Per-tick drain (backfill_utc_dates) at the existing date-drain seam,
inside the per-library online gate. Selects date_utc IS NULL AND
date_taken IS NOT NULL (new partial index idx_image_exif_utc_backfill),
re-runs resolve_dates_batch with empty priors (one exiftool subprocess
per batch, same call shape as the #117 audit), and writes only the
new-contract triple; the legacy pair stays frozen. Capped by
DATE_BACKFILL_MAX_PER_TICK; missing-file rows are paged past without
spending the cap. Legacy manual overrides convert via
manual_date_resolution rather than being re-resolved from the file.
Day-boundary invalidation deletes the day-span precomputed reels
covering a re-dated row's old/new display-zone month-day so the nightly
pre-gen regenerates them. Progress: imageserver_date_backfill_remaining
gauge + date_backfill_remaining on GET /libraries.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
