diff --git a/src/main/java/core_service/modules/follow/repo/FollowDigestRepository.java b/src/main/java/core_service/modules/follow/repo/FollowDigestRepository.java
index 661f6df..328a218 100644
--- a/src/main/java/core_service/modules/follow/repo/FollowDigestRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/core_service/modules/follow/repo/FollowDigestRepository.java
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ public class FollowDigestRepository {
         return max != null ? max : 0;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The newest hand change after {@code afterId}, or {@code afterId} when there is none. A hand-only digest stops
+     * there, so the status rows of a sync stay for the digest of that sync.
+     */
+    public long maxHandStatusChangeId(long userId, long afterId) {
+        Long max = jdbc.queryForObject("select max(id) from user_game_status_change "
+                        + "where user_id = :userId and by_user and id > :afterId",
+                user(userId).addValue("afterId", afterId), Long.class);
+        return max != null ? max : afterId;
+    }
+
     /**
      * The changes the user made by hand: no old status = a game added by hand, else a status change.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/core_service/modules/follow/service/FollowDigestService.java b/src/main/java/core_service/modules/follow/service/FollowDigestService.java
index 6a105b3..81c02c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/core_service/modules/follow/service/FollowDigestService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/core_service/modules/follow/service/FollowDigestService.java
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ public class FollowDigestService {
                 return;
             }
             Cursor cursor = locked.get();
-            long upTo = digestRepository.maxStatusChangeId(userId);
+            long upTo = withSync ? digestRepository.maxStatusChangeId(userId)
+                    : digestRepository.maxHandStatusChangeId(userId, cursor.statusChangeId());
             Digest digest = digestRepository.countHand(userId, cursor.statusChangeId(), upTo);
             Instant syncStartedAt = cursor.syncStartedAt();
             long wishlistUpTo = cursor.wishlistChangeId();
diff --git a/src/test/java/core_service/modules/follow/service/FollowDigestServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/core_service/modules/follow/service/FollowDigestServiceTest.java
index fd3eb38..7bc3983 100644
--- a/src/test/java/core_service/modules/follow/service/FollowDigestServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/core_service/modules/follow/service/FollowDigestServiceTest.java
@@ -439,4 +439,20 @@ class FollowDigestServiceTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
         assertThat(jdbc.queryForObject("select count(*) from inbox_note where achievements = 7 and new_games = 2",
                 Integer.class)).isEqualTo(2);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void handJobBeforeSync_LeavesTheSyncStatusRowsForTheSyncDigest() {
+        handGame(920_001L, 30);
+        added(1);
+        moved(FIRST_APPID + 1);
+
+        service.digestHandChanges();
+        event();
+
+        assertThat(details(FOLLOWER_ONE)).extracting(row -> row.get("kind"), row -> row.get("game_name"))
+                .containsExactlyInAnyOrder(org.assertj.core.groups.Tuple.tuple("NEW_GAME", "Hand"),
+                        org.assertj.core.groups.Tuple.tuple("NEW_GAME", "Game 1"),
+                        org.assertj.core.groups.Tuple.tuple("STATUS", "Game 1"));
+        assertThat(notes()).extracting(note -> note.get("status_changes")).containsOnly(0, 1);
+    }
 }