frontend/dashboard.js

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
   const mobileFirstTask = createMobileFirstTask({
     getLogin: () => confirmedOwnerLogin,
     hasWork: () => todayMyWork.length > 0 || activeMyWork.length > 0,
+    isTodayActive: () => workSession.checkpointed(),
   });
   mobileFirstTask.start();
   const mobileWorkEntry = createMobileWorkEntry({

frontend/index.html

@@ -1838,8 +1838,8 @@
     <p class="small">Choose work, start it, then return to Work whenever you want to continue.</p>
     <p id="mobile-first-task-status" class="small" role="status" aria-live="polite"></p>
     <div class="mobile-first-task-actions">
-      <button id="mobile-first-task-find" type="button">Find a task</button>
-      <button id="mobile-first-task-create" type="button">Create a task</button>
+      <button id="mobile-first-task-find" type="button">Find &amp; start</button>
+      <button id="mobile-first-task-create" type="button">Create &amp; start</button>
       <button id="mobile-first-task-setup" type="button">Make this phone work-ready</button>
     </div>
   </section>

frontend/mobile-first-task.js

@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@
     mediaQuery: win?.matchMedia('(max-width: 600px)') || {matches:false},
     eventTarget: win,
     sheet: doc?.querySelector('#mobile-first-task'),
+    title: doc?.querySelector('#mobile-first-task-title'),
     findButton: doc?.querySelector('#mobile-first-task-find'),
     createButton: doc?.querySelector('#mobile-first-task-create'),
     setupButton: doc?.querySelector('#mobile-first-task-setup'),
     closeButton: doc?.querySelector('#close-mobile-first-task'),
     status: doc?.querySelector('#mobile-first-task-status'),
+    isTodayActive: () => false,
     onFind: () => doc?.querySelector('#find-work')?.click(),
     onCreate: () => doc?.querySelector('#new-issue')?.click(),
     onSetup: () => doc?.querySelector('#open-device-setup')?.click(),
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@
   }
 
   function required() {
-    return Boolean(options.mediaQuery.matches && account() && !options.hasWork() && !completed());
+    return Boolean(options.mediaQuery.matches && account() && !options.isTodayActive() && !completed());
   }
 
   function markComplete() {
@@ -50,9 +52,14 @@
 
   function render() {
     const online = options.isOnline();
+    const awaitingStart = options.hasWork();
     options.findButton.disabled = !online;
-    options.status.textContent = online ?
-      'Choose a task to claim or create one of your own.' :
+    if (options.title) options.title.textContent = awaitingStart ? 'Finish starting your first task' : 'Start your first task';
+    options.findButton.textContent = 'Find & start';
+    options.createButton.textContent = 'Create & start';
+    options.status.textContent = awaitingStart ?
+      'Your task is ready. Start it from Find or create and start another task.' : online ?
+      'Choose a task to claim and start, or create and start one of your own.' :
       'You are offline. Create a task now and it will stay in Drafts until you reconnect.';
   }
 
@@ -65,12 +72,13 @@
   }
 
   function refresh() {
-    if (account() && options.hasWork() && !completed()) {
+    if (account() && options.isTodayActive() && !completed()) {
       markComplete();
       if (options.sheet.open) options.sheet.close();
       return 'completed';
     }
     if (options.sheet.open) render();
+    if (required() && options.hasWork()) return 'awaiting-start';
     return required() ? 'required' : 'inactive';
   }
 

tests/test_mobile_first_task.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Element {{
     return json.loads(result.stdout)
 
 
-def test_first_task_activation_is_account_bound_and_completes_when_work_appears():
+def test_first_task_activation_is_account_bound_and_completes_only_when_today_is_active():
     result = run_node(
         """
 const values = new Map();
@@ -36,24 +36,30 @@ const storage = {getItem:key => values.get(key) || null, setItem:(key,value) =>
 const sheet = new Element();
 let login = 'Timmy';
 let hasWork = false;
+let todayActive = false;
 const controller = createFirstTask({
-  storage, getLogin:() => login, hasWork:() => hasWork, isOnline:() => true,
-  mediaQuery:{matches:true}, sheet, findButton:new Element(), createButton:new Element(),
-  setupButton:new Element(), closeButton:new Element(), status:new Element(),
-  onFind() {}, onCreate() {}, onSetup() {},
+  storage, getLogin:() => login, hasWork:() => hasWork, isTodayActive:() => todayActive,
+  isOnline:() => true, mediaQuery:{matches:true}, sheet, title:new Element(),
+  findButton:new Element(), createButton:new Element(), setupButton:new Element(),
+  closeButton:new Element(), status:new Element(), onFind() {}, onCreate() {}, onSetup() {},
 });
 const before = [controller.required(), controller.open(), sheet.open];
 hasWork = true;
+const awaitingStart = controller.refresh();
+const stillRequired = controller.required();
+todayActive = true;
 const completed = controller.refresh();
 const timmyRequired = controller.required();
-login = 'alexander'; hasWork = false;
+login = 'alexander'; hasWork = false; todayActive = false;
 const alexanderRequired = controller.required();
-process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({before, completed, sheetOpen:sheet.open, timmyRequired, alexanderRequired, values:[...values]}));
+process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({before, awaitingStart, stillRequired, completed, sheetOpen:sheet.open, timmyRequired, alexanderRequired, values:[...values]}));
 """
     )
 
     assert result == {
         "before": [True, True, True],
+        "awaitingStart": "awaiting-start",
+        "stillRequired": True,
         "completed": "completed",
         "sheetOpen": False,
         "timmyRequired": False,
@@ -62,6 +68,37 @@ process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({before, completed, sheetOpen:sheet.open, ti
     }
 
 
+def test_first_task_activation_resumes_with_finish_starting_guidance():
+    result = run_node(
+        """
+const sheet = new Element();
+const title = new Element();
+const findButton = new Element();
+const createButton = new Element();
+const status = new Element();
+const controller = createFirstTask({
+  storage:{getItem:() => null, setItem() {}}, getLogin:() => 'timmy', hasWork:() => true,
+  isTodayActive:() => false, isOnline:() => true, mediaQuery:{matches:true}, sheet, title,
+  findButton, createButton, setupButton:new Element(), closeButton:new Element(), status,
+  onFind() {}, onCreate() {}, onSetup() {},
+});
+controller.open();
+process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({
+  required:controller.required(), title:title.textContent, status:status.textContent,
+  find:findButton.textContent, create:createButton.textContent,
+}));
+"""
+    )
+
+    assert result == {
+        "required": True,
+        "title": "Finish starting your first task",
+        "status": "Your task is ready. Start it from Find or create and start another task.",
+        "find": "Find & start",
+        "create": "Create & start",
+    }
+
+
 def test_first_task_activation_routes_existing_flows_and_keeps_create_available_offline():
     result = run_node(
         """
@@ -112,11 +149,12 @@ async def test_dashboard_renders_and_wires_phone_safe_first_task_activation():
 
     assert '<dialog class="mobile-first-task" id="mobile-first-task" aria-labelledby="mobile-first-task-title">' in html
     assert '<h2 id="mobile-first-task-title">Start your first task</h2>' in html
-    assert 'id="mobile-first-task-find" type="button">Find a task</button>' in html
-    assert 'id="mobile-first-task-create" type="button">Create a task</button>' in html
+    assert 'id="mobile-first-task-find" type="button">Find &amp; start</button>' in html
+    assert 'id="mobile-first-task-create" type="button">Create &amp; start</button>' in html
     assert 'id="mobile-first-task-setup" type="button">Make this phone work-ready</button>' in html
     assert '<script src="static/mobile-first-task.js"></script>' in html
     assert "const mobileFirstTask = createMobileFirstTask({" in html
+    assert "isTodayActive: () => workSession.checkpointed()" in html
     assert "shouldActivate: () => mobileFirstTask.required()" in html
     assert "openActivation: () => mobileFirstTask.open()" in html
     assert "mobileFirstTask.refresh()" in html