fix(share): order swap delete-before-update and distinguish unique violations

Addresses review on PR #227.

- setAlias confirmed-reassign branch: DELETE the target page's existing
  alias row(s) BEFORE retargeting `byName` onto the page, instead of after.
  The new partial unique index `(workspace_id, page_id)` is non-deferrable
  and checked at each statement, so retargeting first momentarily left two
  rows for the page -> immediate 23505 -> rolled-back tx surfaced as a
  misleading "Alias already taken" (regressing a previously-working swap onto
  a page that already had its own alias). The reordered branch needs no
  trailing self-heal. JSDoc updated to describe the real ordering.

- catch block: the postgres@3.x driver exposes the violated index as
  `err.constraint_name` (with `.constraint` as a fallback). Map
  `share_aliases_workspace_id_alias_unique` -> "Alias already taken" and the
  new `share_aliases_workspace_id_page_id_unique` -> a distinct ALIAS_PAGE_RACE
  outcome (a concurrent same-page write, not a name clash). Always log the
  constraint name on any 23505 so the race is diagnosable.

- migration 20260627T120000: document that the dedup DELETE is intended,
  irreversible data loss (old duplicate `/l/<old>` links start 404ing after
  upgrade; `down()` cannot restore the rows). Same note added to CHANGELOG
  [Unreleased] Fixed.

Tests:
- integration: confirmed reassign onto a page that ALREADY has its own alias
  (RED before the reorder); migration up() dedup scoping across pages and a
  second workspace; mid-transaction error -> BadRequest with clean rollback.
- unit: constraint_name distinguishing (alias index, page_id index, fallback
  `.constraint`, no-info default) and non-unique error -> BadRequest; retarget
  test now asserts delete-before-update order.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+- **Quick-create regular and temporary notes from the Home and Space screens.**
+  The Home screen now shows a second action next to "New note" that creates a
+  *temporary* note (one that auto-moves to Trash after the workspace lifetime),
+  resolving the target space the same way the regular button does — created
+  directly when you can write to a single space, or via a space picker when
+  several. Each space overview screen gains two buttons — "New note" and "New
+  temporary note" — that create the page directly in that space and open it,
+  mirroring the existing space-sidebar actions and shown only to members who can
+  manage pages.
 - **Interrupt the AI agent and send a queued message now.** A queued AI-chat
   message gains a "send now" action that interrupts the streaming turn and
   immediately sends that message, keeping the agent's partial output. The
@@ -19,6 +28,20 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   answer was cut off and builds on it instead of restarting; the rest of the
   queue still flushes normally afterward. (#198)
 
+### Fixed
+
+- **A shared page now keeps EXACTLY ONE custom address (`/l/:alias`).** Editing a
+  page's vanity slug previously inserted a second `share_aliases` row instead of
+  renaming the existing one, leaving the old `/l/<old>` link live forever and
+  making the share modal's lookup nondeterministic. Slug edits and confirmed
+  reassigns now rename/retarget the single row, and a new partial unique index on
+  `(workspace_id, page_id)` enforces the invariant in the database. **Upgrade
+  note:** the accompanying migration `20260627T120000` IRREVERSIBLY deletes the
+  orphaned duplicate alias rows the old bug created (keeping the newest per
+  page), so any previously-live duplicate `/l/<old>` link begins returning the
+  generic 404 after upgrade — intended, but not undoable by `down()`. (#226,
+  #227)
+
 ## [0.94.0] - 2026-06-26
 
 This release makes AI chat durable and fast: assistant turns are persisted to
@@ -41,6 +64,16 @@ per-workspace rolling-day token budget.
   foreign key is `ON DELETE SET NULL`, so deleting the target leaves a dangling
   alias any workspace member can reclaim. (#205)
 
+- **Temporary notes — auto-move to Trash after a workspace lifetime.** A note can
+  be marked temporary so it auto-moves to Trash once a configurable workspace
+  lifetime elapses (default `DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS` = 24h) unless made
+  permanent first. The deadline is frozen at creation time, so later changes to
+  the workspace setting never reschedule existing notes; an hourly background
+  sweep trashes notes past their deadline (children ride along). An open
+  temporary note shows a banner with a "Make permanent" rescue action; restoring
+  a note from Trash disarms the timer so it is not immediately re-trashed.
+  Operators configure the lifetime per workspace. (#201)
+
 - **Persistent AI-chat history as the source of truth + server-side export.**
   An assistant turn is now persisted to the database step by step: the row is
   inserted upfront as `streaming` and updated as each agent step finishes, then
@@ -81,9 +114,24 @@ per-workspace rolling-day token budget.
 - **Footnote multi-backlinks.** A footnote referenced more than once now shows a
   back-link per reference (↩ a b c …), each scrolling to its own occurrence, like
   Pandoc/Wikipedia; a single-reference footnote keeps the plain ↩. (#168)
+- **Generate a page title from its content.** A "sparkles" button in the page
+  byline reads the live editor content (including unsaved edits), generates a
+  title via the workspace AI provider (`POST /ai-chat/generate-page-title`), and
+  applies it through the existing `/pages/update` route — reflecting it in the
+  title field and broadcasting to other clients. Gated by the `settings.ai.generative`
+  flag and throttled per user. (#199)
 
 ### Changed
 
+- **AI chat now feeds the model the full stored transcript.** The per-turn model
+  conversation was rebuilt from a sliding window of the 50 most recent stored
+  rows, which silently dropped the beginning of any longer chat. It is now
+  rebuilt from the complete non-deleted transcript in chronological order, so
+  the model sees every turn (a 5000-row backstop guards process memory — a
+  safety net far above any realistic chat, not a conversational limit). On a
+  very long chat this can eventually reach the model's context window; the
+  client already surfaces that as "start a new chat". (#202)
+
 - **AI chat default provider is now `openai-compatible` (reasoning surfaced).**
   For the `openai` driver the chat provider defaults to the openai-compatible
   implementation, so a workspace pointing at z.ai/GLM/DeepSeek now streams the

README.md

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ community feature, with no enterprise license. Open it from the page header; the
 - ✅ **Page templates** — flag a page as a template and embed its whole content live into other pages; edits to the template propagate to every place it is inserted (whole-page transclusion on top of the existing synced blocks).
 - ✅ **Public-share AI assistant** — anonymous visitors of a shared page can ask the AI agent, scoped strictly to that share's page tree (read-only, share-scoped search), behind a workspace toggle.
 - ✅ **Footnotes** — academic-style footnotes: a numbered superscript reference inline (read it in place via a hover popover), with the note text living as a real, editable block at the bottom of the page; auto-numbered, collaboration-safe, and round-trips through Markdown export/import and the AI agent / MCP.
+- ✅ **Temporary notes** — mark a note as temporary and it auto-moves to Trash after a configurable per-workspace lifetime (default 24h) unless made permanent first; create one in a click from the Home screen, any space overview, or the space sidebar, with a "Make permanent" rescue banner on the open note.
 
 ### In progress
 

README.ru.md

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ real-time-коллаборации Docmost, поэтому запись нико
 - ✅ **Шаблоны страниц** — пометить страницу шаблоном и вставлять её содержимое живой ссылкой в другие страницы; правки шаблона распространяются на все места вставки (whole-page-транслюзия поверх существующих synced-блоков).
 - ✅ **AI-ассистент на публичных шарах** — анонимный зритель расшаренной страницы может спросить AI-агента, который ищет строго по дереву этой шары (read-only, share-scoped поиск), за тумблером воркспейса.
 - ✅ **Сноски** — сноски академического вида: нумерованная ссылка-надстрочник прямо в тексте (читается на месте во всплывающем окне по наведению), а текст сноски живёт реальным редактируемым блоком внизу страницы; авто-нумерация, безопасна для совместного редактирования, переживает экспорт/импорт Markdown и доступна AI-агенту / MCP.
+- ✅ **Временные заметки** — пометьте заметку временной, и она автоматически уедет в корзину по истечении настраиваемого срока жизни воркспейса (по умолчанию 24 ч), если её предварительно не сделать постоянной; создать такую можно в один клик с домашнего экрана, с обзора любого пространства или из сайдбара пространства, а на открытой заметке есть баннер «Сделать постоянной».
 
 ### В процессе
 

apps/client/public/locales/de-DE/translation.json

@@ -665,9 +665,6 @@
   "AI-powered search (AI Answers)": "KI-unterstützte Suche (KI-Antworten)",
   "AI search uses vector embeddings to provide semantic search capabilities across your workspace content.": "Die KI-Suche verwendet Vektor-Einbettungen, um semantische Suchfunktionen in Ihrem Arbeitsbereich bereitzustellen.",
   "Toggle AI search": "KI-Suche umschalten",
-  "Generative AI (Ask AI)": "Generative KI (KI fragen)",
-  "Enable AI-powered content generation in the editor. Allows users to generate, improve, translate and transform text.": "Aktivieren Sie die KI-unterstützte Inhaltserstellung im Editor. Ermöglicht Benutzern das Erzeugen, Verbessern, Übersetzen und Transformieren von Text.",
-  "Toggle generative AI": "Generative KI umschalten",
   "Upgrade your plan": "Upgrade Ihres Plans",
   "Available with a paid license": "Verfügbar mit einer kostenpflichtigen Lizenz",
   "Upgrade your license tier.": "Stufen Sie Ihre Lizenz hoch.",

apps/client/public/locales/en-US/translation.json

@@ -598,6 +598,17 @@
   "Are you sure you want to permanently delete '{{title}}'? This action cannot be undone.": "Are you sure you want to permanently delete '{{title}}'? This action cannot be undone.",
   "Restore '{{title}}' and its sub-pages?": "Restore '{{title}}' and its sub-pages?",
   "Move to trash": "Move to trash",
+  "Make temporary": "Make temporary",
+  "Make permanent": "Make permanent",
+  "New temporary note": "New temporary note",
+  "Temporary note": "Temporary note",
+  "Temporary notes": "Temporary notes",
+  "Temporary note — moves to trash unless made permanent": "Temporary note — moves to trash unless made permanent",
+  "Note will move to trash unless made permanent": "Note will move to trash unless made permanent",
+  "Note is now permanent": "Note is now permanent",
+  "Temporary note lifetime (hours)": "Temporary note lifetime (hours)",
+  "A temporary note is automatically moved to trash after this many hours unless it is made permanent. The deadline is fixed when the note is created.": "A temporary note is automatically moved to trash after this many hours unless it is made permanent. The deadline is fixed when the note is created.",
+  "This temporary note moves to trash {{time}} (with its sub-pages) unless made permanent.": "This temporary note moves to trash {{time}} (with its sub-pages) unless made permanent.",
   "Move this page to trash?": "Move this page to trash?",
   "Restore page": "Restore page",
   "Permanently delete": "Permanently delete",
@@ -676,9 +687,6 @@
   "AI-powered search (AI Answers)": "AI-powered search (AI Answers)",
   "AI search uses vector embeddings to provide semantic search capabilities across your workspace content.": "AI search uses vector embeddings to provide semantic search capabilities across your workspace content.",
   "Toggle AI search": "Toggle AI search",
-  "Generative AI (Ask AI)": "Generative AI (Ask AI)",
-  "Enable AI-powered content generation in the editor. Allows users to generate, improve, translate and transform text.": "Enable AI-powered content generation in the editor. Allows users to generate, improve, translate and transform text.",
-  "Toggle generative AI": "Toggle generative AI",
   "Upgrade your plan": "Upgrade your plan",
   "Available with a paid license": "Available with a paid license",
   "Upgrade your license tier.": "Upgrade your license tier.",
@@ -1330,5 +1338,13 @@
   "The address \"{{alias}}\" currently points to \"{{title}}\". Move it to this page?": "The address \"{{alias}}\" currently points to \"{{title}}\". Move it to this page?",
   "The address \"{{alias}}\" is already in use. Move it to this page?": "The address \"{{alias}}\" is already in use. Move it to this page?",
   "Failed to set custom address": "Failed to set custom address",
-  "Failed to remove custom address": "Failed to remove custom address"
+  "Failed to remove custom address": "Failed to remove custom address",
+  "Generate title with AI": "Generate title with AI",
+  "Title generated": "Title generated",
+  "Failed to generate title": "Failed to generate title",
+  "The note is empty": "The note is empty",
+  "Could not generate a title": "Could not generate a title",
+  "AI title generation is disabled": "AI title generation is disabled",
+  "AI is not configured": "AI is not configured",
+  "Too many requests, please try again later": "Too many requests, please try again later"
 }

apps/client/public/locales/es-ES/translation.json

@@ -665,9 +665,6 @@
   "AI-powered search (AI Answers)": "Búsqueda impulsada por IA (Respuestas de IA)",
   "AI search uses vector embeddings to provide semantic search capabilities across your workspace content.": "La búsqueda de IA utiliza incrustaciones vectoriales para proporcionar capacidades de búsqueda semántica en todo el contenido de su espacio de trabajo.",
   "Toggle AI search": "Alternar búsqueda de IA",
-  "Generative AI (Ask AI)": "IA generativa (Preguntar a la IA)",
-  "Enable AI-powered content generation in the editor. Allows users to generate, improve, translate and transform text.": "Habilitar la generación de contenido impulsada por IA en el editor. Permite a los usuarios generar, mejorar, traducir y transformar texto.",
-  "Toggle generative AI": "Activar IA generativa",
   "Upgrade your plan": "Mejora tu plan",
   "Available with a paid license": "Disponible con una licencia de pago",
   "Upgrade your license tier.": "Mejora el nivel de tu licencia.",

apps/client/public/locales/fr-FR/translation.json

@@ -665,9 +665,6 @@
   "AI-powered search (AI Answers)": "Recherche propulsée par IA (Réponses IA)",
   "AI search uses vector embeddings to provide semantic search capabilities across your workspace content.": "La recherche IA utilise des incorporations vectorielles pour fournir des capacités de recherche sémantique à travers le contenu de votre espace de travail.",
   "Toggle AI search": "Basculer la recherche IA",
-  "Generative AI (Ask AI)": "IA générative (Demandez à l'IA)",
-  "Enable AI-powered content generation in the editor. Allows users to generate, improve, translate and transform text.": "Activer la génération de contenu assistée par IA dans l'éditeur. Permet aux utilisateurs de générer, améliorer, traduire et transformer du texte.",
-  "Toggle generative AI": "Activer/désactiver l'IA générative",
   "Upgrade your plan": "Mettez à niveau votre forfait",
   "Available with a paid license": "Disponible avec une licence payante",
   "Upgrade your license tier.": "Mettez à niveau votre niveau de licence.",

apps/client/public/locales/it-IT/translation.json

@@ -665,9 +665,6 @@
   "AI-powered search (AI Answers)": "Ricerca con AI (Risposte AI)",
   "AI search uses vector embeddings to provide semantic search capabilities across your workspace content.": "La ricerca AI utilizza embeddings vettoriali per fornire capacità di ricerca semantica nel contenuto della tua area di lavoro.",
   "Toggle AI search": "Attiva/disattiva ricerca AI",
-  "Generative AI (Ask AI)": "AI generativa (Chiedi AI)",
-  "Enable AI-powered content generation in the editor. Allows users to generate, improve, translate and transform text.": "Abilita la generazione di contenuti con AI nell'editor. Consente agli utenti di generare, migliorare, tradurre e trasformare il testo.",
-  "Toggle generative AI": "Attiva/Disattiva AI generativa",
   "Upgrade your plan": "Aggiorna il tuo piano",
   "Available with a paid license": "Disponibile con una licenza a pagamento",
   "Upgrade your license tier.": "Aggiorna il livello della tua licenza.",

apps/client/public/locales/ja-JP/translation.json

@@ -665,9 +665,6 @@
   "AI-powered search (AI Answers)": "AI搭載検索 (AI回答)",
   "AI search uses vector embeddings to provide semantic search capabilities across your workspace content.": "AI検索はベクター埋め込みを使用してワークスペース全体の意味検索を実現します",
   "Toggle AI search": "AI検索を切り替え",
-  "Generative AI (Ask AI)": "生成AI (Ask AI)",
-  "Enable AI-powered content generation in the editor. Allows users to generate, improve, translate and transform text.": "エディターでAIを活用したコンテンツ生成を有効にします。ユーザーがテキストの生成、改善、翻訳、および変換を行うことができます。",
-  "Toggle generative AI": "生成AIを切り替える",
   "Upgrade your plan": "プランをアップグレードする",
   "Available with a paid license": "有料ライセンスで利用可能",
   "Upgrade your license tier.": "ライセンスタイアをアップグレードしてください。",

apps/client/public/locales/ko-KR/translation.json

@@ -665,9 +665,6 @@
   "AI-powered search (AI Answers)": "AI 구동 검색 (AI 답변)",
   "AI search uses vector embeddings to provide semantic search capabilities across your workspace content.": "AI 검색은 벡터 임베딩을 사용하여 작업공간 콘텐츠에 대한 의미 검색 기능을 제공합니다.",
   "Toggle AI search": "AI 검색 전환",
-  "Generative AI (Ask AI)": "생성 AI (Ask AI)",
-  "Enable AI-powered content generation in the editor. Allows users to generate, improve, translate and transform text.": "편집기에서 AI 구동 콘텐츠 생성을 활성화합니다. 사용자가 텍스트를 생성, 개선, 번역 및 변환할 수 있습니다.",
-  "Toggle generative AI": "생성 AI 토글",
   "Upgrade your plan": "요금제를 업그레이드하세요",
   "Available with a paid license": "유료 라이선스에서만 사용 가능합니다",
   "Upgrade your license tier.": "라이선스 등급을 업그레이드하세요.",

apps/client/public/locales/nl-NL/translation.json

@@ -665,9 +665,6 @@
   "AI-powered search (AI Answers)": "AI-gestuurde zoekopdracht (AI Antwoorden)",
   "AI search uses vector embeddings to provide semantic search capabilities across your workspace content.": "AI-zoekopdracht maakt gebruik van vectorembeddings om semantische zoekmogelijkheden te bieden in uw werkruimte-inhoud.",
   "Toggle AI search": "Schakel AI-zoekopdracht in/uit",
-  "Generative AI (Ask AI)": "Generatieve AI (Vraag het AI)",
-  "Enable AI-powered content generation in the editor. Allows users to generate, improve, translate and transform text.": "Schakel AI-gestuurde inhoudsgeneratie in de editor in. Hiermee kunnen gebruikers tekst genereren, verbeteren, vertalen en transformeren.",
-  "Toggle generative AI": "Generatieve AI schakelen",
   "Upgrade your plan": "Upgrade je abonnement",
   "Available with a paid license": "Beschikbaar met een betaalde licentie",
   "Upgrade your license tier.": "Upgrade je licentieniveau.",

apps/client/public/locales/pt-BR/translation.json

@@ -665,9 +665,6 @@
   "AI-powered search (AI Answers)": "Pesquisa com IA (Respostas de IA)",
   "AI search uses vector embeddings to provide semantic search capabilities across your workspace content.": "A pesquisa IA usa vetores de incorporação para fornecer capacidades de pesquisa semântica em todo o conteúdo do seu espaço de trabalho.",
   "Toggle AI search": "Alternar pesquisa de IA",
-  "Generative AI (Ask AI)": "IA generativa (Perguntar à IA)",
-  "Enable AI-powered content generation in the editor. Allows users to generate, improve, translate and transform text.": "Habilitar geração de conteúdo com IA no editor. Permite aos usuários gerar, melhorar, traduzir e transformar texto.",
-  "Toggle generative AI": "Alternar IA generativa",
   "Upgrade your plan": "Faça upgrade do seu plano",
   "Available with a paid license": "Disponível com uma licença paga",
   "Upgrade your license tier.": "Faça upgrade do seu nível de licença.",

apps/client/public/locales/ru-RU/translation.json

@@ -607,6 +607,17 @@
   "Are you sure you want to permanently delete '{{title}}'? This action cannot be undone.": "Вы уверены, что хотите окончательно удалить '{{title}}'? Это действие невозможно отменить.",
   "Restore '{{title}}' and its sub-pages?": "Восстановить '{{title}}' и её подстраницы?",
   "Move to trash": "Переместить в корзину",
+  "Make temporary": "Сделать временной",
+  "Make permanent": "Сделать постоянной",
+  "New temporary note": "Новая временная заметка",
+  "Temporary note": "Временная заметка",
+  "Temporary notes": "Временные заметки",
+  "Temporary note — moves to trash unless made permanent": "Временная заметка — уедет в корзину, если не сделать постоянной",
+  "Note will move to trash unless made permanent": "Заметка уедет в корзину, если не сделать её постоянной",
+  "Note is now permanent": "Заметка теперь постоянная",
+  "Temporary note lifetime (hours)": "Время жизни временной заметки (часы)",
+  "A temporary note is automatically moved to trash after this many hours unless it is made permanent. The deadline is fixed when the note is created.": "Временная заметка автоматически уезжает в корзину через указанное число часов, если не сделать её постоянной. Дедлайн фиксируется при создании заметки.",
+  "This temporary note moves to trash {{time}} (with its sub-pages) unless made permanent.": "Эта временная заметка уедет в корзину {{time}} (вместе с подстраницами), если не сделать её постоянной.",
   "Move this page to trash?": "Переместить эту страницу в корзину?",
   "Restore page": "Восстановить страницу",
   "Permanently delete": "Удалить навсегда",
@@ -738,9 +749,6 @@
   "AI-powered search (AI Answers)": "Поиск на базе ИИ (Ответы ИИ)",
   "AI search uses vector embeddings to provide semantic search capabilities across your workspace content.": "Поиск ИИ использует векторные встраивания для обеспечения семантического поиска по содержимому вашего рабочего пространства.",
   "Toggle AI search": "Переключить поиск ИИ",
-  "Generative AI (Ask AI)": "Генеративный ИИ (Спросить ИИ)",
-  "Enable AI-powered content generation in the editor. Allows users to generate, improve, translate and transform text.": "Включите создание контента на базе ИИ в редакторе. Позволяет пользователям генерировать, улучшать, переводить и преобразовывать текст.",
-  "Toggle generative AI": "Переключить генеративный ИИ",
   "Upgrade your plan": "Обновите свой тарифный план",
   "Available with a paid license": "Доступно с платной лицензией",
   "Upgrade your license tier.": "Обновите уровень вашей лицензии.",
@@ -1187,5 +1195,13 @@
   "The address \"{{alias}}\" currently points to \"{{title}}\". Move it to this page?": "Адрес «{{alias}}» сейчас указывает на «{{title}}». Переместить его на эту страницу?",
   "The address \"{{alias}}\" is already in use. Move it to this page?": "Адрес «{{alias}}» уже используется. Переместить его на эту страницу?",
   "Failed to set custom address": "Не удалось задать пользовательский адрес",
-  "Failed to remove custom address": "Не удалось удалить пользовательский адрес"
+  "Failed to remove custom address": "Не удалось удалить пользовательский адрес",
+  "Generate title with AI": "Сгенерировать название через AI",
+  "Title generated": "Название сгенерировано",
+  "Failed to generate title": "Не удалось сгенерировать название",
+  "The note is empty": "Заметка пустая",
+  "Could not generate a title": "Не удалось придумать название",
+  "AI title generation is disabled": "Генерация названий через AI отключена",
+  "AI is not configured": "AI не настроен",
+  "Too many requests, please try again later": "Слишком много запросов, попробуйте позже"
 }

apps/client/public/locales/uk-UA/translation.json

@@ -665,9 +665,6 @@
   "AI-powered search (AI Answers)": "Пошук на базі ШІ (Відповіді ШІ)",
   "AI search uses vector embeddings to provide semantic search capabilities across your workspace content.": "Пошук з ШІ використовує векторні вбудовування для надання можливостей семантичного пошуку у вашому робочому вмісті.",
   "Toggle AI search": "Переключити пошук з ШІ",
-  "Generative AI (Ask AI)": "Генеративний ШІ (Запитати ШІ)",
-  "Enable AI-powered content generation in the editor. Allows users to generate, improve, translate and transform text.": "Увімкнути генерацію контенту за допомогою ШІ в редакторі. Дозволяє користувачам генерувати, покращувати, перекладати та трансформувати текст.",
-  "Toggle generative AI": "Переключити генеративний ШІ",
   "Upgrade your plan": "Оновіть свій тарифний план",
   "Available with a paid license": "Доступно за платною ліцензією",
   "Upgrade your license tier.": "Оновіть рівень своєї ліцензії.",

apps/client/public/locales/zh-CN/translation.json

@@ -665,9 +665,6 @@
   "AI-powered search (AI Answers)": "AI驱动的搜索 (AI答案)",
   "AI search uses vector embeddings to provide semantic search capabilities across your workspace content.": "AI搜索使用向量嵌入提供跨工作空间内容的语义搜索功能。",
   "Toggle AI search": "切换AI搜索",
-  "Generative AI (Ask AI)": "生成型AI (询问AI)",
-  "Enable AI-powered content generation in the editor. Allows users to generate, improve, translate and transform text.": "在编辑器中启用AI驱动的内容生成。允许用户生成、改进、翻译和转换文本。",
-  "Toggle generative AI": "切换生成型AI",
   "Upgrade your plan": "升级您的方案",
   "Available with a paid license": "需付费许可才可用",
   "Upgrade your license tier.": "升级您的许可等级。",

apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/components/message-item-memo.test.tsx

@@ -26,16 +26,20 @@ vi.mock("@/features/ai-chat/utils/markdown.ts", async () => {
 });
 
 import MessageItem from "./message-item";
+import { messageSignature } from "@/features/ai-chat/utils/message-signature.ts";
 
 // matchMedia (read by MantineProvider) is stubbed globally in vitest.setup.ts.
 
 const msg = (parts: UIMessage["parts"]): UIMessage =>
   ({ id: "m1", role: "assistant", parts }) as UIMessage;
 
+// Mirror MessageList: snapshot the signature at (parent) render time and pass it
+// as the memo key. The signature must NOT be recomputed inside the memo from the
+// live (mutable) message — see message-item.tsx.
 const renderRow = (message: UIMessage) =>
   render(
     <MantineProvider>
-      <MessageItem message={message} />
+      <MessageItem message={message} signature={messageSignature(message)} />
     </MantineProvider>,
   );
 
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ describe("MessageItem markdown memoization", () => {
     ]);
     rerender(
       <MantineProvider>
-        <MessageItem message={next} />
+        <MessageItem message={next} signature={messageSignature(next)} />
       </MantineProvider>,
     );
 
@@ -78,4 +82,35 @@ describe("MessageItem markdown memoization", () => {
     expect(callsFor("beta")).toBe(1);
     expect(callsFor("gamm")).toBe(1);
   });
+
+  // REGRESSION (empty-render bug): the AI SDK streams a turn by MUTATING the same
+  // `parts` IN PLACE and reusing the message object. A row that mounted empty
+  // (reasoning-first providers render nothing at first) must still stream its text
+  // in once the parent hands down a fresh signature snapshot. Before the fix the
+  // memo recomputed the signature from the (mutated) message — identical on both
+  // sides — and froze the row at its empty render, so the answer never appeared.
+  it("streams text in after the row mounted empty and parts mutated in place", () => {
+    renderChatMarkdownSpy.mockClear();
+    // Reuse ONE message object across renders (as the SDK does).
+    const message = msg([{ type: "text", text: "" }]);
+    const { rerender, queryByText } = render(
+      <MantineProvider>
+        <MessageItem message={message} signature={messageSignature(message)} />
+      </MantineProvider>,
+    );
+    // Empty text part: nothing visible rendered yet.
+    expect(queryByText("streamed answer")).toBeNull();
+
+    // SDK delta: mutate the SAME part in place, then re-render with a NEW snapshot.
+    (message.parts[0] as { text: string }).text = "streamed answer";
+    rerender(
+      <MantineProvider>
+        <MessageItem message={message} signature={messageSignature(message)} />
+      </MantineProvider>,
+    );
+
+    // The grown text now renders (the memo did NOT freeze the empty mount).
+    expect(callsFor("streamed answer")).toBe(1);
+    expect(queryByText("streamed answer")).not.toBeNull();
+  });
 });

apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/components/message-item.test.ts

@@ -10,21 +10,28 @@ vi.mock("react-i18next", () => ({
 }));
 
 import { arePropsEqual } from "./message-item";
+import { messageSignature } from "@/features/ai-chat/utils/message-signature.ts";
 
 /**
  * Tests for `arePropsEqual`, the `React.memo` comparator for MessageItem. It must
  * return false on any visible prop/content change (so the row re-renders) and
- * true when nothing visible changed (so a finalized row is skipped). A FIXED
- * message id is used so a content-identical clone yields an equal signature.
+ * true when nothing visible changed (so a finalized row is skipped). The memo key
+ * is the `signature` PROP — an immutable snapshot the PARENT (MessageList) takes
+ * per render via `messageSignature(message)`. A FIXED message id is used so a
+ * content-identical clone yields an equal signature.
  */
 const msg = (parts: UIMessage["parts"]): UIMessage =>
   ({ id: "m1", role: "assistant", parts }) as UIMessage;
 
+// Build the props the parent would pass, INCLUDING the snapshot signature it
+// computes during its own render (the load-bearing part — see message-item.tsx:
+// the signature must never be recomputed inside arePropsEqual).
 const props = (
   message: UIMessage,
   over: Record<string, unknown> = {},
 ) => ({
   message,
+  signature: messageSignature(message),
   showCitations: true,
   neutralizeInternalLinks: false,
   assistantName: "AI",
@@ -53,7 +60,7 @@ describe("arePropsEqual", () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it("returns true on the identity fast path (same message object, equal props)", () => {
+  it("returns true for equal snapshot + equal props (finalized row skipped)", () => {
     const m = msg([{ type: "text", text: "answer" }]);
     expect(arePropsEqual(props(m), props(m))).toBe(true);
   });
@@ -70,4 +77,36 @@ describe("arePropsEqual", () => {
     const b = msg([{ type: "text", text: "answer grown" }]);
     expect(arePropsEqual(props(a), props(b))).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  // REGRESSION (empty-render bug): the AI SDK streams deltas by mutating the SAME
+  // `parts` in place and handing back a message wrapper that SHARES them. So the
+  // PREVIOUS and NEXT props can carry the SAME (mutated) message object, and
+  // recomputing `messageSignature(message)` inside the comparator would read
+  // identical (latest) content on BOTH sides → always "equal" → the memo skips
+  // every streamed update and the assistant row freezes at its initial empty
+  // render. The comparator MUST instead trust the immutable `signature` SNAPSHOT
+  // the parent captured at each render. This fails against the old implementation
+  // (a `prev.message === next.message` fast path + a signature recomputed from the
+  // live objects).
+  it("re-renders when parts were mutated in place but the snapshot changed", () => {
+    const message = msg([{ type: "text", text: "" }]); // empty (renders null)
+    const prevSig = messageSignature(message); // snapshot BEFORE the delta
+    // SDK streams a delta by mutating the shared part IN PLACE:
+    (message.parts[0] as { text: string }).text = "hello world";
+    const nextSig = messageSignature(message); // snapshot AFTER the delta
+    expect(prevSig).not.toBe(nextSig);
+    // Same object reference on both sides (the SDK reuses it), differing snapshots.
+    const base = {
+      message,
+      showCitations: true,
+      neutralizeInternalLinks: false,
+      assistantName: "AI",
+    };
+    expect(
+      arePropsEqual(
+        { ...base, signature: prevSig },
+        { ...base, signature: nextSig },
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
 });

apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/components/message-item.tsx

@@ -11,12 +11,30 @@ import { assistantMessageHasVisibleContent } from "@/features/ai-chat/utils/mess
 import { renderChatMarkdown } from "@/features/ai-chat/utils/markdown.ts";
 import { resolveAssistantName } from "@/features/ai-chat/utils/assistant-name.ts";
 import { reasoningTokensForPart } from "@/features/ai-chat/utils/reasoning-tokens.ts";
-import { messageSignature } from "@/features/ai-chat/utils/message-signature.ts";
 import { describeChatError } from "@/features/ai-chat/utils/error-message.ts";
 import classes from "@/features/ai-chat/components/ai-chat.module.css";
 
 interface MessageItemProps {
   message: UIMessage;
+  /**
+   * Immutable content signature for `message`, computed by the PARENT
+   * (MessageList) during its render via `messageSignature(message)`. This is the
+   * memo key (see `arePropsEqual`): it MUST be a snapshot captured at render time,
+   * NOT recomputed from `message` inside `arePropsEqual`.
+   *
+   * WHY (load-bearing): the AI SDK streams deltas by mutating the SAME `parts`
+   * array/objects in place and handing back a message wrapper that SHARES those
+   * mutated parts. So inside `arePropsEqual`, `prev.message` and `next.message`
+   * both reflect the CURRENT (latest) parts — `messageSignature(prev.message) ===
+   * messageSignature(next.message)` is therefore ALWAYS true, the memo skips every
+   * post-mount render, and the assistant row freezes at its initial empty (null)
+   * render — i.e. the streamed answer + tool cards never appear (reasoning-first
+   * providers start empty, so NOTHING shows). Snapshotting the signature into this
+   * immutable string prop in the parent fixes that: `prev.signature` holds the
+   * value from the previous render (old content) and `next.signature` the new
+   * content, so they differ as the turn streams in and the row re-renders.
+   */
+  signature: string;
   /**
    * Forwarded to ToolCallCard: whether tool cards render page citation links.
    * Defaults to true (internal chat). The public share passes false.
@@ -88,6 +106,8 @@ function MessageItem({
   neutralizeInternalLinks = false,
   assistantName,
 }: MessageItemProps) {
+  // `signature` is intentionally not read in the body — it exists solely as the
+  // memo key (see arePropsEqual). The render reads `message` directly.
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const isUser = message.role === "user";
 
@@ -203,24 +223,30 @@ function MessageItem({
 }
 
 /** Skip re-rendering a message whose visible content is unchanged. The streaming
- *  TAIL message gets a fresh object whose signature changes each delta, so it
- *  still re-renders and streams in; every FINALIZED message is skipped, turning a
- *  per-token whole-transcript re-render into a tail-only one. */
+ *  TAIL message gets a fresh `signature` snapshot each delta (computed by the
+ *  parent), so it still re-renders and streams in; every FINALIZED message keeps
+ *  the same signature and is skipped, turning a per-token whole-transcript
+ *  re-render into a tail-only one.
+ *
+ *  CRITICAL: compare the `signature` PROP (an immutable snapshot the parent took
+ *  at its own render), NEVER `messageSignature(prev.message)` vs
+ *  `messageSignature(next.message)`. The AI SDK mutates the shared `parts` in
+ *  place, so both `prev.message` and `next.message` reflect the latest content
+ *  here — recomputing the signature from them yields equal strings every time and
+ *  freezes the row at its initial empty render (the bug this guards against). See
+ *  the `signature` prop doc. Likewise there is NO `prev.message === next.message`
+ *  fast path: same-reference-but-mutated must still re-render when the snapshot
+ *  signature changed. */
 export function arePropsEqual(
   prev: MessageItemProps,
   next: MessageItemProps,
 ): boolean {
-  if (
-    prev.showCitations !== next.showCitations ||
-    prev.neutralizeInternalLinks !== next.neutralizeInternalLinks ||
-    prev.assistantName !== next.assistantName
-  ) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  // Fast path: identical message object (finalized rows keep their identity
-  // across deltas) — skip without building signatures.
-  if (prev.message === next.message) return true;
-  return messageSignature(prev.message) === messageSignature(next.message);
+  return (
+    prev.signature === next.signature &&
+    prev.showCitations === next.showCitations &&
+    prev.neutralizeInternalLinks === next.neutralizeInternalLinks &&
+    prev.assistantName === next.assistantName
+  );
 }
 
 export default memo(MessageItem, arePropsEqual);

apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/components/message-list.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { render } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { MantineProvider } from "@mantine/core";
+import type { UIMessage } from "@ai-sdk/react";
+
+// Stub react-i18next (MessageList and TypingIndicator read `useTranslation`).
+// Mirrors the t-mock pattern used by the other component tests in this folder
+// (reasoning-block.test.tsx, message-item-memo.test.tsx).
+vi.mock("react-i18next", () => ({
+  useTranslation: () => ({ t: (key: string) => key }),
+}));
+
+// Spy on `renderChatMarkdown` exactly as message-item-memo.test.tsx does: keep
+// every OTHER named export of markdown.ts intact via `importActual`, and override
+// only `renderChatMarkdown` with a `vi.fn()` that returns simple HTML. This makes
+// assertions synchronous (no async marked + DOMPurify pass) and lets us count
+// parses by argument. `vi.hoisted` so the spy exists when the hoisted `vi.mock`
+// factory runs.
+const { renderChatMarkdownSpy } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  renderChatMarkdownSpy: vi.fn((text: string) => `<p>${text}</p>`),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/features/ai-chat/utils/markdown.ts", async () => {
+  const actual = await vi.importActual<
+    typeof import("@/features/ai-chat/utils/markdown.ts")
+  >("@/features/ai-chat/utils/markdown.ts");
+  return { ...actual, renderChatMarkdown: renderChatMarkdownSpy };
+});
+
+// IMPORTANT: do NOT mock MessageItem and do NOT mock messageSignature — exercising
+// the REAL MessageList -> real MessageItem -> real messageSignature wiring is the
+// whole point of this file (it closes the parent-side coverage gap left by the
+// memo tests, which simulate the parent by hardcoding `signature={...}` in their
+// harness). Use the relative import for the component under test, mirroring how
+// message-list.tsx itself imports `MessageItem from "./message-item"`.
+import MessageList from "./message-list";
+
+// matchMedia / localStorage / sessionStorage (read by MantineProvider and app
+// code) are stubbed globally in vitest.setup.ts — do NOT re-stub those here.
+//
+// MessageList renders Mantine's ScrollArea, which constructs a `ResizeObserver`.
+// jsdom does not implement it, so install a minimal no-op stub BEFORE rendering.
+vi.stubGlobal(
+  "ResizeObserver",
+  class {
+    observe() {}
+    unobserve() {}
+    disconnect() {}
+  },
+);
+
+// One assistant message wrapping the given `parts`. Reused across renders in the
+// regression test to model how the AI SDK hands back the SAME message object.
+const msg = (parts: UIMessage["parts"]): UIMessage =>
+  ({ id: "m1", role: "assistant", parts }) as UIMessage;
+
+describe("MessageList", () => {
+  it("wires the real MessageItem and supplies a valid signature end-to-end", () => {
+    renderChatMarkdownSpy.mockClear();
+    const { queryByText } = render(
+      <MantineProvider>
+        <MessageList
+          messages={[msg([{ type: "text", text: "hello world" }])]}
+          isStreaming={false}
+        />
+      </MantineProvider>,
+    );
+    // The assistant text renders, which proves MessageList mounted the real
+    // MessageItem and handed it a valid `signature` prop (computed from the real
+    // `messageSignature`) — the full parent -> child -> markdown path is live.
+    expect(queryByText("hello world")).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  // REGRESSION (PR #224, the empty-render freeze). The AI SDK streams a turn by
+  // MUTATING the same `parts` array IN PLACE and handing back a NEW array each
+  // delta that REUSES the same message object. The fix moved the content signature
+  // to the PARENT: MessageList must recompute `messageSignature(message)` FRESH on
+  // every render and forward it as the immutable `signature` prop, so MessageItem's
+  // memo (which compares that prop snapshot) sees it change and re-renders the row.
+  //
+  // This test exercises the PARENT half that the memo tests only simulate: if
+  // MessageList ever cached/memoized the signature keyed on the message object's
+  // identity (which stays stable across deltas while its `parts` mutate in place),
+  // the snapshot would never change, MessageItem's memo would skip every delta, and
+  // the row would freeze at its empty mount — exactly the regression class. That
+  // would make this test fail. See message-item.tsx (`signature` prop +
+  // `arePropsEqual`) and message-list.tsx (the `signature={messageSignature(...)}`
+  // snapshot at render time).
+  it("reflects in-place part mutation of a reused message object across renders", () => {
+    renderChatMarkdownSpy.mockClear();
+    // Reuse ONE message object across renders (as the SDK does). The empty text
+    // part means MessageItem renders nothing visible initially.
+    const message = msg([{ type: "text", text: "" }]);
+    const { rerender, queryByText } = render(
+      <MantineProvider>
+        <MessageList messages={[message]} isStreaming />
+      </MantineProvider>,
+    );
+    // Nothing streamed yet.
+    expect(queryByText("streamed answer")).toBeNull();
+
+    // SDK delta: mutate the SAME part in place on the SAME message object...
+    (message.parts[0] as { text: string }).text = "streamed answer";
+    // ...then re-render with a NEW array literal that still holds the SAME mutated
+    // message object (this mirrors useChat handing back a fresh array of reused
+    // message objects on each delta).
+    rerender(
+      <MantineProvider>
+        <MessageList messages={[message]} isStreaming />
+      </MantineProvider>,
+    );
+
+    // The grown text now renders: MessageList re-snapshotted the signature, so the
+    // row re-rendered instead of freezing at its empty mount.
+    expect(queryByText("streamed answer")).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      renderChatMarkdownSpy.mock.calls.some((c) => c[0] === "streamed answer"),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/components/message-list.tsx

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import MessageItem from "@/features/ai-chat/components/message-item.tsx";
 import TypingIndicator from "@/features/ai-chat/components/typing-indicator.tsx";
 import { isToolPart, toolRunState, ToolUiPart } from "@/features/ai-chat/utils/tool-parts.tsx";
 import { assistantMessageHasVisibleContent } from "@/features/ai-chat/utils/message-content.ts";
+import { messageSignature } from "@/features/ai-chat/utils/message-signature.ts";
 import classes from "@/features/ai-chat/components/ai-chat.module.css";
 
 interface MessageListProps {
@@ -196,9 +197,16 @@ export default function MessageList({
     <ScrollArea className={classes.messages} viewportRef={viewportRef} scrollbarSize={6} type="scroll">
       <Stack gap={0} pr="xs">
         {messages.map((message) => (
+          // `signature` is snapshotted HERE (parent render) into an immutable
+          // string and handed to MessageItem as its memo key. It must NOT be
+          // recomputed inside MessageItem's arePropsEqual: the AI SDK mutates the
+          // shared `parts` in place, so prev/next message objects both read the
+          // latest content there and the memo would skip every streamed update
+          // (freezing the row at its empty render). See message-item.tsx.
           <MessageItem
             key={message.id}
             message={message}
+            signature={messageSignature(message)}
             showCitations={showCitations}
             neutralizeInternalLinks={neutralizeInternalLinks}
             assistantName={assistantName}

apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/services/ai-chat-service.ts

@@ -68,6 +68,19 @@ export async function exportAiChat(
   return req.data.markdown;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Generate a page title from note content (markdown). One-shot, non-streaming
+ * (#199): the server only summarizes the supplied text and returns a suggestion;
+ * it never writes the page. The caller applies the title via /pages/update.
+ */
+export async function generatePageTitle(content: string): Promise<string> {
+  const req = await api.post<{ title: string }>(
+    "/ai-chat/generate-page-title",
+    { content },
+  );
+  return req.data.title;
+}
+
 /**
  * Agent roles API (`/ai-chat/roles`). `list` is available to any workspace
  * member (for the chat-creation picker); create/update/delete are admin-only

apps/client/src/features/editor/atoms/editor-atoms.ts

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ export const readOnlyEditorAtom = atom<Editor | null>(null);
 
 export const yjsConnectionStatusAtom = atom<string>("");
 
-export const showAiMenuAtom = atom(false);
-
 export const showLinkMenuAtom = atom(false);
 
 // Current page's edit mode — initialized from the user's saved preference on

apps/client/src/features/editor/components/bubble-menu/bubble-menu.tsx

@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ import {
   IconStrikethrough,
   IconUnderline,
   IconMessage,
-  IconSparkles,
 } from "@tabler/icons-react";
 import clsx from "clsx";
 import classes from "./bubble-menu.module.css";
-import { ActionIcon, Button, rem, Tooltip } from "@mantine/core";
+import { ActionIcon, rem, Tooltip } from "@mantine/core";
 import { ColorSelector } from "./color-selector";
 import { NodeSelector } from "./node-selector";
 import { TextAlignmentSelector } from "./text-alignment-selector";
@@ -26,8 +25,8 @@ import { v7 as uuid7 } from "uuid";
 import { isCellSelection, isTextSelected } from "@docmost/editor-ext";
 import { LinkSelector } from "@/features/editor/components/bubble-menu/link-selector.tsx";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
-import { showAiMenuAtom, showLinkMenuAtom } from "@/features/editor/atoms/editor-atoms";
-import { userAtom, workspaceAtom } from "@/features/user/atoms/current-user-atom";
+import { showLinkMenuAtom } from "@/features/editor/atoms/editor-atoms";
+import { userAtom } from "@/features/user/atoms/current-user-atom";
 
 export interface BubbleMenuItem {
   name: string;
@@ -44,16 +43,12 @@ type EditorBubbleMenuProps = Omit<BubbleMenuProps, "children" | "editor"> & {
 export const EditorBubbleMenu: FC<EditorBubbleMenuProps> = (props) => {
   const { templateMode = false } = props;
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const [showAiMenu, setShowAiMenu] = useAtom(showAiMenuAtom);
   const [showCommentPopup, setShowCommentPopup] = useAtom(showCommentPopupAtom);
-  const workspace = useAtomValue(workspaceAtom);
-  const isGenerativeAiEnabled = workspace?.settings?.ai?.generative === true;
   const user = useAtomValue(userAtom);
   const editorToolbarEnabled =
     user?.settings?.preferences?.editorToolbar ?? false;
   const [, setDraftCommentId] = useAtom(draftCommentIdAtom);
   const showCommentPopupRef = useRef(showCommentPopup);
-  const showAiMenuRef = useRef(showAiMenu);
   const [showLinkMenu] = useAtom(showLinkMenuAtom);
   const showLinkMenuRef = useRef(showLinkMenu);
 
@@ -61,10 +56,6 @@ export const EditorBubbleMenu: FC<EditorBubbleMenuProps> = (props) => {
     showCommentPopupRef.current = showCommentPopup;
   }, [showCommentPopup]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    showAiMenuRef.current = showAiMenu;
-  }, [showAiMenu]);
-
   useEffect(() => {
     showLinkMenuRef.current = showLinkMenu;
   }, [showLinkMenu]);
@@ -145,7 +136,6 @@ export const EditorBubbleMenu: FC<EditorBubbleMenuProps> = (props) => {
         empty ||
         isNodeSelection(selection) ||
         isCellSelection(selection) ||
-        showAiMenuRef.current ||
         showLinkMenuRef.current ||
         showCommentPopupRef?.current
       ) {
@@ -168,8 +158,8 @@ export const EditorBubbleMenu: FC<EditorBubbleMenuProps> = (props) => {
   const [isTextAlignmentSelectorOpen, setIsTextAlignmentOpen] = useState(false);
   const [isColorSelectorOpen, setIsColorSelectorOpen] = useState(false);
 
-  // Hide the bubble menu immediately when AI menu is shown
-  if (showAiMenu || showLinkMenu) return;
+  // Hide the bubble menu immediately when the link menu is shown
+  if (showLinkMenu) return;
 
   return (
     <BubbleMenu
@@ -177,22 +167,6 @@ export const EditorBubbleMenu: FC<EditorBubbleMenuProps> = (props) => {
       style={{ zIndex: 199, position: "relative" }}
     >
       <div className={classes.bubbleMenu}>
-        {isGenerativeAiEnabled && (
-          <>
-            <Button
-              variant="default"
-              className={clsx(classes.buttonRoot)}
-              radius="0"
-              leftSection={<IconSparkles size={16} />}
-              onClick={() => {
-                setShowAiMenu(true);
-              }}
-            >
-              {t("Ask AI")}
-            </Button>
-            <div className={classes.divider} />
-          </>
-        )}
         {!editorToolbarEnabled && (
           <>
             <NodeSelector

apps/client/src/features/editor/components/fixed-toolbar/fixed-toolbar.tsx

@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import { MediaGroup } from "./groups/media-group";
 import { QuickInsertsGroup } from "./groups/quick-inserts-group";
 import { MoreInsertsGroup } from "./groups/more-inserts-group";
 import { HistoryGroup } from "./groups/history-group";
-import { AskAiGroup } from "./groups/ask-ai-group";
-import { workspaceAtom } from "@/features/user/atoms/current-user-atom";
 import classes from "./fixed-toolbar.module.css";
 
 type FixedToolbarProps = {
@@ -28,8 +26,6 @@ export const FixedToolbar: FC<FixedToolbarProps> = ({
   const editorFromAtom = useAtomValue(pageEditorAtom);
   const editor = editorProp ?? editorFromAtom;
   const state = useToolbarState(editor);
-  const workspace = useAtomValue(workspaceAtom);
-  const isGenerativeAiEnabled = workspace?.settings?.ai?.generative === true;
 
   if (!editor || !state) return null;
 
@@ -43,12 +39,6 @@ export const FixedToolbar: FC<FixedToolbarProps> = ({
         onMouseDown={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
       >
         <div className={classes.inner}>
-          {/* {isGenerativeAiEnabled && (
-            <>
-              <AskAiGroup />
-              <div className={classes.divider} />
-            </>
-          )} */}
           <BlockTypeGroup editor={editor} />
           <div className={classes.divider} />
           <InlineMarksGroup editor={editor} state={state} />

apps/client/src/features/editor/components/fixed-toolbar/groups/ask-ai-group.tsx

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import { FC } from "react";
-import { Button } from "@mantine/core";
-import { IconSparkles } from "@tabler/icons-react";
-import { useSetAtom } from "jotai";
-import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
-import { showAiMenuAtom } from "@/features/editor/atoms/editor-atoms";
-
-export const AskAiGroup: FC = () => {
-  const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const setShowAiMenu = useSetAtom(showAiMenuAtom);
-
-  return (
-    <Button
-      variant="subtle"
-      color="dark"
-      size="xs"
-      leftSection={<IconSparkles size={14} />}
-      onClick={() => setShowAiMenu(true)}
-    >
-      {t("Ask AI")}
-    </Button>
-  );
-};

apps/client/src/features/editor/components/fixed-toolbar/groups/generate-title-group.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { FC } from "react";
+import { ActionIcon, Tooltip } from "@mantine/core";
+import { IconSparkles } from "@tabler/icons-react";
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { useGeneratePageTitle } from "@/features/editor/hooks/use-generate-page-title.ts";
+
+interface Props {
+  pageId: string;
+  color?: string;
+  iconSize?: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * AI "generate title" button (#199). Reads the live editor content and applies a
+ * model-suggested title immediately. Rendered in the page byline, only in edit
+ * mode and when the workspace's AI chat flag is on.
+ */
+export const GenerateTitleGroup: FC<Props> = ({
+  pageId,
+  color = "gray",
+  iconSize = 20,
+}) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const gen = useGeneratePageTitle(pageId);
+
+  return (
+    <Tooltip label={t("Generate title with AI")} withArrow openDelay={250}>
+      <ActionIcon
+        variant="subtle"
+        color={color}
+        aria-label={t("Generate title with AI")}
+        loading={gen.isPending}
+        onClick={() => gen.mutate()}
+      >
+        <IconSparkles size={iconSize} stroke={1.5} />
+      </ActionIcon>
+    </Tooltip>
+  );
+};

apps/client/src/features/editor/full-editor.tsx

@@ -26,17 +26,20 @@ import { FixedToolbar } from "@/features/editor/components/fixed-toolbar/fixed-t
 import { PageEditMode } from "@/features/user/types/user.types.ts";
 import { useAsideTriggerProps } from "@/hooks/use-toggle-aside.tsx";
 import { DeletedPageBanner } from "@/features/page/trash/components/deleted-page-banner.tsx";
+import { TemporaryNoteBanner } from "@/features/page/components/temporary-note-banner.tsx";
 import clsx from "clsx";
 import {
   currentPageEditModeAtom,
   pageEditorAtom,
 } from "@/features/editor/atoms/editor-atoms.ts";
 import { DictationGroup } from "@/features/editor/components/fixed-toolbar/groups/dictation-group";
+import { GenerateTitleGroup } from "@/features/editor/components/fixed-toolbar/groups/generate-title-group";
 
 const MemoizedTitleEditor = React.memo(TitleEditor);
 const MemoizedPageEditor = React.memo(PageEditor);
 const MemoizedFixedToolbar = React.memo(FixedToolbar);
 const MemoizedDeletedPageBanner = React.memo(DeletedPageBanner);
+const MemoizedTemporaryNoteBanner = React.memo(TemporaryNoteBanner);
 
 type PageUser = {
   id: string;
@@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ export function FullEditor({
   const [user] = useAtom(userAtom);
   const workspace = useAtomValue(workspaceAtom);
   const isDictationEnabled = workspace?.settings?.ai?.dictation === true;
+  // AI title generation is gated by the general AI chat flag (the same toggle
+  // that enables the chat agent); the server enforces it too (#199).
+  const isTitleGenEnabled = workspace?.settings?.ai?.chat === true;
   const fullPageWidth = user.settings?.preferences?.fullPageWidth;
   const editorToolbarEnabled =
     user.settings?.preferences?.editorToolbar ?? false;
@@ -103,6 +109,7 @@ export function FullEditor({
         <MemoizedFixedToolbar />
       )}
       <MemoizedDeletedPageBanner slugId={slugId} />
+      <MemoizedTemporaryNoteBanner slugId={slugId} />
       <MemoizedTitleEditor
         pageId={pageId}
         slugId={slugId}
@@ -111,11 +118,13 @@ export function FullEditor({
         editable={editable}
       />
       <PageByline
+        pageId={pageId}
         creator={creator}
         contributors={contributors}
         editable={editable}
         isEditMode={isEditMode}
         isDictationEnabled={isDictationEnabled}
+        isTitleGenEnabled={isTitleGenEnabled}
       />
       <MemoizedPageEditor
         pageId={pageId}
@@ -128,19 +137,23 @@ export function FullEditor({
 }
 
 type PageBylineProps = {
+  pageId: string;
   creator?: PageUser;
   contributors?: IContributor[];
   editable?: boolean;
   isEditMode?: boolean;
   isDictationEnabled?: boolean;
+  isTitleGenEnabled?: boolean;
 };
 
 function PageByline({
+  pageId,
   creator,
   contributors,
   editable,
   isEditMode,
   isDictationEnabled,
+  isTitleGenEnabled,
 }: PageBylineProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const detailsTriggerProps = useAsideTriggerProps("details");
@@ -148,6 +161,9 @@ function PageByline({
   const showDictation = Boolean(
     isDictationEnabled && editable && isEditMode && editor,
   );
+  const showTitleGen = Boolean(
+    isTitleGenEnabled && editable && isEditMode && editor,
+  );
 
   const otherContributors = (contributors ?? []).filter(
     (c) => c.id !== creator?.id,
@@ -238,6 +254,11 @@ function PageByline({
         {showDictation && editor && (
           <DictationGroup editor={editor} color="gray" iconSize={20} />
         )}
+        {/* Shown only in edit mode when the workspace's AI chat flag is on,
+            so AI title generation stays reachable from the byline (#199). */}
+        {showTitleGen && (
+          <GenerateTitleGroup pageId={pageId} color="gray" iconSize={20} />
+        )}
       </Group>
     </Group>
   );

apps/client/src/features/editor/hooks/use-generate-page-title.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import { renderHook, act } from "@testing-library/react";
+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
+import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { Provider, createStore } from "jotai";
+import type { Editor } from "@tiptap/core";
+import {
+  pageEditorAtom,
+  titleEditorAtom,
+} from "@/features/editor/atoms/editor-atoms.ts";
+
+// --- Mocks for the hook's collaborators ---------------------------------------
+
+const generatePageTitleMock = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/features/ai-chat/services/ai-chat-service.ts", () => ({
+  generatePageTitle: (content: string) => generatePageTitleMock(content),
+}));
+
+const updateTitleMock = vi.fn();
+const updatePageDataMock = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/features/page/queries/page-query.ts", () => ({
+  useUpdateTitlePageMutation: () => ({ mutateAsync: updateTitleMock }),
+  updatePageData: (page: unknown) => updatePageDataMock(page),
+}));
+
+const emitMock = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/features/websocket/use-query-emit.ts", () => ({
+  useQueryEmit: () => emitMock,
+}));
+
+const localEmitMock = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/local-emitter.ts", () => ({
+  default: { emit: (...args: unknown[]) => localEmitMock(...args) },
+}));
+
+// htmlToMarkdown just echoes the editor HTML so each test controls the markdown
+// purely via the fake page editor's getHTML().
+vi.mock("@docmost/editor-ext", () => ({
+  htmlToMarkdown: (html: string) => html,
+}));
+
+const notificationsShowMock = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@mantine/notifications", () => ({
+  notifications: { show: (opts: unknown) => notificationsShowMock(opts) },
+}));
+
+vi.mock("react-i18next", () => ({
+  useTranslation: () => ({ t: (key: string) => key }),
+}));
+
+// Import after mocks are registered.
+import { useGeneratePageTitle } from "./use-generate-page-title.ts";
+
+// --- Test helpers -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function makePageEditor(pageId: string, html = "<p>content</p>"): Editor {
+  return {
+    isDestroyed: false,
+    getHTML: () => html,
+    storage: { pageId },
+  } as unknown as Editor;
+}
+
+function makeTitleEditor(): Editor & {
+  commands: { setContent: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> };
+} {
+  return {
+    isDestroyed: false,
+    isFocused: false,
+    commands: { setContent: vi.fn() },
+  } as unknown as Editor & {
+    commands: { setContent: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> };
+  };
+}
+
+function setup(pageId: string, store = createStore()) {
+  const queryClient = new QueryClient({
+    defaultOptions: { mutations: { retry: false } },
+  });
+  const wrapper = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => (
+    <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
+      <Provider store={store}>{children}</Provider>
+    </QueryClientProvider>
+  );
+  const { result } = renderHook(() => useGeneratePageTitle(pageId), {
+    wrapper,
+  });
+  return { result, store };
+}
+
+const PAGE_A = {
+  id: "pageA",
+  title: "Generated Title",
+  spaceId: "space1",
+  slugId: "slugA",
+  parentPageId: null,
+  icon: null,
+} as any;
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+});
+
+describe("useGeneratePageTitle", () => {
+  it("shows a notice and bails when the editor content is empty", async () => {
+    const store = createStore();
+    store.set(pageEditorAtom as never, makePageEditor("pageA", "   "));
+    store.set(titleEditorAtom as never, makeTitleEditor());
+    const { result } = setup("pageA", store);
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await result.current.mutateAsync();
+    });
+
+    expect(notificationsShowMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ message: "The note is empty", color: "yellow" }),
+    );
+    expect(generatePageTitleMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(updateTitleMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("leaves the title untouched when the model returns nothing usable", async () => {
+    const store = createStore();
+    store.set(pageEditorAtom as never, makePageEditor("pageA"));
+    store.set(titleEditorAtom as never, makeTitleEditor());
+    generatePageTitleMock.mockResolvedValue("   ");
+    const { result } = setup("pageA", store);
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await result.current.mutateAsync();
+    });
+
+    expect(updateTitleMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(notificationsShowMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        message: "Could not generate a title",
+        color: "yellow",
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("happy path: applies the title, refreshes cache, writes the field, broadcasts", async () => {
+    const store = createStore();
+    const titleEditor = makeTitleEditor();
+    store.set(pageEditorAtom as never, makePageEditor("pageA"));
+    store.set(titleEditorAtom as never, titleEditor);
+    generatePageTitleMock.mockResolvedValue("Generated Title");
+    updateTitleMock.mockResolvedValue(PAGE_A);
+    const { result } = setup("pageA", store);
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await result.current.mutateAsync();
+    });
+
+    expect(updateTitleMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      pageId: "pageA",
+      title: "Generated Title",
+    });
+    expect(updatePageDataMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(PAGE_A);
+    expect(titleEditor.commands.setContent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "Generated Title",
+    );
+    expect(localEmitMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(emitMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(notificationsShowMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ message: "Title generated" }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT write the visible title field when the user navigated away during generation", async () => {
+    const store = createStore();
+    const titleEditor = makeTitleEditor(); // persistent across navigation
+    store.set(pageEditorAtom as never, makePageEditor("pageA"));
+    store.set(titleEditorAtom as never, titleEditor);
+
+    // Control when generation resolves so we can navigate mid-flight.
+    let resolveTitle!: (t: string) => void;
+    generatePageTitleMock.mockReturnValue(
+      new Promise<string>((res) => {
+        resolveTitle = res;
+      }),
+    );
+    updateTitleMock.mockResolvedValue(PAGE_A);
+    const { result } = setup("pageA", store);
+
+    let pending!: Promise<void>;
+    act(() => {
+      pending = result.current.mutateAsync();
+    });
+
+    // User navigates to page B: the live page editor now belongs to pageB.
+    act(() => {
+      store.set(pageEditorAtom as never, makePageEditor("pageB"));
+    });
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      resolveTitle("Generated Title");
+      await pending;
+    });
+
+    // DB write is still correct (keyed by the captured pageId)...
+    expect(updateTitleMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      pageId: "pageA",
+      title: "Generated Title",
+    });
+    // ...but we must NOT stamp page A's title into page B's visible field.
+    expect(titleEditor.commands.setContent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // The change is still broadcast to other clients.
+    expect(emitMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT write the visible title field when the title editor is focused", async () => {
+    const store = createStore();
+    const titleEditor = makeTitleEditor();
+    store.set(pageEditorAtom as never, makePageEditor("pageA"));
+    store.set(titleEditorAtom as never, titleEditor);
+
+    // Resolve generation under our control so we can mark the live title editor
+    // as focused before the post-generation write runs.
+    let resolveTitle!: (t: string) => void;
+    generatePageTitleMock.mockReturnValue(
+      new Promise<string>((res) => {
+        resolveTitle = res;
+      }),
+    );
+    updateTitleMock.mockResolvedValue(PAGE_A);
+    const { result } = setup("pageA", store);
+
+    let pending!: Promise<void>;
+    act(() => {
+      pending = result.current.mutateAsync();
+    });
+
+    // The user clicked into the title field while the model ran — overwriting it
+    // now would clobber what they are actively typing.
+    act(() => {
+      (titleEditor as { isFocused: boolean }).isFocused = true;
+    });
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      resolveTitle("Generated Title");
+      await pending;
+    });
+
+    // The DB write still persists the value...
+    expect(updateTitleMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      pageId: "pageA",
+      title: "Generated Title",
+    });
+    expect(updatePageDataMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(PAGE_A);
+    // ...but the visible field is left alone while it is focused.
+    expect(titleEditor.commands.setContent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // The change is still broadcast to other clients.
+    expect(localEmitMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(emitMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("bails before calling the model when the page editor is destroyed", async () => {
+    const store = createStore();
+    const pageEditor = makePageEditor("pageA");
+    (pageEditor as { isDestroyed: boolean }).isDestroyed = true;
+    store.set(pageEditorAtom as never, pageEditor);
+    store.set(titleEditorAtom as never, makeTitleEditor());
+    const { result } = setup("pageA", store);
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await result.current.mutateAsync();
+    });
+
+    expect(generatePageTitleMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(updateTitleMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    [403, "AI title generation is disabled"],
+    [503, "AI is not configured"],
+    [429, "Too many requests, please try again later"],
+    [500, "Failed to generate title"],
+  ])("maps HTTP %s onError to a friendly message", async (status, message) => {
+    const store = createStore();
+    store.set(pageEditorAtom as never, makePageEditor("pageA"));
+    store.set(titleEditorAtom as never, makeTitleEditor());
+    generatePageTitleMock.mockRejectedValue({ response: { status } });
+    const { result } = setup("pageA", store);
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await expect(result.current.mutateAsync()).rejects.toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    expect(notificationsShowMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ message, color: "red" }),
+    );
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/features/editor/hooks/use-generate-page-title.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+import { useRef } from "react";
+import { useMutation } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { useAtomValue } from "jotai";
+import { notifications } from "@mantine/notifications";
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { htmlToMarkdown } from "@docmost/editor-ext";
+import {
+  pageEditorAtom,
+  titleEditorAtom,
+} from "@/features/editor/atoms/editor-atoms.ts";
+import {
+  updatePageData,
+  useUpdateTitlePageMutation,
+} from "@/features/page/queries/page-query.ts";
+import { generatePageTitle } from "@/features/ai-chat/services/ai-chat-service.ts";
+import { useQueryEmit } from "@/features/websocket/use-query-emit.ts";
+import { UpdateEvent } from "@/features/websocket/types";
+import localEmitter from "@/lib/local-emitter.ts";
+
+// Maximum length we send to the model. The server truncates again; this is a
+// cheap client-side bound so we never ship a huge body over the wire.
+const MAX_CONTENT_CHARS = 20000;
+
+/**
+ * Generate a title for the given page from the LIVE editor content (#199),
+ * including unsaved edits, then apply it IMMEDIATELY (per product decision). The
+ * server endpoint only summarizes the supplied markdown — it never writes the
+ * page; the actual title write goes through the existing /pages/update mutation
+ * (which enforces edit permission), and is mirrored to the title field + other
+ * clients exactly like TitleEditor.saveTitle. Returns a mutation-like API so the
+ * button can show a loading state via `isPending`.
+ */
+export function useGeneratePageTitle(pageId: string) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const pageEditor = useAtomValue(pageEditorAtom);
+  const titleEditor = useAtomValue(titleEditorAtom);
+  const { mutateAsync: updateTitle } = useUpdateTitlePageMutation();
+  const emit = useQueryEmit();
+
+  // The page/title editors come from GLOBAL atoms that re-point when the user
+  // navigates to another page. The mutation below awaits the model for 1-3s, and
+  // its closure captures the editors from the render that started it. Keep a live
+  // reference so the post-generation write targets whatever page is on screen
+  // *now*, not the page the generation was started from.
+  const editorsRef = useRef({ pageEditor, titleEditor });
+  editorsRef.current = { pageEditor, titleEditor };
+
+  return useMutation<void, Error, void>({
+    mutationFn: async () => {
+      if (!pageEditor || pageEditor.isDestroyed) return;
+
+      const markdown = htmlToMarkdown(pageEditor.getHTML()).trim();
+      if (!markdown) {
+        notifications.show({ message: t("The note is empty"), color: "yellow" });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const title = (
+        await generatePageTitle(markdown.slice(0, MAX_CONTENT_CHARS))
+      ).trim();
+      if (!title) {
+        // The model returned nothing usable — keep the existing title untouched.
+        notifications.show({
+          message: t("Could not generate a title"),
+          color: "yellow",
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const page = await updateTitle({ pageId, title }); // POST /pages/update
+      updatePageData(page); // refresh the react-query cache
+
+      // Reflect the new title in the field immediately. The button lives in the
+      // byline, so the title editor is not focused — setContent is safe and stays
+      // undoable through its History extension (Ctrl/Cmd+Z reverts the change).
+      //
+      // Guard against navigation during generation: if the user switched pages
+      // while the model ran, the (persistent) title editor now shows ANOTHER
+      // page, so writing here would drop page A's title into page B's visible
+      // field. page-editor.tsx stamps the live page editor with its pageId
+      // (`editor.storage.pageId`), mirroring TitleEditor's `activePageId !==
+      // pageId` guard — bail the visible write unless that live editor still
+      // belongs to the page this title was generated for. The DB write above is
+      // already correct (keyed by the captured `pageId`), and the broadcast below
+      // still propagates page A's change to other clients.
+      const livePageEditor = editorsRef.current.pageEditor;
+      const liveTitleEditor = editorsRef.current.titleEditor;
+      // `storage.pageId` is stamped untyped in page-editor.tsx's onCreate.
+      const livePageId = (livePageEditor?.storage as { pageId?: string })
+        ?.pageId;
+      const stillOnPage = livePageId === pageId;
+      if (
+        stillOnPage &&
+        liveTitleEditor &&
+        !liveTitleEditor.isDestroyed &&
+        !liveTitleEditor.isFocused
+      ) {
+        liveTitleEditor.commands.setContent(page.title);
+      }
+
+      // Broadcast to other clients, mirroring TitleEditor.saveTitle's event shape.
+      const event: UpdateEvent = {
+        operation: "updateOne",
+        spaceId: page.spaceId,
+        entity: ["pages"],
+        id: page.id,
+        payload: {
+          title: page.title,
+          slugId: page.slugId,
+          parentPageId: page.parentPageId,
+          icon: page.icon,
+        },
+      };
+      localEmitter.emit("message", event);
+      emit(event);
+
+      notifications.show({ message: t("Title generated") });
+    },
+    onError: (err) => {
+      // Map known HTTP statuses to friendly messages, falling back to generic.
+      const status = (err as { response?: { status?: number } })?.response
+        ?.status;
+      const message =
+        status === 403
+          ? t("AI title generation is disabled")
+          : status === 503
+            ? t("AI is not configured")
+            : status === 429
+              ? t("Too many requests, please try again later")
+              : t("Failed to generate title");
+      notifications.show({ message, color: "red" });
+    },
+  });
+}

apps/client/src/features/home/components/new-note-button.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { Button, Menu, Text } from "@mantine/core";
-import { IconPlus } from "@tabler/icons-react";
+import { Button, Group, Menu, Text } from "@mantine/core";
+import { IconHourglass, IconPlus } from "@tabler/icons-react";
+import { ReactNode } from "react";
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { useGetSpacesQuery } from "@/features/space/queries/space-query.ts";
@@ -10,24 +11,34 @@ import { CustomAvatar } from "@/components/ui/custom-avatar.tsx";
 import { AvatarIconType } from "@/features/attachments/types/attachment.types.ts";
 import { canCreatePage } from "./can-create-page.ts";
 
-// Prominent home-screen action to create a new note (page). Because the home
-// screen has no active space, the target space is resolved from the user's
-// writable spaces: created directly when there is one, picked from a dropdown
-// when there are several.
-export default function NewNoteButton() {
+// A single create-note action, parametrized by `temporary`. Self-contained: it
+// owns its own create mutation so the regular and temporary buttons show
+// independent loading state, while the list of writable spaces is resolved once
+// by the parent and passed in. With exactly one writable space it creates
+// directly; with several it shows a target-space picker.
+function CreateNoteButton({
+  writableSpaces,
+  temporary,
+  label,
+  icon,
+}: {
+  writableSpaces: ISpace[];
+  temporary: boolean;
+  label: string;
+  icon: ReactNode;
+}) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const createPageMutation = useCreatePageMutation();
-  const { data } = useGetSpacesQuery({ limit: 100 });
-
-  const writableSpaces = (data?.items ?? []).filter(canCreatePage);
 
   const createNote = async (space: ISpace) => {
     try {
-      // `spaceId` is accepted by the create-page endpoint but is not part of
-      // the shared `IPageInput` type; cast to satisfy the mutation signature.
+      // `spaceId`/`temporary` are accepted by the create-page endpoint but are
+      // not part of the shared `IPageInput` type; cast to satisfy the mutation
+      // signature.
       const createdPage = await createPageMutation.mutateAsync({
         spaceId: space.id,
+        ...(temporary ? { temporary: true } : {}),
       } as any);
       navigate(buildPageUrl(space.slug, createdPage.slugId, createdPage.title));
     } catch {
@@ -35,24 +46,20 @@ export default function NewNoteButton() {
     }
   };
 
-  // No writable space → nothing to create in; render nothing.
-  if (writableSpaces.length === 0) return null;
-
   const isPending = createPageMutation.isPending;
 
   // Exactly one writable space → create directly, no picker needed.
   if (writableSpaces.length === 1) {
     return (
       <Button
-        fullWidth
         size="md"
         variant="light"
         color="gray"
-        leftSection={<IconPlus size={18} />}
+        leftSection={icon}
         loading={isPending}
         onClick={() => createNote(writableSpaces[0])}
       >
-        {t("New note")}
+        {label}
       </Button>
     );
   }
@@ -62,14 +69,13 @@ export default function NewNoteButton() {
     <Menu shadow="md" width="target" position="bottom-start">
       <Menu.Target>
         <Button
-          fullWidth
           size="md"
           variant="light"
           color="gray"
-          leftSection={<IconPlus size={18} />}
+          leftSection={icon}
           loading={isPending}
         >
-          {t("New note")}
+          {label}
         </Button>
       </Menu.Target>
       <Menu.Dropdown>
@@ -99,3 +105,35 @@ export default function NewNoteButton() {
     </Menu>
   );
 }
+
+// Prominent home-screen actions to create a new note (page). Because the home
+// screen has no active space, the target space is resolved from the user's
+// writable spaces: created directly when there is one, picked from a dropdown
+// when there are several. Renders two equal-width buttons: a regular note and a
+// temporary note (which auto-moves to Trash after the workspace lifetime).
+export default function NewNoteButton() {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const { data } = useGetSpacesQuery({ limit: 100 });
+
+  const writableSpaces = (data?.items ?? []).filter(canCreatePage);
+
+  // No writable space → nothing to create in; render nothing.
+  if (writableSpaces.length === 0) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <Group grow gap="sm">
+      <CreateNoteButton
+        writableSpaces={writableSpaces}
+        temporary={false}
+        label={t("New note")}
+        icon={<IconPlus size={18} />}
+      />
+      <CreateNoteButton
+        writableSpaces={writableSpaces}
+        temporary={true}
+        label={t("New temporary note")}
+        icon={<IconHourglass size={18} />}
+      />
+    </Group>
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/page-embed/queries/page-embed-query.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,40 @@
 import { useMutation } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { notifications } from "@mantine/notifications";
-import { toggleTemplate } from "@/features/page-embed/services/page-embed-api";
-import type { ToggleTemplateResponse } from "@/features/page-embed/types/page-embed.types";
+import {
+  toggleTemplate,
+  toggleTemporary,
+} from "@/features/page-embed/services/page-embed-api";
+import type {
+  ToggleTemplateResponse,
+  ToggleTemporaryResponse,
+} from "@/features/page-embed/types/page-embed.types";
+import { queryClient } from "@/main.tsx";
+
+/**
+ * After toggling a note's temporary state, mirror the new deadline into the
+ * shared page cache (keyed by both slugId and id) and refresh the sidebar so the
+ * menu label, the in-page banner, and the tree icon all reflect the change.
+ * Centralised here so the header menu and the banner can't drift apart on the
+ * cache-key plumbing.
+ */
+export function syncTemporaryExpiresInCache(
+  page: { id: string; slugId: string },
+  temporaryExpiresAt: string | null,
+) {
+  for (const key of [page.slugId, page.id]) {
+    const cached = queryClient.getQueryData<any>(["pages", key]);
+    if (cached) {
+      queryClient.setQueryData(["pages", key], {
+        ...cached,
+        temporaryExpiresAt,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+    predicate: (item) =>
+      ["sidebar-pages"].includes(item.queryKey[0] as string),
+  });
+}
 
 export function useToggleTemplateMutation() {
   return useMutation<
@@ -18,3 +51,20 @@ export function useToggleTemplateMutation() {
     },
   });
 }
+
+export function useToggleTemporaryMutation() {
+  return useMutation<
+    ToggleTemporaryResponse,
+    Error,
+    { pageId: string; temporary?: boolean }
+  >({
+    mutationFn: (data) => toggleTemporary(data),
+    onError: (err: any) => {
+      notifications.show({
+        message:
+          err?.response?.data?.message || "Failed to update temporary note",
+        color: "red",
+      });
+    },
+  });
+}

apps/client/src/features/page-embed/services/page-embed-api.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import api from "@/lib/api-client";
 import type {
   PageTemplateLookup,
   ToggleTemplateResponse,
+  ToggleTemporaryResponse,
 } from "../types/page-embed.types";
 
 export async function lookupTemplate(params: {
@@ -18,3 +19,11 @@ export async function toggleTemplate(params: {
   const r = await api.post("/pages/toggle-template", params);
   return r.data;
 }
+
+export async function toggleTemporary(params: {
+  pageId: string;
+  temporary?: boolean;
+}): Promise<ToggleTemporaryResponse> {
+  const r = await api.post("/pages/toggle-temporary", params);
+  return r.data;
+}

apps/client/src/features/page-embed/types/page-embed.types.ts

@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ export type ToggleTemplateResponse = {
   pageId: string;
   isTemplate: boolean;
 };
+
+export type ToggleTemporaryResponse = {
+  pageId: string;
+  // null => the note was made permanent; ISO string => armed deadline.
+  temporaryExpiresAt: string | null;
+};

apps/client/src/features/page/components/header/page-header-menu.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { ActionIcon, Button, Group, Menu, Text, ThemeIcon, Tooltip } from "@mant
 import {
   IconArrowRight,
   IconArrowsHorizontal,
+  IconClockHour4,
   IconDots,
   IconEye,
   IconEyeOff,
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ import { useDisclosure, useHotkeys } from "@mantine/hooks";
 import { useClipboard } from "@/hooks/use-clipboard";
 import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import { usePageQuery } from "@/features/page/queries/page-query.ts";
+import {
+  useToggleTemporaryMutation,
+  syncTemporaryExpiresInCache,
+} from "@/features/page-embed/queries/page-embed-query.ts";
 import { buildPageUrl } from "@/features/page/page.utils.ts";
 import { notifications } from "@mantine/notifications";
 import { getAppUrl } from "@/lib/config.ts";
@@ -160,6 +165,29 @@ function PageActionMenu({ readOnly }: PageActionMenuProps) {
   const { data: watchStatus } = useWatchStatusQuery(page?.id);
   const watchPage = useWatchPageMutation();
   const unwatchPage = useUnwatchPageMutation();
+  const toggleTemporary = useToggleTemporaryMutation();
+  const isTemporary = !!page?.temporaryExpiresAt;
+
+  const handleToggleTemporary = async () => {
+    if (!page?.id) return;
+    const next = !isTemporary;
+    try {
+      const res = await toggleTemporary.mutateAsync({
+        pageId: page.id,
+        temporary: next,
+      });
+      // Reflect the new deadline in the page cache so the menu label flips and
+      // any banner updates. The sidebar icon refreshes via its own query.
+      syncTemporaryExpiresInCache(page, res.temporaryExpiresAt);
+      notifications.show({
+        message: next
+          ? t("Note will move to trash unless made permanent")
+          : t("Note is now permanent"),
+      });
+    } catch {
+      // mutation surfaces the error via notifications
+    }
+  };
 
   const handleCopyLink = () => {
     const pageUrl =
@@ -309,6 +337,12 @@ function PageActionMenu({ readOnly }: PageActionMenuProps) {
           {!readOnly && (
             <>
               <Menu.Divider />
+              <Menu.Item
+                leftSection={<IconClockHour4 size={16} />}
+                onClick={handleToggleTemporary}
+              >
+                {isTemporary ? t("Make permanent") : t("Make temporary")}
+              </Menu.Item>
               <Menu.Item
                 color={"red"}
                 leftSection={<IconTrash size={16} />}

apps/client/src/features/page/components/temporary-note-banner.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { Button, Group, Paper, Text } from "@mantine/core";
+import { IconClockHour4 } from "@tabler/icons-react";
+import { Trans, useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { useTimeAgo } from "@/hooks/use-time-ago.tsx";
+import { usePageQuery } from "@/features/page/queries/page-query.ts";
+import {
+  useToggleTemporaryMutation,
+  syncTemporaryExpiresInCache,
+} from "@/features/page-embed/queries/page-embed-query.ts";
+import { useGetSpaceBySlugQuery } from "@/features/space/queries/space-query.ts";
+import { useSpaceAbility } from "@/features/space/permissions/use-space-ability.ts";
+import {
+  SpaceCaslAction,
+  SpaceCaslSubject,
+} from "@/features/space/permissions/permissions.type.ts";
+
+type TemporaryNoteBannerProps = {
+  slugId: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Banner shown on an open temporary note ("structure or die"). Mirrors
+ * DeletedPageBanner: it reads the page from the shared query cache and offers
+ * the explicit rescue action — "Make permanent". Children ride along to trash
+ * with the note, which is noted in the copy.
+ */
+export function TemporaryNoteBanner({ slugId }: TemporaryNoteBannerProps) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const { data: page } = usePageQuery({ pageId: slugId });
+  const { data: space } = useGetSpaceBySlugQuery(page?.space?.slug);
+  const spaceAbility = useSpaceAbility(space?.membership?.permissions);
+  const expiresTimeAgo = useTimeAgo(page?.temporaryExpiresAt);
+  const toggleTemporary = useToggleTemporaryMutation();
+
+  // Don't show on a note that is already in trash; the deleted-page banner
+  // owns that state.
+  if (!page?.temporaryExpiresAt || page?.deletedAt) return null;
+
+  const canEdit = spaceAbility.can(SpaceCaslAction.Edit, SpaceCaslSubject.Page);
+
+  const handleMakePermanent = async () => {
+    try {
+      const res = await toggleTemporary.mutateAsync({
+        pageId: page.id,
+        temporary: false,
+      });
+      syncTemporaryExpiresInCache(page, res.temporaryExpiresAt);
+    } catch {
+      // mutation surfaces the error via notifications
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Paper radius="sm" mb="md" px="md" py="xs" bg="orange.0">
+      <Group justify="space-between" wrap="wrap" gap="sm">
+        <Group gap="xs" wrap="nowrap" style={{ flex: 1, minWidth: 0 }}>
+          <IconClockHour4
+            size={18}
+            stroke={1.5}
+            style={{
+              flexShrink: 0,
+              color: "var(--mantine-color-orange-7)",
+            }}
+          />
+          <Text size="sm">
+            <Trans
+              i18nKey="This temporary note moves to trash {{time}} (with its sub-pages) unless made permanent."
+              values={{ time: expiresTimeAgo }}
+            />
+          </Text>
+        </Group>
+        {canEdit && (
+          <Button
+            size="xs"
+            variant="light"
+            color="orange"
+            leftSection={<IconClockHour4 size={16} />}
+            onClick={handleMakePermanent}
+            loading={toggleTemporary.isPending}
+          >
+            {t("Make permanent")}
+          </Button>
+        )}
+      </Group>
+    </Paper>
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/page/tree/components/space-tree-node-menu.tsx

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useDisclosure } from "@mantine/hooks";
 import { notifications } from "@mantine/notifications";
 import {
   IconArrowRight,
+  IconClockHour4,
   IconCopy,
   IconDotsVertical,
   IconFileExport,
@@ -30,7 +31,10 @@ import {
   useRemoveFavoriteMutation,
 } from "@/features/favorite/queries/favorite-query";
 
-import { useToggleTemplateMutation } from "@/features/page-embed/queries/page-embed-query";
+import {
+  useToggleTemplateMutation,
+  useToggleTemporaryMutation,
+} from "@/features/page-embed/queries/page-embed-query";
 import { treeDataAtom } from "@/features/page/tree/atoms/tree-data-atom.ts";
 import { treeModel } from "@/features/page/tree/model/tree-model";
 import { useTreeMutation } from "@/features/page/tree/hooks/use-tree-mutation.ts";
@@ -65,6 +69,8 @@ export function NodeMenu({ node, canEdit }: NodeMenuProps) {
   const isFavorited = favoriteIds.has(node.id);
   const toggleTemplate = useToggleTemplateMutation();
   const isTemplate = !!node.isTemplate;
+  const toggleTemporary = useToggleTemporaryMutation();
+  const isTemporary = !!node.temporaryExpiresAt;
 
   const handleToggleTemplate = async () => {
     const next = !isTemplate;
@@ -84,6 +90,29 @@ export function NodeMenu({ node, canEdit }: NodeMenuProps) {
     }
   };
 
+  const handleToggleTemporary = async () => {
+    const next = !isTemporary;
+    try {
+      const res = await toggleTemporary.mutateAsync({
+        pageId: node.id,
+        temporary: next,
+      });
+      // Reflect the new deadline locally so the icon/menu update immediately.
+      setData((prev) =>
+        treeModel.update(prev, node.id, {
+          temporaryExpiresAt: res.temporaryExpiresAt,
+        } as any),
+      );
+      notifications.show({
+        message: next
+          ? t("Note will move to trash unless made permanent")
+          : t("Note is now permanent"),
+      });
+    } catch {
+      // mutation surfaces the error via notifications
+    }
+  };
+
   const handleCopyLink = () => {
     const pageUrl =
       getAppUrl() + buildPageUrl(spaceSlug, node.slugId, node.name);
@@ -248,6 +277,17 @@ export function NodeMenu({ node, canEdit }: NodeMenuProps) {
                 {isTemplate ? t("Unset as template") : t("Make template")}
               </Menu.Item>
 
+              <Menu.Item
+                leftSection={<IconClockHour4 size={16} />}
+                onClick={(e) => {
+                  e.preventDefault();
+                  e.stopPropagation();
+                  handleToggleTemporary();
+                }}
+              >
+                {isTemporary ? t("Make permanent") : t("Make temporary")}
+              </Menu.Item>
+
               <Menu.Divider />
               <Menu.Item
                 c="red"

apps/client/src/features/page/tree/components/space-tree-row.tsx

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { ActionIcon, rem, Tooltip } from "@mantine/core";
 import {
   IconChevronDown,
   IconChevronRight,
+  IconClockHour4,
   IconFileDescription,
   IconPlus,
   IconPointFilled,
@@ -191,6 +192,28 @@ export function SpaceTreeRow({
         </Tooltip>
       )}
 
+      {node.temporaryExpiresAt && (
+        <Tooltip
+          // Children ride along to trash with the note (recursive removePage).
+          label={t("Temporary note — moves to trash unless made permanent")}
+          withArrow
+        >
+          <IconClockHour4
+            size={14}
+            stroke={1.5}
+            // Same visual-only indicator pattern as the template icon, but
+            // orange to flag the impending death timer.
+            style={{
+              flexShrink: 0,
+              marginLeft: rem(4),
+              color: "var(--mantine-color-orange-6)",
+            }}
+            aria-label={t("Temporary note")}
+            role="img"
+          />
+        </Tooltip>
+      )}
+
       <div className={classes.actions}>
         <NodeMenu node={node} canEdit={canEdit} />
 

apps/client/src/features/page/tree/hooks/use-tree-mutation.ts

@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ import { getSpaceUrl } from "@/lib/config.ts";
 
 export type UseTreeMutation = {
   handleMove: (sourceId: string, op: DropOp) => Promise<void>;
-  handleCreate: (parentId: string | null) => Promise<void>;
+  handleCreate: (
+    parentId: string | null,
+    opts?: { temporary?: boolean },
+  ) => Promise<void>;
   handleRename: (id: string, name: string) => Promise<void>;
   handleDelete: (id: string) => Promise<void>;
 };
@@ -119,9 +122,15 @@ export function useTreeMutation(spaceId: string): UseTreeMutation {
   );
 
   const handleCreate = useCallback(
-    async (parentId: string | null) => {
-      const payload: { spaceId: string; parentPageId?: string } = { spaceId };
+    async (parentId: string | null, opts?: { temporary?: boolean }) => {
+      const payload: {
+        spaceId: string;
+        parentPageId?: string;
+        temporary?: boolean;
+      } = { spaceId };
       if (parentId) payload.parentPageId = parentId;
+      // Ask the server to arm the death timer for a "temporary note".
+      if (opts?.temporary) payload.temporary = true;
 
       let createdPage: IPage;
       try {
@@ -138,6 +147,8 @@ export function useTreeMutation(spaceId: string): UseTreeMutation {
         spaceId: createdPage.spaceId,
         parentPageId: createdPage.parentPageId,
         hasChildren: false,
+        // Show the temporary-note icon immediately on optimistic insert.
+        temporaryExpiresAt: createdPage.temporaryExpiresAt,
         children: [],
       };
 

apps/client/src/features/page/tree/types.ts

@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ export type SpaceTreeNode = {
   hasChildren: boolean;
   canEdit?: boolean;
   isTemplate?: boolean;
+  // Death-timer deadline. null/absent => permanent; ISO string => temporary note.
+  temporaryExpiresAt?: string | null;
   children: SpaceTreeNode[];
 };

apps/client/src/features/page/tree/utils/utils.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export function buildTree(pages: IPage[]): SpaceTreeNode[] {
       parentPageId: page.parentPageId,
       canEdit: page.canEdit ?? page.permissions?.canEdit,
       isTemplate: page.isTemplate,
+      temporaryExpiresAt: page.temporaryExpiresAt,
       children: [],
     };
   });

apps/client/src/features/page/types/page.types.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ export interface IPage {
   workspaceId: string;
   isLocked: boolean;
   isTemplate?: boolean;
+  // Death-timer deadline. null/absent => permanent; ISO string => temporary note.
+  temporaryExpiresAt?: string | null;
+  // Create-only input flag: ask the server to arm the timer on a new page.
+  temporary?: boolean;
   lastUpdatedById: string;
   createdAt: Date;
   updatedAt: Date;

apps/client/src/features/share/components/share-alias-section.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   ActionIcon,
+  Box,
   Button,
   Group,
   Modal,
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   TextInput,
 } from "@mantine/core";
 import { IconExternalLink } from "@tabler/icons-react";
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import CopyTextButton from "@/components/common/copy.tsx";
 import { getAppUrl } from "@/lib/config.ts";
@@ -122,12 +123,25 @@ export default function ShareAliasSection({
   const showTaken =
     isValid && !unchanged && availability && !availability.available;
 
+  // The slug prefix (e.g. "docs.example.com/l/") is static for the session.
+  const prefixLabel = aliasPrefixLabel();
+  const prefixRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const [prefixWidth, setPrefixWidth] = useState(0);
+
+  // Measure the real rendered width of the prefix so the slug input sits flush
+  // next to it, instead of after an over-estimated character-counted gap.
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (prefixRef.current) {
+      setPrefixWidth(Math.ceil(prefixRef.current.scrollWidth) + 1);
+    }
+  }, [prefixLabel]);
+
   return (
     <>
       <Text size="sm" fw={500} mt="md">
         {t("Custom address")}
       </Text>
-      <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" mb={4}>
+      <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" mb={6}>
         {t("A short, memorable link you can point at any shared page.")}
       </Text>
 
@@ -159,11 +173,26 @@ export default function ShareAliasSection({
         // visibly to what gets stored.
         onBlur={() => setValue(normalized)}
         leftSection={
-          <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" pl={4} style={{ whiteSpace: "nowrap" }}>
-            {aliasPrefixLabel()}
-          </Text>
+          <Box
+            ref={prefixRef}
+            style={{
+              display: "flex",
+              alignItems: "center",
+              width: "100%",
+              height: "100%",
+              paddingInline: "var(--mantine-spacing-xs)",
+              whiteSpace: "nowrap",
+              fontSize: "var(--mantine-font-size-xs)",
+              color: "var(--mantine-color-dimmed)",
+              backgroundColor: "var(--mantine-color-default-hover)",
+              borderTopLeftRadius: "var(--input-radius)",
+              borderBottomLeftRadius: "var(--input-radius)",
+            }}
+          >
+            {prefixLabel}
+          </Box>
         }
-        leftSectionWidth={Math.min(aliasPrefixLabel().length * 7 + 12, 180)}
+        leftSectionWidth={prefixWidth || undefined}
         placeholder={t("my-page")}
         disabled={readOnly}
         error={
@@ -175,7 +204,7 @@ export default function ShareAliasSection({
         }
       />
 
-      <Group mt="xs" gap="xs">
+      <Group mt="sm" gap="xs">
         <Button
           size="compact-sm"
           onClick={() => handleSave(false)}

apps/client/src/features/space/components/sidebar/space-sidebar.tsx

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   IconEye,
   IconEyeOff,
   IconFileExport,
+  IconHourglass,
   IconPlus,
   IconSettings,
   IconStar,
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ export function SpaceSidebar() {
     handleCreate(null);
   }
 
+  function handleCreateTemporaryPage() {
+    handleCreate(null, { temporary: true });
+  }
+
   return (
     <>
       <div className={classes.navbar}>
@@ -111,16 +116,39 @@ export function SpaceSidebar() {
                 SpaceCaslAction.Manage,
                 SpaceCaslSubject.Page,
               ) && (
-                <Tooltip label={t("Create page")} withArrow position="right">
-                  <ActionIcon
-                    variant="default"
-                    size={18}
-                    onClick={handleCreatePage}
-                    aria-label={t("Create page")}
+                <>
+                  <Tooltip
+                    label={t("Create page")}
+                    withArrow
+                    position="right"
                   >
-                    <IconPlus />
-                  </ActionIcon>
-                </Tooltip>
+                    <ActionIcon
+                      variant="default"
+                      size={18}
+                      onClick={handleCreatePage}
+                      aria-label={t("Create page")}
+                    >
+                      <IconPlus />
+                    </ActionIcon>
+                  </Tooltip>
+
+                  {/* Standalone second button: a "temporary note" auto-moves to
+                      trash after the workspace lifetime unless made permanent. */}
+                  <Tooltip
+                    label={t("New temporary note")}
+                    withArrow
+                    position="right"
+                  >
+                    <ActionIcon
+                      variant="default"
+                      size={18}
+                      onClick={handleCreateTemporaryPage}
+                      aria-label={t("New temporary note")}
+                    >
+                      <IconHourglass />
+                    </ActionIcon>
+                  </Tooltip>
+                </>
               )}
             </Group>
           </Group>

apps/client/src/features/space/components/space-create-note-buttons.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { useState } from "react";
+import { Button, Group } from "@mantine/core";
+import { IconHourglass, IconPlus } from "@tabler/icons-react";
+import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { useGetSpaceBySlugQuery } from "@/features/space/queries/space-query.ts";
+import { useTreeMutation } from "@/features/page/tree/hooks/use-tree-mutation.ts";
+import { useSpaceAbility } from "@/features/space/permissions/use-space-ability.ts";
+import {
+  SpaceCaslAction,
+  SpaceCaslSubject,
+} from "@/features/space/permissions/permissions.type.ts";
+
+// Space-overview quick actions: create a regular note or a temporary note
+// (which auto-moves to Trash after the workspace lifetime) directly in the
+// current space and open it. Mirrors the sidebar's create buttons but lives on
+// the space overview screen, reusing `useTreeMutation.handleCreate` so the new
+// page is optimistically inserted into the sidebar tree and navigated to.
+export default function SpaceCreateNoteButtons() {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const { spaceSlug } = useParams();
+  const { data: space } = useGetSpaceBySlugQuery(spaceSlug);
+  const spaceAbility = useSpaceAbility(space?.membership?.permissions);
+  // `handleCreate` is read unconditionally to keep hook order stable; it is
+  // only invoked after the permission guard below confirms a loaded space.
+  const { handleCreate } = useTreeMutation(space?.id ?? "");
+  // Which create action is in flight: drives the per-button spinner and the
+  // shared disabled state so a slow create round-trip cannot be double-fired.
+  const [pending, setPending] = useState<"regular" | "temporary" | null>(null);
+
+  // Render nothing until the space loads, or when the user cannot manage pages.
+  if (!space) return null;
+  if (spaceAbility.cannot(SpaceCaslAction.Manage, SpaceCaslSubject.Page)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const createNote = (temporary: boolean) => {
+    if (pending) return;
+    setPending(temporary ? "temporary" : "regular");
+    // handleCreate creates the page then navigates away (unmounting this
+    // component); the create mutation already shows a red notification on
+    // failure, so swallow the rejection and just clear the pending flag.
+    handleCreate(null, temporary ? { temporary: true } : undefined)
+      .catch(() => {})
+      .finally(() => setPending(null));
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Group grow gap="sm">
+      <Button
+        size="md"
+        variant="light"
+        color="gray"
+        leftSection={<IconPlus size={18} />}
+        loading={pending === "regular"}
+        disabled={pending !== null}
+        onClick={() => createNote(false)}
+      >
+        {t("New note")}
+      </Button>
+      <Button
+        size="md"
+        variant="light"
+        color="gray"
+        leftSection={<IconHourglass size={18} />}
+        loading={pending === "temporary"}
+        disabled={pending !== null}
+        onClick={() => createNote(true)}
+      >
+        {t("New temporary note")}
+      </Button>
+    </Group>
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/workspace/components/settings/components/temporary-note-settings.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { useState } from "react";
+import { useAtom } from "jotai";
+import {
+  Button,
+  Group,
+  NumberInput,
+  Paper,
+  Stack,
+  Text,
+} from "@mantine/core";
+import { notifications } from "@mantine/notifications";
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import useUserRole from "@/hooks/use-user-role.tsx";
+import { workspaceAtom } from "@/features/user/atoms/current-user-atom.ts";
+import { updateWorkspace } from "@/features/workspace/services/workspace-service.ts";
+import { IWorkspace } from "@/features/workspace/types/workspace.types.ts";
+
+// Mirrors DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS on the server. Shown when the workspace
+// has no explicit value configured yet.
+const DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS = 24;
+
+/**
+ * Workspace-level editor for the temporary-note lifetime, in HOURS. The deadline
+ * is frozen per-note at creation, so changing this only affects notes created
+ * afterwards. `temporaryNoteHours` is a top-level workspace column (like
+ * trashRetentionDays), not a nested setting.
+ */
+export default function TemporaryNoteSettings() {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const [workspace, setWorkspace] = useAtom(workspaceAtom);
+  const { isAdmin } = useUserRole();
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
+  const [value, setValue] = useState<number>(
+    workspace?.temporaryNoteHours ?? DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS,
+  );
+
+  async function handleSave() {
+    if (!value || value < 1) return;
+    setIsLoading(true);
+    try {
+      const updated = await updateWorkspace({
+        temporaryNoteHours: value,
+      } as Partial<IWorkspace>);
+      setWorkspace({ ...updated, temporaryNoteHours: value });
+      notifications.show({ message: t("Updated successfully") });
+    } catch (err) {
+      notifications.show({
+        message:
+          (err as any)?.response?.data?.message ?? t("Failed to update data"),
+        color: "red",
+      });
+    } finally {
+      setIsLoading(false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Stack mt="sm">
+      <Text fw={700} size="lg">
+        {t("Temporary notes")}
+      </Text>
+
+      <Paper withBorder radius="md" p="lg">
+        <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" mb="xs">
+          {t(
+            "A temporary note is automatically moved to trash after this many hours unless it is made permanent. The deadline is fixed when the note is created.",
+          )}
+        </Text>
+        <NumberInput
+          label={t("Temporary note lifetime (hours)")}
+          min={1}
+          allowDecimal={false}
+          value={value}
+          onChange={(v) => setValue(typeof v === "number" ? v : Number(v))}
+          disabled={!isAdmin || isLoading}
+          w={220}
+        />
+        <Group justify="flex-end" mt="md">
+          <Button onClick={handleSave} loading={isLoading} disabled={!isAdmin}>
+            {t("Save")}
+          </Button>
+        </Group>
+      </Paper>
+    </Stack>
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/workspace/types/workspace.types.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export interface IWorkspace {
   plan?: string;
   enforceMfa?: boolean;
   aiSearch?: boolean;
-  generativeAi?: boolean;
   disablePublicSharing?: boolean;
   mcpEnabled?: boolean;
   aiChat?: boolean;
@@ -28,6 +27,8 @@ export interface IWorkspace {
   aiDictationStreaming?: boolean;
   aiPublicShareAssistant?: boolean;
   trashRetentionDays?: number;
+  // Default lifetime (HOURS) for new temporary notes; frozen per-note at creation.
+  temporaryNoteHours?: number;
   restrictApiToAdmins?: boolean;
   allowMemberTemplates?: boolean;
   isScimEnabled?: boolean;
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ export interface IWorkspaceApiSettings {
 
 export interface IWorkspaceAiSettings {
   search?: boolean;
-  generative?: boolean;
   mcp?: boolean;
   chat?: boolean;
   dictation?: boolean;

apps/client/src/pages/settings/workspace/workspace-settings.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import WorkspaceNameForm from "@/features/workspace/components/settings/componen
 import WorkspaceIcon from "@/features/workspace/components/settings/components/workspace-icon.tsx";
 import HtmlEmbedSettings from "@/features/workspace/components/settings/components/html-embed-settings.tsx";
 import TrackerSettings from "@/features/workspace/components/settings/components/tracker-settings.tsx";
+import TemporaryNoteSettings from "@/features/workspace/components/settings/components/temporary-note-settings.tsx";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { getAppName } from "@/lib/config.ts";
 import { Helmet } from "react-helmet-async";
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export default function WorkspaceSettings() {
       <WorkspaceNameForm />
       <HtmlEmbedSettings />
       <TrackerSettings />
+      <TemporaryNoteSettings />
     </>
   );
 }

apps/client/src/pages/space/space-home.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import {Container} from "@mantine/core";
+import {Container, Space} from "@mantine/core";
 import SpaceHomeTabs from "@/features/space/components/space-home-tabs.tsx";
+import SpaceCreateNoteButtons from "@/features/space/components/space-create-note-buttons.tsx";
 import {useParams} from "react-router-dom";
 import {useGetSpaceBySlugQuery} from "@/features/space/queries/space-query.ts";
 import {getAppName} from "@/lib/config.ts";
@@ -15,7 +16,13 @@ export default function SpaceHome() {
                 <title>{space?.name || 'Overview'} - {getAppName()}</title>
             </Helmet>
             <Container size={"900"} pt="xl">
-                {space && <SpaceHomeTabs/>}
+                {space && (
+                    <>
+                        <SpaceCreateNoteButtons/>
+                        <Space h="md"/>
+                        <SpaceHomeTabs/>
+                    </>
+                )}
             </Container>
         </>
     );

apps/server/src/core/ai-chat/ai-chat.controller.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { AiTranscriptionService } from './ai-transcription.service';
 import {
   ChatIdDto,
   ExportChatDto,
+  GeneratePageTitleDto,
   GetChatMessagesDto,
   RenameChatDto,
 } from './dto/ai-chat.dto';
@@ -316,6 +317,43 @@ export class AiChatController {
     return { text };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Generate a page title from supplied note content (#199). One-shot,
+   * non-streaming. Gated by the AI chat flag (settings.ai.chat, the same toggle
+   * that enables the chat agent); returns { title }.
+   * The endpoint NEVER writes the page — the client applies the title via the
+   * existing /pages/update route (which enforces edit permission), so access
+   * checks are not duplicated here. Throttled per user via AI_CHAT_THROTTLER.
+   */
+  @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
+  @UseGuards(JwtAuthGuard, UserThrottlerGuard)
+  @Throttle({ [AI_CHAT_THROTTLER]: { limit: 20, ttl: 60000 } })
+  @Post('generate-page-title')
+  async generatePageTitle(
+    @Body() dto: GeneratePageTitleDto,
+    @AuthWorkspace() workspace: Workspace,
+  ): Promise<{ title: string }> {
+    const settings = (workspace.settings ?? {}) as {
+      ai?: { chat?: boolean };
+    };
+    if (settings.ai?.chat !== true) {
+      throw new ForbiddenException('AI title generation is disabled');
+    }
+    try {
+      const title = await this.aiChatService.generatePageTitle(
+        workspace.id,
+        dto.content,
+      );
+      return { title };
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Preserve meaningful HTTP errors (e.g. AiNotConfiguredException -> 503).
+      if (err instanceof HttpException) throw err;
+      // Surface the real provider/transport reason instead of an opaque 500.
+      this.logger.error('AI title generation failed', err as Error);
+      throw new ServiceUnavailableException(describeProviderError(err));
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Ensure the chat exists, belongs to this workspace, AND was created by the
    * requesting user (per-user isolation). Throws ForbiddenException otherwise.

apps/server/src/core/ai-chat/ai-chat.generate-page-title.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import {
+  ForbiddenException,
+  HttpException,
+  ServiceUnavailableException,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
+import { AiChatController } from './ai-chat.controller';
+import { cleanGeneratedTitle } from './ai-chat.service';
+import type { Workspace } from '@docmost/db/types/entity.types';
+
+/**
+ * Pure post-processing of a model-generated title (#199): trims, strips a single
+ * pair of surrounding quotes, drops a trailing period, and hard-caps the length.
+ */
+describe('cleanGeneratedTitle', () => {
+  it('trims surrounding whitespace', () => {
+    expect(cleanGeneratedTitle('  Hello world  ')).toBe('Hello world');
+  });
+
+  it('strips a single pair of surrounding double quotes', () => {
+    expect(cleanGeneratedTitle('"My note"')).toBe('My note');
+  });
+
+  it('strips surrounding single quotes', () => {
+    expect(cleanGeneratedTitle("'My note'")).toBe('My note');
+  });
+
+  it('drops a trailing period', () => {
+    expect(cleanGeneratedTitle('A complete sentence.')).toBe(
+      'A complete sentence',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('caps the result at 255 characters (the page-title column bound)', () => {
+    expect(cleanGeneratedTitle('x'.repeat(400))).toHaveLength(255);
+  });
+
+  it('returns an empty string for blank/garbage input', () => {
+    expect(cleanGeneratedTitle('   ')).toBe('');
+    expect(cleanGeneratedTitle('""')).toBe('');
+  });
+});
+
+/**
+ * Wiring spec for the #199 `POST /ai-chat/generate-page-title` endpoint. It must:
+ * gate on settings.ai.chat (403 when off), delegate to the service when on,
+ * rethrow HttpExceptions verbatim (e.g. AiNotConfiguredException -> 503), and map
+ * any other provider/transport fault to a 503. Exercised by instantiating the
+ * controller with hand-rolled mocks — no Nest graph, no DB.
+ */
+describe('AiChatController.generatePageTitle', () => {
+  const enabledWorkspace = {
+    id: 'ws1',
+    settings: { ai: { chat: true } },
+  } as unknown as Workspace;
+
+  function makeController(generate: jest.Mock) {
+    const aiChatService = { generatePageTitle: generate };
+    const controller = new AiChatController(
+      aiChatService as never,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never,
+    );
+    return { controller, aiChatService };
+  }
+
+  it('forbids when the AI chat flag is off', async () => {
+    const generate = jest.fn();
+    const { controller } = makeController(generate);
+    const disabled = { id: 'ws1', settings: {} } as unknown as Workspace;
+    await expect(
+      controller.generatePageTitle({ content: 'body' }, disabled),
+    ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ForbiddenException);
+    expect(generate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('forbids when settings.ai.chat is anything but exactly true', async () => {
+    const generate = jest.fn();
+    const { controller } = makeController(generate);
+    const ws = {
+      id: 'ws1',
+      settings: { ai: { chat: 'yes' } },
+    } as unknown as Workspace;
+    await expect(
+      controller.generatePageTitle({ content: 'body' }, ws),
+    ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ForbiddenException);
+  });
+
+  it('returns { title } from the service when enabled', async () => {
+    const generate = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('Generated Title');
+    const { controller } = makeController(generate);
+    const res = await controller.generatePageTitle(
+      { content: 'some markdown body' },
+      enabledWorkspace,
+    );
+    expect(generate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('ws1', 'some markdown body');
+    expect(res).toEqual({ title: 'Generated Title' });
+  });
+
+  it('rethrows an HttpException from the service verbatim (e.g. 503 not configured)', async () => {
+    const notConfigured = new ServiceUnavailableException('AI not configured');
+    const generate = jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(notConfigured);
+    const { controller } = makeController(generate);
+    await expect(
+      controller.generatePageTitle({ content: 'body' }, enabledWorkspace),
+    ).rejects.toBe(notConfigured);
+  });
+
+  it('maps a non-HTTP provider error to a 503', async () => {
+    const generate = jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('socket hang up'));
+    const { controller } = makeController(generate);
+    // Silence the expected error log.
+    jest
+      .spyOn((controller as unknown as { logger: { error: () => void } }).logger, 'error')
+      .mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+    const err = await controller
+      .generatePageTitle({ content: 'body' }, enabledWorkspace)
+      .catch((e) => e);
+    expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(ServiceUnavailableException);
+    expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(HttpException);
+  });
+});

apps/server/src/core/ai-chat/ai-chat.service.spec.ts

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ describe('prepareAgentStep', () => {
  * write path. It runs identically for the upfront insert (empty steps,
  * 'streaming'), every per-step update, and the terminal finalize — so a future
  * background worker can call the same function. These tests pin the four status
- * shapes and the `metadata.parts` shape that rowToUiMessage/findRecent depend on
+ * shapes and the `metadata.parts` shape that rowToUiMessage/findAllByChat depend on
  * (per-step text + tool parts via assistantParts, in-progress text appended).
  */
 describe('flushAssistant', () => {

apps/server/src/core/ai-chat/ai-chat.service.ts

@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ export function prepareAgentStep(
 
 export { MAX_AGENT_STEPS, FINAL_STEP_INSTRUCTION };
 
+// Pure, unit-testable post-processing for a model-generated title (#199): trim
+// whitespace, strip a single pair of surrounding quotes the model often adds,
+// drop a trailing period, and hard-cap the length to the page-title column.
+export function cleanGeneratedTitle(text: string): string {
+  return text
+    .trim()
+    .replace(/^["']|["']$/g, '')
+    .replace(/\.+$/, '')
+    .trim()
+    .slice(0, 255);
+}
+
 /**
  * Pure, unit-testable (#198): decide whether THIS turn is an interrupt-resume,
  * i.e. it directly follows a user interruption of the previous (still-partial)
@@ -353,12 +365,14 @@ export class AiChatService implements OnModuleInit {
 
     // Rebuild the conversation from persisted history (not the client payload),
     // so the model always sees the authoritative server-side transcript. Load
-    // the most RECENT tail (oldest -> newest) so chats longer than one page do
-    // not drop recent turns (incl. the user message just inserted above).
-    const history = await this.aiChatMessageRepo.findRecent(
+    // the FULL history in chronological order (oldest -> newest, incl. the user
+    // message just inserted above) so NO turns are dropped — there is no
+    // recent-tail window anymore. `findAllByChat` keeps a 5000-row memory-safety
+    // backstop (on overflow it keeps the NEWEST rows and logs a warning); that
+    // is a safety net far above any realistic chat, not a conversational limit.
+    const history = await this.aiChatMessageRepo.findAllByChat(
       chatId,
       workspace.id,
-      50,
     );
     const uiMessages = history.map(rowToUiMessage);
     // convertToModelMessages is async in ai@6.0.134 (returns Promise<ModelMessage[]>).
@@ -834,6 +848,27 @@ export class AiChatService implements OnModuleInit {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * One-shot page-title generation from a note's content (#199). No tools, no
+   * streaming — mirrors generateTitle() but for an arbitrary note body supplied
+   * by the client, and RETURNS the title instead of writing it (the client
+   * applies it via the existing /pages/update route, which enforces edit
+   * permission). The content is truncated to keep the prompt cheap and within
+   * context limits. Throws AiNotConfiguredException (503) if AI is unconfigured.
+   */
+  async generatePageTitle(workspaceId: string, content: string): Promise<string> {
+    const model = await this.ai.getChatModel(workspaceId);
+    const { text } = await generateText({
+      model,
+      system:
+        'You generate a single concise, descriptive title for a note based on ' +
+        'its content. Reply with the title only — at most 8 words, no quotes, ' +
+        'no trailing punctuation, written in the same language as the note.',
+      prompt: content.slice(0, 8000),
+    });
+    return cleanGeneratedTitle(text);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Cheap, non-blocking title generation from the first user message. Uses
    * generateText (async) and writes the result back onto the chat row. Any
@@ -1256,7 +1291,7 @@ export async function applyFinalize(
  *
  * `metadata.parts` is built by assistantParts over the finished steps, then the
  * in-progress text appended as a trailing text part, so rowToUiMessage /
- * findRecent keep replaying the turn unchanged. `metadata.finishReason`,
+ * findAllByChat keep replaying the turn unchanged. `metadata.finishReason`,
  * `metadata.error`, `metadata.usage`, `metadata.contextTokens` and
  * `metadata.maxContextTokens` are attached only when provided/relevant, matching
  * the pre-#183 onFinish/onError records.

apps/server/src/core/ai-chat/dto/ai-chat.dto.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ export class RenameChatDto {
   title: string;
 }
 
+/** One-shot page-title generation from note content (#199). */
+export class GeneratePageTitleDto {
+  // Note body as markdown/plain text. Capped to bound the prompt cost and
+  // reject abusive payloads; the service truncates again before the model call.
+  @IsString()
+  @MinLength(1)
+  @MaxLength(20000)
+  content: string;
+}
+
 /** Optional chat id for listing messages of a specific chat. */
 export class GetChatMessagesDto {
   @IsString()

apps/server/src/core/page/constants/temporary-note.constants.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Default lifetime for a temporary note, in HOURS, used when the workspace has
+// no `temporaryNoteHours` configured (NULL). Mirrors the trash-cleanup
+// DEFAULT_RETENTION_DAYS fallback. After this many hours a temporary note is
+// auto-moved to trash unless it was made permanent first.
+export const DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS = 24;

apps/server/src/core/page/dto/create-page.dto.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+  IsBoolean,
   IsIn,
   IsOptional,
   IsString,
@@ -32,4 +33,10 @@ export class CreatePageDto {
   @Transform(({ value }) => value?.toLowerCase() ?? 'json')
   @IsIn(['json', 'markdown', 'html'])
   format?: ContentFormat;
+
+  // When true, create the page as a temporary note: arm its death timer
+  // (now + workspace temporaryNoteHours) at creation.
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsBoolean()
+  temporary?: boolean;
 }

apps/server/src/core/page/page.module.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { PageService } from './services/page.service';
 import { PageController } from './page.controller';
 import { PageHistoryService } from './services/page-history.service';
 import { TrashCleanupService } from './services/trash-cleanup.service';
+import { TemporaryNoteCleanupService } from './services/temporary-note-cleanup.service';
 import { BacklinkService } from './services/backlink.service';
 import { StorageModule } from '../../integrations/storage/storage.module';
 import { CollaborationModule } from '../../collaboration/collaboration.module';
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import { LabelModule } from '../label/label.module';
     PageService,
     PageHistoryService,
     TrashCleanupService,
+    TemporaryNoteCleanupService,
     BacklinkService,
   ],
   exports: [PageService, PageHistoryService],

apps/server/src/core/page/services/page.service.spec.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { BadRequestException } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { PageService } from './page.service';
 import { MovePageDto } from '../dto/move-page.dto';
 import { Page } from '@docmost/db/types/entity.types';
+import { DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS } from '../constants/temporary-note.constants';
 
 // Direct instantiation with stub deps. The Test.createTestingModule form failed
 // to resolve the @InjectKysely()/@InjectQueue() tokens at compile(), and this
@@ -420,4 +421,79 @@ describe('PageService', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('create() temporary deadline (#201)', () => {
+    // db stub for the workspaces.temporaryNoteHours lookup:
+    // selectFrom('workspaces').select(['temporaryNoteHours']).where(...).executeTakeFirst()
+    const makeDb = (workspaceRow: any) => {
+      const builder: any = {
+        selectFrom: jest.fn(() => builder),
+        select: jest.fn(() => builder),
+        where: jest.fn(() => builder),
+        executeTakeFirst: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(workspaceRow),
+      };
+      return builder;
+    };
+
+    const makeGeneralQueue = () =>
+      ({ add: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ catch: jest.fn() }) }) as any;
+
+    const run = async (dto: any, workspaceRow: any) => {
+      const pageRepo = {
+        insertPage: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'p1' }),
+      };
+      const db = makeDb(workspaceRow);
+      const svc = new PageService(
+        pageRepo as any, // pageRepo
+        {} as any, // pagePermissionRepo
+        {} as any, // attachmentRepo
+        db as any, // db
+        {} as any, // storageService
+        {} as any, // attachmentQueue
+        {} as any, // aiQueue
+        makeGeneralQueue(), // generalQueue
+        {} as any, // eventEmitter
+        {} as any, // collaborationGateway
+        {} as any, // watcherService
+        {} as any, // transclusionService
+      );
+      // nextPagePosition runs a real db query; stub it out.
+      jest.spyOn(svc, 'nextPagePosition').mockResolvedValue('a0' as any);
+      await svc.create('u1', 'w1', dto, undefined);
+      return { payload: pageRepo.insertPage.mock.calls[0][0], db };
+    };
+
+    afterEach(() => jest.useRealTimers());
+
+    it('freezes temporaryExpiresAt at now + workspace hours when temporary', async () => {
+      jest.useFakeTimers().setSystemTime(new Date('2026-06-26T00:00:00.000Z'));
+      const { payload } = await run(
+        { title: 't', spaceId: 's1', temporary: true },
+        { temporaryNoteHours: 5 },
+      );
+      expect(payload.temporaryExpiresAt).toEqual(
+        new Date(Date.now() + 5 * 60 * 60 * 1000),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('falls back to DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS when the workspace hours are null', async () => {
+      jest.useFakeTimers().setSystemTime(new Date('2026-06-26T00:00:00.000Z'));
+      const { payload } = await run(
+        { title: 't', spaceId: 's1', temporary: true },
+        { temporaryNoteHours: null },
+      );
+      expect(payload.temporaryExpiresAt).toEqual(
+        new Date(Date.now() + DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS * 60 * 60 * 1000),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('leaves temporaryExpiresAt undefined and skips the workspace lookup for a non-temporary page', async () => {
+      const { payload, db } = await run(
+        { title: 't', spaceId: 's1' },
+        { temporaryNoteHours: 5 },
+      );
+      expect(payload.temporaryExpiresAt).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(db.selectFrom).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
 });

apps/server/src/core/page/services/page.service.ts

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import {
   AuthProvenanceData,
   agentSourceFields,
 } from '../../../common/decorators/auth-provenance.decorator';
+import { DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS } from '../constants/temporary-note.constants';
 
 // Hard upper bound on how deep the recursive page-tree CTEs (ancestor /
 // descendant traversals) may walk. Real page trees are only a handful of levels
@@ -140,6 +141,20 @@ export class PageService {
       parentPageId = parentPage.id;
     }
 
+    // Freeze the death timer here so later changes to the workspace setting
+    // never reschedule existing temporary notes. NULL => permanent page.
+    let temporaryExpiresAt: Date | undefined;
+    if (createPageDto.temporary) {
+      const workspace = await this.db
+        .selectFrom('workspaces')
+        .select(['temporaryNoteHours'])
+        .where('id', '=', workspaceId)
+        .executeTakeFirst();
+      const hours =
+        workspace?.temporaryNoteHours ?? DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS;
+      temporaryExpiresAt = new Date(Date.now() + hours * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+    }
+
     let content = undefined;
     let textContent = undefined;
     let ydoc = undefined;
@@ -172,6 +187,7 @@ export class PageService {
       // (creatorId/lastUpdatedById); these only annotate the source. A normal
       // user request leaves the column default ('user').
       ...agentSourceFields(provenance, 'lastUpdatedSource', 'lastUpdatedAiChatId'),
+      temporaryExpiresAt,
       content,
       textContent,
       ydoc,
@@ -356,6 +372,7 @@ export class PageService {
         'spaceId',
         'creatorId',
         'isTemplate',
+        'temporaryExpiresAt',
         'deletedAt',
       ])
       .select((eb) => this.pageRepo.withHasChildren(eb))

apps/server/src/core/page/services/spec/temporary-note-cleanup.service.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+import { TemporaryNoteCleanupService } from '../temporary-note-cleanup.service';
+
+/**
+ * Chainable Kysely stub that records every `.where(...)` call so the test can
+ * assert the sweep only selects armed, expired, not-yet-trashed notes. The
+ * terminal `.execute()` resolves the configured expired rows (the batch SELECT);
+ * `.executeTakeFirst()` resolves the per-row deadline re-read done just before
+ * each `removePage`. By default the re-read reports the note as still armed and
+ * still expired (epoch deadline < now), so the sweep proceeds to delete it;
+ * tests override `reReadFirst` to simulate a concurrent "Make permanent".
+ */
+function makeDbStub(expiredRows: any[]) {
+  const whereCalls: any[][] = [];
+  const reReadFirst = jest
+    .fn()
+    .mockResolvedValue({ temporaryExpiresAt: new Date(0), deletedAt: null });
+  const builder: any = {
+    selectFrom: jest.fn(() => builder),
+    select: jest.fn(() => builder),
+    where: jest.fn((...args: any[]) => {
+      whereCalls.push(args);
+      return builder;
+    }),
+    limit: jest.fn(() => builder),
+    execute: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(expiredRows),
+    executeTakeFirst: reReadFirst,
+  };
+  return { builder, whereCalls, reReadFirst };
+}
+
+describe('TemporaryNoteCleanupService.sweepExpiredTemporaryNotes', () => {
+  it('selects only armed, expired, not-yet-trashed notes', async () => {
+    const { builder, whereCalls } = makeDbStub([]);
+    const pageRepo = { removePage: jest.fn() } as any;
+    const service = new TemporaryNoteCleanupService(builder, pageRepo);
+
+    await service.sweepExpiredTemporaryNotes();
+
+    // temporaryExpiresAt IS NOT NULL, temporaryExpiresAt < now, deletedAt IS NULL
+    const cols = whereCalls.map((c) => c[0]);
+    const ops = whereCalls.map((c) => c[1]);
+    expect(cols).toEqual([
+      'temporaryExpiresAt',
+      'temporaryExpiresAt',
+      'deletedAt',
+    ]);
+    expect(ops).toEqual(['is not', '<', 'is']);
+    // last operand is the trash filter -> null
+    expect(whereCalls[2][2]).toBeNull();
+    // The batch SELECT is capped so a large backlog is not pulled at once.
+    expect(builder.limit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(builder.limit.mock.calls[0][0]).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  it('soft-deletes each expired note via removePage, attributed to its creator', async () => {
+    const expired = [
+      { id: 'p1', creatorId: 'u1', workspaceId: 'w1' },
+      { id: 'p2', creatorId: 'u2', workspaceId: 'w1' },
+    ];
+    const { builder } = makeDbStub(expired);
+    const pageRepo = { removePage: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined) } as any;
+    const service = new TemporaryNoteCleanupService(builder, pageRepo);
+
+    await service.sweepExpiredTemporaryNotes();
+
+    expect(pageRepo.removePage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(pageRepo.removePage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'p1', 'u1', 'w1');
+    expect(pageRepo.removePage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 'p2', 'u2', 'w1');
+  });
+
+  it('continues past a failing note (one bad removePage does not abort the sweep)', async () => {
+    const expired = [
+      { id: 'bad', creatorId: 'u1', workspaceId: 'w1' },
+      { id: 'good', creatorId: 'u2', workspaceId: 'w1' },
+    ];
+    const { builder } = makeDbStub(expired);
+    const pageRepo = {
+      removePage: jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('boom'))
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined),
+    } as any;
+    const service = new TemporaryNoteCleanupService(builder, pageRepo);
+
+    await expect(
+      service.sweepExpiredTemporaryNotes(),
+    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(pageRepo.removePage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(pageRepo.removePage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 'good', 'u2', 'w1');
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT trash a note made permanent in the race window', async () => {
+    // The batch SELECT saw the note as expired, but before its turn in the loop
+    // the user clicked "Make permanent" (temporary_expires_at -> null). The
+    // deadline re-read must catch this and skip the delete so the keep wins.
+    const expired = [{ id: 'p1', creatorId: 'u1', workspaceId: 'w1' }];
+    const { builder, reReadFirst } = makeDbStub(expired);
+    reReadFirst.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      temporaryExpiresAt: null,
+      deletedAt: null,
+    });
+    const pageRepo = { removePage: jest.fn() } as any;
+    const service = new TemporaryNoteCleanupService(builder, pageRepo);
+
+    await service.sweepExpiredTemporaryNotes();
+
+    expect(reReadFirst).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(pageRepo.removePage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('skips a note already trashed since the batch SELECT', async () => {
+    const expired = [{ id: 'p1', creatorId: 'u1', workspaceId: 'w1' }];
+    const { builder, reReadFirst } = makeDbStub(expired);
+    reReadFirst.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      temporaryExpiresAt: new Date(0),
+      deletedAt: new Date(),
+    });
+    const pageRepo = { removePage: jest.fn() } as any;
+    const service = new TemporaryNoteCleanupService(builder, pageRepo);
+
+    await service.sweepExpiredTemporaryNotes();
+
+    expect(pageRepo.removePage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT trash a note re-armed to a future deadline in the race window', async () => {
+    // The batch SELECT saw the note as expired, but before its turn in the loop
+    // the user disarmed it and re-armed it to a fresh, still-future deadline
+    // (temporary_expires_at -> now + 1h). The deadline re-read must catch that
+    // the note is no longer expired and skip the delete so the keep wins.
+    const expired = [{ id: 'p1', creatorId: 'u1', workspaceId: 'w1' }];
+    const { builder, reReadFirst } = makeDbStub(expired);
+    reReadFirst.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      temporaryExpiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60 * 60 * 1000),
+      deletedAt: null,
+    });
+    const pageRepo = { removePage: jest.fn() } as any;
+    const service = new TemporaryNoteCleanupService(builder, pageRepo);
+
+    await service.sweepExpiredTemporaryNotes();
+
+    expect(reReadFirst).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(pageRepo.removePage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('does nothing when no notes are expired', async () => {
+    const { builder } = makeDbStub([]);
+    const pageRepo = { removePage: jest.fn() } as any;
+    const service = new TemporaryNoteCleanupService(builder, pageRepo);
+
+    await service.sweepExpiredTemporaryNotes();
+    expect(pageRepo.removePage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});

apps/server/src/core/page/services/temporary-note-cleanup.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Interval } from '@nestjs/schedule';
+import { InjectKysely } from 'nestjs-kysely';
+import { KyselyDB } from '@docmost/db/types/kysely.types';
+import { PageRepo } from '@docmost/db/repos/page/page.repo';
+
+/**
+ * Background sweeper for temporary notes ("structure or die"). A note whose
+ * frozen deadline (`pages.temporary_expires_at`) has passed is auto-moved to
+ * trash via the exact same soft-delete path as a manual delete. Modelled on
+ * TrashCleanupService; `@nestjs/schedule` is already enabled globally.
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class TemporaryNoteCleanupService {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(TemporaryNoteCleanupService.name);
+
+  // Cap a single sweep so a large backlog (e.g. many notes created during
+  // downtime under a short lifetime) is not loaded into memory at once. The
+  // remainder is drained on the next hourly run; sub-hour overshoot is fine.
+  private static readonly SWEEP_BATCH_LIMIT = 500;
+
+  constructor(
+    @InjectKysely() private readonly db: KyselyDB,
+    private readonly pageRepo: PageRepo,
+  ) {}
+
+  // Hourly granularity: lifetimes are configured in hours, so a sub-hour
+  // overshoot past the deadline is acceptable.
+  @Interval('temporary-note-cleanup', 60 * 60 * 1000)
+  async sweepExpiredTemporaryNotes() {
+    try {
+      const now = new Date();
+
+      const expired = await this.db
+        .selectFrom('pages')
+        .select(['id', 'creatorId', 'workspaceId'])
+        .where('temporaryExpiresAt', 'is not', null)
+        .where('temporaryExpiresAt', '<', now)
+        .where('deletedAt', 'is', null) // not already in trash
+        .limit(TemporaryNoteCleanupService.SWEEP_BATCH_LIMIT)
+        .execute();
+
+      let trashed = 0;
+      for (const page of expired) {
+        try {
+          // Re-check the deadline at deletion time. The SELECT above is not
+          // transactional, so a user may click "Make permanent"
+          // (toggleTemporary sets temporary_expires_at = null) in the window
+          // between the SELECT and this per-row removePage. removePage deletes
+          // by id with only a `deletedAt IS NULL` filter and never re-reads the
+          // deadline, so without this guard a concurrently-kept note would
+          // still be trashed. Re-read the row and skip it unless it is still
+          // armed AND still expired, so a concurrent make-permanent wins.
+          const current = await this.db
+            .selectFrom('pages')
+            .select(['temporaryExpiresAt', 'deletedAt'])
+            .where('id', '=', page.id)
+            .executeTakeFirst();
+
+          if (
+            !current ||
+            current.deletedAt !== null ||
+            current.temporaryExpiresAt === null ||
+            new Date(current.temporaryExpiresAt) >= now
+          ) {
+            // Made permanent, already trashed, or no longer expired since the
+            // SELECT — leave it alone.
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          // Reuse the exact soft-delete path: recursive over children, removes
+          // shares in a transaction, and emits PAGE_SOFT_DELETED (tree
+          // invalidation + watcher notifications). Attribute the automatic
+          // deletion to the note's creator (no schema change). Both the SELECT
+          // above and removePage filter `deletedAt IS NULL`, so a double sweep
+          // is idempotent.
+          await this.pageRepo.removePage(
+            page.id,
+            // creatorId is set on every created page; a temporary note always
+            // has one. Cast to satisfy the non-null deletedById parameter.
+            page.creatorId as string,
+            page.workspaceId,
+          );
+          trashed++;
+        } catch (error) {
+          this.logger.error(
+            `Failed to trash expired temporary note ${page.id}`,
+            error instanceof Error ? error.stack : undefined,
+          );
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (trashed > 0) {
+        this.logger.debug(
+          `Temporary-note cleanup completed: ${trashed} notes trashed`,
+        );
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.logger.error(
+        'Temporary-note cleanup job failed',
+        error instanceof Error ? error.stack : undefined,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}

apps/server/src/core/page/transclusion/dto/toggle-temporary.dto.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { IsBoolean, IsOptional, IsUUID } from 'class-validator';
+
+export class ToggleTemporaryDto {
+  @IsUUID()
+  pageId!: string;
+
+  /**
+   * When omitted, the temporary state is toggled relative to its current value.
+   * true  -> arm the timer (now + workspace temporaryNoteHours);
+   * false -> clear it (make permanent — "structure and survive").
+   */
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsBoolean()
+  temporary?: boolean;
+}

apps/server/src/core/page/transclusion/page-template.controller.ts

@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ import { TemplateLookupDto } from './dto/template-lookup.dto';
 import { PageRepo } from '@docmost/db/repos/page/page.repo';
 import { PageAccessService } from '../page-access/page-access.service';
 import { ToggleTemplateDto } from './dto/toggle-template.dto';
+import { ToggleTemporaryDto } from './dto/toggle-temporary.dto';
 import { UserThrottlerGuard } from '../../../integrations/throttle/user-throttler.guard';
 import { PAGE_TEMPLATE_THROTTLER } from '../../../integrations/throttle/throttler-names';
+import { InjectKysely } from 'nestjs-kysely';
+import { KyselyDB } from '@docmost/db/types/kysely.types';
+import { DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS } from '../constants/temporary-note.constants';
 
 @UseGuards(JwtAuthGuard)
 @Controller('pages')
@@ -26,6 +30,7 @@ export class PageTemplateController {
     private readonly transclusionService: TransclusionService,
     private readonly pageRepo: PageRepo,
     private readonly pageAccessService: PageAccessService,
+    @InjectKysely() private readonly db: KyselyDB,
   ) {}
 
   /**
@@ -82,4 +87,54 @@ export class PageTemplateController {
 
     return { pageId: page.id, isTemplate };
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Arm or disarm the "death timer" on a page (`pages.temporary_expires_at`).
+   * Mirror of toggle-template: requires Edit on the page/space (CASL enforced in
+   * `validateCanEdit`). Arming freezes the deadline at now + the workspace's
+   * temporaryNoteHours; disarming ("Make permanent") clears it. Same workspace
+   * defense-in-depth as toggle-template (NotFound, never Forbidden, on mismatch).
+   */
+  @UseGuards(JwtAuthGuard, UserThrottlerGuard)
+  @Throttle({ [PAGE_TEMPLATE_THROTTLER]: { limit: 30, ttl: 60000 } })
+  @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
+  @Post('toggle-temporary')
+  async toggleTemporary(
+    @Body() dto: ToggleTemporaryDto,
+    @AuthUser() user: User,
+  ) {
+    const page = await this.pageRepo.findById(dto.pageId);
+    if (!page || page.deletedAt) {
+      throw new NotFoundException('Page not found');
+    }
+
+    if (page.workspaceId !== user.workspaceId) {
+      // Defense-in-depth: never act on a page outside the caller's workspace.
+      // Use NotFound (not Forbidden) to avoid leaking cross-workspace existence.
+      throw new NotFoundException('Page not found');
+    }
+
+    await this.pageAccessService.validateCanEdit(page, user);
+
+    const makeTemporary =
+      typeof dto.temporary === 'boolean'
+        ? dto.temporary
+        : page.temporaryExpiresAt == null;
+
+    let temporaryExpiresAt: Date | null = null;
+    if (makeTemporary) {
+      const workspace = await this.db
+        .selectFrom('workspaces')
+        .select(['temporaryNoteHours'])
+        .where('id', '=', user.workspaceId)
+        .executeTakeFirst();
+      const hours =
+        workspace?.temporaryNoteHours ?? DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS;
+      temporaryExpiresAt = new Date(Date.now() + hours * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+    }
+
+    await this.pageRepo.updatePage({ temporaryExpiresAt }, page.id);
+
+    return { pageId: page.id, temporaryExpiresAt };
+  }
 }

apps/server/src/core/page/transclusion/spec/page-template.controller.spec.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { PageRepo } from '@docmost/db/repos/page/page.repo';
 import { PageAccessService } from '../../page-access/page-access.service';
 import { JwtAuthGuard } from '../../../../common/guards/jwt-auth.guard';
 import { UserThrottlerGuard } from '../../../../integrations/throttle/user-throttler.guard';
+import { KYSELY_MODULE_CONNECTION_TOKEN } from 'nestjs-kysely';
 
 describe('PageTemplateController.toggleTemplate', () => {
   let controller: PageTemplateController;
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ describe('PageTemplateController.toggleTemplate', () => {
         { provide: TransclusionService, useValue: transclusionService },
         { provide: PageRepo, useValue: pageRepo },
         { provide: PageAccessService, useValue: pageAccessService },
+        // toggleTemporary reads the workspace lifetime; toggleTemplate ignores it.
+        { provide: KYSELY_MODULE_CONNECTION_TOKEN(), useValue: {} },
       ],
     })
       .overrideGuard(JwtAuthGuard)

apps/server/src/core/page/transclusion/spec/page-temporary.controller.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import { ForbiddenException, NotFoundException } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { plainToInstance } from 'class-transformer';
+import { validate } from 'class-validator';
+import { KYSELY_MODULE_CONNECTION_TOKEN } from 'nestjs-kysely';
+import { PageTemplateController } from '../page-template.controller';
+import { TransclusionService } from '../transclusion.service';
+import { ToggleTemporaryDto } from '../dto/toggle-temporary.dto';
+import { PageRepo } from '@docmost/db/repos/page/page.repo';
+import { PageAccessService } from '../../page-access/page-access.service';
+import { JwtAuthGuard } from '../../../../common/guards/jwt-auth.guard';
+import { UserThrottlerGuard } from '../../../../integrations/throttle/user-throttler.guard';
+import { DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS } from '../../constants/temporary-note.constants';
+
+/**
+ * Minimal chainable Kysely stub: every builder method returns `this`, and the
+ * terminal `executeTakeFirst` resolves the configured workspace row.
+ */
+function makeDbStub(workspaceRow: { temporaryNoteHours: number | null } | undefined) {
+  const builder: any = {
+    selectFrom: () => builder,
+    select: () => builder,
+    where: () => builder,
+    executeTakeFirst: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(workspaceRow),
+  };
+  return builder;
+}
+
+describe('PageTemplateController.toggleTemporary', () => {
+  let controller: PageTemplateController;
+  let pageRepo: { findById: jest.Mock; updatePage: jest.Mock };
+  let pageAccessService: { validateCanEdit: jest.Mock };
+
+  const user = { id: 'u1', workspaceId: 'w1' } as any;
+
+  async function buildController(
+    page: any,
+    workspaceRow: { temporaryNoteHours: number | null } | undefined = {
+      temporaryNoteHours: null,
+    },
+  ) {
+    pageRepo = {
+      findById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(page),
+      updatePage: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    };
+    pageAccessService = {
+      validateCanEdit: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    };
+
+    const module = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      controllers: [PageTemplateController],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: TransclusionService, useValue: { lookupTemplate: jest.fn() } },
+        { provide: PageRepo, useValue: pageRepo },
+        { provide: PageAccessService, useValue: pageAccessService },
+        {
+          provide: KYSELY_MODULE_CONNECTION_TOKEN(),
+          useValue: makeDbStub(workspaceRow),
+        },
+      ],
+    })
+      .overrideGuard(JwtAuthGuard)
+      .useValue({ canActivate: () => true })
+      .overrideGuard(UserThrottlerGuard)
+      .useValue({ canActivate: () => true })
+      .compile();
+
+    controller = module.get(PageTemplateController);
+  }
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.useFakeTimers().setSystemTime(new Date('2026-06-26T00:00:00.000Z'));
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it('throws NotFound and does not touch the page when missing', async () => {
+    await buildController(null);
+    await expect(
+      controller.toggleTemporary({ pageId: 'p1' } as any, user),
+    ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(NotFoundException);
+    expect(pageAccessService.validateCanEdit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(pageRepo.updatePage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('throws NotFound (not Forbidden) for a cross-workspace page', async () => {
+    await buildController({
+      id: 'p1',
+      workspaceId: 'OTHER',
+      deletedAt: null,
+      temporaryExpiresAt: null,
+    });
+    await expect(
+      controller.toggleTemporary({ pageId: 'p1' } as any, user),
+    ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(NotFoundException);
+    expect(pageRepo.updatePage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('enforces CASL edit: when validateCanEdit throws, the timer is NOT changed', async () => {
+    await buildController({
+      id: 'p1',
+      workspaceId: 'w1',
+      deletedAt: null,
+      temporaryExpiresAt: null,
+    });
+    pageAccessService.validateCanEdit.mockRejectedValue(new ForbiddenException());
+    await expect(
+      controller.toggleTemporary({ pageId: 'p1' } as any, user),
+    ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ForbiddenException);
+    expect(pageRepo.updatePage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('arms the timer (toggle) using the default hours when the page is permanent', async () => {
+    await buildController({
+      id: 'p1',
+      workspaceId: 'w1',
+      deletedAt: null,
+      temporaryExpiresAt: null,
+    });
+    const out = await controller.toggleTemporary({ pageId: 'p1' } as any, user);
+
+    const expected = new Date(
+      Date.now() + DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+    );
+    expect(pageAccessService.validateCanEdit).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(pageRepo.updatePage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { temporaryExpiresAt: expected },
+      'p1',
+    );
+    expect(out).toEqual({ pageId: 'p1', temporaryExpiresAt: expected });
+  });
+
+  it('uses the workspace temporaryNoteHours override when set', async () => {
+    await buildController(
+      {
+        id: 'p1',
+        workspaceId: 'w1',
+        deletedAt: null,
+        temporaryExpiresAt: null,
+      },
+      { temporaryNoteHours: 3 },
+    );
+    const out = await controller.toggleTemporary({ pageId: 'p1' } as any, user);
+    const expected = new Date(Date.now() + 3 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+    expect(pageRepo.updatePage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { temporaryExpiresAt: expected },
+      'p1',
+    );
+    expect(out.temporaryExpiresAt).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('clears the timer (make permanent) when toggling an armed note', async () => {
+    await buildController({
+      id: 'p1',
+      workspaceId: 'w1',
+      deletedAt: null,
+      temporaryExpiresAt: new Date('2026-06-27T00:00:00.000Z'),
+    });
+    const out = await controller.toggleTemporary({ pageId: 'p1' } as any, user);
+    expect(pageRepo.updatePage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { temporaryExpiresAt: null },
+      'p1',
+    );
+    expect(out).toEqual({ pageId: 'p1', temporaryExpiresAt: null });
+  });
+
+  it('respects an explicit temporary:false instead of toggling', async () => {
+    await buildController({
+      id: 'p1',
+      workspaceId: 'w1',
+      deletedAt: null,
+      temporaryExpiresAt: null, // already permanent, but explicit false
+    });
+    const out = await controller.toggleTemporary(
+      { pageId: 'p1', temporary: false } as any,
+      user,
+    );
+    expect(pageRepo.updatePage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { temporaryExpiresAt: null },
+      'p1',
+    );
+    expect(out.temporaryExpiresAt).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('ToggleTemporaryDto validation (class-validator)', () => {
+  const uuid = '00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001';
+
+  it('accepts a valid UUID with no flag (toggle)', async () => {
+    const dto = plainToInstance(ToggleTemporaryDto, { pageId: uuid });
+    expect(await validate(dto)).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('accepts an explicit boolean temporary', async () => {
+    const dto = plainToInstance(ToggleTemporaryDto, {
+      pageId: uuid,
+      temporary: true,
+    });
+    expect(await validate(dto)).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a non-UUID pageId', async () => {
+    const dto = plainToInstance(ToggleTemporaryDto, { pageId: 'nope' });
+    const errors = await validate(dto);
+    expect(errors).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(errors[0].constraints).toHaveProperty('isUuid');
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a non-boolean temporary', async () => {
+    const dto = plainToInstance(ToggleTemporaryDto, {
+      pageId: uuid,
+      temporary: 'yes',
+    });
+    const errors = await validate(dto);
+    expect(errors).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(errors[0].constraints).toHaveProperty('isBoolean');
+  });
+});

apps/server/src/core/share/share-alias.service.spec.ts

@@ -7,13 +7,18 @@ import { ShareAliasService } from './share-alias.service';
  * request-time readable-target resolution (which re-runs the share boundary).
  */
 describe('ShareAliasService', () => {
+  // Sentinel handed to repo calls so tests can assert they ran inside the tx.
+  const trx = { __trx: true };
+
   function makeService() {
     const shareAliasRepo = {
       findByAliasAndWorkspace: jest.fn(),
       findByPageId: jest.fn(),
       findById: jest.fn(),
       insert: jest.fn(),
+      updateAlias: jest.fn(),
       updatePageId: jest.fn(),
+      deleteOthersForPage: jest.fn(),
       delete: jest.fn(),
     };
     const pageRepo = { findById: jest.fn() };
@@ -21,12 +26,19 @@ describe('ShareAliasService', () => {
       resolveReadableSharePage: jest.fn(),
       isSharingAllowed: jest.fn(),
     };
+    // Fake kysely db: only .transaction().execute(cb) is used by setAlias.
+    const db = {
+      transaction: jest.fn(() => ({
+        execute: jest.fn(async (cb: any) => cb(trx)),
+      })),
+    };
     const service = new ShareAliasService(
       shareAliasRepo as any,
       pageRepo as any,
       shareService as any,
+      db as any,
     );
-    return { service, shareAliasRepo, pageRepo, shareService };
+    return { service, shareAliasRepo, pageRepo, shareService, db };
   }
 
   describe('setAlias', () => {
@@ -43,9 +55,10 @@ describe('ShareAliasService', () => {
       expect(shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
-    it('normalizes then inserts a brand-new alias', async () => {
+    it('normalizes then inserts a brand-new alias (page has none yet)', async () => {
       const { service, shareAliasRepo } = makeService();
       shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+      shareAliasRepo.findByPageId.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
       shareAliasRepo.insert.mockResolvedValue({ id: 'a-1', alias: 'my-page' });
 
       const res = await service.setAlias({
@@ -58,17 +71,70 @@ describe('ShareAliasService', () => {
       expect(shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         'my-page',
         'ws-1',
+        trx,
+      );
+      expect(shareAliasRepo.insert).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        {
+          workspaceId: 'ws-1',
+          alias: 'my-page',
+          pageId: 'p-1',
+          creatorId: 'u-1',
+        },
+        trx,
+      );
+      expect(shareAliasRepo.updateAlias).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      // self-heal still runs, keeping just the inserted row
+      expect(shareAliasRepo.deleteOthersForPage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'p-1',
+        'a-1',
+        'ws-1',
+        trx,
       );
-      expect(shareAliasRepo.insert).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        workspaceId: 'ws-1',
-        alias: 'my-page',
-        pageId: 'p-1',
-        creatorId: 'u-1',
-      });
       expect(res).toMatchObject({ id: 'a-1' });
     });
 
-    it('is a no-op when the alias already points at the same page', async () => {
+    it('renames the existing row in place when editing to a free name (te -> ted)', async () => {
+      const { service, shareAliasRepo } = makeService();
+      // The new slug is free...
+      shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+      // ...but the page already owns an alias named `te`.
+      shareAliasRepo.findByPageId.mockResolvedValue({
+        id: 'a-1',
+        alias: 'te',
+        pageId: 'p-1',
+      });
+      shareAliasRepo.updateAlias.mockResolvedValue({
+        id: 'a-1',
+        alias: 'ted',
+        pageId: 'p-1',
+      });
+
+      const res = await service.setAlias({
+        workspaceId: 'ws-1',
+        pageId: 'p-1',
+        creatorId: 'u-1',
+        alias: 'ted',
+      });
+
+      // RENAME, not INSERT a second row.
+      expect(shareAliasRepo.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(shareAliasRepo.updateAlias).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'a-1',
+        'ted',
+        'ws-1',
+        trx,
+      );
+      // ...and any other row for the page is reaped, so `te` cannot survive.
+      expect(shareAliasRepo.deleteOthersForPage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'p-1',
+        'a-1',
+        'ws-1',
+        trx,
+      );
+      expect(res).toMatchObject({ id: 'a-1', alias: 'ted' });
+    });
+
+    it('is a no-op when the alias already points at the same page (and self-heals)', async () => {
       const { service, shareAliasRepo } = makeService();
       const existing = { id: 'a-1', alias: 'foo', pageId: 'p-1' };
       shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace.mockResolvedValue(existing);
@@ -82,7 +148,45 @@ describe('ShareAliasService', () => {
 
       expect(res).toBe(existing);
       expect(shareAliasRepo.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(shareAliasRepo.updateAlias).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(shareAliasRepo.updatePageId).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      // self-heal reaps any legacy duplicate rows for the page
+      expect(shareAliasRepo.deleteOthersForPage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'p-1',
+        'a-1',
+        'ws-1',
+        trx,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('self-heals a page with pre-existing duplicate rows down to one', async () => {
+      const { service, shareAliasRepo } = makeService();
+      // Name free; the page already has a (legacy) alias row we rename.
+      shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+      shareAliasRepo.findByPageId.mockResolvedValue({
+        id: 'a-keep',
+        alias: 'old',
+        pageId: 'p-1',
+      });
+      shareAliasRepo.updateAlias.mockResolvedValue({
+        id: 'a-keep',
+        alias: 'new',
+        pageId: 'p-1',
+      });
+
+      await service.setAlias({
+        workspaceId: 'ws-1',
+        pageId: 'p-1',
+        creatorId: 'u-1',
+        alias: 'new',
+      });
+
+      expect(shareAliasRepo.deleteOthersForPage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'p-1',
+        'a-keep',
+        'ws-1',
+        trx,
+      );
     });
 
     it('throws 409 with current target when name is taken and not confirmed', async () => {
@@ -134,15 +238,128 @@ describe('ShareAliasService', () => {
         'a-1',
         'p-1',
         'ws-1',
+        trx,
       );
+      // ORDER MATTERS: the target page's existing alias row(s) are reaped BEFORE
+      // the retarget, so the non-deferrable (workspace_id, page_id) index never
+      // sees two rows for the page mid-statement. There is no trailing self-heal.
+      expect(shareAliasRepo.deleteOthersForPage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'p-1',
+        'a-1',
+        'ws-1',
+        trx,
+      );
+      expect(shareAliasRepo.deleteOthersForPage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      const deleteOrder =
+        shareAliasRepo.deleteOthersForPage.mock.invocationCallOrder[0];
+      const updateOrder =
+        shareAliasRepo.updatePageId.mock.invocationCallOrder[0];
+      expect(deleteOrder).toBeLessThan(updateOrder);
       expect(res).toMatchObject({ pageId: 'p-1' });
     });
 
-    it('maps a unique-violation race to 409', async () => {
+    it('maps a unique-violation race (no constraint info) to 409 "Alias already taken"', async () => {
       const { service, shareAliasRepo } = makeService();
       shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
       shareAliasRepo.insert.mockRejectedValue({ code: '23505' });
 
+      try {
+        await service.setAlias({
+          workspaceId: 'ws-1',
+          pageId: 'p-1',
+          creatorId: 'u-1',
+          alias: 'foo',
+        });
+        fail('expected ConflictException');
+      } catch (err) {
+        expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(ConflictException);
+        expect((err as ConflictException).getResponse()).toMatchObject({
+          message: 'Alias already taken',
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('maps the (workspace_id, alias) index violation to "Alias already taken"', async () => {
+      const { service, shareAliasRepo } = makeService();
+      shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+      // postgres@3.x driver exposes the index name as `constraint_name`.
+      shareAliasRepo.insert.mockRejectedValue({
+        code: '23505',
+        constraint_name: 'share_aliases_workspace_id_alias_unique',
+      });
+
+      try {
+        await service.setAlias({
+          workspaceId: 'ws-1',
+          pageId: 'p-1',
+          creatorId: 'u-1',
+          alias: 'foo',
+        });
+        fail('expected ConflictException');
+      } catch (err) {
+        expect((err as ConflictException).getResponse()).toMatchObject({
+          message: 'Alias already taken',
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('maps the (workspace_id, page_id) index violation to a DISTINCT page-race outcome', async () => {
+      const { service, shareAliasRepo } = makeService();
+      shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+      shareAliasRepo.insert.mockRejectedValue({
+        code: '23505',
+        constraint_name: 'share_aliases_workspace_id_page_id_unique',
+      });
+
+      try {
+        await service.setAlias({
+          workspaceId: 'ws-1',
+          pageId: 'p-1',
+          creatorId: 'u-1',
+          alias: 'foo',
+        });
+        fail('expected ConflictException');
+      } catch (err) {
+        expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(ConflictException);
+        // NOT the misleading "Alias already taken" — a separate, page-scoped code.
+        expect((err as ConflictException).getResponse()).toMatchObject({
+          code: 'ALIAS_PAGE_RACE',
+        });
+        expect((err as ConflictException).getResponse()).not.toMatchObject({
+          message: 'Alias already taken',
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('reads the index name from `.constraint` when `.constraint_name` is absent', async () => {
+      const { service, shareAliasRepo } = makeService();
+      shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+      // Fallback path for non-postgres@3.x drivers.
+      shareAliasRepo.insert.mockRejectedValue({
+        code: '23505',
+        constraint: 'share_aliases_workspace_id_page_id_unique',
+      });
+
+      try {
+        await service.setAlias({
+          workspaceId: 'ws-1',
+          pageId: 'p-1',
+          creatorId: 'u-1',
+          alias: 'foo',
+        });
+        fail('expected ConflictException');
+      } catch (err) {
+        expect((err as ConflictException).getResponse()).toMatchObject({
+          code: 'ALIAS_PAGE_RACE',
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('maps a non-unique-violation db error to BadRequest (Failed to set alias)', async () => {
+      const { service, shareAliasRepo } = makeService();
+      shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+      shareAliasRepo.insert.mockRejectedValue({ code: '08006' }); // connection error
+
       await expect(
         service.setAlias({
           workspaceId: 'ws-1',
@@ -150,7 +367,7 @@ describe('ShareAliasService', () => {
           creatorId: 'u-1',
           alias: 'foo',
         }),
-      ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ConflictException);
+      ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(BadRequestException);
     });
   });
 

apps/server/src/core/share/share-alias.service.ts

@@ -9,10 +9,25 @@ import { PageRepo } from '@docmost/db/repos/page/page.repo';
 import { ShareService } from './share.service';
 import { Page, ShareAlias } from '@docmost/db/types/entity.types';
 import { isValidShareAlias, normalizeShareAlias } from './share-alias.util';
+import { InjectKysely } from 'nestjs-kysely';
+import { KyselyDB } from '@docmost/db/types/kysely.types';
+import { executeTx } from '@docmost/db/utils';
 
-/** Postgres unique_violation; the (workspace_id, alias) constraint races here. */
+/** Postgres unique_violation. Two unique indexes can raise it on this table. */
 const PG_UNIQUE_VIOLATION = '23505';
 
+/**
+ * Unique index names from the share_aliases migrations. The `postgres@3.x`
+ * driver (kysely-postgres-js) surfaces the violated constraint as
+ * `err.constraint_name` (NOT `.constraint`); we keep `.constraint` only as a
+ * defensive fallback for other drivers.
+ *   - ALIAS:  `(workspace_id, alias)`  -> the vanity NAME is taken.
+ *   - PAGE_ID: partial `(workspace_id, page_id) WHERE page_id IS NOT NULL`
+ *             -> a concurrent writer already gave THIS page an alias.
+ */
+const UNIQUE_ALIAS_INDEX = 'share_aliases_workspace_id_alias_unique';
+const UNIQUE_PAGE_ID_INDEX = 'share_aliases_workspace_id_page_id_unique';
+
 export interface ResolvedAliasTarget {
   share: NonNullable<
     Awaited<ReturnType<ShareService['resolveReadableSharePage']>>
@@ -28,16 +43,30 @@ export class ShareAliasService {
     private readonly shareAliasRepo: ShareAliasRepo,
     private readonly pageRepo: PageRepo,
     private readonly shareService: ShareService,
+    @InjectKysely() private readonly db: KyselyDB,
   ) {}
 
   /**
-   * Create or retarget a vanity alias. The alias is workspace-scoped:
-   *   - no row for this name        -> INSERT a new pointer
-   *   - row already points at pageId -> no-op (idempotent)
-   *   - row points elsewhere         -> the "swap". Without confirmReassign we
-   *     throw 409 carrying the current target so the client can confirm; with
-   *     it we UPDATE the single row's page_id (every /l/<alias> link follows the
-   *     302 to the new page instantly — no stale 301 cache).
+   * Create, RENAME or retarget a page's vanity alias. INVARIANT: a page has
+   * EXACTLY ONE custom address. The alias name is workspace-scoped:
+   *   - name free, page has no alias yet -> INSERT a new pointer
+   *   - name free, page already has one  -> RENAME that row in place (the slug
+   *     edit, e.g. `te` -> `ted`); we never spawn a second row, so no orphan
+   *     `/l/<old>` link survives
+   *   - name already points at pageId    -> no-op (idempotent)
+   *   - name points at ANOTHER page      -> the "swap". Without confirmReassign
+   *     we throw 409 carrying the current target so the client can confirm;
+   *     with it we UPDATE the single row's page_id (every /l/<alias> link
+   *     follows the 302 to the new page instantly — no stale cache).
+   *
+   * To keep the invariant self-healing we DELETE every other alias row still
+   * pointing at this page (a legacy duplicate, or the target page's own former
+   * alias during a swap). The whole thing runs in one transaction. Because the
+   * `(workspace_id, page_id)` unique index is NON-deferrable (checked at the end
+   * of each statement), the swap branch DELETEs the target page's existing row
+   * BEFORE retargeting, so the page is never transiently carried by two rows;
+   * the other branches self-heal AFTER their write. Either way the page never
+   * ends a statement with duplicate rows.
    *
    * Caller is responsible for authorizing the page (edit rights + public
    * readability); this method owns only the alias-name semantics.
@@ -57,48 +86,121 @@ export class ShareAliasService {
       );
     }
 
-    const existing = await this.shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace(
-      alias,
-      workspaceId,
-    );
-
-    if (!existing) {
-      try {
-        return await this.shareAliasRepo.insert({
-          workspaceId,
+    try {
+      return await executeTx(this.db, async (trx) => {
+        const byName = await this.shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace(
           alias,
-          pageId,
-          creatorId,
-        });
-      } catch (err: any) {
-        // Lost a uniqueness race: another request claimed the name first.
-        if (err?.code === PG_UNIQUE_VIOLATION) {
-          throw new ConflictException({ message: 'Alias already taken' });
+          workspaceId,
+          trx,
+        );
+
+        // The name is occupied by a DIFFERENT (or dangling) target page.
+        if (byName && byName.pageId !== pageId) {
+          if (!confirmReassign) {
+            const currentPage = byName.pageId
+              ? await this.pageRepo.findById(byName.pageId)
+              : null;
+            throw new ConflictException({
+              message: 'Alias already in use',
+              code: 'ALIAS_REASSIGN_REQUIRED',
+              currentPageId: byName.pageId,
+              currentPageTitle: currentPage?.title ?? null,
+            });
+          }
+          // Confirmed swap. ORDER MATTERS: the partial unique index on
+          // `(workspace_id, page_id)` is NON-deferrable, so it is checked at the
+          // end of EVERY statement. If we retargeted `byName` onto `pageId`
+          // first while `pageId` still had its OWN alias row, there would
+          // momentarily be two rows with this page_id -> immediate 23505 and a
+          // rolled-back tx (a misleading "Alias already taken"). So we FIRST drop
+          // the target page's existing alias row(s), THEN retarget. `byName.id`
+          // still points at its old page here, so excluding it via `keepId` is
+          // harmless; after the retarget it is the page's only row, so no
+          // trailing self-heal is needed.
+          await this.shareAliasRepo.deleteOthersForPage(
+            pageId,
+            byName.id,
+            workspaceId,
+            trx,
+          );
+          return await this.shareAliasRepo.updatePageId(
+            byName.id,
+            pageId,
+            workspaceId,
+            trx,
+          );
         }
-        this.logger.error(err);
-        throw new BadRequestException('Failed to set alias');
-      }
-    }
 
-    // Already points at this page -> nothing to do.
-    if (existing.pageId === pageId) {
-      return existing;
-    }
+        // The name is FREE, or already points at THIS page. Ensure the page has
+        // a single row carrying this name: rename its current one, or insert.
+        const current =
+          byName ??
+          (await this.shareAliasRepo.findByPageId(pageId, workspaceId, trx));
 
-    // Name occupied by a different (or dangling) target: require confirmation.
-    if (!confirmReassign) {
-      const currentPage = existing.pageId
-        ? await this.pageRepo.findById(existing.pageId)
-        : null;
-      throw new ConflictException({
-        message: 'Alias already in use',
-        code: 'ALIAS_REASSIGN_REQUIRED',
-        currentPageId: existing.pageId,
-        currentPageTitle: currentPage?.title ?? null,
+        let row: ShareAlias;
+        if (current) {
+          row =
+            current.alias === alias
+              ? current // same-name no-op
+              : await this.shareAliasRepo.updateAlias(
+                  current.id,
+                  alias,
+                  workspaceId,
+                  trx,
+                );
+        } else {
+          row = await this.shareAliasRepo.insert(
+            { workspaceId, alias, pageId, creatorId },
+            trx,
+          );
+        }
+
+        // Self-heal: a page keeps EXACTLY ONE custom address.
+        await this.shareAliasRepo.deleteOthersForPage(
+          pageId,
+          row.id,
+          workspaceId,
+          trx,
+        );
+        return row;
       });
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      if (
+        err instanceof ConflictException ||
+        err instanceof BadRequestException
+      ) {
+        throw err;
+      }
+      // A unique index fired. Which one decides the message — always log the
+      // constraint so the race is diagnosable.
+      if (err?.code === PG_UNIQUE_VIOLATION) {
+        const constraint: string | undefined =
+          err?.constraint_name ?? err?.constraint;
+        this.logger.warn(
+          `share alias unique violation on ${constraint ?? '<unknown>'}`,
+        );
+        // `(workspace_id, page_id)`: a concurrent request already gave this page
+        // an alias. The page still has exactly one custom address (the racing
+        // writer's), so this is not a user-facing name clash — surface a
+        // distinct, non-misleading message instead of "Alias already taken".
+        if (constraint === UNIQUE_PAGE_ID_INDEX) {
+          throw new ConflictException({
+            message: 'This page is being given an address by another request',
+            code: 'ALIAS_PAGE_RACE',
+          });
+        }
+        // `(workspace_id, alias)` (UNIQUE_ALIAS_INDEX) or any other/unknown
+        // unique index: treat as the vanity name being claimed first.
+        if (constraint && constraint !== UNIQUE_ALIAS_INDEX) {
+          this.logger.warn(
+            `unexpected unique index ${constraint} mapped to "Alias already taken"`,
+          );
+        }
+        throw new ConflictException({ message: 'Alias already taken' });
+      }
+      this.logger.error(err);
+      throw new BadRequestException('Failed to set alias');
     }
-
-    return this.shareAliasRepo.updatePageId(existing.id, pageId, workspaceId);
   }
 
   /** Free a vanity name (no history kept). */

apps/server/src/core/workspace/dto/update-workspace.dto.ts

@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ export class UpdateWorkspaceDto extends PartialType(CreateWorkspaceDto) {
   @IsBoolean()
   aiSearch: boolean;
 
-  @IsOptional()
-  @IsBoolean()
-  generativeAi: boolean;
-
   @IsOptional()
   @IsBoolean()
   disablePublicSharing: boolean;
@@ -84,6 +80,13 @@ export class UpdateWorkspaceDto extends PartialType(CreateWorkspaceDto) {
   @Min(1)
   trashRetentionDays: number;
 
+  // Default lifetime for new temporary notes, in HOURS. Frozen per-note at
+  // creation, so changing this never reschedules existing notes.
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsInt()
+  @Min(1)
+  temporaryNoteHours: number;
+
   @IsOptional()
   @IsBoolean()
   allowMemberTemplates: boolean;

apps/server/src/core/workspace/services/workspace.service.ts

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export class WorkspaceService {
           status = WorkspaceStatus.Active;
           plan = 'standard';
           billingEmail = user.email;
-          settings = { ai: { generative: true, chat: true } };
+          settings = { ai: { chat: true } };
         }
 
         // create workspace
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ export class WorkspaceService {
     if (
       typeof updateWorkspaceDto.disablePublicSharing !== 'undefined' ||
       typeof updateWorkspaceDto.trashRetentionDays !== 'undefined' ||
+      typeof updateWorkspaceDto.temporaryNoteHours !== 'undefined' ||
       typeof updateWorkspaceDto.mcpEnabled !== 'undefined' ||
       typeof updateWorkspaceDto.restrictApiToAdmins !== 'undefined' ||
       typeof updateWorkspaceDto.allowMemberTemplates !== 'undefined' ||
@@ -337,7 +338,13 @@ export class WorkspaceService {
     ) {
       const ws = await this.db
         .selectFrom('workspaces')
-        .select(['id', 'licenseKey', 'plan', 'trashRetentionDays'])
+        .select([
+          'id',
+          'licenseKey',
+          'plan',
+          'trashRetentionDays',
+          'temporaryNoteHours',
+        ])
         .where('id', '=', workspaceId)
         .executeTakeFirst();
 
@@ -378,6 +385,14 @@ export class WorkspaceService {
         before.trashRetentionDays = ws.trashRetentionDays;
         after.trashRetentionDays = updateWorkspaceDto.trashRetentionDays;
       }
+
+      if (
+        typeof updateWorkspaceDto.temporaryNoteHours !== 'undefined' &&
+        updateWorkspaceDto.temporaryNoteHours !== ws.temporaryNoteHours
+      ) {
+        before.temporaryNoteHours = ws.temporaryNoteHours;
+        after.temporaryNoteHours = updateWorkspaceDto.temporaryNoteHours;
+      }
     }
 
     if (updateWorkspaceDto.aiSearch) {
@@ -424,20 +439,6 @@ export class WorkspaceService {
         );
       }
 
-      if (typeof updateWorkspaceDto.generativeAi !== 'undefined') {
-        const prev = settingsBefore?.ai?.generative ?? false;
-        if (prev !== updateWorkspaceDto.generativeAi) {
-          before.generativeAi = prev;
-          after.generativeAi = updateWorkspaceDto.generativeAi;
-        }
-        await this.workspaceRepo.updateAiSettings(
-          workspaceId,
-          'generative',
-          updateWorkspaceDto.generativeAi,
-          trx,
-        );
-      }
-
       if (typeof updateWorkspaceDto.disablePublicSharing !== 'undefined') {
         const prev = settingsBefore?.sharing?.disabled ?? false;
         if (prev !== updateWorkspaceDto.disablePublicSharing) {
@@ -572,7 +573,6 @@ export class WorkspaceService {
 
       delete updateWorkspaceDto.restrictApiToAdmins;
       delete updateWorkspaceDto.aiSearch;
-      delete updateWorkspaceDto.generativeAi;
       delete updateWorkspaceDto.disablePublicSharing;
       delete updateWorkspaceDto.mcpEnabled;
       delete updateWorkspaceDto.allowMemberTemplates;

apps/server/src/database/migrations/20260626T140000-page-temporary-notes.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { type Kysely, sql } from 'kysely';
+
+export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
+  // "Death timer" column. NULL = permanent page; non-NULL = temporary note,
+  // value is the exact moment the note auto-moves to trash. The deadline is
+  // frozen at creation, so changing the workspace setting never reschedules
+  // existing notes.
+  await db.schema
+    .alterTable('pages')
+    .addColumn('temporary_expires_at', 'timestamptz', (col) => col)
+    .execute();
+
+  // Partial index backing the cleanup sweep: only armed, not-yet-trashed notes.
+  await sql`
+    CREATE INDEX pages_temporary_expires_at_idx
+    ON pages (temporary_expires_at)
+    WHERE temporary_expires_at IS NOT NULL AND deleted_at IS NULL
+  `.execute(db);
+
+  // Default lifetime for new temporary notes, in HOURS. Frozen per-note at
+  // creation. NULL falls back to the in-code DEFAULT_TEMPORARY_NOTE_HOURS.
+  await db.schema
+    .alterTable('workspaces')
+    .addColumn('temporary_note_hours', 'int8', (col) => col)
+    .execute();
+}
+
+export async function down(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
+  await db.schema
+    .alterTable('workspaces')
+    .dropColumn('temporary_note_hours')
+    .execute();
+
+  await db.schema.dropIndex('pages_temporary_expires_at_idx').execute();
+
+  await db.schema
+    .alterTable('pages')
+    .dropColumn('temporary_expires_at')
+    .execute();
+}

apps/server/src/database/migrations/20260627T120000-share-aliases-one-per-page.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { type Kysely, sql } from 'kysely';
+
+/**
+ * Enforce "a page has EXACTLY ONE custom address" at the DB level. The original
+ * `share_aliases` table only had a unique index on `(workspace_id, alias)`, so a
+ * page could accumulate several alias rows (every slug edit used to INSERT a new
+ * one), leaving orphan `/l/<old>` links live forever and making the share
+ * modal's `findByPageId` lookup nondeterministic.
+ *
+ * We first dedup any pre-existing rows (keeping the NEWEST per page — the same
+ * "current" choice the read path now makes), then add a PARTIAL unique index on
+ * `(workspace_id, page_id)`. It is partial (`WHERE page_id IS NOT NULL`) so that
+ * multiple DANGLING aliases (target page deleted -> `page_id` SET NULL) can
+ * still coexist without colliding.
+ *
+ * ⚠️ IRREVERSIBLE DATA LOSS (intended): the dedup DELETE below permanently drops
+ * every alias row but the newest per page. Those duplicates were live `/l/<old>`
+ * pointers (resolved by name via `findByAliasAndWorkspace`, not by page), so
+ * after this upgrade any such OLD vanity link starts returning the SPA 404. This
+ * is the point — it kills the orphan rows the pre-invariant bug accumulated —
+ * but `down()` only drops the unique index; it CANNOT restore the deleted rows.
+ */
+export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
+  // Reap legacy duplicates: for each (workspace_id, page_id) keep only the row
+  // with the greatest (created_at, id) — matches ShareAliasRepo.findByPageId.
+  await sql`
+    DELETE FROM share_aliases sa
+    USING share_aliases keep
+    WHERE sa.page_id IS NOT NULL
+      AND sa.workspace_id = keep.workspace_id
+      AND sa.page_id = keep.page_id
+      AND (keep.created_at, keep.id) > (sa.created_at, sa.id)
+  `.execute(db);
+
+  await db.schema
+    .createIndex('share_aliases_workspace_id_page_id_unique')
+    .on('share_aliases')
+    .columns(['workspace_id', 'page_id'])
+    .unique()
+    .where('page_id', 'is not', null)
+    .execute();
+}
+
+export async function down(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
+  await db.schema
+    .dropIndex('share_aliases_workspace_id_page_id_unique')
+    .execute();
+}

apps/server/src/database/repos/ai-chat/ai-chat-message.repo.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import { executeWithCursorPagination } from '@docmost/db/pagination/cursor-pagin
 // (multi-instance deploy).
 const SWEEP_STREAMING_STALE_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 minutes
 
-// Hard upper bound on the rows materialized by `findAllByChat` (export path).
+// Hard upper bound on the rows materialized by `findAllByChat`, which now feeds
+// BOTH the Markdown export and the per-turn model history.
 // A generous cap so a pathologically huge chat cannot load an unbounded result
 // into memory; far above any realistic transcript length.
 const FIND_ALL_BY_CHAT_LIMIT = 5000;
@@ -78,14 +79,17 @@ export class AiChatMessageRepo {
   }
 
   // Load ALL (non-deleted) messages of a chat in ascending chronological order
-  // (oldest -> newest), unpaginated. Used by the server-side Markdown export
-  // (#183), where the DB is the single source of truth and the whole transcript
-  // must be rendered in one pass (findByChat is cursor-paginated and would only
-  // return the first page).
+  // (oldest -> newest), unpaginated. Two callers, both treating the DB as the
+  // single source of truth and needing the whole transcript in one pass
+  // (findByChat is cursor-paginated and would only return the first page):
+  //   - the server-side Markdown export (#183);
+  //   - the per-turn model history, rebuilt fresh on every turn so the model
+  //     sees the full authoritative transcript.
   //
   // Hard-capped at FIND_ALL_BY_CHAT_LIMIT rows (a generous bound, far above any
-  // realistic transcript) so exporting a pathologically huge chat cannot
-  // materialize an unbounded result set in memory.
+  // realistic transcript) — a shared memory-safety backstop for BOTH paths so a
+  // pathologically huge chat cannot materialize an unbounded result set in
+  // memory. On overflow the NEWEST rows are kept and a warning is logged.
   async findAllByChat(
     chatId: string,
     workspaceId: string,
@@ -93,9 +97,9 @@ export class AiChatMessageRepo {
     limit: number = FIND_ALL_BY_CHAT_LIMIT,
   ): Promise<AiChatMessage[]> {
     // Fetch newest-first (+1 to DETECT truncation), so on overflow we keep the
-    // NEWEST `limit` messages — the recent conversation matters most for an
-    // export — rather than silently dropping the tail (#183 review). Reverse back
-    // to chronological for rendering, like findRecent.
+    // NEWEST `limit` messages — the recent conversation matters most — rather
+    // than silently dropping the tail (#183 review). Then reverse back to
+    // chronological order (oldest -> newest) for rendering / model replay.
     const rows = await this.db
       .selectFrom('aiChatMessages')
       .select(this.baseFields)
@@ -110,38 +114,13 @@ export class AiChatMessageRepo {
     if (rows.length > limit) {
       rows.length = limit; // keep the newest `limit` (rows are newest-first here)
       this.logger.warn(
-        `Chat ${chatId} export truncated to the newest ${limit} messages ` +
+        `Chat ${chatId} truncated to the newest ${limit} messages ` +
           `(older messages omitted).`,
       );
     }
     return rows.reverse();
   }
 
-  // Load the most RECENT `limit` messages for a chat and return them in
-  // ascending chronological order (oldest -> newest), as the model expects.
-  // `findByChat` returns the FIRST page ASC (the OLDEST messages), which loses
-  // recent turns once a chat grows beyond a page; this rebuilds the model
-  // history from the tail instead. Plain query (no cursor pagination).
-  async findRecent(
-    chatId: string,
-    workspaceId: string,
-    limit: number,
-  ): Promise<AiChatMessage[]> {
-    const rows = await this.db
-      .selectFrom('aiChatMessages')
-      .select(this.baseFields)
-      .where('chatId', '=', chatId)
-      .where('workspaceId', '=', workspaceId)
-      .where('deletedAt', 'is', null)
-      .orderBy('createdAt', 'desc')
-      .orderBy('id', 'desc')
-      .limit(limit)
-      .execute();
-
-    // Selected newest-first for the limit; reverse to oldest-first for the model.
-    return rows.reverse();
-  }
-
   async insert(
     insertable: InsertableAiChatMessage,
     trx?: KyselyTransaction,

apps/server/src/database/repos/page/page.repo.restore.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { PageRepo } from './page.repo';
+
+/**
+ * Regression guard for #201: restorePage must disarm the temporary-note death
+ * timer by setting `temporaryExpiresAt = null` alongside the un-delete fields.
+ * Otherwise a restored note whose frozen deadline already passed would be
+ * re-trashed by the very next cleanup sweep. There is no real DB here — a
+ * chainable Kysely proxy records every `.set(...)` payload so we can assert the
+ * single restore UPDATE clears the deadline.
+ */
+function makeRestoreDbStub(opts: {
+  pageToRestore: any;
+  descendants: any[];
+}) {
+  const setCalls: any[] = [];
+  const proxy: any = new Proxy(function () {}, {
+    get(_t, prop) {
+      if (prop === 'then') return undefined;
+      if (prop === 'set')
+        return (payload: any) => {
+          setCalls.push(payload);
+          return proxy;
+        };
+      if (prop === 'executeTakeFirst')
+        return () => Promise.resolve(opts.pageToRestore);
+      if (prop === 'execute') return () => Promise.resolve(opts.descendants);
+      if (prop === 'withRecursive')
+        return (_name: string, cb: any) => {
+          // Exercise the recursive CTE builder against the proxy without a DB.
+          try {
+            cb(proxy);
+          } catch {
+            // builder shape only; ignore
+          }
+          return proxy;
+        };
+      return () => proxy;
+    },
+  });
+  return { proxy, setCalls };
+}
+
+describe('PageRepo.restorePage temporary-timer disarm (#201)', () => {
+  it('clears temporaryExpiresAt together with the un-delete fields', async () => {
+    const { proxy, setCalls } = makeRestoreDbStub({
+      // No parent => the deleted-parent lookup and detach branch are skipped, so
+      // the only UPDATE is the bulk restore we assert on.
+      pageToRestore: { id: 'p1', parentPageId: null, spaceId: 's1' },
+      descendants: [{ id: 'p1' }],
+    });
+    const eventEmitter = { emit: jest.fn() } as any;
+
+    const repo = new PageRepo(proxy, {} as any, eventEmitter);
+
+    await repo.restorePage('p1', 'w1');
+
+    expect(setCalls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(setCalls[0]).toEqual({
+      deletedById: null,
+      deletedAt: null,
+      temporaryExpiresAt: null,
+    });
+  });
+});

apps/server/src/database/repos/page/page.repo.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export class PageRepo {
     'workspaceId',
     'isLocked',
     'isTemplate',
+    'temporaryExpiresAt',
     'createdAt',
     'updatedAt',
     'deletedAt',
@@ -425,7 +426,10 @@ export class PageRepo {
     // Restore all pages, but only detach the root page if its parent is deleted
     await this.db
       .updateTable('pages')
-      .set({ deletedById: null, deletedAt: null })
+      // On restore, disarm the death timer: pulling a note out of trash means
+      // "keep it". Otherwise a deadline now in the past would re-trash it on the
+      // next cleanup sweep.
+      .set({ deletedById: null, deletedAt: null, temporaryExpiresAt: null })
       .where('id', 'in', pageIds)
       .execute();
 

apps/server/src/database/repos/share-alias/share-alias.repo.spec.ts

@@ -10,16 +10,21 @@ import type { KyselyDB } from '../../types/kysely.types';
 describe('ShareAliasRepo', () => {
   function makeSelectRepo(result: unknown) {
     const where = jest.fn();
+    const orderBy = jest.fn();
     const builder: any = {
       select: jest.fn(() => builder),
       where: jest.fn((...args: unknown[]) => {
         where(...args);
         return builder;
       }),
+      orderBy: jest.fn((...args: unknown[]) => {
+        orderBy(...args);
+        return builder;
+      }),
       executeTakeFirst: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(result),
     };
     const db = { selectFrom: jest.fn(() => builder) } as unknown as KyselyDB;
-    return { repo: new ShareAliasRepo(db), db, where, builder };
+    return { repo: new ShareAliasRepo(db), db, where, orderBy, builder };
   }
 
   it('findByAliasAndWorkspace scopes by alias AND workspace', async () => {
@@ -34,11 +39,15 @@ describe('ShareAliasRepo', () => {
     expect(where).toHaveBeenCalledWith('workspaceId', '=', 'ws-1');
   });
 
-  it('findByPageId scopes by page AND workspace', async () => {
-    const { repo, where } = makeSelectRepo(undefined);
+  it('findByPageId scopes by page AND workspace, deterministically ordered', async () => {
+    const { repo, where, orderBy } = makeSelectRepo(undefined);
     await repo.findByPageId('p-1', 'ws-1');
     expect(where).toHaveBeenCalledWith('pageId', '=', 'p-1');
     expect(where).toHaveBeenCalledWith('workspaceId', '=', 'ws-1');
+    // Explicit ORDER BY removes the nondeterministic heap order for any legacy
+    // duplicate rows (newest createdAt wins, id as a stable tiebreak).
+    expect(orderBy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('createdAt', 'desc');
+    expect(orderBy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('id', 'desc');
   });
 
   it('insert writes the provided columns and returns the row', async () => {
@@ -99,6 +108,56 @@ describe('ShareAliasRepo', () => {
     expect(where).toHaveBeenCalledWith('workspaceId', '=', 'ws-1');
   });
 
+  it('updateAlias renames a single row scoped by id + workspace', async () => {
+    const set = jest.fn();
+    const where = jest.fn();
+    const builder: any = {
+      set: jest.fn((s: unknown) => {
+        set(s);
+        return builder;
+      }),
+      where: jest.fn((...args: unknown[]) => {
+        where(...args);
+        return builder;
+      }),
+      returning: jest.fn(() => builder),
+      executeTakeFirst: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'a-1', alias: 'ted' }),
+    };
+    const db = { updateTable: jest.fn(() => builder) } as unknown as KyselyDB;
+    const repo = new ShareAliasRepo(db);
+
+    const res = await repo.updateAlias('a-1', 'ted', 'ws-1');
+
+    expect(db.updateTable).toHaveBeenCalledWith('shareAliases');
+    expect(set.mock.calls[0][0].alias).toBe('ted');
+    expect(set.mock.calls[0][0].updatedAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
+    // a rename must NOT touch page_id (the page's pointer is preserved)
+    expect(set.mock.calls[0][0]).not.toHaveProperty('pageId');
+    expect(where).toHaveBeenCalledWith('id', '=', 'a-1');
+    expect(where).toHaveBeenCalledWith('workspaceId', '=', 'ws-1');
+    expect(res).toMatchObject({ alias: 'ted' });
+  });
+
+  it('deleteOthersForPage reaps every row for the page except keepId', async () => {
+    const where = jest.fn();
+    const builder: any = {
+      where: jest.fn((...args: unknown[]) => {
+        where(...args);
+        return builder;
+      }),
+      execute: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    };
+    const db = { deleteFrom: jest.fn(() => builder) } as unknown as KyselyDB;
+    const repo = new ShareAliasRepo(db);
+
+    await repo.deleteOthersForPage('p-1', 'a-keep', 'ws-1');
+
+    expect(db.deleteFrom).toHaveBeenCalledWith('shareAliases');
+    expect(where).toHaveBeenCalledWith('pageId', '=', 'p-1');
+    expect(where).toHaveBeenCalledWith('workspaceId', '=', 'ws-1');
+    expect(where).toHaveBeenCalledWith('id', '!=', 'a-keep');
+  });
+
   it('delete scopes by id + workspace', async () => {
     const where = jest.fn();
     const builder: any = {

apps/server/src/database/repos/share-alias/share-alias.repo.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,14 @@ export class ShareAliasRepo {
       .executeTakeFirst();
   }
 
-  /** The alias currently pointing at a page (for the share modal). */
+  /**
+   * The alias currently pointing at a page (for the share modal). The service
+   * enforces a single alias row per page, but legacy rows (pre-invariant) may
+   * still exist until self-healed; the explicit ORDER BY makes the "current"
+   * choice DETERMINISTIC (newest wins — i.e. the most recently created address,
+   * which is the one the user last asked for) instead of an arbitrary Postgres
+   * heap order.
+   */
   async findByPageId(
     pageId: string,
     workspaceId: string,
@@ -52,6 +59,8 @@ export class ShareAliasRepo {
       .select(this.baseFields)
       .where('pageId', '=', pageId)
       .where('workspaceId', '=', workspaceId)
+      .orderBy('createdAt', 'desc')
+      .orderBy('id', 'desc')
       .executeTakeFirst();
   }
 
@@ -79,6 +88,45 @@ export class ShareAliasRepo {
       .executeTakeFirst();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Rename an existing alias row in place (the vanity-slug edit, e.g.
+   * `te` -> `ted`). Keeps the row's id/page_id/creator so the page's single
+   * alias pointer is preserved — only the human-readable name changes.
+   */
+  async updateAlias(
+    id: string,
+    alias: string,
+    workspaceId: string,
+    trx?: KyselyTransaction,
+  ): Promise<ShareAlias> {
+    return dbOrTx(this.db, trx)
+      .updateTable('shareAliases')
+      .set({ alias, updatedAt: new Date() })
+      .where('id', '=', id)
+      .where('workspaceId', '=', workspaceId)
+      .returning(this.baseFields)
+      .executeTakeFirst();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Self-heal helper: drop every OTHER alias row still pointing at a page,
+   * keeping only `keepId`. Enforces the "exactly one custom address per page"
+   * invariant after a rename/retarget and reaps any legacy duplicates.
+   */
+  async deleteOthersForPage(
+    pageId: string,
+    keepId: string,
+    workspaceId: string,
+    trx?: KyselyTransaction,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    await dbOrTx(this.db, trx)
+      .deleteFrom('shareAliases')
+      .where('pageId', '=', pageId)
+      .where('workspaceId', '=', workspaceId)
+      .where('id', '!=', keepId)
+      .execute();
+  }
+
   /** Retarget an existing alias to a new page (the "swap" operation). */
   async updatePageId(
     id: string,

apps/server/src/database/repos/workspace/workspace.repo.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export class WorkspaceRepo {
     'plan',
     'enforceMfa',
     'trashRetentionDays',
+    'temporaryNoteHours',
     'isScimEnabled',
   ];
   constructor(@InjectKysely() private readonly db: KyselyDB) {}
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ export class WorkspaceRepo {
    * otherwise re-serialize a `JSON.stringify`'d string, yielding a jsonb string
    * that `||` turns into an array). A `jsonb_typeof = 'object'` CASE self-heals
    * workspaces whose `settings.ai.provider` was previously corrupted into an
-   * array/string. Sibling `settings.ai.*` keys (search / generative / chat / mcp
+   * array/string. Sibling `settings.ai.*` keys (search / chat / mcp
    * / systemPrompt) and provider fields absent from the partial are preserved via
    * jsonb `||` merge.
    */

apps/server/src/database/types/db.d.ts

@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ export interface Pages {
   position: string | null;
   slugId: string;
   spaceId: string;
+  temporaryExpiresAt: Timestamp | null;
   textContent: string | null;
   title: string | null;
   tsv: string | null;
@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@ export interface WorkspaceInvitations {
 export interface Workspaces {
   auditRetentionDays: Generated<number>;
   trashRetentionDays: Generated<number>;
+  temporaryNoteHours: Generated<number>;
   billingEmail: string | null;
   createdAt: Generated<Timestamp>;
   customDomain: string | null;

apps/server/test/integration/ai-chat-message-status.int-spec.ts

@@ -267,4 +267,36 @@ describe('AiChatMessageRepo.update + sweepStreaming [integration]', () => {
     const all = await repo.findAllByChat(cappedChat, workspaceId, 100);
     expect(all.map((r) => r.content)).toEqual(['m1-oldest', 'm2', 'm3-newest']);
   });
+
+  it('default findAllByChat returns the FULL transcript past 50 rows — no recent-tail window (#202)', async () => {
+    // PR #202 swapped the model-history rebuild in AiChatService.handle from
+    // findRecent(chatId, ws, 50) to findAllByChat(chatId, ws) WITHOUT a limit
+    // arg. This pins the behavioral guarantee that switch relies on: a chat
+    // longer than the old 50-msg window comes back in FULL (oldest -> newest),
+    // so no early turns are silently dropped from what the model sees. The old
+    // 50-cap would have returned only the last 50 of these 60 rows.
+    const longChat = (
+      await createChat(db, { workspaceId, creatorId: userId })
+    ).id;
+    const base = Date.now();
+    const total = 60;
+    for (let i = 0; i < total; i++) {
+      await createMessage(db, {
+        workspaceId,
+        chatId: longChat,
+        content: `msg-${i}`,
+        // Strictly increasing timestamps so ordering is deterministic.
+        createdAt: new Date(base + i * 1000),
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Default args == exactly how handle() calls it now.
+    const history = await repo.findAllByChat(longChat, workspaceId);
+    expect(history).toHaveLength(total);
+    expect(history.map((r) => r.content)).toEqual(
+      Array.from({ length: total }, (_, i) => `msg-${i}`),
+    );
+    // The very first turn (which the old 50-window would have dropped) is present.
+    expect(history[0]!.content).toBe('msg-0');
+  });
 });

apps/server/test/integration/share-alias-one-per-page.int-spec.ts

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+import { Kysely, sql } from 'kysely';
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+import { BadRequestException, ConflictException } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ShareAliasRepo } from '@docmost/db/repos/share-alias/share-alias.repo';
+import { ShareAliasService } from 'src/core/share/share-alias.service';
+import * as onePerPageMigration from 'src/database/migrations/20260627T120000-share-aliases-one-per-page';
+import {
+  getTestDb,
+  destroyTestDb,
+  createWorkspace,
+  createSpace,
+  createPage,
+} from './db';
+
+/**
+ * Issue #226 (regression of #205): "a page has EXACTLY ONE custom address".
+ * Exercises against real Postgres:
+ *   - the partial unique index `(workspace_id, page_id) WHERE page_id IS NOT NULL`
+ *     (migration 20260627T120000) — one alias per page, but dangling aliases
+ *     (page_id NULL) may coexist;
+ *   - the migration's dedup DELETE keeps the NEWEST row per page;
+ *   - ShareAliasService.setAlias renames in place (te -> ted) instead of
+ *     spawning a second row, and self-heals the page down to one alias.
+ */
+describe('share_aliases one-per-page invariant [integration]', () => {
+  let db: Kysely<any>;
+  let repo: ShareAliasRepo;
+  let service: ShareAliasService;
+  let wsId: string;
+  let spaceId: string;
+
+  // setAlias only consults pageRepo on the unconfirmed-reassign (409) path.
+  const pageRepo = {
+    findById: async (id: string) => ({ id, title: `title-${id}` }),
+  };
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    db = getTestDb();
+    repo = new ShareAliasRepo(db as any);
+    service = new ShareAliasService(
+      repo as any,
+      pageRepo as any,
+      {} as any, // shareService — unused by setAlias
+      db as any,
+    );
+    wsId = (await createWorkspace(db)).id;
+    spaceId = (await createSpace(db, wsId)).id;
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await destroyTestDb();
+  });
+
+  const newPage = async (): Promise<string> =>
+    (await createPage(db, { workspaceId: wsId, spaceId })).id;
+
+  const aliasRowsForWs = (pageId: string, workspaceId: string) =>
+    db
+      .selectFrom('shareAliases')
+      .select(['id', 'alias'])
+      .where('pageId', '=', pageId)
+      .where('workspaceId', '=', workspaceId)
+      .orderBy('alias')
+      .execute();
+
+  const aliasRowsFor = (pageId: string) => aliasRowsForWs(pageId, wsId);
+
+  it('partial unique index rejects a second alias for the same page (23505)', async () => {
+    const pageId = await newPage();
+    await repo.insert({ workspaceId: wsId, alias: 'first', pageId });
+
+    let code: string | undefined;
+    try {
+      await repo.insert({ workspaceId: wsId, alias: 'second', pageId });
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      code = err?.code ?? err?.cause?.code;
+    }
+    expect(code).toBe('23505');
+  });
+
+  it('allows multiple DANGLING aliases (page_id NULL) — partial index excludes them', async () => {
+    const a = await repo.insert({
+      workspaceId: wsId,
+      alias: `dangling-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`,
+      pageId: null as any,
+    });
+    const b = await repo.insert({
+      workspaceId: wsId,
+      alias: `dangling-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`,
+      pageId: null as any,
+    });
+    expect(a.id).toBeDefined();
+    expect(b.id).toBeDefined();
+    expect(a.id).not.toBe(b.id);
+  });
+
+  it("migration dedup DELETE keeps the page's NEWEST alias row", async () => {
+    const pageId = await newPage();
+    // Temporarily drop the guard so we can seed the legacy duplicate shape.
+    await sql`DROP INDEX share_aliases_workspace_id_page_id_unique`.execute(db);
+    try {
+      const mk = async (alias: string, createdAt: string): Promise<string> => {
+        const id = randomUUID();
+        await db
+          .insertInto('shareAliases')
+          .values({ id, workspaceId: wsId, alias, pageId, createdAt })
+          .execute();
+        return id;
+      };
+      await mk('oldest', '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z');
+      await mk('middle', '2026-02-01T00:00:00Z');
+      const newest = await mk('newest', '2026-03-01T00:00:00Z');
+
+      // Exact dedup statement from the migration.
+      await sql`
+        DELETE FROM share_aliases sa
+        USING share_aliases keep
+        WHERE sa.page_id IS NOT NULL
+          AND sa.workspace_id = keep.workspace_id
+          AND sa.page_id = keep.page_id
+          AND (keep.created_at, keep.id) > (sa.created_at, sa.id)
+      `.execute(db);
+
+      const rows = await aliasRowsFor(pageId);
+      expect(rows).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(rows[0]).toMatchObject({ id: newest, alias: 'newest' });
+    } finally {
+      await sql`
+        CREATE UNIQUE INDEX share_aliases_workspace_id_page_id_unique
+        ON share_aliases (workspace_id, page_id)
+        WHERE page_id IS NOT NULL
+      `.execute(db);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('migration up() dedups per page and leaves OTHER pages and workspaces untouched', async () => {
+    // Seed legacy duplicates for two pages in this workspace AND a page in a
+    // SECOND workspace, then run the real migration up() (not an inlined copy of
+    // its SQL) and assert it scopes the DELETE to (workspace_id, page_id).
+    const ws2 = (await createWorkspace(db)).id;
+    const space2 = (await createSpace(db, ws2)).id;
+    const pageA = await newPage();
+    const pageB = await newPage();
+    const pageC = (await createPage(db, { workspaceId: ws2, spaceId: space2 }))
+      .id;
+
+    // Drop the guard so we can seed the pre-invariant duplicate shape.
+    await sql`DROP INDEX share_aliases_workspace_id_page_id_unique`.execute(db);
+    const seed = async (
+      workspaceId: string,
+      pageId: string,
+      alias: string,
+      createdAt: string,
+    ): Promise<string> => {
+      const id = randomUUID();
+      await db
+        .insertInto('shareAliases')
+        .values({ id, workspaceId, alias, pageId, createdAt })
+        .execute();
+      return id;
+    };
+    await seed(wsId, pageA, 'a-old', '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z');
+    const aNew = await seed(wsId, pageA, 'a-new', '2026-03-01T00:00:00Z');
+    await seed(wsId, pageB, 'b-old', '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z');
+    const bNew = await seed(wsId, pageB, 'b-new', '2026-03-01T00:00:00Z');
+    await seed(ws2, pageC, 'c-old', '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z');
+    const cNew = await seed(ws2, pageC, 'c-new', '2026-03-01T00:00:00Z');
+
+    // Run the migration. It dedups AND recreates the unique index.
+    await onePerPageMigration.up(db as any);
+
+    const aliasesOf = async (pageId: string) =>
+      (await aliasRowsForWs(pageId, wsId)).map((r) => r.alias);
+    const aRows = await aliasRowsForWs(pageA, wsId);
+    expect(aRows).toEqual([{ id: aNew, alias: 'a-new' }]);
+    const bRows = await aliasRowsForWs(pageB, wsId);
+    expect(bRows).toEqual([{ id: bNew, alias: 'b-new' }]);
+    // The other workspace's page keeps only ITS newest row, untouched by wsId.
+    const cRows = await aliasRowsForWs(pageC, ws2);
+    expect(cRows).toEqual([{ id: cNew, alias: 'c-new' }]);
+    expect(await aliasesOf(pageA)).toEqual(['a-new']);
+  });
+
+  it('setAlias renames te -> ted in place: page ends with ONE row named ted', async () => {
+    const pageId = await newPage();
+    const creatorId = null as any;
+    const first = await service.setAlias({
+      workspaceId: wsId,
+      pageId,
+      creatorId,
+      alias: 'te',
+    });
+    expect(first.alias).toBe('te');
+
+    const renamed = await service.setAlias({
+      workspaceId: wsId,
+      pageId,
+      creatorId,
+      alias: 'ted',
+    });
+    // Same row id — a RENAME, not a new insert.
+    expect(renamed.id).toBe(first.id);
+    expect(renamed.alias).toBe('ted');
+
+    const rows = await aliasRowsFor(pageId);
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(rows[0].alias).toBe('ted'); // the stale `te` row is gone
+
+    // The modal read resolves the current (only) row deterministically.
+    const shown = await service.getAliasForPage(pageId, wsId);
+    expect(shown?.alias).toBe('ted');
+  });
+
+  it('setAlias inserts the first alias, then is a no-op for the same name', async () => {
+    const pageId = await newPage();
+    const inserted = await service.setAlias({
+      workspaceId: wsId,
+      pageId,
+      creatorId: null as any,
+      alias: 'hello',
+    });
+    const again = await service.setAlias({
+      workspaceId: wsId,
+      pageId,
+      creatorId: null as any,
+      alias: 'hello',
+    });
+    expect(again.id).toBe(inserted.id);
+    expect(await aliasRowsFor(pageId)).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it('a mid-transaction error becomes BadRequestException and rolls back cleanly', async () => {
+    // A non-23505 failure inside the tx must surface as BadRequest AND leave NO
+    // partial alias state behind (the whole executeTx unit rolls back).
+    const pageId = await newPage();
+    const boom = new Error('disk on fire'); // not a unique-violation
+    // Wrap the real repo so the INSERT succeeds but the trailing self-heal
+    // throws — the row inserted earlier in the tx must not survive.
+    const flakyRepo = Object.create(repo);
+    flakyRepo.deleteOthersForPage = async () => {
+      throw boom;
+    };
+    const flakyService = new ShareAliasService(
+      flakyRepo as any,
+      pageRepo as any,
+      {} as any,
+      db as any,
+    );
+
+    await expect(
+      flakyService.setAlias({
+        workspaceId: wsId,
+        pageId,
+        creatorId: null as any,
+        alias: 'rollback-me',
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(BadRequestException);
+
+    // Rolled back: neither the page nor the name has any row.
+    expect(await aliasRowsFor(pageId)).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(
+      await db
+        .selectFrom('shareAliases')
+        .select('id')
+        .where('alias', '=', 'rollback-me')
+        .where('workspaceId', '=', wsId)
+        .execute(),
+    ).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('cross-page collision throws 409, and confirmReassign moves the single row', async () => {
+    const pageA = await newPage();
+    const pageB = await newPage();
+    await service.setAlias({
+      workspaceId: wsId,
+      pageId: pageA,
+      creatorId: null as any,
+      alias: 'shared',
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      service.setAlias({
+        workspaceId: wsId,
+        pageId: pageB,
+        creatorId: null as any,
+        alias: 'shared',
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ConflictException);
+
+    const moved = await service.setAlias({
+      workspaceId: wsId,
+      pageId: pageB,
+      creatorId: null as any,
+      alias: 'shared',
+      confirmReassign: true,
+    });
+    expect(moved.alias).toBe('shared');
+
+    // The name now belongs to pageB only; pageA has no alias.
+    expect(await aliasRowsFor(pageA)).toHaveLength(0);
+    const bRows = await aliasRowsFor(pageB);
+    expect(bRows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(bRows[0].alias).toBe('shared');
+  });
+
+  it('confirmReassign onto a page that ALREADY has its own alias: target ends with ONE row', async () => {
+    // Regression guard for the operation-order bug: A has `shared`, B has its
+    // OWN alias `bee`. Moving `shared` onto B must FIRST drop B's `bee` row,
+    // THEN retarget, or the NON-deferrable (workspace_id, page_id) index fires a
+    // 23505 mid-transaction (two rows momentarily carry page_id = B) and the tx
+    // rolls back into a misleading "Alias already taken".
+    // Distinct names: the workspace is shared across tests, so reuse of an
+    // earlier test's `shared` would trip the 409 guard before we get here.
+    const pageA = await newPage();
+    const pageB = await newPage();
+    await service.setAlias({
+      workspaceId: wsId,
+      pageId: pageA,
+      creatorId: null as any,
+      alias: 'shared-target',
+    });
+    await service.setAlias({
+      workspaceId: wsId,
+      pageId: pageB,
+      creatorId: null as any,
+      alias: 'bee',
+    });
+
+    const moved = await service.setAlias({
+      workspaceId: wsId,
+      pageId: pageB,
+      creatorId: null as any,
+      alias: 'shared-target',
+      confirmReassign: true,
+    });
+    expect(moved.alias).toBe('shared-target');
+
+    // B now carries exactly `shared-target` (its old `bee` is gone); A has none.
+    const bRows = await aliasRowsFor(pageB);
+    expect(bRows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(bRows[0].alias).toBe('shared-target');
+    expect(await aliasRowsFor(pageA)).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});