Remove standalone Activity log page (Refs #153)

docs/guides/maintenance.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Campaigns retain managed-file deployment evidence; Collections define lineups.
   when the running revision is unverified.
 - **Policies & schedules** controls health recovery, configuration drift, automatic
   Plutonium updates, and the optional daily restart schedule independently.
-- **Activity** uses the shared Activity log, scoped to maintenance and recovery.
+- **Activity** shows retained history scoped to maintenance and recovery.
   Filter retained findings, update results, and scheduled restarts in one timeline.
   Follow a finding for evidence or an operation for execution progress. Use
   Overview’s **Active work & attention** to cancel waiting work or retry failed

docs/guides/native-hosts.md

@@ -525,6 +525,10 @@ local credentials already exist.
 
 ## Host and game-file API
 
+Open **Fleet → Hosts → Operation history** for retained operations across all
+hosts, including deleted hosts. A host's **Operation history** action scopes the
+same history to that host. Filters and pagination retain the selected scope.
+
 - `GET /api/hosts/:id`: host details and deletion blockers.
 - `GET /api/hosts/operations?page=1&filter=important`: operation history across
   hosts, newest first, with 25 summaries per page and filtered total/page counts.

docs/guides/provisioning.md

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # Provisioning
 
-Open **Activity → Activity log** for retained lifecycle, host, campaign, and
+Open **Activity → Provisioning** for server queues, bulk cancellation, lifecycle
-maintenance history. Use **Manage servers** from that page or command search
+actions, and retained lifecycle history. **Fleet → Collections** owns reusable lineups and collection launch
-for server queues, bulk cancellation, and lifecycle actions. **Fleet → Collections** owns reusable lineups and collection launch
 progress; their individual operations remain visible in Provisioning.
 Provisioning owns the queues, safety checks, execution, and
 recovery for all six actions. Create a server using **Create server**. For an existing
@@ -305,6 +304,21 @@ query parameters. Collection launch links at `/provisioning/collections/:id` or
 query parameters. `/api/deployments` remains compatible, including old campaign
 detail endpoints. No history or IDs are renamed or discarded.
 
+The standalone Activity log has been retired. Use a server's **History** tab for
+its combined history, **Activity → Maintenance → Activity** for maintenance and
+recovery, **Releases → Campaigns** or **Releases → Betas → History** for release
+history, and **Fleet → Hosts → Operation history** for retained host operations.
+Host operation history remains available after a host is deleted.
+
+Legacy `/activity` and `/operations` bookmarks redirect to Provisioning history
+by default. Server-scoped bookmarks open the server's History tab; host-scoped
+bookmarks open host operation history. Source-only bookmarks open the matching
+Campaigns, Betas, Maintenance, host operations, or autoscaling provisioning
+history. Shared history filters are retained when opening server or Maintenance
+history; pagination is reset when switching to a different kind of history.
+`GET /api/activity` and the shared history views remain available. Historical
+records, event collection, and retention are unchanged.
+
 Start and Stop use durable `instance.start` and `instance.stop` host-agent
 operations. Rebuild uses `instance.rebuild` and replaces the instance files.
 See [native host management](native-hosts.md) for command delivery and recovery.

src/lib/activity-redirect.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+const historyFilters = ['host', 'type', 'source', 'state', 'days', 'q', 'limit', 'offset'];
+
+/** Route retired activity bookmarks to the existing history that owns their scope. */
+export function activityRedirectHref(url: URL): string {
+    const params = new URLSearchParams();
+    const copy = (keys: string[]) => {
+        for (const key of keys) {
+            const value = url.searchParams.get(key);
+            if (value) params.set(key, value);
+        }
+    };
+    const server = url.searchParams.get('server')?.trim();
+    const host = url.searchParams.get('host')?.trim();
+    const source = url.searchParams.get('source');
+    let path: string;
+    let hash = '';
+    if (server) {
+        path = `/servers/${encodeURIComponent(server)}`;
+        params.set('tab', 'history');
+        copy(historyFilters);
+        hash = url.hash;
+    } else if (host || source === 'host') {
+        path = '/hosts/operations';
+        if (host) params.set('host', host);
+    } else if (source === 'maintenance' || source === 'recovery') {
+        path = '/maintenance';
+        params.set('view', 'activity');
+        copy(historyFilters);
+        hash = url.hash;
+    } else if (source === 'campaign') {
+        path = '/campaigns';
+        copy(['q']);
+    } else if (source === 'beta') {
+        path = '/betas';
+        params.set('view', 'history');
+        copy(['q']);
+    } else {
+        path = '/provisioning';
+        params.set('view', 'history');
+        if (source === 'autoscaling') params.set('source', source);
+    }
+    copy(['returnTo']);
+    return path + (params.size ? `?${params}` : '') + hash;
+}

src/lib/navigation-context.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { activityRedirectHref } from './activity-redirect.js';
+
 const origin = 'https://electric-cherry.invalid';
 const pagePath =
     /^\/(?:$|activity|operations|autoscaling|account|bank|capacity|metrics|server-keys|settings(?:\/users)?|servers\/[^/]+|hosts(?:\/[^/]+)?|collections(?:\/launches\/[^/]+)?|(?:scripts|configs|plugins|betas|campaigns|maintenance|provisioning|matches)(?:\/[^/]+)?|game-files|leaderboard(?:\/players\/[^/]+(?:\/[^/]+)?)?)$/;
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ export function safeReturnHref(value: string | null | undefined, fallback: strin
     try {
         const url = new URL(value, origin);
         if (url.origin !== origin || !pagePath.test(url.pathname)) return fallback;
+        if (url.pathname === '/activity' || url.pathname === '/operations')
+            return activityRedirectHref(url);
         return url.pathname + url.search + url.hash;
     } catch {
         return fallback;
@@ -45,8 +49,6 @@ export function returnLabel(href: string): string {
     if (path.startsWith('/hosts/')) return 'Back to host';
     const names: Record<string, string> = {
         '': 'Servers',
-        activity: 'Activity',
-        operations: 'Activity',
         autoscaling: 'Autoscaling',
         collections: 'Collections',
         hosts: 'Hosts',

src/lib/navigation.ts

@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ export const navigationGroups: NavigationGroup[] = [
                 label: 'Hosts',
                 href: '/hosts',
                 shortcut: 'o',
-                matches: (path) =>
+                matches: (path) => path === '/hosts' || path.startsWith('/hosts/')
-                    path === '/hosts' || /^\/hosts\/(?!operations(?:\/|$))/.test(path)
             },
             { label: 'Capacity', href: '/capacity' },
             { label: 'Autoscaling', href: '/autoscaling' },
@@ -52,13 +51,6 @@ export const navigationGroups: NavigationGroup[] = [
         id: 'activity',
         label: 'Activity',
         items: [
-            {
-                label: 'Activity log',
-                href: '/activity',
-                shortcut: 'd',
-                matches: (path) =>
-                    path === '/activity' || path === '/operations' || path === '/hosts/operations'
-            },
             {
                 label: 'Provisioning',
                 href: '/provisioning',

src/routes/activity/+page.server.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-import { parseActivityQuery } from '$lib/activity.js';
+import { redirect } from '@sveltejs/kit';
-import { activityHistory } from '$lib/server/activity.js';
+import { activityRedirectHref } from '$lib/activity-redirect.js';
 
 export function load({ url }: { url: URL }) {
-    return {
+    redirect(308, activityRedirectHref(url));
-        activity: activityHistory({
-            ...parseActivityQuery(url.searchParams),
-            excludeProvisioning: true,
-            excludeMaintenance: true
-        })
-    };
 }

src/routes/activity/+page.svelte

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<script lang="ts">
-    import ActivityLog from '$ui/components/ActivityLog.svelte';
-    import SectionHeader from '$ui/components/primitives/SectionHeader.svelte';
-    let { data }: { data: import('./$types').PageData } = $props();
-</script>
-
-<svelte:head><title>Activity · Electric Cherry</title></svelte:head>
-
-<div class="page">
-    <SectionHeader
-        title="Activity"
-        subtitle="Releases and host activity. Server jobs are in Provisioning; maintenance and recovery are in Maintenance history."
-    />
-    <ActivityLog initial={data.activity} excludeProvisioning excludeMaintenance />
-</div>
-
-<style>
-    .page {
-        display: grid;
-        gap: var(--space-6);
-        min-width: 0;
-    }
-</style>

src/routes/hosts/+page.svelte

@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
 <svelte:head><title>Hosts · Electric Cherry</title></svelte:head>
 <section class="page">
     <SectionHeader title="Hosts">
-        {#snippet actions()}<Button href="/capacity?rebalance=1">Rebalance</Button
+        {#snippet actions()}<Button href="/hosts/operations">Operation history</Button><Button
+                href="/capacity?rebalance=1">Rebalance</Button
             >{#if canManage}<Button variant="primary" onclick={() => (addOpen = true)}
                     >Add host</Button
                 >{/if}{/snippet}

src/routes/hosts/operations/+page.svelte

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 <section class="page" aria-busy={changingPage}>
     <SectionHeader
         title="Host operation history"
-        eyebrow="Operations"
+        eyebrow="Hosts"
         subtitle="Remote operations, newest first. Filtered views retain their host and server context."
     >
         {#snippet actions()}<Freshness
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
             />{/snippet}
     </SectionHeader>
     {#if data.scope.operation || $page.url.searchParams.has('returnTo')}<BackLink
-            fallback={data.scope.operation ? '/activity' : '/hosts'}
+            fallback={data.scope.operation ? allOperationsHref : '/hosts'}
         />{/if}
     {#if data.scope.operation}<div class="selected-operation">
             <div><strong>Selected host operation</strong><code>{data.scope.operation}</code></div>

src/routes/operations/+page.server.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { redirect } from '@sveltejs/kit';
+import { activityRedirectHref } from '$lib/activity-redirect.js';
 
-export function load() {
+export function load({ url }: { url: URL }) {
-    redirect(308, '/activity');
+    redirect(308, activityRedirectHref(url));
 }

src/routes/servers/[name]/+page.svelte

@@ -837,11 +837,6 @@
             {:else if activeSection === 'matches'}
                 {#key name}<MatchHistory server={name} />{/key}
             {:else if activeSection === 'history'}
-                <div class="history-links">
-                    <a href={contextHref(`/activity?server=${encodeURIComponent(name)}`, $page.url)}
-                        >Open in Activity</a
-                    >
-                </div>
                 {#key name}<ActivityLog server={name} />{/key}
             {/if}
         </div>
@@ -866,11 +861,6 @@
         min-width: 0;
         scroll-margin-top: 80px;
     }
-    .history-links {
-        display: flex;
-        flex-wrap: wrap;
-        gap: 12px;
-    }
     .server-actions {
         text-align: right;
     }

tests/unit/activity-redirects.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { load as activity } from '../../src/routes/activity/+page.server.js';
+import { load as operations } from '../../src/routes/operations/+page.server.js';
+
+describe.each([
+    ['/activity', activity],
+    ['/operations', operations]
+] as const)('retired %s page', (path, load) => {
+    it.each([
+        ['', '/provisioning?view=history'],
+        ['?source=provisioning', '/provisioning?view=history'],
+        ['?source=autoscaling', '/provisioning?view=history&source=autoscaling'],
+        ['?source=unknown&offset=100', '/provisioning?view=history'],
+        ['?server=town', '/servers/town?tab=history'],
+        ['?server=town%20%2F%201', '/servers/town%20%2F%201?tab=history'],
+        [
+            '?server=town&host=host-1&source=campaign&state=failed&days=7&q=files&limit=10&offset=20',
+            '/servers/town?tab=history&host=host-1&source=campaign&state=failed&days=7&q=files&limit=10&offset=20'
+        ],
+        [
+            '?server=town&tab=overview&excludeProvisioning=true&excludeMaintenance=true#operation-1',
+            '/servers/town?tab=history#operation-1'
+        ],
+        ['?host=host%20%2F%201&offset=50', '/hosts/operations?host=host+%2F+1'],
+        ['?server=%20&host=deleted-host', '/hosts/operations?host=deleted-host'],
+        ['?source=host', '/hosts/operations'],
+        ['?source=campaign&q=files&offset=50', '/campaigns?q=files'],
+        ['?source=beta&q=release&offset=50', '/betas?view=history&q=release'],
+        [
+            '?source=maintenance&type=update&state=failed&offset=25',
+            '/maintenance?view=activity&type=update&source=maintenance&state=failed&offset=25'
+        ],
+        ['?source=recovery', '/maintenance?view=activity&source=recovery'],
+        ['?returnTo=%2Fhosts', '/provisioning?view=history&returnTo=%2Fhosts']
+    ])('redirects %s directly to %s', (query, location) => {
+        expect(() => load({ url: new URL(`https://ec.test${path}${query}`) })).toThrow(
+            expect.objectContaining({ status: 308, location })
+        );
+    });
+});

tests/unit/activity.test.ts

@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ describe('unified retained Activity', () => {
         expect(api.activityHistory({ source: 'campaign' }).total).toBe(1);
     });
 
-    it('uses the same query contract for API and page loaders with no-store API responses', async () => {
+    it('keeps the shared history query contract and no-store API responses', async () => {
         const api = await setup();
         api.operation('a');
         api.operation('b', { state: 'failed' });
@@ -483,23 +483,19 @@ describe('unified retained Activity', () => {
         api.maintenance(1, 'failed');
         api.incident('finding', 'health', 'attention');
         const url = new URL(
-            'http://localhost/activity?state=failed&limit=1&excludeProvisioning=true&excludeMaintenance=true'
+            'http://localhost/api/activity?state=failed&limit=1&excludeProvisioning=true&excludeMaintenance=true'
         );
         const { GET } = await import('../../src/routes/api/activity/+server.js');
-        const { load } = await import('../../src/routes/activity/+page.server.js');
         const response = GET({ url });
         expect(response.headers.get('cache-control')).toBe('no-store');
-        expect(await response.json()).toEqual(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(load({ url }).activity)));
+        const body = await response.json();
-        expect(load({ url }).activity.rows[0].id).toBe('host:failed-check');
+        expect(body).toEqual(
-        expect(
+            JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(api.activityHistory(parseActivityQuery(url.searchParams))))
-            load({
+        );
-                url: new URL('http://localhost/activity?excludeProvisioning=false')
+        expect(body.rows[0].id).toBe('host:failed-check');
-            }).activity.rows.some((row) => row.id.startsWith('provisioning:'))
+        const history = await GET({ url: new URL('http://localhost/api/activity') }).json();
-        ).toBe(false);
+        expect(history.rows.map((row: { id: string }) => row.id)).toEqual(
-        expect(
+            expect.arrayContaining(['provisioning:a', 'provisioning:b', 'host:failed-check'])
-            load({
+        );
-                url: new URL('http://localhost/activity?excludeMaintenance=false')
-            }).activity.rows.map((row) => row.id)
-        ).toEqual(['host:failed-check']);
     });
 });

tests/unit/command-palette.test.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ import {
 } from '../../src/lib/ui/command-palette.js';
 
 describe('command palette destinations', () => {
+    it('omits the retired Activity log while retaining the pages that own history', () => {
+        for (const role of ['admin', 'operator', 'viewer', 'super_viewer'] as const) {
+            const destinations = palettePageResults(role, '').map((item) => item.href);
+            expect(destinations).not.toContain('/activity');
+            expect(destinations).not.toContain('/operations');
+            expect(palettePageResults(role, 'Activity log')).toEqual([]);
+            expect(destinations).toEqual(
+                expect.arrayContaining([
+                    '/provisioning',
+                    '/maintenance',
+                    '/campaigns',
+                    '/betas',
+                    '/hosts'
+                ])
+            );
+        }
+    });
+
     it('lets Super Viewers search administration pages without offering operations', () => {
         const results = palettePageResults('super_viewer', '');
         expect(results.filter((item) => item.group === 'Actions')).toEqual([]);

tests/unit/navigation-context.test.ts

@@ -20,13 +20,25 @@ describe('navigation context', () => {
         expect(returnLabel('/collections?view=history&launches=30')).toBe('Back to launch history');
     });
 
-    it('retains Activity filters and a selected result when opening a detail', () => {
+    it('retains Maintenance filters and a selected result when opening a detail', () => {
-        const source = '/activity?source=maintenance&state=failed&offset=25#operation-12';
+        const source = '/maintenance?view=activity&state=failed&offset=25#operation-12';
         const target = new URL(contextHref('/provisioning/12', source), 'http://localhost');
         expect(safeReturnHref(target.searchParams.get('returnTo'), '/')).toBe(source);
-        expect(returnLabel(source)).toBe('Back to Activity');
+        expect(returnLabel(source)).toBe('Back to Maintenance');
     });
 
+    it.each(['/activity', '/operations'])(
+        'replaces retired %s return links with their current history',
+        (path) => {
+            const source = `${path}?server=town&host=host-1&state=failed&offset=25`;
+            const expected = '/servers/town?tab=history&host=host-1&state=failed&offset=25';
+            expect(safeReturnHref(source, '/')).toBe(expected);
+            const target = new URL(contextHref('/provisioning/12', source), 'http://localhost');
+            expect(target.searchParams.get('returnTo')).toBe(expected);
+            expect(returnLabel(expected)).toBe('Back to server');
+        }
+    );
+
     it('preserves the selected diagnostic tab on both sides of a contextual link', () => {
         const url = new URL(
             contextHref(

tests/unit/navigation.test.ts

@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ describe('application navigation', () => {
         ['/servers/t5_zombie_theater_1', 'fleet', '/'],
         ['/collections/launches/42', 'fleet', '/collections'],
         ['/hosts/42', 'fleet', '/hosts'],
-        ['/hosts/operations', 'activity', '/activity'],
+        ['/hosts/operations', 'fleet', '/hosts'],
         ['/provisioning', 'activity', '/provisioning'],
         ['/provisioning/job-1', 'activity', '/provisioning'],
         ['/deployments/job-1', 'activity', '/provisioning'],
-        ['/activity', 'activity', '/activity'],
         ['/betas/new', 'releases', '/betas'],
         ['/campaigns/42', 'releases', '/campaigns'],
         ['/configs/42', 'releases', '/configs'],
@@ -33,14 +32,15 @@ describe('application navigation', () => {
         ).toEqual([href]);
     });
 
-    it('keeps Operations reachable from Activity and redirects legacy overview links', async () => {
+    it('keeps Provisioning and Maintenance in Activity without the retired log or shortcut', () => {
         expect(
             navigationGroups
                 .find((group) => group.id === 'activity')
                 ?.items.map((item) => item.label)
-        ).toEqual(['Activity log', 'Provisioning', 'Maintenance']);
+        ).toEqual(['Provisioning', 'Maintenance']);
-        const { load } = await import('../../src/routes/operations/+page.server.js');
+        const items = navigationGroups.flatMap((group) => group.items);
-        expect(load).toThrow(expect.objectContaining({ status: 308, location: '/activity' }));
+        expect(items.some((item) => ['/activity', '/operations'].includes(item.href))).toBe(false);
+        expect(items.some((item) => item.shortcut === 'd')).toBe(false);
     });
 
     it('keeps administration and its shortcuts out of operator and viewer navigation', () => {

tests/unit/ui-activity.test.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import { beforeEach, afterEach, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render } from 'svelte/server';
-import type { ComponentProps } from 'svelte';
 import { writable, type Writable } from 'svelte/store';
 import { page } from '$app/stores';
 import ActivityLog from '../../src/lib/ui/components/ActivityLog.svelte';
-import ActivityPage from '../../src/routes/activity/+page.svelte';
 import {
     activityApiHref,
     activityHistoryHref,
@@ -13,7 +11,9 @@ import {
 } from '../../src/lib/ui/activity-history.js';
 import type { ActivityPage as ActivityReport, ActivityRow } from '../../src/lib/activity.js';
 
-vi.mock('$app/stores', () => ({ page: writable({ url: new URL('http://localhost/activity') }) }));
+vi.mock('$app/stores', () => ({
+    page: writable({ url: new URL('http://localhost/servers/town?tab=history') })
+}));
 vi.mock('$app/navigation', () => ({ goto: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock('$ui/stores/fleet.js', () => ({
     fleet: writable({ servers: [], operations: [], receivedAt: 0 })
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const report = (): ActivityReport => ({
     offset: 0,
     query: { limit: 25, offset: 0 }
 });
-function scope(path = '/activity') {
+function scope(path = '/servers/town?tab=history') {
     (page as unknown as Writable<{ url: URL }>).set({ url: new URL(`http://localhost${path}`) });
 }
 beforeEach(() => {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ it.each([
     ['90', '90', 'Last 90 days'],
     ['14', '14', 'Last 14 days']
 ])('selects the current date range for days=%s on desktop and mobile', (days, value, label) => {
-    scope(days ? `/activity?days=${days}` : '/activity');
+    scope(days ? `/servers/town?tab=history&days=${days}` : '/servers/town?tab=history');
     const body = render(ActivityLog, { props: { initial: report() } }).body;
     for (const suffix of ['', '-mobile']) {
         const select = body.match(
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ it('sends only supported normalized filters and enforces scoped identities', ()
     expect(params.has('tab')).toBe(false);
     expect(params.has('returnTo')).toBe(false);
     expect(
-        activityQuery(new URL('https://example.test/activity?type=unknown&days=0')).type
+        activityQuery(new URL('https://example.test/servers/town?tab=history&type=unknown&days=0'))
+            .type
     ).toBeUndefined();
 });
 
@@ -112,7 +113,9 @@ it('resets pagination when filtering and preserves the containing page, hash, an
 });
 
 it('keeps provisioning excluded from log polling after filtering or clearing filters', () => {
-    const url = new URL('http://localhost/activity?type=create&excludeProvisioning=false');
+    const url = new URL(
+        'http://localhost/servers/town?tab=history&type=create&excludeProvisioning=false'
+    );
     const scope = { excludeProvisioning: true };
     expect(new URL(activityApiHref(url, scope), url).searchParams.get('excludeProvisioning')).toBe(
         'true'
@@ -125,7 +128,9 @@ it('keeps provisioning excluded from log polling after filtering or clearing fil
 });
 
 it('keeps maintenance excluded from log polling while preserving the Maintenance history scope', () => {
-    const url = new URL('http://localhost/activity?source=maintenance&excludeMaintenance=false');
+    const url = new URL(
+        'http://localhost/servers/town?tab=history&source=maintenance&excludeMaintenance=false'
+    );
     const logScope = { excludeProvisioning: true, excludeMaintenance: true };
     expect(
         new URL(activityApiHref(url, logScope), url).searchParams.get('excludeMaintenance')
@@ -155,39 +160,8 @@ it('shows relative recent timestamps and preserves accurate older dates and inva
     );
 });
 
-it('renders one page heading with provisioning management and filters removed', () => {
-    const body = render(ActivityPage, {
-        props: {
-            data: {
-                activity: report(),
-                user: { role: 'admin' },
-                setupRequired: false
-            } as ComponentProps<typeof ActivityPage>['data']
-        }
-    }).body;
-    expect(body.match(/<h1[ >]/g)).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(body).not.toContain('Manage servers');
-    expect(body).not.toContain('href="/provisioning"');
-    expect(body).not.toContain('<option value="create"');
-    expect(body).not.toContain('<option value="provisioning"');
-    expect(body).not.toContain('<option value="restart"');
-    for (const value of ['update', 'health', 'maintenance', 'recovery'])
-        expect(body).not.toContain(`<option value="${value}"`);
-    expect(body).toContain('<option value="drift"');
-    const viewer = render(ActivityPage, {
-        props: {
-            data: {
-                activity: report(),
-                user: { role: 'viewer' },
-                setupRequired: false
-            } as ComponentProps<typeof ActivityPage>['data']
-        }
-    }).body;
-    expect(viewer).not.toContain('Manage servers');
-});
-
 it('renders named operation links, shared source memberships, friendly resources, and one freshness indicator', () => {
-    scope('/activity?state=succeeded&offset=25');
+    scope('/servers/town?tab=history&state=succeeded&offset=25');
     const data = report();
     data.offset = 25;
     const body = render(ActivityLog, { props: { initial: data } }).body;
@@ -199,7 +173,7 @@ it('renders named operation links, shared source memberships, friendly resources
     expect(body).toContain('shape-circle');
     expect(body).toContain('15 s ago');
     expect(body).toContain('datetime="2026-10-07T17:59:45Z"');
-    expect(body).toContain('returnTo=%2Factivity');
+    expect(body).toContain('returnTo=%2Fservers%2Ftown%3Ftab%3Dhistory');
     expect(body).toContain('state%3Dsucceeded');
     expect(body).toContain('offset%3D25');
     expect(body).toContain('26–26 of 52');
@@ -209,6 +183,7 @@ it('renders named operation links, shared source memberships, friendly resources
 });
 
 it('preserves deleted server evidence without linking to a replacement instance', () => {
+    scope('/maintenance?view=activity');
     const data = report();
     data.rows = [{ ...row, serverDeletedAt: '2026-10-07T17:59:46Z' }];
     const body = render(ActivityLog, { props: { initial: data } }).body;
@@ -239,7 +214,7 @@ it('offers one mobile filter sheet with distinct IDs and hides fixed scope contr
 });
 
 it('offers useful empty and out-of-range page recovery', () => {
-    scope('/activity?q=missing&offset=100');
+    scope('/servers/town?tab=history&q=missing&offset=100');
     const data = report();
     data.rows = [];
     data.offset = 100;

tests/unit/ui-host-operation-labels.test.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render } from 'svelte/server';
 import type { ComponentProps } from 'svelte';
-import { writable } from 'svelte/store';
+import { writable, type Writable } from 'svelte/store';
+import { page } from '$app/stores';
 import HostOperations from '../../src/routes/hosts/operations/+page.svelte';
+import Hosts from '../../src/routes/hosts/+page.svelte';
 import type { HostOperationSummary } from '../../src/lib/hosts.js';
 
 vi.mock('$app/stores', () => ({
@@ -11,6 +13,14 @@ vi.mock('$app/stores', () => ({
 }));
 vi.mock('$app/navigation', () => ({ beforeNavigate: vi.fn() }));
 
+function setPage(path: string) {
+    (page as unknown as Writable<unknown>).set({
+        url: new URL(`http://localhost${path}`),
+        data: { user: { role: 'viewer' } }
+    });
+}
+beforeEach(() => setPage('/hosts/operations'));
+
 const operation: HostOperationSummary = {
     id: 'retained-op',
     hostId: 'host-1',
@@ -29,6 +39,58 @@ const operation: HostOperationSummary = {
 };
 
 describe('host operation history presentation', () => {
+    it('keeps fleet-wide operation history reachable even when all hosts have been deleted', () => {
+        setPage('/hosts');
+        const body = render(Hosts, {
+            props: {
+                data: { user: null, setupRequired: false, hosts: [], serverNow: Date.now() }
+            }
+        }).body;
+        expect(body).toContain('href="/hosts/operations"');
+        expect(body).toContain('Operation history');
+    });
+
+    it.each([
+        [
+            '/hosts/operations?operation=retained-op&host=host-1&filter=all',
+            '/hosts/operations?host=host-1&amp;filter=all',
+            'Back to host operation history'
+        ],
+        [
+            '/hosts/operations?operation=retained-op&returnTo=%2Fservers%2Ftown%3Ftab%3Dhistory',
+            '/servers/town?tab=history',
+            'Back to server'
+        ],
+        [
+            '/hosts/operations?operation=retained-op&returnTo=%2Factivity%3Fhost%3Dhost-1',
+            '/hosts/operations?host=host-1',
+            'Back to host operation history'
+        ]
+    ])('returns from a selected operation to existing history: %s', (path, href, label) => {
+        setPage(path);
+        const body = render(HostOperations, {
+            props: {
+                data: {
+                    user: null,
+                    setupRequired: false,
+                    history: {
+                        operations: [],
+                        page: 1,
+                        pageSize: 25,
+                        totalPages: 1,
+                        total: 0,
+                        filter: 'all'
+                    },
+                    scope: { operation: operation.id, host: operation.hostId },
+                    hostName: operation.hostName
+                }
+            }
+        }).body;
+        expect(body).toContain(`href="${href}"`);
+        expect(body).toContain(label);
+        expect(body).not.toContain('href="/activity');
+    });
+
     it('uses readable operation, server and state labels while keeping identifiers in technical detail', () => {
         const body = render(HostOperations, {
             props: {

tests/unit/ui-navigation.test.ts

@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ describe('sidebar navigation', () => {
         expect(body).toContain('Main navigation');
         expect(body).toMatch(/<a[^>]*href="\/campaigns"[^>]*aria-current="page"/);
         expect(body).toContain('href="/betas"');
-        expect(body).toContain('href="/activity"');
+        expect(body).not.toContain('href="/activity"');
+        expect(body).toContain('href="/provisioning"');
+        expect(body).toContain('href="/maintenance"');
         expect(body).toContain('href="/metrics"');
         expect(body).toContain('href="/bank"');
         expect(body).not.toContain('href="/settings"');
@@ -120,6 +122,8 @@ describe('application shell', () => {
         expect(body).toContain('aria-label="Keyboard shortcuts"');
         expect(body).not.toContain('class="primary-navigation"');
         expect(body).not.toContain('variant="secondary"');
+        expect(body).not.toContain('g d');
+        expect(body).not.toContain('Activity log');
     });
 
     it('preserves the viewer notice and hides navigation while a password change is required', () => {

tests/unit/ui-server-detail.test.ts

@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ it('keeps Super Viewer diagnostics readable without offering probes or lifecycle
 
 it('uses the shared Activity view for server history', () => {
     const body = pageBody('history');
-    expect(body).toContain('Open in Activity');
+    expect(body).toContain('Activity filters');
+    expect(body).not.toContain('Open in Activity');
+    expect(body).not.toContain('href="/activity');
     expect(body).not.toContain('Loading campaign history');
     expect(body).not.toContain('>Provisioning history</a>');
 });