# Operating safely

Metadata providers establish canonical volumes/issues. Indexers and GetComics
provide release evidence. Review ambiguous identity rather than assuming a title
or source post is an exact match. Provider Switching requires correspondence
review and preserves local identities; it is not an ordinary provider dropdown.

Missing means eligible unowned content; Upgrade concerns direct-owned content
below an explicitly configured quality cutoff. Release source/resolution labels
are provisional. Imported file observations are separate, and better claimed
quality cannot bypass verified replacement checks. Containers, bytes, DPI and
codec names are not intrinsic visual-quality scores.

Collections group publications. Reading Orders specify exact issue occurrences
and sequence, including repeats. Calendar preserves exact/month/year/TBA evidence.
C2 represented content remains distinct from direct file ownership.

Discover retains a bounded recent GetComics window. Browsing is local; explicit
detail/refresh may use the source. Automatic polling is opt-in and never grabs.
Source outages retain cached observations; gap warnings mean coverage may be
incomplete. External publications use normal provider-backed Add to Library.

Torrent import preserves the source via hardlink where safe, otherwise verified
copy. Imported and Seeding are separate states. Keep/client-managed retention is
non-destructive; automatic cleanup policies also check import completion,
review/recovery, exact torrent identity and supplied tracker minimums. Missing
tracker evidence does not establish that a tracker has no rules.

Archive Maintenance scans are observational. Review each proposed replacement;
healthy CBZ repack is explicit, never automatic. JPEG/PNG/WebP payloads, admitted
metadata and source member order are retained and hashed. Encrypted/multipart,
unsafe, unreadable or unsupported archives require review. Complete embedded issue
archives use normal intake; this is not arbitrary page splitting. Shared seeded
bytes are never rewritten in place. Recovery is not indefinite Undo.

Use a disposable library to learn bulk operations. Read blockers and durable
Maintenance/Intake history after uncertain outcomes rather than resubmitting
blindly. Preview confirmations expire and changed files require fresh review.