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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

| State       | Meaning                                                               |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **New**     | The card has not yet entered SRS learning.                            |
| **Learn**   | It is progressing through the set's learning steps.                   |
| **Review**  | It has graduated to scheduled reviews.                                |
| **Relearn** | A 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.

| Status      | What happens                                                                                                                               |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Active**  | The card is eligible under its normal schedule, settings, and daily limits.                                                                |
| **Suspend** | The card enters the suspended category. It may still appear if **Suspended Cards Per Day** allows it. The default suspended quota is zero. |
| **Disable** | The card is excluded from SRS review queues. Its content remains available to edit.                                                        |

:::info 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](https://docs.flashnerd.com/guide/search/find-cards.md).