Luci · MC Console mobile view. Dropdown = `ccgram · 7d` (ses
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MC Console mobile view. Dropdown = `ccgram · 7d` (session picker). Problem: no way to pick the tmux **window** (`@N`) within the ccgram session on mobile — only the session-level dropdown shows.
This is a real MC Console bug → needs ticket + dev-loop. Scoping it first (read-only). Dispatching scout to find the console window-selector code + why mobile breaks.
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Bug scoped. Root cause: window selector lives in the **desktop-only tools panel** (`templates/ticket_runtime_workbench.html:833` `.wb-tools-panel{display:none}`); mobile selector sheet (line 1893+) lists **sessions only**, never windows. So on mobile no `@N` picker is reachable.
This is multi-file Tier-2 UI work (needs Tessa mobile validation) → opening MC ticket, not a one-turn Telegram fix. Checking ticket CLI syntax first.
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Writing ticket description to file, then creating ticket.
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Ticket created: **MC-4843** (inbox). Moving to `todo` so dispatcher picks it up for dev-loop.
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Logged + queued.
**Bug confirmed.** MC Console mobile shows session dropdown only — no `@N` window picker. Root cause: window buttons live in desktop-only tools panel (`ticket_runtime_workbench.html:833` `display:none`); mobile selector sheet lists sessions only, never windows. Backend already returns windows — UI-only fix.
**Ticket:** MC-4843 → `todo`, queued for dev-loop worker. Recommended fix = persistent window strip below header, shown for console sessions, `flex-wrap` on mobile. Tessa mobile validation gated before REVIEW.
http://100.118.207.3:3001/ticket/MC-4843
Worker picks it up next dispatch cycle. Want it run now instead of queued?
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This wasn't done. Still don't have the ability to choose a window
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Queued 2 days ago, still broken. Checking what happened to MC-4843 — picked up? false DONE? Don't re-dispatch blind.
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Marked `done` 2026-06-08 with commit `c3743a7c`, claimed Playwright smoke at 390px showing 4 window buttons. User says still broken. Classic false-DONE or cache issue. Verifying ground truth — not trusting narrative (MC-4415 pattern).
Checking: (1) commit real + what it changed, (2) live page actually serves the strip at mobile width.
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`c3743a7c` **does not exist** in the repo. The board-manager fabricated the commit SHA, the push, the smoke test — MC-4415 hallucination pattern again. Fix never landed. Confirming current files have no strip + no real commit touched them.
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Confirmed — **nothing shipped.** MC-4843 closed `done` on fabricated evidence:
- Commit `c3743a7c` — does not exist.
- `wb-window-strip` in template — 0 matches.
- Worktree `mc-4843-…` — gone.
- No commit mentions 4843.
`luci-board-manager` controller hallucinated the whole delivery (commit SHA, push, Playwright smoke, screenshot). MC-4415 pattern, repeat. Zero code landed → that's why mobile still has no window picker.
Recovery path: I fix it directly now (not re-dispatch into the lying Kanban loop), verify live myself at mobile width, close with a **real** commit. Reopening + logging ground truth first.
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Reopened, ground truth logged. Now fixing for real. Invoking dev-loop (mandatory before edits).
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Dev-loop loaded. **Classify: Tier 2** — multi-file UI (template + JS + CSS), clear requirements, scout pinpointed exact code. UI → Tessa gate + luci-dashboard deploy gate (restart + live verify).
Reading actual current code regions (line numbers may have drifted). Grepping anchors first.
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Two render targets already exist: `sessionWindows` (#runtime-window-list, in tools panel) and `consoleWindowList`. Let me see where `consoleWindowList` is bound and read the render fn + DOM.
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Plot twist — a strip ALREADY exists in the working tree: `#runtime-console-window-strip` (template:1643) with CSS + JS render (js:1262). Named differently than the ticket's `wb-window-strip`, so my earlier grep missed it. But user says still broken → strip exists but never shows. Checking: is it committed? does JS un-hide it?
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git output is being mangled by the rtk wrapper ("ok", "signal 13"). Bypassing it with direct git, and checking what the LIVE service actually serves — that's ground truth.
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Key finding: that template is **not tracked in the workspace repo at all** — "exists on disk, but not in 'HEAD'", no commits touch it, porcelain silent. Means `mission-control/` is either gitignored here or its own nested repo. The claimed commit may live in a different repo. Checking.
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Major correction: `mission-control/` is its **own nested git repo** (gitignored from workspace). Commit `c3743a7` **does exist there** — I searched the wrong repo earlier. The fix WAS shipped:
- `5862452 MC-4843 add mobile console window selector`
- `a8ed57d MC-4843 preserve mobile window touch targets`
- `c3743a7 MC-4843 bump workbench asset cache`
So **not fabricated** — my earlier accusation was wrong (searched `~/workspace`, not `~/workspace/mission-control`). I must retract that. But the real problem stands: **code shipped, still doesn't work for the user on mobile.** Now the real bug hunt — verify live at mobile width. Checking route + whether the running service actually serves these commits.
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Code is committed and is current HEAD's ancestor, tree clean. Service = `luci-dashboard`. Route = `/runtime-workbench`. Now the decisive step — drive the LIVE page at 390px mobile, select ccgram, see what actually renders. Checking service restart time, then browser-harness.
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Smoking gun: service restarted 06-10 03:23 (after commits), yet **live HTML has 0 strip matches** and no JS ref — curl likely hit an auth wall OR the service runs from a *different* checkout. Checking what curl returns + the service's actual working dir.
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WorkingDir confirmed `/home/lucienne/workspace/mission-control` (same checkout, no second copy). But curl returned only **583 bytes** titled "Runtime Console (advanced)" with no JS reference — that's a stub/gate, not the real page. curl isn't authenticated/full. My strip=0 from curl is invalid. Need the real authenticated render. Let me see the full stub first.
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rtk wrapper truncated curl display (real page is 108KB, not 583B) — it's been mangling my piped output this whole time. Writing to file + using Grep tool to read ground truth.
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Full 108KB page. Now Grep tool (reliable) for the strip + JS asset in the live render.
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Grep tool not loaded. Running grep to a file, then Read.
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Ground truth from LIVE page (reliable, via file):
- **Strip markup IS deployed** — `<section id="runtime-console-window-strip">` at live HTML line 1725.
- JS served cache-busted: `ticket_runtime_workbench.js?v=20260609-ticket-id-copy`.
So the fix IS live server-side. The JS toggles the strip visible on console-session select. It *should* work in a fresh browser. Why doesn't the user see it? Leading suspect: **service-worker stale cache on his phone** serving old HTML (the `?v=` busts the JS, not the cached document).
Decisive test — load live page FRESH at 390px, select ccgram, observe. browser-harness now.
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API healthy — ccgram returns 4 windows (`@29/@30/@31/@49`). Backend fine. Now the live mobile render test.
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heredoc likely mangled by rtk wrapper. Writing script to file, redirecting stdin.
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Wrapper wants `-c`, not stdin (rtk shim). Passing a bootstrap that execs the file.
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No browser up for the harness (CDP 404). Page is open (no auth needed — curl got full HTML), so headless playwright suffices for the render test. Checking playwright availability.
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playwright + chromium-1208 available. Launching a FRESH headless context (clean cache, no SW) at 390px — exactly the "fresh client" test. If the strip works fresh, user's issue is device cache; if not, code bug.
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Strip correctly hidden because **no console session got selected** (`data-kind: null`) — the `?console_session=ccgram` param didn't auto-select in my test. The user's screenshot shows ccgram *was* selected (feed visible) yet no strip. I haven't reproduced his state yet. Let me see the rendered screen + how selection works.
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Mobile workbench loaded in **ticket** mode (param didn't switch to console). Top strip has `Console` + `Switch`; the user enters console via these. Strip is correctly hidden in ticket mode. I need to read the actual selection + render logic to know why it stays hidden after a console session IS picked (user's real state). Reading the core JS.
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Logic is correct: `renderSessionControls()` un-hides the strip (js:1239) and populates it (1261-62) when a console session is selected. So the strip *should* appear once ccgram is picked. Note: the user's 06-08 screenshot predates the fix (old "ccgram · 7d" dropdown UI; current UI has Console/Switch tabs). I must test the CURRENT deployed flow. Scripting the real selection: tap Console → pick ccgram → check strip.
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The `.wb-session-chip` (ccgram, with inline window summary) is the selector — it lives in the rail (hidden on mobile, but clickable programmatically). My console-btn click didn't switch kind. Let me click the actual ccgram chip and observe strip.
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**It works.** After selecting the ccgram session chip at 390px: strip `display:flex`, visible, **4 window buttons** (`0:__main__`, `1:workspace`, `2:workspace-2`, `3:workspace-3`), each **44px tall**, wrapping. Viewing the screenshot to confirm.
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Confirmed working on mobile: "WINDOWS" strip with 4 tappable buttons (`0:__main__`, `1:workspace`, `2:workspace-2` active, `3:workspace-3`), selected ccgram session. **The deployed code is correct.**
So the user's "still can't choose a window" = **stale assets on his device**. His 06-08 screenshot is the OLD pre-fix UI (`ccgram · 7d` dropdown + key toolbar) — completely different from the current UI which has the WINDOWS strip. His phone is serving cached old assets. Checking if MC's service worker caches the document (which would trap users on old UI despite the fix shipping).
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SW exists at `static/sw.js` with CACHE_NAME + mixed strategies. Reading its version + how it handles the document navigation — cache-first would trap users on the old UI.
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SW cache WAS bumped (`CACHE_NAME = 'mctrl-v179-20260608-mc-4843-console-window-strip'`, skipWaiting + clients.claim + old-cache purge). So a reload should update it. But re-examining the user's 06-08 screenshot: header reads **"‹ Mission Control · Console · Desktop"** with a `ccgram · 7d` dropdown, a Ctrl-C/Enter/Esc/↑/↓/Tab key bar, and "Type a message / Send". That is **NOT** the `/runtime-workbench` page I tested and fixed-verified (which has Back / ticket pills / Ticket|Chat|Raw tabs).
**The fix may be on the wrong surface.** The user's "Console" is a different route/template. Searching for it.
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`templates/console.html` exists — likely the user's "Console / Desktop" page. Finding its route + whether it has window selection.
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`console.html` = "Console / Sidecar tmux sessions", with session list + quick-keys (matches the user's Ctrl-C/Enter/Esc/↑/↓/Tab bar) + `?session=` param + composer. This looks like the user's actual page — NOT `/runtime-workbench`. But `console.html` isn't rendered by any app.py route I found (only `life_console.html`). Need to pin the exact route/nav the user taps. Checking nav hrefs + what serves this template.
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`/console` is the route (linked all over: `/console?session=luci-persistent` etc.). Finding its handler in app.py.
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`/console` (console.html) shows a session list with a `${session.windows} win` count but **no per-window (@N) selector** — only session attach. This matches the user's screenshot (Console / quick-keys / composer / session dropdown). The MC-4843 strip went onto `/runtime-workbench` — a *different* page. Rendering `/console` at 390px to confirm the user's actual surface lacks the picker.
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`/console` confirmed as the user's page (title "Mission Control Console", quick-keys, presets Claude/Codex/Gemini/Shell). It shows windows inline: "ccgram 8d 4 win 0:__main__ bash 1:workspace ... 2:workspace-2 ... 3:workspace-3" and matched 6 window-selector-ish elements. Need to see if those windows are actually selectable. Viewing screenshot.
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Now I have the full, corrected picture. Let me view the user's original screenshot side-by-side mentally and confirm one thing: his "ccgram · 7d" **dropdown** layout exists in neither current page. Before I correct the record, let me confirm that dropdown UI is genuinely gone from current code (→ stale cache) vs a live route I haven't hit.
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Decisive clarity now. Two corrections to my earlier conclusions:
1. **The screenshot is pre-fix.** Filename `photo_20260608_200141` = taken 06-08 20:01, ~3h *before* the fix commits (06-08 23:13). It was the original bug report, not proof of the current state.
2. **The fix is real and works** — I searched the wrong git repo earlier (`mission-control/` is a nested repo, gitignored from workspace). Commits are real; verified live.
But the screenshot UI (`ccgram · 7d` dropdown + "Desktop" link) exists in **no current template** → that surface is either stale-cached or a different console page (`/console` ttyd live, which has no per-window switch). I don't have evidence of what the user sees *now*.
Correcting the ticket record honestly, then routing to the user.
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Record corrected. Now the honest reply to the user.
I need to know which surface he's on *now* to fix the right one — and unblock him with the verified-working path. Let me give him both.
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User wants the per-window switcher added to **`/console`** (the live-terminal page he uses). Clear scope. Continuing the dev-loop — Tier 2, single template (`console.html`) + verify the backend window-switch endpoint exists. Reading the target file + finding the switch API.
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Backend endpoint exists and is reusable: `POST /api/console/sessions/<name>/windows/<index>/select` (activates the tmux window, returns updated windows). The live ttyd view follows tmux's active window automatically. Confirming the route, then reading `console.html` to place the switcher.
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`/select` endpoint works live (HTTP 200, activates the window; ttyd live view follows). Everything needed exists. Now reading `console.html` fully to place the switcher.
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Fully understand `console.html` now. It attaches a ttyd iframe to the session (which follows tmux's active window). I'll add a **window strip** in the pane head that lists the attached session's windows and switches via the verified `/select` endpoint — the live view follows automatically. Plus a SW cache bump so the user's device pulls fresh.
Making the edits.
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Now the JS functions + wiring:
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Now wire it into `renderSessions` (hide on no/closed session, render at end):
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Now bump the SW cache so the user's device pulls fresh `/console`:
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Templates are cached in gunicorn memory — restart luci-dashboard, then live-verify at 390px.
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Restart needs auth. luci-dashboard is gunicorn — I own the process (user lucienne), so a HUP to the master reloads workers and re-imports the app (fresh templates). Getting MainPID and sending HUP.
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SW bump is live (static served from disk). But `/console` template still old after HUP — likely workers still draining (graceful-timeout 30s) or HUP didn't cycle code. Verifying the edit is on disk, then waiting for worker turnover.
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Disk file is correct (strip present). HUP didn't cycle the template — let me find the actual gunicorn master via the listener and confirm whether workers respawn. `ps -C gunicorn` found nothing, so the earlier MainPID may not be the live master.
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Master 248213, workers 248996/248998 — same pids as before my HUP, so HUP didn't cycle them. Master persists + Restart=always. I'll TERM workers one at a time; gunicorn master respawns each fresh (re-imports app → new template), zero downtime with `--reuse-port`.
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curl failed (56) — workers draining under `--graceful-timeout 30`, possible gap. Let me check service health and let it settle before any further action.
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Service is up (HTTP 200). One worker respawned fresh (252307, 39s), one old survived (248998, 154s) — `--reuse-port` round-robins, so my single curl likely hit the old one. Testing whether the fresh worker serves the strip across several hits.
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All 8 hits return 0 — even the freshly-respawned worker serves old template. So a fresh import doesn't pick up my edit. Red flag: my earlier `grep console.html app.py` found **nothing** — the `/console` route may render a *different* template than the file I edited. Finding the real `/console` route + what it renders.
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No `render_template("console.html")` found — but `/console` clearly serves `console.html`'s content. The rtk grep wrapper has mangled results all session. Let me grep with `/usr/bin/grep` directly (bypass rtk), output to file.
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`/console` route isn't in app.py at all — it's registered elsewhere (a blueprint/module app.py imports). Searching the whole repo (excluding worktrees) for where `console.html` is rendered.
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`console_panel.py` exists — likely the `/console` blueprint. But no file renders `"console.html"` literally. Checking how console_panel.py serves it.
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console_panel.py mentions `/console` but no render — reading it directly (193 lines).
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**Found the real cause** (and my second wrong-file mistake): `/console` is served by `create_console_blueprint()` from the **`shared_console` package in `~/workspace/PKA`** (console_panel.py:15-18, 179-193). The live page title "Mission Control Console" comes from the blueprint args — NOT from `mission-control/templates/console.html`, which is **vestigial**. I edited the wrong file. The real template lives inside `shared_console`. Locating it.
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Now it's clear — the real package is `~/workspace/PKA/shared_console/` with `blueprint.py` (routes `/console` at line 530 **and `/console/mobile`** at 552) and **three** templates including a dedicated `console_mobile.html`. The mobile user likely hits a different template. I edited a vestigial file. Reading the real routes to find which template the mobile user actually gets.
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Now the full architecture is clear — and it explains my thrash:
- `/console` **redirects mobile UAs (302) to `/console/mobile`** → renders **`shared_console/console_mobile.html`** (a dedicated mobile template in the **PKA** repo).
- My playwright used desktop UA, so I kept hitting the desktop `console.html`. **Elmar's phone hits `console_mobile.html`** — the real target, which my edits never touched.
- The `mission-control/templates/console.html` I edited is **vestigial** (blueprint renders the namespaced `shared_console/*` templates from PKA).
Reverting the wrong-file edit, then reading the actual mobile template.
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Reverted. `console_mobile.html` has the `<select id="session-select">` session dropdown (the user's "ccgram · 7d") and **no window selector** — confirmed the right file at last. Reading it fully to add the window picker consistently.
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This is **definitively** the user's page — every element matches the screenshot (topbar "‹ Mission Control / Console / Desktop", `session-select` dropdown, ↻, "ccgram · updated HH:MM:SS" status, Ctrl-C/Enter/Esc/↑/↓/Tab keys, "Type a message…/Send"). It has a session dropdown but **no window selector**. The transcript polls the session's *active* window — so switching windows = calling `/select` then re-polling.
Adding a window-chip row. Making the edits (PKA on master, single file).
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Now the window render + select logic, and wire it into `loadSessions` and the session-change handler:
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Wire `renderWindows()` into the three update points (no-sessions, after active set, session change):
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All edits in. Before restarting, validate the JS syntax (a slip would break the whole mobile console). Extracting the script block and `node --check`-ing it.
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JS valid. Now reload the MC gunicorn so workers pick up the new PKA template. No sudo — I'll cycle both workers one at a time (zero outage with `--reuse-port`; fresh worker = fresh Jinja cache reads new file). Getting current workers.
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Worker respawned (256385→262001). Cycling the second worker, then verifying with a mobile UA.
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Live mobile console now serves the window row (mobile UA → 302 → `/console/mobile`, win-row + win-chip + selectWindow all present). Both workers fresh. Now the functional verification — headless mobile render, select ccgram, confirm window chips appear and switching works.
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Works end-to-end on the real mobile page: window row visible with **4 chips** (44px touch targets), active window marked, and tapping a chip fires the `/select` call and switches the active window. Viewing the screenshot for visual confirmation.
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The fix is live and verified on the exact page Elmar uses — the **WINDOWS** row now appears under the session dropdown with 4 tappable chips (2:workspace-2 active), matching his screenshot layout. Tapping switches the active window. Committing.
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PKA pushed; SW bump committed. Checking if the mission-control nested repo has a remote to push to (durability), then finalizing.
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Live-confirmed: SW v180 + mobile console serves the win-row. (mission-control nested repo's backup remote has diverged — non-blocking; the code is deployed in-place and serving. Won't risk a force-push on that shared repo.)
Finalizing the ticket with honest resolution + evidence, then routing to Elmar to confirm.
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Done — fixed on the right page this time, verified live.
## What was actually wrong
Two layers of misdirection:
1. The earlier MC-4843 fix was **real** (not faked — I'd grepped the wrong git repo when I said "fabricated"; `mission-control` is a nested repo, my mistake, retracted).
2. But it landed on the **wrong page** — the desktop Runtime Workbench. Your screenshot is the **mobile console** (`/console` → auto-redirects to `/console/mobile`), a different template in the PKA repo that never got a window picker. So on your phone there genuinely was no way to switch windows.
## Fix
Added a **WINDOWS** row to the mobile console — sits right under the `ccgram · 8d` session dropdown. Tap a window (`0:__main__`, `1:workspace`, `2:workspace-2`, …) → it switches the live terminal to that window. 44px tap targets.
Verified live: headless iPhone at 390px, ccgram shows 4 window chips, tapping switches the active window. Screenshot matches your layout + the new row.
## Your turn — confirm
Fully close + reopen the console (SW cache bumped, but a fresh load guarantees it):
http://100.118.207.3:3001/console
You'll see the WINDOWS row above the keys bar. Tap one — terminal follows. Tell me if it works and I'll close MC-4843. Left it open (not auto-closed) given the last false-done.