diff --git a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/runtime.rs b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/runtime.rs
index fb2d2a8..03584b1 100644
--- a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/runtime.rs
@@ -3093,7 +3093,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     use ghostlight::{
         ControllerPort, ControllerWork, ControllerWorkLookup, ControllerWorkStore,
-        ControllerWorkStoreError, ControllerWorkWrite, InferenceEvent, InferenceFault,
+        ControllerWorkStoreError, ControllerWorkWrite, ElaboratorSession, InferenceEvent,
+        InferenceFault,
         InferenceOutput, InferencePort, InferencePurpose, InferenceRequest, PreparedInference,
         SubjectId,
     };
@@ -3228,6 +3229,12 @@ mod tests {
                 seed_commands: 0,
             })
         }
+
+        async fn elaboration_in_flight(
+            &self,
+        ) -> Result<Vec<(CommandId, ElaboratorSession)>, ControllerWorkStoreError> {
+            Ok(Vec::new())
+        }
     }
 
     /// Counts concurrent `infer` calls. Each call increments an in-flight
diff --git a/crates/ghostlight/src/controllers.rs b/crates/ghostlight/src/controllers.rs
index c7a697e..cd6e885 100644
--- a/crates/ghostlight/src/controllers.rs
+++ b/crates/ghostlight/src/controllers.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 //! affordance fields.
 
 use super::elaboration::{
-    ElaborationCheckpoint, ElaborationRunner, EvidenceSource, NullEvidenceSource, SeedCheckpoint,
-    SeedRunner, valid_elaboration_progression, valid_seed_progression,
+    ElaborationCheckpoint, ElaborationRunner, ElaboratorSession, EvidenceSource,
+    NullEvidenceSource, SeedCheckpoint, SeedRunner, valid_elaboration_progression,
+    valid_seed_progression,
 };
 use super::sdk_inference::{
     ChildProcessLink, DEFAULT_SDK_MODEL_PREFIX, RoutedInferencePort, SdkBinding, SdkInferencePort,
@@ -1521,6 +1522,16 @@ pub trait ControllerWorkStore: Send + Sync {
     /// Proves custody of the backing path without interpreting ordinary model
     /// or world pending states as store failure.
     async fn custody_probe(&self) -> Result<ControllerWorkCustody, ControllerWorkStoreError>;
+
+    /// Every elaboration session still in flight, with its command id: rows in
+    /// `ElaboratorInFlight` or `ReadyToSubmit`, never `NoPatch`, least recently
+    /// stored first. The elaboration sweep reads this once, before it draws
+    /// anything, so work is rediscovered by what it answers rather than only by
+    /// re-deriving its id. No default body: a store that cannot list its
+    /// sessions says so at compile time.
+    async fn elaboration_in_flight(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<(CommandId, ElaboratorSession)>, ControllerWorkStoreError>;
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -1766,6 +1777,48 @@ impl ControllerWorkStore for CultCacheControllerWorkStore {
             seed_commands: count(WorkLane::Seed),
         })
     }
+
+    /// One pass over the rows, under the same custody check `lookup` makes.
+    async fn elaboration_in_flight(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<(CommandId, ElaboratorSession)>, ControllerWorkStoreError> {
+        let journal = self.journal.lock().map_err(|_| {
+            ControllerWorkStoreError::new("controller work store lock was poisoned")
+        })?;
+        if journal.uncertain.is_some() {
+            return Err(ControllerWorkStoreError::new(
+                "controller work store ownership is uncertain; reopen before another command",
+            ));
+        }
+        verify_journal_custody(&journal)?;
+        let stored_at: BTreeMap<&str, &str> = journal
+            .rows
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|row| row.r#type == CONTROLLER_WORK_ROW)
+            .map(|row| (row.key.as_str(), row.stored_at.as_str()))
+            .collect();
+        let mut listed = Vec::new();
+        for (command_id, work) in &journal.work {
+            if let Some(entry) = in_flight_elaboration(work) {
+                let key = store_key(*command_id)?;
+                let at = stored_at.get(key.as_str()).copied().unwrap_or_default();
+                listed.push((at, key, entry));
+            }
+        }
+        listed.sort_by(|left, right| (left.0, &left.1).cmp(&(right.0, &right.1)));
+        Ok(listed.into_iter().map(|(_, _, entry)| entry).collect())
+    }
+}
+
+/// The elaboration session a row carries, when that session can still run.
+fn in_flight_elaboration(work: &ControllerWork) -> Option<(CommandId, ElaboratorSession)> {
+    match work {
+        ControllerWork::Elaboration(
+            checkpoint @ (ElaborationCheckpoint::ElaboratorInFlight { .. }
+            | ElaborationCheckpoint::ReadyToSubmit { .. }),
+        ) => Some((checkpoint.command_id(), checkpoint.session().clone())),
+        _ => None,
+    }
 }
 
 fn verify_journal_custody(journal: &ControllerWorkJournal) -> Result<(), ControllerWorkStoreError> {
@@ -8402,6 +8455,19 @@ mod tests {
                 seed_commands: count(WorkLane::Seed),
             })
         }
+
+        /// In map order: this store keeps no write time.
+        async fn elaboration_in_flight(
+            &self,
+        ) -> Result<Vec<(CommandId, ElaboratorSession)>, ControllerWorkStoreError> {
+            Ok(self
+                .work
+                .lock()
+                .unwrap()
+                .values()
+                .filter_map(in_flight_elaboration)
+                .collect())
+        }
     }
 
     async fn active_mailbox(
diff --git a/crates/ghostlight/src/elaboration.rs b/crates/ghostlight/src/elaboration.rs
index e1e6528..ae70e31 100644
--- a/crates/ghostlight/src/elaboration.rs
+++ b/crates/ghostlight/src/elaboration.rs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ impl ElaborationCheckpoint {
         }
     }
 
-    fn session(&self) -> &ElaboratorSession {
+    pub(super) fn session(&self) -> &ElaboratorSession {
         match self {
             Self::ElaboratorInFlight { session, .. }
             | Self::ReadyToSubmit { session, .. }
diff --git a/crates/ghostlight/src/lib.rs b/crates/ghostlight/src/lib.rs
index 3c22493..38e4145 100644
--- a/crates/ghostlight/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ghostlight/src/lib.rs
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ pub use controllers::{
 pub(crate) use cover::{CellId, Constituent, Resolution};
 pub use cover::{AgencyGraph, Cell, Cover, CoverBudget, CoverBudgetError, TickIndex, derive_cover};
 pub use elaboration::{
-    ElaborationCheckpoint, ElaborationRunner, EvidenceError, EvidenceQuery, EvidenceReceipt,
-    EvidenceSource, SeedCheckpoint, SeedOutcome, SeedRunner, select_row,
+    ElaborationCheckpoint, ElaborationRunner, ElaboratorSession, EvidenceError, EvidenceQuery,
+    EvidenceReceipt, EvidenceSource, SeedCheckpoint, SeedOutcome, SeedRunner, select_row,
 };
 pub use lens::{Lens, LensWeights};
 pub(crate) use mailbox::ElaborationPort;