diff --git a/vibn-frontend/components/vibn-chat/chat-panel.tsx b/vibn-frontend/components/vibn-chat/chat-panel.tsx
index eec2cda4..cadca706 100644
--- a/vibn-frontend/components/vibn-chat/chat-panel.tsx
+++ b/vibn-frontend/components/vibn-chat/chat-panel.tsx
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ interface Message {
 
 type TimelineEntry =
   | { kind: "thought"; text: string }
+  | { kind: "phase"; phase: string; label: string }
+  | { kind: "checkpoint"; goal: string; findings: string }
   | {
       kind: "tool";
       name: string;
@@ -604,6 +606,8 @@ function Timeline({ entries }: { entries: TimelineEntry[] }) {
   type Item =
     | { kind: "thought"; text: string }
     | { kind: "text"; text: string }
+    | { kind: "phase"; phase: string; label: string }
+    | { kind: "checkpoint"; goal: string; findings: string }
     | {
         kind: "toolGroup";
         category: string;
@@ -615,6 +619,10 @@ function Timeline({ entries }: { entries: TimelineEntry[] }) {
       items.push({ kind: "thought", text: e.text });
     } else if (e.kind === "text") {
       items.push({ kind: "text", text: e.text });
+    } else if (e.kind === "phase") {
+      items.push({ kind: "phase", phase: e.phase, label: e.label });
+    } else if (e.kind === "checkpoint") {
+      items.push({ kind: "checkpoint", goal: e.goal, findings: e.findings });
     } else {
       const last = items[items.length - 1];
       const category = getFriendlyCategory(e.name);
@@ -634,6 +642,69 @@ function Timeline({ entries }: { entries: TimelineEntry[] }) {
         if (item.kind === "text") {
           return <TimelineText key={i} text={item.text} />;
         }
+        if (item.kind === "phase") {
+          return (
+            <div
+              key={i}
+              style={{
+                padding: "12px 14px",
+                margin: "12px 0 6px",
+                borderBottom: "1px solid var(--hairline)",
+                display: "flex",
+                alignItems: "center",
+                gap: 8,
+                color: "var(--fg)",
+              }}
+            >
+              <div
+                style={{
+                  width: 8,
+                  height: 8,
+                  borderRadius: "50%",
+                  background: "var(--accent)",
+                  boxShadow: "0 0 10px var(--accent-glow)",
+                }}
+              />
+              <span
+                style={{
+                  fontSize: "0.85rem",
+                  fontWeight: 600,
+                  letterSpacing: "-0.01em",
+                }}
+              >
+                {item.label}
+              </span>
+            </div>
+          );
+        }
+        if (item.kind === "checkpoint") {
+          return (
+            <div
+              key={i}
+              style={{
+                margin: "6px 0 12px",
+                padding: "12px 14px",
+                background: "oklch(0.20 0.04 35 / 0.15)",
+                border: "1px dashed var(--accent)",
+                borderRadius: 8,
+                fontSize: "0.75rem",
+                color: "var(--fg-mute)",
+                fontFamily: "var(--font-mono), monospace",
+              }}
+            >
+              <div
+                style={{
+                  color: "var(--accent)",
+                  fontWeight: "bold",
+                  marginBottom: 4,
+                }}
+              >
+                [Checkpoint Logged]
+              </div>
+              <div style={{ opacity: 0.8 }}>{item.goal}</div>
+            </div>
+          );
+        }
         return (
           <TimelineToolGroup
             key={i}
@@ -1324,6 +1395,10 @@ export function ChatPanel({
               name?: string;
               result?: string;
               error?: string;
+              phase?: string;
+              label?: string;
+              goal?: string;
+              findings?: string;
             };
             try {
               ev = JSON.parse(line.slice(6));
@@ -1331,7 +1406,41 @@ export function ChatPanel({
               continue;
             }
 
-            if (ev.type === "text" && ev.text) {
+            if (ev.type === "phase" && ev.phase && ev.label) {
+              setMessages((prev) => {
+                const next = [...prev];
+                if (msgIndex >= 0 && next[msgIndex]) {
+                  const tl = next[msgIndex].timeline ?? [];
+                  next[msgIndex] = {
+                    ...next[msgIndex],
+                    timeline: [
+                      ...tl,
+                      { kind: "phase", phase: ev.phase!, label: ev.label! },
+                    ],
+                  };
+                }
+                return next;
+              });
+            } else if (ev.type === "checkpoint" && ev.goal) {
+              setMessages((prev) => {
+                const next = [...prev];
+                if (msgIndex >= 0 && next[msgIndex]) {
+                  const tl = next[msgIndex].timeline ?? [];
+                  next[msgIndex] = {
+                    ...next[msgIndex],
+                    timeline: [
+                      ...tl,
+                      {
+                        kind: "checkpoint",
+                        goal: ev.goal!,
+                        findings: ev.findings!,
+                      },
+                    ],
+                  };
+                }
+                return next;
+              });
+            } else if (ev.type === "text" && ev.text) {
               // Each text SSE event = one round of the model's text
               // output. Push a new "text" timeline entry so the
               // renderer can show multi-round turns as separate