Make new_suggestions and Send to Google Chat recoverable

MQ-167-01: a scheduled or manual batch now emits new_suggestions:{batchId}
in the transaction that first stores its Side quests, so the cards and
their notification commit together. A later round that fails, or a
failure recording the batch's end, no longer loses the event; a later
round's emit is a no-op by key; a notification that cannot be stored
fails that store, leaving no unannounced cards. Replenish batches still
never notify. finishBatch goes back to recording status only.

MQ-167-02: migration 0017 adds shopping_lists.chat_send_unconfirmed_at.
SendToChat records the send as begun before posting, clears it with
sent_to_chat_at once Google Chat accepts, and clears it alone when Chat
refuses. A post Chat does not answer, or one it accepts that cannot be
recorded, is ErrSendUnconfirmed (502 chat_unconfirmed, not retryable)
and leaves the marker, as does a crash mid-send; a repeat without resend
never reposts, and resend posts again. The Supply run screen re-reads
the list after a failed send, shows an unconfirmed send, offers no Retry
for it, and sends again only with resend.

Task: f0cd9d50-9c11-41be-a945-7bae9f5f28a4

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

internal/db/models.go

@@ -276,15 +276,16 @@ type ShoppingItem struct {
 }
 
 type ShoppingList struct {
-	ID           string
-	WeekStart    string
-	PlanID       string
-	Title        sql.NullString
-	Status       string
-	SentToChatAt sql.NullString
-	FrozenAt     sql.NullString
-	CreatedAt    string
-	UpdatedAt    string
+	ID                    string
+	WeekStart             string
+	PlanID                string
+	Title                 sql.NullString
+	Status                string
+	SentToChatAt          sql.NullString
+	FrozenAt              sql.NullString
+	CreatedAt             string
+	UpdatedAt             string
+	ChatSendUnconfirmedAt sql.NullString
 }
 
 type Suggestion struct {

internal/db/querier.go

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import (
 type Querier interface {
 	// An unknown id returns sql.ErrNoRows.
 	ArchiveDinner(ctx context.Context, arg ArchiveDinnerParams) (Dinner, error)
+	// Records a send of list id to Google Chat begun at
+	// chat_send_unconfirmed_at, before it is posted, unless the list is frozen
+	// into the Supply archive.
+	BeginShoppingListChatSend(ctx context.Context, arg BeginShoppingListChatSendParams) (int64, error)
 	// Leases the pending notification due longest ago by moving its
 	// next_attempt_at to lease_until, and returns it. A claimed row is not due
 	// again until the lease ends, so no other claim takes it while it is being
@@ -26,6 +30,8 @@ type Querier interface {
 	// sets last_sync_error, keeping the chosen calendar. Affects no row when
 	// nothing is connected.
 	ClearIntegrationsGoogleToken(ctx context.Context, arg ClearIntegrationsGoogleTokenParams) (int64, error)
+	// Clears the send of list id begun, once Google Chat refused it.
+	ClearShoppingListChatSend(ctx context.Context, arg ClearShoppingListChatSendParams) (int64, error)
 	// Drops references to the runs created before the cutoff, so the purge
 	// can delete them.
 	ClearSuggestionBatchAIRunsBefore(ctx context.Context, cutoff string) (int64, error)
@@ -235,8 +241,8 @@ type Querier interface {
 	// Records a delivered notification; updated_at is when it was sent. The
 	// lease must still be the claim's.
 	MarkNotificationSent(ctx context.Context, arg MarkNotificationSentParams) (int64, error)
-	// Records list id sent to Google Chat at sent_to_chat_at, unless it is
-	// frozen into the Supply archive.
+	// Records list id sent to Google Chat at sent_to_chat_at, its send
+	// confirmed, unless it is frozen into the Supply archive.
 	MarkShoppingListSentToChat(ctx context.Context, arg MarkShoppingListSentToChatParams) (int64, error)
 	// Records an edit of plan id, raising its revision: a synced plan becomes
 	// changed, any other keeps its status.

internal/db/shopping.sql.go

@@ -10,6 +10,49 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 )
 
+const beginShoppingListChatSend = `-- name: BeginShoppingListChatSend :execrows
+UPDATE shopping_lists
+SET chat_send_unconfirmed_at = ?, updated_at = ?
+WHERE id = ? AND status = 'current' AND frozen_at IS NULL
+`
+
+type BeginShoppingListChatSendParams struct {
+	ChatSendUnconfirmedAt sql.NullString
+	UpdatedAt             string
+	ID                    string
+}
+
+// Records a send of list id to Google Chat begun at
+// chat_send_unconfirmed_at, before it is posted, unless the list is frozen
+// into the Supply archive.
+func (q *Queries) BeginShoppingListChatSend(ctx context.Context, arg BeginShoppingListChatSendParams) (int64, error) {
+	result, err := q.db.ExecContext(ctx, beginShoppingListChatSend, arg.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt, arg.UpdatedAt, arg.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return result.RowsAffected()
+}
+
+const clearShoppingListChatSend = `-- name: ClearShoppingListChatSend :execrows
+UPDATE shopping_lists
+SET chat_send_unconfirmed_at = NULL, updated_at = ?
+WHERE id = ?
+`
+
+type ClearShoppingListChatSendParams struct {
+	UpdatedAt string
+	ID        string
+}
+
+// Clears the send of list id begun, once Google Chat refused it.
+func (q *Queries) ClearShoppingListChatSend(ctx context.Context, arg ClearShoppingListChatSendParams) (int64, error) {
+	result, err := q.db.ExecContext(ctx, clearShoppingListChatSend, arg.UpdatedAt, arg.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return result.RowsAffected()
+}
+
 const createShoppingGroup = `-- name: CreateShoppingGroup :exec
 INSERT INTO shopping_groups (id, list_id, dinner_id, date, position, created_at, updated_at)
 VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
@@ -135,7 +178,7 @@ func (q *Queries) FreezeShoppingList(ctx context.Context, arg FreezeShoppingList
 }
 
 const getShoppingItemList = `-- name: GetShoppingItemList :one
-SELECT shopping_lists.id, shopping_lists.week_start, shopping_lists.plan_id, shopping_lists.title, shopping_lists.status, shopping_lists.sent_to_chat_at, shopping_lists.frozen_at, shopping_lists.created_at, shopping_lists.updated_at
+SELECT shopping_lists.id, shopping_lists.week_start, shopping_lists.plan_id, shopping_lists.title, shopping_lists.status, shopping_lists.sent_to_chat_at, shopping_lists.frozen_at, shopping_lists.created_at, shopping_lists.updated_at, shopping_lists.chat_send_unconfirmed_at
 FROM shopping_items
 JOIN shopping_groups ON shopping_groups.id = shopping_items.group_id
 JOIN shopping_lists ON shopping_lists.id = shopping_groups.list_id
@@ -161,12 +204,13 @@ func (q *Queries) GetShoppingItemList(ctx context.Context, id string) (GetShoppi
 		&i.ShoppingList.FrozenAt,
 		&i.ShoppingList.CreatedAt,
 		&i.ShoppingList.UpdatedAt,
+		&i.ShoppingList.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt,
 	)
 	return i, err
 }
 
 const getShoppingList = `-- name: GetShoppingList :one
-SELECT id, week_start, plan_id, title, status, sent_to_chat_at, frozen_at, created_at, updated_at FROM shopping_lists
+SELECT id, week_start, plan_id, title, status, sent_to_chat_at, frozen_at, created_at, updated_at, chat_send_unconfirmed_at FROM shopping_lists
 WHERE week_start = ?
 `
 
@@ -185,6 +229,7 @@ func (q *Queries) GetShoppingList(ctx context.Context, weekStart string) (Shoppi
 		&i.FrozenAt,
 		&i.CreatedAt,
 		&i.UpdatedAt,
+		&i.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt,
 	)
 	return i, err
 }
@@ -322,7 +367,7 @@ func (q *Queries) ListShoppingItems(ctx context.Context, listID string) ([]ListS
 }
 
 const listShoppingListsThrough = `-- name: ListShoppingListsThrough :many
-SELECT id, week_start, plan_id, title, status, sent_to_chat_at, frozen_at, created_at, updated_at FROM shopping_lists
+SELECT id, week_start, plan_id, title, status, sent_to_chat_at, frozen_at, created_at, updated_at, chat_send_unconfirmed_at FROM shopping_lists
 WHERE week_start <= ?
 ORDER BY week_start DESC
 `
@@ -348,6 +393,7 @@ func (q *Queries) ListShoppingListsThrough(ctx context.Context, weekStart string
 			&i.FrozenAt,
 			&i.CreatedAt,
 			&i.UpdatedAt,
+			&i.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt,
 		); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -364,7 +410,7 @@ func (q *Queries) ListShoppingListsThrough(ctx context.Context, weekStart string
 
 const markShoppingListSentToChat = `-- name: MarkShoppingListSentToChat :execrows
 UPDATE shopping_lists
-SET sent_to_chat_at = ?, updated_at = ?
+SET sent_to_chat_at = ?, chat_send_unconfirmed_at = NULL, updated_at = ?
 WHERE id = ? AND status = 'current' AND frozen_at IS NULL
 `
 
@@ -374,8 +420,8 @@ type MarkShoppingListSentToChatParams struct {
 	ID           string
 }
 
-// Records list id sent to Google Chat at sent_to_chat_at, unless it is
-// frozen into the Supply archive.
+// Records list id sent to Google Chat at sent_to_chat_at, its send
+// confirmed, unless it is frozen into the Supply archive.
 func (q *Queries) MarkShoppingListSentToChat(ctx context.Context, arg MarkShoppingListSentToChatParams) (int64, error) {
 	result, err := q.db.ExecContext(ctx, markShoppingListSentToChat, arg.SentToChatAt, arg.UpdatedAt, arg.ID)
 	if err != nil {

internal/server/shopping.go

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ type supplyRun struct {
 	Title        *string `json:"title"`
 	Status       string  `json:"status"`
 	SentToChatAt *string `json:"sent_to_chat_at"`
+	// ChatSendUnconfirmedAt is when a send to Google Chat whose outcome is
+	// not known began.
+	ChatSendUnconfirmedAt *string `json:"chat_send_unconfirmed_at"`
 	shopping.Counts
 	Groups []supplyRunGroup `json:"groups"`
 }
@@ -132,11 +135,13 @@ func postSupplyRunGenerate(logger *slog.Logger, svc *shopping.Service) http.Hand
 
 // postSupplyRunSendChat posts the week's Supply run to Google Chat and
 // answers with it, sent_to_chat_at recorded. Its body is a JSON object,
-// {} or {"resend": true}: a week already sent is answered as it is,
-// without a second post, unless resend is true. No webhook stored is 409
-// not_configured; Google Chat not answering is 502 chat_unreachable,
-// retryable, and refusing the message 502 chat_refused, retryable only for
-// 429 or 5xx.
+// {} or {"resend": true}: a week already sent, or with a send
+// unconfirmed, is answered as it is, without a second post, unless resend
+// is true. No webhook stored is 409 not_configured; a send whose outcome is
+// not known (Google Chat did not answer, or its acceptance could not be
+// recorded) 502 chat_unconfirmed, not retryable, since retrying could post
+// twice; and Google Chat refusing the message 502 chat_refused, retryable
+// only for 429 or 5xx.
 func postSupplyRunSendChat(logger *slog.Logger, svc *shopping.Service) http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		week, ok := weekStartOrFail(w, r, logger)
@@ -154,9 +159,9 @@ func postSupplyRunSendChat(logger *slog.Logger, svc *shopping.Service) http.Hand
 		case errors.Is(err, chat.ErrNotConfigured):
 			writeError(w, r, logger, http.StatusConflict, "not_configured", "no Google Chat webhook is configured; add one in Settings")
 			return
-		case errors.Is(err, chat.ErrUnreachable):
+		case errors.Is(err, shopping.ErrSendUnconfirmed):
 			logger.WarnContext(r.Context(), "send Supply run to Google Chat", "error", err)
-			writeAPIError(w, r, logger, http.StatusBadGateway, apiError{Code: "chat_unreachable", Message: "Google Chat did not answer", Retryable: true})
+			writeAPIError(w, r, logger, http.StatusBadGateway, apiError{Code: "chat_unconfirmed", Message: shopping.ErrSendUnconfirmed.Error()})
 			return
 		case errors.As(err, &refused):
 			logger.WarnContext(r.Context(), "send Supply run to Google Chat", "error", err)
@@ -287,13 +292,14 @@ func supplyRunOf(week store.LocalDate, l shopping.List) (supplyRun, error) {
 		}
 	}
 	return supplyRun{
-		WeekStart:    l.WeekStart,
-		Label:        label,
-		Title:        l.Title,
-		Status:       l.Status,
-		SentToChatAt: l.SentToChatAt,
-		Counts:       l.Counts(),
-		Groups:       groups,
+		WeekStart:             l.WeekStart,
+		Label:                 label,
+		Title:                 l.Title,
+		Status:                l.Status,
+		SentToChatAt:          l.SentToChatAt,
+		ChatSendUnconfirmedAt: l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt,
+		Counts:                l.Counts(),
+		Groups:                groups,
 	}, nil
 }
 

internal/server/shopping_test.go

@@ -83,14 +83,15 @@ func (e plansEnv) archive(t *testing.T) {
 // supplyRunJSON is a Supply run answer decoded with every field the API
 // promises.
 type supplyRunJSON struct {
-	WeekStart    string  `json:"weekStart"`
-	Label        string  `json:"label"`
-	Title        *string `json:"title"`
-	Status       string  `json:"status"`
-	SentToChatAt *string `json:"sent_to_chat_at"`
-	NeededCount  int     `json:"needed_count"`
-	TotalCount   int     `json:"total_count"`
-	Groups       []struct {
+	WeekStart             string  `json:"weekStart"`
+	Label                 string  `json:"label"`
+	Title                 *string `json:"title"`
+	Status                string  `json:"status"`
+	SentToChatAt          *string `json:"sent_to_chat_at"`
+	ChatSendUnconfirmedAt *string `json:"chat_send_unconfirmed_at"`
+	NeededCount           int     `json:"needed_count"`
+	TotalCount            int     `json:"total_count"`
+	Groups                []struct {
 		Dinner struct {
 			ID   string `json:"id"`
 			Name string `json:"name"`
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ func TestSupplyRunShape(t *testing.T) {
 	if status != http.StatusOK {
 		t.Fatalf("generate = %d %v", status, raw)
 	}
-	wantTop := []string{"groups", "label", "needed_count", "sent_to_chat_at", "skipped", "status", "title", "total_count", "weekStart"}
+	wantTop := []string{"chat_send_unconfirmed_at", "groups", "label", "needed_count", "sent_to_chat_at", "skipped", "status", "title", "total_count", "weekStart"}
 	if got := keys(raw); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, wantTop) {
 		t.Errorf("generate fields = %v, want %v", got, wantTop)
 	}
@@ -888,15 +889,19 @@ func TestSupplyRunSendChatErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	if status != http.StatusBadGateway || errorCode(body) != "chat_refused" || body["error"].(map[string]any)["retryable"] != false {
 		t.Errorf("send Google Chat answers 404 = %d %v, want 502 chat_refused, not retryable", status, body)
 	}
-	e.chat.Close()
-	status, body = callShopping(t, e, http.MethodPost, shoppingPath+"2026-10-12/send-chat", `{}`, nil)
-	if status != http.StatusBadGateway || errorCode(body) != "chat_unreachable" {
-		t.Errorf("send Google Chat does not answer = %d %v, want 502 chat_unreachable", status, body)
-	}
 	var l supplyRunJSON
 	callShopping(t, e, http.MethodGet, shoppingPath+"2026-10-12", "", &l)
-	if l.SentToChatAt != nil {
-		t.Errorf("sent_to_chat_at after failed sends = %s, want null", *l.SentToChatAt)
+	if l.SentToChatAt != nil || l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt != nil {
+		t.Errorf("after refused sends sent_to_chat_at = %v, chat_send_unconfirmed_at = %v, want both null", l.SentToChatAt, l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt)
+	}
+	e.chat.Close()
+	status, body = callShopping(t, e, http.MethodPost, shoppingPath+"2026-10-12/send-chat", `{}`, nil)
+	if status != http.StatusBadGateway || errorCode(body) != "chat_unconfirmed" || body["error"].(map[string]any)["retryable"] != false {
+		t.Errorf("send Google Chat does not answer = %d %v, want 502 chat_unconfirmed, not retryable", status, body)
+	}
+	callShopping(t, e, http.MethodGet, shoppingPath+"2026-10-12", "", &l)
+	if l.SentToChatAt != nil || l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt == nil {
+		t.Errorf("after an unanswered send sent_to_chat_at = %v, chat_send_unconfirmed_at = %v, want null and set", l.SentToChatAt, l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt)
 	}
 
 	e.archive(t)

internal/shopping/chat.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package shopping
 import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/chat"
@@ -16,10 +17,17 @@ import (
 // Chat (chat.PostSupplyRun): each dinner with its items still needed, and a
 // link to the Supply run. It records sent_to_chat_at and returns the list.
 //
-// A week is sent once: a Supply run already sent is returned as it is,
-// without posting again, unless resend is true. A week with no Supply run
-// is ErrListNotFound and one frozen into the Supply archive ErrFrozen. A
-// post that fails returns chat.PostSupplyRun's error and records nothing.
+// A week is sent once: a Supply run already sent, or with a send
+// unconfirmed, is returned as it is, without posting again, unless resend
+// is true. A week with no Supply run is ErrListNotFound and one frozen into
+// the Supply archive ErrFrozen.
+//
+// The send is recorded as begun, in chat_send_unconfirmed_at, before it is
+// posted, so a post whose outcome is lost is never taken for one never
+// made. A post Google Chat refuses, or that is never made, returns
+// chat.PostSupplyRun's error and clears it. A post Google Chat does not
+// answer, or one it accepts that cannot then be recorded, is
+// ErrSendUnconfirmed and leaves it, as does the process stopping mid-send.
 func (s *Service) SendToChat(ctx context.Context, weekStart store.LocalDate, resend bool) (List, error) {
 	s.sending.Lock()
 	defer s.sending.Unlock()
@@ -30,7 +38,7 @@ func (s *Service) SendToChat(ctx context.Context, weekStart store.LocalDate, res
 	if l.Status != StatusCurrent {
 		return List{}, ErrFrozen
 	}
-	if l.SentToChatAt != nil && !resend {
+	if (l.SentToChatAt != nil || l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt != nil) && !resend {
 		return l, nil
 	}
 	name, err := household.WeekLabel(weekStart)
@@ -54,20 +62,42 @@ func (s *Service) SendToChat(ctx context.Context, weekStart store.LocalDate, res
 			groups[i].Items = append(groups[i].Items, item)
 		}
 	}
-	if err := s.chat.PostSupplyRun(ctx, weekStart, name, groups); err != nil {
-		return List{}, err
+	q := db.New(s.st.Writer)
+	n, err := q.BeginShoppingListChatSend(ctx, db.BeginShoppingListChatSendParams{
+		ChatSendUnconfirmedAt: sql.NullString{String: store.Now().String(), Valid: true},
+		UpdatedAt:             store.Now().String(),
+		ID:                    l.ID,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return List{}, fmt.Errorf("shopping: record send to Google Chat begun: %w", err)
 	}
-	// The post is made: record it even if the client has gone.
+	if n != 1 {
+		return List{}, ErrFrozen
+	}
+	postErr := s.chat.PostSupplyRun(ctx, weekStart, name, groups)
+	// The post's outcome is known: record it even if the client has gone.
 	write, cancel := jobs.FinalWriteContext(ctx)
 	defer cancel()
+	if errors.Is(postErr, chat.ErrUnreachable) {
+		return List{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: %w", ErrSendUnconfirmed, postErr)
+	}
+	if postErr != nil {
+		if _, err := q.ClearShoppingListChatSend(write, db.ClearShoppingListChatSendParams{
+			UpdatedAt: store.Now().String(),
+			ID:        l.ID,
+		}); err != nil {
+			return List{}, errors.Join(postErr, fmt.Errorf("shopping: clear refused send to Google Chat: %w", err))
+		}
+		return List{}, postErr
+	}
 	now := store.Now().String()
-	n, err := db.New(s.st.Writer).MarkShoppingListSentToChat(write, db.MarkShoppingListSentToChatParams{
+	n, err = q.MarkShoppingListSentToChat(write, db.MarkShoppingListSentToChatParams{
 		SentToChatAt: sql.NullString{String: now, Valid: true},
 		UpdatedAt:    now,
 		ID:           l.ID,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return List{}, fmt.Errorf("shopping: record sent to Google Chat: %w", err)
+		return List{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: record sent to Google Chat: %w", ErrSendUnconfirmed, err)
 	}
 	if n != 1 {
 		return List{}, ErrFrozen

internal/shopping/notify_test.go

@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ func TestSendToChat(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // TestSendToChatFailuresRecordNothing: a send with no webhook, or one
-// Google Chat refuses or does not answer, leaves sent_to_chat_at unset; a
-// week with no list, or a frozen one, is refused without posting.
+// Google Chat refuses, leaves sent_to_chat_at and chat_send_unconfirmed_at
+// unset; a week with no list, or a frozen one, is refused without posting.
 func TestSendToChatFailuresRecordNothing(t *testing.T) {
 	e := newEnv(t)
 	e.dinner(t, "Beef Chili", ing{"ground beef", "1", "lb"})
@@ -148,12 +148,8 @@ func TestSendToChatFailuresRecordNothing(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := e.svc.SendToChat(t.Context(), week, false); !errors.Is(err, chat.ErrRefused) {
 		t.Errorf("SendToChat answered 500 = %v, want chat.ErrRefused", err)
 	}
-	e.chat.Close()
-	if _, err := e.svc.SendToChat(t.Context(), week, false); !errors.Is(err, chat.ErrUnreachable) {
-		t.Errorf("SendToChat unanswered = %v, want chat.ErrUnreachable", err)
-	}
-	if l, err := e.svc.Get(t.Context(), week); err != nil || l.SentToChatAt != nil {
-		t.Errorf("sent_to_chat_at after failed sends = %v, %v, want unset", l.SentToChatAt, err)
+	if l, err := e.svc.Get(t.Context(), week); err != nil || l.SentToChatAt != nil || l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt != nil {
+		t.Errorf("after failed sends sent_to_chat_at = %v, chat_send_unconfirmed_at = %v, %v, want both unset", l.SentToChatAt, l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt, err)
 	}
 
 	if _, err := e.st.Writer.Exec(`UPDATE shopping_lists SET status = 'archived', frozen_at = '2026-10-19T04:05:00Z'`); err != nil {
@@ -167,3 +163,80 @@ func TestSendToChatFailuresRecordNothing(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("a frozen list was posted")
 	}
 }
+
+// TestSendToChatUnconfirmed: a send whose outcome is not known, because
+// Google Chat accepted the post but recording it failed, or did not answer,
+// is ErrSendUnconfirmed and leaves the send unconfirmed rather than unsent:
+// a send without resend does not post again, and one with resend does,
+// confirming it.
+func TestSendToChatUnconfirmed(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newEnv(t)
+	e.dinner(t, "Beef Chili", ing{"ground beef", "1", "lb"})
+	e.plan(t, "Beef Chili")
+	e.generate(t)
+	if _, err := e.chatSvc.Put(t.Context(), chattest.Webhook, "Family"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := e.st.Writer.Exec(`CREATE TRIGGER refuse_sent BEFORE UPDATE OF sent_to_chat_at ON shopping_lists BEGIN SELECT RAISE(ABORT, 'sent refused'); END`); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := e.svc.SendToChat(t.Context(), week, false); !errors.Is(err, shopping.ErrSendUnconfirmed) {
+		t.Fatalf("SendToChat accepted but not recorded = %v, want ErrSendUnconfirmed", err)
+	}
+	if n := len(e.chat.Posts()); n != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Google Chat got %d posts, want 1", n)
+	}
+	l, err := e.svc.Get(t.Context(), week)
+	if err != nil || l.SentToChatAt != nil || l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("after an unrecorded send sent_to_chat_at = %v, chat_send_unconfirmed_at = %v, %v, want unset and set", l.SentToChatAt, l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt, err)
+	}
+	if _, err := e.st.Writer.Exec(`DROP TRIGGER refuse_sent`); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	again, err := e.svc.SendToChat(t.Context(), week, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if n := len(e.chat.Posts()); n != 1 || again.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt == nil || *again.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt != *l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt {
+		t.Errorf("send again without resend: %d posts, chat_send_unconfirmed_at %v, want 1 post and %s", n, again.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt, *l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt)
+	}
+
+	resent, err := e.svc.SendToChat(t.Context(), week, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if n := len(e.chat.Posts()); n != 2 || resent.SentToChatAt == nil || resent.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt != nil {
+		t.Errorf("resend: %d posts, sent_to_chat_at %v, chat_send_unconfirmed_at %v, want 2 posts, set and unset", n, resent.SentToChatAt, resent.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt)
+	}
+
+	e.chat.Close()
+	if _, err := e.svc.SendToChat(t.Context(), week, true); !errors.Is(err, shopping.ErrSendUnconfirmed) || !errors.Is(err, chat.ErrUnreachable) {
+		t.Errorf("SendToChat unanswered = %v, want ErrSendUnconfirmed and chat.ErrUnreachable", err)
+	}
+	if l, err := e.svc.Get(t.Context(), week); err != nil || l.SentToChatAt == nil || *l.SentToChatAt != *resent.SentToChatAt || l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt == nil {
+		t.Errorf("after an unanswered resend sent_to_chat_at = %v, chat_send_unconfirmed_at = %v, %v, want %s and set", l.SentToChatAt, l.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt, err, *resent.SentToChatAt)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSendToChatPostsOnlyOnceBegun: a send that cannot be recorded as
+// begun is not posted.
+func TestSendToChatPostsOnlyOnceBegun(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newEnv(t)
+	e.dinner(t, "Beef Chili", ing{"ground beef", "1", "lb"})
+	e.plan(t, "Beef Chili")
+	e.generate(t)
+	if _, err := e.chatSvc.Put(t.Context(), chattest.Webhook, "Family"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := e.st.Writer.Exec(`CREATE TRIGGER refuse_begin BEFORE UPDATE OF chat_send_unconfirmed_at ON shopping_lists WHEN NEW.chat_send_unconfirmed_at IS NOT NULL BEGIN SELECT RAISE(ABORT, 'begin refused'); END`); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := e.svc.SendToChat(t.Context(), week, false); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("SendToChat not recorded as begun succeeded, want an error")
+	}
+	if n := len(e.chat.Posts()); n != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Google Chat got %d posts of a send not recorded as begun, want 0", n)
+	}
+}

internal/shopping/shopping.go

@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ var ErrItemNotFound = errors.New("no Supply run has that item")
 // the household's time zone.
 var ErrWeekNotEnded = errors.New("the week has not ended")
 
+// ErrSendUnconfirmed is a send to Google Chat whose outcome is not known:
+// Google Chat did not answer, or accepted the post but recording it failed.
+// The post may have been made, so the Supply run keeps the send as
+// unconfirmed and is posted again only with resend.
+var ErrSendUnconfirmed = errors.New("the shopping list may have reached Google Chat, but that could not be confirmed; check the space before sending again")
+
 // ErrInvalidPeriod is an Archive grouping other than ByWeek, ByMonth and
 // ByYear.
 var ErrInvalidPeriod = errors.New("by must be week, month or year")
@@ -158,7 +164,11 @@ type List struct {
 	// SentToChatAt is when the list was sent to Google Chat; nil until it
 	// is.
 	SentToChatAt *string `json:"sent_to_chat_at"`
-	Groups       []Group `json:"groups"`
+	// ChatSendUnconfirmedAt is when a send to Google Chat whose outcome is
+	// not known began: one under way, or one that may or may not have been
+	// posted. nil when there is none.
+	ChatSendUnconfirmedAt *string `json:"chat_send_unconfirmed_at"`
+	Groups                []Group `json:"groups"`
 }
 
 // Counts are how many items of a Supply run are still needed and how many
@@ -563,13 +573,14 @@ func frozen(list db.ShoppingList) bool {
 // listOf is list with groups.
 func listOf(list db.ShoppingList, groups []Group) List {
 	return List{
-		ID:           list.ID,
-		WeekStart:    list.WeekStart,
-		PlanID:       list.PlanID,
-		Title:        nullString(list.Title),
-		Status:       list.Status,
-		SentToChatAt: nullString(list.SentToChatAt),
-		Groups:       groups,
+		ID:                    list.ID,
+		WeekStart:             list.WeekStart,
+		PlanID:                list.PlanID,
+		Title:                 nullString(list.Title),
+		Status:                list.Status,
+		SentToChatAt:          nullString(list.SentToChatAt),
+		ChatSendUnconfirmedAt: nullString(list.ChatSendUnconfirmedAt),
+		Groups:                groups,
 	}
 }
 

internal/store/migrate_test.go

@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ func TestMigrateEmbeddedMigrations(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := Migrate(context.Background(), s.Writer, migrations.FS); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if got := versions(migrationRows(t, s)); got != "0000_bootstrap,0001_init,0002_household_settings_updated_by,0003_jobs_status,0004_ai_provider_presets,0005_ai_provider_xai,0006_ai_runs_status,0007_recipe_grounding,0008_dinner_recipe_url,0009_dinner_grounding_error,0010_dinner_grounding_revision,0011_ground_dinner_job_revision,0012_suggestion_name,0013_week_plan_revision,0014_rotation_review_name,0015_google_reconnect_required,0016_shopping_list_untitled" {
-		t.Errorf("versions = %q, want 0000_bootstrap,0001_init,0002_household_settings_updated_by,0003_jobs_status,0004_ai_provider_presets,0005_ai_provider_xai,0006_ai_runs_status,0007_recipe_grounding,0008_dinner_recipe_url,0009_dinner_grounding_error,0010_dinner_grounding_revision,0011_ground_dinner_job_revision,0012_suggestion_name,0013_week_plan_revision,0014_rotation_review_name,0015_google_reconnect_required,0016_shopping_list_untitled", got)
+	if got := versions(migrationRows(t, s)); got != "0000_bootstrap,0001_init,0002_household_settings_updated_by,0003_jobs_status,0004_ai_provider_presets,0005_ai_provider_xai,0006_ai_runs_status,0007_recipe_grounding,0008_dinner_recipe_url,0009_dinner_grounding_error,0010_dinner_grounding_revision,0011_ground_dinner_job_revision,0012_suggestion_name,0013_week_plan_revision,0014_rotation_review_name,0015_google_reconnect_required,0016_shopping_list_untitled,0017_shopping_list_chat_send_unconfirmed" {
+		t.Errorf("versions = %q, want 0000_bootstrap,0001_init,0002_household_settings_updated_by,0003_jobs_status,0004_ai_provider_presets,0005_ai_provider_xai,0006_ai_runs_status,0007_recipe_grounding,0008_dinner_recipe_url,0009_dinner_grounding_error,0010_dinner_grounding_revision,0011_ground_dinner_job_revision,0012_suggestion_name,0013_week_plan_revision,0014_rotation_review_name,0015_google_reconnect_required,0016_shopping_list_untitled,0017_shopping_list_chat_send_unconfirmed", got)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ func TestMigrateBootstrapThenEmbeddedInitApplies(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := Migrate(ctx, s.Writer, migrations.FS); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if got := versions(migrationRows(t, s)); got != "0000_bootstrap,0001_init,0002_household_settings_updated_by,0003_jobs_status,0004_ai_provider_presets,0005_ai_provider_xai,0006_ai_runs_status,0007_recipe_grounding,0008_dinner_recipe_url,0009_dinner_grounding_error,0010_dinner_grounding_revision,0011_ground_dinner_job_revision,0012_suggestion_name,0013_week_plan_revision,0014_rotation_review_name,0015_google_reconnect_required,0016_shopping_list_untitled" {
-		t.Errorf("versions = %q, want 0000_bootstrap,0001_init,0002_household_settings_updated_by,0003_jobs_status,0004_ai_provider_presets,0005_ai_provider_xai,0006_ai_runs_status,0007_recipe_grounding,0008_dinner_recipe_url,0009_dinner_grounding_error,0010_dinner_grounding_revision,0011_ground_dinner_job_revision,0012_suggestion_name,0013_week_plan_revision,0014_rotation_review_name,0015_google_reconnect_required,0016_shopping_list_untitled", got)
+	if got := versions(migrationRows(t, s)); got != "0000_bootstrap,0001_init,0002_household_settings_updated_by,0003_jobs_status,0004_ai_provider_presets,0005_ai_provider_xai,0006_ai_runs_status,0007_recipe_grounding,0008_dinner_recipe_url,0009_dinner_grounding_error,0010_dinner_grounding_revision,0011_ground_dinner_job_revision,0012_suggestion_name,0013_week_plan_revision,0014_rotation_review_name,0015_google_reconnect_required,0016_shopping_list_untitled,0017_shopping_list_chat_send_unconfirmed" {
+		t.Errorf("versions = %q, want 0000_bootstrap,0001_init,0002_household_settings_updated_by,0003_jobs_status,0004_ai_provider_presets,0005_ai_provider_xai,0006_ai_runs_status,0007_recipe_grounding,0008_dinner_recipe_url,0009_dinner_grounding_error,0010_dinner_grounding_revision,0011_ground_dinner_job_revision,0012_suggestion_name,0013_week_plan_revision,0014_rotation_review_name,0015_google_reconnect_required,0016_shopping_list_untitled,0017_shopping_list_chat_send_unconfirmed", got)
 	}
 	if !tableExists(t, s, "dinners") {
 		t.Error("table from 0001_init was not created")
@@ -889,3 +889,36 @@ func TestMigrateShoppingListUntitledRefusesUndatedGroup(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("shopping_groups_copy left behind")
 	}
 }
+
+// TestMigrateShoppingListChatSendUnconfirmed applies 0017 over a list
+// already sent: it keeps every value, and the list has no send
+// unconfirmed.
+func TestMigrateShoppingListChatSendUnconfirmed(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := openTestStore(t)
+	migrateBefore(t, s, "0017")
+	for _, stmt := range []string{
+		`INSERT INTO week_plans (id, week_start, status, created_at, updated_at)
+			VALUES ('plan-1', '2026-10-12', 'synced', 'c', 'u')`,
+		`INSERT INTO shopping_lists (id, week_start, plan_id, title, status, sent_to_chat_at, frozen_at, created_at, updated_at)
+			VALUES ('list-1', '2026-10-12', 'plan-1', 'Noodle week', 'current', 's', NULL, 'c1', 'u1')`,
+	} {
+		if _, err := s.Writer.Exec(stmt); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := Migrate(ctx, s.Writer, migrations.FS); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var got string
+	if err := s.Reader.QueryRowContext(ctx, `SELECT
+		id || '|' || title || '|' || status || '|' || sent_to_chat_at || '|' || COALESCE(chat_send_unconfirmed_at, 'NULL') || '|' || updated_at
+		FROM shopping_lists`).Scan(&got); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if want := "list-1|Noodle week|current|s|NULL|u1"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("shopping list after 0017 = %s, want %s", got, want)
+	}
+}

internal/suggest/batch.go

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/dinners"
 	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/household"
 	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/jobs"
-	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/notify"
 	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/recipes"
 	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/store"
 )
@@ -58,12 +57,12 @@ func (r batchResult) PublicJSON() ([]byte, error) { return json.Marshal(r) }
 // shutdown, the job is left running and the batch with it, for the next
 // start to fail.
 //
-// A scheduled or manual batch that ends done having added Side quests to
-// the deck emits new_suggestions, keyed by the batch, in the transaction
-// that records it done. A replenish batch, which tops up the deck as the
-// household swipes, never notifies. A notification that cannot be stored
-// fails the done write with it, as any failure recording the batch's end
-// does: the job fails, and its Side quests stay in the deck.
+// A scheduled or manual batch emits new_suggestions, keyed by the batch,
+// in the transaction that first adds Side quests to the deck, so the
+// household is told of every Side quest stored, whether or not the batch
+// then ends done: a later round, or recording the batch's end, may fail.
+// A replenish batch, which tops up the deck as the household swipes, never
+// notifies. See store.
 func (s *Service) runBatch(ctx context.Context, p BatchJob, publish func(batchResult) error) (batchResult, error) {
 	batch, err := db.New(s.st.Reader).GetSuggestionBatch(ctx, p.BatchID)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -79,19 +78,14 @@ func (s *Service) runBatch(ctx context.Context, p BatchJob, publish func(batchRe
 	if n == 0 {
 		return batchResult{}, fmt.Errorf("suggest: batch %s is not pending", p.BatchID)
 	}
-	f, err := s.fill(ctx, p.BatchID, publish)
+	res, err := s.fill(ctx, p.BatchID, batch.Trigger != TriggerReplenish, publish)
 	if err == nil {
-		var ev *notify.Event
-		if batch.Trigger != TriggerReplenish && len(f.names) > 0 {
-			e := chat.NewSuggestions(p.BatchID, household.WeekStart(f.today), f.names)
-			ev = &e
-		}
-		if err := s.finishBatch(ctx, p.BatchID, BatchDone, ev); err != nil {
+		if err := s.finishBatch(ctx, p.BatchID, BatchDone); err != nil {
 			return batchResult{}, err
 		}
-		return f.res, nil
+		return res, nil
 	}
-	finishErr := s.finishBatch(ctx, p.BatchID, BatchFailed, nil)
+	finishErr := s.finishBatch(ctx, p.BatchID, BatchFailed)
 	if ctx.Err() != nil {
 		return batchResult{}, errors.Join(ctx.Err(), finishErr)
 	}
@@ -104,60 +98,56 @@ func (s *Service) runBatch(ctx context.Context, p BatchJob, publish func(batchRe
 	return batchResult{}, errors.Join(err, finishErr)
 }
 
-// filled is what fill did: the batch's result, the names of the Side
-// quests it added to the deck, and the household's date it ran on.
-type filled struct {
-	res   batchResult
-	names []string
-	today store.LocalDate
-}
-
 // fill does runBatch's work, returning a *jobs.Failure for a failure the
-// household may see.
-func (s *Service) fill(ctx context.Context, batchID string, publish func(batchResult) error) (filled, error) {
+// household may see. When notifies is true, store emits new_suggestions
+// with the Side quests it adds.
+func (s *Service) fill(ctx context.Context, batchID string, notifies bool, publish func(batchResult) error) (batchResult, error) {
 	res := batchResult{BatchID: batchID, Stage: StageSuggesting, SuggestionIDs: []string{}}
 	if err := publish(res); err != nil {
-		return filled{}, err
+		return batchResult{}, err
 	}
 	in, err := s.request(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return filled{}, err
+		return batchResult{}, err
 	}
 	out, err := s.suggest(ctx, batchID, in)
 	if err != nil {
 		if ctx.Err() != nil {
-			return filled{}, ctx.Err()
+			return batchResult{}, ctx.Err()
 		}
-		return filled{}, &jobs.Failure{Code: ReasonAIFailed}
+		return batchResult{}, &jobs.Failure{Code: ReasonAIFailed}
 	}
 	res.Stage = StageGrounding
 	res.Dropped = len(out.Dropped)
 	if err := publish(res); err != nil {
-		return filled{}, err
+		return batchResult{}, err
+	}
+	var week *store.LocalDate
+	if notifies {
+		w := household.WeekStart(in.Context.Today)
+		week = &w
 	}
-	var names []string
 	left := out.Suggestions
 	for len(res.SuggestionIDs) < BatchSize && len(left) > 0 {
 		round := left[:min(BatchSize-len(res.SuggestionIDs), len(left))]
 		left = left[len(round):]
 		grounded, err := s.ground(ctx, round)
 		if err != nil {
-			return filled{}, err
+			return batchResult{}, err
 		}
 		res.Dropped += len(round) - len(grounded)
-		ids, stored, err := s.store(ctx, batchID, grounded)
+		ids, err := s.store(ctx, batchID, week, grounded)
 		if err != nil {
-			return filled{}, err
+			return batchResult{}, err
 		}
 		res.Dropped += len(grounded) - len(ids)
 		res.SuggestionIDs = append(res.SuggestionIDs, ids...)
-		names = append(names, stored...)
 		if err := publish(res); err != nil {
-			return filled{}, err
+			return batchResult{}, err
 		}
 	}
 	res.Stage = StageDone
-	return filled{res: res, names: names, today: in.Context.Today}, nil
+	return res, nil
 }
 
 // request reads what suggest_side_quests is given: the household context,
@@ -232,9 +222,15 @@ func (s *Service) ground(ctx context.Context, quests []skills.SideQuest) ([]grou
 // suggest_side_quests ran, a dinner it repeats was added, a suggestion it
 // repeats passed or a Rotation check dropped, or a Regular it cites renamed
 // or archived. Passed names are read in the same transaction as the store,
-// so a Pass or drop committed before it is never missed. The names stored
-// are returned with the ids.
-func (s *Service) store(ctx context.Context, batchID string, quests []groundedQuest) ([]string, []string, error) {
+// so a Pass or drop committed before it is never missed.
+//
+// When week is not nil and a Side quest is stored, new_suggestions:{batchID}
+// naming those stored is emitted in the same transaction, for the week
+// starting week, so the Side quests and their notification commit together
+// or not at all: a notification that cannot be stored fails the store, and
+// the batch with it. The event's key makes the first round to store Side
+// quests the one that notifies; a later round's emit stores nothing.
+func (s *Service) store(ctx context.Context, batchID string, week *store.LocalDate, quests []groundedQuest) ([]string, error) {
 	ids := []string{}
 	var stored []string
 	err := s.st.WithTx(ctx, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
@@ -302,12 +298,18 @@ func (s *Service) store(ctx context.Context, batchID string, quests []groundedQu
 			ids = append(ids, id)
 			stored = append(stored, d.Name)
 		}
-		return nil
+		if week == nil || len(stored) == 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return s.notifier.EmitTx(ctx, tx, chat.NewSuggestions(batchID, *week, stored))
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return ids, stored, nil
+	if week != nil && len(stored) > 0 {
+		s.notifier.Wake()
+	}
+	return ids, nil
 }
 
 // citedIDs returns the ids of the Regulars named cited, false when one

internal/suggest/suggest.go

@@ -257,39 +257,27 @@ func (s *Service) startBatch(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, trigger string) (B
 	return Batch{ID: row.ID, JobID: jobID, Trigger: row.Trigger, Status: row.Status, Created: true}, nil
 }
 
-// finishBatch records running batch id as status, and emits ev with it
-// when ev is not nil, with jobs.FinalWriteContext: the write is made even
-// when ctx has been cancelled, but a writer that stays busy cannot hold its
-// worker past jobs.FinalWriteTimeout. Its job's handler returns any error, so the job
+// finishBatch records running batch id as status, with
+// jobs.FinalWriteContext: the write is made even when ctx has been
+// cancelled, but a writer that stays busy cannot hold its worker past
+// jobs.FinalWriteTimeout. Its job's handler returns any error, so the job
 // never ends succeeded with the batch still running; the runner keeps only
 // a code, so the error is logged too.
-func (s *Service) finishBatch(ctx context.Context, id, status string, ev *notify.Event) error {
+func (s *Service) finishBatch(ctx context.Context, id, status string) error {
 	write, cancel := jobs.FinalWriteContext(ctx)
 	defer cancel()
-	err := s.st.WithTx(write, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
-		n, err := db.New(tx).FinishSuggestionBatch(write, db.FinishSuggestionBatchParams{
-			Status:    status,
-			UpdatedAt: store.Now().String(),
-			ID:        id,
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if n != 1 {
-			return errors.New("batch is not running")
-		}
-		if ev == nil {
-			return nil
-		}
-		return s.notifier.EmitTx(write, tx, *ev)
+	n, err := db.New(s.st.Writer).FinishSuggestionBatch(write, db.FinishSuggestionBatchParams{
+		Status:    status,
+		UpdatedAt: store.Now().String(),
+		ID:        id,
 	})
+	if err == nil && n != 1 {
+		err = errors.New("batch is not running")
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		s.logger.ErrorContext(ctx, "record suggestion batch status", "batch_id", id, "status", status, "error", err)
 		return fmt.Errorf("suggest: record batch %s %s: %w", id, status, err)
 	}
-	if ev != nil {
-		s.notifier.Wake()
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 

internal/suggest/suggest_test.go

@@ -454,6 +454,100 @@ func TestBatchEmitsNewSuggestions(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestBatchNotifiesAsSideQuestsAreStored: new_suggestions is stored with
+// the first round to add Side quests, so a batch whose later round fails
+// still tells the household of those in the deck, once; a later round that
+// succeeds adds no second notification; a replenish batch notifies nothing.
+func TestBatchNotifiesAsSideQuestsAreStored(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		trigger   string
+		lastFails bool
+		notify    bool
+	}{
+		{suggest.TriggerScheduled, true, true},
+		{suggest.TriggerManual, true, true},
+		{suggest.TriggerManual, false, true},
+		{suggest.TriggerReplenish, true, false},
+	} {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s last round fails %v", tc.trigger, tc.lastFails), func(t *testing.T) {
+			e := newEnv(t)
+			e.start(t)
+			// The first round grounds BatchSize Side quests but B; the
+			// second round grounds F.
+			var quests []string
+			for i := range suggest.BatchSize + 1 {
+				name := fmt.Sprintf("Fajita Dish %c", 'A'+i)
+				e.search.Results[name] = nil
+				if i != 1 {
+					e.recipe(t, name)
+				}
+				quests = append(quests, sideQuest(name, "Like your Chicken Fajitas.", "Chicken Fajitas"))
+			}
+			e.reply(quests...)
+			if tc.lastFails {
+				if _, err := e.st.Writer.ExecContext(t.Context(), `CREATE TRIGGER refuse_f BEFORE INSERT ON dinners WHEN NEW.name = 'Fajita Dish F' BEGIN SELECT RAISE(ABORT, 'F refused'); END`); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			b, err := e.svc.StartBatch(t.Context(), tc.trigger)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			job := e.waitJob(t, b.JobID)
+			want, deck := jobs.StatusSucceeded, suggest.BatchSize
+			if tc.lastFails {
+				want, deck = jobs.StatusFailed, suggest.BatchSize-1
+			}
+			if job.Status != want {
+				t.Fatalf("batch job %s, want %s", job.Status, want)
+			}
+			if got := e.deckNames(t); len(got) != deck {
+				t.Fatalf("deck = %v, want %d Side quests", got, deck)
+			}
+			rows := notifytest.Rows(t, e.st, notify.NewSuggestions)
+			if !tc.notify {
+				if len(rows) != 0 {
+					t.Errorf("new_suggestions rows = %+v, want none", rows)
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if len(rows) != 1 || rows[0].Key != "new_suggestions:"+b.ID ||
+				rows[0].Payload.Body != "Fajita Dish A, Fajita Dish C, Fajita Dish D + 1 more" {
+				t.Errorf("new_suggestions rows = %+v, want one keyed by batch %s naming the first round", rows, b.ID)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBatchFailsWhenItsNotificationCannotBeStored: Side quests are stored
+// only with their notification, so a notification that cannot be stored
+// fails the batch with an empty deck rather than leaving Side quests the
+// household is never told of.
+func TestBatchFailsWhenItsNotificationCannotBeStored(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newEnv(t)
+	e.start(t)
+	e.recipe(t, "Chili Verde")
+	e.reply(sideQuest("Chili Verde", "Your Beef Chili gone green.", "Beef Chili"))
+	if _, err := e.st.Writer.ExecContext(t.Context(), `CREATE TRIGGER refuse_outbox BEFORE INSERT ON notification_outbox BEGIN SELECT RAISE(ABORT, 'outbox refused'); END`); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	b, err := e.svc.StartBatch(t.Context(), suggest.TriggerManual)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if job := e.waitJob(t, b.JobID); job.Status != jobs.StatusFailed {
+		t.Fatalf("batch job %s, want failed", job.Status)
+	}
+	if got := e.batchStatus(t, b.ID); got != suggest.BatchFailed {
+		t.Errorf("batch status = %s, want failed", got)
+	}
+	if got := e.deckNames(t); len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("deck = %v with no notification stored, want empty", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestBatchKeepsAtMostBatchSize(t *testing.T) {
 	e := newEnv(t)
 	e.start(t)
@@ -1204,8 +1298,9 @@ func TestBatchJobFailsWhenRecordingItsEndFails(t *testing.T) {
 	if got := e.batchStatus(t, b.ID); got != suggest.BatchFailed {
 		t.Errorf("batch status = %s with its job failed, want failed", got)
 	}
-	if rows := notifytest.Rows(t, e.st, notify.NewSuggestions); len(rows) != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("new_suggestions rows of a batch whose end was not recorded = %+v, want none", rows)
+	// Its Side quests stay in the deck, and the household was told of them.
+	if rows := notifytest.Rows(t, e.st, notify.NewSuggestions); len(rows) != 1 || rows[0].Key != "new_suggestions:"+b.ID || rows[0].Payload.Body != "Chili Verde" {
+		t.Errorf("new_suggestions rows of a batch whose end was not recorded = %+v, want one naming Chili Verde", rows)
 	}
 }