README.md

@@ -135,7 +135,10 @@ Mobile **Recent work** is also portable across signed-in devices. Opening an iss
 review, Filed item, or update records its canonical detail route locally before navigation and marks
 the entry **Sync pending** until the authenticated API confirms it. Reconnect and foreground checks
 merge the server list without duplicate routes, while each confirmed account remains bounded to its
-five most recent items. Titles, repositories, and routes are encrypted at rest with the shared
+five most recent items. A separate **Pin** action keeps up to 20 frequently revisited items above
+Recent work even after that five-item window advances; **Unpin** removes only the pin, and both actions
+apply offline-first before account-scoped synchronization. Open and Pin/Unpin remain separate touch and
+keyboard targets. Titles, repositories, routes, and pins are encrypted at rest with the shared
 private-state key; stale responses from a prior account are discarded. Set
 `STACKCHAIN_RECENT_WORK_DB` to override `.stackchain-state/recent-work.sqlite3`.
 

frontend/dashboard.css

@@ -1551,7 +1551,10 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
   .mobile-queue-list button { display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:space-between; gap:12px; min-height:56px; width:100%; padding:10px 14px; text-align:left; }
   .mobile-queue-list button > span:first-child { display:grid; gap:2px; }
   .mobile-queue-list small { color:var(--muted); }
-  .mobile-queue-list [data-recent-work-route] { min-height:56px; overflow-wrap:anywhere; }
+  .mobile-recent-work-row { display:grid; grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) auto; gap:8px; min-width:0; }
+  .mobile-queue-list .mobile-recent-work-row button { min-height:44px; width:auto; }
+  .mobile-queue-list .mobile-recent-work-row [data-recent-work-route] { min-width:0; width:100%; min-height:56px; overflow-wrap:anywhere; }
+  .mobile-queue-list .mobile-recent-work-row [data-recent-work-pin] { min-width:64px; justify-content:center; padding-inline:12px; }
   .mobile-queue-list [data-mobile-queue-count] { min-width:28px; padding:3px 8px; border-radius:999px; text-align:center; background:#1d426d; }
   .mobile-queue-list [data-mobile-queue="agenda"][data-deadlines="true"] { border-color:#f59e0b; background:#30240f; box-shadow:inset 3px 0 #f59e0b; }
   .mobile-queue-list [data-recommended="true"] { border-color:#60a5fa; box-shadow:0 0 0 2px #60a5fa; }

frontend/dashboard.js

@@ -439,6 +439,8 @@
     document,
     section:qs('#mobile-recent-work'),
     list:qs('#mobile-recent-work-list'),
+    pinnedSection:qs('#mobile-pinned-work'),
+    pinnedList:qs('#mobile-pinned-work-list'),
     status:qs('#mobile-recent-work-status'),
     openRoute:fragment => {
       const sheet = qs('#mobile-queue-sheet');

frontend/index.html

@@ -2183,9 +2183,13 @@
       <p class="small muted" id="mobile-queue-next-heading">Start / Continue</p>
       <button id="mobile-queue-next-action" type="button">Find Work</button>
     </section>
+    <p id="mobile-recent-work-status" role="status" aria-live="polite" class="small"></p>
+    <section class="mobile-queue-group" id="mobile-pinned-work" aria-labelledby="mobile-pinned-work-heading" hidden>
+      <h3 id="mobile-pinned-work-heading">Pinned work</h3>
+      <div class="mobile-queue-list" id="mobile-pinned-work-list"></div>
+    </section>
     <section class="mobile-queue-group" id="mobile-recent-work" aria-labelledby="mobile-recent-work-heading" hidden>
       <h3 id="mobile-recent-work-heading">Recent work</h3>
-      <p id="mobile-recent-work-status" role="status" aria-live="polite" class="small"></p>
       <div class="mobile-queue-list" id="mobile-recent-work-list"></div>
     </section>
     <details class="mobile-queue-priority" id="mobile-queue-priority">

frontend/mobile-recent-work.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   const getLogin = options.getLogin;
   const fetchJson = options.fetchJson;
   const limit = Math.max(1, Number(options.limit) || 5);
+  const pinnedLimit = Math.max(1, Number(options.pinnedLimit) || 20);
   const prefix = 'stackchain.mobile-recent-work.v1.';
   const repositoryPattern = /^[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+\/[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+$/;
   const kinds = new Set(['issue', 'filed', 'pull', 'review', 'update']);
@@ -45,29 +46,51 @@
     return {kind, ...(repository ? {repository} : {}), number, title, route};
   }
 
-  function normalizeList(value) {
+  function normalizeList(value, maximum = limit) {
     if (!Array.isArray(value)) return [];
     const unique = [];
     for (const candidate of value) {
       const item = normalize(candidate);
       if (item && !unique.some(existing => existing.route === item.route)) unique.push(item);
-      if (unique.length === limit) break;
+      if (unique.length === maximum) break;
     }
     return unique;
   }
 
+  function normalizePinOps(value) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(value)) return [];
+    const unique = [];
+    for (const candidate of value) {
+      const action = candidate?.action;
+      const item = action === 'pin' ? normalize(candidate.item) : null;
+      const route = action === 'pin' ? item?.route : String(candidate?.route || '');
+      if ((action !== 'pin' && action !== 'unpin') || !route || (action === 'pin' && !item)) continue;
+      if (!unique.some(existing => (existing.item?.route || existing.route) === route)) {
+        unique.push(action === 'pin' ? {action, item} : {action, route});
+      }
+      if (unique.length === pinnedLimit) break;
+    }
+    return unique;
+  }
+
+  function empty() {
+    return {items:[], pinned:[], pending:[], pinOps:[]};
+  }
+
   function read() {
     const storageKey = key();
-    if (!storageKey) return {items:[], pending:[]};
+    if (!storageKey) return empty();
     try {
       const parsed = JSON.parse(storage.getItem(storageKey) || 'null');
-      if (Array.isArray(parsed)) return {items:normalizeList(parsed), pending:[]};
+      if (Array.isArray(parsed)) return {...empty(), items:normalizeList(parsed)};
       return {
         items:normalizeList(parsed?.items),
+        pinned:normalizeList(parsed?.pinned, pinnedLimit),
         pending:normalizeList(parsed?.pending),
+        pinOps:normalizePinOps(parsed?.pinOps),
       };
     } catch (_) {
-      return {items:[], pending:[]};
+      return empty();
     }
   }
 
@@ -75,7 +98,10 @@
     if (!accountKey || accountKey !== key()) return false;
     try {
       storage.setItem(accountKey, JSON.stringify({
-        items:normalizeList(value.items), pending:normalizeList(value.pending),
+        items:normalizeList(value.items),
+        pinned:normalizeList(value.pinned, pinnedLimit),
+        pending:normalizeList(value.pending),
+        pinOps:normalizePinOps(value.pinOps),
       }));
       return true;
     } catch (_) {
@@ -83,18 +109,27 @@
     }
   }
 
+  function hasPending(value) {
+    return value.pending.length > 0 || value.pinOps.length > 0;
+  }
+
   function announce(value = read(), status = null) {
     if (!options.status) return;
-    options.status.textContent = status || (value.pending.length ? 'Sync pending.' : '');
+    options.status.textContent = status || (hasPending(value) ? 'Sync pending.' : '');
   }
 
   function items() {
     return read().items;
   }
 
+  function pinned() {
+    return read().pinned;
+  }
+
   function state() {
     const value = read();
-    return {pending:value.pending.length > 0, pendingCount:value.pending.length};
+    const pendingCount = value.pending.length + value.pinOps.length;
+    return {pending:pendingCount > 0, pendingCount};
   }
 
   function scheduleSync() {
@@ -113,6 +148,7 @@
     if (!accountKey || !normalized) return false;
     const current = read();
     current.items = [normalized, ...current.items.filter(existing => existing.route !== normalized.route)].slice(0, limit);
+    current.pinned = current.pinned.map(existing => existing.route === normalized.route ? normalized : existing);
     current.pending = [normalized, ...current.pending.filter(existing => existing.route !== normalized.route)].slice(0, limit);
     if (!persist(current, accountKey)) return false;
     announce(current);
@@ -121,13 +157,62 @@
     return true;
   }
 
-  function adopt(snapshot, accountKey, pending = []) {
+  function queuePinOp(current, operation) {
+    const route = operation.item?.route || operation.route;
+    current.pinOps = [operation, ...current.pinOps.filter(existing => (existing.item?.route || existing.route) !== route)];
+  }
+
+  function pin(item) {
+    const accountKey = key();
+    const normalized = normalize(item);
+    if (!accountKey || !normalized) return false;
+    const current = read();
+    current.pinned = [normalized, ...current.pinned.filter(existing => existing.route !== normalized.route)].slice(0, pinnedLimit);
+    queuePinOp(current, {action:'pin', item:normalized});
+    if (!persist(current, accountKey)) return false;
+    announce(current);
+    render();
+    scheduleSync();
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  function unpin(route) {
+    const accountKey = key();
+    route = String(route || '');
+    if (!accountKey || !route) return false;
+    const current = read();
+    if (!current.pinned.some(item => item.route === route)) return false;
+    current.pinned = current.pinned.filter(item => item.route !== route);
+    queuePinOp(current, {action:'unpin', route});
+    if (!persist(current, accountKey)) return false;
+    announce(current);
+    render();
+    scheduleSync();
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  function applyPinOps(remote, operations) {
+    let result = normalizeList(remote, pinnedLimit);
+    for (const operation of [...normalizePinOps(operations)].reverse()) {
+      const route = operation.item?.route || operation.route;
+      result = operation.action === 'pin'
+        ? [operation.item, ...result.filter(item => item.route !== route)].slice(0, pinnedLimit)
+        : result.filter(item => item.route !== route);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  function adopt(snapshot, accountKey, pending = [], pinOps = []) {
     if (key() !== accountKey || !snapshot || !Array.isArray(snapshot.items)) return false;
     const remote = normalizeList(snapshot.items);
+    const remotePinned = normalizeList(snapshot.pinned, pinnedLimit);
     const unsent = normalizeList(pending);
+    const unsentPinOps = normalizePinOps(pinOps);
     const value = {
       items:normalizeList([...unsent, ...remote]),
+      pinned:applyPinOps(remotePinned, unsentPinOps),
       pending:unsent,
+      pinOps:unsentPinOps,
     };
     persist(value, accountKey);
     announce(value);
@@ -138,17 +223,36 @@
   async function drain(accountKey) {
     while (key() === accountKey) {
       const current = read();
-      if (!current.pending.length) return current;
+      if (!hasPending(current)) return current;
       const sending = current.pending[current.pending.length - 1];
+      const pinOperation = sending ? null : current.pinOps[current.pinOps.length - 1];
       announce(current, 'Syncing recent work…');
       try {
-        const snapshot = await fetchJson('api/v1/recent-work', {
+        let snapshot;
-          method:'POST', headers:{'Content-Type':'application/json'}, body:JSON.stringify(sending),
+        if (sending) {
-        });
+          snapshot = await fetchJson('api/v1/recent-work', {
+            method:'POST', headers:{'Content-Type':'application/json'}, body:JSON.stringify(sending),
+          });
+        } else {
+          const isPin = pinOperation.action === 'pin';
+          snapshot = await fetchJson('api/v1/recent-work/pin', {
+            method:isPin ? 'PUT' : 'DELETE',
+            headers:{'Content-Type':'application/json'},
+            body:JSON.stringify(isPin ? pinOperation.item : {route:pinOperation.route}),
+          });
+        }
         if (key() !== accountKey) return read();
         const latest = read();
-        const pending = latest.pending.filter(item => item.route !== sending.route);
+        const pending = sending
-        if (!adopt(snapshot, accountKey, pending)) throw new Error('Recent work response is invalid.');
+          ? latest.pending.filter(item => item.route !== sending.route)
+          : latest.pending;
+        const pinOps = pinOperation
+          ? latest.pinOps.filter(operation => {
+            const sameRoute = (operation.item?.route || operation.route) === (pinOperation.item?.route || pinOperation.route);
+            return !sameRoute || operation.action !== pinOperation.action;
+          })
+          : latest.pinOps;
+        if (!adopt(snapshot, accountKey, pending, pinOps)) throw new Error('Recent work response is invalid.');
       } catch (_error) {
         if (key() === accountKey) announce(read());
         return read();
@@ -160,7 +264,7 @@
   function sync() {
     if (debounceTimer) { clearTimer(debounceTimer); debounceTimer = null; }
     const accountKey = key();
-    if (!fetchJson || !accountKey || !read().pending.length) return Promise.resolve(read());
+    if (!fetchJson || !accountKey || !hasPending(read())) return Promise.resolve(read());
     if (syncFlight && syncAccount === accountKey) return syncFlight;
     syncAccount = accountKey;
     syncFlight = drain(accountKey).finally(() => {
@@ -176,16 +280,16 @@
       const snapshot = await fetchJson('api/v1/recent-work');
       if (key() !== accountKey) return read();
       const current = read();
-      adopt(snapshot, accountKey, current.pending);
+      adopt(snapshot, accountKey, current.pending, current.pinOps);
-      return current.pending.length ? sync() : read();
+      return hasPending(current) ? sync() : read();
     } catch (_error) {
-      if (key() === accountKey) announce(read(), read().pending.length ? null : 'Recent work could not sync.');
+      if (key() === accountKey) announce(read(), hasPending(read()) ? null : 'Recent work could not sync.');
       return read();
     }
   }
 
   function startLifecycle(lifecycle = {}) {
-    const reconcile = () => read().pending.length ? sync() : load();
+    const reconcile = () => hasPending(read()) ? sync() : load();
     lifecycle.window?.addEventListener?.('online', () => { void reconcile(); });
     lifecycle.document?.addEventListener?.('visibilitychange', () => {
       if (!lifecycle.document.hidden) void reconcile();
@@ -193,34 +297,57 @@
     return reconcile;
   }
 
-  function render() {
+  function detail(item) {
-    const recent = items();
+    return item.kind === 'update'
-    const list = options.list;
+      ? 'Update · #' + item.number
-    const section = options.section;
+      : item.kind.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + item.kind.slice(1) + ' · ' + item.repository + ' #' + item.number;
-    if (!list || !section || !options.document) return recent.length;
-    const rows = recent.map(item => {
-      const detail = item.kind === 'update'
-        ? 'Update · #' + item.number
-        : item.kind.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + item.kind.slice(1) + ' · ' + item.repository + ' #' + item.number;
-      const button = options.document.createElement('button');
-      const copy = options.document.createElement('span');
-      const primary = options.document.createElement('strong');
-      const secondary = options.document.createElement('small');
-      primary.textContent = item.title;
-      secondary.textContent = detail;
-      copy.appendChild(primary);
-      copy.appendChild(secondary);
-      button.appendChild(copy);
-      button.setAttribute('type', 'button');
-      button.setAttribute('data-recent-work-route', item.route);
-      button.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Open ' + item.title + ', ' + detail.toLowerCase().replace(' · ', ' '));
-      button.addEventListener('click', () => options.openRoute?.(item.route));
-      return button;
-    });
-    list.replaceChildren(...rows);
-    section.hidden = rows.length === 0;
-    return rows.length;
   }
 
-  return {items, record, render, load, sync, startLifecycle, state};
+  function row(item, isPinned) {
+    const itemDetail = detail(item);
+    const wrapper = options.document.createElement('div');
+    const button = options.document.createElement('button');
+    const action = options.document.createElement('button');
+    const copy = options.document.createElement('span');
+    const primary = options.document.createElement('strong');
+    const secondary = options.document.createElement('small');
+    wrapper.setAttribute('class', 'mobile-recent-work-row');
+    primary.textContent = item.title;
+    secondary.textContent = itemDetail;
+    copy.appendChild(primary);
+    copy.appendChild(secondary);
+    button.appendChild(copy);
+    button.setAttribute('type', 'button');
+    button.setAttribute('data-recent-work-route', item.route);
+    button.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Open ' + item.title + ', ' + itemDetail.toLowerCase().replace(' · ', ' '));
+    button.addEventListener('click', () => options.openRoute?.(item.route));
+    action.textContent = isPinned ? 'Unpin' : 'Pin';
+    action.setAttribute('type', 'button');
+    action.setAttribute('data-recent-work-pin', isPinned ? 'unpin' : 'pin');
+    action.setAttribute('aria-label', (isPinned ? 'Unpin ' : 'Pin ') + item.title);
+    action.addEventListener('click', () => isPinned ? unpin(item.route) : pin(item));
+    wrapper.appendChild(button);
+    wrapper.appendChild(action);
+    return wrapper;
+  }
+
+  function render() {
+    const recent = items();
+    const fixed = pinned();
+    const list = options.list;
+    const section = options.section;
+    if (list && section && options.document) {
+      const rows = recent.map(item => row(item, false));
+      list.replaceChildren(...rows);
+      section.hidden = rows.length === 0;
+    }
+    if (options.pinnedList && options.pinnedSection && options.document) {
+      const rows = fixed.map(item => row(item, true));
+      options.pinnedList.replaceChildren(...rows);
+      options.pinnedSection.hidden = rows.length === 0;
+    }
+    return recent.length + fixed.length;
+  }
+
+  return {items, pinned, record, pin, unpin, render, load, sync, startLifecycle, state};
 });

src/main.py

@@ -980,6 +980,10 @@ class RecentWorkItem(BaseModel):
     route: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=300)
 
 
+class RecentWorkRoute(BaseModel):
+    route: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=300)
+
+
 class CompletedFiledReviewReceipt(BaseModel):
     repository: str = Field(
         min_length=3,
@@ -3468,6 +3472,40 @@ async def record_recent_work(payload: RecentWorkItem):
         )
 
 
+@app.put("/api/v1/recent-work/pin")
+async def pin_recent_work(payload: RecentWorkItem):
+    login = await _confirmed_login()
+    try:
+        return await asyncio.to_thread(
+            _recent_work_store().pin, login, payload.model_dump()
+        )
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail=str(exc))
+    except (OSError, sqlite3.Error, PrivateStateEncryptionError):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=503,
+            detail="Recent work synchronization is unavailable",
+            headers={"Retry-After": "1"},
+        )
+
+
+@app.delete("/api/v1/recent-work/pin")
+async def unpin_recent_work(payload: RecentWorkRoute):
+    login = await _confirmed_login()
+    try:
+        return await asyncio.to_thread(
+            _recent_work_store().unpin, login, payload.route
+        )
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail=str(exc))
+    except (OSError, sqlite3.Error, PrivateStateEncryptionError):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=503,
+            detail="Recent work synchronization is unavailable",
+            headers={"Retry-After": "1"},
+        )
+
+
 @app.get("/api/v1/unfiled-drafts")
 async def get_unfiled_drafts(response: Response):
     login = await _confirmed_login()

src/recent_work_store.py

@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ class RecentWorkStore:
         timeout: float = 1.0,
         encryption_key: bytes | None = None,
         limit: int = 5,
+        pinned_limit: int = 20,
     ):
         self.path = Path(path)
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.limit = max(1, int(limit))
+        self.pinned_limit = max(1, int(pinned_limit))
         self._cipher = PrivateStateCipher(
             encryption_key if encryption_key is not None else private_state_encryption_config(),
             store="recent-work",
@@ -86,30 +88,47 @@ class RecentWorkStore:
             raise ValueError("recent work item is invalid")
         return normalized
 
-    def _items(self, row, login: str) -> tuple[list[dict], bool]:
+    def _state(self, row, login: str) -> tuple[dict, bool]:
         if row is None:
-            return [], False
+            return {"items": [], "pinned": []}, False
         payload, legacy = self._cipher.open(row[0], binding=f"items:{login}")
-        if not isinstance(payload, list):
+        if isinstance(payload, list):
+            payload = {"items": payload, "pinned": []}
+            legacy = True
+        if not isinstance(payload, dict) or not isinstance(payload.get("items"), list) or not isinstance(payload.get("pinned"), list):
             raise PrivateStateEncryptionError("private state could not be decrypted")
         try:
-            return [self._normalize(item) for item in payload][: self.limit], legacy
+            items = [self._normalize(item) for item in payload["items"]][: self.limit]
+            pinned = [self._normalize(item) for item in payload["pinned"]][: self.pinned_limit]
+            if len({item["route"] for item in pinned}) != len(pinned):
+                raise ValueError("recent work item is invalid")
+            return {"items": items, "pinned": pinned}, legacy
         except ValueError as error:
             raise PrivateStateEncryptionError("private state could not be decrypted") from error
 
+    def _seal(self, state: dict, login: str) -> str:
+        return self._cipher.seal(state, binding=f"items:{login}")
+
+    def _write(self, connection: sqlite3.Connection, login: str, state: dict) -> None:
+        connection.execute(
+            "INSERT INTO recent_work(login, items) VALUES (?, ?) "
+            "ON CONFLICT(login) DO UPDATE SET items=excluded.items",
+            (login, self._seal(state, login)),
+        )
+
     def get(self, login: str) -> dict:
         login = self._login(login)
         with self._connect() as connection:
             row = connection.execute(
                 "SELECT items FROM recent_work WHERE login = ?", (login,)
             ).fetchone()
-            items, legacy = self._items(row, login)
+            state, legacy = self._state(row, login)
             if row is not None and legacy:
                 connection.execute(
                     "UPDATE recent_work SET items = ? WHERE login = ? AND items = ?",
-                    (self._cipher.seal(items, binding=f"items:{login}"), login, row[0]),
+                    (self._seal(state, login), login, row[0]),
                 )
-        return {"items": items}
+        return state
 
     def record(self, login: str, item: dict) -> dict:
         login = self._login(login)
@@ -119,13 +138,41 @@ class RecentWorkStore:
             row = connection.execute(
                 "SELECT items FROM recent_work WHERE login = ?", (login,)
             ).fetchone()
-            current, _legacy = self._items(row, login)
+            state, _legacy = self._state(row, login)
-            items = [normalized, *(entry for entry in current if entry["route"] != normalized["route"])]
+            state["items"] = [normalized, *(entry for entry in state["items"] if entry["route"] != normalized["route"])][: self.limit]
-            items = items[: self.limit]
+            state["pinned"] = [
-            sealed = self._cipher.seal(items, binding=f"items:{login}")
+                normalized if entry["route"] == normalized["route"] else entry
-            connection.execute(
+                for entry in state["pinned"]
-                "INSERT INTO recent_work(login, items) VALUES (?, ?) "
+            ]
-                "ON CONFLICT(login) DO UPDATE SET items=excluded.items",
+            self._write(connection, login, state)
-                (login, sealed),
+        return state
-            )
+
-        return {"items": items}
+    def pin(self, login: str, item: dict) -> dict:
+        login = self._login(login)
+        normalized = self._normalize(item)
+        with self._connect() as connection:
+            connection.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
+            row = connection.execute(
+                "SELECT items FROM recent_work WHERE login = ?", (login,)
+            ).fetchone()
+            state, _legacy = self._state(row, login)
+            state["pinned"] = [
+                normalized,
+                *(entry for entry in state["pinned"] if entry["route"] != normalized["route"]),
+            ][: self.pinned_limit]
+            self._write(connection, login, state)
+        return state
+
+    def unpin(self, login: str, route: str) -> dict:
+        login = self._login(login)
+        if not isinstance(route, str) or not route:
+            raise ValueError("recent work route is invalid")
+        with self._connect() as connection:
+            connection.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
+            row = connection.execute(
+                "SELECT items FROM recent_work WHERE login = ?", (login,)
+            ).fetchone()
+            state, _legacy = self._state(row, login)
+            state["pinned"] = [entry for entry in state["pinned"] if entry["route"] != route]
+            self._write(connection, login, state)
+        return state

tests/e2e/test_mobile_pinned_work_release.py

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+if os.getenv("STACKCHAIN_RUN_RELEASE_E2E") != "1":
+    pytest.skip("packaged pinned-work journey runs only in its gated CI job", allow_module_level=True)
+pytest.importorskip("playwright.sync_api")
+from playwright.sync_api import expect, sync_playwright
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).parents[2]
+FRONTEND = ROOT / "frontend"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("viewport", [
+    {"width": 320, "height": 568},
+    {"width": 390, "height": 844},
+])
+def test_operator_pins_and_reopens_frequent_work_without_phone_overflow(viewport):
+    with sync_playwright() as playwright:
+        browser = playwright.chromium.launch(headless=True)
+        page = browser.new_page(viewport=viewport)
+        page.set_content((FRONTEND / "index.html").read_text())
+        page.add_style_tag(path=FRONTEND / "dashboard.css")
+        page.add_script_tag(path=FRONTEND / "mobile-recent-work.js")
+        page.evaluate("""() => {
+          const values = new Map();
+          const storage = {
+            getItem:key => values.get(key) || null,
+            setItem:(key, value) => values.set(key, value),
+          };
+          const item = {
+            kind:'issue', repository:'stackchain/stackchain-dashboard', number:1477,
+            title:'Pin frequent work across signed-in mobile devices',
+          };
+          window.opened = [];
+          window.recentWork = createMobileRecentWork({
+            storage, getLogin:() => 'timmy', document,
+            section:document.querySelector('#mobile-recent-work'),
+            list:document.querySelector('#mobile-recent-work-list'),
+            pinnedSection:document.querySelector('#mobile-pinned-work'),
+            pinnedList:document.querySelector('#mobile-pinned-work-list'),
+            status:document.querySelector('#mobile-recent-work-status'),
+            openRoute:route => window.opened.push(route),
+          });
+          window.recentWork.record(item);
+          window.recentWork.pin(item);
+          document.querySelector('#mobile-queue-sheet').showModal();
+        }""")
+
+        expect(page.locator("#mobile-pinned-work")).to_be_visible()
+        expect(page.locator("#mobile-recent-work")).to_be_visible()
+        expect(page.locator("#mobile-recent-work-status")).to_have_text("Sync pending.")
+        open_button = page.get_by_role(
+            "button", name="Open Pin frequent work across signed-in mobile devices, issue stackchain/stackchain-dashboard #1477"
+        ).first
+        pin_button = page.get_by_role(
+            "button", name="Unpin Pin frequent work across signed-in mobile devices"
+        )
+        for control in (open_button, pin_button):
+            bounds = control.bounding_box()
+            assert bounds and bounds["height"] >= 44
+            assert bounds["x"] >= 0 and bounds["x"] + bounds["width"] <= viewport["width"]
+        assert page.evaluate("document.documentElement.scrollWidth <= window.innerWidth")
+
+        open_button.focus()
+        open_button.press("Enter")
+        assert page.evaluate("window.opened") == [
+            "#/my-work/issue/stackchain/stackchain-dashboard/1477"
+        ]
+        browser.close()

tests/test_mobile_recent_work.py

@@ -93,13 +93,14 @@ const recent=createRecentWork({{
   openRoute:route=>opened.push(route),
 }});
 const rendered=recent.render();
-list.children[1].click();
+list.children[1].children[0].click();
 process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{
-  rendered,hidden:section.hidden,rows:list.children.map(button=>({{
+  rendered,hidden:section.hidden,rows:list.children.map(row=>{{const button=row.children[0];return ({{
     label:button.attributes['aria-label'],route:button.attributes['data-recent-work-route'],
     primary:button.children[0].children[0].textContent,
     secondary:button.children[0].children[1].textContent,
-  }})),opened,
+    pin:row.children[1].attributes['data-recent-work-pin'],
+  }});}}),opened,
 }}));
 """
     payload = run_node(script)
@@ -113,12 +114,14 @@ process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{
                 "route": "#/my-work/issue/stackchain/dashboard/7",
                 "primary": "Fix mobile queue",
                 "secondary": "Issue · stackchain/dashboard #7",
+                "pin": "pin",
             },
             {
                 "label": "Open Review release status, update #42",
                 "route": "#/my-work/update/42",
                 "primary": "Review release status",
                 "secondary": "Update · #42",
+                "pin": "pin",
             },
         ],
         "opened": ["#/my-work/update/42"],
@@ -156,6 +159,73 @@ process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{immediate,settled:recent.items(),status:st
     assert payload["calls"] == [["api/v1/recent-work", "POST"]]
 
 
+def test_recent_work_pins_offline_first_syncs_and_renders_separate_touch_actions():
+    script = f"""
+const createRecentWork = require({json.dumps(str(RECENT_WORK))});
+(async()=>{{
+const item={{kind:'issue',repository:'stackchain/dashboard',number:1477,title:'Pin frequent work',route:'#/my-work/issue/stackchain/dashboard/1477'}};
+const storageKey='stackchain.mobile-recent-work.v1.alice';
+const values=new Map([[storageKey,JSON.stringify({{items:[item],pinned:[],pending:[],pinOps:[]}})]]);
+const status={{textContent:''}}; const calls=[]; const opened=[];
+function node(tag) {{
+  return {{tag,children:[],attributes:{{}},listeners:{{}},hidden:false,textContent:'',
+    appendChild(child){{this.children.push(child);return child;}},
+    replaceChildren(...children){{this.children=children;}},
+    setAttribute(name,value){{this.attributes[name]=String(value);}},
+    addEventListener(name,callback){{this.listeners[name]=callback;}},
+    click(){{this.listeners.click?.();}}, focus(){{this.focused=true;}},
+  }};
+}}
+const recentList=node('div'); const recentSection=node('section');
+const pinnedList=node('div'); const pinnedSection=node('section');
+let remote={{items:[item],pinned:[]}};
+const recent=createRecentWork({{
+  storage:{{getItem:key=>values.get(key)||null,setItem:(key,value)=>values.set(key,value)}},
+  getLogin:()=>'alice',status,debounceMs:99999,document:{{createElement:node}},
+  list:recentList,section:recentSection,pinnedList,pinnedSection,
+  openRoute:route=>opened.push(route),
+  fetchJson:async (url,options={{}})=>{{
+    calls.push([url,options.method||'GET',JSON.parse(options.body||'null')]);
+    if (options.method==='PUT') remote={{items:[item],pinned:[item]}};
+    if (options.method==='DELETE') remote={{items:[item],pinned:[]}};
+    return remote;
+  }},
+}});
+const pinnedImmediately=recent.pin(item);
+recent.render();
+const immediate={{pinned:recent.pinned(),status:status.textContent,recentHidden:recentSection.hidden,pinnedHidden:pinnedSection.hidden,
+  recentActions:recentList.children[0].children.map(child=>child.attributes),
+  pinnedActions:pinnedList.children[0].children.map(child=>child.attributes)}};
+await recent.sync();
+pinnedList.children[0].children[0].click();
+const unpinnedImmediately=recent.unpin(item.route);
+await recent.sync();
+process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{pinnedImmediately,immediate,opened,unpinnedImmediately,settled:recent.pinned(),calls}}));
+}})().catch(error=>{{console.error(error);process.exit(1);}});
+"""
+    payload = run_node(script)
+
+    assert payload["pinnedImmediately"] is True
+    assert payload["immediate"]["pinned"][0]["number"] == 1477
+    assert payload["immediate"]["status"] == "Sync pending."
+    assert payload["immediate"]["recentHidden"] is False
+    assert payload["immediate"]["pinnedHidden"] is False
+    assert payload["immediate"]["recentActions"][0]["data-recent-work-route"].endswith("/1477")
+    assert payload["immediate"]["recentActions"][1]["data-recent-work-pin"] == "pin"
+    assert payload["immediate"]["pinnedActions"][1]["data-recent-work-pin"] == "unpin"
+    assert payload["opened"] == ["#/my-work/issue/stackchain/dashboard/1477"]
+    assert payload["unpinnedImmediately"] is True
+    assert payload["settled"] == []
+    assert payload["calls"] == [
+        ["api/v1/recent-work/pin", "PUT", payload["immediate"]["pinned"][0]],
+        [
+            "api/v1/recent-work/pin",
+            "DELETE",
+            {"route": "#/my-work/issue/stackchain/dashboard/1477"},
+        ],
+    ]
+
+
 def test_mobile_queues_integrates_recent_work_with_canonical_detail_routes():
     html = INDEX.read_text()
     dashboard = DASHBOARD.read_text()
@@ -163,15 +233,21 @@ def test_mobile_queues_integrates_recent_work_with_canonical_detail_routes():
 
     assert 'id="mobile-recent-work"' in html
     assert 'id="mobile-recent-work-list"' in html
+    assert 'id="mobile-pinned-work"' in html
+    assert 'id="mobile-pinned-work-list"' in html
     assert 'id="mobile-recent-work-status" role="status" aria-live="polite"' in html
     assert '<script src="static/mobile-recent-work.js"></script>' in html
     assert "createMobileRecentWork({" in dashboard
     assert "fetchJson:fetchReviewJson" in dashboard
     assert "status:qs('#mobile-recent-work-status')" in dashboard
+    assert "pinnedList:qs('#mobile-pinned-work-list')" in dashboard
+    assert "pinnedSection:qs('#mobile-pinned-work')" in dashboard
     assert "mobileRecentWork.startLifecycle({window, document})" in dashboard
     assert "void mobileRecentWork.load();" in dashboard
     assert "mobileRecentWork.record(item)" in dashboard
     assert "mobileRecentWork.render()" in dashboard
     assert "workRoute.sync()" in dashboard
     assert "[data-recent-work-route]" in css
-    assert "min-height:56px" in css
+    assert "[data-recent-work-pin]" in css
+    assert "min-height:44px" in css
+    assert "min-width:0" in css

tests/test_recent_work_api.py

@@ -47,7 +47,60 @@ async def test_recent_work_api_is_authenticated_csrf_protected_no_store_and_acco
 
     assert forbidden.status_code == 403
     assert saved.status_code == 200
-    assert saved.json() == {"items": [entry]}
+    assert saved.json() == {"items": [entry], "pinned": []}
     assert fetched.json() == saved.json()
     assert fetched.headers["cache-control"] == "no-store"
-    assert other_account.json() == {"items": []}
+    assert other_account.json() == {"items": [], "pinned": []}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_recent_work_pin_api_is_csrf_protected_and_account_scoped(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("STACKCHAIN_DASHBOARD_AUTH_MODE", "operator")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("STACKCHAIN_DASHBOARD_ACCESS_TOKEN", "correct horse battery staple")
+    monkeypatch.setenv(
+        "STACKCHAIN_DASHBOARD_SESSION_SECRET",
+        "a-separate-session-signing-secret-with-enough-entropy",
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setenv("STACKCHAIN_SESSION_DB", str(tmp_path / "sessions.sqlite3"))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("STACKCHAIN_LOGIN_ATTEMPT_DB", str(tmp_path / "login.sqlite3"))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("STACKCHAIN_RECENT_WORK_DB", str(tmp_path / "recent-work.sqlite3"))
+    active_login = "Timmy"
+
+    async def user():
+        return {"id": 1, "login": active_login}
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "current_user", user)
+    entry = {
+        "kind": "pull",
+        "repository": "stackchain/dashboard",
+        "number": 1476,
+        "title": "Sync recent work",
+        "route": "#/my-work/pull/stackchain/dashboard/1476",
+    }
+    transport = httpx.ASGITransport(app=main.app)
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=transport, base_url="https://test") as client:
+        await client.post(
+            "/api/v1/session", json={"access_token": "correct horse battery staple"}
+        )
+        forbidden = await client.put("/api/v1/recent-work/pin", json=entry)
+        headers = {
+            "Origin": "https://test",
+            "X-CSRF-Token": client.cookies["stackchain_csrf"],
+        }
+        pinned = await client.put("/api/v1/recent-work/pin", json=entry, headers=headers)
+        active_login = "Alexander"
+        isolated = await client.get("/api/v1/recent-work")
+        active_login = "Timmy"
+        unpinned = await client.request(
+            "DELETE",
+            "/api/v1/recent-work/pin",
+            json={"route": entry["route"]},
+            headers=headers,
+        )
+
+    assert forbidden.status_code == 403
+    assert pinned.status_code == 200
+    assert pinned.json() == {"items": [], "pinned": [entry]}
+    assert isolated.json() == {"items": [], "pinned": []}
+    assert unpinned.status_code == 200
+    assert unpinned.json() == {"items": [], "pinned": []}

tests/test_recent_work_store.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def test_recent_work_is_encrypted_account_scoped_deduplicated_and_bounded(tmp_pa
 
     assert [entry["number"] for entry in expected["items"]] == [3, 6, 5, 4, 2]
     assert RecentWorkStore(database, encryption_key=b"r" * 32).get("timmy") == expected
-    assert store.get("alexander") == {"items": []}
+    assert store.get("alexander") == {"items": [], "pinned": []}
     with sqlite3.connect(database) as connection:
         payload = connection.execute(
             "SELECT items FROM recent_work WHERE login = 'timmy'"
@@ -33,6 +33,33 @@ def test_recent_work_is_encrypted_account_scoped_deduplicated_and_bounded(tmp_pa
     assert "#/my-work/issue" not in payload
 
 
+def test_pinned_work_survives_recent_limit_and_unpin_keeps_recent_item(tmp_path):
+    database = tmp_path / "recent-work.sqlite3"
+    store = RecentWorkStore(database, encryption_key=b"r" * 32, limit=5)
+
+    store.record("timmy", item(1))
+    pinned = store.pin("timmy", item(1))
+    for number in range(2, 8):
+        store.record("timmy", item(number))
+
+    assert pinned["pinned"] == [item(1)]
+    assert [entry["number"] for entry in store.get("timmy")["items"]] == [7, 6, 5, 4, 3]
+    assert store.get("timmy")["pinned"] == [item(1)]
+    assert store.get("alexander") == {"items": [], "pinned": []}
+
+    store.record("timmy", item(1, title="Issue 1 current"))
+    unpinned = store.unpin("timmy", item(1)["route"])
+
+    assert unpinned["pinned"] == []
+    assert unpinned["items"][0] == item(1, title="Issue 1 current")
+    with sqlite3.connect(database) as connection:
+        payload = connection.execute(
+            "SELECT items FROM recent_work WHERE login = 'timmy'"
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+    assert "Issue 1" not in payload
+    assert "#/my-work/issue" not in payload
+
+
 def test_recent_work_rejects_noncanonical_or_unsupported_items(tmp_path):
     store = RecentWorkStore(tmp_path / "recent-work.sqlite3", encryption_key=b"r" * 32)