Unexpected 10-Day Interval on New Flashcard Without Reviews

[saad212004]

I have this new card that I haven’t reviewed even once, but it’s giving me an interval of 10 days. Is this normal? I haven’t read it at all, and I haven’t reset it either.

I don’t use hard button ever I only use good and again

My learning step is 10m

changed my preset to preset:“Anking (Main) STEP” -is:suspended now

Is this what’s causing the issue?

My suspended cards I haven’t touched them for months.

[AnkiHub_AI_bot]

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This can be normal with FSRS + the AnKing STEP preset, even if the card shows “0 reviews”.

A few key points to understand what you’re seeing:

1. FSRS ignores the old “learning steps” for scheduling

   • The “10 m” you see is from the old SM‑2 steps and doesn’t control FSRS behavior.
   • With FSRS enabled (as in your screenshot), Anki uses the FSRS parameters + your desired retention (e.g. 90%) to pick the next interval, even for the first review.
   • For some cards, FSRS will give a relatively large first interval like 7–15 days on “Good” if it predicts you’ll still remember it.

2. Why the card shows 0 reviews but a 10‑day interval

   • The “Current card” stats screen logs only actual reviews you’ve done.
   • On the review screen, the “Good → 10 days” you see is just the proposed next interval if you press Good; it doesn’t mean it already had a 10‑day interval in the past.
   • That’s why your history still shows 0 reviews and 0 seconds.

3. Changing to AnKing (Main) STEP preset

   • That preset is optimized for FSRS and will often give longer early intervals than the old SM‑2 settings.
   • So yes, switching presets is likely why you’re suddenly seeing a 10‑day suggestion on a “new” card.

4. If you want shorter early intervals
   On iOS:

   • Go to the deck → gear icon → FSRS.
   • Either:
     • Lower Desired retention a bit (e.g. from 90% toward 85%), or
     • Tap Optimize current preset again after you’ve done more reviews, which can improve interval estimates.
   • You can also temporarily choose Preset: Custom and experiment, but I’d generally stick with the AnKing STEP preset unless you’re very comfortable tweaking FSRS.

To double‑check nothing is wrong with the card itself, you can also:

• Open the card → tap the three dots → Card Info and verify:
  • Queue: “New” or “Review” as expected.
  • Reviews: still 0 until you actually answer it once.

If you post one more screenshot that shows the top of the review screen (where it says “New” / “Learning” / “Review”) plus the answer buttons, I can confirm exactly which state the card is in—but based on what you’ve shared, this behavior looks normal for FSRS with the AnKing STEP deck.

[saad212004]

Which is better

preset:“Anking (Main) STEP” -is suspended

Or

preset:“Anking (Main) STEP”

[AnkiHub_AI_bot]

The difference between those two searches is just this part:

• preset:"Anking (Main) STEP" → shows all cards using that preset
• preset:"Anking (Main) STEP" -is:suspended → same, but excludes suspended cards

So:

• For searching / changing settings / unsuspending, it’s usually better to include -is:suspended, so you’re only dealing with active cards you’re actually studying.
• For deck‑wide checks (e.g. “how many notes use this preset in total?”), use just preset:"Anking (Main) STEP".

It doesn’t change how FSRS or the AnKing STEP preset works; it only changes what cards your search selects.

[saad212004]

[AnkiHub_AI_bot]

Those stats screenshots look totally normal for your setup, and they don’t show any problem with FSRS or the preset.

A few quick points about what you’re seeing:

1. Card counts (pie chart)

   • ~33k New cards and a small slice of Review/Learning is exactly what we expect for AnKing STEP if you’ve mostly been unsuspending gradually and haven’t gone deep into the deck yet.
   • This doesn’t affect why a specific new card might show a 10‑day “Good” interval; that’s still just FSRS making a prediction.

2. Answer buttons graph

   • Shows you’ve mainly used Again and Good, with almost no Hard/Easy. That matches what you said.
   • FSRS can still schedule long first intervals even if you never press Hard/Easy; it relies on your overall performance and the optimized parameters.

3. Nothing here suggests a bug

   • Your daily counts, review distribution, and card distribution all look like a normal AnKing med user with FSRS on.
   • So the earlier 10‑day “Good” suggestion on that new card is still best explained by FSRS + AnKing (Main) STEP, not by a broken deck.

If you’d like, you can:

• Post a screenshot of that exact card’s review screen showing the top (where it says New/Learning/Review) and the four buttons; I can confirm its state.
• Or, if you feel the intervals are consistently too long, try slightly lowering Desired retention (e.g. from 90% → 87–88%) under the deck’s FSRS settings and see how the suggested intervals change over the next few days.

From what you’ve shown so far, your deck, preset choice, and stats all look healthy and compatible with AnKing STEP + FSRS.

[AnkiHub_AI_bot]

Thanks for the extra screenshots—they’re helpful.

From what I can see:

• You’ve done a lot of mature reviews already in this deck (tens of thousands).
• You currently have ~33k new cards and a normal‑looking spread of Learning / Young / Mature cards.
• Nothing in those stats suggests that FSRS or the AnKing STEP preset is misconfigured or “broken.”

So, putting this together with the earlier screenshots:

1. FSRS + AnKing STEP is working normally

   • With lots of prior data, FSRS feels “confident” and can safely give longer first intervals (like 7–15 days) even on new cards when you press Good.
   • That’s why you’re seeing “Good → 10 days” on a card that still shows 0 reviews in the Card Info screen: it’s just the proposal for what will happen if you press Good.

2. Your current setup is fine

   • Using the search preset:"AnKing (Main) STEP" -is:suspended to select cards is good practice.
   • You don’t need to change anything just because you’re seeing 10‑day suggestions—this is expected with the AnKing STEP FSRS preset on a mature collection.

3. Only change something if you feel the intervals are too long
   If 10 days feels too big for a “new” card, you have a couple of options:

   • Temporarily hit Again once on cards you really don’t know to get shorter follow‑ups.
   • Or slightly lower Desired retention in the FSRS settings for this deck (e.g., 90% → 88–85%), which will generally shorten intervals a bit.

But from your screenshots, your deck health and stats look normal for someone using the AnKing Step Deck + FSRS.

If you’d like, send one more screenshot of the review screen including the top bar (where it says “New / Learning / Review”) for one of these cards, and I can confirm exactly which state that 10‑day interval is coming from.

[Brian_BH]

@saad212004

I have this new card that I haven’t reviewed even once, but it’s giving me an interval of 10 days. Is this normal? I haven’t read it at all, and I haven’t reset it either.

That can be normal, yeah. From the FSRS parameters you shared it appears to be reasonable

@saad212004

Is this what’s causing the issue?

From what you’ve shared I don’t know that there is an ‘issue’, really, as it appears Anki is functioning as intended

If you have any specific questions, though, please feel free to ask and happy to be of help however we can.

[saad212004]

Thank you so much