Merge branch 'master' into feat/issue-637-timeline-model

# Conflicts:
#	webui/app.py

allocator_service.py

@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ OUTCOME_CANDIDATE_SET_DRIFT = "candidate_set_drift"
 SKIP_CLAIMED_BY_OTHER_SESSION = "claimed_by_other_session"
 # #776: controller-supplied pre-rank exclusion.
 SKIP_EXCLUDED_BY_CONTROLLER = "excluded_by_controller"
-# #844: epic / child-only implementation container (pre-rank).
-SKIP_EPIC_OR_CHILD_ONLY_CONTAINER = "epic_or_child_only_container"
 
 # Ownership verdicts for a live claim on a candidate (#765).
 OWNERSHIP_OWN = "own"
@@ -132,39 +130,6 @@ ROLE_ACTIONS: dict[str, tuple[tuple[str, ...], tuple[str, ...]]] = {
 }
 
 
-# Body phrases that prove an issue is an implementation container, not a
-# unit of direct author work (#844). Matched case-insensitively against the
-# issue body. Title alone is never sufficient (ordinary issues may mention
-# "epic" incidentally).
-_CHILD_ONLY_BODY_MARKERS: tuple[str, ...] = (
-    "implementation is delivered via child issues only",
-    "implementation is delivered through child issues only",
-    "implementation is delivered via child issues",
-    "implementation is delivered through child issues",
-    "do not implement product features in this epic",
-    "do not implement product features in this epic issue itself",
-    "no product feature implementation is claimed complete solely on this epic",
-    "implementable child issues remain independently eligible",
-    "owns the product roadmap and linkage",
-    "this epic owns the product roadmap",
-    "coordination container",
-    "child-only container",
-    "implementation is delegated to child",
-)
-
-# Explicit epic / umbrella labels (structured evidence preferred over title).
-_EPIC_LABELS: frozenset[str] = frozenset(
-    {
-        "type:epic",
-        "epic",
-        "kind:epic",
-        "scope:epic",
-        "type:umbrella",
-        "umbrella",
-    }
-)
-
-
 @dataclass
 class WorkCandidate:
     """One assignable Gitea issue or PR presented to the allocator."""
@@ -174,7 +139,6 @@ class WorkCandidate:
     state: str = "open"
     labels: tuple[str, ...] = ()
     title: str = ""
-    body: str = ""
     priority: int = 0
     head_sha: str | None = None
     # Routing signals (callers derive from Gitea / review feedback).
@@ -194,7 +158,6 @@ class WorkCandidate:
         self.labels = tuple(
             str(x).strip().lower() for x in (self.labels or ()) if str(x).strip()
         )
-        self.body = str(self.body or "")
         if self.kind not in WORK_KINDS:
             raise InvalidWorkKindError(
                 f"candidate kind '{self.kind}' is not assignable; only "
@@ -208,7 +171,6 @@ class WorkCandidate:
             "state": self.state,
             "labels": list(self.labels),
             "title": self.title,
-            "body": self.body,
             "priority": self.priority,
             "head_sha": self.head_sha,
             "request_changes_current_head": self.request_changes_current_head,
@@ -222,51 +184,6 @@ class WorkCandidate:
         }
 
 
-def classify_epic_or_child_only_container(
-    c: WorkCandidate,
-) -> tuple[bool, str | None]:
-    """Return whether *c* is an epic / child-only implementation container (#844).
-
-    Exclusion uses structured evidence first (labels, body scope language).
-    A bare title containing the word "epic" is **not** enough — ordinary
-    implementable issues may mention epics incidentally. A title that is
-    explicitly prefixed ``Epic:`` only counts when the body also proves
-    child-only / no-direct-implementation scope (or an epic label is present).
-
-    PRs are never classified as containers here (they already have a head).
-    """
-    if c.kind != "issue":
-        return False, None
-
-    labels = set(c.labels)
-    epic_label = sorted(labels & _EPIC_LABELS)
-    body_l = (c.body or "").lower()
-    title = (c.title or "").strip()
-    title_l = title.lower()
-
-    body_hits = [m for m in _CHILD_ONLY_BODY_MARKERS if m in body_l]
-    title_epic_prefix = title_l.startswith("epic:") or title_l.startswith("epic ")
-
-    if epic_label:
-        detail = f"label={epic_label[0]}"
-        if body_hits:
-            detail = f"{detail}; body_marker={body_hits[0]!r}"
-        return True, detail
-
-    if body_hits:
-        # Body proves child-only / umbrella scope. Title "Epic:" is corroborating
-        # but not required — containers without the word still exclude.
-        detail = f"body_marker={body_hits[0]!r}"
-        if title_epic_prefix:
-            detail = f"title_epic_prefix; {detail}"
-        return True, detail
-
-    # Title-only "Epic:" without body scope evidence is insufficient (#844 AC:
-    # eligibility does not rely solely on the word "Epic" in a title).
-    # Similarly, incidental "epic" mid-title without markers stays eligible.
-    return False, None
-
-
 @dataclass
 class SkipRecord:
     kind: str
@@ -933,8 +850,7 @@ def allocate_next_work(
     ownership_defects: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
     controller_excluded: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
 
-    # #776 AC2 + #844: remove excluded numbers *and* epic/child-only containers
-    # *before* ranking / selection / lease so they never receive assignments.
+    # #776 AC2: remove excluded numbers *before* ranking / selection / lease.
     rankable: list[WorkCandidate] = []
     for c in candidates:
         if int(c.number) in exclude_set:
@@ -1013,23 +929,6 @@ def allocate_next_work(
                     },
                 }
             continue
-        # #844: epics / child-only containers are never direct implement targets.
-        is_container, container_detail = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
-        if is_container:
-            detail = container_detail or "epic or child-only container"
-            reason = (
-                f"{c.kind}#{c.number} {SKIP_EPIC_OR_CHILD_ONLY_CONTAINER}: "
-                f"{detail}; implementation is delegated to child issues"
-            )
-            skipped.append(
-                SkipRecord(
-                    c.kind,
-                    c.number,
-                    reason,
-                    SKIP_EPIC_OR_CHILD_ONLY_CONTAINER,
-                )
-            )
-            continue
         rankable.append(c)
 
     ordered = sort_candidates(rankable)
@@ -1442,7 +1341,6 @@ def candidate_from_dict(data: dict[str, Any]) -> WorkCandidate:
         state=str(data.get("state") or "open"),
         labels=tuple(data.get("labels") or ()),
         title=str(data.get("title") or ""),
-        body=str(data.get("body") or ""),
         priority=priority,
         head_sha=data.get("head_sha"),
         request_changes_current_head=bool(data.get("request_changes_current_head")),

docs/webui-local-dev.md

@@ -292,6 +292,76 @@ health, workflow/schema SHA-256 hashes, and stale-runtime warnings when the
 checkout is behind merged safety-gate changes. Restart guidance links to #420;
 no tokens or MCP restart actions are exposed.
 
+## Workflow-event timeline (#637)
+
+`GET /api/v1/timeline` is a read-only, versioned aggregation of workflow
+events from every available source into one normalised, filterable stream. It
+is the model layer for the Phase 1 timeline console view (a later child issue
+of #631); this issue ships the schema, adapters, and read API only.
+
+### Schema (versioned)
+
+`webui/timeline.py` declares `TIMELINE_SCHEMA_VERSION` (currently `1`) and the
+frozen `WorkflowEvent` record. Every response carries `schema_version` so a
+consumer can branch on shape. One event:
+
+```json
+{
+  "source": "control_plane",
+  "event_type": "lease.renew",
+  "event_key": "cp:1421",
+  "timestamp": "2026-07-23T02:00:00Z",
+  "actor": null,
+  "role": null,
+  "issue_number": 637,
+  "pr_number": null,
+  "session_id": null,
+  "tool_name": null,
+  "decision": null,
+  "message": "lease renewed",
+  "correlation_id": "issue#637",
+  "evidence_refs": [],
+  "sensitive": true
+}
+```
+
+`event_key` is stable and unique per source (`cp:<event_id>`,
+`cth:<kind>:<number>:<comment_id>`), so pagination and dedup are deterministic.
+
+### Sources and field authority
+
+| Source | Adapter | Authority |
+|---|---|---|
+| Control-plane `events` ⋈ `work_items` | `adapt_cp_events` | `event_type`, `message`, `timestamp`, issue/PR scope come from the CP database, read through a `mode=ro` URI (never creates the DB or runs migrations) |
+| Gitea Canonical Thread Handoff comments | `adapt_cth_comments` | `actor`, `role` (next owner), `decision`, `evidence_refs`, `timestamp` come from the parsed CTH comment body (`canonical_thread_handoff`) |
+
+Handoff comments are thread-scoped: they are only read when the request filters
+by a single `issue` or `pr`. Otherwise the handoff source reports `not run`
+with a reason — it is never rendered as empty-and-healthy. Each source degrades
+independently: an unavailable control-plane DB or a failed comment fetch is a
+`sources[]` entry with `ok:false` and a `reason`, never a dropped timeline.
+
+### Query parameters
+
+`issue`, `pr`, `session` (conjunctive filters); `limit` (default 50, max 500)
+and `offset` for pagination; `remote`, `org`, `repo` to override the default
+registry-project scope. Events sort ascending by
+`(timestamp, source_rank, event_key)`; missing timestamps sort last.
+
+### Redaction
+
+Every free-text field (event messages, decision/proof text, roles) is passed
+through the console redaction policy (`webui.console_redaction`, backed by
+`gitea_audit.redact`) before it leaves the module, failing closed to the
+placeholder. No unredacted tool arguments or secrets are ever emitted, and a
+generation error never drops raw data to a caller or a log.
+
+### Tests
+
+```bash
+pytest tests/test_webui_timeline.py -q
+```
+
 ## Tests
 
 ```bash

gitea_mcp_server.py

@@ -19912,7 +19912,6 @@ def _allocator_candidates_from_gitea(
                         state="open",
                         labels=tuple(labels),
                         title=title,
-                        body=body,
                         priority=20 if "status:ready" in labels else 1,
                         blocked=blocked,
                         dependency_unmet=dep_unmet,

tests/test_allocator_epic_container_exclusion.py

@@ -1,243 +0,0 @@
-"""Allocator epic / child-only container pre-rank exclusion (#844).
-
-Covers:
-* Issue #631-shaped child-only epic is excluded before ranking.
-* Implementable child issues remain eligible and can be selected.
-* Ordinary issues that merely mention "epic" in title/body are not excluded.
-* Excluded containers never receive assignments or workflow leases.
-* Structured skip reason ``epic_or_child_only_container`` is reported.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import os
-import tempfile
-import unittest
-
-from allocator_service import (
-    OUTCOME_ASSIGNED,
-    OUTCOME_PREVIEW,
-    SKIP_EPIC_OR_CHILD_ONLY_CONTAINER,
-    WorkCandidate,
-    allocate_next_work,
-    classify_epic_or_child_only_container,
-)
-from control_plane_db import ControlPlaneDB
-
-REMOTE = "prgs"
-ORG = "Scaled-Tech-Consulting"
-REPO = "Gitea-Tools"
-
-# Minimal body mirroring issue #631 authoritative scope language.
-_EPIC_631_BODY = """
-## Scope (umbrella)
-
-This epic owns the **product roadmap and linkage** for the Web Console.
-Implementation is delivered via child issues only.
-
-## Explicit non-goals
-
-* Do not implement product features in this epic issue itself.
-* No product feature implementation is claimed complete solely on this epic.
-"""
-
-_CHILD_BODY = """
-## Problem
-
-Operators need a workflow-event timeline model for Phase 1.
-
-## Acceptance criteria
-
-- [ ] Timeline model API exists
-"""
-
-
-def _issue(
-    number: int,
-    *,
-    title: str = "",
-    body: str = "",
-    labels: tuple[str, ...] = ("status:ready", "type:feature"),
-    priority: int = 20,
-) -> WorkCandidate:
-    return WorkCandidate(
-        kind="issue",
-        number=number,
-        state="open",
-        labels=labels,
-        title=title or f"issue {number}",
-        body=body,
-        priority=priority,
-    )
-
-
-class ClassifyEpicContainerTest(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_631_shaped_body_and_title_is_container(self) -> None:
-        c = _issue(
-            631,
-            title="Epic: MCP Control Plane Web Console",
-            body=_EPIC_631_BODY,
-        )
-        is_c, detail = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
-        self.assertTrue(is_c)
-        self.assertIsNotNone(detail)
-        self.assertIn("body_marker", detail or "")
-
-    def test_body_markers_without_epic_title(self) -> None:
-        c = _issue(
-            900,
-            title="Control plane roadmap tracker",
-            body="Implementation is delivered via child issues only.",
-        )
-        is_c, _ = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
-        self.assertTrue(is_c)
-
-    def test_epic_label_alone_is_container(self) -> None:
-        c = _issue(
-            901,
-            title="Roadmap linkage",
-            body="Track children.",
-            labels=("status:ready", "type:epic"),
-        )
-        is_c, detail = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
-        self.assertTrue(is_c)
-        self.assertIn("type:epic", detail or "")
-
-    def test_title_epic_prefix_alone_not_container(self) -> None:
-        """Title-only 'Epic:' without body scope evidence stays eligible (#844)."""
-        c = _issue(
-            902,
-            title="Epic: something mentioned only in title",
-            body="Implement a concrete fix for the allocator skip list.",
-        )
-        is_c, detail = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
-        self.assertFalse(is_c)
-        self.assertIsNone(detail)
-
-    def test_incidental_epic_word_not_container(self) -> None:
-        c = _issue(
-            903,
-            title="Document epic handoff conventions",
-            body=(
-                "Update the docs so implementable issues that mention an epic "
-                "remain independently executable."
-            ),
-        )
-        is_c, _ = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
-        self.assertFalse(is_c)
-
-    def test_prs_never_classified(self) -> None:
-        pr = WorkCandidate(
-            kind="pr",
-            number=10,
-            state="open",
-            title="Epic: fake",
-            body="Implementation is delivered via child issues only.",
-            head_sha="a" * 40,
-            priority=5,
-        )
-        is_c, _ = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(pr)
-        self.assertFalse(is_c)
-
-
-class AllocateEpicContainerExclusionTest(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self) -> None:
-        self._tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
-        self.addCleanup(self._tmp.cleanup)
-        self.db = ControlPlaneDB(os.path.join(self._tmp.name, "cp.sqlite3"))
-
-    def _alloc(self, candidates, **kwargs):
-        defaults = dict(
-            session_id="sess-844",
-            role="author",
-            remote=REMOTE,
-            org=ORG,
-            repo=REPO,
-            profile_name="prgs-author",
-            username="jcwalker3",
-            claims={},
-            apply=False,
-        )
-        defaults.update(kwargs)
-        return allocate_next_work(self.db, candidates=candidates, **defaults)
-
-    def test_631_shaped_epic_excluded_child_selected(self) -> None:
-        epic = _issue(
-            631,
-            title="Epic: MCP Control Plane Web Console",
-            body=_EPIC_631_BODY,
-        )
-        child = _issue(
-            637,
-            title="Web Console: Workflow-event timeline model (Phase 1)",
-            body=_CHILD_BODY,
-        )
-        res = self._alloc([epic, child], apply=False)
-        self.assertTrue(res["success"], res)
-        self.assertEqual(res["outcome"], OUTCOME_PREVIEW)
-        self.assertEqual(res["selected"]["number"], 637)
-        skipped = {s["number"]: s for s in res["skipped"]}
-        self.assertIn(631, skipped)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            skipped[631]["reason_code"], SKIP_EPIC_OR_CHILD_ONLY_CONTAINER
-        )
-        self.assertIn(SKIP_EPIC_OR_CHILD_ONLY_CONTAINER, skipped[631]["reason"])
-
-    def test_container_cannot_receive_assignment_or_lease(self) -> None:
-        epic = _issue(
-            631,
-            title="Epic: MCP Control Plane Web Console",
-            body=_EPIC_631_BODY,
-        )
-        res = self._alloc([epic], apply=True)
-        self.assertTrue(res["success"], res)
-        # Only container present → no safe work; never assigned_work.
-        self.assertNotEqual(res["outcome"], OUTCOME_ASSIGNED)
-        self.assertIsNone(res.get("assignment"))
-        self.assertIsNone(res.get("selected"))
-        skipped = {s["number"]: s for s in res["skipped"]}
-        self.assertEqual(
-            skipped[631]["reason_code"], SKIP_EPIC_OR_CHILD_ONLY_CONTAINER
-        )
-        # No lease row for the epic.
-        leases = self.db.list_active_leases(
-            remote=REMOTE, org=ORG, repo=REPO
-        ) if hasattr(self.db, "list_active_leases") else []
-        # Prefer generic inventory if available.
-        if not leases and hasattr(self.db, "list_leases"):
-            leases = self.db.list_leases(remote=REMOTE, org=ORG, repo=REPO)
-        for lease in leases or []:
-            work_number = lease.get("work_number") if isinstance(lease, dict) else None
-            self.assertNotEqual(work_number, 631)
-
-    def test_incidental_epic_title_remains_eligible(self) -> None:
-        ordinary = _issue(
-            700,
-            title="Document epic handoff conventions",
-            body="Write runbook text about epic vs child issues.",
-        )
-        res = self._alloc([ordinary], apply=False)
-        self.assertTrue(res["success"], res)
-        self.assertEqual(res["selected"]["number"], 700)
-        self.assertEqual(res["skipped"], [])
-
-    def test_apply_selects_child_not_epic(self) -> None:
-        epic = _issue(
-            631,
-            title="Epic: MCP Control Plane Web Console",
-            body=_EPIC_631_BODY,
-        )
-        child = _issue(
-            637,
-            title="Web Console: Workflow-event timeline model (Phase 1)",
-            body=_CHILD_BODY,
-        )
-        res = self._alloc([epic, child], apply=True)
-        self.assertTrue(res["success"], res)
-        self.assertEqual(res["outcome"], OUTCOME_ASSIGNED)
-        self.assertEqual(res["selected"]["number"], 637)
-        self.assertEqual(res["assignment"]["work_number"], 637)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    unittest.main()

tests/test_webui_timeline.py

@@ -0,0 +1,364 @@
+"""Tests for the workflow-event timeline model and read API (#637).
+
+Covers the acceptance criteria: versioned schema, adaptation of control-plane
+events and Gitea handoff comments, filter by issue/PR/session, redaction of
+secret-like payloads, and stable pagination.
+"""
+import os
+import sqlite3
+import sys
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
+
+from starlette.testclient import TestClient
+
+import control_plane_db
+from canonical_thread_handoff import format_cth_body
+from webui import timeline
+from webui.app import create_app
+
+
+def _seed_db(path: str) -> None:
+    """Create a control-plane DB and seed scoped work_items + events."""
+    # Constructing ControlPlaneDB runs the schema migration once.
+    control_plane_db.ControlPlaneDB(db_path=path)
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(path)
+    try:
+        conn.execute(
+            "INSERT INTO work_items(remote, org, repo, kind, number, state, updated_at) "
+            "VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+            ("prgs", "Scaled-Tech-Consulting", "Gitea-Tools", "issue", 637, "open", "2026-07-23T00:00:00Z"),
+        )
+        issue_wid = conn.execute("SELECT last_insert_rowid()").fetchone()[0]
+        conn.execute(
+            "INSERT INTO work_items(remote, org, repo, kind, number, state, updated_at) "
+            "VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+            ("prgs", "Scaled-Tech-Consulting", "Gitea-Tools", "pr", 813, "open", "2026-07-23T00:00:00Z"),
+        )
+        pr_wid = conn.execute("SELECT last_insert_rowid()").fetchone()[0]
+        # A work item for a different repo — must never appear in prgs/Gitea-Tools scope.
+        conn.execute(
+            "INSERT INTO work_items(remote, org, repo, kind, number, state, updated_at) "
+            "VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+            ("dadeschools", "Other", "Elsewhere", "issue", 1, "open", "2026-07-23T00:00:00Z"),
+        )
+        other_wid = conn.execute("SELECT last_insert_rowid()").fetchone()[0]
+
+        rows = [
+            (issue_wid, "allocation", "assigned author work", "2026-07-23T01:00:00Z"),
+            (issue_wid, "lease.renew", "token=ghs_ABCDEF1234567890abcdef lease renewed", "2026-07-23T02:00:00Z"),
+            (pr_wid, "pr.opened", "PR opened for review", "2026-07-23T03:00:00Z"),
+            (other_wid, "allocation", "off-scope event", "2026-07-23T04:00:00Z"),
+        ]
+        conn.executemany(
+            "INSERT INTO events(work_item_id, event_type, message, created_at) VALUES (?,?,?,?)",
+            rows,
+        )
+        conn.commit()
+    finally:
+        conn.close()
+
+
+class TestSchema(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_schema_is_versioned(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(timeline.TIMELINE_SCHEMA_VERSION, int)
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(timeline.TIMELINE_SCHEMA_VERSION, 1)
+
+    def test_event_to_dict_shape(self):
+        ev = timeline.WorkflowEvent(
+            source=timeline.SOURCE_CONTROL_PLANE,
+            event_type="allocation",
+            event_key="cp:1",
+            timestamp="2026-07-23T01:00:00Z",
+            issue_number=637,
+        )
+        d = ev.to_dict()
+        for key in (
+            "source", "event_type", "event_key", "timestamp", "actor", "role",
+            "issue_number", "pr_number", "session_id", "tool_name", "decision",
+            "message", "correlation_id", "evidence_refs", "sensitive",
+        ):
+            self.assertIn(key, d)
+        self.assertEqual(d["evidence_refs"], [])
+
+
+class TestCpAdapter(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_issue_and_pr_mapping(self):
+        rows = [
+            {"event_id": 1, "event_type": "allocation", "message": "x", "created_at": "2026-07-23T01:00:00Z", "kind": "issue", "number": 637},
+            {"event_id": 2, "event_type": "pr.opened", "message": "y", "created_at": "2026-07-23T02:00:00Z", "kind": "pr", "number": 813},
+        ]
+        events = timeline.adapt_cp_events(rows)
+        self.assertEqual(len(events), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(events[0].issue_number, 637)
+        self.assertIsNone(events[0].pr_number)
+        self.assertEqual(events[0].correlation_id, "issue#637")
+        self.assertIsNone(events[1].issue_number)
+        self.assertEqual(events[1].pr_number, 813)
+
+    def test_malformed_rows_skipped(self):
+        rows = [
+            {"event_id": None, "event_type": "x", "kind": "issue", "number": 1},
+            {"event_id": 5, "event_type": "", "kind": "issue", "number": 1},
+            {"event_id": 6, "event_type": "ok", "message": "m", "created_at": None, "kind": "issue", "number": 1},
+        ]
+        events = timeline.adapt_cp_events(rows)
+        self.assertEqual(len(events), 1)
+        self.assertIsNone(events[0].timestamp)
+
+    def test_sensitive_event_flagged(self):
+        rows = [{"event_id": 1, "event_type": "lease.renew", "message": "m", "created_at": "2026-07-23T01:00:00Z", "kind": "issue", "number": 1}]
+        events = timeline.adapt_cp_events(rows)
+        self.assertTrue(events[0].sensitive)
+
+
+class TestCthAdapter(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_cth_comment_becomes_event(self):
+        body = format_cth_body(
+            cth_type="Author Handoff",
+            status="ready",
+            next_owner="reviewer",
+            decision="implement timeline",
+            proof="commit abc1234 closes #637",
+            next_action="review PR",
+            ready_to_paste_prompt="Review PR #900 as reviewer",
+        )
+        comments = [{"id": 42, "body": body, "created_at": "2026-07-23T05:00:00Z", "user": {"login": "jcwalker3"}}]
+        events = timeline.adapt_cth_comments(comments, kind="issue", number=637)
+        self.assertEqual(len(events), 1)
+        ev = events[0]
+        self.assertEqual(ev.source, timeline.SOURCE_GITEA_HANDOFF)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.event_type, "handoff:Author Handoff")
+        self.assertEqual(ev.actor, "jcwalker3")
+        self.assertEqual(ev.issue_number, 637)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.event_key, "cth:issue:637:42")
+        self.assertIn("#637", ev.evidence_refs)
+        self.assertIn("abc1234", ev.evidence_refs)
+
+    def test_non_cth_comment_ignored(self):
+        comments = [{"id": 1, "body": "just a normal comment", "created_at": "2026-07-23T05:00:00Z", "user": {"login": "x"}}]
+        self.assertEqual(timeline.adapt_cth_comments(comments, kind="issue", number=1), [])
+
+
+class TestRedaction(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_cp_message_redacted(self):
+        rows = [{"event_id": 1, "event_type": "lease", "message": "token=ghs_ABCDEF1234567890abcdef here", "created_at": "2026-07-23T01:00:00Z", "kind": "issue", "number": 1}]
+        events = timeline.adapt_cp_events(rows)
+        self.assertNotIn("ghs_ABCDEF1234567890abcdef", events[0].message or "")
+
+    def test_handoff_decision_redacted(self):
+        body = format_cth_body(
+            cth_type="Blocker",
+            status="blocked",
+            next_owner="author",
+            decision="password=SuperSecret123! must rotate",
+            proof="none",
+            next_action="rotate",
+            ready_to_paste_prompt="Rotate the credential and retry",
+        )
+        comments = [{"id": 7, "body": body, "created_at": "2026-07-23T05:00:00Z", "user": {"login": "x"}}]
+        events = timeline.adapt_cth_comments(comments, kind="issue", number=1)
+        self.assertNotIn("SuperSecret123!", events[0].decision or "")
+
+
+class TestFilterSortPaginate(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _events(self):
+        return [
+            timeline.WorkflowEvent(source="control_plane", event_type="a", event_key="cp:3", timestamp="2026-07-23T03:00:00Z", pr_number=813),
+            timeline.WorkflowEvent(source="control_plane", event_type="b", event_key="cp:1", timestamp="2026-07-23T01:00:00Z", issue_number=637),
+            timeline.WorkflowEvent(source="control_plane", event_type="c", event_key="cp:2", timestamp="2026-07-23T02:00:00Z", issue_number=637, session_id="sess-1"),
+        ]
+
+    def test_filter_by_issue(self):
+        out = timeline.filter_events(self._events(), issue=637)
+        self.assertEqual({e.event_key for e in out}, {"cp:1", "cp:2"})
+
+    def test_filter_by_pr(self):
+        out = timeline.filter_events(self._events(), pr=813)
+        self.assertEqual([e.event_key for e in out], ["cp:3"])
+
+    def test_filter_by_session(self):
+        out = timeline.filter_events(self._events(), session="sess-1")
+        self.assertEqual([e.event_key for e in out], ["cp:2"])
+
+    def test_stable_sort_ascending(self):
+        out = timeline.sort_events(self._events())
+        self.assertEqual([e.event_key for e in out], ["cp:1", "cp:2", "cp:3"])
+
+    def test_missing_timestamp_sorts_last(self):
+        evs = self._events() + [
+            timeline.WorkflowEvent(source="control_plane", event_type="z", event_key="cp:9", timestamp=None)
+        ]
+        out = timeline.sort_events(evs)
+        self.assertEqual(out[-1].event_key, "cp:9")
+
+    def test_pagination_windows_and_next_offset(self):
+        evs = timeline.sort_events(self._events())
+        page1 = timeline.paginate(evs, limit=2, offset=0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(page1.events), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(page1.total, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(page1.next_offset, 2)
+        page2 = timeline.paginate(evs, limit=2, offset=2)
+        self.assertEqual(len(page2.events), 1)
+        self.assertIsNone(page2.next_offset)
+
+    def test_pagination_bounds_coerced(self):
+        evs = self._events()
+        page = timeline.paginate(evs, limit=-5, offset=-3)
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(page.limit, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(page.offset, 0)
+
+
+class TestCpReader(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_reads_scoped_events_only(self):
+        import tempfile
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            db = os.path.join(tmp, "cp.sqlite3")
+            _seed_db(db)
+            events, status = timeline.read_cp_events(
+                remote="prgs", org="Scaled-Tech-Consulting", repo="Gitea-Tools", db_path=db
+            )
+            self.assertTrue(status.ok)
+            # 3 scoped events; the dadeschools/Other event is excluded.
+            self.assertEqual(len(events), 3)
+            self.assertTrue(all(e.source == "control_plane" for e in events))
+            # Redaction applied to the token-bearing message.
+            joined = " ".join(e.message or "" for e in events)
+            self.assertNotIn("ghs_ABCDEF1234567890abcdef", joined)
+
+    def test_missing_db_degrades(self):
+        events, status = timeline.read_cp_events(
+            remote="prgs", org="Scaled-Tech-Consulting", repo="Gitea-Tools",
+            db_path="/nonexistent/path/to/cp.sqlite3",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(events, [])
+        self.assertFalse(status.ok)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(status.reason)
+
+
+class TestLoadTimeline(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_handoff_not_run_without_thread_filter(self):
+        import tempfile
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            db = os.path.join(tmp, "cp.sqlite3")
+            _seed_db(db)
+            snap = timeline.load_timeline(
+                remote="prgs", org="Scaled-Tech-Consulting", repo="Gitea-Tools", db_path=db
+            )
+            d = snap.to_dict()
+            handoff = [s for s in d["sources"] if s["name"] == "gitea_handoff"][0]
+            self.assertFalse(handoff["ok"])
+            self.assertIn("thread-scoped", handoff["reason"])
+            self.assertEqual(d["schema_version"], timeline.TIMELINE_SCHEMA_VERSION)
+
+    def test_handoff_included_via_injected_source(self):
+        import tempfile
+
+        body = format_cth_body(
+            cth_type="Author Handoff", status="ready", next_owner="reviewer",
+            decision="d", proof="#637", next_action="review", ready_to_paste_prompt="Review PR #1 now",
+        )
+
+        def source(kind, number):
+            return [{"id": 1, "body": body, "created_at": "2026-07-23T09:00:00Z", "user": {"login": "jcwalker3"}}]
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            db = os.path.join(tmp, "cp.sqlite3")
+            _seed_db(db)
+            snap = timeline.load_timeline(
+                remote="prgs", org="Scaled-Tech-Consulting", repo="Gitea-Tools",
+                issue=637, db_path=db, comment_source=source,
+            )
+            d = snap.to_dict()
+            handoff = [s for s in d["sources"] if s["name"] == "gitea_handoff"][0]
+            self.assertTrue(handoff["ok"])
+            self.assertEqual(handoff["count"], 1)
+            # Both a CP event and the handoff event for issue 637 appear, sorted.
+            kinds = {e["source"] for e in d["events"]}
+            self.assertEqual(kinds, {"control_plane", "gitea_handoff"})
+
+    def test_failing_comment_source_degrades_only_handoff(self):
+        import tempfile
+
+        def boom(kind, number):
+            raise RuntimeError("network down")
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            db = os.path.join(tmp, "cp.sqlite3")
+            _seed_db(db)
+            snap = timeline.load_timeline(
+                remote="prgs", org="Scaled-Tech-Consulting", repo="Gitea-Tools",
+                issue=637, db_path=db, comment_source=boom,
+            )
+            d = snap.to_dict()
+            cp = [s for s in d["sources"] if s["name"] == "control_plane"][0]
+            handoff = [s for s in d["sources"] if s["name"] == "gitea_handoff"][0]
+            self.assertTrue(cp["ok"])
+            self.assertFalse(handoff["ok"])
+            self.assertIn("network down", handoff["reason"])
+
+
+class TestTimelineApi(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self._prev_db = os.environ.get(control_plane_db.DB_PATH_ENV)
+        self._prev_offline = os.environ.get("WEBUI_TEST_OFFLINE")
+        import tempfile
+
+        self._tmpdir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self._db = os.path.join(self._tmpdir.name, "cp.sqlite3")
+        _seed_db(self._db)
+        os.environ[control_plane_db.DB_PATH_ENV] = self._db
+        os.environ["WEBUI_TEST_OFFLINE"] = "1"
+        self.client = TestClient(create_app())
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        if self._prev_db is None:
+            os.environ.pop(control_plane_db.DB_PATH_ENV, None)
+        else:
+            os.environ[control_plane_db.DB_PATH_ENV] = self._prev_db
+        if self._prev_offline is None:
+            os.environ.pop("WEBUI_TEST_OFFLINE", None)
+        else:
+            os.environ["WEBUI_TEST_OFFLINE"] = self._prev_offline
+        self._tmpdir.cleanup()
+
+    def test_api_returns_timeline(self):
+        resp = self.client.get("/api/v1/timeline")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+        body = resp.json()
+        self.assertEqual(body["schema_version"], timeline.TIMELINE_SCHEMA_VERSION)
+        self.assertIn("events", body)
+        self.assertIn("pagination", body)
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(body["pagination"]["total"], 1)
+
+    def test_api_filter_by_issue(self):
+        resp = self.client.get("/api/v1/timeline?issue=637")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+        events = resp.json()["events"]
+        self.assertTrue(events)
+        self.assertTrue(all(e["issue_number"] == 637 for e in events))
+
+    def test_api_pagination(self):
+        resp = self.client.get("/api/v1/timeline?limit=1&offset=0")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+        pg = resp.json()["pagination"]
+        self.assertEqual(pg["limit"], 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(resp.json()["events"]), 1)
+        if pg["total"] > 1:
+            self.assertTrue(pg["has_more"])
+
+    def test_api_is_read_only(self):
+        resp = self.client.post("/api/v1/timeline")
+        self.assertIn(resp.status_code, (404, 405))
+
+    def test_api_no_secret_leak(self):
+        resp = self.client.get("/api/v1/timeline?issue=637")
+        self.assertNotIn("ghs_ABCDEF1234567890abcdef", resp.text)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

webui/app.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ from webui.worktree_scanner import load_hygiene_snapshot, snapshot_to_dict as wo
 from webui.worktree_views import render_worktrees_page
 from webui.runtime_health import load_runtime_snapshot, snapshot_to_dict as runtime_snapshot_to_dict
 from webui.runtime_views import render_runtime_page
+from webui.timeline import load_timeline, snapshot_to_dict as timeline_snapshot_to_dict
 from webui.system_health import (
     API_PATH as SYSTEM_HEALTH_API_PATH,
     load_system_health,
@@ -410,6 +411,101 @@ async def api_console_security_model(_request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
     })
 
 
+def _query_int(request: Request, key: str) -> int | None:
+    """Parse an optional integer query parameter; None when absent/invalid."""
+    raw = request.query_params.get(key)
+    if raw is None or not str(raw).strip():
+        return None
+    try:
+        return int(str(raw).strip())
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return None
+
+
+def _derive_remote(host: str) -> str:
+    """Map a Gitea host to its known short remote name (control-plane scope key)."""
+    text = (host or "").lower()
+    if "prgs" in text:
+        return "prgs"
+    if "dadeschools" in text:
+        return "dadeschools"
+    return text.split(".")[0] if text else ""
+
+
+def _timeline_comment_source(host: str, org: str, repo: str):
+    """Build a fail-soft CTH-comment fetcher for one repo, or None when offline.
+
+    Returns a callable ``(kind, number) -> list[comment]``. Credentials or
+    network failures raise inside the callable so ``load_timeline`` degrades the
+    handoff source rather than the whole timeline. Offline test mode yields no
+    live source so the handoff section reports ``not run``.
+    """
+    import os
+
+    from gitea_auth import api_fetch_page, get_auth_header, repo_api_url
+
+    offline = (os.environ.get("WEBUI_TEST_OFFLINE") or "").strip().lower() in {"1", "true", "yes"}
+    if offline:
+        return None
+    auth = get_auth_header(host)
+    if not auth:
+        return None
+
+    def _fetch(kind: str, number: int) -> list:
+        segment = "pulls" if kind == "pr" else "issues"
+        url = f"{repo_api_url(host, org, repo)}/{segment}/{int(number)}/comments"
+        comments: list = []
+        page = 1
+        while page <= 20:
+            raw, meta = api_fetch_page(url, auth, page=page, limit=50)
+            comments.extend(raw)
+            if bool(meta["is_final_page"]):
+                break
+            page += 1
+        return comments
+
+    return _fetch
+
+
+async def api_v1_timeline(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
+    """Read-only workflow-event timeline (#637). Filter by issue/PR/session."""
+    from webui.queue_loader import _host_from_url  # host normalisation helper
+
+    registry, error = _load_project_registry()
+    if error is not None:
+        return JSONResponse(error.to_dict(), status_code=500)
+    project = registry.projects[0] if registry.projects else None
+
+    org = request.query_params.get("org") or (project.gitea_owner if project else "")
+    repo = request.query_params.get("repo") or (project.repo_name if project else "")
+    host = _host_from_url(project.remote_host) if project else ""
+    remote = request.query_params.get("remote") or _derive_remote(host)
+
+    if not (remote and org and repo):
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {
+                "error": "timeline_scope_unresolved",
+                "detail": "no project in registry and no remote/org/repo query params provided",
+            },
+            status_code=400,
+        )
+
+    comment_source = _timeline_comment_source(host, org, repo) if (host and org and repo) else None
+
+    snapshot = load_timeline(
+        remote=remote,
+        org=org,
+        repo=repo,
+        issue=_query_int(request, "issue"),
+        pr=_query_int(request, "pr"),
+        session=(request.query_params.get("session") or None),
+        limit=_query_int(request, "limit"),
+        offset=_query_int(request, "offset"),
+        comment_source=comment_source,
+    )
+    return JSONResponse(timeline_snapshot_to_dict(snapshot))
+
+
 async def method_not_allowed(request: Request, _exc: Exception) -> Response:
     path = request.url.path
     if path in _AUDIT_MUTATION_PATHS and request.method == "POST":
@@ -449,6 +545,7 @@ def create_app(*, bind_host: str | None = None) -> Starlette:
             Route("/api/prompts", api_prompts, methods=["GET"]),
             Route("/runtime", runtime, methods=["GET"]),
             Route("/api/runtime", api_runtime, methods=["GET"]),
+            Route("/api/v1/timeline", api_v1_timeline, methods=["GET"]),
             Route("/audit", audit, methods=["GET", "POST"]),
             Route("/api/audit", api_audit, methods=["GET", "POST"]),
             Route("/worktrees", worktrees, methods=["GET"]),

webui/timeline.py

@@ -0,0 +1,539 @@
+"""Workflow-event and conversation timeline model (#637, Phase 1).
+
+Operators cannot browse a unified timeline of workflow events, decisions,
+tool calls, and handoffs: the evidence is scattered across control-plane
+events, Gitea canonical handoff comments, and local logs. This module defines
+one durable, versioned event schema and per-source adapters that normalise
+those scattered records into a single ``WorkflowEvent`` stream, plus a
+read-only query layer (filter by issue / PR / session, stable ordering,
+pagination) that the ``/api/v1/timeline`` route serves.
+
+Design rules honoured here:
+
+- **Read-only.** Sources are read; nothing is mutated. The control-plane
+  database is opened through a ``mode=ro`` URI so a missing or unwritable DB
+  degrades to a reason instead of creating directories or running migrations.
+- **Fail-soft per source.** An unavailable source degrades to a status with a
+  reason rather than raising, and a source that could not run is never
+  rendered as an empty-and-healthy timeline.
+- **Redaction at the boundary, fail closed.** Every free-text field (event
+  messages, redacted tool arguments, decision/proof text) is run through the
+  console redaction policy before it leaves this module. An unredactable value
+  becomes the placeholder — an unredacted payload is never emitted, and a
+  generation error never drops raw data to a caller or a log.
+- **Stable ordering.** Events sort by ``(timestamp, source_rank, event_key)``
+  with a deterministic tiebreak, so pagination is stable across calls and
+  events with equal or missing timestamps keep a fixed order.
+
+Non-goals (from the issue): no full chat replay, no mutation of historical
+events, no unredacted tool-argument storage.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+import sqlite3
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from typing import Any, Callable, Iterable
+
+import control_plane_db
+from webui import console_redaction
+
+# The schema is versioned so consumers can branch on shape. Bump on any
+# breaking change to WorkflowEvent's serialized form.
+TIMELINE_SCHEMA_VERSION = 1
+
+# Known event sources and their deterministic ordering rank. When two events
+# carry the same timestamp, the source rank breaks the tie before the
+# per-source event key, so a control-plane event and a handoff comment minted
+# in the same second always sort in a fixed order.
+SOURCE_CONTROL_PLANE = "control_plane"
+SOURCE_GITEA_HANDOFF = "gitea_handoff"
+_SOURCE_RANK = {
+    SOURCE_CONTROL_PLANE: 0,
+    SOURCE_GITEA_HANDOFF: 1,
+}
+
+# A timestamp far in the future so events with no parseable timestamp sort
+# last (after everything real) instead of first, without raising.
+_MISSING_TS_SORT = "9999-12-31T23:59:59Z"
+
+
+def _parse_ts(value: str | None) -> str | None:
+    """Normalise a timestamp to ``...Z`` UTC, or None when unparseable."""
+    if not value:
+        return None
+    text = str(value).strip()
+    if not text:
+        return None
+    candidate = text[:-1] + "+00:00" if text.endswith("Z") else text
+    try:
+        parsed = datetime.fromisoformat(candidate)
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+    if parsed.tzinfo is None:
+        parsed = parsed.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    return parsed.astimezone(timezone.utc).replace(microsecond=0).isoformat().replace("+00:00", "Z")
+
+
+def _redact(value: Any) -> Any:
+    """Redact a single free-text field, failing closed to the placeholder."""
+    if value is None:
+        return None
+    return console_redaction.redact_text(str(value))
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class WorkflowEvent:
+    """One normalised timeline event.
+
+    Every field is optional except ``source``/``event_type``/``event_key``
+    because sources carry different subsets. The class is frozen so an adapted
+    event is an immutable record; a consumer that needs a variant builds a new
+    one rather than mutating history.
+    """
+
+    source: str
+    event_type: str
+    event_key: str
+    timestamp: str | None = None
+    actor: str | None = None
+    role: str | None = None
+    issue_number: int | None = None
+    pr_number: int | None = None
+    session_id: str | None = None
+    tool_name: str | None = None
+    decision: str | None = None
+    message: str | None = None
+    correlation_id: str | None = None
+    evidence_refs: tuple[str, ...] = ()
+    sensitive: bool = False
+
+    def sort_key(self) -> tuple[str, int, str]:
+        return (
+            self.timestamp or _MISSING_TS_SORT,
+            _SOURCE_RANK.get(self.source, 99),
+            self.event_key,
+        )
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "source": self.source,
+            "event_type": self.event_type,
+            "event_key": self.event_key,
+            "timestamp": self.timestamp,
+            "actor": self.actor,
+            "role": self.role,
+            "issue_number": self.issue_number,
+            "pr_number": self.pr_number,
+            "session_id": self.session_id,
+            "tool_name": self.tool_name,
+            "decision": self.decision,
+            "message": self.message,
+            "correlation_id": self.correlation_id,
+            "evidence_refs": list(self.evidence_refs),
+            "sensitive": self.sensitive,
+        }
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Adapters — pure functions from a source's raw records to WorkflowEvents.     #
+# Each is total: a malformed record is skipped, never raised on.               #
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+# Event types whose payload is treated as sensitive and always redaction-hard
+# (they can carry lease/session provenance or tool arguments).
+_SENSITIVE_EVENT_HINTS = ("lease", "capability", "token", "auth", "secret")
+
+# Reference tokens (issue/PR/comment ids) and SHAs parsed out of proof text.
+_EVIDENCE_REF_RE = re.compile(r"(?:#|PR\s*#?|issue\s*#?|comment\s*#?)(\d+)", re.IGNORECASE)
+_SHA_RE = re.compile(r"\b[0-9a-f]{7,40}\b")
+
+
+def _kind_to_numbers(kind: str | None, number: int | None) -> tuple[int | None, int | None]:
+    """Map a control-plane work-item (kind, number) to (issue_no, pr_no)."""
+    if number is None:
+        return (None, None)
+    if kind == "pr":
+        return (None, int(number))
+    if kind == "issue":
+        return (int(number), None)
+    return (None, None)
+
+
+def _correlation_for(kind: str | None, number: int | None) -> str | None:
+    if number is None or kind not in ("issue", "pr"):
+        return None
+    return f"{kind}#{number}"
+
+
+def _extract_evidence_refs(*texts: str | None) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    refs: list[str] = []
+    for text in texts:
+        if not text:
+            continue
+        for match in _EVIDENCE_REF_RE.finditer(text):
+            token = f"#{match.group(1)}"
+            if token not in refs:
+                refs.append(token)
+        for match in _SHA_RE.finditer(text):
+            token = match.group(0)
+            if token not in refs:
+                refs.append(token)
+    return tuple(refs)
+
+
+def adapt_cp_events(rows: Iterable[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[WorkflowEvent]:
+    """Adapt control-plane ``events`` rows (joined to work_items) into events.
+
+    Each row is expected to carry ``event_id``, ``event_type``, ``message``,
+    ``created_at`` and the joined work-item ``kind``/``number``. Rows missing
+    an id or type are skipped so a partially written table never raises.
+    """
+    events: list[WorkflowEvent] = []
+    for row in rows or []:
+        try:
+            event_id = row.get("event_id")
+            event_type = (row.get("event_type") or "").strip()
+            if event_id is None or not event_type:
+                continue
+            kind = row.get("kind")
+            number = row.get("number")
+            issue_no, pr_no = _kind_to_numbers(kind, number)
+            sensitive = any(hint in event_type.lower() for hint in _SENSITIVE_EVENT_HINTS)
+            events.append(
+                WorkflowEvent(
+                    source=SOURCE_CONTROL_PLANE,
+                    event_type=event_type,
+                    event_key=f"cp:{event_id}",
+                    timestamp=_parse_ts(row.get("created_at")),
+                    issue_number=issue_no,
+                    pr_number=pr_no,
+                    session_id=(row.get("session_id") or None),
+                    message=_redact(row.get("message")),
+                    correlation_id=_correlation_for(kind, number),
+                    sensitive=sensitive,
+                )
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            # A single malformed row must not sink the whole adaptation.
+            continue
+    return events
+
+
+def adapt_cth_comments(
+    comments: Iterable[dict[str, Any]],
+    *,
+    kind: str,
+    number: int,
+) -> list[WorkflowEvent]:
+    """Adapt Gitea Canonical Thread Handoff (CTH) comments into events.
+
+    Only comments that parse as a CTH (``canonical_thread_handoff.parse_cth_comment``)
+    become events; ordinary comments are ignored. ``kind``/``number`` scope the
+    events to the issue or PR the comments belong to.
+    """
+    # Imported lazily so this module has no import-time dependency on the
+    # handoff parser when only the control-plane adapter is used.
+    from canonical_thread_handoff import parse_cth_comment
+
+    issue_no, pr_no = _kind_to_numbers(kind, number)
+    correlation = _correlation_for(kind, number)
+    events: list[WorkflowEvent] = []
+    for comment in comments or []:
+        try:
+            body = comment.get("body") or ""
+            parsed = parse_cth_comment(body)
+            if not parsed:
+                continue
+            fields = parsed.get("fields") or {}
+            cth_type = parsed.get("cth_type") or "handoff"
+            comment_id = comment.get("id")
+            actor = (comment.get("user") or {}).get("login")
+            decision = fields.get("decision")
+            proof = fields.get("proof")
+            next_action = fields.get("next action")
+            events.append(
+                WorkflowEvent(
+                    source=SOURCE_GITEA_HANDOFF,
+                    event_type=f"handoff:{cth_type}",
+                    event_key=f"cth:{kind}:{number}:{comment_id}",
+                    timestamp=_parse_ts(comment.get("created_at")),
+                    actor=actor,
+                    role=_redact(fields.get("next owner")),
+                    issue_number=issue_no,
+                    pr_number=pr_no,
+                    decision=_redact(decision),
+                    message=_redact(next_action or fields.get("status")),
+                    correlation_id=correlation,
+                    evidence_refs=_extract_evidence_refs(proof, decision),
+                    sensitive=False,
+                )
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+    return events
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Read-only control-plane event source.                                       #
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+_CP_EVENTS_QUERY = """
+SELECT e.event_id   AS event_id,
+       e.event_type AS event_type,
+       e.message    AS message,
+       e.created_at AS created_at,
+       w.kind       AS kind,
+       w.number     AS number
+FROM events e
+JOIN work_items w ON e.work_item_id = w.work_item_id
+WHERE w.remote = ? AND w.org = ? AND w.repo = ?
+"""
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SourceStatus:
+    """Fail-soft status for one timeline source."""
+
+    name: str
+    ok: bool
+    reason: str | None = None
+    count: int = 0
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {"name": self.name, "ok": self.ok, "reason": self.reason, "count": self.count}
+
+
+def read_cp_events(
+    *,
+    remote: str,
+    org: str,
+    repo: str,
+    db_path: str | None = None,
+) -> tuple[list[WorkflowEvent], SourceStatus]:
+    """Read scoped control-plane events read-only. Never creates the DB.
+
+    Opens the SQLite file through a ``mode=ro`` URI: a health/timeline read
+    must never create directories or run the schema migration that
+    ``ControlPlaneDB()`` performs on construction. A missing or unreadable DB
+    degrades to a status with a reason.
+    """
+    path = (db_path or control_plane_db.default_db_path()).strip()
+    conn: sqlite3.Connection | None = None
+    try:
+        conn = sqlite3.connect(f"file:{path}?mode=ro", uri=True)
+        conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+        cursor = conn.execute(_CP_EVENTS_QUERY, (remote, org, repo))
+        rows = [dict(r) for r in cursor.fetchall()]
+    except sqlite3.OperationalError as exc:
+        return ([], SourceStatus(SOURCE_CONTROL_PLANE, ok=False, reason=f"control-plane DB unavailable: {exc}"))
+    except sqlite3.Error as exc:
+        return ([], SourceStatus(SOURCE_CONTROL_PLANE, ok=False, reason=f"control-plane read failed: {exc}"))
+    finally:
+        if conn is not None:
+            conn.close()
+    events = adapt_cp_events(rows)
+    return (events, SourceStatus(SOURCE_CONTROL_PLANE, ok=True, count=len(events)))
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Filter, sort, paginate.                                                     #
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+
+def filter_events(
+    events: Iterable[WorkflowEvent],
+    *,
+    issue: int | None = None,
+    pr: int | None = None,
+    session: str | None = None,
+) -> list[WorkflowEvent]:
+    """Filter events by issue number, PR number, and/or session id.
+
+    Filters are conjunctive. A filter that names a dimension an event does not
+    carry excludes that event (an issue filter excludes PR-only events).
+    """
+    out: list[WorkflowEvent] = []
+    for ev in events:
+        if issue is not None and ev.issue_number != issue:
+            continue
+        if pr is not None and ev.pr_number != pr:
+            continue
+        if session is not None and ev.session_id != session:
+            continue
+        out.append(ev)
+    return out
+
+
+def sort_events(events: Iterable[WorkflowEvent]) -> list[WorkflowEvent]:
+    """Return events in stable timeline order (ascending)."""
+    return sorted(events, key=lambda ev: ev.sort_key())
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class TimelinePage:
+    """One page of the sorted, filtered timeline."""
+
+    events: tuple[WorkflowEvent, ...]
+    total: int
+    limit: int
+    offset: int
+
+    @property
+    def next_offset(self) -> int | None:
+        nxt = self.offset + len(self.events)
+        return nxt if nxt < self.total else None
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "events": [ev.to_dict() for ev in self.events],
+            "pagination": {
+                "total": self.total,
+                "limit": self.limit,
+                "offset": self.offset,
+                "returned": len(self.events),
+                "next_offset": self.next_offset,
+                "has_more": self.next_offset is not None,
+            },
+        }
+
+
+_MAX_LIMIT = 500
+_DEFAULT_LIMIT = 50
+
+
+def _coerce_bounds(limit: int | None, offset: int | None) -> tuple[int, int]:
+    try:
+        lim = int(limit) if limit is not None else _DEFAULT_LIMIT
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        lim = _DEFAULT_LIMIT
+    try:
+        off = int(offset) if offset is not None else 0
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        off = 0
+    lim = max(1, min(lim, _MAX_LIMIT))
+    off = max(0, off)
+    return (lim, off)
+
+
+def paginate(events: list[WorkflowEvent], *, limit: int | None, offset: int | None) -> TimelinePage:
+    lim, off = _coerce_bounds(limit, offset)
+    window = events[off : off + lim]
+    return TimelinePage(events=tuple(window), total=len(events), limit=lim, offset=off)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Composition — load_timeline aggregates all sources, fail-soft.              #
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+# A comment source is a callable that, given (kind, number), returns the raw
+# Gitea comment list for that issue/PR. The route supplies a live fail-soft
+# fetcher; tests supply a fixture. When None, the handoff source is reported as
+# not-run (never silently empty-and-healthy).
+CommentSource = Callable[[str, int], list[dict[str, Any]]]
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class TimelineSnapshot:
+    schema_version: int
+    remote: str
+    org: str
+    repo: str
+    filters: dict[str, Any]
+    page: TimelinePage
+    sources: tuple[SourceStatus, ...]
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "schema_version": self.schema_version,
+            "scope": {"remote": self.remote, "org": self.org, "repo": self.repo},
+            "filters": self.filters,
+            "sources": [s.to_dict() for s in self.sources],
+            **self.page.to_dict(),
+        }
+
+
+def load_timeline(
+    *,
+    remote: str,
+    org: str,
+    repo: str,
+    issue: int | None = None,
+    pr: int | None = None,
+    session: str | None = None,
+    limit: int | None = None,
+    offset: int | None = None,
+    db_path: str | None = None,
+    comment_source: CommentSource | None = None,
+) -> TimelineSnapshot:
+    """Aggregate every timeline source into one filtered, paginated snapshot.
+
+    Sources are read independently and fail soft: an unavailable source
+    contributes a ``SourceStatus`` with ``ok=False`` and a reason, and never
+    collapses the whole timeline. The handoff source only runs when a specific
+    issue or PR is requested (a handoff comment belongs to one thread) and a
+    ``comment_source`` is available; otherwise it is reported as ``not run``
+    rather than as an empty-and-healthy source.
+    """
+    all_events: list[WorkflowEvent] = []
+    statuses: list[SourceStatus] = []
+
+    cp_events, cp_status = read_cp_events(remote=remote, org=org, repo=repo, db_path=db_path)
+    all_events.extend(cp_events)
+    statuses.append(cp_status)
+
+    # Gitea handoff comments are thread-scoped: only fetch when the caller
+    # narrowed to one issue or PR, and only when a source was provided.
+    handoff_target: tuple[str, int] | None = None
+    if pr is not None:
+        handoff_target = ("pr", pr)
+    elif issue is not None:
+        handoff_target = ("issue", issue)
+
+    if handoff_target is None:
+        statuses.append(
+            SourceStatus(
+                SOURCE_GITEA_HANDOFF,
+                ok=False,
+                reason="not run: handoff comments are thread-scoped; filter by issue or pr to include them",
+            )
+        )
+    elif comment_source is None:
+        statuses.append(
+            SourceStatus(
+                SOURCE_GITEA_HANDOFF,
+                ok=False,
+                reason="not run: no comment source configured for this timeline read",
+            )
+        )
+    else:
+        kind, number = handoff_target
+        try:
+            comments = comment_source(kind, number) or []
+            handoff_events = adapt_cth_comments(comments, kind=kind, number=number)
+            all_events.extend(handoff_events)
+            statuses.append(SourceStatus(SOURCE_GITEA_HANDOFF, ok=True, count=len(handoff_events)))
+        except Exception as exc:  # fail soft: a fetch/parse error degrades this source only
+            statuses.append(
+                SourceStatus(SOURCE_GITEA_HANDOFF, ok=False, reason=f"handoff source failed: {exc}")
+            )
+
+    filtered = filter_events(all_events, issue=issue, pr=pr, session=session)
+    ordered = sort_events(filtered)
+    page = paginate(ordered, limit=limit, offset=offset)
+
+    return TimelineSnapshot(
+        schema_version=TIMELINE_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+        remote=remote,
+        org=org,
+        repo=repo,
+        filters={"issue": issue, "pr": pr, "session": session},
+        page=page,
+        sources=tuple(statuses),
+    )
+
+
+def snapshot_to_dict(snapshot: TimelineSnapshot) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    return snapshot.to_dict()