diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e925ed8..1288d939 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
   - can be opened via a new button "View Patch Details" on each item in the list of Patches
   - panel's title shows the patch description in full if it's short, otherwise truncated to the nearest full word fitting the limit
   - the following Patch info are shown in the new view
-    - status
+    - status (e.g. open, merged, archived, ...)
       - the status badge's background color is a dynamic color mix of the patch status color and the dynamic editor-foreground inherited from vscode's current theme so as to ensure text contrast reaching at least [WCAAG AA](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/Understanding_WCAG/Perceivable/Color_contrast) level of accessibility at all times while also retaining a relative consistency of the colors across all our UIs
     - major events like "created", "last updated", "merged" and related info with logic crafting optimal copy for each case (see similar tooltip improvements below)
+    - checked-out indicator, if the Git branch associated with this Radicle Patch is currently checked out
     - id (with on-hover button to copy Patch identifier to clipboard)
     - revision authors
     - labels
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
   - a "Check Out Default" button that checks out the Git branch marked as default for the Radicle project
     - shown only if the Patch is checked out
   - Patch check-out status remains in sync across all views and the actual underlying Git state as the latter changes
+  - TODO: revision description is hidden under an expandable-on-click control (to avoid showing the same content twice) if the selected revision is the first revision
 - **commands**: add new command to check out the current Radicle project's default Git branch
 - **patch-list:** show button to "Check Out Default Git Branch" for the currently checked-out Patch on the list
 - **patch-list:** auto-retry fetching list of Patches from httpd (with geometric backoff) if an error occured
diff --git a/src/types/httpd.ts b/src/types/httpd.ts
index 0662ed73..daf777c9 100644
--- a/src/types/httpd.ts
+++ b/src/types/httpd.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export interface Comment {
   body: string
   edits: Edit[]
   embeds: Embed[]
-  reactions: [string, string][]
+  reactions: [string, string][] // TODO: maninak verify updated types
   timestamp: number
   replyTo: string | null
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/patch.ts b/src/utils/patch.ts
index 42ff01b1..9841448b 100644
--- a/src/utils/patch.ts
+++ b/src/utils/patch.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import type { Patch, Revision } from '../types'
 
+// TODO: maninak change logic (and rename here and everywhere) to not get the latest revision but the most important one which is `patch.status === merged ? mergedRevision(s) ? latestRevision`
+
 export function getFirstAndLatestRevisions(patch: Patch): {
   firstRevision: Revision
   latestRevision: Revision
diff --git a/src/webviews/src/assets/index.css b/src/webviews/src/assets/index.css
index 0fa3f567..545f90f7 100644
--- a/src/webviews/src/assets/index.css
+++ b/src/webviews/src/assets/index.css
@@ -2,12 +2,22 @@
 @tailwind components;
 @tailwind utilities;
 
-:is(code, pre, span, b)[title]:hover {
+:where(code, pre, span, b)[title]:hover {
   @apply underline decoration-dotted cursor-default;
   text-underline-position: under;
 }
 
-:is(code, pre) {
+:where(code, pre) {
   @apply m-0;
   display: initial;
 }
+
+:where(details) {
+  & summary {
+    @apply w-max cursor-pointer select-none;
+  }
+}
+
+:where(.parsed-md) :last-child {
+  @apply mb-0;
+}
diff --git a/src/webviews/src/components/PatchDetail.vue b/src/webviews/src/components/PatchDetail.vue
index f59c4110..bfb10f8c 100644
--- a/src/webviews/src/components/PatchDetail.vue
+++ b/src/webviews/src/components/PatchDetail.vue
@@ -1,20 +1,42 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { provideVSCodeDesignSystem, vsCodeButton } from '@vscode/webview-ui-toolkit'
+import {
+  provideVSCodeDesignSystem,
+  vsCodeButton,
+  vsCodeDropdown,
+  vsCodeOption
+} from '@vscode/webview-ui-toolkit'
+import { ref, computed } from 'vue'
 import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia'
+import { getIdentityAliasOrId, shortenHash } from 'extensionUtils/string'
+import { getFormattedDate } from 'extensionUtils/time'
 import { notifyExtension } from 'extensionUtils/webview-messaging'
 import { usePatchDetailStore } from '@/stores/patchDetailStore'
 import PatchStatusBadge from './PatchStatusBadge.vue'
 import PatchMajorEvents from './PatchMajorEvents.vue'
 import PatchMetadata from './PatchMetadata.vue'
 import { toRaw } from 'vue'
+import type { Revision } from '../../../types'
 
-provideVSCodeDesignSystem().register(vsCodeButton())
+provideVSCodeDesignSystem().register(vsCodeButton(), vsCodeDropdown(), vsCodeOption())
 
-const { patch, firstRevision } = storeToRefs(usePatchDetailStore())
+const { patch, firstRevision, latestRevision } = storeToRefs(usePatchDetailStore())
+
+const selectedRevisionOption = ref(shortenHash(latestRevision.value.id))
+// TODO: maninak if patch is merged pre-select revision that got merged
+const selectedRevision = computed(
+  () =>
+    patch.value.revisions.find((revision) =>
+      revision.id.includes(selectedRevisionOption.value)
+    ) as Revision
+)
+
+const shouldHideRevisionDescription = computed(
+  () =>
+    selectedRevision.value.description && selectedRevision.value.id === firstRevision.value.id
+)
 
 function refetchPatchData() {
   notifyExtension({ command: 'refreshPatchData', payload: { patchId: patch.value.id } })
-  // TODO: maninak implement and consider using `<progress-ring>` while loading
 }
 
 function checkOutPatchBranch() {
@@ -24,10 +46,21 @@ function checkOutPatchBranch() {
 function checkOutDefaultBranch() {
   notifyExtension({ command: 'checkOutDefaultBranch', payload: undefined })
 }
+
+const mockRevisionDescription = `
+This is a patch description parsed from Markdown:
+<ul>
+  <li> a list item</li>
+  <li> another <b>bold</b> item</li>
+  <li> another <em>italic</em> item</li>
+  <li> an item with <code>preformatted</code> text</li>
+</ul>
+`
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <article class="flex flex-col gap-8">
+  <article class="flex flex-col gap-12">
+    <!-- TODO: maninak make h2s (and maybe also header?) sticky -->
     <header class="pt-4 flex justify-between">
       <div class="flex gap-4 items-center">
         <PatchStatusBadge class="text-sm" />
@@ -66,10 +99,200 @@ function checkOutDefaultBranch() {
         >
       </aside>
     </header>
-    <PatchMetadata />
-    <main>
-      <h1 class="mt-0 mb-5 text-3xl">{{ patch.title }}</h1>
-      <pre>{{ firstRevision.description }}</pre>
+    <main class="flex flex-col gap-12">
+      <section id="patch">
+        <h2 class="text-lg mt-0 mb-3"># Patch</h2>
+        <PatchMetadata />
+        <h1 class="parsed-md my-4 text-3xl font-mono">{{ patch.title }}</h1>
+        <!-- TODO: maninak roll back to <pre>{{ firstRevision.description }}</pre> -->
+        <div class="parsed-md font-mono" v-html="mockRevisionDescription"></div>
+      </section>
+
+      <section id="revision">
+        <h2
+          class="flex flex-row items-center w-max gap-[0.5em] text-lg mt-0 mb-3"
+          title="Select a patch revision"
+        >
+          <label for="revision-selector" class="cursor-pointer"># Revision</label>
+          <vscode-dropdown id="revision-selector" v-model="selectedRevisionOption">
+            <!-- TODO: maninak maybe show inline if the revision is first, latest, merged, approved/rejected? -->
+            <vscode-option
+              v-for="revision in [...patch.revisions].reverse()"
+              :key="revision.id"
+              class="font-mono"
+              >{{ shortenHash(revision.id) }}</vscode-option
+            >
+          </vscode-dropdown>
+        </h2>
+        <div class="*:min-h-[1.5em]">
+          <div class="flex flex-row items-center w-max gap-[0.5em] group">
+            Id:
+            <pre :title="selectedRevision.id">{{ shortenHash(selectedRevision.id) }}</pre>
+            <vscode-button
+              class="invisible group-hover:visible"
+              appearance="icon"
+              title="Copy Revision Identifier to Clipboard"
+              @click="
+                notifyExtension({
+                  command: 'copyToClipboardAndNotify',
+                  payload: { textToCopy: selectedRevision.id }
+                })
+              "
+            >
+              <span class="codicon codicon-copy"></span>
+            </vscode-button>
+          </div>
+          <div class="flex flex-row items-center w-max gap-[0.5em]">
+            Author:
+            <pre :title="selectedRevision.author.id" class="flex gap-[0.5em] w-max">{{
+              getIdentityAliasOrId(selectedRevision.author)
+            }}</pre>
+          </div>
+          <div class="flex flex-row items-center w-max gap-[0.5em]">
+            Date:
+            <pre>{{ getFormattedDate(selectedRevision.timestamp) }}</pre>
+          </div>
+          <div class="flex flex-row items-center w-max gap-[0.5em]">
+            Latest commit:
+            <pre :title="selectedRevision.oid">{{ shortenHash(selectedRevision.oid) }}</pre>
+          </div>
+          <div class="flex flex-row items-center w-max gap-[0.5em]">
+            Based on commit:
+            <pre :title="selectedRevision.base">{{ shortenHash(selectedRevision.base) }}</pre>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="mt-4">
+          <details v-if="shouldHideRevisionDescription">
+            <summary style="color: var(--vscode-foreground)" title="Click to expand/collapse"
+              >Revision description</summary
+            >
+            <div class="parsed-md font-mono mt-[0.25em]">{{
+              selectedRevision.description
+            }}</div>
+          </details>
+          <div class="parsed-md font-mono" v-else>{{ selectedRevision.description }}</div>
+        </div>
+      </section>
+
+      <section id="activity">
+        <h2 class="text-lg mt-0 mb-3"># Activity</h2>
+        <ul class="timeline -ml-[20px] flex flex-col gap-4">
+          <li class="-ml-4 flex gap-3 list-none items-center">
+            <span
+              title="Radicle patch revision"
+              class="p-[2px] rounded-full no-underline codicon codicon-pulse"
+              style="
+                background-color: color-mix(
+                  in srgb-linear,
+                  var(--vscode-editor-background),
+                  var(--vscode-editor-foreground) 5%
+                );
+              "
+            ></span>
+            <span>
+              Patch created with revision <pre>cdba53e</pre> by
+              <pre>danielkalman 21 hours ago</pre>
+            </span>
+          </li>
+          <li class="-ml-4 flex gap-3 list-none items-center">
+            <span
+              title="Radicle patch revision"
+              class="p-[2px] rounded-full no-underline codicon codicon-pulse"
+              style="
+                background-color: color-mix(
+                  in srgb-linear,
+                  var(--vscode-editor-background),
+                  var(--vscode-editor-foreground) 5%
+                );
+              "
+            ></span>
+            <span>
+              Patch updated with revision <pre>829bee2</pre> by
+              <pre>danielkalman 10 hours ago</pre>
+            </span>
+          </li>
+          <li class="-ml-4 flex gap-3 list-none">
+            <span
+              title="Git commit"
+              class="px-[2px] no-underline before:bg-vscode-editor-background codicon codicon-git-commit"
+            ></span>
+            <div class="flex items-center">
+              <pre>Add embeds to patch descriptions</pre>
+              <vscode-button
+                class="ml-1"
+                appearance="icon"
+                title="Show/hide additional commit info"
+              >
+                <span class="codicon codicon-ellipsis"></span>
+              </vscode-button>
+            </div>
+            <pre class="ml-4" tile="87afc6287afc6287afc62">87afc62</pre>
+            &ndash;
+            <pre title="me@dnlklmn.dev">dnlklmn</pre>
+            <pre title=""></pre> <pre>28 hours ago</pre>
+          </li>
+          <li class="-ml-4 flex gap-3 list-none">
+            <span
+              title="Git commit"
+              class="px-[2px] no-underline before:bg-vscode-editor-background codicon codicon-git-commit"
+            ></span>
+            <div class="flex items-center">
+              <pre>Add <code>--no-announce</code> to patch comment creation for stdout</pre>
+              <vscode-button
+                class="ml-1"
+                appearance="icon"
+                title="Show/hide additional commit info"
+              >
+                <span class="codicon codicon-ellipsis"></span>
+              </vscode-button>
+            </div>
+            <pre class="ml-4" title="cc08490cc08490cc08490">cc08490</pre>
+            &ndash;
+            <pre title="me@sebastinez.dev">Sebastian Martinez</pre>
+            <pre title=""></pre> <pre>11 hours ago</pre>
+          </li>
+          <li class="-ml-4 flex gap-3 items-center list-none">
+            <span
+              title="Git commit"
+              class="px-[2px] no-underline before:bg-vscode-editor-background codicon codicon-git-commit"
+            ></span>
+            <div class="flex items-center">
+              <pre>Add embeds also to revisions</pre>
+              <vscode-button
+                class="ml-1"
+                appearance="icon"
+                title="Show/hide additional commit info"
+              >
+                <span class="codicon codicon-ellipsis"></span>
+              </vscode-button>
+            </div>
+            <pre class="ml-4" title="aed8538aed8538aed8538">aed8538</pre>
+            &ndash;
+            <pre title="me@sebastinez.dev">Sebastian Martinez</pre>
+            <pre>10 hours ago</pre>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </section>
     </main>
   </article>
 </template>
+
+<style scoped>
+.timeline {
+  position: relative;
+
+  &:before {
+    content: '';
+    position: absolute;
+    z-index: -1;
+    left: 33.4px;
+    height: 100%;
+    width: 1.2px;
+    background-color: color-mix(
+      in srgb-linear,
+      var(--vscode-editor-background),
+      var(--vscode-editor-foreground) 5%
+    );
+  }
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/src/webviews/src/components/PatchMetadata.vue b/src/webviews/src/components/PatchMetadata.vue
index 06bdabac..cd104bc5 100644
--- a/src/webviews/src/components/PatchMetadata.vue
+++ b/src/webviews/src/components/PatchMetadata.vue
@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@ const { patch, authors } = storeToRefs(usePatchDetailStore())
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <aside class="*:h-[1.5em]">
+  <aside class="*:min-h-[1.5em]">
+    <pre
+      v-if="patch.isCheckedOut"
+      title="The Git branch associated with this Radicle patch is currently checked out"
+    >
+✓ Checked out</pre
+    >
     <div class="flex items-center w-max group">
-      Patch Id: &nbsp;
+      Id: &nbsp;
       <pre :title="patch.id">{{ shortenHash(patch.id) }}</pre>
       <vscode-button
         class="ml-1 invisible group-hover:visible"
@@ -31,7 +37,7 @@ const { patch, authors } = storeToRefs(usePatchDetailStore())
         <span class="codicon codicon-copy"></span>
       </vscode-button>
     </div>
-    <div class="flex items-center w-max group">
+    <div class="flex items-center w-max">
       Authors: &nbsp;
       <span class="flex gap-[0.5em]">
         <pre v-for="author in authors" :key="author.id" :title="author.id">{{
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ const { patch, authors } = storeToRefs(usePatchDetailStore())
         }}</pre>
       </span>
     </div>
-    <div v-if="patch.labels.length" class="flex items-center w-max group">
+    <div v-if="patch.labels.length" class="flex items-center w-max">
       Labels: &nbsp;
       <span class="flex gap-[0.5em]"
         ><code v-for="label in patch.labels" :key="label">{{ label }}</code></span
diff --git a/src/webviews/src/components/PatchStatusBadge.vue b/src/webviews/src/components/PatchStatusBadge.vue
index ca3f8a91..9e9e25aa 100644
--- a/src/webviews/src/components/PatchStatusBadge.vue
+++ b/src/webviews/src/components/PatchStatusBadge.vue
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ const status = computed(() => patch.value.state.status)
     :style="`background: color-mix(in srgb-linear, var(--vscode-patch-${status}), var(--vscode-editor-foreground) 5%);`"
   >
     <PatchStatusIcon :status="status" />
-    <span class="capitalize">{{ status }}</span>
+    <span class="-mb-[0.125em] capitalize font-mono">{{ status }}</span>
   </span>
 </template>
diff --git a/src/webviews/src/stores/patchDetailStore.ts b/src/webviews/src/stores/patchDetailStore.ts
index 5a7b3bfb..eaac4fd6 100644
--- a/src/webviews/src/stores/patchDetailStore.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/src/stores/patchDetailStore.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export const usePatchDetailStore = defineStore('patch-detail', () => {
   )
 
   watchEffect(() => {
+    // TODO: maninak save and restore scroll position
     vscode.setState(state.value)
   })
 
diff --git a/src/webviews/vite.config.ts b/src/webviews/vite.config.ts
index 1ab13eb4..0e513129 100644
--- a/src/webviews/vite.config.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/vite.config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import vue from '@vitejs/plugin-vue'
 // https://vitejs.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [
-    vue(),
+    vue({
+      template: {compilerOptions: { isCustomElement: (tag) => tag.includes("vscode-") }},
+    }),
   ],
   resolve: {
     alias: {