frontend/dashboard.js

@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
     loadLabels: item => issueController.loadLabels(item),
     loadMilestones: item => issueController.loadMilestones(item),
   });
-  const issueCapture = createIssueCapture({ fetchJson: fetchReviewJson, storage: localStorage });
+  let issueCapture = null;
   const unfiledCaptures = createUnfiledCaptures({
     storage: localStorage,
     getCaptureLogin: () => String(lastContextSnapshot?.user?.login || '').trim(),
@@ -416,8 +416,28 @@
     text: shareParams.get('text') || '',
     url: shareParams.get('url') || '',
   };
-  let sharedLaunchState = Object.values(sharedLaunch).some(Boolean) ?
+  const issueCaptureFeatures = createFeatureLoader({
-    issueCapture.stageSharedContent(sharedLaunch) : null;
+    document,
+    urls: {
+      'issue-capture': document.querySelector('meta[name="stackchain-feature-issue-capture"]')?.content || '',
+    },
+  });
+  let sharedLaunchState = null;
+  let sharedLaunchHandled = false;
+  async function ensureIssueCapture() {
+    return await issueCaptureFeatures.run('issue-capture', {
+      trigger: qs('#new-issue'), status: qs('#my-work-action-status'),
+    }, () => {
+      if (!issueCapture) {
+        issueCapture = createIssueCapture({ fetchJson: fetchReviewJson, storage: localStorage });
+      }
+      if (!sharedLaunchHandled && Object.values(sharedLaunch).some(Boolean)) {
+        sharedLaunchState = issueCapture.stageSharedContent(sharedLaunch);
+        sharedLaunchHandled = true;
+      }
+    });
+  }
+  if (Object.values(sharedLaunch).some(Boolean)) await ensureIssueCapture();
   const pullController = createPullSheet({ fetchJson: fetchReviewJson, storage: localStorage });
   const draftInbox = createDraftInbox({ storage: localStorage, getCurrentLogin: () => activeFlushLogin });
   outboxCoordinator.subscribe(() => refreshMyWorkView());
@@ -2759,6 +2779,7 @@
   }
 
   function saveIssueCaptureDraft() {
+    if (!issueCapture) return;
     issueCapture.saveDraft({
       repository: qs('#create-issue-repository').value,
       title: qs('#create-issue-title').value,
@@ -2955,7 +2976,8 @@
     sharedLaunchState = null;
   }
 
-  function openCreateIssueSheet(navigate = true) {
+  async function openCreateIssueSheet(navigate = true) {
+    if (!issueCapture && !await ensureIssueCapture()) return;
     if (navigate) {
       taskOverlayHistory.open('new');
       return;

frontend/feature-loader.js

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+function createFeatureLoader({ document, urls, timeoutMs = 10000 }) {
+  const pending = new Map();
+  const loaded = new Set();
+
+  function load(name) {
+    if (loaded.has(name)) return Promise.resolve();
+    if (pending.has(name)) return pending.get(name);
+    const url = urls[name];
+    if (!url) return Promise.reject(new Error('Unknown feature: ' + name));
+
+    const request = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const script = document.createElement('script');
+      let timeout;
+      const fail = () => {
+        clearTimeout(timeout);
+        script.remove();
+        pending.delete(name);
+        reject(new Error('Could not load ' + name.replace(/-/g, ' ') + '.'));
+      };
+      script.src = url;
+      script.async = true;
+      script.onload = () => {
+        clearTimeout(timeout);
+        pending.delete(name);
+        loaded.add(name);
+        resolve();
+      };
+      script.onerror = fail;
+      timeout = setTimeout(fail, timeoutMs);
+      document.head.appendChild(script);
+    });
+    pending.set(name, request);
+    return request;
+  }
+
+  async function run(name, elements, callback) {
+    const trigger = elements?.trigger;
+    const status = elements?.status;
+    if (trigger) trigger.disabled = true;
+    if (status) status.textContent = 'Loading ' + name.replace(/-/g, ' ') + '…';
+    try {
+      await load(name);
+      callback();
+      if (status) status.textContent = '';
+      return true;
+    } catch (_error) {
+      if (status) {
+        const label = name === 'issue-capture' ? 'Issue capture' : name.replace(/-/g, ' ');
+        status.textContent = label + ' could not load. Tap New issue to retry.';
+      }
+      return false;
+    } finally {
+      if (trigger) trigger.disabled = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { load, run, ready: name => loaded.has(name) };
+}
+
+if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) module.exports = createFeatureLoader;

frontend/index.html

@@ -718,6 +718,7 @@
 <div class="footer">Creative AI-imbued UI • stackchain-dashboard</div>
 
 <script src="static/session.js"></script>
+<script src="static/feature-loader.js"></script>
 <script src="static/markdown.js"></script>
 <script src="static/commands.js"></script>
 <script src="static/search-preview.js"></script>

frontend/service-worker.js

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const SHELL = [
   BASE + 'static/icons/stackchain-192.png',
   BASE + 'static/icons/stackchain-512.png',
   BASE + 'static/session.js',
+  BASE + 'static/feature-loader.js',
   BASE + 'static/markdown.js',
   BASE + 'static/commands.js',
   BASE + 'static/search-preview.js',

src/frontend_bundle.py

@@ -13,11 +13,20 @@ import rjsmin
 
 SCRIPT_TAG = re.compile(r'^<script src="(static/[^"?]+\.js)"></script>$', re.MULTILINE)
 WORKER_RUNTIME_SOURCE = "static/background-issue-sync.js"
+FEATURE_SOURCES = {"issue-capture": ("static/create-issue-sheet.js",)}
 CACHE_DECLARATION = re.compile(
     r"const CACHE = 'stackchain-dashboard-shell-(?:v\d+|[0-9a-f]{16})';"
 )
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class RuntimeBundle:
+    runtime_bytes: bytes
+    runtime_gzip_bytes: bytes
+    runtime_digest: str
+    runtime_name: str
+
+
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class FrontendBuild:
     dashboard_html: str
@@ -27,6 +36,7 @@ class FrontendBuild:
     runtime_name: str
     shell_digest: str
     page_sources: tuple[str, ...]
+    feature_bundles: dict[str, RuntimeBundle]
     service_worker_source: str
 
 
@@ -41,6 +51,17 @@ def _bundle(frontend_dir: Path, sources: tuple[str, ...]) -> bytes:
     return minified + f';"source-sha256:{revision}";'.encode()
 
 
+def _runtime(frontend_dir: Path, sources: tuple[str, ...], prefix: str) -> RuntimeBundle:
+    content = _bundle(frontend_dir, sources)
+    digest = hashlib.sha256(content).hexdigest()[:16]
+    return RuntimeBundle(
+        runtime_bytes=content,
+        runtime_gzip_bytes=gzip.compress(content, compresslevel=6, mtime=0),
+        runtime_digest=digest,
+        runtime_name=f"{prefix}-{digest}.js",
+    )
+
+
 def build_frontend(frontend_dir: Path) -> FrontendBuild:
     """Return one internally consistent HTML, runtime, and offline-worker build."""
     source_html = (frontend_dir / "index.html").read_text()
@@ -48,13 +69,21 @@ def build_frontend(frontend_dir: Path) -> FrontendBuild:
     if not sources:
         raise ValueError("dashboard entry document has no page scripts")
 
-    runtime = _bundle(frontend_dir, sources)
+    feature_source_names = {source for group in FEATURE_SOURCES.values() for source in group}
-    runtime_gzip = gzip.compress(runtime, compresslevel=6, mtime=0)
+    core_sources = tuple(source for source in sources if source not in feature_source_names)
-    digest = hashlib.sha256(runtime).hexdigest()[:16]
+    core = _runtime(frontend_dir, core_sources, "runtime")
-    runtime_name = f"runtime-{digest}.js"
+    feature_bundles = {
+        name: _runtime(frontend_dir, feature_sources, f"feature-{name}")
+        for name, feature_sources in FEATURE_SOURCES.items()
+    }
     dashboard_html = SCRIPT_TAG.sub("", source_html)
+    feature_metadata = "\n".join(
+        f'<meta name="stackchain-feature-{name}" content="{bundle.runtime_name}">'
+        for name, bundle in feature_bundles.items()
+    )
+    dashboard_html = dashboard_html.replace("</head>", feature_metadata + "\n</head>")
     dashboard_html = dashboard_html.replace(
-        "</body>", f'<script src="{runtime_name}"></script>\n</body>'
+        "</body>", f'<script src="{core.runtime_name}"></script>\n</body>'
     )
 
     worker = (frontend_dir / "service-worker.js").read_text()
@@ -63,7 +92,9 @@ def build_frontend(frontend_dir: Path) -> FrontendBuild:
             worker = worker.replace(f"  BASE + '{source}',\n", "")
     worker = worker.replace(
         "  BASE + 'static/dashboard.css',\n",
-        f"  BASE + 'static/dashboard.css',\n  BASE + '{runtime_name}',\n",
+        "  BASE + 'static/dashboard.css',\n"
+        + f"  BASE + '{core.runtime_name}',\n"
+        + "".join(f"  BASE + '{bundle.runtime_name}',\n" for bundle in feature_bundles.values()),
     )
     worker = CACHE_DECLARATION.sub(
         "const CACHE = 'stackchain-dashboard-shell-BUILD';", worker, count=1
@@ -72,7 +103,8 @@ def build_frontend(frontend_dir: Path) -> FrontendBuild:
     shell_hasher = hashlib.sha256()
     shell_inputs = (
         ("dashboard.html", dashboard_html.encode()),
-        (runtime_name, runtime),
+        (core.runtime_name, core.runtime_bytes),
+        *((bundle.runtime_name, bundle.runtime_bytes) for bundle in feature_bundles.values()),
         ("static/dashboard.css", (frontend_dir / "dashboard.css").read_bytes()),
         ("manifest.webmanifest", (frontend_dir / "manifest.webmanifest").read_bytes()),
         (
@@ -105,11 +137,12 @@ def build_frontend(frontend_dir: Path) -> FrontendBuild:
 
     return FrontendBuild(
         dashboard_html=dashboard_html,
-        runtime_bytes=runtime,
+        runtime_bytes=core.runtime_bytes,
-        runtime_gzip_bytes=runtime_gzip,
+        runtime_gzip_bytes=core.runtime_gzip_bytes,
-        runtime_digest=digest,
+        runtime_digest=core.runtime_digest,
-        runtime_name=runtime_name,
+        runtime_name=core.runtime_name,
         shell_digest=shell_digest,
         page_sources=sources,
+        feature_bundles=feature_bundles,
         service_worker_source=worker,
     )

src/views.py

@@ -69,3 +69,20 @@ async def runtime_bundle(digest: str, request: Request) -> Response:
             **({"Content-Encoding": "gzip"} if accepts_gzip else {}),
         },
     )
+
+
+@router.get("/feature-{name}-{digest}.js")
+async def feature_bundle(name: str, digest: str, request: Request) -> Response:
+    bundle = FRONTEND_BUILD.feature_bundles.get(name)
+    if bundle is None or digest != bundle.runtime_digest:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Feature revision not found")
+    accepts_gzip = _quality(request.headers.get("Accept-Encoding", ""), "gzip") > 0
+    return Response(
+        bundle.runtime_gzip_bytes if accepts_gzip else bundle.runtime_bytes,
+        media_type="application/javascript",
+        headers={
+            "Cache-Control": "public, max-age=31536000, immutable",
+            "Vary": "Accept-Encoding",
+            **({"Content-Encoding": "gzip"} if accepts_gzip else {}),
+        },
+    )

tests/test_feature_loader.py

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import json
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+LOADER = Path(__file__).parents[1] / "frontend" / "feature-loader.js"
+
+
+def run_loader(scenario: str) -> dict:
+    harness = f"""
+const fs=require('fs'); const vm=require('vm');
+const state={{appends:0, removed:0}};
+const document={{
+  head:{{appendChild(node){{ state.appends++; state.node=node; }} }},
+  createElement(){{ return {{remove(){{state.removed++;}}}}; }},
+}};
+const context={{document, setTimeout, clearTimeout, console}};
+context.globalThis=context;
+vm.createContext(context);
+vm.runInContext(fs.readFileSync({json.dumps(str(LOADER))},'utf8'),context);
+const createFeatureLoader=context.createFeatureLoader;
+(async()=>{{ {scenario} }})().catch(error=>{{console.error(error);process.exit(1);}});
+"""
+    completed = subprocess.run(["node", "-e", harness], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    return json.loads(completed.stdout)
+
+
+def test_concurrent_feature_requests_share_one_script():
+    result = run_loader("""
+const loader=createFeatureLoader({document, urls:{'issue-capture':'feature-a.js'}, timeoutMs:100});
+const first=loader.load('issue-capture'); const second=loader.load('issue-capture');
+state.node.onload(); await Promise.all([first,second]);
+console.log(JSON.stringify({appends:state.appends,same:first===second,ready:loader.ready('issue-capture')}));
+""")
+    assert result == {"appends": 1, "same": True, "ready": True}
+
+
+def test_failed_feature_request_can_retry_without_reload():
+    result = run_loader("""
+const loader=createFeatureLoader({document, urls:{'issue-capture':'feature-a.js'}, timeoutMs:100});
+const failed=loader.load('issue-capture').catch(error=>error.message); state.node.onerror();
+const message=await failed; const retry=loader.load('issue-capture'); state.node.onload(); await retry;
+console.log(JSON.stringify({appends:state.appends,removed:state.removed,message,ready:loader.ready('issue-capture')}));
+""")
+    assert result == {"appends": 2, "removed": 1, "message": "Could not load issue capture.", "ready": True}
+
+
+def test_feature_gate_exposes_loading_failure_and_success_to_mobile_controls():
+    result = run_loader("""
+const trigger={disabled:false}; const status={textContent:''}; let opened=0;
+const loader=createFeatureLoader({document, urls:{'issue-capture':'feature-a.js'}, timeoutMs:100});
+const failed=loader.run('issue-capture',{trigger,status},()=>{opened++;});
+const loading={disabled:trigger.disabled,status:status.textContent}; state.node.onerror();
+const first=await failed;
+const failedState={disabled:trigger.disabled,status:status.textContent,opened};
+const retry=loader.run('issue-capture',{trigger,status},()=>{opened++;}); state.node.onload();
+const second=await retry;
+console.log(JSON.stringify({loading,failedState,first,second,opened,finalStatus:status.textContent}));
+""")
+    assert result == {
+        "loading": {"disabled": True, "status": "Loading issue capture…"},
+        "failedState": {
+            "disabled": False,
+            "status": "Issue capture could not load. Tap New issue to retry.",
+            "opened": 0,
+        },
+        "first": False,
+        "second": True,
+        "opened": 1,
+        "finalStatus": "",
+    }

tests/test_frontend_bundle.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from starlette.requests import Request
 
 from src import main
 from src.frontend_bundle import build_frontend
-from src.views import dashboard, runtime_bundle, service_worker
+from src.views import dashboard, feature_bundle, runtime_bundle, service_worker
 
 
 FRONTEND = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "frontend"
@@ -42,6 +42,44 @@ def test_page_runtime_is_one_deterministic_content_addressed_bundle(tmp_path):
     assert changed.runtime_bytes != first.runtime_bytes
 
 
+def test_issue_capture_is_a_stable_lazy_feature_chunk(tmp_path):
+    first = build_frontend(FRONTEND)
+
+    assert set(first.feature_bundles) == {"issue-capture"}
+    capture = first.feature_bundles["issue-capture"]
+    assert b"function createIssueCapture" not in first.runtime_bytes
+    assert b"function createIssueCapture" in capture.runtime_bytes
+    assert f'name="stackchain-feature-issue-capture" content="{capture.runtime_name}"' in first.dashboard_html
+    assert f"BASE + '{capture.runtime_name}'" in first.service_worker_source
+
+    changed_frontend = tmp_path / "frontend"
+    shutil.copytree(FRONTEND, changed_frontend)
+    capture_source = changed_frontend / "create-issue-sheet.js"
+    capture_source.write_text(capture_source.read_text() + "\n// feature-only change\n")
+
+    changed = build_frontend(changed_frontend)
+    assert changed.runtime_name == first.runtime_name
+    assert changed.feature_bundles["issue-capture"].runtime_name != capture.runtime_name
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_feature_chunk_is_immutable_and_rejects_unknown_revision():
+    build = build_frontend(FRONTEND)
+    capture = build.feature_bundles["issue-capture"]
+
+    request = Request(
+        {"type": "http", "method": "GET", "path": f"/{capture.runtime_name}",
+         "headers": [(b"accept-encoding", b"identity")]}
+    )
+    response = await feature_bundle("issue-capture", capture.runtime_digest, request)
+
+    assert response.body == capture.runtime_bytes
+    assert response.headers["cache-control"] == "public, max-age=31536000, immutable"
+    with pytest.raises(Exception) as rejected:
+        await feature_bundle("issue-capture", "missing", request)
+    assert rejected.value.status_code == 404
+
+
 def test_css_only_release_gets_a_new_shell_generation(tmp_path):
     first = build_frontend(FRONTEND)
     changed_frontend = tmp_path / "frontend"

tests/test_my_work.py

@@ -4337,6 +4337,14 @@ async def test_mobile_my_work_captures_new_issue_in_accessible_draft_safe_sheet(
     assert '.create-issue-label-option' in html and 'min-height:44px' in html
 
 
+def test_new_issue_capture_waits_for_retryable_feature_before_opening():
+    dashboard_source = (Path(__file__).parents[1] / "frontend" / "dashboard.js").read_text()
+
+    assert "await issueCaptureFeatures.run('issue-capture'" in dashboard_source
+    assert "if (!issueCapture)" in dashboard_source
+    assert "async function openCreateIssueSheet" in dashboard_source
+
+
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_mobile_issue_capture_warns_before_queuing_a_possible_duplicate():
     html = await dashboard()

tests/test_service_worker.py

@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ def test_install_precaches_complete_subpath_scoped_app_shell():
         "/dashboard/static/icons/stackchain-192.png",
         "/dashboard/static/icons/stackchain-512.png",
         "/dashboard/static/session.js",
+        "/dashboard/static/feature-loader.js",
         "/dashboard/static/markdown.js",
         "/dashboard/static/commands.js",
         "/dashboard/static/search-preview.js",