diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/IssueReportPage.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/IssueReportPage.tsx
index 0f9b8d33..df865e2c 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/IssueReportPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/IssueReportPage.tsx
@@ -20,10 +20,17 @@
 // (mara: a "generating report" spinner sub-5s is fine, doesn't need to
 // be instant), so it fetches once per repo-selection change instead of
 // polling.
+//
+// Sort/filter state persists via the shared `useLocalSetting` hook (same
+// plumbing the theme/motion overrides use) — mara: "local storage" over
+// URL params. `labelFilter` is `string[]`, not `Set<string>`: a `Set`
+// serializes to `"{}"` through `JSON.stringify` and silently loses its
+// contents, which is exactly what this hook round-trips through.
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'preact/hooks';
 import { ApiErrorPanel } from '@hive/shared/api-error-panel.js';
 import { readApiError, type ProblemDetails } from '@hive/shared/api-error.js';
 import { Badge } from '@hive/shared/badge.js';
+import { useLocalSetting } from '@hive/shared/settings-storage.js';
 import { Panel } from '../ui/panel/Panel.js';
 import { SelectField } from '../ui/select-field/SelectField.js';
 import { Table, type TableColumn } from '../ui/table/Table.js';
@@ -59,6 +66,15 @@ type SortDir = 'asc' | 'desc';
 // real `owner/name` value, which always contains a slash.
 const ALL_REPOS = '';
 
+// One key per persisted control, namespaced like the theme/motion keys
+// (`swarm-ui:issue-report:…`) so nothing else on the page — or a future
+// page — collides with these by accident.
+const REPO_FILTER_KEY = 'swarm-ui:issue-report:repo-filter';
+const HIDE_BLOCKED_KEY = 'swarm-ui:issue-report:hide-blocked';
+const LABEL_FILTER_KEY = 'swarm-ui:issue-report:label-filter';
+const SORT_KEY_KEY = 'swarm-ui:issue-report:sort-key';
+const SORT_DIR_KEY = 'swarm-ui:issue-report:sort-dir';
+
 function splitRepo(repo: string): { org: string; name: string } | null {
   const i = repo.indexOf('/');
   if (i < 0) return null;
@@ -108,14 +124,14 @@ function SortHeader({
 
 export function IssueReportPage() {
   const [repos, setRepos] = useState<string[] | null>(null);
-  const [repoFilter, setRepoFilter] = useState(ALL_REPOS);
+  const [repoFilter, setRepoFilter] = useLocalSetting(REPO_FILTER_KEY, ALL_REPOS);
   const [rows, setRows] = useState<IssueReportRow[] | null>(null);
   const [error, setError] = useState<ProblemDetails | null>(null);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
-  const [hideBlocked, setHideBlocked] = useState(false);
-  const [labelFilter, setLabelFilter] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
-  const [sortKey, setSortKey] = useState<SortKey>('depended_on_by_count');
-  const [sortDir, setSortDir] = useState<SortDir>('desc');
+  const [hideBlocked, setHideBlocked] = useLocalSetting(HIDE_BLOCKED_KEY, false);
+  const [labelFilter, setLabelFilter] = useLocalSetting<string[]>(LABEL_FILTER_KEY, []);
+  const [sortKey, setSortKey] = useLocalSetting<SortKey>(SORT_KEY_KEY, 'depended_on_by_count');
+  const [sortDir, setSortDir] = useLocalSetting<SortDir>(SORT_DIR_KEY, 'desc');
 
   // Repo dropdown source, fetched once — this page has no refresh
   // cadence, and a repo gaining/losing its first/last open issue between
@@ -183,7 +199,7 @@ export function IssueReportPage() {
   const visibleRows = useMemo(() => {
     let out = rows ?? [];
     if (hideBlocked) out = out.filter((r) => !r.blocked);
-    if (labelFilter.size > 0) out = out.filter((r) => r.labels.some((l) => labelFilter.has(l)));
+    if (labelFilter.length > 0) out = out.filter((r) => r.labels.some((l) => labelFilter.includes(l)));
     return [...out].sort((a, b) => {
       const c = compareRows(a, b, sortKey);
       return sortDir === 'asc' ? c : -c;
@@ -192,7 +208,7 @@ export function IssueReportPage() {
 
   function onSort(key: SortKey) {
     if (key === sortKey) {
-      setSortDir((d) => (d === 'asc' ? 'desc' : 'asc'));
+      setSortDir(sortDir === 'asc' ? 'desc' : 'asc');
     } else {
       setSortKey(key);
       setSortDir('asc');
@@ -200,12 +216,9 @@ export function IssueReportPage() {
   }
 
   function toggleLabel(label: string) {
-    setLabelFilter((prev) => {
-      const next = new Set(prev);
-      if (next.has(label)) next.delete(label);
-      else next.add(label);
-      return next;
-    });
+    setLabelFilter(
+      labelFilter.includes(label) ? labelFilter.filter((l) => l !== label) : [...labelFilter, label],
+    );
   }
 
   // `aria-sort` for a sortable column's `<th>` — 'none' while sortable
@@ -321,7 +334,7 @@ export function IssueReportPage() {
         <div class="issue-report-labels">
           {allLabels.map((l) => (
             <label key={l} class="issue-report-label-chip">
-              <input type="checkbox" checked={labelFilter.has(l)} onChange={() => toggleLabel(l)} />
+              <input type="checkbox" checked={labelFilter.includes(l)} onChange={() => toggleLabel(l)} />
               {l}
             </label>
           ))}