diff --git a/desktop/src/components/AssigneesSubmenu.svelte b/desktop/src/components/AssigneesSubmenu.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba07503f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/components/AssigneesSubmenu.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { Author } from "@bindings/cob/Author";
+
+  import { publicKeyFromDid, truncateId } from "@app/lib/utils";
+
+  import MenuCheckItem from "@app/components/MenuCheckItem.svelte";
+  import UserAvatar from "@app/components/UserAvatar.svelte";
+
+  interface Props {
+    assignees: Author[];
+    candidates: Author[];
+    save: (assignees: Author[]) => void;
+  }
+
+  const { assignees, candidates, save }: Props = $props();
+
+  let selected: Author[] = $derived([...assignees]);
+
+  const options = $derived(
+    [...candidates, ...assignees].filter(
+      (author, index, all) =>
+        all.findIndex(other => other.did === author.did) === index,
+    ),
+  );
+
+  function isSelected(author: Author): boolean {
+    return selected.some(other => other.did === author.did);
+  }
+
+  function toggle(author: Author) {
+    selected = isSelected(author)
+      ? selected.filter(other => other.did !== author.did)
+      : [...selected, author];
+    save($state.snapshot(selected));
+  }
+</script>
+
+{#each options as author (author.did)}
+  <MenuCheckItem
+    checked={isSelected(author)}
+    label={author.alias ?? truncateId(publicKeyFromDid(author.did))}
+    title={author.did}
+    onclick={() => toggle(author)}>
+    {#snippet leading()}
+      <UserAvatar nodeId={author.did} styleWidth="1rem" />
+    {/snippet}
+  </MenuCheckItem>
+{/each}
diff --git a/desktop/src/components/CobMetadataSubmenus.svelte b/desktop/src/components/CobMetadataSubmenus.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdb27709c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/components/CobMetadataSubmenus.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { Author } from "@bindings/cob/Author";
+
+  import AssigneesSubmenu from "@app/components/AssigneesSubmenu.svelte";
+  import ContextSubmenu from "@app/components/ContextSubmenu.svelte";
+  import LabelsSubmenu from "@app/components/LabelsSubmenu.svelte";
+
+  type MetadataAction =
+    | { type: "label"; labels: string[] }
+    | { type: "assign"; assignees: Author[] };
+
+  interface Props {
+    labels: string[];
+    assignees: Author[];
+    candidates: Author[];
+    labelSuggestions: string[];
+    edit: (action: MetadataAction) => void;
+  }
+
+  const { labels, assignees, candidates, labelSuggestions, edit }: Props =
+    $props();
+</script>
+
+<ContextSubmenu label="Labels" icon="label">
+  <LabelsSubmenu
+    {labels}
+    suggestions={labelSuggestions}
+    save={labels => edit({ type: "label", labels })} />
+</ContextSubmenu>
+<ContextSubmenu label="Assign" icon="avatar-incognito">
+  <AssigneesSubmenu
+    {assignees}
+    {candidates}
+    save={assignees => edit({ type: "assign", assignees })} />
+</ContextSubmenu>
diff --git a/desktop/src/components/ContextMenu.svelte b/desktop/src/components/ContextMenu.svelte
index 6446f61b2..aaf42afac 100644
--- a/desktop/src/components/ContextMenu.svelte
+++ b/desktop/src/components/ContextMenu.svelte
@@ -1,10 +1,29 @@
+<script lang="ts" module>
+  import { getContext, setContext } from "svelte";
+
+  export interface ContextMenuState {
+    openSubmenu: symbol | undefined;
+  }
+
+  const contextKey = Symbol("contextMenu");
+
+  export function getContextMenu(): ContextMenuState {
+    return getContext<ContextMenuState>(contextKey);
+  }
+</script>
+
 <script lang="ts">
   import type { Snippet } from "svelte";
 
   import { autoUpdate, computePosition, flip, shift } from "@floating-ui/dom";
   import { onMount } from "svelte";
 
-  import { menuFocusIndex } from "@app/lib/menuNavigation";
+  import {
+    focusMenuItem,
+    isOwnMenuItem,
+    menuItemSelector,
+    ownMenuItems,
+  } from "@app/lib/menuNavigation";
   import { portal } from "@app/lib/portal";
 
   import { getScrollViewport } from "@app/components/ScrollArea.svelte";
@@ -40,26 +59,29 @@
     return document.scrollingElement as HTMLElement;
   }
 
-  function menuItems(): HTMLElement[] {
-    if (!menuEl) return [];
-    return Array.from(
-      menuEl.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[role="menuitem"]'),
-    );
-  }
+  const menuState: ContextMenuState = $state({ openSubmenu: undefined });
+  setContext(contextKey, menuState);
 
   function onMenuKeydown(ev: KeyboardEvent) {
-    const items = menuItems();
-    if (items.length === 0) return;
-    const current = items.findIndex(el => el === document.activeElement);
-    const next = menuFocusIndex(ev.key, current, items.length);
-    if (next === undefined) return;
-    ev.preventDefault();
-    items[next].focus();
+    focusMenuItem(ev, ownMenuItems(menuEl));
   }
 
   function onMenuClick(ev: MouseEvent) {
     const el = ev.target as HTMLElement | null;
-    if (el?.closest('[role="menuitem"]')) onclose();
+    const item = el?.closest('[role="menuitem"]');
+    if (item && !item.hasAttribute("aria-haspopup")) onclose();
+  }
+
+  function onMenuPointerOver(ev: PointerEvent) {
+    const item = (ev.target as HTMLElement | null)?.closest(menuItemSelector);
+    if (
+      item &&
+      menuEl &&
+      !item.hasAttribute("aria-haspopup") &&
+      isOwnMenuItem(menuEl, item)
+    ) {
+      menuState.openSubmenu = undefined;
+    }
   }
 
   let menuEl: HTMLDivElement | undefined = $state();
@@ -169,10 +191,16 @@
     color: var(--color-text-tertiary);
     flex-shrink: 0;
   }
-  .menu :global(.menu-item:hover) {
+  .menu :global(.menu-item:hover),
+  .menu :global(.menu-item:focus-visible),
+  .menu :global(.menu-item[aria-expanded="true"]) {
     background-color: var(--color-surface-subtle);
   }
-  .menu :global(.menu-item:hover svg) {
+  .menu :global(.menu-item:focus-visible) {
+    outline: none;
+  }
+  .menu :global(.menu-item:hover svg),
+  .menu :global(.menu-item[aria-expanded="true"] svg) {
     color: var(--color-text-primary);
   }
   .menu :global(.menu-separator) {
@@ -190,6 +218,7 @@
   tabindex="-1"
   onclick={onMenuClick}
   onkeydown={onMenuKeydown}
+  onpointerover={onMenuPointerOver}
   oncontextmenu={e => e.preventDefault()}>
   {@render children()}
 </div>
diff --git a/desktop/src/components/ContextSubmenu.svelte b/desktop/src/components/ContextSubmenu.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..944d5023c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/components/ContextSubmenu.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { ComponentProps, Snippet } from "svelte";
+
+  import { autoUpdate, computePosition, flip, shift } from "@floating-ui/dom";
+  import { tick } from "svelte";
+
+  import { focusMenuItem, ownMenuItems } from "@app/lib/menuNavigation";
+
+  import { getContextMenu } from "@app/components/ContextMenu.svelte";
+  import Icon from "@app/components/Icon.svelte";
+
+  interface Props {
+    label: string;
+    icon: ComponentProps<typeof Icon>["name"];
+    children: Snippet;
+  }
+
+  const { label, icon, children }: Props = $props();
+
+  const menu = getContextMenu();
+  const id = Symbol();
+  const open = $derived(menu.openSubmenu === id);
+
+  let triggerEl: HTMLButtonElement | undefined = $state();
+  let panelEl: HTMLDivElement | undefined = $state();
+
+  async function show(focusFirst: boolean) {
+    menu.openSubmenu = id;
+    if (!focusFirst) return;
+    await tick();
+    ownMenuItems(panelEl)[0]?.focus();
+  }
+
+  function hide() {
+    menu.openSubmenu = undefined;
+    triggerEl?.focus();
+  }
+
+  function onTriggerKeydown(ev: KeyboardEvent) {
+    if (ev.key === "ArrowRight" || ev.key === "Enter" || ev.key === " ") {
+      ev.preventDefault();
+      ev.stopPropagation();
+      void show(true);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function onPanelKeydown(ev: KeyboardEvent) {
+    ev.stopPropagation();
+    const typing = ev.target instanceof HTMLInputElement;
+    if (ev.key === "Escape" || (ev.key === "ArrowLeft" && !typing)) {
+      ev.preventDefault();
+      hide();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (typing && (ev.key === "Home" || ev.key === "End")) return;
+    focusMenuItem(ev, ownMenuItems(panelEl));
+  }
+
+  $effect(() => {
+    if (!open || !triggerEl || !panelEl) return;
+    const trigger = triggerEl;
+    const panel = panelEl;
+    return autoUpdate(trigger, panel, () => {
+      void computePosition(trigger, panel, {
+        strategy: "fixed",
+        placement: "right-start",
+        middleware: [flip(), shift({ padding: 8 })],
+      }).then(({ x, y }) => {
+        panel.style.left = `${x + 4}px`;
+        panel.style.top = `${y - 4}px`;
+        panel.style.visibility = "visible";
+      });
+    });
+  });
+</script>
+
+<style>
+  .label {
+    flex: 1;
+  }
+  .submenu {
+    position: fixed;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    visibility: hidden;
+    z-index: 101;
+    min-width: 12rem;
+    max-width: 20rem;
+    max-height: 20rem;
+    overflow-y: auto;
+    padding: 0.25rem;
+    background-color: var(--color-surface-canvas);
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-border-subtle);
+    border-radius: var(--border-radius-md);
+    box-shadow: var(--elevation-low);
+  }
+</style>
+
+<button
+  bind:this={triggerEl}
+  type="button"
+  class="menu-item"
+  role="menuitem"
+  aria-haspopup="menu"
+  aria-expanded={open}
+  onpointerenter={() => void show(false)}
+  onclick={() => void show(false)}
+  onkeydown={onTriggerKeydown}>
+  <Icon name={icon} />
+  <span class="label">{label}</span>
+  <Icon name="chevron-right" />
+</button>
+
+{#if open}
+  <div
+    bind:this={panelEl}
+    class="submenu"
+    role="menu"
+    tabindex="-1"
+    onkeydown={onPanelKeydown}>
+    {@render children()}
+  </div>
+{/if}
diff --git a/desktop/src/components/IssueContextMenu.svelte b/desktop/src/components/IssueContextMenu.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84eafe716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/components/IssueContextMenu.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { Action } from "@bindings/cob/issue/Action";
+  import type { Issue } from "@bindings/cob/issue/Issue";
+  import type { Config } from "@bindings/config/Config";
+  import type { RepoInfo } from "@bindings/repo/RepoInfo";
+
+  import { nodeRunning } from "@app/lib/events";
+  import { invoke, writeToClipboard } from "@app/lib/invoke";
+  import { entityUrl } from "@app/lib/mentions";
+  import { show } from "@app/lib/modal";
+  import * as roles from "@app/lib/roles";
+  import { serialEdits } from "@app/lib/serialEdits";
+  import { publicKeyFromDid } from "@app/lib/utils";
+
+  import { announce } from "@app/components/AnnounceSwitch.svelte";
+  import CobMetadataSubmenus from "@app/components/CobMetadataSubmenus.svelte";
+  import ContextMenu from "@app/components/ContextMenu.svelte";
+  import Icon from "@app/components/Icon.svelte";
+  import ConfirmDeleteCob from "@app/modals/ConfirmDeleteCob.svelte";
+
+  interface Props {
+    x: number;
+    y: number;
+    target?: HTMLElement;
+    issue: Issue;
+    repo: RepoInfo;
+    config: Config;
+    labelSuggestions: string[];
+    onchange: () => Promise<void>;
+    onclose: () => void;
+  }
+
+  const {
+    x,
+    y,
+    target,
+    issue,
+    repo,
+    config,
+    labelSuggestions,
+    onchange,
+    onclose,
+  }: Props = $props();
+
+  const delegates = $derived(repo.delegates.map(delegate => delegate.did));
+  const isDelegate = $derived(!!roles.isDelegate(config.publicKey, delegates));
+  const canEdit = $derived(
+    !!roles.isDelegateOrAuthor(config.publicKey, delegates, issue.author.did),
+  );
+  const isOwn = $derived(
+    publicKeyFromDid(issue.author.did) === config.publicKey,
+  );
+  const url = $derived(
+    entityUrl(
+      { type: "cob", kind: "issue", rid: repo.rid, oid: issue.id },
+      config,
+    ),
+  );
+
+  const enqueue = serialEdits("Editing issue failed", () => onchange());
+
+  function edit(action: Action) {
+    const args = {
+      rid: repo.rid,
+      cobId: issue.id,
+      action,
+      opts: { announce: $nodeRunning && $announce },
+    };
+    enqueue(() => invoke("edit_issue", args));
+  }
+
+  function deleteIssue() {
+    const args = {
+      rid: repo.rid,
+      cobId: issue.id,
+      opts: { announce: $nodeRunning && $announce },
+    };
+    const refresh = onchange;
+    show({
+      component: ConfirmDeleteCob,
+      props: {
+        noun: "issue",
+        title: issue.title,
+        icon: "issue",
+        confirm: async () => {
+          await invoke("delete_issue", args);
+          await refresh();
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  }
+</script>
+
+<ContextMenu {x} {y} {target} {onclose}>
+  {#if canEdit}
+    {#if issue.state.status === "open"}
+      <button
+        class="menu-item"
+        role="menuitem"
+        onclick={() =>
+          edit({
+            type: "lifecycle",
+            state: { status: "closed", reason: "solved" },
+          })}>
+        <Icon name="issue-closed" />
+        Close as solved
+      </button>
+      <button
+        class="menu-item"
+        role="menuitem"
+        onclick={() =>
+          edit({
+            type: "lifecycle",
+            state: { status: "closed", reason: "other" },
+          })}>
+        <Icon name="issue-closed" />
+        Close as other
+      </button>
+    {:else}
+      <button
+        class="menu-item"
+        role="menuitem"
+        onclick={() => edit({ type: "lifecycle", state: { status: "open" } })}>
+        <Icon name="issue" />
+        Reopen
+      </button>
+    {/if}
+    <div class="menu-separator"></div>
+  {/if}
+  {#if isDelegate}
+    <CobMetadataSubmenus
+      labels={issue.labels}
+      assignees={issue.assignees}
+      candidates={repo.delegates}
+      {labelSuggestions}
+      {edit} />
+    <div class="menu-separator"></div>
+  {/if}
+  <button
+    class="menu-item"
+    role="menuitem"
+    onclick={() => writeToClipboard(issue.id)}>
+    <Icon name="copy" />
+    Copy issue ID
+  </button>
+  {#if url}
+    <button
+      class="menu-item"
+      role="menuitem"
+      onclick={() => writeToClipboard(url)}>
+      <Icon name="link" />
+      Copy link
+    </button>
+  {/if}
+  {#if isOwn}
+    <div class="menu-separator"></div>
+    <button class="menu-item" role="menuitem" onclick={deleteIssue}>
+      <Icon name="trash" />
+      Delete…
+    </button>
+  {/if}
+</ContextMenu>
diff --git a/desktop/src/components/IssueTeaser.svelte b/desktop/src/components/IssueTeaser.svelte
index 7b3d3d883..9d9e5e42c 100644
--- a/desktop/src/components/IssueTeaser.svelte
+++ b/desktop/src/components/IssueTeaser.svelte
@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@
   import NodeId from "@app/components/NodeId.svelte";
 
   interface Props {
+    contextActive?: boolean;
     focussed?: boolean;
+    oncontextmenu?: (event: MouseEvent) => void;
     issue: Issue;
     rid: string;
     status: IssueStatus;
   }
 
-  const { focussed, issue, rid, status }: Props = $props();
+  const { contextActive, focussed, oncontextmenu, issue, rid, status }: Props =
+    $props();
 </script>
 
 <style>
@@ -40,7 +43,8 @@
     word-break: break-word;
     width: 100%;
   }
-  .issue-teaser:hover {
+  .issue-teaser:hover,
+  .issue-teaser.context-active {
     background-color: var(--color-surface-subtle);
   }
   .status {
@@ -64,6 +68,8 @@
     tabindex="0"
     role="button"
     class="issue-teaser"
+    class:context-active={contextActive}
+    {oncontextmenu}
     style:align-items="flex-start"
     style:clip-path={focussed ? "none" : undefined}
     style:padding={focussed ? "1rem" : "20px"}
diff --git a/desktop/src/components/LabelsSubmenu.svelte b/desktop/src/components/LabelsSubmenu.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5208c8b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/components/LabelsSubmenu.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import { labelError } from "@app/lib/inputValidation";
+
+  import MenuCheckItem from "@app/components/MenuCheckItem.svelte";
+  import TextInput from "@app/components/TextInput.svelte";
+
+  interface Props {
+    labels: string[];
+    suggestions: string[];
+    save: (labels: string[]) => void;
+  }
+
+  const { labels, suggestions, save }: Props = $props();
+
+  let selected: string[] = $derived([...labels]);
+  let added: string[] = $state([]);
+  let inputValue = $state("");
+
+  const options = $derived(
+    [...new Set([...suggestions, ...labels, ...added])].sort((a, b) =>
+      a.localeCompare(b),
+    ),
+  );
+  const sanitizedValue = $derived(inputValue.trim());
+  const valid = $derived(labelError(inputValue, selected) === undefined);
+
+  function toggle(label: string) {
+    selected = selected.includes(label)
+      ? selected.filter(l => l !== label)
+      : [...selected, label];
+    save($state.snapshot(selected));
+  }
+
+  function addLabel() {
+    if (!valid || !sanitizedValue) return;
+    added = [...added, sanitizedValue];
+    selected = [...selected, sanitizedValue];
+    inputValue = "";
+    save($state.snapshot(selected));
+  }
+</script>
+
+<style>
+  .input {
+    padding: 0.25rem;
+  }
+  .empty {
+    padding: 0.25rem 0.75rem 0.5rem;
+    color: var(--color-text-tertiary);
+    font: var(--txt-body-s-regular);
+  }
+</style>
+
+{#each options as label (label)}
+  <MenuCheckItem
+    checked={selected.includes(label)}
+    {label}
+    title={label}
+    onclick={() => toggle(label)} />
+{:else}
+  <div class="empty">No labels yet</div>
+{/each}
+{#if options.length > 0}
+  <div class="menu-separator"></div>
+{/if}
+<div class="input">
+  <TextInput
+    placeholder="New label"
+    {valid}
+    bind:value={inputValue}
+    onSubmit={addLabel} />
+</div>
diff --git a/desktop/src/components/MenuCheckItem.svelte b/desktop/src/components/MenuCheckItem.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f72706e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/components/MenuCheckItem.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { Snippet } from "svelte";
+
+  import Icon from "@app/components/Icon.svelte";
+
+  interface Props {
+    checked: boolean;
+    label: string;
+    title: string;
+    onclick: () => void;
+    leading?: Snippet;
+  }
+
+  const { checked, label, title, onclick, leading }: Props = $props();
+</script>
+
+<style>
+  .check {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    width: 1rem;
+    flex-shrink: 0;
+  }
+  .name {
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  }
+</style>
+
+<button
+  type="button"
+  class="menu-item"
+  role="menuitemcheckbox"
+  aria-checked={checked}
+  {title}
+  {onclick}>
+  <span class="check">
+    {#if checked}
+      <Icon name="checkmark" />
+    {/if}
+  </span>
+  {@render leading?.()}
+  <span class="name">{label}</span>
+</button>
diff --git a/desktop/src/components/PatchContextMenu.svelte b/desktop/src/components/PatchContextMenu.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91b287a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/components/PatchContextMenu.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { Action } from "@bindings/cob/patch/Action";
+  import type { Patch } from "@bindings/cob/patch/Patch";
+  import type { Config } from "@bindings/config/Config";
+  import type { RepoInfo } from "@bindings/repo/RepoInfo";
+
+  import { nodeRunning } from "@app/lib/events";
+  import { invoke, writeToClipboard } from "@app/lib/invoke";
+  import { entityUrl } from "@app/lib/mentions";
+  import { show } from "@app/lib/modal";
+  import * as roles from "@app/lib/roles";
+  import { serialEdits } from "@app/lib/serialEdits";
+  import { formatOid, publicKeyFromDid } from "@app/lib/utils";
+
+  import { announce } from "@app/components/AnnounceSwitch.svelte";
+  import CobMetadataSubmenus from "@app/components/CobMetadataSubmenus.svelte";
+  import ContextMenu from "@app/components/ContextMenu.svelte";
+  import Icon from "@app/components/Icon.svelte";
+  import ConfirmDeleteCob from "@app/modals/ConfirmDeleteCob.svelte";
+
+  interface Props {
+    x: number;
+    y: number;
+    target?: HTMLElement;
+    patch: Patch;
+    repo: RepoInfo;
+    config: Config;
+    labelSuggestions: string[];
+    onchange: () => Promise<void>;
+    onclose: () => void;
+  }
+
+  const {
+    x,
+    y,
+    target,
+    patch,
+    repo,
+    config,
+    labelSuggestions,
+    onchange,
+    onclose,
+  }: Props = $props();
+
+  const delegates = $derived(repo.delegates.map(delegate => delegate.did));
+  const isDelegate = $derived(!!roles.isDelegate(config.publicKey, delegates));
+  const canEdit = $derived(
+    !!roles.isDelegateOrAuthor(config.publicKey, delegates, patch.author.did),
+  );
+  const isOwn = $derived(
+    publicKeyFromDid(patch.author.did) === config.publicKey,
+  );
+  const status = $derived(patch.state.status);
+  const url = $derived(
+    entityUrl(
+      { type: "cob", kind: "patch", rid: repo.rid, oid: patch.id },
+      config,
+    ),
+  );
+
+  const enqueue = serialEdits("Editing patch failed", () => onchange());
+
+  function edit(action: Action) {
+    const args = {
+      rid: repo.rid,
+      cobId: patch.id,
+      action,
+      opts: { announce: $nodeRunning && $announce },
+    };
+    enqueue(() => invoke("edit_patch", args));
+  }
+
+  function setState(state: "draft" | "open" | "archived") {
+    edit({ type: "lifecycle", state: { status: state } });
+  }
+
+  function deletePatch() {
+    const args = {
+      rid: repo.rid,
+      cobId: patch.id,
+      opts: { announce: $nodeRunning && $announce },
+    };
+    const refresh = onchange;
+    show({
+      component: ConfirmDeleteCob,
+      props: {
+        noun: "patch",
+        title: patch.title,
+        icon: "patch",
+        confirm: async () => {
+          await invoke("delete_patch", args);
+          await refresh();
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  }
+</script>
+
+<ContextMenu {x} {y} {target} {onclose}>
+  {#if canEdit && status !== "merged"}
+    {#if status === "draft"}
+      <button
+        class="menu-item"
+        role="menuitem"
+        onclick={() => setState("open")}>
+        <Icon name="patch" />
+        Mark as ready for review
+      </button>
+    {:else if status === "open"}
+      <button
+        class="menu-item"
+        role="menuitem"
+        onclick={() => setState("draft")}>
+        <Icon name="patch-draft" />
+        Convert to draft
+      </button>
+    {/if}
+    {#if status === "archived"}
+      <button
+        class="menu-item"
+        role="menuitem"
+        onclick={() => setState("open")}>
+        <Icon name="patch" />
+        Reopen
+      </button>
+    {:else}
+      <button
+        class="menu-item"
+        role="menuitem"
+        onclick={() => setState("archived")}>
+        <Icon name="patch-archived" />
+        Archive
+      </button>
+    {/if}
+    <div class="menu-separator"></div>
+  {/if}
+  {#if isDelegate}
+    <CobMetadataSubmenus
+      labels={patch.labels}
+      assignees={patch.assignees}
+      candidates={repo.delegates}
+      {labelSuggestions}
+      {edit} />
+    <div class="menu-separator"></div>
+  {/if}
+  <button
+    class="menu-item"
+    role="menuitem"
+    onclick={() =>
+      writeToClipboard(`rad patch checkout ${formatOid(patch.id)}`)}>
+    <Icon name="checkout" />
+    Copy checkout command
+  </button>
+  <button
+    class="menu-item"
+    role="menuitem"
+    onclick={() => writeToClipboard(patch.id)}>
+    <Icon name="copy" />
+    Copy patch ID
+  </button>
+  {#if url}
+    <button
+      class="menu-item"
+      role="menuitem"
+      onclick={() => writeToClipboard(url)}>
+      <Icon name="link" />
+      Copy link
+    </button>
+  {/if}
+  {#if isOwn}
+    <div class="menu-separator"></div>
+    <button class="menu-item" role="menuitem" onclick={deletePatch}>
+      <Icon name="trash" />
+      Delete…
+    </button>
+  {/if}
+</ContextMenu>
diff --git a/desktop/src/components/PatchTeaser.svelte b/desktop/src/components/PatchTeaser.svelte
index 80e9aa1eb..11afef4fc 100644
--- a/desktop/src/components/PatchTeaser.svelte
+++ b/desktop/src/components/PatchTeaser.svelte
@@ -23,13 +23,16 @@
   import ReviewSummary from "@app/components/ReviewSummary.svelte";
 
   interface Props {
+    contextActive?: boolean;
     focussed?: boolean;
+    oncontextmenu?: (event: MouseEvent) => void;
     patch: Patch;
     rid: string;
     status: PatchStatus | undefined;
   }
 
-  const { focussed, patch, rid, status }: Props = $props();
+  const { contextActive, focussed, oncontextmenu, patch, rid, status }: Props =
+    $props();
 
   // Drafts belong to an identity, so the marker has to know who is signed in.
   // Until the config arrives the marker stays off rather than showing someone
@@ -70,7 +73,8 @@
     word-break: break-word;
     width: 100%;
   }
-  .patch-teaser:hover {
+  .patch-teaser:hover,
+  .patch-teaser.context-active {
     background-color: var(--color-surface-subtle);
   }
   .status {
@@ -94,6 +98,8 @@
     tabindex="0"
     role="button"
     class="patch-teaser"
+    class:context-active={contextActive}
+    {oncontextmenu}
     style:align-items="flex-start"
     style:clip-path={focussed ? "none" : undefined}
     style:padding={focussed ? "1rem" : "1.25rem"}
diff --git a/desktop/src/lib/listContextMenu.svelte.ts b/desktop/src/lib/listContextMenu.svelte.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a7b00f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/lib/listContextMenu.svelte.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+interface Position {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  id: string;
+  target: HTMLElement;
+}
+
+export function createListContextMenu<
+  T extends { id: string; labels: string[] },
+>(items: () => T[]) {
+  let position: Position | undefined = $state();
+
+  const current = $derived.by(() => {
+    if (!position) return undefined;
+    const { id } = position;
+    const item = items().find(item => item.id === id);
+    return item && { ...position, item };
+  });
+
+  const labelSuggestions = $derived(
+    items()
+      .flatMap(item => item.labels)
+      .filter((label, index, all) => all.indexOf(label) === index),
+  );
+
+  // The item can drop out of the list after a refresh; forget it so the menu
+  // doesn't pop back up if it ever reappears.
+  $effect(() => {
+    if (position && !current) position = undefined;
+  });
+
+  return {
+    get current() {
+      return current;
+    },
+    get labelSuggestions() {
+      return labelSuggestions;
+    },
+    isActive(id: string): boolean {
+      return current?.item.id === id;
+    },
+    open(event: MouseEvent, id: string) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      position = {
+        x: event.clientX,
+        y: event.clientY,
+        id,
+        target: event.currentTarget as HTMLElement,
+      };
+    },
+    close() {
+      position = undefined;
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/desktop/src/lib/menuNavigation.ts b/desktop/src/lib/menuNavigation.ts
index c1f277389..3a39a8a3c 100644
--- a/desktop/src/lib/menuNavigation.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/lib/menuNavigation.ts
@@ -17,3 +17,26 @@ export function menuFocusIndex(
       return undefined;
   }
 }
+
+export const menuItemSelector = '[role="menuitem"], [role="menuitemcheckbox"]';
+
+// Whether `item` belongs to `menu` itself rather than to a nested submenu.
+export function isOwnMenuItem(menu: HTMLElement, item: Element): boolean {
+  return item.parentElement?.closest('[role="menu"]') === menu;
+}
+
+export function ownMenuItems(menu: HTMLElement | undefined): HTMLElement[] {
+  if (!menu) return [];
+  return Array.from(
+    menu.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(menuItemSelector),
+  ).filter(item => isOwnMenuItem(menu, item));
+}
+
+export function focusMenuItem(ev: KeyboardEvent, items: HTMLElement[]) {
+  if (items.length === 0) return;
+  const current = items.findIndex(el => el === document.activeElement);
+  const next = menuFocusIndex(ev.key, current, items.length);
+  if (next === undefined) return;
+  ev.preventDefault();
+  items[next].focus();
+}
diff --git a/desktop/src/lib/serialEdits.ts b/desktop/src/lib/serialEdits.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abfeaa937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/lib/serialEdits.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Runs edits one at a time in submission order and refreshes once the queue
+// drains, so quick successive toggles neither race nor refresh per edit.
+export function serialEdits(
+  errorMessage: string,
+  refresh: () => Promise<void>,
+): (run: () => Promise<unknown>) => void {
+  let queue: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
+  let pending = 0;
+
+  return run => {
+    pending += 1;
+    queue = queue.then(async () => {
+      try {
+        await run();
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(errorMessage, error);
+      } finally {
+        pending -= 1;
+        if (pending === 0) await refresh();
+      }
+    });
+  };
+}
diff --git a/desktop/src/modals/ConfirmDeleteCob.svelte b/desktop/src/modals/ConfirmDeleteCob.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2a2f7197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/modals/ConfirmDeleteCob.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { ComponentProps } from "svelte";
+
+  import Icon from "@app/components/Icon.svelte";
+  import ConfirmModal from "@app/modals/ConfirmModal.svelte";
+
+  interface Props {
+    noun: "issue" | "patch";
+    title: string;
+    icon: ComponentProps<typeof Icon>["name"];
+    confirm: () => Promise<void>;
+  }
+
+  const { noun, title, icon, confirm }: Props = $props();
+</script>
+
+<style>
+  .cob {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.5rem;
+    font: var(--txt-body-m-medium);
+    color: var(--color-text-primary);
+    min-width: 0;
+  }
+  .cob-icon {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    color: var(--color-text-tertiary);
+    flex-shrink: 0;
+  }
+</style>
+
+<ConfirmModal
+  title={`Delete ${noun}`}
+  width="26rem"
+  icon="trash"
+  label="Delete"
+  busyLabel="Deleting…"
+  describeError={() => `Could not delete the ${noun}.`}
+  {confirm}>
+  {#snippet body()}
+    <div class="cob txt-overflow">
+      <span class="cob-icon"><Icon name={icon} /></span>
+      {title}
+    </div>
+    <span>
+      Only your copy is removed. You won't be able to restore it here, and peers
+      who have already replicated the {noun} keep theirs.
+    </span>
+  {/snippet}
+</ConfirmModal>
diff --git a/desktop/src/views/repo/Issues.svelte b/desktop/src/views/repo/Issues.svelte
index e00ae6c43..15fa000f6 100644
--- a/desktop/src/views/repo/Issues.svelte
+++ b/desktop/src/views/repo/Issues.svelte
@@ -16,16 +16,19 @@
     resetIssueCounts,
     updateIssueCounts,
   } from "@app/lib/issueCounts.svelte";
+  import { createListContextMenu } from "@app/lib/listContextMenu.svelte";
   import { show } from "@app/lib/modal";
   import { overflowFade } from "@app/lib/overflowFade";
   import { createPaginatedList } from "@app/lib/paginatedList.svelte";
   import * as router from "@app/lib/router";
+  import type { SidebarData } from "@app/lib/router/definitions";
   import { modifierKey } from "@app/lib/utils";
 
   import Button from "@app/components/Button.svelte";
   import CobCacheWarning from "@app/components/CobCacheWarning.svelte";
   import FuzzySearch from "@app/components/FuzzySearch.svelte";
   import Icon from "@app/components/Icon.svelte";
+  import IssueContextMenu from "@app/components/IssueContextMenu.svelte";
   import IssueTeaser from "@app/components/IssueTeaser.svelte";
   import ScrollArea from "@app/components/ScrollArea.svelte";
   import Topbar from "@app/components/Topbar.svelte";
@@ -38,9 +41,12 @@
     repo: RepoInfo;
     issues: PaginatedQuery<Issue[]>;
     status: IssueStatus;
+    sidebarData: SidebarData;
   }
 
-  const { repo, issues, status }: Props = $props();
+  /* eslint-disable prefer-const */
+  let { repo, issues, status, sidebarData }: Props = $props();
+  /* eslint-enable prefer-const */
 
   function listKey(filter: IssueStatus): string {
     return `repo.issues:${repo.rid}:${filter}`;
@@ -116,6 +122,17 @@
     }
   }
 
+  const contextMenu = createListContextMenu(() => list.items);
+
+  async function refresh() {
+    // Re-fetch the repo too: the tab counts come from its project payload.
+    const [repoInfo] = await Promise.all([
+      invoke<RepoInfo>("repo_by_id", { rid: repo.rid }),
+      list.revalidate(Math.max(list.items.length, DEFAULT_TAKE)),
+    ]);
+    repo = repoInfo;
+  }
+
   const searchResults = $derived(
     searchCobs(debouncedSearch.current, list.items),
   );
@@ -322,6 +339,8 @@
           {#snippet row(issue)}
             <div class="row">
               <IssueTeaser
+                contextActive={contextMenu.isActive(issue.id)}
+                oncontextmenu={event => contextMenu.open(event, issue.id)}
                 focussed={searchResults.length === 1 && searchInput !== ""}
                 {issue}
                 rid={repo.rid}
@@ -332,4 +351,18 @@
       </ScrollArea>
     {/if}
   </div>
+
+  {#if contextMenu.current}
+    {@const { x, y, target, item } = contextMenu.current}
+    <IssueContextMenu
+      {x}
+      {y}
+      {target}
+      issue={item}
+      {repo}
+      config={sidebarData.config}
+      labelSuggestions={contextMenu.labelSuggestions}
+      onchange={refresh}
+      onclose={contextMenu.close} />
+  {/if}
 </Layout>
diff --git a/desktop/src/views/repo/Patches.svelte b/desktop/src/views/repo/Patches.svelte
index 7b9c5661a..7a9fd211e 100644
--- a/desktop/src/views/repo/Patches.svelte
+++ b/desktop/src/views/repo/Patches.svelte
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   import { searchCobs } from "@app/lib/cobSearch";
   import { debounced } from "@app/lib/debounced.svelte";
   import { channel, invoke } from "@app/lib/invoke";
+  import { createListContextMenu } from "@app/lib/listContextMenu.svelte";
   import { overflowFade } from "@app/lib/overflowFade";
   import { createPaginatedList } from "@app/lib/paginatedList.svelte";
   import {
@@ -19,12 +20,14 @@
     updatePatchCounts,
   } from "@app/lib/patchCounts.svelte";
   import * as router from "@app/lib/router";
+  import type { SidebarData } from "@app/lib/router/definitions";
   import { modifierKey } from "@app/lib/utils";
 
   import CobCacheWarning from "@app/components/CobCacheWarning.svelte";
   import FuzzySearch from "@app/components/FuzzySearch.svelte";
   import Icon from "@app/components/Icon.svelte";
   import NewPatchButton from "@app/components/NewPatchButton.svelte";
+  import PatchContextMenu from "@app/components/PatchContextMenu.svelte";
   import PatchTeaser from "@app/components/PatchTeaser.svelte";
   import ScrollArea from "@app/components/ScrollArea.svelte";
   import Topbar from "@app/components/Topbar.svelte";
@@ -36,9 +39,12 @@
     repo: RepoInfo;
     patches: PaginatedQuery<Patch[]>;
     status: PatchStatus | undefined;
+    sidebarData: SidebarData;
   }
 
-  const { repo, patches, status }: Props = $props();
+  /* eslint-disable prefer-const */
+  let { repo, patches, status, sidebarData }: Props = $props();
+  /* eslint-enable prefer-const */
 
   function listKey(filter: PatchStatus | undefined): string {
     return `repo.patches:${repo.rid}:${filter ?? "all"}`;
@@ -107,6 +113,17 @@
     }
   }
 
+  const contextMenu = createListContextMenu(() => list.items);
+
+  async function refresh() {
+    // Re-fetch the repo too: the tab counts come from its project payload.
+    const [repoInfo] = await Promise.all([
+      invoke<RepoInfo>("repo_by_id", { rid: repo.rid }),
+      list.revalidate(Math.max(list.items.length, DEFAULT_TAKE)),
+    ]);
+    repo = repoInfo;
+  }
+
   const searchResults = $derived(
     searchCobs(debouncedSearch.current, list.items),
   );
@@ -346,6 +363,8 @@
           {#snippet row(patch)}
             <div class="row">
               <PatchTeaser
+                contextActive={contextMenu.isActive(patch.id)}
+                oncontextmenu={event => contextMenu.open(event, patch.id)}
                 focussed={searchResults.length === 1 && searchInput !== ""}
                 {patch}
                 rid={repo.rid}
@@ -356,4 +375,18 @@
       </ScrollArea>
     {/if}
   </div>
+
+  {#if contextMenu.current}
+    {@const { x, y, target, item } = contextMenu.current}
+    <PatchContextMenu
+      {x}
+      {y}
+      {target}
+      patch={item}
+      {repo}
+      config={sidebarData.config}
+      labelSuggestions={contextMenu.labelSuggestions}
+      onchange={refresh}
+      onclose={contextMenu.close} />
+  {/if}
 </Layout>