fix(reader): the watched-channels list keeps its channels, its shares and its retries

- A channel someone follows: the videos its exploration brings in (the list's
  dialog, the channel page's explore) come in as the catalog's own, not
  flagged via_explore, which subscribing would never clear and which kept
  their watched marks waiting for good.
- The explore cleanup keeps the row of a channel a Takeout history shows
  watched (it still reclaims the videos), so a looked-at channel no longer
  drops off the list.
- The Shorts job takes up only users whose list still has lengths to ask or
  channels to name, by each user's own follows, blocks and dismissals; a
  naming that failed is tried again, and the list says it is not complete.
- The length lookups have a daily share of their own: a large history no
  longer leaves the export's Watch later file waiting a day.
- Only a channel of the user's own history can be put out of the list.
- The dialog's videos have a query root of their own: the list's
  invalidations no longer re-ask (and re-explore) under an open dialog.

backend/tests/test_catalog_service.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from app.catalog.models import (
 )
 from app.reader import queries as reader_queries
 from app.reader import service as reader_service
+from app.sync import explore as sync_explore
 
 
 def _channel(db, cid="UCc", **kw):
@@ -141,6 +142,30 @@ def test_subscribing_keeps_an_explored_channel_and_its_videos(db, make_user):
     assert queries.subscription(db, user, "UCc") is None
 
 
+def test_exploring_a_channel_someone_follows_brings_its_uploads_in_as_the_catalogs_own(
+    db, make_user, monkeypatch
+):
+    follower, explorer = make_user(), make_user()
+    ch = _channel(db, uploads_playlist_id="UUc")
+    db.add(Subscription(user_id=follower.id, channel_id="UCc"))
+    db.commit()
+    service.explore(db, explorer, ch)
+    db.commit()
+
+    class _Yt:
+        def get_playlist_items(self, playlist_id, page_token):
+            item = {"contentDetails": {"videoId": "v1", "videoPublishedAt": "2026-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}
+            return {"items": [item]}
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sync_explore, "_enrich_new", lambda session, yt, ids: 0)
+    sync_explore.explore_ingest_page(db, _Yt(), ch)
+    db.commit()
+    db.expire_all()
+    # The channel is followed, so not the exploration's: a video flagged as one would stay flagged
+    # (subscribing clears only an explored channel's) and its watched marks would wait for good.
+    assert (ch.from_explore, db.get(Video, "v1").via_explore) == (False, False)
+
+
 def test_a_block_is_once_and_ends_the_exploration(db, make_user):
     user = make_user()
     ch = _channel(db)

backend/tests/test_watched_channels.py

@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ import asks YouTube for it and when, and the channel's watched videos made ready
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 
 import pytest
-from sqlalchemy import select
+from sqlalchemy import select, update
 
 from app import quota
+from app.catalog import service as catalog_service
 from app.catalog.models import BlockedChannel, Channel, ExploredChannel, Subscription, Video
 from app.reader import queries, service, takeout
 from app.reader.models import TakeoutChannelDismissal, TakeoutItem, TakeoutKind
 from app.routes import feed as feed_routes
+from app.sync import explore as sync_explore
 from app.sync import videos as sync_videos
 from app.youtube.client import YouTubeError
 
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ class FakeYouTube:
     def __init__(self, lengths: dict[str, int] | None = None, *, fail: bool = False):
         self.lengths = lengths or {}
         self.fail = fail
+        self.fail_channels = False
         self.videos_asked: list[list[str]] = []
         self.channels_asked: list[list[str]] = []
         self.actions: list[tuple[int | None, str]] = []
@@ -174,6 +177,8 @@ class FakeYouTube:
     def get_channels(self, ids):
         self.channels_asked.append(list(ids))
         self.actions.append((quota._actor_id.get(), quota._action.get()))
+        if self.fail_channels:
+            raise YouTubeError("refused", reason="backendError", path="channels")
         return [{"id": c, "snippet": {"title": f"Named {c[-2:]}"}} for c in ids]
 
 
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ def test_the_lookups_stop_at_the_users_daily_share_and_the_rest_wait(
     user = make_user("share@example.com")
     _watched(db, user, 1, [None] * 8, asked=False)
     _watched(db, user, 2, [None] * 6, asked=False)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(takeout, "_lookups", takeout.RateLimiter(10, 3600))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(takeout, "_lengths", takeout.RateLimiter(10, 3600))
     takeout.run_import(user.id)
     assert youtube.videos_asked == [[_vid(1, i) for i in range(8)] + [_vid(2, 0), _vid(2, 1)]]
     db.expire_all()
@@ -270,16 +275,64 @@ def test_the_shorts_job_asks_what_an_import_could_not(db, make_user, youtube):
     assert [n for _, n, _ in queries.watched_channels(db, user)] == [5]
 
 
-def test_a_channel_the_user_follows_is_not_asked_about(db, make_user, youtube):
-    user = make_user("follows@example.com")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("why", ["follows", "blocked", "dismissed", "own"])
+def test_a_channel_off_the_list_is_not_asked_about_nor_looked_at_again(
+    db, make_user, youtube, monkeypatch, why
+):
+    user = make_user(f"off-{why}@example.com", yt_channel_id=_ch(1) if why == "own" else None)
     _channel(db, 1)
     _watched(db, user, 1, [None] * 5, asked=False)
-    db.add(Subscription(user_id=user.id, channel_id=_ch(1)))
+    if why == "follows":
+        db.add(Subscription(user_id=user.id, channel_id=_ch(1)))
+    elif why == "blocked":
+        db.add(BlockedChannel(user_id=user.id, channel_id=_ch(1)))
+    elif why == "dismissed":
+        service.dismiss_watched_channel(db, user, _ch(1))
     db.commit()
+    runs = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(takeout, "_channel_list", lambda session, u: runs.append(u.id) or {})
     assert takeout.apply_waiting(db) == {}
+    # Its rows are never asked about, so they would stay "to ask" for good: the Shorts job must not
+    # take the user up again for them on every run.
+    assert runs == []
     assert youtube.videos_asked == []
 
 
+def test_naming_the_channels_is_tried_again_and_meanwhile_the_list_says_it_is_not_complete(
+    db, make_user, youtube
+):
+    user = make_user("unnamed@example.com")
+    _watched(db, user, 1, [None] * 5, asked=False)
+    youtube.lengths = {_vid(1, i): LONG for i in range(5)}
+    youtube.fail_channels = True
+    takeout.run_import(user.id)
+    db.expire_all()
+    # Every length is known, the channel could not be named: not on the list, and not complete.
+    assert queries.takeout_lengths_to_ask(db, user) == []
+    assert _listed(db, user) == []
+    assert queries.watched_channels_pending(db, user) == 1
+    youtube.fail_channels = False
+    takeout.apply_waiting(db)
+    db.expire_all()
+    assert [(ch.title, n) for ch, n, _ in queries.watched_channels(db, user)] == [("Named 01", 5)]
+    assert queries.watched_channels_pending(db, user) == 0
+
+
+def test_the_lengths_leave_the_watch_later_lookups_their_own_share(
+    db, make_user, youtube, monkeypatch
+):
+    user = make_user("shares@example.com")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(takeout, "_lookups", takeout.RateLimiter(10, 3600))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(takeout, "_lengths", takeout.RateLimiter(10, 3600))
+    _watched(db, user, 1, [None] * 15, asked=False)
+    takeout.run_import(user.id)  # the history: its lengths spend all they may today
+    youtube.videos_asked.clear()
+    service.stage_takeout(db, user, TakeoutKind.WATCH_LATER, {"later000001": (T0, None)})
+    db.commit()
+    takeout.run_import(user.id)  # then the export's Watch later file
+    assert ["later000001"] in youtube.videos_asked
+
+
 # --- the channel's watched videos, ready to play ------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -328,6 +381,43 @@ def test_a_channels_watched_videos_come_ready_to_play_and_explored(
     )  # nobody follows it: the cleanup's to reclaim
 
 
+def test_a_followed_channels_watched_videos_come_in_as_the_catalogs_own(
+    db, make_user, as_user, monkeypatch
+):
+    user, follower = make_user("viewer@example.com"), make_user("follower@example.com")
+    _channel(db, 1)
+    _watched(db, user, 1, [LONG] * 5)
+    db.add(Subscription(user_id=follower.id, channel_id=_ch(1)))
+    db.commit()
+    calls = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(feed_routes, "ensure_videos", _fake_ensure(calls))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(feed_routes.quota, "backfill_reserve_reached", lambda: False)
+    assert as_user(user).post(f"/api/takeout/channels/{_ch(1)}/videos").status_code == 200
+    # Someone follows it, so it is no exploration's to reclaim: a video flagged as one would never
+    # be cleared again (subscribing clears only an explored channel's) and never marked watched.
+    assert calls == [([_vid(1, i) for i in range(5)], False)]
+    db.expire_all()
+    assert db.get(Channel, _ch(1)).from_explore is False
+
+
+def test_the_cleanup_keeps_a_channel_a_watch_history_lists_and_reclaims_its_videos(db, make_user):
+    user = make_user("kept@example.com")
+    _channel(db, 1)
+    _watched(db, user, 1, [LONG] * 5)
+    catalog_service.explore(db, user, db.get(Channel, _ch(1)))
+    db.add(Video(id=_vid(1, 0), channel_id=_ch(1), published_at=T0, via_explore=True))
+    db.add(Channel(id=_ch(2), from_explore=True))  # explored, in nobody's history
+    db.commit()
+    db.execute(update(ExploredChannel).values(created_at=T0 - timedelta(days=365)))
+    db.commit()
+    out = sync_explore.purge_unkept_explored(db)
+    # The unplayed video goes (opening the list's videos brings it back); the channel stays listed.
+    assert (out["videos_deleted"], out["channels_deleted"]) == (1, 1)
+    db.expire_all()
+    assert db.get(Channel, _ch(2)) is None
+    assert _listed(db, user) == [(_ch(1), 5)]
+
+
 def test_a_blocked_or_unknown_channels_videos_are_refused(db, make_user, as_user):
     user = make_user("refused@example.com")
     _channel(db, 1)
@@ -392,6 +482,17 @@ def test_a_channel_put_out_of_the_list_comes_back_when_restored(db, make_user, a
     assert db.execute(select(TakeoutChannelDismissal)).scalars().all() == []
 
 
+def test_only_a_channel_of_the_users_own_history_can_be_put_out_of_the_list(db, make_user, as_user):
+    user, other = make_user("mine@example.com"), make_user("theirs@example.com")
+    _channel(db, 1)
+    _watched(db, other, 1, [LONG] * 5)
+    client = as_user(user)
+    assert client.put(f"/api/takeout/channels/{_ch(1)}/dismissal").status_code == 404
+    assert client.put(f"/api/takeout/channels/{_ch(9)}/dismissal").status_code == 404
+    db.expire_all()
+    assert db.execute(select(TakeoutChannelDismissal)).scalars().all() == []
+
+
 def test_a_dismissal_of_an_overlong_channel_id_is_refused_before_the_database(
     db, make_user, as_user
 ):