diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6cf8c27..b4b47ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) · versioned wi
## [Unreleased]
### Changed
+- **Background-job stylesheet split.** Job history and retry-panel rules now live in `static/css/background-jobs.css`.
- **Resource diagnostics stylesheet split.** Performance-panel styles now live in `static/css/resource-diagnostics.css`
and are loaded with the same release cache-busting version as the core stylesheet.
- **Audiobook cast export extraction.** Markdown serialization and legacy page-stamping migration now live in
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 6b0d299..110b81c 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ architecture change: the larger Audiobook/Rehearser/style split.
- [x] Extract Audiobook parsing primitives and speaker-heuristic constants into `audiobook-parse.js`.
- [x] Extract Audiobook cast serialization and page-stamping helpers into `audiobook-cast.js`.
- [x] Split the Performance/resource diagnostic styles into `static/css/resource-diagnostics.css`.
+- [x] Split background-job history and retry-panel styles into `static/css/background-jobs.css`.
- [ ] Split `style.css` by feature.
- [ ] Do not migrate to TypeScript or rewrite the frontend until behavior is covered by tests.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a122672..4408ed4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.24.34
+1.24.35
diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index a8e7f72..6d6bf2b 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Done incrementally as global-scope ordered files (no ES-module change needed)
- ✅ `audiobook-parse.js` — dialogue detection, dehyphenation, and speaker-heuristic constants; the casting pipeline remains in `audiobook.js`.
- ✅ `audiobook-cast.js` — cast Markdown export and legacy page-stamping migration helpers; live casting remains in `audiobook.js`.
- ✅ `static/css/resource-diagnostics.css` — isolated Performance/resource diagnostic panel styles.
+- ✅ `static/css/background-jobs.css` — isolated background-job history and retry-panel styles.
- ✅ `rehearser-train.js` — transcript normalization, LCS comparison, and word-level training feedback; microphone/state wiring remains in `rehearser.js`.
- ✅ `rehearser-library.js` — SQLite persistence helpers and IndexedDB migration; import/export and auto-save remain
in `rehearser.js` until their UI/event-handler dependencies are isolated.
diff --git a/static/css/background-jobs.css b/static/css/background-jobs.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7d9b80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/css/background-jobs.css
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* ── Background-job history panel ─────────────────────────────────────────── */
+.background-jobs-list { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
+.background-job-row { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 14px; padding: 10px 4px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border); font-size: 12px; }
+.background-job-row:last-child { border-bottom: none; }
+.background-job-main { min-width: 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto auto; gap: 2px 8px; align-items: center; }
+.background-job-main strong { font-size: 13px; }
+.background-job-main code { color: var(--subtext); font-size: 10px; }
+.background-job-detail, .background-job-meta { grid-column: 1 / -1; color: var(--subtext); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
+.background-job-artifact { grid-column: 1 / -1; color: var(--accent); font-size: 11px; }
+.background-job-row.is-error .background-job-detail { color: var(--red); }
+.background-job-row.is-done .background-job-meta { color: var(--green, #22c55e); }
+.background-job-actions { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px; flex-shrink: 0; }
+.background-job-retry-note { color: var(--subtext); font-size: 11px; white-space: nowrap; }
+@media (max-width: 640px) { .background-job-row { align-items: flex-start; flex-direction: column; gap: 8px; } .background-job-actions { width: 100%; justify-content: space-between; } }
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index 50362ce..b11af2a 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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+
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
-
-
+
+
+
@@ -393,7 +394,7 @@ window.toggleNavTree = function(treeId, chevronId) {
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