Record the SOP discipline-name XSS as a known issue

It is a real hole and we are shipping without fixing it, so it needs to be written
down somewhere that outlives the conversation it came up in.

Discipline names are rendered into inline handlers in the WP creator escaped with
esc(), which maps ' to '. That is right for text and wrong here: the browser
decodes entities in an attribute before the JS parser sees it, so the entity
becomes a bare quote and closes the handler's string literal. Escaping for a
handler argument has to go backslash, then quote, then HTML — esc() only does the
last part. Same bug, same ordering, as the two fixed on 2026-08-05 (jsq() in
admin.js, escHandlerArg() in work-package-suite-app.js); this one predates that
work and sits in a file it did not touch.

Left open rather than fixed because the suite is internal, behind a login, with
named employee accounts and no anonymous input path — the likely cost is a
discipline named "Owner's Equipment" silently breaking its own pill, not an attack.
The entry records the conditions that change that judgement (exposure outside the
corporate network, accounts for subcontractors or clients, self-registration), so
the rating cannot go quietly stale if the deployment story changes. Neither CSP nor
the CSRF gate mitigates it, and both are noted so nobody re-derives that hopefully.

Also records the archived-project rough edge from the same day: the server refuses
writes with 409, but the two big apps still present Save and Issue buttons, so the
failure is safe but late. data-wp-archived is already on the document element for
whoever closes it.

Each entry says what closing it takes, and entries get deleted in the commit that
fixes them — otherwise this file becomes a museum instead of a queue.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

DEPLOY-runbook-2026-08-04.md

@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+# Deploy runbook — WP Suite
+
+**For:** IT / whoever administers the Docker host and Portainer
+**From:** n.siegfried@prime-controls.com
+**Revised:** 2026-08-05 — **this replaces the 2026-08-04 version.** Same procedure,
+but the deploy now carries a second database migration and a new admin screen. If
+you already have the earlier copy, work from this one instead.
+**Expected duration:** 10–15 minutes, including the backup
+**Expected downtime:** under a minute, while containers are recreated
+
+---
+
+## Fill these in before handing this over
+
+| Thing | Value |
+|---|---|
+| Docker host (SSH target) | `________________` |
+| Stack name in Portainer | `________________` |
+| Site URL | `https://________________` |
+| Stack directory on the host (holds `docker-compose.yml` / `backups/`) | `________________` |
+
+Container names are fixed by the compose file and are the same on every host:
+`nginx_webserver`, `wp_api`, `wp_db`, `wp_db_backup`.
+
+---
+
+## What this deploy changes
+
+Front-end and nginx changes, a new admin screen, plus pending database migrations
+that run automatically. Three things make it more than a routine restart:
+
+1. **The nginx config and the entire `html/` directory are baked into the
+   container image at build time.** A plain restart deploys nothing — the stack
+   must be re-pulled and re-built.
+2. **A pending migration rewrites existing rows** in the `users.role` column
+   (`b41c7ae90d52`, values `user` → `project_user`). That is why step 1 is a backup
+   and not optional. If a previous deploy already applied it, it will not run again —
+   step 0 tells you which of these you are actually about to run.
+3. **A second migration adds new columns** (`a7c31f9e5b02`: an archive timestamp on
+   projects, and two default-membership fields on users). This one is additive and
+   has database defaults for existing rows, so it does not rewrite anything.
+
+For the people using the app, the visible changes are: projects can now be
+**archived** from the Admin Console (they disappear from the pickers and go
+read-only, and can be brought back), certain users can be set to join **every new
+project automatically**, and the Admin Console has been rebuilt so the user table
+fits on screen.
+
+Migrations run themselves when the `wp_api` container starts. There is nothing
+to type and **no new environment variables** — do not change the stack's
+environment variables.
+
+---
+
+## Step 0 — Record the current state (needed for rollback)
+
+SSH to the Docker host and run:
+
+```bash
+docker exec wp_api alembic -c server/alembic.ini current
+docker inspect nginx_webserver --format 'nginx image: {{.Image}}'
+docker inspect wp_api          --format 'api image:   {{.Image}}'
+```
+
+**Copy the output into your ticket.** Also note the Git commit the Portainer
+stack is currently on (Portainer → the stack → the Git reference / last-updated
+commit). Without these, rollback is guesswork.
+
+The first command prints the migration the database is currently on. Use it to see
+which migrations this deploy will actually run:
+
+| `alembic current` shows | What will run | What that means |
+|---|---|---|
+| `c93f2b1d7e04` or earlier | both migrations | The `users.role` rewrite is included — the backup in step 1 matters most in this case. |
+| `d15b8c4ef207` | only `a7c31f9e5b02` | The `users.role` rewrite already happened on an earlier deploy. This one is additive only. |
+| `a7c31f9e5b02` | nothing | The database is already up to date; this is a code-only deploy. |
+
+Take the backup either way.
+
+---
+
+## Step 1 — Back up the database
+
+On the Docker host:
+
+```bash
+docker exec wp_db_backup /scripts/db-backup.sh
+```
+
+This triggers the stack's existing backup sidecar once, on demand. Expected
+output ends with a line like:
+
+```
+[db-backup] wrote 1.4M /backups/wpsuite-20260804-141233Z.sql.gz.enc
+```
+
+Confirm the file is on the host (substitute the stack directory):
+
+```bash
+ls -lt <stack-dir>/backups | head -3
+```
+
+**Record that filename.** Do not continue until you have seen the `wrote …`
+line and the file in that listing.
+
+- A `.sql.gz.enc` extension means backups are encrypted — expected and correct.
+- A `.sql.gz` extension plus a `WARNING: BACKUP_ENC_PASSPHRASE not set` line
+  means backups are unencrypted. Not a blocker for this deploy; report it back.
+- **No SSH access?** Portainer → **Containers** → `wp_db_backup` → **Console** →
+  connect with `/bin/sh`, then run `/scripts/db-backup.sh`. Same result: the
+  dump lands on the host, because `/backups` is a bind mount.
+
+---
+
+## Step 2 — Redeploy the stack in Portainer
+
+1. Portainer → **Stacks** → select the stack.
+2. **Pull and redeploy** — with re-pull / re-build **enabled**.
+3. Wait for it to report success.
+
+A plain "restart" or "stop/start" will **not** deploy this change. See "What
+this deploy changes" above.
+
+---
+
+## Step 3 — Confirm the containers came up
+
+```bash
+docker ps --filter name=nginx_webserver --filter name=wp_api --filter name=wp_db
+```
+
+All three must be `Up`, and `wp_db` should show `(healthy)`. Then check the API
+applied its migrations cleanly:
+
+```bash
+docker logs wp_api --tail 40
+```
+
+You are looking for Alembic `Running upgrade …` lines followed by gunicorn
+starting up, and **no** traceback. The last one should end at `a7c31f9e5b02`. The
+API deliberately refuses to start if a migration fails, so a restarting `wp_api`
+container means the migration failed — go to Rollback.
+
+Confirm the database landed on the new revision:
+
+```bash
+docker exec wp_api alembic -c server/alembic.ini current
+```
+
+Expected: `a7c31f9e5b02 (head)`.
+
+Then verify nginx's own view of its config:
+
+```bash
+docker exec nginx_webserver nginx -t
+```
+
+Expected: `syntax is ok` / `test is successful`.
+
+---
+
+## Step 4 — Confirm the response headers
+
+```bash
+curl -sI https://<site-url>/work-package-suite.html | grep -Ei 'cache-control|content-security-policy'
+```
+
+Add `-k` if the site uses an internal or self-signed certificate.
+
+**Both lines must come back.** Expected, approximately:
+
+```
+cache-control: no-cache, must-revalidate
+content-security-policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; ...
+```
+
+If the `content-security-policy` line is **missing** while `cache-control` is
+present, the deploy is bad — go to Rollback and send me the nginx log. (This is
+the specific regression this deploy fixes; the two headers must coexist.)
+
+Also confirm the API is reachable through the proxy:
+
+```bash
+curl -s https://<site-url>/api/health      # → {"ok": true}
+```
+
+---
+
+## Step 5 — Hard-reload once in a browser
+
+Open the site and press **Ctrl+Shift+R** (Cmd+Shift+R on macOS) once. The app
+uses a service worker; a normal reload can serve the previous version and make a
+good deploy look broken.
+
+Sanity checks — all four should take under a minute:
+
+1. Log in. The home page offers to select or create a project.
+2. Open **Admin Console** (the link is on the home page; you need an admin account).
+   The user table should read as **one line per user** — if rows are three lines tall
+   and the table spills outside its white card, you are still on the old cached
+   files: hard-reload again.
+3. Two new cards are present and load: **Projects**, and **Default members on new
+   projects**. Both should list rows, not an error.
+4. In the **Projects** card, click **Archive** on a project you don't mind hiding
+   (a `DEMO-` one if there is one), confirm the prompt, then tick **Show archived** —
+   it should reappear marked `archived`. Click **Unarchive** to put it back. That
+   round trip proves the new migration and the new endpoint are both live.
+
+**Deploy complete.** Please report back: the step 0 output (including which
+migrations ran), the backup filename, and the two header lines from step 4.
+
+---
+
+## Rollback
+
+Pick the case that matches.
+
+### Case A — nginx won't start, or the CSP header is missing
+
+The database is untouched by this, so this is a code-only rollback. In Portainer,
+redeploy the stack pinned to the **previous Git commit** recorded in step 0
+(Portainer → the stack → change the Git reference to that commit → Pull and
+redeploy). Then re-run step 3 and step 4.
+
+**Before you do:** grab the log, because it is what I need to fix this.
+
+```bash
+docker logs nginx_webserver --tail 100
+```
+
+Send me that output. If the container is in a restart loop the log still works.
+
+### Case B — `wp_api` is restarting / a migration failed
+
+```bash
+docker logs wp_api --tail 100
+```
+
+Send me that output. **Do not restore the database and do not roll the API back
+without contacting me first.** Which migration got as far as committing decides what
+is safe, and they are not the same:
+
+- **`a7c31f9e5b02`** (the new columns) is additive. If only this one ran, rolling
+  the API back to the previous image is safe on its own — the old code simply
+  ignores the extra columns. Nothing needs converting.
+- **`b41c7ae90d52`** (the `users.role` rewrite) is not. If that one committed,
+  rolling the API back without converting those values back **will break logins**.
+  That conversion is a one-line command, but it has to match what actually ran.
+
+The `alembic current` output from step 0, plus the `Running upgrade …` lines in the
+log above, are exactly what tells us which case you are in — please include both.
+
+Reach me at n.siegfried@prime-controls.com.
+
+### Case C — restoring the backup (only if I ask for it)
+
+Destructive: this drops and recreates the current schema and data. For an
+encrypted dump, on the Docker host, in the `backups` directory:
+
+```bash
+export BACKUP_ENC_PASSPHRASE='<the passphrase — from the stack env vars>'
+openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -pass env:BACKUP_ENC_PASSPHRASE \
+  -in wpsuite-<timestamp>.sql.gz.enc \
+  | gunzip \
+  | docker exec -i wp_db psql -U wpsuite -d wpsuite
+unset BACKUP_ENC_PASSPHRASE
+```
+
+For an unencrypted dump, drop the `openssl` stage and pipe `gunzip` straight
+into `psql`. Substitute the real values if `POSTGRES_USER` / `POSTGRES_DB` are
+not `wpsuite`.
+
+---
+
+## Notes
+
+- Do not add or change environment variables for this deploy.
+- Do not run `docker compose down -v` — the `-v` flag deletes the `pgdata`
+  volume and with it the entire database.
+- `docker compose …` commands are avoided throughout this runbook on purpose:
+  for a Portainer-managed Git stack the compose project lives under Portainer's
+  own data directory, so `docker compose` from an SSH session usually can't find
+  it. The `docker exec <container-name>` form used here works from any directory.
+- Full background documentation: `DEPLOYMENT.md` in the repository.

DEPLOYMENT.md

@@ -209,11 +209,11 @@ users on the same project see the same server-stored SOP and Work Packages.
 
 | Table | Holds | Key columns |
 |-------|-------|-------------|
-| `projects` | top-level construction projects | `name`, `number`, `client`, `division`, `site`, `sample`, `data` |
+| `projects` | top-level construction projects | `name`, `number`, `client`, `division`, `site`, `sample`, `archived_at`, `data` |
 | `sops` | project SOP baselines | `project_id` → projects, `name`, `number`, `complete`, `data` (full SOP JSON) |
 | `work_packages` | individual IWPs | `project_id` → projects, `sop_id` → sops, `parent_id` (split instances), `number`, `subject`, `type`, `status`, `assignee_id` (owner), `issued_at`, `archived_at`, `data` (full WP JSON) |
 | `comments` | feedback from any page | `source`, `sop_id`, `wp_id`, `step`, `author`, `text`, `extra` |
-| `users` | login accounts | `username`, `password_hash` (bcrypt), `role`, `full_name`, `email`, `is_active`, login-lockout + `token_version` fields |
+| `users` | login accounts | `username`, `password_hash` (bcrypt), `role`, `full_name`, `email`, `is_active`, `auto_add_projects` + `auto_add_role` (default membership on new projects), login-lockout + `token_version` fields |
 | `project_members` | per-project access control | `user_id` → users, `project_id` → projects |
 | `audit_log` | append-only activity trail | `actor`, `action`, `entity_type`, `entity_id`, `project_id`, `summary`, `detail` |
 | `notifications` | in-app record + email outbox | `user_id`, `kind`, `wp_id`, `subject`, `status` (pending / sent / failed / skipped) |
@@ -224,18 +224,23 @@ column; frequently-listed fields are promoted to real columns for filtering.
 
 ### Endpoints (summary)
 
-Projects `GET/POST /api/projects`, `GET/DELETE /api/projects/{id}` ·
+Projects `GET/POST /api/projects`, `GET/DELETE /api/projects/{id}`,
+`POST /api/projects/{id}/archive` ·
 SOPs `GET/POST /api/sops`, `GET /api/sops/latest`, `GET/DELETE /api/sops/{id}` ·
 Work Packages `GET/POST /api/wps`, `GET/DELETE /api/wps/{id}`,
 `POST /api/wps/{id}/issue`, `POST /api/wps/{id}/status`, `POST /api/wps/{id}/archive`,
 `GET /api/wps/metrics` ·
 Comments `POST /api/comments` (and `/api/feedback`), `GET /api/comments` ·
 Auth `POST /api/auth/login` / `logout`, `GET /api/auth/me`, admin user management
-under `/api/auth/users` · Admin-only `GET/PUT /api/settings`,
+under `/api/auth/users` (including `POST /api/auth/users/{id}/auto-add`) ·
+Admin-only `GET/PUT /api/settings`,
 `POST /api/settings/test-email`, `GET /api/notifications`,
 `GET /api/projects/{id}/members`.
-List/latest/metrics accept a `project_id` (and `sop_id`) filter. Full reference
+List/latest/metrics accept a `project_id` (and `sop_id`) filter. `GET /api/projects`
-and request shapes: `/api/docs` and [`server/README.md`](server/README.md).
+and `GET /api/wps` both take `archived=exclude|only|all` and **default to
+`exclude`** — anything that needs to see archived rows (the admin console, the demo
+cleanup) must ask for them. Full reference and request shapes: `/api/docs` and
+[`server/README.md`](server/README.md).
 
 ---
 
@@ -416,8 +421,9 @@ not get a second bar.
 - Switching project reloads the current page with `?project=<id>`; every page
   already resolves its project from that parameter.
 - Search calls `GET /api/search?q=`, which is **scoped to the caller's projects**
-  (`scope_to_access`) and hides archived work packages. LIKE wildcards in the query
+  (`scope_to_access`) and hides archived work packages, archived projects, and
-  are escaped, so searching `100%` matches a literal `100%`. Two-character minimum.
+  anything belonging to an archived project. LIKE wildcards in the query are escaped,
+  so searching `100%` matches a literal `100%`. Two-character minimum.
 - Ctrl/Cmd-K focuses the field from anywhere.
 
 ## Schema migrations (Alembic)
@@ -446,3 +452,110 @@ For a quick local look, the API falls back to a SQLite file when `DATABASE_URL`
 is unset (`sqlite:///./wpsuite.db`) — see [`server/README.md`](server/README.md)
 § *Local dev*. The front end alone can also be served statically from `html/`
 (it falls back to browser storage when the API isn't reachable).
+
+## Per-project permissions
+
+`users.role` is the account's **default** permissions role. A membership row can
+override it **per project** (`project_members.role`), so someone can be Project
+Admin on one job and a plain Project User on another. Empty means "inherit the
+account's role", which is how every pre-existing membership behaves.
+
+Resolved by `effective_role()` in `server/app.py`; `require_project_admin()` uses it,
+so deleting a work package, changing a completed SOP and deleting a project are all
+judged **on that project**. An app `admin` is admin everywhere and bypasses
+membership entirely.
+
+Set it in **Admin console → User administration → Project access** (its own column,
+showing how many projects each account can reach). The dialog ticks project access
+and picks the role on each; `/api/auth/users/{id}/projects` takes
+`{project_ids: [...], roles: {project_id: role}}` and only accepts the two
+project-scoped roles. Changes are audit-logged as `project_access_changed`.
+
+**Who appears in the SOP's people pickers** is `GET /api/projects/{id}/members` —
+the project's members plus app admins, each with their effective role on that
+project. A project with nobody assigned shows only the admins, which is why
+assigning people is the first step on a new job.
+
+### Default members on new projects
+
+Memberships are also created automatically. **Admin console → Default members on
+new projects** flags accounts (`users.auto_add_projects`) that belong on every job —
+the PM who runs them all, the QC lead — with the role they should hold there
+(`users.auto_add_role`, sharing `project_members.role`'s value space, `''` =
+inherit the account's own).
+
+- It applies **only to projects created after the flag is set**. Nothing is
+  back-filled onto existing jobs; use **Project access** for those.
+- App admins are skipped (they already reach every project) and the flag is cleared
+  if an account is promoted to admin. Inactive accounts are skipped.
+- Runs in `add_default_members()` on the `is_new` branch of `upsert_project`, so it
+  covers every route into project creation — the home page, the sample project, the
+  demo seeder. An update never re-runs it.
+- If the creator is themselves a flagged member, the membership created for them as
+  creator carries their `auto_add_role`, so they aren't silently downgraded on the
+  one job they started.
+- Audit-logged once per project as `project_access_granted` with
+  `detail.reason = "auto_add_projects"`.
+
+## Archiving a project
+
+A finished job is archived rather than deleted: `projects.archived_at`, set from
+**Admin console → Projects** (or `POST /api/projects/{id}/archive`, which needs
+Project Admin **on that project**, same bar as deleting it).
+
+An archived project is **hidden and frozen**:
+
+- It leaves the home picker, the app-bar switcher and global search, because
+  `GET /api/projects` defaults to `archived=exclude`.
+- It is still readable by id, so a deep link renders it — with a read-only banner
+  from `wp-chrome.js` — and the admin console still lists it under
+  `?archived=all`.
+- Every write that lands on it is refused with **409** by
+  `require_project_writable()`: saving a project, SOP or work package, deleting
+  either, issuing, status changes, WP archiving, and comments on its WPs/SOPs.
+  Moving a work package *into* or *out of* an archived project is refused too.
+  409 rather than 403 is deliberate — nobody lacks a permission, the project's state
+  is the objection, and the browser outbox (`html/project-data.js`) retires 4xx ops
+  instead of retrying them forever.
+- Unarchiving and **deleting** stay allowed: unarchive is the one write an archived
+  project must accept, and archive-then-delete is a normal sequence.
+
+Nothing is removed, and unarchiving restores all of it. `server/smoketest.py`
+asserts the whole round trip.
+
+## Asset freshness (why the app can't run half-updated)
+
+A page must never run against a stylesheet or script from a previous deploy. Three
+things enforce that, and all three are needed:
+
+1. **`Cache-Control: no-cache` on HTML/CSS/JS** — set by NGINX
+   (`nginx/conf.d/wp-suite.conf`) and by the dev server (`_NoCacheCode` in
+   `server/app.py`). With no header at all the browser applies *heuristic* freshness,
+   roughly 10% of each file's age, so the least recently changed file gets the longest
+   lifetime — which is exactly how HTML and CSS drift apart. ETag/Last-Modified still
+   make each revalidation a cheap 304.
+2. **The service worker fetches code with `cache: 'no-cache'`** (`html/sw.js`) and
+   precaches with `cache: 'reload'`. A plain `fetch(req)` inherits the request's
+   default cache mode and consults the browser HTTP cache, so "network-first" alone
+   was not enough. Non-`ok` responses fall back to the cache rather than replacing a
+   page the cache could still serve, and cache keys drop the query string so in-app
+   links (`?project=…&tab=…`) still resolve offline.
+3. **Components whose CSS-missing state is *broken* carry their own critical layout.**
+   The embedded creator's iframe keeps its sizing inline (and `sizeWPFrame()` re-applies
+   it), and the work-package panel injects a floor of positioning rules from
+   `wp-creation-app.js`. Both had failure modes — a 300×150 iframe, and panel controls
+   dumped loose into the form — that a missing rule turned into a broken page rather
+   than a plain one.
+
+If you change the shell file list in `sw.js`, bump `CACHE`.
+
+> **NGINX note:** the `Cache-Control` value comes from a `map $uri $wp_cache_control`
+> at http level, applied with a single server-level `add_header`. Do **not** move it
+> into a `location` block: nginx does not inherit `add_header` into a block that
+> declares its own, so a `location ~* \.(html|css|js)$` setting only `Cache-Control`
+> silently drops the CSP / HSTS / X-Frame-Options / nosniff headers for exactly those
+> files. After deploying, confirm both are present on one response:
+>
+> ```bash
+> curl -sI https://wp-suite.company.local/work-package-suite.html >   | grep -Ei 'cache-control|content-security-policy'
+> ```

KNOWN-ISSUES.md

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+# Known issues — Work Package Suite
+
+Defects and limitations we know about and have decided not to fix yet. An entry
+here is a commitment to a decision, not a bug tracker: it says what is wrong, what
+it costs, why it is still open, and what closing it takes.
+
+Anything genuinely urgent does not belong here — it belongs in the next deploy.
+
+Close an entry by deleting it in the same commit that fixes it.
+
+| # | Issue | Severity | Raised | Status |
+|---|-------|----------|--------|--------|
+| 1 | XSS via SOP discipline names in the WP creator | Medium (internal), High if externally reachable | 2026-08-05 | Open |
+| 2 | Archived projects: the two big apps don't grey out their own controls | Low | 2026-08-05 | Open |
+
+---
+
+## 1. XSS via SOP discipline names in the WP creator
+
+**Files:** `html/wp-creation-app.js` lines 684, 723, 727, 729 · escaping helper at
+line 63
+**Predates:** the 2026-08-05 archive/admin-console work. Not introduced by it.
+
+### What is wrong
+
+Discipline names are rendered into inline event handlers escaped with `esc()`,
+which maps `'` to `'`. That is correct for text and wrong here. The browser
+decodes entities in an attribute value **before** the JavaScript parser sees it, so
+`'` becomes a bare `'` inside the handler's string literal and closes it early.
+
+```js
+// html/wp-creation-app.js:684 — esc() is not sufficient for a handler argument
+onchange="toggleDiscipline('${esc(d)}',this.checked)"
+```
+
+Escaping for an inline handler has to happen in this order: **backslash, then
+quote** (for the JS string literal), **then HTML** (for the attribute carrying it).
+`esc()` only does the last part.
+
+### How it is reached
+
+1. `gov_disciplines` (`html/work-package-suite.html:219`) is a free-text field. Its
+   value is comma-split with no validation at `work-package-suite-app.js:1224`.
+2. It is saved into `sops.data` and syncs to the server via `ProjectData.pushSOP`.
+3. Every other member of that project pulls it with `pullProject()` and renders it
+   in the WP creator — so this is **stored** and **cross-user**, and it fires on
+   page load rather than needing the victim to click anything.
+
+Any **project_user** on the job can set it while the SOP is a draft (after the SOP
+is marked complete it takes project_admin). The victim is anyone who opens the WP
+creator for that project, which includes administrators.
+
+### What it costs
+
+**The likely cost is a broken screen, not an attack.** A discipline named
+`Owner's Equipment` — an ordinary thing to type — produces a syntax error in the
+handler, so the discipline pill and its scope-step buttons silently stop
+responding. No error message, nothing a field user can diagnose.
+
+**The security ceiling is project_user → admin.** The session cookie is HttpOnly so
+the token cannot be read, but the injected code does not need it: it runs in the
+victim's page and can call any API the victim can, including
+`POST /api/auth/users/{id}/role`.
+
+Two controls that look like they would contain this do not:
+
+- **CSP does not mitigate it.** `nginx-wp-suite.conf:58` serves
+  `script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'`, and `'unsafe-inline'` is what permits inline
+  event handlers in the first place.
+- **The CSRF gate does not mitigate it.** `_csrf_ok` (`server/app.py:67`) only
+  requires a same-origin `Origin`, and code running inside our own page is
+  same-origin.
+
+### Why it is still open
+
+The suite is internal, behind a login, on the corporate network, with a small set
+of named employee accounts and no anonymous input path. Exploiting it means an
+employee deliberately attacking colleagues, and the audit log carries their name on
+the SOP edit. The accidental-breakage case is far more likely to be met than the
+malicious one.
+
+**Re-rate this as High and fix it immediately if any of these become true:** the
+suite is exposed outside the corporate network, accounts are issued to
+subcontractors or clients, or self-registration is added.
+
+### What closing it takes
+
+Small — roughly half an hour. The helper already exists; it was added to the SOP
+builder on 2026-08-05 for the same bug in custom constraint names:
+
+```js
+// html/work-package-suite-app.js:1120
+function escHandlerArg(v){ return escAttr(String(v==null?'':v).replace(/\\/g,'\\\\').replace(/'/g,"\\'")); }
+```
+
+1. Add the same helper to `html/wp-creation-app.js` alongside `esc()`.
+2. Use it at lines 684, 723, 727 and 729 in place of `esc(d)`.
+3. Sweep the other inline handlers in that file for the same pattern. The remaining
+   ones interpolate server-generated ids that `check_id()` already constrains to a
+   safe charset, or hardcoded enum values, so they are not currently reachable —
+   converting them anyway keeps the pattern from coming back.
+4. Confirm with a discipline named `Owner's Equipment`: the pill must respond to
+   clicks and the name must display intact.
+
+The equivalent fix on the admin side is `jsq()` in `html/admin.js` — same ordering,
+same reasoning, worth reading before starting.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Archived projects: the two big apps don't grey out their own controls
+
+**Files:** `html/wp-creation-app.js`, `html/work-package-suite-app.js`
+**Raised:** 2026-08-05, with the project-archiving work.
+
+### What is wrong
+
+Archiving a project freezes it server-side — every write returns 409 (see
+`require_project_writable` in `server/app.py`, and the *Archiving a project*
+section of `DEPLOYMENT.md`). The front end tells the user, but does not stop them:
+`wp-chrome.js` shows a read-only banner and sets `data-wp-archived="1"` on the
+document element, and nothing reads that attribute yet. So on an archived project
+the WP creator and the SOP builder still present working Save and Issue buttons.
+
+### What it costs
+
+Low, and it fails safe — the server refuses the write, so nothing is corrupted and
+no data is lost. The cost is wasted effort and a confusing moment: someone deep-
+linked to an archived job can fill in a form and only learn it was refused when the
+sync indicator reports the change did not save.
+
+Reaching an archived project at all takes a deep link or a stale tab, since it is
+gone from every picker, switcher and search — which is why this is a rough edge
+rather than a defect.
+
+### Why it is still open
+
+Gating every control in two large single-page apps is materially bigger than the
+archive feature itself, and the server is the real enforcement boundary either way.
+The banner plus the sync indicator were judged enough for a first release.
+
+### What closing it takes
+
+`data-wp-archived` is already on the document element for exactly this purpose.
+Either add `[data-wp-archived]` rules in `wp-chrome.css` that disable and dim the
+save/issue controls, or add a boot check in each app that disables them and shows a
+read-only notice inline. Decide separately how the embedded creator
+(`wp-creation-index.html`) surfaces it, since it runs in an iframe where the shared
+app bar — and therefore the banner — is deliberately skipped.

html/admin.html

@@ -5,64 +5,207 @@
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
 <title>Admin Console — Work Package Suite</title>
 <script src="auth-guard.js"></script>
+<!-- Date/number formatting. Must parse BEFORE the app scripts: they format
+     timestamps during their own boot. -->
+<script src="wp-format.js"></script>
 <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" sizes="any">
 <link rel="manifest" href="manifest.webmanifest">
 <meta name="theme-color" content="#161616">
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="theme-light.css">
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="wp-chrome.css">
 <style>
+  /* ══ TOKENS ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+     The console is the only page in the suite that is mostly dense tables, so
+     it carries its own sheet. The palette, the square corners and the type are
+     Carbon's — the same ones theme-light.css sets — so it still reads as one
+     product with the rest of the suite. Two scales do all the spacing and all
+     the control sizing; nothing in here should invent its own. */
   :root{ --bg:#f4f4f4; --surface:#fff; --border:#e0e0e0; --border-strong:#8d8d8d; --text:#161616;
-    --muted:#525252; --dim:#8d8d8d; --accent:#0f62fe; --green:#198038; --green-bg:#defbe6;
+    --muted:#525252; --dim:#8d8d8d; --accent:#0f62fe; --accent-hover:#0353e9; --accent-soft:#edf5ff;
-    --red:#da1e28; --red-bg:#fff1f1; --amber:#8e6a00; --amber-bg:#fdf6dd; --mono:'IBM Plex Mono','Cascadia Mono',Consolas,monospace; }
+    --green:#198038; --green-bg:#defbe6;
+    --red:#da1e28; --red-bg:#fff1f1; --amber:#8e6a00; --amber-bg:#fdf6dd;
+    --head-bg:#f4f4f4; --zebra:#fafafa; --row-hover:#eef0f2;
+    --mono:'IBM Plex Mono','Cascadia Mono',Consolas,monospace;
+    --s1:4px; --s2:8px; --s3:12px; --s4:16px; --s5:20px; --s6:28px;
+    --ctl:32px;        /* every button / input / select that sits in a form row */
+    --ctl-sm:26px; }   /* every control that sits inside a table cell */
   *{ box-sizing:border-box; }
   body{ margin:0; font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif; background:var(--bg); color:var(--text); }
-  .wrap{ max-width:860px; margin:0 auto; padding:28px 20px 80px; }
+
-  h1{ font-size:20px; margin:0 0 2px; }
+  /* ══ PAGE ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
-  .sub{ color:var(--muted); font-size:13px; margin-bottom:18px; }
+     1240px, not 860: the user table is nine columns wide and at 860 it spilled
-  .card{ background:var(--surface); border:1px solid var(--border); border-radius:0; padding:18px 20px; margin-bottom:16px; }
+     straight out of its own white card. Wide enough for that table, still a
-  .card h2{ font-size:14px; margin:0 0 12px; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.03em; color:var(--accent); }
+     readable measure for the prose, which is capped separately. */
-  button{ font:inherit; font-size:13px; font-weight:600; border-radius:0; padding:8px 14px; cursor:pointer;
+  .wrap{ max-width:1240px; margin:0 auto; padding:var(--s6) var(--s5) 80px; }
+  h1{ font-size:20px; line-height:1.2; margin:0 0 2px; }
+  .sub{ color:var(--muted); font-size:13px; line-height:1.5; margin:0 0 var(--s3); max-width:96ch; }
+  a.home{ color:var(--accent); font-size:13px; text-decoration:none; white-space:nowrap; }
+  a.home:hover{ text-decoration:underline; }
+
+  /* ══ CARDS ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
+  .card{ background:var(--surface); border:1px solid var(--border); border-radius:0;
+    padding:var(--s4) var(--s5) var(--s5); margin-bottom:var(--s4); }
+  /* One card header everywhere: small uppercase accent label on a hairline.
+     admin.js also emits h2 for sub-sections inside a card (Localization
+     defaults, Step views, Actions) with an inline margin-top — the same
+     treatment reads correctly as a divider there, so both get it. */
+  .card h2{ font-size:12px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:.08em; text-transform:uppercase;
+    color:var(--accent); margin:0 0 var(--s3); padding-bottom:var(--s2); border-bottom:1px solid var(--border); }
+  .wrap code{ font-family:var(--mono); font-size:.92em; background:var(--bg); padding:1px 4px; }
+
+  /* ══ CONTROLS ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+     Every button, input and select in a form row is exactly --ctl tall, so a
+     toolbar is one clean band instead of a ragged one. */
+  button{ font:inherit; font-size:13px; font-weight:600; line-height:1; white-space:nowrap;
+    height:var(--ctl); padding:0 var(--s3); border-radius:0; cursor:pointer;
     border:1px solid var(--border-strong); background:#fff; color:var(--text); }
   button:hover{ border-color:var(--accent); color:var(--accent); }
+  button:focus-visible{ outline:2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset:-3px; }
+  button:disabled, button:disabled:hover{ color:var(--dim); border-color:var(--border); background:#fff; cursor:default; }
   button.primary{ background:var(--accent); border-color:var(--accent); color:#fff; }
-  button.primary:hover{ background:#1e54bb; color:#fff; }
+  button.primary:hover{ background:var(--accent-hover); border-color:var(--accent-hover); color:#fff; }
   button.danger{ border-color:var(--red); color:var(--red); }
-  button.danger:hover{ background:var(--red-bg); }
+  button.danger:hover{ background:var(--red-bg); border-color:var(--red); color:var(--red); }
-  .row{ display:flex; gap:10px; flex-wrap:wrap; align-items:center; }
+  .row{ display:flex; gap:var(--s2); flex-wrap:wrap; align-items:center; }
-  .banner{ padding:10px 14px; border-radius:0; font-size:13px; font-weight:600; margin-top:10px; border:1px solid var(--border); background:var(--surface); }
+  /* The filter / search / button strip at the top of a card. */
-  .banner.ok{ background:var(--green-bg); color:var(--green); border-color:var(--green); }
+  .toolbar{ display:flex; gap:var(--s2); flex-wrap:wrap; align-items:center; margin:0 0 var(--s3); }
-  .banner.bad{ background:var(--red-bg); color:var(--red); border-color:var(--red); }
+  .toolbar + .banner{ margin-top:0; }
-  pre.out{ background:#0f1525; color:#d7e0f5; border-radius:0; padding:12px 14px; font-family:var(--mono);
+  .urow{ display:flex; gap:var(--s2); flex-wrap:wrap; align-items:center; }
-    font-size:12px; line-height:1.55; white-space:pre-wrap; max-height:340px; overflow:auto; margin:12px 0 0; }
+  /* Checkboxes are excluded: they are drawn by the platform and want none of a
+     text field's height, padding or border. */
+  .toolbar input:not([type=checkbox]), .toolbar select,
+  .urow input:not([type=checkbox]), .urow select{
+    height:var(--ctl); padding:0 var(--s2); font:inherit; font-size:13px; line-height:normal;
+    border:1px solid var(--border-strong); border-radius:0; background:#fff; color:var(--text); }
+  .toolbar select, .urow select{ cursor:pointer; padding-right:var(--s1); }
+  .toolbar input:focus-visible, .toolbar select:focus-visible,
+  .urow input:focus-visible, .urow select:focus-visible{ outline:2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset:-2px; }
+  .toolbar > input{ flex:1 1 240px; min-width:150px; }
+  .urow input:not([type=checkbox]){ flex:1 1 140px; min-width:0; }
+  /* Inline checkbox + label, sized to sit on the same line as the buttons. */
+  .chk{ display:inline-flex; align-items:center; gap:var(--s2); height:var(--ctl); padding:0 var(--s1);
+    font-size:13px; color:var(--muted); white-space:nowrap; cursor:pointer; }
+  .chk input{ width:16px; height:16px; margin:0; accent-color:var(--accent); cursor:pointer; }
+
+  /* ══ FEEDBACK: banners, notes, console output, key/value ═════════════════ */
+  .banner{ margin:var(--s3) 0 0; padding:9px var(--s3); border-radius:0; font-size:13px; font-weight:600;
+    line-height:1.4; border:1px solid var(--border); border-left:3px solid var(--border-strong);
+    background:var(--surface); color:var(--text); }
+  .banner.ok{ background:var(--green-bg); color:var(--green); border-color:#a7f0ba; border-left-color:var(--green); }
+  .banner.bad{ background:var(--red-bg); color:var(--red); border-color:#ffd7d9; border-left-color:var(--red); }
+  /* These three start life as empty divs that admin.js fills on demand, so they
+     only earn their gap once they are actually saying something. */
+  #users-banner:not(:empty), #projects-banner:not(:empty), #defmem-banner:not(:empty){ margin-bottom:var(--s3); }
+  /* --muted, not --dim: #8d8d8d on white is 3.3:1, under the 4.5:1 floor at 12px,
+     and #features-box / #settings-box are themselves .note — their primary toggle
+     labels inherit this colour. */
+  .note{ font-size:12px; line-height:1.55; color:var(--muted); margin-top:var(--s2); }
+  .note strong, .note em{ color:var(--text); }
+  pre.out{ background:#0f1525; color:#d7e0f5; border-radius:0; padding:var(--s3) var(--s4); font-family:var(--mono);
+    font-size:12px; line-height:1.55; white-space:pre-wrap; max-height:340px; overflow:auto; margin:var(--s3) 0 0; }
   pre.out .p{ color:#56d364; font-weight:700; } pre.out .f{ color:#ff7b72; font-weight:700; }
-  table.kv{ border-collapse:collapse; font-size:13px; margin-top:8px; }
+  table.kv{ border-collapse:collapse; font-size:13px; margin-top:var(--s2); }
-  table.kv th{ text-align:left; padding:5px 18px 5px 0; color:var(--muted); font-weight:600; }
+  table.kv th{ text-align:left; padding:var(--s1) var(--s5) var(--s1) 0; color:var(--muted); font-weight:600; white-space:nowrap; }
-  table.kv td{ padding:5px 0; font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums; font-weight:700; }
+  table.kv td{ padding:var(--s1) 0; font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums; font-weight:700; color:var(--text); }
-  .note{ font-size:12px; color:var(--dim); margin-top:10px; }
+
-  .gate-overlay{ position:fixed; inset:0; background:var(--bg); display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center; padding:20px; }
+  /* ══ DATA TABLES ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
-  .gate-box{ background:var(--surface); border:1px solid var(--border); border-radius:0; padding:28px; max-width:380px; width:100%; box-shadow:0 8px 30px rgba(20,30,50,.12); }
+     table.users is the name admin.js already emits; table.grid is the same
-  .gate-box h2{ margin:0 0 4px; font-size:17px; }
+     object under the shared name. One rule set serves both, so existing markup
-  .gate-box p{ color:var(--muted); font-size:13px; margin:0 0 16px; }
+     picks up the dense styling without being rewritten. border-collapse is
-  .gate-box input{ width:100%; padding:10px 12px; font-size:14px; border:1px solid var(--border-strong); border-radius:0; margin-bottom:12px; }
+     separate rather than collapse because a collapsed border does not travel
-  .gate-msg{ color:var(--red); font-size:12px; min-height:16px; margin-bottom:8px; }
+     with a sticky header. */
-  .secwarn{ background:var(--amber-bg); color:var(--amber); border:1px solid var(--amber); border-radius:0; padding:9px 13px; font-size:12px; margin-bottom:16px; }
+  table.grid, table.users{ width:100%; border-collapse:separate; border-spacing:0;
-  a.home{ color:var(--accent); font-size:13px; text-decoration:none; }
+    font-size:13px; color:var(--text); background:var(--surface); }
-  .urow{ display:flex; gap:8px; flex-wrap:wrap; align-items:center; }
+  table.grid th, table.users th{ position:sticky; top:0; z-index:2; background:var(--head-bg);
-  .urow input, .urow select{ padding:8px 10px; font:inherit; font-size:13px; border:1px solid var(--border-strong);
+    text-align:left; padding:var(--s2) var(--s3); white-space:nowrap;
-    border-radius:0; background:#fff; color:var(--text); }
+    font-size:11px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:.04em; text-transform:uppercase; color:var(--muted);
-  .urow input{ flex:1; min-width:130px; }
+    box-shadow:inset 0 -1px 0 var(--border); }
-  table.users{ border-collapse:collapse; width:100%; font-size:13px; }
+  /* Cells never wrap: a wrapped cell turns one user into a 100px tall band and
-  table.users th{ text-align:left; padding:7px 10px; color:var(--muted); font-weight:600; border-bottom:1px solid var(--border); white-space:nowrap; }
+     the table stops reading as rows. Anything genuinely long truncates (.ell)
-  table.users td{ padding:7px 10px; border-bottom:1px solid var(--border); vertical-align:middle; }
+     or is exempted by name further down. */
-  table.users tr:last-child td{ border-bottom:none; }
+  table.grid td, table.users td{ padding:var(--s1) var(--s3); border-bottom:1px solid var(--border);
-  .tag{ display:inline-block; padding:1px 9px; border-radius:11px; font-size:11px; font-weight:700; }
+    vertical-align:middle; white-space:nowrap; }
-  .tag.admin{ background:#edf5ff; color:#0f62fe; } .tag.user{ background:#e8e8e8; color:#525252; }
+  table.grid tbody tr:last-child td, table.users tbody tr:last-child td{ border-bottom:none; }
-  .tag.on{ background:var(--green-bg); color:var(--green); } .tag.off{ background:var(--red-bg); color:var(--red); }
+  table.grid tbody tr:nth-child(even) td, table.users tbody tr:nth-child(even) td{ background:var(--zebra); }
-  button.mini{ padding:4px 9px; font-size:12px; }
+  /* A neutral hover, not --accent-soft: that is .tag.admin's fill, and an "all
-  .me-tag{ font-size:11px; color:var(--dim); margin-left:6px; }
+     projects" pill sitting on its own colour disappears the moment you hover it. */
-  select.role-select{ padding:4px 8px; font:inherit; font-size:12px; border:1px solid var(--border-strong); border-radius:0; background:#fff; color:var(--text); cursor:pointer; }
+  table.grid tbody tr:hover td, table.users tbody tr:hover td{ background:var(--row-hover); }
+  /* Truncation has to hang off a block INSIDE the cell. max-width on a <td> is
+     advisory under table-layout:auto — the cell just grows to fit and the ellipsis
+     never appears, which is the usual reason this trick looks like it works in the
+     stylesheet and doesn't on the page. admin.js emits <td class="ell"><span>. */
+  .ell{ max-width:240px; }
+  .ell > span{ display:block; max-width:240px; overflow:hidden; text-overflow:ellipsis;
+    white-space:nowrap; }
+  /* Every action cell admin.js renders is a .cellactions, and it must not wrap:
+     unwrapped, the three buttons stack and the row grows fourfold — which is what
+     the console looked like before this pass. */
+  .cellactions{ display:flex; flex-wrap:nowrap; align-items:center; gap:var(--s1); white-space:nowrap; }
+  /* Controls that live in a cell are one step smaller, which is what keeps a
+     row at ~34px instead of ~100px. .chk is form-row sized by default, so it needs
+     saying again here or the default-members rows stand 6px taller than the rest. */
+  button.mini{ height:var(--ctl-sm); padding:0 var(--s2); font-size:12px; }
+  table.grid td .chk, table.users td .chk{ height:var(--ctl-sm); }
+  select.role-select{ height:var(--ctl-sm); max-width:170px; padding:0 var(--s1) 0 var(--s2);
+    font:inherit; font-size:12px; border:1px solid var(--border-strong); border-radius:0;
+    background:#fff; color:var(--text); cursor:pointer; }
   select.role-select:hover{ border-color:var(--accent); }
-  select.role-select.is-admin{ color:var(--accent); border-color:var(--accent); font-weight:700; }
+  select.role-select.is-admin{ color:var(--accent); border-color:var(--accent); font-weight:600; }
+  .tag{ display:inline-block; padding:1px 8px; border-radius:11px; font-size:11px; font-weight:600;
+    line-height:1.55; white-space:nowrap; vertical-align:middle; }
+  .tag.admin{ background:var(--accent-soft); color:var(--accent); }
+  .tag.user{ background:#e8e8e8; color:var(--muted); }
+  .tag.on{ background:var(--green-bg); color:var(--green); }
+  .tag.off{ background:var(--red-bg); color:var(--red); }
+  .tag.archived{ background:var(--amber-bg); color:var(--amber); }
+  .me-tag{ font-size:11px; color:var(--dim); margin-left:6px; white-space:nowrap; }
+
+  /* A wide table scrolls inside its own box so the page never scrolls sideways,
+     and the capped height is what gives the sticky header something to do. Every
+     container admin.js paints a table into is one, so a sticky header always has
+     a scrollport of its own rather than sliding up behind the app bar. */
+  .tscroll, #users-table, #comments-admin, #audit-admin, #notif-box, #usage-admin,
+  #projects-table, #defmem-table{
+    overflow:auto; max-height:min(70vh,640px); overscroll-behavior:contain; }
+  /* If admin.js wraps its table in its own .tscroll, the outer box steps aside
+     so one table never ends up with two scrollbars. */
+  #users-table:has(.tscroll), #comments-admin:has(.tscroll), #audit-admin:has(.tscroll),
+  #notif-box:has(.tscroll), #usage-admin:has(.tscroll), #projects-table:has(.tscroll),
+  #defmem-table:has(.tscroll){
+    overflow:visible; max-height:none; }
+
+  /* Column exceptions, addressed by card because admin.js emits these tables
+     without per-cell classes. Email is the one user cell long enough to stretch
+     a row, so it truncates; comment text and audit detail are the two columns
+     you are actually here to read, so they wrap inside a sane width instead. */
+  #users-table table.users td:nth-child(3){ max-width:230px; overflow:hidden; text-overflow:ellipsis; }
+  #comments-admin table.users td:nth-child(5){ white-space:normal; min-width:260px; max-width:640px; }
+  #audit-admin table.users td:nth-child(6){ white-space:normal; max-width:420px; }
+
+  /* ══ GATES & WARNINGS ════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
+  .gate-overlay{ position:fixed; inset:0; background:var(--bg); display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center; padding:var(--s5); z-index:9999; }
+  .gate-box{ background:var(--surface); border:1px solid var(--border); border-radius:0; padding:var(--s6); max-width:380px; width:100%; box-shadow:0 8px 30px rgba(20,30,50,.12); }
+  .gate-box h2{ margin:0 0 var(--s1); padding:0; border:0; font-size:17px; text-transform:none; letter-spacing:0; color:var(--text); }
+  .gate-box p{ color:var(--muted); font-size:13px; margin:0 0 var(--s4); }
+  .gate-box input{ width:100%; height:var(--ctl); padding:0 var(--s3); font:inherit; font-size:14px; border:1px solid var(--border-strong); border-radius:0; margin-bottom:var(--s3); }
+  .gate-msg{ color:var(--red); font-size:12px; min-height:16px; margin-bottom:var(--s2); }
+  .secwarn{ background:var(--amber-bg); color:var(--amber); border:1px solid var(--amber); border-radius:0; padding:9px 13px; font-size:12px; margin-bottom:var(--s4); }
+  /* The denial notice is a sentence, not a table — don't stretch it to 1240px. */
+  #admin-denied .card{ max-width:560px; }
+
+  /* ══ NARROW SCREENS ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+     The page itself must never scroll sideways; the wide tables scroll inside
+     their own box instead, and there they get the full page height to do it. */
+  @media (max-width:900px){
+    .wrap{ padding:var(--s4) var(--s3) 60px; }
+    .card{ padding:var(--s3) var(--s4) var(--s4); }
+    .toolbar > input{ flex:1 1 100%; }
+    .tscroll, #users-table, #comments-admin, #audit-admin, #notif-box, #usage-admin,
+    #projects-table, #defmem-table{ max-height:none; }
+  }
+  @media (max-width:620px){
+    .urow input, .urow select, .urow button{ flex:1 1 100%; }
+  }
 </style>
 </head>
 <body>
@@ -79,34 +222,34 @@
 <div class="wrap" id="admin-denied" style="display:none">
   <div class="card">
     <h2>Admins only</h2>
-    <p class="sub" style="margin:0 0 12px">Your account doesn’t have admin access. Sign in with an admin account, or ask an administrator to grant you the admin role.</p>
+    <p class="sub">Your account doesn’t have admin access. Sign in with an admin account, or ask an administrator to grant you the admin role.</p>
     <div class="row"><a class="home" href="index.html">← Back to site</a> <button onclick="wpLogout()">Sign out</button></div>
   </div>
 </div>
 
 <!-- CONSOLE -->
 <div class="wrap" id="admin-main" style="display:none">
-  <div class="row" style="justify-content:space-between">
+  <div class="row" style="justify-content:space-between; margin-bottom:var(--s5)">
-    <div><h1>Admin Console</h1><div class="sub">Stack diagnostics &amp; tests · talks to <code>/api</code> on this host</div></div>
+    <div><h1>Admin Console</h1><div class="sub" style="margin:0">Stack diagnostics &amp; tests · talks to <code>/api</code> on this host</div></div>
     <div class="row"><a class="home" href="index.html">← Site</a></div>
   </div>
 
   <!-- CONNECTIVITY -->
   <div class="card">
     <h2>API connectivity</h2>
-    <div class="row"><button class="primary" onclick="checkHealth()">Check /api/health</button></div>
+    <div class="toolbar"><button class="primary" onclick="checkHealth()">Check /api/health</button></div>
     <div class="banner" id="health-banner">—</div>
   </div>
 
   <!-- USER ADMINISTRATION -->
   <div class="card">
     <h2>User administration</h2>
-    <div class="sub" style="margin-bottom:10px">Login accounts for the portal. Requires an <strong>admin</strong> role on your own account.</div>
+    <div class="sub">Login accounts for the portal. Requires an <strong>admin</strong> role on your own account.</div>
-    <div class="row"><button onclick="loadUsers()">Refresh users</button></div>
+    <div class="toolbar"><button onclick="loadUsers()">Refresh users</button></div>
     <div id="users-banner"></div>
-    <div id="users-table" style="margin-top:12px"></div>
+    <div id="users-table"></div>
 
-    <h2 style="margin-top:22px">Add a user</h2>
+    <h2 style="margin-top:var(--s6)">Add a user</h2>
     <div class="urow">
       <input id="nu-username" placeholder="Username *" autocomplete="off">
       <input id="nu-fullname" placeholder="Full name" autocomplete="off">
@@ -123,17 +266,44 @@
     <div id="users-create-msg" class="note"></div>
   </div>
 
+  <!-- PROJECTS (ARCHIVE / UNARCHIVE) -->
+  <div class="card">
+    <h2>Projects</h2>
+    <div class="sub">Archiving a project hides it from every picker, switcher and search, and freezes it
+      read-only — nothing is deleted and every work package, SOP and comment is kept exactly as it is.
+      Unarchive here to bring it back; the project returns unchanged.</div>
+    <div class="toolbar">
+      <button onclick="loadProjects()">Refresh projects</button>
+      <label class="chk"><input type="checkbox" id="proj-show-archived" onchange="renderProjects()"> Show archived</label>
+      <input id="proj-search" placeholder="Search name / number / client…" oninput="renderProjects()">
+    </div>
+    <div id="projects-banner"></div>
+    <div id="projects-table"><div class="note">Click “Refresh projects” to load.</div></div>
+  </div>
+
+  <!-- DEFAULT MEMBERS ON NEW PROJECTS -->
+  <div class="card">
+    <h2>Default members on new projects</h2>
+    <div class="sub">Everyone flagged here is added automatically to every project created from now on,
+      with the role chosen here. It does not touch projects that already exist — for those, use
+      <strong>Project access</strong> in the user table above. Administrators are listed with nothing
+      to set: they already reach every project.</div>
+    <div class="toolbar"><button onclick="loadDefaultMembers()">Refresh</button></div>
+    <div id="defmem-banner"></div>
+    <div id="defmem-table"><div class="note">Click “Refresh” to load.</div></div>
+  </div>
+
   <!-- FEATURE FLAGS -->
   <div class="card">
     <h2>Features</h2>
-    <div class="sub" style="margin-bottom:10px">Switches that change what the suite offers on every project.</div>
+    <div class="sub">Switches that change what the suite offers on every project.</div>
     <div id="features-box" class="note">Loading…</div>
   </div>
 
   <!-- NOTIFICATIONS / EMAIL -->
   <div class="card">
     <h2>Notifications &amp; email</h2>
-    <div class="sub" style="margin-bottom:10px">Email notifications for work-package assignments, and self-service password resets. <strong>Off by default</strong> — turn this on only once SMTP is configured. The SMTP <strong>password</strong> is read from the <code>SMTP_PASSWORD</code> environment variable and is never stored here.</div>
+    <div class="sub">Email notifications for work-package assignments, and self-service password resets. <strong>Off by default</strong> — turn this on only once SMTP is configured. The SMTP <strong>password</strong> is read from the <code>SMTP_PASSWORD</code> environment variable and is never stored here.</div>
     <div id="settings-box" class="note">Loading…</div>
     <div id="notif-box" class="note" style="margin-top:14px"></div>
   </div>
@@ -141,20 +311,20 @@
   <!-- ALL FEEDBACK / COMMENTS -->
   <div class="card">
     <h2>All feedback &amp; comments</h2>
-    <div class="sub" style="margin-bottom:10px">Every comment submitted across the suite — who wrote it, what they said, and where they were (page &amp; step) when they commented.</div>
+    <div class="sub">Every comment submitted across the suite — who wrote it, what they said, and where they were (page &amp; step) when they commented.</div>
-    <div class="row">
+    <div class="toolbar">
       <button onclick="loadComments()">Refresh comments</button>
       <select id="cmt-filter" onchange="renderComments()"><option value="">All sources</option></select>
-      <input id="cmt-search" placeholder="Search text / author…" oninput="renderComments()" style="flex:1;min-width:160px;padding:8px 10px;font:inherit;font-size:13px;border:1px solid var(--border-strong);border-radius:0;">
+      <input id="cmt-search" placeholder="Search text / author…" oninput="renderComments()">
     </div>
-    <div id="comments-admin" class="note" style="margin-top:12px">Click refresh to load.</div>
+    <div id="comments-admin" class="note">Click refresh to load.</div>
   </div>
 
   <!-- ACTIVITY LOG (AUDIT TRAIL) -->
   <div class="card">
     <h2>Activity log</h2>
-    <div class="sub" style="margin-bottom:10px">Who changed what, and when — across projects, SOPs, work packages, and user accounts. Stored server-side in the shared database.</div>
+    <div class="sub">Who changed what, and when — across projects, SOPs, work packages, and user accounts. Stored server-side in the shared database.</div>
-    <div class="row">
+    <div class="toolbar">
       <button onclick="loadAudit()">Refresh</button>
       <select id="audit-type" onchange="renderAudit()">
         <option value="">All types</option>
@@ -163,42 +333,42 @@
         <option value="project">Projects</option>
         <option value="user">User accounts</option>
       </select>
-      <input id="audit-search" placeholder="Search actor / action / item…" oninput="renderAudit()" style="flex:1;min-width:160px;padding:8px 10px;font:inherit;font-size:13px;border:1px solid var(--border-strong);border-radius:0;">
+      <input id="audit-search" placeholder="Search actor / action / item…" oninput="renderAudit()">
     </div>
-    <div id="audit-admin" class="note" style="margin-top:12px">Click refresh to load.</div>
+    <div id="audit-admin" class="note">Click refresh to load.</div>
   </div>
 
   <!-- USAGE LOGS -->
   <div class="card">
     <h2>Usage logs</h2>
-    <div class="sub" style="margin-bottom:10px">Engagement recorded by the suite — sessions, step views, and actions. Note: stored locally per browser, so this reflects activity on <strong>this</strong> machine.</div>
+    <div class="sub">Engagement recorded by the suite — sessions, step views, and actions. Note: stored locally per browser, so this reflects activity on <strong>this</strong> machine.</div>
-    <div class="row">
+    <div class="toolbar">
       <button onclick="loadUsage()">Refresh</button>
       <button onclick="downloadUsage()">Download JSON</button>
     </div>
-    <div id="usage-admin" class="note" style="margin-top:12px">Click refresh to load.</div>
+    <div id="usage-admin" class="note">Click refresh to load.</div>
   </div>
 
   <!-- DB SNAPSHOT -->
   <div class="card">
     <h2>Database snapshot</h2>
-    <div class="row"><button onclick="snapshot()">Refresh counts</button></div>
+    <div class="toolbar"><button onclick="snapshot()">Refresh counts</button></div>
     <div id="snapshot-out" class="note">Click refresh to read row counts from SQL via the API.</div>
   </div>
 
   <!-- SMOKE TEST -->
   <div class="card">
     <h2>End-to-end smoke test</h2>
-    <div class="sub" style="margin-bottom:8px">Creates a throwaway project, exercises the issue gate / status / metrics / comments, then deletes it (cascade). Mirrors <code>server/smoketest.py</code>.</div>
+    <div class="sub">Creates a throwaway project, exercises the issue gate / status / metrics / comments, then deletes it (cascade). Mirrors <code>server/smoketest.py</code>.</div>
-    <div class="row"><button class="primary" onclick="runSmokeTest()">Run smoke test</button></div>
+    <div class="toolbar"><button class="primary" onclick="runSmokeTest()">Run smoke test</button></div>
     <pre class="out" id="smoke-out">Ready.</pre>
   </div>
 
   <!-- DEMO DATA -->
   <div class="card">
     <h2>Demo data</h2>
-    <div class="sub" style="margin-bottom:8px">Seed a realistic <code>DEMO</code> project (SOP + a spread of Work Packages) into SQL, or remove all <code>DEMO-</code>/<code>SMOKE-</code> projects.</div>
+    <div class="sub">Seed a realistic <code>DEMO</code> project (SOP + a spread of Work Packages) into SQL, or remove all <code>DEMO-</code>/<code>SMOKE-</code> projects.</div>
-    <div class="row">
+    <div class="toolbar">
       <button class="primary" onclick="seedDemo()">Seed demo project</button>
       <button class="danger" onclick="cleanDemo()">Clean DEMO / SMOKE projects</button>
     </div>
@@ -208,7 +378,6 @@
 </div>
 
 <script src="admin.js"></script>
-<script src="wp-format.js"></script>
 <script src="wp-chrome.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>

html/admin.js

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ function reveal(){
   fillProjectRoleOptions();
   checkHealth();
   loadUsers();
+  loadProjects();
+  loadDefaultMembers();
   loadSettings();
   loadNotifications();
   loadComments();
@@ -53,15 +55,18 @@ async function checkHealth(){
 // ── db snapshot ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 async function snapshot(){
   const out = document.getElementById('snapshot-out'); out.textContent='Loading…';
+  // archived=all: /api/projects now hides archived projects by default, and a row
+  // count that silently drops them is not a snapshot of the database.
   const [p,s,w,c] = await Promise.all([
-    api('GET','/api/projects'), api('GET','/api/sops'),
+    api('GET','/api/projects?archived=all'), api('GET','/api/sops'),
     api('GET','/api/wps'), api('GET','/api/comments')]);
   if(p.status!==200){
     out.innerHTML = `<div class="banner bad">API not reachable (HTTP ${p.status}). Fix /api/ routing first.</div>`; return;
   }
   const n = r => Array.isArray(r.json) ? r.json.length : ('err '+r.status);
+  const archived = Array.isArray(p.json) ? p.json.filter(x => x && x.archived).length : 0;
   out.innerHTML = `<table class="kv">
-    <tr><th>Projects</th><td>${n(p)}</td></tr>
+    <tr><th>Projects</th><td>${n(p)}${archived ? ` <span class="note">(${archived} archived)</span>` : ''}</td></tr>
     <tr><th>SOPs</th><td>${n(s)}</td></tr>
     <tr><th>Work Packages</th><td>${n(w)}</td></tr>
     <tr><th>Comments</th><td>${n(c)}</td></tr></table>`;
@@ -95,6 +100,14 @@ async function runSmokeTest(){
     r = await api('GET','/api/wps/metrics?project_id='+pid); chk('metrics aggregate', r.status===200 && r.json && r.json.total>=1, JSON.stringify(r.json));
     r = await api('POST','/api/feedback',{type:'wp_review_comment',name:'admin-console',wp_id:wid,text:'SMOKE TEST comment — safe to delete'}); chk('post comment', r.status===200 && !!(r.json && r.json.id));
     r = await api('GET','/api/wps?project_id='+pid); chk('list WPs by project', r.status===200 && r.json.some(w=>w.id===wid));
+    // Archive round-trip: out of the default list, still there with archived=all,
+    // frozen against writes, and all three undone by unarchiving.
+    r = await api('POST','/api/projects/'+pid+'/archive',{archived:true}); chk('archive project', r.status===200 && r.json.archived===true, 'status '+r.status);
+    r = await api('GET','/api/projects'); chk('archived project leaves the default list', r.status===200 && !r.json.some(p=>p.id===pid));
+    r = await api('GET','/api/projects?archived=all'); chk('archived project visible with archived=all', r.status===200 && r.json.some(p=>p.id===pid));
+    r = await api('POST','/api/wps',{id:wid,project_id:pid,sop_id:sid,number:'WP01-SMOKE',subject:'edited while archived',type:'Conduit Install',status:'Scheduled',data:{disciplines:['Electrical'],hours:'40'}});
+    chk('write to an archived project refused (409)', r.status===409, 'status '+r.status);
+    r = await api('POST','/api/projects/'+pid+'/archive',{archived:false}); chk('unarchive project', r.status===200 && r.json.archived===false, 'status '+r.status);
   } catch(e){ chk('unexpected error', false, String(e)); }
   finally {
     if(pid){ const r=await api('DELETE','/api/projects/'+pid); chk('cleanup — delete project (cascades SOP+WPs)', r.status===200, 'status '+r.status); }
@@ -141,7 +154,9 @@ async function seedDemo(){
 async function cleanDemo(){
   if(!confirm('Delete ALL projects whose number starts with DEMO- or SMOKE- (and their SOPs/WPs via cascade)?')) return;
   const o=document.getElementById('demo-out'); o.innerHTML='';
-  const r = await api('GET','/api/projects');
+  // archived=all, or an archived DEMO-/SMOKE- project becomes unreachable from
+  // this button — the default list hides it and nothing else here can delete it.
+  const r = await api('GET','/api/projects?archived=all');
   if(r.status!==200){ demoLog('❌ API unreachable (HTTP '+r.status+').'); return; }
   const targets=(r.json||[]).filter(p=>/^(DEMO-|SMOKE-)/.test(String(p.number||'')));
   if(!targets.length){ demoLog('Nothing to remove.'); return; }
@@ -153,6 +168,22 @@ async function cleanDemo(){
 // ── user administration ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 function uesc(v){ return v==null ? '' : String(v).replace(/&/g,'&amp;').replace(/</g,'&lt;').replace(/>/g,'&gt;').replace(/"/g,'&quot;'); }
 
+// A value bound into an inline handler — onclick="fn('…')" — is escaped TWICE: once
+// for the JS string literal it lands in, and again for the HTML attribute carrying
+// it. The order is the whole point. Escape the backslashes FIRST, then the quotes,
+// then hand the result to uesc: uesc leaves \ and ' alone, so the JS escaping
+// survives, and the browser decodes the entities before the JS parser runs.
+//
+// Doing it the other way round — uesc(v).replace(/'/g,"\\'") — silently fails on a
+// value containing a backslash: the \ we add is itself escaped by the stored one,
+// the quote closes the literal, and everything after it runs as code. Project names
+// and full names are free text that any signed-in user can write, so that is a real
+// path from a project_user to whatever an admin's session can do. Use jsq() for
+// EVERY value that lands inside an inline handler.
+function jsq(v){
+  return uesc(String(v==null ? '' : v).replace(/\\/g,'\\\\').replace(/'/g,"\\'"));
+}
+
 async function currentUserId(){
   if(window.WP_USER && window.WP_USER.id) return window.WP_USER.id;
   const { status, json } = await api('GET','/api/auth/me');
@@ -178,6 +209,9 @@ async function loadUsers(){
   banner.style.display='none';
   const meId = await currentUserId();
   renderUsers(json, meId);
+  // Fill in the project-access counts, then repaint that column.
+  await loadProjectCounts(json);
+  renderUsers(json, meId);
 }
 
 // Permissions roles (what an account may do) — mirrors auth.ROLES on the server.
@@ -197,6 +231,42 @@ function fillProjectRoleOptions(){
     PROJECT_ROLES.map(r=>'<option value="'+uesc(r)+'">'+uesc(r)+'</option>').join('');
 }
 
+// Per-user project access gets its own column: it was buried among the action
+// buttons, which is exactly where you'd fail to find "which projects can this
+// person see, and what may they do there".
+let _userProjectCounts = {};      // user id -> number of assigned projects
+
+function projAccessCell(u){
+  const uname = jsq(u.username);
+  if(normRole(u.role) === 'admin'){
+    return '<span class="tag admin" title="Admins can access every project">all projects</span>';
+  }
+  const n = _userProjectCounts[u.id];
+  const label = (n === undefined) ? 'Projects…'
+              : (n === 0 ? 'No projects yet' : n + ' project' + (n === 1 ? '' : 's'));
+  return '<button class="mini' + (n === 0 ? ' danger' : '') +
+         '" onclick="manageProjects(\'' + jsq(u.id) + '\',\'' + uname + '\')"' +
+         ' title="Choose which projects this user can access, and their role on each">' +
+         label + '</button>';
+}
+
+// A project's role dropdown only matters while that project is ticked.
+function projRowToggled(cb){
+  const row = cb.closest('div');
+  const sel = row && row.querySelector('select');
+  if(sel) sel.disabled = !cb.checked;
+}
+
+// Counts for that column. One call per user, but only for non-admins and only on a
+// refresh — the admin console is not a hot path.
+async function loadProjectCounts(list){
+  const targets = (list || []).filter(u => normRole(u.role) !== 'admin');
+  await Promise.all(targets.map(async u => {
+    const { status, json } = await api('GET','/api/auth/users/'+u.id+'/projects');
+    if(status === 200 && json) _userProjectCounts[u.id] = (json.assigned || []).length;
+  }));
+}
+
 function renderUsers(list, meId){
   const wrap=document.getElementById('users-table');
   if(!list.length){ wrap.innerHTML='<div class="note">No users yet.</div>'; return; }
@@ -206,19 +276,20 @@ function renderUsers(list, meId){
     const active = u.is_active;
     const disableBtn = me
       ? '<button class="mini" disabled title="You can’t disable yourself">—</button>'
-      : '<button class="mini" onclick="toggleActive(\''+u.id+'\','+(!active)+')">'+(active?'Disable':'Enable')+'</button>';
+      : '<button class="mini" onclick="toggleActive(\''+jsq(u.id)+'\','+(!active)+')">'+(active?'Disable':'Enable')+'</button>';
     const delBtn = me
       ? ''
-      : '<button class="mini danger" onclick="deleteUser(\''+u.id+'\',\''+uesc(u.username).replace(/'/g,"\\'")+'\')">Delete</button>';
+      : '<button class="mini danger" onclick="deleteUser(\''+jsq(u.id)+'\',\''+jsq(u.username)+'\')">Delete</button>';
     // Role can be changed at any time via an inline dropdown. Your own row is
     // locked (a shown-as-tag) so an admin can't accidentally demote themselves.
-    const escUname = uesc(u.username).replace(/'/g,"\\'");
+    const escUname = jsq(u.username);
+    const escUid = jsq(u.id);
     // PERMISSIONS role — what the account may do. Your own row is locked (shown as
     // a tag) so an admin can't accidentally demote themselves.
     const role = normRole(u.role);
     const roleCell = me
       ? '<span class="tag '+(role==='admin'?'admin':'user')+'">'+uesc(PERM_LABELS[role]||role)+'</span><span class="me-tag">locked</span>'
-      : '<select class="role-select'+(role==='admin'?' is-admin':'')+'" title="Change what this account may do" onchange="changeRole(\''+u.id+'\',this.value,\''+escUname+'\')">'+
+      : '<select class="role-select'+(role==='admin'?' is-admin':'')+'" title="Change what this account may do" onchange="changeRole(\''+escUid+'\',this.value,\''+escUname+'\')">'+
           PERM_ROLES.map(function(r){
             return '<option value="'+r+'"'+(role===r?' selected':'')+'>'+uesc(PERM_LABELS[r])+'</option>';
           }).join('')+
@@ -226,7 +297,7 @@ function renderUsers(list, meId){
     // PROJECT role — the person's job function. Descriptive only; grants nothing.
     const pr = u.project_role || '';
     const projRoleCell =
-      '<select class="role-select" title="Job function on the project" onchange="changeProjectRole(\''+u.id+'\',this.value,\''+escUname+'\')">'+
+      '<select class="role-select" title="Job function on the project" onchange="changeProjectRole(\''+escUid+'\',this.value,\''+escUname+'\')">'+
         '<option value=""'+(pr?'':' selected')+'>— none —</option>'+
         PROJECT_ROLES.map(function(r){
           return '<option value="'+uesc(r)+'"'+(pr===r?' selected':'')+'>'+uesc(r)+'</option>';
@@ -237,24 +308,29 @@ function renderUsers(list, meId){
     return '<tr>'+
       '<td><strong>'+uesc(u.username)+'</strong>'+(me?'<span class="me-tag">you</span>':'')+'</td>'+
       '<td>'+uesc(u.full_name||'')+'</td>'+
-      '<td>'+uesc(u.email||'')+'</td>'+
+      // The address is truncated with the full value on the title: a long one used
+      // to wrap mid-word and push the whole row onto three lines.
+      '<td class="ell" title="'+uesc(u.email||'')+'"><span>'+uesc(u.email||'')+'</span></td>'+
       '<td>'+roleCell+'</td>'+
       '<td>'+projRoleCell+'</td>'+
+      '<td><div class="cellactions">'+projAccessCell(u)+'</div></td>'+
       '<td><span class="tag '+(active?'on':'off')+'">'+(active?'active':'disabled')+'</span></td>'+
       '<td style="white-space:nowrap;color:var(--muted)">'+fmt(u.last_login_at)+'</td>'+
-      '<td style="white-space:nowrap"><div class="row" style="gap:6px">'+
+      '<td><div class="cellactions">'+
-        '<button class="mini" onclick="manageProjects(\''+u.id+'\',\''+uesc(u.username).replace(/'/g,"\\'")+'\')">Projects</button>'+
+        '<button class="mini" onclick="resetPw(\''+escUid+'\',\''+escUname+'\')">Reset password</button>'+
-        '<button class="mini" onclick="resetPw(\''+u.id+'\',\''+uesc(u.username).replace(/'/g,"\\'")+'\')">Reset password</button>'+
         disableBtn+delBtn+
       '</div></td>'+
     '</tr>';
   }).join('');
-  wrap.innerHTML='<table class="users"><thead><tr>'+
+  // Nine columns outrun even the widened card, so the table scrolls inside .tscroll
+  // rather than forcing every cell to wrap. The explanatory note stays outside it.
+  wrap.innerHTML='<div class="tscroll"><table class="users grid"><thead><tr>'+
     '<th>Username</th><th>Name</th><th>Email</th>'+
     '<th title="What this account may do in the app">Permissions</th>'+
     '<th title="Job function on the project — descriptive only">Project role</th>'+
+    '<th title="Which projects this user can access, and their role on each">Project access</th>'+
     '<th>Status</th><th>Last login</th><th>Actions</th>'+
-    '</tr></thead><tbody>'+rows+'</tbody></table>'+
+    '</tr></thead><tbody>'+rows+'</tbody></table></div>'+
     '<div class="note" style="margin-top:10px"><strong>Permissions</strong> — '+
     '<em>Administrator</em>: manages users, settings and every project. '+
     '<em>Project Admin</em>: on their assigned projects, may delete work packages, '+
@@ -333,25 +409,50 @@ async function deleteUser(id, username){
 async function manageProjects(id, username){
   const { status, json } = await api('GET','/api/auth/users/'+id+'/projects');
   if(status!==200 || !json){ alert('Could not load projects (HTTP '+status+').'); return; }
-  openProjectModal(id, username, json.projects||[], new Set(json.assigned||[]), json.user);
+  openProjectModal(id, username, json.projects||[], new Set(json.assigned||[]), json.user, json.roles||{});
 }
 function closeProjectModal(){ const m=document.getElementById('proj-modal'); if(m) m.remove(); }
-function openProjectModal(userId, username, projects, assigned, userObj){
+function openProjectModal(userId, username, projects, assigned, userObj, roles){
   closeProjectModal();
-  const isAdmin = userObj && userObj.role==='admin';
+  const isAdmin = userObj && normRole(userObj.role)==='admin';
-  const items = projects.length ? projects.map(p =>
+  const acctRole = userObj ? normRole(userObj.role) : 'project_user';
-    '<label style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:7px 4px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border);font-size:13px;cursor:pointer;">'+
+  roles = roles || {};
-      '<input type="checkbox" value="'+uesc(p.id)+'"'+(assigned.has(p.id)?' checked':'')+(isAdmin?' disabled':'')+'>'+
+  // Each project row: access tick + the role ON THAT project. "Same as account"
-      '<span><strong>'+uesc(p.name||'(unnamed)')+'</strong>'+(p.number?' <span style="color:var(--muted)">'+uesc(p.number)+'</span>':'')+'</span>'+
+  // inherits the account's Permissions, so the common case needs no thought.
-    '</label>').join('') : '<div class="note">No projects exist yet.</div>';
+  // Live jobs first — an archived one is still listed (an existing assignment has to
+  // stay removable) but it is finished work, so it doesn't belong at the top of a
+  // list you're using to staff someone.
+  projects = projects.slice().sort((a,b) => (a.archived?1:0) - (b.archived?1:0));
+  const items = projects.length ? projects.map(p => {
+    const on = assigned.has(p.id);
+    const cur = roles[p.id] || '';
+    const sel = '<select data-role-for="'+uesc(p.id)+'"'+(isAdmin||!on?' disabled':'')+
+      ' style="padding:3px 6px;font-size:12px;border:1px solid var(--border-strong);background:#fff;">'+
+      '<option value=""'+(cur===''?' selected':'')+'>Same as account ('+uesc(PERM_LABELS[acctRole]||acctRole)+')</option>'+
+      '<option value="project_admin"'+(cur==='project_admin'?' selected':'')+'>Project Admin here</option>'+
+      '<option value="project_user"'+(cur==='project_user'?' selected':'')+'>Project User here</option>'+
+      '</select>';
+    return '<div style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;padding:8px 4px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border);font-size:13px;">'+
+      '<label style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;flex:1;min-width:0;cursor:pointer;">'+
+        '<input type="checkbox" value="'+uesc(p.id)+'"'+(on?' checked':'')+(isAdmin?' disabled':'')+
+        ' onchange="projRowToggled(this)">'+
+        '<span style="overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;"><strong>'+uesc(p.name||'(unnamed)')+'</strong>'+
+        (p.number?' <span style="color:var(--muted)">'+uesc(p.number)+'</span>':'')+
+        (p.archived?' <span class="tag archived" title="Archived — read-only until an admin unarchives it">archived</span>':'')+'</span>'+
+      '</label>'+ sel +
+    '</div>';
+  }).join('') : '<div class="note">No projects exist yet.</div>';
   const modal = document.createElement('div');
   modal.id = 'proj-modal';
   modal.style.cssText = 'position:fixed;inset:0;background:rgba(20,30,50,.5);display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;z-index:10002;padding:20px;';
   modal.innerHTML =
-    '<div style="background:#fff;border-radius:10px;max-width:460px;width:100%;max-height:82vh;display:flex;flex-direction:column;overflow:hidden;box-shadow:0 12px 40px rgba(20,30,50,.3);">'+
+    '<div style="background:#fff;border-radius:10px;max-width:660px;width:100%;max-height:82vh;display:flex;flex-direction:column;overflow:hidden;box-shadow:0 12px 40px rgba(20,30,50,.3);">'+
-      '<div style="padding:14px 18px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border);font-weight:700;">Project access — '+uesc(username)+'</div>'+
+      '<div style="padding:14px 18px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border);font-weight:700;">Project access &amp; permissions — '+uesc(username)+'</div>'+
       '<div style="padding:14px 18px;overflow:auto;">'+
-        (isAdmin ? '<div class="banner" style="margin:0 0 10px">This user is an <strong>admin</strong> and can access every project regardless of assignment.</div>' : '<div class="note" style="margin:0 0 10px">Tick the projects this user may access.</div>')+
+        (isAdmin ? '<div class="banner" style="margin:0 0 10px">This user is an <strong>Administrator</strong> and can access every project regardless of assignment.</div>'
+                 : '<div class="note" style="margin:0 0 10px">Tick the projects this user may access, and set their role on each. '+
+                   '<strong>Project Admin</strong> can delete work packages, change a completed SOP and delete that project; '+
+                   '<strong>Project User</strong> cannot. Leave it on <em>Same as account</em> to use their Permissions setting.</div>')+
         '<div id="proj-list">'+items+'</div>'+
       '</div>'+
       '<div style="padding:12px 18px;border-top:1px solid var(--border);display:flex;gap:8px;justify-content:flex-end;">'+
@@ -364,12 +465,234 @@ function openProjectModal(userId, username, projects, assigned, userObj){
   const saveBtn = document.getElementById('proj-save');
   if(saveBtn) saveBtn.onclick = async () => {
     const ids = [...modal.querySelectorAll('#proj-list input[type=checkbox]:checked')].map(c=>c.value);
-    const { status } = await api('PUT','/api/auth/users/'+userId+'/projects',{project_ids:ids});
+    const roleMap = {};
-    if(status===200) closeProjectModal();
+    ids.forEach(pid => {
+      const sel = modal.querySelector('#proj-list select[data-role-for="'+pid+'"]');
+      if(sel && sel.value) roleMap[pid] = sel.value;
+    });
+    const { status } = await api('PUT','/api/auth/users/'+userId+'/projects',{project_ids:ids, roles:roleMap});
+    if(status===200){ closeProjectModal(); loadUsers(); }
     else alert('Save failed (HTTP '+status+').');
   };
 }
 
+// ── projects: archive / unarchive ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Archiving is the answer to "this job is over but I can't throw the data away".
+// An archived project disappears from every picker, switcher and search in the
+// suite and is frozen read-only; nothing is deleted. That makes this card the ONLY
+// place an archived project is still visible, so it asks for archived=all and does
+// the hiding itself — otherwise an admin could never find one to unarchive.
+let _adminProjects = [];
+
+async function loadProjects(){
+  const banner=document.getElementById('projects-banner');
+  const wrap=document.getElementById('projects-table');
+  if(!banner || !wrap) return;
+  banner.className='banner'; banner.textContent='Loading…'; banner.style.display='';
+  const { status, json } = await api('GET','/api/projects?archived=all');
+  if(status===403){
+    banner.className='banner bad';
+    banner.textContent='❌ Your account is not an admin, so you can’t archive or delete projects here.';
+    wrap.innerHTML=''; return;
+  }
+  if(status===401){
+    banner.className='banner bad'; banner.textContent='❌ Not signed in. Reload and log in again.'; wrap.innerHTML=''; return;
+  }
+  if(status!==200 || !Array.isArray(json)){
+    banner.className='banner bad'; banner.textContent='❌ Could not load projects (HTTP '+status+').'; wrap.innerHTML=''; return;
+  }
+  banner.style.display='none';
+  _adminProjects = json;
+  renderProjects();
+}
+
+function renderProjects(){
+  const wrap=document.getElementById('projects-table');
+  if(!wrap) return;
+  const showArchived = !!(document.getElementById('proj-show-archived')||{}).checked;
+  const q = (((document.getElementById('proj-search')||{}).value)||'').trim().toLowerCase();
+  const total = _adminProjects.length;
+  if(!total){ wrap.innerHTML='<div class="note">No projects yet.</div>'; return; }
+  const list = _adminProjects.filter(p => {
+    if(!showArchived && p.archived) return false;
+    if(!q) return true;
+    return ((p.name||'')+' '+(p.number||'')+' '+(p.client||'')+' '+(p.site||'')).toLowerCase().indexOf(q) >= 0;
+  });
+  const count = '<div class="note">'+list.length+' of '+total+' project'+(total===1?'':'s')+
+    (showArchived ? '' : ' <span title="Tick “Show archived” to include them">· archived hidden</span>')+'</div>';
+  if(!list.length){
+    wrap.innerHTML = count + '<div class="note">Nothing matches'+
+      (showArchived ? '' : ' — archived projects are hidden. Tick “Show archived” to include them')+'.</div>';
+    return;
+  }
+  const fmt = s => s ? wpFormatDateTime(s) : '—';
+  const rows = list.map(p => {
+    // Project names are free text written by whoever created the job — jsq(), not
+    // uesc(), is what makes them safe to bind into the handlers below.
+    const pid = jsq(p.id);
+    const pname = jsq(p.name||'(unnamed)');
+    const arch = !!p.archived;
+    return '<tr>'+
+      '<td><strong>'+uesc(p.name||'(unnamed)')+'</strong>'+
+        (p.number ? ' <span class="note">'+uesc(p.number)+'</span>' : '')+'</td>'+
+      '<td class="ell" title="'+uesc(p.client||'')+'"><span>'+uesc(p.client||'—')+'</span></td>'+
+      '<td class="ell" title="'+uesc(p.site||'')+'"><span>'+uesc(p.site||'—')+'</span></td>'+
+      '<td style="white-space:nowrap;color:var(--muted)">'+fmt(p.created_at)+'</td>'+
+      '<td>'+(arch
+        ? '<span class="tag archived" title="Hidden everywhere and read-only until unarchived">archived</span>'
+        : '<span class="tag on">active</span>')+'</td>'+
+      '<td><div class="cellactions">'+
+        '<button class="mini" onclick="archiveProject(\''+pid+'\',\''+pname+'\','+(arch?'false':'true')+')">'+
+          (arch?'Unarchive':'Archive')+'</button>'+
+        '<button class="mini danger" onclick="deleteProjectAdmin(\''+pid+'\',\''+pname+'\')">Delete</button>'+
+      '</div></td>'+
+    '</tr>';
+  }).join('');
+  wrap.innerHTML = count +
+    '<div class="tscroll"><table class="grid"><thead><tr>'+
+      '<th>Project</th><th>Client</th><th>Site</th><th>Created</th><th>Status</th><th>Actions</th>'+
+    '</tr></thead><tbody>'+rows+'</tbody></table></div>'+
+    '<div class="note"><strong>Delete</strong> is not archive: it removes the project, its SOP and every '+
+    'work package on it for good. Archive first if there is any doubt.</div>';
+}
+
+// Both directions are explained in full before anything happens: archiving makes a
+// project vanish for everyone else in the company, and there is no undo prompt on
+// the other side of that.
+async function archiveProject(id, name, archived){
+  const ask = archived
+    ? 'Archive “'+name+'”?\n\n'+
+      '• It disappears from every project picker, switcher and search across the suite.\n'+
+      '• It becomes read-only — nobody can add or change its SOP or work packages.\n'+
+      '• Nothing is deleted. Unarchive here at any time to bring it back.'
+    : 'Unarchive “'+name+'”?\n\n'+
+      'It becomes visible in the pickers again and can be edited as normal.';
+  if(!confirm(ask)) return;
+  const { status, json } = await api('POST','/api/projects/'+id+'/archive',{archived:!!archived});
+  if(status===200) loadProjects();
+  else alert('Could not '+(archived?'archive':'unarchive')+' '+name+': '+((json && json.detail)||('HTTP '+status)));
+}
+
+// Named deleteProjectAdmin, not deleteProject: every function in this file is a
+// global shared with the other scripts the page loads, and "deleteProject" is broad
+// enough to collide with one of them later. The -Admin suffix also says which of the
+// two project deletions this is — the console's, not a project member's.
+async function deleteProjectAdmin(id, name){
+  if(!confirm('DELETE “'+name+'” permanently?\n\n'+
+    'Its SOP, EVERY work package on it and every access assignment are deleted with it '+
+    '(database cascade). This cannot be undone.\n\n'+
+    'If you only want it out of the way, cancel and use Archive instead.')) return;
+  const { status, json } = await api('DELETE','/api/projects/'+id);
+  if(status===200) loadProjects();
+  else alert('Could not delete '+name+': '+((json && json.detail)||('HTTP '+status)));
+}
+
+// ── default members on new projects ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+// A rule about the FUTURE: flagged users are auto-added to every project created
+// from now on. It is not a bulk assignment — existing projects are untouched, which
+// is what the note under the table is there to say.
+let _defMemUsers = [];
+
+async function loadDefaultMembers(){
+  const banner=document.getElementById('defmem-banner');
+  const wrap=document.getElementById('defmem-table');
+  if(!banner || !wrap) return;
+  banner.className='banner'; banner.textContent='Loading…'; banner.style.display='';
+  const { status, json } = await api('GET','/api/auth/users');
+  if(status===403){
+    banner.className='banner bad';
+    banner.textContent='❌ Your account is not an admin, so you can’t change who is added to new projects.';
+    wrap.innerHTML=''; return;
+  }
+  if(status===401){
+    banner.className='banner bad'; banner.textContent='❌ Not signed in. Reload and log in again.'; wrap.innerHTML=''; return;
+  }
+  if(status!==200 || !Array.isArray(json)){
+    banner.className='banner bad'; banner.textContent='❌ Could not load users (HTTP '+status+').'; wrap.innerHTML=''; return;
+  }
+  banner.style.display='none';
+  _defMemUsers = json;
+  renderDefaultMembers();
+}
+
+// Same idea as projRowToggled() — the role only matters while the tick is on — but
+// here the select sits in a sibling <td>, so the lookup is scoped to the row.
+function defMemToggled(cb){
+  const row = cb.closest('tr');
+  const sel = row && row.querySelector('select');
+  if(sel) sel.disabled = !cb.checked;
+}
+
+function renderDefaultMembers(){
+  const wrap=document.getElementById('defmem-table');
+  if(!wrap) return;
+  if(!_defMemUsers.length){ wrap.innerHTML='<div class="note">No users yet.</div>'; return; }
+  const rows = _defMemUsers.map(u => {
+    const uid = jsq(u.id);
+    const uname = jsq(u.username);
+    const role = normRole(u.role);
+    const who = '<td><strong>'+uesc(u.username)+'</strong>'+
+        (u.full_name ? ' <span class="note">'+uesc(u.full_name)+'</span>' : '')+'</td>'+
+      '<td class="ell" title="'+uesc(u.email||'')+'"><span>'+uesc(u.email||'—')+'</span></td>';
+    // Admins reach every project already, so there is nothing to add them to —
+    // the same thing projAccessCell() says in the user table.
+    if(role === 'admin'){
+      return '<tr>'+who+
+        '<td><span class="tag admin">'+uesc(PERM_LABELS.admin)+'</span></td>'+
+        '<td colspan="2"><span class="tag admin" title="Admins can access every project">all projects</span>'+
+          ' <span class="note">Administrators already reach every project.</span></td>'+
+      '</tr>';
+    }
+    const on = !!u.auto_add_projects;
+    const cur = u.auto_add_role || '';
+    return '<tr>'+who+
+      '<td><span class="tag user">'+uesc(PERM_LABELS[role]||role)+'</span></td>'+
+      '<td><label class="chk">'+
+        '<input type="checkbox" id="defmem-cb-'+uesc(u.id)+'"'+(on?' checked':'')+
+          ' title="Add this user to every project created from now on"'+
+          ' onchange="defMemToggled(this);setAutoAdd(\''+uid+'\',\''+uname+'\')"> Add automatically'+
+      '</label></td>'+
+      '<td><select class="role-select" id="defmem-role-'+uesc(u.id)+'"'+(on?'':' disabled')+
+        ' title="The role this user gets on those projects"'+
+        ' onchange="setAutoAdd(\''+uid+'\',\''+uname+'\')">'+
+        '<option value=""'+(cur===''?' selected':'')+'>Same as account ('+uesc(PERM_LABELS[role]||role)+')</option>'+
+        '<option value="project_admin"'+(cur==='project_admin'?' selected':'')+'>Project Admin here</option>'+
+        '<option value="project_user"'+(cur==='project_user'?' selected':'')+'>Project User here</option>'+
+      '</select></td>'+
+    '</tr>';
+  }).join('');
+  wrap.innerHTML =
+    '<div class="tscroll"><table class="grid"><thead><tr>'+
+      '<th>User</th><th>Email</th>'+
+      '<th title="What this account may do in the app">Account permissions</th>'+
+      '<th title="Add this user to every project created from now on">Add to new projects</th>'+
+      '<th title="Their role on those projects">Role on those projects</th>'+
+    '</tr></thead><tbody>'+rows+'</tbody></table></div>'+
+    '<div class="note">This only affects projects created <strong>from now on</strong> — existing projects '+
+    'are untouched. Use <strong>Project access</strong> in the user table above to add someone to a project '+
+    'that already exists.</div>';
+}
+
+// Saves on every tick and every dropdown change — there is no Save button, so a
+// failure must not leave a control showing something the server never accepted.
+// On success we swap in the row the server returned (it clears the role whenever
+// the flag is off); on failure we reload so the controls snap back to the truth.
+async function setAutoAdd(id, username){
+  const cb = document.getElementById('defmem-cb-'+id);
+  if(!cb) return;
+  const sel = document.getElementById('defmem-role-'+id);
+  const auto_add = !!cb.checked;
+  const { status, json } = await api('POST','/api/auth/users/'+id+'/auto-add',
+    { auto_add, role: auto_add ? ((sel && sel.value) || '') : '' });
+  if(status===200 && json && json.id){
+    _defMemUsers = _defMemUsers.map(u => u.id===json.id ? json : u);
+    renderDefaultMembers();
+  } else {
+    alert('Could not change the new-project default for '+username+': '+((json && json.detail)||('HTTP '+status)));
+    loadDefaultMembers();
+  }
+}
+
 // ── all feedback / comments ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 let _comments = [];
 async function loadComments(){

html/auth-guard.js

@@ -185,10 +185,12 @@
     wrap.appendChild(who);
     var onAdmin = /(^|\/)admin\.html$/.test(location.pathname);
     if (window.wpIsAdmin() && !onAdmin) { wrap.appendChild(sep()); wrap.appendChild(link('Admin', null, 'admin.html')); }
-    if (typeof window.wpPreferences === 'function') {
+    // Always offered; wp-format.js may still be parsing when the menu is built, so
-      wrap.appendChild(sep());
+    // the check happens at click time rather than once, up front.
-      wrap.appendChild(link('Language & time', function () { window.wpPreferences(); }));
+    wrap.appendChild(sep());
-    }
+    wrap.appendChild(link('Language & time', function () {
+      if (typeof window.wpPreferences === 'function') window.wpPreferences();
+    }));
     wrap.appendChild(sep()); wrap.appendChild(link('Password', function () { window.wpChangePassword(); }));
     wrap.appendChild(sep()); wrap.appendChild(link('Sign out', function () { window.wpLogout(); }));
     return wrap;

html/field.html

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
   <title>Field View — Work Package Suite</title>
   <script src="auth-guard.js"></script>
+<!-- Date/number formatting. Must parse BEFORE the app scripts: they format
+     timestamps during their own boot. -->
+<script src="wp-format.js"></script>
   <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" sizes="any">
   <link rel="manifest" href="manifest.webmanifest">
   <meta name="theme-color" content="#161616">
@@ -83,7 +86,6 @@
   <script src="project-data.js"></script>
   <script src="help.js"></script>
   <script src="field.js"></script>
-<script src="wp-format.js"></script>
 <script src="wp-chrome.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>

html/field.js

@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ function esc(s) { return s == null ? '' : String(s).replace(/&/g, '&').repla
 function nsKey(id) { return 'wp_iwp_v1__' + id; }
 function stLabel(s) { return s === 'Issue' ? 'Issue (Hold)' : s; }
 function openCount(p) { return ((p && p.constraints) || []).filter(function (c) { return c.status === 'open'; }).length; }
+// Predecessor packages that aren't Closed yet. A package waiting on upstream work
+// is not release-ready either, so the field list must not call it Ready — the
+// server would refuse to issue it (see enforce_release_gates).
+function waitingCount(p, all) {
+  var preds = (p && p.predecessors) || [];
+  if (!preds.length) return 0;
+  var byId = {};
+  (all || []).forEach(function (x) { byId[x.id] = x; });
+  return preds.filter(function (id) { var q = byId[id]; return q && q.status !== 'Closed'; }).length;
+}
 function fmtTs(s) { try { return wpFormatDateTime(s); } catch (e) { return s || ''; } }
 function me() { try { return (window.WP_USER && (window.WP_USER.full_name || window.WP_USER.username)) || ''; } catch (e) { return ''; } }
 function toast(m) { var t = document.getElementById('toast'); if (!t) return; t.textContent = m; t.classList.add('show'); clearTimeout(toast._t); toast._t = setTimeout(function () { t.classList.remove('show'); }, 2000); }
@@ -57,8 +67,12 @@ function renderList() {
   if (!rows.length) { box.innerHTML = '<div class="fld-empty">' + (WPS.length ? 'No packages match your search.' : 'No work packages for this project yet.') + '</div>'; return; }
   box.innerHTML = rows.map(function (p) {
     var open = openCount(p);
-    var cls = p.status === 'Issue' ? 'hold' : (open === 0 ? 'ready' : '');
+    var waiting = waitingCount(p, WPS);   // the full set, not the filtered rows
-    var readyPill = p.status === 'Issue' ? '<span class="pill bad">On hold</span>' : (open ? '<span class="pill warn">' + open + ' open</span>' : '<span class="pill ok">Ready</span>');
+    var cls = p.status === 'Issue' ? 'hold' : ((open === 0 && !waiting) ? 'ready' : '');
+    var readyPill = p.status === 'Issue' ? '<span class="pill bad">On hold</span>'
+      : (open ? '<span class="pill warn">' + open + ' open</span>'
+      : (waiting ? '<span class="pill warn">waits on ' + waiting + '</span>'
+      : '<span class="pill ok">Ready</span>'));
     return '<button class="wp-card ' + cls + '" onclick="openWP(\'' + esc(p.id) + '\')">' +
       '<div class="num">' + esc(p.number || '(no number)') + '</div>' +
       '<div class="subj">' + esc(p.subject || '') + '</div>' +

html/index.html

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
   <title>Work Package Suite — Prime Controls</title>
   <script src="auth-guard.js"></script>
+<!-- Date/number formatting. Must parse BEFORE the app scripts: they format
+     timestamps during their own boot. -->
+<script src="wp-format.js"></script>
   <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" sizes="any">
   <link rel="manifest" href="manifest.webmanifest">
   <meta name="theme-color" content="#161616">
@@ -289,6 +292,10 @@
       padding: 1.25rem; }
     .proj-empty p { margin: 0 0 0.9rem; color: var(--cds-text-secondary); }
     .proj-actions { display: flex; gap: 0.75rem; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+    /* Shown once when the project someone had open turns out to have been archived
+       rather than deleted — otherwise the picker just silently resets on them. */
+    .proj-archived-note { background: #fdf6dd; border: 1px solid #f1c21b; color: #8e6a00;
+      padding: 0.7rem 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; }
     .proj-form { margin-top: 1rem; padding: 1rem; border: 1px solid var(--cds-ui-03, #e0e0e0); background: var(--cds-ui-01, #fff); }
     .proj-form-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(220px, 1fr)); gap: 0.75rem; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; }
     .proj-form-grid label { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.3rem; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: var(--cds-text-secondary); }
@@ -411,12 +418,34 @@
         _projects = list || [];
         // Reconcile the active project against the list; clear if it's gone.
         const active = ProjectData.getActive();
-        if(active && !_projects.some(p => p.id === active.id)) ProjectData.setActive(null);
+        const dropped = (active && !_projects.some(p => p.id === active.id)) ? active : null;
+        if(dropped) ProjectData.setActive(null);
         renderProjectPicker();
         applyActiveProject();
+        // "No longer in the list" used to mean one thing — deleted. Now it also
+        // means archived, and resetting someone to "Select a project" with no word
+        // about it sends them hunting for a job that is merely finished.
+        if(dropped) explainDroppedProject(dropped);
       });
     }
 
+    function explainDroppedProject(p){
+      // The project is still readable when it's archived; a delete (or access being
+      // taken away) fails here, and that case genuinely has nothing to say.
+      ProjectData.get(p.id).then(full => {
+        if(!full || !full.archived) return;
+        const box = document.getElementById('project-picker');
+        if(!box || document.getElementById('proj-archived-note')) return;
+        const note = document.createElement('div');
+        note.id = 'proj-archived-note';
+        note.className = 'proj-archived-note';
+        note.innerHTML = `<strong>${esc(p.name || 'The project you had open')}</strong> has been
+          archived — it is read-only and no longer listed here. An administrator can unarchive it
+          from the Admin Console.`;
+        box.insertBefore(note, box.firstChild);
+      }).catch(() => {});
+    }
+
     function createFormHtml(){
       return `<div class="proj-form" id="proj-form" style="display:none">
         <div class="proj-form-grid">
@@ -662,7 +691,6 @@
         .catch(() => {});
     }
   </script>
-<script src="wp-format.js"></script>
 <script src="wp-chrome.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>

html/login.js

@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
   // ── sign in ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   var form = byId('login-form');
   var submitBtn = byId('submit');
+  // Guarded because a cached older login.html may not have the reset views; an
+  // unguarded addEventListener on null would break sign-in itself.
+  if (!form || !submitBtn) return;
   form.addEventListener('submit', function (e) {
     e.preventDefault();
     clearBanners();
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@
       .catch(function () { resetAvailable = false; return false; });
   }
 
-  byId('forgot-link').addEventListener('click', function (e) {
+  (byId('forgot-link') || {addEventListener: function(){}}).addEventListener('click', function (e) {
     e.preventDefault();
     view('forgot');
     // Prefill from the sign-in box so nobody types their username twice.
@@ -131,13 +134,13 @@
     });
   });
 
-  byId('back-to-login').addEventListener('click', function (e) {
+  (byId('back-to-login') || {addEventListener: function(){}}).addEventListener('click', function (e) {
     e.preventDefault();
     view('login');
   });
 
-  var forgotForm = byId('forgot-form');
+  var forgotForm = byId('forgot-form') || document.createElement('form');
-  var forgotBtn = byId('forgot-submit');
+  var forgotBtn = byId('forgot-submit') || document.createElement('button');
   forgotForm.addEventListener('submit', function (e) {
     e.preventDefault();
     clearBanners();
@@ -167,13 +170,13 @@
   });
 
   // ── set a new password (from the emailed link) ──────────────────────────────
-  byId('reset-to-login').addEventListener('click', function (e) {
+  (byId('reset-to-login') || {addEventListener: function(){}}).addEventListener('click', function (e) {
     e.preventDefault();
     view('login');
   });
 
-  var resetForm = byId('reset-form');
+  var resetForm = byId('reset-form') || document.createElement('form');
-  var resetBtn = byId('reset-submit');
+  var resetBtn = byId('reset-submit') || document.createElement('button');
   resetForm.addEventListener('submit', function (e) {
     e.preventDefault();
     clearBanners();

html/project-data.js

@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
         });
     },
 
+    // Archiving a project lives in the admin console (html/admin.js), which doesn't
+    // load this file — deliberately not mirrored here, so there's only one
+    // implementation of it rather than two that can disagree.
+
     // ── active project context ────────────────────────────────────────────────
     getActiveId: function () { try { return localStorage.getItem(LS_ACTIVE) || ''; } catch (e) { return ''; } },
     getActive: function () { try { return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(LS_ACTIVE_OBJ) || 'null'); } catch (e) { return null; } },
@@ -208,7 +212,8 @@
     qWrite(q);
   }
   // Permanently-failed op (a 4xx client error) — keep it for visibility but stop
-  // retrying, so a rejected write can't loop forever.
+  // retrying, so a rejected write can't loop forever. `err` is the server's own
+  // explanation when it sent one; it is what the sync badge shows the user.
   function markDead(opId, err) {
     var q = qRead();
     for (var i = 0; i < q.length; i++) { if (q[i].opId === opId) { q[i].dead = true; q[i].lastErr = err; break; } }
@@ -229,7 +234,16 @@
           var status = r ? r.status : 0;
           var done = r && (r.ok || (op.kind === 'wp-del' && status === 404));  // 404 on delete = already gone
           if (done) { qWrite(qRead().filter(function (o) { return o.opId !== op.opId; })); }
-          else if (status >= 400 && status < 500 && status !== 429) { markDead(op.opId, 'HTTP ' + status); }
+          else if (status >= 400 && status < 500 && status !== 429) {
+            // Refused once, refused forever — so the only useful thing left is the
+            // reason. A 409 here is the archived-project gate, whose detail tells
+            // the user the project is read-only and how to get it unarchived; a
+            // bare "HTTP 409" would leave them staring at a change that vanished.
+            return r.json().catch(function () { return null; }).then(function (j) {
+              var why = (j && typeof j.detail === 'string' && j.detail) || ('HTTP ' + status);
+              markDead(op.opId, why);
+            });
+          }
           else { anyFail = true; bumpTries(op.opId, 'HTTP ' + status); }
         }).catch(function (e) { anyFail = true; bumpTries(op.opId, String(e)); });
       });
@@ -250,12 +264,17 @@
   }
 
   // ── sync status (drives the indicator + any listeners) ──────────────────────
+  // `failed` stays the total not-getting-through count (what listeners already
+  // read); `dead` splits out the ops the server has permanently refused, with the
+  // first reason it gave, because those two states need different words.
   function syncCounts() {
-    var q = qRead(), pending = 0, failed = 0;
+    var q = qRead(), pending = 0, failed = 0, dead = 0, reason = '';
     for (var i = 0; i < q.length; i++) {
-      if (q[i].dead || (q[i].tries || 0) >= 3) failed++; else pending++;
+      if (q[i].dead) { dead++; if (!reason && q[i].lastErr) reason = String(q[i].lastErr); }
+      else if ((q[i].tries || 0) >= 3) failed++;
+      else pending++;
     }
-    return { pending: pending, failed: failed, syncing: _flushing };
+    return { pending: pending, failed: failed + dead, dead: dead, reason: reason, syncing: _flushing };
   }
   ProjectData.syncStatus = syncCounts;
   function notifySync() {
@@ -281,7 +300,17 @@
       document.body.appendChild(el);
     }
     if (_badgeHideTimer) { clearTimeout(_badgeHideTimer); _badgeHideTimer = null; }
-    if (c.failed) {
+    // A dead op is a refusal, not a hiccup — "retrying" would be a lie, and the
+    // reason is the only thing that tells the user what to do (e.g. the project is
+    // archived). Stack it under the headline; the badge never hides in this state.
+    el.style.flexDirection = c.dead ? 'column' : 'row';
+    el.style.alignItems = c.dead ? 'flex-start' : 'center';
+    el.style.maxWidth = c.dead ? 'min(340px, calc(100vw - 32px))' : 'none';
+    if (c.dead) {
+      el.innerHTML = '<span>✕ ' + c.dead + ' change' + (c.dead === 1 ? '' : 's') + ' rejected — not saved</span>' +
+        (c.reason ? '<span style="font-weight:400">' + esc(c.reason) + '</span>' : '');
+      el.style.color = '#a2191f'; el.style.borderColor = '#ffd7d9'; el.style.background = '#fff1f1'; el.style.display = 'inline-flex';
+    } else if (c.failed) {
       el.textContent = '⚠ ' + c.failed + ' change' + (c.failed === 1 ? '' : 's') + ' not saved — retrying';
       el.style.color = '#8a6d00'; el.style.borderColor = '#f1c21b'; el.style.background = '#fdf6dd'; el.style.display = 'inline-flex';
     } else if (c.pending) {

html/sw.js

@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@
    worker only caches the static app shell so the pages open without a network.
 
    Strategy:
-     • /api/* and non-GET  → never touched (pass straight to the network; offline
+     • /api/* and non-GET      → never touched (pass straight to the network; offline
        reads fall back to the app's localStorage cache, writes queue in the outbox).
-     • same-origin GET      → stale-while-revalidate (instant from cache, refreshed
+     • HTML / CSS / JS         → network-first, cache as fallback. These reference each
-       in the background when online).
+       other, so a page must never run against a stale sibling.
+     • images / icons / manifest → stale-while-revalidate (instant from cache).
 */
 'use strict';
 // Bumped when the shell file list changes, so clients fetch the new assets
 // instead of serving a half-old shell from the previous cache.
-const CACHE = 'wp-suite-shell-v2';
+const CACHE = 'wp-suite-shell-v5';
 const SHELL = [
   '/', '/index.html', '/work-package-suite.html', '/wp-creation-index.html',
   '/field.html', '/login.html', '/admin.html',
@@ -30,7 +31,10 @@ self.addEventListener('install', (e) => {
   // Cache each shell asset individually so one missing file doesn't abort install.
   e.waitUntil(
     caches.open(CACHE)
-      .then((c) => Promise.all(SHELL.map((u) => c.add(u).catch(() => {}))))
+      // cache:'reload' bypasses the browser HTTP cache. Without it the precache
+      // can be filled from stale HTTP entries, freezing a mismatched shell.
+      .then((c) => Promise.all(SHELL.map(
+        (u) => c.add(new Request(u, { cache: 'reload' })).catch(() => {}))))
       .then(() => self.skipWaiting())
   );
 });
@@ -43,6 +47,17 @@ self.addEventListener('activate', (e) => {
   );
 });
 
+// Code (HTML / CSS / JS) is fetched NETWORK-FIRST, falling back to the cache when
+// offline. Everything else (images, icons, the manifest) stays cache-first, which is
+// where offline speed actually comes from.
+//
+// Why not cache-first for code: these files reference each other, and the cache
+// stores them as independent entries. Cache-first served whichever copy of each file
+// happened to be stored, so a browser could run new HTML against old CSS — which is
+// exactly how the embedded creator once collapsed to a 300x150 iframe. A page must
+// only ever run against the stylesheet and scripts it shipped with.
+const CODE_RE = /\.(html|css|js)$|\/$/i;
+
 self.addEventListener('fetch', (e) => {
   const req = e.request;
   if (req.method !== 'GET') return;                         // outbox owns writes
@@ -50,18 +65,43 @@ self.addEventListener('fetch', (e) => {
   if (url.origin !== self.location.origin) return;          // third-party: default
   if (url.pathname.startsWith('/api/')) return;             // never cache the API
 
-  e.respondWith(
+  const isCode = CODE_RE.test(url.pathname);
-    caches.match(req).then((cached) => {
+
-      const network = fetch(req)
+  // Cache key WITHOUT the query string. Links inside the app carry ?project=…&tab=…,
+  // and the embedded creator used to carry a cache-busting timestamp, so keying on the
+  // full URL both missed every offline navigation and grew the cache without bound.
+  const key = new Request(url.origin + url.pathname, { credentials: 'same-origin' });
+  const fromCache = () => caches.match(key).then((c) => c || caches.match(req));
+
+  const store = (res) => {
+    if (res && res.ok && res.type !== 'opaque') {
+      const copy = res.clone();
+      caches.open(CACHE).then((c) => c.put(key, copy)).catch(() => {});
+    }
+    return res;
+  };
+
+  if (isCode) {
+    e.respondWith(
+      // cache:'no-cache' forces revalidation with the server. Plain fetch() inherits
+      // the request's default cache mode, which consults the browser HTTP cache — so
+      // "network-first" alone still let a page run against a stale sibling file.
+      fetch(req, { cache: 'no-cache' })
         .then((res) => {
-          if (res && res.ok) {
+          // A 502/404 must not replace a page the cache could still serve.
-            const copy = res.clone();
+          if (!res || !res.ok) return fromCache().then((c) => c || res);
-            caches.open(CACHE).then((c) => c.put(req, copy));
+          return store(res);
-          }
-          return res;
         })
-        .catch(() => cached);                               // offline → cached copy
+        .catch(() => fromCache())                           // offline → last good copy
-      return cached || network;                             // cache-first, then refresh
+        .then((res) => res || Response.error())             // never resolve to undefined
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  e.respondWith(
+    caches.match(key).then((cached) => {
+      const network = fetch(req).then(store).catch(() => cached);
+      return cached || network.then((res) => res || Response.error());
     })
   );
 });

html/work-package-suite-app.js

@@ -291,10 +291,15 @@ window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',()=>{
     updateProjectDisplay();
     loadProjectUsers();          // team pickers: who's on this project
     applyBimFlag();              // hide the BIM section unless an admin enabled it
-    // Deep-link: ?tab=sop | ?tab=wp | ?view=dashboard from the home page.
+    // Deep-link: ?tab=sop | ?tab=wp | ?view=dashboard | ?wp=<id>. Consumed ONCE —
+    // leaving ?view=dashboard in the URL used to make the Work Package Creation tab
+    // keep opening the dashboard for the rest of the session.
     const tab = params.get('tab');
-    if(params.get('view') === 'dashboard') switchTool('dashboard');
+    _deepLinkWp = params.get('wp') || '';
+    const wantDashboard = params.get('view') === 'dashboard';
+    if(wantDashboard) switchTool('dashboard');
     else if(tab === 'wp' || tab === 'sop') switchTool(tab);
+    else if(_deepLinkWp) switchTool('wp');
   }
   if(projId && typeof ProjectData!=='undefined' && ProjectData.pullProject){
     ProjectData.pullProject(projId).then(afterPull).catch(afterPull);
@@ -342,19 +347,25 @@ function loadSampleData(){
   document.getElementById('proj_division').value = 'Semiconductor';
   document.getElementById('proj_site').value = 'Boise, ID — Fab 7';
 
-  // Populate Step 2
+  // Populate Step 2. The leadership slots are account pickers now, so the sample's
-  document.getElementById('proj_pm').value = 'Mariano Sanchez';
+  // fictional names can't be "selected" — setting .value on a <select> with no
-  document.getElementById('proj_apm').value = 'Assistant PM';
+  // matching option silently does nothing. Store them as names without an account,
-  document.getElementById('proj_cm').value = 'K. Boyd';
+  // which is exactly how the picker shows a person who isn't a suite user yet.
-  document.getElementById('proj_qm').value = 'D. Nguyen';
+  state.team.pm = 'Mariano Sanchez';
+  state.team.apm = 'Assistant PM';
+  state.team.cm = 'K. Boyd';
+  state.team.qm = 'D. Nguyen';
+  state.teamIds = {pm:'', apm:'', cm:'', qm:''};
+  renderTeamPickers();
   
   // Step 3 — standard required roles
   if(state.signoffRoles[0]) state.signoffRoles[0].role = 'Superintendent';
   if(state.signoffRoles[1]) state.signoffRoles[1].role = 'Foreman';
   const stEl = document.getElementById('role_super_title'); if(stEl) stEl.value = 'Superintendent';
   const ftEl = document.getElementById('role_foreman_title'); if(ftEl) ftEl.value = 'Foreman';
-  document.getElementById('role_super_name').value = 'John Smith';
+  state.signoffRoles[0].name = 'John Smith';  state.signoffRoles[0].userId = '';
-  document.getElementById('role_foreman_name').value = 'Mike Jones';
+  state.signoffRoles[1].name = 'Mike Jones';  state.signoffRoles[1].userId = '';
+  renderSignoffRolePickers();
   
   // Populate Step 5
   document.getElementById('gov_woformat').value = 'WP##-[Sector]-[TYPE]';
@@ -425,11 +436,12 @@ function repopulateForm(){
   set('proj_client', state.project.client);
   set('proj_division', state.project.division);
   set('proj_site', state.project.site);
-  // The four leadership slots are user-account pickers, not text inputs —
+  // The leadership slots and sign-off names are account pickers, not text inputs —
-  // renderTeamPickers() builds their options and marks the current selection.
+  // these build their options and mark the current selection.
   renderTeamPickers();
-  if(state.signoffRoles[0]){ set('role_super_title', state.signoffRoles[0].role); set('role_super_name', state.signoffRoles[0].name); }
+  renderSignoffRolePickers();
-  if(state.signoffRoles[1]){ set('role_foreman_title', state.signoffRoles[1].role); set('role_foreman_name', state.signoffRoles[1].name); }
+  if(state.signoffRoles[0]) set('role_super_title', state.signoffRoles[0].role);
+  if(state.signoffRoles[1]) set('role_foreman_title', state.signoffRoles[1].role);
   set('gov_woformat', state.governance.woformat);
   // gov_wosize is now a <select>; if a saved value isn't one of the presets
   // (e.g. legacy free text), add it as an option so the round-trip preserves it.
@@ -472,11 +484,81 @@ function switchTool(tool){
   document.getElementById('total-steps').textContent = (tool === 'sop') ? '10' : '—';
 
   if(contentTool === 'wp') renderWPTab(isDash);
+  // Only go full-bleed when the creator is actually showing. With the SOP
+  // incomplete this tab shows a short 'complete the SOP first' gate; making the
+  // page unscrollable around it can clip its button off the bottom.
+  applyEmbedLayout(contentTool === 'wp' && sopComplete);
 
   updateStepUI();
   updateProjectDisplay();
 }
 
+// The embedded creator/dashboard fills the window below the app chrome, so there
+// is ONE scrollbar (the iframe's) instead of a skinny inner pane inside a scrolling
+// page — and the creator's sticky bars have a real viewport to stick to.
+// A work package the global search asked us to open, handed to the creator on its
+// next load and then cleared.
+let _deepLinkWp = '';
+
+function applyEmbedLayout(on){
+  // Below this, "fill the window" leaves nothing usable: the iframe would be shorter
+  // than the creator's own sticky bars while the page itself can't scroll. Fall back
+  // to normal page flow and let the page scroll instead.
+  const MIN_FILL_H = 460;
+  const fits = (window.innerHeight - chromeHeight()) >= MIN_FILL_H;
+  const full = !!on && fits;
+  const area = document.querySelector('.content-area');
+  const frame = document.getElementById('wp-frame');
+  if(area) area.classList.toggle('embed-full', full);
+  if(frame) frame.classList.toggle('fill', full);
+  document.body.classList.toggle('embed-full', full);
+  sizeWPFrame(full);
+}
+
+// Size the frame with INLINE styles, not only CSS classes. Inline wins over any
+// stylesheet — including a stale cached one — so the creator can't collapse to the
+// 300x150 default iframe box if the CSS and the HTML are ever out of step.
+function sizeWPFrame(on){
+  const frame = document.getElementById('wp-frame');
+  if(!frame) return;
+  frame.style.width = '100%';
+  frame.style.border = '0';
+  if(on){
+    const h = viewportMinusChrome();
+    document.documentElement.style.setProperty('--wp-chrome-h', (window.innerHeight - h) + 'px');
+    frame.style.height = h + 'px';
+    frame.style.minHeight = '0';
+  } else {
+    frame.style.height = '';
+    frame.style.minHeight = 'calc(100vh - 200px)';
+  }
+}
+
+function chromeHeight(){
+  const hdr = document.querySelector('.header');
+  const nav = document.querySelector('.main-nav');
+  return (hdr ? hdr.offsetHeight : 48) + (nav ? nav.offsetHeight : 48);
+}
+// Whatever is left of the window below the app bar + tab strip. No floor: a floor
+// taller than the remaining space pushes the frame (and the creator's fixed save bar)
+// off a window that has scrolling disabled.
+function viewportMinusChrome(){
+  return Math.max(0, window.innerHeight - chromeHeight());
+}
+// Re-measure on resize, and re-decide whether full-bleed still fits.
+window.addEventListener('resize', () => {
+  if(currentTool === 'wp' || currentTool === 'dashboard') applyEmbedLayout(true);
+}, {passive:true});
+// The app bar grows when wp-chrome.js injects the project switcher and search, which
+// happens after the frame has already been sized. Watch the chrome instead of relying
+// on someone resizing the window.
+try {
+  const _ro = new ResizeObserver(() => {
+    if(document.body.classList.contains('embed-full')) sizeWPFrame(true);
+  });
+  ['.header', '.main-nav'].forEach(sel => { const el = document.querySelector(sel); if(el) _ro.observe(el); });
+} catch(e) { /* no ResizeObserver: the resize handler above still covers it */ }
+
 // Show the gate or the embedded Work Package Creator depending on SOP status.
 // wantDash=true opens the creator straight to the dashboard view.
 function renderWPTab(wantDash){
@@ -486,12 +568,49 @@ function renderWPTab(wantDash){
   if(sopComplete){
     gate.style.display = 'none';
     frame.style.display = 'block';
-    // Reload each time so the creator picks up the latest SOP from localStorage.
     const sp = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
-    const dash = wantDash || sp.get('view') === 'dashboard';
     const projId = sp.get('project') || (activeProject && activeProject.id) || '';
-    frame.src = 'wp-creation-index.html?embedded=1' + (dash ? '&view=dashboard' : '')
+    const wantWp = _deepLinkWp; _deepLinkWp = '';
-      + (projId ? '&project=' + encodeURIComponent(projId) : '') + '&t=' + Date.now();
+    const dash = wantDash;
+
+    // The frame's identity is the PROJECT only. The view (form vs dashboard) and
+    // which package to open are applied by calling into the loaded document, so
+    // switching tabs never reloads it — reloading discarded unsaved form edits, made
+    // the creator unreachable offline, and stored a fresh copy in the SW cache each
+    // time. It's same-origin, so a direct call is fine.
+    const src = 'wp-creation-index.html?embedded=1'
+      + (projId ? '&project=' + encodeURIComponent(projId) : '');
+
+    const applyNow = () => {
+      try {
+        const cw = frame.contentWindow;
+        if(!cw) return;
+        if(wantWp && typeof cw.openWpById === 'function' && !cw.openWpById(wantWp)){
+          if(typeof cw.toast === 'function') cw.toast('That work package is not on this project.');
+        }
+        if(dash && typeof cw.showDashboard === 'function') cw.showDashboard();
+        else if(!dash && typeof cw.showForm === 'function') cw.showForm();
+      } catch(e){ /* cross-document timing; nothing useful to do */ }
+    };
+    // Wait for the creator's data, not just its document. `load` fires before
+    // pullProject() resolves, so opening a specific package straight after load
+    // silently found nothing.
+    const whenReady = () => {
+      try {
+        const cw = frame.contentWindow;
+        if(cw && cw.wpCreatorReady) { applyNow(); return; }
+        if(cw && cw.document) { cw.document.addEventListener('wp-creator-ready', applyNow, {once:true}); return; }
+      } catch(e){}
+      applyNow();
+    };
+
+    if(frame.getAttribute('data-src') === src && frame.contentWindow){
+      whenReady();
+    } else {
+      frame.setAttribute('data-src', src);
+      frame.addEventListener('load', whenReady, {once:true});
+      frame.src = src;
+    }
   }else{
     gate.style.display = 'block';
     frame.style.display = 'none';
@@ -623,6 +742,7 @@ async function loadProjectUsers(){
   projectUsersLoaded = true;
   renderTeamPickers();
   renderTeamMembers();
+  renderSignoffRolePickers();
 }
 
 // One <select> per leadership slot. A name already on the SOP that no longer
@@ -662,6 +782,62 @@ function renderTeamPickers(){
   }
 }
 
+// One <select> of project people, reused everywhere the SOP names someone. Keeps a
+// name that has no matching account as a selected "(no account)" option so older
+// SOPs — and the sample's fictional names — are never silently dropped.
+function userSelectOptions(curId, curName){
+  let html = '<option value="">— not assigned —</option>' +
+    projectUsers.map(u => `<option value="${escAttr(u.id)}"${u.id===curId?' selected':''}>${escAttr(userLabel(u))}</option>`).join('');
+  if(curName && !userById(curId)){
+    html += `<option value="__orphan__" selected>${escAttr(curName)} (no account)</option>`;
+  }
+  return html;
+}
+
+// Sign-off roles (step 3) name the people who must sign a package, so they use the
+// same picker as the leadership slots — a signature belongs to an account.
+function renderSignoffRolePickers(){
+  [['role_super_name', 0], ['role_foreman_name', 1]].forEach(([id, ix]) => {
+    const sel = document.getElementById(id);
+    const r = state.signoffRoles[ix];
+    if(!sel || !r) return;
+    sel.innerHTML = userSelectOptions(r.userId || '', r.name || '');
+    sel.onchange = function(){
+      if(this.value === '__orphan__') return;
+      const u = userById(this.value);
+      r.userId = u ? u.id : '';
+      r.name = u ? (u.full_name || u.username) : '';
+      renderSignoffRolePickers();
+    };
+  });
+  renderOptionalRoles();
+}
+
+// Read the four leadership pickers back into state. `state.team[key]` always holds
+// a display NAME and `state.teamIds[key]` the account id; a name kept from an older
+// SOP whose person has no account (the "(no account)" option) is left alone.
+function syncTeamFromPickers(){
+  if(!state.teamIds) state.teamIds = {pm:'', apm:'', cm:'', qm:''};
+  ['pm','apm','cm','qm'].forEach(key => {
+    const sel = document.getElementById('proj_' + key);
+    if(!sel) return;
+    if(sel.value === '__orphan__') return;          // legacy typed name — keep it
+    const u = userById(sel.value);
+    state.teamIds[key] = u ? u.id : '';
+    if(u) state.team[key] = u.full_name || u.username;
+    else if(sel.value === '') state.team[key] = '';  // explicitly unassigned
+  });
+}
+
+function setOptionalRolePerson(ix, value){
+  const r = state.signoffRoles[ix];
+  if(!r || value === '__orphan__') return;
+  const u = userById(value);
+  r.userId = u ? u.id : '';
+  r.name = u ? (u.full_name || u.username) : '';
+  renderOptionalRoles();
+}
+
 function setTeamLead(key, userId){
   if(userId === '__orphan__') return;      // re-selecting the legacy name changes nothing
   const u = userById(userId);
@@ -715,7 +891,7 @@ function renderOptionalRoles(){
       <select onchange="state.signoffRoles[${state.signoffRoles.indexOf(r)}].role=this.value">
         ${OPTIONAL_ROLES.map(o=>`<option ${r.role===o?'selected':''}>${o}</option>`).join('')}
       </select>
-      <input type="text" placeholder="Name (optional)" value="${r.name||''}" onchange="state.signoffRoles[${state.signoffRoles.indexOf(r)}].name=this.value">
+      <select onchange="setOptionalRolePerson(${state.signoffRoles.indexOf(r)}, this.value)">${userSelectOptions(r.userId||'', r.name||'')}</select>
       <button class="row-del" style="background:var(--danger); color:white; padding:0.25rem; width:30px; height:30px; border:none; border-radius:4px; cursor:pointer;" onclick="removeRole(${state.signoffRoles.indexOf(r)})">✕</button>
     </div>
   `).join('');
@@ -788,7 +964,7 @@ function renderCustomConstraints(){
       <strong>${escAttr(c.name)}</strong>
       <span style="display:flex; align-items:center; gap:0.75rem;">
         ${criticalToggle(c.name, true, !!c.critical)}
-      <button onclick="removeCustomConstraint('${c.name.replace(/'/g,"\\'")}')" title="Remove" style="background:var(--danger); color:#fff; border:none; border-radius:4px; width:28px; height:28px; cursor:pointer; font-weight:600;">✕</button>
+      <button onclick="removeCustomConstraint('${escHandlerArg(c.name)}')" title="Remove" style="background:var(--danger); color:#fff; border:none; border-radius:4px; width:28px; height:28px; cursor:pointer; font-weight:600;">✕</button>
       </span>
     </div>`).join('') : `<div style="font-size:12px; color:var(--text-dim);">No custom constraints added yet.</div>`;
 }
@@ -935,6 +1111,13 @@ const DEFAULT_SOURCES = [
 // SharePoint "Copy Link" URLs contain & (and labels/notes may contain & " < >),
 // so attribute values must be escaped or a re-render corrupts the field.
 function escAttr(v){ return String(v==null?'':v).replace(/&/g,'&amp;').replace(/</g,'&lt;').replace(/>/g,'&gt;').replace(/"/g,'&quot;'); }
+// A value bound into an inline handler — onclick="fn('…')" — needs BOTH escapes, in
+// this order: backslash, then quote (for the JS string literal), then escAttr (for
+// the attribute carrying it). Quote-escaping alone breaks on a value containing a
+// backslash — the backslash escapes the backslash, the quote closes the literal, and
+// the rest runs as code. Constraint names travel with the SOP to everyone on the
+// project, so they are not this browser's own input.
+function escHandlerArg(v){ return escAttr(String(v==null?'':v).replace(/\\/g,'\\\\').replace(/'/g,"\\'")); }
 function renderSources(){
   const container = document.getElementById('sources-list');
   if(!state.sources.length) state.sources = DEFAULT_SOURCES.map(s=>({label:s.label, system:'', notes:'', link:'', ph:s.ph, preset:true}));
@@ -1019,17 +1202,19 @@ function collectStepData(){
       state.project.site = document.getElementById('proj_site').value;
       break;
     case 2:
-      state.team.pm = document.getElementById('proj_pm').value;
+      // These are user-account pickers now, so their .value is an ID, not a name.
-      state.team.apm = document.getElementById('proj_apm').value;
+      // Reading them straight into state.team would put an id where the display
-      state.team.cm = document.getElementById('proj_cm').value;
+      // name belongs (and it would then print on the SOP as `user_ab12…`).
-      state.team.qm = document.getElementById('proj_qm').value;
+      syncTeamFromPickers();
       break;
     case 3:
       // The two required roles now have editable titles (default Superintendent/Foreman).
       state.signoffRoles[0].role = (document.getElementById('role_super_title').value || 'Role 1').trim();
-      state.signoffRoles[0].name = document.getElementById('role_super_name').value;
+      // Titles are still free text; the NAMES are account pickers whose .value is
-      state.signoffRoles[1].role = (document.getElementById('role_foreman_title').value || 'Role 2').trim();
+      // an id, so they're maintained by their own onchange (see
-      state.signoffRoles[1].name = document.getElementById('role_foreman_name').value;
+      // renderSignoffRolePickers) rather than read as text here.
+      state.signoffRoles[0].role = document.getElementById('role_super_title').value || 'Superintendent';
+      state.signoffRoles[1].role = document.getElementById('role_foreman_title').value || 'Foreman';
       break;
     case 5:
       state.governance.woformat = document.getElementById('gov_woformat').value;
@@ -1113,7 +1298,10 @@ function completeSOP(){
       site: state.project.site,
       teamMembers: state.teamMembers.filter(m=>(m.role||m.name||m.userId))
     },
-    roles: state.signoffRoles.filter(r=>r.role),
+    roles: state.signoffRoles.filter(r=>r.role).map(r=>({
+      role: r.role, name: r.name || '',
+      userId: r.userId || ''      // who signs — an account, so it can be notified
+    })),
     governance: {
       issuance: state.governance.issuance.length ? state.governance.issuance : ['By Sector / Area'],
       woSize: state.governance.wosize,

html/work-package-suite-styles.css

@@ -167,15 +167,54 @@ body {
 
 .tab-icon { font-size: 16px; }
 
-/* CONTENT AREA */
+/* CONTENT AREA
+   The SOP wizard reads better with a bound on line length, but 1000px on a 1920
+   screen wasted half the display — and it also squeezed the embedded Work Package
+   Creator (an iframe living in here) into a ~930px column with its own scrollbar
+   inside the page's. Wider cap for the wizard; the embedded tools go full-bleed
+   (see .content-area.embed-full below). */
 .content-area {
   flex: 1;
   padding: 2rem;
-  max-width: 1000px;
+  max-width: 1700px;
   margin: 0 auto;
   width: 100%;
 }
 
+/* Work Package Creation / Dashboard: the iframe fills the window below the app
+   chrome and owns the only scrollbar, so the creator's sticky save bar and
+   navigator drawer position against a real viewport instead of scrolling away. */
+.content-area.embed-full {
+  /* `flex: none` matters: .content-area is a column flex item with `flex: 1`, whose
+     flex-basis:0% overrides `height` and leaves the used height INDEFINITE — so a
+     child's `height:100%` resolves to auto and the iframe collapses to its 150px
+     default. Opting out of flex sizing makes the height definite. */
+  flex: none;
+  max-width: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  height: calc(100vh - var(--wp-chrome-h, 96px));
+  overflow: hidden;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+}
+.content-area.embed-full > .tool.active {
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+  min-height: 0;      /* let it shrink instead of overflowing the shell */
+  height: 100%;
+}
+#wp-frame {
+  width: 100%;
+  border: 0;
+  min-height: calc(100vh - 200px);
+}
+#wp-frame.fill {
+  display: block;
+  height: 100%;
+  min-height: 0;
+}
+/* No page scrollbar while a full-bleed tool is open — the iframe scrolls. */
+body.embed-full { overflow: hidden; }
+
 .tool {
   display: none;
 }
@@ -242,10 +281,15 @@ body {
   border-left: 4px solid var(--primary);
 }
 
-/* FIELDS */
+/* FIELDS
+   The wizard's fields were one per row, which looked right in a 1000px column but
+   stretches a text input across the screen now that the content area is wide. Flow
+   them into as many ~340px columns as fit; `.col1` still forces a single column for
+   the fields that genuinely want the width (long text, textareas). */
 .field-grid {
   display: grid;
   gap: 1.5rem;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(340px, 1fr));
 }
 
 .field-grid.col1 { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
@@ -289,6 +333,19 @@ body {
   margin-top: 0.25rem;
 }
 
+/* Small helper text under a field. It's used on this page (step 2's CM hint, the
+   team-member notices) but its only rule used to live in wp-creation-styles.css,
+   which this page does not link — so it rendered as unstyled body text. */
+.field-hint { font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-dim); margin-top: 0.25rem; }
+.field-hint strong { color: var(--text-light); }
+
+/* The sign-off name pickers sit outside .field, so they got no form styling at all. */
+.user-pick {
+  padding: 0.75rem; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 0;
+  font-size: 14px; font-family: inherit; color: var(--text); background: var(--bg);
+}
+.user-pick:focus { outline: none; border-color: var(--primary); box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px var(--primary-light); }
+
 /* ROLES */
 .required-roles {
   display: flex;

html/work-package-suite.html

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
   <title>Work Package Suite</title>
   <script src="auth-guard.js"></script>
+<!-- Date/number formatting. Must parse BEFORE the app scripts: they format
+     timestamps during their own boot. -->
+<script src="wp-format.js"></script>
   <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" sizes="any">
   <link rel="manifest" href="manifest.webmanifest">
   <meta name="theme-color" content="#161616">
@@ -145,14 +148,14 @@
                   <input type="checkbox" id="role_super" checked disabled>
                   <input type="text" id="role_super_title" value="Superintendent" title="Required role title" style="font-weight:600; padding:0.4rem 0.5rem; border:1px solid var(--border); border-radius:4px; min-width:180px;"><span style="color:var(--danger); margin-left:4px;">*</span>
                 </div>
-                <input type="text" id="role_super_name" placeholder="Name (optional)" style="flex: 1; margin-left: 1rem;">
+                <select id="role_super_name" class="user-pick" style="flex: 1; margin-left: 1rem;"></select>
               </div>
               <div class="role-required">
                 <div class="role-checkbox">
                   <input type="checkbox" id="role_foreman" checked disabled>
                   <input type="text" id="role_foreman_title" value="Foreman" title="Required role title" style="font-weight:600; padding:0.4rem 0.5rem; border:1px solid var(--border); border-radius:4px; min-width:180px;"><span style="color:var(--danger); margin-left:4px;">*</span>
                 </div>
-                <input type="text" id="role_foreman_name" placeholder="Name (optional)" style="flex: 1; margin-left: 1rem;">
+                <select id="role_foreman_name" class="user-pick" style="flex: 1; margin-left: 1rem;"></select>
               </div>
             </div>
             <div style="margin-top: 2rem; border-top: 1px solid var(--border); padding-top: 1.5rem;">
@@ -372,7 +375,13 @@
           <button class="nav-btn primary" onclick="switchTool('sop')" style="margin-top: 1rem;">Go to SOP Configuration</button>
         </div>
         <!-- The real Work Package Creator, embedded once the SOP is complete -->
-        <iframe id="wp-frame" title="Work Package Creator" style="display:none; width:100%; border:0; min-height: calc(100vh - 200px);"></iframe>
+        <!-- Sizing stays INLINE on purpose. An iframe with no width/height falls back
+             to the HTML default 300x150 box, and the service worker caches this page
+             and the stylesheet separately — so a browser can hold new HTML with old
+             CSS and collapse the creator to a tiny scrolling box. Inline attributes
+             survive any cache mismatch; the CSS below only refines them. -->
+        <iframe id="wp-frame" title="Work Package Creator"
+                style="display:none; width:100%; border:0; min-height:calc(100vh - 200px)"></iframe>
       </div>
 
     </div>
@@ -423,7 +432,6 @@
   <script src="project-data.js"></script>
   <script src="help.js"></script>
   <script src="work-package-suite-app.js"></script>
-<script src="wp-format.js"></script>
 <script src="wp-chrome.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>

html/wp-chrome.css

@@ -35,6 +35,32 @@
   --wpc-accent: #78a9ff;
 }
 
+/* ── archived-project banner ──────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+/* Inserted by wp-chrome.js as the top bar's next sibling, so it sits directly
+   under the bar in normal flow and can never overlap it or eat its height (the
+   bar is sticky; this strip scrolls away under it). `flex: 0 0 auto` is for the
+   suite page, whose shell is a flex column — without it the strip would squash.
+   Amber tokens are the suite's warning set, same as the sync badge. */
+.wpc-archived {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  gap: 8px;
+  padding: 9px 16px;
+  background: #fdf6dd;
+  color: #8e6a00;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #f1c21b;
+  border-radius: 0;
+  font-family: 'IBM Plex Sans', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, sans-serif;
+  font-size: 13.5px;
+  line-height: 1.35;
+}
+.wpc-archived-ico { flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 14px; }
+.wpc-archived-text { min-width: 0; }   /* wraps instead of forcing a scrollbar */
+@media (max-width: 620px) {
+  .wpc-archived { padding: 8px 12px; font-size: 13px; }
+}
+
 /* ── project switcher ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 .wpc-proj { position: relative; flex: 0 0 auto; }
 .wpc-proj-btn {

html/wp-chrome.js

@@ -167,6 +167,58 @@
       .catch(function () {});
   }
 
+  // ── archived-project banner ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // An archived project is still readable and still deep-linkable (?project=<id>),
+  // but every write now 409s. With nothing on the page to say so, that reads as a
+  // silent failure — so the bar, the one thing every page has, carries the warning.
+  //
+  // The state comes from GET /api/projects/<id>, never from "it's missing from the
+  // switcher": absence also means "you have no access to it", which is a different
+  // message. Fails closed and silent — an error means no banner, not a broken page.
+  function activeProjectId() {
+    try {
+      var q = new URLSearchParams(location.search).get('project');
+      if (q) return q;
+      return (window.ProjectData && ProjectData.getActiveId && ProjectData.getActiveId()) || '';
+    } catch (e) { return ''; }
+  }
+
+  function buildArchivedBanner() {
+    var bar = el('div', 'wpc-archived');
+    bar.setAttribute('role', 'status');
+    bar.innerHTML =
+      '<span class="wpc-archived-ico" aria-hidden="true">⚠</span>' +
+      '<span class="wpc-archived-text"><strong>Archived project — read-only.</strong> ' +
+      'Unarchive it from the Admin Console to make changes.</span>';
+    return bar;
+  }
+
+  function checkArchived(host) {
+    var id = activeProjectId();
+    if (!id || !host || !host.parentNode) return;
+    var pinned = false;
+    try { pinned = !!new URLSearchParams(location.search).get('project'); } catch (e) {}
+    fetch('/api/projects/' + encodeURIComponent(id), { headers: { Accept: 'application/json' } })
+      .then(function (r) { return r.ok ? r.json() : null; })
+      .then(function (p) {
+        if (!p || !p.archived) return;
+        // The home page reconciles the stored active project against the (now
+        // archive-filtered) list while this request is in flight, and drops it. If
+        // that happened, the id we asked about is nobody's context any more —
+        // banner-ing it would contradict the picker one line below. A ?project=
+        // deep link is pinned to this page and can't be cleared out from under us.
+        if (!pinned && window.ProjectData && ProjectData.getActiveId &&
+            ProjectData.getActiveId() !== id) return;
+        // Also on the document element, so the two big apps can gate their own UI
+        // from CSS or a boot check without a second round trip. The server stays
+        // the real gate; this is only there so the UI can agree with it.
+        try { document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-wp-archived', '1'); } catch (e) {}
+        if (document.querySelector('.wpc-archived')) return;
+        host.parentNode.insertBefore(buildArchivedBanner(), host.nextSibling);
+      })
+      .catch(function () {});
+  }
+
   // ── global search ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   function buildSearch() {
     var wrap = el('div', 'wpc-search');
@@ -325,6 +377,7 @@
     if (m.before) m.host.insertBefore(chrome, m.before);
     else m.host.appendChild(chrome);
     loadProjects(switcher);
+    checkArchived(m.host);
     window.wpChromeRefresh = function () { switcher.wpcRefresh(); };
   }
 

html/wp-creation-app.js

@@ -1322,9 +1322,10 @@ function buildSectionNav(){
 function positionSectionNav(){
   const nav=document.getElementById('section-nav'), hdr=document.querySelector('.header');
   if(nav && hdr) nav.style.top = hdr.offsetHeight + 'px';
-  // The WP navigator rail sticks below the header + section-nav chrome.
+  // The navigator drawer + its handle hang below the page header. Deliberately NOT
-  const top=(hdr?hdr.offsetHeight:0)+((nav && nav.style.display!=='none')?nav.offsetHeight:0);
+  // including the section-nav height: that bar is sticky, so at scroll 0 it sits
-  document.documentElement.style.setProperty('--rail-top', top+'px');
+  // further down the page and the handle would float over the chrome.
+  document.documentElement.style.setProperty('--rail-top', (hdr?hdr.offsetHeight:0)+'px');
 }
 let _snLastY=0, _snBound=false;
 function initSectionNavAutoHide(){
@@ -1377,49 +1378,229 @@ function viewPackage(i){ if(savedPackages[i]) renderPackage(savedPackages[i]); }
 // Every saved package on this project, grouped by status, filterable. Clicking a
 // row opens it in the form (same path as the Saved table's "edit").
 const WPNAV_ORDER=['Issue','In Progress','Issued','QC','Scheduled','Draft','Closed'];
-function toggleWpNav(){
+// The panel's ESSENTIAL layout ships with this script rather than living only in
-  document.body.classList.toggle('wp-nav-collapsed');
+// wp-creation-styles.css. The two files are cached independently, so a browser can
-  try{ localStorage.setItem('wp_nav_collapsed', document.body.classList.contains('wp-nav-collapsed')?'1':''); }catch(e){}
+// run new markup against an old stylesheet — and without these rules the panel is
+// not merely unstyled, it's broken: its title, filter and buttons drop into the
+// middle of the form as loose widgets (which is exactly what happened once).
+// Injecting the floor here means the panel is always a positioned side panel; the
+// stylesheet only refines its appearance.
+const WP_NAV_CRITICAL_CSS = `
+  body{--nav-w:288px;}
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed{--nav-w:56px;}
+  .wp-nav{position:fixed;top:var(--rail-top,48px);left:0;bottom:0;width:var(--nav-w);
+    z-index:120;display:flex;flex-direction:column;overflow:hidden;background:#fbfbfc;
+    border-right:1px solid #e0e0e0;}
+  .wp-nav-list{flex:1 1 auto;overflow-y:auto;overflow-x:hidden;}
+  .wp-nav-item,.wp-nav-link{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:11px;width:100%;
+    background:none;border:0;text-align:left;cursor:pointer;font:inherit;}
+  .wp-nav-badge{flex:0 0 28px;width:28px;height:28px;border-radius:5px;color:#fff;
+    display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;}
+  .wp-nav-body{min-width:0;flex:1 1 auto;}
+  .wp-nav-num,.wp-nav-subj{display:block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;}
+  .main{padding-left:calc(var(--nav-w) + 28px);}
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-body,body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-state,
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-link-label,body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-sect,
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-filter,body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-group,
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-cta-label,body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-cta-more{display:none;}
+  /* Modals are hidden by a stylesheet rule; without it their contents render inline
+     in the middle of the form. Same reasoning as the panel: this is a floor. */
+  .modal-overlay:not(.open),.cmt-overlay:not(.open){display:none!important;}
+  /* The jump bar's sticky offset is set inline by JS; give it a sane default so a
+     stale stylesheet can't park it behind the opaque header. */
+  .section-nav-bar{position:sticky;top:48px;z-index:30;background:#fff;}
+`;
+
+function injectWpNavCriticalCss(){
+  if(document.getElementById('wp-nav-critical')) return;
+  const st = document.createElement('style');
+  st.id = 'wp-nav-critical';
+  st.textContent = WP_NAV_CRITICAL_CSS;
+  // First in <head> so the real stylesheet (loaded later) still wins on every
+  // property it defines — this is a floor, not an override.
+  const head = document.head || document.documentElement;
+  head.insertBefore(st, head.firstChild);
 }
-function renderWpNav(){
+
-  const list=document.getElementById('wp-nav-list'); if(!list) return;
+// ── panel behaviour ────────────────────────────────────────────
-  const cnt=document.getElementById('wp-nav-count');
+// The panel is always present. The toggle collapses it to a 56px icon rail (badges
-  if(cnt) cnt.textContent = savedPackages.length ? '('+savedPackages.length+')' : '';
+// only) and back; that choice is remembered. No hover-to-open: a list you navigate
-  const q=((document.getElementById('wp-nav-search')||{}).value||'').trim().toLowerCase();
+// by shouldn't appear and disappear under the pointer.
-  // Keep the original index — edit/view act on savedPackages by position.
+let wpNavView = 'all';        // all | mine | open
-  const rows=savedPackages.map((p,i)=>({p:p,i:i})).filter(r=>{
+
-    if(!q) return true;
+function toggleWpNav(){
-    const p=r.p;
+  const collapsed = document.body.classList.toggle('wp-nav-collapsed');
-    return [p.number,p.subject,p.type,p.location,p.system].some(v=>String(v||'').toLowerCase().includes(q));
+  try{ localStorage.setItem('wp_nav_collapsed', collapsed ? '1' : ''); }catch(e){}
+  const btn = document.getElementById('wp-nav-toggle');
+  if(btn){
+    btn.setAttribute('aria-expanded', collapsed ? 'false' : 'true');
+    btn.title = collapsed ? 'Expand the panel' : 'Collapse the panel';
+  }
+  closeWpNavMore();
+  track(collapsed ? 'wp_nav_collapsed' : 'wp_nav_expanded');
+}
+
+// Kept so older callers (and the suite shell) don't break.
+function openWpNav(){ document.body.classList.remove('wp-nav-collapsed'); }
+function closeWpNav(){ document.body.classList.add('wp-nav-collapsed'); }
+
+function toggleWpNavMore(ev){
+  if(ev) ev.stopPropagation();
+  const m = document.getElementById('wp-nav-more');
+  const b = document.getElementById('wp-nav-more-btn');
+  if(!m) return;
+  const open = m.hidden;
+  m.hidden = !open;
+  if(b) b.setAttribute('aria-expanded', open ? 'true' : 'false');
+}
+function closeWpNavMore(){
+  const m = document.getElementById('wp-nav-more');
+  const b = document.getElementById('wp-nav-more-btn');
+  if(m) m.hidden = true;
+  if(b) b.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false');
+}
+document.addEventListener('click', e => {
+  if(!e.target.closest || !e.target.closest('.wp-nav-primary')) closeWpNavMore();
+});
+document.addEventListener('keydown', e => { if(e.key === 'Escape') closeWpNavMore(); });
+
+function wpNavAction(what){
+  closeWpNavMore();
+  if(what === 'duplicate') duplicateWP();
+  else if(what === 'split') splitByDiscipline();
+  else if(what === 'export') exportPackages();
+}
+
+// The three views are filters over the same list, like Planner's My tasks / My plans.
+function setWpNavView(view){
+  wpNavView = view;
+  document.querySelectorAll('.wp-nav-link[data-view]').forEach(b => {
+    b.classList.toggle('is-current', b.getAttribute('data-view') === view);
   });
+  renderWpNav();
+  track('wp_nav_view', {view});
+}
+
+// A stable colour per package so the same one is always the same swatch — the cue
+// Planner gets from its plan avatars. Hashed from the WP number, not its index, so
+// it doesn't shuffle when a package is added or deleted.
+const WP_BADGE_COLORS = ['#0f62fe','#8a3ffc','#007d79','#d02670','#ba4e00',
+                         '#1192e8','#198038','#a56eff','#9f1853','#005d5d'];
+function wpBadgeColor(p){
+  const key = (p.number || p.id || '') + '';
+  let h = 0;
+  for(let i = 0; i < key.length; i++) h = (h * 31 + key.charCodeAt(i)) % 100000;
+  return WP_BADGE_COLORS[h % WP_BADGE_COLORS.length];
+}
+// Two characters for the badge: the package's own digits if it has them (WP-25 -> 25),
+// otherwise the initials of its type, otherwise WP.
+function wpBadgeText(p){
+  const digits = String(p.number || '').match(/(\d{1,2})(?!.*\d)/);
+  if(digits) return digits[1];
+  const t = String(p.type || '').trim();
+  if(t){
+    const words = t.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
+    return (words.length > 1 ? words[0][0] + words[1][0] : t.slice(0, 2));
+  }
+  return 'WP';
+}
+
+function initWpNavDrawer(){
+  const nav = document.getElementById('wp-nav');
+  if(!nav || nav.dataset.bound) return;
+  nav.dataset.bound = '1';
+  injectWpNavCriticalCss();
+  try{ if(localStorage.getItem('wp_nav_collapsed')) document.body.classList.add('wp-nav-collapsed'); }catch(e){}
+  const btn = document.getElementById('wp-nav-toggle');
+  if(btn){
+    const collapsed = document.body.classList.contains('wp-nav-collapsed');
+    btn.setAttribute('aria-expanded', collapsed ? 'false' : 'true');
+    btn.title = collapsed ? 'Expand the panel' : 'Collapse the panel';
+  }
+}
+
+function renderWpNav(){
+  const list = document.getElementById('wp-nav-list');
+  if(!list) return;
+  const q = ((document.getElementById('wp-nav-search') || {}).value || '').trim().toLowerCase();
+  const me = myUserId();
+
+  // Keep the original index — edit/view act on savedPackages by position.
+  const all = savedPackages.map((p, i) => ({p, i}));
+  const mine = all.filter(r => r.p.assigneeId && r.p.assigneeId === me);
+  const needs = all.filter(r => r.p.status === 'Issue' || wpReleaseBlocked(r.p));
+
+  const setN = (id, n) => { const e = document.getElementById(id); if(e) e.textContent = n || ''; };
+  setN('wp-nav-n-all', all.length);
+  setN('wp-nav-n-mine', mine.length);
+  setN('wp-nav-n-open', needs.length);
+
+  let rows = wpNavView === 'mine' ? mine : (wpNavView === 'open' ? needs : all);
+  const label = document.getElementById('wp-nav-sect-label');
+  if(label) label.textContent = wpNavView === 'mine' ? 'My packages'
+                              : (wpNavView === 'open' ? 'Needs attention' : 'Work packages');
+
+  if(q){
+    rows = rows.filter(r => {
+      const p = r.p;
+      return [p.number, p.subject, p.type, p.location, p.system]
+        .some(v => String(v || '').toLowerCase().includes(q));
+    });
+  }
+
+  const cnt = document.getElementById('wp-nav-count');
+  if(cnt) cnt.textContent = rows.length ? '(' + rows.length + ')' : '';
+
   if(!rows.length){
-    list.innerHTML='<div class="wp-nav-empty">'+(savedPackages.length?'No packages match “'+esc(q)+'”.':'No work packages saved yet. Fill the form and Save Draft.')+'</div>';
+    list.innerHTML = '<div class="wp-nav-empty">' + (
+      savedPackages.length
+        ? (q ? 'Nothing matches “' + esc(q) + '”.' : 'No packages in this view.')
+        : 'No work packages yet. Fill the form and Save Draft.'
+    ) + '</div>';
     return;
   }
-  const groups={};
+
-  rows.forEach(r=>{ const s=r.p.status||'Draft'; (groups[s]=groups[s]||[]).push(r); });
+  const groups = {};
-  const keys=Object.keys(groups).sort((a,b)=>{
+  rows.forEach(r => { const st = r.p.status || 'Draft'; (groups[st] = groups[st] || []).push(r); });
-    const ia=WPNAV_ORDER.indexOf(a), ib=WPNAV_ORDER.indexOf(b);
+  const keys = Object.keys(groups).sort((a, b) => {
-    return (ia<0?99:ia)-(ib<0?99:ib);
+    const ia = WPNAV_ORDER.indexOf(a), ib = WPNAV_ORDER.indexOf(b);
+    return (ia < 0 ? 99 : ia) - (ib < 0 ? 99 : ib);
   });
-  list.innerHTML=keys.map(k=>{
+
-    const label = k==='Issue' ? 'Issue (Hold)' : k;
+  list.innerHTML = keys.map(k => {
-    return '<div class="wp-nav-group">'+esc(label)+' · '+groups[k].length+'</div>'+groups[k].map(r=>{
+    const heading = k === 'Issue' ? 'Issue (Hold)' : k;
-      const p=r.p, open=(p.constraints||[]).filter(c=>c.status==='open').length;
+    return '<div class="wp-nav-group">' + esc(heading) + ' · ' + groups[k].length + '</div>' +
-      // Waiting on an unclosed predecessor is 'not ready' too, not just open constraints.
+      groups[k].map(r => {
-      const waiting=(p.predecessors||[]).map(id=>wpById(id)).filter(x=>x&&x.status!=='Closed').length;
+        const p = r.p;
-      const dot = p.status==='Issue' ? 'hold' : ((open===0 && !waiting) ? 'ok' : 'open');
+        const open = (p.constraints || []).filter(c => c.status === 'open').length;
-      const state = p.status==='Issue' ? 'on hold'
+        const waiting = wpWaitingOn(p).length;
-        : (open ? open+' open' : (waiting ? 'waits on '+waiting : 'ready'));
+        const dot = p.status === 'Issue' ? 'hold' : ((open === 0 && !waiting) ? 'ok' : 'open');
-      const active = (editingId && p.id===editingId) ? ' active' : '';
+        const state = p.status === 'Issue' ? 'on hold'
-      return '<button type="button" class="wp-nav-item'+active+'" onclick="wpNavOpen('+r.i+')" title="'+esc((p.number||'')+' — '+(p.subject||''))+'">'+
+                    : (open ? open + ' open' : (waiting ? 'waits on ' + waiting : 'ready'));
-        '<span class="wp-nav-num">'+esc(p.number||'(unnumbered)')+'</span>'+
+        const active = (editingId && p.id === editingId) ? ' active' : '';
-        '<span class="wp-nav-subj">'+esc(p.subject||'untitled')+'</span>'+
+        const title = (p.number || '') + ' — ' + (p.subject || '') + ' · ' + (p.status || '') + ' · ' + state;
-        '<span class="wp-nav-meta"><span class="wp-nav-dot '+dot+'"></span>'+esc(state)+
+        return '<button type="button" class="wp-nav-item' + active + '" onclick="wpNavOpen(' + r.i + ')"' +
-        (p.type?' · '+esc(p.type):'')+'</span></button>';
+          ' title="' + esc(title) + '">' +
-    }).join('');
+          '<span class="wp-nav-badge" style="background:' + wpBadgeColor(p) + '">' + esc(wpBadgeText(p)) + '</span>' +
+          '<span class="wp-nav-body">' +
+            '<span class="wp-nav-num">' + esc(p.number || '(unnumbered)') + '</span>' +
+            '<span class="wp-nav-subj">' + esc(p.subject || 'untitled') + '</span>' +
+          '</span>' +
+          '<span class="wp-nav-state"><span class="wp-nav-dot ' + dot + '"></span>' + esc(state) + '</span>' +
+        '</button>';
+      }).join('');
   }).join('');
 }
+
+// Open a package by id. The suite shell calls this instead of reloading the whole
+// document with a ?wp= parameter, so unsaved edits and scroll position survive.
+function openWpById(id){
+  const ix = savedPackages.findIndex(x => x.id === id);
+  if(ix < 0) return false;
+  wpNavOpen(ix);
+  return true;
+}
+
 function wpNavOpen(i){
   const p=savedPackages[i]; if(!p) return;
   editingId=p.id;
@@ -1930,13 +2111,25 @@ function bootData(){
   bootSOP();
   setRadio('status','Draft');
   loadMembers();
-  try{ if(localStorage.getItem('wp_nav_collapsed')) document.body.classList.add('wp-nav-collapsed'); }catch(e){}
+  initWpNavDrawer();
   renderSavedList();
   positionSectionNav();
   cmtInit();
-  // Deep-link: open straight to the dashboard when requested (?view=dashboard or #dashboard).
+  // Deep-link: a specific package (?wp=<id>, from the global search), or the dashboard.
-  const p=new URLSearchParams(location.search); if(p.get('view')==='dashboard' || location.hash==='#dashboard'){ showDashboard(); }
+  const p=new URLSearchParams(location.search);
+  const wantWp=p.get('wp');
+  if(wantWp){
+    const ix=savedPackages.findIndex(x=>x.id===wantWp);
+    if(ix>=0) wpNavOpen(ix);
+    else toast('That work package is not on this project (it may have been deleted).');
+  }
+  if(p.get('view')==='dashboard' || location.hash==='#dashboard'){ showDashboard(); }
   track('app_open');
+  // The embedding shell needs to know when the packages are actually in hand: the
+  // frame's `load` event fires long before pullProject() resolves, so anything that
+  // acts on a specific package has to wait for this instead.
+  window.wpCreatorReady = true;
+  try { document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('wp-creator-ready')); } catch(e){}
 }
 window.addEventListener('hashchange',()=>{ if(location.hash==='#dashboard') showDashboard(); });
 // Pull this project's shared SOP + Work Packages from the server first, then boot

html/wp-creation-index.html

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
 <title>Work Package (IWP) — Prime Controls</title>
 <script src="auth-guard.js"></script>
+<!-- Date/number formatting. Must parse BEFORE the app scripts: they format
+     timestamps during their own boot. -->
+<script src="wp-format.js"></script>
 <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" sizes="any">
 <link rel="manifest" href="manifest.webmanifest">
 <meta name="theme-color" content="#161616">
@@ -47,20 +50,63 @@
 
 <div class="wp-layout">
 
-<!-- WP NAVIGATOR (left rail — jump between every work package on this project) -->
+<!-- WORK PACKAGE NAVIGATOR
+     A persistent side panel (not a hover drawer): collapse toggle, a primary action,
+     icon nav, then the project's packages as rows with colour-coded initial badges.
+     Collapsing leaves a narrow icon rail so you can still see and switch packages. -->
 <aside class="wp-nav" id="wp-nav" aria-label="Work packages">
-  <div class="wp-nav-head">
+  <div class="wp-nav-top">
-    <div class="wp-nav-title">Work Packages <span class="wp-nav-count" id="wp-nav-count"></span></div>
+    <button class="wp-nav-toggle" id="wp-nav-toggle" onclick="toggleWpNav()"
-    <button class="wp-nav-collapse" id="wp-nav-collapse" onclick="toggleWpNav()" title="Collapse list" aria-label="Collapse list">‹</button>
+            title="Collapse the panel" aria-label="Collapse the panel" aria-expanded="true">
+      <svg viewBox="0 0 20 20" width="18" height="18" aria-hidden="true">
+        <rect x="2.5" y="3.5" width="15" height="13" rx="1.5" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.4"/>
+        <line x1="7.5" y1="3.5" x2="7.5" y2="16.5" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.4"/>
+        <path class="wp-nav-toggle-arrow" d="M14 10 H10 M11.6 8.2 L9.8 10 L11.6 11.8"
+              fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.4" stroke-linecap="round"/>
+      </svg>
+    </button>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="wp-nav-primary">
+    <button class="wp-nav-cta" onclick="newPackage()" title="Start a new work package">
+      <span class="wp-nav-cta-plus" aria-hidden="true">+</span><span class="wp-nav-cta-label">New work package</span>
+    </button>
+    <button class="wp-nav-cta-more" id="wp-nav-more-btn" onclick="toggleWpNavMore(event)"
+            title="More actions" aria-label="More actions" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">▾</button>
+    <div class="wp-nav-menu" id="wp-nav-more" hidden>
+      <button type="button" onclick="wpNavAction('duplicate')">Duplicate this package</button>
+      <button type="button" onclick="wpNavAction('split')">Split by discipline</button>
+      <button type="button" onclick="wpNavAction('export')">Export all (JSON)</button>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
+  <nav class="wp-nav-links" aria-label="Views">
+    <button type="button" class="wp-nav-link" data-view="mine" onclick="setWpNavView('mine')" title="Packages you own">
+      <span class="wp-nav-ico" aria-hidden="true">◔</span><span class="wp-nav-link-label">My packages</span>
+      <span class="wp-nav-link-n" id="wp-nav-n-mine"></span>
+    </button>
+    <button type="button" class="wp-nav-link is-current" data-view="all" onclick="setWpNavView('all')" title="Every package on this project">
+      <span class="wp-nav-ico" aria-hidden="true">▤</span><span class="wp-nav-link-label">All packages</span>
+      <span class="wp-nav-link-n" id="wp-nav-n-all"></span>
+    </button>
+    <button type="button" class="wp-nav-link" data-view="open" onclick="setWpNavView('open')" title="Not release-ready yet">
+      <span class="wp-nav-ico" aria-hidden="true">⚠</span><span class="wp-nav-link-label">Needs attention</span>
+      <span class="wp-nav-link-n" id="wp-nav-n-open"></span>
+    </button>
+    <button type="button" class="wp-nav-link" onclick="showDashboard()" title="Status and gating across the project">
+      <span class="wp-nav-ico" aria-hidden="true">▦</span><span class="wp-nav-link-label">Dashboard</span>
+    </button>
+  </nav>
+
+  <div class="wp-nav-sect">
+    <span class="wp-nav-sect-label" id="wp-nav-sect-label">Work packages</span>
+    <span class="wp-nav-count" id="wp-nav-count"></span>
+  </div>
+  <div class="wp-nav-filter">
+    <input type="search" class="wp-nav-search" id="wp-nav-search" placeholder="Filter packages…" oninput="renderWpNav()">
   </div>
-  <input type="search" class="wp-nav-search" id="wp-nav-search" placeholder="Filter by number, subject, type…" oninput="renderWpNav()">
   <div class="wp-nav-list" id="wp-nav-list"></div>
-  <div class="wp-nav-foot">
-    <button class="add-btn" onclick="newPackage()">+ New</button>
-    <button class="add-btn" onclick="showDashboard()">📊 Dashboard</button>
-  </div>
 </aside>
-<button class="wp-nav-reopen" id="wp-nav-reopen" onclick="toggleWpNav()" title="Show work packages" aria-label="Show work packages">›</button>
 
 <div class="main">
 
@@ -351,6 +397,5 @@
 <script src="project-data.js"></script>
 <script src="help.js"></script>
 <script src="wp-creation-app.js"></script>
-<script src="wp-format.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>

html/wp-creation-styles.css

@@ -100,10 +100,14 @@
   .step-num { display: block; font-size: 9px; opacity: .65; margin-bottom: 2px; }
 
   /* ── MAIN ──
-     The form sits in a wide two-column shell: a sticky work-package navigator on
+     The form uses the full width it's given. The work-package navigator is an
-     the left and the form itself filling the rest of the screen. */
+     auto-hiding overlay drawer (see below) rather than a column, so it never takes
-  .wp-layout { display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 0; max-width: 1760px; margin: 0 auto; }
+     width away from the form — which matters most when this page is embedded in the
-  .main { flex: 1 1 auto; min-width: 0; max-width: none; margin: 0; padding: 28px 32px 64px; }
+     suite's tab and every pixel is shared with the app chrome. */
+  .wp-layout { display: block; width: 100%; margin: 0; }
+  .main { min-width: 0; max-width: none; margin: 0;
+    padding: 22px 28px 72px calc(var(--nav-w,288px) + 28px);
+    transition: padding-left .18s ease; }
 
   .section { display: none; }
   .section.active { display: block; animation: fade .25s ease; }
@@ -435,7 +439,7 @@
     border-radius:var(--radius); padding:7px 10px; font-size:11px; }
 
   /* ── CREATION TOOL ───────────────────────────────────────────────── */
-  .ctx-bar { max-width:1760px; margin:0 auto; padding:12px 28px; display:flex; align-items:center; gap:20px;
+  .ctx-bar { max-width:none; margin:0; padding:12px 28px 12px calc(var(--nav-w,288px) + 28px); display:flex; align-items:center; gap:20px;
     border-bottom:1px solid var(--border); background:var(--surface); flex-wrap:wrap; }
   .ctx-empty { color:var(--text-muted); font-size:13px; }
   .ctx-main .ctx-proj { font-weight:700; color:var(--text); font-size:14px; }
@@ -447,7 +451,7 @@
   .ctx-meta code { background:var(--surface2); padding:1px 6px; border-radius:3px; color:var(--accent); }
   .link-btn { background:none; border:none; color:var(--accent); cursor:pointer; font-size:inherit; padding:0; text-decoration:underline; }
 
-  .mode-wrap { max-width:1760px; margin:0 auto; padding:16px 28px 0; display:flex; align-items:center; gap:16px; }
+  .mode-wrap { max-width:none; margin:0; padding:16px 28px 0; display:flex; align-items:center; gap:16px; }
   .mode-toggle { display:inline-flex; border:1px solid var(--border-strong); border-radius:6px; overflow:hidden; }
   .mode-btn { padding:8px 18px; font-family:var(--sans); font-size:13px; font-weight:600; border:none; background:var(--surface);
     color:var(--text-muted); cursor:pointer; }
@@ -471,7 +475,7 @@
 
   /* ── WORK PACKAGE FORM ───────────────────────────────────────────── */
   .sop-hint { color:var(--accent) !important; }
-  .release-banner { max-width:1760px; margin:0 auto; padding:0 28px; }
+  .release-banner { max-width:none; margin:0; padding:0 28px 0 calc(var(--nav-w,288px) + 28px); }
   .release-banner .rb-inner { margin-top:14px; border-radius:var(--radius); padding:11px 16px; font-size:13px; font-weight:600;
     display:flex; align-items:center; gap:10px; }
   .rb-ready { background:var(--accent-green-dim); color:var(--accent-green); border:1px solid #b6e3c6; }
@@ -579,7 +583,7 @@
 
   /* Section nav (jump chips) */
   .section-nav-bar{ position:sticky; top:0; z-index:30; display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:6px;
-    padding:8px 12px; background:rgba(255,255,255,.94); backdrop-filter:blur(4px);
+    padding:8px 12px 8px calc(var(--nav-w,288px) + 28px); background:rgba(255,255,255,.94); backdrop-filter:blur(4px);
     border-bottom:1px solid var(--border); box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(20,30,50,.06);
     transition:transform .22s ease; }
   .section-nav-bar:empty{ display:none; }
@@ -588,49 +592,6 @@
     border:1px solid var(--border); border-radius:14px; padding:4px 11px; cursor:pointer; white-space:nowrap; }
   .sec-chip:hover{ border-color:var(--accent); color:var(--accent); }
 
-  /* ── WP NAVIGATOR (left rail) ─────────────────────────────────────────
-     Sticky list of every work package on the project. Click one to open it in
-     the form; the one being edited is highlighted. */
-  .wp-nav { flex:0 0 262px; width:262px; align-self:flex-start; position:sticky; top:var(--rail-top,0px);
-    height:calc(100vh - var(--rail-top,0px)); display:flex; flex-direction:column;
-    background:var(--surface); border-right:1px solid var(--border); }
-  .wp-nav-head { display:flex; align-items:center; gap:8px; padding:14px 14px 8px; }
-  .wp-nav-title { font-size:12px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:.06em; text-transform:uppercase; color:var(--text-muted); }
-  .wp-nav-count { color:var(--text-dim); font-weight:600; letter-spacing:0; }
-  .wp-nav-collapse, .wp-nav-reopen { background:transparent; border:1px solid var(--border); border-radius:4px;
-    color:var(--text-muted); cursor:pointer; font-size:14px; line-height:1; padding:2px 7px; margin-left:auto; }
-  .wp-nav-collapse:hover, .wp-nav-reopen:hover { border-color:var(--accent); color:var(--accent); }
-  .wp-nav-search { margin:0 14px 10px; padding:6px 9px; font-size:12px; font-family:inherit;
-    border:1px solid var(--border); border-radius:4px; background:var(--bg); color:var(--text); }
-  .wp-nav-search:focus { outline:none; border-color:var(--accent); }
-  .wp-nav-list { flex:1 1 auto; overflow-y:auto; padding:0 8px 8px; }
-  .wp-nav-group { font-size:10px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:.09em; text-transform:uppercase;
-    color:var(--text-dim); padding:10px 6px 5px; }
-  .wp-nav-item { display:block; width:100%; text-align:left; background:transparent; border:0;
-    border-left:3px solid transparent; border-radius:4px; padding:6px 8px; cursor:pointer;
-    font-family:inherit; color:var(--text); }
-  .wp-nav-item:hover { background:var(--surface2); }
-  .wp-nav-item.active { background:var(--accent-dim); border-left-color:var(--accent); }
-  .wp-nav-num { display:block; font-family:var(--mono); font-size:11px; font-weight:600; color:var(--accent); }
-  .wp-nav-subj { display:block; font-size:12px; color:var(--text-muted); line-height:1.35;
-    overflow:hidden; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap; }
-  .wp-nav-meta { display:flex; align-items:center; gap:6px; margin-top:3px; font-size:10px; color:var(--text-dim); }
-  .wp-nav-dot { width:7px; height:7px; border-radius:50%; background:var(--text-dim); flex:0 0 auto; }
-  .wp-nav-dot.ok { background:var(--accent-green); }
-  .wp-nav-dot.open { background:var(--accent-amber); }
-  .wp-nav-dot.hold { background:var(--red); }
-  .wp-nav-empty { padding:12px 8px; font-size:12px; color:var(--text-dim); }
-  .wp-nav-foot { border-top:1px solid var(--border); padding:9px 12px; display:flex; gap:8px; flex-wrap:wrap; }
-  .wp-nav-reopen { display:none; position:sticky; top:var(--rail-top,0px); margin:10px 0 0 8px; align-self:flex-start; z-index:20; }
-  /* Keep the rail's footer clear of the fixed save bar. */
-  body.has-sticky-save .wp-nav { height:calc(100vh - var(--rail-top,0px) - 56px); }
-  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav { display:none; }
-  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-reopen { display:block; }
-  @media (max-width: 1100px) {
-    .wp-nav { display:none; }
-    .wp-nav-reopen { display:none !important; }
-  }
-
   /* ── SOP-inherited marker ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
      The "from SOP types" subtext used to sit under the field. It's now a small
      chip on the label with the detail in a hover tooltip (site comment 8/3).
@@ -652,7 +613,7 @@
   .sop-chip:hover::after, .sop-chip:hover::before,
   .sop-chip:focus::after, .sop-chip:focus::before { opacity:1; }
 
-  /* ── people picker (Assignees / Distribution) ───────────────────────────────
+  /* ── people picker (Assignees / Distribution / Predecessors) ─────────────────
      Multi-select over the SOP project team instead of a free-text list. */
   .people-pick { border:1px solid var(--border-strong); border-radius:4px; background:var(--surface);
     padding:5px 6px; min-height:38px; display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:5px; align-items:center; }
@@ -689,8 +650,164 @@
     font-weight:700; letter-spacing:.02em; color:var(--red); background:var(--red-dim);
     border:1px solid #ffc4c4; white-space:nowrap; vertical-align:middle; }
 
+  /* -- WORK PACKAGE NAVIGATOR ------------------------------------------------
+     A persistent side panel in the spirit of MS Planner: collapse toggle, one
+     primary action, icon nav, then the packages as rows with colour-coded initial
+     badges and a highlighted current row. It sits IN the layout (the form shifts
+     across) rather than hovering over the content, and collapses to a 56px icon
+     rail so you can still see and switch packages with it closed. */
+  .wp-nav {
+    position: fixed;
+    top: var(--rail-top, 48px);
+    left: 0;
+    bottom: 0;
+    width: var(--nav-w, 288px);
+    z-index: 120;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    background: #fbfbfc;
+    border-right: 1px solid var(--border);
+    overflow: hidden;
+    transition: width .16s ease;
+  }
+  body { --nav-w: 288px; }
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed { --nav-w: 56px; }
+
+  /* -- collapse toggle -- */
+  .wp-nav-top { display: flex; align-items: center; padding: 8px 10px 2px; }
+  .wp-nav-toggle {
+    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
+    width: 34px; height: 34px; padding: 0;
+    background: transparent; border: 1px solid transparent; border-radius: 5px;
+    color: var(--text-muted); cursor: pointer;
+  }
+  .wp-nav-toggle:hover { background: #eef0f3; color: var(--text); }
+  /* Arrow flips to point right when the panel is closed. */
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-toggle-arrow { transform: rotate(180deg); transform-origin: 11px 10px; }
+
+  /* -- primary action -- */
+  .wp-nav-primary { position: relative; display: flex; gap: 2px; padding: 6px 10px 12px; }
+  .wp-nav-cta {
+    flex: 1 1 auto; min-width: 0;
+    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: flex-start; gap: 9px;
+    height: 40px; padding: 0 14px;
+    background: var(--accent); color: #fff;
+    border: 0; border-radius: 6px 0 0 6px;
+    font: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600;
+    cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;
+  }
+  .wp-nav-cta:hover { background: #0353e9; }
+  .wp-nav-cta-plus { font-size: 17px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1; }
+  .wp-nav-cta-more {
+    flex: 0 0 auto; width: 30px; height: 40px;
+    background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border: 0; border-left: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.28);
+    border-radius: 0 6px 6px 0; font: inherit; font-size: 12px; cursor: pointer;
+  }
+  .wp-nav-cta-more:hover { background: #0353e9; }
+  .wp-nav-menu {
+    position: absolute; top: calc(100% - 6px); left: 10px; right: 10px; z-index: 10;
+    background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--border-strong); border-radius: 6px;
+    box-shadow: 0 10px 26px rgba(20,30,50,.18); padding: 5px 0;
+  }
+  .wp-nav-menu[hidden] { display: none; }
+  .wp-nav-menu button {
+    display: block; width: 100%; text-align: left; background: none; border: 0;
+    padding: 8px 12px; font: inherit; font-size: 13px; color: var(--text); cursor: pointer;
+  }
+  .wp-nav-menu button:hover { background: var(--surface2); }
+
+  /* -- icon nav -- */
+  .wp-nav-links { padding: 2px 8px 10px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 1px; }
+  .wp-nav-link {
+    display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;
+    width: 100%; padding: 9px 10px;
+    background: none; border: 0; border-radius: 6px;
+    font: inherit; font-size: 14px; color: var(--text);
+    cursor: pointer; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;
+  }
+  .wp-nav-link:hover { background: #eef0f3; }
+  .wp-nav-link.is-current { background: #e8eaed; font-weight: 600; }
+  .wp-nav-ico { flex: 0 0 20px; width: 20px; text-align: center; font-size: 15px; color: var(--text-muted); }
+  .wp-nav-link-label { flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; }
+  .wp-nav-link-n { flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-dim); font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
+
+  /* -- section header + filter -- */
+  .wp-nav-sect {
+    display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 6px;
+    padding: 6px 18px 4px; border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
+  }
+  .wp-nav-sect-label { font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-muted); }
+  .wp-nav-count { font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-dim); font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
+  .wp-nav-filter { padding: 4px 12px 8px; }
+  .wp-nav-search {
+    width: 100%; padding: 7px 10px; font: inherit; font-size: 13px;
+    border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 6px; background: var(--surface); color: var(--text);
+  }
+  .wp-nav-search:focus { outline: none; border-color: var(--accent); }
+
+  /* -- package rows -- */
+  .wp-nav-list { flex: 1 1 auto; overflow-y: auto; overflow-x: hidden; padding: 0 8px 14px; }
+  .wp-nav-group {
+    font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: .02em;
+    color: var(--text-dim); padding: 12px 10px 4px;
+  }
+  .wp-nav-item {
+    position: relative;
+    display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 11px;
+    width: 100%; padding: 7px 10px; margin-bottom: 1px;
+    background: none; border: 0; border-radius: 6px;
+    font: inherit; color: var(--text); text-align: left; cursor: pointer;
+  }
+  .wp-nav-item:hover { background: #eef0f3; }
+  .wp-nav-item.active { background: #e8eaed; }
+  /* Left accent bar on the current package, like Planner's selected plan. */
+  .wp-nav-item.active::before {
+    content: ''; position: absolute; left: 0; top: 6px; bottom: 6px;
+    width: 3px; border-radius: 2px; background: var(--accent);
+  }
+  .wp-nav-badge {
+    flex: 0 0 28px; width: 28px; height: 28px; border-radius: 5px;
+    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
+    font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .02em;
+    color: #fff; text-transform: uppercase;
+  }
+  .wp-nav-body { min-width: 0; flex: 1 1 auto; }
+  .wp-nav-num { display: block; font-size: 13.5px; font-weight: 600; color: var(--text);
+    overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
+  .wp-nav-subj { display: block; font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-muted); line-height: 1.35;
+    overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
+  .wp-nav-state { flex: 0 0 auto; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 5px;
+    font-size: 10.5px; color: var(--text-dim); white-space: nowrap; }
+  .wp-nav-dot { width: 7px; height: 7px; border-radius: 50%; background: var(--text-dim); flex: 0 0 auto; }
+  .wp-nav-dot.ok { background: var(--accent-green); }
+  .wp-nav-dot.open { background: var(--accent-amber); }
+  .wp-nav-dot.hold { background: var(--red); }
+  .wp-nav-empty { padding: 14px 10px; font-size: 12.5px; color: var(--text-dim); }
+
+  /* -- collapsed rail: badges and icons only -- */
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-cta-label,
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-cta-more,
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-link-label,
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-link-n,
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-sect,
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-filter,
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-body,
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-state,
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-group { display: none; }
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-primary { padding: 6px 10px 10px; }
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-cta { justify-content: center; padding: 0; border-radius: 6px; }
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-link { justify-content: center; padding: 9px 0; }
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-item { justify-content: center; padding: 6px 0; }
+  body.wp-nav-collapsed .wp-nav-list { padding: 6px 6px 14px; }
+
+  /* Narrow screens: keep the rail collapsed-width so the form still has room. */
+  @media (max-width: 860px) {
+    body { --nav-w: 56px; }
+    body:not(.wp-nav-collapsed) .wp-nav { width: 288px; box-shadow: 6px 0 22px rgba(20,30,50,.16); }
+  }
+
   /* Sticky save bar */
-  .sticky-save{ position:fixed; left:0; right:0; bottom:0; z-index:40; display:flex; align-items:center;
+  .sticky-save{ position:fixed; left:var(--nav-w,288px); right:0; bottom:0; z-index:40; display:flex; align-items:center;
     justify-content:space-between; gap:14px; padding:10px 20px; background:#fff;
     border-top:1px solid var(--border-strong); box-shadow:0 -2px 10px rgba(20,30,50,.08); }
   .sticky-save .sticky-status{ font-size:13px; font-weight:600; }

nginx-wp-suite.conf

@@ -14,6 +14,22 @@
 #   5. sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+# Cache-Control per file type. Computed in a map rather than a nested location
+# because nginx's add_header is NOT inherited into a block that declares its own —
+# a `location ~* \.(html|css|js)$` setting only Cache-Control would silently drop the
+# CSP / HSTS / X-Frame-Options / nosniff headers below for exactly those files. An
+# empty value makes nginx omit the header, so images and fonts stay cacheable.
+#
+# Code must revalidate on every load: with no Cache-Control the browser applies
+# HEURISTIC freshness (~10% of the file's age), so the least recently changed file
+# gets the LONGEST lifetime — which is how a page ends up running against a
+# stylesheet or script from a previous deploy. ETag/Last-Modified keep it a 304.
+map $uri $wp_cache_control {
+    default                             "";
+    ~*\.(?:html|css|js|webmanifest)$    "no-cache";
+    ~*/$                                "no-cache";   # directory index -> index.html
+}
+
 # Redirect plain HTTP to HTTPS
 server {
     listen 80;
@@ -40,6 +56,8 @@ server {
     add_header Referrer-Policy "no-referrer" always;
     add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;
     add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data: blob:; font-src 'self'; connect-src 'self'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'none'; frame-ancestors 'self'; form-action 'self'" always;
+    # Empty for anything that isn't code, in which case nginx omits the header.
+    add_header Cache-Control $wp_cache_control always;
 
     location / {
         try_files $uri $uri/ =404;

nginx/conf.d/wp-suite.conf

@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@
 # This container sits behind an external reverse proxy that handles SSL.
 # It listens on port 80 (plain HTTP on the internal Docker network).
 
+# Cache-Control per file type, computed here rather than in a nested location.
+# WHY A MAP: nginx's add_header is not inherited into a block that declares its own
+# add_header — a `location ~* \.(html|css|js)$` that set only Cache-Control would have
+# silently dropped the CSP / HSTS / X-Frame-Options / nosniff headers below for exactly
+# those files. Computing the value here keeps every header in ONE scope. An empty value
+# means nginx omits the header entirely, so images and fonts stay freely cacheable.
+#
+# Code assets must revalidate on every load: with no Cache-Control at all the browser
+# applies HEURISTIC freshness (~10% of the file's age), so the least recently changed
+# file gets the LONGEST lifetime — which is how a page ends up running against a
+# stylesheet or script from a previous deploy. ETag/Last-Modified keep it a cheap 304.
+map $uri $wp_cache_control {
+    default                             "";
+    ~*\.(?:html|css|js|webmanifest)$    "no-cache";
+    ~*/$                                "no-cache";   # directory index → index.html
+}
+
 server {
     listen 80;
     server_name wp.controls.dev;
@@ -19,6 +36,8 @@ server {
     add_header Referrer-Policy "no-referrer" always;
     add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;
     add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data: blob:; font-src 'self'; connect-src 'self'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'none'; frame-ancestors 'self'; form-action 'self'" always;
+    # Empty for anything that isn't code, in which case nginx omits the header.
+    add_header Cache-Control $wp_cache_control always;
 
     location / {
         try_files $uri $uri/ =404;

server/alembic/versions/a7c31f9e5b02_project_archive_and_auto_add_members.py

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+"""project archive + default members on new projects
+
+Two changes that ship together:
+  • projects.archived_at — an archived project disappears from every picker,
+    switcher and search and is frozen read-only. Mirrors work_packages.archived_at
+    (47bbe76aa749): NULL means "live", which is what every existing row gets, so
+    nothing changes for current data.
+  • users.auto_add_projects / users.auto_add_role — a PM or QA lead who belongs on
+    every job is added to each new project automatically. auto_add_role shares
+    project_members.role's value space ('' = inherit the account's own role).
+
+Revision ID: a7c31f9e5b02
+Revises: d15b8c4ef207
+Create Date: 2026-08-05 10:12:47.503914
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = 'a7c31f9e5b02'
+down_revision = 'd15b8c4ef207'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.add_column('projects', sa.Column('archived_at', sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True))
+    op.create_index(op.f('ix_projects_archived_at'), 'projects', ['archived_at'], unique=False)
+    # These two are NOT NULL and land on a table that already has rows, so
+    # server_default is what backfills them (nobody is auto-added until an admin
+    # turns it on). The defaults are deliberately LEFT IN PLACE afterwards, as every
+    # other migration here does (18373f14809e, b41c7ae90d52, c93f2b1d7e04,
+    # d15b8c4ef207): dropping one needs ALTER COLUMN, which SQLite only fakes via a
+    # batch_alter_table table rebuild, and dev runs on SQLite (wpsuite.db). The ORM
+    # supplies both values on every INSERT, so the leftover default is only ever
+    # read by hand-written SQL — and there it is the answer we'd want anyway.
+    op.add_column('users', sa.Column('auto_add_projects', sa.Boolean(),
+                                     nullable=False, server_default=sa.false()))
+    op.add_column('users', sa.Column('auto_add_role', sa.String(length=20),
+                                     nullable=False, server_default=''))
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_column('users', 'auto_add_role')
+    op.drop_column('users', 'auto_add_projects')
+    op.drop_index(op.f('ix_projects_archived_at'), table_name='projects')
+    op.drop_column('projects', 'archived_at')

server/alembic/versions/d15b8c4ef207_per_project_member_role.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""per-project member role
+
+Lets someone be Project Admin on one job and a normal Project User on another.
+Empty string means "inherit the account's own role" (users.role), which is exactly
+how every existing membership behaved, so this is a no-op for current data.
+
+Revision ID: d15b8c4ef207
+Revises: c93f2b1d7e04
+Create Date: 2026-08-03 17:58:22.401118
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = 'd15b8c4ef207'
+down_revision = 'c93f2b1d7e04'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.add_column('project_members', sa.Column('role', sa.String(length=20),
+                                               nullable=False, server_default=''))
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_column('project_members', 'role')

server/app.py

@@ -137,16 +137,59 @@ def require_project_access(db: Session, user: "models.User", project_id: Optiona
         raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="You don't have access to this project")
 
 
+def effective_role(db: Session, user: "models.User", project_id: Optional[str]) -> str:
+    """The user's permissions role ON THIS PROJECT.
+
+    An app admin is admin everywhere. Otherwise a membership row may carry its own
+    role — so a PM on one job can be a plain Project User on another — and an empty
+    membership role falls back to the account's own role."""
+    if auth.is_admin(user):
+        return auth.ROLE_ADMIN
+    if project_id:
+        row = db.scalars(
+            select(models.ProjectMember).where(
+                (models.ProjectMember.user_id == user.id)
+                & (models.ProjectMember.project_id == project_id)
+            )
+        ).first()
+        if row and (row.role or "").strip():
+            return auth.normalize_role(row.role)
+    return auth.normalize_role(user.role)
+
+
 def require_project_admin(db: Session, user: "models.User", project_id: Optional[str],
                           what: str = "this action") -> None:
     """Destructive / baseline-changing operations: deleting a work package or a
     project, and editing a SOP that has already been completed. Requires project
-    access AND the project_admin (or admin) permissions role."""
+    access AND Project Admin *on that project*."""
     require_project_access(db, user, project_id)
-    if not auth.is_project_admin(user):
+    if effective_role(db, user, project_id) not in (auth.ROLE_ADMIN, auth.ROLE_PROJECT_ADMIN):
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=403,
-            detail=f"{what} requires the Project Admin permissions role",
+            detail=f"{what} requires the Project Admin role on this project",
+        )
+
+
+def require_project_writable(db: Session, user_or_none, project_id: Optional[str],
+                             what: str = "This change") -> None:
+    """An archived project is frozen: everything on it stays readable, nothing on it
+    may be written. Every mutating path that lands on a project goes through here —
+    saving a SOP or a package, issuing, status changes, deletes, comments.
+
+    It is 409 and not 403 on purpose. Nobody lacks a permission here: the state of
+    the project is the objection, and even an admin gets refused until they unarchive
+    it — hence the caller identity is accepted for symmetry with the other guards but
+    deliberately unused. 409 also matters offline: the browser outbox in
+    html/project-data.js retires any 4xx op instead of retrying it forever, so an edit
+    queued before the archive dies quietly rather than looping against a frozen job."""
+    if not project_id:
+        return
+    proj = db.get(models.Project, project_id)
+    if proj is not None and proj.archived_at is not None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=409,
+            detail=(f"{what} — this project is archived (read-only). An administrator "
+                    f"can unarchive it from the admin console."),
         )
 
 
@@ -158,16 +201,50 @@ def scope_to_access(stmt, column, db: Session, user: "models.User"):
     return stmt.where(column.in_(ids))
 
 
-def grant_project_access(db: Session, user_id: str, project_id: str) -> None:
+def grant_project_access(db: Session, user_id: str, project_id: str, role: str = "") -> bool:
-    """Add a (user, project) membership if it isn't already there."""
+    """Add a (user, project) membership if it isn't already there, carrying an
+    optional per-project role override ('' = inherit the account's own). Returns True
+    only when a row was actually added, so a caller can report what it did. Does NOT
+    commit — the caller owns the transaction."""
     exists = db.scalar(
         select(models.ProjectMember.id).where(
             (models.ProjectMember.user_id == user_id)
             & (models.ProjectMember.project_id == project_id)
         )
     )
-    if not exists:
+    if exists:
-        db.add(models.ProjectMember(id=gen_id("pm"), user_id=user_id, project_id=project_id))
+        return False
+    db.add(models.ProjectMember(id=gen_id("pm"), user_id=user_id, project_id=project_id, role=role))
+    return True
+
+
+def add_default_members(db: Session, project_id: str, actor) -> list[str]:
+    """Put the standing default members onto a brand-new project.
+
+    Some people belong on every job the moment it exists — the PM who runs them all,
+    the QC lead — and flagging their account (users.auto_add_projects) is how an admin
+    says that once instead of remembering it at every project creation. App admins are
+    skipped because they already reach every project, an inactive account is not
+    revived by a new job, and an existing membership is never duplicated or
+    overwritten. Returns the usernames added; does NOT commit, matching
+    grant_project_access."""
+    rows = db.scalars(
+        select(models.User).where(
+            (models.User.auto_add_projects.is_(True)) & (models.User.is_active.is_(True))
+        ).order_by(models.User.username)
+    ).all()
+    added = []
+    for u in rows:
+        if auth.is_admin(u):
+            continue
+        if grant_project_access(db, u.id, project_id, (u.auto_add_role or "").strip()):
+            added.append(u.username)
+    if added:
+        # One line for the batch, not one per person — this is a single automatic act.
+        log_event(db, actor, "project_access_granted", "project", project_id,
+                  project_id=project_id, summary=f"{len(added)} default member(s) added",
+                  detail={"users": added, "reason": "auto_add_projects"})
+    return added
 
 
 # ── Audit trail ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -356,6 +433,16 @@ class RoleIn(BaseModel):
 
 class ProjectAssignIn(BaseModel):
     project_ids: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    # Optional per-project permissions role, {project_id: role}. Omit or use '' to
+    # inherit the account's own role on that project.
+    roles: dict[str, str] = Field(default_factory=dict)
+
+
+class AutoAddIn(BaseModel):
+    auto_add: bool
+    # Role to give this user on the projects they're auto-added to; '' inherits the
+    # account's own role, same value space as ProjectMember.role.
+    role: str = ""
 
 
 LOGIN_MAX_ATTEMPTS = int(os.getenv("AUTH_MAX_ATTEMPTS", "5"))
@@ -667,8 +754,16 @@ def set_user_role(user_id: str, body: RoleIn, admin: models.User = Depends(auth.
             raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Can't remove the last admin account")
     old_role = u.role
     u.role = body.role
-    log_event(db, admin, "role_changed", "user", u.id, summary=u.username,
+    detail = {"from": old_role, "to": body.role}
-              detail={"from": old_role, "to": body.role})
+    # Promoting someone to admin retires their default-member flag: an admin already
+    # reaches every project, so the flag would do nothing except sit there invisibly
+    # (the console shows admins no controls) and come back to life the day they are
+    # demoted. Same reasoning as clearing the role in set_user_auto_add.
+    if body.role == auth.ROLE_ADMIN and (u.auto_add_projects or u.auto_add_role):
+        u.auto_add_projects = False
+        u.auto_add_role = ""
+        detail["auto_add_cleared"] = True
+    log_event(db, admin, "role_changed", "user", u.id, summary=u.username, detail=detail)
     db.commit()
     db.refresh(u)
     return u.to_dict()
@@ -691,6 +786,33 @@ def set_user_project_role(user_id: str, body: ProjectRoleIn, admin: models.User
     return u.to_dict()
 
 
+@app.post("/api/auth/users/{user_id}/auto-add")
+def set_user_auto_add(user_id: str, body: AutoAddIn, admin: models.User = Depends(auth.require_admin), db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+    """Flag a user as a default member of every project created from here on, with
+    an optional role on those projects. It only touches NEW projects — existing
+    assignments stay under the admin's hand (see set_user_projects), because
+    back-filling everyone onto historical jobs is never what this flag means."""
+    allowed = ("", auth.ROLE_PROJECT_ADMIN, auth.ROLE_PROJECT_USER)
+    role = (body.role or "").strip()
+    if role not in allowed:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=f"role must be '' (inherit) or one of {auth.ROLE_PROJECT_ADMIN}, {auth.ROLE_PROJECT_USER}",
+        )
+    u = db.get(models.User, user_id)
+    if not u:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="User not found")
+    u.auto_add_projects = bool(body.auto_add)
+    # A role left behind on a switched-off flag is a trap: it would quietly take
+    # effect the day someone switches the flag back on.
+    u.auto_add_role = role if u.auto_add_projects else ""
+    log_event(db, admin, "auto_add_changed", "user", u.id, summary=u.username,
+              detail={"auto_add": bool(u.auto_add_projects), "role": u.auto_add_role})
+    db.commit()
+    db.refresh(u)
+    return u.to_dict()
+
+
 @app.delete("/api/auth/users/{user_id}")
 def delete_user(user_id: str, admin: models.User = Depends(auth.require_admin), db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
     u = db.get(models.User, user_id)
@@ -711,12 +833,18 @@ def get_user_projects(user_id: str, _admin: models.User = Depends(auth.require_a
     u = db.get(models.User, user_id)
     if not u:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="User not found")
-    assigned = db.scalars(select(models.ProjectMember.project_id).where(models.ProjectMember.user_id == user_id)).all()
+    rows = db.scalars(select(models.ProjectMember).where(models.ProjectMember.user_id == user_id)).all()
     projects = db.scalars(select(models.Project).order_by(models.Project.name)).all()
     return {
         "user": u.to_dict(),
-        "assigned": list(assigned),
+        "assigned": [r.project_id for r in rows],
-        "projects": [{"id": p.id, "name": p.name, "number": p.number} for p in projects],
+        # Per-project role overrides, keyed by project id ('' = inherit the account's).
+        "roles": {r.project_id: (r.role or "") for r in rows},
+        # Archived projects stay on this list on purpose — an existing assignment has
+        # to remain visible and removable — but they're flagged so the dialog can say
+        # so, rather than offering a finished job as though it were live work.
+        "projects": [{"id": p.id, "name": p.name, "number": p.number,
+                      "archived": p.archived_at is not None} for p in projects],
     }
 
 
@@ -727,11 +855,19 @@ def set_user_projects(user_id: str, body: ProjectAssignIn, _admin: models.User =
     if not u:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="User not found")
     valid = set(db.scalars(select(models.Project.id).where(models.Project.id.in_(body.project_ids))).all()) if body.project_ids else set()
+    # Only the two project-scoped roles make sense here: app admin is global, and
+    # anything unrecognised falls back to inheriting the account's own role.
+    allowed = (auth.ROLE_PROJECT_ADMIN, auth.ROLE_PROJECT_USER)
+    roles = {pid: r for pid, r in (body.roles or {}).items() if r in allowed}
     db.execute(delete(models.ProjectMember).where(models.ProjectMember.user_id == user_id))
     for pid in valid:
-        db.add(models.ProjectMember(id=gen_id("pm"), user_id=user_id, project_id=pid))
+        db.add(models.ProjectMember(id=gen_id("pm"), user_id=user_id, project_id=pid,
+                                    role=roles.get(pid, "")))
+    log_event(db, _admin, "project_access_changed", "user", u.id, summary=u.username,
+              detail={"projects": len(valid),
+                      "overrides": {p: r for p, r in roles.items() if p in valid}})
     db.commit()
-    return {"assigned": sorted(valid)}
+    return {"assigned": sorted(valid), "roles": {p: roles.get(p, "") for p in sorted(valid)}}
 
 
 # ── Projects ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -742,6 +878,7 @@ def upsert_project(body: ProjectIn, user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_current
     is_new = proj is None
     if not is_new:
         require_project_access(db, user, proj.id)
+        require_project_writable(db, user, proj.id, "Editing a project")
     if proj is None:
         proj = models.Project(id=body.id or gen_id("proj"))
         db.add(proj)
@@ -756,18 +893,36 @@ def upsert_project(body: ProjectIn, user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_current
     log_event(db, user, "created" if is_new else "updated", "project", proj.id,
               project_id=proj.id, summary=(proj.name or proj.number or proj.id))
     db.commit()
-    # A project created by a non-admin auto-grants its creator access.
+    # A project created by a non-admin auto-grants its creator access. If that
+    # creator is ALSO a standing default member, this is the row that sticks —
+    # add_default_members below never overwrites an existing membership — so it has
+    # to carry the role they'd have been given, or someone whose flag says
+    # "Project Admin on every job" would silently land as a plain member on the one
+    # job they started themselves.
     if is_new and not auth.is_admin(user):
-        grant_project_access(db, user.id, proj.id)
+        creator_role = (user.auto_add_role or "").strip() if user.auto_add_projects else ""
+        grant_project_access(db, user.id, proj.id, creator_role)
+        db.commit()
+    # …and anyone flagged as a default member joins at creation time too.
+    if is_new:
+        add_default_members(db, proj.id, user)
         db.commit()
     db.refresh(proj)
     return proj.to_dict()
 
 
 @app.get("/api/projects")
-def list_projects(user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_current_user), db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+def list_projects(
-    stmt = scope_to_access(select(models.Project), models.Project.id, db, user).order_by(models.Project.updated_at.desc())
+    archived: str = Query("exclude", description="exclude (default) | only | all"),
-    rows = db.scalars(stmt).all()
+    user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_current_user),
+    db: Session = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    stmt = scope_to_access(select(models.Project), models.Project.id, db, user)
+    if archived == "only":
+        stmt = stmt.where(models.Project.archived_at.is_not(None))
+    elif archived != "all":
+        stmt = stmt.where(models.Project.archived_at.is_(None))   # default: hide archived
+    rows = db.scalars(stmt.order_by(models.Project.updated_at.desc())).all()
     return [p.summary() for p in rows]
 
 
@@ -794,14 +949,46 @@ def delete_project(project_id: str, user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_current
     return {"deleted": project_id}
 
 
+@app.post("/api/projects/{project_id}/archive")
+def archive_project(project_id: str, body: ArchiveIn, user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_current_user), db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+    """Archive (or unarchive) a whole project — it drops out of every picker,
+    switcher and search, and freezes read-only, without losing a thing. This is how
+    a finished job gets out of everyone's way while staying on the record; delete is
+    still there for a job that should never have existed."""
+    proj = db.get(models.Project, project_id)
+    if not proj:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Project not found")
+    # Takes the whole job out of circulation for everyone on it, so it sits at the
+    # same bar as deleting it. Note the deliberate absence of require_project_writable
+    # — unarchiving is the one write an archived project must still accept.
+    require_project_admin(db, user, proj.id, "Archiving a project")
+    was_archived = proj.archived_at is not None
+    if body.archived and not was_archived:
+        proj.archived_at = models.utcnow()
+        log_event(db, user, "archived", "project", proj.id, project_id=proj.id,
+                  summary=(proj.name or proj.number or proj.id))
+    elif not body.archived and was_archived:
+        proj.archived_at = None
+        log_event(db, user, "unarchived", "project", proj.id, project_id=proj.id,
+                  summary=(proj.name or proj.number or proj.id))
+    db.commit()
+    db.refresh(proj)
+    return proj.to_dict()
+
+
 # ── SOPs ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 @app.post("/api/sops")
 def upsert_sop(body: SopIn, user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_current_user), db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
     check_id(body.id)
     require_project_access(db, user, body.project_id)
+    # Both ends are checked: the project the SOP is being written INTO here, and the
+    # one it currently sits on below — so an archived job can be neither edited nor
+    # used as a source to move a SOP out of.
+    require_project_writable(db, user, body.project_id, "Saving a SOP")
     sop = db.get(models.Sop, body.id) if body.id else None
     if sop is not None:
         require_project_access(db, user, sop.project_id)
+        require_project_writable(db, user, sop.project_id, "Saving a SOP")
         # The SOP is the project's baseline: once it's been completed, changing it
         # is a Project Admin action. Authoring and revising a draft is open to any
         # project member, including marking it complete the first time.
@@ -866,6 +1053,7 @@ def delete_sop(sop_id: str, user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_current_user),
     if not sop:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="SOP not found")
     require_project_admin(db, user, sop.project_id, "Deleting a SOP")
+    require_project_writable(db, user, sop.project_id, "Deleting a SOP")
     log_event(db, user, "deleted", "sop", sop.id, project_id=sop.project_id,
               summary=(sop.name or sop.number or sop.id))
     db.delete(sop)
@@ -1057,9 +1245,12 @@ def upsert_wp(body: WpIn, background_tasks: BackgroundTasks, user: models.User =
     check_id(body.parent_id)
     check_id(body.assignee_id)
     require_project_access(db, user, body.project_id)
+    # Destination and origin both have to be live — see upsert_sop.
+    require_project_writable(db, user, body.project_id, "Saving a work package")
     wp = db.get(models.WorkPackage, body.id) if body.id else None
     if wp is not None:
         require_project_access(db, user, wp.project_id)
+        require_project_writable(db, user, wp.project_id, "Saving a work package")
     is_new = wp is None
     old_status = None if is_new else wp.status
     old_assignee = None if is_new else wp.assignee_id
@@ -1243,6 +1434,7 @@ def delete_wp(wp_id: str, user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_current_user), db
     # Deleting a work package is irreversible — Project Admin only. A project_user
     # who wants one out of the way can archive it instead (reversible).
     require_project_admin(db, user, wp.project_id, "Deleting a work package")
+    require_project_writable(db, user, wp.project_id, "Deleting a work package")
     log_event(db, user, "deleted", "wp", wp.id, project_id=wp.project_id,
               summary=(wp.number or wp.subject or wp.id))
     db.delete(wp)
@@ -1258,6 +1450,7 @@ def issue_wp(wp_id: str, user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_current_user), db:
     if not wp:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Work Package not found")
     require_project_access(db, user, wp.project_id)
+    require_project_writable(db, user, wp.project_id, "Issuing a work package")
     enforce_release_gates(db, wp.id, wp.data, "Issued", wp.status)
     wp.status = "Issued"
     wp.issued_at = models.utcnow()
@@ -1274,6 +1467,7 @@ def set_wp_status(wp_id: str, body: StatusIn, user: models.User = Depends(auth.g
     if not wp:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Work Package not found")
     require_project_access(db, user, wp.project_id)
+    require_project_writable(db, user, wp.project_id, "Changing a work package's status")
     old_status = wp.status
     # Same gates as /issue — this route must not be a way around them.
     enforce_release_gates(db, wp.id, wp.data, body.status, old_status)
@@ -1296,6 +1490,9 @@ def archive_wp(wp_id: str, body: ArchiveIn, user: models.User = Depends(auth.get
     if not wp:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Work Package not found")
     require_project_access(db, user, wp.project_id)
+    # An archived project is frozen whole: its packages keep the archive state they
+    # had, and tidying inside it waits until the job is unarchived.
+    require_project_writable(db, user, wp.project_id, "Archiving a work package")
     was_archived = wp.archived_at is not None
     if body.archived and not was_archived:
         wp.archived_at = models.utcnow()
@@ -1366,12 +1563,23 @@ def global_search(
     pat = _like_term(term)
     esc = "\\"
 
+    # An archived project is meant to be gone from view, and search is the one place
+    # it would otherwise come back — as the project itself, or as one of its packages
+    # or SOPs. So the archived ids are read once here and filtered out of all three
+    # result sets. Rows with no project at all (orphan/legacy, admin-only) survive
+    # explicitly: SQL's NOT IN drops NULLs, and they aren't on an archived job.
+    archived_pids = set(db.scalars(
+        select(models.Project.id).where(models.Project.archived_at.is_not(None))
+    ).all())
+
     proj_stmt = select(models.Project).where(
         func.lower(models.Project.name).like(pat, escape=esc)
         | func.lower(models.Project.number).like(pat, escape=esc)
         | func.lower(models.Project.client).like(pat, escape=esc)
         | func.lower(models.Project.site).like(pat, escape=esc)
     )
+    if archived_pids:
+        proj_stmt = proj_stmt.where(models.Project.id.not_in(archived_pids))
     proj_stmt = scope_to_access(proj_stmt, models.Project.id, db, user)
     projects = db.scalars(proj_stmt.order_by(models.Project.updated_at.desc()).limit(limit)).all()
 
@@ -1384,6 +1592,11 @@ def global_search(
             | func.lower(models.WorkPackage.status).like(pat, escape=esc)
         )
     )
+    if archived_pids:
+        wp_stmt = wp_stmt.where(
+            models.WorkPackage.project_id.is_(None)
+            | models.WorkPackage.project_id.not_in(archived_pids)
+        )
     wp_stmt = scope_to_access(wp_stmt, models.WorkPackage.project_id, db, user)
     wps = db.scalars(wp_stmt.order_by(models.WorkPackage.updated_at.desc()).limit(limit)).all()
 
@@ -1391,6 +1604,10 @@ def global_search(
         func.lower(models.Sop.name).like(pat, escape=esc)
         | func.lower(models.Sop.number).like(pat, escape=esc)
     )
+    if archived_pids:
+        sop_stmt = sop_stmt.where(
+            models.Sop.project_id.is_(None) | models.Sop.project_id.not_in(archived_pids)
+        )
     sop_stmt = scope_to_access(sop_stmt, models.Sop.project_id, db, user)
     sops = db.scalars(sop_stmt.order_by(models.Sop.updated_at.desc()).limit(limit)).all()
 
@@ -1494,7 +1711,7 @@ def project_members(project_id: str, user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_curren
         seen.add(u.id)
         out.append({"id": u.id, "username": u.username, "full_name": u.full_name,
                     "email": u.email, "project_role": u.project_role or "",
-                    "role": auth.normalize_role(u.role)})
+                    "role": effective_role(db, u, project_id)})
     out.sort(key=lambda x: (x["full_name"] or x["username"] or "").lower())
     return out
 
@@ -1502,17 +1719,28 @@ def project_members(project_id: str, user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_curren
 # ── Comments / feedback ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 def _save_comment(body: CommentIn, db: Session, user: "models.User") -> dict:
     # A comment tied to a WP/SOP requires access to that resource's project, so
-    # a user can't write into another project's review thread.
+    # a user can't write into another project's review thread. A review thread on an
+    # archived project is frozen with the rest of it; general app feedback isn't tied
+    # to a project at all and keeps working regardless.
+    #
+    # Both ids are checked independently — NOT if/elif. The row stores whichever ids
+    # the payload carried, so a body naming a WP you may touch AND a SOP you may not
+    # would, under an elif, be authorised on the WP alone and still land in the other
+    # project's SOP thread.
+    check_id(body.wp_id)
+    check_id(body.sop_id)
     if body.wp_id:
         wp = db.get(models.WorkPackage, body.wp_id)
         if not wp:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Work Package not found")
         require_project_access(db, user, wp.project_id)
-    elif body.sop_id:
+        require_project_writable(db, user, wp.project_id, "Commenting on a work package")
+    if body.sop_id:
         sop = db.get(models.Sop, body.sop_id)
         if not sop:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="SOP not found")
         require_project_access(db, user, sop.project_id)
+        require_project_writable(db, user, sop.project_id, "Commenting on a SOP")
     extra = body.model_extra or {}
     c = models.Comment(
         id=gen_id("c"),
@@ -1592,4 +1820,21 @@ def list_comments(
 # Mounted LAST so the /api/* routes above always match first.
 _html_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "html")
 if os.path.isdir(_html_dir):
-    app.mount("/", StaticFiles(directory=_html_dir, html=True), name="site")
+
+    class _NoCacheCode(StaticFiles):
+        """Serve code assets with Cache-Control: no-cache.
+
+        Production runs behind NGINX (which now sets this itself), but the dev server
+        is what people actually click around in — and with no header at all the
+        browser applies HEURISTIC freshness per file (~10% of the file's age), so the
+        least recently changed file gets the longest lifetime and HTML/CSS/JS drift
+        apart between reloads. ETag/Last-Modified still make revalidation a cheap 304.
+        """
+
+        async def get_response(self, path, scope):
+            res = await super().get_response(path, scope)
+            if path.endswith((".html", ".css", ".js", ".webmanifest")) or path in ("", "/", "."):
+                res.headers["Cache-Control"] = "no-cache"
+            return res
+
+    app.mount("/", _NoCacheCode(directory=_html_dir, html=True), name="site")

server/models.py

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ class Project(Base):
     division: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(200), default="")
     site: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(300), default="")
     sample: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(Boolean, default=False)
+    # Archived projects are hidden from every picker, switcher and search but kept
+    # for the record — a finished job still has to be readable years later. Unlike
+    # an archived work package they are also FROZEN read-only: the API refuses any
+    # write to the project or to anything under it until an admin unarchives it.
+    archived_at: Mapped[Optional[datetime]] = mapped_column(DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True, index=True)
     data: Mapped[dict] = mapped_column(JSON, default=dict)
     created_by: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(200), default="")
     created_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(DateTime(timezone=True), default=utcnow)
@@ -42,7 +47,9 @@ class Project(Base):
         return {
             "id": self.id, "name": self.name, "number": self.number,
             "client": self.client, "division": self.division, "site": self.site,
-            "sample": self.sample, "created_by": self.created_by,
+            "sample": self.sample,
+            "archived_at": _iso(self.archived_at), "archived": self.archived_at is not None,
+            "created_by": self.created_by,
             "created_at": _iso(self.created_at), "updated_at": _iso(self.updated_at),
         }
 
@@ -140,6 +147,13 @@ class User(Base):
     role: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(20), default="project_user")  # permissions role
     # Job function on the project — free text, offered from a suggested list.
     project_role: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(120), default="")
+    # A PM or QA lead who belongs on every job shouldn't have to be ticked into each
+    # new project by hand, so flagged accounts get a ProjectMember row the moment a
+    # project is created. `auto_add_role` is the role they land with and shares
+    # ProjectMember.role's value space: '' = inherit the account's own role,
+    # otherwise 'project_admin' | 'project_user'.
+    auto_add_projects: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(Boolean, default=False)
+    auto_add_role: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(20), default="")
     # Display preferences. Empty means "fall back to the app default, then to the
     # browser". A stored value follows the person between devices, which matters on
     # shared field tablets where the browser locale isn't theirs.
@@ -162,15 +176,21 @@ class User(Base):
             "id": self.id, "username": self.username, "email": self.email,
             "full_name": self.full_name, "role": self.role,
             "project_role": self.project_role or "", "is_active": self.is_active,
+            "auto_add_projects": bool(self.auto_add_projects),
+            "auto_add_role": self.auto_add_role or "",
             "locale": self.locale or "", "timezone": self.timezone or "",
             "created_at": _iso(self.created_at), "last_login_at": _iso(self.last_login_at),
         }
 
 
 class ProjectMember(Base):
-    """Which users may access which projects. A user sees/operates on a project
+    """Which users may access which projects, and what they may do there. A user
-    only if a row links them to it (admins bypass this entirely). One row per
+    sees/operates on a project only if a row links them to it (admins bypass this
-    (user, project) pair."""
+    entirely). One row per (user, project) pair.
+
+    `role` is the permissions role ON THIS PROJECT: someone can be Project Admin on
+    one job and a normal Project User on another. Empty means "inherit the account's
+    own role" (User.role), which is how every existing row behaves."""
     __tablename__ = "project_members"
     __table_args__ = (UniqueConstraint("user_id", "project_id", name="uq_project_member"),)
 
@@ -181,6 +201,7 @@ class ProjectMember(Base):
     project_id: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(
         String(40), ForeignKey("projects.id", ondelete="CASCADE"), index=True
     )
+    role: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(20), default="")   # '' = inherit User.role
     created_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(DateTime(timezone=True), default=utcnow)
 
 

server/seed_demo.py

@@ -79,8 +79,11 @@ def main():
     if st != 200:
         print(f"ABORT: /api/health returned {st}"); return 1
 
-    # --clean: remove any prior demo projects (cascade removes their SOP + WPs)
+    # --clean: remove any prior demo projects (cascade removes their SOP + WPs).
-    st, projects = call("GET", "/api/projects")
+    # archived=all because /api/projects hides archived projects by default — an
+    # archived DEMO project is still a DEMO project, and --clean has to find it.
+    # (Deleting one is still allowed; only writes to its contents are frozen.)
+    st, projects = call("GET", "/api/projects?archived=all")
     demos = [p for p in (projects or []) if str(p.get("number", "")).startswith("DEMO-")]
     if args.clean:
         for p in demos:

server/smoketest.py

@@ -168,8 +168,32 @@ def main():
         st, wps = call("GET", f"/api/wps?project_id={project_id}")
         check("list WPs by project", st == 200 and any(w.get("id") == wp_id for w in wps), f"status={st}")
 
+        # 12) Archiving a project: it leaves the default list, stays reachable with
+        # archived=all, and freezes read-only — then unarchiving restores all three.
+        # The freeze is the whole point of the feature, so it is asserted, not assumed.
+        st, arch = call("POST", f"/api/projects/{project_id}/archive", {"archived": True})
+        check("archive project", st == 200 and arch.get("archived") is True, f"status={st}")
+        st, lst = call("GET", "/api/projects")
+        check("archived project drops out of the default list",
+              st == 200 and not any(p.get("id") == project_id for p in lst), f"status={st}")
+        st, lst = call("GET", "/api/projects?archived=all")
+        check("archived project is still there with archived=all",
+              st == 200 and any(p.get("id") == project_id for p in lst), f"status={st}")
+        st, refused = call("POST", "/api/wps", {
+            "id": wp_id, "project_id": project_id, "sop_id": sop_id,
+            "number": "WP01-SMOKE", "subject": "edited while archived", "type": "Conduit Install",
+            "status": "Scheduled", "data": {"disciplines": ["Electrical"], "hours": "40"}})
+        check("writing to an archived project is refused (409)", st == 409, f"status={st} body={refused}")
+        st, unarch = call("POST", f"/api/projects/{project_id}/archive", {"archived": False})
+        check("unarchive project", st == 200 and unarch.get("archived") is False, f"status={st}")
+        st, _ = call("POST", "/api/wps", {
+            "id": wp_id, "project_id": project_id, "sop_id": sop_id,
+            "number": "WP01-SMOKE", "subject": "Smoke test package", "type": "Conduit Install",
+            "status": "In Progress", "data": {"disciplines": ["Electrical"], "hours": "40"}})
+        check("writing succeeds again once unarchived", st == 200, f"status={st}")
+
     finally:
-        # 12) Cleanup — deleting the project cascades to its SOPs and WPs (FK ON DELETE CASCADE).
+        # 13) Cleanup — deleting the project cascades to its SOPs and WPs (FK ON DELETE CASCADE).
         if project_id and not args.keep:
             st, _ = call("DELETE", f"/api/projects/{project_id}")
             check("delete project (cascades SOP + WPs)", st == 200, f"status={st}")