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Card states, suspension, and Struggle

A card has a learning state and an availability status. Struggle is an additional signal about repeated lapses. These labels answer different questions.

Learning states

StateMeaning
NewThe card has not yet entered SRS learning.
LearnIt is progressing through the set's learning steps.
ReviewIt has graduated to scheduled reviews.
RelearnA Review card was failed and is progressing through relearning steps.

The state changes as you answer. It does not tell you whether a card is due right now: check Next Due Date in Card Info.

Active, Suspend, and Disable

Open a card from its SRS set, then open the information button. Under Card Review Status (SRS), choose the status you want and save the card edit.

StatusWhat happens
ActiveThe card is eligible under its normal schedule, settings, and daily limits.
SuspendThe card enters the suspended category. It may still appear if Suspended Cards Per Day allows it. The default suspended quota is zero.
DisableThe card is excluded from SRS review queues. Its content remains available to edit.
Suspended cards can still be reviewed

In Flashnerd, suspension is not an unconditional “never show this card” flag. Use Disable if you want to exclude it from SRS reviews regardless of the suspended-card quota.

During a review, SRS Card Actions provides Suspend Card and Disable Card. To reactivate a card, return to its Card Info/editor controls and select Active; the review action menu does not offer an unsuspend command.

Struggle

Struggle highlights cards with accumulated lapses. A lapse is counted when a card in Review receives Again. Again answers during Learn or Relearn do not add another counted Review lapse.

The default Struggle Threshold (times) is 8. This counts accumulated Review lapses, not necessarily eight failures in a row. Once a card is marked Struggle, successful Review-state answers build its recovery streak. The default Recovery Threshold (times) is 5. Reaching it clears Struggle and resets the lapse/recovery counters. Successful relearning steps alone do not count as Review-state recovery.

To change these values:

  1. Open the set's gear button.
  2. Choose Card Display & Struggle Control.
  3. Adjust the thresholds, or choose whether to Show Struggle Status.
  4. Tap Save Change.

Hiding the badge does not remove the underlying status. A useful response to a difficult card is to clarify the question, split an overloaded answer, or add a better example before continuing.

Find cards by status

Open Search → Advanced Search → SRS Filter and choose the relevant Card State, then Apply Filter. Suspended and Disabled have their own choices. See Search filters.