diff --git a/nightshift/pipeline.py b/nightshift/pipeline.py
index 3f2bbeb..fbd63b7 100644
--- a/nightshift/pipeline.py
+++ b/nightshift/pipeline.py
@@ -174,6 +174,23 @@ class PipelineRunner:
                 retry_notes.append(f"Context update from '{stage.id}': {result.context_update}")
 
             if result.status == "pass":
+                if result.next_stage:
+                    if result.next_stage not in stage_indexes:
+                        final_status = "failed"
+                        final_reason = (
+                            f"Stage '{stage.id}' requested unknown next stage '{result.next_stage}'."
+                        )
+                        break
+                    self.logger.event(
+                        "stage.next",
+                        "Jumping to requested next stage",
+                        run_id=self.artifacts.run_id,
+                        task_id=task.id,
+                        stage_id=stage.id,
+                        next_stage=result.next_stage,
+                    )
+                    index = stage_indexes[result.next_stage]
+                    continue
                 index += 1
                 continue
 
@@ -595,11 +612,24 @@ class PipelineRunner:
             except PipelineError:
                 summary_filename = "implementation-summary.md" if retry_count == 0 else f"repair-summary-{retry_count}.md"
                 reason = str(exc)
-                if "generated patch has no changes" in reason and retry_count:
-                    reason = (
-                        "File writer error: repair output produced no changes relative to "
-                        "the current workspace. The previous patch was applied, tests failed, "
-                        "and the repair attempt repeated the already-applied file content."
+                if "generated patch has no changes" in reason:
+                    next_stage = self._stage_after_patch_flow(stage.id)
+                    reason = self._no_changes_reason(retry_count)
+                    summary_path = self.artifacts.write_stage_output(
+                        task.id,
+                        summary_filename,
+                        f"# Implementation Summary\n\nStatus: pass\nReason: {reason}\n",
+                    )
+                    return StageResult(
+                        stage.id,
+                        "pass",
+                        reason,
+                        output_path=result.output_path,
+                        next_stage=next_stage,
+                        context_update=(
+                            f"Implementation summary: "
+                            f"{summary_path.relative_to(self.config.project.root).as_posix()}"
+                        ),
                     )
                 self.artifacts.write_stage_output(
                     task.id,
@@ -641,6 +671,32 @@ class PipelineRunner:
         suffix = f"-{retry_count}" if retry_count else ""
         return replace(stage, output=f"{stage.id}-agent-output{suffix}.md")
 
+    def _stage_after_patch_flow(self, current_stage_id: str) -> str | None:
+        stages = list(self.config.pipeline.stages)
+        stage_indexes = {stage.id: index for index, stage in enumerate(stages)}
+        start = stage_indexes.get(current_stage_id)
+        if start is None:
+            return None
+        patch_stage_types = {"patch_normalizer", "patch_validator", "patch_apply"}
+        for stage in stages[start + 1:]:
+            if stage.type in patch_stage_types:
+                continue
+            return stage.id
+        return None
+
+    def _no_changes_reason(self, retry_count: int) -> str:
+        if retry_count:
+            return (
+                "File writer produced no changes relative to the current workspace. "
+                "The previous patch may already be applied; skipping patch stages and "
+                "continuing with verification."
+            )
+        return (
+            "File writer produced no changes relative to the current workspace. "
+            "The task may already be applied locally; skipping patch stages and "
+            "continuing with verification."
+        )
+
     def _run_patch_normalizer_stage(
         self,
         stage: StageConfig,
diff --git a/nightshift/web.py b/nightshift/web.py
index b5bb4f6..594e8b3 100644
--- a/nightshift/web.py
+++ b/nightshift/web.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def read_artifact(run_path: Path, relative_path: str) -> str:
 
 
 def render_dashboard(artifact_dir: str | Path) -> str:
+    artifact_path = Path(artifact_dir).resolve()
     runs = list_runs(artifact_dir)
     body = [
         '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5">',
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ def render_dashboard(artifact_dir: str | Path) -> str:
         '<main class="shell">',
         '<header class="hero">',
         '<div class="brand"><img src="/assets/logo.png" alt="NightShift logo"><div><p class="eyebrow">Local artifact dashboard</p><h1>NightShift</h1></div></div>',
-        '<div class="hero-copy">Read-only run review. Auto-refreshes every 5 seconds.</div>',
+        f'<div class="hero-copy">Read-only run review. Auto-refreshes every 5 seconds.<br><span class="path-pill">{escape(str(artifact_path))}</span></div>',
         "</header>",
     ]
     if not runs:
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ h1 { font-size: 40px; line-height: 1; }
 h2 { font-size: 18px; }
 h3 { font-size: 13px; color: var(--muted); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .10em; margin-bottom: 12px; }
 .hero-copy { color: var(--muted); max-width: 420px; text-align: right; }
+.path-pill { display: inline-block; margin-top: 8px; color: #c9d7ea; font: 11px/1.4 ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; }
 .run-card, .empty {
   border: 1px solid var(--line);
   background: rgba(16, 22, 34, .84);
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline.py b/tests/test_pipeline.py
index 3a8ac02..3864e50 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipeline.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline.py
@@ -498,6 +498,55 @@ Acceptance Criteria:
             self.assertEqual(result.status, "complete")
             self.assertIn("@@ -1 +1 @@", patch.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
 
+    def test_file_writer_no_changes_skips_patch_stages_and_runs_tests(self) -> None:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            root = Path(directory)
+            _write_common_files(root)
+            (root / "app.py").write_text("new\n", encoding="utf-8")
+            (root / "fake_writer.py").write_text(
+                "\n".join(
+                    [
+                        "print('```file:app.py')",
+                        "print('new')",
+                        "print('```')",
+                    ]
+                ),
+                encoding="utf-8",
+            )
+            test_command = 'python -c "from pathlib import Path; raise SystemExit(0 if Path(\'app.py\').read_text() == \'new\\n\' else 1)"'
+            stages = (
+                StageConfig(id="write", type="file_writer", agent="writer"),
+                StageConfig(id="normalize", type="patch_normalizer"),
+                StageConfig(id="validate", type="patch_validator"),
+                StageConfig(id="apply", type="patch_apply", mode="apply"),
+                StageConfig(id="test", type="command", commands=(test_command,), output="test-output.txt"),
+            )
+            config = make_config(root, stages)
+            config = replace(
+                config,
+                safety=SafetyConfig(
+                    require_clean_worktree=False,
+                    scoped_paths=(".",),
+                    allowed_commands=(test_command,),
+                    forbidden_commands=("rm -rf",),
+                ),
+            )
+            config.agents["writer"] = AgentConfig(
+                id="writer",
+                backend="command",
+                command="python fake_writer.py",
+                system_prompt=Path("planner.md"),
+            )
+            runner = PipelineRunner(config, ArtifactStore(root, ".nightshift", run_id="test-run"))
+
+            result = runner.run_task(parse_tasks(TASK_MD)[0])
+
+            task_dir = root / ".nightshift" / "runs" / "test-run" / "tasks" / "TASK-001"
+            self.assertEqual(result.status, "complete")
+            self.assertTrue((task_dir / "test-output.txt").exists())
+            self.assertFalse((task_dir / "normalized.patch").exists())
+            self.assertFalse((task_dir / "patch-validation.md").exists())
+
     def test_patch_validator_rejects_unsafe_patch(self) -> None:
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
             root = Path(directory)
diff --git a/tests/test_web.py b/tests/test_web.py
index 0ff0730..ba15702 100644
--- a/tests/test_web.py
+++ b/tests/test_web.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class WebDashboardTests(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertIn("Log Tail", dashboard)
             self.assertIn("Planner proposed", dashboard)
             self.assertIn("FAILED", dashboard)
+            self.assertIn(str((root / ".nightshift").resolve()), dashboard)
             self.assertIn("/assets/logo.png", dashboard)
             self.assertIn("artifact-link", dashboard)
             self.assertIn("line 119", dashboard)