The shell's VersionsSource (shell/node-versions-source.ts) reads GET
/api/history through the sync and shows one version per distinct content
(a restore's copy folds into the entry it copies; the blank page is none),
numbered as they first appeared, with what changed since the one before.
The entry the server says is on the canvas marks the version; undo and
redo of the newest version restore the one before it, or it again, through
POST /api/restore, so hand edits stay as versions of their own. The cards
sit in a panel beside the canvas (toggle in the header); the strip and
Compare come from the shared canvas components. The sync tells listeners
once per server version, and when History changed without one, so the
list is read again only then.