diff --git a/.claude/rules/ui-conventions.md b/.claude/rules/ui-conventions.md
index 520cf65..ddd1b8d 100644
--- a/.claude/rules/ui-conventions.md
+++ b/.claude/rules/ui-conventions.md
@@ -42,3 +42,30 @@ container (the schedule grid scrolls; only modified wheels change its range),
 and keep the callbacks in the dependency array identity-stable (`useCallback`
 with functional `setState`) so the listener is not torn down and rebuilt on
 every render. See `src/components/schedule/schedule-grid.tsx`.
+
+## Selection state: keep the id, look up the object
+
+When a view owns a document and a side panel edits one element of it, store
+only the element's **id** in state and derive the element from the document:
+
+```ts
+const [selectedId, setSelectedId] = useState<string | null>(null);
+const selected = useMemo(
+  () => (selectedId ? (doc?.items.find((i) => i.id === selectedId) ?? null) : null),
+  [doc, selectedId],
+);
+```
+
+Holding a copy of the element (`useState<Item | null>`) forks the truth. Every
+edit path that does not go through the panel — a drag on the grid, a keyboard
+nudge, an undo, a reload after an external file edit — updates the document
+and leaves the copy behind; the panel's next patch then spreads that stale copy
+back over the document and silently reverts the earlier edit. The schedule tab
+shipped exactly that bug: resize a bar on the grid, then change its kind in the
+panel, and the old dates came back (T-0101).
+
+The same rule applies inside the panel: render fields straight from the `item`
+prop rather than seeding a local draft from it. A draft re-seeded by
+`useEffect` is the same stale copy one level down. If a field ever does need a
+draft (an in-progress text edit that must not round-trip), scope it to that
+field and reconcile it explicitly — do not draft the whole element.
diff --git a/src/components/schedule/item-editor.tsx b/src/components/schedule/item-editor.tsx
index cb362a4..67502de 100644
--- a/src/components/schedule/item-editor.tsx
+++ b/src/components/schedule/item-editor.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { Trash2 } from "lucide-react";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { DatePicker } from "@/components/ui/date-picker";
@@ -31,6 +30,12 @@ import type { Task } from "@/types";
  * `Details` is the element's body — the indented continuation lines under it
  * in the file. A note shows it on hover in the grid; every other kind shows it
  * in its tooltip, where it reads as a remark about the element.
+ *
+ * The panel holds **no draft state**: every field renders straight from `item`,
+ * and each edit is a patch on that same object. A local copy re-seeded from the
+ * prop looks equivalent but is not — a drag on the grid changes the document
+ * without going through this panel, and the copy would keep serving the dates
+ * from before the drag until the next edit wrote them back over it.
  */
 
 interface Props {
@@ -54,13 +59,8 @@ function collapseLines(value: string): string {
 }
 
 export function ItemEditor({ item, tasks, onChange, onDelete, onClose }: Props) {
-  const [draft, setDraft] = useState(item);
-
-  // Re-seed when the grid selects a different element (the panel is reused).
-  useEffect(() => setDraft(item), [item]);
-
   const commit = (patch: Partial<ScheduleItem>) => {
-    const next = { ...draft, ...patch };
+    const next = { ...item, ...patch };
     // A range element cannot end before it starts; pushing the far edge along is
     // less surprising than rejecting the edit the user just made.
     if (isRangeKind(next.kind) && next.end < next.start) {
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ export function ItemEditor({ item, tasks, onChange, onDelete, onClose }: Props)
       else next.start = next.end;
     }
     if (!isRangeKind(next.kind)) next.end = next.start;
-    setDraft(next);
     onChange(next);
   };
 
@@ -76,9 +75,9 @@ export function ItemEditor({ item, tasks, onChange, onDelete, onClose }: Props)
     // Width comes from the sidebar column, not from here — see schedule-view.
     <div className="shrink-0 space-y-3 border-b p-3 text-xs">
       <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
-        <span className="truncate font-mono text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">{draft.id}</span>
+        <span className="truncate font-mono text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">{item.id}</span>
         <Select
-          value={draft.kind}
+          value={item.kind}
           onValueChange={(v) => commit({ kind: v as ScheduleItem["kind"] })}
         >
           {/* `max-w` rather than a bare width: the column is resizable now, and
@@ -96,24 +95,24 @@ export function ItemEditor({ item, tasks, onChange, onDelete, onClose }: Props)
       </div>
 
       <Input
-        value={draft.title}
+        value={item.title}
         placeholder="Title"
         className="h-8 text-xs"
         onChange={(e) => commit({ title: collapseLines(e.target.value) })}
       />
 
       <Textarea
-        value={draft.body ?? ""}
-        placeholder={draft.kind === "note" ? "Note text (shown on hover)" : "Details"}
-        rows={draft.kind === "note" ? 4 : 2}
+        value={item.body ?? ""}
+        placeholder={item.kind === "note" ? "Note text (shown on hover)" : "Details"}
+        rows={item.kind === "note" ? 4 : 2}
         className="resize-none text-xs"
         onChange={(e) => commit({ body: e.target.value })}
       />
 
       <div className="space-y-1.5">
-        <DatePicker value={draft.start} onChange={(v) => v && commit({ start: v })} />
-        {isRangeKind(draft.kind) && (
-          <DatePicker value={draft.end} onChange={(v) => v && commit({ end: v })} />
+        <DatePicker value={item.start} onChange={(v) => v && commit({ start: v })} />
+        {isRangeKind(item.kind) && (
+          <DatePicker value={item.end} onChange={(v) => v && commit({ end: v })} />
         )}
       </div>
 
@@ -127,14 +126,14 @@ export function ItemEditor({ item, tasks, onChange, onDelete, onClose }: Props)
             style={{ background: COLOR_HEX[color as Color] }}
             className={cn(
               "size-5 rounded",
-              draft.color === color && "ring-2 ring-foreground ring-offset-1 ring-offset-background",
+              item.color === color && "ring-2 ring-foreground ring-offset-1 ring-offset-background",
             )}
           />
         ))}
       </div>
 
       <Select
-        value={draft.task ?? NONE}
+        value={item.task ?? NONE}
         onValueChange={(v) => commit({ task: v === NONE ? undefined : v })}
       >
         <SelectTrigger className="h-7 text-xs">
diff --git a/src/components/schedule/schedule-view.tsx b/src/components/schedule/schedule-view.tsx
index e5b4ae7..8c8aea0 100644
--- a/src/components/schedule/schedule-view.tsx
+++ b/src/components/schedule/schedule-view.tsx
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ export function ScheduleView({ configVersion }: Props) {
   const [doc, setDoc] = useState<ScheduleDocModel | null>(null);
   const [tasks, setTasks] = useState<Task[]>([]);
   const [aiRun, setAiRun] = useState<ScheduleEditRun | null>(null);
-  const [selected, setSelected] = useState<ScheduleItem | null>(null);
+  // Only the *id* of the selection is state; the element itself is looked up in
+  // the document below. Keeping a copy here would fork the truth: a drag on the
+  // grid edits `doc` without passing through the side panel, and the panel's
+  // next edit would write the pre-drag copy back over it (T-0101).
+  const [selectedId, setSelectedId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [status, setStatus] = useState("");
   const [window_, setWindow] = useState<{ start: string; end: string } | null>(null);
   const [creating, setCreating] = useState(false);
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@ export function ScheduleView({ configVersion }: Props) {
     void loadDoc(path);
     // Each note carries its own range; drop the window so the new note's is used.
     setWindow(null);
-    setSelected(null);
+    setSelectedId(null);
   }, [path, loadDoc]);
 
   // External edits (Obsidian, the AI agent) arrive as events rather than
@@ -249,7 +253,7 @@ export function ScheduleView({ configVersion }: Props) {
     if (!previous || !doc || aiRunning) return;
     undoStack.current = undoStack.current.slice(0, -1);
     redoStack.current = [...redoStack.current, doc];
-    setSelected(null);
+    setSelectedId(null);
     apply(previous);
   }, [doc, aiRunning, apply]);
 
@@ -258,7 +262,7 @@ export function ScheduleView({ configVersion }: Props) {
     if (!next || !doc || aiRunning) return;
     redoStack.current = redoStack.current.slice(0, -1);
     undoStack.current = [...undoStack.current, doc];
-    setSelected(null);
+    setSelectedId(null);
     apply(next);
   }, [doc, aiRunning, apply]);
 
@@ -270,6 +274,19 @@ export function ScheduleView({ configVersion }: Props) {
     [doc, mutate],
   );
 
+  /**
+   * The selected element, read out of the document rather than remembered.
+   *
+   * This is what keeps the side panel honest against every edit that does not
+   * originate in it — a drag, an arrow-key nudge, an undo, a reload after an
+   * Obsidian or agent edit. It also closes the panel on its own when the
+   * element goes away, since a deleted id simply finds nothing.
+   */
+  const selected = useMemo(
+    () => (selectedId ? (doc?.items.find((i) => i.id === selectedId) ?? null) : null),
+    [doc, selectedId],
+  );
+
   const projectTasks = useMemo(
     () => tasks.filter((t) => !t.archived && (!project || t.project === project)),
     [tasks, project],
@@ -320,7 +337,7 @@ export function ScheduleView({ configVersion }: Props) {
         return;
       }
       if (e.key === "Escape") {
-        setSelected(null);
+        setSelectedId(null);
         return;
       }
       if (!selected) return;
@@ -328,7 +345,7 @@ export function ScheduleView({ configVersion }: Props) {
       if (e.key === "Delete") {
         e.preventDefault();
         if (doc) mutate({ ...doc, items: doc.items.filter((i) => i.id !== selected.id) });
-        setSelected(null);
+        setSelectedId(null);
         return;
       }
       const step = e.key === "ArrowLeft" ? -1 : e.key === "ArrowRight" ? 1 : 0;
@@ -340,17 +357,13 @@ export function ScheduleView({ configVersion }: Props) {
         if (!isRangeKind(selected.kind)) return;
         const end = shiftDate(selected.end, step);
         if (end < selected.start) return;
-        const next = { ...selected, end };
-        setSelected(next);
-        patchItem(next.id, () => next);
+        patchItem(selected.id, () => ({ ...selected, end }));
       } else {
-        const next = {
+        patchItem(selected.id, () => ({
           ...selected,
           start: shiftDate(selected.start, step),
           end: shiftDate(selected.end, step),
-        };
-        setSelected(next);
-        patchItem(next.id, () => next);
+        }));
       }
     };
     window.addEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown);
@@ -594,7 +607,7 @@ export function ScheduleView({ configVersion }: Props) {
                     return next;
                   })
                 }
-                onSelectItem={(item) => setSelected(item)}
+                onSelectItem={(item) => setSelectedId(item?.id ?? null)}
                 onToggleNonWorking={(date) => toggleNonWorking(date)}
                 onCreateItem={(kind, from, to) => createItem(kind, from, to)}
                 onMoveTaskDue={(taskId, date) => {
@@ -638,15 +651,12 @@ export function ScheduleView({ configVersion }: Props) {
                   <ItemEditor
                     item={selected}
                     tasks={projectTasks}
-                    onChange={(next) => {
-                      setSelected(next);
-                      patchItem(next.id, () => next);
-                    }}
+                    onChange={(next) => patchItem(next.id, () => next)}
                     onDelete={() => {
                       mutate({ ...doc, items: doc.items.filter((i) => i.id !== selected.id) });
-                      setSelected(null);
+                      setSelectedId(null);
                     }}
-                    onClose={() => setSelected(null)}
+                    onClose={() => setSelectedId(null)}
                   />
                 )}
                 {aiRun && (
@@ -704,7 +714,7 @@ export function ScheduleView({ configVersion }: Props) {
       ...(isRangeKind(kind) ? { color: "blue" as const } : {}),
     };
     mutate({ ...doc, items: [...doc.items, item] });
-    setSelected(item);
+    setSelectedId(item.id);
   }
 }