fix(recurring): skip records the occurrence date, not the view's "today"

src/bases/CalendarView.ts

@@ -2753,6 +2753,7 @@ export class CalendarView extends BasesViewBase {
 					task: taskInfo,
 					plugin: this.plugin,
 					targetDate: targetDate,
+					occurrenceDate: taskInfo.recurrence ? targetDate : undefined,
 					promoteOccurrenceControls: Boolean(
 						taskInfo.recurrence ||
 							(taskInfo.recurrence_parent && taskInfo.occurrence_date)

src/components/TaskContextMenu.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 	buildSubtaskCreationPrePopulatedValues,
 } from "../services/taskRelationshipActions";
 import { renameVaultFile } from "../services/VaultMutationService";
+import { getRecurringTaskActionDate } from "../services/task-service/taskRecurringPlanning";
 import { showConfirmationModal } from "../modals/ConfirmationModal";
 import { DateContextMenu } from "./DateContextMenu";
 import { DateTimePickerModal } from "../modals/DateTimePickerModal";
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ export interface TaskContextMenuOptions {
 	task: TaskInfo;
 	plugin: TaskNotesPlugin;
 	targetDate: Date;
+	/** The clicked occurrence (Calendar); omit to let the service's anchor-aware default resolve the date. */
+	occurrenceDate?: Date;
 	onUpdate?: () => void;
 	promoteOccurrenceControls?: boolean;
 }
@@ -888,7 +891,11 @@ export class TaskContextMenu {
 			});
 		});
 
-		const isSkippedForDate = task.skipped_instances?.includes(dateStr) || false;
+		// Not routed through the four-mode resolver: that would drop the completion-anchor guard.
+		const skipOccurrenceDate = this.options.occurrenceDate;
+		const skipLabelDate = skipOccurrenceDate ?? getRecurringTaskActionDate(task);
+		const skipDateStr = formatDateForStorage(skipLabelDate);
+		const isSkippedForDate = task.skipped_instances?.includes(skipDateStr) || false;
 
 		this.menu.addItem((item) => {
 			item.setTitle(
@@ -899,10 +906,7 @@ export class TaskContextMenu {
 			item.setIcon(isSkippedForDate ? "undo" : "x-circle");
 			item.onClick(async () => {
 				try {
-					await plugin.taskService.toggleRecurringTaskSkipped(
-						task,
-						this.options.targetDate
-					);
+					await plugin.taskService.toggleRecurringTaskSkipped(task, skipOccurrenceDate);
 					this.options.onUpdate?.();
 				} catch (error) {
 					const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);

src/ui/taskCardContextMenu.ts

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export async function showTaskContextMenu(
 	taskPath: string,
 	plugin: TaskNotesPlugin,
 	targetDate: Date,
-	options: { promoteOccurrenceControls?: boolean } = {}
+	options: { promoteOccurrenceControls?: boolean; occurrenceDate?: Date } = {}
 ): Promise<void> {
 	const file = plugin.app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(taskPath);
 	const showFileMenuFallback = () => {
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export async function showTaskContextMenu(
 			task,
 			plugin,
 			targetDate,
+			occurrenceDate: options.occurrenceDate,
 			promoteOccurrenceControls: options.promoteOccurrenceControls,
 			onUpdate: () => {
 				plugin.app.workspace.trigger("tasknotes:refresh-views");

tests/unit/components/taskContextMenu.occurrenceContext.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import { App, Menu } from "obsidian";
+import { TaskContextMenu } from "../../../src/components/TaskContextMenu";
+import { showTaskContextMenu } from "../../../src/ui/taskCardContextMenu";
+import { createI18nService } from "../../../src/i18n";
+import { formatDateForStorage } from "../../../src/utils/dateUtils";
+import type TaskNotesPlugin from "../../../src/main";
+import type { TaskInfo } from "../../../src/types";
+
+type MockMenuItem = Record<string, jest.Mock> | { type: string };
+type MockMenu = { items: MockMenuItem[] };
+
+const menuMock = Menu as unknown as jest.Mock;
+
+function createRecurringTask(overrides: Partial<TaskInfo> = {}): TaskInfo {
+	return {
+		id: "Tasks/recurring.md",
+		path: "Tasks/recurring.md",
+		title: "Recurring task",
+		status: "open",
+		priority: "normal",
+		recurrence: "DTSTART:20260601;FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=TU",
+		recurrence_anchor: "scheduled",
+		scheduled: "2026-06-02",
+		complete_instances: [],
+		skipped_instances: [],
+		...overrides,
+	} as TaskInfo;
+}
+
+function createPlugin(): TaskNotesPlugin {
+	const app = new App();
+	return {
+		app,
+		i18n: createI18nService(),
+		settings: {
+			customStatuses: [
+				{ value: "open", label: "Open", order: 0 },
+				{ value: "done", label: "Done", order: 1 },
+			],
+			customPriorities: [{ value: "normal", label: "Normal", weight: 0 }],
+			calendarViewSettings: { enableTimeblocking: false },
+			useFrontmatterMarkdownLinks: true,
+		},
+		statusManager: {
+			getAllStatuses: jest.fn(() => [
+				{ value: "open", label: "Open" },
+				{ value: "done", label: "Done" },
+			]),
+			getNonCompletionStatuses: jest.fn(() => [{ value: "open", label: "Open" }]),
+			isCompletedStatus: jest.fn((status: string) => status === "done"),
+		},
+		priorityManager: {
+			getAllPriorities: jest.fn(() => [{ value: "normal", label: "Normal" }]),
+			getPrioritiesByWeight: jest.fn(() => [{ value: "normal", label: "Normal" }]),
+		},
+		taskService: {
+			toggleRecurringTaskSkipped: jest.fn(),
+			updateBlockingRelationships: jest.fn(),
+		},
+		cacheManager: {
+			getAllContexts: jest.fn(() => []),
+			getAllTasks: jest.fn(() => []),
+			getTaskInfo: jest.fn(),
+		},
+		updateTaskProperty: jest.fn(),
+		toggleRecurringTaskComplete: jest.fn(),
+		getActiveTimeSession: jest.fn(() => null),
+		stopTimeTracking: jest.fn(),
+		startTimeTracking: jest.fn(),
+		openDueDateModal: jest.fn(),
+		openScheduledDateModal: jest.fn(),
+		openTimeEntryEditor: jest.fn(),
+		toggleTaskArchive: jest.fn(),
+		openTaskEditModal: jest.fn(),
+		openTaskCreationModal: jest.fn(),
+	} as unknown as TaskNotesPlugin;
+}
+
+function findTopLevelMenuItem(title: string): Record<string, jest.Mock> | undefined {
+	const topLevelMenu = menuMock.mock.results[0].value as MockMenu;
+	return topLevelMenu.items.find(
+		(item): item is Record<string, jest.Mock> =>
+			!("type" in item) && item.setTitle.mock.calls[0]?.[0] === title
+	);
+}
+
+describe("occurrenceDate context field", () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		jest.useFakeTimers();
+		menuMock.mockClear();
+	});
+
+	afterEach(() => {
+		jest.clearAllTimers();
+		jest.useRealTimers();
+		menuMock.mockClear();
+	});
+
+	it("is optional — existing callers that omit it still build a menu", () => {
+		expect(
+			() =>
+				new TaskContextMenu({
+					task: createRecurringTask(),
+					plugin: createPlugin(),
+					targetDate: new Date("2026-06-06T12:00:00"),
+				})
+		).not.toThrow();
+
+		expect(findTopLevelMenuItem("Skip instance")).toBeDefined();
+	});
+
+	it("reads occurrenceDate (not targetDate) to decide the skip/unskip label", () => {
+		// The already-skipped date matches occurrenceDate but NOT targetDate.
+		const occurrence = new Date("2026-06-09T00:00:00Z");
+		const task = createRecurringTask({
+			skipped_instances: [formatDateForStorage(occurrence)],
+		});
+
+		new TaskContextMenu({
+			task,
+			plugin: createPlugin(),
+			// A different, unrelated targetDate — if the label inferred from
+			// targetDate it would (wrongly) show "Skip instance".
+			targetDate: new Date("2026-06-06T12:00:00"),
+			occurrenceDate: occurrence,
+		});
+
+		expect(findTopLevelMenuItem("Unskip instance")).toBeDefined();
+		expect(findTopLevelMenuItem("Skip instance")).toBeUndefined();
+	});
+
+	it("showTaskContextMenu forwards occurrenceDate into the built menu", async () => {
+		// Skipped date matches occurrenceDate but not targetDate, so "Unskip" proves forwarding.
+		const occurrence = new Date("2026-06-09T00:00:00Z");
+		const task = createRecurringTask({
+			skipped_instances: [formatDateForStorage(occurrence)],
+		});
+		const plugin = createPlugin();
+		plugin.cacheManager.getTaskInfo = jest.fn(async () => task);
+
+		await showTaskContextMenu(
+			new MouseEvent("contextmenu"),
+			task.path,
+			plugin,
+			new Date("2026-06-06T12:00:00"), // unrelated targetDate
+			{ occurrenceDate: occurrence }
+		);
+
+		expect(findTopLevelMenuItem("Unskip instance")).toBeDefined();
+		expect(findTopLevelMenuItem("Skip instance")).toBeUndefined();
+	});
+});