docs(backlog): close item 158, drafts are indexed on save

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@@ -7513,3 +7513,38 @@ bump either way: an ignored optional field is not a breaking change.
 **Size: S.** Removing a field, two UI affordances and their tests.
 
 **Closed 2026-08-24** (unreleased). See the status table row for the outcome.
+
+---
+
+## 158. A freshly saved draft is invisible until a sync indexes it
+
+**Observed (user, 2026-08-24, by hand).** Composing a new message or resuming
+a draft, then closing the composer, the draft cannot be found again in the
+Drafts view until a sync runs or the cron job fires. "Refresh the search"
+does not bring it back.
+
+**Cause (verified in the code).** Autosave writes the draft to the Maildir
+drafts folder and stops there: `saveDraftNow()` -> `DraftStore::write()` at
+`composewindow.cpp`, with no indexing step. The Drafts view is a notmuch
+query, `Config::allDraftsQuery()` -> `Account::draftsQuery()` ->
+`path:".../Drafts/**"`, and "refresh" re-runs that query against the existing
+index. Only `assets/mailsync.sh` runs `notmuch new`. So the file exists on
+disk and is invisible to the view.
+
+**Outcome.** `saveDraftNow()` emits `draftSaved(path, previousPath)`;
+`MainWindow::openComposer()` connects it to a new
+`NotmuchWorker::indexDraftFile()`, which indexes the one file the way
+`moveMessages()` does and removes the previous revision so a rewrite leaves no
+ghost. The send path unlinks a draft it had indexed while composing, so
+`draftRemoved(path)` -> `removeIndexedFile()` drops that entry.
+
+**Measured, and it makes the fix smaller than the item guessed.**
+`notmuch_database_index_file` assigns NO tags at all, unlike `notmuch new`,
+which would add `draft inbox unread` from `new.tags` and the `:2,D` flag. So
+the "strip whatever index_file assigns" concern is moot: a draft indexed this
+way cannot leak into a `tag:inbox` or `tag:unread` view, and no stripping is
+needed. The drafts view is path-based, so zero tags is exactly enough.
+
+**Size: S.** One worker slot, one signal, and their tests.
+
+**Closed 2026-08-24** (unreleased). See the status table row for the outcome.