diff --git a/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue b/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue
index b98dd36..ae9bdaf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue
@@ -179,6 +179,25 @@ const milestoneGroups = computed((): MilestoneGroup[] => {
   return groups;
 });
 
+// The "No Milestone" group has no id, and collapsing it uses the same Set as
+// the milestones: 0 stands for it, since no milestone id is ever 0.
+const UNASSIGNED_KEY = 0;
+function groupKey(group: MilestoneGroup): number {
+  return group.milestone?.id ?? UNASSIGNED_KEY;
+}
+
+// A group's Done column starts COLLAPSED, to its header and count. Done work is
+// the part of a board nobody is reading, and listed in full it pushed the open
+// columns of every group below it off the screen (operator, 2026-09-15). Not
+// persisted, matching the milestone collapse beside it: each load starts from
+// the same defaults.
+const expandedDone = ref<Set<number>>(new Set());
+function toggleDone(group: MilestoneGroup) {
+  const key = groupKey(group);
+  if (expandedDone.value.has(key)) expandedDone.value.delete(key);
+  else expandedDone.value.add(key);
+}
+
 function toggleMilestoneCollapse(id: number) {
   if (collapsedMilestones.value.has(id)) {
     collapsedMilestones.value.delete(id);
@@ -386,6 +405,16 @@ async function loadTasks() {
       all.push(...next.notes);
     }
     tasks.value = all;
+    // The No Milestone group follows the milestone rule: once, on first load,
+    // it starts collapsed when everything in it is finished.
+    if (!autoCollapsedOnce.value.has(UNASSIGNED_KEY)) {
+      autoCollapsedOnce.value.add(UNASSIGNED_KEY);
+      const assigned = new Set(milestones.value.map((m) => m.id));
+      const loose = all.filter((t) => !t.milestone_id || !assigned.has(t.milestone_id));
+      if (loose.length && loose.every((t) => t.status === "done" || t.status === "cancelled")) {
+        collapsedMilestones.value.add(UNASSIGNED_KEY);
+      }
+    }
   } catch {
     // Say so. This used to swallow the error and leave an empty board, which is
     // indistinguishable from a project with no tasks — the same "hidden with no
@@ -950,11 +979,12 @@ async function confirmDelete() {
               <div v-for="group in milestoneGroups" :key="group.milestone?.id ?? 'unassigned'" class="milestone-group">
                 <div
                   class="milestone-header"
-                  :class="{ clickable: !!group.milestone && renamingMilestoneId !== group.milestone?.id }"
-                  @click="group.milestone && renamingMilestoneId !== group.milestone.id && toggleMilestoneCollapse(group.milestone.id)"
+                  :class="{ clickable: renamingMilestoneId !== group.milestone?.id }"
+                  :aria-expanded="!collapsedMilestones.has(groupKey(group))"
+                  @click="renamingMilestoneId !== group.milestone?.id && toggleMilestoneCollapse(groupKey(group))"
                 >
-                  <span class="ms-chevron" v-if="group.milestone">
-                    <ChevronRight v-if="collapsedMilestones.has(group.milestone.id)" :size="16" />
+                  <span class="ms-chevron">
+                    <ChevronRight v-if="collapsedMilestones.has(groupKey(group))" :size="16" />
                     <ChevronDown v-else :size="16" />
                   </span>
                   <template v-if="group.milestone && renamingMilestoneId === group.milestone.id">
@@ -1023,7 +1053,7 @@ async function confirmDelete() {
                   </template>
                 </div>
 
-                <div v-if="!group.milestone || !collapsedMilestones.has(group.milestone.id)" class="kanban">
+                <div v-if="!collapsedMilestones.has(groupKey(group))" class="kanban">
                   <!-- Todo column -->
                   <div class="kanban-col col-todo">
                     <div class="kanban-col-header">
@@ -1094,12 +1124,19 @@ async function confirmDelete() {
 
                   <!-- Done column -->
                   <div class="kanban-col col-done">
-                    <div class="kanban-col-header">
+                    <button
+                      type="button"
+                      class="kanban-col-header col-toggle"
+                      :aria-expanded="expandedDone.has(groupKey(group))"
+                      @click="toggleDone(group)"
+                    >
                       <span class="col-status-dot dot-done"></span>
                       <span class="col-label">Done</span>
                       <span class="col-count">{{ group.tasks.filter(t => t.status === 'done').length }}</span>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="kanban-cards">
+                      <ChevronDown v-if="expandedDone.has(groupKey(group))" :size="14" />
+                      <ChevronRight v-else :size="14" />
+                    </button>
+                    <div v-if="expandedDone.has(groupKey(group))" class="kanban-cards">
                       <router-link
                         v-for="task in group.tasks.filter(t => t.status === 'done')"
                         :key="task.id" :to="`/tasks/${task.id}`"
@@ -1679,6 +1716,18 @@ async function confirmDelete() {
 }
 .col-status-dot { width: 7px; height: 7px; border-radius: 50%; flex-shrink: 0; }
 .col-label { flex: 1; }
+/* The Done column's header is a button that folds its cards. It keeps the
+   header's look — the reset is only what a <button> brings with it. */
+.col-toggle {
+  width: 100%;
+  background: none;
+  border: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  font-family: inherit;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  text-align: left;
+}
+.col-toggle:focus-visible { outline: none; box-shadow: var(--fs-focus-ring); border-radius: var(--fs-radius-sm); }
 .col-count {
   background: var(--fs-surface-raised);
   border: 1px solid var(--fs-border-color);