fix(share): guard alias swap/rename against concurrent-delete race; share unique-violation helpers

Address PR #227 re-review (comment 2193).

- Stability: `updatePageId`/`updateAlias` now `executeTakeFirstOrThrow`, so a row
  reaped by a concurrent `removeAlias` between the read and the UPDATE (READ
  COMMITTED) raises `NoResultError` instead of returning `undefined`. The service
  maps that to a retryable `ConflictException` (`ALIAS_PAGE_RACE`) rather than a
  200-without-alias (swap) or a generic 400 from `undefined.id` (rename). Tests
  cover both branches.
- Simplification: drop the redundant secondary "unexpected unique index" warn and
  the now-unused `UNIQUE_ALIAS_INDEX` const (the constraint name is already logged
  unconditionally; both index branches still distinguish "Alias already taken" vs
  ALIAS_PAGE_RACE).
- Architecture: extract `isUniqueViolation`/`violatedConstraint` into
  database/utils.ts; adopt them in the share-alias service and favorite.repo
  (the bare `23505` check). ai-agent-roles (#222) is on a separate unmerged branch
  and should adopt them after #227 merges (noted at the helpers). Helper unit test
  added.

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

.env.example

@@ -132,6 +132,13 @@ MCP_DOCMOST_PASSWORD=
 # NEVER set is_agent on a human or shared account — every action by that account
 # (including normal human edits) would then be mis-attributed as AI.
 
+# Agent-roles catalog source: an http(s):// base URL => the catalog is fetched
+# remotely (e.g. the raw GitHub base URL of the catalog repo); any other value
+# => a local filesystem directory. Empty (default) => the in-repo
+# ./agent-roles-catalog folder (dev). Used by the admin "import role from
+# catalog" feature only.
+# AI_AGENT_ROLES_CATALOG_URL=
+
 # Per-embedding-call timeout in milliseconds for the RAG indexer.
 # A slow/hung embeddings endpoint fails after this and the batch continues.
 # AI_EMBEDDING_TIMEOUT_MS=120000

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 +28,41 @@ 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)
 
+- **Importable multilingual agent-roles catalog.** Admins can browse a curated
+  catalog of agent roles, grouped into bundles and offered in several languages,
+  and import the ones they want into the workspace (with skip-or-rename handling
+  for name collisions); the same role in a different language imports as a
+  separate install. An imported role remembers its catalog origin and offers a
+  one-click update when the catalog ships a newer revision. Backed by four new
+  admin endpoints — `POST /ai-chat/roles/catalog` (browse bundles),
+  `/catalog/bundle` (read one bundle's roles), `/import`, and
+  `/update-from-catalog` — and a new `source` column linking a role to its
+  catalog slug/language/version. The catalog source is configurable via the new
+  `AI_AGENT_ROLES_CATALOG_URL` env var (an `http(s)://` base URL fetches it
+  remotely; otherwise a local directory; empty defaults to the in-repo
+  `agent-roles-catalog/` folder — see `.env.example`). (#222)
+
+### 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)
+- **Typing a custom address already used by another page no longer looks like a
+  dead end.** The share modal previously flagged such a name with a red "This
+  address is already in use" error, hiding the fact that saving offers to MOVE
+  the address to the current page. The field now shows an informational hint —
+  "This address is in use. Saving will move it to this page." — and keeps Save
+  enabled, so the existing reassign-confirm flow (`409 ALIAS_REASSIGN_REQUIRED` →
+  "Move custom address?") is discoverable instead of reading as terminal. (#227)
+
 ## [0.94.0] - 2026-06-26
 
 This release makes AI chat durable and fast: assistant turns are persisted to
@@ -41,6 +85,16 @@ 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 +135,24 @@ 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
 

agent-roles-catalog/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+# Agent roles catalog
+
+This directory is **data, not application code**. It holds the content of an
+"agent roles catalog": reusable agent role definitions (system prompts plus a
+little metadata), grouped into bundles and translated into one or more
+languages. A separate server reads these files and serves them; nothing here is
+executable application logic except the validation script.
+
+## File layout
+
+```
+agent-roles-catalog/
+  index.json                  # the catalog manifest: bundles, languages, role versions
+  bundles/
+    <bundle-id>/
+      <lang>.json             # one file per declared language (e.g. ru.json, en.json)
+  scripts/
+    check.mjs                 # validates the catalog (no dependencies)
+  package.json                # defines the `check` script
+  README.md
+```
+
+Currently shipped bundles:
+
+- `editorial` — the editorial suite (structural-editor, line-editor,
+  copy-editor, fact-checker, proofreader, narrator), languages `ru`, `en`.
+- `research` — a single `researcher` role, languages `ru`, `en`.
+
+## How it's served
+
+The server does not bundle this data; it reads it at request time from a single
+configured location, the `AI_AGENT_ROLES_CATALOG_URL` env var
+(`EnvironmentService.getAiAgentRolesCatalogSource()`). The value selects one of
+three sources:
+
+- **`http(s)://…`** — a REMOTE base URL. The server fetches `<base>/index.json`
+  for the manifest and `<base>/bundles/<bundle-id>/<lang>.json` for each opened
+  bundle file (e.g. the raw GitHub base of the catalog repo in production).
+- **any other non-empty value** — a LOCAL filesystem directory; the same
+  `index.json` / `bundles/<id>/<lang>.json` paths are read from disk.
+- **empty / unset** (the default) — the in-repo `agent-roles-catalog/` folder
+  (this directory), i.e. local dev reads these files directly.
+
+In every case the layout below is what the server expects, and the fetched JSON
+is re-validated server-side (the catalog is treated as untrusted input). See
+`.env.example` for the variable and the CHANGELOG for the rollout.
+
+## `index.json` schema
+
+```jsonc
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "bundles": [
+    {
+      "id": "editorial",                       // unique bundle id; matches bundles/<id>/
+      "name": { "ru": "...", "en": "..." },    // localized display name
+      "description": { "ru": "...", "en": "..." },
+      "languages": ["ru", "en"],               // which <lang>.json files must exist
+      "roles": [
+        { "slug": "structural-editor", "version": 1 }
+        // ...
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+`version` lives **here, in index.json**, per role. Bump it whenever a role's
+content (instructions, name, description, etc.) changes, so consumers can detect
+updates.
+
+## Bundle (`<lang>.json`) schema
+
+```jsonc
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "language": "ru",
+  "roles": [
+    {
+      "slug": "structural-editor",   // REQUIRED, unique across the whole catalog
+      "emoji": "🧱",
+      "name": "...",                 // REQUIRED, localized
+      "description": "...",          // localized
+      "instructions": "...",         // REQUIRED, the system prompt, localized
+      "autoStart": true,             // whether the role starts working immediately
+      "launchMessage": "..."         // first message sent on launch (or null)
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+Notes:
+
+- `modelConfig` is intentionally absent; the server treats an absent
+  `modelConfig` as `null`.
+- A role's `slug`, `emoji`, and `autoStart` are identical across all language
+  files of the same bundle. Only `name`, `description`, `instructions`, and
+  `launchMessage` are translated.
+
+## Slug uniqueness
+
+**Every `slug` must be UNIQUE ACROSS THE WHOLE CATALOG**, not just within a
+bundle. A slug appears once per language file of its bundle (same slug in
+`ru.json` and `en.json`), but no two different bundles may share a slug.
+`scripts/check.mjs` enforces this.
+
+## How to add things
+
+### Add a role to an existing bundle
+
+1. Add an entry to that bundle's `roles[]` in `index.json` with a new unique
+   `slug` and `version: 1`.
+2. Add a role object with the same `slug` to **every** `<lang>.json` of the
+   bundle, translating `name`, `description`, `instructions`, and
+   `launchMessage`.
+3. Run the check (see below).
+
+### Add a bundle
+
+1. Add a bundle object to `index.json` (`id`, `name`, `description`,
+   `languages`, `roles`).
+2. Create `bundles/<id>/<lang>.json` for each declared language, with one role
+   object per `roles[]` entry.
+3. Run the check.
+
+### Add a language to a bundle
+
+1. Add the language code to that bundle's `languages[]` in `index.json`.
+2. Create `bundles/<id>/<lang>.json` containing every role of the bundle,
+   translated.
+3. Run the check.
+
+### Change a role's content
+
+Edit the role in the relevant `<lang>.json` file(s) and **bump that role's
+`version`** in `index.json`.
+
+## Validating
+
+From this directory:
+
+```sh
+node scripts/check.mjs   # or: npm run check
+```
+
+It fails (exit code 1) if any slug is duplicated across the catalog, if a
+bundle's index `roles[]` don't match the slugs present in each language file, if
+a declared language file is missing, or if any role is missing a required field
+(`slug`, `name`, `instructions`). It prints `OK` on success.

agent-roles-catalog/index.json

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "bundles": [
+    {
+      "id": "editorial",
+      "name": { "ru": "Редакторский набор", "en": "Editorial suite" },
+      "description": {
+        "ru": "Полный цикл редактуры статьи: структура, стиль, грамматика, факты, корректура и нарратив.",
+        "en": "The full article-editing cycle: structure, style, grammar, facts, proofreading, and narrative."
+      },
+      "languages": ["ru", "en"],
+      "roles": [
+        { "slug": "structural-editor", "version": 1 },
+        { "slug": "line-editor", "version": 1 },
+        { "slug": "copy-editor", "version": 1 },
+        { "slug": "fact-checker", "version": 1 },
+        { "slug": "proofreader", "version": 1 },
+        { "slug": "narrator", "version": 1 }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "research",
+      "name": { "ru": "Исследование", "en": "Research" },
+      "description": {
+        "ru": "Глубокое исследование темы с подготовкой отчёта.",
+        "en": "Deep research on a topic with a prepared report."
+      },
+      "languages": ["ru", "en"],
+      "roles": [ { "slug": "researcher", "version": 1 } ]
+    }
+  ]
+}

agent-roles-catalog/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "agent-roles-catalog",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "scripts": {
+    "check": "node scripts/check.mjs"
+  }
+}

agent-roles-catalog/scripts/check.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// Validates the agent roles catalog.
+// Fails (exit 1) on: duplicate slugs across the whole catalog, mismatches
+// between a bundle's index roles[] and the slugs present in each language
+// file, a missing declared language file, or a role missing required fields.
+
+import { readFileSync, existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+
+const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const catalogDir = join(__dirname, "..");
+
+const errors = [];
+
+function readJson(path) {
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, "utf8"));
+  } catch (err) {
+    errors.push(`Cannot read/parse ${path}: ${err.message}`);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+const indexPath = join(catalogDir, "index.json");
+if (!existsSync(indexPath)) {
+  console.error(`Missing index.json at ${indexPath}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const index = readJson(indexPath);
+if (!index) {
+  for (const e of errors) console.error(e);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const bundles = Array.isArray(index.bundles) ? index.bundles : [];
+if (bundles.length === 0) {
+  errors.push("index.json has no bundles[]");
+}
+
+// Track every slug seen across the whole catalog to detect duplicates.
+const slugSeen = new Map(); // slug -> "bundleId/lang"
+
+for (const bundle of bundles) {
+  const bundleId = bundle.id;
+  if (!bundleId) {
+    errors.push("A bundle in index.json is missing an id");
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  const indexSlugs = (bundle.roles || []).map((r) => r.slug);
+  // Duplicate slugs inside the bundle index roles[].
+  const indexSlugSet = new Set(indexSlugs);
+  if (indexSlugSet.size !== indexSlugs.length) {
+    errors.push(`Bundle "${bundleId}" index.json roles[] contains duplicate slugs`);
+  }
+
+  const languages = Array.isArray(bundle.languages) ? bundle.languages : [];
+  if (languages.length === 0) {
+    errors.push(`Bundle "${bundleId}" declares no languages`);
+  }
+
+  for (const lang of languages) {
+    const langPath = join(catalogDir, "bundles", bundleId, `${lang}.json`);
+    if (!existsSync(langPath)) {
+      errors.push(`Bundle "${bundleId}" declares language "${lang}" but ${langPath} is missing`);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const langFile = readJson(langPath);
+    if (!langFile) continue;
+
+    const roles = Array.isArray(langFile.roles) ? langFile.roles : [];
+    const fileSlugs = roles.map((r) => r && r.slug);
+
+    // (d) Required fields per role.
+    for (const role of roles) {
+      for (const field of ["slug", "name", "instructions"]) {
+        if (role == null || role[field] == null || role[field] === "") {
+          errors.push(
+            `Bundle "${bundleId}/${lang}" has a role missing required field "${field}" (slug=${role && role.slug})`
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // (b) index roles[] must match the slugs present in each language file.
+    const fileSlugSet = new Set(fileSlugs);
+    const missingInFile = indexSlugs.filter((s) => !fileSlugSet.has(s));
+    const extraInFile = fileSlugs.filter((s) => !indexSlugSet.has(s));
+    if (missingInFile.length > 0) {
+      errors.push(
+        `Bundle "${bundleId}/${lang}" is missing roles declared in index.json: ${missingInFile.join(", ")}`
+      );
+    }
+    if (extraInFile.length > 0) {
+      errors.push(
+        `Bundle "${bundleId}/${lang}" has roles not declared in index.json: ${extraInFile.join(", ")}`
+      );
+    }
+
+    // (a) Duplicate slugs across the whole catalog.
+    for (const slug of fileSlugs) {
+      if (!slug) continue;
+      const where = `${bundleId}/${lang}`;
+      // Only flag duplicates across DIFFERENT bundles or files; the same slug
+      // is expected to appear once per language file of the same bundle.
+      if (slugSeen.has(slug)) {
+        const prev = slugSeen.get(slug);
+        const prevBundle = prev.split("/")[0];
+        if (prevBundle !== bundleId) {
+          errors.push(
+            `Slug "${slug}" is duplicated across the catalog: ${prev} and ${where}`
+          );
+        }
+      } else {
+        slugSeen.set(slug, where);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+if (errors.length > 0) {
+  console.error("Catalog check FAILED:");
+  for (const e of errors) console.error(`  - ${e}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+console.log("OK");

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.",
@@ -1325,10 +1333,36 @@
   "A short, memorable link you can point at any shared page.": "A short, memorable link you can point at any shared page.",
   "Use 2-60 lowercase letters, digits and hyphens": "Use 2-60 lowercase letters, digits and hyphens",
   "This address is already in use": "This address is already in use",
+  "This address is in use. Saving will move it to this page.": "This address is in use. Saving will move it to this page.",
   "Move custom address?": "Move custom address?",
   "Move here": "Move here",
   "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",
+  "Import from catalog": "Import from catalog",
+  "Browse the catalog": "Browse the catalog",
+  "Role catalog": "Role catalog",
+  "On name conflict": "On name conflict",
+  "Skip": "Skip",
+  "Import": "Import",
+  "Installed": "Installed",
+  "v{{from}} → v{{to}}": "v{{from}} → v{{to}}",
+  "Imported {{created}}, renamed {{renamed}}, skipped {{skipped}}": "Imported {{created}}, renamed {{renamed}}, skipped {{skipped}}",
+  "Failed to import {{count}} role(s)": "Failed to import {{count}} role(s)",
+  "The role catalog is unavailable": "The role catalog is unavailable",
+  "Please try again later.": "Please try again later.",
+  "No bundles available": "No bundles available",
+  "Already up to date": "Already up to date",
+  "Updated to the latest version": "Updated to the latest version",
+  "This role is no longer in the catalog": "This role is no longer in the catalog",
+  "This language is no longer available in the catalog": "This language is no longer available in the catalog"
 }

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.",
@@ -1182,10 +1190,37 @@
   "A short, memorable link you can point at any shared page.": "Короткая запоминающаяся ссылка, которую можно направить на любую опубликованную страницу.",
   "Use 2-60 lowercase letters, digits and hyphens": "Используйте 2–60 строчных букв, цифр и дефисов",
   "This address is already in use": "Этот адрес уже занят",
+  "This address is in use. Saving will move it to this page.": "Этот адрес уже используется. При сохранении он будет перемещён на эту страницу.",
   "Move custom address?": "Переместить пользовательский адрес?",
   "Move here": "Переместить сюда",
   "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",
+  "Import from catalog": "Импорт из каталога",
+  "Browse the catalog": "Открыть каталог",
+  "Role catalog": "Каталог ролей",
+  "On name conflict": "При конфликте имён",
+  "Skip": "Пропустить",
+  "Import": "Импортировать",
+  "Installed": "Установлено",
+  "v{{from}} → v{{to}}": "v{{from}} → v{{to}}",
+  "Imported {{created}}, renamed {{renamed}}, skipped {{skipped}}": "Импортировано: {{created}}, переименовано: {{renamed}}, пропущено: {{skipped}}",
+  "Failed to import {{count}} role(s)": "Не удалось импортировать ролей: {{count}}",
+  "The role catalog is unavailable": "Каталог ролей недоступен",
+  "Please try again later.": "Попробуйте позже.",
+  "No bundles available": "Наборы недоступны",
+  "No roles configured": "Роли не настроены",
+  "Already up to date": "Уже актуальна",
+  "Updated to the latest version": "Обновлено до последней версии",
+  "This role is no longer in the catalog": "Эта роль больше не представлена в каталоге",
+  "This language is no longer available in the catalog": "Этот язык больше не доступен в каталоге"
 }

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/queries/ai-chat-query.ts

@@ -13,21 +13,40 @@ import {
   deleteAiRole,
   getAiChatMessages,
   getAiChats,
+  getAiRoleCatalog,
+  getAiRoleCatalogBundle,
   getAiRoles,
+  importAiRolesFromCatalog,
   renameAiChat,
   updateAiRole,
+  updateAiRoleFromCatalog,
 } from "@/features/ai-chat/services/ai-chat-service.ts";
 import {
   IAiChat,
   IAiChatMessageRow,
   IAiRole,
+  IAiRoleCatalog,
+  IAiRoleCatalogBundle,
   IAiRoleCreate,
+  IAiRoleImportPayload,
+  IAiRoleImportResult,
   IAiRoleUpdate,
+  IAiRoleUpdateFromCatalogResult,
 } from "@/features/ai-chat/types/ai-chat.types.ts";
 import { IPagination } from "@/lib/types.ts";
 
 export const AI_CHATS_RQ_KEY = ["ai-chats"];
 export const AI_ROLES_RQ_KEY = ["ai-roles"];
+// Catalog reads resolve bundle names per language, so the language is part of
+// the cache key (a language switch refetches rather than reusing stale names).
+export const AI_ROLE_CATALOG_RQ_KEY = (language: string) => [
+  "ai-role-catalog",
+  language,
+];
+export const AI_ROLE_CATALOG_BUNDLE_RQ_KEY = (
+  bundleId: string,
+  language: string,
+) => ["ai-role-catalog-bundle", bundleId, language];
 export const AI_CHAT_MESSAGES_RQ_KEY = (chatId: string) => [
   "ai-chat-messages",
   chatId,
@@ -223,3 +242,109 @@ export function useDeleteAiRoleMutation() {
     },
   });
 }
+
+/**
+ * Browse the role catalog for a language. Gated by `enabled` so the (admin-only)
+ * fetch runs only when the catalog modal is open. The catalog can 502 when the
+ * curated source is unreachable; callers handle the error state in the UI.
+ */
+export function useAiRoleCatalogQuery(language: string, enabled: boolean) {
+  return useQuery<IAiRoleCatalog, Error>({
+    queryKey: AI_ROLE_CATALOG_RQ_KEY(language),
+    queryFn: () => getAiRoleCatalog(language),
+    enabled,
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Open one catalog bundle (role content + versions). Gated by `enabled` so the
+ * fetch only runs when a bundle is actually expanded.
+ */
+export function useAiRoleCatalogBundleQuery(
+  bundleId: string,
+  language: string,
+  enabled: boolean,
+) {
+  return useQuery<IAiRoleCatalogBundle, Error>({
+    queryKey: AI_ROLE_CATALOG_BUNDLE_RQ_KEY(bundleId, language),
+    queryFn: () => getAiRoleCatalogBundle(bundleId, language),
+    enabled,
+  });
+}
+
+export function useImportAiRolesFromCatalogMutation() {
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+
+  return useMutation<IAiRoleImportResult, Error, IAiRoleImportPayload>({
+    mutationFn: (payload) => importAiRolesFromCatalog(payload),
+    onSuccess: (result) => {
+      notifications.show({
+        message: t("Imported {{created}}, renamed {{renamed}}, skipped {{skipped}}", {
+          created: result.created,
+          renamed: result.renamed,
+          skipped: result.skipped,
+        }),
+      });
+      // Surface partial failures (e.g. unique-name races) as a red warning.
+      if (result.errors.length > 0) {
+        notifications.show({
+          color: "red",
+          message: t("Failed to import {{count}} role(s)", {
+            count: result.errors.length,
+          }),
+        });
+      }
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: AI_ROLES_RQ_KEY });
+      // Imported roles can appear in the chat picker / badges.
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: AI_CHATS_RQ_KEY });
+    },
+    onError: (error) => {
+      const message = error["response"]?.data?.message;
+      notifications.show({
+        message: message ?? t("Failed to update data"),
+        color: "red",
+      });
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+export function useUpdateAiRoleFromCatalogMutation() {
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+
+  return useMutation<IAiRoleUpdateFromCatalogResult, Error, string>({
+    mutationFn: (id) => updateAiRoleFromCatalog(id),
+    onSuccess: (result) => {
+      // The server returns updated:false with a reason for a no-op (already
+      // up to date / removed from catalog / language no longer offered). Map
+      // each reason to a specific message instead of a generic "up to date".
+      // Narrow the discriminated union via `"reason" in result` (the `updated`
+      // boolean discriminant does not narrow under this project's
+      // strictNullChecks:false). Inside the branch, `reason` is the typed literal
+      // union, so the comparisons below are compiler-checked.
+      let message: string;
+      if (!("reason" in result)) {
+        message = t("Updated to the latest version");
+      } else if (result.reason === "not-in-catalog") {
+        message = t("This role is no longer in the catalog");
+      } else if (result.reason === "language-unavailable") {
+        message = t("This language is no longer available in the catalog");
+      } else {
+        // "up-to-date" (the only remaining reason).
+        message = t("Already up to date");
+      }
+      notifications.show({ message });
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: AI_ROLES_RQ_KEY });
+      // The role badge denormalized onto the chat list may have changed.
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: AI_CHATS_RQ_KEY });
+    },
+    onError: (error) => {
+      const message = error["response"]?.data?.message;
+      notifications.show({
+        message: message ?? t("Failed to update data"),
+        color: "red",
+      });
+    },
+  });
+}

apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/queries/import-from-catalog-message.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import React from "react";
+import { renderHook, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import type { IAiRoleImportResult } from "@/features/ai-chat/types/ai-chat.types.ts";
+
+// `useImportAiRolesFromCatalogMutation` always shows an Imported/renamed/skipped
+// summary, and ADDITIONALLY a red "Failed to import N role(s)" notification when
+// the result carries partial errors. These tests pin both branches via
+// renderHook with a mocked service (twin precedent:
+// update-from-catalog-message.test.tsx).
+
+const notificationsShowMock = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@mantine/notifications", () => ({
+  notifications: { show: (opts: unknown) => notificationsShowMock(opts) },
+}));
+
+// `t` echoes the key with interpolated values so we assert against the exact
+// English message strings (mirrors react-i18next's default interpolation).
+vi.mock("react-i18next", () => ({
+  useTranslation: () => ({
+    t: (key: string, vars?: Record<string, unknown>) =>
+      vars
+        ? key.replace(/\{\{(\w+)\}\}/g, (_m, name) => String(vars[name]))
+        : key,
+  }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/features/ai-chat/services/ai-chat-service.ts", () => ({
+  importAiRolesFromCatalog: vi.fn(),
+  // Other named exports referenced by ai-chat-query.ts must exist on the mock so
+  // the module import resolves; they are unused by these tests.
+  createAiRole: vi.fn(),
+  deleteAiChat: vi.fn(),
+  deleteAiRole: vi.fn(),
+  getAiChatMessages: vi.fn(),
+  getAiChats: vi.fn(),
+  getAiRoleCatalog: vi.fn(),
+  getAiRoleCatalogBundle: vi.fn(),
+  getAiRoles: vi.fn(),
+  renameAiChat: vi.fn(),
+  updateAiRole: vi.fn(),
+  updateAiRoleFromCatalog: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { importAiRolesFromCatalog } from "@/features/ai-chat/services/ai-chat-service.ts";
+import { useImportAiRolesFromCatalogMutation } from "@/features/ai-chat/queries/ai-chat-query.ts";
+
+function createWrapper() {
+  const queryClient = new QueryClient({
+    defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false }, mutations: { retry: false } },
+  });
+  return function Wrapper({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+    return (
+      <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>{children}</QueryClientProvider>
+    );
+  };
+}
+
+async function runMutation(result: IAiRoleImportResult) {
+  vi.mocked(importAiRolesFromCatalog).mockResolvedValue(result);
+  const { result: hook } = renderHook(
+    () => useImportAiRolesFromCatalogMutation(),
+    { wrapper: createWrapper() },
+  );
+  hook.current.mutate({
+    bundleId: "general",
+    language: "en",
+    conflict: "rename",
+  });
+  await waitFor(() => expect(hook.current.isSuccess).toBe(true));
+}
+
+describe("useImportAiRolesFromCatalogMutation — success notifications", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("errors:[] -> only the summary notification (counts interpolated)", async () => {
+    await runMutation({ created: 3, renamed: 1, skipped: 2, errors: [] });
+    expect(notificationsShowMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(notificationsShowMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      message: "Imported 3, renamed 1, skipped 2",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("errors.length > 0 -> summary PLUS the red failure notification", async () => {
+    await runMutation({
+      created: 1,
+      renamed: 0,
+      skipped: 0,
+      errors: [
+        { slug: "a", message: "name taken" },
+        { slug: "b", message: "name taken" },
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(notificationsShowMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(notificationsShowMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, {
+      message: "Imported 1, renamed 0, skipped 0",
+    });
+    expect(notificationsShowMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, {
+      color: "red",
+      message: "Failed to import 2 role(s)",
+    });
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/queries/update-from-catalog-message.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import React from "react";
+import { renderHook, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import type { IAiRoleUpdateFromCatalogResult } from "@/features/ai-chat/types/ai-chat.types.ts";
+
+// `useUpdateAiRoleFromCatalogMutation` maps the server's discriminated result to
+// a user-facing notification message. These tests pin each of the four branches
+// (updated / not-in-catalog / language-unavailable / up-to-date) via renderHook
+// with a mocked service (precedent: share-query.null-normalization.test.tsx).
+
+const notificationsShowMock = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@mantine/notifications", () => ({
+  notifications: { show: (opts: unknown) => notificationsShowMock(opts) },
+}));
+
+// `t` echoes the key so we assert against the exact English message strings.
+vi.mock("react-i18next", () => ({
+  useTranslation: () => ({ t: (key: string) => key }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/features/ai-chat/services/ai-chat-service.ts", () => ({
+  updateAiRoleFromCatalog: vi.fn(),
+  // Other named exports referenced by ai-chat-query.ts must exist on the mock so
+  // the module import resolves; they are unused by these tests.
+  createAiRole: vi.fn(),
+  deleteAiChat: vi.fn(),
+  deleteAiRole: vi.fn(),
+  getAiChatMessages: vi.fn(),
+  getAiChats: vi.fn(),
+  getAiRoleCatalog: vi.fn(),
+  getAiRoleCatalogBundle: vi.fn(),
+  getAiRoles: vi.fn(),
+  importAiRolesFromCatalog: vi.fn(),
+  renameAiChat: vi.fn(),
+  updateAiRole: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { updateAiRoleFromCatalog } from "@/features/ai-chat/services/ai-chat-service.ts";
+import { useUpdateAiRoleFromCatalogMutation } from "@/features/ai-chat/queries/ai-chat-query.ts";
+
+function createWrapper() {
+  const queryClient = new QueryClient({
+    defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false }, mutations: { retry: false } },
+  });
+  return function Wrapper({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+    return (
+      <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>{children}</QueryClientProvider>
+    );
+  };
+}
+
+async function runMutation(result: IAiRoleUpdateFromCatalogResult) {
+  vi.mocked(updateAiRoleFromCatalog).mockResolvedValue(result);
+  const { result: hook } = renderHook(
+    () => useUpdateAiRoleFromCatalogMutation(),
+    { wrapper: createWrapper() },
+  );
+  hook.current.mutate("role-1");
+  await waitFor(() => expect(hook.current.isSuccess).toBe(true));
+}
+
+describe("useUpdateAiRoleFromCatalogMutation — reason → message", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("updated:true -> 'Updated to the latest version'", async () => {
+    await runMutation({
+      updated: true,
+      fromVersion: 1,
+      toVersion: 2,
+      role: { id: "role-1" } as never,
+    });
+    expect(notificationsShowMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      message: "Updated to the latest version",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("not-in-catalog -> 'This role is no longer in the catalog'", async () => {
+    await runMutation({ updated: false, reason: "not-in-catalog" });
+    expect(notificationsShowMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      message: "This role is no longer in the catalog",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("language-unavailable -> 'This language is no longer available in the catalog'", async () => {
+    await runMutation({ updated: false, reason: "language-unavailable" });
+    expect(notificationsShowMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      message: "This language is no longer available in the catalog",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("up-to-date -> 'Already up to date'", async () => {
+    await runMutation({ updated: false, reason: "up-to-date" });
+    expect(notificationsShowMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      message: "Already up to date",
+    });
+  });
+});

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

@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ import {
   IAiChatMessageRow,
   IAiChatMessagesParams,
   IAiRole,
+  IAiRoleCatalog,
+  IAiRoleCatalogBundle,
   IAiRoleCreate,
+  IAiRoleImportPayload,
+  IAiRoleImportResult,
   IAiRoleUpdate,
+  IAiRoleUpdateFromCatalogResult,
 } from "@/features/ai-chat/types/ai-chat.types.ts";
 
 /**
@@ -68,6 +73,19 @@ 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
@@ -99,3 +117,54 @@ export async function deleteAiRole(id: string): Promise<{ success: true }> {
   });
   return req.data;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Role catalog API (`/ai-chat/roles/*`, admin-only — the server enforces this).
+ * Browse a curated catalog, import roles/bundles into the workspace, and update
+ * an imported role when the catalog ships a newer version. Same `{ data }`
+ * unwrap convention as above.
+ */
+
+/** Browse the catalog, optionally localized to `language`. */
+export async function getAiRoleCatalog(
+  language?: string,
+): Promise<IAiRoleCatalog> {
+  const req = await api.post<IAiRoleCatalog>("/ai-chat/roles/catalog", {
+    language,
+  });
+  return req.data;
+}
+
+/** Open one catalog bundle in a language (role content + versions). */
+export async function getAiRoleCatalogBundle(
+  bundleId: string,
+  language: string,
+): Promise<IAiRoleCatalogBundle> {
+  const req = await api.post<IAiRoleCatalogBundle>(
+    "/ai-chat/roles/catalog/bundle",
+    { bundleId, language },
+  );
+  return req.data;
+}
+
+/** Import roles from a catalog bundle into the workspace (admin). */
+export async function importAiRolesFromCatalog(
+  payload: IAiRoleImportPayload,
+): Promise<IAiRoleImportResult> {
+  const req = await api.post<IAiRoleImportResult>(
+    "/ai-chat/roles/import",
+    payload,
+  );
+  return req.data;
+}
+
+/** Update an already-imported role from its catalog source (admin). */
+export async function updateAiRoleFromCatalog(
+  id: string,
+): Promise<IAiRoleUpdateFromCatalogResult> {
+  const req = await api.post<IAiRoleUpdateFromCatalogResult>(
+    "/ai-chat/roles/update-from-catalog",
+    { id },
+  );
+  return req.data;
+}

apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/types/ai-chat.types.ts

@@ -57,10 +57,79 @@ export interface IAiRole {
   autoStart: boolean;
   // Custom auto-start text; null/empty => the default launch message is sent.
   launchMessage: string | null;
+  // Catalog origin of an imported role, or null for a manually-created one.
+  // Admin-only (present only in the admin list view); the picker view omits it.
+  // The admin UI compares `version` against the catalog to offer an update.
+  source?: { slug: string; language: string; version: number } | null;
   createdAt?: string;
   updatedAt?: string;
 }
 
+/** One bundle's summary in the catalog index (mirrors `getCatalog().bundles[]`). */
+export interface IAiRoleCatalogBundleSummary {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  description: string | null;
+  languages: string[];
+  roles: { slug: string; version: number }[];
+}
+
+/** The browsable catalog index (mirrors `getCatalog()`). */
+export interface IAiRoleCatalog {
+  languages: string[];
+  bundles: IAiRoleCatalogBundleSummary[];
+}
+
+/** A single role inside an opened catalog bundle (localized content + version). */
+export interface IAiRoleCatalogRole {
+  slug: string;
+  emoji: string | null;
+  name: string;
+  description: string | null;
+  instructions: string;
+  autoStart: boolean;
+  launchMessage: string | null;
+  version: number;
+}
+
+/** An opened catalog bundle (mirrors `getCatalogBundle()`). */
+export interface IAiRoleCatalogBundle {
+  bundleId: string;
+  language: string;
+  roles: IAiRoleCatalogRole[];
+}
+
+/** Import payload (mirrors the server `ImportFromCatalogDto`). */
+export interface IAiRoleImportPayload {
+  bundleId: string;
+  language: string;
+  // Omitted => import the whole bundle; otherwise only these slugs.
+  slugs?: string[];
+  conflict: "skip" | "rename";
+}
+
+/** Import result counts (mirrors `importFromCatalog()`). */
+export interface IAiRoleImportResult {
+  created: number;
+  skipped: number;
+  renamed: number;
+  errors: { slug: string; message: string }[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Update-from-catalog result (mirrors the server `updateFromCatalog()`). A
+ * discriminated union on `updated`: a no-op carries a typed `reason` the UI maps
+ * to a specific message; a successful update carries the version bump + new role.
+ * Keeping the union (not a widened `reason?: string`) lets the consumer's literal
+ * comparisons be compiler-checked.
+ */
+export type IAiRoleUpdateFromCatalogResult =
+  | {
+      updated: false;
+      reason: "not-in-catalog" | "up-to-date" | "language-unavailable";
+    }
+  | { updated: true; fromVersion: number; toVersion: number; role: IAiRole };
+
 /** Admin create payload for a role. */
 export interface IAiRoleCreate {
   name: string;

apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/utils/catalog-role-install-state.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { catalogRoleInstallState } from "./catalog-role-install-state.ts";
+import type { IAiRole } from "@/features/ai-chat/types/ai-chat.types.ts";
+
+// Build a workspace role with a catalog source. Fields irrelevant to the
+// install-state decision are filled with harmless defaults.
+function installedRole(
+  source: { slug: string; language: string; version: number },
+  overrides: Partial<IAiRole> = {},
+): IAiRole {
+  return {
+    id: `role-${source.slug}-${source.language}`,
+    name: source.slug,
+    emoji: null,
+    description: null,
+    enabled: true,
+    autoStart: true,
+    launchMessage: null,
+    source,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+const catalogRole = { slug: "writer", version: 3 };
+
+// Mirrors the role-launch.ts precedent: the modal's role-state computation is a
+// pure function so the import/installed/update decision is testable directly.
+describe("catalogRoleInstallState", () => {
+  it("no matching installed role -> import", () => {
+    const result = catalogRoleInstallState(catalogRole, [], "en");
+    expect(result).toEqual({ state: "import" });
+  });
+
+  it("same slug + language, installed version > catalog -> installed", () => {
+    const installed = installedRole({
+      slug: "writer",
+      language: "en",
+      version: 5,
+    });
+    const result = catalogRoleInstallState(catalogRole, [installed], "en");
+    expect(result).toEqual({ state: "installed", installed });
+  });
+
+  it("same slug + language, installed version == catalog -> installed", () => {
+    const installed = installedRole({
+      slug: "writer",
+      language: "en",
+      version: 3,
+    });
+    const result = catalogRoleInstallState(catalogRole, [installed], "en");
+    expect(result).toEqual({ state: "installed", installed });
+  });
+
+  it("same slug + language, installed version < catalog -> update (from/to)", () => {
+    const installed = installedRole({
+      slug: "writer",
+      language: "en",
+      version: 1,
+    });
+    const result = catalogRoleInstallState(catalogRole, [installed], "en");
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      state: "update",
+      installed,
+      fromVersion: 1,
+      toVersion: 3,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("same slug but DIFFERENT language -> import (a separate install)", () => {
+    // 'writer' is installed in 'ru'; browsing the 'en' catalog must offer it as a
+    // fresh import, not treat the ru copy as already installed.
+    const installed = installedRole({
+      slug: "writer",
+      language: "ru",
+      version: 5,
+    });
+    const result = catalogRoleInstallState(catalogRole, [installed], "en");
+    expect(result).toEqual({ state: "import" });
+  });
+
+  it("matches the right language when the same slug is installed in several", () => {
+    const ru = installedRole(
+      { slug: "writer", language: "ru", version: 5 },
+      { id: "ru-role" },
+    );
+    const en = installedRole(
+      { slug: "writer", language: "en", version: 1 },
+      { id: "en-role" },
+    );
+    const result = catalogRoleInstallState(catalogRole, [ru, en], "en");
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      state: "update",
+      installed: en,
+      fromVersion: 1,
+      toVersion: 3,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("ignores manually-created roles (no source) sharing the name", () => {
+    const manual = installedRole(
+      { slug: "writer", language: "en", version: 9 },
+      { source: null },
+    );
+    const result = catalogRoleInstallState(catalogRole, [manual], "en");
+    expect(result).toEqual({ state: "import" });
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/features/ai-chat/utils/catalog-role-install-state.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import type {
+  IAiRole,
+  IAiRoleCatalogRole,
+} from "@/features/ai-chat/types/ai-chat.types.ts";
+
+/**
+ * The install state of a single catalog role relative to the workspace's
+ * existing roles. Extracted as a pure function so the catalog modal's role-state
+ * computation is unit-testable without mounting the component (mirrors the
+ * `roleLaunchMessage` precedent in role-launch.ts).
+ *
+ * A catalog role is matched to an installed role by BOTH `source.slug` and
+ * `source.language`: the same slug in a different language is a separate install
+ * (so it shows as "import", not "installed"). When matched, the installed source
+ * version decides the state:
+ *   - no match                          -> "import"
+ *   - matched & installed version >= catalog version -> "installed"
+ *   - matched & installed version <  catalog version -> "update" (from -> to)
+ */
+export type CatalogRoleInstallState =
+  | { state: "import" }
+  | { state: "installed"; installed: IAiRole }
+  | {
+      state: "update";
+      installed: IAiRole;
+      fromVersion: number;
+      toVersion: number;
+    };
+
+export function catalogRoleInstallState(
+  role: Pick<IAiRoleCatalogRole, "slug" | "version">,
+  workspaceRoles: IAiRole[],
+  language: string,
+): CatalogRoleInstallState {
+  const installed = workspaceRoles.find(
+    (r) => r.source?.slug === role.slug && r.source?.language === language,
+  );
+  if (!installed) return { state: "import" };
+  const fromVersion = installed.source?.version ?? 0;
+  if (fromVersion >= role.version) {
+    return { state: "installed", installed };
+  }
+  return {
+    state: "update",
+    installed,
+    fromVersion,
+    toVersion: role.version,
+  };
+}

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, Menu, Stack, 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 +11,38 @@ 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,
+  color,
+}: {
+  writableSpaces: ISpace[];
+  temporary: boolean;
+  label: string;
+  icon: ReactNode;
+  // Mantine color token; lets the temporary action tint toward the warm
+  // orange/amber used by the clock marker + banner while "New note" stays neutral.
+  color: string;
+}) {
   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 +50,21 @@ 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} />}
+        color={color}
+        fullWidth
+        leftSection={icon}
         loading={isPending}
         onClick={() => createNote(writableSpaces[0])}
       >
-        {t("New note")}
+        {label}
       </Button>
     );
   }
@@ -62,14 +74,14 @@ 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} />}
+          color={color}
+          fullWidth
+          leftSection={icon}
           loading={isPending}
         >
-          {t("New note")}
+          {label}
         </Button>
       </Menu.Target>
       <Menu.Dropdown>
@@ -99,3 +111,39 @@ 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 full-width, vertically stacked buttons: a
+// neutral regular note and an orange-tinted temporary note (which auto-moves to
+// Trash after the workspace lifetime). Stacking full-width keeps the longer
+// "New temporary note" label from clipping on narrow mobile widths.
+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 (
+    <Stack gap="sm">
+      <CreateNoteButton
+        writableSpaces={writableSpaces}
+        temporary={false}
+        label={t("New note")}
+        icon={<IconPlus size={18} />}
+        color="gray"
+      />
+      <CreateNoteButton
+        writableSpaces={writableSpaces}
+        temporary={true}
+        label={t("New temporary note")}
+        icon={<IconHourglass size={18} />}
+        color="orange"
+      />
+    </Stack>
+  );
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import { getDefaultStore } from "jotai";
+
+// Mock the app entry so importing the query module doesn't boot the whole app
+// (it only needs queryClient's cache methods, which we stub here). The spies are
+// declared via vi.hoisted so they exist before the hoisted vi.mock factory runs.
+const { setQueryData, getQueryData, invalidateQueries } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  setQueryData: vi.fn(),
+  getQueryData: vi.fn(() => undefined as unknown),
+  invalidateQueries: vi.fn(),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/main.tsx", () => ({
+  queryClient: { setQueryData, getQueryData, invalidateQueries },
+}));
+
+import { syncTemporaryExpiresInCache } from "./page-embed-query";
+import { treeDataAtom } from "@/features/page/tree/atoms/tree-data-atom.ts";
+import { SpaceTreeNode } from "@/features/page/tree/types.ts";
+
+const mkNode = (id: string, slugId: string): SpaceTreeNode =>
+  ({
+    id,
+    slugId,
+    name: id,
+    position: "a0",
+    spaceId: "space-1",
+    parentPageId: null,
+    hasChildren: false,
+    children: [],
+  }) as unknown as SpaceTreeNode;
+
+describe("syncTemporaryExpiresInCache — treeDataAtom patch", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    getQueryData.mockReturnValue(undefined);
+  });
+
+  it("patches the in-tree node's temporaryExpiresAt (sidebar marker updates without reload)", () => {
+    const store = getDefaultStore();
+    const tree = [mkNode("p1", "slug-1"), mkNode("p2", "slug-2")];
+    store.set(treeDataAtom, tree);
+
+    const deadline = "2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z";
+    syncTemporaryExpiresInCache({ id: "p1", slugId: "slug-1" }, deadline);
+
+    const next = store.get(treeDataAtom);
+    // A new atom value was written...
+    expect(next).not.toBe(tree);
+    // ...the matching node gained the deadline...
+    expect(next.find((n) => n.id === "p1")?.temporaryExpiresAt).toBe(deadline);
+    // ...and the untouched sibling is unchanged.
+    expect(next.find((n) => n.id === "p2")?.temporaryExpiresAt).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("leaves the atom value at the SAME reference when the id is absent from the tree (no write)", () => {
+    const store = getDefaultStore();
+    const tree = [mkNode("p1", "slug-1")];
+    store.set(treeDataAtom, tree);
+
+    syncTemporaryExpiresInCache(
+      { id: "not-in-tree", slugId: "missing" },
+      "2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    );
+
+    // treeModel.update is a no-op (same reference) for an unknown id, so the
+    // guard skips the store write entirely — same reference back.
+    expect(store.get(treeDataAtom)).toBe(tree);
+  });
+});

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

@@ -1,7 +1,57 @@
 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 { getDefaultStore } from "jotai";
+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";
+import { treeDataAtom } from "@/features/page/tree/atoms/tree-data-atom.ts";
+import { treeModel } from "@/features/page/tree/model/tree-model";
+import { SpaceTreeNode } from "@/features/page/tree/types.ts";
+
+/**
+ * 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,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  // Patch the in-memory sidebar tree node so its temporary clock marker
+  // appears/disappears immediately — WITHOUT a reload. The page cache update
+  // above only drives the in-page banner/menu; the sidebar reads
+  // `temporaryExpiresAt` straight off the `treeDataAtom` node. The app uses
+  // jotai's default store (no <Provider>), so `getDefaultStore()` is the same
+  // store the sidebar's hooks read from. `treeModel.update` returns the same
+  // reference (a no-op) when the page isn't in the currently loaded tree.
+  const store = getDefaultStore();
+  const prevTree = store.get(treeDataAtom);
+  const nextTree = treeModel.update(prevTree, page.id, {
+    temporaryExpiresAt,
+  } as Partial<SpaceTreeNode>);
+  if (nextTree !== prevTree) store.set(treeDataAtom, nextTree);
+  queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+    predicate: (item) =>
+      ["sidebar-pages"].includes(item.queryKey[0] as string),
+  });
+}
 
 export function useToggleTemplateMutation() {
   return useMutation<
@@ -18,3 +68,20 @@ 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 (menu label + banner) AND in
+      // the sidebar tree node so its clock marker updates immediately, no reload.
+      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/queries/page-query.ts

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
 import { notifications } from "@mantine/notifications";
 import { IPagination, QueryParams } from "@/lib/types.ts";
 import { queryClient } from "@/main.tsx";
-import { buildTree } from "@/features/page/tree/utils";
+import { buildTree, pageToTreeNode } from "@/features/page/tree/utils";
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { validate as isValidUuid } from "uuid";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
@@ -210,18 +210,15 @@ export function useRestorePageMutation() {
 
       // Check if the page already exists in the tree (it shouldn't)
       if (!treeModel.find(currentTree, restoredPage.id)) {
-        // Create the tree node data with hasChildren from backend
-        const nodeData: SpaceTreeNode = {
-          id: restoredPage.id,
-          slugId: restoredPage.slugId,
+        // Create the tree node data with hasChildren from backend. Routed
+        // through the canonical mapper so the field copy stays in lockstep with
+        // buildTree. The server NULLS `temporaryExpiresAt` on restore (a restored
+        // page is made permanent), so the mapper carries that null through and
+        // the node correctly shows no clock marker.
+        const nodeData: SpaceTreeNode = pageToTreeNode(restoredPage, {
           name: restoredPage.title || "Untitled",
-          icon: restoredPage.icon,
-          position: restoredPage.position,
-          spaceId: restoredPage.spaceId,
-          parentPageId: restoredPage.parentPageId,
           hasChildren: restoredPage.hasChildren || false,
-          children: [],
-        };
+        });
 
         // Determine the parent and index
         const parentId = restoredPage.parentPageId || null;
@@ -410,6 +407,11 @@ export function invalidateOnCreatePage(data: Partial<IPage>) {
     slugId: data.slugId,
     spaceId: data.spaceId,
     title: data.title,
+    // Carry the death-timer deadline so a note created as temporary keeps its
+    // sidebar clock marker when the tree is rebuilt from this cached entry
+    // (buildTree → mergeRootTrees). Omitting it overwrote the optimistic/socket
+    // node's marker with `undefined`, hiding it until a reload.
+    temporaryExpiresAt: data.temporaryExpiresAt,
   };
 
   let queryKey: QueryKey = null;

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,
@@ -30,9 +31,13 @@ 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 { pageToTreeNode } from "@/features/page/tree/utils";
 import { useTreeMutation } from "@/features/page/tree/hooks/use-tree-mutation.ts";
 import type { SpaceTreeNode } from "@/features/page/tree/types.ts";
 import classes from "@/features/page/tree/styles/tree.module.css";
@@ -65,6 +70,8 @@ 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 +91,29 @@ 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);
@@ -101,18 +131,14 @@ export function NodeMenu({ node, canEdit }: NodeMenuProps) {
       const currentIndex = siblings?.index ?? 0;
       const newIndex = currentIndex + 1;
 
-      const treeNodeData: SpaceTreeNode = {
-        id: duplicatedPage.id,
-        slugId: duplicatedPage.slugId,
-        name: duplicatedPage.title,
-        position: duplicatedPage.position,
-        spaceId: duplicatedPage.spaceId,
-        parentPageId: duplicatedPage.parentPageId,
-        icon: duplicatedPage.icon,
-        hasChildren: duplicatedPage.hasChildren,
+      // Routed through the canonical mapper so the field copy stays in lockstep
+      // with buildTree. The server does NOT arm a death timer on duplicate (the
+      // copy's `temporaryExpiresAt` defaults to null = permanent), so the mapper
+      // carries that null through and the duplicated node correctly shows no
+      // clock marker — matching the server without a reload.
+      const treeNodeData: SpaceTreeNode = pageToTreeNode(duplicatedPage, {
         canEdit: true,
-        children: [],
-      };
+      });
 
       setData((prev) =>
         treeModel.insert(prev, parentId, treeNodeData, newIndex),
@@ -248,6 +274,17 @@ 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

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { treeModel } from "@/features/page/tree/model/tree-model";
 import type { DropOp } from "@/features/page/tree/model/tree-model.types";
 import { dropOpToMovePayload } from "./drop-op-to-move-payload";
 import { SpaceTreeNode } from "@/features/page/tree/types.ts";
+import { pageToTreeNode } from "@/features/page/tree/utils";
 import { IPage } from "@/features/page/types/page.types.ts";
 import {
   useCreatePageMutation,
@@ -22,7 +23,10 @@ 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 +123,15 @@ 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 {
@@ -130,16 +140,15 @@ export function useTreeMutation(spaceId: string): UseTreeMutation {
         throw new Error("Failed to create page");
       }
 
-      const newNode: SpaceTreeNode = {
-        id: createdPage.id,
-        slugId: createdPage.slugId,
+      // Route through the canonical mapper so the field copy (esp.
+      // `temporaryExpiresAt`, which shows the temporary-note clock marker on
+      // optimistic insert) can't drift from buildTree. `name: ""` because a
+      // freshly created page is untitled; `hasChildren: false` because it has no
+      // children yet.
+      const newNode: SpaceTreeNode = pageToTreeNode(createdPage, {
         name: "",
-        position: createdPage.position,
-        spaceId: createdPage.spaceId,
-        parentPageId: createdPage.parentPageId,
         hasChildren: false,
-        children: [],
-      };
+      });
 
       // Read latest tree at call time. Without this, callers that mutate the
       // tree (e.g. lazy-load children on expand) immediately before calling
@@ -162,7 +171,22 @@ export function useTreeMutation(spaceId: string): UseTreeMutation {
       // optimistic node's id IS the real created page id (createdPage.id), so
       // the ids match exactly regardless of which path runs first.
       setData((prev) => {
-        if (treeModel.find(prev, newNode.id)) return prev;
+        const existing = treeModel.find(prev, newNode.id);
+        if (existing) {
+          // The server `addTreeNode` broadcast won the race and already inserted
+          // this node. Older broadcasts could omit `temporaryExpiresAt`, leaving
+          // a temporary note WITHOUT its clock marker until reload; patch it on
+          // from the authoritative create response so the marker shows now.
+          if (
+            newNode.temporaryExpiresAt &&
+            !(existing as SpaceTreeNode).temporaryExpiresAt
+          ) {
+            return treeModel.update(prev, newNode.id, {
+              temporaryExpiresAt: newNode.temporaryExpiresAt,
+            } as Partial<SpaceTreeNode>);
+          }
+          return prev;
+        }
         return treeModel.insert(prev, parentId, newNode, lastIndex);
       });
 

apps/client/src/features/page/tree/model/tree-model.test.ts

@@ -393,6 +393,101 @@ describe("handleCreate optimistic-insert idempotency (find-then-skip)", () => {
   });
 });
 
+// handleCreate race-guard temporaryExpiresAt patch: when the server's
+// addTreeNode broadcast wins the race and inserts the node BEFORE the optimistic
+// updater runs, the updater must not re-insert. Two sub-branches:
+//  (a) the node the broadcast inserted carries NO deadline (an older broadcast
+//      omitted it) while the authoritative create response DOES → patch the
+//      deadline on so the clock marker shows now, without a reload.
+//  (b) the existing node ALREADY has a deadline → do NOT overwrite it; return
+//      `prev` by reference (a no-op write).
+describe("handleCreate race-guard temporaryExpiresAt patch", () => {
+  type TN = TreeNode<{ name: string; temporaryExpiresAt?: string | null }>;
+
+  // Mirrors the setData updater in use-tree-mutation handleCreate.
+  const applyOptimisticInsert = (
+    tree: TN[],
+    parentId: string | null,
+    node: TN,
+    index: number,
+  ): TN[] => {
+    const existing = treeModel.find(tree, node.id) as TN | null;
+    if (existing) {
+      if (node.temporaryExpiresAt && !existing.temporaryExpiresAt) {
+        return treeModel.update(tree, node.id, {
+          temporaryExpiresAt: node.temporaryExpiresAt,
+        });
+      }
+      return tree;
+    }
+    return treeModel.insert(tree, parentId, node, index);
+  };
+
+  const fixtureTN: TN[] = [
+    { id: "a", name: "A" },
+    { id: "b", name: "B" },
+  ];
+
+  const deadline = "2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z";
+
+  it("(a) patches temporaryExpiresAt when the existing node has none + the response carries a deadline", () => {
+    // Server broadcast won the race and inserted the node WITHOUT a deadline.
+    const afterServer = treeModel.insert(fixtureTN, null, {
+      id: "new",
+      name: "",
+    });
+    expect((treeModel.find(afterServer, "new") as TN).temporaryExpiresAt).toBe(
+      undefined,
+    );
+
+    // The authoritative create response carries the deadline.
+    const created: TN = { id: "new", name: "", temporaryExpiresAt: deadline };
+    const patched = applyOptimisticInsert(
+      afterServer,
+      null,
+      created,
+      afterServer.length,
+    );
+
+    // A new reference (the patch wrote) and the node now has the deadline...
+    expect(patched).not.toBe(afterServer);
+    expect((treeModel.find(patched, "new") as TN).temporaryExpiresAt).toBe(
+      deadline,
+    );
+    // ...and still exactly one node (no duplicate re-insert).
+    expect(patched.filter((n) => n.id === "new")).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it("(b) does NOT overwrite an existing deadline; returns prev by reference", () => {
+    const existingDeadline = deadline;
+    // The node already exists WITH a deadline (the broadcast carried it).
+    const afterServer = treeModel.insert(fixtureTN, null, {
+      id: "new",
+      name: "",
+      temporaryExpiresAt: existingDeadline,
+    });
+
+    // The create response carries a DIFFERENT deadline; the guard must ignore it.
+    const created: TN = {
+      id: "new",
+      name: "",
+      temporaryExpiresAt: "2099-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    };
+    const after = applyOptimisticInsert(
+      afterServer,
+      null,
+      created,
+      afterServer.length,
+    );
+
+    // prev returned by reference (no write) and the original deadline is kept.
+    expect(after).toBe(afterServer);
+    expect((treeModel.find(after, "new") as TN).temporaryExpiresAt).toBe(
+      existingDeadline,
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 // moveTreeNode socket-handler semantics: the receiver must place the moved node
 // by `position` (NOT index 0) and apply the `pageData` the payload carries so a
 // moved node's title/icon/chevron stay correct. This mirrors the reducer in

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

@@ -9,25 +9,45 @@ export function sortPositionKeys(keys: any[]) {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Single canonical `IPage -> SpaceTreeNode` field mapper. Every place that
+ * materialises a tree node from a page (buildTree, the optimistic insert in
+ * handleCreate, restore, duplicate) routes through here so the field copy —
+ * crucially `temporaryExpiresAt` — can never silently drift between sites. The
+ * `overrides` cover the small per-site differences (e.g. `name: ""` for an
+ * optimistic create, `name: title || "Untitled"` for restore, `canEdit: true`
+ * for duplicate). The default `temporaryExpiresAt` comes straight off the page,
+ * so restore (which the server nulls) stays permanent and a temporary create
+ * keeps its clock marker without a reload.
+ */
+export function pageToTreeNode(
+  page: IPage,
+  overrides?: Partial<SpaceTreeNode>,
+): SpaceTreeNode {
+  return {
+    id: page.id,
+    slugId: page.slugId,
+    name: page.title,
+    icon: page.icon,
+    position: page.position,
+    hasChildren: page.hasChildren,
+    spaceId: page.spaceId,
+    parentPageId: page.parentPageId,
+    canEdit: page.canEdit ?? page.permissions?.canEdit,
+    isTemplate: page.isTemplate,
+    temporaryExpiresAt: page.temporaryExpiresAt,
+    children: [],
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
 export function buildTree(pages: IPage[]): SpaceTreeNode[] {
   const pageMap: Record<string, SpaceTreeNode> = {};
 
   const tree: SpaceTreeNode[] = [];
 
   pages.forEach((page) => {
-    pageMap[page.id] = {
-      id: page.id,
-      slugId: page.slugId,
-      name: page.title,
-      icon: page.icon,
-      position: page.position,
-      hasChildren: page.hasChildren,
-      spaceId: page.spaceId,
-      parentPageId: page.parentPageId,
-      canEdit: page.canEdit ?? page.permissions?.canEdit,
-      isTemplate: page.isTemplate,
-      children: [],
-    };
+    pageMap[page.id] = pageToTreeNode(page);
   });
 
   // Defense-in-depth: a duplicate id in `pages` would push two references to the

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.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { MantineProvider } from "@mantine/core";
+import type { IShareAlias } from "@/features/share/types/share.types";
+
+// matchMedia / storage are stubbed globally in vitest.setup.ts.
+
+// The mutation + query hooks reach react-query/network; the availability probe
+// hits the API. Stub them so the section renders in isolation and we can drive
+// the exact branches (taken name -> hint, 409 -> reassign modal).
+const setMutateAsync = vi.fn();
+let currentAlias: IShareAlias | null = null;
+let availabilityResult: {
+  valid: boolean;
+  available: boolean;
+  currentPageId: string | null;
+} = { valid: true, available: true, currentPageId: null };
+
+vi.mock("@/features/share/queries/share-query.ts", () => ({
+  useShareAliasForPageQuery: () => ({ data: currentAlias }),
+  useSetShareAliasMutation: () => ({
+    mutateAsync: setMutateAsync,
+    isPending: false,
+  }),
+  useRemoveShareAliasMutation: () => ({
+    mutateAsync: vi.fn(),
+    isPending: false,
+  }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/features/share/services/share-service.ts", () => ({
+  checkShareAliasAvailability: vi.fn(async () => availabilityResult),
+}));
+
+import ShareAliasSection from "./share-alias-section";
+
+const aliasRow = (alias: string, pageId: string): IShareAlias => ({
+  id: `alias-${alias}`,
+  workspaceId: "ws-1",
+  alias,
+  pageId,
+  creatorId: "user-1",
+  createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+  updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+});
+
+function renderSection(pageId = "page-Y") {
+  return render(
+    <MantineProvider>
+      <ShareAliasSection pageId={pageId} readOnly={false} />
+    </MantineProvider>,
+  );
+}
+
+describe("ShareAliasSection — taken-name handling is never a dead end", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    setMutateAsync.mockReset();
+    currentAlias = null;
+    availabilityResult = { valid: true, available: true, currentPageId: null };
+  });
+
+  it("shows a 'will move it here' HINT (not a terminal error) when the name belongs to another page, and keeps Save enabled", async () => {
+    // Page Y already owns "bee"; the user retypes a name owned by page X.
+    currentAlias = aliasRow("bee", "page-Y");
+    availabilityResult = {
+      valid: true,
+      available: false,
+      currentPageId: "page-X",
+    };
+
+    renderSection("page-Y");
+    const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText("my-page") as HTMLInputElement;
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "test2" } });
+
+    // The reassign hint replaces the old dead-end red error.
+    await waitFor(
+      () =>
+        expect(
+          screen.getByText(
+            "This address is in use. Saving will move it to this page.",
+          ),
+        ).toBeDefined(),
+      { timeout: 2000 },
+    );
+    // The old terminal "already in use" error must NOT be shown.
+    expect(screen.queryByText("This address is already in use")).toBeNull();
+
+    // Save stays enabled so the confirm-reassign flow can run.
+    const saveBtn = screen.getByRole("button", {
+      name: "Save",
+    }) as HTMLButtonElement;
+    expect(saveBtn.disabled).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("opens the reassign-confirm modal on a 409 ALIAS_REASSIGN_REQUIRED (path forward, not a dead end)", async () => {
+    currentAlias = aliasRow("bee", "page-Y");
+    availabilityResult = {
+      valid: true,
+      available: false,
+      currentPageId: "page-X",
+    };
+    // The server rejects the un-confirmed save asking the client to confirm.
+    setMutateAsync.mockRejectedValueOnce({
+      status: 409,
+      response: {
+        status: 409,
+        data: {
+          code: "ALIAS_REASSIGN_REQUIRED",
+          currentPageId: "page-X",
+          currentPageTitle: "Alias Test Page X",
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    renderSection("page-Y");
+    const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText("my-page") as HTMLInputElement;
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "test2" } });
+
+    const saveBtn = screen.getByRole("button", {
+      name: "Save",
+    }) as HTMLButtonElement;
+    await waitFor(() => expect(saveBtn.disabled).toBe(false), {
+      timeout: 2000,
+    });
+    fireEvent.click(saveBtn);
+
+    // First save sent WITHOUT confirmReassign.
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(setMutateAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({ alias: "test2", confirmReassign: false }),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    // The "Move custom address?" confirm modal must appear (the path forward).
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(screen.getByText("Move custom address?")).toBeDefined(),
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Move here" })).toBeDefined();
+
+    // Confirming retries WITH confirmReassign: true.
+    setMutateAsync.mockResolvedValueOnce(aliasRow("test2", "page-Y"));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Move here" }));
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(setMutateAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({ alias: "test2", confirmReassign: true }),
+      ),
+    );
+  });
+});

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";
@@ -119,15 +120,33 @@ export default function ShareAliasSection({
   };
 
   const showInvalid = normalized.length > 0 && !isValid;
-  const showTaken =
-    isValid && !unchanged && availability && !availability.available;
+  // The typed name is already in use by ANOTHER page. This is NOT a dead end:
+  // hitting Save triggers the server's 409 `ALIAS_REASSIGN_REQUIRED` and opens
+  // the "Move custom address?" confirm modal that retargets the address here.
+  // So surface it as an informational hint (not a terminal red error) and keep
+  // Save enabled, instead of looking like the address is unusable.
+  const reassignable =
+    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>
 
@@ -159,23 +178,41 @@ 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={
           showInvalid
             ? t("Use 2-60 lowercase letters, digits and hyphens")
-            : showTaken
-              ? t("This address is already in use")
-              : undefined
+            : undefined
+        }
+        description={
+          reassignable
+            ? t("This address is in use. Saving will move it to this page.")
+            : undefined
         }
       />
 
-      <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 +1,79 @@
+import { useState } from "react";
+import { Button, Stack } 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));
+  };
+
+  // Two full-width, vertically stacked buttons: a neutral regular note and an
+  // orange-tinted temporary note. Stacking full-width keeps the longer "New
+  // temporary note" label from clipping on narrow mobile widths.
+  return (
+    <Stack gap="sm">
+      <Button
+        size="md"
+        variant="light"
+        color="gray"
+        fullWidth
+        leftSection={<IconPlus size={18} />}
+        loading={pending === "regular"}
+        disabled={pending !== null}
+        onClick={() => createNote(false)}
+      >
+        {t("New note")}
+      </Button>
+      <Button
+        size="md"
+        variant="light"
+        color="orange"
+        fullWidth
+        leftSection={<IconHourglass size={18} />}
+        loading={pending === "temporary"}
+        disabled={pending !== null}
+        onClick={() => createNote(true)}
+      >
+        {t("New temporary note")}
+      </Button>
+    </Stack>
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/websocket/tree-socket-reducers.test.ts

@@ -323,4 +323,18 @@ describe("applyAddTreeNode", () => {
       "child",
     ]);
   });
+
+  it("carries temporaryExpiresAt onto the inserted node so the clock marker shows on create (no reload)", () => {
+    // A note created as temporary broadcasts addTreeNode with the death-timer
+    // deadline in its payload; the receiver's inserted node must keep it so
+    // space-tree-row renders the orange clock marker immediately.
+    const tree = roots();
+    const expiresAt = "2026-06-27T21:00:00.000Z";
+    const next = applyAddTreeNode(tree, {
+      parentId: null as unknown as string,
+      index: 0,
+      data: node("temp", { position: "a3", temporaryExpiresAt: expiresAt }),
+    });
+    expect(treeModel.find(next, "temp")?.temporaryExpiresAt).toBe(expiresAt);
+  });
 });

apps/client/src/features/workspace/components/settings/components/ai-agent-roles-catalog-modal.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,407 @@
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import {
+  Accordion,
+  Alert,
+  Badge,
+  Button,
+  Center,
+  Checkbox,
+  Group,
+  Loader,
+  Modal,
+  Radio,
+  Select,
+  Stack,
+  Text,
+} from "@mantine/core";
+import { IconAlertTriangle } from "@tabler/icons-react";
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import {
+  useAiRoleCatalogBundleQuery,
+  useAiRoleCatalogQuery,
+  useImportAiRolesFromCatalogMutation,
+  useUpdateAiRoleFromCatalogMutation,
+} from "@/features/ai-chat/queries/ai-chat-query.ts";
+import {
+  IAiRole,
+  IAiRoleCatalogBundleSummary,
+  IAiRoleCatalogRole,
+} from "@/features/ai-chat/types/ai-chat.types.ts";
+import { catalogRoleInstallState } from "@/features/ai-chat/utils/catalog-role-install-state.ts";
+
+interface AiAgentRolesCatalogModalProps {
+  opened: boolean;
+  onClose: () => void;
+  // The current admin role list (full view, including `source`). Used to compute
+  // each catalog role's install state (import / installed / update available).
+  roles: IAiRole[];
+}
+
+/** How a name collision with an existing role is handled on import. */
+type Conflict = "skip" | "rename";
+
+/**
+ * Admin modal: browse the curated role catalog, import roles, and update an
+ * imported role when the catalog ships a newer version.
+ *
+ * Import is per-bundle (the endpoint takes a single bundleId). Each bundle's
+ * Accordion panel has its own "Import" button that imports only that bundle's
+ * checked roles — the simplest mapping to the one-bundle-per-call API and the
+ * clearest UX. Selection state is tracked per bundle.
+ */
+export default function AiAgentRolesCatalogModal({
+  opened,
+  onClose,
+  roles,
+}: AiAgentRolesCatalogModalProps) {
+  const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();
+
+  // The user's i18n base subtag (e.g. "ru-RU" => "ru"); the preferred catalog
+  // language both when seeding and when reconciling against offered languages.
+  const baseLang = (i18n.language || "en").split("-")[0].toLowerCase();
+
+  // Fetch the catalog only while the modal is open. `language` drives both the
+  // catalog query (bundle names) and bundle reads (role content). Seed it
+  // synchronously from the base subtag so the first fetch already uses the
+  // user's language; the effect below still reconciles against the catalog's
+  // offered languages once they load.
+  const [language, setLanguage] = useState<string>(() => baseLang);
+  const catalogQuery = useAiRoleCatalogQuery(language || "en", opened);
+
+  // On name conflict: Skip (default) or Rename to a free " (N)" name.
+  const [conflict, setConflict] = useState<Conflict>("skip");
+
+  // The currently expanded bundle id (Accordion is single-open: one bundle's
+  // roles are fetched at a time).
+  const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  // Per-bundle selected slugs (import-state roles checked for import).
+  const [selected, setSelected] = useState<Record<string, Set<string>>>({});
+
+  const languages = catalogQuery.data?.languages;
+
+  // Pick a sensible default language from the catalog once it loads: the i18n
+  // base subtag (e.g. "ru-RU" => "ru") if offered, else "en", else the first.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!languages || languages.length === 0) return;
+    if (language && languages.includes(language)) return;
+    const preferred = languages.includes(baseLang)
+      ? baseLang
+      : languages.includes("en")
+        ? "en"
+        : languages[0];
+    setLanguage(preferred);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [languages]);
+
+  // Reset per-language UI state when the language changes (the bundle content,
+  // hence the install computations, are language-specific).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setExpanded(null);
+    setSelected({});
+  }, [language]);
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      opened={opened}
+      onClose={onClose}
+      title={t("Role catalog")}
+      size="lg"
+    >
+      <Stack>
+        <Select
+          label={t("Language")}
+          data={languages ?? []}
+          value={language || null}
+          onChange={(value) => value && setLanguage(value)}
+          allowDeselect={false}
+          disabled={!languages || languages.length === 0}
+          comboboxProps={{ withinPortal: true }}
+        />
+
+        <Radio.Group
+          label={t("On name conflict")}
+          value={conflict}
+          onChange={(value) => setConflict(value as Conflict)}
+        >
+          <Group mt="xs">
+            <Radio value="skip" label={t("Skip")} />
+            <Radio value="rename" label={t("Rename")} />
+          </Group>
+        </Radio.Group>
+
+        {catalogQuery.isLoading && (
+          <Center py="lg">
+            <Loader size="sm" />
+          </Center>
+        )}
+
+        {catalogQuery.isError && (
+          <Alert
+            color="red"
+            icon={<IconAlertTriangle size={16} />}
+            title={t("The role catalog is unavailable")}
+          >
+            {t("Please try again later.")}
+          </Alert>
+        )}
+
+        {catalogQuery.data && catalogQuery.data.bundles.length === 0 && (
+          <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
+            {t("No bundles available")}
+          </Text>
+        )}
+
+        {catalogQuery.data && catalogQuery.data.bundles.length > 0 && (
+          <Accordion
+            variant="separated"
+            value={expanded}
+            onChange={setExpanded}
+          >
+            {catalogQuery.data.bundles.map((bundle) => (
+              <BundlePanel
+                key={bundle.id}
+                bundle={bundle}
+                language={language}
+                expanded={expanded === bundle.id}
+                roles={roles}
+                conflict={conflict}
+                selected={selected[bundle.id]}
+                onToggleSlug={(slug, checked) =>
+                  setSelected((prev) => {
+                    const next = new Set(prev[bundle.id] ?? []);
+                    if (checked) next.add(slug);
+                    else next.delete(slug);
+                    return { ...prev, [bundle.id]: next };
+                  })
+                }
+                onSetSelected={(slugs) =>
+                  setSelected((prev) => ({
+                    ...prev,
+                    [bundle.id]: new Set(slugs),
+                  }))
+                }
+              />
+            ))}
+          </Accordion>
+        )}
+
+        <Group justify="flex-end" mt="sm">
+          <Button variant="default" onClick={onClose}>
+            {t("Close")}
+          </Button>
+        </Group>
+      </Stack>
+    </Modal>
+  );
+}
+
+interface BundlePanelProps {
+  bundle: IAiRoleCatalogBundleSummary;
+  language: string;
+  expanded: boolean;
+  roles: IAiRole[];
+  conflict: Conflict;
+  selected: Set<string> | undefined;
+  onToggleSlug: (slug: string, checked: boolean) => void;
+  onSetSelected: (slugs: string[]) => void;
+}
+
+/** One catalog bundle: its roles (fetched when expanded) + a per-bundle import. */
+function BundlePanel({
+  bundle,
+  language,
+  expanded,
+  roles,
+  conflict,
+  selected,
+  onToggleSlug,
+  onSetSelected,
+}: BundlePanelProps) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+
+  // Only fetch this bundle's roles once it is actually expanded.
+  const bundleQuery = useAiRoleCatalogBundleQuery(
+    bundle.id,
+    language,
+    expanded && !!language,
+  );
+
+  const importMutation = useImportAiRolesFromCatalogMutation();
+  const updateMutation = useUpdateAiRoleFromCatalogMutation();
+
+  // Compute each catalog role's install state against the current workspace
+  // roles (matched by source.slug + source.language). The decision lives in the
+  // pure `catalogRoleInstallState` helper so it is unit-tested directly.
+  const computed = useMemo(() => {
+    const list = bundleQuery.data?.roles ?? [];
+    return list.map((role) => ({
+      role,
+      ...catalogRoleInstallState(role, roles, language),
+    }));
+  }, [bundleQuery.data, roles, language]);
+
+  // Default-check every importable role once the bundle content arrives (unless
+  // the user already touched the selection for this bundle).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!bundleQuery.data || selected !== undefined) return;
+    onSetSelected(
+      computed.filter((c) => c.state === "import").map((c) => c.role.slug),
+    );
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [bundleQuery.data]);
+
+  const importableSlugs = computed
+    .filter((c) => c.state === "import")
+    .map((c) => c.role.slug);
+  const checkedSlugs = importableSlugs.filter((slug) => selected?.has(slug));
+
+  function handleImport() {
+    importMutation.mutate({
+      bundleId: bundle.id,
+      language,
+      slugs: checkedSlugs,
+      conflict,
+    });
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Accordion.Item value={bundle.id}>
+      <Accordion.Control>
+        <Stack gap={2}>
+          <Text fw={500}>{bundle.name}</Text>
+          {bundle.description && (
+            <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
+              {bundle.description}
+            </Text>
+          )}
+        </Stack>
+      </Accordion.Control>
+      <Accordion.Panel>
+        {bundleQuery.isLoading && (
+          <Center py="md">
+            <Loader size="sm" />
+          </Center>
+        )}
+
+        {bundleQuery.isError && (
+          <Alert
+            color="red"
+            icon={<IconAlertTriangle size={16} />}
+            title={t("The role catalog is unavailable")}
+          >
+            {t("Please try again later.")}
+          </Alert>
+        )}
+
+        {bundleQuery.data && (
+          <Stack gap="xs">
+            {computed.map((entry) => (
+              <CatalogRoleRow
+                key={entry.role.slug}
+                role={entry.role}
+                state={entry.state}
+                checked={
+                  entry.state === "import"
+                    ? !!selected?.has(entry.role.slug)
+                    : false
+                }
+                onToggle={(checked) => onToggleSlug(entry.role.slug, checked)}
+                fromVersion={
+                  entry.state === "update" ? entry.fromVersion : undefined
+                }
+                onUpdate={
+                  entry.state === "update"
+                    ? () => updateMutation.mutate(entry.installed.id)
+                    : undefined
+                }
+                updating={updateMutation.isPending}
+              />
+            ))}
+
+            <Group justify="flex-end" mt="xs">
+              <Button
+                size="xs"
+                onClick={handleImport}
+                loading={importMutation.isPending}
+                disabled={checkedSlugs.length === 0}
+              >
+                {t("Import")}
+              </Button>
+            </Group>
+          </Stack>
+        )}
+      </Accordion.Panel>
+    </Accordion.Item>
+  );
+}
+
+interface CatalogRoleRowProps {
+  role: IAiRoleCatalogRole;
+  state: "import" | "installed" | "update";
+  checked: boolean;
+  onToggle: (checked: boolean) => void;
+  // The installed role's current source version (only set in the "update" state).
+  fromVersion?: number;
+  onUpdate?: () => void;
+  updating: boolean;
+}
+
+/** A single catalog role row with its install-state affordance. */
+function CatalogRoleRow({
+  role,
+  state,
+  checked,
+  onToggle,
+  fromVersion,
+  onUpdate,
+  updating,
+}: CatalogRoleRowProps) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+
+  return (
+    <Group justify="space-between" wrap="nowrap" align="flex-start">
+      <Group gap="xs" wrap="nowrap" align="flex-start" style={{ minWidth: 0 }}>
+        {state === "import" && (
+          <Checkbox
+            checked={checked}
+            onChange={(event) => onToggle(event.currentTarget.checked)}
+            aria-label={role.name}
+          />
+        )}
+        <Stack gap={2} style={{ minWidth: 0 }}>
+          <Text fw={500} truncate>
+            {role.emoji ? `${role.emoji} ` : ""}
+            {role.name}
+          </Text>
+          {role.description && (
+            <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
+              {role.description}
+            </Text>
+          )}
+        </Stack>
+      </Group>
+
+      <Group gap="xs" wrap="nowrap" style={{ flex: "none" }}>
+        {state === "installed" && (
+          <Badge size="sm" variant="light" color="gray">
+            {t("Installed")}
+          </Badge>
+        )}
+        {state === "update" && (
+          <>
+            <Badge size="sm" variant="light" color="blue">
+              {t("v{{from}} → v{{to}}", {
+                from: fromVersion ?? 0,
+                to: role.version,
+              })}
+            </Badge>
+            <Button size="xs" variant="light" onClick={onUpdate} loading={updating}>
+              {t("Update")}
+            </Button>
+          </>
+        )}
+      </Group>
+    </Group>
+  );
+}

apps/client/src/features/workspace/components/settings/components/ai-agent-roles.tsx

@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ import {
 } from "@mantine/core";
 import { useDisclosure } from "@mantine/hooks";
 import { modals } from "@mantine/modals";
-import { IconPencil, IconPlus, IconTrash } from "@tabler/icons-react";
+import {
+  IconPackageImport,
+  IconPencil,
+  IconPlus,
+  IconTrash,
+} from "@tabler/icons-react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import useUserRole from "@/hooks/use-user-role.tsx";
 import {
@@ -23,6 +28,7 @@ import {
 } from "@/features/ai-chat/queries/ai-chat-query.ts";
 import { IAiRole } from "@/features/ai-chat/types/ai-chat.types.ts";
 import AiAgentRoleForm from "./ai-agent-role-form.tsx";
+import AiAgentRolesCatalogModal from "./ai-agent-roles-catalog-modal.tsx";
 
 /**
  * Admin section: list / add / edit / delete reusable agent roles. A role
@@ -39,6 +45,9 @@ export default function AiAgentRoles() {
   const deleteMutation = useDeleteAiRoleMutation();
 
   const [opened, { open, close }] = useDisclosure(false);
+  // Separate disclosure for the catalog (import/update) modal.
+  const [catalogOpened, { open: openCatalog, close: closeCatalog }] =
+    useDisclosure(false);
   // The role being edited; undefined => the modal is in "create" mode.
   const [editing, setEditing] = useState<IAiRole | undefined>(undefined);
 
@@ -86,14 +95,24 @@ export default function AiAgentRoles() {
           />
           <Text fw={600}>{t("Agent roles")}</Text>
         </Group>
-        <Button
-          leftSection={<IconPlus size={16} />}
-          variant="default"
-          size="xs"
-          onClick={openCreate}
-        >
-          {t("Add role")}
-        </Button>
+        <Group gap="xs" wrap="nowrap">
+          <Button
+            leftSection={<IconPackageImport size={16} />}
+            variant="default"
+            size="xs"
+            onClick={openCatalog}
+          >
+            {t("Import from catalog")}
+          </Button>
+          <Button
+            leftSection={<IconPlus size={16} />}
+            variant="default"
+            size="xs"
+            onClick={openCreate}
+          >
+            {t("Add role")}
+          </Button>
+        </Group>
       </Group>
       <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" mt={4}>
         {t(
@@ -102,9 +121,19 @@ export default function AiAgentRoles() {
       </Text>
 
       {!isLoading && (!roles || roles.length === 0) && (
-        <Text size="sm" c="dimmed" mt="sm">
-          {t("No roles configured")}
-        </Text>
+        <Group gap="sm" mt="sm" align="center">
+          <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
+            {t("No roles configured")}
+          </Text>
+          <Button
+            leftSection={<IconPackageImport size={16} />}
+            variant="light"
+            size="xs"
+            onClick={openCatalog}
+          >
+            {t("Browse the catalog")}
+          </Button>
+        </Group>
       )}
 
       <Stack gap="xs" mt="sm">
@@ -170,6 +199,12 @@ export default function AiAgentRoles() {
         {/* Remount the form per target so its internal state re-hydrates. */}
         <AiAgentRoleForm key={editing?.id ?? "new"} role={editing} onClose={close} />
       </Modal>
+
+      <AiAgentRolesCatalogModal
+        opened={catalogOpened}
+        onClose={closeCatalog}
+        roles={roles ?? []}
+      />
     </Paper>
   );
 }

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/ai-chat/roles/ai-agent-roles.controller.spec.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ describe('AiAgentRolesController admin gate', () => {
       create: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'r1' }),
       update: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'r1' }),
       remove: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
+      getCatalog: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ languages: [], bundles: [] }),
+      getCatalogBundle: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ roles: [] }),
+      importFromCatalog: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ created: 0 }),
+      updateFromCatalog: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ updated: false }),
     };
     const controller = new AiAgentRolesController(
       rolesService as never,
@@ -109,6 +113,90 @@ describe('AiAgentRolesController admin gate', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  // Catalog routes (browse + import) are ALL admin-only: a non-admin caller must
+  // get ForbiddenException with the service untouched; an admin delegates with
+  // the right arguments (import/update-from-catalog carry workspace.id).
+  describe('catalog routes admin gate', () => {
+    const catalogDto = { language: 'en' } as never;
+    const bundleDto = { bundleId: 'general', language: 'en' } as never;
+    const importDto = {
+      bundleId: 'general',
+      language: 'en',
+      conflict: 'skip',
+    } as never;
+    const updateDto = { id: 'r1' } as never;
+
+    describe('non-admin is rejected and the service is NOT called', () => {
+      it('catalog', async () => {
+        const { controller, rolesService } = makeController(false);
+        await expect(
+          controller.catalog(catalogDto, user, workspace),
+        ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ForbiddenException);
+        expect(rolesService.getCatalog).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
+      it('catalog/bundle', async () => {
+        const { controller, rolesService } = makeController(false);
+        await expect(
+          controller.catalogBundle(bundleDto, user, workspace),
+        ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ForbiddenException);
+        expect(rolesService.getCatalogBundle).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
+      it('import', async () => {
+        const { controller, rolesService } = makeController(false);
+        await expect(
+          controller.import(importDto, user, workspace),
+        ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ForbiddenException);
+        expect(rolesService.importFromCatalog).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
+      it('update-from-catalog', async () => {
+        const { controller, rolesService } = makeController(false);
+        await expect(
+          controller.updateFromCatalog(updateDto, user, workspace),
+        ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ForbiddenException);
+        expect(rolesService.updateFromCatalog).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('admin delegates to the service', () => {
+      it('catalog passes the requested language', async () => {
+        const { controller, rolesService } = makeController(true);
+        await controller.catalog(catalogDto, user, workspace);
+        expect(rolesService.getCatalog).toHaveBeenCalledWith('en');
+      });
+
+      it('catalog/bundle passes bundleId + language', async () => {
+        const { controller, rolesService } = makeController(true);
+        await controller.catalogBundle(bundleDto, user, workspace);
+        expect(rolesService.getCatalogBundle).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          'general',
+          'en',
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('import passes workspace.id + user.id + dto', async () => {
+        const { controller, rolesService } = makeController(true);
+        await controller.import(importDto, user, workspace);
+        expect(rolesService.importFromCatalog).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          'ws-1',
+          'u1',
+          importDto,
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('update-from-catalog passes workspace.id + dto', async () => {
+        const { controller, rolesService } = makeController(true);
+        await controller.updateFromCatalog(updateDto, user, workspace);
+        expect(rolesService.updateFromCatalog).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          'ws-1',
+          updateDto,
+        );
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('list (member-reachable)', () => {
     it('non-admin reaches list and the service is asked for the picker view (isAdmin=false)', async () => {
       const { controller, rolesService } = makeController(false);

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

@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ import {
   CreateAgentRoleDto,
   UpdateAgentRoleDto,
 } from './dto/agent-role.dto';
+import {
+  CatalogBundleDto,
+  CatalogQueryDto,
+  ImportFromCatalogDto,
+  UpdateFromCatalogDto,
+} from './dto/agent-role-catalog.dto';
 
 /** Path/body param for the per-role routes (update/delete). */
 class AgentRoleIdDto {
@@ -113,4 +119,54 @@ export class AiAgentRolesController {
     this.assertAdmin(user, workspace);
     return this.rolesService.remove(workspace.id, idDto.id);
   }
+
+  // --- Catalog (admin-only): browse + import + update imported roles. ---
+
+  /** Browse the curated catalog (localized to dto.language). */
+  @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
+  @Post('catalog')
+  async catalog(
+    @Body() dto: CatalogQueryDto,
+    @AuthUser() user: User,
+    @AuthWorkspace() workspace: Workspace,
+  ) {
+    this.assertAdmin(user, workspace);
+    return this.rolesService.getCatalog(dto.language);
+  }
+
+  /** Open one catalog bundle in a language (role content + versions). */
+  @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
+  @Post('catalog/bundle')
+  async catalogBundle(
+    @Body() dto: CatalogBundleDto,
+    @AuthUser() user: User,
+    @AuthWorkspace() workspace: Workspace,
+  ) {
+    this.assertAdmin(user, workspace);
+    return this.rolesService.getCatalogBundle(dto.bundleId, dto.language);
+  }
+
+  /** Import roles from a catalog bundle into the workspace. */
+  @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
+  @Post('import')
+  async import(
+    @Body() dto: ImportFromCatalogDto,
+    @AuthUser() user: User,
+    @AuthWorkspace() workspace: Workspace,
+  ) {
+    this.assertAdmin(user, workspace);
+    return this.rolesService.importFromCatalog(workspace.id, user.id, dto);
+  }
+
+  /** Update an already-imported role from its catalog source. */
+  @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
+  @Post('update-from-catalog')
+  async updateFromCatalog(
+    @Body() dto: UpdateFromCatalogDto,
+    @AuthUser() user: User,
+    @AuthWorkspace() workspace: Workspace,
+  ) {
+    this.assertAdmin(user, workspace);
+    return this.rolesService.updateFromCatalog(workspace.id, dto);
+  }
 }

apps/server/src/core/ai-chat/roles/ai-agent-roles.module.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { AiAgentRolesController } from './ai-agent-roles.controller';
 import { AiAgentRolesService } from './ai-agent-roles.service';
+import { AiAgentRolesCatalogProvider } from './catalog/ai-agent-roles-catalog.provider';
 
 /**
  * Agent roles unit (v1). Admin CRUD + member-visible listing for the chat
- * role picker. AiAgentRoleRepo (DatabaseModule, global) and
- * WorkspaceAbilityFactory (CaslModule, global) are resolved without explicit
- * imports. The stream-time role resolution + model override live in
- * AiChatService / AiService; this module only hosts the management API.
+ * role picker, plus the admin catalog (browse/import/update). AiAgentRoleRepo
+ * (DatabaseModule, global), WorkspaceAbilityFactory (CaslModule, global) and
+ * EnvironmentService (EnvironmentModule, global — used by the catalog provider)
+ * are resolved without explicit imports. The stream-time role resolution +
+ * model override live in AiChatService / AiService; this module only hosts the
+ * management API.
  */
 @Module({
   controllers: [AiAgentRolesController],
-  providers: [AiAgentRolesService],
+  providers: [AiAgentRolesService, AiAgentRolesCatalogProvider],
 })
 export class AiAgentRolesModule {}

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

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { BadRequestException, ConflictException } from '@nestjs/common';
+import {
+  BadGatewayException,
+  BadRequestException,
+  ConflictException,
+  Logger,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
 import { AiAgentRolesService } from './ai-agent-roles.service';
 import type { AiAgentRole } from '@docmost/db/types/entity.types';
 import type {
@@ -27,12 +32,22 @@ describe('AiAgentRolesService guards', () => {
       enabled: true,
       autoStart: true,
       launchMessage: null,
+      source: null,
       createdAt: new Date(),
       updatedAt: new Date(),
       ...over,
     } as AiAgentRole;
   }
 
+  // A stubbed catalog provider; the CRUD tests never reach it (they exercise
+  // create/update/remove/list only), so the methods just reject if hit.
+  function makeCatalog() {
+    return {
+      fetchIndex: jest.fn(),
+      fetchBundle: jest.fn(),
+    };
+  }
+
   function makeService(opts: { existing?: AiAgentRole | undefined } = {}) {
     const repo = {
       findById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts.existing),
@@ -41,8 +56,9 @@ describe('AiAgentRolesService guards', () => {
       softDelete: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
       listByWorkspace: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
     };
-    const service = new AiAgentRolesService(repo as never);
-    return { service, repo };
+    const catalog = makeCatalog();
+    const service = new AiAgentRolesService(repo as never, catalog as never);
+    return { service, repo, catalog };
   }
 
   describe('update', () => {
@@ -163,6 +179,7 @@ describe('AiAgentRolesService guards', () => {
         enabled: false,
         autoStart: true,
         launchMessage: null,
+        source: null,
         createdAt,
         updatedAt,
       });
@@ -397,7 +414,7 @@ describe('AiAgentRolesService guards', () => {
         softDelete: jest.fn(),
         listByWorkspace: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(rows),
       };
-      const service = new AiAgentRolesService(repo as never);
+      const service = new AiAgentRolesService(repo as never, makeCatalog() as never);
       return { service, repo };
     }
 
@@ -461,4 +478,630 @@ describe('AiAgentRolesService guards', () => {
       ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ConflictException);
     });
   });
+
+  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Catalog: import (skip / rename / already-installed) and update reconciliation
+  // against a MOCKED catalog provider + mocked repo (mirrors the CRUD style).
+  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  describe('importFromCatalog', () => {
+    function catalogRole(over: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
+      return {
+        slug: 'researcher',
+        name: 'Researcher',
+        instructions: 'be a researcher',
+        ...over,
+      };
+    }
+
+    function makeImportService(opts: {
+      indexRoles?: { slug: string; version: number }[];
+      bundleRoles?: Record<string, unknown>[];
+      existing?: AiAgentRole[];
+    }) {
+      const index = {
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        bundles: [
+          {
+            id: 'general',
+            name: { en: 'General' },
+            languages: ['en'],
+            roles: opts.indexRoles ?? [{ slug: 'researcher', version: 3 }],
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+      const bundle = {
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        language: 'en',
+        roles: opts.bundleRoles ?? [catalogRole()],
+      };
+      const repo = {
+        findById: jest.fn(),
+        insert: jest.fn().mockImplementation((v) => Promise.resolve(makeRow(v))),
+        update: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+        softDelete: jest.fn(),
+        listByWorkspace: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts.existing ?? []),
+      };
+      const catalog = {
+        fetchIndex: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(index),
+        fetchBundle: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(bundle),
+      };
+      const service = new AiAgentRolesService(repo as never, catalog as never);
+      return { service, repo, catalog };
+    }
+
+    const dto = (over: Record<string, unknown> = {}) =>
+      ({
+        bundleId: 'general',
+        language: 'en',
+        conflict: 'skip',
+        ...over,
+      }) as never;
+
+    it('inserts a new role with source { slug, language, version } from the index', async () => {
+      const { service, repo } = makeImportService({});
+      const res = await service.importFromCatalog('ws-1', 'u1', dto());
+      expect(res).toMatchObject({ created: 1, skipped: 0, renamed: 0 });
+      expect(res.errors).toEqual([]);
+      const values = repo.insert.mock.calls[0][0];
+      expect(values.source).toEqual({
+        slug: 'researcher',
+        language: 'en',
+        version: 3,
+      });
+      expect(values.enabled).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('already-installed catalog slug => skipped (no insert)', async () => {
+      const existing = [
+        makeRow({
+          id: 'r-existing',
+          name: 'Old researcher',
+          source: { slug: 'researcher', language: 'en', version: 1 } as never,
+        }),
+      ];
+      const { service, repo } = makeImportService({ existing });
+      const res = await service.importFromCatalog('ws-1', 'u1', dto());
+      expect(res).toMatchObject({ created: 0, skipped: 1, renamed: 0 });
+      expect(repo.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('same slug installed in a DIFFERENT language => NOT skipped (separate install)', async () => {
+      // Installed as `ru`; importing the `en` variant of the same slug must
+      // still import (dedup key is slug+language, matching the client UI).
+      const existing = [
+        makeRow({
+          id: 'r-ru',
+          name: 'Исследователь',
+          source: { slug: 'researcher', language: 'ru', version: 1 } as never,
+        }),
+      ];
+      const { service, repo } = makeImportService({ existing });
+      const res = await service.importFromCatalog('ws-1', 'u1', dto());
+      expect(res).toMatchObject({ created: 1, skipped: 0, renamed: 0 });
+      expect(repo.insert).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(repo.insert.mock.calls[0][0].source).toEqual({
+        slug: 'researcher',
+        language: 'en',
+        version: 3,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('name collision + conflict:skip => skipped (no insert)', async () => {
+      const existing = [makeRow({ id: 'r-x', name: 'Researcher' })];
+      const { service, repo } = makeImportService({ existing });
+      const res = await service.importFromCatalog(
+        'ws-1',
+        'u1',
+        dto({ conflict: 'skip' }),
+      );
+      expect(res).toMatchObject({ created: 0, skipped: 1, renamed: 0 });
+      expect(repo.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('name collision + conflict:rename => inserts under " (2)"', async () => {
+      const existing = [makeRow({ id: 'r-x', name: 'Researcher' })];
+      const { service, repo } = makeImportService({ existing });
+      const res = await service.importFromCatalog(
+        'ws-1',
+        'u1',
+        dto({ conflict: 'rename' }),
+      );
+      expect(res).toMatchObject({ created: 1, skipped: 0, renamed: 1 });
+      expect(repo.insert.mock.calls[0][0].name).toBe('Researcher (2)');
+    });
+
+    it('dto.slugs filters; an unknown slug becomes an error entry', async () => {
+      const { service, repo } = makeImportService({
+        bundleRoles: [catalogRole()],
+      });
+      const res = await service.importFromCatalog(
+        'ws-1',
+        'u1',
+        dto({ slugs: ['researcher', 'ghost'] }),
+      );
+      expect(res.created).toBe(1);
+      expect(res.errors).toEqual([
+        { slug: 'ghost', message: 'Role not found in catalog bundle' },
+      ]);
+      expect(repo.insert).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('insert unique-violation (23505) is recorded as an error, import continues', async () => {
+      const { service, repo } = makeImportService({
+        bundleRoles: [
+          catalogRole({ slug: 'a', name: 'A' }),
+          catalogRole({ slug: 'b', name: 'B' }),
+        ],
+        indexRoles: [
+          { slug: 'a', version: 1 },
+          { slug: 'b', version: 1 },
+        ],
+      });
+      repo.insert
+        .mockRejectedValueOnce({ code: '23505' })
+        .mockImplementationOnce((v) => Promise.resolve(makeRow(v)));
+      const res = await service.importFromCatalog('ws-1', 'u1', dto());
+      expect(res.created).toBe(1);
+      expect(res.errors).toEqual([
+        { slug: 'a', message: 'A role with this name already exists' },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('source-uniqueness 23505 (concurrent import of same slug+language) => skipped, NOT an error, batch continues', async () => {
+      // Two parallel imports of the same bundle each build installedKeys from a
+      // stale snapshot, so both reach the insert for slug 'a'. The DB partial
+      // unique index on (workspace, source->>slug, source->>language) rejects the
+      // loser with a 23505 carrying the source-index constraint name. That must
+      // be treated as "already installed" (skip), not a per-role error, and the
+      // rest of the batch (slug 'b') must still import.
+      const { service, repo } = makeImportService({
+        bundleRoles: [
+          catalogRole({ slug: 'a', name: 'A' }),
+          catalogRole({ slug: 'b', name: 'B' }),
+        ],
+        indexRoles: [
+          { slug: 'a', version: 1 },
+          { slug: 'b', version: 1 },
+        ],
+      });
+      // The kysely-postgres-js driver surfaces the violated constraint on
+      // `constraint_name` (not node-postgres' `.constraint`), matching prod.
+      const sourceRace = Object.assign(new Error('duplicate key'), {
+        code: '23505',
+        constraint_name: 'ai_agent_roles_workspace_source_unique',
+      });
+      repo.insert
+        .mockRejectedValueOnce(sourceRace)
+        .mockImplementationOnce((v) => Promise.resolve(makeRow(v)));
+      const res = await service.importFromCatalog('ws-1', 'u1', dto());
+      // 'a' converged on the concurrent install (skip); 'b' imported; no errors.
+      expect(res).toMatchObject({ created: 1, skipped: 1, renamed: 0 });
+      expect(res.errors).toEqual([]);
+      // Both inserts were attempted (the batch did not abort on the 23505).
+      expect(repo.insert).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+
+    it('non-unique insert error => generic message, root cause logged, import continues', async () => {
+      const logSpy = jest
+        .spyOn(Logger.prototype, 'error')
+        .mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+      try {
+        const { service, repo } = makeImportService({
+          bundleRoles: [
+            catalogRole({ slug: 'a', name: 'A' }),
+            catalogRole({ slug: 'b', name: 'B' }),
+          ],
+          indexRoles: [
+            { slug: 'a', version: 1 },
+            { slug: 'b', version: 1 },
+          ],
+        });
+        // A non-23505 failure (e.g. a not-null violation) on the first insert.
+        const boom = Object.assign(new Error('null value in column'), {
+          code: '23502',
+        });
+        repo.insert
+          .mockRejectedValueOnce(boom)
+          .mockImplementationOnce((v) => Promise.resolve(makeRow(v)));
+        const res = await service.importFromCatalog('ws-1', 'u1', dto());
+        // The generic (non-409) user-facing message; the second role still imports.
+        expect(res.created).toBe(1);
+        expect(res.errors).toEqual([
+          { slug: 'a', message: 'Failed to import role' },
+        ]);
+        // The root cause was logged with the slug for diagnosis.
+        expect(logSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(String(logSpy.mock.calls[0][0])).toContain('slug=a');
+      } finally {
+        logSpy.mockRestore();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('bundleId absent from the index => BadGateway (no insert)', async () => {
+      // The requested bundle is not listed in the fetched index (a stale client
+      // or an index/bundle drift); the import must surface a 502 rather than
+      // silently doing nothing or dereferencing a missing meta.
+      const { service, repo } = makeImportService({});
+      await expect(
+        service.importFromCatalog('ws-1', 'u1', dto({ bundleId: 'missing' })),
+      ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(BadGatewayException);
+      expect(repo.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('updateFromCatalog', () => {
+    function makeUpdateService(opts: {
+      role?: AiAgentRole;
+      indexBundles?: unknown[];
+      bundleRoles?: Record<string, unknown>[];
+      others?: AiAgentRole[];
+    }) {
+      const index = {
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        bundles: opts.indexBundles ?? [
+          {
+            id: 'general',
+            name: { en: 'General' },
+            languages: ['en'],
+            roles: [{ slug: 'researcher', version: 5 }],
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+      const bundle = {
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        language: 'en',
+        roles: opts.bundleRoles ?? [
+          { slug: 'researcher', name: 'Researcher v5', instructions: 'new' },
+        ],
+      };
+      const repo = {
+        findById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts.role),
+        insert: jest.fn(),
+        update: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+        softDelete: jest.fn(),
+        listByWorkspace: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts.others ?? []),
+      };
+      const catalog = {
+        fetchIndex: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(index),
+        fetchBundle: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(bundle),
+      };
+      const service = new AiAgentRolesService(repo as never, catalog as never);
+      return { service, repo, catalog };
+    }
+
+    const imported = (version: number, over: Partial<AiAgentRole> = {}) =>
+      makeRow({
+        id: 'r1',
+        name: 'Researcher',
+        source: { slug: 'researcher', language: 'en', version } as never,
+        ...over,
+      });
+
+    it('role not imported from catalog (source null) => BadRequest', async () => {
+      const { service } = makeUpdateService({ role: makeRow({ source: null }) });
+      await expect(
+        service.updateFromCatalog('ws-1', { id: 'r1' } as never),
+      ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(BadRequestException);
+    });
+
+    it('role not found => BadRequest', async () => {
+      const { service } = makeUpdateService({ role: undefined });
+      await expect(
+        service.updateFromCatalog('ws-1', { id: 'r1' } as never),
+      ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(BadRequestException);
+    });
+
+    it('catalog version <= source.version => up-to-date (no update)', async () => {
+      const { service, repo } = makeUpdateService({ role: imported(5) });
+      const res = await service.updateFromCatalog('ws-1', { id: 'r1' } as never);
+      expect(res).toEqual({ updated: false, reason: 'up-to-date' });
+      expect(repo.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('slug no longer listed in any bundle => not-in-catalog', async () => {
+      const { service, repo } = makeUpdateService({
+        role: imported(1),
+        indexBundles: [
+          {
+            id: 'general',
+            name: { en: 'General' },
+            languages: ['en'],
+            roles: [{ slug: 'other', version: 9 }],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+      const res = await service.updateFromCatalog('ws-1', { id: 'r1' } as never);
+      expect(res).toEqual({ updated: false, reason: 'not-in-catalog' });
+      expect(repo.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('source.language no longer offered by the bundle => language-unavailable', async () => {
+      const { service, repo } = makeUpdateService({
+        role: imported(1, {
+          source: { slug: 'researcher', language: 'ru', version: 1 } as never,
+        }),
+        indexBundles: [
+          {
+            id: 'general',
+            name: { en: 'General' },
+            languages: ['en'],
+            roles: [{ slug: 'researcher', version: 5 }],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+      const res = await service.updateFromCatalog('ws-1', { id: 'r1' } as never);
+      expect(res).toEqual({ updated: false, reason: 'language-unavailable' });
+      expect(repo.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('newer version => updates content + bumps source.version, returns versions', async () => {
+      const role = imported(1);
+      const { service, repo } = makeUpdateService({ role });
+      // The post-update re-fetch returns the bumped row.
+      repo.findById
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce(role)
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce(
+          imported(5, { name: 'Researcher v5', instructions: 'new' }),
+        );
+      const res = await service.updateFromCatalog('ws-1', { id: 'r1' } as never);
+      expect(res).toMatchObject({
+        updated: true,
+        fromVersion: 1,
+        toVersion: 5,
+      });
+      const patch = repo.update.mock.calls[0][2];
+      expect(patch.source).toEqual({
+        slug: 'researcher',
+        language: 'en',
+        version: 5,
+      });
+      expect(patch.name).toBe('Researcher v5');
+      // enabled is never touched by an update-from-catalog.
+      expect('enabled' in patch).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('slug listed in the index but missing from the bundle file => not-in-catalog', async () => {
+      // Index/bundle drift: the index still advertises a newer `researcher`
+      // (v5 > installed v1) in an offered language, but the fetched bundle file
+      // no longer contains that slug. The update must no-op as not-in-catalog,
+      // not throw or write a half-resolved role.
+      const { service, repo } = makeUpdateService({
+        role: imported(1),
+        bundleRoles: [
+          { slug: 'someone-else', name: 'Other', instructions: 'x' },
+        ],
+      });
+      const res = await service.updateFromCatalog('ws-1', { id: 'r1' } as never);
+      expect(res).toEqual({ updated: false, reason: 'not-in-catalog' });
+      expect(repo.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('new catalog name collides with another live role => keeps current name', async () => {
+      const role = imported(1);
+      const other = makeRow({ id: 'r2', name: 'Researcher v5' });
+      const { service, repo } = makeUpdateService({ role, others: [role, other] });
+      repo.findById
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce(role)
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce(imported(5));
+      await service.updateFromCatalog('ws-1', { id: 'r1' } as never);
+      // The colliding catalog name is dropped; the current name is kept.
+      expect(repo.update.mock.calls[0][2].name).toBe('Researcher');
+    });
+  });
+
+  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Catalog browse (getCatalog / getCatalogBundle) against a MOCKED provider.
+  // Covers the localized() three-tier fallback (requested lang -> en -> first ->
+  // null), the sorted union of bundle languages, the missing-bundle BadGateway,
+  // and the role-version default.
+  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  describe('getCatalog', () => {
+    function makeBrowseService(index: unknown) {
+      const repo = {
+        findById: jest.fn(),
+        insert: jest.fn(),
+        update: jest.fn(),
+        softDelete: jest.fn(),
+        listByWorkspace: jest.fn(),
+      };
+      const catalog = {
+        fetchIndex: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(index),
+        fetchBundle: jest.fn(),
+      };
+      const service = new AiAgentRolesService(repo as never, catalog as never);
+      return { service, catalog };
+    }
+
+    it('returns the sorted union of every bundle language', async () => {
+      const { service } = makeBrowseService({
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        bundles: [
+          {
+            id: 'a',
+            name: { en: 'A' },
+            languages: ['ru', 'en'],
+            roles: [],
+          },
+          {
+            id: 'b',
+            name: { en: 'B' },
+            languages: ['en', 'de'],
+            roles: [],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+      const res = await service.getCatalog('en');
+      expect(res.languages).toEqual(['de', 'en', 'ru']);
+    });
+
+    it('localized name uses the requested language when present', async () => {
+      const { service } = makeBrowseService({
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        bundles: [
+          {
+            id: 'a',
+            name: { en: 'General', ru: 'Общие' },
+            description: { en: 'desc-en', ru: 'desc-ru' },
+            languages: ['en', 'ru'],
+            roles: [{ slug: 'researcher', version: 2 }],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+      const res = await service.getCatalog('ru');
+      expect(res.bundles[0]).toMatchObject({
+        id: 'a',
+        name: 'Общие',
+        description: 'desc-ru',
+        languages: ['en', 'ru'],
+        roles: [{ slug: 'researcher', version: 2 }],
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('localized name falls back to en when the requested language is missing', async () => {
+      const { service } = makeBrowseService({
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        bundles: [
+          {
+            id: 'a',
+            name: { en: 'General', ru: 'Общие' },
+            languages: ['en', 'ru'],
+            roles: [],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+      const res = await service.getCatalog('fr');
+      expect(res.bundles[0].name).toBe('General');
+    });
+
+    it('localized name falls back to the first available locale when en is absent', async () => {
+      const { service } = makeBrowseService({
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        bundles: [
+          {
+            id: 'a',
+            name: { ru: 'Общие', de: 'Allgemein' },
+            languages: ['ru', 'de'],
+            roles: [],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+      const res = await service.getCatalog('fr');
+      // Neither 'fr' nor 'en' is present -> first available value.
+      expect(res.bundles[0].name).toBe('Общие');
+    });
+
+    it('empty name map => falls back to the bundle id; absent description => null', async () => {
+      const { service } = makeBrowseService({
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        bundles: [
+          {
+            id: 'a',
+            name: {},
+            languages: ['en'],
+            roles: [],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+      const res = await service.getCatalog('en');
+      expect(res.bundles[0].name).toBe('a');
+      expect(res.bundles[0].description).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getCatalogBundle', () => {
+    function makeBundleService(opts: {
+      index: unknown;
+      bundle: unknown;
+    }) {
+      const repo = {
+        findById: jest.fn(),
+        insert: jest.fn(),
+        update: jest.fn(),
+        softDelete: jest.fn(),
+        listByWorkspace: jest.fn(),
+      };
+      const catalog = {
+        fetchIndex: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts.index),
+        fetchBundle: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts.bundle),
+      };
+      const service = new AiAgentRolesService(repo as never, catalog as never);
+      return { service, catalog };
+    }
+
+    const index = {
+      schemaVersion: 1,
+      bundles: [
+        {
+          id: 'general',
+          name: { en: 'General' },
+          languages: ['en'],
+          roles: [{ slug: 'researcher', version: 4 }],
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    it('missing bundle in the index => BadGateway', async () => {
+      const { service, catalog } = makeBundleService({
+        index,
+        bundle: { schemaVersion: 1, language: 'en', roles: [] },
+      });
+      await expect(
+        service.getCatalogBundle('ghost', 'en'),
+      ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(BadGatewayException);
+      expect(catalog.fetchBundle).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('maps role content with the version taken from the index', async () => {
+      const { service } = makeBundleService({
+        index,
+        bundle: {
+          schemaVersion: 1,
+          language: 'en',
+          roles: [
+            {
+              slug: 'researcher',
+              name: 'Researcher',
+              instructions: 'be a researcher',
+              emoji: '🔬',
+              autoStart: false,
+              launchMessage: 'go',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      });
+      const res = await service.getCatalogBundle('general', 'en');
+      expect(res).toMatchObject({ bundleId: 'general', language: 'en' });
+      expect(res.roles[0]).toEqual({
+        slug: 'researcher',
+        emoji: '🔬',
+        name: 'Researcher',
+        description: null,
+        instructions: 'be a researcher',
+        autoStart: false,
+        launchMessage: 'go',
+        version: 4,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('role absent from the index meta => version defaults to 1; autoStart defaults to true', async () => {
+      const { service } = makeBundleService({
+        index,
+        bundle: {
+          schemaVersion: 1,
+          language: 'en',
+          roles: [
+            { slug: 'newcomer', name: 'Newcomer', instructions: 'hi' },
+          ],
+        },
+      });
+      const res = await service.getCatalogBundle('general', 'en');
+      expect(res.roles[0]).toMatchObject({
+        slug: 'newcomer',
+        version: 1,
+        autoStart: true,
+        emoji: null,
+        launchMessage: null,
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });

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

@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
 import {
+  BadGatewayException,
   BadRequestException,
   ConflictException,
   Injectable,
+  Logger,
 } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { AiAgentRoleRepo } from '@docmost/db/repos/ai-agent-roles/ai-agent-roles.repo';
-import { AiAgentRole } from '@docmost/db/types/entity.types';
+import {
+  AiAgentRoleRepo,
+  parseSource,
+} from '@docmost/db/repos/ai-agent-roles/ai-agent-roles.repo';
+import { AiAgentRole, RoleSource } from '@docmost/db/types/entity.types';
 import { CreateAgentRoleDto, UpdateAgentRoleDto } from './dto/agent-role.dto';
+import { ImportFromCatalogDto, UpdateFromCatalogDto } from './dto/agent-role-catalog.dto';
 import { RoleModelConfig } from './role-model-config';
+import { AiAgentRolesCatalogProvider } from './catalog/ai-agent-roles-catalog.provider';
+import {
+  CatalogBundleFile,
+  CatalogBundleMeta,
+  CatalogRole,
+} from './catalog/catalog-types';
 
 /**
  * Full (admin) view of an agent role. There are no secret columns on this table
@@ -24,6 +36,10 @@ export interface AgentRoleView {
   enabled: boolean;
   autoStart: boolean;
   launchMessage: string | null;
+  // Catalog origin of an imported role, or null for a manually-created one. The
+  // admin UI uses `version` to offer an UPDATE when the catalog ships a newer
+  // revision. Admin-only (deliberately absent from AgentRolePickerView).
+  source: RoleSource | null;
   createdAt: Date;
   updatedAt: Date;
 }
@@ -56,7 +72,12 @@ export interface AgentRolePickerView {
  */
 @Injectable()
 export class AiAgentRolesService {
-  constructor(private readonly repo: AiAgentRoleRepo) {}
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(AiAgentRolesService.name);
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly repo: AiAgentRoleRepo,
+    private readonly catalog: AiAgentRolesCatalogProvider,
+  ) {}
 
   /**
    * List the workspace's roles. Admins get the full view (the settings page needs
@@ -165,6 +186,316 @@ export class AiAgentRolesService {
     return { success: true };
   }
 
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Catalog (admin-only). The catalog is curated, untrusted JSON fetched +
+  // validated by AiAgentRolesCatalogProvider; this layer resolves localized
+  // text and reconciles a bundle against the workspace's existing roles.
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /**
+   * Browse the catalog. Returns the union of every bundle's languages (sorted)
+   * plus per-bundle metadata with `name` / `description` resolved to the
+   * requested `language` (fallback: 'en', then the first available locale).
+   */
+  async getCatalog(language?: string): Promise<{
+    languages: string[];
+    bundles: {
+      id: string;
+      name: string;
+      description: string | null;
+      languages: string[];
+      roles: { slug: string; version: number }[];
+    }[];
+  }> {
+    const index = await this.catalog.fetchIndex();
+    const languages = Array.from(
+      new Set(index.bundles.flatMap((b) => b.languages)),
+    ).sort();
+    const bundles = index.bundles.map((b) => ({
+      id: b.id,
+      name: localized(b.name, language) ?? b.id,
+      description: b.description ? localized(b.description, language) : null,
+      languages: b.languages,
+      roles: b.roles.map((r) => ({ slug: r.slug, version: r.version })),
+    }));
+    return { languages, bundles };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Shared read prefix for the two bundle-by-id catalog paths (getCatalogBundle /
+   * importFromCatalog): fetch the index, resolve the requested bundle's meta
+   * (502 if the index does not list it), fetch its per-language file, and build
+   * the slug->version map from the meta. The callers keep their own response /
+   * write logic; only this duplicated read is factored out here.
+   */
+  private async loadBundleById(
+    bundleId: string,
+    language: string,
+  ): Promise<{
+    meta: CatalogBundleMeta;
+    file: CatalogBundleFile;
+    versions: Map<string, number>;
+  }> {
+    const index = await this.catalog.fetchIndex();
+    const meta = index.bundles.find((b) => b.id === bundleId);
+    if (!meta) {
+      throw new BadGatewayException('Catalog bundle not found');
+    }
+    const file = await this.catalog.fetchBundle(bundleId, language);
+    return { meta, file, versions: versionMap(meta) };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Open one bundle in a language: returns each role's content plus the version
+   * taken from the index (so the client can compare against an imported role's
+   * source.version). A missing bundle/language => BadGateway (catalog issue).
+   */
+  async getCatalogBundle(
+    bundleId: string,
+    language: string,
+  ): Promise<{
+    bundleId: string;
+    language: string;
+    roles: {
+      slug: string;
+      emoji: string | null;
+      name: string;
+      description: string | null;
+      instructions: string;
+      autoStart: boolean;
+      launchMessage: string | null;
+      version: number;
+    }[];
+  }> {
+    const { file, versions } = await this.loadBundleById(bundleId, language);
+    return {
+      bundleId,
+      language,
+      roles: file.roles.map((r) => ({
+        slug: r.slug,
+        emoji: r.emoji ?? null,
+        name: r.name,
+        description: r.description ?? null,
+        instructions: r.instructions,
+        autoStart: r.autoStart ?? true,
+        launchMessage: r.launchMessage ?? null,
+        version: versions.get(r.slug) ?? 1,
+      })),
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Import a bundle's roles into the workspace. A role is "already installed"
+   * (and thus skipped — updates are a separate action) only when an existing
+   * role matches BOTH its `source.slug` AND `source.language`: this is a
+   * multilingual catalog, so a different language of the same slug (e.g. the
+   * `ru` variant of a slug already installed as `en`) is a SEPARATE install and
+   * still imports. A name collision with an existing role is either skipped or
+   * imported under a free " (N)" name, per `dto.conflict`. Inserts run
+   * sequentially (the repo exposes no batch insert and the volume is tiny); a
+   * unique-name race still surfaces as an error entry rather than aborting the
+   * whole import.
+   */
+  async importFromCatalog(
+    workspaceId: string,
+    creatorId: string,
+    dto: ImportFromCatalogDto,
+  ): Promise<{
+    created: number;
+    skipped: number;
+    renamed: number;
+    errors: { slug: string; message: string }[];
+  }> {
+    const { file, versions } = await this.loadBundleById(
+      dto.bundleId,
+      dto.language,
+    );
+
+    const errors: { slug: string; message: string }[] = [];
+
+    // Resolve the selected catalog roles (honor dto.slugs; flag unknown ones).
+    let selected = file.roles;
+    if (dto.slugs && dto.slugs.length > 0) {
+      const wanted = new Set(dto.slugs);
+      const present = new Set(file.roles.map((r) => r.slug));
+      for (const slug of dto.slugs) {
+        if (!present.has(slug)) {
+          errors.push({ slug, message: 'Role not found in catalog bundle' });
+        }
+      }
+      selected = file.roles.filter((r) => wanted.has(r.slug));
+    }
+
+    const existingRoles = await this.repo.listByWorkspace(workspaceId);
+    // Catalog roles already installed in this workspace, keyed by slug+language
+    // (skip; never duplicate). The key MUST match the client install-state and
+    // updateFromCatalog (both match by source.slug AND source.language): the
+    // `ru` variant of a slug already installed as `en` is a separate install.
+    const installedKeys = new Set(
+      existingRoles
+        .map((r) => parseSource(r.source))
+        .filter((s): s is RoleSource => s !== null)
+        .map((s) => `${s.slug}:${s.language}`),
+    );
+    // Live role names (lowercased) for collision detection. Mutated as we
+    // insert so two imported roles cannot both grab the same name.
+    const takenNames = new Set(
+      existingRoles.map((r) => r.name.trim().toLowerCase()),
+    );
+
+    let created = 0;
+    let skipped = 0;
+    let renamed = 0;
+
+    for (const role of selected) {
+      // Already installed from the catalog in THIS language => skip (use
+      // update-from-catalog). A different language of the same slug still imports.
+      const installKey = `${role.slug}:${dto.language}`;
+      if (installedKeys.has(installKey)) {
+        skipped++;
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      let name = role.name.trim();
+      let didRename = false;
+      if (takenNames.has(name.toLowerCase())) {
+        if (dto.conflict === 'skip') {
+          skipped++;
+          continue;
+        }
+        // conflict === 'rename': find a free " (N)" suffix.
+        name = freeName(name, takenNames);
+        didRename = true;
+      }
+
+      const version = versions.get(role.slug) ?? 1;
+      try {
+        await this.repo.insert({
+          workspaceId,
+          creatorId,
+          name,
+          ...catalogRoleContentFields(role),
+          enabled: true,
+          source: { slug: role.slug, language: dto.language, version },
+        });
+        created++;
+        if (didRename) renamed++;
+        takenNames.add(name.toLowerCase());
+        installedKeys.add(installKey);
+      } catch (err) {
+        // A 23505 from the source-uniqueness index means a CONCURRENT import
+        // already installed this exact slug+language between our snapshot
+        // (installedKeys) and this insert: the in-process snapshot cannot see a
+        // sibling request's writes, so the partial unique index is the backstop.
+        // Outcome is identical to the snapshot-based skip above — count it as
+        // skipped (already installed) and continue; do NOT abort or error.
+        if (isSourceUniqueViolation(err)) {
+          skipped++;
+          installedKeys.add(installKey);
+          continue;
+        }
+        // Otherwise: a unique-NAME race (23505 on the name index) is expected and
+        // self-explanatory (it becomes a friendly per-role error). Any OTHER
+        // insert failure is unexpected, so log the root cause with enough context
+        // to diagnose it — the user-facing message is deliberately generic.
+        if (!isUniqueViolation(err)) {
+          this.logger.error(
+            `Failed to import catalog role (workspaceId=${workspaceId} bundleId=${dto.bundleId} slug=${role.slug}): ${err instanceof Error ? err.stack ?? err.message : String(err)}`,
+          );
+        }
+        errors.push({ slug: role.slug, message: importErrorMessage(err) });
+      }
+    }
+
+    return { created, skipped, renamed, errors };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Update an already-imported role from its catalog source when the catalog
+   * ships a newer version. Returns a discriminated result so the UI can explain
+   * a no-op (up-to-date / removed from catalog / language no longer offered).
+   * Never touches `enabled`; keeps the current name if the catalog's new name
+   * would collide with another role (avoiding the unique-name 409).
+   */
+  async updateFromCatalog(
+    workspaceId: string,
+    dto: UpdateFromCatalogDto,
+  ): Promise<
+    | { updated: false; reason: 'not-in-catalog' | 'up-to-date' | 'language-unavailable' }
+    | { updated: true; fromVersion: number; toVersion: number; role: AgentRoleView }
+  > {
+    const role = await this.repo.findById(dto.id, workspaceId);
+    if (!role) throw new BadRequestException('Role not found');
+
+    const source = parseSource(role.source);
+    if (!source || !source.slug) {
+      throw new BadRequestException('Role was not imported from the catalog');
+    }
+
+    const index = await this.catalog.fetchIndex();
+    // Find the bundle whose meta lists this slug, and its catalog version.
+    let meta: CatalogBundleMeta | undefined;
+    let currentVersion: number | undefined;
+    for (const b of index.bundles) {
+      const m = b.roles.find((r) => r.slug === source.slug);
+      if (m) {
+        meta = b;
+        currentVersion = m.version;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (!meta || currentVersion === undefined) {
+      return { updated: false, reason: 'not-in-catalog' };
+    }
+    if (currentVersion <= source.version) {
+      return { updated: false, reason: 'up-to-date' };
+    }
+    if (!meta.languages.includes(source.language)) {
+      return { updated: false, reason: 'language-unavailable' };
+    }
+
+    const file = await this.catalog.fetchBundle(meta.id, source.language);
+    const fresh = file.roles.find((r) => r.slug === source.slug);
+    if (!fresh) {
+      return { updated: false, reason: 'not-in-catalog' };
+    }
+
+    // Keep the current name when the catalog's new name would collide with
+    // another live role (avoids the unique-name 409). Same-name (case-insensitive)
+    // means "no rename needed".
+    const newName = fresh.name.trim();
+    let name = newName;
+    if (newName.toLowerCase() !== role.name.trim().toLowerCase()) {
+      const others = await this.repo.listByWorkspace(workspaceId);
+      const collision = others.some(
+        (r) =>
+          r.id !== role.id &&
+          r.name.trim().toLowerCase() === newName.toLowerCase(),
+      );
+      if (collision) name = role.name;
+    }
+
+    await this.repo.update(dto.id, workspaceId, {
+      name,
+      ...catalogRoleContentFields(fresh),
+      // enabled is deliberately NOT changed.
+      source: {
+        slug: source.slug,
+        language: source.language,
+        version: currentVersion,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const updated = await this.repo.findById(dto.id, workspaceId);
+    if (!updated) throw new BadRequestException('Role not found');
+    return {
+      updated: true,
+      fromVersion: source.version,
+      toVersion: currentVersion,
+      role: this.toView(updated),
+    };
+  }
+
   private toView(row: AiAgentRole): AgentRoleView {
     return {
       id: row.id,
@@ -176,6 +507,9 @@ export class AiAgentRolesService {
       enabled: row.enabled,
       autoStart: row.autoStart,
       launchMessage: row.launchMessage ?? null,
+      // parseSource yields a fully-valid RoleSource | null (the row is already
+      // normalized; this also keeps the field type honest without a cast).
+      source: parseSource(row.source),
       createdAt: row.createdAt,
       updatedAt: row.updatedAt,
     };
@@ -205,11 +539,7 @@ export class AiAgentRolesService {
  * failures keep surfacing as 500s.
  */
 function rethrowDuplicateName(err: unknown, name: string): never {
-  if (
-    err &&
-    typeof err === 'object' &&
-    (err as { code?: unknown }).code === '23505'
-  ) {
+  if (isUniqueViolation(err)) {
     throw new ConflictException(
       `A role named "${name}" already exists in this workspace.`,
     );
@@ -217,13 +547,120 @@ function rethrowDuplicateName(err: unknown, name: string): never {
   throw err;
 }
 
-/** '' / whitespace-only / undefined => null; otherwise the trimmed value. */
-function emptyToNull(value: string | undefined): string | null {
-  if (value === undefined) return null;
+/** Whether `err` is a Postgres unique-violation (SQLSTATE 23505). */
+function isUniqueViolation(err: unknown): boolean {
+  return (
+    !!err &&
+    typeof err === 'object' &&
+    (err as { code?: unknown }).code === '23505'
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * The partial unique index name from the
+ * 20260626T160000-ai-agent-roles-catalog-source-unique migration: unique on
+ * (workspace_id, source->>'slug', source->>'language') for catalog-imported,
+ * non-deleted rows. A 23505 carrying this constraint name is a source-collision
+ * (concurrent import of the same slug+language), distinct from a name-collision.
+ */
+const SOURCE_UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT = 'ai_agent_roles_workspace_source_unique';
+
+/**
+ * Whether `err` is the 23505 raised by the SOURCE-uniqueness index specifically
+ * (vs the name-uniqueness index). The active driver (`kysely-postgres-js` over
+ * `postgres@3.4.8`) exposes the violated constraint name on `constraint_name`,
+ * so we key off that (accepting the node-postgres-style `.constraint` as a
+ * fallback for other drivers) — that way a source race is skipped while a name
+ * race still surfaces as a friendly per-role error. A 23505 with no constraint
+ * name (e.g. a wrapped/test error) is NOT treated as a source collision,
+ * preserving the existing name-race behavior.
+ */
+function isSourceUniqueViolation(err: unknown): boolean {
+  if (!isUniqueViolation(err)) return false;
+  const e = err as { constraint_name?: unknown; constraint?: unknown };
+  return (
+    e.constraint_name === SOURCE_UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT ||
+    e.constraint === SOURCE_UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * The role-content fields shared by import (insert) and update (patch) of a
+ * catalog role: emoji/description/launchMessage normalized to null, model config
+ * normalized, autoStart defaulted. The caller adds the write-specific fields
+ * (`name`, `source`, and on insert `workspaceId`/`creatorId`/`enabled`).
+ */
+function catalogRoleContentFields(role: CatalogRole): {
+  emoji: string | null;
+  description: string | null;
+  instructions: string;
+  modelConfig: Record<string, unknown> | null;
+  autoStart: boolean;
+  launchMessage: string | null;
+} {
+  return {
+    emoji: emptyToNull(role.emoji),
+    description: emptyToNull(role.description),
+    instructions: role.instructions,
+    modelConfig: normalizeModelConfig(role.modelConfig) as
+      | Record<string, unknown>
+      | null,
+    autoStart: role.autoStart ?? true,
+    launchMessage: emptyToNull(role.launchMessage ?? undefined),
+  };
+}
+
+/** '' / whitespace-only / undefined / null => null; otherwise the trimmed value. */
+function emptyToNull(value: string | null | undefined): string | null {
+  if (value === undefined || value === null) return null;
   const trimmed = value.trim();
   return trimmed.length > 0 ? trimmed : null;
 }
 
+/** slug -> version map from a bundle's index metadata. */
+function versionMap(meta: CatalogBundleMeta): Map<string, number> {
+  return new Map(meta.roles.map((r) => [r.slug, r.version]));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a localized value `{ en, ru, ... }` to `language`, falling back to
+ * 'en', then the first available locale. Returns null only for an empty map.
+ */
+function localized(
+  map: Record<string, string>,
+  language?: string,
+): string | null {
+  if (language && typeof map[language] === 'string') return map[language];
+  if (typeof map.en === 'string') return map.en;
+  const first = Object.values(map)[0];
+  return typeof first === 'string' ? first : null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Find a free display name by appending " (2)", " (3)", ... when `base` is
+ * already taken (case-insensitive against `taken`). Caller adds the result to
+ * `taken` after a successful insert.
+ */
+function freeName(base: string, taken: Set<string>): string {
+  // `taken` is finite, so within `taken.size + 2` iterations a candidate index
+  // is guaranteed free; the 1000 cap is a defensive upper bound far above any
+  // realistic per-name collision count. The throw below is therefore
+  // unreachable in practice and only satisfies the return-type checker.
+  for (let n = 2; n < 1000; n++) {
+    const candidate = `${base} (${n})`;
+    if (!taken.has(candidate.toLowerCase())) return candidate;
+  }
+  throw new BadRequestException(`Too many roles named "${base}"`);
+}
+
+/** A short, safe message for an import insert failure (409 vs other). */
+function importErrorMessage(err: unknown): string {
+  if (isUniqueViolation(err)) {
+    return 'A role with this name already exists';
+  }
+  return 'Failed to import role';
+}
+
 /**
  * Normalize an incoming modelConfig DTO to the persisted shape, or null when
  * there is no usable override (no driver and no chatModel). The DTO's @IsIn

apps/server/src/core/ai-chat/roles/catalog/ai-agent-roles-catalog.provider.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,357 @@
+import { promises as fs } from 'node:fs';
+import * as os from 'node:os';
+import * as path from 'node:path';
+import { BadGatewayException, BadRequestException } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { AiAgentRolesCatalogProvider } from './ai-agent-roles-catalog.provider';
+
+/**
+ * Provider tests against a LOCAL fixture directory (no network). They cover the
+ * happy read path (fetchIndex / fetchBundle), the malformed-shape rejection, a
+ * missing file => unavailable, and — most importantly — the `^[a-z0-9-]+$`
+ * path-traversal guard that runs BEFORE any path is built.
+ */
+describe('AiAgentRolesCatalogProvider (local fixtures)', () => {
+  let dir: string;
+
+  function makeProvider(source: string) {
+    const env = {
+      getAiAgentRolesCatalogSource: () => source,
+    };
+    return new AiAgentRolesCatalogProvider(env as never);
+  }
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    dir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'agent-roles-catalog-'));
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      path.join(dir, 'index.json'),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        bundles: [
+          {
+            id: 'general',
+            name: { en: 'General', ru: 'Общие' },
+            languages: ['en'],
+            roles: [{ slug: 'researcher', version: 2 }],
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    await fs.mkdir(path.join(dir, 'bundles', 'general'), { recursive: true });
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      path.join(dir, 'bundles', 'general', 'en.json'),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        language: 'en',
+        roles: [
+          {
+            slug: 'researcher',
+            name: 'Researcher',
+            instructions: 'be a researcher',
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    // A malformed bundle (a role missing `instructions`) to test rejection.
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      path.join(dir, 'bundles', 'general', 'fr.json'),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        language: 'fr',
+        roles: [{ slug: 'researcher', name: 'Chercheur' }],
+      }),
+      'utf8',
+    );
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await fs.rm(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('fetchIndex reads + validates index.json', async () => {
+    const provider = makeProvider(dir);
+    const index = await provider.fetchIndex();
+    expect(index.schemaVersion).toBe(1);
+    expect(index.bundles[0].id).toBe('general');
+    expect(index.bundles[0].roles[0]).toEqual({
+      slug: 'researcher',
+      version: 2,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('fetchBundle reads + validates a language file', async () => {
+    const provider = makeProvider(dir);
+    const bundle = await provider.fetchBundle('general', 'en');
+    expect(bundle.language).toBe('en');
+    expect(bundle.roles[0].slug).toBe('researcher');
+    expect(bundle.roles[0].instructions).toBe('be a researcher');
+  });
+
+  it('malformed bundle (missing instructions) => BadGateway', async () => {
+    const provider = makeProvider(dir);
+    await expect(provider.fetchBundle('general', 'fr')).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
+      BadGatewayException,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('missing file => BadGateway (unavailable)', async () => {
+    const provider = makeProvider(dir);
+    await expect(
+      provider.fetchBundle('general', 'de'),
+    ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(BadGatewayException);
+  });
+
+  it('empty source resolves to the in-repo folder (no throw building the path)', async () => {
+    // With an empty source the provider targets ./agent-roles-catalog under the
+    // cwd; that folder is created by a separate task, so a read here surfaces as
+    // BadGateway (unavailable) rather than a path-build error.
+    const provider = makeProvider('');
+    await expect(provider.fetchIndex()).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
+      BadGatewayException,
+    );
+  });
+
+  describe('remote fetch streaming size cap', () => {
+    const realFetch = global.fetch;
+    afterEach(() => {
+      global.fetch = realFetch;
+    });
+
+    /** A web ReadableStream that yields `chunks` (each a Uint8Array). */
+    function streamOf(chunks: Uint8Array[]): ReadableStream<Uint8Array> {
+      let i = 0;
+      return new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+        pull(controller) {
+          if (i < chunks.length) controller.enqueue(chunks[i++]);
+          else controller.close();
+        },
+        // The provider cancels the reader on the too-large path; no-op here.
+        cancel() {},
+      });
+    }
+
+    /** A ReadableStream whose first read rejects (e.g. a mid-body AbortError). */
+    function errorStream(err: Error): ReadableStream<Uint8Array> {
+      return new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+        pull() {
+          throw err;
+        },
+        cancel() {},
+      });
+    }
+
+    function mockResponse(opts: {
+      ok?: boolean;
+      status?: number;
+      headers?: Record<string, string>;
+      body: ReadableStream<Uint8Array> | null;
+      text?: string;
+    }): Response {
+      return {
+        ok: opts.ok ?? true,
+        status: opts.status ?? 200,
+        headers: { get: (k: string) => opts.headers?.[k.toLowerCase()] ?? null },
+        body: opts.body,
+        text: async () => opts.text ?? 'unused',
+      } as unknown as Response;
+    }
+
+    it('declared Content-Length over the cap => BadGateway before reading the body', async () => {
+      global.fetch = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(
+        mockResponse({
+          headers: { 'content-length': String(2_000_000) },
+          body: streamOf([new Uint8Array(10)]),
+        }),
+      ) as never;
+      const provider = makeProvider('https://catalog.example.com');
+      await expect(provider.fetchIndex()).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
+        BadGatewayException,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('streamed body exceeding the cap (no/under-reported Content-Length) => BadGateway', async () => {
+      // 1.5 MB streamed in 256 KB chunks, with no Content-Length header.
+      const chunks = Array.from(
+        { length: 6 },
+        () => new Uint8Array(256 * 1024),
+      );
+      global.fetch = jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValue(mockResponse({ body: streamOf(chunks) })) as never;
+      const provider = makeProvider('https://catalog.example.com');
+      await expect(provider.fetchIndex()).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
+        BadGatewayException,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('fetch rejects (network failure) => BadGateway (unavailable)', async () => {
+      global.fetch = jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockRejectedValue(new Error('ECONNREFUSED')) as never;
+      const provider = makeProvider('https://catalog.example.com');
+      await expect(provider.fetchIndex()).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
+        BadGatewayException,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('passes redirect:"error" to fetch (redirect-SSRF hardening)', async () => {
+      const fetchMock = jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValue(
+          mockResponse({ body: streamOf([new Uint8Array(0)]) }),
+        );
+      global.fetch = fetchMock as never;
+      const provider = makeProvider('https://catalog.example.com');
+      // Body shape is irrelevant; an empty stream parses to invalid JSON and
+      // throws, but the fetch call (with its init) still happened.
+      await expect(provider.fetchIndex()).rejects.toBeDefined();
+      expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.any(String),
+        expect.objectContaining({ redirect: 'error' }),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('redirect response rejects (redirect:"error") => BadGateway', async () => {
+      // With redirect:"error", the platform fetch rejects on a 3xx instead of
+      // following it. Simulate that: the mock rejects when asked not to follow.
+      global.fetch = jest.fn().mockImplementation((_url, init) => {
+        if (init?.redirect === 'error') {
+          return Promise.reject(
+            new TypeError('fetch failed: unexpected redirect'),
+          );
+        }
+        return Promise.resolve(
+          mockResponse({ status: 302, body: null }),
+        );
+      }) as never;
+      const provider = makeProvider('https://catalog.example.com');
+      await expect(provider.fetchIndex()).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
+        BadGatewayException,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('non-ok response (503) => BadGateway carrying the status', async () => {
+      global.fetch = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(
+        mockResponse({ ok: false, status: 503, body: null }),
+      ) as never;
+      const provider = makeProvider('https://catalog.example.com');
+      await expect(provider.fetchIndex()).rejects.toThrow(/503/);
+    });
+
+    it('small streamed body parses normally (cap not hit)', async () => {
+      const json = JSON.stringify({
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        bundles: [
+          {
+            id: 'general',
+            name: { en: 'General' },
+            languages: ['en'],
+            roles: [{ slug: 'researcher', version: 2 }],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+      const body = streamOf([new TextEncoder().encode(json)]);
+      global.fetch = jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValue(mockResponse({ body })) as never;
+      const provider = makeProvider('https://catalog.example.com');
+      const index = await provider.fetchIndex();
+      expect(index.bundles[0].id).toBe('general');
+    });
+
+    it('body read aborts mid-stream (AbortError) => BadGateway (not a generic 500)', async () => {
+      // The 10s timer aborts the whole request; on a slow/dripping source the
+      // body read (reader.read()) rejects with an AbortError AFTER fetch()
+      // resolved. The provider must map that to BadGateway, not let it escape.
+      const abortErr = Object.assign(new Error('The operation was aborted'), {
+        name: 'AbortError',
+      });
+      global.fetch = jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValue(mockResponse({ body: errorStream(abortErr) })) as never;
+      const provider = makeProvider('https://catalog.example.com');
+      await expect(provider.fetchIndex()).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
+        BadGatewayException,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('null body (no readable stream) => response.text() fallback parses', async () => {
+      const json = JSON.stringify({
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        bundles: [
+          {
+            id: 'general',
+            name: { en: 'General' },
+            languages: ['en'],
+            roles: [{ slug: 'researcher', version: 2 }],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+      global.fetch = jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValue(mockResponse({ body: null, text: json })) as never;
+      const provider = makeProvider('https://catalog.example.com');
+      const index = await provider.fetchIndex();
+      expect(index.bundles[0].id).toBe('general');
+    });
+
+    it('null body + text() over the cap => BadGateway (too large)', async () => {
+      const oversized = 'a'.repeat(1_000_001);
+      global.fetch = jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValue(
+          mockResponse({ body: null, text: oversized }),
+        ) as never;
+      const provider = makeProvider('https://catalog.example.com');
+      await expect(provider.fetchIndex()).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
+        BadGatewayException,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('invalid JSON body => BadGateway (parse failure)', async () => {
+      const body = streamOf([new TextEncoder().encode('{not valid json')]);
+      global.fetch = jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValue(mockResponse({ body })) as never;
+      const provider = makeProvider('https://catalog.example.com');
+      await expect(provider.fetchIndex()).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
+        BadGatewayException,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('malformed index.json (valid JSON, wrong shape) => BadGateway', async () => {
+      // Parses as JSON but fails isCatalogIndex (schemaVersion not a number).
+      const body = streamOf([
+        new TextEncoder().encode(
+          JSON.stringify({ schemaVersion: 'x', bundles: [] }),
+        ),
+      ]);
+      global.fetch = jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValue(mockResponse({ body })) as never;
+      const provider = makeProvider('https://catalog.example.com');
+      await expect(provider.fetchIndex()).rejects.toThrow(/malformed/i);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('path-traversal / SSRF guard (^[a-z0-9-]+$)', () => {
+    const bad = ['../etc', 'a/b', 'A', 'foo.bar', 'foo_bar', '', '..'];
+
+    for (const value of bad) {
+      it(`rejects bundleId="${value}" with BadRequest`, async () => {
+        const provider = makeProvider(dir);
+        await expect(
+          provider.fetchBundle(value, 'en'),
+        ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(BadRequestException);
+      });
+
+      it(`rejects language="${value}" with BadRequest`, async () => {
+        const provider = makeProvider(dir);
+        await expect(
+          provider.fetchBundle('general', value),
+        ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(BadRequestException);
+      });
+    }
+  });
+});

apps/server/src/core/ai-chat/roles/catalog/ai-agent-roles-catalog.provider.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,324 @@
+import { promises as fs } from 'node:fs';
+import * as path from 'node:path';
+import {
+  BadGatewayException,
+  BadRequestException,
+  Injectable,
+  Logger,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
+import { EnvironmentService } from '../../../../integrations/environment/environment.service';
+import {
+  CatalogBundleFile,
+  CatalogBundleMeta,
+  CatalogIndex,
+  CatalogRole,
+} from './catalog-types';
+
+/** Identifier shape allowed in any path/URL segment (bundleId, language). The
+ *  ONLY characters that can appear in a fetched path — the path-traversal and
+ *  SSRF guard. Anything else is rejected before a path/URL is built. */
+const SEGMENT_RE = /^[a-z0-9-]+$/;
+
+/** Remote fetch timeout and response-size cap. A curated catalog file is tiny;
+ *  the cap stops a hostile/misconfigured source from streaming unbounded data. */
+const FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000;
+const MAX_BYTES = 1_000_000;
+
+/**
+ * Fetches + validates the agent-roles catalog from its configured source. The
+ * source location (EnvironmentService.getAiAgentRolesCatalogSource()) is either
+ * an http(s):// base URL (REMOTE) or a local filesystem directory (LOCAL; the
+ * empty default resolves to the in-repo `agent-roles-catalog/` folder).
+ *
+ * The catalog is UNTRUSTED input: every file is JSON-parsed and run through a
+ * hand-written type guard before any field is exposed, and every dynamic path
+ * segment is validated against SEGMENT_RE up front (path-traversal + SSRF).
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class AiAgentRolesCatalogProvider {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(AiAgentRolesCatalogProvider.name);
+
+  constructor(private readonly environmentService: EnvironmentService) {}
+
+  /** Read + validate the top-level index (`index.json`). */
+  async fetchIndex(): Promise<CatalogIndex> {
+    const raw = await this.readRelative('index.json');
+    const parsed = this.parseJson(raw, 'index.json');
+    if (!isCatalogIndex(parsed)) {
+      throw new BadGatewayException(
+        'Agent roles catalog index is malformed (index.json)',
+      );
+    }
+    return parsed;
+  }
+
+  /** Read + validate one language file (`bundles/<bundleId>/<language>.json`). */
+  async fetchBundle(
+    bundleId: string,
+    language: string,
+  ): Promise<CatalogBundleFile> {
+    // SECURITY: validate BEFORE building any path/URL (path-traversal + SSRF).
+    this.assertSegment(bundleId, 'bundleId');
+    this.assertSegment(language, 'language');
+    const rel = `bundles/${bundleId}/${language}.json`;
+    const raw = await this.readRelative(rel);
+    const parsed = this.parseJson(raw, rel);
+    if (!isCatalogBundleFile(parsed)) {
+      throw new BadGatewayException(
+        `Agent roles catalog bundle is malformed (${rel})`,
+      );
+    }
+    return parsed;
+  }
+
+  /** Reject a segment that is not a safe `[a-z0-9-]+` identifier. */
+  private assertSegment(value: string, field: string): void {
+    if (typeof value !== 'string' || !SEGMENT_RE.test(value)) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(`Invalid ${field}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** JSON.parse with a clear BadGateway on malformed content. */
+  private parseJson(raw: string, rel: string): unknown {
+    try {
+      return JSON.parse(raw);
+    } catch (err) {
+      const reason = shortError(err);
+      this.logger.error(`Agent roles catalog JSON parse failed (${rel}): ${reason}`);
+      throw new BadGatewayException(
+        `Agent roles catalog file is not valid JSON (${rel}): ${reason}`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Read a relative catalog path as text from the configured source. */
+  private async readRelative(rel: string): Promise<string> {
+    const source = this.environmentService
+      .getAiAgentRolesCatalogSource()
+      .trim();
+    if (/^https?:\/\//i.test(source)) {
+      return this.fetchRemote(source, rel);
+    }
+    const dir = source || path.join(process.cwd(), 'agent-roles-catalog');
+    return this.readLocal(dir, rel);
+  }
+
+  /** Read a local catalog file. Missing => the catalog is unavailable. */
+  private async readLocal(dir: string, rel: string): Promise<string> {
+    try {
+      return await fs.readFile(path.join(dir, rel), 'utf8');
+    } catch (err) {
+      const reason = shortError(err);
+      this.logger.error(
+        `Agent roles catalog local read failed (${path.join(dir, rel)}): ${reason}`,
+      );
+      throw new BadGatewayException(
+        `Agent roles catalog is unavailable: ${reason}`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch a remote catalog file with a timeout + a STREAMING size cap. The body
+   * is never buffered in full before the check: we reject on a too-large
+   * Content-Length up front, then read the stream chunk-by-chunk and abort the
+   * moment the running total exceeds MAX_BYTES, so a hostile/misconfigured
+   * source cannot make us hold an unbounded body in memory.
+   */
+  private async fetchRemote(base: string, rel: string): Promise<string> {
+    const url = `${base.replace(/\/+$/, '')}/${rel}`;
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    try {
+      let response: Response;
+      try {
+        // `redirect: 'error'` hardens against redirect-SSRF: a
+        // compromised-but-trusted upstream cannot 3xx the fetch into the
+        // internal network (e.g. http://169.254.169.254/...). A redirect
+        // response rejects here and is mapped to BadGateway below.
+        response = await fetch(url, {
+          signal: controller.signal,
+          redirect: 'error',
+        });
+      } catch (err) {
+        const reason = shortError(err);
+        this.logger.error(
+          `Agent roles catalog remote fetch failed (${rel}): ${reason}`,
+        );
+        throw new BadGatewayException(
+          `Agent roles catalog is unavailable: ${reason}`,
+        );
+      }
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        this.logger.error(
+          `Agent roles catalog remote returned ${response.status} (${rel})`,
+        );
+        throw new BadGatewayException(
+          `Agent roles catalog returned ${response.status}`,
+        );
+      }
+      // Reject a too-large declared size before reading any body bytes.
+      const declared = Number(response.headers.get('content-length'));
+      if (Number.isFinite(declared) && declared > MAX_BYTES) {
+        throw new BadGatewayException('Agent roles catalog file is too large');
+      }
+      // Bound the actual read: a missing/lying Content-Length is caught here.
+      // The 10s timer aborts the WHOLE request, so a slow/dripping hostile
+      // source rejects reader.read() (or response.text()) with an AbortError
+      // mid-body. Map that — and any other read failure — to a logged
+      // BadGateway so the admin endpoint returns 502 (not a generic 500). The
+      // cap's own BadGateway is rethrown as-is (no double-wrap).
+      try {
+        if (response.body) {
+          return await readStreamCapped(response.body, MAX_BYTES);
+        }
+        // Edge: no readable stream — fall back to a buffered read + length check.
+        const text = await response.text();
+        if (text.length > MAX_BYTES) {
+          throw new BadGatewayException('Agent roles catalog file is too large');
+        }
+        return text;
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (err instanceof BadGatewayException) throw err;
+        const reason = shortError(err);
+        this.logger.error(
+          `Agent roles catalog body read failed (${rel}): ${reason}`,
+        );
+        throw new BadGatewayException(
+          `Agent roles catalog is unavailable: ${reason}`,
+        );
+      }
+    } finally {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read a web ReadableStream into a UTF-8 string, throwing as soon as the
+ * accumulated byte count exceeds `maxBytes` (the reader is cancelled so the
+ * underlying connection is released). Never buffers more than the cap + the
+ * final chunk before bailing out.
+ */
+async function readStreamCapped(
+  body: ReadableStream<Uint8Array>,
+  maxBytes: number,
+): Promise<string> {
+  const reader = body.getReader();
+  const chunks: Uint8Array[] = [];
+  let total = 0;
+  try {
+    for (;;) {
+      const { done, value } = await reader.read();
+      if (done) break;
+      if (!value) continue;
+      total += value.length;
+      if (total > maxBytes) {
+        throw new BadGatewayException('Agent roles catalog file is too large');
+      }
+      chunks.push(value);
+    }
+  } finally {
+    // Release the stream on both the normal and the too-large/abort paths.
+    await reader.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
+  }
+  return Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('utf8');
+}
+
+/**
+ * A short, non-sensitive error string for logging/propagation: only the first
+ * line of the message head is kept (upstream bodies / URLs are discarded).
+ */
+function shortError(err: unknown): string {
+  let message = '';
+  if (typeof err === 'string') {
+    message = err;
+  } else if (
+    err &&
+    typeof err === 'object' &&
+    typeof (err as { message?: unknown }).message === 'string'
+  ) {
+    // Read `.message` directly (works for Error instances and the realm-shifted
+    // Error-likes jest can hand back, where `instanceof Error` is false).
+    message = (err as { message: string }).message;
+  }
+  const head = (message || 'unknown error').split('\n')[0];
+  return head.length > 200 ? `${head.slice(0, 200)}…` : head;
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Hand-written type guards (no zod / new deps). Each validates the exact wire
+// shape declared in catalog-types.ts; anything else is rejected by the caller.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function isObject(v: unknown): v is Record<string, unknown> {
+  return v !== null && typeof v === 'object' && !Array.isArray(v);
+}
+
+function isStringMap(v: unknown): v is Record<string, string> {
+  if (!isObject(v)) return false;
+  return Object.values(v).every((x) => typeof x === 'string');
+}
+
+function isStringArray(v: unknown): v is string[] {
+  return Array.isArray(v) && v.every((x) => typeof x === 'string');
+}
+
+export function isCatalogRole(v: unknown): v is CatalogRole {
+  if (!isObject(v)) return false;
+  if (typeof v.slug !== 'string') return false;
+  if (typeof v.name !== 'string') return false;
+  if (typeof v.instructions !== 'string') return false;
+  if (v.emoji !== undefined && typeof v.emoji !== 'string') return false;
+  if (v.description !== undefined && typeof v.description !== 'string') {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (v.autoStart !== undefined && typeof v.autoStart !== 'boolean') {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (
+    v.launchMessage !== undefined &&
+    v.launchMessage !== null &&
+    typeof v.launchMessage !== 'string'
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (
+    v.modelConfig !== undefined &&
+    v.modelConfig !== null &&
+    !isObject(v.modelConfig)
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+export function isCatalogBundleFile(v: unknown): v is CatalogBundleFile {
+  if (!isObject(v)) return false;
+  if (typeof v.schemaVersion !== 'number') return false;
+  if (typeof v.language !== 'string') return false;
+  if (!Array.isArray(v.roles)) return false;
+  return v.roles.every(isCatalogRole);
+}
+
+function isCatalogBundleMeta(v: unknown): v is CatalogBundleMeta {
+  if (!isObject(v)) return false;
+  if (typeof v.id !== 'string') return false;
+  if (!isStringMap(v.name)) return false;
+  if (v.description !== undefined && !isStringMap(v.description)) return false;
+  if (!isStringArray(v.languages)) return false;
+  if (!Array.isArray(v.roles)) return false;
+  return v.roles.every(
+    (r) =>
+      isObject(r) &&
+      typeof r.slug === 'string' &&
+      typeof r.version === 'number',
+  );
+}
+
+export function isCatalogIndex(v: unknown): v is CatalogIndex {
+  if (!isObject(v)) return false;
+  if (typeof v.schemaVersion !== 'number') return false;
+  if (!Array.isArray(v.bundles)) return false;
+  return v.bundles.every(isCatalogBundleMeta);
+}

apps/server/src/core/ai-chat/roles/catalog/catalog-types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**
+ * Catalog wire shapes. The catalog is curated, untrusted JSON (a GitHub repo or
+ * a local folder), so every shape is validated by a hand-written type guard in
+ * the provider before any field is used — no zod / new deps on the server.
+ *
+ * Localized fields (`name` / `description` at the bundle level) are
+ * `Record<language, string>` so one bundle serves many UI languages; per-role
+ * `name` / `description` are already language-specific (the bundle file is keyed
+ * by language).
+ */
+
+/** One role's content as shipped in a per-language bundle file. */
+export interface CatalogRole {
+  slug: string;
+  emoji?: string;
+  name: string;
+  description?: string;
+  instructions: string;
+  autoStart?: boolean;
+  launchMessage?: string | null;
+  // Optional model override; same loose object shape as ai_agent_roles.model_config.
+  modelConfig?: Record<string, unknown> | null;
+}
+
+/** A single language file: `bundles/<id>/<language>.json`. */
+export interface CatalogBundleFile {
+  schemaVersion: number;
+  language: string;
+  roles: CatalogRole[];
+}
+
+/** Bundle metadata as listed in the top-level index. Versions live here (per
+ *  slug), so an UPDATE check needs only the index, not every language file. */
+export interface CatalogBundleMeta {
+  id: string;
+  // Localized display name/description: { en: '...', ru: '...' }.
+  name: Record<string, string>;
+  description?: Record<string, string>;
+  languages: string[];
+  roles: { slug: string; version: number }[];
+}
+
+/** Top-level catalog index: `index.json`. */
+export interface CatalogIndex {
+  schemaVersion: number;
+  bundles: CatalogBundleMeta[];
+}

apps/server/src/core/ai-chat/roles/dto/agent-role-catalog.dto.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import {
+  IsArray,
+  IsIn,
+  IsOptional,
+  IsString,
+  IsUUID,
+  Matches,
+  MaxLength,
+} from 'class-validator';
+
+/** Safe identifier shape for any catalog path segment (bundleId / language).
+ *  Mirrors SEGMENT_RE in the catalog provider — the path-traversal/SSRF guard
+ *  is enforced both at the API boundary (here) and in the provider. */
+const SEGMENT_RE = /^[a-z0-9-]+$/;
+
+/** Browse the catalog, optionally localized to `language` (defaults applied in
+ *  the service: fall back to 'en', then the first available language). */
+export class CatalogQueryDto {
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsString()
+  @MaxLength(16)
+  language?: string;
+}
+
+/** Open one catalog bundle in a specific language. */
+export class CatalogBundleDto {
+  @IsString()
+  @Matches(SEGMENT_RE)
+  bundleId: string;
+
+  @IsString()
+  @Matches(SEGMENT_RE)
+  language: string;
+}
+
+/** Import roles from a catalog bundle into the workspace. */
+export class ImportFromCatalogDto {
+  @IsString()
+  @Matches(SEGMENT_RE)
+  bundleId: string;
+
+  @IsString()
+  @Matches(SEGMENT_RE)
+  language: string;
+
+  // Omitted => import the whole bundle; otherwise only these slugs.
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsArray()
+  @IsString({ each: true })
+  slugs?: string[];
+
+  // How to handle a name collision with an existing (non-catalog) role:
+  // 'skip' leaves it; 'rename' imports under a free " (N)" name.
+  @IsIn(['skip', 'rename'])
+  conflict: 'skip' | 'rename';
+}
+
+/** Update an already-imported role from its catalog source. */
+export class UpdateFromCatalogDto {
+  @IsUUID()
+  id: string;
+}

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

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { BadRequestException, ConflictException } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { NoResultError } from 'kysely';
 import { ShareAliasService } from './share-alias.service';
 
 /**
@@ -7,13 +8,18 @@ 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 +27,19 @@ 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 +56,10 @@ 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 +72,70 @@ 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 +149,45 @@ 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 +239,190 @@ 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 concurrent-delete race in the SWAP branch to a retryable 409 (not a 200-without-alias)', async () => {
+      const { service, shareAliasRepo } = makeService();
+      // Name points at another page; reassign confirmed -> swap branch.
+      shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace.mockResolvedValue({
+        id: 'a-1',
+        alias: 'foo',
+        pageId: 'p-other',
+      });
+      // A concurrent removeAlias deleted the row between read and UPDATE, so the
+      // repo's executeTakeFirstOrThrow finds 0 rows and throws NoResultError.
+      shareAliasRepo.updatePageId.mockRejectedValue(
+        new NoResultError({} as any),
+      );
+
+      try {
+        await service.setAlias({
+          workspaceId: 'ws-1',
+          pageId: 'p-1',
+          creatorId: 'u-1',
+          alias: 'foo',
+          confirmReassign: true,
+        });
+        fail('expected ConflictException');
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Crucially NOT a resolved 200 carrying `undefined` as the alias.
+        expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(ConflictException);
+        expect((err as ConflictException).getResponse()).toMatchObject({
+          code: 'ALIAS_PAGE_RACE',
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('maps a concurrent-delete race in the RENAME branch to a retryable 409 (not a generic 400)', async () => {
+      const { service, shareAliasRepo } = makeService();
+      // New slug is free, but the page already owns an alias we rename in place.
+      shareAliasRepo.findByAliasAndWorkspace.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+      shareAliasRepo.findByPageId.mockResolvedValue({
+        id: 'a-1',
+        alias: 'te',
+        pageId: 'p-1',
+      });
+      // The row vanished before the UPDATE; repo throws NoResultError rather
+      // than returning undefined (which would dereference undefined.id -> 400).
+      shareAliasRepo.updateAlias.mockRejectedValue(new NoResultError({} as any));
+
+      try {
+        await service.setAlias({
+          workspaceId: 'ws-1',
+          pageId: 'p-1',
+          creatorId: 'u-1',
+          alias: 'ted',
+        });
+        fail('expected ConflictException');
+      } catch (err) {
+        expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(ConflictException);
+        expect(err).not.toBeInstanceOf(BadRequestException);
+        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 +430,7 @@ describe('ShareAliasService', () => {
           creatorId: 'u-1',
           alias: 'foo',
         }),
-      ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ConflictException);
+      ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(BadRequestException);
     });
   });
 

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

@@ -9,9 +9,24 @@ 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,
+  isUniqueViolation,
+  violatedConstraint,
+} from '@docmost/db/utils';
+import { NoResultError } from 'kysely';
 
-/** Postgres unique_violation; the (workspace_id, alias) constraint races here. */
-const PG_UNIQUE_VIOLATION = '23505';
+/**
+ * Unique index name from the share_aliases migrations whose violation we map to
+ * a DISTINCT, non-misleading outcome:
+ *   - PAGE_ID: partial `(workspace_id, page_id) WHERE page_id IS NOT NULL`
+ *             -> a concurrent writer already gave THIS page an alias.
+ * The `(workspace_id, alias)` index (the vanity NAME being taken) needs no
+ * constant: it is the default "Alias already taken" mapping.
+ */
+const UNIQUE_PAGE_ID_INDEX = 'share_aliases_workspace_id_page_id_unique';
 
 export interface ResolvedAliasTarget {
   share: NonNullable<
@@ -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 +86,128 @@ 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;
+      }
+      // The row we read was deleted (concurrent `removeAlias`) before our UPDATE
+      // matched it, so `executeTakeFirstOrThrow` found no row. Surface a
+      // retryable conflict instead of a 200-without-alias (swap branch) or a
+      // generic 400 from dereferencing `undefined.id` (rename branch).
+      if (err instanceof NoResultError) {
+        this.logger.warn(
+          'share alias update matched no row (concurrent-delete race)',
+        );
+        throw new ConflictException({
+          message: 'The address changed concurrently, please retry',
+          code: 'ALIAS_PAGE_RACE',
+        });
+      }
+      // A unique index fired. Which one decides the message — always log the
+      // constraint so the race is diagnosable.
+      if (isUniqueViolation(err)) {
+        const constraint = violatedConstraint(err);
+        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)` or any other/unknown unique index: treat as
+        // the vanity name being claimed first.
+        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/listeners/page.listener.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,41 @@ export interface TreeNodeSnapshot {
   position: string;
   spaceId: string;
   parentPageId: string | null;
+  // Death-timer deadline carried so the `addTreeNode` broadcast shows the
+  // temporary-note clock marker immediately on every client (incl. the author,
+  // whose optimistic insert can lose the race to this broadcast). null/absent =>
+  // permanent.
+  temporaryExpiresAt?: Date | string | null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Single canonical builder for a `TreeNodeSnapshot` from a page-like row. Both
+ * the `PAGE_CREATED` event enrichment (`page.repo.insertPage`) and the
+ * `addTreeNode` broadcast (`WsTreeService.broadcastPageCreated`) build this same
+ * snapshot; routing both through here keeps the optional `temporaryExpiresAt`
+ * (and the `?? null` normalisation that pins a permanent note to an explicit
+ * null) from silently drifting between the two literals.
+ */
+export function toTreeNodeSnapshot(page: {
+  id: string;
+  slugId: string;
+  title: string | null;
+  icon: string | null;
+  position: string;
+  spaceId: string;
+  parentPageId: string | null;
+  temporaryExpiresAt?: Date | string | null;
+}): TreeNodeSnapshot {
+  return {
+    id: page.id,
+    slugId: page.slugId,
+    title: page.title,
+    icon: page.icon,
+    position: page.position,
+    spaceId: page.spaceId,
+    parentPageId: page.parentPageId,
+    temporaryExpiresAt: page.temporaryExpiresAt ?? null,
+  };
 }
 
 export class PageEvent {