README.md

@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ not changed by this session boundary. Installed-app
 navigations are also deadline-bounded: after four seconds without a network response,
 Stackchain aborts the request and opens the cached dashboard shell. If the shell has not
 been installed yet, it returns explicit HTTP 504 reconnect guidance instead of hanging.
+Live dashboard refreshes use the server's per-section freshness windows: healthy sections
+refresh at their earliest deadline while a fully degraded snapshot waits for its reported
+cooldown. HTTP `Retry-After` delays are honored up to five minutes, and transport failures
+back off from eight seconds to a one-minute cap. Reconnect, foreground return, and explicit
+refresh still run immediately; a successful response resets transport backoff.
 Closed-app
 delivery requests are deadline-bounded: a stalled identity, CSRF, or mutation request is
 aborted after 15 seconds, its durable claim returns to the queue, and the next sync retries

frontend/context-poller.js

@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ function buildLiveRevisionQuery(revisions = {}) {
   return params.toString();
 }
 
+function retryAfterMs(value) {
+  if (typeof value !== 'string' || !/^\d+$/.test(value)) return null;
+  const seconds = Number(value);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(seconds) || seconds <= 0) return null;
+  return Math.min(seconds * 1000, 300000);
+}
+
 function createContextPoller({
   fetchContext,
   onSnapshot,
@@ -21,25 +28,51 @@ function createContextPoller({
   clearDeadlineTimer = clearTimeout,
   intervalMs = 8000,
   timeoutMs = 12000,
+  maxBackoffMs = 60000,
 }) {
   let activeRequest = null;
   let timer = null;
   let stopped = false;
   let revisions = {};
   let retainedSnapshot = null;
+  let nextDelayMs = intervalMs;
+  let failureStreak = 0;
+
+  function snapshotDelay(snapshot) {
+    const freshness = snapshot && snapshot.freshness;
+    const sections = freshness && freshness.sections;
+    const sectionValues = sections && Object.values(sections);
+    if (sectionValues && sectionValues.length && sectionValues.every(section => section.degraded)) {
+      const retrySeconds = Number(freshness.retry_in_seconds);
+      if (Number.isFinite(retrySeconds) && retrySeconds > 0) return retrySeconds * 1000;
+    }
+    const freshForSeconds = Number(freshness && freshness.fresh_for_seconds);
+    const healthyDeadlines = (sectionValues || [])
+      .filter(section => !section.degraded)
+      .map(section => freshForSeconds - Number(section.age_seconds))
+      .filter(seconds => Number.isFinite(seconds));
+    if (Number.isFinite(freshForSeconds) && freshForSeconds > 0 && healthyDeadlines.length) {
+      const earliestDeadline = Math.min(...healthyDeadlines);
+      if (earliestDeadline <= 0 && sectionValues.some(section => !section.degraded && section.revalidating)) {
+        return intervalMs;
+      }
+      return Math.max(0, earliestDeadline) * 1000;
+    }
+    return intervalMs;
+  }
 
   function cancelTimer() {
     if (timer !== null) clearTimer(timer);
     timer = null;
   }
 
-  function schedule() {
+  function schedule(delayMs = intervalMs) {
     cancelTimer();
     if (stopped || isHidden()) return;
     timer = setTimer(() => {
       timer = null;
       refresh();
-    }, intervalMs);
+    }, delayMs);
   }
 
   function abortError() {
@@ -91,6 +124,8 @@ function createContextPoller({
     requestState.promise = Promise.race([Promise.resolve(request), deadlinePromise])
       .then((snapshot) => {
         if (activeRequest !== requestState) return retainedSnapshot;
+        failureStreak = 0;
+        nextDelayMs = snapshotDelay(snapshot);
         const changedSections = ['context', 'events', 'notifications'].filter(
           (section) => Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(snapshot, section)
         );
@@ -100,7 +135,14 @@ function createContextPoller({
         return retainedSnapshot;
       })
       .catch((error) => {
-        if (activeRequest === requestState && !stopped) onError(error);
+        if (activeRequest === requestState && !stopped) {
+          const retryAfterMs = Number(error && error.retryAfterMs);
+          failureStreak += 1;
+          nextDelayMs = Number.isFinite(retryAfterMs) && retryAfterMs > 0
+            ? retryAfterMs
+            : Math.min(intervalMs * (2 ** (failureStreak - 1)), maxBackoffMs);
+          onError(error);
+        }
         return null;
       })
       .finally(() => {
@@ -108,7 +150,7 @@ function createContextPoller({
         clearDeadlineTimer(requestState.deadline);
         if (activeRequest !== requestState) return;
         activeRequest = null;
-        schedule();
+        schedule(nextDelayMs);
       });
     return requestState.promise;
   }
@@ -136,6 +178,7 @@ function createContextPoller({
 }
 
 createContextPoller.buildRevisionQuery = buildLiveRevisionQuery;
+createContextPoller.retryAfterMs = retryAfterMs;
 
 if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) {
   module.exports = createContextPoller;

frontend/dashboard.js

@@ -376,7 +376,11 @@
       headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
       signal,
     });
-    if (!res.ok) throw new Error('HTTP ' + res.status);
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      const error = new Error('HTTP ' + res.status);
+      error.retryAfterMs = createContextPoller.retryAfterMs(res.headers.get('Retry-After'));
+      throw error;
+    }
     return res.json();
   }
 

frontend/service-worker.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const BASE = new URL('./', self.location.href).pathname;
 importScripts(BASE + 'static/background-issue-sync.js');
-const CACHE = 'stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79';
+const CACHE = 'stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80';
 const OFFLINE_LEASE_URL = new URL(BASE + '__offline-session-lease', self.location.origin).href;
 const OUTAGE_STATUSES = new Set([500, 502, 503, 504]);
 const NAVIGATION_TIMEOUT_MS = self.__STACKCHAIN_NAVIGATION_TIMEOUT_MS || 4000;

tests/test_comment_next.py

@@ -281,4 +281,4 @@ async def test_current_today_update_offers_reply_and_next_without_marking_read()
     assert '.update-reply-actions { display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));' in html
     assert '.update-reply-actions button { min-height:44px;' in html
     worker = (Path(__file__).parents[1] / "frontend" / "service-worker.js").read_text()
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in worker
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in worker

tests/test_context_polling.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 
 POLLER = Path(__file__).parents[1] / "frontend" / "context-poller.js"
+DASHBOARD = Path(__file__).parents[1] / "frontend" / "dashboard.js"
 
 
 def run_node(script: str) -> dict:
@@ -116,6 +117,185 @@ const poller = createContextPoller({{
     }
 
 
+def test_context_poller_waits_for_server_cooldown_when_every_section_is_degraded():
+    script = f"""
+const createContextPoller = require({json.dumps(str(POLLER))});
+const delays = [];
+const poller = createContextPoller({{
+  fetchContext: () => Promise.resolve({{
+    context: {{}}, events: [], notifications: [],
+    freshness: {{
+      fresh_for_seconds: 8,
+      retry_in_seconds: 60,
+      sections: {{
+        context: {{ degraded: true, retry_in_seconds: 60, age_seconds: 12 }},
+        events: {{ degraded: true, retry_in_seconds: 60, age_seconds: 12 }},
+        notifications: {{ degraded: true, retry_in_seconds: 60, age_seconds: 12 }},
+      }},
+    }},
+  }}),
+  onSnapshot: () => {{}},
+  onError: error => {{ throw error; }},
+  setTimer: (callback, delay) => {{ delays.push(delay); return delays.length; }},
+  clearTimer: () => {{}},
+  intervalMs: 8000,
+}});
+(async () => {{
+  await poller.start();
+  process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{ delays }}));
+}})();
+"""
+
+    assert run_node(script) == {"delays": [60000]}
+
+
+def test_context_poller_uses_earliest_healthy_section_freshness_deadline():
+    script = f"""
+const createContextPoller = require({json.dumps(str(POLLER))});
+const delays = [];
+const poller = createContextPoller({{
+  fetchContext: () => Promise.resolve({{
+    context: {{}}, events: [], notifications: [],
+    freshness: {{
+      fresh_for_seconds: 8,
+      retry_in_seconds: 60,
+      sections: {{
+        context: {{ degraded: false, age_seconds: 2 }},
+        events: {{ degraded: false, age_seconds: 5 }},
+        notifications: {{ degraded: true, retry_in_seconds: 60, age_seconds: 12 }},
+      }},
+    }},
+  }}),
+  onSnapshot: () => {{}},
+  onError: error => {{ throw error; }},
+  setTimer: (callback, delay) => {{ delays.push(delay); return delays.length; }},
+  clearTimer: () => {{}},
+  intervalMs: 8000,
+}});
+(async () => {{
+  await poller.start();
+  process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{ delays }}));
+}})();
+"""
+
+    assert run_node(script) == {"delays": [3000]}
+
+
+def test_context_poller_does_not_spin_while_stale_sections_are_revalidating():
+    script = f"""
+const createContextPoller = require({json.dumps(str(POLLER))});
+const delays = [];
+const poller = createContextPoller({{
+  fetchContext: () => Promise.resolve({{
+    context: {{}}, events: [], notifications: [],
+    freshness: {{
+      fresh_for_seconds: 8,
+      sections: {{
+        context: {{ degraded: false, revalidating: true, age_seconds: 12 }},
+        events: {{ degraded: false, revalidating: true, age_seconds: 12 }},
+        notifications: {{ degraded: false, revalidating: true, age_seconds: 12 }},
+      }},
+    }},
+  }}),
+  onSnapshot: () => {{}},
+  onError: error => {{ throw error; }},
+  setTimer: (callback, delay) => {{ delays.push(delay); return delays.length; }},
+  clearTimer: () => {{}},
+  intervalMs: 8000,
+}});
+(async () => {{
+  await poller.start();
+  process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{ delays }}));
+}})();
+"""
+
+    assert run_node(script) == {"delays": [8000]}
+
+
+def test_context_poller_honors_http_retry_after_delay():
+    script = f"""
+const createContextPoller = require({json.dumps(str(POLLER))});
+const delays = [];
+const errors = [];
+const unavailable = new Error('HTTP 503');
+unavailable.retryAfterMs = 45000;
+const poller = createContextPoller({{
+  fetchContext: () => Promise.reject(unavailable),
+  onSnapshot: () => {{}},
+  onError: error => errors.push(error.message),
+  setTimer: (callback, delay) => {{ delays.push(delay); return delays.length; }},
+  clearTimer: () => {{}},
+  intervalMs: 8000,
+}});
+(async () => {{
+  await poller.start();
+  process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{ delays, errors }}));
+}})();
+"""
+
+    assert run_node(script) == {"delays": [45000], "errors": ["HTTP 503"]}
+
+
+def test_retry_after_parser_accepts_bounded_delta_seconds():
+    script = f"""
+const createContextPoller = require({json.dumps(str(POLLER))});
+process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{
+  valid: createContextPoller.retryAfterMs('45'),
+  zero: createContextPoller.retryAfterMs('0'),
+  invalid: createContextPoller.retryAfterMs('later'),
+  excessive: createContextPoller.retryAfterMs('999999'),
+}}));
+"""
+
+    assert run_node(script) == {
+        "valid": 45000,
+        "zero": None,
+        "invalid": None,
+        "excessive": 300000,
+    }
+
+
+def test_context_poller_backs_off_transport_failures_and_resets_after_success():
+    script = f"""
+const createContextPoller = require({json.dumps(str(POLLER))});
+const delays = [];
+let calls = 0;
+const poller = createContextPoller({{
+  fetchContext: () => {{
+    calls += 1;
+    if (calls < 6) return Promise.reject(new TypeError('network unavailable'));
+    return Promise.resolve({{ context: {{}}, events: [], notifications: [] }});
+  }},
+  onSnapshot: () => {{}},
+  onError: () => {{}},
+  setTimer: (callback, delay) => {{ delays.push(delay); return delays.length; }},
+  clearTimer: () => {{}},
+  intervalMs: 8000,
+  maxBackoffMs: 60000,
+}});
+(async () => {{
+  await poller.refresh();
+  await poller.refresh();
+  await poller.refresh();
+  await poller.refresh();
+  await poller.refresh();
+  await poller.refresh();
+  process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{ delays }}));
+}})();
+"""
+
+    assert run_node(script) == {
+        "delays": [8000, 16000, 32000, 60000, 60000, 8000]
+    }
+
+
+def test_live_fetch_passes_retry_after_to_the_poller_error():
+    source = DASHBOARD.read_text()
+
+    assert "createContextPoller.retryAfterMs(res.headers.get('Retry-After'))" in source
+    assert "error.retryAfterMs" in source
+
+
 def test_live_revision_query_preserves_bounded_opaque_tokens():
     script = f"""
 const createContextPoller = require({json.dumps(str(POLLER))});

tests/test_later_sync.py

@@ -347,5 +347,5 @@ async def test_dashboard_syncs_every_later_change_and_exposes_account_status():
 def test_later_sync_ships_atomically_in_the_offline_shell():
     source = (Path(__file__).parents[1] / "frontend" / "service-worker.js").read_text()
 
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in source
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/later-sync.js'" in source

tests/test_markdown_renderer.py

@@ -137,4 +137,4 @@ def test_markdown_work_bodies_are_mobile_safe_block_containers():
     assert ".markdown-content { min-width:0; max-width:100%; overflow-wrap:anywhere;" in css
     assert ".markdown-content pre { max-width:100%; overflow-x:auto;" in css
     assert ".markdown-content a { min-height:44px;" in css
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in worker
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in worker

tests/test_mobile_composer_integration.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def test_offline_shell_contains_every_local_dashboard_runtime_asset():
     shell_assets = set(re.findall(r"BASE \+ '([^']+)'", worker.split("async function sessionCsrf", 1)[0]))
 
     assert local_assets <= shell_assets, f"Offline shell is missing: {sorted(local_assets - shell_assets)}"
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in worker
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in worker
 
 
 def test_all_conversation_composers_offer_accessible_mobile_mentions():

tests/test_plan_today.py

@@ -292,6 +292,6 @@ async def test_plan_today_wires_cancel_back_and_success_through_overlay_history(
 def test_plan_today_controller_is_available_in_the_offline_shell():
     source = SERVICE_WORKER.read_text()
 
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in source
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/plan-today.js'" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/plan-today-preview.js'" in source

tests/test_service_worker.py

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ async function dispatchNotificationClick(route) {{
 def test_resumable_today_session_ships_in_a_new_offline_shell():
     source = WORKER.read_text()
 
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in source
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/my-work.js'" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/dashboard.js'" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/dashboard.css'" in source
@@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ def test_resumable_today_session_ships_in_a_new_offline_shell():
 def test_ownership_exit_runtime_rolls_the_offline_shell_cache():
     source = WORKER.read_text()
 
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in source
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/dashboard.js'" in source
 
 
 def test_offline_review_next_ships_today_completion_atomically():
     source = WORKER.read_text()
 
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in source
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/today-completion.js'" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/dashboard.js'" in source
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def test_offline_review_next_ships_today_completion_atomically():
 def test_duplicate_aware_capture_ships_in_a_new_offline_shell():
     source = WORKER.read_text()
 
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in source
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/create-issue-sheet.js'" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/dashboard.js'" in source
 
@@ -154,14 +154,14 @@ def test_duplicate_aware_capture_ships_in_a_new_offline_shell():
 def test_exact_later_picker_ships_atomically_in_a_new_offline_shell():
     source = WORKER.read_text()
 
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in source
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/later-picker.js'" in source
 
 
 def test_navigation_deadline_ships_in_a_new_shell_cache():
     source = WORKER.read_text()
 
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in source
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/dashboard.css'" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/dashboard.js'" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/install-app.js'" in source
@@ -170,21 +170,21 @@ def test_navigation_deadline_ships_in_a_new_shell_cache():
 def test_today_convergence_ships_in_a_new_shell_cache():
     source = WORKER.read_text()
 
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in source
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/today-sync.js'" in source
 
 
 def test_mobile_search_viewport_ships_in_a_new_offline_shell():
     source = WORKER.read_text()
 
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in source
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/mobile-search-viewport.js'" in source
 
 
 def test_update_ownership_flow_ships_atomically_in_a_new_offline_shell():
     source = WORKER.read_text()
 
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in source
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/update-ownership.js'" in source
 
 
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ def test_one_session_bound_csrf_proof_is_reused_for_a_background_drain():
 def test_queue_today_ships_atomically_in_a_new_offline_shell():
     source = WORKER.read_text()
 
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in source
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/queue-today.js'" in source
 
 

tests/test_today_readiness.py

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ async def test_today_blocker_opens_existing_preview_and_preserves_readiness_gate
 def test_readiness_runtime_is_available_in_offline_shell():
     service_worker = SERVICE_WORKER.read_text()
 
-    assert "const CACHE = 'stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79';" in service_worker
+    assert "const CACHE = 'stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80';" in service_worker
     assert "BASE + 'static/today-readiness.js'" in service_worker
 
 

tests/test_today_sync.py

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ sync.enqueueConfiguration(120, {{'issue:r:1:':60}});
 def test_inflight_today_drain_ships_in_a_new_offline_shell():
     source = (Path(__file__).parents[1] / "frontend" / "service-worker.js").read_text()
 
-    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v79" in source
+    assert "stackchain-dashboard-shell-v80" in source
     assert "BASE + 'static/today-sync.js'" in source