feat(ask): cite persisted image evidence for cited posts

backend/app/main.py

@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
 )
 from backend.app.lineage_ingestion import rebuild_lineage, visible_lineage_graph
 from backend.app.post_chat_ingestion import (
+    cited_post_images,
     fetch_persisted_chat,
     fetch_persisted_chats,
     find_linked_post_ids,
@@ -2643,6 +2644,7 @@ async def ask_agent(
             "cited_posts": [],
             "source_post_ids": [],
             "cited_post_evidence": [],
+            "cited_post_images": [],
             "next_action": "No authorized source posts are available for this question.",
         }
     try:
@@ -2653,11 +2655,14 @@ async def ask_agent(
             f"Ask Agent is unavailable: {exc}",
         ) from exc
     cited_ids = list(answer.cited_post_ids)
+    async with pool.acquire() as conn:
+        images = await cited_post_images(conn, cited_ids)
     return {
         "answer_text": answer.answer_text,
         "cited_post_ids": cited_ids,
         "cited_posts": cited_post_summaries(sources, cited_ids),
         "cited_post_evidence": cited_post_evidence(sources, cited_ids),
+        "cited_post_images": images,
         "source_post_ids": [source.post_id for source in sources],
     }
 

backend/app/post_chat_ingestion.py

@@ -553,6 +553,63 @@ async def gather_global_chat_sources(
     return sources
 
 
+async def cited_post_images(
+    conn: asyncpg.Connection,
+    cited_post_ids: list[str],
+) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Persisted image evidence (caption/OCR/tags) for already-cited posts.
+
+    Global Ask cites a post's *text*; when that post's evidence actually
+    came from an embedded picture (a screenshot, a diagram), the reader has
+    no way to tell the difference -- the answer just reads as a text claim.
+    This surfaces the same persisted, never-raw-bytes image description
+    `GET /api/posts/{id}/content` already renders (`post_content_image`,
+    ADR-tracked alongside its region locations), scoped to the posts this
+    answer already cited.
+
+    No ABAC re-check here: `cited_post_ids` only ever contains ids drawn
+    from `gather_global_chat_sources`'s already-authorized source set, the
+    same trust boundary `cited_post_evidence`/`cited_post_summaries` rely
+    on (`lineageweave.post_chat`).
+    """
+    if not cited_post_ids:
+        return []
+    rows = await conn.fetch(
+        """
+        select unit.post_id, unit.unit_index, image.mime_type,
+               image.description_status_code, image.extracted_text, image.caption,
+               coalesce(
+                   array_agg(tag.tag_text order by tag.tag_text)
+                       filter (where tag.tag_text is not null),
+                   '{}'::text[]
+               ) as tags
+          from post_content_unit unit
+          join post_content_image image
+            on image.post_content_unit_id = unit.post_content_unit_id
+          left join post_content_image_tag tag
+            on tag.post_content_image_id = image.post_content_image_id
+         where unit.post_id = any($1::uuid[])
+         group by unit.post_id, unit.unit_index, image.mime_type,
+                  image.description_status_code, image.extracted_text, image.caption
+         order by unit.post_id, unit.unit_index
+        """,
+        cited_post_ids,
+    )
+    return [
+        {
+            "post_id": str(row["post_id"]),
+            "unit_index": row["unit_index"],
+            "mime_type": row["mime_type"],
+            "status_code": row["description_status_code"],
+            "extracted_text": row["extracted_text"],
+            "caption": row["caption"],
+            "tags": list(row["tags"] or []),
+        }
+        for row in rows
+        if row["caption"] or row["extracted_text"] or row["tags"]
+    ]
+
+
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class SeededChat:
     """Synthetic Q&A for a reconstruct/calendar/demo fixture -- not an LLM."""

docs/doctoring/DESIGN_TOKEN_REFERENCES.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Design-token and Storybook traceability
 
 **Status:** Active PR evidence; not protected-main truth until merge.  
-**Scope:** `frontend/src/styles/tokens.css`, repeated chip/close modules, and
-the Storybook inventory.
+**Scope:** `frontend/src/styles/tokens.css`, repeated chip/close modules, the
+Ask evidence dialog, and the Storybook inventory.
 
 ## Standards mapped to implementation
 
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ the Storybook inventory.
 | W3C Design Tokens Format Module 2025.10 | Name color, space, type, and radius once; consume those names from repeated objects. | `frontend/src/styles/tokens.css` defines `--color-*`, `--space-*`, `--size-control-min`, `--radius-chip`, `--radius-control`, `--radius-panel`, and `--font-*`. `CitationChip`, `PopupCloseButton`, `CutoffKnownBody`, and `LineageEntityPicker` read those names through `App.css`. |
 | Storybook for React & Vite | Catalog repeated controls so a buyer can try the next click without reading `App.tsx`. | `frontend/src/components/*.stories.tsx` and `docs/storybook-inventory.md`. |
 | WCAG 2.2 | Give interactive controls programmatic names and announce an asynchronous evidence failure instead of leaving a perpetual loading state. | Component interaction tests exercise the named controls; `EvidencePanel` exposes its terminal failure with `role="alert"`. This is targeted evidence, not a claim of complete WCAG conformance. |
+| WAI-ARIA APG Dialog (Modal) Pattern | A surface marked `aria-modal="true"` must behave modally: focus moves inside, `Tab` and `Shift+Tab` remain inside, and `Escape` closes the layer. | `AskEvidenceLayerPopup` moves initial focus inside the dialog and explicitly cycles forward/backward keyboard focus between its actionable controls; component tests cover both focus-loop directions and Escape. Its evidence lists use dialog-specific accessible labels so assistive technology can distinguish the modal list from the still-rendered inline answer. |
 
 ## APA 7th references
 
@@ -23,3 +24,7 @@ https://storybook.js.org/docs/get-started/frameworks/react-vite
 
 World Wide Web Consortium. (2024). *Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
 (WCAG) 2.2* (W3C Recommendation). https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/
+
+World Wide Web Consortium. (n.d.). *Dialog (modal) pattern*. WAI-ARIA
+Authoring Practices Guide. Retrieved August 22, 2026, from
+https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/dialog-modal/

docs/storybook-inventory.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ buyer-facing control you can click before changing product CSS.
 | Story | Buyer next action | Token / module |
 |---|---|---|
 | `Evidence/CitationChip` | Click a cited title to open that source post. | `--color-chip-border`, `--radius-chip`, `CitationChip` |
+| `Evidence/AskEvidenceLayerPopup` | Inspect one citation without leaving the answer; close to continue the answer or open the complete source post. Stories cover text/image evidence, no-evidence, missing OCR, null caption, and blank-caption fallback states. | shared popup tokens through `App.css`, `PopupCloseButton`, `AskEvidenceLayerPopup` |
 | `AnalysisRun/CutoffKnownBody` | Read the cutoff-known sentence, then compare it with the live body below. | `--color-accent-border`, `--space-panel-block`, `--radius-panel`, `CutoffKnownBody` |
 | `Analysis/LineageEntityPicker` | Choose which corp to reconstruct, then click Request a lineage reconstruction. | `--space-control-gap`, `--size-control-min`, `--radius-control`, `LineageEntityPicker` |
 | `Chrome/PopupCloseButton` | Close the evidence panel or post popup. | `--space-close-inset`, `--font-size-close`, `PopupCloseButton` |

frontend/src/App.test.tsx

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ describe("App, authenticated", () => {
     customerEntityHierarchy?: boolean;
     staleSummary?: boolean;
     contentAfterSummary?: boolean;
+    askImageCitation?: boolean;
   }): ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> & { releaseMe: () => void } {
     const statusLabel: Record<string, string> = {
       open: "Open",
@@ -1560,6 +1561,19 @@ describe("App, authenticated", () => {
                 ],
               },
             ],
+            cited_post_images: options?.askImageCitation
+              ? [
+                  {
+                    post_id: "post-2",
+                    unit_index: 1,
+                    mime_type: "image/png",
+                    status_code: "described",
+                    extracted_text: "Error code 500 on checkout",
+                    caption: "Screenshot of the checkout error",
+                    tags: ["screenshot", "error"],
+                  },
+                ]
+              : [],
             source_post_ids: ["post-1", "post-2"],
           }),
         );
@@ -1674,6 +1688,52 @@ describe("App, authenticated", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText(/ontology_iri|contextual_orchestrator/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it("cites a cited post's persisted image evidence under that post", async () => {
+    stubBackend({ askImageCitation: true });
+    render(<App />);
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "View post: Public post" })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Ask Agent" }));
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Ask a question" }), "Which project?");
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Ask" }));
+
+    expect(await screen.findByText(/Image evidence: Screenshot of the checkout error/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Error code 500 on checkout/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Image tags: screenshot, error/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("shows no image evidence line when the answer cites no image", async () => {
+    stubBackend();
+    render(<App />);
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "View post: Public post" })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Ask Agent" }));
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Ask a question" }), "Which project?");
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Ask" }));
+
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("list", { name: "Evidence facts" })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/Image evidence:/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("opens a cited post's evidence in a Layer Popup without leaving the answer", async () => {
+    stubBackend({ askImageCitation: true });
+    render(<App />);
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "View post: Public post" })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Ask Agent" }));
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Ask a question" }), "Which project?");
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Ask" }));
+
+    await userEvent.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "View evidence" }));
+
+    const dialog = await screen.findByRole("dialog", { name: "Linked post" });
+    expect(dialog).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(within(dialog).getByText(/project: Semantic project/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(within(dialog).getByText("Screenshot of the checkout error")).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Close evidence panel" }));
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    // The answer itself is still on screen -- the layer never navigated away.
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "View evidence" })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   it("labels the Customer Master entity level and Keymen side, never the raw lookup code", async () => {
     // Live UI finding (2026-08-19): read_customer_master() skipped the
     // common_lookup_value join both endpoints elsewhere already use,

frontend/src/App.tsx

@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ import {
 import { CitationChip } from "./components/CitationChip";
 import { CutoffKnownBody } from "./components/CutoffKnownBody";
 import { LineageEntityPicker } from "./components/LineageEntityPicker";
+import { AskEvidenceLayerPopup } from "./components/AskEvidenceLayerPopup";
 import { PopupCloseButton } from "./components/PopupCloseButton";
+import { chatEvidenceKindLabel } from "./evidenceKindLabels";
 import { BuyerNav, type BuyerDestination } from "./components/BuyerNav";
 import { LineageDag } from "./LineageDag";
 import { PostBody } from "./PostBody";
@@ -777,16 +779,6 @@ function projectProvenanceLabel(provenance: string): string {
   return t(PROJECT_PROVENANCE_LABELS[provenance] ?? "Recorded evidence");
 }
 
-const CHAT_EVIDENCE_KIND_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
-  source_field: "Source field hint",
-  semantic_project: "Semantic project",
-  semantic_role: "Semantic role",
-  semantic_keyman: "Semantic Keyman",
-};
-
-function chatEvidenceKindLabel(kind: string): string {
-  return t(CHAT_EVIDENCE_KIND_LABELS[kind] ?? "Evidence");
-}
 
 const VERIFICATION_BADGE: Record<string, string> = {
   verify_pending: "Not yet checked",
@@ -4477,6 +4469,7 @@ function AskAgentPanel({
   const [answer, setAnswer] = useState<AskAgentResponse | null>(null);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [asking, setAsking] = useState(false);
+  const [evidenceLayerPostId, setEvidenceLayerPostId] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   async function handleAsk() {
     const normalized = question.trim();
@@ -4525,6 +4518,13 @@ function AskAgentPanel({
                     <button className="post-list-item" onClick={() => onOpenPost(post.post_id)}>
                       <strong>{post.post_title}</strong>
                     </button>
+                    <button
+                      type="button"
+                      className="citation-chip"
+                      onClick={() => setEvidenceLayerPostId(post.post_id)}
+                    >
+                      {t("View evidence")}
+                    </button>
                     {answer.cited_post_evidence?.find((item) => item.post_id === post.post_id)?.facts.length ? (
                       <ul className="post-evidence-list" aria-label={t("Evidence facts")}>
                         {answer.cited_post_evidence
@@ -4537,13 +4537,42 @@ function AskAgentPanel({
                           ))}
                       </ul>
                     ) : null}
+                    {answer.cited_post_images
+                      ?.filter((image) => image.post_id === post.post_id)
+                      .map((image) => (
+                        <p
+                          key={`${image.post_id}:${image.unit_index}`}
+                          className="post-meta ask-agent-image-citation"
+                        >
+                          {t("Image evidence")}: {image.caption?.trim() ? image.caption : t("Untitled image")}
+                          {image.extracted_text ? ` — ${image.extracted_text}` : ""}
+                          {image.tags.length ? ` — ${t("Image tags")}: ${image.tags.join(", ")}` : ""}
+                        </p>
+                      ))}
                   </li>
                 ))}
               </ul>
             </>
           )}
         </section>
       )}
+      {evidenceLayerPostId && answer ? (
+        <AskEvidenceLayerPopup
+          postId={evidenceLayerPostId}
+          postTitle={
+            answer.cited_posts?.find((post) => post.post_id === evidenceLayerPostId)?.post_title ??
+            evidenceLayerPostId
+          }
+          facts={
+            answer.cited_post_evidence?.find((item) => item.post_id === evidenceLayerPostId)?.facts ?? []
+          }
+          images={
+            answer.cited_post_images?.filter((image) => image.post_id === evidenceLayerPostId) ?? []
+          }
+          onClose={() => setEvidenceLayerPostId(null)}
+          onOpenPost={onOpenPost}
+        />
+      ) : null}
     </section>
   );
 }
@@ -4610,7 +4639,8 @@ export default function App({ showLabPanels = false }: { showLabPanels?: boolean
             </div>
             <div className="login-controls">
               <button className="btn-primary" onClick={() => {
-                const returnUrl = window.location.pathname + window.location.search;
+                const returnUrl = returnUrlFromLocation();
+                rememberOidcReturnUrl(returnUrl);
                 void auth.signinRedirect({ state: { returnUrl } });
               }}>
                 {t("Log in")}
@@ -4620,7 +4650,6 @@ export default function App({ showLabPanels = false }: { showLabPanels?: boolean
               <small>Enterprise SSO Authentication</small>
             </div>
           </div>
-          {destination === "admin" ? <AdminPanel currentBrandName={brandName} onBrandNameChange={setBrandName} accessToken={accessToken} /> : null}
       </main>
         <footer className="app-footer" role="contentinfo">
           <div className="app-footer-title">

frontend/src/api.ts

@@ -301,11 +301,22 @@ export interface ChatHistory {
   exchanges: ChatExchange[];
 }
 
+export interface CitedPostImage {
+  post_id: string;
+  unit_index: number;
+  mime_type: string;
+  status_code: string;
+  extracted_text: string | null;
+  caption: string | null;
+  tags: string[];
+}
+
 export interface AskAgentResponse {
   answer_text: string;
   cited_post_ids: string[];
   cited_posts?: CitedPostRef[];
   cited_post_evidence?: CitedPostEvidence[];
+  cited_post_images?: CitedPostImage[];
   source_post_ids: string[];
   next_action?: string;
 }