feat(projection): IsConditional for uncertain-anchor rules (t-paliad-289)

Rules anchored on uncertain triggers (R.109 backward-anchor without
oral-hearing date; R.118(4) without validity decision; R.262(2)
without recorded Vertraulichkeitsantrag) previously rendered concrete
dates fabricated off the trigger date. Add IsConditional projection
flag so the SmartTimeline + Verfahrensablauf surfaces "abhängig von
<parent>" instead of a misleading date.

Backend (fristenrechner.go):
- Add IsConditional + ParentRuleCode/Name/NameEN to UIDeadline.
- Pre-pass populates courtSet from rule.is_court_set=true BEFORE the
  main loop, so order-of-evaluation in sequence_order no longer matters
  for the parent-court-set check. Fixes R.109(1) "Antrag auf
  Simultanübersetzung" (sequence_order=45 < Mündliche Verhandlung's
  sequence_order=50): the timing='before' backward arithmetic was
  computing 1 month before the trigger date because the court-set
  parent hadn't been classified yet.
- Set IsConditional=true on every IsCourtSetIndirect branch (catches
  R.109 backward + R.118(4) cons_orders chain off the decision).
- Set IsConditional=true for priority='optional' + primary_party='both'
  rules whose data-model parent is the trigger anchor (covers R.262(2)
  confidentiality_response: the data anchors on SoC, but the real
  trigger is the opposing party's confidentiality motion which may
  never happen). Suppressed by IsOverridden so user anchors win.

Backend (projection_service.go):
- Add IsConditional to TimelineEvent + propagate from UIDeadline.
- New Status="conditional" for projected rows; clears Date, populates
  DependsOnRuleCode/Name from UIDeadline.ParentRule* so the row
  carries the "abhängig von <parent>" payload even when the parent
  has no computed date for annotateDependsOn to discover.

Frontend (verfahrensablauf-core.ts + CSS + i18n):
- CalculatedDeadline gains isConditional + parentRule* fields.
- deadlineCardHtml renders "abhängig von <parent>" chip with
  click-to-edit affordance in place of the date column when
  isConditional=true. IsConditional wins over IsCourtSet for the
  date column (they overlap; "abhängig von <parent>" names the
  specific blocker).
- .timeline-item--conditional / .fr-col-item--conditional CSS:
  dotted border + faded text so the conditional state reads at glance.
- Replaced escHtml's DOM-backed implementation with a pure-JS regex
  escape so the module is testable in bun test without jsdom (the
  old form forced fixtures to leave several fields empty just to
  avoid the DOM dependency).

Tests:
- TestApplyLookaheadCap_ConditionalRowsPassThrough: pure-function lock
  that conditional rows pass through applyLookaheadCap untouched
  (don't count against ProjectedTotal/Shown, don't get capped).
- TestUIDeadline_IsConditional_UncertainAnchors (TEST_DATABASE_URL):
  asserts R.109(1)/(4), R.118(4) chain, and R.262(2) all render
  IsConditional=true with empty DueDate + populated ParentRule*; SoD
  stays non-conditional; override on the oral hearing flips R.109(1)
  back to concrete date.
- 4 new bun tests for the conditional rendering branches in
  deadlineCardHtml.

UX path verified by tests + manual review of the live rule corpus:
opening a UPC inf project without oral-hearing date now surfaces
R.109(1) + R.109(4) as conditional; recording the Vertraulichkeitsantrag
(anchoring R.262(2) via the existing "Datum setzen" flow) flips it
back to a concrete date.

go build / go test / bun test / bun run build all clean.

frontend/src/client/i18n.ts

@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ const translations: Record<Lang, Record<string, string>> = {
     "deadlines.party.both.label": "beide Seiten",
     "deadlines.court.set": "vom Gericht bestimmt",
     "deadlines.court.indirect": "unbestimmt",
+    "deadlines.conditional.depends_on": "abhängig von {parent}",
+    "deadlines.conditional.unset": "abhängig von vorgelagertem Ereignis",
     "deadlines.optional.badge": "auf Antrag",
     "deadlines.priority.mandatory": "Pflicht",
     "deadlines.priority.recommended": "empfohlen",
@@ -3351,6 +3353,8 @@ const translations: Record<Lang, Record<string, string>> = {
     "deadlines.party.both.label": "both parties",
     "deadlines.court.set": "set by court",
     "deadlines.court.indirect": "tbd",
+    "deadlines.conditional.depends_on": "depends on {parent}",
+    "deadlines.conditional.unset": "depends on an upstream event",
     "deadlines.optional.badge": "on request",
     "deadlines.priority.mandatory": "Mandatory",
     "deadlines.priority.recommended": "Recommended",

frontend/src/client/views/verfahrensablauf-core.test.ts

@@ -67,6 +67,66 @@ describe("deadlineCardHtml — editable=true emits click-to-edit attrs", () => {
   });
 });
 
+// t-paliad-289 — isConditional rules render an "abhängig von <parent>"
+// chip in place of the date column, and the chip keeps the click-to-edit
+// affordance so the user can pin a real date once the upstream anchor
+// resolves (oral hearing scheduled, opposing party's motion received, …).
+// Mirrors Symptom A (R.109(1) backward-anchor without oral-hearing date)
+// and Symptom B (R.262(2) without recorded Vertraulichkeitsantrag) from
+// the issue.
+describe("deadlineCardHtml — isConditional rendering (t-paliad-289)", () => {
+  test("isConditional + parentRuleName emits 'abhängig von <parent>' chip with click-to-edit", () => {
+    const html = deadlineCardHtml(
+      dl({
+        code: "upc.inf.cfi.translation_request",
+        isConditional: true,
+        parentRuleCode: "upc.inf.cfi.oral",
+        parentRuleName: "Mündliche Verhandlung",
+      }),
+      { showParty: true, editable: true },
+    );
+    expect(html).toContain("timeline-conditional");
+    expect(html).toContain("abhängig von Mündliche Verhandlung");
+    expect(html).toContain('data-rule-code="upc.inf.cfi.translation_request"');
+    expect(html).toContain('role="button"');
+    expect(html).not.toContain("timeline-court-set");
+  });
+
+  test("isConditional with no parentRuleName falls back to generic upstream-event label", () => {
+    const html = deadlineCardHtml(
+      dl({ isConditional: true }),
+      { showParty: true, editable: true },
+    );
+    expect(html).toContain("timeline-conditional");
+    expect(html).toContain("abhängig von vorgelagertem Ereignis");
+  });
+
+  test("isConditional wins over isCourtSet — overlapping cases render conditional chip", () => {
+    // Court-set ancestor without override sets BOTH isCourtSet=true AND
+    // isConditional=true on the wire. The renderer must pick the
+    // conditional chip; otherwise the row keeps the legacy "wird vom
+    // Gericht bestimmt" label and the user can't see WHICH upstream
+    // event blocks them.
+    const html = deadlineCardHtml(
+      dl({
+        isConditional: true,
+        isCourtSet: true,
+        isCourtSetIndirect: true,
+        parentRuleName: "Entscheidung",
+      }),
+      { showParty: true, editable: true },
+    );
+    expect(html).toContain("abhängig von Entscheidung");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("timeline-court-set");
+  });
+
+  test("isConditional=false keeps the normal date span (regression guard)", () => {
+    const html = deadlineCardHtml(dl({ isConditional: false }), { showParty: true });
+    expect(html).toContain("timeline-date");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("timeline-conditional");
+  });
+});
+
 // Pure column-routing behaviour. Originally pinned by m/paliad#81
 // (side + appellant axes), re-framed by m/paliad#88: the column
 // axis is now "Unsere Seite vs Gegnerseite" ("WE always on the

frontend/src/client/views/verfahrensablauf-core.ts

@@ -72,6 +72,24 @@ export interface CalculatedDeadline {
   // page-level appellant axis still applies in that case). The bucketer
   // reads this in preference to the page-level appellant.
   appellantContext?: string;
+  // isConditional (t-paliad-289): the rule's anchor is uncertain, so
+  // no concrete date is projected. Set by the calculator when the rule
+  // depends on a court-set ancestor without override, when a backward-
+  // anchored rule's forward anchor isn't set, or for optional rules
+  // whose true triggering event sits outside the rule data (e.g.
+  // R.262(2) Erwiderung auf Vertraulichkeitsantrag — anchored on SoC
+  // in the data, but the real trigger is the opposing party's
+  // confidentiality motion). The renderer drops the date column entry
+  // and shows an "abhängig von <parentRuleName>" chip instead.
+  isConditional?: boolean;
+  // parentRuleCode / parentRuleName / parentRuleNameEN surface the
+  // parent rule's identity so the renderer can label the
+  // "abhängig von <parent>" chip on conditional rows. Populated for
+  // every rule with a parent (not just conditional ones), so the
+  // dependency-footer logic can reuse it. Empty for root rules.
+  parentRuleCode?: string;
+  parentRuleName?: string;
+  parentRuleNameEN?: string;
 }
 
 // priorityRendering returns the per-priority UX hints the save-modal
@@ -175,10 +193,20 @@ export function escAttr(s: string): string {
   return s.replace(/&/g, "&amp;").replace(/"/g, "&quot;");
 }
 
+// Pure-string HTML escape — keeps the module testable in bun test
+// (plain Node, no jsdom). Used to be backed by document.createElement,
+// which forced fixtures to leave any field that flowed through it
+// empty just to exercise unrelated branches; the regex form is safe
+// for arbitrary text including the per-rule name strings that the
+// conditional-row chip ("abhängig von <parent>") now exposes.
+// (t-paliad-289)
 export function escHtml(s: string): string {
-  const d = document.createElement("div");
-  d.textContent = s;
-  return d.innerHTML;
+  return s
+    .replace(/&/g, "&amp;")
+    .replace(/</g, "&lt;")
+    .replace(/>/g, "&gt;")
+    .replace(/"/g, "&quot;")
+    .replace(/'/g, "&#39;");
 }
 
 export function formatDate(dateStr: string): string {
@@ -279,12 +307,31 @@ export function deadlineCardHtml(dl: CalculatedDeadline, opts: CardOpts): string
   const editAttrs = editable
     ? ` data-rule-code="${escAttr(dl.code)}" data-current-date="${escAttr(dl.dueDate)}" role="button" tabindex="0" title="${escAttr(t("deadlines.date.edit.hint"))}"`
     : "";
-  const courtLabelKey = dl.isCourtSetIndirect
-    ? "deadlines.court.indirect"
-    : "deadlines.court.set";
-  const dateStr = dl.isCourtSet
-    ? `<span class="timeline-court-set frist-date-edit"${editAttrs}>${t(courtLabelKey)}</span>`
-    : `<span class="timeline-date${overriddenClass} frist-date-edit"${editAttrs}>${formatDate(dl.dueDate)}</span>`;
+  // Conditional rows (t-paliad-289) replace the date column with an
+  // "abhängig von <parent>" chip. The chip remains click-to-edit so
+  // the user can pin a real date once known (e.g. once the oral
+  // hearing date is set, or the opposing party's Vertraulichkeits-
+  // antrag arrives) — the same data-rule-code wiring fires the
+  // existing inline date editor. IsConditional wins over IsCourtSet:
+  // they overlap (court-set ancestor without override produces both),
+  // and "abhängig von <parent>" is the clearer user-facing signal.
+  const parentLabel = (getLang() === "en"
+    ? (dl.parentRuleNameEN || dl.parentRuleName)
+    : dl.parentRuleName) || "";
+  let dateStr: string;
+  if (dl.isConditional) {
+    const chipText = parentLabel
+      ? tDyn("deadlines.conditional.depends_on").replace("{parent}", escHtml(parentLabel))
+      : t("deadlines.conditional.unset");
+    dateStr = `<span class="timeline-conditional frist-date-edit"${editAttrs}>${chipText}</span>`;
+  } else if (dl.isCourtSet) {
+    const courtLabelKey = dl.isCourtSetIndirect
+      ? "deadlines.court.indirect"
+      : "deadlines.court.set";
+    dateStr = `<span class="timeline-court-set frist-date-edit"${editAttrs}>${t(courtLabelKey)}</span>`;
+  } else {
+    dateStr = `<span class="timeline-date${overriddenClass} frist-date-edit"${editAttrs}>${formatDate(dl.dueDate)}</span>`;
+  }
 
   // Slice 9 (t-paliad-195): the legacy boolean pair is gone — read
   // priority directly. Optional badge fires only on 'optional'
@@ -449,8 +496,16 @@ export function wireDateEditClicks(
 export function renderTimelineBody(data: DeadlineResponse, opts: CardOpts = { showParty: true }): string {
   let html = '<div class="timeline">';
   for (const dl of data.deadlines) {
+    const itemClasses = [
+      "timeline-item",
+      dl.isRootEvent ? "timeline-root" : "",
+      // t-paliad-289: dotted-border + faded styling for conditional rows
+      // so the "abhängig von <parent>" state is visually distinct from
+      // both anchored deadlines and direct court-set rows.
+      dl.isConditional ? "timeline-item--conditional" : "",
+    ].filter(Boolean).join(" ");
     html += `
-      <div class="timeline-item ${dl.isRootEvent ? "timeline-root" : ""}">
+      <div class="${itemClasses}">
         <div class="timeline-dot-col">
           <div class="timeline-dot ${dl.isRootEvent ? "dot-root" : ""}"></div>
           <div class="timeline-line"></div>
@@ -629,7 +684,14 @@ export function renderColumnsBody(data: DeadlineResponse, opts: ColumnsBodyOpts
         const mirrorTag = showMirrorTag && dl.party === "both"
           ? `<div class="fr-col-mirror">↔ ${escHtml(t("deadlines.party.both.label"))}</div>`
           : "";
-        return `<div class="fr-col-item ${dl.isRootEvent ? "fr-col-root" : ""}">
+        const itemClasses = [
+          "fr-col-item",
+          dl.isRootEvent ? "fr-col-root" : "",
+          // t-paliad-289: same conditional treatment as the linear
+          // timeline-item — dotted border + faded styling.
+          dl.isConditional ? "fr-col-item--conditional" : "",
+        ].filter(Boolean).join(" ");
+        return `<div class="${itemClasses}">
           ${deadlineCardHtml(dl, cardOpts)}
           ${mirrorTag}
         </div>`;

frontend/src/i18n-keys.ts

@@ -1235,6 +1235,8 @@ export type I18nKey =
   | "deadlines.col.title"
   | "deadlines.complete.action"
   | "deadlines.complete.confirm"
+  | "deadlines.conditional.depends_on"
+  | "deadlines.conditional.unset"
   | "deadlines.court.indirect"
   | "deadlines.court.label"
   | "deadlines.court.set"

frontend/src/styles/global.css

@@ -3531,6 +3531,35 @@ input[type="range"]::-moz-range-thumb {
     opacity: 0.55;
 }
 
+/* t-paliad-289: rules whose anchor is uncertain (court-set ancestor
+   without override, backward-anchor with unset forward date, optional
+   event not recorded). The "abhängig von <parent>" chip on the date
+   column makes the conditional state explicit; the dotted border on
+   the content panel + slight desaturation reinforces it at glance so
+   the row reads as "pending an upstream input" rather than as a real
+   scheduled item. The frist-date-edit affordance on the chip still
+   wires through — the user can pin a concrete date once the anchor
+   resolves. */
+.timeline-item--conditional .timeline-content,
+.fr-col-item--conditional {
+    border: 1px dashed var(--color-border, #d4d4d4);
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    padding: 0.35rem 0.55rem;
+    background: var(--color-bg-soft, #fafafa);
+}
+
+.timeline-item--conditional .timeline-name,
+.fr-col-item--conditional .timeline-name {
+    opacity: 0.85;
+}
+
+.timeline-conditional {
+    font-size: 0.82rem;
+    color: var(--color-text-muted);
+    font-style: italic;
+    text-align: right;
+}
+
 .event-card-choices-popover {
     background: var(--color-bg, #fff);
     border: 1px solid var(--color-border, #d4d4d4);

internal/services/fristenrechner.go

@@ -89,6 +89,35 @@ type UIDeadline struct {
 	// is computed off a parent date that the COURT sets, not by the
 	// court itself.
 	IsCourtSetIndirect bool `json:"isCourtSetIndirect,omitempty"`
+	// IsConditional signals the rule's anchor is uncertain — no
+	// concrete date can be projected. Set when the rule depends on:
+	//   - a court-set ancestor whose date isn't anchored
+	//     (overlaps with IsCourtSetIndirect; the two are kept
+	//     distinct because IsCourtSet wraps a specific UX message
+	//     "wird vom Gericht bestimmt", whereas IsConditional is
+	//     the broader "render as 'abhängig von <parent>'" signal)
+	//   - timing='before' rules whose forward anchor isn't set
+	//     (e.g. R.109(1) Antrag auf Simultanübersetzung 1 month
+	//     before the oral hearing — without the hearing date, the
+	//     backward arithmetic against the trigger date is meaningless)
+	//   - optional opposing-side rules whose true triggering event
+	//     hasn't been recorded for this project (e.g. R.262(2)
+	//     Erwiderung auf Vertraulichkeitsantrag — the data-model
+	//     parent is the SoC, but the real trigger is the opposing
+	//     party's confidentiality motion which may never happen)
+	// When true, DueDate and OriginalDate are empty and the frontend
+	// renders an "abhängig von <ParentRuleName>" chip in place of a
+	// date. Suppressed by an explicit user anchor (IsOverridden wins).
+	// (t-paliad-289)
+	IsConditional bool `json:"isConditional,omitempty"`
+	// ParentRuleCode / ParentRuleName / ParentRuleNameEN surface the
+	// parent's identity so the frontend can render
+	// "abhängig von <ParentRuleName>" when IsConditional=true.
+	// Populated whenever the rule has a parent_id, not only when
+	// conditional — keeps the wire shape stable. Empty for root rules.
+	ParentRuleCode   string `json:"parentRuleCode,omitempty"`
+	ParentRuleName   string `json:"parentRuleName,omitempty"`
+	ParentRuleNameEN string `json:"parentRuleNameEN,omitempty"`
 	IsOverridden     bool              `json:"isOverridden,omitempty"`
 	// ChoicesOffered surfaces paliad.deadline_rules.choices_offered for
 	// the rule so the frontend knows whether to render the per-event-card
@@ -372,6 +401,30 @@ func (s *FristenrechnerService) Calculate(ctx context.Context, proceedingCode, t
 	courtSet := make(map[uuid.UUID]bool, len(rules))
 	deadlines := make([]UIDeadline, 0, len(rules))
 
+	// Pre-pass: identify rules flagged is_court_set=true in the data so
+	// order-of-evaluation in sequence_order doesn't matter for the
+	// parent-court-set check below. Without this, a rule processed
+	// earlier than its court-set parent (e.g. R.109(1) Antrag auf
+	// Simultanübersetzung sequence_order=45 vs. Mündliche Verhandlung
+	// sequence_order=50 in upc.inf.cfi) misses the court-set propagation
+	// and computes a meaningless date — for timing='before' rules, that
+	// produces a backward offset from the trigger date, which has no
+	// semantic relationship to the rule. (t-paliad-289)
+	for _, r := range rules {
+		if r.IsCourtSet {
+			courtSet[r.ID] = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	// ruleByID lets the conditional-rendering branches resolve a parent
+	// rule's display fields (submission_code, name, name_en) for the
+	// "abhängig von <ParentRuleName>" chip without re-scanning the
+	// rules slice on every iteration.
+	ruleByID := make(map[uuid.UUID]models.DeadlineRule, len(rules))
+	for _, r := range rules {
+		ruleByID[r.ID] = r
+	}
+
 	// Per-event-card overlays (t-paliad-265). Empty/nil maps are safe
 	// for membership tests; the engine reads them but doesn't mutate.
 	skipRules := opts.SkipRules
@@ -464,21 +517,34 @@ func (s *FristenrechnerService) Calculate(ctx context.Context, proceedingCode, t
 			d.NotesEN = *r.DeadlineNotesEn
 		}
 
+		// Resolve the parent rule once so every conditional-rendering
+		// branch (incl. the optional-not-recorded path below) can stamp
+		// ParentRule* on the wire without re-scanning. Populated even
+		// for non-conditional rows — the frontend dependency-footer
+		// ("Folgt aus …") already consumes this on regular projected
+		// rows. (t-paliad-289)
+		var parentRule *models.DeadlineRule
+		if r.ParentID != nil {
+			if pr, ok := ruleByID[*r.ParentID]; ok {
+				parentRule = &pr
+				if pr.SubmissionCode != nil {
+					d.ParentRuleCode = *pr.SubmissionCode
+				}
+				d.ParentRuleName = pr.Name
+				d.ParentRuleNameEN = pr.NameEN
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Propagate court-set status from a parent rule whose date the
 		// court determines: if the anchor itself has no real date,
 		// nothing downstream can be computed either — UNLESS the user
 		// has supplied an override date for the parent (which they can
 		// once they know the real decision date).
 		parentOverridden := false
-		if r.ParentID != nil && courtSet[*r.ParentID] {
-			for _, prev := range rules {
-				if prev.ID == *r.ParentID {
-					if prev.SubmissionCode != nil {
-						if _, ok := overrideDates[*prev.SubmissionCode]; ok {
-							parentOverridden = true
-						}
-					}
-					break
+		if r.ParentID != nil && courtSet[*r.ParentID] && parentRule != nil {
+			if parentRule.SubmissionCode != nil {
+				if _, ok := overrideDates[*parentRule.SubmissionCode]; ok {
+					parentOverridden = true
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -530,6 +596,7 @@ func (s *FristenrechnerService) Calculate(ctx context.Context, proceedingCode, t
 					// "unbestimmt", not "wird vom Gericht bestimmt".
 					d.IsCourtSet = true
 					d.IsCourtSetIndirect = true
+					d.IsConditional = true
 					d.DueDate = ""
 					d.OriginalDate = ""
 					courtSet[r.ID] = true
@@ -563,6 +630,7 @@ func (s *FristenrechnerService) Calculate(ctx context.Context, proceedingCode, t
 						// itself isn't a court action.
 						d.IsCourtSet = true
 						d.IsCourtSetIndirect = true
+						d.IsConditional = true
 						d.DueDate = ""
 						d.OriginalDate = ""
 						courtSet[r.ID] = true
@@ -595,9 +663,19 @@ func (s *FristenrechnerService) Calculate(ctx context.Context, proceedingCode, t
 		// should say "unbestimmt", not "wird vom Gericht bestimmt":
 		// the date isn't directly determined by the court, it's
 		// derived from a date the court sets.
+		//
+		// timing='before' rules end up here too — a rule with
+		// "1 Monat VOR der mündlichen Verhandlung" (R.109(1)) has the
+		// oral hearing as its parent; if the hearing date isn't set,
+		// the backward arithmetic against the trigger date is
+		// meaningless. The pre-pass above ensures courtSet[oral.ID]
+		// is true even when the oral hearing rule is processed later
+		// in sequence_order. IsConditional surfaces the "abhängig
+		// von <ParentRuleName>" UX. (t-paliad-289)
 		if parentIsCourtSet {
 			d.IsCourtSet = true
 			d.IsCourtSetIndirect = true
+			d.IsConditional = true
 			d.DueDate = ""
 			d.OriginalDate = ""
 			courtSet[r.ID] = true
@@ -700,6 +778,42 @@ func (s *FristenrechnerService) Calculate(ctx context.Context, proceedingCode, t
 		d.DueDate = adjusted.Format("2006-01-02")
 		d.WasAdjusted = wasAdj
 		d.AdjustmentReason = reason
+
+		// Optional-on-the-other-side detection (t-paliad-289 Symptom B).
+		// Rules with priority='optional' AND primary_party='both' whose
+		// data-model parent is the proceeding's trigger anchor (parent
+		// has parent_id=NULL and is not court-set, i.e. the SoC root
+		// rule) represent a rule whose REAL triggering event sits
+		// outside the rule data — e.g. R.262(2) Erwiderung auf
+		// Vertraulichkeitsantrag anchors on SoC in the data, but the
+		// real trigger is the opposing party's confidentiality motion
+		// which may never happen. Without an explicit anchor on the
+		// rule itself (user clicks "Datum setzen" after the motion
+		// arrives), the projection must NOT claim a concrete date.
+		//
+		// In the live corpus this catches confidentiality_response;
+		// every other optional+both rule has a court-set ancestor and
+		// is already caught by the parentIsCourtSet branches above.
+		// Suppressed when IsOverridden (the user has anchored the rule
+		// — the date is real) or when the rule has already been marked
+		// IsConditional by an earlier branch.
+		if !d.IsOverridden && !d.IsConditional &&
+			r.Priority == "optional" &&
+			r.PrimaryParty != nil && *r.PrimaryParty == "both" &&
+			parentRule != nil && parentRule.ParentID == nil && !parentRule.IsCourtSet {
+			d.IsConditional = true
+			d.DueDate = ""
+			d.OriginalDate = ""
+			d.WasAdjusted = false
+			d.AdjustmentReason = nil
+			// Mark this rule's ID as having an uncertain anchor so
+			// rules chaining off it also surface conditional via the
+			// parentIsCourtSet path (no rule currently chains off
+			// confidentiality_response in the live corpus, but the
+			// extension keeps the propagation semantics consistent).
+			courtSet[r.ID] = true
+		}
+
 		if r.SubmissionCode != nil {
 			computed[*r.SubmissionCode] = adjusted
 		}

internal/services/fristenrechner_test.go

@@ -450,3 +450,130 @@ func TestUIDeadline_WireShape_Slice8(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Logf("warning: no upc.inf.cfi rule had conditionExpr populated — verify mig 084 ran")
 	}
 }
+
+// t-paliad-289: rules anchored on uncertain triggers must render as
+// conditional (IsConditional=true, empty DueDate, ParentRule* populated)
+// rather than fabricating a date off the trigger.
+//
+// Three pillars from the issue:
+//   - Symptom A: R.109(1) Antrag auf Simultanübersetzung (timing='before',
+//     parent=Mündliche Verhandlung which is court-set). Pre-fix the rule
+//     computed a meaningless "1 month before today" because sequence_order
+//     places translation_request (45) before oral (50), so the parent
+//     hadn't been classified as court-set yet. The new pre-pass in
+//     Calculate seeds courtSet from is_court_set=true on the data, so
+//     order-of-evaluation no longer matters.
+//   - R.118(4) cons_orders (parent=Entscheidung, court-set) — already
+//     worked via the legacy IsCourtSetIndirect path; assertion ensures
+//     the new IsConditional flag rides alongside it.
+//   - Symptom B: R.262(2) confidentiality_response (priority='optional',
+//     primary_party='both', parent=SoC which is the trigger anchor).
+//     The data-model parent is "always certain" but the real triggering
+//     event (opposing party's confidentiality motion) sits outside the
+//     rule data — render conditional until the user anchors the rule.
+func TestUIDeadline_IsConditional_UncertainAnchors(t *testing.T) {
+	url := os.Getenv("TEST_DATABASE_URL")
+	if url == "" {
+		t.Skip("TEST_DATABASE_URL not set — skipping live DB test")
+	}
+	if err := db.ApplyMigrations(url); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("apply migrations: %v", err)
+	}
+	pool, err := sqlx.Connect("postgres", url)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("connect: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer pool.Close()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	holidays := NewHolidayService(pool)
+	rules := NewDeadlineRuleService(pool)
+	courts := NewCourtService(pool)
+	svc := NewFristenrechnerService(rules, holidays, courts)
+
+	resp, err := svc.Calculate(ctx, CodeUPCInfringement, "2026-05-25", CalcOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Calculate: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	byCode := map[string]UIDeadline{}
+	for _, d := range resp.Deadlines {
+		byCode[d.Code] = d
+	}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		code           string
+		wantConditional bool
+		wantParentCode string
+	}{
+		// Symptom A — backward-anchored on the court-set oral hearing.
+		// Pre-pass fix: order-of-evaluation no longer matters.
+		{"upc.inf.cfi.translation_request", true, "upc.inf.cfi.oral"},
+		{"upc.inf.cfi.interpreter_cost", true, "upc.inf.cfi.oral"},
+		// R.118(4) chain — parent=decision (court-set).
+		{"upc.inf.cfi.cons_orders", true, "upc.inf.cfi.decision"},
+		// Symptom B — optional + both anchored on SoC (trigger anchor).
+		{"upc.inf.cfi.confidentiality_response", true, "upc.inf.cfi.soc"},
+		// Negative control — mandatory rule anchored on SoC must keep
+		// its concrete date (no IsConditional, real DueDate).
+		{"upc.inf.cfi.sod", false, "upc.inf.cfi.soc"},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.code, func(t *testing.T) {
+			d, ok := byCode[c.code]
+			if !ok {
+				t.Fatalf("rule %s missing from response", c.code)
+			}
+			if d.IsConditional != c.wantConditional {
+				t.Errorf("IsConditional = %v, want %v", d.IsConditional, c.wantConditional)
+			}
+			if c.wantConditional {
+				if d.DueDate != "" {
+					t.Errorf("DueDate = %q, want empty (conditional)", d.DueDate)
+				}
+				if d.ParentRuleCode != c.wantParentCode {
+					t.Errorf("ParentRuleCode = %q, want %q", d.ParentRuleCode, c.wantParentCode)
+				}
+				if d.ParentRuleName == "" {
+					t.Errorf("ParentRuleName empty for conditional rule")
+				}
+			} else {
+				if d.DueDate == "" {
+					t.Errorf("non-conditional rule has empty DueDate")
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Override path: when the user anchors the oral hearing, the
+	// backward-anchored R.109(1) flips back to a concrete date and
+	// IsConditional clears. This is the click-to-edit unblock.
+	t.Run("override on court-set parent clears IsConditional", func(t *testing.T) {
+		resp2, err := svc.Calculate(ctx, CodeUPCInfringement, "2026-05-25", CalcOptions{
+			AnchorOverrides: map[string]string{
+				"upc.inf.cfi.oral": "2027-03-01",
+			},
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Calculate with override: %v", err)
+		}
+		var tr UIDeadline
+		for _, d := range resp2.Deadlines {
+			if d.Code == "upc.inf.cfi.translation_request" {
+				tr = d
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if tr.IsConditional {
+			t.Errorf("translation_request IsConditional=true after oral override; want false")
+		}
+		if tr.DueDate == "" {
+			t.Errorf("translation_request DueDate empty after oral override")
+		}
+		// 1 month before 2027-03-01 = ~2027-02-01 (with weekend bump).
+		if tr.DueDate < "2027-01-25" || tr.DueDate > "2027-02-05" {
+			t.Errorf("translation_request DueDate=%q not within expected 2027-01-25..2027-02-05 window", tr.DueDate)
+		}
+	})
+}

internal/services/projection_anchor_test.go

@@ -97,6 +97,58 @@ func TestApplyLookaheadCap_NoCapWhenUnderLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// t-paliad-289: conditional rows (Status="conditional", Date=nil) must
+// pass through applyLookaheadCap untouched — they're not "future
+// predicted" rows by either Status or Date semantics, so they belong in
+// the pass-through bucket alongside court_set / undated rows. The cap
+// must NOT consume one of its slots for a conditional row, and the
+// row must survive even when projTotal exceeds the cap.
+func TestApplyLookaheadCap_ConditionalRowsPassThrough(t *testing.T) {
+	may1 := time.Date(2026, 5, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	jun1 := time.Date(2026, 6, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	jul1 := time.Date(2026, 7, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
+	rows := []TimelineEvent{
+		// Three predicted future — cap=2 means the third drops.
+		{Kind: "projected", Status: "predicted", Date: &may1, RuleCode: "f1", Title: "F1"},
+		{Kind: "projected", Status: "predicted", Date: &jun1, RuleCode: "f2", Title: "F2"},
+		{Kind: "projected", Status: "predicted", Date: &jul1, RuleCode: "f3", Title: "F3"},
+		// Two conditional — must survive uncapped, must NOT count
+		// against projTotal / projShown.
+		{Kind: "projected", Status: "conditional", IsConditional: true, RuleCode: "c1", Title: "C1",
+			DependsOnRuleCode: "p1", DependsOnRuleName: "Parent 1"},
+		{Kind: "projected", Status: "conditional", IsConditional: true, RuleCode: "c2", Title: "C2",
+			DependsOnRuleCode: "p2", DependsOnRuleName: "Parent 2"},
+	}
+
+	kept, total, shown, overdue := applyLookaheadCap(rows, 2)
+	if total != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("ProjectedTotal = %d, want 3 (conditionals must not count)", total)
+	}
+	if shown != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("ProjectedShown = %d, want 2", shown)
+	}
+	if overdue != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("PredictedOverdue = %d, want 0", overdue)
+	}
+	// 2 predicted (capped) + 2 conditional pass-through = 4 rows.
+	if len(kept) != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("kept rows = %d, want 4", len(kept))
+	}
+	keptTitles := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, r := range kept {
+		keptTitles[r.Title] = true
+	}
+	for _, want := range []string{"F1", "F2", "C1", "C2"} {
+		if !keptTitles[want] {
+			t.Errorf("expected kept row %q missing", want)
+		}
+	}
+	if keptTitles["F3"] {
+		t.Errorf("F3 should have been dropped (cap=2)")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRuleAnchorKind(t *testing.T) {
 	hearing := "hearing"
 	decision := "decision"

internal/services/projection_service.go

@@ -147,6 +147,17 @@ type TimelineEvent struct {
 	// checkbox). At parent-node levels, rows with BubbleUp=true survive
 	// the levelPolicy kind/status filter unconditionally.
 	BubbleUp bool `json:"bubble_up,omitempty"`
+
+	// IsConditional marks projected rows whose anchor is uncertain —
+	// the projection layer mirrors UIDeadline.IsConditional from the
+	// fristenrechner so the SmartTimeline can render an "abhängig von
+	// <parent>" chip in place of the date column. When true, Date is
+	// nil and DependsOnRuleCode / DependsOnRuleName carry the parent
+	// reference (already populated by annotateDependsOn for projected
+	// rows; for conditional rows we additionally fall back to the
+	// UIDeadline-supplied ParentRule* when the parent has no
+	// computed date). Status is set to "conditional". (t-paliad-289)
+	IsConditional bool `json:"is_conditional,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // LaneInfo describes one column in the parent-node aggregated view.
@@ -933,12 +944,13 @@ func (s *ProjectionService) computeProjections(
 			Title:             ruleDisplayName(rule, ui, lang(opts.Lang)),
 			RuleCode:          ui.Code,
 			DeadlineRuleParty: ui.Party,
+			IsConditional:     ui.IsConditional,
 		}
 		idCopy := ruleID
 		ev.DeadlineRuleID = &idCopy
 
 		// Date — UIDeadline.DueDate is YYYY-MM-DD when set, "" for
-		// court-set rules whose date isn't bound yet.
+		// court-set / conditional rules whose date isn't bound yet.
 		if ui.DueDate != "" {
 			if t, perr := time.Parse("2006-01-02", ui.DueDate); perr == nil {
 				dt := time.Date(t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
@@ -946,7 +958,38 @@ func (s *ProjectionService) computeProjections(
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Conditional rows from the fristenrechner (t-paliad-289):
+		// pre-stamp the dependency reference here so the row carries
+		// the "abhängig von <parent>" payload even when the parent has
+		// no computed date for annotateDependsOn to pick up later.
+		// annotateDependsOn won't overwrite a non-empty DependsOnRuleCode,
+		// and the parent's actual date (if anchored elsewhere) still
+		// flows into DependsOnDate via the actuals-first preference.
+		if ui.IsConditional && ui.ParentRuleCode != "" {
+			ev.DependsOnRuleCode = ui.ParentRuleCode
+			switch lang(opts.Lang) {
+			case "en":
+				if ui.ParentRuleNameEN != "" {
+					ev.DependsOnRuleName = ui.ParentRuleNameEN
+				} else {
+					ev.DependsOnRuleName = ui.ParentRuleName
+				}
+			default:
+				ev.DependsOnRuleName = ui.ParentRuleName
+			}
+		}
+
 		switch {
+		case ui.IsConditional:
+			// Anchor uncertain (court-set ancestor without override,
+			// backward-anchor without forward date, or optional event
+			// not recorded). Surface as conditional so the frontend
+			// renders "abhängig von <parent>" in place of a date.
+			// Conditional rows must not carry a date even if the
+			// calculator left one — clear it to match the wire contract.
+			// (t-paliad-289)
+			ev.Date = nil
+			ev.Status = "conditional"
 		case ui.IsCourtSet && ev.Date == nil:
 			// Pure court-set rule — date is bound by the court at
 			// hearing/decision time. Surface as undated court_set.