diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fce9a79..edcc1d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ restart, **Resume Today** reopens the saved item (or the next surviving item if
to durable account-bound delivery, then removes the item only from Today and opens the next
one without closing or merging it. **Reply & next** provides the same one-action continuation
for the current unread-update conversation. It deliberately leaves the notification unread;
+an open, unassigned issue update also offers **Take ownership & start**, which checks Today capacity
+before assignment, preserves the unread update, adds and syncs the owned issue to Today, checkpoints
+the session, and opens the issue. The adjacent **Take ownership** action remains available for
+claim-only triage, and a local start failure opens the now-owned issue with truthful recovery guidance.
**Mark read & next** remains the explicit acknowledgement path. Delivery or local-admission
failure preserves both the reply draft and checkpoint. Finishing or choosing **End session** clears only the checkpoint and leaves the Today plan
unchanged. Another or unconfirmed account cannot see or resume it. Server revisions prevent delayed
diff --git a/frontend/dashboard.css b/frontend/dashboard.css
index 967182e..4aa8675 100644
--- a/frontend/dashboard.css
+++ b/frontend/dashboard.css
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
.update-reply-actions { display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr)); gap:8px; }
.update-reply-actions button { min-height:44px; width:100%; }
.update-sheet-actions { position:sticky; bottom:0; z-index:3; display:grid; gap:8px; margin-top:14px; padding:10px 4px; padding-bottom:calc(10px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); background:rgba(11,21,38,.98); border-top:1px solid #2a496e; }
+.update-ownership-actions { display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr)); gap:8px; }
+.update-ownership-actions button { min-width:0; width:100%; }
.update-sheet-actions button, .update-sheet-actions a { min-height:44px; display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center; }
.update-sheet-actions a { border:1px solid #60a5fa; border-radius:10px; font-weight:700; }
.update-retry { min-height:44px; width:100%; margin-top:10px; }
@@ -446,7 +448,7 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
.work-filters { width:100%; }
.work-filter { flex:1 1 calc(50% - 8px); }
.review-sheet-panel { width:100%; border-left:0; padding:14px; }
- .update-sheet-panel { width:100%; border-left:0; padding:14px; }
+ .update-sheet-panel { width:100%; border-left:0; padding:14px; overflow-x:hidden; }
.issue-sheet-panel { width:100%; border-left:0; padding:14px; }
.search-preview-panel { width:100%; border-left:0; padding:14px; padding-bottom:calc(14px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); overflow-x:hidden; }
#cmd-palette { left:0; top:var(--search-viewport-top,0px); transform:none; width:100%; height:var(--search-viewport-height,100dvh); border:0; border-radius:0; padding:12px; padding-bottom:calc(12px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); z-index:46; }
diff --git a/frontend/dashboard.js b/frontend/dashboard.js
index 04f1f12..7e7c887 100644
--- a/frontend/dashboard.js
+++ b/frontend/dashboard.js
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@
onStatus: message => { qs('#update-reply-status').textContent = message; },
});
const updateOwnership = createUpdateOwnership({
+ available: () => createAndStart.available(),
claim: item => fetchReviewJson(
'api/v1/repos/' + item.repository.split('/').map(encodeURIComponent).join('/') +
'/issues/' + encodeURIComponent(item.number) + '/claim',
@@ -577,6 +578,12 @@
}
return result;
},
+ start: item => {
+ const outcome = createAndStart.complete(item);
+ if (outcome === 'started') openRoutedWork(item, qs('#update-ownership-start'));
+ return outcome;
+ },
+ recover: item => openRoutedWork(item, qs('#update-ownership-start')),
onClaimed: item => {
if (!lastContextSnapshot) return;
const issues = (lastContextSnapshot.issues || []).filter(candidate =>
@@ -592,6 +599,12 @@
button.textContent = state.action === 'today' ? 'Add to Today' : 'Take ownership';
if (state.message) qs('#update-sheet-status').textContent = state.message;
},
+ onStartState: state => {
+ const button = qs('#update-ownership-start');
+ button.hidden = state.action === 'hidden';
+ button.disabled = state.busy;
+ if (state.message) qs('#update-sheet-status').textContent = state.message;
+ },
});
const notificationReader = createNotificationReader({
load: fetchNotificationDetail,
@@ -617,6 +630,7 @@
qs('#send-update-reply').disabled = false;
qs('#send-update-reply-read-next').disabled = false;
qs('#update-ownership-action').hidden = true;
+ qs('#update-ownership-start').hidden = true;
qs('#retry-update-load').hidden = true;
setOfflineUpdateControls(false);
qs('#keep-update-unread').focus();
@@ -1461,6 +1475,7 @@
qs('#mark-update-read-next').disabled = false;
qs('#mark-update-read-next').textContent = offline ? 'Queue read & next' : 'Mark read & next';
qs('#update-ownership-action').disabled = offline;
+ qs('#update-ownership-start').disabled = offline;
qs('#load-older-update-comments').disabled = offline;
qs('#update-sheet .detail-defer').inert = offline;
}
@@ -4275,6 +4290,7 @@
});
qs('#keep-update-unread').addEventListener('click', () => closeUpdateSheet(true));
qs('#update-ownership-action').addEventListener('click', () => updateOwnership.act());
+ qs('#update-ownership-start').addEventListener('click', () => updateOwnership.start());
qs('#retry-update-load').addEventListener('click', () => {
if (selectedUpdate) notificationReader.open(selectedUpdate, lastMyWork);
});
diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 9a5049f..c40e687 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -523,7 +523,10 @@
-
+
+
+
+
Open in Gitea
diff --git a/frontend/update-ownership.js b/frontend/update-ownership.js
index fb18872..eb350b2 100644
--- a/frontend/update-ownership.js
+++ b/frontend/update-ownership.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-function createUpdateOwnership({ claim, addToday, onClaimed, onState }) {
+function createUpdateOwnership({
+ claim, addToday, available, start, recover, onClaimed, onState, onStartState,
+}) {
let detail = null;
let update = null;
let claimedItem = null;
@@ -8,6 +10,36 @@ function createUpdateOwnership({ claim, addToday, onClaimed, onState }) {
onState?.(value);
}
+ function startState(value) {
+ onStartState?.(value);
+ }
+
+ function claimed(result) {
+ claimedItem = {
+ ...result,
+ repository: detail.repository,
+ kind: 'issue',
+ notification_id: update?.notification_id,
+ updated_at: update?.updated_at || result.updated_at,
+ has_update: true,
+ };
+ detail.issue.claimable = false;
+ onClaimed?.(claimedItem);
+ startState({ action: 'hidden', busy: false, message: '' });
+ return claimedItem;
+ }
+
+ function recoverStartedItem(item) {
+ recover?.(item);
+ startState({
+ action: 'hidden',
+ busy: false,
+ message: 'Assigned to you, but Today could not start. The update is still unread; the owned issue is open so you can recover.',
+ });
+ state({ action: 'today', busy: false, message: '' });
+ return 'recovery';
+ }
+
function open(nextDetail, nextUpdate) {
detail = nextDetail;
update = nextUpdate;
@@ -18,6 +50,11 @@ function createUpdateOwnership({ claim, addToday, onClaimed, onState }) {
busy: false,
message: '',
});
+ startState({
+ action: nextDetail?.issue?.claimable && available && start ? 'start' : 'hidden',
+ busy: false,
+ message: '',
+ });
}
function act() {
@@ -40,21 +77,13 @@ function createUpdateOwnership({ claim, addToday, onClaimed, onState }) {
repository: detail.repository,
number: detail.issue.number,
})).then(result => {
- claimedItem = {
- ...result,
- repository: detail.repository,
- kind: 'issue',
- notification_id: update?.notification_id,
- updated_at: update?.updated_at || result.updated_at,
- has_update: true,
- };
- detail.issue.claimable = false;
- onClaimed?.(claimedItem);
+ claimed(result);
state({ action: 'today', busy: false, message: 'Assigned to you. The update is still unread.' });
return claimedItem;
}).catch(error => {
if (error?.status === 409) {
detail.issue.claimable = false;
+ startState({ action: 'hidden', busy: false, message: '' });
state({
action: 'hidden',
busy: false,
@@ -72,7 +101,58 @@ function createUpdateOwnership({ claim, addToday, onClaimed, onState }) {
return request;
}
- return { open, act };
+ function startNow() {
+ if (request) return request;
+ if (!detail?.issue?.claimable || !available || !start) return Promise.resolve('hidden');
+ if (!available()) {
+ const message = 'Today is limited to 5 items. Remove one before taking ownership.';
+ startState({ action: 'start', busy: false, message });
+ return Promise.resolve('full');
+ }
+ startState({ action: 'start', busy: true, message: 'Assigning and starting…' });
+ state({ action: 'claim', busy: true, message: '' });
+ request = Promise.resolve(claim({
+ repository: detail.repository,
+ number: detail.issue.number,
+ })).then(result => {
+ const item = claimed(result);
+ const outcome = start(item);
+ if (outcome === 'started') {
+ startState({
+ action: 'hidden',
+ busy: false,
+ message: 'Assigned, added to Today, and ready to work. The update is still unread.',
+ });
+ state({ action: 'today', busy: false, message: '' });
+ return outcome;
+ }
+ return recoverStartedItem(item);
+ }).catch(error => {
+ if (claimedItem) {
+ return recoverStartedItem(claimedItem);
+ }
+ if (error?.status === 409) {
+ detail.issue.claimable = false;
+ state({ action: 'hidden', busy: false, message: '' });
+ startState({
+ action: 'hidden',
+ busy: false,
+ message: 'Someone else claimed or closed this issue. The update is still unread.',
+ });
+ return 'conflict';
+ }
+ state({ action: 'claim', busy: false, message: '' });
+ startState({
+ action: 'start',
+ busy: false,
+ message: (error?.message || 'The issue could not be assigned.') + ' The update and your reply draft are safe; retry.',
+ });
+ return 'retry';
+ }).finally(() => { request = null; });
+ return request;
+ }
+
+ return { open, act, start:startNow };
}
if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) module.exports = createUpdateOwnership;
diff --git a/tests/test_my_work.py b/tests/test_my_work.py
index 5d7139f..1d80025 100644
--- a/tests/test_my_work.py
+++ b/tests/test_my_work.py
@@ -176,19 +176,137 @@ controller.open({{repository:'stackchain/api', issue:{{number:7, claimable:true}
}
+def test_unread_issue_update_claims_and_starts_once_without_marking_it_read():
+ script = f"""
+const createUpdateOwnership = require({json.dumps(str(UPDATE_OWNERSHIP))});
+let claims = 0;
+let starts = 0;
+let finishClaim;
+const reconciled = [];
+const states = [];
+const controller = createUpdateOwnership({{
+ available: () => true,
+ claim: () => {{ claims += 1; return new Promise(resolve => {{ finishClaim = resolve; }}); }},
+ addToday: () => 'added',
+ start: item => {{ starts += 1; return item.notification_id === 42 ? 'started' : 'broken'; }},
+ recover: () => {{ throw new Error('recovery should not run'); }},
+ onClaimed: item => reconciled.push(item),
+ onStartState: state => states.push(state),
+ onState: () => {{}},
+}});
+controller.open({{
+ repository:'stackchain/api', title:'Retry deploy',
+ issue:{{number:7, assignees:[], claimable:true}},
+}}, {{notification_id:42, updated_at:'2026-08-08T12:00:00Z'}});
+const first = controller.start();
+const second = controller.start();
+if (first !== second || claims !== 1) throw new Error('start was not single-flight');
+finishClaim({{number:7, title:'Retry deploy', assignees:['timmy'], state:'open'}});
+(async () => {{
+ const result = await first;
+ process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{result, claims, starts, reconciled, states}}));
+}})().catch(error => {{ console.error(error); process.exit(1); }});
+"""
+ result = subprocess.run(
+ ["node", "-e", script], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True
+ )
+ output = json.loads(result.stdout)
+ assert output["result"] == "started"
+ assert output["claims"] == 1
+ assert output["starts"] == 1
+ assert len(output["reconciled"]) == 1
+ assert output["reconciled"][0]["notification_id"] == 42
+ assert output["reconciled"][0]["has_update"] is True
+ assert output["states"][-1] == {
+ "action": "hidden",
+ "busy": False,
+ "message": "Assigned, added to Today, and ready to work. The update is still unread.",
+ }
+
+
+def test_unread_update_start_checks_today_capacity_before_claiming():
+ script = f"""
+const createUpdateOwnership = require({json.dumps(str(UPDATE_OWNERSHIP))});
+let claims = 0;
+const states = [];
+const controller = createUpdateOwnership({{
+ available: () => false,
+ claim: () => {{ claims += 1; return Promise.resolve({{number:7}}); }},
+ addToday: () => 'added', start: () => 'started',
+ onStartState: state => states.push(state), onState: () => {{}},
+}});
+controller.open({{repository:'stackchain/api', issue:{{number:7, claimable:true}}}}, {{notification_id:42}});
+(async () => {{
+ const result = await controller.start();
+ process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{result, claims, states}}));
+}})().catch(error => {{ console.error(error); process.exit(1); }});
+"""
+ result = subprocess.run(
+ ["node", "-e", script], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True
+ )
+ output = json.loads(result.stdout)
+ assert output["result"] == "full"
+ assert output["claims"] == 0
+ assert output["states"][-1] == {
+ "action": "start",
+ "busy": False,
+ "message": "Today is limited to 5 items. Remove one before taking ownership.",
+ }
+
+
+def test_unread_update_opens_owned_issue_when_today_start_throws():
+ script = f"""
+const createUpdateOwnership = require({json.dumps(str(UPDATE_OWNERSHIP))});
+let recovered = null;
+const states = [];
+const controller = createUpdateOwnership({{
+ available: () => true,
+ claim: () => Promise.resolve({{number:7, title:'Retry deploy'}}),
+ addToday: () => 'added',
+ start: () => {{ throw new Error('storage failed'); }},
+ recover: item => {{ recovered = item; }},
+ onStartState: state => states.push(state), onState: () => {{}},
+}});
+controller.open({{repository:'stackchain/api', issue:{{number:7, claimable:true}}}}, {{notification_id:42}});
+(async () => {{
+ const result = await controller.start();
+ process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{result, recovered, states}}));
+}})().catch(error => {{ console.error(error); process.exit(1); }});
+"""
+ result = subprocess.run(
+ ["node", "-e", script], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True
+ )
+ output = json.loads(result.stdout)
+ assert output["result"] == "recovery"
+ assert output["recovered"]["number"] == 7
+ assert output["states"][-1] == {
+ "action": "hidden",
+ "busy": False,
+ "message": "Assigned to you, but Today could not start. The update is still unread; the owned issue is open so you can recover.",
+ }
+
+
@pytest.mark.anyio
async def test_mobile_update_sheet_wires_phone_safe_ownership_to_my_work_and_today():
html = await dashboard()
assert '' in html
assert 'id="update-ownership-action"' in html
+ assert 'id="update-ownership-start"' in html
+ assert '>Take ownership & start' in html
assert 'hidden aria-describedby="update-sheet-status"' in html
assert 'const updateOwnership = createUpdateOwnership({' in html
+ assert 'available: () => createAndStart.available()' in html
+ assert 'const outcome = createAndStart.complete(item)' in html
+ assert "openRoutedWork(item, qs('#update-ownership-start'))" in html
assert 'updateOwnership.open(detail, selectedUpdate)' in html
assert "qs('#update-ownership-action').addEventListener('click'" in html
+ assert "qs('#update-ownership-start').addEventListener('click', () => updateOwnership.start())" in html
assert "lastContextSnapshot.issues" in html
assert "todayWork.add(item)" in html
assert '.update-sheet-actions button, .update-sheet-actions a { min-height:44px;' in html
+ assert '.update-ownership-actions { display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));' in html
+ assert '.update-sheet-panel { width:100%; border-left:0; padding:14px; overflow-x:hidden;' in html
def test_work_routes_round_trip_all_sheet_kinds_and_reject_unsafe_fragments():