# Learning steps are stepping on my nerves!

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**Created:** [May 24, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/learning-steps-are-stepping-on-my-nerves/30565 "2023-05-24T13:28:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![stevenfrank15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@stevenfrank15](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/stevenfrank15)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/learning-steps-are-stepping-on-my-nerves/30565/1 "2023-05-24T13:28:36Z")

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Hello my fellow AnKings & AnQueens! Before this last update my learning steps for the SECOND time I saw a card was as follows: Again (\<10m) Hard (4d) Good (6d) Easy (Not sure because I never use that option). I liked these settings because I thought 4 days was good for a card that I thought was hard after seeing it for the second time. After the update my Hard step on the second day is at 1d now which I don’t like. My settings are exactly the same as they were before so I am not sure why only the Hard option has changed. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this so I can get it back to normal? I have attached pictures of my settings. To add to this, I have tried changing the 1d learning step to 4d but that changes even more stuff. I simply want the hard interval on first time cards to change from 1d to 4d without anything else changing.

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/learning-steps-are-stepping-on-my-nerves/30565/2 "2023-05-25T01:12:49Z")

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> [@stevenfrank15](#):
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> Before this last update

What update are you referring to?

The again button repeats the previous learning step - you need to choose Good or above to make progress.

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**Author:** ![stevenfrank15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@stevenfrank15](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/stevenfrank15)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/learning-steps-are-stepping-on-my-nerves/30565/3 "2023-05-25T10:03:24Z")

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I updated to the 2.1.61 version and then this change occurred. I have 4 learning steps Again, Hard, Good and Easy. On the first time I see a card the options are Again (\<10m) Hard (12.1h) Good (1d) Easy (1.3mo). On the SECOND time I see a card, it USED to be Again (\<15m) Hard (4d) Good (6d) Easy (not sure what the time was). But for some reason after I updated it the second Hard interval (4d) is now showing up as (1d) and I want it to go back to 4 but cannot figure out how to get it there.

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/learning-steps-are-stepping-on-my-nerves/30565/4 "2023-05-26T08:24:50Z")

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The behaviour was changed some time back. You can read the discussion from the time here:

> <https://github.com/ankitects/anki/issues/1555>
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> According to the documentation, when you press the hard button you expect to get… the average of the first and second steps on the first step and the repetition of the current step on the next steps:
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> \> Hard repeats the current step after the first step, and is the average of Again and Good on the first step. \[Anki Manual\](https://docs.ankiweb.net/studying.html#learningrelearning-cards)
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> \> Hard will repeat the current learning step (except on the first step, where it is the average of first and second steps). \[Anki FAQ\](https://faqs.ankiweb.net/hard-good-interval-longer-than-good-easy.html)
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> However, when I set the following learning steps for my deck "2h 2h 1d 3d 6d", I always get the average of the current and the next steps, for example, 13 hours on step 2 instead of 2 hours, and 2 days instead of 1 day on step 3. This behavior occurs both for Anki 2.1.49 and AnkiDroid 2.15.6.
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> I checked the code of the scheduler and found out that it always averages the current and the next steps (line 654) which contradicts the specification of the scheduler:
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> https://github.com/ankitects/anki/blob/eb839f0ba29192c3fa41f4dd0c71712a3b358082/pylib/anki/scheduler/v2.py#L1042-L1050
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> https://github.com/ankitects/anki/blob/eb839f0ba29192c3fa41f4dd0c71712a3b358082/pylib/anki/scheduler/v2.py#L647-L655

Given the lack of complaints from other people since the change was made, I’m afraid an option to go back to the old behaviour is unlikely.

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**Author:** ![stevenfrank15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@stevenfrank15](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/stevenfrank15)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/learning-steps-are-stepping-on-my-nerves/30565/5 "2023-05-26T15:59:16Z")

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Thank you!

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/learning-steps-are-stepping-on-my-nerves/30565/7 "2023-06-26T01:35:38Z")

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