diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/frontend-primitives.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/frontend-primitives.md
index 5e2e9760b..d945c8054 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/frontend-primitives.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/frontend-primitives.md
@@ -7713,3 +7713,19 @@ remain separate errors. No polling frequency, request or access policy changes.
 and selection changes; `browser-tests/history-status.cjs` checks actual chart
 states in desktop Chromium and phone WebKit with synthetic transport failures.
 These checks do not establish native collection or released availability.
+
+### Shared History single observations
+
+A single stored observation renders as a visible centred marker with one real
+timestamp label, including measured zero. It must not imply a trend or invent
+a duration. Pointer and keyboard inspection resolve to that actual observation;
+ordinary multi-observation interpolation and empty-result states are unchanged.
+The geometry's inverse timestamp mapping is shared by pointer inspection.
+
+`HistoryChart.sparse.test.tsx` and `historyChartModel.branchcov2.test.ts` cover
+marker geometry, one timestamp label, pointer bounds, keyboard inspection and
+single/zero/multiple/empty refreshes. `browser-tests/history-sparse.cjs` checks
+actual series pixels and tooltips in desktop Chromium and phone WebKit, using
+the production chart and API transport with synthetic stored samples. This
+does not establish native collection, whole-report resolution or availability
+in a release. Existing request, source, units and access boundaries are unchanged.
diff --git a/frontend-modern/browser-tests/history-sparse.cjs b/frontend-modern/browser-tests/history-sparse.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cde2cc36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-modern/browser-tests/history-sparse.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const { chromium, webkit } = require('playwright');
+
+(async () => {
+  const root = '/workspace/frontend-modern';
+  process.chdir(root);
+  const artifacts = path.join(root, 'node_modules/history-sparse-proof');
+  fs.mkdirSync(artifacts, { recursive: true });
+  const { createServer } = await import(path.join(root, 'node_modules/vite/dist/node/index.js'));
+  const server = await createServer({
+    root, configFile: path.join(root, 'vite.config.ts'),
+    cacheDir: fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(artifacts, 'vite-')),
+    server: { host: '127.0.0.1', port: 5226, strictPort: true },
+  });
+  const parent = process.argv.includes('--parent');
+  const timestamp = 1790942400000;
+  const point = (value, offset = 0) => ({ timestamp: timestamp + offset, value, min: value, max: value });
+  const observations = [];
+  let browser;
+  try {
+    await server.listen();
+    for (const [name, engine, width, height] of [['chromium', chromium, 1365, 900], ['webkit', webkit, 390, 844]]) {
+      browser = await engine.launch(name === 'chromium'
+        ? { headless: true, channel: 'chromium', args: ['--no-sandbox'] }
+        : { headless: true });
+      const page = await browser.newPage({
+        viewport: { width, height }, hasTouch: name === 'webkit', isMobile: name === 'webkit',
+      });
+      const errors = [];
+      page.on('pageerror', error => errors.push(error.message));
+      let samples = [point(42)], calls = 0;
+      await page.route('**/*', route => {
+        const url = new URL(route.request().url());
+        if (url.origin !== 'http://127.0.0.1:5226') return route.abort();
+        if (!url.pathname.startsWith('/api/')) return route.continue();
+        if (url.pathname.includes('/metrics-store/history')) {
+          calls++;
+          return route.fulfill({ json: { points: samples, source: 'store' } });
+        }
+        return route.fulfill({ json: url.pathname === '/api/license/runtime-capabilities'
+          ? { capabilities: [], limits: [], max_history_days: 7, hosted_mode: false, runtime: { build: 'community' }, blocked_capabilities: [] }
+          : { data: [], enabled: false } });
+      });
+      await page.clock.install();
+      await page.goto('http://127.0.0.1:5226/browser-tests/history-sparse.html');
+      if (name === 'webkit') await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.classList.add('dark'));
+      const chart = page.getByRole('img', { name: 'Usage chart', exact: true });
+      await chart.waitFor();
+      const description = page.locator('#' + await chart.getAttribute('aria-describedby'));
+      const tooltip = page.locator('[data-history-chart-tooltip]');
+      const live = page.locator('[aria-live="polite"]');
+      async function state(phase, expected) {
+        await page.waitForFunction(({ id, expected }) => document.getElementById(id).textContent.includes(expected),
+          { id: await chart.getAttribute('aria-describedby'), expected });
+        await page.clock.runFor(100);
+        // Count actual blue series pixels, not mocked drawing calls or tooltip DOM.
+        const pixels = await chart.evaluate(canvas => {
+          const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+          const data = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height).data;
+          let count = 0;
+          for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i += 4) {
+            if (data[i] >= 40 && data[i] <= 80 && data[i + 1] >= 100 && data[i + 1] <= 150 && data[i + 2] >= 220 && data[i + 2] <= 255 && data[i + 3] >= 80) count++;
+          }
+          return count;
+        });
+        const dimensions = await page.evaluate(() => ({ scroll: document.documentElement.scrollWidth, width: innerWidth }));
+        assert.ok(dimensions.scroll <= dimensions.width + 1, JSON.stringify(dimensions));
+        const screenshot = `${parent ? 'parent-' : ''}${name}-${phase}.png`;
+        await page.screenshot({ path: path.join(artifacts, screenshot), fullPage: true });
+        observations.push({ name, version: browser.version(), phase, description: await description.textContent(), pixels, calls, dimensions, screenshot });
+        return pixels;
+      }
+      const pixels = await state('single', '1 data point');
+      const box = await chart.boundingBox();
+      assert.ok(box);
+      if (parent) {
+        assert.equal(pixels, 0, 'predecessor singleton has no visible series pixels');
+        await page.mouse.move(box.x + box.width / 2, box.y + box.height / 2);
+        await page.clock.runFor(100);
+        assert.equal(await tooltip.count(), 0, 'predecessor pointer rejects singleton');
+        observations.at(-1).pointerTooltipCount = await tooltip.count();
+      } else {
+        assert.ok(pixels >= 30, 'singleton has a visible marker without hover');
+        for (const fraction of [0.25, 0.5, 0.75]) {
+          await page.mouse.move(box.x + box.width * fraction, box.y + box.height / 2);
+          await page.clock.runFor(100);
+          assert.equal(await tooltip.count(), 1);
+          assert.ok((await tooltip.textContent()).includes('42.0%'));
+          assert.ok((await tooltip.textContent()).includes(await page.evaluate(ts => new Date(ts).toLocaleString(), timestamp)));
+          assert.equal(await live.textContent(), '', 'pointer does not announce mouse movements');
+        }
+        await state('pointer', '1 data point');
+        await page.mouse.move(0, 0);
+        await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Before chart' }).focus();
+        await page.keyboard.press('Tab');
+        assert.equal(await chart.evaluate(el => el === document.activeElement), true);
+        for (const key of ['Home', 'ArrowLeft', 'ArrowRight', 'End']) {
+          await page.keyboard.press(key);
+          await page.clock.runFor(100);
+          assert.ok((await live.textContent()).includes('42.0%'));
+        }
+        await page.keyboard.press('Escape');
+        assert.equal(await tooltip.count(), 0);
+        await page.keyboard.press('Tab');
+        assert.equal(await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'After chart' }).evaluate(el => el === document.activeElement), true);
+
+        samples = [point(0)];
+        await page.clock.runFor(10000);
+        assert.ok(await state('zero', '0.0%') >= 30, 'measured zero keeps its marker');
+        await page.mouse.move(box.x + box.width / 2, box.y + box.height / 2);
+        await page.clock.runFor(100);
+        assert.ok((await tooltip.textContent()).includes('0.0%'));
+
+        samples = [point(10), point(20, 60000), point(30, 120000)];
+        await page.mouse.move(0, 0);
+        await page.clock.runFor(10000);
+        assert.ok(await state('multiple', '3 data points') > 100, 'normal series still draws');
+        await chart.focus();
+        await page.keyboard.press('Home');
+        await page.clock.runFor(100);
+        assert.ok((await live.textContent()).includes('10.0%'));
+        await page.keyboard.press('ArrowRight');
+        await page.clock.runFor(100);
+        assert.ok((await live.textContent()).includes('20.0%'));
+        await page.keyboard.press('Tab');
+
+        samples = [];
+        await page.clock.runFor(10000);
+        assert.equal(await state('empty', 'No 1-hour'), 0);
+        assert.equal(await tooltip.count(), 0);
+        assert.equal(await live.textContent(), '');
+        assert.equal(await page.getByText('No history samples in this time range.', { exact: true }).count(), 1);
+
+        samples = [point(70, 180000)];
+        await page.clock.runFor(10000);
+        assert.ok(await state('recovered-single', '1 data point') >= 30);
+        await page.mouse.move(box.x + box.width / 2, box.y + box.height / 2);
+        await page.clock.runFor(100);
+        assert.ok((await tooltip.textContent()).includes('70.0%'));
+      }
+      assert.deepEqual(errors, []);
+      await browser.close(); browser = null;
+    }
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(artifacts, parent ? 'parent.json' : 'result.json'), JSON.stringify({
+      playwright: require('playwright/package.json').version, parent, observations,
+    }, null, 2));
+    console.log(JSON.stringify({ result: 'passed', parent, states: observations.length }));
+  } finally {
+    if (browser) await browser.close();
+    await server.close();
+  }
+})().catch(error => { console.error(error); process.exitCode = 1; });
diff --git a/frontend-modern/browser-tests/history-sparse.html b/frontend-modern/browser-tests/history-sparse.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19d1b6947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-modern/browser-tests/history-sparse.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"><title>Sparse History verification</title></head><body><div id="root"></div><script type="module" src="./history-sparse.tsx"></script></body></html>
diff --git a/frontend-modern/browser-tests/history-sparse.tsx b/frontend-modern/browser-tests/history-sparse.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b876116d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-modern/browser-tests/history-sparse.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { render } from 'solid-js/web';
+import { HistoryChart } from '../src/components/shared/HistoryChart';
+import '../src/index.css';
+
+render(
+  () => (
+    <main class="min-h-screen space-y-4 bg-surface p-4 text-base-content">
+      <h1>Storage History: sparse observations</h1>
+      <p>Synthetic stored samples; production chart, transport and styles.</p>
+      <button class="min-h-11 border px-3">Before chart</button>
+      <section class="max-w-xl">
+        <HistoryChart
+          resourceType="storage"
+          resourceId="fixture-pool"
+          metric="usage"
+          label="Usage"
+          unit="%"
+          hideSelector
+          compact
+          range="1h"
+          height={140}
+        />
+      </section>
+      <button class="min-h-11 border px-3">After chart</button>
+    </main>
+  ),
+  document.getElementById('root')!,
+);
diff --git a/frontend-modern/browser-verification.json b/frontend-modern/browser-verification.json
index 3daf270df..d836db5f3 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/browser-verification.json
+++ b/frontend-modern/browser-verification.json
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 {
   "version": 1,
-  "base_sha": "df18123e7da3b682eed811c0e01c94a44dc2c29c",
-  "verified_at": "2026-10-02T16:36:02.327983Z",
+  "base_sha": "ad7f7a1063d45e26f77faf35bacbca6877f41cac",
+  "verified_at": "2026-10-02T18:37:50.309899Z",
   "result": "passed",
   "changed_paths": [
-    "frontend-modern/src/features/storageBackups/diskDetailPresentation.ts"
+    "frontend-modern/src/components/shared/historyChartModel.ts",
+    "frontend-modern/src/components/shared/useHistoryChartState.ts"
   ],
   "content_sha256": {
-    "frontend-modern/src/features/storageBackups/diskDetailPresentation.ts": "035614af7ddee52c5ee56099b4f447b0137afd9dccf07be9981d44a486eb19a4"
+    "frontend-modern/src/components/shared/historyChartModel.ts": "c96437081022b073dca0c730a8617954987f712ee84e058c6078ae3cad05f162",
+    "frontend-modern/src/components/shared/useHistoryChartState.ts": "38af5f416fb95874e708b08d66fdbcf27b85660840e0096cb1dd24d9bc744991"
   },
   "routes": [
-    "/browser-tests/disk-temperature.html"
+    "/browser-tests/history-sparse.html"
   ],
   "viewports": [
     {
@@ -23,28 +25,37 @@
     }
   ],
   "states": [
-    "Temperature without extended SMART; critical temperature; Fahrenheit; absent temperature; full SMART snapshot",
-    "Chromium desktop light and WebKit phone dark: 10 final states, no page errors or horizontal overflow; synthetic inputs, not native collection"
+    "Single stored 42% before inspection, pointer inspection, measured zero, multiple observations, successful empty response, restored singleton",
+    "Desktop Chromium light and phone WebKit dark-class presentation; 12 observations, no page errors or horizontal overflow"
   ],
   "interactions": [
-    "Same-identity snapshot replacement and reactive temperature-unit changes",
-    "Parent Chromium and WebKit reproduce hidden 42 C; representative desktop and all five phone final screenshots inspected"
+    "Pointer at three plot positions resolves to the real singleton timestamp; no mouse live announcements",
+    "Tab, Home/End, Left/Right, Escape and focus exit; matching API refreshes across sparse, populated and empty results",
+    "Both actual predecessor engines reproduce zero series pixels and missing pointer tooltip. Parent phone and final phone singleton/tooltip/zero/empty plus final desktop multi screenshots inspected."
   ],
-  "command": "pulse-worker-browser frontend-modern/browser-tests/disk-temperature.cjs",
+  "command": "pulse-worker-browser frontend-modern/browser-tests/history-sparse.cjs",
   "browser_versions": {
     "playwright": "1.56.1",
     "chromium": "141.0.7390.37",
     "webkit": "26.0"
   },
   "artifacts": [
-    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-ebfg3k6d/browser/result.json",
-    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-ebfg3k6d/browser/parent.json",
-    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-ebfg3k6d/browser/parent-chromium-temperature-hidden.png",
-    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-ebfg3k6d/browser/chromium-temperature-only.png",
-    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-ebfg3k6d/browser/webkit-temperature-only.png",
-    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-ebfg3k6d/browser/webkit-hot.png",
-    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-ebfg3k6d/browser/webkit-fahrenheit.png",
-    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-ebfg3k6d/browser/webkit-missing.png",
-    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-ebfg3k6d/browser/webkit-extended.png"
-  ]
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/result.json",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/parent.json",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/parent-chromium-single.png",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/parent-webkit-single.png",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/chromium-single.png",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/chromium-pointer.png",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/chromium-zero.png",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/chromium-multiple.png",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/chromium-empty.png",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/chromium-recovered-single.png",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/webkit-single.png",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/webkit-pointer.png",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/webkit-zero.png",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/webkit-multiple.png",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/webkit-empty.png",
+    "/var/lib/pulse-maintainer/worker-outputs/web-product-i9rj2yde/browser/webkit-recovered-single.png"
+  ],
+  "limitations": "Synthetic samples, not native PBS/TrueNAS collection, assistive-device testing or whole-application theme-transition acceptance."
 }
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/HistoryChart.sparse.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/HistoryChart.sparse.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce0261a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/HistoryChart.sparse.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { createSignal } from 'solid-js';
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@solidjs/testing-library';
+import type { AggregatedMetricPoint } from '@/api/charts';
+import { HistoryChart } from '../HistoryChart';
+import { formatHistoryChartTimeLabel } from '../historyChartModel';
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/license', () => ({
+  isRangeLocked: () => false,
+  loadRuntimeCapabilities: vi.fn(),
+  maxHistoryDays: () => 7,
+}));
+vi.mock('@/api/charts', () => ({ ChartsAPI: { getMetricsHistory: vi.fn() } }));
+
+const ctx = {
+  clearRect: vi.fn(),
+  setTransform: vi.fn(),
+  beginPath: vi.fn(),
+  moveTo: vi.fn(),
+  lineTo: vi.fn(),
+  stroke: vi.fn(),
+  fillText: vi.fn(),
+  closePath: vi.fn(),
+  fill: vi.fn(),
+  arc: vi.fn(),
+  save: vi.fn(),
+  restore: vi.fn(),
+  setLineDash: vi.fn(),
+  measureText: vi.fn(() => ({ width: 20 })),
+};
+const point = (value: number, timestamp = 1000): AggregatedMetricPoint => ({
+  timestamp,
+  value,
+  min: value,
+  max: value,
+});
+
+function mount(initial: AggregatedMetricPoint[]) {
+  const [data, setData] = createSignal(initial);
+  const view = render(() => (
+    <HistoryChart
+      resourceType="storage"
+      resourceId="pool"
+      metric="usage"
+      unit="%"
+      range="1h"
+      data={data()}
+    />
+  ));
+  const canvas = screen.getByRole('img', { name: 'History chart' });
+  vi.spyOn(canvas, 'getBoundingClientRect').mockReturnValue({
+    x: 0,
+    y: 0,
+    left: 0,
+    top: 0,
+    right: 300,
+    bottom: 200,
+    width: 300,
+    height: 200,
+    toJSON: () => ({}),
+  });
+  return { ...view, canvas, setData };
+}
+
+describe('Sparse History observations', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.spyOn(HTMLCanvasElement.prototype, 'getContext').mockReturnValue(
+      ctx as unknown as CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+    );
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      'ResizeObserver',
+      class {
+        observe() {}
+        disconnect() {}
+      },
+    );
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    cleanup();
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+  });
+
+  it.each([0, 42])(
+    'draws a %s singleton marker and exactly one timestamp before hover',
+    (value) => {
+      mount([point(value)]);
+      const lastClear = ctx.clearRect.mock.invocationCallOrder.at(-1)!;
+      const arcs = ctx.arc.mock.calls.filter(
+        (_, i) => ctx.arc.mock.invocationCallOrder[i] > lastClear,
+      );
+      expect(arcs).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(arcs[0][0]).toBe(164);
+      expect(arcs[0][1]).toBeCloseTo(180 - (value / 100) * 160);
+      expect(arcs[0][2]).toBe(4);
+      const times = ctx.fillText.mock.calls.filter(
+        (args, i) =>
+          ctx.fillText.mock.invocationCallOrder[i] > lastClear &&
+          args[0] === formatHistoryChartTimeLabel(1000, '1h'),
+      );
+      expect(times).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(times[0][1]).toBe(164);
+    },
+  );
+
+  it('inspects the actual singleton from any pointer position and clears outside the plot', () => {
+    const { canvas, container } = mount([point(42)]);
+    for (const clientX of [100, 175, 250]) {
+      fireEvent.mouseMove(canvas, { clientX });
+      const tooltip = container.querySelector('[data-history-chart-tooltip]')!;
+      expect(tooltip).toHaveTextContent('42.0%');
+      expect(tooltip).toHaveTextContent(new Date(1000).toLocaleString());
+      expect(container.querySelector('[aria-live="polite"]')).toHaveTextContent('');
+    }
+    fireEvent.mouseMove(canvas, { clientX: 5 });
+    expect(container.querySelector('[data-history-chart-tooltip]')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('keeps zero, multiple and empty refreshes truthful during inspection', () => {
+    const { canvas, container, setData } = mount([point(42)]);
+    fireEvent.focus(canvas);
+    for (const key of ['Home', 'End', 'ArrowLeft', 'ArrowRight']) {
+      fireEvent.keyDown(canvas, { key });
+      expect(container.querySelector('[aria-live="polite"]')).toHaveTextContent('42.0%');
+    }
+    setData([point(0)]);
+    expect(container.querySelector('[data-history-chart-tooltip]')).toHaveTextContent('0.0%');
+    setData([point(10), point(20, 2000), point(30, 3000)]);
+    fireEvent.keyDown(canvas, { key: 'ArrowRight' });
+    expect(container.querySelector('[data-history-chart-tooltip]')).toHaveTextContent('20.0%');
+    setData([]);
+    expect(container.querySelector('[data-history-chart-tooltip]')).toBeNull();
+    expect(container.querySelector('[aria-live="polite"]')).toHaveTextContent('');
+    expect(screen.getByText('No history samples in this time range.')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/HistoryChart.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/HistoryChart.test.tsx
index 7bfe9b99c..d2eb0a84b 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/HistoryChart.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/HistoryChart.test.tsx
@@ -231,6 +231,46 @@ describe('HistoryChart', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText('Min')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it('exposes a stored singleton to pointer inspection without treating a later empty response as zero', async () => {
+    const request = vi.mocked(ChartsAPI.getMetricsHistory);
+    request.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      points: [{ timestamp: 1000, value: 42, min: 42, max: 42 }],
+      source: 'store',
+    } as never);
+    const [target, setTarget] = createSignal('pool-a');
+    const { container } = render(() => (
+      <HistoryChart
+        resourceType="storage"
+        resourceId={target()}
+        metric="usage"
+        unit="%"
+        range="1h"
+      />
+    ));
+    const chart = screen.getByRole('img', { name: 'History chart' });
+    const description = document.getElementById(chart.getAttribute('aria-describedby')!)!;
+    const rectSpy = vi.spyOn(chart, 'getBoundingClientRect').mockReturnValue({
+      x: 0,
+      y: 0,
+      left: 0,
+      top: 0,
+      right: 300,
+      bottom: 200,
+      width: 300,
+      height: 200,
+      toJSON: () => ({}),
+    });
+    await waitFor(() => expect(description).toHaveTextContent('1 data point'));
+    fireEvent.mouseMove(chart, { clientX: 175 });
+    expect(container.querySelector('[data-history-chart-tooltip]')).toHaveTextContent('42.0%');
+    request.mockResolvedValueOnce({ points: [], source: 'store' } as never);
+    setTarget('pool-b');
+    await waitFor(() => expect(description).toHaveTextContent('No 1-hour history'));
+    expect(description).not.toHaveTextContent('0.0%');
+    expect(container.querySelector('[data-history-chart-tooltip]')).toBeNull();
+    rectSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
   it('synchronizes the hovered timestamp across charts in the same group', () => {
     const rectSpy = vi.spyOn(HTMLCanvasElement.prototype, 'getBoundingClientRect').mockReturnValue({
       x: 0,
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/historyChartModel.branchcov2.test.ts b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/historyChartModel.branchcov2.test.ts
index 76f4c1c49..fb517d9ae 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/historyChartModel.branchcov2.test.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/historyChartModel.branchcov2.test.ts
@@ -406,6 +406,40 @@ describe('createHistoryChartGeometry', () => {
     expect(geo.getX(100)).toBe(40);
   });
 
+  it('centres a single timestamp and maps every plot position back to that observation', () => {
+    const geo = createHistoryChartGeometry({
+      width: 300,
+      height: 120,
+      startTime: 1000,
+      endTime: 1000,
+      minValue: 0,
+      maxValue: 100,
+      leftInset: 60,
+      rightInset: 20,
+    });
+    expect(geo.getX(1000)).toBe(170);
+    for (const x of [60, 100, 170, 280]) {
+      expect(geo.getTimestamp(x)).toBe(1000);
+    }
+    expect(geo.getY(0)).toBe(100);
+  });
+
+  it('inverts timestamp geometry without changing multi-observation interpolation', () => {
+    const geo = createHistoryChartGeometry({
+      width: 300,
+      height: 120,
+      startTime: 1000,
+      endTime: 3000,
+      minValue: 0,
+      maxValue: 100,
+      leftInset: 60,
+      rightInset: 20,
+    });
+    for (const timestamp of [1000, 1500, 2000, 3000]) {
+      expect(geo.getTimestamp(geo.getX(timestamp))).toBeCloseTo(timestamp);
+    }
+  });
+
   it('left-pads the first timestamp to the chart origin', () => {
     const geo = createHistoryChartGeometry({
       width: 200,
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/historyChartModel.ts b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/historyChartModel.ts
index 1e9cab000..bd7436171 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/historyChartModel.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/historyChartModel.ts
@@ -241,14 +241,21 @@ export function createHistoryChartGeometry({
   rightInset?: number;
 }) {
   const timeSpan = Math.max(1, endTime - startTime);
+  const plotWidth = width - leftInset - rightInset;
+  const singleTimestamp = startTime === endTime;
   const getX = (timestamp: number) =>
-    leftInset + ((timestamp - startTime) / timeSpan) * (width - leftInset - rightInset);
+    singleTimestamp
+      ? leftInset + plotWidth / 2
+      : leftInset + ((timestamp - startTime) / timeSpan) * plotWidth;
+  const getTimestamp = (x: number) =>
+    singleTimestamp ? startTime : startTime + ((x - leftInset) / plotWidth) * timeSpan;
   const getY = (value: number) =>
     height - 20 - ((value - minValue) / (maxValue - minValue)) * (height - 40);
 
   return {
     timeSpan,
     getX,
+    getTimestamp,
     getY,
   };
 }
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/useHistoryChartState.ts b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/useHistoryChartState.ts
index a63b01d35..93d36881d 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/useHistoryChartState.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/useHistoryChartState.ts
@@ -197,15 +197,22 @@ export function useHistoryChartState(
     const yAxisTicks = getHistoryChartYAxisLabels(scale, props.unit);
     const labelCount = 4;
     const timeAxisTicks =
-      points.length > 0
-        ? Array.from({ length: labelCount }, (_, index) => {
-            const timestamp =
-              points[0].timestamp +
-              ((points[points.length - 1].timestamp - points[0].timestamp) * index) /
-                (labelCount - 1);
-            return { timestamp, label: formatHistoryChartTimeLabel(timestamp, range()) };
-          })
-        : [];
+      points.length === 1
+        ? [
+            {
+              timestamp: points[0].timestamp,
+              label: formatHistoryChartTimeLabel(points[0].timestamp, range()),
+            },
+          ]
+        : points.length > 0
+          ? Array.from({ length: labelCount }, (_, index) => {
+              const timestamp =
+                points[0].timestamp +
+                ((points[points.length - 1].timestamp - points[0].timestamp) * index) /
+                  (labelCount - 1);
+              return { timestamp, label: formatHistoryChartTimeLabel(timestamp, range()) };
+            })
+          : [];
 
     ctx.font = '10px sans-serif';
     chartLeftInset = getHistoryChartLeftInset(
@@ -248,26 +255,39 @@ export function useHistoryChartState(
       rightInset: chartRightInset,
     });
 
-    ctx.beginPath();
-    points.forEach((point, index) => {
-      if (index === 0) ctx.moveTo(geometry.getX(point.timestamp), height - 20);
-      ctx.lineTo(geometry.getX(point.timestamp), geometry.getY(point.value));
-    });
-    if (points.length > 0) {
+    if (points.length === 1) {
+      // A stored observation is visible before inspection, including measured
+      // zero. A line or filled area would invent a duration for this sample.
+      ctx.beginPath();
+      ctx.arc(
+        geometry.getX(points[0].timestamp),
+        geometry.getY(points[0].value),
+        4,
+        0,
+        Math.PI * 2,
+      );
+      ctx.fillStyle = mainColor;
+      ctx.fill();
+    } else {
+      ctx.beginPath();
+      points.forEach((point, index) => {
+        if (index === 0) ctx.moveTo(geometry.getX(point.timestamp), height - 20);
+        ctx.lineTo(geometry.getX(point.timestamp), geometry.getY(point.value));
+      });
       ctx.lineTo(geometry.getX(points[points.length - 1].timestamp), height - 20);
-    }
-    ctx.closePath();
-    ctx.fillStyle = `${mainColor}66`;
-    ctx.fill();
+      ctx.closePath();
+      ctx.fillStyle = `${mainColor}66`;
+      ctx.fill();
 
-    ctx.beginPath();
-    ctx.strokeStyle = mainColor;
-    ctx.lineWidth = 2;
-    points.forEach((point, index) => {
-      if (index === 0) ctx.moveTo(geometry.getX(point.timestamp), geometry.getY(point.value));
-      else ctx.lineTo(geometry.getX(point.timestamp), geometry.getY(point.value));
-    });
-    ctx.stroke();
+      ctx.beginPath();
+      ctx.strokeStyle = mainColor;
+      ctx.lineWidth = 2;
+      points.forEach((point, index) => {
+        if (index === 0) ctx.moveTo(geometry.getX(point.timestamp), geometry.getY(point.value));
+        else ctx.lineTo(geometry.getX(point.timestamp), geometry.getY(point.value));
+      });
+      ctx.stroke();
+    }
 
     ctx.fillStyle = axisTextColor;
     ctx.font = '10px sans-serif';
@@ -404,9 +424,17 @@ export function useHistoryChartState(
       return;
     }
 
-    const ratio = (x - chartLeftInset) / (width - chartLeftInset - chartRightInset);
-    const timeSpan = Math.max(1, points[points.length - 1].timestamp - points[0].timestamp);
-    setHoveredTimestamp(points[0].timestamp + ratio * timeSpan);
+    const geometry = createHistoryChartGeometry({
+      width,
+      height: chartHeight(),
+      startTime: points[0].timestamp,
+      endTime: points[points.length - 1].timestamp,
+      minValue: 0,
+      maxValue: 1,
+      leftInset: chartLeftInset,
+      rightInset: chartRightInset,
+    });
+    setHoveredTimestamp(geometry.getTimestamp(x));
   };
 
   const handleMouseLeave = () => {