diff --git a/scripts/reimport-tasks.mjs b/scripts/reimport-tasks.mjs
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+// One-off: re-import specific FN-* tasks from .fusion/tasks/<id>/task.json into
+// the live SQLite DB. Uses INSERT OR IGNORE — never overwrites existing rows.
+// Mirrors the column list used by packages/core/src/db-migrate.ts:migrateTasks.
+
+import { DatabaseSync } from "node:sqlite";
+import { readFileSync, existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+const FUSION_DIR = join(process.cwd(), ".fusion");
+const DB_PATH = join(FUSION_DIR, "fusion.db");
+const TASKS_DIR = join(FUSION_DIR, "tasks");
+
+const TARGET_IDS = process.argv.slice(2);
+if (TARGET_IDS.length === 0) {
+  console.error("usage: node scripts/reimport-tasks.mjs FN-5414 FN-5415 ...");
+  process.exit(2);
+}
+
+const toJson = (v) => JSON.stringify(v ?? []);
+const toJsonNullable = (v) => (v == null ? null : JSON.stringify(v));
+
+const db = new DatabaseSync(DB_PATH);
+db.exec("PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000");
+db.exec("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON");
+
+const insertStmt = db.prepare(`
+  INSERT OR IGNORE INTO tasks (
+    id, title, description, priority, "column", status, size, reviewLevel, currentStep,
+    worktree, blockedBy, paused, baseBranch, branch, executionStartBranch, baseCommitSha, modelPresetId,
+    modelProvider, modelId, validatorModelProvider, validatorModelId,
+    mergeRetries, recoveryRetryCount, nextRecoveryAt,
+    error, summary, thinkingLevel, createdAt, updatedAt,
+    columnMovedAt, dependencies, steps, log, attachments, steeringComments,
+    comments, workflowStepResults, prInfo, issueInfo,
+    sourceIssueProvider, sourceIssueRepository, sourceIssueExternalIssueId, sourceIssueNumber, sourceIssueUrl,
+    mergeDetails, breakIntoSubtasks, noCommitsExpected, enabledWorkflowSteps, modifiedFiles, sliceId
+  ) VALUES (
+    ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?,
+    ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
+  )
+`);
+
+const existsStmt = db.prepare(`SELECT 1 AS hit FROM tasks WHERE id = ?`);
+
+let imported = 0;
+let skipped = 0;
+let missing = 0;
+
+for (const id of TARGET_IDS) {
+  const path = join(TASKS_DIR, id, "task.json");
+  if (!existsSync(path)) {
+    console.log(`[skip] ${id}: no task.json on disk`);
+    missing++;
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  if (existsStmt.get(id)) {
+    console.log(`[skip] ${id}: already exists in DB`);
+    skipped++;
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  let task;
+  try {
+    task = JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, "utf-8"));
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.warn(`[fail] ${id}: invalid JSON — ${err.message}`);
+    skipped++;
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  const priority =
+    task.priority === "critical" || task.priority === "high" || task.priority === "low"
+      ? task.priority
+      : "normal";
+
+  // Migration normalizes steeringComments + comments together; for fresh
+  // imports it's safe to just trust the persisted JSON.
+  const steeringComments = task.steeringComments ?? [];
+  const comments = task.comments ?? [];
+
+  insertStmt.run(
+    task.id,
+    task.title ?? null,
+    task.description ?? "",
+    priority,
+    task.column,
+    task.status ?? null,
+    task.size ?? null,
+    task.reviewLevel ?? null,
+    task.currentStep || 0,
+    task.worktree ?? null,
+    task.blockedBy ?? null,
+    task.paused ? 1 : 0,
+    task.baseBranch ?? null,
+    task.branch ?? null,
+    task.executionStartBranch ?? null,
+    task.baseCommitSha ?? null,
+    task.modelPresetId ?? null,
+    task.modelProvider ?? null,
+    task.modelId ?? null,
+    task.validatorModelProvider ?? null,
+    task.validatorModelId ?? null,
+    task.mergeRetries ?? null,
+    task.recoveryRetryCount ?? null,
+    task.nextRecoveryAt ?? null,
+    task.error ?? null,
+    task.summary ?? null,
+    task.thinkingLevel ?? null,
+    task.createdAt,
+    task.updatedAt,
+    task.columnMovedAt ?? null,
+    toJson(task.dependencies),
+    toJson(task.steps),
+    toJson(task.log),
+    toJson(task.attachments),
+    toJson(steeringComments),
+    toJson(comments),
+    toJson(task.workflowStepResults),
+    toJsonNullable(task.prInfo),
+    toJsonNullable(task.issueInfo),
+    task.sourceIssue?.provider ?? null,
+    task.sourceIssue?.repository ?? null,
+    task.sourceIssue?.externalIssueId ?? null,
+    task.sourceIssue?.issueNumber ?? null,
+    task.sourceIssue?.url ?? null,
+    toJsonNullable(task.mergeDetails),
+    task.breakIntoSubtasks ? 1 : 0,
+    task.noCommitsExpected ? 1 : 0,
+    toJson(task.enabledWorkflowSteps),
+    toJson(task.modifiedFiles),
+    task.sliceId ?? null,
+  );
+
+  console.log(`[ok]   ${id}: imported (col=${task.column} status=${task.status ?? "-"})`);
+  imported++;
+}
+
+db.close();
+console.log(`\ndone: imported=${imported} skipped=${skipped} missing=${missing}`);