diff --git a/internal/serve/store/cost_store.go b/internal/serve/store/cost_store.go
index 8056fd7..d5b6daa 100644
--- a/internal/serve/store/cost_store.go
+++ b/internal/serve/store/cost_store.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -92,6 +94,18 @@ type sqliteCostStore struct {
 // keeps the handler-side Writer from erroring under light contention
 // with the quota-subscriber goroutine.
 func OpenCostStore(path string) (CostStore, error) {
+	// Ensure the parent directory exists. Production opens the DB at
+	// ~/.config/ctm/ctm.db; on a fresh install (or in CI runners
+	// without a pre-existing config dir) the parent might not exist
+	// yet, and mattn/go-sqlite3 surfaces that as
+	// "unable to open database file". Cheap and idempotent — no-op
+	// for ":memory:" (filepath.Dir returns "."). Errors here are
+	// non-fatal: if mkdir fails we let sql.Open surface the real
+	// problem.
+	if path != ":memory:" {
+		_ = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o700)
+	}
+
 	// DSN tuning: ?_busy_timeout=5000 waits out brief writer locks;
 	// ?_journal=WAL enables concurrent readers; ?_sync=NORMAL pairs
 	// with WAL for an acceptable durability-vs-speed trade.
diff --git a/ui/src/App.tsx b/ui/src/App.tsx
index 1d38e53..06cdb86 100644
--- a/ui/src/App.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/App.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { AuthGate } from "@/routes/AuthGate";
 const router = createBrowserRouter([
   { path: "/", element: <Dashboard /> },
   { path: "/s/:name", element: <Dashboard /> },
+  { path: "/s/:name/feed", element: <Dashboard /> },
   { path: "/s/:name/checkpoints", element: <Dashboard /> },
   { path: "/s/:name/pane", element: <Dashboard /> },
   { path: "/s/:name/subagents", element: <Dashboard /> },
diff --git a/ui/src/routes/SessionDetail.tsx b/ui/src/routes/SessionDetail.tsx
index 339fe92..2356d62 100644
--- a/ui/src/routes/SessionDetail.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/routes/SessionDetail.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type TabKey =
   | "meta";
 
 function tabFromPath(pathname: string): TabKey {
+  if (pathname.endsWith("/feed")) return "feed";
   if (pathname.endsWith("/checkpoints")) return "checkpoints";
   if (pathname.endsWith("/pane")) return "pane";
   if (pathname.endsWith("/subagents")) return "subagents";