frontend/dashboard.js

@@ -4364,9 +4364,9 @@
     claimButton.hidden = !(detail.claimable || detail.assigned_to_me);
     claimButton.textContent = detail.assigned_to_me ? 'Open in My Work' : 'Assign to me';
     claimButton.disabled = state.status === 'claiming';
-    startButton.hidden = !(detail.kind === 'issue' && (detail.reopenable ||
-      (detail.state === 'open' && (detail.claimable || detail.assigned_to_me))));
-    startButton.textContent = detail.reopenable ? 'Reopen & resume' :
+    startButton.hidden = !(detail.reviewable || (detail.kind === 'issue' &&
+      (detail.reopenable || (detail.state === 'open' && (detail.claimable || detail.assigned_to_me)))));
+    startButton.textContent = detail.reviewable ? 'Review now' : detail.reopenable ? 'Reopen & resume' :
       (detail.assigned_to_me ? 'Start in Today' : 'Assign & start');
     startButton.disabled = state.status === 'claiming' || state.status === 'reopening';
     const shareStatus = {
@@ -4380,7 +4380,7 @@
     else if (detail.claimable) status.textContent = 'This issue is open and unassigned.';
     else if (detail.assigned_to_me) status.textContent = 'This item is already in My Work.';
     else if (detail.reopenable) status.textContent = 'Closed—reopen to resume.';
-    else status.textContent = 'Read-only preview.';
+    else status.textContent = 'Ready.';
   }
   const searchPreview = createSearchPreview({
     fetchJson: item => fetchReviewJson(searchPreviewPath(item), { headers:{ Accept:'application/json' } }),
@@ -4657,6 +4657,11 @@
   });
   qs('#start-search-result').addEventListener('click', async () => {
     const detail = searchPreviewDetail;
+    if (detail?.reviewable) {
+      taskOverlayHistory.leave();
+      detail.kind = 'review';
+      return openRoutedWork(detail, null, { replace:true });
+    }
     if (!detail || detail.kind !== 'issue') return;
     try {
       if (detail.reopenable) await searchReopenAndStart.run(detail);

src/gitea_proxy.py

@@ -539,6 +539,19 @@ async def work_preview(repository: str, kind: str, number: int) -> dict:
     login = user.get("login") if isinstance(user, dict) else ""
     state = issue.get("state") if isinstance(issue.get("state"), str) else ""
     actual_kind = "pull" if isinstance(issue.get("pull_request"), dict) else "issue"
+    reviewable = False
+    if actual_kind == "pull" and state == "open" and login:
+        try:
+            pull = await fetch(f"repos/{repository}/pulls/{number}")
+        except Exception:
+            pull = None
+        requested_reviewers = pull.get("requested_reviewers") if isinstance(pull, dict) else []
+        if not isinstance(requested_reviewers, list):
+            requested_reviewers = []
+        reviewable = any(
+            isinstance(reviewer, dict) and reviewer.get("login") == login
+            for reviewer in requested_reviewers
+        )
     return {
         "kind": actual_kind,
         "repository": repository,
@@ -556,6 +569,7 @@ async def work_preview(repository: str, kind: str, number: int) -> dict:
         "claimable": actual_kind == "issue" and state == "open" and not assignee_names,
         "reopenable": actual_kind == "issue" and state == "closed",
         "assigned_to_me": bool(login and login in assignee_names),
+        "reviewable": reviewable,
     }
 
 

tests/test_command_palette.py

@@ -398,6 +398,23 @@ def test_assigned_pull_preview_hands_off_to_existing_my_work_sheet_without_claim
     assert "await openPreviewWorkInMyWork(claimed)" in click_handler
 
 
+def test_requested_pull_preview_opens_native_review_without_assignment_mutation():
+    html = dashboard_bundle_text()
+    css = (FRONTEND / "dashboard.css").read_text()
+
+    assert "startButton.hidden = !(detail.reviewable" in html
+    assert "detail.reviewable ? 'Review now'" in html
+    handler = html.split(
+        "qs('#start-search-result').addEventListener('click'", 1
+    )[1].split("qs('#close-whiteboard')", 1)[0]
+    assert "detail.kind = 'review'" in handler
+    assert "openRoutedWork" in handler
+    assert "{ replace:true }" in handler
+    assert "searchPreview.claim" not in handler
+    assert "fetchReviewJson" not in handler
+    assert ".search-preview-actions button, .search-preview-actions a { min-height:44px;" in css
+
+
 def test_search_preview_offers_assign_and_start_for_eligible_issues():
     html = dashboard_bundle_text()
     css = (FRONTEND / "dashboard.css").read_text()
@@ -413,7 +430,7 @@ def test_search_preview_offers_assign_and_start_for_eligible_issues():
 def test_closed_issue_preview_reopens_then_resumes_through_capacity_guard():
     html = dashboard_bundle_text()
 
-    assert "startButton.textContent = detail.reopenable ? 'Reopen & resume'" in html
+    assert "detail.reopenable ? 'Reopen & resume'" in html
     assert "mutate: (detail, action) => fetchReviewJson(" in html
     handler = html.split("qs('#start-search-result').addEventListener('click'", 1)[1].split(
         "qs('#close-whiteboard')", 1

tests/test_global_search.py

@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ async def test_work_preview_normalizes_details_and_only_allows_unassigned_open_i
         "claimable": True,
         "reopenable": False,
         "assigned_to_me": False,
+        "reviewable": False,
     }
 
 
@@ -294,6 +295,38 @@ async def test_work_preview_derives_pull_kind_and_never_offers_issue_claim():
     assert preview["claimable"] is False
 
 
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_work_preview_marks_authoritative_requested_pull_review_actionable():
+    requested_paths = []
+
+    async def handler(request):
+        requested_paths.append(request.url.path)
+        if request.url.path.endswith("/user"):
+            return httpx.Response(200, json={"login": "timmy"})
+        if request.url.path.endswith("/pulls/9"):
+            return httpx.Response(200, json={
+                "state": "open",
+                "requested_reviewers": [{"login": "timmy"}, None],
+            })
+        return httpx.Response(200, json={
+            "number": 9,
+            "title": "Improve search",
+            "state": "open",
+            "html_url": "https://forge.example/stackchain/web/pulls/9",
+            "pull_request": {"merged": False},
+            "assignees": [],
+        })
+
+    gitea_proxy.start_client(transport=httpx.MockTransport(handler))
+    try:
+        preview = await gitea_proxy.work_preview("stackchain/web", "issue", 9)
+    finally:
+        await gitea_proxy.stop_client()
+
+    assert preview["reviewable"] is True
+    assert "/api/v1/repos/stackchain/web/pulls/9" in requested_paths
+
+
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_work_preview_offers_reopen_only_for_closed_issues():
     async def handler(request):