diff --git a/Jarvis/Models/Models.swift b/Jarvis/Models/Models.swift
index aa6fc2f..1b1a64b 100644
--- a/Jarvis/Models/Models.swift
+++ b/Jarvis/Models/Models.swift
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ final class CachedStory {
     var headline: String
     var summary: String
     var topic: String
+    /// Canonical backend tags, so offline pill filtering stays accurate.
+    /// Defaulted for lightweight migration of existing cached rows.
+    var tags: [String] = []
     var signalScore: Int
     var sourceCount: Int
     var consensus: String?
@@ -182,6 +185,7 @@ final class CachedStory {
         self.headline = summary.headline
         self.summary = summary.summary
         self.topic = summary.topic
+        self.tags = summary.tags ?? []
         self.signalScore = summary.signalScore
         self.sourceCount = summary.sourceCount
         self.consensus = summary.consensus
diff --git a/Jarvis/Views/Home/SignalFeedView.swift b/Jarvis/Views/Home/SignalFeedView.swift
index 68a639e..659de7d 100644
--- a/Jarvis/Views/Home/SignalFeedView.swift
+++ b/Jarvis/Views/Home/SignalFeedView.swift
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
             if let found = existing?.first {
                 found.signalScore = summary.signalScore
                 found.sourceCount = summary.sourceCount
+                found.tags = summary.tags ?? []
                 found.updatedAt = summary.updatedAt
             } else {
                 modelContext.insert(CachedStory(from: summary))
@@ -483,7 +484,7 @@ extension StorySummary {
             headline: cached.headline,
             summary: cached.summary,
             topic: cached.topic,
-            tags: nil,
+            tags: cached.tags,
             signalScore: cached.signalScore,
             scoreBreakdown: ScoreBreakdown(sourceAuthority: 0, freshness: 0, localRelevance: 0,
                                            crossSourceConfirmation: 0, topicImportance: 0),