diff --git a/internal/database/queries.sql.go b/internal/database/queries.sql.go
index 90f58889..e6f02e03 100644
--- a/internal/database/queries.sql.go
+++ b/internal/database/queries.sql.go
@@ -18317,7 +18317,7 @@ func (q *Queries) UpdateCollectionRulesJSON(ctx context.Context, arg UpdateColle
 }
 
 const UpdateCollectionViewSettings = `-- name: UpdateCollectionViewSettings :exec
-UPDATE collections SET view_settings = $2, updated_at = NOW() WHERE id = $1
+UPDATE collections SET view_settings = $2 WHERE id = $1
 `
 
 type UpdateCollectionViewSettingsParams struct {
@@ -18327,6 +18327,10 @@ type UpdateCollectionViewSettingsParams struct {
 
 // A2c §2.4: provenance + playlist flags on an existing collection without
 // touching the rest of the row.
+// (Historical bug, fixed 2026-10-30: this wrote `updated_at = NOW()` but
+// collections has no updated_at column — the scanner's series-import
+// call has been failing silently, its error discarded. Fixed by
+// dropping the phantom column write.)
 func (q *Queries) UpdateCollectionViewSettings(ctx context.Context, arg UpdateCollectionViewSettingsParams) error {
 	_, err := q.db.Exec(ctx, UpdateCollectionViewSettings, arg.ID, arg.ViewSettings)
 	return err
diff --git a/internal/database/queries/queries.sql b/internal/database/queries/queries.sql
index 3433ad6e..a0b163b8 100644
--- a/internal/database/queries/queries.sql
+++ b/internal/database/queries/queries.sql
@@ -3496,7 +3496,11 @@ RETURNING *;
 -- A2c §2.4: provenance + playlist flags on an existing collection without
 -- touching the rest of the row.
 -- name: UpdateCollectionViewSettings :exec
-UPDATE collections SET view_settings = $2, updated_at = NOW() WHERE id = $1;
+-- (Historical bug, fixed 2026-10-30: this wrote `updated_at = NOW()` but
+-- collections has no updated_at column — the scanner's series-import
+-- call has been failing silently, its error discarded. Fixed by
+-- dropping the phantom column write.)
+UPDATE collections SET view_settings = $2 WHERE id = $1;
 
 -- Smart-collection match semantics (plan item 2.4): flip any|all on its
 -- own channel — the rules page toggle writes exactly this column.