diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58767cd..09ba8e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) · versioned wi
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+- **Retry UI Regression Coverage.** Desktop smoke tests now verify that a Retry button is rendered only when the
+  authenticated job history explicitly advertises a safe live retry and that the retry endpoint is invoked once.
 - **Safe Background Retries.** Failed live transcription, voice-design, casting, and consistent-image jobs now expose
   bounded retry actions from stripped in-memory inputs; retry payloads are never returned or persisted and expire on restart.
 - **Canonical Pair Asset Digests.** Generated profile/reference pairs now retain SHA-256 asset digests in character
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index eb716f7..c4bdc90 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.24.9
+1.24.10
diff --git a/tests/smoke.spec.js b/tests/smoke.spec.js
index 1028043..81dcdea 100644
--- a/tests/smoke.spec.js
+++ b/tests/smoke.spec.js
@@ -83,3 +83,22 @@ test('background job history is rendered without payloads', async ({ page }) =>
   await expect(page.locator('#background-jobs-list')).toContainText('Cancel');
   await expect(page.locator('#background-jobs-list')).not.toContainText('prompt');
 });
+
+test('background job history exposes retry only when the server allows it', async ({ page }) => {
+  let retryRequests = 0;
+  await page.route('**/api/jobs?limit=50', route => route.fulfill({
+    status: 200, contentType: 'application/json',
+    body: JSON.stringify({ jobs: [{ job_id: 'live-failed', kind: 'voice_design', stage: 'error', error: 'Temporary provider failure', done: true, elapsed: 3.1, retry_available: true }] }),
+  }));
+  await page.route('**/api/voice-design/retry/live-failed', async route => {
+    retryRequests += 1;
+    await route.fulfill({ json: { job_id: 'new-job' } });
+  });
+  await page.goto('/', { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
+  await navTo(page, 's-performance');
+  const jobs = page.locator('#background-jobs-list');
+  await expect(jobs).toContainText('Temporary provider failure');
+  await expect(jobs.getByRole('button', { name: 'Retry' })).toBeVisible();
+  await jobs.getByRole('button', { name: 'Retry' }).click();
+  await expect.poll(() => retryRequests).toBe(1);
+});