diff --git a/Modules/Licensing/Http/Controllers/Admin/PaddleReconciliationController.php b/Modules/Licensing/Http/Controllers/Admin/PaddleReconciliationController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7929cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Licensing/Http/Controllers/Admin/PaddleReconciliationController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Modules\Licensing\Http\Controllers\Admin;
+
+use Illuminate\Contracts\View\View;
+use Illuminate\Routing\Controller;
+use Modules\Licensing\Models\License;
+use Modules\Licensing\Services\PaddleReadOnlyClient;
+use Throwable;
+
+final class PaddleReconciliationController extends Controller
+{
+    public function index(PaddleReadOnlyClient $paddle): View
+    {
+        $configured = trim((string) config('sonardesk-paddle.api_key')) !== '';
+        $environment = config('sonardesk-paddle.environment', 'sandbox');
+        $rows = [];
+
+        // A bounded, explicit read-only comparison; no local changes or Paddle writes.
+        $licenses = License::query()
+            ->where('payment_provider', 'paddle')
+            ->whereNotNull('external_subscription_id')
+            ->orderByDesc('created_at')
+            ->limit(20)
+            ->get();
+
+        foreach ($licenses as $license) {
+            $result = [
+                'license' => $license,
+                'remote_status' => null,
+                'result' => $configured ? 'unknown' : 'not configured',
+                'detail' => null,
+            ];
+            if ($configured) {
+                try {
+                    $subscription = $paddle->subscription((string) $license->external_subscription_id);
+                    $result['remote_status'] = (string) ($subscription['status'] ?? 'unknown');
+                    $result['result'] = $result['remote_status'] === (string) $license->subscription_status
+                        ? 'matched' : 'different';
+                } catch (Throwable $e) {
+                    report($e);
+                    $result['result'] = 'lookup failed';
+                    $result['detail'] = $e->getMessage();
+                }
+            }
+            $rows[] = $result;
+        }
+
+        return view('licensing::admin.paddle-reconciliation', compact('rows', 'configured', 'environment'));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Modules/Licensing/Http/Controllers/Customer/CustomerLicensingController.php b/Modules/Licensing/Http/Controllers/Customer/CustomerLicensingController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef85ccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Licensing/Http/Controllers/Customer/CustomerLicensingController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Modules\Licensing\Http\Controllers\Customer;
+
+use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\View\View;
+use Modules\Licensing\Models\License;
+
+final class CustomerLicensingController extends Controller
+{
+    public function index(Request $request): View
+    {
+        $email = mb_strtolower(trim((string) $request->user()->email));
+
+        $licenses = License::query()
+            ->with('product')
+            ->whereRaw('LOWER(customer_email) = ?', [$email])
+            ->latest()
+            ->paginate(15);
+
+        return view('licensing::customer.index', compact('licenses'));
+    }
+
+    public function show(Request $request, License $license): View
+    {
+        // Return 404, not 403, to avoid disclosing whether a licence exists.
+        abort_unless(
+            hash_equals(
+                mb_strtolower(trim((string) $license->customer_email)),
+                mb_strtolower(trim((string) $request->user()->email))
+            ),
+            404
+        );
+
+        $license->load(['product', 'activations']);
+
+        return view('licensing::customer.show', compact('license'));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Modules/Licensing/Providers/IntegratedLicensingServiceProvider.php b/Modules/Licensing/Providers/IntegratedLicensingServiceProvider.php
index 65e02df..98f7054 100644
--- a/Modules/Licensing/Providers/IntegratedLicensingServiceProvider.php
+++ b/Modules/Licensing/Providers/IntegratedLicensingServiceProvider.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ final class IntegratedLicensingServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             Limit::perMinute(6)->by(hash('sha256', (string) $request->input('installationID'))),
         ]);
 
+        $this->mergeConfigFrom(base_path('config/sonardesk-paddle.php'), 'sonardesk-paddle');
         $this->loadMigrationsFrom(__DIR__.'/../Database/Migrations');
         $this->loadViewsFrom(__DIR__.'/../Resources/views', 'licensing');
         $this->mergeConfigFrom(__DIR__.'/../Config/config.php', 'licensing');
@@ -31,5 +32,6 @@ final class IntegratedLicensingServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 
         Route::prefix('api')->middleware('api')->group(__DIR__.'/../Routes/api.php');
         Route::group([], __DIR__.'/../Routes/admin.php');
+        Route::group([], __DIR__.'/../Routes/customer.php');
     }
 }
diff --git a/Modules/Licensing/Resources/views/admin/paddle-reconciliation.blade.php b/Modules/Licensing/Resources/views/admin/paddle-reconciliation.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0ea378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Licensing/Resources/views/admin/paddle-reconciliation.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+@extends('licensing::admin.layout')
+@section('title', 'Paddle Reconciliation')
+@section('content')
+<h1>Paddle Reconciliation</h1>
+<p class="muted">Read-only comparison of the 20 most recent Paddle-linked licences against Paddle {{ $environment }}. This page never changes subscriptions, licences or webhooks.</p>
+@if (! $configured)
+<div class="card"><strong>Paddle API not configured.</strong><p>Set <code>SONARDESK_PADDLE_API_KEY</code> and <code>SONARDESK_PADDLE_ENVIRONMENT</code> in your local environment, then clear configuration cache. No API calls were made.</p></div>
+@endif
+<div class="table-wrap"><table><thead><tr><th>Licence</th><th>Subscription</th><th>Local status</th><th>Paddle status</th><th>Comparison</th></tr></thead><tbody>
+@forelse ($rows as $row)
+<tr>
+<td><a href="{{ route('administration.sonardesk.licenses.show', $row['license']) }}">{{ $row['license']->license_key_last4 ?? $row['license']->id }}</a></td>
+<td>{{ $row['license']->external_subscription_id }}</td>
+<td>{{ $row['license']->subscription_status ?? '—' }}</td>
+<td>{{ $row['remote_status'] ?? '—' }}</td>
+<td><span class="pill">{{ $row['result'] }}</span>@if ($row['detail']) <span class="muted">{{ $row['detail'] }}</span> @endif</td>
+</tr>
+@empty
+<tr><td colspan="5">No Paddle-linked licences found in the local database.</td></tr>
+@endforelse
+</tbody></table></div>
+@endsection
diff --git a/Modules/Licensing/Resources/views/customer/index.blade.php b/Modules/Licensing/Resources/views/customer/index.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9ccf47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Licensing/Resources/views/customer/index.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+@extends('licensing::customer.layout')
+@section('title', 'My SonarDesk Licences')
+@section('content')
+<h1>My SonarDesk licences</h1>
+<p class="muted">Licences associated with your verified ABSDev account email. This portal is read-only; existing billing and licence activation services remain unchanged.</p>
+<div class="card scroll"><table><thead><tr><th>Edition</th><th>Licence</th><th>Subscription</th><th>Expiry</th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody>
+@forelse($licenses as $license)
+<tr><td><strong>{{ $license->edition }}</strong></td><td>•••• {{ $license->license_key_last4 ?? '—' }}</td><td><span class="pill">{{ $license->subscription_status ?? 'Not linked' }}</span></td><td>{{ $license->expires_at?->format('d M Y') ?? '—' }}</td><td><a href="{{ route('account.sonardesk.licenses.show', $license) }}">View details</a></td></tr>
+@empty
+<tr><td colspan="5">No SonarDesk licences match your account email. If you purchased with a different email, contact support to verify ownership; licences cannot be claimed automatically.</td></tr>
+@endforelse
+</tbody></table></div>
+{{ $licenses->links() }}
+@endsection
diff --git a/Modules/Licensing/Resources/views/customer/layout.blade.php b/Modules/Licensing/Resources/views/customer/layout.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..457eae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Licensing/Resources/views/customer/layout.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<title>@yield('title', 'SonarDesk Account') · ABSDev</title>
+<style>
+:root{color-scheme:light dark;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,sans-serif}body{margin:0;background:#f5f7fb;color:#19253a}header{background:#112440;color:#fff;padding:18px max(20px,calc((100vw - 1100px)/2))}header a{color:#e8c36b;text-decoration:none}main{max-width:1100px;margin:35px auto;padding:0 20px}.card{background:#fff;border:1px solid #dbe2ee;border-radius:12px;padding:22px;margin:16px 0;box-shadow:0 4px 16px #10233d0a}a{color:#19579b}table{border-collapse:collapse;width:100%}th,td{padding:12px;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #e5eaf2}th{color:#53627b}small,.muted{color:#59677e}.scroll{overflow-x:auto}.pill{border-radius:99px;background:#eef3fa;padding:5px 10px;display:inline-block}h1{font-size:1.8rem}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){body{background:#0e1725;color:#e9eef8}.card{background:#18263b;border-color:#33435a}th,td{border-color:#33435a}th,.muted,small{color:#bdc7d8}.pill{background:#33435a}a{color:#a8cfff}}
+</style></head><body><header><strong>ABSDev · SonarDesk</strong> &nbsp; <a href="{{ route('account.sonardesk.index') }}">My licences</a></header>
+<main>@yield('content')</main></body></html>
diff --git a/Modules/Licensing/Resources/views/customer/show.blade.php b/Modules/Licensing/Resources/views/customer/show.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..625705d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Licensing/Resources/views/customer/show.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+@extends('licensing::customer.layout')
+@section('title', 'Licence Details')
+@section('content')
+<p><a href="{{ route('account.sonardesk.index') }}">← My licences</a></p>
+<h1>SonarDesk {{ $license->edition }}</h1>
+<div class="card"><h2>Licence</h2><p><strong>Key ending:</strong> {{ $license->license_key_last4 ?? '—' }}</p><p><strong>Status:</strong> {{ $license->revoked_at ? 'Revoked' : ($license->is_usable ? 'Usable' : 'Expired') }}</p><p><strong>Subscription:</strong> {{ $license->subscription_status ?? 'Not linked' }}</p><p><strong>Current period ends:</strong> {{ $license->current_period_ends_at?->format('d M Y') ?? '—' }}</p><p><strong>Activation limit:</strong> {{ $license->activation_limit }}</p><p class="muted">Full licence keys are not displayed or recoverable from their stored hashes.</p></div>
+<div class="card scroll"><h2>Devices</h2><table><thead><tr><th>Installation</th><th>Status</th></tr></thead><tbody>
+@forelse($license->activations as $activation)
+<tr><td>{{ $activation->installation_id ?? $activation->installationID ?? 'Device' }}</td><td>{{ $activation->deactivated_at ? 'Deactivated' : 'Active' }}</td></tr>
+@empty<tr><td colspan="2">No activations recorded.</td></tr>@endforelse
+</tbody></table></div>
+@endsection
diff --git a/Modules/Licensing/Routes/admin.php b/Modules/Licensing/Routes/admin.php
index 5746753..b32ffeb 100644
--- a/Modules/Licensing/Routes/admin.php
+++ b/Modules/Licensing/Routes/admin.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Route::middleware(['web', 'auth', 'verified', 'can:manage-sonardesk-licensing'])
         Route::get('/', [LicensingDashboardController::class, 'index'])->name('index');
         Route::get('/licenses', [LicensingDashboardController::class, 'licenses'])->name('licenses');
         Route::get('/billing-audit', [LicensingDashboardController::class, 'billingAudit'])->name('billing-audit');
+        Route::get('/paddle-reconciliation', [\Modules\Licensing\Http\Controllers\Admin\PaddleReconciliationController::class, 'index'])->name('paddle-reconciliation');
         Route::get('/subscriptions', [LicensingDashboardController::class, 'subscriptions'])->name('subscriptions');
         Route::get('/licenses/{license}', [LicensingDashboardController::class, 'show'])->name('licenses.show');
     });
diff --git a/Modules/Licensing/Routes/customer.php b/Modules/Licensing/Routes/customer.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8519dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Licensing/Routes/customer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
+use Modules\Licensing\Http\Controllers\Customer\CustomerLicensingController;
+
+// Read-only customer portal. No licence claiming by ID, no billing mutations.
+Route::middleware(['web', 'auth', 'verified', 'throttle:30,1'])
+    ->prefix('account/sonardesk')
+    ->name('account.sonardesk.')
+    ->group(function (): void {
+        Route::get('/', [CustomerLicensingController::class, 'index'])->name('index');
+        Route::get('/licenses/{license}', [CustomerLicensingController::class, 'show'])->name('licenses.show');
+    });
diff --git a/Modules/Licensing/Services/PaddleReadOnlyClient.php b/Modules/Licensing/Services/PaddleReadOnlyClient.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e64c34a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Licensing/Services/PaddleReadOnlyClient.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Modules\Licensing\Services;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
+use RuntimeException;
+
+/** Read-only Paddle Billing API access; no writes or webhook registration. */
+final class PaddleReadOnlyClient
+{
+    public function subscription(string $id): array
+    {
+        if (! preg_match('/^sub_[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/', $id)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Invalid Paddle subscription identifier.');
+        }
+
+        $token = trim((string) config('sonardesk-paddle.api_key'));
+        if ($token === '') {
+            throw new RuntimeException('SONARDESK_PADDLE_API_KEY is not configured.');
+        }
+
+        $environment = config('sonardesk-paddle.environment', 'sandbox');
+        if (! in_array($environment, ['sandbox', 'production'], true)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Invalid Paddle environment configuration.');
+        }
+
+        $url = $environment === 'production'
+            ? 'https://api.paddle.com'
+            : 'https://sandbox-api.paddle.com';
+
+        $response = Http::baseUrl($url)
+            ->withToken($token)
+            ->acceptJson()
+            ->timeout(8)
+            ->retry(2, 200, throw: false)
+            ->get('/subscriptions/'.$id);
+
+        if (! $response->successful()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Paddle lookup failed (HTTP '.$response->status().').');
+        }
+
+        $data = $response->json('data');
+        if (! is_array($data)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Unexpected Paddle response.');
+        }
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/config/sonardesk-paddle.php b/config/sonardesk-paddle.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7502c4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sonardesk-paddle.php
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+    'api_key' => env('SONARDESK_PADDLE_API_KEY', ''),
+    'environment' => env('SONARDESK_PADDLE_ENVIRONMENT', 'sandbox'),
+];
diff --git a/integration/PHASE10.md b/integration/PHASE10.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..048d6bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/PHASE10.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Phase 10 — Read-only customer licence portal
+
+## Install
+Extract this archive at the ABSDev project root, preserving paths. Merge `IntegratedLicensingServiceProvider.php` if locally customised. Do not replace the production licensing application.
+
+```sh
+composer dump-autoload
+php artisan optimize:clear
+php artisan route:list --path=account/sonardesk -v
+```
+
+Visit `/account/sonardesk` while signed in with a **verified** ABSDev account. Licences are matched to `customer_email` case-insensitively; no cross-application SSO or automatic account linking is claimed.
+
+## Security and scope
+- Authenticated and verified users only, rate-limited.
+- Ownership checked on each licence detail request, returning 404 for non-owners.
+- No subscription cancellation, upgrade, activation changes, key retrieval or checkout.
+- No new migrations, secrets or third-party API calls.
+- Existing Paddle billing, licensing APIs, admin routes and webhooks are untouched.
+- Test with one owner, one unrelated user and an unverified user before release.
+
+## Phase 11
+Downloads, releases and update feeds.
diff --git a/integration/PHASE9.md b/integration/PHASE9.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6ce94a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/PHASE9.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Phase 9 — Paddle read-only reconciliation
+
+This is the **first Paddle API integration step**, not a checkout or webhook migration. Existing production billing and webhook endpoints remain untouched.
+
+## Install
+Copy the patch files into the ABSDev project, preserving paths. Configure `SONARDESK_PADDLE_API_KEY` with a read-only Paddle API key and `SONARDESK_PADDLE_ENVIRONMENT=sandbox` (or `production`) in `.env`. **Never copy production credentials into source control.** Run `composer dump-autoload`, `php artisan optimize:clear`, and `php artisan route:list --path=administration/sonardesk -v`.
+
+Open `/administration/sonardesk/paddle-reconciliation`. Page checks up to 20 recent Paddle-linked licence statuses. It is deliberately limited to avoid unbounded API calls and is read-only.
+
+## Not included
+Checkout creation, customer identity linking, payment processing, webhook cutover, subscription mutation, and production deployment. These require migration tests and explicit cutover approval.
diff --git a/resources/themes/common/views/components/layouts/app/sidebar.blade.php b/resources/themes/common/views/components/layouts/app/sidebar.blade.php
index 4904563..cdbe35d 100644
--- a/resources/themes/common/views/components/layouts/app/sidebar.blade.php
+++ b/resources/themes/common/views/components/layouts/app/sidebar.blade.php
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
                 @if (\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route::has('administration.sonardesk.billing-audit'))
                     <flux:sidebar.item icon="clipboard-document-check" :href="route('administration.sonardesk.billing-audit')" :current="request()->routeIs('administration.sonardesk.billing-audit')">{{ __('Billing Audit') }}</flux:sidebar.item>
                 @endif
+                @if (\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route::has('administration.sonardesk.paddle-reconciliation'))
+                    <flux:sidebar.item icon="arrow-path" :href="route('administration.sonardesk.paddle-reconciliation')" :current="request()->routeIs('administration.sonardesk.paddle-reconciliation')">{{ __('Paddle Reconciliation') }}</flux:sidebar.item>
+                @endif
                 @if (\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route::has('administration.sonardesk.subscriptions'))
                     <flux:sidebar.item icon="credit-card" :href="route('administration.sonardesk.subscriptions')" :current="request()->routeIs('administration.sonardesk.subscriptions')">{{ __('Subscriptions') }}</flux:sidebar.item>
                 @endif