fixed some errors with archive handling

app/templates/settings.html

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
           <button id="triggerImportBtn" class="btn primary-btn">Quick Scan</button>
           <button id="triggerDeepScanBtn" class="btn warning-btn" title="Full reprocessing: re-extracts metadata, runs pHash comparison, merges archive tags">Deep Scan</button>
           <button id="retryFailedBtn" class="btn warning-btn">Retry Failed Tasks</button>
+          <button id="clearQueueBtn" class="btn danger-btn" title="Remove all pending and queued tasks from the queue">Clear Queue</button>
         </div>
 
         <!-- Task Cleanup Controls -->
@@ -1090,6 +1091,44 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  // Clear Queue (pending/queued tasks)
+  document.getElementById('clearQueueBtn').addEventListener('click', async () => {
+    const pendingCount = parseInt(document.getElementById('queuePending').textContent) || 0;
+    const queuedCount = parseInt(document.getElementById('queueQueued').textContent) || 0;
+    const totalQueued = pendingCount + queuedCount;
+
+    if (totalQueued === 0) {
+      alert('No pending or queued tasks to clear.');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (!confirm(`Are you sure you want to clear ${totalQueued} pending/queued task(s) from the import queue?\n\nThis will stop these tasks from being processed.`)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const btn = document.getElementById('clearQueueBtn');
+    btn.disabled = true;
+    btn.textContent = 'Clearing...';
+
+    try {
+      const r = await fetch('/api/import/clear-queue', { method: 'POST' });
+      const data = await r.json();
+
+      if (data.ok) {
+        alert(`Cleared ${data.deleted} task(s) from the queue.`);
+        loadQueueStatus();
+        loadTaskList();
+      } else {
+        alert('Failed to clear queue: ' + (data.error || 'Unknown error'));
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      alert('Failed to clear queue: ' + e.message);
+    } finally {
+      btn.disabled = false;
+      btn.textContent = 'Clear Queue';
+    }
+  });
+
   // Clear Tasks with age/status options
   document.getElementById('clearTasksBtn').addEventListener('click', async () => {
     const btn = document.getElementById('clearTasksBtn');