diff --git a/backend/scripts/fix-srs-immediate-due.js b/backend/scripts/fix-srs-immediate-due.js
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import { sequelize } from '../utils/sequelize.js';
+
+/**
+ * Fix SRS items that were created with next_due_at equal-or-immediately-before created_at
+ * - Detect items created recently whose next_due_at is within a small window of created_at
+ * - Move next_due_at to the next calendar day at 08:00 local (safe default)
+ *
+ * Run on the server after a backup. Prints counts and example rows before/after.
+ */
+
+const DRY_RUN = process.env.DRY_RUN !== 'false';
+
+const run = async () => {
+  try {
+    await sequelize.authenticate();
+    console.log('✅ DB connection OK');
+
+    // Conservative selector: items created in the last 3 days where next_due_at is within 2 minutes of created_at
+    const selector = `
+      SELECT id, item_key, course_id, stage, next_due_at, created_at
+      FROM community.vocab_srs_item
+      WHERE created_at >= now() - interval '3 days'
+        AND abs(extract(epoch from (next_due_at - created_at))) < 120
+      ORDER BY created_at ASC
+      LIMIT 500
+    `;
+
+    const recent = await sequelize.query(selector, { type: sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT });
+    console.log('\nFound items matching heuristic: ', recent.length);
+    console.table(recent.slice(0, 20));
+
+    if (recent.length === 0) {
+      console.log('\nNo candidate rows found — nothing to do.');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Compute update target: next calendar day at 08:00 based on created_at
+    // Use an UPDATE with an expression so each row gets next_due_at = date_trunc('day', created_at + '1 day') + '08:00'
+    const updateQuery = `
+      UPDATE community.vocab_srs_item
+      SET next_due_at = date_trunc('day', created_at + interval '1 day') + interval '8 hours'
+      WHERE created_at >= now() - interval '3 days'
+        AND abs(extract(epoch from (next_due_at - created_at))) < 120
+      RETURNING id, item_key, course_id, stage, next_due_at, created_at;
+    `;
+
+    if (DRY_RUN) {
+      console.log('\nDRY RUN: to apply changes set ENV var DRY_RUN=false');
+      console.log('Preview of UPDATE SQL:\n', updateQuery);
+    } else {
+      console.log('\nApplying update...');
+      const updated = await sequelize.query(updateQuery, { type: sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT });
+      console.log('\nUpdated rows: ', updated.length);
+      console.table(updated.slice(0, 20));
+    }
+
+    console.log('\nRecommendation: rerun `backend/scripts/diag-srs-stats.js` to verify totals afterwards.');
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('Error running fix script:', err);
+    process.exitCode = 2;
+  } finally {
+    try { await sequelize.close(); } catch (_) {}
+  }
+};
+
+run();
diff --git a/backend/scripts/fix-srs-queries.sql b/backend/scripts/fix-srs-queries.sql
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+-- Fix items that were created with next_due_at ~= created_at (within 2 minutes)
+-- Run this after a backup. Adjust the WHERE clause if you want a different window.
+
+BEGIN;
+
+-- Preview rows to be changed
+SELECT id, item_key, course_id, stage, next_due_at, created_at
+FROM community.vocab_srs_item
+WHERE created_at >= now() - interval '3 days'
+  AND abs(EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM (next_due_at - created_at))) < 120
+ORDER BY created_at ASC
+LIMIT 200;
+
+-- Conservative update: set next_due_at to next calendar day at 08:00
+UPDATE community.vocab_srs_item
+SET next_due_at = date_trunc('day', created_at + interval '1 day') + interval '8 hours'
+WHERE created_at >= now() - interval '3 days'
+  AND abs(EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM (next_due_at - created_at))) < 120
+RETURNING id, item_key, course_id, stage, next_due_at, created_at;
+
+COMMIT;
+
+-- After running, re-run backend/scripts/diag-srs-stats.js to validate counts.