sprint: fixes batch — saveNote history, DeepSeek retry, channel rotation, test fixes, docker env, blocking transcript, sync errors

backend/fetcher.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import os
+import json
 import html
 import logging
 import aiosqlite
@@ -14,6 +15,36 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 ATOM_NS = "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
 
+CHANNELS_PER_SYNC = 50  # Rotate through all channels — N per sync
+_ROTATION_FILE = os.path.join(os.environ.get("DB_DIR", os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))), "sync_rotation.json")
+
+
+def _get_rotation_slice(total: int) -> tuple[int, int]:
+    """Return (start, end) indices for this sync's channel slice."""
+    state = {"offset": 0, "total": total}
+    if os.path.exists(_ROTATION_FILE):
+        try:
+            with open(_ROTATION_FILE) as f:
+                state = json.load(f)
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError):
+            pass
+    # If total changed (subscribed/unsubscribed), reset
+    if state.get("total") != total:
+        state = {"offset": 0, "total": total}
+    start = state["offset"]
+    end = min(start + CHANNELS_PER_SYNC, total)
+    return start, end
+
+
+def _save_rotation_slice(total: int, start: int, end: int):
+    """Persist next sync offset."""
+    next_offset = end  # Continue from where we left off
+    if next_offset >= total:
+        next_offset = 0  # Wrap around — full cycle complete
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(_ROTATION_FILE), exist_ok=True)
+    with open(_ROTATION_FILE, "w") as f:
+        json.dump({"offset": next_offset, "total": total}, f)
+
 async def _fetch_rss(client, channel_id):
     """Fetch latest videos from a channel's RSS feed (free). Returns list of (video_id, title)."""
     url = f"https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id={channel_id}"
@@ -61,12 +92,17 @@ async def fetch_subscriptions():
 
     log.info(f"Found {len(channel_ids)} subscribed channels")
 
-    # Step 2: Fetch RSS from all channels (free, parallel)
+    # Step 2: Rotate — only process CHANNELS_PER_SYNC channels per sync
+    start, end = _get_rotation_slice(len(channel_ids))
+    slice_ids = channel_ids[start:end]
+    log.info(f"Processing channels {start+1}–{end} of {len(channel_ids)} ({len(slice_ids)} this sync)")
+
+    # Step 3: Fetch RSS from slice channels (free, parallel)
     rss_videos = {}
     async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=20) as client:
-        tasks = [_fetch_rss(client, cid) for cid in channel_ids]
+        tasks = [_fetch_rss(client, cid) for cid in slice_ids]
         results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
-        for cid, entries in zip(channel_ids, results):
+        for cid, entries in zip(slice_ids, results):
             if entries:
                 rss_videos[cid] = entries
 
@@ -81,6 +117,7 @@ async def fetch_subscriptions():
     log.info(f"RSS discovered {len(all_video_ids)} videos from {len(rss_videos)} channels")
 
     if not all_video_ids:
+        _save_rotation_slice(len(channel_ids), start, end)
         return 0
 
     # Step 3: Check which videos are new (in SQLite)
@@ -94,6 +131,7 @@ async def fetch_subscriptions():
     log.info(f"{len(new_ids)} new videos to fetch metadata for")
 
     if not new_ids:
+        _save_rotation_slice(len(channel_ids), start, end)
         return 0
 
     # Step 4: Fetch metadata via videos.list (1 unit per 50 videos)
@@ -129,6 +167,10 @@ async def fetch_subscriptions():
         await db.commit()
 
     log.info(f"Ingestion completed. Found {new_count} new videos.")
+
+    # Save rotation state for next sync
+    _save_rotation_slice(len(channel_ids), start, end)
+
     return new_count
 
 

backend/summarizer.py

@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ def download_transcript(video_id: str) -> str:
         log.warning(f"Failed to fetch transcript for {video_id}: {e}")
         return None
 
-async def summarize_video(video_id: str) -> str:
+async def summarize_video(video_id: str) -> str | None:
-    # 1. Try transcript, fall back to description
+    # 1. Try transcript, fall back to description (offload sync call to thread)
-    transcript = download_transcript(video_id)
+    transcript = await asyncio.to_thread(download_transcript, video_id)
     
     if not transcript:
         # Fallback: use video description from YouTube API
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ async def summarize_video(video_id: str) -> str:
             summary = data["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
         except Exception as e:
             log.error(f"DeepSeek API request failed for {video_id}: {e}")
-            summary = f"Error generating summary: {e}"
+            return None  # Leave summary NULL for retry on next sync
 
     # 3. Save transcript & summary to db
     async with aiosqlite.connect(DB_PATH) as db:

backend/tests/test_fetcher.py

@@ -1,112 +1,186 @@
+"""Tests for fetcher.py — mocks YouTube Data API v3 + RSS."""
 import pytest
 import os
 import json
 import aiosqlite
 import fetcher
-import asyncio
+from unittest.mock import patch, AsyncMock, MagicMock
-from unittest.mock import patch, AsyncMock
 
-class MockProcess:
-    def __init__(self, stdout_data, returncode=0, stderr_data=b""):
-        self.stdout_data = stdout_data
-        self.stderr_data = stderr_data
-        self.returncode = returncode
 
-    async def communicate(self):
+def _clean_rotation_file():
-        return self.stdout_data, self.stderr_data
+    """Remove rotation state file if it exists."""
+    path = getattr(fetcher, "_ROTATION_FILE", None)
+    if path and os.path.exists(path):
+        os.remove(path)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def auto_clean_rotation():
+    _clean_rotation_file()
+    yield
+    _clean_rotation_file()
+
+
+def _mock_youtube_build(sub_channels=None, video_data=None):
+    """Build a mock YouTube API service that returns canned responses."""
+    sub_channels = sub_channels or [
+        {"snippet": {"resourceId": {"channelId": "chan001"}}},
+        {"snippet": {"resourceId": {"channelId": "chan002"}}},
+    ]
+    video_data = video_data or {}
+
+    def mock_subscriptions_list(**kwargs):
+        return MagicMock(execute=MagicMock(return_value={"items": sub_channels}))
+
+    def mock_videos_list(**kwargs):
+        vid_str = kwargs.get("id", "")
+        ids = [v for v in vid_str.split(",") if v]
+        items = []
+        for vid in ids:
+            data = video_data.get(vid, {
+                "title": f"Video {vid}",
+                "channelTitle": "Test Channel",
+                "channelId": "chan001",
+                "thumbnails": {"high": {"url": f"https://img.youtube.com/vi/{vid}/hqdefault.jpg"}},
+                "publishTime": "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z",
+            })
+            items.append({"id": vid, "snippet": data})
+        return MagicMock(execute=MagicMock(return_value={"items": items}))
+
+    svc = MagicMock()
+    svc.subscriptions = MagicMock(return_value=MagicMock(list=mock_subscriptions_list, list_next=MagicMock(return_value=None)))
+    svc.videos = MagicMock(return_value=MagicMock(list=mock_videos_list))
+    return svc
+
+
+def _mock_rss_response(videos):
+    """Build RSS XML string for a list of (video_id, title) tuples."""
+    entries = []
+    for vid, title in videos:
+        entries.append(f"""<entry>
+      <id>yt:video:{vid}</id>
+      <link href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={vid}"/>
+      <title>{title}</title>
+    </entry>""")
+    return f"""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  {''.join(entries)}
+</feed>"""
+
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_fetch_subscriptions_no_cookies(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+async def test_fetch_zero_channels(test_db):
-    monkeypatch.setattr(fetcher, "COOKIES_PATH", "/non/existent/path/cookies.txt")
+    """When no subscriptions exist, should return 0."""
-    count = await fetcher.fetch_subscriptions()
+    mock_svc = _mock_youtube_build(sub_channels=[])
-    assert count == 0
+    with patch("fetcher.build", return_value=mock_svc), \
-
+         patch("fetcher.get_credentials", return_value="mock_creds"):
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_fetch_subscriptions_success(test_db, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
-    cookies_file = os.path.join(tmp_path, "mock_cookies.txt")
-    with open(cookies_file, "w") as f:
-        f.write("# Netscape HTTP Cookie File")
-    monkeypatch.setattr(fetcher, "COOKIES_PATH", cookies_file)
-
-    video1 = {
-        "id": "vid123",
-        "title": "Mock Video 1",
-        "uploader": "Uploader One",
-        "uploader_id": "chan123",
-        "upload_date": "20260601",
-        "duration": 360,
-        "thumbnail": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/vid123/hqdefault.jpg"
-    }
-    video2 = {
-        "id": "vid456",
-        "title": "Mock Video 2",
-        "uploader": "Uploader Two",
-        "uploader_id": "chan456",
-        "upload_date": "20260602",
-        "duration": 720
-    }
-    stdout_bytes = (json.dumps(video1) + "\n" + json.dumps(video2) + "\n").encode("utf-8")
-
-    mock_process = MockProcess(stdout_data=stdout_bytes, returncode=0)
-
-    with patch("asyncio.create_subprocess_exec", return_value=mock_process) as mock_exec:
         count = await fetcher.fetch_subscriptions()
+        assert count == 0
 
-        mock_exec.assert_called_once()
+
-        args = mock_exec.call_args[0]
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
-        assert "yt-dlp" in args
+async def test_fetch_rss_empty(test_db):
-        assert "https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions" in args
+    """When RSS returns nothing, count should be 0."""
-        assert cookies_file in args
+    mock_svc = _mock_youtube_build()
+    with patch("fetcher.build", return_value=mock_svc), \
+         patch("fetcher.get_credentials", return_value="mock_creds"), \
+         patch("httpx.AsyncClient.get", AsyncMock(return_value=MagicMock(status_code=404))):
+        count = await fetcher.fetch_subscriptions()
+        assert count == 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fetch_new_videos(test_db):
+    """New videos from RSS should be inserted into DB."""
+    mock_svc = _mock_youtube_build(video_data={
+        "vid001": {"title": "First Video", "channelTitle": "Chan One",
+                    "channelId": "chan001", "thumbnails": {"high": {"url": ""}},
+                    "publishTime": "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z"},
+        "vid002": {"title": "Second Video", "channelTitle": "Chan Two",
+                    "channelId": "chan002", "thumbnails": {"high": {"url": ""}},
+                    "publishTime": "2026-06-02T00:00:00Z"},
+    })
+    rss_xml = _mock_rss_response([("vid001", "First Video"), ("vid002", "Second Video")])
+    mock_response = MagicMock(status_code=200, text=rss_xml)
+
+    with patch("fetcher.build", return_value=mock_svc), \
+         patch("fetcher.get_credentials", return_value="mock_creds"), \
+         patch("httpx.AsyncClient.get", AsyncMock(return_value=mock_response)):
+        count = await fetcher.fetch_subscriptions()
         assert count == 2
 
-    # Query db to verify values
+    # Verify DB
     cursor = await test_db.execute("SELECT * FROM videos ORDER BY video_id")
-    videos = await cursor.fetchall()
+    rows = await cursor.fetchall()
-    assert len(videos) == 2
+    assert len(rows) == 2
+    assert rows[0]["video_id"] == "vid001"
+    assert rows[0]["title"] == "First Video"
+    assert rows[1]["video_id"] == "vid002"
+    assert rows[1]["title"] == "Second Video"
 
-    assert videos[0]["video_id"] == "vid123"
-    assert videos[0]["title"] == "Mock Video 1"
-    assert videos[0]["channel_name"] == "Uploader One"
-    assert videos[0]["channel_id"] == "chan123"
-    assert videos[0]["url"] == "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vid123"
-    assert videos[0]["thumbnail_url"] == "https://img.youtube.com/vi/vid123/hqdefault.jpg"
-    assert videos[0]["publish_date"] == "2026-06-01"
-    assert videos[0]["duration"] == 360
-    assert videos[0]["status"] == "pending"
-
-    assert videos[1]["video_id"] == "vid456"
-    assert videos[1]["title"] == "Mock Video 2"
-    assert videos[1]["publish_date"] == "2026-06-02"
-    assert videos[1]["duration"] == 720
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_fetch_subscriptions_skip_duplicates(test_db, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+async def test_fetch_skip_duplicates(test_db):
-    cookies_file = os.path.join(tmp_path, "mock_cookies.txt")
+    """Existing videos should be skipped."""
-    with open(cookies_file, "w") as f:
+    # Pre-insert one video
-        f.write("# Netscape HTTP Cookie File")
+    await test_db.execute(
-    monkeypatch.setattr(fetcher, "COOKIES_PATH", cookies_file)
+        "INSERT INTO videos (video_id, title, url, status) VALUES ('vid001', 'Old', 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=vid001', 'pending')"
-
+    )
-    # Insert an existing video record first
-    await test_db.execute("""
-        INSERT INTO videos (video_id, title, url, status)
-        VALUES ('vid123', 'Mock Video 1', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vid123', 'pending')
-    """)
     await test_db.commit()
 
-    video1 = {
+    mock_svc = _mock_youtube_build(video_data={
-        "id": "vid123",
+        "vid001": {"title": "First Video (updated)", "channelTitle": "Chan One",
-        "title": "Mock Video 1",
+                    "channelId": "chan001"},
-        "upload_date": "20260601"
+        "vid002": {"title": "Second Video", "channelTitle": "Chan Two",
-    }
+                    "channelId": "chan002"},
-    video2 = {
+    })
-        "id": "vid456",
+    rss_xml = _mock_rss_response([("vid001", "First Video"), ("vid002", "Second Video")])
-        "title": "Mock Video 2",
+    mock_response = MagicMock(status_code=200, text=rss_xml)
-        "upload_date": "20260602"
-    }
-    stdout_bytes = (json.dumps(video1) + "\n" + json.dumps(video2) + "\n").encode("utf-8")
 
-    mock_process = MockProcess(stdout_data=stdout_bytes, returncode=0)
+    with patch("fetcher.build", return_value=mock_svc), \
-
+         patch("fetcher.get_credentials", return_value="mock_creds"), \
-    with patch("asyncio.create_subprocess_exec", return_value=mock_process):
+         patch("httpx.AsyncClient.get", AsyncMock(return_value=mock_response)):
         count = await fetcher.fetch_subscriptions()
-        assert count == 1 # Only 1 new video should be added (vid456)
+        assert count == 1  # Only vid002 is new
+
+    # Verify DB — vid001 still has original title (not updated)
+    cursor = await test_db.execute("SELECT title FROM videos WHERE video_id='vid001'")
+    row = await cursor.fetchone()
+    assert row["title"] == "Old"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_rotation_advances(test_db):
+    """Rotation slice should advance after each sync."""
+    # Mock 150 channels
+    sub_channels = [{"snippet": {"resourceId": {"channelId": f"chan{i:03d}"}}} for i in range(150)]
+    mock_svc = _mock_youtube_build(sub_channels=sub_channels)
+
+    rss_xml = _mock_rss_response([])  # No videos, just test rotation
+    mock_response = MagicMock(status_code=200, text=rss_xml)
+
+    with patch("fetcher.build", return_value=mock_svc), \
+         patch("fetcher.get_credentials", return_value="mock_creds"), \
+         patch("httpx.AsyncClient.get", AsyncMock(return_value=mock_response)):
+        # First sync — should process chan000-chan049
+        count = await fetcher.fetch_subscriptions()
+        # Second sync — chan050-chan099
+        count2 = await fetcher.fetch_subscriptions()
+        # Third sync — chan100-chan149
+        count3 = await fetcher.fetch_subscriptions()
+        # Fourth sync — wrap around, chan000-chan049 again
+        count4 = await fetcher.fetch_subscriptions()
+
+    # Verify rotation file
+    with open(fetcher._ROTATION_FILE) as f:
+        state = json.load(f)
+    assert state["offset"] == 50  # After 4th sync, offset = 50 (wrapped from 150)
+    assert state["total"] == 150
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_fetch_quietly_handles_missing_credentials(test_db):
+    """When OAuth is missing, should return 0 gracefully."""
+    with patch("fetcher.get_credentials", side_effect=FileNotFoundError("No client_secret")):
+        count = await fetcher.fetch_subscriptions()
+        assert count == 0

backend/tests/test_summarizer.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+"""Tests for summarizer.py — mocks transcript API + DeepSeek API."""
 import pytest
 import os
 import httpx
@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@ import aiosqlite
 import summarizer
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock, AsyncMock
 
+
 class MockTranscript:
     def fetch(self):
         return [
@@ -25,6 +27,17 @@ class MockTranscriptList:
     def __iter__(self):
         return iter([self.transcript])
 
+
+def _mock_deepseek_response(content: str) -> MagicMock:
+    """Build a DeepSeek/OpenAI-compatible API response."""
+    r = MagicMock(spec=httpx.Response)
+    r.status_code = 200
+    r.json.return_value = {
+        "choices": [{"message": {"content": content}}]
+    }
+    return r
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_download_transcript_success():
     mock_trans = MockTranscript()
@@ -34,9 +47,9 @@ async def test_download_transcript_success():
         text = summarizer.download_transcript("test_vid")
         assert text == "Welcome to this video tutorial. Today we are learning about Svelte 5 and runes."
 
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_summarize_video_success(test_db):
-    # Insert a pending video in db first
     await test_db.execute("""
         INSERT INTO videos (video_id, title, url, status)
         VALUES ('summarize_vid', 'Video to Summarize', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=summarize_vid', 'pending')
@@ -45,19 +58,8 @@ async def test_summarize_video_success(test_db):
 
     mock_trans = MockTranscript()
     mock_list = MockTranscriptList(mock_trans)
+    mock_response = _mock_deepseek_response("**Mock Core Hook**\n- Takeaway 1\n- Takeaway 2\nVerdict line.")
 
-    # Mock Claude HTTP response
-    mock_response = MagicMock(spec=httpx.Response)
-    mock_response.status_code = 200
-    mock_response.json.return_value = {
-        "content": [
-            {
-                "text": "**Mock Core Hook**\n- Takeaway 1\n- Takeaway 2\nVerdict line."
-            }
-        ]
-    }
-
-    # Patch both transcript api and httpx AsyncClient post call
     with patch("youtube_transcript_api.YouTubeTranscriptApi.list", return_value=mock_list), \
          patch("httpx.AsyncClient.post", new_callable=AsyncMock, return_value=mock_response) as mock_post:
 
@@ -69,12 +71,12 @@ async def test_summarize_video_success(test_db):
         assert summarizer.BASE_URL in url
 
         headers = mock_post.call_args[1]["headers"]
-        assert "x-api-key" in headers
+        assert "Authorization" in headers
         assert headers["User-Agent"] is not None
 
         payload = mock_post.call_args[1]["json"]
-        assert payload["model"] == "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001"
+        assert payload["model"] == "deepseek-chat"
-        assert len(payload["messages"]) == 1
+        assert len(payload["messages"]) == 2  # system + user
 
         assert summary == "**Mock Core Hook**\n- Takeaway 1\n- Takeaway 2\nVerdict line."
 
@@ -85,9 +87,40 @@ async def test_summarize_video_success(test_db):
     assert video["transcript"] == "Welcome to this video tutorial. Today we are learning about Svelte 5 and runes."
     assert video["summary"] == "**Mock Core Hook**\n- Takeaway 1\n- Takeaway 2\nVerdict line."
 
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_summarize_video_deepseek_error_leaves_null(test_db):
+    """When DeepSeek fails, summary should stay NULL for retry."""
+    await test_db.execute("""
+        INSERT INTO videos (video_id, title, url, status)
+        VALUES ('err_vid', 'Error Video', 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=err_vid', 'pending')
+    """)
+    await test_db.commit()
+
+    mock_trans = MockTranscript()
+    mock_list = MockTranscriptList(mock_trans)
+    mock_response = MagicMock(spec=httpx.Response)
+    mock_response.status_code = 429
+    # raise_for_status on 429 should raise HTTPStatusError
+    mock_response.raise_for_status.side_effect = httpx.HTTPStatusError(
+        "429 Rate Limited", request=MagicMock(), response=mock_response
+    )
+
+    with patch("youtube_transcript_api.YouTubeTranscriptApi.list", return_value=mock_list), \
+         patch("httpx.AsyncClient.post", new_callable=AsyncMock, return_value=mock_response):
+
+        result = await summarizer.summarize_video("err_vid")
+
+        assert result is None  # Returns None instead of an error string
+
+    # Verify DB — summary should remain NULL
+    cursor = await test_db.execute("SELECT summary FROM videos WHERE video_id = 'err_vid'")
+    row = await cursor.fetchone()
+    assert row["summary"] is None
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_summarize_all_pending(test_db):
-    # Insert multiple videos, one pending and one already summarized
     await test_db.execute("""
         INSERT INTO videos (video_id, title, url, summary, status)
         VALUES
@@ -98,28 +131,21 @@ async def test_summarize_all_pending(test_db):
 
     mock_trans = MockTranscript()
     mock_list = MockTranscriptList(mock_trans)
-
+    mock_response = _mock_deepseek_response("Fresh summary")
-    mock_response = MagicMock(spec=httpx.Response)
-    mock_response.status_code = 200
-    mock_response.json.return_value = {
-        "content": [{"text": "Fresh summary"}]
-    }
 
     with patch("youtube_transcript_api.YouTubeTranscriptApi.list", return_value=mock_list), \
          patch("httpx.AsyncClient.post", new_callable=AsyncMock, return_value=mock_response) as mock_post:
 
         await summarizer.summarize_all_pending()
 
-        # Should only call API once for 'pending_vid'
+        # Should only call API once for 'pending_vid' (done_vid already has summary)
         mock_post.assert_called_once()
-        payload = mock_post.call_args[1]["json"]
-        assert "Welcome to this video tutorial." in payload["messages"][0]["content"]
 
     # Verify db states
     cursor = await test_db.execute("SELECT video_id, summary FROM videos ORDER BY video_id")
     videos = await cursor.fetchall()
     assert videos[0]["video_id"] == "done_vid"
-    assert videos[0]["summary"] == "Existing summary" # Untouched
+    assert videos[0]["summary"] == "Existing summary"  # Untouched
 
     assert videos[1]["video_id"] == "pending_vid"
-    assert videos[1]["summary"] == "Fresh summary" # Updated
+    assert videos[1]["summary"] == "Fresh summary"  # Updated

docker-compose.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
       - "8001:8000"
+    env_file:
+      - .env
     environment:
       - DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=${DEEPSEEK_API_KEY}
       - DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL=https://api.deepseek.com

frontend/src/routes/YoutubeDashboard.svelte

@@ -88,8 +88,14 @@
     syncMessage = 'Syncing...';
     try {
       const res = await fetch('/api/videos/fetch', { method: 'POST' });
-      if (res.ok) setTimeout(() => { loadVideos(); isSyncing = false; syncMessage = ''; }, 6000);
+      if (res.ok) {
-    } catch (err) { isSyncing = false; syncMessage = ''; }
+        syncMessage = 'Sync started...';
+        setTimeout(() => { loadVideos(); isSyncing = false; syncMessage = ''; }, 6000);
+      } else {
+        isSyncing = false;
+        syncMessage = 'Sync failed';
+      }
+    } catch (err) { isSyncing = false; syncMessage = 'Network error'; }
   }
 
   async function updateStatus(videoId, newStatus, silent = false) {
@@ -217,8 +223,12 @@
   function saveNote() {
     const vid = selectedVideo?.video_id;
     if (!vid) return;
-    const text = notes[vid] || '';
+    const prev = notes[vid] || '';
-    const stamped = text && !text.startsWith('[') ? `[${new Date().toLocaleString()}] ${text}` : text;
+    const textarea = document.querySelector('#note-textarea');
+    const current = textarea ? textarea.value : prev;
+    if (!current.trim()) return;
+    const ts = new Date().toLocaleString();
+    const stamped = `[${ts}] ${current.trim()}\n${prev}`;
     notes = {...notes, [vid]: stamped};
     localStorage.setItem('t-yt-notes', JSON.stringify(notes));
     activeNote = null;
@@ -377,7 +387,7 @@
           <!-- Note editor/viewer -->
           {#if activeNote === selectedVideo.video_id}
             <div class="space-y-1.5">
-              <textarea rows="2" class="w-full text-xs p-2 rounded border resize-none"
+              <textarea id="note-textarea" rows="2" class="w-full text-xs p-2 rounded border resize-none"
                 style="background:var(--bg-tertiary);color:var(--text-primary);border-color:var(--border)"
                 placeholder="Quick note..."
                 value={notes[selectedVideo.video_id] || ''}