Why are my cloze 2+ cards getting buried even when my new card limit is 9999?

New AnKing step deck user here. I’ve noticed that when I unsuspend new cards and start reviewing them, only the cloze 1 cards appear, while the cloze 2, 3, and 4 cards are automatically buried until the next day. I’d like to be able to review all of these cards on the same day.

My new cards per day limit is already set to 9999, and even though I keep unburying the Cloze 2 and 3 cards, they never appear when I go through the deck. Even though the cards don’t appear during review, the main Anki menu still shows that I have those new cards due today. So far, I have found that the only way I can view them is by manually grading them in the browse tab beforehand, as if they’re not considered new cards. What’s a better way to do this without having to do it the way I just did?

Thanks.

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This sounds like a sibling burying issue in Anki. Let me search for relevant information to help you.

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Hi wonsung,

What you’re experiencing is Anki’s ā€œburying siblingsā€ feature in action. When you study a cloze 1 card, Anki automatically buries the related cloze 2, 3, and 4 cards (siblings) until the next day. This is a default behavior to prevent you from seeing multiple versions of the same note on the same day.

How to Fix This:

You need to disable the burying of new siblings in your deck options:

  1. In Anki, click on the deck you’re studying
  2. Click the :gear: Options button (or right-click on the deck and select ā€œOptionsā€)
  3. Find the Burying section
  4. Uncheck the option for Bury new siblings
  5. Click Save or OK

After making this change, when you study your cloze cards, all cloze deletions from the same note should appear in the same study session rather than being buried until the next day.

If you’re using Anki’s Browse feature to manually grade cards, you’re bypassing the normal scheduling system, which isn’t recommended for long-term learning.

Additional Information:

  • Burying siblings is actually designed to improve learning by preventing you from seeing very similar cards in immediate succession, but for certain study strategies (especially with cloze deletions), you might prefer to see all related cards together.
  • You can also manually unbury cards from the deck overview screen - there should be an ā€œUnburyā€ button at the bottom when cards are buried.

If you have any other questions about optimizing your AnKing deck setup, feel free to ask!

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Hello,

I would be happy to help. :slight_smile:

It looks like the bot pretty well answered your question, though just for reinforcement:

Yep, that is likely due to the ā€˜bury siblings’ option being turned on, which is on by default. You can adjust this by going to deck settings and adjusting the settings to your liking:

Please let me know if that answers your question, and if there’s anything else I can help with. :slight_smile: