diff --git a/frontend/src/components/NoteCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/NoteCard.vue
index 0cc6124..28c1cb4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/NoteCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/NoteCard.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { computed, ref, watch } from "vue";
+import { useRoute } from "vue-router";
 import { useNotesStore } from "../stores/notes";
 import { NOTE_CARD_SURFACE, labelChipClasses } from "../notes/colors";
 import { rendersInline } from "../notes/attachments";
@@ -52,9 +53,11 @@ const sharedLine = computed(() => {
   return props.note.shared ? "Shared" : "";
 });
 
-// A search or a tag reaches into the Archive, so an archived card met anywhere but
-// the Archive itself says so: put away, not current.
-const showArchived = computed(() => props.note.archived && !props.note.trashed && notes.view !== "archived");
+// A search, a tag or the Timeline reaches into the Archive, so an archived card met
+// anywhere but the Archive itself says so: put away, not current. Read off the route,
+// since a page with its own list (Timeline) never sets the notes store's view.
+const route = useRoute();
+const showArchived = computed(() => props.note.archived && !props.note.trashed && route.name !== "archive");
 
 // --- Retention countdown, so someone browsing Trash can restore a note in time.
 // Null when not trashed or retention is off. ---
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/TimelineView.vue b/frontend/src/views/TimelineView.vue
index 47958d8..2670ab3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/TimelineView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/TimelineView.vue
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import NoteEditor from "../components/NoteEditor.vue";
 
 // The "find by WHEN" recall lens: your notes grouped by when you captured them,
 // newest first, with an optional date range. A distinct recall axis from search /
-// labels — memory is often temporal even when the content is fuzzy.
+// labels — memory is often temporal even when the content is fuzzy. Archived notes
+// are included (each card says so), since finished work is what gets looked back on.
 
 // Optional local date-range filter (YYYY-MM-DD from <input type="date">).
 const fromDate = ref("");
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ function buildQuery(): NoteListQuery {
   const from = parseLocalDate(fromDate.value);
   const to = parseLocalDate(toDate.value);
   return {
-    view: "active",
+    view: "all",
     sort: "created",
     facets: {
       created_after: from ? from.toISOString() : undefined,