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+name: Frontend Pipeline State Stale After Server Restart
+test_plan: pending
+---
+
+# Story 68: Frontend Pipeline State Stale After Server Restart
+
+## User Story
+
+As a user viewing the web UI, I want the pipeline panel to show the correct state after a server restart, so that I am not looking at stale stage data from before the restart.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [ ] Server scans .story_kit/work/ directories on startup and loads current pipeline state from the filesystem
+- [ ] Frontend re-fetches full pipeline state on WebSocket reconnect
+- [ ] Pipeline panel accurately reflects filesystem state even if file moves happened while the server was down
+
+## Out of Scope
+
+- TBD