diff --git a/migrations/006_variants.sql b/migrations/006_variants.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d44013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/006_variants.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-- Alternativen/Regenerierung: mehrere Ergebnisse zum selben Ursprung gruppieren.
+-- variant_of zeigt auf das „Wurzel"-Item (die erste Fassung); Alternativen teilen es.
+ALTER TABLE items ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS variant_of uuid REFERENCES items(id) ON DELETE SET NULL;
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS items_variant_idx ON items(variant_of);
diff --git a/src/pages/api/items/[id]/alternative.ts b/src/pages/api/items/[id]/alternative.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7c90f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/api/items/[id]/alternative.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import type { APIRoute } from 'astro';
+import { one, query } from '../../../../lib/db';
+import { enqueue } from '../../../../lib/queue';
+
+export const prerender = false;
+const json = (b: unknown, s = 200) =>
+  new Response(JSON.stringify(b), { status: s, headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } });
+
+/** Erzeugt eine weitere Fassung (Alternative) zum selben Ursprung, gleiches Rezept. */
+export const POST: APIRoute = async ({ params, locals }) => {
+  if (!locals.user) return new Response('Unauthorized', { status: 401 });
+  const item = await one<any>(
+    `SELECT id, job_id, source_path, source_paths, filename, variant_of FROM items WHERE id=$1`, [params.id]);
+  if (!item) return json({ error: 'Nicht gefunden.' }, 404);
+  // Ohne Quelle & ohne Modellaufruf gibt es nichts zu variieren.
+  const root = item.variant_of || item.id;
+
+  const it = await one<{ id: string }>(
+    `INSERT INTO items (job_id, position, status, source_path, source_paths, filename, source_quality, variant_of)
+     VALUES ($1, (SELECT COALESCE(max(position),0)+1 FROM items WHERE job_id=$1), 'queued', $2, $3, $4, 'original', $5)
+     RETURNING id`,
+    [item.job_id, item.source_path, item.source_paths ? JSON.stringify(item.source_paths) : null,
+     item.filename, root]);
+  // Auftrag zählt eine Position mehr und läuft erneut an.
+  await query(`UPDATE jobs SET total=total+1, status='queued', finished_at=NULL
+               WHERE id=$1 AND status IN ('done','paused')`, [item.job_id]);
+  await enqueue({ itemId: it!.id, jobId: item.job_id });
+  return json({ ok: true, itemId: it!.id });
+};
diff --git a/src/pages/api/items/index.ts b/src/pages/api/items/index.ts
index 3bcb732..2c51e63 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/items/index.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/items/index.ts
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ export const GET: APIRoute = async ({ url, locals }) => {
   }
 
   const rows = await query(
-    `SELECT i.id, i.filename, i.output_px, i.has_alpha, i.result_path, i.folder_id,
-            i.delivery_status, i.created_at, i.model_used, u.display_name AS by_name,
+    `SELECT i.id, i.filename, i.output_px, i.has_alpha, i.result_path, i.thumb_path, i.folder_id,
+            i.delivery_status, i.created_at, i.model_used, i.variant_of, j.mode, u.display_name AS by_name,
             j.recipe_snapshot->'tasks' AS tasks
        FROM items i
        JOIN jobs j ON j.id = i.job_id
        LEFT JOIN users u ON u.id = j.created_by
       WHERE ${where.join(' AND ')}
-      ORDER BY i.created_at DESC LIMIT 300`, args);
+      ORDER BY i.created_at DESC LIMIT 400`, args);
   return json({ items: rows });
 };