diff --git a/migrations/postgres/V10__incremental_scan.sql b/migrations/postgres/V10__incremental_scan.sql
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+-- Add file_mtime column to media_items table for incremental scanning
+-- Stores Unix timestamp in seconds of the file's modification time
+
+ALTER TABLE media_items ADD COLUMN file_mtime BIGINT;
+
+-- Create index for quick mtime lookups
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_media_items_file_mtime ON media_items(file_mtime);
+
+-- Create a scan_history table to track when each directory was last scanned
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS scan_history (
+    id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+    directory TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    last_scan_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    files_scanned INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    files_changed INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    scan_duration_ms INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_scan_history_directory ON scan_history(directory);
diff --git a/migrations/sqlite/V10__incremental_scan.sql b/migrations/sqlite/V10__incremental_scan.sql
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+-- Add file_mtime column to media_items table for incremental scanning
+-- Stores Unix timestamp in seconds of the file's modification time
+
+ALTER TABLE media_items ADD COLUMN file_mtime INTEGER;
+
+-- Create index for quick mtime lookups
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_media_items_file_mtime ON media_items(file_mtime);
+
+-- Create a scan_history table to track when each directory was last scanned
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS scan_history (
+    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    directory TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    last_scan_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+    files_scanned INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    files_changed INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    scan_duration_ms INTEGER
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_scan_history_directory ON scan_history(directory);