diff --git a/frontend/src/App.vue b/frontend/src/App.vue
index ca39dc31..00db0608 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/App.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { onMounted, onUnmounted, watch } from "vue";
+import { onMounted, onUnmounted, ref, watch } from "vue";
 import { useRouter } from "vue-router";
 import AppHeader from "@/components/AppHeader.vue";
 import ToastNotification from "@/components/ToastNotification.vue";
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ import { useShortcuts } from "@/composables/useShortcuts";
 import { useAuthStore } from "@/stores/auth";
 import { useChatStore } from "@/stores/chat";
 import { useSettingsStore } from "@/stores/settings";
+import { apiGet } from "@/api/client";
 
 useTheme();
 
 const router = useRouter();
+const appVersion = ref("dev");
 const authStore = useAuthStore();
 const chatStore = useChatStore();
 const settingsStore = useSettingsStore();
@@ -123,6 +125,12 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   if (authStore.isAuthenticated) {
     startAppServices();
   }
+  try {
+    const data = await apiGet<{ version: string }>("/api/version");
+    appVersion.value = data.version;
+  } catch {
+    // silent — version display is non-critical
+  }
 });
 
 watch(
@@ -150,6 +158,7 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
       <div id="main-content" class="app-content">
         <router-view />
       </div>
+      <footer class="app-footer">v{{ appVersion }}</footer>
     </div>
 
     <!-- Keyboard shortcuts overlay -->
@@ -299,6 +308,18 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
   overflow: hidden;
 }
 
+/* Version footer */
+.app-footer {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  text-align: center;
+  padding: 0.2rem 0;
+  font-size: 0.68rem;
+  color: var(--color-text-muted);
+  opacity: 0.45;
+  user-select: none;
+  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
+}
+
 /* Shortcuts overlay */
 .shortcuts-overlay {
   position: fixed;
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/TaskEditorView.vue b/frontend/src/views/TaskEditorView.vue
index ee60b421..a9d0f34f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/TaskEditorView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/TaskEditorView.vue
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import MilestoneSelector from "@/components/MilestoneSelector.vue";
 import TaskLogSection from "@/components/TaskLogSection.vue";
 import InlineAssistPanel from "@/components/InlineAssistPanel.vue";
 import ConfirmDialog from "@/components/ConfirmDialog.vue";
+import HistoryPanel from "@/components/HistoryPanel.vue";
 
 const route = useRoute();
 const router = useRouter();
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ async function save() {
 }
 
 const showDeleteConfirm = ref(false);
+const showHistory = ref(false);
 
 function remove() {
   if (taskId.value) {
@@ -386,6 +388,7 @@ useEditorGuards(dirty, save);
         <button class="btn-save" @click="save" :disabled="saving">
           {{ saving ? "Saving..." : "Save" }}
         </button>
+        <button v-if="isEditing" class="btn-history" @click="showHistory = true">History</button>
         <button v-if="isEditing" class="btn-delete" @click="remove">
           Delete
         </button>
@@ -654,6 +657,15 @@ useEditorGuards(dirty, save);
       @confirm="confirmDelete"
       @cancel="showDeleteConfirm = false"
     />
+
+    <!-- History panel -->
+    <HistoryPanel
+      v-if="showHistory && taskId"
+      :note-id="taskId"
+      :current-body="body"
+      @restore="(b: string, t: string[]) => { body = b; tags = t; markDirty(); }"
+      @close="showHistory = false"
+    />
   </main>
 </template>
 
@@ -843,6 +855,22 @@ useEditorGuards(dirty, save);
   font-family: inherit;
 }
 
+/* History button */
+.btn-history {
+  padding: 0.45rem 1rem;
+  background: none;
+  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+  cursor: pointer;
+  font-size: 0.875rem;
+  color: var(--color-text-secondary);
+  font-family: inherit;
+}
+.btn-history:hover {
+  border-color: var(--color-primary);
+  color: var(--color-primary);
+}
+
 /* Tag suggest row inside sidebar */
 .tag-suggest-row {
   display: flex;
diff --git a/src/fabledassistant/services/note_versions.py b/src/fabledassistant/services/note_versions.py
index cbfa628b..3af363a0 100644
--- a/src/fabledassistant/services/note_versions.py
+++ b/src/fabledassistant/services/note_versions.py
@@ -1,15 +1,39 @@
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
 from sqlalchemy import select, text
 
 from fabledassistant.models import async_session
 from fabledassistant.models.note_version import NoteVersion
 
-MAX_VERSIONS = 20
+# Maximum snapshots retained per note.
+MAX_VERSIONS = 50
+
+# Minimum seconds between snapshots. Prevents autosave from consuming all
+# slots — with autosave at 60 s intervals, a 5-minute gate means at most
+# one snapshot per editing session segment rather than one per save tick.
+MIN_VERSION_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 300
 
 
 async def create_version(
     user_id: int, note_id: int, body: str, title: str, tags: list[str] | None = None
-) -> NoteVersion:
+) -> NoteVersion | None:
     async with async_session() as session:
+        # Skip if a recent snapshot already exists within the minimum interval.
+        recent = await session.execute(
+            select(NoteVersion.created_at)
+            .where(NoteVersion.note_id == note_id, NoteVersion.user_id == user_id)
+            .order_by(NoteVersion.created_at.desc())
+            .limit(1)
+        )
+        last_at = recent.scalar_one_or_none()
+        if last_at is not None:
+            # created_at is stored with timezone; ensure comparison is tz-aware
+            if last_at.tzinfo is None:
+                last_at = last_at.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+            age = (datetime.now(timezone.utc) - last_at).total_seconds()
+            if age < MIN_VERSION_INTERVAL_SECONDS:
+                return None
+
         version = NoteVersion(note_id=note_id, user_id=user_id, body=body, title=title, tags=tags or [])
         session.add(version)
         await session.commit()