Continue row: a run of more than N chapters in order also marks a reread

A done chapter after the head now counts as left again when it was finished
more than rereadDays before the head (default 7) or before a run of more
than rereadChapters chapters read in order up to the head (default 5).
Both are user settings under Library page; 0 turns a rule off.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ completeness.
 - **Flow page gap:** Settings → Reading lets each user keep the normal separator between Flow pages or remove it for continuous webtoon artwork and text that crosses image edges.
 - **Page tone:** the reader's **Tone** button cycles Original → Inverted → Sepia → Dim → Extra dim in Flow, Page and Book. It changes only the artwork, never the controls or site theme. The choice is saved per user; it can also be selected in Settings → User → Reading.
 - **Active Reading Clock:** opt in under Settings → User → Reading time & privacy. No scrolling-speed limit; a visit counts at 60% viewed-page coverage and saves on exit. Pauses in the background or after 30 seconds without reader activity. Tap the clock for this visit's time, coverage, qualification and loading wait.
-- **Continue where you left off:** the first line of the library content (below the search, filters and tags) is one row of the five manga you read most recently and have not finished (same tiles as the grid; they stay in the grid too). It hides while a search is typed, a status filter is set, or the library is sorted by *Recently read*; tags and collection grouping do not affect it. Turn it off under Settings → User → Reading → *Library page*.
+- **Continue where you left off:** the first line of the library content (below the search, filters and tags) is one row of the five manga you read most recently that still have something left after the last chapter you read (same tiles as the grid; they stay in the grid too). Left means an unfinished last chapter, an unread later chapter, or — when you are rereading — a later chapter you finished in an earlier pass: more than *N days* before your current position (default 7), or before a run of more than *M chapters* you have since read in order up to it (default 5). Both are set under Settings → User → Reading → *Library page*; 0 turns a rule off. A manga you have caught up on drops out until a new chapter arrives. It hides while a search is typed, a status filter is set, or the library is sorted by *Recently read*; tags and collection grouping do not affect it. Turn it off under Settings → User → Reading → *Library page*.
 - **Your Reading Story:** private active-time summaries appear on the library and manga pages when history exists. Chapter rows show the last timed read (60%-coverage visit), rereads remain visible as lifetime time, and Settings lets each user hide, export, or delete their own history. No leaderboards or speed ranking are used.
 - **Tap / click zones:**
   - Tapping **beside the pages** always shows or hides the controls.

docs/architecture.md

@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ This keeps ids human-readable and derivable without a database. The price: renam
         "readingClock": false,           // opt in to credible per-chapter active-time tracking
         "readingStory": true,            // show private retrospective summaries when history exists
         "continueRow": true,             // library: "Continue where you left off" row at the top
+        "rereadDays": 7,                 // continue row: a later chapter finished this long before the head is left again (0 = off)
+        "rereadChapters": 5,             // ... or one finished before a run of more than this many in-order chapters (0 = off)
         "zoom": { "flow": 1, "page": 1.5, "book": 1, "strip": 0.8 },   // page zoom per mode
         "webhook": "",
         "readerPerSession": true        // reader settings per login session (section 6.7)
@@ -201,10 +203,11 @@ All requests and responses are JSON. POSTs require `Content-Type: application/js
 | `GET /api/reader-sessions` | user | `{ enabled, current, latestFrom, latest, sessions: [{ id, device, created, seen, current, locked, reader }] }` |
 | `POST /api/reader-sessions` `{id, action}` | user | `follow`: the session drops its own reader settings and follows the latest; `latest`: its settings become the latest |
 | `POST /api/password` `{old, new}` | user | Change password |
-| `GET /api/library` | user | Manga list with covers, counts, the user's read count, unread notifications, last read, and optional personal Reading Story aggregates |
+| `GET /api/library` | user | Manga list with covers, counts, the user's read count, unread notifications, last read, `left` (chapters after the newest saved position that are unfinished, unread, or finished in an earlier pass — over `rereadDays` before it, or before a run of more than `rereadChapters` chapters read in order up to it; 0 = caught up), and optional personal Reading Story aggregates |
 | `GET /api/manga?m=` | user | Manga details, books, chapters with ranked versions, progress, optional chapter-time summaries, and `continue` target |
-| `GET /api/chapter?m=&c=[&v=]` | user | Pages (`u, w, h, t, r`), direction, versions, prev/next, progress, optional Active Reading Clock summary, plus all books and chapters of the manga (with the user's read state) for the chapter picker. Also marks that chapter's notifications read |
+| `GET /api/chapter?m=&c=[&v=]` | user | Pages (`u, w, h, t, r`), direction, versions, prev/next, progress, `latest` (as in `/api/progress/latest`), optional Active Reading Clock summary, plus all books and chapters of the manga (with the user's read state) for the chapter picker. Also marks that chapter's notifications read |
-| `POST /api/progress` `{m, c, v, p, n, done, shift}` | user | Save the reading position |
+| `POST /api/progress` `{m, c, v, p, n, done, shift[, tab, seen]}` | user | Save the reading position. With `seen`, a save is refused (`{ok:false, stale:true, latest}`) when another tab saved a newer position of this manga since; otherwise `{ok:true, t}` |
+| `GET /api/progress/latest?m=` | user | The manga's newest saved position (`latest`: `t, w, c, label, v, p, n, done, continue`) or `null` |
 | `POST /api/reading/pulse` `{m, c, v, session, seq, …deltas}` | user | When opted in, idempotently merge a clamped active-time pulse, verified page coverage and input totals under a single-reader lease |
 | `GET /api/reading/export` | user | Export the user's private derived reading-time summary without raw input or page-exposure diagnostics |
 | `POST /api/reading/delete` `{m}` or `{all:true,password}` | user | Delete one manga's reading history, or all history after password confirmation, without changing normal reading progress |
@@ -373,6 +376,7 @@ mode       = adapt && intended ∉ compatible ? compatible[0] : intended
 - Saved 700 ms after the position settles, and on `pagehide` (a `fetch` with `keepalive`).
 - Stores the page index in the full page list, so skipping extras doesn't corrupt it.
 - On open, the saved page is used for the same version, and mapped proportionally for another version. A finished chapter reopens at the start.
+- **Stale reading sessions.** A tab left open on one device (or restored by the browser) must not move "Continue" back after the user read on elsewhere. Each browser tab has an id (`sessionStorage`) that its saves store as `w`; reader links carry `at`, the newest progress time the linking page knew (`continue.at`), and the reader keeps `at` current in its address bar so a reload or restored tab still knows it. A link without `at` (bookmark, notification) counts as a deliberate open. When the manga's newest position is later than `at` and came from another tab, the reader saves nothing and asks: jump to the newest position, or keep reading here, which makes this chapter the head again. It checks on open, when the tab becomes visible again, and with every save (the server refuses the stale save). The comparison is by save time, not chapter order; the question names no device.
 
 **Active Reading Clock (opt-in):**
 - Runs only while the reader is visible and focused, a sufficiently exposed page is decoded, a server lease is held, and accepted reader input occurred in the last 50 seconds.

public/app.css

@@ -431,6 +431,14 @@ body.reader { position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; overflow: h
 .reading-gate-message[data-tone="retry"] { border-color: #9b7233; background: #382b1a; color: #ffdaa0; }
 .reading-gate-message[data-tone="error"] { border-color: #944c55; background: #3c2025; color: #ffc0c6; }
 @media (max-width: 660px) { .reading-gate { margin: 28px 12px 100px; padding: 18px; } }
+/* Stale reading session: a newer position was saved elsewhere since this page was opened. */
+.stale-session { position: fixed; inset: 0; z-index: 60; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
+  padding: 16px; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .6); }
+.stale-box { box-sizing: border-box; width: min(440px, 100%); padding: 20px; border-radius: 12px; background: var(--card);
+  border: 1px solid var(--line); box-shadow: 0 12px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, .6); }
+.stale-box h2 { margin: 0 0 8px; font-size: 18px; }
+.stale-actions { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 10px; margin: 16px 0 10px; }
+.stale-actions .btn { flex: 1 1 auto; justify-content: center; text-align: center; }
 .pg { position: absolute; overflow: hidden; background: #19191c; }
 .pg img { display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; -webkit-user-drag: none; }
 #canvas[data-page-tone="inverted"] .pg img { filter: invert(1); }

public/collection.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       h('div', { class: 'info' }, h('h1', {}, c.title), h('p', { class: 'muted' }, `${c.members.length} manga · ${c.read}/${c.chapters} chapters read · ${c.unread} new`),
         c.description ? h('p', {}, c.description) : null,
         c.reading.activeMs ? h('p', {}, `${readingDuration(c.reading.activeMs)} together`) : null,
-        h('div', { class: 'actions' }, h('a', { class: 'btn primary', href: readUrl(c.continue.m, c.continue.c, c.continue.v) }, c.continue.text),
+        h('div', { class: 'actions' }, h('a', { class: 'btn primary', href: readUrl(c.continue.m, c.continue.c, c.continue.v, c.continue.at) }, c.continue.text),
           me.admin ? h('a', { class: 'btn', href: 'collections.html?' + qsa({ id: c.id }) }, 'Edit collection') : null))));
     main.append(h('h2', {}, 'Reading order'), h('div', { class: 'collection-members' }, c.members.map(m =>
       h('a', { class: 'collection-member', href: mangaUrl(m.id) }, m.cover ? h('img', { src: m.cover, alt: '', loading: 'lazy' }) : null,

public/common.js

@@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ const store = {
   get(k) { try { return localStorage.getItem('mc.' + k); } catch (e) { return null; } },
   set(k, v) { try { localStorage.setItem('mc.' + k, v); } catch (e) { /* private mode */ } },
 };
+// One id per browser tab (it survives navigation and reloads in that tab): progress saves carry it, so
+// a reader can tell its own saves from those of another tab or device.
+const tabId = (() => {
+  let id = null;
+  return () => {
+    if (id) return id;
+    try { id = sessionStorage.getItem('mc.tab'); } catch (e) { /* storage blocked */ }
+    if (!/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{8,40}$/.test(id || '')) {
+      id = Array.from(crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(12)), b => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
+      try { sessionStorage.setItem('mc.tab', id); } catch (e) { /* this page keeps it in memory */ }
+    }
+    return id;
+  };
+})();
 
 function ago(t) {
   const s = (Date.now() - t) / 1000;
@@ -60,7 +74,8 @@ function readingDuration(ms, compact = false) {
 }
 
 const qsa = obj => { const p = new URLSearchParams(); for (const k in obj) if (obj[k] != null && obj[k] !== '') p.set(k, obj[k]); return p.toString(); };
-const readUrl = (m, c, v) => 'read.html?' + qsa({ m, c, v });
+// `at`: the manga's latest progress time the linking page knew, so the reader can tell it opened from a stale page.
+const readUrl = (m, c, v, at) => 'read.html?' + qsa({ m, c, v, at: at || null });
 const mangaUrl = m => 'manga.html?' + qsa({ m });
 const libraryUrlForTags = tags => {
   const p = new URLSearchParams();

public/library.js

@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@
     h('option', { value: 'grouped' }, 'Group collections'), h('option', { value: 'expanded' }, 'Expand collections'), h('option', { value: 'individual' }, 'Individual manga'));
   grouping.value = ['grouped', 'expanded', 'individual'].includes(store.get('grouping')) ? store.get('grouping') : 'grouped';
   grouping.onchange = render;
-  // Started but unfinished manga, most recently read first; the same manga still appear in the grid.
+  // Started manga with chapters left after the last one read (first read or reread, server `left`),
-  const continueItems = data.mangas.filter(m => m.lastRead && m.read < m.chapters)
+  // most recently read first; the same manga still appear in the grid.
+  const continueItems = data.mangas.filter(m => m.lastRead && m.left > 0)
     .sort((a, b) => b.lastRead - a.lastRead).slice(0, 5);
   const continueRow = h('section', { class: 'continue-row', 'aria-label': 'Continue where you left off', hidden: true },
     h('div', { class: 'continue-banner' }, h('span', { 'aria-hidden': 'true' }, '▶'), 'Continue where you left off'),
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@
         data.reading.rereads ? h('span', { class: 'story-pill' }, `${data.reading.rereads} reread${data.reading.rereads === 1 ? '' : 's'}`) : null),
       h('div', { class: 'reading-summary-links' },
         most ? h('a', { href: mangaUrl(most.id) }, `Most time with ${most.title}`) : null,
-        latest && data.reading.lastChapterId ? h('a', { href: readUrl(latest.id, data.reading.lastChapterId) }, `Continue ${latest.title} →`) : null)));
+        latest && data.reading.lastChapterId ? h('a', { href: readUrl(latest.id, data.reading.lastChapterId, null, latest.lastRead) }, `Continue ${latest.title} →`) : null)));
   }
   main.append(
     h('div', { class: 'library-controls' },

public/manga.js

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
       h('div', { class: 'chips' }, tags.map(tag => h('a', { class: 'chip chip-link', href: libraryUrlForTags([tag]), title: `Show manga tagged ${tag}` }, tag))),
       meta.description ? h('p', { class: 'desc' }, meta.description) : null,
       h('div', { class: 'actions' },
-        M.continue ? h('a', { class: 'btn primary', href: readUrl(M.id, M.continue.c, M.continue.v) }, M.continue.text) : null,
+        M.continue ? h('a', { class: 'btn primary', href: readUrl(M.id, M.continue.c, M.continue.v, M.continue.at) }, M.continue.text) : null,
         follow))));
 
   let storyRhythm = null;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         storyStat(M.reading.typicalChapterMs ? readingDuration(M.reading.typicalChapterMs) : '—', 'typical chapter'),
         storyStat(M.reading.rereads, `reread${M.reading.rereads === 1 ? '' : 's'}`)),
       lastChapter ? h('p', { class: 'story-last muted' }, 'Last timed ',
-        h('a', { href: readUrl(M.id, lastChapter.id) }, `${lastChapter.label}${lastChapter.title ? ' · ' + lastChapter.title : ''}`),
+        h('a', { href: readUrl(M.id, lastChapter.id, null, M.continue?.at) }, `${lastChapter.label}${lastChapter.title ? ' · ' + lastChapter.title : ''}`),
         ` · ${ago(M.reading.updatedAt)}`) : null,
       h('div', { class: 'story-rhythm-head' }, h('b', {}, 'Reading rhythm'), h('span', { class: 'muted small' }, 'Completed chapters · active time')),
       storyRhythm,
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
       const passes = chapter.reading.completedPasses;
       const title = `${label} · ${readingDuration(value)}${passes > 1 ? ` · ${passes} timed reads · ${readingDuration(chapter.reading.totalActiveMs)} total` : ''}`;
       storyRhythm.append(h('a', {
-        class: 'rhythm-bar', role: 'listitem', href: readUrl(M.id, chapter.id), title,
+        class: 'rhythm-bar', role: 'listitem', href: readUrl(M.id, chapter.id, null, M.continue?.at), title,
         'aria-label': title, style: `height:${height}px`,
       }));
     }
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
         if (done) { await api('api/unread', { m: M.id, c: ch.id }); ch.progress = null; ch.readAt = null; }
         else {
           const version = ch.versions[0];
-          await api('api/progress', { m: M.id, c: ch.id, v: version.id, p: version.pages - 1, n: version.pages, done: true });
+          await api('api/progress', { m: M.id, c: ch.id, v: version.id, p: version.pages - 1, n: version.pages, done: true, tab: tabId() });
           ch.progress = { v: version.id, p: version.pages - 1, n: version.pages, done: true };
           ch.readAt = { at: Date.now(), approx: false };
         }
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
       const timing = chapterTiming(ch), released = chapterRelease(ch.dates);
       wrap.textContent = '';
       wrap.append(h('div', { class: 'ch' + (done ? ' read' : '') },
-        h('a', { class: 'ch-main' + (timing ? ' has-time' : '') + (M.chapterDates?.release ? ' has-date' : ''), href: readUrl(M.id, ch.id) },
+        h('a', { class: 'ch-main' + (timing ? ' has-time' : '') + (M.chapterDates?.release ? ' has-date' : ''), href: readUrl(M.id, ch.id, null, M.continue?.at) },
           h('span', { class: 'ch-label' }, ch.label),
           h('span', { class: 'ch-pages' }, `${pages} p.`),
           M.chapterDates?.release ? h('span', { class: 'ch-date' + (released ? ' tier-' + released.tier : ''), title: released ? released.title : 'No date known', 'aria-label': released ? released.title : 'No date known' },
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
             h('button', { class: version.my > 0 ? 'on' : '', title: 'Better', onclick: () => vote(1) }, '▲'),
             h('b', {}, version.score),
             h('button', { class: version.my < 0 ? 'on' : '', title: 'Worse', onclick: () => vote(-1) }, '▼')),
-          h('a', { class: 'btn small', href: readUrl(M.id, ch.id, version.id) }, 'Read')));
+          h('a', { class: 'btn small', href: readUrl(M.id, ch.id, version.id, M.continue?.at) }, 'Read')));
       });
     }
     draw();

public/reader.js

@@ -155,6 +155,55 @@
   // A link to a page (e.g. "Open in reader" from a moment) wins over the saved position.
   if (P.get('p') != null) { const k = list.findIndex(x => x.i >= +P.get('p')); if (k >= 0) cur = k; }
 
+  // Stale reading sessions: a tab left open (or restored by the browser) on another device must not move
+  // the "Continue" point back. `seen` is the newest progress time this tab knows: the link's `at`, kept
+  // current in the address bar, so a reload or restored tab still knows it. Without `at` the open was a
+  // deliberate one (bookmark, notification) and starts from the current head.
+  const tab = tabId();
+  let seen = Number(P.get('at')) || (D.latest ? D.latest.t : 0), stale = null, staleCard = null;
+  const chapterUrl = (c, v) => readUrl(D.manga.id, c, v, seen);
+  const newer = latest => !!latest && latest.t > seen && latest.w !== tab;
+  function markSeen(t) {
+    seen = Math.max(seen, t || 0);
+    const q = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
+    q.set('at', seen);
+    history.replaceState(history.state, '', '?' + q);
+  }
+  // Another tab or device saved a newer position. The same place is no conflict; anything else asks.
+  function checkLatest(latest) {
+    if (!newer(latest)) return;
+    if (latest.c === D.chapter.id && list[cur] && latest.p === list[cur].i) { markSeen(latest.t); return; }
+    showStale(latest);
+  }
+  function showStale(latest) {
+    stale = latest;
+    clearTimeout(saveTimer);
+    if (staleCard) staleCard.remove();
+    const where = latest.done ? `${latest.label} (finished)` : `${latest.label} · page ${latest.p + 1}`;
+    const go = h('a', { class: 'btn primary', href: readUrl(D.manga.id, latest.continue.c, latest.continue.v, latest.t) }, latest.continue.text);
+    const stay = h('button', { class: 'btn', type: 'button' }, 'Keep reading here');
+    stay.onclick = () => {
+      staleCard.remove(); staleCard = null; stale = null;
+      markSeen(latest.t);
+      saveProgress();
+      stage.focus({ preventScroll: true });
+    };
+    staleCard = h('div', { class: 'stale-session', role: 'dialog', 'aria-modal': 'true', 'aria-labelledby': 'stale-title' },
+      h('div', { class: 'stale-box' },
+        h('h2', { id: 'stale-title' }, 'You have read further since'),
+        h('p', {}, 'This page is an older reading session. Your newest reading position is ', h('b', {}, where), ` (${ago(latest.t)}).`),
+        h('div', { class: 'stale-actions' }, go, stay),
+        h('p', { class: 'muted small' }, `Keeping ${D.chapter.label} makes it your “Continue” point again.`)));
+    document.body.append(staleCard);
+    go.focus();
+  }
+  async function recheck() {
+    if (stale || document.hidden) return;
+    try { checkLatest((await api('api/progress/latest?' + qsa({ m: D.manga.id }))).latest); } catch { /* offline: the next save checks again */ }
+  }
+  document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', recheck);
+  window.addEventListener('pageshow', e => { if (e.persisted) recheck(); });
+
   // Book mode: pages pair up inside each run of single pages. Runs restart after every double page / cover,
   // so one missing pair never shifts the rest of the chapter. "Shift" makes a run start with a lone page.
   function computeSpreads() {
@@ -240,7 +289,7 @@
     const n = D.next;
     return h('div', { class: 'end' }, h('div', { class: 'endbox' },
       h('div', { class: 'muted' }, 'End of ' + D.chapter.label + (D.chapter.title ? ' · ' + D.chapter.title : '')),
-      n ? h('a', { class: 'btn primary', href: readUrl(D.manga.id, n.id), onclick: () => saveProgress(true) }, `Next: ${n.label}${n.title ? ' · ' + n.title : ''} ›`)
+      n ? h('a', { class: 'btn primary', href: chapterUrl(n.id), onclick: e => { e.currentTarget.href = chapterUrl(n.id); saveProgress(true); } }, `Next: ${n.label}${n.title ? ' · ' + n.title : ''} ›`)
         : h('div', {}, 'You are up to date.'),
       h('a', { class: 'btn', href: mangaUrl(D.manga.id) }, 'Back to ' + D.manga.title)));
   }
@@ -589,7 +638,7 @@
   function goChapter(c) {
     if (!c) return toast('You are up to date');
     saveProgress(true);
-    location.href = readUrl(D.manga.id, c.id);
+    location.href = chapterUrl(c.id);
   }
   // Flow: jump to the top of the next page, but never further than ~one screen.
   function flowStep(dir) {
@@ -701,8 +750,13 @@
   }
   function saveProgress(keepalive) {
     clearTimeout(saveTimer);
-    const body = JSON.stringify({ m: D.manga.id, c: D.chapter.id, v: D.version, p: list[cur].i, n: all.length, done, shift: [...shift] });
+    if (stale) return; // nothing is saved until the reader chose where to go on
-    fetch('api/progress', { method: 'POST', keepalive: !!keepalive, headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body }).catch(() => {});
+    const body = JSON.stringify({ m: D.manga.id, c: D.chapter.id, v: D.version, p: list[cur].i, n: all.length, done, shift: [...shift], tab, seen });
+    fetch('api/progress', { method: 'POST', keepalive: !!keepalive, headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body })
+      .then(r => r.json()).then(r => {
+        if (r.stale) checkLatest(r.latest);
+        else if (r.ok && r.t) markSeen(r.t);
+      }).catch(() => {});
   }
   addEventListener('pagehide', () => saveProgress(true));
 
@@ -717,17 +771,17 @@
     groups[c.book].append(h('option', { value: c.id }, `${c.label}${c.title ? ' · ' + c.title : ''}${c.extra ? ' (extra)' : ''}${c.done ? ' ✓' : ''}`));
   }
   chsel.value = D.chapter.id;
-  chsel.onchange = () => { saveProgress(true); location.href = readUrl(D.manga.id, chsel.value); };
+  chsel.onchange = () => { saveProgress(true); location.href = chapterUrl(chsel.value); };
   $('#back').href = mangaUrl(D.manga.id);
   for (const [id, c] of [['#prevch', D.prev], ['#nextch', D.next]]) {
     const a = $(id);
-    if (c) { a.href = readUrl(D.manga.id, c.id); a.title = c.label + (c.title ? ' · ' + c.title : ''); a.onclick = () => saveProgress(true); }
+    if (c) { a.href = chapterUrl(c.id); a.title = c.label + (c.title ? ' · ' + c.title : ''); a.onclick = () => { a.href = chapterUrl(c.id); saveProgress(true); }; }
     else a.classList.add('disabled');
   }
   for (const v of D.versions) ver.append(h('option', { value: v.id }, (v.source || v.id) + (v.score ? ` (${v.score > 0 ? '+' : ''}${v.score})` : '')));
   ver.value = D.version;
   ver.hidden = D.versions.length < 2;
-  ver.onchange = () => { saveProgress(true); location.href = readUrl(D.manga.id, D.chapter.id, ver.value); };
+  ver.onchange = () => { saveProgress(true); location.href = chapterUrl(D.chapter.id, ver.value); };
   for (const b of modeBtns) b.onclick = () => { if (b.dataset.mode !== mode) setMode(b.dataset.mode, true); };
   toneButton.onclick = cycleTone;
   $('#moment').onclick = saveMoment;
@@ -748,6 +802,7 @@
   for (const bar of [$('#top'), $('#bot')]) bar.addEventListener('click', e => { if (e.target.closest('button')) stage.focus({ preventScroll: true }); });
 
   setMode(mode, false);
+  if (newer(D.latest)) checkLatest(D.latest); else markSeen(seen);
   if (S.readingClock) readingClock = createReadingClock({
     button: $('#readclock'),
     panel: $('#clockpanel'),

public/settings.js

@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
   const check = (key, text, hint) => h('label', { class: 'check' },
     h('input', { type: 'checkbox', checked: !!S[key], onchange: e => save({ [key]: e.target.checked }) }),
     h('span', {}, text, hint ? h('div', { class: 'muted small' }, hint) : null));
+  const number = (key, text, max) => h('label', { class: 'field' }, h('span', {}, text),
+    h('input', { type: 'number', min: 0, max, step: 1, value: S[key], style: 'width:6em',
+      onchange: e => { const n = Math.round(+e.target.value); if (n >= 0 && n <= max) save({ [key]: n }); else e.target.value = S[key]; } }));
 
   const startMode = h('select', { onchange: e => save({ startMode: e.target.value }) },
     h('option', { value: 'last' }, 'The mode I used last'),
@@ -145,7 +148,10 @@
   section('user/reading').append(h('section', { class: 'card' },
     h('h2', {}, 'Library page'),
     check('continueRow', 'Show "Continue where you left off" at the top',
-      'One row with the five manga you read most recently and have not finished. It hides itself while you search, filter by status, or sort by "Recently read".')));
+      'One row with the five manga you read most recently that still have chapters left after the last one you read. It hides itself while you search, filter by status, or sort by "Recently read".'),
+    h('p', { class: 'muted small' }, 'Rereading: later chapters you finished in an earlier pass count as left again when either rule applies. 0 turns a rule off.'),
+    number('rereadDays', 'Finished more than this many days before my last read', 3650),
+    number('rereadChapters', 'Or I have since read more than this many chapters in a row', 1000)));
 
   section('user/reading').append(h('section', { class: 'card' },
     h('h2', {}, 'Chapter list dates'),

server.js

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function checkPw(pw, stored) {
 }
 const DUMMY_HASH = hashPw('x');
 const DEFAULTS = { startMode: 'last', lastMode: 'page', adapt: true, skipExtras: false, skipCovers: false, flowPageGap: true, pageTone: 'original', readingClock: false, readingStory: true,
-  continueRow: true, readDate: 'hour', releaseDate: true, discoveryEnabled: false, discoveryReadingActivity: false, discoveryMature: false, zoom: {}, webhook: '', readerPerSession: true };
+  continueRow: true, rereadDays: 7, rereadChapters: 5, readDate: 'hour', releaseDate: true, discoveryEnabled: false, discoveryReadingActivity: false, discoveryMature: false, zoom: {}, webhook: '', readerPerSession: true };
 const userSettingsOf = u => ({ ...DEFAULTS, ...u.settings, zoom: { ...(u.settings && u.settings.zoom) } });
 // With a login session, its locked reader settings (reader-sessions.js) win over the user's latest set.
 const settingsOf = (u, sess) => readerSessions.effective(userSettingsOf(u), sess);
@@ -449,14 +449,47 @@ function readAtOf(progress, record) {
   if (progress.doneAt) return { at: progress.doneAt, approx: false };
   return earliestCompletion(record);
 }
-function continueOf(m, prog, s) {
+// The most recently saved chapter position of a manga: the head that "Continue" follows.
-  const ok = c => !(s.skipExtras && c.extra);
+function lastOf(m, prog) {
   let last = null;
   for (const ch of m.chapters) { const p = prog[ch.id]; if (p && (!last || p.t > last.p.t)) last = { ch, p }; }
-  if (!last) { const first = m.chapters.find(ok) || m.chapters[0]; return { c: first.id, text: 'Start reading · ' + first.label }; }
+  return last;
-  if (!last.p.done) return { c: last.ch.id, v: last.p.v, text: `Continue · ${last.ch.label} · page ${last.p.p + 1}` };
+}
+// `at` is the head's time; reader links carry it so a reader opened from a stale page notices a newer head.
+function continueOf(m, prog, s) {
+  const ok = c => !(s.skipExtras && c.extra);
+  const last = lastOf(m, prog);
+  if (!last) { const first = m.chapters.find(ok) || m.chapters[0]; return { c: first.id, at: 0, text: 'Start reading · ' + first.label }; }
+  const at = last.p.t;
+  if (!last.p.done) return { c: last.ch.id, v: last.p.v, at, text: `Continue · ${last.ch.label} · page ${last.p.p + 1}` };
   const next = m.chapters.slice(m.chapters.indexOf(last.ch) + 1).find(ok);
-  return next ? { c: next.id, text: 'Read next · ' + next.label } : { c: last.ch.id, v: last.p.v, text: 'Read again · ' + last.ch.label };
+  return next ? { c: next.id, at, text: 'Read next · ' + next.label } : { c: last.ch.id, v: last.p.v, at, text: 'Read again · ' + last.ch.label };
+}
+// Chapters still ahead of the head: never finished, or last read in an earlier pass. 0 = caught up.
+// A done chapter after the head belongs to an earlier pass (the head is a reread) when it was saved
+// more than `rereadDays` before the head, or before a run of more than `rereadChapters` chapters read
+// in order up to the head. 0 turns either rule off.
+function leftOf(m, prog, s) {
+  const last = lastOf(m, prog);
+  if (!last) return 0;
+  const chapters = m.chapters.filter(c => c === last.ch || !(s.skipExtras && c.extra)), at = chapters.indexOf(last.ch);
+  let runStart = last.p.t, run = 1;
+  for (let i = at - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    const p = prog[chapters[i].id];
+    if (!p || !p.done || p.t > runStart) break;
+    runStart = p.t; run++;
+  }
+  const gap = s.rereadDays > 0 ? s.rereadDays * 24 * 3600 * 1000 : Infinity;
+  const passStart = s.rereadChapters > 0 && run > s.rereadChapters ? runStart : -Infinity;
+  return chapters.slice(at + 1).filter(c => { const p = prog[c.id]; return !p || !p.done || last.p.t - p.t > gap || p.t < passStart; }).length
+    + (last.p.done ? 0 : 1);
+}
+// What a reader tab compares itself with (stale reading sessions, docs/architecture.md).
+function latestOf(m, prog, s) {
+  const last = lastOf(m, prog);
+  if (!last) return null;
+  const { t, w, v, p, n, done } = last.p;
+  return { t, w: w || '', c: last.ch.id, label: last.ch.label, v, p, n, done, continue: continueOf(m, prog, s) };
 }
 // From the saved page on, then the pages before it; afterwards the next chapter's preferred version.
 function warmChapter(u, m, ch, v, progress, s) {
@@ -587,6 +620,8 @@ const routes = {
     if (['flow', 'page', 'book'].includes(b.lastMode)) s.lastMode = b.lastMode;
     if (['original', 'inverted', 'sepia', 'dim', 'extra-dim'].includes(b.pageTone)) s.pageTone = b.pageTone;
     if (['off', 'date', 'hour'].includes(b.readDate)) s.readDate = b.readDate;
+    if (Number.isInteger(b.rereadDays) && b.rereadDays >= 0 && b.rereadDays <= 3650) s.rereadDays = b.rereadDays;
+    if (Number.isInteger(b.rereadChapters) && b.rereadChapters >= 0 && b.rereadChapters <= 1000) s.rereadChapters = b.rereadChapters;
     for (const k of ['adapt', 'skipExtras', 'skipCovers', 'flowPageGap', 'readingClock', 'readingStory', 'releaseDate', 'continueRow',
       'discoveryEnabled', 'discoveryReadingActivity', 'discoveryMature', 'readerPerSession']) if (typeof b[k] === 'boolean') s[k] = b[k];
     if (b.zoom && typeof b.zoom === 'object') {
@@ -606,7 +641,7 @@ const routes = {
 
   'GET /api/library': ({ u }) => {
     const prog = db.progress[u.name] || {}, fol = db.follows[u.name] || {}, notes = (db.notes[u.name] || []).filter(n => !n.read);
-    const showStory = settingsOf(u).readingStory;
+    const s = settingsOf(u), showStory = s.readingStory;
     const mangas = lib.mangas.map(m => {
       const p = prog[m.id] || {}, meta = m.meta || {}, release = firstReleaseOf(meta);
       return {
@@ -616,7 +651,7 @@ const routes = {
         tags: Array.isArray(meta.tags) ? meta.tags : (meta.tags ? [String(meta.tags)] : []), status: meta.status || '', year: meta.year || '',
         firstRelease: release.label, firstReleaseAt: release.time,
         read: m.chapters.filter(c => p[c.id] && p[c.id].done).length,
-        lastRead: Object.values(p).reduce((t, x) => Math.max(t, x.t || 0), 0),
+        lastRead: Object.values(p).reduce((t, x) => Math.max(t, x.t || 0), 0), left: leftOf(m, p, s),
         following: !!fol[m.id], unread: notes.filter(n => n.m === m.id).length,
         reading: showStory ? mangaInsight(mangaReadingOf(u, m), m.chapters.map(ch => ch.id)) : null,
       };
@@ -800,6 +835,7 @@ const routes = {
       pages: v.pages.map(p => ({ u: url(v.rel + '/' + p.f), w: p.w, h: p.h, t: p.t, r: p.r })),
       prev: neighbour(m, ch, -1, s), next: neighbour(m, ch, 1, s),
       progress: prog[ch.id] || null,
+      latest: latestOf(m, prog, s),
       reading: s.readingClock ? publicSummary(readingOf(u, m, ch), v.id, eligiblePages(v, s)) : null,
       // the user's moments on this version, so the reader can mark pages that already have one
       moments: momentsOf(u).filter(x => x.m === m.id && x.c === ch.id && x.v === v.id)
@@ -810,18 +846,30 @@ const routes = {
     };
   },
 
+  'GET /api/progress/latest': ({ u, q }) => {
+    const m = mangaOf(q.get('m'));
+    return { latest: latestOf(m, progressOf(u, m), settingsOf(u)) };
+  },
   'POST /api/progress': ({ u, b }) => {
     const m = mangaOf(b.m), ch = chapterOf(m, b.c);
     const all = (db.progress[u.name] = db.progress[u.name] || {}), mp = (all[m.id] = all[m.id] || {}), old = mp[ch.id] || {};
+    const tab = /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{8,40}$/.test(String(b.tab || '')) ? String(b.tab) : '';
+    // A reader tab sends the head time it knows (`seen`). When another tab or device saved a newer
+    // position since, this tab is stale: it must not become the head until the reader chooses to stay.
+    if (Number.isFinite(b.seen)) {
+      const last = lastOf(m, mp);
+      if (last && last.p.t > b.seen && (!tab || last.p.w !== tab)) return { ok: false, stale: true, latest: latestOf(m, mp, settingsOf(u)) };
+    }
     const now = Date.now(), done = !!(old.done || b.done);
     // doneAt: when the chapter was first completed; kept until it is marked unread.
     const doneAt = old.done ? old.doneAt : done ? now : undefined;
     mp[ch.id] = {
       v: String(b.v || ''), p: Math.max(0, b.p | 0), n: Math.max(0, b.n | 0), t: now, done, ...(doneAt ? { doneAt } : {}),
       shift: Array.isArray(b.shift) ? b.shift.filter(Number.isInteger).slice(0, 1000) : old.shift || [],
+      ...(tab ? { w: tab } : {}),
     };
     save();
-    return { ok: true };
+    return { ok: true, t: now };
   },
   // Separate endpoint: an older server on rollback cannot misread cumulative
   // visit totals as legacy deltas. Old open tabs retain their original protocol.

test/continue-left.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+'use strict';
+// "Continue where you left off" only lists manga with something left after the last chapter read:
+// unread chapters, or chapters last read in an earlier pass (a reread).
+const test = require('node:test'), assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('fs'), os = require('os'), path = require('path'), net = require('net');
+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+const { Canvas } = require('../tools/png');
+
+async function freePort() {
+  const listener = net.createServer();
+  await new Promise(resolve => listener.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', resolve));
+  const port = listener.address().port;
+  await new Promise(resolve => listener.close(resolve));
+  return port;
+}
+
+async function start(library, data) {
+  const port = await freePort(), output = [];
+  const child = spawn(process.execPath, ['server.js'], { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), windowsHide: true,
+    env: { ...process.env, LIBRARY: library, DATA: data, PORT: String(port), SCAN_INTERVAL: '0', FULL_SCAN_INTERVAL: '0',
+      SCRAPER_URL: 'http://127.0.0.1:9', SCRAPER_TOKEN: 'fixture-token', SCRAPER_TOKEN_FILE: '', BACKUP: '', GREATEST_COVER_WARM: '0' } });
+  child.stdout.on('data', d => output.push(String(d)));
+  child.stderr.on('data', d => output.push(String(d)));
+  const base = `http://127.0.0.1:${port}`;
+  let ready = false;
+  for (let n = 0; n < 100 && !ready; n++) {
+    ready = await fetch(base + '/health').then(r => r.ok).catch(() => false);
+    if (!ready) await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+  }
+  assert.ok(ready, output.join(''));
+  return { child, base };
+}
+async function stop(child) {
+  if (child && child.exitCode === null) { child.kill(); await new Promise(resolve => child.once('exit', resolve)); }
+}
+
+test('the continue row counts chapters left after the head, rereads included', { timeout: 30000 }, async () => {
+  const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'mc-left-'));
+  let server;
+  try {
+    const library = path.join(root, 'library'), data = path.join(root, 'data');
+    for (const [title, count] of [['Moon Garden', 4], ['Sun Field', 4], ['Star Path', 8]])
+      for (let n = 1; n <= count; n++) {
+        const dir = path.join(library, title, 'v01', `c00${n}`);
+        fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+        fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, '001.png'), new Canvas(60, 90, [40, 60, 120]).png());
+      }
+    fs.mkdirSync(data);
+    server = await start(library, data);
+    let { base } = server;
+    const post = (cookie, url, body) => fetch(base + url, { method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json', cookie }, body: JSON.stringify(body) }).then(r => r.json());
+    const get = (cookie, url) => fetch(base + url, { headers: { cookie } }).then(r => r.json());
+    const signup = await fetch(base + '/api/signup', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ name: 'alice', password: 'alice-password' }) });
+    const alice = signup.headers.get('set-cookie').split(';')[0];
+    await post(alice, '/api/admin/rescan', { full: true });
+    const ids = async m => (await get(alice, '/api/manga?m=' + encodeURIComponent(m))).chapters.map(c => ({ c: c.id, v: c.versions[0].id }));
+    const moon = await ids('Moon Garden'), sun = await ids('Sun Field');
+    const done = (m, ch) => post(alice, '/api/progress', { m, ...ch, p: 0, n: 1, done: true });
+    const left = async () => Object.fromEntries((await get(alice, '/api/library')).mangas.map(m => [m.id, m.left]));
+
+    // First read stopped after chapter 2: two chapters left. Finished: nothing left.
+    for (const ch of moon.slice(0, 2)) await done('Moon Garden', ch);
+    for (const ch of sun) await done('Sun Field', ch);
+    assert.deepEqual(await left(), { 'Moon Garden': 2, 'Sun Field': 0, 'Star Path': 0 });
+
+    // Read all 8 chapters of Star Path, then reread 1-6 right away: more than 5 in a row is a reread
+    // even within the time limit; with a longer run setting, or the run rule off, it is not.
+    const star = await ids('Star Path');
+    for (const ch of star) await done('Star Path', ch);
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
+    for (const ch of star.slice(0, 5)) await done('Star Path', ch);
+    assert.equal((await left())['Star Path'], 0, 'five in a row is not yet a reread');
+    await done('Star Path', star[5]);
+    assert.equal((await left())['Star Path'], 2);
+    await post(alice, '/api/settings', { rereadChapters: 6 });
+    assert.equal((await left())['Star Path'], 0);
+    await post(alice, '/api/settings', { rereadChapters: 0 });
+    assert.equal((await left())['Star Path'], 0);
+    await post(alice, '/api/settings', { rereadChapters: 5, rereadDays: -1 });
+    const settings = (await get(alice, '/api/me')).settings;
+    assert.equal(settings.rereadDays, 7, 'invalid values are ignored');
+    assert.equal((await left())['Star Path'], 2);
+
+    // Unfinished head: the rest of that chapter is still left.
+    await post(alice, '/api/progress', { m: 'Moon Garden', ...moon[2], p: 0, n: 1 });
+    assert.equal((await left())['Moon Garden'], 2);
+
+    // Glancing back at chapter 1 right after finishing is not a reread.
+    await done('Sun Field', sun[0]);
+    assert.equal((await left())['Sun Field'], 0);
+
+    // The finish was a month ago: rereading chapters 1-2 now leaves 3-4 from the earlier pass.
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 700));
+    await stop(server.child);
+    const dbFile = path.join(data, 'db.json'), db = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(dbFile, 'utf8'));
+    const month = 30 * 24 * 3600 * 1000, sunProgress = db.progress.alice['Sun Field'];
+    for (const p of Object.values(sunProgress)) { p.t -= month; p.doneAt -= month; }
+    sunProgress[sun[0].c].t += month;
+    fs.writeFileSync(dbFile, JSON.stringify(db));
+    server = await start(library, data);
+    base = server.base;
+    await done('Sun Field', sun[1]);
+    assert.equal((await left())['Sun Field'], 2);
+  } finally {
+    await stop(server && server.child);
+    fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});

test/stale-session.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+'use strict';
+// Stale reading sessions: a reader tab left open on another device must not move "Continue" back.
+const test = require('node:test'), assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('fs'), os = require('os'), path = require('path'), net = require('net');
+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+const { Canvas } = require('../tools/png');
+
+async function freePort() {
+  const listener = net.createServer();
+  await new Promise(resolve => listener.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', resolve));
+  const port = listener.address().port;
+  await new Promise(resolve => listener.close(resolve));
+  return port;
+}
+
+test('a save from a tab that missed a newer position is refused until the reader stays', { timeout: 30000 }, async () => {
+  const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'mc-stale-'));
+  let child;
+  try {
+    const library = path.join(root, 'library'), data = path.join(root, 'data');
+    for (const ch of ['c001 One', 'c002 Two', 'c003 Three']) {
+      const dir = path.join(library, 'Moon Garden', 'v01', ch);
+      fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+      for (const n of [1, 2, 3]) fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, `00${n}.png`), new Canvas(60, 90, [40 * n, 60, 120]).png());
+    }
+    fs.mkdirSync(data);
+    const port = await freePort(), output = [];
+    child = spawn(process.execPath, ['server.js'], { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), windowsHide: true,
+      env: { ...process.env, LIBRARY: library, DATA: data, PORT: String(port), SCAN_INTERVAL: '0', FULL_SCAN_INTERVAL: '0',
+        SCRAPER_URL: 'http://127.0.0.1:9', SCRAPER_TOKEN: 'fixture-token', SCRAPER_TOKEN_FILE: '', BACKUP: '', GREATEST_COVER_WARM: '0' } });
+    child.stdout.on('data', d => output.push(String(d)));
+    child.stderr.on('data', d => output.push(String(d)));
+    const base = `http://127.0.0.1:${port}`;
+    let ready = false;
+    for (let n = 0; n < 100 && !ready; n++) {
+      ready = await fetch(base + '/health').then(r => r.ok).catch(() => false);
+      if (!ready) await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+    }
+    assert.ok(ready, output.join(''));
+    const post = (cookie, url, body) => fetch(base + url, { method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json', cookie }, body: JSON.stringify(body) }).then(r => r.json());
+    const get = (cookie, url) => fetch(base + url, { headers: { cookie } }).then(r => r.json());
+    const signup = await fetch(base + '/api/signup', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ name: 'alice', password: 'alice-password' }) });
+    const alice = signup.headers.get('set-cookie').split(';')[0];
+    await post(alice, '/api/admin/rescan', { full: true });
+
+    const manga = await get(alice, '/api/manga?m=Moon%20Garden');
+    const [one, two, three] = manga.chapters.map(c => ({ c: c.id, v: c.versions[0].id }));
+    const save = (ch, extra) => post(alice, '/api/progress', { m: 'Moon Garden', ...ch, p: 1, n: 3, ...extra });
+    const latest = () => get(alice, '/api/progress/latest?m=Moon%20Garden').then(r => r.latest);
+
+    // Phone reads chapter 1, the tablet then reads on in chapter 3.
+    const first = await save(one, { tab: 'phone-tab-1', seen: 0 });
+    assert.equal(first.ok, true);
+    const phoneSeen = first.t;
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
+    const tablet = await save(three, { tab: 'tablet-tab-1', seen: phoneSeen });
+    assert.equal(tablet.ok, true);
+    assert.equal((await latest()).c, three.c);
+
+    // The phone's old tab wakes up and saves chapter 1 again: refused, the head stays on chapter 3.
+    const refused = await save(one, { tab: 'phone-tab-1', seen: phoneSeen, p: 2 });
+    assert.equal(refused.ok, false);
+    assert.equal(refused.stale, true);
+    assert.equal(refused.latest.c, three.c);
+    assert.equal(refused.latest.w, 'tablet-tab-1');
+    assert.equal(refused.latest.continue.c, three.c);
+    assert.match(refused.latest.continue.text, /Continue/);
+    const after = await get(alice, '/api/manga?m=Moon%20Garden');
+    assert.equal(after.continue.c, three.c);
+    assert.equal(after.continue.at, tablet.t);
+    assert.equal(after.chapters[0].progress.p, 1, 'the stale save changed nothing');
+
+    // The chapter view tells a reader which head it is compared with.
+    const view = await get(alice, `/api/chapter?m=Moon%20Garden&c=${encodeURIComponent(one.c)}`);
+    assert.equal(view.latest.c, three.c);
+    assert.equal(view.latest.t, tablet.t);
+
+    // The tablet's own saves never conflict with themselves, even with an older `seen` still in flight.
+    assert.equal((await save(three, { tab: 'tablet-tab-1', seen: phoneSeen, p: 2 })).ok, true);
+
+    // "Keep reading here": the phone now knows the newest time and its save becomes the head.
+    const head = await latest();
+    const stayed = await save(one, { tab: 'phone-tab-1', seen: head.t, p: 2 });
+    assert.equal(stayed.ok, true);
+    assert.equal((await latest()).c, one.c);
+    assert.equal((await get(alice, '/api/manga?m=Moon%20Garden')).continue.c, one.c);
+
+    // Saves without `seen` (mark as read on the manga page, older clients) behave as before.
+    assert.equal((await save(two, { done: true })).ok, true);
+    assert.equal((await latest()).c, two.c);
+  } finally {
+    if (child && child.exitCode === null) { child.kill(); await new Promise(resolve => child.once('exit', resolve)); }
+    fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});