instar 1.3.1610 → 1.3.1612

package/dashboard/console/console.css

@@ -980,6 +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); }
@@ -1159,8 +1161,10 @@ button.run-mark:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset
 /* Queue pace card (docs/specs/queue-pace.md) */
 .pace-card { grid-column: 1 / -1; margin-top: var(--s-4, 16px); }
 .pace-lines { list-style: none; margin: var(--s-2, 8px) 0 0; padding: 0; display: grid; gap: 8px; }
-.pace-line { display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 8px; flex-wrap: wrap; font-size: 14px; color: var(--text); }
+.pace-line { display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto 1fr; align-items: baseline; column-gap: 8px; font-size: 14px; color: var(--text); }
 .pace-line .dot { position: relative; top: -1px; }
+.pace-line .pace-text { min-width: 0; }
+.pace-line .pace-prs { grid-column: 2; }
 .pace-line[data-tone="muted"] .pace-text { color: var(--text-muted); }
 .pace-prs { display: inline-flex; gap: 6px; flex-wrap: wrap; font-size: 13px; }
 .mb-pace { margin-top: 4px; }

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';
@@ -392,6 +393,8 @@ function paintCard(def, model, repaint = false) {
     foot.append(b);
   } else foot.append(el('span', { class: 'card-age', text: extra > 0 ? `and ${extra} more` : '' }));
   if (def.href) foot.append(el('a', { href: def.href, text: 'Open', 'aria-label': `Open ${def.title} in the dashboard` }));
+  // An empty footer would leave a blank band (and its divider) under the rows.
+  foot.hidden = !foot.textContent.trim() && !foot.querySelector('a, button');
   return model;
 }
 
@@ -419,8 +422,11 @@ 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 +436,20 @@ 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 +495,9 @@ 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 +518,9 @@ 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);
@@ -543,7 +567,6 @@ function renderGroup(main, g) {
     el('section', { class: 'group-head' },
       el('div', { class: 'eyebrow', text: g.label }),
       el('h1', { text: g.question }),
-      el('p', { text: 'Each of these opens in the dashboard, where everything works exactly as before.' }),
     ),
     el('div', { class: 'tiles' }, g.tabs.map((t) => tile(t))),
     ...groupExtras(g, { get }), // the Development tile (Work, maintainer mode only) and the developer-tools switch (Settings)
@@ -563,8 +586,8 @@ function renderGroup(main, g) {
 
 function footNote() {
   return el('p', { class: 'foot-note' },
-    document.createTextNode('This is the new Instar console. Everything is still in the '),
-    el('a', { href: '/dashboard', text: 'legacy dashboard' }),
+    document.createTextNode('The older dashboard is still available: '),
+    el('a', { href: '/dashboard', text: 'open the legacy dashboard' }),
     document.createTextNode('.'),
   );
 }

package/dashboard/console/home-model.js

@@ -166,7 +166,10 @@ export function buildNeeds(res, now = Date.now(), names = {}) {
     return {
       key: groupKey(top), stale, last: g.last, prio: PRIORITY[top.priority] ?? 9,
       main: top.title || top.summary || 'Untitled item',
-      sub: [g.items.length > 1 ? `${g.items.length} copies` : null, [...g.machines].join(', ') || null, String(top.priority || '').toLowerCase()].filter(Boolean).join(' · '),
+      // The machine only when the title does not already start with it; the
+      // priority word is the queue's bookkeeping, not something to act on.
+      sub: [g.items.length > 1 ? `${g.items.length} copies` : null,
+        [...g.machines].filter((m) => !String(top.title || top.summary || '').startsWith(`${m}:`)).join(', ') || null].filter(Boolean).join(' · '),
       end: (ago(g.last, now) || '').replace(' ago', '') ? `${ago(g.last, now)}` : '',
       tone: stale ? 'unknown' : (top.priority === 'URGENT' ? 'bad' : 'attn'),
       detail: top.description || top.body || '',
@@ -573,3 +576,23 @@ 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/messages-model.js

@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ export function buildMessagesPage(statusRes, healthRes, now = Date.now(), topicN
     const automatic = held.filter(h => h.producerKind === 'server-automation').length;
     headline = heldHeadline(held.length, replies, automatic, held.length - replies - automatic);
   } else if (expired) headline = `${expired} ${expired === 1 ? 'message' : 'messages'} expired before delivery.`;
-  else headline = 'No messages are held.';
+  // Held replies are a fault, never a feature to report on: with none, the page is just Messages.
+  else headline = 'Messages to you';
   const sub = [
     held.length ? 'I need to restore delivery. This is not a task for you.' : null,
     individual.length && individual[individual.length - 1].sinceTs ? `The oldest has waited ${ago(individual[individual.length - 1].sinceTs, now).replace(' ago', '')}.` : null,

package/dashboard/console/messages.js

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export async function renderMessages(main, ctx) {
       el('span', { class: 'need-sub', text: 'Who wrote each message is private to you. One unlock lasts about 15 minutes in this page.' }),
       el('button', { class: 'btn-primary btn-inline', type: 'button', text: 'Unlock', onclick: async () => { const a = await askPin({ title: 'Message records', explain: 'Unlock message records. Your PIN is not kept; the unlock lives in this page until it expires.', adapter: 'session' }); if (a) refresh(); } })) : null;
     setKids(main, el('div', { class: 'msg-page' },
-      pageHead({ eyebrow: 'People · Messages to you', headline: hf ? heldHeadline(hf.count, hf.sessionReplies, hf.automaticMessages, hf.otherMessages) : 'Messages to you', sub: hf ? 'I’m handling delivery. Unlock to see the individual records.' : '', tone: hf && hf.count ? 'attn' : 'muted' }),
+      pageHead({ eyebrow: 'People · Messages to you', headline: hf && hf.count ? heldHeadline(hf.count, hf.sessionReplies, hf.automaticMessages, hf.otherMessages) : 'Messages to you', sub: hf && hf.count ? 'I’m handling delivery. Unlock to see the individual records.' : '', tone: hf && hf.count ? 'attn' : 'muted' }),
       unlock || cantTell(page.reason), legacyLink()));
     return;
   }

package/dashboard/console/pace-model.js

@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ export function paceLine(q, showMachine = false) {
   if (person && q.verdict === 'falling-behind') verdict = 'waiting on you';
   if (q.verdict === 'catching-up' && typeof q.daysToClear === 'number' && !person) verdict += `, about ${fmtRate(q.daysToClear)} days to clear`;
   const inR = fmtRate(q.inflowPerDay), outR = fmtRate(q.outflowPerDay);
+  // Nothing in, nothing done, but items still open: that is a stalled pile, not "steady".
+  const open = Number(q.open);
+  if (!Number(q.inflowPerDay) && !Number(q.outflowPerDay) && open > 0) {
+    return `${label}${where}: nothing came in or got done this week; ${open} still open`;
+  }
   const rates = inR !== null && outR !== null ? `${inR} a day in, ${outR} done — ` : '';
   let line = `${label}${where}: ${rates}${verdict}`;
   if (q.verdict === 'falling-behind') {

package/dashboard/console/pace.js

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ export function paceCard(get) {
     const machines = new Set(queues.map((q) => q.machine));
     const anyBehind = queues.some((q) => toneOf(q) === 'attn');
     host.dataset.state = anyBehind ? 'attn' : 'ok';
-    const lines = queues.map((q) => {
+    // A queue with nothing coming in, nothing done and nothing open says nothing.
+    const idle = (q) => !Number(q.inflowPerDay) && !Number(q.outflowPerDay) && !Number(q.open);
+    const lines = queues.filter((q) => !idle(q)).map((q) => {
       const tone = toneOf(q);
       const li = el('li', { class: 'pace-line', 'data-tone': tone },
         el('span', { class: `dot ${DOT[tone] || ''}`.trim() }),

package/dashboard/console/plans-model.js

@@ -162,9 +162,25 @@ function recheckText(e, now) {
   return { text: `rechecking ${new Date(t).toLocaleDateString([], { weekday: 'short', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' })}`, overdue: false };
 }
 
+// The deferral detector recorded whole reply commands (`cat <<'EOF' | <reply script> N`
+// + the message + `EOF`), signed links included (2026-11-02). Show the message's first line,
+// with credential-looking query values masked; a command with no message text is named, not
+// printed.
+const SECRET_QUERY = /([?&](?:sig|signature|token|key|auth|access_token)[^=&\s]*=)[^&\s]+/gi;
+const SHELL_START = /^\s*(?:cd|cat|curl|echo|node|bash|sh|gh|git|python3?|npx)\b/;
+export function blockerText(raw) {
+  const s = String(raw || '');
+  const doc = /<<-?\s*['"]?(\w+)['"]?[^\n]*\n([\s\S]*?)(?:\n[ \t]*\1[ \t]*(?:\n|$)|$)/.exec(s);
+  let body = doc ? doc[2] : s;
+  if (!doc && SHELL_START.test(body)) return 'Flagged in a command I ran (no message text)';
+  body = body.replace(SECRET_QUERY, '$1…');
+  const line = body.split('\n').map((l) => l.trim()).find(Boolean) || '';
+  return line.length > 220 ? `${line.slice(0, 219)}…` : line;
+}
+
 /** A blocker as a row: { key, main, sub, end, tone, kind, record }. */
 export function blockerRow(e, now = Date.now()) {
-  const main = e.detectedText || e.origin || 'A blocker';
+  const main = blockerText(e.detectedText) || e.origin || 'A blocker';
   let sub; let tone = null; let kind;
   if (e.state === 'true-blocker') { const r = recheckText(e, now); sub = `Truly stuck for now · ${r.text}`; tone = 'bad'; kind = 'stuck'; }
   else if (e.state === 'access-requested') { sub = 'Waiting on you for access'; tone = 'attn'; kind = 'needs-you'; }

package/dashboard/console/promises.js

@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ export async function renderPromises(main, ctx) {
     }),
     page.coverage ? note(page.coverage) : null,
     el('div', { class: 'page-sections' },
-      section({ id: 'waiting', title: 'Waiting on you', rows: s.waiting.map((r) => ({ ...r, tone: 'attn' })), empty: 'Nothing is waiting on you.', onRow: open }),
+      // When nothing waits on the operator the headline already says so; an empty card would repeat it.
+      s.waiting.length ? section({ id: 'waiting', title: 'Waiting on you', rows: s.waiting.map((r) => ({ ...r, tone: 'attn' })), empty: 'Nothing is waiting on you.', onRow: open }) : null,
       section({ id: 'carrying', title: 'I’m handling', rows: s.carrying, collapsed: true, onRow: open }),
       section({ id: 'handled', title: 'Older, still open', rows: s.handled.map((r) => ({ ...r, tone: 'unknown' })), collapsed: true, onRow: open }),
       section({ id: 'closed', title: 'Closed this week', rows: s.closed, collapsed: true, onRow: open }),

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/secrets-model.js

@@ -124,8 +124,18 @@ export function buildRequests(res, opts = {}) {
  * (names only); falls back to the secret-sync key list when that is switched off. Lengths
  * and values are never read into the model.
  */
+// A saved Secret Drop is stored under `secretDrops.<64-hex token>` (often with
+// "(+N nested)"): a token, not a name. Show them as one counted line instead.
+const DROP_KEY = /^secretDrops\.[0-9a-f]{16,}\b/;
+function groupDrops(names) {
+  const drops = names.filter((n) => DROP_KEY.test(n)).length;
+  if (!drops) return names;
+  const rest = names.filter((n) => !DROP_KEY.test(n));
+  return [...rest, drops === 1 ? 'Saved Secret Drop submission (1)' : `Saved Secret Drop submissions (${drops})`].sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b));
+}
+
 export function buildKeys(ctxRes, syncRes) {
-  const clean = (arr) => [...new Set(arr.filter((n) => typeof n === 'string' && n.trim()).map((n) => n.trim()))].sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b));
+  const clean = (arr) => groupDrops([...new Set(arr.filter((n) => typeof n === 'string' && n.trim()).map((n) => n.trim()))]).sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b));
   if (ctxRes && ctxRes.ok && ctxRes.data && Array.isArray(ctxRes.data.names)) {
     const vaultState = ctxRes.data.vaultState;
     if (vaultState === 'decrypt-failed') return { ok: false, decryptFailed: true, names: [], reason: 'Can’t open the saved keys on this machine.' };

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

@@ -11834,7 +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);
@@ -11914,7 +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);
@@ -12394,7 +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?.();
@@ -12434,6 +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
@@ -22300,7 +22302,7 @@ export async function startServer(options) {
                 greenPrAutoMerger?.attachLocalVerify({
                     effectiveFloor: () => (rec ? rec.effectiveFloor() : null),
                     mainHealth: () => svc.mainHealth().state,
-                    hasRecord: (pr, head, base) => !!svc.getRecord(pr, head, base),
+                    hasRecord: (pr, head, base) => wiring.hasPassingRecord(svc, pr, head, base),
                     requestVerify: (pr) => svc.request(pr, { explicit: false }),
                     // Dry-run posting also suppresses the watcher's actions→local disarm write.
                     postStatuses: () => liveConfig.get('monitoring.localVerify.postStatuses', false) === true,