huskies: merge 1094 bug delete_story leaks zombie rows in pipeline_items shadow table — 176 tombstoned items still report non-terminal stages

server/src/service/work_item/delete.rs

@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ pub async fn delete_work_item(
     }
 
     // 5. Delete from database content store and shadow table.
-    crate::db::delete_item(story_id);
+    // Use the synchronous variant so the pipeline_items row is gone before we
+    // return — the fire-and-forget channel cannot guarantee the DELETE commits
+    // before a restart, which leaves zombie rows (bug 1094).
+    crate::db::delete_item_sync(story_id).await;
     slog_warn!("[delete_work_item] Deleted '{story_id}' from content store / shadow table");
 
     // 6. Remove the filesystem shadow file from work/N_stage/.