A poster re-uploading under the same name made one release of all uploads: in a sample, 24% of releases with 2+ files had a file name more than once (4.3% of files extra copies), 70% of those copies posted a day or more apart; their NZBs listed each copy. - File assembly keeps a re-upload's copy apart: a part already in every open copy, posted more than 3 h from them, starts another copy; a missing part fills the nearest copy (a re-send of what was missing), a re-sent part near a copy that has it is ignored as before. - A key's files in a batch split into uploads where posting pauses for more than 3 h, counted from the latest article posted so far (a file that takes hours to post doesn't split it); each upload is judged and chunked on its own (ReleaseChunk.upload, .postedLast; candidates carry their upload). - The catalog matches a chunk to the release of its key whose articles the range's group owns and whose posting window is within 3 h, else starts one (key, key:2, …): releases get identity_key, group_id, last_posted_at. Keys are locked in order (advisory locks), so concurrent batches neither deadlock nor both start one; the merger writes in key order too. The same upload multi-posted to other groups is a release per group. - The gap: 91% of uploads post within 3 h; 73% of re-uploaded copies come later (releases:upload-gaps). releases:duplicates measures the duplicate names. Both implementations; check.ts compares the windows and uploads too (identical on all captures; Rust tests mirror the TypeScript cases). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>