frontend/index.html

@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
 .my-work-card:hover { border-color:var(--accent); }
 .my-work-card-title { display:block; margin:5px 0; font-weight:650; }
 .mark-update-read { min-height:44px; width:100%; }
+.load-more-notifications { min-height:44px; width:100%; margin-top:10px; }
+.load-more-notifications[hidden] { display:none; }
 .my-work-bulk { position:sticky; bottom:0; z-index:4; margin:10px -4px -12px; padding:10px 4px; padding-bottom:calc(10px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); background:rgba(11,21,38,.98); border-top:1px solid #2a496e; }
 .my-work-bulk button { min-height:44px; width:100%; }
 .my-work[data-stale="true"] { border-color:#fcd34d; }
@@ -141,6 +143,8 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="my-work-list" id="my-work-list"></div>
+    <div class="small" id="notification-page-status" aria-live="polite"></div>
+    <button class="load-more-notifications" id="load-more-notifications" type="button" hidden>Load older updates</button>
     <div class="small" id="my-work-action-status" aria-live="assertive"></div>
     <div class="my-work-bulk" id="bulk-mark-read-bar" hidden>
       <button id="bulk-mark-read" type="button"></button>
@@ -318,6 +322,8 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
   }
   let lastMyWork = [];
   let lastNotifications = [];
+  let lastContextSnapshot = null;
+  let notificationPagination = { page: 1, total: 0, has_more: false };
   let hasContextSnapshot = false;
   let selectedReview = null;
   let reviewTrigger = null;
@@ -367,6 +373,15 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
     return payload;
   }
 
+  async function fetchNotificationPage(page) {
+    const response = await fetch('api/v1/notifications?page=' + encodeURIComponent(page), {
+      headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
+    });
+    const payload = await response.json().catch(() => ({}));
+    if (!response.ok) throw new Error(payload.error || 'Loading unread updates failed.');
+    return payload;
+  }
+
   const notificationAcknowledger = createNotificationAcknowledger({
     markRead: markNotificationRead,
     onItems: items => {
@@ -383,10 +398,30 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
     },
     onStatus: message => { qs('#my-work-action-status').textContent = message; },
   });
+  const notificationPager = createNotificationPager({
+    load: fetchNotificationPage,
+    onNotifications: items => {
+      lastNotifications = items;
+      if (lastContextSnapshot) {
+        lastContextSnapshot.notifications = lastNotifications;
+        paintMyWork(lastContextSnapshot);
+      }
+    },
+    onPagination: pagination => {
+      notificationPagination = pagination;
+      const loaded = Math.min(pagination.total, pagination.page * 50);
+      qs('#notification-page-status').textContent = pagination.total ?
+        loaded + ' of ' + pagination.total + ' unread updates loaded.' : '';
+      qs('#load-more-notifications').hidden =
+        selectedWorkFilter !== 'update' || !pagination.has_more;
+    },
+    onStatus: message => { qs('#my-work-action-status').textContent = message; },
+  });
 
   function renderContextSnapshot(data) {
     liveMode = true;
     hasContextSnapshot = true;
+    lastContextSnapshot = data;
     if (data.error && lastMyWork.length) markMyWorkStale();
     else paintMyWork(data);
     qs('#context').innerHTML = '<div class="kv"><div class="label">User</div><div class="value">' + escapeHtml(data.user?.full_name || data.user?.login || '—') + '</div>' +
@@ -476,14 +511,20 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
         }
       });
     });
-    const ids = notificationIds(visible);
+    const allIds = notificationIds(visible);
+    const ids = allIds.slice(0, Math.min(lastNotifications.length, 50));
     const bulkBar = qs('#bulk-mark-read-bar');
     const bulkButton = qs('#bulk-mark-read');
     bulkBar.hidden = selectedWorkFilter !== 'update' || ids.length === 0;
+    qs('#load-more-notifications').hidden =
+      selectedWorkFilter !== 'update' || !notificationPagination.has_more;
     bulkButton.disabled = bulkMarkPending;
+    const bulkLabel = allIds.length > ids.length ?
+      'next ' + ids.length + ' of ' + allIds.length + ' loaded updates' :
+      'all ' + ids.length + ' updates';
     bulkButton.textContent = bulkConfirmationPending ?
-      'Confirm marking ' + ids.length + ' updates read' :
-      'Mark all ' + ids.length + ' updates read';
+      'Confirm marking ' + bulkLabel + ' read' :
+      'Mark ' + bulkLabel + ' read';
   }
 
   function reviewFileElement(filename) {
@@ -645,7 +686,24 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
 
   function renderLiveSnapshot(snapshot) {
     const notificationsFresh = Array.isArray(snapshot.notifications);
-    if (notificationsFresh) lastNotifications = snapshot.notifications;
+    if (notificationsFresh) {
+      if (notificationPagination.page > 1) {
+        const byId = new Map(lastNotifications.map(item => [item.id, item]));
+        snapshot.notifications.forEach(item => byId.set(item.id, item));
+        lastNotifications = Array.from(byId.values());
+      } else {
+        lastNotifications = snapshot.notifications;
+      }
+      if (snapshot.notification_pagination) {
+        const page = notificationPagination.page > 1 ? notificationPagination.page :
+          snapshot.notification_pagination.page;
+        notificationPager.reset({
+          page,
+          total: snapshot.notification_pagination.total,
+          has_more: page * 50 < snapshot.notification_pagination.total,
+        });
+      }
+    }
     if (snapshot.context) {
       snapshot.context.notifications = lastNotifications;
       renderContextSnapshot(snapshot.context);
@@ -793,8 +851,12 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
   function load() { return contextPoller.refresh(); }
 
   qs('#refresh').addEventListener('click', load);
+  qs('#load-more-notifications').addEventListener('click', () =>
+    notificationPager.loadMore(lastNotifications)
+  );
   qs('#bulk-mark-read').addEventListener('click', async () => {
-    const ids = notificationIds(filterMyWork(lastMyWork, 'update'));
+    const allIds = notificationIds(filterMyWork(lastMyWork, 'update'));
+    const ids = allIds.slice(0, 50);
     if (!ids.length || bulkMarkPending) return;
     if (!bulkConfirmationPending) {
       bulkConfirmationPending = true;

frontend/my-work.js

@@ -129,6 +129,46 @@ function createBulkNotificationAcknowledger({ markRead, onItems, onStatus }) {
   };
 }
 
+function createNotificationPager({ load, onNotifications, onPagination, onStatus }) {
+  let pagination = { page: 1, total: 0, has_more: false };
+  let pending = false;
+  return {
+    reset(next) {
+      pagination = { ...pagination, ...(next || {}) };
+      onPagination(pagination);
+    },
+    async loadMore(existing) {
+      if (pending || !pagination.has_more) return false;
+      pending = true;
+      onStatus('Loading older updates…');
+      try {
+        const result = await load(pagination.page + 1);
+        const byId = new Map((existing || [])
+          .filter(item => item && Number.isInteger(item.id))
+          .map(item => [item.id, item]));
+        (result.items || []).forEach(item => {
+          if (item && Number.isInteger(item.id) && !byId.has(item.id)) byId.set(item.id, item);
+        });
+        pagination = {
+          page: result.page,
+          total: result.total,
+          has_more: result.has_more === true,
+        };
+        const loaded = Math.min(pagination.total, pagination.page * 50);
+        onNotifications(Array.from(byId.values()));
+        onPagination(pagination);
+        onStatus(loaded + ' of ' + pagination.total + ' unread updates loaded.');
+        return true;
+      } catch (_error) {
+        onStatus('Could not load older updates. Retry.');
+        return false;
+      } finally {
+        pending = false;
+      }
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 function filterMyWork(items, selectedFilter) {
   if (selectedFilter === 'all') return items;
   if (selectedFilter === 'review') return items.filter((item) => item.is_review);
@@ -164,5 +204,6 @@ if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) {
   buildMyWork.createNotificationAcknowledger = createNotificationAcknowledger;
   buildMyWork.notificationIds = notificationIds;
   buildMyWork.createBulkNotificationAcknowledger = createBulkNotificationAcknowledger;
+  buildMyWork.createNotificationPager = createNotificationPager;
   module.exports = buildMyWork;
 }

src/gitea_proxy.py

@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ def _safe_web_url(value: Any) -> str:
     return value if parsed.scheme in {"http", "https"} and parsed.netloc else ""
 
 
-async def notifications() -> list[dict]:
-    threads = await fetch("notifications?status-types=unread&limit=50")
+def _normalize_notifications(threads: Any) -> list[dict]:
     if not isinstance(threads, list):
         raise ValueError("Gitea notification response was not a list")
     normalized = []
@@ -181,6 +180,29 @@ async def notifications() -> list[dict]:
     return normalized
 
 
+async def notifications() -> dict:
+    return await notification_page(1)
+
+
+async def notification_page(page: int, limit: int = 50) -> dict:
+    response = await _get_client().get(
+        f"/api/v1/notifications?status-types=unread&limit={limit}&page={page}",
+        headers=_auth(),
+    )
+    response.raise_for_status()
+    items = _normalize_notifications(response.json())
+    try:
+        total = max(len(items), int(response.headers.get("X-Total-Count", len(items))))
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        total = len(items)
+    return {
+        "items": items,
+        "page": page,
+        "total": total,
+        "has_more": page * limit < total,
+    }
+
+
 async def mark_notification_read(thread_id: int) -> None:
     response = await _get_client().patch(
         f"/api/v1/notifications/threads/{thread_id}?to-status=read",

src/main.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import time
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Path as PathParam
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Path as PathParam, Query
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ EVENT_STREAM_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5.0
 READINESS_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5.0
 REVIEW_DETAIL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5.0
 NOTIFICATION_MUTATION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5.0
+NOTIFICATION_PAGE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5.0
 BULK_NOTIFICATION_CONCURRENCY = 5
 BULK_NOTIFICATION_DEADLINE_SECONDS = 6.0
 LIVE_SNAPSHOT_FRESHNESS_SECONDS = 8.0
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ app.include_router(frontend_router)
 @app.middleware("http")
 async def prevent_live_api_caching(request, call_next):
     response = await call_next(request)
-    if request.url.path in {"/api/v1/context", "/api/v1/events", "/api/v1/live"} or (
+    if request.url.path in {"/api/v1/context", "/api/v1/events", "/api/v1/live", "/api/v1/notifications"} or (
         request.url.path.startswith("/api/v1/repos/")
         and request.url.path.endswith("/review")
     ) or (
@@ -263,10 +264,21 @@ async def _build_live_snapshot() -> dict:
     context_ok = not isinstance(context_result, BaseException)
     events_ok = not isinstance(events_result, BaseException)
     notifications_ok = not isinstance(notifications_result, BaseException)
+    notification_items = notifications_result
+    notification_pagination = None
+    if notifications_ok and isinstance(notifications_result, dict):
+        notification_items = notifications_result.get("items")
+        notification_pagination = {
+            "page": notifications_result.get("page", 1),
+            "total": notifications_result.get("total", 0),
+            "has_more": notifications_result.get("has_more") is True,
+        }
+        notifications_ok = isinstance(notification_items, list)
     return {
         "context": context_result if context_ok else None,
         "events": events_result if events_ok else None,
-        "notifications": notifications_result if notifications_ok else None,
+        "notifications": notification_items if notifications_ok else None,
+        "notification_pagination": notification_pagination if notifications_ok else None,
         "sections": {
             "context": "fresh" if context_ok else "temporarily unavailable",
             "events": "fresh" if events_ok else "temporarily unavailable",
@@ -479,6 +491,28 @@ async def read_notifications(batch: NotificationReadBatch) -> JSONResponse:
     )
 
 
+@app.get("/api/v1/notifications")
+async def notification_page(page: int = Query(default=1, ge=1)) -> JSONResponse:
+    try:
+        result = await asyncio.wait_for(
+            gitea_proxy.notification_page(page),
+            timeout=NOTIFICATION_PAGE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+        )
+    except TimeoutError:
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error": "Unread updates timed out. Please retry."},
+            status_code=503,
+            headers={"Retry-After": "1"},
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error": "Unread updates are temporarily unavailable. Please retry."},
+            status_code=503,
+            headers={"Retry-After": "1"},
+        )
+    return JSONResponse(result)
+
+
 @app.patch("/api/v1/notifications/{thread_id}/read")
 async def read_notification(thread_id: int = PathParam(gt=0)) -> JSONResponse:
     try:

tests/test_api_paths.py

@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ def test_api_requests_resolve_inside_dashboard_subpath():
     } == {
         "https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/dashboard/api/v1/live",
         "https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/dashboard/api/v1/notifications/",
+        "https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/dashboard/api/v1/notifications?page=",
         "https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/dashboard/api/v1/notifications/read",
     }

tests/test_gitea_notifications.py

@@ -1,15 +1,49 @@
+import httpx
 import pytest
 
 from src import gitea_proxy
 
 
 @pytest.mark.anyio
-async def test_unread_notifications_are_bounded_and_normalized_for_mobile_handoff(monkeypatch):
-    requested_paths = []
+async def test_notification_page_preserves_upstream_total_without_loading_other_pages():
+    requests = []
 
-    async def fake_fetch(path):
-        requested_paths.append(path)
-        return [
+    def upstream(request):
+        requests.append(str(request.url))
+        return httpx.Response(
+            200,
+            headers={"X-Total-Count": "125"},
+            json=[{
+                "id": 42,
+                "unread": True,
+                "repository": {"full_name": "stackchain/api"},
+                "subject": {
+                    "title": "Retry failed deploy",
+                    "type": "Issue",
+                    "html_url": "https://forge.example/stackchain/api/issues/7",
+                },
+            }],
+        )
+
+    gitea_proxy.start_client(transport=httpx.MockTransport(upstream))
+    try:
+        result = await gitea_proxy.notification_page(page=2)
+    finally:
+        await gitea_proxy.stop_client()
+
+    assert requests == [
+        "http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v1/notifications?status-types=unread&limit=50&page=2"
+    ]
+    assert result["page"] == 2
+    assert result["total"] == 125
+    assert result["has_more"] is True
+    assert [item["id"] for item in result["items"]] == [42]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_unread_notifications_are_normalized_for_mobile_handoff():
+    result = gitea_proxy._normalize_notifications(
+        [
             {
                 "id": 42,
                 "unread": True,
@@ -31,12 +65,7 @@ async def test_unread_notifications_are_bounded_and_normalized_for_mobile_handof
             },
             "malformed",
         ]
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(gitea_proxy, "fetch", fake_fetch)
-
-    result = await gitea_proxy.notifications()
-
-    assert requested_paths == ["notifications?status-types=unread&limit=50"]
+    )
     assert result == [
         {
             "id": 42,
@@ -78,11 +107,6 @@ async def test_unread_notifications_are_bounded_and_normalized_for_mobile_handof
 
 
 @pytest.mark.anyio
-async def test_notification_collection_rejects_non_list_payload(monkeypatch):
-    async def fake_fetch(_path):
-        return {"message": "unexpected"}
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(gitea_proxy, "fetch", fake_fetch)
-
+async def test_notification_collection_rejects_non_list_payload():
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="notification response was not a list"):
-        await gitea_proxy.notifications()
+        gitea_proxy._normalize_notifications({"message": "unexpected"})

tests/test_live_snapshot.py

@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ async def test_live_snapshot_fetches_user_once_and_updates_work_and_activity(mon
         return [{"type": "push"}]
 
     async def updates():
-        return [{"id": 42, "title": "Mentioned you"}]
+        return {
+            "items": [{"id": 42, "title": "Mentioned you"}],
+            "page": 1,
+            "total": 125,
+            "has_more": True,
+        }
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(main, "current_user", user)
     monkeypatch.setattr(main, "repos", empty)
@@ -53,6 +58,9 @@ async def test_live_snapshot_fetches_user_once_and_updates_work_and_activity(mon
     assert result["context"]["user"]["login"] == "timmy"
     assert result["events"] == [{"type": "push"}]
     assert result["notifications"] == [{"id": 42, "title": "Mentioned you"}]
+    assert result["notification_pagination"] == {
+        "page": 1, "total": 125, "has_more": True
+    }
     assert result["sections"] == {
         "context": "fresh", "events": "fresh", "notifications": "fresh"
     }

tests/test_my_work.py

@@ -305,6 +305,85 @@ Promise.all([first, duplicate]).then(results => process.stdout.write(JSON.string
     ]
 
 
+def test_notification_pager_is_single_flight_and_merges_unique_updates():
+    script = f"""
+const buildMyWork = require({json.dumps(str(MY_WORK))});
+let calls = 0;
+let release;
+const pages = [];
+const notifications = [];
+const statuses = [];
+const pager = buildMyWork.createNotificationPager({{
+  load: page => {{
+    calls += 1;
+    return new Promise(resolve => {{ release = () => resolve({{
+      items: [{{id:50, title:'duplicate'}}, {{id:51, title:'older'}}],
+      page, total: 75, has_more: false,
+    }}); }});
+  }},
+  onNotifications: items => notifications.push(items),
+  onPagination: page => pages.push(page),
+  onStatus: status => statuses.push(status),
+}});
+pager.reset({{page:1, total:75, has_more:true}});
+const existing = [{{id:50, title:'newer'}}];
+const first = pager.loadMore(existing);
+const duplicate = pager.loadMore(existing);
+release();
+Promise.all([first, duplicate]).then(results => process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{
+  calls, pages, notifications, statuses, results
+}})));
+"""
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        ["node", "-e", script], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True
+    )
+    output = json.loads(result.stdout)
+
+    assert output["calls"] == 1
+    assert output["notifications"] == [[
+        {"id": 50, "title": "newer"},
+        {"id": 51, "title": "older"},
+    ]]
+    assert output["pages"][-1] == {"page": 2, "total": 75, "has_more": False}
+    assert output["statuses"] == ["Loading older updates…", "75 of 75 unread updates loaded."]
+    assert output["results"] == [True, False]
+
+
+def test_notification_pager_keeps_loaded_updates_and_retries_the_same_page_after_failure():
+    script = f"""
+const buildMyWork = require({json.dumps(str(MY_WORK))});
+const states = [];
+const statuses = [];
+const requested = [];
+const pager = buildMyWork.createNotificationPager({{
+  load: async page => {{ requested.push(page); throw new Error('offline'); }},
+  onNotifications: items => states.push(items),
+  onPagination: () => {{}},
+  onStatus: status => statuses.push(status),
+}});
+pager.reset({{page:2, total:125, has_more:true}});
+pager.loadMore([{{id:1}}]).then(result =>
+  pager.loadMore([{{id:1}}]).then(retry =>
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{requested, states, statuses, result, retry}}))
+  )
+);
+"""
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        ["node", "-e", script], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True
+    )
+
+    assert json.loads(result.stdout) == {
+        "requested": [3, 3],
+        "states": [],
+        "statuses": [
+            "Loading older updates…", "Could not load older updates. Retry.",
+            "Loading older updates…", "Could not load older updates. Retry.",
+        ],
+        "result": False,
+        "retry": False,
+    }
+
+
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_mobile_dashboard_puts_filterable_my_work_before_auxiliary_panels():
     html = await dashboard()
@@ -347,13 +426,28 @@ async def test_updates_view_offers_confirmed_sticky_mobile_bulk_acknowledgement(
     assert '.my-work-bulk { position:sticky;' in html
     assert 'padding-bottom:calc(10px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom));' in html
     assert '.my-work-bulk button { min-height:44px; width:100%; }' in html
-    assert "'Mark all ' + ids.length + ' updates read'" in html
-    assert "'Confirm marking ' + ids.length + ' updates read'" in html
+    assert "'next ' + ids.length + ' of ' + allIds.length + ' loaded updates'" in html
+    assert "'Confirm marking ' + bulkLabel + ' read'" in html
+    assert "const ids = allIds.slice(0, 50)" in html
     assert "createBulkNotificationAcknowledger" in html
     assert "api/v1/notifications/read" in html
     assert "body: JSON.stringify({ ids })" in html
 
 
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_updates_view_discloses_incomplete_inbox_and_loads_more_on_mobile():
+    html = await dashboard()
+
+    assert 'id="notification-page-status"' in html
+    assert 'id="load-more-notifications"' in html
+    assert '.load-more-notifications' in html and 'min-height:44px' in html
+    assert "createNotificationPager" in html
+    assert "api/v1/notifications?page=" in html
+    assert "snapshot.notification_pagination" in html
+    assert "notificationPager.loadMore(lastNotifications)" in html
+    assert "Math.min(lastNotifications.length, 50)" in html
+
+
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_mobile_filters_wrap_show_counts_and_persist_for_the_session():
     html = await dashboard()

tests/test_notification_pages.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import httpx
+import pytest
+
+from src import main
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_notification_page_endpoint_loads_only_requested_page_and_is_not_cacheable(monkeypatch):
+    requested = []
+
+    async def page_loader(page):
+        requested.append(page)
+        return {
+            "items": [{"id": 51, "title": "Older update"}],
+            "page": page,
+            "total": 125,
+            "has_more": True,
+        }
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main.gitea_proxy, "notification_page", page_loader)
+    transport = httpx.ASGITransport(app=main.app)
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=transport, base_url="http://test") as client:
+        response = await client.get("/api/v1/notifications?page=2")
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.headers["cache-control"] == "no-store"
+    assert response.json() == {
+        "items": [{"id": 51, "title": "Older update"}],
+        "page": 2,
+        "total": 125,
+        "has_more": True,
+    }
+    assert requested == [2]