frontend/dashboard.js

@@ -714,23 +714,11 @@
         'Session recovery could not be saved on this device. You can keep working.';
     },
   });
-  function updateDetailDeferLabels(active) {
-    document.querySelectorAll('[data-detail-defer-preset=today]').forEach(button => {
-      button.textContent = active ? 'Later today & next' : 'Later today';
-    });
-    document.querySelectorAll('[data-detail-defer-preset=tomorrow]').forEach(button => {
-      button.textContent = active ? 'Tomorrow & next' : 'Tomorrow';
-    });
-    document.querySelectorAll('[data-detail-defer-custom]').forEach(button => {
-      button.textContent = active ? 'Choose date & time & next' : 'Choose date & time';
-    });
-  }
   function updateWorkSessionActions() {
     const active = workSession.active();
     qs('#start-work-session').hidden = active;
     qs('#resume-today-session').hidden = active || !todayMyWork.length || !workSession.resumable();
     qs('#end-today-session').hidden = !active;
-    updateDetailDeferLabels(active);
     mobileTaskDock.updateWork(mobileWorkEntry.mode(), countMyWork(activeMyWork).attention);
   }
 
@@ -1250,10 +1238,6 @@
   const detailDefer = createDetailDefer({
     laterWork,
     session: workSession,
-    continueSession: item => completeTodayItem(item, {
-      successMessage: 'Deferred to Later. Next Today item opened.',
-      failureMessage: 'Could not remove this item from Today.',
-    }),
     close: () => workRoute.close(),
     refresh: refreshMyWorkView,
     focus: () => qs('[data-work-filter="' + selectedWorkFilter + '"]')?.focus(),

frontend/detail-defer.js

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 function createDetailDefer({
   laterWork,
   session,
-  continueSession = null,
   close,
   refresh,
   focus,
@@ -17,13 +16,6 @@ function createDetailDefer({
         return false;
       }
       const inSession = session.active();
-      if (continueSession && session.checkpointed?.(item)) {
-        if (continueSession(item) === true) return true;
-        laterWork.restore(item);
-        refresh();
-        announce('Could not remove this item from Today, so it was restored from Later.');
-        return false;
-      }
       if (!inSession && closeSheet) close();
       refresh();
       announce('Deferred until ' + formatTime(until) + '. It stays unread and unchanged in Gitea.');

tests/test_my_work.py

@@ -1223,75 +1223,6 @@ process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{saved,calls}}));
     }
 
 
-def test_detail_defer_completes_checkpointed_today_item_after_saving_later():
-    script = f"""
-const createDetailDefer = require({json.dumps(str(DETAIL_DEFER))});
-const calls = [];
-const item = {{kind:'issue',repository:'stackchain/api',number:17,title:'Read first'}};
-const controller = createDetailDefer({{
-  laterWork: {{
-    presetUntil:() => new Date('2026-08-09T09:00:00Z'),
-    defer:(saved, until) => {{ calls.push(['defer', saved.title, until.toISOString()]); return 'deferred'; }},
-    restore:() => calls.push(['restore']),
-  }},
-  session: {{active:() => true, checkpointed:saved => saved === item}},
-  continueSession:saved => {{ calls.push(['continue', saved.title]); return true; }},
-  close:() => calls.push(['close']), refresh:() => calls.push(['refresh']),
-  focus:() => calls.push(['focus']), announce:message => calls.push(['announce', message]),
-}});
-const saved = controller.defer(item, 'tomorrow');
-process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{saved,calls}}));
-"""
-
-    result = subprocess.run(
-        ["node", "-e", script], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True
-    )
-
-    assert json.loads(result.stdout) == {
-        "saved": True,
-        "calls": [
-            ["defer", "Read first", "2026-08-09T09:00:00.000Z"],
-            ["continue", "Read first"],
-        ],
-    }
-
-
-def test_detail_defer_rolls_back_later_when_today_cannot_be_removed():
-    script = f"""
-const createDetailDefer = require({json.dumps(str(DETAIL_DEFER))});
-const calls = [];
-const item = {{kind:'issue',repository:'stackchain/api',number:17}};
-const controller = createDetailDefer({{
-  laterWork: {{
-    presetUntil:() => new Date('2026-08-09T09:00:00Z'),
-    defer:() => {{ calls.push('defer'); return 'deferred'; }},
-    restore:saved => {{ calls.push(['restore', saved.number]); return true; }},
-  }},
-  session: {{active:() => true, checkpointed:() => true}},
-  continueSession:() => {{ calls.push('continue'); return false; }},
-  close:() => calls.push('close'), refresh:() => calls.push('refresh'),
-  focus:() => calls.push('focus'), announce:message => calls.push(['announce', message]),
-}});
-const saved = controller.defer(item, 'tomorrow');
-process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{saved,calls}}));
-"""
-
-    result = subprocess.run(
-        ["node", "-e", script], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True
-    )
-
-    assert json.loads(result.stdout) == {
-        "saved": False,
-        "calls": [
-            "defer",
-            "continue",
-            ["restore", 17],
-            "refresh",
-            ["announce", "Could not remove this item from Today, so it was restored from Later."],
-        ],
-    }
-
-
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_mobile_detail_sheets_offer_touch_safe_defer_without_a_gitea_mutation():
     html = await dashboard()
@@ -1307,18 +1238,6 @@ async def test_mobile_detail_sheets_offer_touch_safe_defer_without_a_gitea_mutat
     assert "fetch(" not in DETAIL_DEFER.read_text()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.anyio
-async def test_checkpointed_detail_defer_completes_today_and_advertises_next_item():
-    html = await dashboard()
-
-    assert "continueSession: item => completeTodayItem(item, {" in html
-    assert "successMessage: 'Deferred to Later. Next Today item opened.'" in html
-    assert "advance: () => runTodayTransition('complete')" in html
-    assert "button.textContent = active ? 'Later today & next' : 'Later today'" in html
-    assert "button.textContent = active ? 'Tomorrow & next' : 'Tomorrow'" in html
-    assert "button.textContent = active ? 'Choose date & time & next' : 'Choose date & time'" in html
-
-
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_mobile_my_work_wires_touch_safe_non_mutating_later_actions():
     html = await dashboard()