diff --git a/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController+ContextualMenus.swift b/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController+ContextualMenus.swift
index 88f0ac440..5e5425728 100644
--- a/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController+ContextualMenus.swift
+++ b/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController+ContextualMenus.swift
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ private extension TimelineViewController {
 	func menu(for articles: [Article]) -> NSMenu? {
 		let menu = NSMenu(title: "")
 
-		if articles.anyArticleIsUnread() {
+		if articles.anyArticleIsUnreadAndCanMarkRead() {
 			menu.addItem(markReadMenuItem(articles))
 		}
 		if articles.anyArticleIsReadAndCanMarkUnread() {
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ private extension TimelineViewController {
 		if articles.anyArticleIsStarred() {
 			menu.addItem(markUnstarredMenuItem(articles))
 		}
-		if let first = articles.first, self.articles.articlesAbove(article: first).canMarkAllAsRead() {
+		if let first = articles.first, self.articles.articlesAbove(article: first).canMarkAllAsRead(exemptArticles: directlyMarkedAsUnreadArticles) {
 			menu.addItem(markAboveReadMenuItem(articles))
 		}
-		if let last = articles.last, self.articles.articlesBelow(article: last).canMarkAllAsRead() {
+		if let last = articles.last, self.articles.articlesBelow(article: last).canMarkAllAsRead(exemptArticles: directlyMarkedAsUnreadArticles) {
 			menu.addItem(markBelowReadMenuItem(articles))
 		}
 
diff --git a/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift b/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
index c15a59a7b..30ce24961 100644
--- a/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ final class TimelineViewController: NSViewController, UndoableCommandRunner, Unr
 	}
 
 	func canMarkAllAsRead() -> Bool {
-		return articles.canMarkAllAsRead()
+		return articles.canMarkAllAsRead(exemptArticles: directlyMarkedAsUnreadArticles)
 	}
 
 	func canMarkSelectedArticlesAsRead() -> Bool {
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ final class TimelineViewController: NSViewController, UndoableCommandRunner, Unr
 	func markReadCommandStatus() -> MarkCommandValidationStatus {
 		let articles = selectedArticles
 		
-		if articles.anyArticleIsUnread() {
+		if articles.anyArticleIsUnreadAndCanMarkRead() {
 			return .canMark
 		}
 		
@@ -499,12 +499,12 @@ final class TimelineViewController: NSViewController, UndoableCommandRunner, Unr
 
 	func canMarkAboveArticlesAsRead() -> Bool {
 		guard let first = selectedArticles.first else { return false }
-		return articles.articlesAbove(article: first).canMarkAllAsRead()
+		return articles.articlesAbove(article: first).canMarkAllAsRead(exemptArticles: directlyMarkedAsUnreadArticles)
 	}
 
 	func canMarkBelowArticlesAsRead() -> Bool {
 		guard let last = selectedArticles.last else { return false }
-		return articles.articlesBelow(article: last).canMarkAllAsRead()
+		return articles.articlesBelow(article: last).canMarkAllAsRead(exemptArticles: directlyMarkedAsUnreadArticles)
 	}
 
 	func markOlderArticlesRead(_ selectedArticles: [Article]) {
diff --git a/Shared/Timeline/ArticleArray.swift b/Shared/Timeline/ArticleArray.swift
index 2f8d69e06..7f99e8e6e 100644
--- a/Shared/Timeline/ArticleArray.swift
+++ b/Shared/Timeline/ArticleArray.swift
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ extension Array where Element == Article {
 		return ArticleSorter.sortedByDate(articles: self, sortDirection: sortDirection, groupByFeed: groupByFeed)
 	}
 	
-	func canMarkAllAsRead() -> Bool {
-		return anyArticleIsUnread()
+	func canMarkAllAsRead(exemptArticles: Set<Article> = .init()) -> Bool {
+		return anyArticleIsUnreadAndCanMarkRead(exemptArticles: exemptArticles)
 	}
 
 	func anyArticlePassesTest(_ test: ((Article) -> Bool)) -> Bool {
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ extension Array where Element == Article {
 		return anyArticlePassesTest { $0.status.read && $0.isAvailableToMarkUnread }
 	}
 
-	func anyArticleIsUnread() -> Bool {
-		return anyArticlePassesTest { !$0.status.read }
+	func anyArticleIsUnreadAndCanMarkRead(exemptArticles: Set<Article> = .init()) -> Bool {
+		return anyArticlePassesTest { !(exemptArticles.contains($0) || $0.status.read) }
 	}
 
 	func anyArticleIsStarred() -> Bool {
diff --git a/iOS/MasterTimeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift b/iOS/MasterTimeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift
index 0297387b4..15f974941 100644
--- a/iOS/MasterTimeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/MasterTimeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ private extension MasterTimelineViewController {
 	func updateToolbar() {
 		guard firstUnreadButton != nil else { return }
 		
-		markAllAsReadButton.isEnabled = coordinator.isTimelineUnreadAvailable
+		markAllAsReadButton.isEnabled = coordinator.canMarkAllAsRead()
 		firstUnreadButton.isEnabled = coordinator.isTimelineUnreadAvailable
 		
 		if coordinator.isRootSplitCollapsed {
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ private extension MasterTimelineViewController {
 		}
 
 		let articles = Array(fetchedArticles)
-		guard articles.canMarkAllAsRead(), let contentView = self.tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)?.contentView else {
+		guard coordinator.canMarkAllAsRead(articles), let contentView = self.tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)?.contentView else {
 			return nil
 		}
 		
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ private extension MasterTimelineViewController {
 		}
 		
 		let articles = Array(fetchedArticles)
-		guard articles.canMarkAllAsRead(), let contentView = self.tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)?.contentView else {
+		guard coordinator.canMarkAllAsRead(articles), let contentView = self.tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)?.contentView else {
 			return nil
 		}
 		
diff --git a/iOS/SceneCoordinator.swift b/iOS/SceneCoordinator.swift
index f680568ff..c46ee94d5 100644
--- a/iOS/SceneCoordinator.swift
+++ b/iOS/SceneCoordinator.swift
@@ -1042,10 +1042,18 @@ class SceneCoordinator: NSObject, UndoableCommandRunner, Logging {
 			completion?()
 		}
 	}
+	
+	func canMarkAllAsRead() -> Bool {
+		return articles.canMarkAllAsRead(exemptArticles: directlyMarkedAsUnreadArticles)
+	}
+
+	func canMarkAllAsRead(_ articles: [Article]) -> Bool {
+		return articles.canMarkAllAsRead(exemptArticles: directlyMarkedAsUnreadArticles)
+	}
 
 	func canMarkAboveAsRead(for article: Article) -> Bool {
 		let articlesAboveArray = articles.articlesAbove(article: article)
-		return articlesAboveArray.canMarkAllAsRead()
+		return articlesAboveArray.canMarkAllAsRead(exemptArticles: directlyMarkedAsUnreadArticles)
 	}
 
 	func markAboveAsRead() {
@@ -1063,7 +1071,7 @@ class SceneCoordinator: NSObject, UndoableCommandRunner, Logging {
 
 	func canMarkBelowAsRead(for article: Article) -> Bool {
 		let articleBelowArray = articles.articlesBelow(article: article)
-		return articleBelowArray.canMarkAllAsRead()
+		return articleBelowArray.canMarkAllAsRead(exemptArticles: directlyMarkedAsUnreadArticles)
 	}
 
 	func markBelowAsRead() {