diff --git a/cmd/mavweb/handlers_test.go b/cmd/mavweb/handlers_test.go
index 53aa286..45db011 100644
--- a/cmd/mavweb/handlers_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mavweb/handlers_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ type fakeCore struct {
 	revertErr   error
 
 	// for handleNotifications tests
-	nudgesErr error
+	nudgesErr     error
+	attempts      []ipc.DeliveryAttempt
+	attemptStatus string
 
 	// for handleHistory tests
 	historyFacts []ipc.Fact
@@ -1251,3 +1253,35 @@ func TestHandleWS_AssertedSession_PassesGate(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("status = 403 on an asserted session; body=%s", rr.Body.String())
 	}
 }
+
+func (f *fakeCore) DeliveryAttempts(_ context.Context, status string, _ int) ([]ipc.DeliveryAttempt, error) {
+	f.attemptStatus = status
+	return f.attempts, nil
+}
+
+// TestHandleNotifications_ShowsTheOutbox — the outbox was written and never
+// read, so a dropped or failed send was invisible (Vikunja #390).
+func TestHandleNotifications_ShowsTheOutbox(t *testing.T) {
+	done := time.Date(2026, 8, 4, 9, 0, 30, 0, time.UTC)
+	core := &fakeCore{
+		attempts: []ipc.DeliveryAttempt{
+			{Kind: "nudge", Rule: "care-check", Channel: "telegram", Status: "dropped",
+				Created: done.Add(-30 * time.Second), Completed: &done},
+			{Kind: "reminder", ReminderID: 7, Channel: "voice", Status: "pending", Created: done},
+		},
+	}
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handleNotifications(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/notifications?status=dropped", nil), core)
+	if rr.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want 200; body=%s", rr.Code, rr.Body.String())
+	}
+	if core.attemptStatus != "dropped" {
+		t.Errorf("status filter = %q, want it passed through", core.attemptStatus)
+	}
+	body := rr.Body.String()
+	for _, want := range []string{"care-check", "dropped", "reminder #7", "Delivery outbox"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(body, want) {
+			t.Errorf("rendered outbox missing %q", want)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mavweb/main.go b/cmd/mavweb/main.go
index a80d951..9d8368c 100644
--- a/cmd/mavweb/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mavweb/main.go
@@ -893,12 +893,59 @@ func handleNotifications(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, core ipc.CoreAP
 		http.Error(w, "notifications error: "+err.Error(), http.StatusBadGateway)
 		return
 	}
+	// The outbox, on the page that already answers "what did she send".
+	// A failed or dropped attempt is why she went quiet, and until now it was
+	// recorded and unreadable (Vikunja #390). Filter with ?status=dropped.
+	status := r.URL.Query().Get("status")
+	attempts, err := core.DeliveryAttempts(ctx, status, 50)
+	if err != nil {
+		// The nudge list is still worth showing, so this is a note on the page
+		// rather than a dead page.
+		log.Printf("notifications: delivery attempts: %v", err)
+	}
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-	if err := notificationsTmpl.Execute(w, map[string]any{"Nudges": nudges}); err != nil {
+	if err := notificationsTmpl.Execute(w, map[string]any{
+		"Nudges":   nudges,
+		"Attempts": deliveryRows(attempts),
+		"Status":   status,
+	}); err != nil {
 		log.Printf("notifications template: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 
+// deliveryRow is one outbox line, with every timestamp already formatted so
+// the template holds no date logic — same shape as taskRow.
+type deliveryRow struct {
+	Kind      string
+	Target    string
+	Channel   string
+	Status    string
+	Created   string
+	Completed string
+}
+
+func deliveryRows(as []ipc.DeliveryAttempt) []deliveryRow {
+	out := make([]deliveryRow, 0, len(as))
+	for _, a := range as {
+		target := a.Rule
+		if target == "" && a.ReminderID != 0 {
+			target = "reminder #" + strconv.FormatInt(a.ReminderID, 10)
+		}
+		row := deliveryRow{
+			Kind:    a.Kind,
+			Target:  target,
+			Channel: a.Channel,
+			Status:  a.Status,
+			Created: a.Created.Format("02.01 15:04"),
+		}
+		if a.Completed != nil {
+			row.Completed = a.Completed.Format("15:04")
+		}
+		out = append(out, row)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 func handleReminders(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, core ipc.CoreAPI) {
 	if core == nil {
 		http.Error(w, "reminders disabled (no -core)", http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
diff --git a/cmd/mavweb/notifications.html b/cmd/mavweb/notifications.html
index 8d81cd9..4ebf044 100644
--- a/cmd/mavweb/notifications.html
+++ b/cmd/mavweb/notifications.html
@@ -14,5 +14,27 @@
   <div>no notifications yet</div>
   <div class=hint>check back later or ask maven a question</div>
 </div>{{end}}
+<h2>Delivery outbox</h2>
+<p class=hint>
+  every send is recorded before it leaves, so a failure is visible rather than silent.
+  <a href="/notifications">all</a> ·
+  <a href="/notifications?status=dropped">dropped</a> ·
+  <a href="/notifications?status=failed">failed</a> ·
+  <a href="/notifications?status=pending">pending</a> ·
+  <a href="/notifications?status=unknown">unknown</a>
+</p>
+{{if .Attempts}}<div class=scroll><table>
+<tr><th>started</th><th>kind</th><th>rule</th><th>channel</th><th>status</th><th>finished</th></tr>
+{{range .Attempts}}<tr>
+<td class=hint>{{.Created}}</td>
+<td>{{.Kind}}</td>
+<td class=key>{{.Target}}</td>
+<td><span class=badge>{{.Channel}}</span></td>
+<td class={{.Status}}>{{.Status}}</td>
+<td class=hint>{{.Completed}}</td>
+</tr>{{end}}</table></div>
+{{else}}<div class=empty>
+  <div>no delivery attempts{{if .Status}} with status {{.Status}}{{end}}</div>
+</div>{{end}}
 {{template "shellBottom"}}
 </html>
diff --git a/internal/ipc/api.go b/internal/ipc/api.go
index eb3def0..1eb8178 100644
--- a/internal/ipc/api.go
+++ b/internal/ipc/api.go
@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ type Nudge struct {
 	OutcomeTs *int64    `json:"outcome_ts,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// DeliveryAttempt — one row of the delivery outbox. Times are formatted by the
+// reader; Completed is nil while the attempt is still pending.
+type DeliveryAttempt struct {
+	ID         int64      `json:"id"`
+	Kind       string     `json:"kind"`
+	Rule       string     `json:"rule,omitempty"`
+	ReminderID int64      `json:"reminder_id,omitempty"`
+	Channel    string     `json:"channel"`
+	Status     string     `json:"status"`
+	Created    time.Time  `json:"created"`
+	Completed  *time.Time `json:"completed,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // Note — a recall/preference item; ranked by embedding cosine on query.
 // Score is set by QueryNotes (0 on the write path).
 type Note struct {
@@ -521,6 +534,12 @@ type outcomesReq struct {
 type nReq struct {
 	N int `json:"n"`
 }
+
+// deliveryAttemptsReq — the outbox read. Status is empty for every status.
+type deliveryAttemptsReq struct {
+	Status string `json:"status,omitempty"`
+	N      int    `json:"n"`
+}
 type kindNReq struct {
 	Kind string `json:"kind"`
 	N    int    `json:"n"`
@@ -685,6 +704,9 @@ type CoreAPI interface {
 	RecentActiveFactsByKind(ctx context.Context, kind string, n int) ([]Fact, error)
 	CalendarEvents(ctx context.Context, from, to time.Time) ([]Fact, error)
 	RecentNudges(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]Nudge, error)
+	// DeliveryAttempts reads the outbox, newest first. An empty status means
+	// every status (Vikunja #390).
+	DeliveryAttempts(ctx context.Context, status string, n int) ([]DeliveryAttempt, error)
 
 	// RecentEcosystemTraces reads the ecosystem call log, which lives in its
 	// own table so machine-rate traces never crowd out human-rate facts.
diff --git a/internal/ipc/client.go b/internal/ipc/client.go
index 4cba25c..4a36322 100644
--- a/internal/ipc/client.go
+++ b/internal/ipc/client.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ var readOnlyMethods = map[Method]bool{
 	MethodRecentActiveFacts:     true,
 	MethodCalendarEvents:        true,
 	MethodRecentNudges:          true,
+	MethodDeliveryAttempts:      true,
 	MethodRecentEcoTraces:       true,
 	MethodQueryNotes:            true,
 	MethodRecentNotes:           true,
@@ -373,6 +374,14 @@ func (c *Client) RecentEcosystemTraces(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]EcosystemT
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+func (c *Client) DeliveryAttempts(ctx context.Context, status string, n int) ([]DeliveryAttempt, error) {
+	var out []DeliveryAttempt
+	if err := c.call(ctx, MethodDeliveryAttempts, deliveryAttemptsReq{Status: status, N: n}, &out); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
 func (c *Client) RecentNudges(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]Nudge, error) {
 	var out []Nudge
 	if err := c.call(ctx, MethodRecentNudges, nReq{N: n}, &out); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/ipc/server.go b/internal/ipc/server.go
index f9b2692..ae596a5 100644
--- a/internal/ipc/server.go
+++ b/internal/ipc/server.go
@@ -173,6 +173,25 @@ func (a *storeAPI) RecentNudges(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]Nudge, error) {
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+func (a *storeAPI) DeliveryAttempts(ctx context.Context, status string, n int) ([]DeliveryAttempt, error) {
+	as, err := a.s.ListDeliveryAttempts(ctx, status, n)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, mapErr(err)
+	}
+	out := make([]DeliveryAttempt, len(as))
+	for i, at := range as {
+		out[i] = DeliveryAttempt{
+			ID: at.ID, Kind: at.Kind, Rule: at.Rule, ReminderID: at.ReminderID,
+			Channel: at.Channel, Status: at.Status, Created: at.Created,
+		}
+		if at.HasComplete {
+			t := at.Completed
+			out[i].Completed = &t
+		}
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
 func (a *storeAPI) WriteNote(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time, text string, embedding []float32, source string) (int64, error) {
 	id, err := a.s.WriteNote(ctx, ts, text, embedding, source)
 	return id, mapErr(err)
@@ -863,6 +882,16 @@ var methodTable = map[Method]handlerFunc{
 		}
 		return out, nil
 	}),
+	MethodDeliveryAttempts: withParams(func(ctx context.Context, api CoreAPI, p deliveryAttemptsReq) ([]DeliveryAttempt, error) {
+		out, err := api.DeliveryAttempts(ctx, p.Status, p.N)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if out == nil {
+			out = []DeliveryAttempt{}
+		}
+		return out, nil
+	}),
 	MethodRecentNudges: withParams(func(ctx context.Context, api CoreAPI, p nReq) ([]Nudge, error) {
 		out, err := api.RecentNudges(ctx, p.N)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/ipc/unimplemented.go b/internal/ipc/unimplemented.go
index 45575f3..4279c67 100644
--- a/internal/ipc/unimplemented.go
+++ b/internal/ipc/unimplemented.go
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ func (UnimplementedCoreAPI) RecentActiveFactsByKind(ctx context.Context, kind st
 func (UnimplementedCoreAPI) CalendarEvents(ctx context.Context, from, to time.Time) ([]Fact, error) {
 	return nil, ErrNotImplemented
 }
+func (UnimplementedCoreAPI) DeliveryAttempts(ctx context.Context, status string, n int) ([]DeliveryAttempt, error) {
+	return nil, ErrNotImplemented
+}
 func (UnimplementedCoreAPI) RecentNudges(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]Nudge, error) {
 	return nil, ErrNotImplemented
 }
diff --git a/internal/ipc/wire.go b/internal/ipc/wire.go
index c55a7ec..50e2f15 100644
--- a/internal/ipc/wire.go
+++ b/internal/ipc/wire.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const (
 	MethodRecentActiveFacts      Method = "recent_active_facts_by_kind"
 	MethodCalendarEvents         Method = "calendar_events"
 	MethodRecentNudges           Method = "recent_nudges"
+	MethodDeliveryAttempts       Method = "delivery_attempts"
 	MethodRecentEcoTraces        Method = "recent_ecosystem_traces"
 	MethodWriteNote              Method = "write_note"
 	MethodQueryNotes             Method = "query_notes"
diff --git a/internal/store/delivery.go b/internal/store/delivery.go
index b0b46df..4c016c7 100644
--- a/internal/store/delivery.go
+++ b/internal/store/delivery.go
@@ -87,3 +87,68 @@ func (s *Store) ReconcileStaleDeliveryAttempts(ctx context.Context, now time.Tim
 	}
 	return int(n), nil
 }
+
+// DeliveryAttempt — one row of the outbox, as a reader sees it.
+type DeliveryAttempt struct {
+	ID          int64
+	Kind        string // nudge|reminder
+	Rule        string // set for nudges
+	ReminderID  int64  // set for reminders
+	Channel     string
+	Status      string // one of the Delivery* constants
+	Created     time.Time
+	Completed   time.Time // zero while pending
+	HasComplete bool
+}
+
+// ListDeliveryAttempts returns recent attempts, newest first. An empty status
+// means every status; anything else filters on it.
+//
+// The table was write-only until 04-08-2026: rows were recorded and nothing
+// could read them, so the tests for #368 and #370 had to reach past the store
+// into store.DB, which is the tell (Vikunja #390). A durable record nobody can
+// read answers no question, and "why did Maven go quiet" is supposed to be a
+// query rather than a mystery.
+//
+// Status is the filter that earns its place, because the two questions actually
+// asked are "what got dropped" and "what is still pending". Neither is
+// answerable by reading the whole list on a busy day.
+func (s *Store) ListDeliveryAttempts(ctx context.Context, status string, limit int) ([]DeliveryAttempt, error) {
+	if limit <= 0 {
+		limit = 50
+	}
+	q := `SELECT id, kind, rule, reminder_id, channel, status, created_ts, completed_ts
+	        FROM delivery_attempts`
+	args := []any{}
+	if status != "" {
+		q += ` WHERE status = ?`
+		args = append(args, status)
+	}
+	q += ` ORDER BY created_ts DESC, id DESC LIMIT ?`
+	args = append(args, limit)
+
+	rows, err := s.db.QueryContext(ctx, q, args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("list delivery attempts: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	var out []DeliveryAttempt
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var a DeliveryAttempt
+		var created int64
+		var completed *int64
+		if err := rows.Scan(&a.ID, &a.Kind, &a.Rule, &a.ReminderID, &a.Channel, &a.Status, &created, &completed); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("list delivery attempts: scan: %w", err)
+		}
+		a.Created = time.UnixMilli(created)
+		if completed != nil {
+			a.Completed, a.HasComplete = time.UnixMilli(*completed), true
+		}
+		out = append(out, a)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("list delivery attempts: %w", err)
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/store/delivery_test.go b/internal/store/delivery_test.go
index 4a7e23d..d261448 100644
--- a/internal/store/delivery_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/delivery_test.go
@@ -32,3 +32,53 @@ func TestDroppedDeliveryAttemptRoundTrips(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("status: want %q, got %q", DeliveryDropped, status)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestListDeliveryAttempts — the read path the outbox lacked until #390. The
+// two questions it must answer are "what was dropped" and "what is pending".
+func TestListDeliveryAttempts(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := newTestStore(t)
+	base := time.Date(2026, 8, 4, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
+	sent, err := s.BeginDeliveryAttempt(ctx, "nudge", "water", 0, "telegram", "h1", base)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := s.CompleteDeliveryAttempt(ctx, sent, DeliverySent, base.Add(time.Second)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	dropped, err := s.BeginDeliveryAttempt(ctx, "nudge", "care", 0, "telegram", "h2", base.Add(time.Minute))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := s.CompleteDeliveryAttempt(ctx, dropped, DeliveryDropped, base.Add(time.Minute)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := s.BeginDeliveryAttempt(ctx, "reminder", "", 7, "voice", "h3", base.Add(2*time.Minute)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	all, err := s.ListDeliveryAttempts(ctx, "", 10)
+	if err != nil || len(all) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("ListDeliveryAttempts = %d rows, err=%v, want 3", len(all), err)
+	}
+	// Newest first.
+	if all[0].Kind != "reminder" || all[0].ReminderID != 7 {
+		t.Fatalf("newest row is %+v, want the reminder", all[0])
+	}
+	if all[0].HasComplete {
+		t.Fatalf("a pending row must have no completion time: %+v", all[0])
+	}
+	if !all[2].HasComplete || !all[2].Completed.Equal(base.Add(time.Second)) {
+		t.Fatalf("completed row lost its time: %+v", all[2])
+	}
+
+	only, err := s.ListDeliveryAttempts(ctx, DeliveryDropped, 10)
+	if err != nil || len(only) != 1 || only[0].Rule != "care" {
+		t.Fatalf("dropped filter = %+v, err=%v", only, err)
+	}
+	pending, err := s.ListDeliveryAttempts(ctx, DeliveryPending, 10)
+	if err != nil || len(pending) != 1 || pending[0].Kind != "reminder" {
+		t.Fatalf("pending filter = %+v, err=%v", pending, err)
+	}
+}