diff --git a/app/components/card/Issue.vue b/app/components/card/Issue.vue
index 1768657..b105038 100644
--- a/app/components/card/Issue.vue
+++ b/app/components/card/Issue.vue
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ async function handleShare() {
 <template>
   <article class="bg-white rounded-lg">
     <div class="p-4 flex flex-col gap-4 min-w-0">
-      <h2 class="font-title text-xl flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap">
-        <span class="text-gray-400 select-none text-base font-light font-mono mr-1">
+      <h2 class="font-title text-xl flex items-baseline gap-2">
+        <span class="shrink-0 text-gray-400 select-none text-base font-light font-mono mr-1">
           {{ formatNumber(issue.id) }}
         </span>
         <NuxtLink
-          class="interactive-underline"
+          class="interactive-underline min-w-0 break-words"
           :to="`/issue/${issue.id}`"
         >
           {{ issue.title }}
diff --git a/app/components/card/Solution.vue b/app/components/card/Solution.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa4a48a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/card/Solution.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+const { track } = useUmami()
+
+const props = withDefaults(defineProps<{
+  solution: {
+    id: number
+    parentId?: number | null
+    title: string
+    description: string
+    authorId?: string | null
+    author: string
+    voteScore?: number
+    solutionStatus?: string | null
+    date?: string
+  }
+  // Show the "in response to #N" link in the footer. Off by default — on
+  // the parent issue's own solutions tab the link is redundant; on a
+  // profile or feed it's the missing context that ties the solution back
+  // to a problem.
+  showParent?: boolean
+}>(), {
+  showParent: false,
+})
+
+const toast = useToast()
+const { loggedIn } = useUserSession()
+const { score, userVote, loading, vote, fetchVotes } = useVote(props.solution.id, props.solution.voteScore ?? 0)
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  if (loggedIn.value) {
+    fetchVotes()
+  }
+})
+
+// Lifecycle stages: 0=plan, 1=in-progress, 2=done. -1 means the solution
+// has been proposed but no status has been set yet.
+const stageIndex = computed(() => {
+  switch (props.solution.solutionStatus) {
+    case 'plan': return 0
+    case 'in-progress': return 1
+    case 'done': return 2
+    default: return -1
+  }
+})
+
+// Fill colours for the lifecycle meter, derived from the same UiBadge
+// variants CardIssue uses for solutionStatus so the visual language stays
+// consistent across cards.
+const filledDot = computed(() => {
+  switch (props.solution.solutionStatus) {
+    case 'in-progress': return 'bg-yellow-500'
+    case 'done': return 'bg-green-500'
+    case 'plan': return 'bg-gray-400'
+    default: return 'bg-gray-300'
+  }
+})
+
+const filledLine = computed(() => {
+  switch (props.solution.solutionStatus) {
+    case 'in-progress': return 'bg-yellow-500'
+    case 'done': return 'bg-green-500'
+    case 'plan': return 'bg-gray-400'
+    default: return 'bg-gray-200'
+  }
+})
+
+function handleVote(value: 1 | -1) {
+  if (!loggedIn.value) {
+    toast.add({ title: 'Sign in to endorse', color: 'warning' })
+    return
+  }
+  vote(value)
+  track(value === 1 ? 'Endorse solution' : 'Reject solution', { solutionId: props.solution.id })
+}
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <article class="bg-white rounded-lg">
+    <div class="p-4 flex flex-col gap-4 min-w-0">
+      <h2 class="font-title text-xl flex items-baseline gap-2">
+        <span class="shrink-0 text-gray-400 select-none text-base font-light font-mono mr-1">
+          <UIcon name="lucide:lightbulb" class="size-4 inline -mt-0.5 mr-1 text-primary-500" />{{ formatNumber(solution.id) }}
+        </span>
+        <NuxtLink
+          class="interactive-underline min-w-0 break-words"
+          :to="`/issue/${solution.id}`"
+        >
+          {{ solution.title }}
+        </NuxtLink>
+      </h2>
+      <p class="text-gray-700">
+        {{ solution.description }}
+      </p>
+
+      <!-- Lifecycle meter — sits in the same row position as the location
+           row on CardIssue, so the rhythm of the card stays identical. -->
+      <div class="flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap text-sm text-gray-500">
+        <ol class="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs font-mono">
+          <li class="flex items-center gap-1.5">
+            <span
+              class="size-2 rounded-full transition-colors"
+              :class="stageIndex >= 0 ? filledDot : 'bg-white ring-1 ring-gray-300'"
+            />
+            <span :class="stageIndex >= 0 ? 'text-gray-700' : 'text-gray-400'">Plan</span>
+          </li>
+          <span
+            class="h-px w-4 transition-colors"
+            :class="stageIndex >= 1 ? filledLine : 'bg-gray-200'"
+          />
+          <li class="flex items-center gap-1.5">
+            <span
+              class="size-2 rounded-full transition-colors"
+              :class="stageIndex >= 1 ? filledDot : 'bg-white ring-1 ring-gray-300'"
+            />
+            <span :class="stageIndex >= 1 ? 'text-gray-700' : 'text-gray-400'">In progress</span>
+          </li>
+          <span
+            class="h-px w-4 transition-colors"
+            :class="stageIndex >= 2 ? filledLine : 'bg-gray-200'"
+          />
+          <li class="flex items-center gap-1.5">
+            <span
+              class="size-2 rounded-full transition-colors"
+              :class="stageIndex >= 2 ? filledDot : 'bg-white ring-1 ring-gray-300'"
+            />
+            <span :class="stageIndex >= 2 ? 'text-gray-700' : 'text-gray-400'">Done</span>
+          </li>
+        </ol>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="flex justify-between flex-wrap gap-2">
+        <div class="flex gap-2 my-2 flex-wrap items-center">
+          <!-- Vote pill [UP | score | DOWN] — identical to CardIssue. -->
+          <div class="inline-flex items-stretch rounded-md overflow-hidden bg-gray-100 text-sm font-mono">
+            <button
+              :class="[
+                'px-2 flex items-center transition-colors',
+                userVote === 1
+                  ? 'bg-primary-100 text-primary-700 hover:bg-primary-200'
+                  : 'text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-200',
+              ]"
+              :disabled="loading"
+              aria-label="Endorse"
+              @click="handleVote(1)"
+            >
+              <UIcon name="lucide:arrow-up" class="size-3.5" />
+            </button>
+            <span class="px-2 py-1 tabular-nums font-medium border-x border-gray-200 min-w-[2rem] text-center text-gray-700">
+              {{ score }}
+            </span>
+            <button
+              :class="[
+                'px-2 flex items-center transition-colors',
+                userVote === -1
+                  ? 'bg-red-100 text-red-600 hover:bg-red-200'
+                  : 'text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-200',
+              ]"
+              :disabled="loading"
+              aria-label="Reject"
+              @click="handleVote(-1)"
+            >
+              <UIcon name="lucide:arrow-down" class="size-3.5" />
+            </button>
+          </div>
+
+          <NuxtLink
+            v-if="showParent && solution.parentId"
+            :to="`/issue/${solution.parentId}`"
+            class="flex items-center gap-1 text-sm"
+            @click="track('View solution parent')"
+          >
+            <span class="inline-flex items-center gap-1 px-2 py-1 bg-gray-100 hover:bg-gray-200 transition-colors whitespace-nowrap text-gray-700 font-mono rounded-md">
+              <UIcon name="lucide:corner-down-right" class="size-3" />
+              In response to {{ formatNumber(solution.parentId) }}
+            </span>
+          </NuxtLink>
+        </div>
+        <NuxtLink
+          v-if="solution.authorId"
+          :to="`/user/${solution.authorId}`"
+          class="flex items-center hover:bg-gray-100 transition-colors px-2 py-1 flex-wrap gap-2 text-sm rounded-md"
+        >
+          <img
+            :src="`https://api.dicebear.com/9.x/glass/svg?seed=${solution.author}`"
+            alt="Author Avatar"
+            class="size-4 rounded-full"
+          >
+          <span class="whitespace-nowrap text-gray-700 font-mono">
+            {{ solution.author }}
+          </span>
+        </NuxtLink>
+        <span
+          v-else
+          class="flex items-center px-2 py-1 flex-wrap gap-2 text-sm rounded-md"
+        >
+          <img
+            :src="`https://api.dicebear.com/9.x/glass/svg?seed=${solution.author}`"
+            alt="Author Avatar"
+            class="size-4 rounded-full"
+          >
+          <span class="whitespace-nowrap text-gray-700 font-mono">
+            {{ solution.author }}
+          </span>
+        </span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </article>
+</template>
diff --git a/app/pages/issue/[issueId]/solutions.vue b/app/pages/issue/[issueId]/solutions.vue
index 90ae333..d20f063 100644
--- a/app/pages/issue/[issueId]/solutions.vue
+++ b/app/pages/issue/[issueId]/solutions.vue
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ async function submit() {
       </div>
     </AuthState>
 
-    <CardIssue
+    <CardSolution
       v-for="solution in solutions"
       :key="solution.id"
-      :issue="solution"
+      :solution="solution"
     />
 
     <p
diff --git a/app/pages/user/[id].vue b/app/pages/user/[id].vue
index ebadade..3ebc981 100644
--- a/app/pages/user/[id].vue
+++ b/app/pages/user/[id].vue
@@ -347,10 +347,11 @@ useSeoMeta({
           </UiSectionTitle>
         </div>
         <div class="flex flex-col gap-6">
-          <CardIssue
+          <CardSolution
             v-for="solution in user.solutions"
             :key="solution.id"
-            :issue="solution"
+            :solution="solution"
+            show-parent
           />
         </div>
       </section>