diff --git a/components/investigation-map.jsx b/components/investigation-map.jsx
index 210afbc..703bb42 100644
--- a/components/investigation-map.jsx
+++ b/components/investigation-map.jsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 import getInvestigationMapTopics from "@/lib/map/investigation-map-adapter";
+import React from "react";
 
 /* ── Status icons (unicode — no icon library dependency) ─── */
 
@@ -97,4 +98,4 @@ export default function InvestigationMap({ turnCount = 0 }) {
       </div>
     </div>
   );
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/components/investigation-summary-panel-v2.jsx b/components/investigation-summary-panel-v2.jsx
index 1a87d5f..997a8f5 100644
--- a/components/investigation-summary-panel-v2.jsx
+++ b/components/investigation-summary-panel-v2.jsx
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * (Version A). No new backend fields or API contracts are required.
  */
 
+import React from "react";
+
 /* ── Helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 function formatTimestamp(iso) {
diff --git a/components/investigation-summary-panel-v3.jsx b/components/investigation-summary-panel-v3.jsx
index 7836f68..32b3eb0 100644
--- a/components/investigation-summary-panel-v3.jsx
+++ b/components/investigation-summary-panel-v3.jsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 import { buildFacilitatorViewModel } from "@/lib/presentation/facilitator-view-adapter";
+import React from "react";
 
 /* ── Item rendering ─────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
diff --git a/components/investigation-summary-panel.jsx b/components/investigation-summary-panel.jsx
index 09ec9ae..2b2b073 100644
--- a/components/investigation-summary-panel.jsx
+++ b/components/investigation-summary-panel.jsx
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 /* ── Helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
+import React from "react";
+
 function formatTimestamp(iso) {
   if (!iso) return "—";
   try {
diff --git a/components/reasoning-workspace.jsx b/components/reasoning-workspace.jsx
index 4b89e0d..449f85b 100644
--- a/components/reasoning-workspace.jsx
+++ b/components/reasoning-workspace.jsx
@@ -658,16 +658,23 @@ export default function ReasoningWorkspace({
         </div>
       ) : (
         <>
-          {hasSelectedQuestion && (
+          {/* ── Workspace grid: persistent whenever a graph exists ─── */}
+          {hasGraph && (
             <div className="grid grid-cols-1 gap-6 lg:grid-cols-3">
               {/* ── Left lane: active conversation & notebook ───────── */}
               <div className="space-y-6 lg:col-span-2">
-                <CurrentInvestigationCard selectedQuestion={selectedQ} graph={graph} />
+                {/* Active question — only when there is one */}
+                {hasSelectedQuestion && (
+                  <>
+                    <CurrentInvestigationCard selectedQuestion={selectedQ} graph={graph} />
 
-                {updateStatus === "success" && !isUpdating && (
-                  <UpdateAcknowledgement updateResult={result} />
+                    {updateStatus === "success" && !isUpdating && (
+                      <UpdateAcknowledgement updateResult={result} />
+                    )}
+                  </>
                 )}
 
+                {/* Answer form — only when a question is active and not loading */}
                 {!isUpdating && canAnswer && (
                   <form onSubmit={handleUpdateCaptureAndSubmit} className="space-y-4 rounded-lg border border-gray-200 bg-white p-5">
                     <div>