release: Android 1.15.0, Plugin 1.11.1, CLI+UI 0.4.0-beta.6 (#525)

feat(android): prefer upstream standard surfaces

.github/workflows/ci-plugin.yml

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run focused Plugin tests
         run: |
           python -m pytest \
+            plugin/tests/test_manifest_compatibility.py \
             plugin/tests/test_relay_security.py \
             plugin/tests/test_voice_routes.py \
             plugin/tests/test_session_grants.py \

.github/workflows/release-plugin.yml

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run focused Plugin tests
         run: |
           python -m pytest \
+            plugin/tests/test_manifest_compatibility.py \
             plugin/tests/test_relay_security.py \
             plugin/tests/test_voice_routes.py \
             plugin/tests/test_session_grants.py \

AGENTS.md

@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ PR; never resolve those cases by choosing a side automatically.
 
 - **Vanilla Hermes path = upstream-only.** The standard (no-plugin) connection
   uses the upstream Dashboard/Gateway for chat, authentication, Manage, sessions,
-  and Vanilla Hermes voice. The API server is an optional automatic fallback and
-  advanced headless-compatibility surface; Relay adds optional extensions. This
+  and Vanilla Hermes voice. The API server is an explicit API-only/headless
+  compatibility surface; Relay adds optional extensions. A Gateway-owned
+  conversation never changes transport because Gateway auth or reachability
+  changes. This
   path must work against unmodified upstream hermes-agent. Server-side needs go
   through upstream PRs or the optional relay plugin, never fork patches.
 - **Verify endpoints against upstream** (`gateway/platforms/api_server.py` /

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,19 +6,35 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/), and this
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [Android 1.15.0] - 2026-08-31
+
 ### Changed
 
+- **Android prefers current upstream Hermes for standard media, Git, usage, and notices.** Authenticated Dashboard file delivery, current-session `/api/git/*`, Gateway `usage.bars`, and keyed agent notices work without the optional Hermes-Relay Plugin; Relay remains additive for older-host media compatibility, sensitivity metadata, repository discovery and guarded mutations, multi-provider usage, and true Relay tools.
+- **Android Settings separates standard Hermes from Relay tools.** Media now sits with Chat and Voice under Hermes, while proactive Threads, Terminal, Notification Companion, Relay sessions, and Device Control remain clearly grouped behind the optional plugin.
 - **Android Supervised Mode uses app-specific parent access.** Parents choose a six-digit PIN or password, receive a shareable six-word recovery phrase, and can remove the credential without losing their supervised profile, capability, appearance, visibility, session, or relock settings. Android device credentials and biometrics no longer grant parent access.
 - **Android What's New now provides a readable, complete release record.** One overall title and summary lead into selected highlights, every remaining user-visible addition, improvement, and fix, and relevant compatibility boundaries. Toast counts and previews are derived from that same inventory, so View all no longer promises details the expanded dialog and history cannot show.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- **Standard Hermes attachments no longer demand Relay pairing.** Host-local images, audio, video, and files download through the authenticated Dashboard, stay loaded across history reconciliation, and fall back to one neutral compatibility card on older hosts instead of flashing `Relay URL not configured` or retrying indefinitely.
+- **Removing optional Relay does not strand Standard voice or leak preferences across connections.** Runtime fallback keeps Dashboard voice usable, preserves configured choices through temporary outages, and normalizes only connection-scoped named-profile settings after explicit Relay removal.
+- **Passively observed Desktop/TUI turns now show live activity in the Android session drawer.** A uniquely matched selected session projects Working or Waiting without Android resuming, activating, or interrupting the external runtime; ambiguous cross-profile matches remain neutral. (Related: #365)
+- **Android Chat keeps one transport owner through sign-out and outages.** Dashboard/Gateway conversations now preserve their transcript, draft, profile, and session for sign-in or retry instead of silently sending the next turn to a reachable Direct API database. Legacy API-only connections and explicitly selected Direct API chats remain supported.
 - **Android keeps completed chat text visible when Dashboard sign-in expires.** Generic and reason-coded history `401` responses settle the local turn, preserve its transcript, and surface the existing sign-in recovery without reading another profile's API history.
 - **Android keeps long-running context compaction alive.** A client-visible compaction status extends and refreshes the Gateway turn watchdog instead of interrupting healthy compression after the ordinary idle window. (Supersedes #484.)
 - **Android Bot Chats render loaded history immediately.** Route-owned chat screens observe their own handler state from first composition, including fast history loads that settle before another frame. (Supersedes #453.)
+- **Android Chat settles an owned Gateway turn when its terminal frame is lost.** An exact idle `session.active_list` snapshot now completes the matching local stream, reconciles durable history, and drains its queued follow-up without interrupting or claiming Desktop/TUI work.
 - **Supervised Gateway setup stays parent-owned.** Add Gateway is single-flight and checks live parent authority before allocating a draft, relock/back cancels the exact pending setup, and the locked Chat footer no longer attempts protected navigation.
 - **Generated images stay visible and use their intended Chat animation.** Completed image media survives a marker-lagging history refresh, and both the built-in `image_generate` tool and profile tools ending in `_create_image` use the image-generation presentation.
 
+## [Plugin 1.11.1] - 2026-08-31
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Hermes-Relay Plugin installs through the native Hermes command again.** The manifest remains fully described for current hosts while avoiding the installer/runtime schema mismatch in affected Hermes releases.
+- **Relay prompt context advertises only real callable phone tools.** Phone-control and cross-platform delivery guidance now follows the exact selected session/profile tool catalog instead of implying unavailable `android_*` or `send_message` capabilities.
+
 ## [Android 1.14.0] - 2026-08-30
 
 ### Added
@@ -67,7 +83,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/), and this
 - **Dense pairing QRs scan reliably.** Dashboard, CLI, and TUI render integer-sized modules with a full quiet zone.
 - **Remote-access migration keeps existing listeners safe.** Recommended setup avoids taking over `:443`, explicit legacy cleanup remains available, and default disable actions remove only the listeners they own.
 
-## [0.4.0-beta.6] - 2026-08-30
+## [0.4.0-beta.6] - 2026-08-31
 
 ### Changed
 

CLI_RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Hermes-Relay CLI+UI v__VERSION__
 
-**Release Date:** 2026-08-30
+**Release Date:** 2026-08-31
 
 This beta preserves complete multi-route pairing while preventing Desktop from dialing Dashboard-ingress Relay routes before Dashboard WebSocket ticket support is available. (Related: #399)
 

PLUGIN_RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -1,29 +1,15 @@
 # Hermes-Relay Plugin v__VERSION__
 
-**Release Date:** August 30, 2026
+**Release Date:** August 31, 2026
 
 ## Summary
 
-This release lets one authenticated Hermes Dashboard origin carry Gateway plus optional Relay extensions, adds a bounded Git workspace, and reorganizes the Dashboard plugin around operator tasks. Standard chat, session history, profiles, Manage, and standard voice remain upstream-owned and do not require this plugin.
-
-## Added
-
-- **Dashboard same-origin Relay ingress.** Fixed allowlisted HTTP and WebSocket routes proxy to the local Relay while Dashboard admission and Relay session authentication remain independent. (Related: #399)
-- **Bounded Git workspace.** Configured roots, path containment, line totals, diffs, branches, staging, commits, remotes, grants, and explicit confirmations protect repository operations.
-
-## Changed
-
-- **Task-oriented Dashboard UI.** Overview, Devices, Activity, Remote Access, Git, and Settings now have dedicated surfaces with QR-first pairing, responsive device cards, and honest media diagnostics. (#486)
-- **One explicit route topology.** Dashboard, CLI, and TUI pairing advertise Dashboard, Relay, and optional API surfaces with stable priorities across Tailscale, public HTTPS, and LAN.
-- **Dedicated Tailscale listener.** Recommended setup uses tailnet HTTPS `:10443` to local Dashboard `:9119`, avoiding ownership of a reverse proxy's `:443`. Existing `:443`, `:9119`, and direct `:8767` routes remain migration compatibility.
+This patch restores native installation compatibility on affected Hermes versions and makes Relay prompt context advertise only capabilities the selected session can actually call. Standard Chat, Manage, standard voice, and ordinary inbound files remain upstream-owned.
 
 ## Fixed
 
-- Public and roaming invites no longer synthesize closed direct Relay `:8767` or wrong Dashboard `:9119` routes.
-- Ambiguous, credential-bearing, or plaintext public candidates fail closed before an invite is exposed.
-- Dense pairing QRs use integer-sized modules and a full quiet zone.
-- Inactive optional API routes are omitted; protected Dashboard-ingress `401/403` responses display as authentication-required while direct Relay and API failures remain failures.
-- Default Tailscale disable actions remove only owned listeners, and explicit migration cleanup accepts only the bounded supported ports.
+- **Native installer compatibility.** The plugin keeps its complete current manifest while avoiding the installer/runtime schema mismatch that caused `manifest_version 2` installs to fail after an apparent Hermes update.
+- **Capability-gated phone context.** Phone-control and cross-platform delivery guidance now follows the selected session/profile tool catalog instead of implying unavailable `android_*` or `send_message` callables.
 
 ## Install / update
 
@@ -35,7 +21,7 @@ This release lets one authenticated Hermes Dashboard origin carry Gateway plus o
     # or, if already installed:
     hermes-relay-update
 
-Restart or reload the Hermes Dashboard and Relay after updating so the new manifest, routes, and committed Dashboard bundle are active.
+Restart or reload the Hermes Dashboard and Relay after updating so the new manifest and prompt context are active.
 
 ## Verify
 

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="assets/play-store-feature-1024x500.png" alt="Hermes-Relay — your Hermes agent, in your pocket" width="800">
+  <img src="assets/readme-hero-v2.jpg" alt="Hermes-Relay — Your Hermes agent. Wherever you are. Android, Voice, Desktop." width="1000">
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ Hermes-Relay puts your [Hermes agent](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-age
 - **📱 Android app** — streaming chat, hands-free voice, native plugin pages, and the full Hermes dashboard (models, keys, skills, profiles), rebuilt native. Add a floating Petdex companion or optionally make Hermes your Android assistant; sideload builds can also let the agent read and act on your screen.
 - **⌨️ Hermes-Relay CLI** *(beta)* — a single binary that gives the agent **hands on any machine you pair**: files, terminal, search, screenshots — consent-gated.
 
-A vanilla [hermes-agent](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent) install is enough for the upstream standard path: chat, management, voice, Petdex, and ordinary installed-plugin pages. The Hermes-Relay plugin is optional for that base but encouraged for the complete current experience: Terminal/TUI, notifications, media, desktop tools, enhanced voice, Relay sessions, page drafts, and optional Device Control. Hermes-Relay prefers compatible upstream surfaces as they become available instead of keeping duplicate extension paths. **Connect Hermes first, then grant Hermes-Relay separately; the same one-time invite contract pairs Android or the Desktop CLI.**
+A vanilla [hermes-agent](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent) install is enough for the upstream standard path: chat, management, voice, inbound files, Petdex, and ordinary installed-plugin pages. The Hermes-Relay plugin is optional for that base but encouraged for the complete current experience: Terminal/TUI, notifications, desktop tools, enhanced voice, Relay sessions, page drafts, optional Device Control, and media compatibility or metadata. Hermes-Relay prefers compatible upstream surfaces as they become available instead of keeping duplicate extension paths. **Connect Hermes first, then grant Hermes-Relay separately; the same one-time invite contract pairs Android or the Desktop CLI.**
 
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/diagrams/architecture-homepage.png" alt="How Hermes-Relay connects — upstream Hermes owns Chat, Manage, and standard Voice; the encouraged Relay extension fills current gaps for Terminal, notifications, media, enhanced voice, sessions, desktop tools, and optional Device Control." width="900">
+  <img src="assets/readme-connection-map-v2.png" alt="How Hermes-Relay connects — Dashboard and Gateway own the standard Android path for Chat, Manage, Voice, and inbound files; the optional Relay plugin separately adds Android enhancements plus CLI and UI tools; sideload adds Device Control." width="1000">
 </p>
 
 ## Quick Start (Android)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Install → connect → talk, in about two minutes.
 
 ### 1 · Install the app
 
-- **Google Play** *(easiest — auto-updates)* — [**install from Google Play**](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.axiomlabs.hermesrelay). Chat, voice, sessions, and Manage work with standard Hermes; pairing the Hermes-Relay plugin adds Terminal/TUI, media, notifications, and Relay sessions.
+- **Google Play** *(easiest — auto-updates)* — [**install from Google Play**](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.axiomlabs.hermesrelay). Chat, voice, sessions, Manage, and inbound files work with standard Hermes; pairing the Hermes-Relay plugin adds Terminal/TUI, notifications, Relay sessions, and media enhancements.
 - **APK** *(full phone-control feature set)* — download the file ending in **`-sideload-release.apk`** from the newest `android-v*` release on [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/Codename-11/hermes-relay/releases) and open it (allow your browser to install unknown apps the first time). Integrity verification, signing fingerprint, and per-build details are in the [Sideload guide](https://hermes-relay.dev/docs/guide/getting-started.html#sideload-apk).
 
 Sideload builds check GitHub for updates and show a one-tap banner when you're behind; Play builds update through the Store. See [Release tracks](https://hermes-relay.dev/docs/guide/release-tracks) for the capability matrix.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Sideload builds check GitHub for updates and show a one-tap banner when you're b
 ### 2 · Have the Hermes Dashboard running
 
 The normal Android connection uses the upstream Hermes Dashboard/Gateway for
-chat, sign-in, sessions, Manage, and voice. Installing Hermes and choosing a
+chat, sign-in, sessions, Manage, voice, and inbound files. Installing Hermes and choosing a
 provider is vanilla Hermes setup:
 
 ```bash
@@ -77,16 +77,15 @@ the [remote-access guide](https://hermes-relay.dev/docs/guide/remote-access/).
 
 ### 3 · Connect and talk
 
-For a plugin-enabled host, open the Web Dashboard's **Relay** page, click
-**Connect mobile app**, and scan that tokenless QR from Android **Connect → Scan
-Hermes setup QR**. It contains only the Dashboard address and configures the
-upstream Chat, sessions, Manage, sign-in, and standard voice connection.
-
-Without the Dashboard plugin, use **Find Hermes on LAN** or enter the Dashboard
-address manually (conventionally `http://<host>:9119`). Sign in through the
+Use **Find Hermes on LAN** or enter the Dashboard address manually
+(conventionally `http://<host>:9119`). Sign in through the
 Dashboard's configured provider when prompted. The app probes the available
 upstream capabilities and finishes with a connection summary.
 
+If the Relay Dashboard page is already installed, **Connect mobile app** offers
+the same standard connection as a tokenless QR. It contains only the Dashboard
+address and does not install, enable, or pair Relay.
+
 The separate API server can be discovered automatically or added later under
 **Advanced** as a chat fallback or for a headless compatibility setup. Its API
 key is requested only when that optional endpoint is configured. Existing
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ The wizard probes everything and finishes with a capability card:
 | **Chat** | Dashboard/Gateway ready — you can talk |
 | **Manage** | Models, keys, skills, and profiles are available from the phone |
 | **Voice** | Speech ready via your server (or one Manage sign-in away) |
-| **API fallback** | Optional API route available/unavailable |
+| **Direct API** | Optional API-only compatibility route available/unavailable |
 | **Relay** | Recommended extensions paired/unpaired; never blocks the upstream path |
 
 One dashboard sign-in unlocks Chat, Manage, sessions, and standard voice. That's
@@ -109,9 +108,9 @@ the whole Vanilla Hermes setup.
 
 ### 4 · Recommended: pair Relay for the complete experience
 
-Install Relay for Terminal/TUI, notifications, media handoff, desktop tools,
-enhanced voice, Relay sessions, approval-gated page drafts, and optional Device
-Control:
+Install Relay for Terminal/TUI, notifications, desktop tools, enhanced voice,
+Relay sessions, approval-gated page drafts, optional Device Control, and media
+compatibility or sensitivity metadata:
 
 ```bash
 hermes plugins install Codename-11/hermes-relay/plugin --enable
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ manual fallbacks when QR or clipboard transfer is unavailable.
 [Desktop CLI pairing](https://hermes-relay.dev/docs/desktop/pairing) ·
 [server, TLS, legacy install, and uninstall reference](https://hermes-relay.dev/docs/reference/relay-server)
 
-**Requirements:** Android 8.0+ (SDK 26) · current upstream [hermes-agent](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent) with the Dashboard/Gateway enabled · Python 3.11+ when installing the Hermes-Relay plugin. The API fallback is optional; the Hermes-Relay plugin is encouraged for the complete experience.
+**Requirements:** Android 8.0+ (SDK 26) · current upstream [hermes-agent](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent) with the Dashboard/Gateway enabled · Python 3.11+ when installing the Hermes-Relay plugin. Direct API is optional; the Hermes-Relay plugin is encouraged for the complete experience.
 
 ## Screenshots
 
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ manual fallbacks when QR or clipboard transfer is unavailable.
 
 <p align="center">
   <img src="assets/screenshots/supplemental/15_git_workspace.png" alt="Native Git workspace showing repository changes, an inline diff, and staging controls" width="260"><br>
-  <sub><b>Native Git workspace</b> — optional Hermes-Relay plugin</sub>
+  <sub><b>Native Git workspace</b> — upstream session context with optional Relay discovery and operations</sub>
 </p>
 
 ### Simplified Chinese
@@ -239,17 +238,17 @@ remote tool surface. See the [desktop tools guide](https://hermes-relay.dev/docs
 ## How It Works
 
 ```
-Phone        (HTTP/WSS) --> Hermes Dashboard  (:9119)   [chat gateway, manage, vanilla voice]
-Phone        (HTTP/SSE) --> Hermes API Server (:8642)   [chat fallback, sessions, runs]
-Phone        (WSS/HTTP) --> Relay             (:8767)   [terminal, bridge, media, relay voice, sessions]
+Phone        (HTTP/WSS) --> Hermes Dashboard  (:9119)   [chat gateway, manage, vanilla voice, inbound files]
+Phone        (HTTP/SSE) --> Hermes API Server (:8642)   [Direct API chat, sessions, runs]
+Phone        (WSS/HTTP) --> Relay             (:8767)   [terminal, bridge, media enhancements, relay voice, sessions]
 CLI          (WSS)      --> Relay             (:8767)   [machine tools, tui, terminal]
 ```
 
-Chat prefers the Hermes dashboard gateway when Manage auth is ready, then falls
-back to the upstream API server SSE path with the API key. Manage and Vanilla Hermes
+Standard connections keep Chat on the Hermes Dashboard/Gateway. Explicit API-only
+connections use the upstream Direct API SSE path with an API key. Manage and Vanilla Hermes
 voice ride the Hermes dashboard with its own one-time sign-in, so a vanilla
-install needs no plugin for either. The optional relay on `:8767` adds the power
-surfaces: terminal, bridge phone control, media handoff, machine tools, and
+install needs no plugin for those surfaces or ordinary inbound files. The optional relay on `:8767` adds
+terminal, bridge phone control, media compatibility/metadata, machine tools, and
 relay-side voice, which is preferred automatically when paired. One QR can
 configure API, dashboard, and relay routes without merging their auth models.
 

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Hermes-Relay Android v1.14.0
+# Hermes-Relay Android v1.15.0
 
-**Release Date:** August 30, 2026
+**Release Date:** August 31, 2026
 
 ## Download
 
-> Installing on your phone? Download `hermes-relay-1.14.0-sideload-release.apk` and tap it for the full feature set, or install the conservative build from [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.axiomlabs.hermesrelay).
+> Installing on your phone? Download `hermes-relay-1.15.0-sideload-release.apk` and tap it for the full feature set, or install the conservative build from [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.axiomlabs.hermesrelay).
 
 The `.aab` file is a Play Console upload bundle and cannot be installed by tapping it on a phone.
 
@@ -12,33 +12,32 @@ Verify the download against `SHA256SUMS.txt`. See the [sideload guide](https://h
 
 ## Summary
 
-This release makes saved Hermes connections reliable across LAN, Tailscale, and public HTTPS while keeping Dashboard authentication bound to its exact trusted origin. It also adds delegated-agent previews and an optional native Git workspace, and improves Voice, Assistant, Threads, profile drafts, and Clarify interactions.
-
-## Added
-
-- **Delegated-agent previews.** Follow bounded lifecycle, progress, tool previews, and available read-only child history without leaving the parent chat. Partial history and reconnect gaps remain explicit. (#447)
-- **Native Git workspace.** Review repository state, diffs, branches, staging, commits, and remotes from Chat or Settings. Git operations require Hermes-Relay Plugin v1.11.0 and retain confirmation and grant boundaries.
+This release makes the everyday Android experience work through current upstream Hermes without treating the optional Hermes-Relay Plugin as a prerequisite. It also strengthens parent access, cross-client activity, transport ownership, recovery, and release visibility.
 
 ## Changed
 
-- **Route-aware connections.** Dashboard, Relay, and optional API health are evaluated independently across LAN, Tailscale, and public HTTPS. Same-origin Relay ingress stays on the Dashboard origin that owns authentication, while direct compatibility routes keep separate credentials. (Related: #399)
-- **Voice Focus controls.** Stop and immediate spoken steering remain accessible while Hermes is Thinking, Transcribing, or Speaking, including TalkBack, Switch Access, keyboard, and sideload overlay surfaces.
+- **Upstream-first standard surfaces.** Chat attachments, inbound host files, current-session Git reads, Nous usage bars, and keyed Hermes notices use authenticated Dashboard/Gateway contracts first. Relay remains an additive compatibility and enhancement layer.
+- **Clear Settings ownership.** Media sits with Chat and Voice under Hermes. Proactive Threads, Terminal, Notification Companion, Relay sessions, enhanced voice, and Device Control stay grouped under Relay tools.
+- **App-specific supervised parent access.** Parents choose a PIN or password and receive a six-word recovery phrase; Android device credentials and biometrics no longer grant parent authority.
+- **Complete What's New history.** Release highlights, the remaining improvements and fixes, compatibility notes, toast counts, and history now come from one structured inventory.
 
 ## Fixed
 
-- Wake-word detection packages one compatible ONNX Runtime for sherpa and Java JNI on every supported ABI. (#444)
-- Continuous voice waits for barge-in microphone teardown before listening again. (#464)
-- Fresh chats retain their selected profile without reopening a previous session or carrying a proactive Thread route across profiles. (#436)
-- Provisional Threads can be removed locally and reconcile with promoted sessions without deleting server history. (#461)
-- Clarify cards expose a reachable Other answer, keyboard Send, and authoritative expiry behavior. (#446)
-- Passive Android browsing no longer claims or interrupts a turn owned by another client. (Related: #365)
-- Assistant sessions show retryable no-speech feedback, recover their active state after recreation, and redact conversation details behind the keyguard. (Related: #424)
-- Protected Relay ingress `401/403` responses are recognized as authentication boundaries rather than outages; malformed, different-origin, and direct unauthorized routes still fail closed.
+- Host-local images, audio, video, and files download through the authenticated Dashboard and remain loaded across history reconciliation instead of flashing `Relay URL not configured` or returning to Loading.
+- Standard voice remains usable after explicit Relay removal, while temporary Relay outages preserve configured choices and default-profile preferences stay isolated across connections.
+- Android can display uniquely matched Desktop/TUI Working and Waiting activity without resuming, activating, or interrupting the external turn.
+- Dashboard/Gateway chats preserve their transcript, draft, profile, and session through sign-out or outages instead of silently changing to Direct API.
+- Completed text survives Dashboard-history authentication expiry and returns the existing sign-in recovery path.
+- Long-running context compaction refreshes the turn watchdog instead of being interrupted as idle.
+- Bot Chat history renders immediately after its route-owned handler binds.
+- An exact idle live-session snapshot settles an Android-owned turn whose terminal frame was lost, reconciles history, and drains its queued follow-up.
+- Supervised Add Gateway remains parent-owned across relock, back navigation, and pending setup cancellation.
+- Completed generated images stay visible during marker persistence lag and retain the intended image-generation presentation.
 
 ## Install / Verify
 
-- App version: **1.14.0** (versionCode **52**).
-- Standard Chat, sessions, profiles, Manage, and standard voice continue to work against unmodified upstream Hermes without the optional Relay plugin.
-- Install Hermes-Relay Plugin v1.11.0 for same-origin Relay extensions, Git workspace actions, Bridge, media, proactive features, and enhanced voice.
+- App version: **1.15.0** (versionCode **53**).
+- Standard Chat, sessions, profiles, Manage, standard voice, outbound attachments, and ordinary inbound files work against current unmodified upstream Hermes without the optional Hermes-Relay Plugin.
+- Install Hermes-Relay Plugin v1.11.1 for Terminal, proactive Threads/offline delivery, Notification Companion, Relay sessions, provider-native/realtime voice, compatibility media metadata, Secure Link, and phone/device control.
+- Explicit Direct API/API-only connections remain supported and are never used as a silent failover for a Dashboard-owned chat.
 - Granular Device Control and the system Voice Focus overlay remain sideload-only; the Google Play build does not declare their restricted permissions.
-- Existing connections, drafts, sessions, profile ownership, and legacy direct Relay routes remain data-preserving compatibility paths.

TODO.md

@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ For shipped work, see `DEVLOG.md`. For architectural decisions, see `docs/decisi
 
 ---
 
+## Restore the plugin manifest v2 declaration after the Hermes installer fix ships
+
+Hermes installers in affected stable releases reject `manifest_version: 2`
+before the v2-capable runtime loader can inspect the plugin. Track upstream
+[PR #85893](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/85893). Restore
+`plugin/plugin.yaml` to `manifest_version: 2` only after that fix ships in a
+stable Hermes release that Hermes-Relay can treat as its minimum supported
+version. Until then, keep the v1 compatibility declaration and the additive
+metadata consumed by newer hosts.
+
+---
+
 ## Consider hosted Android emulator execution
 
 The local API 36 Gradle Managed Device lanes are intentionally on demand and
@@ -33,6 +45,32 @@ compatibility route.
 
 ---
 
+## Upstream an Android Gateway platform hint
+
+Android currently identifies its standard Gateway sessions with the legacy
+`webui` source because upstream has no stable Android/mobile session platform.
+Current upstream deliberately removed the unused `webui` prompt hint and only
+ships renderer-verified `desktop` and `tui` guidance. Do not relabel Android as
+Desktop: that would also advertise Desktop-only inline widgets and directives.
+Propose an upstream Android/mobile platform hint, or a bounded authenticated
+client-surface context contract, that accurately describes mobile Markdown,
+standard upstream media/file delivery, and concise-response expectations. Once
+that contract is available in the supported Hermes baseline, adopt it and add
+Gateway conformance coverage proving the exact prompt bytes and session source.
+
+---
+
+## Scope sensitive-media prompt guidance to capable clients
+
+The Relay plugin's sensitive-media prompt section currently describes the
+Android `||![...](...)||` and alt-text conventions profile-wide. Before
+expanding that behavior, make the section depend on an authoritative client
+capability or replace it with a portable convention verified against every
+renderer that receives the profile prompt. Do not make Desktop/TUI sessions
+emit Android-only spoiler syntax merely because the Relay plugin is installed.
+
+---
+
 ## Certify Android session activity across lifecycle and profile boundaries
 
 The contract fixture now covers every upstream live status, complete-snapshot
@@ -41,8 +79,11 @@ and older Gateways without `session.active_list`. Before calling the status
 model device-certified:
 
 - Exercise working, quiet tool-heavy work, each pending-input surface, normal
-  completion, Stop, reconnect, app restart, and process recreation against
-  current vanilla upstream.
+  completion, a lost terminal followed by an exact active-list Idle row, Stop,
+  reconnect, app restart, and process recreation against current vanilla
+  upstream. Confirm the lost-terminal path preserves the partial transcript,
+  settles composer/steering state, and drains or cancels queued corrections
+  exactly once according to the owning turn outcome.
 - Verify All Profiles with duplicate session ids across two profiles and two
   saved connections; no late snapshot or old socket generation may mark the
   wrong row live.

app/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/GatewayForegroundRecoveryInstrumentedTest.kt

@@ -258,6 +258,46 @@ class GatewayForegroundRecoveryInstrumentedTest {
         assertEquals(0, fixture.requestsTo("/v1/chat/completions"))
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun terminalGapActiveList_settlesExactOwnedTurnAndRendersAuthoritativeHistory() {
+        viewModel.sendMessage("Run an Android-owned task")
+        fixture.awaitRpc("prompt.submit")
+        serverSocket.send(fixture.event("message.start", null, LIVE_SESSION_ID))
+        serverSocket.send(
+            fixture.event(
+                "message.delta",
+                buildJsonObject { put("text", PARTIAL_ANSWER) },
+                LIVE_SESSION_ID,
+            ),
+        )
+        compose.waitUntil(5_000) { handler.isStreaming.value }
+        compose.onNodeWithTag("stream-state").assertTextEquals("STREAMING")
+
+        persistedHistory = listOf(
+            MessageItem(
+                id = PERSISTED_ANSWER_ID,
+                sessionId = STORED_SESSION_ID,
+                role = "assistant",
+                content = JsonPrimitive(AUTHORITATIVE_ANSWER),
+            ),
+        )
+        fixture.activeSessionStatus = "idle"
+        runBlocking { gatewayClient.listActiveSessions() }
+
+        compose.waitUntil(5_000) {
+            !handler.isStreaming.value &&
+                !gatewayClient.hasActiveTurn() &&
+                handler.messages.value.singleOrNull()?.id == PERSISTED_ANSWER_ID
+        }
+        compose.onNodeWithTag("stream-state").assertTextEquals("IDLE")
+        compose.onNodeWithTag("message-$PERSISTED_ANSWER_ID")
+            .assertTextEquals("${MessageRole.ASSISTANT.name}:$AUTHORITATIVE_ANSWER")
+        assertEquals(1, fixture.rpcCount("prompt.submit"))
+        assertEquals(0, fixture.rpcCount("session.interrupt"))
+        assertEquals(0, fixture.rpcCount("session.activate"))
+        assertEquals(0, fixture.requestsTo("/v1/chat/completions"))
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun desktopOwnedTurn_remainsReadOnlyAcrossAndroidForegroundLifecycle() {
         viewModel.setChatVisible(false)

app/src/googlePlay/play/release-notes/en-US/default.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-v1.14.0 - Connections, delegated work, Git, and voice
+v1.15.0 - Standard Hermes first, with clearer Relay boundaries
 
-Connections now recover independently across LAN, Tailscale, and public HTTPS without mixing Dashboard and Relay authentication. Preview delegated agents, use the optional native Git workspace, and get safer Continuous voice, Voice Focus, Assistant, Threads, profile drafts, and Clarify controls. Wake-word detection also packages a compatible native runtime.
+Standard Chat, Voice, attachments, returned files, current-session Git, usage, and Hermes notices now prefer upstream Dashboard and Gateway support without requiring Relay. Returned media stays loaded, voice survives Relay removal, and Settings clearly separates standard Hermes from Relay tools. Supervised Mode also gains app-specific parent access and recovery.

app/src/main/assets/changelog.json

@@ -1,6 +1,108 @@
 {
  "schema": 3,
  "versions": [
+  {
+   "version": "1.15.0",
+   "title": "Standard Hermes first, with clearer Relay boundaries",
+   "date": "2026-08-31",
+   "summary": "Chat, voice, attachments, inbound files, current-session Git, usage, and Hermes notices now prefer current upstream Dashboard and Gateway support. Relay stays optional for compatibility and the tools it uniquely provides.",
+   "changes": [
+    {
+     "id": "upstream-standard-surfaces",
+     "kind": "improved",
+     "title": "Use standard Hermes without Relay prompts",
+     "summary": "Chat attachments, inbound files, current-session Git, Nous usage, and Hermes notices use upstream routes first.",
+     "highlight": true
+    },
+    {
+     "id": "stable-inbound-media",
+     "kind": "fixed",
+     "title": "Keep returned files loaded",
+     "summary": "Images, audio, video, and documents download through the Dashboard and no longer flash Relay errors or return to Loading.",
+     "highlight": true
+    },
+    {
+     "id": "supervised-parent-access",
+     "kind": "improved",
+     "title": "Use app-specific parent access",
+     "summary": "A parent PIN or password plus recovery phrase protects Supervised Mode without trusting the phone unlock credential.",
+     "highlight": true
+    },
+    {
+     "id": "settings-relay-boundaries",
+     "kind": "improved",
+     "title": "See which features need Relay",
+     "summary": "Media sits with standard Hermes settings while Threads, Terminal, notifications, enhanced voice, and device tools stay under Relay tools."
+    },
+    {
+     "id": "complete-release-history",
+     "kind": "improved",
+     "title": "Read the complete release record",
+     "summary": "What's New shows one release summary, selected highlights, every remaining change, and relevant compatibility notes."
+    },
+    {
+     "id": "relay-removal-voice",
+     "kind": "fixed",
+     "title": "Keep Standard voice after removing Relay",
+     "summary": "Dashboard voice remains ready, temporary outages preserve choices, and shared default-profile settings stay isolated."
+    },
+    {
+     "id": "passive-external-activity",
+     "kind": "fixed",
+     "title": "Observe another client's activity safely",
+     "summary": "A uniquely matched Desktop or TUI turn can show Working or Waiting without Android taking control."
+    },
+    {
+     "id": "chat-transport-ownership",
+     "kind": "fixed",
+     "title": "Keep each chat on its chosen transport",
+     "summary": "Dashboard chats preserve their transcript, draft, profile, and session through sign-out or outages instead of silently changing databases."
+    },
+    {
+     "id": "history-auth-recovery",
+     "kind": "fixed",
+     "title": "Preserve completed replies at sign-in expiry",
+     "summary": "A Dashboard history authentication failure keeps completed text visible and opens the existing sign-in recovery path."
+    },
+    {
+     "id": "compaction-watchdog",
+     "kind": "fixed",
+     "title": "Let long context compaction finish",
+     "summary": "Visible compaction activity refreshes the turn watchdog instead of being interrupted as idle."
+    },
+    {
+     "id": "bot-chat-binding",
+     "kind": "fixed",
+     "title": "Render Bot Chat history immediately",
+     "summary": "Route-owned Bot Chats observe their bound history from first composition."
+    },
+    {
+     "id": "missing-terminal-recovery",
+     "kind": "fixed",
+     "title": "Settle turns after a lost terminal frame",
+     "summary": "An exact idle live-session snapshot reconciles the Android-owned turn and drains its queued follow-up."
+    },
+    {
+     "id": "supervised-gateway-setup",
+     "kind": "fixed",
+     "title": "Keep Gateway setup parent-owned",
+     "summary": "Relock and back navigation cancel the exact pending setup without bypassing parent authority."
+    },
+    {
+     "id": "generated-image-retention",
+     "kind": "fixed",
+     "title": "Keep completed generated images visible",
+     "summary": "Generated media survives marker persistence lag and retains its intended Chat animation."
+    }
+   ],
+   "compatibility": [
+    "Current upstream Hermes provides standard Chat, sessions, Manage, voice, attachments, inbound files, current-session Git reads, usage, and notices without the optional Hermes-Relay Plugin.",
+    "Hermes-Relay Plugin 1.11.1 remains required for Terminal, proactive Threads and offline delivery, Notification Companion, Relay sessions, enhanced voice, Secure Link, and phone or device control.",
+    "Granular Device Control and the system Voice Focus overlay remain sideload-only."
+   ],
+   "playNotes": "Standard Chat, Voice, attachments, returned files, current-session Git, usage, and Hermes notices now prefer upstream Dashboard and Gateway support without requiring Relay. Returned media stays loaded, voice survives Relay removal, and Settings clearly separates standard Hermes from Relay tools. Supervised Mode also gains app-specific parent access and recovery.",
+   "sections": []
+  },
   {
    "version": "1.14.0",
    "title": "Connections, delegated work, Git, and voice",

app/src/main/assets/whats_new.txt

@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
-v1.14.0 - Connections, delegated work, Git, and voice
+v1.15.0 - Standard Hermes first, with clearer Relay boundaries
 
 Summary
-* Connections now recover cleanly across networks. You can also follow delegated agents, work with Git repositories, and rely on steadier voice, sessions, Threads, profiles, Assistant, and Clarify controls.
+* Chat, voice, attachments, inbound files, current-session Git, usage, and Hermes notices now prefer current upstream Dashboard and Gateway support. Relay stays optional for compatibility and the tools it uniquely provides.
 
 Highlights
-* Connections recover independently — Move between LAN, Tailscale, and public HTTPS without mixing Dashboard and Relay authentication.
-* Follow delegated-agent activity — See lifecycle, progress, tool previews, and available read-only child history from the parent chat.
-* Work with repositories from Android — Review status, diffs, branches, staging, commits, and remotes from Chat or Settings.
-* Steer voice at any time — Stop or redirect Hermes while it is Thinking, Transcribing, or Speaking, including with accessibility controls.
+* Use standard Hermes without Relay prompts — Chat attachments, inbound files, current-session Git, Nous usage, and Hermes notices use upstream routes first.
+* Keep returned files loaded — Images, audio, video, and documents download through the Dashboard and no longer flash Relay errors or return to Loading.
+* Use app-specific parent access — A parent PIN or password plus recovery phrase protects Supervised Mode without trusting the phone unlock credential.
 
 Improved
-* Release notes stay out of your way — A dismissible post-update notice keeps startup usable and leaves the complete history available from Settings.
-* Chat uses one consistent presentation — The overlapping clean-focus mode was removed while the separate Voice Focus experience remains available.
+* See which features need Relay — Media sits with standard Hermes settings while Threads, Terminal, notifications, enhanced voice, and device tools stay under Relay tools.
+* Read the complete release record — What's New shows one release summary, selected highlights, every remaining change, and relevant compatibility notes.
 
 Fixed
-* Wake-word detection starts reliably — Compatible native voice components are now packaged for every supported phone architecture.
-* The visible Sphere keeps moving smoothly — Foreground animation no longer falls back to a stepped ambient pulse.
-* Continuous voice keeps the microphone — The next listening turn waits for barge-in recording to release cleanly.
-* New chats keep the selected profile — Fresh drafts no longer reopen an older session or carry a Thread route into another profile.
-* Provisional Threads can be removed safely — Local removal and later session promotion no longer risk duplicate rows or server history.
-* Clarify keeps custom answers reachable — Other answers, keyboard Send, and expired prompts now behave consistently.
-* Browsing no longer interrupts another client — Passive Android observation does not claim a turn owned by Desktop, TUI, or another client.
-* Assistant sessions recover more clearly — No-speech feedback, recreated session state, and keyguard privacy now remain intact.
-* Protected Relay routes report the right problem — Authentication challenges are no longer presented as outages, while unsafe routes still fail closed.
-* Connections and sessions become ready sooner — Unavailable optional API and Relay routes no longer delay a healthy Dashboard or authenticated session history.
+* Keep Standard voice after removing Relay — Dashboard voice remains ready, temporary outages preserve choices, and shared default-profile settings stay isolated.
+* Observe another client's activity safely — A uniquely matched Desktop or TUI turn can show Working or Waiting without Android taking control.
+* Keep each chat on its chosen transport — Dashboard chats preserve their transcript, draft, profile, and session through sign-out or outages instead of silently changing databases.
+* Preserve completed replies at sign-in expiry — A Dashboard history authentication failure keeps completed text visible and opens the existing sign-in recovery path.
+* Let long context compaction finish — Visible compaction activity refreshes the turn watchdog instead of being interrupted as idle.
+* Render Bot Chat history immediately — Route-owned Bot Chats observe their bound history from first composition.
+* Settle turns after a lost terminal frame — An exact idle live-session snapshot reconciles the Android-owned turn and drains its queued follow-up.
+* Keep Gateway setup parent-owned — Relock and back navigation cancel the exact pending setup without bypassing parent authority.
+* Keep completed generated images visible — Generated media survives marker persistence lag and retains its intended Chat animation.
 
 Compatibility
-* Standard Chat, sessions, profiles, Manage, and standard voice continue to work without the optional Hermes-Relay Plugin.
-* The Git workspace and same-origin Relay extensions require Hermes-Relay Plugin 1.11.0.
-* Granular Device Control and the system Voice Focus overlay remain available only in the sideload build.
+* Current upstream Hermes provides standard Chat, sessions, Manage, voice, attachments, inbound files, current-session Git reads, usage, and notices without the optional Hermes-Relay Plugin.
+* Hermes-Relay Plugin 1.11.1 remains required for Terminal, proactive Threads and offline delivery, Notification Companion, Relay sessions, enhanced voice, Secure Link, and phone or device control.
+* Granular Device Control and the system Voice Focus overlay remain sideload-only.

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/data/ConnectionCapabilities.kt

@@ -29,3 +29,24 @@ val Connection.capabilities: ConnectionCapabilities
         apiServerConfigured = apiServerUrl.isNotBlank(),
         relayConfigured = relayUrl.isNotBlank(),
     )
+
+/**
+ * Stable owner for an Auto chat before a conversation is opened.
+ *
+ * A legacy API-only record has no persisted Dashboard route; the conventional
+ * same-host `:9119` derivation remains useful for an explicit upgrade, but it
+ * must not silently turn that compatibility record into a Gateway-owned chat.
+ * Once a Dashboard route (or authenticated Dashboard origin) is persisted,
+ * standard Chat belongs to Gateway even while that route is signed out or
+ * temporarily unreachable.
+ */
+val Connection.automaticChatTransport: SessionTransport
+    get() {
+        val dashboardPersisted = !dashboardUrl.isNullOrBlank() ||
+            !authenticatedDashboardOrigin.isNullOrBlank()
+        return if (dashboardPersisted) SessionTransport.GATEWAY else SessionTransport.SSE
+    }
+
+fun Connection.chatTransportForPreference(preference: String): SessionTransport =
+    if (preference == "auto") automaticChatTransport
+    else SessionTransport.forEndpoint(preference)

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/data/ConnectionSecurity.kt

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ private fun EndpointCandidate?.secureLinkProtects(label: String, url: String): B
     val normalized = url.trim().trimEnd('/')
     val service = when (label) {
         "Chat & Manage", "Dashboard & Gateway" -> "dashboard"
-        "API / sessions", "API fallback" -> "api"
+        "API / sessions", "API fallback", "Direct API" -> "api"
         "Relay tools" -> "relay"
         else -> return false
     }
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ fun computeConnectionSecurity(
         apiUrl.trim().takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }?.let {
             add(
                 classifySurfaceSecurity(
-                    label = "API fallback",
+                    label = "Direct API",
                     url = it,
                     activeEndpoint = apiEndpoint,
                     isTailscaleDetected = isTailscaleDetected,

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/data/GitStateApiClient.kt

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 package com.hermesandroid.relay.data
 
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.DashboardApiClient
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.DashboardHttpException
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.plugins.runtime.ScopedPluginApiClient
+import java.io.IOException
+import java.net.URLEncoder
+import java.util.Locale
+import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonPrimitive
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.buildJsonArray
@@ -9,113 +15,178 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.json.buildJsonObject
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.decodeFromJsonElement
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.put
 
-// Read + write client for the Hermes-Relay Git State endpoints.
-// All requests are confined to the ``hermes-relay`` plugin namespace and the
-// ``git/*`` sub-path via ScopedPluginApiClient, which rejects traversal and
-// encodes query values.
-
 private fun pathsArray(paths: List<String>) = buildJsonArray { paths.forEach { add(JsonPrimitive(it)) } }
 
+/**
+ * Uses official Dashboard `/api/git/…` reads for the active session repository.
+ * Relay remains the discovery source and owns stronger write/preview extensions.
+ * Operational upstream failures are never hidden by a Relay retry; only a 404
+ * can fall back to a matching Relay-discovered repository.
+ */
 class GitStateApiClient(
-    dashboard: DashboardApiClient,
+    private val dashboard: DashboardApiClient,
 ) {
     private val scoped = ScopedPluginApiClient("hermes-relay", dashboard)
     private val json = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
+    private val reposById = linkedMapOf<String, GitRepo>()
+    private val relayRepoIdsByRoot = linkedMapOf<String, String>()
 
-    suspend fun repos(): Result<List<GitRepo>> = scoped
-        .get("git/repos")
-        .mapCatching { element ->
-            json.decodeFromJsonElement<ReposResponse>(element).repos
+    suspend fun repos(
+        sessionRepoPath: String? = null,
+        includeRelayDiscovery: Boolean = true,
+    ): Result<List<GitRepo>> {
+        reposById.clear()
+        relayRepoIdsByRoot.clear()
+        val path = sessionRepoPath?.trim().orEmpty()
+        if (path.isBlank()) {
+            return if (includeRelayDiscovery) relayRepos().onSuccess(::rememberRepos)
+            else Result.success(emptyList())
         }
 
-    suspend fun status(repo: String): Result<GitStatus> = scoped
-        .get("git/status", mapOf("repo" to repo))
-        .mapCatching { element -> json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitStatus>(element) }
-
-    suspend fun branches(repo: String): Result<List<GitBranch>> = scoped
-        .get("git/branches", mapOf("repo" to repo))
-        .mapCatching { element ->
-            json.decodeFromJsonElement<BranchesResponse>(element).branches
+        val upstream = upstreamStatus(path)
+        if (upstream.isFailure) {
+            val error = upstream.exceptionOrNull()!!
+            if (!error.isUnsupportedGitRoute()) return Result.failure(error)
+            return if (includeRelayDiscovery) relayRepos().onSuccess(::rememberRepos)
+            else Result.failure(error)
+        }
+        val status = upstream.getOrNull()
+        if (status == null) {
+            return if (includeRelayDiscovery) relayRepos().onSuccess(::rememberRepos)
+            else Result.success(emptyList())
         }
 
-    suspend fun diff(repo: String, path: String, kind: String): Result<GitDiff> = scoped
-        .get("git/diff", mapOf("repo" to repo, "path" to path, "kind" to kind))
-        .mapCatching { element -> json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitDiff>(element) }
+        val standardRepo = GitRepo(
+            id = UPSTREAM_SESSION_REPO_ID,
+            name = path.replace('\\', '/').trimEnd('/').substringAfterLast('/').ifBlank { path },
+            root = path,
+            currentBranch = status.branch,
+            dirty = status.changed > 0,
+            route = GitRepositoryRoute.UPSTREAM,
+        )
 
-    suspend fun file(repo: String, path: String): Result<GitFile> = scoped
-        .get("git/file", mapOf("repo" to repo, "path" to path))
-        .mapCatching { element -> json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitFile>(element) }
+        // Plugin discovery is an enhancement. Once upstream answered, plugin
+        // absence or breakage cannot take the standard session repository down.
+        val relay = if (includeRelayDiscovery) relayRepos().getOrDefault(emptyList()) else emptyList()
+        val merged = buildList {
+            add(standardRepo)
+            addAll(relay.filterNot { sameRoot(it.root, standardRepo.root) })
+        }
+        rememberRepos(merged)
+        rememberRelayRepos(relay)
+        return Result.success(merged)
+    }
 
-    // ── Write operations ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    // Every write requires the plugin.api.write grant, which the app enforces
-    // (see GitStateViewModel: a POST is never sent without the grant). The
-    // server additionally enforces per-use confirmation strings for destructive
-    // ops (discard/push/dirty-checkout) — the caller passes the echoed token.
+    suspend fun status(repo: String): Result<GitStatus> {
+        val target = reposById[repo]
+        if (target?.route != GitRepositoryRoute.UPSTREAM) return relayStatus(repo)
+        return fallbackOnUnsupported(target, upstreamStatusWithFiles(target.root), ::relayStatus)
+    }
+
+    suspend fun branches(repo: String): Result<List<GitBranch>> {
+        val target = reposById[repo]
+        if (target?.route != GitRepositoryRoute.UPSTREAM) return relayBranches(repo)
+        return fallbackOnUnsupported(target, upstreamBranches(target.root), ::relayBranches)
+    }
+
+    suspend fun diff(repo: String, path: String, kind: String): Result<GitDiff> {
+        val target = reposById[repo]
+        if (target?.route != GitRepositoryRoute.UPSTREAM) return relayDiff(repo, path, kind)
+        val upstream = dashboard.getJsonElement(
+            upstreamPath(
+                "/api/git/review/diff",
+                mapOf(
+                    "path" to target.root,
+                    "file" to path,
+                    "scope" to "uncommitted",
+                    "staged" to (kind == "staged").toString(),
+                ),
+            ),
+        ).mapCatching { element ->
+            GitDiff(
+                path = path,
+                kind = kind,
+                diff = json.decodeFromJsonElement<UpstreamDiffResponse>(element).diff,
+            )
+        }
+        return fallbackOnUnsupported(target, upstream) { relay -> relayDiff(relay, path, kind) }
+    }
+
+    /** Clean tracked-file preview is a Relay enhancement; file-diff is not equivalent. */
+    suspend fun file(repo: String, path: String): Result<GitFile> {
+        val relay = relayRepoId(repo)
+            ?: return Result.failure(IOException("Tracked-file preview requires the Relay plugin"))
+        return relayFile(relay, path)
+    }
+
+    // Writes intentionally stay on Relay. The upstream Desktop mutation shape
+    // does not carry plugin.api.write or the server-enforced confirmation echoes
+    // used by this mobile surface, so it is not an equivalent safety contract.
 
     suspend fun stage(repo: String, paths: List<String>): Result<GitMutationResult> =
-        scoped.post("git/stage", buildJsonObject {
-            put("repo", repo)
+        relayWrite(repo) { relay -> scoped.post("git/stage", buildJsonObject {
+            put("repo", relay)
             put("paths", pathsArray(paths))
-        }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitMutationResult>(it) }
+        }).decodeMutation() }
 
     suspend fun unstage(repo: String, paths: List<String>): Result<GitMutationResult> =
-        scoped.post("git/unstage", buildJsonObject {
-            put("repo", repo)
+        relayWrite(repo) { relay -> scoped.post("git/unstage", buildJsonObject {
+            put("repo", relay)
             put("paths", pathsArray(paths))
-        }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitMutationResult>(it) }
+        }).decodeMutation() }
 
     suspend fun discard(
         repo: String,
         paths: List<String>,
         confirmation: String,
         deleteUntracked: Boolean = false,
-    ): Result<GitMutationResult> = scoped.post("git/discard", buildJsonObject {
-        put("repo", repo)
+    ): Result<GitMutationResult> = relayWrite(repo) { relay -> scoped.post("git/discard", buildJsonObject {
+        put("repo", relay)
         put("paths", pathsArray(paths))
         put("confirmation", confirmation)
         put("delete_untracked", deleteUntracked)
-    }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitMutationResult>(it) }
+    }).decodeMutation() }
 
     suspend fun commit(repo: String, message: String): Result<GitMutationResult> =
-        scoped.post("git/commit", buildJsonObject {
-            put("repo", repo)
+        relayWrite(repo) { relay -> scoped.post("git/commit", buildJsonObject {
+            put("repo", relay)
             put("message", message)
-        }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitMutationResult>(it) }
+        }).decodeMutation() }
 
     suspend fun commitSelected(
         repo: String,
         message: String,
         paths: List<String>,
-    ): Result<GitMutationResult> = scoped.post("git/commit_selected", buildJsonObject {
-        put("repo", repo)
+    ): Result<GitMutationResult> = relayWrite(repo) { relay -> scoped.post("git/commit_selected", buildJsonObject {
+        put("repo", relay)
         put("message", message)
         put("paths", pathsArray(paths))
-    }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitMutationResult>(it) }
+    }).decodeMutation() }
 
     suspend fun fetch(repo: String, remote: String = "origin"): Result<GitMutationResult> =
-        scoped.post("git/fetch", buildJsonObject {
-            put("repo", repo)
+        relayWrite(repo) { relay -> scoped.post("git/fetch", buildJsonObject {
+            put("repo", relay)
             put("remote", remote)
-        }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitMutationResult>(it) }
+        }).decodeMutation() }
 
     suspend fun pull(repo: String, remote: String = "origin", branch: String = ""): Result<GitMutationResult> =
-        scoped.post("git/pull", buildJsonObject {
-            put("repo", repo)
+        relayWrite(repo) { relay -> scoped.post("git/pull", buildJsonObject {
+            put("repo", relay)
             put("remote", remote)
             put("branch", branch)
-        }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitMutationResult>(it) }
+        }).decodeMutation() }
 
     suspend fun push(
         repo: String,
         confirmation: String,
         remote: String = "origin",
         branch: String = "",
-    ): Result<GitMutationResult> = scoped.post("git/push", buildJsonObject {
-        put("repo", repo)
+    ): Result<GitMutationResult> = relayWrite(repo) { relay -> scoped.post("git/push", buildJsonObject {
+        put("repo", relay)
         put("remote", remote)
         put("branch", branch)
         put("confirmation", confirmation)
-    }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitMutationResult>(it) }
+    }).decodeMutation() }
 
     suspend fun checkout(
         repo: String,
@@ -123,41 +194,217 @@ class GitStateApiClient(
         confirmation: String? = null,
         newBranch: String = "",
         track: Boolean = false,
-    ): Result<GitMutationResult> = scoped.post("git/checkout", buildJsonObject {
-        put("repo", repo)
+    ): Result<GitMutationResult> = relayWrite(repo) { relay -> scoped.post("git/checkout", buildJsonObject {
+        put("repo", relay)
         put("ref", ref)
         if (confirmation != null) put("confirmation", confirmation)
         if (newBranch.isNotEmpty()) put("new_branch", newBranch)
         put("track", track)
-    }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitMutationResult>(it) }
+    }).decodeMutation() }
 
-    // ── Phase 3 extras ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    suspend fun commitMessage(repo: String): Result<GitCommitMessage> = relayWrite(repo) { relay ->
+        scoped.post("git/commit_message", buildJsonObject { put("repo", relay) })
+            .mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitCommitMessage>(it) }
+    }
 
-    /** Generate a commit-message suggestion from the staged diff. */
-    suspend fun commitMessage(repo: String): Result<GitCommitMessage> =
-        scoped.post("git/commit_message", buildJsonObject {
-            put("repo", repo)
-        }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitCommitMessage>(it) }
+    suspend fun commitMessageSelected(repo: String, paths: List<String>): Result<GitCommitMessage> =
+        relayWrite(repo) { relay -> scoped.post("git/commit_message_selected", buildJsonObject {
+            put("repo", relay)
+            put("paths", pathsArray(paths))
+        }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitCommitMessage>(it) } }
 
-    /** Generate a commit-message suggestion from the given paths' staged diff. */
-    suspend fun commitMessageSelected(
-        repo: String,
-        paths: List<String>,
-    ): Result<GitCommitMessage> = scoped.post("git/commit_message_selected", buildJsonObject {
-        put("repo", repo)
-        put("paths", pathsArray(paths))
-    }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitCommitMessage>(it) }
-
-    /** Checkout that auto-stashes a dirty tree first. */
     suspend fun stashCheckout(
         repo: String,
         ref: String,
         newBranch: String = "",
         track: Boolean = false,
-    ): Result<GitStashCheckoutResult> = scoped.post("git/stash_checkout", buildJsonObject {
-        put("repo", repo)
+    ): Result<GitStashCheckoutResult> = relayWrite(repo) { relay -> scoped.post("git/stash_checkout", buildJsonObject {
+        put("repo", relay)
         put("ref", ref)
         if (newBranch.isNotEmpty()) put("new_branch", newBranch)
         put("track", track)
-    }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitStashCheckoutResult>(it) }
+    }).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitStashCheckoutResult>(it) } }
+
+    private suspend fun relayRepos(): Result<List<GitRepo>> = scoped.get("git/repos").mapCatching {
+        json.decodeFromJsonElement<ReposResponse>(it).repos
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun relayStatus(repo: String): Result<GitStatus> = scoped
+        .get("git/status", mapOf("repo" to repo))
+        .mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitStatus>(it) }
+
+    private suspend fun relayBranches(repo: String): Result<List<GitBranch>> = scoped
+        .get("git/branches", mapOf("repo" to repo))
+        .mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<BranchesResponse>(it).branches }
+
+    private suspend fun relayDiff(repo: String, path: String, kind: String): Result<GitDiff> = scoped
+        .get("git/diff", mapOf("repo" to repo, "path" to path, "kind" to kind))
+        .mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitDiff>(it) }
+
+    private suspend fun relayFile(repo: String, path: String): Result<GitFile> = scoped
+        .get("git/file", mapOf("repo" to repo, "path" to path))
+        .mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitFile>(it) }
+
+    private suspend fun upstreamStatus(path: String): Result<UpstreamStatus?> = dashboard
+        .getJsonElement(upstreamPath("/api/git/status", mapOf("path" to path)))
+        .mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<UpstreamStatus?>(it) }
+
+    private suspend fun upstreamStatusWithFiles(path: String): Result<GitStatus> {
+        val status = upstreamStatus(path).mapCatching {
+            it ?: throw IOException("The active session path is not a Git repository")
+        }.getOrElse { return Result.failure(it) }
+        val review = dashboard.getJsonElement(
+            upstreamPath("/api/git/review/list", mapOf("path" to path, "scope" to "uncommitted")),
+        ).mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<UpstreamReviewList>(it) }
+            .getOrElse { return Result.failure(it) }
+        val statusByPath = status.files.associateBy { it.path }
+        val staged = mutableListOf<GitStatusEntry>()
+        val modified = mutableListOf<GitStatusEntry>()
+        val untracked = mutableListOf<GitStatusEntry>()
+        review.files.forEach { file ->
+            val entry = GitStatusEntry(file.path, file.added, file.removed)
+            val fileStatus = statusByPath[file.path]
+            if (fileStatus?.untracked == true) {
+                untracked += entry
+            } else {
+                if (file.staged || fileStatus?.staged == true) staged += entry
+                if (fileStatus?.unstaged == true || (!file.staged && fileStatus == null)) {
+                    modified += entry
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return Result.success(
+            GitStatus(
+                counts = GitStatusCounts(
+                    staged = status.staged,
+                    modified = status.unstaged,
+                    untracked = status.untracked,
+                    changes = status.changed,
+                    additions = status.added,
+                    deletions = status.removed,
+                ),
+                staged = staged,
+                modified = modified,
+                untracked = untracked,
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun upstreamBranches(path: String): Result<List<GitBranch>> = dashboard
+        .getJsonElement(upstreamPath("/api/git/branches", mapOf("path" to path)))
+        .mapCatching { element ->
+            json.decodeFromJsonElement<UpstreamBranches>(element).branches.map {
+                GitBranch(name = it.name, isCurrent = it.checkedOut)
+            }
+        }
+
+    private suspend fun <T> fallbackOnUnsupported(
+        target: GitRepo,
+        upstream: Result<T>,
+        relayCall: suspend (String) -> Result<T>,
+    ): Result<T> {
+        if (upstream.isSuccess) return upstream
+        val error = upstream.exceptionOrNull()!!
+        if (!error.isUnsupportedGitRoute()) return Result.failure(error)
+        val relay = relayRepoIdsByRoot[normalizedRoot(target.root)] ?: return Result.failure(error)
+        return relayCall(relay)
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun <T> relayWrite(repo: String, block: suspend (String) -> Result<T>): Result<T> {
+        val relay = relayRepoId(repo)
+            ?: return Result.failure(IOException("This Git action requires the Relay plugin enhancement"))
+        return block(relay)
+    }
+
+    private fun relayRepoId(repo: String): String? {
+        val target = reposById[repo] ?: return repo.takeUnless { it == UPSTREAM_SESSION_REPO_ID }
+        return if (target.route == GitRepositoryRoute.RELAY) target.id
+        else relayRepoIdsByRoot[normalizedRoot(target.root)]
+    }
+
+    private fun rememberRepos(repos: List<GitRepo>) {
+        repos.forEach { reposById[it.id] = it }
+        rememberRelayRepos(repos.filter { it.route == GitRepositoryRoute.RELAY })
+    }
+
+    private fun rememberRelayRepos(repos: List<GitRepo>) {
+        repos.forEach { relayRepoIdsByRoot[normalizedRoot(it.root)] = it.id }
+    }
+
+    private fun upstreamPath(path: String, query: Map<String, String>): String = buildString {
+        append(path)
+        if (query.isNotEmpty()) {
+            append('?')
+            append(query.entries.joinToString("&") { (key, value) -> "${encode(key)}=${encode(value)}" })
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun encode(value: String): String =
+        URLEncoder.encode(value, Charsets.UTF_8.name()).replace("+", "%20")
+
+    private fun normalizedRoot(path: String): String {
+        val normalized = path.trim().replace('\\', '/').trimEnd('/')
+        return if (WINDOWS_ROOT.containsMatchIn(normalized) || normalized.startsWith("//")) {
+            normalized.lowercase(Locale.ROOT)
+        } else {
+            normalized
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun sameRoot(first: String, second: String): Boolean =
+        normalizedRoot(first) == normalizedRoot(second)
+
+    private fun Result<kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObject>.decodeMutation(): Result<GitMutationResult> =
+        mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<GitMutationResult>(it) }
+
+    private fun Throwable.isUnsupportedGitRoute(): Boolean =
+        this is DashboardHttpException && statusCode == 404
+
+    private companion object {
+        const val UPSTREAM_SESSION_REPO_ID = "__upstream_session__"
+        val WINDOWS_ROOT = Regex("^[A-Za-z]:/")
+    }
 }
+
+@Serializable
+private data class UpstreamStatus(
+    val branch: String? = null,
+    val staged: Int = 0,
+    val unstaged: Int = 0,
+    val untracked: Int = 0,
+    val changed: Int = 0,
+    val added: Int = 0,
+    val removed: Int = 0,
+    val files: List<UpstreamStatusFile> = emptyList(),
+)
+
+@Serializable
+private data class UpstreamStatusFile(
+    val path: String,
+    val staged: Boolean = false,
+    val unstaged: Boolean = false,
+    val untracked: Boolean = false,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+private data class UpstreamReviewList(val files: List<UpstreamReviewFile> = emptyList())
+
+@Serializable
+private data class UpstreamReviewFile(
+    val path: String,
+    val added: Int = 0,
+    val removed: Int = 0,
+    val staged: Boolean = false,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+private data class UpstreamBranches(val branches: List<UpstreamBranch> = emptyList())
+
+@Serializable
+private data class UpstreamBranch(
+    val name: String,
+    @SerialName("checkedOut") val checkedOut: Boolean = false,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+private data class UpstreamDiffResponse(val diff: String = "")

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/data/GitStateModels.kt

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package com.hermesandroid.relay.data
 import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 
-/** A repository discovered by the plugin's /git/repos endpoint. */
+/** A current-session upstream repository or a Relay-discovered repository. */
 @Serializable
 data class GitRepo(
     val id: String,
@@ -11,9 +11,19 @@ data class GitRepo(
     val root: String,
     @SerialName("current_branch") val currentBranch: String? = null,
     val dirty: Boolean = false,
+    val route: GitRepositoryRoute = GitRepositoryRoute.RELAY,
 )
 
-/** Working-tree status from /git/status. */
+@Serializable
+enum class GitRepositoryRoute {
+    @SerialName("relay")
+    RELAY,
+
+    @SerialName("upstream")
+    UPSTREAM,
+}
+
+/** Normalized working-tree status from upstream or Relay Git routes. */
 @Serializable
 data class GitStatus(
     val counts: GitStatusCounts = GitStatusCounts(),

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/data/VoicePreferences.kt

@@ -344,6 +344,46 @@ class VoicePreferencesRepository(private val dataStore: DataStore<Preferences>)
         dataStore.edit { it[key] = route.storageValue }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Clear Relay-only selections after Relay has been explicitly removed from
+     * the active connection. A temporarily unreachable configured Relay must
+     * not call this: preserving the selection lets the richer route resume
+     * when connectivity returns.
+     *
+     * [expectedScope] fences profile/connection changes that can race the
+     * DataStore edit. Values are re-read inside the transaction instead of
+     * trusting an earlier settings snapshot, so a newer user choice wins.
+     * The legacy default-profile keys are global (their storage names predate
+     * connection scoping), so they are never rewritten here: runtime fallback
+     * handles an unpaired default profile without changing another
+     * connection's selection.
+     */
+    suspend fun reconcileRelayRemoval(expectedScope: VoiceProfileScope): Boolean {
+        if (_scope.value != expectedScope || expectedScope.profileName == null) return false
+        var changed = false
+        dataStore.edit { prefs ->
+            if (_scope.value != expectedScope) return@edit
+
+            val engine = VoiceEngineMode.fromStorage(
+                resolveString(prefs, KEY_ENGINE_MODE, expectedScope, DEFAULT_ENGINE_MODE),
+            )
+            val route = VoiceAudioRoute.fromStorage(
+                resolveString(prefs, KEY_AUDIO_ROUTE, expectedScope, DEFAULT_AUDIO_ROUTE),
+            )
+            if (engine == VoiceEngineMode.RealtimeAgent) {
+                prefs[stringPreferencesKey(scopedName(KEY_ENGINE_MODE, expectedScope))] =
+                    VoiceEngineMode.HermesVoiceOutput.storageValue
+                changed = true
+            }
+            if (route == VoiceAudioRoute.Relay) {
+                prefs[stringPreferencesKey(scopedName(KEY_AUDIO_ROUTE, expectedScope))] =
+                    VoiceAudioRoute.Auto.storageValue
+                changed = true
+            }
+        }
+        return changed
+    }
+
     /** "" clears the override (relay falls back to the server's saved voice). */
     suspend fun setEnhancedVoice(voice: String) {
         val key = stringPreferencesKey(scopedName(KEY_ENH_VOICE, _scope.value))

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/relay/RelayHttpClient.kt

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
 import okhttp3.Request
 import okhttp3.RequestBody.Companion.toRequestBody
 import java.io.IOException
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 
 internal const val RELAY_SESSION_HEADER: String = "X-Hermes-Relay-Session"
 
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ class RelayHttpClient(
 
     companion object {
         private const val TAG = "RelayHttpClient"
+        private const val DEFAULT_MEDIA_DOWNLOAD_LIMIT_BYTES = 100L * 1024L * 1024L
         const val MAX_MODEL_CAPABILITY_ROWS = 64
         private const val MAX_MODEL_CAPABILITY_PROVIDER_CHARS = 128
         private const val MAX_MODEL_CAPABILITY_MODEL_CHARS = 512
@@ -257,7 +259,10 @@ class RelayHttpClient(
      * underlying exception with a human-readable message suitable for
      * surfacing in the attachment's `errorMessage` field.
      */
-    suspend fun fetchMedia(token: String): Result<FetchedMedia> = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+    suspend fun fetchMedia(
+        token: String,
+        maxBytes: Long = DEFAULT_MEDIA_DOWNLOAD_LIMIT_BYTES,
+    ): Result<FetchedMedia> = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
         val relayUrl = relayUrlProvider()?.trim().orEmpty()
         if (relayUrl.isEmpty()) {
             return@withContext Result.failure(
@@ -318,7 +323,7 @@ class RelayHttpClient(
                 if (body == null) {
                     return@withContext Result.failure(IOException("Empty response body"))
                 }
-                val bytes = body.bytes()
+                val bytes = body.readBytesBounded(maxBytes)
                 Result.success(FetchedMedia(contentType, bytes, fileName, sensitive))
             }
         } catch (e: IOException) {
@@ -352,6 +357,7 @@ class RelayHttpClient(
     suspend fun fetchMediaByPath(
         path: String,
         contentTypeHint: String? = null,
+        maxBytes: Long = DEFAULT_MEDIA_DOWNLOAD_LIMIT_BYTES,
     ): Result<FetchedMedia> = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
         val relayUrl = relayUrlProvider()?.trim().orEmpty()
         if (relayUrl.isEmpty()) {
@@ -427,12 +433,16 @@ class RelayHttpClient(
                 if (body == null) {
                     return@withContext Result.failure(IOException("Empty response body"))
                 }
-                val bytes = body.bytes()
+                val bytes = body.readBytesBounded(maxBytes)
                 Result.success(FetchedMedia(contentType, bytes, fileName, sensitive))
             }
         } catch (e: IOException) {
             Log.w(TAG, "fetchMediaByPath failed for $path: ${e.message}")
-            Result.failure(IOException("Relay unreachable: ${e.message ?: "IO error"}"))
+            if (e is RelayMediaLimitException) {
+                Result.failure(e)
+            } else {
+                Result.failure(IOException("Relay unreachable: ${e.message ?: "IO error"}"))
+            }
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             Log.w(TAG, "fetchMediaByPath unexpected error for $path: ${e.message}")
             Result.failure(e)
@@ -1456,6 +1466,33 @@ class RelayHttpClient(
         return match?.groupValues?.get(1)?.trim()?.ifBlank { null }
     }
 
+    private fun okhttp3.ResponseBody.readBytesBounded(maxBytes: Long): ByteArray {
+        if (maxBytes <= 0L) throw RelayMediaLimitException()
+        val declared = contentLength().takeIf { it >= 0L }
+        if (declared != null && declared > maxBytes) throw RelayMediaLimitException()
+        val output = ByteArrayOutputStream(
+            declared?.coerceAtMost(Int.MAX_VALUE.toLong())?.toInt() ?: DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE,
+        )
+        byteStream().use { input ->
+            val buffer = ByteArray(DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE)
+            var total = 0L
+            while (true) {
+                val count = input.read(buffer)
+                if (count < 0) break
+                total += count
+                if (total > maxBytes) throw RelayMediaLimitException()
+                output.write(buffer, 0, count)
+            }
+            if (declared != null && total != declared) {
+                throw IOException("Media file changed while it was being downloaded")
+            }
+        }
+        return output.toByteArray()
+    }
+
+    private class RelayMediaLimitException :
+        IOException("File exceeds the configured download limit")
+
     /**
      * Parse the relay's `X-Media-Sensitive` response header into a bool.
      *
@@ -1468,7 +1505,7 @@ class RelayHttpClient(
         return value == "1" || value == "true"
     }
 
-    /** Provider-neutral compatibility fetch for gateways without `account.usage`. */
+    /** Provider-neutral enhancement for pools and providers upstream does not expose. */
     suspend fun fetchProviderUsage(
         profile: String? = null,
         sessionId: String? = null,

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/upstream/ChatHandler.kt

@@ -1540,19 +1540,28 @@ class ChatHandler {
             val prior = priorById[messageId]
             // Outbound attachments: prefer an id-match (covers any future
             // user-message id reconciliation), else fall back to the
-            // content-keyed queue. Inbound attachments normally come back via
-            // marker re-dispatch. One narrow exception retains a completed
-            // image_generate result when the immediate post-turn history read
-            // still lacks its MEDIA marker; otherwise the rendered image
-            // disappears during the persistence-lag window.
+            // content-keyed queue. Exact inbound marker attachments are also
+            // carried by id: a history refresh must not replace a successfully
+            // loaded image/file with a fresh LOADING placeholder. A process
+            // restart has no prior attachment, so the marker still dispatches
+            // normally and rehydrates it. One additional narrow exception
+            // retains a completed image_generate result when the immediate
+            // post-turn history read still lacks its MEDIA marker.
             val carriedAttachments = run {
                 val persistedImagePaths = persistedImages.paths.toHashSet()
+                val persistedMediaKeys = messageMediaHits.mapTo(HashSet()) { (_, hit) ->
+                    when (hit) {
+                        is MediaMarkerHit.RelayToken -> hit.token
+                        is MediaMarkerHit.BarePath -> hit.path
+                    }
+                }
                 val priorGeneratedImage = prior?.toolCalls.orEmpty().any { tool ->
                     isImageGenerationToolName(tool.name) &&
                         tool.isComplete && tool.success != false
                 }
                 val byId = prior?.attachments.orEmpty().filter { attachment ->
                     attachment.relayToken == null ||
+                        attachment.relayToken in persistedMediaKeys ||
                         (role == MessageRole.USER && attachment.relayToken in persistedImagePaths) ||
                         (
                             role == MessageRole.ASSISTANT &&
@@ -1708,15 +1717,27 @@ class ChatHandler {
                 is MediaMarkerHit.RelayToken -> {
                     val dedupeKey = "$messageId:relay:${hit.token}"
                     if (dispatchedMediaMarkers.add(dedupeKey)) {
-                        Log.d(TAG, "Media marker accepted from reloaded Relay history")
-                        onMediaAttachmentRequested(messageId, hit.token)
+                        val alreadyHydrated = _messages.value
+                            .firstOrNull { it.matchesIdentity(messageId) }
+                            ?.attachments
+                            ?.any { it.relayToken == hit.token } == true
+                        if (!alreadyHydrated) {
+                            Log.d(TAG, "Media marker accepted from reloaded Relay history")
+                            onMediaAttachmentRequested(messageId, hit.token)
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 is MediaMarkerHit.BarePath -> {
                     val dedupeKey = "$messageId:bare:${hit.path}"
                     if (dispatchedMediaMarkers.add(dedupeKey)) {
-                        Log.d(TAG, "Media marker (bare-path, reload): ${hit.path}")
-                        onMediaBarePathRequested(messageId, hit.path)
+                        val alreadyHydrated = _messages.value
+                            .firstOrNull { it.matchesIdentity(messageId) }
+                            ?.attachments
+                            ?.any { it.relayToken == hit.path } == true
+                        if (!alreadyHydrated) {
+                            Log.d(TAG, "Media marker (bare-path, reload): ${hit.path}")
+                            onMediaBarePathRequested(messageId, hit.path)
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/upstream/DashboardApiClient.kt

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import okhttp3.Response
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.io.InputStream
 import java.io.OutputStream
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 import java.net.URLEncoder
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import kotlin.coroutines.resume
@@ -310,6 +311,19 @@ data class ElevenLabsVoices(
     val voices: List<ElevenLabsVoice>,
 )
 
+/**
+ * Bytes fetched from upstream's authenticated managed-files surface.
+ *
+ * The Dashboard applies its own managed-root, sensitive-file, and maximum-size
+ * policy before these bytes leave the Hermes host. Android applies the user's
+ * stricter inbound-media cap while reading the response as a second boundary.
+ */
+data class DashboardFetchedFile(
+    val bytes: ByteArray,
+    val contentType: String,
+    val fileName: String?,
+)
+
 /**
  * Native client for the Hermes dashboard/admin server (:9119).
  *
@@ -381,6 +395,75 @@ class DashboardApiClient(
         executeJsonElement(request, normalized)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Download a server-local artifact through current upstream Hermes.
+     *
+     * This is the same authenticated `/api/files/download` route official
+     * Desktop uses for remote gateway files. The caller supplies its display
+     * cap so a malicious or stale Content-Length cannot cause an unbounded
+     * allocation. Audio/video are downloaded into Android's local media cache;
+     * local playback supplies seeking, so `/api/files/stream` is unnecessary
+     * on this path.
+     */
+    suspend fun downloadManagedFile(
+        serverPath: String,
+        maxBytes: Long,
+    ): Result<DashboardFetchedFile> = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+        if (serverPath.isBlank()) {
+            return@withContext Result.failure(IOException("Media path is empty"))
+        }
+        if (maxBytes <= 0L) {
+            return@withContext Result.failure(IOException("Media download limit is invalid"))
+        }
+        val httpUrl = resolveUrl("/api/files/download")
+            ?.newBuilder()
+            ?.addQueryParameter("path", serverPath)
+            ?.build()
+            ?: return@withContext Result.failure(invalidUrlException())
+        val request = Request.Builder().url(httpUrl).get().build()
+
+        executeCancellable(request, "Dashboard media download") { response ->
+            val body = response.body
+            val declaredLength = body.contentLength().takeIf { it >= 0L }
+            if (declaredLength != null && declaredLength > maxBytes) {
+                throw IOException("File exceeds the configured download limit")
+            }
+            val initialSize = declaredLength
+                ?.coerceAtMost(Int.MAX_VALUE.toLong())
+                ?.toInt()
+                ?: DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE
+            val output = ByteArrayOutputStream(initialSize)
+            body.byteStream().use { input ->
+                val buffer = ByteArray(DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE)
+                var readTotal = 0L
+                while (true) {
+                    val count = input.read(buffer)
+                    if (count < 0) break
+                    readTotal += count
+                    if (readTotal > maxBytes) {
+                        throw IOException("File exceeds the configured download limit")
+                    }
+                    output.write(buffer, 0, count)
+                }
+                if (declaredLength != null && readTotal != declaredLength) {
+                    throw IOException("Media file changed while it was being downloaded")
+                }
+            }
+            DashboardFetchedFile(
+                bytes = output.toByteArray(),
+                contentType = response.header("Content-Type")
+                    ?.substringBefore(';')
+                    ?.trim()
+                    ?.takeIf(String::isNotEmpty)
+                    ?: "application/octet-stream",
+                fileName = response.header("Content-Disposition")
+                    ?.let(::contentDispositionFileName)
+                    ?: serverPath.substringAfterLast('/').substringAfterLast('\\')
+                        .takeIf(String::isNotBlank),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
     suspend fun postJsonObject(
         path: String,
         payload: JsonObject = JsonObject(emptyMap()),
@@ -2405,6 +2488,23 @@ private fun Response.readJsonElement(json: Json): JsonElement {
     return json.parseToJsonElement(raw)
 }
 
+private fun contentDispositionFileName(header: String): String? {
+    val encoded = Regex("""filename\*=UTF-8''([^;]+)""", RegexOption.IGNORE_CASE)
+        .find(header)
+        ?.groupValues
+        ?.getOrNull(1)
+        ?.let { runCatching { java.net.URLDecoder.decode(it, "UTF-8") }.getOrNull() }
+    val plain = Regex("""filename=\"([^\"]+)\"|filename=([^;]+)""", RegexOption.IGNORE_CASE)
+        .find(header)
+        ?.let { it.groupValues[1].ifBlank { it.groupValues[2] } }
+        ?.trim()
+        ?.trim('"')
+    return (encoded ?: plain)
+        ?.substringAfterLast('/')
+        ?.substringAfterLast('\\')
+        ?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank)
+}
+
 internal class DashboardHttpException(
     val statusCode: Int,
     message: String,
@@ -2448,6 +2548,33 @@ internal fun Throwable.isDashboardSignInRequiredFailure(): Boolean {
     return false
 }
 
+/** True only when the managed-file route itself is absent on this Hermes build. */
+internal fun Throwable.isDashboardManagedFilesUnsupported(): Boolean {
+    var current: Throwable? = this
+    val seen = java.util.Collections.newSetFromMap(
+        java.util.IdentityHashMap<Throwable, Boolean>(),
+    )
+    while (current != null && seen.add(current)) {
+        if (current is DashboardHttpException) {
+            if (current.statusCode in setOf(405, 501)) return true
+            if (current.statusCode == 404) {
+                val detail = current.message.orEmpty()
+                // FastAPI's missing-route response is the generic "Not Found".
+                // A real managed-file miss says "File not found" and must not
+                // silently escape to Relay's broader path policy.
+                val isManagedFileMiss = detail.contains("File not found", ignoreCase = true) ||
+                    detail.contains("Path not found", ignoreCase = true)
+                val isGenericRouteMiss = detail.trim().endsWith(": not found", ignoreCase = true) ||
+                    detail.contains("\"detail\":\"Not Found\"", ignoreCase = true) ||
+                    detail.contains("\"detail\": \"Not Found\"", ignoreCase = true)
+                if (!isManagedFileMiss && isGenericRouteMiss) return true
+            }
+        }
+        current = current.cause
+    }
+    return false
+}
+
 private fun apiFailure(response: Response, operation: String): IOException {
     val bodyDetail = runCatching { response.body.string() }.getOrDefault("")
     val detail = bodyDetail.take(240).ifBlank { response.message }

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/upstream/GatewayChatClient.kt

@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
         .newBuilder()
         // The 10s default connectTimeout is LAN-tuned; a remote dashboard
         // reached over Tailscale (DERP cold start) can take longer to complete
-        // the WS upgrade. A failed connect drops chat to the SSE fallback and a
+        // the WS upgrade. A failed connect leaves Android on its Gateway owner and a
         // 5s cooldown, so give the first remote handshake room.
         .connectTimeout(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
         .pingInterval(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
@@ -399,6 +399,14 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
     private val _serverProject = MutableStateFlow<GatewaySessionProject?>(null)
     val serverProject: StateFlow<GatewaySessionProject?> = _serverProject.asStateFlow()
 
+    /**
+     * Exact model-callable tool names from upstream `session.info.tools` for
+     * the selected live session/profile. Null means the gateway has not
+     * supplied a catalog; an empty set means it authoritatively supplied none.
+     */
+    private val _serverTools = MutableStateFlow<Set<String>?>(null)
+    val serverTools: StateFlow<Set<String>?> = _serverTools.asStateFlow()
+
     /** Serializes connect / session-establish so concurrent sends share one socket. */
     private val connectMutex = Mutex()
 
@@ -563,6 +571,28 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
         val terminalRequired: Boolean,
     )
 
+    /**
+     * One exact turn settled from authoritative session state may still receive
+     * the terminal frame that was already in flight. Consume only that terminal
+     * so it cannot be reported as a second unmatched completion. A subsequent
+     * message.start clears the drain because it establishes the next turn on
+     * the same live runtime.
+     */
+    @Volatile
+    private var settledTurnDrain: SettledTurnDrain? = null
+
+    private data class SettledTurnDrain(
+        val storedSessionId: String,
+        val liveSessionId: String,
+    )
+
+    private data class ActiveTurnLivenessProbe(
+        val turn: GatewayTurn,
+        val storedSessionId: String,
+        val liveSessionId: String,
+        val progressGeneration: Long,
+    )
+
     /**
      * Creates UI callbacks when the server starts a turn that has no matching
      * [sendTurn] call (for example a background-process completion). The
@@ -692,6 +722,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
     ): ActiveTurnHandle {
         val turn = GatewayTurn(
             callbacks = dispatchOn(callbacks),
+            androidOwned = true,
             onTransportAccepted = onTransportAccepted,
         )
         // Warm = the connection-establish phases are skipped this turn (socket
@@ -739,6 +770,10 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
                     cleanupStagedAttachments(stagedImagePaths)
                     return@launch
                 }
+                // A newly accepted Android send is a distinct generation on
+                // this runtime. Its terminal must never be consumed by the
+                // prior turn's optional late-terminal drain.
+                settledTurnDrain = null
                 activeTurn = turn
                 turn.armWatchdog()
                 // Generic `file.attach` uploads are staged artifacts, not
@@ -773,7 +808,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
                     // Once this turn's own events are flowing (or it already
                     // finished), the prompt provably reached the server — a
                     // slow, lost, or socket-severed ack must NOT preflight-fail
-                    // into the SSE fallback, which would resubmit the same
+                    // into a second transport, which would resubmit the same
                     // prompt as a duplicate turn. Recovery belongs to the
                     // stream: the watchdog and mid-turn rejoin own it.
                     if (turn.started || turn.ended || turn.transportRecoveryStarted) {
@@ -865,6 +900,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
         storedSessionId = null
         liveSessionProfile = null
         cancelledTurnDrain = null
+        _serverTools.value = null
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1378,6 +1414,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
                     callbacks = dispatchOn(callbacks),
                     dedupeAdjacentMessageStarts = true,
                     deferEvents = true,
+                    androidOwned = true,
                 ).also { turn ->
                     turn.markRecoveredStarted()
                     activeTurn = turn
@@ -1501,6 +1538,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
                     boundTurn = GatewayTurn(
                         callbacks = dispatchOn(callbacks),
                         dedupeAdjacentMessageStarts = true,
+                        androidOwned = true,
                     ).also { turn ->
                         turn.markRecoveredStarted()
                         activeTurn = turn
@@ -1534,6 +1572,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
                     val queuedTurn = GatewayTurn(
                         callbacks = dispatchOn(registration.callbacks),
                         dedupeAdjacentMessageStarts = true,
+                        androidOwned = true,
                     )
                     // recoverTurn is resumed on its caller's coroutine context;
                     // ChatViewModel calls it from Main, so this admission runs
@@ -1780,18 +1819,17 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
     }
 
     /**
-     * Provider-neutral account limits owned by upstream Hermes. Current hosts
-     * may not expose this additive method yet; callers should treat JSON-RPC
-     * method-not-found as capability absence and use the optional Relay
-     * compatibility surface when paired.
+     * Official upstream Nous usage bars. Current hosts may not expose this
+     * additive method yet; callers should treat JSON-RPC method-not-found as
+     * capability absence and use the optional Relay enhancement when paired.
      */
-    suspend fun providerUsage(): Result<JsonObject> {
+    suspend fun usageBars(): Result<JsonObject> {
         try {
             connectMutex.withLock { ensureConnected() }
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             return Result.failure(e)
         }
-        return rpc("account.usage", JsonObject(emptyMap()))
+        return rpc("usage.bars", JsonObject(emptyMap()))
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2429,6 +2467,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
         } catch (error: Exception) {
             return GatewayActiveSessionsResult.TransientFailure(error)
         }
+        val livenessProbe = captureActiveTurnLivenessProbe()
         val result = rpc(
             "session.active_list",
             buildJsonObject {
@@ -2448,12 +2487,58 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
             val payload = result.getOrThrow()
             val rows = payload["sessions"] as? JsonArray
                 ?: throw GatewayRpcException("session.active_list returned no sessions array")
-            GatewayActiveSessionsResult.Success(rows.map(::parseGatewayActiveSession))
+            val sessions = rows.map(::parseGatewayActiveSession)
+            reconcileActiveTurnFromSnapshot(livenessProbe, sessions)
+            GatewayActiveSessionsResult.Success(sessions)
         } catch (parseError: Exception) {
             GatewayActiveSessionsResult.TransientFailure(parseError)
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Capture only a locally submitted/recovered turn. Merely observing an
+     * exact session through the shared Gateway socket never grants Android
+     * authority to settle Desktop/TUI work.
+     */
+    private fun captureActiveTurnLivenessProbe(): ActiveTurnLivenessProbe? {
+        val turn = activeTurn ?: return null
+        val generation = turn.captureLivenessGeneration() ?: return null
+        val storedId = storedSessionId ?: return null
+        val liveId = liveSessionId ?: return null
+        return ActiveTurnLivenessProbe(turn, storedId, liveId, generation)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * `session.active_list` is process-wide, but a row naming both identifiers
+     * already owned by this client is authoritative for that exact runtime.
+     * Fence the delayed snapshot by turn identity and progress generation so an
+     * old idle result cannot settle a newer turn or race newer live events.
+     */
+    private fun reconcileActiveTurnFromSnapshot(
+        probe: ActiveTurnLivenessProbe?,
+        sessions: List<GatewayActiveSession>,
+    ) {
+        probe ?: return
+        if (activeTurn !== probe.turn ||
+            storedSessionId != probe.storedSessionId ||
+            liveSessionId != probe.liveSessionId
+        ) return
+        val exact = sessions.singleOrNull { row ->
+            row.runtimeSessionId == probe.liveSessionId &&
+                row.storedSessionId == probe.storedSessionId
+        } ?: return
+        if (exact.status != GatewayActiveSessionStatus.Idle) return
+        if (probe.turn.settleFromAuthoritativeSessionState(
+                running = false,
+                source = "session.active_list",
+                expectedProgressGeneration = probe.progressGeneration,
+            )
+        ) {
+            if (activeTurn === probe.turn) activeTurn = null
+            if (!AppForegroundTracker.isForeground.value) scheduleBackgroundClose()
+        }
+    }
+
     /** Stop one process owned by the current live gateway session. */
     suspend fun killProcess(processId: String): Result<Unit> {
         if (processId.isBlank()) {
@@ -2846,6 +2931,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
         activeTurn = null
         backgroundTurns.clear()
         cancelledTurnDrain = null
+        settledTurnDrain = null
         unsolicitedTurnProvider = null
         coldPrewarmSessionReadyListener = null
         unmatchedTurnCompleteListener = null
@@ -3149,6 +3235,18 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
                     )
                 }
         }
+        if (info.containsKey("tools")) {
+            val groups = info["tools"] as? JsonObject
+            _serverTools.value = groups
+                ?.values
+                ?.asSequence()
+                ?.mapNotNull { it as? JsonArray }
+                ?.flatMap { it.asSequence() }
+                ?.mapNotNull { (it as? JsonPrimitive)?.contentOrNull }
+                ?.filter { it.isNotBlank() }
+                ?.toSet()
+                ?: emptySet()
+        }
         // Context usage: require used > 0 — a COLD resume resets counters and
         // reports 0 until the first turn rebuilds the prompt; painting 0 would
         // mislead on a session that actually has history.
@@ -3164,6 +3262,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
     /** Apply a session create/resume result without leaking metadata from the prior session. */
     private fun applySessionResultInfo(result: JsonObject) {
         _serverProject.value = null
+        _serverTools.value = null
         (result["info"] as? JsonObject)?.let { applySessionInfo(it) }
     }
 
@@ -3282,6 +3381,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
         val requestedProfile = currentSessionProfile()
         if (requestedStoredId != null && requestedStoredId != storedSessionId) {
             cancelledTurnDrain = null
+            settledTurnDrain = null
         }
         if (
             liveSessionId != null &&
@@ -3351,6 +3451,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
         storedSessionId = stored
         liveSessionProfile = requestedProfile
         if (cancelledTurnDrain?.storedSessionId != stored) cancelledTurnDrain = null
+        if (settledTurnDrain?.storedSessionId != stored) settledTurnDrain = null
         turn.callbacks.onSessionId(stored)
     }
 
@@ -3728,6 +3829,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
         }
         dispatchProcessEvent(type, payload, eventSessionId)
         if (consumeCancelledTurnEvent(type, eventSessionId)) return
+        if (consumeSettledTurnTerminal(type, eventSessionId)) return
         var turn = activeTurn
         if (turn == null && type == "message.start") {
             // Unsolicited turns are accepted only with an explicit exact live-
@@ -4254,6 +4356,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
         val callbacks: GatewayTurnCallbacks,
         dedupeAdjacentMessageStarts: Boolean = false,
         deferEvents: Boolean = false,
+        private val androidOwned: Boolean = false,
         private val onTransportAccepted: () -> Unit = { },
     ) : ActiveTurnHandle {
         private val mapper = GatewayEventMapper(callbacks, dedupeAdjacentMessageStarts)
@@ -4280,6 +4383,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
 
         private val rejoinAttempts = java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger(0)
         private val transportAccepted = AtomicBoolean(false)
+        private val progressGeneration = java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong(0L)
 
         fun markTransportAccepted() {
             if (transportAccepted.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
@@ -4356,6 +4460,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
             if (settledWithoutTerminalFrame) return
             if (type != "session.info") {
                 started = true
+                progressGeneration.incrementAndGet()
                 markTransportAccepted()
             }
             tracer.mark("ttfe")
@@ -4385,10 +4490,20 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
          * exact turn has proved it went live. A pre-start `running=false`
          * heartbeat can race `prompt.submit` and is not a completion boundary.
          */
-        fun settleFromAuthoritativeSessionState(running: Boolean?, source: String): Boolean {
+        fun captureLivenessGeneration(): Long? =
+            if (androidOwned && started && !ended) progressGeneration.get() else null
+
+        fun settleFromAuthoritativeSessionState(
+            running: Boolean?,
+            source: String,
+            expectedProgressGeneration: Long? = null,
+        ): Boolean {
             if (running != false || !started) return false
             val settled = synchronized(deferredEventLock) {
-                if (ended) {
+                if (ended ||
+                    (expectedProgressGeneration != null &&
+                        progressGeneration.get() != expectedProgressGeneration)
+                ) {
                     false
                 } else {
                     settledWithoutTerminalFrame = true
@@ -4399,6 +4514,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
             if (!settled) return false
 
             disarmWatchdog()
+            armSettledTurnDrain()
             Log.i(TAG, "Gateway turn settled from $source after missing terminal frame")
             callbacks.onReconcileRequired()
             callbacks.onComplete()
@@ -4419,6 +4535,7 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
                         callbacks = dispatchOn(registration.callbacks),
                         dedupeAdjacentMessageStarts = true,
                         deferEvents = true,
+                        androidOwned = true,
                     )
                 }
             }
@@ -4546,6 +4663,26 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
         )
     }
 
+    private fun armSettledTurnDrain() {
+        val storedId = storedSessionId ?: return
+        val liveId = liveSessionId ?: return
+        settledTurnDrain = SettledTurnDrain(storedId, liveId)
+    }
+
+    /** Consume one late terminal from a turn already settled by session state. */
+    private fun consumeSettledTurnTerminal(type: String, eventSessionId: String?): Boolean {
+        val drain = settledTurnDrain ?: return false
+        if (eventSessionId != drain.liveSessionId) return false
+        if (type == "message.start") {
+            if (settledTurnDrain === drain) settledTurnDrain = null
+            return false
+        }
+        if (type != "message.complete" && type != "error") return false
+        if (settledTurnDrain === drain) settledTurnDrain = null
+        Log.d(TAG, "Ignored late terminal for gateway turn settled from session state")
+        return true
+    }
+
     private fun updateCancelledDrainLiveSession(storedId: String, liveId: String) {
         val drain = cancelledTurnDrain ?: return
         if (drain.storedSessionId == storedId) {
@@ -4672,6 +4809,8 @@ class GatewayChatClient(
             dispatchIfCurrent(stillCurrent) { callbacks.onStatusUpdate(kind, text) }
         },
         onStatusClear = { kind -> dispatchIfCurrent(stillCurrent) { callbacks.onStatusClear(kind) } },
+        onNoticeShow = { notice -> dispatchIfCurrent(stillCurrent) { callbacks.onNoticeShow(notice) } },
+        onNoticeClear = { key -> dispatchIfCurrent(stillCurrent) { callbacks.onNoticeClear(key) } },
     )
 
     private fun dispatchIfCurrent(stillCurrent: () -> Boolean, callback: () -> Unit) {
@@ -4724,7 +4863,7 @@ data class GatewayAttachment(
     val sizeBytes: Long? = null,
 )
 
-/** Connect/auth/submit failed before the turn started — safe to fall back to SSE. */
+/** Connect/auth/submit failed before the turn started; the caller retains transport ownership. */
 internal class GatewayPreflightException(message: String) : Exception(message)
 
 /** Attachment bytes were not safely bound to a Gateway turn; never silently fall through to SSE. */

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/upstream/GatewayEventMapper.kt

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonPrimitive
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.contentOrNull
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.doubleOrNull
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.intOrNull
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.longOrNull
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.booleanOrNull
 
 /**
@@ -397,8 +398,26 @@ class GatewayEventMapper(
                 }
             }
 
-            // Known-but-unrendered (notification.show, …) and unknown types
-            // alike: ignore.
+            "notification.show" -> {
+                val text = payload.string("text")?.trim().orEmpty()
+                if (text.isNotEmpty()) {
+                    callbacks.onNoticeShow(
+                        GatewayAgentNotice(
+                            text = text,
+                            level = payload.string("level"),
+                            kind = payload.string("kind"),
+                            ttlMs = payload.long("ttl_ms"),
+                            key = payload.string("key"),
+                            id = payload.string("id"),
+                        ),
+                    )
+                }
+            }
+
+            "notification.clear" ->
+                payload.string("key")?.trim()?.takeIf(String::isNotEmpty)?.let(callbacks.onNoticeClear)
+
+            // Unknown event types remain forward-compatible no-ops.
             else -> Unit
         }
         previousEventType = type
@@ -596,6 +615,9 @@ private fun JsonObject?.string(key: String): String? =
 private fun JsonObject?.int(key: String): Int? =
     (this?.get(key) as? JsonPrimitive)?.intOrNull
 
+private fun JsonObject?.long(key: String): Long? =
+    (this?.get(key) as? JsonPrimitive)?.longOrNull
+
 private fun JsonObject?.double(key: String): Double? =
     (this?.get(key) as? JsonPrimitive)?.doubleOrNull
 

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/upstream/GatewayModels.kt

@@ -91,26 +91,19 @@ enum class GatewayApprovalModeCapability {
  * is unit-testable without an AndroidViewModel. ConnectionViewModel
  * delegates here with its live state.
  *
- * Manual picks pass through untouched (ChatViewModel handles per-turn
- * fallback when a "gateway" pick can't serve a send); "auto" prefers the
- * gateway while the dashboard probe is unresolved or ready. A capability-
- * preferred SSE fallback is selected only after a definitive unavailable,
- * unsupported, or sign-in-required verdict.
+ * Manual picks pass through untouched. "auto" follows the saved connection's
+ * stable owner: Dashboard/Gateway for a standard connection, or the
+ * capability-preferred SSE surface for a true API-only compatibility record.
+ * Live reachability and sign-in state never change the owner of an open chat.
  */
 fun resolveStreamingEndpointPreference(
     preference: String,
     gateway: GatewayAvailability,
     capabilities: ServerCapabilities,
+    gatewayOwned: Boolean = true,
 ): String = when (preference) {
     "sessions", "completions", "runs", "gateway" -> preference
-    else -> if (
-        gateway == GatewayAvailability.Ready ||
-        gateway == GatewayAvailability.Unknown
-    ) {
-        "gateway"
-    } else {
-        capabilities.preferredChatEndpoint()
-    }
+    else -> if (gatewayOwned) "gateway" else capabilities.preferredChatEndpoint()
 }
 
 /**
@@ -263,6 +256,16 @@ data class GatewayToolOutputRisk(
     val redacted: Boolean,
 )
 
+/** Official upstream `notification.show` AgentNotice payload. */
+data class GatewayAgentNotice(
+    val text: String,
+    val level: String? = null,
+    val kind: String? = null,
+    val ttlMs: Long? = null,
+    val key: String? = null,
+    val id: String? = null,
+)
+
 /**
  * One `subagent.*` lifecycle event, emitted on the PARENT session. Lifecycle
  * per task: SPAWN_REQUESTED → START → (THINKING | TOOL | PROGRESS)* →
@@ -734,6 +737,10 @@ class GatewayTurnCallbacks(
     val onStatusUpdate: (kind: String?, text: String) -> Unit = { _, _ -> },
     /** Clear a transient status only when [kind] still owns the visible status slot. */
     val onStatusClear: (kind: String) -> Unit = { _ -> },
+    /** Official upstream account/agent notice; distinct from Relay proactive messages. */
+    val onNoticeShow: (GatewayAgentNotice) -> Unit = { _ -> },
+    /** Exact-key dismissal for an upstream notice. */
+    val onNoticeClear: (key: String) -> Unit = { _ -> },
 )
 
 /**

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/usage/ProviderUsageRepository.kt

@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ package com.hermesandroid.relay.network.usage
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.relay.RelayHttpClient
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayChatClient
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.DashboardApiClient
-import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
-import kotlinx.serialization.json.decodeFromJsonElement
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObject
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonPrimitive
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.booleanOrNull
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.doubleOrNull
 
-/** Relay-enhanced usage with an upstream fallback for hosts without Relay support. */
+/** Upstream usage enriched by the optional Relay provider/pool surface. */
 class ProviderUsageRepository(
     private val gatewayClientProvider: () -> GatewayChatClient?,
     private val dashboardClientProvider: () -> DashboardApiClient? = { null },
@@ -14,33 +16,142 @@ class ProviderUsageRepository(
     private val profileProvider: () -> String? = { null },
     private val sessionProvider: () -> String? = { null },
 ) {
-    private val json = Json {
-        ignoreUnknownKeys = true
-        coerceInputValues = true
-        explicitNulls = false
-    }
-
     suspend fun fetch(): Result<ProviderUsageResponse?> {
         val profile = profileProvider()
         val session = sessionProvider()
+        val upstream: Result<ProviderUsageResponse?> = gatewayClientProvider()
+            ?.usageBars()
+            ?.mapCatching(::providerUsageFromUpstreamBars)
+            ?: Result.success(null)
+
         val dashboard = dashboardClientProvider()
+        var enhancement: Result<ProviderUsageResponse?>? = null
         if (dashboard != null) {
-            val enhanced = dashboard.getProviderUsage(profile, session)
-            if (enhanced.isSuccess && enhanced.getOrNull() != null) return enhanced
+            enhancement = dashboard.getProviderUsage(profile, session)
         }
 
-        val relay = relayHttpClient.fetchProviderUsage(
-            profile = profile,
-            sessionId = session,
+        if (enhancement?.getOrNull() == null) {
+            enhancement = relayHttpClient.fetchProviderUsage(
+                profile = profile,
+                sessionId = session,
+            )
+        }
+
+        val merged = mergeProviderUsage(
+            upstream = upstream.getOrNull(),
+            enhancement = enhancement?.getOrNull(),
         )
-        if (relay.isSuccess && relay.getOrNull() != null) return relay
+        if (merged != null) return Result.success(merged)
 
-        val gateway = gatewayClientProvider()
-        if (gateway != null) {
-            val upstream = gateway.providerUsage()
-                .mapCatching { json.decodeFromJsonElement<ProviderUsageResponse>(it) }
-            if (upstream.isSuccess) return upstream
+        return when {
+            upstream.isFailure && enhancement?.isFailure == true ->
+                Result.failure(enhancement?.exceptionOrNull()!!)
+            enhancement?.isFailure == true -> Result.failure(enhancement?.exceptionOrNull()!!)
+            else -> Result.success(null)
         }
-        return relay
     }
 }
+
+internal fun providerUsageFromUpstreamBars(root: JsonObject): ProviderUsageResponse? {
+    if (root.boolean("available") != true) return null
+
+    val renewsAt = root.string("renews_at")
+    val windows = listOfNotNull(
+        root.usageWindow("plan", "Plan", renewsAt),
+        root.usageWindow("topup", "Top-up", null),
+    )
+    val details = listOfNotNull(
+        root.string("subscription_remaining_display")?.let { "Subscription remaining: $it" },
+        root.string("topup_remaining_display")?.let { "Top-up remaining: $it" },
+        root.string("total_spendable_display")?.let { "Total spendable: $it" },
+    )
+
+    return ProviderUsageResponse(
+        providers = listOf(
+            ProviderUsageProvider(
+                id = "nous",
+                displayName = "Nous",
+                status = ProviderUsageProvider.STATUS_AVAILABLE,
+                source = "upstream:usage.bars",
+                plan = root.string("plan_name"),
+                windows = windows,
+                details = details,
+                renewsAt = renewsAt,
+            ),
+        ),
+    )
+}
+
+internal fun mergeProviderUsage(
+    upstream: ProviderUsageResponse?,
+    enhancement: ProviderUsageResponse?,
+): ProviderUsageResponse? {
+    if (upstream == null) return enhancement
+    if (enhancement == null) return upstream
+
+    val providers = linkedMapOf<String, ProviderUsageProvider>()
+    upstream.providers.forEach { providers[it.id] = it }
+    enhancement.providers.forEach { enhanced ->
+        val standard = providers[enhanced.id]
+        providers[enhanced.id] = when {
+            standard == null -> enhanced
+            standard.available -> standard.copy(
+                // Official usage.bars stays authoritative for every field it
+                // supplies. Relay enriches the row with pool/balance metadata
+                // and fills only gaps that upstream left absent.
+                fetchedAt = standard.fetchedAt ?: enhanced.fetchedAt,
+                plan = standard.plan ?: enhanced.plan,
+                windows = standard.windows.ifEmpty { enhanced.windows },
+                details = (standard.details + enhanced.details).distinct(),
+                balances = enhanced.balances,
+                renewsAt = standard.renewsAt ?: enhanced.renewsAt,
+                actionUrl = standard.actionUrl ?: enhanced.actionUrl,
+                credentials = enhanced.credentials,
+                activeCredentialId = enhanced.activeCredentialId,
+                activeCredentialState = enhanced.activeCredentialState,
+                activeObservedAt = enhanced.activeObservedAt,
+                message = standard.message ?: enhanced.message,
+            )
+            enhanced.available -> enhanced
+            else -> enhanced
+        }
+    }
+    return ProviderUsageResponse(
+        schemaVersion = maxOf(upstream.schemaVersion, enhancement.schemaVersion),
+        fetchedAt = enhancement.fetchedAt ?: upstream.fetchedAt,
+        capabilities = upstream.capabilities + enhancement.capabilities,
+        providers = providers.values.toList(),
+    )
+}
+
+private fun JsonObject.usageWindow(
+    id: String,
+    label: String,
+    resetAt: String?,
+): ProviderUsageWindow? {
+    val bar = this["${id}_bar"] as? JsonObject ?: return null
+    val remaining = bar.string("remaining_display")
+    val total = bar.string("total_display")
+    val detail = when {
+        remaining != null && total != null -> "$remaining remaining of $total"
+        remaining != null -> "$remaining remaining"
+        total != null -> "$total total"
+        else -> null
+    }
+    return ProviderUsageWindow(
+        id = id,
+        label = label,
+        usedPercent = bar.double("pct_used"),
+        resetAt = resetAt,
+        detail = detail,
+    )
+}
+
+private fun JsonObject.string(key: String): String? =
+    (this[key] as? JsonPrimitive)?.content?.trim()?.takeIf(String::isNotEmpty)
+
+private fun JsonObject.boolean(key: String): Boolean? =
+    (this[key] as? JsonPrimitive)?.booleanOrNull
+
+private fun JsonObject.double(key: String): Double? =
+    (this[key] as? JsonPrimitive)?.doubleOrNull

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/runtime/HermesRuntimeBinder.kt

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.EnhancedVoiceOverrides
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.VoiceAudioRoute
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.VoiceEngineMode
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.VoicePreferencesRepository
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.VoiceProfileScope
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.VoiceSettings
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.relay.RelayVoiceAudioClientAdapter
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.relay.RelayVoiceClient
@@ -170,6 +171,9 @@ internal class HermesRuntimeBinder(
             relayHttpClient = connection.relayHttpClient,
             mediaSettingsRepo = connection.mediaSettingsRepo,
             mediaCacheWriter = connection.mediaCacheWriter,
+            dashboardMediaClientProvider = {
+                connection.activeDashboardUrl()?.let(connection::dashboardClientForActive)
+            },
         )
         chat.setSelectedProfileProvider { connection.selectedProfile.value }
         chat.setIsolatedProfileApiProvider { connection.selectedProfileUsesIsolatedApiRoute() }
@@ -262,6 +266,11 @@ internal class HermesRuntimeBinder(
         jobs += runtime.coroutineScope.launch {
             chat.isStreaming.collect(connection::setChatStreaming)
         }
+        jobs += runtime.coroutineScope.launch {
+            chat.conversationBinding.collect { binding ->
+                connection.setActiveConversationTransport(binding.transport)
+            }
+        }
         jobs += runtime.coroutineScope.launch {
             combine(
                 connection.activeConnectionId,
@@ -282,6 +291,36 @@ internal class HermesRuntimeBinder(
                 }
             }
         }
+        jobs += runtime.coroutineScope.launch {
+            combine(
+                connection.connectionsHydrated,
+                connection.activeConnectionId,
+                connection.relayConfigured,
+                voiceSettingsHydrated,
+                voicePreferencesRepository.activeScope,
+            ) { connectionsReady, connectionId, relayConfigured, settingsReady, scope ->
+                VoiceRelayReconciliationInputs(
+                    connectionsReady = connectionsReady,
+                    connectionId = connectionId,
+                    relayConfigured = relayConfigured,
+                    settingsReady = settingsReady,
+                    scope = scope,
+                )
+            }.collectLatest { inputs ->
+                if (
+                    inputs.connectionsReady &&
+                    inputs.settingsReady &&
+                    inputs.connectionId != null &&
+                    !inputs.relayConfigured &&
+                    // Default-profile storage is a legacy global layer shared
+                    // across connections. Keep its fallback runtime-only.
+                    inputs.scope.profileName != null &&
+                    inputs.scope.connectionId == inputs.connectionId
+                ) {
+                    voicePreferencesRepository.reconcileRelayRemoval(inputs.scope)
+                }
+            }
+        }
         jobs += runtime.coroutineScope.launch {
             combine(
                 connection.streamingEndpoint,
@@ -398,13 +437,22 @@ internal class HermesRuntimeBinder(
                 connection.chatReady,
                 connection.standardVoiceAvailability,
                 connection.relayVoiceReady,
-                connection.profileSelectionSettled,
-            ) { settings, chatReady, standard, relayReady, profileSettled ->
+                connection.relayConfigured,
+            ) { settings, chatReady, standard, relayReady, relayConfigured ->
+                VoiceReadinessInputs(
+                    settings = settings,
+                    chatReady = chatReady,
+                    standardAvailability = standard,
+                    relayReady = relayReady,
+                    relayConfigured = relayConfigured,
+                )
+            }.combine(connection.profileSelectionSettled) { inputs, profileSettled ->
                 resolveVoiceActivationReadiness(
-                    settings,
-                    chatReady,
-                    standard,
-                    relayReady,
+                    inputs.settings,
+                    inputs.chatReady,
+                    inputs.standardAvailability,
+                    inputs.relayReady,
+                    inputs.relayConfigured,
                     profileSettled,
                 )
             }
@@ -558,6 +606,22 @@ internal class HermesRuntimeBinder(
         val hiddenSources: Set<String> = emptySet(),
     )
 
+    private data class VoiceRelayReconciliationInputs(
+        val connectionsReady: Boolean,
+        val connectionId: String?,
+        val relayConfigured: Boolean,
+        val settingsReady: Boolean,
+        val scope: VoiceProfileScope,
+    )
+
+    private data class VoiceReadinessInputs(
+        val settings: VoiceSettings,
+        val chatReady: Boolean,
+        val standardAvailability: StandardVoiceAvailability,
+        val relayReady: Boolean,
+        val relayConfigured: Boolean,
+    )
+
     private companion object {
         const val PROFILE_SETTLE_BACKSTOP_MS = 2_500L
         const val PROFILE_CONTEXT_COALESCE_MS = 160L
@@ -596,12 +660,14 @@ internal fun resolveVoiceActivationReadiness(
     chatReady: Boolean,
     standardAvailability: StandardVoiceAvailability,
     relayReady: Boolean,
+    relayConfigured: Boolean,
     profileSettled: Boolean,
 ): HermesVoiceActivationReadiness {
     if (!profileSettled) {
         return HermesVoiceActivationReadiness.Waiting("Loading the selected Hermes profile")
     }
-    return when (VoiceEngineMode.fromStorage(settings.engineMode)) {
+    val effectiveSettings = voiceSettingsForRelayConfiguration(settings, relayConfigured)
+    return when (VoiceEngineMode.fromStorage(effectiveSettings.engineMode)) {
         VoiceEngineMode.RealtimeAgent -> {
             if (relayReady) {
                 HermesVoiceActivationReadiness.Ready(HermesVoiceActivationRoute.Realtime)
@@ -613,7 +679,7 @@ internal fun resolveVoiceActivationReadiness(
             if (!chatReady) {
                 return HermesVoiceActivationReadiness.Waiting("Waiting for Hermes chat")
             }
-            when (VoiceAudioRoute.fromStorage(settings.audioRoute)) {
+            when (VoiceAudioRoute.fromStorage(effectiveSettings.audioRoute)) {
                 VoiceAudioRoute.Relay -> if (relayReady) {
                     HermesVoiceActivationReadiness.Ready(
                         HermesVoiceActivationRoute.RelayAudio
@@ -637,6 +703,24 @@ internal fun resolveVoiceActivationReadiness(
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Relay absence is a topology decision, unlike a transient route outage. Only
+ * the former may fall back from Relay-only persisted selections.
+ */
+internal fun voiceSettingsForRelayConfiguration(
+    settings: VoiceSettings,
+    relayConfigured: Boolean,
+): VoiceSettings {
+    if (relayConfigured) return settings
+    return settings.copy(
+        engineMode = VoiceEngineMode.HermesVoiceOutput.storageValue,
+        audioRoute = when (VoiceAudioRoute.fromStorage(settings.audioRoute)) {
+            VoiceAudioRoute.Relay -> VoiceAudioRoute.Auto.storageValue
+            else -> settings.audioRoute
+        },
+    )
+}
+
 private fun standardVoiceReadiness(
     availability: StandardVoiceAvailability,
 ): HermesVoiceActivationReadiness = when (availability) {

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/RelayApp.kt

@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.BridgeSafetyPreferencesRepository
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.BuildFlavor
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.CandidateBuild
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.Connection
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.SessionTransport
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.chatTransportForPreference
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.EndpointCandidate
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.FeatureFlags
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.SupervisedModePolicy
@@ -283,6 +285,8 @@ internal fun resolveAppChatRuntimeStatus(
     connection: Connection?,
     gatewayAvailability: GatewayAvailability,
     apiHealth: ConnectionViewModel.HealthStatus,
+    streamingEndpoint: String = "auto",
+    conversationOwner: SessionTransport? = null,
 ): ChatRuntimeStatus {
     val capabilities = connection?.capabilities
     val gateway = when {
@@ -298,7 +302,11 @@ internal fun resolveAppChatRuntimeStatus(
             apiHealth == ConnectionViewModel.HealthStatus.Probing -> ChatTransportReadiness.Connecting
         else -> ChatTransportReadiness.Unavailable
     }
-    return resolveChatRuntimeStatus(gateway = gateway, apiSse = api)
+    val owner = when (conversationOwner ?: connection?.chatTransportForPreference(streamingEndpoint)) {
+        SessionTransport.SSE -> ChatTransportPath.ApiSse
+        else -> ChatTransportPath.Gateway
+    }
+    return resolveChatRuntimeStatus(gateway = gateway, apiSse = api, owner = owner)
 }
 
 internal fun shouldSettleStartupUnreachable(
@@ -360,7 +368,7 @@ internal fun resolveFooterRouteCandidate(
  *
  * Endpoint roles are operator and wire metadata, so an internal role such as
  * `authenticated_dashboard` must never leak into this constrained surface.
- * Gateway labels describe how the Dashboard is reached; API fallback keeps
+ * Gateway labels describe how the Dashboard is reached; Direct API keeps
  * the route's ordinary transport label.
  */
 internal fun resolveFooterRouteLabel(
@@ -1007,6 +1015,17 @@ fun RelayApp() {
         chatSessions.firstOrNull { it.sessionId == currentChatSessionId }
     }
 
+    LaunchedEffect(
+        gitOwnerKey,
+        activeChatSession?.gitRepoRoot,
+        activeChatSession?.workingDirectory,
+    ) {
+        gitStateViewModel.setSessionWorkspace(
+            repoRoot = activeChatSession?.gitRepoRoot,
+            workingDirectory = activeChatSession?.workingDirectory,
+        )
+    }
+
     // Bind Git to the active coding session when upstream supplies its exact
     // workspace metadata. CWD fallback only matches a path-segment descendant;
     // an ambiguous multi-repo catalog stays unselected until the user chooses.
@@ -1023,7 +1042,7 @@ fun RelayApp() {
         }
     }
 
-    val gitWorkspaceAvailable = gitRepoScanningEnabled &&
+    val gitWorkspaceAvailable =
         (gitReposState as? GitStateUiState.Ready)?.repos?.isNotEmpty() == true
     val gitWorkspaceSummary = remember(
         gitReposState,
@@ -1593,6 +1612,7 @@ fun RelayApp() {
         // evidence alone left a window where the reveal showed the CTA for
         // the few hundred ms until the client-based health verdict landed.
         val chatReady by connectionViewModel.chatReady.collectAsState()
+        val conversationOwner by connectionViewModel.activeConversationTransport.collectAsState()
         var startupGateMinElapsed by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
         var startupGateTimedOut by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
         var startupGateReleased by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
@@ -1619,6 +1639,8 @@ fun RelayApp() {
             connection = activeConnection,
             gatewayAvailability = gatewayAvailability,
             apiHealth = apiHealth,
+            streamingEndpoint = streamingEndpoint,
+            conversationOwner = conversationOwner,
         )
         // A Dashboard/Gateway-only connection is a complete standard Hermes
         // connection. Startup readiness follows the same transport-neutral
@@ -2125,7 +2147,9 @@ fun RelayApp() {
                             ?: stringResource(R.string.status_no_route),
                     )
                     val transportStatus = resolveChatTransportStatus(
-                        streamingEndpoint = streamingEndpoint,
+                        streamingEndpoint = connectionViewModel.resolveActiveStreamingEndpoint(
+                            streamingEndpoint,
+                        ),
                         gatewayAvailability = gatewayAvailability,
                         serverCapabilities = serverCapabilities,
                     )

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/UiMessageBus.kt

@@ -8,17 +8,38 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asSharedFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asStateFlow
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
 
-/** Visual tone of a transient banner message. Errors are NOT modelled here —
- * they stay on the snackbar (see [LocalSnackbarHost]); this bus is info-only. */
-enum class UiMessageSeverity { Info, Success, Status }
+/** Visual tone of a transient banner message. */
+enum class UiMessageSeverity { Info, Success, Status, Warning }
 
 data class UiMessage(
     val id: Long,
     val text: String,
     val severity: UiMessageSeverity,
     val ttlMillis: Long,
+    /** Stable upstream key for replace-in-place and exact dismissal. */
+    val key: String? = null,
 )
 
+sealed interface UiMessageEvent {
+    data class Show(val message: UiMessage) : UiMessageEvent
+    data class Clear(val key: String) : UiMessageEvent
+}
+
+internal fun reduceUiMessages(
+    current: List<UiMessage>,
+    event: UiMessageEvent,
+    maxRetained: Int,
+): List<UiMessage> = when (event) {
+    is UiMessageEvent.Clear -> current.filterNot { it.key == event.key }
+    is UiMessageEvent.Show -> {
+        val incoming = event.message
+        val withoutDuplicate = current.filterNot { existing ->
+            if (incoming.key != null) existing.key == incoming.key else existing.text == incoming.text
+        }
+        (withoutDuplicate + incoming).takeLast(maxRetained)
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * App-wide bus for transient, non-error status/confirmation messages that
  * surface in the top [com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.components.MessageBannerHost]
@@ -26,8 +47,10 @@ data class UiMessage(
  * shows the newest line collapsed, expands to a few recent lines, auto-dismisses
  * and coalesces duplicates.
  *
- * Deliberately info-only: errors and persistent/actionable messages keep going
- * to the snackbar so they demand acknowledgement. Migrate frequent
+ * App-owned errors and persistent/actionable messages keep going to the
+ * snackbar so they demand acknowledgement. Upstream keyed AgentNotices may use
+ * the warning tone here because their own sticky/clear lifecycle owns them.
+ * Migrate frequent
  * `snackbarHostState.showSnackbar("…")` confirmations/status to [info] /
  * [success] / [status] here.
  *
@@ -39,8 +62,8 @@ object UiMessageBus {
     const val STATUS_TTL_MS = 6_000L
 
     private val counter = AtomicLong(0L)
-    private val _events = MutableSharedFlow<UiMessage>(extraBufferCapacity = 24)
-    val events: SharedFlow<UiMessage> = _events.asSharedFlow()
+    private val _events = MutableSharedFlow<UiMessageEvent>(extraBufferCapacity = 24)
+    val events: SharedFlow<UiMessageEvent> = _events.asSharedFlow()
 
     // Number of messages currently shown by the host. Lifted here so the app
     // scaffold can fold banner visibility into its status-bar inset accounting
@@ -52,10 +75,26 @@ object UiMessageBus {
         text: String,
         severity: UiMessageSeverity = UiMessageSeverity.Info,
         ttlMillis: Long = DEFAULT_TTL_MS,
+        key: String? = null,
     ) {
         val trimmed = text.trim()
         if (trimmed.isEmpty()) return
-        _events.tryEmit(UiMessage(counter.incrementAndGet(), trimmed, severity, ttlMillis))
+        _events.tryEmit(
+            UiMessageEvent.Show(
+                UiMessage(
+                    id = counter.incrementAndGet(),
+                    text = trimmed,
+                    severity = severity,
+                    ttlMillis = ttlMillis.coerceAtLeast(0L),
+                    key = key?.trim()?.takeIf(String::isNotEmpty),
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    /** Dismiss only the keyed message owned by the matching upstream notice. */
+    fun clear(key: String) {
+        key.trim().takeIf(String::isNotEmpty)?.let { _events.tryEmit(UiMessageEvent.Clear(it)) }
     }
 
     /** Neutral confirmation/info (e.g. "Pairing code copied"). */

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/components/ActiveConnectionSections.kt

@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ private fun CapabilityRow(
 
 /**
  * Advanced compatibility and override content:
- *  - optional direct API fallback URL/key
+ *  - optional Direct API URL/key
  *  - explicit direct Relay endpoint override/test
  *  - allow-insecure-connections development toggle
  *

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/components/ChatTransportStatusBadge.kt

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.theme.RelayRefresh
 
 enum class ChatTransportTier(val endpointId: String, val label: String) {
     Gateway("gateway", "⚡ Gateway"),
-    Sessions("sessions", "📡 Sessions"),
-    Completions("completions", "Completions"),
-    Runs("runs", "Runs"),
+    Sessions("sessions", "Direct API"),
+    Completions("completions", "Direct API"),
+    Runs("runs", "Direct API"),
     Offline("offline", "offline"),
 }
 
@@ -67,18 +67,6 @@ fun resolveChatTransportStatus(
             detail = "No reachable Hermes chat transport is available.",
         )
 
-    fun sseFallback(gatewayReason: String): ChatTransportStatus {
-        if (!serverCapabilities.healthy) return offline(gatewayReason)
-        val tier = preferredAvailableSseTier(serverCapabilities)
-            ?: return offline(gatewayReason)
-        return ChatTransportStatus(
-            tier = tier,
-            tone = ChatTransportTone.Fallback,
-            reason = "$gatewayReason → ${tier.plainName()}",
-            detail = "${tier.detailText()} Using this as the fallback while Gateway is unavailable.",
-        )
-    }
-
     fun manualSse(tier: ChatTransportTier, supported: Boolean): ChatTransportStatus {
         if (!serverCapabilities.healthy) return offline()
         return if (supported) {
@@ -94,23 +82,17 @@ fun resolveChatTransportStatus(
     }
 
     return when (preference) {
-        "auto" -> when {
+        "auto", "gateway" -> when {
             gatewayReady -> ChatTransportStatus(
                 tier = ChatTransportTier.Gateway,
                 tone = ChatTransportTone.Active,
-                reason = "auto → Gateway (best)",
+                reason = "Gateway connected",
                 detail = ChatTransportTier.Gateway.detailText(),
             )
-            else -> sseFallback(gatewayFallbackReason(gatewayAvailability))
-        }
-        "gateway" -> when {
-            gatewayReady -> ChatTransportStatus(
-                tier = ChatTransportTier.Gateway,
-                tone = ChatTransportTone.Active,
-                reason = "Gateway selected",
-                detail = ChatTransportTier.Gateway.detailText(),
+            else -> unavailable(
+                ChatTransportTier.Gateway,
+                gatewayFallbackReason(gatewayAvailability),
             )
-            else -> sseFallback(gatewayFallbackReason(gatewayAvailability))
         }
         "sessions" -> manualSse(ChatTransportTier.Sessions, serverCapabilities.sessionsChatStream)
         "completions" -> manualSse(ChatTransportTier.Completions, serverCapabilities.portable)
@@ -119,42 +101,34 @@ fun resolveChatTransportStatus(
     }
 }
 
-private fun preferredAvailableSseTier(capabilities: ServerCapabilities): ChatTransportTier? =
-    when {
-        capabilities.sessionsChatStream -> ChatTransportTier.Sessions
-        capabilities.portable -> ChatTransportTier.Completions
-        capabilities.runs -> ChatTransportTier.Runs
-        else -> null
-    }
-
 private fun gatewayFallbackReason(availability: GatewayAvailability): String =
     when (availability) {
-        GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired -> "gateway sign-in required"
-        GatewayAvailability.Unreachable -> "gateway unavailable"
-        GatewayAvailability.Unsupported -> "gateway unsupported"
-        GatewayAvailability.Unknown -> "checking gateway"
-        GatewayAvailability.Ready -> "gateway ready"
+        GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired -> "Gateway sign-in required"
+        GatewayAvailability.Unreachable -> "Gateway unavailable"
+        GatewayAvailability.Unsupported -> "Gateway unsupported"
+        GatewayAvailability.Unknown -> "Checking Gateway"
+        GatewayAvailability.Ready -> "Gateway ready"
     }
 
 private fun ChatTransportTier.plainName(): String =
     when (this) {
         ChatTransportTier.Gateway -> "Gateway"
-        ChatTransportTier.Sessions -> "Sessions"
-        ChatTransportTier.Completions -> "Completions"
-        ChatTransportTier.Runs -> "Runs"
+        ChatTransportTier.Sessions -> "Direct API"
+        ChatTransportTier.Completions -> "Direct API"
+        ChatTransportTier.Runs -> "Direct API"
         ChatTransportTier.Offline -> "offline"
     }
 
 private fun ChatTransportTier.detailText(): String =
     when (this) {
         ChatTransportTier.Gateway ->
-            "Gateway uses the dashboard WebSocket /api/ws for live thinking and rich tool events."
+            "Hermes Chat uses the signed-in Dashboard connection."
         ChatTransportTier.Sessions ->
-            "Sessions uses /api/sessions/{id}/chat/stream with server-side session history."
+            "Direct API compatibility chat with server-side session history."
         ChatTransportTier.Completions ->
-            "Completions uses OpenAI-compatible SSE at /v1/chat/completions."
+            "Direct API compatibility chat."
         ChatTransportTier.Runs ->
-            "Runs uses /v1/runs plus streamed run events."
+            "Direct API compatibility chat with streamed run events."
         ChatTransportTier.Offline ->
             "No chat transport is reachable."
     }

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/components/ConnectionInfoSheet.kt

@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ fun AgentInfoSheet(
     val relayConnectionState by connectionViewModel.relayConnectionState.collectAsState()
     val streamingEndpoint by connectionViewModel.streamingEndpoint.collectAsState()
     val voiceReady by connectionViewModel.voiceReady.collectAsState()
+    val standardVoiceReady by connectionViewModel.standardVoiceReady.collectAsState()
     val proactiveEnabled by connectionViewModel.proactiveEnabled.collectAsState()
     val activeEndpoint by connectionViewModel.activeEndpoint.collectAsState()
     val allConnections by connectionViewModel.connectionStore.connections.collectAsState()
@@ -842,6 +843,7 @@ fun AgentInfoSheet(
     val sessionCaps = sessionCapabilities(
         transport = sessionTransport,
         gatewayAvailability = gatewayAvailability,
+        upstreamMediaAvailable = gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Ready || standardVoiceReady,
         relayConnected = relayConnectionState == ConnectionState.Connected,
         relayConfigured = relayUrl.isNotBlank(),
         voiceReady = voiceReady,
@@ -3423,6 +3425,8 @@ private fun LegacyAgentInfoSheet(
                 val sessionCaps = sessionCapabilities(
                     transport = sessionTransport,
                     gatewayAvailability = gatewayAvailability,
+                    upstreamMediaAvailable = gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Ready ||
+                        connectionViewModel.standardVoiceReady.collectAsState().value,
                     relayConnected = relayConnected,
                     relayConfigured = relayUrl.isNotBlank(),
                     voiceReady = voiceReady,

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/components/ConnectionWizard.kt

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ import java.net.URI
  * Settings → Gateways. Hermes setup starts with the one Dashboard address
  * the phone can open, probes public `/api/status`, and lets advertised
  * capabilities select authentication. A separate public sign-in URL is never
- * universally required. API fallback, Relay pairing, and extra LAN/Tailscale
+ * universally required. Direct API, Relay pairing, and extra LAN/Tailscale
  * routes remain explicit advanced paths.
  *
  * Steps:

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/components/EndpointsCard.kt

@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ internal fun routeSurfaceSecurityPresentation(
     val label = when (surface) {
         EndpointSurface.Standard,
         EndpointSurface.Dashboard -> "Dashboard & Gateway"
-        EndpointSurface.Api -> "API fallback"
+        EndpointSurface.Api -> "Direct API"
         EndpointSurface.Relay -> "Relay tools"
     }
     val securityVerdict = classifySurfaceSecurity(

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/components/InboundAttachmentCard.kt

@@ -206,29 +206,49 @@ private fun FailedCard(
     modifier: Modifier,
     maxWidth: Dp
 ) {
+    val hostOnly = attachment.errorMessage == ChatViewModel.MEDIA_HOST_ONLY
     Surface(
         shape = appearanceRoundedCornerShape(10.dp),
-        color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.errorContainer,
+        color = if (hostOnly) MaterialTheme.colorScheme.surfaceVariant else MaterialTheme.colorScheme.errorContainer,
         modifier = modifier
             .widthIn(max = maxWidth)
-            .clickable { onRetry() }
+            .then(if (hostOnly) Modifier else Modifier.clickable { onRetry() })
     ) {
         Row(
             modifier = Modifier.padding(12.dp),
             verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
             horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(10.dp)
         ) {
-            Text(text = "\u26A0\uFE0F", style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleMedium)
+            Text(
+                text = if (hostOnly) "\uD83D\uDCCE" else "\u26A0\uFE0F",
+                style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleMedium,
+            )
             Column(modifier = Modifier.weight(1f)) {
                 Text(
-                    text = attachment.errorMessage ?: stringResource(R.string.inbound_attach_failed),
+                    text = if (hostOnly) {
+                        stringResource(R.string.inbound_attach_host_only)
+                    } else {
+                        attachment.errorMessage ?: stringResource(R.string.inbound_attach_failed)
+                    },
                     style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodyMedium,
-                    color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onErrorContainer
+                    color = if (hostOnly) {
+                        MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant
+                    } else {
+                        MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onErrorContainer
+                    },
                 )
                 Text(
-                    text = stringResource(R.string.inbound_attach_tap_retry),
+                    text = if (hostOnly) {
+                        stringResource(R.string.inbound_attach_host_only_help)
+                    } else {
+                        stringResource(R.string.inbound_attach_tap_retry)
+                    },
                     style = MaterialTheme.typography.labelSmall,
-                    color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onErrorContainer.copy(alpha = 0.7f)
+                    color = if (hostOnly) {
+                        MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant.copy(alpha = 0.7f)
+                    } else {
+                        MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onErrorContainer.copy(alpha = 0.7f)
+                    },
                 )
             }
         }

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/components/MessageBanner.kt

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Info
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.KeyboardArrowDown
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.KeyboardArrowUp
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Sync
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Warning
 import androidx.compose.material3.Icon
 import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.Surface
@@ -53,7 +54,9 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.R
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.UiMessage
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.UiMessageBus
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.UiMessageEvent
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.UiMessageSeverity
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.reduceUiMessages
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 
 private const val MAX_RETAINED = 6
@@ -68,7 +71,8 @@ private const val ROW_MIN_HEIGHT_DP = 34
  * overlay. Auto-dismisses (paused while expanded) and coalesces duplicates so a
  * burst of the same status collapses to one refreshed row.
  *
- * Errors stay on the snackbar — only post info/success/status here.
+ * App-owned errors stay on the snackbar. Keyed upstream AgentNotices may also
+ * use the warning tone because their sticky/clear lifecycle is server-owned.
  */
 @Composable
 fun MessageBannerHost(
@@ -82,18 +86,19 @@ fun MessageBannerHost(
     var expanded by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
 
     LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
-        UiMessageBus.events.collect { msg ->
-            // Coalesce identical text so e.g. repeated "Reconnecting…" collapses
-            // to a single, freshly-timed row rather than stacking.
-            shown.filter { it.text == msg.text }.forEach { dup ->
-                shown.remove(dup)
-                expiresAt.remove(dup.id)
-            }
-            shown.add(msg)
-            expiresAt[msg.id] = nowMs() + msg.ttlMillis
-            while (shown.size > MAX_RETAINED) {
-                val dropped = shown.removeAt(0)
-                expiresAt.remove(dropped.id)
+        UiMessageBus.events.collect { event ->
+            val next = reduceUiMessages(shown, event, MAX_RETAINED)
+            val retainedIds = next.mapTo(mutableSetOf()) { it.id }
+            expiresAt.keys.filterNot(retainedIds::contains).forEach { expiresAt.remove(it) }
+            shown.clear()
+            shown.addAll(next)
+            if (event is UiMessageEvent.Show) {
+                val msg = event.message
+                expiresAt[msg.id] = if (msg.ttlMillis == 0L) {
+                    Long.MAX_VALUE
+                } else {
+                    nowMs() + msg.ttlMillis
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -104,6 +109,7 @@ fun MessageBannerHost(
         while (shown.isNotEmpty()) {
             val now = nowMs()
             val soonest = shown.minOfOrNull { expiresAt[it.id] ?: Long.MAX_VALUE } ?: break
+            if (soonest == Long.MAX_VALUE) break
             if (soonest <= now) {
                 shown.filter { (expiresAt[it.id] ?: Long.MAX_VALUE) <= now }.forEach { expired ->
                     shown.remove(expired)
@@ -281,6 +287,7 @@ private fun MessageRow(
 private fun severityContainer(severity: UiMessageSeverity): Color = when (severity) {
     UiMessageSeverity.Success -> MaterialTheme.colorScheme.tertiaryContainer.copy(alpha = 0.58f)
     UiMessageSeverity.Status -> MaterialTheme.colorScheme.secondaryContainer.copy(alpha = 0.74f)
+    UiMessageSeverity.Warning -> MaterialTheme.colorScheme.errorContainer.copy(alpha = 0.72f)
     UiMessageSeverity.Info -> MaterialTheme.colorScheme.surfaceVariant.copy(alpha = 0.90f)
 }
 
@@ -288,12 +295,14 @@ private fun severityContainer(severity: UiMessageSeverity): Color = when (severi
 private fun severityOnContainer(severity: UiMessageSeverity): Color = when (severity) {
     UiMessageSeverity.Success -> MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onTertiaryContainer
     UiMessageSeverity.Status -> MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSecondaryContainer
+    UiMessageSeverity.Warning -> MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onErrorContainer
     UiMessageSeverity.Info -> MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant
 }
 
 private fun severityIcon(severity: UiMessageSeverity): ImageVector = when (severity) {
     UiMessageSeverity.Success -> Icons.Filled.CheckCircle
     UiMessageSeverity.Status -> Icons.Filled.Sync
+    UiMessageSeverity.Warning -> Icons.Filled.Warning
     UiMessageSeverity.Info -> Icons.Filled.Info
 }
 

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/components/RelayStatusStrip.kt

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.draw.alpha
 import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.R
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.theme.RelayRefresh
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.theme.appearanceRoundedCornerShape
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.theme.relayMetadataStyle
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ fun RelayStatusStrip(
     /** Optional security marker rendered just before the route label. */
     securityGlyph: (@Composable () -> Unit)? = null,
     /**
-     * When true, the strip shows an amber "Reconnecting…" cue in place of the
+     * When true, the strip shows an amber "Relay reconnecting" cue in place of the
      * route label. This is where a **routine** in-progress relay reconnect
      * surfaces — the top chrome stays empty so chat content never shifts.
      */
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ fun RelayStatusStrip(
 }
 
 /**
- * Amber "· Reconnecting…" cue with a softly pulsing dot. This is the *only*
+ * Amber "Relay reconnecting" cue with a softly pulsing dot. This is the *only*
  * surface for a routine in-progress relay reconnect — the top of the app stays
  * empty (chat/agent status rides the chat header subtitle) so nothing shifts.
  * Pulse is frame-throttled via [rememberAmbientPhase] to avoid pinning the
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ private fun ReconnectingCue(modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
                 .background(RelayRefresh.Amber),
         )
         Text(
-            text = "Reconnecting…",
+            text = stringResource(R.string.settings_relay_reconnecting),
             style = relayMetadataStyle(),
             color = RelayRefresh.Amber,
             maxLines = 1,

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/components/SessionPathCard.kt

@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ internal data class SessionCapability(
  *    live. SSE paths only get post-hoc reasoning, so this is gateway-only.
  *    While the gateway is still being probed (Unknown) we surface it as a
  *    "checking" reason rather than a confirmed chip.
- *  - Media / Terminal → require the relay to be CONNECTED (the relay brokers
- *    those channels). A configured-but-disconnected relay is not enough.
+ *  - Media → current upstream Dashboard managed-file delivery OR connected
+ *    Relay compatibility transport. Terminal remains Relay-owned.
  *  - Voice → `voiceReady` (standard dashboard voice OR relay voice — whichever
  *    the connection actually has).
  */
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ internal data class SessionCapability(
 internal fun sessionCapabilities(
     transport: SessionPathTransport,
     gatewayAvailability: GatewayAvailability,
+    upstreamMediaAvailable: Boolean,
     relayConnected: Boolean,
     relayConfigured: Boolean,
     voiceReady: Boolean,
@@ -170,11 +171,11 @@ internal fun sessionCapabilities(
         ),
         SessionCapability(
             type = "media",
-            available = relayConnected,
+            available = upstreamMediaAvailable || relayConnected,
             reason = when {
-                relayConnected -> null
+                upstreamMediaAvailable || relayConnected -> null
                 relayConfigured -> stringResource(R.string.session_path_relay_not_connected)
-                else -> stringResource(R.string.session_path_pair_relay_media)
+                else -> stringResource(R.string.session_path_media_not_ready)
             },
         ),
         SessionCapability(
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ internal fun SessionPathDetails(
  * Vertical "transport path" ladder, basic → best:
  * Completions → Runs → Sessions → Gateway. The active tier is filled +
  * highlighted; tiers the server doesn't expose render muted; the resolver's
- * reason ("auto → Gateway (best)" / "gateway unavailable → Sessions") is shown
+ * owner/readiness reason ("Gateway connected" / "Gateway unavailable") is shown
  * beneath. Uses the same [resolveChatTransportStatus] the status badge does, so
  * the drawer and the badge can never disagree.
  */

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/screens/ChatSettingsScreen.kt

@@ -706,8 +706,9 @@ fun ChatSettingsScreen(
                                 )
                             }
 
-                            // Live preview of the exact text that will be sent.
-                            // Rebuilds on every toggle change via remember(key1..key5).
+                            // Representative preview of each enabled block.
+                            // The chat context audit remains the exact selected-
+                            // session preview. Rebuilds on every toggle change.
                             val previewText = remember(
                                 appContextEnabled,
                                 appContextBridgeState,
@@ -735,6 +736,14 @@ fun ChatSettingsScreen(
                                         destructiveVerbCount = 5,
                                         autoDisableMinutes = 15,
                                     ),
+                                    // This card is an explanatory fixture, not
+                                    // the active session audit. Supply one
+                                    // representative Relay tool so the bridge
+                                    // and safety toggles remain visible; the
+                                    // real send path uses the selected
+                                    // session/profile's authoritative catalog.
+                                    availableTools =
+                                        com.hermesandroid.relay.util.PHONE_CONTEXT_PREVIEW_TOOLS,
                                 )
                             }
                             Card(
@@ -778,7 +787,7 @@ fun ChatSettingsScreen(
                         serverCaps,
                     ) {
                         resolveChatTransportStatus(
-                            streamingEndpoint = streamingEndpoint,
+                            streamingEndpoint = resolvedStreamingEndpoint,
                             gatewayAvailability = gatewayAvailability,
                             serverCapabilities = serverCaps,
                         )

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/screens/ConnectionDetailScreen.kt

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.R
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.Connection
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.EndpointCandidate
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.SessionTransport
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.capabilities
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.displayLabel
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.gatewayRouteUrl
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayAvailability
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.viewmodel.ConnectionViewModel
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.viewmodel.RelayUiState
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.viewmodel.StandardVoiceAvailability
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.viewmodel.resolveActiveChatTransport
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 
 /**
@@ -476,12 +478,16 @@ private fun ActiveOverview(
     val effectiveDashboardUrl by connectionViewModel.effectiveDashboardUrl.collectAsState()
     val relayConfigured by connectionViewModel.relayConfigured.collectAsState()
     val standardVoiceAvailability by connectionViewModel.standardVoiceAvailability.collectAsState()
-    val usingApiFallback = apiReachable && gatewayAvailability in setOf(
-        GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired,
-        GatewayAvailability.Unreachable,
-        GatewayAvailability.Unsupported,
-    )
-    val currentRouteUrl = if (usingApiFallback) {
+    val streamingEndpoint by connectionViewModel.streamingEndpoint.collectAsState()
+    // Observe the binding as well as the saved preference so a restored
+    // conversation immediately presents its actual owner.
+    val activeConversationTransport by connectionViewModel.activeConversationTransport.collectAsState()
+    val usingDirectApi = resolveActiveChatTransport(
+        boundOwner = activeConversationTransport,
+        connection = connection,
+        preference = streamingEndpoint,
+    ) == SessionTransport.SSE
+    val currentRouteUrl = if (usingDirectApi) {
         activeEndpoint?.api?.url ?: connection.apiServerUrl
     } else {
         effectiveDashboardUrl
@@ -492,23 +498,29 @@ private fun ActiveOverview(
         effectiveDashboardUrl = currentRouteUrl,
     )
     val routeStatus = when {
-        gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Ready || usingApiFallback ->
+        usingDirectApi && apiReachable ->
             OverviewStatus(stringResource(R.string.active_section_reachable), OverviewTone.Good)
-        gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired ->
+        !usingDirectApi && gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Ready ->
+            OverviewStatus(stringResource(R.string.active_section_reachable), OverviewTone.Good)
+        !usingDirectApi && gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired ->
             OverviewStatus(stringResource(R.string.active_section_sign_in), OverviewTone.Info)
-        gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Unknown ||
-            apiHealth == ConnectionViewModel.HealthStatus.Probing ->
+        (!usingDirectApi && gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Unknown) ||
+            (usingDirectApi && apiHealth == ConnectionViewModel.HealthStatus.Probing) ->
             OverviewStatus(stringResource(R.string.active_section_checking), OverviewTone.Neutral)
-        gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Unsupported ->
+        !usingDirectApi && gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Unsupported ->
             OverviewStatus(stringResource(R.string.active_section_unsupported), OverviewTone.Warning)
         else -> OverviewStatus(stringResource(R.string.active_section_unreachable), OverviewTone.Warning)
     }
     val chatStatus = when {
-        gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Ready || usingApiFallback ->
+        usingDirectApi && apiReachable ->
             OverviewStatus(stringResource(R.string.active_section_ready), OverviewTone.Good)
-        gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired ->
+        !usingDirectApi && gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Ready ->
+            OverviewStatus(stringResource(R.string.active_section_ready), OverviewTone.Good)
+        !usingDirectApi && gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired ->
             OverviewStatus(stringResource(R.string.active_section_sign_in), OverviewTone.Info)
-        gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Unreachable && !apiReachable ->
+        !usingDirectApi && gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Unreachable ->
+            OverviewStatus(stringResource(R.string.active_section_offline), OverviewTone.Warning)
+        usingDirectApi && !apiReachable && apiHealth != ConnectionViewModel.HealthStatus.Probing ->
             OverviewStatus(stringResource(R.string.active_section_offline), OverviewTone.Warning)
         else -> OverviewStatus(stringResource(R.string.active_section_checking), OverviewTone.Neutral)
     }

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/screens/ConnectionsSettingsScreen.kt

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import com.hermesandroid.relay.R
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.theme.appearanceRoundedCornerShape
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.Connection
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.EndpointCandidate
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.Profile
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.displayLabel
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.gatewayRouteUrl
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.isDashboardOnlyRoute
@@ -386,6 +387,12 @@ private fun ConnectionListCard(
     } else {
         connection.resolvedDashboardUrl
     }
+    val selectedProfile: Profile? = if (activeConnectionViewModel != null) {
+        val profile by activeConnectionViewModel.selectedProfile.collectAsState()
+        profile
+    } else {
+        null
+    }
     val presentedConnection = activeConnection ?: connection
     val presentation = resolveGatewayCardPresentation(
         connection = presentedConnection,
@@ -429,13 +436,7 @@ private fun ConnectionListCard(
                 modifier = Modifier
                     .size(10.dp)
                     .clip(RoundedCornerShape(50))
-                    .background(
-                        if (presentation.status == GatewayCardStatus.Online) {
-                            com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.theme.RelayRefresh.Green
-                        } else {
-                            MaterialTheme.colorScheme.outline
-                        },
-                    ),
+                    .background(gatewayStatusColor(presentation.status)),
             )
             Icon(
                 imageVector = Icons.Filled.Dns,
@@ -484,6 +485,20 @@ private fun ConnectionListCard(
                     maxLines = 1,
                     overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
                 )
+                if (isActive) {
+                    Text(
+                        text = listOfNotNull(
+                            stringResource(R.string.conn_info_profile),
+                            selectedProfile?.name?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }
+                                ?: stringResource(R.string.settings_server_default),
+                            selectedProfile?.model?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() },
+                        ).joinToString(" · "),
+                        style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                        color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant,
+                        maxLines = 1,
+                        overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+                    )
+                }
             }
             if (onSwitch != null || isSwitching || justSwitched) {
                 OutlinedButton(

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/screens/DiagnosticsScreen.kt

@@ -544,19 +544,24 @@ internal fun buildStatusChecks(
             )
     }
 
+    // A healthy standard-only connection should not read like three missing
+    // dependencies. Collapse the absent optional extension to one neutral row;
+    // configured Relay keeps the detailed auth/server/plugin troubleshooting.
+    if (!relayConfigured) {
+        checks += StatusCheck(
+            context.getString(R.string.diag_relay_tools_optional),
+            CheckStatus.Unknown,
+            reason = context.getString(R.string.diag_relay_tools_not_paired),
+            category = DiagnosticCategory.Relay,
+        )
+    }
     // 6) Optional Relay / pairing auth.
     val authLabel = context.getString(R.string.diag_check_pairing_auth)
     val authRelayActive = context.getString(R.string.diag_check_relay_active)
     val authPairingProg = context.getString(R.string.diag_check_pairing_progress)
     val authNotPaired = context.getString(R.string.diag_check_not_paired)
     val authErr = recentError(DiagnosticCategory.Auth)
-    checks += when {
-        !relayConfigured ->
-            StatusCheck(
-                authLabel, CheckStatus.Unknown,
-                reason = context.getString(R.string.active_section_optional),
-                category = DiagnosticCategory.Auth,
-            )
+    if (relayConfigured) checks += when {
         authState is AuthState.Paired ->
             StatusCheck(
                 authLabel, CheckStatus.Pass,
@@ -586,18 +591,11 @@ internal fun buildStatusChecks(
 
     // 7) Relay server (optional — Unknown when not paired/configured).
     val relayLabel = context.getString(R.string.active_section_optional_relay)
-    val relayNotConfigured = context.getString(R.string.diag_check_relay_not_configured)
     val relayConnected = context.getString(R.string.diag_check_connected)
     val relayReachableNotReady = context.getString(R.string.diag_check_reachable_not_ready)
     val relayConfiguredNotReachable = context.getString(R.string.diag_check_configured_not_reachable)
     val relayErr = recentError(DiagnosticCategory.Relay)
-    checks += when {
-        !relayConfigured ->
-            StatusCheck(
-                relayLabel, CheckStatus.Unknown,
-                reason = relayNotConfigured,
-                category = DiagnosticCategory.Relay,
-            )
+    if (relayConfigured) checks += when {
         relayReady ->
             StatusCheck(
                 relayLabel, CheckStatus.Pass,
@@ -629,7 +627,7 @@ internal fun buildStatusChecks(
         relayReady = relayReady,
         relayUpdateInfo = relayUpdateInfo,
     )
-    checks += when (pluginState) {
+    if (relayConfigured) checks += when (pluginState) {
         RelayPluginDiagnosticState.NotConfigured ->
             StatusCheck(
                 pluginLabel, CheckStatus.Unknown,

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/screens/GitStateScreen.kt

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ private data class DisplayFile(
     val deletions: Int?,
 )
 
-/** First-class native Git workspace backed by the optional Relay contribution. */
+/** Native Git workspace: upstream current-session reads plus optional Relay enhancements. */
 @OptIn(ExperimentalMaterial3Api::class)
 @Composable
 fun GitStateScreen(
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ fun GitStateScreen(
     var pendingConfirm by remember { mutableStateOf<ConfirmationRequest?>(null) }
 
     LaunchedEffect(scanningEnabled) {
-        if (scanningEnabled) viewModel.loadRepos()
+        viewModel.loadRepos()
     }
 
     val repos = (reposState as? GitStateUiState.Ready)?.repos.orEmpty()
@@ -202,29 +202,27 @@ fun GitStateScreen(
                     }
                 },
                 actions = {
-                    if (scanningEnabled) {
-                        IconButton(onClick = { selectedRepo?.let { viewModel.selectRepo(it.id) } ?: viewModel.loadRepos() }) {
-                            Icon(Icons.Filled.Refresh, "Refresh Git workspace")
-                        }
-                        Box {
-                            IconButton(onClick = { showOverflow = true }) { Icon(Icons.Filled.MoreVert, "More Git actions") }
-                            DropdownMenu(expanded = showOverflow, onDismissRequest = { showOverflow = false }) {
-                                DropdownMenuItem(text = { Text("Choose repository") }, onClick = { showOverflow = false; showRepos = true })
-                                DropdownMenuItem(text = { Text(stringResource(R.string.git_state_branches)) }, enabled = detail != null, onClick = { showOverflow = false; showBranches = true })
-                            }
+                    IconButton(onClick = { selectedRepo?.let { viewModel.selectRepo(it.id) } ?: viewModel.loadRepos() }) {
+                        Icon(Icons.Filled.Refresh, "Refresh Git workspace")
+                    }
+                    Box {
+                        IconButton(onClick = { showOverflow = true }) { Icon(Icons.Filled.MoreVert, "More Git actions") }
+                        DropdownMenu(expanded = showOverflow, onDismissRequest = { showOverflow = false }) {
+                            DropdownMenuItem(text = { Text("Choose repository") }, onClick = { showOverflow = false; showRepos = true })
+                            DropdownMenuItem(text = { Text(stringResource(R.string.git_state_branches)) }, enabled = detail != null, onClick = { showOverflow = false; showBranches = true })
                         }
                     }
                 },
             )
         },
         bottomBar = {
-            if (scanningEnabled && detail != null) {
+            if (detail != null) {
                 Surface(shadowElevation = 8.dp, tonalElevation = 2.dp) {
                     Column {
                         if (selection.isNotEmpty()) {
                             SelectionRail(
                                 count = selection.size,
-                                canWrite = hasGrant,
+                                canWrite = hasGrant && scanningEnabled,
                                 allStaged = selection.all { it.filter == FileFilter.Staged },
                                 onStage = stageSelection,
                                 onDiscard = discardSelection,
@@ -234,7 +232,7 @@ fun GitStateScreen(
                             OutlinedButton(onClick = { showBranches = true }, modifier = Modifier.weight(1f)) {
                                 Icon(Icons.Filled.AccountTree, null, Modifier.size(18.dp)); Spacer(Modifier.width(8.dp)); Text(stringResource(R.string.git_state_branches))
                             }
-                            Button(onClick = { showCommit = true }, enabled = hasGrant && detail.status.counts.staged > 0, modifier = Modifier.weight(1f)) {
+                            Button(onClick = { showCommit = true }, enabled = scanningEnabled && hasGrant && detail.status.counts.staged > 0, modifier = Modifier.weight(1f)) {
                                 Icon(Icons.Filled.AutoAwesome, null, Modifier.size(18.dp)); Spacer(Modifier.width(8.dp)); Text(stringResource(R.string.git_state_commit))
                             }
                         }
@@ -248,21 +246,21 @@ fun GitStateScreen(
                 enabled = scanningEnabled,
                 onEnabledChange = onScanningEnabledChange,
             )
-            if (scanningEnabled) {
-                when (val state = reposState) {
-                    GitStateUiState.Loading -> FullState(Modifier.weight(1f), true, "Finding repositories")
-                    is GitStateUiState.Unavailable -> UnavailableState(Modifier.weight(1f), state.message, viewModel::loadRepos)
-                    is GitStateUiState.Error -> UnavailableState(Modifier.weight(1f), state.message, viewModel::loadRepos)
-                    is GitStateUiState.Ready -> when {
-                        state.repos.isEmpty() -> FullState(Modifier.weight(1f), false, "No Git repositories found", "Add a repository to the host's configured Git roots, then refresh.")
-                        selectedRepo == null -> RepositoryPrompt(Modifier.weight(1f), state.repos, viewModel::selectRepo)
-                        else -> WorkspaceBody(
+            when (val state = reposState) {
+                GitStateUiState.Loading -> FullState(Modifier.weight(1f), true, "Finding repositories")
+                is GitStateUiState.Unavailable -> UnavailableState(Modifier.weight(1f), state.message, viewModel::loadRepos)
+                is GitStateUiState.Error -> UnavailableState(Modifier.weight(1f), state.message, viewModel::loadRepos)
+                is GitStateUiState.Ready -> when {
+                    state.repos.isEmpty() -> FullState(Modifier.weight(1f), false, "No current-session Git repository", "Open a Hermes coding session with repository context, or enable host repository discovery above.")
+                    selectedRepo == null -> RepositoryPrompt(Modifier.weight(1f), state.repos, viewModel::selectRepo)
+                    else -> WorkspaceBody(
                             modifier = Modifier.weight(1f),
                             repo = selectedRepo,
                             reposNotice = state.notice,
                             detailState = detailState,
                             mutation = mutation,
                             stashNotice = stashNotice,
+                            relayEnhancementsEnabled = scanningEnabled,
                             hasGrant = hasGrant,
                             filter = filter,
                             onFilter = { filter = it },
@@ -289,8 +287,7 @@ fun GitStateScreen(
                             onPush = { viewModel.currentTarget()?.let { pendingConfirm = ConfirmationRequest.Push(it) } },
                             onClearMutation = viewModel::clearMutationError,
                             onRetry = { viewModel.selectRepo(selectedRepo.id) },
-                        )
-                    }
+                    )
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -311,7 +308,7 @@ fun GitStateScreen(
             onCreate = { name, track -> showBranches = false; viewModel.checkout("", newBranch = name, track = track) },
         )
     }
-    if (showCommit && detail != null) {
+    if (showCommit && scanningEnabled && detail != null) {
         val stagedPaths = detail.status.staged.map { it.path }
         CommitDialog(
             hasStaged = stagedPaths.isNotEmpty(),
@@ -392,6 +389,7 @@ private fun WorkspaceBody(
     detailState: GitRepoDetailState,
     mutation: GitMutationState,
     stashNotice: String?,
+    relayEnhancementsEnabled: Boolean,
     hasGrant: Boolean,
     filter: FileFilter,
     onFilter: (FileFilter) -> Unit,
@@ -421,9 +419,11 @@ private fun WorkspaceBody(
             LazyColumn(modifier.fillMaxSize(), contentPadding = PaddingValues(bottom = 18.dp)) {
                 item {
                     SummaryRail(repo, detailState)
-                    RemoteActions(hasGrant, status, onFetch, onPull, onPush)
+                    if (relayEnhancementsEnabled) {
+                        RemoteActions(hasGrant, status, onFetch, onPull, onPush)
+                    }
                     reposNotice?.let { NoticeCard(it) }
-                    if (!hasGrant) WriteGrantNotice()
+                    if (relayEnhancementsEnabled && !hasGrant) WriteGrantNotice()
                     MutationBanner(mutation, onClearMutation)
                     stashNotice?.let { NoticeCard(it) }
                     if (status.truncated) NoticeCard(stringResource(R.string.git_state_truncated), error = true)
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ private fun WorkspaceBody(
                             FileRow(
                                 file = file,
                                 selected = file in selection,
+                                selectionEnabled = relayEnhancementsEnabled,
                                 expanded = expandedPath == file.path,
                                 mode = contentMode,
                                 contentState = contentState,
@@ -554,6 +555,7 @@ private fun GitStatus.uniqueChangeCount(): Int = counts.changes.takeIf { it >= 0
 private fun FileRow(
     file: DisplayFile,
     selected: Boolean,
+    selectionEnabled: Boolean,
     expanded: Boolean,
     mode: ContentMode,
     contentState: GitContentViewState,
@@ -572,7 +574,7 @@ private fun FileRow(
         ) {
             Checkbox(
                 checked = selected,
-                onCheckedChange = { onToggleSelected() },
+                onCheckedChange = if (selectionEnabled) ({ _ -> onToggleSelected() }) else null,
                 modifier = Modifier.semantics {
                     contentDescription = "Select ${file.path}"
                 },
@@ -602,7 +604,9 @@ private fun FileRow(
         if (expanded && file.filter != FileFilter.Untracked) {
             Row(Modifier.padding(start = 56.dp, end = 16.dp), horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(6.dp)) {
                 if (file.filter != FileFilter.Untracked) FilterChip(mode == ContentMode.Diff, { onOpen(ContentMode.Diff) }, label = { Text("Diff") })
-                FilterChip(mode == ContentMode.File, { onOpen(ContentMode.File) }, label = { Text("File") })
+                if (selectionEnabled) {
+                    FilterChip(mode == ContentMode.File, { onOpen(ContentMode.File) }, label = { Text("File") })
+                }
             }
             InlineContent(contentState, Modifier.padding(start = 16.dp, end = 16.dp, bottom = 10.dp))
         }

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/screens/SettingsScreen.kt

@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ fun SettingsScreen(
         )
         else -> null
     }
-    // The Power tools below all ride the relay plugin. Rather than stamp an
+    // The Relay tools below all ride the optional plugin. Rather than stamp an
     // identical badge on every card (noise, not signal), the dependency is
     // surfaced ONCE on the section header as a single plugin-state badge.
     val pluginBadge = when (relayUiState) {
@@ -629,6 +629,14 @@ fun SettingsScreen(
                 isDarkTheme = isDarkTheme,
             )
 
+            SettingsCategoryRow(
+                icon = Icons.Filled.Image,
+                title = stringResource(R.string.settings_media),
+                subtitle = stringResource(R.string.settings_media_desc),
+                onClick = onNavigateToMediaSettings,
+                isDarkTheme = isDarkTheme,
+            )
+
             SettingsCategoryRow(
                 icon = Icons.Filled.GraphicEq,
                 title = stringResource(R.string.settings_voice_mode),
@@ -637,6 +645,8 @@ fun SettingsScreen(
                 isDarkTheme = isDarkTheme,
             )
 
+            SettingsSectionHeader(stringResource(R.string.settings_power_tools), trailing = pluginBadge)
+
             SettingsCategoryRow(
                 icon = Icons.AutoMirrored.Filled.Message,
                 title = stringResource(R.string.settings_threads),
@@ -645,8 +655,6 @@ fun SettingsScreen(
                 isDarkTheme = isDarkTheme,
             )
 
-            SettingsSectionHeader(stringResource(R.string.settings_power_tools), trailing = pluginBadge)
-
             SettingsCategoryRow(
                 icon = Icons.Filled.Code,
                 title = stringResource(R.string.settings_terminal),
@@ -681,13 +689,6 @@ fun SettingsScreen(
             )
             // === END PHASE3-notif-listener-followup ===
 
-            SettingsCategoryRow(
-                icon = Icons.Filled.Image,
-                title = stringResource(R.string.settings_media),
-                subtitle = stringResource(R.string.settings_media_desc),                onClick = onNavigateToMediaSettings,
-                isDarkTheme = isDarkTheme,
-            )
-
             if (BuildFlavor.isSideload) {
                 // === PHASE3-safety-rails: bridge safety entry-point ===
                 SettingsCategoryRow(

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/screens/VoiceSettingsScreen.kt

@@ -957,25 +957,6 @@ private fun VoiceForThisProfileCard(
 ) {
     val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
 
-    // Auto-repair when Relay disappears out from under a Relay-only selection:
-    // a persisted RealtimeAgent engine (Relay-only) or Relay route can't run
-    // without a paired Relay, so fall back to the always-available defaults.
-    LaunchedEffect(relayVoiceReady, currentEngine, currentAudioRoute) {
-        if (!relayVoiceReady) {
-            if (currentEngine == VoiceEngineMode.RealtimeAgent) {
-                prefsRepo.setEngineMode(VoiceEngineMode.HermesVoiceOutput)
-            }
-            val coerced = coerceAudioRoute(
-                engine = VoiceEngineMode.HermesVoiceOutput,
-                route = currentAudioRoute,
-                relayVoiceReady = false,
-            )
-            if (coerced != currentAudioRoute) {
-                prefsRepo.setAudioRoute(coerced)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     SectionCard(title = stringResource(R.string.voice_settings_for_profile_title)) {
         Text(
             text = stringResource(R.string.voice_settings_engine_label),

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/util/PhoneStatusPromptBuilder.kt

@@ -99,8 +99,14 @@ private const val PREAMBLE =
     "The user is chatting via the Hermes-Relay Android app. " +
     "Keep responses mobile-friendly and concise when possible."
 
+/** Representative capability used only by the Settings preview fixture. */
+internal val PHONE_CONTEXT_PREVIEW_TOOLS = setOf("android_phone_status")
+
 /**
- * Build the system-prompt block from [settings] + [snapshot].
+ * Build the system-prompt block from [settings] + [snapshot]. Relay-only
+ * bridge guidance is emitted only when [availableTools] proves that this exact
+ * selected session/profile can call at least one `android_*` tool. A missing
+ * catalog fails closed for tool claims while preserving neutral mobile context.
  *
  * Returns `null` iff:
  *   1. [AppContextSettings.master] is false, OR
@@ -112,14 +118,27 @@ private const val PREAMBLE =
  * itself is useful (it's the original v0.1.0 behavior). The "everything
  * off → null" case in the brief is the `master=false` branch.
  */
-fun buildPromptBlock(settings: AppContextSettings, snapshot: PhoneSnapshot): String? {
+fun buildPromptBlock(
+    settings: AppContextSettings,
+    snapshot: PhoneSnapshot,
+    availableTools: Set<String>? = null,
+): String? {
     if (!settings.master) return null
 
     val lines = mutableListOf<String>()
     lines += PREAMBLE
 
-    if (settings.bridgeState) {
-        lines += buildBridgeLine(snapshot)
+    val phoneControlTools = availableTools
+        ?.filterTo(mutableSetOf()) {
+            it.startsWith("android_") && it != "android_setup"
+        }
+        .orEmpty()
+
+    if (settings.bridgeState && phoneControlTools.isNotEmpty()) {
+        lines += buildBridgeLine(
+            snapshot = snapshot,
+            phoneStatusToolAvailable = "android_phone_status" in phoneControlTools,
+        )
     }
 
     if (settings.currentApp && snapshot.currentApp != null) {
@@ -130,7 +149,7 @@ fun buildPromptBlock(settings: AppContextSettings, snapshot: PhoneSnapshot): Str
         lines += "Battery: ${snapshot.batteryPercent}%."
     }
 
-    if (settings.safetyStatus) {
+    if (settings.safetyStatus && phoneControlTools.isNotEmpty()) {
         buildSafetyLine(snapshot)?.let { lines += it }
     }
 
@@ -151,7 +170,10 @@ fun buildPromptBlock(settings: AppContextSettings, snapshot: PhoneSnapshot): Str
  * the bridge isn't bound — "Phone bridge: not installed" is itself useful
  * context (tells the agent not to try tool calls into the phone).
  */
-private fun buildBridgeLine(snapshot: PhoneSnapshot): String {
+private fun buildBridgeLine(
+    snapshot: PhoneSnapshot,
+    phoneStatusToolAvailable: Boolean,
+): String {
     if (!snapshot.bridgeBound) {
         return "Phone bridge: not connected. Tool calls into the phone are unavailable."
     }
@@ -189,8 +211,12 @@ private fun buildBridgeLine(snapshot: PhoneSnapshot): String {
 
     val screenText = if (snapshot.screenOn) "Screen: on." else "Screen: off."
 
-    return "Phone bridge: enabled. $permsText. $screenText $unattendedText " +
-        "For full phone status (current app, battery, blocklist), call the android_phone_status tool."
+    val statusToolHint = if (phoneStatusToolAvailable) {
+        " For full phone status (current app, battery, blocklist), call the android_phone_status tool."
+    } else {
+        ""
+    }
+    return "Phone bridge: enabled. $permsText. $screenText $unattendedText$statusToolHint"
 }
 
 /**

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/ChatRuntimeStatus.kt

@@ -28,25 +28,26 @@ sealed interface ChatRuntimeStatus {
 }
 
 /**
- * Resolve chat health in product priority order:
- * Gateway primary, API/SSE fallback, pending connection, then unavailable.
+ * Resolve chat health for the active conversation owner only. A reachable
+ * sibling endpoint cannot make a signed-out or unreachable conversation look
+ * connected.
  */
 fun resolveChatRuntimeStatus(
     gateway: ChatTransportReadiness,
     apiSse: ChatTransportReadiness,
-): ChatRuntimeStatus = when {
-    gateway == ChatTransportReadiness.Ready -> ChatRuntimeStatus.Connected(
-        transport = ChatTransportPath.Gateway,
-        fallback = false,
-    )
-
-    apiSse == ChatTransportReadiness.Ready -> ChatRuntimeStatus.Connected(
-        transport = ChatTransportPath.ApiSse,
-        fallback = true,
-    )
-
-    gateway == ChatTransportReadiness.Connecting ||
-        apiSse == ChatTransportReadiness.Connecting -> ChatRuntimeStatus.Connecting
-
-    else -> ChatRuntimeStatus.Unavailable
+    owner: ChatTransportPath = ChatTransportPath.Gateway,
+): ChatRuntimeStatus {
+    val readiness = when (owner) {
+        ChatTransportPath.Gateway -> gateway
+        ChatTransportPath.ApiSse -> apiSse
+    }
+    return when (readiness) {
+        ChatTransportReadiness.Ready -> ChatRuntimeStatus.Connected(
+            transport = owner,
+            fallback = false,
+        )
+        ChatTransportReadiness.Connecting -> ChatRuntimeStatus.Connecting
+        ChatTransportReadiness.NotConfigured,
+        ChatTransportReadiness.Unavailable -> ChatRuntimeStatus.Unavailable
+    }
 }

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/ChatViewModel.kt

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.ActiveTurnKeepAliveRegistry
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayAsk
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayAskExpiry
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayAskResponse
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayAgentNotice
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayActiveSession
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayActiveSessionStatus
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayActiveSessionsResult
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayCompressResult
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayConnectionState
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayReconnectDisposition
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.isDashboardSignInRequiredFailure
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.isDashboardManagedFilesUnsupported
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayEventMapper
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayInboundTurnRegistration
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayModelProvider
@@ -98,11 +100,13 @@ import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.resolveReasoningEffortAvailabili
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayAttachment
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayRpcException
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayTurnCallbacks
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.DashboardApiClient
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.ApiModelOption
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.ApiModelRoutingErrorCode
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.ApiModelRoutingException
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.ApiModelSelectionAck
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.HermesApiClient
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.ToolsetInfo
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.isCurrentModelOptionsResponse
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.modelOptionsIdentityToPublish
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.parsePersonalityPrompts
@@ -126,6 +130,8 @@ import com.hermesandroid.relay.notifications.InteractionRequestNotifier
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.reliability.ReliabilityCenter
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.reliability.SessionResetEvidence
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.components.ServerImageResult
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.UiMessageBus
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.UiMessageSeverity
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.isImageGenerationToolName
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.components.SlashCommand
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.voice.RealtimeTurnSyncBuilder
@@ -176,6 +182,39 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
 
 internal const val SESSION_DIRECTORY_PAGE_SIZE = 50
 
+internal data class GatewayNoticePresentation(
+    val text: String,
+    val severity: UiMessageSeverity,
+    val ttlMillis: Long,
+    val key: String?,
+)
+
+private val LEADING_NOTICE_GLYPH = Regex("^[•⚠✕✗✓]\uFE0F?\\s*")
+
+internal fun gatewayNoticePresentation(notice: GatewayAgentNotice): GatewayNoticePresentation {
+    val severity = when (notice.level?.trim()?.lowercase()) {
+        "success" -> UiMessageSeverity.Success
+        "warn", "warning", "error" -> UiMessageSeverity.Warning
+        else -> UiMessageSeverity.Info
+    }
+    val ttl = when (notice.kind?.trim()?.lowercase()) {
+        "ttl" -> notice.ttlMs?.takeIf { it > 0L }
+            ?.coerceAtMost(60_000L)
+            ?: UiMessageBus.DEFAULT_TTL_MS
+        // Official Desktop keeps every non-TTL notice until an exact keyed
+        // notification.clear arrives. This includes kind="agent" startup
+        // notices whose lifetime is owned by the gateway, not a client timer.
+        else -> 0L
+    }
+    return GatewayNoticePresentation(
+        text = notice.text.trim().replaceFirst(LEADING_NOTICE_GLYPH, "").trim(),
+        severity = severity,
+        ttlMillis = ttl,
+        key = notice.key?.trim()?.takeIf(String::isNotEmpty)
+            ?: notice.id?.trim()?.takeIf(String::isNotEmpty),
+    )
+}
+
 data class SessionDirectoryReadyEvent(
     val contextKey: String?,
     val profileName: String?,
@@ -291,7 +330,7 @@ internal data class ResolvedGatewayActiveSessions(
     val ambiguousForCurrent: Boolean,
 )
 
-/** Resolve process-wide runtime rows without ever inventing a profile owner. */
+/** Resolve process-wide runtime rows without ever inventing an ambiguous profile owner. */
 internal fun resolveGatewayActiveSessions(
     sessions: List<GatewayActiveSession>,
     directory: Set<SessionActivityOwner>,
@@ -316,6 +355,8 @@ internal fun resolveGatewayActiveSessions(
                 currentRuntimeId == row.runtimeSessionId &&
                 currentOwner.storedSessionId == row.storedSessionId -> currentOwner
             explicitProfile != null && candidates.size == 1 -> candidates.single()
+            explicitProfile == null && currentOwner != null && candidates.singleOrNull() == currentOwner ->
+                currentOwner
             else -> null
         }
         if (owner == null) {
@@ -352,6 +393,22 @@ internal fun voiceTurnTransportRejection(
     null
 }
 
+internal fun buildMediaCapabilityHint(
+    upstreamAvailable: Boolean,
+    relayAvailable: Boolean,
+): String? = listOfNotNull(
+    ChatViewModel.UPSTREAM_MEDIA_HINT.takeIf { upstreamAvailable },
+    ChatViewModel.RELAY_MEDIA_HINT.takeIf { relayAvailable },
+).joinToString("\n\n").ifBlank { null }
+
+internal fun eligibleSseToolNames(toolsets: List<ToolsetInfo>?): Set<String>? =
+    toolsets
+        ?.asSequence()
+        ?.filter { it.enabled && it.configured }
+        ?.flatMap { it.tools.asSequence() }
+        ?.filter { it.isNotBlank() }
+        ?.toSet()
+
 class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
     /**
      * Active Android-only supervision policy. RelayApp replaces this snapshot
@@ -374,6 +431,8 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
 
     private var apiClient: HermesApiClient? = null
     private var chatHandler: ChatHandler? = null
+    private var sseToolCatalogJob: Job? = null
+    private val _sseToolNames = MutableStateFlow<Set<String>?>(null)
 
     /**
      * The in-flight chat turn, transport-agnostic: SSE turns wrap their
@@ -650,6 +709,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
 
     // --- Media dependencies (wired via initializeMedia from RelayApp) ---
     private var relayHttpClient: RelayHttpClient? = null
+    private var dashboardMediaClientProvider: (() -> DashboardApiClient?)? = null
     private var mediaSettingsRepo: MediaSettingsRepository? = null
     private var mediaCacheWriter: MediaCacheWriter? = null
     private var appContext: Context? = null
@@ -672,6 +732,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         // `send()` below for the construction site.
         // === END PHASE3-status ===
         const val MEDIA_TAP_TO_DOWNLOAD = "Tap to download"
+        const val MEDIA_HOST_ONLY = "File is on your Hermes host"
         private const val MEDIA_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 120_000L
         private val WINDOWS_ABSOLUTE_MEDIA_PATH_REGEX = Regex("""^[A-Za-z]:[\\/].+""")
 
@@ -691,21 +752,18 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         private const val MAX_CHECKPOINT_MOA_LABEL_CHARS = 120
         private const val MAX_CHECKPOINT_MOA_TEXT_CHARS = 16_000
 
-        /**
-         * One-line capability nudge appended to the SSE `system_message` when a
-         * relay route is configured, so the agent knows it can surface images/
-         * files by absolute server path (the client fetches them over the relay
-         * `/media/by-path` channel and renders them inline). SSE-only: the
-         * gateway transport has no per-turn system slot, so this can't ride a
-         * gateway turn — there the upstream prompt_builder's own `MEDIA:`
-         * instruction plus the client-side render fallback cover it.
-         */
+        /** Upstream-first file/media capability for SSE fallback turns. */
+        const val UPSTREAM_MEDIA_HINT =
+            "Media display: this client supports standard upstream Hermes file delivery. " +
+                "To show a host-local image, audio, video, or file, put its absolute path " +
+                "on its own line as `MEDIA:/absolute/path`. The client fetches it through " +
+                "the authenticated upstream Dashboard file routes and renders it inline."
+
+        /** Additive Relay compatibility/metadata capability for SSE fallback turns. */
         const val RELAY_MEDIA_HINT =
-            "Media display: this client can render images and files you reference by " +
-                "absolute server path. To show one to the user, put its absolute path on " +
-                "its own line as `MEDIA:/absolute/path`, or use a markdown image " +
-                "`![description](/absolute/path)`. The client fetches it over the secure " +
-                "relay channel and shows it inline."
+            "Relay enhancement: a paired Relay may add legacy-path compatibility and " +
+                "sensitivity metadata when standard upstream delivery cannot serve an " +
+                "artifact. Relay is not required for ordinary upstream media delivery."
     }
 
     /** Callback to persist session ID — set by RelayApp */
@@ -2121,9 +2179,12 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
      * RelayApp pushes the resolved value) prefers an EventSource-compatible
      * OpenAI chat path instead of assuming `/v1/runs` is an SSE stream.
      */
+    private var resolvedStreamingEndpoint: String = "completions"
+
     var streamingEndpoint: String = "completions"
         set(value) {
-            field = value
+            resolvedStreamingEndpoint = value
+            field = endpointForConversationOwner(value)
             // Only the gateway transport auto-names sessions server-side
             // (tui_gateway runs the turn in a HermesCLI child that calls
             // agent.title_generator.maybe_auto_title). The api_server SSE/runs/
@@ -2138,12 +2199,19 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         }
 
     /**
-     * SSE endpoint used when a "gateway" turn can't run (gateway unreachable,
-     * sign-in expired, attachments present). Wired from RelayApp alongside
-     * [streamingEndpoint] as the capability-resolved SSE preference; never
-     * "auto" or "gateway".
+     * Capability-resolved endpoint for an explicitly API-owned compatibility
+     * conversation. It never acts as a fallback for a Gateway-owned chat.
      */
     var sseFallbackEndpoint: String = "completions"
+        set(value) {
+            field = value
+            if (
+                conversationBinding.value.transport == SessionTransport.SSE &&
+                resolvedStreamingEndpoint == "gateway"
+            ) {
+                streamingEndpoint = resolvedStreamingEndpoint
+            }
+        }
 
     /**
      * Gateway chat transport (dashboard `/api/ws` — live thinking). Owned and
@@ -3083,6 +3151,8 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
             onStatusClear = { kind ->
                 if (acceptsEvent()) handler.clearTurnStatus(kind)
             },
+            onNoticeShow = ::showGatewayNotice,
+            onNoticeClear = ::clearGatewayNotice,
         )
         return GatewayInboundTurnRegistration(
             callbacks = callbacks,
@@ -3556,6 +3626,21 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
     private val _transientNotice = MutableSharedFlow<String>(extraBufferCapacity = 8)
     val transientNotice: SharedFlow<String> = _transientNotice.asSharedFlow()
 
+    private fun showGatewayNotice(notice: GatewayAgentNotice) {
+        val presentation = gatewayNoticePresentation(notice)
+        if (presentation.text.isEmpty()) return
+        UiMessageBus.post(
+            text = presentation.text,
+            severity = presentation.severity,
+            ttlMillis = presentation.ttlMillis,
+            key = presentation.key,
+        )
+    }
+
+    private fun clearGatewayNotice(key: String) {
+        UiMessageBus.clear(key)
+    }
+
     fun reactToMessage(message: ChatMessage, emoji: String?) {
         val gateway = gatewayClient ?: return
         val role = message.role
@@ -3750,6 +3835,17 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
     private val bindingDisplayProfile: Profile?
         get() = conversationBinding.value.displayProfile
 
+    private fun endpointForConversationOwner(candidate: String): String =
+        when (conversationBinding.value.transport) {
+            SessionTransport.GATEWAY -> "gateway"
+            SessionTransport.SSE -> if (candidate == "gateway") sseFallbackEndpoint else candidate
+            null -> candidate
+        }
+
+    private fun reapplyConversationTransportAffinity() {
+        streamingEndpoint = resolvedStreamingEndpoint
+    }
+
     /**
      * Profile namespace owned by the conversation currently on screen. Opening a
      * row from the global All Profiles browser binds this state first; the UI
@@ -3762,6 +3858,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
 
     private fun clearOpenedSessionOwner() {
         conversationBindingController.releaseExplicitOwner()
+        reapplyConversationTransportAffinity()
     }
 
     /** Process ownership is profile+session scoped; stored IDs alone are not globally unique. */
@@ -4443,6 +4540,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         fetchSkills()
         fetchPersonalities()
         fetchModels()
+        refreshSseToolCatalog(apiClient)
         // Keep the tool-call history in sync with the active chat handler's
         // messages. Subscribed on every initialize() call so a replaced
         // handler (connection switch) picks up fresh events without leaking
@@ -4509,6 +4607,8 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
      * repeatedly; re-subscribes the tool-call history collector.
      */
     fun bindDemoHandler(handler: ChatHandler) {
+        sseToolCatalogJob?.cancel()
+        _sseToolNames.value = null
         this.chatHandler = handler
         backgroundProcessSessionJob?.cancel()
         selectBackgroundProcessSession(null)
@@ -4551,7 +4651,8 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         context: Context,
         relayHttpClient: RelayHttpClient,
         mediaSettingsRepo: MediaSettingsRepository,
-        mediaCacheWriter: MediaCacheWriter
+        mediaCacheWriter: MediaCacheWriter,
+        dashboardMediaClientProvider: () -> DashboardApiClient? = { null },
     ) {
         this.appContext = context.applicationContext
         if (chatTurnCheckpointStore == null) {
@@ -4559,6 +4660,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         }
         ensureCheckpointObservers()
         this.relayHttpClient = relayHttpClient
+        this.dashboardMediaClientProvider = dashboardMediaClientProvider
         if (_modelProviders.value.isNotEmpty()) refreshRelayReasoningCapabilities()
         this.mediaSettingsRepo = mediaSettingsRepo
         this.mediaCacheWriter = mediaCacheWriter
@@ -4600,6 +4702,16 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun refreshSseToolCatalog(client: HermesApiClient?) {
+        sseToolCatalogJob?.cancel()
+        _sseToolNames.value = null
+        if (client == null) return
+        sseToolCatalogJob = viewModelScope.launch {
+            val names = eligibleSseToolNames(client.getToolsets().getOrNull())
+            if (apiClient === client) _sseToolNames.value = names
+        }
+    }
+
     fun updateApiClient(client: HermesApiClient?) {
         // A route handoff / reconnect rebuilds the HTTP API client. An SSE turn
         // is bound to the OLD client, so it must be cancelled. A GATEWAY turn
@@ -4629,6 +4741,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         fetchSkills()
         fetchPersonalities()
         fetchModels()
+        refreshSseToolCatalog(client)
     }
 
     /**
@@ -4678,6 +4791,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
                 lastSessionRefreshSuccessNanos = 0L
                 _sessionListUnavailable.value = false
                 conversationBindingController.reset()
+                reapplyConversationTransportAffinity()
                 exitProvisionalThread()
                 relayCapabilityGeneration.incrementAndGet()
                 relayReasoningCapabilities.value = emptyMap()
@@ -4840,6 +4954,8 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         } else {
             sessionProfileNameProvider()
         }
+        val targetTransport = sessionId?.let(SessionTransport::forSessionId)
+            ?: SessionTransport.forEndpoint(resolvedStreamingEndpoint)
         if (explicitBinding) {
             val accepted = conversationBindingController.openExplicit(
                 contextKey = contextKey,
@@ -4847,6 +4963,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
                 sessionId = sessionId,
                 displayProfile = explicitDisplayProfile,
                 lockedProfileToken = lockedProfileNameProvider(),
+                transport = targetTransport,
             )
             if (!accepted) return
         } else if (reconciliation) {
@@ -4854,6 +4971,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
                 contextKey = contextKey,
                 profileName = targetProfileName,
                 sessionId = sessionId,
+                transport = targetTransport,
             )
             if (!accepted) {
                 _initialChatSettled.value = true
@@ -4864,8 +4982,10 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
                 contextKey = contextKey,
                 profileName = targetProfileName,
                 sessionId = sessionId,
+                transport = targetTransport,
             )
         }
+        reapplyConversationTransportAffinity()
         activateSessionActivityScope()
         handler.activeAgentName = currentAgentDisplayName()
         if (
@@ -5625,7 +5745,10 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         // profile/context so an All Profiles conversation becomes a fresh
         // draft for that same owner instead of falling back to the globally
         // restored default profile.
-        conversationBindingController.startFreshDraft()
+        conversationBindingController.startFreshDraft(
+            SessionTransport.forEndpoint(resolvedStreamingEndpoint),
+        )
+        reapplyConversationTransportAffinity()
         exitProvisionalThread()
 
         // Gateway turns continue as detached siblings; SSE remains exclusive.
@@ -5884,6 +6007,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         val contextKey = activeProfileContextKey
         val profileName = currentSessionProfileName()
         conversationBindingController.switchSession(sessionId)
+        reapplyConversationTransportAffinity()
 
         handler.setSessionId(sessionId)
         publishQueuedMessages()
@@ -6000,6 +6124,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         }
         if (handler.currentSessionId.value == null) {
             conversationBindingController.switchSession(null)
+            reapplyConversationTransportAffinity()
             onSessionChanged?.invoke(null)
         }
 
@@ -6226,10 +6351,10 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         val client = apiClient
         if (
             (streamingEndpoint != "gateway" && client == null) ||
-            (streamingEndpoint == "gateway" && gatewayClient == null && client == null)
+            (streamingEndpoint == "gateway" && gatewayClient == null)
         ) {
             val message = if (streamingEndpoint == "gateway") {
-                "Gateway is unavailable and no API fallback is configured for this connection."
+                "This chat belongs to the Hermes Dashboard. Sign in or reconnect, then retry."
             } else {
                 "API fallback is not configured for this connection."
             }
@@ -6337,9 +6462,15 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
             ?: return VoiceMessageSubmissionResult.Rejected("Hermes chat is not ready.")
         val client = apiClient
         if ((streamingEndpoint != "gateway" && client == null) ||
-            (streamingEndpoint == "gateway" && gatewayClient == null && client == null)
+            (streamingEndpoint == "gateway" && gatewayClient == null)
         ) {
-            return VoiceMessageSubmissionResult.Rejected("Hermes is not connected.")
+            return VoiceMessageSubmissionResult.Rejected(
+                if (streamingEndpoint == "gateway") {
+                    "This chat needs the Hermes Dashboard. Sign in or reconnect, then retry."
+                } else {
+                    "The direct API connection is unavailable."
+                },
+            )
         }
         if (activeStream != null || streamRecovery != null || handler.isStreaming.value) {
             return VoiceMessageSubmissionResult.Rejected(
@@ -7980,6 +8111,8 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
             onStatusClear = { kind ->
                 if (owns()) handler.clearTurnStatus(kind)
             },
+            onNoticeShow = ::showGatewayNotice,
+            onNoticeClear = ::clearGatewayNotice,
         )
     }
 
@@ -9326,11 +9459,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         val personaPrompt: String?,
         val appContext: String?,
         val interfaceContext: String?,
-        /**
-         * Relay media-capability hint — tells the agent it can surface images/
-         * files by absolute server path. Non-null only on SSE turns when a relay
-         * route is configured (the gateway has no system slot to carry it).
-         */
+        /** Upstream-first media capability plus any additive Relay enhancement. */
         val mediaCapability: String?,
         /**
          * Relay-plugin-owned server-side context blocks that are injected into
@@ -9385,13 +9514,23 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
                 selected != _defaultPersonality.value -> personalityPrompts[selected]
             else -> null
         }
-        val appContextRaw = buildPromptBlock(appContextSettings, capturePhoneSnapshot())
-        // Tell the agent it can surface images/files by absolute server path —
-        // but only on SSE (the gateway carries no system_message) and only when
-        // a relay route is configured (otherwise the client can't fetch them).
+        val availableTools = if (gateway) {
+            gatewayClient?.serverTools?.value
+        } else {
+            _sseToolNames.value
+        }
+        val appContextRaw = buildPromptBlock(
+            settings = appContextSettings,
+            snapshot = capturePhoneSnapshot(),
+            availableTools = availableTools,
+        )
+        // Gateway has no per-turn system slot. SSE carries the standard
+        // Dashboard route first, then the optional Relay enhancement.
+        val upstreamMediaAvailable = dashboardMediaClientProvider?.invoke() != null
         val relayMediaAvailable = relayHttpClient?.mediaUrlConfigured() == true
         val mediaCapability: String? =
-            RELAY_MEDIA_HINT.takeIf { !gateway && relayMediaAvailable }
+            buildMediaCapabilityHint(upstreamMediaAvailable, relayMediaAvailable)
+                .takeIf { !gateway }
         // combinedSystemMessage appends the media hint after the phone-status
         // block (a stable environment fact, like phone status) and before the
         // per-turn interface context. The per-block fields below null out blanks
@@ -9631,6 +9770,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
             scheduleCheckpointWrite(immediate = true)
         }
         val observedImageToolStates = mutableMapOf<String, String>()
+        val nativeImageToolProgressObserved = AtomicBoolean(false)
         val handleToolCallStart = { toolCallId: String, toolName: String, argsPreview: String? ->
             markTransportAccepted()
             ensurePostInterimMessage()
@@ -9644,10 +9784,16 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
             scheduleCheckpointWrite(immediate = true)
         }
         val onToolCallStartCb = { toolCallId: String, toolName: String ->
+            if (isImageGenerationToolName(toolName)) {
+                nativeImageToolProgressObserved.set(true)
+            }
             handleToolCallStart(toolCallId, toolName, null)
         }
         val onGatewayToolCallStartCb =
             { toolCallId: String, toolName: String, argsPreview: String? ->
+                if (isImageGenerationToolName(toolName)) {
+                    nativeImageToolProgressObserved.set(true)
+                }
                 handleToolCallStart(toolCallId, toolName, argsPreview)
             }
         val onToolCallDoneCb = { toolCallId: String, resultPreview: String? ->
@@ -9680,10 +9826,18 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         }
         fun startImageActivityBridge() {
             val relay = relayHttpClient ?: return
+            if (!relay.mediaUrlConfigured()) return
             stopImageActivityBridge()
             imageActivityJob = viewModelScope.launch {
+                // Current upstream emits native tool progress. Give that
+                // authoritative path the first opportunity to identify image
+                // work; Relay polling is compatibility-only for older hosts
+                // whose stream omitted those events.
+                delay(1_000)
+                if (nativeImageToolProgressObserved.get()) return@launch
                 var consecutiveErrors = 0
                 while (true) {
+                    if (nativeImageToolProgressObserved.get()) break
                     val activeSessionId = handler.currentSessionId.value
                     if (activeSessionId.isNullOrBlank()) {
                         delay(250)
@@ -9705,7 +9859,7 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
                     snapshot.activities.forEach { activity ->
                         val prior = observedImageToolStates[activity.callId]
                         if (prior == null) {
-                            onToolCallStartCb(activity.callId, activity.toolName)
+                            handleToolCallStart(activity.callId, activity.toolName, null)
                         }
                         if (
                             activity.state == "completed" &&
@@ -10106,12 +10260,11 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
             )
         }
 
-        // SSE dispatch shared by the three HTTP endpoints AND the gateway
-        // branch's per-turn fallback (gateway unreachable / not the resolved
-        // transport). Warns once per dispatch about any attachment it can't carry.
+        // SSE dispatch shared by the three explicit API compatibility endpoints.
+        // Warns once per dispatch about any attachment it can't carry.
         fun dispatchSse(endpoint: String): ActiveTurnHandle? {
             val sseClient = client ?: run {
-                onErrorCb("Gateway unavailable and no API fallback is configured.")
+                onErrorCb("The direct API connection is unavailable.")
                 return null
             }
             val prepared = prepareTextTransportAttachments(message, attachments.orEmpty())
@@ -10256,13 +10409,13 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         activeStream = when {
             effectiveEndpoint != "gateway" -> dispatchSse(effectiveEndpoint)
 
-            // Gateway turns upload ALL attachments via their typed upstream
-            // RPC (image.attach_bytes / pdf.attach / file.attach), matching the
-            // desktop client. Only a missing gateway client forces the per-turn
-            // SSE fallback (where non-image attachments are not upstream-
-            // recognized and would be dropped — graceful degradation).
-            gateway == null ->
-                dispatchSse(resolveSseFallback(handler))
+            // The conversation owner is immutable. Losing Gateway preserves
+            // the local transcript/draft and exposes Retry; it never dispatches
+            // the turn into the API server's different session database.
+            gateway == null -> {
+                onErrorCb("This chat belongs to the Hermes Dashboard. Sign in or reconnect, then retry.")
+                null
+            }
 
             else -> {
                 startImageActivityBridge()
@@ -10413,6 +10566,8 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
                         onStatusClear = { kind ->
                             handler.clearTurnStatus(kind)
                         },
+                        onNoticeShow = ::showGatewayNotice,
+                        onNoticeClear = ::clearGatewayNotice,
                     ),
                     attachments = (attachments.orEmpty() + gatewayOnlyAttachments)
                         .map { it.toGatewayAttachment() },
@@ -10434,11 +10589,14 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
                             activeStream = null
                             settleSessionActivity(handler.currentSessionId.value)
                         } else {
-                            // Nothing started server-side — rerun this turn on
-                            // the SSE fallback. Callbacks land on the main
-                            // thread, so swapping activeStream here is safe.
-                            // The fallback turn is not steerable.
-                            activeStream = dispatchSse(resolveSseFallback(handler))
+                            // Nothing started server-side. Keep this turn bound
+                            // to Gateway and settle it as retryable local state;
+                            // API sessions are a different owner/database.
+                            onPreflightErrorCb(
+                                IllegalStateException(
+                                    "Hermes Dashboard chat is unavailable. Sign in or reconnect, then retry.",
+                                ),
+                            )
                         }
                     },
                 )
@@ -10462,8 +10620,8 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         // configured transport: a gateway-configured turn forced onto SSE
         // (voice interface context, trace drain) did carry the synthetic
         // messages, and skipping the mark there re-sent them every turn.
-        // The async gateway preflight-failure fallback stays conservative:
-        // its traces are marked on the NEXT turn (at-least-once delivery).
+        // A failed Gateway preflight leaves these traces unsynced; retrying the
+        // same owner retains at-least-once delivery without crossing stores.
         if (voiceIntentMessages != null && effectiveEndpoint != "gateway") {
             if (hasVoiceIntents) handler.markVoiceIntentsSynced()
             if (hasCardDispatches) handler.markCardDispatchesSynced()
@@ -10475,18 +10633,6 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
     private fun EventSource.asTurnHandle(): ActiveTurnHandle =
         ActiveTurnHandle { this.cancel() }
 
-    /**
-     * SSE endpoint for a turn that was meant for the gateway. The sessions
-     * endpoint needs an existing server session — without one, use the
-     * stateless completions path instead of failing the turn.
-     */
-    private fun resolveSseFallback(handler: ChatHandler): String =
-        if (sseFallbackEndpoint == "sessions" && handler.currentSessionId.value == null) {
-            "completions"
-        } else {
-            sseFallbackEndpoint
-        }
-
     private fun currentAgentDisplayName(
         effectiveProfileOverride: Profile? = null,
     ): String? {
@@ -10593,6 +10739,8 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         val relay = relayHttpClient
         val repo = mediaSettingsRepo
         val cache = mediaCacheWriter
+        val routeOwner = activeProfileContextKey
+        val historyGeneration = historyLoadGeneration.get()
 
         // 1. Insert LOADING placeholder.
         val placeholder = Attachment(
@@ -10630,8 +10778,19 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
             }
 
             // 3. Fetch + cache.
-            performFetchWith(handler, messageId, token, settings) {
-                relay.fetchMedia(token)
+            performFetchWith(
+                handler,
+                messageId,
+                token,
+                settings,
+                expectedContextKey = routeOwner,
+                expectedHistoryGeneration = historyGeneration,
+            ) { _ ->
+                if (relay.mediaUrlConfigured()) {
+                    relay.fetchMedia(token, maxBytes = settings.maxInboundSizeMb.toLong().coerceAtLeast(1L) * 1024L * 1024L)
+                } else {
+                    Result.failure(MediaRouteUnavailableException())
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -10658,6 +10817,9 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         val att = msg.attachments.getOrNull(attachmentIndex) ?: return
         val fetchKey = att.relayToken ?: return
         val expectedRole = msg.role
+        val routeOwner = activeProfileContextKey
+        val historyGeneration = historyLoadGeneration.get()
+        val upstreamMediaClient = dashboardMediaClientProvider?.invoke()
 
         // Flip back to a pure LOADING spinner (drop the CTA marker) so the
         // user gets immediate feedback that the download kicked off.
@@ -10678,14 +10840,20 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
                 fetchKey,
                 settings,
                 expectedRole = expectedRole,
-            ) {
+                expectedContextKey = routeOwner,
+                expectedHistoryGeneration = historyGeneration,
+            ) { maxBytes ->
                 if (
                     fetchKey.startsWith("/") ||
                     WINDOWS_ABSOLUTE_MEDIA_PATH_REGEX.matches(fetchKey)
                 ) {
-                    relay.fetchMediaByPath(fetchKey)
+                    fetchServerPath(fetchKey, maxBytes, upstreamMediaClient)
                 } else {
-                    relay.fetchMedia(fetchKey)
+                    if (relay.mediaUrlConfigured()) {
+                        relay.fetchMedia(fetchKey, maxBytes = maxBytes)
+                    } else {
+                        Result.failure(MediaRouteUnavailableException())
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -10725,14 +10893,24 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         if (supervisedModePolicy.enabled &&
             !supervisedModePolicy.capabilities.generatedImages
         ) return ServerImageResult.Failure("Generated images are disabled in supervised mode")
-        val relay = relayHttpClient
-            ?: return ServerImageResult.Failure("Relay not configured on this connection")
-        // fetchMediaByPath returns Result<MediaBytes>; fold it ONCE, right here,
-        // into a non-Result type. The resolver boundary must not return
-        // kotlin.Result from a suspend fun (see [ServerImageResult]).
-        return relay.fetchMediaByPath(serverPath).fold(
+        val routeOwner = activeProfileContextKey
+        val historyGeneration = historyLoadGeneration.get()
+        val upstreamMediaClient = dashboardMediaClientProvider?.invoke()
+        val maxBytes = mediaSettingsRepo?.settings?.first()?.maxInboundSizeMb
+            ?.toLong()
+            ?.coerceAtLeast(1L)
+            ?.times(1024L * 1024L)
+            ?: 25L * 1024L * 1024L
+        val result = fetchServerPath(serverPath, maxBytes, upstreamMediaClient)
+        if (
+            routeOwner != activeProfileContextKey ||
+            historyGeneration != historyLoadGeneration.get()
+        ) {
+            return ServerImageResult.Failure("Connection changed while loading image")
+        }
+        return result.fold(
             onSuccess = { ServerImageResult.Success(it.bytes, it.sensitive) },
-            onFailure = { ServerImageResult.Failure(it.message ?: "relay fetch failed") },
+            onFailure = { ServerImageResult.Failure(it.message ?: "Image unavailable") },
         )
     }
 
@@ -10776,6 +10954,9 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         val relay = relayHttpClient
         val repo = mediaSettingsRepo
         val cache = mediaCacheWriter
+        val routeOwner = activeProfileContextKey
+        val historyGeneration = historyLoadGeneration.get()
+        val upstreamMediaClient = dashboardMediaClientProvider?.invoke()
 
         val placeholder = Attachment(
             contentType = if (expectedRole == MessageRole.USER) {
@@ -10832,12 +11013,58 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
                 originalPath,
                 settings,
                 expectedRole = expectedRole,
-            ) {
-                relay.fetchMediaByPath(originalPath)
+                expectedContextKey = routeOwner,
+                expectedHistoryGeneration = historyGeneration,
+            ) { maxBytes ->
+                fetchServerPath(originalPath, maxBytes, upstreamMediaClient)
             }
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Resolve a gateway-local path upstream-first. Relay is an additive
+     * compatibility route for older hosts or paths outside upstream's managed
+     * file policy; it is never required when current upstream can serve the
+     * file directly.
+     */
+    private suspend fun fetchServerPath(
+        serverPath: String,
+        maxBytes: Long,
+        upstream: DashboardApiClient?,
+    ): Result<RelayHttpClient.FetchedMedia> {
+        if (upstream != null) {
+            val upstreamResult = upstream.downloadManagedFile(serverPath, maxBytes)
+                .map { fetched ->
+                    RelayHttpClient.FetchedMedia(
+                        contentType = fetched.contentType,
+                        bytes = fetched.bytes,
+                        fileName = fetched.fileName,
+                        sensitive = false,
+                    )
+                }
+            if (upstreamResult.isSuccess) return upstreamResult
+            val upstreamFailure = upstreamResult.exceptionOrNull()
+            if (upstreamFailure?.isDashboardManagedFilesUnsupported() != true) {
+                return upstreamResult
+            }
+            val relay = relayHttpClient
+            if (relay?.mediaUrlConfigured() == true) {
+                return relay.fetchMediaByPath(serverPath, maxBytes = maxBytes)
+            }
+            return Result.failure(MediaRouteUnavailableException(upstreamFailure))
+        }
+
+        val relay = relayHttpClient
+        return if (relay?.mediaUrlConfigured() == true) {
+            relay.fetchMediaByPath(serverPath, maxBytes = maxBytes)
+        } else {
+            Result.failure(MediaRouteUnavailableException())
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class MediaRouteUnavailableException(cause: Throwable? = null) :
+        java.io.IOException(MEDIA_HOST_ONLY, cause)
+
     private fun persistedImageContentType(path: String): String =
         when (path.substringAfterLast('.').lowercase()) {
             "avif" -> "image/avif"
@@ -10867,13 +11094,15 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         fetchKey: String,
         settings: MediaSettings,
         expectedRole: MessageRole = MessageRole.ASSISTANT,
-        fetch: suspend () -> Result<RelayHttpClient.FetchedMedia>,
+        expectedContextKey: String? = activeProfileContextKey,
+        expectedHistoryGeneration: Int = historyLoadGeneration.get(),
+        fetch: suspend (maxBytes: Long) -> Result<RelayHttpClient.FetchedMedia>,
     ) {
         val cache = mediaCacheWriter ?: return
         val maxBytes = settings.maxInboundSizeMb.toLong().coerceAtLeast(1) * 1024L * 1024L
 
         val result = try {
-            withTimeout(MEDIA_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS) { fetch() }
+            withTimeout(MEDIA_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS) { fetch(maxBytes) }
         } catch (e: TimeoutCancellationException) {
             Result.failure(java.io.IOException("Media download timed out"))
         } catch (e: CancellationException) {
@@ -10881,6 +11110,11 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             Result.failure(e)
         }
+        if (
+            chatHandler !== handler ||
+            activeProfileContextKey != expectedContextKey ||
+            historyLoadGeneration.get() != expectedHistoryGeneration
+        ) return
         result.fold(
             onSuccess = { fetched ->
                 if (fetched.bytes.size > maxBytes) {
@@ -10933,6 +11167,15 @@ class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
                 }
             },
             onFailure = { err ->
+                if (err is MediaRouteUnavailableException) {
+                    updateAttachmentByToken(handler, messageId, fetchKey, expectedRole = expectedRole) { att ->
+                        att.copy(
+                            state = AttachmentState.FAILED,
+                            errorMessage = MEDIA_HOST_ONLY,
+                        )
+                    }
+                    return@fold
+                }
                 val human = classifyError(err, context = "media_fetch", ctx = appContext)
                 updateAttachmentByToken(handler, messageId, fetchKey, expectedRole = expectedRole) { att ->
                     att.copy(

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/ConnectionViewModel.kt

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.primaryRouteUrl
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.routeAuthority
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.Connection
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.capabilities
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.automaticChatTransport
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.chatTransportForPreference
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.ConnectionSecurity
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.ConnectionStore
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.LEGACY_AUTHENTICATED_DASHBOARD_ROUTE_ROLE
@@ -348,16 +350,16 @@ internal fun resolveChatConnectState(
     ready: Boolean,
     gatewayAvailability: GatewayAvailability,
     apiHealth: ConnectionViewModel.HealthStatus,
+    chatOwner: SessionTransport = connection?.automaticChatTransport ?: SessionTransport.GATEWAY,
 ): ChatConnectState {
     if (ready) return ChatConnectState.Ready
     if (!hydrated) return ChatConnectState.Connecting
-    val active = connection ?: return ChatConnectState.NeedsConnection
-    val gatewayStillSettling = active.capabilities.dashboardGatewayConfigured &&
+    if (connection == null) return ChatConnectState.NeedsConnection
+    val gatewayStillSettling = chatOwner == SessionTransport.GATEWAY &&
         gatewayAvailability in setOf(
             GatewayAvailability.Unknown,
-            GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired,
         )
-    val apiStillSettling = active.capabilities.apiServerConfigured &&
+    val apiStillSettling = chatOwner == SessionTransport.SSE &&
         apiHealth in setOf(
             ConnectionViewModel.HealthStatus.Unknown,
             ConnectionViewModel.HealthStatus.Probing,
@@ -374,9 +376,20 @@ internal fun isChatTransportReady(
     apiClientPresent: Boolean,
     apiReachable: Boolean,
     gatewayAvailability: GatewayAvailability,
+    chatOwner: SessionTransport = SessionTransport.GATEWAY,
 ): Boolean =
-    gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Ready ||
-        (apiClientPresent && apiReachable)
+    when (chatOwner) {
+        SessionTransport.GATEWAY -> gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Ready
+        SessionTransport.SSE -> apiClientPresent && apiReachable
+    }
+
+internal fun resolveActiveChatTransport(
+    boundOwner: SessionTransport?,
+    connection: Connection?,
+    preference: String,
+): SessionTransport = boundOwner
+    ?: connection?.chatTransportForPreference(preference)
+    ?: SessionTransport.GATEWAY
 
 /** Startup transport timeouts are retryable evidence, not an offline verdict. */
 internal fun isTransientDashboardTransportFailure(error: Throwable?): Boolean =
@@ -1325,7 +1338,9 @@ class ConnectionViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(applicati
             upstreamTransport.dashboardSessionClientFor(cid, url)
         },
         streamingEndpointProvider = { streamingEndpoint.value },
-        gatewayAvailabilityProvider = { upstreamTransport.gatewayAvailability.value },
+        automaticTransportProvider = {
+            activeConnection.value?.automaticChatTransport ?: SessionTransport.GATEWAY
+        },
         setLastSessionId = { _lastSessionId.value = it },
         legacyDefaultSessionId = {
             getApplication<Application>().relayDataStore.data.first()[KEY_LAST_SESSION_ID]
@@ -1667,10 +1682,17 @@ class ConnectionViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(applicati
 
     private val _chatApiClient = MutableStateFlow<HermesApiClient?>(null)
     val chatApiClient: StateFlow<HermesApiClient?> = _chatApiClient.asStateFlow()
+    private val _activeConversationTransport = MutableStateFlow<SessionTransport?>(null)
+    val activeConversationTransport: StateFlow<SessionTransport?> =
+        _activeConversationTransport.asStateFlow()
     private var profileChatApiClient: HermesApiClient? = null
     private var profileChatApiClientUrl: String? = null
     private var profileChatApiClientKey: String? = null
 
+    fun setActiveConversationTransport(transport: SessionTransport?) {
+        _activeConversationTransport.value = transport
+    }
+
     // Chat mode + per-endpoint capability snapshot — owned by
     // [upstreamTransport]; getters delegate. `rebuildApiClient()` pushes the
     // freshly-probed snapshot via `setCapabilitiesAndMode`.
@@ -1863,16 +1885,24 @@ class ConnectionViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(applicati
         return upstreamTransport.dashboardClientFor(connectionId, dashboardUrl).getConfig()
     }
 
-    // Gateway/Dashboard is the standard path; API remains an optional fallback.
+    private val streamingEndpointPreference: StateFlow<String> =
+        application.relayDataStore.data
+            .map { it[KEY_STREAMING_ENDPOINT] ?: "auto" }
+            .stateIn(viewModelScope, SharingStarted.Eagerly, "auto")
+
+    // Readiness follows the active conversation owner, not any reachable sibling route.
     val chatReady: StateFlow<Boolean> = combine(
-        _chatApiClient,
-        _apiServerReachable,
+        combine(_chatApiClient, _apiServerReachable) { client, reachable -> client to reachable },
         upstreamTransport.gatewayAvailability,
-    ) { client, apiReachable, gateway ->
+        activeConnection,
+        streamingEndpointPreference,
+        activeConversationTransport,
+    ) { (client, apiReachable), gateway, connection, preference, boundOwner ->
         isChatTransportReady(
             apiClientPresent = client != null,
             apiReachable = apiReachable,
             gatewayAvailability = gateway,
+            chatOwner = resolveActiveChatTransport(boundOwner, connection, preference),
         )
     }.stateIn(viewModelScope, SharingStarted.Eagerly, false)
 
@@ -1892,13 +1922,22 @@ class ConnectionViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(applicati
      * before any flow emits — is the neutral state, not the CTA.
      */
     val chatConnectState: StateFlow<ChatConnectState> = combine(
-        connectionStore.isHydrated,
-        activeConnection,
-        chatReady,
+        combine(connectionStore.isHydrated, activeConnection, chatReady) { hydrated, active, ready ->
+            Triple(hydrated, active, ready)
+        },
         upstreamTransport.gatewayAvailability,
         _apiServerHealth,
-    ) { hydrated, active, ready, gateway, apiHealth ->
-        resolveChatConnectState(hydrated, active, ready, gateway, apiHealth)
+        streamingEndpointPreference,
+        activeConversationTransport,
+    ) { (hydrated, active, ready), gateway, apiHealth, preference, boundOwner ->
+        resolveChatConnectState(
+            hydrated,
+            active,
+            ready,
+            gateway,
+            apiHealth,
+            resolveActiveChatTransport(boundOwner, active, preference),
+        )
     }.stateIn(viewModelScope, SharingStarted.Eagerly, ChatConnectState.Connecting)
     // NOTE: [relayReady] / [voiceReady] are declared below the [_relayUrl]
     // MutableStateFlow,
@@ -2749,9 +2788,7 @@ class ConnectionViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(applicati
     //
     // Existing users keep whatever they previously chose. Only fresh installs
     // (no value persisted yet) get the new "auto" default.
-    val streamingEndpoint: StateFlow<String> = application.relayDataStore.data
-        .map { it[KEY_STREAMING_ENDPOINT] ?: "auto" }
-        .stateIn(viewModelScope, SharingStarted.Eagerly, "auto")
+    val streamingEndpoint: StateFlow<String> = streamingEndpointPreference
 
     fun setStreamingEndpoint(endpoint: String) {
         viewModelScope.launch {
@@ -2833,14 +2870,28 @@ class ConnectionViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(applicati
      * - "auto" → reads `serverCapabilities.value.preferredChatEndpoint()`.
      */
     fun resolveStreamingEndpoint(preference: String): String =
-        upstreamTransport.resolveStreamingEndpoint(preference)
+        upstreamTransport.resolveStreamingEndpoint(
+            preference = preference,
+            gatewayOwned = activeConnection.value
+                ?.chatTransportForPreference(preference) == SessionTransport.GATEWAY,
+        )
 
     /**
      * Capability-resolved SSE endpoint, ignoring the gateway tier — wired to
-     * [ChatViewModel.sseFallbackEndpoint] for per-turn gateway fallbacks.
+     * [ChatViewModel.sseFallbackEndpoint] only for an API-owned compatibility
+     * binding.
      */
     fun resolveSseStreamingEndpoint(): String = upstreamTransport.resolveSseStreamingEndpoint()
 
+    fun resolveActiveStreamingEndpoint(preference: String): String =
+        when (activeConversationTransport.value) {
+            SessionTransport.GATEWAY -> "gateway"
+            SessionTransport.SSE -> resolveStreamingEndpoint(preference)
+                .takeUnless { it == "gateway" }
+                ?: resolveSseStreamingEndpoint()
+            null -> resolveStreamingEndpoint(preference)
+        }
+
     // Parse tool annotations from text markers toggle
     val parseToolAnnotations: StateFlow<Boolean> = application.relayDataStore.data
         .map { it[KEY_PARSE_TOOL_ANNOTATIONS] ?: false }
@@ -3674,11 +3725,18 @@ class ConnectionViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(applicati
 
         val dashboardConfigured = activeConnection?.capabilities?.dashboardGatewayConfigured == true
         val apiConfigured = activeConnection?.capabilities?.apiServerConfigured == true
+        // This helper runs from an eager StateFlow during construction. Read
+        // the earlier-declared backing preference, not its later public alias.
+        val chatOwner = resolveActiveChatTransport(
+            boundOwner = activeConversationTransport.value,
+            connection = activeConnection,
+            preference = streamingEndpointPreference.value,
+        )
 
         if (
             dashboardConfigured &&
-            gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired &&
-            (!apiConfigured || apiHealth != HealthStatus.Reachable)
+            chatOwner == SessionTransport.GATEWAY &&
+            gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired
         ) {
             return ConnectionStatusSnapshot(
                 title = ctx.getString(R.string.cw_dashboard_sign_in_required),
@@ -3695,8 +3753,8 @@ class ConnectionViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(applicati
 
         if (
             dashboardConfigured &&
-            gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Unreachable &&
-            (!apiConfigured || apiHealth != HealthStatus.Reachable)
+            chatOwner == SessionTransport.GATEWAY &&
+            gatewayAvailability == GatewayAvailability.Unreachable
         ) {
             return ConnectionStatusSnapshot(
                 title = ctx.getString(R.string.cw_dashboard_not_reachable),
@@ -3712,7 +3770,8 @@ class ConnectionViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(applicati
         }
 
         return when {
-            apiConfigured &&
+            chatOwner == SessionTransport.SSE &&
+                apiConfigured &&
                 apiHealth == HealthStatus.Unreachable &&
                 gatewayAvailability != GatewayAvailability.Ready -> {
                 // Diagnose, don't just report: for a single-route connection

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/ConversationBindingController.kt

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.hermesandroid.relay.viewmodel
 
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.AgentDisplay
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.Profile
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.SessionTransport
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asStateFlow
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ internal data class ConversationBinding(
     val contextKey: String? = null,
     val profileName: String? = null,
     val sessionId: String? = null,
+    val transport: SessionTransport? = null,
     val displayProfile: Profile? = null,
     val origin: ConversationBindingOrigin = ConversationBindingOrigin.GlobalSelection,
     val revision: Long = 0L,
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ internal class ConversationBindingController {
         sessionId: String?,
         displayProfile: Profile?,
         lockedProfileToken: String?,
+        transport: SessionTransport? = sessionId?.let(SessionTransport::forSessionId),
     ): Boolean {
         if (!profileAllowed(profileName, lockedProfileToken)) return false
         reduce(
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ internal class ConversationBindingController {
             sessionId = sessionId,
             displayProfile = displayProfile,
             origin = ConversationBindingOrigin.ExplicitSession,
+            transport = transport,
         )
         return true
     }
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ internal class ConversationBindingController {
         profileName: String?,
         sessionId: String?,
         displayProfile: Profile? = null,
+        transport: SessionTransport? = sessionId?.let(SessionTransport::forSessionId),
     ) {
         reduce(
             contextKey = contextKey,
@@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ internal class ConversationBindingController {
             sessionId = sessionId,
             displayProfile = displayProfile,
             origin = ConversationBindingOrigin.GlobalSelection,
+            transport = transport,
         )
     }
 
@@ -79,6 +85,7 @@ internal class ConversationBindingController {
         profileName: String?,
         sessionId: String?,
         displayProfile: Profile? = null,
+        transport: SessionTransport? = sessionId?.let(SessionTransport::forSessionId),
     ): Boolean {
         val current = _state.value
         if (
@@ -89,7 +96,7 @@ internal class ConversationBindingController {
                     current.sessionId != sessionId
                 )
         ) return false
-        forceGlobal(contextKey, profileName, sessionId, displayProfile)
+        forceGlobal(contextKey, profileName, sessionId, displayProfile, transport)
         return true
     }
 
@@ -98,17 +105,19 @@ internal class ConversationBindingController {
         if (current.sessionId == sessionId) return
         _state.value = current.copy(
             sessionId = sessionId,
+            transport = sessionId?.let(SessionTransport::forSessionId) ?: current.transport,
             revision = current.revision + 1,
         )
     }
 
     /** A user-requested draft keeps its owner and fences persisted-session reconciliation. */
-    fun startFreshDraft() {
+    fun startFreshDraft(transport: SessionTransport? = _state.value.transport) {
         val current = _state.value
         if (!current.isBound) return
         if (current.sessionId == null && current.hasExplicitOwner) return
         _state.value = current.copy(
             sessionId = null,
+            transport = transport,
             origin = ConversationBindingOrigin.ExplicitSession,
             revision = current.revision + 1,
         )
@@ -130,6 +139,7 @@ internal class ConversationBindingController {
         sessionId: String?,
         displayProfile: Profile?,
         origin: ConversationBindingOrigin,
+        transport: SessionTransport?,
     ) {
         val current = _state.value
         val next = ConversationBinding(
@@ -138,6 +148,7 @@ internal class ConversationBindingController {
             sessionId = sessionId,
             displayProfile = displayProfile,
             origin = origin,
+            transport = transport,
             revision = current.revision + 1,
         )
         if (current.copy(revision = next.revision) != next) {

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/GitStateViewModel.kt

@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ data class GitTarget(
 /**
  * View model for the Git State Android surface (read + write).
  *
- * Loads the scanned repo list from the Hermes-Relay plugin and, on selection,
- * fetches working-tree status + branches. Mutations (stage/unstage/discard/
+ * Loads the active session repository from upstream first and adds repositories
+ * discovered by the Hermes-Relay plugin. On selection it fetches working-tree
+ * status + branches. Mutations (stage/unstage/discard/
  * commit/fetch/pull/push/checkout) all require the ``plugin.api.write`` grant:
  * ``configure`` binds one connection/profile/Dashboard owner and every mutation
  * refuses (surfacing a readable message, never a POST) when that owner's grant
@@ -119,12 +120,12 @@ class GitStateViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(application
     private var mutationJob: Job? = null
     private var messageJob: Job? = null
     private var scopeKey: String? = null
+    private var sessionRepoPath: String? = null
     private var targetGeneration: Long = 0
 
     fun selectedRepoIdForDisplay(): String? = _selectedRepoId.value
 
     fun currentTarget(): GitTarget? {
-        if (!_scanningEnabled.value) return null
         val owner = scopeKey ?: return null
         val repo = _selectedRepoId.value ?: return null
         return GitTarget(owner, repo, targetGeneration)
@@ -143,10 +144,34 @@ class GitStateViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(application
         api = dashboard?.let(::GitStateApiClient)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Bind standard Git to the active upstream session workspace.
+     *
+     * An exact `git_repo_root` wins; `cwd` is the official Desktop-compatible
+     * fallback. Changing sessions invalidates every selected repository target
+     * before starting a fresh, owner-bound discovery pass.
+     */
+    fun setSessionWorkspace(repoRoot: String?, workingDirectory: String?) {
+        val next = repoRoot?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }
+            ?: workingDirectory?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }
+        if (sessionRepoPath == next) return
+        val workspaceWasLoaded = _repos.value !is GitStateUiState.Loading
+        sessionRepoPath = next
+        targetGeneration += 1
+        clearWorkspaceState()
+        // Preserve lazy discovery: the first host scan still starts only when
+        // the Git workspace asks for it. Once visible/loaded, a session switch
+        // refreshes immediately against the new exact workspace.
+        if (workspaceWasLoaded) loadRepos()
+    }
+
     fun setScanningEnabled(enabled: Boolean) {
         if (_scanningEnabled.value == enabled) return
+        val workspaceWasLoaded = _repos.value !is GitStateUiState.Loading
         _scanningEnabled.value = enabled
-        if (!enabled) clearWorkspaceState()
+        targetGeneration += 1
+        clearWorkspaceState()
+        if (workspaceWasLoaded) loadRepos()
     }
 
     /** Grants the plugin.api.write capability for this connection/profile. */
@@ -158,7 +183,6 @@ class GitStateViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(application
     fun hasWriteGrant(): Boolean = _writeGrant.value
 
     fun loadRepos() {
-        if (!_scanningEnabled.value) return
         val client = api ?: run {
             _repos.value = GitStateUiState.Error("Dashboard connection unavailable")
             return
@@ -167,7 +191,10 @@ class GitStateViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(application
         reposJob?.cancel()
         reposJob = viewModelScope.launch {
             _repos.value = GitStateUiState.Loading
-            client.repos().fold(
+            client.repos(
+                sessionRepoPath = sessionRepoPath,
+                includeRelayDiscovery = _scanningEnabled.value,
+            ).fold(
                 onSuccess = { list ->
                     if (scopeKey == expectedScope) {
                         _repos.value = GitStateUiState.Ready(list, null)
@@ -208,7 +235,6 @@ class GitStateViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(application
     }
 
     fun selectRepo(repoId: String) {
-        if (!_scanningEnabled.value) return
         val client = api ?: return
         targetGeneration += 1
         _selectedRepoId.value = repoId

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/connection/ProfileController.kt

@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ class ProfileController(
     private val dashboardClientFactory: (connectionId: String, dashboardUrl: String) -> DashboardApiClient,
     /** Current `streamingEndpoint` preference (for [activeSessionTransport]). */
     private val streamingEndpointProvider: () -> String,
-    /** Current gateway availability tier (for [activeSessionTransport]). */
-    private val gatewayAvailabilityProvider: () -> GatewayAvailability,
+    /** Stable Auto owner for the active saved connection. */
+    private val automaticTransportProvider: () -> SessionTransport,
     /** Writes `ConnectionViewModel._lastSessionId`. */
     private val setLastSessionId: (String?) -> Unit,
     /** Legacy default (untransported) session id for the server-default profile. */
@@ -1517,19 +1517,14 @@ class ProfileController(
 
     /**
      * Which transport's session slot to restore right now — or `null` when the
-     * decision is still pending (the gateway probe hasn't landed). A manual
-     * streaming-endpoint override resolves immediately; under `"auto"`, Unknown
-     * remains Gateway-owned because the transport resolver also chooses Gateway
-     * until a definitive fallback verdict exists.
+     * decision is still pending. A manual streaming-endpoint override resolves
+     * immediately; under `"auto"`, the saved connection contract owns the
+     * choice, never a transient reachability or authentication verdict.
      */
     fun activeSessionTransport(): SessionTransport? {
         val preference = streamingEndpointProvider()
         if (preference != "auto") return SessionTransport.forEndpoint(preference)
-        return when (gatewayAvailabilityProvider()) {
-            GatewayAvailability.Ready -> SessionTransport.GATEWAY
-            GatewayAvailability.Unknown -> SessionTransport.GATEWAY
-            else -> SessionTransport.SSE
-        }
+        return automaticTransportProvider()
     }
 
     /**

app/src/main/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/connection/UpstreamTransportController.kt

@@ -667,17 +667,21 @@ class UpstreamTransportController(
      * - "sessions" / "completions" / "runs" pass through unchanged (manual override wins).
      * - "auto" → reads `serverCapabilities.value.preferredChatEndpoint()`.
      */
-    fun resolveStreamingEndpoint(preference: String): String =
+    fun resolveStreamingEndpoint(
+        preference: String,
+        gatewayOwned: Boolean,
+    ): String =
         resolveStreamingEndpointPreference(
             preference = preference,
             gateway = _gatewayAvailability.value,
             capabilities = _serverCapabilities.value,
+            gatewayOwned = gatewayOwned,
         )
 
     /**
      * Capability-resolved SSE endpoint, ignoring the gateway tier — wired to
      * [com.hermesandroid.relay.viewmodel.ChatViewModel.sseFallbackEndpoint] for
-     * per-turn gateway fallbacks.
+     * explicit API-owned compatibility conversations.
      */
     fun resolveSseStreamingEndpoint(): String =
         _serverCapabilities.value.preferredChatEndpoint()

app/src/main/res/values-b+pt+BR/strings.xml

@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
     <string name="cw_cloud_subtitle">Conecte ao seu agente hospedado</string>
     <string name="cw_server_vps_title">Gateway remoto</string>
     <string name="cw_server_vps_subtitle">Informe o endereço do Dashboard</string>
-    <string name="cw_relay_optional_note">Endereços privados LAN e Tailscale podem usar HTTP ou HTTPS. Endereços públicos exigem HTTPS. Relay e fallback da API são opcionais.</string>
+    <string name="cw_relay_optional_note">Endereços privados LAN e Tailscale podem usar HTTP ou HTTPS. Endereços públicos exigem HTTPS. Relay e API direta são opcionais.</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_entry_title">Conectar ao Hermes hospedado pela Nous</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_entry_description">Insira o endereço do agente mostrado no Nous Portal. Você entrará com segurança depois que o Hermes for encontrado.</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_agent_name">Endereço do agente</string>
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
     <string name="cw_api_url_placeholder">192.168.1.10 ou http://your-server:8642</string>
     <string name="cw_api_url_supporting">API do Hermes usada pelo Chat e pelas sessões — a porta 8642 da API e http:// são presumidos para hosts sem esquema (a porta 9119 do painel é determinada separadamente)</string>
     <string name="cw_scan_message">Procurando o painel/a API do Hermes nesta LAN…</string>
-    <string name="cw_dashboard_signin_hint">Entre pelo painel para liberar Gerenciar e voz — a chave da API é usada apenas no fallback opcional pela API direta.</string>
+    <string name="cw_dashboard_signin_hint">Entre pelo painel para liberar Gerenciar e voz — a chave da API é usada apenas em conexões explícitas pela API direta.</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_section">Parear o Relay (opcional)</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_section_desc">O plugin do Relay já está em execução? Faça o pareamento aqui para ativar Terminal, Bridge e permissões de canais.</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_url_label">URL do Relay</string>
@@ -665,12 +665,12 @@
     <string name="settings_hermes_management">Gerenciamento do Hermes</string>
     <string name="settings_hermes_management_desc">Recursos do painel: habilidades, cron, MCP, perfis e modelos</string>
     <string name="settings_chat">Chat</string>
-    <string name="settings_chat_desc">Comportamento do chat, Gateway, fallback da API, exibição de ferramentas e tamanho das mensagens</string>
+    <string name="settings_chat_desc">Comportamento do chat, Gateway, API direta, exibição de ferramentas e tamanho das mensagens</string>
     <string name="settings_voice_mode">Modo de voz</string>
     <string name="settings_voice_mode_desc">Voz do painel, opções de relay em tempo real e provedores</string>
     <string name="settings_threads">Threads</string>
-    <string name="settings_threads_desc">Permita que o agente inicie conversas com você (desativado por padrão)</string>
-    <string name="settings_power_tools">Ferramentas avançadas</string>
+    <string name="settings_threads_desc">Conversas iniciadas pelo Relay e entrega proativa (desativado por padrão)</string>
+    <string name="settings_power_tools">Ferramentas do Relay</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal">Terminal</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal_desc">Acesso ao shell do servidor por uma sessão pareada do relay</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge">Bridge</string>
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
     <string name="settings_notification_companion">Assistente de notificações</string>
     <string name="settings_notification_companion_desc">Notificações compartilhadas do celular para ferramentas pareadas do relay</string>
     <string name="settings_media">Mídia</string>
-    <string name="settings_media_desc">Anexos recebidos pelo Relay, busca automática e limite do cache</string>
+    <string name="settings_media_desc">Anexos do chat, downloads, privacidade e cache</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety">Segurança do Bridge</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety_desc">Lista de bloqueio, confirmação de verbos destrutivos e desativação automática</string>
     <string name="settings_sideload">Sideload</string>
@@ -775,11 +775,11 @@
     <string name="chat_settings_debug">Depuração</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_show_system_messages_desc">Mostre os marcadores ocultos \"[System: …]\" do servidor (alterações de modelo/personalidade). Desativado corresponde ao desktop/TUI.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint">Endpoint de streaming</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">Automático: escolhe o melhor caminho com base no que seu servidor oferece. Em uso no momento: </string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">Automático: conexões padrão usam o Gateway; conexões somente API usam a API direta. Em uso no momento: </string>
     <string name="chat_settings_gateway_suffix"> (pensamento ao vivo pelo WebSocket do painel)</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_completions_suffix"> (chat por /v1/chat/completions)</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_suffix"> (chat transmitido explicitamente por /v1/runs)</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">Gateway: pensamento ao vivo + eventos avançados de ferramentas pelo WebSocket do painel (/api/ws) — o mesmo usado pelo app para desktop. Exige login em Gerenciar; quando indisponível, usa SSE como alternativa em cada turno.</string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">Gateway: pensamento ao vivo + eventos avançados de ferramentas pelo WebSocket do painel (/api/ws) — o mesmo usado pelo app para desktop. Exige login em Gerenciar; quando indisponível, este chat permanece no Gateway e oferece login ou nova tentativa.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_sessions_desc">Sessões: fluxo nativo do Hermes em /api/sessions/{id}/chat/stream.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_desc">Chat: SSE compatível com OpenAI por /v1/chat/completions.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_desc">Runs: use somente quando seu servidor transmitir /v1/runs diretamente.</string>
@@ -1162,8 +1162,8 @@
     <!-- P1: MediaSettingsScreen -->
     <string name="media_title">Mídia</string>
     <string name="media_back">Voltar</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_1">Controla como o app lida com arquivos enviados pelos resultados de ferramentas (capturas de tela, PDFs etc.) pelo relay.</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_2">Somente Relay — estas configurações não afetam as imagens que você anexa no chat nem nada em uma conexão padrão (sem Relay).</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_1">Controla como o app baixa, protege e armazena em cache os arquivos enviados pelo Hermes no chat.</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_2">A mídia padrão do Dashboard é priorizada. Quando pareado, o Relay pode acrescentar entrega de compatibilidade e metadados de sensibilidade.</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound">Tamanho máximo dos anexos recebidos</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_value">%1$d MB</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_desc">Arquivos maiores que isso são rejeitados após o download.</string>
@@ -2080,7 +2080,8 @@
     <string name="session_path_signin_for_gateway">Entre em Gerenciar para usar o Gateway com pensamento ao vivo.</string>
     <string name="session_path_gateway_api_server">Disponível no transporte do Gateway — esta sessão transmite pelo servidor API.</string>
     <string name="session_path_relay_not_connected">Relay pareado, mas desconectado.</string>
-    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">Pareie o relay para enviar e receber mídia.</string>
+    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">Pareie o Relay para compatibilidade de mídia em hosts Hermes mais antigos.</string>
+    <string name="session_path_media_not_ready">Atualize o Hermes para entrega de mídia padrão ou pareie o Relay para compatibilidade.</string>
     <string name="session_path_pair_relay_terminal">Pareie o relay para acessar o terminal.</string>
     <string name="session_path_voice_not_ready">A voz não está pronta nesta conexão.</string>
     <string name="session_path_threads_pair_relay">Pareie o relay e ative \"Permitir que o Hermes me envie mensagens\" para o agente poder abrir Threads.</string>
@@ -2678,6 +2679,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_downloading">Baixando…%1$s</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_failed">Falha no anexo</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_tap_retry">Toque para tentar novamente</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only">O arquivo está no seu host Hermes</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only_help">Atualize o Hermes para downloads padrão ou pareie o Relay para compatibilidade.</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open">Abrir externamente</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share">Compartilhar</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_save">Salvar no dispositivo</string>
@@ -3151,6 +3154,8 @@
     <string name="diag_check_ready_with">Pronto com %s</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_active">Relay ativo</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_not_configured">Relay não configurado</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_optional">Ferramentas do Relay (opcionais)</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_not_paired">Não pareado</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_server">Verificar servidor relay</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_plugin">Plugin do Relay</string>
     <string name="diag_plugin_not_configured">O plugin opcional não está configurado</string>
@@ -3180,8 +3185,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_cd_cancel">Cancelar</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open_failed">Não foi possível abrir o anexo</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share_failed">Não foi possível compartilhar o anexo</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">A mídia exige uma conexão ativa com o Relay</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">Relay ativo para mídia</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">Nenhuma instrução extra de mídia — a entrega padrão continua sob responsabilidade do servidor</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">Aprimoramento de mídia do Relay disponível</string>
     <string name="injected_context_media_title">Compartilhamento de mídia</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_not_set">Nenhuma persona definida</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_server_side">Persona no servidor</string>
@@ -3339,7 +3344,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_dashboard_unreachable">Inacessível</string>
     <string name="active_section_no_fallback_routes">Ainda não há rotas alternativas</string>
     <string name="active_section_no_fallback_routes_desc">Adicione uma rota de API opcional para chat direto alternativo e troca de rede.</string>
-    <string name="active_section_add_api_fallback">Adicionar rota alternativa</string>
+    <string name="active_section_add_api_fallback">Adicionar rota de API direta</string>
     <string name="active_section_security_authentication">Autenticação</string>
     <string name="active_section_dashboard_session">Sessão do Dashboard</string>
     <string name="active_section_credential_storage">Armazenamento de credenciais</string>
@@ -3364,7 +3369,7 @@
     <string name="cw_timeline_authenticated">Autenticação verificada</string>
     <string name="cw_timeline_ready">Conexão pronta</string>
     <string name="cw_timeline_ready_detail">Chat, Manage e Voice podem usar este Dashboard</string>
-    <string name="active_section_optional_api_fallback">Fallback opcional pela API direta</string>
+    <string name="active_section_optional_api_fallback">API direta opcional</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_not_required">Não é necessário quando esta conexão usa o Hermes Dashboard.</string>
     <string name="active_section_where_api_key">Onde obtenho essa chave?</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_key_explainer">API_SERVER_KEY é criada no seu servidor Hermes; este aplicativo não fornece a chave. Configure-a somente ao ativar o servidor de API opcional, que exige uma chave utilizável, e insira aqui o mesmo valor.</string>
@@ -4332,7 +4337,7 @@
     <string name="chat_git_deletions">%1$d exclusões</string>
     <plurals name="chat_git_change_count"><item quantity="one">%1$d alteração</item><item quantity="other">%1$d alterações</item></plurals>
     <string name="settings_git_workspace">Espaço de trabalho Git</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">Revise alterações, branches, commits e remotos</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">Git da sessão atual primeiro, com descoberta opcional do host</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_title">Atividade atual do chat</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_subtitle">Detalhes ao vivo e somente leitura deste chat</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_open">Visualizar atividade atual do chat</string>
@@ -4367,7 +4372,7 @@
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_task">Tarefa</string>
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_agent">Agente</string>
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_system">Sistema</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">Desativado · A verificação de repositórios no host é opcional</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">Somente repositório da sessão · A descoberta do host é opcional</string>
     <string name="active_section_available_fallback">Available fallback</string>
     <string name="active_section_available_fallback_mechanism">Available fallback · %1$s</string>
     <string name="active_section_in_use">In use</string>
@@ -4378,7 +4383,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_not_checked_separately">Not checked separately</string>
     <string name="active_section_protection_unavailable">Protection unavailable</string>
     <string name="active_section_unavailable_mechanism">Unavailable · %1$s</string>
-    <string name="api_fallback_title">API fallback</string>
+    <string name="api_fallback_title">API direta</string>
     <string name="current_surface_paths_title">Current paths</string>
     <string name="dashboard_address_editor_body">Defina o endereço do Dashboard e do Gateway que este telefone deve usar. Rotas privadas de LAN e Tailscale podem usar HTTP ou HTTPS; rotas públicas exigem HTTPS.</string>
     <string name="dashboard_address_editor_title">Endereço do gateway</string>
@@ -4395,7 +4400,7 @@
     <string name="dashboard_oauth_canonical_origin">Hermes is signing in through %1$s. You’ll review this address before it is saved.</string>
     <string name="network_routes_empty">No additional network routes</string>
     <string name="network_routes_empty_desc">Add a LAN, Tailscale, public, API, or Relay address when this phone needs another path to Hermes.</string>
-    <string name="network_routes_summary">Rotas LAN, Tailscale e públicas são formas de acessar este Gateway. O fallback da API e as extensões Relay são opcionais.</string>
+    <string name="network_routes_summary">Rotas LAN, Tailscale e públicas são formas de acessar este Gateway. A API direta e as extensões Relay são opcionais.</string>
     <string name="network_routes_title">Network routes</string>
     <string name="security_sheet_available_mechanism">Available fallback · %1$s</string>
     <string name="security_sheet_unavailable_mechanism">Unavailable · %1$s</string>

app/src/main/res/values-b+zh+Hans/strings.xml

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     <string name="chat_failure_details_guidance">Hermes 报告了此错误。应用不会自动切换路由或模型。</string>
     <string name="chat_failure_copy_details">复制详情</string>
     <string name="chat_failure_route_gateway">网关</string>
-    <string name="chat_failure_route_api">API 回退</string>
+    <string name="chat_failure_route_api">Direct API</string>
     <string name="chat_open_settings">打开设置</string>
     <string name="chat_connect_hermes">连接 Hermes</string>
     <string name="chat_try_demo">体验演示</string>
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
     <string name="cw_api_url_placeholder">192.168.1.10 或 http://你的服务器:8642</string>
     <string name="cw_api_url_supporting">聊天和会话使用的 Hermes API——裸主机名默认使用 API 端口 8642 和 http://（仪表盘的 9119 端口单独推导）</string>
     <string name="cw_scan_message">正在扫描本局域网寻找 Hermes 仪表盘/API…</string>
-    <string name="cw_dashboard_signin_hint">通过仪表盘登录以解锁管理和语音——API 密钥仅用于可选的直接 API 回退。</string>
+    <string name="cw_dashboard_signin_hint">通过仪表盘登录以解锁管理和语音——API 密钥仅用于明确配置的 Direct API 连接。</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_section">配对 Relay（可选）</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_for">为 %1$s 配对 Relay</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_scoped_desc">为这个已保存的 Hermes 连接添加可选的 Relay 扩展。这不会添加或替换服务器。</string>
@@ -703,12 +703,12 @@
     <string name="settings_hermes_management">Hermes 管理</string>
     <string name="settings_hermes_management_desc">仪表盘功能：技能、定时任务、MCP、配置文件、模型</string>
     <string name="settings_chat">聊天</string>
-    <string name="settings_chat_desc">聊天行为、Gateway、API 回退、工具显示、消息长度</string>
+    <string name="settings_chat_desc">聊天行为、Gateway、Direct API、工具显示、消息长度</string>
     <string name="settings_voice_mode">语音模式</string>
     <string name="settings_voice_mode_desc">仪表盘语音、实时 Relay 选项、提供商</string>
     <string name="settings_threads">话题</string>
-    <string name="settings_threads_desc">允许代理主动与你对话（默认关闭）</string>
-    <string name="settings_power_tools">高级工具</string>
+    <string name="settings_threads_desc">由 Relay 发起的对话和主动推送（默认关闭）</string>
+    <string name="settings_power_tools">Relay 工具</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal">终端</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal_desc">通过已配对的 Relay 会话访问服务器 shell</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge">Bridge</string>
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
     <string name="settings_notification_companion">通知助手</string>
     <string name="settings_notification_companion_desc">为已配对的 Relay 工具共享手机通知</string>
     <string name="settings_media">媒体</string>
-    <string name="settings_media_desc">Relay 入站附件、自动获取、缓存上限</string>
+    <string name="settings_media_desc">聊天附件、下载行为、隐私和缓存</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety">Bridge 安全</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety_desc">黑名单、破坏性动词确认、自动禁用</string>
     <string name="settings_sideload">Sideload</string>
@@ -814,11 +814,11 @@
     <string name="chat_settings_debug">调试</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_show_system_messages_desc">显示服务器隐藏的 \"[System: …]\" 标记（模型/人格更改）。关闭则与桌面/TUI 一致。</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint">流式端点</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">自动：根据服务器暴露的内容选择最佳路径。当前使用：</string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">自动：标准连接使用网关；仅 API 连接使用直接 API。当前使用：</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_gateway_suffix">（通过仪表盘 WebSocket 实时思考）</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_completions_suffix">（通过 /v1/chat/completions 聊天）</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_suffix">（通过显式流式 /v1/runs 聊天）</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">网关：通过仪表盘 WebSocket（/api/ws）实时思考+丰富工具事件——桌面应用使用的方式。需要管理登录；不可用时每轮回退到 SSE。</string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">网关：通过仪表盘 WebSocket（/api/ws）提供实时思考和丰富工具事件——桌面应用也使用此路径。需要“管理”登录；不可用时，此聊天仍保留在网关，并提示登录或重试。</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_sessions_desc">会话：Hermes 原生 /api/sessions/{id}/chat/stream。</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_desc">聊天：通过 /v1/chat/completions 的 OpenAI 兼容 SSE。</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_desc">Runs：仅在服务器直接流式传输 /v1/runs 时使用。</string>
@@ -1212,8 +1212,8 @@
     <!-- P1: MediaSettingsScreen -->
     <string name="media_title">媒体</string>
     <string name="media_back">返回</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_1">控制应用如何处理通过 Relay 传来的工具结果文件（截图、PDF 等）。</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_2">仅限 Relay——这些设置不影响你在聊天中附加的图片或标准（无 Relay）连接上的任何内容。</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_1">控制应用如何下载、保护和缓存 Hermes 在聊天中发送的文件。</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_2">优先使用标准 Dashboard 媒体。配对后，Relay 可补充兼容性传输和敏感度元数据。</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound">最大入站附件大小</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_value">%1$d MB</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_desc">超过此大小的文件在下载后被拒绝。</string>
@@ -2166,7 +2166,8 @@
     <string name="session_path_signin_for_gateway">请在管理页面登录以使用实时思考 Gateway。</string>
     <string name="session_path_gateway_api_server">Gateway 传输可用——此会话通过 API 服务器传输。</string>
     <string name="session_path_relay_not_connected">Relay 已配对但未连接。</string>
-    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">配对 Relay 以发送和接收媒体。</string>
+    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">配对 Relay，以兼容较旧 Hermes 主机上的媒体。</string>
+    <string name="session_path_media_not_ready">更新 Hermes 以使用标准媒体传输，或配对 Relay 以获得兼容性。</string>
     <string name="session_path_pair_relay_terminal">配对 Relay 以使用终端。</string>
     <string name="session_path_voice_not_ready">此连接的语音未就绪。</string>
     <string name="session_path_threads_pair_relay">配对 Relay 并开启"让 Hermes 联系我"，代理才能打开话题。</string>
@@ -2791,6 +2792,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_downloading">正在下载…%1$s</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_failed">附件失败</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_tap_retry">点击重试</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only">文件位于你的 Hermes 主机上</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only_help">更新 Hermes 以使用标准下载，或配对 Relay 以获得兼容性。</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open">外部打开</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share">分享</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_save">保存到设备</string>
@@ -3250,6 +3253,8 @@
     <string name="diag_check_ready_with">已就绪（%s）</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_active">Relay 活跃</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_not_configured">Relay 未配置</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_optional">Relay 工具（可选）</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_not_paired">未配对</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_server">检查 Relay 服务器</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_plugin">Relay 插件</string>
     <string name="diag_plugin_not_configured">未配置可选插件</string>
@@ -3279,8 +3284,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_cd_cancel">取消</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open_failed">无法打开附件</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share_failed">无法分享附件</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">媒体需要活跃的 Relay 连接</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">Relay 已为媒体激活</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">没有额外媒体指令——标准传输仍由服务器负责</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">Relay 媒体增强可用</string>
     <string name="injected_context_media_title">媒体共享</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_not_set">未设置角色</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_server_side">服务端角色</string>
@@ -3450,7 +3455,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_dashboard_unreachable">无法访问</string>
     <string name="active_section_no_fallback_routes">尚无备用路由</string>
     <string name="active_section_no_fallback_routes_desc">可添加 API 路由，用于直接聊天回退和网络切换。</string>
-    <string name="active_section_add_api_fallback">添加备用路由</string>
+    <string name="active_section_add_api_fallback">添加 Direct API 路由</string>
     <string name="active_section_security_authentication">身份验证</string>
     <string name="active_section_dashboard_session">Dashboard 会话</string>
     <string name="active_section_credential_storage">凭据存储</string>
@@ -3516,7 +3521,7 @@
     <string name="cw_timeline_authenticated">身份验证已确认</string>
     <string name="cw_timeline_ready">连接已就绪</string>
     <string name="cw_timeline_ready_detail">Chat、Manage 和 Voice 可以使用此 Dashboard</string>
-    <string name="active_section_optional_api_fallback">可选的直接 API 回退</string>
+    <string name="active_section_optional_api_fallback">可选 Direct API</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_not_required">此连接使用 Hermes Dashboard 时不需要配置。</string>
     <string name="active_section_where_api_key">从哪里获取此密钥？</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_key_explainer">API_SERVER_KEY 需要在 Hermes 服务器上创建，并非由此应用提供。仅在启用可选 API 服务器时配置；该服务器需要可用密钥，并在此输入相同的值。</string>
@@ -4413,7 +4418,7 @@
     <string name="chat_git_deletions">删除 %1$d 行</string>
     <plurals name="chat_git_change_count"><item quantity="other">%1$d 个更改</item></plurals>
     <string name="settings_git_workspace">Git 工作区</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">查看更改、分支、提交和远程仓库</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">优先使用当前会话的 Git，可选择发现主机仓库</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_title">当前聊天活动</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_subtitle">此聊天中的只读实时详情</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_open">预览当前聊天活动</string>
@@ -4448,7 +4453,7 @@
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_task">任务</string>
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_agent">代理</string>
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_system">系统</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">关闭 · 主机仓库扫描需手动启用</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">仅会话仓库 · 主机发现需手动启用</string>
     <string name="active_section_available_fallback">Available fallback</string>
     <string name="active_section_available_fallback_mechanism">Available fallback · %1$s</string>
     <string name="active_section_in_use">In use</string>
@@ -4459,7 +4464,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_not_checked_separately">Not checked separately</string>
     <string name="active_section_protection_unavailable">Protection unavailable</string>
     <string name="active_section_unavailable_mechanism">Unavailable · %1$s</string>
-    <string name="api_fallback_title">API fallback</string>
+    <string name="api_fallback_title">直接 API</string>
     <string name="current_surface_paths_title">Current paths</string>
     <string name="dashboard_address_editor_body">设置此手机使用的 Dashboard 和 Gateway 地址。私有 LAN 与 Tailscale 路由可使用 HTTP 或 HTTPS；公共路由必须使用 HTTPS。</string>
     <string name="dashboard_address_editor_title">网关地址</string>

app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     <string name="chat_failure_details_guidance">Hermes hat diesen Fehler gemeldet. Die App wechselt Routen oder Modelle nicht automatisch.</string>
     <string name="chat_failure_copy_details">Details kopieren</string>
     <string name="chat_failure_route_gateway">Gateway</string>
-    <string name="chat_failure_route_api">API-Fallback</string>
+    <string name="chat_failure_route_api">Direct API</string>
     <string name="chat_open_settings">Einstellungen öffnen</string>
     <string name="chat_connect_hermes">Hermes verbinden</string>
     <string name="chat_try_demo">Demo ausprobieren</string>
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
     <string name="cw_cloud_subtitle">Mit deinem gehosteten Agenten verbinden</string>
     <string name="cw_server_vps_title">Remote-Gateway</string>
     <string name="cw_server_vps_subtitle">Dashboard-Adresse eingeben</string>
-    <string name="cw_relay_optional_note">Private LAN- und Tailscale-Adressen dürfen HTTP oder HTTPS verwenden. Öffentliche Adressen erfordern HTTPS. Relay und API-Fallback sind optional.</string>
+    <string name="cw_relay_optional_note">Private LAN- und Tailscale-Adressen dürfen HTTP oder HTTPS verwenden. Öffentliche Adressen erfordern HTTPS. Relay und Direct API sind optional.</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_entry_title">Mit von Nous gehostetem Hermes verbinden</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_entry_description">Gib die im Nous Portal angezeigte Agentenadresse ein. Nach dem Auffinden von Hermes meldest du dich sicher an.</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_agent_name">Agentenadresse</string>
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
     <string name="cw_api_url_placeholder">192.168.1.10 oder http://dein-server:8642</string>
     <string name="cw_api_url_supporting">Von Chat und Sitzungen verwendete Hermes-API — bei reinen Hosts werden API-Port 8642 und http:// angenommen (Dashboard-Port 9119 wird separat abgeleitet)</string>
     <string name="cw_scan_message">Dieses LAN wird nach Hermes-Dashboard/API durchsucht…</string>
-    <string name="cw_dashboard_signin_hint">Melde dich über das Dashboard an, um Verwaltung und Sprache freizuschalten — der API-Schlüssel gilt nur für den optionalen direkten API-Fallback.</string>
+    <string name="cw_dashboard_signin_hint">Melde dich über das Dashboard an, um Verwaltung und Sprache freizuschalten — der API-Schlüssel gilt nur für eine explizite Direct-API-Verbindung.</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_section">Relay koppeln (optional)</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_for">Relay mit %1$s koppeln</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_scoped_desc">Füge dieser gespeicherten Hermes-Verbindung die optionale Relay-Erweiterung hinzu. Dadurch wird kein Server hinzugefügt oder ersetzt.</string>
@@ -706,12 +706,12 @@
     <string name="settings_hermes_management">Hermes-Verwaltung</string>
     <string name="settings_hermes_management_desc">Dashboard-Funktionen: Skills, Cron, MCP, Profile, Modelle</string>
     <string name="settings_chat">Chat</string>
-    <string name="settings_chat_desc">Chatverhalten, Gateway, API-Fallback, Werkzeuganzeige, Nachrichtenlänge</string>
+    <string name="settings_chat_desc">Chatverhalten, Gateway, Direct API, Werkzeuganzeige, Nachrichtenlänge</string>
     <string name="settings_voice_mode">Sprachmodus</string>
     <string name="settings_voice_mode_desc">Dashboard-Sprache, Echtzeit-Relay-Optionen, Anbieter</string>
     <string name="settings_threads">Threads</string>
-    <string name="settings_threads_desc">Dem Agenten erlauben, Unterhaltungen mit dir zu beginnen (standardmäßig aus)</string>
-    <string name="settings_power_tools">Profiwerkzeuge</string>
+    <string name="settings_threads_desc">Vom Relay gestartete Unterhaltungen und proaktive Zustellung (standardmäßig aus)</string>
+    <string name="settings_power_tools">Relay-Werkzeuge</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal">Terminal</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal_desc">Zugriff auf die Server-Shell über eine gekoppelte Relay-Sitzung</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge">Bridge</string>
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@
     <string name="settings_notification_companion">Benachrichtigungsassistent</string>
     <string name="settings_notification_companion_desc">Geteilte Smartphone-Benachrichtigungen für gekoppelte Relay-Werkzeuge</string>
     <string name="settings_media">Medien</string>
-    <string name="settings_media_desc">Eingehende Relay-Anhänge, automatischer Abruf, Cache-Limit</string>
+    <string name="settings_media_desc">Chat-Anhänge, Downloadverhalten, Datenschutz und Cache</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety">Bridge-Sicherheit</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety_desc">Sperrliste, Bestätigung destruktiver Verben, automatische Deaktivierung</string>
     <string name="settings_sideload">Sideload</string>
@@ -817,11 +817,11 @@
     <string name="chat_settings_debug">Debug</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_show_system_messages_desc">Verborgene \"[System: …]\"-Markierungen des Servers anzeigen (Modell-/Personawechsel). Aus entspricht Desktop/TUI.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint">Streaming-Endpunkt</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">Automatisch: wählt anhand der Serverfunktionen den besten Pfad. Derzeit verwendet: </string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">Automatisch: Standardverbindungen verwenden Gateway; reine API-Verbindungen verwenden Direct API. Derzeit verwendet: </string>
     <string name="chat_settings_gateway_suffix"> (Live-Denken über den Dashboard-WebSocket)</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_completions_suffix"> (Chat über /v1/chat/completions)</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_suffix"> (Chat über ausdrücklich gestreamte /v1/runs)</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">Gateway: Live-Denken + umfangreiche Werkzeugereignisse über den Dashboard-WebSocket (/api/ws), wie in der Desktop-App. Erfordert Anmeldung unter Verwalten; weicht bei Nichtverfügbarkeit pro Durchlauf auf SSE aus.</string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">Gateway: Live-Denken + umfangreiche Werkzeugereignisse über den Dashboard-WebSocket (/api/ws), wie in der Desktop-App. Erfordert Anmeldung unter Verwalten; bei Nichtverfügbarkeit bleibt dieser Chat auf Gateway und bietet Anmeldung oder Wiederholen an.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_sessions_desc">Sitzungen: Hermes-eigener Endpunkt /api/sessions/{id}/chat/stream.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_desc">Chat: OpenAI-kompatibles SSE über /v1/chat/completions.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_desc">Durchläufe: nur verwenden, wenn dein Server /v1/runs direkt streamt.</string>
@@ -1218,8 +1218,8 @@
     <!-- P1: MediaSettingsScreen -->
     <string name="media_title">Medien</string>
     <string name="media_back">Zurück</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_1">Legt fest, wie die App über das Relay gesendete Dateien aus Werkzeugergebnissen (Screenshots, PDFs usw.) behandelt.</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_2">Nur Relay — diese Einstellungen betreffen weder Bilder, die du im Chat anhängst, noch Inhalte einer Standardverbindung ohne Relay.</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_1">Legt fest, wie die App von Hermes im Chat gesendete Dateien herunterlädt, schützt und zwischenspeichert.</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_2">Standardmäßig werden Dashboard-Medien bevorzugt. Wenn Relay gekoppelt ist, kann es Kompatibilitätszustellung und Vertraulichkeitsmetadaten ergänzen.</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound">Max. Größe eingehender Anhänge</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_value">%1$d MB</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_desc">Größere Dateien werden nach dem Download abgelehnt.</string>
@@ -2172,7 +2172,8 @@
     <string name="session_path_signin_for_gateway">Melde dich unter Verwalten für das Live-Denken-Gateway an.</string>
     <string name="session_path_gateway_api_server">Auf dem Gateway-Transport verfügbar — diese Sitzung streamt über den API-Server.</string>
     <string name="session_path_relay_not_connected">Relay gekoppelt, aber nicht verbunden.</string>
-    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">Kopple das Relay, um Medien zu senden und zu empfangen.</string>
+    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">Kopple Relay für Medienkompatibilität mit älteren Hermes-Hosts.</string>
+    <string name="session_path_media_not_ready">Aktualisiere Hermes für die standardmäßige Medienzustellung oder kopple Relay für Kompatibilität.</string>
     <string name="session_path_pair_relay_terminal">Kopple das Relay für Terminalzugriff.</string>
     <string name="session_path_voice_not_ready">Sprache ist bei dieser Verbindung nicht bereit.</string>
     <string name="session_path_threads_pair_relay">Kopple das Relay und aktiviere „Hermes darf mir schreiben“, damit der Agent Threads öffnen kann.</string>
@@ -2797,6 +2798,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_downloading">Download läuft&#8230;%1$s</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_failed">Anhang fehlgeschlagen</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_tap_retry">Zum erneuten Versuch tippen</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only">Datei befindet sich auf deinem Hermes-Host</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only_help">Aktualisiere Hermes für Standarddownloads oder kopple Relay für Kompatibilität.</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open">Extern öffnen</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share">Teilen</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_save">Auf Gerät speichern</string>
@@ -3319,6 +3322,8 @@
     <string name="diag_check_ready_with">Bereit mit %s</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_active">Relay aktiv</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_not_configured">Relay nicht konfiguriert</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_optional">Relay-Werkzeuge (optional)</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_not_paired">Nicht gekoppelt</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_server">Relay-Server prüfen</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_plugin">Relay-Plugin</string>
     <string name="diag_plugin_not_configured">Optionales Plugin ist nicht konfiguriert</string>
@@ -3348,8 +3353,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_cd_cancel">Abbrechen</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open_failed">Anhang konnte nicht geöffnet werden</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share_failed">Anhang konnte nicht geteilt werden</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">Medien erfordern eine aktive Relay-Verbindung</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">Relay für Medien aktiv</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">Keine zusätzliche Medienanweisung — die Standardzustellung bleibt Aufgabe des Servers</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">Relay-Medienerweiterung verfügbar</string>
     <string name="injected_context_media_title">Medienfreigabe</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_not_set">Keine Persona festgelegt</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_server_side">Serverseitige Persona</string>
@@ -3520,7 +3525,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_dashboard_unreachable">Nicht erreichbar</string>
     <string name="active_section_no_fallback_routes">Noch keine Ausweichrouten</string>
     <string name="active_section_no_fallback_routes_desc">Füge optional eine API-Route für direkten Chat-Ausweichbetrieb und Netzwerkwechsel hinzu.</string>
-    <string name="active_section_add_api_fallback">Ausweichroute hinzufügen</string>
+    <string name="active_section_add_api_fallback">Direct-API-Route hinzufügen</string>
     <string name="active_section_security_authentication">Authentifizierung</string>
     <string name="active_section_dashboard_session">Dashboard-Sitzung</string>
     <string name="active_section_credential_storage">Anmeldedatenspeicher</string>
@@ -3584,7 +3589,7 @@
     <string name="cw_timeline_authenticated">Authentifizierung bestätigt</string>
     <string name="cw_timeline_ready">Verbindung bereit</string>
     <string name="cw_timeline_ready_detail">Chat, Manage und Voice können dieses Dashboard verwenden</string>
-    <string name="active_section_optional_api_fallback">Optionaler direkter API-Fallback</string>
+    <string name="active_section_optional_api_fallback">Optionale Direct API</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_not_required">Nicht erforderlich, wenn diese Verbindung das Hermes Dashboard verwendet.</string>
     <string name="active_section_where_api_key">Wo erhalte ich diesen Schlüssel?</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_key_explainer">API_SERVER_KEY wird auf deinem Hermes-Server erstellt und nicht von dieser App bereitgestellt. Konfiguriere ihn nur für den optionalen API-Server, der einen verwendbaren Schlüssel verlangt, und gib hier denselben Wert ein.</string>
@@ -4489,7 +4494,7 @@
     <string name="chat_git_deletions">%1$d Löschungen</string>
     <plurals name="chat_git_change_count"><item quantity="one">%1$d Änderung</item><item quantity="other">%1$d Änderungen</item></plurals>
     <string name="settings_git_workspace">Git-Arbeitsbereich</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">Änderungen, Branches, Commits und Remotes prüfen</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">Zuerst Git der aktuellen Sitzung, mit optionaler Host-Erkennung</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_title">Aktuelle Chat-Aktivität</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_subtitle">Schreibgeschützte Live-Details aus diesem Chat</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_open">Aktuelle Chat-Aktivität ansehen</string>
@@ -4524,7 +4529,7 @@
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_task">Aufgabe</string>
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_agent">Agent</string>
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_system">System</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">Aus · Repository-Scan auf dem Host ist optional</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">Nur Sitzungs-Repository · Host-Erkennung ist optional</string>
     <string name="active_section_available_fallback">Available fallback</string>
     <string name="active_section_available_fallback_mechanism">Available fallback · %1$s</string>
     <string name="active_section_in_use">In use</string>
@@ -4535,7 +4540,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_not_checked_separately">Not checked separately</string>
     <string name="active_section_protection_unavailable">Protection unavailable</string>
     <string name="active_section_unavailable_mechanism">Unavailable · %1$s</string>
-    <string name="api_fallback_title">API fallback</string>
+    <string name="api_fallback_title">Direct API</string>
     <string name="current_surface_paths_title">Current paths</string>
     <string name="dashboard_address_editor_body">Lege die Dashboard- und Gateway-Adresse für dieses Telefon fest. Private LAN- und Tailscale-Routen dürfen HTTP oder HTTPS verwenden; öffentliche Routen erfordern HTTPS.</string>
     <string name="dashboard_address_editor_title">Gateway-Adresse</string>
@@ -4552,7 +4557,7 @@
     <string name="dashboard_oauth_canonical_origin">Hermes is signing in through %1$s. You’ll review this address before it is saved.</string>
     <string name="network_routes_empty">No additional network routes</string>
     <string name="network_routes_empty_desc">Add a LAN, Tailscale, public, API, or Relay address when this phone needs another path to Hermes.</string>
-    <string name="network_routes_summary">LAN-, Tailscale- und öffentliche Routen sind Wege zu diesem Gateway. API-Fallback und Relay-Erweiterungen sind optional.</string>
+    <string name="network_routes_summary">LAN-, Tailscale- und öffentliche Routen sind Wege zu diesem Gateway. Direct API und Relay-Erweiterungen sind optional.</string>
     <string name="network_routes_title">Network routes</string>
     <string name="security_sheet_available_mechanism">Available fallback · %1$s</string>
     <string name="security_sheet_unavailable_mechanism">Unavailable · %1$s</string>

app/src/main/res/values-es/strings.xml

@@ -637,8 +637,8 @@
     <string name="settings_voice_mode">Modo de voz</string>
     <string name="settings_voice_mode_desc">Panel de voz, opciones relay en tiempo real, proveedores</string>
     <string name="settings_threads">Threads</string>
-    <string name="settings_threads_desc">Permita que el agente inicie conversaciones con usted (desactivado de forma predeterminada)</string>
-    <string name="settings_power_tools">herramientas eléctricas</string>
+    <string name="settings_threads_desc">Conversaciones iniciadas por Relay y entrega proactiva (desactivado de forma predeterminada)</string>
+    <string name="settings_power_tools">Herramientas de Relay</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal">Terminal</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal_desc">Acceso al shell del servidor a través de una sesión relay emparejada</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge">Bridge</string>
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@
     <string name="settings_notification_companion">Compañero de notificación</string>
     <string name="settings_notification_companion_desc">Notificaciones telefónicas compartidas para herramientas relay emparejadas</string>
     <string name="settings_media">Medios de comunicación</string>
-    <string name="settings_media_desc">Relay archivos adjuntos entrantes, búsqueda automática, límite de caché</string>
+    <string name="settings_media_desc">Adjuntos del chat, descargas, privacidad y caché</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety">seguridad Bridge</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety_desc">Lista de bloqueo, confirmación de verbo destructivo, desactivación automática</string>
     <string name="settings_sideload">Carga lateral</string>
@@ -742,11 +742,11 @@
     <string name="chat_settings_debug">Depurar</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_show_system_messages_desc">Mostrar los marcadores \" ocultos del servidor [Sistema: …]\" (cambios de modelo / personalidad). Off coincide con el escritorio/TUI.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint">Punto final de transmisión</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">Automático: elige la mejor ruta según lo que expone su servidor. Actualmente usando: </string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">Automático: las conexiones estándar usan Gateway; las conexiones solo API usan API directa. En uso: </string>
     <string name="chat_settings_gateway_suffix"> (pensamiento en vivo a través del tablero WebSocket)</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_completions_suffix"> (chatear vía /v1/chat/completions)</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_suffix"> (chatear a través de /v1/runs transmitido explícitamente)</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">Gateway: pensamiento en vivo + eventos de herramientas enriquecidos en el panel WebSocket (/api/ws): lo que utiliza la aplicación de escritorio. Requiere el inicio de sesión en Administrar; vuelve a SSE por turno cuando no está disponible.</string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">Gateway: pensamiento en vivo + eventos de herramientas enriquecidos por el WebSocket del panel (/api/ws), como en la aplicación de escritorio. Requiere iniciar sesión en Administrar; si no está disponible, este chat permanece en Gateway y ofrece iniciar sesión o reintentar.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_sessions_desc">Sesiones: Hermes-nativo /api/sessions/{id}/chat/stream.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_desc">Chat: SSE compatible con OpenAI a través de /v1/chat/completions.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_desc">Ejecuciones: utilícelo solo cuando su servidor transmita /v1/runs directamente.</string>
@@ -1119,8 +1119,8 @@
     <string name="about_credits">Axiom Labs ❤️ Agente Hermes · Nous Research</string>
     <string name="media_title">Medios de comunicación</string>
     <string name="media_back">Atrás</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_1">Controla cómo la aplicación maneja los archivos enviados por los resultados de la herramienta (capturas de pantalla, PDF, etc.) a través del relay.</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_2">Solo Relay: esta configuración no afecta a las imágenes que adjunte en el chat ni a nada en una conexión estándar (no-Relay).</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_1">Controla cómo la aplicación descarga, protege y almacena en caché los archivos que Hermes envía en el chat.</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_2">Se priorizan los archivos multimedia del Dashboard estándar. Cuando está emparejado, Relay puede añadir entrega de compatibilidad y metadatos de confidencialidad.</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound">Tamaño máximo del archivo adjunto entrante</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_value">%1$d MB</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_desc">Los archivos de mayor tamaño se rechazan después de la descarga.</string>
@@ -1989,7 +1989,8 @@
     <string name="session_path_signin_for_gateway">Inicie sesión en Administrar para el gateway que piensa en vivo.</string>
     <string name="session_path_gateway_api_server">Disponible en el transporte gateway: esta sesión se transmite a través del servidor API.</string>
     <string name="session_path_relay_not_connected">Relay emparejado pero no conectado.</string>
-    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">Empareje el relay para enviar y recibir medios.</string>
+    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">Empareja Relay para obtener compatibilidad multimedia en hosts Hermes antiguos.</string>
+    <string name="session_path_media_not_ready">Actualiza Hermes para la entrega multimedia estándar o empareja Relay por compatibilidad.</string>
     <string name="session_path_pair_relay_terminal">Empareje el relay para acceder al terminal.</string>
     <string name="session_path_voice_not_ready">La voz no está lista en esta conexión.</string>
     <string name="session_path_threads_pair_relay">Empareje el relay y active "Dejar que Hermes me envíe un mensaje" para que el agente pueda abrir Threads.</string>
@@ -2556,6 +2557,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_downloading">Descargando…%1$s</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_failed">Error al adjuntar</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_tap_retry">Toca para volver a intentarlo</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only">El archivo está en tu host de Hermes</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only_help">Actualiza Hermes para las descargas estándar o empareja Relay por compatibilidad.</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open">Abierto externamente</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share">Compartir</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_save">Guardar en dispositivo</string>
@@ -2983,6 +2986,8 @@
     <string name="diag_check_ready_with">Listo con %s</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_active">Relay activo</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_not_configured">Relay no configurado</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_optional">Herramientas de Relay (opcionales)</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_not_paired">Sin emparejar</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_server">Verifique el servidor relay</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_plugin">Plugin de Relay</string>
     <string name="diag_plugin_not_configured">El plugin opcional no está configurado</string>
@@ -3012,8 +3017,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_cd_cancel">Cancelar</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open_failed">No se pudo abrir el archivo adjunto</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share_failed">No se pudo compartir el archivo adjunto</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">Los medios requieren una conexión Relay activa</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">Relay activo para medios</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">Sin instrucciones multimedia adicionales: la entrega estándar sigue a cargo del servidor</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">Mejora multimedia de Relay disponible</string>
     <string name="injected_context_media_title">Compartir medios</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_not_set">No se ha definido ninguna persona</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_server_side">Persona del lado del servidor</string>
@@ -4180,7 +4185,7 @@
     <string name="chat_git_deletions">%1$d eliminaciones</string>
     <plurals name="chat_git_change_count"><item quantity="one">%1$d cambio</item><item quantity="other">%1$d cambios</item></plurals>
     <string name="settings_git_workspace">Espacio de Git</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">Revisa cambios, ramas, commits y remotos</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">Primero el Git de la sesión actual, con detección opcional del host</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_title">Actividad actual del chat</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_subtitle">Detalles en vivo de solo lectura de este chat</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_open">Ver la actividad actual del chat</string>
@@ -4215,7 +4220,7 @@
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_task">Tarea</string>
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_agent">Agente</string>
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_system">Sistema</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">Desactivado · El análisis de repositorios del host es opcional</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">Solo el repositorio de la sesión · La detección del host es opcional</string>
     <string name="active_section_available_fallback">Available fallback</string>
     <string name="active_section_available_fallback_mechanism">Available fallback · %1$s</string>
     <string name="active_section_in_use">In use</string>
@@ -4226,7 +4231,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_not_checked_separately">Not checked separately</string>
     <string name="active_section_protection_unavailable">Protection unavailable</string>
     <string name="active_section_unavailable_mechanism">Unavailable · %1$s</string>
-    <string name="api_fallback_title">API fallback</string>
+    <string name="api_fallback_title">API directa</string>
     <string name="current_surface_paths_title">Current paths</string>
     <string name="dashboard_address_editor_body">Define la dirección del Dashboard y Gateway que usará este teléfono. Las rutas privadas LAN y Tailscale pueden usar HTTP o HTTPS; las rutas públicas requieren HTTPS.</string>
     <string name="dashboard_address_editor_title">Dirección del gateway</string>

app/src/main/res/values-ja/strings.xml

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     <string name="chat_failure_details_guidance">Hermes からこのエラーが報告されました。アプリがルートやモデルを自動的に切り替えることはありません。</string>
     <string name="chat_failure_copy_details">詳細をコピー</string>
     <string name="chat_failure_route_gateway">ゲートウェイ</string>
-    <string name="chat_failure_route_api">API フォールバック</string>
+    <string name="chat_failure_route_api">Direct API</string>
     <string name="chat_open_settings">設定を開く</string>
     <string name="chat_connect_hermes">Hermesを接続してください</string>
     <string name="chat_try_demo">デモを試してみる</string>
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
     <string name="cw_cloud_subtitle">ホスト済みエージェントに接続します</string>
     <string name="cw_server_vps_title">リモートゲートウェイ</string>
     <string name="cw_server_vps_subtitle">Dashboard アドレスを入力</string>
-    <string name="cw_relay_optional_note">プライベート LAN と Tailscale のアドレスは HTTP または HTTPS を使用できます。公開アドレスには HTTPS が必要です。Relay と API フォールバックは任意です。</string>
+    <string name="cw_relay_optional_note">プライベート LAN と Tailscale のアドレスは HTTP または HTTPS を使用できます。公開アドレスには HTTPS が必要です。Relay と Direct API は任意です。</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_entry_title">Nous ホスト版 Hermes に接続</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_entry_description">Nous Portal に表示されるエージェントのアドレスを入力してください。Hermes が見つかった後、安全にサインインします。</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_agent_name">エージェントのアドレス</string>
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
     <string name="cw_api_url_placeholder">192.168.1.10 または http://your-server:8642</string>
     <string name="cw_api_url_supporting">Hermes API チャットとセッションで使用されます — API ポート 8642 および http:// はベア ホストとして想定されます (ダッシュボードの 9119 は個別に派生します)</string>
     <string name="cw_scan_message">この LAN をスキャンして Hermes ダッシュボード/API を探しています…</string>
-    <string name="cw_dashboard_signin_hint">ダッシュボード経由でサインインして、管理と音声のロックを解除します。API キーは任意の直接 API フォールバックでのみ使います。</string>
+    <string name="cw_dashboard_signin_hint">ダッシュボード経由でサインインして、管理と音声のロックを解除します。API キーは明示的な Direct API 接続でのみ使います。</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_section">Relay のペア (オプション)</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_section_desc">すでに Relay プラグインを実行していますか?ここでペアリングすると、ターミナル、Bridge、およびチャネル許可が有効になります。</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_url_label">Relay URL</string>
@@ -703,12 +703,12 @@
     <string name="settings_hermes_management">Hermes 管理</string>
     <string name="settings_hermes_management_desc">ダッシュボードの機能: スキル、cron、MCP、プロファイル、モデル</string>
     <string name="settings_chat">チャット</string>
-    <string name="settings_chat_desc">チャット動作、Gateway、API フォールバック、ツール表示、メッセージ長</string>
+    <string name="settings_chat_desc">チャット動作、Gateway、Direct API、ツール表示、メッセージ長</string>
     <string name="settings_voice_mode">ボイスモード</string>
     <string name="settings_voice_mode_desc">ダッシュボード音声、リアルタイムRelayオプション、プロバイダー</string>
     <string name="settings_threads">Threads</string>
-    <string name="settings_threads_desc">エージェントがあなたと会話を開始できるようにします (デフォルトではオフ)</string>
-    <string name="settings_power_tools">パワーツール</string>
+    <string name="settings_threads_desc">Relay が開始する会話とプロアクティブ配信（デフォルトではオフ）</string>
+    <string name="settings_power_tools">Relay ツール</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal">ターミナル</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal_desc">ペアリングされたRelayセッションを介したサーバーシェルアクセス</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge">Bridge</string>
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
     <string name="settings_notification_companion">通知コンパニオン</string>
     <string name="settings_notification_companion_desc">ペアリングされたRelayツールの共有電話通知</string>
     <string name="settings_media">メディア</string>
-    <string name="settings_media_desc">Relay 受信添付ファイル、自動取得、キャッシュキャップ</string>
+    <string name="settings_media_desc">チャットの添付ファイル、ダウンロード動作、プライバシー、キャッシュ</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety">Bridge 安全性</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety_desc">ブロックリスト、破壊的な動詞の確認、自動無効化</string>
     <string name="settings_sideload">サイドロード</string>
@@ -814,11 +814,11 @@
     <string name="chat_settings_debug">デバッグ</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_show_system_messages_desc">サーバーの非表示の「[システム: …]」マーカーを表示します (モデル/パーソナリティの変更)。 Off はデスクトップ/TUI に一致します。</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint">ストリーミングエンドポイント</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">自動: サーバーが公開しているものに基づいて最適なパスを選択します。現在使用しているもの:</string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">自動: 標準接続は Gateway、API 専用接続は Direct API を使用します。現在使用中: </string>
     <string name="chat_settings_gateway_suffix">(ダッシュボード WebSocket を介したライブ思考)</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_completions_suffix">(/v1/chat/completions 経由でチャット)</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_suffix">(明示的にストリーミングされた /v1/runs を介してチャットします)</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">Gateway: ダッシュボード上のライブ思考 + 豊富なツール イベント WebSocket (/api/ws) — デスクトップ アプリが使用するもの。管理サインインが必要です。利用できない場合はターンごとに SSE に戻ります。</string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">Gateway: ダッシュボード WebSocket（/api/ws）経由のライブ思考と豊富なツールイベント — デスクトップアプリと同じ経路です。管理へのサインインが必要です。利用できない場合もこのチャットは Gateway のまま、サインインまたは再試行を案内します。</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_sessions_desc">セッション: Hermes-native /api/sessions/{id}/chat/stream。</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_desc">チャット: /v1/chat/completions 経由の OpenAI 互換の SSE。</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_desc">実行: サーバーが /v1/runs を直接ストリーミングする場合にのみ使用します。</string>
@@ -1228,8 +1228,8 @@
     <!-- P1: MediaSettingsScreen -->
     <string name="media_title">メディア</string>
     <string name="media_back">戻る</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_1">ツールの結果 (スクリーンショット、PDF など) によってRelay経由で送信されたファイルをアプリが処理する方法を制御します。</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_2">Relay のみ — これらの設定は、チャットに添付した画像や標準 (Relay なし) 接続上のものには影響しません。</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_1">Hermes がチャットで送信したファイルのダウンロード、保護、キャッシュ方法を設定します。</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_2">標準の Dashboard メディアが優先されます。Relay をペアリングすると、互換配信と機密性メタデータを追加できます。</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound">受信添付ファイルの最大サイズ</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_value">%1$d MB</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_desc">これより大きいファイルはダウンロード後に拒否されます。</string>
@@ -2182,7 +2182,8 @@
     <string name="session_path_signin_for_gateway">Live Thinking Gateway の [管理] でサインインします。</string>
     <string name="session_path_gateway_api_server">Gateway トランスポートで利用可能 — このセッションは API サーバー経由でストリーミングされます。</string>
     <string name="session_path_relay_not_connected">Relay はペアリングされていますが、接続されていません。</string>
-    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">Relayをペアリングしてメディアを送受信します。</string>
+    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">古い Hermes ホストとのメディア互換性のために Relay をペアリングしてください。</string>
+    <string name="session_path_media_not_ready">標準メディア配信には Hermes を更新するか、互換性のために Relay をペアリングしてください。</string>
     <string name="session_path_pair_relay_terminal">ターミナルアクセス用にRelayをペアリングします。</string>
     <string name="session_path_voice_not_ready">この接続では音声の準備ができていません。</string>
     <string name="session_path_threads_pair_relay">Relayをペアリングし、「Hermes にメッセージを送信する」をオンにすると、エージェントが Threads を開けるようになります。</string>
@@ -2805,6 +2806,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_downloading">ダウンロード中&#8230;%1$s</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_failed">添付に失敗しました</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_tap_retry">タップして再試行してください</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only">ファイルは Hermes ホスト上にあります</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only_help">標準ダウンロードには Hermes を更新するか、互換性のために Relay をペアリングしてください。</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open">外部に開く</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share">共有</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_save">デバイスに保存</string>
@@ -3326,6 +3329,8 @@
     <string name="diag_check_ready_with">%s で準備完了</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_active">Relay アクティブ</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_not_configured">Relay が構成されていません</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_optional">Relay ツール（オプション）</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_not_paired">未ペアリング</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_server">中継サーバーを確認する</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_plugin">Relay プラグイン</string>
     <string name="diag_plugin_not_configured">オプションのプラグインが設定されていません</string>
@@ -3355,8 +3360,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_cd_cancel">キャンセル</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open_failed">添付ファイルを開けませんでした</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share_failed">添付ファイルを共有できませんでした</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">メディアにはアクティブな Relay 接続が必要です</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">Relay はメディア向けにアクティブです</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">追加のメディア指示なし — 標準配信は引き続きサーバーが担当します</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">Relay メディア拡張を利用できます</string>
     <string name="injected_context_media_title">メディア共有</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_not_set">ペルソナ設定なし</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_server_side">サーバー側のペルソナ</string>
@@ -3514,7 +3519,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_dashboard_unreachable">接続できません</string>
     <string name="active_section_no_fallback_routes">フォールバックルートはまだありません</string>
     <string name="active_section_no_fallback_routes_desc">直接チャットのフォールバックやネットワーク切り替え用に、任意の API ルートを追加できます。</string>
-    <string name="active_section_add_api_fallback">フォールバックルートを追加</string>
+    <string name="active_section_add_api_fallback">Direct API ルートを追加</string>
     <string name="active_section_security_authentication">認証</string>
     <string name="active_section_dashboard_session">Dashboard セッション</string>
     <string name="active_section_credential_storage">認証情報ストレージ</string>
@@ -3580,7 +3585,7 @@
     <string name="cw_timeline_authenticated">認証を確認済み</string>
     <string name="cw_timeline_ready">接続準備完了</string>
     <string name="cw_timeline_ready_detail">Chat、Manage、Voice でこの Dashboard を使用できます</string>
-    <string name="active_section_optional_api_fallback">任意の直接 API フォールバック</string>
+    <string name="active_section_optional_api_fallback">任意の Direct API</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_not_required">この接続が Hermes Dashboard を使用する場合は必要ありません。</string>
     <string name="active_section_where_api_key">このキーはどこで入手しますか？</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_key_explainer">API_SERVER_KEY は Hermes サーバー上で作成します。このアプリからは発行されません。任意の API サーバーを有効にする場合のみ設定します。このサーバーには使用可能なキーが必要です。同じ値をここに入力してください。</string>
@@ -4484,7 +4489,7 @@
     <string name="chat_git_deletions">%1$d 件の削除</string>
     <plurals name="chat_git_change_count"><item quantity="other">%1$d 件の変更</item></plurals>
     <string name="settings_git_workspace">Git ワークスペース</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">変更、ブランチ、コミット、リモートを確認</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">現在のセッションの Git を優先し、必要に応じてホストを検出</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_title">現在のチャットのアクティビティ</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_subtitle">このチャットからの読み取り専用ライブ詳細</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_open">現在のチャットのアクティビティを表示</string>
@@ -4519,7 +4524,7 @@
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_task">タスク</string>
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_agent">エージェント</string>
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_system">システム</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">オフ · ホストのリポジトリスキャンはオプトインです</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">セッションのリポジトリのみ · ホスト検出はオプトインです</string>
     <string name="active_section_available_fallback">Available fallback</string>
     <string name="active_section_available_fallback_mechanism">Available fallback · %1$s</string>
     <string name="active_section_in_use">In use</string>
@@ -4530,7 +4535,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_not_checked_separately">Not checked separately</string>
     <string name="active_section_protection_unavailable">Protection unavailable</string>
     <string name="active_section_unavailable_mechanism">Unavailable · %1$s</string>
-    <string name="api_fallback_title">API fallback</string>
+    <string name="api_fallback_title">Direct API</string>
     <string name="current_surface_paths_title">Current paths</string>
     <string name="dashboard_address_editor_body">この端末で使う Dashboard と Gateway のアドレスを設定します。プライベート LAN と Tailscale ルートは HTTP または HTTPS を使用でき、公開ルートには HTTPS が必要です。</string>
     <string name="dashboard_address_editor_title">ゲートウェイのアドレス</string>
@@ -4547,7 +4552,7 @@
     <string name="dashboard_oauth_canonical_origin">Hermes is signing in through %1$s. You’ll review this address before it is saved.</string>
     <string name="network_routes_empty">No additional network routes</string>
     <string name="network_routes_empty_desc">Add a LAN, Tailscale, public, API, or Relay address when this phone needs another path to Hermes.</string>
-    <string name="network_routes_summary">LAN、Tailscale、公開ルートはこの Gateway への接続経路です。API フォールバックと Relay 拡張は任意です。</string>
+    <string name="network_routes_summary">LAN、Tailscale、公開ルートはこの Gateway への接続経路です。Direct API と Relay 拡張は任意です。</string>
     <string name="network_routes_title">Network routes</string>
     <string name="security_sheet_available_mechanism">Available fallback · %1$s</string>
     <string name="security_sheet_unavailable_mechanism">Unavailable · %1$s</string>

app/src/main/res/values-ru/strings.xml

@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
     <string name="cw_cloud_subtitle">Подключитесь к своему размещённому агенту</string>
     <string name="cw_server_vps_title">Удалённый шлюз</string>
     <string name="cw_server_vps_subtitle">Введите адрес Dashboard</string>
-    <string name="cw_relay_optional_note">Частные адреса LAN и Tailscale могут использовать HTTP или HTTPS. Публичным адресам требуется HTTPS. Relay и резервный API необязательны.</string>
+    <string name="cw_relay_optional_note">Частные адреса LAN и Tailscale могут использовать HTTP или HTTPS. Публичным адресам требуется HTTPS. Relay и Direct API необязательны.</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_entry_title">Подключиться к Hermes на хостинге Nous</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_entry_description">Введите адрес агента, указанный в Nous Portal. После обнаружения Hermes вы безопасно войдёте в систему.</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_agent_name">Адрес агента</string>
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
     <string name="cw_api_url_placeholder">192.168.1.10 или http://your-server:8642</string>
     <string name="cw_api_url_supporting">API Гермеса, используемый Чатом и сеансами — порт API 8642 и http:// предполагаются для голых хостов (порт 9119 панели управления выводится отдельно)</string>
     <string name="cw_scan_message">Сканирование этой локальной сети на предмет панели управления/API Гермеса…</string>
-    <string name="cw_dashboard_signin_hint">Войдите через панель управления, чтобы разблокировать Управление и голос — ключ API предназначен только для необязательного резервного копирования прямого API.</string>
+    <string name="cw_dashboard_signin_hint">Войдите через панель управления, чтобы разблокировать Управление и голос — ключ API предназначен только для явно настроенного Direct API.</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_section">Сопряжение Relay (необязательно)</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_for">Сопряжение Relay с %1$s</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_scoped_desc">Добавьте необязательное расширение Relay к этому сохранённому подключению Гермеса. Это не добавляет и не заменяет сервер.</string>
@@ -682,12 +682,12 @@
     <string name="settings_hermes_management">Управление Гермесом</string>
     <string name="settings_hermes_management_desc">Функции панели управления: навыки, cron, MCP, профили, модели</string>
     <string name="settings_chat">Чат</string>
-    <string name="settings_chat_desc">Поведение чата, Gateway, резервный API, отображение инструментов, длина сообщения</string>
+    <string name="settings_chat_desc">Поведение чата, Gateway, Direct API, отображение инструментов, длина сообщения</string>
     <string name="settings_voice_mode">Режим голоса</string>
     <string name="settings_voice_mode_desc">Голос панели управления, опции Relay в реальном времени, поставщики</string>
     <string name="settings_threads">Потоки</string>
-    <string name="settings_threads_desc">Позволяет агенту начинать разговоры с вами (по умолчанию выключено)</string>
-    <string name="settings_power_tools">Мощные инструменты</string>
+    <string name="settings_threads_desc">Разговоры, начатые Relay, и проактивная доставка (по умолчанию выключено)</string>
+    <string name="settings_power_tools">Инструменты Relay</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal">Терминал</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal_desc">Доступ к оболочке сервера через сопряженный сеанс Relay</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge">Мост</string>
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
     <string name="settings_notification_companion">Сопровождение уведомлений</string>
     <string name="settings_notification_companion_desc">Общие уведомления телефона для сопряженных инструментов Relay</string>
     <string name="settings_media">Медиа</string>
-    <string name="settings_media_desc">Передача входящих вложений, автозагрузка, кэш</string>
+    <string name="settings_media_desc">Вложения чата, загрузка, конфиденциальность и кэш</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety">Безопасность моста</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety_desc">Черный список, подтверждение деструктивных действий, автоотключение</string>
     <string name="settings_sideload">Установка из APK</string>
@@ -791,11 +791,11 @@
     <string name="chat_settings_debug">Отладка</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_show_system_messages_desc">Показывать скрытые сервером маркеры \&quot;[Система: …]\&quot; (изменения модели / личности). Выключено соответствует рабочему столу/TUI.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint">Потоковая конечная точка</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">Авто: выбирает лучший путь на основе того, что ваш сервер предоставляет. В настоящее время используется:</string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">Авто: стандартные подключения используют Gateway; подключения только к API используют Direct API. Сейчас используется: </string>
     <string name="chat_settings_gateway_suffix">(живое мышление через WebSocket панели управления)</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_completions_suffix">(чат через /v1/chat/completions)</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_suffix">(чат через явно потоковые /v1/runs)</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">Шлюз: живое мышление + богатые события инструментов через WebSocket панели управления (/api/ws) — что использует настольное приложение. Требует входа в систему Manage; возвращается к SSE на каждый ход, когда недоступен.</string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">Gateway: живое мышление и расширенные события инструментов через WebSocket панели управления (/api/ws), как в настольном приложении. Требует входа в Manage; если Gateway недоступен, чат остается на нем и предлагает войти или повторить попытку.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_sessions_desc">Сессии: Hermes-native /api/sessions/{id}/chat/stream.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_desc">Чат: совместимый с OpenAI SSE через /v1/chat/completions.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_desc">Запуски: используйте только когда ваш сервер напрямую потоковые /v1/runs.</string>
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_dashboard_unreachable">Недоступно</string>
     <string name="active_section_no_fallback_routes">Нет резервных маршрутов</string>
     <string name="active_section_no_fallback_routes_desc">Добавьте локальный адрес, Tailscale или публичный адрес, чтобы сохранить это соединение доступным при изменении сетей.</string>
-    <string name="active_section_add_api_fallback">Добавить резервный маршрут</string>
+    <string name="active_section_add_api_fallback">Добавить маршрут Direct API</string>
     <string name="active_section_security_authentication">Аутентификация</string>
     <string name="active_section_dashboard_session">Сессия панели управления</string>
     <string name="active_section_credential_storage">Хранение учетных данных</string>
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_route_selection">Выбор маршрута</string>
     <string name="active_section_automatic">Автоматически</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_access">Доступ к API</string>
-    <string name="active_section_optional_api_fallback">Дополнительный прямой резерв API</string>
+    <string name="active_section_optional_api_fallback">Необязательный Direct API</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_not_required">Не требуется, если это соединение использует панель управления Гермесом.</string>
     <string name="active_section_where_api_key">Где взять это?</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_key_explainer">API_SERVER_KEY создается на вашем сервере Гермеса; он не предоставляется этим приложением. Настройте его только при включении дополнительного сервера API, который требует рабочего ключа, затем введите то же значение здесь.</string>
@@ -1233,8 +1233,8 @@
     <string name="about_credits">Axiom Labs ❤️ Агент Гермес · Nous Research</string>
     <string name="media_title">Медиа</string>
     <string name="media_back">Назад</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_1">Управляет тем, как приложение обрабатывает файлы, отправленные результатами инструментов (скриншоты, PDF и т. д.) через Relay.</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_2">Только Relay — эти настройки не влияют на изображения, которые вы прикрепляете в чате, или что-либо на стандартном (без Relay) соединении.</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_1">Определяет, как приложение скачивает, защищает и кэширует файлы, отправленные Hermes в чате.</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_2">Предпочтение отдаётся стандартным медиа Dashboard. После сопряжения Relay может добавить совместимую доставку и метаданные конфиденциальности.</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound">Максимальный размер входящего вложения</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_value">%1$d МБ</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_desc">Файлы, превышающие этот размер, отклоняются после загрузки.</string>
@@ -2185,7 +2185,8 @@
     <string name="session_path_signin_for_gateway">Войдите в систему под управлением для шлюза живого мышления.</string>
     <string name="session_path_gateway_api_server">Доступно на транспортном шлюзе — этот сеанс передается через сервер API.</string>
     <string name="session_path_relay_not_connected">Relay сопряжён, но не подключен.</string>
-    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">Сопрягите Relay для отправки и получения медиа.</string>
+    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">Сопрягите Relay для совместимости медиа со старыми хостами Hermes.</string>
+    <string name="session_path_media_not_ready">Обновите Hermes для стандартной доставки медиа или сопрягите Relay для совместимости.</string>
     <string name="session_path_pair_relay_terminal">Сопрягите Relay для доступа к терминалу.</string>
     <string name="session_path_voice_not_ready">Голос не готов на этом подключении.</string>
     <string name="session_path_threads_pair_relay">Сопрягите Relay и включите &quot;Позволить Гермесу отправлять мне сообщения&quot;, чтобы агент мог открывать потоки.</string>
@@ -2782,6 +2783,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_downloading">Скачивание\&amp;#8230;%1$s</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_failed">Ошибка вложения</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_tap_retry">Нажмите для повторной попытки</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only">Файл находится на вашем хосте Hermes</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only_help">Обновите Hermes для стандартных загрузок или сопрягите Relay для совместимости.</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open">Открыть внешне</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share">Поделиться</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_save">Сохранить на устройство</string>
@@ -3187,6 +3190,8 @@
     <string name="diag_check_ready_with">Готово с %s</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_active">Relay активен</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_not_configured">Relay не настроен</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_optional">Инструменты Relay (необязательно)</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_not_paired">Не сопряжено</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_server">Проверить сервер Relay</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_plugin">Плагин Relay</string>
     <string name="diag_plugin_not_configured">Дополнительный плагин не настроен</string>
@@ -3218,8 +3223,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_cd_cancel">Отмена</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open_failed">Не удалось открыть вложение</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share_failed">Не удалось поделиться вложением</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">Для мультимедиа требуется активное подключение Relay</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">плагин Relay активен для мультимедиа</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">Нет дополнительных инструкций для медиа — стандартная доставка остаётся на стороне сервера</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">Доступно расширение Relay для медиа</string>
     <string name="injected_context_media_title">Обмен мультимедиа</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_not_set">Персона не установлена</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_server_side">Персона на стороне сервера</string>
@@ -4228,7 +4233,7 @@
     <string name="chat_git_deletions">Удалено строк: %1$d</string>
     <plurals name="chat_git_change_count"><item quantity="one">%1$d изменение</item><item quantity="few">%1$d изменения</item><item quantity="many">%1$d изменений</item><item quantity="other">%1$d изменения</item></plurals>
     <string name="settings_git_workspace">Рабочая область Git</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">Изменения, ветки, коммиты и удалённые репозитории</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">Сначала Git текущего сеанса, с дополнительным обнаружением на хосте</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_title">Текущая активность чата</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_subtitle">Доступные только для чтения сведения в реальном времени из этого чата</string>
     <string name="current_chat_activity_open">Просмотреть текущую активность чата</string>
@@ -4263,7 +4268,7 @@
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_task">Задача</string>
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_agent">Агент</string>
     <string name="agent_activity_child_role_system">Система</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">Выкл. · Сканирование репозиториев на хосте включается вручную</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">Только репозиторий сеанса · Обнаружение на хосте включается вручную</string>
     <string name="active_section_available_fallback">Available fallback</string>
     <string name="active_section_available_fallback_mechanism">Available fallback · %1$s</string>
     <string name="active_section_in_use">In use</string>
@@ -4274,7 +4279,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_not_checked_separately">Not checked separately</string>
     <string name="active_section_protection_unavailable">Protection unavailable</string>
     <string name="active_section_unavailable_mechanism">Unavailable · %1$s</string>
-    <string name="api_fallback_title">API fallback</string>
+    <string name="api_fallback_title">Direct API</string>
     <string name="current_surface_paths_title">Current paths</string>
     <string name="dashboard_address_editor_body">Укажите адрес Dashboard и Gateway для этого телефона. Частные маршруты LAN и Tailscale могут использовать HTTP или HTTPS; публичным маршрутам требуется HTTPS.</string>
     <string name="dashboard_address_editor_title">Адрес шлюза</string>

app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
     <string name="chat_failure_details_guidance">Hermes reported this error. The app won’t switch routes or models automatically.</string>
     <string name="chat_failure_copy_details">Copy details</string>
     <string name="chat_failure_route_gateway">Gateway</string>
-    <string name="chat_failure_route_api">API fallback</string>
+    <string name="chat_failure_route_api">Direct API</string>
     <string name="chat_open_settings">Open Settings</string>
     <string name="chat_connect_hermes">Connect Hermes</string>
     <string name="chat_try_demo">Try the demo</string>
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
     <string name="cw_cloud_subtitle">Connect to your hosted agent</string>
     <string name="cw_server_vps_title">Remote gateway</string>
     <string name="cw_server_vps_subtitle">Enter its Dashboard address</string>
-    <string name="cw_relay_optional_note">Private LAN and Tailscale addresses may use HTTP or HTTPS. Public addresses require HTTPS. Relay and API fallback are optional.</string>
+    <string name="cw_relay_optional_note">Private LAN and Tailscale addresses may use HTTP or HTTPS. Public addresses require HTTPS. Relay and Direct API are optional.</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_entry_title">Connect to Nous-hosted Hermes</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_entry_description">Enter the agent address shown in Nous Portal. You’ll sign in securely after Hermes is found.</string>
     <string name="cw_cloud_agent_name">Agent address</string>
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
     <string name="cw_back">Back</string>
     <string name="cw_connect_button">Connect</string>
     <string name="cw_hermes_label">Hermes</string>
-    <string name="cw_hermes_label_desc">Use this for Chat and Manage. Pair Relay later only when you enable Terminal, Bridge, Relay sessions, or grants. Dashboard sign-in is the preferred upstream auth path; the API key remains the Android Chat fallback.</string>
+    <string name="cw_hermes_label_desc">Use this for Chat and Manage. Pair Relay later only when you enable Terminal, Bridge, Relay sessions, or grants. Dashboard sign-in is the standard upstream auth path; an API key is only for explicit Direct API connections.</string>
     <string name="cw_api_url_label">API server URL or host</string>
     <string name="cw_api_key_label">API key</string>
     <string name="cw_api_key_placeholder">Value from API_SERVER_KEY</string>
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
     <string name="cw_api_url_placeholder">192.168.1.10 or http://your-server:8642</string>
     <string name="cw_api_url_supporting">Hermes API used by Chat and sessions — API port 8642 and http:// assumed for bare hosts (the dashboard\'s 9119 is derived separately)</string>
     <string name="cw_scan_message">Scanning this LAN for Hermes dashboard/API…</string>
-    <string name="cw_dashboard_signin_hint">Sign in via the dashboard to unlock Manage and voice — the API key is only for the optional direct API fallback.</string>
+    <string name="cw_dashboard_signin_hint">Sign in via the dashboard to unlock Manage and voice — the API key is only for optional Direct API compatibility.</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_section">Pair Relay (optional)</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_for">Pair Relay with %1$s</string>
     <string name="cw_pair_relay_scoped_desc">Add the optional Relay extension to this saved Hermes connection. This does not add or replace a server.</string>
@@ -751,12 +751,12 @@
     <string name="settings_hermes_management">Hermes management</string>
     <string name="settings_hermes_management_desc">Dashboard features: skills, cron, MCP, profiles, models</string>
     <string name="settings_chat">Chat</string>
-    <string name="settings_chat_desc">Chat behavior, Gateway, API fallback, tool display, message length</string>
+    <string name="settings_chat_desc">Chat behavior, Gateway, Direct API, tool display, message length</string>
     <string name="settings_voice_mode">Voice mode</string>
     <string name="settings_voice_mode_desc">Dashboard voice, realtime relay options, providers</string>
     <string name="settings_threads">Threads</string>
-    <string name="settings_threads_desc">Let the agent start conversations with you (off by default)</string>
-    <string name="settings_power_tools">Power tools</string>
+    <string name="settings_threads_desc">Relay-started conversations and proactive delivery (off by default)</string>
+    <string name="settings_power_tools">Relay tools</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal">Terminal</string>
     <string name="settings_terminal_desc">Server shell access through a paired relay session</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge">Bridge</string>
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@
     <string name="settings_notification_companion">Notification companion</string>
     <string name="settings_notification_companion_desc">Shared phone notifications for paired relay tools</string>
     <string name="settings_media">Media</string>
-    <string name="settings_media_desc">Relay inbound attachments, auto-fetch, cache cap</string>
+    <string name="settings_media_desc">Chat attachments, download behavior, privacy, and cache</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety">Bridge safety</string>
     <string name="settings_bridge_safety_desc">Blocklist, destructive-verb confirmation, auto-disable</string>
     <string name="settings_sideload">Sideload</string>
@@ -872,11 +872,11 @@
     <string name="chat_settings_debug">Debug</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_show_system_messages_desc">Show the server\'s hidden \"[System: …]\" markers (model / personality changes). Off matches the desktop/TUI.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint">Streaming endpoint</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">Auto: picks the best path based on what your server exposes. Currently using: </string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_streaming_endpoint_auto_prefix">Auto: standard connections use Gateway; API-only connections use Direct API. Currently using: </string>
     <string name="chat_settings_gateway_suffix"> (live thinking via the dashboard WebSocket)</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_completions_suffix"> (chat via /v1/chat/completions)</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_suffix"> (chat via explicitly streamed /v1/runs)</string>
-    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">Gateway: live thinking + rich tool events over the dashboard WebSocket (/api/ws) — what the desktop app uses. Requires Manage sign-in; falls back to SSE per turn when unavailable.</string>
+    <string name="chat_settings_gateway_desc">Gateway: live thinking + rich tool events over the dashboard WebSocket (/api/ws) — what the desktop app uses. Requires Manage sign-in; when unavailable, this chat stays on Gateway and offers sign-in or retry.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_sessions_desc">Sessions: Hermes-native /api/sessions/{id}/chat/stream.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_chat_desc">Chat: OpenAI-compatible SSE via /v1/chat/completions.</string>
     <string name="chat_settings_runs_desc">Runs: use only when your server streams /v1/runs directly.</string>
@@ -1027,14 +1027,14 @@
     <string name="active_section_primary_dashboard">Primary Dashboard</string>
     <string name="dashboard_gateway_title">Dashboard &amp; Gateway</string>
     <string name="current_surface_paths_title">Current paths</string>
-    <string name="api_fallback_title">API fallback</string>
+    <string name="api_fallback_title">Direct API</string>
     <string name="active_section_in_use">In use</string>
     <string name="active_section_available_fallback">Available fallback</string>
     <string name="dashboard_gateway_configured">Configured address</string>
     <string name="dashboard_gateway_secure_origin">Authenticated Dashboard address</string>
     <string name="dashboard_gateway_oidc_explainer">The configured route may be LAN, Tailscale, or public. Hermes owns the OIDC callback; Android does not require a second sign-in address.</string>
     <string name="network_routes_title">Network routes</string>
-    <string name="network_routes_summary">LAN, Tailscale, and public routes are ways to reach this Gateway. API fallback and Relay extensions are optional.</string>
+    <string name="network_routes_summary">LAN, Tailscale, and public routes are ways to reach this Gateway. Direct API and Relay extensions are optional.</string>
     <string name="network_routes_empty">No additional network routes</string>
     <string name="network_routes_empty_desc">Add a LAN, Tailscale, public, API, or Relay address when this phone needs another path to Hermes.</string>
     <string name="active_section_using_now">Using now</string>
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_dashboard_unreachable">Not reachable</string>
     <string name="active_section_no_fallback_routes">No fallback routes yet</string>
     <string name="active_section_no_fallback_routes_desc">Add a LAN, Tailscale, or public address to keep this connection available when networks change.</string>
-    <string name="active_section_add_api_fallback">Add fallback route</string>
+    <string name="active_section_add_api_fallback">Add Direct API route</string>
     <string name="active_section_security_authentication">Authentication</string>
     <string name="active_section_dashboard_session">Dashboard session</string>
     <string name="active_section_credential_storage">Credential storage</string>
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@
     <string name="active_section_route_selection">Route selection</string>
     <string name="active_section_automatic">Automatic</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_access">API access</string>
-    <string name="active_section_optional_api_fallback">Optional direct API fallback</string>
+    <string name="active_section_optional_api_fallback">Optional Direct API</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_not_required">Not required when this connection uses the Hermes Dashboard.</string>
     <string name="active_section_where_api_key">Where do I get this?</string>
     <string name="active_section_api_key_explainer">API_SERVER_KEY is created on your Hermes server; it is not supplied by this app. Configure it only when you enable the optional API server, which requires a usable key, then enter the same value here.</string>
@@ -1383,8 +1383,8 @@
     <!-- P1: MediaSettingsScreen -->
     <string name="media_title">Media</string>
     <string name="media_back">Back</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_1">Controls how the app handles files sent by tool results (screenshots, PDFs, etc.) over the relay.</string>
-    <string name="media_intro_2">Relay only — these settings don\'t affect images you attach in chat or anything on a standard (no-Relay) connection.</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_1">Controls how the app downloads, protects, and caches files Hermes sends in chat.</string>
+    <string name="media_intro_2">Standard Dashboard media is preferred. When paired, Relay can add compatibility delivery and sensitivity metadata.</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound">Max inbound attachment size</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_value">%1$d MB</string>
     <string name="media_max_inbound_desc">Files larger than this are rejected after download.</string>
@@ -2513,7 +2513,8 @@
     <string name="session_path_signin_for_gateway">Sign in under Manage for the live-thinking gateway.</string>
     <string name="session_path_gateway_api_server">Available on the gateway transport — this session streams over the API server.</string>
     <string name="session_path_relay_not_connected">Relay paired but not connected.</string>
-    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">Pair the relay to send and receive media.</string>
+    <string name="session_path_pair_relay_media">Pair Relay for media compatibility on older Hermes hosts.</string>
+    <string name="session_path_media_not_ready">Update Hermes for standard media delivery, or pair Relay for compatibility.</string>
     <string name="session_path_pair_relay_terminal">Pair the relay for terminal access.</string>
     <string name="session_path_voice_not_ready">Voice not ready on this connection.</string>
     <string name="session_path_threads_pair_relay">Pair the relay and turn on "Let Hermes message me" so the agent can open Threads.</string>
@@ -3161,6 +3162,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_downloading">Downloading&#8230;%1$s</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_failed">Attachment failed</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_tap_retry">Tap to retry</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only">File is on your Hermes host</string>
+    <string name="inbound_attach_host_only_help">Update Hermes for standard downloads, or pair Relay for compatibility.</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open">Open externally</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share">Share</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_save">Save to device</string>
@@ -3689,6 +3692,8 @@
     <string name="diag_check_ready_with">Ready with %s</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_active">Relay active</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_not_configured">Relay not configured</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_optional">Relay tools (optional)</string>
+    <string name="diag_relay_tools_not_paired">Not paired</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_server">Check relay server</string>
     <string name="diag_check_relay_plugin">Relay plugin</string>
     <string name="diag_plugin_not_configured">Optional plugin is not configured</string>
@@ -3720,8 +3725,8 @@
     <string name="inbound_attach_cd_cancel">Cancel</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_open_failed">Couldn\u0027t open attachment</string>
     <string name="inbound_attach_share_failed">Couldn\u0027t share attachment</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">Media requires an active Relay connection</string>
-    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">Relay active for media</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_no_relay">No extra media instruction — standard delivery stays server-owned</string>
+    <string name="injected_context_media_relay_active">Relay media enhancement available</string>
     <string name="injected_context_media_title">Media sharing</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_not_set">No persona set</string>
     <string name="injected_context_persona_server_side">Server-side persona</string>
@@ -4255,7 +4260,7 @@
     <string name="voice_overlay_notification_body">Microphone access remains available while Hermes is over another app.</string>
     <string name="voice_overlay_notification_stop">Stop voice</string>
     <string name="conn_info_profile_api_key_title">Profile API key</string>
-    <string name="conn_info_profile_api_key_hint">Used only for this profile’s shared multiplex API fallback. Stored encrypted; the connection key is never reused.</string>
+    <string name="conn_info_profile_api_key_hint">Used only for this profile’s shared multiplex Direct API route. Stored encrypted; the connection key is never reused.</string>
     <string name="conn_info_profile_api_key_stored">A key is stored</string>
     <string name="conn_info_profile_api_key_not_stored">No key stored</string>
     <string name="conn_info_profile_api_key_save">Save key</string>
@@ -4586,6 +4591,6 @@
     <string name="provider_usage_capability_basic_title">Basic usage from Hermes</string>
     <string name="provider_usage_capability_basic_body">Install or update the Relay plugin for credential pools, structured Nous balances, and OpenCode Go.</string>
     <string name="settings_git_workspace">Git workspace</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">Review changes, branches, commits, and remotes</string>
-    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">Off · Host repository scanning is opt-in</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_desc">Current-session Git first, with optional host discovery</string>
+    <string name="settings_git_workspace_off_desc">Session repository only · Host discovery is opt-in</string>
 </resources>

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/data/ConnectionCapabilitiesTest.kt

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class ConnectionCapabilitiesTest {
         assertTrue(connection.capabilities.dashboardGatewayConfigured)
         assertTrue(connection.capabilities.apiServerConfigured)
         assertTrue(connection.capabilities.relayConfigured)
+        assertEquals(SessionTransport.SSE, connection.automaticChatTransport)
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -53,6 +54,20 @@ class ConnectionCapabilitiesTest {
         assertTrue(connection.capabilities.dashboardGatewayConfigured)
         assertTrue(connection.capabilities.apiChatFallbackAvailable)
         assertFalse(connection.capabilities.relayFeaturesAvailable)
+        assertEquals(SessionTransport.SSE, connection.automaticChatTransport)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun persistedDashboardOwnsAutoChatEvenWhenApiIsAlsoConfigured() {
+        val connection = connection(
+            dashboardUrl = "https://hermes.example.com",
+            apiServerUrl = "https://api.example.com",
+            relayUrl = "",
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(SessionTransport.GATEWAY, connection.automaticChatTransport)
+        assertEquals(SessionTransport.GATEWAY, connection.chatTransportForPreference("auto"))
+        assertEquals(SessionTransport.SSE, connection.chatTransportForPreference("sessions"))
     }
 
     @Test

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/data/ConnectionSecurityTest.kt

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class ConnectionSecurityTest {
 
         assertEquals(ConnectionSecurityLevel.Tls, result.level)
         assertEquals(SurfaceUseState.InUse, result.surfaces.single { it.label == "Dashboard & Gateway" }.useState)
-        assertEquals(SurfaceUseState.Available, result.surfaces.single { it.label == "API fallback" }.useState)
+        assertEquals(SurfaceUseState.Available, result.surfaces.single { it.label == "Direct API" }.useState)
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class ConnectionSecurityTest {
 
         assertEquals(ConnectionSecurityLevel.Plain, result.level)
         assertEquals(SurfaceUseState.Unavailable, result.surfaces.single { it.label == "Dashboard & Gateway" }.useState)
-        assertEquals(SurfaceUseState.InUse, result.surfaces.single { it.label == "API fallback" }.useState)
+        assertEquals(SurfaceUseState.InUse, result.surfaces.single { it.label == "Direct API" }.useState)
     }
 
     @Test

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/data/VoicePreferencesRepositoryTest.kt

@@ -97,6 +97,70 @@ class VoicePreferencesRepositoryTest {
         repository.setStopPhrases(emptyList())
         assertTrue(repository.settings.first().stopPhrases.isEmpty())
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun relayRemoval_normalizesOnlyRelayOwnedSelectionsInExpectedScope() = runTest {
+        repository.setActiveScope("connection-a", "coder")
+        repository.setEngineMode(VoiceEngineMode.RealtimeAgent)
+        repository.setAudioRoute(VoiceAudioRoute.Relay)
+        val scope = repository.activeScope.value
+
+        assertTrue(repository.reconcileRelayRemoval(scope))
+
+        val settings = repository.settings.first()
+        assertEquals(VoiceEngineMode.HermesVoiceOutput.storageValue, settings.engineMode)
+        assertEquals(VoiceAudioRoute.Auto.storageValue, settings.audioRoute)
+        assertFalse(repository.reconcileRelayRemoval(scope))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun relayRemoval_doesNotMutateAProfileThatNoLongerOwnsTheScope() = runTest {
+        repository.setActiveScope("connection-a", "coder")
+        repository.setEngineMode(VoiceEngineMode.RealtimeAgent)
+        repository.setAudioRoute(VoiceAudioRoute.Relay)
+        val staleScope = repository.activeScope.value
+
+        repository.setActiveScope("connection-a", "writer")
+        assertFalse(repository.reconcileRelayRemoval(staleScope))
+
+        repository.setActiveScope("connection-a", "coder")
+        val settings = repository.settings.first()
+        assertEquals(VoiceEngineMode.RealtimeAgent.storageValue, settings.engineMode)
+        assertEquals(VoiceAudioRoute.Relay.storageValue, settings.audioRoute)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun relayRemoval_doesNotRewriteGlobalDefaultSelectionSharedByAnotherConnection() = runTest {
+        repository.setActiveScope("connection-a", null)
+        repository.setEngineMode(VoiceEngineMode.RealtimeAgent)
+        repository.setAudioRoute(VoiceAudioRoute.Relay)
+
+        assertFalse(repository.reconcileRelayRemoval(repository.activeScope.value))
+
+        repository.setActiveScope("connection-b", null)
+        val settings = repository.settings.first()
+        assertEquals(VoiceEngineMode.RealtimeAgent.storageValue, settings.engineMode)
+        assertEquals(VoiceAudioRoute.Relay.storageValue, settings.audioRoute)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun relayRemoval_normalizesNamedProfileWithoutChangingSameProfileOnAnotherConnection() = runTest {
+        repository.setActiveScope("connection-a", "coder")
+        repository.setEngineMode(VoiceEngineMode.RealtimeAgent)
+        repository.setAudioRoute(VoiceAudioRoute.Relay)
+
+        repository.setActiveScope("connection-b", "coder")
+        repository.setEngineMode(VoiceEngineMode.RealtimeAgent)
+        repository.setAudioRoute(VoiceAudioRoute.Relay)
+
+        repository.setActiveScope("connection-a", "coder")
+        assertTrue(repository.reconcileRelayRemoval(repository.activeScope.value))
+
+        repository.setActiveScope("connection-b", "coder")
+        val settings = repository.settings.first()
+        assertEquals(VoiceEngineMode.RealtimeAgent.storageValue, settings.engineMode)
+        assertEquals(VoiceAudioRoute.Relay.storageValue, settings.audioRoute)
+    }
 }
 
 private class InMemoryVoicePreferencesDataStore : DataStore<Preferences> {

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/relay/RelayHttpClientMediaDownloadTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.hermesandroid.relay.network.relay
+
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
+import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockResponse
+import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockWebServer
+import org.junit.After
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class RelayHttpClientMediaDownloadTest {
+    private lateinit var server: MockWebServer
+
+    @Before
+    fun setUp() {
+        server = MockWebServer().apply { start() }
+    }
+
+    @After
+    fun tearDown() {
+        server.shutdown()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun fetchMediaByPathStopsChunkedResponseAtCallerLimit() = runTest {
+        server.enqueue(
+            MockResponse()
+                .setHeader("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
+                .setChunkedBody("x".repeat(64), 8),
+        )
+        val client = RelayHttpClient(
+            okHttpClient = OkHttpClient(),
+            relayUrlProvider = {
+                server.url("/").toString().replaceFirst("http://", "ws://").trimEnd('/')
+            },
+            sessionTokenProvider = { "paired-session" },
+        )
+
+        val result = client.fetchMediaByPath("/tmp/large.bin", maxBytes = 16)
+
+        assertTrue(result.isFailure)
+        assertTrue(result.exceptionOrNull()?.message.orEmpty().contains("download limit"))
+        assertEquals("/media/by-path", server.takeRequest().requestUrl?.encodedPath)
+    }
+}

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/upstream/ChatHandlerTest.kt

@@ -1530,6 +1530,42 @@ class ChatHandlerTest {
         assertTrue(handler.messages.value.single().attachments.isEmpty())
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun loadMessageHistory_carriesHydratedMarkerAttachmentWithoutReloading() {
+        var requestCount = 0
+        val path = "/tmp/voice-note.mp3"
+        handler.onMediaBarePathRequested = { messageId, requestedPath ->
+            requestCount++
+            handler.mutateMessage(messageId) { message ->
+                message.copy(
+                    attachments = message.attachments + Attachment(
+                        contentType = "audio/mpeg",
+                        content = "",
+                        fileName = "voice-note.mp3",
+                        relayToken = requestedPath,
+                        cachedUri = "content://media/voice-note.mp3",
+                        state = AttachmentState.LOADED,
+                    ),
+                )
+            }
+        }
+        val history = listOf(
+            MessageItem(
+                id = "assistant-media",
+                role = "assistant",
+                content = JsonPrimitive("Voice note\nMEDIA:$path"),
+            ),
+        )
+
+        handler.loadMessageHistory(history)
+        handler.loadMessageHistory(history)
+
+        val attachment = handler.messages.value.single().attachments.single()
+        assertEquals(1, requestCount)
+        assertEquals(AttachmentState.LOADED, attachment.state)
+        assertEquals("content://media/voice-note.mp3", attachment.cachedUri)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun loadMessageHistory_preservesCompletedGeneratedImageUntilMarkerPersists() {
         handler.addPlaceholderMessage(

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/upstream/DashboardApiClientTest.kt

@@ -2032,6 +2032,61 @@ class DashboardApiClientTest {
         assertEquals("/api/messaging/whatsapp/onboarding/pair-1/apply", apply.requestUrl!!.encodedPath)
         assertTrue(apply.body.readUtf8().contains(""""profile":"worker""""))
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun downloadManagedFile_usesUpstreamPathRouteAndPreservesMetadata() = runTest {
+        server.enqueue(
+            MockResponse()
+                .setHeader("Content-Type", "audio/mpeg")
+                .setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''voice%20reply.mp3")
+                .setBody("audio-bytes"),
+        )
+
+        val fetched = DashboardApiClient(baseUrl = server.url("/").toString())
+            .downloadManagedFile("/tmp/Hermes audio/voice reply.mp3", 1024)
+            .getOrThrow()
+
+        assertEquals("audio/mpeg", fetched.contentType)
+        assertEquals("voice reply.mp3", fetched.fileName)
+        assertEquals("audio-bytes", fetched.bytes.decodeToString())
+        val request = server.takeRequest()
+        assertEquals("/api/files/download", request.requestUrl!!.encodedPath)
+        assertEquals("/tmp/Hermes audio/voice reply.mp3", request.requestUrl!!.queryParameter("path"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun downloadManagedFile_rejectsDeclaredLengthAboveCallerCap() = runTest {
+        server.enqueue(MockResponse().setHeader("Content-Length", 2048))
+
+        val result = DashboardApiClient(baseUrl = server.url("/").toString())
+            .downloadManagedFile("/tmp/large.bin", 1024)
+
+        assertTrue(result.isFailure)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun managedFileFallbackClassificationDistinguishesMissingRouteFromMissingFile() {
+        assertTrue(
+            DashboardHttpException(
+                404,
+                "Dashboard media download failed - HTTP 404: {\"detail\":\"Not Found\"}",
+            ).isDashboardManagedFilesUnsupported(),
+        )
+        assertFalse(
+            DashboardHttpException(
+                404,
+                "Dashboard media download failed - HTTP 404: {\"detail\":\"File not found\"}",
+            ).isDashboardManagedFilesUnsupported(),
+        )
+        assertFalse(
+            DashboardHttpException(403, "Access to sensitive files is not allowed")
+                .isDashboardManagedFilesUnsupported(),
+        )
+        assertFalse(
+            DashboardHttpException(500, "Managed file read failed")
+                .isDashboardManagedFilesUnsupported(),
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 private fun messagePageResponse(

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/upstream/GatewayChatClientTest.kt

@@ -227,6 +227,13 @@ class GatewayClientHarness(
     @Volatile
     var profileGetAssetPayload: JsonObject = buildJsonObject { put("found", false) }
 
+    @Volatile
+    var usageBarsPayload: JsonObject = buildJsonObject {
+        put("ok", true)
+        put("available", true)
+        put("plan_name", "Pro")
+    }
+
     /** Methods answered with JSON-RPC -32601 — exercises the legacy-name fallback. */
     val methodNotFound: MutableSet<String> = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet()
 
@@ -436,6 +443,7 @@ class GatewayClientHarness(
                 "profiles.list" -> profilesListPayload
                 "profiles.create" -> profileCreatePayload
                 "profiles.get_asset" -> profileGetAssetPayload
+                "usage.bars" -> usageBarsPayload
                 "profiles.set_asset" -> buildJsonObject {
                     put("ok", true)
                     put("asset", "avatar")
@@ -772,6 +780,7 @@ class GatewayChatClientTest {
         val moaReferences = ConcurrentLinkedQueue<GatewayMoaReference>()
         val usages = ConcurrentLinkedQueue<UsageInfo>()
         val reconcileRequests = AtomicInteger(0)
+        val completions = AtomicInteger(0)
         val completeLatch = CountDownLatch(1)
         val preflightFailures = ConcurrentLinkedQueue<String>()
 
@@ -785,7 +794,7 @@ class GatewayChatClientTest {
             onToolCallFailed = { _, _ -> },
             onTurnComplete = { },
             onReconcileRequired = { reconcileRequests.incrementAndGet() },
-            onComplete = { completeLatch.countDown() },
+            onComplete = { completions.incrementAndGet(); completeLatch.countDown() },
             onUsage = { it?.let(usages::add) },
             onError = { errors += it; completeLatch.countDown() },
             onToolGenerating = { toolGenerating += it ?: "" },
@@ -839,6 +848,21 @@ class GatewayChatClientTest {
         assertTrue("condition did not settle within ${timeoutMs}ms", condition())
     }
 
+    private fun exactActiveSessionPayload(
+        status: String,
+        liveSessionId: String = "live-1",
+        storedSessionId: String = "20260612_120000_abc123",
+    ): JsonObject = buildJsonObject {
+        put("sessions", buildJsonArray {
+            add(buildJsonObject {
+                put("id", liveSessionId)
+                put("session_key", storedSessionId)
+                put("status", status)
+                put("last_active", 1_777_000_000.0)
+            })
+        })
+    }
+
     /**
      * Swap in a client with shortened timeout seams. Mints a FRESH scope:
      * shutdown() cancels the scope's Job, and the replacement client must
@@ -888,6 +912,21 @@ class GatewayChatClientTest {
         harness.shutdown()
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `provider usage calls official upstream usage bars method`() = runBlocking {
+        harness.usageBarsPayload = buildJsonObject {
+            put("ok", true)
+            put("available", true)
+            put("plan_name", "Pro")
+        }
+
+        val response = client.usageBars().getOrThrow()
+
+        assertEquals("Pro", (response["plan_name"] as? JsonPrimitive)?.contentOrNull)
+        assertEquals("usage.bars", harness.rpcLog.last().first)
+        assertTrue(harness.rpcLog.none { it.first == "account.usage" })
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `profile editor describes exact profile and maps upstream shape`() = runBlocking {
         val description = client.describeProfile("operator").getOrThrow()
@@ -3449,6 +3488,42 @@ class GatewayChatClientTest {
         )
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `session info exposes exact model callable tool catalog`() {
+        val recorder = Recorder()
+        client.sendTurn("stored-1", "hi", null, recorder.callbacks) {
+            recorder.preflightFailures += it
+        }
+        val serverWs = harness.awaitServerSocket()
+        harness.awaitRpc("session.resume")
+        harness.awaitRpc("prompt.submit")
+
+        serverWs.send(
+            harness.eventFrame(
+                "session.info",
+                buildJsonObject {
+                    put("tools", buildJsonObject {
+                        put("android", buildJsonArray {
+                            add(JsonPrimitive("android_phone_status"))
+                            add(JsonPrimitive("android_tap"))
+                        })
+                        put("terminal", buildJsonArray { add(JsonPrimitive("terminal")) })
+                    })
+                },
+                "live-resumed",
+            ),
+        )
+
+        waitUntil { client.serverTools.value?.size == 3 }
+        assertEquals(
+            setOf("android_phone_status", "android_tap", "terminal"),
+            client.serverTools.value,
+        )
+
+        client.clearSession()
+        assertNull(client.serverTools.value)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `session info without provider clears prior session identity`() {
         val recorder = Recorder()
@@ -4714,6 +4789,180 @@ class GatewayChatClientTest {
         assertTrue(harness.ticketMints.get() >= 2)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `active session idle settles exact Android turn without interrupt`() = runBlocking {
+        val recorder = Recorder()
+        client.sendTurn(null, "finish without terminal", null, recorder.callbacks) {
+            recorder.preflightFailures += it
+        }
+        val serverWs = harness.awaitServerSocket()
+        harness.awaitRpc("prompt.submit")
+        serverWs.send(harness.eventFrame("message.start", null, "live-1"))
+        serverWs.send(
+            harness.eventFrame(
+                "message.delta",
+                buildJsonObject { put("text", "durable partial") },
+                "live-1",
+            ),
+        )
+        awaitCondition { recorder.textDeltas.isNotEmpty() }
+        harness.activeSessionListPayload = exactActiveSessionPayload("idle")
+
+        assertTrue(client.listActiveSessions() is GatewayActiveSessionsResult.Success)
+        assertTrue("idle snapshot did not settle turn", recorder.completeLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+        assertEquals(1, recorder.completions.get())
+        assertEquals(1, recorder.reconcileRequests.get())
+        assertTrue(recorder.errors.isEmpty())
+        assertTrue(harness.rpcLog.none { it.first == "session.interrupt" })
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `active session idle never settles passively observed turn`() = runBlocking {
+        val recorder = Recorder()
+        client.setUnsolicitedTurnProvider {
+            GatewayInboundTurnRegistration(recorder.callbacks) { true }
+        }
+        assertTrue(client.prewarmAwait("stored-session"))
+        val serverWs = harness.awaitServerSocket()
+        serverWs.send(harness.eventFrame("message.start", null, "live-resumed"))
+        serverWs.send(
+            harness.eventFrame(
+                "message.delta",
+                buildJsonObject { put("text", "desktop-owned") },
+                "live-resumed",
+            ),
+        )
+        awaitCondition { recorder.textDeltas.isNotEmpty() }
+        harness.activeSessionListPayload = exactActiveSessionPayload(
+            status = "idle",
+            liveSessionId = "live-resumed",
+            storedSessionId = "stored-session",
+        )
+
+        client.listActiveSessions()
+        assertFalse(recorder.completeLatch.await(250, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS))
+        assertTrue(harness.rpcLog.none { it.first == "session.interrupt" })
+
+        serverWs.send(
+            harness.eventFrame(
+                "message.complete",
+                buildJsonObject { put("text", "desktop-owned") },
+                "live-resumed",
+            ),
+        )
+        assertTrue(recorder.completeLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `stale active session snapshot cannot settle newer turn generation`() = runBlocking {
+        val first = Recorder()
+        client.sendTurn(null, "first", null, first.callbacks) { first.preflightFailures += it }
+        val serverWs = harness.awaitServerSocket()
+        harness.awaitRpc("prompt.submit")
+        serverWs.send(harness.eventFrame("message.start", null, "live-1"))
+        serverWs.send(
+            harness.eventFrame("message.delta", buildJsonObject { put("text", "first") }, "live-1"),
+        )
+        awaitCondition { first.textDeltas.isNotEmpty() }
+
+        harness.suppressAckMethods += "session.active_list"
+        val staleSnapshot = scope.async { client.listActiveSessions() }
+        val staleAck = harness.awaitPendingAck()
+        serverWs.send(
+            harness.eventFrame(
+                "message.complete",
+                buildJsonObject { put("text", "first") },
+                "live-1",
+            ),
+        )
+        assertTrue(first.completeLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+
+        val second = Recorder()
+        client.sendTurn(
+            "20260612_120000_abc123",
+            "second",
+            null,
+            second.callbacks,
+        ) { second.preflightFailures += it }
+        harness.awaitRpcCount("prompt.submit", 2)
+        serverWs.send(harness.eventFrame("message.start", null, "live-1"))
+        serverWs.send(
+            harness.eventFrame("message.delta", buildJsonObject { put("text", "second") }, "live-1"),
+        )
+        awaitCondition { second.textDeltas.isNotEmpty() }
+
+        harness.releaseAck(staleAck, exactActiveSessionPayload("idle"))
+        assertTrue(staleSnapshot.await() is GatewayActiveSessionsResult.Success)
+        assertFalse(second.completeLatch.await(250, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS))
+        assertEquals(0, second.reconcileRequests.get())
+
+        serverWs.send(
+            harness.eventFrame(
+                "message.complete",
+                buildJsonObject { put("text", "second") },
+                "live-1",
+            ),
+        )
+        assertTrue(second.completeLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `cancellation wins over delayed active session idle snapshot`() = runBlocking {
+        val recorder = Recorder()
+        val handle = client.sendTurn(null, "cancel me", null, recorder.callbacks) {
+            recorder.preflightFailures += it
+        }
+        val serverWs = harness.awaitServerSocket()
+        harness.awaitRpc("prompt.submit")
+        serverWs.send(harness.eventFrame("message.start", null, "live-1"))
+        serverWs.send(
+            harness.eventFrame("message.delta", buildJsonObject { put("text", "partial") }, "live-1"),
+        )
+        awaitCondition { recorder.textDeltas.isNotEmpty() }
+
+        harness.suppressAckMethods += "session.active_list"
+        val delayedSnapshot = scope.async { client.listActiveSessions() }
+        val delayedAck = harness.awaitPendingAck()
+        handle.cancel()
+        harness.awaitRpc("session.interrupt")
+        harness.releaseAck(delayedAck, exactActiveSessionPayload("idle"))
+
+        assertTrue(delayedSnapshot.await() is GatewayActiveSessionsResult.Success)
+        assertEquals(0, recorder.completions.get())
+        assertEquals(0, recorder.reconcileRequests.get())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `late terminal after active session settle is consumed once`() = runBlocking {
+        val recorder = Recorder()
+        val unmatched = ConcurrentLinkedQueue<GatewayBackgroundTurnCompletion>()
+        client.setUnmatchedTurnCompleteListener(unmatched::add)
+        client.sendTurn(null, "late terminal", null, recorder.callbacks) {
+            recorder.preflightFailures += it
+        }
+        val serverWs = harness.awaitServerSocket()
+        harness.awaitRpc("prompt.submit")
+        serverWs.send(harness.eventFrame("message.start", null, "live-1"))
+        serverWs.send(
+            harness.eventFrame("message.delta", buildJsonObject { put("text", "done") }, "live-1"),
+        )
+        awaitCondition { recorder.textDeltas.isNotEmpty() }
+        harness.activeSessionListPayload = exactActiveSessionPayload("idle")
+        client.listActiveSessions()
+        assertTrue(recorder.completeLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+
+        serverWs.send(
+            harness.eventFrame(
+                "message.complete",
+                buildJsonObject { put("text", "done") },
+                "live-1",
+            ),
+        )
+        Thread.sleep(150)
+        assertEquals(1, recorder.completions.get())
+        assertTrue(unmatched.isEmpty())
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `idle watchdog does not fire while events keep arriving slowly`() {
         rebuildClient(turnIdleTimeoutMs = 1_000L)

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/upstream/GatewayEndpointResolutionTest.kt

@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ import org.junit.Test
 
 /**
  * Resolution matrix for [resolveStreamingEndpointPreference] — the gateway
- * tier sits above the capability-preferred SSE endpoint for "auto". An
- * unresolved cold-start probe remains on Gateway until it produces a
- * definitive fallback verdict.
+ * tier is a stable owner for standard "auto" conversations. API capability
+ * ordering applies only to true API-only compatibility connections.
  */
 class GatewayEndpointResolutionTest {
 
@@ -44,28 +43,63 @@ class GatewayEndpointResolutionTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `auto falls back after a definitive non-ready verdict`() {
+    fun `standard auto remains gateway owned after auth expiry or outage`() {
         listOf(
             GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired,
             GatewayAvailability.Unreachable,
             GatewayAvailability.Unsupported,
         ).forEach { availability ->
             assertEquals(
-                "expected SSE fallback for $availability",
-                "sessions",
+                "expected Gateway affinity for $availability",
+                "gateway",
                 resolveStreamingEndpointPreference("auto", availability, fullCaps),
             )
         }
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `auto fallback respects capability ordering`() {
+    fun `API-only auto respects capability ordering`() {
+        assertEquals(
+            "sessions",
+            resolveStreamingEndpointPreference(
+                "auto",
+                GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired,
+                fullCaps,
+                gatewayOwned = false,
+            ),
+        )
         assertEquals(
             "completions",
             resolveStreamingEndpointPreference(
                 "auto",
                 GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired,
                 portableOnlyCaps,
+                gatewayOwned = false,
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `standard auto does not consult API health when gateway is unavailable`() {
+        assertEquals(
+            "gateway",
+            resolveStreamingEndpointPreference(
+                "auto",
+                GatewayAvailability.Unreachable,
+                ServerCapabilities.DISCONNECTED,
+                gatewayOwned = true,
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `manual API selection remains explicit compatibility mode`() {
+        assertEquals(
+            "sessions",
+            resolveStreamingEndpointPreference(
+                "sessions",
+                GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired,
+                fullCaps,
             ),
         )
     }

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/upstream/GatewayEventMapperTest.kt

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class GatewayEventMapperTest {
         val failures = mutableListOf<GatewayTurnFailure>()
         val statusUpdates = mutableListOf<Pair<String?, String>>()
         val statusClears = mutableListOf<String>()
+        val notices = mutableListOf<GatewayAgentNotice>()
+        val noticeClears = mutableListOf<String>()
         val sessionIds = mutableListOf<String>()
         var starts = 0
         var turnCompletes = 0
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ class GatewayEventMapperTest {
             onFailure = { failures += it },
             onStatusUpdate = { kind, text -> statusUpdates += kind to text },
             onStatusClear = { statusClears += it },
+            onNoticeShow = { notices += it },
+            onNoticeClear = { noticeClears += it },
         )
     }
 
@@ -123,6 +127,45 @@ class GatewayEventMapperTest {
         assertTrue(r.statusUpdates.isEmpty())
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `official notice show and clear preserve exact keyed contract`() {
+        val r = Recorder()
+        val mapper = mapperWith(r)
+
+        mapper.onEvent(
+            "notification.show",
+            obj(
+                """{"text":"⚠ Credits depleted","level":"warn","kind":"sticky","ttl_ms":null,"key":"credits.depleted","id":"notice-1"}""",
+            ),
+        )
+        mapper.onEvent("notification.clear", obj("""{"key":"credits.depleted"}"""))
+
+        assertEquals(
+            GatewayAgentNotice(
+                text = "⚠ Credits depleted",
+                level = "warn",
+                kind = "sticky",
+                ttlMs = null,
+                key = "credits.depleted",
+                id = "notice-1",
+            ),
+            r.notices.single(),
+        )
+        assertEquals(listOf("credits.depleted"), r.noticeClears)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `malformed official notices remain forward compatible no ops`() {
+        val r = Recorder()
+        val mapper = mapperWith(r)
+
+        mapper.onEvent("notification.show", obj("""{"level":"info"}"""))
+        mapper.onEvent("notification.clear", obj("""{"key":"   "}"""))
+
+        assertTrue(r.notices.isEmpty())
+        assertTrue(r.noticeClears.isEmpty())
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `compaction status clears on resumed model tool and MoA activity only`() {
         listOf(

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/network/usage/ProviderUsageRepositoryTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package com.hermesandroid.relay.network.usage
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.buildJsonObject
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.put
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class ProviderUsageRepositoryTest {
+    @Test
+    fun mapsOfficialUpstreamUsageBars() {
+        val response = providerUsageFromUpstreamBars(buildJsonObject {
+            put("ok", true)
+            put("available", true)
+            put("plan_name", "Pro")
+            put("renews_at", "2026-09-15T00:00:00Z")
+            put("subscription_remaining_display", "\$12.50")
+            put("topup_remaining_display", "\$3.00")
+            put("total_spendable_display", "\$15.50")
+            put("plan_bar", buildJsonObject {
+                put("remaining_display", "\$12.50")
+                put("total_display", "\$20.00")
+                put("pct_used", 37.5)
+            })
+            put("topup_bar", buildJsonObject {
+                put("remaining_display", "\$3.00")
+                put("total_display", "\$5.00")
+                put("pct_used", 40.0)
+            })
+        })!!
+
+        val nous = response.providers.single()
+        assertEquals("nous", nous.id)
+        assertEquals("upstream:usage.bars", nous.source)
+        assertEquals("Pro", nous.plan)
+        assertEquals("2026-09-15T00:00:00Z", nous.renewsAt)
+        assertEquals(37.5, nous.windows.first().usedPercent!!, 0.001)
+        assertEquals("\$12.50 remaining of \$20.00", nous.windows.first().detail)
+        assertEquals(3, nous.details.size)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun unavailableUpstreamUsageIsCapabilityAbsence() {
+        assertNull(providerUsageFromUpstreamBars(buildJsonObject {
+            put("ok", true)
+            put("available", false)
+        }))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun relayEnhancementAddsProvidersAndEnrichesNous() {
+        val upstream = ProviderUsageResponse(
+            providers = listOf(
+                ProviderUsageProvider(
+                    id = "nous",
+                    displayName = "Nous",
+                    status = ProviderUsageProvider.STATUS_AVAILABLE,
+                    source = "upstream:usage.bars",
+                    plan = "Pro",
+                    windows = listOf(ProviderUsageWindow("plan", "Plan", usedPercent = 25.0)),
+                    details = listOf("Total spendable: \$10.00"),
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+        val enhanced = ProviderUsageResponse(
+            schemaVersion = 2,
+            capabilities = ProviderUsageResponse.RELAY_ENHANCED_CAPABILITIES,
+            providers = listOf(
+                ProviderUsageProvider(
+                    id = "nous",
+                    displayName = "Nous",
+                    status = ProviderUsageProvider.STATUS_AVAILABLE,
+                    source = "relay",
+                    balances = listOf(ProviderUsageBalance("total", "Total usable", 10.0)),
+                ),
+                ProviderUsageProvider(
+                    id = "openai-codex",
+                    displayName = "Codex",
+                    status = ProviderUsageProvider.STATUS_AVAILABLE,
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+
+        val merged = mergeProviderUsage(upstream, enhanced)!!
+
+        assertTrue(merged.relayEnhanced)
+        assertEquals(listOf("nous", "openai-codex"), merged.providers.map { it.id })
+        val nous = merged.providers.first()
+        assertEquals("Pro", nous.plan)
+        assertEquals(25.0, nous.windows.single().usedPercent!!, 0.001)
+        assertEquals(10.0, nous.balances.single().amount, 0.001)
+        assertEquals(listOf("Total spendable: \$10.00"), nous.details)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun unavailableEnhancementDoesNotReplaceAvailableUpstream() {
+        val upstreamProvider = ProviderUsageProvider(
+            id = "nous",
+            displayName = "Nous",
+            status = ProviderUsageProvider.STATUS_AVAILABLE,
+            source = "upstream:usage.bars",
+        )
+        val merged = mergeProviderUsage(
+            ProviderUsageResponse(providers = listOf(upstreamProvider)),
+            ProviderUsageResponse(providers = listOf(
+                upstreamProvider.copy(
+                    status = ProviderUsageProvider.STATUS_UNAVAILABLE,
+                    source = "relay",
+                ),
+            )),
+        )!!
+
+        assertEquals("upstream:usage.bars", merged.providers.single().source)
+    }
+}

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/runtime/HermesRuntimeReadinessTest.kt

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class HermesRuntimeReadinessTest {
             chatReady = true,
             standardAvailability = StandardVoiceAvailability.Ready,
             relayReady = false,
+            relayConfigured = false,
             profileSettled = true,
         )
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ class HermesRuntimeReadinessTest {
             chatReady = true,
             standardAvailability = StandardVoiceAvailability.SignInRequired,
             relayReady = true,
+            relayConfigured = true,
             profileSettled = true,
         )
 
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ class HermesRuntimeReadinessTest {
             chatReady = true,
             standardAvailability = StandardVoiceAvailability.Ready,
             relayReady = true,
+            relayConfigured = true,
             profileSettled = true,
         )
 
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ class HermesRuntimeReadinessTest {
             chatReady = false,
             standardAvailability = StandardVoiceAvailability.Unknown,
             relayReady = true,
+            relayConfigured = true,
             profileSettled = false,
         )
         val ready = resolveVoiceActivationReadiness(
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ class HermesRuntimeReadinessTest {
             chatReady = false,
             standardAvailability = StandardVoiceAvailability.Unknown,
             relayReady = true,
+            relayConfigured = true,
             profileSettled = true,
         )
 
@@ -77,4 +82,62 @@ class HermesRuntimeReadinessTest {
             ready,
         )
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun relayOnlySelections_fallBackToStandardWhenRelayWasRemoved() {
+        val realtime = resolveVoiceActivationReadiness(
+            settings = VoiceSettings(engineMode = VoiceEngineMode.RealtimeAgent.storageValue),
+            chatReady = true,
+            standardAvailability = StandardVoiceAvailability.Ready,
+            relayReady = false,
+            relayConfigured = false,
+            profileSettled = true,
+        )
+        val relayAudio = resolveVoiceActivationReadiness(
+            settings = VoiceSettings(audioRoute = VoiceAudioRoute.Relay.storageValue),
+            chatReady = true,
+            standardAvailability = StandardVoiceAvailability.Ready,
+            relayReady = false,
+            relayConfigured = false,
+            profileSettled = true,
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(
+            HermesVoiceActivationReadiness.Ready(HermesVoiceActivationRoute.Standard),
+            realtime,
+        )
+        assertEquals(
+            HermesVoiceActivationReadiness.Ready(HermesVoiceActivationRoute.Standard),
+            relayAudio,
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun configuredRelayOutage_preservesRelayOnlySelections() {
+        val realtime = resolveVoiceActivationReadiness(
+            settings = VoiceSettings(engineMode = VoiceEngineMode.RealtimeAgent.storageValue),
+            chatReady = true,
+            standardAvailability = StandardVoiceAvailability.Ready,
+            relayReady = false,
+            relayConfigured = true,
+            profileSettled = true,
+        )
+        val relayAudio = resolveVoiceActivationReadiness(
+            settings = VoiceSettings(audioRoute = VoiceAudioRoute.Relay.storageValue),
+            chatReady = true,
+            standardAvailability = StandardVoiceAvailability.Ready,
+            relayReady = false,
+            relayConfigured = true,
+            profileSettled = true,
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(
+            HermesVoiceActivationReadiness.Waiting("Waiting for the Relay realtime route"),
+            realtime,
+        )
+        assertEquals(
+            HermesVoiceActivationReadiness.Waiting("Waiting for Relay voice"),
+            relayAudio,
+        )
+    }
 }

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/screenshots/ChangelogHistoryScreenshotTest.kt

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ class ChangelogHistoryScreenshotTest {
                 ChangelogScreen(onClose = {})
             }
         }
-        compose.onNodeWithText("v1.14.0 — Connections, delegated work, Git, and voice").assertExists()
+        compose.onNodeWithText("v1.15.0 — Standard Hermes first, with clearer Relay boundaries").assertExists()
         compose.onNodeWithText("Highlights").assertExists()
         compose.onNodeWithText("Fixed").assertExists()
-        compose.onNodeWithText("Wake-word detection starts reliably").assertExists()
+        compose.onNodeWithText("Keep Standard voice after removing Relay").assertExists()
         compose.onNodeWithText("Compatibility").assertExists()
         compose.onNodeWithText("Installed").assertExists()
         compose.onRoot().captureRoboImage("build/ui-regression/changelog-history.png")

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/screenshots/GitWorkspaceScreenshotTest.kt

@@ -96,6 +96,40 @@ class GitWorkspaceScreenshotTest {
         compose.onRoot().captureRoboImage("build/store-shots/15_git_workspace.png")
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun standardSessionWorkspaceRendersWithRelayDiscoveryOff() {
+        enqueue("""{"branch":"main","changed":1,"staged":0,"unstaged":1,"untracked":0,"added":3,"removed":1,"files":[{"path":"app.kt","unstaged":true}]}""")
+        enqueue("""{"branch":"main","changed":1,"staged":0,"unstaged":1,"untracked":0,"added":3,"removed":1,"files":[{"path":"app.kt","unstaged":true}]}""")
+        enqueue("""{"files":[{"path":"app.kt","added":3,"removed":1,"staged":false}]}""")
+        enqueue("""{"branches":[{"name":"main","checkedOut":true}]}""")
+        val app = ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext<Application>()
+        val viewModel = GitStateViewModel(app)
+        viewModel.configure(
+            DashboardApiClient(server.url("/").toString()),
+            "standard-owner",
+            scanningEnabled = false,
+        )
+        viewModel.setSessionWorkspace("/srv/projects/standard", null)
+
+        compose.setContent {
+            HermesRelayTheme(appThemeId = "hermes-relay", themePreference = "dark") {
+                GitStateScreen(
+                    viewModel = viewModel,
+                    onScanningEnabledChange = {},
+                    onBack = {},
+                )
+            }
+        }
+
+        compose.waitUntil(5_000) {
+            runCatching { compose.onNodeWithText("1 changes").assertExists() }.isSuccess
+        }
+        val paths = buildList {
+            repeat(4) { add(server.takeRequest().path.orEmpty()) }
+        }
+        org.junit.Assert.assertTrue(paths.none { it.contains("/api/plugins/") })
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun chatRailMatchesApprovedCompactTreatment() {
         compose.setContent {

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/screenshots/WhatsNewToastScreenshotTest.kt

@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ class WhatsNewToastScreenshotTest {
                 }
             }
         }
-        compose.onNodeWithText("Connections, delegated work, Git, and voice").assertExists()
-        compose.onNodeWithText("Also: 2 improvements · 10 fixes").assertExists()
+        compose.onNodeWithText("Standard Hermes first, with clearer Relay boundaries").assertExists()
+        compose.onNodeWithText("Also: 2 improvements · 9 fixes").assertExists()
         compose.onNodeWithText(
-            "Release notes stay out of your way, Chat uses one consistent presentation…",
+            "See which features need Relay, Read the complete release record…",
         ).assertExists()
         compose.onNodeWithText("View all").assertExists()
         compose.onNodeWithContentDescription("Close").assertExists()
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class WhatsNewToastScreenshotTest {
             }
         }
 
-        compose.onNodeWithText("Connections, delegated work, Git, and voice").performClick()
+        compose.onNodeWithText("Standard Hermes first, with clearer Relay boundaries").performClick()
         expanded = false
         compose.onNodeWithText("View all").performClick()
         compose.onNodeWithContentDescription("Close").performClick()
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class WhatsNewToastScreenshotTest {
             }
         }
         compose.mainClock.advanceTimeBy(300L)
-        compose.onNodeWithText("Connections, delegated work, Git, and voice")
+        compose.onNodeWithText("Standard Hermes first, with clearer Relay boundaries")
             .performTouchInput { swipeLeft(durationMillis = 300L) }
         compose.mainClock.advanceTimeBy(300L)
 

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/RelayAppStatusTest.kt

@@ -196,6 +196,39 @@ class RelayAppStatusTest {
         assertEquals(ChatRuntimeStatus.Connecting, status)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `dashboard sign-out is not masked by a reachable sibling API`() {
+        val status = resolveAppChatRuntimeStatus(
+            connection = connection(
+                dashboardUrl = "https://host.ts.net:9119",
+                apiServerUrl = "https://host.ts.net:8642",
+            ),
+            gatewayAvailability = GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired,
+            apiHealth = ConnectionViewModel.HealthStatus.Reachable,
+            streamingEndpoint = "sessions",
+            conversationOwner = com.hermesandroid.relay.data.SessionTransport.GATEWAY,
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(ChatRuntimeStatus.Unavailable, status)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `legacy API-only connection remains connected compatibility chat`() {
+        val status = resolveAppChatRuntimeStatus(
+            connection = connection(
+                dashboardUrl = null,
+                apiServerUrl = "https://host.ts.net:8642",
+            ),
+            gatewayAvailability = GatewayAvailability.Unreachable,
+            apiHealth = ConnectionViewModel.HealthStatus.Reachable,
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(
+            ChatRuntimeStatus.Connected(ChatTransportPath.ApiSse, fallback = false),
+            status,
+        )
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `committed pair target stays ready while public inventory catches up`() {
         assertTrue(
@@ -392,7 +425,7 @@ class RelayAppStatusTest {
     }
 
     private fun connected(path: ChatTransportPath) =
-        ChatRuntimeStatus.Connected(transport = path, fallback = path == ChatTransportPath.ApiSse)
+        ChatRuntimeStatus.Connected(transport = path, fallback = false)
 
     private fun connection(
         dashboardUrl: String? = null,

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/UiMessageBusTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package com.hermesandroid.relay.ui
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class UiMessageBusTest {
+    @Test
+    fun keyedShowReplacesInPlaceAndClearRemovesOnlyExactOwner() {
+        val unrelated = message(1, "Network ready", key = "network")
+        val first = message(2, "Half used", key = "credits.usage")
+        val replacement = message(3, "Almost used", key = "credits.usage")
+
+        val replaced = reduceUiMessages(
+            listOf(unrelated, first),
+            UiMessageEvent.Show(replacement),
+            maxRetained = 6,
+        )
+        val cleared = reduceUiMessages(
+            replaced,
+            UiMessageEvent.Clear("credits.usage"),
+            maxRetained = 6,
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(listOf(unrelated, replacement), replaced)
+        assertEquals(listOf(unrelated), cleared)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun unkeyedMessagesStillCoalesceByTextAndRespectBound() {
+        var state = emptyList<UiMessage>()
+        repeat(8) { index ->
+            state = reduceUiMessages(
+                state,
+                UiMessageEvent.Show(message(index.toLong(), "message-$index")),
+                maxRetained = 6,
+            )
+        }
+        state = reduceUiMessages(
+            state,
+            UiMessageEvent.Show(message(99, "message-7")),
+            maxRetained = 6,
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(6, state.size)
+        assertEquals(99L, state.last().id)
+        assertEquals(1, state.count { it.text == "message-7" })
+        assertTrue(state.none { it.text == "message-0" })
+    }
+
+    private fun message(id: Long, text: String, key: String? = null) = UiMessage(
+        id = id,
+        text = text,
+        severity = UiMessageSeverity.Info,
+        ttlMillis = UiMessageBus.DEFAULT_TTL_MS,
+        key = key,
+    )
+}

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/ui/screens/DiagnosticsScreenTest.kt

@@ -60,9 +60,20 @@ class DiagnosticsScreenTest {
         assertEquals(
             CheckStatus.Unknown,
             checks.single {
-                it.name == context.getString(R.string.active_section_optional_relay)
+                it.name == context.getString(R.string.diag_relay_tools_optional)
             }.status,
         )
+        assertEquals(
+            context.getString(R.string.diag_relay_tools_not_paired),
+            checks.single { it.name == context.getString(R.string.diag_relay_tools_optional) }.reason,
+        )
+        assertFalse(
+            checks.any {
+                it.name == context.getString(R.string.diag_check_pairing_auth) ||
+                    it.name == context.getString(R.string.active_section_optional_relay) ||
+                    it.name == context.getString(R.string.diag_check_relay_plugin)
+            },
+        )
         assertFalse(
             "Absent optional API/Relay surfaces must not make chat fail",
             checks.any {

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/util/PhoneStatusPromptBuilderTest.kt

@@ -27,12 +27,62 @@ import org.junit.Test
 class PhoneStatusPromptBuilderTest {
 
     private val defaultSettings = AppContextSettings()
+    private val phoneTools = setOf("android_phone_status", "android_tap")
+
+    @Test
+    fun missingToolCatalog_keepsNeutralMobileContextWithoutRelayClaims() {
+        val output = buildPromptBlock(
+            defaultSettings,
+            PhoneSnapshot(
+                bridgeBound = true,
+                masterEnabled = true,
+                blocklistCount = 4,
+            ),
+            availableTools = null,
+        )
+
+        assertNotNull(output)
+        assertTrue(output!!.contains("Hermes-Relay Android app"))
+        assertFalse(output.contains("Phone bridge:"))
+        assertFalse(output.contains("android_phone_status"))
+        assertFalse(output.contains("Safety rails:"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun settingsPreviewFixture_keepsBridgeAndSafetyToggleExamplesVisible() {
+        val output = buildPromptBlock(
+            defaultSettings,
+            PhoneSnapshot(
+                blocklistCount = 3,
+                destructiveVerbCount = 5,
+                autoDisableMinutes = 15,
+            ),
+            availableTools = PHONE_CONTEXT_PREVIEW_TOOLS,
+        )
+
+        assertNotNull(output)
+        assertTrue(output!!.contains("Phone bridge: not connected"))
+        assertTrue(output.contains("Safety rails: 3 blocked apps, 5 destructive verbs, 15m auto-disable."))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun setupOnlyCatalog_doesNotAdvertisePhoneControl() {
+        val output = buildPromptBlock(
+            defaultSettings,
+            PhoneSnapshot(bridgeBound = true, masterEnabled = true),
+            availableTools = setOf("android_setup"),
+        )
+
+        assertNotNull(output)
+        assertFalse(output!!.contains("Phone bridge:"))
+        assertFalse(output.contains("android_phone_status"))
+    }
 
     // --- Case 1: bridge not bound, all defaults off ---
 
     @Test
     fun defaultSnapshot_bridgeNotBound_saysNotConnected() {
-        val output = buildPromptBlock(defaultSettings, PhoneSnapshot())
+        val output = buildPromptBlock(defaultSettings, PhoneSnapshot(), phoneTools)
         assertNotNull(
             "master defaults to true so the block should render",
             output,
@@ -63,7 +113,7 @@ class PhoneStatusPromptBuilderTest {
             credentialLockDetected = true,
             screenOn = true,
         )
-        val output = buildPromptBlock(defaultSettings, snapshot)
+        val output = buildPromptBlock(defaultSettings, snapshot, phoneTools)
         assertNotNull(output)
         assertTrue(
             "expected the disabled-by-user line; got: $output",
@@ -91,7 +141,7 @@ class PhoneStatusPromptBuilderTest {
             credentialLockDetected = false,
             screenOn = true,
         )
-        val output = buildPromptBlock(defaultSettings, snapshot)
+        val output = buildPromptBlock(defaultSettings, snapshot, phoneTools)
         assertNotNull(output)
         assertTrue(
             "expected 'Unattended access: off' advisory; got: $output",
@@ -123,7 +173,7 @@ class PhoneStatusPromptBuilderTest {
             credentialLockDetected = false,
             screenOn = false,
         )
-        val output = buildPromptBlock(defaultSettings, snapshot)
+        val output = buildPromptBlock(defaultSettings, snapshot, phoneTools)
         assertNotNull(output)
         assertTrue(
             "expected the 'Unattended access: on — the screen will wake' advisory; got: $output",
@@ -155,7 +205,7 @@ class PhoneStatusPromptBuilderTest {
             credentialLockDetected = true,
             screenOn = true,
         )
-        val output = buildPromptBlock(defaultSettings, snapshot)
+        val output = buildPromptBlock(defaultSettings, snapshot, phoneTools)
         assertNotNull(output)
         assertTrue(
             "agent MUST see the credential-lock warning string; got: $output",
@@ -188,6 +238,7 @@ class PhoneStatusPromptBuilderTest {
                 unattendedEnabled = true,
                 screenOn = true,
             ),
+            phoneTools,
         )
         assertNull(
             "master=false must omit the system message entirely " +
@@ -213,11 +264,29 @@ class PhoneStatusPromptBuilderTest {
             credentialLockDetected = false,
             screenOn = true,
         )
-        val output = buildPromptBlock(defaultSettings, snapshot)
+        val output = buildPromptBlock(defaultSettings, snapshot, phoneTools)
         assertNotNull(output)
         assertTrue(
             "expected permissions list; got: $output",
             output!!.contains("Permissions: accessibility, screen capture, overlay, notifications"),
         )
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun bridgeToolWithoutStatusTool_omitsUnavailableStatusToolAdvice() {
+        val output = buildPromptBlock(
+            defaultSettings,
+            PhoneSnapshot(
+                bridgeBound = true,
+                masterEnabled = true,
+                accessibilityGranted = true,
+                screenOn = true,
+            ),
+            availableTools = setOf("android_tap"),
+        )
+
+        assertNotNull(output)
+        assertTrue(output!!.contains("Phone bridge: enabled"))
+        assertFalse(output.contains("android_phone_status"))
+    }
 }

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/ChatContextCapabilityTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package com.hermesandroid.relay.viewmodel
+
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.ToolsetInfo
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class ChatContextCapabilityTest {
+    @Test
+    fun mediaHint_prefersUpstreamAndFramesRelayAsEnhancement() {
+        val hint = buildMediaCapabilityHint(
+            upstreamAvailable = true,
+            relayAvailable = true,
+        )
+
+        assertTrue(hint!!.startsWith("Media display: this client supports standard upstream Hermes"))
+        assertTrue(hint.contains("Relay enhancement:"))
+        assertTrue(hint.contains("Relay is not required"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun mediaHint_supportsStandardUpstreamWithoutRelay() {
+        val hint = buildMediaCapabilityHint(
+            upstreamAvailable = true,
+            relayAvailable = false,
+        )
+
+        assertTrue(hint!!.contains("authenticated upstream Dashboard file routes"))
+        assertFalse(hint.contains("Relay enhancement:"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun mediaHint_isAbsentWithoutAnyDeliveryRoute() {
+        assertNull(
+            buildMediaCapabilityHint(
+                upstreamAvailable = false,
+                relayAvailable = false,
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun sseToolCatalog_includesOnlyEnabledConfiguredToolsets() {
+        val names = eligibleSseToolNames(
+            listOf(
+                ToolsetInfo(
+                    name = "android",
+                    enabled = true,
+                    configured = true,
+                    tools = listOf("android_phone_status", "android_tap"),
+                ),
+                ToolsetInfo(
+                    name = "desktop",
+                    enabled = true,
+                    configured = false,
+                    tools = listOf("desktop_screenshot"),
+                ),
+                ToolsetInfo(
+                    name = "terminal",
+                    enabled = false,
+                    configured = true,
+                    tools = listOf("terminal"),
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+
+        assertTrue(names == setOf("android_phone_status", "android_tap"))
+    }
+}

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/ChatReadinessTest.kt

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package com.hermesandroid.relay.viewmodel
 
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.Connection
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.SessionTransport
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayAvailability
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.Test
@@ -38,12 +40,54 @@ class ChatReadinessTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `ready with reachable API when Gateway is unavailable`() {
+    fun `ready with reachable API for API-only owner`() {
         assertTrue(
             isChatTransportReady(
                 apiClientPresent = true,
                 apiReachable = true,
                 gatewayAvailability = GatewayAvailability.Unreachable,
+                chatOwner = SessionTransport.SSE,
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `reachable API cannot make a Gateway-owned chat ready`() {
+        assertFalse(
+            isChatTransportReady(
+                apiClientPresent = true,
+                apiReachable = true,
+                gatewayAvailability = GatewayAvailability.SignInRequired,
+                chatOwner = SessionTransport.GATEWAY,
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `eager status owner resolves from backing preference before public alias`() {
+        val connection = Connection(
+            id = "dashboard-owner",
+            label = "Dashboard",
+            apiServerUrl = "https://hermes.example.com:8642",
+            relayUrl = "",
+            tokenStoreKey = "test-key",
+            dashboardUrl = "https://hermes.example.com:9119",
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(
+            SessionTransport.GATEWAY,
+            resolveActiveChatTransport(
+                boundOwner = null,
+                connection = connection,
+                preference = "auto",
+            ),
+        )
+        assertEquals(
+            SessionTransport.SSE,
+            resolveActiveChatTransport(
+                boundOwner = SessionTransport.SSE,
+                connection = connection,
+                preference = "auto",
             ),
         )
     }

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/ChatRuntimeStatusTest.kt

@@ -28,23 +28,25 @@ class ChatRuntimeStatusTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `API SSE ready is healthy fallback when gateway is unavailable`() {
+    fun `API SSE ready is healthy only for an API-owned conversation`() {
         assertEquals(
-            ChatRuntimeStatus.Connected(ChatTransportPath.ApiSse, fallback = true),
+            ChatRuntimeStatus.Connected(ChatTransportPath.ApiSse, fallback = false),
             resolveChatRuntimeStatus(
                 gateway = ChatTransportReadiness.Unavailable,
                 apiSse = ChatTransportReadiness.Ready,
+                owner = ChatTransportPath.ApiSse,
             ),
         )
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `ready API fallback wins while gateway is still connecting`() {
+    fun `ready sibling API cannot mask gateway auth expiry`() {
         assertEquals(
-            ChatRuntimeStatus.Connected(ChatTransportPath.ApiSse, fallback = true),
+            ChatRuntimeStatus.Unavailable,
             resolveChatRuntimeStatus(
-                gateway = ChatTransportReadiness.Connecting,
+                gateway = ChatTransportReadiness.Unavailable,
                 apiSse = ChatTransportReadiness.Ready,
+                owner = ChatTransportPath.Gateway,
             ),
         )
     }
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ class ChatRuntimeStatusTest {
             resolveChatRuntimeStatus(
                 gateway = ChatTransportReadiness.Unavailable,
                 apiSse = ChatTransportReadiness.Connecting,
+                owner = ChatTransportPath.ApiSse,
             ),
         )
     }

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/ChatViewModelGatewayInboundTurnTest.kt

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class ChatViewModelGatewayInboundTurnTest {
         assertEquals(STORED_SESSION_ID, failure?.sessionId)
         assertEquals(ChatFailureRoute.GATEWAY, failure?.route)
         assertTrue(failure?.recoverable == true)
-        assertTrue(failure?.rawError.orEmpty().contains("no API fallback"))
+        assertTrue(failure?.rawError.orEmpty().contains("belongs to the Hermes Dashboard"))
         assertEquals("Retry this after reconnect", handler.lastSentMessage.value)
         assertTrue(handler.messages.value.isEmpty())
         val diagnostic = DiagnosticsLog.recent(setOf(DiagnosticCategory.Session), 1).single()
@@ -1650,6 +1650,39 @@ class ChatViewModelGatewayInboundTurnTest {
         assertTrue(gatewayClient.hasActiveTurn())
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun gatewayOwnedConversationDoesNotDispatchToReachableApiWhenGatewayIsMissing() {
+        viewModel.streamingEndpoint = "gateway"
+        viewModel.updateGatewayClient(null)
+        val apiRequestsBefore = apiCompletionsRequestCount.get()
+
+        viewModel.sendMessage("Keep this turn on Victor")
+        shadowOf(Looper.getMainLooper()).idle()
+
+        assertEquals(apiRequestsBefore, apiCompletionsRequestCount.get())
+        assertTrue(handler.messages.value.none { it.role == MessageRole.ASSISTANT })
+        assertEquals(
+            ChatFailureRoute.GATEWAY,
+            viewModel.chatFailure.value?.route,
+        )
+        assertEquals(STORED_SESSION_ID, handler.currentSessionId.value)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun boundGatewaySessionRejectsAResolverTransportFlipUntilExplicitNewChat() {
+        viewModel.switchProfileContext(PROFILE_CONTEXT, STORED_SESSION_ID)
+
+        viewModel.streamingEndpoint = "sessions"
+
+        assertEquals("gateway", viewModel.streamingEndpoint)
+        assertEquals(SessionTransport.GATEWAY, viewModel.conversationBinding.value.transport)
+
+        viewModel.createNewChat()
+
+        assertEquals("sessions", viewModel.streamingEndpoint)
+        assertEquals(SessionTransport.SSE, viewModel.conversationBinding.value.transport)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun gatewayRichCardActionStaysOnGatewayInsteadOfDrainingThroughSessionsApi() {
         viewModel.sseFallbackEndpoint = "sessions"
@@ -2981,6 +3014,51 @@ class ChatViewModelGatewayInboundTurnTest {
         assertTrue(viewModel.queuedMessages.value.isEmpty())
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun queuedCorrectionDrainsOnceAfterOwnedTurnSettlesFromActiveSessionIdle() = runBlocking {
+        viewModel.switchProfileContext(PROFILE_CONTEXT, STORED_SESSION_ID)
+        gatewayHarness.redirectStatus = "rejected"
+        viewModel.sendMessage("Original Android turn")
+        gatewayHarness.awaitRpc("prompt.submit")
+        serverWs.send(gatewayHarness.eventFrame("message.start", null, "live-resumed"))
+        serverWs.send(
+            gatewayHarness.eventFrame(
+                "message.delta",
+                buildJsonObject { put("text", "Answer without terminal") },
+                "live-resumed",
+            ),
+        )
+        awaitCondition { handler.isStreaming.value }
+
+        viewModel.sendMessage("Queued correction")
+        gatewayHarness.awaitRpc("session.redirect")
+        awaitCondition { viewModel.queuedMessages.value == listOf("Queued correction") }
+        persistedHistory = persistedAnswerHistory("Answer without terminal", "settled-answer")
+        gatewayHarness.activeSessionListPayload = buildJsonObject {
+            put("sessions", buildJsonArray {
+                add(buildJsonObject {
+                    put("id", "live-resumed")
+                    put("session_key", STORED_SESSION_ID)
+                    put("status", "idle")
+                    put("last_active", 1_777_000_000.0)
+                })
+            })
+        }
+
+        gatewayClient.listActiveSessions()
+        shadowOf(Looper.getMainLooper()).idle()
+
+        awaitCondition {
+            gatewayHarness.rpcLog.count { (method, params) ->
+                method == "prompt.submit" &&
+                    params["text"] == JsonPrimitive("Queued correction") &&
+                    params["queued"] == JsonPrimitive(true)
+            } == 1
+        }
+        assertTrue(viewModel.queuedMessages.value.isEmpty())
+        assertTrue(viewModel.steerableTurn.value)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun multipleQueuedMessagesDrainAsAnOwnedRunChain() {
         viewModel.switchProfileContext(
@@ -3739,6 +3817,16 @@ class ChatViewModelGatewayInboundTurnTest {
         awaitCondition {
             gatewayHarness.rpcLog.count { it.first == "session.active_list" } > baselineActiveList
         }
+        awaitCondition {
+            viewModel.backgroundSessionActivityStates.value["observer:$STORED_SESSION_ID"] ==
+                SessionActivityState.Working
+        }
+        gatewayHarness.activeSessionListPayload = activeSessionPayload("waiting")
+        viewModel.requestSessionActivityRefresh()
+        awaitCondition {
+            viewModel.backgroundSessionActivityStates.value["observer:$STORED_SESSION_ID"] ==
+                SessionActivityState.NeedsInput
+        }
         persistedHistory = listOf(
             MessageItem(
                 id = "desktop-answer",

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/ChatViewModelMediaStateTest.kt

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.ChatMessage
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.MediaSettingsRepository
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.relay.RelayHttpClient
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.ChatHandler
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.DashboardApiClient
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.models.MessageItem
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.util.MediaCacheWriter
 import io.mockk.coEvery
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
 class ChatViewModelMediaStateTest {
 
     private lateinit var server: MockWebServer
+    private lateinit var dashboardServer: MockWebServer
     private lateinit var handler: ChatHandler
     private lateinit var viewModel: ChatViewModel
     private lateinit var cache: MediaCacheWriter
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ class ChatViewModelMediaStateTest {
     @Before
     fun setUp() {
         server = MockWebServer().apply { start() }
+        dashboardServer = MockWebServer().apply { start() }
         val context = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()
         val relay = RelayHttpClient(
             okHttpClient = OkHttpClient(),
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ class ChatViewModelMediaStateTest {
                     .trimEnd('/')
             },
             sessionTokenProvider = { "paired-session" },
+            pairedTokenSnapshot = { "paired-session" },
         )
         cache = mockk()
         coEvery { cache.cache(any(), any(), any()) } returns
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ class ChatViewModelMediaStateTest {
     @After
     fun tearDown() {
         server.shutdown()
+        dashboardServer.shutdown()
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -151,6 +156,175 @@ class ChatViewModelMediaStateTest {
         assertEquals(windowsPath, request.requestUrl?.queryParameter("path"))
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun assistantBarePathPrefersAuthenticatedUpstreamDashboardDownload() {
+        val path = "/tmp/test-voice-message.mp3"
+        dashboardServer.enqueue(
+            MockResponse()
+                .setResponseCode(200)
+                .setHeader("Content-Type", "audio/mpeg")
+                .setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=\"test-voice-message.mp3\"")
+                .setBody("voice-bytes"),
+        )
+        viewModel.cellularNetworkOverride = false
+        viewModel.initializeMedia(
+            context = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication(),
+            relayHttpClient = RelayHttpClient(
+                okHttpClient = OkHttpClient(),
+                relayUrlProvider = { server.url("/").toString().replaceFirst("http://", "ws://").trimEnd('/') },
+                sessionTokenProvider = { "paired-session" },
+                pairedTokenSnapshot = { "paired-session" },
+            ),
+            mediaSettingsRepo = MediaSettingsRepository(RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()),
+            mediaCacheWriter = cache,
+            dashboardMediaClientProvider = {
+                DashboardApiClient(baseUrl = dashboardServer.url("/").toString())
+            },
+        )
+
+        handler.loadMessageHistory(
+            listOf(
+                MessageItem(
+                    id = "assistant-audio-upstream",
+                    role = "assistant",
+                    content = JsonPrimitive("Voice reply\nMEDIA:$path"),
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+
+        val loaded = awaitMessage {
+            it.attachments.singleOrNull()?.state == AttachmentState.LOADED
+        }.attachments.single()
+        assertEquals("audio/mpeg", loaded.contentType)
+        assertEquals("test-voice-message.mp3", loaded.fileName)
+        val request = dashboardServer.takeRequest()
+        assertEquals("/api/files/download", request.requestUrl?.encodedPath)
+        assertEquals(path, request.requestUrl?.queryParameter("path"))
+        assertEquals(0, server.requestCount)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun assistantBarePathWithoutUpstreamOrRelaySettlesAsNeutralHostFile() {
+        viewModel.cellularNetworkOverride = false
+        viewModel.initializeMedia(
+            context = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication(),
+            relayHttpClient = RelayHttpClient(
+                okHttpClient = OkHttpClient(),
+                relayUrlProvider = { null },
+                sessionTokenProvider = { null },
+            ),
+            mediaSettingsRepo = MediaSettingsRepository(RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()),
+            mediaCacheWriter = cache,
+        )
+
+        handler.loadMessageHistory(
+            listOf(
+                MessageItem(
+                    id = "assistant-file-unavailable",
+                    role = "assistant",
+                    content = JsonPrimitive("MEDIA:/tmp/result.zip"),
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+
+        val unavailable = awaitMessage {
+            it.attachments.singleOrNull()?.errorMessage == ChatViewModel.MEDIA_HOST_ONLY
+        }.attachments.single()
+        assertEquals(AttachmentState.FAILED, unavailable.state)
+        assertEquals("result.zip", unavailable.fileName)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun assistantBarePathFallsBackToRelayWhenUpstreamRouteIsUnavailable() {
+        val path = "/tmp/legacy-host-image.png"
+        dashboardServer.enqueue(MockResponse().setResponseCode(404).setBody("not found"))
+        server.enqueue(
+            MockResponse()
+                .setResponseCode(200)
+                .setHeader("Content-Type", "image/png")
+                .setHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline; filename=\"legacy-host-image.png\"")
+                .setBody("image-bytes"),
+        )
+        viewModel.cellularNetworkOverride = false
+        viewModel.initializeMedia(
+            context = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication(),
+            relayHttpClient = RelayHttpClient(
+                okHttpClient = OkHttpClient(),
+                relayUrlProvider = { server.url("/").toString().replaceFirst("http://", "ws://").trimEnd('/') },
+                sessionTokenProvider = { "paired-session" },
+                pairedTokenSnapshot = { "paired-session" },
+            ),
+            mediaSettingsRepo = MediaSettingsRepository(RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()),
+            mediaCacheWriter = cache,
+            dashboardMediaClientProvider = {
+                DashboardApiClient(baseUrl = dashboardServer.url("/").toString())
+            },
+        )
+
+        handler.loadMessageHistory(
+            listOf(
+                MessageItem(
+                    id = "assistant-image-fallback",
+                    role = "assistant",
+                    content = JsonPrimitive("MEDIA:$path"),
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+
+        val loaded = awaitMessage {
+            it.attachments.singleOrNull()?.state == AttachmentState.LOADED
+        }.attachments.single()
+        assertEquals("image/png", loaded.contentType)
+        assertEquals("/api/files/download", dashboardServer.takeRequest().requestUrl?.encodedPath)
+        assertEquals("/media/by-path", server.takeRequest().requestUrl?.encodedPath)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun assistantBarePathDoesNotBypassUpstreamSensitiveFileDenial() {
+        val path = "/home/user/.ssh/id_ed25519"
+        dashboardServer.enqueue(MockResponse().setResponseCode(403).setBody("sensitive file"))
+        server.enqueue(
+            MockResponse()
+                .setResponseCode(200)
+                .setHeader("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
+                .setBody("must-not-be-fetched"),
+        )
+        viewModel.cellularNetworkOverride = false
+        viewModel.initializeMedia(
+            context = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication(),
+            relayHttpClient = RelayHttpClient(
+                okHttpClient = OkHttpClient(),
+                relayUrlProvider = { server.url("/").toString().replaceFirst("http://", "ws://").trimEnd('/') },
+                sessionTokenProvider = { "paired-session" },
+                pairedTokenSnapshot = { "paired-session" },
+            ),
+            mediaSettingsRepo = MediaSettingsRepository(RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()),
+            mediaCacheWriter = cache,
+            dashboardMediaClientProvider = {
+                DashboardApiClient(baseUrl = dashboardServer.url("/").toString())
+            },
+        )
+
+        handler.loadMessageHistory(
+            listOf(
+                MessageItem(
+                    id = "assistant-sensitive-denied",
+                    role = "assistant",
+                    content = JsonPrimitive("MEDIA:$path"),
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+
+        val denied = awaitMessage {
+            it.attachments.singleOrNull()?.let { attachment ->
+                attachment.state == AttachmentState.FAILED && attachment.errorMessage != null
+            } == true
+        }.attachments.single()
+        assertEquals(AttachmentState.FAILED, denied.state)
+        assertEquals(1, dashboardServer.requestCount)
+        assertEquals(0, server.requestCount)
+    }
+
     private fun awaitMessage(predicate: (ChatMessage) -> Boolean): ChatMessage {
         val deadline = System.nanoTime() + 5_000_000_000L
         while (System.nanoTime() < deadline) {

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/ConversationBindingControllerTest.kt

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.hermesandroid.relay.viewmodel
 
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.AgentDisplay
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.Profile
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.SessionTransport
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
@@ -112,4 +113,40 @@ class ConversationBindingControllerTest {
         assertEquals("alpha", controller.state.value.profileName)
         assertEquals("a1", controller.state.value.sessionId)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun gatewayOwnerSurvivesSessionClearAndLifecycleReconciliation() {
+        controller.forceGlobal(
+            contextKey = "c::victor",
+            profileName = "victor",
+            sessionId = "20260831_120000_deadbeef",
+            transport = SessionTransport.GATEWAY,
+        )
+
+        controller.startFreshDraft()
+        controller.reconcileGlobal(
+            contextKey = "c::victor",
+            profileName = "victor",
+            sessionId = null,
+            transport = SessionTransport.GATEWAY,
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(SessionTransport.GATEWAY, controller.state.value.transport)
+        assertNull(controller.state.value.sessionId)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun explicitApiSessionKeepsItsCompatibilityOwner() {
+        controller.openExplicit(
+            contextKey = "c::default",
+            profileName = null,
+            sessionId = "api_1788192000_deadbeef",
+            displayProfile = null,
+            lockedProfileToken = null,
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(SessionTransport.SSE, controller.state.value.transport)
+        controller.switchSession(null)
+        assertEquals(SessionTransport.SSE, controller.state.value.transport)
+    }
 }

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/GatewayNoticePresentationTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package com.hermesandroid.relay.viewmodel
+
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayAgentNotice
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.UiMessageBus
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.ui.UiMessageSeverity
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class GatewayNoticePresentationTest {
+    @Test
+    fun stickyWarningStripsDuplicateGlyphAndKeepsKey() {
+        val presentation = gatewayNoticePresentation(
+            GatewayAgentNotice(
+                text = "⚠ Credits depleted",
+                level = "warn",
+                kind = "sticky",
+                key = "credits.depleted",
+            ),
+        )
+
+        assertEquals("Credits depleted", presentation.text)
+        assertEquals(UiMessageSeverity.Warning, presentation.severity)
+        assertEquals(0L, presentation.ttlMillis)
+        assertEquals("credits.depleted", presentation.key)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun ttlNoticeUsesIdFallbackAndBoundsLifetime() {
+        val presentation = gatewayNoticePresentation(
+            GatewayAgentNotice(
+                text = "  ✓ Credits restored  ",
+                level = "success",
+                kind = "ttl",
+                ttlMs = 600_000L,
+                id = "notice-2",
+            ),
+        )
+
+        assertEquals("Credits restored", presentation.text)
+        assertEquals(UiMessageSeverity.Success, presentation.severity)
+        assertEquals(60_000L, presentation.ttlMillis)
+        assertEquals("notice-2", presentation.key)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun ttlWithoutDurationUsesExistingBannerDefault() {
+        val presentation = gatewayNoticePresentation(
+            GatewayAgentNotice(text = "Account update", kind = "ttl"),
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(UiMessageBus.DEFAULT_TTL_MS, presentation.ttlMillis)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun agentNoticePersistsUntilGatewayClearsItsKey() {
+        val presentation = gatewayNoticePresentation(
+            GatewayAgentNotice(
+                text = "Still starting agent",
+                kind = "agent",
+                key = "agent-startup",
+            ),
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(0L, presentation.ttlMillis)
+        assertEquals("agent-startup", presentation.key)
+    }
+}

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/GitStateViewModelTest.kt

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.hermesandroid.relay.viewmodel
 
 import android.app.Application
 import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider
+import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.GitRepositoryRoute
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.DashboardApiClient
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
@@ -56,21 +57,29 @@ class GitStateViewModelTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `disabled configuration does not discover repositories until enabled`() = runBlocking {
-        enqueueJson("""{"repos":[]}""")
+    fun `disabled Relay discovery still loads standard session repository`() = runBlocking {
+        enqueueJson("""{"branch":"main","changed":0,"staged":0,"unstaged":0,"untracked":0,"files":[]}""")
         val vm = GitStateViewModel(application)
         vm.configure(
             DashboardApiClient(server.url("/").toString()),
             ownerKey,
             scanningEnabled = false,
         )
+        vm.setSessionWorkspace(repoRoot = "/workspace/repo", workingDirectory = null)
 
         vm.loadRepos()
-        assertEquals(0, server.requestCount)
+        val standard = withTimeout(5_000) {
+            vm.repos.filterIsInstance<GitStateUiState.Ready>().first()
+        }
+        assertEquals(GitRepositoryRoute.UPSTREAM, standard.repos.single().route)
+        assertEquals("/api/git/status?path=%2Fworkspace%2Frepo", server.takeRequest().path)
+        assertEquals(1, server.requestCount)
 
+        enqueueJson("""{"branch":"main","changed":0,"staged":0,"unstaged":0,"untracked":0,"files":[]}""")
+        enqueueJson("""{"repos":[]}""")
         vm.setScanningEnabled(true)
-        vm.loadRepos()
         withTimeout(5_000) { vm.repos.filterIsInstance<GitStateUiState.Ready>().first() }
+        assertEquals("/api/git/status?path=%2Fworkspace%2Frepo", server.takeRequest().path)
         assertEquals("/api/plugins/hermes-relay/git/repos", server.takeRequest().path)
     }
 
@@ -203,4 +212,141 @@ class GitStateViewModelTest {
         }
         assertTrue(error.message.contains("unknown repository"))
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `active session repository uses upstream Git without Relay`() = runBlocking {
+        enqueueJson(
+            """{"branch":"main","changed":2,"staged":0,"unstaged":1,"untracked":1,"added":7,"removed":2,"files":[]}""",
+        )
+        server.enqueue(
+            MockResponse().setResponseCode(404).setBody("""{"detail":"No such API endpoint"}"""),
+        )
+        val vm = GitStateViewModel(application)
+        vm.configure(DashboardApiClient(server.url("/").toString()), ownerKey, scanningEnabled = true)
+        vm.setSessionWorkspace(repoRoot = "/workspace/repo", workingDirectory = "/workspace/repo/src")
+        vm.loadRepos()
+
+        val ready = withTimeout(5_000) {
+            vm.repos.filterIsInstance<GitStateUiState.Ready>().first()
+        }
+        assertEquals(1, ready.repos.size)
+        assertEquals(GitRepositoryRoute.UPSTREAM, ready.repos.single().route)
+        assertEquals("/workspace/repo", ready.repos.single().root)
+        assertEquals("/api/git/status?path=%2Fworkspace%2Frepo", server.takeRequest().path)
+        assertEquals("/api/plugins/hermes-relay/git/repos", server.takeRequest().path)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `standard session repository can be selected while Relay discovery is off`() = runBlocking {
+        enqueueJson(
+            """{"branch":"main","changed":1,"staged":0,"unstaged":1,"untracked":0,"added":2,"removed":0,"files":[{"path":"a.kt","unstaged":true}]}""",
+        )
+        enqueueJson(
+            """{"branch":"main","changed":1,"staged":0,"unstaged":1,"untracked":0,"added":2,"removed":0,"files":[{"path":"a.kt","unstaged":true}]}""",
+        )
+        enqueueJson("""{"files":[{"path":"a.kt","added":2,"removed":0,"staged":false}]}""")
+        enqueueJson("""{"branches":[{"name":"main","checkedOut":true}]}""")
+        val vm = GitStateViewModel(application)
+        vm.configure(DashboardApiClient(server.url("/").toString()), ownerKey, scanningEnabled = false)
+        vm.setSessionWorkspace(repoRoot = "/workspace/repo", workingDirectory = null)
+        vm.loadRepos()
+        val repos = withTimeout(5_000) {
+            vm.repos.filterIsInstance<GitStateUiState.Ready>().first()
+        }
+
+        vm.selectRepo(repos.repos.single().id)
+        val detail = withTimeout(5_000) {
+            vm.detail.filterIsInstance<GitRepoDetailState.Ready>().first()
+        }
+        assertEquals("a.kt", detail.status.modified.single().path)
+        assertNotNull(vm.currentTarget())
+        assertEquals(4, server.requestCount)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `upstream operational failure does not downgrade to Relay`() = runBlocking {
+        server.enqueue(MockResponse().setResponseCode(500).setBody("""{"detail":"git crashed"}"""))
+        enqueueJson(
+            """{"repos":[{"id":"alpha","name":"alpha","root":"/workspace/repo"}]}""",
+        )
+        val vm = GitStateViewModel(application)
+        vm.configure(DashboardApiClient(server.url("/").toString()), ownerKey, scanningEnabled = true)
+        vm.setSessionWorkspace(repoRoot = "/workspace/repo", workingDirectory = null)
+        vm.loadRepos()
+
+        val error = withTimeout(5_000) {
+            vm.repos.filterIsInstance<GitStateUiState.Error>().first()
+        }
+        assertTrue(error.message.contains("HTTP 500"))
+        assertEquals(1, server.requestCount)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `upstream session status maps official review and branch shapes`() = runBlocking {
+        enqueueJson(
+            """{"branch":"feature/x","changed":2,"staged":1,"unstaged":1,"untracked":0,"added":9,"removed":3,"files":[{"path":"a.kt","staged":true},{"path":"b.kt","unstaged":true}]}""",
+        )
+        server.enqueue(MockResponse().setResponseCode(404).setBody("""{"detail":"plugin absent"}"""))
+        enqueueJson(
+            """{"branch":"feature/x","changed":2,"staged":1,"unstaged":1,"untracked":0,"added":9,"removed":3,"files":[{"path":"a.kt","staged":true},{"path":"b.kt","unstaged":true}]}""",
+        )
+        enqueueJson(
+            """{"files":[{"path":"a.kt","added":5,"removed":1,"staged":true},{"path":"b.kt","added":4,"removed":2,"staged":false}],"base":null}""",
+        )
+        enqueueJson(
+            """{"branches":[{"name":"feature/x","checkedOut":true,"isDefault":false,"isRemote":false,"worktreePath":"/workspace/repo"}]}""",
+        )
+        val vm = GitStateViewModel(application)
+        vm.configure(DashboardApiClient(server.url("/").toString()), ownerKey, scanningEnabled = true)
+        vm.setSessionWorkspace(repoRoot = "/workspace/repo", workingDirectory = null)
+        vm.loadRepos()
+        val repos = withTimeout(5_000) {
+            vm.repos.filterIsInstance<GitStateUiState.Ready>().first()
+        }
+
+        vm.selectRepo(repos.repos.single().id)
+        val detail = withTimeout(5_000) {
+            vm.detail.filterIsInstance<GitRepoDetailState.Ready>().first()
+        }
+        assertEquals(2, detail.status.counts.changes)
+        assertEquals(9, detail.status.counts.additions)
+        assertEquals(3, detail.status.counts.deletions)
+        assertEquals("a.kt", detail.status.staged.single().path)
+        assertEquals("b.kt", detail.status.modified.single().path)
+        assertTrue(detail.branches.single().isCurrent)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `missing upstream read route falls back to matching Relay repository`() = runBlocking {
+        enqueueJson(
+            """{"branch":"main","changed":1,"staged":0,"unstaged":1,"untracked":0,"files":[]}""",
+        )
+        enqueueJson(
+            """{"repos":[{"id":"relay-alpha","name":"repo","root":"/workspace/repo","current_branch":"main","dirty":true}]}""",
+        )
+        server.enqueue(MockResponse().setResponseCode(404).setBody("""{"detail":"route unavailable"}"""))
+        enqueueJson(
+            """{"counts":{"staged":0,"modified":1,"untracked":0},"staged":[],"modified":[{"path":"a.kt"}],"untracked":[],"truncated":false}""",
+        )
+        enqueueJson(
+            """{"branches":[{"name":"main","checkedOut":true,"isDefault":true,"isRemote":false,"worktreePath":"/workspace/repo"}]}""",
+        )
+        val vm = GitStateViewModel(application)
+        vm.configure(DashboardApiClient(server.url("/").toString()), ownerKey, scanningEnabled = true)
+        vm.setSessionWorkspace(repoRoot = "/workspace/repo", workingDirectory = null)
+        vm.loadRepos()
+        val repos = withTimeout(5_000) {
+            vm.repos.filterIsInstance<GitStateUiState.Ready>().first()
+        }
+
+        vm.selectRepo(repos.repos.single().id)
+        val detail = withTimeout(5_000) {
+            vm.detail.filterIsInstance<GitRepoDetailState.Ready>().first()
+        }
+        assertEquals("a.kt", detail.status.modified.single().path)
+        val paths = buildList {
+            repeat(5) { add(server.takeRequest().path.orEmpty()) }
+        }
+        assertTrue(paths.contains("/api/plugins/hermes-relay/git/status?repo=relay-alpha"))
+    }
 }

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/SessionActivityResolutionTest.kt

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.hermesandroid.relay.data.SessionLiveStatus
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayActiveSession
 import com.hermesandroid.relay.network.upstream.GatewayActiveSessionStatus
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
 import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.Test
@@ -40,14 +41,35 @@ class SessionActivityResolutionTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `unscoped stored id stays unresolved even when bounded directory looks unique`() {
+    fun `unique selected passive owner resolves without a runtime binding`() {
         val unique = SessionActivityOwner.of("connection", "beta", "unique")
         val result = resolveGatewayActiveSessions(
             sessions = listOf(
                 GatewayActiveSession(
                     runtimeSessionId = "runtime",
                     storedSessionId = "unique",
-                    status = GatewayActiveSessionStatus.Starting,
+                    status = GatewayActiveSessionStatus.Waiting,
+                    lastActiveEpochSeconds = 1.0,
+                ),
+            ),
+            directory = setOf(alpha, unique),
+            currentOwner = unique,
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(unique, result.runtimes.single().owner)
+        assertEquals(SessionLiveStatus.Waiting, result.runtimes.single().status)
+        assertFalse(result.ambiguous)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `unique passive owner for a nonselected session stays unresolved`() {
+        val unique = SessionActivityOwner.of("connection", "beta", "unique")
+        val result = resolveGatewayActiveSessions(
+            sessions = listOf(
+                GatewayActiveSession(
+                    runtimeSessionId = "runtime",
+                    storedSessionId = "unique",
+                    status = GatewayActiveSessionStatus.Working,
                     lastActiveEpochSeconds = 1.0,
                 ),
             ),

app/src/test/kotlin/com/hermesandroid/relay/viewmodel/connection/ProfileControllerLockTest.kt

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class ProfileControllerLockTest {
             // (no gateway probe gating) — keeps refreshLastSessionForProfile from
             // bailing early on Unknown.
             streamingEndpointProvider = { streamingEndpoint },
-            gatewayAvailabilityProvider = { gatewayAvailability },
+            automaticTransportProvider = { SessionTransport.GATEWAY },
             setLastSessionId = { lastSessionIds += it },
             legacyDefaultSessionId = { null },
             rebuildChatApiClient = { },
@@ -208,13 +208,16 @@ class ProfileControllerLockTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun autoUnknownRestoresGatewayBucketUntilDefinitiveFallback() {
+    fun autoGatewayOwnerDoesNotChangeRestoreBucketAfterOutage() {
         streamingEndpoint = "auto"
         gatewayAvailability = GatewayAvailability.Unknown
 
         assertEquals(SessionTransport.GATEWAY, controller.activeSessionTransport())
 
         gatewayAvailability = GatewayAvailability.Unreachable
+        assertEquals(SessionTransport.GATEWAY, controller.activeSessionTransport())
+
+        streamingEndpoint = "sessions"
         assertEquals(SessionTransport.SSE, controller.activeSessionTransport())
     }
 

docs/decisions.md

@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@
 ### 3. Chat via Direct API, Not Relay Proxy
 
 **Status:** Superseded as the standard route by ADR 38 (2026-07-18). Direct API
-chat remains the automatic fallback and an advanced headless compatibility
-mode; the upstream Dashboard/Gateway is now the primary connection surface.
+chat remains an explicit API-only/headless compatibility mode; the upstream
+Dashboard/Gateway is now the primary connection surface. ADR 71 removes
+availability-driven fallback between their non-interchangeable session stores.
 
 **Decision:** ~~Chat channel proxies through the relay to the WebAPI.~~ **Updated:** Chat now connects directly from the Android app to the Hermes API Server via HTTP/SSE. The relay server is only used for bridge and terminal channels.
 
@@ -377,6 +378,14 @@ Key data classes: `MessageEvent` (inbound), `SendResult` (outbound), `SessionSou
 
 ### 14. Inbound Media via Plugin-Owned Relay Endpoint, Not Upstream Gateway (2026-04-11)
 
+**Status (2026-08-31): Superseded for ordinary media.** Current upstream
+Hermes Dashboard/Desktop provides authenticated file download, streaming, and
+bounded preview routes. Android now prefers those upstream routes for ordinary
+`MEDIA:` paths and file references. The token registry remains valid for
+explicit Relay tokens, phone-control screenshots, sensitivity metadata, and
+older-host compatibility; it is no longer a prerequisite for standard inbound
+attachments. See [`upstream-surface-matrix.md`](upstream-surface-matrix.md).
+
 **Decision:** Agent-initiated media (screenshots, and any future file-producing tool) is delivered to the phone via a new loopback-register + bearer-fetch pair of routes on our own relay server (`POST /media/register` → `GET /media/{token}`), not by relying on hermes-agent's upstream `extract_media()` / `send_document()` machinery. Tools emit a `MEDIA:hermes-relay://<token>` marker in their chat response text; the phone parses the marker out of the SSE stream and fetches bytes out-of-band over authenticated HTTPS.
 
 **Why:**
@@ -2210,7 +2219,7 @@ starting connectivity does not itself require or imply a tool grant.
 
 ## ADR 38 — Dashboard/Gateway is the primary Android connection surface
 
-**Status:** Accepted (2026-07-18).
+**Status:** Superseded by ADR 71 for chat fallback semantics (2026-08-31).
 
 **Context.** Android originally treated the API server URL and bearer key as the
 identity and prerequisite for every saved connection. The app later gained the
@@ -2226,7 +2235,7 @@ stable identity independent of endpoint URLs.
 - **Dashboard/Gateway is standard.** It owns primary chat, dashboard auth,
   sessions, Manage, and Vanilla Hermes voice against unmodified upstream Hermes.
 - **API server is optional.** When discovered or explicitly configured, it is an
-  automatic chat fallback and an advanced headless compatibility surface. Its
+  API-only chat and advanced headless compatibility surface. Its
   bearer is requested and validated only when that endpoint is configured.
 - **Relay is optional.** It adds pairing, terminal, bridge/device control,
   media, notification companion, enhanced voice, and desktop tooling. It never
@@ -2238,15 +2247,14 @@ stable identity independent of endpoint URLs.
   profile's authoritative Hermes session database without proxying chat.
   Native Gateway lifecycle events take precedence, and absence of the optional
   route silently restores the vanilla behavior.
-- **Readiness is capability-based.** Chat, Manage, Voice, API fallback, and
+- **Readiness is capability-based.** Chat, Manage, Voice, Direct API, and
   Relay extensions report their own state. A missing optional endpoint does not
   mark the whole connection unhealthy.
-- **Routing is automatic.** Chat prefers Dashboard/Gateway and falls back to the
-  API server only when configured and usable. Users choose a transport only in
-  advanced diagnostics or compatibility settings, not during normal setup.
-  Endpoint discovery may advertise a conventional API route, but does not enable
-  that optional fallback unless the connection has persisted API configuration;
-  cold-start state remains unconfigured until that persisted value is hydrated.
+- **Routing is owner-bound.** Standard Chat uses Dashboard/Gateway. Legacy
+  API-only records and explicit advanced compatibility selections use the API
+  server. Live authentication or reachability never changes an open chat's
+  owner. Endpoint discovery may advertise a conventional API route, but does
+  not enable it for a Dashboard-owned conversation.
 
 **Product flow.** Normal onboarding asks for one Hermes address, discovers the
 Dashboard/Gateway, authenticates through its supported provider, and finishes
@@ -2260,8 +2268,8 @@ An API endpoint or Relay can be added later without recreating the connection.
 
 - Dashboard-only Hermes connections can chat, manage, use sessions, and use
   Vanilla Hermes voice without fake API credentials.
-- API outages do not degrade a healthy Gateway session; they remove only the
-  fallback capability.
+- API outages do not degrade a healthy Gateway session; they affect only an
+  explicit Direct API compatibility conversation.
 - Connection storage, diagnostics, backup/restore, route discovery, pairing,
   and profile/session scoping must tolerate independently absent endpoints.
 - Legacy API-only users keep working, but public documentation no longer teaches
@@ -3710,15 +3718,20 @@ live even when upstream had already persisted the final answer. The earlier
 visible-chat Idle reattach fix covered a socket that closed after foreground
 prewarm; it did not cover this already-active turn state.
 
-**Decision.** A Gateway turn may settle from `session.activate` or exact-session
-`session.info` only when the turn has already received turn-scoped activity and
-upstream reports `running=false`. Pre-start idle snapshots are ignored because
-they can race prompt admission. This backstop is a successful server-owned
-settle, not cancellation or transport failure: Android completes the local
-stream, keeps the durable session identity, performs bounded identity-fenced
-history reconciliation, and never resubmits through API fallback. Cold open
-continues to use `session.resume`; an authoritative resume rejection remains
-visible and cannot create or switch to a replacement context.
+**Decision.** A Gateway turn may settle from `session.activate`, exact-session
+`session.info`, or an exact live/durable `session.active_list` row only when the
+turn is Android-owned, has already received turn-scoped activity, and upstream
+reports `running=false` or Idle. The active-list request captures the exact turn
+and its progress generation; a session/profile switch, cancellation, newer turn,
+or intervening live event rejects the delayed snapshot. Pre-start idle snapshots
+and passively observed Desktop/TUI turns are never eligible. This backstop is a
+successful server-owned settle, not cancellation or transport failure: Android
+completes the local stream, keeps the durable session identity, performs bounded
+identity-fenced history reconciliation, consumes one late terminal without
+double-completion, and never resubmits through API fallback. A locally queued
+correction drains once through its existing owner chain after settlement. Cold
+open continues to use `session.resume`; an authoritative resume rejection
+remains visible and cannot create or switch to a replacement context.
 
 The recovery writes one bounded content-free diagnostic containing only route,
 missing-terminal phase, and reconciliation action. It records no prompt or
@@ -4086,9 +4099,10 @@ The precedence is:
    revalidated. A failed or unsupported live refresh is **Unavailable**.
 
 Android resolves each active-list row through exact foreground or detached
-ownership already held by that client, or explicit profile metadata if a
-future upstream sends it. A bounded REST directory never proves that a durable
-`session_key` is globally unique. Ambiguous or unresolved rows apply no status.
+ownership already held by that client, explicit profile metadata if a future
+upstream sends it, or the currently selected passive session when its durable
+`session_key` has exactly one owner in the current connection directory.
+Duplicate same-id owners across profiles remain ambiguous and apply no status.
 Resolved rows from a partial snapshot may update their exact owners, but they
 cannot infer absence. A missing row clears stale live state for a scope only
 when the successful process-wide snapshot was complete and every relevant row
@@ -4128,7 +4142,10 @@ paths, which concern exact Android-owned checkpoints.
 and saved-session selection establish only the shared Gateway socket. They use
 profile-scoped REST history plus process-wide `session.active_list`; while an
 unowned row with the selected durable id is live, Android performs bounded
-history refreshes and one final read after settlement. These observer paths send
+history refreshes and one final read after settlement. When that durable id has
+exactly one owner in the current connection directory, the same read-only row
+also projects Working or Waiting for the selected session; duplicate cross-profile
+owners remain neutral. These observer paths send
 no `session.resume`, `session.activate`, `prompt.submit`, or `session.interrupt`.
 Exact Android-owned checkpoints retain `session.activate` with durable-resume
 fallback, and explicit send or session-config actions may resume because the user
@@ -4244,3 +4261,46 @@ large profile database remains a separate certification gate.
 `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-list-actions.ts`. Android wiring
 lives in `DashboardApiClient`, `HermesRuntimeBinder`, `ChatScreen`, and
 `ChatViewModel`.
+
+---
+
+## ADR 71 — Android conversations are transport-affine
+
+**Status:** Accepted (2026-08-31).
+
+**Context.** Standard Android Chat now follows the upstream Dashboard/Gateway
+model, but Auto resolution still changed a live conversation to API-server
+sessions, completions, or runs when Dashboard sign-in expired or Gateway became
+unavailable. The optional API server could therefore make Chat appear connected
+and even complete a local turn while Dashboard session/history reads returned
+401. Gateway and API-server session ids belong to different databases and are
+not interchangeable, especially for named profile homes. Reachability of one
+surface is not authority to mutate a conversation owned by the other.
+
+**Decision.** Every Android conversation binding includes its transport owner
+alongside connection, profile, and session identity.
+
+- A standard saved connection's Auto owner is Gateway and does not change with
+  Gateway availability. `SignInRequired` requests Dashboard sign-in; a temporary
+  failure preserves transcript, draft, attachments, queued destination, and
+  retry state.
+- Missing Gateway clients and failed Gateway preflight never dispatch the turn
+  through API-server SSE. Attachments, voice sends, slash commands, queued
+  turns, session restore, and profile switches all use the same bound owner.
+- A legacy connection with API configuration but no persisted Dashboard route
+  remains API-only. Existing `api_…` records retain their API session slot.
+  Advanced manual Direct API selection is explicit and takes effect for a new
+  chat; it does not migrate an existing Gateway transcript or session.
+- Cold-start restoration selects the persisted session slot from the saved
+  connection/manual preference, not a transient auth or health verdict.
+  Dashboard history remains authoritative for Gateway bindings; API session
+  history remains authoritative only for API-owned bindings.
+- User-facing Connected and ordinary route labels describe the active binding
+  owner. A reachable sibling endpoint cannot mask sign-out or failure. Exact
+  endpoint names remain available in advanced diagnostics/compatibility UI.
+
+**Consequences.** Sessions, runs, and completions remain useful for legitimate
+API-only/headless clients, compatibility testing, and existing API records, but
+they are no longer automatic recovery for standard Chat. Users retry or sign in
+without losing local work, named profiles cannot cross databases silently, and
+readiness reflects the conversation that will actually receive the next turn.

docs/diagrams/architecture-homepage.excalidraw

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
     },
     {
       "type": "text", "id": "t_sub", "x": 120, "y": 88, "width": 960, "height": 22,
-      "text": "Chat, Manage & Voice run on a plain Hermes agent. The optional Relay plugin adds Terminal, Bridge & desktop tools.",
-      "originalText": "Chat, Manage & Voice run on a plain Hermes agent. The optional Relay plugin adds Terminal, Bridge & desktop tools.",
+      "text": "One standard path. Optional extensions when you want more.",
+      "originalText": "One standard path. Optional extensions when you want more.",
       "fontSize": 14, "fontFamily": 3, "textAlign": "left", "verticalAlign": "top",
       "strokeColor": "#64748b", "backgroundColor": "transparent", "fillStyle": "solid",
       "strokeWidth": 1, "strokeStyle": "solid", "roughness": 0, "opacity": 100, "angle": 0,
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
     {
       "type": "text", "id": "z_machine", "x": 120, "y": 168, "width": 220, "height": 18,
-      "text": "YOUR MACHINE", "originalText": "YOUR MACHINE",
+      "text": "YOUR HERMES HOST", "originalText": "YOUR HERMES HOST",
       "fontSize": 13, "fontFamily": 3, "textAlign": "left", "verticalAlign": "top",
       "strokeColor": "#94a3b8", "backgroundColor": "transparent", "fillStyle": "solid",
       "strokeWidth": 1, "strokeStyle": "solid", "roughness": 0, "opacity": 100, "angle": 0,
@@ -46,23 +46,23 @@
 
     {
       "type": "rectangle", "id": "r_hermes", "x": 110, "y": 200, "width": 290, "height": 132,
-      "strokeColor": "#334155", "backgroundColor": "#eef2f7", "fillStyle": "solid",
+      "strokeColor": "#1e3a5f", "backgroundColor": "#dbeafe", "fillStyle": "solid",
       "strokeWidth": 2, "strokeStyle": "solid", "roughness": 0, "opacity": 100, "angle": 0,
       "seed": 100010, "version": 1, "versionNonce": 10, "isDeleted": false, "groupIds": [],
       "boundElements": null, "link": null, "locked": false, "roundness": { "type": 3 }
     },
     {
-      "type": "text", "id": "tx_hermes1", "x": 132, "y": 240, "width": 250, "height": 28,
-      "text": "Hermes agent", "originalText": "Hermes agent",
-      "fontSize": 22, "fontFamily": 3, "textAlign": "left", "verticalAlign": "top",
+      "type": "text", "id": "tx_hermes1", "x": 132, "y": 230, "width": 250, "height": 50,
+      "text": "Hermes Dashboard\n+ Gateway", "originalText": "Hermes Dashboard\n+ Gateway",
+      "fontSize": 18, "fontFamily": 3, "textAlign": "left", "verticalAlign": "top",
       "strokeColor": "#1e293b", "backgroundColor": "transparent", "fillStyle": "solid",
       "strokeWidth": 1, "strokeStyle": "solid", "roughness": 0, "opacity": 100, "angle": 0,
       "seed": 100011, "version": 1, "versionNonce": 11, "isDeleted": false, "groupIds": [],
       "boundElements": null, "link": null, "locked": false, "containerId": null, "lineHeight": 1.25
     },
     {
-      "type": "text", "id": "tx_hermes2", "x": 132, "y": 278, "width": 250, "height": 18,
-      "text": "the platform on your machine", "originalText": "the platform on your machine",
+      "type": "text", "id": "tx_hermes2", "x": 132, "y": 294, "width": 250, "height": 18,
+      "text": "standard upstream connection", "originalText": "standard upstream connection",
       "fontSize": 13, "fontFamily": 3, "textAlign": "left", "verticalAlign": "top",
       "strokeColor": "#64748b", "backgroundColor": "transparent", "fillStyle": "solid",
       "strokeWidth": 1, "strokeStyle": "solid", "roughness": 0, "opacity": 100, "angle": 0,
@@ -72,23 +72,23 @@
 
     {
       "type": "rectangle", "id": "r_plugin", "x": 110, "y": 404, "width": 290, "height": 120,
-      "strokeColor": "#6b4fb0", "backgroundColor": "#efeafb", "fillStyle": "solid",
+      "strokeColor": "#6d28d9", "backgroundColor": "#ddd6fe", "fillStyle": "solid",
       "strokeWidth": 2, "strokeStyle": "dashed", "roughness": 0, "opacity": 100, "angle": 0,
       "seed": 100020, "version": 1, "versionNonce": 20, "isDeleted": false, "groupIds": [],
       "boundElements": null, "link": null, "locked": false, "roundness": { "type": 3 }
     },
     {
       "type": "text", "id": "tx_plugin1", "x": 132, "y": 430, "width": 250, "height": 24,
-      "text": "+ Relay plugin", "originalText": "+ Relay plugin",
+      "text": "Relay plugin", "originalText": "Relay plugin",
       "fontSize": 18, "fontFamily": 3, "textAlign": "left", "verticalAlign": "top",
-      "strokeColor": "#5b3fa0", "backgroundColor": "transparent", "fillStyle": "solid",
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docs/gateway-contract-testing.md

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ the upstream contract identifiers it depends on.
 | `queued_follow_up` | Two explicitly owned turns and ordered queue drainage |
 | `scope_rejection_inputs` | Exact, foreign, and unscoped event inputs |
 | `terminal_gap_activate` | Socket closes after live output; replacement `session.activate` reports `running=false`; history is authoritative |
+| `terminal_gap_active_list` | An exact Android-owned turn receives deltas but no terminal; `session.active_list` reports the same live/durable owner idle; history is authoritative |
 | `terminal_gap_session_info` | Scoped `session.info {running:false}` settles a turn without `message.complete` |
 | `active_status_lifecycle` | `session.active_list` reports starting, working, waiting, and idle, then a complete empty process-wide snapshot permits removal of unambiguously owned prior rows |
 | `active_status_profile_scope` | A row has no profile metadata and a caller profile hint has no effect; the client must use exact client-held ownership and reject invented attribution |

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       <div class="conn arrow"></div>
       <div class="fnode dec">
-        <div class="t">Voice interface-context present AND endpoint == gateway?</div>
+        <div class="t">Bound owner == "gateway"?</div>
       </div>
       <div class="conn"></div>
       <div class="branch">
         <div class="branch-col">
-          <span class="branch-label yes">Yes</span>
-          <div class="fnode sse">
-            <div class="t">Force SSE fallback</div>
-            <div class="s">gateway can't carry system_message</div>
-          </div>
+          <span class="branch-label no">Direct API owner</span>
+          <div class="fnode sse"><div class="t">dispatchSse(endpoint)</div></div>
         </div>
         <div class="branch-col">
-          <span class="branch-label no">No</span>
-          <div class="fnode dec" style="width:100%"><div class="t">effectiveEndpoint == "gateway"?</div></div>
+          <span class="branch-label yes">Gateway owner</span>
+          <div class="fnode dec" style="width:100%"><div class="t">gateway client live?</div></div>
           <div class="conn"></div>
           <div class="branch">
             <div class="branch-col">
-              <span class="branch-label no">SSE pick</span>
-              <div class="fnode sse"><div class="t">dispatchSse(endpoint)</div></div>
+              <span class="branch-label no">null</span>
+              <div class="fnode term"><div class="t">Preserve + Retry</div><div class="s">sign in or reconnect; no owner change</div></div>
             </div>
             <div class="branch-col">
-              <span class="branch-label yes">gateway</span>
-              <div class="fnode dec" style="width:100%"><div class="t">gateway client live?</div></div>
-              <div class="conn"></div>
-              <div class="branch">
-                <div class="branch-col">
-                  <span class="branch-label no">null</span>
-                  <div class="fnode sse"><div class="t">dispatchSse(fallback)</div></div>
-                </div>
-                <div class="branch-col">
-                  <span class="branch-label yes">yes</span>
-                  <div class="fnode gateway"><div class="t">gateway.sendTurn()</div></div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
+              <span class="branch-label yes">yes</span>
+              <div class="fnode gateway"><div class="t">gateway.sendTurn()</div></div>
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -725,26 +711,25 @@
         </div>
         <div class="branch-col">
           <span class="branch-label no">onPreflightFailure</span>
-          <div class="fnode sse term">
-            <div class="t">dispatchSse(fallback)</div>
-            <div class="s">nothing started server-side → safe to retry on SSE</div>
+          <div class="fnode term">
+            <div class="t">Preserve + Retry</div>
+            <div class="s">nothing started server-side; conversation stays Gateway-owned</div>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="callout std">
-      <strong>SSE fallback resolution.</strong> When the chosen SSE endpoint is
-      <code>sessions</code> but there's no session yet, it downgrades to stateless
-      <code>completions</code> for that first turn — there's nothing to stream against
-      otherwise. <span class="ref">resolveSseFallback()</span>
+      <strong>Transport affinity.</strong> Gateway and Direct API sessions live in
+      different stores. Sign-in expiry or route loss never authorizes Android to
+      resubmit the turn through another owner.
     </div>
   </section>
 
   <!-- ───────────────────────── 5 ───────────────────────── -->
   <section id="inputs">
-    <div class="section-head"><span class="num">05</span><h2>Decision inputs: availability + capabilities</h2></div>
-    <p>The two flowcharts above read two pieces of probed state. Both are computed at connect time and refreshed on resume.</p>
+    <div class="section-head"><span class="num">05</span><h2>Owner, readiness, and capabilities</h2></div>
+    <p>Saved connection state chooses the owner. Availability reports whether that owner is ready; Direct API capabilities choose an endpoint only inside an API-owned conversation.</p>
 
     <div class="paths" style="margin-top:16px">
       <div class="panel">
@@ -752,7 +737,7 @@
         <p class="ref">GatewayModels.kt:22 · set by the dashboard <code>/api/status</code> + <code>/api/auth/me</code> probe</p>
         <ul style="padding-left:18px;margin-top:10px">
           <li><span class="dot neutral"></span><strong>Unknown</strong> — no probe yet (startup / connection switch)</li>
-          <li><span class="dot ok"></span><strong>Ready</strong> — reachable + authenticated (or no auth) → gateway preferred</li>
+          <li><span class="dot ok"></span><strong>Ready</strong> — reachable + authenticated (or no auth) → Gateway can send</li>
           <li><span class="dot warn"></span><strong>SignInRequired</strong> — reachable but gated; Manage sign-in unlocks it</li>
           <li><span class="dot bad"></span><strong>Unreachable</strong> — <code>/api/status</code> didn't answer</li>
           <li><span class="dot bad"></span><strong>Unsupported</strong> — <em>sticky</em>: WS upgrade/ticket got 404/403 (build predates embedded chat)</li>
@@ -788,8 +773,8 @@
           <tr><th>Feature</th><th>Path</th><th>Surface</th><th>Degrades to</th></tr>
         </thead>
         <tbody>
-          <tr><td><strong>Chat (live thinking)</strong></td><td class="std-c">Vanilla Hermes</td><td>Gateway WS</td><td>Sessions → Completions → Runs SSE</td></tr>
-          <tr><td><strong>Chat (fallback)</strong></td><td class="std-c">Vanilla Hermes</td><td>API-server SSE</td><td>Inline-annotation parser</td></tr>
+          <tr><td><strong>Chat (live thinking)</strong></td><td class="std-c">Vanilla Hermes</td><td>Gateway WS</td><td>Sign in or retry on the same owner</td></tr>
+          <tr><td><strong>Direct API chat</strong></td><td class="std-c">Vanilla Hermes</td><td>API-server SSE</td><td>Inline-annotation parser</td></tr>
           <tr><td><strong>Session history / CRUD</strong></td><td class="std-c">Vanilla Hermes</td><td><code>/api/sessions</code></td><td>Stateless completions (no persistence)</td></tr>
           <tr><td><strong>Manage</strong> (config/profiles/model/env/MCP)</td><td class="std-c">Vanilla Hermes</td><td>Dashboard <code>/api/*</code></td><td>—  (hidden if dashboard down)</td></tr>
           <tr><td><strong>Vanilla Hermes voice</strong> (STT/TTS)</td><td class="std-c">Vanilla Hermes</td><td>Dashboard <code>/api/audio/*</code></td><td>Relay voice if paired (Auto route)</td></tr>

docs/play-store-listing.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ A plain Hermes install is enough. Chat, management, and voice all work with no p
 
 HOW IT WORKS
 
-Chat, sessions, Manage, and voice use the Hermes Dashboard/Gateway with one sign-in. A headless API server remains an automatic compatibility fallback. Run the optional relay service and the app can pair by QR code to add power tools: remote terminal, notification companion, media handoff, relay-session management, and more voice engines.
+Chat, sessions, Manage, and voice use the Hermes Dashboard/Gateway with one sign-in. Existing API-only and headless connections remain supported as an explicit compatibility mode. Run the optional relay service and the app can pair by QR code to add power tools: remote terminal, notification companion, media handoff, relay-session management, and more voice engines.
 
 GOOGLE PLAY BUILD
 
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ This app is a community project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NousRe
 Paste into Play Console → **What's new** (≤500 characters):
 
 ```
-v1.14.0 - Connections, delegated work, Git, and voice
+v1.15.0 - Standard Hermes first, with clearer Relay boundaries
 
-Connections now recover independently across LAN, Tailscale, and public HTTPS without mixing Dashboard and Relay authentication. Preview delegated agents, use the optional native Git workspace, and get safer Continuous voice, Voice Focus, Assistant, Threads, profile drafts, and Clarify controls. Wake-word detection also packages a compatible native runtime.
+Standard Chat, Voice, attachments, returned files, current-session Git, usage, and Hermes notices now prefer upstream Dashboard and Gateway support without requiring Relay. Returned media stays loaded, voice survives Relay removal, and Settings clearly separates standard Hermes from Relay tools. Supervised Mode also gains app-specific parent access and recovery.
 ```
 ## Category
 

docs/spec.md

@@ -19,16 +19,17 @@ Current capabilities are split between vanilla upstream Hermes and optional Rela
 
 | Surface | Requires Relay | What |
 |---------|----------------|------|
-| **Chat** | No | Talk to any Hermes agent profile with dashboard `/api/ws` live thinking when signed in, or API-server SSE fallback |
+| **Chat** | No | Talk to any Hermes agent profile with dashboard `/api/ws` live thinking when signed in, or an explicit API-only compatibility connection |
 | **Manage** | No | Dashboard-backed config, profiles, model/provider keys, skills, MCP, and diagnostics |
 | **Vanilla Hermes voice** | No | Dashboard `/api/audio/transcribe`, streaming `/api/audio/speak-stream`, and compatible `/api/audio/speak` fallback with the Manage session |
 | **Terminal** | Yes | Secure remote shell access to the Hermes server via tmux |
 | **Bridge / Device Control** | Yes | Agent controls the sideload phone with explicit safety gates |
-| **Relay power features** | Yes | Remote access, notification companion, provider-native voice, desktop tooling, media relay |
+| **Relay tools and enhancements** | Yes | Remote access, notification companion, provider-native voice, desktop tooling, media compatibility and metadata |
 
 The standard Vanilla Hermes connection needs only the Dashboard/Gateway surface.
-An API-server endpoint can be discovered or added as an automatic fallback for
-chat and advanced headless compatibility. Pairing adds the Relay URL, session
+An API-server endpoint can be retained or added for explicit API-only chat and
+advanced headless compatibility. It never takes over a Dashboard-owned
+conversation after sign-out or a route failure. Pairing adds the Relay URL, session
 token, terminal/bridge grants, and optional network candidates.
 
 **What it is not:**
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ token, terminal/bridge grants, and optional network candidates.
 
 1. **Vanilla Hermes first** — chat, Manage, and voice must work against unmodified upstream Hermes before any Relay power path is considered.
 2. **Secure by default** — WSS/HTTPS for remote paths; dashboard, API, and Relay auth stay on their native surfaces.
-3. **Realtime where the surface supports it** — gateway chat can stream live thinking; API-server SSE remains the fallback; terminal and bridge stay realtime through Relay.
+3. **Realtime where the surface supports it** — gateway chat can stream live thinking; API-server SSE remains an explicit compatibility mode; terminal and bridge stay realtime through Relay.
 4. **Clean UX** — Material 3, minimal setup, and clear route identity for Vanilla Hermes vs Relay.
 5. **Offline-aware** — graceful degradation when connection drops. Auto-reconnect with exponential backoff.
 6. **Server-side state** — the app is a thin client. Sessions, history, memory, profiles, and dashboard state live on the Hermes server.
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ and supervised reconfiguration rather than silently trusting a device user.
 
 ```
 Android app
-  |-- Vanilla Hermes chat   -> dashboard /api/ws, then API-server SSE fallback
+  |-- Vanilla Hermes chat   -> dashboard /api/ws (transport-affine)
+  |-- API-only chat         -> API-server SSE compatibility routes
   |-- Vanilla Hermes Manage -> dashboard /api/*
   |-- Vanilla Hermes voice  -> dashboard /api/audio/*
   |-- Relay terminal      -> Tailscale Serve WSS, or opt-in Hermes Secure Link :9443/relay/ws
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ A saved **Connection** represents one Hermes installation, not one transport.
 Its stable identity is independent of endpoint URLs. Dashboard/Gateway is the
 standard upstream surface; API server and Relay endpoints are optional
 capabilities that can be discovered, added, removed, and diagnosed separately.
-The normal UI reports outcomes such as Chat, Manage, Voice, API fallback, and
+The normal UI reports outcomes such as Chat, Manage, Voice, Direct API, and
 Relay extensions instead of treating a missing optional endpoint as a broken
 connection.
 
@@ -137,11 +139,14 @@ sessions, and a timeout must not start another long read automatically.
 Progressive-page failures likewise stop automatic near-end requests and expose
 an explicit retry action; connection/profile changes cancel and reset page state.
 
-Optional Relay plugin metadata is not a standard connection prerequisite. In
-particular, Git repository discovery is a per-connection user opt-in, defaults
-off, and starts only from the Git workspace. Its filesystem and Git subprocess
-work runs outside the Dashboard event loop so an accessory scan cannot delay
-auth tickets, Gateway readiness, sessions, or Manage routes.
+Optional Relay plugin metadata is not a standard connection prerequisite.
+Upstream session `cwd`, repository-root, and branch metadata own the active
+session's Git context. Relay may enhance that context with repository discovery,
+working-tree details, diffs, and guarded mutations. Host discovery is a
+per-connection user opt-in, defaults off, and starts only from the Git workspace.
+Its filesystem and Git subprocess work runs outside the Dashboard event loop so
+an accessory scan cannot delay auth tickets, Gateway readiness, sessions, or
+Manage routes.
 
 ### 3.2 Protocol
 
@@ -183,7 +188,7 @@ Connection lifecycle, auth, keepalive.
 **Note:** Vanilla Hermes chat prefers the upstream dashboard `/api/ws` gateway when
 Manage auth is ready, then falls back to Hermes API Server HTTP/SSE paths (see
 Section 6.2). It does not traverse the Relay server. Relay voice, bridge,
-terminal, notifications, and inbound media do go through Relay. Relay voice
+terminal, notifications, and Relay-specific media enhancements do go through Relay. Relay voice
 HTTP/WSS routes accept either a Relay session token with an active
 `voice:config`, `voice:stt`, `voice:tts`, or `voice:realtime` grant, depending
 on the route, or the Hermes API bearer token; that API bearer exception does not
@@ -217,8 +222,9 @@ to attach the PR a coding session created, then the repo-scoped read-only
 this metadata is optional; older Dashboard and API-server hosts retain the
 ordinary session row.
 
-Chat availability is derived only from the authenticated Gateway and supported
-API-server fallback routes. A Send with no usable route remains fail-closed and
+Chat availability is derived only from the active conversation owner: the
+authenticated Gateway or an explicitly API-owned compatibility route. A Send
+with no usable owner remains fail-closed and
 surfaces a retryable conversation failure plus secret-free Diagnostics evidence.
 Profile-owned Gateway history is required to load through that exact profile;
 an unavailable scoped reader surfaces a history failure instead of accepting an
@@ -597,7 +603,7 @@ Bottom navigation bar with 4 tabs:
   3. Remaining top-bar actions (session drawer hamburger, ambient toggle, etc.).
 - **Profile Shelf** — the active avatar/name/chevron capsule opens Agent Passport; inactive profiles are avatar-only 48 dp switch targets; a fixed overflow opens the canonical full switcher also used by Passport. The shelf scrolls horizontally, honors `ProfilePresentationStore` ordering/hidden preferences, keeps a hidden selected profile disclosed, and disappears when only one visible identity remains. Hermes-owned avatars win by default, followed by device-local icons and display initials; an explicit per-connection/profile **This phone only** override lets the local icon win without mutating Hermes. Server default uses a home glyph and remains distinct from a profile literally named `default`.
 - **Hermes-owned profile identity** — on a current Gateway, Android calls `profiles.list {include_sessions:false}` and consumes bounded `ui_meta` plus `has_avatar`. A true avatar flag triggers `profiles.get_asset`; validated server bytes are cached per connection/profile and win over the older device-local `ProfileIconStore`. A false flag or successful clear removes only the server cache. Refresh generations and exact connection identity prevent a late fetch from repainting another connection or resurrecting a cleared avatar.
-- **Separated shared and phone avatar controls** — **Shared across Hermes** directly selects or removes the upstream `profiles.set_asset` avatar without changing local presentation. **This phone only** is a persisted per-connection/profile override populated from a phone image or Relay-host `GET /api/profiles/{name}/avatar`; selecting an image enables the override, while disabling it immediately returns to the shared avatar. Phone-local PNG/JPEG/WebP/GIF bytes are magic-checked and capped at 8 MB; Coil renders animated GIF/WebP consistently anywhere the profile icon appears. The shared picker accepts any image Android can decode, applies its display orientation, and downscales/re-encodes when necessary while retaining the exact upstream PNG/JPEG/WebP and 2,000,000-byte storage contract. Pet sheets and Sphere skins never enter `ui_meta` or profile assets.
+- **Separated shared and phone avatar controls** — **Shared across Hermes** directly selects or removes the upstream `profiles.set_asset` avatar without changing local presentation. **This phone only** is a persisted per-connection/profile override populated from a phone image. The Relay-host `GET /api/profiles/{name}/avatar` conventional-file importer is a legacy enhancement only; it does not own or replace upstream profile assets. Selecting a phone image enables the override, while disabling it immediately returns to the shared avatar. Phone-local PNG/JPEG/WebP/GIF bytes are magic-checked and capped at 8 MB; Coil renders animated GIF/WebP consistently anywhere the profile icon appears. The shared picker accepts any image Android can decode, applies its display orientation, and downscales/re-encodes when necessary while retaining the exact upstream PNG/JPEG/WebP and 2,000,000-byte storage contract. Pet sheets and Sphere skins never enter `ui_meta` or profile assets.
 - **Upstream animated pets** — the agent sheet consumes the profile-scoped Gateway `pet.info`, `pet.gallery`, `pet.select`, and `pet.disable` contracts. Android caches the bounded PNG/WebP sprite sheet by connection, effective profile, and `spritesheetRevision`; it sends `knownRevision` on refresh and reuses the existing bounded pet renderer for the returned geometry, row taxonomy, and activity states. The active upstream pet becomes the phone companion unless the user explicitly selected a phone-local floating pet. Selection and disable write Hermes `display.pet.*` state and therefore follow the profile across current Hermes surfaces; a method-not-found response leaves older hosts on the established local pet flow.
 - **Profile creation** — Manage uses `profiles.create` on current Gateways and labels authentication as shared sign-in, copied credential snapshot, or isolated/no-copy. Android serializes `mirror_credentials` and `share_auth` explicitly, reports best-effort SOUL/model/credential results without claiming full success, and never receives or logs credentials. The user may explicitly enable the authenticated Dashboard create route as an older-host fallback only for the legacy shared/default choice; explicit isolation never degrades to an ambiguous older mutation.
 - **Deletion boundary** — Hermes exposes no `profiles.delete` Gateway RPC. Android continues to delete profiles only through authenticated Dashboard `DELETE /api/profiles/{name}`.
@@ -607,8 +613,8 @@ Bottom navigation bar with 4 tabs:
 - **Bot group projection** — Android merges the bounded `ui_meta["hermes-bots-groups"]` v3 projection across gateways by durable room identity and newest revision. Rooms and recent messages are visibly read-only; Android does not create, rename, disband, join, send, coordinate member turns, or become a second room-log authority. Binary room images are ignored at this metadata boundary.
 - **Session drawer** (swipe from left or hamburger icon) — session list with title, timestamp, message count. Create, switch, rename, delete, pin/unpin, and archive/restore. A profile switch marks the replacement list loading before clearing the previous profile's rows and keeps that state until the exact-profile fetch settles, so an empty-state claim never flashes before server truth arrives. The process-owned conversation binding is the single connection/profile/session identity for Chat; selecting an All Profiles row atomically makes its owner the selected agent and persists that profile/session, while merely browsing All Profiles changes no agent state. Lifecycle or locale-driven Activity recreation cannot replace an explicit binding with stale persisted state, and asynchronous list/history/mutation work is accepted only for the binding's exact namespace. A profile lock hides All Profiles and rejects stale/deep-linked cross-profile opens. The All Profiles browser mode otherwise survives Activity state restoration and refetches its rows after recreation. Pin and archive are durable upstream session fields loaded and patched through the owning connection/profile's Dashboard session API; Android does not keep a second local flag registry. Archived rows are requested explicitly so they remain restorable after recreation. Failed mutations roll back the optimistic row, while refresh and deletion reconcile from server truth. When a persisted title is absent, use upstream's first-user-message `preview`, matching the Hermes Desktop session picker; show "Untitled" only when neither value exists.
 - **Cold profile hydration** — a persisted named profile scopes its Dashboard session directory and last-session restore immediately, before `/api/profiles` metadata is available. Server-default selection waits for the lightweight active-profile scope. Roster, avatars, pets, skills, and model metadata never precede the first directory result. The startup sphere releases after route selection; Chat keeps identity and cached rows mounted while its existing animated status surfaces show Gateway wake, session restore, and directory loading.
-- **Authoritative session activity** — one composite registry keyed by connection, normalized profile, and durable session id drives the drawer, filters, grouping, animation, accessibility, and the visible composer. Exact pending approval/clarify/sudo/secret/MCP requests produce **Needs input**; the Gateway's process-wide `session.active_list` supplies **Starting**, **Working**, and **Idle**; exact terminal or `session.info {running:false}` can settle the matching generation. Because active-list rows normally have no profile metadata, Android assigns a row only through exact foreground/detached ownership already held by that client, or explicit profile metadata if a future upstream sends it. A bounded REST directory never proves global uniqueness. Unresolved rows create no status. Resolved rows from a partial snapshot may update their exact owners, but disappearance settles a scope only when the successful process-wide snapshot was completely and unambiguously resolved for it. Restart/checkpoint recovery is **Checking**; a failed or unsupported live refresh is **Unavailable**, never inferred Idle. REST `is_active` remains recency metadata only. `process.list` may add a separate **Background work** indicator and never keeps the parent conversation Working. Old socket generations, bare session ids from another profile, and delayed snapshots cannot revive newer settled state.
-- **Concurrent Gateway chats** — switching sessions, profiles, drafts, or Threads detaches the visible Android-owned turn without sending `session.interrupt`; each Android-owned running chat keeps a connection/profile/session-scoped checkpoint and reattaches to its live Gateway session when reopened. Opening, foregrounding, or selecting a saved session without that exact checkpoint is read-only observation: Android warms only the socket, reads profile-scoped history, and polls `session.active_list` without `session.resume`, `session.activate`, `prompt.submit`, or `session.interrupt`. A Desktop/TUI-owned turn therefore remains owned by its producing client; Android refreshes persisted progress and performs one final history read when the runtime settles. Explicit send/config actions may resume the destination session, explicit Stop still interrupts, and SSE fallback stays single-stream and cancels on navigation.
+- **Authoritative session activity** — one composite registry keyed by connection, normalized profile, and durable session id drives the drawer, filters, grouping, animation, accessibility, and the visible composer. Exact pending approval/clarify/sudo/secret/MCP requests produce **Needs input**; the Gateway's process-wide `session.active_list` supplies **Starting**, **Working**, and **Idle**; an exact terminal, `session.info {running:false}`, or an exact live/durable active-list row reporting Idle can settle only the matching Android-owned turn and progress generation. Because active-list rows normally have no profile metadata, Android assigns a row through exact foreground/detached ownership already held by that client, explicit profile metadata if a future upstream sends it, or the currently selected passive session when its durable id has exactly one owner in the current connection directory. Duplicate same-id owners across profiles remain unresolved and create no status. Resolved rows from a partial snapshot may update their exact owners, but disappearance settles a scope only when the successful process-wide snapshot was completely and unambiguously resolved for it. Restart/checkpoint recovery is **Checking**; a failed or unsupported live refresh is **Unavailable**, never inferred Idle. REST `is_active` remains recency metadata only. `process.list` may add a separate **Background work** indicator and never keeps the parent conversation Working. Old socket generations, ambiguous bare session ids, delayed snapshots, and snapshots crossed by newer turn events cannot settle or revive a newer generation.
+- **Concurrent Gateway chats** — switching sessions, profiles, drafts, or Threads detaches the visible Android-owned turn without sending `session.interrupt`; each Android-owned running chat keeps a connection/profile/session-scoped checkpoint and reattaches to its live Gateway session when reopened. Opening, foregrounding, or selecting a saved session without that exact checkpoint is read-only observation: Android warms only the socket, reads profile-scoped history, and polls `session.active_list` without `session.resume`, `session.activate`, `prompt.submit`, or `session.interrupt`. A Desktop/TUI-owned turn therefore remains owned by its producing client; Android refreshes persisted progress and performs one final history read when the runtime settles. Explicit send/config actions may resume the destination session, explicit Stop still interrupts, and Direct API compatibility chat stays single-stream and cancels on navigation.
 - **Queued Gateway follow-ups** — every local queued item is immutably scoped to its originating connection, profile, stored session, transport, and run generation; only that run's completion can make it eligible, and switching sessions shows only that session's queue. Restored text queues retain the same scope, while unavailable/deleted destinations and non-restorable attachment queues fail visibly instead of following the current composer. Drained messages add `queued: true` to `prompt.submit`; ordinary sends omit the field. Authoritative submit rejections (`4004`, `4018`, `4028`, `4029`, `4030`, `4090`, `5008`, `5070`, and `5071`) preserve the server message and never fall through to API-server SSE.
 - **Durable composer drafts** — each connection/profile/session owns one app-private draft containing text, quote/edit context, and pending attachment bytes. Metadata and content-addressed blobs live under Android's no-backup directory, are capped at 64 drafts and 128 MB of retained blobs outside the active draft, flush when Chat backgrounds, and are removed after a successful send. Session/profile/connection navigation saves the previous owner before restoring the destination; an opened cross-profile session uses its actual owning profile rather than the global picker.
 - **Large paste review** — a default-on Chat setting converts any single insertion of at least 5,000 characters into a visible `pasted-text.txt` attachment before the normal message-length limit rejects it. Gateway uses upstream `file.attach`; API-server SSE and proactive Thread paths materialize the same UTF-8 text into the outgoing prompt and remove only the synthetic attachment from that transport, so the behavior never requires Relay or silently drops content.
@@ -660,8 +666,10 @@ The bridge UI drives — and is driven by — Tier 5 safety-rails (`BridgeSafety
 ### Settings Tab
 - **Active agent card (v0.6.0)** — top-of-screen summary card showing the current Connection / Profile / Personality. Tap navigates to Chat and auto-opens the agent sheet via the `openAgentSheet` nav arg, giving Settings-originating users a one-tap path to change agent context without leaving the flow.
 - **Connections** (v0.6.0+) — lists every paired Hermes server with a per-card status chip. Actions: rename (inline), re-pair (reuses `ConnectionWizard` with `connectionId` nav arg), revoke, remove. Add-connection button launches the standard QR flow. Settings briefly treats a paired + disconnected relay as **Connecting** during the reconnect grace window, then promotes it to **Relay unreachable - tap to reconnect** if the live socket does not recover. API / Relay / Session detail sheets include compact sanitized recent-activity tails, and **Settings -> Diagnostics** shows the consolidated app-level API, relay, session, endpoint, voice, Pair-readiness, credential-store recovery, history-failure, and rejected-Send evidence without secrets. See `docs/decisions.md` §19.
-- **Connection (single-server settings)** — summary-first detail for one Hermes installation. Dashboard/Gateway health drives standard Chat, Manage, Sessions, and Voice readiness. API fallback and Relay extensions appear as independently optional capabilities. Dashboard/Gateway address and network paths are edited under Routes. Advanced retains only the optional direct API credential, explicit direct Relay endpoint override, and insecure-development controls; missing API or Relay settings never make a healthy Dashboard/Gateway connection look broken. Every Relay QR, enter-code, and show-code method uses the shared connection-scoped Pair flow. Transport security posture and paired-device grants remain visible without leading the normal setup flow with ports or bearer keys.
+- **Connection (single-server settings)** — summary-first detail for one Hermes installation. Dashboard/Gateway health drives standard Chat, Manage, Sessions, and Voice readiness. Direct API compatibility and Relay extensions appear as independently optional capabilities. Dashboard/Gateway address and network paths are edited under Routes. Advanced retains only the optional direct API credential, explicit direct Relay endpoint override, and insecure-development controls; missing API or Relay settings never make a healthy Dashboard/Gateway connection look broken. Every Relay QR, enter-code, and show-code method uses the shared connection-scoped Pair flow. Transport security posture and paired-device grants remain visible without leading the normal setup flow with ports or bearer keys.
 - **Chat** — Show reasoning toggle, smooth auto-scroll toggle (live-follow streaming, default on), show token usage toggle, app context prompt toggle, tool call display (Off/Compact/Detailed), streaming endpoint selector (`auto` / `sessions` / `runs`), Stats for Nerds (analytics charts)
+- **Media** — standard Chat settings for inbound attachment download policy, size limits, sensitive-media treatment, and the shared on-device cache. Authenticated upstream Dashboard file routes are preferred; pairing Relay adds compatibility delivery and sensitivity metadata but does not own the settings surface.
+- **Threads** — Relay-tool settings for the opt-in `phone` platform, named proactive conversations, and delivery behavior. Standard Dashboard session history remains separate and does not require Relay.
 - **Voice** — route-aware voice engine selector (`Vanilla Hermes` via dashboard audio, `Relay Voice Output`, and experimental `Realtime Agent`), global interaction mode (tap / hold / continuous), silence threshold slider, a final-answer-only speech policy, Auto-TTS toggle, selected-engine cards for dashboard or relay-backed settings, language picker, and a Test Current Engine card. Final-answer-only keeps tool/service progress and intermediate commentary visual while both voice engines wait to speak the settled answer; approvals, confirmation questions, and blocking failures remain actionable. Vanilla Hermes voice depends on Manage/dashboard auth; Relay-backed engines run a fast relay health preflight before uploading audio or opening a realtime provider session so a hung relay surfaces as a connection error instead of an indefinite Thinking state.
 - **Notification companion** — opt-in status, "Open Android Settings" action, test notification dump
 - **Permissions** — central permission/capability review screen linked from Settings and onboarding. It makes the Vanilla Hermes path explicit ("Chat and Manage" need no Android runtime grant), lists optional camera/microphone/notification access with current status and Android Settings links, and shows sideload-only Device Control requirements only in the sideload flavor.
@@ -706,18 +714,20 @@ HTTP routes registered by `create_app()` in `plugin/relay/server.py`:
 | `/pairing/register` | POST | **Loopback only.** Pre-register an externally-provided pairing code. Used by the pair command (`hermes pair`, `/hermes-relay-pair`, or compatibility `hermes-pair`) to inject codes that will appear in QR payloads. Request: `{"code": "ABCD12"}`. Rejects non-loopback peers with HTTP 403. |
 | `/pairing/mint` | POST | **Loopback only.** Mint a fresh pairing code and signed QR payload plus `pairing_url` (`hermes-relay://pair?payload=...`) for dashboard and CLI/tray pair/repair flows. Optional request field `dashboard_url` is copied into the QR payload for custom dashboard routes. |
 | `/api/profiles/{name}/config` | GET | Profile-scoped read-only config. Returns `{profile, path, config, readonly: true}`. Loopback callers receive the parsed `config.yaml` and absolute path. Remote callers require a relay session bearer and receive only the explicitly public `description` and `model.default` fields with `path: "config.yaml"`; arbitrary provider, platform, integration, and extension sections never cross the remote boundary. 404 on missing profile / missing config.yaml; 500 on yaml parse error. See §22 in decisions.md. |
-| `/api/profiles/{name}/avatar` | GET | Profile-scoped avatar discovery and image delivery. Searches direct children of the profile home for conventional names, preferring `avatar.*` then `profile.*` (`png`, `jpg`, `jpeg`, `webp`, `gif`; additional `profile-image`, `agent`, and `icon` stems are accepted). Synthetic `default` follows a valid sticky `active_profile` marker, matching its advertised identity. The resolved file must remain inside the profile home and satisfy the Relay media-size policy. Same loopback-or-session-bearer auth as the other profile reads. 404 when the profile or an image is absent. Android copies returned bytes into its existing device-local per-profile icon store. |
+| `/api/profiles/{name}/avatar` | GET | Legacy Relay enhancement for importing a conventional host file into this phone's local profile-icon store. It does not represent the upstream shared profile asset, which remains owned by `profiles.set_asset`. Searches direct children of the profile home for conventional names, preferring `avatar.*` then `profile.*` (`png`, `jpg`, `jpeg`, `webp`, `gif`; additional `profile-image`, `agent`, and `icon` stems are accepted). The resolved file must remain inside the profile home and satisfy the Relay media-size policy. |
 | `/api/profiles/{name}/skills` | GET | Profile-scoped skill enumeration. Walks `<profile>/skills/<category>/<skill>/SKILL.md` recursively; returns `{profile, skills: [{name, category, description, path, enabled: true}], total}`. Same auth model as `/config`. `name`/`description` come from YAML frontmatter when present, else directory basename. All skills report `enabled: true` today — see §22 for the toggle stub. |
 | `/api/profiles/{name}/soul` | GET | Profile-scoped raw `SOUL.md` read. Returns `{profile, path, content, exists, size_bytes}` with optional `truncated: true` when content exceeds the 200KB inline cap. Absent SOUL.md returns 200 with `exists: false` and an empty content string so the Inspector can distinguish "no soul" from transport failure. Same auth model as `/config`. 404 on unknown profile; 500 `{error: "soul_read_failed"}` on decode error. See §22 in decisions.md. |
 | `/api/profiles/{name}/memory` | GET | Profile-scoped memory listing. Returns `{profile, memories_dir, entries: [{name, filename, path, content, size_bytes, truncated}], total}` for `*.md` files directly under `<profile>/memories/` (non-recursive). Ordering: `MEMORY.md` first, `USER.md` second, remainder alphabetical. Each entry capped at 50KB inline with `truncated: true` when larger. Absent memories dir → 200 with empty `entries` array. Same auth model as `/config`. 404 on unknown profile. See §22 in decisions.md. |
 
-### 6.2 Chat — Dashboard/Gateway Primary with Optional API Fallback
+### 6.2 Chat — Dashboard/Gateway Primary with Explicit API Compatibility
 
-Chat bypasses the Relay server entirely. In `Auto`, Android uses the upstream
-dashboard `/api/ws` gateway when dashboard auth is ready because that is the
-vanilla upstream path with live thinking/reasoning events. When that gateway is
-unavailable, Android falls back to API-server SSE routes. The native Sessions
-API fallback looks like:
+Chat bypasses the Relay server entirely. In `Auto`, a standard saved connection
+uses the upstream dashboard `/api/ws` gateway because that is the vanilla
+upstream path with live thinking/reasoning events. That owner is stable: sign-in
+expiry or a temporary route failure preserves the transcript and draft and
+offers sign-in/retry; it never dispatches the turn to another database. A
+legacy API-only record or an explicit advanced Direct API selection uses the
+API-server SSE routes. The native Sessions compatibility path looks like:
 
 Model inventory also stays upstream-owned. Android may call the optional Relay
 `POST /relay/model-capabilities` route to refine reasoning-effort choices for
@@ -797,58 +807,66 @@ app-root intent coordinator retains a cold-start request until the chat context
 settles, while `ChatViewModel` owns the existing transport-aware new-chat
 lifecycle and the one-shot composer prefill.
 
-The relay server is **not involved** in chat streaming itself. It remains the home for bridge, terminal, and — as of 2026-04-11 — **inbound media delivery** (see 6.2a). As an optional compatibility enhancement, a paired phone may poll `GET /chat/image-activity?profile=<name>&session_id=<id>&since=<epoch>` during an active Standard Gateway turn. Relay reads the selected profile's Hermes `state.db` in read-only mode and reports persisted `image_generate` start/completion state. This fills only the animation lifecycle gap on upstream configurations that suppress tool progress; it does not proxy prompts, deltas, results, or chat control, and Android stops using it when the route is absent.
+The relay server is **not involved** in chat streaming itself. It remains the home for bridge, terminal, and additive media compatibility (see 6.2a). As an optional compatibility enhancement, a paired phone may poll `GET /chat/image-activity?profile=<name>&session_id=<id>&since=<epoch>` during an active Standard Gateway turn. Relay reads the selected profile's Hermes `state.db` in read-only mode and reports persisted `image_generate` start/completion state. This fills only the animation lifecycle gap on upstream configurations that suppress tool progress; it does not proxy prompts, deltas, results, or chat control, and Android never starts the poller when Relay is not configured.
 
 ### 6.2a Inbound Media (Agent → Phone file delivery)
 
-Tool-produced files (screenshots today, video/audio/PDF/other in the future) reach the phone via a plugin-owned file-serving surface on the relay, decoupled from the chat SSE stream itself. Only a short opaque token rides the chat stream; the bytes flow out-of-band over authenticated HTTPS.
+Current upstream Hermes Desktop treats generated media and host-local files as a
+standard Dashboard capability. Android follows the same ownership instead of
+requiring the optional Relay plugin.
 
-**Why this lives in the plugin, not upstream hermes-agent:** `APIServerAdapter.send()` (in upstream `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`) is an explicit no-op — the HTTP API adapter does not implement `send_document`. Upstream's `extract_media()` / `send_document()` pipeline only fires for push platforms (Telegram, Feishu, WeChat) and non-streaming paths. On our streaming HTTP surface, `MEDIA:` tags in tool output have always passed through as literal text. Rather than patch upstream, we added our own endpoints and marker format. See [docs/decisions.md §14](decisions.md) for the full trust and resource model.
+**Source precedence:**
+1. Use bounded `data:` content and explicit HTTP(S) sources directly.
+2. Resolve host-local `MEDIA:` paths, `@image:` directives, file links, and
+   generated-file references through authenticated Dashboard
+   `/api/files/download`, enforce the Android media cap while reading, then play
+   or preview the bounded local cache. Current upstream also exposes
+   `/api/files/stream` and `/api/fs/read-data-url` for official Desktop's Range
+   playback and bounded preview paths; Android does not claim those routes yet.
+3. Resolve explicit `MEDIA:hermes-relay://<token>` references through the paired
+   Relay. Relay `/media/by-path` remains an older-host compatibility fallback and
+   can add sensitivity metadata or cache-compatible delivery, but it never
+   outranks a compatible upstream route.
+4. If neither owner is available, keep one stable, path-free attachment card.
+   Missing optional Relay configuration is not a failed transfer, is not
+   retryable until a usable route exists, and must not emit a global connection
+   error or re-fetch on every history reconciliation.
 
-**Wire format:**
-```
-Screenshot captured (1280x720)
-MEDIA:hermes-relay://<url-safe-16-byte-token>
-```
+Every Dashboard fetch uses the exact active connection/profile and authenticated
+origin. Connection, profile, session, and generation ownership are checked again
+before downloaded bytes may update message state. Upstream authentication or
+policy rejection remains an actionable upstream error; capability absence on an
+older host may fall back to a paired Relay without changing Chat readiness.
 
-**Server:** media routes on `plugin/relay/server.py`:
-- `POST /media/register` — **loopback-only**. Body `{"path", "content_type", "file_name"}`. Validates path is absolute, resolves (`os.path.realpath`) under an allowed root, exists, is a regular file, fits under `RELAY_MEDIA_MAX_SIZE_MB`. Generates `secrets.token_urlsafe(16)` (128 bits entropy), stores the token → entry mapping in an in-memory `OrderedDict` LRU (capped at `RELAY_MEDIA_LRU_CAP`, TTL `RELAY_MEDIA_TTL_SECONDS`). Returns `{ok, token, expires_at}`. Used when a host-local tool explicitly wants to publish a file.
-- `GET /api/plugins/hermes-relay/provider-usage?profile=<id>&session_id=<id>` — authenticated Dashboard-plugin surface that resolves the active Codex pool entry directly from the live Gateway session, without requiring another turn. Android prefers this route when Dashboard auth is available.
-- `GET /usage/providers?profile=<id>&session_id=<id>` — bearer-authenticated standalone Relay surface for Android provider account limits. Disabled unless `RELAY_PROVIDER_USAGE_ENABLED=1`. The validated profile ID scopes every credential/account lookup through Hermes's context-local home override. It reuses Hermes account snapshots for Codex and Nous, adds OpenCode Go percentage/reset windows, and returns no provider secrets. For Codex it reports every bounded pool entry with a safe label, hashed opaque id, effective status, and usage windows; the optional Gateway session id correlates the active entry from a secret-free profile-local hook snapshot. If that exact evidence is absent, active state is explicitly unknown. Android falls back to this route, then additive upstream Gateway `account.usage` as a single-account fallback.
-- `GET /media/{token}` — requires `Authorization: Bearer <session_token>` against the existing `SessionManager` (same token WSS uses). Streams the file via `web.FileResponse` with the registered content type plus `Content-Disposition: inline; filename="..."` if the entry has a file name. 401 on missing/invalid bearer, 404 on unknown/expired token.
-- `GET /media/by-path?path=<abs>&content_type=<optional>` — requires bearer auth. Shares the same sandbox validation as `/media/register` via a common `validate_media_path()` helper: absolute path, `realpath`-resolves under an allowed root, exists, is a regular file, fits under the size cap. Content-Type is the phone's hint if provided, otherwise guessed via `mimetypes.guess_type()`. This route exists specifically for **LLM-emitted bare-path markers** — upstream `agent/prompt_builder.py` instructs the model to include `MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file` in its response text, so the bare-path form is the agent's native output, not just a fallback. 401 auth, 403 sandbox, 404 missing file.
-- `POST /media/upload` — bearer-auth'd small upload route for phone-originated media. Accepts base64 content, writes a temp file, and registers it into the same media registry.
+Downloaded bytes share the existing bounded `MediaCacheWriter` and
+`FileProvider` path. The same cellular, maximum-size, cache-cap, and sensitive
+media preferences apply regardless of whether upstream or Relay delivered the
+file. `InboundAttachmentCard` therefore renders one source-neutral loading,
+loaded, manual-download, unavailable, or failed state; it never labels a
+standard attachment as a Relay connection failure.
 
-**Phone:** parse → fetch → cache → render:
-1. `ChatHandler.scanForMediaMarkers()` runs on every `onTextDelta`, unconditionally (not gated on `parseToolAnnotations`). Matches `MEDIA:hermes-relay://([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)` and fires `onMediaAttachmentRequested(messageId, token)`. A second regex matches the bare-path form `MEDIA:(/\S+)` and fires `onMediaBarePathRequested(messageId, path)` — the ViewModel then calls `RelayHttpClient.fetchMediaByPath()` to pull bytes via `GET /media/by-path`. A per-session `dispatchedMediaMarkers` set dedupes between real-time streaming scans and the post-stream `finalizeMediaMarkers` reconciliation pass. `loadMessageHistory` (invoked by the `session_end reload` pattern at every stream complete) re-runs the same parser on server-stored content so client-injected attachments survive the wholesale state replace. Both marker forms are stripped from the rendered message text.
-2. `ChatViewModel` inserts a LOADING `Attachment` with `relayToken` set immediately (message updates via `ChatHandler.mutateMessage`).
-3. On Wi-Fi, or on cellular when `autoFetchOnCellular` is true: `RelayHttpClient.fetchMedia(token)` issues `GET /media/{token}` with the bearer header. URL is derived by swapping `ws://`→`http://`, `wss://`→`https://` on the stored relay URL.
-4. Bytes are checked against `maxInboundSizeMb`. If oversize → FAILED placeholder. Otherwise `MediaCacheWriter` writes them to `context.cacheDir/hermes-media/<sha1>.<ext>` with LRU eviction by mtime (capped at `cachedMediaCapMb`) and returns a `content://` URI via `FileProvider.getUriForFile(context, "${applicationId}.fileprovider", file)`.
-5. The Attachment is flipped to LOADED with `cachedUri` set. `InboundAttachmentCard` dispatches by `(state × renderMode)`: `IMAGE` renders inline via `BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray` + `asImageBitmap`; `VIDEO`/`AUDIO`/`PDF`/`TEXT`/`GENERIC` render as tap-to-open file cards firing `ACTION_VIEW` with `FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION` on the cached URI. Every message attachment group, including galleries and LOADING/FAILED cards, sits behind a compact collapse/expand header keyed by the message's stable UI identity. Collapsing changes presentation only: the header keeps the attachment count, first name/type, and restore affordance visible while existing retry, fetch, viewer, share, and save behavior remains mounted again after expansion.
-6. On cellular with `autoFetchOnCellular` off: the initial LOADING placeholder settles to an actionable FAILED state with `errorMessage = "Tap to download"`, and `manualFetchAttachment()` re-runs the fetch ignoring the cellular gate. In-flight reads have a two-minute absolute timeout; every completed attempt publishes LOADED or an actionable FAILED state.
+Relay token delivery remains available for phone-control screenshots and tools
+that explicitly register a file. The registry retains its bearer authentication,
+allowed-root validation, size cap, TTL, and LRU behavior. A stale token may be
+unavailable after a Relay restart, but an ordinary upstream path remains
+replayable through the Dashboard file routes.
 
-**Fallback when relay isn't running:** the tool's `register_media()` call fails (connection refused / timeout / non-200) → tool logs a warning and returns the legacy bare-path form (`MEDIA:/tmp/...`). The phone's `onUnavailableMediaMarker` handler inserts a FAILED Attachment with `errorMessage = "Image unavailable — relay offline"`. Matches current behavior; placeholder is tidier than raw marker text.
+Upstream already owns the general file-delivery instructions used by the agent.
+Relay's profile-owned `register_system_prompt_section` entries stay additive:
+they may describe Relay-only phone capabilities or sensitive-media metadata, but
+must not tell the agent that Relay is required for ordinary media. The legacy
+prompt wrapper remains only an older-host fallback and is fail-open.
 
-Persisted USER history may also contain upstream-owned `@image:<absolute-path>`
-directive lines. Android recognizes only bounded, full-line image directives
-(including upstream's backtick/single-quote/double-quote path wrapping), removes
-recognized host paths from visible text, and reconstructs at most eight
-attachments. A paired Relay may resolve those paths through its authenticated
-media route; a vanilla or unavailable route renders a path-free failed
-attachment. Inline, relative, malformed, non-image, and unknown directives stay
-as text and never trigger a fetch. Client-local outbound attachments win during
-the immediate post-send reload, preventing a duplicate fetch/gallery entry.
-
-**Known gap — session replay across relay restarts:** the `MediaRegistry` is in-memory. Restarting the relay invalidates all tokens. A user scrolling back into a session from yesterday sees FAILED placeholders for any now-stale token. Phone-side persistent cache (indexed by token or content hash) is the planned fix; filed as a DEVLOG follow-up.
-
-**Known gap — auto-fetch threshold slider isn't enforced today.** The Settings → Inbound media → auto-fetch threshold knob is persisted but the fetch path currently only checks the cellular toggle + the hard max cap. Forward-compatibility placeholder; real enforcement needs a HEAD preflight or post-hoc byte rejection.
-
-**Key classes:**
-- **`MediaRegistry`** (`plugin/relay/media.py`) — in-memory token store, thread-safe via `asyncio.Lock`
-- **`register_media()`** (`plugin/relay/client.py`) — stdlib `urllib.request` helper for in-process tool callers
-- **`RelayHttpClient`** (Android) — OkHttp GET with Bearer auth + URL rewriting
-- **`MediaCacheWriter`** (Android) — FileProvider-backed LRU cache in `cacheDir/hermes-media/`
-- **`InboundAttachmentCard`** (Android) — single Compose component dispatched on `(state × renderMode)`, handles both inbound and outbound attachments
+**Provider-usage enhancements:**
+- `GET /api/plugins/hermes-relay/provider-usage?profile=<id>&session_id=<id>` is
+  the authenticated Dashboard-plugin surface that resolves an active Codex pool
+  entry from the live Gateway session without requiring another turn.
+- `GET /usage/providers?profile=<id>&session_id=<id>` is the optional
+  bearer-authenticated standalone Relay fallback. It is disabled unless
+  `RELAY_PROVIDER_USAGE_ENABLED=1`, returns no provider secrets, and keeps
+  profile/account correlation explicitly unknown when exact evidence is absent.
+  Android falls back from these additive views to upstream Gateway
+  `account.usage` for the standard single-account surface.
 
 ### 6.2b Rich Cards (Agent → Phone structured UI, ADR 26)
 
@@ -1204,7 +1222,7 @@ See `docs/decisions.md` → **Voice Mode — Architecture** for the historical b
 
 ## 8. Current Scope
 
-As of v1.0.0, the current scope is maintaining the vanilla-Hermes-first contract while keeping Relay power features additive and cleanly manageable. Vanilla Hermes Dashboard/Gateway chat, Manage, sessions, and dashboard voice must continue to work against unmodified upstream Hermes without an API-server or Relay requirement. API fallback remains optional and Relay work should be plugin-owned, diagnosable through `hermes relay doctor`, and removable without becoming a hidden requirement for the vanilla Hermes app path.
+As of v1.0.0, the current scope is maintaining the vanilla-Hermes-first contract while keeping Relay power features additive and cleanly manageable. Vanilla Hermes Dashboard/Gateway chat, Manage, sessions, and dashboard voice must continue to work against unmodified upstream Hermes without an API-server or Relay requirement. Direct API compatibility remains optional and Relay work should be plugin-owned, diagnosable through `hermes relay doctor`, and removable without becoming a hidden requirement for the vanilla Hermes app path.
 
 **Still non-goals for the current cadence:**
 - Biometric session lock (fingerprint/face gate on terminal and/or chat resume). Tracked under Phase 4.
@@ -1252,7 +1270,7 @@ Current Android dependency versions. Source of truth is `gradle/libs.versions.to
 | Surface | How We Connect |
 |---------|---------------|
 | **Gateway chat** | Dashboard `/api/auth/ws-ticket` + `/api/ws` for live thinking/reasoning and session-scoped `image.attach_bytes` / `pdf.attach` / `file.attach` uploads when Manage auth is ready |
-| **API-server chat fallback** | `/api/sessions/*/chat/stream`, `/v1/chat/completions`, or `/v1/runs` based on capability probes; a known selected multiplex profile uses the shared listener's `/p/<profile>` prefix and its own encrypted profile credential |
+| **API-only compatibility chat** | `/api/sessions/*/chat/stream`, `/v1/chat/completions`, or `/v1/runs` based on capability probes; a known selected multiplex profile uses the shared listener's `/p/<profile>` prefix and its own encrypted profile credential |
 | **API-server sessions** | `GET/POST/PATCH/DELETE /api/sessions` for CRUD |
 | **Manage** | Dashboard `/api/status`, `/api/auth/me`, `/api/config`, `/api/profiles/*`, `/api/env`, `/api/model/*`, `/api/mcp/*` |
 | **Vanilla Hermes voice** | Dashboard `POST /api/audio/transcribe`, WebSocket `/api/audio/speak-stream`, and `POST /api/audio/speak` compatibility fallback, all scoped by the selected profile when present |