diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 48ed618..88b98a1 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 - [x] Fix #1: TFE publié se dépublie quand on modifie ses données (is_published missing from getThesisRawFields SELECT)
 - [x] Fix #2: Renommer "Note contextuelle" → "Note contextuelle relative à soutenance"
-- [x] Fix #3: Impossible de mettre une majuscule au nom d'étudiant·e (findOrCreateAuthor n'update pas le name)
+- [x] Fix #3: Impossible de mettre une majuscule au nom d'étudiant·e — la recherche par nom en SQLite est case-sensitive (BINARY), contournait le UPDATE et tombait dans le fallback email sans updater le nom. Ajout COLLATE NOCASE + UPDATE dans le chemin email.
 - [x] Fix #4: Décorréler contact interne et contact visible (ajouter colonne contact_visible sur theses)
 - [x] Fix #5: "Contact public : non" partout, non modifiable, sans impact
-- [x] Fix #6: Investiguer "libre → interne" impossible — aucune restriction trouvée dans le code admin, probablement causé par Fix #1 (is_published reset)
-- [ ] Commit + jj new
+- [x] Fix #6: Investiguer "libre → interne" impossible — aucune restriction trouvée dans le code admin
+- [x] Hotfix: contact_visible manquant dans le SQL de updateThesis (l'edit matchait createThesis à la place)
+- [x] Fix #7: Options de licence non persistées en edit — HTMX load trigger perdait les valeurs (pas de hidden inputs pour license_id/license_custom/cc2r/want_license dans fieldset-licence-explanation.php)
+- [x] Commit + jj new
diff --git a/app/src/Database.php b/app/src/Database.php
index 5192fdc..62515e2 100644
--- a/app/src/Database.php
+++ b/app/src/Database.php
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ class Database
     /**
      * Find or create an author
      */
-    public function findOrCreateAuthor($name, $email = null, bool $showContact = false)
+    public function findOrCreateAuthor($name, $email = null, bool $showContact = false, ?int $idHint = null)
     {
         // Normalise CSV artefacts: OUI/NON strings in email column → null
         if ($email !== null && in_array(strtoupper(trim($email)), ['NON', 'OUI'], true)) {
@@ -1023,8 +1023,19 @@ class Database
 
         $cleanEmail = ($email !== null && $email !== '') ? $email : null;
 
-        // Try to find by name first
-        $stmt = $this->pdo->prepare('SELECT id, email FROM authors WHERE name = ?');
+        // 1. If we have a known ID (edit flow), update directly by ID
+        if ($idHint !== null) {
+            $stmt = $this->pdo->prepare('SELECT id FROM authors WHERE id = ?');
+            $stmt->execute([$idHint]);
+            if ($stmt->fetch()) {
+                $updateStmt = $this->pdo->prepare('UPDATE authors SET name = ?, email = ?, show_contact = ? WHERE id = ?');
+                $updateStmt->execute([$name, $cleanEmail, $showContact ? 1 : 0, $idHint]);
+                return $idHint;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // 2. Try to find by name (case-insensitive — SQLite BINARY collation otherwise)
+        $stmt = $this->pdo->prepare('SELECT id, email FROM authors WHERE name = ? COLLATE NOCASE');
         $stmt->execute([$name]);
         $author = $stmt->fetch();
 
@@ -1042,16 +1053,19 @@ class Database
             return $author['id'];
         }
 
-        // If an author with this email already exists (different name), reuse that record.
+        // 3. If an author with this email already exists (different name), reuse that record.
         if ($cleanEmail !== null) {
-            $byEmail = $this->pdo->prepare('SELECT id FROM authors WHERE email = ?');
+            $byEmail = $this->pdo->prepare('SELECT id, name FROM authors WHERE email = ?');
             $byEmail->execute([$cleanEmail]);
             $existing = $byEmail->fetch();
             if ($existing) {
+                $updateStmt = $this->pdo->prepare('UPDATE authors SET name = ?, show_contact = ? WHERE id = ?');
+                $updateStmt->execute([$name, $showContact ? 1 : 0, $existing['id']]);
                 return $existing['id'];
             }
         }
 
+        // 4. Create new author
         $stmt = $this->pdo->prepare('INSERT INTO authors (name, email, show_contact) VALUES (?, ?, ?)');
         $stmt->execute([$name, $cleanEmail, $showContact ? 1 : 0]);
         return $this->pdo->lastInsertId();
@@ -2194,6 +2208,11 @@ class Database
      */
     public function setThesisAuthors(int $thesisId, array $authors): void
     {
+        // Fetch existing author IDs before deletion (preserves identity for edit)
+        $existingStmt = $this->pdo->prepare('SELECT author_id FROM thesis_authors WHERE thesis_id = ? ORDER BY author_order');
+        $existingStmt->execute([$thesisId]);
+        $existingIds = $existingStmt->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_COLUMN);
+
         $this->pdo->prepare('DELETE FROM thesis_authors WHERE thesis_id = ?')->execute([$thesisId]);
         $stmt = $this->pdo->prepare(
             'INSERT INTO thesis_authors (thesis_id, author_id, author_order) VALUES (?, ?, ?)'
@@ -2204,7 +2223,9 @@ class Database
                 continue;
             }
             $showContact = !empty($author['show_contact']);
-            $authorId = $this->findOrCreateAuthor($name, $author['email'] ?? null, $showContact);
+            // Pass existing ID by position so findOrCreateAuthor can update directly
+            $hintId = isset($existingIds[$index]) ? (int)$existingIds[$index] : null;
+            $authorId = $this->findOrCreateAuthor($name, $author['email'] ?? null, $showContact, $hintId);
             $stmt->execute([$thesisId, $authorId, (int)$index + 1]);
         }
     }
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deleted file mode 100644
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deleted file mode 100644
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deleted file mode 100644
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deleted file mode 100644
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deleted file mode 100644
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deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/app/storage/logs/admin-2026-06-09.log b/app/storage/logs/admin-2026-06-09.log
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b74a6b
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+++ b/app/storage/logs/admin-2026-06-09.log
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
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+{"timestamp":"2026-06-09T10:34:25+00:00","ip":"127.0.0.1","user_agent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:151.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/151.0","resource":"thesis","action":"edit","status":"success","context":{"thesis_id":26,"title":"DepNum"}}
+{"timestamp":"2026-06-09T10:34:45+00:00","ip":"127.0.0.1","user_agent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:151.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/151.0","resource":"thesis","action":"edit","status":"success","context":{"thesis_id":26,"title":"DepNum"}}
+{"timestamp":"2026-06-09T10:34:52+00:00","ip":"127.0.0.1","user_agent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:151.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/151.0","resource":"thesis","action":"edit","status":"success","context":{"thesis_id":26,"title":"DepNum"}}
diff --git a/app/storage/logs/audit-2026-06-09.log b/app/storage/logs/audit-2026-06-09.log
index d6a2da3..aa01c36 100644
--- a/app/storage/logs/audit-2026-06-09.log
+++ b/app/storage/logs/audit-2026-06-09.log
@@ -1,2 +1,16 @@
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diff --git a/app/templates/partials/form/fieldset-licence-explanation.php b/app/templates/partials/form/fieldset-licence-explanation.php
index 5397f1e..bcc6dcd 100644
--- a/app/templates/partials/form/fieldset-licence-explanation.php
+++ b/app/templates/partials/form/fieldset-licence-explanation.php
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ $adminMode           = $adminMode           ?? false;
         <p class="licence-note"><em>L'auteur·ice peut, à tout moment, décider de restreindre son propre choix. Iel ne peut par contre pas l'ouvrir.</em></p>
     </div>
 
+    <!-- Seed saved licence values for the initial htmx load.
+         These are overridden by visible inputs inside .licence-license-choice
+         once htmx renders them — later DOM order wins in POST. -->
+    <input type="hidden" name="license_id" value="<?= htmlspecialchars((string)($formData['license_id'] ?? '')) ?>">
+    <input type="hidden" name="license_custom" value="<?= htmlspecialchars($formData['license_custom'] ?? '') ?>">
+    <input type="hidden" name="cc2r" value="<?= !empty($formData['cc2r']) ? '1' : '' ?>">
+    <?php $wantLicense = !empty($formData['license_id']) || !empty($formData['license_custom']); ?>
+    <input type="hidden" name="want_license" value="<?= $wantLicense ? '1' : '' ?>">
+
     <!-- Licence — swapped via htmx when radio changes -->
     <div class="licence-license-choice"
          hx-post="<?= $adminMode ? '/admin/fragments/licence.php' : '/partage/fragments/licence.php' ?>"