diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index 99e1d29cd..e258d2932 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -876,6 +876,7 @@ export const moveToFolderResolver = authorized<
     {
       folder,
       savedAt,
+      seenAt: new Date(),
     },
     uid,
     pubsub
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
index dfb0e276c..91dbfcbe6 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
@@ -657,7 +657,9 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
         .map((item) => item.id)
       const libraryItems = (
         await ctx.dataLoaders.libraryItems.loadMany(libraryItemIds)
-      ).filter((libraryItem) => !isError(libraryItem)) as Array<LibraryItem>
+      ).filter(
+        (libraryItem) => !!libraryItem && !isError(libraryItem)
+      ) as Array<LibraryItem>
 
       const publicItemIds = section.items
         .filter((item) => item.type === 'public_item')
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/links/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/links/index.ts
index e3b30fa13..783b88e0f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/links/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/links/index.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export const setLinkArchivedResolver = authorized<
       {
         state,
         archivedAt,
+        seenAt: new Date(),
       },
       uid
     )
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
index 2727cedf5..6d2626f90 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import {
   DeepPartial,
   EntityManager,
   FindOptionsWhere,
+  In,
+  IsNull,
   ObjectLiteral,
 } from 'typeorm'
 import { QueryDeepPartialEntity } from 'typeorm/query-builder/QueryPartialEntity'
@@ -133,26 +135,34 @@ export enum SortBy {
 const readingProgressDataSource = new ReadingProgressDataSource()
 
 export const batchGetLibraryItems = async (ids: readonly string[]) => {
-  const items = await findLibraryItemsByIds(ids as string[], undefined, {
-    select: [
-      'id',
-      'title',
-      'author',
-      'thumbnail',
-      'wordCount',
-      'savedAt',
-      'originalUrl',
-      'directionality',
-      'description',
-      'subscription',
-      'siteName',
-      'siteIcon',
-      'archivedAt',
-      'deletedAt',
-      'slug',
-      'previewContent',
-    ],
-  })
+  const selectColumns: Array<keyof LibraryItem> = [
+    'id',
+    'title',
+    'author',
+    'thumbnail',
+    'wordCount',
+    'savedAt',
+    'originalUrl',
+    'directionality',
+    'description',
+    'subscription',
+    'siteName',
+    'siteIcon',
+    'archivedAt',
+    'deletedAt',
+    'slug',
+    'previewContent',
+  ]
+  const items = await authTrx(async (tx) =>
+    tx.getRepository(LibraryItem).find({
+      select: selectColumns,
+      where: {
+        id: In(ids as string[]),
+        state: LibraryItemState.Succeeded,
+        seenAt: IsNull(),
+      },
+    })
+  )
 
   return ids.map((id) => items.find((item) => item.id === id) || undefined)
 }
@@ -891,6 +901,7 @@ export const softDeleteLibraryItem = async (
       await itemRepo.update(id, {
         state: LibraryItemState.Deleted,
         deletedAt: new Date(),
+        seenAt: new Date(),
       })
 
       return itemRepo.findOneByOrFail({ id })