diff --git a/.veritas-kanban/telemetry/events-2026-01-28.ndjson b/.veritas-kanban/telemetry/events-2026-01-28.ndjson
index aaf27990..76843c05 100644
--- a/.veritas-kanban/telemetry/events-2026-01-28.ndjson
+++ b/.veritas-kanban/telemetry/events-2026-01-28.ndjson
@@ -2110,3 +2110,4 @@
 {"type":"task.created","taskId":"task_20260128_Usuv2Y","project":"project-a","status":"todo","id":"evt_aG2Tll254MYY","timestamp":"2026-01-28T18:14:17.785Z"}
 {"type":"task.created","taskId":"task_20260128_13CrZo","project":"project-b","status":"todo","id":"evt_YNGhKOJL_Tmu","timestamp":"2026-01-28T18:14:17.786Z"}
 {"type":"task.created","taskId":"task_20260128_RJXi4k","status":"todo","id":"evt_21ZTMT4yYCOp","timestamp":"2026-01-28T18:14:17.799Z"}
+{"type":"task.status_changed","taskId":"task_20260128_9t1KEa","project":"veritas-kanban","status":"in-progress","previousStatus":"todo","id":"evt_E2py7Rsv0FZs","timestamp":"2026-01-28T18:14:39.641Z"}
diff --git a/server/.veritas-kanban/activity.json b/server/.veritas-kanban/activity.json
index 1bc5358b..3a6da53c 100644
--- a/server/.veritas-kanban/activity.json
+++ b/server/.veritas-kanban/activity.json
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 [
+  {
+    "id": "activity_1769624079642_g7c232tud",
+    "type": "status_changed",
+    "taskId": "task_20260128_9t1KEa",
+    "taskTitle": "SECURITY: Add server-side MIME type validation for attachments",
+    "details": {
+      "from": "todo",
+      "status": "in-progress"
+    },
+    "timestamp": "2026-01-28T18:14:39.642Z"
+  },
   {
     "id": "activity_1769623785282_5ct7g0hqu",
     "type": "comment_added",
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/settings-service.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/settings-service.test.ts
index dd74b203..cae66d51 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/settings-service.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/settings-service.test.ts
@@ -201,4 +201,59 @@ describe('ConfigService', () => {
       expect(results[1]).toEqual(results[2]);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('Cache Behavior', () => {
+    it('should return cached config within TTL', async () => {
+      // First read populates cache
+      const config1 = await service.getConfig();
+      
+      // Modify file on disk behind the service's back
+      const raw = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(configFile, 'utf-8'));
+      raw.defaultAgent = 'amp';
+      // Mark as our own write so the file watcher ignores it,
+      // simulating a read within the TTL window
+      (service as any).lastWriteTime = Date.now();
+      await fs.writeFile(configFile, JSON.stringify(raw, null, 2));
+      
+      // Should still return the cached version (TTL hasn't expired)
+      const config2 = await service.getConfig();
+      expect(config2.defaultAgent).toBe(config1.defaultAgent);
+    });
+
+    it('should re-read from disk after invalidateCache()', async () => {
+      const config1 = await service.getConfig();
+      expect(config1.defaultAgent).toBe('claude-code');
+
+      // Modify file on disk
+      const raw = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(configFile, 'utf-8'));
+      raw.defaultAgent = 'amp';
+      // Suppress watcher for this manual write
+      (service as any).lastWriteTime = Date.now();
+      await fs.writeFile(configFile, JSON.stringify(raw, null, 2));
+
+      // Explicitly invalidate
+      service.invalidateCache();
+
+      const config2 = await service.getConfig();
+      expect(config2.defaultAgent).toBe('amp');
+    });
+
+    it('should update cache on saveConfig without re-reading disk', async () => {
+      const config = await service.getConfig();
+      config.defaultAgent = 'gemini';
+      await service.saveConfig(config);
+
+      // Should return updated value from cache, not disk
+      const config2 = await service.getConfig();
+      expect(config2.defaultAgent).toBe('gemini');
+    });
+
+    it('should clean up watcher on dispose()', async () => {
+      await service.getConfig(); // triggers watcher setup
+      service.dispose();
+      // After dispose, cache should be cleared
+      expect((service as any).config).toBeNull();
+      expect((service as any).watcher).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
 });