backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentSpecifications.java

@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ public class DocumentSpecifications {
         return (root, query, cb) -> status == null ? null : cb.equal(root.get("status"), status);
     }
 
+    // Filtert auf undatierte Dokumente (meta_date IS NULL) — für die "Nur undatierte"-Triage.
+    // false → kein Prädikat (no-op), true → documentDate IS NULL (issue #668).
+    public static Specification<Document> undatedOnly(boolean undated) {
+        return (root, query, cb) -> undated ? cb.isNull(root.get("documentDate")) : null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Filtert nach vorausgeweiteten Tag-ID-Sets mit AND- oder OR-Logik.
      *

backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentSpecificationsTest.java

@@ -261,4 +261,21 @@ class DocumentSpecificationsTest {
         assertThat(result).isEmpty();
     }
 
+    // ─── undatedOnly ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    @Test
+    void undatedOnly_false_returnsAllDocuments() {
+        // false → no predicate (null), so the filter is a no-op (issue #668).
+        List<Document> result = documentRepository.findAll(Specification.where(undatedOnly(false)));
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(3);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void undatedOnly_true_returnsOnlyDocumentsWithoutADate() {
+        // Only the placeholder photo has a null documentDate in the fixture.
+        List<Document> result = documentRepository.findAll(Specification.where(undatedOnly(true)));
+        assertThat(result).extracting(Document::getTitle).containsExactly("Familienfoto");
+        assertThat(result).allMatch(d -> d.getDocumentDate() == null);
+    }
+
 }

backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/UndatedDocumentOrderingIntegrationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package org.raddatz.familienarchiv.document;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.raddatz.familienarchiv.PostgresContainerConfig;
+import org.raddatz.familienarchiv.config.FlywayConfig;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.data.jpa.test.autoconfigure.DataJpaTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.jdbc.test.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureTestDatabase;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.Specification;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.raddatz.familienarchiv.document.DocumentSpecifications.isBetween;
+import static org.raddatz.familienarchiv.document.DocumentSpecifications.undatedOnly;
+
+/**
+ * Real-Postgres assertions for issue #668. H2 disagrees with Postgres on
+ * {@code NULLS FIRST/LAST} defaults and on whether {@code BETWEEN} excludes
+ * NULL, so these guarantees MUST run against {@code postgres:16-alpine}, never
+ * an in-memory database.
+ */
+@DataJpaTest
+@AutoConfigureTestDatabase(replace = AutoConfigureTestDatabase.Replace.NONE)
+@Import({PostgresContainerConfig.class, FlywayConfig.class})
+class UndatedDocumentOrderingIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Autowired DocumentRepository documentRepository;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() {
+        documentRepository.deleteAll();
+        save("1916", LocalDate.of(1916, 6, 15));
+        save("1943", LocalDate.of(1943, 12, 24));
+        save("undated-a", null);
+        save("undated-b", null);
+    }
+
+    private void save(String title, LocalDate date) {
+        documentRepository.save(Document.builder()
+                .title(title)
+                .originalFilename(title + ".pdf")
+                .status(DocumentStatus.UPLOADED)
+                .metaDatePrecision(date == null ? DatePrecision.UNKNOWN : DatePrecision.DAY)
+                .documentDate(date)
+                .build());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void dateAscWithNullsLast_returnsDatedFirstUndatedLast() {
+        Sort sort = Sort.by(new Sort.Order(Sort.Direction.ASC, "documentDate").nullsLast());
+
+        List<Document> result = documentRepository.findAll(sort);
+
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(4);
+        assertThat(result.get(0).getDocumentDate()).isEqualTo(LocalDate.of(1916, 6, 15));
+        assertThat(result.get(1).getDocumentDate()).isEqualTo(LocalDate.of(1943, 12, 24));
+        assertThat(result.get(2).getDocumentDate()).isNull();
+        assertThat(result.get(3).getDocumentDate()).isNull();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void undatedOnly_returnsExactlyTheNullDatedRows() {
+        List<Document> result = documentRepository.findAll(undatedOnly(true));
+
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(2);
+        assertThat(result).allMatch(d -> d.getDocumentDate() == null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void undatedOnly_false_returnsAllRows() {
+        Specification<Document> spec = Specification.where(undatedOnly(false));
+
+        List<Document> result = documentRepository.findAll(spec);
+
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(4);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void dateRange_excludesUndatedRows() {
+        List<Document> result = documentRepository.findAll(isBetween(
+                LocalDate.of(1900, 1, 1), LocalDate.of(2000, 12, 31)));
+
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(2);
+        assertThat(result).allMatch(d -> d.getDocumentDate() != null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void undatedOnly_combinedWithDateRange_returnsEmpty() {
+        // The collision rule (#668): a from/to range and undated=true are mutually
+        // exclusive — a row cannot both have a null date and fall inside a range.
+        Specification<Document> spec = Specification
+                .where(undatedOnly(true))
+                .and(isBetween(LocalDate.of(1900, 1, 1), LocalDate.of(2000, 12, 31)));
+
+        List<Document> result = documentRepository.findAll(spec);
+
+        assertThat(result).isEmpty();
+    }
+}