Weekly suggestions schedule (Feature 20) (#172)

Co-authored-by: orchestrator-agent <20+orchestrator-agent@code.cubecraftcreations.com>

internal/chat/messages.go

@@ -77,13 +77,15 @@ func DayOfReminder(date store.LocalDate, dinnerID, name string) notify.Event {
 	}
 }
 
-// NewSuggestions is the new_suggestions event of suggestion batch batchID,
-// made in the week starting on week, naming its Side quests.
-func NewSuggestions(batchID string, week store.LocalDate, names []string) notify.Event {
+// NewSuggestions is the new_suggestions event keyed by id, the ISO week
+// ("2026-W41") of a scheduled suggestion batch or the batch id of a manual
+// one, of the week starting on week: how many new Side quests there are,
+// and their names.
+func NewSuggestions(id string, week store.LocalDate, names []string) notify.Event {
 	return notify.Event{
 		Type:  notify.NewSuggestions,
-		Key:   string(notify.NewSuggestions) + ":" + batchID,
-		Title: "New Side quests are in",
+		Key:   string(notify.NewSuggestions) + ":" + id,
+		Title: count(len(names), "new Side quest is in", "new Side quests are in"),
 		Body:  nameList(names),
 		URL:   "/discover",
 		Week:  week,

internal/chat/messages_test.go

@@ -110,9 +110,19 @@ func TestMessages(t *testing.T) {
 			key:   "new_suggestions:01J9BATCH",
 			url:   "/discover",
 			week:  "2026-10-12",
-			title: "New Side quests are in",
+			title: "5 new Side quests are in",
 			body:  "Lemon orzo, Bibimbap, Shakshuka + 2 more",
-			chatT: "New Side quests are in: Lemon orzo, Bibimbap, Shakshuka + 2 more. Open Discover →",
+			chatT: "5 new Side quests are in: Lemon orzo, Bibimbap, Shakshuka + 2 more. Open Discover →",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "new suggestions of a scheduled week",
+			ev:    NewSuggestions("2026-W42", week, []string{"Pho"}),
+			key:   "new_suggestions:2026-W42",
+			url:   "/discover",
+			week:  "2026-10-12",
+			title: "1 new Side quest is in",
+			body:  "Pho",
+			chatT: "1 new Side quest is in: Pho. Open Discover →",
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "rotation review",

internal/scheduler/suggestions_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,370 @@
+package scheduler_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/ai/harness"
+	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/ai/llm"
+	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/ai/skills"
+	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/db"
+	"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/notify/notifytest"
+	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/recipes"
+	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/recipes/recipestest"
+	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/scheduler"
+	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/store"
+	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/suggest"
+)
+
+// The tests in this file run suggest's suggestions_weekly schedule on the
+// fake clock against the real suggestion service, job runner, harness and
+// notification outbox, with the AI and recipe sources faked.
+
+// suggestEnv is a suggestion service over a scheduler env's store, the
+// "process" a scheduler runs it in. side answers suggest_side_quests and
+// model normalize_recipe while grounding.
+type suggestEnv struct {
+	e      *env
+	svc    *suggest.Service
+	side   *llm.Fake
+	model  *llm.Fake
+	search *recipestest.Search
+	pages  *recipestest.Pages
+	images *recipestest.Images
+	logs   *syncBuffer
+	stop   func()
+}
+
+// syncBuffer collects log output written by concurrent goroutines.
+type syncBuffer struct {
+	mu  sync.Mutex
+	buf strings.Builder
+}
+
+func (b *syncBuffer) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	defer b.mu.Unlock()
+	return b.buf.Write(p)
+}
+
+func (b *syncBuffer) String() string {
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	defer b.mu.Unlock()
+	return b.buf.String()
+}
+
+// regulars stores the Regulars Beef Chili and Chicken Fajitas, so a batch
+// has Regulars to suggest from.
+func (e *env) regulars() {
+	e.t.Helper()
+	for _, name := range []string{"Beef Chili", "Chicken Fajitas"} {
+		now := store.Now().String()
+		if _, err := db.New(e.st.Writer).CreateDinner(context.Background(), db.CreateDinnerParams{
+			ID:              store.NewID(),
+			Name:            name,
+			NormalizedName:  harness.Normalize(name),
+			Status:          "regular",
+			Origin:          "regular",
+			GroundingStatus: "manual",
+			CreatedAt:       now,
+			UpdatedAt:       now,
+		}); err != nil {
+			e.t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// suggestions builds a suggestion service over e with a started job
+// runner, which stop stops (and the test's end, if not before).
+func (e *env) suggestions() *suggestEnv {
+	e.t.Helper()
+	s := &suggestEnv{
+		e:      e,
+		side:   &llm.Fake{},
+		model:  &llm.Fake{},
+		search: &recipestest.Search{Results: map[string][]recipes.Candidate{}},
+		pages:  &recipestest.Pages{Bodies: map[string][]byte{}},
+		images: &recipestest.Images{JPEGs: map[string][]byte{}},
+		logs:   &syncBuffer{},
+	}
+	g := recipestest.NewGrounder(e.t, e.st, e.t.TempDir(), s.search, s.pages, s.images, s.model)
+	guard, err := harness.NewGuard(harness.DefaultMaxCalls)
+	if err != nil {
+		e.t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	cfg := harness.Config{
+		Settings:    llm.Settings{Provider: "anthropic", Model: "claude-test", Temperature: 0.7},
+		NewProvider: func(llm.Settings, string) (llm.Provider, error) { return s.side, nil },
+		Store:       e.st,
+		Guard:       guard,
+	}
+	suggester := func(ctx context.Context, scope string, in skills.SideQuestsRequest) (skills.SideQuests, error) {
+		return skills.SuggestSideQuests(ctx, cfg, scope, in)
+	}
+	logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(s.logs, nil))
+	runner, err := jobs.NewRunner(e.st, logger, 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		e.t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	s.svc, err = suggest.NewService(e.st, g, suggester, runner, notifytest.New(e.t, e.st), logger)
+	if err != nil {
+		e.t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	if err := runner.Start(ctx); err != nil {
+		cancel()
+		e.t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var once sync.Once
+	s.stop = func() {
+		once.Do(func() {
+			cancel()
+			runner.Wait()
+		})
+	}
+	e.t.Cleanup(s.stop)
+	return s
+}
+
+// week scripts the next batch: suggest_side_quests answers with the
+// Side quests named names, each grounded by its own recipe.
+func (s *suggestEnv) week(names ...string) {
+	s.e.t.Helper()
+	var quests []string
+	for _, name := range names {
+		slug := strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(name), " ", "-")
+		page, photo := "https://r.example/"+slug, "https://r.example/"+slug+".jpg"
+		s.search.Results[name] = []recipes.Candidate{{URL: page}}
+		s.pages.Bodies[page] = recipestest.RecipePage(name, "R Kitchen", photo, 35)
+		s.images.JPEGs[photo] = recipestest.JPEG(s.e.t, 400, 320, uint8(len(s.images.JPEGs)+1))
+		s.model.QueueGenerate(recipestest.NormalizedReply("stovetop", 35))
+		quests = append(quests, fmt.Sprintf(`{"name":%q,"cuisine":"Fusion","method":"stovetop","est_minutes":35,"difficulty":"easy","reason":"Like your Beef Chili.","cited_regulars":["Beef Chili"],"search_query":%q}`, name, name))
+	}
+	js := `{"suggestions":[` + strings.Join(quests, ",") + `]}`
+	s.side.QueueGenerate(llm.GenerateResult{Response: llm.Response{Text: js, JSON: json.RawMessage(js)}})
+}
+
+// batch is a suggestion_batches row.
+type batch struct {
+	ID, Trigger, Status string
+}
+
+// batches returns every suggestion batch, oldest first.
+func (e *env) batches() []batch {
+	e.t.Helper()
+	rows, err := e.st.Reader.Query(`SELECT id, trigger, status FROM suggestion_batches ORDER BY created_at, id`)
+	if err != nil {
+		e.t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var out []batch
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var b batch
+		if err := rows.Scan(&b.ID, &b.Trigger, &b.Status); err != nil {
+			e.t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		out = append(out, b)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		e.t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// settled waits until no batch is pending or running and returns the
+// batches.
+func (e *env) settled() []batch {
+	e.t.Helper()
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(10 * time.Second)
+	for {
+		bs := e.batches()
+		busy := false
+		for _, b := range bs {
+			busy = busy || b.Status == suggest.BatchPending || b.Status == suggest.BatchRunning
+		}
+		if !busy {
+			return bs
+		}
+		if time.Now().After(deadline) {
+			e.t.Fatalf("batches still under way: %+v", bs)
+		}
+		time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+}
+
+// wantBatches fails unless the batches are scheduled with statuses want.
+func wantBatches(t *testing.T, what string, got []batch, want ...string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	ok := len(got) == len(want)
+	for i := 0; ok && i < len(got); i++ {
+		ok = got[i].Trigger == suggest.TriggerScheduled && got[i].Status == want[i]
+	}
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: batches = %+v, want scheduled %q", what, got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+// notified returns the new_suggestions keys stored, oldest first, and
+// reports an error for any whose title is not the one titles gives it.
+func (e *env) notified(titles ...string) []string {
+	e.t.Helper()
+	var keys []string
+	rows := notifytest.Rows(e.t, e.st, notify.NewSuggestions)
+	for i, r := range rows {
+		keys = append(keys, r.Key)
+		if i < len(titles) && r.Payload.Title != titles[i] {
+			e.t.Errorf("new_suggestions %s title = %q, want %q", r.Key, r.Payload.Title, titles[i])
+		}
+	}
+	return keys
+}
+
+// TestSuggestionsWeeklyOneBatchAndNotificationPerWeek: at the seeded
+// Sunday 08:00 the schedule starts one scheduled batch a week, period
+// suggestions_weekly:YYYY-Www, and each tells the household once, with
+// new_suggestions:YYYY-Www counting its new Side quests.
+func TestSuggestionsWeeklyOneBatchAndNotificationPerWeek(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newEnv(t)
+	e.regulars()
+	s := e.suggestions()
+	s.week("Chili Verde", "Chicken Shawarma Bowls")
+	s.week("Lamb Kofta", "Black Bean Tostadas", "Pork Carnitas")
+
+	// Wednesday Oct 7: the Sunday Oct 4 08:00 fire is days ago, missed.
+	r := e.start(at(2026, 10, 7, 12, 0), s.svc.WeeklySchedule())
+	r.runUntil(at(2026, 10, 11, 7, 59))
+	wantBatches(t, "before Sunday 08:00", e.settled())
+	wantKeys(t, "new_suggestions before Sunday 08:00", e.notified(), nil)
+
+	r.runUntil(at(2026, 10, 11, 8, 0))
+	wantBatches(t, "at Sunday 08:00", e.settled(), suggest.BatchDone)
+	wantKeys(t, "new_suggestions of W41", e.notified("2 new Side quests are in"), []string{"new_suggestions:2026-W41"})
+
+	r.runUntil(at(2026, 10, 18, 7, 59))
+	wantBatches(t, "rest of W41", e.settled(), suggest.BatchDone)
+	r.runUntil(at(2026, 10, 18, 9, 0))
+	wantBatches(t, "W42", e.settled(), suggest.BatchDone, suggest.BatchDone)
+	wantKeys(t, "new_suggestions of W41 and W42", e.notified("2 new Side quests are in", "3 new Side quests are in"),
+		[]string{"new_suggestions:2026-W41", "new_suggestions:2026-W42"})
+	wantKeys(t, "schedule_runs", e.claimed(scheduler.SuggestionsWeekly), []string{"2026-W40", "2026-W41", "2026-W42"})
+}
+
+// TestSuggestionsWeeklyFollowsSettings: the schedule fires at the
+// household's suggestions_dow and suggestions_time.
+func TestSuggestionsWeeklyFollowsSettings(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newEnv(t)
+	e.regulars()
+	e.update(household.SettingsPatch{SuggestionsDow: ptr(3), SuggestionsTime: ptr("18:30")})
+	s := e.suggestions()
+	s.week("Chili Verde")
+
+	r := e.start(at(2026, 10, 12, 12, 0), s.svc.WeeklySchedule()) // Monday
+	r.runUntil(at(2026, 10, 14, 18, 29))                          // Wednesday
+	wantBatches(t, "before Wednesday 18:30", e.settled())
+	r.runUntil(at(2026, 10, 14, 18, 30))
+	wantBatches(t, "at Wednesday 18:30", e.settled(), suggest.BatchDone)
+	wantKeys(t, "new_suggestions", e.notified("1 new Side quest is in"), []string{"new_suggestions:2026-W42"})
+}
+
+// TestSuggestionsWeeklyAIFailureSendsNothing: when suggest_side_quests
+// fails the batch fails with the failure logged and recorded in ai_runs,
+// and the household is not notified.
+func TestSuggestionsWeeklyAIFailureSendsNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newEnv(t)
+	e.regulars()
+	s := e.suggestions()
+	s.side.QueueGenerate(llm.GenerateResult{Err: errors.New("provider down")})
+
+	r := e.start(at(2026, 10, 11, 7, 0), s.svc.WeeklySchedule())
+	r.runUntil(at(2026, 10, 11, 8, 0))
+	wantBatches(t, "after the AI failed", e.settled(), suggest.BatchFailed)
+	wantKeys(t, "new_suggestions after the AI failed", e.notified(), nil)
+	// W40 is the boot's missed period, recorded without running.
+	wantKeys(t, "schedule_runs", e.claimed(scheduler.SuggestionsWeekly), []string{"2026-W40", "2026-W41"})
+
+	var status, msg string
+	if err := e.st.Reader.QueryRow(`SELECT status, COALESCE(error, '') FROM ai_runs WHERE skill = 'suggest_side_quests'`).Scan(&status, &msg); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ai_runs row of suggest_side_quests: %v", err)
+	}
+	if status != string(harness.StatusProviderError) || msg == "" {
+		t.Errorf("ai_runs suggest_side_quests = %s %q, want %s with its message", status, msg, harness.StatusProviderError)
+	}
+	if logs := s.logs.String(); !strings.Contains(logs, "suggestion batch failed") || !strings.Contains(logs, "reason="+suggest.ReasonAIFailed) {
+		t.Errorf("logs = %s, want the batch failure with reason %s", logs, suggest.ReasonAIFailed)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSuggestionsWeeklyNoDuplicateAfterRestart: a restart after the week's
+// batch ran, still within the catch-up window, starts no second batch and
+// sends no second notification: the period is already claimed.
+func TestSuggestionsWeeklyNoDuplicateAfterRestart(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newEnv(t)
+	e.regulars()
+	s := e.suggestions()
+	s.week("Chili Verde", "Chicken Shawarma Bowls")
+	r := e.start(at(2026, 10, 11, 7, 0), s.svc.WeeklySchedule())
+	r.runUntil(at(2026, 10, 11, 8, 0))
+	wantBatches(t, "first process", e.settled(), suggest.BatchDone)
+	r.stop()
+	s.stop()
+
+	// The restarted process has a new job runner, suggestion service and
+	// scheduler; it would answer a second batch if one were started.
+	s2 := e.suggestions()
+	s2.week("Lamb Kofta")
+	r2 := e.start(at(2026, 10, 11, 9, 0), s2.svc.WeeklySchedule())
+	r2.runUntil(at(2026, 10, 18, 7, 59))
+	wantBatches(t, "after restart", e.settled(), suggest.BatchDone)
+	wantKeys(t, "new_suggestions after restart", e.notified(), []string{"new_suggestions:2026-W41"})
+	wantKeys(t, "schedule_runs", e.claimed(scheduler.SuggestionsWeekly), []string{"2026-W40", "2026-W41"})
+}
+
+// TestSuggestionsWeeklyCatchUpAfterTheWeekEnds: a Sunday fire caught up on
+// Monday, in the next ISO week, still runs W41's batch keyed by W41, and
+// the next Sunday's batch notifies for W42.
+func TestSuggestionsWeeklyCatchUpAfterTheWeekEnds(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newEnv(t)
+	e.regulars()
+	s := e.suggestions()
+	s.week("Chili Verde")
+	s.week("Lamb Kofta")
+
+	r := e.start(at(2026, 10, 12, 7, 0), s.svc.WeeklySchedule()) // Monday, 23h late
+	wantBatches(t, "after catch-up", e.settled(), suggest.BatchDone)
+	wantKeys(t, "new_suggestions after catch-up", e.notified(), []string{"new_suggestions:2026-W41"})
+	r.runUntil(at(2026, 10, 18, 8, 0))
+	wantBatches(t, "W42", e.settled(), suggest.BatchDone, suggest.BatchDone)
+	wantKeys(t, "new_suggestions", e.notified(), []string{"new_suggestions:2026-W41", "new_suggestions:2026-W42"})
+}
+
+// TestSuggestionsWeeklyStartsNoBatchWhileOneIsUnderWay: a period that
+// fires while a batch is pending starts no second one and says so.
+func TestSuggestionsWeeklyStartsNoBatchWhileOneIsUnderWay(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newEnv(t)
+	e.regulars()
+	s := e.suggestions()
+	s.stop() // the manual batch stays pending
+	manual, err := s.svc.StartBatch(context.Background(), suggest.TriggerManual)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	r := e.start(at(2026, 10, 11, 7, 0), s.svc.WeeklySchedule())
+	r.runUntil(at(2026, 10, 11, 8, 0))
+	if bs := e.batches(); len(bs) != 1 || bs[0].ID != manual.ID {
+		t.Fatalf("batches = %+v, want only the manual batch %s", bs, manual.ID)
+	}
+	if logs := s.logs.String(); !strings.Contains(logs, "scheduled suggestion batch not started") || !strings.Contains(logs, "period=2026-W41") {
+		t.Errorf("logs = %s, want the skipped period logged", logs)
+	}
+}

internal/suggest/batch.go

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ import (
 // BatchJob is the KindSuggestionBatch payload: the batch to run.
 type BatchJob struct {
 	BatchID string `json:"batch_id"`
+	// Week is the YYYY-MM-DD Monday of the ISO week a scheduled batch is
+	// for, which keys its new_suggestions; empty for any other trigger.
+	Week string `json:"week,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Batch stages, as the job's result reports them.
@@ -50,19 +53,22 @@ func (r batchResult) PublicJSON() ([]byte, error) { return json.Marshal(r) }
 // wanted at a time, until BatchSize are kept or none are left. A Side quest
 // no recipe grounds is dropped; any other grounding failure fails the
 // batch, as does suggest_side_quests failing, with no Side quest made up
-// instead. Each round's grounded Side quests are stored before the next
-// round starts, so the deck fills as the batch goes. The batch ends done
-// or failed; Side quests stored before a failure stay in the deck. When
-// recording the batch's end fails, so does the job; when it times out at
-// shutdown, the job is left running and the batch with it, for the next
-// start to fail.
+// instead. The batch ends done or failed. When recording the batch's end
+// fails, so does the job; when it times out at shutdown, the job is left
+// running and the batch with it, for the next start to fail.
 //
-// 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.
+// When a batch stores its Side quests depends on whether it notifies (see
+// noticeOf). A scheduled or manual batch notifies: it holds every round's
+// grounded Side quests and, once the last round is done, stores them all
+// in one transaction with one new_suggestions counting and naming every
+// Side quest stored. So the household is told of exactly what the batch
+// added, once; and a batch that fails at any round, including a later
+// round's normalize_recipe, stores nothing and sends nothing, leaving no
+// Side quest in the deck that was never announced. A replenish batch,
+// which tops up the deck as the household swipes and never notifies,
+// stores each round's Side quests before the next round starts, so the
+// deck fills as it goes; those stored before a failure stay in the deck.
+// 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 {
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ 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)
 	}
-	res, err := s.fill(ctx, p.BatchID, batch.Trigger != TriggerReplenish, publish)
+	res, err := s.fill(ctx, batch.Trigger, p, publish)
 	if err == nil {
 		if err := s.finishBatch(ctx, p.BatchID, BatchDone); err != nil {
 			return batchResult{}, err
@@ -98,10 +104,12 @@ func (s *Service) runBatch(ctx context.Context, p BatchJob, publish func(batchRe
 	return batchResult{}, errors.Join(err, finishErr)
 }
 
-// fill does runBatch's work, returning a *jobs.Failure for a failure the
-// 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) {
+// fill does runBatch's work for job of a batch with trigger, returning a
+// *jobs.Failure for a failure the household may see. A batch with a notice
+// is stored once, when its last round is done; any other batch round by
+// round.
+func (s *Service) fill(ctx context.Context, trigger string, job BatchJob, publish func(batchResult) error) (batchResult, error) {
+	batchID := job.BatchID
 	res := batchResult{BatchID: batchID, Stage: StageSuggesting, SuggestionIDs: []string{}}
 	if err := publish(res); err != nil {
 		return batchResult{}, err
@@ -110,6 +118,10 @@ func (s *Service) fill(ctx context.Context, batchID string, notifies bool, publi
 	if err != nil {
 		return batchResult{}, err
 	}
+	note, err := noticeOf(trigger, job, in.Context.Today)
+	if err != nil {
+		return batchResult{}, err
+	}
 	out, err := s.suggest(ctx, batchID, in)
 	if err != nil {
 		if ctx.Err() != nil {
@@ -122,34 +134,81 @@ func (s *Service) fill(ctx context.Context, batchID string, notifies bool, publi
 	if err := publish(res); err != nil {
 		return batchResult{}, err
 	}
-	var week *store.LocalDate
-	if notifies {
-		w := household.WeekStart(in.Context.Today)
-		week = &w
-	}
 	left := out.Suggestions
-	for len(res.SuggestionIDs) < BatchSize && len(left) > 0 {
-		round := left[:min(BatchSize-len(res.SuggestionIDs), len(left))]
+	// held are a notifying batch's grounded Side quests, not yet stored.
+	var held []groundedQuest
+	for len(res.SuggestionIDs)+len(held) < BatchSize && len(left) > 0 {
+		round := left[:min(BatchSize-len(res.SuggestionIDs)-len(held), len(left))]
 		left = left[len(round):]
 		grounded, err := s.ground(ctx, round)
 		if err != nil {
 			return batchResult{}, err
 		}
 		res.Dropped += len(round) - len(grounded)
-		ids, err := s.store(ctx, batchID, week, grounded)
-		if err != nil {
+		if note != nil {
+			held = append(held, grounded...)
+		} else if err := s.storeInto(ctx, &res, nil, grounded); err != nil {
 			return batchResult{}, err
 		}
-		res.Dropped += len(grounded) - len(ids)
-		res.SuggestionIDs = append(res.SuggestionIDs, ids...)
 		if err := publish(res); err != nil {
 			return batchResult{}, err
 		}
 	}
+	if note != nil {
+		if err := s.storeInto(ctx, &res, note, held); err != nil {
+			return batchResult{}, err
+		}
+	}
 	res.Stage = StageDone
 	return res, nil
 }
 
+// storeInto stores quests for res's batch with note (see store) and adds
+// the suggestions stored, and the Side quests left out, to res.
+func (s *Service) storeInto(ctx context.Context, res *batchResult, note *notice, quests []groundedQuest) error {
+	ids, err := s.store(ctx, res.BatchID, note, quests)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	res.Dropped += len(quests) - len(ids)
+	res.SuggestionIDs = append(res.SuggestionIDs, ids...)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// notice is how a batch's new_suggestions is keyed: by id, as
+// new_suggestions:{id}, for the week starting on week.
+type notice struct {
+	id   string
+	week store.LocalDate
+}
+
+// noticeOf returns the notice of job, run for a batch with trigger on
+// household-local date today, or nil for a replenish batch, which never
+// notifies. A scheduled batch is keyed by the ISO week it was scheduled
+// for ("2026-W41"), not the week it happens to run in, so each week's
+// schedule tells the household once even when its batch runs late; a
+// manual batch is keyed by its batch id, for the week of today. A job
+// whose week does not fit its trigger is an error.
+func noticeOf(trigger string, job BatchJob, today store.LocalDate) (*notice, error) {
+	if trigger != TriggerScheduled {
+		if job.Week != "" {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("suggest: %s batch %s has a week", trigger, job.BatchID)
+		}
+		if trigger == TriggerReplenish {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+		return &notice{id: job.BatchID, week: household.WeekStart(today)}, nil
+	}
+	week, err := store.ParseLocalDate(job.Week)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("suggest: scheduled batch %s week: %w", job.BatchID, err)
+	}
+	if household.WeekStart(week) != week {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("suggest: scheduled batch %s week %s is not a Monday", job.BatchID, week)
+	}
+	return &notice{id: household.PeriodKey(week), week: week}, nil
+}
+
 // request reads what suggest_side_quests is given: the household context,
 // the deck's names and every passed name (ListPassedNames). A household with no Regulars
 // fails with ReasonNoRegulars.
@@ -224,13 +283,14 @@ func (s *Service) ground(ctx context.Context, quests []skills.SideQuest) ([]grou
 // or archived. Passed names are read in the same transaction as the store,
 // 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
+// When note is not nil and a Side quest is stored, new_suggestions keyed by
+// note, counting and naming those stored, is emitted in the same
+// transaction, 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) {
+// the batch with it. A notifying batch calls store once, with all its
+// Side quests, so the count is the batch's (see runBatch). This is the
+// only place new_suggestions is emitted.
+func (s *Service) store(ctx context.Context, batchID string, note *notice, quests []groundedQuest) ([]string, error) {
 	ids := []string{}
 	var stored []string
 	err := s.st.WithTx(ctx, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
@@ -298,15 +358,15 @@ func (s *Service) store(ctx context.Context, batchID string, week *store.LocalDa
 			ids = append(ids, id)
 			stored = append(stored, d.Name)
 		}
-		if week == nil || len(stored) == 0 {
+		if note == nil || len(stored) == 0 {
 			return nil
 		}
-		return s.notifier.EmitTx(ctx, tx, chat.NewSuggestions(batchID, *week, stored))
+		return s.notifier.EmitTx(ctx, tx, chat.NewSuggestions(note.id, note.week, stored))
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if week != nil && len(stored) > 0 {
+	if note != nil && len(stored) > 0 {
 		s.notifier.Wake()
 	}
 	return ids, nil

internal/suggest/schedule.go

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package suggest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/household"
+	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/scheduler"
+)
+
+// WeeklySchedule is the suggestions_weekly schedule: at the household's
+// suggestions_dow and suggestions_time it starts a scheduled batch for the
+// ISO week of the fire date, its period scheduler.Weekly keys
+// suggestions_weekly:YYYY-Www. The batch tells the household of the Side
+// quests it adds with new_suggestions:YYYY-Www for that week, once; a batch
+// that fails before adding any, as when the AI fails, sends nothing. When a
+// batch is already pending or running the period starts none, and says so.
+func (s *Service) WeeklySchedule() scheduler.Schedule {
+	return scheduler.Schedule{
+		Name: scheduler.SuggestionsWeekly,
+		Rule: func(settings household.Settings) scheduler.Rule {
+			return scheduler.Weekly(time.Weekday(settings.SuggestionsDow), settings.SuggestionsTime)
+		},
+		Run: func(ctx context.Context, p scheduler.Period) error {
+			b, err := s.StartScheduledBatch(ctx, p.Week)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if !b.Created {
+				s.logger.WarnContext(ctx, "scheduled suggestion batch not started: a batch is already under way",
+					"period", p.Key, "batch_id", b.ID, "trigger", b.Trigger)
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+}

internal/suggest/suggest.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/ai/skills"
 	"code.cubecraftlabs.com/Maniacs_Mansion/Meal-Quest/internal/db"
 	"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"
@@ -154,17 +155,35 @@ type Batch struct {
 	Created bool `json:"-"`
 }
 
-// StartBatch creates a batch with trigger and enqueues the
+// StartBatch creates a manual or replenish batch and enqueues the
 // KindSuggestionBatch job that runs it, unless a batch is already pending
-// or running, which it returns instead with Created false.
+// or running, which it returns instead with Created false. A scheduled
+// batch is started by StartScheduledBatch.
 func (s *Service) StartBatch(ctx context.Context, trigger string) (Batch, error) {
+	if trigger == TriggerScheduled {
+		return Batch{}, errors.New("suggest: a scheduled batch is started by StartScheduledBatch")
+	}
 	if !slices.Contains(triggers, trigger) {
 		return Batch{}, fmt.Errorf("suggest: unknown batch trigger %q", trigger)
 	}
+	return s.start(ctx, trigger, "")
+}
+
+// StartScheduledBatch is StartBatch for a scheduled batch for the ISO week
+// starting on Monday week, which keys its new_suggestions (see noticeOf).
+func (s *Service) StartScheduledBatch(ctx context.Context, week store.LocalDate) (Batch, error) {
+	if week.IsZero() || household.WeekStart(week) != week {
+		return Batch{}, fmt.Errorf("suggest: scheduled batch week %s is not a Monday", week)
+	}
+	return s.start(ctx, TriggerScheduled, week.String())
+}
+
+// start does StartBatch's work for a batch with trigger and the job week.
+func (s *Service) start(ctx context.Context, trigger, week string) (Batch, error) {
 	var b Batch
 	err := s.st.WithTx(ctx, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
 		var err error
-		b, err = s.startBatch(ctx, tx, trigger)
+		b, err = s.startBatch(ctx, tx, trigger, week)
 		return err
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -228,10 +247,11 @@ func failedBatch(ctx context.Context, q *db.Queries) (*Batch, error) {
 	return &Batch{ID: cur.ID, JobID: jobID, Trigger: cur.Trigger, Status: cur.Status}, nil
 }
 
-// startBatch does StartBatch's work in tx: the batch and the job that runs
-// it are committed together, so a batch is never seen without its job. The
-// caller wakes the job runner once tx has committed and Created is true.
-func (s *Service) startBatch(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, trigger string) (Batch, error) {
+// startBatch does StartBatch's work in tx, for a batch with trigger whose
+// job has week (BatchJob.Week): the batch and the job that runs it are
+// committed together, so a batch is never seen without its job. The caller
+// wakes the job runner once tx has committed and Created is true.
+func (s *Service) startBatch(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, trigger, week string) (Batch, error) {
 	q := db.New(tx)
 	cur, err := s.activeBatch(ctx, q)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -250,7 +270,7 @@ func (s *Service) startBatch(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, trigger string) (B
 	if err != nil {
 		return Batch{}, fmt.Errorf("suggest: create batch: %w", err)
 	}
-	jobID, err := s.batchJob.EnqueueTx(ctx, tx, BatchJob{BatchID: row.ID})
+	jobID, err := s.batchJob.EnqueueTx(ctx, tx, BatchJob{BatchID: row.ID, Week: week})
 	if err != nil {
 		return Batch{}, fmt.Errorf("suggest: enqueue batch %s: %w", row.ID, err)
 	}
@@ -428,7 +448,7 @@ func (s *Service) decide(ctx context.Context, id, decision, dinnerStatus, update
 		if left >= ReplenishBelow {
 			return nil
 		}
-		b, err := s.startBatch(ctx, tx, TriggerReplenish)
+		b, err := s.startBatch(ctx, tx, TriggerReplenish, "")
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

internal/suggest/suggest_test.go

@@ -300,6 +300,45 @@ func (e *env) runBatch(t *testing.T) batchResult {
 	return res
 }
 
+// scheduledWeek is the week the tests' scheduled batches are for: the
+// Monday of 2026-W41.
+var scheduledWeek = mustDate("2026-10-05")
+
+func mustDate(s string) store.LocalDate {
+	d, err := store.ParseLocalDate(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
+func mustZone(t *testing.T, name string) *time.Location {
+	t.Helper()
+	loc, err := household.LoadZone(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return loc
+}
+
+// startBatch starts a batch with trigger, a scheduled one for
+// scheduledWeek, and returns it with the key its new_suggestions has.
+func (e *env) startBatch(t *testing.T, trigger string) (suggest.Batch, string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if trigger == suggest.TriggerScheduled {
+		b, err := e.svc.StartScheduledBatch(t.Context(), scheduledWeek)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		return b, "new_suggestions:2026-W41"
+	}
+	b, err := e.svc.StartBatch(t.Context(), trigger)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return b, "new_suggestions:" + b.ID
+}
+
 func (e *env) batchStatus(t *testing.T, id string) string {
 	t.Helper()
 	var status string
@@ -404,8 +443,9 @@ func TestBatchStoresGroundedSideQuests(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // TestBatchEmitsNewSuggestions: a scheduled or manual batch that adds Side
-// quests stores new_suggestions keyed by the batch, naming them; a
-// replenish batch, or one that adds none, stores nothing.
+// quests stores new_suggestions counting and naming them, keyed by the
+// scheduled ISO week or the manual batch, for that week or the current
+// one; a replenish batch, or one that adds none, stores nothing.
 func TestBatchEmitsNewSuggestions(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		trigger string
@@ -428,10 +468,7 @@ func TestBatchEmitsNewSuggestions(t *testing.T) {
 				sideQuest("Chicken Shawarma Bowls", "Spiced chicken, like your Chicken Fajitas.", "Chicken Fajitas"),
 				sideQuest("Chili Verde", "Your Beef Chili gone green.", "Beef Chili"),
 			)
-			b, err := e.svc.StartBatch(t.Context(), tc.trigger)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatal(err)
-			}
+			b, key := e.startBatch(t, tc.trigger)
 			if job := e.waitJob(t, b.JobID); job.Status != jobs.StatusSucceeded {
 				t.Fatalf("batch job %s", job.Status)
 			}
@@ -446,64 +483,70 @@ func TestBatchEmitsNewSuggestions(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("new_suggestions rows = %+v, want one on push", rows)
 			}
 			r := rows[0]
-			if r.Key != "new_suggestions:"+b.ID || r.Channel != notify.ChannelPush || r.Payload.URL != "/discover" ||
-				r.Payload.Title != "New Side quests are in" || r.Payload.Body != "Chicken Shawarma Bowls, Chili Verde" || r.Payload.Week == "" {
-				t.Errorf("new_suggestions row = %+v, want key new_suggestions:%s naming the Side quests, /discover", r, b.ID)
+			week := household.WeekStart(store.LocalDateOf(time.Now().In(mustZone(t, "America/New_York")))).String()
+			if tc.trigger == suggest.TriggerScheduled {
+				week = scheduledWeek.String()
+			}
+			if r.Key != key || r.Channel != notify.ChannelPush || r.Payload.URL != "/discover" ||
+				r.Payload.Title != "2 new Side quests are in" || r.Payload.Body != "Chicken Shawarma Bowls, Chili Verde" || r.Payload.Week != week {
+				t.Errorf("new_suggestions row = %+v, want key %s counting and naming the Side quests, week %s, /discover", r, key, week)
 			}
 		})
 	}
 }
 
-// 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) {
+// twoRoundBatch scripts a suggest_side_quests reply of BatchSize+1 Side
+// quests, Fajita Dish A to F, whose first round grounds all but B, so a
+// second round grounds F. Unless lastGrounds, normalize_recipe fails for
+// F.
+func (e *env) twoRoundBatch(t *testing.T, lastGrounds bool) {
+	t.Helper()
+	var quests []string
+	for i := range suggest.BatchSize + 1 {
+		name := fmt.Sprintf("Fajita Dish %c", 'A'+i)
+		e.search.Results[name] = nil
+		switch {
+		case i == suggest.BatchSize && !lastGrounds:
+			// A page is found, but no normalize_recipe reply is scripted
+			// for it, so the AI call grounding it fails.
+			slug := strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(name), " ", "-")
+			page, photo := "https://r.example/"+slug, "https://r.example/"+slug+".jpg"
+			e.search.Results[name] = []recipes.Candidate{{URL: page}}
+			e.pages.Bodies[page] = recipestest.RecipePage(name, "R Kitchen", photo, 35)
+			e.images.JPEGs[photo] = recipestest.JPEG(t, 400, 320, uint8(len(e.images.JPEGs)+1))
+		case i != 1:
+			e.recipe(t, name)
+		}
+		quests = append(quests, sideQuest(name, "Like your Chicken Fajitas.", "Chicken Fajitas"))
+	}
+	e.reply(quests...)
+}
+
+// TestBatchNotifiesOnceWithEverySideQuestStored: a batch that fills across
+// two grounding rounds stores new_suggestions once, when it completes,
+// counting and naming every Side quest it stored, not just the first
+// round's; a replenish batch notifies nothing.
+func TestBatchNotifiesOnceWithEverySideQuestStored(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
-		trigger   string
-		lastFails bool
-		notify    bool
+		trigger string
+		notify  bool
 	}{
-		{suggest.TriggerScheduled, true, true},
-		{suggest.TriggerManual, true, true},
-		{suggest.TriggerManual, false, true},
-		{suggest.TriggerReplenish, true, false},
+		{suggest.TriggerScheduled, true},
+		{suggest.TriggerManual, true},
+		{suggest.TriggerReplenish, false},
 	} {
-		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s last round fails %v", tc.trigger, tc.lastFails), func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run(tc.trigger, 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)
-				}
-			}
+			e.twoRoundBatch(t, true)
 
-			b, err := e.svc.StartBatch(t.Context(), tc.trigger)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatal(err)
+			b, key := e.startBatch(t, tc.trigger)
+			if job := e.waitJob(t, b.JobID); job.Status != jobs.StatusSucceeded {
+				t.Fatalf("batch job %s, want succeeded", job.Status)
 			}
-			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)
+			deck := e.deckNames(t)
+			if want := []string{"Fajita Dish A", "Fajita Dish C", "Fajita Dish D", "Fajita Dish E", "Fajita Dish F"}; !slices.Equal(deck, want) {
+				t.Fatalf("deck = %v, want %v", deck, want)
 			}
 			rows := notifytest.Rows(t, e.st, notify.NewSuggestions)
 			if !tc.notify {
@@ -512,9 +555,47 @@ func TestBatchNotifiesAsSideQuestsAreStored(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 				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)
+			want := fmt.Sprintf("%d new Side quests are in", len(deck))
+			if len(rows) != 1 || rows[0].Key != key || rows[0].Payload.Title != want ||
+				rows[0].Payload.Body != "Fajita Dish A, Fajita Dish C, Fajita Dish D + 2 more" {
+				t.Errorf("new_suggestions rows = %+v, want one keyed %s titled %q", rows, key, want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBatchFailingInALaterRoundStoresNothing: when normalize_recipe fails
+// in a batch's second grounding round, a scheduled or manual batch stores
+// none of the first round's Side quests and sends no new_suggestions, so
+// no Side quest is left in the deck unannounced; a replenish batch, which
+// never notifies, keeps the first round's in the deck.
+func TestBatchFailingInALaterRoundStoresNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		trigger string
+		deck    int
+	}{
+		{suggest.TriggerScheduled, 0},
+		{suggest.TriggerManual, 0},
+		{suggest.TriggerReplenish, suggest.BatchSize - 1},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.trigger, func(t *testing.T) {
+			e := newEnv(t)
+			e.start(t)
+			e.twoRoundBatch(t, false)
+
+			b, _ := e.startBatch(t, tc.trigger)
+			job := e.waitJob(t, b.JobID)
+			if job.Status != jobs.StatusFailed || job.Error == nil || *job.Error != suggest.ReasonAIFailed {
+				t.Fatalf("batch job %s, error %+v, want failed %s", job.Status, job.Error, suggest.ReasonAIFailed)
+			}
+			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) != tc.deck {
+				t.Errorf("deck = %v, want %d Side quests", got, tc.deck)
+			}
+			if rows := notifytest.Rows(t, e.st, notify.NewSuggestions); len(rows) != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("new_suggestions rows = %+v, want none", rows)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -1299,7 +1380,7 @@ func TestBatchJobFailsWhenRecordingItsEndFails(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("batch status = %s with its job failed, want failed", got)
 	}
 	// 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" {
+	if rows := notifytest.Rows(t, e.st, notify.NewSuggestions); len(rows) != 1 || rows[0].Key != "new_suggestions:"+b.ID || rows[0].Payload.Title != "1 new Side quest is in" || 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)
 	}
 }
@@ -1474,6 +1555,47 @@ func TestStartBatchRefusesUnknownTrigger(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestScheduledBatchNeedsItsWeek: a scheduled batch is started only by
+// StartScheduledBatch, for a Monday.
+func TestScheduledBatchNeedsItsWeek(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newEnv(t)
+	if _, err := e.svc.StartBatch(t.Context(), suggest.TriggerScheduled); err == nil {
+		t.Error("StartBatch started a scheduled batch with no week")
+	}
+	for _, week := range []store.LocalDate{{}, mustDate("2026-10-06")} {
+		if _, err := e.svc.StartScheduledBatch(t.Context(), week); err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("StartScheduledBatch(%q) accepted a week that is not a Monday", week)
+		}
+	}
+	if n := e.activeBatches(t); n != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("%d active batches, want none", n)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestScheduledBatchKeyedByItsWeekWhenRunLate: a scheduled batch's
+// new_suggestions is keyed by the week it was scheduled for, not the week
+// it runs in, so a batch caught up after its week ended still tells the
+// household of that week's Side quests and leaves the next week's key free.
+func TestScheduledBatchKeyedByItsWeekWhenRunLate(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"))
+	// A week long past: the batch runs today, weeks later.
+	b, err := e.svc.StartScheduledBatch(t.Context(), mustDate("2026-01-05"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if job := e.waitJob(t, b.JobID); job.Status != jobs.StatusSucceeded {
+		t.Fatalf("batch job %s", job.Status)
+	}
+	rows := notifytest.Rows(t, e.st, notify.NewSuggestions)
+	if len(rows) != 1 || rows[0].Key != "new_suggestions:2026-W02" || rows[0].Payload.Week != "2026-01-05" ||
+		rows[0].Payload.Title != "1 new Side quest is in" {
+		t.Errorf("new_suggestions rows = %+v, want one keyed new_suggestions:2026-W02 for 2026-01-05", rows)
+	}
+}
+
 // noCalendar is a plan.Calendar for tests that never push.
 type noCalendar struct{}