diff --git a/docs/overnight/LOG.md b/docs/overnight/LOG.md
index c391127..3c32e53 100644
--- a/docs/overnight/LOG.md
+++ b/docs/overnight/LOG.md
@@ -31,3 +31,11 @@ Run: `npm run build:preview` then serve `dist` (dev server shows a blank page).
 - **Known weaknesses:** the "SHIFT OVER" label swap is invisible (HUD arrival label collapsed); the bottom credit is mostly hidden by the Contact panel (pre-existing); horizon still bright at full day; reduced-motion version reads as dusk rather than sunrise; audio checked by code review only.
 - Screenshots: docs/overnight/round3/.
 
+## Round 4: Mile Markers (Profile + Experience)
+- **What:** the gantry HUD subline becomes a scroll-driven ROUTE LOG odometer ("LOG 02/04 · JUN 2025 → AUG 2025 · CCF", digit roll, " · REWIND" on reverse), and lit kilometre posts with accent plates and warm light pools come down the free shoulder, one per role/fact, flashing as their plate crosses the activation line.
+- **Why:** Profile and Experience were the only chapters with no world beat and left half the viewport empty. Career dates are real content, parsed from the JSON, nothing invented.
+- **Build:** src/journey/route-log.ts, useRouteLog.ts, scene/world/milestones.ts, styles/route-log.css; generalised maintenance-progress helpers. 766 tests green, initial JS +1.25 KB gz (115.9 of 120 - **budget nearly spent, keep DOM-side additions tiny**).
+- **Verdict: KEEP with fixes** (Fable): the delivered 0.18 x 2.6 m posts were 25 px specks at 80 m, so they were scaled to the ~2.3x world (0.4 x 6.4 m, 2.2 x 1.0 m plate), the pass point moved to z -12 to coincide with the tick, additive light pools added, and the phone subline overflow fixed.
+- **Known weaknesses:** the free side is narrow because of the camera frame shift, so the big pass is brief; plates read mostly white under tonemapping; no lit number glyphs on the plates.
+- Screenshots: docs/overnight/round4/.
+
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diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index 332d1e2..ade4e07 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import './styles/cards.css';
 import './styles/maintenance.css';
 import './styles/print.css';
 import './styles/headlight.css';
+import './styles/route-log.css';
 
 defineProps<{ inputs: Readonly<ProductionInputs> }>();
 </script>
diff --git a/src/components/AppShell.vue b/src/components/AppShell.vue
index 68d1a00..8ad8ed8 100644
--- a/src/components/AppShell.vue
+++ b/src/components/AppShell.vue
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { useKeyboardNavigation } from '@/composables/useKeyboardNavigation';
 import { useMaintenanceWindow } from '@/composables/useMaintenanceWindow';
 import { useMotionPreferences } from '@/composables/useMotionPreferences';
 import { useRouteMemory } from '@/composables/useRouteMemory';
+import { useRouteLog } from '@/composables/useRouteLog';
 import { assetUrl } from '@/content/asset-url';
 import { signRouteFor } from '@/journey/sign-routes';
 import { END_OF_SHIFT_SUBLINE } from '@/journey/dawn';
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ const journeyBinding = useJourneySections(
 const journey = journeyBinding.snapshot;
 /* The 03:12 window (Infrastructure): the plate's sub-line and the diagram steps. */
 const maintenanceSubline = useMaintenanceWindow(journey);
+/* MILE MARKERS (Experience, Profile): the ROUTE LOG odometer on the same sub-line. */
+const routeLogSubline = useRouteLog(journey, () => props.content);
 useCardEntrances();
 const route = useRouteMemory(canonicalSectionIds, () => journey.value.activeSectionId);
 const resume = computed(() => {
@@ -133,8 +136,9 @@ const controlsReady = shallowRef(false);
 /* END OF SHIFT: parked at the destination the plate's sub-line reads the
    shift's end. Client-only, like the 03:12 window, so the server HTML hydrates
    unchanged. */
-const hudSubline = computed(() => maintenanceSubline.value
-  || (controlsReady.value && journey.value.arrived ? END_OF_SHIFT_SUBLINE : ''));
+const hudSubline = computed(() => (controlsReady.value && journey.value.arrived ? END_OF_SHIFT_SUBLINE : '')
+  || maintenanceSubline.value
+  || routeLogSubline.value);
 const adaptive = useAdaptiveQuality({
   maximum: computed(() => motion.policy.value.maximumTier),
   sceneState,
diff --git a/src/components/JourneyHud.vue b/src/components/JourneyHud.vue
index abc289f..dccf4b5 100644
--- a/src/components/JourneyHud.vue
+++ b/src/components/JourneyHud.vue
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ const next = computed(() =>
    a route rule that fills along its lower edge. */
 const route = computed(() => Math.min(1, Math.max(0, props.journey.routeProgress)));
 const routePercent = computed(() => `${Math.round(route.value * 100)}%`);
+/* MILE MARKERS: "LOG 02/04 · ..." rolls its index on 1-digit odometer
+   columns, each keyed by its value so a change re-enters (route-log.css).
+   Client-only: the server sub-line is empty, so its HTML is unchanged. */
+const log = computed(() => /^LOG (\d+)\/(\d+)(.*)$/.exec(props.subline ?? ''));
+const rewind = computed(() => (props.subline ?? '').endsWith('REWIND'));
 /* The plate is keyed by chapter, so a new chapter is a new element: under
    reduced motion it fades in over 160 ms (gantry.css) instead of swapping. */
 </script>
@@ -43,6 +48,10 @@ const routePercent = computed(() => `${Math.round(route.value * 100)}%`);
     <span class="journey-hud__section">{{ sectionLabel }}</span>
     <!-- END OF SHIFT: html[data-dawn='day'] swaps the label for data-day (CSS). -->
     <strong v-if="journey.arrived" class="journey-hud__arrival" data-day="SHIFT OVER">ARRIVED</strong>
-    <span class="journey-hud__subline">{{ subline }}</span>
+    <template v-if="log">
+      <span class="journey-hud__subline" :data-rewind="rewind">LOG <span class="route-odo"><span v-for="(digit, i) in log[1]" :key="`${i}:${digit}`" class="route-odo__digit">{{ digit }}</span></span>/{{ log[2] }}{{ log[3] }}</span>
+      <span :key="log[1]" class="journey-hud__log-pulse"></span>
+    </template>
+    <span v-else class="journey-hud__subline">{{ subline }}</span>
   </aside>
 </template>
diff --git a/src/composables/useRouteLog.ts b/src/composables/useRouteLog.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e66ebf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/composables/useRouteLog.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { computed, onMounted, onUnmounted, shallowRef, watch, type Ref } from 'vue';
+import type { PortfolioContent } from '@/content/types';
+import type { JourneySnapshot } from '@/journey/types';
+import {
+  createRewindLatch,
+  isMilestoneSection,
+  milestoneIndex,
+  milestonesFor,
+  routeLogSubline,
+  sectionLocalProgress,
+} from '@/journey/route-log';
+
+/**
+ * MILE MARKERS, DOM side: the ROUTE LOG sub-line and html[data-route-log]
+ * ("2/4") through Experience and Profile. Client-only and started after
+ * mount, like the 03:12 window, so the server HTML (no attribute, an empty
+ * sub-line) hydrates unchanged. Works without the scene.
+ */
+export function useRouteLog(
+  journey: Readonly<Ref<JourneySnapshot>>,
+  content: () => Pick<PortfolioContent, 'experience' | 'systemsOperations' | 'profile'>,
+): Readonly<Ref<string>> {
+  const mounted = shallowRef(false);
+  const wide = shallowRef(true);
+  const reversing = shallowRef(false);
+  const latch = createRewindLatch();
+  const section = computed(() => {
+    const id = journey.value.activeSectionId;
+    return mounted.value && isMilestoneSection(id) ? id : null;
+  });
+  const items = computed(() => (section.value === null ? [] : milestonesFor(content(), section.value)));
+  const progress = computed(() =>
+    section.value === null || items.value.length < 2 ? null : sectionLocalProgress(journey.value, section.value));
+  const log = computed(() =>
+    progress.value === null ? null : `${milestoneIndex(progress.value, items.value.length) + 1}/${items.value.length}`);
+
+  watch(progress, (p) => { reversing.value = latch(p, section.value ?? undefined); }, { flush: 'sync' });
+  watch(log, (value) => {
+    const root = document.documentElement;
+    if (value === null) delete root.dataset.routeLog;
+    else root.dataset.routeLog = value;
+  });
+
+  let query: MediaQueryList | null = null;
+  const onWidth = (): void => { wide.value = query?.matches ?? true; };
+  onMounted(() => {
+    query = typeof matchMedia === 'function' ? matchMedia('(min-width: 1280px)') : null;
+    onWidth();
+    query?.addEventListener?.('change', onWidth);
+    mounted.value = true;
+  });
+  onUnmounted(() => {
+    mounted.value = false;
+    query?.removeEventListener?.('change', onWidth);
+    delete document.documentElement.dataset.routeLog;
+  });
+
+  return computed(() => {
+    const p = progress.value;
+    return p === null ? '' : routeLogSubline(p, items.value, reversing.value, wide.value ? 'wide' : 'compact') ?? '';
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/journey/maintenance-progress.ts b/src/journey/maintenance-progress.ts
index 679968e..cc7fb3c 100644
--- a/src/journey/maintenance-progress.ts
+++ b/src/journey/maintenance-progress.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { JourneySnapshot } from './types';
+import { createRewindLatch, sectionLocalProgress } from './route-log';
 
 /**
  * The 03:12 window: the Infrastructure chapter's set-piece is driven by how
@@ -27,12 +28,7 @@ type ProgressInput = Pick<JourneySnapshot, 'activeSectionId' | 'sectionActivatio
  * line, 1 when the next chapter's heading reaches it. Null outside the chapter.
  */
 export function maintenanceProgress(snapshot: ProgressInput): number | null {
-  if (snapshot.activeSectionId !== 'infrastructure') return null;
-  const { activeHeadingOffsetVh: active, nextHeadingOffsetVh: next } = snapshot.sectionActivation;
-  if (next === null || !Number.isFinite(active) || !Number.isFinite(next)) return null;
-  const span = next - active;
-  if (!(span > 0)) return null;
-  return Math.min(1, Math.max(0, -active / span));
+  return sectionLocalProgress(snapshot, 'infrastructure');
 }
 
 export function maintenanceStep(p: number): MaintenanceStep {
@@ -69,20 +65,4 @@ export function maintenanceSubline(p: number, reversing: boolean, live: () => st
  * Latches the scroll direction inside the window: progress falling means a
  * rollback until it rises again. Small jitter is ignored.
  */
-export function createMaintenanceDirection(): (p: number | null) => boolean {
-  let last: number | null = null;
-  let reversing = false;
-  return (p) => {
-    if (p === null) {
-      last = null;
-      reversing = false;
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (last !== null) {
-      if (p < last - 0.001) reversing = true;
-      else if (p > last + 0.001) reversing = false;
-    }
-    last = p;
-    return reversing && p > 0 && p < 1;
-  };
-}
+export const createMaintenanceDirection: () => (p: number | null) => boolean = createRewindLatch;
diff --git a/src/journey/route-log.ts b/src/journey/route-log.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c890f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/journey/route-log.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+import type { PortfolioContent, SectionId } from '@/content/types';
+import type { JourneySnapshot } from './types';
+
+/**
+ * MILE MARKERS: Experience and Profile become literal route. Each role or
+ * fact is a kilometre post that rolls past as its plate crosses the
+ * activation line, and the gantry sub-line keeps a ROUTE LOG odometer.
+ * Shared by the DOM (sub-line, html[data-route-log]) and the lazy scene
+ * chunk (post positions), so it stays tiny and pure. Scroll-driven only.
+ */
+type ProgressInput = Pick<JourneySnapshot, 'activeSectionId' | 'sectionActivation'>;
+
+/**
+ * Section-local progress: 0 with the chapter heading on the activation line,
+ * 1 when the next chapter's heading reaches it. Null outside the chapter.
+ */
+export function sectionLocalProgress(snapshot: ProgressInput, id: SectionId): number | null {
+  if (snapshot.activeSectionId !== id) return null;
+  const { activeHeadingOffsetVh: active, nextHeadingOffsetVh: next } = snapshot.sectionActivation;
+  if (next === null || !Number.isFinite(active) || !Number.isFinite(next)) return null;
+  const span = next - active;
+  if (!(span > 0)) return null;
+  return Math.min(1, Math.max(0, -active / span));
+}
+
+/** Posts per chapter, in reading order (Experience: 3 roles + the systems plate). */
+export const MILESTONE_COUNTS = { experience: 4, profile: 3 } as const;
+export type MilestoneSection = keyof typeof MILESTONE_COUNTS;
+
+export const isMilestoneSection = (id: SectionId): id is MilestoneSection => id in MILESTONE_COUNTS;
+
+export interface Milestone {
+  index: number;
+  /** Wide plate, e.g. "JUN 2025 → AUG 2025"; '' when the content has no date. */
+  dateLabel: string;
+  /** Narrow plate, e.g. "JUN→AUG 2025". */
+  compactDate: string;
+  /** Organisation or fact, upper case, e.g. "ISENSE SOLUTIONS". */
+  caption: string;
+}
+
+/** Post i passes the line at the middle of its share of the chapter. */
+export const passPoint = (index: number, count: number): number => (index + 0.5) / count;
+
+const MONTHS = 'jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec'.split(' ');
+const month = (word: string | undefined): string =>
+  word !== undefined && MONTHS.includes(word.slice(0, 3).toLowerCase()) ? `${word.slice(0, 3).toUpperCase()} ` : '';
+const SPAN = /(?:([A-Za-z]+)\s+)?(\d{4})\s*[-–]\s*(?:(?:([A-Za-z]+)\s+)?(\d{4})|(Present))/;
+
+/** "June 2025-August 2025" -> JUN 2025 → AUG 2025; "2023-2026"; lists of years. */
+export function parseDates(text: string): { dateLabel: string; compactDate: string } {
+  const span = SPAN.exec(text);
+  if (span !== null) {
+    const [, m1, y1, m2, y2, present] = span;
+    const end = present === undefined ? `${month(m2)}${y2}` : 'PRESENT';
+    const sameYear = y1 === y2 && month(m1) !== '' && month(m2) !== '';
+    return {
+      dateLabel: `${month(m1)}${y1} → ${end}`,
+      compactDate: sameYear ? `${month(m1).trim()}→${month(m2)}${y2}` : `${y1}→${present === undefined ? y2 : 'PRESENT'}`,
+    };
+  }
+  const years = [...new Set(text.match(/\b(?:19|20)\d{2}\b/g) ?? [])].sort().join(' · ');
+  return { dateLabel: years, compactDate: years };
+}
+
+type MilestoneContent = Pick<PortfolioContent, 'experience' | 'systemsOperations' | 'profile'>;
+
+export function milestonesFor(content: MilestoneContent, section: SectionId): Milestone[] {
+  const rows: Array<{ dates: string; caption: string }> = section === 'experience'
+    ? [
+        ...content.experience.map((record) => ({ dates: record.dates, caption: record.organization })),
+        { dates: '', caption: content.systemsOperations.title.replace(/^professional\s+/i, '') },
+      ]
+    : section === 'profile'
+      ? content.profile.screeningFacts.map((fact) => ({ dates: fact.value, caption: fact.label }))
+      : [];
+  return rows.map((row, index) => ({ index, ...parseDates(row.dates), caption: row.caption.toUpperCase() }));
+}
+
+/** Which post the reader is at: the one whose share of the chapter holds p. */
+export const milestoneIndex = (p: number, count: number): number =>
+  Math.min(count - 1, Math.max(0, Math.floor(p * count)));
+
+/** Sub-line widths in characters: the wide (>=1280 px) and narrow plates. */
+export const ROUTE_LOG_BUDGET = { wide: 50, compact: 32 } as const;
+
+/** Full name, then (3+ words) initials, then the first word, then initials, then nothing. */
+export function fitCaption(caption: string, room: number): string {
+  const words = caption.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
+  const initials = words.length > 1 ? words.map((word) => word[0]).join('') : '';
+  const tries = words.length > 2 ? [caption, initials, words[0] ?? ''] : [caption, words[0] ?? '', initials];
+  return tries.find((value) => value !== '' && value.length <= room) ?? '';
+}
+
+const pad = (value: number): string => String(value).padStart(2, '0');
+
+/**
+ * "LOG 02/04 · JUN 2025 → AUG 2025 · ISENSE SOLUTIONS", with " · REWIND" while
+ * scrolling back. Null for chapters with fewer than two posts.
+ */
+export function routeLogSubline(
+  p: number,
+  items: readonly Milestone[],
+  reversing = false,
+  width: keyof typeof ROUTE_LOG_BUDGET = 'wide',
+): string | null {
+  if (items.length < 2) return null;
+  const item = items[milestoneIndex(p, items.length)]!;
+  const date = width === 'wide' ? item.dateLabel : item.compactDate;
+  const index = `LOG ${pad(item.index + 1)}/${pad(items.length)}`;
+  const tail = reversing ? ' · REWIND' : '';
+  // The date goes before the caption, unless (narrow plate) it would leave the
+  // caption with less than its initials: then the caption alone is the better log line.
+  let head = date === '' ? index : `${index} · ${date}`;
+  let caption = fitCaption(item.caption, ROUTE_LOG_BUDGET[width] - head.length - tail.length - 3);
+  if (date !== '' && caption.length < 3) {
+    head = index;
+    caption = fitCaption(item.caption, ROUTE_LOG_BUDGET[width] - head.length - tail.length - 3);
+  }
+  return `${head}${caption === '' ? '' : ` · ${caption}`}${tail}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Latches the scroll direction: progress falling means a rewind until it
+ * rises again. Small jitter is ignored; a new key (chapter) starts fresh.
+ */
+export function createRewindLatch(): (p: number | null, key?: string) => boolean {
+  let last: number | null = null;
+  let lastKey: string | undefined;
+  let reversing = false;
+  return (p, key) => {
+    if (p === null || key !== lastKey) {
+      last = null;
+      reversing = false;
+      lastKey = key;
+      if (p === null) return false;
+    }
+    if (last !== null) {
+      if (p < last - 0.001) reversing = true;
+      else if (p > last + 0.001) reversing = false;
+    }
+    last = p;
+    return reversing && p > 0 && p < 1;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/scene/world/environment.ts b/src/scene/world/environment.ts
index a61630a..3754eb3 100644
--- a/src/scene/world/environment.ts
+++ b/src/scene/world/environment.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import {
 import { createMaintenanceWindow } from '@/scene/world/maintenance-window';
 import { createHeadlights } from '@/scene/world/headlights';
 import { maintenanceProgress } from '@/journey/maintenance-progress';
+import { createMilestones } from '@/scene/world/milestones';
+import { isMilestoneSection, sectionLocalProgress } from '@/journey/route-log';
 import { dawnStep, type DawnStep } from '@/journey/dawn';
 import { dawnLightUniforms } from '@/scene/world/dawn-light';
 import { isTestFault, recordTestFaultEvent } from '@/testing/fault-hooks';
@@ -169,8 +171,13 @@ export async function createProceduralSceneGeneration(
   // the star drain (uniform writes); the warm rims and the bloom change are
   // high/medium fine-pointer only.
   const dawnRims = maintenanceTier === 'full';
+  // MILE MARKERS: kilometre posts roll past through Experience and Profile.
+  // Low tier and touch draw them without beam, pulse or flash.
+  const milestones = createMilestones(context.resources, maintenanceTier === 'full');
   scene.add(
     maintenance.group,
+    milestones.mesh,
+    milestones.pool,
     atmosphere.group,
     road.group,
     expressway.group,
@@ -351,6 +358,14 @@ export async function createProceduralSceneGeneration(
         targetPalette.starVisibility *= 1 - (1 - STORM_STAR_SCALE) * service.storm;
       }
       districts.setServiceState(service.dim, service.relight);
+      milestones.update(
+        snapshot.activeSectionId,
+        isMilestoneSection(snapshot.activeSectionId)
+          ? sectionLocalProgress(snapshot, snapshot.activeSectionId)
+          : null,
+        musicPulse,
+        deltaSeconds,
+      );
       // END OF SHIFT: parked at the destination, the night ends. One scalar
       // drives it all; leaving rewinds it as fast as the outro returns.
       const dawn = easeInOutCubic(outroProgress);
diff --git a/src/scene/world/milestones.ts b/src/scene/world/milestones.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e05be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scene/world/milestones.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+import * as THREE from 'three';
+import type { SectionId } from '@/content/types';
+import { SIGN_ACCENTS } from '@/journey/sign-routes';
+import { isMilestoneSection, MILESTONE_COUNTS, passPoint, type MilestoneSection } from '@/journey/route-log';
+import type { SceneResourceBag } from '@/scene/resources';
+import { BEAM_PARS, beamUniforms } from './headlights';
+
+/**
+ * MILE MARKERS, scene side. Each role (Experience) or screening fact
+ * (Profile) is a lit kilometre post on the shoulder of the side the reading
+ * panel leaves free. Its position is a pure function of section-local scroll
+ * progress, so scrolling back rolls the posts back. One InstancedMesh, one
+ * draw call: a dark post, a pale retro-reflective cap plate that catches the
+ * high beam, and a chapter-accent emissive stripe that breathes +8% with the
+ * bass. A post flashes for 300 ms as its plate crosses the activation line,
+ * which is the moment it reaches the camera: the post is at its largest, at
+ * the bottom edge of the frame, and the odometer ticks as it goes by. A second
+ * additive mesh lays a warm light pool on the shoulder under each post.
+ * Low tier and touch draw the posts without beam, pulse or flash.
+ */
+/**
+ * Where a post stands as its plate crosses the line. The camera sits at z ~25
+ * with the frame shifted toward the panel, so the free shoulder leaves the
+ * frame's side edge about 35 m ahead of the camera: the post goes by there,
+ * at its largest, as the odometer ticks.
+ */
+export const MILESTONE_PASS_Z = -12;
+/** Metres of road per unit of travel: the next post is RUN / count metres up the road. */
+export const MILESTONE_RUN = 200;
+export const MILESTONE_FAR_Z = MILESTONE_PASS_Z - MILESTONE_RUN / 2;
+export const MILESTONE_NEAR_Z = MILESTONE_PASS_Z + MILESTONE_RUN / 2;
+/** The free shoulder: the Experience panel is on the left, Profile's on the right. */
+export const MILESTONE_SIDE: Readonly<Record<MilestoneSection, number>> = { experience: 9.5, profile: -9.5 };
+/* The world is drawn ~2.3x life size (the road is 20 m wide), so a 2.8 m post is 6.4 m here. */
+const POST_W = 0.4;
+const POST_H = 6.4;
+const PLATE_W = 2.2;
+const PLATE_H = 1.0;
+/** The pool of light each post throws on the shoulder (x across the road, z along it). */
+const POOL_W = 8;
+const POOL_L = 14;
+/** Plates turn this far toward the road (rad). */
+const PLATE_YAW = 0.3;
+const FLASH_SECONDS = 0.3;
+/** One flash per post at most every 0.6 s, however fast the scroll (photosensitivity). */
+const FLASH_GAP_SECONDS = 0.6;
+const PULSE_GAIN = 0.08;
+/** The cap plate's resting glow: it reads as lit retro-reflective sheeting at night. */
+const PLATE_GLOW = 0.42;
+const SECTIONS = Object.keys(MILESTONE_COUNTS) as MilestoneSection[];
+const INSTANCES = SECTIONS.reduce((sum, id) => sum + MILESTONE_COUNTS[id], 0);
+
+const clamp01 = (value: number): number => Math.min(1, Math.max(0, value));
+const smooth = (from: number, to: number, value: number): number => {
+  const t = clamp01((value - from) / (to - from));
+  return t * t * (3 - 2 * t);
+};
+
+/** Travel parameter of post i: 0.5 exactly when its plate is on the line. */
+export const milestoneTravel = (p: number, index: number, count: number): number =>
+  p - passPoint(index, count) + 0.5;
+
+export const milestoneZ = (p: number, index: number, count: number): number =>
+  THREE.MathUtils.lerp(MILESTONE_FAR_Z, MILESTONE_NEAR_Z, milestoneTravel(p, index, count));
+
+/** The chapter fades the posts in and out at its edges. */
+export const milestoneChapterFade = (p: number): number => smooth(0, 0.05, p) * (1 - smooth(0.95, 1, p));
+
+/** A post rises out of the haze far up the road and leaves once it is past the camera. */
+export const milestoneRangeFade = (z: number): number => smooth(-190, -130, z) * (1 - smooth(10, 22, z));
+
+export interface MilestonePost {
+  section: MilestoneSection;
+  index: number;
+  x: number;
+  z: number;
+  /** 0..1 screen-door cover: chapter edges and the far end of the run. */
+  presence: number;
+}
+
+/** Every post's place for this frame; posts of other chapters are absent (presence 0). */
+export function milestoneLayout(section: SectionId, p: number | null): MilestonePost[] {
+  const posts: MilestonePost[] = [];
+  for (const id of SECTIONS) {
+    const count = MILESTONE_COUNTS[id];
+    for (let index = 0; index < count; index += 1) {
+      const t = p === null ? 0 : milestoneTravel(p, index, count);
+      const live = p !== null && id === section;
+      const z = THREE.MathUtils.lerp(MILESTONE_FAR_Z, MILESTONE_NEAR_Z, t);
+      posts.push({
+        section: id,
+        index,
+        x: MILESTONE_SIDE[id],
+        z,
+        presence: live ? milestoneChapterFade(p) * milestoneRangeFade(z) : 0,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  return posts;
+}
+
+function box(width: number, height: number, depth: number, x: number, y: number, z: number, part: number) {
+  const geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry(width, height, depth);
+  geometry.translate(x, y, z);
+  return { geometry, part };
+}
+
+/** Post, plate and stripes merged into one indexed geometry with a part id. */
+function postGeometry() {
+  const pieces = [
+    box(POST_W, POST_H, POST_W, 0, POST_H / 2, 0, 0),
+    // The number plate, framed top and bottom by the chapter's accent.
+    box(PLATE_W, PLATE_H, 0.08, 0, POST_H + PLATE_H / 2 - 0.12, 0.18, 1),
+    box(PLATE_W + 0.06, 0.12, 0.12, 0, POST_H + PLATE_H - 0.06, 0.18, 2),
+    box(PLATE_W + 0.06, 0.12, 0.12, 0, POST_H - 0.18, 0.18, 2),
+    // Two reflector bands down the post, like a real kilometre post.
+    box(POST_W + 0.05, 0.5, POST_W + 0.05, 0, POST_H * 0.62, 0, 2),
+    box(POST_W + 0.05, 0.5, POST_W + 0.05, 0, POST_H * 0.3, 0, 2),
+  ];
+  const positions: number[] = [];
+  const normals: number[] = [];
+  const parts: number[] = [];
+  const indices: number[] = [];
+  for (const { geometry, part } of pieces) {
+    const offset = positions.length / 3;
+    const position = geometry.getAttribute('position');
+    positions.push(...position.array);
+    normals.push(...geometry.getAttribute('normal').array);
+    for (let i = 0; i < position.count; i += 1) parts.push(part);
+    indices.push(...Array.from(geometry.getIndex().array as ArrayLike<number>, (i) => i + offset));
+    geometry.dispose();
+  }
+  const merged = new THREE.BufferGeometry();
+  merged.setAttribute('position', new THREE.Float32BufferAttribute(positions, 3));
+  merged.setAttribute('normal', new THREE.Float32BufferAttribute(normals, 3));
+  merged.setAttribute('aPart', new THREE.Float32BufferAttribute(parts, 1));
+  merged.setIndex(indices);
+  return merged;
+}
+
+export interface MilestonesWorld {
+  readonly mesh: { visible: boolean; count: number };
+  /** The additive light pools on the shoulder, one per post. */
+  readonly pool: { visible: boolean; count: number };
+  /** Section-local progress (null outside the chapter) and the smoothed bass pulse (0..1). */
+  update(section: SectionId, p: number | null, pulse: number, deltaSeconds: number): void;
+  /** Test hook: the current flash level of each instance. */
+  flashes(): readonly number[];
+}
+
+export function createMilestones(resources: SceneResourceBag, full: boolean): MilestonesWorld {
+  const geometry = resources.own('geometry', postGeometry());
+  // x: flash 0..1, y: presence 0..1.
+  const state = new THREE.InstancedBufferAttribute(new Float32Array(INSTANCES * 2), 2);
+  state.setUsage(THREE.DynamicDrawUsage);
+  geometry.setAttribute('aState', state);
+  const accent = new THREE.Color(SIGN_ACCENTS.experience);
+  const pulseUniform = { value: 0 };
+  const material = resources.own('material', new THREE.ShaderMaterial({
+    uniforms: { uAccent: { value: accent }, uPulse: pulseUniform, ...(full ? beamUniforms : {}) },
+    vertexShader: /* glsl */ `
+      attribute float aPart;
+      attribute vec2 aState;
+      varying float vPart;
+      varying vec2 vState;
+      varying vec3 vWorld;
+      varying vec3 vNormal;
+      void main() {
+        vec4 world = modelMatrix * instanceMatrix * vec4(position, 1.0);
+        vWorld = world.xyz;
+        vNormal = normalize(mat3(modelMatrix * instanceMatrix) * normal);
+        vPart = aPart;
+        vState = aState;
+        gl_Position = projectionMatrix * viewMatrix * world;
+      }
+    `,
+    fragmentShader: /* glsl */ `
+      uniform vec3 uAccent;
+      uniform float uPulse;
+      varying float vPart;
+      varying vec2 vState;
+      varying vec3 vWorld;
+      varying vec3 vNormal;
+      ${full ? BEAM_PARS : ''}
+      void main() {
+        // Screen-door fade, like the districts: never a translucent sheet.
+        vec2 cell = mod(floor(gl_FragCoord.xy), 4.0);
+        float threshold = (mod(cell.x + cell.y * 2.0, 4.0) * 4.0 + mod(cell.y, 2.0) * 2.0 + mod(cell.x, 2.0) + 0.5) / 16.0;
+        if (vState.y < threshold) discard;
+        vec3 n = normalize(vNormal);
+        vec3 toCamera = normalize(cameraPosition - vWorld);
+        float key = max(0.0, dot(n, normalize(vec3(-0.45, 0.85, 0.35))));
+        float facing = max(0.0, dot(n, toCamera));
+        float flash = ${full ? 'vState.x' : '0.0'};
+        vec3 color;
+        if (vPart < 0.5) {
+          color = vec3(0.04, 0.034, 0.06) + vec3(0.09, 0.08, 0.13) * key + uAccent * 0.06 * facing;
+        } else if (vPart < 1.5) {
+          // Lit retro-reflective plate: brightest facing the camera, and in the beam.
+          // Tinted by the chapter accent so it never reads as one more street lamp.
+          color = mix(vec3(0.86, 0.88, 0.96), uAccent, 0.7) * (${PLATE_GLOW.toFixed(2)} + 0.12 * key + 0.5 * facing * facing);
+          color += uAccent * 0.35;
+          ${full ? 'color += vec3(1.0, 0.9, 0.76) * headlightBeam(vWorld) * (0.5 + 1.8 * facing);' : ''}
+          color += vec3(1.0, 0.96, 0.9) * flash * 1.4;
+        } else {
+          color = uAccent * (1.5 * (1.0 + ${PULSE_GAIN.toFixed(2)} * uPulse) + flash * 1.8);
+        }
+        gl_FragColor = vec4(color, 1.0);
+        #include <tonemapping_fragment>
+        #include <colorspace_fragment>
+      }
+    `,
+    fog: false,
+  }));
+  const mesh = new THREE.InstancedMesh(geometry, material, INSTANCES);
+  mesh.name = 'mile-markers';
+  mesh.frustumCulled = false;
+  mesh.visible = false;
+  mesh.instanceMatrix.setUsage(THREE.DynamicDrawUsage);
+
+  // The light pool: an additive quad on the shoulder, pulled toward the road.
+  const poolGeometry = resources.own('geometry', new THREE.PlaneGeometry(POOL_W, POOL_L).rotateX(-Math.PI / 2));
+  poolGeometry.setAttribute('aState', state);
+  const poolMaterial = resources.own('material', new THREE.ShaderMaterial({
+    uniforms: { uAccent: { value: accent }, uPulse: pulseUniform },
+    vertexShader: /* glsl */ `
+      attribute vec2 aState;
+      varying vec2 vUv;
+      varying vec2 vState;
+      void main() {
+        vUv = uv;
+        vState = aState;
+        gl_Position = projectionMatrix * viewMatrix * modelMatrix * instanceMatrix * vec4(position, 1.0);
+      }
+    `,
+    fragmentShader: /* glsl */ `
+      uniform vec3 uAccent;
+      uniform float uPulse;
+      varying vec2 vUv;
+      varying vec2 vState;
+      void main() {
+        vec2 d = (vUv - 0.5) * 2.0;
+        float r = length(d);
+        float pool = pow(max(0.0, 1.0 - r), 1.8);
+        vec3 warm = vec3(1.0, 0.86, 0.62);
+        vec3 color = mix(warm, uAccent, 0.5) * pool * (2.4 + ${PULSE_GAIN.toFixed(2)} * 3.0 * uPulse + 3.0 * vState.x);
+        gl_FragColor = vec4(color * vState.y, 1.0);
+        #include <tonemapping_fragment>
+        #include <colorspace_fragment>
+      }
+    `,
+    transparent: true,
+    blending: THREE.AdditiveBlending,
+    depthWrite: false,
+    fog: false,
+  }));
+  const pool = new THREE.InstancedMesh(poolGeometry, poolMaterial, INSTANCES);
+  pool.name = 'mile-marker-pools';
+  pool.frustumCulled = false;
+  pool.visible = false;
+  pool.instanceMatrix.setUsage(THREE.DynamicDrawUsage);
+  const poolMatrix = new THREE.Matrix4();
+  const poolPosition = new THREE.Vector3();
+  const noRotation = new THREE.Quaternion();
+
+  const flash = new Float32Array(INSTANCES);
+  const sinceFlash = new Float32Array(INSTANCES).fill(Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
+  const side = new Float32Array(INSTANCES);
+  let lastSection: SectionId | null = null;
+  const matrix = new THREE.Matrix4();
+  const rotation = new THREE.Quaternion();
+  const position = new THREE.Vector3();
+  const scale = new THREE.Vector3();
+  const up = new THREE.Vector3(0, 1, 0);
+
+  return {
+    mesh,
+    pool,
+    flashes: () => Array.from(flash),
+    update(section, p, pulse, deltaSeconds) {
+      const posts = milestoneLayout(section, p);
+      const changed = section !== lastSection;
+      lastSection = section;
+      let any = false;
+      posts.forEach((post, i) => {
+        // The flash fires when the plate crosses the line, either way.
+        const crossing = p === null || post.presence === 0 ? 0 : Math.sign(p - passPoint(post.index, MILESTONE_COUNTS[post.section]));
+        sinceFlash[i]! += deltaSeconds;
+        if (full && !changed && crossing !== 0 && side[i] !== 0 && crossing !== side[i] && sinceFlash[i]! >= FLASH_GAP_SECONDS) {
+          flash[i] = 1;
+          sinceFlash[i] = 0;
+        } else {
+          flash[i] = Math.max(0, flash[i]! - deltaSeconds / FLASH_SECONDS);
+        }
+        if (crossing !== 0) side[i] = crossing;
+        if (post.presence === 0) side[i] = 0;
+        const visible = post.presence > 0;
+        any ||= visible;
+        position.set(post.x, 0, post.z);
+        rotation.setFromAxisAngle(up, -Math.sign(post.x) * PLATE_YAW);
+        scale.setScalar(visible ? 1 : 0);
+        mesh.setMatrixAt(i, matrix.compose(position, rotation, scale));
+        poolPosition.set(post.x - Math.sign(post.x) * 1.4, 0.05, post.z);
+        pool.setMatrixAt(i, poolMatrix.compose(poolPosition, noRotation, scale));
+        state.setXY(i, flash[i]!, post.presence);
+      });
+      mesh.visible = any;
+      pool.visible = any;
+      if (!any) return;
+      if (isMilestoneSection(section)) accent.set(SIGN_ACCENTS[section]);
+      pulseUniform.value = full ? clamp01(pulse) : 0;
+      mesh.instanceMatrix.needsUpdate = true;
+      pool.instanceMatrix.needsUpdate = true;
+      state.needsUpdate = true;
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/styles/route-log.css b/src/styles/route-log.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d69620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/styles/route-log.css
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* ---------- MILE MARKERS: the ROUTE LOG odometer ----------
+   html[data-route-log='2/4'] is set client-side through Experience and
+   Profile. The log index rolls on 1-digit columns (each keyed by its value,
+   so a change re-enters) and the route rule thickens 1 px for 200 ms. */
+html[data-route-log] .journey-hud__subline { letter-spacing: 0.06em; }
+.route-odo { display: inline-flex; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: bottom; }
+.route-odo__digit { display: inline-block; }
+.journey-hud__log-pulse {
+  position: absolute; inset: auto auto 0 0; block-size: 3px;
+  inline-size: calc(var(--route, 0) * 100%);
+  background: var(--sign-accent); opacity: 0; pointer-events: none;
+}
+@media (min-width: 1280px) {
+  .journey-hud__log-pulse { inset: auto auto 12px 77px; inline-size: calc(var(--route, 0) * (100% - 107px)); }
+}
+@media (max-width: 767px) {
+  html[data-route-log] .journey-hud__subline { letter-spacing: 0.01em; }
+}
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
+  .route-odo__digit { animation: route-odo-roll 220ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.2, 1) both; }
+  [data-rewind='true'] .route-odo__digit { animation-name: route-odo-rewind; }
+  .journey-hud__log-pulse { animation: route-log-rule 200ms ease-out both; }
+}
+@keyframes route-odo-roll { from { transform: translateY(100%); } }
+@keyframes route-odo-rewind { from { transform: translateY(-100%); } }
+@keyframes route-log-rule { 0%, 70% { opacity: 1; } 100% { opacity: 0; } }
+@media (forced-colors: active), print { .journey-hud__log-pulse { display: none; } }
diff --git a/tests/unit/AppShell.test.ts b/tests/unit/AppShell.test.ts
index b2af2e2..aba75e3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/AppShell.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/AppShell.test.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,16 @@ describe('the 03:12 window on the server', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('MILE MARKERS on the server', () => {
+  it('ships no route log: no attribute, no odometer and an empty sub-line', async () => {
+    const html = await render('/', validInputs);
+    expect(html).not.toContain('data-route-log');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('route-odo');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('journey-hud__log-pulse');
+    expect(html).not.toMatch(/LOG \d\d\//u);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('HIGH BEAM on the server', () => {
   it('ships no beam state: the name renders fully lit and its text is unchanged', async () => {
     const html = await render('/', validInputs);
diff --git a/tests/unit/SceneCanvas.test.ts b/tests/unit/SceneCanvas.test.ts
index cc66fd8..84fcbe3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/SceneCanvas.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/SceneCanvas.test.ts
@@ -448,4 +448,32 @@ describe("JourneyHud", () => {
     expect(window.get(".journey-hud__subline").text()).toBe("MAINTENANCE WINDOW \u00b7 03:12");
     window.unmount();
   });
+
+  it("rolls the ROUTE LOG index on odometer digits keyed by value", async () => {
+    const hud = mount(JourneyHud, {
+      props: {
+        journey: journey({ activeSectionId: "experience" }),
+        sectionLabel: "Experience",
+        subline: "LOG 01/04 \u00b7 AUG 2025 \u2192 PRESENT \u00b7 TRUPA LUI R\u0102ZU\u0218",
+      },
+    });
+    const subline = hud.get(".journey-hud__subline");
+    expect(subline.text()).toBe("LOG 01/04 \u00b7 AUG 2025 \u2192 PRESENT \u00b7 TRUPA LUI R\u0102ZU\u0218");
+    expect(hud.findAll(".route-odo__digit").map((digit) => digit.text())).toEqual(["0", "1"]);
+    const tens = hud.findAll(".route-odo__digit")[0]!.element;
+    const ones = hud.findAll(".route-odo__digit")[1]!.element;
+    const pulse = hud.get(".journey-hud__log-pulse").element;
+    await hud.setProps({ subline: "LOG 02/04 \u00b7 JUN 2025 \u2192 AUG 2025 \u00b7 CCF \u00b7 REWIND" });
+    const digits = hud.findAll(".route-odo__digit");
+    expect(digits.map((digit) => digit.text())).toEqual(["0", "2"]);
+    expect(digits[0]!.element).toBe(tens);
+    expect(digits[1]!.element).not.toBe(ones);
+    expect(hud.get(".journey-hud__log-pulse").element).not.toBe(pulse);
+    expect(hud.get(".journey-hud__subline").attributes("data-rewind")).toBe("true");
+    await hud.setProps({ subline: "" });
+    expect(hud.findAll(".route-odo").length).toBe(0);
+    expect(hud.find(".journey-hud__log-pulse").exists()).toBe(false);
+    expect(hud.get(".journey-hud__subline").text()).toBe("");
+    hud.unmount();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/unit/milestones.test.ts b/tests/unit/milestones.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24beaf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/milestones.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { SceneResourceBag } from '@/scene/resources';
+import {
+  createMilestones,
+  MILESTONE_FAR_Z,
+  MILESTONE_NEAR_Z,
+  MILESTONE_PASS_Z,
+  MILESTONE_SIDE,
+  milestoneLayout,
+  milestoneZ,
+} from '@/scene/world/milestones';
+import { MILESTONE_COUNTS, passPoint } from '@/journey/route-log';
+
+const sweep = (from: number, to: number, steps = 200): number[] =>
+  Array.from({ length: steps + 1 }, (_, i) => from + ((to - from) * i) / steps);
+
+describe('mile marker layout', () => {
+  it('rolls every post toward the camera monotonically with progress, in order', () => {
+    for (const section of ['experience', 'profile'] as const) {
+      const count = MILESTONE_COUNTS[section];
+      for (let i = 0; i < count; i += 1) {
+        let previous = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+        for (const p of sweep(0, 1)) {
+          const z = milestoneZ(p, i, count);
+          expect(z).toBeGreaterThan(previous);
+          previous = z;
+        }
+        // At the camera's near edge exactly as its plate crosses the line.
+        expect(milestoneZ(passPoint(i, count), i, count)).toBeCloseTo(MILESTONE_PASS_Z);
+        expect(MILESTONE_PASS_Z).toBeCloseTo((MILESTONE_FAR_Z + MILESTONE_NEAR_Z) / 2);
+        // Still on the near side of the camera (z ~25) and large in frame.
+        expect(MILESTONE_PASS_Z).toBeLessThan(20);
+        // Earlier posts are always nearer.
+        if (i > 0) expect(milestoneZ(0.5, i - 1, count)).toBeGreaterThan(milestoneZ(0.5, i, count));
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('stands on the free shoulder: right of the road in Experience, left in Profile', () => {
+    expect(MILESTONE_SIDE.experience).toBeGreaterThan(8);
+    expect(MILESTONE_SIDE.profile).toBeLessThan(-8);
+    const posts = milestoneLayout('experience', 0.5).filter((post) => post.presence > 0);
+    expect(posts.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(posts.every((post) => post.section === 'experience' && post.x === MILESTONE_SIDE.experience)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('is hidden outside its chapters and fades at the chapter edges', () => {
+    for (const section of ['start', 'infrastructure', 'toolkit', 'contact'] as const) {
+      expect(milestoneLayout(section, 0.5).every((post) => post.presence === 0)).toBe(true);
+    }
+    expect(milestoneLayout('experience', null).every((post) => post.presence === 0)).toBe(true);
+    expect(milestoneLayout('experience', 0).every((post) => post.presence === 0)).toBe(true);
+    expect(milestoneLayout('profile', 1).every((post) => post.presence === 0)).toBe(true);
+    const inside = milestoneLayout('profile', 0.5);
+    expect(inside.filter((post) => post.section === 'experience').every((post) => post.presence === 0)).toBe(true);
+    expect(inside.some((post) => post.section === 'profile' && post.presence === 1)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('is symmetric in reverse: the same progress gives the same frame either way', () => {
+    const ps = sweep(0, 1);
+    const forward = ps.map((p) => milestoneLayout('experience', p));
+    const backward = [...ps].reverse().map((p) => milestoneLayout('experience', p)).reverse();
+    expect(backward).toEqual(forward);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('mile marker mesh', () => {
+  it('draws seven instances in one mesh, visible only in Experience and Profile', () => {
+    const resources = new SceneResourceBag();
+    const markers = createMilestones(resources, true);
+    expect(markers.mesh.count).toBe(7);
+    expect(markers.pool.count).toBe(7);
+    markers.update('start', null, 0, 1 / 60);
+    expect(markers.mesh.visible).toBe(false);
+    expect(markers.pool.visible).toBe(false);
+    markers.update('experience', 0.4, 0.5, 1 / 60);
+    expect(markers.mesh.visible).toBe(true);
+    expect(markers.pool.visible).toBe(true);
+    markers.update('infrastructure', null, 0, 1 / 60);
+    expect(markers.mesh.visible).toBe(false);
+    expect(markers.pool.visible).toBe(false);
+    resources.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it('flashes a post as its plate crosses the line, either way, and decays in 300 ms', () => {
+    const resources = new SceneResourceBag();
+    const markers = createMilestones(resources, true);
+    const second = passPoint(1, 4);
+    markers.update('experience', second - 0.02, 0, 1 / 60);
+    markers.update('experience', second - 0.01, 0, 1 / 60);
+    expect(markers.flashes()[1]).toBe(0);
+    markers.update('experience', second + 0.01, 0, 1 / 60);
+    expect(markers.flashes()[1]).toBe(1);
+    for (let i = 0; i < 20; i += 1) markers.update('experience', second + 0.01, 0, 1 / 60);
+    expect(markers.flashes()[1]).toBe(0);
+    // Back the other way (after the 0.6 s gap) flashes again.
+    for (let i = 0; i < 30; i += 1) markers.update('experience', second + 0.01, 0, 1 / 60);
+    markers.update('experience', second - 0.01, 0, 1 / 60);
+    expect(markers.flashes()[1]).toBe(1);
+    resources.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it('never flashes on the low tier or touch', () => {
+    const resources = new SceneResourceBag();
+    const markers = createMilestones(resources, false);
+    const first = passPoint(0, 3);
+    markers.update('profile', first - 0.01, 1, 1 / 60);
+    markers.update('profile', first + 0.01, 1, 1 / 60);
+    expect(markers.flashes().every((level) => level === 0)).toBe(true);
+    expect(markers.mesh.visible).toBe(true);
+    resources.dispose();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/route-log.test.ts b/tests/unit/route-log.test.ts
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+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { defineComponent, h, nextTick, shallowRef } from 'vue';
+import { useRouteLog } from '@/composables/useRouteLog';
+import { maintenanceProgress } from '@/journey/maintenance-progress';
+import {
+  createRewindLatch,
+  fitCaption,
+  milestoneIndex,
+  milestonesFor,
+  parseDates,
+  passPoint,
+  ROUTE_LOG_BUDGET,
+  routeLogSubline,
+  sectionLocalProgress,
+} from '@/journey/route-log';
+import type { JourneySnapshot } from '@/journey/types';
+import type { PortfolioContent, SectionId } from '@/content/types';
+
+const content = JSON.parse(
+  readFileSync(resolve(process.cwd(), 'content/public/portfolio-content.json'), 'utf8'),
+) as PortfolioContent;
+
+const at = (activeSectionId: SectionId, active: number, next: number | null) => ({
+  activeSectionId,
+  sectionActivation: { layoutRevision: 1, activeHeadingOffsetVh: active, nextHeadingOffsetVh: next },
+});
+
+describe('section-local progress', () => {
+  it('runs 0..1 between the chapter heading and the next, null elsewhere', () => {
+    expect(sectionLocalProgress(at('experience', 0, 2), 'experience')).toBe(0);
+    expect(sectionLocalProgress(at('experience', -1, 1), 'experience')).toBeCloseTo(0.5);
+    expect(sectionLocalProgress(at('experience', -3, -1), 'experience')).toBe(1);
+    expect(sectionLocalProgress(at('experience', -1, 1), 'profile')).toBeNull();
+    expect(sectionLocalProgress(at('profile', 0, null), 'profile')).toBeNull();
+    expect(sectionLocalProgress(at('profile', 1, 1), 'profile')).toBeNull();
+    expect(sectionLocalProgress(at('profile', Number.NaN, 1), 'profile')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('still backs the 03:12 window', () => {
+    expect(maintenanceProgress(at('infrastructure', -1, 1))).toBeCloseTo(0.5);
+    expect(maintenanceProgress(at('experience', -1, 1))).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('milestones from the real content', () => {
+  it('lists three roles and the systems plate for Experience', () => {
+    const items = milestonesFor(content, 'experience');
+    expect(items).toHaveLength(4);
+    expect(items.map((item) => item.index)).toEqual([0, 1, 2, 3]);
+    expect(items[0]).toMatchObject({ dateLabel: 'AUG 2025 → PRESENT', compactDate: '2025→PRESENT', caption: 'TRUPA LUI RĂZUȘ' });
+    expect(items[1]).toMatchObject({ dateLabel: 'JUN 2025 → AUG 2025', compactDate: 'JUN→AUG 2025' });
+    expect(items[2]).toMatchObject({ dateLabel: 'JUN 2025 → AUG 2025', caption: 'ISENSE SOLUTIONS' });
+    expect(items[3]).toMatchObject({ dateLabel: '', caption: 'SYSTEMS OPERATIONS' });
+  });
+
+  it('lists the three screening facts for Profile', () => {
+    const items = milestonesFor(content, 'profile');
+    expect(items.map((item) => item.caption)).toEqual(['EDUCATION', 'LANGUAGES', 'CERTIFICATIONS']);
+    expect(items.map((item) => item.dateLabel)).toEqual(['2023 → 2026', '', '2022 · 2025']);
+  });
+
+  it('has no posts in other chapters', () => {
+    expect(milestonesFor(content, 'toolkit')).toEqual([]);
+    expect(routeLogSubline(0.5, milestonesFor(content, 'toolkit'))).toBeNull();
+    expect(routeLogSubline(0.5, milestonesFor(content, 'experience').slice(0, 1))).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('parses spans, open spans and year lists', () => {
+    expect(parseDates('Jan 2024 - Present')).toEqual({ dateLabel: 'JAN 2024 → PRESENT', compactDate: '2024→PRESENT' });
+    expect(parseDates('2019–2021')).toEqual({ dateLabel: '2019 → 2021', compactDate: '2019→2021' });
+    expect(parseDates('Remote')).toEqual({ dateLabel: '', compactDate: '' });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('the ROUTE LOG sub-line', () => {
+  const experience = milestonesFor(content, 'experience');
+  const profile = milestonesFor(content, 'profile');
+
+  it('steps through the posts at the middle of each share', () => {
+    expect(passPoint(0, 4)).toBe(0.125);
+    expect(passPoint(3, 4)).toBe(0.875);
+    expect(milestoneIndex(0, 4)).toBe(0);
+    expect(milestoneIndex(0.26, 4)).toBe(1);
+    expect(milestoneIndex(1, 4)).toBe(3);
+    expect(routeLogSubline(0.3, experience)).toBe('LOG 02/04 · JUN 2025 → AUG 2025 · CCF');
+    expect(routeLogSubline(0.6, experience)).toBe('LOG 03/04 · JUN 2025 → AUG 2025 · ISENSE SOLUTIONS');
+    expect(routeLogSubline(0.95, experience)).toBe('LOG 04/04 · SYSTEMS OPERATIONS');
+    expect(routeLogSubline(0.4, profile)).toBe('LOG 02/03 · LANGUAGES');
+    expect(routeLogSubline(0.1, profile)).toBe('LOG 01/03 · 2023 → 2026 · EDUCATION');
+  });
+
+  it('adds REWIND while scrolling back', () => {
+    expect(routeLogSubline(0.6, experience, true)).toMatch(/^LOG 03\/04 · JUN 2025 → AUG 2025 · .+ · REWIND$/u);
+    // A narrow plate rewinding has no room for the date: the index and caption stay.
+    expect(routeLogSubline(0.1, experience, true, 'compact')).toBe('LOG 01/04 · TLR · REWIND');
+  });
+
+  it('fits the narrow plates (phones) in the budget, shortening the organisation', () => {
+    for (const items of [experience, profile]) {
+      for (let p = 0; p <= 1; p += 0.05) {
+        for (const reversing of [false, true]) {
+          expect(routeLogSubline(p, items, reversing, 'compact')!.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(ROUTE_LOG_BUDGET.compact);
+          expect(routeLogSubline(p, items, reversing, 'wide')!.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(ROUTE_LOG_BUDGET.wide);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    expect(routeLogSubline(0.1, experience, false, 'compact')).toBe('LOG 01/04 · 2025→PRESENT · TLR');
+    // Only 'IS' would fit after the date, so the caption takes the date's place.
+    expect(routeLogSubline(0.6, experience, false, 'compact')).toBe('LOG 03/04 · ISENSE SOLUTIONS');
+    expect(fitCaption('CAMERA CONSULTANȚILOR FISCALI', 10)).toBe('CCF');
+    expect(fitCaption('ISENSE SOLUTIONS', 2)).toBe('IS');
+    expect(fitCaption('CERTIFICATIONS', 4)).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('latches a rewind while progress falls, per chapter', () => {
+    const latch = createRewindLatch();
+    expect(latch(0.2, 'experience')).toBe(false);
+    expect(latch(0.4, 'experience')).toBe(false);
+    expect(latch(0.3, 'experience')).toBe(true);
+    expect(latch(0.3005, 'experience')).toBe(true);
+    expect(latch(0.5, 'experience')).toBe(false);
+    // Profile ends at 1 and Experience starts at 0: a new chapter is not a rewind.
+    expect(latch(1, 'profile')).toBe(false);
+    expect(latch(0, 'experience')).toBe(false);
+    expect(latch(0.1, 'experience')).toBe(false);
+    expect(latch(null)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('useRouteLog', () => {
+  const snapshot = (activeSectionId: SectionId, a: number, n: number | null): JourneySnapshot => ({
+    scrollY: 0,
+    routeProgress: 0.3,
+    direction: 0,
+    acceleration: 0,
+    driveSpeed: 0,
+    activeSectionId,
+    chapter: 'systems',
+    sign: null,
+    arrived: false,
+    sectionActivation: { layoutRevision: 1, activeHeadingOffsetVh: a, nextHeadingOffsetVh: n },
+  });
+
+  it('sets html[data-route-log] and the sub-line only in its chapters, then cleans up', async () => {
+    const journey = shallowRef(snapshot('start', -1, 1));
+    let subline = shallowRef('');
+    const wrapper = mount(defineComponent({
+      setup() {
+        subline = useRouteLog(journey, () => content) as typeof subline;
+        return () => h('span', subline.value);
+      },
+    }));
+    const root = document.documentElement;
+    await nextTick();
+    expect(root.dataset.routeLog).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(subline.value).toBe('');
+
+    journey.value = snapshot('experience', -0.2, 1.8);
+    await nextTick();
+    expect(root.dataset.routeLog).toBe('1/4');
+    expect(subline.value).toMatch(/^LOG 01\/04 · /u);
+
+    journey.value = snapshot('experience', -1.2, 0.8);
+    await nextTick();
+    expect(root.dataset.routeLog).toBe('3/4');
+    expect(subline.value).not.toMatch(/REWIND/u);
+
+    journey.value = snapshot('experience', -0.8, 1.2);
+    await nextTick();
+    expect(root.dataset.routeLog).toBe('2/4');
+    expect(subline.value).toMatch(/^LOG 02\/04 · .* · REWIND$/u);
+
+    journey.value = snapshot('infrastructure', -0.5, 1.5);
+    await nextTick();
+    expect(root.dataset.routeLog).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(subline.value).toBe('');
+
+    journey.value = snapshot('profile', -1, 1);
+    await nextTick();
+    expect(root.dataset.routeLog).toBe('2/3');
+    wrapper.unmount();
+    expect(root.dataset.routeLog).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});