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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Console\Commands;
+
+use App\Excellence;
+use App\Jobs\GenerateCertificateBatchJob;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+
+class CertificateRetryFailed extends Command
+{
+    protected $signature = 'certificate:retry-failed
+                            {--edition=2025 : Target edition year}
+                            {--type=excellence : excellence|super-organiser}
+                            {--limit=200 : Max failed rows to reset}
+                            {--dispatch : Dispatch generation job after reset}';
+
+    protected $description = 'Reset failed certificate generation rows for retry in controlled batches';
+
+    public function handle(): int
+    {
+        $edition = (int) $this->option('edition');
+        $typeOption = (string) $this->option('type');
+        $limit = max(1, (int) $this->option('limit'));
+        $shouldDispatch = (bool) $this->option('dispatch');
+
+        $type = $this->normalizeType($typeOption);
+        if ($type === null) {
+            $this->error("Invalid --type value: {$typeOption}. Use 'excellence' or 'super-organiser'.");
+            return self::FAILURE;
+        }
+
+        $baseQuery = Excellence::query()
+            ->where('edition', $edition)
+            ->where('type', $type)
+            ->whereNull('certificate_url')
+            ->whereNotNull('certificate_generation_error');
+
+        $totalFailed = (clone $baseQuery)->count();
+        if ($totalFailed === 0) {
+            $this->info("No failed generation rows found for edition {$edition}, type {$type}.");
+            return self::SUCCESS;
+        }
+
+        $ids = (clone $baseQuery)->orderBy('id')->limit($limit)->pluck('id')->toArray();
+        $resetCount = 0;
+        if (!empty($ids)) {
+            $resetCount = Excellence::query()
+                ->whereIn('id', $ids)
+                ->update(['certificate_generation_error' => null]);
+        }
+
+        $this->info("Failed rows found: {$totalFailed}");
+        $this->info("Reset for retry: {$resetCount} (limit: {$limit})");
+
+        if ($shouldDispatch && $resetCount > 0) {
+            GenerateCertificateBatchJob::dispatch($edition, $type, 0);
+            $this->info("Generation job dispatched for edition {$edition}, type {$type}.");
+        } else {
+            $this->line('No job dispatched. Use --dispatch to start generation immediately.');
+        }
+
+        return self::SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+    private function normalizeType(string $typeOption): ?string
+    {
+        $slug = strtolower(trim($typeOption));
+        return match ($slug) {
+            'excellence' => 'Excellence',
+            'super-organiser', 'superorganiser' => 'SuperOrganiser',
+            default => null,
+        };
+    }
+}