fix(daemon): measure attention window from failure

Closes the gap #239 describes: §5.7's 30-day window was filtered on
grabbed_at, so a torrent stalling past the window before hard-failing
at import never surfaced in the needs-a-decision queue. grabs gains
failed_at (migration 0030, backfilled from grabbed_at for existing
failed rows), the import tick stamps it on hard fail, and every window
query in the daemon notifier and the attention endpoint reads it.
§5.7 now states the anchor explicitly. §6.2's pack backoff stays on
grabbed_at deliberately; noted on the issue.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.sqlx/query-0c97b43e22b1c83c5a7131ce9a07fa96cc595454d8803b3c4307074ab273eb1d.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "db_name": "SQLite",
-  "query": "\n        SELECT s.id AS \"series_id!: i64\", s.title AS \"title!: String\", s.year,\n               g.target_id AS \"season_id!: i64\"\n        FROM   grabs g\n        JOIN   seasons se ON g.target_kind = 'season' AND se.id = g.target_id\n        JOIN   series s ON s.id = se.series_id\n        WHERE  g.state = 'failed'\n          AND  g.grabbed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)\n          AND  EXISTS (\n                  SELECT 1 FROM episodes e\n                  WHERE  e.season_id = se.id\n                    AND  e.wanted = 1 AND e.state != 'available'\n               )\n        GROUP BY s.id, s.title, s.year, se.id\n        HAVING count(DISTINCT g.release_id) >= 2\n        ",
+  "query": "\n        SELECT s.id AS \"series_id!: i64\", s.title AS \"title!: String\", s.year,\n               g.target_id AS \"season_id!: i64\"\n        FROM   grabs g\n        JOIN   seasons se ON g.target_kind = 'season' AND se.id = g.target_id\n        JOIN   series s ON s.id = se.series_id\n        WHERE  g.state = 'failed'\n          AND  g.failed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)\n          AND  EXISTS (\n                  SELECT 1 FROM episodes e\n                  WHERE  e.season_id = se.id\n                    AND  e.wanted = 1 AND e.state != 'available'\n               )\n        GROUP BY s.id, s.title, s.year, se.id\n        HAVING count(DISTINCT g.release_id) >= 2\n        ",
   "describe": {
     "columns": [
       {
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@
       false
     ]
   },
-  "hash": "d903535e39c0957aae78c40eacb76a65ad77d0ab7f1bccda7e28e7972243b5e1"
+  "hash": "0c97b43e22b1c83c5a7131ce9a07fa96cc595454d8803b3c4307074ab273eb1d"
 }

.sqlx/query-35d381e3acde2f3e49f8559da15d03e9414398ce9d0b716e5c8e367003625a46.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "db_name": "SQLite",
-  "query": "\n            SELECT id AS \"id!: i64\", title AS \"title!: String\", year\n            FROM   movies\n            WHERE  movies.wanted = 1 AND movies.state != 'available'\n              AND  (SELECT count(DISTINCT g.release_id)\n                    FROM   grabs g\n                    WHERE  g.target_kind = 'movie' AND g.target_id = movies.id\n                      AND  g.state = 'failed'\n                      AND  g.grabbed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)) >= 2\n            ",
+  "query": "\n            SELECT id AS \"id!: i64\", title AS \"title!: String\", year\n            FROM   movies\n            WHERE  movies.wanted = 1 AND movies.state != 'available'\n              AND  (SELECT count(DISTINCT g.release_id)\n                    FROM   grabs g\n                    WHERE  g.target_kind = 'movie' AND g.target_id = movies.id\n                      AND  g.state = 'failed'\n                      AND  g.failed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)) >= 2\n            ",
   "describe": {
     "columns": [
       {
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@
       true
     ]
   },
-  "hash": "ce36aacf193f285f8636f94e30295c1434a65467e2ab70efddb0423cde1829be"
+  "hash": "35d381e3acde2f3e49f8559da15d03e9414398ce9d0b716e5c8e367003625a46"
 }

.sqlx/query-3ebb77103e3b3ec01b3de47c35ef613790d8c88ed4cabd46b33f67eddc47f9c0.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "db_name": "SQLite",
-  "query": "SELECT id AS \"id!: i64\", tmdb_id AS \"tmdb_id!: i64\", title AS \"title!: String\", year, original_language, root_id AS \"root_id!: i64\", wanted AS \"wanted!: bool\", overrides AS \"overrides!: serde_json::Value\", state AS \"state!: String\", blocked AS \"blocked!: bool\", search_attempts AS \"search_attempts!: i64\", last_searched_at, poster_path, vote_average, (SELECT f.waiver FROM media_files f WHERE f.owner_kind = 'movie' AND f.owner_id = movies.id AND f.waiver IS NOT NULL ORDER BY f.id LIMIT 1) AS \"waiver?: serde_json::Value\" FROM movies WHERE movies.wanted = 1 AND movies.state != 'available' AND (SELECT count(DISTINCT g.release_id) FROM grabs g WHERE g.target_kind = 'movie' AND g.target_id = movies.id AND g.state = 'failed' AND g.grabbed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)) >= 2 ORDER BY title",
+  "query": "SELECT id AS \"id!: i64\", tmdb_id AS \"tmdb_id!: i64\", title AS \"title!: String\", year, original_language, root_id AS \"root_id!: i64\", wanted AS \"wanted!: bool\", overrides AS \"overrides!: serde_json::Value\", state AS \"state!: String\", blocked AS \"blocked!: bool\", search_attempts AS \"search_attempts!: i64\", last_searched_at, poster_path, vote_average, (SELECT f.waiver FROM media_files f WHERE f.owner_kind = 'movie' AND f.owner_id = movies.id AND f.waiver IS NOT NULL ORDER BY f.id LIMIT 1) AS \"waiver?: serde_json::Value\" FROM movies WHERE movies.wanted = 1 AND movies.state != 'available' AND (SELECT count(DISTINCT g.release_id) FROM grabs g WHERE g.target_kind = 'movie' AND g.target_id = movies.id AND g.state = 'failed' AND g.failed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)) >= 2 ORDER BY title",
   "describe": {
     "columns": [
       {
@@ -190,5 +190,5 @@
       true
     ]
   },
-  "hash": "55b41a8ac2ce6eb3224e669653b2e98a87296da17205e0175414ccc5aeab4bb5"
+  "hash": "3ebb77103e3b3ec01b3de47c35ef613790d8c88ed4cabd46b33f67eddc47f9c0"
 }

.sqlx/query-4f9e8728ca5f0bd70c40155b05a857365f0ced5fbf77c49f25049492658998db.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "db_name": "SQLite",
-  "query": "\n        SELECT s.id AS \"series_id!: i64\", s.tmdb_id AS \"tmdb_id!: i64\",\n               s.title AS \"title!: String\", s.year,\n               g.target_id AS \"episode_id!: i64\",\n               se.number AS \"season_number!: i64\", e.number AS \"episode_number!: i64\"\n        FROM   grabs g\n        JOIN   episodes e ON g.target_kind = 'episode' AND e.id = g.target_id\n        JOIN   seasons se ON se.id = e.season_id\n        JOIN   series s ON s.id = se.series_id\n        WHERE  g.state = 'failed'\n          AND  g.grabbed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)\n          AND  e.wanted = 1 AND e.state != 'available'\n        GROUP BY s.id, s.tmdb_id, s.title, s.year, e.id, se.number, e.number\n        HAVING count(DISTINCT g.release_id) >= 2\n        ",
+  "query": "\n        SELECT s.id AS \"series_id!: i64\", s.tmdb_id AS \"tmdb_id!: i64\",\n               s.title AS \"title!: String\", s.year,\n               g.target_id AS \"episode_id!: i64\",\n               se.number AS \"season_number!: i64\", e.number AS \"episode_number!: i64\"\n        FROM   grabs g\n        JOIN   episodes e ON g.target_kind = 'episode' AND e.id = g.target_id\n        JOIN   seasons se ON se.id = e.season_id\n        JOIN   series s ON s.id = se.series_id\n        WHERE  g.state = 'failed'\n          AND  g.failed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)\n          AND  e.wanted = 1 AND e.state != 'available'\n        GROUP BY s.id, s.tmdb_id, s.title, s.year, e.id, se.number, e.number\n        HAVING count(DISTINCT g.release_id) >= 2\n        ",
   "describe": {
     "columns": [
       {
@@ -94,5 +94,5 @@
       false
     ]
   },
-  "hash": "b8d707635737b155b2c0318aca5ee4a511f744f46bb21b072be1a03a88866c9b"
+  "hash": "4f9e8728ca5f0bd70c40155b05a857365f0ced5fbf77c49f25049492658998db"
 }

.sqlx/query-6faa1fc2c2015becebb83843b031b071e9720132a42e837a0e9bb8b2d955a9e8.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "db_name": "SQLite",
-  "query": "\n        SELECT s.id AS \"series_id!: i64\", s.title AS \"title!: String\", s.year,\n               g.target_id AS \"episode_id!: i64\"\n        FROM   grabs g\n        JOIN   episodes e ON g.target_kind = 'episode' AND e.id = g.target_id\n        JOIN   seasons se ON se.id = e.season_id\n        JOIN   series s ON s.id = se.series_id\n        WHERE  g.state = 'failed'\n          AND  g.grabbed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)\n          AND  e.wanted = 1 AND e.state != 'available'\n        GROUP BY s.id, s.title, s.year, e.id\n        HAVING count(DISTINCT g.release_id) >= 2\n        ",
+  "query": "\n        SELECT s.id AS \"series_id!: i64\", s.title AS \"title!: String\", s.year,\n               g.target_id AS \"episode_id!: i64\"\n        FROM   grabs g\n        JOIN   episodes e ON g.target_kind = 'episode' AND e.id = g.target_id\n        JOIN   seasons se ON se.id = e.season_id\n        JOIN   series s ON s.id = se.series_id\n        WHERE  g.state = 'failed'\n          AND  g.failed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)\n          AND  e.wanted = 1 AND e.state != 'available'\n        GROUP BY s.id, s.title, s.year, e.id\n        HAVING count(DISTINCT g.release_id) >= 2\n        ",
   "describe": {
     "columns": [
       {
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@
       false
     ]
   },
-  "hash": "edebdc35904d3622fb6f28f9282d0d14dab165130719a46bd371cc3b9b135d86"
+  "hash": "6faa1fc2c2015becebb83843b031b071e9720132a42e837a0e9bb8b2d955a9e8"
 }

.sqlx/query-c66f29b6edc4bca3a751e85e133fa379d232b045498310debab5ddd97f039294.json

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "db_name": "SQLite",
-  "query": "UPDATE grabs SET state = 'failed' WHERE id = ?",
-  "describe": {
-    "columns": [],
-    "parameters": {
-      "Right": 1
-    },
-    "nullable": []
-  },
-  "hash": "c66f29b6edc4bca3a751e85e133fa379d232b045498310debab5ddd97f039294"
-}

.sqlx/query-dba46c4901a633fc1bda1b2adf75eed66904f2847ee45a699c96fd53d5d9e777.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "db_name": "SQLite",
-  "query": "\n        SELECT s.id AS \"series_id!: i64\", s.tmdb_id AS \"tmdb_id!: i64\",\n               s.title AS \"title!: String\", s.year,\n               g.target_id AS \"season_id!: i64\", se.number AS \"season_number!: i64\"\n        FROM   grabs g\n        JOIN   seasons se ON g.target_kind = 'season' AND se.id = g.target_id\n        JOIN   series s ON s.id = se.series_id\n        WHERE  g.state = 'failed'\n          AND  g.grabbed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)\n          AND  EXISTS (\n                  SELECT 1 FROM episodes e\n                  WHERE  e.season_id = se.id\n                    AND  e.wanted = 1 AND e.state != 'available'\n               )\n        GROUP BY s.id, s.tmdb_id, s.title, s.year, se.id, se.number\n        HAVING count(DISTINCT g.release_id) >= 2\n        ",
+  "query": "\n        SELECT s.id AS \"series_id!: i64\", s.tmdb_id AS \"tmdb_id!: i64\",\n               s.title AS \"title!: String\", s.year,\n               g.target_id AS \"season_id!: i64\", se.number AS \"season_number!: i64\"\n        FROM   grabs g\n        JOIN   seasons se ON g.target_kind = 'season' AND se.id = g.target_id\n        JOIN   series s ON s.id = se.series_id\n        WHERE  g.state = 'failed'\n          AND  g.failed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)\n          AND  EXISTS (\n                  SELECT 1 FROM episodes e\n                  WHERE  e.season_id = se.id\n                    AND  e.wanted = 1 AND e.state != 'available'\n               )\n        GROUP BY s.id, s.tmdb_id, s.title, s.year, se.id, se.number\n        HAVING count(DISTINCT g.release_id) >= 2\n        ",
   "describe": {
     "columns": [
       {
@@ -82,5 +82,5 @@
       false
     ]
   },
-  "hash": "b5b8f0ff18d9554a63b24d9693e4e07dc4d0bdb89dd8eced880e5a36eb596d37"
+  "hash": "dba46c4901a633fc1bda1b2adf75eed66904f2847ee45a699c96fd53d5d9e777"
 }

.sqlx/query-fefda8c73b3b4a4dac4ae6551ed9cc4ed55dd24352a3d57a78a49e07604003c1.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "UPDATE grabs\n             SET    state = 'failed',\n                    failed_at = strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now')\n             WHERE  id = ?",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": []
+  },
+  "hash": "fefda8c73b3b4a4dac4ae6551ed9cc4ed55dd24352a3d57a78a49e07604003c1"
+}

DESIGN.md

@@ -385,6 +385,13 @@ happened within the last 30 days. One bad torrent is not a decision — a
 release that hard-failed is blacklisted (§6.3) and the next candidate is
 grabbed, which is the system working.
 
+The window runs from the failure, not the grab. The two are usually minutes
+apart, but a torrent can sit stalling on a dead swarm for five weeks before
+`ffprobe` finally condemns it — and that failure is fresh evidence the target
+is broken now, not history. Measured from the grab it would be born outside
+the window and a genuinely broken target could never surface. So `grabs`
+records `failed_at` alongside `grabbed_at`, and the window reads it.
+
 The window is what lets the queue be emptied. Nothing clears a `grabs` row, so
 without it the queue only ever grows and the one season that wants attention
 sits behind eight that were dealt with months ago. It is the queue's version of

crates/arr-api/src/movies.rs

@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ pub async fn attention(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Result<Json<AttentionQu
     let no_pt_source = sqlx::query_as!(Movie, r#"SELECT id AS "id!: i64", tmdb_id AS "tmdb_id!: i64", title AS "title!: String", year, original_language, root_id AS "root_id!: i64", wanted AS "wanted!: bool", overrides AS "overrides!: serde_json::Value", state AS "state!: String", blocked AS "blocked!: bool", search_attempts AS "search_attempts!: i64", last_searched_at, poster_path, vote_average, (SELECT f.waiver FROM media_files f WHERE f.owner_kind = 'movie' AND f.owner_id = movies.id AND f.waiver IS NOT NULL ORDER BY f.id LIMIT 1) AS "waiver?: serde_json::Value" FROM movies WHERE id IN (SELECT m.id FROM movies m JOIN roots root ON root.id = m.root_id WHERE root.audience = 'kids' AND m.wanted = 1 AND m.blocked = 0 AND m.state = 'missing' AND m.search_attempts > 0 AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM movie_releases mr JOIN releases r ON r.id = mr.release_id WHERE mr.movie_id = m.id AND r.verdict IN ('eligible', 'waived'))) ORDER BY title"#)
         .fetch_all(pool(&state)?)
         .await?;
-    let needs_decision = sqlx::query_as!(Movie, r#"SELECT id AS "id!: i64", tmdb_id AS "tmdb_id!: i64", title AS "title!: String", year, original_language, root_id AS "root_id!: i64", wanted AS "wanted!: bool", overrides AS "overrides!: serde_json::Value", state AS "state!: String", blocked AS "blocked!: bool", search_attempts AS "search_attempts!: i64", last_searched_at, poster_path, vote_average, (SELECT f.waiver FROM media_files f WHERE f.owner_kind = 'movie' AND f.owner_id = movies.id AND f.waiver IS NOT NULL ORDER BY f.id LIMIT 1) AS "waiver?: serde_json::Value" FROM movies WHERE movies.wanted = 1 AND movies.state != 'available' AND (SELECT count(DISTINCT g.release_id) FROM grabs g WHERE g.target_kind = 'movie' AND g.target_id = movies.id AND g.state = 'failed' AND g.grabbed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)) >= 2 ORDER BY title"#, arr_db::ATTENTION_WINDOW)
+    let needs_decision = sqlx::query_as!(Movie, r#"SELECT id AS "id!: i64", tmdb_id AS "tmdb_id!: i64", title AS "title!: String", year, original_language, root_id AS "root_id!: i64", wanted AS "wanted!: bool", overrides AS "overrides!: serde_json::Value", state AS "state!: String", blocked AS "blocked!: bool", search_attempts AS "search_attempts!: i64", last_searched_at, poster_path, vote_average, (SELECT f.waiver FROM media_files f WHERE f.owner_kind = 'movie' AND f.owner_id = movies.id AND f.waiver IS NOT NULL ORDER BY f.id LIMIT 1) AS "waiver?: serde_json::Value" FROM movies WHERE movies.wanted = 1 AND movies.state != 'available' AND (SELECT count(DISTINCT g.release_id) FROM grabs g WHERE g.target_kind = 'movie' AND g.target_id = movies.id AND g.state = 'failed' AND g.failed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)) >= 2 ORDER BY title"#, arr_db::ATTENTION_WINDOW)
         .fetch_all(pool(&state)?)
         .await?;
     let (tv_no_pt_source, tv_needs_decision) = tv_attention(&state).await?;
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ async fn tv_hard_fail_lane(database: &sqlx::SqlitePool) -> Result<Vec<SeriesAtte
         JOIN   seasons se ON se.id = e.season_id
         JOIN   series s ON s.id = se.series_id
         WHERE  g.state = 'failed'
-          AND  g.grabbed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)
+          AND  g.failed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)
           AND  e.wanted = 1 AND e.state != 'available'
         GROUP BY s.id, s.tmdb_id, s.title, s.year, e.id, se.number, e.number
         HAVING count(DISTINCT g.release_id) >= 2
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ async fn tv_hard_fail_lane(database: &sqlx::SqlitePool) -> Result<Vec<SeriesAtte
         JOIN   seasons se ON g.target_kind = 'season' AND se.id = g.target_id
         JOIN   series s ON s.id = se.series_id
         WHERE  g.state = 'failed'
-          AND  g.grabbed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)
+          AND  g.failed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)
           AND  EXISTS (
                   SELECT 1 FROM episodes e
                   WHERE  e.season_id = se.id
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ mod tests {
                 .expect("release")
                 .last_insert_rowid();
             release_ids.push(release_id);
-            sqlx::query("INSERT INTO grabs (release_id, target_kind, target_id, infohash, state) VALUES (?, 'movie', ?, ?, 'failed')")
+            sqlx::query("INSERT INTO grabs (release_id, target_kind, target_id, infohash, state, failed_at) VALUES (?, 'movie', ?, ?, 'failed', strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now'))")
                 .bind(release_id)
                 .bind(movie_id)
                 .bind(format!("hash-{suffix}"))
@@ -2088,8 +2088,9 @@ mod tests {
         .get(0)
     }
 
-    /// A hard-failed grab, stamped `age_days` in the past so the §5.7 window
+    /// A hard-failed grab, its failure stamped `age_days` in the past so the
-    /// can be exercised without waiting a month.
+    /// §5.7 window — which runs from the failure — can be exercised without
+    /// waiting a month.
     async fn insert_failed_grab(
         pool: &sqlx::SqlitePool,
         release_id: i64,
@@ -2099,14 +2100,17 @@ mod tests {
         age_days: i64,
     ) {
         sqlx::query(
-            "INSERT INTO grabs (release_id, target_kind, target_id, infohash, state, grabbed_at)
+            "INSERT INTO grabs (release_id, target_kind, target_id, infohash, state, grabbed_at, failed_at)
-             VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, 'failed', strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?))",
+             VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, 'failed',
+                     strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?),
+                     strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?))",
         )
         .bind(release_id)
         .bind(target_kind)
         .bind(target_id)
         .bind(infohash)
         .bind(format!("-{age_days} days"))
+        .bind(format!("-{age_days} days"))
         .execute(pool)
         .await
         .expect("failed grab");
@@ -2426,8 +2430,8 @@ mod tests {
             .expect("release")
             .get(0);
             sqlx::query(
-                "INSERT INTO grabs (release_id, target_kind, target_id, infohash, state)
+                "INSERT INTO grabs (release_id, target_kind, target_id, infohash, state, failed_at)
-                 VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, 'failed')",
+                 VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, 'failed', strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now'))",
             )
             .bind(release_id)
             .bind(kind)

crates/arr-daemon/src/attention.rs

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ impl AttentionAction {
                     FROM   grabs g
                     WHERE  g.target_kind = 'movie' AND g.target_id = movies.id
                       AND  g.state = 'failed'
-                      AND  g.grabbed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)) >= 2
+                      AND  g.failed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)) >= 2
             "#,
             arr_db::ATTENTION_WINDOW
         )
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ async fn queue_tv(database: &Db) -> Result<Vec<(i64, String, Option<i64>, TvEntr
         JOIN   seasons se ON se.id = e.season_id
         JOIN   series s ON s.id = se.series_id
         WHERE  g.state = 'failed'
-          AND  g.grabbed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)
+          AND  g.failed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)
           AND  e.wanted = 1 AND e.state != 'available'
         GROUP BY s.id, s.title, s.year, e.id
         HAVING count(DISTINCT g.release_id) >= 2
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ async fn queue_tv(database: &Db) -> Result<Vec<(i64, String, Option<i64>, TvEntr
         JOIN   seasons se ON g.target_kind = 'season' AND se.id = g.target_id
         JOIN   series s ON s.id = se.series_id
         WHERE  g.state = 'failed'
-          AND  g.grabbed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)
+          AND  g.failed_at >= strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?)
           AND  EXISTS (
                   SELECT 1 FROM episodes e
                   WHERE  e.season_id = se.id
@@ -424,14 +424,16 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     /// A failed grab by `release_guid` against `target_kind`/`target_id`,
-    /// stamped `age_days` in the past, so §5.7's window can be exercised
+    /// grabbed `grab_age_days` ago and failed `fail_age_days` ago, so §5.7's
-    /// without waiting a month.
+    /// window — which runs from the failure — can be exercised without
-    async fn insert_aged_failed_grab(
+    /// waiting a month.
+    async fn insert_dated_failed_grab(
         database: &Db,
         target_kind: &str,
         target_id: i64,
         release_guid: &str,
-        age_days: i64,
+        grab_age_days: i64,
+        fail_age_days: i64,
     ) {
         let release_id: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar(
             "INSERT INTO releases (indexer_id, guid, name, size, download_url, parsed, verdict)
@@ -443,19 +445,42 @@ mod tests {
         .await
         .unwrap();
         sqlx::query(
-            "INSERT INTO grabs (release_id, target_kind, target_id, infohash, state, grabbed_at)
+            "INSERT INTO grabs (release_id, target_kind, target_id, infohash, state, grabbed_at, failed_at)
-             VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, 'failed', strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?))",
+             VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, 'failed',
+                     strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?),
+                     strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ?))",
         )
         .bind(release_id)
         .bind(target_kind)
         .bind(target_id)
         .bind(format!("hash-{release_guid}"))
-        .bind(format!("-{age_days} days"))
+        .bind(format!("-{grab_age_days} days"))
+        .bind(format!("-{fail_age_days} days"))
         .execute(database.pool())
         .await
         .unwrap();
     }
 
+    /// A failed grab by `release_guid` against `target_kind`/`target_id`,
+    /// failed `age_days` in the past.
+    async fn insert_aged_failed_grab(
+        database: &Db,
+        target_kind: &str,
+        target_id: i64,
+        release_guid: &str,
+        age_days: i64,
+    ) {
+        insert_dated_failed_grab(
+            database,
+            target_kind,
+            target_id,
+            release_guid,
+            age_days,
+            age_days,
+        )
+        .await;
+    }
+
     /// A failed grab by `release_guid` against `target_kind`/`target_id`,
     /// standing in for what the import tick leaves behind post-probe.
     async fn insert_failed_grab(
@@ -464,26 +489,7 @@ mod tests {
         target_id: i64,
         release_guid: &str,
     ) {
-        let release_id: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar(
+        insert_dated_failed_grab(database, target_kind, target_id, release_guid, 0, 0).await;
-            "INSERT INTO releases (indexer_id, guid, name, size, download_url, parsed, verdict)
-             VALUES (7, ?, 'release', 10737418240, 'https://tracker/x.torrent', '{}', 'eligible')
-             RETURNING id",
-        )
-        .bind(release_guid)
-        .fetch_one(database.pool())
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
-        sqlx::query(
-            "INSERT INTO grabs (release_id, target_kind, target_id, infohash, state)
-             VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, 'failed')",
-        )
-        .bind(release_id)
-        .bind(target_kind)
-        .bind(target_id)
-        .bind(format!("hash-{release_guid}"))
-        .execute(database.pool())
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
     }
 
     async fn action(server: &MockServer) -> AttentionAction {
@@ -834,4 +840,30 @@ mod tests {
             "still breaking: back in the queue"
         );
     }
+
+    /// §5.7/#239: the window runs from the failure, not the grab. A torrent
+    /// that stalls on a slow swarm for five weeks and then hard-fails at
+    /// import is fresh evidence the target is broken, however old the grab.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn a_grab_stalled_past_the_window_before_failing_still_counts() {
+        let (_dir, database) = seeded_database().await;
+        insert_no_pt_source_series(&database, 1, 0).await;
+        let season_id: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT id FROM seasons WHERE number = 1")
+            .fetch_one(database.pool())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        insert_wanted_episode(&database, season_id, 1).await;
+        // Both grabbed 40 days ago — outside the window — but failed today.
+        insert_dated_failed_grab(&database, "season", season_id, "stalled-one", 40, 0).await;
+        insert_dated_failed_grab(&database, "season", season_id, "stalled-two", 40, 0).await;
+
+        let server = MockServer::start().await;
+        let action = action(&server).await;
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            action.tick(&database).await.unwrap().len(),
+            1,
+            "grab age is irrelevant: two fresh failures queue the target"
+        );
+    }
 }

crates/arr-daemon/src/import.rs

@@ -621,7 +621,10 @@ impl ImportAction {
         )
         .await?;
         sqlx::query!(
-            "UPDATE grabs SET state = 'failed' WHERE id = ?",
+            "UPDATE grabs
+             SET    state = 'failed',
+                    failed_at = strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now')
+             WHERE  id = ?",
             pending.grab_id
         )
         .execute(database.pool())
@@ -759,7 +762,10 @@ impl ImportAction {
         )
         .await?;
         sqlx::query!(
-            "UPDATE grabs SET state = 'failed' WHERE id = ?",
+            "UPDATE grabs
+             SET    state = 'failed',
+                    failed_at = strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now')
+             WHERE  id = ?",
             pending.grab_id
         )
         .execute(database.pool())
@@ -1564,11 +1570,16 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(normalised, arr_parse::normalise(RELEASE_NAME));
         assert_eq!(reason, "dolby_vision_profile");
 
-        let grab_state: String = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT state FROM grabs")
+        let (grab_state, failed_at): (String, Option<String>) =
+            sqlx::query_as("SELECT state, failed_at FROM grabs")
                 .fetch_one(h.database.pool())
                 .await
                 .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(grab_state, "failed");
+        assert!(
+            failed_at.is_some(),
+            "§5.7's window runs from the failure, so the failure is stamped"
+        );
         let movie_state: String = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT state FROM movies WHERE id = 1")
             .fetch_one(h.database.pool())
             .await
@@ -2202,11 +2213,16 @@ mod tests {
             )],
             "only the release is blacklisted, never the season"
         );
-        let grab_state: String = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT state FROM grabs")
+        let (grab_state, failed_at): (String, Option<String>) =
+            sqlx::query_as("SELECT state, failed_at FROM grabs")
                 .fetch_one(h.database.pool())
                 .await
                 .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(grab_state, "failed");
+        assert!(
+            failed_at.is_some(),
+            "§5.7's window runs from the failure, so the failure is stamped"
+        );
         let states: Vec<(String, bool)> =
             sqlx::query_as("SELECT state, wanted FROM episodes ORDER BY number")
                 .fetch_all(h.database.pool())

crates/arr-daemon/src/tv_grab.rs

@@ -1139,7 +1139,8 @@ async fn record_pack_search(database: &Db, season_id: i64) -> Result<(), GrabErr
 /// Whether failed season-pack grabs still hold this season off the pack
 /// lane. §6.2: a failure quiets the pack search on the shared backoff curve
 /// (each failed grab is one attempt), it never disables it. Anchored on the
-/// latest failed grab's `grabbed_at` — failure time itself is not recorded.
+/// latest failed grab's `grabbed_at`, not `failed_at` — moving §6.2's retry
+/// cadence to failure time is its own decision, not #239's.
 async fn pack_backoff_active(database: &Db, season_id: i64) -> Result<bool, GrabError> {
     let row = sqlx::query!(
         r#"SELECT count(*)        AS "failures!: i64",

crates/arr-db/migrations/0030_grab_failed_at.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+-- #239: §5.7's 30-day attention window runs from the failure, but only
+-- grabbed_at existed, so a torrent that stalled past the window and then
+-- hard-failed at import was born outside it. failed_at records the moment
+-- the grab entered 'failed'. Existing failed rows get grabbed_at as the
+-- best available approximation.
+ALTER TABLE grabs ADD COLUMN failed_at TEXT;
+
+UPDATE grabs SET failed_at = grabbed_at WHERE state = 'failed';

crates/arr-db/src/lib.rs

@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ use sqlx::{migrate::MigrateError, SqlitePool};
 pub static MIGRATOR: sqlx::migrate::Migrator = sqlx::migrate!("./migrations");
 
 /// §5.7: how long a failed grab keeps counting toward the needs-a-decision
-/// queue, as a SQLite time modifier.
+/// queue, as a SQLite time modifier. Measured from `failed_at` — the moment
+/// the grab hard-failed, not the moment it was grabbed — so a torrent that
+/// stalls past the window and then fails still counts (#239).
 ///
 /// Nothing ever clears a `grabs` row, so without a bound the queue only grows
 /// and the one season that wants attention sits behind the ones that do not.
-/// Callers pair it with the `grabbed_at` format:
+/// Callers pair it with the `failed_at` format:
 /// `strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now', ATTENTION_WINDOW)`.
 pub const ATTENTION_WINDOW: &str = "-30 days";