rename: Jarvis -> Jervis target, scheme, and folder throughout

The bundle-ID and display-name renames weren't enough — the actual
Xcode target/product name was still "Jarvis", which drives CFBundleName,
Xcode's Organizer archive list, the .xcodeproj filename, and the scheme
name. Renamed all the way through:

- project.yml: top-level name, target key, PRODUCT_NAME, source/info paths
- Jarvis/ -> Jervis/ (source folder, git-tracked as renames, no content
  diffs on the moved files)
- .gitignore, CI workflows, README, CONTRIBUTING: Jarvis.xcodeproj /
  scheme Jarvis -> Jervis.xcodeproj / scheme Jervis

Verified: xcodebuild -scheme Jervis succeeds, produces Jervis.app,
CFBundleName/CFBundleExecutable/CFBundleDisplayName all read "Jervis".
CFBundleIdentifier intentionally stays com.kisani.jarvis (per prior
decision — bundle ID isn't user-facing anywhere including Organizer).

Swift type names (JarvisApp, JarvisWordmark, etc.) and the Gitea repo
name/URL are unchanged — pure internal source identifiers, not user or
developer-facing product identity.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-# Gitea Actions reads this path (.github/workflows) as well as .gitea/workflows.
+# Gitea Actions reads .github/workflows/ (as well as .gitea/workflows/).
-# iOS builds require a macOS runner: register a Gitea act_runner on a Mac with
+# Keeping everything here avoids running two duplicate pipelines.
-# labels matching `runs-on` below (macos-14 / macos-15), or change them to your
+#
-# runner's label. On GitHub-hosted runners these labels work as-is.
+# Runner requirement: a Mac with Xcode 16+ registered as a Gitea act_runner
+# with labels "self-hosted" and "macos" (see CONTRIBUTING.md → Runner Setup).
 name: CI
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches: [main, develop]
+  push:
+    branches: [develop]
 
 concurrency:
   group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -16,12 +17,11 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    name: Build · ${{ matrix.os }} · ${{ matrix.configuration }}
+    name: Build · ${{ matrix.configuration }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, macos]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ macos-14, macos-15 ]
         configuration: [Debug, Release]
 
     steps:
@@ -31,21 +31,29 @@ jobs:
         run: xcodebuild -version
 
       - name: Install XcodeGen
-        run: brew install xcodegen
+        run: brew list xcodegen &>/dev/null || brew install xcodegen
 
       - name: Generate Xcode project
         run: xcodegen generate
 
-      - name: Build (${{ matrix.configuration }}, iOS Simulator)
+      # Device SDK, signing disabled: CoreSimulator on the runner Mac is unreliable
+      # (Xcode on an external volume can't discover simulator runtimes and hangs).
+      # Compilation coverage is identical; no tests run on simulator yet anyway.
+      - name: Build (${{ matrix.configuration }}, iOS device SDK)
         run: |
           set -o pipefail
           xcodebuild \
-            -project Jarvis.xcodeproj \
+            -project Jervis.xcodeproj \
-            -scheme Jarvis \
+            -scheme Jervis \
             -configuration ${{ matrix.configuration }} \
-            -sdk iphonesimulator \
+            -sdk iphoneos \
-            -destination 'generic/platform=iOS Simulator' \
+            -destination 'generic/platform=iOS' \
             -derivedDataPath build \
+            COMPILATION_CACHE_ENABLE_CACHING=NO \
             CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO \
             CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO \
             build
+
+      # No test targets exist yet (see docs/BACKLOG.md #13). When a JervisTests
+      # target is added, switch this to `xcodebuild test` on a simulator — after
+      # fixing CoreSimulator on the runner (Xcode must live on the boot volume).

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# Triggers on merge to main. Archives the app and exports an IPA.
+# TestFlight upload requires three secrets set in:
+#   Gitea → Repository Settings → Actions → Secrets
+#
+#   ASC_KEY_ID       — App Store Connect API key ID (e.g. ABC123DEFG)
+#   ASC_ISSUER_ID    — Issuer ID from App Store Connect → Users → API Keys
+#   ASC_PRIVATE_KEY  — Full contents of the downloaded .p8 file
+#
+# The runner Mac must have the distribution certificate and team K8BLMMR883
+# provisioning profile in its keychain (set up once in Xcode on that machine).
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  archive:
+    name: Archive & Export IPA
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, macos]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Xcode version
+        run: xcodebuild -version
+
+      - name: Install XcodeGen
+        run: brew list xcodegen &>/dev/null || brew install xcodegen
+
+      - name: Generate Xcode project
+        run: xcodegen generate
+
+      - name: Archive (Release, device)
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          xcodebuild archive \
+            -project Jervis.xcodeproj \
+            -scheme Jervis \
+            -configuration Release \
+            -sdk iphoneos \
+            -archivePath build/Jervis.xcarchive \
+            DEVELOPMENT_TEAM=K8BLMMR883
+
+      - name: Export IPA
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          xcodebuild -exportArchive \
+            -archivePath build/Jervis.xcarchive \
+            -exportPath build/ipa \
+            -exportOptionsPlist ExportOptions.plist
+
+      - name: Upload to TestFlight
+        env:
+          ASC_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ASC_KEY_ID }}
+          ASC_ISSUER_ID: ${{ secrets.ASC_ISSUER_ID }}
+          ASC_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.ASC_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          echo "$ASC_PRIVATE_KEY" > /tmp/AuthKey_${ASC_KEY_ID}.p8
+          xcrun altool --upload-app \
+            --type ios \
+            --file build/ipa/Jervis.ipa \
+            --apiKey "$ASC_KEY_ID" \
+            --apiIssuer "$ASC_ISSUER_ID"
+          rm -f /tmp/AuthKey_${ASC_KEY_ID}.p8

.gitignore

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ xcuserdata/
 *.moved-aside
 
 # Generated by XcodeGen — project.yml is the source of truth
-Jarvis.xcodeproj/
+Jervis.xcodeproj/
 
 # SwiftPM
 .build/

CLAUDE.md

@@ -1,53 +1,165 @@
-# Jarvis — Claude Code Handoff
+# Jarvis iOS — Claude Code
 
 ## What this is
-Jarvis is an iOS app (SwiftUI + SwiftData) that connects to a self-hosted RSS
+Jarvis is an iOS app (SwiftUI, SwiftData, iOS 17+) that displays ranked news stories
-correlation platform. It displays news stories ranked by signal score, caches
+served from a self-hosted backend. The backend ingests RSS, clusters articles into
-full article content for offline reading, and receives live updates over WebSocket.
+stories, ranks them by signal score, and serves cached results via REST + WebSocket.
 
-## Architecture
+The app is a **cached news intelligence client**. It is not an RSS reader.
-- REST on launch → WebSocket for live updates
-- Server computes signal scores — app only renders them
-- Full offline support via SwiftData cache
-- No auth — local network / self-hosted only
 
-## Files produced so far
+---
-- `API/contract.md` — full REST + WebSocket API spec
-- `Jarvis/Models/Models.swift` — all Codable structs + SwiftData models
-- `Jarvis/Networking/APIClient.swift` — REST layer (actor-based)
-- `Jarvis/Networking/WebSocketManager.swift` — WS connection + reconnect backoff
-- `Jarvis/Store/StoryStore.swift` — central ObservableObject, drives all views
-- `Jarvis/Store/ServerSettings.swift` — persists server host to UserDefaults
-- `Jarvis/JarvisApp.swift` — app entry point, SwiftData container
-- `Jarvis/Views/RootTabView.swift` — tab navigation
-- `Jarvis/Views/Onboarding/OnboardingView.swift` — server setup screen
 
-## Views still needed
+## Architecture rule
-- `SignalFeedView` — home screen, story list sorted by signal score
+
-- `StoryDetailView` — cluster detail, timeline, consensus/conflict
+```
-- `ArticleReaderView` — full article, cached badge, more from cluster
+RSS feeds → backend ingestion → cache/database → API → frontend
-- `FeedManagerView` — feed list, health states, add/delete
+```
-- `LatestView`, `SavedView`, `SearchView` — secondary tabs
+
+**The frontend must never fetch RSS feeds directly.**
+**The frontend must never parse, deduplicate, or rank articles.**
+**The frontend consumes cached backend data only.**
+
+---
+
+## Backend responsibilities (not the app's job)
+
+- RSS fetching, validation, timeout handling
+- Feed health checks and dead-feed detection
+- Article normalization and deduplication
+- Story clustering and ranking
+- Freshness, interestingness, and signal scoring
+- API response caching and last-known-good fallback
+
+The app trusts these to be done. It does not replicate them.
+
+---
+
+## Frontend responsibilities
+
+- Load cached stories immediately on open (SwiftData)
+- Display stories with freshness indicators and source attribution
+- Show connection/refresh state without blocking the UI
+- Show stale-cache label when backend data is old
+- Paginate via cursor (`nextCursor`)
+- Never show an empty state when the cache has data
+
+**Performance targets:**
+- App opens with cached news: instant
+- Home feed API response: < 1 second
+- Refresh response: < 2 seconds
+- Story open: < 500ms
+- Background refresh does not block UI
+
+If any of these fail, treat it as a bug.
+
+---
+
+## Frontend validation checklist
+
+Before marking any feed/story feature complete, verify:
+
+- [ ] Cached news loads immediately without waiting for RSS
+- [ ] Refresh does not freeze the UI
+- [ ] Empty state does not appear when cache has data
+- [ ] Stale cache is labeled (age visible)
+- [ ] Fresh stories rise above old ones
+- [ ] Categories are balanced across the feed
+- [ ] Source attribution is correct and links work
+- [ ] Offline state shows last-known-good content
+
+---
+
+## Project structure
+
+```
+Jarvis/
+  Models/Models.swift          — Codable structs + SwiftData models
+  Networking/APIClient.swift   — REST layer (actor-based)
+  Networking/WebSocketManager.swift — WS + reconnect backoff
+  Store/StoryStore.swift       — central ObservableObject, drives all views
+  Store/StoryStore+Supplement.swift — background section supplement fetches
+  Store/ServerSettings.swift   — persists host to UserDefaults
+  Store/CacheMaintenance.swift — SwiftData eviction
+  Views/
+    Home/SignalFeedView.swift  — main feed (All digest, pill pills, sub-sections)
+    Home/StoryRowView.swift    — story card
+    Reader/ArticleReaderView.swift — full article, cached badge
+    Story/StoryDetailView.swift   — cluster detail + timeline
+    Feeds/FeedManagerView.swift   — feed list + health states
+    Feeds/AddFeedSheet.swift
+    Settings/SettingsView.swift
+    Settings/NotificationsView.swift
+    Shared/Theme.swift         — StoryPill enum, NewsSection, design tokens
+    Shared/SignalStripe.swift
+    Shared/SourceChips.swift
+    Shared/CachedBadge.swift
+    Shared/ConnectionBanner.swift
+    Onboarding/OnboardingView.swift
+  JarvisApp.swift
+API/contract.md               — REST + WebSocket API spec
+```
+
+---
 
 ## Design tokens
-- Primary accent: `KisaniOrange` = #FF5C00 (add to Assets.xcassets)
-- Background: pure black #000000
-- Surface: #111111, #1A1A1A
-- All views: `.preferredColorScheme(.dark)`
 
-## Key decisions already made
+- Accent: `KisaniOrange` = `#FF5C00`
-- Story = user-facing product object (never expose Cluster to UI)
+- Background: `#000000` (pure black)
-- Pipeline: Article → Cluster → Story
+- Surface: `#111111` / `#1A1A1A`
-- Signal score is server-computed, breakdown exposed as `scoreBreakdown`
+- All views: `.preferredColorScheme(.dark)` unless user overrides in settings
-- WebSocket pushes lightweight events (storyId + score only), app refetches full object via REST
-- WS reconnect: exponential backoff 1s → 2s → 4s → max 60s
-- Pagination: cursor-based via `nextCursor`
 
-## To start in Claude Code
+---
-```bash
+
-cd jarvis
+## Key decisions
-# Create new Xcode project named Jarvis, iOS target
+
-# Drag all .swift files into the project
+- `Story` is the user-facing object. Never expose `Cluster` to UI.
-# Add KisaniOrange (#FF5C00) to Assets.xcassets as a Color Set
+- Pipeline: `Article → Cluster → Story`
-# Set minimum deployment target to iOS 17 (SwiftData requirement)
+- Signal score is server-computed; `scoreBreakdown` is exposed for display.
-```
+- WebSocket pushes `{storyId, score}` only; app re-fetches the full object via REST.
+- WS reconnect: exponential backoff 1s → 2s → 4s → max 60s.
+- Pagination: cursor-based via `nextCursor`.
+- `StoryStore.setPill()` resets `lastSyncedAt` to bypass the 30s rate-limit on filter switch.
+- `sectionSupplement` fetches populate sparse regional sections in the All digest independently.
+- **Age must be read from `firstSeenAt`, never `updatedAt`.** The backend bumps `updatedAt`
+  every time it attaches another article to a cluster, however loosely related — a story
+  can read "1 hr ago" while being weeks old (see `docs/BACKLOG.md` #15). `firstSeenAt` is
+  the honest age and is already decoded on `StorySummary`.
+- **Stale-news control (client-side, `Views/Shared/Theme.swift`):** `clientRank` applies a
+  soft time-decay to `signalScore` so fresh stories outrank stale high-scorers in
+  `feedOrder` — it computes age from `firstSeenAt`, not `updatedAt` (was silently broken
+  by the same bug above until fixed). `StorySummary.isFossil` (`firstSeenAt` > 5 days) is a
+  hard backstop on top of that: `SignalFeedView.mainStories` and `.makeDigest()` sink
+  fossils below current stories so one can never take the hero/lead slot, regardless of
+  score. Fossils still appear in the feed — just not in the most prominent position. This
+  is a display/ordering patch; the server's own ranking is still wrong at the source.
+
+---
+
+## Pill → tag mapping
+
+| Pill | Backend tags queried |
+|---|---|
+| All | — (no filter, full ranked feed) |
+| F1 | `formula-1` |
+| Sport | `sports`, `esports` |
+| Tech | `technology`, `artificial-intelligence`, `machine-learning`, `cloud-computing`, `homelab`, `cybersecurity`, `security`, `programming-and-software-development`, `privacy-and-data-protection`, `web-design-and-ui-ux`, `wordpress-and-web-development`, `robotics` |
+| East Africa | `east-africa`, `uganda` (Uganda sub-section pinned first) |
+| Southern Africa | `south-africa`, `namibia`, `botswana`, `zimbabwe`, `zambia`, `mozambique`, `southern-africa` |
+| Canada | `canada` |
+| US | `united-states` |
+
+---
+
+## Reporting requirement
+
+At the end of any significant work session, generate a report covering:
+
+1. **Executive summary** — is the app usable, fast, serving cached news?
+2. **Issues found** — backend, frontend, cache, feed, ranking, data quality
+3. **Fixes made** — file, function, reason, result
+4. **Measurements** — before/after for response times, article counts, dead feeds
+5. **Remaining risks** — nothing hidden
+6. **Next actions** — highest-value improvements
+7. **Status** — one of: `NOT READY` / `PARTIALLY READY` / `READY FOR TESTING` / `READY FOR RELEASE`
+
+Never claim READY FOR RELEASE without evidence from logs, API responses, or timing measurements.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+# Contributing to Jervis
+
+## Branch workflow
+
+```
+feature/* ──→ develop ──→ main
+```
+
+- **`main`** — protected. No direct pushes. Every change arrives via PR from `develop`.
+- **`develop`** — integration branch. All feature work merges here first. CI runs on every push.
+- **`feature/*`** — short-lived branches cut from `develop`.
+
+## Starting work
+
+```bash
+git checkout develop
+git pull origin develop
+git checkout -b feature/your-description
+```
+
+## Opening a PR
+
+1. Push your feature branch and open a PR targeting **`develop`**.
+2. CI must pass (Debug + Release builds succeed).
+3. At least 1 approval required before merge.
+
+## Releasing to TestFlight
+
+A maintainer opens a PR from `develop → main`. Merging triggers the release workflow:
+archive → export IPA → upload to TestFlight.
+
+---
+
+## Runner setup (one-time, on your Mac)
+
+Gitea Actions requires a self-hosted runner. The CI workflows target `[self-hosted, macos]`.
+
+### 1. Enable Gitea Actions (admin, once per instance)
+
+In `app.ini` on the Gitea server, add:
+
+```ini
+[actions]
+ENABLED = true
+```
+
+Then restart Gitea.
+
+### 2. Install act_runner on the Mac
+
+There is no Homebrew formula — download the official binary:
+
+```bash
+curl -sL -o /usr/local/bin/act_runner \
+  https://dl.gitea.com/act_runner/0.6.1/act_runner-0.6.1-darwin-arm64
+chmod +x /usr/local/bin/act_runner
+```
+
+### 3. Register the runner
+
+Get a registration token from:
+**Repository Settings → Actions → Runners → Create Runner**
+(or via API: `GET /api/v1/repos/kutesir/jarvis/actions/runners/registration-token`)
+
+The `:host` label suffix is required — it makes jobs run directly on the Mac
+instead of in Docker (which xcodebuild needs, and the Mac has no Docker):
+
+```bash
+mkdir -p ~/.act_runner && cd ~/.act_runner
+act_runner register --no-interactive \
+  --instance http://10.10.1.21:3002 \
+  --token <RUNNER_TOKEN> \
+  --name "mac-mini" \
+  --labels "self-hosted:host,macos:host"
+```
+
+### 4. Configure and start the runner
+
+Generate the config, then fix two defaults that break Docker-less Macs
+(the generated config ships Docker-based ubuntu labels that make the daemon
+refuse to start without a Docker socket):
+
+```bash
+cd ~/.act_runner
+act_runner generate-config > config.yaml
+# 1. labels: [] — empty falls back to the :host labels in .runner
+# 2. docker_host: "-" — never look for a Docker daemon
+```
+
+In `config.yaml`, set:
+- `labels: []` (replace the default ubuntu docker labels)
+- `docker_host: "-"` (under `container:`)
+
+Then start it:
+
+```bash
+act_runner daemon --config ~/.act_runner/config.yaml
+```
+
+To keep it running across reboots, load it as a LaunchAgent
+(`~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.gitea.act-runner.plist`, see repo scripts).
+
+The runner must have **Xcode 16+** installed and accepted the license:
+
+```bash
+sudo xcodebuild -license accept
+```
+
+---
+
+## Signing and TestFlight secrets
+
+For the release workflow to archive and upload, the runner Mac needs:
+
+1. The **iOS Distribution certificate** installed in its keychain (set up once in Xcode → Settings → Accounts → Manage Certificates).
+2. Three **Gitea secrets** set under:  
+   **Repository Settings → Actions → Secrets**
+
+| Secret | Where to get it |
+|---|---|
+| `ASC_KEY_ID` | App Store Connect → Users & Access → API Keys |
+| `ASC_ISSUER_ID` | Same page, above the key list |
+| `ASC_PRIVATE_KEY` | The `.p8` file downloaded when you created the key (only downloadable once) |
+
+---
+
+## Branch protection (manual setup in Gitea UI)
+
+Go to **Repository Settings → Branches → Add Branch Rule**:
+
+| Setting | Value |
+|---|---|
+| Branch name pattern | `main` |
+| Require pull request before merging | ✅ |
+| Required approvals | 1 |
+| Require status checks to pass | ✅ — select `Build · Debug` and `Build · Release` |
+| Block force push | ✅ |
+| Block deletion | ✅ |
+
+Repeat with `develop` but set required approvals to 0 (CI gate only).

ExportOptions.plist

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+    <!--
+        method: "app-store" to upload to TestFlight/App Store.
+                "development" for ad-hoc device installs.
+                "ad-hoc" for distribution outside the App Store.
+    -->
+    <key>method</key>
+    <string>app-store</string>
+
+    <key>teamID</key>
+    <string>K8BLMMR883</string>
+
+    <!--
+        destination: "upload" sends directly to App Store Connect after export.
+                     "export" writes the IPA locally only (upload manually or via altool).
+    -->
+    <key>destination</key>
+    <string>export</string>
+
+    <key>signingStyle</key>
+    <string>automatic</string>
+
+    <key>stripSwiftSymbols</key>
+    <true/>
+
+    <key>uploadBitcode</key>
+    <false/>
+
+    <key>compileBitcode</key>
+    <false/>
+
+    <key>thinning</key>
+    <string>&lt;none&gt;</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>

Jarvis/Store/StoryStore.swift

@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-// StoryStore.swift
-// Jarvis — central observable store. Views read from here, never hit the API directly.
-
-import Foundation
-import Combine
-import SwiftData
-
-@MainActor
-final class StoryStore: ObservableObject {
-    static let shared = StoryStore()
-
-    @Published var stories: [StorySummary] = []
-    @Published var isLoading = false
-    @Published var isLoadingMore = false
-    @Published var error: APIError?
-    @Published var lastSyncedAt: Date?
-    @Published var hasMore = false
-    @Published var selectedTopic: String? = nil
-
-    private var nextCursor: String?
-    private var refreshTask: Task<Void, Never>?
-    private var cancellables = Set<AnyCancellable>()
-    private let ws = WebSocketManager.shared
-    private let api = APIClient.shared
-
-    private init() {
-        subscribeToWebSocket()
-    }
-
-    // MARK: - Load
-
-    func loadStories(refresh: Bool = false) async {
-        guard !isLoading else { return }
-        isLoading = true
-        error = nil
-
-        // Don't wipe the visible feed up-front. Only the cursor resets for a
-        // refresh; the list is replaced on success. A cancelled/failed refresh
-        // then keeps showing what we already have instead of blanking out.
-        let cursor = refresh ? nil : nextCursor
-
-        do {
-            let result = try await api.fetchStories(
-                cursor: cursor,
-                topic: selectedTopic
-            )
-            stories = refresh ? result.data : stories + result.data
-            nextCursor = result.nextCursor
-            hasMore = result.hasMore
-            lastSyncedAt = Date()
-        } catch let e as APIError where !e.isCancelled {
-            error = e
-        } catch {
-            // Benign cancellation (network blip / superseded request): keep state.
-        }
-
-        isLoading = false
-    }
-
-    func loadMore() async {
-        guard hasMore, !isLoadingMore, let cursor = nextCursor else { return }
-        isLoadingMore = true
-        do {
-            let result = try await api.fetchStories(cursor: cursor, topic: selectedTopic)
-            stories += result.data
-            nextCursor = result.nextCursor
-            hasMore = result.hasMore
-        } catch {}
-        isLoadingMore = false
-    }
-
-    /// Coalesce bursts of `story.created` events into a single refresh so a busy
-    /// feed (47 sources) doesn't fire a refetch per story.
-    private func scheduleCoalescedRefresh() {
-        refreshTask?.cancel()
-        refreshTask = Task { [weak self] in
-            try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 3_000_000_000)
-            guard !Task.isCancelled else { return }
-            await self?.loadStories(refresh: true)
-        }
-    }
-
-    func setTopic(_ topic: String?) async {
-        selectedTopic = topic
-        await loadStories(refresh: true)
-    }
-
-    // MARK: - WebSocket
-
-    private func subscribeToWebSocket() {
-        ws.events
-            .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main)
-            .sink { [weak self] event in
-                self?.handle(event: event)
-            }
-            .store(in: &cancellables)
-    }
-
-    private func handle(event: WSEvent) {
-        switch event.type {
-
-        case .storyUpdated:
-            guard let id = event.storyId,
-                  let score = event.signalScore,
-                  let count = event.sourceCount else { return }
-            updateStory(id: id, signalScore: score, sourceCount: count)
-            Task { await refetch(storyId: id) }
-
-        case .storyCreated:
-            scheduleCoalescedRefresh()
-
-        case .storyStale:
-            guard let id = event.storyId else { return }
-            removeStory(id: id)
-
-        case .feedHealth:
-            NotificationCenter.default.post(name: .feedHealthChanged, object: event)
-
-        default:
-            break
-        }
-    }
-
-    private func updateStory(id: String, signalScore: Int, sourceCount: Int) {
-        guard let idx = stories.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == id }) else { return }
-        let old = stories[idx]
-        let updated = StorySummary(
-            id: old.id,
-            headline: old.headline,
-            summary: old.summary,
-            topic: old.topic,
-            tags: old.tags,
-            signalScore: signalScore,
-            scoreBreakdown: old.scoreBreakdown,
-            sourceCount: sourceCount,
-            sources: old.sources,
-            consensus: old.consensus,
-            conflict: old.conflict,
-            updatedAt: old.updatedAt,
-            createdAt: old.createdAt
-        )
-        stories[idx] = updated
-        stories.sort(by: StorySummary.feedOrder)
-    }
-
-    private func removeStory(id: String) {
-        stories.removeAll { $0.id == id }
-    }
-
-    private func refetch(storyId: String) async {
-        // Lightweight: only update what changed via WS patch above.
-        // Full detail is fetched lazily when user taps into the story.
-    }
-}
-
-extension Notification.Name {
-    static let feedHealthChanged = Notification.Name("feedHealthChanged")
-}

Jarvis/Views/Shared/Theme.swift

@@ -1,305 +0,0 @@
-// Theme.swift
-// Jarvis — shared design tokens, signal-score fade math, formatting, nav routes.
-// Every hex value here is from the spec; nothing is invented.
-
-import SwiftUI
-
-// MARK: - Hex colors
-
-extension Color {
-    init(hex: String) {
-        let s = hex.trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "#"))
-        var v: UInt64 = 0
-        Scanner(string: s).scanHexInt64(&v)
-        let r, g, b: Double
-        switch s.count {
-        case 6:
-            r = Double((v >> 16) & 0xFF) / 255
-            g = Double((v >> 8) & 0xFF) / 255
-            b = Double(v & 0xFF) / 255
-        default:
-            r = 0; g = 0; b = 0
-        }
-        self = Color(.sRGB, red: r, green: g, blue: b, opacity: 1)
-    }
-}
-
-// MARK: - Palette
-
-enum Palette {
-    static let orange   = Color("KisaniOrange")     // #FF5C00
-    static let black    = Color.black               // #000000
-    static let surface  = Color(hex: "111111")
-    static let surface2 = Color(hex: "1A1A1A")
-    static let hairline = Color(hex: "1A1A1A")
-
-    // health
-    static let healthActive  = Color(hex: "2A5A2A")
-    static let healthFailing = Color(hex: "AA6600")
-    static let healthDead     = Color(hex: "5A1A1A")
-
-    // blocks
-    static let consensusBorder = Color(hex: "FF5C00")
-    static let consensusFill    = Color(hex: "1F1206")   // dark orange
-    static let conflictBorder   = Color(hex: "5A1A1A")   // dark red
-    static let conflictFill     = Color(hex: "1A0C0C")   // dark red
-
-    static let cachedGreen = Color(hex: "2A5A2A")
-    static let bodyText    = Color(hex: "4A4A4A")
-}
-
-// MARK: - Signal-score fade
-//
-// Spec anchors:
-//   stripe : 97 → #FF5C00, fades to #1A1A1A at 0
-//   title  : 97 → white,   20 → #444444, 0–19 near invisible
-//   score  : 80–100 full orange · 50–79 dimmed orange · 20–49 dark brown · 0–19 near invisible
-
-enum Signal {
-    private static func lerp(_ a: (Double, Double, Double),
-                             _ b: (Double, Double, Double),
-                             _ t: Double) -> Color {
-        let t = max(0, min(1, t))
-        return Color(.sRGB,
-                     red:   a.0 + (b.0 - a.0) * t,
-                     green: a.1 + (b.1 - a.1) * t,
-                     blue:  a.2 + (b.2 - a.2) * t,
-                     opacity: 1)
-    }
-
-    /// 3pt left stripe color: #1A1A1A (0) → #FF5C00 (97+).
-    static func stripeColor(_ score: Int) -> Color {
-        let t = Double(score) / 97.0
-        return lerp((0x1A/255, 0x1A/255, 0x1A/255),   // #1A1A1A
-                    (0xFF/255, 0x5C/255, 0x00/255),    // #FF5C00
-                    t)
-    }
-
-    /// Story title color: white (97+) → #444444 (20) → near invisible (0).
-    static func titleColor(_ score: Int) -> Color {
-        if score >= 97 { return .white }
-        if score >= 20 {
-            let t = Double(score - 20) / Double(97 - 20)
-            return lerp((0x44/255, 0x44/255, 0x44/255), // #444444
-                        (1, 1, 1),                       // white
-                        t)
-        }
-        // 0–19 near invisible: #1C1C1C → #444444
-        let t = Double(score) / 20.0
-        return lerp((0x1C/255, 0x1C/255, 0x1C/255),
-                    (0x44/255, 0x44/255, 0x44/255),
-                    t)
-    }
-
-    /// Signal score number color: stays in orange/brown hue, fades with score.
-    /// near-invisible brown (0) → full #FF5C00 (100).
-    static func scoreColor(_ score: Int) -> Color {
-        let t = Double(score) / 100.0
-        return lerp((0x2A/255, 0x18/255, 0x10/255),    // near-invisible brown
-                    (0xFF/255, 0x5C/255, 0x00/255),     // #FF5C00
-                    t)
-    }
-}
-
-// MARK: - Topic display
-
-enum Topic {
-    static func label(_ slug: String) -> String {
-        switch slug.lowercased() {
-        case "ai", "artificial-intelligence": return "AI"
-        case "us", "united-states":           return "US"
-        case "formula-1":                     return "Formula 1"
-        case "ui-ux", "web-design-and-ui-ux": return "Web Design"
-        default:
-            // Slug → Title Case, e.g. "cloud-computing" → "Cloud Computing".
-            return slug.split(separator: "-")
-                .map { $0.prefix(1).uppercased() + $0.dropFirst() }
-                .joined(separator: " ")
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Topic pills shown on the home screen.
-    static let filters: [(label: String, slug: String?)] = [
-        ("All", nil),
-        ("Finance", "finance"),
-        ("Tech", "tech"),
-        ("Politics", "politics"),
-        ("Africa", "africa"),
-    ]
-}
-
-// MARK: - Time formatting
-
-extension Date {
-    /// Short relative string e.g. "just now", "3 min", "2 hr", "4 d".
-    func timeAgoShort(reference: Date = Date()) -> String {
-        let secs = max(0, Int(reference.timeIntervalSince(self)))
-        switch secs {
-        case 0..<60:        return "just now"
-        case 60..<3600:     return "\(secs / 60) min"
-        case 3600..<86400:  return "\(secs / 3600) hr"
-        default:            return "\(secs / 86400) d"
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// "08:03" style monospaced clock for timeline / source chips.
-    var clockShort: String {
-        let f = DateFormatter()
-        f.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
-        return f.string(from: self)
-    }
-}
-
-func syncedMinutesAgo(_ date: Date?, reference: Date = Date()) -> String {
-    guard let date else { return "never" }
-    return date.timeAgoShort(reference: reference)
-}
-
-// MARK: - Navigation routes
-
-/// Route into the article reader. Carries the parent story context so the
-/// back button can show the truncated headline.
-struct ArticleRoute: Hashable {
-    let articleId: String
-    let storyId: String
-    let parentHeadline: String
-}
-
-// MARK: - Appearance mode
-
-enum AppearanceMode: String, CaseIterable {
-    case system, light, dark
-
-    var colorScheme: ColorScheme? {
-        switch self {
-        case .system: return nil
-        case .light:  return .light
-        case .dark:   return .dark
-        }
-    }
-
-    var label: String {
-        switch self {
-        case .system: return "System"
-        case .light:  return "Light"
-        case .dark:   return "Dark"
-        }
-    }
-
-    var icon: String {
-        switch self {
-        case .system: return "circle.lefthalf.filled"
-        case .light:  return "sun.max"
-        case .dark:   return "moon.stars"
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-// MARK: - Stable feed ordering
-
-extension StorySummary {
-    /// Deterministic ranking: signal score descending, then id descending — the
-    /// same order the backend uses (`signal_score DESC, id DESC`). Without the
-    /// id tiebreaker, equal-score stories reshuffle on every (unstable) re-sort.
-    static func feedOrder(_ a: StorySummary, _ b: StorySummary) -> Bool {
-        a.signalScore != b.signalScore ? a.signalScore > b.signalScore : a.id > b.id
-    }
-}
-
-// MARK: - Story pills (backend-tag driven)
-//
-// The backend classifies each story into canonical category slugs in `tags[]`.
-// The client filters by pill -> slug membership only; no headline keyword
-// matching. `topic` is a fallback while the backend finishes emitting `tags[]`.
-
-enum StoryPill: String, CaseIterable, Identifiable {
-    case all = "All"
-    case f1 = "F1"
-    case sport = "Sport"
-    case ai = "AI"
-    case cloud = "Cloud"
-    case homelab = "HomeLab"
-    case tech = "Tech"
-    case uganda = "Uganda"
-    case southAfrica = "South Africa"
-    case canada = "Canada"
-    case unitedStates = "US"
-
-    var id: String { rawValue }
-    var label: String { rawValue }
-
-    var slugs: Set<String> {
-        switch self {
-        case .all:          return []
-        case .f1:           return ["formula-1"]
-        case .sport:        return ["sports", "esports"]
-        case .ai:           return ["artificial-intelligence", "machine-learning", "robotics"]
-        case .cloud:        return ["cloud-computing"]
-        case .homelab:      return ["homelab"]
-        case .tech:         return ["technology", "programming-and-software-development",
-                                    "cybersecurity", "security", "privacy-and-data-protection",
-                                    "web-design-and-ui-ux", "wordpress-and-web-development"]
-        case .uganda:       return ["uganda"]
-        case .southAfrica:  return ["south-africa"]
-        case .canada:       return ["canada"]
-        case .unitedStates: return ["united-states"]
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-extension StorySummary {
-    /// Backend `tags[]` are the source of truth; fall back to `topic` during the
-    /// transition while the backend finishes emitting tags.
-    var effectiveTags: Set<String> {
-        let clean = Set((tags ?? []).filter { !$0.isEmpty })
-        return clean.isEmpty ? [topic] : clean
-    }
-
-    func matches(_ pill: StoryPill) -> Bool {
-        pill == .all || !effectiveTags.isDisjoint(with: pill.slugs)
-    }
-
-    func inSection(_ section: NewsSection) -> Bool {
-        !effectiveTags.isDisjoint(with: section.slugs)
-    }
-}
-
-// MARK: - Wordmark
-
-struct JarvisWordmark: View {
-    var size: CGFloat = 30
-    private var font: Font { .custom("Courier New", size: size).bold() }
-    var body: some View {
-        HStack(spacing: 0) {
-            Text("j").font(font).foregroundStyle(Palette.orange)
-            Text("arvis").font(font).foregroundStyle(.white)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-// MARK: - News sections (the "All" front page)
-//
-// Groups the firehose into Apple/Google-News-style sections. A story lands in
-// the first section (by this order) whose slugs it carries; `pill` powers "See all".
-
-struct NewsSection: Identifiable {
-    let id: String
-    let label: String
-    let slugs: Set<String>
-    let pill: StoryPill?
-
-    static let sections: [NewsSection] = [
-        .init(id: "us", label: "US", slugs: ["united-states"], pill: .unitedStates),
-        .init(id: "world", label: "World", slugs: ["world-news", "news", "news-and-current-affairs"], pill: nil),
-        .init(id: "politics", label: "Politics", slugs: ["politics", "human-rights", "investigative"], pill: nil),
-        .init(id: "business", label: "Business", slugs: ["business", "finance", "fintech", "cryptocurrency", "blockchain", "entrepreneur", "startups", "real-estate"], pill: nil),
-        .init(id: "ai", label: "AI", slugs: ["artificial-intelligence", "machine-learning", "robotics"], pill: .ai),
-        .init(id: "technology", label: "Technology", slugs: ["technology", "programming-and-software-development", "cybersecurity", "security", "web-design-and-ui-ux", "wordpress-and-web-development", "privacy-and-data-protection", "cloud-computing"], pill: .tech),
-        .init(id: "africa", label: "Africa", slugs: ["africa", "east-africa", "south-africa", "uganda"], pill: nil),
-        .init(id: "sport", label: "Sport", slugs: ["sports", "esports", "formula-1"], pill: .sport),
-        .init(id: "science", label: "Science", slugs: ["science", "astronomy", "environment", "green-technology", "sustainability"], pill: nil),
-        .init(id: "entertainment", label: "Entertainment", slugs: ["entertainment", "music", "pop-culture", "video-game", "arts-and-culture", "books-and-literature"], pill: nil),
-        .init(id: "health", label: "Health", slugs: ["health", "health-and-wellness", "mental-health"], pill: nil),
-        .init(id: "lifestyle", label: "Lifestyle", slugs: ["lifestyle", "food-and-drink", "travel", "gardening", "outdoor-and-hiking", "parenting-and-family", "interior-design-and-home-decor", "photography", "self-improvement-and-personal-development", "education", "e-learning"], pill: nil),
-    ]
-}

Jervis/Assets.xcassets/JervisIcon.imageset/Contents.json

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "images" : [
+    {
+      "filename" : "JervisIcon.png",
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "scale" : "1x"
+    },
+    {
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "scale" : "2x"
+    },
+    {
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "scale" : "3x"
+    }
+  ],
+  "info" : {
+    "author" : "xcode",
+    "version" : 1
+  }
+}

Jervis/Connectivity/ConnectivityManager.swift

@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ final class ConnectivityManager: ObservableObject {
         guard host != lastActivated else { return }   // avoid thrashing the WS
         lastActivated = host
         await ServerSettings.shared.activate(host: host)
-        await StoryStore.shared.loadStories(refresh: true)
+        // Full paginated load — page 1 only misses unread stories on pages 2–5
+        // that may have arrived since last session.
+        await StoryStore.shared.loadFeedFull()
     }
 }

Jervis/Info.plist

@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 	<key>BGTaskSchedulerPermittedIdentifiers</key>
 	<array>
 		<string>com.kisani.jarvis.briefing.refresh</string>
+		<string>com.kisani.jarvis.feed.refresh</string>
 	</array>
 	<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
 	<string>$(DEVELOPMENT_LANGUAGE)</string>
 	<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
-	<string>Jarvis</string>
+	<string>Jervis</string>
 	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
 	<string>$(EXECUTABLE_NAME)</string>
 	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
@@ -21,9 +22,9 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>1.0</string>
+	<string>$(MARKETING_VERSION)</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>1</string>
+	<string>$(CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION)</string>
 	<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
 	<array>
 		<string>tailscale</string>
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@
 		<true/>
 	</dict>
 	<key>NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription</key>
-	<string>Jarvis connects to your self-hosted news platform on the local network.</string>
+	<string>Jervis connects to your self-hosted news platform on the local network.</string>
 	<key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
 	<array>
 		<string>fetch</string>
@@ -53,7 +54,5 @@
 	<array>
 		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait</string>
 	</array>
-	<key>UIUserInterfaceStyle</key>
-	<string>Dark</string>
 </dict>
 </plist>

Jervis/JarvisApp.swift

@@ -2,36 +2,49 @@
 
 import SwiftUI
 import SwiftData
-import UIKit
+import UIKit  // needed for AppDelegate
 import BackgroundTasks
 
-// MARK: - Logo + splash
+// MARK: - Splash
-
-/// The three-bar logo that mirrors the app icon.
-struct JarvisLogoMark: View {
-    var width: CGFloat = 180
-
-    var body: some View {
-        VStack(alignment: .center, spacing: 8) {
-            // Orange (short) · White (longest) · Grey (medium) — same ratios as icon
-            Capsule().fill(Palette.orange)
-                .frame(width: width * 0.48, height: width * 0.075)
-                .shadow(color: Palette.orange.opacity(0.55), radius: 10, y: 2)
-            Capsule().fill(Color.white)
-                .frame(width: width,          height: width * 0.075)
-            Capsule().fill(Color(hex: "888888"))
-                .frame(width: width * 0.74,   height: width * 0.075)
-        }
-    }
-}
 
 struct SplashView: View {
+    var onDismiss: () -> Void
+
+    @State private var iconScale:   CGFloat = 0.82
+    @State private var iconOpacity: Double  = 0
+    @State private var markOpacity: Double  = 0
+    @State private var rootOpacity: Double  = 1
+
     var body: some View {
         ZStack {
             Color(hex: "0A0A0A").ignoresSafeArea()
-            VStack(spacing: 28) {
+            VStack(spacing: 22) {
-                JarvisLogoMark(width: 180)
+                Image("JervisIcon")
-                JarvisWordmark(size: 34)
+                    .resizable()
+                    .frame(width: 108, height: 108)
+                    .clipShape(Circle())
+                    .shadow(color: Palette.orange.opacity(0.35), radius: 22, y: 4)
+                    .scaleEffect(iconScale)
+                    .opacity(iconOpacity)
+
+                JarvisWordmark(size: 28)
+                    .opacity(markOpacity)
+            }
+        }
+        .opacity(rootOpacity)
+        .onAppear {
+            withAnimation(.spring(response: 0.48, dampingFraction: 0.74).delay(0.08)) {
+                iconScale   = 1
+                iconOpacity = 1
+            }
+            withAnimation(.easeOut(duration: 0.28).delay(0.32)) {
+                markOpacity = 1
+            }
+            withAnimation(.easeIn(duration: 0.26).delay(1.6)) {
+                rootOpacity = 0
+            }
+            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1.9) {
+                onDismiss()
             }
         }
     }
@@ -69,7 +82,8 @@ struct JarvisApp: App {
     @StateObject private var connectivity = ConnectivitySettings.shared
     @StateObject private var connManager = ConnectivityManager.shared
     @StateObject private var notifications = NotificationManager.shared
-    @State private var showSplash = true
+    @Environment(\.scenePhase) private var scenePhase
+    @State private var splashDone = false
 
     // Single ModelContainer instance shared with BackgroundRefreshManager.
     private let container: ModelContainer = {
@@ -81,10 +95,7 @@ struct JarvisApp: App {
     var body: some Scene {
         WindowGroup {
             ZStack {
-                if showSplash {
+                // Main app always rendered underneath so it's ready when splash fades.
-                    SplashView()
-                        .transition(.opacity)
-                } else {
                 Group {
                     if settings.isConfigured {
                         RootTabView()
@@ -92,10 +103,11 @@ struct JarvisApp: App {
                         OnboardingView()
                     }
                 }
-                    .transition(.opacity)
+
+                if !splashDone {
+                    SplashView { splashDone = true }
                 }
             }
-            .animation(.easeOut(duration: 0.5), value: showSplash)
             .preferredColorScheme(appearanceMode.colorScheme)
             .environmentObject(settings)
             .environmentObject(store)
@@ -106,12 +118,31 @@ struct JarvisApp: App {
             .task {
                 BackgroundRefreshManager.container = container
                 BackgroundRefreshManager.scheduleFeedRefresh()
+                // Pre-populate the feed from SwiftData cache before the first API
+                // fetch completes — prevents the cold-launch empty state.
+                store.bootstrap(container: container)
                 connManager.start()
                 await connManager.resolveAndActivate()
                 await notifications.bootstrap()
-                // Hold splash until setup is done, minimum 1.3 s for legibility.
+                store.startForegroundSync()
-                try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 1_300_000_000)
+            }
-                showSplash = false
+            .onChange(of: scenePhase) { _, phase in
+                switch phase {
+                case .active:
+                    store.startForegroundSync()
+                    // Only trigger a load if connectivity has already been resolved.
+                    // On cold launch activeHost is nil until resolveAndActivate()
+                    // completes — calling loadFeedFull() before that always throws
+                    // APIError.notConnected and leaves lastSyncedAt permanently nil.
+                    // activate() calls loadFeedFull() itself once the host is confirmed.
+                    if connManager.activeHost != nil {
+                        Task { await store.loadFeedFull() }
+                    }
+                case .background:
+                    store.stopForegroundSync()
+                default:
+                    break
+                }
             }
         }
         .modelContainer(container)

Jervis/Models/Models.swift

@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ struct StorySummary: Codable, Identifiable, Hashable {
     let conflict: String?
     let updatedAt: Date
     let createdAt: Date
+    /// When the cluster first appeared. `updatedAt` bumps on every article the
+    /// backend attaches to the cluster (even a loosely-related one), so it can
+    /// read "1 hr ago" on stories that are actually weeks old — `firstSeenAt`
+    /// is the honest age. Optional so decoding tolerates older API responses.
+    let firstSeenAt: Date?
 }
 
 struct ScoreBreakdown: Codable, Hashable {
@@ -136,6 +141,10 @@ struct PaginatedStories: Codable {
     let nextCursor: String?
     let hasMore: Bool
     let total: Int
+    let unreadCount: Int?
+    let readSuppressedCount: Int?
+    let lastReadSyncAt: Date?
+    let activePill: String?
 }
 
 // MARK: - WebSocket Events
@@ -178,6 +187,13 @@ final class CachedStory {
     var consensus: String?
     var conflict: String?
     var updatedAt: Date
+    /// Original publish timestamp. Defaults to updatedAt for rows cached before
+    /// this field was added — SwiftData handles the automatic migration.
+    var createdAt: Date = Date()
+    /// When the cluster first appeared — the honest age, unlike `updatedAt` which
+    /// bumps whenever the backend attaches another article. Defaults to `updatedAt`
+    /// for rows cached before this field was added.
+    var firstSeenAt: Date = Date()
     var cachedAt: Date
 
     init(from summary: StorySummary) {
@@ -191,6 +207,8 @@ final class CachedStory {
         self.consensus = summary.consensus
         self.conflict = summary.conflict
         self.updatedAt = summary.updatedAt
+        self.createdAt = summary.createdAt
+        self.firstSeenAt = summary.firstSeenAt ?? summary.updatedAt
         self.cachedAt = Date()
     }
 }

Jervis/Networking/APIClient.swift

@@ -33,23 +33,37 @@ private struct APIErrorResponse: Decodable {
     let error: Inner
 }
 
+private struct EmptyResponse: Decodable {}
+
 actor APIClient {
     static let shared = APIClient()
 
     private var baseURL: URL?
     private let session: URLSession
     private let decoder: JSONDecoder
+    private let deviceId: String
 
     private init() {
         let config = URLSessionConfiguration.default
         config.timeoutIntervalForRequest = 10
         self.session = URLSession(configuration: config)
+        self.deviceId = APIClient.loadDeviceId()
 
         self.decoder = JSONDecoder()
         self.decoder.dateDecodingStrategy = .iso8601
         self.decoder.keyDecodingStrategy = .convertFromSnakeCase
     }
 
+    private static func loadDeviceId() -> String {
+        let key = "jarvis.device.id"
+        if let existing = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: key), !existing.isEmpty {
+            return existing
+        }
+        let value = UUID().uuidString.lowercased()
+        UserDefaults.standard.set(value, forKey: key)
+        return value
+    }
+
     func configure(host: String) throws {
         guard let url = URL(string: "http://\(host)/api/v1") else {
             throw APIError.invalidURL
@@ -68,12 +82,15 @@ actor APIClient {
     func fetchStories(
         cursor: String? = nil,
         topic: String? = nil,
+        tags: Set<String> = [],
         minSignal: Int? = nil,
-        limit: Int = 20
+        limit: Int = 20,
+        includeRead: Bool = false
     ) async throws -> PaginatedStories {
-        var params: [String: String] = ["limit": "\(limit)"]
+        var params: [String: String] = ["limit": "\(limit)", "include_read": includeRead ? "true" : "false"]
         if let cursor   { params["after"] = cursor }
         if let topic    { params["topic"] = topic }
+        if !tags.isEmpty { params["tags"] = tags.sorted().joined(separator: ",") }
         if let minSignal { params["min_signal"] = "\(minSignal)" }
         return try await get("/stories", params: params)
     }
@@ -82,6 +99,28 @@ actor APIClient {
         try await get("/stories/\(id)")
     }
 
+    func markStoryRead(id: String) async throws {
+        try await postVoid("/stories/\(id)/read", body: [
+            "device_id": deviceId,
+            "read_at": ISO8601DateFormatter().string(from: Date()),
+            "source": "ios",
+        ])
+    }
+
+    func markStoryUnread(id: String) async throws {
+        try await delete("/stories/\(id)/read")
+    }
+
+    func markAllRead(storyIds: [String], pill: String) async throws {
+        try await postVoid("/me/read/bulk", body: [
+            "storyIds": storyIds,
+            "readAt": ISO8601DateFormatter().string(from: Date()),
+            "source": "mark_all_as_read",
+            "pill": pill,
+            "deviceId": deviceId,
+        ])
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Articles
 
     func fetchArticle(id: String) async throws -> Article {
@@ -116,6 +155,7 @@ actor APIClient {
         guard let url = components.url else { throw APIError.invalidURL }
         var request = URLRequest(url: url)
         request.httpMethod = "GET"
+        request.setValue(deviceId, forHTTPHeaderField: "X-Jarvis-Device-Id")
         return try await execute(request)
     }
 
@@ -124,16 +164,32 @@ actor APIClient {
         let url = base.appendingPathComponent(path)
         var request = URLRequest(url: url)
         request.httpMethod = "POST"
+        request.setValue(deviceId, forHTTPHeaderField: "X-Jarvis-Device-Id")
         request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
         request.httpBody = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: body)
         return try await execute(request)
     }
 
+    private func postVoid(_ path: String, body: [String: Any]) async throws {
+        guard let base = baseURL else { throw APIError.notConnected }
+        let url = base.appendingPathComponent(path)
+        var request = URLRequest(url: url)
+        request.httpMethod = "POST"
+        request.setValue(deviceId, forHTTPHeaderField: "X-Jarvis-Device-Id")
+        request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
+        request.httpBody = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: body)
+        let (_, response) = try await session.data(for: request)
+        guard let http = response as? HTTPURLResponse, (200...299).contains(http.statusCode) else {
+            throw APIError.serverError(code: "post_failed", message: "Post failed", status: 500)
+        }
+    }
+
     private func delete(_ path: String) async throws {
         guard let base = baseURL else { throw APIError.notConnected }
         let url = base.appendingPathComponent(path)
         var request = URLRequest(url: url)
         request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
+        request.setValue(deviceId, forHTTPHeaderField: "X-Jarvis-Device-Id")
         let (_, response) = try await session.data(for: request)
         guard let http = response as? HTTPURLResponse, http.statusCode == 204 else {
             throw APIError.serverError(code: "delete_failed", message: "Delete failed", status: 500)

Jervis/Notifications/NotificationManager.swift

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import BackgroundTasks
 
 enum BriefingPeriod { case morning, evening
     var greeting: String { self == .morning ? "Good morning" : "Good evening" }
-    var emoji: String { self == .morning ? "☀️" : "🌙" }
     var requestID: String { self == .morning ? "briefing.morning" : "briefing.evening" }
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +40,11 @@ final class NotificationManager: NSObject, ObservableObject {
     func bootstrap() async {
         center.delegate = self
         await refreshAuthStatus()
+        // Prompt for permission on first launch (.notDetermined).
+        // Re-requesting after denial is a no-op (iOS ignores it) — safe to call every launch.
+        if authStatus == .notDetermined {
+            await requestAuthorization()
+        }
         subscribeToBreakingEvents()
         await applySettings()
     }
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ final class NotificationManager: NSObject, ObservableObject {
     /// Build the "Jarvis" briefing: greeting + weather/rain + top stories to watch.
     private func buildBriefing(_ period: BriefingPeriod) async -> UNMutableNotificationContent {
         let content = UNMutableNotificationContent()
-        content.title = "\(period.greeting) \(period.emoji)"
+        content.title = period.greeting
         content.sound = .default
 
         var lines: [String] = []
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ final class NotificationManager: NSObject, ObservableObject {
 
         let top = await topStories(limit: 3)
         if !top.isEmpty {
-            lines.append("📣 Needs your attention:")
+            lines.append("Needs your attention:")
             for s in top { lines.append("• \(s.headline) (\(s.signalScore))") }
         } else if lines.isEmpty {
             lines.append("No new high-signal stories right now.")

Jervis/Notifications/NotificationSettings.swift

@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ final class NotificationSettings: ObservableObject {
             weatherEnabled = s.weatherEnabled; locationName = s.locationName
             latitude = s.latitude; longitude = s.longitude; resolvedPlace = s.resolvedPlace
         } else {
-            enabled = false
+            enabled = true
-            breakingEnabled = true; breakingMinSignal = 80
+            breakingEnabled = true; breakingMinSignal = 65
             morningEnabled = true; morningHour = 7; morningMinute = 0
             eveningEnabled = true; eveningHour = 18; eveningMinute = 0
             weatherEnabled = true; locationName = ""

Jervis/Store/BackgroundRefreshManager.swift

@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ enum BackgroundRefreshManager {
 
             try? context.save()
 
+            // Pre-cache articles for offline reading
+            await preCacheArticles(page.data, container: container)
+
             if !newStories.isEmpty {
                 notifyNewStories(newStories)
             }
@@ -73,6 +76,30 @@ enum BackgroundRefreshManager {
         }
     }
 
+    // MARK: - Article pre-caching
+
+    /// Fetch and store the top article for each high-signal uncached story so
+    /// the user can read them offline without having opened them first.
+    /// Safe to call in background or foreground — creates its own ModelContext.
+    static func preCacheArticles(_ stories: [StorySummary], container: ModelContainer) async {
+        let context = ModelContext(container)
+        let top = stories
+            .filter { $0.signalScore >= 60 && !$0.sources.isEmpty }
+            .sorted { $0.signalScore > $1.signalScore }
+            .prefix(20)
+
+        for story in top {
+            let sid = story.id
+            let alreadyCached = (try? context.fetch(
+                FetchDescriptor<CachedArticle>(predicate: #Predicate { $0.storyId == sid })
+            ))?.isEmpty == false
+            guard !alreadyCached, let src = story.sources.first else { continue }
+            guard let art = try? await APIClient.shared.fetchArticle(id: src.id) else { continue }
+            context.insert(CachedArticle(from: art))
+            try? context.save()
+        }
+    }
+
     // MARK: - New-story notifications
 
     // Slugs for the featured categories the user cares about.

Jervis/Store/CacheMaintenance.swift

@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@ enum CacheMaintenance {
     private static let hour: TimeInterval = 3_600
     private static let day: TimeInterval = 86_400
 
-    // Aligned to the backend's aging model:
+    private static let recentHours = 72.0    // 3 days: mirrors backend active story window
-    //   RECENT_HOURS = 72  → active feed window; drop cached stories past it
+    private static let markerHours = 192.0  // 8 days: read suppression survives weekly repeats
-    //   raw-article retention ~14 days → match for cached article bodies
-    private static let recentHours = 72.0    // backend active window (story list)
-    private static let markerHours = 96.0    // seen/read markers: active window + buffer
     private static let articleDays = 14.0    // cached article bodies (backend article retention)
 
     /// Age-based eviction. Run on launch. Cheap; protects saved stories.

Jervis/Store/StoryStore.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,334 @@
+// StoryStore.swift
+// Jarvis — central observable store. Views read from here, never hit the API directly.
+
+import Foundation
+import Combine
+import SwiftData
+
+@MainActor
+final class StoryStore: ObservableObject {
+    static let shared = StoryStore()
+
+    @Published var stories: [StorySummary] = []
+    @Published var isLoading = false
+    @Published var isLoadingMore = false
+    @Published var error: APIError?
+    @Published var lastSyncedAt: Date?
+    @Published var hasMore = false
+    @Published var selectedTopic: String? = nil
+    @Published var selectedTags: Set<String> = []
+    @Published var sectionSupplement: [String: [StorySummary]] = [:]
+
+    private var nextCursor: String?
+    private var refreshTask: Task<Void, Never>?
+    private var foregroundSyncTask: Task<Void, Never>?
+    private var cancellables = Set<AnyCancellable>()
+
+    // MARK: - Quick cache (UserDefaults — synchronous, no async gap)
+
+    private let quickCacheKey = "jarvis.quickStories.v1"
+    private let quickCacheMaxAge: TimeInterval = 84 * 3600  // 3.5 days
+
+    /// Restore the last-known feed from UserDefaults synchronously on init.
+    /// This runs before the first SwiftUI render so the feed is never blank.
+    private func restoreQuickCache() {
+        guard let raw = UserDefaults.standard.data(forKey: quickCacheKey) else { return }
+        let decoder = JSONDecoder()
+        decoder.dateDecodingStrategy = .iso8601
+        guard let payload = try? decoder.decode(QuickCachePayload.self, from: raw) else { return }
+        // Discard if too stale — matches CacheMaintenance window.
+        guard Date().timeIntervalSince(payload.savedAt) < quickCacheMaxAge else {
+            UserDefaults.standard.removeObject(forKey: quickCacheKey)
+            return
+        }
+        if !payload.stories.isEmpty { stories = payload.stories }
+    }
+
+    /// Persist the current feed to UserDefaults so it survives process kills.
+    /// Encoding runs off the main thread; UserDefaults.set is thread-safe.
+    private func persistQuickCache() {
+        let payload = QuickCachePayload(stories: Array(stories.prefix(100)), savedAt: Date())
+        let key = quickCacheKey
+        Task.detached {
+            let encoder = JSONEncoder()
+            encoder.dateEncodingStrategy = .iso8601
+            if let data = try? encoder.encode(payload) {
+                UserDefaults.standard.set(data, forKey: key)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private struct QuickCachePayload: Codable {
+        let stories: [StorySummary]
+        let savedAt: Date
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - SwiftData bootstrap (secondary, async — covers first-ever launch before
+    // the quick cache exists, e.g. app reinstall).
+    func bootstrap(container: ModelContainer) {
+        guard stories.isEmpty else { return }
+        let ctx = ModelContext(container)
+        if let cached = try? ctx.fetch(FetchDescriptor<CachedStory>()) {
+            let sorted = cached.map(StorySummary.init(cached:)).sorted(by: StorySummary.feedOrder)
+            if !sorted.isEmpty { stories = sorted }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Foreground sync
+
+    private var isFetchingFull = false
+
+    /// Load page 1 then paginate to ≤100 stories.
+    /// Guarded against concurrent invocations and rate-limited to ≥30 s between
+    /// fetches so rapid foreground/background cycles don't hammer the API.
+    func loadFeedFull() async {
+        guard !isFetchingFull else { return }
+        // Rate-limit: if the last *successful* sync was < 30 s ago, skip.
+        if let last = lastSyncedAt, Date().timeIntervalSince(last) < 30 { return }
+        isFetchingFull = true
+        defer { isFetchingFull = false }
+
+        await loadStories(refresh: true)
+        var pages = 0
+        while !Task.isCancelled, hasMore, stories.count < 100, pages < 4 {
+            await loadMore()
+            pages += 1
+        }
+        loadSectionSupplements()
+    }
+
+    /// Call when app becomes active. Polls every 90 s so new stories surface fast.
+    func startForegroundSync() {
+        foregroundSyncTask?.cancel()
+        foregroundSyncTask = Task { [weak self] in
+            while !Task.isCancelled {
+                try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 90 * 1_000_000_000)
+                guard !Task.isCancelled else { return }
+                await self?.loadFeedFull()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    func stopForegroundSync() {
+        foregroundSyncTask?.cancel()
+        foregroundSyncTask = nil
+    }
+    private let ws = WebSocketManager.shared
+    private let api = APIClient.shared
+
+    private init() {
+        restoreQuickCache()   // synchronous — stories are ready before first render
+        subscribeToWebSocket()
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Load
+
+    @discardableResult
+    func loadStories(refresh: Bool = false) async -> Int {
+        guard !isLoading else { return 0 }
+        isLoading = true
+        error = nil
+
+        let cursor = refresh ? nil : nextCursor
+        var newCount = 0
+
+        do {
+            let result = try await api.fetchStories(
+                cursor: cursor,
+                topic: selectedTopic,
+                tags: selectedTags
+            )
+            if refresh {
+                // Replace list; count only genuinely new IDs for reshuffle logic.
+                let existingIds = Set(stories.map(\.id))
+                newCount = result.data.filter { !existingIds.contains($0.id) }.count
+                stories = result.data
+            } else {
+                // Append only IDs not already present — cursor can overlap.
+                let existingIds = Set(stories.map(\.id))
+                let novel = result.data.filter { !existingIds.contains($0.id) }
+                stories += novel
+                newCount = novel.count
+            }
+            nextCursor = result.nextCursor
+            hasMore = result.hasMore
+            lastSyncedAt = Date()
+            persistQuickCache()          // survives the next process kill
+            preCacheArticlesInBackground()
+        } catch let e as APIError where !e.isCancelled {
+            error = e
+            print("[StoryStore] fetch failed: \(e.localizedDescription)")
+        } catch {
+            print("[StoryStore] unexpected fetch error: \(error)")
+        }
+
+        isLoading = false
+        return newCount
+    }
+
+    private func preCacheArticlesInBackground() {
+        guard let container = BackgroundRefreshManager.container else { return }
+        let snapshot = stories
+        Task.detached { await BackgroundRefreshManager.preCacheArticles(snapshot, container: container) }
+    }
+
+    /// Merge cached stories into the live feed (used when pull-refresh finds nothing new).
+    func mergeStories(_ extra: [StorySummary]) async {
+        let existing = Set(stories.map(\.id))
+        let novel = extra.filter { !existing.contains($0.id) }
+        guard !novel.isEmpty else { return }
+        stories = (stories + novel).sorted(by: StorySummary.feedOrder)
+    }
+
+    func loadMore() async {
+        guard hasMore, !isLoadingMore, let cursor = nextCursor else { return }
+        isLoadingMore = true
+        do {
+            let result = try await api.fetchStories(cursor: cursor, topic: selectedTopic, tags: selectedTags)
+            // Deduplicate: cursor-based pages can overlap when stories are added mid-fetch.
+            let existingIds = Set(stories.map(\.id))
+            let novel = result.data.filter { !existingIds.contains($0.id) }
+            stories += novel
+            nextCursor = result.nextCursor
+            hasMore = result.hasMore
+        } catch {
+            print("[StoryStore] loadMore error: \(error)")
+        }
+        isLoadingMore = false
+    }
+
+    /// Coalesce bursts of `story.created` WS events — waits 3 s then does a
+    /// full paginated load so stories on page 2+ are captured.
+    private func scheduleCoalescedRefresh() {
+        refreshTask?.cancel()
+        refreshTask = Task { [weak self] in
+            try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 3_000_000_000)
+            guard !Task.isCancelled else { return }
+            await self?.loadFeedFull()
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Section supplements
+    // Sections with regional or niche tags rarely rank in the global top-100,
+    // so we fetch a small targeted pool for each sparse section and let
+    // makeDigest() use it as a fallback.
+
+    private let supplementSections: [(id: String, tags: Set<String>)] = [
+        ("east-africa", ["east-africa"]),
+        ("africa",      ["africa"]),
+        ("sport",       ["sports", "esports", "formula-1"]),
+        ("science",     ["science", "astronomy"]),
+        ("health",      ["health", "health-and-wellness"]),
+    ]
+
+    func loadSectionSupplements() {
+        guard selectedTags.isEmpty else { return }   // only for "All" pill
+        let sections = supplementSections
+        Task { [weak self] in
+            guard let self else { return }
+            var merged: [String: [StorySummary]] = [:]
+            await withTaskGroup(of: (String, [StorySummary]?).self) { group in
+                for sec in sections {
+                    let id = sec.id
+                    let tags = sec.tags
+                    group.addTask {
+                        let result = try? await APIClient.shared.fetchStories(tags: tags, limit: 8)
+                        return (id, result?.data)
+                    }
+                }
+                for await (id, data) in group {
+                    if let data { merged[id] = data }
+                }
+            }
+            self.sectionSupplement = merged   // single main-thread update
+        }
+    }
+
+    func setTopic(_ topic: String?) async {
+        selectedTopic = topic
+        selectedTags = []
+        await loadFeedFull()
+    }
+
+    func setPill(_ pill: StoryPill) async {
+        selectedTopic = nil
+        selectedTags = pill.slugs
+        nextCursor = nil
+        // Filter changed — must fetch regardless of rate-limit, otherwise
+        // the old stories stay in place and the new pill finds almost nothing.
+        lastSyncedAt = nil
+        await loadFeedFull()
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - WebSocket
+
+    private func subscribeToWebSocket() {
+        ws.events
+            .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main)
+            .sink { [weak self] event in
+                self?.handle(event: event)
+            }
+            .store(in: &cancellables)
+    }
+
+    private func handle(event: WSEvent) {
+        switch event.type {
+
+        case .storyUpdated:
+            guard let id = event.storyId,
+                  let score = event.signalScore,
+                  let count = event.sourceCount else { return }
+            updateStory(id: id, signalScore: score, sourceCount: count)
+            Task { await refetch(storyId: id) }
+
+        case .storyCreated:
+            scheduleCoalescedRefresh()
+
+        case .storyStale:
+            guard let id = event.storyId else { return }
+            removeStory(id: id)
+
+        case .feedHealth:
+            NotificationCenter.default.post(name: .feedHealthChanged, object: event)
+
+        default:
+            break
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func updateStory(id: String, signalScore: Int, sourceCount: Int) {
+        guard let idx = stories.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == id }) else { return }
+        let old = stories[idx]
+        let updated = StorySummary(
+            id: old.id,
+            headline: old.headline,
+            summary: old.summary,
+            topic: old.topic,
+            tags: old.tags,
+            signalScore: signalScore,
+            scoreBreakdown: old.scoreBreakdown,
+            sourceCount: sourceCount,
+            sources: old.sources,
+            consensus: old.consensus,
+            conflict: old.conflict,
+            updatedAt: old.updatedAt,
+            createdAt: old.createdAt,
+            firstSeenAt: old.firstSeenAt
+        )
+        stories[idx] = updated
+        stories.sort(by: StorySummary.feedOrder)
+    }
+
+    private func removeStory(id: String) {
+        stories.removeAll { $0.id == id }
+    }
+
+    private func refetch(storyId: String) async {
+        // Lightweight: only update what changed via WS patch above.
+        // Full detail is fetched lazily when user taps into the story.
+    }
+}
+
+extension Notification.Name {
+    static let feedHealthChanged = Notification.Name("feedHealthChanged")
+}

Jervis/Views/Connectivity/ConnectivityView.swift

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct ConnectivityView: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         ZStack {
-            Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()
+            Palette.background.ignoresSafeArea()
             ScrollView {
                 VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 26) {
                     header
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct ConnectivityView: View {
         HStack {
             Text("Connectivity")
                 .font(.system(size: 22, weight: .heavy))
-                .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
             Spacer()
             Button { dismiss() } label: {
                 Image(systemName: "xmark")
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ struct ConnectivityView: View {
                             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 3) {
                                 Text("Use \(providerName) when remote")
                                     .font(.system(size: 16, weight: .heavy))
-                                    .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                                 Text("Connects via VPN when not on home network")
                                     .font(.system(size: 12))
                                     .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888"))
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ struct ConnectivityView: View {
                             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 3) {
                                 Text("Auto-connect on network change")
                                     .font(.system(size: 16, weight: .heavy))
-                                    .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                                 Text("Prefers the LAN on a trusted network; switches to \(providerName) when away")
                                     .font(.system(size: 12))
                                     .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888"))
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ struct ConnectivityView: View {
                             HStack {
                                 Text("Wait before switching")
                                     .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .bold))
-                                    .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                                 Spacer()
                                 Stepper(value: $connectivity.switchDelaySeconds, in: 1...60, step: 1) {
                                     Text("\(connectivity.switchDelaySeconds)s")
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ struct ConnectivityView: View {
             }
             Text("iOS can't start the \(providerName) tunnel for Jarvis — keep the \(providerName) app connected when away. Jarvis only picks the reachable address.")
                 .font(.system(size: 11))
-                .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "666666"))
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
                 .lineSpacing(2)
         }
     }
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ struct ConnectivityView: View {
             Button { Task { await recheck() } } label: {
                 Text("Re-check")
                     .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .bold))
-                    .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                     .frame(maxWidth: .infinity).frame(height: 50)
                     .background(Palette.surface2)
                     .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 14))
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ struct ConnectivityView: View {
         Text(t)
             .font(.system(size: 11, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced))
             .kerning(0.8)
-            .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+            .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
     }
 
     private func Card<Content: View>(@ViewBuilder _ content: () -> Content) -> some View {
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ struct ConnectivityView: View {
         HStack(alignment: .center, spacing: 14) {
             Image(systemName: icon)
                 .font(.system(size: 18, weight: .regular))
-                .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "999999"))
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText)
                 .frame(width: 26)
             content()
         }
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ struct ConnectivityView: View {
                 .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888"))
             HStack(spacing: 8) {
                 TextField("", text: text,
-                          prompt: Text(placeholder).foregroundColor(Color(hex: "444444")))
+                          prompt: Text(placeholder).foregroundColor(Palette.mutedText))
                     .font(.system(size: 16, weight: .regular, design: .monospaced))
                     .foregroundStyle(Palette.orange)
                     .autocorrectionDisabled()
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ struct ConnectivityView: View {
         case .reachable:   return Color(hex: "33C25E")
         case .unreachable: return Color(hex: "C25555")
         case .checking:    return Palette.healthFailing
-        case .unknown:     return Color(hex: "555555")
+        case .unknown:     return Palette.tertiaryText
         }
     }
     private func dot(for r: Reachability) -> some View {

Jervis/Views/Feeds/AddFeedSheet.swift

@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ struct AddFeedSheet: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         ZStack {
-            Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()
+            Palette.background.ignoresSafeArea()
             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 0) {
                 HStack {
                     Text("Add feed")
                         .font(.system(size: 22, weight: .heavy))
-                        .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                        .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                     Spacer()
                     Button { dismiss() } label: {
                         Image(systemName: "xmark")
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ struct AddFeedSheet: View {
             Text(label)
                 .font(.system(size: 10, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced))
                 .kerning(0.8)
-                .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "666666"))
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
             TextField("", text: text,
-                      prompt: Text(placeholder).foregroundColor(Color(hex: "444444")))
+                      prompt: Text(placeholder).foregroundColor(Palette.mutedText))
                 .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .regular, design: mono ? .monospaced : .default))
                 .foregroundStyle(mono ? Palette.orange : .white)
                 .autocorrectionDisabled()

Jervis/Views/Feeds/FeedManagerView.swift

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct FeedManagerView: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         ZStack {
-            Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()
+            Palette.background.ignoresSafeArea()
             VStack(spacing: 0) {
                 header
                 serverCard
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ struct FeedManagerView: View {
                     Text("PLATFORM")
                         .font(.system(size: 9, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced))
                         .kerning(0.8)
-                        .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+                        .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
                     Text(settings.host ?? "not configured")
                         .font(.system(size: 14, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced))
                         .foregroundStyle(Palette.orange)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ struct FeedManagerView: View {
                 }
                 Image(systemName: "chevron.right")
                     .font(.system(size: 12, weight: .bold))
-                    .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
             }
             .padding(14)
             .background(Palette.surface)
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ struct FeedManagerView: View {
         HStack(spacing: 10) {
             Image(systemName: "magnifyingglass")
                 .font(.system(size: 14))
-                .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
-            TextField("", text: $query, prompt: Text("Search feeds").foregroundColor(Color(hex: "555555")))
+            TextField("", text: $query, prompt: Text("Search feeds").foregroundColor(Palette.tertiaryText))
                 .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .regular))
-                .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                 .autocorrectionDisabled()
                 .textInputAutocapitalization(.never)
         }
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ struct FeedManagerView: View {
         }
         .listStyle(.plain)
         .scrollContentBackground(.hidden)
-        .background(Color.black)
+        .background(Palette.background)
         .refreshable { await vm.load() }
     }
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ struct FeedManagerView: View {
         Section {
             ForEach(feeds) { feed in
                 FeedRowView(feed: feed)
-                    .listRowBackground(Color.black)
+                    .listRowBackground(Palette.background)
                     .listRowInsets(EdgeInsets(top: 6, leading: 16, bottom: 6, trailing: 16))
                     .listRowSeparatorTint(Palette.hairline)
                     .swipeActions(edge: .trailing) {
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ struct FeedManagerView: View {
             Text(title)
                 .font(.system(size: 10, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced))
                 .kerning(0.8)
-                .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
                 .listRowInsets(EdgeInsets(top: 12, leading: 16, bottom: 6, trailing: 16))
         }
     }
@@ -238,16 +238,16 @@ struct FeedManagerView: View {
     private var loadingRow: some View {
         ProgressView().tint(Palette.orange)
             .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
-            .listRowBackground(Color.black)
+            .listRowBackground(Palette.background)
             .listRowSeparator(.hidden)
     }
 
     private var emptyRow: some View {
         Text(query.isEmpty ? (vm.error ?? "No feeds configured.") : "No feeds match “\(query)”.")
             .font(.system(size: 13))
-            .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+            .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
             .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
-            .listRowBackground(Color.black)
+            .listRowBackground(Palette.background)
             .listRowSeparator(.hidden)
     }
 }
@@ -267,11 +267,11 @@ struct FeedRowView: View {
             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 4) {
                 Text(feed.name)
                     .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .bold))
-                    .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                     .lineLimit(1)
                 Text(metaLine)
                     .font(.system(size: 11, weight: .regular, design: .monospaced))
-                    .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "666666"))
+                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
                     .lineLimit(1)
             }
 

Jervis/Views/Home/SignalFeedView.swift

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
     /// Reference-type set so marking a story seen on scroll doesn't re-render.
     @State private var seenTracker = SeenTracker()
     @State private var showRead = false
+    @State private var markAllToast: String?
+    @State private var markAllPending = false
 
     /// Stories that have full article content cached → eligible for the green dot.
     private var cachedStoryIds: Set<String> { Set(cachedArticles.map(\.storyId)) }
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
 
     /// Live stories when connected; cached fallback while loading or offline so
     /// switching to Tech / AI / F1 shows cached cards instantly.
+    /// Before the first sync of this session completes, only unread stories are
+    /// surfaced — read content is irrelevant until we know there's nothing newer.
     private var filteredStories: [StorySummary] {
         let base: [StorySummary]
         if !store.stories.isEmpty {
@@ -40,15 +44,23 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
         } else {
             base = cachedStories.map(StorySummary.init(cached:)).sorted(by: StorySummary.feedOrder)
         }
-        return base.filter { $0.matches(selectedPill) }
+        let matched = base.filter { $0.matches(selectedPill) }
+        if store.lastSyncedAt == nil {
+            return matched.filter { !readStoryIds.contains($0.id) }
+        }
+        return matched
     }
 
-    /// The main feed: unread stories, with already-seen ones sunk below fresh ones.
+    /// The main feed: unread stories, with already-seen ones sunk below fresh
+    /// ones, and fossils (old by firstSeenAt, see StorySummary.isFossil) sunk
+    /// below everything — a high signalScore alone can't make old news lead.
     private var mainStories: [StorySummary] {
         let notRead = filteredStories.filter { !readStoryIds.contains($0.id) }
-        let fresh = notRead.filter { !seenSnapshot.contains($0.id) }
+        let current = notRead.filter { !$0.isFossil }
-        let seen = notRead.filter { seenSnapshot.contains($0.id) }
+        let fossils = notRead.filter { $0.isFossil }
-        return fresh + seen
+        let fresh = current.filter { !seenSnapshot.contains($0.id) }
+        let seen = current.filter { seenSnapshot.contains($0.id) }
+        return fresh + seen + fossils
     }
 
     /// Read stories, tucked into the collapsible "Read" shelf.
@@ -59,19 +71,36 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
     /// Every pill shows the card layout — sections are scoped to "All".
     private var isDigest: Bool { true }
 
-    /// Front-page digest: Top Stories + up to 3 per category section, deduped.
+    /// Front-page digest: Top Stories + up to 4 per category section, deduped.
-    private var digest: (top: [StorySummary], sections: [(NewsSection, [StorySummary])]) {
+    /// Sections that score poorly in the global top-100 are supplemented from
+    /// per-section targeted fetches held in store.sectionSupplement.
+    private func makeDigest(sections: [NewsSection]) -> (top: [StorySummary], sections: [(NewsSection, [StorySummary])]) {
         let unread = filteredStories.filter { !readStoryIds.contains($0.id) }
-        let top = Array(unread.prefix(5))
+        // Fossils (old by firstSeenAt) sink below current stories so the lead
-        var pool = Array(unread.dropFirst(5))
+        // slot is never a high-scoring but stale story — see StorySummary.isFossil.
+        let current = unread.filter { !$0.isFossil }
+        let fossils = unread.filter { $0.isFossil }
+        let reordered = current + fossils
+        let top = Array(reordered.prefix(5))
+        var pool = Array(reordered.dropFirst(5))
+        var usedIds = Set(top.map(\.id))
         var out: [(NewsSection, [StorySummary])] = []
-        for section in NewsSection.sections {
+        for section in sections {
             var picked: [StorySummary] = [], rest: [StorySummary] = []
             for s in pool {
-                if picked.count < 3 && s.inSection(section) { picked.append(s) }
+                if picked.count < 4 && s.inSection(section) { picked.append(s) }
                 else { rest.append(s) }
             }
             pool = rest
+            // Supplement from section-specific fetch when main pool is sparse
+            if picked.count < 2, let extra = store.sectionSupplement[section.id] {
+                for s in extra where !usedIds.contains(s.id) && s.inSection(section) {
+                    picked.append(s)
+                    usedIds.insert(s.id)
+                    if picked.count == 4 { break }
+                }
+            }
+            usedIds.formUnion(picked.map(\.id))
             if !picked.isEmpty { out.append((section, picked)) }
         }
         return (top, out)
@@ -96,13 +125,14 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
             FetchDescriptor<ReadStory>(predicate: #Predicate { $0.id == id })))?.first {
             modelContext.delete(row)
             try? modelContext.save()
+            Task { try? await APIClient.shared.markStoryUnread(id: id) }
         }
     }
 
     var body: some View {
         NavigationStack {
-            ZStack {
+            ZStack(alignment: .bottom) {
-                Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()
+                Palette.background.ignoresSafeArea()
 
                 VStack(spacing: 0) {
                     header
@@ -111,6 +141,25 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
                     Divider().overlay(Palette.hairline)
                     feedList
                 }
+
+                if let toast = markAllToast {
+                    Text(toast)
+                        .font(.system(size: 13, weight: .medium, design: .monospaced))
+                        .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "E0E0E0"))
+                        .padding(.horizontal, 18)
+                        .padding(.vertical, 11)
+                        .background(Color(hex: "1E1E1E"))
+                        .clipShape(Capsule())
+                        .overlay(Capsule().stroke(Color(hex: "333333"), lineWidth: 0.5))
+                        .shadow(color: .black.opacity(0.4), radius: 12, y: 4)
+                        .padding(.bottom, 24)
+                        .transition(.move(edge: .bottom).combined(with: .opacity))
+                        .onAppear {
+                            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 3.5) {
+                                withAnimation(.easeOut(duration: 0.25)) { markAllToast = nil }
+                            }
+                        }
+                }
             }
             .navigationBarHidden(true)
             .navigationDestination(for: StorySummary.self) { story in
@@ -134,39 +183,49 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
         }
         .task { CacheMaintenance.prune(modelContext) }   // bound the caches on launch
         .task(id: selectedPill) {
-            await store.setPill(selectedPill)
+            await store.setPill(selectedPill)   // paginates to 100 stories internally
-            var pages = 0
-            if selectedPill == .all {
-                // Front page: pull enough stories to fill the sections.
-                while store.stories.count < 100 && store.hasMore && pages < 5 {
-                    await store.loadMore(); pages += 1
-                }
-            }
         }
     }
 
     // MARK: - Header
 
     private var header: some View {
-        HStack(alignment: .center) {
+        HStack(alignment: .center, spacing: 0) {
-            JarvisWordmark(size: 30)
+            JarvisWordmark(size: 26)
             Spacer()
+            // Connection + controls as one coherent surface
+            HStack(spacing: 2) {
                 ConnectionBanner(state: ws.connectionState)
                 Button {
                     showFeeds = true
                 } label: {
                     Image(systemName: "dot.radiowaves.up.forward")
-                    .font(.system(size: 17, weight: .semibold))
+                        .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .medium))
-                    .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888"))
+                        .foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText)
-                    .frame(width: 44, height: 44)
+                        .frame(width: 40, height: 40)
                 }
+                Menu {
+                    Button {
+                        Task { await markAllRead() }
+                    } label: {
+                        Label(
+                            markAllPending ? "Marking…" : "Mark all as read",
+                            systemImage: markAllPending ? "hourglass" : "checkmark.circle"
+                        )
+                    }
+                    .disabled(markAllPending || mainStories.isEmpty)
+                    Divider()
                     Button {
                         showSettings = true
                     } label: {
-                Image(systemName: "gearshape")
+                        Label("Settings", systemImage: "gearshape")
-                    .font(.system(size: 17, weight: .semibold))
+                    }
-                    .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888"))
+                } label: {
-                    .frame(width: 44, height: 44)
+                    Image(systemName: "ellipsis")
+                        .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .medium))
+                        .foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText)
+                        .frame(width: 40, height: 40)
+                }
             }
         }
         .padding(.horizontal, 16)
@@ -175,18 +234,33 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
 
     // MARK: - Sync bar
 
+    /// True while the first sync of this session hasn't completed yet, OR while
+    /// a fetch is actively in flight. Used to gate the "caught up" state so we
+    /// never declare victory before we've actually checked the server.
+    private var isSyncing: Bool { store.isLoading || store.lastSyncedAt == nil }
+
     private var syncBar: some View {
-        Text(syncText)
+        HStack(spacing: 5) {
+            if isSyncing {
+                ProgressView()
+                    .progressViewStyle(.circular)
+                    .controlSize(.mini)
+                    .tint(Palette.orange)
+            }
+            Text(isSyncing ? "Syncing signals…" : syncText)
                 .font(.system(size: 11, weight: .regular, design: .monospaced))
                 .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "5A5A5A"))
+                .animation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.15), value: store.isLoading)
+        }
         .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
         .padding(.horizontal, 16)
         .padding(.bottom, 12)
     }
 
     private var syncText: String {
-        let ago = syncedMinutesAgo(store.lastSyncedAt)
+        guard let last = store.lastSyncedAt else { return "Loading from cache…" }
-        let phrase = (ago == "just now" || ago == "never") ? ago : "\(ago) ago"
+        let ago = last.timeAgoShort()
+        let phrase = ago == "just now" ? ago : "\(ago) ago"
         if ws.connectionState.isLive {
             return "Synced \(phrase) · \(cachedStoryIds.count) cached"
         } else {
@@ -213,10 +287,10 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
     private func pill(_ label: String, selected: Bool, action: @escaping () -> Void) -> some View {
         Button(action: action) {
             Text(label)
-                .font(.system(size: 13, weight: .bold))
+                .font(.system(size: 12, weight: selected ? .semibold : .medium))
-                .foregroundStyle(selected ? .black : Color(hex: "AAAAAA"))
+                .foregroundStyle(selected ? .black : Palette.secondaryText)
-                .padding(.horizontal, 14)
+                .padding(.horizontal, 13)
-                .frame(height: 32)
+                .frame(height: 28)
                 .background(selected ? Palette.orange : Palette.surface)
                 .clipShape(Capsule())
         }
@@ -233,7 +307,7 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
                 .kerning(0.8)
         }
         .font(.system(size: 10, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced))
-        .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+        .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
         .padding(.horizontal, 16)
         .padding(.bottom, 8)
     }
@@ -246,48 +320,92 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
         }
         .listStyle(.plain)
         .scrollContentBackground(.hidden)
-        .background(Color.black)
+        .background(Palette.background)
         .animation(.snappy, value: showRead)
         .animation(.snappy, value: readStories.count)
-        .onAppear { captureSeenSnapshot() }
+        .onAppear {
+            captureSeenSnapshot()
+            // If the cache already shows all-read on first render, open the
+            // shelf immediately so the user sees their previous stories.
+            if !readItems.isEmpty && mainStories.isEmpty { showRead = true }
+        }
+        // Expand shelf when loading finishes and there are still no unread stories.
+        .onChange(of: store.isLoading) { _, loading in
+            if !loading, !readItems.isEmpty, mainStories.isEmpty {
+                withAnimation(.snappy) { showRead = true }
+            }
+        }
+        // Expand shelf if SwiftData @Query hydrates after the first render and
+        // all cached stories turn out to already be read.
+        .onChange(of: readItems.count) { _, count in
+            if count > 0, mainStories.isEmpty, !showRead {
+                showRead = true
+            }
+        }
         .refreshable {
-            // Reshuffle: clear the seen snapshot so all stories re-rank by signal
-            // score, and any stories cached by background refresh float to the top.
             seenSnapshot = []
             seenTracker.ids = []
-            await store.loadStories(refresh: true)
+            await store.loadFeedFull()
+            // Merge any stories cached by background refresh that aren't in
+            // the live feed yet — mergeStories deduplicates, so always safe.
+            let liveIds = Set(store.stories.map(\.id))
+            let extra = cachedStories
+                .filter { !liveIds.contains($0.id) }
+                .map(StorySummary.init(cached:))
+            if !extra.isEmpty {
+                await store.mergeStories(extra)
+            }
         }
     }
 
-    /// Card layout for every pill. "All" gets full multi-section front page;
+    /// Card layout for every pill.
-    /// topic pills get a hero card + flat list within that topic.
+    /// "All" → multi-section digest.  Tech (sub-sections) → sub-section digest.
+    /// Everything else → hero card + flat scroll of all stories for that pill.
     @ViewBuilder private var digestContent: some View {
-        let d = digest
-        let headerLabel = selectedPill == .all
-            ? "TOP STORIES"
-            : selectedPill.label.uppercased()
-        sectionHeader(headerLabel, pill: nil)
-        if let lead = d.top.first {
-            mainRow(lead, hero: true)
-            ForEach(d.top.dropFirst()) { mainRow($0) }
-        } else {
-            emptyState.plainBlackRow()
-        }
         if selectedPill == .all {
+            let d = makeDigest(sections: NewsSection.sections)
+            sectionHeader("TOP STORIES", pill: nil)
+            pillContent(top: d.top)
             ForEach(d.sections, id: \.0.id) { section, stories in
                 sectionHeader(section.label.uppercased(), pill: section.pill)
                 ForEach(stories) { mainRow($0) }
             }
+        } else if let subSections = selectedPill.subSections {
+            let d = makeDigest(sections: subSections)
+            sectionHeader(selectedPill.label.uppercased(), pill: nil)
+            pillContent(top: d.top)
+            ForEach(d.sections, id: \.0.id) { section, stories in
+                sectionHeader(section.label.uppercased(), pill: section.pill)
+                ForEach(stories) { mainRow($0) }
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Flat list: hero + all stories for this pill
+            sectionHeader(selectedPill.label.uppercased(), pill: nil)
+            pillContent(top: mainStories, flat: true)
         }
         readShelf
     }
 
+    /// Shared hero + body rows. `flat` = render all items; otherwise only top 5.
+    @ViewBuilder private func pillContent(top stories: [StorySummary], flat: Bool = false) -> some View {
+        if let lead = stories.first {
+            mainRow(lead, hero: true)
+            let rest = flat ? Array(stories.dropFirst()) : Array(stories.dropFirst().prefix(4))
+            ForEach(rest) { mainRow($0) }
+        } else if !filteredStories.isEmpty {
+            if isSyncing { checkingRow.plainBlackRow() }
+            else { caughtUpRow.plainBlackRow() }
+        } else {
+            emptyState.plainBlackRow()
+        }
+    }
+
     private func sectionHeader(_ label: String, pill: StoryPill?) -> some View {
         HStack(alignment: .firstTextBaseline) {
             Text(label)
                 .font(.system(size: 13, weight: .heavy, design: .monospaced))
                 .kerning(0.6)
-                .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
             Rectangle().fill(Palette.orange).frame(width: 18, height: 2)
             Spacer()
             if let pill {
@@ -316,7 +434,7 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
             }
         }
         .listRowInsets(hero ? EdgeInsets(top: 2, leading: 16, bottom: 12, trailing: 16) : EdgeInsets())
-        .listRowBackground(Color.black)
+        .listRowBackground(Palette.background)
         .listRowSeparator(.hidden)
         .onAppear {
             markSeen(story)
@@ -348,33 +466,33 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
         HStack(alignment: .top, spacing: 0) {
             SignalStripe(score: story.signalScore, width: 4)
             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 11) {
-                HStack(alignment: .firstTextBaseline) {
+                HStack(alignment: .center) {
                     Text(Topic.label(story.topic).uppercased())
                         .font(.system(size: 10, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced)).kerning(0.8)
-                        .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "8A8A8A"))
+                        .foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText)
                     Spacer()
                     Text("\(story.signalScore)")
-                        .font(.system(size: 21, weight: .heavy, design: .monospaced))
+                        .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .semibold, design: .monospaced))
                         .foregroundStyle(Signal.scoreColor(story.signalScore))
                 }
                 Text(story.headline)
-                    .font(.system(size: 24, weight: .heavy))
+                    .font(.system(size: 25, weight: .bold, design: .default))
-                    .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                     .lineLimit(4)
                     .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
                 if !story.summary.isEmpty {
                     Text(story.summary)
-                        .font(.system(size: 14))
+                        .font(.system(size: 16, weight: .regular, design: .default))
-                        .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "9A9A9A"))
+                        .foregroundStyle(Palette.bodyText)
                         .lineLimit(3).lineSpacing(2)
                         .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
                 }
                 if !story.sources.isEmpty {
                     SourceChips(names: story.sources.map(\.name), total: story.sourceCount)
                 }
-                Text("\(story.sourceCount) sources · \(story.updatedAt.timeAgoShort()) ago")
+                Text("\(story.sourceCount) sources · \((story.firstSeenAt ?? story.updatedAt).timeAgoShort()) ago")
                     .font(.system(size: 11, weight: .regular, design: .monospaced))
-                    .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "666666"))
+                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
             }
             .padding(16)
             Spacer(minLength: 0)
@@ -384,11 +502,27 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
         .overlay(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 16).stroke(Palette.surface2, lineWidth: 0.5))
     }
 
+    /// Shown when all cached stories are read AND the first sync hasn't finished yet.
+    /// Keeps the UI honest — we haven't confirmed "no new content" until the server responds.
+    private var checkingRow: some View {
+        VStack(spacing: 8) {
+            ProgressView()
+                .progressViewStyle(.circular)
+                .controlSize(.mini)
+                .tint(Palette.orange)
+            Text("Checking for new signals…")
+                .font(.system(size: 12, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced))
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
+        }
+        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
+        .padding(.vertical, 50)
+    }
+
     private var caughtUpRow: some View {
         VStack(spacing: 10) {
             Image(systemName: "checkmark.circle")
                 .font(.system(size: 32)).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "3E7E3E"))
-            Text("You're all caught up").font(.system(size: 16, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(.white)
+            Text("You're all caught up").font(.system(size: 16, weight: .semibold, design: .default)).foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
             Text("Pull to refresh for more")
                 .font(.system(size: 12)).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888"))
         }
@@ -413,7 +547,7 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
                     Image(systemName: showRead ? "chevron.up" : "chevron.down")
                         .font(.system(size: 11, weight: .bold))
                 }
-                .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "666666"))
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
                 .padding(.horizontal, 16).padding(.vertical, 16)
                 .contentShape(Rectangle())
             }
@@ -445,8 +579,8 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
 
     private var emptyState: some View {
         VStack(spacing: 12) {
-            if store.isLoading {
+            if isSyncing {
-                // Actively polling the server.
+                // First sync hasn't completed yet, or a fetch is actively in flight.
                 ProgressView().tint(Palette.orange)
                 Text("Polling signals…")
                     .font(.system(size: 14, weight: .heavy))
@@ -456,7 +590,7 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
                 // Reached the empty state because the fetch failed.
                 emptyIcon("exclamationmark.triangle", color: Color(hex: "C25555"))
                 Text("Couldn't reach the server")
-                    .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(.white)
+                    .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                 Text(error.errorDescription ?? "Unknown error")
                     .font(.system(size: 12)).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888"))
                     .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
@@ -464,14 +598,14 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
                 refreshButton("Retry")
             } else if !ws.connectionState.isLive {
                 emptyIcon("wifi.slash")
-                Text("Offline").font(.system(size: 15, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(.white)
+                Text("Offline").font(.system(size: 15, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                 Text("No cached stories to show")
                     .font(.system(size: 12)).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888"))
                 refreshButton("Retry")
             } else if selectedPill != .all {
                 emptyIcon("line.3.horizontal.decrease.circle")
                 Text("No \(selectedPill.label) stories yet")
-                    .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(.white)
+                    .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                 if store.isLoadingMore || store.hasMore {
                     Text("Pulling more to find them…")
                         .font(.system(size: 12)).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888"))
@@ -484,7 +618,7 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
             } else {
                 // Connected, loaded, genuinely nothing yet.
                 emptyIcon("antenna.radiowaves.left.and.right")
-                Text("No signals yet").font(.system(size: 15, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(.white)
+                Text("No signals yet").font(.system(size: 15, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                 Text("Pull to refresh")
                     .font(.system(size: 12)).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888"))
                 refreshButton("Refresh")
@@ -495,7 +629,7 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
         .padding(.top, 80)
     }
 
-    private func emptyIcon(_ name: String, color: Color = Color(hex: "333333")) -> some View {
+    private func emptyIcon(_ name: String, color: Color = Palette.mutedText) -> some View {
         Image(systemName: name).font(.system(size: 30)).foregroundStyle(color)
     }
 
@@ -503,13 +637,13 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
         if let host = settings.host {
             Text(host)
                 .font(.system(size: 11, design: .monospaced))
-                .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
         }
     }
 
     private func refreshButton(_ title: String) -> some View {
         Button {
-            Task { await store.loadStories(refresh: true) }
+            Task { await store.loadFeedFull() }
         } label: {
             Text(title)
                 .font(.system(size: 14, weight: .bold)).foregroundStyle(.black)
@@ -543,10 +677,49 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
         if existing?.first == nil {
             modelContext.insert(ReadStory(id: id))
             try? modelContext.save()
+            Task { try? await APIClient.shared.markStoryRead(id: id) }
             withAnimation(.snappy) { showRead = true }
         }
     }
 
+    private func markAllRead() async {
+        let ids = mainStories.map(\.id).filter { !readStoryIds.contains($0) }
+        guard !ids.isEmpty else {
+            withAnimation { markAllToast = "No unread \(selectedPill.label) stories right now." }
+            return
+        }
+        markAllPending = true
+
+        // Optimistic: insert ReadStory for every ID being marked.
+        for id in ids {
+            let exists = (try? modelContext.fetch(
+                FetchDescriptor<ReadStory>(predicate: #Predicate { $0.id == id })))?.first
+            if exists == nil { modelContext.insert(ReadStory(id: id)) }
+        }
+        try? modelContext.save()
+        withAnimation(.snappy) {
+            showRead = true
+            markAllToast = "Marked \(ids.count) \(ids.count == 1 ? "story" : "stories") as read."
+        }
+
+        do {
+            try await APIClient.shared.markAllRead(storyIds: ids, pill: selectedPill.label)
+        } catch {
+            // Rollback optimistic state.
+            for id in ids {
+                if let row = (try? modelContext.fetch(
+                    FetchDescriptor<ReadStory>(predicate: #Predicate { $0.id == id })))?.first {
+                    modelContext.delete(row)
+                }
+            }
+            try? modelContext.save()
+            withAnimation {
+                markAllToast = "Sync failed. Stories may reappear until retry."
+            }
+        }
+        markAllPending = false
+    }
+
     private func shareItems(_ s: StorySummary) -> [Any] {
         var items: [Any] = ["\(s.headline)\n\n\(s.summary)\n\nvia Jarvis"]
         if let first = s.sources.first, let url = URL(string: first.url) {
@@ -559,8 +732,10 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
 
     private func cacheStories(_ stories: [StorySummary]) {
         guard !stories.isEmpty else { return }
-        // One fetch + an in-memory index, instead of a query per story.
+        let container = modelContext.container
-        let existing = (try? modelContext.fetch(FetchDescriptor<CachedStory>())) ?? []
+        Task.detached {
+            let ctx = ModelContext(container)
+            let existing = (try? ctx.fetch(FetchDescriptor<CachedStory>())) ?? []
             var byId = Dictionary(existing.map { ($0.id, $0) }, uniquingKeysWith: { a, _ in a })
             for summary in stories {
                 if let found = byId[summary.id] {
@@ -570,11 +745,12 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
                     found.updatedAt = summary.updatedAt
                 } else {
                     let c = CachedStory(from: summary)
-                modelContext.insert(c)
+                    ctx.insert(c)
                     byId[summary.id] = c
                 }
             }
-        try? modelContext.save()
+            try? ctx.save()
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -601,7 +777,8 @@ extension StorySummary {
             consensus: cached.consensus,
             conflict: cached.conflict,
             updatedAt: cached.updatedAt,
-            createdAt: cached.updatedAt
+            createdAt: cached.createdAt,
+            firstSeenAt: cached.firstSeenAt
         )
     }
 }
@@ -610,7 +787,7 @@ private extension View {
     /// Full-bleed black List row with no separator — keeps the flat feed look.
     func plainBlackRow() -> some View {
         self.listRowInsets(EdgeInsets())
-            .listRowBackground(Color.black)
+            .listRowBackground(Palette.background)
             .listRowSeparator(.hidden)
     }
 }

Jervis/Views/Home/StoryRowView.swift

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ struct StoryRowView: View {
         HStack(spacing: 0) {
             SignalStripe(score: story.signalScore, muted: true)
             Text(story.headline)
-                .font(.system(size: 14, weight: .bold))
+                .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .semibold, design: .default))
-                .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "6A6A6A"))
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText)
                 .lineLimit(1)
                 .padding(.leading, 14)
                 .padding(.vertical, 11)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct StoryRowView: View {
                 .padding(.trailing, 16)
         }
         .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
-        .background(Color.black)
+        .background(Palette.background)
         .overlay(alignment: .bottom) { Rectangle().fill(Palette.hairline).frame(height: 0.5) }
         .contentShape(Rectangle())
     }
@@ -49,54 +49,48 @@ struct StoryRowView: View {
             }
 
             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 9) {
-                // Title (+ cached dot)
-                HStack(alignment: .top, spacing: 8) {
                 Text(story.headline)
-                        .font(.system(size: 17, weight: .heavy))
+                    .font(.system(size: 19, weight: .bold, design: .default))
                     .foregroundStyle(Signal.titleColor(story.signalScore))
                     .lineLimit(3)
                     .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
 
-                    if isCached {
-                        CachedDot()
-                            .padding(.top, 6)
-                    }
-                }
-
-                // Summary preview — the gist, without opening the story.
                 if !story.summary.isEmpty {
                     Text(story.summary)
-                        .font(.system(size: 13, weight: .regular))
+                        .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .regular, design: .default))
-                        .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "8A8A8A"))
+                        .foregroundStyle(Palette.bodyText)
-                        .lineLimit(6)
+                        .lineLimit(5)
-                        .lineSpacing(2)
+                        .lineSpacing(3)
                         .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
                 }
 
-                // Source chips
                 if !sourceNames.isEmpty {
                     SourceChips(names: sourceNames, total: story.sourceCount)
                 }
 
-                // Metadata
                 Text(metaLine)
                     .font(.system(size: 11, weight: .regular, design: .monospaced))
-                    .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "666666"))
+                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
             }
             .padding(.leading, 14)
             .padding(.vertical, 16)
 
             Spacer(minLength: 12)
 
-            // Signal score column
+            // Signal cluster: score + offline dot, compact and aligned
+            VStack(alignment: .trailing, spacing: 4) {
                 Text("\(story.signalScore)")
-                .font(.system(size: 22, weight: .heavy, design: .monospaced))
+                    .font(.system(size: 14, weight: .semibold, design: .monospaced))
                     .foregroundStyle(Signal.scoreColor(story.signalScore))
+                if isCached {
+                    CachedDot(size: 6)
+                }
+            }
             .padding(.trailing, 16)
-                .padding(.top, 16)
+            .padding(.top, 18)
         }
         .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
-        .background(Color.black)
+        .background(Palette.background)
         .overlay(alignment: .bottom) {
             Rectangle().fill(Palette.hairline).frame(height: 0.5)
         }
@@ -105,7 +99,11 @@ struct StoryRowView: View {
 
     private var metaLine: String {
         let sources = "\(story.sourceCount) source\(story.sourceCount == 1 ? "" : "s")"
-        return "\(sources) · \(Topic.label(story.topic)) · \(story.updatedAt.timeAgoShort()) ago"
+        // firstSeenAt is when the cluster appeared — updatedAt bumps on every
+        // article the backend attaches, so it can read "just now" on stories
+        // that are actually weeks old.
+        let age = (story.firstSeenAt ?? story.updatedAt).timeAgoShort()
+        return "\(sources) · \(Topic.label(story.topic)) · \(age) ago"
     }
 }
 
@@ -123,10 +121,11 @@ struct StoryRowView: View {
                     id: "\(score)", headline: "Bank of Uganda cuts interest rates by 50 basis points",
                     summary: "", topic: "finance", tags: ["finance"], signalScore: score, scoreBreakdown: breakdown,
                     sourceCount: 7, sources: sources, consensus: nil, conflict: nil,
-                    updatedAt: Date().addingTimeInterval(-3600), createdAt: Date()),
+                    updatedAt: Date().addingTimeInterval(-3600), createdAt: Date(),
+                    firstSeenAt: Date().addingTimeInterval(-3600)),
                 isCached: score == 64
             )
         }
     }
-    .background(Color.black)
+    .background(Palette.background)
 }

Jervis/Views/Onboarding/OnboardingView.swift

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ struct OnboardingView: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         ZStack {
-            Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()
+            Palette.background.ignoresSafeArea()
 
             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 0) {
                 Spacer().frame(height: 48)

Jervis/Views/Reader/ArticleReaderView.swift

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ struct ArticleReaderView: View {
             HStack(spacing: 10) {
                 Text(article.source)
                     .font(.system(size: 11, weight: .bold))
-                    .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                     .lineLimit(1)
                     .padding(.horizontal, 10).padding(.vertical, 5)
                     .background(Palette.orange)
@@ -431,8 +431,10 @@ struct ArticleReaderView: View {
         if let row = (try? modelContext.fetch(
             FetchDescriptor<ReadStory>(predicate: #Predicate { $0.id == id })))?.first {
             modelContext.delete(row)
+            Task { try? await APIClient.shared.markStoryUnread(id: id) }
         } else {
             modelContext.insert(ReadStory(id: id))
+            Task { try? await APIClient.shared.markStoryRead(id: id) }
         }
         try? modelContext.save()
     }

Jervis/Views/SecondaryTabs.swift

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ private struct TabHeader: View {
             JarvisWordmark(size: 26)
             Text(title)
                 .font(.system(size: 13, weight: .bold))
-                .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "666666"))
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
                 .padding(.top, 6)
             Spacer()
         }
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct LatestView: View {
     var body: some View {
         NavigationStack {
             ZStack {
-                Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()
+                Palette.background.ignoresSafeArea()
                 VStack(spacing: 0) {
                     TabHeader(title: "Latest")
                     Divider().overlay(Palette.hairline)
@@ -98,20 +98,20 @@ struct SavedView: View {
     var body: some View {
         NavigationStack {
             ZStack {
-                Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()
+                Palette.background.ignoresSafeArea()
                 VStack(spacing: 0) {
                     TabHeader(title: "Saved")
                     Divider().overlay(Palette.hairline)
                     if stories.isEmpty {
                         VStack(spacing: 12) {
                             Image(systemName: "bookmark")
-                                .font(.system(size: 28)).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "333333"))
+                                .font(.system(size: 28)).foregroundStyle(Palette.mutedText)
                             Text("Nothing saved yet")
                                 .font(.system(size: 14, weight: .bold))
-                                .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+                                .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
                             Text("Swipe a story left to save it")
                                 .font(.system(size: 12))
-                                .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "444444"))
+                                .foregroundStyle(Palette.mutedText)
                         }
                         .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
                     } else {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ struct SearchView: View {
     var body: some View {
         NavigationStack {
             ZStack {
-                Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()
+                Palette.background.ignoresSafeArea()
                 VStack(spacing: 0) {
                     TabHeader(title: "Search")
                     searchBar
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ struct SearchView: View {
     private var searchBar: some View {
         HStack(spacing: 10) {
             Image(systemName: "magnifyingglass")
-                .font(.system(size: 14)).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+                .font(.system(size: 14)).foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
             TextField("", text: $query,
-                      prompt: Text("Search").foregroundColor(Color(hex: "555555")))
+                      prompt: Text("Search").foregroundColor(Palette.tertiaryText))
                 .font(.system(size: 15))
-                .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                 .autocorrectionDisabled()
         }
         .padding(.horizontal, 14)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ struct SearchView: View {
     private func placeholder(_ text: String) -> some View {
         Text(text)
             .font(.system(size: 14, weight: .bold))
-            .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+            .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
             .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
     }
 }

Jervis/Views/Settings/NotificationsView.swift

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ struct NotificationsView: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         ZStack {
-            Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()
+            Palette.background.ignoresSafeArea()
             ScrollView {
                 VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 24) {
                     header
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ struct NotificationsView: View {
     // MARK: - Header
 
     private var header: some View {
-        Text("Notifications").font(.system(size: 22, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(.white)
+        Text("Notifications").font(.system(size: 22, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
             .padding(.top, 4)
     }
 
     private var permissionCard: some View {
         VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 12) {
-            Text("Jarvis needs permission to send briefings and breaking alerts.")
+            Text("Jervis needs permission to send briefings and breaking alerts.")
                 .font(.system(size: 14)).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "BBBBBB"))
                 .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
             Button {
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ struct NotificationsView: View {
                 divider
                 HStack(spacing: 14) {
                     Image(systemName: "dial.medium").font(.system(size: 18))
-                        .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "999999")).frame(width: 26)
+                        .foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText).frame(width: 26)
-                    Text("Only above signal").font(.system(size: 15, weight: .bold)).foregroundStyle(.white)
+                    Text("Only above signal").font(.system(size: 15, weight: .bold)).foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                     Spacer()
                     Stepper(value: $settings.breakingMinSignal, in: 0...100, step: 5) {}
                         .labelsHidden().fixedSize()
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ struct NotificationsView: View {
                 divider
                 HStack(spacing: 14) {
                     Image(systemName: "clock").font(.system(size: 18))
-                        .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "999999")).frame(width: 26)
+                        .foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText).frame(width: 26)
-                    Text("Time").font(.system(size: 15, weight: .bold)).foregroundStyle(.white)
+                    Text("Time").font(.system(size: 15, weight: .bold)).foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                     Spacer()
                     DatePicker("", selection: timeBinding(hour: hour, minute: minute),
                                displayedComponents: .hourAndMinute)
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ struct NotificationsView: View {
                 divider
                 HStack(spacing: 14) {
                     Image(systemName: "mappin.and.ellipse").font(.system(size: 18))
-                        .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "999999")).frame(width: 26)
+                        .foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText).frame(width: 26)
                     VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 3) {
                         Text("Location").font(.system(size: 12)).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888"))
                         TextField("", text: $settings.locationName,
-                                  prompt: Text("Kampala").foregroundColor(Color(hex: "444444")))
+                                  prompt: Text("Kampala").foregroundColor(Palette.mutedText))
                             .font(.system(size: 16, weight: .regular))
-                            .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                            .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                             .autocorrectionDisabled()
                             .onSubmit { resolveLocation() }
                         if let place = settings.resolvedPlace {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ struct NotificationsView: View {
     private var testButton: some View {
         Button { Task { await manager.sendTestBriefing() } } label: {
             Text("Send a test briefing")
-                .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .bold)).foregroundStyle(.white)
+                .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .bold)).foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                 .frame(maxWidth: .infinity).frame(height: 50)
                 .background(Palette.surface2).clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 14))
         }
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ struct NotificationsView: View {
     private func section<C: View>(_ label: String, @ViewBuilder _ content: () -> C) -> some View {
         VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 10) {
             Text(label).font(.system(size: 11, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced))
-                .kerning(0.8).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+                .kerning(0.8).foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
             VStack(spacing: 0) { content() }
                 .background(Palette.surface).clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 14))
         }
@@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ struct NotificationsView: View {
 
     private func toggleRow(icon: String, title: String, subtitle: String, isOn: Binding<Bool>) -> some View {
         HStack(spacing: 14) {
-            Image(systemName: icon).font(.system(size: 18)).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "999999")).frame(width: 26)
+            Image(systemName: icon).font(.system(size: 18)).foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText).frame(width: 26)
             Toggle(isOn: isOn) {
                 VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 3) {
-                    Text(title).font(.system(size: 16, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(.white)
+                    Text(title).font(.system(size: 16, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                     Text(subtitle).font(.system(size: 12)).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888"))
                         .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
                 }

Jervis/Views/Settings/SettingsView.swift

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
     @EnvironmentObject var settings: ServerSettings
     @Environment(\.dismiss) private var dismiss
     @Environment(\.modelContext) private var modelContext
+    @AppStorage("appearanceMode") private var appearanceMode: AppearanceMode = .dark
     @Query private var cachedStories: [CachedStory]
     @Query private var cachedArticles: [CachedArticle]
     @State private var showClearConfirm = false
@@ -15,11 +16,15 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
     var body: some View {
         NavigationStack {
             ZStack {
-                Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()
+                Palette.background.ignoresSafeArea()
                 ScrollView {
                     VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 26) {
                         header
 
+                        group("APPEARANCE") {
+                            appearancePicker
+                        }
+
                         group("GENERAL") {
                             NavigationLink { NotificationsView() } label: {
                                 row(icon: "bell.badge", title: "Notifications",
@@ -60,13 +65,47 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
         }
     }
 
+    private var appearancePicker: some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 14) {
+            Image(systemName: "circle.lefthalf.filled")
+                .font(.system(size: 18))
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText)
+                .frame(width: 26)
+            Text("Theme")
+                .font(.system(size: 16, weight: .heavy))
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
+            Spacer()
+            HStack(spacing: 0) {
+                ForEach(AppearanceMode.allCases, id: \.self) { mode in
+                    Button {
+                        appearanceMode = mode
+                    } label: {
+                        Text(mode.label)
+                            .font(.system(size: 12, weight: .bold))
+                            .foregroundStyle(appearanceMode == mode ? .black : Palette.secondaryText)
+                            .padding(.horizontal, 12)
+                            .frame(height: 30)
+                            .background(appearanceMode == mode ? Palette.orange : Color.clear)
+                            .clipShape(Capsule())
+                    }
+                    .buttonStyle(.plain)
+                }
+            }
+            .background(Palette.surface2)
+            .clipShape(Capsule())
+            .overlay(Capsule().stroke(Palette.surface2, lineWidth: 0.5))
+        }
+        .padding(.horizontal, 14).padding(.vertical, 14)
+        .contentShape(Rectangle())
+    }
+
     private var header: some View {
         HStack {
-            Text("Settings").font(.system(size: 22, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(.white)
+            Text("Settings").font(.system(size: 22, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
             Spacer()
             Button { dismiss() } label: {
                 Image(systemName: "xmark").font(.system(size: 15, weight: .bold))
-                    .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888")).frame(width: 44, height: 44)
+                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText).frame(width: 44, height: 44)
             }
         }
         .padding(.top, 8)
@@ -75,7 +114,7 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
     private func group<C: View>(_ label: String, @ViewBuilder _ content: () -> C) -> some View {
         VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 10) {
             Text(label).font(.system(size: 11, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced))
-                .kerning(0.8).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+                .kerning(0.8).foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
             VStack(spacing: 0) { content() }
                 .background(Palette.surface)
                 .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 14))
@@ -83,18 +122,19 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
     }
 
     private func row(icon: String, title: String, subtitle: String,
-                     chevron: Bool = true, tint: Color = .white) -> some View {
+                     chevron: Bool = true, tint: Color? = nil) -> some View {
-        HStack(spacing: 14) {
+        let resolvedTint = tint ?? Palette.primaryText
+        return HStack(spacing: 14) {
             Image(systemName: icon).font(.system(size: 18))
-                .foregroundStyle(tint == .white ? Color(hex: "999999") : tint).frame(width: 26)
+                .foregroundStyle(tint == nil ? Palette.secondaryText : resolvedTint).frame(width: 26)
             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 2) {
-                Text(title).font(.system(size: 16, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(tint).lineLimit(1)
+                Text(title).font(.system(size: 16, weight: .heavy)).foregroundStyle(resolvedTint).lineLimit(1)
-                Text(subtitle).font(.system(size: 12)).foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888")).lineLimit(1)
+                Text(subtitle).font(.system(size: 12)).foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText).lineLimit(1)
             }
             Spacer()
             if chevron {
                 Image(systemName: "chevron.right").font(.system(size: 13, weight: .bold))
-                    .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
             }
         }
         .padding(.horizontal, 14).padding(.vertical, 14).frame(minHeight: 44)

Jervis/Views/Shared/CachedBadge.swift

@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ struct CachedBadge: View {
         CachedBadge(text: "All 7 articles cached · available offline")
     }
     .padding()
-    .background(Color.black)
+    .background(Palette.background)
 }

Jervis/Views/Shared/ConnectionBanner.swift

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ extension ConnectionState {
         case .connected:    return Color(hex: "33C25E")
         case .connecting,
              .reconnecting: return Palette.healthFailing
-        case .disconnected: return Color(hex: "555555")
+        case .disconnected: return Palette.tertiaryText
         }
     }
 }
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@ struct ConnectionBanner: View {
         ConnectionBanner(state: .disconnected)
     }
     .padding()
-    .background(Color.black)
+    .background(Palette.background)
 }

Jervis/Views/Shared/SignalStripe.swift

@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ struct SignalStripe: View {
         }
     }
     .padding()
-    .background(Color.black)
+    .background(Palette.background)
 }

Jervis/Views/Shared/SourceChips.swift

@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ struct SourceChips: View {
 
     private func chip(_ text: String, muted: Bool = false) -> some View {
         Text(text)
-            .font(.system(size: 12, weight: .bold))
+            .font(.system(size: 11, weight: .semibold))
-            .foregroundStyle(muted ? Color(hex: "777777") : Color(hex: "CCCCCC"))
+            .foregroundStyle(muted ? Palette.chipMutedText : Palette.chipText)
-            .padding(.horizontal, 9)
+            .padding(.horizontal, 8)
-            .padding(.vertical, 5)
+            .padding(.vertical, 3)
-            .background(Palette.surface2)
+            .background(Palette.chipFill)
             .clipShape(Capsule())
     }
 }
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ struct SourceChips: View {
 #Preview {
     SourceChips(names: ["Daily Monitor", "NilePost", "The EastAfrican"], total: 7)
         .padding()
-        .background(Color.black)
+        .background(Palette.background)
 }

Jervis/Views/Shared/Theme.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,441 @@
+// Theme.swift
+// Jarvis — shared design tokens, signal-score fade math, formatting, nav routes.
+// Every hex value here is from the spec; nothing is invented.
+
+import SwiftUI
+import UIKit
+
+// MARK: - Hex colors
+
+extension Color {
+    init(hex: String) {
+        let s = hex.trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "#"))
+        var v: UInt64 = 0
+        Scanner(string: s).scanHexInt64(&v)
+        let r, g, b: Double
+        switch s.count {
+        case 6:
+            r = Double((v >> 16) & 0xFF) / 255
+            g = Double((v >> 8) & 0xFF) / 255
+            b = Double(v & 0xFF) / 255
+        default:
+            r = 0; g = 0; b = 0
+        }
+        self = Color(.sRGB, red: r, green: g, blue: b, opacity: 1)
+    }
+}
+
+
+extension UIColor {
+    convenience init(hex: String) {
+        let s = hex.trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "#"))
+        var v: UInt64 = 0
+        Scanner(string: s).scanHexInt64(&v)
+        let r, g, b: CGFloat
+        switch s.count {
+        case 6:
+            r = CGFloat((v >> 16) & 0xFF) / 255
+            g = CGFloat((v >> 8) & 0xFF) / 255
+            b = CGFloat(v & 0xFF) / 255
+        default:
+            r = 0; g = 0; b = 0
+        }
+        self.init(red: r, green: g, blue: b, alpha: 1)
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Palette
+
+enum Palette {
+    static let orange = Color("KisaniOrange")     // #FF5C00
+
+    static func adaptive(dark: String, light: String) -> Color {
+        Color(UIColor { traits in
+            traits.userInterfaceStyle == .dark ? UIColor(hex: dark) : UIColor(hex: light)
+        })
+    }
+
+    static let background = adaptive(dark: "0A0A0A", light: "F7F4EF")
+    static let black      = background
+    static let surface    = adaptive(dark: "111111", light: "EFE9DD")
+    static let surface2   = adaptive(dark: "1A1A1A", light: "E3DBCE")
+    static let hairline   = adaptive(dark: "1A1A1A", light: "D6CEC0")
+
+    static let primaryText   = adaptive(dark: "F5F2ED", light: "171411")
+    static let secondaryText = adaptive(dark: "9A9A9A", light: "4F4941")
+    static let tertiaryText  = adaptive(dark: "666666", light: "6F675E")
+    static let mutedText     = adaptive(dark: "4A4A4A", light: "948B80")
+    static let chipFill      = adaptive(dark: "242424", light: "DDD3C1")
+    static let chipText      = adaptive(dark: "E0E0E0", light: "28231E")
+    static let chipMutedText = adaptive(dark: "787878", light: "68625A")
+
+    // health
+    static let healthActive  = adaptive(dark: "2A5A2A", light: "DCEBDD")
+    static let healthFailing = adaptive(dark: "AA6600", light: "F2D6A6")
+    static let healthDead    = adaptive(dark: "5A1A1A", light: "E9C7C7")
+
+    // blocks
+    static let consensusBorder = Color(hex: "FF5C00")
+    static let consensusFill   = adaptive(dark: "1F1206", light: "FFE2CA")
+    static let conflictBorder  = adaptive(dark: "5A1A1A", light: "BF5B5B")
+    static let conflictFill    = adaptive(dark: "1A0C0C", light: "F3D8D8")
+
+    static let cachedGreen = adaptive(dark: "2A5A2A", light: "2C6A38")
+    static let bodyText    = adaptive(dark: "8A8A8A", light: "4A453F")
+}
+
+// MARK: - Signal-score fade
+//
+// Spec anchors:
+//   stripe : 97 → #FF5C00, fades to #1A1A1A at 0
+//   title  : 97 → white,   20 → #444444, 0–19 near invisible
+//   score  : 80–100 full orange · 50–79 dimmed orange · 20–49 dark brown · 0–19 near invisible
+
+enum Signal {
+    private static func lerp(_ a: (Double, Double, Double),
+                             _ b: (Double, Double, Double),
+                             _ t: Double) -> Color {
+        let t = max(0, min(1, t))
+        return Color(.sRGB,
+                     red:   a.0 + (b.0 - a.0) * t,
+                     green: a.1 + (b.1 - a.1) * t,
+                     blue:  a.2 + (b.2 - a.2) * t,
+                     opacity: 1)
+    }
+
+    private static func lerpTuple(_ a: (Double, Double, Double),
+                                  _ b: (Double, Double, Double),
+                                  _ t: Double) -> (Double, Double, Double) {
+        let t = max(0, min(1, t))
+        return (
+            a.0 + (b.0 - a.0) * t,
+            a.1 + (b.1 - a.1) * t,
+            a.2 + (b.2 - a.2) * t
+        )
+    }
+
+    private static func adaptiveLerp(_ darkA: (Double, Double, Double),
+                                     _ darkB: (Double, Double, Double),
+                                     _ lightA: (Double, Double, Double),
+                                     _ lightB: (Double, Double, Double),
+                                     _ t: Double) -> Color {
+        Color(UIColor { traits in
+            let rgb = traits.userInterfaceStyle == .dark
+                ? lerpTuple(darkA, darkB, t)
+                : lerpTuple(lightA, lightB, t)
+            return UIColor(red: rgb.0, green: rgb.1, blue: rgb.2, alpha: 1)
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// 3pt left stripe color: #1A1A1A (0) → #FF5C00 (97+).
+    static func stripeColor(_ score: Int) -> Color {
+        let t = Double(score) / 97.0
+        return lerp((0x1A/255, 0x1A/255, 0x1A/255),   // #1A1A1A
+                    (0xFF/255, 0x5C/255, 0x00/255),    // #FF5C00
+                    t)
+    }
+
+    /// Story title color: white (97+) → #444444 (20) → near invisible (0).
+    static func titleColor(_ score: Int) -> Color {
+        if score >= 97 { return Palette.primaryText }
+        if score >= 20 {
+            let t = Double(score - 20) / Double(97 - 20)
+            return adaptiveLerp(
+                (0x44/255, 0x44/255, 0x44/255), (0xF5/255, 0xF2/255, 0xED/255),
+                (0x8A/255, 0x81/255, 0x76/255), (0x17/255, 0x14/255, 0x11/255),
+                t
+            )
+        }
+        let t = Double(score) / 20.0
+        return adaptiveLerp(
+            (0x1C/255, 0x1C/255, 0x1C/255), (0x44/255, 0x44/255, 0x44/255),
+            (0xD6/255, 0xCE/255, 0xC0/255), (0x8A/255, 0x81/255, 0x76/255),
+            t
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Signal score number color: stays in orange/brown hue, fades with score.
+    /// near-invisible brown (0) → full #FF5C00 (100).
+    static func scoreColor(_ score: Int) -> Color {
+        let t = Double(score) / 100.0
+        return lerp((0x2A/255, 0x18/255, 0x10/255),    // near-invisible brown
+                    (0xFF/255, 0x5C/255, 0x00/255),     // #FF5C00
+                    t)
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Topic display
+
+enum Topic {
+    static func label(_ slug: String) -> String {
+        switch slug.lowercased() {
+        case "ai", "artificial-intelligence": return "AI"
+        case "us", "united-states":           return "US"
+        case "formula-1":                     return "Formula 1"
+        case "ui-ux", "web-design-and-ui-ux": return "Web Design"
+        default:
+            // Slug → Title Case, e.g. "cloud-computing" → "Cloud Computing".
+            return slug.split(separator: "-")
+                .map { $0.prefix(1).uppercased() + $0.dropFirst() }
+                .joined(separator: " ")
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Topic pills shown on the home screen.
+    static let filters: [(label: String, slug: String?)] = [
+        ("All", nil),
+        ("Finance", "finance"),
+        ("Tech", "tech"),
+        ("Politics", "politics"),
+        ("Africa", "africa"),
+    ]
+}
+
+// MARK: - Time formatting
+
+extension Date {
+    /// Short relative string e.g. "just now", "3 min", "2 hr", "4 d".
+    func timeAgoShort(reference: Date = Date()) -> String {
+        let secs = max(0, Int(reference.timeIntervalSince(self)))
+        switch secs {
+        case 0..<60:        return "just now"
+        case 60..<3600:     return "\(secs / 60) min"
+        case 3600..<86400:  return "\(secs / 3600) hr"
+        default:            return "\(secs / 86400) d"
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// "08:03" style monospaced clock for timeline / source chips.
+    var clockShort: String {
+        let f = DateFormatter()
+        f.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
+        return f.string(from: self)
+    }
+}
+
+func syncedMinutesAgo(_ date: Date?, reference: Date = Date()) -> String {
+    guard let date else { return "never" }
+    return date.timeAgoShort(reference: reference)
+}
+
+// MARK: - Navigation routes
+
+/// Route into the article reader. Carries the parent story context so the
+/// back button can show the truncated headline.
+struct ArticleRoute: Hashable {
+    let articleId: String
+    let storyId: String
+    let parentHeadline: String
+}
+
+// MARK: - Appearance mode
+
+enum AppearanceMode: String, CaseIterable {
+    case system, light, dark
+
+    var colorScheme: ColorScheme? {
+        switch self {
+        case .system: return nil
+        case .light:  return .light
+        case .dark:   return .dark
+        }
+    }
+
+    var label: String {
+        switch self {
+        case .system: return "System"
+        case .light:  return "Light"
+        case .dark:   return "Dark"
+        }
+    }
+
+    var icon: String {
+        switch self {
+        case .system: return "circle.lefthalf.filled"
+        case .light:  return "sun.max"
+        case .dark:   return "moon.stars"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Freshness-weighted feed ordering
+//
+// The server already applies freshness when computing signalScore, but that
+// snapshot ages once it's cached on the client. clientRank applies a lightweight
+// time-decay so fresh stories naturally surface over stale high-scorers.
+//
+// Formula:  rank = score × (0.80 + 0.20 × decay)
+//   decay = 1 / (1 + ageHours / 24)   →  1.0 now · 0.50 @ 24 h · 0.33 @ 48 h
+//
+// Effect: a score-80 story from 1 hour ago (rank ≈ 79.8) beats a score-82 story
+// from 48 hours ago (rank ≈ 71.4). Pure score still dominates for same-age stories.
+//
+// Age is measured from `firstSeenAt`, not `updatedAt` — the backend bumps
+// `updatedAt` every time it attaches another article to a cluster, however
+// loosely related (see BACKLOG #15), so a story can read as "just now" while
+// being weeks old by `firstSeenAt`. Using `updatedAt` here previously
+// neutralized the whole point of this decay: a fossil story's age always
+// computed near zero.
+
+extension StorySummary {
+    var clientRank: Double {
+        let ageHours = max(0.0, -(firstSeenAt ?? updatedAt).timeIntervalSinceNow) / 3600.0
+        let decay = 1.0 / (1.0 + ageHours / 24.0)
+        return Double(signalScore) * (0.80 + 0.20 * decay)
+    }
+
+    /// Even with the fix above, this decay is soft (max 20% penalty) — a
+    /// high enough signalScore can still outrank fresher, lower-scored
+    /// stories. `isFossil` is a hard backstop views use to keep genuinely
+    /// old stories out of the lead/hero slot regardless of score.
+    static let fossilThresholdDays: Double = 5
+
+    var isFossil: Bool {
+        let ageSeconds = -(firstSeenAt ?? updatedAt).timeIntervalSinceNow
+        return ageSeconds > StorySummary.fossilThresholdDays * 86400
+    }
+
+    static func feedOrder(_ a: StorySummary, _ b: StorySummary) -> Bool {
+        let diff = a.clientRank - b.clientRank
+        // Stable tiebreak for nearly-equal ranks: newer ID wins (IDs are
+        // lexicographically monotone from the backend).
+        if abs(diff) < 0.5 { return a.id > b.id }
+        return diff > 0
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Story pills (backend-tag driven)
+//
+// The backend classifies each story into canonical category slugs in `tags[]`.
+// The client filters by pill -> slug membership only; no headline keyword
+// matching. `topic` is a fallback while the backend finishes emitting `tags[]`.
+
+enum StoryPill: String, CaseIterable, Identifiable {
+    case all = "All"
+    case f1 = "F1"
+    case sport = "Sport"
+    case tech = "Tech"               // AI, Cloud, HomeLab — sub-sections inside
+    case eastAfrica = "East Africa"  // Uganda + broader East Africa, Uganda pinned first
+    case southernAfrica = "Southern Africa"  // SA, Namibia, Botswana pinned first
+    case canada = "Canada"
+    case unitedStates = "US"
+
+    var id: String { rawValue }
+    var label: String { rawValue }
+
+    var slugs: Set<String> {
+        switch self {
+        case .all:            return []
+        case .f1:             return ["formula-1"]
+        case .sport:          return ["sports", "esports"]
+        case .tech:           return [
+            "technology", "programming-and-software-development",
+            "cybersecurity", "security", "privacy-and-data-protection",
+            "web-design-and-ui-ux", "wordpress-and-web-development",
+            "artificial-intelligence", "machine-learning", "robotics",
+            "cloud-computing", "homelab",
+        ]
+        case .eastAfrica:     return ["east-africa", "uganda"]
+        case .southernAfrica: return [
+            "south-africa", "namibia", "botswana",
+            "zimbabwe", "zambia", "mozambique", "southern-africa",
+        ]
+        case .canada:         return ["canada"]
+        case .unitedStates:   return ["united-states"]
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Sub-sections to show inside the card layout for this pill (nil = flat).
+    var subSections: [NewsSection]? {
+        switch self {
+        case .tech:           return NewsSection.techSubSections
+        case .eastAfrica:     return NewsSection.eastAfricaSubSections
+        case .southernAfrica: return NewsSection.southernAfricaSubSections
+        default:              return nil
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+extension StorySummary {
+    /// Backend `tags[]` are the source of truth; fall back to `topic` during the
+    /// transition while the backend finishes emitting tags.
+    var effectiveTags: Set<String> {
+        let clean = Set((tags ?? []).filter { !$0.isEmpty })
+        return clean.isEmpty ? [topic] : clean
+    }
+
+    func matches(_ pill: StoryPill) -> Bool {
+        pill == .all || !effectiveTags.isDisjoint(with: pill.slugs)
+    }
+
+    func inSection(_ section: NewsSection) -> Bool {
+        !effectiveTags.isDisjoint(with: section.slugs)
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Wordmark
+
+struct JarvisWordmark: View {
+    var size: CGFloat = 30
+    private var font: Font { .custom("Courier New", size: size).bold() }
+    var body: some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 0) {
+            Text("j").font(font).foregroundStyle(Palette.orange)
+            Text("ervis").font(font).foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - News sections (the "All" front page)
+//
+// Groups the firehose into Apple/Google-News-style sections. A story lands in
+// the first section (by this order) whose slugs it carries; `pill` powers "See all".
+
+struct NewsSection: Identifiable {
+    let id: String
+    let label: String
+    let slugs: Set<String>
+    let pill: StoryPill?
+
+    static let sections: [NewsSection] = [
+        .init(id: "us",            label: "US",           slugs: ["united-states"], pill: .unitedStates),
+        .init(id: "world",         label: "World",        slugs: ["world-news", "news", "news-and-current-affairs"], pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "politics",      label: "Politics",     slugs: ["politics", "human-rights", "investigative"], pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "business",      label: "Business",     slugs: ["business", "finance", "fintech", "cryptocurrency", "blockchain", "entrepreneur", "startups", "real-estate"], pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "tech",          label: "Tech",         slugs: ["technology", "programming-and-software-development", "cybersecurity", "security", "web-design-and-ui-ux", "wordpress-and-web-development", "privacy-and-data-protection", "cloud-computing", "artificial-intelligence", "machine-learning", "robotics", "homelab"], pill: .tech),
+        .init(id: "east-africa",    label: "East Africa",    slugs: ["east-africa", "uganda"], pill: .eastAfrica),
+        .init(id: "southern-africa",label: "Southern Africa", slugs: ["south-africa", "namibia", "botswana", "zimbabwe", "zambia", "mozambique", "southern-africa"], pill: .southernAfrica),
+        .init(id: "africa",         label: "Africa",         slugs: ["africa"], pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "sport",         label: "Sport",        slugs: ["sports", "esports", "formula-1"], pill: .sport),
+        .init(id: "science",       label: "Science",      slugs: ["science", "astronomy", "environment", "green-technology", "sustainability"], pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "entertainment", label: "Entertainment",slugs: ["entertainment", "music", "pop-culture", "video-game", "arts-and-culture", "books-and-literature"], pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "health",        label: "Health",       slugs: ["health", "health-and-wellness", "mental-health"], pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "lifestyle",     label: "Lifestyle",    slugs: ["lifestyle", "food-and-drink", "travel", "gardening", "outdoor-and-hiking", "parenting-and-family", "interior-design-and-home-decor", "photography", "self-improvement-and-personal-development", "education", "e-learning"], pill: nil),
+    ]
+
+    /// Sub-sections shown inside the Tech pill view.
+    static let techSubSections: [NewsSection] = [
+        .init(id: "t-ai",       label: "AI",         slugs: ["artificial-intelligence", "machine-learning", "robotics"], pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "t-cloud",    label: "Cloud",      slugs: ["cloud-computing"], pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "t-homelab",  label: "HomeLab",    slugs: ["homelab"], pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "t-security", label: "Security",   slugs: ["cybersecurity", "security", "privacy-and-data-protection"], pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "t-dev",      label: "Dev",        slugs: ["programming-and-software-development", "web-design-and-ui-ux", "wordpress-and-web-development"], pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "t-tech",     label: "Technology", slugs: ["technology"], pill: nil),
+    ]
+
+    /// Sub-sections shown inside the East Africa pill view — Uganda pinned first.
+    static let eastAfricaSubSections: [NewsSection] = [
+        .init(id: "ea-uganda",  label: "Uganda",     slugs: ["uganda"],       pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "ea-kenya",   label: "Kenya",      slugs: ["east-africa"],  pill: nil),
+    ]
+
+    /// Sub-sections shown inside the Southern Africa pill — SA, Namibia, Botswana first.
+    static let southernAfricaSubSections: [NewsSection] = [
+        .init(id: "sa-za",  label: "South Africa", slugs: ["south-africa"],   pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "sa-na",  label: "Namibia",      slugs: ["namibia"],        pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "sa-bw",  label: "Botswana",     slugs: ["botswana"],       pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "sa-zw",  label: "Zimbabwe",     slugs: ["zimbabwe"],       pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "sa-zm",  label: "Zambia",       slugs: ["zambia"],         pill: nil),
+        .init(id: "sa-mz",  label: "Mozambique",   slugs: ["mozambique"],     pill: nil),
+    ]
+}

Jervis/Views/Story/StoryDetailView.swift

@@ -69,20 +69,21 @@ struct StoryDetailView: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         ZStack {
-            Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()
+            Palette.background.ignoresSafeArea()
             ScrollView {
                 VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 20) {
                     categoryRow
                     Text(headline)
-                        .font(.system(size: 28, weight: .heavy))
+                        .font(.system(size: 31, weight: .bold, design: .default))
-                        .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                        .lineSpacing(2)
+                        .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                         .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
 
                     if !summary.isEmpty {
                         Text(summary)
-                            .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .regular))
+                            .font(.system(size: 18, weight: .regular, design: .default))
-                            .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "9A9A9A"))
+                            .foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText)
-                            .lineSpacing(4)
+                            .lineSpacing(5)
                     }
 
                     SourceChips(names: sourceNames, total: sourceCount)
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ struct StoryDetailView: View {
                 }
             }
         }
-        .toolbarBackground(Color.black, for: .navigationBar)
+        .toolbarBackground(Palette.background, for: .navigationBar)
         .toolbarBackground(.visible, for: .navigationBar)
         .sheet(isPresented: $showShare) { ShareSheet(items: shareContent) }
         .task {
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ struct StoryDetailView: View {
         else { return }
         modelContext.insert(ReadStory(id: id))
         try? modelContext.save()
+        Task { try? await APIClient.shared.markStoryRead(id: id) }
     }
 
     private func toggleRead() {
@@ -148,8 +150,10 @@ struct StoryDetailView: View {
         if let row = (try? modelContext.fetch(
                 FetchDescriptor<ReadStory>(predicate: #Predicate { $0.id == id })))?.first {
             modelContext.delete(row)
+            Task { try? await APIClient.shared.markStoryUnread(id: id) }
         } else {
             modelContext.insert(ReadStory(id: id))
+            Task { try? await APIClient.shared.markStoryRead(id: id) }
         }
         try? modelContext.save()
     }
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ struct StoryDetailView: View {
                 .font(.system(size: 11, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced))
                 .kerning(0.8)
                 .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "888888"))
-            Text("·").foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "444444"))
+            Text("·").foregroundStyle(Palette.mutedText)
             Text("\(score) signal")
                 .font(.system(size: 11, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced))
                 .foregroundStyle(Signal.scoreColor(score))
@@ -228,8 +232,8 @@ struct StoryDetailView: View {
                     .kerning(0.8)
                     .foregroundStyle(titleColor)
                 Text(text)
-                    .font(.system(size: 14, weight: .regular))
+                    .font(.system(size: 16, weight: .regular, design: .default))
-                    .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "C8C8C8"))
+                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText)
                     .lineSpacing(3)
                     .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
             }
@@ -245,7 +249,7 @@ struct StoryDetailView: View {
             Text("COVERAGE TIMELINE")
                 .font(.system(size: 10, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced))
                 .kerning(0.8)
-                .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+                .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
                 .padding(.bottom, 14)
 
             if vm.isLoading && timeline.isEmpty {
@@ -253,7 +257,7 @@ struct StoryDetailView: View {
             } else if timeline.isEmpty {
                 Text(vm.error ?? "No coverage available.")
                     .font(.system(size: 13))
-                    .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
             } else {
                 ForEach(Array(timeline.enumerated()), id: \.element.id) { index, entry in
                     NavigationLink(value: ArticleRoute(articleId: entry.articleId,
@@ -275,11 +279,11 @@ struct StoryDetailView: View {
             // Node + connector
             VStack(spacing: 0) {
                 Circle()
-                    .fill(isFirst ? Palette.orange : Color(hex: "333333"))
+                    .fill(isFirst ? Palette.orange : Palette.mutedText)
                     .frame(width: 11, height: 11)
-                    .overlay(Circle().stroke(Color.black, lineWidth: 2))
+                    .overlay(Circle().stroke(Palette.background, lineWidth: 2))
                 if !isLast {
-                    Rectangle().fill(Color(hex: "222222")).frame(width: 1.5)
+                    Rectangle().fill(Palette.hairline).frame(width: 1.5)
                 }
             }
             .frame(width: 11)
@@ -287,12 +291,12 @@ struct StoryDetailView: View {
             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 5) {
                 HStack(spacing: 8) {
                     Text(entry.source)
-                        .font(.system(size: 12, weight: .bold))
+                        .font(.system(size: 14, weight: .semibold, design: .default))
-                        .foregroundStyle(isFirst ? Palette.orange : Color(hex: "999999"))
+                        .foregroundStyle(isFirst ? Palette.orange : Palette.primaryText)
                     if entry.isBreaking {
                         Text("BREAKING")
                             .font(.system(size: 9, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced))
-                            .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                            .foregroundStyle(Palette.primaryText)
                             .padding(.horizontal, 5).padding(.vertical, 2)
                             .background(Palette.conflictBorder)
                             .clipShape(Capsule())
@@ -300,12 +304,12 @@ struct StoryDetailView: View {
                     Spacer()
                     Text(entry.publishedAt.clockShort)
                         .font(.system(size: 11, weight: .regular, design: .monospaced))
-                        .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "555555"))
+                        .foregroundStyle(Palette.tertiaryText)
                     if cached { CachedDot(size: 6) }
                 }
                 Text(entry.headline)
-                    .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .regular))
+                    .font(.system(size: 16, weight: .regular, design: .default))
-                    .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "D0D0D0"))
+                    .foregroundStyle(Palette.secondaryText)
                     .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
                     .multilineTextAlignment(.leading)
             }

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Jarvis (iOS)
+# Jervis (iOS)
 
 A SwiftUI iOS client for a self-hosted RSS **news-correlation** platform. It shows
 stories ranked by a server-computed **signal score**, caches full articles for offline
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ reading, and receives live updates over WebSocket.
   directly.
 
 ```
-Jarvis/
+Jervis/
   Models/        Codable + SwiftData models
   Networking/    APIClient (REST), WebSocketManager
   Store/         StoryStore, ServerSettings
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ Jarvis/
 
 ```bash
 brew install xcodegen          # once
-xcodegen generate              # produces Jarvis.xcodeproj
+xcodegen generate              # produces Jervis.xcodeproj
-open Jarvis.xcodeproj          # ⌘R in Xcode, or:
+open Jervis.xcodeproj          # ⌘R in Xcode, or:
 
-xcodebuild -project Jarvis.xcodeproj -scheme Jarvis \
+xcodebuild -project Jervis.xcodeproj -scheme Jervis \
   -sdk iphonesimulator -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 17' build
 ```
 

docs/BACKLOG.md

@@ -28,6 +28,42 @@ Status: 🔴 open · 🟡 mitigated client-side (real fix still pending) · 🟢
 3. 🔴 **[backend] Add accurate per-story tags (topic + region).** So the client can read
    tags (sport, uganda, south-africa, …) instead of keyword-guessing. Unblocks #6.
 4. 🔴 **[backend] Topic-classifier coverage for the 47 feeds.** science/world/tech mapping.
+15. 🔴 **[backend] Freshness score decays from `lastUpdatedAt` (cluster last touched), not
+    from the actual news event age — old stories never leave the top of the feed.**
+    Confirmed live on `/api/v1/stories`: 13 of the top 20 stories are 5+ days old by
+    `firstSeenAt` but still score 90+; the #1 story (`story_511c67eb064d`) has
+    `firstSeenAt: 2026-06-17`, `lastUpdatedAt: 2026-07-09` (21 days later), `freshnessScore:
+    1.0`, signal 100. Compounds with #2 (over-clustering): a loose cluster keeps absorbing
+    tangential articles indefinitely (this story's timeline includes "Security forces ready
+    for June 30 marches: Ramaphosa" — unrelated to the football story it's attached to),
+    each attachment resets `lastUpdatedAt` to now, so the cluster's clock never runs out and
+    its canonical headline drifts to whatever was clustered last (list view showed "South
+    Africa stun South Korea…"; story detail showed "Updated FIFA rankings after Bafana
+    Bafana exit" for the *same* `story_id`). **Fix: decay freshness from `firstSeenAt` (or
+    the newest article whose relevance to the cluster core is verified), not from
+    "last touched."** Tightening the TF-IDF threshold in #2 should also reduce how often
+    unrelated articles keep a stale cluster's clock alive. Also confirmed the API's own
+    `isStale` field is unusable as a stopgap — it reads `false` on every story checked
+    regardless of actual age, so it isn't computed from a real staleness threshold.
+    *Client mitigations shipped:*
+    1. Age display (row meta line, hero card) now reads from `firstSeenAt` instead of
+       `updatedAt`, so the UI no longer shows "1 hr ago" on stories that are actually
+       weeks old.
+    2. Found that `StorySummary.clientRank` — an *existing* time-decay mechanism, already
+       in the codebase specifically to stop stale high-scorers from leading the feed — was
+       itself silently neutralized by this same bug: it computed age from `updatedAt`, so a
+       fossil's age always read as ~0. Fixed to use `firstSeenAt`. This isn't new
+       client-side ranking logic; it's un-breaking a pre-existing, intentional one.
+    3. Added `StorySummary.isFossil` (`firstSeenAt` > 5 days old) as a hard backstop —
+       `clientRank`'s decay is soft (max 20% score penalty) and isn't always enough to
+       overcome a high `signalScore` alone. Fossils are sunk below current stories in
+       `mainStories` and `makeDigest`, so a stale story can never occupy the hero/lead slot
+       even if the server still ranks it #1. They still appear in the feed, just not in
+       the most prominent, most misleading position.
+    *Still wrong at the source* — the server's own `signalScore`/`freshnessScore` ordering
+    (what page 2+, pagination cutoffs, and `min_signal` filtering all rely on) is
+    unaffected; these are display/ordering patches downstream of it. The real fix is
+    still backend-side.
 
 ## Backend — features
 

project.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Jarvis
+name: Jervis
 options:
   bundleIdPrefix: com.kisani
   deploymentTarget:
@@ -6,22 +6,23 @@ options:
   createIntermediateGroups: true
 
 targets:
-  Jarvis:
+  Jervis:
     type: application
     platform: iOS
     deploymentTarget: "17.0"
     sources:
-      - path: Jarvis
+      - path: Jervis
     info:
-      path: Jarvis/Info.plist
+      path: Jervis/Info.plist
       properties:
-        CFBundleDisplayName: Jarvis
+        CFBundleDisplayName: Jervis
+        CFBundleShortVersionString: $(MARKETING_VERSION)
+        CFBundleVersion: $(CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION)
         UILaunchScreen:
           UIColorName: ""
         UISupportedInterfaceOrientations:
           - UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait
-        UIUserInterfaceStyle: Dark
+        NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription: "Jervis connects to your self-hosted news platform on the local network."
-        NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription: "Jarvis connects to your self-hosted news platform on the local network."
         NSAppTransportSecurity:
           NSAllowsArbitraryLoads: true
           NSAllowsLocalNetworking: true
@@ -38,8 +39,9 @@ targets:
     settings:
       base:
         PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER: com.kisani.jarvis
+        PRODUCT_NAME: Jervis
         MARKETING_VERSION: "1.0"
-        CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION: "1"
+        CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION: "2"
         TARGETED_DEVICE_FAMILY: "1"
         SWIFT_VERSION: "5.0"
         # Device builds: automatic signing. Change DEVELOPMENT_TEAM to your team