diff --git a/web/src/App.tsx b/web/src/App.tsx
index 8fc845b..1f949c6 100644
--- a/web/src/App.tsx
+++ b/web/src/App.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Topbar, type Health } from '@/shell/Topbar';
 import { Statusbar, type ConnectionState, type VmSeqState } from '@/shell/Statusbar';
 import { SessionsRail } from '@/shell/SessionsRail';
 import { FlowStrip } from '@/shell/FlowStrip';
+import { SessionCanvas } from '@/canvas/SessionCanvas';
 import { useUiHints } from '@/state/useUiHints';
 import { useSessionList } from '@/state/useSessionList';
 import { useApprovalsQueue } from '@/state/useApprovalsQueue';
@@ -28,15 +29,6 @@ const paneStyle: CSSProperties = {
   minHeight: 0,
 };
 
-const canvasEmptyStyle: CSSProperties = {
-  display: 'flex',
-  alignItems: 'center',
-  justifyContent: 'center',
-  background: 'var(--bg-elev)',
-  borderRight: '1px solid var(--hair)',
-  padding: 32,
-};
-
 const monitorRailPlaceholder: CSSProperties = {
   background: 'var(--bg-page)',
   borderLeft: '1px solid var(--hair)',
@@ -94,11 +86,7 @@ export function App() {
           activeSid={activeSid}
           onSelect={setActiveSid}
         />
-        <div style={canvasEmptyStyle}>
-          <span style={{ fontSize: 13, color: 'var(--ink-3)' }}>
-            Select a session from the rail or create a new one.
-          </span>
-        </div>
+        <SessionCanvas activeSid={activeSid} />
         <div style={monitorRailPlaceholder}>
           Ambient monitors (Phase 5)
         </div>
diff --git a/web/src/canvas/SessionCanvas.tsx b/web/src/canvas/SessionCanvas.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9648a4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/canvas/SessionCanvas.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+import type { CSSProperties } from 'react';
+import { useSessionFull } from '@/state/useSessionFull';
+import { useSetSelected } from '@/state/selectedRef';
+import { CanvasHead } from './CanvasHead';
+import { Transcript } from './Transcript';
+import type { ToolCall } from '@/api/types';
+
+interface SessionCanvasProps {
+  activeSid: string | null;
+}
+
+const wrap: CSSProperties = {
+  display: 'flex',
+  flexDirection: 'column',
+  background: 'var(--bg-elev)',
+  borderRight: '1px solid var(--hair)',
+  minHeight: 0,
+  overflowY: 'auto',
+};
+
+const center: CSSProperties = {
+  flex: 1,
+  display: 'flex',
+  alignItems: 'center',
+  justifyContent: 'center',
+  padding: 32,
+  fontFamily: 'var(--ff-sans)',
+  fontSize: 13,
+  color: 'var(--ink-3)',
+};
+
+function extraStr(extras: Record<string, unknown>, key: string, fallback: string): string {
+  const v = extras[key];
+  return v === undefined || v === null ? fallback : String(v);
+}
+
+function extraNum(extras: Record<string, unknown>, key: string, fallback: number): number {
+  const v = extras[key];
+  if (typeof v === 'number') return v;
+  return fallback;
+}
+
+export function SessionCanvas({ activeSid }: SessionCanvasProps) {
+  const { state, isLoading, error, refresh } = useSessionFull(activeSid);
+  const setSelected = useSetSelected();
+
+  if (activeSid === null) {
+    return (
+      <div style={wrap}>
+        <div style={center}>Select a session from the rail or create a new one.</div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (isLoading) {
+    return (
+      <div style={wrap}>
+        <div style={center}>Loading…</div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (error) {
+    return (
+      <div style={wrap}>
+        <div style={center}>
+          <div>
+            <div style={{ color: 'var(--danger)', marginBottom: 8 }}>
+              {error.message || 'Error loading session'}
+            </div>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              onClick={refresh}
+              style={{
+                padding: '6px 12px',
+                fontFamily: 'var(--ff-sans)',
+                fontSize: 12,
+                color: 'var(--ink-1)',
+                background: 'var(--bg-elev)',
+                border: '1px solid var(--hair-strong)',
+                borderRadius: 0,
+                cursor: 'pointer',
+              }}
+            >
+              Retry
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  const sess = state.session;
+  if (!sess) {
+    return <div style={wrap}><div style={center}>Session not found.</div></div>;
+  }
+
+  const findings = sess.findings as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const title = (findings.title as string | undefined) ?? sess.id;
+  const env = extraStr(sess.extra_fields, 'env', 'dev');
+  const sev = extraNum(sess.extra_fields, 'sev', 0);
+  const reporter = extraStr(sess.extra_fields, 'reporter', '—');
+
+  const onSelectTool = (tc: ToolCall) => {
+    setSelected({ kind: 'tool_call', id: `${tc.tool}@${tc.ts}` });
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div style={wrap}>
+      <CanvasHead
+        sessionId={sess.id}
+        status={sess.status}
+        openedAt={sess.created_at}
+        title={title}
+        env={env}
+        sev={sev}
+        reporter={reporter}
+        turnCount={state.agentsRun.length}
+        toolCount={state.toolCalls.length}
+        agentsActive={state.agentsRun.length}
+        agentsTotal={Object.keys(state.agentDefinitions).length || state.agentsRun.length}
+        onStop={() => { /* Phase 6: confirm modal */ }}
+        onRetry={refresh}
+      />
+      <Transcript
+        agentsRun={state.agentsRun}
+        toolCalls={state.toolCalls}
+        activeAgent={null}
+        hitlContext={null}
+        onSelectTool={onSelectTool}
+        onApprove={() => { /* Phase 6 */ }}
+        onReject={() => { /* Phase 6 */ }}
+        onApproveWithRationale={() => { /* Phase 6 */ }}
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/web/tests/_helpers/render.tsx b/web/tests/_helpers/render.tsx
index 7a64a8e..d8a6e23 100644
--- a/web/tests/_helpers/render.tsx
+++ b/web/tests/_helpers/render.tsx
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 import type { ReactElement } from 'react';
 import { render as rtlRender, type RenderOptions } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { SelectedRefProvider } from '@/state/selectedRef';
 
 export function render(ui: ReactElement, options?: RenderOptions) {
   const queryClient = new QueryClient({
     defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false, gcTime: 0 } },
   });
   return rtlRender(
-    <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>{ui}</QueryClientProvider>,
+    <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
+      <SelectedRefProvider>{ui}</SelectedRefProvider>
+    </QueryClientProvider>,
     options,
   );
 }
diff --git a/web/tests/component/SessionCanvas.test.tsx b/web/tests/component/SessionCanvas.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfb8082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/tests/component/SessionCanvas.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { render, screen, waitFor } from '../_helpers/render';
+import { SessionCanvas } from '@/canvas/SessionCanvas';
+
+const fullBundle = {
+  session: {
+    id: 'SES-1', status: 'in_progress',
+    created_at: '2026-05-15T14:16:30Z',
+    updated_at: '2026-05-15T14:17:00Z',
+    deleted_at: null,
+    agents_run: [], tool_calls: [], findings: { title: 'Payments latency spike' },
+    pending_intervention: null, user_inputs: [],
+    parent_session_id: null, dedup_rationale: null,
+    extra_fields: { env: 'prod', sev: 2, reporter: 'u1@platform' }, version: 1,
+  },
+  agents_run: [
+    { agent: 'intake', started_at: '2026-05-15T14:16:30Z', ended_at: '2026-05-15T14:16:32Z',
+      summary: 'Triage observed elevated p99 latency.', confidence: 0.92,
+      confidence_rationale: null, signal: null },
+  ],
+  tool_calls: [],
+  events: [],
+  agent_definitions: {},
+  vm_seq: 1,
+};
+
+describe('<SessionCanvas>', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    global.fetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(
+      new Response(JSON.stringify(fullBundle), {
+        status: 200, headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      }),
+    );
+    // @ts-expect-error -- jsdom does not provide EventSource
+    global.EventSource = class {
+      constructor(public url: string) {}
+      onopen: ((e: Event) => void) | null = null;
+      onmessage: ((e: MessageEvent) => void) | null = null;
+      onerror: ((e: Event) => void) | null = null;
+      close() {}
+      addEventListener() {}
+    };
+  });
+
+  it('renders empty state when sid is null', () => {
+    render(<SessionCanvas activeSid={null} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Select a session/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('shows loading state when fetching', () => {
+    render(<SessionCanvas activeSid="SES-1" />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Loading/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('renders CanvasHead with session id once loaded', async () => {
+    render(<SessionCanvas activeSid="SES-1" />);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText(/SES-1/)).toBeInTheDocument());
+  });
+
+  it('renders Transcript with the agent turn once loaded', async () => {
+    render(<SessionCanvas activeSid="SES-1" />);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('intake')).toBeInTheDocument());
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Triage observed/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('renders the title from findings.title', async () => {
+    render(<SessionCanvas activeSid="SES-1" />);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText(/Payments latency spike/)).toBeInTheDocument());
+  });
+});