fix(stats): batch deletes off the main thread (#194)

changes/stats-delete-responsiveness.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: stats
+
+- Kept the stats page and active video player responsive during deletes, and batched concurrent session, episode, and library deletes into one transaction and summary rebuild.

docs/architecture/domains.md

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Read when: you need to find the owner module for a behavior or test surface
 - Anki workflow: `src/anki-integration/`, `src/core/services/anki-jimaku*.ts`
 - Immersion tracking: `src/core/services/immersion-tracker/`
   Includes stats storage/query schema such as `imm_videos`, `imm_media_art`, and `imm_youtube_videos` for per-video and YouTube-specific library metadata.
+  `delete-maintenance-scheduler.ts` coalesces and serializes stats deletes; expensive deletion and summary rebuilds run in `delete-maintenance-worker-thread.ts` while the tracker queues playback writes. Each batch uses one transaction, lexical update, rollup refresh, and lifetime rebuild.
 - AniList tracking + character dictionary: `src/core/services/anilist/`, `src/main/runtime/composers/anilist-*`, `src/main/character-dictionary-runtime.ts`, `src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/`
 - Jellyfin integration: `src/core/services/jellyfin*.ts`, `src/main/runtime/composers/jellyfin-*`
 - Window trackers: `src/window-trackers/`

src/core/services/immersion-tracker-service.test.ts

@@ -1414,6 +1414,353 @@ test('deleteSession ignores the currently active session and keeps new writes fl
   }
 });
 
+test('deleteSession yields the main event loop while delete maintenance is pending', async () => {
+  const dbPath = makeDbPath();
+  let tracker: ImmersionTrackerService | null = null;
+  const deleteGate: { release?: () => void } = {};
+  let deleteRunnerCalled = false;
+  let bufferedWritesAtDeleteStart = -1;
+
+  try {
+    const Ctor = await loadTrackerCtor();
+    const createdTracker = new Ctor(
+      { dbPath },
+      {
+        runDeleteMaintenanceTask: async () => {
+          deleteRunnerCalled = true;
+          bufferedWritesAtDeleteStart = (tracker as unknown as { queue: unknown[] }).queue.length;
+          await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            deleteGate.release = resolve;
+          });
+        },
+      },
+    );
+    tracker = createdTracker;
+    createdTracker.handleMediaChange('/tmp/delete-yield-first.mkv', 'Delete Yield First');
+    createdTracker.handleMediaChange('/tmp/delete-yield-active.mkv', 'Delete Yield Active');
+
+    const privateApi = createdTracker as unknown as {
+      db: DatabaseSync;
+      queue: unknown[];
+      flushNow: () => void;
+    };
+    const sessionId = (
+      privateApi.db
+        .prepare(
+          `SELECT session_id AS sessionId
+           FROM imm_sessions
+           WHERE ended_at_ms IS NOT NULL
+           ORDER BY session_id
+           LIMIT 1`,
+        )
+        .get() as { sessionId: number } | null
+    )?.sessionId;
+    assert.ok(sessionId);
+
+    const deletePromise = createdTracker.deleteSession(sessionId);
+    let timerAdvanced = false;
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      timerAdvanced = true;
+    }, 0);
+
+    await waitForCondition(() => deleteRunnerCalled);
+    assert.equal(deleteRunnerCalled, true, 'delete should be dispatched to the maintenance runner');
+    assert.equal(
+      bufferedWritesAtDeleteStart,
+      0,
+      'writes buffered before delete should flush first',
+    );
+    await waitForCondition(() => timerAdvanced);
+
+    createdTracker.recordSubtitleLine('queued during delete', 0, 1);
+    privateApi.flushNow();
+    assert.ok(privateApi.queue.length > 0, 'tracking writes should wait for delete maintenance');
+
+    assert.ok(deleteGate.release);
+    deleteGate.release();
+    await deletePromise;
+  } finally {
+    deleteGate.release?.();
+    tracker?.destroy();
+    cleanupDbPath(dbPath);
+  }
+});
+
+test('delete maintenance flushes the entire write queue before locking writes', async () => {
+  const dbPath = makeDbPath();
+  let tracker: ImmersionTrackerService | null = null;
+  const deleteGate: { release?: () => void } = {};
+  let queuedWritesAtDeleteStart = -1;
+  let writeLockedAtDeleteStart = false;
+
+  try {
+    const Ctor = await loadTrackerCtor();
+    tracker = new Ctor(
+      { dbPath },
+      {
+        runDeleteMaintenanceTask: async () => {
+          const privateApi = tracker as unknown as {
+            queue: unknown[];
+            writeLock: { locked: boolean };
+          };
+          queuedWritesAtDeleteStart = privateApi.queue.length;
+          writeLockedAtDeleteStart = privateApi.writeLock.locked;
+          await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            deleteGate.release = resolve;
+          });
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    const privateApi = tracker as unknown as {
+      batchSize: number;
+      flushNow: () => void;
+      queue: unknown[];
+    };
+    privateApi.batchSize = 1;
+    privateApi.queue.push({}, {}, {});
+    privateApi.flushNow = () => {
+      privateApi.queue.shift();
+    };
+
+    const deletePromise = tracker.deleteSession(101);
+    await waitForCondition(() => deleteGate.release !== undefined);
+
+    assert.equal(queuedWritesAtDeleteStart, 0);
+    assert.equal(writeLockedAtDeleteStart, true);
+
+    deleteGate.release?.();
+    await deletePromise;
+  } finally {
+    deleteGate.release?.();
+    tracker?.destroy();
+    cleanupDbPath(dbPath);
+  }
+});
+
+test('delete maintenance tasks stay serialized under concurrent requests', async () => {
+  const dbPath = makeDbPath();
+  let tracker: ImmersionTrackerService | null = null;
+  const releases: Array<() => void> = [];
+  let activeTasks = 0;
+  let maxActiveTasks = 0;
+
+  try {
+    const Ctor = await loadTrackerCtor();
+    tracker = new Ctor(
+      { dbPath },
+      {
+        runDeleteMaintenanceTask: async () => {
+          activeTasks += 1;
+          maxActiveTasks = Math.max(maxActiveTasks, activeTasks);
+          await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            releases.push(resolve);
+          });
+          activeTasks -= 1;
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    const firstDelete = tracker.deleteSession(101);
+    await waitForCondition(() => releases.length === 1);
+    assert.equal(maxActiveTasks, 1);
+
+    const secondDelete = tracker.deleteSession(102);
+
+    releases[0]?.();
+    await waitForCondition(() => releases.length === 2);
+    assert.equal(maxActiveTasks, 1);
+
+    releases[1]?.();
+    await Promise.all([firstDelete, secondDelete]);
+  } finally {
+    for (const release of releases) release();
+    tracker?.destroy();
+    cleanupDbPath(dbPath);
+  }
+});
+
+test('concurrent delete requests share one maintenance worker batch', async () => {
+  const dbPath = makeDbPath();
+  let tracker: ImmersionTrackerService | null = null;
+  const tasks: unknown[] = [];
+
+  try {
+    const Ctor = await loadTrackerCtor();
+    tracker = new Ctor(
+      { dbPath },
+      {
+        runDeleteMaintenanceTask: async (_path, task) => {
+          tasks.push(task);
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    const firstDelete = tracker.deleteSession(201);
+    const secondDelete = tracker.deleteSessions([202, 203]);
+    const thirdDelete = tracker.deleteVideo(204);
+    await Promise.all([firstDelete, secondDelete, thirdDelete]);
+
+    assert.equal(tasks.length, 1, 'concurrent deletes should use one maintenance pass');
+    assert.deepEqual(tasks[0], {
+      kind: 'batch',
+      tasks: [
+        { kind: 'session', sessionId: 201 },
+        { kind: 'sessions', sessionIds: [202, 203] },
+        { kind: 'video', videoId: 204 },
+      ],
+    });
+  } finally {
+    tracker?.destroy();
+    cleanupDbPath(dbPath);
+  }
+});
+
+test('destroy rejects delete requests waiting behind active maintenance', async () => {
+  const dbPath = makeDbPath();
+  let tracker: ImmersionTrackerService | null = null;
+  let releaseFirstTask: () => void = () => {};
+
+  try {
+    const Ctor = await loadTrackerCtor();
+    let markFirstTaskStarted: () => void = () => {};
+    const firstTaskStarted = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      markFirstTaskStarted = resolve;
+    });
+    tracker = new Ctor(
+      { dbPath },
+      {
+        runDeleteMaintenanceTask: async () => {
+          markFirstTaskStarted();
+          await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            releaseFirstTask = resolve;
+          });
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    const firstDelete = tracker.deleteSession(301);
+    await firstTaskStarted;
+    const queuedDelete = tracker.deleteSession(302);
+    tracker.destroy();
+
+    const queuedOutcome = await Promise.race([
+      queuedDelete.then(
+        () => 'resolved',
+        (error: unknown) =>
+          error instanceof Error && /shutting down/.test(error.message)
+            ? 'rejected'
+            : 'wrong-error',
+      ),
+      new Promise<'pending'>((resolve) => setTimeout(() => resolve('pending'), 25)),
+    ]);
+    assert.equal(queuedOutcome, 'rejected');
+    releaseFirstTask();
+    await firstDelete;
+  } finally {
+    releaseFirstTask();
+    tracker?.destroy();
+    cleanupDbPath(dbPath);
+  }
+});
+
+test('delete requested after destroy rejects without running maintenance', async () => {
+  const dbPath = makeDbPath();
+  let maintenanceCalls = 0;
+  const Ctor = await loadTrackerCtor();
+  const tracker = new Ctor(
+    { dbPath },
+    {
+      runDeleteMaintenanceTask: async () => {
+        maintenanceCalls += 1;
+      },
+    },
+  );
+
+  tracker.destroy();
+
+  await assert.rejects(tracker.deleteSession(303), /shutting down/);
+  assert.equal(maintenanceCalls, 0);
+  cleanupDbPath(dbPath);
+});
+
+test('deleteSessions skips maintenance when no sessions are deletable', async () => {
+  const dbPath = makeDbPath();
+  let tracker: ImmersionTrackerService | null = null;
+  const tasks: unknown[] = [];
+
+  try {
+    const Ctor = await loadTrackerCtor();
+    tracker = new Ctor(
+      { dbPath },
+      {
+        runDeleteMaintenanceTask: async (_path, task) => {
+          tasks.push(task);
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    await tracker.deleteSessions([]);
+
+    assert.deepEqual(tasks, []);
+  } finally {
+    tracker?.destroy();
+    cleanupDbPath(dbPath);
+  }
+});
+
+test('queued video delete is skipped when that video becomes active before dispatch', async () => {
+  const dbPath = makeDbPath();
+  let tracker: ImmersionTrackerService | null = null;
+  const tasks: Array<{ kind: string }> = [];
+  let releaseFirstTask: () => void = () => {};
+
+  try {
+    const Ctor = await loadTrackerCtor();
+    const createdTracker = new Ctor(
+      { dbPath },
+      {
+        runDeleteMaintenanceTask: async (_path, task) => {
+          tasks.push(task);
+          if (tasks.length === 1) {
+            await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+              releaseFirstTask = resolve;
+            });
+          }
+        },
+      },
+    );
+    tracker = createdTracker;
+    createdTracker.handleMediaChange('/tmp/delete-race-target.mkv', 'Delete Race Target');
+    createdTracker.handleMediaChange('/tmp/delete-race-other.mkv', 'Delete Race Other');
+
+    const privateApi = createdTracker as unknown as { db: DatabaseSync };
+    const targetVideoId = (
+      privateApi.db
+        .prepare(`SELECT video_id AS videoId FROM imm_videos WHERE video_key LIKE '%target.mkv'`)
+        .get() as { videoId: number } | null
+    )?.videoId;
+    assert.ok(targetVideoId);
+
+    const firstDelete = createdTracker.deleteSession(999_001);
+    await waitForCondition(() => tasks.length === 1);
+
+    const queuedVideoDelete = createdTracker.deleteVideo(targetVideoId);
+    createdTracker.handleMediaChange('/tmp/delete-race-target.mkv', 'Delete Race Target');
+    releaseFirstTask();
+    await Promise.all([firstDelete, queuedVideoDelete]);
+
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      tasks.map((task) => task.kind),
+      ['session'],
+    );
+  } finally {
+    releaseFirstTask();
+    tracker?.destroy();
+    cleanupDbPath(dbPath);
+  }
+});
+
 test('deleteVideo ignores the currently active video and keeps new writes flushable', async () => {
   const dbPath = makeDbPath();
   let tracker: ImmersionTrackerService | null = null;

src/core/services/immersion-tracker-service.ts

@@ -83,14 +83,15 @@ import {
 } from './immersion-tracker/query-library';
 import {
   cleanupVocabularyStats,
-  deleteAnime as deleteAnimeQuery,
-  deleteSession as deleteSessionQuery,
-  deleteSessions as deleteSessionsQuery,
-  deleteVideo as deleteVideoQuery,
   getVideoDurationMs,
   markVideoWatched,
   upsertCoverArt,
 } from './immersion-tracker/query-maintenance';
+import {
+  DeleteMaintenanceWorkerRuntime,
+  type RunDeleteMaintenanceTask,
+} from './immersion-tracker/delete-maintenance-worker-runtime';
+import { DeleteMaintenanceScheduler } from './immersion-tracker/delete-maintenance-scheduler';
 import { repairJellyfinStreamVideoLinks } from './immersion-tracker/jellyfin-link-repair';
 import {
   repairLegacySeasonlessAnimeRows,
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ const YOUTUBE_SCREENSHOT_MAX_SECONDS = 120;
 const YOUTUBE_OEMBED_ENDPOINT = 'https://www.youtube.com/oembed';
 const YOUTUBE_ID_PATTERN = /^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{6,}$/;
 const YOUTUBE_METADATA_REFRESH_MS = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+const DELETE_MAINTENANCE_BATCH_WINDOW_MS = 10;
 
 function isValidYouTubeVideoId(value: string | null): boolean {
   return Boolean(value && YOUTUBE_ID_PATTERN.test(value));
@@ -385,6 +387,8 @@ export class ImmersionTrackerService {
   private readonly vacuumIntervalMs: number;
   private readonly dbPath: string;
   private readonly writeLock = { locked: false };
+  private readonly destroyDeleteMaintenanceRunner: () => void;
+  private readonly deleteMaintenanceScheduler: DeleteMaintenanceScheduler;
   private flushTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
   private maintenanceTimer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
   private flushScheduled = false;
@@ -406,9 +410,38 @@ export class ImmersionTrackerService {
     | ((row: LegacyVocabularyPosRow) => Promise<LegacyVocabularyPosResolution | null>)
     | undefined;
 
-  constructor(options: ImmersionTrackerOptions) {
+  constructor(
+    options: ImmersionTrackerOptions,
+    dependencies: {
+      runDeleteMaintenanceTask?: RunDeleteMaintenanceTask;
+      destroyDeleteMaintenanceRunner?: () => void;
+    } = {},
+  ) {
     this.dbPath = options.dbPath;
     this.resolveLegacyVocabularyPos = options.resolveLegacyVocabularyPos;
+    let runDeleteMaintenanceTask: RunDeleteMaintenanceTask;
+    if (dependencies.runDeleteMaintenanceTask) {
+      runDeleteMaintenanceTask = dependencies.runDeleteMaintenanceTask;
+      this.destroyDeleteMaintenanceRunner =
+        dependencies.destroyDeleteMaintenanceRunner ?? (() => {});
+    } else {
+      const deleteMaintenanceRuntime = new DeleteMaintenanceWorkerRuntime();
+      runDeleteMaintenanceTask = (dbPath, task) => deleteMaintenanceRuntime.run(dbPath, task);
+      this.destroyDeleteMaintenanceRunner = () => deleteMaintenanceRuntime.destroy();
+    }
+    this.deleteMaintenanceScheduler = new DeleteMaintenanceScheduler({
+      batchWindowMs: DELETE_MAINTENANCE_BATCH_WINDOW_MS,
+      runTask: (task) => runDeleteMaintenanceTask(this.dbPath, task),
+      onBusy: () => {
+        this.flushTelemetry(true);
+        while (this.queue.length > 0) this.flushNow();
+        this.writeLock.locked = true;
+      },
+      onIdle: () => {
+        this.writeLock.locked = false;
+        if (!this.isDestroyed && this.queue.length > 0) this.scheduleFlush(0);
+      },
+    });
     const parentDir = path.dirname(this.dbPath);
     if (!fs.existsSync(parentDir)) {
       fs.mkdirSync(parentDir, { recursive: true });
@@ -512,6 +545,8 @@ export class ImmersionTrackerService {
     }
     this.finalizeActiveSession();
     this.isDestroyed = true;
+    this.deleteMaintenanceScheduler.destroy();
+    this.destroyDeleteMaintenanceRunner();
     this.db.close();
   }
 
@@ -709,10 +744,11 @@ export class ImmersionTrackerService {
       this.logger.warn(`Ignoring delete request for active immersion session ${sessionId}`);
       return;
     }
-    deleteSessionQuery(this.db, sessionId);
+    await this.enqueueDeleteMaintenanceTask(() => ({ kind: 'session', sessionId }));
   }
 
   async deleteSessions(sessionIds: number[]): Promise<void> {
+    await this.enqueueDeleteMaintenanceTask(() => {
       const activeSessionId = this.sessionState?.sessionId;
       const deletableSessionIds =
         activeSessionId === undefined
@@ -723,21 +759,25 @@ export class ImmersionTrackerService {
           `Ignoring bulk delete request for active immersion session ${activeSessionId}`,
         );
       }
-    deleteSessionsQuery(this.db, deletableSessionIds);
+      if (deletableSessionIds.length === 0) return null;
+      return { kind: 'sessions', sessionIds: deletableSessionIds };
+    });
   }
 
   async deleteVideo(videoId: number): Promise<void> {
+    await this.enqueueDeleteMaintenanceTask(() => {
       if (this.sessionState?.videoId === videoId) {
         this.logger.warn(`Ignoring delete request for active immersion video ${videoId}`);
-      return;
+        return null;
       }
-    deleteVideoQuery(this.db, videoId);
+      return { kind: 'video', videoId };
+    });
   }
 
   async deleteAnime(animeId: number): Promise<void> {
-    // The active video's anime link is assigned asynchronously after the title
+    await this.enqueueDeleteMaintenanceTask(async () => {
-    // is parsed, so a guard reading imm_videos too early sees a null and lets
+      // Resolve this at dispatch time because another queued delete can leave
-    // the delete through — then the late update recreates the anime row.
+      // enough time for playback to switch to an episode of this anime.
       const pendingVideoId = this.sessionState?.videoId;
       if (pendingVideoId !== undefined) {
         await this.pendingAnimeMetadataUpdates.get(pendingVideoId);
@@ -750,10 +790,20 @@ export class ImmersionTrackerService {
           .get(activeVideoId) as { anime_id: number | null } | null;
         if (activeAnime?.anime_id === animeId) {
           this.logger.warn(`Ignoring delete request for active immersion anime ${animeId}`);
-        return;
+          return null;
         }
       }
-    deleteAnimeQuery(this.db, animeId);
+      return { kind: 'anime', animeId };
+    });
+  }
+
+  private enqueueDeleteMaintenanceTask(
+    resolveTask: Parameters<DeleteMaintenanceScheduler['enqueue']>[0],
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.isDestroyed) {
+      return Promise.reject(new Error('Immersion tracker is shutting down'));
+    }
+    return this.deleteMaintenanceScheduler.enqueue(resolveTask);
   }
 
   async reassignAnimeAnilist(
@@ -1811,7 +1861,7 @@ export class ImmersionTrackerService {
   }
 
   private runMaintenance(): void {
-    if (this.isDestroyed) return;
+    if (this.isDestroyed || this.writeLock.locked) return;
     try {
       this.flushTelemetry(true);
       this.flushNow();

src/core/services/immersion-tracker/__tests__/query-split-modules.test.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import {
   updateAnimeAnilistInfo,
   upsertCoverArt,
 } from '../query-maintenance.js';
+import { deleteMaintenanceBatch } from '../query-delete-maintenance.js';
 import { getLocalEpochDay } from '../query-shared.js';
 import { EVENT_CARD_MINED, EVENT_SUBTITLE_LINE, SOURCE_TYPE_LOCAL } from '../types.js';
 
@@ -985,3 +986,197 @@ test('split maintenance helpers delete multiple sessions and whole videos with d
     cleanupDbPath(dbPath);
   }
 });
+
+test('delete maintenance batch preserves retained data across overlapping session, video, and anime targets', () => {
+  const { db, dbPath, stmts } = createDb();
+
+  try {
+    const retainedAnimeId = getOrCreateAnimeRecord(db, {
+      parsedTitle: 'Retained Anime',
+      canonicalTitle: 'Retained Anime',
+      anilistId: null,
+      titleRomaji: null,
+      titleEnglish: null,
+      titleNative: null,
+      metadataJson: null,
+    });
+    const deletedAnimeId = getOrCreateAnimeRecord(db, {
+      parsedTitle: 'Deleted Anime',
+      canonicalTitle: 'Deleted Anime',
+      anilistId: null,
+      titleRomaji: null,
+      titleEnglish: null,
+      titleNative: null,
+      metadataJson: null,
+    });
+    const retainedVideoId = getOrCreateVideoRecord(db, 'local:/tmp/batch-retain.mkv', {
+      canonicalTitle: 'Batch Retain',
+      sourcePath: '/tmp/batch-retain.mkv',
+      sourceUrl: null,
+      sourceType: SOURCE_TYPE_LOCAL,
+    });
+    const deletedVideoId = getOrCreateVideoRecord(db, 'local:/tmp/batch-video.mkv', {
+      canonicalTitle: 'Batch Video',
+      sourcePath: '/tmp/batch-video.mkv',
+      sourceUrl: null,
+      sourceType: SOURCE_TYPE_LOCAL,
+    });
+    const animeVideoId = getOrCreateVideoRecord(db, 'local:/tmp/batch-anime.mkv', {
+      canonicalTitle: 'Batch Anime',
+      sourcePath: '/tmp/batch-anime.mkv',
+      sourceUrl: null,
+      sourceType: SOURCE_TYPE_LOCAL,
+    });
+    for (const [videoId, animeId, episode] of [
+      [retainedVideoId, retainedAnimeId, 1],
+      [deletedVideoId, retainedAnimeId, 2],
+      [animeVideoId, deletedAnimeId, 1],
+    ] as const) {
+      linkVideoToAnimeRecord(db, videoId, {
+        animeId,
+        parsedBasename: `batch-${episode}.mkv`,
+        parsedTitle: animeId === retainedAnimeId ? 'Retained Anime' : 'Deleted Anime',
+        parsedSeason: 1,
+        parsedEpisode: episode,
+        parserSource: 'test',
+        parserConfidence: 1,
+        parseMetadataJson: null,
+      });
+    }
+
+    const startedAtMs = 1_700_000_000_000;
+    const deletedSessionId = startSessionRecord(db, retainedVideoId, startedAtMs).sessionId;
+    const retainedSessionId = startSessionRecord(
+      db,
+      retainedVideoId,
+      startedAtMs + 1_000,
+    ).sessionId;
+    const videoSessionId = startSessionRecord(db, deletedVideoId, startedAtMs + 2_000).sessionId;
+    const animeSessionId = startSessionRecord(db, animeVideoId, startedAtMs + 3_000).sessionId;
+    for (const [sessionId, sessionStartedAtMs] of [
+      [deletedSessionId, startedAtMs],
+      [retainedSessionId, startedAtMs + 1_000],
+      [videoSessionId, startedAtMs + 2_000],
+      [animeSessionId, startedAtMs + 3_000],
+    ] as const) {
+      finalizeSessionMetrics(db, sessionId, sessionStartedAtMs);
+    }
+
+    for (const [index, sessionId, videoId, animeId] of [
+      [1, deletedSessionId, retainedVideoId, retainedAnimeId],
+      [2, retainedSessionId, retainedVideoId, retainedAnimeId],
+      [3, videoSessionId, deletedVideoId, retainedAnimeId],
+      [4, animeSessionId, animeVideoId, deletedAnimeId],
+    ] as const) {
+      insertWordOccurrence(db, stmts, {
+        sessionId,
+        videoId,
+        animeId,
+        lineIndex: index,
+        text: '猫日',
+        word: { headword: '猫', word: '猫', reading: 'ねこ' },
+      });
+      insertKanjiOccurrence(db, stmts, {
+        sessionId,
+        videoId,
+        animeId,
+        lineIndex: index + 10,
+        text: '猫日',
+        kanji: '日',
+      });
+    }
+
+    const rollupDay = getLocalEpochDay(db, startedAtMs);
+    const rollupMonth = (
+      db
+        .prepare(
+          `SELECT CAST(strftime('%Y%m', CAST(? AS REAL) / 1000, 'unixepoch', 'localtime') AS INTEGER) AS rollupMonth`,
+        )
+        .get(startedAtMs) as { rollupMonth: number }
+    ).rollupMonth;
+    for (const videoId of [retainedVideoId, deletedVideoId, animeVideoId]) {
+      db.prepare(
+        `INSERT INTO imm_daily_rollups (
+          rollup_day, video_id, total_sessions, total_active_min, total_lines_seen,
+          total_tokens_seen, total_cards, CREATED_DATE, LAST_UPDATE_DATE
+        ) VALUES (?, ?, 99, 99, 99, 99, 99, ?, ?)`,
+      ).run(rollupDay, videoId, startedAtMs, startedAtMs);
+      db.prepare(
+        `INSERT INTO imm_monthly_rollups (
+          rollup_month, video_id, total_sessions, total_active_min, total_lines_seen,
+          total_tokens_seen, total_cards, CREATED_DATE, LAST_UPDATE_DATE
+        ) VALUES (?, ?, 99, 99, 99, 99, 99, ?, ?)`,
+      ).run(rollupMonth, videoId, startedAtMs, startedAtMs);
+    }
+
+    deleteMaintenanceBatch(db, [
+      { kind: 'session', sessionId: deletedSessionId },
+      { kind: 'session', sessionId: videoSessionId },
+      { kind: 'video', videoId: deletedVideoId },
+      { kind: 'video', videoId: animeVideoId },
+      { kind: 'anime', animeId: deletedAnimeId },
+    ]);
+
+    assert.deepEqual(db.prepare('SELECT session_id FROM imm_sessions').all(), [
+      { session_id: retainedSessionId },
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(db.prepare('SELECT video_id FROM imm_videos').all(), [
+      { video_id: retainedVideoId },
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(db.prepare('SELECT anime_id FROM imm_anime').all(), [
+      { anime_id: retainedAnimeId },
+    ]);
+    assert.equal(
+      (
+        db.prepare(`SELECT frequency FROM imm_words WHERE headword = '猫'`).get() as {
+          frequency: number;
+        }
+      ).frequency,
+      1,
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      (
+        db.prepare(`SELECT frequency FROM imm_kanji WHERE kanji = '日'`).get() as {
+          frequency: number;
+        }
+      ).frequency,
+      1,
+    );
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      db.prepare('SELECT video_id, total_sessions FROM imm_daily_rollups').all() as Array<{
+        video_id: number;
+        total_sessions: number;
+      }>,
+      [{ video_id: retainedVideoId, total_sessions: 1 }],
+    );
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      db.prepare('SELECT video_id, total_sessions FROM imm_monthly_rollups').all() as Array<{
+        video_id: number;
+        total_sessions: number;
+      }>,
+      [{ video_id: retainedVideoId, total_sessions: 1 }],
+    );
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+    cleanupDbPath(dbPath);
+  }
+});
+
+test('delete maintenance batch chunks id lists below the SQLite variable limit', () => {
+  const { db, dbPath } = createDb();
+
+  try {
+    const ids = Array.from({ length: 32_767 }, (_, index) => index + 1);
+
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => {
+      deleteMaintenanceBatch(db, [
+        { kind: 'sessions', sessionIds: ids },
+        ...ids.map((videoId) => ({ kind: 'video' as const, videoId })),
+        ...ids.map((animeId) => ({ kind: 'anime' as const, animeId })),
+      ]);
+    });
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+    cleanupDbPath(dbPath);
+  }
+});

src/core/services/immersion-tracker/delete-maintenance-scheduler.test.ts

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+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { DeleteMaintenanceScheduler } from './delete-maintenance-scheduler';
+import type { DeleteMaintenanceTask } from './delete-maintenance';
+
+test('scheduler batches same-turn requests and balances busy state', async () => {
+  const tasks: DeleteMaintenanceTask[] = [];
+  const states: string[] = [];
+  const scheduler = new DeleteMaintenanceScheduler({
+    batchWindowMs: 0,
+    runTask: async (task) => {
+      tasks.push(task);
+    },
+    onBusy: () => states.push('busy'),
+    onIdle: () => states.push('idle'),
+  });
+
+  const first = scheduler.enqueue(() => ({ kind: 'session', sessionId: 1 }));
+  const second = scheduler.enqueue(() => ({ kind: 'sessions', sessionIds: [2, 3] }));
+  const third = scheduler.enqueue(() => null);
+  await Promise.all([first, second, third]);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(tasks, [
+    {
+      kind: 'batch',
+      tasks: [
+        { kind: 'session', sessionId: 1 },
+        { kind: 'sessions', sessionIds: [2, 3] },
+      ],
+    },
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(states, ['busy', 'idle']);
+});
+
+test('scheduler rejects enqueue after destruction without entering busy state', async () => {
+  let busyCalls = 0;
+  let runCalls = 0;
+  const scheduler = new DeleteMaintenanceScheduler({
+    batchWindowMs: 0,
+    runTask: async () => {
+      runCalls += 1;
+    },
+    onBusy: () => {
+      busyCalls += 1;
+    },
+    onIdle: () => {},
+  });
+  scheduler.destroy();
+
+  await assert.rejects(
+    scheduler.enqueue(() => ({ kind: 'session', sessionId: 1 })),
+    /shutting down/,
+  );
+  assert.equal(busyCalls, 0);
+  assert.equal(runCalls, 0);
+});
+
+test('scheduler rejects every request in a batch when the maintenance task fails', async () => {
+  const failure = new Error('maintenance failed');
+  const scheduler = new DeleteMaintenanceScheduler({
+    batchWindowMs: 0,
+    runTask: async () => {
+      throw failure;
+    },
+    onBusy: () => {},
+    onIdle: () => {},
+  });
+
+  const first = scheduler.enqueue(() => ({ kind: 'session', sessionId: 1 }));
+  const second = scheduler.enqueue(() => ({ kind: 'session', sessionId: 2 }));
+
+  const results = await Promise.allSettled([first, second]);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    results.map((result) => (result.status === 'rejected' ? result.reason : null)),
+    [failure, failure],
+  );
+});
+
+test('scheduler rejects only the request whose task resolution fails', async () => {
+  const failure = new Error('resolution failed');
+  const tasks: DeleteMaintenanceTask[] = [];
+  const scheduler = new DeleteMaintenanceScheduler({
+    batchWindowMs: 0,
+    runTask: async (task) => {
+      tasks.push(task);
+    },
+    onBusy: () => {},
+    onIdle: () => {},
+  });
+
+  const failed = scheduler.enqueue(() => {
+    throw failure;
+  });
+  const succeeded = scheduler.enqueue(() => ({ kind: 'session', sessionId: 2 }));
+
+  const results = await Promise.allSettled([failed, succeeded]);
+  assert.equal(results[0]?.status, 'rejected');
+  assert.equal(results[0]?.status === 'rejected' ? results[0].reason : null, failure);
+  assert.equal(results[1]?.status, 'fulfilled');
+  assert.deepEqual(tasks, [{ kind: 'session', sessionId: 2 }]);
+});
+
+test('scheduler does not schedule another drain when the queue is empty', async () => {
+  const originalSetTimeout = globalThis.setTimeout;
+  let timerCalls = 0;
+  globalThis.setTimeout = ((handler: TimerHandler, timeout?: number, ...args: unknown[]) => {
+    timerCalls += 1;
+    return originalSetTimeout(handler, timeout, ...args);
+  }) as typeof setTimeout;
+
+  try {
+    const scheduler = new DeleteMaintenanceScheduler({
+      batchWindowMs: 0,
+      runTask: async () => {},
+      onBusy: () => {},
+      onIdle: () => {},
+    });
+
+    await scheduler.enqueue(() => ({ kind: 'session', sessionId: 1 }));
+    assert.equal(timerCalls, 1);
+  } finally {
+    globalThis.setTimeout = originalSetTimeout;
+  }
+});
+
+test('scheduler serializes batches and rejects requests queued at destruction', async () => {
+  const releases: Array<() => void> = [];
+  let activeTasks = 0;
+  let maxActiveTasks = 0;
+  const scheduler = new DeleteMaintenanceScheduler({
+    batchWindowMs: 0,
+    runTask: async () => {
+      activeTasks += 1;
+      maxActiveTasks = Math.max(maxActiveTasks, activeTasks);
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => releases.push(resolve));
+      activeTasks -= 1;
+    },
+    onBusy: () => {},
+    onIdle: () => {},
+  });
+
+  const first = scheduler.enqueue(() => ({ kind: 'session', sessionId: 1 }));
+  const maxPollAttempts = 100;
+  let pollAttempts = 0;
+  while (releases.length === 0 && pollAttempts < maxPollAttempts) {
+    pollAttempts += 1;
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  }
+  assert.ok(
+    releases.length > 0,
+    `runTask did not produce a release after ${maxPollAttempts} polling attempts`,
+  );
+  const queued = scheduler.enqueue(() => ({ kind: 'session', sessionId: 2 }));
+  scheduler.destroy();
+
+  await assert.rejects(queued, /shutting down/);
+  releases[0]?.();
+  await first;
+  assert.equal(maxActiveTasks, 1);
+});

src/core/services/immersion-tracker/delete-maintenance-scheduler.ts

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+import type { DeleteMaintenanceOperation, DeleteMaintenanceTask } from './delete-maintenance';
+
+type ResolveDeleteMaintenanceOperation = () =>
+  | DeleteMaintenanceOperation
+  | null
+  | Promise<DeleteMaintenanceOperation | null>;
+
+interface PendingDeleteMaintenanceRequest {
+  resolveTask: ResolveDeleteMaintenanceOperation;
+  resolve: () => void;
+  reject: (error: unknown) => void;
+}
+
+interface DeleteMaintenanceSchedulerOptions {
+  batchWindowMs: number;
+  runTask: (task: DeleteMaintenanceTask) => Promise<void>;
+  onBusy: () => void;
+  onIdle: () => void;
+}
+
+export class DeleteMaintenanceScheduler {
+  private readonly pendingRequests: PendingDeleteMaintenanceRequest[] = [];
+  private running = false;
+  private drainTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+  private pendingTaskCount = 0;
+  private destroyed = false;
+
+  constructor(private readonly options: DeleteMaintenanceSchedulerOptions) {}
+
+  enqueue(resolveTask: ResolveDeleteMaintenanceOperation): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.destroyed) {
+      return Promise.reject(new Error('Immersion tracker is shutting down'));
+    }
+
+    if (this.pendingTaskCount === 0) this.options.onBusy();
+    this.pendingTaskCount += 1;
+
+    const result = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      this.pendingRequests.push({ resolveTask, resolve, reject });
+      this.scheduleDrain();
+    });
+
+    return result.finally(() => {
+      this.pendingTaskCount -= 1;
+      if (this.pendingTaskCount === 0) this.options.onIdle();
+    });
+  }
+
+  destroy(): void {
+    if (this.destroyed) return;
+    this.destroyed = true;
+    if (this.drainTimer) {
+      clearTimeout(this.drainTimer);
+      this.drainTimer = null;
+    }
+    const error = new Error('Immersion tracker is shutting down');
+    for (const request of this.pendingRequests.splice(0)) request.reject(error);
+  }
+
+  private scheduleDrain(): void {
+    if (this.destroyed || this.running || this.drainTimer || this.pendingRequests.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.drainTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+      this.drainTimer = null;
+      void this.drain();
+    }, this.options.batchWindowMs);
+  }
+
+  private async drain(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.running || this.pendingRequests.length === 0) return;
+    this.running = true;
+    const requests = this.pendingRequests.splice(0);
+    const runnable: Array<{
+      request: PendingDeleteMaintenanceRequest;
+      task: DeleteMaintenanceOperation;
+    }> = [];
+
+    for (const request of requests) {
+      try {
+        const task = await request.resolveTask();
+        if (task) runnable.push({ request, task });
+        else request.resolve();
+      } catch (error) {
+        request.reject(error);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (runnable.length > 0) {
+      const task: DeleteMaintenanceTask =
+        runnable.length === 1
+          ? runnable[0]!.task
+          : { kind: 'batch', tasks: runnable.map((entry) => entry.task) };
+      try {
+        await this.options.runTask(task);
+        for (const { request } of runnable) request.resolve();
+      } catch (error) {
+        for (const { request } of runnable) request.reject(error);
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.running = false;
+    this.scheduleDrain();
+  }
+}

src/core/services/immersion-tracker/delete-maintenance-worker-runtime.test.ts

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+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import {
+  DeleteMaintenanceWorkerRuntime,
+  resolveDeleteMaintenanceWorkerPath,
+} from './delete-maintenance-worker-runtime';
+import { executeDeleteMaintenanceTask } from './delete-maintenance';
+import { startSessionRecord } from './session';
+import { Database } from './sqlite';
+import { applyPragmas, ensureSchema, getOrCreateVideoRecord } from './storage';
+
+type FakeWorkerListener = (value: never) => void;
+
+function createFakeWorker() {
+  const listeners = new Map<string, FakeWorkerListener>();
+  const terminationState = { calls: 0 };
+  const worker = {
+    once(event: string, listener: FakeWorkerListener) {
+      listeners.set(event, listener);
+      return this;
+    },
+    terminate: async () => {
+      terminationState.calls += 1;
+      return 0;
+    },
+  };
+  return { worker, listeners, terminationState };
+}
+
+type FakeWorker = ReturnType<typeof createFakeWorker>['worker'];
+
+test('a delete batch rebuilds lifetime summaries once', () => {
+  const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-delete-batch-test-'));
+  const dbPath = path.join(tempDir, 'immersion.sqlite');
+  let db = new Database(dbPath);
+
+  try {
+    applyPragmas(db);
+    ensureSchema(db);
+    const videoId = getOrCreateVideoRecord(db, 'local:/tmp/batch-delete.mkv', {
+      canonicalTitle: 'Batch Delete',
+      sourcePath: '/tmp/batch-delete.mkv',
+      sourceUrl: null,
+      sourceType: 1,
+    });
+    const firstSessionId = startSessionRecord(db, videoId, 1_000).sessionId;
+    const secondSessionId = startSessionRecord(db, videoId, 2_000).sessionId;
+    const deletedVideoId = getOrCreateVideoRecord(db, 'local:/tmp/batch-delete-video.mkv', {
+      canonicalTitle: 'Batch Delete Video',
+      sourcePath: '/tmp/batch-delete-video.mkv',
+      sourceUrl: null,
+      sourceType: 1,
+    });
+    startSessionRecord(db, deletedVideoId, 3_000);
+    db.exec(`
+      CREATE TABLE delete_rebuild_audit (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY);
+      CREATE TRIGGER count_delete_lifetime_rebuild
+      AFTER UPDATE OF last_rebuilt_ms ON imm_lifetime_global
+      BEGIN
+        INSERT INTO delete_rebuild_audit (id) VALUES (NULL);
+      END;
+    `);
+    db.close();
+
+    executeDeleteMaintenanceTask(dbPath, {
+      kind: 'batch',
+      tasks: [
+        { kind: 'session', sessionId: firstSessionId },
+        { kind: 'video', videoId: deletedVideoId },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    db = new Database(dbPath);
+    const audit = db.prepare('SELECT COUNT(*) AS total FROM delete_rebuild_audit').get() as {
+      total: number;
+    };
+    const retainedSession = db
+      .prepare('SELECT session_id AS sessionId FROM imm_sessions WHERE video_id = ?')
+      .get(videoId) as { sessionId: number } | null;
+    const deletedVideo = db
+      .prepare('SELECT video_id AS videoId FROM imm_videos WHERE video_id = ?')
+      .get(deletedVideoId) as { videoId: number } | null;
+    assert.equal(retainedSession?.sessionId, secondSessionId);
+    assert.equal(deletedVideo, undefined);
+    assert.equal(
+      audit.total,
+      2,
+      'one rebuild performs exactly its reset and final global summary writes',
+    );
+  } finally {
+    try {
+      db.close();
+    } catch {
+      // The setup connection closes before maintenance runs.
+    }
+    fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test(
+  'compiled delete worker removes data through its separate database connection',
+  { skip: resolveDeleteMaintenanceWorkerPath() === null },
+  async () => {
+    const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-delete-worker-test-'));
+    const dbPath = path.join(tempDir, 'immersion.sqlite');
+    const runtime = new DeleteMaintenanceWorkerRuntime();
+    let db = new Database(dbPath);
+
+    try {
+      applyPragmas(db);
+      ensureSchema(db);
+      const videoId = getOrCreateVideoRecord(db, 'local:/tmp/worker-delete.mkv', {
+        canonicalTitle: 'Worker Delete',
+        sourcePath: '/tmp/worker-delete.mkv',
+        sourceUrl: null,
+        sourceType: 1,
+      });
+      const firstSessionId = startSessionRecord(db, videoId, 1_000).sessionId;
+      const secondSessionId = startSessionRecord(db, videoId, 2_000).sessionId;
+      db.close();
+
+      await runtime.run(dbPath, {
+        kind: 'batch',
+        tasks: [
+          { kind: 'session', sessionId: firstSessionId },
+          { kind: 'session', sessionId: secondSessionId },
+        ],
+      });
+
+      db = new Database(dbPath);
+      const row = db
+        .prepare('SELECT COUNT(*) AS total FROM imm_sessions WHERE video_id = ?')
+        .get(videoId) as { total: number };
+      assert.equal(row.total, 0);
+    } finally {
+      runtime.destroy();
+      try {
+        db.close();
+      } catch {
+        // The setup connection is already closed before the worker starts.
+      }
+      fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  },
+);
+
+test('worker runtime warns before falling back when no emitted worker is available', async () => {
+  const warnings: unknown[][] = [];
+  const fallbackTasks: unknown[] = [];
+  const runtime = new DeleteMaintenanceWorkerRuntime({
+    resolveWorkerPath: () => null,
+    warn: (...args) => warnings.push(args),
+    executeFallback: (_dbPath, task) => fallbackTasks.push(task),
+  });
+
+  await runtime.run('/tmp/fallback.sqlite', { kind: 'session', sessionId: 1 });
+
+  assert.equal(warnings.length, 1);
+  assert.match(String(warnings[0]?.[0]), /worker unavailable/i);
+  assert.deepEqual(fallbackTasks, [{ kind: 'session', sessionId: 1 }]);
+});
+
+test('worker runtime terminates a worker after successful settlement', async () => {
+  const { worker, listeners, terminationState } = createFakeWorker();
+  const runtime = new DeleteMaintenanceWorkerRuntime({
+    resolveWorkerPath: () => '/tmp/delete-worker.js',
+    createWorker: async () => worker,
+  });
+
+  const result = runtime.run('/tmp/test.sqlite', { kind: 'session', sessionId: 1 });
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  listeners.get('message')?.({ ok: true } as never);
+  await result;
+
+  assert.equal(terminationState.calls, 1);
+});
+
+test('worker runtime terminates a worker after failed settlement', async () => {
+  const { worker, listeners, terminationState } = createFakeWorker();
+  const runtime = new DeleteMaintenanceWorkerRuntime({
+    resolveWorkerPath: () => '/tmp/delete-worker.js',
+    createWorker: async () => worker,
+  });
+
+  const result = runtime.run('/tmp/test.sqlite', { kind: 'session', sessionId: 1 });
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  listeners.get('error')?.(new Error('worker failed') as never);
+
+  await assert.rejects(result, /worker failed/);
+  assert.equal(terminationState.calls, 1);
+});
+
+test('worker runtime terminates a worker created after shutdown begins', async () => {
+  const { worker, listeners, terminationState } = createFakeWorker();
+  const createGate: { resolve?: (worker: FakeWorker) => void } = {};
+  const fallbackTasks: unknown[] = [];
+  const runtime = new DeleteMaintenanceWorkerRuntime({
+    resolveWorkerPath: () => '/tmp/delete-worker.js',
+    createWorker: () =>
+      new Promise((resolve) => {
+        createGate.resolve = resolve;
+      }),
+    executeFallback: (_dbPath, task) => fallbackTasks.push(task),
+  });
+
+  const result = runtime.run('/tmp/test.sqlite', { kind: 'session', sessionId: 1 });
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  runtime.destroy();
+  createGate.resolve?.(worker);
+
+  await assert.rejects(result, /shut down/);
+  assert.equal(terminationState.calls, 1);
+  assert.equal(listeners.size, 0);
+  assert.deepEqual(fallbackTasks, []);
+});
+
+test('worker runtime does not fall back when worker creation fails during shutdown', async () => {
+  const createGate: { reject?: (error: Error) => void } = {};
+  const fallbackTasks: unknown[] = [];
+  const runtime = new DeleteMaintenanceWorkerRuntime({
+    resolveWorkerPath: () => '/tmp/delete-worker.js',
+    createWorker: () =>
+      new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
+        createGate.reject = reject;
+      }),
+    executeFallback: (_dbPath, task) => fallbackTasks.push(task),
+  });
+
+  const result = runtime.run('/tmp/test.sqlite', { kind: 'session', sessionId: 1 });
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  runtime.destroy();
+  createGate.reject?.(new Error('creation failed'));
+
+  await assert.rejects(result, /shut down/);
+  assert.deepEqual(fallbackTasks, []);
+});

src/core/services/immersion-tracker/delete-maintenance-worker-runtime.ts

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+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { createLogger } from '../../../logger';
+import { executeDeleteMaintenanceTask, type DeleteMaintenanceTask } from './delete-maintenance';
+
+interface DeleteMaintenanceWorkerResponse {
+  ok?: unknown;
+  error?: unknown;
+}
+
+export type RunDeleteMaintenanceTask = (
+  dbPath: string,
+  task: DeleteMaintenanceTask,
+) => Promise<void>;
+
+interface DeleteMaintenanceWorkerHandle {
+  once(event: 'message', listener: (message: DeleteMaintenanceWorkerResponse) => void): this;
+  once(event: 'error', listener: (error: Error) => void): this;
+  once(event: 'exit', listener: (code: number) => void): this;
+  terminate(): Promise<number>;
+}
+
+interface DeleteMaintenanceWorkerRuntimeOptions {
+  resolveWorkerPath?: () => string | null;
+  createWorker?: (
+    workerPath: string,
+    workerData: { dbPath: string; task: DeleteMaintenanceTask },
+  ) => Promise<DeleteMaintenanceWorkerHandle>;
+  executeFallback?: typeof executeDeleteMaintenanceTask;
+  warn?: (message: string, ...meta: unknown[]) => void;
+}
+
+export function resolveDeleteMaintenanceWorkerPath(): string | null {
+  const workerPath = path.join(__dirname, 'delete-maintenance-worker-thread.js');
+  return fs.existsSync(workerPath) ? workerPath : null;
+}
+
+const logger = createLogger('main:immersion-tracker:delete-worker');
+
+export class DeleteMaintenanceWorkerRuntime {
+  private readonly activeWorkers = new Set<DeleteMaintenanceWorkerHandle>();
+  private destroyed = false;
+
+  constructor(private readonly options: DeleteMaintenanceWorkerRuntimeOptions = {}) {}
+
+  async run(dbPath: string, task: DeleteMaintenanceTask): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.destroyed) {
+      throw new Error('Delete maintenance worker is shut down');
+    }
+
+    let worker: DeleteMaintenanceWorkerHandle;
+    try {
+      const workerPath = (this.options.resolveWorkerPath ?? resolveDeleteMaintenanceWorkerPath)();
+      if (!workerPath) throw new Error('Emitted delete-maintenance worker module was not found');
+      const createWorker =
+        this.options.createWorker ??
+        (async (resolvedPath, workerData) => {
+          const { Worker } = await import('node:worker_threads');
+          return new Worker(resolvedPath, { workerData });
+        });
+      worker = await createWorker(workerPath, { dbPath, task });
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (this.destroyed) {
+        throw new Error('Delete maintenance worker is shut down');
+      }
+      (this.options.warn ?? logger.warn)(
+        'Delete maintenance worker unavailable; running maintenance on the current thread',
+        error,
+      );
+      (this.options.executeFallback ?? executeDeleteMaintenanceTask)(dbPath, task);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.destroyed) {
+      await worker.terminate().catch(() => undefined);
+      throw new Error('Delete maintenance worker is shut down');
+    }
+
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      let settled = false;
+      this.activeWorkers.add(worker);
+
+      const settle = (error?: Error) => {
+        if (settled) return;
+        settled = true;
+        this.activeWorkers.delete(worker);
+        if (error) reject(error);
+        else resolve();
+        void worker.terminate();
+      };
+
+      worker.once('message', (message: DeleteMaintenanceWorkerResponse) => {
+        if (message.ok === true) {
+          settle();
+          return;
+        }
+        const detail = typeof message.error === 'string' ? message.error : 'unknown worker error';
+        settle(new Error(`Delete maintenance failed: ${detail}`));
+      });
+      worker.once('error', (error) => settle(error));
+      worker.once('exit', (code) => {
+        settle(
+          new Error(
+            code === 0
+              ? 'Delete maintenance worker exited without a response'
+              : `Delete maintenance worker exited with code ${code}`,
+          ),
+        );
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  destroy(): void {
+    if (this.destroyed) return;
+    this.destroyed = true;
+    for (const worker of this.activeWorkers) {
+      void worker.terminate();
+    }
+    this.activeWorkers.clear();
+  }
+}

src/core/services/immersion-tracker/delete-maintenance-worker-thread.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { parentPort, workerData } from 'node:worker_threads';
+import { executeDeleteMaintenanceTask, type DeleteMaintenanceTask } from './delete-maintenance';
+
+interface DeleteMaintenanceWorkerData {
+  dbPath: string;
+  task: DeleteMaintenanceTask;
+}
+
+if (!parentPort) {
+  throw new Error('delete maintenance worker missing parent port');
+}
+
+const port = parentPort;
+const request = workerData as DeleteMaintenanceWorkerData;
+
+try {
+  executeDeleteMaintenanceTask(request.dbPath, request.task);
+  port.postMessage({ ok: true });
+} catch (error) {
+  const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+  port.postMessage({ ok: false, error: message });
+}

src/core/services/immersion-tracker/delete-maintenance.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { Database } from './sqlite';
+import { applyPragmas } from './storage';
+import { deleteAnime, deleteSession, deleteSessions, deleteVideo } from './query-maintenance';
+import {
+  deleteMaintenanceBatch,
+  type DeleteMaintenanceOperation,
+} from './query-delete-maintenance';
+
+export type { DeleteMaintenanceOperation } from './query-delete-maintenance';
+
+export type DeleteMaintenanceTask =
+  | DeleteMaintenanceOperation
+  | { kind: 'batch'; tasks: DeleteMaintenanceOperation[] };
+
+function executeDeleteMaintenanceOperation(
+  db: InstanceType<typeof Database>,
+  task: DeleteMaintenanceOperation,
+): void {
+  switch (task.kind) {
+    case 'session':
+      deleteSession(db, task.sessionId);
+      return;
+    case 'sessions':
+      deleteSessions(db, task.sessionIds);
+      return;
+    case 'video':
+      deleteVideo(db, task.videoId);
+      return;
+    case 'anime':
+      deleteAnime(db, task.animeId);
+      return;
+  }
+}
+
+export function executeDeleteMaintenanceTask(dbPath: string, task: DeleteMaintenanceTask): void {
+  const db = new Database(dbPath);
+  try {
+    applyPragmas(db);
+    if (task.kind === 'batch') {
+      deleteMaintenanceBatch(db, task.tasks);
+      return;
+    }
+    executeDeleteMaintenanceOperation(db, task);
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+}

src/core/services/immersion-tracker/query-delete-maintenance.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+import type { DatabaseSync } from './sqlite';
+import { rebuildLifetimeSummariesInTransaction } from './lifetime';
+import { getRollupGroupsForSessions, refreshRollupsForGroupsInTransaction } from './maintenance';
+import {
+  applyLexicalRemovals,
+  cleanupUnusedCoverArtBlobHash,
+  deleteSessionsByIds,
+  forEachIdChunk,
+  makePlaceholders,
+  planLexicalRemovalsForSessions,
+  SQLITE_ID_CHUNK_SIZE,
+  type LexicalRemovalPlan,
+} from './query-shared';
+
+export type DeleteMaintenanceOperation =
+  | { kind: 'session'; sessionId: number }
+  | { kind: 'sessions'; sessionIds: number[] }
+  | { kind: 'video'; videoId: number }
+  | { kind: 'anime'; animeId: number };
+
+function addOperationTargets(
+  operations: DeleteMaintenanceOperation[],
+  sessionIds: Set<number>,
+  videoIds: Set<number>,
+  animeIds: Set<number>,
+): void {
+  for (const operation of operations) {
+    switch (operation.kind) {
+      case 'session':
+        sessionIds.add(operation.sessionId);
+        break;
+      case 'sessions':
+        for (const sessionId of operation.sessionIds) sessionIds.add(sessionId);
+        break;
+      case 'video':
+        videoIds.add(operation.videoId);
+        break;
+      case 'anime':
+        animeIds.add(operation.animeId);
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function selectIds(
+  db: DatabaseSync,
+  buildSql: (placeholders: string) => string,
+  params: number[],
+  column: string,
+): number[] {
+  if (params.length === 0) return [];
+  const ids: number[] = [];
+  forEachIdChunk(params, (chunk) => {
+    const rows = db.prepare(buildSql(makePlaceholders(chunk))).all(...chunk) as Array<
+      Record<string, number>
+    >;
+    for (const row of rows) ids.push(row[column]!);
+  });
+  return ids;
+}
+
+function planLexicalRemovalsInChunks(db: DatabaseSync, sessionIds: number[]): LexicalRemovalPlan {
+  const combined: LexicalRemovalPlan = { words: [], kanji: [] };
+  const merge = (target: LexicalRemovalPlan['words'], source: LexicalRemovalPlan['words']) => {
+    const byId = new Map(target.map((entry) => [entry.id, entry]));
+    for (const entry of source) {
+      const existing = byId.get(entry.id);
+      if (!existing) {
+        const added = { ...entry };
+        target.push(added);
+        byId.set(entry.id, added);
+        continue;
+      }
+      existing.removedFrequency += entry.removedFrequency;
+      if (
+        entry.removedFirstSeenMs !== null &&
+        (existing.removedFirstSeenMs === null ||
+          entry.removedFirstSeenMs < existing.removedFirstSeenMs)
+      ) {
+        existing.removedFirstSeenMs = entry.removedFirstSeenMs;
+      }
+      if (
+        entry.removedLastSeenMs !== null &&
+        (existing.removedLastSeenMs === null ||
+          entry.removedLastSeenMs > existing.removedLastSeenMs)
+      ) {
+        existing.removedLastSeenMs = entry.removedLastSeenMs;
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  forEachIdChunk(sessionIds, (chunk) => {
+    const plan = planLexicalRemovalsForSessions(db, chunk);
+    merge(combined.words, plan.words);
+    merge(combined.kanji, plan.kanji);
+  });
+  return combined;
+}
+
+export function deleteMaintenanceBatch(
+  db: DatabaseSync,
+  operations: DeleteMaintenanceOperation[],
+): void {
+  if (operations.length === 0) return;
+
+  db.exec('BEGIN IMMEDIATE');
+  try {
+    const sessionIds = new Set<number>();
+    const videoIds = new Set<number>();
+    const animeIds = new Set<number>();
+    addOperationTargets(operations, sessionIds, videoIds, animeIds);
+
+    const animeIdList = [...animeIds];
+    for (const videoId of selectIds(
+      db,
+      (placeholders) => `SELECT video_id FROM imm_videos WHERE anime_id IN (${placeholders})`,
+      animeIdList,
+      'video_id',
+    )) {
+      videoIds.add(videoId);
+    }
+
+    const videoIdList = [...videoIds];
+    for (const sessionId of selectIds(
+      db,
+      (placeholders) => `SELECT session_id FROM imm_sessions WHERE video_id IN (${placeholders})`,
+      videoIdList,
+      'session_id',
+    )) {
+      sessionIds.add(sessionId);
+    }
+
+    const sessionIdList = [...sessionIds];
+    const lexicalRemovals = planLexicalRemovalsInChunks(db, sessionIdList);
+    const affectedRollupGroups = sessionIdList
+      .flatMap((_, index) =>
+        index % SQLITE_ID_CHUNK_SIZE === 0
+          ? getRollupGroupsForSessions(db, sessionIdList.slice(index, index + SQLITE_ID_CHUNK_SIZE))
+          : [],
+      )
+      .filter((group) => !videoIds.has(group.videoId));
+    const coverBlobHashes = new Set<string>();
+    if (videoIdList.length > 0) {
+      forEachIdChunk(videoIdList, (chunk) => {
+        const placeholders = makePlaceholders(chunk);
+        const artRows = db
+          .prepare(
+            `SELECT cover_blob_hash AS coverBlobHash
+             FROM imm_media_art
+             WHERE video_id IN (${placeholders}) AND cover_blob_hash IS NOT NULL`,
+          )
+          .all(...chunk) as Array<{ coverBlobHash: string }>;
+        for (const row of artRows) coverBlobHashes.add(row.coverBlobHash);
+      });
+
+      deleteSessionsByIds(db, sessionIdList);
+      forEachIdChunk(videoIdList, (chunk) => {
+        const placeholders = makePlaceholders(chunk);
+        db.prepare(`DELETE FROM imm_subtitle_lines WHERE video_id IN (${placeholders})`).run(
+          ...chunk,
+        );
+        db.prepare(`DELETE FROM imm_daily_rollups WHERE video_id IN (${placeholders})`).run(
+          ...chunk,
+        );
+        db.prepare(`DELETE FROM imm_monthly_rollups WHERE video_id IN (${placeholders})`).run(
+          ...chunk,
+        );
+        db.prepare(`DELETE FROM imm_media_art WHERE video_id IN (${placeholders})`).run(...chunk);
+        db.prepare(`DELETE FROM imm_videos WHERE video_id IN (${placeholders})`).run(...chunk);
+      });
+    } else {
+      deleteSessionsByIds(db, sessionIdList);
+    }
+
+    for (const coverBlobHash of coverBlobHashes) {
+      cleanupUnusedCoverArtBlobHash(db, coverBlobHash);
+    }
+    if (animeIdList.length > 0) {
+      forEachIdChunk(animeIdList, (chunk) => {
+        const placeholders = makePlaceholders(chunk);
+        db.prepare(`DELETE FROM imm_lifetime_anime WHERE anime_id IN (${placeholders})`).run(
+          ...chunk,
+        );
+        db.prepare(`DELETE FROM imm_anime WHERE anime_id IN (${placeholders})`).run(...chunk);
+      });
+    }
+
+    applyLexicalRemovals(db, lexicalRemovals);
+    rebuildLifetimeSummariesInTransaction(db);
+    refreshRollupsForGroupsInTransaction(db, affectedRollupGroups);
+    db.exec('COMMIT');
+  } catch (error) {
+    db.exec('ROLLBACK');
+    throw error;
+  }
+}

src/core/services/immersion-tracker/query-shared.ts

@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ export function makePlaceholders(values: number[]): string {
   return values.map(() => '?').join(',');
 }
 
+export const SQLITE_ID_CHUNK_SIZE = 1_000;
+
+export function forEachIdChunk(ids: number[], callback: (chunk: number[]) => void): void {
+  for (let start = 0; start < ids.length; start += SQLITE_ID_CHUNK_SIZE) {
+    callback(ids.slice(start, start + SQLITE_ID_CHUNK_SIZE));
+  }
+}
+
 export function resolvedCoverBlobExpr(mediaAlias: string, blobStoreAlias: string): string {
   return `COALESCE(${blobStoreAlias}.cover_blob, CASE WHEN ${mediaAlias}.cover_blob_hash IS NULL THEN ${mediaAlias}.cover_blob ELSE NULL END)`;
 }
@@ -490,17 +498,19 @@ export function deleteSessionsByIds(db: DatabaseSync, sessionIds: number[]): voi
     return;
   }
 
-  const placeholders = makePlaceholders(sessionIds);
+  forEachIdChunk(sessionIds, (chunk) => {
+    const placeholders = makePlaceholders(chunk);
     db.prepare(`DELETE FROM imm_subtitle_lines WHERE session_id IN (${placeholders})`).run(
-    ...sessionIds,
+      ...chunk,
     );
     db.prepare(`DELETE FROM imm_session_telemetry WHERE session_id IN (${placeholders})`).run(
-    ...sessionIds,
+      ...chunk,
     );
     db.prepare(`DELETE FROM imm_session_events WHERE session_id IN (${placeholders})`).run(
-    ...sessionIds,
+      ...chunk,
     );
-  db.prepare(`DELETE FROM imm_sessions WHERE session_id IN (${placeholders})`).run(...sessionIds);
+    db.prepare(`DELETE FROM imm_sessions WHERE session_id IN (${placeholders})`).run(...chunk);
+  });
 }
 
 export function toDbMs(ms: number | bigint): bigint {