5 files changed, 7 insertions, 65 deletions

diff --git a/app/models/node.rb b/app/models/node.rb
index a401ed69..6fc6c3dc 100644
--- a/app/models/node.rb
+++ b/app/models/node.rb
@@ -257,8 +257,6 @@ class Node < ApplicationRecord
         self.slug = self.head.slug
       end
 
-      self.external_url = self.head.external_url
-
       if self.head.parent_node_id && self.head.parent_node_id != parent_id
         new_parent = Node.find_by(:id => self.head.parent_node_id)
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20260809135746_remove_external_url_from_nodes.rb b/db/migrate/20260809135746_remove_external_url_from_nodes.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0510d053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20260809135746_remove_external_url_from_nodes.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RemoveExternalUrlFromNodes < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.1]
+  def change
+    remove_column :nodes, :external_url, :string
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/seeds/chapters.rb b/db/seeds/chapters.rb
index 4d81e3cc..ba14252c 100644
--- a/db/seeds/chapters.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/chapters.rb
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ def seed_chapter(parent_id:, slug:, tag:, title_de:, description_de:,
   end
 
   # Create node
-  node = parent.children.create!(slug: slug, external_url: external_url)
+  node = parent.children.create!(slug: slug)
   node.reload
 
   # Set up draft with German translation
   draft = node.draft
   draft.template_name = 'chapter_detail'
+  draft.external_url  = external_url
   I18n.with_locale(:de) do
     draft.title       = title_de
     draft.abstract    = location || ""
diff --git a/lib/tasks/pages.rake b/lib/tasks/pages.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index ea0776b7..00000000
--- a/lib/tasks/pages.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-namespace :pages do
-  desc "Backfill pages.slug and pages.parent_node_id from each page's " \
-       "node. Historical accuracy is not attempted. Every revision gets " \
-       "the node's current address, which is right for head and draft and " \
-       "harmless for older revisions, and avoids nil checks everywhere. " \
-       "Dry run unless WRITE=1."
-  task :backfill_address => :environment do
-    write = ENV["WRITE"] == "1"
-    puts "DRY RUN -- nothing written. Re-run with WRITE=1." unless write
-
-    touched = 0
-    Node.find_each do |node|
-      scope = node.pages.where("slug IS DISTINCT FROM :s OR parent_node_id IS DISTINCT FROM :p",
-                               :s => node.slug, :p => node.parent_id)
-      count = scope.count
-      next if count.zero?
-
-      scope.update_all(:slug => node.slug, :parent_node_id => node.parent_id) if write
-      touched += count
-    end
-
-    # Autosaves carry no node_id -- has_many :pages does not cover them.
-    Node.where.not(:autosave_id => nil).includes(:autosave).find_each do |node|
-      a = node.autosave
-      next if a.slug == node.slug && a.parent_node_id == node.parent_id
-
-      a.update_columns(:slug => node.slug, :parent_node_id => node.parent_id) if write
-      touched += 1
-    end
-
-    puts "#{write ? "updated" : "would update"} #{touched} pages"
-  end
-
-  desc "Backfill pages.external_url from each page's node."
-  task :backfill_external_url => :environment do
-    write = ENV["WRITE"] == "1"
-    puts "DRY RUN -- nothing written. Re-run with WRITE=1." unless write
-
-    touched = 0
-    Node.where.not(:external_url => [nil, ""]).find_each do |node|
-      scope = node.pages.where("external_url IS DISTINCT FROM :u", :u => node.external_url)
-      count = scope.count
-      next if count.zero?
-
-      scope.update_all(:external_url => node.external_url) if write
-      touched += count
-    end
-
-    # Autosaves carry no node_id, so has_many :pages does not cover them.
-    Node.where.not(:autosave_id => nil).where.not(:external_url => [nil, ""])
-        .includes(:autosave).find_each do |node|
-      a = node.autosave
-      next if a.nil? || a.external_url == node.external_url
-
-      a.update_columns(:external_url => node.external_url) if write
-      touched += 1
-    end
-
-    puts "#{write ? "updated" : "would update"} #{touched} pages"
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/models/node_test.rb b/test/models/node_test.rb
index 735d2abe..39be6d32 100644
--- a/test/models/node_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/node_test.rb
@@ -1077,7 +1077,6 @@ class NodeTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     node.draft.update!(:external_url => "https://example.org")
     node.publish_draft!(users(:aaron))
 
-    assert_equal "https://example.org", node.reload.external_url
     assert_equal "https://example.org", node.head.external_url
   end