diff --git a/web/index.jsp b/web/index.jsp
index a761227..f6c9d24 100644
--- a/web/index.jsp
+++ b/web/index.jsp
@@ -199,6 +199,28 @@
             color: var(--muted);
             text-align: center;
         }
+        .tracker {
+            display: flex;
+            flex-direction: column;
+            gap: 10px;
+            margin-top: 14px;
+        }
+        .tracker-item {
+            display: flex;
+            gap: 10px;
+            align-items: flex-start;
+            padding: 12px 14px;
+            border-radius: 16px;
+            border: 1px solid var(--line);
+            background: rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
+        }
+        .tracker-item input {
+            margin-top: 3px;
+        }
+        .tracker-item strong {
+            display: block;
+            margin-bottom: 4px;
+        }
         @media (max-width: 1100px) {
             .layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
             .grid, .pipeline, .metrics { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
@@ -229,6 +251,8 @@
                 <div class="metric"><span>Guide pages</span><strong>4</strong></div>
                 <div class="metric"><span>Demo forms</span><strong>3</strong></div>
                 <div class="metric"><span>JSON endpoints</span><strong>2</strong></div>
+                <div class="metric"><span>Core lab track</span><strong>4</strong></div>
+                <div class="metric"><span>Completed labs</span><strong id="completedLabs">0</strong></div>
             </div>
         </section>
 
@@ -257,9 +281,67 @@
                         <a class="link-btn" href="api/users">JSON endpoint</a>
                     </div>
                 </section>
+
+                <section class="card">
+                    <div class="eyebrow">Lab tracker</div>
+                    <h2>Mark the demos you have finished</h2>
+                    <div class="tracker">
+                        <label class="tracker-item">
+                            <input type="checkbox" data-track="hello">
+                            <span>
+                                <strong>Hello action</strong>
+                                See the smallest request -> action -> result path.
+                            </span>
+                        </label>
+                        <label class="tracker-item">
+                            <input type="checkbox" data-track="login">
+                            <span>
+                                <strong>Login flow</strong>
+                                Follow validation, action errors, and success routing.
+                            </span>
+                        </label>
+                        <label class="tracker-item">
+                            <input type="checkbox" data-track="validation">
+                            <span>
+                                <strong>Validation flow</strong>
+                                Compare invalid and valid submissions.
+                            </span>
+                        </label>
+                        <label class="tracker-item">
+                            <input type="checkbox" data-track="json">
+                            <span>
+                                <strong>JSON and AJAX</strong>
+                                Finish by explaining how Struts can return API-style payloads.
+                            </span>
+                        </label>
+                    </div>
+                </section>
             </aside>
 
             <main class="content">
+                <section class="card">
+                    <div class="eyebrow">Request lifecycle</div>
+                    <h2>How to explain Struts2 with one mental model</h2>
+                    <div class="pipeline">
+                        <div class="step">
+                            <strong>1. Request enters</strong>
+                            <p>The browser sends a URL and optional form fields or query params.</p>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="step">
+                            <strong>2. Action mapping</strong>
+                            <p><code>struts.xml</code> resolves the action name and target class.</p>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="step">
+                            <strong>3. Parameter binding</strong>
+                            <p>Struts populates action properties before <code>execute()</code> runs.</p>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="step">
+                            <strong>4. Result routing</strong>
+                            <p>The returned result name decides which JSP or JSON renderer will respond.</p>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </section>
+
                 <section class="card">
                     <div class="eyebrow">Catalog</div>
                     <h2>Interactive demos and guides</h2>
@@ -385,6 +467,33 @@
         const searchInput = document.getElementById('searchInput');
         const cards = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('.demo-card'));
         const emptyState = document.getElementById('emptyState');
+        const trackerItems = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[data-track]'));
+        const trackerKey = 'struts_demo_tracker';
+
+        function getTrackerState() {
+            return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(trackerKey) || '{}');
+        }
+
+        function renderTracker() {
+            const state = getTrackerState();
+            let completed = 0;
+            trackerItems.forEach((item) => {
+                item.checked = Boolean(state[item.dataset.track]);
+                if (item.checked) {
+                    completed += 1;
+                }
+            });
+            document.getElementById('completedLabs').textContent = completed;
+        }
+
+        trackerItems.forEach((item) => {
+            item.addEventListener('change', () => {
+                const state = getTrackerState();
+                state[item.dataset.track] = item.checked;
+                localStorage.setItem(trackerKey, JSON.stringify(state));
+                renderTracker();
+            });
+        });
 
         searchInput.addEventListener('input', () => {
             const keyword = searchInput.value.trim().toLowerCase();
@@ -398,6 +507,8 @@
             });
             emptyState.style.display = visible ? 'none' : 'block';
         });
+
+        renderTracker();
     </script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/web/user/success.jsp b/web/user/success.jsp
index 1256c0d..1306abd 100644
--- a/web/user/success.jsp
+++ b/web/user/success.jsp
@@ -106,6 +106,28 @@
                 <a class="link-btn" href="../upload/index.jsp">Open upload demo</a>
             </div>
         </section>
+
+        <section class="card">
+            <div class="eyebrow">What happened</div>
+            <h2>Map this result back to the Struts stack</h2>
+            <div class="stats">
+                <div class="stat">
+                    <span>Action mapping</span>
+                    <strong>login</strong>
+                    <p>The request matched the <code>login</code> action in <code>struts.xml</code>.</p>
+                </div>
+                <div class="stat">
+                    <span>Execute result</span>
+                    <strong>SUCCESS</strong>
+                    <p>The action returned the success result instead of redisplaying the form.</p>
+                </div>
+                <div class="stat">
+                    <span>Rendered view</span>
+                    <strong>/user/success.jsp</strong>
+                    <p>The result mapping selected this JSP to present the post-action summary.</p>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </section>
     </div>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/web/validation/success.jsp b/web/validation/success.jsp
index 82506a7..8bac204 100644
--- a/web/validation/success.jsp
+++ b/web/validation/success.jsp
@@ -81,6 +81,19 @@
             <a class="link-btn" href="form.jsp">Try validation again</a>
             <a class="link-btn" href="../index.jsp">Back to portal</a>
         </div>
+
+        <div class="stats">
+            <div class="stat">
+                <span>Rule path</span>
+                <strong>validate()</strong>
+                The action accepted every field, so execution continued to the success result.
+            </div>
+            <div class="stat">
+                <span>Teaching focus</span>
+                <strong>Input before logic</strong>
+                Compare this page with the form error state to explain why validation runs before business output.
+            </div>
+        </div>
     </div>
 </body>
 </html>