diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1df70401a..bbb05dc1e3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ dist/
 .artifacts/
 artifacts/
 dashboard/.wrangler/
+.wrangler/
 .clawsweeper-repair/
 .claude/
 tmp/
diff --git a/dashboard/bay-page.ts b/dashboard/bay-page.ts
index 31c3f33537..c63dcae5a2 100644
--- a/dashboard/bay-page.ts
+++ b/dashboard/bay-page.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ button,input,a{font:inherit} button{color:inherit} a{color:inherit}
 .repo-bar{margin-top:10px;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:7px;flex-wrap:wrap}.repo-bar>span{font:800 9px ui-monospace,monospace;color:var(--muted);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.12em}.repo-button{border:1px solid var(--line);background:rgba(255,255,255,.72);border-radius:999px;padding:6px 10px;font-size:10px;cursor:pointer}.repo-button:before{content:"";display:inline-block;width:8px;height:8px;border-radius:2px;background:var(--repo-color,#788);margin-right:6px}.repo-button.active{border-color:var(--repo-color,var(--claw));box-shadow:inset 0 0 0 1px var(--repo-color,var(--claw));background:white}
 .notice{display:none;padding:8px 16px;background:#fff5d9;border-bottom:1px solid #e4c57d;color:#6d5421;font-size:11px}.notice.show{display:block}
 .beach{position:relative;min-height:690px;overflow:hidden;background:linear-gradient(180deg,var(--sand-light),var(--sand));isolation:isolate}.beach:before{content:"";position:absolute;z-index:-3;right:-2%;top:0;bottom:0;width:20%;background:repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse at 0 50%,transparent 0 21px,rgba(220,250,249,.38) 22px 24px,transparent 25px 42px),linear-gradient(90deg,#86c0bf,var(--sea))}.beach:after{content:"";position:absolute;z-index:-2;left:0;top:0;bottom:0;width:6.5%;background:repeating-linear-gradient(90deg,#8a603d 0 3px,#b98b61 3px 18px,#7f5839 18px 20px);clip-path:polygon(0 0,100% 7%,77% 100%,0 100%)}
-.beach-inner{position:relative;min-height:690px;padding:64px 20% 22px 7.5%}.stage-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(5,minmax(120px,1fr));height:600px}.stage{position:relative;border-right:1px dashed rgba(100,72,41,.22);min-width:0}.stage:last-child{border-right:0}.stage h2,.pool h2{position:absolute;z-index:5;left:50%;top:0;translate:-50% 0;margin:0;padding:9px 12px;border-radius:4px;background:#ad7c50;color:#352417;box-shadow:0 4px 0 #765032,0 8px 16px rgba(66,45,25,.13);font:800 9px ui-monospace,monospace;letter-spacing:.13em;text-transform:uppercase;white-space:nowrap}.stage h2 span,.pool h2 span{margin-left:6px;opacity:.68}.stage-body{position:absolute;inset:58px 5px 0}.empty{position:absolute;left:12px;right:12px;top:48%;text-align:center;color:rgba(87,70,49,.52);font-size:10px}.overflow-note{position:absolute;z-index:7;left:50%;bottom:5px;translate:-50% 0;padding:5px 8px;border:1px solid rgba(100,72,41,.2);border-radius:999px;background:rgba(255,249,235,.92);color:#6f5a42;font:700 8px ui-monospace,monospace;white-space:nowrap}.loading{position:absolute;inset:0;display:grid;place-items:center;color:#765f42;font:700 12px ui-monospace,monospace}.loading i{display:block;width:34px;height:34px;margin:0 auto 10px;border:3px solid rgba(117,89,52,.2);border-top-color:var(--claw);border-radius:50%;animation:spin .8s linear infinite}
+.beach-inner{position:relative;min-height:690px;padding:64px 20% 22px 7.5%}.stage-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(6,minmax(120px,1fr));height:600px}.stage{position:relative;border-right:1px dashed rgba(100,72,41,.22);min-width:0}.stage:last-child{border-right:0}.stage h2,.pool h2{position:absolute;z-index:5;left:50%;top:0;translate:-50% 0;margin:0;padding:9px 12px;border-radius:4px;background:#ad7c50;color:#352417;box-shadow:0 4px 0 #765032,0 8px 16px rgba(66,45,25,.13);font:800 9px ui-monospace,monospace;letter-spacing:.13em;text-transform:uppercase;white-space:nowrap}.stage h2 span,.pool h2 span{margin-left:6px;opacity:.68}.stage-body{position:absolute;inset:58px 5px 0}.empty{position:absolute;left:12px;right:12px;top:48%;text-align:center;color:rgba(87,70,49,.52);font-size:10px}.overflow-note{position:absolute;z-index:7;left:50%;bottom:5px;translate:-50% 0;padding:5px 8px;border:1px solid rgba(100,72,41,.2);border-radius:999px;background:rgba(255,249,235,.92);color:#6f5a42;font:700 8px ui-monospace,monospace;white-space:nowrap}.loading{position:absolute;inset:0;display:grid;place-items:center;color:#765f42;font:700 12px ui-monospace,monospace}.loading i{display:block;width:34px;height:34px;margin:0 auto 10px;border:3px solid rgba(117,89,52,.2);border-top-color:var(--claw);border-radius:50%;animation:spin .8s linear infinite}
 .terminal-stack{position:absolute;right:2.8%;top:64px;bottom:24px;width:15.5%;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:11px}.pool{position:relative;min-height:130px;border:1px dashed rgba(94,66,37,.25);border-radius:50%;background:rgba(204,210,190,.52);overflow:visible}.pool.failed{background:rgba(236,190,157,.54);border-color:rgba(180,73,45,.45)}.pool.cancelled{background:rgba(206,199,179,.52)}.pool-body{position:absolute;inset:47px 8px 8px}.pool .empty{top:45%}
 .critter{position:absolute;left:var(--x);top:var(--y);width:76px;height:72px;border:0;background:transparent;padding:18px 3px 0;cursor:pointer;filter:drop-shadow(0 6px 4px rgba(76,53,29,.23));transition:transform .22s,filter .22s;animation:breathe 3.4s ease-in-out infinite;animation-delay:var(--delay)}.critter:hover,.critter:focus-visible{z-index:25;transform:translateY(-5px) scale(1.1);filter:drop-shadow(0 10px 7px rgba(76,53,29,.3));outline:none}.critter svg{width:67px;height:49px;overflow:visible;filter:hue-rotate(var(--hue)) saturate(var(--sat)) brightness(var(--light));transform:scale(var(--sx),var(--sy)) rotate(var(--tilt));transform-origin:center bottom}.critter .ref{position:absolute;z-index:4;left:50%;top:0;translate:-50% 0;white-space:nowrap;padding:4px 6px;border:1px solid var(--repo-color);border-radius:5px;background:rgba(255,255,255,.94);box-shadow:0 3px 8px rgba(60,45,28,.12);color:#51463a;font:700 8px ui-monospace,monospace}.repo-pin{position:absolute;right:3px;bottom:5px;width:7px;height:7px;border-radius:50%;background:var(--repo-color);border:1px solid white}.pool .critter{width:65px;height:60px;padding-top:16px}.pool .critter svg{width:54px;height:40px}.pool .critter .ref{font-size:7px}.critter.located{z-index:50;animation:found .7s ease-in-out infinite;filter:drop-shadow(0 0 5px white) drop-shadow(0 0 15px #f2a12d)}.find-arrow{display:none;position:absolute;z-index:6;left:50%;top:-45px;translate:-50% 0;padding:5px 7px;border:2px solid #96301f;border-radius:999px;background:var(--claw);color:white;box-shadow:0 4px 0 #96301f;font:900 8px ui-monospace,monospace;white-space:nowrap}.find-arrow:after{content:"↓";position:absolute;left:50%;top:20px;translate:-50%;color:var(--claw);font-size:25px}.critter.located .find-arrow{display:block}.critter.retriggered{animation:emerge 1.7s cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1),breathe 3.4s 1.7s ease-in-out infinite}.critter.terminal-completed .claw{transform-origin:center;animation:wave-claw 1.5s ease-in-out infinite}.tide-imminent .terminal-completed .claw{animation-duration:.38s}.critter.terminal-failed{filter:drop-shadow(0 0 8px rgba(190,65,38,.4))}.critter.terminal-cancelled{filter:grayscale(.55) sepia(.2) drop-shadow(0 5px 4px rgba(76,53,29,.18))}
 .master{position:absolute;z-index:14;left:7%;top:50%;width:215px;height:100px;pointer-events:none;transition:left 3.4s cubic-bezier(.42,.04,.22,1),top 3.4s cubic-bezier(.42,.04,.22,1),transform .5s}.master svg{position:absolute;left:0;top:5px;width:135px;height:79px;filter:drop-shadow(0 7px 5px rgba(76,53,29,.25))}.brush{position:absolute;left:116px;top:49px;width:88px;height:9px;border-radius:8px;background:linear-gradient(#775032,#4e321f);transform:rotate(2deg);transform-origin:left center}.brush:after{content:"";position:absolute;right:-3px;top:-18px;width:27px;height:45px;border-radius:5px 10px 10px 5px;background:repeating-linear-gradient(90deg,#c59041 0 3px,#e5be6e 3px 6px);border:1px solid #98682d;transform:rotate(-3deg)}.master.sweeping .brush:after{animation:brush 1s ease-in-out infinite}.station{position:absolute;z-index:2;left:1.5%;top:43%;width:72px;height:155px;color:#206b70}.station strong{position:absolute;top:-22px;left:-3px;background:#28767a;color:white;border-radius:4px;padding:5px 7px;font:800 7px ui-monospace,monospace;text-transform:uppercase;white-space:nowrap}.station:before{content:"";position:absolute;left:17px;top:8px;width:42px;height:61px;border:5px solid #f4eee0;background:repeating-linear-gradient(0deg,#367f82 0 6px,#e9e3d6 6px 12px)}.station:after{content:"";position:absolute;left:9px;top:70px;width:58px;height:72px;border-left:5px solid #eee5d5;border-right:5px solid #eee5d5;clip-path:polygon(20% 0,80% 0,100% 100%,80% 100%,62% 28%,38% 28%,20% 100%,0 100%)}
@@ -87,6 +87,34 @@ dialog{border:0;padding:0;margin:0 0 0 auto;width:min(580px,94vw);height:100vh;m
 @media((max-width:820px) and (orientation:portrait)),(max-width:600px){.masthead{min-height:0;gap:7px;padding:8px 11px}.brand{min-width:0}.brand small,.demo-chip,.brush-control>span{display:none}.nav{order:0;flex:1;width:auto;justify-content:flex-end;gap:1px}.nav a{padding:7px 8px;font-size:10px}.brush-control{gap:4px}.brush-control button{padding:6px 8px;font-size:10px}.hero{padding:10px 12px 8px}.title-row{align-items:center;gap:7px;flex-wrap:wrap}.title-row h1{font-size:clamp(29px,9vw,37px)}.title-row p{display:none}.live-chip{padding:4px 7px;font-size:10px}.overall-average{order:4;flex-basis:100%;margin-left:0;align-self:flex-start;padding:6px 9px}.overall-average strong{font-size:12px}.overall-average small{font-size:8px}.tools{margin-top:8px;gap:7px}.finder{padding:7px;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:6px}.finder label{font-size:8px}.finder input{width:auto;min-width:0;flex:1;padding:7px 8px}.finder-status{flex-basis:100%;min-width:0;padding-left:1px}.tide-panel{width:100%;padding:7px 9px}.repo-bar{max-height:72px;overflow:auto;padding-bottom:2px}.repo-bar>span{flex-basis:100%}.beach{min-height:0;overflow:hidden;background-color:#efd8a8;background-image:linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(248,236,204,.08),rgba(106,72,37,.1)),url('/bay-assets/bay-background-portrait.webp?v=1');background-size:100% 100%,cover;background-position:center,center top;background-attachment:scroll,fixed}.beach:after{background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(54,34,18,.1),transparent 30%,transparent 74%,rgba(21,104,113,.12))}.beach-inner{min-width:0;min-height:0;padding:142px 13px 0}.stage-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr!important;gap:0;height:auto}.lane-lines{display:none}.stage{min-height:195px;border:0}.stage:before{content:"";position:absolute;z-index:1;left:5%;right:5%;bottom:0;height:10px;border-bottom:3px dashed rgba(103,69,36,.43);filter:drop-shadow(0 2px 0 rgba(255,239,196,.65));transform:rotate(var(--lane-divider-tilt,-.4deg))}.stage:nth-child(even):before{--lane-divider-tilt:.55deg}.stage:after{right:auto;left:50%;bottom:-7px;width:72px;height:14px;transform:translateX(-50%) rotate(-1.8deg)}.stage:nth-child(even):after{transform:translateX(-50%) rotate(2deg)}.stage h2{top:8px;bottom:auto}.stage-body{inset:52px 10px 24px}.overflow-note{bottom:3px}.station{left:2%;top:22px;transform:scale(.78);transform-origin:left top}.master{z-index:15}.terminal-stack{position:relative;right:auto;top:auto;bottom:auto;width:auto;min-width:0;margin:28px 13px 24px;display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:18px}.terminal-stack:before{display:none}.pool{min-height:205px!important;flex-grow:0!important;flex-basis:auto!important}.pool.completed{min-height:340px!important}.pool h2{top:12px}.pool-body{inset:54px 12px 16px}.sample-note{position:relative;left:auto;right:auto;bottom:auto;margin:0 13px 12px;padding-bottom:5px}.chat-overlay{z-index:90}.overlay-speech{width:min(220px,calc(100vw - 28px))}.overlay-speech.answer{width:min(250px,calc(100vw - 28px))}}
 @media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){*,*:before,*:after{animation-duration:.001ms!important;animation-iteration-count:1!important;transition:none!important}.beach.tide-active .wave{animation:none!important;transform:translate3d(2%,0,0);opacity:.44}.beach.tide-active .tide-wet-sheen{animation:none!important;opacity:.3}.beach.tide-active .tide-wet-gleam{animation:none!important;opacity:.32}.beach.preview-tide-cleared .pool .critter{opacity:.2;transform:none;filter:grayscale(.15)}}
 .bay-control-head{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;gap:9px;margin-top:8px}.bay-control-head>span{color:#6f604d;font:800 8px ui-monospace,monospace;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase}.bay-range-controls{display:flex;gap:4px}.bay-range-controls button{border:1px solid rgba(83,66,43,.22);border-radius:999px;background:rgba(255,252,245,.74);color:#665847;padding:4px 7px;font:800 8px ui-monospace,monospace;cursor:pointer}.bay-range-controls button:hover{background:#fff7e8}.bay-range-controls button.active{border-color:#d95534;background:#fff1eb;color:#a33c29}.bay-range-controls button:focus-visible{outline:2px solid #186d72;outline-offset:2px}.bay-control-board{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr));gap:7px;margin-top:5px}.bay-control-card{min-width:0;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid rgba(83,66,43,.18);border-radius:10px;background:rgba(255,252,245,.84);box-shadow:0 5px 15px rgba(48,45,34,.06)}.bay-control-card h2{margin:0;color:#6f604d;font:800 8px ui-monospace,monospace;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase}.bay-control-summary{display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:8px;margin-top:4px}.bay-control-summary strong{font:800 16px ui-monospace,monospace;color:#264f51;letter-spacing:-.04em}.bay-control-summary span{font-size:9px;color:var(--muted);text-align:right}.bay-control-charts{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:7px;margin-top:6px}.bay-control-chart{min-width:0}.bay-control-chart small{display:block;margin-bottom:2px;color:#6f604d;font:800 7px ui-monospace,monospace;letter-spacing:.06em;text-transform:uppercase}.bay-control-chart svg{display:block;width:100%;height:44px;overflow:visible}.bay-control-grid{stroke:rgba(70,88,78,.16);stroke-width:1}.bay-control-axis-label{fill:#766956;font:800 7px ui-monospace,monospace}.bay-control-line{fill:none;stroke:#df552f;stroke-width:2.1;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-linecap:round}.bay-control-line.rate{stroke:#6859c7}.bay-control-point{fill:#df552f;stroke:#fffaf0;stroke-width:1.1}.bay-control-point.rate{fill:#6859c7}.bay-control-rate{margin-top:5px;color:#287456;font-size:9px;font-weight:800;line-height:1.3}.bay-control-rate.rising{color:#b74331}.bay-control-rate.collecting{color:var(--muted);font-weight:650}.bay-handoff{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr));gap:5px;margin-top:7px}.bay-handoff div{min-width:0}.bay-handoff span{display:block;color:var(--muted);font:800 7px ui-monospace,monospace;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.08em}.bay-handoff strong{display:block;margin-top:2px;font:800 13px ui-monospace,monospace;color:#294a4b}.bay-handoff-status{display:inline-block;margin-top:7px;padding:3px 5px;border-radius:999px;background:#e8f4ea;color:#287456;font:800 8px ui-monospace,monospace;letter-spacing:.05em;text-transform:uppercase}.bay-handoff-status.degraded,.bay-handoff-status.stalled{background:#fff0e9;color:#a5402c}.bay-control-empty{margin:6px 0 0;color:var(--muted);font-size:10px}.queue-sample-copy{margin:0 0 14px;color:#5d5041;font-size:12px;line-height:1.5}.queue-sample-list{list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.queue-sample-list li{display:flex;align-items:baseline;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;padding:9px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #e5daca;font-size:12px}.queue-sample-list a{color:#a9402c;font-weight:750;text-decoration:none}.queue-sample-list span{color:var(--muted);font-size:10px;text-align:right}@media(max-width:900px){.bay-control-board{grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr}.bay-control-card:last-child{grid-column:1/-1}}@media((max-width:820px) and (orientation:portrait)),(max-width:600px){.bay-control-head{align-items:flex-start}.bay-control-head>span{padding-top:5px}.bay-control-board{grid-template-columns:1fr;margin-top:7px}.bay-control-card:last-child{grid-column:auto}.bay-control-summary strong{font-size:15px}.lane-help-copy{position:fixed;left:14px;right:14px;bottom:18px;translate:0;width:auto;max-width:none}.overflow-note{font-size:10px}}
+.bay-state-writer-stats{display:grid;align-content:center;gap:2px;min-height:44px}.bay-state-writer-stats strong{color:#294a4b;font:800 13px ui-monospace,monospace}.bay-state-writer-stats span{color:var(--muted);font-size:9px;line-height:1.25}@media(min-width:1301px){.bay-control-board{grid-template-columns:repeat(4,minmax(0,1fr))}}@media(min-width:901px) and (max-width:1300px){.bay-control-board{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr))}}@media(max-width:900px){.bay-control-board{grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr}.bay-control-card:last-child{grid-column:auto}}
+@media (max-width:970px) and (orientation:landscape){
+  .beach{min-height:0;overflow:hidden}
+  .beach-inner{min-width:0;min-height:0;padding:142px 13px 0}
+  .stage-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr!important;gap:0;height:auto}
+  .lane-lines{display:none}
+  .stage{min-height:195px;border:0}
+  .stage:before{content:"";position:absolute;z-index:1;left:5%;right:5%;bottom:0;height:10px;border-bottom:3px dashed rgba(103,69,36,.43);filter:drop-shadow(0 2px 0 rgba(255,239,196,.65));transform:rotate(var(--lane-divider-tilt,-.4deg))}
+  .stage:nth-child(even):before{--lane-divider-tilt:.55deg}
+  .stage:after{right:auto;left:50%;bottom:-7px;width:72px;height:14px;transform:translateX(-50%) rotate(-1.8deg)}
+  .stage:nth-child(even):after{transform:translateX(-50%) rotate(2deg)}
+  .stage h2{top:8px;bottom:auto}
+  .stage-body{inset:52px 10px 24px}
+  .overflow-note{bottom:3px}
+  .station{left:2%;top:22px;transform:scale(.78);transform-origin:left top}
+  .master{z-index:15}
+  .terminal-stack{position:relative;right:auto;top:auto;bottom:auto;width:auto;min-width:0;margin:28px 13px 24px;display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:18px}
+  .terminal-stack:before{display:none}
+  .pool{min-height:205px!important;flex-grow:0!important;flex-basis:auto!important}
+  .pool.completed{min-height:340px!important}
+  .pool h2{top:12px}
+  .pool-body{inset:54px 12px 16px}
+  .sample-note{position:relative;left:auto;right:auto;bottom:auto;margin:0 13px 12px;padding-bottom:5px}
+}
+@media((max-width:820px) and (orientation:portrait)),(max-width:600px){
+  .bay-control-board{grid-template-columns:1fr}
+  .bay-control-card:last-child{grid-column:auto}
+}
 </style>
 </head>
 <body>
@@ -168,9 +196,9 @@ dialog{border:0;padding:0;margin:0 0 0 auto;width:min(580px,94vw);height:100vh;m
 <script>
 (function(){
   "use strict";
-  var STAGES=["arriving","setting-up","reviewing","applying","repairing"];
-  var MAIN_STAGES=["arriving","setting-up","reviewing","applying"];
-  var LABELS={"arriving":"Arriving","setting-up":"Setting up","reviewing":"Reviewing","repairing":"Repair cove","applying":"Applying","completed":"Completed","failed":"Failed · rescue pool","cancelled":"Cancelled"};
+  var STAGES=["arriving","setting-up","reviewing","publishing","applying","repairing"];
+  var MAIN_STAGES=["arriving","setting-up","reviewing","publishing","applying"];
+  var LABELS={"arriving":"Arriving","setting-up":"Setting up","reviewing":"Reviewing","publishing":"Publishing","repairing":"Repair cove","applying":"Applying & writing","completed":"Completed","failed":"Failed · rescue pool","cancelled":"Cancelled"};
   var TERMINAL_GROUPS=[{id:"completed",label:"Completed",stages:["completed"]},{id:"attention",label:"Failed / cancelled",stages:["failed","cancelled"]}];
   var OUTCOME_CONFIRM_MS=150000;
   var TIDE_CREST_MS=3500,TIDE_RECEDING_MS=4550,TIDE_REVEAL_MS=6100,TIDE_END_MS=7200;
@@ -181,15 +209,17 @@ dialog{border:0;padding:0;margin:0 0 0 auto;width:min(580px,94vw);height:100vh;m
   function hash(value){var h=2166136261;String(value).split("").forEach(function(ch){h^=ch.charCodeAt(0);h=Math.imul(h,16777619);});return h>>>0;}
   function seededUnit(value){var mixed=hash(value);mixed^=mixed>>>16;mixed=Math.imul(mixed,2146121005);mixed^=mixed>>>15;mixed=Math.imul(mixed,2221713035);mixed^=mixed>>>16;return (mixed>>>0)/4294967295;}
   function repoInfo(repo,index){var full=repo||"Other waters";var name=(full.split("/")[1]||"").toLowerCase();var known={"openclaw":"OC","clawhub":"CH","clawsweeper":"CS"};var short=known[name]||(name?name.replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g,"").slice(0,2).toUpperCase():"OT");return {label:full,short:short,color:repoPalette[index%repoPalette.length]};}
-  function stageFor(worker){var status=String(worker.status||"").toLowerCase();var step=String(worker.current_step||"").trim().toLowerCase();var fallback=[worker.stage,worker.mode,worker.name].join(" ").toLowerCase();if(["queued","waiting","requested","pending"].indexOf(status)>=0)return "arriving";if(/setup-state|state token|publish|route|queue deferred|release|confirm terminal|mark .* complete|commit .* ledger|retry waiting|react .* completion|fail unsuccessful|complete .* lease/.test(step))return "applying";if(/set up job|setup-pnpm|setup-codex|checkout|check out|cache|claim .* lease|resolve .* payload|create target .* token|check live target|mark .* in progress|react .* review start/.test(step))return "setting-up";if(/review|codex|inspect|analyse|analyze|assist/.test(step))return "reviewing";if(/repair|fix|rebase|validat|test/.test(step))return "repairing";if(/apply|publish|merge|close|comment|route|release|complete/.test(step))return "applying";if(STAGES.indexOf(worker.stage)>=0)return worker.stage;if(/repair|fix|rebase/.test(fallback))return "repairing";if(/apply|publish|merge|close|automerge/.test(fallback))return "applying";if(/review|codex|assist/.test(fallback))return "reviewing";return "arriving";}
+  function stageFor(worker){var status=String(worker.status||"").toLowerCase();var step=String(worker.current_step||"").trim().toLowerCase();var fallback=[worker.stage,worker.mode,worker.name].join(" ").toLowerCase();var stepHistory=(worker.steps||[]).map(function(item){return item&&item.name||"";}).join(" ").toLowerCase();var publishingRun=/publish (?:exact )?review (?:artifacts?|batch)|claim durable exact review publication|claim one durable publication batch|finalize healthy members under a fenced heartbeat|apply review artifacts|publish review artifact action ledger|commit review records|publish event result and apply safe close|complete durable exact review publication/.test([worker.name,worker.workflow_title,stepHistory].join(" ").toLowerCase());if(publishingRun){if(/finalize healthy members under a fenced heartbeat|sync selected review comments|dispatch selected safe close proposals to isolated apply|continue sweep|publish event result and apply safe close|queue deferred exact verdict router|queue fresh review after source drift|release terminal review leases|confirm terminal item remains closed|mark re-review complete|react to target item completion|release superseded or unsuccessful publisher-owned review lease|complete durable exact review publication|mark active lease retry waiting|fail unsuccessful exact review publication/.test(step))return "applying";return "publishing";}if(["queued","waiting","requested","pending"].indexOf(status)>=0)return "arriving";if(/setup-state|state token|publish|route|queue deferred|release|confirm terminal|mark .* complete|commit .* ledger|retry waiting|react .* completion|fail unsuccessful|complete .* lease/.test(step))return "applying";if(/set up job|setup-pnpm|setup-codex|checkout|check out|cache|claim .* lease|resolve .* payload|create target .* token|check live target|mark .* in progress|react .* review start/.test(step))return "setting-up";if(/review|codex|inspect|analyse|analyze|assist/.test(step))return "reviewing";if(/repair|fix|rebase|validat|test/.test(step))return "repairing";if(/apply|publish|merge|close|comment|route|release|complete/.test(step))return "applying";if(STAGES.indexOf(worker.stage)>=0)return worker.stage;if(/repair|fix|rebase/.test(fallback))return "repairing";if(/apply|publish|merge|close|automerge/.test(fallback))return "applying";if(/review|codex|assist/.test(fallback))return "reviewing";return "arriving";}
   function kindFor(item){var text=[item.work_kind,item.mode,item.name,item.title].join(" ").toLowerCase();if(/repair|fix/.test(text))return "crab";if(/issue.to.pr|build|implement/.test(text))return "hermit";if(/commit|background/.test(text))return "shrimp";return ["lobster","crab","shrimp","hermit"][hash(item.key)%4];}
-  function queueStageLabel(stage){return {"arriving":"Waiting for review admission","setting-up":"Setting up the review run","applying":"Publishing the final review","repairing":"Recovering the review"}[stage]||"Queued ClawSweeper work";}
-  function expandQueue(data){var projection=data.exact_review_queue&&data.exact_review_queue.bay_projection;var rows=projection&&Array.isArray(projection.items)?projection.items:[];return rows.map(function(item){var repository=String(item.repository||"unknown");var number=Number(item.item_number);if(!number)return null;return {id:"queue:"+String(item.item_key||repository+"#"+number),key:String(item.item_key||repository+"#"+number),number:number,repository:repository,title:"Queued ClawSweeper work",item_url:"https://github.com/"+repository+"/issues/"+number,stage:STAGES.indexOf(item.stage)>=0?item.stage:"arriving",status:item.queue_state||"pending",outcome:null,run_id:null,current_step:queueStageLabel(item.stage),steps:[],progress:{},started_at:item.created_at,work_kind:"exact-review",mode:"queue",queue_item:true,source:item};}).filter(Boolean);}
+  function batchLabel(value){var text=String(value||"");var match=text.match(/:(\d+)$/);return match?"batch #"+match[1]:text?"publication batch":"the publication batch";}
+  function queueStageLabel(stage,source){if(stage==="applying"){var batch=source&&source.batch_id;return batch?"Applying & writing · "+batchLabel(batch)+" owns this item":"Applying & writing · final acknowledgement pending";}return {"arriving":"Waiting for review admission","setting-up":"Setting up the review run","publishing":"Waiting to publish the final review","repairing":"Recovering the review"}[stage]||"Queued ClawSweeper work";}
+  function queueProjectionStage(stage,legacyApplying){if(legacyApplying&&stage==="applying")return "publishing";return STAGES.indexOf(stage)>=0?stage:"arriving";}
+  function expandQueue(data){var projection=data.exact_review_queue&&data.exact_review_queue.bay_projection;var rows=projection&&Array.isArray(projection.items)?projection.items:[];var legacyApplying=projection&&projection.stages&&!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(projection.stages,"publishing");return rows.map(function(item){var repository=String(item.repository||"unknown");var number=Number(item.item_number);if(!number)return null;var stage=queueProjectionStage(item.stage,legacyApplying);return {id:"queue:"+String(item.item_key||repository+"#"+number),key:String(item.item_key||repository+"#"+number),number:number,repository:repository,title:"Queued ClawSweeper work",item_url:"https://github.com/"+repository+"/issues/"+number,stage:stage,status:item.queue_state||"pending",outcome:null,run_id:null,current_step:queueStageLabel(stage,item),steps:[],progress:{},started_at:item.created_at,work_kind:"exact-review",mode:"queue",queue_item:true,batch_id:item.batch_id||null,source:item};}).filter(Boolean);}
   // Keep the full, bounded queue total visible while letting a live worker replace its
   // known queue record. The durable queue only exposes a scrubbed sample of keys, so
   // subtract just those positively identified overrides and label unseen queue IDs separately.
-  function queueStageSummary(stage,rows){var limit=densityFor(stage,rows.length).limit;var shown=rows.slice(0,limit);var projection=state.data&&state.data.exact_review_queue&&state.data.exact_review_queue.bay_projection;var queueRows=rows.filter(function(item){return item.queue_item;});var activeRows=rows.filter(function(item){return !item.queue_item;});var shownQueue=shown.filter(function(item){return item.queue_item;}).length;var shownActive=shown.filter(function(item){return !item.queue_item;}).length;if(state.filter!=="all"||!projection)return {label:String(rows.length),queueHidden:Math.max(0,queueRows.length-shownQueue),liveHidden:Math.max(0,activeRows.length-shownActive),projected:false};var activeKeys={};state.items.forEach(function(item){if(item&&!item.queue_item&&!item.outcome)activeKeys[item.key]=true;});var sample=(Array.isArray(projection.items)?projection.items:[]).filter(function(item){return item&&item.stage===stage;});var superseded=sample.filter(function(item){return activeKeys[String(item.item_key||"")];}).length;var reported=Math.max(0,Number(projection.stages&&projection.stages[stage])||0);var queued=Math.max(queueRows.length,reported-superseded);return {label:String(queued+activeRows.length),queueHidden:Math.max(0,queued-shownQueue),liveHidden:Math.max(0,activeRows.length-shownActive),projected:true};}
-  function laneHelp(id){var copy={"arriving":"New review requests waiting for admission. A queue item can move straight to a later lane when its live run has already begun.","setting-up":"A review run is claiming its work and preparing the repository, permissions, and tools it needs.","reviewing":"Codex is inspecting the exact GitHub item. This is the main review work, not necessarily a separate workflow run.","applying":"The review is being published or its deterministic follow-up is being applied. Successful work then reaches the completed pool.","repairing":"Exception path for a repair, validation, or retry. Most normal review journeys do not visit this cove.","completed":"Explicitly proved successful outcomes waiting for the next tide.","attention":"Explicitly proved failed or cancelled outcomes. They stay separate from success and wait for the same tide."};var text=copy[id];return text?'<details class="lane-help"><summary aria-label="Explain '+esc(LABELS[id]||id)+' lane">i</summary><span class="lane-help-copy">'+esc(text)+'</span></details>':"";}
+  function queueStageSummary(stage,rows){var limit=densityFor(stage,rows.length).limit;var shown=rows.slice(0,limit);var projection=state.data&&state.data.exact_review_queue&&state.data.exact_review_queue.bay_projection;var queueRows=rows.filter(function(item){return item.queue_item;});var activeRows=rows.filter(function(item){return !item.queue_item;});var shownQueue=shown.filter(function(item){return item.queue_item;}).length;var shownActive=shown.filter(function(item){return !item.queue_item;}).length;if(state.filter!=="all"||!projection)return {label:String(rows.length),queueHidden:Math.max(0,queueRows.length-shownQueue),liveHidden:Math.max(0,activeRows.length-shownActive),projected:false};var activeKeys={};state.items.forEach(function(item){if(item&&!item.queue_item&&!item.outcome)activeKeys[item.key]=true;});var stages=projection.stages||{};var hasPublishing=Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(stages,"publishing");var sample=(Array.isArray(projection.items)?projection.items:[]).filter(function(item){return item&&queueProjectionStage(item.stage,!hasPublishing)===stage;});var superseded=sample.filter(function(item){return activeKeys[String(item.item_key||"")];}).length;var reported=Math.max(0,Number(stages[stage])||0);if(stage==="publishing"&&!hasPublishing)reported=Math.max(0,Number(stages.applying)||0);if(stage==="applying"&&!hasPublishing)reported=0;var queued=Math.max(queueRows.length,reported-superseded);return {label:String(queued+activeRows.length),queueHidden:Math.max(0,queued-shownQueue),liveHidden:Math.max(0,activeRows.length-shownActive),projected:true};}
+  function laneHelp(id){var copy={"arriving":"New review requests waiting for admission. A queue item can move straight to a later lane when its live run has already begun.","setting-up":"A review run is claiming its work and preparing the repository, permissions, and tools it needs.","reviewing":"Codex is inspecting the exact GitHub item. This is the main review work, not necessarily a separate workflow run.","publishing":"The completed review artifact is waiting to be checked and posted back to its GitHub item. This is the bounded result-publication queue.","applying":"A durable publication batch owns this item while it writes shared state and completes required follow-up. It stays here until the publisher acknowledges the batch; separately routed GitHub follow-up is shown as dispatched, not assumed complete.","repairing":"Exception path for a repair, validation, or retry. Most normal review journeys do not visit this cove.","completed":"Explicitly proved successful outcomes waiting for the next tide.","attention":"Explicitly proved failed or cancelled outcomes. They stay separate from success and wait for the same tide."};var text=copy[id];return text?'<details class="lane-help"><summary aria-label="Explain '+esc(LABELS[id]||id)+' lane">i</summary><span class="lane-help-copy">'+esc(text)+'</span></details>':"";}
   function laneHeading(id,label,count){return '<h2>'+esc(label)+' <span>'+esc(count)+'</span>'+laneHelp(id)+'</h2>';}
   function overflowNote(stage,summary,terminal){var parts=[];if(summary.queueHidden)parts.push("+"+summary.queueHidden+" queued ID"+(summary.queueHidden===1?"":"s")+" not shown");if(summary.liveHidden)parts.push("+"+summary.liveHidden+" more live item"+(summary.liveHidden===1?"":"s")+" not shown");if(!parts.length)return "";var label=(terminal?"Open tide buffer details: ":"Open queue sample details: ")+parts.join(". ");return '<button class="overflow-note" type="button" data-overflow-stage="'+esc(stage)+'" data-overflow-terminal="'+(terminal?"true":"false")+'" aria-label="'+esc(label)+'">'+esc(parts.join(" · "))+'</button>';}
   function openQueueSampleDrawer(stage,terminal){var drawer=document.getElementById("queue-sample-drawer");var body=document.getElementById("queue-sample-body");if(!drawer||!body)return;var rows=visible(state.items).filter(function(item){return terminal?item.outcome&&((stage==="attention"&&["failed","cancelled"].indexOf(item.stage)>=0)||item.stage===stage):item.stage===stage;});var summary=terminal?{queueHidden:0,liveHidden:Math.max(0,rows.length-densityFor(stage,rows.length).limit),projected:false}:queueStageSummary(stage,rows);var projection=state.data&&state.data.exact_review_queue&&state.data.exact_review_queue.bay_projection||{};var sampleLimit=Number(projection.sample_limit||24);var title=terminal?(stage==="attention"?"Failed / cancelled tide buffer":LABELS[stage]+" tide buffer"):(LABELS[stage]+" queue sample");document.getElementById("queue-sample-title").textContent=title;document.getElementById("queue-sample-subtitle").textContent=terminal?"Known terminal outcomes held until the next tide.":"Known references from the bounded public queue projection.";var copy="";if(summary.projected&&summary.queueHidden)copy+='<p class="queue-sample-copy">'+summary.queueHidden+' queued ID'+(summary.queueHidden===1?" is":"s are")+' counted in this lane, but their individual references are intentionally outside OpenClaw Bay\'s '+sampleLimit+'-reference public sample. This panel does not fetch or invent that missing list.</p>';else if(summary.liveHidden)copy+='<p class="queue-sample-copy">The beach is showing its densest safe layout. All known references below remain available here rather than being squeezed into unreadable labels.</p>';else copy+='<p class="queue-sample-copy">These are the currently known references for this part of the beach.</p>';var known=rows;var list=known.length?'<ul class="queue-sample-list">'+known.map(function(item){var href=safeUrl(item.item_url);var label=repoInfo(item.repository,0).short+" #"+item.number;return '<li>'+(href?'<a href="'+esc(href)+'" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">'+esc(label)+'</a>':'<strong>'+esc(label)+'</strong>')+'<span>'+esc(item.current_step||item.status||"Queued ClawSweeper work")+'</span></li>';}).join("")+"</ul>":'<p class="queue-sample-copy">No individual references are available for the current filter.</p>';body.innerHTML=copy+list;if(!drawer.open)drawer.showModal();}
@@ -217,7 +247,7 @@ dialog{border:0;padding:0;margin:0 0 0 auto;width:min(580px,94vw);height:100vh;m
   function reposFor(items){var map={};items.forEach(function(item){map[item.repository]=true;});return Object.keys(map).sort().map(function(repo,index){return repoInfo(repo,index);});}
   function visible(items){return items.filter(function(item){return state.filter==="all"||item.repository===state.filter;});}
   function formatLaneDuration(value){var seconds=Math.max(0,Math.round(Number(value||0)/1000));if(seconds<60)return seconds+"s";var minutes=Math.floor(seconds/60);if(minutes<10)return minutes+"m "+String(seconds%60).padStart(2,"0")+"s";if(minutes<60)return minutes+"m";return Math.floor(minutes/60)+"h "+(minutes%60)+"m";}
-  function portraitLayout(){return window.matchMedia("(max-width: 820px) and (orientation: portrait), (max-width: 600px)").matches;}
+  function portraitLayout(){return window.matchMedia("(max-width: 970px) and (orientation: landscape), (max-width: 820px) and (orientation: portrait), (max-width: 600px)").matches;}
   function portraitLaneHeight(count){return Math.max(195,Math.min(570,164+Math.ceil(Math.max(count,1)/3)*56));}
   function terminalColumns(count){var terminalStack=document.getElementById("terminal-stack");var width=terminalStack?terminalStack.clientWidth:0;if(count>12&&width>=340)return 4;return count>6&&width>=320?3:2;}
   function terminalCapacity(stage){var terminalStack=document.getElementById("terminal-stack");return stage==="completed"&&terminalStack&&terminalStack.clientWidth>=340?20:12;}
@@ -298,6 +328,41 @@ dialog{border:0;padding:0;margin:0 0 0 auto;width:min(580px,94vw);height:100vh;m
   document.getElementById("tide-preview").addEventListener("click",previewTide);document.getElementById("finder").addEventListener("submit",find);document.getElementById("finder-clear").addEventListener("click",clearFind);document.getElementById("repo-bar").addEventListener("click",function(event){var button=event.target.closest("[data-repo]");if(!button)return;if(state.pendingItems){showToast("Let the current beach movement finish first.");return;}state.filter=button.getAttribute("data-repo");state.found=null;renderRepos(state.filter);render();});document.getElementById("bay-control-ranges").addEventListener("click",function(event){var button=event.target.closest("[data-bay-history-range]");if(button)setBayHistoryRange(button.getAttribute("data-bay-history-range"));});[document.getElementById("stage-grid"),document.getElementById("terminal-stack")].forEach(function(container){container.addEventListener("click",function(event){var button=event.target.closest("[data-overflow-stage]");if(!button)return;openQueueSampleDrawer(button.getAttribute("data-overflow-stage"),button.getAttribute("data-overflow-terminal")==="true");});});document.querySelectorAll("[data-brush]").forEach(function(button){button.addEventListener("click",function(){var next=button.getAttribute("data-brush");var changed=next!==state.brush;state.brush=next;document.querySelectorAll("[data-brush]").forEach(function(node){var selected=node===button;node.classList.toggle("active",selected);node.setAttribute("aria-pressed",String(selected));});if(!changed)return;state.masterPending=false;if(state.brush==="change")parkMaster(false);else beginMasterSweep("mode");});});document.getElementById("drawer-close").addEventListener("click",function(){document.getElementById("drawer").close();history.replaceState(null,"",location.pathname);});document.getElementById("drawer").addEventListener("click",function(event){if(event.target===event.currentTarget)document.getElementById("drawer-close").click();});document.getElementById("queue-sample-close").addEventListener("click",function(){document.getElementById("queue-sample-drawer").close();});document.getElementById("queue-sample-drawer").addEventListener("click",function(event){if(event.target===event.currentTarget)document.getElementById("queue-sample-close").click();});
   window.addEventListener("resize",function(){clearLaneChat();if(state.pendingItems)return;clearTimeout(fitStageDensity.timer);fitStageDensity.timer=setTimeout(render,90);});
   document.getElementById("master-creature").innerHTML=masterArt();parkMaster(true);load();setInterval(load,20000);
+  function bayFiniteCount(value){var number=Number(value);return Number.isFinite(number)&&number>=0?Math.round(number):null;}
+  function bayStateWriterHistory(){return (state.healthHistory||[]).flatMap(function(sample){if(!sample||!sample.at)return [];var writer=sample.state_writer||{};if(writer.collection_ok!==true)return [{at:sample.at,valid:false}];var waiting=bayFiniteCount(writer.tracked_waiting);var active=bayFiniteCount(writer.tracked_holding);if(waiting===null||active===null)return [{at:sample.at,valid:false}];return [{at:sample.at,pending:waiting,active:active,valid:true}];});}
+  function bayStateWriterCard(){
+    var queue=state.data&&state.data.exact_review_queue||{};
+    var writer=queue.state_writer||{};
+    var coordinator=writer.coordinator||{};
+    var collection=writer.collection||{};
+    var live=writer.live||{};
+    var batches=queue.lanes&&queue.lanes.publication&&queue.lanes.publication.batches||{};
+    var queued=bayFiniteCount(coordinator.queued);
+    var active=bayFiniteCount(coordinator.leased);
+    if(queued===null)queued=bayFiniteCount(live.tracked_waiting);
+    if(active===null)active=bayFiniteCount(live.tracked_holding);
+    if(!writer||(!writer.collection&&(queued===null||active===null)))return '<section class="bay-control-card" title="State writer telemetry has not been collected."><h2>State writer</h2><p class="bay-control-empty">Telemetry unavailable.</p></section>';
+    var terminalFresh=collection.status==="fresh";
+    var hour=terminalFresh?writer.last_60_minutes||{}:{};
+    var commits=bayFiniteCount(hour.state_commits);
+    var items=bayFiniteCount(hour.materialized_items);
+    var history=bayStateWriterHistory();
+    var historyGap=history.length>0&&!history[history.length-1].valid;
+    var historyStale=history.length>0&&!historyGap&&!bayHistoryIsCurrent(history);
+    var mode=writer.mode==="mixed"?"Mixed writer":batches.enabled===true||writer.mode==="batch"?"Batch writer":writer.mode==="single_item"?"Single-item writer":"State writer";
+    var terminal=terminalFresh?"terminal telemetry fresh":queued!==null&&active!==null?"coordinator live · terminal metrics unavailable":"terminal telemetry unavailable";
+    var title="State writer serializes durable state commits across dashboard lanes. Its queue is shared system work, not a count of individual Bay items.";
+    return [
+      '<section class="bay-control-card" title="',esc(title),'">',
+      '<h2>State writer</h2>',
+      '<div class="bay-control-summary"><strong>',esc(queued===null?"unknown":queued),' waiting</strong><span>',esc(active===null?"unknown":active),' active · 1 writer max</span></div>',
+      '<div class="bay-control-charts">',bayPendingSparkline(history,"State writer"),
+      '<div class="bay-control-chart bay-state-writer-stats"><small>Last 60m</small><strong>',esc(items===null?"unknown":items),' items</strong><span>',esc(commits===null?"terminal metrics unavailable":commits+" state commits"),'</span></div></div>',
+      '<div class="bay-control-rate ',historyGap||historyStale?"collecting":"",'">',esc(mode+" · "+(historyGap?"history gap · awaiting current sample":historyStale?"history stale":terminal)),'</div></section>'
+    ].join("");
+  }
+  var renderBayControlBeforeStateWriter=renderBayControl;
+  renderBayControl=function(){renderBayControlBeforeStateWriter();var queue=state.data&&state.data.exact_review_queue;var board=document.getElementById("bay-control-board");if(queue&&board)board.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend",bayStateWriterCard());};
 })();
 </script>
 </body>
diff --git a/dashboard/exact-review-publication-batches.ts b/dashboard/exact-review-publication-batches.ts
index b962f23414..2a2936528f 100644
--- a/dashboard/exact-review-publication-batches.ts
+++ b/dashboard/exact-review-publication-batches.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ export type PublicationBatchStats = {
   expired: number;
   activeItems: number;
   activeItemKeys: string[];
+  // This contains only unfinished, currently leased membership. It lets the
+  // read-only Bay projection identify the bounded batch that owns an item
+  // without retaining a separate event history or looking it up through GitHub.
+  activeItemBatches: Array<{ itemKey: string; batchId: string }>;
   nextLeaseExpiresAt: number | null;
   oldestActiveAt: number | null;
   reclaimedItemsRetained: number;
@@ -424,6 +428,7 @@ export class ExactReviewPublicationBatchStore {
         expired: counts.get("expired") ?? 0,
         activeItems: activeLease.itemKeys.length,
         activeItemKeys: activeLease.itemKeys,
+        activeItemBatches: activeLease.items,
         nextLeaseExpiresAt: activeLease.nextLeaseExpiresAt,
         oldestActiveAt: leased ? Number(leased.oldest_at) : null,
         reclaimedItemsRetained,
@@ -470,6 +475,10 @@ export class ExactReviewPublicationBatchStore {
       ),
     );
     return {
+      items: rows.map((row) => ({
+        itemKey: String(row.item_key),
+        batchId: String(row.batch_id),
+      })),
       itemKeys: rows.map((row) => String(row.item_key)),
       activeBatches: new Set(rows.map((row) => String(row.batch_id))).size,
       nextLeaseExpiresAt: rows.length
diff --git a/dashboard/exact-review-queue.ts b/dashboard/exact-review-queue.ts
index 9bc96188c2..46c0ef74f3 100644
--- a/dashboard/exact-review-queue.ts
+++ b/dashboard/exact-review-queue.ts
@@ -1880,7 +1880,10 @@ export class ExactReviewQueue {
         stateWriterCoordinatorQueuedStaleMs(this.env),
       );
       const publicationBatches = this.batchStore.stats(now);
-      const batchOwnedItemKeys = new Set<string>(publicationBatches.activeItemKeys);
+      const batchByItemKey = new Map<string, ExactReviewBayBatchOwner>(
+        publicationBatches.activeItemBatches.map((batch) => [batch.itemKey, batch] as const),
+      );
+      const batchOwnedItemKeys = new Set<string>(batchByItemKey.keys());
       const freshPublicationItemKeys = this.freshPublicationItemKeysSync(state, now);
       const legacyExcludedItemKeys = new Set(batchOwnedItemKeys);
       if (exactReviewPublicationBatchingEnabled(this.env)) {
@@ -1920,7 +1923,11 @@ export class ExactReviewQueue {
       return json({
         ...stats,
         pressure: elevateExactReviewPressureForPublication(stats.pressure, publicationHealth),
-        bay_projection: exactReviewQueueBayProjection(Object.values(state.items), bayPriorityKeys),
+        bay_projection: exactReviewQueueBayProjection(
+          Object.values(state.items),
+          bayPriorityKeys,
+          batchByItemKey,
+        ),
         lanes: {
           review: {
             ...stats.lanes.review,
@@ -7257,7 +7264,9 @@ function exactReviewQueueLane(item: ExactReviewQueueItem) {
 // state. Keep this representation bounded and scrubbed: it is public dashboard
 // data, not a queue-inspection API. Live workers remain the authority for the
 // reviewing stage; these records only make the otherwise invisible admission,
-// setup, publication, and recovery phases visible.
+// setup, publication, and recovery phases visible. Publication is distinct
+// from the publisher workflow's deterministic follow-up, which the Bay shows
+// from the live worker as Applying.
 const EXACT_REVIEW_BAY_SAMPLE_LIMIT = 24;
 // The dashboard can retain both a terminal-buffer card and its washed card
 // while their live queue retry is pending. Accept all bounded Bay candidates
@@ -7267,6 +7276,7 @@ const EXACT_REVIEW_BAY_STAGES = [
   "arriving",
   "setting-up",
   "reviewing",
+  "publishing",
   "applying",
   "repairing",
 ] as const;
@@ -7280,10 +7290,28 @@ type ExactReviewBayProjectionItem = {
   created_at: string;
   updated_at: string;
   next_attempt_at: string;
+  batch_id?: string;
+  batch_created_at?: string;
+};
+
+type ExactReviewBayBatchOwner = {
+  batchId: string;
 };
 
-function exactReviewQueueBayStage(item: ExactReviewQueueItem): ExactReviewBayStage {
-  if (exactReviewQueueIsPublication(item)) return "applying";
+function exactReviewQueueBayStage(
+  item: ExactReviewQueueItem,
+  batchByItemKey: ReadonlyMap<string, ExactReviewBayBatchOwner> = new Map(),
+): ExactReviewBayStage {
+  // A parked item is deliberately no longer making normal queue progress. This
+  // includes bounded review-retry exhaustion, permanent dispatch rejection,
+  // and a publication that needs its dead-letter/recovery path. Keep it in the
+  // exception cove instead of making it look like an active setup or publisher.
+  if (item.state === "parked") return "repairing";
+  // The batch publisher's GitHub job is intentionally targetless. Its durable
+  // batch membership is the authoritative bounded source for the individual
+  // items it is currently applying, without another GitHub lookup.
+  if (batchByItemKey.has(item.key)) return "applying";
+  if (exactReviewQueueIsPublication(item)) return "publishing";
   if (isLowPriorityExactReviewDecision(item.decision)) return "repairing";
   return item.state === "pending" ? "arriving" : "setting-up";
 }
@@ -7306,22 +7334,31 @@ function exactReviewQueueBayPriorityKeys(values: string[]) {
 function exactReviewQueueBayProjection(
   items: ExactReviewQueueItem[],
   priorityItemKeys: string[] = [],
+  batchByItemKey: ReadonlyMap<string, ExactReviewBayBatchOwner> = new Map(),
 ) {
   const projected = new Map<string, ExactReviewBayProjectionItem>();
   for (const item of items) {
-    if (item.state === "parked") continue;
+    // Parked records are not terminal outcomes: they remain bounded durable
+    // queue work that needs recovery. Keep their already-scrubbed identity in
+    // the projection so Bay shows the exception rather than a false empty lane.
     const repository = String(item.decision.targetRepo || "").trim();
     const itemNumber = Number(item.decision.itemNumber);
     if (!repository || !Number.isSafeInteger(itemNumber) || itemNumber <= 0) continue;
+    const batch = batchByItemKey.get(item.key);
     const candidate: ExactReviewBayProjectionItem = {
       item_key: `${repository}#${itemNumber}`,
       repository,
       item_number: itemNumber,
-      stage: exactReviewQueueBayStage(item),
+      stage: exactReviewQueueBayStage(item, batchByItemKey),
       queue_state: item.state,
       created_at: new Date(item.createdAt).toISOString(),
       updated_at: new Date(item.updatedAt).toISOString(),
       next_attempt_at: new Date(item.nextAttemptAt).toISOString(),
+      ...(batch
+        ? {
+            batch_id: batch.batchId,
+          }
+        : {}),
     };
     const previous = projected.get(candidate.item_key);
     const candidateUpdatedAt = Date.parse(candidate.updated_at);
diff --git a/dashboard/worker.ts b/dashboard/worker.ts
index 0fc116c08a..0412309724 100644
--- a/dashboard/worker.ts
+++ b/dashboard/worker.ts
@@ -3255,19 +3255,22 @@ async function activeWorkerSnapshot(
   const detailRuns: WorkflowRunSummary[] = runs.slice(0, detailRunLimit);
   const results = await mapWithConcurrency(detailRuns, fetchConcurrency, async (run) => {
     try {
-      const jobs = await workflowJobsForRun(env, repo, run.id, github);
+      const jobs = await workflowJobsForRun(env, repo, run.id, github, run);
+      const activeJobs = jobs.filter((job) => isActiveWorkflowJob(job));
       return {
         run,
-        workers: jobs
-          .filter((job) => isActiveWorkflowJob(job) && isCodexWorkerJob(job))
+        workers: activeJobs
+          .filter((job) => isDashboardWorkerJob(job, run))
           .map((job) => normalizeWorkerJob(run, job)),
-        hasWorkerJobs: jobs.some((job) => isCodexWorkerJob(job)),
+        codexWorkers: activeJobs.filter((job) => isCodexWorkerJob(job)).length,
+        hasWorkerJobs: jobs.some((job) => isDashboardWorkerJob(job, run)),
         error: null,
       };
     } catch (error) {
       return {
         run,
         workers: [],
+        codexWorkers: 0,
         hasWorkerJobs: false,
         error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
       };
@@ -3276,12 +3279,15 @@ async function activeWorkerSnapshot(
   const workers = [];
   const errors = [];
   let fallbacks = 0;
+  let codexWorkers = 0;
   for (const result of results) {
+    codexWorkers += result.codexWorkers;
     if (result.error) {
       errors.push(`workflow jobs ${result.run.id}: ${result.error}`);
       if (isCodexWorkflowFallback(result.run)) {
         workers.push(normalizeFallbackWorker(result.run));
         fallbacks += 1;
+        codexWorkers += 1;
       }
       continue;
     }
@@ -3290,12 +3296,14 @@ async function activeWorkerSnapshot(
     } else if (!result.hasWorkerJobs && isCodexWorkflowFallback(result.run)) {
       workers.push(normalizeFallbackWorker(result.run));
       fallbacks += 1;
+      codexWorkers += 1;
     }
   }
   for (const run of runs.slice(detailRunLimit)) {
     if (!isCodexWorkflowFallback(run)) continue;
     workers.push(normalizeFallbackWorker(run));
     fallbacks += 1;
+    codexWorkers += 1;
   }
   workers.sort(
     (left, right) =>
@@ -3305,7 +3313,7 @@ async function activeWorkerSnapshot(
   );
   await attachWorkerTargets(env, workers, errors);
   return {
-    count: workers.length,
+    count: codexWorkers,
     workers,
     detailRuns: detailRuns.length,
     fallbacks,
@@ -3348,7 +3356,7 @@ async function recentWorkerHealth(
   const results = await mapWithConcurrency(completedRuns, fetchConcurrency, async (run) => {
     try {
       return {
-        attempts: (await workflowJobsForRun(env, repo, run.id, github))
+        attempts: (await workflowJobsForRun(env, repo, run.id, github, run))
           .filter((job) => isCodexWorkerJob(job))
           .map((job) => workerHealthAttempt(run, job))
           .filter(Boolean),
@@ -4244,6 +4252,7 @@ async function workflowJobsForRun(
   repo,
   runId,
   github: GithubJsonReader = (path) => githubJson(env, path),
+  run?: WorkflowRunSummary,
 ) {
   const key = `workflow-jobs:${repo}:${runId}`;
   const cached = await readStoredJson(env, key);
@@ -4263,7 +4272,9 @@ async function workflowJobsForRun(
       break;
     }
   }
-  const hasActiveWorker = jobs.some((job) => isActiveWorkflowJob(job) && isCodexWorkerJob(job));
+  const hasActiveWorker = jobs.some(
+    (job) => isActiveWorkflowJob(job) && isDashboardWorkerJob(job, run),
+  );
   await writeStoredJson(
     env,
     key,
@@ -4288,6 +4299,25 @@ function isCodexWorkerJob(job) {
   );
 }
 
+function isExactReviewPublicationJob(job, run?: WorkflowRunSummary) {
+  const name = String(job?.name || "");
+  const steps = Array.isArray(job?.steps) ? job.steps : [];
+  const workflow = `${run?.name || ""} ${run?.display_title || ""}`;
+  return (
+    /publish (?:exact )?review artifacts?/i.test(name) ||
+    (/publish exact review batch/i.test(workflow) && /^publish$/i.test(name)) ||
+    steps.some((step) =>
+      /claim durable exact review publication|claim one durable publication batch|finalize healthy members under a fenced heartbeat|publish event result and apply safe close|complete durable exact review publication|apply review artifacts|publish review artifact action ledger|commit review records/i.test(
+        String(step?.name || ""),
+      ),
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+function isDashboardWorkerJob(job, run?: WorkflowRunSummary) {
+  return isCodexWorkerJob(job) || isExactReviewPublicationJob(job, run);
+}
+
 function normalizeWorkerJob(run, job) {
   const runItem = classifyRun(run);
   const target = workerTargetFromJob(runItem, job.name);
@@ -4310,6 +4340,7 @@ function normalizeWorkerJob(run, job) {
   return {
     id: job.id,
     source: "job",
+    is_codex_worker: isCodexWorkerJob(job),
     name: String(job.name || runItem.title || "Codex worker"),
     mode,
     work_kind: workKind,
@@ -4369,6 +4400,7 @@ function normalizeFallbackWorker(run) {
   return {
     id: `run-${run.id}`,
     source: "workflow-fallback",
+    is_codex_worker: true,
     name: item.title || item.workflow || "Codex worker",
     mode: item.mode,
     work_kind: workerWorkKind(item, ""),
@@ -6212,7 +6244,7 @@ function workflowRunSummary(run) {
 function isCodexWorkflowFallback(run) {
   const name = `${run?.name || ""} ${run?.display_title || ""}`;
   if (
-    /repair comment router|clawsweeper_comment|@publish:|publish exact review artifact|exact.review publication|reconcile exact.review lease|sync codex review comments/i.test(
+    /repair comment router|clawsweeper_comment|@publish:|publish (?:exact )?review (?:artifacts?|batch)|exact.review publication|reconcile exact.review lease|sync codex review comments/i.test(
       name,
     )
   ) {
@@ -6231,13 +6263,16 @@ function controlPlaneSnapshot(runs) {
   };
   for (const run of runs) {
     const name = `${run?.name || ""} ${run?.display_title || ""}`;
-    const lane = /@publish:|publish exact review artifact|exact.review publication/i.test(name)
-      ? snapshot.publishers
-      : /repair comment router|clawsweeper_comment|sync codex review comments/i.test(name)
-        ? snapshot.comment_routers
-        : /reconcile exact.review lease/i.test(name)
-          ? snapshot.reconcilers
-          : null;
+    const lane =
+      /@publish:|publish (?:exact )?review (?:artifacts?|batch)|exact.review publication/i.test(
+        name,
+      )
+        ? snapshot.publishers
+        : /repair comment router|clawsweeper_comment|sync codex review comments/i.test(name)
+          ? snapshot.comment_routers
+          : /reconcile exact.review lease/i.test(name)
+            ? snapshot.reconcilers
+            : null;
     if (!lane) continue;
     if (run.status === "in_progress") lane.running += 1;
     else lane.waiting += 1;
@@ -8994,6 +9029,7 @@ function laneFlowDetails(laneKey, flow) {
 }
 function renderSystemMap(data) {
   const workers = data.workers || [];
+  const codexWorkers = workers.filter(worker => worker.is_codex_worker !== false);
   const pipeline = data.pipeline || [];
   const fleet = data.fleet || {};
   const workerRunIds = new Set(workers.map(worker => String(worker.run_id)));
@@ -9003,7 +9039,7 @@ function renderSystemMap(data) {
   const nodes = [
     ["01 · Intake", fleet.queued_workflow_runs || 0, "Events and scheduled sweeps waiting to start"],
     ["02 · Plan", planning, "Runs selecting work or expanding a matrix"],
-    ["03 · Workers", workers.length, "Codex jobs reviewing, repairing, or assisting"],
+    ["03 · Workers", codexWorkers.length, "Codex jobs reviewing, repairing, or assisting"],
     ["04 · Apply", applying, "Deterministic comment, close, merge, and publish lanes"],
     ["05 · Results", closed, (data.recent?.closed_stats?.window_hours || 24) + "h ClawSweeper closes"]
   ];
@@ -9011,8 +9047,8 @@ function renderSystemMap(data) {
     '<div class="flow-node"><span>' + esc(node[0]) + '</span><strong>' + fmt.format(node[1]) + '</strong><p>' + esc(node[2]) + '</p></div>'
   ).join("");
   const budget = Math.max(0, fleet.worker_budget || 0);
-  const running = workers.filter(worker => worker.status === "in_progress").length;
-  const waiting = workers.length - running;
+  const running = codexWorkers.filter(worker => worker.status === "in_progress").length;
+  const waiting = codexWorkers.length - running;
   const free = Math.max(0, budget - running - waiting);
   const overflow = Math.max(0, running + waiting - budget);
   const share = value => budget ? Math.min(100, (value / budget) * 100) : 0;
@@ -9532,7 +9568,7 @@ function renderDashboard(data, note) {
       );
   const severity = serverHealth?.severity ||
     (handoffStatus === "stalled" || operationalStatus === "stalled" ? "red" : needsAttention ? "amber" : "green");
-  const workerCount = (data.workers || []).length;
+  const workerCount = (data.workers || []).filter(worker => worker.is_codex_worker !== false).length;
   const repoCount = (data.source.target_repositories || []).length;
   document.getElementById("hero-dot").className = "hero-dot " + (severity === "green" ? "ok" : severity);
   document.getElementById("hero-headline").textContent =
diff --git a/docs/proof/openclaw-bay/README.md b/docs/proof/openclaw-bay/README.md
index db7688f0f1..1cfe11ea09 100644
--- a/docs/proof/openclaw-bay/README.md
+++ b/docs/proof/openclaw-bay/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The sequence proves:
 
 - visible partial-telemetry diagnostics;
 - the Bay timing badge naming its bounded **review trigger → final review** measurement, completed by the command-status update emitted after the durable review summary;
-- a 390px portrait layout that stacks Arriving through Applying vertically, keeps the terminal pools at the waterline, and has no horizontal page overflow;
+- a 390px portrait layout that stacks Arriving through Publishing and Applying vertically, keeps the terminal pools at the waterline, and has no horizontal page overflow;
 - advancing crustacean-claw and master-sweeper animations;
 - a READY flag followed by a physical forward sweep and landing;
 - a changed run ID using the retrigger tunnel and resurfacing path;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The sequence proves:
 - repository filtering;
 - the read-only drawer's safe GitHub item, job, and workflow-run links;
 - readable overflow controls that open the known queue sample and explicitly explain when aggregate queue IDs are outside the bounded public projection;
-- compact review-admission and result-publication charts with labelled y-axes, exact point hover labels, and cached 6-hour, 24-hour, and 7-day range controls;
+- compact review-admission, result-publication, and State writer charts with labelled y-axes, exact point hover labels, and cached 6-hour, 24-hour, and 7-day range controls;
 - lightweight hover/focus explanations on the beach lane signs;
 - the local-only tide preview advancing through incoming, crest, backwash, and restored states while preserving terminal keys and count;
 - the short static reduced-motion tide cue preserving the same preview state;
diff --git a/docs/proof/openclaw-bay/run-proof.mjs b/docs/proof/openclaw-bay/run-proof.mjs
index a98c1b946a..b0fb07e3a5 100644
--- a/docs/proof/openclaw-bay/run-proof.mjs
+++ b/docs/proof/openclaw-bay/run-proof.mjs
@@ -247,15 +247,30 @@ let healthHistory = Array.from({ length: 73 }, (_, index) => {
         completed_total: 318 + index * 3,
       },
     },
+    state_writer: {
+      collection_ok: true,
+      mode: "batch",
+      tracked_holding: index % 5 === 0 ? 1 : 0,
+      tracked_waiting: 7 + (index % 4),
+      tracked_releasing: 0,
+      accepted_operations_total: 320 + index,
+      state_commits_total: 120 + index,
+      materialized_items_total: 360 + index * 2,
+      contention_timeouts_total: 0,
+      wait_ms: { p50: 1200, p95: 2800, samples: 4 },
+      hold_ms: { p50: 400, p95: 900, samples: 4 },
+      last_successful_materialization_at: at,
+    },
   };
 });
 let healthHistoryFailure = false;
+let stateWriterTerminalFresh = true;
 
 function queueProjection() {
   const bayStages = [
     { stage: "arriving", queue_state: "pending" },
     { stage: "setting-up", queue_state: "leased" },
-    { stage: "applying", queue_state: "dispatching" },
+    { stage: "publishing", queue_state: "dispatching" },
     { stage: "repairing", queue_state: "pending" },
   ];
   const items = Array.from({ length: 6 }, (_, batch) =>
@@ -290,10 +305,24 @@ function queueProjection() {
         leased: { count: 33 },
       },
     },
+    state_writer: {
+      collection: { status: "fresh" },
+      mode: "batch",
+      live: { tracked_holding: 1, tracked_waiting: 8 },
+      coordinator: { leased: 1, queued: 8 },
+      last_60_minutes: { state_commits: 9, materialized_items: 17 },
+    },
     bay_projection: {
       sample_limit: 24,
       total: 36,
-      stages: { arriving: 9, "setting-up": 9, reviewing: 0, applying: 9, repairing: 9 },
+      stages: {
+        arriving: 9,
+        "setting-up": 9,
+        reviewing: 0,
+        publishing: 9,
+        applying: 0,
+        repairing: 9,
+      },
       items,
     },
   };
@@ -320,7 +349,14 @@ function denseFilteredQueueProjection() {
     bay_projection: {
       sample_limit: 24,
       total: 24,
-      stages: { arriving: 24, "setting-up": 0, reviewing: 0, applying: 0, repairing: 0 },
+      stages: {
+        arriving: 24,
+        "setting-up": 0,
+        reviewing: 0,
+        publishing: 0,
+        applying: 0,
+        repairing: 0,
+      },
       items,
     },
   };
@@ -406,6 +442,52 @@ const bayRetryLiveSnapshot = {
   },
 };
 proofSnapshots.push(bayRetryTerminalSnapshot, bayRetryLiveSnapshot);
+const batchApplyingProjection = queueProjection();
+const batchApplyingItemKey = "openclaw/openclaw#108003";
+const batchApplyingItems = batchApplyingProjection.bay_projection.items.map((item) =>
+  item.item_key === batchApplyingItemKey
+    ? {
+        ...item,
+        stage: "applying",
+        queue_state: "pending",
+        batch_id: "exact-review-batch:9001",
+      }
+    : item,
+);
+proofSnapshots.push({
+  ...snapshots[0],
+  exact_review_queue: {
+    ...batchApplyingProjection,
+    bay_projection: {
+      ...batchApplyingProjection.bay_projection,
+      stages: {
+        ...batchApplyingProjection.bay_projection.stages,
+        publishing: batchApplyingProjection.bay_projection.stages.publishing - 1,
+        applying: batchApplyingProjection.bay_projection.stages.applying + 1,
+      },
+      items: batchApplyingItems,
+    },
+  },
+});
+const legacyApplyingProjection = queueProjection();
+const { publishing: legacyPublishingCount, ...legacyStages } =
+  legacyApplyingProjection.bay_projection.stages;
+proofSnapshots.push({
+  ...snapshots[0],
+  exact_review_queue: {
+    ...legacyApplyingProjection,
+    bay_projection: {
+      ...legacyApplyingProjection.bay_projection,
+      stages: {
+        ...legacyStages,
+        applying: legacyPublishingCount,
+      },
+      items: legacyApplyingProjection.bay_projection.items.map((item) =>
+        item.stage === "publishing" ? { ...item, stage: "applying" } : item,
+      ),
+    },
+  },
+});
 
 let fixtureIndex = 0;
 const requests = [];
@@ -522,11 +604,15 @@ await page.route("**/*", async (route) => {
   const request = route.request();
   const url = new URL(request.url());
   if (url.pathname === "/api/status") {
+    const status = structuredClone(proofSnapshots[fixtureIndex]);
+    if (!stateWriterTerminalFresh) {
+      status.exact_review_queue.state_writer.collection.status = "stale";
+    }
     await route.fulfill({
       status: 200,
       contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
       headers: { "cache-control": "no-store", "x-clawsweeper-cache": "synthetic-proof" },
-      body: JSON.stringify(proofSnapshots[fixtureIndex]),
+      body: JSON.stringify(status),
     });
     return;
   }
@@ -647,7 +733,14 @@ try {
     arriving_queue_samples: await page
       .locator('[data-stage="arriving"] [data-item^="queue:"]')
       .count(),
+    publishing_queue_samples: await page
+      .locator('[data-stage="publishing"] [data-item^="queue:"]')
+      .count(),
+    applying_queue_samples: await page
+      .locator('[data-stage="applying"] [data-item^="queue:"]')
+      .count(),
     queue_header: await page.locator('[data-stage="arriving"] h2').innerText(),
+    publishing_header: await page.locator('[data-stage="publishing"] h2').innerText(),
     queue_omission: await page.locator('[data-stage="arriving"] .overflow-note').count(),
     queue_omission_label: await page.locator('[data-stage="arriving"] .overflow-note').innerText(),
     queue_omission_role: await page
@@ -658,16 +751,20 @@ try {
     lane_help: await page.locator('[data-stage="arriving"] .lane-help summary').count(),
   };
   assertProof(
-    "Bay mirrors cached exact-review admission, publication, and handoff telemetry",
-    bayControl.cards === 3 &&
+    "Bay mirrors cached exact-review admission, publication, state-writer, and handoff telemetry",
+    bayControl.cards === 4 &&
       /Review admission/i.test(bayControl.review) &&
       /Result publication/i.test(bayControl.review) &&
+      /State writer/i.test(bayControl.review) &&
       /Queue handoff/i.test(bayControl.review) &&
       /waiting/.test(bayControl.waiting_hover_label) &&
       /\/ hour/.test(bayControl.rate_hover_label) &&
       bayControl.queue_items === 1 &&
       bayControl.arriving_queue_samples === 6 &&
+      bayControl.publishing_queue_samples === 6 &&
+      bayControl.applying_queue_samples === 0 &&
       /^ARRIVING 9/.test(bayControl.queue_header) &&
+      /^PUBLISHING 9/.test(bayControl.publishing_header) &&
       bayControl.queue_omission === 1 &&
       bayControl.queue_omission_label === "+3 queued IDs not shown" &&
       bayControl.queue_omission_role === null &&
@@ -676,6 +773,25 @@ try {
       bayControl.lane_help === 1,
     bayControl,
   );
+
+  stateWriterTerminalFresh = false;
+  await page.evaluate(() => window.__bayProofPoll());
+  await page.waitForFunction(() =>
+    /terminal metrics unavailable/.test(
+      document.querySelector("#bay-control-board")?.textContent || "",
+    ),
+  );
+  const staleStateWriter = await page.locator("#bay-control-board").innerText();
+  assertProof(
+    "Bay does not present stale State writer terminal totals as current",
+    /State writer/i.test(staleStateWriter) &&
+      /unknown items/.test(staleStateWriter) &&
+      /terminal metrics unavailable/.test(staleStateWriter) &&
+      !/17 items/.test(staleStateWriter),
+    { state_writer: staleStateWriter },
+  );
+  stateWriterTerminalFresh = true;
+  await page.evaluate(() => window.__bayProofPoll());
   const terminalPoolCounts = {
     completed: await page.locator('[data-stage="completed"] .critter').count(),
     attention: await page.locator(".pool.attention .critter").count(),
@@ -705,7 +821,7 @@ try {
   await capture(
     "01a-mini-control-board",
     "Mini queue control board",
-    "Bay reuses the dashboard’s cached six-hour review-admission, publication, and handoff telemetry; each sparkline point has an exact hover label.",
+    "Bay reuses the dashboard’s cached six-hour review-admission, publication, state-writer, and handoff telemetry; each sparkline point has an exact hover label.",
   );
 
   await page.locator('[data-stage="arriving"] .overflow-note').click();
@@ -859,7 +975,11 @@ try {
   const failedCollectionAt = originalHistory.at(-2)?.at;
   healthHistory = [
     originalHistory.at(-3),
-    { at: failedCollectionAt, exact_review: { collection_ok: false } },
+    {
+      at: failedCollectionAt,
+      exact_review: { collection_ok: false },
+      state_writer: { collection_ok: false },
+    },
     originalHistory.at(-1),
   ];
   const failedCollectionHistory = page.waitForResponse(
@@ -886,6 +1006,52 @@ try {
     (failedCollectionPath?.match(/M/g) || []).length === 2,
     { review_pending_path: failedCollectionPath },
   );
+  const failedStateWriterPath = await page
+    .locator("#bay-control-board .bay-control-card")
+    .filter({ hasText: "State writer" })
+    .locator(".bay-control-chart svg path")
+    .first()
+    .getAttribute("d");
+  assertProof(
+    "Bay renders failed State writer history collections as a gap",
+    (failedStateWriterPath?.match(/M/g) || []).length === 2,
+    { state_writer_pending_path: failedStateWriterPath },
+  );
+  healthHistory = [
+    originalHistory.at(-3),
+    originalHistory.at(-2),
+    {
+      at: originalHistory.at(-1)?.at,
+      exact_review: originalHistory.at(-1)?.exact_review,
+      state_writer: { collection_ok: false },
+    },
+  ];
+  const currentStateWriterFailure = page.waitForResponse(
+    (response) =>
+      new URL(response.url()).pathname === "/api/health-history" && response.status() === 200,
+  );
+  await page.evaluate(() => {
+    window.__bayProofSetNow(Date.parse("2026-07-11T18:50:05.000Z"));
+    window.__bayProofPoll();
+  });
+  await currentStateWriterFailure;
+  await page.waitForFunction(() =>
+    /history gap · awaiting current sample/i.test(
+      [...document.querySelectorAll("#bay-control-board .bay-control-card")].find((card) =>
+        /State writer/i.test(card.textContent || ""),
+      )?.textContent || "",
+    ),
+  );
+  const failedStateWriterCopy = await page
+    .locator("#bay-control-board .bay-control-card")
+    .filter({ hasText: "State writer" })
+    .innerText();
+  assertProof(
+    "Bay labels a current failed State writer collection as a history gap",
+    /history gap · awaiting current sample/i.test(failedStateWriterCopy) &&
+      !/history stale/i.test(failedStateWriterCopy),
+    { state_writer: failedStateWriterCopy },
+  );
 
   healthHistory = [
     originalHistory.at(-3),
@@ -904,7 +1070,7 @@ try {
       new URL(response.url()).pathname === "/api/health-history" && response.status() === 200,
   );
   await page.evaluate(() => {
-    window.__bayProofSetNow(Date.parse("2026-07-11T18:49:04.000Z"));
+    window.__bayProofSetNow(Date.parse("2026-07-11T18:51:06.000Z"));
     window.__bayProofPoll();
   });
   await pendingOnlyHistory;
@@ -925,6 +1091,41 @@ try {
   );
   healthHistory = originalHistory;
 
+  await page.setViewportSize({ width: 900, height: 700 });
+  await page.waitForFunction(() =>
+    document.getElementById("stage-grid")?.classList.contains("portrait-stack"),
+  );
+  await page.waitForTimeout(140);
+  const compactLandscapeLayout = await page.evaluate(() => {
+    const stages = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll("#stage-grid .stage")).map((stage) => {
+      const rect = stage.getBoundingClientRect();
+      return {
+        left: Math.round(rect.left),
+        top: Math.round(rect.top),
+        bottom: Math.round(rect.bottom),
+      };
+    });
+    const terminal = document.getElementById("terminal-stack")?.getBoundingClientRect();
+    return {
+      scroll_width: document.documentElement.scrollWidth,
+      viewport_width: window.innerWidth,
+      stages,
+      terminal_top: Math.round(terminal?.top || 0),
+    };
+  });
+  assertProof(
+    "intermediate landscape stacks six Bay lanes before they reach terminal pools",
+    compactLandscapeLayout.scroll_width <= compactLandscapeLayout.viewport_width + 1 &&
+      compactLandscapeLayout.stages.length === 6 &&
+      compactLandscapeLayout.stages.every((stage, index, stages) =>
+        index === 0
+          ? stage.left >= 0
+          : Math.abs(stage.left - stages[0].left) <= 2 && stage.top >= stages[index - 1].bottom,
+      ) &&
+      compactLandscapeLayout.terminal_top >= compactLandscapeLayout.stages.at(-1).bottom,
+    compactLandscapeLayout,
+  );
+
   await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 });
   await page.waitForFunction(() =>
     document.getElementById("stage-grid")?.classList.contains("portrait-stack"),
@@ -941,10 +1142,12 @@ try {
     });
     const terminal = document.getElementById("terminal-stack")?.getBoundingClientRect();
     const grid = document.getElementById("stage-grid");
+    const controlBoard = document.getElementById("bay-control-board");
     return {
       scroll_width: document.documentElement.scrollWidth,
       viewport_width: window.innerWidth,
       grid_columns: getComputedStyle(grid).gridTemplateColumns,
+      control_columns: getComputedStyle(controlBoard).gridTemplateColumns,
       stages,
       terminal_top: Math.round(terminal?.top || 0),
     };
@@ -952,7 +1155,8 @@ try {
   assertProof(
     "portrait layout stacks the workflow from sand to waterline without horizontal overflow",
     portraitLayout.scroll_width <= portraitLayout.viewport_width + 1 &&
-      portraitLayout.stages.length === 5 &&
+      portraitLayout.stages.length === 6 &&
+      portraitLayout.control_columns.trim().split(/\s+/).length === 1 &&
       portraitLayout.stages.every((stage, index, stages) =>
         index === 0
           ? stage.left >= 0
@@ -964,7 +1168,7 @@ try {
   await capture(
     "01b-portrait-workflow",
     "Portrait workflow: top to bottom",
-    "Phone portrait mode stacks Arriving through Applying vertically, then places the terminal pools at the waterline without horizontal scrolling.",
+    "Phone portrait mode stacks Arriving through Publishing and Applying vertically, then places the terminal pools at the waterline without horizontal scrolling.",
   );
   await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1900, height: 1000 });
   await page.waitForFunction(
@@ -1529,6 +1733,40 @@ try {
     "The stale failed card is absent and the same GitHub reference is visible as queued exact-review work in the earlier lane.",
   );
 
+  fixtureIndex = 9;
+  await page.evaluate(async () => {
+    await window.__bayProofPoll();
+  });
+  const batchPublisherLane = page.locator(
+    `[data-stage="applying"] [data-key="${batchApplyingItemKey}"]`,
+  );
+  await batchPublisherLane.waitFor({ state: "visible", timeout: 5_000 });
+  assertProof(
+    "durable batch ownership places known publication items in Applying & writing",
+    (await batchPublisherLane.count()) === 1 &&
+      /APPLYING & WRITING 1/.test(await page.locator('[data-stage="applying"] h2').innerText()),
+    {
+      item_key: batchApplyingItemKey,
+      stage: "applying",
+      batch_id: "exact-review-batch:9001",
+    },
+  );
+
+  fixtureIndex = 10;
+  await page.evaluate(async () => {
+    await window.__bayProofPoll();
+  });
+  const legacyQueuePublisher = page.locator(
+    `[data-stage="publishing"] [data-key="${batchApplyingItemKey}"]`,
+  );
+  await legacyQueuePublisher.waitFor({ state: "visible", timeout: 5_000 });
+  assertProof(
+    "legacy Applying queue records are normalized into Publishing without duplicate Applying cards",
+    (await legacyQueuePublisher.count()) === 1 &&
+      (await page.locator('[data-stage="applying"] [data-item^="queue:"]').count()) === 0,
+    { item_key: batchApplyingItemKey, legacy_stage: "applying", rendered_stage: "publishing" },
+  );
+
   const totalStatusGets = requests.filter((request) => request.path === "/api/status").length;
   const healthHistoryGets = requests.filter(
     (request) => request.path === "/api/health-history",
@@ -1565,7 +1803,7 @@ try {
   });
   assertProof(
     "mini control board caches each selected dashboard history range",
-    healthHistoryGets === 10 &&
+    healthHistoryGets === 11 &&
       healthHistoryRanges.filter((range) => range === "24h").length === 1 &&
       healthHistoryRanges.filter((range) => range === "7d").length === 1,
     { health_history_gets: healthHistoryGets, ranges: healthHistoryRanges },
diff --git a/test/dashboard-worker.test.ts b/test/dashboard-worker.test.ts
index c5c9aa9923..417038c0d2 100644
--- a/test/dashboard-worker.test.ts
+++ b/test/dashboard-worker.test.ts
@@ -2067,7 +2067,8 @@ test("dashboard status reads the exact-review handoff model from the durable que
     arriving: 2,
     "setting-up": 1,
     reviewing: 0,
-    applying: 1,
+    publishing: 1,
+    applying: 0,
     repairing: 1,
   });
   assert.deepEqual(
@@ -2079,7 +2080,7 @@ test("dashboard status reads the exact-review handoff model from the durable que
     [
       { item_key: "openclaw/gogcli#597", stage: "arriving", queue_state: "pending" },
       { item_key: "openclaw/gogcli#600", stage: "setting-up", queue_state: "leased" },
-      { item_key: "openclaw/gogcli#599", stage: "applying", queue_state: "leased" },
+      { item_key: "openclaw/gogcli#599", stage: "publishing", queue_state: "leased" },
       { item_key: "openclaw/gogcli#601", stage: "repairing", queue_state: "pending" },
       { item_key: "openclaw/gogcli#598", stage: "arriving", queue_state: "pending" },
     ],
@@ -2097,6 +2098,112 @@ test("dashboard status reads the exact-review handoff model from the durable que
   assert.equal(await exactReviewQueueStatusSnapshot({}), null);
 });
 
+test("Bay queue projection maps durable batch-owned publication items to Applying", async () => {
+  const storage = new MemoryDurableStorage();
+  const queue = new ExactReviewQueue(
+    { storage },
+    {
+      EXACT_REVIEW_DISPATCH_DEBOUNCE_MS: "0",
+      EXACT_REVIEW_PUBLICATION_BATCHING_ENABLED: "1",
+      EXACT_REVIEW_PUBLICATION_BATCH_SIZE: "1",
+    },
+  );
+  await queue.fetch(
+    buildExactReviewQueueRequest(
+      "bay-batch-applying",
+      602,
+      "exact_review_artifact_publish",
+      "issue",
+      undefined,
+      exactReviewPublicationOverrides(602, "6020"),
+    ),
+  );
+  const claim = await queue.fetch(
+    new Request("https://clawsweeper-exact-review-queue/publication-batches/claim", {
+      method: "POST",
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        claim_id: "bay-applying-batch",
+        lease_owner: "bay-applying-owner",
+        max_items: 1,
+      }),
+    }),
+  );
+  assert.equal((await claim.json()).claimed, true);
+
+  const status = await exactReviewQueueStatusSnapshot({
+    EXACT_REVIEW_QUEUE: new MemoryDurableNamespace(queue),
+  });
+
+  assert.ok(status);
+  assert.deepEqual(status.bay_projection.stages, {
+    arriving: 0,
+    "setting-up": 0,
+    reviewing: 0,
+    publishing: 0,
+    applying: 1,
+    repairing: 0,
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    status.bay_projection.items.map((item) => ({
+      item_key: item.item_key,
+      stage: item.stage,
+      batch_id: item.batch_id,
+    })),
+    [
+      {
+        item_key: "openclaw/gogcli#602",
+        stage: "applying",
+        batch_id: "bay-applying-batch",
+      },
+    ],
+  );
+});
+
+test("Bay queue projection sends parked review and publication work to Repair Cove", async () => {
+  const storage = new MemoryDurableStorage();
+  const queue = new ExactReviewQueue({ storage }, { EXACT_REVIEW_DISPATCH_DEBOUNCE_MS: "0" });
+  await queue.fetch(buildExactReviewQueueRequest("bay-parked-review", 603, "opened"));
+  await queue.fetch(
+    buildExactReviewQueueRequest(
+      "bay-parked-publication",
+      604,
+      "exact_review_artifact_publish",
+      "issue",
+      undefined,
+      exactReviewPublicationOverrides(604, "6040"),
+    ),
+  );
+  const state = (await storage.get("exact-review-queue")) as {
+    items: Record<string, { state: string; parkedReason?: string }>;
+  };
+  state.items["openclaw/gogcli#603"].state = "parked";
+  state.items["openclaw/gogcli#603"].parkedReason = "review_retry_exhausted";
+  state.items["openclaw/gogcli#604@publish:6040:1"].state = "parked";
+  state.items["openclaw/gogcli#604@publish:6040:1"].parkedReason = "dead_letter_capacity";
+  await storage.put("exact-review-queue", state);
+
+  const status = await exactReviewQueueStatusSnapshot({
+    EXACT_REVIEW_QUEUE: new MemoryDurableNamespace(queue),
+  });
+
+  assert.ok(status);
+  assert.deepEqual(status.bay_projection.stages, {
+    arriving: 0,
+    "setting-up": 0,
+    reviewing: 0,
+    publishing: 0,
+    applying: 0,
+    repairing: 2,
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    status.bay_projection.items.map((item) => ({ item_key: item.item_key, stage: item.stage })),
+    [
+      { item_key: "openclaw/gogcli#603", stage: "repairing" },
+      { item_key: "openclaw/gogcli#604", stage: "repairing" },
+    ],
+  );
+});
+
 test("Bay queue projection applies its public sample cap across all stages", async () => {
   const storage = new MemoryDurableStorage();
   const queue = new ExactReviewQueue({ storage }, { EXACT_REVIEW_DISPATCH_DEBOUNCE_MS: "0" });
@@ -2139,6 +2246,7 @@ test("Bay queue projection applies its public sample cap across all stages", asy
     arriving: 9,
     "setting-up": 9,
     reviewing: 0,
+    publishing: 0,
     applying: 0,
     repairing: 9,
   });
@@ -2267,16 +2375,29 @@ test("OpenClaw Bay is an unlisted, hardened demo route", async () => {
   assert.match(body, /id="bay-control-board"/);
   assert.match(body, /Review admission/);
   assert.match(body, /Result publication/);
+  assert.match(body, /State writer/);
   assert.match(body, /Queue handoff/);
   assert.match(body, /function loadBayHistory/);
   assert.match(body, /function bayRateSparkline/);
+  assert.match(body, /function bayStateWriterCard/);
+  assert.match(body, /function bayStateWriterHistory/);
+  assert.match(body, /max-width:970px\) and \(orientation:landscape/);
   assert.match(body, /net throughput over .*bayRangeLabel/);
   assert.match(body, /data-bay-history-range="24h"/);
   assert.match(body, /data-bay-history-range="7d"/);
   assert.match(body, /bay-control-axis-label/);
   assert.match(body, /api\/health-history\?range="\+encodeURIComponent\(range\)/);
   assert.match(body, /function expandQueue/);
+  assert.match(body, /function queueProjectionStage/);
   assert.match(body, /Repair cove/);
+  assert.match(body, /"publishing":"Publishing"/);
+  assert.match(body, /Waiting to publish the final review/);
+  assert.match(body, /bounded result-publication queue/);
+  assert.match(
+    body,
+    /var hasPublishing=Object\.prototype\.hasOwnProperty\.call\(stages,"publishing"\)/,
+  );
+  assert.match(body, /if\(stage==="applying"&&!hasPublishing\)reported=0/);
   assert.match(body, /id="tunnel-layer"/);
   assert.match(body, /function startTunnelJourney/);
   assert.doesNotMatch(body, /function drawTunnels/);
@@ -2361,17 +2482,76 @@ test("OpenClaw Bay is an unlisted, hardened demo route", async () => {
   assert.ok(new Set(chatContext.copies.map((copy) => copy.answer)).size > 1);
   assert.ok(chatContext.copies.every((copy) => copy.answer.includes("7m")));
   const runChangedSource = body.match(/function runChanged\([^}]+\}/)?.[0];
+  const stageForSource = body.match(/function stageFor\([^]*?return "arriving";\}/)?.[0];
+  const queueProjectionStageSource = body.match(
+    /function queueProjectionStage\([^]*?return STAGES\.indexOf\(stage\)>=0\?stage:"arriving";\}/,
+  )?.[0];
   const transitionKindSource = body.match(
     /function transitionKind\([^]*?return oldIndex>=0&&nextIndex>oldIndex\?"forward":null;\}/,
   )?.[0];
   assert.ok(runChangedSource);
+  assert.ok(stageForSource);
+  assert.ok(queueProjectionStageSource);
   assert.ok(transitionKindSource);
+  const normalizeQueueStage = new Script(
+    `${queueProjectionStageSource};queueProjectionStage`,
+  ).runInNewContext({
+    STAGES: ["arriving", "setting-up", "reviewing", "publishing", "applying", "repairing"],
+  });
+  assert.equal(normalizeQueueStage("applying", false), "applying");
+  assert.equal(normalizeQueueStage("applying", true), "publishing");
+  assert.equal(normalizeQueueStage("publishing"), "publishing");
+  const classifyBayStage = new Script(`${stageForSource};stageFor`).runInNewContext({
+    STAGES: ["arriving", "setting-up", "reviewing", "publishing", "applying", "repairing"],
+  });
+  const publicationSteps = [{ name: "Apply review artifacts" }];
+  assert.equal(
+    classifyBayStage({
+      status: "in_progress",
+      current_step: "Validate exact review artifact bundle",
+      steps: publicationSteps,
+    }),
+    "publishing",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    classifyBayStage({
+      status: "queued",
+      current_step: "Waiting for runner",
+      steps: publicationSteps,
+    }),
+    "publishing",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    classifyBayStage({
+      name: "Publish review artifacts",
+      status: "queued",
+      current_step: "Waiting for runner",
+      steps: [],
+    }),
+    "publishing",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    classifyBayStage({
+      status: "in_progress",
+      current_step: "Publish review artifact action ledger",
+      steps: publicationSteps,
+    }),
+    "publishing",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    classifyBayStage({
+      status: "in_progress",
+      current_step: "Sync selected review comments",
+      steps: publicationSteps,
+    }),
+    "applying",
+  );
   const classifyTransition = new Script(
     `${runChangedSource};(${transitionKindSource})`,
   ).runInNewContext({
-    MAIN_STAGES: ["arriving", "setting-up", "reviewing", "applying"],
+    MAIN_STAGES: ["arriving", "setting-up", "reviewing", "publishing", "applying"],
   });
-  for (const stage of ["setting-up", "reviewing", "applying"]) {
+  for (const stage of ["setting-up", "reviewing", "publishing", "applying"]) {
     assert.equal(
       classifyTransition({ run_id: "old", stage: "reviewing" }, { run_id: "new", stage }),
       "retrigger",
@@ -2387,6 +2567,13 @@ test("OpenClaw Bay is an unlisted, hardened demo route", async () => {
   assert.equal(
     classifyTransition(
       { run_id: "same", stage: "reviewing" },
+      { run_id: "same", stage: "publishing" },
+    ),
+    "forward",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    classifyTransition(
+      { run_id: "same", stage: "publishing" },
       { run_id: "same", stage: "applying" },
     ),
     "forward",
@@ -10585,10 +10772,21 @@ test("dashboard hero treats apply and exact-review handoff health as attention",
     /target 32 · pressure ceiling 24 after GitHub rate limit/,
   );
   assert.match(elementFor("exact-review-lanes").innerHTML, /No backlog history in this range/);
-  status.workers = Array.from({ length: 130 }, (_, id) => ({ id, status: "in_progress" }));
+  status.workers = [
+    ...Array.from({ length: 128 }, (_, id) => ({
+      id,
+      status: "in_progress",
+      is_codex_worker: true,
+    })),
+    { id: 128, status: "in_progress", is_codex_worker: false },
+    { id: 129, status: "in_progress", is_codex_worker: false },
+  ];
   context.renderSystemMap(status);
-  assert.match(elementFor("capacity-rail").innerHTML, /130 running/);
-  assert.match(elementFor("capacity-rail").innerHTML, /2 over budget/);
+  assert.match(elementFor("capacity-rail").innerHTML, /128 running/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(elementFor("capacity-rail").innerHTML, /over budget/);
+  status.workers = [{ id: 130, status: "in_progress", is_codex_worker: false }];
+  context.renderDashboard(status, "");
+  assert.match(elementFor("hero-headline").textContent, /0 claw workers sweeping/);
   status.workers = [];
 
   status.recent.apply_health.items = [];
@@ -11023,10 +11221,11 @@ test("dashboard preserves issue titles across generated PR repair events", () =>
 test("dashboard exposes active worker jobs and their current steps", async () => {
   const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
   const originalCaches = globalThis.caches;
+  const cache = new MemoryCache();
   Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "caches", {
     configurable: true,
     value: {
-      default: new MemoryCache(),
+      default: cache,
     },
   });
   const run = {
@@ -11049,6 +11248,16 @@ test("dashboard exposes active worker jobs and their current steps", async () =>
     created_at: isoAgo(30_000),
     updated_at: isoAgo(5_000),
   };
+  const queuedBatchRun = {
+    id: 44,
+    name: "Publish exact review batch",
+    display_title: "Publish exact review batch",
+    status: "queued",
+    conclusion: null,
+    html_url: "https://github.com/openclaw/clawsweeper/actions/runs/44",
+    created_at: isoAgo(20_000),
+    updated_at: isoAgo(2_000),
+  };
   let graphqlRequests = 0;
   globalThis.fetch = async (input) => {
     const url = new URL(String(input));
@@ -11056,11 +11265,11 @@ test("dashboard exposes active worker jobs and their current steps", async () =>
       const status = url.searchParams.get("status");
       return jsonResponse({
         workflow_runs: !status
-          ? [run, queuedRun]
+          ? [run, queuedRun, queuedBatchRun]
           : status === "in_progress"
             ? [run]
             : status === "queued"
-              ? [queuedRun]
+              ? [queuedRun, queuedBatchRun]
               : [],
       });
     }
@@ -11098,9 +11307,46 @@ test("dashboard exposes active worker jobs and their current steps", async () =>
           {
             id: 4202,
             name: "Publish review artifacts",
-            status: "queued",
+            status: "in_progress",
             conclusion: null,
-            steps: [],
+            html_url: "https://github.com/openclaw/clawsweeper/actions/runs/42/job/4202",
+            started_at: isoAgo(60_000),
+            steps: [
+              {
+                number: 1,
+                name: "Apply review artifacts",
+                status: "completed",
+                conclusion: "success",
+              },
+              {
+                number: 2,
+                name: "Publish review artifact action ledger",
+                status: "in_progress",
+                conclusion: null,
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          {
+            id: 4203,
+            name: "publish",
+            status: "in_progress",
+            conclusion: null,
+            html_url: "https://github.com/openclaw/clawsweeper/actions/runs/42/job/4203",
+            started_at: isoAgo(55_000),
+            steps: [
+              {
+                number: 1,
+                name: "Claim one durable publication batch",
+                status: "completed",
+                conclusion: "success",
+              },
+              {
+                number: 2,
+                name: "Finalize healthy members under a fenced heartbeat",
+                status: "in_progress",
+                conclusion: null,
+              },
+            ],
           },
         ],
       });
@@ -11108,6 +11354,21 @@ test("dashboard exposes active worker jobs and their current steps", async () =>
     if (url.pathname === "/repos/openclaw/clawsweeper/actions/runs/43/jobs") {
       return jsonResponse({ jobs: [] });
     }
+    if (url.pathname === "/repos/openclaw/clawsweeper/actions/runs/44/jobs") {
+      return jsonResponse({
+        jobs: [
+          {
+            id: 4401,
+            name: "publish",
+            status: "queued",
+            conclusion: null,
+            html_url: "https://github.com/openclaw/clawsweeper/actions/runs/44/job/4401",
+            started_at: null,
+            steps: [],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+    }
     if (url.pathname === "/graphql") {
       graphqlRequests += 1;
       return jsonResponse({
@@ -11164,9 +11425,9 @@ test("dashboard exposes active worker jobs and their current steps", async () =>
     );
     const status = await response.json();
     assert.equal(status.fleet.active_codex_jobs, 2);
-    assert.equal(status.fleet.worker_detail_runs, 2);
+    assert.equal(status.fleet.worker_detail_runs, 3);
     assert.equal(status.fleet.worker_detail_fallbacks, 1);
-    assert.equal(status.workers.length, 2);
+    assert.equal(status.workers.length, 5);
     assert.equal(status.workers[0].id, 4201);
     assert.equal(status.workers[0].name, "Review shard 0 · openclaw/openclaw#92521,92522");
     assert.equal(status.workers[0].repository, "openclaw/openclaw");
@@ -11191,10 +11452,33 @@ test("dashboard exposes active worker jobs and their current steps", async () =>
         type: "pull_request",
       },
     ]);
-    assert.equal(status.workers[1].id, "run-43");
-    assert.equal(status.workers[1].source, "workflow-fallback");
-    assert.equal(status.workers[1].current_step, "reviewing");
-    assert.equal(status.workers[1].target_items[0].title, "Queued terminal resize follow-up");
+    assert.equal(status.workers[1].id, 4202);
+    assert.equal(status.workers[1].name, "Publish review artifacts");
+    assert.equal(status.workers[1].is_codex_worker, false);
+    assert.equal(status.workers[1].item_number, 92521);
+    assert.equal(status.workers[1].current_step, "Publish review artifact action ledger");
+    assert.equal(status.workers[1].steps[0].name, "Apply review artifacts");
+    assert.equal(status.workers[2].id, 4203);
+    assert.equal(status.workers[2].name, "publish");
+    assert.equal(status.workers[2].is_codex_worker, false);
+    assert.equal(
+      status.workers[2].current_step,
+      "Finalize healthy members under a fenced heartbeat",
+    );
+    const cachedPublisherJobs = await cache.match(
+      new Request("https://clawsweeper.internal/store/workflow-jobs%3Aopenclaw%2Fclawsweeper%3A42"),
+    );
+    assert.equal(cachedPublisherJobs?.headers.get("cache-control"), "public, max-age=60");
+    assert.equal(status.workers[3].id, "run-43");
+    assert.equal(status.workers[3].source, "workflow-fallback");
+    assert.equal(status.workers[3].current_step, "reviewing");
+    assert.equal(status.workers[3].target_items[0].title, "Queued terminal resize follow-up");
+    const queuedBatchPublisher = status.workers.find((entry) => entry.id === 4401);
+    assert.ok(queuedBatchPublisher);
+    assert.equal(queuedBatchPublisher.name, "publish");
+    assert.equal(queuedBatchPublisher.is_codex_worker, false);
+    assert.equal(queuedBatchPublisher.workflow_title, "Publish exact review batch");
+    assert.equal(queuedBatchPublisher.current_step, "Waiting for runner");
 
     const cachedResponse = await worker.fetch(
       new Request("https://clawsweeper.openclaw.ai/api/status"),
diff --git a/test/exact-review-publication-batches.test.ts b/test/exact-review-publication-batches.test.ts
index 686f226afc..ed88235cb6 100644
--- a/test/exact-review-publication-batches.test.ts
+++ b/test/exact-review-publication-batches.test.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ test("publication batches atomically select ready items without duplicate active
   assert.equal(second, null);
   assert.equal(first?.configuredBatchSize, 2);
   assert.deepEqual(batches.activeLeaseSnapshot(1_500), {
+    items: candidates.slice(0, 2).map((candidate) => ({
+      itemKey: candidate.itemKey,
+      batchId: "batch-1",
+    })),
     itemKeys: candidates.slice(0, 2).map((item) => item.itemKey),
     activeBatches: 1,
     nextLeaseExpiresAt: 2_000,
@@ -183,6 +187,16 @@ test("publication batches allow a bounded number of disjoint active owners", ()
   );
   assert.equal(third, null);
   assert.deepEqual(batches.activeLeaseSnapshot(1_500), {
+    items: [
+      ...candidates.slice(0, 2).map((candidate) => ({
+        itemKey: candidate.itemKey,
+        batchId: "parallel-1",
+      })),
+      ...candidates.slice(2).map((candidate) => ({
+        itemKey: candidate.itemKey,
+        batchId: "parallel-2",
+      })),
+    ],
     itemKeys: candidates.map((item) => item.itemKey),
     activeBatches: 2,
     nextLeaseExpiresAt: 2_000,