Created fetchArticleIDsForStatusesWithoutArticlesNewerThanCutoffDate — this gets articleIDs of articles we care about. They’re not deleted. They’re either (starred) or (unread and newer than cutoffDate). Also: it’s async. Use this instead of fetchArticleIDsForStatusesWithoutArticles, which is deprecated.

Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesDatabase.swift

@@ -176,10 +176,16 @@ public final class ArticlesDatabase {
 		articlesTable.fetchStarredArticleIDsAsync(webFeedIDs, completion)
 	}
 
+	/// Deprecated. Use `fetchArticleIDsForStatusesWithoutArticlesNewerThanCutoffDate` instead.
 	public func fetchArticleIDsForStatusesWithoutArticles() throws -> Set<String> {
 		return try articlesTable.fetchArticleIDsForStatusesWithoutArticles()
 	}
-	
+
+	/// Fetch articleIDs for articles that we should have, but don’t. These articles are not userDeleted, and they are either (starred) or (unread and newer than the article cutoff date).
+	func fetchArticleIDsForStatusesWithoutArticlesNewerThanCutoffDate(_ completion: @escaping ArticleIDsCompletionBlock) {
+		articlesTable.fetchArticleIDsForStatusesWithoutArticlesNewerThanCutoffDate(completion)
+	}
+
 	public func mark(_ articles: Set<Article>, statusKey: ArticleStatus.Key, flag: Bool) throws -> Set<ArticleStatus>? {
 		return try articlesTable.mark(articles, statusKey, flag)
 	}

Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesTable.swift

@@ -387,7 +387,11 @@ final class ArticlesTable: DatabaseTable {
 	func fetchArticleIDsForStatusesWithoutArticles() throws -> Set<String> {
 		return try statusesTable.fetchArticleIDsForStatusesWithoutArticles()
 	}
-	
+
+	func fetchArticleIDsForStatusesWithoutArticlesNewerThanCutoffDate(_ completion: @escaping ArticleIDsCompletionBlock) {
+		statusesTable.fetchArticleIDsForStatusesWithoutArticlesNewerThan(articleCutoffDate, completion)
+	}
+
 	func mark(_ articles: Set<Article>, _ statusKey: ArticleStatus.Key, _ flag: Bool) throws -> Set<ArticleStatus>? {
 		var statuses: Set<ArticleStatus>?
 		var error: DatabaseError?

Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/StatusesTable.swift

@@ -104,6 +104,39 @@ final class StatusesTable: DatabaseTable {
 	func fetchArticleIDsForStatusesWithoutArticles() throws -> Set<String> {
 		return try fetchArticleIDs("select articleID from statuses s where (read=0 or starred=1) and userDeleted=0 and not exists (select 1 from articles a where a.articleID = s.articleID);")
 	}
+
+	func fetchArticleIDsForStatusesWithoutArticlesNewerThan(_ cutoffDate: Date, _ completion: @escaping ArticleIDsCompletionBlock) {
+		queue.runInDatabase { databaseResult in
+			
+			var error: DatabaseError?
+			var articleIDs = Set<String>()
+			
+			func makeDatabaseCall(_ database: FMDatabase) {
+				let sql = "select articleID from statuses s where ((starred=1) || (read=0 and dateArrived > ?)) and userDeleted=0 and not exists (select 1 from articles a where a.articleID = s.articleID);"
+				if let resultSet = database.executeQuery(sql, withArgumentsIn: [cutoffDate]) {
+					articleIDs = resultSet.mapToSet(self.articleIDWithRow)
+				}
+			}
+			
+			switch databaseResult {
+			case .success(let database):
+				makeDatabaseCall(database)
+			case .failure(let databaseError):
+				error = databaseError
+			}
+			
+			if let error = error {
+				DispatchQueue.main.async {
+					completion(.failure(error))
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				DispatchQueue.main.async {
+					completion(.success(articleIDs))
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	
 	func fetchArticleIDs(_ sql: String) throws -> Set<String> {
 		var error: DatabaseError?