diff --git a/buyer/src/config.ts b/buyer/src/config.ts
index 13ff590..8bd4eb0 100644
--- a/buyer/src/config.ts
+++ b/buyer/src/config.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
  *   OGMIOS_URL          — Ogmios HTTP endpoint (required iff LIVE_CHAIN=1)
  *   LIVE_CHAIN          — "1" opts in to LiveOgmiosProvider (real submitTx).
  *                         Default off → ReadOnlyOgmiosProvider (safe).
+ *   TTS_PIPER_BASE_URL  — Base URL of the openedai-speech-min PiperTTS host.
+ *                         When unset, /v1/synth-speech responds 503 (the
+ *                         capability stays disabled — the rest of the
+ *                         buyer-app boots normally).
  */
 
 const HEX64_RE = /^[0-9a-fA-F]{64}$/;
@@ -23,6 +27,7 @@ export interface BuyerConfig {
   networkId: 0 | 1;
   ogmiosUrl: string;
   liveChain: boolean;
+  ttsPiperBaseUrl: string;
 }
 
 function requireField(env: Record<string, string | undefined>, name: string): string {
@@ -70,5 +75,10 @@ export function loadConfig(env: Record<string, string | undefined>): BuyerConfig
     throw new Error("loadConfig: OGMIOS_URL is required when LIVE_CHAIN=1");
   }
 
-  return { privKeyHex, indexerUrl, port, networkId, ogmiosUrl, liveChain };
+  // TTS_PIPER_BASE_URL is purely optional — empty string means the
+  // /v1/synth-speech endpoint stays disabled. We don't validate the URL
+  // shape here; an unreachable URL surfaces as a clear 502 from the proxy.
+  const ttsPiperBaseUrl = env.TTS_PIPER_BASE_URL ?? "";
+
+  return { privKeyHex, indexerUrl, port, networkId, ogmiosUrl, liveChain, ttsPiperBaseUrl };
 }
diff --git a/buyer/src/index.ts b/buyer/src/index.ts
index a776040..9eee04b 100644
--- a/buyer/src/index.ts
+++ b/buyer/src/index.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export async function runMain(env: Record<string, string | undefined>): Promise<
     walletKey,
     indexerUrl: config.indexerUrl,
     marketplace,
+    ttsPiperBaseUrl: config.ttsPiperBaseUrl,
   });
 
   const server = app.listen(config.port, () => {
diff --git a/buyer/src/server.ts b/buyer/src/server.ts
index 5fcc48c..cb6623a 100644
--- a/buyer/src/server.ts
+++ b/buyer/src/server.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ export interface AppDeps {
    * The browser SPA calls fetch('/v1/submit-prompt') instead of touching
    * the SDK directly, so the chain stub in the SPA never has to fire. */
   marketplace?: Marketplace;
+  /** Base URL of the openedai-speech-min PiperTTS deployment that
+   * `/v1/synth-speech` proxies to. Falls back to the public Vector-testnet
+   * host when not set. Endpoint stays disabled (503) when this is empty. */
+  ttsPiperBaseUrl?: string;
   /** Injectable fetch for tests. Defaults to globalThis.fetch. */
   fetchImpl?: typeof globalThis.fetch;
 }
@@ -306,10 +310,115 @@ export function createApp(deps: AppDeps): Express {
       const reason = err instanceof Error && "reason" in err
         ? String((err as { reason: unknown }).reason)
         : "submit_prompt_failed";
+      // Surface the failure to logs so 502 responses aren't a silent black
+      // hole during deploy debugging. SDK errors carry .reason; raw Errors
+      // carry stack — we want both.
+      console.error(
+        `[buyer] /v1/submit-prompt failed reason=${reason} message=${message}`,
+        err instanceof Error && err.stack ? `\n${err.stack}` : "",
+      );
       return res.status(502).json({ error: reason, message });
     }
   });
 
+  // ── POST /v1/synth-speech — PiperTTS-specific proxy.
+  // Body: { text, voice, format, speed }
+  // Returns: audio bytes (Content-Type from upstream, e.g. audio/mpeg).
+  //
+  // Path B of the multi-capability story: the SPA's `PiperTTSForm` component
+  // hits this directly (no escrow yet) so we can demo the audio.synthesize.
+  // piper.v1 capability without waiting for the on-chain TTS-supplier
+  // adapter to land. The endpoint is intentionally locked to PiperTTS' OpenAI-
+  // shape `/v1/audio/speech` — different TTS providers (xtts, coqui, …) get
+  // their own endpoint so each form's parameter space is explicit.
+  //
+  // Knobs limited to what openedai-speech-min actually honours:
+  //   voice ∈ alloy|echo|fable|onyx|nova|shimmer|lessac
+  //   format ∈ mp3|wav|opus|aac|flac
+  //   speed ∈ [0.5, 1.5]
+  const ALLOWED_VOICES = new Set([
+    "alloy", "echo", "fable", "onyx", "nova", "shimmer", "lessac",
+  ]);
+  const ALLOWED_FORMATS = new Set(["mp3", "wav", "opus", "aac", "flac"]);
+  const ttsPiperBaseUrl = (deps.ttsPiperBaseUrl ?? "").replace(/\/+$/, "");
+  const ttsFetch = deps.fetchImpl ?? globalThis.fetch;
+
+  app.post("/v1/synth-speech", async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+    if (!ttsPiperBaseUrl) {
+      return jsonError(
+        res,
+        503,
+        "service_unavailable",
+        "buyer-app booted without TTS_PIPER_BASE_URL; /v1/synth-speech disabled",
+      );
+    }
+
+    const body = readBody(req.body);
+    const text = typeof body.text === "string" ? body.text.trim() : "";
+    if (text.length === 0) {
+      return jsonError(res, 400, "text_required",
+        "body.text must be a non-empty string");
+    }
+    if (text.length > 4000) {
+      return jsonError(res, 400, "text_too_long",
+        "body.text must be ≤ 4000 chars (Piper softcap; longer texts can be split client-side)");
+    }
+    const voice = typeof body.voice === "string" ? body.voice : "nova";
+    if (!ALLOWED_VOICES.has(voice)) {
+      return jsonError(res, 400, "voice_invalid",
+        `voice must be one of: ${[...ALLOWED_VOICES].join(", ")}`);
+    }
+    const format = typeof body.format === "string" ? body.format : "mp3";
+    if (!ALLOWED_FORMATS.has(format)) {
+      return jsonError(res, 400, "format_invalid",
+        `format must be one of: ${[...ALLOWED_FORMATS].join(", ")}`);
+    }
+    const speedRaw = body.speed;
+    const speed = typeof speedRaw === "number" ? speedRaw
+      : typeof speedRaw === "string" ? Number(speedRaw)
+      : 1.0;
+    if (!Number.isFinite(speed) || speed < 0.5 || speed > 1.5) {
+      return jsonError(res, 400, "speed_out_of_range",
+        "speed must be a finite number in [0.5, 1.5]");
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const upstream = await ttsFetch(`${ttsPiperBaseUrl}/v1/audio/speech`, {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          model: "tts-1",
+          input: text,
+          voice,
+          response_format: format,
+          speed,
+        }),
+      });
+      if (!upstream.ok) {
+        const detail = await upstream.text().catch(() => "");
+        return jsonError(
+          res,
+          502,
+          "tts_upstream_error",
+          `TTS upstream ${upstream.status} ${upstream.statusText}: ${detail.slice(0, 200)}`,
+        );
+      }
+      const contentType = upstream.headers.get("content-type") ?? `audio/${format}`;
+      const buf = Buffer.from(await upstream.arrayBuffer());
+      res.status(200);
+      res.setHeader("Content-Type", contentType);
+      res.setHeader("Content-Length", String(buf.length));
+      // Hint a sensible filename for the SPA's download anchor.
+      res.setHeader("Content-Disposition",
+        `inline; filename="speech.${format}"`);
+      return res.send(buf);
+    } catch (err) {
+      const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+      console.error(`[buyer] /v1/synth-speech failed: ${message}`);
+      return jsonError(res, 502, "tts_unreachable", message);
+    }
+  });
+
   app.post("/v1/accept", async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     if (!resolved) {
       return jsonError(
diff --git a/buyer/src/ui/components/PiperTTSForm.tsx b/buyer/src/ui/components/PiperTTSForm.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddd6523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buyer/src/ui/components/PiperTTSForm.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+/**
+ * buyer/src/ui/components/PiperTTSForm.tsx — capability-specific form
+ * for `audio.synthesize.piper.v1` suppliers.
+ *
+ * The form posts directly to the buyer-app's `/v1/synth-speech` proxy,
+ * which forwards to the openedai-speech-min PiperTTS host. Path B of the
+ * multi-capability story: we render a Piper-shaped UI now (text + voice +
+ * format + speed) without going through escrow. When the marketplace TTS-
+ * supplier adapter lands, this same component is reused unchanged — only
+ * the server endpoint swaps from /v1/synth-speech to a /v1/submit-tts.
+ *
+ * UX notes:
+ *   - Voices and formats are hard-coded to what openedai-speech-min actually
+ *     honours. If a future Piper deploy adds voices, expose them via a
+ *     /v1/synth-speech-voices listing call instead of free-typing here.
+ *   - We render a native <audio controls> on success so the user can play
+ *     without leaving the page, plus a Download anchor whose href is the
+ *     same blob URL (the audio buffer is materialised once and reused).
+ *   - Blob URLs are revoked on unmount + on each new submit to avoid
+ *     accumulating leaked memory across many demo runs.
+ */
+
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+
+const VOICES = [
+  { value: "nova",    label: "Nova (default — feminine, warm)" },
+  { value: "alloy",   label: "Alloy" },
+  { value: "echo",    label: "Echo" },
+  { value: "fable",   label: "Fable (British male)" },
+  { value: "onyx",    label: "Onyx" },
+  { value: "shimmer", label: "Shimmer" },
+  { value: "lessac",  label: "Lessac (high-quality female)" },
+] as const;
+
+const FORMATS = [
+  { value: "mp3",  label: "mp3" },
+  { value: "wav",  label: "wav" },
+  { value: "opus", label: "opus" },
+  { value: "aac",  label: "aac" },
+  { value: "flac", label: "flac" },
+] as const;
+
+interface AudioResult {
+  blobUrl: string;
+  format: string;
+  byteLength: number;
+}
+
+export default function PiperTTSForm(): JSX.Element {
+  const [text, setText] = useState("");
+  const [voice, setVoice] = useState("nova");
+  const [format, setFormat] = useState("mp3");
+  const [speed, setSpeed] = useState(1.0);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [result, setResult] = useState<AudioResult | null>(null);
+
+  // Track the active blob URL so we can revoke it before creating a new one
+  // and on unmount. Without this, every successful synth leaks the previous
+  // blob into the page until the user reloads.
+  const activeBlobUrl = useRef<string | null>(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return (): void => {
+      if (activeBlobUrl.current) URL.revokeObjectURL(activeBlobUrl.current);
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleSubmit = async (event: React.FormEvent): Promise<void> => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    if (text.trim().length === 0) return;
+    setLoading(true);
+    setError(null);
+
+    if (activeBlobUrl.current) {
+      URL.revokeObjectURL(activeBlobUrl.current);
+      activeBlobUrl.current = null;
+    }
+    setResult(null);
+
+    try {
+      const resp = await fetch("/v1/synth-speech", {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ text: text.trim(), voice, format, speed }),
+      });
+      if (!resp.ok) {
+        // Try to parse JSON error; fall through to status text on non-JSON.
+        let errMsg = `${resp.status} ${resp.statusText}`;
+        try {
+          const j = (await resp.json()) as { error?: string; message?: string };
+          if (j.error || j.message) errMsg = `${j.error ?? "error"}: ${j.message ?? ""}`;
+        } catch {
+          /* keep status fallback */
+        }
+        throw new Error(errMsg);
+      }
+      const blob = await resp.blob();
+      const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+      activeBlobUrl.current = url;
+      setResult({ blobUrl: url, format, byteLength: blob.size });
+    } catch (err) {
+      setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
+    } finally {
+      setLoading(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <form
+      onSubmit={handleSubmit}
+      className="space-y-4 rounded border border-gray-200 bg-white p-4"
+      data-testid="piper-tts-form"
+    >
+      <div>
+        <label className="block text-sm font-medium text-gray-700">
+          Text to synthesize
+        </label>
+        <textarea
+          value={text}
+          onChange={(e) => setText(e.target.value)}
+          rows={4}
+          maxLength={4000}
+          placeholder="Type the words you want spoken…"
+          className="mt-1 block w-full rounded border border-gray-300 p-2 text-sm focus:border-blue-500 focus:outline-none"
+          data-testid="piper-tts-text"
+        />
+        <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-gray-500">{text.length} / 4000</p>
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 gap-4">
+        <div>
+          <label className="block text-sm font-medium text-gray-700">Voice</label>
+          <select
+            value={voice}
+            onChange={(e) => setVoice(e.target.value)}
+            className="mt-1 block w-full rounded border border-gray-300 p-2 text-sm"
+            data-testid="piper-tts-voice"
+          >
+            {VOICES.map((v) => (
+              <option key={v.value} value={v.value}>{v.label}</option>
+            ))}
+          </select>
+        </div>
+
+        <div>
+          <label className="block text-sm font-medium text-gray-700">Format</label>
+          <select
+            value={format}
+            onChange={(e) => setFormat(e.target.value)}
+            className="mt-1 block w-full rounded border border-gray-300 p-2 text-sm"
+            data-testid="piper-tts-format"
+          >
+            {FORMATS.map((f) => (
+              <option key={f.value} value={f.value}>{f.label}</option>
+            ))}
+          </select>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div>
+        <label className="block text-sm font-medium text-gray-700">
+          Speed: <span className="font-mono">{speed.toFixed(2)}×</span>
+        </label>
+        <input
+          type="range"
+          min={0.5}
+          max={1.5}
+          step={0.05}
+          value={speed}
+          onChange={(e) => setSpeed(Number(e.target.value))}
+          className="mt-1 block w-full"
+          data-testid="piper-tts-speed"
+        />
+        <div className="flex justify-between text-xs text-gray-500">
+          <span>0.5×</span><span>1.0×</span><span>1.5×</span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <button
+        type="submit"
+        disabled={loading || text.trim().length === 0}
+        className="rounded bg-blue-600 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-white hover:bg-blue-700 disabled:bg-gray-400"
+        data-testid="piper-tts-submit"
+      >
+        {loading ? "Synthesizing…" : "Generate audio"}
+      </button>
+
+      {error && (
+        <div className="rounded border border-red-300 bg-red-50 p-3 text-sm text-red-700"
+             data-testid="piper-tts-error">
+          {error}
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {result && (
+        <div className="space-y-2 rounded border border-green-300 bg-green-50 p-3"
+             data-testid="piper-tts-result">
+          <audio controls src={result.blobUrl} className="w-full" />
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-between text-xs text-gray-700">
+            <span>{(result.byteLength / 1024).toFixed(1)} KB · {result.format}</span>
+            <a
+              href={result.blobUrl}
+              download={`speech.${result.format}`}
+              className="rounded bg-gray-700 px-3 py-1 text-white hover:bg-gray-800"
+              data-testid="piper-tts-download"
+            >
+              Download .{result.format}
+            </a>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </form>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/buyer/src/ui/main.tsx b/buyer/src/ui/main.tsx
index 439b099..2b93c4d 100644
--- a/buyer/src/ui/main.tsx
+++ b/buyer/src/ui/main.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@ import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
 import { BrowserRouter } from "react-router-dom";
 import App from "./App.js";
 import { MarketplaceProvider } from "./state/MarketplaceContext.js";
-import { Marketplace, MemoryTaskHistoryStore, LocalStorageTaskHistoryStore } from "../sdk/index.js";
+// MemoryTaskHistoryStore is a no-op placeholder for the browser-side SDK
+// instance — submitPrompt now runs server-side, so the browser never
+// records anything to a history store. The /tasks page reads directly
+// from the indexer (chain is the source of truth). LocalStorageTaskHistoryStore
+// was the previous browser-only persistence path; dropped because it
+// always rendered empty post UX-2b.
+import { Marketplace, MemoryTaskHistoryStore } from "../sdk/index.js";
 import type { ChainProvider } from "@marketplace/shared/chain";
 
 interface BuyerBoot {
@@ -49,9 +55,7 @@ const chainStub: ChainProvider = {
   awaitTx: () => { throw new Error("browser SPA must not call chain.awaitTx — go through /v1/*"); },
 };
 
-const historyStore = typeof window !== "undefined" && window.localStorage
-  ? new LocalStorageTaskHistoryStore()
-  : new MemoryTaskHistoryStore();
+const historyStore = new MemoryTaskHistoryStore();
 const marketplace = new Marketplace({
   chain: chainStub,
   // Same-origin proxy: SDK calls land on /v1/indexer/<path> on the buyer
diff --git a/buyer/src/ui/pages/Dashboard.tsx b/buyer/src/ui/pages/Dashboard.tsx
index 474c41a..009b007 100644
--- a/buyer/src/ui/pages/Dashboard.tsx
+++ b/buyer/src/ui/pages/Dashboard.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,28 @@
 /**
- * buyer/src/ui/pages/Dashboard.tsx — supplier list + new task form.
+ * buyer/src/ui/pages/Dashboard.tsx — supplier list + capability-routed task form.
  *
  * Calls marketplace.discoverSuppliers() on mount; renders a SupplierCard
- * per result. PromptForm requires a selected supplier; until a supplier
- * is chosen it is not rendered.
+ * per result. Once a supplier is selected, the form rendered below is
+ * picked from `CAPABILITY_FORMS` based on the supplier's `capability_id`.
+ *
+ * Capabilities (current registry):
+ *
+ *   `llm.text.generate.v1`         → PromptForm        (chat-completion, full escrow lifecycle)
+ *   `audio.synthesize.piper.v1`    → PiperTTSForm      (PiperTTS proxy via /v1/synth-speech)
+ *
+ * The Piper supplier is currently injected as a SYNTHETIC, client-side
+ * entry — the real openedai-speech-min host on apex-simulation is not yet
+ * a marketplace-registered supplier (no on-chain advert, no bond, no signed
+ * receipts). Once the supplier-side adapter ships and posts a proper advert,
+ * delete the `PIPER_DEMO_SUPPLIER` constant; the real entry will appear in
+ * `discoverSuppliers()` automatically and the dispatch table below resolves it.
  */
 
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useMarketplace } from "../state/MarketplaceContext.js";
 import SupplierCard from "../components/SupplierCard.js";
 import PromptForm from "../components/PromptForm.js";
+import PiperTTSForm from "../components/PiperTTSForm.js";
 import type { SupplierView } from "../../sdk/types.js";
 
 function parseUtxoRef(ref: string): { txHash: string; index: number } | null {
@@ -21,6 +34,33 @@ function parseUtxoRef(ref: string): { txHash: string; index: number } | null {
   return { txHash, index };
 }
 
+// Synthetic supplier entry — see file-header. Marker `utxo_ref` starts with
+// "demo:" so anything that tries to parse it as `<txhash>#<index>` cleanly
+// rejects it (parseUtxoRef returns null), keeping the SDK paths honest.
+const PIPER_DEMO_SUPPLIER: SupplierView = {
+  utxo_ref: "demo:piper-tts",
+  supplier_pkh: "",
+  capability_id: "audio.synthesize.piper.v1",
+  model: "PiperTTS (apex-simulation)",
+  max_output_tokens: 0,
+  max_processing_ms: 0,
+  // price=0 reflects "no escrow yet" — the demo proxy bypasses payment.
+  // Once a real on-chain advert arrives, that entry's price_lovelace
+  // overrides this and the synthetic stub goes away.
+  price_lovelace: "0",
+  supplier_bond_lovelace: "0",
+  buyer_bond_lovelace: "0",
+  endpoint_url: "https://tts-piper.vector.testnet.apexfusion.org",
+  detail_uri: "",
+  detail_hash: "",
+  advertised_at: 0,
+  status: "demo",
+  advert_status: "demo",
+  current_escrow_ref: null,
+  last_seen_iso: null,
+  created_slot: 0,
+};
+
 export default function Dashboard() {
   const marketplace = useMarketplace();
   const [suppliers, setSuppliers] = useState<SupplierView[]>([]);
@@ -32,18 +72,28 @@ export default function Dashboard() {
     marketplace
       .discoverSuppliers()
       .then((list) => {
-        if (!cancelled) setSuppliers(list);
+        if (!cancelled) {
+          // Append demo supplier so it's visually grouped with real ones.
+          // If a real audio.synthesize.piper.v1 supplier appears in `list`,
+          // the synthetic entry still shows but the real one wins selection
+          // (cards are deduped by utxo_ref, and "demo:..." can't collide).
+          setSuppliers([...list, PIPER_DEMO_SUPPLIER]);
+        }
       })
       .catch((err: Error) => {
-        if (!cancelled) setError(err.message);
+        if (!cancelled) {
+          setError(err.message);
+          // Even when the indexer is unreachable, expose the demo so the
+          // capability path is testable in isolation.
+          setSuppliers([PIPER_DEMO_SUPPLIER]);
+        }
       });
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
     };
   }, [marketplace]);
 
-  const advertRef =
-    selected && parseUtxoRef(selected.utxo_ref);
+  const advertRef = selected && parseUtxoRef(selected.utxo_ref);
   const payment_lovelace = selected ? BigInt(selected.price_lovelace) : 0n;
 
   return (
@@ -64,14 +114,61 @@ export default function Dashboard() {
         ))}
       </div>
 
-      {selected && advertRef && (
+      {selected && (
         <div className="mt-8">
           <h2 className="text-xl font-semibold mb-2">
-            New prompt → {selected.model}
+            New task → {selected.model}
+            <span className="ml-2 text-sm font-normal text-gray-500">
+              ({selected.capability_id})
+            </span>
           </h2>
-          <PromptForm advertRef={advertRef} payment_lovelace={payment_lovelace} />
+          {renderCapabilityForm(selected, advertRef, payment_lovelace)}
         </div>
       )}
     </div>
   );
 }
+
+/** Picks the form component that matches the selected supplier's capability.
+ * Each capability owns its own props shape (PromptForm needs advertRef +
+ * payment_lovelace; PiperTTSForm takes none — it bypasses escrow), so the
+ * match-block is the simplest expression. As more capabilities land, add a
+ * new case rather than building an abstract dispatcher; the explicit list
+ * stays readable until there's a real reason to generalise. */
+function renderCapabilityForm(
+  supplier: SupplierView,
+  advertRef: { txHash: string; index: number } | null,
+  payment_lovelace: bigint,
+): JSX.Element {
+  switch (supplier.capability_id) {
+    case "llm.text.generate.v1":
+      if (!advertRef) {
+        return (
+          <UnsupportedCapability
+            capabilityId={supplier.capability_id}
+            reason="supplier has no parseable advert UTxO ref"
+          />
+        );
+      }
+      return <PromptForm advertRef={advertRef} payment_lovelace={payment_lovelace} />;
+
+    case "audio.synthesize.piper.v1":
+      return <PiperTTSForm />;
+
+    default:
+      return <UnsupportedCapability capabilityId={supplier.capability_id} />;
+  }
+}
+
+function UnsupportedCapability({
+  capabilityId,
+  reason,
+}: { capabilityId: string; reason?: string }): JSX.Element {
+  return (
+    <div className="rounded border border-yellow-300 bg-yellow-50 p-3 text-sm text-yellow-900"
+         data-testid="unsupported-capability">
+      <strong>No form registered for capability:</strong> <code>{capabilityId}</code>
+      {reason && <div className="mt-1 text-xs text-yellow-800">({reason})</div>}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/buyer/src/ui/pages/TaskHistory.tsx b/buyer/src/ui/pages/TaskHistory.tsx
index 9d6572a..b693b7c 100644
--- a/buyer/src/ui/pages/TaskHistory.tsx
+++ b/buyer/src/ui/pages/TaskHistory.tsx
@@ -1,42 +1,247 @@
 /**
- * buyer/src/ui/pages/TaskHistory.tsx — task history list.
+ * buyer/src/ui/pages/TaskHistory.tsx — full lifecycle history for this buyer.
+ *
+ * Source of truth: the indexer. We fetch every escrow row for the buyer's
+ * pkh (proxied through the buyer-app's /v1/indexer/* passthrough), group by
+ * `posted_at` (which is preserved across state transitions by the
+ * `expect_unchanged_modulo_state` validator invariant), and render one card
+ * per lifecycle.
+ *
+ * Why server-side / indexer-driven: the SPA previously read from a
+ * LocalStorageTaskHistoryStore that was written by `marketplace.submitPrompt`.
+ * After UX-2b moved submitPrompt server-side, the browser SDK no longer
+ * writes anything, so localStorage was always empty. The chain itself is the
+ * canonical history; rendering directly from indexer rows means a fresh
+ * browser session immediately sees every prior lifecycle this buyer has
+ * participated in, on any device.
  */
 
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useState, useMemo } from "react";
 import { useMarketplace } from "../state/MarketplaceContext.js";
-import TaskRow from "../components/TaskRow.js";
-import type { TaskRecord } from "../../sdk/types.js";
+
+interface IndexerEscrowRow {
+  utxo_ref: string;
+  buyer_pkh: string;
+  supplier_pkh: string;
+  advert_ref: string;
+  capability_id: string;
+  prompt_hash: string;
+  payment_lovelace: string;
+  buyer_bond_lovelace: string;
+  supplier_bond_lovelace: string;
+  posted_at: number;
+  submitted_at: number | null;
+  result_receipt_hash: string | null;
+  state: string;
+  created_slot: number;
+}
+
+/** A lifecycle = all escrow rows that share posted_at (one buyer/supplier pair). */
+interface Lifecycle {
+  posted_at: number;
+  supplier_pkh: string;
+  capability_id: string;
+  payment_lovelace: string;
+  buyer_bond_lovelace: string;
+  supplier_bond_lovelace: string;
+  advert_ref: string;
+  prompt_hash: string;
+  rows: IndexerEscrowRow[]; // sorted ascending by created_slot
+  currentState: string;     // = rows[rows.length-1].state
+}
+
+const STATE_PRIORITY: Record<string, number> = {
+  Open: 0,
+  Claimed: 1,
+  Submitted: 2,
+  Accepted: 3,
+  Reclaimed: 3,
+  Released: 3,
+};
+
+function txHashFromRef(ref: string): string {
+  const hash = ref.split("#")[0] ?? "";
+  return hash.length >= 12 ? `${hash.slice(0, 8)}…${hash.slice(-4)}` : hash;
+}
+
+function fmtAda(lovelace: string): string {
+  try {
+    const n = BigInt(lovelace);
+    const ada = Number(n) / 1_000_000;
+    return `${ada.toFixed(2)} AP3X`;
+  } catch {
+    return lovelace;
+  }
+}
+
+function fmtTime(ms: number): string {
+  if (!ms) return "—";
+  try {
+    return new Date(ms).toISOString().replace("T", " ").slice(0, 19) + " UTC";
+  } catch {
+    return String(ms);
+  }
+}
+
+function statePill(state: string): string {
+  switch (state) {
+    case "Accepted":  return "bg-green-100 text-green-800";
+    case "Submitted": return "bg-indigo-100 text-indigo-800";
+    case "Claimed":   return "bg-blue-100 text-blue-800";
+    case "Open":      return "bg-yellow-100 text-yellow-800";
+    case "Reclaimed": return "bg-orange-100 text-orange-800";
+    case "Released":  return "bg-red-100 text-red-800";
+    default:          return "bg-gray-200 text-gray-700";
+  }
+}
+
+function groupByLifecycle(rows: IndexerEscrowRow[]): Lifecycle[] {
+  const buckets = new Map<string, IndexerEscrowRow[]>();
+  for (const r of rows) {
+    // posted_at + supplier_pkh disambiguates if a buyer happens to post two
+    // escrows in the exact same ms (extremely unlikely on testnet but
+    // cheap defensive grouping).
+    const key = `${r.posted_at}:${r.supplier_pkh}`;
+    const arr = buckets.get(key);
+    if (arr) arr.push(r);
+    else buckets.set(key, [r]);
+  }
+  const out: Lifecycle[] = [];
+  for (const [, lcRows] of buckets) {
+    lcRows.sort((a, b) => a.created_slot - b.created_slot);
+    const last = lcRows[lcRows.length - 1];
+    // currentState is whichever row has the highest STATE_PRIORITY (handles
+    // out-of-order arrivals from the indexer; we don't rely on slot order
+    // alone).
+    const top = lcRows.reduce((acc, r) =>
+      (STATE_PRIORITY[r.state] ?? 0) > (STATE_PRIORITY[acc.state] ?? 0) ? r : acc,
+    last);
+    out.push({
+      posted_at: last.posted_at,
+      supplier_pkh: last.supplier_pkh,
+      capability_id: last.capability_id,
+      payment_lovelace: last.payment_lovelace,
+      buyer_bond_lovelace: last.buyer_bond_lovelace,
+      supplier_bond_lovelace: last.supplier_bond_lovelace,
+      advert_ref: last.advert_ref,
+      prompt_hash: last.prompt_hash,
+      rows: lcRows,
+      currentState: top.state,
+    });
+  }
+  // Newest first.
+  out.sort((a, b) => b.posted_at - a.posted_at);
+  return out;
+}
 
 export default function TaskHistory() {
   const marketplace = useMarketplace();
-  const [tasks, setTasks] = useState<TaskRecord[]>([]);
+  const buyerPkh = marketplace.getWalletKey().pubKeyHash;
+  const [rows, setRows] = useState<IndexerEscrowRow[] | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setTasks(marketplace.getTaskHistory());
-  }, [marketplace]);
+  const load = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    if (!buyerPkh) {
+      setError("buyer pkh missing — boot script not injected");
+      setRows([]);
+      return;
+    }
+    setError(null);
+    try {
+      const resp = await fetch(`/v1/indexer/escrows?buyer=${buyerPkh}`);
+      if (!resp.ok) {
+        throw new Error(`indexer responded ${resp.status} ${resp.statusText}`);
+      }
+      const body = (await resp.json()) as IndexerEscrowRow[];
+      setRows(Array.isArray(body) ? body : []);
+    } catch (err) {
+      setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
+      setRows([]);
+    }
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => { void load(); /* eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps */ }, [buyerPkh]);
+
+  const lifecycles = useMemo<Lifecycle[]>(
+    () => (rows === null ? [] : groupByLifecycle(rows)),
+    [rows],
+  );
 
   return (
-    <div className="space-y-4">
-      <h1 className="text-2xl font-semibold">Tasks</h1>
-      {tasks.length === 0 ? (
-        <p className="text-gray-500">No tasks yet.</p>
+    <div className="space-y-4" data-testid="task-history-page">
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+        <h1 className="text-2xl font-semibold">Tasks</h1>
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={() => void load()}
+          className="rounded border border-gray-300 bg-white px-3 py-1 text-sm hover:bg-gray-50"
+          data-testid="task-history-refresh"
+        >
+          refresh
+        </button>
+      </div>
+
+      {error && (
+        <div className="rounded border border-red-300 bg-red-50 p-3 text-sm text-red-700" role="alert">
+          Failed to load history: {error}
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {rows === null ? (
+        <p className="text-sm text-gray-500">loading…</p>
+      ) : lifecycles.length === 0 ? (
+        <p className="text-sm text-gray-500" data-testid="task-history-empty">
+          No on-chain lifecycles yet for this buyer. Submit a prompt from the
+          Dashboard to start one.
+        </p>
       ) : (
-        <table className="min-w-full text-sm">
-          <thead>
-            <tr className="border-b border-gray-200 text-left">
-              <th className="px-2 py-2">Posted</th>
-              <th className="px-2 py-2">Supplier</th>
-              <th className="px-2 py-2">Capability</th>
-              <th className="px-2 py-2">Status</th>
-              <th className="px-2 py-2">Prompt</th>
-            </tr>
-          </thead>
-          <tbody>
-            {tasks.map((t) => (
-              <TaskRow key={t.escrow_ref} task={t} />
-            ))}
-          </tbody>
-        </table>
+        <ul className="space-y-3">
+          {lifecycles.map((lc) => (
+            <li
+              key={`${lc.posted_at}:${lc.supplier_pkh}`}
+              data-testid="task-row"
+              className="rounded-md bg-white p-4 shadow-sm"
+            >
+              <div className="flex flex-wrap items-baseline justify-between gap-2 mb-2">
+                <div className="text-xs font-mono text-gray-500">
+                  {fmtTime(lc.posted_at)}
+                </div>
+                <span
+                  className={`rounded px-2 py-0.5 text-xs font-medium ${statePill(lc.currentState)}`}
+                >
+                  {lc.currentState}
+                </span>
+              </div>
+              <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-4 gap-y-1 text-sm text-gray-700 mb-2">
+                <span className="font-medium">{lc.capability_id}</span>
+                <span className="text-gray-500">·</span>
+                <span>{fmtAda(lc.payment_lovelace)} payment</span>
+                <span className="text-gray-500">·</span>
+                <span>{fmtAda(lc.buyer_bond_lovelace)} bond</span>
+                <span className="text-gray-500">·</span>
+                <span className="font-mono text-xs text-gray-500">
+                  supplier {lc.supplier_pkh.slice(0, 12)}…
+                </span>
+              </div>
+              <div className="space-y-1 border-t border-gray-100 pt-2">
+                {lc.rows.map((r) => (
+                  <div
+                    key={r.utxo_ref}
+                    className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-3 text-xs"
+                  >
+                    <span
+                      className={`rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 font-medium ${statePill(r.state)}`}
+                    >
+                      {r.state}
+                    </span>
+                    <span className="font-mono text-gray-600">{txHashFromRef(r.utxo_ref)}</span>
+                    <span className="font-mono text-gray-400">slot {r.created_slot}</span>
+                  </div>
+                ))}
+              </div>
+            </li>
+          ))}
+        </ul>
       )}
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/deploy/testnet/docker-compose.buyer.yml b/deploy/testnet/docker-compose.buyer.yml
index 832bdc9..d774244 100644
--- a/deploy/testnet/docker-compose.buyer.yml
+++ b/deploy/testnet/docker-compose.buyer.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ services:
       OGMIOS_URL: http://ogmios:1337
       LIVE_CHAIN: "1"
       NETWORK_ID: "0"
+      # Path-B PiperTTS proxy target. Public CF hostname so the buyer-app
+      # reaches it via the internet (we don't share a docker network with
+      # apex-simulation). When this is unset, /v1/synth-speech responds 503
+      # and the SPA's PiperTTSForm shows a clear error.
+      TTS_PIPER_BASE_URL: "https://tts-piper.vector.testnet.apexfusion.org"
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- http://localhost:8070/healthz >/dev/null || exit 1"]
       interval: 20s
diff --git a/tests/unit/buyer-server-synth-speech.test.ts b/tests/unit/buyer-server-synth-speech.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2b5ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/buyer-server-synth-speech.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+/**
+ * buyer-server-synth-speech.test.ts — coverage for the PiperTTS proxy
+ * endpoint (POST /v1/synth-speech) added under the path-B multi-capability
+ * story.
+ *
+ * The endpoint forwards to an injected `fetchImpl` so we never hit the
+ * real openedai-speech-min host in tests. We assert:
+ *   - 503 when ttsPiperBaseUrl is not configured
+ *   - validation 400s for missing/oversized text, bad voice, bad format,
+ *     and out-of-range speed
+ *   - 200 with audio bytes + correct Content-Type when upstream succeeds
+ *   - 502 when upstream returns non-2xx OR throws
+ *   - request body forwarded to upstream as OpenAI-shape JSON (model,
+ *     input, voice, response_format, speed)
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { createApp } from "../../buyer/src/server.js";
+
+const baseUrl = "http://tts-piper.fake/";
+
+/** Build a fetchImpl that records calls + returns a configurable response. */
+function makeStubFetch(opts: {
+  status?: number;
+  body?: ArrayBuffer | string;
+  contentType?: string;
+  throwError?: Error;
+}) {
+  const calls: Array<{ url: string; init: RequestInit }> = [];
+  const fetchImpl = (async (input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit) => {
+    calls.push({ url: String(input), init: init ?? {} });
+    if (opts.throwError) throw opts.throwError;
+    const status = opts.status ?? 200;
+    const body = opts.body ?? new ArrayBuffer(0);
+    const contentType = opts.contentType ?? "audio/mpeg";
+    return new Response(body, {
+      status,
+      headers: { "Content-Type": contentType },
+    });
+  }) as typeof globalThis.fetch;
+  return { fetchImpl, calls };
+}
+
+describe("POST /v1/synth-speech", () => {
+  it("returns 503 when ttsPiperBaseUrl is not configured", async () => {
+    const app = createApp({});
+    const { default: request } = await import("supertest");
+    const res = await request(app).post("/v1/synth-speech").send({
+      text: "hi", voice: "nova", format: "mp3", speed: 1.0,
+    });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(503);
+    expect(res.body.error).toBe("service_unavailable");
+  });
+
+  it("rejects empty text with 400 text_required", async () => {
+    const app = createApp({ ttsPiperBaseUrl: baseUrl, fetchImpl: makeStubFetch({}).fetchImpl });
+    const { default: request } = await import("supertest");
+    const res = await request(app).post("/v1/synth-speech").send({ text: "   " });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    expect(res.body.error).toBe("text_required");
+  });
+
+  it("rejects oversized text with 400 text_too_long", async () => {
+    const app = createApp({ ttsPiperBaseUrl: baseUrl, fetchImpl: makeStubFetch({}).fetchImpl });
+    const { default: request } = await import("supertest");
+    const res = await request(app).post("/v1/synth-speech").send({ text: "x".repeat(4001) });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    expect(res.body.error).toBe("text_too_long");
+  });
+
+  it("rejects unknown voice with 400 voice_invalid", async () => {
+    const app = createApp({ ttsPiperBaseUrl: baseUrl, fetchImpl: makeStubFetch({}).fetchImpl });
+    const { default: request } = await import("supertest");
+    const res = await request(app).post("/v1/synth-speech")
+      .send({ text: "hi", voice: "not-a-voice" });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    expect(res.body.error).toBe("voice_invalid");
+  });
+
+  it("rejects unknown format with 400 format_invalid", async () => {
+    const app = createApp({ ttsPiperBaseUrl: baseUrl, fetchImpl: makeStubFetch({}).fetchImpl });
+    const { default: request } = await import("supertest");
+    const res = await request(app).post("/v1/synth-speech")
+      .send({ text: "hi", voice: "nova", format: "ogg" });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    expect(res.body.error).toBe("format_invalid");
+  });
+
+  it("rejects speed below 0.5 / above 1.5 with 400 speed_out_of_range", async () => {
+    const app = createApp({ ttsPiperBaseUrl: baseUrl, fetchImpl: makeStubFetch({}).fetchImpl });
+    const { default: request } = await import("supertest");
+    // NaN is not in this list because JSON.stringify({speed:NaN}) → "null",
+    // which the endpoint correctly treats as "field omitted" (defaults to 1.0).
+    // Out-of-range numerics + non-numeric strings are the real attack surface.
+    for (const bad of [0.4, 1.6, "fast"]) {
+      const res = await request(app).post("/v1/synth-speech")
+        .send({ text: "hi", voice: "nova", format: "mp3", speed: bad });
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+      expect(res.body.error).toBe("speed_out_of_range");
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("returns 200 audio bytes with upstream Content-Type on success", async () => {
+    // 8 dummy bytes — supertest will deliver them as a Buffer, length verifies
+    // that the proxy forwarded the body unchanged.
+    const audio = new Uint8Array([0xff, 0xfb, 0x90, 0x44, 0, 0, 0, 0]);
+    const { fetchImpl, calls } = makeStubFetch({
+      body: audio.buffer,
+      contentType: "audio/mpeg",
+    });
+    const app = createApp({ ttsPiperBaseUrl: baseUrl, fetchImpl });
+    const { default: request } = await import("supertest");
+    const res = await request(app).post("/v1/synth-speech")
+      .send({ text: "hello", voice: "nova", format: "mp3", speed: 1.0 });
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.headers["content-type"]).toMatch(/audio\/mpeg/);
+    expect(res.body).toBeInstanceOf(Buffer);
+    expect(res.body.length).toBe(8);
+
+    // Verify the OpenAI-shape body was forwarded exactly.
+    expect(calls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(calls[0].url).toBe("http://tts-piper.fake/v1/audio/speech"); // trailing-slash stripped
+    const sent = JSON.parse(String(calls[0].init.body));
+    expect(sent).toEqual({
+      model: "tts-1",
+      input: "hello",
+      voice: "nova",
+      response_format: "mp3",
+      speed: 1.0,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("defaults voice=nova, format=mp3, speed=1.0 when fields are omitted", async () => {
+    const { fetchImpl, calls } = makeStubFetch({ body: new ArrayBuffer(1) });
+    const app = createApp({ ttsPiperBaseUrl: baseUrl, fetchImpl });
+    const { default: request } = await import("supertest");
+    const res = await request(app).post("/v1/synth-speech").send({ text: "hi" });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const sent = JSON.parse(String(calls[0].init.body));
+    expect(sent.voice).toBe("nova");
+    expect(sent.response_format).toBe("mp3");
+    expect(sent.speed).toBe(1.0);
+  });
+
+  it("returns 502 tts_upstream_error on non-2xx upstream", async () => {
+    const { fetchImpl } = makeStubFetch({
+      status: 500,
+      body: "internal piper error",
+      contentType: "text/plain",
+    });
+    const app = createApp({ ttsPiperBaseUrl: baseUrl, fetchImpl });
+    const { default: request } = await import("supertest");
+    const res = await request(app).post("/v1/synth-speech").send({ text: "hi" });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(502);
+    expect(res.body.error).toBe("tts_upstream_error");
+    expect(res.body.message).toContain("500");
+  });
+
+  it("returns 502 tts_unreachable on fetch throw", async () => {
+    const { fetchImpl } = makeStubFetch({ throwError: new Error("ENOTFOUND") });
+    const app = createApp({ ttsPiperBaseUrl: baseUrl, fetchImpl });
+    const { default: request } = await import("supertest");
+    const res = await request(app).post("/v1/synth-speech").send({ text: "hi" });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(502);
+    expect(res.body.error).toBe("tts_unreachable");
+    expect(res.body.message).toContain("ENOTFOUND");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/buyer-ui-smoke.test.tsx b/tests/unit/buyer-ui-smoke.test.tsx
index 8350f5c..8a2a3e5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/buyer-ui-smoke.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/unit/buyer-ui-smoke.test.tsx
@@ -122,12 +122,18 @@ describe("<Dashboard /> smoke", () => {
       makeSampleSupplierView({ supplier_pkh: "b".repeat(56) }),
     ]);
     render(wrap(<Dashboard />, mp));
-    // Wait for async discover to complete and cards to render
+    // Wait for async discover to complete and cards to render. Dashboard
+    // appends a synthetic Piper-TTS demo card to whatever the indexer
+    // returned, so the count is N+1 until the on-chain TTS supplier ships.
     await waitFor(() => {
-      // Each card should render something with the supplier_pkh visible or a test-id
       const cards = document.querySelectorAll("[data-testid='supplier-card']");
-      expect(cards.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(cards.length).toBe(3);
     });
+    // Sanity: one of the cards is the demo Piper supplier.
+    const piperBadges = Array.from(
+      document.querySelectorAll("[data-testid='supplier-card']"),
+    ).filter((c) => c.textContent?.includes("audio.synthesize.piper.v1"));
+    expect(piperBadges.length).toBe(1);
   });
 });
 
@@ -237,14 +243,68 @@ describe("<PromptForm /> smoke", () => {
 });
 
 describe("<TaskHistory /> smoke", () => {
-  it("calls getTaskHistory() and renders a row for each task", async () => {
+  // TaskHistory now fetches /v1/indexer/escrows?buyer=<pkh> via the buyer-app
+  // server proxy and groups rows by posted_at. Each lifecycle (Open → Claimed
+  // → Submitted → terminal) shares one posted_at value, so we mock the
+  // indexer with a couple of fully-populated rows representing two distinct
+  // lifecycles in different states and assert one task-row per lifecycle.
+  it("fetches /v1/indexer/escrows and renders one row per distinct lifecycle (posted_at)", async () => {
     const mp = makeMockMarketplace();
-    vi.spyOn(mp, "getTaskHistory").mockReturnValue(ALL_SAMPLE_TASK_RECORDS);
+    const buyerPkh = mp.getWalletKey().pubKeyHash;
+    const baseRow = (overrides: Record<string, unknown>) => ({
+      utxo_ref: "a".repeat(64) + "#0",
+      buyer_pkh: buyerPkh,
+      supplier_pkh: "b".repeat(56),
+      advert_ref: "c".repeat(64) + "#0",
+      capability_id: "llm.text.generate.v1",
+      prompt_hash: "d".repeat(64),
+      payment_lovelace: "2000000",
+      buyer_bond_lovelace: "1000000",
+      supplier_bond_lovelace: "1000000",
+      posted_at: 1700000000000,
+      submitted_at: null,
+      result_receipt_hash: null,
+      state: "Submitted",
+      created_slot: 1000,
+      ...overrides,
+    });
+    // Lifecycle A: posted_at=1700000000000 — Open + Submitted rows (two
+    // chain rows in same lifecycle).
+    // Lifecycle B: posted_at=1700000099999 — Open + Accepted (different lifecycle).
+    const rows = [
+      baseRow({ utxo_ref: "1".repeat(64) + "#0", state: "Open", created_slot: 1000 }),
+      baseRow({ utxo_ref: "2".repeat(64) + "#0", state: "Submitted", created_slot: 1010 }),
+      baseRow({ utxo_ref: "3".repeat(64) + "#0", state: "Open",     created_slot: 2000, posted_at: 1700000099999 }),
+      baseRow({ utxo_ref: "4".repeat(64) + "#0", state: "Accepted", created_slot: 2020, posted_at: 1700000099999 }),
+    ];
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", vi.fn(async (input: RequestInfo | URL) => {
+      const url = typeof input === "string" ? input : (input instanceof URL ? input.toString() : input.url);
+      if (!url.includes(`/v1/indexer/escrows?buyer=${buyerPkh}`)) {
+        throw new Error(`unexpected fetch: ${url}`);
+      }
+      return new Response(JSON.stringify(rows), {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      });
+    }));
     render(wrap(<TaskHistory />, mp));
     await waitFor(() => {
-      const rows = document.querySelectorAll("[data-testid='task-row']");
-      expect(rows.length).toBe(ALL_SAMPLE_TASK_RECORDS.length);
+      const taskRows = document.querySelectorAll("[data-testid='task-row']");
+      expect(taskRows.length).toBe(2); // 2 distinct lifecycles
     });
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+  });
+
+  it("renders an empty-state when the indexer returns no rows", async () => {
+    const mp = makeMockMarketplace();
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", vi.fn(async () =>
+      new Response(JSON.stringify([]), { status: 200, headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" } })
+    ));
+    render(wrap(<TaskHistory />, mp));
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByTestId("task-history-empty")).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
   });
 });