled="!normPreview.total_changes || normResult === 'queued'"
+        :disabled="!normPreview.total_changes || !!normResult"
         :loading="normCommitting"
         @click="onNormCommit"
       >Standardize {{ normPreview.total_changes }} tag group(s)</v-btn>
-      <span v-if="normResult === 'queued'" class="ml-3 text-caption text-success">
+      <span v-if="normResult" class="ml-3 text-caption text-success">
         Queued ✓ — runs in the background (you can leave this page). It
         processes in chunks, so re-run “Preview” later to confirm it's all done.
       </span>
@@ -199,106 +199,53 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
-import { ref } from 'vue'
-
 import { useAdminStore } from '../../stores/admin.js'
+import { usePreviewCommit } from '../../composables/usePreviewCommit.js'
 import SampleNameGrid from '../common/SampleNameGrid.vue'
 import MaintenanceTile from '../common/MaintenanceTile.vue'
 
 const store = useAdminStore()
-const preview = ref(null)
-const loadingPreview = ref(false)
-const committing = ref(false)
-const kindPreview = ref(null)
-const loadingKindPreview = ref(false)
-const kindCommitting = ref(false)
-const resetPreview = ref(null)
-const loadingResetPreview = ref(false)
-const resetCommitting = ref(false)
-const normPreview = ref(null)
-const loadingNormPreview = ref(false)
-const normCommitting = ref(false)
-const normResult = ref(null)
 
-async function onPreview() {
-  loadingPreview.value = true
-  try {
-    preview.value = await store.pruneUnusedTags({ dryRun: true })
-  } finally {
-    loadingPreview.value = false
-  }
-}
+// Unused-tag prune. Collapse to count 0 but carry the apply's sample_names.
+const {
+  previewData: preview, previewing: loadingPreview, committing,
+  runPreview: onPreview, runCommit: onCommit,
+} = usePreviewCommit({
+  preview: () => store.pruneUnusedTags({ dryRun: true }),
+  commit: () => store.pruneUnusedTags({ dryRun: false }),
+  emptyPreview: (r) => ({ count: 0, sample_names: r.sample_names || [] }),
+})
 
-async function onCommit() {
-  committing.value = true
-  try {
-    const result = await store.pruneUnusedTags({ dryRun: false })
-    preview.value = { count: 0, sample_names: result.sample_names || [] }
-  } finally {
-    committing.value = false
-  }
-}
+// Legacy migration-tag purge.
+const {
+  previewData: kindPreview, previewing: loadingKindPreview,
+  committing: kindCommitting, runPreview: onKindPreview, runCommit: onKindCommit,
+} = usePreviewCommit({
+  preview: () => store.purgeLegacyTags({ dryRun: true }),
+  commit: () => store.purgeLegacyTags({ dryRun: false }),
+  emptyPreview: { count: 0, by_kind: {}, by_prefix: {}, sample_names: [] },
+})
 
-async function onKindPreview() {
-  loadingKindPreview.value = true
-  try {
-    kindPreview.value = await store.purgeLegacyTags({ dryRun: true })
-  } finally {
-    loadingKindPreview.value = false
-  }
-}
+// Reset content tagging (general + character).
+const {
+  previewData: resetPreview, previewing: loadingResetPreview,
+  committing: resetCommitting, runPreview: onResetPreview, runCommit: onResetCommit,
+} = usePreviewCommit({
+  preview: () => store.resetContentTagging({ dryRun: true }),
+  commit: () => store.resetContentTagging({ dryRun: false }),
+  emptyPreview: { count: 0, by_kind: {}, applications: 0, sample_names: [] },
+})
 
-async function onKindCommit() {
-  kindCommitting.value = true
-  try {
-    await store.purgeLegacyTags({ dryRun: false })
-    kindPreview.value = { count: 0, by_kind: {}, by_prefix: {}, sample_names: [] }
-  } finally {
-    kindCommitting.value = false
-  }
-}
-
-async function onResetPreview() {
-  loadingResetPreview.value = true
-  try {
-    resetPreview.value = await store.resetContentTagging({ dryRun: true })
-  } finally {
-    loadingResetPreview.value = false
-  }
-}
-
-async function onResetCommit() {
-  resetCommitting.value = true
-  try {
-    await store.resetContentTagging({ dryRun: false })
-    resetPreview.value = { count: 0, by_kind: {}, applications: 0, sample_names: [] }
-  } finally {
-    resetCommitting.value = false
-  }
-}
-
-async function onNormPreview() {
-  loadingNormPreview.value = true
-  normResult.value = null
-  try {
-    normPreview.value = await store.normalizeTags({ dryRun: true })
-  } finally {
-    loadingNormPreview.value = false
-  }
-}
-
-async function onNormCommit() {
-  normCommitting.value = true
-  normResult.value = null
-  try {
-    // Fire-and-forget: the task is time-boxed and self-resuming across chunks
-    // (a large back-catalog can't finish in one run), so we DON'T poll-until-
-    // done — that would falsely report "complete" after the first chunk. Just
-    // confirm it's queued; the operator can re-run Preview later to verify.
-    await store.normalizeTags({ dryRun: false })
-    normResult.value = 'queued'
-  } finally {
-    normCommitting.value = false
-  }
-}
+// Standardize casing. The apply DISPATCHES a self-resuming background task (no
+// poll-until-done — that would falsely report complete after the first chunk),
+// so there's no emptyPreview: leave the projection up; a truthy normResult means
+// "queued". The operator re-runs Preview later to confirm it's all done.
+const {
+  previewData: normPreview, previewing: loadingNormPreview,
+  committing: normCommitting, result: normResult,
+  runPreview: onNormPreview, runCommit: onNormCommit,
+} = usePreviewCommit({
+  preview: () => store.normalizeTags({ dryRun: true }),
+  commit: () => store.normalizeTags({ dryRun: false }),
+})
 </script>
diff --git a/frontend/src/composables/usePreviewCommit.js b/frontend/src/composables/usePreviewCommit.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9460cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/composables/usePreviewCommit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+
+// Canonical sync preview→commit flow for a maintenance tile: the operator
+// previews (dry-run) → sees the projection → commits (apply), where the apply
+// returns its result inline (no long Celery task). Owns the shared lifecycle —
+// the two loading flags, the preview payload, and the apply result — so each
+// tile stops hand-rolling its own `preview`/`loading`/`committing` refs +
+// onPreview/onCommit handlers (this was duplicated across 6 maintenance flows;
+// DRY pass #753).
+//
+// The tile supplies the `preview`/`commit` thunks (which call the right store
+// action with dryRun true/false) and, optionally, `emptyPreview`: the shape to
+// collapse the preview to after a successful apply — the apply uses the SAME
+// backend predicate as the preview, so afterward there's nothing left. Pass a
+// function to derive it from the apply result; omit it entirely for a commit
+// that dispatches a background task and should leave the preview in place.
+//
+// Errors surface via the store's own lastError (shown in the tile's alert), so
+// they're intentionally NOT captured here. For an apply that runs as a LONG
+// Celery task the operator can navigate away from, use useMaintenanceTask.
+export function usePreviewCommit ({ preview, commit, emptyPreview = null }) {
+  const previewData = ref(null)
+  const previewing = ref(false)
+  const committing = ref(false)
+  const result = ref(null)
+
+  async function runPreview () {
+    previewing.value = true
+    result.value = null  // clear any prior apply badge when re-previewing
+    try {
+      previewData.value = await preview()
+    } finally {
+      previewing.value = false
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function runCommit () {
+    committing.value = true
+    try {
+      result.value = await commit()
+      if (emptyPreview !== null) {
+        previewData.value = typeof emptyPreview === 'function'
+          ? emptyPreview(result.value)
+          : emptyPreview
+      }
+    } finally {
+      committing.value = false
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { previewData, previewing, committing, result, runPreview, runCommit }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/test/usePreviewCommit.spec.js b/frontend/test/usePreviewCommit.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4459c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/test/usePreviewCommit.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { usePreviewCommit } from '../src/composables/usePreviewCommit.js'
+
+// Canonical sync preview→commit flow for maintenance tiles (DRY pattern sweep,
+// #753) — the primitive TagMaintenanceCard + PostMaintenanceCard's 6 flows route
+// through.
+
+describe('usePreviewCommit', () => {
+  it('runPreview loads the projection and toggles previewing', async () => {
+    const pc = usePreviewCommit({
+      preview: async () => ({ count: 3 }),
+      commit: async () => ({ deleted: 3 }),
+    })
+    expect(pc.previewData.value).toBe(null)
+    const p = pc.runPreview()
+    expect(pc.previewing.value).toBe(true)
+    await p
+    expect(pc.previewing.value).toBe(false)
+    expect(pc.previewData.value).toEqual({ count: 3 })
+  })
+
+  it('runCommit stores the result and collapses to a static emptyPreview', async () => {
+    const pc = usePreviewCommit({
+      preview: async () => ({ count: 3 }),
+      commit: async () => ({ deleted: 3 }),
+      emptyPreview: { count: 0, sample_names: [] },
+    })
+    await pc.runPreview()
+    await pc.runCommit()
+    expect(pc.result.value).toEqual({ deleted: 3 })
+    expect(pc.previewData.value).toEqual({ count: 0, sample_names: [] })
+  })
+
+  it('emptyPreview as a function derives the collapsed shape from the result', async () => {
+    const pc = usePreviewCommit({
+      preview: async () => ({ count: 2 }),
+      commit: async () => ({ sample_names: ['a', 'b'] }),
+      emptyPreview: (r) => ({ count: 0, sample_names: r.sample_names }),
+    })
+    await pc.runCommit()
+    expect(pc.previewData.value).toEqual({ count: 0, sample_names: ['a', 'b'] })
+  })
+
+  it('without emptyPreview the projection stays (dispatch-on-commit variant)', async () => {
+    const pc = usePreviewCommit({
+      preview: async () => ({ total_changes: 5 }),
+      commit: async () => ({ status: 'queued' }),
+    })
+    await pc.runPreview()
+    await pc.runCommit()
+    expect(pc.result.value).toEqual({ status: 'queued' })
+    expect(pc.previewData.value).toEqual({ total_changes: 5 })  // unchanged
+  })
+
+  it('runPreview clears a prior apply result (re-preview hides the badge)', async () => {
+    const pc = usePreviewCommit({
+      preview: async () => ({ count: 1 }),
+      commit: async () => ({ deleted: 1 }),
+      emptyPreview: { count: 0 },
+    })
+    await pc.runCommit()
+    expect(pc.result.value).toEqual({ deleted: 1 })
+    await pc.runPreview()
+    expect(pc.result.value).toBe(null)
+  })
+})