feat(deep-scan): IR-parity port — refreshed status + counter, re-queue completed paths in deep mode, honest UX — Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

backend/app/api/import_admin.py

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ async def status():
                 "imported": active.imported,
                 "skipped": active.skipped,
                 "failed": active.failed,
+                "refreshed": active.refreshed,
                 "started_at": active.started_at.isoformat(),
             }
         return jsonify(payload)

backend/app/models/import_batch.py

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ class ImportBatch(Base):
     skipped: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False, default=0)
     failed: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False, default=0)
     attachments: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False, default=0)
+    # Deep-scan only: count of already-imported files whose sidecar metadata
+    # got re-applied this run (post/source/provenance upsert). Stays 0 on
+    # quick-scan batches. See `Importer.import_one(deep_scan=True)`.
+    refreshed: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False, default=0)
 
     status: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(16), nullable=False, default="running", index=True)
     # running | complete | cancelled

backend/app/services/importer.py

@@ -51,7 +51,14 @@ class SkipReason(StrEnum):
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class ImportResult:
-    status: str  # 'imported'|'skipped'|'failed'|'superseded'|'attached'
+    # 'imported'   — new ImageRecord row created
+    # 'superseded' — existing ImageRecord row got the new file (larger) + sidecar
+    # 'attached'   — non-media saved as PostAttachment
+    # 'refreshed'  — deep scan re-applied sidecar / filled NULL phash / NULL
+    #                artist on an already-imported row (no new ImageRecord)
+    # 'skipped'    — no work done (true duplicate, too small, etc.)
+    # 'failed'     — pipeline error
+    status: str
     image_id: int | None = None
     skip_reason: SkipReason | None = None
     error: str | None = None
@@ -417,7 +424,18 @@ class Importer:
     ) -> ImportResult:
         """Deep scan: backfill phash/provenance/artist on an
         already-imported record. METADATA ONLY — never re-runs the pHash
-        near-dup / supersede path. NULL-only, idempotent."""
+        near-dup / supersede path. NULL-only on phash/artist, additive on
+        sidecar Post/Source/ImageProvenance (via _apply_sidecar).
+        Idempotent: a second deep-scan over the same file finds nothing
+        to refresh and is a no-op.
+
+        Returns status="refreshed" so the UI can surface the work done
+        instead of the prior misleading "skipped/duplicate_hash" reading.
+        Operator-flagged 2026-05-25 — IR has had this; FC inherited it
+        as a no-op skip during the original port and the UI showed deep
+        scan as "completed with no changes" even when sidecar metadata
+        actually got re-applied to N existing rows.
+        """
         if existing.phash is None and not is_video(source):
             try:
                 with Image.open(source) as im:
@@ -436,10 +454,7 @@ class Importer:
 
         self._apply_sidecar(existing, attribution_path, artist)
         self.session.commit()
-        return ImportResult(
-            status="skipped", skip_reason=SkipReason.duplicate_hash,
-            image_id=existing.id, error="deep: re-derived",
-        )
+        return ImportResult(status="refreshed", image_id=existing.id)
 
     def attach_in_place(
         self,

backend/app/tasks/import_file.py

@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ IMAGES_ROOT = Path("/images")
 def _map_result_to_status(result):
     """(ImportTask.status, should_requeue_ml_and_thumb) for an ImportResult.
     'superseded' = the kept row's file/ML changed → complete + re-derive.
-    'attached' = a non-art file preserved → complete, no ML/thumb."""
+    'attached' = a non-art file preserved → complete, no ML/thumb.
+    'refreshed' = deep scan refreshed sidecar/phash on an existing row →
+    complete, no ML/thumb re-derive (file/pixels unchanged)."""
     if result.status in ("imported", "superseded"):
         return ("complete", True)
-    if result.status == "attached":
+    if result.status in ("attached", "refreshed"):
         return ("complete", False)
     if result.status == "skipped":
         return ("skipped", False)
@@ -138,6 +140,15 @@ def _do_import(session, task, import_task_id: int) -> dict:
         task.result_image_id = result.image_id
         counter_col_name = "imported"
         counter_col = ImportBatch.imported
+    elif result.status == "refreshed":
+        # Deep-scan rederive: existing row got phash/artist/sidecar
+        # refreshed. Task is complete (no further work), but counted in
+        # `refreshed` not `imported` so the UI can surface the actual
+        # work done. operator-flagged 2026-05-25.
+        task.status = "complete"
+        task.result_image_id = result.image_id
+        counter_col_name = "refreshed"
+        counter_col = ImportBatch.refreshed
     elif result.status == "attached":
         task.status = "complete"
         counter_col_name = "attachments"

backend/app/tasks/scan.py

@@ -59,16 +59,25 @@ def scan_directory(self, triggered_by: str = "manual",
         session.flush()
         batch_id = batch.id
 
-        # Skip-set: any source_path that already has a non-failed ImportTask
-        # row. Re-running scan_directory must not re-enqueue files the
-        # importer has already handled (or is currently handling); doing so
-        # creates duplicate work and inflates the queue. Failed prior tasks
-        # are eligible for retry.
+        # Skip-set behavior splits by mode (operator-flagged 2026-05-25):
+        #
+        # quick: any non-failed prior ImportTask (active OR finished) is
+        #   skipped — quick scan only does new-file enqueue, so re-touching
+        #   already-imported files is wasted work.
+        #
+        # deep: ONLY currently-in-flight tasks (pending/queued/processing)
+        #   are skipped. Completed and skipped tasks ARE re-queued because
+        #   deep scan exists precisely to re-touch already-imported files
+        #   (refresh sidecar metadata, fill NULL phash, fill NULL artist
+        #   via Importer._deep_rederive). Matches IR's deep-scan behavior.
+        active_statuses = ["pending", "queued", "processing"]
+        if mode == "deep":
+            skip_statuses = active_statuses
+        else:
+            skip_statuses = active_statuses + ["complete", "skipped"]
         non_failed_existing = set(session.execute(
             select(ImportTask.source_path).where(
-                ImportTask.status.in_(
-                    ["pending", "queued", "processing", "complete", "skipped"]
-                ),
+                ImportTask.status.in_(skip_statuses),
             )
         ).scalars().all())