instar 1.3.1609 → 1.3.1611

package/dashboard/console/console.css

@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@
   --ease: cubic-bezier(.4, 0, .2, 1);
   --dur: .18s;
   --nav-h: 64px;
+  /* The phone's bottom inset. Inside the Instar app this is the app's own tab
+     bar (about 68px), so everything that sits above the bottom nav adds it. */
+  --safe-b: env(safe-area-inset-bottom, 0px);
+  --nav-total: calc(var(--nav-h) + var(--safe-b));
   color-scheme: dark;
 }
 
@@ -131,14 +135,14 @@ button { font: inherit; color: inherit; }
 .chip:hover { border-color: var(--hairline-strong); color: var(--text); }
 .icon-btn { width: 34px; padding: 0; justify-content: center; }
 
-.main { padding: var(--s-5) var(--s-4) calc(var(--nav-h) + 32px); max-width: 1120px; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; }
+.main { padding: var(--s-5) var(--s-4) calc(var(--nav-total) + 32px); max-width: 1120px; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; }
 
 /* Bottom nav (phone) → sidebar (desktop) */
 .nav {
   position: fixed; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; z-index: 30;
   display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr);
-  height: calc(var(--nav-h) + env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
-  padding-bottom: env(safe-area-inset-bottom);
+  height: var(--nav-total);
+  padding-bottom: var(--safe-b);
   background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--surface-solid) 86%, transparent);
   backdrop-filter: blur(24px); -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(24px);
   border-top: 1px solid var(--hairline);
@@ -490,7 +494,7 @@ button.list-head { cursor: pointer; }
 .sheet { position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; height: 88dvh; max-height: 88vh; display: flex; flex-direction: column;
   background: var(--surface-solid); border: 1px solid var(--hairline-strong); border-bottom: 0; border-radius: var(--r-xl) var(--r-xl) 0 0;
   box-shadow: 0 -20px 60px rgb(0 0 0 / .45); transform: translateY(24px); opacity: 0;
-  transition: transform .22s var(--ease), opacity .22s var(--ease); padding-bottom: env(safe-area-inset-bottom); }
+  transition: transform .22s var(--ease), opacity .22s var(--ease); padding-bottom: var(--safe-b); }
 .sheet-root.open .scrim { opacity: 1; }
 .sheet-root.open .sheet { transform: none; opacity: 1; }
 .sheet-grab { width: 40px; height: 4px; border-radius: 4px; background: var(--hairline-strong); margin: 10px auto 2px; }
@@ -633,7 +637,7 @@ select.reason-input { height: 44px; }
 .switch.on::after { transform: translateX(18px); background: var(--accent); }
 .switch:disabled { opacity: .5; cursor: progress; }
 .switch:focus-visible, .seg-step:focus-visible, .feat-main:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset: 2px; }
-.toast { position: fixed; left: 50%; bottom: calc(var(--nav-h) + 16px); transform: translateX(-50%); z-index: 60; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 16px; max-width: calc(100vw - 32px);
+.toast { position: fixed; left: 50%; bottom: calc(var(--nav-total) + 16px); transform: translateX(-50%); z-index: 60; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 16px; max-width: calc(100vw - 32px);
   padding: 12px 18px; border-radius: var(--r-md); border: 1px solid var(--hairline-strong); background: var(--surface-solid); color: var(--text-strong); font-size: 14px; box-shadow: 0 8px 30px rgb(0 0 0 / .35); }
 /* ── Plans (work.md: Projects + Initiatives + Blockers) ───────────────── */
 .fact.unknown { border-style: dashed; border-color: var(--unknown-line); } .fact.unknown .fact-n { color: var(--unknown); }
@@ -822,7 +826,7 @@ button.run-mark:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset
 .agents-page .waiting-card { margin-bottom: var(--s-3); }
 .waiting-card.bad { border-color: var(--bad-line); background: var(--bad-wash); }
 .need-card.muted-card { border-color: var(--unknown-line); border-style: dashed; background: var(--surface); margin-top: var(--s-4); }
-.page-primary { position: sticky; bottom: calc(var(--nav-h) + 12px); display: flex; justify-content: center; margin-top: var(--s-4); z-index: 5; }
+.page-primary { position: sticky; bottom: calc(var(--nav-total) + 12px); display: flex; justify-content: center; margin-top: var(--s-4); z-index: 5; }
 @media (min-width: 900px) { .page-primary { position: static; justify-content: flex-start; } }
 .connect-btn { box-shadow: var(--accent-glow); }
 .select-input { height: 44px; appearance: auto; }
@@ -943,7 +947,7 @@ button.run-mark:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset
 .hljs-comment, .hljs-quote { color: var(--text-faint); font-style: italic; }
 .hljs-number, .hljs-literal { color: #b48ead; }
 .hljs-title, .hljs-section, .hljs-name { color: var(--text-strong); font-weight: 600; }
-.files-edit-fab { position: fixed; right: var(--s-4); bottom: calc(var(--nav-h) + 16px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); z-index: 6; min-height: 48px; padding: 0 var(--s-6); border-radius: 999px; box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 0 0 / .35); width: auto; }
+.files-edit-fab { position: fixed; right: var(--s-4); bottom: calc(var(--nav-total) + 16px); z-index: 6; min-height: 48px; padding: 0 var(--s-6); border-radius: 999px; box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 0 0 / .35); width: auto; }
 .files-editor { width: 100%; min-height: calc(100vh - 220px); padding: var(--s-3); font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; color: var(--text-strong); background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--hairline); border-radius: var(--r-md); white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: anywhere; resize: vertical; }
 .files-kept { margin-bottom: var(--s-2); }
 .files-menu, .files-conflict { display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: stretch; gap: var(--s-2); }
@@ -976,6 +980,8 @@ button.run-mark:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset
 .stale-banner { margin: var(--s-2) 0; padding: var(--s-2) var(--s-3); border: 1px dashed var(--unknown-line); border-radius: var(--r-md); color: var(--text-muted); font-size: 14px; }
 .machine-line { margin: var(--s-1) 0; padding: var(--s-2) var(--s-3); border: 1px solid var(--hairline); border-radius: var(--r-md); font-size: 14.5px; color: var(--text); overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
 .machine-line.dashed { border-style: dashed; border-color: var(--unknown-line); color: var(--text-muted); }
+a.machine-line-link { display: block; text-decoration: none; }
+a.machine-line-link:hover { border-color: var(--accent); color: var(--text); }
 .sess-pick { margin-top: var(--s-10); text-align: center; }
 .sess-open { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: var(--s-2); min-height: calc(100dvh - 140px); }
 .sess-bar { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: var(--s-2); }
@@ -1010,7 +1016,9 @@ button.run-mark:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset
 .sess-h-tool { margin: 0; font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-muted); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; max-width: 100%; }
 .sess-pre { margin: 0; font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4; color: #d6dbe4; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
 .sess-resume { position: absolute; bottom: 12px; left: 50%; transform: translateX(-50%); z-index: 2; }
-.sess-composer { display: flex; gap: var(--s-2); align-items: flex-end; position: sticky; bottom: 0; padding: var(--s-2) 0; background: var(--bg); }
+/* Phone: the bottom nav is fixed over the last --nav-h of the screen, so the
+   composer sticks just above it, never underneath. Desktop resets it to static. */
+.sess-composer { display: flex; gap: var(--s-2); align-items: flex-end; position: sticky; bottom: var(--nav-total); z-index: 5; padding: var(--s-2) 0; background: var(--bg); }
 .sess-input { flex: 1; min-height: 44px; font-size: 16px; resize: none; }
 .sess-input::placeholder { white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; }
 .sess-composer-btns { display: flex; gap: var(--s-2); }
@@ -1045,7 +1053,9 @@ button.run-mark:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset
 .sess-default-box { border: 1px solid var(--hairline); border-radius: var(--r-md); padding: var(--s-3); margin: var(--s-2) 0; }
 .skeleton-row { pointer-events: none; }
 .sess-view, .sess-open, .sess-term-wrap, .sess-composer { min-width: 0; max-width: 100%; }
-.sess-view { overflow-x: hidden; }
+/* clip, not hidden: hidden makes .sess-view a scroll container, which pins the
+   sticky composer to a box that never scrolls (it then sat under the bottom nav). */
+.sess-view { overflow-x: clip; }
 .sess-input { min-width: 0; }
 .sess-term .xterm { max-width: 100%; }
 

package/dashboard/console/console.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   failure, buildNeeds, buildDoing, buildPromised, buildRunning, buildAllowed, headline, ago, combineNeeds, machineNames,
 } from './home-model.js';
 import { GROUPS, legacyHref, icon, tabHref } from './nav-model.js';
+import { fillPartial } from './home-model.js';
 import { renderPromises, topicLink } from './promises.js';
 import { renderMachines } from './machines.js';
 import { renderAccounts } from './accounts.js';
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ import { renderSessions } from './sessions.js';
 import { renderMaturation, maturationTile } from './maturation-board.js';
 import { renderIdeas, ideasTile } from './ideas.js';
 import { paceCard } from './pace.js';
-import { sheetIsOpen, closeSheet, unlockCheck } from './ui.js';
+import { sheetIsOpen, closeSheet, unlockCheck, machineIssue, MACHINES_PAGE } from './ui.js';
 
 const TOKEN_KEY = 'instar_token';      // shared with the legacy dashboard
 const THEME_KEY = 'instar_console_theme';
@@ -419,8 +420,11 @@ function paintHeadline(models) {
   }
   const statusNote = $('#homeStatusNote');
   if (statusNote) {
-    statusNote.textContent = models.needs?.statusNote || '';
-    statusNote.hidden = !statusNote.textContent;
+    const noteText = models.needs?.statusNote || '';
+    statusNote.replaceChildren(document.createTextNode(noteText));
+    // A machine that did not answer: link to where its state is shown.
+    if (noteText && machineIssue(noteText)) statusNote.append(' ', el('a', { href: MACHINES_PAGE, text: 'See machines' }));
+    statusNote.hidden = !noteText;
   }
   const issueLink = $('#heroIssueLink');
   if (issueLink) {
@@ -430,6 +434,20 @@ function paintHeadline(models) {
   $('#heroTime').textContent = `${h.tone === 'attn' ? 'What needs you' : 'Updated'} · ${new Date().toLocaleTimeString([], { hour: 'numeric', minute: '2-digit' })}`;
 }
 
+// A machine that misses one pooled read (slow for a moment, or restarting)
+// should not turn Home into "part could not be checked". While it is retried,
+// its rows from the last complete answer stand in, for up to two minutes; the
+// machines that did answer always show their fresh rows.
+const lastComplete = {};
+const ROW_LISTS = { attention: 'items', sessions: 'sessions' };
+function rememberComplete(key, result) {
+  if (ROW_LISTS[key]) lastComplete[key] = { result, at: Date.now() };
+}
+function fillFromLastComplete(key, fresh) {
+  const prev = lastComplete[key];
+  return ROW_LISTS[key] && prev ? fillPartial(fresh, prev.result, ROW_LISTS[key], Date.now(), prev.at) : null;
+}
+
 function loadHome() {
   const run = homeRun;
   if (!run || !run.active || run.document !== document) return;
@@ -475,7 +493,9 @@ function loadHome() {
       const partial = result.ok && (['attention', 'sessions'].includes(key) && Array.isArray(result.data?.pool?.failed) && result.data.pool.failed.length > 0
         || key === 'topics' && ((result.data?.pool?.failed?.length || 0) > 0 || (result.data?.pool?.unresolved?.length || 0) > 0));
       const retryable = partial || (!result.ok && !['not signed in', 'switched off on this agent'].includes(result.reason));
-      results[key] = partial ? { ...result, retrying: true } : result;
+      const filled = partial ? fillFromLastComplete(key, result) : null;
+      if (result.ok && !partial) rememberComplete(key, result);
+      results[key] = filled || (partial ? { ...result, retrying: true } : result);
       if (key === 'systemTopics' && result.ok) {
         const t = Number(result.data?.topics?.attention);
         attentionTopicId = Number.isFinite(t) && t > 1 ? t : null;
@@ -496,7 +516,9 @@ function loadHome() {
   // Every source has one in-flight request and its own bounded retry timer.
   // A slow source cannot block another card or start overlapping refreshes.
   read('pool', '/pool', POOL_TIMEOUT_MS);
-  read('attention', '/attention?scope=pool', POOL_TIMEOUT_MS);
+  // Open items only: a machine's full history (closed items included) can be
+  // over a megabyte, enough to miss the per-machine time limit.
+  read('attention', '/attention?scope=pool&status=OPEN', POOL_TIMEOUT_MS);
   read('systemTopics', '/telegram/system-topics');
   read('sessions', '/sessions?scope=pool', POOL_TIMEOUT_MS);
   read('topics', '/telegram/topics?scope=pool', POOL_TIMEOUT_MS);

package/dashboard/console/home-model.js

@@ -573,3 +573,23 @@ export function headline(allCards) {
   if (bad || otherAttn || blind) return { text: 'Nothing needs you.', tone: 'ok', sub: 'I’m handling the rest. It’s under “See agent status”.' };
   return { text: 'All quiet.', tone: 'ok', sub: 'Nothing needs you right now.' };
 }
+
+// ── Partial pooled reads ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+/** How long a machine's last complete rows may stand in while it is retried. */
+export const PARTIAL_GRACE_MS = 2 * 60 * 1000;
+
+/**
+ * Merge a partial pooled answer (some machines did not answer) with the last
+ * complete one: fresh rows from the machines that answered, plus the missing
+ * machines' rows from the last complete answer, if it is recent. Returns null
+ * when that is not possible, so the partial answer is shown as it is.
+ */
+export function fillPartial(fresh, previous, listKey, now, at) {
+  const failed = fresh?.data?.pool?.failed;
+  if (!previous || !Array.isArray(failed) || !failed.length || now - at > PARTIAL_GRACE_MS) return null;
+  const missing = new Set(failed.map((f) => f && f.machineId).filter(Boolean));
+  if (missing.size !== failed.length) return null; // a failure we cannot attribute to a machine stays visible
+  const rows = (previous.data?.[listKey] || []).filter((r) => r && missing.has(r.machineId));
+  return { ...fresh, retrying: true, filledFrom: at,
+    data: { ...fresh.data, [listKey]: [...(fresh.data?.[listKey] || []), ...rows], pool: { ...fresh.data.pool, failed: [] } } };
+}

package/dashboard/console/nav-model.js

@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ export const GROUPS = [
       { id: 'jobs', label: 'Schedule', icon: 'clock', desc: 'What runs on its own, and whether it actually ran: late, failing and running-long jobs first.' },
       { id: 'commitments', label: 'Promises', icon: 'check', desc: 'Every promise I made, what it is waiting on, and whether it was kept.' },
       { id: 'projects', label: 'Plans', icon: 'layers', desc: 'Longer work and multi-round plans: how each is going, what needs your OK, and what is in the way.' },
-      { id: 'initiatives', label: 'Initiatives', icon: 'flag', desc: 'Now inside Plans: longer efforts in flight, and the items that need you.' },
-      { id: 'blockers', label: 'Blockers', icon: 'alert', desc: 'Now inside Plans, under “In the way”: what looked stuck, and how sure that still is.' },
-      { id: 'dropzone', label: 'Send content', icon: 'send', desc: 'Paste text or files straight into a session.' },
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@ export const GROUPS = [
       { id: 'subscriptions', label: 'Accounts', icon: 'key', desc: 'Subscriptions and sign-ins: usage left before reset, and fixing a sign-in from your phone.' },
       { id: 'resources', label: 'Resource usage', icon: 'cpu', desc: 'CPU and memory for the server and every session.' },
       { id: 'spend', label: 'What thinking costs', icon: 'wallet', desc: 'Recorded AI cost on this machine: pay-per-use by model, background checks, what your conversations process, and the spending limits.' },
-      { id: 'tokens', label: 'Tokens', icon: 'coins', desc: 'Now inside What thinking costs: how much text your conversations process, Claude and Codex kept apart.' },
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -66,7 +62,7 @@ export const GROUPS = [
     question: 'Who is talking to whom, and with what permission?',
     tabs: [
       { id: 'threadline', label: 'Other agents', icon: 'chat', desc: 'Who is waiting on you, whether each agent I work with is actually there, pairing new ones, and our conversations.' },
-      { id: 'origins', label: 'Messages to you', icon: 'chat', desc: 'Replies held back from you, and the who-wrote-this footer.' },
+      { id: 'origins', label: 'Messages to you', icon: 'chat', desc: 'Who wrote each message I sent you, and the who-wrote-this footer.' },
       { id: 'mandates', label: 'Permission slips', icon: 'stamp', desc: 'What you have let agents do together, who is waiting for your approval, and every allow and refusal.' },
       { id: 'phones', label: 'Phones', icon: 'phone', desc: 'Pair the Instar iPhone app (the code shows here after a PIN unlock when there is no Telegram), and the phones already paired.' },
       { id: 'secrets', label: 'Passwords & keys', icon: 'lock', desc: 'Whether the agent is waiting on a password, a safe one-time link to hand one over, and the keys it already holds.' },
@@ -82,21 +78,21 @@ export const GROUPS = [
     ],
     hood: [
       { id: 'insights', label: 'Insights', desc: 'A plain-language read of what stands out.' },
-      { id: 'pr-pipeline', label: 'PR pipeline', desc: 'Now inside Development (Shipping): pull requests on their way to merge, and which need you.' },
-      { id: 'evidence', label: 'Evidence', desc: 'Now inside How I’m doing inside: look up why I believe something, and what else relies on the same source.' },
-      { id: 'routing-map', label: 'Routing map', desc: 'Now inside What thinking costs: which model handles each kind of background work, and the backups.' },
-      { id: 'llm-activity', label: 'LLM activity', desc: 'Now inside What thinking costs: what the automatic AI checks did, failed or skipped.' },
-      { id: 'throughput', label: 'Throughput', desc: 'Now inside Development (Pace): how much merged, how fast, and how much was redone.' },
       { id: 'integrated-being', label: 'How I’m doing inside', desc: 'Conversation history, recurring problems, checks on my claims.' },
-      { id: 'process-health', label: 'Process health', desc: 'Now inside How I’m doing inside: problems I caught in my own work, and what keeps coming back.' },
-      { id: 'feedback-drain', label: 'Feedback drain', desc: 'Now inside Development (Feedback): the approvals it needs from you, and feedback being turned into fixes.' },
     ],
   },
 ];
 
-/** Every legacy tab id the console links to. */
+/**
+ * Legacy tabs whose content now lives inside another console page. They get
+ * no tile of their own (a tile that only says "now inside X" is clutter);
+ * their old links still land on the page that holds them (NATIVE_PAGES).
+ */
+export const MERGED = ['dropzone', 'initiatives', 'blockers', 'tokens', 'pr-pipeline', 'evidence', 'routing-map', 'llm-activity', 'throughput', 'process-health', 'feedback-drain'];
+
+/** Every legacy tab id the console links to, including the merged ones. */
 export function allTabIds() {
-  return GROUPS.flatMap((g) => [...g.tabs, ...(g.hood || [])].map((t) => t.id));
+  return [...GROUPS.flatMap((g) => [...g.tabs, ...(g.hood || [])].map((t) => t.id)), ...MERGED];
 }
 
 /** Features rebuilt natively in the console, by legacy tab id. */
@@ -104,6 +100,8 @@ export const NATIVE_PAGES = {
   commitments: '#/work/promises',
   jobs: '#/work/schedule',
   sessions: '#/work/sessions',
+  // Sending text or files now happens in each session's own message box.
+  dropzone: '#/work/sessions',
   projects: '#/work/plans',
   initiatives: '#/work/plans',
   blockers: '#/work/plans?s=in-the-way',

package/dashboard/console/schedule.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import {
   buildSchedulePage, buildHistory, markText, storySentence, storyLines, jobActions, toggleConfirm, runStartWords, runFollowWords, saveRefusalWords, originWords, scheduleWords, ago, HISTORY_LIMIT, STRIP_LIMIT,
 } from './schedule-model.js';
-import { el, setKids, pageHead, section, sheet, closeSheet, sheetIsOpen, story, details, note, cantTell } from './ui.js';
+import { el, setKids, pageHead, section, sheet, closeSheet, sheetIsOpen, story, details, note, noteLinked, cantTell } from './ui.js';
 import { legacyHref } from './nav-model.js';
 import { verifiedDisplayName } from './display-identity.js';
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function paint() {
   setKids(main, el('div', { class: 'schedule-page' },
     pageHead({ eyebrow: EYEBROW, headline: page.headline, sub: page.sub, tone: page.tone, facts: page.facts }),
     liveNote(),
-    page.notes.map((t) => note(t)),
+    page.notes.map((t) => noteLinked(t)),
     el('div', { class: 'page-sections' }, needs, coming, every, setupSection(page.setup, refresh)),
     legacyLink(),
   ));
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function setupSection(setup, refresh) {
     }
     body.append(row);
   }
-  for (const t of setup.notes) body.append(note(t));
+  for (const t of setup.notes) body.append(noteLinked(t));
   wrap.append(head, body);
   return wrap;
 }
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ function historyView(h) {
     strip.append(b);
   }
   const wrap = el('div', { class: 'history' }, strip, detail);
-  for (const t of h.notes) wrap.append(note(t));
+  for (const t of h.notes) wrap.append(noteLinked(t));
   {
     const list = el('ol', { class: 'run-list', hidden: true });
     let day = null;

package/dashboard/console/sessions-model.js

@@ -131,6 +131,24 @@ export function historyUrl(s, before = null) {
   return `/sessions/${encodeURIComponent(s.tmuxSession)}/transcript?${q}`;
 }
 
+/** After a session's own record runs out, History continues into its topic's earlier
+ *  messages (earlier sessions of the same conversation), a page at a time. */
+export const TOPIC_HISTORY_PAGE = 50;
+export function topicOf(s) {
+  const n = Number(s && s.platform === 'telegram' ? s.platformId : NaN);
+  return Number.isSafeInteger(n) && n > 1 ? n : null;
+}
+export function topicHistoryUrl(topicId, beforeMs) {
+  const q = new URLSearchParams({ limit: String(TOPIC_HISTORY_PAGE), scope: 'pool', before: String(Math.floor(beforeMs)) });
+  return `/telegram/topics/${encodeURIComponent(topicId)}/messages?${q}`;
+}
+/** A topic message as a History entry: who, when, what. */
+export function topicHistoryEntry(m) {
+  if (!m || typeof m.text !== 'string' || !m.text.trim()) return null;
+  const at = Date.parse(m.timestamp);
+  return { role: m.fromUser ? 'user' : 'assistant', text: m.text, at: Number.isFinite(at) ? m.timestamp : null, atMs: Number.isFinite(at) ? at : null };
+}
+
 /** Words for a failed History read: never "no history" when the read failed. */
 export function historyErrorWords(res) {
   const d = (res && res.data) || {};

package/dashboard/console/sessions.js

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import {
   buildSessions, sessionsHeadline, sessionsFacts, partialWords, titleLine, closeRequest, closeConfirmWords,
   closeResultWords, doorChoices, modelChoices, doorModelWords, regimeWords, machineChoices, PLATFORMS,
   platformAllowsDoor, createBody, createResultWords, defaultWords, profileSourceWords, switchLanded,
-  canSwitchDoor, attachmentMessage, historyUrl, historyErrorWords, historyText, KEYS, STOP_KEY, frame, nextHistoryBatch, streamErrorWords, composerRows, modelWords, HISTORY_FIRST,
+  canSwitchDoor, attachmentMessage, historyUrl, historyErrorWords, historyText, topicOf, topicHistoryUrl, topicHistoryEntry, TOPIC_HISTORY_PAGE, KEYS, STOP_KEY, frame, nextHistoryBatch, streamErrorWords, composerRows, modelWords, HISTORY_FIRST,
 } from './sessions-model.js';
-import { el, setKids, pageHead, sheet, closeSheet, story, details, note, cantTell } from './ui.js';
+import { el, setKids, pageHead, sheet, closeSheet, story, details, note, noteLinked, cantTell, MACHINES_PAGE } from './ui.js';
 import { legacyHref } from './nav-model.js';
 import { topicNameMap } from './topic-names.js';
 
@@ -122,13 +122,14 @@ function paintList(box, m, openKey) {
     parts.push(cantTell(m.reason));
   } else {
     const pw = partialWords(m);
-    if (pw) parts.push(el('p', { class: 'card-note', text: pw }));
+    // A machine that did not answer links to the Machines page, where its state and reachability are shown.
+    if (pw) parts.push(noteLinked(pw));
     if (!m.rows.length) parts.push(el('p', { class: 'empty-line', text: m.multi ? 'Nothing is running on any machine.' : 'Nothing is running on this machine.' }));
     if (m.needsLook.length) parts.push(group('Needs a look', 'look', m.needsLook, openKey));
     if (m.working.length) parts.push(group('Working', 'working', m.working, openKey));
     if (m.unanswered.length || m.idleMachines.length) {
       parts.push(el('section', { class: 'list-section', id: 'sec-idle' }, el('div', { class: 'list-head' }, el('h2', { class: 'eyebrow', text: 'Other machines' })),
-        m.unanswered.map((u) => el('p', { class: 'machine-line dashed', text: `${u.name}: ${u.words}` })),
+        m.unanswered.map((u) => el('a', { class: 'machine-line dashed machine-line-link', href: MACHINES_PAGE, text: `${u.name}: ${u.words} ›` })),
         m.idleMachines.map((i) => el('p', { class: `machine-line${i.ok ? '' : ' dashed'}`, text: `${i.name}: ${i.words}` }))));
     }
   }
@@ -434,11 +435,20 @@ function sendKey(key) {
 
 // ── History: the conversation record, newest at the bottom, older on scroll-up ──
 async function openHistory(view) {
-  view.history = { before: null, done: false, loading: false, count: 0 };
+  view.history = { before: null, done: false, loading: false, count: 0, phase: 'session', oldestMs: null, topicBefore: null };
   view.historyBox.addEventListener('scroll', () => { if (view.historyBox.scrollTop < 200) loadHistory(view); });
   await loadHistory(view);
 }
 
+function historyRow(e) {
+  const text = historyText(e);
+  if (!text) return null;
+  const when = e.at ? new Date(e.at).toLocaleString([], { month: 'short', day: 'numeric', hour: 'numeric', minute: '2-digit' }) : null;
+  return e.role === 'tool'
+    ? el('p', { class: 'sess-h sess-h-tool', text: `→ ${text}` })
+    : el('div', { class: `sess-h sess-h-${e.role}` }, el('div', { class: 'sess-h-who', text: [e.role === 'user' ? 'Message in' : 'Session', when].filter(Boolean).join(' · ') }), el('div', { class: 'sess-h-text', text }));
+}
+
 async function loadHistory(view) {
   const h = view.history;
   if (!h || h.loading || h.done || st.view !== view) return;
@@ -446,33 +456,59 @@ async function loadHistory(view) {
   const box = view.historyBox;
   const marker = el('p', { class: 'sess-history-note', text: h.count ? 'Loading earlier messages…' : 'Loading the conversation…' });
   box.prepend(marker);
-  const res = await send('GET', historyUrl(view.s, h.before));
+  const topicPhase = h.phase === 'topic';
+  const res = await send('GET', topicPhase ? topicHistoryUrl(topicOf(view.s), h.topicBefore) : historyUrl(view.s, h.before));
   marker.remove();
   h.loading = false;
   if (st.view !== view) return;
-  if (!res.ok || !res.data || !Array.isArray(res.data.entries)) {
+  const list = topicPhase ? res.data && res.data.messages : res.data && res.data.entries;
+  if (!res.ok || !Array.isArray(list)) {
     h.done = true;
-    box.prepend(el('p', { class: 'sess-history-note', text: historyErrorWords(res) }));
+    box.prepend(el('p', { class: 'sess-history-note', text: topicPhase ? `Can’t load earlier messages: ${res.reason || 'the server did not answer'}.` : historyErrorWords(res) }));
     return;
   }
   const first = !h.count;
   const prevHeight = box.scrollHeight, prevTop = box.scrollTop;
   const frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
-  for (const e of res.data.entries) {
-    const text = historyText(e);
-    if (!text) continue;
-    const when = e.at ? new Date(e.at).toLocaleString([], { month: 'short', day: 'numeric', hour: 'numeric', minute: '2-digit' }) : null;
-    frag.append(e.role === 'tool'
-      ? el('p', { class: 'sess-h sess-h-tool', text: `→ ${text}` })
-      : el('div', { class: `sess-h sess-h-${e.role}` }, el('div', { class: 'sess-h-who', text: [e.role === 'user' ? 'Message in' : 'Session', when].filter(Boolean).join(' · ') }), el('div', { class: 'sess-h-text', text })));
+  // A server without scroll-back support ignores `before` and returns the newest
+  // messages: keep only what is strictly older than the cursor, so nothing repeats.
+  const entries = topicPhase
+    ? list.map(topicHistoryEntry).filter((e) => e && e.atMs != null && e.atMs < h.topicBefore)
+    : list;
+  for (const e of entries) {
+    const row = historyRow(e);
+    if (row) frag.append(row);
+    const ms = e.atMs ?? (e.at ? Date.parse(e.at) : NaN);
+    if (Number.isFinite(ms)) h.oldestMs = h.oldestMs == null ? ms : Math.min(h.oldestMs, ms);
+  }
+  h.count += entries.length;
+  if (topicPhase) {
+    h.topicCount += entries.length;
+    // Nothing earlier after all: the divider would introduce an empty section.
+    if (!h.topicCount && h.divider) { h.divider.remove(); h.divider = null; }
+    h.topicBefore = h.oldestMs;
+    if (list.length < TOPIC_HISTORY_PAGE || entries.length === 0 || h.topicBefore == null) { h.done = true; frag.prepend(el('p', { class: 'sess-history-note', text: 'The start of this conversation.' })); }
+  } else {
+    h.before = res.data.nextBefore;
+    if (h.before == null) {
+      // This session's own record ends here. A conversation keeps going back
+      // through its earlier sessions: continue with the topic's messages.
+      if (topicOf(view.s)) {
+        h.phase = 'topic';
+        h.topicBefore = h.oldestMs ?? Date.now();
+        h.divider = el('p', { class: 'sess-history-note', text: 'Earlier, from this conversation’s previous sessions:' });
+        h.topicCount = 0;
+        frag.prepend(h.divider);
+      } else {
+        h.done = true;
+        frag.prepend(el('p', { class: 'sess-history-note', text: h.count ? 'The start of this conversation.' : 'Nothing has been said in this session yet.' }));
+      }
+    }
   }
-  h.count += res.data.entries.length;
-  h.before = res.data.nextBefore;
-  if (h.before == null) { h.done = true; frag.prepend(el('p', { class: 'sess-history-note', text: h.count ? 'The start of this conversation.' : 'Nothing has been said in this session yet.' })); }
   box.prepend(frag);
   if (first) box.scrollTop = box.scrollHeight;
   else box.scrollTop = prevTop + (box.scrollHeight - prevHeight);
-  // A short first page may not fill the box: keep loading until it scrolls.
+  // A short page may not fill the box: keep loading until it scrolls.
   if (!h.done && box.scrollHeight <= box.clientHeight + 200) loadHistory(view);
 }
 

package/dashboard/console/ui.js

@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ export function pageHead({ eyebrow, headline, sub, tone, facts = [] }) {
 /** A dashed honesty note (can't tell / partial / stale). */
 export function note(text) { return el('p', { class: 'card-note', text }); }
 
+/** Where a machine's reachability is shown. */
+export const MACHINES_PAGE = '#/capacity/machines';
+/** A note about a machine that did not answer: anything that fails links to the problem. */
+export function machineIssue(text) {
+  return /did not answer|not answering|didn[’']t answer|Couldn['’]t read other machines/i.test(String(text || ''));
+}
+export function noteLinked(text) {
+  if (!machineIssue(text)) return note(text);
+  return el('p', { class: 'card-note' }, document.createTextNode(`${text} `), el('a', { href: MACHINES_PAGE, text: 'See machines' }));
+}
+
 /** 5. Can't tell, as a whole page. */
 export function cantTell(reason) {
   return el('section', { class: 'card', 'data-state': 'unknown' },

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package/dist/commands/server.js

@@ -7833,6 +7833,7 @@ export async function startServer(options) {
             // Send-only still owns the attention store: run its hourly lifecycle
             // pass here too (start() is never called on this path). Idempotent.
             telegram.startSendOnlyMaintenance();
+            telegram.setMachineNameResolver((machineId) => _listPoolMachines?.().find((m) => m.machineId === machineId)?.nickname ?? null);
             // Resolve any topic names still using the fallback "topic-NNNN" pattern
             telegram.resolveUnknownTopicNames().catch(err => {
                 console.warn(`[telegram] Topic name resolution failed: ${err}`);
@@ -7943,6 +7944,7 @@ export async function startServer(options) {
             // When the user renames a Telegram forum topic, update the bound
             // session's display `name` ONLY (never tmuxSession or id). Fire-and-
             // forget; rename-display is non-critical.
+            telegram.setMachineNameResolver((machineId) => _listPoolMachines?.().find((m) => m.machineId === machineId)?.nickname ?? null);
             telegram.setTopicRenamedHandler((topicId, newName) => {
                 const tmuxSession = telegram?.getSessionForTopic(topicId);
                 if (!tmuxSession)
@@ -8615,7 +8617,7 @@ export async function startServer(options) {
         // its request store with the Telegram chat route).
         if (_appNativeOn) {
             try {
-                const [{ AppConversationService }, { createAppInboundDispatch }, { MobileChatRequestStore }, { appOwnerName }, relayMod, replMod] = await Promise.all([
+                const [{ AppConversationService, VOICE_TRANSCRIBE_DEADLINE_MS }, { createAppInboundDispatch }, { MobileChatRequestStore }, { appOwnerName }, relayMod, replMod] = await Promise.all([
                     import('../core/AppConversationService.js'), import('../core/appInboundDispatch.js'), import('../core/MobileChatRequests.js'),
                     import('../server/mobileConversationRoutes.js'), import('../core/AppReplyRelayInstaller.js'), import('../core/AppConversationsReplicatedStore.js'),
                 ]);
@@ -8629,8 +8631,9 @@ export async function startServer(options) {
                 let appDispatch = null;
                 // Signed records (§4.6): this machine's identity signer, the signing-key history lookup and
                 // the device-key ledger. No identity ⇒ messages are still stored and delivered, read `unknown`.
-                const [sigMod, ledgerMod, ledgerReplMod] = await Promise.all([
+                const [sigMod, ledgerMod, ledgerReplMod, voiceMod] = await Promise.all([
                     import('../core/AppRecordSignatures.js'), import('../core/MobileDeviceKeyLedger.js'), import('../core/MobileDeviceKeyLedgerReplicatedStore.js'),
+                    import('../core/VoiceTranscription.js'),
                 ]);
                 const appSigner = sigMod.loadMachineSigner(config.stateDir);
                 const appKeyLookup = sigMod.identityKeyLookup(config.stateDir);
@@ -8673,6 +8676,8 @@ export async function startServer(options) {
                         catch { /* @silent-fallback-ok — the stop record is observability */ }
                     },
                     mediaMaxStoreBytes: () => config.mobilePairing?.native?.media?.maxStoreBytes,
+                    // §4.5.1: voice notes the phone did not transcribe use Telegram's transcriber (same provider).
+                    transcribeVoice: (filePath, mediaType) => voiceMod.transcribeAudioFile(filePath, { explicit: voiceMod.configuredVoiceProvider(config), mediaType, timeoutMs: VOICE_TRANSCRIBE_DEADLINE_MS }),
                     raiseAttention: (item) => { void telegram?.createAttentionItem({ id: item.conditionKey, conditionKey: item.conditionKey, title: item.title, summary: item.body, category: 'general', priority: 'NORMAL', sourceContext: 'app-media' }); },
                     clearAttention: (conditionKey) => { telegram?.clearAttentionCondition({ conditionKey }, 'cleared: the app media store has room again'); },
                     reportDegradation: (what, detail) => degradationReporter.report({
@@ -11829,7 +11834,7 @@ export async function startServer(options) {
                     const slackChId = slackProxyChannelMap.get(topicId);
                     if (slackChId && _slackAdapter) {
                         const msgs = _slackAdapter.getChannelMessages(slackChId, limit);
-                        return msgs.map(m => ({ text: m.text, fromUser: true, timestamp: new Date(parseFloat(m.ts) * 1000).toISOString() }));
+                        return msgs.map(m => ({ text: m.text, fromUser: _slackAdapter.isMessageFromUser(m), timestamp: new Date(parseFloat(m.ts) * 1000).toISOString() }));
                     }
                     if (telegram) {
                         const entries = telegram.getTopicHistory(topicId, limit);
@@ -11909,7 +11914,7 @@ export async function startServer(options) {
                     const slackChId = slackProxyChannelMap.get(topicId);
                     if (slackChId && _slackAdapter) {
                         const msgs = _slackAdapter.getChannelMessages(slackChId, limit);
-                        return msgs.map(m => ({ text: m.text, fromUser: true, timestamp: new Date(parseFloat(m.ts) * 1000).toISOString() }));
+                        return msgs.map(m => ({ text: m.text, fromUser: _slackAdapter.isMessageFromUser(m), timestamp: new Date(parseFloat(m.ts) * 1000).toISOString() }));
                     }
                     if (telegram) {
                         const entries = telegram.getTopicHistory(topicId, limit);
@@ -12389,7 +12394,7 @@ export async function startServer(options) {
                     const slackChId = slackProxyChannelMap.get(topicId);
                     if (slackChId && _slackAdapter) {
                         const msgs = _slackAdapter.getChannelMessages(slackChId, limit);
-                        return msgs.map(m => ({ text: m.text, fromUser: true, timestamp: new Date(parseFloat(m.ts) * 1000).toISOString() }));
+                        return msgs.map(m => ({ text: m.text, fromUser: _slackAdapter.isMessageFromUser(m), timestamp: new Date(parseFloat(m.ts) * 1000).toISOString() }));
                     }
                     if (telegram) {
                         const history = telegram.getMessageLog?.();
@@ -12429,6 +12434,8 @@ export async function startServer(options) {
                 // (update-train churn) forgot which dead sessions were already
                 // announced and re-posted the same death once per boot.
                 statePath: path.join(config.stateDir, 'state', 'session-monitor-ctx-notified.json'),
+                // Same for "session has stopped": one notice per death, across restarts.
+                deadNoticeStatePath: path.join(config.stateDir, 'state', 'session-monitor-dead-notified.json'),
                 // A topic an ONLINE peer actively owns is not this machine's to monitor:
                 // route() forwards its inbound to that owner, so a stale local mapping
                 // must never produce a "session has stopped" notice or a local triage