diff --git a/src/features/dashboard/dashboard-page.js b/src/features/dashboard/dashboard-page.js
index 11e6282..87a60f9 100644
--- a/src/features/dashboard/dashboard-page.js
+++ b/src/features/dashboard/dashboard-page.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { fetchLocations } from '../../api/locations.js';
-import { getStockEntry, listKitchenChanges } from '../../api/stock.js';
+import { getStockEntry, listKitchenChanges, listStockEvents } from '../../api/stock.js';
 import { createAsyncState, runAsyncState } from '../shared/ui-state.js';
 
+const RECENT_CHANGE_FETCH_LIMIT = 200;
+const RECENT_CHANGE_DISPLAY_LIMIT = 50;
+
 export function renderDashboardPage() {
   return `
     <section class="container-xxl py-4 py-lg-5" x-data="dashboardPage()" x-init="init()">
@@ -93,8 +96,7 @@ export function renderDashboardPage() {
               <div class="d-flex flex-wrap justify-content-between align-items-center gap-2 mb-3">
                 <div>
                   <h2 class="h5 mb-1">Recent changes</h2>
-                  <p class="text-body-secondary mb-0 small">Latest item and stock updates from the kitchen change feed.</p>
-                  <p class="text-body-secondary mb-0 small">Saved means the backend created or updated a record.</p>
+                  <p class="text-body-secondary mb-0 small">Latest item and stock updates, including used and inactive stock.</p>
                 </div>
                 <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary btn-sm" @click="refreshChanges()" :disabled="changesState.isLoading">
                   <span x-show="!changesState.isLoading">Refresh</span>
@@ -115,15 +117,46 @@ export function renderDashboardPage() {
               </template>
 
               <template x-if="recentChanges.length">
-                <div class="list-group list-group-flush">
+                <div class="recent-change-list">
                   <template x-for="(change, index) in recentChanges" :key="change.timestamp || index">
-                    <div class="list-group-item px-0">
-                      <div class="d-flex flex-wrap justify-content-between align-items-center gap-2">
-                        <div class="fw-semibold" x-text="changeHeadline(change)"></div>
-                        <div class="small text-body-secondary" x-text="formatChangeTimestamp(change.timestamp)"></div>
+                    <article class="recent-change-item" :class="changeToneClass(change)">
+                      <div class="recent-change-rail"></div>
+                      <div class="recent-change-body">
+                        <div class="d-flex flex-wrap justify-content-between align-items-start gap-2">
+                          <div class="min-w-0">
+                            <div class="d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center gap-2 mb-1">
+                              <span class="recent-change-tag" :class="changeTagClass(change)" x-text="changeKindLabel(change)"></span>
+                              <span class="fw-semibold recent-change-title" x-text="changeHeadline(change)"></span>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="small text-body-secondary" x-text="changeSubtitle(change)"></div>
+                          </div>
+                          <div class="small text-body-secondary recent-change-time" x-text="formatChangeTimestamp(change.timestamp)"></div>
+                        </div>
+
+                        <template x-if="changeStockTransition(change)">
+                          <div class="recent-stock-transition mt-3">
+                            <span class="recent-stock-state" x-text="changeStockTransition(change).previous"></span>
+                            <span class="recent-stock-arrow" aria-hidden="true">&rarr;</span>
+                            <span class="recent-stock-state recent-stock-state-current" x-text="changeStockTransition(change).current"></span>
+                          </div>
+                        </template>
+
+                        <div class="recent-change-meta mt-3">
+                          <template x-for="detail in changeDetails(change)" :key="detail.label">
+                            <span class="recent-change-chip">
+                              <span class="recent-change-chip-label" x-text="detail.label"></span>
+                              <span x-text="detail.value"></span>
+                            </span>
+                          </template>
+                        </div>
+
+                        <div class="small text-body-secondary mt-2" x-text="changeDebugLine(change)"></div>
+
+                        <template x-if="changeItemHref(change)">
+                          <a class="stretched-link recent-change-link" :href="changeItemHref(change)" :aria-label="'Open ' + changeHeadline(change)"></a>
+                        </template>
                       </div>
-                      <div class="small text-body-secondary mt-1" x-text="changeStateLine(change)"></div>
-                    </div>
+                    </article>
                   </template>
                 </div>
               </template>
@@ -142,6 +175,7 @@ export function dashboardPageData(store) {
     recentChanges: [],
     locationLabelByUuid: {},
     itemByUuid: {},
+    stockEventsByItemUuid: {},
     async init() {
       if (!store.isConnected) {
         return;
@@ -151,11 +185,24 @@ export function dashboardPageData(store) {
     },
     async refreshChanges() {
       await runAsyncState(this.changesState, async () => {
-        const payload = await listKitchenChanges(store, { limit: 10 });
-        this.recentChanges = payload.changes;
+        const payload = await listKitchenChanges(store, { limit: RECENT_CHANGE_FETCH_LIMIT });
+        this.recentChanges = this.normalizeRecentChanges(payload.changes);
         await this.loadContextForChanges(payload.changes);
       }).catch(() => {});
     },
+    normalizeRecentChanges(changes) {
+      return [...changes]
+        .sort((left, right) => this.changeSortValue(right) - this.changeSortValue(left))
+        .slice(0, RECENT_CHANGE_DISPLAY_LIMIT);
+    },
+    changeSortValue(change) {
+      const date = new Date(change?.timestamp || '');
+      if (Number.isNaN(date.getTime())) {
+        return 0;
+      }
+
+      return date.getTime();
+    },
     async loadContextForChanges(changes) {
       const stockItemUuids = Array.from(new Set(
         changes
@@ -189,6 +236,34 @@ export function dashboardPageData(store) {
         });
       }
 
+      const stockChangeItemUuids = Array.from(new Set(
+        changes
+          .filter((change) => String(change?.type || '') === 'stock')
+          .map((change) => change?.stock?.item_uuid_b64)
+          .filter(Boolean),
+      ));
+      const missingStockHistoryUuids = stockChangeItemUuids
+        .filter((uuid) => !this.stockEventsByItemUuid[uuid]);
+
+      if (missingStockHistoryUuids.length) {
+        const results = await Promise.allSettled(
+          missingStockHistoryUuids.map((uuid) => listStockEvents(store, uuid, {
+            allowInactive: true,
+            limit: 50,
+            orderBy: 'id',
+            orderDir: 'desc',
+          })),
+        );
+
+        results.forEach((result, index) => {
+          const uuid = missingStockHistoryUuids[index];
+          this.stockEventsByItemUuid[uuid] =
+            result.status === 'fulfilled' && Array.isArray(result.value)
+              ? result.value
+              : [];
+        });
+      }
+
       if (Object.keys(this.locationLabelByUuid).length) {
         return;
       }
@@ -210,6 +285,7 @@ export function dashboardPageData(store) {
       store.addAlert({ type: 'success', message: `Working in ${kitchen.name}.` });
       this.locationLabelByUuid = {};
       this.itemByUuid = {};
+      this.stockEventsByItemUuid = {};
       this.refreshChanges();
     },
     resolveItemForChange(change) {
@@ -231,6 +307,19 @@ export function dashboardPageData(store) {
 
       return value.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + value.slice(1);
     },
+    goneReasonLabel(reason) {
+      if (reason === 'consumed') {
+        return 'Used';
+      }
+      if (reason === 'spoiled') {
+        return 'Spoilt';
+      }
+      if (reason === 'other') {
+        return 'Gone';
+      }
+
+      return null;
+    },
     formatQuantity(quantity, uomSymbol) {
       if (quantity === null || quantity === undefined || quantity === '') {
         return null;
@@ -243,8 +332,151 @@ export function dashboardPageData(store) {
         return null;
       }
 
+      if (level === 'gone') {
+        return 'Gone';
+      }
+
       return level.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + level.slice(1);
     },
+    formatStockState(stock, item = null) {
+      if (!stock) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      if (stock.level === 'gone') {
+        const reason = this.goneReasonLabel(stock.gone_reason);
+        return reason ? `${reason} (gone)` : 'Gone';
+      }
+
+      const quantity = this.formatQuantity(
+        stock.quantity,
+        stock.uom_symbol || item?.uom_symbol,
+      );
+      const level = this.formatLevel(stock.level);
+      if (quantity && level) {
+        return `${quantity} · ${level}`;
+      }
+      if (quantity) {
+        return quantity;
+      }
+      if (level) {
+        return level;
+      }
+
+      return null;
+    },
+    stockEventTimestamp(event) {
+      return event?.write_date || event?.create_date || event?.date || null;
+    },
+    findPreviousStockEvent(change) {
+      const stock = change?.stock;
+      const itemUuid = stock?.item_uuid_b64;
+      if (!itemUuid) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      const history = this.stockEventsByItemUuid[itemUuid] || [];
+      const currentId = stock?.id;
+      if (currentId !== undefined && currentId !== null) {
+        const currentIndex = history.findIndex((event) => String(event?.id) === String(currentId));
+        if (currentIndex >= 0) {
+          return history[currentIndex + 1] || null;
+        }
+      }
+
+      const currentTime = this.stockEventTimestamp(stock);
+      if (!currentTime) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      const currentDate = new Date(currentTime);
+      if (Number.isNaN(currentDate.getTime())) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      return history.find((event) => {
+        const eventTime = this.stockEventTimestamp(event);
+        if (!eventTime) {
+          return false;
+        }
+        const eventDate = new Date(eventTime);
+        return !Number.isNaN(eventDate.getTime()) && eventDate.getTime() < currentDate.getTime();
+      }) || null;
+    },
+    isInitialStockChange(change) {
+      return String(change?.type || '') === 'stock'
+        && Boolean(change?.stock)
+        && !this.findPreviousStockEvent(change);
+    },
+    isNewItemChange(change) {
+      if (String(change?.type || '') !== 'item' || !change?.item) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      const item = change.item;
+      if (!item.create_date || !change.timestamp) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      const created = new Date(item.create_date);
+      const changed = new Date(change.timestamp);
+      if (Number.isNaN(created.getTime()) || Number.isNaN(changed.getTime())) {
+        return item.active !== false;
+      }
+
+      return Math.abs(created.getTime() - changed.getTime()) < 2000;
+    },
+    changeKind(change) {
+      const type = String(change?.type || '');
+      const item = this.resolveItemForChange(change);
+      const stock = change?.stock || null;
+
+      if (type === 'stock' && this.isInitialStockChange(change) && stock?.level !== 'gone') {
+        return 'new';
+      }
+
+      if (type === 'stock' && stock?.level === 'gone') {
+        if (stock.gone_reason === 'consumed') {
+          return 'used';
+        }
+        if (stock.gone_reason === 'spoiled') {
+          return 'spoiled';
+        }
+        return 'gone';
+      }
+
+      if (type === 'item' && item?.active === false) {
+        return 'inactive';
+      }
+
+      if (type === 'item' && this.isNewItemChange(change)) {
+        return 'new';
+      }
+
+      if (type === 'stock') {
+        return 'stock';
+      }
+
+      return 'updated';
+    },
+    changeKindLabel(change) {
+      const labels = {
+        new: 'New item',
+        inactive: 'Item gone',
+        used: 'Used up',
+        spoiled: 'Spoilt',
+        gone: 'Gone',
+        stock: 'Stock changed',
+        updated: 'Updated',
+      };
+      return labels[this.changeKind(change)] || 'Updated';
+    },
+    changeToneClass(change) {
+      return `recent-change-${this.changeKind(change)}`;
+    },
+    changeTagClass(change) {
+      return `recent-change-tag-${this.changeKind(change)}`;
+    },
     formatShortDate(value) {
       if (!value) {
         return null;
@@ -275,53 +507,128 @@ export function dashboardPageData(store) {
       const action = String(change?.action || 'updated');
 
       if (action === 'upsert' && type === 'item') {
-        return `Item saved: ${itemName}`;
+        return itemName;
       }
 
       if (action === 'upsert' && type === 'stock') {
-        return `Stock saved: ${itemName}`;
+        return itemName;
       }
 
       return `${type} ${action}: ${itemName}`;
     },
-    changeStateLine(change) {
+    changeSubtitle(change) {
+      const kind = this.changeKind(change);
+      const item = this.resolveItemForChange(change);
+      const stock = change?.stock || null;
+
+      if (kind === 'new') {
+        return String(change?.type || '') === 'stock'
+          ? 'Created with initial stock.'
+          : 'Created as a new stock item.';
+      }
+      if (kind === 'inactive') {
+        return 'No longer shown in the active stock list.';
+      }
+      if (kind === 'used') {
+        return 'Marked used and moved out of active stock.';
+      }
+      if (kind === 'spoiled') {
+        return 'Marked spoilt and moved out of active stock.';
+      }
+      if (kind === 'gone') {
+        return 'Marked gone and moved out of active stock.';
+      }
+      if (String(change?.type || '') === 'stock') {
+        const current = this.formatStockState(stock, item);
+        return current ? `Current stock is ${current.toLowerCase()}.` : 'Stock event recorded.';
+      }
+
+      return 'Item details were updated.';
+    },
+    changeStockTransition(change) {
+      if (String(change?.type || '') !== 'stock' || !change?.stock) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      const item = this.resolveItemForChange(change);
+      const previous = this.findPreviousStockEvent(change);
+      const previousLabel = previous
+        ? this.formatStockState(previous, item)
+        : 'Initial stock';
+      const currentLabel = this.formatStockState(change.stock, item) || 'Updated';
+
+      return {
+        previous: previousLabel,
+        current: currentLabel,
+      };
+    },
+    changeDetails(change) {
       const item = this.resolveItemForChange(change);
       const stock = change?.stock || {};
-      const state = [];
+      const details = [];
 
       const stockType = this.humanStockType(item?.stock_type);
       if (stockType) {
-        state.push(`Type: ${stockType}`);
+        details.push({ label: 'Type', value: stockType });
       }
 
-      const quantity = this.formatQuantity(
-        stock.quantity ?? item?.quantity,
-        stock.uom_symbol || item?.uom_symbol,
-      );
-      if (quantity) {
-        state.push(`Quantity: ${quantity}`);
+      if (String(change?.type || '') !== 'stock') {
+        const quantity = this.formatQuantity(
+          item?.quantity,
+          item?.uom_symbol,
+        );
+        if (quantity) {
+          details.push({ label: 'Quantity', value: quantity });
+        }
       }
 
       const level = this.formatLevel(stock.level || item?.level);
       if (level) {
-        state.push(`Level: ${level}`);
+        details.push({ label: 'Level', value: level });
+      }
+
+      if (stock.gone_reason) {
+        details.push({
+          label: 'Reason',
+          value: this.goneReasonLabel(stock.gone_reason) || this.formatLevel(stock.gone_reason),
+        });
       }
 
       const expiry = this.formatShortDate(item?.expire_date);
       if (expiry) {
-        state.push(`Expires: ${expiry}`);
+        details.push({ label: 'Expires', value: expiry });
       }
 
       const location = this.resolveLocationLabel(change, item);
       if (location) {
-        state.push(`Location: ${location}`);
+        details.push({ label: 'Location', value: location });
       }
 
-      if (!state.length) {
-        return 'Saved (created or updated).';
+      return details;
+    },
+    changeDebugLine(change) {
+      const parts = [];
+      if (change?.id !== undefined && change?.id !== null) {
+        parts.push(`${String(change?.type || 'change')} #${change.id}`);
       }
 
-      return state.join(' • ');
+      const itemUuid = change?.stock?.item_uuid_b64 || change?.item?.uuid_b64 || null;
+      if (itemUuid) {
+        parts.push(`item ${String(itemUuid).slice(-8)}`);
+      }
+
+      return parts.join(' · ');
+    },
+    changeItemHref(change) {
+      const uuidB64 = this.resolveItemForChange(change)?.uuid_b64
+        || change?.stock?.item_uuid_b64
+        || change?.item?.uuid_b64
+        || null;
+      if (!uuidB64) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      return `#/stock/${uuidB64}`;
     },
     formatChangeTimestamp(value) {
       if (!value) {
diff --git a/src/features/stock/stock-detail-page.js b/src/features/stock/stock-detail-page.js
index 92bf648..5ee8951 100644
--- a/src/features/stock/stock-detail-page.js
+++ b/src/features/stock/stock-detail-page.js
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ export function stockDetailPageData(store) {
       const { params } = getRouteContext();
       await runAsyncState(this.state, async () => {
         const [entry, locations, categories] = await Promise.all([
-          getStockEntry(store, params.id),
+          this.loadStockEntry(params.id),
           fetchLocations(store).catch(() => ({ flat: [] })),
           listCategories(store, { expanded: true }).catch(() => []),
         ]);
@@ -522,6 +522,18 @@ export function stockDetailPageData(store) {
       }).catch(() => {});
       this.loadStockHistory().catch(() => {});
     },
+    async loadStockEntry(uuidB64) {
+      try {
+        return await getStockEntry(store, uuidB64);
+      } catch (error) {
+        const status = error?.status || error?.cause?.status;
+        if (status !== 404) {
+          throw error;
+        }
+
+        return getStockEntry(store, uuidB64, { allowInactive: true });
+      }
+    },
     destroy() {
       this.stopScanner();
     },
diff --git a/src/styles/app.css b/src/styles/app.css
index 51c7540..a756b68 100644
--- a/src/styles/app.css
+++ b/src/styles/app.css
@@ -135,6 +135,165 @@ body {
   color: var(--lonc-primary);
 }
 
+.min-w-0 {
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.recent-change-list {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 0.85rem;
+}
+
+.recent-change-item {
+  position: relative;
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 0.3rem minmax(0, 1fr);
+  overflow: hidden;
+  border: 1px solid var(--lonc-border);
+  border-radius: 1rem;
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.82);
+  transition:
+    transform 160ms ease,
+    box-shadow 160ms ease,
+    border-color 160ms ease;
+}
+
+.recent-change-item:has(.recent-change-link):hover {
+  transform: translateY(-1px);
+  border-color: rgba(31, 75, 153, 0.2);
+  box-shadow: 0 12px 24px rgba(24, 42, 79, 0.08);
+}
+
+.recent-change-rail {
+  background: rgba(31, 75, 153, 0.34);
+}
+
+.recent-change-body {
+  position: relative;
+  padding: 1rem;
+}
+
+.recent-change-title {
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+}
+
+.recent-change-time {
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.recent-change-tag,
+.recent-change-chip {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  line-height: 1.2;
+}
+
+.recent-change-tag {
+  padding: 0.25rem 0.55rem;
+  font-size: 0.72rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  color: #1f2740;
+  background: rgba(31, 75, 153, 0.1);
+}
+
+.recent-change-meta {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 0.45rem;
+}
+
+.recent-change-chip {
+  gap: 0.3rem;
+  padding: 0.28rem 0.55rem;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  background: rgba(31, 39, 64, 0.06);
+  color: var(--lonc-ink);
+}
+
+.recent-change-chip-label {
+  color: var(--lonc-muted);
+  font-weight: 700;
+}
+
+.recent-stock-transition {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.45rem;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  padding: 0.55rem 0.65rem;
+  border-radius: 0.85rem;
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.62);
+  border: 1px dashed rgba(31, 75, 153, 0.18);
+}
+
+.recent-stock-state {
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.recent-stock-state-current {
+  color: var(--lonc-primary);
+}
+
+.recent-stock-arrow {
+  color: var(--lonc-muted);
+}
+
+.recent-change-link {
+  z-index: 1;
+}
+
+.recent-change-new {
+  background: rgba(25, 135, 84, 0.08);
+}
+
+.recent-change-new .recent-change-rail,
+.recent-change-tag-new {
+  background: rgba(25, 135, 84, 0.42);
+}
+
+.recent-change-stock {
+  background: rgba(31, 75, 153, 0.06);
+}
+
+.recent-change-stock .recent-change-rail,
+.recent-change-tag-stock {
+  background: rgba(31, 75, 153, 0.18);
+}
+
+.recent-change-used,
+.recent-change-inactive,
+.recent-change-gone {
+  background: rgba(108, 117, 125, 0.09);
+}
+
+.recent-change-used .recent-change-rail,
+.recent-change-inactive .recent-change-rail,
+.recent-change-gone .recent-change-rail,
+.recent-change-tag-used,
+.recent-change-tag-inactive,
+.recent-change-tag-gone {
+  background: rgba(108, 117, 125, 0.32);
+}
+
+.recent-change-spoiled {
+  background: rgba(253, 126, 20, 0.1);
+}
+
+.recent-change-spoiled .recent-change-rail,
+.recent-change-tag-spoiled {
+  background: rgba(253, 126, 20, 0.32);
+}
+
+.recent-change-updated .recent-change-rail,
+.recent-change-tag-updated {
+  background: rgba(93, 169, 255, 0.22);
+}
+
 .preview-frame,
 .empty-preview {
   min-height: 24rem;