Spec #136: finished becomes a Series fact, Lane gate rewritten on it (#157)

finished_at lands on series (0016 seeds it from the pre-flip finished
bookmarks, then flips those bookmarks to archived), the poll gate and
eligible count read the flag instead of a per-Reader vote, PUT rejects
the finished status like any unknown value, and the web UI drops the
Finished tab, badge and finish button. Novel merge rank is archived >
reading. Per-Reader disagreement (one Reader keeps a finished Series in
reading forever) is what the flag repairs; the cutover keeps polling
state unchanged for every Series.

CONTEXT.md

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ _Avoid_: run, cycle, tick, batch, poll history
 **Forced Poll**:
 A Poll the owner asks for by hand instead of waiting for the Series's turn. It jumps its
 Lane's queue and ignores every waiting rule — the rest between Polls, a Sighting standing
-in for a check, a Series only finished Readers hold — but never overrules a Site that is
+in for a check, a finished Series — but never overrules a Site that is
 refusing us, the Lane's spacing between fetches, or a Series with no page to fetch. Asked
 for by marking the Series, never by commanding the poller, so it happens on the Lane's
 next pass rather than at the moment of asking.
@@ -149,8 +149,10 @@ accent is permitted to signal.
 _Avoid_: unread, update available
 
 **Lifecycle bucket**:
-Which of three mutually exclusive states a Bookmark sits in — reading, archived, or
-finished. A Bookmark is in exactly one. Orthogonal to being a favourite.
+Which of the two states a Bookmark sits in — reading or archived. A Bookmark is in exactly
+one. Orthogonal to being a favourite. Finished is not a bucket: it is a fact about the
+Series (see `series.finished_at`), owned by the owner and stamped once, and every Bookmark
+on a finished Series is archived.
 _Avoid_: state, status (as a domain word), list
 
 **Favourite**:

backend/AGENTS.md

@@ -200,12 +200,16 @@ stored** and clients must adopt that response rather than their own payload.
 
 ### Lifecycle buckets — `status` on each bookmark
 
-`reading` | `archived` | `finished`, orthogonal to `favorite`. Archived and
-finished appear only in their own tab, never in All, Updated, Favourites or the
-recent strip. The poller keeps checking archived series and skips finished ones.
+`reading` | `archived`, orthogonal to `favorite`. Archived rows appear only
+in their own tab, never in All, Updated, Favourites or the recent strip. The
+poller keeps checking archived series; a finished Series (issue #157) is a
+`series.finished_at` fact the Lane gate reads, with every bookmark on it
+archived.
 
-- `finished` is settable only from the web UI; `PUT /bookmarks/{key}` rejects
-  it with 400.
+- `PUT /bookmarks/{key}` accepts only the two values; anything else —
+  `finished` included — is a plain 400, and the web UI's own status control
+  validates the same way. The 0016 migration is the only writer of the flag
+  today; the undo is writing 0.
 - **An empty incoming status means "keep the stored one"**, and it is resolved
   on the `VALUES` side of `Store.Upsert`, not in the conflict clause:
   `excluded.*` is the post-evaluation row, so a default applied there would

backend/internal/api/handlers.go

@@ -73,14 +73,11 @@ func (h *Handler) Put(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	// An empty status is "no opinion" and Upsert keeps the stored bucket.
-	// Finishing a series is a web-UI decision, so the JSON API refuses it
-	// rather than trusting every client to leave it alone.
+	// Anything else outside the two lifecycle buckets is a client bug, not
+	// something to silently coerce — finished included, which is no longer a
+	// bucket at all (issue #157).
 	switch b.Status {
 	case "", store.StatusReading, store.StatusArchived:
-	case store.StatusFinished:
-		http.Error(w, "status "+store.StatusFinished+" can only be set from the web UI",
-			http.StatusBadRequest)
-		return
 	default:
 		http.Error(w, "invalid status", http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return

backend/internal/store/admin.go

@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ func adminFilter(f SeriesFilter) (where, having string, args []any, err error) {
 // SeriesPage returns one page of the Series matching the filter, least
 // recently checked first. The LEFT JOIN to Bookmarks is what surfaces the
 // orphans that hygiene has to find — an inner join would hide them, exactly
-// as the Lane's join does. ReaderCount is a plain count of every Bookmark on
-// the Series, which knowingly disagrees with the two Lane queries for as long
-// as the finished lifecycle bucket exists (#140).
+// as the Lane's join does. Every bookmark keeps its Series polled now that
+// finished is a Series flag, so this plain ReaderCount agrees with the Lane
+// queries (issue #157).
 //
 // The tie-break is mandatory, not decorative: every unpollable Series shares a
 // zero check stamp, so ordering on that column alone gives no stable page

backend/internal/store/migrations/0016_finished_series.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+-- finished_at is "the owner marked this Series finished" (#157): epoch ms,
+-- zero means not finished, and it doubles as the undo (write zero). The poll
+-- gate reads it — a Series is polled only while finished_at = 0 — never a
+-- bookmark's status.
+ALTER TABLE series ADD COLUMN finished_at bigint NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
+
+-- Column first, seed second, flip third — the order is load-bearing: a seed
+-- that ran after the flip would read the buckets it just destroyed, declare
+-- nothing finished, and silently resume polling on Series nobody chose to
+-- resume. The seed mirrors the pre-cutover due gate exactly: a Series stays
+-- polled while any bookmark is outside the finished bucket, so a Series whose
+-- every bookmark sits in it is stamped, one click from being read again
+-- afterwards. The stamp is the only memory of the bucket the flip is about to
+-- erase.
+UPDATE series s SET finished_at = (EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM now()) * 1000)::bigint
+ WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM bookmarks b
+                WHERE b.site = s.site AND b.series_id = s.series_id)
+   AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM bookmarks b
+                    WHERE b.site = s.site AND b.series_id = s.series_id
+                      AND b.status <> 'finished');
+
+-- The Lifecycle bucket is gone; a finished bookmark is an archived one. The
+-- flip must come after the seed, which still reads the bucket.
+UPDATE bookmarks SET status = 'archived' WHERE status = 'finished';

backend/internal/store/store.go

@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ type Bookmark struct {
 	LatestChapter    string   `json:"latest_chapter"`
 	LatestChapterNum *float64 `json:"latest_chapter_num"` // nil until first captured
 	UpdatedAt        int64    `json:"updated_at"`         // unix ms; see Upsert
-	// Status is the lifecycle bucket: reading, archived, or finished.
-	// Archived series stay polled for new chapters; finished ones do not.
+	// Status is the lifecycle bucket: reading or archived.
+	// Archived series stay polled for new chapters.
 	// Empty on the way in means "no opinion" — see Upsert.
 	Status string `json:"status"`
 	// Kind is the library bucket: manga or novel. Empty on the way in means
@@ -214,10 +214,11 @@ const (
 )
 
 // Lifecycle buckets. A bookmark is in exactly one; favorite is orthogonal.
+// Finished is not a bucket: it is a fact about the Series (series.finished_at),
+// never about a Reader's bookmark.
 const (
 	StatusReading  = "reading"
 	StatusArchived = "archived"
-	StatusFinished = "finished"
 )
 
 //go:embed migrations/*.sql
@@ -619,9 +620,9 @@ func (s *Store) scanBookmark(scan func(...any) error) (Bookmark, error) {
 	// bookmark is keyed (reader_id, site, series_id) (issue #22).
 	b.Key = b.Site + ":" + b.SeriesID
 	// An unrecognised bucket (a hand-edited row) would leave the row in no list
-	// at all, so anything outside the three known buckets reads as the default
+	// at all, so anything outside the two known buckets reads as the default
 	// rather than being passed through.
-	if b.Status != StatusReading && b.Status != StatusArchived && b.Status != StatusFinished {
+	if b.Status != StatusReading && b.Status != StatusArchived {
 		b.Status = StatusReading
 	}
 	return b, nil
@@ -1302,10 +1303,12 @@ func (s *Store) LaneGates(site string) (pausedUntil, refuseUntil int64, err erro
 //
 // A forced Series (force_poll_at newer than latest_checked_at, issue #146)
 // overrides exactly three gates: the rest cutoff, the Sighting-deferral
-// clause and the finished-only bucket. It never overrides an empty
-// series_url or the Bookmarks join — nothing to fetch, and no consumer for
-// the result — so those stay unconditional. Forced rows sort to the front of
-// the queue; the reader-count-then-age ordering among the rest is ADR-0003.
+// clause and a finished Series. It never overrides an empty series_url or the
+// Bookmarks join — nothing to fetch, and no consumer for the result — so
+// those stay unconditional, and it never clears the finish: nothing here
+// writes finished_at, and pending force clears itself when the pass stamps
+// the check timestamp. Forced rows sort to the front of the queue; the
+// reader-count-then-age ordering among the rest is ADR-0003.
 //
 // The reader_count ordering is the point of the split (ADR-0003): a series
 // shared by several readers is fetched once per due cycle, and the popular
@@ -1313,14 +1316,15 @@ func (s *Store) LaneGates(site string) (pausedUntil, refuseUntil int64, err erro
 // reader count, oldest-first keeps the poll fair when the backlog outgrows
 // throughput: the most neglected series is always next, so a large collection
 // refreshes uniformly slower rather than leaving a tail that never refreshes
-// at all. The userscript sorts its own queue the same way (L453).
+// at all. The userscript sorts its own queue the same way.
 //
 // Series with no series_url are skipped — there is nothing to fetch, which is
-// the same filter the userscript applies at L452. Series whose only bookmarks
-// are finished are skipped too: nothing more is coming, so fetching them only
-// burns requests. Archived bookmarks still count — knowing what a shelved
-// series is up to is the whole reason for archiving instead of deleting.
-// A series with no bookmarks at all never appears: the join excludes it.
+// the same filter the userscript applies before refreshing. A finished Series is
+// skipped unless forced: nothing more is coming, so fetching it only burns
+// requests (issue #157). Archived bookmarks still count — knowing what a
+// shelved series is up to is the whole reason for archiving instead of
+// deleting. A series with no bookmarks at all never appears: the join
+// excludes it.
 //
 // ceilingMs is the Sighting deferral ceiling (issue #103): a Series whose last
 // real Poll is older than it appears however recently it was sighted. That is
@@ -1329,10 +1333,10 @@ func (s *Store) LaneGates(site string) (pausedUntil, refuseUntil int64, err erro
 // decided here, from two facts the query already computes, so a Lane gains no
 // query per round: a Sighting younger than cutoffMs holds the Series back, but
 // only while COUNT(*) is 1. A Series a second Reader bookmarks is Polled on
-// schedule, so a wrong value the whole guild can see is corrected by a check
-// that was never postponed; on a solitary Series the only person a wrong value
-// reaches is the Reader who reported it. Whether the reporting Reader is
-// allowed to defer at all was settled when the Sighting was recorded — see
+// the schedule, so a wrong value the guild can see is corrected by a check
+// that was never postponed; on a solitary Series the only person a wrong
+// value reaches is the Reader who reported it. Whether the reporting Reader
+// is allowed to defer at all was settled when the Sighting was recorded — see
 // RecordSighting.
 func (s *Store) DueForLatestCheck(site string, cutoffMs, ceilingMs int64) ([]Series, error) {
 	rows, err := s.db.Query(`SELECT `+seriesColumns+`,
@@ -1344,12 +1348,11 @@ func (s *Store) DueForLatestCheck(site string, cutoffMs, ceilingMs int64) ([]Ser
 		  AND s.series_url <> ''
 		  AND (s.latest_checked_at <= $2::bigint
 		       OR s.force_poll_at > s.latest_checked_at)
+		  AND (s.finished_at = 0 OR s.force_poll_at > s.latest_checked_at)
 		GROUP BY s.site, s.series_id, s.title, s.series_url, s.cover,
 		         s.kind, s.latest_chapter, s.latest_chapter_num, s.latest_checked_at,
-		         s.force_poll_at
-		HAVING (COUNT(*) FILTER (WHERE b.status <> 'finished') > 0
-		        OR s.force_poll_at > s.latest_checked_at)
-		   AND (COUNT(*) > 1
+		         s.force_poll_at, s.finished_at
+		HAVING (COUNT(*) > 1
 		        OR s.latest_sighted_at <= $2::bigint
 		        OR s.latest_checked_at <= $3::bigint
 		        OR s.force_poll_at > s.latest_checked_at)
@@ -1371,14 +1374,18 @@ func (s *Store) DueForLatestCheck(site string, cutoffMs, ceilingMs int64) ([]Ser
 	return out, rows.Err()
 }
 
-// EligibleSeriesCount returns how many of a Site's Series still have at least
-// one bookmark outside the finished bucket. It is the denominator of the
-// Lane's pace (issue #100): the effective gap is the smaller of the registry
-// gap and one hour divided by this count, so Series that will never be Polled
-// do not make the Lane faster than it needs to be, and counting every eligible
-// Series rather than only those currently due keeps the pace steady — the
-// single worst moment to be fastest is startup, when everything is due at
-// once.
+// EligibleSeriesCount returns how many of a Site's Series are not finished —
+// the flag, never a Reader vote. It is the denominator of the Lane's pace
+// (issue #100): the effective gap is the smaller of the registry gap and one
+// hour divided by this count, so Series that will never be Polled do not make
+// the Lane faster than it needs to be, and counting every eligible Series
+// rather than only those currently due keeps the pace steady — the single
+// worst moment to be fastest is startup, when everything is due at once.
+//
+// The deliberate asymmetry with DueForLatestCheck's WHERE: a forced Series
+// is due but never admitted here, because a forced pass must not speed up
+// every other fetch on the Site — one impassioned press is not a reason to
+// hammer the Site (issue #157).
 func (s *Store) EligibleSeriesCount(site string) (int, error) {
 	var n int
 	err := s.db.QueryRow(`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (
@@ -1386,8 +1393,8 @@ func (s *Store) EligibleSeriesCount(site string) (int, error) {
 		FROM series s
 		JOIN bookmarks b ON b.site = s.site AND b.series_id = s.series_id
 		WHERE s.site = $1
+		  AND s.finished_at = 0
 		GROUP BY s.site, s.series_id
-		HAVING COUNT(*) FILTER (WHERE b.status <> 'finished') > 0
 	) e`, site).Scan(&n)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("count eligible series %s: %w", site, err)

backend/internal/store/store_test.go

@@ -279,6 +279,27 @@ func seedForCheck(t *testing.T, s *Store, key, seriesURL string, checkedAt int64
 	}
 }
 
+// seedFinished inserts a bookmark (and with it its series) and stamps the
+// series finished — the series-level fact the due gate reads (issue #157).
+func seedFinished(t *testing.T, s *Store, key, seriesURL string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	site, seriesID, ok := strings.Cut(key, ":")
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("key %q: no ':' separator", key)
+	}
+	if _, err := s.Upsert(s.OwnerID(), Bookmark{
+		Key: key, Site: site, SeriesID: seriesID, SeriesURL: seriesURL,
+		UpdatedAt: 1000,
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed %q: %v", key, err)
+	}
+	if _, err := s.db.Exec(
+		`UPDATE series SET finished_at = 1000 WHERE site = $1 AND series_id = $2`,
+		site, seriesID); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed finish %q: %v", key, err)
+	}
+}
+
 // noCeiling is a Sighting deferral ceiling no Series can reach, for the tests
 // that predate the ceiling and are about rest, ordering or buckets instead.
 const noCeiling = int64(-1)
@@ -486,24 +507,15 @@ func TestUpsertStatusChangeKeepsUpdatedAt(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("UpdatedAt = %d, want it frozen at %d", stored.UpdatedAt, first.UpdatedAt)
 	}
 }
-
 // Archiving is the reason to keep polling — the point is to come back to a
-// series that has moved on. A finished series has nothing left to publish.
+// series that has moved on. A finished series has nothing left to publish,
+// whichever Reader marked it (issue #157).
 func TestDueForLatestCheckSkipsFinishedKeepsArchived(t *testing.T) {
 	store := newTestStore(t)
-	for _, tc := range []struct{ key, status string }{
-		{"asura:reading", StatusReading},
-		{"asura:archived", StatusArchived},
-		{"asura:finished", StatusFinished},
-	} {
-		if _, err := store.Upsert(store.OwnerID(), Bookmark{
-			Key: tc.key, Site: "asura", SeriesID: strings.TrimPrefix(tc.key, "asura:"),
-			SeriesURL: "https://asurascans.com/comics/" + tc.key,
-			Status:    tc.status, UpdatedAt: time.Now().UnixMilli(),
-		}); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("seed %s: %v", tc.key, err)
-		}
+	for _, key := range []string{"asura:reading", "asura:archived"} {
+		seedForCheck(t, store, key, "https://asurascans.com/comics/"+key, 0)
 	}
+	seedFinished(t, store, "asura:finished", "https://asurascans.com/comics/asura:finished")
 
 	due, err := store.DueForLatestCheck("asura", time.Now().UnixMilli(), noCeiling)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -522,27 +534,26 @@ func TestDueForLatestCheckSkipsFinishedKeepsArchived(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // The gap's denominator counts every Series the Lane will ever Poll: a
-// finished Series must not make the Lane faster than it needs to be, and
-// another Site's Series must not leak into this Site's count.
+// finished Series must not make the Lane faster than it needs to be, another
+// Site's Series must not leak into this Site's count, and a forced Series is
+// not admitted either — it is due once, not a reason to tighten the pace for
+// every other fetch on the Site (issue #157).
 func TestEligibleSeriesCount(t *testing.T) {
 	store := newTestStore(t)
 	seedForCheck(t, store, "asura:reading", "https://asurascans.com/comics/reading", 0)
 	seedForCheck(t, store, "asura:archived", "https://asurascans.com/comics/archived", 0)
-	if _, err := store.Upsert(store.OwnerID(), Bookmark{
-		Key: "asura:finished", Site: "asura", SeriesID: "finished",
-		SeriesURL: "https://asurascans.com/comics/finished",
-		Status:    StatusFinished, UpdatedAt: 1000,
-	}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("seed finished: %v", err)
-	}
+	seedFinished(t, store, "asura:finished", "https://asurascans.com/comics/asura:finished")
 	seedForCheck(t, store, "demonic:z", "https://demonicscans.org/manga/z", 0)
+	if err := store.ForceSeriesPoll("asura", "archived", 5000); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ForceSeriesPoll: %v", err)
+	}
 
 	n, err := store.EligibleSeriesCount("asura")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("EligibleSeriesCount: %v", err)
 	}
 	if n != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("eligible = %d, want 2 (finished excluded, demonic excluded)", n)
+		t.Fatalf("eligible = %d, want 2 (finished and forced excluded, demonic excluded)", n)
 	}
 	n, err = store.EligibleSeriesCount("demonic")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -755,6 +766,133 @@ func TestMigration0008DropsLegacyCoverRows(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// 0016's three statements are order-dependent: the finished_at seed must see
+// the pre-flip 'finished' buckets, and the flip must come after it. A seed
+// that ran after the flip would read bookmarks that no longer say
+// 'finished', declare nothing finished, and silently resume polling series
+// somebody marked done. This seeds a pre-0016 database the way every
+// deployment looked — finished a bookmark bucket, no finished_at column —
+// runs the migration, and asserts on what it preserved.
+func TestMigration0016SeedsFinishedAtBeforeFlippingBucket(t *testing.T) {
+	url := pgtest.URL(t)
+	db, err := sql.Open("pgx", url)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	if err := migrate(db, 15); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("migrate to 0015: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := seedOwner(db, testOwner); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed owner: %v", err)
+	}
+	// A second reader, so "mixed" can carry two bookmarks on one series.
+	if _, err := db.Exec(
+		`INSERT INTO readers (discord_id, token_sha256) VALUES ('second', '\x01'::bytea)`); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed second reader: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	owner := func() int64 {
+		t.Helper()
+		var id int64
+		if err := db.QueryRow(
+			`SELECT id FROM readers WHERE discord_id = $1`, testOwner.DiscordID).Scan(&id); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("owner id: %v", err)
+		}
+		return id
+	}()
+	seedBookmark := func(readerID int64, site, seriesID, status string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		// The bookmark FK demands the series row; Upsert would create it on
+		// the fly, raw SQL has to spell it out.
+		if _, err := db.Exec(
+			`INSERT INTO series (site, series_id) VALUES ($1, $2) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING`,
+			site, seriesID); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("seed series %s:%s: %v", site, seriesID, err)
+		}
+		if _, err := db.Exec(
+			`INSERT INTO bookmarks (reader_id, site, series_id, status, updated_at)
+			 VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, 1000)`, readerID, site, seriesID, status); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("seed %s:%s/%s: %v", site, seriesID, status, err)
+		}
+	}
+	// done: the one-bookmark series every finished series looked like.
+	seedBookmark(owner, "asura", "done", "finished")
+	// shared: every reader finished — the multi-reader equivalent.
+	seedBookmark(owner, "asura", "shared", "finished")
+	// mixed: a second reader still reading keeps the series alive.
+	seedBookmark(owner, "asura", "mixed", "finished")
+	seedBookmark(owner+1, "asura", "mixed", "archived")
+	// live: nobody finished it.
+	seedBookmark(owner, "asura", "live", "reading")
+	// orphan: no bookmarks at all, nothing to decide from.
+	if _, err := db.Exec(
+		`INSERT INTO series (site, series_id) VALUES ('asura', 'orphan')`); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed orphan: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := migrate(db, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("migrate 0016: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	finishedAt := func(site, seriesID string) int64 {
+		t.Helper()
+		var at int64
+		if err := db.QueryRow(
+			`SELECT finished_at FROM series WHERE site = $1 AND series_id = $2`,
+			site, seriesID).Scan(&at); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("finished_at %s:%s: %v", site, seriesID, err)
+		}
+		return at
+	}
+	status := func(readerID int64, site, seriesID string) string {
+		t.Helper()
+		var s string
+		if err := db.QueryRow(
+			`SELECT status FROM bookmarks WHERE reader_id = $1
+			   AND site = $2 AND series_id = $3`, readerID, site, seriesID).Scan(&s); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("status %s:%s: %v", site, seriesID, err)
+		}
+		return s
+	}
+
+	// The seed ran before the flip: had the flip gone first, done's bookmarks
+	// would read archived and nothing would be stamped. The stamp is a real
+	// timestamp, not a sentinel.
+	before := time.Now().Add(-time.Minute).UnixMilli()
+	after := time.Now().Add(time.Minute).UnixMilli()
+	for _, sr := range []struct{ site, seriesID string }{
+		{"asura", "done"}, {"asura", "shared"},
+	} {
+		if at := finishedAt(sr.site, sr.seriesID); at < before || at > after {
+			t.Fatalf("%s:%s finished_at = %d, want now-ish", sr.site, sr.seriesID, at)
+		}
+		// The flip followed the seed: every finished bookmark is archived.
+		if s := status(owner, sr.site, sr.seriesID); s != StatusArchived {
+			t.Fatalf("%s:%s status = %q, want archived after the flip", sr.site, sr.seriesID, s)
+		}
+	}
+	// The seed ignores a series any bookmark keeps alive.
+	if at := finishedAt("asura", "mixed"); at != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("mixed finished_at = %d, want 0", at)
+	}
+	// The flip is a bucket rewrite, not a series-wide one: the finished
+	// bookmark becomes archived and the sibling rows keep their buckets.
+	if s := status(owner, "asura", "mixed"); s != StatusArchived {
+		t.Fatalf("mixed finished bookmark = %q, want archived", s)
+	}
+	if s := status(owner+1, "asura", "mixed"); s != StatusArchived {
+		t.Fatalf("mixed archived bookmark = %q, want untouched archived", s)
+	}
+	if s := status(owner, "asura", "live"); s != StatusReading {
+		t.Fatalf("live status = %q, want untouched reading", s)
+	}
+	if at := finishedAt("asura", "orphan"); at != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("orphan finished_at = %d, want 0", at)
+	}
+}
+
 // readSeries reads the series row directly, for asserting on what Upsert
 // actually stored rather than what the joined Bookmark reports.
 func readSeries(t *testing.T, s *Store, site, seriesID string) Series {
@@ -1809,19 +1947,12 @@ func TestDueForLatestCheckForcedOverridesSightingDeferral(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// The finished-only bucket excludes a series whose only bookmarks are
-// finished; a forced request overrides it — the owner asked, so the Lane
-// looks.
-func TestDueForLatestCheckForcedOverridesFinishedBucket(t *testing.T) {
+// The finished flag excludes a series; a forced request overrides it — the
+// owner asked, so the Lane looks.
+func TestDueForLatestCheckForcedOverridesFinishedFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	s := newTestStore(t)
 	seedForCheck(t, s, "asura:reading", "https://asurascans.com/comics/reading", 0)
-	if _, err := s.Upsert(s.OwnerID(), Bookmark{
-		Key: "asura:finished", Site: "asura", SeriesID: "finished",
-		SeriesURL: "https://asurascans.com/comics/finished",
-		Status:    StatusFinished, UpdatedAt: 1000,
-	}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("seed finished: %v", err)
-	}
+	seedFinished(t, s, "asura:finished", "https://asurascans.com/comics/asura:finished")
 
 	due, err := s.DueForLatestCheck("asura", 1000, noCeiling)
 	if err != nil {

backend/internal/web/static/filter.js

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function setActiveTab(el) {
   document.dispatchEvent(new Event("bmgr:refilter"));
 }
 
-// The chapter-edit form and the archive/finish/remove confirm rows are the
+// The chapter-edit form and the archive/remove confirm rows are the
 // per-card disclosure panels; only one makes sense open at a time. The button
 // that owns an open panel carries .open, which is how the strip shows which
 // cell the panel belongs to.
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ function toggleChapterForm(key) {
   if (form && !form.hidden) form.querySelector("input").focus();
 }
 
-// kind is "archive" | "finish" | "remove" — the panel id and the owning action
+// kind is "archive" | "remove" — the panel id and the owning action
 // cell share it.
 function toggleConfirmRow(key, kind) {
-  var cls = { archive: ".box", finish: ".finish", remove: ".remove" }[kind];
+  var cls = { archive: ".box", remove: ".remove" }[kind];
   var row = togglePanel(key, "confirm-" + kind + "-" + key, ".actions " + cls);
   // Focus the answer rather than trusting aria-live on a container that merely
   // unhides: it makes the announcement deterministic, keeps tab order inside

backend/internal/web/static/style.css

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
   --ink: #100f0e;          /* page */
   --ash: #161413;          /* recessed panel (chapter form) */
-  --dim: #0d0c0b;          /* archived / finished rows sink */
+  --dim: #0d0c0b;          /* archived rows sink */
   --rule: #221f1d;         /* hairline between sheets */
   --rule-soft: #1a1817;    /* measure edges */
   --field-line: #2c2926;
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
   /* One accent per action, so a press says which lane it belongs to. All three
    are held at the same weight as --brass: muted, no ember competition. */
   --slate: #7fa0c0;        /* archive */
-  --moss: #7fae86;         /* finished */
   --clay: #b5906f;         /* set chapter */
   --trash: #977671;        /* remove, resting — icons need 3:1, not 4.5:1 */
   /* A Lane needing attention: the admin page's only accent. Verdigris — cool,
@@ -148,7 +147,6 @@
     --danger-soft: #7c2c22;
     --brass: #8a681c;
     --slate: #3f6689;
-    --moss: #3d6c46;
     --clay: #7c5533;
     --trash: #8c6558;
     --patina: #1f6f66;
@@ -612,13 +610,13 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
 .actions > *:last-child { border-right: none; }
 .actions svg { width: 17px; height: 17px; }
 .actions > *:hover { color: var(--paper); }
-/* Per-action accent on hover and press: gold favourite, slate archive, moss
-   finished, clay chapter. Remove keeps --danger, play keeps paper/ember. */
+/* Per-action accent on hover and press: gold favourite, slate archive, clay
+   chapter. Remove keeps --danger, play keeps paper/ember. */
 .actions .fav:hover, .actions .fav:active, .actions .fav:focus-visible { color: var(--brass); }
 .actions .pencil:hover, .actions .pencil:active, .actions .pencil:focus-visible { color: var(--clay); }
 .actions .box:hover, .actions .box:active, .actions .box:focus-visible { color: var(--slate); }
-.actions .finish:hover, .actions .finish:active, .actions .finish:focus-visible { color: var(--moss); }
 .actions .play { color: var(--paper); }
+
 .is-new .actions .play { color: var(--ember); }
 .actions .play:hover { background: var(--hover); }
 .actions .on { color: var(--brass); }
@@ -632,8 +630,8 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
 .actions .remove.open { background: var(--danger-wash); color: var(--danger); }
 .is-dim .actions > * { color: var(--mute-2); }
 
-/* Three clusters by consequence: navigate (play) | organize (favourite,
-   chapter) | lifecycle (archive/restore, finish, remove). The lifecycle cells
+/* Two clusters by consequence: navigate (play) | organize (favourite,
+   chapter) | lifecycle (archive/restore, remove). The lifecycle cells
    sit on a recessed ground so the thumb reads "this one moves the series"
    before it reads which icon it landed on. */
 .actions > .lifecycle { background: var(--ash); }
@@ -712,7 +710,7 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
   color: var(--danger-ink);
   font-weight: 600;
 }
-/* Archive and finish are reversible, so their confirm asks in grey — only the
+/* Archive is reversible, so its confirm asks in grey — only the
    irreversible remove gets the danger wash. */
 .confirm-row.calm { background: var(--ash); }
 .confirm-row.calm span { color: var(--paper-dim); }
@@ -917,9 +915,7 @@ button { cursor: pointer; }
   /* The cell border follows the icon on hover, so the accent reads as a state
      rather than a stray colour. */
   .actions .fav:hover, .actions .pencil:hover,
-  .actions .box:hover, .actions .finish:hover { border-color: currentColor; }
-
-  /* Panels line up with the body text, i.e. past the cover and its gap. */
+  .actions .box:hover { border-color: currentColor; }
   .chapter-form, .confirm-row, .error-inline {
     margin-left: calc(var(--cover-w) + var(--row-gap));
   }

backend/internal/web/templates/app.html

@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@
        {{if eq .Tab "archived"}}aria-current="page"{{end}}
        hx-get="{{.ListURL "archived"}}" hx-target="#list" hx-swap="innerHTML"
        hx-push-url="{{.PageURL "archived"}}" hx-on::after-request="setActiveTab(this)">Archived</a>
-    <a href="{{.PageURL "finished"}}" class="{{if eq .Tab "finished"}}active{{end}}"
-       {{if eq .Tab "finished"}}aria-current="page"{{end}}
-       hx-get="{{.ListURL "finished"}}" hx-target="#list" hx-swap="innerHTML"
-       hx-push-url="{{.PageURL "finished"}}" hx-on::after-request="setActiveTab(this)">Finished</a>
   </nav>
   </div>
 

backend/internal/web/templates/card.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{define "card"}}
 {{/* One sheet per series. is-new turns the title crimson over an ember rule;
-     is-dim sinks archived and finished rows into italic grey. */}}
+     is-dim sinks archived rows into italic grey. */}}
 <article class="card{{if eq .Status "reading"}}{{if .HasNewChapter}} is-new{{end}}{{else}} is-dim{{end}}"
          id="card-{{.Key}}" data-title="{{.Title}}">
   <div class="row">
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
         {{if eq .Status "archived"}}
         <span class="sep">/</span>
         <span class="state">archived</span>
-        {{else if eq .Status "finished"}}
-        <span class="sep">/</span>
-        <span class="state"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-check"/></svg>finished</span>
         {{end}}
       </p>
     </div>
@@ -56,7 +53,7 @@
         <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-pencil"/></svg>
       </button>
       {{/* Restore is a reversal, so it fires straight away; every move *out* of
-           the list (archive, finish, remove) goes through a confirm row. */}}
+           the list (archive, remove) goes through a confirm row. */}}
       {{if eq .Status "reading"}}
       <button class="lifecycle box" title="Archive" aria-label="Archive"
               aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="confirm-archive-{{.Key}}"
@@ -71,13 +68,6 @@
         <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-undo"/></svg>
       </button>
       {{end}}
-      {{if ne .Status "finished"}}
-      <button class="lifecycle finish" title="Mark finished" aria-label="Mark finished"
-              aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="confirm-finish-{{.Key}}"
-              onclick="toggleConfirmRow('{{.Key}}', 'finish')">
-        <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-check"/></svg>
-      </button>
-      {{end}}
       <button class="lifecycle remove" title="Remove" aria-label="Remove"
               aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="confirm-remove-{{.Key}}"
               onclick="toggleConfirmRow('{{.Key}}', 'remove')">
@@ -116,18 +106,6 @@
     </div>
   </div>
   {{end}}
-  {{if ne .Status "finished"}}
-  <div class="confirm-row calm" id="confirm-finish-{{.Key}}" role="group" aria-live="polite" hidden>
-    <span>Mark finished?</span>
-    <div>
-      <button class="go"
-              hx-post="/ui/bookmarks/{{.Key}}/status" hx-vals='{"status":"finished"}'
-              hx-target="[id='card-{{.Key}}']" hx-swap="outerHTML"
-              hx-indicator="[id='card-{{.Key}}']" hx-disabled-elt="this">Finish</button>
-      <button type="button" onclick="toggleConfirmRow('{{.Key}}', 'finish')">Cancel</button>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-  {{end}}
   <div class="confirm-row" id="confirm-remove-{{.Key}}" role="group" aria-live="polite" hidden>
     <span>Remove “{{.Title}}”? Chapter progress is lost.</span>
     <div>

backend/internal/web/templates/chrome.html

@@ -29,21 +29,17 @@
 
 {{/* The action key. The icon strip on a card is unlabelled, so one permanent
      line under the tabs names every glyph. It follows the tab rather than the
-     row: the archived and finished buckets swap Archive for Restore, and a
-     finished series has no Done to offer. */}}
+     row: the archived bucket swaps Archive for Restore. */}}
 {{define "keyrow"}}
 <div class="keyrow" id="keyrow" aria-label="Action key"{{if .OOB}} hx-swap-oob="true"{{end}}>
   <span class="pair"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-play"/></svg><span>Read</span></span>
   <span class="pair brass"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-star"/></svg><span>Fav</span></span>
   <span class="pair"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-pencil"/></svg><span>Chapter</span></span>
-  {{if or (eq .Tab "archived") (eq .Tab "finished")}}
+  {{if eq .Tab "archived"}}
   <span class="pair"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-undo"/></svg><span>Restore</span></span>
   {{else}}
   <span class="pair"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-box"/></svg><span>Archive</span></span>
   {{end}}
-  {{if ne .Tab "finished"}}
-  <span class="pair"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-check"/></svg><span>Done</span></span>
-  {{end}}
   <span class="pair trash"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-trash"/></svg><span>Delete</span></span>
 </div>
 {{end}}

backend/internal/web/templates/icons.html

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   <symbol id="i-star-on" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M12 3.6l2.6 5.6 6 .8-4.4 4.2 1.1 6-5.3-2.9-5.3 2.9 1.1-6-4.4-4.2 6-.8z" fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.7" stroke-linejoin="round"/></symbol>
   <symbol id="i-pencil" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M4 20h4L19 9l-4-4L4 16z" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.7" stroke-linejoin="round"/></symbol>
   <symbol id="i-box" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M3 7h18v4H3zM5 11v9h14v-9M10 15h4" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.7" stroke-linejoin="round"/></symbol>
-  <symbol id="i-check" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M4 12.5l5.2 5.5L20 6.5" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></symbol>
   <symbol id="i-trash" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M4 7h16M9.5 7V4h5v3M6.5 7l1 13h9l1-13M10.5 11v6M13.5 11v6" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.7" stroke-linecap="round"/></symbol>
   <symbol id="i-undo" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M4 9h9.5a5 5 0 010 10H8M4 9l4.2-4.2M4 9l4.2 4.2" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.7" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></symbol>
   <symbol id="i-search" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><circle cx="10.5" cy="10.5" r="6.5" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.8"/><path d="M15.3 15.3L20 20" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round"/></symbol>

backend/internal/web/templates/list.html

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
   <div class="empty"><strong>Nothing new.</strong><p>Every series is caught up to its latest chapter.</p></div>
 {{else if eq .Tab "archived"}}
   <div class="empty"><strong>Nothing archived.</strong><p>Shelve a series to park it here — it keeps getting checked for new chapters.</p></div>
-{{else if eq .Tab "finished"}}
-  <div class="empty"><strong>Nothing finished yet.</strong><p>Mark a series finished and it moves out of your reading list.</p></div>
 {{else if .EmptyLibrary}}
   {{/* Nothing in either library, so the links are the only thing this page can
        usefully say. Both scripts: the two libraries are separate installs. */}}

backend/internal/web/web.go

@@ -293,10 +293,11 @@ func libOf(q string) string {
 // buildListView loads one reader's list once and derives both the tab-filtered
 // items and the recent strip from it.
 //
-// Archived and finished series appear in their own tab and nowhere else — not
-// in All, not in Updated, not in Favourites, and not in the recent strip. An
-// archived favourite therefore shows only under Archived: Favourites means
-// "favourites I am currently reading".
+// Archived series appear in their own tab and nowhere else — not in All, not
+// in Updated, not in Favourites, and not in the recent strip. An archived
+// favourite therefore shows only under Archived: Favourites means "favourites
+// I am currently reading". There is no Finished tab: finished is a fact about
+// the Series, not a bookmark bucket (issue #157).
 func (h *Handler) buildListView(readerID int64, lib, tab string) (listView, error) {
 	all, err := h.store.List(readerID) // already ordered updated_at DESC
 	if err != nil {
@@ -327,8 +328,6 @@ func (h *Handler) buildListView(readerID int64, lib, tab string) (listView, erro
 		items = withNew
 	case "archived":
 		items = filterBookmarks(all, func(b store.Bookmark) bool { return b.Status == store.StatusArchived })
-	case "finished":
-		items = filterBookmarks(all, func(b store.Bookmark) bool { return b.Status == store.StatusFinished })
 	default:
 		tab = "all"
 		items = reading
@@ -392,7 +391,7 @@ func currentLib(r *http.Request) string {
 // writeChromeOOB appends the regions that live outside #list — the recent
 // strip, the Updated badge and the action key — as out-of-band swaps, so a
 // mutation cannot leave them describing the library as it was before the tap.
-// The key is in here because it is tab-shaped too: archived and finished swap
+// The key is in here because it is tab-shaped too: the archived bucket swaps
 // Archive for Restore.
 func (h *Handler) writeChromeOOB(w http.ResponseWriter, view listView) {
 	view.OOB = true
@@ -492,9 +491,9 @@ func (h *Handler) uiFavorite(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	h.saveAndRenderCard(w, r, b)
 }
 
-// uiStatus moves a bookmark between lifecycle buckets. This is the only place
-// a series can be marked finished — the JSON API refuses that value, so the
-// userscript cannot set it even by accident.
+// uiStatus moves a bookmark between the two lifecycle buckets. Finished is not
+// one of them: it is a fact about the Series, decided from the admin surface,
+// so the web UI's per-bookmark control cannot set it (issue #157).
 //
 // last_chapter_num is untouched, so Upsert keeps the stored updated_at and the
 // list does not reorder.
@@ -508,7 +507,7 @@ func (h *Handler) uiStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 	switch s := r.PostFormValue("status"); s {
-	case store.StatusReading, store.StatusArchived, store.StatusFinished:
+	case store.StatusReading, store.StatusArchived:
 		b.Status = s
 	default:
 		http.Error(w, "invalid status", http.StatusBadRequest)

backend/main_test.go

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestPutStatusValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		{"empty is no opinion", "", http.StatusOK},
 		{"reading", "reading", http.StatusOK},
 		{"archived", "archived", http.StatusOK},
-		{"finished is web-only", "finished", http.StatusBadRequest},
+		{"finished is no longer a bucket", "finished", http.StatusBadRequest},
 		{"garbage", "dropped", http.StatusBadRequest},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range cases {

backend/web_test.go

@@ -1523,8 +1523,8 @@ func TestCardHxTargetIsValidSelectorForColonKey(t *testing.T) {
 	body := rr.Body.String()
 
 	want := `hx-target="[id='card-asura:solo']"`
-	if strings.Count(body, want) != 5 {
-		t.Fatalf("body has %d occurrences of %s, want 5 (favorite, archive, finish, delete buttons, chapter form)",
+	if strings.Count(body, want) != 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("body has %d occurrences of %s, want 4 (favorite, archive, delete buttons, chapter form)",
 			strings.Count(body, want), want)
 	}
 	if strings.Contains(body, `hx-target="#card-asura:solo"`) {
@@ -1748,8 +1748,6 @@ func seedStatusRows(t *testing.T, st *store.Store) {
 		{Key: "asura:archived", Site: "asura", SeriesID: "archived", Title: "ArchivedOne",
 			Status: store.StatusArchived, LastChapterNum: 5, Favorite: true,
 			LatestChapter: "99", LatestChapterNum: floatPtr(99)},
-		{Key: "asura:finished", Site: "asura", SeriesID: "finished", Title: "FinishedOne",
-			Status: store.StatusFinished, LastChapterNum: 200, Favorite: true},
 	}
 	for _, b := range rows {
 		b.UpdatedAt = time.Now().UnixMilli()
@@ -1758,7 +1756,6 @@ func seedStatusRows(t *testing.T, st *store.Store) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
 func TestTabsShowOnlyTheirBucket(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := testConfig()
 	srv, st := newWebTestServer(t, cfg)
@@ -1768,11 +1765,10 @@ func TestTabsShowOnlyTheirBucket(t *testing.T) {
 		tab            string
 		want, dontWant []string
 	}{
-		{"all", []string{"ReadingOne"}, []string{"ArchivedOne", "FinishedOne"}},
-		{"new", []string{"ReadingOne"}, []string{"ArchivedOne", "FinishedOne"}},
-		{"fav", []string{"ReadingOne"}, []string{"ArchivedOne", "FinishedOne"}},
-		{"archived", []string{"ArchivedOne"}, []string{"ReadingOne", "FinishedOne"}},
-		{"finished", []string{"FinishedOne"}, []string{"ReadingOne", "ArchivedOne"}},
+		{"all", []string{"ReadingOne"}, []string{"ArchivedOne"}},
+		{"new", []string{"ReadingOne"}, []string{"ArchivedOne"}},
+		{"fav", []string{"ReadingOne"}, []string{"ArchivedOne"}},
+		{"archived", []string{"ArchivedOne"}, []string{"ReadingOne"}},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(tc.tab, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1835,12 +1831,12 @@ func TestRecentStripCarriesUnreadOnlyAndOnlyOnAll(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(strip, "ReadingOne") {
 		t.Fatal("strip dropped the series with an unread chapter")
 	}
-	for _, unwanted := range []string{"CaughtUpOne", "ArchivedOne", "FinishedOne"} {
+	for _, unwanted := range []string{"CaughtUpOne", "ArchivedOne"} {
 		if strings.Contains(strip, unwanted) {
 			t.Fatalf("strip included %s", unwanted)
 		}
 	}
-	for _, tab := range []string{"new", "fav", "archived", "finished"} {
+	for _, tab := range []string{"new", "fav", "archived"} {
 		if strings.Contains(stripOf(t, srv, st, tab), "ReadingOne") {
 			t.Fatalf("tab %s rendered the strip", tab)
 		}
@@ -1903,7 +1899,7 @@ func TestUIStatusSetsBucket(t *testing.T) {
 	srv, st := newWebTestServer(t, cfg)
 	seedStatusRows(t, st)
 
-	for _, want := range []string{store.StatusArchived, store.StatusFinished, store.StatusReading} {
+	for _, want := range []string{store.StatusArchived, store.StatusReading} {
 		if rr := postStatus(t, srv, st, "asura:reading", want); rr.Code != http.StatusOK {
 			t.Fatalf("set %s: status = %d, body %s", want, rr.Code, rr.Body.String())
 		}
@@ -1971,12 +1967,11 @@ func TestCardShowsStatusControls(t *testing.T) {
 		tab            string
 		want, dontWant []string
 	}{
-		// A series being read can be shelved or completed, not restored.
-		{"all", []string{`hx-vals='{"status":"archived"}'`, `hx-vals='{"status":"finished"}'`}, nil},
-		// An archived one can come back or be completed.
-		{"archived", []string{`hx-vals='{"status":"reading"}'`, `hx-vals='{"status":"finished"}'`}, nil},
-		// A finished one can only come back.
-		{"finished", []string{`hx-vals='{"status":"reading"}'`}, []string{`hx-vals='{"status":"finished"}'`}},
+		// A series being read can be shelved, not restored, and there is no
+		// finish control any more (issue #157).
+		{"all", []string{`hx-vals='{"status":"archived"}'`}, []string{`hx-vals='{"status":"finished"}'`}},
+		// An archived one can come back.
+		{"archived", []string{`hx-vals='{"status":"reading"}'`}, []string{`hx-vals='{"status":"finished"}'`}},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(tc.tab, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -2010,11 +2005,14 @@ func TestAppRendersNewTabs(t *testing.T) {
 	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	srv.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
 
-	for _, want := range []string{`href="/?tab=archived"`, `href="/?tab=finished"`} {
+	for _, want := range []string{`href="/?tab=archived"`} {
 		if !strings.Contains(rr.Body.String(), want) {
 			t.Fatalf("app page missing %s", want)
 		}
 	}
+	if strings.Contains(rr.Body.String(), `href="/?tab=finished"`) {
+		t.Fatal("app page still offers a Finished tab")
+	}
 }
 
 // A mutation has to bring the chrome with it: the strip and the badge live
@@ -2131,7 +2129,6 @@ func TestNovelPageOmitsUpdatedTab(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, want := range []string{
 		"/?lib=novel&tab=fav",
 		"/?lib=novel&tab=archived",
-		"/?lib=novel&tab=finished",
 	} {
 		if !strings.Contains(body, want) {
 			t.Fatalf("novel page missing tab link %s", want)
@@ -2142,6 +2139,7 @@ func TestNovelPageOmitsUpdatedTab(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+
 func TestMangaPageKeepsUpdatedTab(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := testConfig()
 	srv, st := newWebTestServer(t, cfg)

docs/adr/0015-finished-is-a-series-fact.md

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# ADR-0015: Finished is a fact about the Series, not a bookmark bucket
+
+Date: 2026-08-22
+Status: accepted
+
+## Decision
+
+"Finished" moves from the per-Reader `bookmarks.status` bucket to a
+Series-owned flag: `series.finished_at`, unix ms, zero while the Series is
+still running. The Lane's gate reads the flag — a Series is polled only while
+`finished_at = 0` — and `bookmarks.status` keeps exactly two values,
+`reading` and `archived`.
+
+The cutover is one-way, done by migration 0016 in three load-bearing
+statements:
+
+1. `ALTER TABLE series ADD COLUMN finished_at bigint NOT NULL DEFAULT 0`.
+2. Seed it from the bookmarks: a Series is stamped finished when no bookmark
+   on it is outside the `finished` bucket. This mirrors the pre-cutover due
+   gate exactly — the old query skipped a Series only while
+   `COUNT(*) FILTER (WHERE status <> 'finished') = 0` — so no Series changes
+   polling state at the cutover.
+3. Rewrite every `finished` bookmark to `archived`. The bucket is gone; the
+   seed ran first because it is the only statement that can still read it.
+
+The JSON API rejects a `finished` status with the same plain 400 as any
+unknown value, and the web UI no longer offers a Finished tab, a finish
+button, or a finished state badge.
+
+## Why a future reader will find this surprising
+
+The bucket looked Reader-shaped but described a Series fact. A Series is
+finished once, and every Reader reading it is then on a finished Series —
+yet the bucket carried three copies of the answer, one per Reader, free to
+disagree. The disagreement is not theoretical: a second Reader who merely
+kept the Series (or never read it) kept it in `reading`, so the poll gate
+kept fetching a Series the first Reader had closed out, forever. Worse, the
+disagreement was never resolvable — nothing in the system could say "this
+Series is finished" without rewriting every bookmark, which silently edits
+another Reader's progress state.
+
+The flag is also the only memory of the bucket after the flip. `finished`
+bookmarks become `archived` because a two-value status needs no third
+value, and an archived row must keep meaning "shelved, but the Series is
+being watched" — which is what the row says. The migration's seed is what
+keeps the legacy meaning: a Series every Reader finished is stamped, so the
+Lane stops polling it just as it would have pre-cutover; a Series any
+Reader still reads is left alone, exactly as the old gate left it. A
+Series whose every Reader only shelved (archived) continues to be polled,
+because an archived bookmark is *supposed* to be polled — the cutover
+changes the answer, it does not invent it. And because the flag is a series
+fact, the cutover also repairs the disagreement case: the moment one Reader
+has the Series open, it reads as finished to everyone.
+
+The migration is the only writer of the flag today; the undo is writing 0,
+which returns the Series to the poll. An owner-facing "mark finished" write
+is deliberately not part of this change — the gate is what this ticket
+rewrites, and the write can land on top of it without touching anything
+here.
+
+The userscript merge ranks `archived > reading` now. `finished` is not a
+value the wire can carry, so the merge cannot un-finish a row — it cannot
+even name the state it is protecting.
+
+## Considered options
+
+**Keep the bucket and add the flag alongside it, both live.**
+Rejected: two sources of truth for one fact, with the Lane forced to
+resolve "any Reader finished?" on every due query and every Reader write
+still able to resurrect a finished Series. The whole point of the change is
+that the finished state survives Readers.
+
+**Stamp a Series finished when every bookmark is finished *or* archived.**
+Rejected: it flips polling state at the cutover. Shelved-only Series were
+polled before; making them finished stops the checks the reader knowingly
+asked to keep.
+
+**Finish as "no bookmark is reading", leaving the buckets untouched.**
+Rejected for the same reason plus one: `archived` is a Reader's own state
+and the flip is what makes the flag the *only* source of finished. Keeping
+the `finished` value in the table would force every status validation,
+merge and UI branch to keep handling a value no write can produce.
+
+## Consequences
+
+- `bookmarks.status` is validated to `reading | archived`, empty meaning
+  "keep the stored value"; the API's 400 for `finished` is now the generic
+  invalid-status rejection rather than a special case, and the web UI's own
+  status control rejects it the same way.
+- The Lane due query and the eligible count read `finished_at`; a Forced
+  Poll (issue #146) still overrides the flag — the owner asked, so the Lane
+  looks — and the pending force clears itself when the pass stamps the
+  check timestamp, never by touching `finished_at`.
+- The web UI has no Finished tab; finished Series render in Archived with
+  their archived badge, dimmed like any shelved row.
+- Migration 0016 stamps `finished_at` with the migration's own clock
+  (`now()` ms), which is also the undo: write 0 and the Series returns to
+  the poll.
+
+## Cost of reversing
+
+The finished buckets are destroyed by the flip; reversing means re-deriving
+per-Reader finished state from a Series fact that now encodes the
+majority-agreement snapshot plus whatever the owner reset since. The stamp
+differentiates "finished at the cutover and untouched" from "finished
+later", but not which Reader's choice each Series carried, and any Series
+the owner has since restored is gone from the derivation entirely. The ADR
+is a statement of intent to ship the one-way cutover and live with its
+consequences; the per-Reader history is not kept anywhere in the schema.

userscript/manga-bookmark.user.js

@@ -471,9 +471,10 @@
   }
 
   // Only an explicit archive/restore has an opinion about the bucket. Every
-  // other write omits `status`, so the server keeps the stored one — otherwise
-  // a cached value would resend "finished" (which the API rejects with 400) or
-  // silently un-archive a series archived on another device.
+  // other write omits `status`, so the server keeps the stored one —
+  // otherwise a cached value would resend a stale status (the API rejects
+  // unknown values with 400) or silently un-archive a series archived on
+  // another device.
   async function apiPut(key, obj, { sendStatus = false } = {}) {
     const body = Object.assign({}, obj);
     if (!sendStatus) delete body.status;
@@ -888,8 +889,8 @@
   }
 
   // Archive parks a series: it leaves All and Favourites but the server keeps
-  // polling it for new chapters. "finished" is deliberately not reachable from
-  // here — the API rejects that value, it is a web-UI decision.
+  // polling it for new chapters. finished is not a bucket the script can
+  // reach — it is a fact about the Series now (issue #157).
   async function toggleArchive(key) {
     const existing = state.byKey[key];
     if (!existing) return;
@@ -966,7 +967,6 @@
     const now = Date.now();
     const due = state.list
       .filter((b) => b.site === site && b.series_url)
-      .filter((b) => statusOf(b) !== "finished")
       .filter((b) => now - (checked[b.key] || 0) >= LATEST_CHECK_THROTTLE_MS)
       .sort((a, b) => (checked[a.key] || 0) - (checked[b.key] || 0))
       .slice(0, LATEST_CHECK_BATCH);
@@ -1335,8 +1335,8 @@
     }
 
     // Tabs narrow what is drawn; state.list always holds every bookmark.
-    // Archived rows are hidden from All and Favourites, and finished ones —
-    // which only the web UI can set — are hidden from every tab.
+    // Archived rows are hidden from All and Favourites; a Series that is
+    // finished is the web UI's business and arrives archived (issue #157).
     for (const [id, tab] of [["tabAll", "all"], ["tabFav", "favorites"], ["tabArc", "archived"]]) {
       root.getElementById(id).classList.toggle("active", activeTab === tab);
     }

userscript/novel-bookmark.user.js

@@ -268,8 +268,9 @@
       // Duplicate case (spec user story 2): one row must survive, and it is
       // the one already under the repaired key — with the stale row's
       // progress carried across when it is ahead, favourite OR'd, and the
-      // stronger lifecycle bucket kept (finished > archived > reading, so a
-      // merge can never silently un-archive or un-finish a row).
+      // stronger lifecycle bucket kept (archived > reading, so a merge can
+      // never silently un-archive a row). finished is not a bucket the
+      // script can see (issue #157).
       const merged = Object.assign({}, existing);
       if (
         existing.last_chapter_num == null ||
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@
         merged.last_chapter_url = stale.last_chapter_url;
       }
       merged.favorite = !!(existing.favorite || stale.favorite);
-      const rank = (s) => ({ finished: 2, archived: 1, reading: 0 }[s || "reading"] || 0);
+      const rank = (s) => ({ archived: 1, reading: 0 }[s || "reading"] || 0);
       merged.status = rank(stale.status) > rank(existing.status) ? stale.status : existing.status;
       merged.updated_at = Math.max(existing.updated_at || 0, stale.updated_at || 0);
       listOut = list.filter((b) => b.key !== oldKey).map((b) => (b.key === newKey ? merged : b));
@@ -405,9 +406,10 @@
   }
 
   // Only an explicit archive/restore has an opinion about the bucket. Every
-  // other write omits `status`, so the server keeps the stored one — otherwise
-  // a cached value would resend "finished" (which the API rejects with 400) or
-  // silently un-archive a series archived on another device.
+  // other write omits `status`, so the server keeps the stored one —
+  // otherwise a cached value would resend a stale status (the API rejects
+  // unknown values with 400) or silently un-archive a series archived on
+  // another device.
   async function apiPut(key, obj, { sendStatus = false } = {}) {
     const body = Object.assign({}, obj);
     if (!sendStatus) delete body.status;
@@ -792,8 +794,8 @@
   }
 
   // Archive parks a series: it leaves All and Favourites but the server keeps
-  // polling it for new chapters. "finished" is deliberately not reachable from
-  // here — the API rejects that value, it is a web-UI decision.
+  // polling it for new chapters. finished is not a bucket the script can
+  // reach — it is a fact about the Series now (issue #157).
   async function toggleArchive(key) {
     const existing = state.byKey[key];
     if (!existing) return;
@@ -878,7 +880,6 @@
     const now = Date.now();
     const due = state.list
       .filter((b) => b.site === site && b.series_url)
-      .filter((b) => statusOf(b) !== "finished")
       .filter((b) => now - (checked[b.key] || 0) >= LATEST_CHECK_THROTTLE_MS)
       .sort((a, b) => (checked[a.key] || 0) - (checked[b.key] || 0))
       .slice(0, LATEST_CHECK_BATCH);
@@ -1241,8 +1242,8 @@
     }
 
     // Tabs narrow what is drawn; state.list always holds every bookmark.
-    // Archived rows are hidden from All and Favourites, and finished ones —
-    // which only the web UI can set — are hidden from every tab.
+    // Archived rows are hidden from All and Favourites; a Series that is
+    // finished is the web UI's business and arrives archived (issue #157).
     for (const [id, tab] of [["tabAll", "all"], ["tabFav", "favorites"], ["tabArc", "archived"]]) {
       root.getElementById(id).classList.toggle("active", activeTab === tab);
     }

userscript/test/logic.test.js

@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ test("statusOf defaults a missing status to reading", () => {
   assert.equal(statusOf({}), "reading");
   assert.equal(statusOf({ status: "" }), "reading");
   assert.equal(statusOf({ status: "archived" }), "archived");
-  assert.equal(statusOf({ status: "finished" }), "finished");
 });
 
 // ============================================================