diff --git a/docs/widgets.md b/docs/widgets.md
index 5fc4347..6286cbf 100644
--- a/docs/widgets.md
+++ b/docs/widgets.md
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Widget system
 
 A frame's panel isn't one fixed "mode" anymore -- it holds N independently
-placed/sized widgets (photos/calendar/whiteboard), like arranging icons on
-an Android home screen. A frame can hold several widgets of the same type
-(e.g. two photo widgets pointed at different Immich albums side by side).
+placed/sized widgets (photos/calendar/whiteboard/tasks), like arranging
+icons on an Android home screen. A frame can hold several widgets of the
+same type (e.g. two photo widgets pointed at different Immich albums side
+by side).
 This replaced an earlier design where `Frame.mode` picked exactly one
 full-panel renderer; that column (and the other now-dead per-mode `Frame`
 columns it left behind -- `album_id`, `calendar_*`, `whiteboard_*`, etc.)
@@ -19,17 +20,21 @@ a button press does.
 ## Data model
 
 - `Widget` (`server/app/models.py`): `id`, `frame_id`, `widget_type`
-  (`"photos"` | `"calendar"` | `"whiteboard"`), `x`/`y`/`w`/`h` (grid
-  cells), `sort_order`. Widgets never overlap (enforced server-side in
+  (`"photos"` | `"calendar"` | `"whiteboard"` | `"tasks"`), `x`/`y`/`w`/`h`
+  (grid cells), `sort_order`. Widgets never overlap (enforced server-side in
   `routers/api_widgets.py`, re-validated regardless of what the client
   already checked) -- that's what keeps compositing simple: no z-order,
   no blending, just N independent regions pasted onto one shared canvas.
 - Per-type 1:1 extension tables -- `PhotoWidgetConfig`,
-  `CalendarWidgetConfig`, `WhiteboardWidgetConfig`, each keyed by
-  `widget_id` with `ondelete="CASCADE"` -- rather than one wide table with
-  every type's mostly-irrelevant columns. `PhotoWidgetConfig` mirrors
-  `app/photo_queue.py`'s attribute names exactly, so that module's
+  `CalendarWidgetConfig`, `WhiteboardWidgetConfig`, `TaskWidgetConfig`,
+  each keyed by `widget_id` with `ondelete="CASCADE"` -- rather than one
+  wide table with every type's mostly-irrelevant columns. `PhotoWidgetConfig`
+  mirrors `app/photo_queue.py`'s attribute names exactly, so that module's
   advance/back/queue logic ports across widget instances unchanged.
+  `TaskWidgetConfig` used to be a handful of `tasks_*` columns bolted onto
+  `CalendarWidgetConfig` (a week-view-only task list); split into its own
+  widget type (migration 17) so a task list can be placed and sized
+  independent of any calendar's view/footprint.
 - `FrameCalendar` is keyed by `widget_id` (not `frame_id`) since a frame
   can now have more than one independent calendar widget, each with its
   own set of included calendars.
@@ -50,16 +55,16 @@ orientation change rather than trying to remap coordinates.
 
 Each widget type has a minimum grid footprint (`grid.MIN_FOOTPRINT`):
 photos 1x1, calendar 3x2 (a crammed calendar is illegible regardless of
-size-tier scaling), whiteboard 2x2. Enforced both client-side (UX, in the
-Layout tab's drag/resize canvas -- `static/frame_layout.js`) and
-server-side (`routers/api_widgets.py`) -- the client is never trusted
+size-tier scaling), whiteboard 2x2, tasks 2x2. Enforced both client-side
+(UX, in the Layout tab's drag/resize canvas -- `static/frame_layout.js`)
+and server-side (`routers/api_widgets.py`) -- the client is never trusted
 alone.
 
 ## Rendering: one shared compositor
 
 `app/widgets/` is the render/action registry -- one module per
-`widget_type` (`photos.py`, `calendar.py`, `whiteboard.py`), each
-exposing:
+`widget_type` (`photos.py`, `calendar.py`, `whiteboard.py`, `tasks.py`),
+each exposing:
 
 - `render(db, frame, widget, target_w, target_h, is_normal_wake) -> Image`:
   an unquantized RGB image exactly `target_w x target_h`, the widget's
@@ -69,7 +74,8 @@ exposing:
   bad moment doesn't blank the whole panel.
 - `ACTIONS: dict[str, Callable]` -- named button actions this type
   supports (`"advance"`/`"back"` for photos and calendar, `"check_now"`
-  for whiteboard).
+  for whiteboard). Empty for tasks -- a passive checklist on the same
+  throttled-refresh cadence as weather, nothing to advance/back/force.
 - `ACTION_LABELS: dict[str, str]` -- human labels for the button-
   assignment UI.
 
diff --git a/server/app/calendar_render.py b/server/app/calendar_render.py
index e261f8d..ff794f3 100644
--- a/server/app/calendar_render.py
+++ b/server/app/calendar_render.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-"""Renders calendar frame mode's three views (agenda/week/month) into the
-panel's packed format, following image_pipeline.render_placeholder's own
-precedent: build an RGB canvas with ImageDraw/ImageFont, then the same
-_quantize/_transpose_and_pack every other renderer ends on.
+"""Renders calendar frame mode's three views (agenda/week/month), and the
+separate standalone tasks widget (see models.TaskWidgetConfig -- a task
+list used to be a calendar-widget-only week-view slot, split out into
+its own widget type so it isn't tied to a calendar's view/footprint),
+into the panel's packed format, following image_pipeline.
+render_placeholder's own precedent: build an RGB canvas with
+ImageDraw/ImageFont, then the same _quantize/_transpose_and_pack every
+other renderer ends on.
 
 Event dicts here are calendar_feed.py's shape: {"summary", "start", "end"
 (ISO 8601 strings), "all_day", "sources": [{"owner_display_name",
@@ -523,33 +527,24 @@ def _draw_agenda_day(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, day: date, eve
 
 
 def _draw_tasks(img: Image.Image, draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw, region: tuple[int, int, int, int],
-                tasks: list[dict], title_font: ImageFont.ImageFont, body_font: ImageFont.ImageFont,
-                margin: int = MARGIN) -> None:
+                tasks: list[dict], title_font: ImageFont.ImageFont, body_font: ImageFont.ImageFont) -> None:
     """A simple checklist filling `region` (x0, y0, w, h) -- unchecked-box
     glyph + due date (if any) + summary per outstanding task, same
     header/rule/row-cap/truncation shape as _draw_agenda_day's event
-    list so the "week view, one slot replaced by tasks instead of a day"
-    layout (see _build_week) reads as one consistent design rather than
-    two different widgets bolted together. Reuses _draw_mixed_line so a
-    task summary with emoji in it renders the same way an event
-    title's does.
-
-    `margin` defaults to the module-wide MARGIN (vertical layout's
-    stacked bands are as wide as the whole content region, same as
-    _draw_agenda_day's own sections) but a narrow horizontal-layout
-    column passes a much smaller one -- MARGIN on both sides of an
-    already-cramped ~150px week column left almost nothing for the
-    title text itself."""
+    list so the standalone tasks widget (see _build_tasks) reads as the
+    same consistent design as everything else on-panel, not a
+    bolted-together look. Reuses _draw_mixed_line so a task summary with
+    emoji in it renders the same way an event title's does."""
     x0, y0, w, h = region
-    text_x0, text_y0 = x0 + margin, y0 + margin
-    text_w = w - margin * 2
+    text_x0, text_y0 = x0 + MARGIN, y0 + MARGIN
+    text_w = w - MARGIN * 2
     draw_text(img, (text_x0, text_y0), "Tasks", title_font)
     y = text_y0 + title_font.size + 12
     draw.line([(text_x0, y), (text_x0 + text_w, y)], fill=RULE)
     y += 12
 
     row_h = body_font.size + 14
-    max_rows = max(0, (y0 + h - margin - y) // row_h)
+    max_rows = max(0, (y0 + h - MARGIN - y) // row_h)
 
     if not tasks:
         draw_text(img, (text_x0, y), "Nothing outstanding", body_font, MUTED)
@@ -642,16 +637,13 @@ _WEEK_HORIZONTAL_FONTS = {"large": (18, 14, 12), "medium": (14, 12, 10), "small"
 def _build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h: int, tz: ZoneInfo,
                 week_start: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None,
                 weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None, weather_units: str = "fahrenheit",
-                days: int = 7, layout: str = "horizontal", tasks: list[dict] | None = None,
+                days: int = 7, layout: str = "horizontal",
                 start_offset: int = 0) -> Image.Image:
     """`days` (2-10, see routers/api_widgets.py's clamp) side-by-side
     columns (layout="horizontal", the original fixed-at-7 behavior
     generalized) or stacked bands (layout="vertical", reusing
     _draw_agenda_day the same way _build_today_tomorrow does, just for
-    an arbitrary day count instead of a hardcoded 2). `tasks` (see
-    routers/common.py's get_or_refresh_tasks), if not None, takes the
-    LAST slot instead of adding an extra one -- "N days" always means N
-    slots total, whether they're all days or N-1 days plus a task list.
+    an arbitrary day count instead of a hardcoded 2).
 
     At the default 7 days, the view anchors to week_start (a fixed
     weekday, "start on the most recent Monday") exactly like before --
@@ -668,7 +660,6 @@ def _build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
         week_first_day = today - timedelta(days=days_since_start) + timedelta(days=days * browse_offset)
     else:
         week_first_day = today + timedelta(days=start_offset) + timedelta(days=days * browse_offset)
-    day_count = days - 1 if tasks is not None else days
     owners_seen: list[str] = []
 
     if layout == "vertical":
@@ -677,7 +668,7 @@ def _build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
         body_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=max(11, body_base - days))
         weather_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=max(9, weather_base - days))
         section_h = target_h // days
-        for i in range(day_count):
+        for i in range(days):
             section_y0 = i * section_h
             if i > 0:
                 draw.line([(MARGIN, section_y0), (target_w - MARGIN, section_y0)], fill=RULE)
@@ -685,11 +676,6 @@ def _build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
             _draw_agenda_day(img, draw, day, events, tz, (0, section_y0, target_w, section_h),
                              title_font, body_font, owners_seen, palette_rgb,
                              weather_cities, weather_font, weather_units)
-        if tasks is not None:
-            section_y0 = day_count * section_h
-            if day_count > 0:
-                draw.line([(MARGIN, section_y0), (target_w - MARGIN, section_y0)], fill=RULE)
-            _draw_tasks(img, draw, (0, section_y0, target_w, section_h), tasks, title_font, body_font)
         return img
 
     header_size, chip_size, weather_size = _WEEK_HORIZONTAL_FONTS[tier]
@@ -699,7 +685,7 @@ def _build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
     col_w = (target_w - MARGIN * 2) // days
     header_h = 44
 
-    for col in range(day_count):
+    for col in range(days):
         day = week_first_day + timedelta(days=col)
         x0 = MARGIN + col * col_w
         if col > 0:
@@ -735,13 +721,6 @@ def _build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
                                  chip_font, col_w - 20 - prefix_w)
             y += row_h
 
-    if tasks is not None:
-        col = day_count
-        x0 = MARGIN + col * col_w
-        if col > 0:
-            draw.line([(x0, MARGIN), (x0, target_h - MARGIN)], fill=RULE)
-        _draw_tasks(img, draw, (x0, 0, col_w, target_h), tasks, header_font, chip_font, margin=6)
-
     return img
 
 
@@ -814,7 +793,7 @@ _BUILDERS = {"agenda": _build_agenda, "today_tomorrow": _build_today_tomorrow, "
 def _build(events: list[dict], view: str, browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h: int, timezone: str,
           fetch_summary: str, week_start: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None,
           weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None, weather_units: str = "fahrenheit",
-          week_days: int = 7, week_layout: str = "horizontal", tasks: list[dict] | None = None,
+          week_days: int = 7, week_layout: str = "horizontal",
           week_start_offset: int = 0) -> Image.Image:
     tz = ZoneInfo(timezone) if timezone else ZoneInfo("UTC")
     effective_view = view
@@ -829,15 +808,14 @@ def _build(events: list[dict], view: str, browse_offset: int, target_w: int, tar
                                     weather_cities, weather_units)
     elif effective_view == "week":
         img = _build_week(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, week_start, palette_rgb,
-                          weather_cities, weather_units, week_days, week_layout, tasks, week_start_offset)
+                          weather_cities, weather_units, week_days, week_layout, week_start_offset)
     elif effective_view == "month":
-        # Never given weather or tasks -- no room for either at typical
-        # month-cell size, same reasoning that already keeps this view
-        # to density dots instead of literal event text (see
-        # _build_month's own docstring). Colors are still passed
-        # through, though -- that's a different concern (legibility of
-        # individual events) than needing a whole extra strip/slot of
-        # content.
+        # Never given weather -- no room for it at typical month-cell
+        # size, same reasoning that already keeps this view to density
+        # dots instead of literal event text (see _build_month's own
+        # docstring). Colors are still passed through, though -- that's
+        # a different concern (legibility of individual events) than
+        # needing a whole extra strip of content.
         img = _build_month(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, week_start, palette_rgb)
     else:
         img = _build_agenda(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, palette_rgb,
@@ -855,18 +833,16 @@ def render_calendar(events: list[dict], view: str, browse_offset: int, orientati
                     fetch_summary: str = "", manage: dict | None = None, week_start: int = 0,
                     weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None, weather_units: str = "fahrenheit",
                     week_days: int = 7, week_layout: str = "horizontal",
-                    tasks: list[dict] | None = None, week_start_offset: int = 0) -> bytes:
+                    week_start_offset: int = 0) -> bytes:
     """Renders one of CALENDAR_VIEWS full-panel to the panel's packed
     format. Always returns exactly EPD_WIDTH*EPD_HEIGHT/2 bytes, same
     invariant every other renderer honors. weather_cities is
     routers/common.py's get_or_refresh_weather() cache, or None/[] to
     omit the weather strip entirely (also always omitted for view ==
-    "month"). tasks is get_or_refresh_tasks()'s cache, or None to omit
-    the task list entirely -- only ever drawn for view == "week", see
-    _build_week."""
+    "month")."""
     target_w, target_h = logical_render_size(orientation)
     img = _build(events, view, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, timezone, fetch_summary, week_start,
-                palette_rgb, weather_cities, weather_units, week_days, week_layout, tasks, week_start_offset)
+                palette_rgb, weather_cities, weather_units, week_days, week_layout, week_start_offset)
     img = _apply_manage_overlay(img, manage)
     quantized = _quantize(img, palette_rgb, dither_strength=1.0)
     return _transpose_and_pack(quantized, orientation)
@@ -877,13 +853,58 @@ def render_calendar_preview_png(events: list[dict], view: str, browse_offset: in
                                 fetch_summary: str = "", manage: dict | None = None, week_start: int = 0,
                                 weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None, weather_units: str = "fahrenheit",
                                 week_days: int = 7, week_layout: str = "horizontal",
-                                tasks: list[dict] | None = None, week_start_offset: int = 0) -> bytes:
+                                week_start_offset: int = 0) -> bytes:
     """Same pipeline as render_calendar, but a normal browser-viewable
     PNG in logical (upright) orientation -- mirrors
     image_pipeline.render_preview_png's relationship to render_frame."""
     target_w, target_h = logical_render_size(orientation)
     img = _build(events, view, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, timezone, fetch_summary, week_start,
-                palette_rgb, weather_cities, weather_units, week_days, week_layout, tasks, week_start_offset)
+                palette_rgb, weather_cities, weather_units, week_days, week_layout, week_start_offset)
+    img = _apply_manage_overlay(img, manage)
+    quantized = _quantize(img, palette_rgb, dither_strength=1.0)
+    buf = io.BytesIO()
+    quantized.convert("RGB").save(buf, format="PNG")
+    return buf.getvalue()
+
+
+# --- Standalone tasks widget (split out of the old calendar-widget-only
+# week-view task list -- see models.TaskWidgetConfig) -----------------
+
+_TASKS_FONTS = {"large": (24, 18), "medium": (20, 16), "small": (16, 13)}
+
+
+def _build_tasks(tasks: list[dict], target_w: int, target_h: int) -> Image.Image:
+    """A tasks widget's entire region is the checklist -- unlike the old
+    week-view slot, there's no day columns/header to share space with,
+    so this is just _draw_tasks over the whole box."""
+    img = Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), BG)
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+    title_size, body_size = _TASKS_FONTS[_size_tier(target_w, target_h)]
+    title_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=title_size)
+    body_font = ImageFont.load_default(size=body_size)
+    _draw_tasks(img, draw, (0, 0, target_w, target_h), tasks, title_font, body_font)
+    return img
+
+
+def render_tasks(tasks: list[dict], orientation: str, palette_rgb: list | None,
+                 manage: dict | None = None) -> bytes:
+    """Renders the tasks widget full-panel to the panel's packed format.
+    Always returns exactly EPD_WIDTH*EPD_HEIGHT/2 bytes, same invariant
+    every other renderer honors."""
+    target_w, target_h = logical_render_size(orientation)
+    img = _build_tasks(tasks, target_w, target_h)
+    img = _apply_manage_overlay(img, manage)
+    quantized = _quantize(img, palette_rgb, dither_strength=1.0)
+    return _transpose_and_pack(quantized, orientation)
+
+
+def render_tasks_preview_png(tasks: list[dict], orientation: str, palette_rgb: list | None,
+                             manage: dict | None = None) -> bytes:
+    """Same pipeline as render_tasks, but a normal browser-viewable PNG
+    in logical (upright) orientation -- mirrors render_calendar_preview_
+    png's relationship to render_calendar."""
+    target_w, target_h = logical_render_size(orientation)
+    img = _build_tasks(tasks, target_w, target_h)
     img = _apply_manage_overlay(img, manage)
     quantized = _quantize(img, palette_rgb, dither_strength=1.0)
     buf = io.BytesIO()
diff --git a/server/app/db.py b/server/app/db.py
index ed8a695..80c582b 100644
--- a/server/app/db.py
+++ b/server/app/db.py
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ def frame_locked(db: Session, frame_id: int) -> Iterator[Frame]:
 def widget_locked(db: Session, frame_id: int, widget_id: int) -> Iterator[tuple[Frame, Widget, object]]:
     """Same lock/refresh/commit dance as frame_locked, additionally
     resolving and refreshing the widget's own per-type config row
-    (PhotoWidgetConfig/CalendarWidgetConfig/WhiteboardWidgetConfig, see
-    models.WIDGET_CONFIG_MODELS). Deliberately still locks at *frame*
-    granularity -- the exact same per-frame threading.Lock frame_locked
+    (PhotoWidgetConfig/CalendarWidgetConfig/WhiteboardWidgetConfig/
+    TaskWidgetConfig, see models.WIDGET_CONFIG_MODELS). Deliberately
+    still locks at *frame* granularity -- the exact same per-frame
+    threading.Lock frame_locked
     uses, not a separate per-widget lock -- simplest, avoids a new class
     of multi-lock deadlock bugs, and this project's actual concurrency
     needs are tiny (a handful of users per household frame).
diff --git a/server/app/grid.py b/server/app/grid.py
index 6fc2e7c..da2f1fa 100644
--- a/server/app/grid.py
+++ b/server/app/grid.py
@@ -22,11 +22,14 @@ GRID_SHORT = 5
 # the placement UI and server-side (routers/api_widgets.py). A calendar
 # widget crammed into 1x1 would be illegible regardless of size-tier
 # scaling (see calendar_render.py); whiteboard needs enough room to be
-# worth looking at; photos can go as small as a single cell.
+# worth looking at; photos can go as small as a single cell; tasks needs
+# enough width for a due-date prefix plus a couple words of summary
+# without truncating on every row.
 MIN_FOOTPRINT: dict[str, tuple[int, int]] = {
     "photos": (1, 1),
     "calendar": (3, 2),
     "whiteboard": (2, 2),
+    "tasks": (2, 2),
 }
 
 Rect = tuple[int, int, int, int]  # (x, y, w, h)
diff --git a/server/app/migration.py b/server/app/migration.py
index 7c3de2b..905950a 100644
--- a/server/app/migration.py
+++ b/server/app/migration.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from .models import (
     FrameButtonAction,
     PhotoWidgetConfig,
     ServerSettings,
+    TaskWidgetConfig,
     WhiteboardWidgetConfig,
     Widget,
 )
@@ -333,6 +334,110 @@ def _migration_16(conn) -> None:
     ))
 
 
+def _migration_17(conn) -> None:
+    """Splits the calendar widget's old week-view-only task list out into
+    its own standalone widget type (see models.TaskWidgetConfig,
+    app/widgets/tasks.py) -- a task list is no longer tied to a
+    calendar's view or footprint, and can be placed/sized on its own.
+
+    Every calendar_widget_configs row that still has a task source
+    configured gets a new sibling `tasks` widget carrying that source
+    over, auto-placed in whatever open grid space is left on its frame
+    (same find_open_rect logic a manual "add widget" uses; if truly none
+    is left, the source is dropped and logged -- rare enough, and with
+    no interactive way to ask during a boot-time migration, that this is
+    an acceptable edge case). calendar_widget_configs then drops its now
+    -dead tasks_* columns -- this project's usual same-migration-drop
+    convention (see docs/widgets.md's Known Gaps for the one deliberate,
+    much-larger-blast-radius exception)."""
+    conn.execute(text(
+        "CREATE TABLE task_widget_configs ("
+        "widget_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES widgets(id) ON DELETE CASCADE, "
+        "user_id INTEGER REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE SET NULL, "
+        "calendar_key TEXT, "
+        "checked_at REAL NOT NULL DEFAULT 0.0, "
+        "cached TEXT)"
+    ))
+
+    rows = conn.execute(text(
+        "SELECT cwc.widget_id, w.frame_id, f.orientation, "
+        "cwc.tasks_user_id, cwc.tasks_calendar_key, cwc.tasks_checked_at, cwc.tasks_cached "
+        "FROM calendar_widget_configs cwc "
+        "JOIN widgets w ON w.id = cwc.widget_id "
+        "JOIN frames f ON f.id = w.frame_id "
+        "WHERE cwc.tasks_calendar_key IS NOT NULL"
+    )).mappings().all()
+
+    skipped = 0
+    now = time.time()
+    for row in rows:
+        existing = conn.execute(text(
+            "SELECT x, y, w, h FROM widgets WHERE frame_id = :frame_id"
+        ), {"frame_id": row["frame_id"]}).all()
+        min_w, min_h = grid.MIN_FOOTPRINT["tasks"]
+        rect = grid.find_open_rect(row["orientation"], [tuple(r) for r in existing], min_w, min_h)
+        if rect is None:
+            skipped += 1
+            continue
+        x, y, w, h = rect
+        max_sort = conn.execute(text(
+            "SELECT COALESCE(MAX(sort_order), 0) FROM widgets WHERE frame_id = :frame_id"
+        ), {"frame_id": row["frame_id"]}).scalar()
+        result = conn.execute(text(
+            "INSERT INTO widgets (frame_id, widget_type, x, y, w, h, sort_order, created_at) "
+            "VALUES (:frame_id, 'tasks', :x, :y, :w, :h, :sort_order, :created_at)"
+        ), {"frame_id": row["frame_id"], "x": x, "y": y, "w": w, "h": h,
+            "sort_order": max_sort + 1, "created_at": now})
+        new_widget_id = result.lastrowid
+        conn.execute(text(
+            "INSERT INTO task_widget_configs (widget_id, user_id, calendar_key, checked_at, cached) "
+            "VALUES (:widget_id, :user_id, :calendar_key, :checked_at, :cached)"
+        ), {"widget_id": new_widget_id, "user_id": row["tasks_user_id"],
+            "calendar_key": row["tasks_calendar_key"], "checked_at": row["tasks_checked_at"],
+            "cached": row["tasks_cached"]})
+
+    if skipped:
+        logger.warning(
+            "%d calendar widget(s) had a task list configured but no open grid space for a "
+            "standalone tasks widget -- their task source was dropped", skipped
+        )
+
+    # Rebuild calendar_widget_configs without the now-dead tasks_*
+    # columns -- SQLite can't drop tasks_user_id directly (it's part of
+    # an FK constraint), same situation frame_calendars hit in
+    # _migration_9, same rebuild-create-copy-drop-rename fix.
+    conn.execute(text(
+        "CREATE TABLE calendar_widget_configs_new ("
+        "widget_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES widgets(id) ON DELETE CASCADE, "
+        "view TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'agenda', "
+        "week_start INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, "
+        "browse_offset INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, "
+        "checked_at REAL NOT NULL DEFAULT 0.0, "
+        "cached_events TEXT, "
+        "fetch_summary TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '', "
+        "weather_enabled INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, "
+        "weather_units TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'fahrenheit', "
+        "weather_cities TEXT, "
+        "weather_checked_at REAL NOT NULL DEFAULT 0.0, "
+        "weather_cached TEXT, "
+        "week_days INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 7, "
+        "week_layout TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'horizontal', "
+        "week_start_offset INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0)"
+    ))
+    conn.execute(text(
+        "INSERT INTO calendar_widget_configs_new "
+        "(widget_id, view, week_start, browse_offset, checked_at, cached_events, fetch_summary, "
+        "weather_enabled, weather_units, weather_cities, weather_checked_at, weather_cached, "
+        "week_days, week_layout, week_start_offset) "
+        "SELECT widget_id, view, week_start, browse_offset, checked_at, cached_events, fetch_summary, "
+        "weather_enabled, weather_units, weather_cities, weather_checked_at, weather_cached, "
+        "week_days, week_layout, week_start_offset "
+        "FROM calendar_widget_configs"
+    ))
+    conn.execute(text("DROP TABLE calendar_widget_configs"))
+    conn.execute(text("ALTER TABLE calendar_widget_configs_new RENAME TO calendar_widget_configs"))
+
+
 MIGRATIONS = [
     (1, _migration_1),
     (2, _migration_2),
@@ -350,6 +455,7 @@ MIGRATIONS = [
     (14, _migration_14),
     (15, _migration_15),
     (16, _migration_16),
+    (17, _migration_17),
 ]
 
 
@@ -518,11 +624,26 @@ def _calendar_config_from_frame(frame: Frame, widget_id: int) -> CalendarWidgetC
         week_days=frame.calendar_week_days,
         week_layout=frame.calendar_week_layout,
         week_start_offset=frame.calendar_week_start_offset,
-        tasks_enabled=frame.calendar_tasks_enabled,
-        tasks_user_id=frame.calendar_tasks_user_id,
-        tasks_calendar_key=frame.calendar_tasks_calendar_key,
-        tasks_checked_at=frame.calendar_tasks_checked_at,
-        tasks_cached=list(frame.calendar_tasks_cached) if frame.calendar_tasks_cached else None,
+        # tasks_* deliberately not carried over -- see _task_config_from_frame,
+        # a sibling standalone widget now, not part of this config.
+    )
+
+
+def _task_config_from_frame(frame: Frame, widget_id: int) -> TaskWidgetConfig:
+    """Only ever called for a frame whose legacy calendar_tasks_* columns
+    (see Frame's own docstring on those -- a dead pre-widget-system
+    field set, same status as calendar_photo_inlay below) still carry a
+    configured source -- i.e. a database jumping straight from before
+    the widget system existed to after tasks became its own widget type
+    in a single upgrade, skipping the intermediate period where it would
+    have lived on CalendarWidgetConfig instead (see _migration_17's own
+    extraction of *that* case)."""
+    return TaskWidgetConfig(
+        widget_id=widget_id,
+        user_id=frame.calendar_tasks_user_id,
+        calendar_key=frame.calendar_tasks_calendar_key,
+        checked_at=frame.calendar_tasks_checked_at,
+        cached=list(frame.calendar_tasks_cached) if frame.calendar_tasks_cached else None,
     )
 
 
@@ -556,6 +677,33 @@ def _default_button_actions(frame_id: int, widget_id: int, widget_type: str) ->
     ]
 
 
+def _maybe_add_legacy_tasks_widget(db, frame: Frame, existing: list[grid.Rect], next_sort_order: int) -> None:
+    """Only relevant for a database jumping straight from before the
+    widget system existed to after tasks became its own widget type in
+    one upgrade (see _task_config_from_frame) -- frame.calendar_tasks_*
+    is the dead legacy field set otherwise. Auto-placed in whatever open
+    space is left after the widget(s) above it in _backfill_frame_
+    widgets claimed theirs, same find_open_rect logic a manual "add
+    widget" uses; silently dropped (logged) if none fits, same as this
+    migration having nowhere else to put it either."""
+    if not frame.calendar_tasks_calendar_key:
+        return
+    min_w, min_h = grid.MIN_FOOTPRINT["tasks"]
+    rect = grid.find_open_rect(frame.orientation, existing, min_w, min_h)
+    if rect is None:
+        logger.warning(
+            "Frame %d had a legacy task list configured but no open grid space for a "
+            "standalone tasks widget during backfill -- its task source was dropped", frame.id
+        )
+        return
+    x, y, w, h = rect
+    task_widget = Widget(frame_id=frame.id, widget_type="tasks", x=x, y=y, w=w, h=h,
+                         sort_order=next_sort_order, created_at=time.time())
+    db.add(task_widget)
+    db.flush()
+    db.add(_task_config_from_frame(frame, task_widget.id))
+
+
 def _backfill_frame_widgets(db, frame: Frame) -> None:
     cols, rows = grid.grid_dims(frame.orientation)
     mode = frame.mode if frame.mode in ("photos", "calendar", "whiteboard") else "photos"
@@ -575,6 +723,9 @@ def _backfill_frame_widgets(db, frame: Frame) -> None:
         db.add(_calendar_config_from_frame(frame, cal_widget.id))
         db.add(_photo_config_from_frame(frame, photo_widget.id))
         db.add_all(_default_button_actions(frame.id, cal_widget.id, "calendar"))
+        _maybe_add_legacy_tasks_widget(
+            db, frame, [(0, 0, cols - half, rows), (cols - half, 0, half, rows)], next_sort_order=2
+        )
         return
 
     widget = Widget(frame_id=frame.id, widget_type=mode, x=0, y=0, w=cols, h=rows,
@@ -588,6 +739,8 @@ def _backfill_frame_widgets(db, frame: Frame) -> None:
     elif mode == "whiteboard":
         db.add(_whiteboard_config_from_frame(frame, widget.id))
     db.add_all(_default_button_actions(frame.id, widget.id, mode))
+    if mode == "calendar":
+        _maybe_add_legacy_tasks_widget(db, frame, [(0, 0, cols, rows)], next_sort_order=1)
 
 
 def _ensure_widgets_backfilled() -> None:
diff --git a/server/app/models.py b/server/app/models.py
index 25640d5..36e0612 100644
--- a/server/app/models.py
+++ b/server/app/models.py
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ class Widget(Base):
 
     id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True)
     frame_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(ForeignKey("frames.id", ondelete="CASCADE"))
-    widget_type: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String)  # "photos" | "calendar" | "whiteboard"
+    widget_type: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String)  # "photos" | "calendar" | "whiteboard" | "tasks"
     x: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer)
     y: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer)
     w: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer)
@@ -450,9 +450,12 @@ class CalendarWidgetConfig(Base):
     fields that used to live as calendar_* columns directly on Frame,
     minus calendar_photo_inlay (dropped: arbitrary widget placement
     subsumes what a fixed 50/50 inlay split did, so it's not a special
-    case anymore, just place a photo widget alongside). "Included
-    calendars" is its own table (FrameCalendar), widget_id-keyed so each
-    calendar widget on a frame has its own independent set."""
+    case anymore, just place a photo widget alongside) and minus
+    tasks_* (also dropped: split out into its own standalone widget
+    type, see TaskWidgetConfig, so a task list isn't tied to a
+    calendar's week view/footprint anymore). "Included calendars" is
+    its own table (FrameCalendar), widget_id-keyed so each calendar
+    widget on a frame has its own independent set."""
 
     __tablename__ = "calendar_widget_configs"
 
@@ -471,13 +474,35 @@ class CalendarWidgetConfig(Base):
     week_days: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, default=7)
     week_layout: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, default="horizontal")
     week_start_offset: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, default=0)
-    tasks_enabled: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(Boolean, default=False)
-    tasks_user_id: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(
-        ForeignKey("users.id", ondelete="SET NULL"), nullable=True
-    )
-    tasks_calendar_key: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String, nullable=True)
-    tasks_checked_at: Mapped[float] = mapped_column(Float, default=0.0)
-    tasks_cached: Mapped[list | None] = mapped_column(JSON, nullable=True, default=None)
+
+
+class TaskWidgetConfig(Base):
+    """One tasks widget's settings + cached-fetch state -- split out of
+    CalendarWidgetConfig (which used to carry these as tasks_* columns,
+    a week-view-only task list bolted onto a calendar widget) so a task
+    list can be placed and sized on its own, independent of any
+    calendar's view/footprint. No separate "enabled" flag -- unlike the
+    old bolted-on version, the widget's mere presence on the grid is the
+    on/off switch, same as every other widget type.
+
+    CalDAV only (a task list is a VTODO collection, not something a
+    plain ICS subscription meaningfully has); source is one specific
+    linked user's own CalDAV calendar, same owner-controls-their-own-
+    data permission split as FrameCalendar. user_id SET NULL on the
+    user's deletion clears the source rather than leaving a dangling
+    reference (checked_at isn't reset by that, but the next refresh
+    attempt finds no source and just returns [])."""
+
+    __tablename__ = "task_widget_configs"
+
+    widget_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(ForeignKey("widgets.id", ondelete="CASCADE"), primary_key=True)
+    user_id: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(ForeignKey("users.id", ondelete="SET NULL"), nullable=True)
+    calendar_key: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String, nullable=True)
+    checked_at: Mapped[float] = mapped_column(Float, default=0.0)
+    # [{"summary", "due" (ISO date/datetime string or None)}, ...],
+    # already filtered to outstanding (not-completed) tasks and sorted
+    # by due date -- see caldav_client.fetch_tasks.
+    cached: Mapped[list | None] = mapped_column(JSON, nullable=True, default=None)
 
 
 class WhiteboardWidgetConfig(Base):
@@ -500,6 +525,7 @@ WIDGET_CONFIG_MODELS: dict[str, type] = {
     "photos": PhotoWidgetConfig,
     "calendar": CalendarWidgetConfig,
     "whiteboard": WhiteboardWidgetConfig,
+    "tasks": TaskWidgetConfig,
 }
 
 
diff --git a/server/app/routers/api_widgets.py b/server/app/routers/api_widgets.py
index 8a179c7..f99d868 100644
--- a/server/app/routers/api_widgets.py
+++ b/server/app/routers/api_widgets.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """Everything scoped to one specific widget rather than "the frame":
 placement CRUD (backing the Layout tab's canvas, static/frame_layout.js)
 plus every setting/action that used to assume a frame had at most one
-widget of a given type -- photo queue, calendar inclusion/color/tasks,
-whiteboard source, and their preview endpoints. Split out of
+widget of a given type -- photo queue, calendar inclusion/color, tasks
+source, whiteboard source, and their preview endpoints. Split out of
 api_frames.py (which keeps frame-wide settings: orientation, quiet
 hours, palette, firmware, stats) once a frame could hold more than one
 widget of the same type, at which point "the frame's calendar settings"
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from ..models import (
     Frame,
     FrameCalendar,
     PhotoWidgetConfig,
+    TaskWidgetConfig,
     WhiteboardWidgetConfig,
     WIDGET_CONFIG_MODELS,
     Widget,
@@ -254,7 +255,6 @@ def api_widget_config_save(
     calendar_week_start_offset: int | None = Form(None),
     calendar_weather_enabled: bool | None = Form(None),
     calendar_weather_units: str | None = Form(None),
-    calendar_tasks_enabled: bool | None = Form(None),
 ):
     """Every field optional -- same partial-update, form-urlencoded
     convention as the old frame-level api_config_save, now scoped to one
@@ -317,8 +317,6 @@ def api_widget_config_save(
                     # new unit label.
                     ccfg.weather_checked_at = 0.0
                 ccfg.weather_units = calendar_weather_units
-            if calendar_tasks_enabled is not None:
-                ccfg.tasks_enabled = calendar_tasks_enabled
     with frame_locked(db, frame.id) as cfg:
         cfg.stats_config_saves += 1
     return {"status": "saved"}
@@ -506,7 +504,7 @@ def api_widget_preview_rendered(
     return Response(content=png, media_type="image/png")
 
 
-# --- Calendar: inclusion/color/tasks/weather/preview --------------------
+# --- Calendar: inclusion/color/weather/preview ---------------------------
 
 class CalendarSelectRequest(BaseModel):
     user_id: int
@@ -609,21 +607,37 @@ def api_widget_preview_calendar(
     ccfg = db.get(CalendarWidgetConfig, widget.id)
     events, summary = get_or_refresh_calendar_events_for_widget(db, frame, widget)
     weather_cities = get_or_refresh_weather_for_widget(db, frame, widget) if ccfg.weather_enabled else None
-    tasks = (
-        get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget(db, frame, widget)
-        if (ccfg.view == "week" and ccfg.tasks_enabled) else None
-    )
     png = calendar_render.render_calendar_preview_png(
         events, view=ccfg.view, browse_offset=ccfg.browse_offset, orientation=frame.orientation,
         palette_rgb=frame.palette_rgb, timezone=frame.timezone, fetch_summary=summary,
         week_start=ccfg.week_start,
         weather_cities=weather_cities, weather_units=ccfg.weather_units,
-        week_days=ccfg.week_days, week_layout=ccfg.week_layout, tasks=tasks,
+        week_days=ccfg.week_days, week_layout=ccfg.week_layout,
         week_start_offset=ccfg.week_start_offset,
     )
     return Response(content=png, media_type="image/png")
 
 
+# --- Tasks: source/preview ------------------------------------------------
+
+@router.get("/api/frames/{frame_id}/widgets/{widget_id}/preview/tasks")
+def api_widget_preview_tasks(
+    frame_widget: tuple[Frame, Widget] = Depends(require_widget_view), db: Session = Depends(get_db)
+):
+    """The same cached task list a live device render would use, same
+    "reflects what's currently saved" convention as the other preview
+    endpoints."""
+    frame, widget = frame_widget
+    _require_widget_type(widget, "tasks")
+    tcfg = db.get(TaskWidgetConfig, widget.id)
+    if not tcfg.calendar_key or not tcfg.user_id:
+        raise HTTPException(400, "No task list configured on this widget yet")
+    tasks = get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget(db, frame, widget)
+    png = calendar_render.render_tasks_preview_png(tasks, orientation=frame.orientation,
+                                                    palette_rgb=frame.palette_rgb)
+    return Response(content=png, media_type="image/png")
+
+
 class TasksSourceRequest(BaseModel):
     calendar_key: str | None  # None clears the source
 
@@ -634,27 +648,27 @@ def api_widget_tasks_source(
     frame_widget: tuple[Frame, Widget] = Depends(require_widget_view),
     db: Session = Depends(get_db),
 ):
-    """Points this widget's week-view task list at one of the calling
-    user's own CalDAV calendars -- same owner-controls-their-own-data
-    permission split as calendar-select's included=True, since this is
-    volunteering personal calendar data, not a display setting a
-    controller should get to pick on someone else's behalf. None clears
-    the source; clearing (unlike setting) isn't ownership-gated -- like
-    muting a shared calendar, anyone linked to the frame can turn off a
-    task list they'd rather not see, but only its owner can point the
-    widget at one of their calendars to begin with."""
+    """Points this tasks widget at one of the calling user's own CalDAV
+    calendars -- same owner-controls-their-own-data permission split as
+    calendar-select's included=True, since this is volunteering personal
+    calendar data, not a display setting a controller should get to pick
+    on someone else's behalf. None clears the source; clearing (unlike
+    setting) isn't ownership-gated -- like muting a shared calendar,
+    anyone linked to the frame can turn off a task list they'd rather
+    not see, but only its owner can point the widget at one of their
+    calendars to begin with."""
     frame, widget = frame_widget
-    _require_widget_type(widget, "calendar")
+    _require_widget_type(widget, "tasks")
     user = require_user_api(request, db)
     with widget_locked(db, frame.id, widget.id) as (_, _, cfg):
         if body.calendar_key is None:
-            cfg.tasks_user_id = None
-            cfg.tasks_calendar_key = None
-            cfg.tasks_cached = None
+            cfg.user_id = None
+            cfg.calendar_key = None
+            cfg.cached = None
         else:
-            cfg.tasks_user_id = user.id
-            cfg.tasks_calendar_key = body.calendar_key
-        cfg.tasks_checked_at = 0.0  # pick up the change promptly
+            cfg.user_id = user.id
+            cfg.calendar_key = body.calendar_key
+        cfg.checked_at = 0.0  # pick up the change promptly
     return {"status": "saved", "calendar_key": body.calendar_key}
 
 
diff --git a/server/app/routers/common.py b/server/app/routers/common.py
index ab42d47..ce06e29 100644
--- a/server/app/routers/common.py
+++ b/server/app/routers/common.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from ..models import (
     FrameButtonAction,
     FrameCalendar,
     PhotoWidgetConfig,
+    TaskWidgetConfig,
     User,
     Widget,
     WhiteboardWidgetConfig,
@@ -566,33 +567,33 @@ def get_or_refresh_weather_for_widget(db: Session, frame: Frame, widget: Widget)
 
 def get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget(db: Session, frame: Frame, widget: Widget) -> list[dict]:
     """Throttled task-list cache (calendar_feed.CHECK_INTERVAL_S, same
-    cadence as event merging), reading/writing CalendarWidgetConfig (see
-    app/widgets/calendar.py). [] if tasks are off, no source is set, or
-    the source user's CalDAV credentials/calendar_key have gone missing
-    (e.g. they unlinked their account). A refetch failure keeps the
-    last-known list rather than going blank for one bad cycle, same
-    reasoning as get_or_refresh_weather_for_widget."""
-    cfg = db.get(CalendarWidgetConfig, widget.id)
-    if not cfg.tasks_enabled or not cfg.tasks_calendar_key or not cfg.tasks_user_id:
+    cadence as event merging), reading/writing TaskWidgetConfig (see
+    app/widgets/tasks.py). [] if no source is set, or the source user's
+    CalDAV credentials/calendar_key have gone missing (e.g. they
+    unlinked their account). A refetch failure keeps the last-known list
+    rather than going blank for one bad cycle, same reasoning as
+    get_or_refresh_weather_for_widget."""
+    cfg = db.get(TaskWidgetConfig, widget.id)
+    if not cfg.calendar_key or not cfg.user_id:
         return []
     now = time.time()
-    if cfg.tasks_cached is not None and now - cfg.tasks_checked_at < calendar_feed.CHECK_INTERVAL_S:
-        return cfg.tasks_cached
+    if cfg.cached is not None and now - cfg.checked_at < calendar_feed.CHECK_INTERVAL_S:
+        return cfg.cached
 
-    user = db.get(User, cfg.tasks_user_id)
-    key = cfg.tasks_calendar_key
+    user = db.get(User, cfg.user_id)
+    key = cfg.calendar_key
     if user is None or not user.calendar_caldav_username or not key.startswith("caldav:"):
-        return cfg.tasks_cached or []
+        return cfg.cached or []
     href = key[len("caldav:"):]
     try:
         tasks = caldav_client.fetch_tasks(href, user.calendar_caldav_username, user.calendar_caldav_password)
     except caldav_client.CalDavError as e:
         logger.warning("Could not refresh tasks for widget %d: %s", widget.id, e)
-        return cfg.tasks_cached or []
+        return cfg.cached or []
 
     with widget_locked(db, frame.id, widget.id) as (_, _, locked_cfg):
-        locked_cfg.tasks_cached = tasks
-        locked_cfg.tasks_checked_at = now
+        locked_cfg.cached = tasks
+        locked_cfg.checked_at = now
     return tasks
 
 
diff --git a/server/app/routers/frame_pages.py b/server/app/routers/frame_pages.py
index 9029cb5..0fdac88 100644
--- a/server/app/routers/frame_pages.py
+++ b/server/app/routers/frame_pages.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from ..models import (
     Frame,
     FrameCalendar,
     PhotoWidgetConfig,
+    TaskWidgetConfig,
     User,
     UserFrame,
     WhiteboardWidgetConfig,
@@ -136,22 +137,22 @@ def _calendar_users_for_widget(db: Session, frame_id: int, widget_id: int, viewe
     return result
 
 
-def _tasks_source_info(db: Session, calendar_cfg: CalendarWidgetConfig) -> dict | None:
-    """Whose CalDAV calendar this widget's week-view task list currently
-    pulls from, and its label -- for showing "using <name>'s Chores
-    list" to everyone linked, not just whoever set it. None if no
-    source is configured."""
-    if not calendar_cfg.tasks_user_id or not calendar_cfg.tasks_calendar_key:
+def _tasks_source_info(db: Session, task_cfg: TaskWidgetConfig) -> dict | None:
+    """Whose CalDAV calendar this tasks widget currently pulls from, and
+    its label -- for showing "using <name>'s Chores list" to everyone
+    linked, not just whoever set it. None if no source is configured."""
+    if not task_cfg.user_id or not task_cfg.calendar_key:
         return None
-    user = db.get(User, calendar_cfg.tasks_user_id)
+    user = db.get(User, task_cfg.user_id)
     if user is None:
         return None
-    label = calendar_cfg.tasks_calendar_key
+    label = task_cfg.calendar_key
     for c in (user.calendar_caldav_calendars or []):
-        if f"caldav:{c['href']}" == calendar_cfg.tasks_calendar_key:
+        if f"caldav:{c['href']}" == task_cfg.calendar_key:
             label = c.get("display_name") or label
             break
-    return {"user_id": user.id, "display_name": user.display_name or user.username, "label": label}
+    return {"user_id": user.id, "display_name": user.display_name or user.username, "label": label,
+            "calendar_key": task_cfg.calendar_key}
 
 
 def _whiteboard_source_info(db: Session, whiteboard_cfg: WhiteboardWidgetConfig) -> dict | None:
@@ -195,7 +196,6 @@ def widget_dialog(frame_id: int, widget_id: int, request: Request, db: Session =
 
     if widget.widget_type == "calendar":
         calendar_cfg = db.get(CalendarWidgetConfig, widget.id)
-        viewer_task_calendars = [c for c in _user_available_calendars(user) if c["key"].startswith("caldav:")]
         return templates.TemplateResponse("_widget_dialog_calendar.html", {
             "request": request, "frame": frame, "widget": widget, "calendar_cfg": calendar_cfg, "user": user,
             "calendar_views": CALENDAR_VIEW_LABELS,
@@ -204,8 +204,15 @@ def widget_dialog(frame_id: int, widget_id: int, request: Request, db: Session =
             "calendar_color_labels": PALETTE_LABELS,
             "default_palette_rgb": DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB,
             "palette_to_hex": palette_to_hex,
+        })
+
+    if widget.widget_type == "tasks":
+        task_cfg = db.get(TaskWidgetConfig, widget.id)
+        viewer_task_calendars = [c for c in _user_available_calendars(user) if c["key"].startswith("caldav:")]
+        return templates.TemplateResponse("_widget_dialog_tasks.html", {
+            "request": request, "frame": frame, "widget": widget, "user": user,
             "viewer_task_calendars": viewer_task_calendars,
-            "tasks_source": _tasks_source_info(db, calendar_cfg),
+            "tasks_source": _tasks_source_info(db, task_cfg),
         })
 
     if widget.widget_type == "whiteboard":
diff --git a/server/app/static/common.js b/server/app/static/common.js
index 0ed31ea..dbccb26 100644
--- a/server/app/static/common.js
+++ b/server/app/static/common.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 // Shared display names for widget_type, everywhere one shows up in the
 // UI (Layout canvas, Add-a-widget buttons, button-assignment dropdowns).
-const WIDGET_LABELS = { photos: 'Photos', calendar: 'Calendar', whiteboard: 'Whiteboard (alpha)' };
+const WIDGET_LABELS = { photos: 'Photos', calendar: 'Calendar', whiteboard: 'Whiteboard (alpha)', tasks: 'Tasks' };
 
 function showStatus(ok, message) {
   // While a <dialog> is open, its own .dialog-result container gets the
diff --git a/server/app/static/frame_layout.js b/server/app/static/frame_layout.js
index fe15fc6..ccf5788 100644
--- a/server/app/static/frame_layout.js
+++ b/server/app/static/frame_layout.js
@@ -280,12 +280,18 @@ window.addEventListener('resize', () => {
 // a frame can now have several widgets of the same type, so "the
 // Calendar tab" stopped meaning anything unambiguous.
 
-// widget_dialog_{photos,calendar,whiteboard}.js each define an
+// widget_dialog_{photos,calendar,whiteboard,tasks}.js each define an
 // init<Type>Dialog()/close<Type>Dialog() pair (loaded unconditionally by
 // frame_layout.html, since which one runs depends on which widget's gear
 // icon was clicked).
-const DIALOG_INIT = { photos: initPhotosDialog, calendar: initCalendarDialog, whiteboard: initWhiteboardDialog };
-const DIALOG_CLOSE = { photos: closePhotosDialog, calendar: closeCalendarDialog, whiteboard: closeWhiteboardDialog };
+const DIALOG_INIT = {
+  photos: initPhotosDialog, calendar: initCalendarDialog, whiteboard: initWhiteboardDialog,
+  tasks: initTasksDialog,
+};
+const DIALOG_CLOSE = {
+  photos: closePhotosDialog, calendar: closeCalendarDialog, whiteboard: closeWhiteboardDialog,
+  tasks: closeTasksDialog,
+};
 
 let openDialogWidgetType = null;
 
diff --git a/server/app/static/widget_dialog_calendar.js b/server/app/static/widget_dialog_calendar.js
index 93e3a8d..1a30ca8 100644
--- a/server/app/static/widget_dialog_calendar.js
+++ b/server/app/static/widget_dialog_calendar.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Calendar widget dialog: view/week-start settings, per-user opt-in,
-// weather, tasks, and the rendered preview. Not a page-load script --
+// weather, and the rendered preview. Not a page-load script --
 // frame_layout.js fetches this widget's dialog HTML fragment, injects
 // it into the shared <dialog>, points window.FRAME_API at this specific
 // widget (/api/frames/{id}/widgets/{widget_id}), then calls
@@ -64,48 +64,6 @@ async function removeWeatherCity(e) {
   }
 }
 
-// Rewrites #tasks-current-source in place instead of telling the user
-// to reload -- the API always assigns a successful "set" to the caller
-// (see api_widget_tasks_source), so after either action we already know
-// exactly what the new state is without asking the server again.
-function renderTasksCurrentSource(label) {
-  const container = document.getElementById('tasks-current-source');
-  container.innerHTML = '';
-  if (!label) return; // matches the template's no-tasks_source branch: nothing rendered
-  const p = document.createElement('p');
-  p.className = 'sub';
-  p.style.marginTop = '10px';
-  p.append('Currently using your ');
-  const labelEl = document.createElement('strong');
-  labelEl.textContent = label;
-  p.append(labelEl, ' list. ');
-  const clearBtn = document.createElement('button');
-  clearBtn.type = 'button';
-  clearBtn.className = 'btn-inline secondary';
-  clearBtn.id = 'tasks-source-clear';
-  clearBtn.textContent = 'Clear';
-  clearBtn.addEventListener('click', clearTasksSource);
-  p.append(clearBtn);
-  container.append(p);
-}
-
-async function clearTasksSource() {
-  try {
-    const resp = await fetch(`${window.FRAME_API}/tasks-source`, {
-      method: 'POST',
-      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-      body: JSON.stringify({ calendar_key: null }),
-    });
-    if (!resp.ok) throw new Error(await apiError(resp));
-    showStatus(true, 'Task list cleared.');
-    renderTasksCurrentSource(null);
-    document.querySelectorAll('.tasks-source-choice').forEach((r) => { r.checked = false; });
-    loadCalendarPreview();
-  } catch (e) {
-    showStatus(false, e.message);
-  }
-}
-
 function loadCalendarPreview() {
   document.getElementById('calendar-preview').src = `${window.FRAME_API}/preview/calendar?_=${Date.now()}`;
 }
@@ -237,50 +195,6 @@ function initCalendarDialog() {
     }
   });
 
-  document.getElementById('tasks_enabled').addEventListener('change', async (e) => {
-    const el = e.target;
-    try {
-      const resp = await fetch(`${window.FRAME_API}/config`, {
-        method: 'POST',
-        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' },
-        body: new URLSearchParams({ calendar_tasks_enabled: String(el.checked) }),
-      });
-      if (!resp.ok) throw new Error(await apiError(resp));
-      showStatus(true, 'Saved.');
-      loadCalendarPreview();
-    } catch (e) {
-      el.checked = !el.checked;
-      showStatus(false, e.message);
-    }
-  });
-
-  // Choosing one of your own CalDAV task lists as this widget's source --
-  // owner-only (see api_widget_tasks_source), so these radios only ever
-  // render for the viewer's own calendars anyway.
-  document.querySelectorAll('.tasks-source-choice').forEach((el) => {
-    el.addEventListener('change', async () => {
-      try {
-        const resp = await fetch(`${window.FRAME_API}/tasks-source`, {
-          method: 'POST',
-          headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-          body: JSON.stringify({ calendar_key: el.dataset.key }),
-        });
-        if (!resp.ok) throw new Error(await apiError(resp));
-        showStatus(true, 'Task list saved.');
-        const labelEl = el.closest('li').querySelector('label');
-        renderTasksCurrentSource(labelEl ? labelEl.textContent.trim() : '');
-        loadCalendarPreview();
-      } catch (e) {
-        showStatus(false, e.message);
-      }
-    });
-  });
-
-  const tasksSourceClear = document.getElementById('tasks-source-clear');
-  if (tasksSourceClear) {
-    tasksSourceClear.addEventListener('click', clearTasksSource);
-  }
-
   document.getElementById('calendar-preview-refresh').addEventListener('click', loadCalendarPreview);
   loadCalendarPreview();
 }
diff --git a/server/app/static/widget_dialog_tasks.js b/server/app/static/widget_dialog_tasks.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f957bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/app/static/widget_dialog_tasks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// Tasks widget dialog: pick one of the viewer's own CalDAV task lists as
+// this widget's source, plus the rendered preview. Not a page-load
+// script -- frame_layout.js fetches this widget's dialog HTML fragment,
+// injects it into the shared <dialog>, points window.FRAME_API at this
+// specific widget (/api/frames/{id}/widgets/{widget_id}), then calls
+// initTasksDialog().
+
+// Rewrites #tasks-current-source in place instead of telling the user to
+// reload -- the API always assigns a successful "set" to the caller
+// (see api_widget_tasks_source), so after either action we already know
+// exactly what the new state is without asking the server again.
+function renderTasksCurrentSource(label) {
+  const container = document.getElementById('tasks-current-source');
+  container.innerHTML = '';
+  if (!label) {
+    container.innerHTML = '<p class="sub" style="margin-top: 10px;">No task list configured yet.</p>';
+    return;
+  }
+  const p = document.createElement('p');
+  p.className = 'sub';
+  p.style.marginTop = '10px';
+  p.append('Currently using your ');
+  const labelEl = document.createElement('strong');
+  labelEl.textContent = label;
+  p.append(labelEl, ' list. ');
+  const clearBtn = document.createElement('button');
+  clearBtn.type = 'button';
+  clearBtn.className = 'btn-inline secondary';
+  clearBtn.id = 'tasks-source-clear';
+  clearBtn.textContent = 'Clear';
+  clearBtn.addEventListener('click', clearTasksSource);
+  p.append(clearBtn);
+  container.append(p);
+}
+
+async function clearTasksSource() {
+  try {
+    const resp = await fetch(`${window.FRAME_API}/tasks-source`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ calendar_key: null }),
+    });
+    if (!resp.ok) throw new Error(await apiError(resp));
+    showStatus(true, 'Task list cleared.');
+    renderTasksCurrentSource(null);
+    document.querySelectorAll('.tasks-source-choice').forEach((r) => { r.checked = false; });
+    loadTasksPreview();
+  } catch (e) {
+    showStatus(false, e.message);
+  }
+}
+
+function loadTasksPreview() {
+  document.getElementById('tasks-preview').src = `${window.FRAME_API}/preview/tasks?_=${Date.now()}`;
+}
+
+function initTasksDialog() {
+  // Choosing one of your own CalDAV task lists as this widget's source --
+  // owner-only (see api_widget_tasks_source), so these radios only ever
+  // render for the viewer's own calendars anyway.
+  document.querySelectorAll('.tasks-source-choice').forEach((el) => {
+    el.addEventListener('change', async () => {
+      try {
+        const resp = await fetch(`${window.FRAME_API}/tasks-source`, {
+          method: 'POST',
+          headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+          body: JSON.stringify({ calendar_key: el.dataset.key }),
+        });
+        if (!resp.ok) throw new Error(await apiError(resp));
+        showStatus(true, 'Task list saved.');
+        const labelEl = el.closest('li').querySelector('label');
+        renderTasksCurrentSource(labelEl ? labelEl.textContent.trim() : '');
+        loadTasksPreview();
+      } catch (e) {
+        showStatus(false, e.message);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  const tasksSourceClear = document.getElementById('tasks-source-clear');
+  if (tasksSourceClear) {
+    tasksSourceClear.addEventListener('click', clearTasksSource);
+  }
+
+  document.getElementById('tasks-preview-refresh').addEventListener('click', loadTasksPreview);
+  loadTasksPreview();
+}
+
+function closeTasksDialog() {
+  // Nothing to tear down -- no poll interval, unlike the photos dialog.
+}
diff --git a/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_calendar.html b/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_calendar.html
index 2dfd5d9..23386a7 100644
--- a/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_calendar.html
+++ b/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_calendar.html
@@ -127,44 +127,6 @@
   </div>
 </section>
 
-<section class="card" style="margin-top: 20px;">
-  <h2 class="card-title">Tasks</h2>
-  <p class="sub">Week view only -- takes the place of one day slot
-    instead of adding an extra one.</p>
-  <div class="checkbox-row" id="tasks-enabled-row">
-    <input type="checkbox" id="tasks_enabled" {% if calendar_cfg.tasks_enabled %}checked{% endif %}>
-    <label for="tasks_enabled">Show a task list</label>
-  </div>
-
-  <div id="tasks-current-source">
-    {% if tasks_source %}
-      <p class="sub" style="margin-top: 10px;">
-        Currently using <strong>{{ tasks_source.display_name }}</strong>'s
-        <strong>{{ tasks_source.label }}</strong> list.
-        <button type="button" class="btn-inline secondary" id="tasks-source-clear">Clear</button>
-      </p>
-    {% endif %}
-  </div>
-
-  {% if viewer_task_calendars %}
-    <p class="sub" style="margin-top: 10px;">Use one of your own CalDAV task lists:</p>
-    <ul class="calendar-user-list">
-      {% for c in viewer_task_calendars %}
-        <li class="checkbox-row" style="margin-top: 6px;">
-          <input type="radio" name="tasks-source-choice" class="tasks-source-choice" data-key="{{ c.key }}"
-                 {% if tasks_source and tasks_source.user_id == user.id and calendar_cfg.tasks_calendar_key == c.key %}checked{% endif %}>
-          <label style="margin: 0; font-weight: normal;">{{ c.label }}</label>
-        </li>
-      {% endfor %}
-    </ul>
-  {% else %}
-    <p class="sub" style="margin-top: 10px;">You don't have any CalDAV
-      task lists available -- set up a CalDAV account in
-      <a href="/settings">Settings</a> first (a plain ICS subscription
-      doesn't carry tasks).</p>
-  {% endif %}
-</section>
-
 <section class="card" style="margin-top: 20px;">
   <h2 class="card-title">Preview</h2>
   <p class="sub">How this widget currently renders.</p>
diff --git a/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_tasks.html b/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_tasks.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41fe5a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_tasks.html
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<h2 class="dialog-title">Tasks widget</h2>
+
+<section class="card">
+  <h2 class="card-title">Task list source</h2>
+  <p class="sub">A simple outstanding-task checklist. CalDAV only -- a
+    task list is a VTODO collection, which a plain ICS subscription
+    doesn't carry.</p>
+
+  <div id="tasks-current-source">
+    {% if tasks_source %}
+      <p class="sub" style="margin-top: 10px;">
+        Currently using <strong>{{ tasks_source.display_name }}</strong>'s
+        <strong>{{ tasks_source.label }}</strong> list.
+        <button type="button" class="btn-inline secondary" id="tasks-source-clear">Clear</button>
+      </p>
+    {% else %}
+      <p class="sub" style="margin-top: 10px;">No task list configured yet.</p>
+    {% endif %}
+  </div>
+
+  {% if viewer_task_calendars %}
+    <p class="sub" style="margin-top: 10px;">Use one of your own CalDAV task lists:</p>
+    <ul class="calendar-user-list">
+      {% for c in viewer_task_calendars %}
+        <li class="checkbox-row" style="margin-top: 6px;">
+          <input type="radio" name="tasks-source-choice" class="tasks-source-choice" data-key="{{ c.key }}"
+                 {% if tasks_source and tasks_source.user_id == user.id and tasks_source.calendar_key == c.key %}checked{% endif %}>
+          <label style="margin: 0; font-weight: normal;">{{ c.label }}</label>
+        </li>
+      {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+  {% else %}
+    <p class="sub" style="margin-top: 10px;">You don't have any CalDAV
+      task lists available -- set up a CalDAV account in
+      <a href="/settings">Settings</a> first.</p>
+  {% endif %}
+</section>
+
+<section class="card" style="margin-top: 20px;">
+  <h2 class="card-title">Preview</h2>
+  <p class="sub">How this widget currently renders.</p>
+  <img class="preview-img" id="tasks-preview" alt="Tasks preview">
+  <button type="button" class="secondary" id="tasks-preview-refresh">Refresh now</button>
+</section>
diff --git a/server/app/templates/frame_layout.html b/server/app/templates/frame_layout.html
index 5414b85..2412066 100644
--- a/server/app/templates/frame_layout.html
+++ b/server/app/templates/frame_layout.html
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@
   <script src="/static/queue.js"></script>
   <script src="/static/widget_dialog_calendar.js"></script>
   <script src="/static/widget_dialog_whiteboard.js"></script>
+  <script src="/static/widget_dialog_tasks.js"></script>
   <script src="/static/frame_layout.js"></script>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/server/app/widgets/__init__.py b/server/app/widgets/__init__.py
index a3e1315..c4674a9 100644
--- a/server/app/widgets/__init__.py
+++ b/server/app/widgets/__init__.py
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ Each module in this package exposes:
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from . import calendar, photos, whiteboard
+from . import calendar, photos, tasks, whiteboard
 
 WIDGET_TYPES = {
     "photos": photos,
     "calendar": calendar,
     "whiteboard": whiteboard,
+    "tasks": tasks,
 }
diff --git a/server/app/widgets/calendar.py b/server/app/widgets/calendar.py
index 244f48d..445b87e 100644
--- a/server/app/widgets/calendar.py
+++ b/server/app/widgets/calendar.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ from ..db import widget_locked
 from ..models import CalendarWidgetConfig, Frame, Widget
 from ..routers.common import (
     get_or_refresh_calendar_events_for_widget,
-    get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget,
     get_or_refresh_weather_for_widget,
 )
 
@@ -47,16 +46,12 @@ def render(db: Session, frame: Frame, widget: Widget, target_w: int, target_h: i
     cfg = db.get(CalendarWidgetConfig, widget.id)
     events, fetch_summary = get_or_refresh_calendar_events_for_widget(db, frame, widget)
     weather_cities = get_or_refresh_weather_for_widget(db, frame, widget) if cfg.weather_enabled else None
-    tasks = (
-        get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget(db, frame, widget)
-        if (cfg.view == "week" and cfg.tasks_enabled) else None
-    )
 
     return _build(
         events, view=cfg.view, browse_offset=cfg.browse_offset, target_w=target_w, target_h=target_h,
         timezone=frame.timezone, fetch_summary=fetch_summary, week_start=cfg.week_start,
         palette_rgb=frame.palette_rgb, weather_cities=weather_cities, weather_units=cfg.weather_units,
-        week_days=cfg.week_days, week_layout=cfg.week_layout, tasks=tasks,
+        week_days=cfg.week_days, week_layout=cfg.week_layout,
         week_start_offset=cfg.week_start_offset,
     )
 
diff --git a/server/app/widgets/tasks.py b/server/app/widgets/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f208cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/app/widgets/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""Tasks widget: a simple outstanding-task checklist in its own region --
+split out of the calendar widget's old week-view-only task list (see
+models.TaskWidgetConfig) so a task list can be placed and sized on its
+own, independent of any calendar's view/footprint.
+
+No "enabled" concept and no button actions: the widget's mere presence
+on the grid is the on/off switch (same as every other widget type), and
+its cache refreshes on the same throttled schedule as weather -- nothing
+here to advance/back/force."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from PIL import Image
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from ..calendar_render import _build_tasks
+from ..models import Frame, TaskWidgetConfig, Widget
+from ..routers.common import get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget
+from ._shared import placeholder_image
+
+ACTION_LABELS: dict[str, str] = {}
+
+
+def render(db: Session, frame: Frame, widget: Widget, target_w: int, target_h: int,
+          is_normal_wake: bool = True) -> Image.Image:
+    """is_normal_wake is unused here -- see app/widgets/photos.py's
+    identical note; every widget type's render() shares one call
+    signature regardless of which ones actually care."""
+    cfg = db.get(TaskWidgetConfig, widget.id)
+    if not cfg.calendar_key or not cfg.user_id:
+        return placeholder_image(target_w, target_h, ["Tasks widget", "not configured yet"])
+    tasks = get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget(db, frame, widget)
+    return _build_tasks(tasks, target_w, target_h)
+
+
+ACTIONS: dict = {}
diff --git a/server/tests/test_migrations.py b/server/tests/test_migrations.py
index 1a141da..c7ac8bc 100644
--- a/server/tests/test_migrations.py
+++ b/server/tests/test_migrations.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from app.models import (
     FrameCalendar,
     PhotoWidgetConfig,
     ServerSettings,
+    TaskWidgetConfig,
     Widget,
     WhiteboardWidgetConfig,
 )
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ def test_migration_16_raw_sql_path_applies_to_an_existing_pre_widget_database(db
     _ensure_frame_calendars_rekeyed has a real frame_id-shaped table to
     migrate."""
     with db_module.engine.begin() as conn:
-        for table in ("frame_button_actions", "whiteboard_widget_configs",
+        for table in ("frame_button_actions", "whiteboard_widget_configs", "task_widget_configs",
                       "calendar_widget_configs", "photo_widget_configs", "widgets"):
             conn.execute(text(f"DROP TABLE {table}"))
         conn.execute(text("DROP TABLE frame_calendars"))
@@ -233,6 +234,92 @@ def test_migration_16_raw_sql_path_applies_to_an_existing_pre_widget_database(db
     assert config.queue == ["legacy-asset", "next-asset"]
 
 
+def test_migration_17_extracts_tasks_into_a_standalone_widget(db_session):
+    """Exercises _migration_17's actual data-extraction SQL (the real
+    "existing widget-system database upgrading past this migration"
+    scenario): a calendar_widget_configs row in its pre-17 shape (tasks_*
+    columns still present, still holding a configured task source) should
+    come out the other side as a sibling `tasks` widget carrying that
+    source, with calendar_widget_configs no longer having tasks_*
+    columns at all."""
+    with db_module.engine.begin() as conn:
+        conn.execute(text("DROP TABLE task_widget_configs"))
+        conn.execute(text("DROP TABLE calendar_widget_configs"))
+        conn.execute(text(
+            "CREATE TABLE calendar_widget_configs ("
+            "widget_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES widgets(id) ON DELETE CASCADE, "
+            "view TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'agenda', "
+            "week_start INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, "
+            "browse_offset INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, "
+            "checked_at REAL NOT NULL DEFAULT 0.0, "
+            "cached_events TEXT, "
+            "fetch_summary TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '', "
+            "weather_enabled INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, "
+            "weather_units TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'fahrenheit', "
+            "weather_cities TEXT, "
+            "weather_checked_at REAL NOT NULL DEFAULT 0.0, "
+            "weather_cached TEXT, "
+            "week_days INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 7, "
+            "week_layout TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'horizontal', "
+            "week_start_offset INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, "
+            "tasks_enabled INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, "
+            "tasks_user_id INTEGER REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE SET NULL, "
+            "tasks_calendar_key TEXT, "
+            "tasks_checked_at REAL NOT NULL DEFAULT 0.0, "
+            "tasks_cached TEXT)"
+        ))
+        conn.execute(text("UPDATE schema_version SET version = 16"))
+
+    user = make_user(db_session, "task-owner")
+    user_id = user.id
+
+    # Frame #1's auto-migrated widget is a full-panel "photos" one --
+    # remove it to free up grid space for the calendar widget below (and
+    # for the tasks widget this migration is expected to carve out).
+    db_session.query(Widget).filter_by(frame_id=1, widget_type="photos").delete()
+    db_session.commit()
+
+    calendar_widget = Widget(frame_id=1, widget_type="calendar", x=0, y=0, w=3, h=2,
+                             sort_order=1, created_at=time.time())
+    db_session.add(calendar_widget)
+    db_session.flush()
+    calendar_widget_id = calendar_widget.id
+    db_session.commit()
+
+    with db_module.engine.begin() as conn:
+        conn.execute(text(
+            "INSERT INTO calendar_widget_configs "
+            "(widget_id, tasks_enabled, tasks_user_id, tasks_calendar_key, tasks_checked_at, tasks_cached) "
+            "VALUES (:widget_id, 1, :user_id, 'caldav:/some/tasks/', 123.0, '[{\"summary\": \"Buy milk\"}]')"
+        ), {"widget_id": calendar_widget_id, "user_id": user_id})
+
+    run_migrations()
+
+    with db_module.engine.begin() as conn:
+        version = conn.execute(text("SELECT version FROM schema_version")).scalar()
+    assert version == MIGRATIONS[-1][0]
+
+    columns = {c["name"] for c in inspect(db_module.engine).get_columns("calendar_widget_configs")}
+    assert not any(c.startswith("tasks_") for c in columns)
+
+    task_widgets = db_session.scalars(
+        select(Widget).where(Widget.frame_id == 1, Widget.widget_type == "tasks")
+    ).all()
+    assert len(task_widgets) == 1
+    task_widget = task_widgets[0]
+
+    cfg = db_session.get(TaskWidgetConfig, task_widget.id)
+    assert cfg.user_id == user_id
+    assert cfg.calendar_key == "caldav:/some/tasks/"
+    assert cfg.checked_at == 123.0
+    assert cfg.cached == [{"summary": "Buy milk"}]
+
+    # Auto-placed without overlapping the calendar widget it was split from.
+    cal = db_session.get(Widget, calendar_widget_id)
+    assert not grid.overlaps((cal.x, cal.y, cal.w, cal.h),
+                             (task_widget.x, task_widget.y, task_widget.w, task_widget.h))
+
+
 def test_frame_calendars_rekey_attaches_existing_rows_to_their_calendar_widget(db_session):
     """A frame whose mode was "calendar" (not "photos") gets a calendar
     widget from _ensure_widgets_backfilled -- _ensure_frame_calendars_
@@ -243,7 +330,7 @@ def test_frame_calendars_rekey_attaches_existing_rows_to_their_calendar_widget(d
     the widget backfill, not as a numbered migration racing ahead of
     it (see _ensure_frame_calendars_rekeyed's own docstring)."""
     with db_module.engine.begin() as conn:
-        for table in ("frame_button_actions", "whiteboard_widget_configs",
+        for table in ("frame_button_actions", "whiteboard_widget_configs", "task_widget_configs",
                       "calendar_widget_configs", "photo_widget_configs", "widgets"):
             conn.execute(text(f"DROP TABLE {table}"))
         conn.execute(text("DROP TABLE frame_calendars"))
diff --git a/server/tests/test_permission_boundaries.py b/server/tests/test_permission_boundaries.py
index 6b02694..aa7cafb 100644
--- a/server/tests/test_permission_boundaries.py
+++ b/server/tests/test_permission_boundaries.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from app.models import (
     CalendarWidgetConfig,
     Frame,
     FrameCalendar,
+    TaskWidgetConfig,
     User,
     Widget,
     WhiteboardWidgetConfig,
@@ -62,6 +63,16 @@ def _add_calendar_widget(db_session, frame: Frame) -> Widget:
     return widget
 
 
+def _add_tasks_widget(db_session, frame: Frame) -> Widget:
+    widget = Widget(frame_id=frame.id, widget_type="tasks", x=0, y=0, w=2, h=2,
+                    sort_order=1, created_at=time.time())
+    db_session.add(widget)
+    db_session.flush()
+    db_session.add(TaskWidgetConfig(widget_id=widget.id))
+    db_session.commit()
+    return widget
+
+
 # --- whiteboard-source ---
 
 def test_whiteboard_source_owner_can_set_it(client, db_session):
@@ -158,7 +169,7 @@ def test_whiteboard_source_400s_when_widget_is_not_a_whiteboard(client, db_sessi
 
 def test_tasks_source_set_always_targets_the_caller(client, db_session):
     frame = _setup_two_linked_users(client, db_session)
-    widget = _add_calendar_widget(db_session, frame)
+    widget = _add_tasks_widget(db_session, frame)
     client.cookies.clear()
     login(client, "bob")
 
@@ -167,14 +178,14 @@ def test_tasks_source_set_always_targets_the_caller(client, db_session):
     assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
 
     bob_row = db_session.query(User).filter_by(username="bob").one()
-    cfg = db_session.get(CalendarWidgetConfig, widget.id)
-    assert cfg.tasks_user_id == bob_row.id
-    assert cfg.tasks_calendar_key == "caldav:/some/tasks/"
+    cfg = db_session.get(TaskWidgetConfig, widget.id)
+    assert cfg.user_id == bob_row.id
+    assert cfg.calendar_key == "caldav:/some/tasks/"
 
 
 def test_tasks_source_anyone_linked_can_clear(client, db_session):
     frame = _setup_two_linked_users(client, db_session)
-    widget = _add_calendar_widget(db_session, frame)
+    widget = _add_tasks_widget(db_session, frame)
     client.post(f"/api/frames/1/widgets/{widget.id}/tasks-source",
                json={"calendar_key": "caldav:/alice/tasks/"}, headers=csrf_headers(client))
 
@@ -184,9 +195,9 @@ def test_tasks_source_anyone_linked_can_clear(client, db_session):
                        headers=csrf_headers(client))
     assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
 
-    cfg = db_session.get(CalendarWidgetConfig, widget.id)
-    assert cfg.tasks_user_id is None
-    assert cfg.tasks_calendar_key is None
+    cfg = db_session.get(TaskWidgetConfig, widget.id)
+    assert cfg.user_id is None
+    assert cfg.calendar_key is None
 
 
 def test_tasks_source_404s_for_a_widget_id_that_does_not_exist(client, db_session):
@@ -196,7 +207,7 @@ def test_tasks_source_404s_for_a_widget_id_that_does_not_exist(client, db_sessio
     assert resp.status_code == 404
 
 
-def test_tasks_source_400s_when_widget_is_not_a_calendar(client, db_session):
+def test_tasks_source_400s_when_widget_is_not_tasks(client, db_session):
     frame = _setup_two_linked_users(client, db_session)
     photo_widget_id = _photo_widget_id(db_session, frame)
     resp = client.post(f"/api/frames/1/widgets/{photo_widget_id}/tasks-source",
diff --git a/server/tests/test_render_size_invariants.py b/server/tests/test_render_size_invariants.py
index ecaed58..f3123ba 100644
--- a/server/tests/test_render_size_invariants.py
+++ b/server/tests/test_render_size_invariants.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import pytest
 from PIL import Image
 
-from app.calendar_render import CALENDAR_VIEWS, render_calendar
+from app.calendar_render import CALENDAR_VIEWS, render_calendar, render_tasks
 from app.grid import cell_to_pixels, full_panel_rect, grid_dims
 from app.image_pipeline import EPD_HEIGHT, EPD_WIDTH, render_panel, render_placeholder
 
@@ -55,11 +55,10 @@ def test_calendar_render_size_empty_events():
     assert len(data) == EXPECTED_BYTES
 
 
-def test_calendar_render_size_with_fetch_summary_and_tasks():
-    tasks = [{"summary": "Buy milk", "completed": False}, {"summary": "Walk the dog", "completed": True}]
+def test_calendar_render_size_with_fetch_summary():
     data = render_calendar(_SAMPLE_EVENTS, "week", browse_offset=0, orientation="landscape",
                            palette_rgb=None, timezone="UTC", fetch_summary="1 of 2 calendars unavailable",
-                           week_days=5, week_layout="vertical", tasks=tasks)
+                           week_days=5, week_layout="vertical")
     assert len(data) == EXPECTED_BYTES
 
 
@@ -69,6 +68,25 @@ def test_calendar_render_size_with_week_start_offset():
     assert len(data) == EXPECTED_BYTES
 
 
+# --- tasks widget (split out of the calendar widget's old week-view-only task list) ---
+
+_SAMPLE_TASKS = [
+    {"summary": "Buy milk", "due": "2026-08-02"},
+    {"summary": "Walk the dog", "due": None},
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("orientation", ORIENTATIONS)
+def test_tasks_render_size_across_orientations(orientation):
+    data = render_tasks(_SAMPLE_TASKS, orientation=orientation, palette_rgb=None)
+    assert len(data) == EXPECTED_BYTES
+
+
+def test_tasks_render_size_empty():
+    data = render_tasks([], orientation="landscape", palette_rgb=None)
+    assert len(data) == EXPECTED_BYTES
+
+
 # --- render_panel (the widget-system compositor) ---
 
 
diff --git a/server/tests/test_widget_config_and_queue_endpoints.py b/server/tests/test_widget_config_and_queue_endpoints.py
index baee6b2..ba10220 100644
--- a/server/tests/test_widget_config_and_queue_endpoints.py
+++ b/server/tests/test_widget_config_and_queue_endpoints.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def test_config_save_updates_a_calendar_widget(client, db_session):
         f"/api/frames/1/widgets/{widget.id}/config",
         data={"calendar_view": "week", "calendar_week_start": "1", "calendar_week_days": "5",
              "calendar_week_layout": "vertical", "calendar_weather_enabled": "true",
-             "calendar_weather_units": "celsius", "calendar_tasks_enabled": "true"},
+             "calendar_weather_units": "celsius"},
         headers=csrf_headers(client),
     )
     assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ def test_config_save_updates_a_calendar_widget(client, db_session):
     assert cfg.week_layout == "vertical"
     assert cfg.weather_enabled is True
     assert cfg.weather_units == "celsius"
-    assert cfg.tasks_enabled is True
 
 
 def test_config_save_only_partially_updates_provided_fields(client, db_session):
diff --git a/server/tests/test_widgets_calendar.py b/server/tests/test_widgets_calendar.py
index 4f4d3be..74be407 100644
--- a/server/tests/test_widgets_calendar.py
+++ b/server/tests/test_widgets_calendar.py
@@ -25,13 +25,11 @@ def _make_widget(db_session, **cfg_kwargs) -> tuple[Frame, Widget]:
     return frame, widget
 
 
-def _stub_fetches(monkeypatch, events=None, weather=None, tasks=None):
+def _stub_fetches(monkeypatch, events=None, weather=None):
     monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.calendar, "get_or_refresh_calendar_events_for_widget",
                         lambda db, frame, widget: (events or [], ""))
     monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.calendar, "get_or_refresh_weather_for_widget",
                         lambda db, frame, widget: weather or [])
-    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.calendar, "get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget",
-                        lambda db, frame, widget: tasks or [])
 
 
 def test_render_produces_a_correctly_sized_image(db_session, monkeypatch):
@@ -93,27 +91,11 @@ def test_weather_only_fetched_when_enabled(db_session, monkeypatch):
                         lambda db, frame, widget: ([], ""))
     monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.calendar, "get_or_refresh_weather_for_widget",
                         lambda db, frame, widget: calls.append(1) or [])
-    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.calendar, "get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget",
-                        lambda db, frame, widget: [])
 
     widgets.calendar.render(db_session, frame, widget, 400, 300)
     assert calls == []
 
 
-def test_tasks_only_fetched_for_week_view_when_enabled(db_session, monkeypatch):
-    frame, widget = _make_widget(db_session, view="agenda", tasks_enabled=True)  # not week view
-    calls = []
-    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.calendar, "get_or_refresh_calendar_events_for_widget",
-                        lambda db, frame, widget: ([], ""))
-    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.calendar, "get_or_refresh_weather_for_widget",
-                        lambda db, frame, widget: [])
-    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.calendar, "get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget",
-                        lambda db, frame, widget: calls.append(1) or [])
-
-    widgets.calendar.render(db_session, frame, widget, 400, 300)
-    assert calls == []  # agenda view -- tasks never shown, so never fetched
-
-
 def test_advance_action_increments_browse_offset(db_session):
     frame, widget = _make_widget(db_session, view="week", browse_offset=0)
     widgets.calendar.ACTIONS["advance"](db_session, frame, widget)
diff --git a/server/tests/test_widgets_tasks.py b/server/tests/test_widgets_tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ba8e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/tests/test_widgets_tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+"""app.widgets.tasks -- unit-level, no HTTP: constructs Widget/
+TaskWidgetConfig rows directly and monkeypatches the underlying fetch
+call (get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget, throttle/CalDAV-fetch logic
+covered separately). Split out of the old calendar widget's week-view-
+only task list -- see models.TaskWidgetConfig."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import time
+
+from app import widgets
+from app.models import Frame, TaskWidgetConfig, Widget
+
+from .conftest import make_user
+
+
+def _make_widget(db_session, **cfg_kwargs) -> tuple[Frame, Widget]:
+    frame = db_session.get(Frame, 1)
+    widget = Widget(frame_id=frame.id, widget_type="tasks", x=0, y=0, w=2, h=2,
+                    sort_order=0, created_at=time.time())
+    db_session.add(widget)
+    db_session.flush()
+    db_session.add(TaskWidgetConfig(widget_id=widget.id, **cfg_kwargs))
+    db_session.commit()
+    return frame, widget
+
+
+def _make_configured_widget(db_session) -> tuple[Frame, Widget]:
+    user = make_user(db_session, "task-owner")
+    return _make_widget(db_session, user_id=user.id, calendar_key="caldav:/some/tasks/")
+
+
+def test_render_unconfigured_widget_returns_correctly_sized_placeholder(db_session):
+    frame, widget = _make_widget(db_session)  # no user_id/calendar_key set
+    img = widgets.tasks.render(db_session, frame, widget, 300, 200)
+    assert img.size == (300, 200)
+
+
+def test_render_configured_widget_produces_a_correctly_sized_image(db_session, monkeypatch):
+    frame, widget = _make_configured_widget(db_session)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.tasks, "get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget",
+                        lambda db, frame, widget: [{"summary": "Buy milk", "due": None}])
+
+    img = widgets.tasks.render(db_session, frame, widget, 300, 200)
+    assert img.size == (300, 200)
+    assert img.mode == "RGB"
+
+
+def test_render_configured_but_empty_task_list_still_renders(db_session, monkeypatch):
+    frame, widget = _make_configured_widget(db_session)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.tasks, "get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget", lambda db, frame, widget: [])
+
+    img = widgets.tasks.render(db_session, frame, widget, 300, 200)
+    assert img.size == (300, 200)
+
+
+def test_render_at_minimum_grid_footprint(db_session, monkeypatch):
+    """grid.MIN_FOOTPRINT["tasks"] is (2, 2) cells -- on an 8x5 grid
+    against a full 800x480 panel that's a 200x192 box, the smallest a
+    tasks widget can actually be placed at."""
+    frame, widget = _make_configured_widget(db_session)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.tasks, "get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget", lambda db, frame, widget: [])
+
+    img = widgets.tasks.render(db_session, frame, widget, 200, 192)
+    assert img.size == (200, 192)
+
+
+def test_no_button_actions():
+    """A passive checklist on the same throttled-refresh cadence as
+    weather -- nothing to advance/back/force."""
+    assert widgets.tasks.ACTIONS == {}
+    assert widgets.tasks.ACTION_LABELS == {}