diff --git a/internal/store/store.go b/internal/store/store.go
index fd2fb15..64a4e42 100644
--- a/internal/store/store.go
+++ b/internal/store/store.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ var migrations = []string{
 	// undo must then leave that target alone.
 	`ALTER TABLE operations ADD COLUMN link_preexisted INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;`,
 
-	// 6-10 belong to features that were removed again (tag editing,
+	// 6-11 belong to features that were removed again (tag editing,
 	// organizing, the step-by-step fixer). They only add columns, which are
 	// unused now, and stay so databases that already ran them keep the same
 	// numbering and future migrations are never skipped.
@@ -141,10 +142,22 @@ var migrations = []string{
 	`ALTER TABLE pairs ADD COLUMN library_type TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'music';
 	ALTER TABLE pairs ADD COLUMN fixer_state TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '';`,
 
-	// 11: opt-in automatic removal of empty slave folders after each scan.
+	// 11: slave-only songs whose album or artist the master has (removed).
+	`ALTER TABLE matches ADD COLUMN missing TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '';`,
+
+	// 12: opt-in automatic removal of empty slave folders after each scan.
+	// For a few hours this was numbered 11, so databases that ran it under
+	// that number already have the column; see addsExistingColumn.
 	`ALTER TABLE pairs ADD COLUMN auto_cleanup_empty INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;`,
 }
 
+// addsExistingColumn reports whether a migration failed only because the
+// single column it adds is already there, so it counts as applied.
+func addsExistingColumn(m string, err error) bool {
+	return strings.Count(strings.TrimSpace(m), ";") == 1 && strings.Contains(m, "ADD COLUMN") &&
+		strings.Contains(err.Error(), "duplicate column name")
+}
+
 // SchemaVersion is the newest database schema this build knows.
 func SchemaVersion() int { return len(migrations) }
 
@@ -178,7 +191,7 @@ func (s *Store) migrate() error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if _, err := tx.Exec(migrations[i]); err != nil {
+		if _, err := tx.Exec(migrations[i]); err != nil && !addsExistingColumn(migrations[i], err) {
 			tx.Rollback()
 			return fmt.Errorf("migration %d: %w", i+1, err)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/store/store_test.go b/internal/store/store_test.go
index a71ac26..a78856b 100644
--- a/internal/store/store_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/store_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package store
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -57,3 +59,45 @@ func TestMatchLetters(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// Databases reached schema 11 two ways: the removed "missing from master"
+// column, or (briefly) auto_cleanup_empty numbered 11. Both must open with
+// every current column, keeping their pairs.
+func TestMigrateFromEitherSchema11(t *testing.T) {
+	for name, eleven := range map[string]string{
+		"missing":      `ALTER TABLE matches ADD COLUMN missing TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '';`,
+		"auto cleanup": `ALTER TABLE pairs ADD COLUMN auto_cleanup_empty INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;`,
+	} {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			dir := t.TempDir()
+			db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", "file:"+filepath.Join(dir, "playlink.db"))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			old := append(append([]string{}, migrations[:10]...), eleven,
+				`INSERT INTO pairs (name, master_root, slave_root, quarantine_dir, extensions, created_at) VALUES ('Music', '/m', '/s', '/q', 'flac', 1)`)
+			stmts := []string{`CREATE TABLE schema_version (v INTEGER NOT NULL)`, `INSERT INTO schema_version (v) VALUES (11)`}
+			for _, m := range append(stmts, old...) {
+				if _, err := db.Exec(m); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			}
+			db.Close()
+
+			st, err := Open(dir)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			defer st.DB.Close()
+			ps, err := st.Pairs(context.Background())
+			if err != nil || len(ps) != 1 || ps[0].Name != "Music" {
+				t.Fatalf("pairs = %+v, %v", ps, err)
+			}
+			var v int
+			st.DB.QueryRow(`SELECT MAX(v) FROM schema_version`).Scan(&v)
+			if v != SchemaVersion() {
+				t.Fatalf("schema %d, want %d", v, SchemaVersion())
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}