diff --git a/crates/arr-api/src/subtitles.rs b/crates/arr-api/src/subtitles.rs
index 9e97ccf..1dcd41e 100644
--- a/crates/arr-api/src/subtitles.rs
+++ b/crates/arr-api/src/subtitles.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 //! handlers do the work inline and answer with the result, rather than
 //! returning 202 and leaving the operator to poll. The consequence the client
 //! has to know about: candidate ids are meaningful only to the provider that
-//! issued them, and a grab therefore repeats the facts (`forced`, `sdh`) the
-//! search reported, because nothing on the server remembers them.
+//! issued them, and a grab therefore repeats the fact (`sdh`) the search
+//! reported, because nothing on the server remembers it. A forced candidate
+//! is never eligible (§15, #185), so a grab has no `forced` flag to accept —
+//! there is nowhere to put one (issue #233).
 //!
 //! Verdict vocabulary is §9.3's, unchanged: `eligible` or `rejected` plus the
 //! name of the rule that killed it, exactly as `Release` spells it, so the
@@ -282,11 +284,11 @@ pub struct SubtitleGrabInput {
     pub provider: String,
     pub candidate_id: String,
     pub language: String,
-    /// The candidate's own flags, as the search reported them. Nothing on
-    /// the server remembers a search, so they travel with the grab; they are
-    /// facts about the subtitle and are stored with it.
-    #[serde(default)]
-    pub forced: bool,
+    /// The candidate's own SDH flag, as the search reported it. Nothing on
+    /// the server remembers a search, so it travels with the grab; it is a
+    /// fact about the subtitle and is stored with it. No `forced` flag
+    /// exists here: ranking rejects every forced candidate outright (§15),
+    /// so a grab never has one to record (issue #233).
     #[serde(default)]
     pub sdh: bool,
 }
@@ -989,20 +991,10 @@ pub async fn grab(
         &destination.to_string_lossy(),
     )
     .sync(db_sync_state(sync.state));
-    if input.forced {
-        record = record.forced();
-    }
     if input.sdh {
         record = record.sdh();
     }
-    finish(
-        &state,
-        &record,
-        target.media_file_id,
-        &language,
-        input.forced,
-    )
-    .await
+    finish(&state, &record, target.media_file_id, &language).await
 }
 
 #[utoipa::path(
@@ -1082,14 +1074,7 @@ pub async fn translate(
         &destination.to_string_lossy(),
     )
     .sync(db_sync_state(sync.state));
-    finish(
-        &state,
-        &record,
-        target.media_file_id,
-        &target_language,
-        false,
-    )
-    .await
+    finish(&state, &record, target.media_file_id, &target_language).await
 }
 
 #[utoipa::path(
@@ -1259,20 +1244,17 @@ async fn write_sidecar(destination: &Path, text: &str) -> Result<(), ApiError> {
 /// The `mark_satisfied` is §15's "manual actions bypass the wanted-set
 /// logic": the loop stops working on that language whether or not it was in
 /// the wanted set, so a manually requested Spanish subtitle is never treated
-/// as a gap and never replaced. A forced track is the exception the same
-/// section names — it covers signs only and satisfies nothing — so it is
-/// recorded and left out of the satisfaction claim.
+/// as a gap and never replaced. Every grab reaching this point is a plain or
+/// SDH subtitle — a forced candidate is never eligible, so there is no
+/// exception left to carve out of the satisfaction claim (issue #233).
 async fn finish(
     state: &AppState,
     record: &arr_db::NewSubtitleFile,
     media_file_id: i64,
     language: &Language,
-    forced: bool,
 ) -> Result<(StatusCode, Json<Subtitle>), ApiError> {
     let id = db::record_file(pool(state)?, record).await?;
-    if !forced {
-        db::mark_satisfied(pool(state)?, media_file_id, &language.to_string()).await?;
-    }
+    db::mark_satisfied(pool(state)?, media_file_id, &language.to_string()).await?;
     let subtitle = db::files_for(pool(state)?, media_file_id)
         .await?
         .into_iter()
@@ -2197,18 +2179,16 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    /// §15: a forced track covers signs only, so it is recorded and it still
-    /// satisfies nothing.
+    /// §233: the grab endpoint has no `forced` flag to accept — a forced
+    /// candidate is never eligible (§15), so nothing sent it one.
     #[tokio::test]
-    async fn a_forced_grab_is_recorded_without_satisfying_the_language() {
+    async fn a_grab_has_no_forced_flag_to_send() {
         let fixture = stub_application().await;
-        let mut body = pt();
-        body["candidate_id"] = serde_json::json!("forced");
-        body["forced"] = serde_json::json!(true);
+        let body = pt();
+        assert!(body.get("forced").is_none());
         let (status, subtitle) = grab(&fixture, body).await;
         assert_eq!(status, StatusCode::CREATED);
-        assert_eq!(subtitle["forced"], true);
-        assert_eq!(fixture.attempt_state("pt-PT").await, None);
+        assert_eq!(subtitle["forced"], false);
     }
 
     /// §15 has no in-place replacement: delete first, then fetch.
diff --git a/web/src/subtitles.ts b/web/src/subtitles.ts
index 3673fb6..eb357ef 100644
--- a/web/src/subtitles.ts
+++ b/web/src/subtitles.ts
@@ -205,8 +205,10 @@ export type SubtitleWriteOutcome =
 
 /**
  * One click: the daemon fetches the candidate, runs `alass` over it and
- * writes the sidecar (§15). The candidate's own flags travel with it —
- * nothing on the server remembers a search.
+ * writes the sidecar (§15). The candidate's own SDH flag travels with it —
+ * nothing on the server remembers a search. No `forced` flag to send: a
+ * forced candidate is never eligible, so the panel never offers a grab
+ * button for one (§15, issue #233).
  *
  * A grab can fail because the candidate itself expired between the search
  * and the click (issue #221) — the server reports that as `code:
@@ -224,7 +226,6 @@ export async function grabSubtitle(
         provider: candidate.provider,
         candidate_id: candidate.candidate_id,
         language: candidate.language,
-        forced: candidate.forced,
         sdh: candidate.sdh,
       }),
     });