fix: display story age from firstSeenAt, not updatedAt
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Old stories were reading "1 hr ago" because updatedAt bumps every time
the backend attaches another article to a cluster, however loosely
related. firstSeenAt is when the cluster actually first appeared and
is already in the API response — just wasn't decoded.

Verified live: story_1a37c858235b (F1 Austria GP recap) has
firstSeenAt 2026-06-16 but updatedAt 2026-07-11, freshnessScore 0.96 —
looked brand new despite being 25 days old. Also confirmed the API's
isStale field is unusable as a stopgap (always false regardless of age).

Ranking still surfaces old stories at the top — that's server-side
(signalScore/freshnessScore) and out of scope for the client per the
architecture rule against re-ranking. Logged in BACKLOG #15.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Kutesir
2026-07-12 01:51:35 +03:00
parent fcd4e2cce5
commit afec870919
5 changed files with 31 additions and 7 deletions

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@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ struct StorySummary: Codable, Identifiable, Hashable {
let conflict: String?
let updatedAt: Date
let createdAt: Date
/// When the cluster first appeared. `updatedAt` bumps on every article the
/// backend attaches to the cluster (even a loosely-related one), so it can
/// read "1 hr ago" on stories that are actually weeks old `firstSeenAt`
/// is the honest age. Optional so decoding tolerates older API responses.
let firstSeenAt: Date?
}
struct ScoreBreakdown: Codable, Hashable {
@@ -185,6 +190,10 @@ final class CachedStory {
/// Original publish timestamp. Defaults to updatedAt for rows cached before
/// this field was added SwiftData handles the automatic migration.
var createdAt: Date = Date()
/// When the cluster first appeared the honest age, unlike `updatedAt` which
/// bumps whenever the backend attaches another article. Defaults to `updatedAt`
/// for rows cached before this field was added.
var firstSeenAt: Date = Date()
var cachedAt: Date
init(from summary: StorySummary) {
@@ -199,6 +208,7 @@ final class CachedStory {
self.conflict = summary.conflict
self.updatedAt = summary.updatedAt
self.createdAt = summary.createdAt
self.firstSeenAt = summary.firstSeenAt ?? summary.updatedAt
self.cachedAt = Date()
}
}