diff --git a/frontend/dashboard.css b/frontend/dashboard.css
index cfa833e..0c686e4 100644
--- a/frontend/dashboard.css
+++ b/frontend/dashboard.css
@@ -546,6 +546,10 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
 .search-preview-header { display:flex; align-items:flex-start; justify-content:space-between; gap:10px; }
 .search-preview-header button, .search-preview-actions button, .search-preview-actions a { min-height:44px; }
 .search-preview-body { margin:0; white-space:pre-wrap; overflow-wrap:anywhere; }
+.search-preview-conversation { display:grid; gap:8px; padding-top:8px; border-top:1px solid #2a496e; }
+.search-preview-conversation h2 { margin:0; font-size:1rem; }
+.search-preview-comment { min-width:0; padding:10px 0; border-bottom:1px solid #1b2d45; overflow-wrap:anywhere; }
+.search-preview-conversation button { min-height:44px; width:100%; }
 .search-preview-navigation { display:grid; grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) auto minmax(0,1fr); align-items:center; gap:8px; }
 .search-preview-actions { position:sticky; bottom:0; display:grid; gap:8px; padding:10px 0; padding-bottom:calc(10px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); background:#0b1526; }
 .search-preview-actions button, .search-preview-actions a { min-height:44px; box-sizing:border-box; display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center; }
diff --git a/frontend/dashboard.js b/frontend/dashboard.js
index 39e318b..d99ead0 100644
--- a/frontend/dashboard.js
+++ b/frontend/dashboard.js
@@ -4322,11 +4322,8 @@
     commandSearch.setScope(scope);
   }
   let searchPreviewDetail = null;
-  function searchPreviewPath(item) {
-    const repository = String(item.repository || '').split('/').map(encodeURIComponent).join('/');
-    return 'api/v1/repos/' + repository + '/issues/' + encodeURIComponent(item.number) +
-      '/preview?kind=' + encodeURIComponent(item.kind);
-  }
+  const renderSearchConversation = conversation =>
+    renderSearchPreviewConversation(conversation, document, escapeHtml, fmt, renderMarkdown);
   function renderSearchPreview(state) {
     const sheet = qs('#search-preview');
     const status = qs('#search-preview-status');
@@ -4358,6 +4355,7 @@
       qs('#search-preview-title').textContent = state.item.title || 'Work preview';
       qs('#search-preview-meta').textContent = '';
       qs('#search-preview-body').textContent = '';
+      renderSearchConversation(null);
       qs('#open-search-result-gitea').href = safeSearchUrl(state.item.url) || '#';
       status.textContent = 'Loading preview…';
       return;
@@ -4378,6 +4376,7 @@
       (detail.labels?.length ? ' · ' + detail.labels.join(', ') : '') +
       (detail.assignees?.length ? ' · assigned to ' + detail.assignees.join(', ') : '');
     qs('#search-preview-body').innerHTML = renderMarkdown(detail.body || 'No description provided.');
+    renderSearchConversation(state.conversation);
     qs('#open-search-result-gitea').href = safeSearchUrl(detail.url) || '#';
     claimButton.hidden = !(detail.claimable || detail.assigned_to_me);
     claimButton.textContent = detail.assigned_to_me ? 'Open in My Work' : 'Assign to me';
@@ -4409,6 +4408,9 @@
   }
   const searchPreview = createSearchPreview({
     fetchJson: item => fetchReviewJson(searchPreviewPath(item), { headers:{ Accept:'application/json' } }),
+    fetchConversation:(item,page)=>fetchReviewJson(searchPreviewConversationPath(item,page),{
+      headers:{Accept:'application/json'},
+    }),
     mutate: (detail, action) => fetchReviewJson(
       'api/v1/repos/' + detail.repository.split('/').map(encodeURIComponent).join('/') +
       '/issues/' + encodeURIComponent(detail.number) + '/' + action,
@@ -4430,15 +4432,9 @@
     },
     formatTime: fmt,
   });
-  function canonicalSearchPreviewUrl() {
-    const { query, preview, scope = currentSearchScope() } = taskOverlayHistory.currentState();
-    const params = new URLSearchParams({
-      search:query || '', preview:preview.kind + ':' + preview.repository + ':' + preview.number,
-      search_kind:scope.kind, search_state:scope.state,
-    });
-    if (scope.repository) params.set('search_repository', scope.repository);
-    return new URL('?' + params, window.location.origin + window.location.pathname).href;
-  }
+  const canonicalSearchPreviewUrl = () => searchPreviewUrl(
+    taskOverlayHistory.currentState(), currentSearchScope(), window.location
+  );
   function createSearchStart(claim) {
     return createAssignAndStart({
       available: createAndStart.available,
diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index d09fc25..147de3e 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -465,6 +465,13 @@
     <div id="search-preview-status" class="small" aria-live="polite">Choose a search result.</div>
     <div id="search-preview-meta" class="row"></div>
     <div id="search-preview-body" class="search-preview-body markdown-content"></div>
+    <section id="search-preview-conversation" class="search-preview-conversation" aria-labelledby="search-preview-conversation-title">
+      <h2 id="search-preview-conversation-title">Current conversation</h2>
+      <div id="search-preview-comments"></div>
+      <div id="search-preview-conversation-status" class="small" aria-live="polite"></div>
+      <button id="retry-search-preview-conversation" type="button" hidden>Retry conversation</button>
+      <button id="load-older-search-preview-comments" type="button" hidden>Load older messages</button>
+    </section>
     <div class="search-preview-actions">
       <nav class="search-preview-navigation" aria-label="Search result navigation" hidden>
         <button id="previous-search-result" type="button">Previous</button>
diff --git a/frontend/search-preview.js b/frontend/search-preview.js
index 03724de..c9caf28 100644
--- a/frontend/search-preview.js
+++ b/frontend/search-preview.js
@@ -9,9 +9,57 @@
         return ['http:', 'https:'].includes(url.protocol) ? url.href : '';
       } catch (_) { return ''; }
     };
+    root.searchPreviewUrl = (state, defaultScope, location) => {
+      const { query, preview, scope = defaultScope } = state;
+      const params = new URLSearchParams({
+        search:query || '', preview:preview.kind + ':' + preview.repository + ':' + preview.number,
+        search_kind:scope.kind, search_state:scope.state,
+      });
+      if (scope.repository) params.set('search_repository', scope.repository);
+      return new URL('?' + params, location.origin + location.pathname).href;
+    };
+    root.searchPreviewPath = item => {
+      const repository = String(item.repository || '').split('/').map(encodeURIComponent).join('/');
+      return 'api/v1/repos/' + repository + '/issues/' + encodeURIComponent(item.number) +
+        '/preview?kind=' + encodeURIComponent(item.kind);
+    };
+    root.searchPreviewConversationPath = (item, page) => {
+      const repository = String(item.repository || '').split('/').map(encodeURIComponent).join('/');
+      const query = new URLSearchParams({ kind:item.kind, limit:'20' });
+      if (page) query.set('page', String(page));
+      return 'api/v1/repos/' + repository + '/issues/' + encodeURIComponent(item.number) +
+        '/preview/conversation?' + query.toString();
+    };
+    root.renderSearchPreviewConversation = (conversation, document, escapeHtml, formatTime, renderMarkdown) => {
+      const comments = document.querySelector('#search-preview-comments');
+      const status = document.querySelector('#search-preview-conversation-status');
+      const retry = document.querySelector('#retry-search-preview-conversation');
+      const older = document.querySelector('#load-older-search-preview-comments');
+      if (!conversation) {
+        comments.textContent = status.textContent = '';
+        retry.hidden = older.hidden = true;
+        return;
+      }
+      comments.innerHTML = (conversation.comments || []).map(comment =>
+        '<article class="search-preview-comment" data-comment-id="' + Number(comment.id || 0) + '">' +
+        '<div class="small">' + escapeHtml(comment.author || 'Unknown author') +
+        (comment.created_at ? ' · ' + escapeHtml(formatTime(comment.created_at)) : '') + '</div>' +
+        '<div class="markdown-content">' + renderMarkdown(comment.body || '') + '</div></article>'
+      ).join('');
+      retry.hidden = conversation.status !== 'error';
+      older.hidden = conversation.status !== 'ready' || !conversation.olderPage;
+      older.disabled = conversation.status === 'loading';
+      if (conversation.status === 'loading') status.textContent = conversation.comments?.length
+        ? 'Loading older messages…' : 'Loading current conversation…';
+      else if (conversation.status === 'error') status.textContent =
+        'Conversation unavailable. Preview and planning actions still work.';
+      else if (!conversation.comments?.length) status.textContent = 'No conversation yet.';
+      else status.textContent = conversation.comments.length +
+        (conversation.comments.length === 1 ? ' message.' : ' messages.');
+    };
   }
 })(typeof globalThis !== 'undefined' ? globalThis : this, function () {
-  return function createSearchPreview({ fetchJson, mutate, share, session, getSession, loadMore, onNavigate, navigationRoot, onState }) {
+  return function createSearchPreview({ fetchJson, fetchConversation, mutate, share, session, getSession, loadMore, onNavigate, navigationRoot, onState }) {
     if (Array.isArray(session)) {
       getSession = session[0];
       loadMore = () => session[1].loadMore();
@@ -23,6 +71,7 @@
     let mutationRequest = null;
     let shareRequest = null;
     let moveRequest = null;
+    let conversation = null;
 
     function sameItem(left, right) {
       return left && right && left.kind === right.kind && left.repository === right.repository &&
@@ -72,16 +121,53 @@
       return mutationRequest;
     }
 
+    function loadConversation(detail, requestGeneration, page) {
+      if (typeof fetchConversation !== 'function') return Promise.resolve(null);
+      const previousComments = page && Array.isArray(conversation?.comments)
+        ? conversation.comments : [];
+      conversation = { status:'loading', comments:previousComments, olderPage:page ?? null };
+      publish({ status:'ready', item:current, detail, conversation });
+      return fetchConversation(detail, page).then(result => {
+        if (requestGeneration !== generation) return result;
+        const incoming = Array.isArray(result?.comments) ? result.comments : [];
+        const comments = page
+          ? [...incoming, ...previousComments].filter((comment, index, all) =>
+              all.findIndex(candidate => candidate?.id === comment?.id) === index)
+          : incoming;
+        conversation = {
+          status:'ready',
+          comments,
+          olderPage:result?.older_page ?? null,
+        };
+        publish({ status:'ready', item:current, detail:current, conversation });
+        return result;
+      }).catch(error => {
+        if (requestGeneration === generation) {
+          conversation = {
+            status:'error', comments:previousComments,
+            olderPage:page ?? conversation?.olderPage ?? null, error,
+          };
+          publish({ status:'ready', item:current, detail:current, conversation });
+        }
+        return null;
+      });
+    }
+
     const api = {
       open(item) {
         generation += 1;
         const requestGeneration = generation;
         current = { ...item };
+        conversation = null;
         publish({ status: 'loading', item: current });
         return fetchJson(current).then(detail => {
           if (requestGeneration === generation) {
             current = { ...current, ...detail };
-            publish({ status: 'ready', item: current, detail });
+            if (typeof fetchConversation === 'function') {
+              loadConversation(current, requestGeneration);
+            } else {
+              publish({ status: 'ready', item: current, detail });
+            }
           }
           return detail;
         }).catch(error => {
@@ -128,6 +214,14 @@
         })().finally(() => { moveRequest = null; });
         return moveRequest;
       },
+      retryConversation() {
+        if (!current) return Promise.resolve(null);
+        return loadConversation(current, generation);
+      },
+      loadOlderConversation() {
+        if (!current || !conversation?.olderPage) return Promise.resolve(null);
+        return loadConversation(current, generation, conversation.olderPage);
+      },
       share(url) {
         if (shareRequest) return shareRequest;
         if (!current || typeof share !== 'function') return Promise.reject(new Error('Sharing is unavailable.'));
@@ -152,6 +246,8 @@
     if (navigationRoot) {
       navigationRoot.querySelector('#previous-search-result').addEventListener('click', () => api.previous().catch(() => {}));
       navigationRoot.querySelector('#next-search-result').addEventListener('click', () => api.next().catch(() => {}));
+      navigationRoot.querySelector('#retry-search-preview-conversation').addEventListener('click', () => api.retryConversation());
+      navigationRoot.querySelector('#load-older-search-preview-comments').addEventListener('click', () => api.loadOlderConversation());
     }
     return api;
   };
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 182386b..c2a1753 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -2778,6 +2778,32 @@ async def global_search_preview(
     return JSONResponse(preview)
 
 
+@app.get("/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{number}/preview/conversation")
+async def global_search_preview_conversation(
+    owner: str,
+    repo: str,
+    number: int = PathParam(gt=0),
+    kind: Literal["issue", "pull"] = Query(),
+    page: int | None = Query(default=None, ge=1, le=100),
+    limit: int = Query(default=20, ge=1, le=50),
+) -> JSONResponse:
+    del kind  # Issue and pull-request conversations share Gitea's issue-comments API.
+    try:
+        conversation = await asyncio.wait_for(
+            gitea_proxy.issue_conversation_page(
+                f"{owner}/{repo}", number, page, limit
+            ),
+            timeout=GLOBAL_SEARCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error": "This conversation is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."},
+            status_code=503,
+            headers={"Retry-After": "1"},
+        )
+    return JSONResponse(conversation)
+
+
 @app.get("/api/v1/work-route")
 async def resolve_work_route(
     kind: Literal["issue", "pull", "review", "update"] = Query(),
diff --git a/tests/test_command_palette.py b/tests/test_command_palette.py
index 2d8456c..e2628ea 100644
--- a/tests/test_command_palette.py
+++ b/tests/test_command_palette.py
@@ -386,6 +386,26 @@ process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{numbers:loaded.items.map(item => item.numb
     assert json.loads(result.stdout) == {"numbers": [1, 2], "more": False}
 
 
+def test_mobile_search_preview_progressively_renders_a_retryable_paged_conversation():
+    html = dashboard_bundle_text()
+    css = (FRONTEND / "dashboard.css").read_text()
+    preview_source = SEARCH_PREVIEW.read_text()
+
+    assert 'id="search-preview-conversation"' in html
+    assert 'id="search-preview-comments"' in html
+    assert 'id="search-preview-conversation-status"' in html
+    assert 'id="retry-search-preview-conversation"' in html
+    assert 'id="load-older-search-preview-comments"' in html
+    assert 'aria-live="polite"' in html
+    assert "fetchConversation:" in html
+    assert "api.retryConversation()" in preview_source
+    assert "api.loadOlderConversation()" in preview_source
+    assert "renderMarkdown(comment.body || '')" in preview_source
+    assert ".search-preview-conversation" in css
+    assert ".search-preview-comment" in css
+    assert "min-height:44px" in css
+
+
 def test_mobile_search_preview_renders_session_navigation_and_advances_after_planning():
     html = dashboard_bundle_text()
     css = (FRONTEND / "dashboard.css").read_text()
@@ -440,6 +460,85 @@ if (ready.length !== 1 || ready[0].detail.number !== 2) {{
     subprocess.run(["node", "-e", script], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
 
 
+def test_search_preview_publishes_detail_before_progressive_conversation_and_ignores_stale_comments():
+    script = f"""
+const createSearchPreview = require({json.dumps(str(SEARCH_PREVIEW))});
+(async () => {{
+const pending = new Map();
+const states = [];
+const preview = createSearchPreview({{
+  fetchJson: item => Promise.resolve({{...item, title:'Issue ' + item.number}}),
+  fetchConversation: item => new Promise(resolve => pending.set(item.number, resolve)),
+  mutate: () => Promise.resolve(),
+  onState: state => states.push(state),
+}});
+await preview.open({{repository:'stackchain/api', number:1, kind:'issue'}});
+const firstReady = states.find(state => state.status === 'ready' && state.detail?.number === 1);
+if (!firstReady || firstReady.conversation?.status !== 'loading') throw new Error('detail waited for conversation');
+await preview.open({{repository:'stackchain/api', number:2, kind:'issue'}});
+pending.get(1)({{comments:[{{id:1,body:'stale'}}], page:1, older_page:null}});
+pending.get(2)({{comments:[{{id:2,body:'current'}}], page:1, older_page:null}});
+await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+const final = states.at(-1);
+process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{
+  number:final.detail.number,
+  status:final.conversation.status,
+  comments:final.conversation.comments.map(comment => comment.body),
+}}));
+}})().catch(error => {{ console.error(error); process.exit(1); }});
+"""
+    result = subprocess.run(["node", "-e", script], capture_output=True, text=True)
+
+    assert result.returncode == 0, result.stderr
+    assert json.loads(result.stdout) == {
+        "number": 2,
+        "status": "ready",
+        "comments": ["current"],
+    }
+
+
+def test_search_preview_retries_failed_conversation_and_prepends_older_messages_without_duplicates():
+    script = f"""
+const createSearchPreview = require({json.dumps(str(SEARCH_PREVIEW))});
+(async () => {{
+let calls = 0;
+const states = [];
+const preview = createSearchPreview({{
+  fetchJson: item => Promise.resolve({{...item, title:'Issue'}}),
+  fetchConversation: (_item, page) => {{
+    calls += 1;
+    if (calls === 1) return Promise.reject(new Error('offline'));
+    if (page === 1) return Promise.resolve({{comments:[{{id:1,body:'old'}},{{id:3,body:'duplicate'}}], older_page:null}});
+    return Promise.resolve({{comments:[{{id:3,body:'newer'}},{{id:4,body:'newest'}}], older_page:1}});
+  }},
+  mutate: () => Promise.resolve(),
+  onState: state => states.push(state),
+}});
+await preview.open({{repository:'stackchain/api', number:42, kind:'issue'}});
+await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+if (states.at(-1).conversation.status !== 'error') throw new Error('failure unavailable');
+await preview.retryConversation();
+await preview.loadOlderConversation();
+const final = states.at(-1).conversation;
+process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{
+  calls,
+  status:final.status,
+  ids:final.comments.map(comment => comment.id),
+  olderPage:final.olderPage,
+}}));
+}})().catch(error => {{ console.error(error); process.exit(1); }});
+"""
+    result = subprocess.run(["node", "-e", script], capture_output=True, text=True)
+
+    assert result.returncode == 0, result.stderr
+    assert json.loads(result.stdout) == {
+        "calls": 3,
+        "status": "ready",
+        "ids": [1, 3, 4],
+        "olderPage": None,
+    }
+
+
 def test_search_preview_claim_is_single_flight_and_reports_confirmation():
     script = f"""
 const createSearchPreview = require({json.dumps(str(SEARCH_PREVIEW))});
diff --git a/tests/test_global_search.py b/tests/test_global_search.py
index b8b73b8..bbbde91 100644
--- a/tests/test_global_search.py
+++ b/tests/test_global_search.py
@@ -186,6 +186,43 @@ async def test_global_search_preview_returns_normalized_action_context(monkeypat
     assert response.json()["claimable"] is True
 
 
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("kind", ["issue", "pull"])
+async def test_global_search_preview_conversation_returns_a_bounded_authorized_page(
+    monkeypatch, kind
+):
+    requested = []
+
+    async def conversation(repository, number, page, limit):
+        requested.append((repository, number, page, limit))
+        return {
+            "comments": [{
+                "id": 7,
+                "author": "alexander",
+                "body": "Current **decision**",
+                "created_at": "2026-08-14T12:00:00Z",
+                "url": "https://forge.example/stackchain/api/issues/42#issuecomment-7",
+            }],
+            "page": 3,
+            "older_page": 2,
+            "total": 41,
+        }
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        main.gitea_proxy, "issue_conversation_page", conversation, raising=False
+    )
+    transport = httpx.ASGITransport(app=main.app)
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=transport, base_url="http://test") as client:
+        response = await client.get(
+            f"/api/v1/repos/stackchain/api/issues/42/preview/conversation?kind={kind}&limit=20"
+        )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.headers["cache-control"] == "no-store"
+    assert response.json()["comments"][0]["body"] == "Current **decision**"
+    assert requested == [("stackchain/api", 42, None, 20)]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_global_search_queries_issues_and_pulls_and_skips_unsafe_results():
     requests = []