diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 96af429..f13096b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -112,6 +112,39 @@ version = "1.0.102"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f202df86484c868dbad7eaa557ef785d5c66295e41b460ef922eca0723b842c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-stream"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b5a71a6f37880a80d1d7f19efd781e4b5de42c88f0722cc13bcb6cc2cfe8476"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-stream-impl",
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-stream-impl"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c7c24de15d275a1ecfd47a380fb4d5ec9bfe0933f309ed5e705b775596a3574d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-trait"
+version = "0.1.89"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9035ad2d096bed7955a320ee7e2230574d28fd3c3a0f186cbea1ff3c7eed5dbb"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atomic"
 version = "0.6.1"
@@ -165,6 +198,59 @@ dependencies = [
  "fs_extra",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.7.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "edca88bc138befd0323b20752846e6587272d3b03b0343c8ea28a6f819e6e71f"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum-core",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "serde",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tower 0.5.3",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09f2bd6146b97ae3359fa0cc6d6b376d9539582c7b4220f041a33ec24c226199"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "mime",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.21.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.22.1"
@@ -455,6 +541,45 @@ dependencies = [
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console-api"
+version = "0.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8030735ecb0d128428b64cd379809817e620a40e5001c54465b99ec5feec2857"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
+ "tonic",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "console-subscriber"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6539aa9c6a4cd31f4b1c040f860a1eac9aa80e7df6b05d506a6e7179936d6a01"
+dependencies = [
+ "console-api",
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "futures-task",
+ "hdrhistogram",
+ "humantime",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tonic",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "convert_case"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -1391,7 +1516,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "http",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.13.0",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -1440,6 +1565,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "foldhash 0.2.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hdrhistogram"
+version = "7.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "765c9198f173dd59ce26ff9f95ef0aafd0a0fe01fb9d72841bc5066a4c06511d"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.21.7",
+ "byteorder",
+ "flate2",
+ "nom 7.1.3",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -1497,6 +1635,18 @@ version = "1.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6dbf3de79e51f3d586ab4cb9d5c3e2c14aa28ed23d180cf89b4df0454a69cc87"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "httpdate"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df3b46402a9d5adb4c86a0cf463f42e19994e3ee891101b1841f30a545cb49a9"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime"
+version = "2.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "135b12329e5e3ce057a9f972339ea52bc954fe1e9358ef27f95e89716fbc5424"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "1.8.1"
@@ -1511,6 +1661,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "http-body",
  "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "pin-utils",
@@ -1536,6 +1687,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-timeout"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b90d566bffbce6a75bd8b09a05aa8c2cb1fabb6cb348f8840c9e4c90a0d83b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-tls"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -1558,7 +1722,7 @@ version = "0.1.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "96547c2556ec9d12fb1578c4eaf448b04993e7fb79cbaad930a656880a6bdfa0"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
@@ -1569,7 +1733,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.6.2",
  "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
@@ -1715,6 +1879,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "icu_properties",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "1.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "hashbrown 0.12.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.13.0"
@@ -1808,6 +1982,7 @@ name = "jobkit"
 version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
+ "console-subscriber",
  "libc",
  "log",
  "profiling",
@@ -1998,6 +2173,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex-automata",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchit"
+version = "0.7.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.8.0"
@@ -2550,6 +2731,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "siphasher",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project"
+version = "1.1.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1749c7ed4bcaf4c3d0a3efc28538844fb29bcdd7d2b67b2be7e20ba861ff517"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-internal",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-internal"
+version = "1.1.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9b20ed30f105399776b9c883e68e536ef602a16ae6f596d2c473591d6ad64c6"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -2574,8 +2775,8 @@ version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "740ebea15c5d1428f910cd1a5f52cebf8d25006245ed8ade92702f4943d91e07"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
- "indexmap",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "indexmap 2.13.0",
  "quick-xml",
  "serde",
  "time",
@@ -2586,7 +2787,7 @@ name = "poc-agent"
 version = "0.4.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "crossterm 0.29.0",
@@ -2778,6 +2979,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prost"
+version = "0.13.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2796faa41db3ec313a31f7624d9286acf277b52de526150b7e69f3debf891ee5"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "prost-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-derive"
+version = "0.13.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a56d757972c98b346a9b766e3f02746cde6dd1cd1d1d563472929fdd74bec4d"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "itertools",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-types"
+version = "0.13.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "52c2c1bf36ddb1a1c396b3601a3cec27c2462e45f07c386894ec3ccf5332bd16"
+dependencies = [
+ "prost",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ptr_meta"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -2887,7 +3120,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quinn-udp",
  "rustc-hash 2.1.1",
  "rustls",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.6.2",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -2924,7 +3157,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg_aliases",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.6.2",
  "tracing",
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
@@ -2956,6 +3189,8 @@ version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
 ]
 
@@ -2965,10 +3200,20 @@ version = "0.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6db2770f06117d490610c7488547d543617b21bfa07796d7a12f6f1bd53850d1"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
  "rand_core 0.9.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -2984,6 +3229,9 @@ name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.17",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
@@ -3203,7 +3451,7 @@ version = "0.12.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "eddd3ca559203180a307f12d114c268abf583f59b03cb906fd0b3ff8646c1147"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
  "encoding_rs",
  "futures-core",
@@ -3231,7 +3479,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-native-tls",
  "tokio-rustls",
- "tower",
+ "tower 0.5.3",
  "tower-http",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
@@ -3638,6 +3886,16 @@ version = "1.15.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "67b1b7a3b5fe4f1376887184045fcf45c69e92af734b7aaddc05fb777b6fbd03"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "socket2"
+version = "0.5.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e22376abed350d73dd1cd119b57ffccad95b4e585a7cda43e286245ce23c0678"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
 version = "0.6.2"
@@ -3851,7 +4109,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4676b37242ccbd1aabf56edb093a4827dc49086c0ffd764a5705899e0f35f8f7"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "bitflags 2.11.0",
  "fancy-regex 0.11.0",
  "filedescriptor",
@@ -3942,7 +4200,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3a19830747d9034cd9da43a60eaa8e552dfda7712424aebf187b7a60126bae0d"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "bstr",
  "fancy-regex 0.13.0",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -4020,8 +4278,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.6.2",
  "tokio-macros",
+ "tracing",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
@@ -4056,6 +4315,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-stream"
+version = "0.1.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "32da49809aab5c3bc678af03902d4ccddea2a87d028d86392a4b1560c6906c70"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
 version = "0.7.18"
@@ -4106,7 +4376,7 @@ version = "0.22.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "41fe8c660ae4257887cf66394862d21dbca4a6ddd26f04a3560410406a2f819a"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.13.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime 0.6.11",
@@ -4120,7 +4390,7 @@ version = "0.25.5+spec-1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ca1a40644a28bce036923f6a431df0b34236949d111cc07cb6dca830c9ef2e1"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.13.0",
  "toml_datetime 1.0.1+spec-1.1.0",
  "toml_parser",
  "winnow 1.0.0",
@@ -4141,6 +4411,56 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5d99f8c9a7727884afe522e9bd5edbfc91a3312b36a77b5fb8926e4c31a41801"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic"
+version = "0.12.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "877c5b330756d856ffcc4553ab34a5684481ade925ecc54bcd1bf02b1d0d4d52"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-stream",
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "bytes",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-timeout",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project",
+ "prost",
+ "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tower 0.4.13",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower"
+version = "0.4.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
+ "pin-project",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -4169,7 +4489,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body",
  "iri-string",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "tower",
+ "tower 0.5.3",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
 ]
@@ -4531,7 +4851,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bb0e353e6a2fbdc176932bbaab493762eb1255a7900fe0fea1a2f96c296cc909"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.13.0",
  "wasm-encoder",
  "wasmparser",
 ]
@@ -4544,7 +4864,7 @@ checksum = "47b807c72e1bac69382b3a6fb3dbe8ea4c0ed87ff5629b8685ae6b9a611028fe"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.11.0",
  "hashbrown 0.15.5",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.13.0",
  "semver",
 ]
 
@@ -5009,7 +5329,7 @@ checksum = "b7c566e0f4b284dd6561c786d9cb0142da491f46a9fbed79ea69cdad5db17f21"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "heck",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.13.0",
  "prettyplease",
  "syn 2.0.117",
  "wasm-metadata",
@@ -5040,7 +5360,7 @@ checksum = "9d66ea20e9553b30172b5e831994e35fbde2d165325bec84fc43dbf6f4eb9cb2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bitflags 2.11.0",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.13.0",
  "log",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
@@ -5059,7 +5379,7 @@ checksum = "ecc8ac4bc1dc3381b7f59c34f00b67e18f910c2c0f50015669dde7def656a736"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "id-arena",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.13.0",
  "log",
  "semver",
  "serde",
diff --git a/poc-agent/src/api/mod.rs b/poc-agent/src/api/mod.rs
index 22ae3c3..6c3079f 100644
--- a/poc-agent/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/poc-agent/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ impl ApiClient {
     pub fn new(base_url: &str, api_key: &str, model: &str) -> Self {
         let client = Client::builder()
             .connect_timeout(Duration::from_secs(30))
+            .timeout(Duration::from_secs(600))
             .build()
             .expect("failed to build HTTP client");
 
diff --git a/poc-agent/src/api/openai.rs b/poc-agent/src/api/openai.rs
index 7a7d0f6..7ad6b53 100644
--- a/poc-agent/src/api/openai.rs
+++ b/poc-agent/src/api/openai.rs
@@ -30,10 +30,14 @@ pub async fn stream(
         max_tokens: Some(16384),
         temperature: Some(0.6),
         stream: Some(true),
-        reasoning: Some(ReasoningConfig {
-            enabled: reasoning_effort != "none",
-            effort: Some(reasoning_effort.to_string()),
-        }),
+        reasoning: if reasoning_effort != "none" && reasoning_effort != "default" {
+            Some(ReasoningConfig {
+                enabled: true,
+                effort: Some(reasoning_effort.to_string()),
+            })
+        } else {
+            None
+        },
         chat_template_kwargs: None,
     };
 
diff --git a/poc-memory/Cargo.toml b/poc-memory/Cargo.toml
index f56d80c..14fde9e 100644
--- a/poc-memory/Cargo.toml
+++ b/poc-memory/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ memmap2 = "0.9"
 rayon = "1"
 peg = "0.8"
 paste = "1"
-jobkit = { path = "/home/kent/jobkit", features = ["daemon"] }
+jobkit = { path = "/home/kent/jobkit", features = ["daemon", "console"] }
 poc-agent = { path = "../poc-agent" }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 redb = "2"
diff --git a/poc-memory/src/agents/api.rs b/poc-memory/src/agents/api.rs
index 4df4810..07383f4 100644
--- a/poc-memory/src/agents/api.rs
+++ b/poc-memory/src/agents/api.rs
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ pub async fn call_api_with_tools(
 ) -> Result<String, String> {
     let client = get_client()?;
 
-    // Set up a minimal UI channel (we just collect messages, no TUI)
-    let (ui_tx, _ui_rx) = poc_agent::ui_channel::channel();
+    // Set up a UI channel — we drain reasoning tokens into the log
+    let (ui_tx, mut ui_rx) = poc_agent::ui_channel::channel();
 
     // Build tool definitions — memory tools for graph operations
     let all_defs = tools::definitions();
@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ pub async fn call_api_with_tools(
                 u.prompt_tokens, u.completion_tokens));
         }
 
+        // Drain reasoning tokens from the UI channel into the log
+        {
+            let mut reasoning_buf = String::new();
+            while let Ok(ui_msg) = ui_rx.try_recv() {
+                if let poc_agent::ui_channel::UiMessage::Reasoning(r) = ui_msg {
+                    reasoning_buf.push_str(&r);
+                }
+            }
+            if !reasoning_buf.is_empty() {
+                log(&format!("<think>\n{}\n</think>", reasoning_buf.trim()));
+            }
+        }
+
         let has_content = msg.content.is_some();
         let has_tools = msg.tool_calls.as_ref().is_some_and(|tc| !tc.is_empty());
 
diff --git a/poc-memory/src/agents/daemon.rs b/poc-memory/src/agents/daemon.rs
index 2cd3965..0ffc95f 100644
--- a/poc-memory/src/agents/daemon.rs
+++ b/poc-memory/src/agents/daemon.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,67 @@ use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 const SESSION_STALE_SECS: u64 = 600;   // 10 minutes
 const SCHEDULER_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
 const HEALTH_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(3600);
+
+// --- Persistent task queue ---
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+struct PendingTask {
+    id: String,
+    agent: String,
+    batch: usize,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    target_key: Option<String>,
+}
+
+struct TaskQueue {
+    path: PathBuf,
+    tasks: Mutex<Vec<PendingTask>>,
+}
+
+impl TaskQueue {
+    fn load(data_dir: &Path) -> Arc<Self> {
+        let path = data_dir.join("pending-tasks.jsonl");
+        let tasks = if path.exists() {
+            fs::read_to_string(&path)
+                .unwrap_or_default()
+                .lines()
+                .filter_map(|l| serde_json::from_str(l).ok())
+                .collect()
+        } else {
+            Vec::new()
+        };
+        let count = tasks.len();
+        if count > 0 {
+            log_event("task-queue", "loaded", &format!("{} pending tasks", count));
+        }
+        Arc::new(Self { path, tasks: Mutex::new(tasks) })
+    }
+
+    fn push(&self, task: PendingTask) {
+        let mut tasks = self.tasks.lock().unwrap();
+        tasks.push(task);
+        self.write_locked(&tasks);
+    }
+
+    fn remove(&self, id: &str) {
+        let mut tasks = self.tasks.lock().unwrap();
+        tasks.retain(|t| t.id != id);
+        self.write_locked(&tasks);
+    }
+
+    fn drain(&self) -> Vec<PendingTask> {
+        let tasks = self.tasks.lock().unwrap();
+        tasks.clone()
+    }
+
+    fn write_locked(&self, tasks: &[PendingTask]) {
+        let content: String = tasks.iter()
+            .filter_map(|t| serde_json::to_string(t).ok())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join("\n");
+        let _ = fs::write(&self.path, if content.is_empty() { String::new() } else { content + "\n" });
+    }
+}
 fn log_path() -> PathBuf {
     crate::config::get().data_dir.join("daemon.log")
 }
@@ -720,6 +781,9 @@ pub fn run_daemon() -> Result<(), String> {
 
     let graph_health: Arc<Mutex<Option<GraphHealth>>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(None));
 
+    // Persistent task queue — survives daemon restarts
+    let task_queue = TaskQueue::load(&config.data_dir);
+
     // Nodes currently being processed by agents — prevents concurrent
     // agents from working on overlapping graph regions.
     let in_flight: InFlightNodes = Arc::new(Mutex::new(std::collections::HashSet::new()));
@@ -727,6 +791,31 @@ pub fn run_daemon() -> Result<(), String> {
     log_event("daemon", "started", &format!("pid {}", std::process::id()));
     eprintln!("poc-memory daemon started (pid {})", std::process::id());
 
+    // Recover pending tasks from previous run
+    {
+        let recovered = task_queue.drain();
+        if !recovered.is_empty() {
+            log_event("task-queue", "recovering", &format!("{} tasks", recovered.len()));
+            for pt in &recovered {
+                let agent = pt.agent.clone();
+                let b = pt.batch;
+                let task_id = pt.id.clone();
+                let in_flight_clone = Arc::clone(&in_flight);
+                let queue_clone = Arc::clone(&task_queue);
+                choir.spawn(pt.id.clone())
+                    .resource(&llm)
+                    .log_dir(&task_log_dir)
+                    .retries(1)
+                    .init(move |ctx| {
+                        let result = job_consolidation_agent(ctx, &agent, b, &in_flight_clone);
+                        queue_clone.remove(&task_id);
+                        result
+                    });
+                // Drop schedules via IdleTask::Drop
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // Write initial status
     write_status(&choir, *last_daily.lock().unwrap(), &graph_health);
 
@@ -997,6 +1086,7 @@ pub fn run_daemon() -> Result<(), String> {
     let graph_health_sched = Arc::clone(&graph_health);
     let in_flight_sched = Arc::clone(&in_flight);
     let log_dir_sched = task_log_dir.clone();
+    let queue_sched = Arc::clone(&task_queue);
     const CONSOLIDATION_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(6 * 3600); // 6 hours
 
     choir.spawn("scheduler").init(move |ctx| {
@@ -1050,12 +1140,22 @@ pub fn run_daemon() -> Result<(), String> {
                     let b = *batch;
                     let in_flight_clone = Arc::clone(&in_flight_sched);
                     let task_name = format!("c-{}-{}:{}", agent, i, today);
+                    let task_id = task_name.clone();
+                    let queue_clone = Arc::clone(&queue_sched);
+                    queue_sched.push(PendingTask {
+                        id: task_id.clone(),
+                        agent: agent.clone(),
+                        batch: b,
+                        target_key: None,
+                    });
                     let task = choir_sched.spawn(task_name)
                         .resource(&llm_sched)
                         .log_dir(&log_dir_sched)
                         .retries(1)
                         .init(move |ctx| {
-                            job_consolidation_agent(ctx, &agent, b, &in_flight_clone)
+                            let result = job_consolidation_agent(ctx, &agent, b, &in_flight_clone);
+                            queue_clone.remove(&task_id);
+                            result
                         })
                         .run();
                     all_tasks.push(task);
diff --git a/poc-memory/src/store/types.rs b/poc-memory/src/store/types.rs
index ddcd75b..2c63361 100644
--- a/poc-memory/src/store/types.rs
+++ b/poc-memory/src/store/types.rs
@@ -357,6 +357,15 @@ impl Node {
                 node.provenance = Provenance::from_capnp(old).label().to_string();
             }
         }
+        // Sanitize timestamps: old capnp records have raw offsets instead
+        // of unix epoch. Anything past year 2100 (~4102444800) is bogus.
+        const MAX_SANE_EPOCH: i64 = 4_102_444_800;
+        if node.timestamp > MAX_SANE_EPOCH || node.timestamp < 0 {
+            node.timestamp = node.created_at;
+        }
+        if node.created_at > MAX_SANE_EPOCH || node.created_at < 0 {
+            node.created_at = node.timestamp.min(MAX_SANE_EPOCH);
+        }
         Ok(node)
     }
 }