diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/activity-routes.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/activity-routes.test.ts
index 97a23fb2880..c751c5b12b6 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/activity-routes.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/activity-routes.test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ vi.mock("../services/index.js", () => ({
   heartbeatService: () => mockHeartbeatService,
 }));
 
+vi.mock("../services/authorization.js", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("../services/authorization.js")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    issueReadSqlCondition: vi.fn(async () => ({}) as any),
+  };
+});
+
 async function createApp(
   actor: Record<string, unknown> = {
     type: "board",
@@ -119,6 +127,7 @@ describe.sequential("activity routes", () => {
       entityType: undefined,
       entityId: undefined,
       limit: 100,
+      readCondition: expect.anything(),
     });
   });
 
@@ -137,6 +146,7 @@ describe.sequential("activity routes", () => {
       entityType: "issue",
       entityId: undefined,
       limit: 500,
+      readCondition: expect.anything(),
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/activity-service.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/activity-service.test.ts
index 642a699c773..77624ee1651 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/activity-service.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/activity-service.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase,
 } from "./helpers/embedded-postgres.js";
 import { activityService } from "../services/activity.ts";
+import { issueReadSqlCondition } from "../services/authorization.ts";
 
 const embeddedPostgresSupport = await getEmbeddedPostgresTestSupport();
 const describeEmbeddedPostgres = embeddedPostgresSupport.supported ? describe : describe.skip;
@@ -117,6 +118,54 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("activity service", () => {
     expect(result.map((event) => event.action)).toEqual(["test.newest", "test.middle"]);
   });
 
+  it("filters company activity rows whose entity is a private issue", async () => {
+    const companyId = randomUUID();
+    const privateIssueId = randomUUID();
+    const openIssueId = randomUUID();
+    await db.insert(companies).values({
+      id: companyId,
+      name: "Private activity",
+      issuePrefix: `A${companyId.replace(/-/g, "").slice(0, 6).toUpperCase()}`,
+    });
+    await db.insert(issues).values([
+      {
+        id: privateIssueId,
+        companyId,
+        title: "Confidential activity",
+        status: "todo",
+        priority: "medium",
+        visibility: "private",
+        privacyRootIssueId: privateIssueId,
+        responsibleUserId: "private-owner",
+      },
+      {
+        id: openIssueId,
+        companyId,
+        title: "Open activity",
+        status: "todo",
+        priority: "medium",
+      },
+    ]);
+    await db.insert(activityLog).values([
+      { companyId, actorType: "system", actorId: "system", action: "private.changed", entityType: "issue", entityId: privateIssueId },
+      { companyId, actorType: "system", actorId: "system", action: "open.changed", entityType: "issue", entityId: openIssueId },
+    ]);
+    const actor = {
+      type: "board" as const,
+      userId: "non-member",
+      companyIds: [companyId],
+      source: "session" as const,
+      isInstanceAdmin: false,
+    };
+
+    const rows = await activityService(db).list({
+      companyId,
+      readCondition: await issueReadSqlCondition(db, actor),
+    });
+    expect(rows.map((row) => row.action)).toContain("open.changed");
+    expect(rows.map((row) => row.action)).not.toContain("private.changed");
+  });
+
   it("returns compact usage and result summaries for issue runs", async () => {
     const companyId = randomUUID();
     const agentId = randomUUID();
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/attention-service.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/attention-service.test.ts
index f98ac712989..881a4fbd790 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/attention-service.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/attention-service.test.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("attention service", () => {
     createdAt?: Date;
     unblockDescriptor?: { owner: { userId: string } | "board"; action: string } | null;
     blockedTransitionAt?: Date | null;
+    visibility?: "open" | "private";
+    privacyRootIssueId?: string | null;
+    responsibleUserId?: string | null;
   }) {
     const id = input.id ?? randomUUID();
     await db.insert(issues).values({
@@ -176,6 +179,9 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("attention service", () => {
       executionState: input.executionState ?? null,
       unblockDescriptor: input.unblockDescriptor ?? null,
       blockedTransitionAt: input.blockedTransitionAt ?? null,
+      visibility: input.visibility ?? "open",
+      privacyRootIssueId: input.privacyRootIssueId ?? null,
+      responsibleUserId: input.responsibleUserId ?? null,
       createdAt: input.createdAt,
       updatedAt: input.updatedAt,
     });
@@ -1114,4 +1120,33 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("attention service", () => {
     await request(app(board)).get(`/api/companies/${companyId}/attention`).expect(200);
     await request(app(agent)).get(`/api/companies/${companyId}/attention`).expect(403);
   });
+
+  it("omits private issue review items for a non-member board user", async () => {
+    const { companyId } = await seedCompany("ATP");
+    const privateIssueId = randomUUID();
+    await insertIssue({
+      id: privateIssueId,
+      companyId,
+      identifier: "ATP-1",
+      title: "Confidential review",
+      status: "in_review",
+      assigneeUserId: "private-owner",
+      executionState: pendingUserExecutionState("private-owner"),
+      visibility: "private",
+      privacyRootIssueId: privateIssueId,
+      responsibleUserId: "private-owner",
+    });
+
+    const actor = {
+      type: "board" as const,
+      source: "session" as const,
+      userId: "non-member",
+      companyIds: [companyId],
+      isInstanceAdmin: false,
+    };
+    const feed = await attentionService(db).list(companyId, { userId: actor.userId, actor });
+
+    expect(feed.items.map((item) => item.subject.title)).not.toContain("Confidential review");
+    expect(JSON.stringify(feed)).not.toContain(privateIssueId);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/authorization-service.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/authorization-service.test.ts
index 11a2086a149..485b9124e11 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/authorization-service.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/authorization-service.test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   authorizationService,
   canActorReadIssuePrivacy,
   ISSUE_PRIVACY_GRANT_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES,
+  issuePrivacyMode,
   type AuthorizationActor,
 } from "../services/authorization.js";
 import { logger } from "../middleware/logger.js";
@@ -193,6 +194,21 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("authorization service", () => {
   let db!: ReturnType<typeof createDb>;
   let tempDb: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase>> | null = null;
 
+  it("defaults issue privacy to enforce while retaining explicit rollout overrides", () => {
+    const previousMode = process.env.PAPERCLIP_ISSUE_PRIVACY_MODE;
+    try {
+      delete process.env.PAPERCLIP_ISSUE_PRIVACY_MODE;
+      expect(issuePrivacyMode()).toBe("enforce");
+      process.env.PAPERCLIP_ISSUE_PRIVACY_MODE = "shadow";
+      expect(issuePrivacyMode()).toBe("shadow");
+      process.env.PAPERCLIP_ISSUE_PRIVACY_MODE = "off";
+      expect(issuePrivacyMode()).toBe("off");
+    } finally {
+      if (previousMode === undefined) delete process.env.PAPERCLIP_ISSUE_PRIVACY_MODE;
+      else process.env.PAPERCLIP_ISSUE_PRIVACY_MODE = previousMode;
+    }
+  });
+
   beforeAll(async () => {
     tempDb = await startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase("paperclip-authorization-service-");
     db = createDb(tempDb.connectionString);
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/company-search-extract-service.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/company-search-extract-service.test.ts
index d50c0e149af..0054e8d89e0 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/company-search-extract-service.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/company-search-extract-service.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   companies,
+  companyMemberships,
   createDb,
   documents,
   issueComments,
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase,
 } from "./helpers/embedded-postgres.js";
 import { companySearchExtractService } from "../services/company-search-extract.js";
+import { issueReadSqlCondition, type AuthorizationActor } from "../services/authorization.js";
 
 const embeddedPostgresSupport = await getEmbeddedPostgresTestSupport();
 const describeEmbeddedPostgres = embeddedPostgresSupport.supported ? describe : describe.skip;
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("companySearchExtractService", () => {
     await db.delete(documents);
     await db.delete(issueComments);
     await db.delete(issues);
+    await db.delete(companyMemberships);
     await db.delete(companies);
   });
 
@@ -266,4 +269,44 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("companySearchExtractService", () => {
 
     expect(result.results).toEqual([]);
   });
+
+  it("does not extract content from a private issue for a non-member", async () => {
+    const companyId = await createCompany();
+    const viewerId = randomUUID();
+    await db.insert(companyMemberships).values({
+      companyId,
+      principalType: "user",
+      principalId: viewerId,
+      membershipRole: "operator",
+      status: "active",
+    });
+    const visibleIssueId = await createIssue(companyId, {
+      identifier: "EXT-PUBLIC",
+      description: "privacy-leak-needle",
+    });
+    const privateIssueId = randomUUID();
+    await createIssue(companyId, {
+      id: privateIssueId,
+      identifier: "EXT-PRIVATE",
+      description: "privacy-leak-needle private payload",
+      visibility: "private",
+      privacyRootIssueId: privateIssueId,
+      responsibleUserId: randomUUID(),
+    });
+    const actor: AuthorizationActor = {
+      type: "board",
+      userId: viewerId,
+      source: "session",
+    };
+
+    const result = await svc.extract(
+      companyId,
+      companySearchExtractQuerySchema.parse({ contains: "privacy-leak-needle" }),
+      { issueReadCondition: await issueReadSqlCondition(db, actor) },
+    );
+
+    expect(result.results.map((row) => row.issueId)).toEqual([visibleIssueId]);
+    expect(JSON.stringify(result)).not.toContain(privateIssueId);
+    expect(JSON.stringify(result)).not.toContain("private payload");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/issue-access-grants-routes.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/issue-access-grants-routes.test.ts
index a2846ed9708..8b0dcb89f14 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/issue-access-grants-routes.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/issue-access-grants-routes.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   createDb,
   heartbeatRuns,
   issueAccessGrants,
+  issueComments,
   issueReferenceMentions,
   issueRelations,
   issues,
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres.sequential("issue access grant and locked edge routes",
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     await db.delete(issueReferenceMentions);
+    await db.delete(issueComments);
     await db.delete(issueRelations);
     await db.delete(activityLog);
     await db.delete(issueAccessGrants);
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres.sequential("issue access grant and locked edge routes",
   async function seedFixture() {
     const companyId = randomUUID();
     const ownerId = `owner-${randomUUID()}`;
+    const adminId = `admin-${randomUUID()}`;
     const memberId = `member-${randomUUID()}`;
     const sharedUserId = `shared-${randomUUID()}`;
     const now = new Date();
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres.sequential("issue access grant and locked edge routes",
     });
     await db.insert(authUsers).values([
       { id: ownerId, name: "Olivia Owner", email: `${ownerId}@example.test`, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now },
+      { id: adminId, name: "Ada Admin", email: `${adminId}@example.test`, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now },
       { id: memberId, name: "Nora Nonreader", email: `${memberId}@example.test`, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now },
       {
         id: sharedUserId,
@@ -117,12 +121,12 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres.sequential("issue access grant and locked edge routes",
         updatedAt: now,
       },
     ]);
-    await db.insert(companyMemberships).values([ownerId, memberId, sharedUserId].map((principalId) => ({
+    await db.insert(companyMemberships).values([ownerId, adminId, memberId, sharedUserId].map((principalId) => ({
       companyId,
       principalType: "user",
       principalId,
       status: "active",
-      membershipRole: "operator",
+      membershipRole: principalId === ownerId ? "owner" : principalId === adminId ? "admin" : "operator",
     })));
     const [assignedAgent, sharedAgent] = await db.insert(agents).values([
       {
@@ -194,6 +198,7 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres.sequential("issue access grant and locked edge routes",
     return {
       companyId,
       ownerId,
+      adminId,
       memberId,
       sharedUserId,
       assignedAgent: assignedAgent!,
@@ -205,6 +210,43 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres.sequential("issue access grant and locked edge routes",
     };
   }
 
+  it("requires explicit owner/admin break-glass and records both audit evidence and an owner-visible notice", async () => {
+    const fixture = await seedFixture();
+    const adminApp = await createApp(db, boardActor(fixture.companyId, fixture.adminId));
+    const memberApp = await createApp(db, boardActor(fixture.companyId, fixture.memberId));
+
+    await request(adminApp).get(`/api/issues/${fixture.privateIssueId}`).expect(404);
+    await request(memberApp).get(`/api/issues/${fixture.privateIssueId}?breakGlass=true`).expect(404);
+
+    const accessed = await request(adminApp)
+      .get(`/api/issues/${fixture.privateIssueId}?breakGlass=true`);
+    expect(accessed.status, JSON.stringify(accessed.body)).toBe(200);
+    expect(accessed.body.id).toBe(fixture.privateIssueId);
+
+    const auditRows = await db.select().from(activityLog);
+    expect(auditRows).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        action: "issue.break_glass_read",
+        actorType: "user",
+        actorId: fixture.adminId,
+        entityType: "issue",
+        entityId: fixture.privateIssueId,
+      }),
+    ]));
+    const notices = await db.select().from(issueComments);
+    expect(notices).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        issueId: fixture.privateIssueId,
+        authorType: "system",
+        presentation: expect.objectContaining({
+          kind: "system_notice",
+          title: "Break-glass access used",
+          tone: "warning",
+        }),
+      }),
+    ]);
+  }, 20_000);
+
   it("auto-grants private-root access on assignment and keeps it sticky until revoke", async () => {
     const fixture = await seedFixture();
     const ownerApp = await createApp(db, boardActor(fixture.companyId, fixture.ownerId));
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/issue-tree-control-routes.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/issue-tree-control-routes.test.ts
index 31df97bb7ed..0fe5650118d 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/issue-tree-control-routes.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/issue-tree-control-routes.test.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ const mockHeartbeatService = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   cancelRun: vi.fn(),
   wakeup: vi.fn(),
 }));
+const mockAccessService = vi.hoisted(() => ({ decide: vi.fn() }));
 
 vi.mock("../services/index.js", () => ({
+  accessService: () => mockAccessService,
   heartbeatService: () => mockHeartbeatService,
   issueService: () => mockIssueService,
   issueTreeControlService: () => mockTreeControlService,
@@ -62,6 +64,25 @@ describe("issue tree control routes", () => {
     });
     mockHeartbeatService.cancelRun.mockResolvedValue(null);
     mockHeartbeatService.wakeup.mockResolvedValue(null);
+    mockAccessService.decide.mockResolvedValue({ allowed: true });
+  });
+
+  it("conceals private roots from non-members before exposing tree state", async () => {
+    const app = await createApp({
+      type: "board",
+      userId: "user-1",
+      companyIds: ["company-2"],
+      source: "session",
+      isInstanceAdmin: false,
+    });
+    mockAccessService.decide.mockResolvedValue({ allowed: false, reason: "deny_issue_private" });
+
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post("/api/issues/11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111/tree-control/preview")
+      .send({ mode: "pause" });
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(404);
+    expect(mockTreeControlService.preview).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it("rejects cross-company preview requests with a uniform 404 before calling the preview service", async () => {
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/status-cards.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/status-cards.test.ts
index 285060b754e..f0aef9e6da8 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/status-cards.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/status-cards.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   activityLog,
   agents,
   companies,
+  companyMemberships,
   costEvents,
   createDb,
   documentRevisions,
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ function unprivilegedBoardActor(companyId: string): Express.Request["actor"] {
     source: "session",
     sessionId: "session-1",
     companyIds: [companyId],
+    memberships: [{ companyId, membershipRole: "operator", status: "active" }],
     isInstanceAdmin: false,
   };
 }
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("status card routes", () => {
     await db.delete(heartbeatRuns);
     await db.delete(instanceSettings);
     await db.delete(agents);
+    await db.delete(companyMemberships);
     await db.delete(companies);
   });
 
@@ -322,6 +325,62 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("status card routes", () => {
     expect(list.body[0]).not.toHaveProperty("watchedIssueCount");
   });
 
+  it("redacts hydrated summaries and watched issues when a card includes a private task", async () => {
+    const company = await seedCompany();
+    await enableStatusCards();
+    const privateIssueId = randomUUID();
+    await db.insert(issues).values({
+      id: privateIssueId,
+      companyId: company.id,
+      title: "Confidential acquisition",
+      status: "blocked",
+      priority: "high",
+      visibility: "private",
+      privacyRootIssueId: privateIssueId,
+      responsibleUserId: "private-owner",
+    });
+    const document = await db.insert(documents).values({
+      companyId: company.id,
+      title: "Private status summary",
+      format: "markdown",
+      latestBody: "Confidential acquisition is blocked.",
+      latestRevisionNumber: 1,
+    }).returning().then((rows) => rows[0]!);
+    const card = await db.insert(statusCards).values({
+      companyId: company.id,
+      createdByUserId: "private-owner",
+      interestPrompt: "Acquisition status",
+      documentId: document.id,
+      queries: [{ scope: "issues", status: ["blocked"], updatedWithin: "7d", sort: "updated", limit: 20, offset: 0 }],
+      queryVersion: 1,
+      refreshPolicy: { mode: "manual" },
+      state: "active",
+      fingerprint: {},
+    }).returning().then((rows) => rows[0]!);
+    await db.insert(companyMemberships).values({
+      companyId: company.id,
+      principalType: "user",
+      principalId: "unprivileged-user",
+      membershipRole: "operator",
+      status: "active",
+    });
+
+    const app = createApp(db, unprivilegedBoardActor(company.id));
+    const detail = await request(app).get(`/api/status-cards/${card.id}`);
+    expect(detail.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(detail.body).toMatchObject({
+      watchedIssueCount: 0,
+      summaryBody: null,
+      privacyRedacted: true,
+    });
+    expect(JSON.stringify(detail.body)).not.toContain("Confidential acquisition");
+
+    const dryRun = await request(app).get(`/api/status-cards/${card.id}/dry-run`);
+    expect(dryRun.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(JSON.stringify(dryRun.body)).not.toContain("Confidential acquisition");
+    expect(JSON.stringify(dryRun.body)).not.toContain(privateIssueId);
+  });
+
   it("refreshes a card whose watched issues carry human comments", async () => {
     // Regression: the postgres-js driver returns `max(updated_at)` as a string,
     // so `latestHumanCommentAt.toISOString()` threw and refresh 500'd whenever a
diff --git a/server/src/routes/activity.ts b/server/src/routes/activity.ts
index 1a8ff605666..c60425d4a0c 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/activity.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/activity.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { badRequest, forbidden } from "../errors.js";
 import { agentActionAuditService } from "../services/agent-action-audit.js";
 import { logActivity } from "../services/activity-log.js";
 import { canActorReadHeartbeatRun } from "../services/heartbeat-run-privacy.js";
+import { issueReadSqlCondition } from "../services/authorization.js";
 
 /** Max rows a single CSV export will stream (guards against runaway exports). */
 const AUDIT_CSV_EXPORT_MAX_ROWS = 10_000;
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ export function activityRoutes(db: Db) {
       entityType: req.query.entityType as string | undefined,
       entityId: req.query.entityId as string | undefined,
       limit: normalizeActivityLimit(Number(req.query.limit)),
+      readCondition: await issueReadSqlCondition(db, req.actor),
     };
     const result = await svc.list(filters);
     res.json(result);
diff --git a/server/src/routes/attention.ts b/server/src/routes/attention.ts
index a8ef20f0e09..3593bd4249a 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/attention.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/attention.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export function attentionRoutes(db: Db) {
     const feed = await svc.list(companyId, {
       userId: req.actor.userId,
       includeDismissed,
+      actor: req.actor,
     });
     res.json(feed);
   });
diff --git a/server/src/routes/issue-tree-control.ts b/server/src/routes/issue-tree-control.ts
index ccd4bc61da2..f2ac777888f 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/issue-tree-control.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/issue-tree-control.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Router } from "express";
-import type { Request } from "express";
+import type { Request, Response } from "express";
 import type { Db } from "@paperclipai/db";
 import {
   createIssueTreeHoldSchema,
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   releaseIssueTreeHoldSchema,
 } from "@paperclipai/shared";
 import { validate } from "../middleware/validate.js";
-import { heartbeatService, issueService, issueTreeControlService, logActivity } from "../services/index.js";
+import { accessService, heartbeatService, issueService, issueTreeControlService, logActivity } from "../services/index.js";
 import { assertBoard, getAccessibleResource, getActorInfo } from "./authz.js";
 
 const TREE_RUN_CANCELLATION_RESPONSE_WAIT_MS = 1_000;
@@ -36,6 +36,35 @@ export function issueTreeControlRoutes(db: Db) {
   const issuesSvc = issueService(db);
   const treeControlSvc = issueTreeControlService(db);
   const heartbeat = heartbeatService(db);
+  const access = accessService(db);
+
+  async function assertIssueReadAllowed(req: Request, res: Response, issue: {
+    id: string;
+    companyId: string;
+    projectId?: string | null;
+    parentId?: string | null;
+    assigneeAgentId?: string | null;
+    assigneeUserId?: string | null;
+    status?: string;
+  }) {
+    const decision = await access.decide({
+      actor: req.actor,
+      action: "issue:read",
+      resource: {
+        type: "issue",
+        companyId: issue.companyId,
+        issueId: issue.id,
+        projectId: issue.projectId ?? null,
+        parentIssueId: issue.parentId ?? null,
+        assigneeAgentId: issue.assigneeAgentId ?? null,
+        assigneeUserId: issue.assigneeUserId ?? null,
+        status: issue.status ?? "backlog",
+      },
+    });
+    if (decision.allowed) return true;
+    res.status(404).json({ error: "Root issue not found" });
+    return false;
+  }
 
   async function resolveRootIssue(req: Request) {
     const rootIssueId = req.params.id as string;
@@ -47,6 +76,7 @@ export function issueTreeControlRoutes(db: Db) {
     assertBoard(req);
     const root = await getAccessibleResource(req, res, resolveRootIssue(req), "Root issue not found");
     if (!root) return;
+    if (!(await assertIssueReadAllowed(req, res, root))) return;
 
     const preview = await treeControlSvc.preview(root.companyId, root.id, req.body);
     const actor = getActorInfo(req);
@@ -74,6 +104,7 @@ export function issueTreeControlRoutes(db: Db) {
     assertBoard(req);
     const root = await getAccessibleResource(req, res, resolveRootIssue(req), "Root issue not found");
     if (!root) return;
+    if (!(await assertIssueReadAllowed(req, res, root))) return;
 
     const actor = getActorInfo(req);
     const actorInput = {
@@ -303,6 +334,7 @@ export function issueTreeControlRoutes(db: Db) {
     const issueId = req.params.id as string;
     const issue = await getAccessibleResource(req, res, issuesSvc.getById(issueId), "Issue not found");
     if (!issue) return;
+    if (!(await assertIssueReadAllowed(req, res, issue))) return;
     const activePauseHold = await treeControlSvc.getActivePauseHoldGate(issue.companyId, issue.id);
     res.json({ activePauseHold });
   });
@@ -311,6 +343,7 @@ export function issueTreeControlRoutes(db: Db) {
     assertBoard(req);
     const root = await getAccessibleResource(req, res, resolveRootIssue(req), "Root issue not found");
     if (!root) return;
+    if (!(await assertIssueReadAllowed(req, res, root))) return;
     const statusParam = typeof req.query.status === "string" ? req.query.status : null;
     const modeParam = typeof req.query.mode === "string" ? req.query.mode : null;
     const includeMembers = req.query.includeMembers === "true";
@@ -329,6 +362,7 @@ export function issueTreeControlRoutes(db: Db) {
     assertBoard(req);
     const root = await getAccessibleResource(req, res, resolveRootIssue(req), "Root issue not found");
     if (!root) return;
+    if (!(await assertIssueReadAllowed(req, res, root))) return;
 
     const holdId = req.params.holdId as string;
     if (!isUuidLike(holdId)) {
@@ -351,6 +385,7 @@ export function issueTreeControlRoutes(db: Db) {
       assertBoard(req);
       const root = await getAccessibleResource(req, res, resolveRootIssue(req), "Root issue not found");
       if (!root) return;
+      if (!(await assertIssueReadAllowed(req, res, root))) return;
 
       const holdId = req.params.holdId as string;
       if (!isUuidLike(holdId)) {
diff --git a/server/src/routes/issues.ts b/server/src/routes/issues.ts
index ac25f9ad365..2b4b824b7c0 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/issues.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/issues.ts
@@ -3485,9 +3485,79 @@ export function issueRoutes(
     });
   }
 
-  async function assertIssueReadAllowed(req: Request, res: Response, issue: Parameters<typeof decideIssueAccess>[1]) {
+  async function canUseIssueBreakGlass(req: Request, issue: { companyId: string }) {
+    if (req.actor.type !== "board" || !req.actor.userId) return false;
+    return db
+      .select({ role: companyMemberships.membershipRole })
+      .from(companyMemberships)
+      .where(and(
+        eq(companyMemberships.companyId, issue.companyId),
+        eq(companyMemberships.principalType, "user"),
+        eq(companyMemberships.principalId, req.actor.userId),
+        eq(companyMemberships.status, "active"),
+        inArray(companyMemberships.membershipRole, ["owner", "admin"]),
+      ))
+      .limit(1)
+      .then((rows) => rows.length > 0);
+  }
+
+  async function recordIssueBreakGlassRead(
+    req: Request,
+    issue: Parameters<typeof decideIssueAccess>[1] & { identifier?: string | null },
+  ) {
+    const actor = getActorInfo(req);
+    const occurredAt = new Date().toISOString();
+    await svc.addComment(
+      issue.id,
+      `A company administrator used audited break-glass access to read this private task at ${occurredAt}.`,
+      {},
+      {
+        authorType: "system",
+        presentation: {
+          kind: "system_notice",
+          tone: "warning",
+          title: "Break-glass access used",
+          detailsDefaultOpen: false,
+          density: "compact",
+        },
+      },
+    );
+    await logActivity(db, {
+      companyId: issue.companyId,
+      actorType: "user",
+      actorId: actor.actorId,
+      agentId: null,
+      runId: actor.runId,
+      agentApiKeyId: actor.agentApiKeyId,
+      action: "issue.break_glass_read",
+      entityType: "issue",
+      entityId: issue.id,
+      issueId: issue.id,
+      details: {
+        issueId: issue.id,
+        occurredAt,
+        acknowledgement: "breakGlass=true",
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  async function assertIssueReadAllowed(
+    req: Request,
+    res: Response,
+    issue: Parameters<typeof decideIssueAccess>[1] & { identifier?: string | null },
+    options: { allowBreakGlass?: boolean } = {},
+  ) {
     const decision = await decideIssueAccess(req, issue, "issue:read");
     if (decision.allowed) return true;
+    if (
+      options.allowBreakGlass === true
+      && req.query.breakGlass === "true"
+      && decision.reason === "deny_issue_private"
+      && await canUseIssueBreakGlass(req, issue)
+    ) {
+      await recordIssueBreakGlassRead(req, issue);
+      return true;
+    }
     res.status(404).json({ error: "Issue not found" });
     return false;
   }
@@ -5840,7 +5910,7 @@ export function issueRoutes(
     const id = req.params.id as string;
     const issue = await getAccessibleResource(req, res, svc.getById(id), "Issue not found");
     if (!issue) return;
-    if (!(await assertIssueReadAllowed(req, res, issue))) return;
+    if (!(await assertIssueReadAllowed(req, res, issue, { allowBreakGlass: true }))) return;
     const inboxArchiveFieldsPromise = req.actor.type === "board" && req.actor.userId
       ? svc.getActiveInboxArchiveFields(issue, req.actor.userId)
       : Promise.resolve({});
diff --git a/server/src/routes/status-cards.ts b/server/src/routes/status-cards.ts
index a1553e4a8f5..da4f91680bb 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/status-cards.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/status-cards.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 } from "@paperclipai/shared";
 import { forbidden, notFound, unprocessable } from "../errors.js";
 import { validate } from "../middleware/validate.js";
-import { authorizationDeniedDetails } from "../services/authorization.js";
+import { authorizationDeniedDetails, issueReadSqlCondition } from "../services/authorization.js";
 import { accessService, heartbeatService, instanceSettingsService, issueService, logActivity, statusCardService } from "../services/index.js";
 import { queueIssueAssignmentWakeup, type IssueAssignmentWakeupDeps } from "../services/issue-assignment-wakeup.js";
 import { assertCompanyAccess, getAccessibleResource, getActorInfo, hasCompanyAccess } from "./authz.js";
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ export function statusCardRoutes(db: Db, opts: { heartbeat?: IssueAssignmentWake
     assertCompanyAccess(req, companyId);
     await assertStatusCardsEnabled();
     const query = listStatusCardsQuerySchema.parse(req.query);
-    res.json(await service.list(companyId, query.archived));
+    res.json(await service.list(companyId, query.archived, {
+      issueReadCondition: await issueReadSqlCondition(db, req.actor),
+    }));
   });
 
   router.post("/companies/:companyId/status-cards", validate(createStatusCardSchema), async (req, res) => {
@@ -171,7 +173,9 @@ export function statusCardRoutes(db: Db, opts: { heartbeat?: IssueAssignmentWake
     await assertStatusCardsEnabled();
     const card = await getAccessibleResource(req, res, service.getById(req.params.id as string), "Status card not found");
     if (!card) return;
-    res.json(await service.hydrate(card));
+    res.json(await service.hydrate(card, {
+      issueReadCondition: await issueReadSqlCondition(db, req.actor),
+    }));
   });
 
   router.patch("/status-cards/:id", validate(patchStatusCardSchema), async (req, res) => {
@@ -260,11 +264,12 @@ export function statusCardRoutes(db: Db, opts: { heartbeat?: IssueAssignmentWake
     if (!decision.allowed) {
       throw forbidden("Status-card dry-run is outside this actor's low-trust authorization boundary", authorizationDeniedDetails(decision));
     }
+    const issueReadCondition = await issueReadSqlCondition(db, req.actor);
     res.json({
       cardId: card.id,
       queryVersion: card.queryVersion,
-      queries: await service.dryRun(card),
-      mentionedIssues: await service.listMentionedIssues(card),
+      queries: await service.dryRun(card, { issueReadCondition }),
+      mentionedIssues: await service.listMentionedIssues(card, { issueReadCondition }),
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/server/src/services/activity.ts b/server/src/services/activity.ts
index c7a0ef2dc2d..7ed9378deea 100644
--- a/server/src/services/activity.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/activity.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { and, asc, desc, eq, inArray, isNull, or, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { and, asc, desc, eq, inArray, isNull, or, sql, type SQL } from "drizzle-orm";
 import type { Db } from "@paperclipai/db";
 import {
   activityLog,
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export interface ActivityFilters {
   entityType?: string;
   entityId?: string;
   limit?: number;
+  readCondition?: SQL<boolean>;
 }
 
 const DEFAULT_ACTIVITY_LIMIT = 100;
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ export function activityService(db: Db) {
             ...conditions,
             or(
               sql`${activityLog.entityType} != 'issue'`,
-              visibleIssueCondition(),
+              and(visibleIssueCondition(), filters.readCondition ?? sql<boolean>`true`),
             ),
           ),
         )
diff --git a/server/src/services/attention.ts b/server/src/services/attention.ts
index 94d49791b27..6474431fcfc 100644
--- a/server/src/services/attention.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/attention.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { and, asc, desc, eq, gt, inArray, isNotNull, isNull, notInArray, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { and, asc, desc, eq, gt, inArray, isNotNull, isNull, notInArray, sql, type SQL } from "drizzle-orm";
 import type { Db } from "@paperclipai/db";
 import {
   agents,
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import { budgetService } from "./budgets.js";
 import { issueService } from "./issues.js";
 import { parseIssueExecutionState } from "./issue-execution-policy.js";
 import { isProspectiveBlockedTransition } from "./routable-blocked.js";
+import { issueReadSqlCondition, type AuthorizationActor } from "./authorization.js";
 
 const ATTENTION_SOURCE_KINDS: AttentionSourceKind[] = [
   "approval",
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ type BlockingIssueSummary = {
 type AttentionListOptions = {
   userId?: string | null;
   includeDismissed?: boolean;
+  actor?: AuthorizationActor;
 };
 
 type AttentionServiceOptions = {
@@ -454,7 +456,12 @@ async function dismissalByKey(db: Db, companyId: string, userId: string | null |
   }]));
 }
 
-async function issueSummaryMap(db: Db, companyId: string, issueIds: Array<string | null | undefined>) {
+async function issueSummaryMap(
+  db: Db,
+  companyId: string,
+  issueIds: Array<string | null | undefined>,
+  readCondition: SQL<boolean> = sql<boolean>`true`,
+) {
   const ids = [...new Set(issueIds.filter((value): value is string => Boolean(value)))];
   if (ids.length === 0) return new Map<string, IssueSummaryRow>();
   const rows = await db
@@ -482,7 +489,7 @@ async function issueSummaryMap(db: Db, companyId: string, issueIds: Array<string
       eq(issues.projectWorkspaceId, projectWorkspaces.id),
       eq(projectWorkspaces.companyId, companyId),
     ))
-    .where(and(eq(issues.companyId, companyId), inArray(issues.id, ids), isNull(issues.hiddenAt)));
+    .where(and(eq(issues.companyId, companyId), inArray(issues.id, ids), isNull(issues.hiddenAt), readCondition));
   return new Map(rows.map((row) => [row.id, {
     id: row.id,
     companyId: row.companyId,
@@ -508,7 +515,12 @@ async function issueSummaryMap(db: Db, companyId: string, issueIds: Array<string
   }]));
 }
 
-async function issueImageMap(db: Db, companyId: string, issueIds: Array<string | null | undefined>) {
+async function issueImageMap(
+  db: Db,
+  companyId: string,
+  issueIds: Array<string | null | undefined>,
+  readCondition: SQL<boolean> = sql<boolean>`true`,
+) {
   const ids = [...new Set(issueIds.filter((value): value is string => Boolean(value)))];
   if (ids.length === 0) return new Map<string, AttentionDetailImage[]>();
   const rows = await db
@@ -519,11 +531,13 @@ async function issueImageMap(db: Db, companyId: string, issueIds: Array<string |
     })
     .from(issueAttachments)
     .innerJoin(assets, eq(issueAttachments.assetId, assets.id))
+    .innerJoin(issues, and(eq(issueAttachments.issueId, issues.id), eq(issues.companyId, companyId)))
     .where(and(
       eq(issueAttachments.companyId, companyId),
       eq(assets.companyId, companyId),
       inArray(issueAttachments.issueId, ids),
       sql`${assets.contentType} like 'image/%'`,
+      readCondition,
     ))
     .orderBy(asc(issueAttachments.issueId), asc(issueAttachments.createdAt), asc(issueAttachments.id));
 
@@ -537,7 +551,12 @@ async function issueImageMap(db: Db, companyId: string, issueIds: Array<string |
   return map;
 }
 
-async function planDocumentMap(db: Db, companyId: string, issueIds: Array<string | null | undefined>) {
+async function planDocumentMap(
+  db: Db,
+  companyId: string,
+  issueIds: Array<string | null | undefined>,
+  readCondition: SQL<boolean> = sql<boolean>`true`,
+) {
   const ids = [...new Set(issueIds.filter((value): value is string => Boolean(value)))];
   if (ids.length === 0) return new Map<string, PlanDocumentSummary>();
   const rows = await db
@@ -548,16 +567,23 @@ async function planDocumentMap(db: Db, companyId: string, issueIds: Array<string
     })
     .from(issueDocuments)
     .innerJoin(documents, eq(issueDocuments.documentId, documents.id))
+    .innerJoin(issues, and(eq(issueDocuments.issueId, issues.id), eq(issues.companyId, companyId)))
     .where(and(
       eq(issueDocuments.companyId, companyId),
       eq(documents.companyId, companyId),
       eq(issueDocuments.key, "plan"),
       inArray(issueDocuments.issueId, ids),
+      readCondition,
     ));
   return new Map(rows.map((row) => [row.issueId, { title: row.title, body: row.body }]));
 }
 
-async function blockingIssueMap(db: Db, companyId: string, blockedIssueIds: Array<string | null | undefined>) {
+async function blockingIssueMap(
+  db: Db,
+  companyId: string,
+  blockedIssueIds: Array<string | null | undefined>,
+  readCondition: SQL<boolean> = sql<boolean>`true`,
+) {
   const ids = [...new Set(blockedIssueIds.filter((value): value is string => Boolean(value)))];
   if (ids.length === 0) return new Map<string, BlockingIssueSummary>();
   const rows = await db
@@ -575,6 +601,7 @@ async function blockingIssueMap(db: Db, companyId: string, blockedIssueIds: Arra
       eq(issueRelations.type, "blocks"),
       inArray(issueRelations.relatedIssueId, ids),
       isNull(issues.hiddenAt),
+      readCondition,
     ))
     .orderBy(asc(issueRelations.relatedIssueId), asc(issueRelations.createdAt), asc(issueRelations.id));
   const map = new Map<string, BlockingIssueSummary>();
@@ -623,6 +650,9 @@ export function attentionService(db: Db, options: AttentionServiceOptions = {})
   );
   return {
     list: async (companyId: string, options: AttentionListOptions = {}): Promise<AttentionFeed> => {
+      const readCondition = options.actor
+        ? await issueReadSqlCondition(db, options.actor)
+        : sql<boolean>`true`;
       const prefix = await companyPrefix(db, companyId);
       const dismissals = await dismissalByKey(db, companyId, options.userId);
       const includeDismissed = options.includeDismissed === true;
@@ -665,8 +695,16 @@ export function attentionService(db: Db, options: AttentionServiceOptions = {})
       for (const row of approvalIssueRows) {
         if (!approvalIssueMap.has(row.approvalId)) approvalIssueMap.set(row.approvalId, row.issueId);
       }
+      const readableApprovalIssues = await issueSummaryMap(
+        db,
+        companyId,
+        approvalIssueRows.map((row) => row.issueId),
+        readCondition,
+      );
 
       for (const approval of pendingApprovals) {
+        const linkedIssueId = approvalIssueMap.get(approval.id) ?? null;
+        if (linkedIssueId && !readableApprovalIssues.has(linkedIssueId)) continue;
         const dedupKey = `approval:${approval.id}`;
         const title = approvalTitle(approval.type, approval.payload);
         add(createItem({
@@ -724,12 +762,13 @@ export function attentionService(db: Db, options: AttentionServiceOptions = {})
           inArray(issueThreadInteractions.status, [...PENDING_INTERACTION_STATUSES]),
         ))
         .orderBy(desc(issueThreadInteractions.updatedAt), desc(issueThreadInteractions.id));
-      const interactionIssueMap = await issueSummaryMap(db, companyId, interactionRows.map((row) => row.issueId));
-      const interactionImageMap = await issueImageMap(db, companyId, interactionRows.map((row) => row.issueId));
-      const interactionPlanDocumentMap = await planDocumentMap(db, companyId, interactionRows.map((row) => row.issueId));
+      const interactionIssueMap = await issueSummaryMap(db, companyId, interactionRows.map((row) => row.issueId), readCondition);
+      const interactionImageMap = await issueImageMap(db, companyId, interactionRows.map((row) => row.issueId), readCondition);
+      const interactionPlanDocumentMap = await planDocumentMap(db, companyId, interactionRows.map((row) => row.issueId), readCondition);
 
       for (const interaction of interactionRows) {
         const issue = interactionIssueMap.get(interaction.issueId) ?? null;
+        if (!issue) continue;
         const payload = readRecord(interaction.payload);
         const detail = interactionDetail({
           kind: interaction.kind,
@@ -787,7 +826,7 @@ export function attentionService(db: Db, options: AttentionServiceOptions = {})
       }).from(decisions).where(and(eq(decisions.companyId, companyId), eq(decisions.status, "open")))
         .orderBy(desc(decisions.updatedAt), desc(decisions.id))
         .limit(openDecisionLimit);
-      const decisionIssueMap = await issueSummaryMap(db, companyId, openDecisions.map((decision) => decision.originIssueId));
+      const decisionIssueMap = await issueSummaryMap(db, companyId, openDecisions.map((decision) => decision.originIssueId), readCondition);
       // Bundle titles let the feed render a single "Agent proposed N decisions"
       // group header over sibling decisions (v1 still decides each independently).
       const bundleIds = [...new Set(openDecisions.map((decision) => decision.bundleId).filter((value): value is string => Boolean(value)))];
@@ -799,6 +838,7 @@ export function attentionService(db: Db, options: AttentionServiceOptions = {})
       }
       for (const decision of openDecisions) {
         const issue = decisionIssueMap.get(decision.originIssueId) ?? null;
+        if (decision.originIssueId && !issue) continue;
         add(createItem({
           companyId,
           sourceKind: "decision",
@@ -896,11 +936,13 @@ export function attentionService(db: Db, options: AttentionServiceOptions = {})
         db,
         companyId,
         recoveryRows.flatMap((row) => [row.sourceIssueId, row.recoveryIssueId]),
+        readCondition,
       );
-      const recoveryImageMap = await issueImageMap(db, companyId, recoveryRows.map((row) => row.sourceIssueId));
+      const recoveryImageMap = await issueImageMap(db, companyId, recoveryRows.map((row) => row.sourceIssueId), readCondition);
 
       for (const recovery of recoveryRows) {
         const sourceIssue = recoveryIssueMap.get(recovery.sourceIssueId) ?? null;
+        if (!sourceIssue) continue;
         const recoveryIssue = recovery.recoveryIssueId ? recoveryIssueMap.get(recovery.recoveryIssueId) ?? null : null;
         const dedupKey = `recovery:${recovery.kind}:${recovery.sourceIssueId}:${recovery.cause}:${recovery.fingerprint}`;
         add(createItem({
@@ -967,11 +1009,12 @@ export function attentionService(db: Db, options: AttentionServiceOptions = {})
           isNull(issues.hiddenAt),
           isNotNull(issues.assigneeUserId),
           notInArray(issues.status, [...PRODUCTIVITY_REVIEW_TERMINAL_STATUSES]),
+          readCondition,
         ))
         .orderBy(desc(issues.updatedAt), desc(issues.id));
-      const productivitySourceMap = await issueSummaryMap(db, companyId, productivityRows.map((row) => row.originId));
-      const productivityReviewMap = await issueSummaryMap(db, companyId, productivityRows.map((row) => row.id));
-      const productivityImageMap = await issueImageMap(db, companyId, productivityRows.map((row) => row.id));
+      const productivitySourceMap = await issueSummaryMap(db, companyId, productivityRows.map((row) => row.originId), readCondition);
+      const productivityReviewMap = await issueSummaryMap(db, companyId, productivityRows.map((row) => row.id), readCondition);
+      const productivityImageMap = await issueImageMap(db, companyId, productivityRows.map((row) => row.id), readCondition);
 
       for (const review of productivityRows) {
         const reviewIssue = productivityReviewMap.get(review.id);
@@ -1002,10 +1045,14 @@ export function attentionService(db: Db, options: AttentionServiceOptions = {})
         }));
       }
 
-      const blockedIssues = await issueService(db).list(companyId, { status: "blocked", includeBlockedBy: true });
-      const blockedIssueSummaries = await issueSummaryMap(db, companyId, blockedIssues.map((issue) => issue.id));
-      const blockedImageMap = await issueImageMap(db, companyId, blockedIssues.map((issue) => issue.id));
-      const blockingIssues = await blockingIssueMap(db, companyId, blockedIssues.map((issue) => issue.id));
+      const blockedIssues = await issueService(db).list(companyId, {
+        status: "blocked",
+        includeBlockedBy: true,
+        readCondition,
+      });
+      const blockedIssueSummaries = await issueSummaryMap(db, companyId, blockedIssues.map((issue) => issue.id), readCondition);
+      const blockedImageMap = await issueImageMap(db, companyId, blockedIssues.map((issue) => issue.id), readCondition);
+      const blockingIssues = await blockingIssueMap(db, companyId, blockedIssues.map((issue) => issue.id), readCondition);
       for (const issue of blockedIssues as Array<IssueSubjectRow & {
         blockerAttention?: { state?: string; sampleStalledBlockerIdentifier?: string | null; sampleBlockerIdentifier?: string | null } | null;
         unblockDescriptor?: { owner: { userId: string } | { agentId: string } | "board"; action: string } | null;
@@ -1094,7 +1141,7 @@ export function attentionService(db: Db, options: AttentionServiceOptions = {})
           updatedAt: issues.updatedAt,
         })
         .from(issues)
-        .where(and(eq(issues.companyId, companyId), eq(issues.status, "in_review"), isNull(issues.hiddenAt)))
+        .where(and(eq(issues.companyId, companyId), eq(issues.status, "in_review"), isNull(issues.hiddenAt), readCondition))
         .orderBy(desc(issues.updatedAt), desc(issues.id));
       const reviewIssueIds = reviewRows.map((row) => row.id);
       const pendingReviewApprovalRows = reviewIssueIds.length === 0
@@ -1110,8 +1157,8 @@ export function attentionService(db: Db, options: AttentionServiceOptions = {})
             eq(approvals.status, "pending"),
           ));
       const pendingApprovalByIssueId = new Map(pendingReviewApprovalRows.map((row) => [row.issueId, row.approvalId]));
-      const reviewIssueMap = await issueSummaryMap(db, companyId, reviewIssueIds);
-      const reviewImageMap = await issueImageMap(db, companyId, reviewIssueIds);
+      const reviewIssueMap = await issueSummaryMap(db, companyId, reviewIssueIds, readCondition);
+      const reviewImageMap = await issueImageMap(db, companyId, reviewIssueIds, readCondition);
 
       for (const review of reviewRows) {
         const state = parseIssueExecutionState(review.executionState);
@@ -1188,8 +1235,9 @@ export function attentionService(db: Db, options: AttentionServiceOptions = {})
         db,
         companyId,
         failedIssueIds,
+        readCondition,
       );
-      const failedImageMap = await issueImageMap(db, companyId, failedIssueIds);
+      const failedImageMap = await issueImageMap(db, companyId, failedIssueIds, readCondition);
       const failedAgentIds = [...new Set(failedRows.map((row) => row.agentId))];
       const oldestFailedRunCreatedAt = failedRows.reduce<Date | null>((oldest, row) => {
         if (!oldest || row.createdAt < oldest) return row.createdAt;
@@ -1224,6 +1272,7 @@ export function attentionService(db: Db, options: AttentionServiceOptions = {})
         if (hasNewerRun) continue;
 
         const issue = issueId ? failedIssueMap.get(issueId) ?? null : null;
+        if (issueId && !issue) continue;
         const dedupKey = `run:${run.id}`;
         add(createItem({
           companyId,
diff --git a/server/src/services/authorization.ts b/server/src/services/authorization.ts
index d296cb48d42..d2a2ea0cde2 100644
--- a/server/src/services/authorization.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/authorization.ts
@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@ export function invalidateIssuePrivacyGrantCache(input: {
 
 export function issuePrivacyMode(): "off" | "shadow" | "enforce" {
   const mode = process.env.PAPERCLIP_ISSUE_PRIVACY_MODE?.trim().toLowerCase();
-  if (mode === "off" || mode === "enforce") return mode;
-  return "shadow";
+  if (mode === "off" || mode === "shadow") return mode;
+  return "enforce";
 }
 
 function issuePrivacyCacheTtlMs() {
diff --git a/server/src/services/status-cards.ts b/server/src/services/status-cards.ts
index 025fd0dd188..5be96d185c5 100644
--- a/server/src/services/status-cards.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/status-cards.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
-import { and, desc, eq, gte, inArray, isNotNull, isNull, lte, ne, or, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { and, desc, eq, gte, inArray, isNotNull, isNull, lte, ne, or, sql, type SQL } from "drizzle-orm";
 import {
   agents,
   costEvents,
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import {
 type StatusCardActor = { agentId: string | null; userId: string | null };
 type StatusCardWriter = { agentId: string | null; runId: string | null };
 type StatusCardRow = typeof statusCards.$inferSelect;
+type StatusCardReadOptions = { issueReadCondition?: SQL<boolean> };
 
 const TERMINAL_ISSUE_STATUSES = new Set(["done", "cancelled"]);
 
@@ -154,10 +155,15 @@ export function statusCardService(
   const issuesSvc = deps.issuesSvc ?? issueService(db);
   const searchSvc = companySearchService(db);
 
-  async function readWatchedIssueCount(card: StatusCardRow) {
-    if (card.queries.length === 0 && (card.mentionedIssueIds?.length ?? 0) === 0) return 0;
+  async function readWatchedIssueVisibility(card: StatusCardRow, options: StatusCardReadOptions = {}) {
+    if (card.queries.length === 0 && (card.mentionedIssueIds?.length ?? 0) === 0) {
+      return { count: 0, privacyRedacted: false };
+    }
     try {
-      return (await executeQueries(card)).length;
+      const visible = await executeQueries(card, options);
+      if (!options.issueReadCondition) return { count: visible.length, privacyRedacted: false };
+      const total = await executeQueries(card);
+      return { count: visible.length, privacyRedacted: total.length !== visible.length };
     } catch (err) {
       logger.warn(
         { err, cardId: card.id, companyId: card.companyId },
@@ -167,7 +173,7 @@ export function statusCardService(
     }
   }
 
-  async function hydrate(card: StatusCardRow) {
+  async function hydrate(card: StatusCardRow, options: StatusCardReadOptions = {}) {
     const dayStart = new Date();
     dayStart.setUTCHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
     const [document, today, watchedIssues] = await Promise.all([
@@ -184,25 +190,28 @@ export function statusCardService(
         .from(statusCardUpdates)
         .where(and(eq(statusCardUpdates.cardId, card.id), gte(statusCardUpdates.startedAt, dayStart)))
         .then((rows) => rows[0] ?? { tokens: 0, costCents: 0 }),
-      readWatchedIssueCount(card),
+      readWatchedIssueVisibility(card, options),
     ]);
 
     return {
       ...card,
-      summaryBody: document?.latestBody ?? null,
-      ...(watchedIssues === undefined ? {} : { watchedIssueCount: watchedIssues }),
+      summaryBody: watchedIssues?.privacyRedacted ? null : document?.latestBody ?? null,
+      ...(watchedIssues === undefined ? {} : {
+        watchedIssueCount: watchedIssues.count,
+        privacyRedacted: watchedIssues.privacyRedacted,
+      }),
       todayTokens: today.tokens,
       todayCostCents: today.costCents,
     };
   }
 
-  async function list(companyId: string, archived: boolean) {
+  async function list(companyId: string, archived: boolean, options: StatusCardReadOptions = {}) {
     const cards = await db
       .select()
       .from(statusCards)
       .where(and(eq(statusCards.companyId, companyId), archived ? isNotNull(statusCards.archivedAt) : isNull(statusCards.archivedAt)))
       .orderBy(desc(statusCards.updatedAt));
-    return Promise.all(cards.map(hydrate));
+    return Promise.all(cards.map((card) => hydrate(card, options)));
   }
 
   async function getById(id: string) {
@@ -515,7 +524,11 @@ export function statusCardService(
     });
   }
 
-  async function loadIssueSummaries(companyId: string, issueIds: string[]): Promise<CompanySearchIssueSummary[]> {
+  async function loadIssueSummaries(
+    companyId: string,
+    issueIds: string[],
+    options: StatusCardReadOptions = {},
+  ): Promise<CompanySearchIssueSummary[]> {
     if (issueIds.length === 0) return [];
     const rows = await db
       .select({
@@ -530,7 +543,11 @@ export function statusCardService(
         updatedAt: issues.updatedAt,
       })
       .from(issues)
-      .where(and(eq(issues.companyId, companyId), inArray(issues.id, issueIds)));
+      .where(and(
+        eq(issues.companyId, companyId),
+        inArray(issues.id, issueIds),
+        options.issueReadCondition ?? sql<boolean>`true`,
+      ));
     return rows.map((row) => ({
       ...row,
       status: row.status as CompanySearchIssueSummary["status"],
@@ -559,15 +576,17 @@ export function statusCardService(
     return rows.map((row) => row.id).sort();
   }
 
-  async function listMentionedIssues(card: StatusCardRow) {
-    return loadIssueSummaries(card.companyId, card.mentionedIssueIds ?? []);
+  async function listMentionedIssues(card: StatusCardRow, options: StatusCardReadOptions = {}) {
+    return loadIssueSummaries(card.companyId, card.mentionedIssueIds ?? [], options);
   }
 
-  async function executeQueries(card: StatusCardRow) {
+  async function executeQueries(card: StatusCardRow, options: StatusCardReadOptions = {}) {
     const issueMap = new Map<string, CompanySearchIssueSummary>();
     for (const storedQuery of card.queries) {
       const query = companySearchQuerySchema.parse(storedQuery);
-      const response = await searchSvc.search(card.companyId, query);
+      const response = await searchSvc.search(card.companyId, query, {
+        issueReadCondition: options.issueReadCondition,
+      });
       for (const result of response.results) {
         if (result.type === "issue" && result.issue) issueMap.set(result.issue.id, result.issue);
       }
@@ -577,6 +596,7 @@ export function statusCardService(
     const mentioned = await loadIssueSummaries(
       card.companyId,
       (card.mentionedIssueIds ?? []).filter((issueId) => !issueMap.has(issueId)),
+      options,
     );
     for (const issue of mentioned) issueMap.set(issue.id, issue);
     const snapshot = [...issueMap.values()];
@@ -909,8 +929,16 @@ export function statusCardService(
     });
   }
 
-  async function dryRun(card: StatusCardRow) {
-    return Promise.all(card.queries.map(async (query) => ({ query, result: await searchSvc.search(card.companyId, query) })));
+  async function dryRun(card: StatusCardRow, options: StatusCardReadOptions = {}) {
+    return Promise.all(card.queries.map(async (storedQuery) => {
+      const query = companySearchQuerySchema.parse(storedQuery);
+      return {
+        query,
+        result: await searchSvc.search(card.companyId, query, {
+          issueReadCondition: options.issueReadCondition,
+        }),
+      };
+    }));
   }
 
   return { list, getById, hydrate, create, update, remove, listUpdates, listSummaryRevisions, listMentionedIssues, requestCompile, requestRefresh, tickDueStatusCards, writeQuery, writeSummary, dryRun };