diff --git a/src/Wiki.Application/Encyclopedia/EncyclopediaReconciler.cs b/src/Wiki.Application/Encyclopedia/EncyclopediaReconciler.cs
index ef0c25f..219b4af 100644
--- a/src/Wiki.Application/Encyclopedia/EncyclopediaReconciler.cs
+++ b/src/Wiki.Application/Encyclopedia/EncyclopediaReconciler.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public sealed class EncyclopediaReconciler(
         if (plan is null)
         {
             log.LogWarning("No usable article plan; no article is written or deleted");
-            return await FinishAsync(changes, new EncyclopediaState(subjects, failedPlan), stateText,
+            return await FinishAsync(changes, new EncyclopediaState(subjects, failedPlan, state.FailedBatches, state.KeptArticles), stateText,
                 new ReconcileSummary(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, "no-plan", null), ct);
         }
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public sealed class EncyclopediaReconciler(
             }
         }
 
-        var summary = await FinishAsync(changes, new EncyclopediaState(subjects, failedPlan), stateText,
+        var summary = await FinishAsync(changes, new EncyclopediaState(subjects, failedPlan, state.FailedBatches, state.KeptArticles), stateText,
             new ReconcileSummary(plan.Articles.Count, written, deleted, rejected, remembered, stopped, null, null), ct);
         failure?.Throw();
         return summary;
diff --git a/src/Wiki.Application/Encyclopedia/EncyclopediaState.cs b/src/Wiki.Application/Encyclopedia/EncyclopediaState.cs
index 4705da7..7c759cc 100644
--- a/src/Wiki.Application/Encyclopedia/EncyclopediaState.cs
+++ b/src/Wiki.Application/Encyclopedia/EncyclopediaState.cs
@@ -22,9 +22,21 @@ public sealed record PlanAttempt(string NoteSetFingerprint, DateTimeOffset At);
 /// What the nightly job remembers between runs (<c>articles/_state.json</c>), so it does not pay again
 /// for the same failure. An attempt is repeated only when its fingerprint changes.
 /// </summary>
-public sealed record EncyclopediaState(IReadOnlyDictionary<string, SubjectAttempt> Subjects, PlanAttempt? FailedPlan)
+/// <remarks>
+/// <c>FailedBatches</c>: fingerprint of an assignment batch whose reply was unusable → when.
+/// <c>KeptArticles</c>: article slug → <see cref="SubjectFingerprint"/> at which the fold call answered keep.
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed record EncyclopediaState(
+    IReadOnlyDictionary<string, SubjectAttempt> Subjects,
+    PlanAttempt? FailedPlan,
+    IReadOnlyDictionary<string, DateTimeOffset> FailedBatches,
+    IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> KeptArticles)
 {
-    public static EncyclopediaState Empty => new(new Dictionary<string, SubjectAttempt>(), null);
+    public static EncyclopediaState Empty =>
+        new(new Dictionary<string, SubjectAttempt>(), null, new Dictionary<string, DateTimeOffset>(), new Dictionary<string, string>());
+
+    public static string BatchFingerprint(IReadOnlyList<Document> notes) =>
+        Hash(Prompts.Version.ToString(), notes.Select(n => $"{n.Slug}@{n.ContentHash}").Order(StringComparer.Ordinal));
 
     public static string NoteSetFingerprint(IReadOnlyList<Document> notes) =>
         Hash(Prompts.Version.ToString(), notes.Select(n => n.Slug).Order(StringComparer.Ordinal));
@@ -35,7 +47,7 @@ public sealed record EncyclopediaState(IReadOnlyDictionary<string, SubjectAttemp
         var sources = planned.Sources
             .Select(s => $"{s}@{hashes.GetValueOrDefault(s, "")}")
             .Order(StringComparer.Ordinal);
-        return Hash([Prompts.Version.ToString(), planned.TitleDe, planned.TitleEn, planned.Category.ToString(), .. sources]);
+        return Hash([Prompts.Version.ToString(), planned.TitleDe, planned.TitleEn, planned.Category.ToString(), planned.Scope, .. sources]);
     }
 
     private static string Hash(string first, IEnumerable<string> rest) => Hash([first, .. rest]);
@@ -62,7 +74,9 @@ public static class EncyclopediaStateJson
             var s = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<EncyclopediaState>(json, Options);
             if (s?.Subjects is null) return EncyclopediaState.Empty;
             var subjects = s.Subjects.Where(kv => kv.Value is not null).ToDictionary(kv => kv.Key, kv => kv.Value);
-            return new EncyclopediaState(subjects, s.FailedPlan);
+            var failedBatches = (s.FailedBatches ?? new Dictionary<string, DateTimeOffset>()).ToDictionary();
+            var kept = (s.KeptArticles ?? new Dictionary<string, string>()).Where(kv => kv.Value is not null).ToDictionary();
+            return new EncyclopediaState(subjects, s.FailedPlan, failedBatches, kept);
         }
         catch (JsonException)
         {
diff --git a/test/Wiki.Application.Tests/EncyclopediaStateTests.cs b/test/Wiki.Application.Tests/EncyclopediaStateTests.cs
index 5fe6c93..2a388db 100644
--- a/test/Wiki.Application.Tests/EncyclopediaStateTests.cs
+++ b/test/Wiki.Application.Tests/EncyclopediaStateTests.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ public class EncyclopediaStateTests
                 ["heating"] = new("abc", AttemptOutcome.Written, At),
                 ["sauna"] = new("def", AttemptOutcome.Rejected, At),
             },
-            new PlanAttempt("zzz", At));
+            new PlanAttempt("zzz", At),
+            new Dictionary<string, DateTimeOffset>(),
+            new Dictionary<string, string>());
 
         var read = EncyclopediaStateJson.Read(EncyclopediaStateJson.Write(state));
 
@@ -24,6 +26,43 @@ public class EncyclopediaStateTests
         Assert.Equal(state.FailedPlan, read.FailedPlan);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void RoundTrip_FailedBatchesAndKept()
+    {
+        var state = new EncyclopediaState(
+            new Dictionary<string, SubjectAttempt>(),
+            null,
+            new Dictionary<string, DateTimeOffset> { ["fp1"] = At },
+            new Dictionary<string, string> { ["heating"] = "fp2" });
+
+        var read = EncyclopediaStateJson.Read(EncyclopediaStateJson.Write(state));
+
+        Assert.Equal(state.FailedBatches, read.FailedBatches);
+        Assert.Equal(state.KeptArticles, read.KeptArticles);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Read_OldJsonWithoutNewFields_ReadsEmptyBatchesAndKept()
+    {
+        var read = EncyclopediaStateJson.Read("""{"subjects":{},"failedPlan":{"noteSetFingerprint":"x","at":"2026-10-24T03:00:00+00:00"}}""");
+        Assert.NotNull(read.FailedPlan);
+        Assert.Empty(read.FailedBatches);
+        Assert.Empty(read.KeptArticles);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BatchFingerprint_ChangesWhenANoteChanges()
+    {
+        var ab = EncyclopediaState.BatchFingerprint([PlanArticlesUseCaseTests.Note("a", hash: "1"), PlanArticlesUseCaseTests.Note("b", hash: "2")]);
+        var ba = EncyclopediaState.BatchFingerprint([PlanArticlesUseCaseTests.Note("b", hash: "2"), PlanArticlesUseCaseTests.Note("a", hash: "1")]);
+        var changed = EncyclopediaState.BatchFingerprint([PlanArticlesUseCaseTests.Note("a", hash: "1"), PlanArticlesUseCaseTests.Note("b", hash: "3")]);
+        var fewer = EncyclopediaState.BatchFingerprint([PlanArticlesUseCaseTests.Note("a", hash: "1")]);
+        Assert.Equal(ab, ba);
+        Assert.NotEqual(ab, changed);
+        Assert.NotEqual(ab, fewer);
+        Assert.Matches("^[0-9a-f]{64}$", ab);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void EncyclopediaStateJson_Malformed_ReadsEmpty()
     {
@@ -59,6 +98,7 @@ public class EncyclopediaStateTests
         var changedHash = new[] { notes[0], PlanArticlesUseCaseTests.Note("b", hash: "3") };
         Assert.NotEqual(baseline, EncyclopediaState.SubjectFingerprint(planned, changedHash));
         Assert.NotEqual(baseline, EncyclopediaState.SubjectFingerprint(planned with { TitleDe = "Heizungsanlage" }, notes));
+        Assert.NotEqual(baseline, EncyclopediaState.SubjectFingerprint(planned with { Scope = "Only boilers" }, notes));
     }
 
     [Fact]