docs: add a review agenda and config compatibility rules

Reviewing the project used to mean re-stating what to look at every time.
docs/REVIEW.md now holds that agenda once — nine areas, each anchored to this
codebase — and both entry points point at it rather than copying it: the
/review-project command in .claude/commands, and a section in CLAUDE.md so a
plain-language review request lands in the same place.

STANDARDS.md gains a "Config file compatibility" section. The project has
applied the same rule three times (Theme, JobListView, TimeoutSeconds) without
ever writing it down: a new Config field is omitempty and its zero value means
the previous behavior, a meaningful zero is never backfilled on load, and an
unrecognised enum value reads as the default through one shared helper. With no
migration step and hand-editable files, that is what keeps older configs working.

Also removes docs/PLAN-compact-job-list.md, implemented in edabc57 — everything
but the version bump, which now waits for the release along with the rest of
the Unreleased section. .claude/settings.local.json is ignored so the shared
command can be tracked without per-developer permissions.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.claude/commands/review-project.md

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+description: Review the project as a whole against the agenda in docs/REVIEW.md
+---
+
+Perform a whole-project review of GoSentry.
+
+Read [docs/REVIEW.md](../../docs/REVIEW.md) first — it is the agenda, and its
+nine sections are the areas to cover. Read [docs/STANDARDS.md](../../docs/STANDARDS.md)
+and [docs/ARCHITECTURE.md](../../docs/ARCHITECTURE.md) for the rules and
+contracts the code is checked against.
+
+$ARGUMENTS narrows the review when given — a package path, a file, or the name
+of an agenda section. With no arguments, sweep the whole `src/` tree.
+
+Rules for the report:
+
+- Anything listed under "Intentional behavior" in STANDARDS.md is not a finding.
+  If you believe such an entry is now wrong, say so explicitly as a challenge to
+  the decision rather than reporting it as a bug.
+- Verify before reporting. Read the surrounding code and, where cheap, confirm
+  the behavior with a test rather than reasoning about it alone.
+- Group findings by agenda section, most severe first, each with the file and
+  line and what would actually go wrong.
+- Report honestly that a section is clean rather than inventing something for it.
+- Do not fix anything during the review. Report first; apply fixes only when
+  asked, following "What happens to the findings" in REVIEW.md.

.gitignore

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ logs/
 go.work
 go.work.sum
 
+# Claude Code per-developer settings. The shared command in .claude/commands is
+# tracked; locally granted tool permissions are not.
+.claude/settings.local.json
+
 # GoodSync metadata. This is intentionally kept because the directory is local
 # to the user's file synchronization setup.
 _gsdata_/

CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# GoSentry — instructions for Claude Code
+
+Cross-platform desktop scheduler (Go + Fyne GUI). Single process: GUI,
+application service, scheduler, storage, and command runner in one binary.
+
+## Read before changing code
+
+- [docs/STANDARDS.md](docs/STANDARDS.md) — **required.** Code-quality rules and
+  the list of intentional behavior. Do not "fix" anything listed there as
+  intentional; if a change contradicts it, update the document in the same commit.
+- [docs/ARCHITECTURE.md](docs/ARCHITECTURE.md) — package contracts and event flow.
+- [docs/TESTS.md](docs/TESTS.md) — test layout and conventions.
+- [docs/ROADMAP.md](docs/ROADMAP.md) — deliberately out of scope.
+
+## Reviewing the project
+
+When the user asks for a review of the project (rather than of a specific
+diff), follow [docs/REVIEW.md](docs/REVIEW.md) — it is the agenda, and the
+`/review-project` command runs the same thing. Do not improvise a checklist.
+
+## Key rules (full list in STANDARDS.md)
+
+- `src/app.Service` is the sole owner of job and runtime state; the UI reads it
+  through typed events, never through shared mutable state.
+- User-facing errors go to `dialog.ShowError` or a History event — never a silent
+  `return`.
+- Pure helpers get a unit test in the same package; fixes of severity ≥ medium get
+  a regression test.
+- UI view constructors accept an injected `*app.Service`; `app.Open()` is called
+  only from `run.go`.
+- Off-main-thread widget updates must go through `fyne.Do` (Fyne v2.7.4).
+
+## Build and test
+
+CGO is required — the Fyne GUI links native libraries. On Windows the toolchain
+is MSYS2 UCRT64; the default shell environment here has CGO off, so set it
+explicitly:
+
+```powershell
+$env:Path = 'C:\msys64\ucrt64\bin;' + $env:Path; $env:CGO_ENABLED = '1'
+```
+
+Then:
+
+```powershell
+scripts\test.bat
+```
+
+which runs `go vet ./...` and `go test -race ./...`. Release binaries come from
+`scripts\build-windows.bat` / `scripts/build-linux.sh` — see
+[docs/DEVELOPMENT.md](docs/DEVELOPMENT.md).
+
+## Repository conventions
+
+- Commit directly to `main`; do not create feature branches.
+- Notable changes get a [docs/CHANGELOG.md](docs/CHANGELOG.md) entry under the
+  current version.
+- The window/taskbar icon comes from the `gosentry.ico` PE resource — regenerate
+  it from the PNGs whenever an icon changes, not just the embedded asset.

README.md

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ GoSentry is built and tested on **Windows** and **Linux**:
 - [Roadmap](docs/ROADMAP.md) — planned work larger than a single bug fix
 - [Architecture](docs/ARCHITECTURE.md) — component interaction model
 - [Standards](docs/STANDARDS.md) — quality rules and intentional behavior
+- [Review](docs/REVIEW.md) — what a whole-project review looks at
 - [Development](docs/DEVELOPMENT.md) — build instructions, project layout, dependencies
 - [Tests](docs/TESTS.md) — test suite layout and how to run it
 - [Performance](docs/PERFORMANCE.md) — measured performance findings

docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -131,10 +131,21 @@ in flight increments `JobRuntime.PendingRuns`. When the current run finishes,
 
 ### Per-job command timeout
 
-`domain.Job` carries a `TimeoutSeconds` field (`json:"timeout_seconds,omitempty"`),
+`domain.Job` carries a `TimeoutSeconds *int` field
-following the same inherit pattern as the overlap policy. `0` means inherit the
+(`json:"timeout_seconds,omitempty"`), following the same inherit pattern as the
-global `Config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds` (default **0**, i.e. no timeout); a
+overlap policy. It is a **pointer** because the setting has three states that
-positive value overrides it for that job alone. `app.Service.effectiveTimeout`
+must stay distinguishable on disk:
+
+| `Job.TimeoutSeconds` | jobs.json | Meaning |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `nil` | field absent | inherit `Config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds` |
+| `0` | `"timeout_seconds": 0` | no timeout, does **not** inherit |
+| `> 0` | `"timeout_seconds": 45` | per-job limit in seconds |
+
+The global `Config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds` (default **0**, i.e. no timeout) is
+written unconditionally — no `omitempty` — for the same reason: `0` there is a
+deliberate choice, not a missing value, and `storage.loadOrCreateConfig` must not
+normalize it away. `app.Service.effectiveTimeout`
 resolves the effective duration under `mu` and `startRunLocked` snapshots it into
 `runEnv.timeout`. `runner.RunJob(ctx, job, trigger, logsDir, timeout)` takes the
 resolved duration as an argument, so the runner stays ignorant of the global
@@ -192,4 +203,4 @@ size guideline:
 |------|----------|
 | `jobs_view.go` | `newJobsView` — list, toolbar, button wiring, and layout |
 | `jobs_view_details.go` | `detailsPanel` struct — widget creation, `update`, `clear`, `container` |
-| `jobs_view_helpers.go` | Pure helpers — `filteredJobIndexes`, `folderOptions`, `filterValue`, `indexOfID`, `lastJobLogs` |
+| `jobs_view_helpers.go` | Pure helpers — `filteredJobIndexes`, `folderOptions`, `filterValue`, `indexOfID`, `lastJobLogs`, `nextJobListView`, `viewToggleText` |

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,37 @@
 
 All notable GoSentry changes are recorded in this file.
 
+## Unreleased
+
+**Compact job list view.**
+
+- The Jobs sidebar can now render each job as a single line — name on the left,
+  status on the right — instead of the three-line block. A toggle button beside
+  the Folder filter switches between **Compact** and **Detailed**; it is
+  labelled with the action it performs, like the "Disable auto" button. Compact
+  fits many more jobs on screen without scrolling; selection, the details panel,
+  the folder filter, and live status updates all work unchanged in both modes.
+- The choice is persisted as a new `Config.JobListView` field
+  (`"detailed"` / `"compact"`, written to `gosentry.json` as `job_list_view`),
+  so it survives a restart. Empty/legacy configs and any unrecognised value
+  normalize to detailed, so existing installs keep the current look.
+
+**Timeouts: 0 now means "no timeout" at both levels.**
+
+- The global **Default timeout** in Settings now defaults to `0`, meaning jobs
+  run to completion with no deadline instead of being killed after 30s.
+- A per-job timeout of `0` now also means "no timeout" and no longer inherits
+  the global default. Leaving the job's timeout **empty** is what inherits.
+  `Job.TimeoutSeconds` became `*int` so the three states — unset, explicit 0,
+  and a positive limit — stay distinguishable in `jobs.json`.
+- Fixed: a global default of `0` did not survive a restart. `gosentry.json` was
+  loaded with `0` treated as a missing value and silently reset to 30s, so the
+  setting only held for the current session. `default_timeout_seconds` is now
+  written unconditionally and read back as-is.
+
+Existing jobs and configs are unaffected: a job with no `timeout_seconds` still
+inherits, and a saved global default of 30 stays 30.
+
 ## 0.13.0 - 2026-07-26
 
 **Branded GoSentry color theme; Cancel/Defaults buttons in Settings.**

docs/PLAN-compact-job-list.md

@@ -1,151 +0,0 @@
-# Implementation plan — compact / detailed job list view
-
-## Context
-
-The Jobs tab sidebar renders every job as a three-line block (bold name, a
-metadata line with folder + schedule + command, and a status line) — see the
-`widget.NewList` call in [jobs_view.go:108](../src/ui/jobs_view.go). That is
-informative but tall: with many jobs the sidebar needs constant scrolling.
-
-Add a second, opt-in rendering of the same list: **Compact** shows one line per
-job (name left, status right); **Detailed** is the current three-line block and
-stays the default. The choice is switchable from the Jobs tab itself and is
-persisted in `gosentry.json`, so it survives a restart like `Config.Theme` does.
-
-## Design decisions
-
-- **Control lives in the Jobs sidebar header** — a toggle button on the same row
-  as the existing "Folder" filter, to its right. Switching is one click, next to
-  what it affects. Fyne 2.7.4 has no dedicated toggle widget, so the button
-  flips its own text and icon on tap, exactly like `stopAllButton`
-  ("Disable auto" / "Enable auto") already does in `src/ui/jobs_view.go`. Like
-  that button it is labelled with the *action*, not the current state:
-  `Compact` + `theme.ListIcon()` while detailed, `Detailed` +
-  `theme.ViewFullScreenIcon()` while compact. The toolbar row (New job / Edit /
-  Run now / Pause / Delete) is left untouched.
-- **Compact row = name + status** on a single line. Same height as one label,
-  so per-job health stays visible at a glance.
-- **One list, one row template.** `widget.List` caches the row template's
-  `MinSize` as `itemMin`; `list.Refresh()` re-creates the template and
-  recomputes it (verified in Fyne 2.7.4 `widget/list.go`,
-  `listRenderer.Refresh`), so the rows genuinely shrink/grow on a mode switch
-  without rebuilding the widget. The template therefore always holds the same
-  four objects, and the mode is expressed by `Show()`/`Hide()`. Both
-  `compactVBoxLayout` (`src/ui/layout.go`) and Fyne's border layout skip hidden
-  children in `MinSize`, so a hidden line contributes no height.
-
-## Changes
-
-### 1. `src/domain/config.go` — persisted preference
-
-- New string type `JobListView` with `JobListViewDetailed = "detailed"` and
-  `JobListViewCompact = "compact"`, documented like `Theme` as a UI-only choice.
-- New field `JobListView JobListView \`json:"job_list_view,omitempty"\`` on
-  `Config`; comment that empty means detailed so pre-existing configs keep the
-  current look.
-- `DefaultConfig()` returns `JobListViewDetailed`.
-- Method `func (v JobListView) IsCompact() bool` — only the exact `"compact"`
-  value is compact — so every consumer normalizes unknown/legacy values the
-  same way.
-
-### 2. `src/app/operations.go` — save the choice
-
-New `func (s *Service) SetJobListView(view domain.JobListView) error`, modelled
-on `SetGlobalPause` (`src/app/operations.go:168`) but deliberately lighter:
-normalize a non-`compact` value to `JobListViewDetailed`, take `mu`, return
-early if unchanged, set `s.store.Config.JobListView`, call
-`s.store.SaveConfig()`, unlock. No `SaveJobs` (no job changed), no event emitted
-(this is presentational only — the Jobs view refreshes its own list; an event
-would trigger a pointless whole-window refresh). A comment records that
-reasoning.
-
-### 3. `src/ui/jobs_view.go` — rendering and the toggle
-
-- Read the initial mode into a `compactList` local:
-  `svc.Store().Config.JobListView.IsCompact()`.
-- **CreateItem**: build `name` (bold, `Wrapping = fyne.TextTruncate` so a long
-  name cannot push the status off the row), `inlineStatus` (compact-only,
-  right-hand side), `meta`, and `status`. Put the first two on one line via
-  `container.NewBorder(nil, nil, nil, inlineStatus, name)` and keep the outer
-  `compactVBoxLayout{spacing: jobRowSpacing}` container with
-  `[nameLine, meta, status]`. Apply the mode's visibility here too — this is
-  what makes `itemMin` correct for the mode.
-- **UpdateItem**: reach `nameLine` through `row.Objects[0].(*fyne.Container)`
-  (`NewBorder` appends the border slots after the center object, so
-  `Objects[0]` is `name` and `Objects[1]` is `inlineStatus` — worth a comment,
-  matching the existing index-based access in this callback). Set all four texts
-  from the existing helpers (`app.DisplayFolder`, `app.DisplayInvocation`,
-  `app.StatusText`) and **re-apply visibility on every update**: a full
-  `Refresh` reuses the already-visible row objects, which were created under the
-  old mode, so visibility cannot be left to `CreateItem` alone.
-- **View toggle button**: `viewButton := widget.NewButtonWithIcon(…)` built with
-  the text/icon for the current mode. Its `OnTapped` flips the mode
-  (`nextJobListView`), persists via `svc.SetJobListView` — on error
-  `dialog.ShowError` and roll the local mode back without touching the button,
-  per the error rule in `docs/STANDARDS.md` — then applies the new
-  `SetText`/`SetIcon` and calls `list.Refresh()`. This mirrors `stopAllButton`'s
-  flip-and-revert handler in the same file. The list selection and the details
-  panel are untouched by the switch.
-- **Header layout**: keep the `"Folder"` caption and `folderSelect` exactly as
-  they are, and put the button beside the select on the same row —
-  `container.NewBorder(nil, nil, nil, viewButton, folderSelect)`. The border
-  layout gives the button its `MinSize` on the right and lets the select fill
-  the rest, so the header gains no height and the toolbar row is not touched.
-
-### 4. `src/ui/jobs_view_helpers.go` — button state helpers
-
-Two pure helpers so the on-disk strings never reach the user and the button's
-wording is testable without a running GUI:
-
-- `nextJobListView(current domain.JobListView) domain.JobListView` — flips the
-  mode, treating anything that is not `compact` as detailed (via `IsCompact`).
-- `viewToggleText(current domain.JobListView) string` — the action label:
-  `"Compact"` while detailed, `"Detailed"` while compact.
-
-The icon choice stays inline at the button, next to `SetText`/`SetIcon`, so the
-helpers file keeps its "no widget imports" character.
-
-### 5. Tests
-
-- `src/domain/config_test.go` (new): `JobListView.IsCompact` for `"compact"`,
-  `"detailed"`, `""`, and a junk value.
-- `src/ui/jobs_view_test.go`: `nextJobListView` flips both ways and maps an
-  empty/unknown value to compact (since such a value reads as detailed), and
-  `viewToggleText` returns the action label for each mode.
-- `src/app/operations_test.go`: `TestSetJobListViewPersistsToConfigFile`
-  modelled on `TestSetGlobalPausePersistsToConfigFile`
-  (`src/app/operations_test.go:553`) — switch to compact, unmarshal
-  `svc.store.Paths.ConfigPath`, assert the field, switch back; plus a case
-  asserting an unknown value is stored as `detailed`.
-- `src/storage/store_test.go`: one added assertion in the defaults test beside
-  the existing `Theme` check (~line 174) that a fresh config is `detailed`.
-
-### 6. Docs and version
-
-- `docs/CHANGELOG.md`: new `## 0.14.0 - 2026-07-26` section (a feature → minor
-  bump) covering the compact/detailed toggle and the new `job_list_view` field,
-  noting legacy configs stay detailed.
-- `src/app/version.go`: `0.13.0` → `0.14.0`.
-- `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md`: add the two new helpers to the `jobs_view_helpers.go`
-  row of the file-split table (~line 195).
-
-## Verification
-
-1. Build, vet, and test the whole module through the cgo-enabled shell (the
-   default Bash env has CGO off, so GUI packages will not compile there):
-
-```bash
-export PATH="/c/msys64/ucrt64/bin:$PATH"; export CGO_ENABLED=1; go build ./... && go vet ./... && go test -race ./...
-```
-
-2. Run the app (`go run ./cmd/gosentry`) with several jobs configured and check:
-   - Default launch is Detailed and looks exactly as before; the button reads
-     "Compact" and sits to the right of the folder filter without making the
-     header taller.
-   - Tapping it collapses every row to one line, name left / status right, many
-     more jobs fit without scrolling, and the button now reads "Detailed".
-   - Selection and the details panel keep working after switching, in both
-     directions, including with a folder filter active and with an empty list.
-   - A running job's status still updates live in compact rows.
-   - `gosentry.json` gains `"job_list_view": "compact"`; restarting reopens in
-     compact, and switching back removes/flips the field.

docs/REVIEW.md

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# GoSentry — Review Agenda
+
+What to look at when reviewing the project as a whole, as opposed to a single
+diff. This is the agenda; the rules a review checks against live in
+[STANDARDS.md](STANDARDS.md) and [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md).
+
+Scope note: a normal pull-request review checks the change. This agenda is for
+a periodic sweep of the whole codebase, so a pass may legitimately end with
+"nothing to report" on most items.
+
+## 1. Architecture and project structure
+
+Does the code still match the package map and the event flow in
+[ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md)? Watch for the boundaries that matter here:
+`app.Service` as the sole owner of job and runtime state, the UI reading it
+through typed events, `domain` staying free of I/O, and platform-specific code
+staying behind the `platform/*` interfaces.
+
+## 2. Complexity against the size of the project
+
+GoSentry is a single-process desktop app with two direct dependencies. Flag
+abstraction that is not paying for itself: interfaces with one implementation
+and no test seam, indirection added for a use case nobody has asked for, a new
+dependency where thirty lines of standard library would do. Also check the
+opposite direction — files that have grown past the size guideline in
+ARCHITECTURE and should be split the way `jobs_view.go` was.
+
+## 3. Code quality
+
+The checkable rules are in [STANDARDS.md](STANDARDS.md) — error handling, unit
+tests for pure helpers, regression tests for fixes, `fyne.Do` for updates off
+the main thread. Beyond them: concurrency around `Service.mu`, goroutines whose
+lifetime is not obvious, and error paths that report something less useful than
+what they caught.
+
+## 4. Documentation and comments
+
+Does every documented behavior still exist, and does every non-obvious behavior
+get documented? Check the doc set against the code: README (user-facing
+behavior and config keys), ARCHITECTURE (packages and flows), STANDARDS
+(rules and intentional behavior), DEVELOPMENT (build), TESTS, PERFORMANCE,
+CHANGELOG (an entry per notable change). For comments, the bar is *why*, not
+*what* — a comment restating the line below it is noise; an unexplained
+workaround is a finding.
+
+## 5. Readability and maintainability
+
+Read a package as someone who has not seen it before. Can the next change be
+made without reverse-engineering? Naming that matches the domain vocabulary,
+functions that do one thing, and control flow that does not need a diagram.
+
+## 6. Logical errors
+
+Correctness independent of style: scheduling and timing edge cases (overlap
+policy, sequential mode, pause interactions), off-by-one and boundary handling,
+zero values that mean something (see the timeout rules in STANDARDS), state
+that can be observed mid-update, and error paths that leave state inconsistent.
+
+## 7. Legacy code and migrations
+
+The app has no database, so migration means file compatibility: `gosentry.json`
+and `jobs.json` written by an older version must keep working. Check that new
+`Config` fields are backward compatible, that normalization happens in one
+place, and that values which are meaningful zeros are not normalized away. Also
+look for code kept alive only for a case that no longer exists.
+
+## 8. Undocumented or under-documented contentious decisions
+
+Any decision a future reader would question needs its reasoning recorded where
+it lives: a comment at the code, an entry in the "Intentional behavior" section
+of [STANDARDS.md](STANDARDS.md), or — when the work is deferred rather than
+decided — a note in [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md), which is where the frozen
+window-size work keeps its rationale.
+
+## 9. Other improvement proposals
+
+Anything that does not fit above: build and release ergonomics, test coverage
+gaps, dependency health, UX rough edges.
+
+## What happens to the findings
+
+- A defect → fix it, with a regression test when severity is medium or higher.
+- Behavior that turns out to be deliberate → record it under "Intentional
+  behavior" in [STANDARDS.md](STANDARDS.md) so it is not re-reported.
+- Work larger than a single fix → [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md), with the reasoning.
+- A new rule the review establishes → [STANDARDS.md](STANDARDS.md).

docs/STANDARDS.md

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # GoSentry — Standards
 
 Quality rules and intentional behavior for contributors. Package contracts live
-in [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md); test conventions in [TESTS.md](TESTS.md).
+in [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md); test conventions in [TESTS.md](TESTS.md);
+what a whole-project review looks at, in [REVIEW.md](REVIEW.md).
 
 ## Code quality
 
@@ -12,14 +13,34 @@ in [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md); test conventions in [TESTS.md](TESTS.md).
 - Documented intentional behavior → section below, not a backlog bug.
 - UI view constructors accept `*app.Service`; call `app.Open()` only from `run.go`.
 
+## Config file compatibility
+
+There is no migration step: `gosentry.json` and `jobs.json` are read as-is, are
+meant to be hand-editable, and may have been written by an older version. A
+change to their shape has to stay compatible on its own.
+
+- A new `Config` field is tagged `omitempty`, and its zero value must mean the
+  behavior that existed before the field was added — a file written without it
+  keeps working unchanged. `DefaultConfig()` still sets the value explicitly.
+- A zero that carries meaning is not a missing field and must not be backfilled
+  on load. See `DefaultTimeoutSeconds` in `storage.loadOrCreateConfig` and
+  `Job.TimeoutSeconds *int`, where unset and `0` are different answers.
+- An unrecognised enum value reads as the default rather than an error, through
+  one helper that every consumer shares (`JobListView.IsCompact`, `ui.themeFor`),
+  and is normalized before being written back, so the file never gains a value
+  no reader understands.
+- Each of the three gets a test: the default in `storage`, the normalization in
+  `domain`, and a round-trip through the real config file in `app`.
+
 ## Intentional behavior (not bugs)
 
 - `RunNow` is allowed during global pause and for disabled jobs.
 - Sequential mode runs jobs FIFO by order in `jobs.json`.
 - Scheduler tick is 1s — sub-second `@every` intervals are not supported.
 - Command timeout defaults to no timeout globally (`Config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds`
-  = 0) and is overridable per job (`Job.TimeoutSeconds`, 0 = inherit the global
+  = 0) and is overridable per job (`Job.TimeoutSeconds *int`: unset = inherit the
-  default).
+  global default, 0 = no timeout, positive = seconds). Neither zero may be
+  normalized away on load — 0 is a value, not a missing field.
 - **History tab is session-only.** `JobRuntime.Logs` exists only in memory for the
   current process. Log files on disk feed aggregate statistics via `SeedStats`
   only. See [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md).

src/app/format.go

@@ -103,12 +103,16 @@ func DisplayOverlapPolicy(job domain.Job, globalPolicy domain.OverlapPolicy) str
 }
 
 // DisplayTimeout formats a job's effective run timeout for the details panel.
-// When the job sets its own TimeoutSeconds it is shown as-is; when 0 (inherit),
+// When the job sets its own TimeoutSeconds it is shown as-is, with an explicit 0
-// the global default is shown with "(global default)" appended, mirroring
+// rendered as "no timeout"; when unset (nil), the global default is shown with
-// DisplayOverlapPolicy. A non-positive global default means no timeout at all.
+// "(global default)" appended, mirroring DisplayOverlapPolicy. A non-positive
+// global default means no timeout at all.
 func DisplayTimeout(job domain.Job, globalDefault int) string {
-	if job.TimeoutSeconds > 0 {
+	if job.TimeoutSeconds != nil {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%d s", job.TimeoutSeconds)
+		if *job.TimeoutSeconds <= 0 {
+			return "no timeout"
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d s", *job.TimeoutSeconds)
 	}
 	if globalDefault <= 0 {
 		return "no timeout (global default)"

src/app/format_test.go

@@ -165,11 +165,15 @@ func TestDisplayOverlapPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDisplayTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	own := domain.Job{TimeoutSeconds: 45}
+	own := domain.Job{TimeoutSeconds: domain.TimeoutSecondsPtr(45)}
 	if got, want := DisplayTimeout(own, 30), "45 s"; got != want {
 		t.Errorf("per-job timeout = %q, want %q", got, want)
 	}
-	inherit := domain.Job{TimeoutSeconds: 0}
+	none := domain.Job{TimeoutSeconds: domain.TimeoutSecondsPtr(0)}
+	if got, want := DisplayTimeout(none, 30), "no timeout"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("explicit per-job zero timeout = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+	inherit := domain.Job{TimeoutSeconds: nil}
 	if got, want := DisplayTimeout(inherit, 30), "30 s (global default)"; got != want {
 		t.Errorf("inherited timeout = %q, want %q", got, want)
 	}

src/app/operations.go

@@ -193,6 +193,27 @@ func (s *Service) SetGlobalPause(paused bool) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// SetJobListView persists the Jobs list density preference. Unlike
+// SetGlobalPause this touches nothing but the config: no job changed, so there
+// is no SaveJobs, and no event is emitted — the choice is presentational and the
+// Jobs view refreshes its own list, whereas an event would trigger a pointless
+// whole-window refresh. Anything that is not "compact" is stored as detailed so
+// the file never gains an unrecognised value.
+func (s *Service) SetJobListView(view domain.JobListView) error {
+	if !view.IsCompact() {
+		view = domain.JobListViewDetailed
+	}
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	if s.store.Config.JobListView == view {
+		s.mu.Unlock()
+		return nil
+	}
+	s.store.Config.JobListView = view
+	err := s.store.SaveConfig()
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+	return err
+}
+
 // ShouldNotifyOnFailure reports whether the user has enabled desktop
 // notifications for failed job runs. It reads the config under mu so it is
 // safe to call from any goroutine.
@@ -367,8 +388,8 @@ func validateJob(job domain.Job) error {
 	if policy != "" && policy != string(domain.OverlapPolicySkip) && policy != string(domain.OverlapPolicyQueue) {
 		return errors.New("overlap policy must be 'skip', 'queue', or empty")
 	}
-	if job.TimeoutSeconds < 0 {
+	if job.TimeoutSeconds != nil && *job.TimeoutSeconds < 0 {
-		return errors.New("timeout must be zero (inherit) or a positive number of seconds")
+		return errors.New("timeout must be zero (no timeout) or a positive number of seconds, or unset to inherit the global default")
 	}
 	return nil
 }

src/app/operations_test.go

@@ -103,9 +103,13 @@ func TestCreateJobValidates(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := svc.CreateJob(domain.Job{Name: "A", Schedule: "@every 1m", Command: "echo", OverlapPolicy: "invalid"}); err == nil {
 		t.Error("expected error for invalid overlap policy")
 	}
-	if _, err := svc.CreateJob(domain.Job{Name: "A", Schedule: "@every 1m", Command: "echo", TimeoutSeconds: -1}); err == nil {
+	if _, err := svc.CreateJob(domain.Job{Name: "A", Schedule: "@every 1m", Command: "echo", TimeoutSeconds: domain.TimeoutSecondsPtr(-1)}); err == nil {
 		t.Error("expected error for negative per-job timeout")
 	}
+	// An explicit 0 is a valid choice ("no timeout"), not a rejected one.
+	if _, err := svc.CreateJob(domain.Job{Name: "Zero", Schedule: "@every 1m", Command: "echo", TimeoutSeconds: domain.TimeoutSecondsPtr(0)}); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("explicit zero per-job timeout should be accepted: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestUpdateJobKeepsRuntimeAndReflectsDisable(t *testing.T) {
@@ -586,6 +590,63 @@ func TestSetGlobalPausePersistsToConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSetJobListViewPersistsToConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
+	svc := newTempService(t, nil)
+
+	readConfig := func(stage string) domain.Config {
+		t.Helper()
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(svc.store.Paths.ConfigPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("reading config file %s: %v", stage, err)
+		}
+		var cfg domain.Config
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unmarshalling config %s: %v", stage, err)
+		}
+		return cfg
+	}
+
+	if err := svc.SetJobListView(domain.JobListViewCompact); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SetJobListView(compact): %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := readConfig("after compact").JobListView; got != domain.JobListViewCompact {
+		t.Errorf("persisted JobListView = %q, want %q", got, domain.JobListViewCompact)
+	}
+
+	if err := svc.SetJobListView(domain.JobListViewDetailed); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SetJobListView(detailed): %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := readConfig("after detailed").JobListView; got != domain.JobListViewDetailed {
+		t.Errorf("persisted JobListView = %q, want %q", got, domain.JobListViewDetailed)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSetJobListViewNormalizesUnknownValue guards the config file against
+// gaining a value no reader understands: anything but "compact" is stored as
+// "detailed".
+func TestSetJobListViewNormalizesUnknownValue(t *testing.T) {
+	svc := newTempService(t, nil)
+
+	if err := svc.SetJobListView(domain.JobListViewCompact); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SetJobListView(compact): %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := svc.SetJobListView("tiny"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SetJobListView(tiny): %v", err)
+	}
+
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(svc.store.Paths.ConfigPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("reading config file: %v", err)
+	}
+	var cfg domain.Config
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshalling config: %v", err)
+	}
+	if cfg.JobListView != domain.JobListViewDetailed {
+		t.Errorf("persisted JobListView = %q, want %q", cfg.JobListView, domain.JobListViewDetailed)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestServiceRebuiltFromPausedStoreStartsPaused(t *testing.T) {
 	jobs := []domain.Job{{ID: 1, Name: "A", Schedule: "@every 1m", Command: "echo", Enabled: true}}
 	svc := newTempService(t, jobs)

src/app/run.go

@@ -211,15 +211,16 @@ func (s *Service) effectiveOverlapPolicy(job *domain.Job) domain.OverlapPolicy {
 }
 
 // effectiveTimeout resolves the run timeout that actually governs a job: the
-// job's own TimeoutSeconds when positive, otherwise the global
+// job's own TimeoutSeconds whenever it is set — including an explicit 0, which
-// Config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds. A non-positive Job.TimeoutSeconds means "inherit
+// means "no timeout" and deliberately does not inherit — otherwise the global
-// the global default", which is why normalizeJob leaves 0 rather than
+// Config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds. A nil Job.TimeoutSeconds means "inherit the
+// global default", which is why normalizeJob leaves it nil rather than
 // backfilling the configured value. A resolved duration of 0 means no timeout;
 // runner.RunJob treats it as "run without a deadline". The caller must hold mu.
 func (s *Service) effectiveTimeout(job *domain.Job) time.Duration {
-	secs := job.TimeoutSeconds
+	secs := s.store.Config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds
-	if secs <= 0 {
+	if job.TimeoutSeconds != nil {
-		secs = s.store.Config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds
+		secs = *job.TimeoutSeconds
 	}
 	return time.Duration(secs) * time.Second
 }

src/app/run_test.go

@@ -617,23 +617,30 @@ func TestRunDueQueueDrainSkippedWhenPaused(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestEffectiveTimeout verifies the inherit-or-override resolution: a zero
+// TestEffectiveTimeout verifies the three-state resolution: an unset (nil)
-// Job.TimeoutSeconds falls back to the global default, while a positive value
+// Job.TimeoutSeconds falls back to the global default, a positive value
-// overrides it.
+// overrides it, and an explicit 0 means "no timeout" without inheriting.
 func TestEffectiveTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	svc := newTempService(t, nil)
 	svc.store.Config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds = 30
 
-	inherit := &domain.Job{TimeoutSeconds: 0}
+	inherit := &domain.Job{TimeoutSeconds: nil}
 	if got, want := svc.effectiveTimeout(inherit), 30*time.Second; got != want {
 		t.Errorf("inherited timeout = %s, want %s", got, want)
 	}
 
-	own := &domain.Job{TimeoutSeconds: 5}
+	own := &domain.Job{TimeoutSeconds: domain.TimeoutSecondsPtr(5)}
 	if got, want := svc.effectiveTimeout(own), 5*time.Second; got != want {
 		t.Errorf("per-job timeout = %s, want %s", got, want)
 	}
 
+	// An explicit per-job 0 must beat a positive global default rather than be
+	// mistaken for "unset".
+	none := &domain.Job{TimeoutSeconds: domain.TimeoutSecondsPtr(0)}
+	if got, want := svc.effectiveTimeout(none), time.Duration(0); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("explicit per-job zero timeout = %s, want %s (no timeout)", got, want)
+	}
+
 	svc.store.Config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds = 0
 	if got, want := svc.effectiveTimeout(inherit), time.Duration(0); got != want {
 		t.Errorf("inherited timeout with no global default = %s, want %s (no timeout)", got, want)

src/domain/config.go

@@ -28,6 +28,26 @@ const (
 	ThemeGoSentry Theme = "gosentry"
 )
 
+// JobListView selects how densely the Jobs tab renders its sidebar list. Like
+// Theme it is a UI-only choice with no effect on scheduling; it lives in Config
+// so the user's preference survives a restart.
+type JobListView string
+
+const (
+	// JobListViewDetailed is the three-line row: name, metadata, status.
+	JobListViewDetailed JobListView = "detailed"
+	// JobListViewCompact is the one-line row: name on the left, status on the
+	// right, so many more jobs fit without scrolling.
+	JobListViewCompact JobListView = "compact"
+)
+
+// IsCompact reports whether the compact rendering is selected. Only the exact
+// "compact" value counts, so empty, legacy, and unrecognised values all read as
+// detailed — every consumer normalizes them the same way.
+func (v JobListView) IsCompact() bool {
+	return v == JobListViewCompact
+}
+
 // OverlapPolicy decides what happens when a job's next run fires while the
 // previous run is still active.
 type OverlapPolicy string
@@ -53,14 +73,19 @@ type Config struct {
 	NotifyOnFailure   bool          `json:"notify_on_failure,omitempty"`
 	ExecutionMode     ExecutionMode `json:"execution_mode,omitempty"`
 	OverlapPolicy     OverlapPolicy `json:"overlap_policy,omitempty"`
-	// DefaultTimeoutSeconds is the run timeout applied to jobs that do not set
+	// DefaultTimeoutSeconds is the run timeout applied to jobs that leave their
-	// their own Job.TimeoutSeconds. 0 (the default) means no timeout: such jobs
+	// own Job.TimeoutSeconds unset. 0 (the default) means no timeout: such jobs
-	// run to completion however long that takes.
+	// run to completion however long that takes. It is written even when 0 —
-	DefaultTimeoutSeconds int  `json:"default_timeout_seconds,omitempty"`
+	// omitempty would hide a deliberate choice from the hand-editable config.
+	DefaultTimeoutSeconds int  `json:"default_timeout_seconds"`
 	Paused                bool `json:"paused,omitempty"`
 	// Theme selects the visual appearance. Empty is treated as ThemeDefault so
 	// configs written before this field existed keep the original look.
 	Theme Theme `json:"theme,omitempty"`
+	// JobListView selects the Jobs list density. Empty is treated as
+	// JobListViewDetailed so configs written before this field existed keep the
+	// current three-line rows.
+	JobListView JobListView `json:"job_list_view,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // DefaultConfig returns the built-in default settings. It is the config used
@@ -78,6 +103,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() Config {
 		ExecutionMode:         ExecutionModeParallel,
 		OverlapPolicy:         OverlapPolicySkip,
 		Theme:                 ThemeDefault,
+		JobListView:           JobListViewDetailed,
 		DefaultTimeoutSeconds: 0,
 	}
 }

src/domain/config_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package domain
+
+import "testing"
+
+// TestJobListViewIsCompact pins the normalization rule: only the exact
+// "compact" value selects the one-line rows, so empty and unrecognised values
+// (including configs written before the field existed) keep the detailed look.
+func TestJobListViewIsCompact(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		view JobListView
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{JobListViewCompact, true},
+		{JobListViewDetailed, false},
+		{"", false},
+		{"Compact", false},
+		{"tiny", false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		if got := tc.view.IsCompact(); got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("JobListView(%q).IsCompact() = %v, want %v", tc.view, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDefaultConfigUsesDetailedJobList(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := DefaultConfig().JobListView; got != JobListViewDetailed {
+		t.Errorf("default JobListView = %q, want %q", got, JobListViewDetailed)
+	}
+}

src/domain/job.go

@@ -15,9 +15,19 @@ type Job struct {
 	StartOnly     bool   `json:"start_only,omitempty"`
 	Enabled       bool   `json:"enabled"`
 	OverlapPolicy string `json:"overlap_policy,omitempty"`
-	// TimeoutSeconds bounds how long a run may take before it is killed. 0 means
+	// TimeoutSeconds bounds how long a run may take before it is killed. It is a
-	// "inherit the global Config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds", mirroring OverlapPolicy:
+	// pointer so the three states stay distinguishable on disk: absent (nil)
-	// normalizeJobs must leave 0 untouched rather than backfilling the default.
+	// means "inherit the global Config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds", mirroring
-	// The inherited global default may itself be 0, meaning no timeout at all.
+	// OverlapPolicy's empty string; an explicit 0 means "no timeout" and does
-	TimeoutSeconds int `json:"timeout_seconds,omitempty"`
+	// not inherit; a positive value is the per-job limit in seconds. The
+	// inherited global default may itself be 0, also meaning no timeout.
+	// normalizeJobs must leave nil untouched rather than backfilling a value.
+	TimeoutSeconds *int `json:"timeout_seconds,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// TimeoutSecondsPtr returns a pointer suitable for Job.TimeoutSeconds. It exists
+// because nil (inherit) and an explicit 0 (no timeout) are different states, so
+// callers cannot just assign an int.
+func TimeoutSecondsPtr(seconds int) *int {
+	return &seconds
 }

src/storage/store.go

@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@ func loadOrCreateConfig(paths Paths) (domain.Config, error) {
 	if config.OverlapPolicy == "" {
 		config.OverlapPolicy = domain.OverlapPolicySkip
 	}
-	if config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds <= 0 {
+	// DefaultTimeoutSeconds is deliberately not normalized: 0 is a meaningful
-		config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds = 30
+	// value ("no timeout"), not a missing one, so backfilling it here would make
-	}
+	// the setting impossible to persist. Negative values are rejected by
+	// app.validateConfig before they can be saved.
 	if config.Theme == "" {
 		config.Theme = domain.ThemeDefault
 	}

src/storage/store_test.go

@@ -174,12 +174,72 @@ func TestLoadOrCreateConfigCreatesDefaultsOnFirstRun(t *testing.T) {
 	if got.Theme != domain.ThemeDefault {
 		t.Errorf("default Theme = %q, want %q", got.Theme, domain.ThemeDefault)
 	}
+	if got.JobListView != domain.JobListViewDetailed {
+		t.Errorf("default JobListView = %q, want %q", got.JobListView, domain.JobListViewDetailed)
+	}
 	// The function must have written the defaults to gosentry.json.
 	if _, err := os.Stat(paths.ConfigPath); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("gosentry.json should have been created: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 
+// TestLoadOrCreateConfigKeepsZeroTimeoutOnReload guards the "0 = no timeout"
+// setting against being normalized away when an existing gosentry.json is read
+// back. Loading must not treat 0 as a missing value.
+func TestLoadOrCreateConfigKeepsZeroTimeoutOnReload(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	paths := Paths{
+		AppDir:     dir,
+		ConfigPath: filepath.Join(dir, ConfigFileName),
+	}
+
+	// First call writes the defaults (DefaultTimeoutSeconds = 0) to disk.
+	if _, err := loadOrCreateConfig(paths); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// Second call takes the "file exists" branch, where normalization runs.
+	reloaded, err := loadOrCreateConfig(paths)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if reloaded.DefaultTimeoutSeconds != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("reloaded DefaultTimeoutSeconds = %d, want 0 (no timeout)", reloaded.DefaultTimeoutSeconds)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestJobTimeoutRoundTripsThreeStates pins the on-disk encoding that keeps
+// "inherit" and "no timeout" distinguishable: nil is omitted entirely, while an
+// explicit 0 is written and read back as a set value.
+func TestJobTimeoutRoundTripsThreeStates(t *testing.T) {
+	jobs := []domain.Job{
+		{ID: 1, Name: "Inherit", TimeoutSeconds: nil},
+		{ID: 2, Name: "No timeout", TimeoutSeconds: domain.TimeoutSecondsPtr(0)},
+		{ID: 3, Name: "Own", TimeoutSeconds: domain.TimeoutSecondsPtr(45)},
+	}
+
+	data, err := json.Marshal(domain.JobsFile{Jobs: jobs})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if want := `"timeout_seconds":0`; !strings.Contains(string(data), want) {
+		t.Fatalf("explicit zero timeout should be written as %s:\n%s", want, data)
+	}
+
+	var got domain.JobsFile
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &got); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got.Jobs[0].TimeoutSeconds != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unset timeout should stay nil, got %d", *got.Jobs[0].TimeoutSeconds)
+	}
+	if got.Jobs[1].TimeoutSeconds == nil || *got.Jobs[1].TimeoutSeconds != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("explicit zero timeout should survive the round trip, got %v", got.Jobs[1].TimeoutSeconds)
+	}
+	if got.Jobs[2].TimeoutSeconds == nil || *got.Jobs[2].TimeoutSeconds != 45 {
+		t.Errorf("per-job timeout should survive the round trip, got %v", got.Jobs[2].TimeoutSeconds)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestJobsJSONDoesNotPersistRuntimeNoise(t *testing.T) {
 	// Job carries only durable configuration; runtime state lives in
 	// domain.JobRuntime and is never marshalled. This guards against a future

src/ui/job_dialog.go

@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ func showJobDialog(w fyne.Window, title string, current job, onSave func(job)) {
 	}
 	overlapSelect.SetSelected(overlapSelected)
 	timeoutEntry := widget.NewEntry()
-	timeoutEntry.SetPlaceHolder("Empty = use global default")
+	timeoutEntry.SetPlaceHolder("Empty = global default, 0 = no timeout")
-	if current.TimeoutSeconds > 0 {
+	if current.TimeoutSeconds != nil {
-		timeoutEntry.SetText(strconv.Itoa(current.TimeoutSeconds))
+		timeoutEntry.SetText(strconv.Itoa(*current.TimeoutSeconds))
 	}
 
 	form := dialog.NewForm(
@@ -89,16 +89,17 @@ func showJobDialog(w fyne.Window, title string, current job, onSave func(job)) {
 				dialog.ShowError(fmt.Errorf("invalid schedule: %w", err), w)
 				return
 			}
-			// An empty timeout inherits the global default (0); any entry must be a
+			// An empty timeout inherits the global default (nil); an explicit 0
+			// means "no timeout" and does not inherit; anything else must be a
 			// positive whole number of seconds.
-			timeoutSeconds := 0
+			var timeoutSeconds *int
 			if trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(timeoutEntry.Text); trimmed != "" {
 				parsed, err := strconv.Atoi(trimmed)
-				if err != nil || parsed <= 0 {
+				if err != nil || parsed < 0 {
-					dialog.ShowError(fmt.Errorf("timeout must be a positive number of seconds, or empty to use the global default"), w)
+					dialog.ShowError(fmt.Errorf("timeout must be 0 (no timeout) or a positive number of seconds, or empty to use the global default"), w)
 					return
 				}
-				timeoutSeconds = parsed
+				timeoutSeconds = domain.TimeoutSecondsPtr(parsed)
 			}
 			current.Name = strings.TrimSpace(name.Text)
 			current.Folder = strings.TrimSpace(folderEntry.Text)

src/ui/jobs_view.go

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func newJobsView(w fyne.Window, svc *app.Service) (fyne.CanvasObject, func()) {
 	}
 	selectedFolder := allFolders
 	schedulerPaused := svc.Store().Config.Paused
+	listView := svc.Store().Config.JobListView
 	filteredJobs := filteredJobIndexes(jobs, selectedFolder)
 
 	dp := newDetailsPanel(job{}, &domain.JobRuntime{}, svc.Store().Config.OverlapPolicy, svc.Store().Config.DefaultTimeoutSeconds)
@@ -105,17 +106,45 @@ func newJobsView(w fyne.Window, svc *app.Service) (fyne.CanvasObject, func()) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// applyRowMode expresses the current view mode as visibility on the row's
+	// four labels. widget.List caches the row template's MinSize, and
+	// list.Refresh() re-creates the template and recomputes it, so hiding lines
+	// is what actually shrinks the rows: compactVBoxLayout and the border layout
+	// both skip hidden children when measuring.
+	applyRowMode := func(inlineStatus, meta, status fyne.CanvasObject) {
+		if listView.IsCompact() {
+			inlineStatus.Show()
+			meta.Hide()
+			status.Hide()
+			return
+		}
+		inlineStatus.Hide()
+		meta.Show()
+		status.Show()
+	}
+
 	list = widget.NewList(
 		func() int { return len(filteredJobs) },
 		func() fyne.CanvasObject {
 			name := widget.NewLabelWithStyle("Job name", fyne.TextAlignLeading, fyne.TextStyle{Bold: true})
+			// Truncating stops a long name from pushing the compact row's status
+			// off the right-hand edge. Labels default to TextWrapOff, which grows
+			// the widget to fit instead.
+			name.Truncation = fyne.TextTruncateClip
+			inlineStatus := widget.NewLabel("status")
 			meta := widget.NewLabel("schedule")
 			status := widget.NewLabel("status")
-			return container.New(compactVBoxLayout{spacing: jobRowSpacing}, name, meta, status)
+			applyRowMode(inlineStatus, meta, status)
+			nameLine := container.NewBorder(nil, nil, nil, inlineStatus, name)
+			return container.New(compactVBoxLayout{spacing: jobRowSpacing}, nameLine, meta, status)
 		},
 		func(id widget.ListItemID, item fyne.CanvasObject) {
 			row := item.(*fyne.Container)
-			name := row.Objects[0].(*widget.Label)
+			// NewBorder keeps the center object first and appends the border slots
+			// after it, so nameLine is [name, inlineStatus].
+			nameLine := row.Objects[0].(*fyne.Container)
+			name := nameLine.Objects[0].(*widget.Label)
+			inlineStatus := nameLine.Objects[1].(*widget.Label)
 			meta := row.Objects[1].(*widget.Label)
 			status := row.Objects[2].(*widget.Label)
 
@@ -124,7 +153,12 @@ func newJobsView(w fyne.Window, svc *app.Service) (fyne.CanvasObject, func()) {
 			// Keep each row compact: folder, schedule, and command are shown in one
 			// metadata line so the left pane stays useful even with many jobs.
 			meta.SetText(app.DisplayFolder(current.Folder) + "    " + current.Schedule + "    " + app.DisplayInvocation(current))
-			status.SetText(app.StatusText(current, runtimes[current.ID]))
+			statusText := app.StatusText(current, runtimes[current.ID])
+			status.SetText(statusText)
+			inlineStatus.SetText(statusText)
+			// A full Refresh reuses rows built under the previous mode, so
+			// visibility cannot be left to the create callback alone.
+			applyRowMode(inlineStatus, meta, status)
 		},
 	)
 	list.OnSelected = func(id widget.ListItemID) {
@@ -158,6 +192,32 @@ func newJobsView(w fyne.Window, svc *app.Service) (fyne.CanvasObject, func()) {
 	})
 	folderSelect.SetSelected(selectedFolder)
 
+	// viewToggleIcon pairs with viewToggleText: both name the action the button
+	// performs, not the state it is in, matching stopAllButton's convention.
+	viewToggleIcon := func(current domain.JobListView) fyne.Resource {
+		if current.IsCompact() {
+			return theme.ViewFullScreenIcon()
+		}
+		return theme.ListIcon()
+	}
+	viewButton := widget.NewButtonWithIcon(viewToggleText(listView), viewToggleIcon(listView), nil)
+	viewButton.OnTapped = func() {
+		next := nextJobListView(listView)
+		listView = next
+		if err := svc.SetJobListView(next); err != nil {
+			// Roll the mode back and leave the button as it was, so the button
+			// never claims a preference that did not reach disk.
+			listView = nextJobListView(next)
+			dialog.ShowError(err, w)
+			return
+		}
+		viewButton.SetText(viewToggleText(listView))
+		viewButton.SetIcon(viewToggleIcon(listView))
+		// Refresh re-creates the row template, which is what recomputes the
+		// cached row height for the new mode. Selection is untouched.
+		list.Refresh()
+	}
+
 	addButton := widget.NewButtonWithIcon("New job", theme.ContentAddIcon(), func() {
 		showJobDialog(w, "New job", job{Schedule: "@every 1m", Command: "echo GoSentry job ran", Enabled: true}, func(saved job) {
 			created, err := svc.CreateJob(saved)
@@ -294,7 +354,11 @@ func newJobsView(w fyne.Window, svc *app.Service) (fyne.CanvasObject, func()) {
 
 	toolbar := container.NewHBox(addButton, editButton, runButton, pauseButton, deleteButton, layout.NewSpacer())
 	globalControls := container.NewHBox(stopAllButton, schedulerState, layout.NewSpacer())
-	sidebarHeader := container.NewVBox(globalControls, widget.NewSeparator(), widget.NewLabelWithStyle("Folder", fyne.TextAlignLeading, fyne.TextStyle{Bold: true}), folderSelect, toolbar)
+	// The view toggle sits beside the folder filter: the border layout gives it
+	// its MinSize on the right and lets the select fill the rest, so the header
+	// gains no height.
+	filterRow := container.NewBorder(nil, nil, nil, viewButton, folderSelect)
+	sidebarHeader := container.NewVBox(globalControls, widget.NewSeparator(), widget.NewLabelWithStyle("Folder", fyne.TextAlignLeading, fyne.TextStyle{Bold: true}), filterRow, toolbar)
 	sidebar := container.NewBorder(sidebarHeader, nil, nil, nil, list)
 
 	fixedSidebar := container.New(minWidthLayout{width: minJobsSidebarWidth}, sidebar)

src/ui/jobs_view_helpers.go

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package ui
 
-import "strings"
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"gitea.mixdep.ru/mix/gosentry/src/domain"
+)
 
 // lastJobLogs returns a fresh slice of the most recent activity entries for the
 // "Selected job activity" panel. Logs are stored newest-first (see
@@ -47,6 +51,26 @@ func filterValue(folder string) string {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(folder)
 }
 
+// nextJobListView returns the mode the view toggle switches to. Anything that
+// is not compact reads as detailed, so unknown and legacy values flip to
+// compact just as an explicit "detailed" does.
+func nextJobListView(current domain.JobListView) domain.JobListView {
+	if current.IsCompact() {
+		return domain.JobListViewDetailed
+	}
+	return domain.JobListViewCompact
+}
+
+// viewToggleText labels the view toggle with the action it performs, not the
+// current state — the same convention as the "Disable auto"/"Enable auto"
+// button. It also keeps the on-disk strings away from the user.
+func viewToggleText(current domain.JobListView) string {
+	if current.IsCompact() {
+		return "Detailed"
+	}
+	return "Compact"
+}
+
 func indexOfID(jobs []job, id int) int {
 	for index, current := range jobs {
 		if current.ID == id {

src/ui/jobs_view_test.go

@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ package ui
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"gitea.mixdep.ru/mix/gosentry/src/app"
 	"gitea.mixdep.ru/mix/gosentry/src/domain"
+
+	"fyne.io/fyne/v2"
+	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/test"
+	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/widget"
 )
 
 func TestFilterValue(t *testing.T) {
@@ -93,3 +98,179 @@ func TestFilteredJobIndexesEmptySlice(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("empty job list should return empty indexes, got %v", got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNextJobListViewFlipsBothWays(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		current, want domain.JobListView
+	}{
+		{domain.JobListViewDetailed, domain.JobListViewCompact},
+		{domain.JobListViewCompact, domain.JobListViewDetailed},
+		// Empty and unknown values read as detailed, so they flip to compact.
+		{"", domain.JobListViewCompact},
+		{"tiny", domain.JobListViewCompact},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		if got := nextJobListView(tc.current); got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("nextJobListView(%q) = %q, want %q", tc.current, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// findFirst walks a widget tree depth-first and returns the first object the
+// match function accepts. Tests use it to reach widgets newJobsView builds
+// internally rather than returning.
+func findFirst(root fyne.CanvasObject, match func(fyne.CanvasObject) bool) fyne.CanvasObject {
+	if match(root) {
+		return root
+	}
+	container, ok := root.(*fyne.Container)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for _, child := range container.Objects {
+		if found := findFirst(child, match); found != nil {
+			return found
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// jobsSidebar narrows the search to the left pane. The details panel has a
+// widget.List of its own (the activity log), so a search from the whole view
+// would find the wrong one.
+func jobsSidebar(t *testing.T, content fyne.CanvasObject) fyne.CanvasObject {
+	t.Helper()
+	found := findFirst(content, func(o fyne.CanvasObject) bool {
+		wrapper, ok := o.(*fyne.Container)
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+		_, ok = wrapper.Layout.(minWidthLayout)
+		return ok
+	})
+	if found == nil {
+		t.Fatal("jobs view has no fixed-width sidebar")
+	}
+	return found
+}
+
+func jobsList(t *testing.T, content fyne.CanvasObject) *widget.List {
+	t.Helper()
+	found := findFirst(jobsSidebar(t, content), func(o fyne.CanvasObject) bool {
+		_, ok := o.(*widget.List)
+		return ok
+	})
+	if found == nil {
+		t.Fatal("jobs sidebar contains no list widget")
+	}
+	return found.(*widget.List)
+}
+
+func jobsViewToggle(t *testing.T, content fyne.CanvasObject) *widget.Button {
+	t.Helper()
+	found := findFirst(jobsSidebar(t, content), func(o fyne.CanvasObject) bool {
+		button, ok := o.(*widget.Button)
+		return ok && (button.Text == "Compact" || button.Text == "Detailed")
+	})
+	if found == nil {
+		t.Fatal("jobs sidebar has no view toggle button")
+	}
+	return found.(*widget.Button)
+}
+
+// TestJobListViewToggleShrinksRowsAndPersists is the end-to-end guard for the
+// compact view: one tap must shrink the list rows, relabel the button with the
+// opposite action, and reach the config — and toggling back must undo all
+// three. Row height is measured through List.CreateItem/UpdateItem because
+// that is exactly what widget.List caches as the row height.
+func TestJobListViewToggleShrinksRowsAndPersists(t *testing.T) {
+	testApp := test.NewApp()
+	defer testApp.Quit()
+	w := testApp.NewWindow("test")
+	defer w.Close()
+
+	store := newTestStore(t)
+	jobs := []domain.Job{
+		{ID: 1, Name: "Nightly backup", Folder: "Maintenance", Schedule: "@every 1m", Command: "echo hi", Enabled: true},
+	}
+	svc := app.NewService(store, jobs)
+	defer svc.Stop()
+
+	content, _ := newJobsView(w, svc)
+	w.SetContent(content)
+
+	list := jobsList(t, content)
+	viewButton := jobsViewToggle(t, content)
+	if viewButton.Text != "Compact" {
+		t.Fatalf("a default config should open detailed: button text = %q, want %q", viewButton.Text, "Compact")
+	}
+
+	rowHeight := func() float32 {
+		t.Helper()
+		row := list.CreateItem()
+		list.UpdateItem(0, row)
+		return row.MinSize().Height
+	}
+	detailedHeight := rowHeight()
+
+	test.Tap(viewButton)
+	if store.Config.JobListView != domain.JobListViewCompact {
+		t.Errorf("after tapping, Config.JobListView = %q, want %q", store.Config.JobListView, domain.JobListViewCompact)
+	}
+	if viewButton.Text != "Detailed" {
+		t.Errorf("after tapping, button text = %q, want %q", viewButton.Text, "Detailed")
+	}
+	compactHeight := rowHeight()
+	if compactHeight >= detailedHeight {
+		t.Errorf("compact row height = %v, want less than detailed %v", compactHeight, detailedHeight)
+	}
+
+	test.Tap(viewButton)
+	if store.Config.JobListView != domain.JobListViewDetailed {
+		t.Errorf("after tapping back, Config.JobListView = %q, want %q", store.Config.JobListView, domain.JobListViewDetailed)
+	}
+	if viewButton.Text != "Compact" {
+		t.Errorf("after tapping back, button text = %q, want %q", viewButton.Text, "Compact")
+	}
+	if got := rowHeight(); got != detailedHeight {
+		t.Errorf("row height after switching back = %v, want the original %v", got, detailedHeight)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestJobListViewCompactConfigOpensCompact checks the persisted preference is
+// honoured at build time, not just after a tap.
+func TestJobListViewCompactConfigOpensCompact(t *testing.T) {
+	testApp := test.NewApp()
+	defer testApp.Quit()
+	w := testApp.NewWindow("test")
+	defer w.Close()
+
+	store := newTestStore(t)
+	store.Config.JobListView = domain.JobListViewCompact
+	svc := app.NewService(store, nil)
+	defer svc.Stop()
+
+	content, _ := newJobsView(w, svc)
+	w.SetContent(content)
+
+	if got := jobsViewToggle(t, content).Text; got != "Detailed" {
+		t.Errorf("button text for a compact config = %q, want %q", got, "Detailed")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestViewToggleTextNamesTheAction(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		current domain.JobListView
+		want    string
+	}{
+		{domain.JobListViewDetailed, "Compact"},
+		{domain.JobListViewCompact, "Detailed"},
+		{"", "Compact"},
+		{"tiny", "Compact"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		if got := viewToggleText(tc.current); got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("viewToggleText(%q) = %q, want %q", tc.current, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}

src/ui/mainwindow_test.go

@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ import (
 	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/test"
 )
 
-func newTestService(t *testing.T) *app.Service {
+// newTestStore builds a Store rooted in a temp directory. It is separate from
+// newTestService so tests that need a non-default Config (or their own jobs)
+// can adjust it before handing it to app.NewService.
+func newTestStore(t *testing.T) *storage.Store {
 	t.Helper()
 	dir := t.TempDir()
-	store := &storage.Store{
+	return &storage.Store{
 		Paths: storage.Paths{
 			ExecutablePath: filepath.Join(dir, "gosentry"),
 			AppDir:         dir,
@@ -35,7 +38,11 @@ func newTestService(t *testing.T) *app.Service {
 			NotifyOnFailure:       true,
 		},
 	}
-	return app.NewService(store, nil)
+}
+
+func newTestService(t *testing.T) *app.Service {
+	t.Helper()
+	return app.NewService(newTestStore(t), nil)
 }
 
 func TestMainViewBuilds(t *testing.T) {