-- Fix the update trigger to preserve timestamps when only metadata changes -- This prevents false "new submission" detection when priority is recalculated DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS update_content_submissions_updated_at ON public.content_submissions; DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS public.update_content_submissions_updated_at(); CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.update_content_submissions_updated_at() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$ BEGIN -- Only update updated_at if actual content has changed -- Ignore changes to: updated_at, assigned_to, assigned_at, locked_until, priority, review_count, first_reviewed_at, resolved_at, submitted_at IF ( NEW.content IS DISTINCT FROM OLD.content OR NEW.status IS DISTINCT FROM OLD.status OR NEW.reviewer_id IS DISTINCT FROM OLD.reviewer_id OR NEW.reviewer_notes IS DISTINCT FROM OLD.reviewer_notes OR NEW.escalated IS DISTINCT FROM OLD.escalated OR NEW.escalation_reason IS DISTINCT FROM OLD.escalation_reason OR NEW.approval_mode IS DISTINCT FROM OLD.approval_mode OR NEW.user_id IS DISTINCT FROM OLD.user_id OR NEW.submission_type IS DISTINCT FROM OLD.submission_type OR NEW.escalated_by IS DISTINCT FROM OLD.escalated_by OR NEW.escalated_at IS DISTINCT FROM OLD.escalated_at OR NEW.original_submission_id IS DISTINCT FROM OLD.original_submission_id ) THEN NEW.updated_at = NOW(); ELSE -- Keep the old updated_at timestamp if only metadata changed NEW.updated_at = OLD.updated_at; END IF; RETURN NEW; END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; CREATE TRIGGER update_content_submissions_updated_at BEFORE UPDATE ON public.content_submissions FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE FUNCTION public.update_content_submissions_updated_at();