1.0 shell: one window with a party strip; protocol 9 profile + avatars by hash

The shell (lib/src/shell/) replaces the Home and session screens:
- Party strip: profile, Library / Schedule / Settings tabs, Join and
  Host cards (hosting no longer takes media), status-ring avatar stack
  with the member list, chat & activity panel, Leave.
- The real session player is mounted once and shown full, as a
  draggable corner-snapping mini player, or fullscreen (window_manager,
  party and toasts overlaid); the Video is never mounted twice.
- Profile popover with inline rename, colour and a crop picker (256 px
  PNG), pushed live to the session; avatar toasts; waiting pill.
- Motion kit (fastEaseInToSlowEaseOut, fade-through, popovers,
  mouse-drag/wheel horizontal scrolling).
- Library = the existing picker for now (restyled next round); Schedule
  = the new SchedulePage; Settings = left nav over the existing panels.

Protocol 9 (packages/core, packages/server, sync client):
- {"t":"profile"} renames / changes the picture mid-session ("rename",
  "avatar" feed actions); names are cleaned the same way at hello.
- state.members carry avatarHash; pictures are served once from
  /a/<sid>/<token>/<hash> (PNG/JPEG/WebP/GIF by magic bytes only) and
  cached by hash in the app (AvatarCache).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ From the Releases page of this repo:
   Windows desktop; reports welcome.
 
 Update from the app: when a newer version exists, an update indicator
-appears in Home's top bar and opens the update card. "Update and restart" downloads,
+appears in the strip at the top of the window and opens the update card. "Update and restart" downloads,
 verifies, applies in place and restarts; the install folder must be writable
 by you. Settings has Check now and an auto-check toggle. From a terminal:
 `watch_together --upgrade`, or the shipped `update.sh` / `update.bat`. A
@@ -36,19 +36,51 @@ release with a newer protocol is a required update: everyone on a server
 must run the same protocol version, and a mismatch is refused with a message
 telling you to update.
 
+## The window
+
+One window. Along the top, the strip: your avatar (click it for your
+profile: name, picture with a crop editor, colour, and links to the
+settings), the Library / Schedule / Settings tabs, and the party. Offline
+the party side has Join and Host; in a server it shows everyone's avatar
+with a ring for their state (green ready, amber buffering, grey not ready,
+dimmed reconnecting; a crown on yours when you host, a tower on whoever
+passes the video on). Click the avatars for the member list (force ready,
+kick). Beside them the server and "ready n/m", the chat button with unread
+count, and Leave. Empty strip space drags the window.
+
+The player fills the window under the strip. Pick a tab and it shrinks to
+a mini player in a corner: drag it anywhere and it snaps to the nearest
+corner; double-click or ⤢ makes it big again, × stops watching (you stay in
+the server, muted) and the strip's screen button brings it back. F or
+double-click on the picture goes fullscreen (the strip hides, the party
+shows in a corner while paused), Esc leaves it. While playback waits, a
+pill under the picture says for whom ("Waiting for you · press Space when
+ready"). Chat and activity open in a panel on the right (chat button or
+Tab); joins, leaves, chat and other news also pop up bottom left with the
+person's avatar.
+
+Your name and picture change for everyone in the server right away; the
+colour is yours only.
+
 ## Host from the app
 
-Home, Host tab. Pick what to watch (optional): Jellyfin (browse your linked
-servers, see below), Link (paste an http(s) URL; Ctrl+V outside a field
-pastes it in) or File (path or Browse). In the column beside it set a port and an optional password (blank =
-anyone can join), then Host. Your name and avatar come from your profile
-(the chip at the top left). The app starts a
-server inside itself and joins it; you are the host and nobody can kick you.
-Leaving or closing the app stops the server. Friends need to reach your machine: open
-the TCP port on your router (or use a LAN or VPN address). Friends open nothing.
+Host in the strip: set a port and an optional password (blank = anyone can
+join), then Host. The app starts a server inside itself and joins it; you
+are the host and nobody can kick you. Nothing is up yet: pick what to
+watch in the Library tab (below) and "Put it up for everyone". Leaving or
+closing the app stops the server. Friends need to reach your machine: open
+the TCP port on your router (or use a LAN or VPN address). Friends open
+nothing. Ports you hosted on before are one click away in the Host card.
 
-If you pick a local file, the server streams it to everyone from your disk.
-Nothing is uploaded or stored anywhere.
+If you put up a local file, the server streams it to everyone from your
+disk. Nothing is uploaded or stored anywhere.
+
+## Library
+
+What to watch: Jellyfin (browse your linked servers, see below), Link
+(paste an http(s) URL; Ctrl+V outside a field pastes it in) or File (path
+or Browse), then "Put it up for everyone" and the player opens. Offline the
+library browses but nothing goes up until you join or host.
 
 ## Dedicated server
 
@@ -77,29 +109,30 @@ To run it as a service, unpack the tarball to `/opt/watch-together` and use
 
 ## Join
 
-Home, Join tab. Enter the host's address, port, and the password if there
-is one, then Enter or Join. Your name and avatar come from your profile (top
-bar chip or Settings). Servers you got into appear as up to 6 Recent server
-tiles with live status (online and how many are watching, or offline, plus
-"needs update" when the server runs another protocol): click one to rejoin,
-x to forget it. Ctrl+1 / Ctrl+2 switch between Join and Host.
+Join in the strip. Servers you got into are listed first (up to 6), with
+live status (online and how many are watching, or offline, plus "needs
+update" when the server runs another protocol): click one to rejoin, x to
+forget it. Or enter the host's address, port, and the password if there
+is one, then Enter or Join. Your name and picture come from your profile
+(your avatar at the top left).
 
 ## Settings
 
-Profile, hardware decoding (auto, off or custom; the env var
-`SYNC_RELAY_HWDEC` overrides it; applies on the next join or Reload video),
-"Experimental: mpv-style controls" (below), updates, playing the next
-Jellyfin episode automatically, video shaders (see below), and the
-keyboard shortcuts (read-only).
-Integrations links Jellyfin servers (below). About shows the version.
+The Settings tab (Ctrl+,) has a page per topic: Profile; Player (hardware
+decoding: auto, off or custom, the env var `SYNC_RELAY_HWDEC` overrides
+it, applies on the next join or Reload video; "Experimental: mpv-style
+controls", below; video shaders, see below); Jellyfin & integrations
+(linked Jellyfin servers, below, and playing the next episode
+automatically); Updates; Keyboard shortcuts (read-only); About (the
+version).
 
-Keys in a session: Space = ready / unready, Tab = side panel (people, log,
-chat, change video), Left/Right = seek 10 s, Shift+Right = skip 1:30,
+Keys while the player fills the window: Space = ready / unready, Tab =
+chat & activity, Left/Right = seek 10 s, Shift+Right = skip 1:30,
 PgUp/PgDn = previous / next chapter (as in mpv), F = fullscreen, Esc =
-close panel or ask to leave, Ctrl+R = reload video, `<` / `>` or Shift+P /
-Shift+N = previous / next Jellyfin episode, Ctrl+1..6 = Anime4K mode A, B,
-C, A+A, B+B, C+A, Ctrl+0 = shaders off. Every seek, skip and chapter jump
-moves everyone.
+close the chat or fullscreen, else ask to leave, Ctrl+R = reload video,
+`<` / `>` or Shift+P / Shift+N = previous / next Jellyfin episode,
+Ctrl+1..6 = Anime4K mode A, B, C, A+A, B+B, C+A, Ctrl+0 = shaders off.
+Every seek, skip and chapter jump moves everyone.
 
 Controls: the seek bar marks chapter starts with a diamond; hovering it
 shows the time and the chapter title. The chapters button lists them
@@ -114,8 +147,9 @@ timeline across the bottom shows the played part, the cached part ahead
 chapter title and the time there. With the controls hidden it stays as a
 thin line. Above it flat buttons: ≡ menu, Subtitles and Audio (with the
 track count), the shader badge (the active Anime4K mode, e.g. "A HQ"),
-ready, chapters, 1:30, previous / next episode, change video, people,
-volume and fullscreen. Keys and skip buttons work the same.
+ready, chapters, 1:30, previous / next episode, change video, volume and
+fullscreen; chat and back-to-library top right. Keys and skip buttons work
+the same.
 
 Skipping: during the opening a "Skip OP" button floats in the corner (it
 jumps to the end of the opening), during the ending "Skip ED" (to the end
@@ -137,29 +171,27 @@ Only the host needs the port reachable.
 
 ## Jellyfin
 
-Integrations > Jellyfin > Add server: type the address, then sign in with
+Settings > Jellyfin & integrations > Add server: type the address, then sign in with
 Quick Connect (the app shows a code; approve it in Jellyfin under Profile >
 Quick Connect) or your username and password. Several servers can be
 linked; each shows its status, and a star picks the default. Sign out
 revokes the app's sign-in on the server. If a sign-in expires the server
 shows "Reconnect" instead of disappearing.
 
-The Host tab's Jellyfin source is a library browser: Continue watching (with
+The Library's Jellyfin source is a library browser: Continue watching (with
 time left), Next up and the latest per library on the start page; library
 grids with sort (name, date added, release date, rating, random) and
 Unwatched / Favorites filters; series pages with seasons, episode progress
 and a "Next up" button; details with the file's tracks; search. Clicking a
-movie or episode picks it; the button in the top right enlarges the browser
-and moves port, password and Host into a bar below it. On wide windows a
-side pane shows details of whatever is under the mouse.
+movie or episode picks it. On wide windows a side pane shows details of
+whatever is under the mouse.
 
 Keys in the browser: arrows move, Enter picks or opens, I = details,
 Esc / Backspace / Alt+Left = back (Esc first clears a search), / or Ctrl+F =
 search.
 
-Host from the library: pick a movie or episode and Host. Only the item
-goes to the server (which Jellyfin server and which item), never a link or
-your sign-in. Pasting a Jellyfin link (web page or stream link) does the
+Putting up a movie or episode sends only the item to the server (which
+Jellyfin server and which item), never a link or your sign-in. Pasting a Jellyfin link (web page or stream link) does the
 same when the app can reach that Jellyfin; otherwise it is shared as a
 plain link.
 
@@ -172,7 +204,7 @@ Watching:
 - Friends without an account watch through the server: whoever put the
   item up passes it on automatically, with their own sign-in, which never
   leaves their computer (only the current item, only to people in the
-  session). They show "via host" in the member list. When the app hosts,
+  session). They show "via host" in the member list (click the avatars). When the app hosts,
   or a dedicated server has its own login (`--jellyfin <file>`, see
   [docs/ARCHITECTURE.md](docs/ARCHITECTURE.md), Jellyfin relay), the server
   fetches it itself instead.
@@ -195,9 +227,9 @@ Your choice is remembered per series (and as a default) and the closest
 match (language, then title, then codec and channels) is selected on the
 next episode. This is per person; nobody else is affected.
 
-"Change video" in the session panel (Tab) opens the same picker as the Host
-tab: the library starts on the series you are watching with the current
-season, else where you left it.
+"Change video" in the player's controls opens the Library tab (the player
+goes mini): the library starts on the series you are watching with the
+current season, else where you left it.
 
 Anyone can put up a file from their own computer, also on a dedicated
 server: it streams from your computer through the server to everyone (the
@@ -226,7 +258,7 @@ C (480p), A+A, B+B, C+A, each as HQ (strong GPUs, GTX 1080 and up) or Fast
 
 Pick one with the ✨ button in the player's control bar (also in
 fullscreen) or Ctrl+0..6; the change applies live and is saved, so the next
-session starts with it. Settings → Video quality & shaders sets the default,
+session starts with it. Settings → Player sets the default,
 HQ or Fast (used by Ctrl+1..6) and the custom files. Shaders cost GPU time
 every frame and need hardware video rendering: on media_kit's software
 fallback they do nothing, and the app says so. A shader that is missing or

apps/desktop/lib/app.dart

@@ -1,28 +1,17 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
-import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
 
-import 'src/screens/home/home_screen.dart';
 import 'src/screens/home/ui.dart';
-import 'src/screens/session_screen.dart';
-import 'src/state/session_state.dart';
+import 'src/shell/app_shell.dart';
 
 class WatchTogetherApp extends StatelessWidget {
   const WatchTogetherApp({super.key});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final session = SessionState.instance;
     return MaterialApp(
       title: appName,
       theme: ThemeData.dark(),
-      home: SignalBuilder(
-        builder: (context) {
-          return switch (session.route.value) {
-            AppRoute.home => const HomeScreen(),
-            AppRoute.session => const SessionScreen(),
-          };
-        },
-      ),
+      home: const AppShell(),
     );
   }
 }

apps/desktop/lib/src/controls/uosc/controls.dart

@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
 import '../../state/settings.dart';
 
 // The experimental mpv-style (uosc) controls frame: a full-width timeline
-// at the bottom with a row of flat buttons above it, window buttons top
+// at the bottom with a row of flat buttons above it, a corner widget top
 // right. Mouse movement shows them; after [UoscControls.hideAfter] without
 // any they fade out, the timeline shrinks to a thin line and the cursor
-// hides. Everything lives here because media_kit's fullscreen route
-// renders only the video and its controls.
+// hides. Our own frame: no media_kit controls state to reach into.
 
 class UoscControls extends StatefulWidget {
   /// The timeline; [expanded] is false while the controls are hidden.
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ class UoscControls extends StatefulWidget {
   /// Buttons left and right of the row above the timeline.
   final List<Widget> left;
   final List<Widget> right;
-  /// Top-right corner (window buttons), shown with the controls.
+  /// Top-right corner (chat, back to the library), shown with the controls.
   final Widget? top;
   final VoidCallback? onDoubleTap;
   final Duration hideAfter;

apps/desktop/lib/src/jellyfin/accounts.dart

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class JellyfinAccounts extends ChangeNotifier {
   /// Last failure text for an offline account.
   String? errorOf(String serverId) => _errors[serverId];
 
-  /// The Host tab's last Jellyfin pick, restored on the next start.
+  /// The last Jellyfin pick put up, restored in the Library on the next start.
   JellyfinMedia? get lastPick => _lastPick;
 
   /// Stable per install: Jellyfin keys devices and tokens by it.

apps/desktop/lib/src/jellyfin/accounts_panel.dart

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class _JellyfinAccountsPanelState extends State<JellyfinAccountsPanel> {
                         Text('Jellyfin', style: t.titleMedium),
                         const SizedBox(height: 4),
                         const Text(
-                          'Browse your libraries in the Host tab and put up movies and episodes. '
+                          'Browse your libraries in the Library tab and put up movies and episodes. '
                           'Sign in with Quick Connect or your password; several servers are fine.',
                           style: TextStyle(color: Colors.grey),
                         ),

apps/desktop/lib/src/jellyfin/browser.dart

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class _JellyfinBrowserState extends State<JellyfinBrowser> {
       const [HomeRoute()];
 
   /// Every navigation is saved per server (Hive), so the next browser
-  /// (Host tab, swap panel, next start) opens where this one was.
+  /// (the Library tab, next start) opens where this one was.
   void _remember() {
     final id = _account?.serverId;
     if (id != null) unawaited(_accounts.saveBrowseLocation(id, encodeBrowseStack(_stack)));

apps/desktop/lib/src/playback/playback_controller.dart

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class PlaybackController {
   /// Seeks from the video controls (seek bar) go here instead of to mpv.
   void Function(Duration position)? onUserSeek;
 
-  /// Latest shader message for the user (the session screen toasts it).
+  /// Latest shader message for the user (the session player toasts it).
   final shaderNotice = signal<ShaderNotice?>(null);
 
   /// How media_kit renders the current player's video (shaders need

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/home/about_page.dart

@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ Future<bool> openInBrowser(String url) async {
   }
 }
 
-class AboutPage extends StatelessWidget {
+/// Name, version, update state and the source link (Settings → About).
+class AboutPanel extends StatelessWidget {
   final UpdateController? updates;
-  const AboutPage({super.key, this.updates});
+  const AboutPanel({super.key, this.updates});
 
   Future<void> _open(BuildContext context) async {
     final messenger = ScaffoldMessenger.maybeOf(context);
@@ -40,11 +41,7 @@ class AboutPage extends StatelessWidget {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final t = Theme.of(context).textTheme;
-    return PageScroll(
-      maxWidth: 680,
-      children: [
-        const PageTitle('About'),
-        Panel(
+    return Panel(
           child: Column(
             crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
             children: [
@@ -73,8 +70,6 @@ class AboutPage extends StatelessWidget {
               ),
             ],
           ),
-        ),
-      ],
         );
   }
 }

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/home/connect_flow.dart

@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-import 'dart:io';
-
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
-import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart' show HelloMedia;
 
 import '../../session/session_coordinator.dart';
 import '../../state/session_state.dart';
-import '../../widgets/avatar_pipeline.dart';
-import '../../widgets/media_input.dart';
+import 'profile.dart';
 
 /// What a card shows under its fields after a failed attempt.
 class CardError {
@@ -15,7 +11,7 @@ class CardError {
   const CardError(this.title, this.message);
 }
 
-/// Host/Join submit state for the two Home cards. One attempt at a time;
+/// Host/Join submit state for the strip's two connect cards. One attempt at a time;
 /// [cancel] abandons it via [SessionState.cancelPending].
 class ConnectFlow extends ChangeNotifier {
   ConnectFlow({SessionState? session}) : _session = session ?? SessionState.instance;
@@ -27,7 +23,8 @@ class ConnectFlow extends ChangeNotifier {
   int _attempt = 0;
   bool _disposed = false;
 
-  /// Set when an attempt ends in a kick, so Home shows the removal dialog.
+  /// Set when an attempt ends in a kick, so the shell shows the removal
+  /// dialog.
   void Function(String reason)? onKicked;
 
   @override
@@ -54,61 +51,38 @@ class ConnectFlow extends ChangeNotifier {
   }
 
   /// Validates and builds the params; throws [FormatException] with a
-  /// user-facing message.
-  static Future<ConnectParams> buildParams(ConnectMode mode, ConnectForm f) async {
+  /// user-facing message. [avatar] is the base64 picture (the profile's).
+  /// Hosting puts nothing up: what to watch is picked in the library.
+  static ConnectParams buildParams(ConnectMode mode, ConnectForm f, {String avatar = ''}) {
     final rawPort = mode == ConnectMode.host ? f.hostPort : f.port;
     final port = int.tryParse(rawPort.trim());
     if (port == null || port <= 0 || port > 65535) {
       throw const FormatException('port must be 1–65535');
     }
     if (f.name.trim().isEmpty) {
-      throw const FormatException('set your display name first (click your profile at the top)');
+      throw const FormatException('set your display name first (click your avatar at the top left)');
     }
     if (mode == ConnectMode.join && f.host.trim().isEmpty) {
       throw const FormatException('enter the server address');
     }
-    String avatar = '';
-    try {
-      avatar = await encodeAvatar(f.avatarPath);
-    } on FormatException catch (e) {
-      throw FormatException(e.message);
-    } catch (_) {
-      throw const FormatException('could not process that avatar — pick a PNG, JPG or WebP photo');
-    }
-    if (mode == ConnectMode.host &&
-        f.mediaPath.isNotEmpty &&
-        !await File(f.mediaPath).exists()) {
-      throw const FormatException('media file not found — check the path or pick again with Browse');
-    }
     return ConnectParams(
       host: f.host.trim(),
       port: port,
       secret: mode == ConnectMode.host ? f.hostSecret : f.secret,
       name: f.name.trim(),
       avatar: avatar,
-      mediaPath: mode == ConnectMode.host ? f.mediaPath : '',
-      linkUrl: mode == ConnectMode.host ? f.linkUrl : '',
     );
   }
 
   /// [edit] fills the card's fields into a copy of the last form, so the
-  /// other card's saved values survive. [media] (host only) is put up
-  /// instead of the form's link or file (a Jellyfin ref; the pick itself is
-  /// remembered in the Jellyfin box, not the form).
-  Future<void> submit(ConnectMode mode, void Function(ConnectForm f) edit,
-      {HelloMedia? media}) async {
+  /// other card's saved values survive.
+  Future<void> submit(ConnectMode mode, void Function(ConnectForm f) edit) async {
     if (busy != null) return;
     final myAttempt = ++_attempt;
     final form = _session.lastForm.copy();
     edit(form);
     form.name = form.name.trim();
     form.host = form.host.trim();
-    if (mode == ConnectMode.host) {
-      final parsed = parseMediaInput(form.linkUrl.isNotEmpty ? form.linkUrl : form.mediaPath);
-      form
-        ..mediaPath = parsed.mediaPath
-        ..linkUrl = parsed.linkUrl;
-    }
     busy = mode;
     errors[mode] = null;
     notices[mode] = null;
@@ -116,8 +90,9 @@ class ConnectFlow extends ChangeNotifier {
 
     ConnectParams params;
     try {
-      params = await buildParams(mode, form);
-      if (media != null && mode == ConnectMode.host) params = params.withMedia(media);
+      final profile = Profile.instance;
+      await profile.ensureLoaded();
+      params = buildParams(mode, form, avatar: profile.avatarBase64());
     } catch (e) {
       if (myAttempt != _attempt) return;
       busy = null;

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/home/home_screen.dart

@@ -1,175 +0,0 @@
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
-import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
-import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
-
-import '../../jellyfin/accounts.dart';
-import '../../state/session_state.dart';
-import '../../state/settings.dart';
-import '../../update/update_controller.dart';
-import 'about_page.dart';
-import 'connect_flow.dart';
-import 'health_probe.dart';
-import 'host_tab.dart';
-import 'integrations_page.dart';
-import 'join_tab.dart';
-import 'profile.dart';
-import 'settings_page.dart';
-import 'top_bar.dart';
-import 'update_indicator.dart';
-
-/// Everything outside a session: one top bar (profile, Join/Host tabs,
-/// Settings/Integrations/About, window buttons) over a full-width body.
-class HomeScreen extends StatelessWidget {
-  const HomeScreen({super.key});
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    return const Scaffold(body: HomeShell(windowControls: true));
-  }
-}
-
-/// [HomeScreen]'s content. Tests pump it with [windowControls] off (the
-/// drag area and window buttons need window_manager) and a fake [healthGet].
-class HomeShell extends StatefulWidget {
-  final UpdateController? updates;
-  final bool autoUpdateCheck;
-  final bool windowControls;
-  final HealthGetter healthGet;
-  /// Linked Jellyfin servers; defaults to [JellyfinAccounts.instance].
-  final JellyfinAccounts? jellyfin;
-  const HomeShell({
-    super.key,
-    this.updates,
-    this.autoUpdateCheck = true,
-    this.windowControls = false,
-    this.healthGet = defaultHealthGet,
-    this.jellyfin,
-  });
-
-  @override
-  State<HomeShell> createState() => _HomeShellState();
-}
-
-class _HomeShellState extends State<HomeShell> {
-  HomeView _view = HomeView.join;
-  final _flow = ConnectFlow();
-  late final _join = JoinFields(SessionState.instance.lastForm);
-  late final _jellyfin = widget.jellyfin ?? JellyfinAccounts.instance;
-  late final _host = HostFields(SessionState.instance.lastForm, jellyfin: _jellyfin);
-  late final void Function() _stopKickWatch;
-  late final void Function() _stopCrashWatch;
-  bool _dialogOpen = false;
-  String? _lastKickShown;
-
-  @override
-  void initState() {
-    super.initState();
-    Profile.instance.ensureLoaded();
-    // Reads linked servers and checks their tokens in the background.
-    _jellyfin.ensureLoaded();
-    if (widget.autoUpdateCheck) _autoCheck();
-    _flow.onKicked = _showKickedDialog;
-    // Back from a session that ended in a kick: say so.
-    _stopKickWatch = effect(() {
-      final kick = SessionState.instance.coordinator.kickReason.value;
-      if (kick == null || kick.isEmpty) {
-        _lastKickShown = null;
-        return;
-      }
-      WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) => _showKickedDialog(kick));
-    });
-    // Back from a session whose hosted server crashed: say so on the Host tab.
-    _stopCrashWatch = effect(() {
-      final crash = SessionState.instance.serverCrash.value;
-      if (crash == null) return;
-      WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
-        SessionState.instance.serverCrash.value = null;
-        if (!mounted) return;
-        _flow.showError(ConnectMode.host, CardError('Server crashed', crash));
-        setState(() => _view = HomeView.host);
-      });
-    });
-  }
-
-  @override
-  void dispose() {
-    _stopKickWatch();
-    _stopCrashWatch();
-    _flow.dispose();
-    _join.dispose();
-    _host.dispose();
-    super.dispose();
-  }
-
-  Future<void> _autoCheck() async {
-    final s = AppSettings.instance;
-    await s.ensureLoaded();
-    if (s.autoCheckUpdates.peek()) await runUpdateCheck(widget.updates);
-  }
-
-  Future<void> _showKickedDialog(String reason) async {
-    if (!mounted || _dialogOpen || reason == _lastKickShown) return;
-    _lastKickShown = reason;
-    _dialogOpen = true;
-    try {
-      await showDialog<void>(
-        context: context,
-        builder: (context) => AlertDialog(
-          title: const Text('You were removed'),
-          content: Text(reason.isEmpty ? 'The host removed you from the server.' : reason),
-          actions: [TextButton(onPressed: () => Navigator.pop(context), child: const Text('OK'))],
-        ),
-      );
-    } finally {
-      _dialogOpen = false;
-    }
-  }
-
-  void _select(HomeView v) => setState(() => _view = v);
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
-    // Only the visible view is mounted: the Join tab polls /health only
-    // while shown. Form state lives here, so nothing is lost on switch.
-    final body = switch (_view) {
-      HomeView.join =>
-        JoinTab(flow: _flow, fields: _join, healthGet: widget.healthGet),
-      HomeView.host => HostTab(
-          flow: _flow,
-          fields: _host,
-          onOpenIntegrations: () => _select(HomeView.integrations),
-        ),
-      HomeView.settings => SettingsPage(updates: widget.updates),
-      HomeView.integrations => IntegrationsPage(jellyfin: _jellyfin),
-      HomeView.about => AboutPage(updates: widget.updates),
-    };
-    return CallbackShortcuts(
-      bindings: {
-        const SingleActivator(LogicalKeyboardKey.digit1, control: true): () =>
-            _select(HomeView.join),
-        const SingleActivator(LogicalKeyboardKey.digit2, control: true): () =>
-            _select(HomeView.host),
-        const SingleActivator(LogicalKeyboardKey.comma, control: true): () =>
-            _select(HomeView.settings),
-      },
-      child: FocusScope(
-        autofocus: true,
-        child: Column(
-          children: [
-            HomeTopBar(
-              view: _view,
-              onSelect: _select,
-              updates: widget.updates,
-              windowControls: widget.windowControls,
-            ),
-            Divider(height: 1, thickness: 1, color: scheme.outlineVariant.withValues(alpha: 0.4)),
-            Expanded(
-              child: KeyedSubtree(key: ValueKey(_view), child: body),
-            ),
-          ],
-        ),
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-}

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/home/host_tab.dart

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-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
-import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
-import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart' show HelloMedia;
-
-import '../../jellyfin/accounts.dart';
-import '../../jellyfin/session_media.dart';
-import '../../state/session_state.dart';
-import 'connect_flow.dart';
-import 'connect_status.dart';
-import 'media_picker.dart';
-import 'ui.dart';
-
-/// Host form state, owned by the Home shell so it survives tab switches.
-class HostFields {
-  HostFields(ConnectForm f, {JellyfinAccounts? jellyfin})
-      : jellyfin = jellyfin ?? JellyfinAccounts.instance,
-        port = TextEditingController(text: f.hostPort),
-        secret = TextEditingController(text: f.hostSecret),
-        media = MediaPickerController(mediaPath: f.mediaPath, linkUrl: f.linkUrl) {
-    // The last Jellyfin pick lives in the Jellyfin box (the connect form
-    // only knows links and files); restore it once that box is read.
-    final noMedia = f.mediaPath.isEmpty && f.linkUrl.isEmpty;
-    this.jellyfin.ensureLoaded().then((_) {
-      final pick = this.jellyfin.lastPick;
-      if (_disposed || pick == null || media.jellyfin != null) return;
-      if (this.jellyfin.account(pick.serverId) == null) return;
-      if (noMedia) {
-        media.pickJellyfin(pick);
-      } else {
-        final source = media.source;
-        media.pickJellyfin(pick);
-        media.source = source;
-      }
-    });
-  }
-  final JellyfinAccounts jellyfin;
-  final TextEditingController port;
-  final TextEditingController secret;
-  final MediaPickerController media;
-  /// Jellyfin browser enlarged: the server column shrinks to a bar.
-  final browserExpanded = ValueNotifier(false);
-  bool _disposed = false;
-
-  void dispose() {
-    _disposed = true;
-    port.dispose();
-    secret.dispose();
-    media.dispose();
-    browserExpanded.dispose();
-  }
-}
-
-/// What hosting a picked Jellyfin item sends: its ref (no URL, no token).
-/// Throws [FormatException] with a user-facing message when the server is
-/// not linked any more or its sign-in expired.
-HelloMedia hostJellyfinMedia(JellyfinAccounts accounts, JellyfinMedia media) {
-  if (accounts.account(media.serverId) == null) {
-    throw const FormatException('that Jellyfin server is not linked any more — pick again');
-  }
-  if (accounts.statusOf(media.serverId) == JellyfinAccountStatus.expired) {
-    throw const FormatException('Jellyfin sign-in expired — reconnect it in Integrations');
-  }
-  return mediaForPick(media);
-}
-
-/// Below this width the server column moves under the media picker.
-const hostStackBelow = 860.0;
-const _columnWidth = 340.0;
-
-/// Media picker as the main area; port/password/Host in a narrow column.
-class HostTab extends StatelessWidget {
-  final ConnectFlow flow;
-  final HostFields fields;
-  final VoidCallback? onOpenIntegrations;
-  const HostTab(
-      {super.key, required this.flow, required this.fields, this.onOpenIntegrations});
-
-  void _host() {
-    if (flow.busy != null) return;
-    final media = fields.media.selection;
-    HelloMedia? jellyfinMedia;
-    if (media is JellyfinMedia) {
-      try {
-        jellyfinMedia = hostJellyfinMedia(fields.jellyfin, media);
-      } on FormatException catch (e) {
-        flow.showError(ConnectMode.host, CardError('Check the form', e.message));
-        return;
-      }
-      fields.jellyfin.rememberPick(media);
-    }
-    flow.submit(
-      ConnectMode.host,
-      (f) => f
-        ..hostPort = fields.port.text.trim()
-        ..hostSecret = fields.secret.text
-        ..mediaPath = media is FileMedia ? media.path : ''
-        ..linkUrl = media is LinkMedia ? media.url : '',
-      media: jellyfinMedia,
-    );
-  }
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final t = Theme.of(context).textTheme;
-    return ListenableBuilder(
-      listenable: Listenable.merge([flow, fields.media, fields.browserExpanded]),
-      builder: (context, _) {
-        final busy = flow.busy == ConnectMode.host;
-        final jellyfin = fields.media.source == MediaKind.jellyfin;
-        final expanded = jellyfin && fields.browserExpanded.value;
-        Widget picker({required bool fill}) {
-          final p = MediaPicker(
-            controller: fields.media,
-            enabled: !busy,
-            autofocus: true,
-            onSubmit: _host,
-            onOpenIntegrations: onOpenIntegrations,
-            jellyfin: fields.jellyfin,
-            expanded: expanded,
-            onToggleExpanded: () => fields.browserExpanded.value = !fields.browserExpanded.value,
-          );
-          return Column(
-            key: const ValueKey('host-picker'),
-            crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
-            children: [
-              Text('What to watch', style: t.titleMedium),
-              const SizedBox(height: 12),
-              fill ? Expanded(child: p) : p,
-            ],
-          );
-        }
-
-        final column = _ServerColumn(flow: flow, fields: fields, onHost: _host);
-        return LayoutBuilder(builder: (context, box) {
-          final stacked = box.maxWidth < hostStackBelow;
-          // Jellyfin browser: fills the height (lazy grids need a bounded
-          // viewport); the form sits beside it or, enlarged, in a bar below.
-          if (expanded) {
-            return Padding(
-              padding: kPagePadding,
-              child: Column(
-                crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
-                children: [
-                  Expanded(child: picker(fill: true)),
-                  const SizedBox(height: 12),
-                  _HostBar(flow: flow, fields: fields, onHost: _host),
-                ],
-              ),
-            );
-          }
-          if (jellyfin && !stacked) {
-            return Padding(
-              padding: kPagePadding,
-              child: Row(
-                crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
-                children: [
-                  Expanded(child: picker(fill: true)),
-                  const SizedBox(width: 24),
-                  SizedBox(
-                    width: _columnWidth,
-                    child: SingleChildScrollView(child: column),
-                  ),
-                ],
-              ),
-            );
-          }
-          return SingleChildScrollView(
-            padding: kPagePadding,
-            child: stacked
-                ? Column(
-                    crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
-                    children: [
-                      picker(fill: false),
-                      const SizedBox(height: 24),
-                      Align(
-                        alignment: Alignment.topLeft,
-                        child: ConstrainedBox(
-                          constraints: const BoxConstraints(maxWidth: kFieldMaxWidth),
-                          child: column,
-                        ),
-                      ),
-                    ],
-                  )
-                : Row(
-                    crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
-                    children: [
-                      Expanded(child: picker(fill: false)),
-                      const SizedBox(width: 24),
-                      SizedBox(width: _columnWidth, child: column),
-                    ],
-                  ),
-          );
-        });
-      },
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-class _ServerColumn extends StatelessWidget {
-  final ConnectFlow flow;
-  final HostFields fields;
-  final VoidCallback onHost;
-  const _ServerColumn({required this.flow, required this.fields, required this.onHost});
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final theme = Theme.of(context);
-    final t = theme.textTheme;
-    return Panel(
-      key: const ValueKey('host-column'),
-      child: Column(
-        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
-        children: [
-          Row(
-            children: [
-              Icon(Icons.cast, size: 20, color: theme.colorScheme.primary),
-              const SizedBox(width: 10),
-              Text('Your server', style: t.titleMedium),
-            ],
-          ),
-          const SizedBox(height: 4),
-          Text('Runs on this computer. Friends need this port reachable.',
-              style: t.bodySmall?.copyWith(color: Colors.grey)),
-          const SizedBox(height: kGap),
-          AbsorbPointer(
-            absorbing: flow.busy == ConnectMode.host,
-            child: Column(
-              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
-              spacing: 12,
-              children: [
-                Align(
-                  alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
-                  child: SizedBox(
-                    width: 120,
-                    child: TextField(
-                      key: const ValueKey('host-port'),
-                      controller: fields.port,
-                      decoration: fieldDecoration('Port'),
-                      keyboardType: TextInputType.number,
-                      onChanged: (_) => flow.clearError(ConnectMode.host),
-                      onSubmitted: (_) => onHost(),
-                    ),
-                  ),
-                ),
-                ListenableBuilder(
-                  listenable: fields.secret,
-                  builder: (context, _) => TextField(
-                    key: const ValueKey('host-password'),
-                    controller: fields.secret,
-                    obscureText: true,
-                    decoration: fieldDecoration('Password').copyWith(
-                      helperText:
-                          fields.secret.text.isEmpty ? 'No password — anyone can join' : null,
-                    ),
-                    onSubmitted: (_) => onHost(),
-                  ),
-                ),
-              ],
-            ),
-          ),
-          ListenableBuilder(
-            listenable: fields.media,
-            builder: (context, _) => Padding(
-              padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 12),
-              child: Text(mediaSummary(fields.media.selection),
-                  maxLines: 2,
-                  overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
-                  style: t.bodySmall?.copyWith(color: Colors.grey)),
-            ),
-          ),
-          ConnectFeedback(flow: flow, mode: ConnectMode.host),
-          const SizedBox(height: kGap),
-          ConnectButton(
-              flow: flow, mode: ConnectMode.host, label: 'Host', onSubmit: onHost, expand: true),
-          _HostedRecents(fields: fields, enabled: flow.busy == null),
-        ],
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-
-}
-
-String mediaSummary(PickedMedia? s) =>
-    s == null ? 'No media selected (optional).' : 'Playing: ${s.label}';
-
-/// Enlarged-browser mode: what is picked, port, password and Host in one
-/// row under the browser.
-class _HostBar extends StatelessWidget {
-  final ConnectFlow flow;
-  final HostFields fields;
-  final VoidCallback onHost;
-  const _HostBar({required this.flow, required this.fields, required this.onHost});
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final t = Theme.of(context).textTheme;
-    return Panel(
-      key: const ValueKey('host-bar'),
-      padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 16, vertical: 12),
-      child: Column(
-        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
-        mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
-        children: [
-          Row(
-            children: [
-              Icon(Icons.cast, size: 20, color: Theme.of(context).colorScheme.primary),
-              const SizedBox(width: 12),
-              Expanded(
-                child: Text(mediaSummary(fields.media.selection),
-                    maxLines: 1, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, style: t.bodyMedium),
-              ),
-              const SizedBox(width: 12),
-              AbsorbPointer(
-                absorbing: flow.busy == ConnectMode.host,
-                child: Row(
-                  mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
-                  children: [
-                    SizedBox(
-                      width: 100,
-                      child: TextField(
-                        controller: fields.port,
-                        decoration: fieldDecoration('Port'),
-                        keyboardType: TextInputType.number,
-                        onChanged: (_) => flow.clearError(ConnectMode.host),
-                        onSubmitted: (_) => onHost(),
-                      ),
-                    ),
-                    const SizedBox(width: 8),
-                    SizedBox(
-                      width: 200,
-                      child: TextField(
-                        controller: fields.secret,
-                        obscureText: true,
-                        decoration: fieldDecoration('Password', hint: 'none = open'),
-                        onSubmitted: (_) => onHost(),
-                      ),
-                    ),
-                  ],
-                ),
-              ),
-              const SizedBox(width: 12),
-              ConnectButton(flow: flow, mode: ConnectMode.host, label: 'Host', onSubmit: onHost),
-            ],
-          ),
-          ConnectFeedback(flow: flow, mode: ConnectMode.host),
-        ],
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-/// Ports hosted before: one click refills port and password.
-class _HostedRecents extends StatelessWidget {
-  final HostFields fields;
-  final bool enabled;
-  const _HostedRecents({required this.fields, required this.enabled});
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    return SignalBuilder(builder: (context) {
-      final list = [
-        for (final r in SessionState.instance.recents.value)
-          if (r.hosted) r
-      ];
-      if (list.isEmpty) return const SizedBox.shrink();
-      return Padding(
-        padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: kGap),
-        child: Wrap(
-          spacing: 8,
-          runSpacing: 8,
-          children: [
-            for (final r in list)
-              InputChip(
-                key: ValueKey('recent-${r.key}'),
-                avatar: Icon(r.secret.isEmpty ? Icons.history : Icons.lock_outline, size: 16),
-                label: Text('Port ${r.port}'),
-                tooltip: 'Use port ${r.port} again',
-                isEnabled: enabled,
-                shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(8)),
-                onPressed: () {
-                  fields.port.text = r.port;
-                  fields.secret.text = r.secret;
-                },
-                deleteButtonTooltipMessage: 'Forget',
-                onDeleted: () => SessionState.instance.forgetServer(r),
-              ),
-          ],
-        ),
-      );
-    });
-  }
-}

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/home/integrations_page.dart

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-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
-
-import '../../jellyfin/accounts.dart';
-import '../../jellyfin/accounts_panel.dart';
-import 'ui.dart';
-
-class IntegrationsPage extends StatelessWidget {
-  /// Defaults to [JellyfinAccounts.instance].
-  final JellyfinAccounts? jellyfin;
-  const IntegrationsPage({super.key, this.jellyfin});
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    return PageScroll(
-      maxWidth: 820,
-      children: [
-        const PageTitle('Integrations',
-            subtitle: 'Connect media libraries to pick what to watch.'),
-        JellyfinAccountsPanel(accounts: jellyfin ?? JellyfinAccounts.instance),
-      ],
-    );
-  }
-}

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/home/join_tab.dart

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-import 'dart:async';
-
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
-import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
-import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
-
-import '../../state/session_state.dart';
-import 'connect_flow.dart';
-import 'connect_status.dart';
-import 'health_probe.dart';
-import 'ui.dart';
-
-/// Join form text, owned by the Home shell so it survives tab switches.
-class JoinFields {
-  JoinFields(ConnectForm f)
-      : host = TextEditingController(text: f.host),
-        port = TextEditingController(text: f.port),
-        secret = TextEditingController(text: f.secret);
-  final TextEditingController host;
-  final TextEditingController port;
-  final TextEditingController secret;
-
-  void dispose() {
-    host.dispose();
-    port.dispose();
-    secret.dispose();
-  }
-}
-
-/// Smallest recent-server tile; the grid adds columns as the window widens.
-const _minTileWidth = 300.0;
-
-/// One compact address/port/password row, then recent servers with live
-/// status, as a grid that fills the width.
-class JoinTab extends StatelessWidget {
-  final ConnectFlow flow;
-  final JoinFields fields;
-  final HealthGetter healthGet;
-  const JoinTab(
-      {super.key, required this.flow, required this.fields, required this.healthGet});
-
-  void _join() => flow.submit(ConnectMode.join, (f) {
-        f
-          ..host = fields.host.text
-          ..port = fields.port.text.trim()
-          ..secret = fields.secret.text;
-      });
-
-  void _joinRecent(RecentServer r) {
-    fields.host.text = r.host;
-    fields.port.text = r.port;
-    fields.secret.text = r.secret;
-    _join();
-  }
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final t = Theme.of(context).textTheme;
-    return ListenableBuilder(
-      listenable: flow,
-      builder: (context, _) => SingleChildScrollView(
-        padding: kPagePadding,
-        child: Column(
-          crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
-          children: [
-            Text('Join a friend’s server', style: t.titleMedium),
-            const SizedBox(height: 12),
-            AbsorbPointer(
-              absorbing: flow.busy == ConnectMode.join,
-              child: _joinRow(),
-            ),
-            Align(
-              alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
-              child: ConstrainedBox(
-                constraints: const BoxConstraints(maxWidth: kFieldMaxWidth),
-                child: ConnectFeedback(flow: flow, mode: ConnectMode.join),
-              ),
-            ),
-            const SizedBox(height: 32),
-            Text('Recent servers', style: t.titleMedium),
-            const SizedBox(height: 12),
-            SignalBuilder(builder: (context) {
-              final list = [
-                for (final r in SessionState.instance.recents.value)
-                  if (!r.hosted) r
-              ];
-              return RecentServersGrid(
-                servers: list,
-                enabled: flow.busy == null,
-                healthGet: healthGet,
-                onJoin: _joinRecent,
-                onForget: SessionState.instance.forgetServer,
-              );
-            }),
-          ],
-        ),
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-
-  Widget _joinRow() {
-    return Wrap(
-      key: const ValueKey('join-row'),
-      spacing: 12,
-      runSpacing: 12,
-      crossAxisAlignment: WrapCrossAlignment.center,
-      children: [
-        Row(
-          mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
-          children: [
-            SizedBox(
-              width: 280,
-              child: TextField(
-                key: const ValueKey('join-address'),
-                controller: fields.host,
-                decoration: fieldDecoration('Address', hint: 'IP or hostname'),
-                onChanged: (_) => flow.clearError(ConnectMode.join),
-                onSubmitted: (_) => _join(),
-              ),
-            ),
-            const Padding(
-              padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 6),
-              child: Text(':', style: TextStyle(fontSize: 18, color: Colors.grey)),
-            ),
-            SizedBox(
-              width: 96,
-              child: TextField(
-                key: const ValueKey('join-port'),
-                controller: fields.port,
-                decoration: fieldDecoration('Port'),
-                keyboardType: TextInputType.number,
-                onSubmitted: (_) => _join(),
-              ),
-            ),
-          ],
-        ),
-        SizedBox(
-          width: 220,
-          child: TextField(
-            key: const ValueKey('join-password'),
-            controller: fields.secret,
-            obscureText: true,
-            decoration: fieldDecoration('Password', hint: 'If the server has one'),
-            onSubmitted: (_) => _join(),
-          ),
-        ),
-        ConnectButton(flow: flow, mode: ConnectMode.join, label: 'Join', onSubmit: _join),
-      ],
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-/// Recent servers as tiles; polls each one's `/health` every
-/// [healthPollEvery] while mounted (i.e. while the Join tab is visible).
-class RecentServersGrid extends StatefulWidget {
-  final List<RecentServer> servers;
-  final bool enabled;
-  final HealthGetter healthGet;
-  final ValueChanged<RecentServer> onJoin;
-  final ValueChanged<RecentServer> onForget;
-  const RecentServersGrid({
-    super.key,
-    required this.servers,
-    required this.enabled,
-    required this.healthGet,
-    required this.onJoin,
-    required this.onForget,
-  });
-
-  @override
-  State<RecentServersGrid> createState() => _RecentServersGridState();
-}
-
-class _RecentServersGridState extends State<RecentServersGrid> {
-  final _health = <String, ServerHealth>{};
-  final _inFlight = <String>{};
-  Timer? _timer;
-
-  @override
-  void initState() {
-    super.initState();
-    _pollAll();
-    _timer = Timer.periodic(healthPollEvery, (_) => _pollAll());
-  }
-
-  @override
-  void didUpdateWidget(RecentServersGrid old) {
-    super.didUpdateWidget(old);
-    for (final r in widget.servers) {
-      if (!_health.containsKey(r.key)) _poll(r);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @override
-  void dispose() {
-    _timer?.cancel();
-    super.dispose();
-  }
-
-  void _pollAll() {
-    for (final r in widget.servers) {
-      _poll(r);
-    }
-  }
-
-  Future<void> _poll(RecentServer r) async {
-    if (!_inFlight.add(r.key)) return;
-    try {
-      final h = await probeHealth(r.host, r.port, widget.healthGet);
-      if (mounted) setState(() => _health[r.key] = h);
-    } finally {
-      _inFlight.remove(r.key);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    if (widget.servers.isEmpty) return const _EmptyRecents();
-    return LayoutBuilder(builder: (context, box) {
-      final cols = ((box.maxWidth + kGap) / (_minTileWidth + kGap)).floor().clamp(1, 64);
-      final width = (box.maxWidth - kGap * (cols - 1)) / cols;
-      return Wrap(
-        spacing: kGap,
-        runSpacing: kGap,
-        children: [
-          for (final r in widget.servers)
-            SizedBox(
-              width: width,
-              child: _RecentTile(
-                key: ValueKey('recent-${r.key}'),
-                server: r,
-                health: _health[r.key],
-                enabled: widget.enabled,
-                onJoin: () => widget.onJoin(r),
-                onForget: () => widget.onForget(r),
-              ),
-            ),
-        ],
-      );
-    });
-  }
-}
-
-class _RecentTile extends StatelessWidget {
-  final RecentServer server;
-  /// Null until the first probe answers.
-  final ServerHealth? health;
-  final bool enabled;
-  final VoidCallback onJoin;
-  final VoidCallback onForget;
-  const _RecentTile({
-    super.key,
-    required this.server,
-    required this.health,
-    required this.enabled,
-    required this.onJoin,
-    required this.onForget,
-  });
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final theme = Theme.of(context);
-    final scheme = theme.colorScheme;
-    final t = theme.textTheme;
-    final h = health;
-    final address = '${server.host}:${server.port}';
-    final title = h != null && h.name.isNotEmpty ? h.name : server.host;
-    final (status, statusColor) = switch (h) {
-      null => ('Checking…', Colors.grey),
-      ServerHealth(online: true) => (
-          '● online · ${h.viewers} watching',
-          Colors.greenAccent.shade400
-        ),
-      _ => ('○ offline', Colors.grey),
-    };
-    return Material(
-      color: scheme.surfaceContainer,
-      shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(
-        borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(kRadius),
-        side: BorderSide(color: scheme.outlineVariant.withValues(alpha: 0.5)),
-      ),
-      clipBehavior: Clip.antiAlias,
-      child: InkWell(
-        onTap: enabled ? onJoin : null,
-        child: Tooltip(
-          message: 'Join $address',
-          waitDuration: const Duration(milliseconds: 600),
-          child: Padding(
-            padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16, 10, 6, 14),
-            child: Column(
-              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
-              children: [
-                Row(
-                  children: [
-                    Icon(Icons.dns_outlined, size: 20, color: scheme.primary),
-                    const SizedBox(width: 10),
-                    Expanded(
-                      child: Text(title,
-                          maxLines: 1, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, style: t.titleMedium),
-                    ),
-                    if (server.secret.isNotEmpty)
-                      const Tooltip(
-                        message: 'Password saved',
-                        child: Icon(Icons.lock_outline, size: 16, color: Colors.grey),
-                      ),
-                    IconButton(
-                      tooltip: 'Forget',
-                      visualDensity: VisualDensity.compact,
-                      iconSize: 18,
-                      onPressed: onForget,
-                      icon: const Icon(Icons.close),
-                    ),
-                  ],
-                ),
-                Padding(
-                  padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 30, right: 10),
-                  child: Column(
-                    crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
-                    children: [
-                      Text(address,
-                          maxLines: 1,
-                          overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
-                          style: t.bodySmall?.copyWith(color: Colors.grey)),
-                      const SizedBox(height: 8),
-                      Row(
-                        children: [
-                          Expanded(
-                            child: Text(status,
-                                key: const ValueKey('recent-status'),
-                                style: t.bodyMedium?.copyWith(color: statusColor)),
-                          ),
-                          if (h != null && h.needsUpdate)
-                            Tooltip(
-                              message: 'Server protocol ${h.proto}, this app '
-                                  '${RelayConstants.protoVersion} — update so both match',
-                              child: Container(
-                                padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 8, vertical: 2),
-                                decoration: BoxDecoration(
-                                  color: scheme.errorContainer,
-                                  borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(8),
-                                ),
-                                child: Text('needs update',
-                                    style: t.labelSmall
-                                        ?.copyWith(color: scheme.onErrorContainer)),
-                              ),
-                            ),
-                        ],
-                      ),
-                    ],
-                  ),
-                ),
-              ],
-            ),
-          ),
-        ),
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-class _EmptyRecents extends StatelessWidget {
-  const _EmptyRecents();
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final t = Theme.of(context).textTheme;
-    return Panel(
-      key: const ValueKey('recents-empty'),
-      child: Row(
-        children: [
-          const Icon(Icons.history, size: 28, color: Colors.grey),
-          const SizedBox(width: kGap),
-          Expanded(
-            child: Column(
-              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
-              children: [
-                Text('No recent servers yet', style: t.titleSmall),
-                const SizedBox(height: 2),
-                Text('Servers you join show up here with live status; click one to rejoin.',
-                    style: t.bodySmall?.copyWith(color: Colors.grey)),
-              ],
-            ),
-          ),
-        ],
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-}

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/home/media_picker.dart

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ const videoExtensions = ['mp4', 'mkv', 'webm', 'avi', 'mov', 'm4v', 'ts'];
 
 enum MediaKind { jellyfin, link, file }
 
-/// State of a [MediaPicker], owned by whoever hosts it (Home's Host tab,
-/// later the session's swap panel) so it survives rebuilds.
+/// State of a [MediaPicker], owned by whoever hosts it (the shell, for the
+/// Library tab) so it survives rebuilds and tab switches.
 class MediaPickerController extends ChangeNotifier {
   MediaPickerController(
       {String mediaPath = '', String linkUrl = '', JellyfinMedia? jellyfin, MediaKind? source})

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/home/profile.dart

@@ -1,285 +1,131 @@
+import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
-import 'package:file_picker/file_picker.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
 
+import '../../state/connect_prefs.dart';
 import '../../state/session_state.dart';
 import '../../widgets/avatar_pipeline.dart';
-import 'ui.dart';
 
-/// Display name + avatar, shared by the Home profile row and Settings.
-/// Backed by [SessionState.lastForm]; every change is persisted. The
-/// avatar goes through [encodeAvatar] (the same shrink the server gets)
-/// before its path is stored, and the encoded bytes are the preview.
+/// Colours offered in the profile card; the first is the default.
+const profileColors = <Color>[
+  Colors.deepPurple,
+  Colors.indigo,
+  Colors.teal,
+  Colors.pink,
+  Colors.orange,
+  Colors.blueGrey,
+];
+
+const _keyPicture = 'avatarPng';
+const _keyColor = 'profileColor';
+
+/// Sends a mid-session name/picture change (null = unchanged, empty
+/// avatar = removed). Swappable so tests can watch it.
+typedef ProfilePush = void Function({String? name, String? avatar});
+
+/// The one place a profile change reaches the server.
+void pushProfileToSession({String? name, String? avatar}) {
+  final session = SessionState.instance;
+  if (session.route.peek() != AppRoute.session) return;
+  session.coordinator.updateProfile(name: name, avatar: avatar);
+}
+
+/// Display name, picture and colour of this app's user. Backed by
+/// [SessionState.lastForm] (name) and the connect-form box (the cropped
+/// 256 px PNG and the colour); every change is persisted, and while in a
+/// server it is pushed through [push] so everyone sees it at once.
 class Profile {
   static final Profile instance = Profile._();
   Profile._();
 
   final name = signal('');
-  final preview = signal<Uint8List?>(null);
+  /// The cropped PNG; null shows the initial on [color].
+  final picture = signal<Uint8List?>(null);
+  final color = signal<Color>(profileColors.first);
   final error = signal<String?>(null);
-  final picking = signal(false);
+  ProfilePush push = pushProfileToSession;
   bool _loaded = false;
+  Timer? _nameTimer;
 
-  void ensureLoaded() {
+  /// Reads the stored profile once (the app shell starts it). Old installs
+  /// stored a picture path: it is shrunk through [encodeAvatar] once and
+  /// kept as bytes. A caller during the first read does not wait for it
+  /// (no shared Future: tests run each in its own zone).
+  Future<void> ensureLoaded() async {
     if (_loaded) return;
     _loaded = true;
-    final f = SessionState.instance.lastForm;
-    name.value = f.name;
-    _refreshPreview(f.avatarPath);
+    await _load();
   }
 
-  Future<void> _refreshPreview(String path) async {
+  Future<void> _load() async {
+    final form = SessionState.instance.lastForm;
+    name.value = form.name;
     try {
-      final b64 = await encodeAvatar(path);
-      preview.value = b64.isEmpty ? null : base64Decode(b64);
-    } catch (_) {
-      preview.value = null;
+      final box = connectFormBoxIfOpen() ?? await openConnectFormBox();
+      final png = box.get(_keyPicture);
+      final c = box.get(_keyColor);
+      if (c is int) color.value = Color(c);
+      if (png is Uint8List && png.isNotEmpty) {
+        picture.value = png;
+      } else if (form.avatarPath.isNotEmpty) {
+        final b64 = await encodeAvatar(form.avatarPath);
+        if (b64.isNotEmpty) picture.value = base64Decode(b64);
+        form.avatarPath = '';
+        await _save();
       }
+    } catch (e) {
+      // No store (tests) or an unreadable old picture: start without.
+      debugPrint('profile load: $e');
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// The picture as sent in hello and profile updates; '' when none.
+  String avatarBase64() {
+    final png = picture.peek();
+    return png == null ? '' : avatarWireBase64(png);
   }
 
   void setName(String value) {
-    name.value = value.trim();
-    SessionState.instance.lastForm.name = value.trim();
-    _save();
+    final v = value.trim();
+    if (v.isEmpty || v == name.peek()) return;
+    name.value = v;
+    SessionState.instance.lastForm.name = v;
+    unawaited(_save());
+    // Typing renames once it settles, not on every key.
+    _nameTimer?.cancel();
+    _nameTimer = Timer(const Duration(milliseconds: 600), () => push(name: name.peek()));
   }
 
-  Future<void> pickAvatar() async {
-    if (picking.peek()) return;
-    picking.value = true;
+  Future<void> setPicture(Uint8List? png) async {
+    picture.value = png;
     error.value = null;
+    await _save();
     try {
-      final List<PlatformFile> files;
-      try {
-        files = await FilePicker.pickFiles(
-          dialogTitle: 'Pick avatar image',
-          type: FileType.custom,
-          allowedExtensions: const ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'webp'],
-        );
-      } catch (_) {
-        error.value = 'file dialog unavailable — try again';
-        return;
-      }
-      final path = files.isEmpty ? null : files.first.path;
-      if (path == null) return;
-      final String b64;
-      try {
-        b64 = await encodeAvatar(path);
+      push(avatar: png == null ? '' : avatarWireBase64(png));
     } on FormatException catch (e) {
       error.value = e.message;
-        return;
-      } catch (_) {
-        error.value = 'could not read that image — pick a PNG, JPG or WebP photo';
-        return;
-      }
-      SessionState.instance.lastForm.avatarPath = path;
-      preview.value = b64.isEmpty ? null : base64Decode(b64);
-      await _save();
-    } finally {
-      picking.value = false;
     }
   }
 
-  Future<void> clearAvatar() async {
-    SessionState.instance.lastForm.avatarPath = '';
-    preview.value = null;
-    error.value = null;
+  Future<void> setColor(Color c) async {
+    color.value = c;
     await _save();
   }
 
   Future<void> _save() async {
     try {
       await SessionState.instance.saveForm();
+      final box = connectFormBoxIfOpen() ?? await openConnectFormBox();
+      final png = picture.peek();
+      await box.putAll({
+        _keyPicture: png ?? Uint8List(0),
+        _keyColor: color.peek().toARGB32(),
+      });
     } catch (_) {
       error.value = 'could not save profile — try again';
     }
   }
 }
-
-/// Avatar circle with the initial as fallback.
-class ProfileAvatar extends StatelessWidget {
-  final double radius;
-  const ProfileAvatar({super.key, this.radius = 20});
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final p = Profile.instance;
-    return SignalBuilder(builder: (context) {
-      final img = p.preview.value;
-      final n = p.name.value;
-      return CircleAvatar(
-        radius: radius,
-        backgroundColor: Theme.of(context).colorScheme.surfaceContainerHighest,
-        backgroundImage: img != null ? MemoryImage(img) : null,
-        child: img != null
-            ? null
-            : p.picking.value
-                ? SizedBox(
-                    width: radius * 0.8,
-                    height: radius * 0.8,
-                    child: const CircularProgressIndicator(strokeWidth: 2))
-                : Text(n.isEmpty ? '?' : n[0].toUpperCase(),
-                    style: TextStyle(fontSize: radius * 0.8)),
-      );
-    });
-  }
-}
-
-/// Avatar (tap to change) + name field. Used inline in Settings and in
-/// the Home profile dialog.
-class ProfileEditor extends StatefulWidget {
-  final bool autofocus;
-  final VoidCallback? onSubmitted;
-  const ProfileEditor({super.key, this.autofocus = false, this.onSubmitted});
-
-  @override
-  State<ProfileEditor> createState() => _ProfileEditorState();
-}
-
-class _ProfileEditorState extends State<ProfileEditor> {
-  late final _name = TextEditingController(text: Profile.instance.name.peek());
-
-  @override
-  void dispose() {
-    _name.dispose();
-    super.dispose();
-  }
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final p = Profile.instance;
-    return Row(
-      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
-      children: [
-        Tooltip(
-          message: 'Change avatar',
-          child: InkWell(
-            customBorder: const CircleBorder(),
-            onTap: p.pickAvatar,
-            child: const ProfileAvatar(radius: 36),
-          ),
-        ),
-        const SizedBox(width: kGap),
-        Expanded(
-          child: Column(
-            crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
-            mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
-            children: [
-              TextField(
-                controller: _name,
-                autofocus: widget.autofocus,
-                decoration: fieldDecoration('Display name'),
-                onChanged: p.setName,
-                onSubmitted: (_) => widget.onSubmitted?.call(),
-              ),
-              const SizedBox(height: 4),
-              SignalBuilder(builder: (context) {
-                final err = p.error.value;
-                return Wrap(
-                  crossAxisAlignment: WrapCrossAlignment.center,
-                  children: [
-                    TextButton(
-                        onPressed: p.pickAvatar,
-                        child: const Text('Change avatar')),
-                    if (p.preview.value != null)
-                      TextButton(
-                          onPressed: p.clearAvatar,
-                          child: const Text('Remove avatar')),
-                    if (err != null)
-                      Padding(
-                        padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 8),
-                        child: Text(err,
-                            style: TextStyle(
-                                fontSize: 12,
-                                color: Theme.of(context).colorScheme.error)),
-                      ),
-                  ],
-                );
-              }),
-            ],
-          ),
-        ),
-      ],
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-Future<void> showProfileDialog(BuildContext context) {
-  return showDialog<void>(
-    context: context,
-    builder: (context) => AlertDialog(
-      shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(kRadius)),
-      title: const Text('Profile'),
-      content: SizedBox(
-        width: 380,
-        child: ProfileEditor(
-          autofocus: true,
-          onSubmitted: () => Navigator.pop(context),
-        ),
-      ),
-      actions: [
-        FilledButton(
-            onPressed: () => Navigator.pop(context), child: const Text('Done')),
-      ],
-    ),
-  );
-}
-
-/// Home's top-left: avatar + name, click to edit.
-class ProfileChip extends StatelessWidget {
-  /// One line and a small avatar, for the Home top bar.
-  final bool dense;
-  /// Just the avatar, for very narrow windows.
-  final bool avatarOnly;
-  const ProfileChip({super.key, this.dense = false, this.avatarOnly = false});
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final p = Profile.instance;
-    return Tooltip(
-      message: 'Edit profile',
-      child: InkWell(
-        borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(kRadius),
-        onTap: () => showProfileDialog(context),
-        child: avatarOnly
-            ? const Padding(padding: EdgeInsets.all(4), child: ProfileAvatar(radius: 14))
-            : Padding(
-                padding: dense
-                    ? const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(4, 4, 10, 4)
-                    : const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(6, 6, 14, 6),
-                child: Row(
-                  mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
-                  children: [
-                    ProfileAvatar(radius: dense ? 14 : 20),
-                    SizedBox(width: dense ? 8 : 12),
-                    SignalBuilder(builder: (context) {
-                      final n = p.name.value;
-                      final t = Theme.of(context).textTheme;
-                      final name = Text(n.isEmpty ? 'Set your name' : n,
-                          maxLines: 1,
-                          overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
-                          style: (dense ? t.titleSmall : t.titleMedium)
-                              ?.copyWith(color: n.isEmpty ? Colors.grey : null));
-                      if (dense) {
-                        return ConstrainedBox(
-                            constraints: const BoxConstraints(maxWidth: 200), child: name);
-                      }
-                      return Column(
-                        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
-                        mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
-                        children: [
-                          name,
-                          Text('Edit profile',
-                              style: t.bodySmall?.copyWith(color: Colors.grey)),
-                        ],
-                      );
-                    }),
-                  ],
-                ),
-              ),
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-}

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/home/settings_page.dart

@@ -6,57 +6,31 @@ import '../../playback/playback_controller.dart';
 import '../../shaders/shader_presets.dart';
 import '../../state/settings.dart';
 import '../../update/update_controller.dart';
-import 'profile.dart';
 import 'ui.dart';
 import 'update_indicator.dart';
 
-/// In-session keys, as handled by the session screen's global key handler.
+/// Player keys, as handled by the session player's key handler (while
+/// the player fills the window).
 const sessionShortcuts = [
   ('Space', 'Toggle ready'),
   ('← / →', 'Seek back / forward 10 s'),
   ('Shift+→', 'Skip 1:30 (for everyone)'),
   ('PgUp / PgDn', 'Previous / next chapter'),
   ('F', 'Toggle fullscreen'),
-  ('Tab', 'Open / close the people & chat panel'),
+  ('Tab', 'Open / close chat & activity'),
   ('Ctrl+R', 'Reload the video'),
   ('> or Shift+N', 'Put up the next Jellyfin episode'),
   ('< or Shift+P', 'Put up the previous Jellyfin episode'),
   ('Ctrl+1…6', 'Shaders: Anime4K mode A, B, C, A+A, B+B, C+A'),
   ('Ctrl+0', 'Shaders off'),
-  ('Esc', 'Close panel or fullscreen, else ask to leave'),
+  ('Esc', 'Close the panel or fullscreen, else ask to leave'),
 ];
 
-class SettingsPage extends StatelessWidget {
-  final UpdateController? updates;
-  const SettingsPage({super.key, this.updates});
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    return PageScroll(
-      maxWidth: 680,
-      children: [
-        const PageTitle('Settings'),
-        const _Section(title: 'Profile', child: ProfileEditor()),
-        const _Section(
-          title: 'Player',
-          child: Column(
-            crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
-            children: [_HwdecSetting(), SizedBox(height: 12), _MpvControlsSetting()],
-          ),
-        ),
-        const _Section(title: 'Jellyfin', child: _AutoAdvanceSetting()),
-        _Section(title: 'Updates', child: _UpdateSettings(controller: updates)),
-        const _Section(title: 'Keyboard shortcuts', child: _ShortcutList()),
-        const _Section(title: 'Video quality & shaders', child: _ShaderSettings()),
-      ],
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-class _Section extends StatelessWidget {
+/// One titled panel of the Settings tab.
+class SettingsPanel extends StatelessWidget {
   final String title;
   final Widget child;
-  const _Section({required this.title, required this.child});
+  const SettingsPanel({super.key, required this.title, required this.child});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
@@ -72,14 +46,14 @@ class _Section extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
-class _HwdecSetting extends StatefulWidget {
-  const _HwdecSetting();
+class HwdecSetting extends StatefulWidget {
+  const HwdecSetting({super.key});
 
   @override
-  State<_HwdecSetting> createState() => _HwdecSettingState();
+  State<HwdecSetting> createState() => _HwdecSettingState();
 }
 
-class _HwdecSettingState extends State<_HwdecSetting> {
+class _HwdecSettingState extends State<HwdecSetting> {
   final _s = AppSettings.instance;
   late final _custom = TextEditingController(text: _s.hwdecCustom.peek());
 
@@ -130,8 +104,8 @@ class _HwdecSettingState extends State<_HwdecSetting> {
   }
 }
 
-class _ShaderSettings extends StatelessWidget {
-  const _ShaderSettings();
+class ShaderSettings extends StatelessWidget {
+  const ShaderSettings({super.key});
 
   Future<void> _addFiles() async {
     final List<PlatformFile> files;
@@ -249,9 +223,9 @@ class _ShaderSettings extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
-class _UpdateSettings extends StatelessWidget {
+class UpdateSettings extends StatelessWidget {
   final UpdateController? controller;
-  const _UpdateSettings({this.controller});
+  const UpdateSettings({super.key, this.controller});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
@@ -301,8 +275,8 @@ class _UpdateSettings extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
-class _MpvControlsSetting extends StatelessWidget {
-  const _MpvControlsSetting();
+class MpvControlsSetting extends StatelessWidget {
+  const MpvControlsSetting({super.key});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
@@ -321,8 +295,8 @@ class _MpvControlsSetting extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
-class _AutoAdvanceSetting extends StatelessWidget {
-  const _AutoAdvanceSetting();
+class AutoAdvanceSetting extends StatelessWidget {
+  const AutoAdvanceSetting({super.key});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
@@ -341,8 +315,8 @@ class _AutoAdvanceSetting extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
-class _ShortcutList extends StatelessWidget {
-  const _ShortcutList();
+class ShortcutList extends StatelessWidget {
+  const ShortcutList({super.key});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/home/top_bar.dart

@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
-import 'package:window_manager/window_manager.dart';
-
-import '../../update/update_controller.dart';
-import '../../widgets/window_buttons.dart';
-import '../demo/shell_demo.dart';
-import 'profile.dart';
-import 'update_indicator.dart';
-
-/// What the Home body shows: the two tabs, or one of the side pages.
-enum HomeView { join, host, settings, integrations, about }
-
-const homeTopBarHeight = 48.0;
-
-/// Below this width the bar drops the profile name and tab icons.
-const _compactBelow = 760.0;
-
-/// Home's single top bar: profile, Join/Host tabs, update pill, page
-/// buttons and (in the real window) the drag area and window buttons.
-class HomeTopBar extends StatelessWidget {
-  final HomeView view;
-  final ValueChanged<HomeView> onSelect;
-  final UpdateController? updates;
-  /// Off in tests: the drag area and window buttons need window_manager.
-  final bool windowControls;
-  const HomeTopBar({
-    super.key,
-    required this.view,
-    required this.onSelect,
-    this.updates,
-    this.windowControls = false,
-  });
-
-  static const _pages = [
-    (HomeView.settings, Icons.settings_outlined, Icons.settings, 'Settings'),
-    (HomeView.integrations, Icons.extension_outlined, Icons.extension, 'Integrations'),
-    (HomeView.about, Icons.info_outline, Icons.info, 'About'),
-  ];
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    return LayoutBuilder(
-        builder: (context, box) => _bar(context, compact: box.maxWidth < _compactBelow));
-  }
-
-  Widget _bar(BuildContext context, {required bool compact}) {
-    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
-    final row = Row(
-      children: [
-        const SizedBox(width: 12),
-        ProfileChip(dense: true, avatarOnly: compact),
-        SizedBox(width: compact ? 8 : 20),
-        _Tab(
-          key: const ValueKey('tab-join'),
-          label: 'Join',
-          icon: compact ? null : Icons.login,
-          selected: view == HomeView.join,
-          onTap: () => onSelect(HomeView.join),
-        ),
-        _Tab(
-          key: const ValueKey('tab-host'),
-          label: 'Host',
-          icon: compact ? null : Icons.cast,
-          selected: view == HomeView.host,
-          onTap: () => onSelect(HomeView.host),
-        ),
-        const Spacer(),
-        UpdateIndicator(controller: updates),
-        const SizedBox(width: 8),
-        if (kDebugMode)
-          IconButton(
-            tooltip: 'Layout demo (debug builds only)',
-            icon: const Icon(Icons.bug_report_outlined, size: 20, color: Colors.amber),
-            onPressed: () => Navigator.of(context)
-                .push(MaterialPageRoute<void>(builder: (_) => const ShellDemo())),
-          ),
-        for (final (v, icon, selectedIcon, label) in _pages)
-          IconButton(
-            tooltip: label,
-            isSelected: view == v,
-            icon: Icon(icon, size: 20),
-            selectedIcon: Icon(selectedIcon, size: 20, color: scheme.primary),
-            onPressed: () => onSelect(v),
-          ),
-        if (windowControls) ...[
-          const SizedBox(width: 4),
-          SizedBox(
-            height: 20,
-            child: VerticalDivider(width: 12, color: scheme.outlineVariant),
-          ),
-          const WindowButtons(),
-        ] else
-          const SizedBox(width: 8),
-      ],
-    );
-    final bar = SizedBox(height: homeTopBarHeight, child: row);
-    return ColoredBox(
-      color: scheme.surfaceContainerLowest,
-      // Empty bar space drags the window; the controls on top take their
-      // own clicks without waiting out the drag area's double-tap.
-      child: windowControls
-          ? Stack(children: [
-              const Positioned.fill(child: DragToMoveArea(child: SizedBox.expand())),
-              bar,
-            ])
-          : bar,
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-class _Tab extends StatelessWidget {
-  final String label;
-  final IconData? icon;
-  final bool selected;
-  final VoidCallback onTap;
-  const _Tab(
-      {super.key,
-      required this.label,
-      this.icon,
-      required this.selected,
-      required this.onTap});
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
-    final color = selected ? scheme.primary : scheme.onSurfaceVariant;
-    return Semantics(
-      selected: selected,
-      button: true,
-      child: InkWell(
-        onTap: onTap,
-        borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(8),
-        child: Container(
-          height: homeTopBarHeight,
-          padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 16),
-          decoration: BoxDecoration(
-            border: Border(
-              bottom: BorderSide(
-                  color: selected ? scheme.primary : Colors.transparent, width: 2),
-            ),
-          ),
-          child: Row(
-            mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
-            children: [
-              if (icon != null) ...[
-                Icon(icon, size: 18, color: color),
-                const SizedBox(width: 8),
-              ],
-              Text(label,
-                  style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.titleSmall?.copyWith(
-                      color: color, fontWeight: selected ? FontWeight.w600 : null)),
-            ],
-          ),
-        ),
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-}
-

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/home/ui.dart

@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ const repoUrl = 'https://git.senkochan.moe/Foxyz/sync_replay_project';
 
 const kRadius = 12.0;
 const kGap = 16.0;
-const kPagePadding = EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(28, 20, 28, 28);
 
-/// Rounded panel used by every Home/Settings section.
+/// Rounded panel used by every Settings section.
 class Panel extends StatelessWidget {
   final Widget child;
   final EdgeInsetsGeometry padding;
@@ -38,33 +37,6 @@ class Panel extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
-/// Page heading + optional subtitle, same spacing everywhere.
-class PageTitle extends StatelessWidget {
-  final String title;
-  final String? subtitle;
-  const PageTitle(this.title, {super.key, this.subtitle});
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final t = Theme.of(context).textTheme;
-    return Padding(
-      padding: const EdgeInsets.only(bottom: kGap),
-      child: Column(
-        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
-        children: [
-          Text(title, style: t.headlineSmall),
-          if (subtitle != null)
-            Padding(
-              padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 4),
-              child: Text(subtitle!,
-                  style: t.bodyMedium?.copyWith(color: Colors.grey)),
-            ),
-        ],
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-}
-
 /// Small grey heading inside a panel.
 class SectionLabel extends StatelessWidget {
   final String text;
@@ -87,7 +59,7 @@ class SectionLabel extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
-/// Text field style shared by the connect cards.
+/// Outlined text field style (settings, Jellyfin sign-in).
 InputDecoration fieldDecoration(String label, {String? hint, Widget? suffix}) =>
     InputDecoration(
       labelText: label,
@@ -97,31 +69,6 @@ InputDecoration fieldDecoration(String label, {String? hint, Widget? suffix}) =>
       border: OutlineInputBorder(borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(8)),
     );
 
-/// Single-item scrollable page body, width-capped so it doesn't sprawl
-/// on wide windows.
-class PageScroll extends StatelessWidget {
-  final List<Widget> children;
-  final double maxWidth;
-  const PageScroll({super.key, required this.children, this.maxWidth = 920});
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    return SingleChildScrollView(
-      padding: kPagePadding,
-      child: Align(
-        alignment: Alignment.topLeft,
-        child: ConstrainedBox(
-          constraints: BoxConstraints(maxWidth: maxWidth),
-          child: Column(
-            crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
-            children: children,
-          ),
-        ),
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-}
-
 /// Widest a single text field gets, however wide the window.
 const kFieldMaxWidth = 720.0;
 

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/home/update_indicator.dart

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import '../../update/update_controller.dart';
 import '../../widgets/update_banner.dart';
 import 'ui.dart';
 
-/// Compact "Update vX" pill for Home's top-right; hidden until there is
+/// Compact "Update vX" pill for the party strip; hidden until there is
 /// something to install. Click opens the full [UpdateBanner].
 class UpdateIndicator extends StatelessWidget {
   final UpdateController? controller;

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/session/jellyfin_widgets.dart

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import '../../jellyfin/session_media.dart';
 import '../../session/session_coordinator.dart' show AutoAdvance, autoAdvanceSecs;
 import 'player_controls.dart' show FloatingPill;
 
-// Jellyfin pieces of the session screen. Plain widgets fed by the
+// Jellyfin pieces of the session player. Plain widgets fed by the
 // coordinator's signals, so tests can pump them without the player.
 
 /// Previous / next episode in the video controls. Nothing when there is

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/session/swap_panel.dart

@@ -4,28 +4,34 @@ import '../../jellyfin/accounts.dart';
 import '../../jellyfin/browse_scope.dart' show BrowseStart;
 import '../home/media_picker.dart';
 
-/// "Change video" in a session: the same [MediaPicker] as Home's Host tab
-/// (Jellyfin browser, Link, File) and a button that puts the pick up for
-/// everyone. A file streams from this computer: the host's app serves it,
-/// anyone else's goes through the server's relay. [onSwap] returns an
-/// error text, or null when sent.
+/// The Library tab's body: the [MediaPicker] (Jellyfin browser, Link,
+/// File) and a button that puts the pick up for everyone. A file streams from this computer: the host's app
+/// serves it, anyone else's goes through the server's relay. [onSwap]
+/// returns an error text, or null when sent.
 class SwapPanel extends StatefulWidget {
   final MediaPickerController controller;
   final JellyfinAccounts accounts;
   final bool isHost;
   final BrowseStart? jellyfinStart;
   final Future<String?> Function(PickedMedia media) onSwap;
-  final VoidCallback onClose;
+
+  /// After a pick went up.
+  final VoidCallback? onDone;
   final VoidCallback? onOpenIntegrations;
+
+  /// Set when nothing can go up (offline): shown instead of the pick, and
+  /// the button is off.
+  final String? disabledHint;
   const SwapPanel({
     super.key,
     required this.controller,
     required this.accounts,
     required this.isHost,
     required this.onSwap,
-    required this.onClose,
+    this.onDone,
     this.jellyfinStart,
     this.onOpenIntegrations,
+    this.disabledHint,
   });
 
   @override
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ class _SwapPanelState extends State<SwapPanel> {
 
   Future<void> _swap() async {
     final media = widget.controller.selection;
-    if (media == null || _busy) return;
+    if (media == null || _busy || widget.disabledHint != null) return;
     setState(() {
       _busy = true;
       _error = null;
@@ -54,30 +60,19 @@ class _SwapPanelState extends State<SwapPanel> {
       _busy = false;
       _error = error;
     });
-    if (error == null) widget.onClose();
+    if (error == null) widget.onDone?.call();
   }
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final t = Theme.of(context).textTheme;
-    return Material(
+    final hint = widget.disabledHint;
+    return Padding(
       key: const ValueKey('swap-panel'),
-      elevation: 12,
-      borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(16),
-      clipBehavior: Clip.antiAlias,
-      child: Padding(
-        padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 12, 12, 16),
+      padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 16, 12, 16),
       child: Column(
         crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
         children: [
-            Row(
-              children: [
-                Expanded(child: Text('Change video', style: t.titleLarge)),
-                IconButton(
-                    tooltip: 'Close (Esc)', icon: const Icon(Icons.close), onPressed: widget.onClose),
-              ],
-            ),
-            const SizedBox(height: 8),
           Expanded(
             child: Padding(
               padding: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 8),
@@ -104,20 +99,32 @@ class _SwapPanelState extends State<SwapPanel> {
                 children: [
                   Expanded(
                     child: Text(
-                        _error ?? (sel == null ? 'Pick something to watch' : 'Put up: ${sel.label}'),
+                      _error ??
+                          hint ??
+                          (sel == null
+                              ? 'Pick something to watch'
+                              : 'Put up: ${sel.label}'),
                       maxLines: 2,
                       overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
                       style: t.bodyMedium?.copyWith(
-                            color: _error != null ? Theme.of(context).colorScheme.error : null),
+                        color: _error != null
+                            ? Theme.of(context).colorScheme.error
+                            : null,
+                      ),
                     ),
                   ),
                   const SizedBox(width: 12),
                   FilledButton.icon(
                     key: const ValueKey('swap-go'),
-                      onPressed: sel == null || _busy ? null : _swap,
+                    onPressed: sel == null || _busy || hint != null
+                        ? null
+                        : _swap,
                     icon: _busy
                         ? const SizedBox(
-                              width: 16, height: 16, child: CircularProgressIndicator(strokeWidth: 2))
+                            width: 16,
+                            height: 16,
+                            child: CircularProgressIndicator(strokeWidth: 2),
+                          )
                         : const Icon(Icons.swap_horiz),
                     label: const Text('Put it up for everyone'),
                   ),
@@ -127,7 +134,6 @@ class _SwapPanelState extends State<SwapPanel> {
           ),
         ],
       ),
-      ),
     );
   }
 }

apps/desktop/lib/src/session/session_coordinator.dart

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import '../playback/playback_controller.dart';
 import '../screens/home/picked_media.dart';
 import '../sfx/sfx.dart';
 import '../state/settings.dart';
+import '../sync/avatar_cache.dart';
 import '../sync/state_diff.dart';
 import '../sync/sync_client.dart';
 import '../sync/user_seek.dart';
@@ -140,6 +141,8 @@ class SessionCoordinator {
   /// null when this app is not the host.
   Future<({String name, int size})?> Function(String path)? hostFile;
   final SyncClient sync = SyncClient();
+  /// Member pictures by `avatarHash`, fetched from the server.
+  late final AvatarCache avatars = AvatarCache(sync);
   final PlaybackController playback = PlaybackController();
   final StateDiff diff = StateDiff();
 
@@ -953,6 +956,26 @@ class SessionCoordinator {
     sync.sendChat(text);
   }
 
+  /// Name and/or picture (base64 PNG, empty removes it) change for
+  /// everyone now; a later fresh join sends them too.
+  void updateProfile({String? name, String? avatar}) {
+    final p = _params;
+    if (p != null) {
+      _params = ConnectParams(
+        host: p.host,
+        port: p.port,
+        secret: p.secret,
+        name: name ?? p.name,
+        avatar: avatar ?? p.avatar,
+        mediaPath: p.mediaPath,
+        linkUrl: p.linkUrl,
+        hostKey: p.hostKey,
+        media: p.media,
+      );
+    }
+    sync.sendProfile(name: name, avatar: avatar);
+  }
+
   void kick(String memberId, {String reason = ''}) {
     markInput();
     sync.sendKick(memberId, reason: reason);
@@ -1060,6 +1083,10 @@ class SessionCoordinator {
 
   // ------------------------------------------------------------- jellyfin
 
+  /// A toast from outside the session (e.g. the Schedule tab's request
+  /// results), shown like the session's own.
+  void showToast(String text) => _pushToast(text);
+
   void _pushToast(String text) {
     _toastId++;
     toasts.value = [

apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/app_shell.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,620 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
+import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
+import 'package:window_manager/window_manager.dart';
+
+import '../jellyfin/accounts.dart';
+import '../jellyfin/browse_scope.dart' show BrowseStart;
+import '../jellyfin/session_media.dart';
+import '../screens/home/connect_flow.dart';
+import '../screens/home/health_probe.dart';
+import '../screens/home/media_picker.dart';
+import '../screens/home/profile.dart';
+import '../screens/home/update_indicator.dart';
+import '../state/session_state.dart';
+import '../state/settings.dart';
+import '../update/update_controller.dart';
+import 'chat_panel.dart';
+import 'connect_cards.dart';
+import 'library_tab.dart';
+import 'motion.dart';
+import 'party_strip.dart';
+import 'profile_card.dart';
+import '../schedule/ui/schedule_page.dart';
+import 'session_player.dart';
+import 'settings_tab.dart';
+import 'toasts.dart';
+
+/// The one window: the party strip over a body that fades through between
+/// the tabs and the full player, the floating mini player, the chat panel
+/// and the toasts. Online/offline follows [SessionState.route].
+///
+/// The player ([SessionPlayer], the only `Video`) lives in one layer of
+/// the body: full it fills the body (fullscreen: the window, strip
+/// hidden), mini it is a 384x216 box snapped to a corner. A mode change
+/// fades the layer out, moves it while invisible and fades it back in, so
+/// the video is never mounted twice nor remounted.
+class AppShell extends StatefulWidget {
+  final UpdateController? updates;
+  final bool autoUpdateCheck;
+  /// Off in tests: the drag area, window buttons and fullscreen need
+  /// window_manager.
+  final bool windowControls;
+  final HealthGetter healthGet;
+  /// Linked Jellyfin servers; defaults to [JellyfinAccounts.instance].
+  final JellyfinAccounts? jellyfin;
+  /// Stand-in for media_kit's `Video` (tests).
+  final VideoViewBuilder? videoBuilder;
+  const AppShell({
+    super.key,
+    this.updates,
+    this.autoUpdateCheck = true,
+    this.windowControls = true,
+    this.healthGet = defaultHealthGet,
+    this.jellyfin,
+    this.videoBuilder,
+  });
+
+  @override
+  State<AppShell> createState() => AppShellState();
+}
+
+class AppShellState extends State<AppShell> with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin {
+  static const miniSize = Size(384, 216);
+  static const _miniMargin = 16.0;
+
+  ShellTab _tab = ShellTab.library;
+  SettingsSection _section = SettingsSection.profile;
+
+  /// Where the player is going ([_mode]) and where it is drawn ([_shown]):
+  /// they differ for the first part of a change, while it fades out.
+  PlayerMode _mode = PlayerMode.none;
+  PlayerMode _shown = PlayerMode.none;
+  PlayerMode _from = PlayerMode.none;
+  int _modeSeq = 0;
+  late final AnimationController _fade = AnimationController(vsync: this, value: 1);
+
+  bool _fullscreen = false;
+  bool _chatOpen = false;
+  int _unread = 0;
+  int _feedSeen = 0;
+  final _chat = TextEditingController();
+  final _chatFocus = FocusNode();
+  final _playerKey = GlobalKey();
+
+  Alignment _corner = Alignment.bottomRight;
+  Offset? _drag; // mini top-left while dragging
+  bool _snapping = false;
+
+  final _flow = ConnectFlow();
+  late final _join = JoinFields(SessionState.instance.lastForm);
+  late final _host = HostFields(SessionState.instance.lastForm);
+  late final JellyfinAccounts _jellyfin = widget.jellyfin ?? JellyfinAccounts.instance;
+  late MediaPickerController _picker = _newPicker();
+  BrowseStart? _libraryStart;
+  int _libraryGen = 0;
+
+  /// The next media to come up opens full (just joined, or put up here).
+  bool _autoFull = false;
+  int _lastMediaId = -1;
+  double? _mutedVolume;
+  bool _dialogOpen = false;
+  String? _lastKickShown;
+  final _stops = <void Function()>[];
+  // Rebuild the shell on these flips, not on every state broadcast.
+  final _online = computed(() => SessionState.instance.route.value == AppRoute.session);
+  final _hasMedia = computed(() =>
+      SessionState.instance.route.value == AppRoute.session &&
+      SessionState.instance.coordinator.serverState.value?.media != null);
+
+  PlayerMode get mode => _mode;
+  PlayerMode get shownMode => _shown;
+  bool get fullscreen => _fullscreen;
+
+  MediaPickerController _newPicker({JellyfinMedia? jellyfin, MediaKind? source}) {
+    final f = SessionState.instance.lastForm;
+    final c = MediaPickerController(mediaPath: f.mediaPath, linkUrl: f.linkUrl, jellyfin: jellyfin, source: source);
+    if (jellyfin == null) unawaited(restoreLastPick(c, _jellyfin, () => mounted && identical(c, _picker)));
+    return c;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    unawaited(Profile.instance.ensureLoaded());
+    // Reads linked servers and checks their tokens in the background.
+    _jellyfin.ensureLoaded();
+    if (widget.autoUpdateCheck) _autoCheck();
+    _flow.onKicked = _showKicked;
+    final session = SessionState.instance;
+    final coord = session.coordinator;
+    _feedSeen = coord.feedLog.peek().length;
+    _stops.add(effect(() {
+      final online = session.route.value == AppRoute.session;
+      // Set now, not later: the media effect below may run first in this
+      // same flush, and its scheduled show reads these.
+      _autoFull = online;
+      if (!online) _lastMediaId = -1;
+      untracked(() => _later(() => online ? _wentOnline() : _wentOffline()));
+    }));
+    // Something comes up while the player is closed: show it (full right
+    // after joining or a put-up of ours, else as the mini player).
+    _stops.add(effect(() {
+      final r = coord.serverState.value;
+      final online = session.route.value == AppRoute.session;
+      if (!online || r == null || r.media == null) return;
+      if (r.mediaId == _lastMediaId) return;
+      _lastMediaId = r.mediaId;
+      _later(() {
+        if (_mode == PlayerMode.none) {
+          _show(_autoFull ? PlayerMode.full : PlayerMode.mini);
+        } else if (_autoFull) {
+          _show(PlayerMode.full);
+        }
+        _autoFull = false;
+      });
+    }));
+    // Chat that arrives while the panel is closed.
+    _stops.add(effect(() {
+      final log = coord.feedLog.value;
+      final fresh = log.length < _feedSeen ? log : log.sublist(_feedSeen);
+      _feedSeen = log.length;
+      final chats = fresh.where((f) => f.action == 'chat').length;
+      if (chats == 0) return;
+      untracked(() => _later(() {
+            if (!_chatOpen) setState(() => _unread += chats);
+          }));
+    }));
+    // Kicked: back offline, and say so.
+    _stops.add(effect(() {
+      final kick = coord.kickReason.value;
+      if (kick == null) {
+        _lastKickShown = null;
+        return;
+      }
+      untracked(() {
+        if (session.route.value == AppRoute.session) session.route.value = AppRoute.home;
+      });
+      if (kick.isNotEmpty) _later(() => _showKicked(kick));
+    }));
+    // The hosted server died mid-session (SessionState leaves): say so.
+    _stops.add(effect(() {
+      final crash = session.serverCrash.value;
+      if (crash == null) return;
+      _later(() {
+        session.serverCrash.value = null;
+        _alert('Server crashed', crash);
+      });
+    }));
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    for (final stop in _stops) {
+      stop();
+    }
+    _fade.dispose();
+    _online.dispose();
+    _hasMedia.dispose();
+    _flow.dispose();
+    _join.dispose();
+    _host.dispose();
+    _picker.dispose();
+    _chat.dispose();
+    _chatFocus.dispose();
+    if (_fullscreen) _setWindowFullscreen(false);
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  /// Runs [f] after the current signal notification / build.
+  void _later(VoidCallback f) => scheduleMicrotask(() {
+        if (mounted) f();
+      });
+
+  Future<void> _autoCheck() async {
+    final s = AppSettings.instance;
+    await s.ensureLoaded();
+    if (s.autoCheckUpdates.peek()) await runUpdateCheck(widget.updates);
+  }
+
+  void _wentOnline() {
+    _unread = 0;
+    _feedSeen = SessionState.instance.coordinator.feedLog.peek().length;
+    // Hosting starts with nothing up: the library is where to pick it.
+    setState(() => _tab = ShellTab.library);
+  }
+
+  void _wentOffline() {
+    _mutedVolume = null;
+    if (_fullscreen) _toggleFullscreen();
+    setState(() {
+      _chatOpen = false;
+      _unread = 0;
+    });
+    _show(PlayerMode.none);
+  }
+
+  // ----------------------------------------------------------- player mode
+
+  /// Fade through to [m]: the player layer (and, when full is involved,
+  /// the tabs) fades out, moves while invisible, then fades in.
+  Future<void> _show(PlayerMode m) async {
+    if (m == _mode) return;
+    final seq = ++_modeSeq;
+    if (m != PlayerMode.none) _unmute();
+    setState(() {
+      _from = _shown;
+      _mode = m;
+    });
+    if (m == PlayerMode.full) FocusManager.instance.primaryFocus?.unfocus();
+    if (_shown != PlayerMode.none || m == PlayerMode.full) {
+      await _fade.animateTo(0,
+          duration: fadeThroughTime * fadeOutPart, curve: Curves.easeIn);
+    } else {
+      _fade.value = 0;
+    }
+    if (!mounted || seq != _modeSeq) return;
+    setState(() => _shown = m);
+    await _fade.animateTo(1, duration: fadeThroughTime * (1 - fadeOutPart), curve: ease);
+  }
+
+  void _expand() => _show(PlayerMode.full);
+
+  void _collapse() {
+    if (_fullscreen) _toggleFullscreen();
+    _show(PlayerMode.mini);
+  }
+
+  /// Mini's ×: stop watching but stay in the server (muted until shown).
+  void _closePlayer() {
+    final playback = SessionState.instance.coordinator.playback;
+    if (playback.alive.peek()) {
+      try {
+        _mutedVolume = playback.player.state.volume;
+        playback.player.setVolume(0);
+      } catch (_) {}
+    }
+    _show(PlayerMode.none);
+  }
+
+  void _unmute() {
+    final v = _mutedVolume;
+    if (v == null) return;
+    _mutedVolume = null;
+    final playback = SessionState.instance.coordinator.playback;
+    if (!playback.alive.peek()) return;
+    try {
+      playback.player.setVolume(v);
+    } catch (_) {}
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _setWindowFullscreen(bool on) async {
+    if (!widget.windowControls) return;
+    try {
+      await windowManager.setFullScreen(on);
+    } catch (_) {
+      // No window manager.
+    }
+  }
+
+  void _toggleFullscreen() {
+    final on = !_fullscreen;
+    setState(() => _fullscreen = on);
+    if (on && _mode != PlayerMode.full) _show(PlayerMode.full);
+    _setWindowFullscreen(on);
+  }
+
+  void _selectTab(ShellTab t) {
+    if (_fullscreen) _toggleFullscreen();
+    setState(() => _tab = t);
+    if (_mode == PlayerMode.full) _show(PlayerMode.mini);
+  }
+
+  void _openSettings(SettingsSection s) {
+    setState(() => _section = s);
+    _selectTab(ShellTab.settings);
+  }
+
+  void _toggleChat() => setState(() {
+        _chatOpen = !_chatOpen;
+        _unread = 0;
+        if (!_chatOpen) _chatFocus.unfocus();
+      });
+
+  // --------------------------------------------------------------- library
+
+  /// "Change video": the library, opened on the series of the episode
+  /// playing (season selected, episode highlighted), else where it was.
+  void _changeVideo() {
+    final coord = SessionState.instance.coordinator;
+    coord.markInput();
+    final ref = coord.currentRef.peek();
+    final pick = ref == null ? null : pickForRef(_jellyfin, ref);
+    final plan = coord.jellyfinPlan.peek();
+    final old = _picker;
+    _picker = pick == null
+        ? _newPicker()
+        : _newPicker(jellyfin: pick, source: MediaKind.jellyfin);
+    old.dispose();
+    _libraryStart = ref != null && plan is OwnPlay && plan.item != null
+        ? BrowseStart.seriesOf(ref.serverId, plan.item!)
+        : null;
+    _libraryGen++;
+    _selectTab(ShellTab.library);
+  }
+
+  /// Library → "Put it up for everyone"; the player opens full.
+  Future<String?> _putUp(PickedMedia media) async {
+    final session = SessionState.instance;
+    if (media is JellyfinMedia) {
+      try {
+        putUpJellyfinMedia(_jellyfin, media);
+      } on FormatException catch (e) {
+        return e.message;
+      }
+      unawaited(_jellyfin.rememberPick(media));
+    }
+    final error = await session.coordinator.swapPicked(media);
+    if (error != null || !mounted) return error;
+    final f = session.lastForm;
+    f
+      ..linkUrl = media is LinkMedia ? media.url : f.linkUrl
+      ..mediaPath = media is FileMedia ? media.path : f.mediaPath;
+    unawaited(session.saveForm().catchError((Object _) {}));
+    _autoFull = true;
+    _show(PlayerMode.full);
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  // --------------------------------------------------------------- dialogs
+
+  Future<void> _confirmLeave() async {
+    final ok = await showDialog<bool>(
+      context: context,
+      builder: (context) => AlertDialog(
+        title: const Text('Leave server?'),
+        content: const Text('You can rejoin right away.'),
+        actions: [
+          TextButton(onPressed: () => Navigator.pop(context, false), child: const Text('Cancel')),
+          TextButton(
+            key: const ValueKey('confirm-leave'),
+            onPressed: () => Navigator.pop(context, true),
+            child: const Text('Leave'),
+          ),
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
+    if (ok == true) await SessionState.instance.leave();
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _showKicked(String reason) async {
+    if (reason == _lastKickShown) return;
+    _lastKickShown = reason;
+    await _alert('You were removed', reason.isEmpty ? 'The host removed you from the server.' : reason);
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _alert(String title, String text) async {
+    if (!mounted || _dialogOpen) return;
+    _dialogOpen = true;
+    try {
+      await showDialog<void>(
+        context: context,
+        builder: (context) => AlertDialog(
+          title: Text(title),
+          content: Text(text),
+          actions: [TextButton(onPressed: () => Navigator.pop(context), child: const Text('OK'))],
+        ),
+      );
+    } finally {
+      _dialogOpen = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  void _connect(ConnectMode mode) => showConnectCard(
+        context,
+        mode: mode,
+        flow: _flow,
+        join: _join,
+        host: _host,
+        healthGet: widget.healthGet,
+      );
+
+  // ----------------------------------------------------------------- build
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
+    return CallbackShortcuts(
+      bindings: {
+        const SingleActivator(LogicalKeyboardKey.comma, control: true): () => _selectTab(ShellTab.settings),
+      },
+      child: Scaffold(
+        backgroundColor: _fullscreen ? Colors.black : scheme.surface,
+        body: SignalBuilder(builder: (context) {
+          final online = _online.value;
+          final hasMedia = _hasMedia.value;
+          return Column(
+            children: [
+              if (!_fullscreen)
+                PartyStrip(
+                  key: const ValueKey('strip'),
+                  tab: _tab,
+                  onTab: _selectTab,
+                  chatOpen: _chatOpen,
+                  unread: _unread,
+                  onChat: _toggleChat,
+                  onJoin: () => _connect(ConnectMode.join),
+                  onHost: () => _connect(ConnectMode.host),
+                  onLeave: _confirmLeave,
+                  onProfile: () => showProfileCard(context, onOpenSettings: _openSettings, updates: widget.updates),
+                  onShowPlayer: hasMedia && _mode == PlayerMode.none ? () => _show(PlayerMode.mini) : null,
+                  updates: widget.updates,
+                  windowControls: widget.windowControls,
+                ),
+              Expanded(
+                key: const ValueKey('body'),
+                child: Row(
+                  children: [
+                    Expanded(child: _body(online)),
+                    AnimatedSize(
+                      duration: easeTime,
+                      curve: ease,
+                      alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
+                      child: _chatOpen && online
+                          ? ChatPanel(chat: _chat, chatFocus: _chatFocus, onClose: _toggleChat)
+                          : const SizedBox(height: double.infinity),
+                    ),
+                  ],
+                ),
+              ),
+            ],
+          );
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
+  Widget _body(bool online) {
+    final coord = SessionState.instance.coordinator;
+    final tabBody = switch (_tab) {
+      ShellTab.library => LibraryTab(
+          key: ValueKey('library-$_libraryGen'),
+          controller: _picker,
+          accounts: _jellyfin,
+          online: online,
+          isHost: coord.hostFile != null,
+          jellyfinStart: _libraryStart,
+          onPutUp: _putUp,
+          onOpenIntegrations: () => _openSettings(SettingsSection.integrations),
+        ),
+      ShellTab.schedule => SchedulePage(
+          online: online,
+          onPutUp: _putUp,
+          onToast: coord.showToast,
+        ),
+      ShellTab.settings => SettingsTab(
+          section: _section,
+          onSection: (s) => setState(() => _section = s),
+          onEditProfile: () => showProfileCard(context, onOpenSettings: _openSettings, updates: widget.updates),
+          updates: widget.updates,
+          jellyfin: _jellyfin,
+        ),
+    };
+    final full = _shown == PlayerMode.full;
+    final fullInvolved = _mode == PlayerMode.full || _from == PlayerMode.full;
+    return LayoutBuilder(builder: (context, box) {
+      final area = box.biggest;
+      return Stack(
+        children: [
+          Positioned.fill(
+            child: AnimatedBuilder(
+              animation: _fade,
+              builder: (context, child) {
+                // The tabs take part in the fade only when the full player
+                // comes or goes; a mini player appearing leaves them be.
+                final v = full ? 0.0 : (fullInvolved ? _fade.value : 1.0);
+                return Opacity(
+                  opacity: v,
+                  child: Transform.scale(scale: 0.985 + 0.015 * v, child: child),
+                );
+              },
+              child: IgnorePointer(
+                ignoring: full,
+                child: ExcludeFocus(
+                  excluding: full,
+                  child: TickerMode(
+                    enabled: !full,
+                    child: fadeThrough(KeyedSubtree(key: ValueKey(_tab), child: tabBody)),
+                  ),
+                ),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+          if (online && _shown != PlayerMode.none) _playerLayer(area),
+          Positioned(left: 16, bottom: _fullscreen ? 90 : 16, child: const PartyToasts()),
+        ],
+      );
+    });
+  }
+
+  Offset _cornerPos(Size area, Alignment a, Size size) => Offset(
+        a.x < 0 ? _miniMargin : (area.width - size.width - _miniMargin).clamp(0, double.infinity),
+        a.y < 0 ? _miniMargin : (area.height - size.height - _miniMargin).clamp(0, double.infinity),
+      );
+
+  Widget _playerLayer(Size area) {
+    final mini = _shown == PlayerMode.mini;
+    final size = mini
+        ? Size(miniSize.width.clamp(0, area.width), miniSize.height.clamp(0, area.height))
+        : area;
+    final pos = mini ? (_drag ?? _cornerPos(area, _corner, size)) : Offset.zero;
+    return AnimatedPositioned(
+      key: const ValueKey('player-layer'),
+      duration: _snapping ? easeTime : Duration.zero,
+      curve: ease,
+      left: pos.dx,
+      top: pos.dy,
+      width: size.width,
+      height: size.height,
+      onEnd: () => _snapping = false,
+      child: AnimatedBuilder(
+        animation: _fade,
+        builder: (context, child) {
+          final v = _fade.value;
+          return IgnorePointer(
+            ignoring: v < 0.5 || _shown != _mode,
+            child: Opacity(
+              opacity: v,
+              child: Transform.scale(scale: mini ? 0.97 + 0.03 * v : 0.985 + 0.015 * v, child: child),
+            ),
+          );
+        },
+        // Same widgets in both modes (only their settings change), so the
+        // player below never moves in the element tree.
+        child: GestureDetector(
+          onPanStart: mini ? (_) => setState(() => _drag = pos) : null,
+          onPanUpdate: mini ? (d) => setState(() => _drag = _drag! + d.delta) : null,
+          onPanEnd: mini
+              ? (_) => setState(() {
+                    final c = _drag! + Offset(size.width / 2, size.height / 2);
+                    _corner = Alignment(c.dx < area.width / 2 ? -1 : 1, c.dy < area.height / 2 ? -1 : 1);
+                    _drag = null;
+                    _snapping = true;
+                  })
+              : null,
+          child: DoubleClickListener(
+            onDoubleClick: mini ? _expand : () {},
+            skipTop: 40,
+            skipBottom: 60,
+            child: Material(
+              elevation: mini ? 16 : 0,
+              color: Colors.black,
+              borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(mini ? 14 : 0),
+              clipBehavior: Clip.antiAlias,
+              child: KeyedSubtree(
+                key: _playerKey,
+                child: SessionPlayer(
+                  mode: _shown,
+                  fullscreen: _fullscreen,
+                  chatOpen: _chatOpen,
+                  unread: _unread,
+                  onExpand: _expand,
+                  onCollapse: _collapse,
+                  onClose: _closePlayer,
+                  onToggleFullscreen: _toggleFullscreen,
+                  onToggleChat: _toggleChat,
+                  onChangeVideo: _changeVideo,
+                  onOpenIntegrations: () => _openSettings(SettingsSection.integrations),
+                  onLeave: _confirmLeave,
+                  videoBuilder: widget.videoBuilder,
+                ),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}

apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/avatar.dart

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+import 'dart:typed_data';
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
+import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
+
+import '../screens/home/profile.dart';
+import '../session/session_coordinator.dart';
+import '../state/session_state.dart';
+import 'motion.dart';
+
+/// What an avatar shows: who, their picture or initial on [color], and
+/// the status the ring and badges carry.
+class AvatarInfo {
+  final String id;
+  final String name;
+  final Color color;
+  final ImageProvider? image;
+  final bool ready, buffering, relaying, stale, host, self;
+  const AvatarInfo({
+    this.id = '',
+    required this.name,
+    required this.color,
+    this.image,
+    this.ready = false,
+    this.buffering = false,
+    this.relaying = false,
+    this.stale = false,
+    this.host = false,
+    this.self = false,
+  });
+}
+
+/// Stable colour for someone else (colours are not on the wire).
+Color colorForName(String name) {
+  const palette = [
+    Colors.teal,
+    Colors.orange,
+    Colors.pink,
+    Colors.blue,
+    Colors.green,
+    Colors.indigo,
+    Colors.amber,
+    Colors.cyan,
+    Colors.red,
+    Colors.deepPurple,
+  ];
+  var h = 0;
+  for (final c in name.codeUnits) {
+    h = (h * 31 + c) & 0x7fffffff;
+  }
+  return palette[h % palette.length];
+}
+
+final _images = <Object, MemoryImage>{};
+
+MemoryImage _memo(Object key, Uint8List bytes) {
+  final hit = _images[key];
+  if (hit != null && identical(hit.bytes, bytes)) return hit;
+  if (_images.length > 64) _images.clear();
+  return _images[key] = MemoryImage(bytes);
+}
+
+/// The one lookup for a member's picture: your own from the profile (no
+/// round trip), anyone else's from the session's avatar cache by hash.
+/// Callers rebuild on [SessionCoordinator.avatars] and [Profile.picture]
+/// (see [PartyWatch]).
+ImageProvider? memberAvatarImage(MemberView m, SessionCoordinator coord) {
+  if (m.id.isNotEmpty && m.id == coord.sync.memberId) {
+    final own = Profile.instance.picture.value;
+    if (own != null) return _memo('self', own);
+  }
+  final bytes = coord.avatars.bytesFor(m.avatarHash);
+  return bytes == null ? null : _memo(m.avatarHash, bytes);
+}
+
+/// Your own avatar from the profile (also offline).
+AvatarInfo selfAvatarInfo({bool ready = false, bool host = false}) {
+  final p = Profile.instance;
+  final png = p.picture.value;
+  final name = p.name.value;
+  return AvatarInfo(
+    name: name.isEmpty ? '?' : name,
+    color: p.color.value,
+    image: png == null ? null : _memo('self', png),
+    ready: ready,
+    host: host,
+    self: true,
+  );
+}
+
+/// [m] as the party strip, toasts and the chat show it.
+AvatarInfo memberAvatarInfo(MemberView m, StateBroadcast? r, SessionCoordinator coord) {
+  final self = m.id.isNotEmpty && m.id == coord.sync.memberId;
+  final relay = r == null ? null : stateMediaRelay(r);
+  final playing = r?.media != null;
+  return AvatarInfo(
+    id: m.id,
+    name: m.name,
+    color: self ? Profile.instance.color.value : colorForName(m.name),
+    image: memberAvatarImage(m, coord),
+    ready: m.ready,
+    buffering: !m.stale && m.ready && playing && m.buffered < RelayConstants.minBufferSecs,
+    relaying: relay != null && relay.source.isNotEmpty && relay.source == m.id,
+    stale: m.stale,
+    // Only your own app knows it hosts: the state carries no host flag.
+    host: self && coord.hostFile != null,
+    self: self,
+  );
+}
+
+/// Everyone in the server, from the latest state.
+List<AvatarInfo> partyAvatars([SessionCoordinator? coord]) {
+  final c = coord ?? SessionState.instance.coordinator;
+  final r = c.serverState.value;
+  return [for (final m in r?.members ?? const <MemberView>[]) memberAvatarInfo(m, r, c)];
+}
+
+/// Rebuilds [builder] when the party state, your profile or a member's
+/// picture changes.
+class PartyWatch extends StatelessWidget {
+  final WidgetBuilder builder;
+  const PartyWatch({super.key, required this.builder});
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) => ListenableBuilder(
+        listenable: SessionState.instance.coordinator.avatars,
+        builder: (context, _) => SignalBuilder(builder: (context) => builder(context)),
+      );
+}
+
+/// Circle avatar with a status ring outside it and a gap in the background
+/// colour, so overlapping neighbours never hide the status. Crown = host,
+/// tower = passing the video on, spinner = buffering, dimmed = stale.
+class StatusAvatar extends StatelessWidget {
+  final AvatarInfo info;
+  final double size;
+
+  /// Host crown and relay tower; off where the context already says it.
+  final bool badges;
+
+  /// Ring colour when not ready (the profile shows none at all).
+  final bool ring;
+  const StatusAvatar({super.key, required this.info, required this.size, this.badges = true, this.ring = true});
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final bg = Theme.of(context).colorScheme.surfaceContainerLowest;
+    final ringColor = !ring
+        ? bg
+        : info.stale
+            ? Colors.grey.shade700
+            : info.buffering
+                ? Colors.amber
+                : info.ready
+                    ? Colors.greenAccent.shade400
+                    : Colors.grey;
+    final badge = size * 0.42;
+    // Ring and gap scale with the avatar (2 px at strip size).
+    final stroke = (size * 0.055).clamp(2.0, 4.0);
+    final initial = info.name.isEmpty ? '?' : info.name.characters.first.toUpperCase();
+    return SizedBox(
+      width: size,
+      height: size,
+      child: Stack(
+        clipBehavior: Clip.none,
+        children: [
+          // Fills the box: a non-positioned Stack child only gets loose
+          // constraints, and CircleAvatar then falls back to 40 px.
+          Positioned.fill(
+            child: Container(
+              decoration: BoxDecoration(shape: BoxShape.circle, color: ringColor),
+              padding: EdgeInsets.all(stroke),
+              child: Container(
+                decoration: BoxDecoration(shape: BoxShape.circle, color: bg),
+                padding: EdgeInsets.all(stroke),
+                child: Opacity(
+                  opacity: info.stale ? 0.4 : 1,
+                  child: CircleAvatar(
+                    radius: size / 2,
+                    backgroundColor: info.color,
+                    backgroundImage: info.image,
+                    child: info.image != null
+                        ? null
+                        : Text(initial, style: TextStyle(fontSize: size * 0.38, color: Colors.white)),
+                  ),
+                ),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+          if (info.buffering)
+            Positioned.fill(child: CircularProgressIndicator(strokeWidth: stroke, color: ringColor)),
+          if (badges && info.host)
+            Positioned(
+              left: -4,
+              top: -6,
+              child: Transform.rotate(
+                angle: -0.4,
+                child: Icon(
+                  Icons.workspace_premium,
+                  size: badge,
+                  color: Colors.amber,
+                  shadows: const [Shadow(blurRadius: 3, color: Colors.black)],
+                ),
+              ),
+            ),
+          if (badges && info.relaying)
+            Positioned(
+              right: -3,
+              bottom: -3,
+              child: Container(
+                padding: const EdgeInsets.all(2),
+                decoration: BoxDecoration(shape: BoxShape.circle, color: bg),
+                child: Icon(Icons.cell_tower, size: badge * 0.8, color: Colors.lightBlueAccent),
+              ),
+            ),
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// Overlapping avatars, host first then ready (the stack itself reads as
+/// progress); they spread apart on hover. "+N" past [shown].
+class AvatarStack extends StatefulWidget {
+  final List<AvatarInfo> members;
+  final VoidCallback? onTap;
+  final int shown;
+  final double size;
+  const AvatarStack({super.key, required this.members, this.onTap, this.shown = 5, this.size = 42});
+
+  @override
+  State<AvatarStack> createState() => _AvatarStackState();
+}
+
+class _AvatarStackState extends State<AvatarStack> {
+  bool _hover = false;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final size = widget.size;
+    int rank(AvatarInfo m) => m.host ? 0 : (m.ready ? 1 : 2);
+    final sorted = [...widget.members]..sort((a, b) => rank(a) - rank(b));
+    final visible = sorted.take(widget.shown).toList();
+    final extra = sorted.length - visible.length;
+    final step = _hover ? size + 6 : size * 0.62;
+    final count = visible.length + (extra > 0 ? 1 : 0);
+    final width = count == 0 ? 0.0 : step * (count - 1) + size;
+    return MouseRegion(
+      onEnter: (_) => setState(() => _hover = true),
+      onExit: (_) => setState(() => _hover = false),
+      cursor: widget.onTap == null ? MouseCursor.defer : SystemMouseCursors.click,
+      child: GestureDetector(
+        onTap: widget.onTap,
+        child: AnimatedContainer(
+          key: const ValueKey('avatar-stack'),
+          duration: easeTime,
+          curve: ease,
+          width: width,
+          height: size,
+          child: Stack(
+            clipBehavior: Clip.none,
+            children: [
+              for (var i = visible.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+                AnimatedPositioned(
+                  key: ValueKey('stack-${visible[i].id}-${visible[i].name}'),
+                  duration: easeTime,
+                  curve: ease,
+                  left: i * step,
+                  top: 0,
+                  child: Tooltip(
+                    message: visible[i].name,
+                    child: StatusAvatar(info: visible[i], size: size),
+                  ),
+                ),
+              if (extra > 0)
+                AnimatedPositioned(
+                  duration: easeTime,
+                  curve: ease,
+                  left: visible.length * step,
+                  top: 0,
+                  child: CircleAvatar(
+                    radius: size / 2,
+                    child: Text('+$extra', style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 12)),
+                  ),
+                ),
+            ],
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// Small coloured label ("host", "passing the video on").
+class Pill extends StatelessWidget {
+  final String text;
+  final Color color;
+  const Pill(this.text, this.color, {super.key});
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) => Container(
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 6, vertical: 1),
+        decoration: BoxDecoration(
+          color: color.withValues(alpha: 0.15),
+          borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(6),
+        ),
+        child: Text(text, style: TextStyle(color: color, fontSize: 10, fontWeight: FontWeight.w600)),
+      );
+}
+
+/// Someone by display name (feed lines carry names, not ids): from the
+/// latest state when still there, else their initial on a stable colour.
+AvatarInfo avatarForName(String name, [SessionCoordinator? coord]) {
+  final c = coord ?? SessionState.instance.coordinator;
+  final r = c.serverState.value;
+  for (final m in r?.members ?? const <MemberView>[]) {
+    if (m.name == name) return memberAvatarInfo(m, r, c);
+  }
+  return AvatarInfo(name: name, color: colorForName(name));
+}

apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/chat_panel.dart

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+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
+
+import '../state/session_state.dart';
+import 'avatar.dart';
+
+/// Side panel: chat with avatars, other activity as quiet lines, and the
+/// message field. Width is fixed; the shell slides it in and out.
+class ChatPanel extends StatelessWidget {
+  static const width = 340.0;
+  final TextEditingController chat;
+  final FocusNode chatFocus;
+  final VoidCallback onClose;
+  const ChatPanel({super.key, required this.chat, required this.chatFocus, required this.onClose});
+
+  void _send() {
+    SessionState.instance.coordinator.sendChat(chat.text);
+    chat.clear();
+    chatFocus.requestFocus();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
+    return Container(
+      key: const ValueKey('chat-panel'),
+      width: width,
+      color: scheme.surfaceContainerLow,
+      child: Column(
+        children: [
+          Padding(
+            padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16, 8, 4, 0),
+            child: Row(
+              children: [
+                const Text('Chat & activity', style: TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.w600)),
+                const Spacer(),
+                IconButton(tooltip: 'Close (Tab)', onPressed: onClose, icon: const Icon(Icons.close, size: 18)),
+              ],
+            ),
+          ),
+          Expanded(
+            child: PartyWatch(builder: (context) {
+              final log = SessionState.instance.coordinator.feedLog.value;
+              if (log.isEmpty) {
+                return Center(
+                  child: Text('Nothing yet', style: TextStyle(color: scheme.onSurfaceVariant, fontSize: 12)),
+                );
+              }
+              return ListView.builder(
+                reverse: true,
+                padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 12, vertical: 8),
+                itemCount: log.length,
+                itemBuilder: (context, i) => ActivityRow(item: log[log.length - 1 - i]),
+              );
+            }),
+          ),
+          Padding(
+            padding: const EdgeInsets.all(12),
+            child: TextField(
+              key: const ValueKey('chat-field'),
+              controller: chat,
+              focusNode: chatFocus,
+              onSubmitted: (_) => _send(),
+              decoration: InputDecoration(
+                hintText: 'Message (Enter)',
+                isDense: true,
+                filled: true,
+                border: OutlineInputBorder(borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(12), borderSide: BorderSide.none),
+                suffixIcon: IconButton(tooltip: 'Send', onPressed: _send, icon: const Icon(Icons.send, size: 18)),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// One feed line: a chat message with the sender's avatar, anything else
+/// as an icon and "who did what".
+class ActivityRow extends StatelessWidget {
+  final FeedMessage item;
+  const ActivityRow({super.key, required this.item});
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
+    final time = _clock(item.at);
+    if (item.action == 'chat') {
+      return Padding(
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 6),
+        child: Row(
+          crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+          children: [
+            StatusAvatar(info: avatarForName(item.actor), size: 34, badges: false),
+            const SizedBox(width: 10),
+            Expanded(
+              child: Column(
+                crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+                children: [
+                  Row(
+                    children: [
+                      Flexible(
+                        child: Text(item.actor,
+                            maxLines: 1,
+                            overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
+                            style: const TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.w700)),
+                      ),
+                      const SizedBox(width: 6),
+                      Text(time, style: TextStyle(color: scheme.onSurfaceVariant, fontSize: 11)),
+                    ],
+                  ),
+                  SelectableText(item.reason),
+                ],
+              ),
+            ),
+          ],
+        ),
+      );
+    }
+    final (icon, color, text) = item.actor == 'server' ? serverFeedStyle(item) : feedStyle(item, scheme);
+    final line = item.actor == 'server' ? text : '${item.actor} $text';
+    return Padding(
+      padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 4),
+      child: Row(
+        children: [
+          const SizedBox(width: 8),
+          Icon(icon, size: 14, color: color),
+          const SizedBox(width: 8),
+          Expanded(child: Text(line, style: TextStyle(color: scheme.onSurfaceVariant, fontSize: 12))),
+          Text(time, style: TextStyle(color: scheme.onSurfaceVariant, fontSize: 11)),
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// Icon, colour and wording of a member's feed action.
+(IconData, Color, String) feedStyle(FeedMessage f, ColorScheme scheme) {
+  switch (f.action) {
+    case 'join':
+      return (Icons.login, Colors.green, 'joined');
+    case 'leave':
+      final reason = f.reason == 'silent too long' ? ' · timed out' : (f.reason.isEmpty ? '' : ' · ${f.reason}');
+      return (Icons.logout, Colors.grey, 'left$reason');
+    case 'ready':
+      return (Icons.check_circle, Colors.green, 'is ready');
+    case 'unready':
+      return (Icons.radio_button_unchecked, Colors.grey, "isn't ready");
+    case 'force-ready':
+      return (Icons.how_to_reg, Colors.orange, 'marked ${f.target ?? ''} ready');
+    case 'force-unready':
+      return (Icons.how_to_reg, Colors.orange, 'marked ${f.target ?? ''} not ready');
+    case 'force-play':
+      return (Icons.play_arrow, Colors.green, 'started playback for everyone');
+    case 'force-hold':
+      return (Icons.pause, Colors.orange, 'held playback for everyone');
+    case 'seek':
+      return (Icons.fast_forward, scheme.primary, 'seeked');
+    case 'swap':
+      return (Icons.swap_horiz, scheme.primary, 'changed the media');
+    case 'stale':
+      return (Icons.cloud_off, Colors.orange, 'lost signal');
+    case 'kick':
+      final reason = f.reason.isEmpty ? '' : ' · ${f.reason}';
+      return (Icons.gavel, Colors.red, 'kicked ${f.target ?? ''}$reason');
+    default:
+      final target = f.target == null || f.target!.isEmpty ? '' : ' ${f.target}';
+      return (Icons.info_outline, Colors.grey, '${f.action}$target');
+  }
+}
+
+/// The server's own lines (pause / resume).
+(IconData, Color, String) serverFeedStyle(FeedMessage f) => switch (f.action) {
+      'resume' => (Icons.play_arrow, Colors.green, 'Playback resumed'),
+      _ => (Icons.pause, Colors.orange, 'Playback paused · waiting for readiness'),
+    };
+
+String _clock(DateTime at) {
+  final l = at.toLocal();
+  String two(int n) => n.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
+  return '${two(l.hour)}:${two(l.minute)}';
+}

apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/connect_cards.dart

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+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
+import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart' show RelayConstants;
+
+import '../screens/home/connect_flow.dart';
+import '../screens/home/connect_status.dart';
+import '../screens/home/health_probe.dart';
+import '../state/session_state.dart';
+import 'motion.dart';
+
+/// Join card text, owned by the shell so it survives the card closing.
+class JoinFields {
+  JoinFields(ConnectForm f)
+      : host = TextEditingController(text: f.host),
+        port = TextEditingController(text: f.port),
+        secret = TextEditingController(text: f.secret);
+  final TextEditingController host;
+  final TextEditingController port;
+  final TextEditingController secret;
+
+  void dispose() {
+    host.dispose();
+    port.dispose();
+    secret.dispose();
+  }
+}
+
+/// Host card text, owned by the shell so it survives the card closing.
+class HostFields {
+  HostFields(ConnectForm f)
+      : port = TextEditingController(text: f.hostPort),
+        secret = TextEditingController(text: f.hostSecret);
+  final TextEditingController port;
+  final TextEditingController secret;
+
+  void dispose() {
+    port.dispose();
+    secret.dispose();
+  }
+}
+
+/// The strip's Join / Host buttons: a card over the window. It closes
+/// itself once the attempt got in; a failed one shows its error inside.
+Future<void> showConnectCard(
+  BuildContext context, {
+  required ConnectMode mode,
+  required ConnectFlow flow,
+  required JoinFields join,
+  required HostFields host,
+  HealthGetter healthGet = defaultHealthGet,
+}) =>
+    showPopover<void>(
+      context,
+      dim: true,
+      at: const Alignment(0.8, -0.75),
+      child: _CloseWhenOnline(
+        child: mode == ConnectMode.host
+            ? HostCard(flow: flow, fields: host)
+            : JoinCard(flow: flow, fields: join, healthGet: healthGet),
+      ),
+    );
+
+class _CloseWhenOnline extends StatefulWidget {
+  final Widget child;
+  const _CloseWhenOnline({required this.child});
+
+  @override
+  State<_CloseWhenOnline> createState() => _CloseWhenOnlineState();
+}
+
+class _CloseWhenOnlineState extends State<_CloseWhenOnline> {
+  late final void Function() _stop;
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    _stop = effect(() {
+      if (SessionState.instance.route.value != AppRoute.session) return;
+      WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
+        if (mounted) Navigator.of(context).maybePop();
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _stop();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) => widget.child;
+}
+
+/// Card frame shared by Join and Host.
+class _Card extends StatelessWidget {
+  final String title;
+  final List<Widget> children;
+  const _Card({required this.title, required this.children});
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) => Material(
+        elevation: 12,
+        borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(14),
+        child: SizedBox(
+          width: 360,
+          child: Padding(
+            padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16),
+            child: Column(
+              mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+              children: [
+                Text(title, style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.titleMedium),
+                const SizedBox(height: 12),
+                ...children,
+              ],
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+}
+
+const _dense = InputDecoration(isDense: true);
+
+/// Recent servers as one-click rows (with live status), then address and
+/// password.
+class JoinCard extends StatelessWidget {
+  final ConnectFlow flow;
+  final JoinFields fields;
+  final HealthGetter healthGet;
+  const JoinCard({super.key, required this.flow, required this.fields, this.healthGet = defaultHealthGet});
+
+  void _join() => flow.submit(ConnectMode.join, (f) {
+        f
+          ..host = fields.host.text
+          ..port = fields.port.text.trim()
+          ..secret = fields.secret.text;
+      });
+
+  void _joinRecent(RecentServer r) {
+    fields.host.text = r.host;
+    fields.port.text = r.port;
+    fields.secret.text = r.secret;
+    _join();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return ListenableBuilder(
+      listenable: flow,
+      builder: (context, _) {
+        final busy = flow.busy == ConnectMode.join;
+        return _Card(
+          title: 'Join a server',
+          children: [
+            SignalBuilder(builder: (context) {
+              final list = [
+                for (final r in SessionState.instance.recents.value)
+                  if (!r.hosted) r
+              ];
+              if (list.isEmpty) return const SizedBox.shrink();
+              return Column(
+                crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+                children: [
+                  const Text('Recent', style: TextStyle(color: Colors.grey)),
+                  RecentServerRows(
+                    servers: list,
+                    enabled: flow.busy == null,
+                    healthGet: healthGet,
+                    onJoin: _joinRecent,
+                    onForget: SessionState.instance.forgetServer,
+                  ),
+                  const Divider(),
+                ],
+              );
+            }),
+            AbsorbPointer(
+              absorbing: busy,
+              child: Column(
+                key: const ValueKey('join-row'),
+                crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+                children: [
+                  Row(
+                    children: [
+                      Expanded(
+                        child: TextField(
+                          key: const ValueKey('join-address'),
+                          controller: fields.host,
+                          autofocus: true,
+                          decoration: _dense.copyWith(labelText: 'Address', hintText: 'IP or hostname'),
+                          onChanged: (_) => flow.clearError(ConnectMode.join),
+                          onSubmitted: (_) => _join(),
+                        ),
+                      ),
+                      const SizedBox(width: 12),
+                      SizedBox(
+                        width: 72,
+                        child: TextField(
+                          key: const ValueKey('join-port'),
+                          controller: fields.port,
+                          decoration: _dense.copyWith(labelText: 'Port'),
+                          keyboardType: TextInputType.number,
+                          onSubmitted: (_) => _join(),
+                        ),
+                      ),
+                    ],
+                  ),
+                  const SizedBox(height: 8),
+                  TextField(
+                    key: const ValueKey('join-password'),
+                    controller: fields.secret,
+                    obscureText: true,
+                    decoration: _dense.copyWith(labelText: 'Password (optional)'),
+                    onSubmitted: (_) => _join(),
+                  ),
+                ],
+              ),
+            ),
+            const SizedBox(height: 16),
+            ConnectButton(flow: flow, mode: ConnectMode.join, label: 'Join', onSubmit: _join, expand: true),
+            ConnectFeedback(flow: flow, mode: ConnectMode.join),
+          ],
+        );
+      },
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// Port and password; what to watch is picked afterwards, in the library.
+class HostCard extends StatelessWidget {
+  final ConnectFlow flow;
+  final HostFields fields;
+  const HostCard({super.key, required this.flow, required this.fields});
+
+  void _host() => flow.submit(
+        ConnectMode.host,
+        (f) => f
+          ..hostPort = fields.port.text.trim()
+          ..hostSecret = fields.secret.text,
+      );
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return ListenableBuilder(
+      listenable: flow,
+      builder: (context, _) => _Card(
+        title: 'Host a server',
+        children: [
+          AbsorbPointer(
+            absorbing: flow.busy == ConnectMode.host,
+            child: Column(
+              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+              children: [
+                TextField(
+                  key: const ValueKey('host-port'),
+                  controller: fields.port,
+                  autofocus: true,
+                  decoration: _dense.copyWith(labelText: 'Port', hintText: '8080'),
+                  keyboardType: TextInputType.number,
+                  onChanged: (_) => flow.clearError(ConnectMode.host),
+                  onSubmitted: (_) => _host(),
+                ),
+                const SizedBox(height: 8),
+                ListenableBuilder(
+                  listenable: fields.secret,
+                  builder: (context, _) => TextField(
+                    key: const ValueKey('host-password'),
+                    controller: fields.secret,
+                    obscureText: true,
+                    decoration: _dense.copyWith(
+                      labelText: 'Password (optional)',
+                      helperText: fields.secret.text.isEmpty ? 'No password — anyone can join' : null,
+                    ),
+                    onSubmitted: (_) => _host(),
+                  ),
+                ),
+                _HostedRecents(fields: fields, enabled: flow.busy == null),
+              ],
+            ),
+          ),
+          const SizedBox(height: 16),
+          ConnectButton(flow: flow, mode: ConnectMode.host, label: 'Host', onSubmit: _host, expand: true),
+          ConnectFeedback(flow: flow, mode: ConnectMode.host),
+          const Padding(
+            padding: EdgeInsets.only(top: 8),
+            child: Text(
+              'You pick what to watch afterwards, in the library.',
+              style: TextStyle(color: Colors.grey, fontSize: 12),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// Ports hosted before: one click refills port and password.
+class _HostedRecents extends StatelessWidget {
+  final HostFields fields;
+  final bool enabled;
+  const _HostedRecents({required this.fields, required this.enabled});
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return SignalBuilder(builder: (context) {
+      final list = [
+        for (final r in SessionState.instance.recents.value)
+          if (r.hosted) r
+      ];
+      if (list.isEmpty) return const SizedBox.shrink();
+      return Padding(
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 12),
+        child: Wrap(
+          spacing: 8,
+          runSpacing: 8,
+          children: [
+            for (final r in list)
+              InputChip(
+                key: ValueKey('recent-${r.key}'),
+                avatar: Icon(r.secret.isEmpty ? Icons.history : Icons.lock_outline, size: 16),
+                label: Text('Port ${r.port}'),
+                tooltip: 'Use port ${r.port} again',
+                isEnabled: enabled,
+                shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(8)),
+                onPressed: () {
+                  fields.port.text = r.port;
+                  fields.secret.text = r.secret;
+                },
+                deleteButtonTooltipMessage: 'Forget',
+                onDeleted: () => SessionState.instance.forgetServer(r),
+              ),
+          ],
+        ),
+      );
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+/// Recent servers as rows; polls each one's `/health` every
+/// [healthPollEvery] while mounted (i.e. while the Join card is open).
+class RecentServerRows extends StatefulWidget {
+  final List<RecentServer> servers;
+  final bool enabled;
+  final HealthGetter healthGet;
+  final ValueChanged<RecentServer> onJoin;
+  final ValueChanged<RecentServer> onForget;
+  const RecentServerRows({
+    super.key,
+    required this.servers,
+    required this.enabled,
+    required this.healthGet,
+    required this.onJoin,
+    required this.onForget,
+  });
+
+  @override
+  State<RecentServerRows> createState() => _RecentServerRowsState();
+}
+
+class _RecentServerRowsState extends State<RecentServerRows> {
+  final _health = <String, ServerHealth>{};
+  final _inFlight = <String>{};
+  Timer? _timer;
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    _pollAll();
+    _timer = Timer.periodic(healthPollEvery, (_) => _pollAll());
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void didUpdateWidget(RecentServerRows old) {
+    super.didUpdateWidget(old);
+    for (final r in widget.servers) {
+      if (!_health.containsKey(r.key)) _poll(r);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _timer?.cancel();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  void _pollAll() {
+    for (final r in widget.servers) {
+      _poll(r);
+    }
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _poll(RecentServer r) async {
+    if (!_inFlight.add(r.key)) return;
+    try {
+      final h = await probeHealth(r.host, r.port, widget.healthGet);
+      if (mounted) setState(() => _health[r.key] = h);
+    } finally {
+      _inFlight.remove(r.key);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return Column(
+      children: [
+        for (final r in widget.servers)
+          _RecentRow(
+            key: ValueKey('recent-${r.key}'),
+            server: r,
+            health: _health[r.key],
+            enabled: widget.enabled,
+            onJoin: () => widget.onJoin(r),
+            onForget: () => widget.onForget(r),
+          ),
+      ],
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+class _RecentRow extends StatelessWidget {
+  final RecentServer server;
+  /// Null until the first probe answers.
+  final ServerHealth? health;
+  final bool enabled;
+  final VoidCallback onJoin;
+  final VoidCallback onForget;
+  const _RecentRow({
+    super.key,
+    required this.server,
+    required this.health,
+    required this.enabled,
+    required this.onJoin,
+    required this.onForget,
+  });
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
+    final h = health;
+    final address = '${server.host}:${server.port}';
+    final title = h != null && h.name.isNotEmpty ? h.name : server.host;
+    final (status, statusColor) = switch (h) {
+      null => ('checking…', Colors.grey),
+      ServerHealth(online: true) => ('● online · ${h.viewers} watching', Colors.greenAccent.shade400),
+      _ => ('○ offline', Colors.grey),
+    };
+    return ListTile(
+      dense: true,
+      contentPadding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 4),
+      enabled: enabled,
+      leading: Icon(server.secret.isEmpty ? Icons.history : Icons.lock_outline, size: 18),
+      title: Text(title, maxLines: 1, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis),
+      subtitle: Wrap(
+        spacing: 6,
+        crossAxisAlignment: WrapCrossAlignment.center,
+        children: [
+          Text(address, style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.grey)),
+          Text(status, key: const ValueKey('recent-status'), style: TextStyle(color: statusColor)),
+          if (h != null && h.needsUpdate)
+            Tooltip(
+              message: 'Server protocol ${h.proto}, this app '
+                  '${RelayConstants.protoVersion} — update so both match',
+              child: Container(
+                padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 6, vertical: 1),
+                decoration: BoxDecoration(color: scheme.errorContainer, borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(6)),
+                child: Text('needs update', style: TextStyle(fontSize: 11, color: scheme.onErrorContainer)),
+              ),
+            ),
+        ],
+      ),
+      trailing: Row(
+        mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+        children: [
+          IconButton(
+            tooltip: 'Forget',
+            visualDensity: VisualDensity.compact,
+            iconSize: 16,
+            onPressed: onForget,
+            icon: const Icon(Icons.close),
+          ),
+          const Icon(Icons.login, size: 18),
+        ],
+      ),
+      onTap: onJoin,
+    );
+  }
+}

apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/library_tab.dart

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+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart' show HelloMedia;
+
+import '../jellyfin/accounts.dart';
+import '../jellyfin/browse_scope.dart' show BrowseStart;
+import '../jellyfin/session_media.dart';
+import '../screens/home/media_picker.dart';
+import '../screens/session/swap_panel.dart';
+
+/// What putting up a Jellyfin pick sends: its ref (no URL, no token).
+/// Throws [FormatException] with a user-facing message when the server is
+/// not linked any more or its sign-in expired.
+HelloMedia putUpJellyfinMedia(JellyfinAccounts accounts, JellyfinMedia media) {
+  if (accounts.account(media.serverId) == null) {
+    throw const FormatException('that Jellyfin server is not linked any more — pick again');
+  }
+  if (accounts.statusOf(media.serverId) == JellyfinAccountStatus.expired) {
+    throw const FormatException('Jellyfin sign-in expired — reconnect it in Settings → Jellyfin & integrations');
+  }
+  return mediaForPick(media);
+}
+
+/// Brings back the last Jellyfin pick (kept in the Jellyfin box) once the
+/// accounts are read, unless something else was picked meanwhile or
+/// [alive] says the picker is gone.
+Future<void> restoreLastPick(
+    MediaPickerController c, JellyfinAccounts accounts, bool Function() alive) async {
+  final hadMedia = c.selection != null;
+  try {
+    await accounts.ensureLoaded();
+  } catch (_) {
+    return;
+  }
+  final pick = accounts.lastPick;
+  if (!alive() || pick == null || c.jellyfin != null) return;
+  if (accounts.account(pick.serverId) == null) return;
+  final source = c.source;
+  c.pickJellyfin(pick);
+  if (hadMedia) c.source = source;
+}
+
+/// Library (round 1): the media picker as the "put it up" view. Offline
+/// it browses, with a hint that watching needs a server.
+class LibraryTab extends StatelessWidget {
+  final MediaPickerController controller;
+  final JellyfinAccounts accounts;
+  final bool online;
+  final bool isHost;
+  final BrowseStart? jellyfinStart;
+  /// Puts the pick up; returns an error text, or null when sent.
+  final Future<String?> Function(PickedMedia media) onPutUp;
+  final VoidCallback? onPutUpDone;
+  final VoidCallback? onOpenIntegrations;
+  const LibraryTab({
+    super.key,
+    required this.controller,
+    required this.accounts,
+    required this.online,
+    required this.isHost,
+    required this.onPutUp,
+    this.onPutUpDone,
+    this.jellyfinStart,
+    this.onOpenIntegrations,
+  });
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return SwapPanel(
+      controller: controller,
+      accounts: accounts,
+      isHost: isHost,
+      jellyfinStart: jellyfinStart,
+      onSwap: onPutUp,
+      onDone: onPutUpDone,
+      onOpenIntegrations: onOpenIntegrations,
+      disabledHint: online ? null : 'Join or host to watch together',
+    );
+  }
+}

apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/motion.dart

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+import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+
+// The shell's shared motion: one curve and one duration for everything
+// that moves, a fade-through for views that replace each other, popovers
+// that grow from where they open, and mouse-friendly horizontal lists.
+
+const ease = Curves.fastEaseInToSlowEaseOut;
+const easeTime = Duration(milliseconds: 320);
+
+/// Fade-through length; the old view is gone after [fadeOutPart] of it.
+const fadeThroughTime = Duration(milliseconds: 360);
+const fadeOutPart = 0.35;
+
+/// Fade through (Material motion): the old view is gone after the first
+/// 35%, then the new one fades and scales in; they never overlap. Key
+/// [child] by what it shows so a change of key runs the transition.
+Widget fadeThrough(Widget child, {Key? key}) => AnimatedSwitcher(
+      key: key,
+      duration: fadeThroughTime,
+      layoutBuilder: (current, previous) => Stack(
+        fit: StackFit.expand,
+        children: [...previous, ?current],
+      ),
+      transitionBuilder: (c, anim) {
+        if (c.key == child.key) {
+          // Incoming (anim 0 -> 1): wait, then fade and scale up.
+          final a = CurvedAnimation(
+            parent: anim,
+            curve: const Interval(fadeOutPart, 1, curve: ease),
+          );
+          return FadeTransition(
+            opacity: a,
+            child: ScaleTransition(scale: Tween(begin: 0.985, end: 1.0).animate(a), child: c),
+          );
+        }
+        // Outgoing (anim 1 -> 0): fully faded by the time it reaches 0.65.
+        return FadeTransition(
+          opacity: CurvedAnimation(
+            parent: anim,
+            curve: const Interval(1 - fadeOutPart, 1, curve: Curves.easeIn),
+          ),
+          child: c,
+        );
+      },
+      child: child,
+    );
+
+/// A card over the window that fades and scales in from [at] (window
+/// alignment) instead of popping; a click outside or Esc closes it. Short
+/// windows: the card scrolls instead of overflowing.
+Future<T?> showPopover<T>(
+  BuildContext context, {
+  required Alignment at,
+  required Widget child,
+  bool dim = false,
+}) =>
+    showGeneralDialog<T>(
+      context: context,
+      barrierDismissible: true,
+      barrierLabel: 'close',
+      barrierColor: dim ? Colors.black26 : Colors.transparent,
+      transitionDuration: easeTime,
+      pageBuilder: (context, _, _) => SafeArea(
+        child: Align(
+          alignment: at,
+          child: ConstrainedBox(
+            constraints: BoxConstraints(maxHeight: MediaQuery.sizeOf(context).height - 32),
+            child: SingleChildScrollView(child: child),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+      transitionBuilder: (context, anim, _, child) {
+        final a = CurvedAnimation(parent: anim, curve: ease, reverseCurve: Curves.easeIn);
+        return FadeTransition(
+          opacity: a,
+          child: ScaleTransition(
+            scale: Tween(begin: 0.96, end: 1.0).animate(a),
+            alignment: at,
+            child: child,
+          ),
+        );
+      },
+    );
+
+/// Horizontal lists for mouse users: drag with the mouse, and the plain
+/// (vertical) wheel moves them sideways. At either end the wheel is left
+/// to the page, so a row never traps vertical scrolling.
+class HScroll extends StatefulWidget {
+  final ScrollController? controller;
+  final Widget Function(ScrollController controller) builder;
+  const HScroll({super.key, this.controller, required this.builder});
+
+  @override
+  State<HScroll> createState() => _HScrollState();
+}
+
+class _HScrollState extends State<HScroll> {
+  ScrollController? _own;
+  ScrollController get _c => widget.controller ?? (_own ??= ScrollController());
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _own?.dispose();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  void _wheel(PointerSignalEvent e) {
+    if (e is! PointerScrollEvent) return;
+    final dy = e.scrollDelta.dy;
+    if (dy == 0 || e.scrollDelta.dx != 0 || !_c.hasClients) return;
+    final p = _c.position;
+    final target = (p.pixels + dy * 1.5).clamp(p.minScrollExtent, p.maxScrollExtent);
+    if (target == p.pixels) return; // at the end: let the page scroll
+    GestureBinding.instance.pointerSignalResolver.register(e, (_) {
+      _c.animateTo(target, duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 140), curve: Curves.easeOutCubic);
+    });
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) => ScrollConfiguration(
+        behavior: ScrollConfiguration.of(context)
+            .copyWith(dragDevices: PointerDeviceKind.values.toSet()),
+        child: Listener(onPointerSignal: _wheel, child: widget.builder(_c)),
+      );
+}

apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/party_strip.dart

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+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
+import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
+import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
+import 'package:window_manager/window_manager.dart';
+
+import '../screens/demo/shell_demo.dart';
+import '../screens/home/update_indicator.dart';
+import '../screens/session/jellyfin_widgets.dart' show ViaHostBadge;
+import '../state/session_state.dart';
+import '../update/update_controller.dart';
+import '../widgets/dialogs.dart';
+import '../widgets/window_buttons.dart';
+import 'avatar.dart';
+import 'motion.dart';
+
+/// The shell's tabs, in strip order.
+enum ShellTab {
+  library('Library'),
+  schedule('Schedule'),
+  settings('Settings');
+
+  final String label;
+  const ShellTab(this.label);
+}
+
+const partyStripHeight = 60.0;
+
+/// Below this window width the strip shows 3 avatars and no server text,
+/// so the tabs keep their room.
+const stripCompactBelow = 1100.0;
+
+/// The member plays the current Jellyfin item through the host's relay.
+bool viaHostOf(MemberView m, JellyfinRef? ref) =>
+    ref != null && m.jf[ref.serverId] == false;
+
+/// The 60 px strip over everything: your avatar (profile), the tabs, and
+/// the party: offline Join / Host, online the avatars (members card),
+/// server and readiness, chat and Leave. Empty space drags the window.
+class PartyStrip extends StatelessWidget {
+  final ShellTab tab;
+  final ValueChanged<ShellTab> onTab;
+  final bool chatOpen;
+  final int unread;
+  final VoidCallback onChat;
+  final VoidCallback onJoin;
+  final VoidCallback onHost;
+  final VoidCallback onLeave;
+  final VoidCallback onProfile;
+
+  /// Online with something up but the player closed: brings it back.
+  final VoidCallback? onShowPlayer;
+  final UpdateController? updates;
+
+  /// Off in tests: the drag area and window buttons need window_manager.
+  final bool windowControls;
+  const PartyStrip({
+    super.key,
+    required this.tab,
+    required this.onTab,
+    required this.chatOpen,
+    required this.unread,
+    required this.onChat,
+    required this.onJoin,
+    required this.onHost,
+    required this.onLeave,
+    required this.onProfile,
+    this.onShowPlayer,
+    this.updates,
+    this.windowControls = true,
+  });
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
+    final compact = MediaQuery.sizeOf(context).width < stripCompactBelow;
+    final row = SignalBuilder(
+      builder: (context) {
+        final session = SessionState.instance;
+        final coord = session.coordinator;
+        final online = session.route.value == AppRoute.session;
+        final self = online ? coord.selfMember.value : null;
+        return Row(
+          children: [
+            const SizedBox(width: 16),
+            Tooltip(
+              message: 'Your profile',
+              child: InkWell(
+                key: const ValueKey('strip-profile'),
+                customBorder: const CircleBorder(),
+                onTap: onProfile,
+                child: StatusAvatar(
+                  info: selfAvatarInfo(
+                    ready: self?.ready ?? false,
+                    host: online && coord.hostFile != null,
+                  ),
+                  size: 32,
+                  ring: online,
+                ),
+              ),
+            ),
+            const SizedBox(width: 12),
+            Expanded(
+              child: Align(
+                alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
+                child: HScroll(
+                  builder: (c) => SingleChildScrollView(
+                    controller: c,
+                    scrollDirection: Axis.horizontal,
+                    child: Row(
+                      children: [
+                        for (final t in ShellTab.values)
+                          StripTab(
+                            key: ValueKey('tab-${t.name}'),
+                            label: t.label,
+                            selected: t == tab,
+                            compact: compact,
+                            onTap: () => onTab(t),
+                          ),
+                      ],
+                    ),
+                  ),
+                ),
+              ),
+            ),
+            if (kDebugMode)
+              IconButton(
+                tooltip: 'Layout demo (debug builds only)',
+                icon: const Icon(
+                  Icons.bug_report_outlined,
+                  size: 20,
+                  color: Colors.amber,
+                ),
+                onPressed: () => Navigator.of(context).push(
+                  MaterialPageRoute<void>(builder: (_) => const ShellDemo()),
+                ),
+              ),
+            UpdateIndicator(controller: updates),
+            const SizedBox(width: 8),
+            if (online) ...[
+              if (onShowPlayer != null)
+                IconButton(
+                  key: const ValueKey('show-player'),
+                  tooltip: 'Show the player',
+                  onPressed: onShowPlayer,
+                  icon: const Icon(Icons.smart_display_outlined, size: 20),
+                ),
+              PartyWatch(
+                builder: (context) => AvatarStack(
+                  key: const ValueKey('party-avatars'),
+                  members: partyAvatars(coord),
+                  shown: compact ? 3 : 5,
+                  onTap: () => showMembersCard(context),
+                ),
+              ),
+              const SizedBox(width: 10),
+              if (!compact) _ServerLabel(scheme: scheme),
+              const SizedBox(width: 6),
+              Badge(
+                isLabelVisible: unread > 0,
+                label: Text('$unread'),
+                child: IconButton(
+                  key: const ValueKey('strip-chat'),
+                  tooltip: 'Chat & activity',
+                  isSelected: chatOpen,
+                  onPressed: onChat,
+                  icon: const Icon(Icons.chat_bubble_outline, size: 20),
+                  selectedIcon: Icon(
+                    Icons.chat_bubble,
+                    size: 20,
+                    color: scheme.primary,
+                  ),
+                ),
+              ),
+              const SizedBox(width: 4),
+              OutlinedButton(
+                key: const ValueKey('strip-leave'),
+                onPressed: onLeave,
+                child: const Text('Leave'),
+              ),
+            ] else ...[
+              if (!compact)
+                Text(
+                  'Offline',
+                  style: TextStyle(color: scheme.onSurfaceVariant),
+                ),
+              const SizedBox(width: 12),
+              FilledButton.tonal(
+                key: const ValueKey('strip-join'),
+                onPressed: onJoin,
+                child: const Text('Join'),
+              ),
+              const SizedBox(width: 8),
+              FilledButton(
+                key: const ValueKey('strip-host'),
+                onPressed: onHost,
+                child: const Text('Host'),
+              ),
+            ],
+            const SizedBox(width: 8),
+            if (windowControls) ...[
+              SizedBox(
+                height: 20,
+                child: VerticalDivider(width: 12, color: scheme.outlineVariant),
+              ),
+              const WindowButtons(),
+            ] else
+              const SizedBox(width: 8),
+          ],
+        );
+      },
+    );
+    return DecoratedBox(
+      decoration: BoxDecoration(
+        color: scheme.surfaceContainerLowest,
+        border: Border(
+          bottom: BorderSide(
+            color: scheme.outlineVariant.withValues(alpha: 0.4),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+      child: SizedBox(
+        height: partyStripHeight,
+        child: Stack(
+          children: [
+            // Empty strip space drags the window; the controls on top take
+            // their own clicks.
+            if (windowControls)
+              const Positioned.fill(
+                child: DragToMoveArea(child: SizedBox.expand()),
+              ),
+            Positioned.fill(child: row),
+          ],
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// Server name and "ready n/m".
+class _ServerLabel extends StatelessWidget {
+  final ColorScheme scheme;
+  const _ServerLabel({required this.scheme});
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) => SignalBuilder(
+    builder: (context) {
+      final coord = SessionState.instance.coordinator;
+      final r = coord.serverState.value;
+      final members = r?.members ?? const <MemberView>[];
+      final ready = members.where((m) => m.ready).length;
+      return Column(
+        key: const ValueKey('server-label'),
+        mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+        children: [
+          Text(
+            serverName(),
+            style: const TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.w600, height: 1.1),
+          ),
+          Text(
+            r == null ? 'connecting…' : 'ready $ready/${members.length}',
+            style: TextStyle(
+              color: scheme.onSurfaceVariant,
+              fontSize: 12,
+              height: 1.2,
+            ),
+          ),
+        ],
+      );
+    },
+  );
+}
+
+/// "Your server" when hosting, else the address joined.
+String serverName() {
+  final session = SessionState.instance;
+  if (session.coordinator.hostFile != null) return 'Your server';
+  return session.lastForm.host;
+}
+
+/// One strip tab: label and an underline that grows in when selected.
+class StripTab extends StatelessWidget {
+  final String label;
+  final bool selected;
+  final bool compact;
+  final VoidCallback onTap;
+  const StripTab({
+    super.key,
+    required this.label,
+    required this.selected,
+    required this.onTap,
+    this.compact = false,
+  });
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
+    return Semantics(
+      selected: selected,
+      button: true,
+      child: InkWell(
+        onTap: onTap,
+        borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(8),
+        child: Padding(
+          padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: compact ? 8 : 12),
+          child: SizedBox(
+            height: partyStripHeight,
+            child: Column(
+              mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
+              children: [
+                const SizedBox(height: 3),
+                Text(
+                  label,
+                  style: TextStyle(
+                    fontWeight: selected ? FontWeight.w700 : FontWeight.w500,
+                    color: selected ? scheme.primary : scheme.onSurfaceVariant,
+                  ),
+                ),
+                const SizedBox(height: 4),
+                AnimatedContainer(
+                  duration: easeTime,
+                  curve: ease,
+                  height: 3,
+                  width: selected ? 22 : 0,
+                  decoration: BoxDecoration(
+                    color: scheme.primary,
+                    borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(2),
+                  ),
+                ),
+              ],
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// Who is in the server, from the avatars: status, host / relay pills,
+/// and per member force ready and kick.
+Future<void> showMembersCard(BuildContext context) => showPopover<void>(
+  context,
+  at: const Alignment(0.7, -0.84),
+  child: const MembersCard(),
+);
+
+class MembersCard extends StatelessWidget {
+  const MembersCard({super.key});
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
+    return Material(
+      key: const ValueKey('members-card'),
+      elevation: 12,
+      borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(14),
+      child: SizedBox(
+        width: 340,
+        child: PartyWatch(
+          builder: (context) {
+            final session = SessionState.instance;
+            final coord = session.coordinator;
+            final r = coord.serverState.value;
+            final hosting = coord.hostFile != null;
+            final address = hosting
+                ? null
+                : '${session.lastForm.host}:${session.lastForm.port}';
+            return Column(
+              mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+              children: [
+                Padding(
+                  padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 16, 20, 8),
+                  child: Text(
+                    ['In the server', ?address].join(' · '),
+                    style: const TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.w600),
+                  ),
+                ),
+                for (final m in r?.members ?? const <MemberView>[])
+                  _MemberTile(
+                    member: m,
+                    info: memberAvatarInfo(m, r, coord),
+                    viaHost: viaHostOf(m, coord.currentRef.value),
+                  ),
+                if (r == null)
+                  Padding(
+                    padding: const EdgeInsets.all(20),
+                    child: Text(
+                      'connecting…',
+                      style: TextStyle(color: scheme.onSurfaceVariant),
+                    ),
+                  ),
+                if (address != null) ...[
+                  const Divider(),
+                  Padding(
+                    padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(12, 0, 12, 8),
+                    child: Align(
+                      alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
+                      child: TextButton.icon(
+                        onPressed: () =>
+                            Clipboard.setData(ClipboardData(text: address)),
+                        icon: const Icon(Icons.copy, size: 16),
+                        label: const Text('Copy address'),
+                      ),
+                    ),
+                  ),
+                ] else
+                  const SizedBox(height: 8),
+              ],
+            );
+          },
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+class _MemberTile extends StatelessWidget {
+  final MemberView member;
+  final AvatarInfo info;
+  final bool viaHost;
+  const _MemberTile({
+    required this.member,
+    required this.info,
+    required this.viaHost,
+  });
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final coord = SessionState.instance.coordinator;
+    final m = member;
+    final status = m.stale
+        ? 'reconnecting…'
+        : info.buffering
+        ? 'buffering ${m.buffered.toStringAsFixed(1)} s'
+        : m.ready
+        ? 'ready'
+        : 'not ready';
+    return ListTile(
+      key: ValueKey('member-${m.id}'),
+      dense: true,
+      contentPadding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 20, right: 8),
+      leading: StatusAvatar(info: info, size: 36, badges: false),
+      title: Wrap(
+        spacing: 6,
+        crossAxisAlignment: WrapCrossAlignment.center,
+        children: [
+          Text(info.self ? '${m.name} (you)' : m.name),
+          if (info.host) const Pill('host', Colors.amber),
+          if (info.relaying)
+            const Pill('passing the video on', Colors.lightBlueAccent),
+          if (viaHost) const ViaHostBadge(),
+        ],
+      ),
+      subtitle: Text(status),
+      trailing: PopupMenuButton<String>(
+        tooltip: 'More',
+        icon: const Icon(Icons.more_vert, size: 18),
+        onSelected: (v) async {
+          if (v == 'force') {
+            coord.forceTarget(m.id, !m.ready);
+          } else if (v == 'kick') {
+            final ok = await showKickConfirmDialog(context, m.name);
+            if (ok == true) coord.kick(m.id);
+          }
+        },
+        itemBuilder: (_) => [
+          PopupMenuItem(
+            value: 'force',
+            child: Text(m.ready ? 'Force unready' : 'Force ready'),
+          ),
+          if (!info.self)
+            PopupMenuItem(
+              value: 'kick',
+              child: Text(
+                'Kick',
+                style: TextStyle(color: Theme.of(context).colorScheme.error),
+              ),
+            ),
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}

apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/profile_card.dart

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+import 'dart:io';
+import 'dart:math' as math;
+import 'dart:typed_data';
+import 'dart:ui' as ui;
+
+import 'package:file_picker/file_picker.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
+
+import '../jellyfin/accounts.dart';
+import '../screens/home/profile.dart';
+import '../state/session_state.dart';
+import '../update/update_controller.dart';
+import 'avatar.dart';
+import 'motion.dart';
+import 'settings_tab.dart' show SettingsSection;
+
+/// Your profile, from your avatar in the strip: name and picture apply
+/// live (pushed to the server while in one), colour is yours only; links
+/// to the app-wide pages.
+Future<void> showProfileCard(
+  BuildContext context, {
+  required ValueChanged<SettingsSection> onOpenSettings,
+  UpdateController? updates,
+}) =>
+    showPopover<void>(
+      context,
+      at: const Alignment(-0.97, -0.84),
+      child: ProfileCard(onOpenSettings: onOpenSettings, updates: updates),
+    );
+
+class ProfileCard extends StatefulWidget {
+  final ValueChanged<SettingsSection> onOpenSettings;
+  final UpdateController? updates;
+  const ProfileCard({super.key, required this.onOpenSettings, this.updates});
+
+  @override
+  State<ProfileCard> createState() => _ProfileCardState();
+}
+
+class _ProfileCardState extends State<ProfileCard> {
+  final _p = Profile.instance;
+  late final _name = TextEditingController(text: _p.name.peek());
+  bool _hoverPic = false;
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _name.dispose();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  void _open(SettingsSection s) {
+    Navigator.of(context).maybePop();
+    widget.onOpenSettings(s);
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _changePicture() => showPopover<void>(
+        context,
+        at: Alignment.center,
+        dim: true,
+        child: CropPicker(onUse: _p.setPicture),
+      );
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
+    final small = TextStyle(color: scheme.onSurfaceVariant, fontSize: 12);
+    return Material(
+      elevation: 12,
+      color: scheme.surfaceContainer,
+      borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(18),
+      clipBehavior: Clip.antiAlias,
+      child: SizedBox(
+        width: 360,
+        child: SignalBuilder(builder: (context) {
+          final session = SessionState.instance;
+          final coord = session.coordinator;
+          final online = session.route.value == AppRoute.session;
+          final self = online ? coord.selfMember.value : null;
+          final hosting = online && coord.hostFile != null;
+          final color = _p.color.value;
+          final png = _p.picture.value;
+          final me = selfAvatarInfo(ready: self?.ready ?? false, host: hosting);
+          return Column(
+            mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+            crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+            children: [
+              // Header tinted with your colour.
+              AnimatedContainer(
+                duration: easeTime,
+                curve: ease,
+                padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 22, 20, 18),
+                decoration: BoxDecoration(
+                  gradient: LinearGradient(
+                    begin: Alignment.topLeft,
+                    end: Alignment.bottomRight,
+                    colors: [color.withValues(alpha: 0.55), color.withValues(alpha: 0.08)],
+                  ),
+                ),
+                child: Row(
+                  children: [
+                    MouseRegion(
+                      cursor: SystemMouseCursors.click,
+                      onEnter: (_) => setState(() => _hoverPic = true),
+                      onExit: (_) => setState(() => _hoverPic = false),
+                      child: GestureDetector(
+                        key: const ValueKey('profile-picture'),
+                        onTap: _changePicture,
+                        child: SizedBox(
+                          width: 88,
+                          height: 88,
+                          child: Stack(
+                            children: [
+                              StatusAvatar(info: me, size: 88, badges: false, ring: online),
+                              Positioned.fill(
+                                child: AnimatedOpacity(
+                                  duration: easeTime,
+                                  curve: ease,
+                                  opacity: _hoverPic ? 1 : 0,
+                                  child: Container(
+                                    margin: const EdgeInsets.all(4),
+                                    decoration: const BoxDecoration(shape: BoxShape.circle, color: Colors.black54),
+                                    child: const Column(
+                                      mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
+                                      children: [
+                                        Icon(Icons.photo_camera_outlined, color: Colors.white, size: 22),
+                                        Text('Change', style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontSize: 11)),
+                                      ],
+                                    ),
+                                  ),
+                                ),
+                              ),
+                            ],
+                          ),
+                        ),
+                      ),
+                    ),
+                    const SizedBox(width: 16),
+                    Expanded(
+                      child: Column(
+                        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+                        children: [
+                          TextField(
+                            key: const ValueKey('profile-name'),
+                            controller: _name,
+                            maxLength: 32,
+                            style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.titleLarge?.copyWith(fontWeight: FontWeight.w700),
+                            decoration: const InputDecoration(
+                              isDense: true,
+                              counterText: '',
+                              border: InputBorder.none,
+                              hintText: 'Your name',
+                              suffixIcon: Icon(Icons.edit_outlined, size: 16),
+                              suffixIconConstraints: BoxConstraints(minWidth: 20),
+                            ),
+                            onChanged: _p.setName,
+                            onSubmitted: (_) => Navigator.of(context).maybePop(),
+                          ),
+                          const SizedBox(height: 4),
+                          Wrap(
+                            spacing: 6,
+                            runSpacing: 4,
+                            children: [
+                              if (hosting) const Pill('host', Colors.amber),
+                              Pill(online ? 'in a server' : 'offline',
+                                  online ? Colors.greenAccent : Colors.grey),
+                              if (online)
+                                Pill((self?.ready ?? false) ? 'ready' : 'not ready', Colors.lightBlueAccent),
+                            ],
+                          ),
+                        ],
+                      ),
+                    ),
+                  ],
+                ),
+              ),
+              Padding(
+                padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 14, 20, 4),
+                child: Row(
+                  children: [
+                    Text('Colour', style: small),
+                    const Spacer(),
+                    for (final c in profileColors)
+                      Padding(
+                        padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 8),
+                        child: InkWell(
+                          customBorder: const CircleBorder(),
+                          onTap: () => _p.setColor(c),
+                          child: AnimatedContainer(
+                            duration: easeTime,
+                            curve: ease,
+                            width: 24,
+                            height: 24,
+                            decoration: BoxDecoration(
+                              color: c,
+                              shape: BoxShape.circle,
+                              border: Border.all(
+                                color: color.toARGB32() == c.toARGB32() ? scheme.onSurface : Colors.transparent,
+                                width: 2,
+                              ),
+                            ),
+                          ),
+                        ),
+                      ),
+                  ],
+                ),
+              ),
+              if (png != null)
+                Padding(
+                  padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 4, 8, 0),
+                  child: Row(
+                    children: [
+                      Icon(Icons.image_outlined, size: 16, color: scheme.onSurfaceVariant),
+                      const SizedBox(width: 6),
+                      Text('PNG · ${(png.length / 1024).toStringAsFixed(0)} KB', style: small),
+                      const Spacer(),
+                      TextButton(onPressed: () => _p.setPicture(null), child: const Text('Remove picture')),
+                    ],
+                  ),
+                ),
+              if (_p.error.value case final err?)
+                Padding(
+                  padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 4, 20, 0),
+                  child: Text(err, style: TextStyle(color: scheme.error, fontSize: 12)),
+                ),
+              Padding(
+                padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 6, 20, 0),
+                child: Text(
+                  online
+                      ? 'Name and picture update for everyone in the server right away. Colour is yours only.'
+                      : 'Others see your name and picture when you join. Colour is yours only.',
+                  style: small,
+                ),
+              ),
+              const Padding(padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(12, 12, 12, 0), child: Divider(height: 1)),
+              Padding(
+                padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 6),
+                child: Column(children: [
+                  _link(
+                    Icons.extension_outlined,
+                    'Jellyfin & integrations',
+                    trailing: ListenableBuilder(
+                      listenable: JellyfinAccounts.instance,
+                      builder: (context, _) {
+                        final n = JellyfinAccounts.instance.accounts.length;
+                        return Text(n == 0 ? 'none' : '$n linked', style: small);
+                      },
+                    ),
+                    onTap: () => _open(SettingsSection.integrations),
+                  ),
+                  _link(Icons.settings_outlined, 'Settings', onTap: () => _open(SettingsSection.profile)),
+                  ValueListenableBuilder(
+                    valueListenable: (widget.updates ?? UpdateController.instance).status,
+                    builder: (context, s, _) {
+                      final m = s.manifest;
+                      final available = s.phase != UpdatePhase.idle && m != null;
+                      return _link(
+                        Icons.system_update_alt,
+                        available ? 'Update to ${m.version}' : 'Updates',
+                        trailing: available ? Pill('new', Colors.greenAccent.shade400) : null,
+                        onTap: () => _open(SettingsSection.updates),
+                      );
+                    },
+                  ),
+                  _link(Icons.info_outline, 'About', onTap: () => _open(SettingsSection.about)),
+                ]),
+              ),
+            ],
+          );
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
+  Widget _link(IconData icon, String label, {Widget? trailing, required VoidCallback onTap}) => ListTile(
+        dense: true,
+        contentPadding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 20),
+        leading: Icon(icon, size: 20),
+        title: Text(label),
+        trailing: trailing,
+        onTap: onTap,
+      );
+}
+
+/// Avatar crop: pick a file, drag to move, scroll or slide to zoom; live
+/// previews at the sizes it is shown. "Use this" renders a 256 px PNG.
+class CropPicker extends StatefulWidget {
+  final Future<void> Function(Uint8List png) onUse;
+
+  /// Opens the file dialog right away (that is why the picker opened).
+  final bool autoPick;
+  const CropPicker({super.key, required this.onUse, this.autoPick = true});
+
+  @override
+  State<CropPicker> createState() => _CropPickerState();
+}
+
+class _CropPickerState extends State<CropPicker> {
+  static const _view = 300.0, _out = 256;
+  ui.Image? _img;
+  double _zoom = 1; // 1 = the image just covers the circle
+  Offset _pan = Offset.zero; // in viewport pixels
+  String? _error;
+  bool _busy = false;
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    if (widget.autoPick) WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) => _pick());
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _img?.dispose();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _pick() async {
+    final List<PlatformFile> files;
+    try {
+      files = await FilePicker.pickFiles(
+        dialogTitle: 'Pick a picture',
+        type: FileType.custom,
+        allowedExtensions: const ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'webp', 'gif', 'bmp'],
+      );
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (mounted) setState(() => _error = 'file dialog unavailable — try again');
+      return;
+    }
+    final path = files.isEmpty ? null : files.first.path;
+    if (path == null) return;
+    try {
+      final codec = await ui.instantiateImageCodec(await File(path).readAsBytes());
+      final frame = await codec.getNextFrame();
+      if (!mounted) return;
+      _img?.dispose();
+      setState(() {
+        _img = frame.image;
+        _zoom = 1;
+        _pan = Offset.zero;
+        _error = null;
+      });
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (mounted) setState(() => _error = 'could not read that image');
+    }
+  }
+
+  double get _scale {
+    final img = _img!;
+    return math.max(_view / img.width, _view / img.height) * _zoom;
+  }
+
+  /// Keeps the circle covered: the image edge never shows inside it.
+  Offset _clamp(Offset p) {
+    final img = _img!;
+    final mx = (img.width * _scale - _view) / 2, my = (img.height * _scale - _view) / 2;
+    return Offset(p.dx.clamp(-mx, mx), p.dy.clamp(-my, my));
+  }
+
+  void _setZoom(double z) => setState(() {
+        _zoom = z.clamp(1.0, 6.0);
+        _pan = _clamp(_pan);
+      });
+
+  Future<void> _use() async {
+    final img = _img;
+    if (img == null) return;
+    setState(() => _busy = true);
+    final rec = ui.PictureRecorder();
+    final canvas = Canvas(rec);
+    canvas.scale(_out / _view);
+    CropPainter(img, _scale, _pan).paint(canvas, const Size(_view, _view));
+    final out = await rec.endRecording().toImage(_out, _out);
+    final png = await out.toByteData(format: ui.ImageByteFormat.png);
+    out.dispose();
+    if (!mounted || png == null) return;
+    await widget.onUse(png.buffer.asUint8List());
+    if (mounted) Navigator.of(context).maybePop();
+  }
+
+  Widget _preview(double size) => ClipOval(
+        child: SizedBox(
+          width: size,
+          height: size,
+          child: CustomPaint(painter: CropPainter(_img!, _scale * size / _view, _pan * (size / _view))),
+        ),
+      );
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
+    final img = _img;
+    const caption = TextStyle(fontSize: 11, color: Colors.grey);
+    final editor = img == null
+        ? InkWell(
+            customBorder: const CircleBorder(),
+            onTap: _pick,
+            child: Container(
+              width: _view,
+              height: _view,
+              decoration: BoxDecoration(shape: BoxShape.circle, color: scheme.surfaceContainerHighest),
+              child: Column(
+                mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
+                children: [
+                  Icon(Icons.add_photo_alternate_outlined, size: 48, color: scheme.onSurfaceVariant),
+                  const SizedBox(height: 8),
+                  Text(_error ?? 'Choose a picture', style: TextStyle(color: scheme.onSurfaceVariant)),
+                ],
+              ),
+            ),
+          )
+        : Listener(
+            onPointerSignal: (e) {
+              if (e is PointerScrollEvent) _setZoom(_zoom * (e.scrollDelta.dy > 0 ? 0.93 : 1.07));
+            },
+            child: GestureDetector(
+              onPanUpdate: (d) => setState(() => _pan = _clamp(_pan + d.delta)),
+              child: MouseRegion(
+                cursor: SystemMouseCursors.move,
+                // The dimmed surroundings stay inside this rounded square.
+                child: ClipRRect(
+                  borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(18),
+                  child: SizedBox(
+                    width: _view,
+                    height: _view,
+                    child: Stack(
+                      children: [
+                        // The whole image, dimmed outside the circle.
+                        Positioned.fill(
+                          child: Opacity(
+                            opacity: 0.3,
+                            child: CustomPaint(painter: CropPainter(img, _scale, _pan, clipToView: false)),
+                          ),
+                        ),
+                        ClipOval(
+                          child: CustomPaint(size: const Size(_view, _view), painter: CropPainter(img, _scale, _pan)),
+                        ),
+                        IgnorePointer(
+                          child: Container(
+                            decoration: BoxDecoration(
+                              shape: BoxShape.circle,
+                              border: Border.all(color: scheme.primary, width: 2),
+                            ),
+                          ),
+                        ),
+                      ],
+                    ),
+                  ),
+                ),
+              ),
+            ),
+          );
+    return Material(
+      elevation: 16,
+      borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(18),
+      child: SizedBox(
+        width: 560,
+        child: Padding(
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.all(20),
+          child: Column(
+            mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+            children: [
+              Text('Your picture', style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.titleMedium),
+              const SizedBox(height: 4),
+              Text(
+                img == null ? 'PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF or BMP' : 'Drag to move · scroll to zoom',
+                style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.grey, fontSize: 12),
+              ),
+              const SizedBox(height: 16),
+              Row(
+                mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
+                crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.end,
+                children: [
+                  editor,
+                  if (img != null) ...[
+                    const SizedBox(width: 24),
+                    Column(
+                      children: [
+                        _preview(88),
+                        const SizedBox(height: 4),
+                        const Text('profile', style: caption),
+                        const SizedBox(height: 14),
+                        _preview(42),
+                        const SizedBox(height: 4),
+                        const Text('party', style: caption),
+                        const SizedBox(height: 14),
+                        _preview(24),
+                        const SizedBox(height: 4),
+                        const Text('chat', style: caption),
+                      ],
+                    ),
+                  ],
+                ],
+              ),
+              if (img != null)
+                Row(
+                  children: [
+                    const Icon(Icons.zoom_out, size: 18),
+                    Expanded(child: Slider(value: _zoom, min: 1, max: 6, onChanged: _setZoom)),
+                    const Icon(Icons.zoom_in, size: 18),
+                  ],
+                )
+              else
+                const SizedBox(height: 16),
+              Row(
+                children: [
+                  TextButton.icon(
+                    onPressed: _pick,
+                    icon: const Icon(Icons.folder_open, size: 18),
+                    label: Text(img == null ? 'Choose…' : 'Other file…'),
+                  ),
+                  const Spacer(),
+                  TextButton(onPressed: () => Navigator.of(context).maybePop(), child: const Text('Cancel')),
+                  const SizedBox(width: 8),
+                  FilledButton(onPressed: img == null || _busy ? null : _use, child: const Text('Use this')),
+                ],
+              ),
+            ],
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// Draws [img] scaled by [scale], centred in the box and moved by [pan].
+class CropPainter extends CustomPainter {
+  final ui.Image img;
+  final double scale;
+  final Offset pan;
+  final bool clipToView;
+  CropPainter(this.img, this.scale, this.pan, {this.clipToView = true});
+
+  @override
+  void paint(Canvas canvas, Size size) {
+    if (clipToView) canvas.clipRect(Offset.zero & size);
+    final w = img.width * scale, h = img.height * scale;
+    final dst = Rect.fromLTWH((size.width - w) / 2 + pan.dx, (size.height - h) / 2 + pan.dy, w, h);
+    canvas.drawImageRect(
+      img,
+      Rect.fromLTWH(0, 0, img.width.toDouble(), img.height.toDouble()),
+      dst,
+      Paint()..filterQuality = FilterQuality.high,
+    );
+  }
+
+  @override
+  bool shouldRepaint(CropPainter old) => old.img != img || old.scale != scale || old.pan != pan;
+}

apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/settings_tab.dart

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+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
+
+import '../jellyfin/accounts.dart';
+import '../jellyfin/accounts_panel.dart';
+import '../screens/home/about_page.dart';
+import '../screens/home/settings_page.dart';
+import '../update/update_controller.dart';
+import 'avatar.dart';
+import 'motion.dart';
+
+/// The Settings tab's pages, in nav order.
+enum SettingsSection {
+  profile(Icons.person_outline, 'Profile'),
+  player(Icons.play_circle_outline, 'Player'),
+  integrations(Icons.extension_outlined, 'Jellyfin & integrations'),
+  updates(Icons.system_update_alt, 'Updates'),
+  shortcuts(Icons.keyboard_outlined, 'Keyboard shortcuts'),
+  about(Icons.info_outline, 'About');
+
+  final IconData icon;
+  final String label;
+  const SettingsSection(this.icon, this.label);
+}
+
+/// App-wide settings under a left nav (chips on top when narrow). The
+/// pages hold the existing settings panels; the shell owns [section] so
+/// the profile card can open a page.
+class SettingsTab extends StatelessWidget {
+  final SettingsSection section;
+  final ValueChanged<SettingsSection> onSection;
+  final VoidCallback? onEditProfile;
+  final UpdateController? updates;
+  /// Defaults to [JellyfinAccounts.instance].
+  final JellyfinAccounts? jellyfin;
+  const SettingsTab({
+    super.key,
+    required this.section,
+    required this.onSection,
+    this.onEditProfile,
+    this.updates,
+    this.jellyfin,
+  });
+
+  List<Widget> _page(BuildContext context) {
+    switch (section) {
+      case SettingsSection.profile:
+        return [
+          SettingsPanel(
+            title: 'You',
+            child: SignalBuilder(
+              builder: (context) {
+                final me = selfAvatarInfo();
+                return ListTile(
+                  contentPadding: EdgeInsets.zero,
+                  leading: StatusAvatar(info: me, size: 48, badges: false, ring: false),
+                  title: Text(me.name == '?' ? 'No name yet' : me.name),
+                  subtitle: const Text('Name, picture and colour: click your avatar in the top left'),
+                  trailing: onEditProfile == null
+                      ? null
+                      : TextButton(onPressed: onEditProfile, child: const Text('Edit')),
+                );
+              },
+            ),
+          ),
+        ];
+      case SettingsSection.player:
+        return const [
+          SettingsPanel(
+            title: 'Player',
+            child: Column(
+              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+              children: [HwdecSetting(), SizedBox(height: 12), MpvControlsSetting()],
+            ),
+          ),
+          SettingsPanel(title: 'Video quality & shaders', child: ShaderSettings()),
+        ];
+      case SettingsSection.integrations:
+        return [
+          Padding(
+            padding: const EdgeInsets.only(bottom: 16),
+            child: JellyfinAccountsPanel(accounts: jellyfin ?? JellyfinAccounts.instance),
+          ),
+          const SettingsPanel(title: 'Jellyfin playback', child: AutoAdvanceSetting()),
+        ];
+      case SettingsSection.updates:
+        return [SettingsPanel(title: 'Updates', child: UpdateSettings(controller: updates))];
+      case SettingsSection.shortcuts:
+        return const [SettingsPanel(title: 'Keyboard shortcuts', child: ShortcutList())];
+      case SettingsSection.about:
+        return [AboutPanel(updates: updates)];
+    }
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return LayoutBuilder(
+      builder: (context, box) {
+        final narrow = box.maxWidth < 760;
+        final nav = narrow
+            ? SizedBox(
+                height: 52,
+                child: HScroll(
+                  builder: (c) => ListView(
+                    controller: c,
+                    scrollDirection: Axis.horizontal,
+                    padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 8, 20, 4),
+                    children: [
+                      for (final s in SettingsSection.values)
+                        Padding(
+                          padding: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 8),
+                          child: ChoiceChip(
+                            key: ValueKey('settings-${s.name}'),
+                            label: Text(s.label),
+                            selected: section == s,
+                            onSelected: (_) => onSection(s),
+                          ),
+                        ),
+                    ],
+                  ),
+                ),
+              )
+            : SizedBox(
+                width: 250,
+                child: ListView(
+                  padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16, 20, 8, 20),
+                  children: [
+                    for (final s in SettingsSection.values)
+                      ListTile(
+                        key: ValueKey('settings-${s.name}'),
+                        selected: section == s,
+                        shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(12)),
+                        leading: Icon(s.icon, size: 20),
+                        title: Text(s.label),
+                        onTap: () => onSection(s),
+                      ),
+                  ],
+                ),
+              );
+        final page = fadeThrough(
+          KeyedSubtree(
+            key: ValueKey(section),
+            child: ListView(
+              padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 20, 24, 24),
+              children: [
+                Align(
+                  alignment: Alignment.topLeft,
+                  child: ConstrainedBox(
+                    constraints: const BoxConstraints(maxWidth: 760),
+                    child: Column(
+                      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+                      children: [
+                        Text(section.label, style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.headlineSmall),
+                        const SizedBox(height: 14),
+                        ..._page(context),
+                      ],
+                    ),
+                  ),
+                ),
+              ],
+            ),
+          ),
+        );
+        return narrow
+            ? Column(children: [nav, Expanded(child: page)])
+            : Row(children: [nav, Expanded(child: page)]);
+      },
+    );
+  }
+}

apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/toasts.dart

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+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:signals/signals_flutter.dart';
+import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart' show MemberView;
+
+import '../session/session_coordinator.dart' show ToastItem;
+import '../state/session_state.dart';
+import 'avatar.dart';
+import 'motion.dart';
+
+/// One toast on screen: who (null = the app itself), what, and whether it
+/// is on its way out.
+class ShellToast {
+  final int id;
+  final AvatarInfo? who;
+  final IconData? icon;
+  final String text;
+  final bool chat;
+  bool leaving = false;
+  ShellToast({required this.id, required this.text, this.who, this.icon, this.chat = false});
+}
+
+/// Splits a coordinator toast into who and what: feed toasts start with
+/// the actor's name ("Bob joined", "Bob: hi"); anything else is the app's.
+ShellToast shellToastFor(ToastItem t, Iterable<String> names, AvatarInfo Function(String name) avatar) {
+  final sorted = names.where((n) => n.isNotEmpty).toSet().toList()..sort((a, b) => b.length - a.length);
+  for (final n in sorted) {
+    if (t.text.startsWith('$n: ')) {
+      return ShellToast(id: t.id, who: avatar(n), text: t.text.substring(n.length + 2), chat: true);
+    }
+    if (t.text.startsWith('$n ')) {
+      final rest = t.text.substring(n.length + 1);
+      final icon = rest.startsWith('joined')
+          ? Icons.login
+          : rest.startsWith('left')
+              ? Icons.logout
+              : rest.startsWith('kicked')
+                  ? Icons.gavel
+                  : rest.startsWith('changed')
+                      ? Icons.swap_horiz
+                      : Icons.info_outline;
+      return ShellToast(id: t.id, who: avatar(n), text: rest, icon: icon);
+    }
+  }
+  return ShellToast(id: t.id, text: t.text, icon: Icons.info_outline);
+}
+
+/// The coordinator's toasts as cards with avatars, bottom-left: each
+/// slides in, stays [life], then slides out and collapses its gap.
+class PartyToasts extends StatefulWidget {
+  final Duration life;
+  const PartyToasts({super.key, this.life = const Duration(seconds: 5)});
+
+  @override
+  State<PartyToasts> createState() => _PartyToastsState();
+}
+
+class _PartyToastsState extends State<PartyToasts> {
+  final _shown = <ShellToast>[];
+  final _timers = <Timer>[];
+  Set<int> _seen = {};
+  late final void Function() _stop;
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    final coord = SessionState.instance.coordinator;
+    // What was there before this mounted is old news.
+    _seen = {for (final t in coord.toasts.peek()) t.id};
+    _stop = effect(() {
+      final items = coord.toasts.value;
+      final fresh = [for (final t in items) if (!_seen.contains(t.id)) t];
+      _seen = {for (final t in items) t.id};
+      if (fresh.isEmpty) return;
+      // Only new toasts re-run this, not the party they mention.
+      untracked(() {
+        final r = coord.serverState.value;
+        final names = [
+          for (final m in r?.members ?? const <MemberView>[]) m.name,
+          for (final f in coord.feedLog.value) f.actor,
+        ];
+        for (final t in fresh) {
+          _add(shellToastFor(t, names, (n) => avatarForName(n, coord)));
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  void _add(ShellToast t) {
+    // Not from inside the effect's build-time notification.
+    scheduleMicrotask(() {
+      if (!mounted) return;
+      setState(() => _shown.add(t));
+      _timers.add(Timer(widget.life, () {
+        if (mounted) setState(() => t.leaving = true);
+      }));
+      _timers.add(Timer(widget.life + easeTime, () {
+        if (mounted) setState(() => _shown.remove(t));
+      }));
+    });
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _stop();
+    for (final t in _timers) {
+      t.cancel();
+    }
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) => IgnorePointer(child: ToastColumn(toasts: _shown.reversed.take(6).toList().reversed.toList()));
+}
+
+class ToastColumn extends StatelessWidget {
+  final List<ShellToast> toasts;
+  const ToastColumn({super.key, required this.toasts});
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return Column(
+      mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+      children: [
+        for (final t in toasts)
+          TweenAnimationBuilder<double>(
+            key: ValueKey(t.id),
+            tween: Tween(begin: 0, end: 1),
+            duration: easeTime,
+            curve: ease,
+            builder: (context, v, child) => Opacity(
+              opacity: v,
+              child: Transform.translate(offset: Offset(-24 * (1 - v), 0), child: child),
+            ),
+            // Leaving: slide back out, fade, and collapse the gap it leaves.
+            child: AnimatedAlign(
+              duration: easeTime,
+              curve: ease,
+              alignment: Alignment.topLeft,
+              heightFactor: t.leaving ? 0 : 1,
+              child: AnimatedSlide(
+                duration: easeTime,
+                curve: ease,
+                offset: t.leaving ? const Offset(-0.25, 0) : Offset.zero,
+                child: AnimatedOpacity(
+                  duration: easeTime,
+                  curve: ease,
+                  opacity: t.leaving ? 0 : 1,
+                  child: Padding(padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 8), child: ToastCard(toast: t)),
+                ),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+      ],
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+class ToastCard extends StatelessWidget {
+  final ShellToast toast;
+  const ToastCard({super.key, required this.toast});
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
+    final who = toast.who;
+    return Material(
+      elevation: 8,
+      color: scheme.surfaceContainerHigh.withValues(alpha: 0.95),
+      borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(14),
+      child: ConstrainedBox(
+        constraints: const BoxConstraints(maxWidth: 380),
+        child: Padding(
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(10, 10, 16, 10),
+          child: Row(
+            mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+            crossAxisAlignment: who == null ? CrossAxisAlignment.center : CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+            children: [
+              if (who != null)
+                StatusAvatar(info: who, size: 38, badges: false)
+              else
+                CircleAvatar(
+                  radius: 19,
+                  backgroundColor: scheme.primary.withValues(alpha: 0.15),
+                  child: Icon(toast.icon ?? Icons.info_outline, size: 18, color: scheme.primary),
+                ),
+              const SizedBox(width: 12),
+              Flexible(
+                child: Column(
+                  crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+                  children: [
+                    if (who != null) ...[
+                      Row(
+                        mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+                        children: [
+                          Flexible(
+                            child: Text(who.name,
+                                maxLines: 1,
+                                overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
+                                style: const TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.w700, fontSize: 15)),
+                          ),
+                          if (toast.icon != null) ...[
+                            const SizedBox(width: 6),
+                            Icon(toast.icon, size: 16, color: scheme.primary),
+                          ],
+                        ],
+                      ),
+                      const SizedBox(height: 2),
+                    ],
+                    Text(
+                      toast.text,
+                      style: TextStyle(
+                        fontSize: toast.chat ? 15 : 14,
+                        color: toast.chat || who == null ? scheme.onSurface : scheme.onSurfaceVariant,
+                      ),
+                    ),
+                  ],
+                ),
+              ),
+            ],
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}

apps/desktop/lib/src/sync/avatar_cache.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:io';
+import 'dart:typed_data';
+
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+
+import 'sync_client.dart';
+
+/// Member pictures by content hash (`state.members[].avatarHash`), fetched
+/// once from `/a/<sid>/<token>/<hash>` on the host the client dialled and
+/// kept in memory. A hash names fixed bytes, so entries never go stale;
+/// listeners are notified when one arrives.
+class AvatarCache extends ChangeNotifier {
+  final SyncClient sync;
+  /// Fetches one picture; null on any failure. Injectable for tests.
+  final Future<Uint8List?> Function(Uri url) _fetch;
+  final Map<String, Uint8List> _bytes = {};
+  final Set<String> _inFlight = {};
+  final Map<String, DateTime> _failedAt = {};
+  StreamSubscription? _sub;
+  bool _disposed = false;
+
+  static const _retryAfter = Duration(seconds: 10);
+  /// Above this many pictures, ones nobody in the latest state uses go.
+  static const _keep = 32;
+
+  AvatarCache(this.sync, {Future<Uint8List?> Function(Uri url)? fetch})
+      : _fetch = fetch ?? _httpGet {
+    _sub = sync.states.listen((s) {
+      final live = {for (final m in s.members) if (m.avatarHash.isNotEmpty) m.avatarHash};
+      if (_bytes.length > _keep) _bytes.removeWhere((h, _) => !live.contains(h));
+      live.forEach(_want);
+    });
+  }
+
+  /// The picture for [hash], or null (none, or not here yet: it is fetched
+  /// and listeners hear when it lands).
+  Uint8List? bytesFor(String hash) {
+    if (hash.isEmpty) return null;
+    final hit = _bytes[hash];
+    if (hit == null) _want(hash);
+    return hit;
+  }
+
+  void _want(String hash) {
+    if (_bytes.containsKey(hash) || _inFlight.contains(hash)) return;
+    final failed = _failedAt[hash];
+    if (failed != null && DateTime.now().difference(failed) < _retryAfter) return;
+    final ws = sync.wsUri;
+    final token = sync.token;
+    if (ws == null || token.isEmpty) return;
+    final url = Uri(
+        scheme: ws.scheme == 'wss' ? 'https' : 'http',
+        host: ws.host,
+        port: ws.port,
+        pathSegments: ['a', 'default', token, hash]);
+    _inFlight.add(hash);
+    unawaited(_fetch(url).then((bytes) {
+      _inFlight.remove(hash);
+      if (_disposed) return;
+      if (bytes == null || bytes.isEmpty) {
+        _failedAt[hash] = DateTime.now();
+        return;
+      }
+      _failedAt.remove(hash);
+      _bytes[hash] = bytes;
+      notifyListeners();
+    }));
+  }
+
+  static Future<Uint8List?> _httpGet(Uri url) async {
+    final client = HttpClient()..connectionTimeout = const Duration(seconds: 10);
+    try {
+      final resp = await (await client.getUrl(url)).close().timeout(const Duration(seconds: 15));
+      if (resp.statusCode != 200) {
+        await resp.drain<void>();
+        return null;
+      }
+      final builder = BytesBuilder(copy: false);
+      await for (final chunk in resp.timeout(const Duration(seconds: 15))) {
+        builder.add(chunk);
+      }
+      return builder.takeBytes();
+    } catch (_) {
+      return null;
+    } finally {
+      client.close(force: true);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _disposed = true;
+    unawaited(_sub?.cancel());
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+}

apps/desktop/lib/src/sync/sync_client.dart

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class SyncClient {
   Stream<String> get errors => _errors.stream;
   Stream<SyncStatus> get status => _status.stream;
 
+  /// The `/sync` URL last dialled; its host serves `/a/...` and the media.
+  Uri? wsUri;
   String token = '';
   String memberId = '';
   String? mediaUrl;
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ class SyncClient {
   }) async {
     await disconnect();
     clockSync.reset();
+    this.wsUri = wsUri;
     _status.add(SyncStatus.connecting);
     final ch = WebSocketChannel.connect(wsUri);
     unawaited(ch.ready.then((_) {}, onError: (_) {}));
@@ -240,6 +243,13 @@ class SyncClient {
     _send(ChatMessage(text: clean).toJson());
   }
 
+  /// Mid-session name/picture change; null leaves it, an empty [avatar]
+  /// (base64 PNG) removes the picture.
+  void sendProfile({String? name, String? avatar}) {
+    if (name == null && avatar == null) return;
+    _send(ProfileIntent(name: name, avatar: avatar).toJson());
+  }
+
   void sendKick(String target, {String reason = ''}) {
     _send(KickRequest(target: target, reason: reason).toJson());
   }

apps/desktop/lib/src/widgets/avatar_pipeline.dart

@@ -5,23 +5,30 @@ import 'dart:typed_data';
 import 'package:image/image.dart' as img;
 import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
 
+/// An image file shrunk to 128 px as base64 PNG ('' for an empty path).
+/// Throws [FormatException] with a user-facing message.
 Future<String> encodeAvatar(String path) async {
   final trimmed = path.trim();
   if (trimmed.isEmpty) return '';
   final file = File(trimmed);
   if (!await file.exists()) {
-    throw const FormatException('avatar file not found — check the path or pick again with Browse');
+    throw const FormatException('avatar file not found — pick it again');
   }
   late final List<int> raw;
   try {
     raw = await file.readAsBytes();
   } catch (_) {
-    throw const FormatException('could not read that avatar file — pick it again with Browse');
+    throw const FormatException('could not read that avatar file — pick it again');
   }
   if (raw.isEmpty) {
     throw const FormatException('that avatar file is empty — pick a PNG, JPG or WebP photo');
   }
-  final decoded = img.decodeImage(Uint8List.fromList(raw));
+  return encodeAvatarBytes(Uint8List.fromList(raw));
+}
+
+/// Any image's bytes shrunk to 128 px as base64 PNG.
+String encodeAvatarBytes(Uint8List raw) {
+  final decoded = img.decodeImage(raw);
   if (decoded == null) {
     throw const FormatException('could not read that image — pick a PNG, JPG or WebP photo');
   }
@@ -33,10 +40,16 @@ Future<String> encodeAvatar(String path) async {
     backgroundColor: img.PixelUndefined(),
     interpolation: img.Interpolation.cubic,
   );
-  final png = img.encodePng(resized);
-  final b64 = base64Encode(png);
+  final b64 = base64Encode(img.encodePng(resized));
   if (b64.length > RelayConstants.maxAvatarBytes) {
     throw const FormatException('that photo is still too large after shrinking — pick a smaller one');
   }
   return b64;
 }
+
+/// The profile's cropped PNG as sent to the server: as is when it fits
+/// the cap, else shrunk like [encodeAvatarBytes].
+String avatarWireBase64(Uint8List png) {
+  final b64 = base64Encode(png);
+  return b64.length <= RelayConstants.maxAvatarBytes ? b64 : encodeAvatarBytes(png);
+}

apps/desktop/lib/src/widgets/member_avatar.dart

@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-import 'dart:convert';
-
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
-
-class MemberAvatar extends StatelessWidget {
-  final String avatarBase64;
-  final String name;
-  final double size;
-
-  static final Map<String, MemoryImage> _images = {};
-
-  const MemberAvatar({super.key, required this.avatarBase64, required this.name, this.size = 40});
-
-  static MemoryImage? _providerFor(String raw) {
-    if (raw.isEmpty) return null;
-    var hit = _images[raw];
-    if (hit != null) return hit;
-    try {
-      hit = MemoryImage(base64Decode(raw));
-    } catch (_) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    if (_images.length > 64) _images.clear();
-    _images[raw] = hit;
-    return hit;
-  }
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final image = _providerFor(avatarBase64);
-    final decoration = BoxDecoration(shape: BoxShape.circle);
-    if (image != null) {
-      return Container(
-        decoration: decoration,
-        child: ClipOval(
-          child: Image(
-            image: image,
-            width: size,
-            height: size,
-            fit: BoxFit.cover,
-            gaplessPlayback: true,
-            errorBuilder: (_, __, ___) => _fallback(),
-          ),
-        ),
-      );
-    }
-    return Container(decoration: decoration, child: _fallback());
-  }
-
-  Widget _fallback() => CircleAvatar(
-    radius: size / 2,
-    backgroundColor: Colors.grey.shade800,
-    child: Text(
-      name.isEmpty ? '?' : name[0].toUpperCase(),
-      style: TextStyle(fontSize: size * 0.4, color: Colors.white),
-    ),
-  );
-}

apps/desktop/lib/src/widgets/shown_frame_probe.dart

@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import '../playback/frame_watchdog.dart';
 
 /// Fingerprints what the compositor really shows of the video. Place
-/// [anchor] in the video controls (built in the window and again in the
-/// fullscreen route); [sample] captures the route around the newest
-/// mounted anchor at ~200 px wide — the texture included — and hashes its
-/// centre. This is the only per-presented-frame signal: mpv's own
+/// [anchor] under a `RepaintBoundary` around the video (the session player
+/// does); [sample] captures that boundary around the newest mounted anchor
+/// at ~200 px wide — the texture included — and hashes its centre. This is the only per-presented-frame signal: mpv's own
 /// counters keep ticking when the Flutter texture is stuck.
 class ShownFrameProbe {
   final _anchors = <_AnchorState>[];

apps/desktop/lib/src/widgets/window_chrome_bar.dart

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
-import 'package:window_manager/window_manager.dart';
-
-import 'window_buttons.dart';
-
-class WindowChromeBar extends StatelessWidget {
-  final String title;
-  final Widget? leading;
-  const WindowChromeBar({super.key, required this.title, this.leading});
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    return DragToMoveArea(
-      child: Container(
-        height: 36,
-        color: Theme.of(context).scaffoldBackgroundColor,
-        child: Row(
-          children: [
-            if (leading != null) leading!,
-            Padding(
-              padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 12),
-              child: Text(
-                title,
-                style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.titleSmall?.copyWith(
-                      fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
-                    ),
-                maxLines: 1,
-                overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
-              ),
-            ),
-            const Spacer(),
-            const WindowButtons(),
-          ],
-        ),
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-}

apps/desktop/lib/src/widgets/window_drag_layer.dart

@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart';
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
-import 'package:window_manager/window_manager.dart';
-
-typedef ExclusionZone = Rect Function(Size);
-
-class WindowDragLayer extends StatefulWidget {
-  final bool enabled;
-  final List<ExclusionZone> exclusions;
-  const WindowDragLayer({
-    super.key,
-    this.enabled = true,
-    this.exclusions = const [],
-  });
-
-  @override
-  State<WindowDragLayer> createState() => _WindowDragLayerState();
-}
-
-class _WindowDragLayerState extends State<WindowDragLayer> {
-  int? _armedPointer;
-  Offset? _downPos;
-  bool _dragging = false;
-
-  void _onDown(PointerDownEvent e) {
-    if (!widget.enabled) return;
-    _armedPointer = e.pointer;
-    _downPos = e.position;
-    _dragging = false;
-  }
-
-  void _onMove(PointerMoveEvent e) {
-    if (e.pointer != _armedPointer || _dragging) return;
-    final down = _downPos;
-    if (down == null) return;
-    if ((e.position - down).distance < kTouchSlop) return;
-    final size = context.size;
-    if (size != null) {
-      for (final zone in widget.exclusions) {
-        if (zone(size).contains(down)) {
-          _armedPointer = null;
-          return;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    _dragging = true;
-    windowManager.startDragging();
-  }
-
-  void _onEnd(PointerEvent e) {
-    if (e.pointer == _armedPointer) {
-      _armedPointer = null;
-      _dragging = false;
-    }
-  }
-
-  @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    return Listener(
-      behavior: HitTestBehavior.translucent,
-      onPointerDown: _onDown,
-      onPointerMove: _onMove,
-      onPointerUp: _onEnd,
-      onPointerCancel: _onEnd,
-      child: const SizedBox.expand(),
-    );
-  }
-}

apps/desktop/test/avatar_cache_test.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:convert';
+import 'dart:typed_data';
+
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
+import 'package:sync_relay_server/server.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/sync/avatar_cache.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/sync/sync_client.dart';
+
+Future<void> _poll(FutureOr<bool> Function() cond, String what) async {
+  final deadline = DateTime.now().add(const Duration(seconds: 10));
+  while (DateTime.now().isBefore(deadline)) {
+    if (await cond()) return;
+    await Future.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 50));
+  }
+  fail('timed out waiting for $what');
+}
+
+void main() {
+  test('pictures arrive by hash over /a/; profile renames and swaps them', () async {
+    final server = SyncServer(const AppConfig(port: 0, secret: 's', name: 'avatars'));
+    await server.start();
+    final client = SyncClient();
+    final cache = AvatarCache(client);
+    var notified = 0;
+    cache.addListener(() => notified++);
+    final first = Uint8List.fromList([0x89, 0x50, 0x4E, 0x47, ...List<int>.generate(196, (i) => i % 256)]);
+    final second = Uint8List.fromList([0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF, ...List<int>.generate(197, (i) => 255 - i % 256)]);
+    try {
+      await client.connect(
+        wsUri: Uri.parse('ws://127.0.0.1:${server.boundPort}/sync'),
+        secret: 's',
+        name: 'alice',
+        avatar: base64Encode(first),
+      );
+      final hash = avatarHashOf(first);
+      expect(client.lastState!.members.single.avatarHash, hash);
+      await _poll(() => cache.bytesFor(hash) != null, 'first picture');
+      expect(cache.bytesFor(hash), first);
+      expect(notified, 1);
+
+      client.sendProfile(name: 'bob', avatar: base64Encode(second));
+      await _poll(() => client.lastState?.members.single.name == 'bob', 'rename');
+      final next = client.lastState!.members.single.avatarHash;
+      expect(next, avatarHashOf(second));
+      await _poll(() => cache.bytesFor(next) != null, 'second picture');
+      expect(cache.bytesFor(hash), first, reason: 'earlier pictures stay cached');
+
+      client.sendProfile(avatar: '');
+      await _poll(() => client.lastState?.members.single.avatarHash == '', 'picture removed');
+      expect(cache.bytesFor(''), isNull);
+    } finally {
+      cache.dispose();
+      await client.dispose();
+      await server.stop();
+    }
+  });
+}

apps/desktop/test/home_test.dart

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import 'dart:convert';
 
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/schedule/ui/schedule_page.dart';
 import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/home/health_probe.dart';
-import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/home/home_screen.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/home/media_picker.dart';
-import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/home/ui.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/shell/app_shell.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/state/session_state.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/state/settings.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/update/update_controller.dart';
@@ -107,64 +107,87 @@ void main() {
     addTearDown(tester.view.reset);
     await tester.pumpWidget(MaterialApp(
       theme: ThemeData.dark(),
-      home: Scaffold(
-        body: HomeShell(
+      home: AppShell(
         updates: UpdateController(currentVersion: '0.0.0-dev'),
         autoUpdateCheck: false,
+        windowControls: false,
         healthGet: health ?? fakeHealth(const {}),
       ),
-      ),
     ));
     await tester.pump();
   }
 
-  setUp(() => SessionState.instance.recents.value = const []);
-
-  testWidgets('tabs and page buttons switch the body', (tester) async {
-    await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 900));
-    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('join-row')), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('host-picker')), findsNothing);
-    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('tab-host')));
+  Future<void> openCard(WidgetTester tester, String key) async {
+    await tester.tap(find.byKey(ValueKey(key)));
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();
-    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('host-picker')), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('join-row')), findsNothing);
-    expect(find.text('No password — anyone can join'), findsOneWidget);
-    await tester.tap(find.byTooltip('Settings'));
+  }
+
+  setUp(() {
+    SessionState.instance.recents.value = const [];
+    SessionState.instance.route.value = AppRoute.home;
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('tabs and settings pages switch the body', (tester) async {
+    await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 900));
+    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('swap-panel')), findsOneWidget);
+    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('tab-schedule')));
+    // The schedule shows a spinner while it loads: pump frames, not settle.
+    for (var i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+      await tester.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 16));
+    }
+    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('swap-panel')), findsNothing);
+    expect(find.byType(SchedulePage), findsOneWidget);
+    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('tab-settings')));
+    for (var i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+      await tester.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 16));
+    }
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(find.text('Name, picture and colour: click your avatar in the top left'), findsOneWidget);
+    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('settings-player')));
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();
     expect(find.text('Hardware decoding'), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(find.text('Check automatically on start'), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(find.text('Toggle ready'), findsOneWidget);
-    await tester.tap(find.byTooltip('Integrations'));
+    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('settings-updates')));
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();
-    expect(find.text('Jellyfin'), findsOneWidget);
-    await tester.tap(find.byTooltip('About'));
+    expect(find.text('Check automatically on start'), findsOneWidget);
+    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('settings-shortcuts')));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(find.text('Toggle ready'), findsOneWidget);
+    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('settings-integrations')));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(find.text('Play the next episode automatically'), findsOneWidget);
+    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('settings-about')));
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();
     expect(find.text('Dev build — update checks are off'), findsOneWidget);
-    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('tab-join')));
+    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('tab-library')));
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();
-    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('join-row')), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('swap-panel')), findsOneWidget);
     expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
   });
 
-  testWidgets('Enter in the join row submits; errors show under it', (tester) async {
+  testWidgets('Enter in the join card submits; errors show under it', (tester) async {
     SessionState.instance.lastForm.name = '';
     await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 720));
+    await openCard(tester, 'strip-join');
     await tester.enterText(find.byKey(const ValueKey('join-address')), 'friend.example');
     await tester.testTextInput.receiveAction(TextInputAction.done);
-    await tester.pump();
-    await tester.pump();
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
     expect(find.textContaining('display name', findRichText: true), findsOneWidget);
     // The button submits too, and typing in the address clears the error.
     await tester.enterText(find.byKey(const ValueKey('join-address')), 'friend.example2');
     await tester.pump();
     expect(find.textContaining('display name', findRichText: true), findsNothing);
-    await tester.tap(find.widgetWithText(FilledButton, 'Join'));
-    await tester.pump();
-    await tester.pump();
+    await tester.tap(find.widgetWithText(FilledButton, 'Join').last);
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(find.textContaining('display name', findRichText: true), findsOneWidget);
+    // A click outside closes the card; the error is still there on reopen.
+    await tester.tapAt(const Offset(20, 700));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('join-address')), findsNothing);
+    await openCard(tester, 'strip-join');
     expect(find.textContaining('display name', findRichText: true), findsOneWidget);
   });
 
-  testWidgets('recent tiles show live status from /health', (tester) async {
+  testWidgets('recent rows show live status from /health', (tester) async {
     SessionState.instance.recents.value = [
       join('alpha.example', '8080'),
       join('beta.example', '9000', 'pw'),
@@ -181,54 +204,34 @@ void main() {
           },
           'gamma.example': {'ok': true, 'name': '', 'proto': -1, 'viewers': 0},
         }));
-    await tester.pump();
-    Finder inTile(String key, Finder f) =>
+    await openCard(tester, 'strip-join');
+    Finder inRow(String key, Finder f) =>
         find.descendant(of: find.byKey(ValueKey('recent-$key')), matching: f);
-    expect(inTile('alpha.example:8080', find.text('Movie night')), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(inTile('alpha.example:8080', find.text('● online · 3 watching')), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(inTile('alpha.example:8080', find.text('needs update')), findsNothing);
-    expect(inTile('beta.example:9000', find.text('○ offline')), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(inTile('beta.example:9000', find.text('beta.example')), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(inTile('gamma.example:7000', find.text('needs update')), findsOneWidget);
-    // Hosted entries live on the Host tab, not in the join grid.
+    expect(inRow('alpha.example:8080', find.text('Movie night')), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(inRow('alpha.example:8080', find.text('● online · 3 watching')), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(inRow('alpha.example:8080', find.text('needs update')), findsNothing);
+    expect(inRow('beta.example:9000', find.text('○ offline')), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(inRow('beta.example:9000', find.text('beta.example')), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(inRow('gamma.example:7000', find.text('needs update')), findsOneWidget);
+    // Hosted entries live on the Host card, not in the join list.
     expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('recent-host:8181')), findsNothing);
-    // Tiles share a row on a wide window.
-    final a = tester.getRect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('recent-alpha.example:8080')));
-    final b = tester.getRect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('recent-beta.example:9000')));
-    expect(a.top, b.top);
     // x forgets.
-    await tester.tap(inTile('beta.example:9000', find.byTooltip('Forget')));
+    await tester.tap(inRow('beta.example:9000', find.byTooltip('Forget')));
     await tester.pump();
     expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('recent-beta.example:9000')), findsNothing);
     expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
   });
 
-  testWidgets('no recents shows the empty state', (tester) async {
+  testWidgets('no recents: the join card is just the form', (tester) async {
     await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 720));
-    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('recents-empty')), findsOneWidget);
+    await openCard(tester, 'strip-join');
+    expect(find.text('Recent'), findsNothing);
+    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('join-row')), findsOneWidget);
   });
 
-  testWidgets('wide windows: grid fills the width, fields stay compact', (tester) async {
-    SessionState.instance.recents.value = [
-      for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++) join('10.0.0.$i', '8080'),
-    ];
-    await pumpShell(tester, const Size(3440, 1440));
-    final first = tester.getRect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('recent-10.0.0.0:8080')));
-    final last = tester.getRect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('recent-10.0.0.5:8080')));
-    expect(first.top, last.top);
-    expect(tester.getSize(find.byKey(const ValueKey('join-address'))).width, 280);
-    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('tab-host')));
-    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
-    expect(tester.getSize(find.byKey(const ValueKey('host-column'))).width, 340);
-    final file = find.descendant(
-        of: find.byKey(const ValueKey('media-file')), matching: find.byType(TextField));
-    expect(tester.getSize(file).width, lessThanOrEqualTo(kFieldMaxWidth));
-    expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
-  });
-
-  testWidgets('media picker segments switch the input', (tester) async {
+  testWidgets('library: picker segments switch the input; Integrations opens Settings', (tester) async {
     await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 900));
-    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('tab-host')));
+    await tester.tap(find.text('File'));
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();
     expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('media-file')), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.text('Browse'), findsOneWidget);
@@ -236,6 +239,8 @@ void main() {
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();
     expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('media-link')), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.text('Paste'), findsOneWidget);
+    // Offline nothing goes up.
+    expect(find.text('Join or host to watch together'), findsOneWidget);
     await tester.tap(find.text('Jellyfin'));
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();
     // No linked server: sign-in right in the picker.
@@ -246,44 +251,29 @@ void main() {
     expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
   });
 
-  testWidgets('host column sits right when wide, below when narrow', (tester) async {
-    await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 900));
-    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('tab-host')));
-    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
-    var picker = tester.getRect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('host-picker')));
-    var column = tester.getRect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('host-column')));
-    expect(picker.right, lessThan(column.left));
-    expect(picker.top, column.top);
-
-    await pumpShell(tester, const Size(640, 1000));
-    picker = tester.getRect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('host-picker')));
-    column = tester.getRect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('host-column')));
-    expect(picker.bottom, lessThan(column.top));
-    expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
-  });
-
-  testWidgets('host without a name errors in the server column', (tester) async {
+  testWidgets('host without a name errors in the host card', (tester) async {
     SessionState.instance.lastForm.name = '';
+    SessionState.instance.recents.value = [const RecentServer(hosted: true, host: '', port: '8181', secret: 's')];
     await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 900));
-    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('tab-host')));
+    await openCard(tester, 'strip-host');
+    expect(find.text('No password — anyone can join'), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(find.text('You pick what to watch afterwards, in the library.'), findsOneWidget);
+    // A hosted port refills the fields.
+    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('recent-host:8181')));
+    await tester.pump();
+    expect(find.text('No password — anyone can join'), findsNothing);
+    await tester.tap(find.widgetWithText(FilledButton, 'Host').last);
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();
-    await tester.tap(find.widgetWithText(FilledButton, 'Host'));
-    await tester.pump();
-    await tester.pump();
-    expect(
-      find.descendant(
-        of: find.byKey(const ValueKey('host-column')),
-        matching: find.textContaining('display name', findRichText: true),
-      ),
-      findsOneWidget,
-    );
+    expect(find.textContaining('display name', findRichText: true), findsOneWidget);
   });
 
-  testWidgets('narrow window: bar, join row and host tab fit', (tester) async {
+  testWidgets('narrow window: strip, cards and library fit', (tester) async {
     await pumpShell(tester, const Size(480, 800));
+    expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
+    await openCard(tester, 'strip-join');
     expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('join-row')), findsOneWidget);
     expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
-    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('tab-host')));
+    await tester.tapAt(const Offset(5, 790));
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();
     await tester.tap(find.text('Jellyfin'));
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();

apps/desktop/test/jellyfin_accounts_test.dart

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/jellyfin/accounts.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/jellyfin/format.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/jellyfin/sign_in.dart';
-import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/home/host_tab.dart' show mediaSummary;
 import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/home/media_picker.dart';
 
 /// Captured Jellyfin 10.11 answers shared with packages/core's client tests.
@@ -327,9 +326,8 @@ void main() {
       expect(back, m);
       expect(back.runtime, const Duration(minutes: 23));
       expect(back.subtitle, 'Black Summoner · S1E6');
-      expect(mediaSummary(m), 'Playing: Rice and Thieves and Heroes — Black Summoner · S1E6');
-      expect(mediaSummary(const FileMedia('/a/b/movie.mkv')), 'Playing: movie.mkv');
-      expect(mediaSummary(null), 'No media selected (optional).');
+      expect(m.label, 'Rice and Thieves and Heroes — Black Summoner · S1E6');
+      expect(const FileMedia('/a/b/movie.mkv').label, 'movie.mkv');
       expect(JellyfinMedia.fromJson({'serverId': 1}), isNull);
     });
 

apps/desktop/test/jellyfin_browser_test.dart

@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/jellyfin/accounts.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/jellyfin/accounts_panel.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/jellyfin/browser.dart';
-import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/home/connect_flow.dart';
-import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/home/host_tab.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/home/media_picker.dart';
-import 'package:watch_together/src/state/session_state.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/shell/library_tab.dart';
 
 import 'jellyfin_accounts_test.dart'
     show FakeJellyfin, arifuretaId, fixtureServerId, linkedAccounts, season2Id;
@@ -270,7 +268,7 @@ void main() {
     expect(find.byType(JellyfinBrowser), findsOneWidget);
   });
 
-  testWidgets('Host tab: browser beside the server column, enlarged with a host bar, stacked when narrow',
+  testWidgets('Library tab: the last pick comes back; offline it only browses',
       (tester) async {
     await setSize(tester, const Size(1800, 1000));
     final (accounts, _) = await linkedAccounts();
@@ -281,32 +279,41 @@ void main() {
         title: 'Rice and Thieves and Heroes',
         subtitle: 'Black Summoner · S1E6');
     await accounts.rememberPick(pick);
-    final fields = HostFields(ConnectForm(), jellyfin: accounts);
-    final flow = ConnectFlow();
-    addTearDown(() {
-      fields.dispose();
-      flow.dispose();
-    });
-    await tester.pumpWidget(MaterialApp(
-        theme: ThemeData.dark(), home: Scaffold(body: HostTab(flow: flow, fields: fields))));
+    final c = MediaPickerController();
+    addTearDown(c.dispose);
+    await restoreLastPick(c, accounts, () => true);
+    final put = <PickedMedia>[];
+    Future<void> pump({required bool online}) => tester.pumpWidget(MaterialApp(
+        theme: ThemeData.dark(),
+        home: Scaffold(
+          body: LibraryTab(
+            controller: c,
+            accounts: accounts,
+            online: online,
+            isHost: false,
+            onPutUp: (m) async {
+              put.add(m);
+              return null;
+            },
+          ),
+        )));
+    await pump(online: false);
     await settle(tester);
     // The saved pick comes back on the Jellyfin source.
-    expect(fields.media.selection, pick);
+    expect(c.selection, pick);
     expect(find.byType(JellyfinBrowser), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('host-column')), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(find.text('Playing: Rice and Thieves and Heroes — Black Summoner · S1E6'), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(find.text('Join or host to watch together'), findsOneWidget);
+    final go = find.byKey(const ValueKey('swap-go'));
+    expect(tester.widget<ButtonStyleButton>(go).onPressed, isNull);
 
-    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('jf-expand')));
-    await settle(tester, 2);
-    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('host-column')), findsNothing);
-    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('host-bar')), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
-
-    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('jf-expand')));
-    await settle(tester, 2);
+    await pump(online: true);
+    await settle(tester);
+    expect(find.text('Put up: Rice and Thieves and Heroes — Black Summoner · S1E6'), findsOneWidget);
+    await tester.tap(go);
+    await settle(tester);
+    expect(put, [pick]);
     tester.view.physicalSize = const Size(800, 900);
     await settle(tester, 2);
-    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('host-picker')), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.byType(JellyfinBrowser), findsOneWidget);
     expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
   });

apps/desktop/test/jellyfin_session_test.dart

@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ import 'package:watch_together/src/jellyfin/browse_scope.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/jellyfin/progress.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/jellyfin/session_media.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/jellyfin/track_prefs.dart';
-import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/home/host_tab.dart' show hostJellyfinMedia;
 import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/home/media_picker.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/session/jellyfin_widgets.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/session/swap_panel.dart';
-import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/session_screen.dart' show viaHostOf;
 import 'package:watch_together/src/session/session_coordinator.dart' show AutoAdvance;
+import 'package:watch_together/src/shell/library_tab.dart' show putUpJellyfinMedia;
+import 'package:watch_together/src/shell/party_strip.dart' show viaHostOf;
 
 import 'jellyfin_accounts_test.dart';
 import 'jellyfin_browser_test.dart' show app, setSize, settle;
@@ -125,16 +125,16 @@ void main() {
           title: 'Rice and Thieves and Heroes',
           subtitle: 'Black Summoner · S1E6',
           runtime: Duration(minutes: 23));
-      final media = hostJellyfinMedia(accounts, pick);
+      final media = putUpJellyfinMedia(accounts, pick);
       expect(media.url, isNull);
       expect(media.jellyfin!.itemId, episodeId);
       expect(media.jellyfin!.subtitle, 'Black Summoner · S1E6');
       expect(media.jellyfin!.runtimeSecs, 23 * 60);
       expect(jsonEncode(SwapIntent(media: media).toJson()), isNot(contains('TEST_ACCESS_TOKEN')));
-      expect(() => hostJellyfinMedia(accounts, const JellyfinMedia(serverId: 'gone', baseUrl: 'x', itemId: 'i', title: 't')),
+      expect(() => putUpJellyfinMedia(accounts, const JellyfinMedia(serverId: 'gone', baseUrl: 'x', itemId: 'i', title: 't')),
           throwsFormatException);
       accounts.markExpired(fixtureServerId);
-      expect(() => hostJellyfinMedia(accounts, pick), throwsFormatException);
+      expect(() => putUpJellyfinMedia(accounts, pick), throwsFormatException);
     });
 
     test('a pasted Jellyfin link becomes a ref (ServerId from /System/Info/Public, no api_key)',
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ void main() {
           swapped.add(m);
           return null;
         },
-        onClose: () => closed++,
+        onDone: () => closed++,
       )));
       await settle(tester);
       // A guest's file goes through the server's relay.
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ void main() {
       expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('media-jellyfin')), findsOneWidget);
 
       await tester.pumpWidget(app(SwapPanel(
-          controller: c, accounts: accounts, isHost: true, onSwap: (_) async => 'x', onClose: () {})));
+          controller: c, accounts: accounts, isHost: true, onSwap: (_) async => 'x')));
       await settle(tester);
       expect(find.text('File'), findsOneWidget);
       await tester.tap(find.text('File'));
@@ -580,7 +580,6 @@ void main() {
         isHost: false,
         jellyfinStart: BrowseStart.seriesOf(fixtureServerId, ep),
         onSwap: (_) async => null,
-        onClose: () {},
       )));
       await settle(tester, 10);
       expect(tester.widget<ChoiceChip>(find.byKey(const ValueKey('season-$season2Id'))).selected,

apps/desktop/test/shell_test.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,339 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/home/profile.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/shell/app_shell.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/shell/avatar.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/shell/motion.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/shell/party_strip.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/shell/profile_card.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/shell/session_player.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/shell/settings_tab.dart' show SettingsTab;
+import 'package:watch_together/src/shell/toasts.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/session/session_coordinator.dart' show ToastItem;
+import 'package:watch_together/src/state/session_state.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/update/update_controller.dart';
+
+/// Stands in for media_kit's `Video` (which hangs flutter_test) and
+/// counts how often one is created.
+class FakeVideo extends StatefulWidget {
+  static int created = 0;
+  const FakeVideo({super.key});
+
+  @override
+  State<FakeVideo> createState() => _FakeVideoState();
+}
+
+class _FakeVideoState extends State<FakeVideo> {
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    FakeVideo.created++;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) => const ColoredBox(color: Colors.black);
+}
+
+MemberView member(String id, String name, {bool ready = false, bool stale = false}) =>
+    MemberView(id: id, name: name, ready: ready, inSet: ready, buffered: 30, stale: stale);
+
+void main() {
+  final session = SessionState.instance;
+  final coord = session.coordinator;
+
+  void online(List<MemberView> members, {bool media = true}) {
+    coord.serverState.value = StateBroadcast(
+      eventId: 1,
+      transport: 'held',
+      position: 0,
+      serverTime: DateTime.now().toUtc(),
+      mediaId: media ? 1 : 0,
+      media: media ? {'name': 'Movie.mkv', 'size': 1, 'duration': 0} : null,
+      members: members,
+    );
+    session.route.value = AppRoute.session;
+  }
+
+  setUp(() {
+    FakeVideo.created = 0;
+    session.recents.value = const [];
+  });
+
+  tearDown(() {
+    session.route.value = AppRoute.home;
+    coord.serverState.value = null;
+    coord.playback.alive.value = false;
+    coord.toasts.value = [];
+  });
+
+  Future<void> pumpShell(WidgetTester tester, Size size) async {
+    tester.view.physicalSize = size;
+    tester.view.devicePixelRatio = 1;
+    addTearDown(tester.view.reset);
+    await tester.pumpWidget(MaterialApp(
+      theme: ThemeData.dark(),
+      home: AppShell(
+        updates: UpdateController(currentVersion: '0.0.0-dev'),
+        autoUpdateCheck: false,
+        windowControls: false,
+        videoBuilder: (context, controls) => const FakeVideo(),
+      ),
+    ));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+  }
+
+  final party = [
+    member('a', 'Alex', ready: true),
+    member('b', 'Bob'),
+    member('c', 'Cleo', ready: true),
+    member('d', 'Dan'),
+    member('e', 'Eve', stale: true),
+    member('f', 'Finn'),
+  ];
+
+  group('party strip', () {
+    testWidgets('offline: Join and Host, no party', (tester) async {
+      await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 800));
+      expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('strip-join')), findsOneWidget);
+      expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('strip-host')), findsOneWidget);
+      expect(find.text('Offline'), findsOneWidget);
+      expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('party-avatars')), findsNothing);
+      expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('strip-leave')), findsNothing);
+      expect(tester.getSize(find.byType(PartyStrip)).height, partyStripHeight);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('online: avatars, server and readiness, chat, Leave', (tester) async {
+      await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 800));
+      online(party, media: false);
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('strip-join')), findsNothing);
+      expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('strip-leave')), findsOneWidget);
+      expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('strip-chat')), findsOneWidget);
+      expect(find.text('ready 2/6'), findsOneWidget);
+      final stack = find.byKey(const ValueKey('party-avatars'));
+      // Five shown, the sixth as "+1"; ready ones first.
+      expect(find.descendant(of: stack, matching: find.byType(StatusAvatar)), findsNWidgets(5));
+      expect(find.descendant(of: stack, matching: find.text('+1')), findsOneWidget);
+      final alex = tester.getTopLeft(find.descendant(of: stack, matching: find.byTooltip('Alex')));
+      final bob = tester.getTopLeft(find.descendant(of: stack, matching: find.byTooltip('Bob')));
+      expect(alex.dx, lessThan(bob.dx));
+      // Leave asks first.
+      await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('strip-leave')));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.text('Leave server?'), findsOneWidget);
+      await tester.tap(find.text('Cancel'));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(session.route.value, AppRoute.session);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('compact below 1100 px: 3 avatars, no server text', (tester) async {
+      await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1000, 800));
+      online(party, media: false);
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      final stack = find.byKey(const ValueKey('party-avatars'));
+      expect(find.descendant(of: stack, matching: find.byType(StatusAvatar)), findsNWidgets(3));
+      expect(find.descendant(of: stack, matching: find.text('+3')), findsOneWidget);
+      expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('server-label')), findsNothing);
+      expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('tabs: the underline moves to the selected one', (tester) async {
+      await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 800));
+      double underline(String tab) => tester
+          .getSize(find.descendant(of: find.byKey(ValueKey('tab-$tab')), matching: find.byType(AnimatedContainer)))
+          .width;
+      expect(underline('library'), 22);
+      expect(underline('settings'), 0);
+      await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('tab-settings')));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(underline('library'), 0);
+      expect(underline('settings'), 22);
+    });
+  });
+
+  group('popovers', () {
+    testWidgets('members card opens from the avatars and closes outside', (tester) async {
+      await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 800));
+      online(party, media: false);
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('avatar-stack')));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      final card = find.byKey(const ValueKey('members-card'));
+      expect(card, findsOneWidget);
+      for (final m in party) {
+        expect(find.descendant(of: card, matching: find.text(m.name)), findsOneWidget);
+      }
+      expect(find.descendant(of: card, matching: find.text('reconnecting…')), findsOneWidget);
+      // The kick menu asks before kicking.
+      await tester.tap(find.descendant(of: find.byKey(const ValueKey('member-b')), matching: find.byTooltip('More')));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      await tester.tap(find.text('Kick'));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.text('Remove Bob?'), findsOneWidget);
+      await tester.tap(find.text('Cancel'));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      await tester.tapAt(const Offset(40, 700));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(card, findsNothing);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('profile card opens from your avatar; its links open Settings', (tester) async {
+      await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 800));
+      await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('strip-profile')));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.byType(ProfileCard), findsOneWidget);
+      expect(find.text('offline'), findsOneWidget);
+      await tester.tap(find.text('About'));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.byType(ProfileCard), findsNothing);
+      expect(find.text('Dev build — update checks are off'), findsOneWidget);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('showPopover fades and scales in, Esc closes it', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(MaterialApp(
+        home: Builder(
+          builder: (context) => Center(
+            child: TextButton(
+              onPressed: () => showPopover<void>(context, at: Alignment.topRight, child: const Text('card')),
+              child: const Text('open'),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ));
+      await tester.tap(find.text('open'));
+      await tester.pump();
+      await tester.pump(easeTime ~/ 2);
+      final fade = tester.widget<FadeTransition>(
+          find.ancestor(of: find.text('card'), matching: find.byType(FadeTransition)).first);
+      expect(fade.opacity.value, inExclusiveRange(0.0, 1.0));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.text('card'), findsOneWidget);
+      await tester.sendKeyEvent(LogicalKeyboardKey.escape);
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.text('card'), findsNothing);
+    });
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('profile rename goes to the server through the hook', (tester) async {
+    final pushed = <String?>[];
+    final p = Profile.instance;
+    final before = p.push;
+    p.push = ({String? name, String? avatar}) => pushed.add(name);
+    addTearDown(() => p.push = before);
+    session.lastForm.name = 'Old';
+    p.name.value = 'Old';
+    await tester.pumpWidget(MaterialApp(
+      home: Scaffold(body: Center(child: ProfileCard(onOpenSettings: (_) {}))),
+    ));
+    await tester.enterText(find.byKey(const ValueKey('profile-name')), 'Neo');
+    await tester.pump();
+    expect(p.name.value, 'Neo');
+    expect(session.lastForm.name, 'Neo');
+    // Typing settles before it is sent, once.
+    expect(pushed, isEmpty);
+    await tester.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 700));
+    expect(pushed, ['Neo']);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('player: mini and full share one video, never two', (tester) async {
+    coord.playback.alive.value = true;
+    await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 800));
+    online(party);
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    final videos = find.byType(FakeVideo);
+    AppShellState shell() => tester.state<AppShellState>(find.byType(AppShell));
+    // Joined with something up: it opens full.
+    expect(shell().mode, PlayerMode.full);
+    expect(videos, findsOneWidget);
+    expect(tester.getSize(videos), tester.getSize(find.byKey(const ValueKey('body'))));
+
+    Future<void> stepThrough() async {
+      for (var i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+        await tester.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 16));
+        expect(videos, findsOneWidget);
+      }
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(videos, findsOneWidget);
+    }
+
+    // A tab sends it to the mini player.
+    await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('tab-settings')));
+    await stepThrough();
+    expect(shell().mode, PlayerMode.mini);
+    expect(tester.getSize(videos), AppShellState.miniSize);
+    expect(find.byType(SettingsTab), findsOneWidget);
+    // Double-click on the mini: full again.
+    final mini = tester.getCenter(videos);
+    await tester.tapAt(mini);
+    await tester.tapAt(mini);
+    await stepThrough();
+    expect(shell().mode, PlayerMode.full);
+    // F: fullscreen hides the strip; Esc leaves it.
+    await tester.sendKeyEvent(LogicalKeyboardKey.keyF);
+    await stepThrough();
+    expect(shell().fullscreen, isTrue);
+    expect(find.byType(PartyStrip), findsNothing);
+    // Player keys are debounced on the wall clock.
+    await tester.runAsync(() => Future<void>.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 400)));
+    await tester.sendKeyEvent(LogicalKeyboardKey.escape);
+    await stepThrough();
+    expect(shell().fullscreen, isFalse);
+    expect(find.byType(PartyStrip), findsOneWidget);
+    // Never rebuilt from scratch on the way.
+    expect(FakeVideo.created, 1);
+    // Offline: no player at all.
+    session.route.value = AppRoute.home;
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(videos, findsNothing);
+    expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('waiting pill: who is not ready, or you', (tester) async {
+    coord.playback.alive.value = true;
+    await pumpShell(tester, const Size(1280, 800));
+    online([member('a', 'Alex', ready: true), member('b', 'Bob'), member('c', 'Cleo')]);
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(find.text('Waiting for Bob, Cleo'), findsOneWidget);
+  });
+
+  test('toasts: feed toasts carry the actor, the rest are the app\'s', () {
+    AvatarInfo who(String n) => AvatarInfo(name: n, color: Colors.teal);
+    final at = DateTime.now();
+    final names = ['Bob', 'Bob Jr'];
+    final chat = shellToastFor(ToastItem(id: 1, text: 'Bob Jr: hi there', at: at), names, who);
+    expect(chat.who!.name, 'Bob Jr');
+    expect(chat.text, 'hi there');
+    expect(chat.chat, isTrue);
+    final joined = shellToastFor(ToastItem(id: 2, text: 'Bob joined', at: at), names, who);
+    expect(joined.who!.name, 'Bob');
+    expect(joined.text, 'joined');
+    expect(joined.icon, Icons.login);
+    final app = shellToastFor(ToastItem(id: 3, text: 'Video froze — reloaded', at: at), names, who);
+    expect(app.who, isNull);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('toasts slide in with an avatar and leave after their time', (tester) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(const MaterialApp(home: Scaffold(body: PartyToasts(life: Duration(seconds: 1)))));
+    coord.toasts.value = [ToastItem(id: 1, text: 'Video froze — reloaded', at: DateTime.now())];
+    await tester.pump();
+    await tester.pump();
+    expect(find.text('Video froze — reloaded'), findsOneWidget);
+    await tester.pump(const Duration(seconds: 1));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(find.text('Video froze — reloaded'), findsNothing);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('status avatar fills its box at any size', (tester) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(const MaterialApp(
+      home: Center(
+        child: StatusAvatar(info: AvatarInfo(name: 'Zed', color: Colors.teal, ready: true), size: 88),
+      ),
+    ));
+    final circle = tester.getSize(find.byType(CircleAvatar));
+    // Ring and gap (2 x 4 px each side at this size) inside the 88 px box.
+    expect(circle.width, 88 - 4 * 4);
+    expect(find.text('Z'), findsOneWidget);
+  });
+}

apps/desktop/test/uosc_controls_test.dart

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import 'package:watch_together/src/controls/uosc/timeline.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/jellyfin/track_prefs.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/playback/media_marks.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/playback/playback_controller.dart' show RenderMode;
-import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/home/settings_page.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/screens/session/player_controls.dart' show TrackPick;
 import 'package:watch_together/src/shaders/shader_presets.dart';
+import 'package:watch_together/src/shell/settings_tab.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/state/settings.dart';
 import 'package:watch_together/src/update/update_controller.dart';
 
@@ -456,7 +456,13 @@ void main() {
     addTearDown(tester.view.reset);
     await tester.pumpWidget(MaterialApp(
       theme: ThemeData.dark(),
-      home: Scaffold(body: SettingsPage(updates: UpdateController(currentVersion: '0.0.0-dev'))),
+      home: Scaffold(
+        body: SettingsTab(
+          section: SettingsSection.player,
+          onSection: (_) {},
+          updates: UpdateController(currentVersion: '0.0.0-dev'),
+        ),
+      ),
     ));
     final toggle = find.byKey(const ValueKey('mpv-controls'));
     expect(find.text('Experimental: mpv-style controls'), findsOneWidget);

docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ size (`ServerIsolate.setFile`): the host's in-session File swap then sends a
   `127.0.0.1` like any other client. Server logs go to the app's log with a
   `[server]` prefix. The isolate runs with `errorsAreFatal: false`: an
   uncaught async error is logged and the server keeps going. If the isolate
-  dies anyway, the session shows "server crashed: ..." and leaves; Home
-  shows it on the Host card (during setup the host attempt fails with it).
+  dies anyway, the session shows "server crashed: ..." and leaves; the
+  shell says so in a dialog (during setup the host attempt fails with it).
   Stop (leave, close, cancel during setup, a failed own join, being kicked)
   sends `stop`, waits up to 3 s for exit, then kills the isolate.
 - **Dedicated server**: `bin/server.dart` compiled with `dart compile exe`
@@ -500,37 +500,95 @@ Client side (`lib/src/jellyfin/session_media.dart`, `progress.dart`,
   matched with `matchTrack` against the source's streams (mapped to mpv ids
   with `mpvTrackId`) or mpv's track list, and selected locally. Nothing goes
   on the wire.
-- **Swap panel**: "Change video" in the side panel opens the shared
-  `MediaPicker` over the video (`screens/session/swap_panel.dart`); Link
+- **Change video**: the player's "Change video" opens the Library tab
+  (the shared `MediaPicker`, `screens/session/swap_panel.dart`); Link
   goes through `mediaForLink`, a Jellyfin pick as a ref, File (host only)
   through `ServerIsolate.setFile` and a matching `swap`.
 
 ## Desktop UI
 
-One `HomeScreen` (`screens/home/`) with a single top bar (`top_bar.dart`):
-profile chip, Join and Host tabs, the update indicator, Settings /
-Integrations / About buttons, and the window drag area and buttons. Only the
-selected view is mounted; form state lives in `HomeShell`. Join
-(`join_tab.dart`): one compact address/port/password row, then up to 6
-Recent server tiles in a grid that adds columns as the window widens. While
-the Join tab is visible each tile polls the server's `GET /health` every
-10 s (`health_probe.dart`) for online, name, viewer count and a "needs
-update" badge when `proto` differs from ours. Host (`host_tab.dart`): the
-media picker (`media_picker.dart`: Jellyfin, Link, File; a reusable widget
-driven by a `MediaPickerController` whose `selection` is a sealed
-`PickedMedia`: `LinkMedia`, `FileMedia` or `JellyfinMedia`, see
-`picked_media.dart`) fills the main area; port, password and Host sit in a
-340 px column on the right, below the picker under 860 px. With the
-Jellyfin source the browser fills the height and can be enlarged, which
-turns the column into a one-row bar under it. Text fields have fixed or capped widths (720 px max) so
-they stay compact on ultrawide screens. Submit state (busy, cancel,
-per-tab errors, server crash) is `ConnectFlow`. Settings (profile, hardware
-decoding, experimental mpv-style controls, Jellyfin auto-advance, updates,
-video shaders, shortcuts), Integrations
-(linked Jellyfin servers) and About open in the same body. Settings persist
-in two Hive boxes: `connect_form` (last form and recents; saved even when a
-join fails) and `settings`. Link media names are derived from the URL path
-and never contain a query string.
+One window, `AppShell` (`lib/src/shell/`), whatever the connection state
+(online = `SessionState.route` is `session`). Motion is shared
+(`motion.dart`): one curve (`fastEaseInToSlowEaseOut`, 320 ms), a fade
+through for views that replace each other (the old one gone after 35%, the
+new one fading and scaling in from 0.985), `showPopover` (cards that fade
+and scale in from where they open; they scroll when the window is short)
+and `HScroll` (horizontal rows: mouse drag, the vertical wheel scrolls them
+sideways until an end, then the page).
+
+- **Party strip** (`party_strip.dart`, 60 px): your avatar (profile card),
+  the Library / Schedule / Settings tabs with a growing underline (an
+  `HScroll` when narrow), the update indicator, then offline Join and Host
+  (connect cards), online the party: `AvatarStack` (host first, then
+  ready; spreads on hover; 5 shown, 3 under 1100 px), the server name and
+  "ready n/m" (hidden under 1100 px), chat with an unread badge, and Leave
+  (asks first). The stack opens the members card (status, host / relay
+  pills, "via host", force ready, kick). Empty strip space is the window
+  drag area; the window buttons sit at its end. Debug builds add a button
+  that opens the layout mock (`screens/demo/`).
+- **Avatars** (`avatar.dart`): `StatusAvatar` draws a ring outside the
+  picture with a gap in the background colour (both scale with the size):
+  green ready, amber buffering (with a spinner), grey not ready, dimmed
+  stale; a crown for the host (only your own app knows it hosts: the
+  state has no host flag) and a tower for the member passing the video
+  on. `memberAvatarImage` is the one picture lookup: yours from the
+  profile, anyone else's from `coordinator.avatars` by `avatarHash`.
+  Colours are local: yours is picked in the profile, others' come from
+  their name.
+- **Connect cards** (`connect_cards.dart`): Join lists recent servers as
+  one-click rows that poll `GET /health` every 10 s while the card is open
+  (`health_probe.dart`: online, name, viewer count, "needs update" when
+  `proto` differs from ours), then address, port and password. Host takes
+  a port and a password (hosted ports as chips) and puts nothing up: what
+  to watch is picked in the library afterwards. Submit state (busy,
+  cancel, per-card errors) is `ConnectFlow`, owned by the shell so an
+  attempt and its error outlive the card; a card closes itself once
+  online.
+- **Profile** (`profile_card.dart`, `screens/home/profile.dart`): a card
+  tinted with your colour: picture (hover "Change" opens `CropPicker`:
+  drag, wheel or slider zoom, previews at 88/42/24 px, exports a 256 px
+  PNG), name edited in place, colour swatches, links to the Settings pages.
+  `Profile` stores the name in the connect form and the PNG and colour in
+  the `connect_form` box (an old picture path is shrunk once and kept as
+  bytes). Online, a name change (once typing settles) or picture change
+  goes out through `Profile.push` (`coordinator.updateProfile`).
+- **Tabs**: Library (`library_tab.dart`) is the media picker
+  (`media_picker.dart`: Jellyfin, Link, File; a `MediaPickerController`
+  whose `selection` is a sealed `PickedMedia`, see `picked_media.dart`)
+  with "Put it up for everyone" (`screens/session/swap_panel.dart`); it
+  starts on what was last put up. Offline it only browses. Schedule is a
+  placeholder. Settings (`settings_tab.dart`) has a left nav (chips under
+  760 px) over the settings panels (`screens/home/settings_page.dart`):
+  profile, player (hardware decoding, mpv-style controls, shaders),
+  Jellyfin & integrations (linked servers, auto-advance), updates,
+  shortcuts, about.
+- **Player** (`session_player.dart`): `SessionPlayer` holds the one
+  `Video` of the current player (a new `GlobalKey` per player generation).
+  The shell keeps it in one layer of the body at one place in the element
+  tree: full it fills the body, mini it is 384x216 in a corner (drag it, it
+  snaps to the nearest corner with the shared curve). A mode change fades
+  the layer out, moves it while invisible and fades it in (with the tabs
+  when the full player comes or goes), so the video is never mounted twice
+  nor remounted. A tab sends the full player to mini; × on the mini closes
+  it (muted, still in the server) and the strip brings it back. Fullscreen
+  is `windowManager.setFullScreen` with the strip hidden (party avatars in
+  a corner while paused); F, Esc and double-click on the picture toggle it.
+  The player keys (Settings → Keyboard shortcuts) work while the player is
+  full and nothing is in front of it. Something coming up while the player
+  is closed opens it: full right after joining or after putting it up
+  here, else mini. While held, a pill under the picture names who
+  everyone waits for, or says "Waiting for you · press Space" (a click
+  marks you ready); the mini shows it in its hover bar.
+- **Chat** (`chat_panel.dart`): a 340 px panel sliding in at the right
+  (strip button or Tab): chat with avatars, other activity as quiet lines.
+  **Toasts** (`toasts.dart`): the coordinator's toasts bottom left, with
+  the actor's avatar when the text starts with a member's name; each
+  slides in, stays 5 s, then slides out and collapses its gap.
+
+Settings persist in two Hive boxes: `connect_form` (last form, recents and
+the profile picture and colour; saved even when a join fails) and
+`settings`. Link media names are derived from the URL path and never
+contain a query string.
 
 Jellyfin on the desktop (`lib/src/jellyfin/`, over the core client):
 - `accounts.dart`: `JellyfinAccounts` (singleton `instance`), one
@@ -555,34 +613,37 @@ Jellyfin on the desktop (`lib/src/jellyfin/`, over the core client):
   key changes only when the image does. An inspector pane follows
   hover/focus from 1400 px browser width.
 - Picking an item gives a `JellyfinMedia` (serverId, baseUrl, itemId,
-  mediaSourceId?, title, subtitle, runtime; no credentials). The Host tab
-  remembers the last pick in the `jellyfin` box and hosts it as a ref
-  (`hostJellyfinMedia`, `ConnectFlow.submit(media:)`); the hosted server
-  gets the relay credential (`relayCredentialFor`: the account of the
+  mediaSourceId?, title, subtitle, runtime; no credentials). The library
+  remembers the last pick in the `jellyfin` box and puts it up as a ref
+  (`putUpJellyfinMedia`, `swapPicked`); a hosted server gets the relay
+  credential (`relayCredentialFor`: the account of the
   item's server, else the default one, not expired; its token with
   exactly `JellyfinAccounts.clientInfo`'s device fields).
 - Browser location: every navigation saves the route stack per server
   (`browse:<serverId>` in the `jellyfin` box, `encodeBrowseStack`: ids,
-  names and the fields pages start from), so the Host tab, the swap panel
-  and the next start open where the browser was. A `BrowseStart` overrides
-  it: the swap panel opens on the series of the episode playing, its
+  names and the fields pages start from), so the library and the next
+  start open where the browser was. A `BrowseStart` overrides it: "Change
+  video" opens the library on the series of the episode playing, its
   season selected and the episode highlighted.
 
 Session controls: media_kit's `MaterialDesktopVideoControls` with our
-bars (`screens/session_screen.dart`, pieces in
-`screens/session/player_controls.dart`). Its seek bar is off; ours
+bars (`shell/session_player.dart`, pieces in
+`screens/session/player_controls.dart`); its own double-click and keys are
+off (its double-click pushes a fullscreen route with a second `Video`), the
+picture's double-click is a raw pointer observer (`DoubleClickListener`).
+The top bar holds the title, Change video, chat and back-to-library. Its seek bar is off; ours
 (`ChapterSeekBar`: chapter diamonds, hover time with the chapter title)
 sits in the bottom bar, which is taller by the bar's height (the top bar
 keeps its row at the top). A drag sends no hover events, so the bar keeps
 the controls up through a guarded dynamic `onHover()` on media_kit's
 private controls state (`keepVideoControlsAwake`). Pills (Skip OP / ED /
 1:30, Next episode) and cards live outside the auto-hiding controls, so
-they show in fullscreen (whose route renders only the video and controls).
+they stay up when the controls hide.
 
 Experimental mpv-style controls (`controls/uosc/`, after mpv's uosc theme;
 Settings toggle `AppSettings.mpvControls`, default off): the `Video`'s
 controls builder wraps both sets in `SessionControlsSwitch`, which follows
-the setting live, in the window and in fullscreen. `UoscControls` is our
+the setting live. `UoscControls` is our
 own frame (no media_kit controls state): mouse movement shows it, 3 s
 without any hides it and the cursor; `hold` keeps it up during a timeline
 drag and while a menu route is open, double-click toggles fullscreen.
@@ -591,19 +652,20 @@ drag and while a menu route is open, double-click toggles fullscreen.
 diamonds on the top edge, current time and duration in boxes inside it, a
 hover tip with the chapter title over the hover time; hidden, it shrinks
 to a 3 px line with chapter ticks. Above it a row of flat buttons: menu (≡:
-change video, people, reload, mark everyone ready, fullscreen, leave),
+change video, chat & activity, reload, mark everyone ready, fullscreen,
+leave),
 subtitles and audio with track counts, a shader badge ("A HQ", opening the
 shared `showShaderMenu`), ready, mark everyone ready, reload; 1:30,
-chapters, previous / next episode, change video, people, volume,
-fullscreen. Menus (`showUoscMenu`: a popup route above the button, the
+chapters, previous / next episode, change video, volume, fullscreen; chat
+and back-to-library (fullscreen: exit) top right. Menus (`showUoscMenu`: a popup route above the button, the
 current row highlighted) list tracks and chapters with start times. All
 actions are the coordinator's (seeks through `player.seek`, the user path;
 `selectTrack`, `skipForward`, `seekTo`); keys and the floating pills are
 the same in both sets.
 
-Window chrome is frameless (`window_manager`): every screen brings its own
-drag area and min/max/close buttons (Home's top bar; the session uses
-`widgets/window_chrome_bar.dart`; both use `window_buttons.dart`); the session drag layer is `window_drag_layer.dart`.
+Window chrome is frameless (`window_manager`): the party strip is the drag
+area and holds the min/max/close buttons (`widgets/window_buttons.dart`);
+fullscreen has neither.
 
 ## Health reporting
 
@@ -614,7 +676,7 @@ host offline, and starvation ("waiting for X - N.N s buffered").
 Errors are logged with a stack trace at the boundary, then turned into a
 displayable state. The server's `GET /health` returns JSON (`ok`, `name`,
 `proto`, `viewers`, `bytesServed`, `uptimeSecs`); it is unauthenticated, so
-it carries nothing sensitive. Home's recent-server tiles poll it for live
+it carries nothing sensitive. The Join card's recent servers poll it for live
 status.
 
 ## Updater
@@ -634,7 +696,7 @@ running exe on NTFS. The manifest's `assets` maps `linux-x64` /
 `windows-x64` to archive URLs; top-level `url` (Linux) is for builds <= 0.2.1. The version is
 stamped with `--dart-define=APP_VERSION` (dev runs report `0.0.0-dev` and skip
 checks). `watch_together --upgrade` (or the shipped `update.sh`) runs it from
-the CLI; `UpdateController` runs the same code for Home's update indicator,
+the CLI; `UpdateController` runs the same code for the strip's update indicator,
 which opens the update card, and restarts the app ("Update and restart").
 Settings has Check now and an auto-check toggle. The manifest is `updates/manifest.json` in
 this repo, written by `tool/release.sh`.
@@ -667,5 +729,7 @@ this repo, written by `tool/release.sh`.
   their machine. Prior art (Plex Relay, Tailscale DERP) relays as a
   bandwidth-capped fallback on someone else's servers; here the server is
   the owner's, so it carries full quality.
-- Avatars ride in the 1 Hz `state` broadcast (cap 256 KiB base64 per avatar):
-  simple, costs host uplink; hash-based serving is on the roadmap.
+- Avatars by content hash: `state` carries only `avatarHash`; the server keeps
+  the bytes of current members in memory and serves them at `/a/...`, which
+  clients fetch once per hash (`AvatarCache`). Uplink per broadcast stays
+  small whatever the picture size (cap 256 KiB base64 per avatar).

docs/DEVELOPMENT.md

@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ and `e2e_check` (simulated viewers against a live server).
 - Desktop tests that write files use `WT_TEST_TMP` (default: system temp).
 
 Traps:
-- Never pump the session screen or media_kit `Video` in `flutter test`: the
-  runner hangs (kill the `flutter_tester` by PID). Test pure logic
-  (`StateDiff`, coordinator without widgets) instead.
+- Never pump media_kit's `Video` in `flutter test`: the runner hangs (kill
+  the `flutter_tester` by PID). `AppShell(videoBuilder:)` takes a stand-in,
+  so shell tests run the real player layout without it; otherwise test pure
+  logic (`StateDiff`, coordinator without widgets).
 - Never depend on a server-side WebSocket `onDone`; assert presence with
   deadline polling.
 - `sub.asFuture()` can resolve before `onDone`; poll with a deadline.
@@ -125,14 +126,19 @@ Host. Without the app: `dart run packages/server/bin/server.dart`.
 - Overlays that are hidden but mounted keep focus (Space falls into a hidden
   button). Use `ExcludeFocus` on closed subtrees and unfocus on close; reuse
   the shared no-focus node for overlay buttons.
-- `modifyVolumeOnScroll: false` on the session controls is load-bearing for
-  window drag (volume is the speaker button only). A `GestureDetector` below
-  media_kit's overlay loses the gesture arena; the drag layer is a raw pointer
-  observer on top.
-- New screens must bring their own drag area and window buttons (frameless
-  window).
+- `toggleFullscreenOnDoublePress: false` on the session controls is
+  load-bearing: media_kit's double-click pushes its own fullscreen route with
+  a second `Video`. A `GestureDetector` below media_kit's overlay never sees
+  the click (its `MouseRegion` takes the hit) and one around it would delay
+  every button click (double-tap holds the arena), so the double-click is a
+  raw pointer observer (`DoubleClickListener`).
+- The window is frameless: the party strip is the only drag area and holds
+  the window buttons.
+- Signal-backed singletons (`Profile`, `SessionState`) live across tests;
+  never cache a `Future` in them (each test runs in its own zone, and a
+  Future from an earlier test never completes in the next).
 - Chat arrives twice from the server (see PROTOCOL.md); the client drops the
   textless feed copy.
-- Tab traversal is disabled on the session screen on purpose; Tab toggles the
-  side panel.
+- Tab traversal is disabled in the session player on purpose; Tab toggles
+  chat & activity.
 - After editing constants (ports, thresholds), grep to confirm the value landed.

docs/HOW-IT-WORKS.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ A five-minute tour. Details: [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md), wire format:
 - **Dedicated server**: `watch-together-server`, a separate program in the
   release tarball, for an always-on box. See the README.
 
-Friends join either way with the Join card on Home.
+Friends join either way with Join in the strip at the top of the window.
 
 ## One session, start to finish
 

docs/PROTOCOL.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Protocol (proto = 8)
+# Protocol (proto = 9)
 
 Wire format only. Behavior (gate, clock, timeouts) is in
 [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md). Source of truth:
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ with different `proto` refuse each other at `hello` (`proto mismatch`).
   serves the host's file (Range table in ARCHITECTURE.md).
   `GET /j/<sid>/<token>/<itemId>` relays the current Jellyfin media (see
   "Jellyfin media" below). `/r/<sid>/<token>/...` is the relay of a
-  member's media (see "Relay" below).
+  member's media (see "Relay" below). `GET /a/<sid>/<token>/<hash>` serves
+  a member's picture (see "Avatars" below).
 
 ## Client to server
 
 ```
-{"t":"hello","proto":7,"secret":"","user":{"name":"","avatar":""},
+{"t":"hello","proto":9,"secret":"","user":{"name":"","avatar":""},
  "media":{"name":"","size":0,"duration":0,"url":null},"hostKey":"...",
  "resume":"<token>"}
 {"t":"ready","ready":true,"source":"manual"}      source: manual | auto
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ with different `proto` refuse each other at `hello` (`proto mismatch`).
 {"t":"ping","c":1767225600000}
 {"t":"chat","text":"..."}
 {"t":"kick","target":"<memberId>","reason":""}
+{"t":"profile","name":"...","avatar":"<base64>"}
 ```
 
 Field notes:
@@ -68,8 +70,13 @@ Field notes:
   Sticky: a report without `jf` keeps the last one. At most 8 entries, keys
   up to 64 characters; others are dropped.
 - `ping.c`: the client's clock in epoch ms; answered with `pong`.
-- `user.avatar`: base64 image, at most 256 KiB of characters. `name` is
-  trimmed, empty becomes `?`, cut to 32 characters.
+- `user.avatar`: base64 PNG, at most 256 KiB of characters (else
+  `rejected: ...`). `name` is trimmed, empty becomes `?`, cut to 32
+  characters.
+- `profile`: changes this member's name and/or picture mid-session. A field
+  that is absent (or null) stays as it is; `avatar: ""` removes the picture.
+  Same rules as `hello.user`; a too large avatar gets `err`
+  `rejected: avatar too large` (the socket stays open, nothing changes).
 - `chat.text` is cut to 500 characters.
 - `swap.media.url` is the link; `name`, `size`, `duration` are informational.
   `swap.media.jellyfin` makes it Jellyfin media (see below); then `url` is
@@ -85,7 +92,7 @@ Field notes:
 {"t":"state","eventId":7,"transport":"playing"|"held"|"finished","position":12.3,
  "serverTime":"<ISO-8601 UTC>","mediaId":1,
  "media":{name,size,duration,url?,jellyfin?}|absent,
- "members":[{"id","name","avatar","ready","inSet","buffered","stale","jf"?}],
+ "members":[{"id","name","avatarHash"?,"ready","inSet","buffered","stale","jf"?}],
  "seekBy":"m1","seekSeq":3,"relay":true}
 {"t":"pong","c":1767225600000,"s":1767225600012}
 {"t":"feed","actor":"","action":"","target":"","reason":"","at":"<ISO-8601>"}
@@ -111,19 +118,36 @@ Field notes:
   it. `seekBy` (member id) and `seekSeq` are present only while the current
   `eventId` came from a seek. `relay` (omitted when false): the server can
   relay the current Jellyfin media. `members[].jf` is the member's last
-  `report.jf`, omitted when it never sent one.
+  `report.jf`, omitted when it never sent one. `members[].avatarHash`
+  (omitted when the member has no picture) names the picture's bytes (see
+  "Avatars").
 - `pong.c` echoes the ping's `c`; `pong.s` is the server's clock in epoch ms
   (the clock `serverTime` uses). With `t3` the local receive time, the offset
   is `s - (c + t3) / 2`, accurate to half the round trip.
 - `feed.action` values: `ready`, `unready`, `force-ready`, `force-unready`,
   `force-play`, `force-hold`, `kick`, `join`, `leave`, `stale`, `swap`,
-  `seek`, `pause`, `resume`, `finished`, `chat`. `target` and `reason` are optional;
-  `reason` carries `auto`/`manual` for ready and `silent too long` or
-  `no signal` for leave/stale.
+  `seek`, `pause`, `resume`, `finished`, `chat`, `rename`, `avatar`. `target`
+  and `reason` are optional; `reason` carries `auto`/`manual` for ready and
+  `silent too long` or `no signal` for leave/stale. `rename`: `actor` is the
+  new name, `target` the old one. `avatar`: the actor changed only the
+  picture.
 - Chat is delivered twice: a `chat` frame with the text and a textless
   `feed` with `action:"chat"`. Render the `chat` frame only; the reference
   client drops the textless feed entry.
 
+## Avatars
+
+- The picture is sent as base64 in `hello.user.avatar` or `profile.avatar`;
+  `state` carries only its hash: the first 16 hex characters of the sha256
+  of the decoded bytes. An avatar that is not valid base64, or whose bytes
+  are not a PNG, JPEG, WebP or GIF (by magic bytes), counts as none.
+- `GET /a/<sid>/<token>/<hash>`: the bytes with their image content type,
+  `cache-control: private, max-age=31536000, immutable` (a hash names fixed
+  bytes; clients fetch each hash once, from the host they dialled).
+  Errors: 401 bad token, 403 kicked, 404 no current member has that
+  picture, 410 unknown session. Pictures go with their member (leave,
+  change, removal).
+
 ## Jellyfin media
 
 ```

docs/ROADMAP.md

@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ off by deleting it in the same commit as the code. Wire changes also edit
      outage with cache exhaustion (`tool/shaper.dart --kill-after`); assert no
      OOM, no stuck session, drift recovers.
    - Chat history pane (today: activity log only).
-   - Avatar caching: serve avatar bytes once by hash instead of base64 in
-     every `state` broadcast.
    - The `state` broadcast carries the full media URL, which can include an
      `api_key` (recognised Jellyfin links become refs; other links do not).
    - TLS: document a reverse proxy in front of the server.

packages/core/lib/src/constants.dart

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 abstract class RelayConstants {
-  static const int protoVersion = 8;
+  static const int protoVersion = 9;
 
   // Relay (`/r/...`): a member's bytes through the server's buffer.
   static const int relaySliceBytes = 1 << 20;
@@ -32,13 +32,11 @@ abstract class RelayConstants {
   static const int stateHeartbeatSecs = 1;
   static const int pingIntervalSecs = 5;
 
-  // Base64-char count of the avatar string, enforced at hello. 256 KiB
-  // leaves wide headroom over any 128x128 pipeline PNG (raw bitmap
-  // <= 64 KiB, worst-case base64 ~95 KiB chars) — deliberate over-size
-  // for private-server use. PNG keeps transparency; JPEG did not.
-  // Trade: avatars ride in the 1 Hz state broadcast, so worst-case host
-  // uplink scales with this cap. Follow-up (not now): send avatar bytes
-  // once, reference by hash afterwards.
+  // Base64-char count of the avatar string, enforced at hello and
+  // profile. 256 KiB leaves wide headroom over any 128x128 pipeline PNG
+  // (raw bitmap <= 64 KiB, worst-case base64 ~95 KiB chars) — deliberate
+  // over-size for private-server use. PNG keeps transparency; JPEG did
+  // not. Only the hash rides in `state`; the bytes are fetched once.
   static const int maxAvatarBytes = 256 * 1024;
   static const int maxNameLength = 32;
   static const int maxChatLength = 500;

packages/core/lib/src/protocol.dart

@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ int finiteInt(Object? value, String field, {int fallback = 0}) {
   return n.toInt();
 }
 
+/// A member name as shown to everyone: trimmed, cut to
+/// [RelayConstants.maxNameLength], `?` when empty.
+String cleanMemberName(String name) {
+  final trimmed = name.trim();
+  if (trimmed.isEmpty) return '?';
+  return trimmed.substring(0, trimmed.length.clamp(0, RelayConstants.maxNameLength));
+}
+
 class HelloUser {
   final String name;
   final String avatar;
@@ -450,10 +458,32 @@ class ChatMessage {
   }
 }
 
+/// Changes this member's name and/or picture mid-session. Null fields stay
+/// as they are; an empty [avatar] removes the picture.
+class ProfileIntent {
+  final String? name;
+  /// Base64 PNG, like `hello.user.avatar`.
+  final String? avatar;
+  const ProfileIntent({this.name, this.avatar});
+
+  Map<String, Object?> toJson() => {
+        't': 'profile',
+        if (name != null) 'name': name,
+        if (avatar != null) 'avatar': avatar,
+      };
+
+  factory ProfileIntent.fromJson(Map<String, Object?> json) {
+    if (json['t'] != 'profile') throw const ProtocolException('not a profile intent');
+    return ProfileIntent(name: json['name'] as String?, avatar: json['avatar'] as String?);
+  }
+}
+
 class MemberView {
   final String id;
   final String name;
-  final String avatar;
+  /// Content hash of the member's picture, fetched at `/a/...`; empty when
+  /// none.
+  final String avatarHash;
   final bool ready;
   final bool inSet;
   final double buffered;
@@ -463,7 +493,7 @@ class MemberView {
   const MemberView({
     required this.id,
     required this.name,
-    this.avatar = '',
+    this.avatarHash = '',
     required this.ready,
     required this.inSet,
     required this.buffered,
@@ -474,7 +504,7 @@ class MemberView {
   Map<String, Object?> toJson() => {
         'id': id,
         'name': name,
-        'avatar': avatar,
+        if (avatarHash.isNotEmpty) 'avatarHash': avatarHash,
         'ready': ready,
         'inSet': inSet,
         'buffered': buffered,
@@ -485,7 +515,7 @@ class MemberView {
   factory MemberView.fromJson(Map<String, Object?> json) => MemberView(
         id: (json['id'] as String?) ?? '',
         name: (json['name'] as String?) ?? '',
-        avatar: (json['avatar'] as String?) ?? '',
+        avatarHash: (json['avatarHash'] as String?) ?? '',
         ready: (json['ready'] as bool?) ?? false,
         inSet: (json['inSet'] as bool?) ?? false,
         buffered: finiteDouble(json['buffered'], 'buffered'),

packages/core/lib/src/sync_engine.dart

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+import 'dart:convert';
+import 'dart:typed_data';
+
+import 'package:crypto/crypto.dart';
+
 import 'constants.dart';
 import 'protocol.dart';
 
@@ -14,11 +19,34 @@ Correction correctionFor({required double ownPosition, required double serverPos
   return Correction.none;
 }
 
+/// Content hash of a picture: the first 16 hex chars of its sha256.
+String avatarHashOf(List<int> bytes) => sha256.convert(bytes).toString().substring(0, 16);
+
+/// `(type, subtype)` of a picture by its magic bytes; null for anything
+/// that is not PNG, JPEG, WebP or GIF (those are never stored or served).
+(String, String)? avatarImageType(List<int> b) {
+  bool at(int i, List<int> sig) {
+    if (b.length < i + sig.length) return false;
+    for (var k = 0; k < sig.length; k++) {
+      if (b[i + k] != sig[k]) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (at(0, const [0x89, 0x50, 0x4E, 0x47])) return ('image', 'png');
+  if (at(0, const [0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF])) return ('image', 'jpeg');
+  if (at(0, const [0x52, 0x49, 0x46, 0x46]) && at(8, const [0x57, 0x45, 0x42, 0x50])) return ('image', 'webp');
+  if (at(0, const [0x47, 0x49, 0x46, 0x38])) return ('image', 'gif');
+  return null;
+}
+
 class EngineMember {
   final String id;
   final String token;
   String name;
-  String avatar;
+  /// Picture bytes, served at `/a/...`; only [avatarHash] is broadcast.
+  Uint8List? avatarBytes;
+  String avatarHash = '';
   bool ready = false;
   bool inSet = false;
   double buffered = 0;
@@ -29,14 +57,35 @@ class EngineMember {
     required this.id,
     required this.token,
     required this.name,
-    this.avatar = '',
+    String avatar = '',
     required DateTime now,
-  }) : lastSeen = now;
+  }) : lastSeen = now {
+    setAvatar(avatar);
+  }
+
+  /// Sets the picture from base64 (empty or undecodable: none). Returns
+  /// whether it changed.
+  bool setAvatar(String base64) {
+    Uint8List? bytes;
+    if (base64.isNotEmpty) {
+      try {
+        bytes = base64Decode(base64);
+      } on FormatException {
+        bytes = null;
+      }
+    }
+    if (bytes != null && avatarImageType(bytes) == null) bytes = null;
+    final hash = bytes == null || bytes.isEmpty ? '' : avatarHashOf(bytes);
+    if (hash == avatarHash) return false;
+    avatarHash = hash;
+    avatarBytes = hash.isEmpty ? null : bytes;
+    return true;
+  }
 
   MemberView view({required bool stale}) => MemberView(
         id: id,
         name: name,
-        avatar: avatar,
+        avatarHash: avatarHash,
         ready: ready,
         inSet: inSet,
         buffered: buffered,
@@ -129,6 +178,32 @@ class SyncEngine {
     return id;
   }
 
+  /// Name and/or picture change ([ProfileIntent]); null leaves it, an
+  /// empty [avatar] removes the picture. [name] is already cleaned.
+  void applyProfile(String token, {String? name, String? avatar}) {
+    final member = members[token];
+    if (member == null) return;
+    _seen(member);
+    final oldName = member.name;
+    final renamed = name != null && name != oldName;
+    if (renamed) member.name = name;
+    final pictured = avatar != null && member.setAvatar(avatar);
+    if (renamed) {
+      feed.add(FeedMessage(actor: name, action: 'rename', target: oldName, at: now));
+    } else if (pictured) {
+      feed.add(FeedMessage(actor: member.name, action: 'avatar', at: now));
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Picture bytes of a current member by [EngineMember.avatarHash].
+  Uint8List? avatarFor(String hash) {
+    if (hash.isEmpty) return null;
+    for (final member in members.values) {
+      if (member.avatarHash == hash) return member.avatarBytes;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   /// A reconnect took over [token]'s member (see `hello.resume`).
   void applyResume(String token) {
     final member = members[token];

packages/core/test/sync_engine_test.dart

@@ -537,4 +537,58 @@ void main() {
       expect(s.seekBy, isNull);
     });
   });
+
+  group('profile + avatars', () {
+    // Real magic bytes: anything that is not PNG/JPEG/WebP/GIF is dropped.
+    final png = base64Encode([0x89, 0x50, 0x4E, 0x47, ...List<int>.generate(60, (i) => i)]);
+    final other = base64Encode([0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF, ...List<int>.generate(61, (i) => 255 - i)]);
+
+    test('join keeps bytes, state carries only the hash', () {
+      engine.applyJoin('a', 'alice', png);
+      final hash = engine.members['a']!.avatarHash;
+      expect(hash, hasLength(16));
+      expect(engine.avatarFor(hash), base64Decode(png));
+      final view = engine.broadcast().members.single;
+      expect(view.avatarHash, hash);
+      expect(jsonEncode(engine.broadcast().toJson()), isNot(contains(png)));
+      join('b', 'bob');
+      expect(engine.members['b']!.avatarHash, isEmpty);
+      engine.applyLeave('a');
+      expect(engine.avatarFor(hash), isNull, reason: 'dropped with the member');
+    });
+
+    test('a picture that is not an image is dropped', () {
+      final e = SyncEngine();
+      e.applyJoin('x', 'x', base64Encode(List<int>.generate(64, (i) => i)));
+      expect(e.members['x']!.avatarHash, isEmpty);
+      expect(avatarImageType([0x52, 0x49, 0x46, 0x46, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0x57, 0x45, 0x42, 0x50]), ('image', 'webp'));
+    });
+
+    test('rename feeds rename (actor new, target old); picture only feeds avatar', () {
+      engine.applyJoin('a', 'alice', png);
+      engine.feed.drain();
+      engine.applyProfile('a', name: 'bob');
+      var feed = engine.feed.drain().single;
+      expect(feed.action, 'rename');
+      expect(feed.actor, 'bob');
+      expect(feed.target, 'alice');
+
+      engine.applyProfile('a', avatar: other);
+      feed = engine.feed.drain().single;
+      expect(feed.action, 'avatar');
+      expect(feed.actor, 'bob');
+      expect(engine.members['a']!.avatarHash, avatarHashOf(base64Decode(other)));
+
+      engine.applyProfile('a', name: 'carol', avatar: '');
+      feed = engine.feed.drain().single;
+      expect(feed.action, 'rename');
+      expect(engine.members['a']!.avatarHash, isEmpty);
+      expect(engine.members['a']!.avatarBytes, isNull);
+
+      engine.applyProfile('a', name: 'carol', avatar: '');
+      expect(engine.feed.drain(), isEmpty, reason: 'nothing changed');
+      engine.applyProfile('a', avatar: 'not base64!');
+      expect(engine.members['a']!.avatarHash, isEmpty);
+    });
+  });
 }

packages/server/lib/src/server_hub.dart

@@ -159,6 +159,37 @@ class ServerHub {
   }
 }
 
+/// `GET /a/<sid>/<token>/<hash>`: a current member's picture by its
+/// content hash, for members (valid, unkicked token) only. The bytes for a
+/// hash never change, so clients may cache them for good.
+void mountAvatarRoute(RelicApp app, ServerHub hub) {
+  Response status(int code) => Response(code, body: Body.fromString('status $code'));
+  app.get('/a/:sid/:token/:hash', (final req) {
+    final sid = req.pathParameters.raw[#sid] ?? '';
+    final token = req.pathParameters.raw[#token] ?? '';
+    final hash = req.pathParameters.raw[#hash] ?? '';
+    final session = hub.sessions.get(sid);
+    if (session == null) return status(410);
+    switch (session.gate(token)) {
+      case MediaGate.unauthorized:
+        return status(401);
+      case MediaGate.forbidden:
+        return status(403);
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+    final bytes = hub.engine.avatarFor(hash);
+    final type = bytes == null ? null : avatarImageType(bytes);
+    if (bytes == null || type == null) return status(404);
+    return Response.ok(
+      body: Body.fromData(bytes, mimeType: MimeType(type.$1, type.$2)),
+      headers: Headers.build((h) {
+        h['cache-control'] = ['private, max-age=31536000, immutable'];
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+}
+
 /// Media names are shown to everyone and must never carry a URL (api_key etc.).
 /// A URL-looking name is reduced to its last path segment, no query/fragment.
 String sanitizeMediaName(String name) {
@@ -358,6 +389,19 @@ void mountSyncRoute(
                     mediaId: hub.engine.mediaId);
               }
               hub.changed();
+            case 'profile':
+              if (token == null || viewer == null) return;
+              final intent = ProfileIntent.fromJson(decoded);
+              final avatar = intent.avatar;
+              if (avatar != null && avatar.length > RelayConstants.maxAvatarBytes) {
+                wsErr(ws, 'rejected: avatar too large');
+                return;
+              }
+              final name = intent.name == null ? null : cleanMemberName(intent.name!);
+              // Chat and kick name the sender by its token's name.
+              if (name != null) viewer.name = name;
+              hub.engine.applyProfile(token, name: name, avatar: avatar);
+              hub.changed();
             case 'report':
               if (token == null) return;
               final report = ReportMessage.fromJson(decoded);
@@ -470,7 +514,7 @@ void mountSyncRoute(
           await close();
           return;
         }
-        memberId = hub.engine.applyJoin(token, hello.user.name, hello.user.avatar);
+        memberId = hub.engine.applyJoin(token, session.tokens[token]!.name, hello.user.avatar);
       }
       session.tokens[token]!.isHost = hub.isHostKey(hello.hostKey);
       final activeToken = token;

packages/server/lib/src/session.dart

@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ enum MediaGate { ok, gone, unauthorized, forbidden, offline }
 
 class ViewerToken {
   final String token;
-  final String name;
-  final String avatar;
+  /// Cleaned ([cleanMemberName]); follows `profile` renames.
+  String name;
   bool kicked = false;
   /// Sent the server's host key in hello: the hosting app's own client.
   bool isHost = false;
   int bytesServed = 0;
   DateTime lastSeen;
   Future<void> Function(String reason)? onKick;
-  ViewerToken({required this.token, required this.name, this.avatar = ''})
+  ViewerToken({required this.token, required this.name})
       : lastSeen = DateTime.now().toUtc();
 
   bool isStale(Duration timeout, [DateTime? now]) =>
@@ -53,18 +53,14 @@ class Session {
 
   Session({required this.id, required this.secret});
 
+  /// The avatar is only checked here; the engine keeps the picture.
   String issueToken(String name, String avatar) {
     if (avatar.length > RelayConstants.maxAvatarBytes) {
       throw const AuthException('avatar too large');
     }
-    final trimmed = name.trim();
-    final cleanName = trimmed.isEmpty
-        ? '?'
-        : trimmed.substring(
-            0, trimmed.length.clamp(0, RelayConstants.maxNameLength));
     final bytes = List<int>.generate(16, (_) => _random.nextInt(256));
     final token = bytes.map((b) => b.toRadixString(16).padLeft(2, '0')).join();
-    tokens[token] = ViewerToken(token: token, name: cleanName, avatar: avatar);
+    tokens[token] = ViewerToken(token: token, name: cleanMemberName(name));
     return token;
   }
 

packages/server/lib/src/sync_server.dart

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class SyncServer {
     });
     mountSessionMediaRoute(_app, sessions);
     mountRelayRoutes(_app, sessions, () => hub.relay);
+    mountAvatarRoute(_app, hub);
     mountJellyfinRelayRoute(
         _app, sessions, () => hub.jellyfin, () => _relayClient ??= HttpClient());
     // advertiseHost is only an explicit override; otherwise echo what the client dialled.

packages/server/test/server_auth_test.dart

@@ -389,5 +389,93 @@ void main() {
         await ch.sink.close();
       } catch (_) {}
     });
+
+    test('profile: rename + avatar feed, state carries hash, /a gated', () async {
+      final png = Uint8List.fromList([0x89, 0x50, 0x4E, 0x47, ...List<int>.generate(296, (i) => (i * 7) % 256)]);
+      final ch = WebSocketChannel.connect(
+          Uri.parse('ws://127.0.0.1:${server.boundPort}/sync'));
+      final messages = <Map<String, Object?>>[];
+      final sub = ch.stream.listen(
+          (m) => messages.add(Map<String, Object?>.from(jsonDecode('$m') as Map)));
+      Future<Map<String, Object?>> waitFor(bool Function(Map<String, Object?>) test) async {
+        final deadline = DateTime.now().add(const Duration(seconds: 5));
+        while (DateTime.now().isBefore(deadline)) {
+          for (final m in messages) {
+            if (test(m)) return m;
+          }
+          await Future.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 20));
+        }
+        fail('timed out; got $messages');
+      }
+
+      Map<String, Object?> member(Map<String, Object?> state) =>
+          Map<String, Object?>.from((state['members'] as List).single as Map);
+      Future<HttpClientResponse> avatarGet(String token, String hash) async =>
+          (await http.get('127.0.0.1', server.boundPort, '/a/default/$token/$hash')).close();
+
+      try {
+        ch.sink.add(jsonEncode(HelloMessage(
+            proto: RelayConstants.protoVersion,
+            secret: 'shh',
+            user: HelloUser(name: 'alice', avatar: base64Encode(png)),
+            media: const HelloMedia(name: 'f.bin', size: 8192, duration: 10.0)).toJson()));
+        final welcome = await waitFor((m) => m['t'] == 'welcome');
+        final token = welcome['token'] as String;
+        final first = member(Map<String, Object?>.from(welcome['state'] as Map));
+        expect(first.containsKey('avatar'), isFalse, reason: 'no base64 in state');
+        final hash = first['avatarHash'] as String;
+        expect(hash, avatarHashOf(png));
+
+        final ok = await avatarGet(token, hash);
+        expect(ok.statusCode, 200);
+        expect(ok.headers.contentType?.mimeType, 'image/png');
+        expect(ok.headers.value('cache-control'), contains('max-age'));
+        expect(await ok.expand((c) => c).toList(), png);
+        final unknown = await avatarGet(token, '0123456789abcdef');
+        expect(unknown.statusCode, 404);
+        await unknown.drain();
+        final noToken = await avatarGet('nope', hash);
+        expect(noToken.statusCode, 401);
+        await noToken.drain();
+
+        // Rename: feed rename (actor new, target old); chat uses the new name.
+        messages.clear();
+        ch.sink.add(jsonEncode(const ProfileIntent(name: '  bob  ').toJson()));
+        final rename = await waitFor((m) => m['t'] == 'feed' && m['action'] == 'rename');
+        expect(rename['actor'], 'bob');
+        expect(rename['target'], 'alice');
+        final renamed = await waitFor((m) => m['t'] == 'state' && member(m)['name'] == 'bob');
+        expect(member(renamed)['avatarHash'], hash, reason: 'picture unchanged');
+        ch.sink.add(jsonEncode(const ChatMessage(text: 'hi').toJson()));
+        expect((await waitFor((m) => m['t'] == 'chat'))['from'], 'bob');
+
+        // Picture only: feed avatar; removing it drops the hash and the bytes.
+        messages.clear();
+        ch.sink.add(jsonEncode(const ProfileIntent(avatar: '').toJson()));
+        final pic = await waitFor((m) => m['t'] == 'feed' && m['action'] == 'avatar');
+        expect(pic['actor'], 'bob');
+        await waitFor((m) => m['t'] == 'state' && !member(m).containsKey('avatarHash'));
+        final gone = await avatarGet(token, hash);
+        expect(gone.statusCode, 404);
+        await gone.drain();
+
+        // Too large: rejected, nothing changes.
+        messages.clear();
+        ch.sink.add(jsonEncode(
+            ProfileIntent(avatar: 'x' * (RelayConstants.maxAvatarBytes + 1)).toJson()));
+        final err = await waitFor((m) => m['t'] == 'err');
+        expect(err['message'], 'rejected: avatar too large');
+
+        await server.session.kick(token);
+        final kicked = await avatarGet(token, hash);
+        expect(kicked.statusCode, 403);
+        await kicked.drain();
+      } finally {
+        await sub.cancel();
+        try {
+          await ch.sink.close();
+        } catch (_) {}
+      }
+    });
   });
 }

packages/server/test/session_test.dart

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ void main() {
       final s = Session(id: 'default', secret: 'shh');
       final png = 'x' * (64 * 1024);
       expect(s.issueToken('alice', png), isNotEmpty);
-      expect(s.tokens.values.single.avatar, hasLength(64 * 1024));
+      expect(s.tokens, hasLength(1));
     });
 
     test('names truncated to cap, blank becomes ?', () {
@@ -80,8 +80,21 @@ void main() {
   });
 
   group('core welcome + proto', () {
-    test('proto 8: relayed media', () {
-      expect(RelayConstants.protoVersion, 8);
+    test('proto 9: avatars by hash, profile intent', () {
+      expect(RelayConstants.protoVersion, 9);
+      const v = MemberView(id: 'm1', name: 'a', ready: false, inSet: false, buffered: 0, stale: false);
+      expect(v.toJson().containsKey('avatarHash'), isFalse);
+      expect(v.toJson().containsKey('avatar'), isFalse);
+      const h = MemberView(
+          id: 'm1', name: 'a', avatarHash: 'abc', ready: false, inSet: false, buffered: 0, stale: false);
+      expect(MemberView.fromJson(Map<String, Object?>.from(h.toJson())).avatarHash, 'abc');
+      expect(const ProfileIntent(name: 'b').toJson(), {'t': 'profile', 'name': 'b'});
+      final p = ProfileIntent.fromJson({'t': 'profile', 'avatar': ''});
+      expect(p.name, isNull);
+      expect(p.avatar, '');
+    });
+
+    test('relayed media', () {
       const m = HelloMedia(name: 'a', size: 1, duration: 0, relay: MediaRelay(source: 'm1', live: true));
       final back = HelloMedia.fromJson(Map<String, Object?>.from(m.toJson()));
       expect(back.relay!.source, 'm1');