You are a constitutional council ranking individual git commits for ownership allocation.

Compare these two commits. Decide which contributed more lasting value to the project.

Judge substance, not spectacle:
- Prefer correct, lasting design and real bugfixes over churn, formatting, renames, or generated noise.
- Prefer clarity and necessity over sheer line count. A small precise change can beat a large diffuse one.
- Do not favor a side merely because its patch is longer or noisier.
- Weight what the change does for the project, not the contributor's name.

Return ONLY a JSON object: {"winner": "A" or "B", "ratio": "N:M", "explanation": "..."}
The explanation must cite concrete differences in the patches (1-3 sentences).

Side A — contributor: tommy-mor
Side A — commit message:
[06b48801] Implement extensible URL foundation (#145)

* Implement extensible URL foundation

Co-authored-by: tommy <thmorriss@gmail.com>

* Make query params non-identity by default

Co-authored-by: tommy <thmorriss@gmail.com>

* Fix external href helper test scope

Co-authored-by: tommy <thmorriss@gmail.com>

* Avoid broken external previews for blocked hosts

Co-authored-by: tommy <thmorriss@gmail.com>

* Clarify external empty state copy

Co-authored-by: tommy <thmorriss@gmail.com>

* Add on-demand GitHub external resolver

Co-authored-by: tommy <thmorriss@gmail.com>

* Add fenced JSON bodies for GitHub resolver

Co-authored-by: tommy <thmorriss@gmail.com>

---------

Co-authored-by: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>

Side A — unified diff (full patch):
diff --git a/agents.md b/agents.md
index 59bd2174f4d2f972a45123fe10d408aa5881ee93..c66f33789441eea193b4354fce4c03b7fffdd639 100644
--- a/agents.md
+++ b/agents.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Strict **CSP** that blocks `eval` would break the current app. Other projects ma
 | Ingests, grants, rooms, identity tokens, agent binds, redactions, etc. | **JSONL** | Appended in `server/src/api/rpc.rs`, `server/src/api/auth.rs` (and related paths) before updating `ReducerState` |
 | **`RoomMintInvite` links** | **RAM only** | `AppState.invites` — not appended as `InviteMinted` today; **lost on restart** (`server/src/state.rs`, `server/src/api/rpc.rs`). Event types `InviteMinted` / `InviteRedeemed` exist for replay and a possible future persisted mint (`server/src/reducer.rs`). |
 | **OAuth / pending sessions** | **RAM only** | `AppState.pending_sessions` (`server/src/state.rs`, `server/src/api/auth.rs`) |
+| **External resolver cooldowns** | **RAM only** | `AppState.resolver_runs` — debounce/rate-limit guard for on-demand resolver buttons. Resolver results themselves are durable synthetic `Ingest` events in `events.jsonl`. |
 | **Reducer projection** | **Derived** | Rebuilt from log on startup; not separately persisted |
 
 If you add a new ephemeral map or start persisting something that was RAM-only, **update this table and the code comments** (`server/src/state.rs` is a good anchor).
diff --git a/server/src/api/ui_html.rs b/server/src/api/ui_html.rs
index 7cbda3876451687aa7a55547fc06bbe86ac9d260..cd501ba6d4d656eabad03afed4583efdf885695d 100644
--- a/server/src/api/ui_html.rs
+++ b/server/src/api/ui_html.rs
@@ -18,14 +18,15 @@ use crate::{
         rpc::{rpc_post_redact, rpc_post_with_bearer, rpc_room_delete},
     },
     canonical_path::canonicalize_tag,
+    external_resolver::resolve_github_children,
+    html::vote_compare_post_success_js,
     html::{
-        fragment_new_thread_slot, login_to_post_hint_markup,
-        parse_html_ui_from_form, room_members_section_markup, thread_feed_html,
-        thread_feed_html_for_room, thread_feed_region_markup, thread_ui_collapse_redacted_post,
-        thread_ui_expand_post_full, thread_ui_expand_redacted_post, ui_js_warn, user_can_post_room,
-        user_can_view_room, HtmlUiAction, JsBuilder, ThreadNav,
+        fragment_new_thread_slot, login_to_post_hint_markup, parse_html_ui_from_form,
+        room_members_section_markup, thread_feed_html, thread_feed_html_for_room,
+        thread_feed_region_markup, thread_ui_collapse_redacted_post, thread_ui_expand_post_full,
+        thread_ui_expand_redacted_post, ui_js_warn, user_can_post_room, user_can_view_room,
+        HtmlUiAction, JsBuilder, ThreadNav,
     },
-    html::vote_compare_post_success_js,
     reducer::{scope_from_room_wire, ScopeId},
     state::AppState,
 };
@@ -104,26 +105,35 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
                 )
                 .into_response();
             }
-            match rpc_post_with_bearer(state, &session.bearer, room.clone(), thread_tag.clone(), text).await {
-                Ok(RpcResult::PostOk { .. }) => {
-                    post_success_response(
-                        state,
-                        &room,
-                        &thread_tag,
-                        error_target.as_ref(),
-                        form_id.as_ref(),
-                        Some(session.username.as_str()),
-                    )
-                    .await
-                    .into_response()
-                }
+            match rpc_post_with_bearer(
+                state,
+                &session.bearer,
+                room.clone(),
+                thread_tag.clone(),
+                text,
+            )
+            .await
+            {
+                Ok(RpcResult::PostOk { .. }) => post_success_response(
+                    state,
+                    &room,
+                    &thread_tag,
+                    error_target.as_ref(),
+                    form_id.as_ref(),
+                    Some(session.username.as_str()),
+                )
+                .await
+                .into_response(),
                 Ok(_) => form_js_error(
                     error_target.as_ref(),
                     "unexpected response",
                     "Post did not return PostOk.",
                 )
                 .into_response(),
-                Err((msg, hint)) => form_js_error(error_target.as_ref(), &msg, hint.as_deref().unwrap_or("")).into_response(),
+                Err((msg, hint)) => {
+                    form_js_error(error_target.as_ref(), &msg, hint.as_deref().unwrap_or(""))
+                        .into_response()
+                }
             }
         }
         HtmlUiAction::CheckIngest {
@@ -150,9 +160,19 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
                 return js_clear_errors(&form_error_target(error_target.as_ref())).into_response();
             }
             match rpc_check_with_bearer(state, &session.bearer, room, text.clone()).await {
-                Ok(RpcResult::CheckOk { .. }) => js_clear_errors(&form_error_target(error_target.as_ref())).into_response(),
-                Ok(_) => form_js_error(error_target.as_ref(), "unexpected response", "Check did not return CheckOk.").into_response(),
-                Err((msg, hint)) => form_js_error(error_target.as_ref(), &msg, hint.as_deref().unwrap_or("")).into_response(),
+                Ok(RpcResult::CheckOk { .. }) => {
+                    js_clear_errors(&form_error_target(error_target.as_ref())).into_response()
+                }
+                Ok(_) => form_js_error(
+                    error_target.as_ref(),
+                    "unexpected response",
+                    "Check did not return CheckOk.",
+                )
+                .into_response(),
+                Err((msg, hint)) => {
+                    form_js_error(error_target.as_ref(), &msg, hint.as_deref().unwrap_or(""))
+                        .into_response()
+                }
             }
         }
         HtmlUiAction::VoteComparePost {
@@ -167,7 +187,11 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
             form_action,
         } => {
             if form_action != "/ui" {
-                return (StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, "invalid vote_compare_post form_action").into_response();
+                return (
+                    StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+                    "invalid vote_compare_post form_action",
+                )
+                    .into_response();
             }
             let Some(session) = session else {
                 return js_redirect("/login").into_response();
@@ -195,23 +219,15 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
             let left_id = match crate::path_types::ItemId::parse(left_item.trim()) {
                 Some(i) => i.normalized_storage(),
                 None => {
-                    return form_js_error(
-                        err_tgt.as_ref(),
-                        "bad item",
-                        "Invalid left item path.",
-                    )
-                    .into_response();
+                    return form_js_error(err_tgt.as_ref(), "bad item", "Invalid left item path.")
+                        .into_response();
                 }
             };
             let right_id = match crate::path_types::ItemId::parse(right_item.trim()) {
                 Some(i) => i.normalized_storage(),
                 None => {
-                    return form_js_error(
-                        err_tgt.as_ref(),
-                        "bad item",
-                        "Invalid right item path.",
-                    )
-                    .into_response();
+                    return form_js_error(err_tgt.as_ref(), "bad item", "Invalid right item path.")
+                        .into_response();
                 }
             };
             let mut rl = ratio_left.trim().parse::<i32>().unwrap_or(0).max(0);
@@ -231,7 +247,15 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
                 right_id.as_str()
             );
 
-            match rpc_post_with_bearer(state, &session.bearer, room.clone(), thread_tag.clone(), text).await {
+            match rpc_post_with_bearer(
+                state,
+                &session.bearer,
+                room.clone(),
+                thread_tag.clone(),
+                text,
+            )
+            .await
+            {
                 Ok(RpcResult::PostOk {
                     post_id,
                     post_index,
@@ -277,7 +301,10 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
                     "Post did not return PostOk.",
                 )
                 .into_response(),
-                Err((msg, hint)) => form_js_error(err_tgt.as_ref(), &msg, hint.as_deref().unwrap_or("")).into_response(),
+                Err((msg, hint)) => {
+                    form_js_error(err_tgt.as_ref(), &msg, hint.as_deref().unwrap_or(""))
+                        .into_response()
+                }
             }
         }
         HtmlUiAction::SetGardenPin {
@@ -288,7 +315,11 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
             form_action,
         } => {
             if form_action != "/ui" {
-                return (StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, "invalid set_garden_pin form_action").into_response();
+                return (
+                    StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+                    "invalid set_garden_pin form_action",
+                )
+                    .into_response();
             }
             let next_path = sanitize_garden_pin_next(&next);
             use crate::html::{encode_pin_cookie_value, GARDEN_PIN_COOKIE};
@@ -301,7 +332,11 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
             if room.is_empty() {
                 return (StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, "missing room").into_response();
             }
-            let Some(raw) = item_storage.as_ref().map(|s| s.trim().to_string()).filter(|s| !s.is_empty()) else {
+            let Some(raw) = item_storage
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|s| s.trim().to_string())
+                .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+            else {
                 return (StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, "missing item").into_response();
             };
             let Some(item) = ItemId::parse(&raw) else {
@@ -309,16 +344,65 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
             };
             let item = item.normalized_storage();
             let val = encode_pin_cookie_value(&room, item.as_str());
-            let cookie = format!("{GARDEN_PIN_COOKIE}={val}; Path=/; SameSite=Lax; Max-Age=7776000");
+            let cookie =
+                format!("{GARDEN_PIN_COOKIE}={val}; Path=/; SameSite=Lax; Max-Age=7776000");
             redirect_with_pin_cookie(&cookie, &next_path)
         }
+        HtmlUiAction::ResolveExternal {
+            room_wire,
+            item_storage,
+            mode,
+            next,
+            form_action,
+        } => {
+            if form_action != "/ui" {
+                return (
+                    StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+                    "invalid resolve_external form_action",
+                )
+                    .into_response();
+            }
+            let Some(session) = session else {
+                return js_redirect("/login").into_response();
+            };
+            let room = room_wire.trim();
+            if room.is_empty() {
+                return ui_js_warn("missing room").into_response();
+            }
+            let reduced = state.reduced.read().await;
+            if matches!(scope_from_room_wire(room), ScopeId::Room(_)) {
+                if !user_can_post_room(&reduced, room, &session.username) {
+                    drop(reduced);
+                    return ui_js_warn("forbidden").into_response();
+                }
+            }
+            drop(reduced);
+
+            let Some(item) = crate::path_types::ItemId::parse(item_storage.trim()) else {
+                return ui_js_warn("bad item").into_response();
+            };
+            let target = if mode.trim() == "siblings" {
+                match item.parent() {
+                    Some(parent) => parent.normalized_storage(),
+                    None => return ui_js_warn("no parent to resolve siblings").into_response(),
+                }
+            } else {
+                item.normalized_storage()
+            };
+            match resolve_github_children(state, room, &target).await {
+                Ok(_) => js_redirect(&sanitize_garden_pin_next(&next)).into_response(),
+                Err(msg) => ui_js_warn(&msg).into_response(),
+            }
+        }
         HtmlUiAction::RedactPost { post_id } => {
             let Some(session) = session else {
                 return js_redirect("/login").into_response();
             };
             let h = headers_from_bearer(&session.bearer);
             match rpc_post_redact(state, &h, post_id).await {
-                Ok(RpcResult::RedactPostOk {}) => redact_success_response(state).await.into_response(),
+                Ok(RpcResult::RedactPostOk {}) => {
+                    redact_success_response(state).await.into_response()
+                }
                 Ok(_) => (StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, "unexpected response").into_response(),
                 Err((msg, hint)) => {
                     let detail = hint.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
@@ -326,7 +410,10 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
                 }
             }
         }
-        HtmlUiAction::SetRoomMembersExpanded { room_wire, expanded } => {
+        HtmlUiAction::SetRoomMembersExpanded {
+            room_wire,
+            expanded,
+        } => {
             let room_wire = room_wire.trim().to_string();
             if room_wire.is_empty() {
                 return ui_js_warn("missing room").into_response();
@@ -365,7 +452,10 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
                 }
             }
         }
-        HtmlUiAction::SetNewThreadComposeExpanded { room_wire, expanded } => {
+        HtmlUiAction::SetNewThreadComposeExpanded {
+            room_wire,
+            expanded,
+        } => {
             let room_wire = room_wire.trim().to_string();
             if room_wire.is_empty() {
                 return ui_js_warn("missing room").into_response();
@@ -614,7 +704,9 @@ async fn post_success_response(
             };
             builder
         })
-        .if_current_path_not_matches(&thread_location, |builder| builder.redirect(&thread_location));
+        .if_current_path_not_matches(&thread_location, |builder| {
+            builder.redirect(&thread_location)
+        });
 
     builder.into_response()
 }
@@ -625,4 +717,3 @@ async fn redact_success_response(state: &AppState) -> Response {
         .morph_selector("#thread-feed", feed_markup)
         .into_response()
 }
-
diff --git a/server/src/api/write_actor.rs b/server/src/api/write_actor.rs
index 700c3174b0e980d46ebf4aa94e8ffe2f8dedd723..3168956e7dce1cadf50c275904b550bf81500687 100644
--- a/server/src/api/write_actor.rs
+++ b/server/src/api/write_actor.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ fn content_for_room<'a>(reduced: &'a ReducerState, room: &str) -> &'a crate::red
 }
 
 async fn broadcast_web_refresh(state: &AppState, room_key: &str, thread_id: &str) {
-    let feed_id = if room_key == "public" { "thread-feed" } else { "room-thread-feed" };
+    let feed_id = if room_key == "public" {
+        "thread-feed"
+    } else {
+        "room-thread-feed"
+    };
     let thread_url = if room_key == "public" {
         format!("/t/{thread_id}")
     } else if let Some(seg) = room_route_segment(room_key) {
@@ -86,7 +90,10 @@ async fn broadcast_web_refresh(state: &AppState, room_key: &str, thread_id: &str
         "/".to_string()
     }];
     path_prefixes.push(thread_url.clone());
-    let _ = state.js_tx.send(crate::state::JsSnippet { code: js, path_prefixes });
+    let _ = state.js_tx.send(crate::state::JsSnippet {
+        code: js,
+        path_prefixes,
+    });
 }
 
 fn compute_scope_rank_changes(
@@ -104,7 +111,13 @@ fn compute_scope_rank_changes(
         for comp in &rankings.component_rankings {
             let total = comp.ranked.len();
             for (i, item) in comp.ranked.iter().enumerate() {
-                map.insert(item.item.clone(), Some(RankPosition { rank: i + 1, of: total }));
+                map.insert(
+                    item.item.clone(),
+                    Some(RankPosition {
+                        rank: i + 1,
+                        of: total,
+                    }),
+                );
             }
         }
         for item in &rankings.unranked_items {
@@ -158,7 +171,11 @@ fn compute_scope_rank_changes(
     })
 }
 
-async fn redeem_invite_grant(state: &AppState, invite_token: &str, grantee_username: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+async fn redeem_invite_grant(
+    state: &AppState,
+    invite_token: &str,
+    grantee_username: &str,
+) -> Result<(), String> {
     let now = now_ms();
     let ga = {
         let mut invites = state.invites.write().await;
@@ -220,14 +237,14 @@ pub async fn writer_actor(mut rx: mpsc::Receiver<WriteCmd>, state: AppState) {
                 let out = async {
                     let mut reduced = state.reduced.write().await;
 
-                    let principal =
-                        verify_token(&reduced, &bearer).map_err(|(_, m)| (m, None))?;
+                    let principal = verify_token(&reduced, &bearer).map_err(|(_, m)| (m, None))?;
 
                     let delegate: Option<String> = match delegate_opt {
                         None => None,
                         Some(ref s) if s.trim().is_empty() => None,
                         Some(s) => Some(
-                            parse_agent(&s).map_err(|msg| (format!("invalid delegate format"), Some(msg)))?,
+                            parse_agent(&s)
+                                .map_err(|msg| (format!("invalid delegate format"), Some(msg)))?,
                         ),
                     };
 
@@ -241,11 +258,12 @@ pub async fn writer_actor(mut rx: mpsc::Receiver<WriteCmd>, state: AppState) {
                         ));
                     }
 
-                    let v = validate_ingest_document(&reduced, &text, &scope)
-                        .map_err(|(st, m, h)| {
+                    let v = validate_ingest_document(&reduced, &text, &scope).map_err(
+                        |(st, m, h)| {
                             let _ = st;
                             (m, h)
-                        })?;
+                        },
+                    )?;
 
                     if is_private {
                         use crate::events::ThreadCapability;
@@ -276,7 +294,10 @@ pub async fn writer_actor(mut rx: mpsc::Receiver<WriteCmd>, state: AppState) {
                     if let Some(ref d) = delegate {
                         match reduced.agent_bindings.get(d) {
                             Some(u) if u != &principal => {
-                                return Err(("delegate already bound to another user".into(), None));
+                                return Err((
+                                    "delegate already bound to another user".into(),
+                                    None,
+                                ));
                             }
                             _ => {}
                         }
@@ -427,6 +448,80 @@ pub async fn writer_actor(mut rx: mpsc::Receiver<WriteCmd>, state: AppState) {
                 let _ = reply.send(out);
             }
 
+            WriteCmd::SystemIngest {
+                room,
+                thread_tag,
+                text,
+                principal,
+                reply,
+            } => {
+                let out = async {
+                    let (room_key, thread_id) = normalize_room_and_thread(&room, &thread_tag);
+                    let scope = scope_from_room_wire(&room_key);
+                    let is_private = !matches!(scope, ScopeId::Public);
+                    let mut reduced = state.reduced.write().await;
+                    if is_private && !reduced.rooms.contains(&room_key) {
+                        return Err((
+                            "unknown room".into(),
+                            Some(format!("room `{}` does not exist", room_key)),
+                        ));
+                    }
+
+                    let v = validate_ingest_document(&reduced, &text, &scope).map_err(
+                        |(st, m, h)| {
+                            let _ = st;
+                            (m, h)
+                        },
+                    )?;
+
+                    let new_post_id = uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+                    let ingest_event = Event::Ingest(Ingest {
+                        ts: v.ts,
+                        id: new_post_id.clone(),
+                        raw: v.raw_text.clone(),
+                        principal: principal.clone(),
+                        delegate: None,
+                        room_id: room_key.clone(),
+                        thread_tag: thread_id.clone(),
+                    });
+
+                    state
+                        .event_log
+                        .append(&ingest_event)
+                        .await
+                        .map_err(|e| (format!("{e}"), None))?;
+                    reduced.apply_event(ingest_event);
+                    drop(reduced);
+
+                    use crate::canonical_path::canonicalize_tag;
+                    let thread_tag_canon = canonicalize_tag(&thread_id);
+                    broadcast_web_refresh(&state, &room_key, &thread_tag_canon).await;
+                    let post_index = {
+                        let reduced = state.reduced.read().await;
+                        reduced.try_thread_post_index_chronological(
+                            &scope_from_room_wire(&room_key),
+                            &thread_tag_canon,
+                            &new_post_id,
+                        )
+                    };
+
+                    Ok(RpcResult::PostOk {
+                        events_appended: 1,
+                        post_id: Some(new_post_id),
+                        post_index,
+                        ranking_changes: None,
+                        threads: vec![format!("#{}", thread_id)],
+                        next: slug_types::NextMoves {
+                            pair: "npx slugsocial public garden pair".to_string(),
+                            rank: "npx slugsocial public garden rank".to_string(),
+                            web: ForumThreadUrl::from_room_tag(&room_key, &thread_id),
+                        },
+                    })
+                }
+                .await;
+                let _ = reply.send(out);
+            }
+
             WriteCmd::Redact {
                 post_id,
                 bearer,
@@ -434,8 +529,7 @@ pub async fn writer_actor(mut rx: mpsc::Receiver<WriteCmd>, state: AppState) {
             } => {
                 let out = async {
                     let mut reduced = state.reduced.write().await;
-                    let principal =
-                        verify_token(&reduced, &bearer).map_err(|(_, m)| (m, None))?;
+                    let principal = verify_token(&reduced, &bearer).map_err(|(_, m)| (m, None))?;
                     let post_id = post_id.trim().to_string();
                     let Some(ing) = reduced.ingests_by_id.get(&post_id).cloned() else {
                         return Err(("post not found".into(), None));
@@ -450,7 +544,11 @@ pub async fn writer_actor(mut rx: mpsc::Receiver<WriteCmd>, state: AppState) {
                     let scope = scope_from_room_wire(&room_key);
                     if matches!(scope, ScopeId::Room(_))
                         && (!reduced.rooms.contains(&room_key)
-                            || !reduced.user_has_cap(&room_key, &principal, crate::events::ThreadCapability::View))
+                            || !reduced.user_has_cap(
+                                &room_key,
+                                &principal,
+                                crate::events::ThreadCapability::View,
+                            ))
                     {
                         return Err(("room not found".into(), None));
                     }
@@ -484,14 +582,16 @@ pub async fn writer_actor(mut rx: mpsc::Receiver<WriteCmd>, state: AppState) {
             } => {
                 let out = async {
                     let mut reduced = state.reduced.write().await;
-                    let principal =
-                        verify_token(&reduced, &bearer).map_err(|(_, m)| (m, None))?;
+                    let principal = verify_token(&reduced, &bearer).map_err(|(_, m)| (m, None))?;
                     let slug = slug.trim().to_lowercase();
                     if slug.is_empty() || slug.len() > 64 {
                         return Err(("slug must be 1-64 characters".into(), None));
                     }
                     if !slug.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || c == '-') {
-                        return Err(("slug must be lowercase alphanumeric with hyphens".into(), None));
+                        return Err((
+                            "slug must be lowercase alphanumeric with hyphens".into(),
+                            None,
+                        ));
                     }
                     let short_id = loop {
                         let id = gen_short_id();
@@ -539,13 +639,16 @@ pub async fn writer_actor(mut rx: mpsc::Receiver<WriteCmd>, state: AppState) {
                 let _ = reply.send(out);
             }
 
-            WriteCmd::RoomDelete { room, bearer, reply } => {
+            WriteCmd::RoomDelete {
+                room,
+                bearer,
+                reply,
+            } => {
                 let out = async {
                     use crate::events::ThreadCapability;
 
                     let mut reduced = state.reduced.write().await;
-                    let principal =
-                        verify_token(&reduced, &bearer).map_err(|(_, m)| (m, None))?;
+                    let principal = verify_token(&reduced, &bearer).map_err(|(_, m)| (m, None))?;
                     let room = room.trim().to_string();
                     if !reduced.rooms.contains(&room) {
                         return Err(("unknown room".into(), None));
@@ -589,15 +692,15 @@ pub async fn writer_actor(mut rx: mpsc::Receiver<WriteCmd>, state: AppState) {
                     use crate::identity::parse_username;
 
                     let mut reduced = state.reduced.write().await;
-                    let principal =
-                        verify_token(&reduced, &bearer).map_err(|(_, m)| (m, None))?;
+                    let principal = verify_token(&reduced, &bearer).map_err(|(_, m)| (m, None))?;
                     if !reduced.user_has_cap(&room, &principal, ThreadCapability::Manage) {
                         return Err(("requires Manage capability".into(), None));
                     }
                     if capabilities.is_empty() {
                         return Err(("capabilities must not be empty".into(), None));
                     }
-                    let target = parse_username(&username).map_err(|msg| ("invalid username".into(), Some(msg)))?;
+                    let target = parse_username(&username)
+                        .map_err(|msg| ("invalid username".into(), Some(msg)))?;
                     if !reduced.users_by_provider.values().any(|u| u == &target) {
                         return Err((format!("user @{target} not found"), None));
                     }
@@ -637,12 +740,12 @@ pub async fn writer_actor(mut rx: mpsc::Receiver<WriteCmd>, state: AppState) {
                     use crate::identity::parse_username;
 
                     let mut reduced = state.reduced.write().await;
-                    let principal =
-                        verify_token(&reduced, &bearer).map_err(|(_, m)| (m, None))?;
+                    let principal = verify_token(&reduced, &bearer).map_err(|(_, m)| (m, None))?;
                     if !reduced.user_has_cap(&room, &principal, ThreadCapability::Manage) {
                         return Err(("requires Manage capability".into(), None));
                     }
-                    let target = parse_username(&username).map_err(|msg| ("invalid username".into(), Some(msg)))?;
+                    let target = parse_username(&username)
+                        .map_err(|msg| ("invalid username".into(), Some(msg)))?;
                     if !reduced.users_by_provider.values().any(|u| u == &target) {
                         return Err((format!("user @{target} not found"), None));
                     }
diff --git a/server/src/dsl.rs b/server/src/dsl.rs
index def8b497c71567016a522648b9630d7038163e41..4203c2f59dd8825d7a91513c4023f3ccd37f1efc 100644
--- a/server/src/dsl.rs
+++ b/server/src/dsl.rs
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ fn parse_block_prefixed_statement(
 }
 
 fn parse_item_definition_statement(stripped: &str, masker: &BlockMasker) -> Result<Stmt, DslError> {
-    let (item1, j) =
-        parse_item_name_at(stripped, 0).ok_or_else(|| DslError::Parse("invalid item name".to_string()))?;
+    let (item1, j) = parse_item_name_at(stripped, 0)
+        .ok_or_else(|| DslError::Parse("invalid item name".to_string()))?;
     let i = skip_ws(stripped, j);
 
     if i >= stripped.len() {
@@ -632,6 +632,19 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_item_with_fenced_json_body_preserves_braces() {
+        let input = "~/item/in/url ```json\n{\"test\": true}\n```";
+        let doc = parse_full(input).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            doc.statements,
+            vec![Stmt::Item {
+                title: "~/item/in/url".to_string(),
+                body: Some("```json\n{\"test\": true}\n```".to_string()),
+            }]
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn parse_vote_ratio_and_symbols() {
         let d1 = parse_full("{because}\n~/a 3:1 ~/b").unwrap();
diff --git a/server/src/external_resolver.rs b/server/src/external_resolver.rs
index 13f06b922a685f110d269f7397da807cf8600fe1..8481f1fbff1c4265da182a225f539f97d6829002 100644
--- a/server/src/external_resolver.rs
+++ b/server/src/external_resolver.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,26 @@
 use async_trait::async_trait;
+use serde_json::Value;
+use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 
-use crate::path_types::ItemId;
+use crate::{path_types::ItemId, state::AppState, write_cmd::WriteCmd};
+
+const GITHUB_SYSTEM_PRINCIPAL: &str = "system:github-resolver";
+const GITHUB_RESOLVER_COOLDOWN_MS: i64 = 15_000;
+
+fn now_ms() -> i64 {
+    use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+    SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .unwrap_or_default()
+        .as_millis() as i64
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct ResolvedChild {
+    pub url: String,
+    pub title: String,
+    pub body: Option<String>,
+}
 
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait ExternalResolver: Send + Sync {
@@ -14,7 +34,290 @@ pub trait ExternalResolver: Send + Sync {
     async fn fetch_body(&self, item: &ItemId) -> Result<String, String>;
 }
 
-/// Placeholder until domain-specific resolvers exist.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct GitHubResolver {
+    client: reqwest::Client,
+    api_base_url: String,
+    token: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl GitHubResolver {
+    pub fn from_env() -> Self {
+        let api_base_url = std::env::var("SLUG_GITHUB_API_BASE_URL")
+            .ok()
+            .filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| "https://api.github.com".to_string());
+        let token = std::env::var("SLUG_GITHUB_TOKEN")
+            .ok()
+            .filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty());
+        Self {
+            client: reqwest::Client::new(),
+            api_base_url: api_base_url.trim_end_matches('/').to_string(),
+            token,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn can_resolve_children(&self, item: &ItemId) -> bool {
+        github_segments(item).is_some()
+    }
+
+    pub async fn list_children(&self, item: &ItemId) -> Result<Vec<ResolvedChild>, String> {
+        let segments = github_segments(item).ok_or_else(|| "not a GitHub URL".to_string())?;
+        match segments.as_slice() {
+            [] => Ok(vec![]),
+            [owner] => self.list_repos(owner).await,
+            [owner, repo] => Ok(github_repo_sections(owner, repo)),
+            [owner, repo, section] if section == "issues" => self.list_issues(owner, repo).await,
+            [owner, repo, section] if section == "pulls" => self.list_pulls(owner, repo).await,
+            _ => Ok(vec![]),
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn get_json(&self, path: &str) -> Result<Value, String> {
+        let url = format!("{}/{}", self.api_base_url, path.trim_start_matches('/'));
+        let mut req = self
+            .client
+            .get(url)
+            .header(reqwest::header::USER_AGENT, "slugsocial-github-resolver");
+        if let Some(token) = &self.token {
+            req = req.bearer_auth(token);
+        }
+        let resp = req
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| format!("GitHub request failed: {e}"))?;
+        let status = resp.status();
+        if !status.is_success() {
+            return Err(format!("GitHub request returned {status}"));
+        }
+        resp.json::<Value>()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| format!("GitHub response JSON failed: {e}"))
+    }
+
+    async fn list_repos(&self, owner: &str) -> Result<Vec<ResolvedChild>, String> {
+        let value = self
+            .get_json(&format!(
+                "/users/{owner}/repos?per_page=100&sort=updated&type=owner"
+            ))
+            .await?;
+        let arr = value
+            .as_array()
+            .ok_or_else(|| "GitHub repos response was not an array".to_string())?;
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        for repo in arr {
+            let name = repo
+                .get("name")
+                .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+                .unwrap_or_default();
+            if name.is_empty() {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let full_name = repo
+                .get("full_name")
+                .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+                .map(|s| s.to_ascii_lowercase())
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| format!("{owner}/{name}").to_ascii_lowercase());
+            out.push(ResolvedChild {
+                url: format!("https://github.com/{full_name}"),
+                title: full_name.clone(),
+                body: Some(github_json_body(repo)),
+            });
+        }
+        out.sort_by(|a, b| a.url.cmp(&b.url));
+        Ok(out)
+    }
+
+    async fn list_issues(&self, owner: &str, repo: &str) -> Result<Vec<ResolvedChild>, String> {
+        let value = self
+            .get_json(&format!(
+                "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues?state=open&per_page=100"
+            ))
+            .await?;
+        let arr = value
+            .as_array()
+            .ok_or_else(|| "GitHub issues response was not an array".to_string())?;
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        for issue in arr {
+            if issue.get("pull_request").is_some() {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let Some(number) = issue.get("number").and_then(|v| v.as_i64()) else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            let title = issue
+                .get("title")
+                .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+                .unwrap_or("Untitled issue");
+            out.push(ResolvedChild {
+                url: format!("https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{number}"),
+                title: format!("#{number} {title}"),
+                body: Some(github_json_body(issue)),
+            });
+        }
+        out.sort_by(|a, b| a.url.cmp(&b.url));
+        Ok(out)
+    }
+
+    async fn list_pulls(&self, owner: &str, repo: &str) -> Result<Vec<ResolvedChild>, String> {
+        let value = self
+            .get_json(&format!(
+                "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls?state=open&per_page=100"
+            ))
+            .await?;
+        let arr = value
+            .as_array()
+            .ok_or_else(|| "GitHub pulls response was not an array".to_string())?;
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        for pull in arr {
+            let Some(number) = pull.get("number").and_then(|v| v.as_i64()) else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            let title = pull
+                .get("title")
+                .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+                .unwrap_or("Untitled pull request");
+            out.push(ResolvedChild {
+                url: format!("https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{number}"),
+                title: format!("#{number} {title}"),
+                body: Some(github_json_body(pull)),
+            });
+        }
+        out.sort_by(|a, b| a.url.cmp(&b.url));
+        Ok(out)
+    }
+}
+
+fn github_segments(item: &ItemId) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+    let url = url::Url::parse(item.as_str()).ok()?;
+    if url.host_str()?.eq_ignore_ascii_case("github.com") {
+        Some(
+            url.path_segments()
+                .map(|segments| {
+                    segments
+                        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+                        .map(|s| s.to_ascii_lowercase())
+                        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                })
+                .unwrap_or_default(),
+        )
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+fn github_repo_sections(owner: &str, repo: &str) -> Vec<ResolvedChild> {
+    [
+        ("issues", "GitHub issues for this repository."),
+        ("pulls", "GitHub pull requests for this repository."),
+        ("commits", "GitHub commits for this repository."),
+        ("releases", "GitHub releases for this repository."),
+    ]
+    .into_iter()
+    .map(|(section, body)| ResolvedChild {
+        url: format!("https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/{section}"),
+        title: section.to_string(),
+        body: Some(body.to_string()),
+    })
+    .collect()
+}
+
+fn resolver_thread_tag(item: &ItemId) -> String {
+    let tail = item
+        .display_path()
+        .trim_start_matches("-/")
+        .replace('/', ":")
+        .replace('?', ":");
+    format!("import:{tail}")
+}
+
+fn sanitize_body(s: &str) -> String {
+    s.replace('{', "(")
+        .replace('}', ")")
+        .replace("```", "` ` `")
+        .chars()
+        .take(4_000)
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn github_json_body(value: &Value) -> String {
+    let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(value)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| value.to_string())
+        .replace("```", "` ` `");
+    format!("```json\n{json}\n```")
+}
+
+fn children_to_dsl(children: &[ResolvedChild]) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::new();
+    for child in children {
+        let body = child
+            .body
+            .as_deref()
+            .filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty())
+            .unwrap_or(child.title.as_str());
+        if body.trim_start().starts_with("```") {
+            out.push_str(&format!("{} {}\n\n", child.url, body.trim()));
+        } else {
+            out.push_str(&format!(
+                "{} {{\n{}\n}}\n\n",
+                child.url,
+                sanitize_body(body)
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+pub async fn resolve_github_children(
+    state: &AppState,
+    room: &str,
+    item: &ItemId,
+) -> Result<usize, String> {
+    if !state.github_resolver.can_resolve_children(item) {
+        return Err("no GitHub resolver for this item".to_string());
+    }
+
+    let key = format!("github:{}:{}", room.trim(), item.as_str());
+    let now = now_ms();
+    {
+        let mut runs = state.resolver_runs.write().await;
+        if let Some(last) = runs.get(&key) {
+            let remaining = GITHUB_RESOLVER_COOLDOWN_MS - (now - *last);
+            if remaining > 0 {
+                return Err(format!(
+                    "GitHub resolver cooldown: try again in {}s",
+                    (remaining + 999) / 1000
+                ));
+            }
+        }
+        runs.insert(key, now);
+    }
+
+    let children = state.github_resolver.list_children(item).await?;
+    if children.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(0);
+    }
+    let text = children_to_dsl(&children);
+    let thread_tag = resolver_thread_tag(item);
+    let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+    state
+        .write_tx
+        .send(WriteCmd::SystemIngest {
+            room: room.to_string(),
+            thread_tag,
+            text,
+            principal: GITHUB_SYSTEM_PRINCIPAL.to_string(),
+            reply: tx,
+        })
+        .await
+        .map_err(|_| "writer unavailable".to_string())?;
+    rx.await
+        .map_err(|_| "writer dropped".to_string())?
+        .map_err(|(msg, hint)| hint.map_or(msg.clone(), |h| format!("{msg}: {h}")))?;
+    Ok(children.len())
+}
+
+/// Placeholder until other domain-specific resolvers exist.
 pub struct DefaultExternalResolver;
 
 #[async_trait]
@@ -31,3 +334,51 @@ impl ExternalResolver for DefaultExternalResolver {
         Err("external fetch not implemented".to_string())
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn github_segments_parse_normalized_url() {
+        let item = ItemId::parse("https://github.com/Sortersocial/Slug/issues").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            github_segments(&item),
+            Some(vec![
+                "sortersocial".to_string(),
+                "slug".to_string(),
+                "issues".to_string()
+            ])
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn repo_sections_are_direct_children() {
+        let sections = github_repo_sections("sortersocial", "slug");
+        let urls: Vec<String> = sections.into_iter().map(|c| c.url).collect();
+        assert!(urls.contains(&"https://github.com/sortersocial/slug/issues".to_string()));
+        assert!(urls.contains(&"https://github.com/sortersocial/slug/pulls".to_string()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn children_to_dsl_contains_item_bodies() {
+        let dsl = children_to_dsl(&[ResolvedChild {
+            url: "https://github.com/o/r/issues/1".into(),
+            title: "#1 title".into(),
+            body: Some("body with {braces}".into()),
+        }]);
+        assert!(dsl.contains("https://github.com/o/r/issues/1"));
+        assert!(dsl.contains("body with (braces)"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn children_to_dsl_preserves_fenced_json_bodies() {
+        let dsl = children_to_dsl(&[ResolvedChild {
+            url: "https://github.com/o/r/issues/1".into(),
+            title: "#1 title".into(),
+            body: Some("```json\n{\"test\": true}\n```".into()),
+        }]);
+        assert!(dsl.contains("https://github.com/o/r/issues/1 ```json"));
+        assert!(dsl.contains("{\"test\": true}"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/html/garden.rs b/server/src/html/garden.rs
index 4c03640334a524babe39c02289989739b1ad0ae9..b28271e0316738eae245855b24aeb76486860554 100644
--- a/server/src/html/garden.rs
+++ b/server/src/html/garden.rs
@@ -9,18 +9,21 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde_json::json;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 
-use base64::{Engine as _, engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD as B64_ENGINE};
+use base64::{engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD as B64_ENGINE, Engine as _};
 
 use crate::{
     api::optional_principal,
     canonical_path::{canonicalize_item, canonicalize_tag},
-    middleware::canonical_view_url,
     events::ThreadCapability,
     form_template::template_json_compact,
-    html::{JsBuilder, ui_action::UI_RPC_FIELD, user_can_post_room},
+    html::{ui_action::UI_RPC_FIELD, user_can_post_room, HtmlUiAction, JsBuilder},
+    middleware::canonical_view_url,
     path_types::ItemId,
     reducer::{ContentState, ReducerState, ScopeId},
-    scope_rank::{ChildrenRankings, build_children_rankings},
+    scope_rank::{
+        build_children_rankings, build_rankings_for_item_set, resolve_scope_recursive,
+        ChildrenRankings,
+    },
     state::AppState,
     timeago,
 };
@@ -128,7 +131,11 @@ fn left_share_normalized(ratio_left: i32, ratio_right: i32) -> f64 {
     let l = ratio_left.max(0) as f64;
     let r = ratio_right.max(0) as f64;
     let sum = l + r;
-    if sum <= 0.0 { 0.5 } else { l / sum }
+    if sum <= 0.0 {
+        0.5
+    } else {
+        l / sum
+    }
 }
 
 /// Stronger preference for **`page_left` first**; ties **newer first**.
@@ -864,6 +871,7 @@ struct ItemPageViewModel {
     /// False at the tilde ontology root (`~/`): sibling-rank footnote does not apply.
     item_has_parent: bool,
     child_rankings: ChildrenRankings,
+    child_depth: usize,
     rank_history: Vec<RankHistoryEntryView>,
     /// Forum threads that mention or vote on this item.
     threads: Vec<String>,
@@ -1018,13 +1026,20 @@ fn build_item_page_view_model(
     reduced: &crate::reducer::ReducerState,
     scope: &ScopeId,
     item: &str,
+    child_depth: usize,
 ) -> ItemPageViewModel {
     let content = content_for_garden_view(reduced, scope);
     let item_key = ItemId::parse(item)
         .unwrap_or_else(|| ItemId::parse("~/").unwrap())
         .normalized_storage();
     let item_has_parent = item_key.parent().is_some();
-    let child_rankings = build_children_rankings(content, &item_key);
+    let child_depth = child_depth.clamp(1, 5);
+    let child_rankings = if child_depth > 1 {
+        let items = resolve_scope_recursive(content, &[item_key.as_str().to_string()], child_depth);
+        build_rankings_for_item_set(content, &items)
+    } else {
+        build_children_rankings(content, &item_key)
+    };
     let sibling_nav = build_sibling_nav(reduced, scope, &item_key);
 
     let rank_history = build_rank_history(reduced, scope, item_key.as_str());
@@ -1046,11 +1061,111 @@ fn build_item_page_view_model(
         sibling_nav,
         item_has_parent,
         child_rankings,
+        child_depth,
         rank_history,
         threads,
     }
 }
 
+fn child_depth_from_uri(uri: &Uri) -> usize {
+    uri.query()
+        .into_iter()
+        .flat_map(|q| q.split('&'))
+        .filter_map(|pair| pair.split_once('='))
+        .find_map(|(k, v)| {
+            if k == "depth" {
+                v.parse::<usize>().ok()
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        })
+        .unwrap_or(1)
+        .clamp(1, 5)
+}
+
+fn external_source_href(item: &str) -> String {
+    let Ok(mut url) = url::Url::parse(item) else {
+        return item.to_string();
+    };
+    let is_youtube = url
+        .host_str()
+        .map(|h| h.eq_ignore_ascii_case("www.youtube.com"))
+        .unwrap_or(false);
+    if is_youtube {
+        let segments: Vec<String> = url
+            .path_segments()
+            .map(|s| s.map(|seg| seg.to_string()).collect())
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        if segments.len() == 3 && segments[0] == "watch" && segments[1] == "v" {
+            let id = segments[2].clone();
+            url.set_path("/watch");
+            url.set_query(None);
+            url.query_pairs_mut().append_pair("v", &id);
+            return url.to_string();
+        }
+    }
+    item.to_string()
+}
+
+fn external_frame_allowed(item: &str) -> bool {
+    let Ok(url) = url::Url::parse(item) else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    let host = url.host_str().unwrap_or_default();
+    !matches!(host, "github.com" | "www.github.com")
+}
+
+fn github_resolver_controls(item: &str, nav: &ThreadNav, next: &str) -> Option<maud::Markup> {
+    let item_id = ItemId::parse(item)?.normalized_storage();
+    let url = url::Url::parse(item_id.as_str()).ok()?;
+    if !url
+        .host_str()
+        .map(|h| h.eq_ignore_ascii_case("github.com"))
+        .unwrap_or(false)
+    {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let children_rpc = template_json_compact(&HtmlUiAction::ResolveExternal {
+        room_wire: nav.room_wire.clone(),
+        item_storage: item_id.as_str().to_string(),
+        mode: "children".to_string(),
+        next: next.to_string(),
+        form_action: "/ui".to_string(),
+    })
+    .ok()?;
+    let siblings_rpc = item_id.parent().and_then(|_| {
+        template_json_compact(&HtmlUiAction::ResolveExternal {
+            room_wire: nav.room_wire.clone(),
+            item_storage: item_id.as_str().to_string(),
+            mode: "siblings".to_string(),
+            next: next.to_string(),
+            form_action: "/ui".to_string(),
+        })
+        .ok()
+    });
+
+    Some(html! {
+        section id="external-resolver-panel" class="ont-tab-panel ont-external-resolver" {
+            h3 { "GitHub resolver" }
+            p class="muted" {
+                "Import GitHub neighbors on demand. Results are saved as system ingests."
+            }
+            div class="resolver-actions" {
+                form method="POST" action="/ui" {
+                    input type="hidden" name=(UI_RPC_FIELD) value=(children_rpc);
+                    button type="submit" data-testid="github-resolve-children" { "Load children from GitHub" }
+                }
+                @if let Some(rpc) = siblings_rpc {
+                    form method="POST" action="/ui" {
+                        input type="hidden" name=(UI_RPC_FIELD) value=(rpc);
+                        button type="submit" data-testid="github-resolve-siblings" { "Load siblings from GitHub" }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    })
+}
+
 async fn render_scope_view(
     state: AppState,
     browse: GardenBrowsePath,
@@ -1061,11 +1176,14 @@ async fn render_scope_view(
     let scope = nav.scope();
     let pin_ref = pinned_item_from_jar(&jar);
     let reduced = state.reduced.read().await;
-    let model = build_item_page_view_model(&reduced, &scope, browse.item());
+    let child_depth = child_depth_from_uri(&uri);
+    let model = build_item_page_view_model(&reduced, &scope, browse.item(), child_depth);
     let scope_content = content_for_garden_view(&reduced, &scope);
     let thread_href = |tag: &str| nav.thread_url(tag);
     let external_empty_body = browse.is_external() && model.body.is_none();
     let cli_path_arg = item_display_path(&model.item);
+    let external_href = external_source_href(&model.item);
+    let external_can_embed = external_frame_allowed(&model.item);
     let (garden_room, garden_prefix) = garden_layout_meta(&nav);
     let next_for_pin = uri
         .path_and_query()
@@ -1104,7 +1222,24 @@ async fn render_scope_view(
                     div class="ont-item-content ont-external-empty" {
                         p { "This is an external scope." }
                         p class="muted" {
-                            button type="button" disabled { "Kick off an Agent Run to import and rank items" }
+                            "This scope has no imported body yet. Open the source page directly."
+                        }
+                        p {
+                            a href=(external_href.as_str()) target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" {
+                                "Open external URL"
+                            }
+                        }
+                        @if external_can_embed {
+                            p class="muted" { "Best-effort embedded preview:" }
+                            iframe
+                                class="ont-external-frame"
+                                src=(external_href.as_str())
+                                sandbox=""
+                                loading="lazy"
+                                referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
+                                style="width:100%;height:360px;border:1px solid currentColor;" {}
+                        } @else {
+                            p class="muted" { "Embedded preview is unavailable for this host." }
                         }
                     }
                 } @else {
@@ -1112,6 +1247,10 @@ async fn render_scope_view(
                 }
             }
 
+            @if let Some(markup) = github_resolver_controls(&model.item, &nav, &next_for_pin) {
+                (markup)
+            }
+
             @if !model.rank_history.is_empty() {
                 details class="ont-rank-history" {
                     summary {
@@ -1182,7 +1321,13 @@ async fn render_scope_view(
             }
 
             section class="ont-tab-panel ont-tab-panel-children" {
-                h3 { "ranked child groups" }
+                h3 {
+                    "ranked child groups"
+                    @if model.child_depth > 1 {
+                        " "
+                        span class="muted" { (format!("(depth {})", model.child_depth)) }
+                    }
+                }
                 @if model.child_rankings.component_rankings.is_empty() {
                     p class="muted" { "no voted pairs yet in this scope" }
                 } @else {
@@ -1415,7 +1560,7 @@ async fn vote_compare_inner(
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::build_item_page_view_model;
+    use super::{build_item_page_view_model, external_source_href};
     use crate::{
         events::{Event, Ingest},
         reducer::{ReducerState, ScopeId},
@@ -1516,7 +1661,7 @@ mod tests {
              ~/topic/b {beta}\n",
         );
 
-        let model = build_item_page_view_model(&reduced, &ScopeId::Public, "~/topic/a");
+        let model = build_item_page_view_model(&reduced, &ScopeId::Public, "~/topic/a", 1);
         assert_eq!(model.body.as_deref(), Some("alpha"));
         assert!(model.sibling_nav.is_some());
         assert!(model.child_rankings.component_rankings.is_empty());
@@ -1536,7 +1681,7 @@ mod tests {
              {a beats b}\n             ~/topic/a 2:1 ~/topic/b\n",
         );
 
-        let model = build_item_page_view_model(&reduced, &ScopeId::Public, "~/topic/a");
+        let model = build_item_page_view_model(&reduced, &ScopeId::Public, "~/topic/a", 1);
         let nav = model.sibling_nav.expect("expected sibling nav");
         assert_eq!(nav.groups.len(), 2);
         assert_eq!(nav.groups[0].links.len(), 2);
@@ -1558,7 +1703,7 @@ mod tests {
              {a beats b}\n             ~/topic/a 2:1 ~/topic/b\n",
         );
 
-        let model = build_item_page_view_model(&reduced, &ScopeId::Public, "~/topic/a");
+        let model = build_item_page_view_model(&reduced, &ScopeId::Public, "~/topic/a", 1);
         let nav = model.sibling_nav.expect("expected sibling nav");
         assert_eq!(nav.groups.len(), 3);
         assert_eq!(nav.groups[0].links.len(), 2);
@@ -1582,7 +1727,7 @@ mod tests {
              ~/topic/kid1/leaf {leaf}\n",
         );
 
-        let model = build_item_page_view_model(&reduced, &ScopeId::Public, "~/topic");
+        let model = build_item_page_view_model(&reduced, &ScopeId::Public, "~/topic", 1);
         assert_eq!(model.child_rankings.component_rankings.len(), 1);
         assert_eq!(model.child_rankings.component_rankings[0].pairs, 1);
         let names: Vec<&str> = model.child_rankings.component_rankings[0]
@@ -1625,6 +1770,7 @@ mod tests {
             &reduced,
             &ScopeId::Room("9ab12cd/my-room".to_string()),
             root.as_str(),
+            1,
         );
         assert!(!model.item_has_parent);
         assert_eq!(model.child_rankings.unranked_items.len(), 2);
@@ -1655,6 +1801,7 @@ mod tests {
             &reduced,
             &ScopeId::Room("9ab12cd/my-room".to_string()),
             root.as_str(),
+            1,
         );
         assert_eq!(model.child_rankings.component_rankings.len(), 1);
         assert_eq!(model.child_rankings.component_rankings[0].pairs, 1);
@@ -1680,11 +1827,56 @@ mod tests {
             "@00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000:test:local/test\n~/x {x}\n",
         );
         let model =
-            build_item_page_view_model(&reduced, &ScopeId::Public, "https://slug.social/~/");
+            build_item_page_view_model(&reduced, &ScopeId::Public, "https://slug.social/~/", 1);
         assert_eq!(model.child_rankings.unranked_items.len(), 1);
         assert_eq!(
             model.child_rankings.unranked_items[0].as_str(),
             "https://slug.social/~/x"
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn item_page_model_depth_includes_descendants() {
+        let mut reduced = ReducerState::default();
+        apply_ingest(
+            &mut reduced,
+            1,
+            "@00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000:test:local/test\n\
+             ~/topic {root}\n\
+             ~/topic/a {alpha}\n\
+             ~/topic/a/leaf {leaf}\n\
+             ~/topic/b {beta}\n",
+        );
+
+        let model = build_item_page_view_model(&reduced, &ScopeId::Public, "~/topic", 2);
+        let items: std::collections::HashSet<&str> = model
+            .child_rankings
+            .unranked_items
+            .iter()
+            .map(|u| u.as_str())
+            .collect();
+        assert!(items.contains("https://slug.social/~/topic/a"));
+        assert!(items.contains("https://slug.social/~/topic/a/leaf"));
+        assert!(items.contains("https://slug.social/~/topic/b"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn external_source_href_maps_youtube_path_identity_back_to_watch_url() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            external_source_href("https://www.youtube.com/watch/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ"),
+            "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            external_source_href("https://github.com/sortersocial/slug"),
+            "https://github.com/sortersocial/slug"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn external_frame_allowed_skips_known_blocked_hosts() {
+        assert!(!super::external_frame_allowed(
+            "https://github.com/sortersocial/slug"
+        ));
+        assert!(super::external_frame_allowed("https://example.com/path"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/html/ui_action.rs b/server/src/html/ui_action.rs
index 874fe729865c8b6179c94745221d8b79d625f642..8ab6f2924c3c66f826f38c487c48d6140eee4671 100644
--- a/server/src/html/ui_action.rs
+++ b/server/src/html/ui_action.rs
@@ -66,10 +66,17 @@ pub enum HtmlUiAction {
         #[serde(default = "default_ui_form_action")]
         form_action: String,
     },
-    /// Author redacts own post via `POST /ui`.
-    RedactPost {
-        post_id: String,
+    /// Resolve children or siblings for an external garden item.
+    ResolveExternal {
+        room_wire: String,
+        item_storage: String,
+        mode: String,
+        next: String,
+        #[serde(default = "default_ui_form_action")]
+        form_action: String,
     },
+    /// Author redacts own post via `POST /ui`.
+    RedactPost { post_id: String },
     /// Morph `#room-members-section` — members list open or collapsed (server-rendered).
     SetRoomMembersExpanded {
         room_wire: String,
@@ -77,9 +84,7 @@ pub enum HtmlUiAction {
         expanded: bool,
     },
     /// Delete the private room (Manage only); redirects to `/` on success.
-    DeleteRoom {
-        room: String,
-    },
+    DeleteRoom { room: String },
     /// Morph `#new-thread-ui-slot` inner — compose open or collapsed (`room_wire: "public"` for home).
     SetNewThreadComposeExpanded {
         room_wire: String,
@@ -117,13 +122,14 @@ pub enum HtmlUiParseError {
 }
 
 /// Parse `__rpc__` JSON, apply `$form` holes from the rest of the form map, deserialize.
-pub fn parse_html_ui_from_form(form: &HashMap<String, String>) -> Result<HtmlUiAction, HtmlUiParseError> {
-    let template = form
-        .get(UI_RPC_FIELD)
-        .ok_or(HtmlUiParseError::MissingRpc)?;
+pub fn parse_html_ui_from_form(
+    form: &HashMap<String, String>,
+) -> Result<HtmlUiAction, HtmlUiParseError> {
+    let template = form.get(UI_RPC_FIELD).ok_or(HtmlUiParseError::MissingRpc)?;
     let mut hole_map = form.clone();
     hole_map.remove(UI_RPC_FIELD);
-    let v: Value = fill_template_from_form(template, &hole_map).map_err(HtmlUiParseError::Template)?;
+    let v: Value =
+        fill_template_from_form(template, &hole_map).map_err(HtmlUiParseError::Template)?;
     serde_json::from_value(v).map_err(HtmlUiParseError::Action)
 }
 
diff --git a/server/src/lib.rs b/server/src/lib.rs
index b902094653cf9319efd14e67b91436e269362441..84e94bbec144eae77de68482385941cd2c5845eb 100644
--- a/server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ pub mod paths;
 pub mod api;
 pub mod canonical_path;
 pub mod dsl;
+pub mod event_log;
+pub mod events;
 pub mod external_resolver;
 pub mod form_template;
 pub mod html;
-pub mod event_log;
-pub mod events;
 pub mod identity;
 pub mod middleware;
 pub mod path_types;
@@ -50,16 +50,18 @@ pub fn create_app_state(cfg: AppConfig) -> AppState {
         js_tx,
         write_tx,
         views,
+        resolver_runs: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
+        github_resolver: Arc::new(crate::external_resolver::GitHubResolver::from_env()),
     };
-    tokio::spawn(crate::api::write_actor::writer_actor(write_rx, state.clone()));
+    tokio::spawn(crate::api::write_actor::writer_actor(
+        write_rx,
+        state.clone(),
+    ));
     state
 }
 
 /// Spawn the serialized writer. Used by integration tests after seeding reducer state in-process.
-pub fn spawn_writer_actor_for_test(
-    state: AppState,
-    rx: tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<WriteCmd>,
-) {
+pub fn spawn_writer_actor_for_test(state: AppState, rx: tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<WriteCmd>) {
     tokio::spawn(crate::api::write_actor::writer_actor(rx, state));
 }
 
@@ -89,10 +91,7 @@ pub fn create_app(state: AppState) -> Router {
         .route("/-", get(crate::html::external_garden_index))
         .route("/-/*path", get(crate::html::external_ontology_path))
         .route("/r/:room_key/~", get(crate::html::room_garden_index))
-        .route(
-            "/r/:room_key/~/*path",
-            get(crate::html::room_ontology_path),
-        )
+        .route("/r/:room_key/~/*path", get(crate::html::room_ontology_path))
         .route(
             "/r/:room_key/-",
             get(crate::html::room_external_garden_index),
diff --git a/server/src/state.rs b/server/src/state.rs
index 13831e868031edc19fda0f347376e0b17e8b99b7..8a80fed0a6bc7ae3516c76ab9d1e8592d7038ad1 100644
--- a/server/src/state.rs
+++ b/server/src/state.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc, RwLock};
 
-use crate::{event_log::EventLog, events::ThreadCapability, reducer::ReducerState, write_cmd::WriteCmd};
+use crate::{
+    event_log::EventLog, events::ThreadCapability, external_resolver::GitHubResolver,
+    reducer::ReducerState, write_cmd::WriteCmd,
+};
 
 /// Ephemeral invite link (24h TTL, in-memory only; not written to the event log).
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ pub struct PendingSession {
     pub provider_id: Option<String>,
     /// When set, successful OAuth completion redeems this invite token and appends [`crate::events::GrantAdded`].
     pub redeem_invite: Option<String>,
-    pub complete: Option<(String /*username*/, String /*bearer*/ )>,
+    pub complete: Option<(String /*username*/, String /*bearer*/)>,
 }
 
 /// An SSE event broadcast to all live stream subscribers when an ingest occurs.
@@ -68,6 +71,9 @@ pub struct AppState {
     /// All durable writes and reducer mutations are serialized through this channel.
     pub write_tx: mpsc::Sender<WriteCmd>,
     pub views: crate::views::ViewStore,
+    /// Ephemeral resolver cooldowns keyed by `room + item`: not persisted; durable results are JSONL ingests.
+    pub resolver_runs: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, i64>>>,
+    pub github_resolver: Arc<GitHubResolver>,
 }
 
 impl AppState {
@@ -94,7 +100,8 @@ impl AppState {
             js_tx,
             write_tx,
             views,
+            resolver_runs: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
+            github_resolver: Arc::new(GitHubResolver::from_env()),
         }
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/server/src/write_cmd.rs b/server/src/write_cmd.rs
index 494aaeadf7bb919768788e101c3c1ffa12da8503..094a1b80b64caa327af523dc36c618ea04551cdc 100644
--- a/server/src/write_cmd.rs
+++ b/server/src/write_cmd.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ pub enum WriteCmd {
         bearer: String,
         reply: oneshot::Sender<WriteCmdResult>,
     },
+    SystemIngest {
+        room: String,
+        thread_tag: String,
+        text: String,
+        principal: String,
+        reply: oneshot::Sender<WriteCmdResult>,
+    },
     Redact {
         post_id: String,
         bearer: String,
diff --git a/test/browser_github_resolver.clj b/test/browser_github_resolver.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1d5b6f1c4575e67ec430e4ce7f02c1bca5a35775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/browser_github_resolver.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+(ns test.browser-github-resolver
+  "Playwright coverage for on-demand GitHub external resolver imports."
+  (:require [babashka.fs :as fs]
+            [cheshire.core :as json]
+            [clojure.string :as str]
+            [clojure.test :refer [deftest is]]
+            [com.blockether.spel.core :as core]
+            [com.blockether.spel.locator :as locator]
+            [com.blockether.spel.page :as page]
+            [org.httpkit.server :as http]
+            [test.common :as common]
+            [test.oauth :as oauth]))
+
+(defn- wait-for-text [pg selector expected timeout-ms]
+  (let [deadline (+ (System/currentTimeMillis) timeout-ms)]
+    (loop []
+      (let [text (locator/text-content (page/locator pg selector))]
+        (if (and (string? text) (str/includes? text expected))
+          true
+          (if (< (System/currentTimeMillis) deadline)
+            (do (Thread/sleep 200) (recur))
+            false))))))
+
+(defn- start-mock-github [port]
+  (let [!paths (atom [])
+        handler (fn [req]
+                  (swap! !paths conj (:uri req))
+                  (case (:uri req)
+                    "/users/octo/repos"
+                    {:status 200
+                     :headers {"Content-Type" "application/json"}
+                     :body (json/generate-string
+                            [{:name "hello"
+                              :full_name "octo/hello"
+                              :description "Hello repo"}
+                             {:name "other"
+                              :full_name "octo/other"
+                              :description "Other repo"}])}
+
+                    "/repos/octo/hello/issues"
+                    {:status 200
+                     :headers {"Content-Type" "application/json"}
+                     :body (json/generate-string
+                            [{:number 42
+                              :title "Seeded issue"
+                              :body "Already pasted"}
+                             {:number 43
+                              :title "Imported sibling"
+                              :body "Loaded from mock GitHub"}
+                             {:number 99
+                              :title "PR should be filtered"
+                              :pull_request {}}])}
+
+                    {:status 404 :body "not found"}))
+        stop-fn (http/run-server handler {:port port})]
+    {:stop-fn stop-fn :paths !paths}))
+
+(defn github-resolver-flow! []
+  (println "\n━━━ browser GitHub resolver: on-demand children and siblings ━━━\n")
+
+  (common/letlocals
+   (bind build (common/run-cargo-build-release! ["slugsocial-server"]))
+   (is (zero? (:exit build)) "cargo build succeeds")
+   (bind server-bin "target/release/slugsocial-server")
+
+   (bind tmp-dir (str (fs/create-temp-dir {:prefix "slug-browser-github-resolver-"})))
+   (bind slug-port (common/pick-port))
+   (bind google-port (common/pick-port))
+   (bind github-port (common/pick-port))
+   (bind base-url (str "http://127.0.0.1:" slug-port))
+   (bind google-url (str "http://127.0.0.1:" google-port))
+   (bind github-url (str "http://127.0.0.1:" github-port))
+
+   (bind !server (atom nil))
+   (bind !google (atom nil))
+   (bind !github (atom nil))
+   (bind server-env (assoc (common/slug-server-env tmp-dir base-url google-url slug-port)
+                           "SLUG_GITHUB_API_BASE_URL" github-url))
+   (try
+     (reset! !google (oauth/start-mock-google google-port
+                                              :google-users ["google-user-alice"]))
+     (reset! !github (start-mock-github github-port))
+     (reset! !server (common/start-server server-bin server-env))
+     (is (common/wait-for-server base-url 10000) "server responds to /healthz")
+
+     (let [alice-token (oauth/fetch-bearer-token! base-url :username "alice")
+           seed-resp (oauth/http-post-json
+                      (str base-url "/api/v0/rpc")
+                      [{"Post" {"room" "public"
+                                "thread_tag" "github-resolver-seed"
+                                "text" "https://github.com/octo/hello/issues/42 {Seed pasted issue}"
+                                "return_rank_diff" false}}]
+                      :headers {"Authorization" (str "Bearer " alice-token)})
+           seed-json (json/parse-string (:body seed-resp) false)]
+       (is (true? (get-in seed-json ["results" 0 "ok"])) "seed pasted GitHub issue")
+
+       (core/with-playwright [pw]
+         (core/with-browser [browser (core/launch-chromium pw {:headless true :channel "chrome"})]
+           (core/with-context [ctx (core/new-context browser)]
+             (core/with-page [pg (core/new-page-from-context ctx)]
+               (page/navigate pg (str base-url "/login"))
+               (is (wait-for-text pg "body" "@alice" 15000) "alice session after login")
+
+               (page/navigate pg (str base-url "/-/github.com/octo"))
+               (is (wait-for-text pg "#external-resolver-panel" "GitHub resolver" 15000)
+                   "user page shows resolver panel")
+               (locator/click (page/locator pg "[data-testid=\"github-resolve-children\"]"))
+               (is (wait-for-text pg "body" "-/github.com/octo/other" 15000)
+                   "user resolver imports repos")
+
+               (page/navigate pg (str base-url "/-/github.com/octo/hello"))
+               (locator/click (page/locator pg "[data-testid=\"github-resolve-children\"]"))
+               (is (wait-for-text pg "body" "-/github.com/octo/hello/pulls" 15000)
+                   "repo resolver imports structural children")
+
+               (page/navigate pg (str base-url "/-/github.com/octo/hello/issues/42"))
+               (locator/click (page/locator pg "[data-testid=\"github-resolve-siblings\"]"))
+               (page/navigate pg (str base-url "/-/github.com/octo/hello/issues"))
+               (is (wait-for-text pg "body" "-/github.com/octo/hello/issues/43" 15000)
+                   "issue sibling resolver imports issue siblings")))))
+
+       (is (some #{"/users/octo/repos"} @(:paths @!github))
+           "mock GitHub saw user repos request")
+       (is (some #{"/repos/octo/hello/issues"} @(:paths @!github))
+           "mock GitHub saw repo issues request"))
+
+     (finally
+       (when-some [s @!server] (common/kill-server s))
+       (when-some [g @!google] ((:stop-fn g)))
+       (when-some [g @!github] ((:stop-fn g)))))))
+
+(deftest browser-github-resolver-test
+  (github-resolver-flow!))
diff --git a/test/browser_ui_morph.clj b/test/browser_ui_morph.clj
index 1dad7eb142728e14f0fe1a77747c6f443192cd03..7740a44546de12731833f048a19c35af8c6f2d1e 100644
--- a/test/browser_ui_morph.clj
+++ b/test/browser_ui_morph.clj
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
                (is (wait-for-text pg "nav.breadcrumb" "repo" 5000) "breadcrumb includes path segment repo")
                (is (wait-for-text pg ".ont-external-empty" "This is an external scope." 10000)
                         "external item shows empty-state copy")
-               (is (wait-for-text pg ".ont-external-empty" "Kick off an Agent Run to import and rank items" 5000)
-                        "external empty state shows disabled agent-run button label")
+               (is (wait-for-text pg ".ont-external-empty" "Open external URL" 5000)
+                        "external empty state links to source URL")
                (page/navigate pg (str base-url "/t/" thread-tag))
                (is (wait-for-text pg "#thread-feed-region" "[show full post]" 15000)
                         "truncated card shows expand link")
diff --git a/tests.edn b/tests.edn
index 103d38a1769a8f63754f08fb1e42a24c80ee37dc..5e2b0433a66c51806d08ef38d691259cfccd1fe0 100644
--- a/tests.edn
+++ b/tests.edn
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
                  "^test\\.browser-public-garden$"
                  "^test\\.browser-redact-thread-index$"
                  "^test\\.browser-garden-pin$"
-                 "^test\\.browser-vote-compare$"]
+                 "^test\\.browser-vote-compare$"
+                 "^test\\.browser-github-resolver$"]
    :kaocha.filter/skip-meta [:skip]
    :parallel? false}]
  :plugins [:kaocha.plugin/junit-xml]
diff --git a/types/src/paths.rs b/types/src/paths.rs
index 8669f6872b9fa71d72a3f5c346945427bc00ac5a..791a44a0850b54b2e6baf16b47726bde507194c6 100644
--- a/types/src/paths.rs
+++ b/types/src/paths.rs
@@ -361,13 +361,14 @@ mod tests {
             SLUG_TILDE_ONTOLOGY_ROOT.to_string()
         );
         assert_eq!(
-            ItemId::parse("https://slug.social/~/")
-                .unwrap()
-                .as_str(),
+            ItemId::parse("https://slug.social/~/").unwrap().as_str(),
             SLUG_TILDE_ONTOLOGY_ROOT
         );
         let legacy = ItemId::opaque("https://slug.social/~/".to_string());
-        assert_eq!(legacy.normalized_storage().as_str(), SLUG_TILDE_ONTOLOGY_ROOT);
+        assert_eq!(
+            legacy.normalized_storage().as_str(),
+            SLUG_TILDE_ONTOLOGY_ROOT
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -423,7 +424,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn garden_private_room_prefixes_ontology() {
         assert_eq!(
-            GardenItemUrl::from_storage_str("https://slug.social/~/topic/x", "9ab12cd/my-room").as_str(),
+            GardenItemUrl::from_storage_str("https://slug.social/~/topic/x", "9ab12cd/my-room")
+                .as_str(),
             "https://slug.social/r/9ab12cdmy-room/~/topic/x"
         );
     }
@@ -465,11 +467,11 @@ mod tests {
     fn canonicalize_youtube_short_links() {
         assert_eq!(
             canonicalize_item("https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ"),
-            "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
+            "https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ"
         );
         assert_eq!(
             canonicalize_item("-/youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ"),
-            "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
+            "https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ"
         );
     }
 
@@ -487,12 +489,29 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn item_id_parent_external_strips_last_segment() {
-        let c = ItemId::parse("https://spotify.com/track/1").unwrap();
+    fn canonicalize_external_url_strips_fragment_and_query_params() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            canonicalize_item("https://example.com/path?utm_source=newsletter&b=2#section"),
+            "https://example.com/path"
+        );
         assert_eq!(
-            c.parent().unwrap().as_str(),
-            "https://spotify.com/track"
+            canonicalize_item("-/example.com/path?FbClId=abc&a=1"),
+            "https://example.com/path"
         );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn canonicalize_github_external_url_normalizes_repo_identity() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            canonicalize_item("https://github.com/ORG/REPO.git?tab=issues&q=is%3Aopen"),
+            "https://github.com/org/repo"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn item_id_parent_external_strips_last_segment() {
+        let c = ItemId::parse("https://spotify.com/track/1").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(c.parent().unwrap().as_str(), "https://spotify.com/track");
         assert_eq!(
             ItemId::parse("https://github.com/iss/1")
                 .unwrap()
@@ -501,7 +520,10 @@ mod tests {
                 .as_str(),
             "https://github.com/iss"
         );
-        assert!(ItemId::parse("https://github.com").unwrap().parent().is_none());
+        assert!(ItemId::parse("https://github.com")
+            .unwrap()
+            .parent()
+            .is_none());
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/types/src/url_normalize.rs b/types/src/url_normalize.rs
index 999baa4f3367b632763b44ddc77b894451207c50..b655f4d834dd5a482aa1b5adad25b33461dbb76e 100644
--- a/types/src/url_normalize.rs
+++ b/types/src/url_normalize.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 //! Normalization for external `http(s)://` item identity (not slug tilde ontology).
 //!
 //! Policy (intentional, extend here as new domains need treatment):
-//! - Query pairs sorted lexicographically by **lowercased** key, then value.
+//! - Query pairs are navigation/filter state by default and are stripped from identity.
+//! - Known query-primary resources may canonicalize to path-based short links (YouTube `youtu.be/:id`).
+//! - Fragments are stripped from identity.
 //! - YouTube family → stable `www.youtube.com` shapes where possible.
 
 use url::Url;
@@ -23,8 +25,10 @@ pub fn normalize_http_identity_url(s: &str) -> Option<String> {
     if !matches!(u.scheme(), "http" | "https") {
         return None;
     }
+    u.set_fragment(None);
     rewrite_youtube(&mut u);
-    sort_query_pairs(&mut u);
+    normalize_github(&mut u);
+    u.set_query(None);
     Some(u.to_string())
 }
 
@@ -45,23 +49,18 @@ fn rewrite_youtube(u: &mut Url) {
 
     match base.as_str() {
         "youtu.be" => {
-            let id = path.trim_start_matches('/').split('/').next().unwrap_or("").to_string();
+            let id = path
+                .trim_start_matches('/')
+                .split('/')
+                .next()
+                .unwrap_or("")
+                .to_string();
             if id.is_empty() {
                 return;
             }
-            let saved: Vec<(String, String)> = u.query_pairs().into_owned().collect();
-            let Ok(mut out) = Url::parse(&format!("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={id}")) else {
+            let Ok(out) = Url::parse(&format!("https://youtu.be/{id}")) else {
                 return;
             };
-            {
-                let mut q = out.query_pairs_mut();
-                for (k, v) in saved {
-                    if k.eq_ignore_ascii_case("v") {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    q.append_pair(&k, &v);
-                }
-            }
             *u = out;
         }
         "youtube.com" | "m.youtube.com" => {
@@ -80,20 +79,9 @@ fn rewrite_youtube(u: &mut Url) {
                 if id.is_empty() {
                     return;
                 }
-                let saved: Vec<(String, String)> = u.query_pairs().into_owned().collect();
-                let Ok(mut out) = Url::parse(&format!("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={id}"))
-                else {
+                let Ok(out) = Url::parse(&format!("https://youtu.be/{id}")) else {
                     return;
                 };
-                {
-                    let mut q = out.query_pairs_mut();
-                    for (k, v) in saved {
-                        if k.eq_ignore_ascii_case("v") {
-                            continue;
-                        }
-                        q.append_pair(&k, &v);
-                    }
-                }
                 *u = out;
                 return;
             }
@@ -109,25 +97,21 @@ fn rewrite_youtube(u: &mut Url) {
                 if id.is_empty() {
                     return;
                 }
-                let saved: Vec<(String, String)> = u.query_pairs().into_owned().collect();
-                let Ok(mut out) = Url::parse(&format!("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={id}"))
-                else {
+                let Ok(out) = Url::parse(&format!("https://youtu.be/{id}")) else {
                     return;
                 };
-                {
-                    let mut q = out.query_pairs_mut();
-                    for (k, v) in saved {
-                        if k.eq_ignore_ascii_case("v") {
-                            continue;
-                        }
-                        q.append_pair(&k, &v);
-                    }
-                }
                 *u = out;
                 return;
             }
             if path.starts_with("/watch") {
                 let _ = u.set_host(Some("www.youtube.com"));
+                if let Some((_, id)) = u.query_pairs().find(|(k, _)| k.eq_ignore_ascii_case("v")) {
+                    if !id.is_empty() {
+                        if let Ok(out) = Url::parse(&format!("https://youtu.be/{id}")) {
+                            *u = out;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
                 return;
             }
             if path.starts_with("/shorts/") {
@@ -142,17 +126,9 @@ fn rewrite_youtube(u: &mut Url) {
                 if id.is_empty() {
                     return;
                 }
-                let saved: Vec<(String, String)> = u.query_pairs().into_owned().collect();
-                let Ok(mut out) = Url::parse(&format!("https://www.youtube.com/shorts/{id}"))
-                else {
+                let Ok(out) = Url::parse(&format!("https://www.youtube.com/shorts/{id}")) else {
                     return;
                 };
-                {
-                    let mut q = out.query_pairs_mut();
-                    for (k, v) in saved {
-                        q.append_pair(&k, &v);
-                    }
-                }
                 *u = out;
                 return;
             }
@@ -163,25 +139,32 @@ fn rewrite_youtube(u: &mut Url) {
     }
 }
 
-fn sort_query_pairs(u: &mut Url) {
-    let pairs: Vec<(String, String)> = u.query_pairs().into_owned().collect();
-    if pairs.is_empty() {
-        u.set_query(None);
+fn normalize_github(u: &mut Url) {
+    let Some(host_raw) = u.host_str() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    if host_raw.to_ascii_lowercase() != "github.com" {
         return;
     }
-    let mut pairs = pairs;
-    pairs.sort_by(|a, b| {
-        a.0.to_ascii_lowercase()
-            .cmp(&b.0.to_ascii_lowercase())
-            .then_with(|| a.1.cmp(&b.1))
-    });
-    u.set_query(None);
-    {
-        let mut q = u.query_pairs_mut();
-        for (k, v) in pairs {
-            q.append_pair(&k, &v);
+
+    let Some(segments) = u.path_segments() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let mut segments: Vec<String> = segments
+        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+        .map(|s| s.to_ascii_lowercase())
+        .collect();
+    if let Some(repo) = segments.get_mut(1) {
+        if let Some(stripped) = repo.strip_suffix(".git") {
+            *repo = stripped.to_string();
         }
     }
+
+    if segments.is_empty() {
+        u.set_path("/");
+    } else {
+        u.set_path(&format!("/{}", segments.join("/")));
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -192,19 +175,19 @@ mod tests {
     fn youtube_youtu_be_to_watch() {
         assert_eq!(
             normalize_http_identity_url("https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ").as_deref(),
-            Some("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ")
+            Some("https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ")
         );
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn youtube_watch_query_sorted() {
+    fn youtube_watch_v_query_becomes_path_child() {
         assert_eq!(
             normalize_http_identity_url("https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z&a=1&b=2").as_deref(),
-            Some("https://www.youtube.com/watch?a=1&b=2&v=Z")
+            Some("https://youtu.be/Z")
         );
         assert_eq!(
             normalize_http_identity_url("https://youtube.com/watch?b=2&a=1&v=Z").as_deref(),
-            Some("https://www.youtube.com/watch?a=1&b=2&v=Z")
+            Some("https://youtu.be/Z")
         );
     }
 
@@ -212,7 +195,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn youtube_embed_to_watch() {
         assert_eq!(
             normalize_http_identity_url("https://www.youtube.com/embed/dQw4w9WgXcQ").as_deref(),
-            Some("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ")
+            Some("https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ")
         );
     }
 
@@ -225,10 +208,56 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn arbitrary_query_sorted() {
+    fn arbitrary_query_is_stripped() {
         assert_eq!(
             normalize_http_identity_url("https://example.com/x?z=1&a=2").as_deref(),
-            Some("https://example.com/x?a=2&z=1")
+            Some("https://example.com/x")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn fragment_is_stripped_from_identity() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            normalize_http_identity_url("https://example.com/path?b=2#a-section").as_deref(),
+            Some("https://example.com/path")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn all_generic_query_params_are_stripped() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            normalize_http_identity_url(
+                "https://example.com/x?z=1&utm_source=newsletter&FbClId=abc&ref=share&a=2"
+            )
+            .as_deref(),
+            Some("https://example.com/x")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stripping_tracking_params_removes_empty_query() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            normalize_http_identity_url("https://example.com/x?utm_medium=email&si=share")
+                .as_deref(),
+            Some("https://example.com/x")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn youtube_identity_query_is_promoted_before_query_cleanup() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            normalize_http_identity_url("https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=share&v=ignored&t=12")
+                .as_deref(),
+            Some("https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn github_repo_suffix_and_noise_query_are_normalized() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            normalize_http_identity_url("https://github.com/ORG/REPO.git?tab=readme&q=is%3Aopen")
+                .as_deref(),
+            Some("https://github.com/org/repo")
         );
     }
 }
@@ -324,7 +353,10 @@ mod url_identity_tests {
     fn empty_path_vs_slash_only_path_may_differ() {
         let root = Url::parse("https://example.com").unwrap();
         let slash = Url::parse("https://example.com/").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(root, slash, "root and trailing-slash-only merge for this parser");
+        assert_eq!(
+            root, slash,
+            "root and trailing-slash-only merge for this parser"
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -353,6 +385,9 @@ mod url_identity_tests {
 
         let plus = Url::parse("https://example.com/?q=a+b").unwrap();
         let encoded = Url::parse("https://example.com/?q=a%20b").unwrap();
-        assert_ne!(plus, encoded, "space as + vs %20 — different keys unless normalized");
+        assert_ne!(
+            plus, encoded,
+            "space as + vs %20 — different keys unless normalized"
+        );
     }
 }


Side B — contributor: tommy-mor
Side B — commit message:
[1d14ff09] Ephemeral Reddit content; log structure only (#46)

* Keep Reddit content ephemeral; log structure only

Remove EntityImported and EntityStore. Reddit fetches write display
content directly to the projection with a fetched_at timestamp, while
the event log records NodeEnsured for discovered identities only.

A background task evicts cached display content after 48 hours. Votes,
tree structure, and ItemIds remain in the log and projection.

Co-authored-by: tommy <thmorriss@gmail.com>

* Fix reddit import test assertions and Clojure syntax

Co-authored-by: tommy <thmorriss@gmail.com>

---------

Co-authored-by: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>

Side B — unified diff (full patch):
diff --git a/server/src/bin/storage_bench.rs b/server/src/bin/storage_bench.rs
index 4762d0d23bc8e2df439afe09a3235ba7f72bd486..3d988416ad36b27a7d3dc84280cfdbdcafa43e69 100644
--- a/server/src/bin/storage_bench.rs
+++ b/server/src/bin/storage_bench.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use sorter2_server::{
-    entity_store::EntityStore, event_log::EventLog, events::Event, journal::JournalClient,
-    projection_apply, projection_store::ProjectionStore,
+    event_log::EventLog, events::Event, journal::JournalClient, projection_apply,
+    projection_store::ProjectionStore,
 };
 
 #[tokio::main]
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
     let data_dir = opts.data_dir.to_string_lossy().into_owned();
     let event_log = Arc::new(EventLog::new(format!("{data_dir}/events.jsonl")));
     let db = durable::Db::open(opts.data_dir.join("store"))?;
-    let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db)?;
     let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db)?;
 
     let journal = JournalClient::spawn(
         event_log.clone(),
-        entity_store.clone(),
         projection_store.clone(),
         event_log.last_sequence().await? + 1,
     );
@@ -46,12 +44,9 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
     drop(journal);
 
     let rebuild_start = Instant::now();
-    entity_store.reset()?;
     projection_store.reset()?;
     let rebuild = event_log
-        .replay(|record| {
-            projection_apply::apply_records(&projection_store, &entity_store, &[record])
-        })
+        .replay(|record| projection_apply::apply_records(&projection_store, &[record]))
         .await?;
     let rebuild_elapsed = rebuild_start.elapsed();
 
diff --git a/server/src/entity_store.rs b/server/src/entity_store.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index d29f39aecca6f12cdcf263cf77c3654eb4ee6cfa..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/server/src/entity_store.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-//! Off-heap storage for full entity payloads (Reddit API JSON).
-//!
-//! Derived [`crate::reducer::EntityData`] is stored on the node; the raw JSON
-//! lives here, in the shared durable [`Store`] schema.
-
-use std::path::Path;
-
-use durable::{Batch, Db, Durability};
-use serde_json::Value;
-
-use crate::{
-    path_types::ItemId,
-    storage_dto::{decode_entity_payload, encode_entity_payload},
-    storage_schema::{Store, StoreFields},
-};
-
-const ENTITY_SCHEMA_KEY: &str = "schema_version";
-const ENTITY_SCHEMA_VERSION: u64 = 2;
-
-#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
-pub enum EntityStoreError {
-    #[error("durable error: {0}")]
-    Durable(#[from] durable::Error),
-    #[error("json error: {0}")]
-    Json(#[from] serde_json::Error),
-    #[error("storage decode error: {0}")]
-    Storage(String),
-    #[error("io error: {0}")]
-    Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
-}
-
-/// Disk-backed map of entity id → raw JSON payload.
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct EntityStore {
-    db: Db,
-}
-
-impl EntityStore {
-    /// Open (or create) the entity database under `dir`.
-    pub fn open(dir: &Path) -> Result<Self, EntityStoreError> {
-        std::fs::create_dir_all(dir)?;
-        let db = Db::open(dir)?;
-        Self::from_db(&db)
-    }
-
-    /// Create an entity store backed by an already-open database.
-    pub fn from_db(db: &Db) -> Result<Self, EntityStoreError> {
-        let store = Self { db: db.clone() };
-        let version = Store::root()
-            .entity_meta()
-            .key(&ENTITY_SCHEMA_KEY.to_string())
-            .get(db)?;
-        if version != Some(ENTITY_SCHEMA_VERSION) {
-            store.reset()?;
-        }
-        Ok(store)
-    }
-
-    /// Clear rebuildable entity payloads and reset storage schema metadata.
-    pub fn reset(&self) -> Result<(), EntityStoreError> {
-        let root = Store::root();
-        self.db.apply(
-            &[root.entities().clear(), root.entity_meta().clear()],
-            Durability::SyncWal,
-        )?;
-        self.db.run(
-            root.entity_meta()
-                .key(&ENTITY_SCHEMA_KEY.to_string())
-                .set(&ENTITY_SCHEMA_VERSION),
-            Durability::SyncWal,
-        )?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    /// Persist a payload for `id` (overwrites any existing entry).
-    pub fn put(&self, id: &ItemId, payload: &Value) -> Result<(), EntityStoreError> {
-        self.db.run(
-            Store::root()
-                .entities()
-                .key(&id.as_str().to_string())
-                .set(&encode_entity_payload(payload)),
-            Durability::SyncWal,
-        )?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    /// Add a payload write to the caller's batch.
-    pub fn put_in_batch(
-        &self,
-        batch: &mut Batch,
-        id: &ItemId,
-        payload: &Value,
-    ) -> Result<(), EntityStoreError> {
-        batch.write(
-            Store::root()
-                .entities()
-                .key(&id.as_str().to_string())
-                .set(&encode_entity_payload(payload)),
-        );
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    /// Load a stored payload, if present.
-    pub fn get(&self, id: &ItemId) -> Result<Option<Value>, EntityStoreError> {
-        match Store::root()
-            .entities()
-            .key(&id.as_str().to_string())
-            .get(&self.db)?
-        {
-            Some(record) => decode_entity_payload(record)
-                .map(Some)
-                .map_err(EntityStoreError::Storage),
-            None => Ok(None),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use serde_json::json;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn round_trip_payload() {
-        let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-        let store = EntityStore::open(tmp.path()).unwrap();
-        let id = ItemId::from_url("https://reddit.com/r/rust").unwrap();
-        let payload = json!({"kind": "t5", "data": {"display_name": "rust"}});
-
-        store.put(&id, &payload).unwrap();
-        let loaded = store.get(&id).unwrap().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(loaded, payload);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/server/src/events.rs b/server/src/events.rs
index a3d88e285c645a96d33e6f0aed1b487b843aceb8..d76c3bb4277216b0d39c9422ba7a50db10a95e05 100644
--- a/server/src/events.rs
+++ b/server/src/events.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use serde_json::Value;
 
 /// Schema version for JSONL log records. Bump when event semantics change.
 pub const CURRENT_LOG_SCHEMA: u32 = 1;
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ pub type ViewRecord = LogRecord<ViewEvent>;
 /// Wall-clock timestamp carried on the log envelope for domain events.
 pub fn event_timestamp(event: &Event) -> i64 {
     match event {
-        Event::VoteRecorded { ts, .. } | Event::EntityImported { ts, .. } => *ts,
+        Event::VoteRecorded { ts, .. } => *ts,
         Event::NodeEnsured { .. } => crate::fetch::now_ms(),
     }
 }
@@ -57,6 +56,4 @@ pub enum Event {
     },
     /// Register a node path in the fractal tree (no external fetch).
     NodeEnsured { id: String },
-    /// Full upstream API payload for a node (domain-specific view derived at replay/render time).
-    EntityImported { id: String, ts: i64, payload: Value },
 }
diff --git a/server/src/journal.rs b/server/src/journal.rs
index 50bc89f976edb82b7b0e49e954a8eccbbe82bf87..d50023aca7c3e74068de988449b11baee32d1ecf 100644
--- a/server/src/journal.rs
+++ b/server/src/journal.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
 
 use crate::{
-    entity_store::EntityStore,
     event_log::EventLog,
     events::{event_timestamp, Event, EventRecord},
     projection_apply,
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ pub struct JournalClient {
 impl JournalClient {
     pub fn spawn(
         event_log: Arc<EventLog>,
-        entity_store: EntityStore,
         projection_store: ProjectionStore,
         next_seq: u64,
     ) -> Self {
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ impl JournalClient {
         tokio::spawn(journal_worker(
             rx,
             event_log,
-            entity_store,
             projection_store,
             next_seq,
         ));
@@ -62,7 +59,6 @@ impl JournalClient {
 async fn journal_worker(
     mut rx: mpsc::Receiver<JournalCommand>,
     event_log: Arc<EventLog>,
-    entity_store: EntityStore,
     projection_store: ProjectionStore,
     mut next_seq: u64,
 ) {
@@ -75,7 +71,6 @@ async fn journal_worker(
         let result = append_and_project_batch(
             &event_log,
             &projection_store,
-            &entity_store,
             &mut next_seq,
             &batch,
         )
@@ -99,7 +94,6 @@ async fn journal_worker(
 async fn append_and_project_batch(
     event_log: &EventLog,
     projection_store: &ProjectionStore,
-    entity_store: &EntityStore,
     next_seq: &mut u64,
     commands: &[JournalCommand],
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
@@ -117,7 +111,7 @@ async fn append_and_project_batch(
         .await
         .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
     *next_seq = seq;
-    projection_apply::apply_records(projection_store, entity_store, &records)
+    projection_apply::apply_records(projection_store, &records)
         .map_err(|e| format!("projection apply failed after durable append: {e}"))
 }
 
@@ -132,10 +126,9 @@ mod tests {
         let log_path = tmp.path().join("events.jsonl");
         let event_log = Arc::new(EventLog::new(log_path));
         let db = durable::Db::open(tmp.path().join("store")).unwrap();
-        let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
         let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
 
-        let journal = JournalClient::spawn(event_log, entity_store, projection_store.clone(), 1);
+        let journal = JournalClient::spawn(event_log, projection_store.clone(), 1);
 
         let j1 = journal.clone();
         let j2 = journal.clone();
@@ -177,11 +170,9 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap();
 
         let db = durable::Db::open(tmp.path().join("store")).unwrap();
-        let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
         let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
         projection_apply::apply_records(
             &projection_store,
-            &entity_store,
             &[EventRecord::new(
                 1,
                 1,
@@ -196,7 +187,6 @@ mod tests {
 
         let journal = JournalClient::spawn(
             event_log.clone(),
-            entity_store,
             projection_store.clone(),
             next_seq,
         );
@@ -219,10 +209,9 @@ mod tests {
         let log_path = tmp.path().join("events.jsonl");
         let event_log = Arc::new(EventLog::new(log_path));
         let db = durable::Db::open(tmp.path().join("store")).unwrap();
-        let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
         let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
         let journal =
-            JournalClient::spawn(event_log.clone(), entity_store, projection_store.clone(), 1);
+            JournalClient::spawn(event_log.clone(), projection_store.clone(), 1);
 
         journal
             .append_many(vec![
diff --git a/server/src/lib.rs b/server/src/lib.rs
index 5c02c8e704e4664453bad75d819df8a067668176..3dfc7c8acb8ed61bb73ade63e72768e402042cc5 100644
--- a/server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 pub mod api;
-pub mod entity_store;
 pub mod event_log;
 pub mod events;
 pub mod fetch;
diff --git a/server/src/projection_apply.rs b/server/src/projection_apply.rs
index 5644557a41b3e9497c7421b444155ae629fa79f1..9c8990a8af927f35d3344c8d0872a516aba56b86 100644
--- a/server/src/projection_apply.rs
+++ b/server/src/projection_apply.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 //! Apply event-log records to the durable projection as precise point updates.
 //!
 //! Each batch of records lowers to reified durable writes (edge merges, child
-//! links, voted-pair flags, recent-vote pushes, entity payloads) plus a cursor
-//! advance, all committed in one atomic `DisableWal` batch. The cursor moving in
-//! the same batch as the (non-idempotent) edge merges guarantees exactly-once
-//! application across replay.
+//! links, voted-pair flags, recent-vote pushes) plus a cursor advance, all
+//! committed in one atomic `DisableWal` batch. The cursor moving in the same
+//! batch as the (non-idempotent) edge merges guarantees exactly-once application
+//! across replay.
 
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 
 use crate::{
-    entity_store::EntityStore,
     event_log::EventLogError,
     events::{Event, EventRecord},
     path_types::ItemId,
     projection_store::ProjectionStore,
-    reddit::entity_view_from_payload,
     reducer::VoteData,
-    storage_schema::{ensure_path_writes, entity_view_writes, vote_writes},
+    storage_schema::{ensure_path_writes, vote_writes},
 };
 
 fn parse_event_id(id: &str) -> Result<ItemId, EventLogError> {
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@ fn parent_from_event_scope(scope: &str) -> ItemId {
 
 pub fn apply_records(
     projection_store: &ProjectionStore,
-    entity_store: &EntityStore,
     records: &[EventRecord],
 ) -> Result<(), EventLogError> {
     if records.is_empty() {
@@ -79,14 +76,6 @@ pub fn apply_records(
                 let parsed = parse_event_id(id)?;
                 ensure_path_writes(&mut batch, &parsed);
             }
-            Event::EntityImported { id, payload, .. } => {
-                let parsed = parse_event_id(id)?;
-                let view = entity_view_from_payload(&parsed, payload);
-                entity_view_writes(&mut batch, &parsed, view.as_ref());
-                entity_store
-                    .put_in_batch(&mut batch, &parsed, payload)
-                    .map_err(|e| EventLogError::Apply(e.to_string()))?;
-            }
         }
         last_seq = record.seq;
     }
diff --git a/server/src/projection_store.rs b/server/src/projection_store.rs
index 30ee478f953e80d7322bdbfa521ae559ff08fa51..8576d671f351004426207894ac35594ddb0f70cf 100644
--- a/server/src/projection_store.rs
+++ b/server/src/projection_store.rs
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@ use durable::{Db, Durability, Write};
 
 use crate::{
     path_types::ItemId,
-    reducer::{GlobalTree, NodeState},
-    storage_schema::{load_node_state, node, NodeSchemaFields, Store, StoreFields},
+    reducer::{EntityData, GlobalTree, NodeState},
+    storage_schema::{
+        entity_content_clear_writes, entity_content_writes, load_node_state, node, NodeSchemaFields,
+        Store, StoreFields,
+    },
 };
 
 const PROJECTION_CURSOR_KEY: &str = "cursor";
 const PROJECTION_SCHEMA_KEY: &str = "schema_version";
-const PROJECTION_SCHEMA_VERSION: u64 = 2;
+const PROJECTION_SCHEMA_VERSION: u64 = 3;
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 pub enum ProjectionStoreError {
@@ -148,6 +151,45 @@ impl ProjectionStore {
         )?;
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Cache Reddit display content outside the event log (must be evicted per policy).
+    pub fn put_ephemeral_content(
+        &self,
+        id: &ItemId,
+        view: &EntityData,
+        fetched_at: i64,
+    ) -> Result<(), ProjectionStoreError> {
+        let mut batch = self.db.batch();
+        entity_content_writes(&mut batch, id, view, fetched_at);
+        batch
+            .commit_with(Durability::DisableWal)
+            .map_err(ProjectionStoreError::from)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Drop cached display content older than `cutoff_ms` (votes and tree structure remain).
+    pub fn evict_content_older_than(&self, cutoff_ms: i64) -> Result<usize, ProjectionStoreError> {
+        let keys = Store::root().nodes().keys(&self.db)?;
+        let mut batch = self.db.batch();
+        let mut evicted = 0usize;
+        for key in keys {
+            let id = parse_node_key(&key)?;
+            let np = node(&id);
+            let Some(fetched_at) = np.fetched_at().get(&self.db)? else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            if fetched_at > 0 && fetched_at < cutoff_ms {
+                entity_content_clear_writes(&mut batch, &id);
+                evicted += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        if evicted > 0 {
+            batch
+                .commit_with(Durability::DisableWal)
+                .map_err(ProjectionStoreError::from)?;
+        }
+        Ok(evicted)
+    }
 }
 
 fn parse_node_key(key: &str) -> Result<ItemId, ProjectionStoreError> {
@@ -162,7 +204,7 @@ fn parse_node_key(key: &str) -> Result<ItemId, ProjectionStoreError> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::{entity_store::EntityStore, events::Event, projection_apply};
+    use crate::{events::Event, projection_apply, reducer::EntityData};
 
     fn record(seq: u64, event: Event) -> crate::events::EventRecord {
         crate::events::EventRecord::new(seq, crate::events::event_timestamp(&event), event)
@@ -172,7 +214,6 @@ mod tests {
     fn applies_and_loads_reducer_nodes() {
         let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
         let db = Db::open(tmp.path()).unwrap();
-        let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
         let store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
 
         let event = Event::VoteRecorded {
@@ -183,7 +224,7 @@ mod tests {
             ratio_right: 1,
             scope: String::new(),
         };
-        projection_apply::apply_records(&store, &entity_store, &[record(1, event)]).unwrap();
+        projection_apply::apply_records(&store, &[record(1, event)]).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(store.last_applied_event_count().unwrap(), 1);
 
         let loaded = store.load_tree().unwrap();
@@ -196,7 +237,6 @@ mod tests {
     fn hydrates_scope_with_child_nodes() {
         let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
         let db = Db::open(tmp.path()).unwrap();
-        let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
         let store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
 
         let event = Event::VoteRecorded {
@@ -207,11 +247,36 @@ mod tests {
             ratio_right: 1,
             scope: String::new(),
         };
-        projection_apply::apply_records(&store, &entity_store, &[record(1, event)]).unwrap();
+        projection_apply::apply_records(&store, &[record(1, event)]).unwrap();
 
         let scoped = store.scope_tree(&ItemId::root()).unwrap();
         let root = scoped.get(&ItemId::root()).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(root.children.len(), 2);
         assert!(scoped.get(&ItemId::opaque("alpha")).is_some());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn evicts_stale_ephemeral_content() {
+        let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let db = Db::open(tmp.path()).unwrap();
+        let store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
+        let id = ItemId::from_url("https://reddit.com/r/rust").unwrap();
+        store
+            .put_ephemeral_content(
+                &id,
+                &EntityData {
+                    title: "Rust".into(),
+                    author: None,
+                    body_html: None,
+                    thumb_url: None,
+                    image_url: None,
+                    link_url: None,
+                },
+                1_000,
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(store.load_node(&id).unwrap().unwrap().data.is_some());
+        assert_eq!(store.evict_content_older_than(2_000).unwrap(), 1);
+        assert!(store.load_node(&id).unwrap().unwrap().data.is_none());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/reddit.rs b/server/src/reddit.rs
index 20b7f9e3f8be39268a1767d09f5cf81eaa6ae0df..a874814f8927192ee62cab2d0db1efd27dcd57b7 100644
--- a/server/src/reddit.rs
+++ b/server/src/reddit.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
 
 use crate::{
-    entity_store::EntityStore, events::Event, fetch::now_ms, journal::JournalClient,
-    path_types::ItemId, reducer::GlobalTree,
+    events::Event, fetch::now_ms, journal::JournalClient,
+    path_types::ItemId, projection_store::ProjectionStore,
 };
 
+/// Reddit display content must not be retained longer than this (API policy).
+pub const REDDIT_CONTENT_TTL: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(48 * 3600);
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum FetchJobResult {
     /// Number of entities written (1 for self, N for children).
@@ -70,7 +73,11 @@ struct OAuthToken {
 }
 
 impl RedditBroker {
-    pub fn spawn(journal: JournalClient, config: RedditApiConfig) -> Self {
+    pub fn spawn(
+        journal: JournalClient,
+        projection_store: ProjectionStore,
+        config: RedditApiConfig,
+    ) -> Self {
         let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(100);
 
         let mut headers = header::HeaderMap::new();
@@ -93,7 +100,7 @@ impl RedditBroker {
             "reddit worker started"
         );
 
-        tokio::spawn(reddit_worker(rx, journal, client, config));
+        tokio::spawn(reddit_worker(rx, journal, projection_store, client, config));
 
         Self { tx }
     }
@@ -189,27 +196,50 @@ pub fn entity_view_from_payload(
     None
 }
 
-pub fn apply_entity_import(
-    tree: &mut GlobalTree,
-    store: &EntityStore,
-    id: &ItemId,
-    payload: Value,
-) -> Result<(), String> {
-    let view = entity_view_from_payload(id, &payload);
-    store.put(id, &payload).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-    tree.apply_entity(id, view);
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 fn notify(done: Option<oneshot::Sender<FetchJobResult>>, result: FetchJobResult) {
     if let Some(tx) = done {
         let _ = tx.send(result);
     }
 }
 
+async fn import_fetched_payload(
+    kind: FetchKind,
+    fetch_id: &ItemId,
+    payload: Value,
+    projection_store: &ProjectionStore,
+    journal: &JournalClient,
+) -> Result<usize, String> {
+    let fetched_at = now_ms();
+    let imports: Vec<(ItemId, Value)> = match kind {
+        FetchKind::SelfEntity => vec![(fetch_id.clone(), payload)],
+        FetchKind::Children => parse_children(fetch_id, &payload),
+    };
+
+    for (id, child_payload) in &imports {
+        if let Some(view) = entity_view_from_payload(id, child_payload) {
+            projection_store
+                .put_ephemeral_content(id, &view, fetched_at)
+                .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    let events: Vec<Event> = imports
+        .iter()
+        .map(|(id, _)| Event::NodeEnsured {
+            id: id.as_str().to_string(),
+        })
+        .collect();
+    let written = events.len();
+    if !events.is_empty() {
+        journal.append_many(events).await?;
+    }
+    Ok(written)
+}
+
 async fn reddit_worker(
     mut rx: mpsc::Receiver<RedditCommand>,
     journal: JournalClient,
+    projection_store: ProjectionStore,
     client: Client,
     config: RedditApiConfig,
 ) {
@@ -276,33 +306,20 @@ async fn reddit_worker(
 
         match outcome {
             Ok(FetchOutcome::Payload(payload)) => {
-                let imports: Vec<(ItemId, Value)> = match kind {
-                    FetchKind::SelfEntity => vec![(fetch_id.clone(), payload)],
-                    FetchKind::Children => parse_children(&fetch_id, &payload),
-                };
                 tracing::debug!(
                     item = %fetch_id,
                     ?kind,
-                    count = imports.len(),
-                    "reddit fetch got payload, importing"
+                    "reddit fetch got payload, caching ephemerally"
                 );
 
-                let events: Vec<Event> = imports
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .map(|(child_id, child_payload)| Event::EntityImported {
-                        id: child_id.as_str().to_string(),
-                        ts: now_ms(),
-                        payload: child_payload,
-                    })
-                    .collect();
-                let written = events.len();
-
-                match journal.append_many(events).await {
+                match import_fetched_payload(kind, &fetch_id, payload, &projection_store, &journal)
+                    .await
+                {
                     Err(e) => {
-                        tracing::warn!(item = %fetch_id, err = %e, "reddit import journal failed");
+                        tracing::warn!(item = %fetch_id, err = %e, "reddit import failed");
                         notify(done, FetchJobResult::Failed(e));
                     }
-                    Ok(()) => {
+                    Ok(written) => {
                         recently_fetched.insert(key.clone(), Instant::now());
                         current_delay = Duration::from_millis(600);
                         tracing::info!(item = %fetch_id, ?kind, written, "reddit import complete");
diff --git a/server/src/reducer.rs b/server/src/reducer.rs
index 1352a8f0771add3d868a1b30109b087a2a6dba6f..0c75c85150bb9e5f578bbadf58b3e43f8a80be4b 100644
--- a/server/src/reducer.rs
+++ b/server/src/reducer.rs
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ pub struct EntityData {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct NodeState {
     pub id: ItemId,
-    /// Domain-specific view derived from imported payload (e.g. Reddit title/author).
-    /// Raw JSON lives in [`crate::entity_store::EntityStore`].
+    /// Ephemeral display view (Reddit title/author/etc.; not event-logged).
     pub data: Option<EntityData>,
     pub children: HashSet<ItemId>,
     pub local_ranking: GroupState,
diff --git a/server/src/state.rs b/server/src/state.rs
index e44849eec46123072b238afd40a1fdd51ce19bd9..247b9047a57956f76c4b6bef691662101e62a8f9 100644
--- a/server/src/state.rs
+++ b/server/src/state.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 use std::{error::Error, sync::Arc};
 
 use crate::{
-    entity_store::EntityStore,
     event_log::EventLog,
     events::Event,
+    fetch::now_ms,
     journal::JournalClient,
     path_types::ItemId,
     projection_apply,
     projection_store::ProjectionStore,
-    reddit::{RedditApiConfig, RedditBroker},
+    reddit::{RedditApiConfig, RedditBroker, REDDIT_CONTENT_TTL},
     reducer::{GlobalTree, VoteData},
     view_log::ViewLog,
     views::ViewStore,
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ pub fn normalize_scope(raw: &str) -> String {
 
 async fn catch_up_projection(
     event_log: &EventLog,
-    entity_store: &EntityStore,
     projection_store: &ProjectionStore,
 ) -> Result<(), crate::event_log::EventLogError> {
     let after_seq = projection_store
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ async fn catch_up_projection(
 
     let stats = event_log
         .replay_from(after_seq, |record| {
-            projection_apply::apply_records(projection_store, entity_store, &[record])
+            projection_apply::apply_records(projection_store, &[record])
         })
         .await?;
     if after_seq > stats.last_seq {
@@ -67,22 +66,34 @@ async fn catch_up_projection(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn spawn_content_evictor(projection_store: ProjectionStore) {
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_secs(15 * 60));
+        interval.tick().await;
+        loop {
+            interval.tick().await;
+            let cutoff = now_ms() - REDDIT_CONTENT_TTL.as_millis() as i64;
+            match projection_store.evict_content_older_than(cutoff) {
+                Ok(0) => {}
+                Ok(n) => tracing::info!(evicted = n, "reddit display content TTL eviction"),
+                Err(e) => tracing::warn!(err = %e, "reddit content TTL eviction failed"),
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
+
 pub async fn rebuild_projection(
     cfg: &AppConfig,
 ) -> Result<ProjectionRebuildStats, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>> {
     let event_log = EventLog::new(cfg.event_log_path.clone());
     let store_path = format!("{}/store", cfg.data_dir);
     let db = durable::Db::open(std::path::Path::new(&store_path))?;
-    let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db)?;
     let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db)?;
 
-    entity_store.reset()?;
     projection_store.reset()?;
 
     let stats = event_log
-        .replay(|record| {
-            projection_apply::apply_records(&projection_store, &entity_store, &[record])
-        })
+        .replay(|record| projection_apply::apply_records(&projection_store, &[record]))
         .await?;
     let cursor = projection_store.last_applied_event_count()?;
     if cursor != stats.last_seq {
@@ -132,7 +143,6 @@ pub struct AppState {
     pub cfg: Arc<AppConfig>,
     pub event_log: Arc<EventLog>,
     pub view_log: Arc<ViewLog>,
-    pub entity_store: EntityStore,
     pub projection_store: ProjectionStore,
     pub views: ViewStore,
     journal: JournalClient,
@@ -145,7 +155,6 @@ impl AppState {
         let view_log = Arc::new(ViewLog::new(cfg.views_log_path.clone()));
         let store_path = format!("{}/store", cfg.data_dir);
         let db = durable::Db::open(std::path::Path::new(&store_path))?;
-        let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db)?;
         let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db)?;
         let views = ViewStore::from_db(&db)?;
 
@@ -157,22 +166,25 @@ impl AppState {
         }
         views.spawn_worker(view_log.clone());
 
-        catch_up_projection(&event_log, &entity_store, &projection_store).await?;
+        catch_up_projection(&event_log, &projection_store).await?;
         let next_seq = event_log.last_sequence().await? + 1;
 
         let journal = JournalClient::spawn(
             event_log.clone(),
-            entity_store.clone(),
             projection_store.clone(),
             next_seq,
         );
-        let reddit = RedditBroker::spawn(journal.clone(), RedditApiConfig::from_env());
+        let reddit = RedditBroker::spawn(
+            journal.clone(),
+            projection_store.clone(),
+            RedditApiConfig::from_env(),
+        );
+        spawn_content_evictor(projection_store.clone());
 
         Ok(Self {
             cfg: Arc::new(cfg),
             event_log,
             view_log,
-            entity_store,
             projection_store,
             views,
             journal,
@@ -248,54 +260,72 @@ impl AppState {
 mod tests {
     use super::{normalize_scope, parse_item_param, AppConfig, AppState};
     use crate::{
-        entity_store::EntityStore, event_log::EventLog, events::Event, path_types::ItemId,
-        projection_apply, projection_store::ProjectionStore,
+        event_log::EventLog, events::Event, path_types::ItemId, projection_apply,
+        projection_store::ProjectionStore, reducer::EntityData,
     };
-    use serde_json::json;
 
     fn event_record(seq: u64, event: Event) -> crate::events::EventRecord {
         crate::events::EventRecord::new(seq, crate::events::event_timestamp(&event), event)
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
-    async fn replay_entity_imported_restores_view() {
+    async fn rebuild_projection_drops_ephemeral_content() {
         let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-        let log_path = tmp.path().join("events.jsonl");
-        let log = EventLog::new(log_path.to_string_lossy().into_owned());
-        let payload = json!({"kind":"t5","data":{"title":"Rust","display_name":"rust"}});
-        let event = Event::EntityImported {
-            id: "https://reddit.com/r/rust".into(),
-            ts: 1,
-            payload: payload.clone(),
-        };
-        log.append(&event_record(1, event)).await.unwrap();
+        let data_dir = tmp.path().to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+        let log = EventLog::new(format!("{data_dir}/events.jsonl"));
+        log.append(&event_record(
+            1,
+            Event::NodeEnsured {
+                id: "https://reddit.com/r/rust".into(),
+            },
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
 
         let db = durable::Db::open(tmp.path().join("store")).unwrap();
-        let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
         let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
-        super::catch_up_projection(&log, &entity_store, &projection_store)
+        super::catch_up_projection(&log, &projection_store)
             .await
             .unwrap();
-        let tree = projection_store
-            .scope_tree(&ItemId::parse("https://reddit.com/r/rust").unwrap())
-            .unwrap();
-        let node = tree
-            .get(&ItemId::parse("https://reddit.com/r/rust").unwrap())
-            .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(node.data.as_ref().unwrap().title, "Rust");
-        let stored = entity_store
-            .get(&ItemId::parse("https://reddit.com/r/rust").unwrap())
-            .unwrap()
+        let id = ItemId::parse("https://reddit.com/r/rust").unwrap();
+        projection_store
+            .put_ephemeral_content(
+                &id,
+                &EntityData {
+                    title: "Rust".into(),
+                    author: None,
+                    body_html: None,
+                    thumb_url: None,
+                    image_url: None,
+                    link_url: None,
+                },
+                1,
+            )
             .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(stored["data"]["display_name"], "rust");
+        assert!(projection_store.load_node(&id).unwrap().unwrap().data.is_some());
+        drop(projection_store);
+        drop(db);
+
+        super::rebuild_projection(&AppConfig {
+            data_dir: data_dir.clone(),
+            event_log_path: format!("{data_dir}/events.jsonl"),
+            views_log_path: format!("{data_dir}/views.jsonl"),
+            port: 0,
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let db = durable::Db::open(tmp.path().join("store")).unwrap();
+        let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
+        let node = projection_store.load_node(&id).unwrap().unwrap();
+        assert!(node.data.is_none());
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
-    async fn rebuild_projection_restores_nodes_payloads_and_cursor_from_jsonl() {
+    async fn rebuild_projection_restores_structure_and_cursor_from_jsonl() {
         let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
         let data_dir = tmp.path().to_string_lossy().into_owned();
         let log = EventLog::new(format!("{data_dir}/events.jsonl"));
-        let payload = json!({"kind":"t5","data":{"title":"Rust","display_name":"rust"}});
         log.append_batch(&[
             event_record(
                 1,
@@ -305,16 +335,8 @@ mod tests {
             ),
             event_record(
                 2,
-                Event::EntityImported {
-                    id: "https://reddit.com/r/rust".into(),
-                    ts: 2,
-                    payload: payload.clone(),
-                },
-            ),
-            event_record(
-                3,
                 Event::VoteRecorded {
-                    ts: 3,
+                    ts: 2,
                     a: "alpha".into(),
                     b: "beta".into(),
                     ratio_left: 2,
@@ -328,11 +350,9 @@ mod tests {
 
         {
             let db = durable::Db::open(tmp.path().join("store")).unwrap();
-            let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
             let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
             projection_apply::apply_records(
                 &projection_store,
-                &entity_store,
                 &[event_record(
                     1,
                     Event::NodeEnsured {
@@ -352,13 +372,12 @@ mod tests {
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(stats.applied, 3);
-        assert_eq!(stats.last_seq, 3);
+        assert_eq!(stats.applied, 2);
+        assert_eq!(stats.last_seq, 2);
 
         let db = durable::Db::open(tmp.path().join("store")).unwrap();
-        let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
         let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(projection_store.last_applied_event_count().unwrap(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(projection_store.last_applied_event_count().unwrap(), 2);
         let tree = projection_store.scope_tree(&ItemId::root()).unwrap();
         let root = tree.get(&ItemId::root()).unwrap();
         assert!(root.children.contains(&ItemId::parse("alpha").unwrap()));
@@ -366,11 +385,6 @@ mod tests {
             .load_node(&ItemId::parse("https://reddit.com/r/stale").unwrap())
             .unwrap()
             .is_none());
-        let stored = entity_store
-            .get(&ItemId::parse("https://reddit.com/r/rust").unwrap())
-            .unwrap()
-            .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(stored["data"]["display_name"], "rust");
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
@@ -389,12 +403,9 @@ mod tests {
 
         {
             let db = durable::Db::open(tmp.path().join("store")).unwrap();
-            let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
             let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
-            // Advance the projection cursor to 2 while the log tail is only 1.
             projection_apply::apply_records(
                 &projection_store,
-                &entity_store,
                 &[event_record(
                     2,
                     Event::NodeEnsured {
@@ -403,7 +414,7 @@ mod tests {
                 )],
             )
             .unwrap();
-            let err = super::catch_up_projection(&log, &entity_store, &projection_store)
+            let err = super::catch_up_projection(&log, &projection_store)
                 .await
                 .unwrap_err();
             assert!(err
@@ -432,10 +443,9 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
 
         let db = durable::Db::open(tmp.path().join("store")).unwrap();
-        let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
         let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
 
-        super::catch_up_projection(&log, &entity_store, &projection_store)
+        super::catch_up_projection(&log, &projection_store)
             .await
             .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(projection_store.last_applied_event_count().unwrap(), 1);
@@ -444,7 +454,7 @@ mod tests {
         let first_edge_total: f64 = first_root.local_ranking.edges.values().sum();
         assert_eq!(first_edge_total, 3.0);
 
-        super::catch_up_projection(&log, &entity_store, &projection_store)
+        super::catch_up_projection(&log, &projection_store)
             .await
             .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(projection_store.last_applied_event_count().unwrap(), 1);
@@ -556,9 +566,8 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
         {
             let db = durable::Db::open(tmp.path().join("store")).unwrap();
-            let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
             let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
-            super::catch_up_projection(&log, &entity_store, &projection_store)
+            super::catch_up_projection(&log, &projection_store)
                 .await
                 .unwrap();
         }
@@ -605,9 +614,8 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
         {
             let db = durable::Db::open(tmp.path().join("store")).unwrap();
-            let entity_store = EntityStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
             let projection_store = ProjectionStore::from_db(&db).unwrap();
-            super::catch_up_projection(&log, &entity_store, &projection_store)
+            super::catch_up_projection(&log, &projection_store)
                 .await
                 .unwrap();
         }
diff --git a/server/src/storage_dto.rs b/server/src/storage_dto.rs
index de5ed995797ae306d3a71394a4d9d245ffd5771d..9dfb13c53efe4389277625a6ab3bfc18f566a453 100644
--- a/server/src/storage_dto.rs
+++ b/server/src/storage_dto.rs
@@ -3,17 +3,15 @@
 //! Node structure (children, edges, voted pairs, recent votes) is no longer a
 //! single blob — it lives as point-addressable durable collections (see
 //! [`crate::storage_schema`]). This module only defines the small leaf values:
-//! the derived entity view, raw entity payloads, and individual votes.
+//! ephemeral entity views and individual votes.
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use serde_json::Value;
 
 use crate::{
     path_types::ItemId,
     reducer::{EntityData, VoteData},
 };
 
-pub const ENTITY_RECORD_VERSION: u32 = 1;
 pub const VOTE_RECORD_VERSION: u32 = 1;
 pub const ENTITY_DATA_VERSION: u32 = 1;
 
@@ -29,14 +27,7 @@ impl<T> Versioned<T> {
     }
 }
 
-pub type StoredEntityRecord = Versioned<StoredEntityV1>;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct StoredEntityV1 {
-    pub json: Value,
-}
-
-/// Derived entity view stored at a node's `data` leaf.
+/// Derived entity view stored at a node's `data` leaf (ephemeral; not logged).
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct StoredEntityDataV1 {
     pub version: u32,
@@ -63,25 +54,6 @@ pub struct StoredVoteV1 {
     pub thread_tag: String,
 }
 
-pub fn encode_entity_payload(payload: &Value) -> StoredEntityRecord {
-    Versioned::new(
-        ENTITY_RECORD_VERSION,
-        StoredEntityV1 {
-            json: payload.clone(),
-        },
-    )
-}
-
-pub fn decode_entity_payload(record: StoredEntityRecord) -> Result<Value, String> {
-    if record.version != ENTITY_RECORD_VERSION {
-        return Err(format!(
-            "unsupported entity record version: {}",
-            record.version
-        ));
-    }
-    Ok(record.payload.json)
-}
-
 pub fn encode_entity_data(data: &EntityData) -> StoredEntityDataV1 {
     StoredEntityDataV1 {
         version: ENTITY_DATA_VERSION,
diff --git a/server/src/storage_schema.rs b/server/src/storage_schema.rs
index 76bf7bc74a2c5ef4f78678a333b7661778f5b835..bd26e665e084b95b10fdfff091c31e8dc84d07b8 100644
--- a/server/src/storage_schema.rs
+++ b/server/src/storage_schema.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use crate::{
     reducer::{EntityData, GroupState, NodeState, VoteData},
     storage_dto::{
         decode_entity_data, decode_vote, encode_entity_data, encode_vote, parse_stored_id,
-        StoredEntityDataV1, StoredEntityRecord, StoredVoteV1,
+        StoredEntityDataV1, StoredVoteV1,
     },
 };
 
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ pub struct NodeSchema {
     pub voted_pairs: Map<PairKey, Leaf<bool>>,
     /// Recent votes, newest at the front (capped on write).
     pub recent_votes: Deque<Leaf<StoredVoteV1>>,
+    /// When ephemeral Reddit display content was last fetched (ms); absent after eviction.
+    pub fetched_at: Leaf<i64>,
 }
 
-/// The single database root: nodes, raw payloads, view counts, and per-concern
-/// metadata maps (cursors and schema versions).
+/// The single database root: nodes, view counts, and per-concern metadata maps
+/// (cursors and schema versions).
 #[derive(Durable)]
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 pub struct Store {
     pub nodes: Map<String, NodeSchema>,
     pub proj_meta: Map<String, Leaf<u64>>,
-    pub entities: Map<String, Leaf<StoredEntityRecord>>,
-    pub entity_meta: Map<String, Leaf<u64>>,
     pub view_counts: Map<String, Leaf<u64>>,
     pub view_meta: Map<String, Leaf<u64>>,
 }
@@ -264,12 +264,17 @@ pub fn vote_writes(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Reified writes for an imported entity view (node data + path wiring).
-pub fn entity_view_writes(batch: &mut Batch, id: &ItemId, view: Option<&EntityData>) {
+/// Reified writes for ephemeral Reddit display content (not event-logged).
+pub fn entity_content_writes(batch: &mut Batch, id: &ItemId, view: &EntityData, fetched_at: i64) {
     ensure_path_writes(batch, id);
-    if let Some(view) = view {
-        batch.write(node(id).data().set(&encode_entity_data(view)));
-    }
+    batch.write(node(id).data().set(&encode_entity_data(view)));
+    batch.write(node(id).fetched_at().set(&fetched_at));
+}
+
+/// Clear cached display content for one node (structure/votes are untouched).
+pub fn entity_content_clear_writes(batch: &mut Batch, id: &ItemId) {
+    batch.write(node(id).data().delete());
+    batch.write(node(id).fetched_at().delete());
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/test/reddit_import.clj b/test/reddit_import.clj
index b476488526252c13fd73bdda76e5201678e4a714..6d8c5bca7ebad0b5abfddecd4ea48cc09d738ebe 100644
--- a/test/reddit_import.clj
+++ b/test/reddit_import.clj
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@
                                      "curl" "-sf" browse-url))
           log (slurp (io/file log-path))]
       (is (str/includes? after "The Rust Programming Language"))
-      (is (str/includes? log "\"type\":\"entity_imported\""))
-      (is (str/includes? log "\"subscribers\":350000"))
-      (is (str/includes? log "\"display_name\":\"rust\"")))
+      (is (str/includes? log "\"type\":\"node_ensured\""))
+      (is (not (str/includes? log "\"subscribers\"")))
+      (is (not (str/includes? log "\"display_name\"")))
+      (is (not (str/includes? log "entity_imported"))))
     (let [children-sse (curl-fetch-ui-sse app-base "reddit.com/r/rust" "children")]
       (is (zero? (:exit children-sse)) "POST /ui fetch_entity (children) SSE succeeds")
       (is (str/includes? (:out children-sse) "Idiomorph.morph"))
@@ -71,10 +72,12 @@
           log2 (slurp (io/file log-path))]
       (is (str/includes? after-children "Announcing Rust 1.99"))
       (is (str/includes? after-children "Unranked"))
-      (is (str/includes? log2 "announcing_rust_199")))))
+      (is (str/includes? log2 "\"type\":\"node_ensured\""))
+      (is (str/includes? log2 "/comments/"))
+      (is (not (str/includes? log2 "\"selftext\""))))))
 
 (deftest reddit-fetch-via-mock-api
-  (testing "Fetch more queues import; event log stores full payload; page shows title"
+  (testing "Fetch caches display content ephemerally; log records structure only"
     (let [root (repo-root)
           fixtures (mock-reddit/fixtures-dir root)
           data-dir (.getAbsolutePath