Reframe a series from "ordered chapters that own pages" to ONE flat,
series-global ordered run of pages with optional cosmetic chapter DIVIDERS
over it. A chapter no longer wraps content — it's a labeled divider anchored
to the page that begins it; a page's chapter is derived as the nearest
preceding divider. This is what lets installments assembled from multiple
sources sit in one continuous, correctly-numbered sequence (operator's
Goblin Juice case).
- migration 0047: flatten each series to a series-global page_number
(preserving today's reading order); convert each existing chapter to a
divider anchored at its first page (keeping title/stated_part); drop
series_page.chapter_id; reshape series_chapter (anchor_page_id UNIQUE FK,
drop chapter_number/is_placeholder/stated_page_start/end). Loss-safe for
content; drops empty placeholder chapters + a redundant page-1 divider.
- series_page: page_number is now the series-global order; no chapter_id.
- series_chapter: anchored divider (anchor_page_id, title, stated_part).
- series_service: flat list_pages (one run + derived dividers + per-page
source_post + part_gaps), series-wide reorder/renumber, divider CRUD
(create/update/move/delete); retired per-chapter reorder/merge/placement.
- api/tags: drop chapter_id from add; /chapters endpoints are divider
create/update/delete (removed chapter reorder/merge/page-reorder).
- series_match_service: series "end" reads max(series_page.stated_page);
accept appends via add_post. tag_service series-merge appends src's pages
after tgt's max so the merged series stays one clean run.
- frontend: seriesManage store + SeriesManageView → one continuous
drag-reorder grid with inline divider bars + series-global page numbers;
reader walks the flat run, headings from dividers; PostSeriesMenu copy.
- tests reworked across the series suite for the divider model.
Phase 2 (pending staging for add-from-post) is separate.
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Confirm-only "this post may continue this series" matcher.
- series_suggestion table (post_id, series_tag_id, score, signals jsonb, status
pending|added|dismissed, UNIQUE(post,series)); migration 0041 + two settings
knobs (series_suggest_enabled, series_suggest_threshold).
- series_match_service: weighted additive score (title-stem / same-artist /
page-continuity / shared-distinctive-tags), no single signal gating. The title
"pattern" is derived on the fly from the post titles already in a series, so it
sharpens as more are confirmed (no persisted state to drift). Candidates are
bounded to the post's artist. match_post upserts pending suggestions (UNIQUE +
on-conflict, respecting prior added/dismissed decisions).
- accept reuses add_post_as_chapter then marks 'added'; dismiss marks 'dismissed'.
- rescan_series_suggestions_task: settings-gated, time-boxed + self-resuming from
a post-id cursor (maintenance_long lane), like normalize_tags_task.
- API: GET /series/suggestions, POST .../<id>/accept|dismiss, POST .../rescan.
- Settings: enabled + threshold exposed via /settings/import.
- Tests: pure scoring helpers + matcher/accept/dismiss/rescan lifecycle + UNIQUE
dedup.
Frontend (Suggestions tab + settings card) lands next.
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