Extract cloud browser loading placeholder helper

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 | 2026-06-15 | ADP-013 | no score movement | `ctest --preset desktop-fast --build-config Debug -R "pp_app_core_document_cloud" --output-on-failure`; `MSBuild.exe out\build\windows-msvc-default\panopainter_app.vcxproj /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x64` | `80533fae` |
 
+### ADP-014 - Extract Cloud Browser Loading Placeholder Helper
+
+Status: Done
+Score: no score movement
+Debt: `DEBT-0038`
+Scope: `src/node_dialog_cloud.*` only
+
+Goal:
+
+Reduce the inline retained cloud-browser loader surface in
+`NodeDialogCloud::load_thumbs_thread()` by extracting the initial loading
+placeholder setup into a focused helper while preserving current behavior.
+
+Done Checks:
+
+- The initial loading placeholder setup no longer lives inline in
+  `NodeDialogCloud::load_thumbs_thread()`.
+- The retained cloud-browser loading placeholder now routes through a focused
+  helper in `src/node_dialog_cloud.*`.
+- `DEBT-0038` and the roadmap note the reduced remaining `NodeDialogCloud`
+  surface.
+
+Validation:
+
+```powershell
+& 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe' out\build\windows-msvc-default\panopainter_app.vcxproj /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x64
+ctest --preset desktop-fast --build-config Debug -R "pp_app_core_document_cloud" --output-on-failure
+```
+
+Completed Task Log:
+
+| Date | Task | Score | Validation | Commit |
+| --- | --- | ---: | --- | --- |
+| 2026-06-15 | ADP-014 | no score movement | `MSBuild.exe out\build\windows-msvc-default\panopainter_app.vcxproj /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x64`; `ctest --preset desktop-fast --build-config Debug -R "pp_app_core_document_cloud" --output-on-failure` | `(pending)` |
+
 Completed Task Log:
 
 | Date | Task | Score | Validation | Commit |