diff --git a/backend/app/config.py b/backend/app/config.py
index 40f7923..7f02ee5 100644
--- a/backend/app/config.py
+++ b/backend/app/config.py
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     llm_model: str = "claude-sonnet-5"
     intent_effort: str = "low"
     rerank_effort: str = "medium"
-    intent_max_tokens: int = 8192
-    rerank_max_tokens: int = 4096
+    # Ceilings include adaptive thinking tokens, which is why they sit far
+    # above the size of the structured output itself.
+    intent_max_tokens: int = 16384
+    rerank_max_tokens: int = 16384
 
     # Pipeline shape. candidate_count is the main call-1 latency lever and
     # the hallucination budget: at "new to you" familiarity a large share of
diff --git a/backend/app/domain/matching.py b/backend/app/domain/matching.py
index 9b855b6..fe2de12 100644
--- a/backend/app/domain/matching.py
+++ b/backend/app/domain/matching.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from difflib import SequenceMatcher
 from app.domain.models import Track, TrackCandidate
 
 _SUFFIX_PATTERN = re.compile(r"(?:\s*(?:\([^)]*\)|\[[^]]*\]))+\s*$")
+_DASH_SUFFIX_PATTERN = re.compile(r"\s+-\s+[^-]+$")
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -35,12 +36,19 @@ def normalize_text(value: str) -> str:
 
 
 def title_similarity(candidate_title: str, track_title: str) -> float:
-    """Return normalized sequence similarity for two track titles."""
-    return SequenceMatcher(
-        None,
-        normalize_text(candidate_title),
-        normalize_text(track_title),
-    ).ratio()
+    """Return normalized title similarity, tolerating version dash suffixes."""
+    normalized_candidate = normalize_text(candidate_title)
+    full_similarity = _ratio(normalized_candidate, normalize_text(track_title))
+    # Spotify appends version info as "Title - Remaster 2023"; some tracks
+    # only exist in suffixed releases. The tiny penalty keeps an exact
+    # original title ahead of a suffixed release at equal similarity.
+    stripped_title = _DASH_SUFFIX_PATTERN.sub("", track_title)
+    stripped_similarity = _ratio(normalized_candidate, normalize_text(stripped_title)) - 0.001
+    return max(full_similarity, stripped_similarity)
+
+
+def _ratio(left: str, right: str) -> float:
+    return SequenceMatcher(None, left, right).ratio()
 
 
 def artist_matches(candidate_artist: str, track_artists: tuple[str, ...]) -> bool:
diff --git a/backend/app/pipeline/grounding.py b/backend/app/pipeline/grounding.py
index 32ea2b8..7ecfba6 100644
--- a/backend/app/pipeline/grounding.py
+++ b/backend/app/pipeline/grounding.py
@@ -274,6 +274,13 @@ class Grounder:
         status = (
             ResolutionStatus.MISMATCH if field_results or bare_results else ResolutionStatus.MISS
         )
+        structlog.get_logger().info(
+            "candidate_unresolved",
+            title=candidate.title,
+            artist=candidate.artist,
+            status=status,
+            result_count=len(field_results) + len(bare_results),
+        )
         return _ResolutionAttempt(index=index, status=status)
 
 
diff --git a/backend/app/pipeline/orchestrator.py b/backend/app/pipeline/orchestrator.py
index f1f07cb..1d93038 100644
--- a/backend/app/pipeline/orchestrator.py
+++ b/backend/app/pipeline/orchestrator.py
@@ -177,27 +177,44 @@ class RecommendationPipeline:
         history: tuple[ConversationTurn, ...],
         selection: _TrackSelection,
     ) -> AsyncGenerator[PipelineTrackEvent | PipelineWarningEvent]:
-        """Stream one rerank, retry once on invalid output, then fall back."""
-        correction: str | None = None
-        for _ in range(2):
-            if selection.is_full:
-                return
-            try:
-                async for event in self._rerank_once(
-                    intent, taste_summary, history, selection, correction
-                ):
-                    yield event
-                return
-            except RecommenderOutputError as error:
-                correction = (
-                    f"Validation failed: {error}."
-                    f" Already emitted track ids: {selection.describe_selected_ids()}."
-                )
+        """Stream the rerank with one corrected retry, then fall back."""
+        try:
+            async for event in self._rerank_with_one_retry(
+                intent, taste_summary, history, selection
+            ):
+                yield event
+            return
+        except RecommenderOutputError as error:
+            _log_rerank_failure(attempt=2, error=error)
 
         yield PipelineWarningEvent(code=RERANK_FALLBACK_CODE, message=RERANK_FALLBACK_MESSAGE)
         for event in selection.fill_from_pool(RERANK_FALLBACK_JUSTIFICATION):
             yield event
 
+    async def _rerank_with_one_retry(
+        self,
+        intent: Intent,
+        taste_summary: str,
+        history: tuple[ConversationTurn, ...],
+        selection: _TrackSelection,
+    ) -> AsyncGenerator[PipelineTrackEvent]:
+        """Rerank once; on invalid output, retry once with a correction."""
+        try:
+            async for event in self._rerank_once(intent, taste_summary, history, selection, None):
+                yield event
+            return
+        except RecommenderOutputError as error:
+            _log_rerank_failure(attempt=1, error=error)
+            if selection.is_full:
+                return
+            correction = (
+                f"Validation failed: {error}."
+                f" Already emitted track ids: {selection.describe_selected_ids()}."
+            )
+
+        async for event in self._rerank_once(intent, taste_summary, history, selection, correction):
+            yield event
+
     async def _rerank_once(
         self,
         intent: Intent,
@@ -219,6 +236,11 @@ class RecommendationPipeline:
                 yield selection.select(item.track_id, item.justification)
 
 
+def _log_rerank_failure(attempt: int, error: RecommenderOutputError) -> None:
+    """Log one invalid rerank attempt with its validation reason."""
+    structlog.get_logger().warning("rerank_attempt_failed", attempt=attempt, error=str(error))
+
+
 def _log_completion(selection: _TrackSelection, taste: CompressedTasteProfile) -> None:
     """Log how many recommendations were served and how many are new."""
     new_track_count = sum(track.id not in taste.known_track_ids for track in selection.selected)
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_matching.py b/backend/tests/test_matching.py
index f9d9262..074af55 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_matching.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_matching.py
@@ -52,3 +52,14 @@ def _track(*, title: str, artist: str) -> Track:
         album_art_url=None,
         external_url=None,
     )
+
+
+def test_title_similarity_tolerates_version_dash_suffix() -> None:
+    assert title_similarity("Immunity", "Immunity - Remaster 2023") > 0.95
+    assert title_similarity("Nightcall", "Nightcall - Breakbot Remix") > 0.95
+
+
+def test_title_similarity_prefers_the_unsuffixed_release() -> None:
+    plain = title_similarity("Immunity", "Immunity")
+    suffixed = title_similarity("Immunity", "Immunity - Remaster 2023")
+    assert plain > suffixed
diff --git a/docs/logboek.md b/docs/logboek.md
index f18c84a..6d633d3 100644
--- a/docs/logboek.md
+++ b/docs/logboek.md
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ Wat ik deed:
   NDJSON events (metadata / track / warning / error / done); een
   client-disconnect stopt de stream en de grounding.
 - Playlist-endpoint dat schrijft met een vaste naam-prefix, zodat
-  aangemaakte playlists later in bulk op te ruimen zijn.
+  aangemaakte playlists later in bulk op te ruimen zijn (ik gebruik mijn
+  persoonlijke spotify account/abbonement voor de demo)..
 - Request-timing middleware met per-request counters (Spotify calls, cache
   hits, LLM tokens) in gestructureerde logs.
 - Seed session voor gehost draaien: in live mode installeert een refresh
@@ -128,8 +129,7 @@ Wat ik deed:
 
 Waarom:
 
-- Streamen maakt de wachttijd eerlijk: de eerste kaart telt, niet de
-  laatste. Een afgebroken request mag geen werk laten doorlopen.
+- Streamen maakt de wachttijd eerlijk: de eerste kaart telt. Een afgebroken request mag geen werk laten doorlopen.
 
 ### Review-fixes en de account-quota
 
@@ -149,5 +149,18 @@ Waarom:
 
 - De quota is per developer-account en per dag; bulk-werk zoals fixtures
   opnemen moet dus gebudgetteerd, en het cache-ontwerp (naam-naar-id,
-  smaakprofiel) is geen optimalisatie-garnituur maar
-  noodzakelijk om binnen de quota te blijven.
+  smaakprofiel) is  noodzakelijk om binnen de quota te blijven.
+
+### Meer live-test fixes
+
+Wat ik deed:
+
+- Matching accepteert nu ook nummers die alleen als release met een
+  versie-suffix bestaan ("Immunity - Remaster 2023"), met een lichte
+  voorkeur voor de originele release bij gelijke score; de live-test liet
+  zien dat echte nummers hierdoor onterecht afvielen.
+- Mislukte rerank-pogingen worden met reden gelogd, en de token-ceilings
+  van beide LLM-calls zijn verhoogd: adaptive thinking telt mee in
+  max_tokens en kon de gestructureerde output afkappen.
+- Per unresolved kandidaat wordt titel, artiest en status gelogd, zodat
+  zichtbaar is WAT het model verzon in plaats van alleen hoeveel.