diff --git a/desktop/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt b/desktop/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
index fa1e93c..e8953de 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
+++ b/desktop/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
@@ -718,10 +718,33 @@ class DesktopState(private val appDir: File = defaultAppDir()) {
         )
         _detail.value = d
         go(Screen.DETAIL)
-        // If the file is mid-pipeline (pump running, or reprocess started
-        // elsewhere), show live stage/progress instead of a stale report.
-        val remoteId = d.remoteId ?: return
         pollJob = scope.launch {
+            // Files that predate remote-id mapping have no sidecar: adopt
+            // the server recording by exact title match so Re-summarize
+            // appears and finished AI outputs become reachable.
+            var remoteId = d.remoteId
+            if (remoteId == null) {
+                remoteId = adoptServerRecording(d)
+                if (_detail.value?.file != file) return@launch
+            }
+            if (remoteId == null) return@launch
+            // Report written before a summary existed (or lost a race):
+            // pull finished outputs so the detail view isn't stale.
+            val report = d.reportText
+            if (d.transcript == null && !report.isNullOrBlank() && !report.contains("## Summary")) {
+                val t = runCatching { parseTranscript(provider.fetchTranscript(remoteId)) }
+                    .getOrNull()
+                val s = runCatching { parseSummary(provider.fetchSummary(remoteId)) }
+                    .getOrNull()
+                if (s != null) {
+                    d.transcript = t ?: d.transcript
+                    d.summary = s
+                    saveReport(d)
+                    if (_detail.value?.file == file) _detail.value = d.copy()
+                }
+            }
+            // If the file is mid-pipeline (pump running, or reprocess started
+            // elsewhere), show live stage/progress instead of a stale report.
             while (true) {
                 val jobs = runCatching { parseJobs(provider.fetchJobs(remoteId)) }
                     .getOrNull().orEmpty()
@@ -736,6 +759,32 @@ class DesktopState(private val appDir: File = defaultAppDir()) {
         }
     }
 
+    /** Find the server recording matching [d]'s file by title and persist
+     *  the mapping. Returns the recording id, or null when no server-side
+     *  row carries this exact title. */
+    private suspend fun adoptServerRecording(d: DetailUi): String? {
+        val wanted = d.file.nameWithoutExtension
+        return runCatching {
+            var cursor: String? = null
+            var adopted: String? = null
+            var scanned = 0
+            do {
+                val page = provider.list(cursor)
+                val matches = page.items.filter { it.title == wanted }
+                // Only adopt when the title is unambiguous server-side.
+                if (matches.size == 1) adopted = matches.first().ref.key
+                if (matches.size > 1) return@runCatching null
+                cursor = page.nextCursor
+                scanned += page.items.size
+            } while (cursor != null && scanned < 400)
+            adopted?.let {
+                saveMapping(d.file, RemoteMapping(it, title = wanted))
+                d.remoteId = it
+            }
+            adopted
+        }.getOrNull()
+    }
+
     fun setOverride(model: String?) {
         _detail.value?.let { it.overrideModel = model; _detail.value = it.copy() }
     }