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name: "Agents panel skips archived work on startup"
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# Story 79: Agents panel skips archived work on startup

## User Story

As a user, I want the agents panel to only show live/in-progress work when I first open the UI, so that the panel isn't cluttered with old completed items. However, when a work item completes during my session, it should appear in the panel and gracefully fade out.

## Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] On frontend startup, archived work items (from work/5_archived/) are NOT fetched or displayed in the agents panel
- [ ] Work items that complete during the current session remain visible in the agents panel and fade down/out gracefully
- [ ] The agents panel still shows all active work items (upcoming, current, qa, merge) as before
- [ ] No regression in agent status updates or real-time WebSocket notifications

## Out of Scope

- TBD
