docs(changelog): cut 0.47.0 — What's-new card, tips, UI scale, cheat sheet

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Merge pull request 'feat(engine): hold-/ hotkey cheat sheet + unified binding table (Phase J)' (#183 ) from feat/keyboard-completeness into master
2026-07-13 19:04:24 -07:00 · 2026-07-14 02:04:06 +00:00 · 2026-07-13 18:58:23 -07:00 · 2026-07-14 01:45:01 +00:00 · 2026-07-14 01:43:51 +00:00 · 2026-07-14 01:43:47 +00:00
164 changed files with 26561 additions and 20765 deletions
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ on:
      - 'solitaire_web/**'
      - 'solitaire_sync/**'
      - 'solitaire_core/**'
+      - 'solitaire_data/**'
      - 'solitaire_engine/**'
      - 'Cargo.toml'
      - 'Cargo.lock'
+      - 'build_wasm.sh'
      - 'solitaire_server/Dockerfile'
      - '.gitea/workflows/docker-build.yml'

@@ -36,47 +38,9 @@ jobs:
        id: meta
        run: echo "sha=${GITHUB_SHA::8}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

-      - name: Check wasm pkg drift
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          BASE_SHA="${{ github.event.before }}"
-          HEAD_SHA="${{ github.sha }}"
-          if [ -n "$BASE_SHA" ] && git cat-file -e "$BASE_SHA^{commit}" 2>/dev/null; then
-            RANGE="$BASE_SHA..$HEAD_SHA"
-          else
-            RANGE="HEAD~1..HEAD"
-          fi
-
-          CHANGED="$(git diff --name-only "$RANGE")"
-          echo "Changed files:"
-          echo "$CHANGED"
-
-          if echo "$CHANGED" | grep -Eq '^(solitaire_wasm/|solitaire_core/|Cargo\.toml|Cargo\.lock)$|^(solitaire_wasm/|solitaire_core/)'; then
-            if ! echo "$CHANGED" | grep -Eq '^solitaire_server/web/pkg/solitaire_wasm\.js$|^solitaire_server/web/pkg/solitaire_wasm_bg\.wasm$'; then
-              echo "error: wasm/core/Cargo changed but committed web pkg artifacts are missing."
-              echo "Run: wasm-pack build --target web --out-dir solitaire_server/web/pkg --no-typescript solitaire_wasm"
-              exit 1
-            fi
-          fi
-
-          # Hard check: solitaire_web/ is the direct Bevy WASM source — any
-          # change there MUST rebuild canvas_bg.wasm or the binary goes stale.
-          if echo "$CHANGED" | grep -Eq '^solitaire_web/'; then
-            if ! echo "$CHANGED" | grep -Eq '^solitaire_server/web/pkg/canvas_bg\.wasm$'; then
-              echo "error: solitaire_web/ changed but canvas_bg.wasm not updated."
-              echo "Run: ./build_wasm.sh  (requires wasm-bindgen-cli + wasm32-unknown-unknown target)"
-              exit 1
-            fi
-          fi
-
-          # Advisory notice: solitaire_engine/ and solitaire_core/ changes often
-          # require a Bevy WASM rebuild but are not enforced (formatting-only
-          # commits should not be blocked).
-          if echo "$CHANGED" | grep -Eq '^(solitaire_engine/|solitaire_core/)' && \
-             ! echo "$CHANGED" | grep -Eq '^solitaire_server/web/pkg/canvas_bg\.wasm$'; then
-            echo "notice: solitaire_engine/core changed without a canvas_bg.wasm rebuild."
-            echo "        If the change affects gameplay run ./build_wasm.sh before pushing."
-          fi
+      # The wasm bundles (solitaire_server/web/pkg/) are not in the repo —
+      # the Dockerfile's wasm-builder stage builds them from source inside
+      # this image build, so the deployed image always ships fresh wasm.

      - name: Log in to Gitea registry
        uses: docker/login-action@v3
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+# Workspace gate: the same clippy + test commands CLAUDE.md §6 requires
+# locally, run on every master push and pull request. Until this workflow
+# existed, nothing in CI ran the test suite at all — a direct push to
+# master was entirely unguarded.
+#
+# Build caching (2026-07-13): the Gitea actions cache never restored on
+# this instance — every run back through run 597 logged "No cache found"
+# even for exact keys saved successfully ("Cache saved successfully") by
+# a run an hour earlier, including master→master restores. Until the
+# cache server on the runner host is fixed, Swatinem/rust-cache is pure
+# overhead here. `rust-host` is a HOST executor (its filesystem persists
+# between runs — ~/.cargo and the rustup toolchain already carry over),
+# so we get warm builds by pointing CARGO_TARGET_DIR at a persistent
+# path on the runner instead of tarring gigabytes through a cache API
+# that never returns them. Concurrent runs are safe: cargo serialises
+# on the target-dir lock.
+
+name: Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+    paths:
+      - 'solitaire_app/**'
+      - 'solitaire_assetgen/**'
+      - 'solitaire_core/**'
+      - 'solitaire_data/**'
+      - 'solitaire_engine/**'
+      - 'solitaire_server/src/**'
+      - 'solitaire_server/tests/**'
+      - 'solitaire_server/migrations/**'
+      - 'solitaire_sync/**'
+      - 'solitaire_wasm/**'
+      - 'solitaire_web/**'
+      - 'Cargo.toml'
+      - 'Cargo.lock'
+      - '.cargo/**'
+      - '.sqlx/**'
+      - '.gitea/workflows/test.yml'
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  # Seconds-long formatting gate in its own job so a rustfmt slip fails
+  # here instead of after a 35-minute cold build (run 600 spent its
+  # whole build budget to report an unformatted file).
+  fmt:
+    runs-on: rust-host
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Rust 1.95.0
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
+        with:
+          toolchain: 1.95.0
+          components: rustfmt
+
+      - name: Format check
+        run: cargo fmt --check
+
+  test:
+    runs-on: rust-host
+    needs: fmt
+
+    # Full debuginfo made the solitaire_engine test-binary link peak past the
+    # runner's memory — ld was OOM-killed (signal 9) on runs 447 and 486.
+    # line-tables-only keeps file:line in panic backtraces while cutting the
+    # link's memory footprint enough to fit the runner.
+    #
+    # CARGO_BUILD_JOBS=2: with one job per core, cargo links several large
+    # test binaries concurrently; as the workspace grew (runs 514/516/519)
+    # two+ simultaneous ld processes OOM-killed the runner again even at
+    # line-tables-only. Two jobs keeps at most two links in flight — the
+    # compile-throughput cost is small next to the warm build.
+    #
+    # CARGO_INCREMENTAL=0: incremental artifacts bloat the persistent
+    # target dir for little benefit in CI (rust-cache used to set this
+    # for the same reason).
+    #
+    # CARGO_TARGET_DIR: persistent on the runner host — see the header
+    # comment. The prune step below keeps it from growing unbounded.
+    env:
+      CARGO_PROFILE_DEV_DEBUG: line-tables-only
+      CARGO_BUILD_JOBS: '2'
+      CARGO_INCREMENTAL: '0'
+      CARGO_TARGET_DIR: /home/runner/.cache/ferrous-solitaire/target
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Rust 1.95.0
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
+        with:
+          toolchain: 1.95.0
+          components: clippy
+
+      # Toolchain or lockfile bumps strand stale artifacts nothing will
+      # ever reuse; reset the dir when it crosses 40 GiB rather than
+      # curating it (a cold rebuild every few weeks is cheaper than the
+      # bookkeeping).
+      - name: Prune persistent target dir when oversized
+        run: |
+          limit_kb=$((40 * 1024 * 1024))
+          used_kb=$(du -sk "$CARGO_TARGET_DIR" 2>/dev/null | cut -f1 || echo 0)
+          echo "persistent target dir: $((used_kb / 1024)) MiB (limit $((limit_kb / 1024)) MiB)"
+          if [ "${used_kb:-0}" -gt "$limit_kb" ]; then
+            echo "over limit — clearing for a fresh cold build"
+            rm -rf "$CARGO_TARGET_DIR"
+          fi
+
+      # Native link deps for the Bevy crates (engine/app/web) on a bare
+      # ubuntu runner: ALSA + udev for input/audio, X11 + Wayland for winit.
+      - name: Install Bevy native dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            libasound2-dev libudev-dev pkg-config libx11-dev libxcursor-dev \
+            libxrandr-dev libxi-dev libwayland-dev libxkbcommon-dev
+
+      # SQLX_OFFLINE uses the checked-in `.sqlx/` query cache (no live DB),
+      # same as the web-e2e workflow's server prebuild.
+      - name: Clippy (deny warnings)
+        env:
+          SQLX_OFFLINE: 'true'
+        run: cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
+
+      - name: Test
+        env:
+          SQLX_OFFLINE: 'true'
+        run: cargo test --workspace
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ on:
      - 'solitaire_server/src/**'
      - 'solitaire_server/e2e/**'
      - 'solitaire_wasm/**'
+      - 'solitaire_web/**'
+      - 'solitaire_engine/**'
+      - 'solitaire_data/**'
      - 'solitaire_core/**'
      - 'Cargo.toml'
      - 'Cargo.lock'
+      - 'build_wasm.sh'
      - '.gitea/workflows/web-e2e.yml'
  workflow_dispatch:

@@ -24,6 +28,40 @@ jobs:

      - name: Install Rust
        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        with:
+          targets: wasm32-unknown-unknown
+
+      - name: Cache cargo build
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+
+      # The wasm bundles (solitaire_server/web/pkg/) are not in the repo —
+      # build them here so the served pages have real wasm to load. Tool
+      # versions are pinned; keep in sync with solitaire_server/Dockerfile.
+      - name: Install wasm-bindgen-cli + wasm-pack (pinned)
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
+        with:
+          tool: wasm-bindgen-cli@0.2.120,wasm-pack@0.14.0
+
+      - name: Install binaryen 130 (wasm-opt, pinned)
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          curl -sSL \
+            https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/releases/download/version_130/binaryen-version_130-x86_64-linux.tar.gz \
+            | tar xz
+          echo "$PWD/binaryen-version_130/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+
+      - name: Build WASM artifacts
+        run: ./build_wasm.sh
+
+      # Prebuild the server so Playwright's `webServer` (which runs
+      # `cargo run -p solitaire_server`) starts from a compiled binary instead
+      # of cold-compiling the whole dependency graph (axum/sqlx/reqwest) inside
+      # its 120s startup window — the timeout that was failing every run.
+      # SQLX_OFFLINE uses the checked-in `.sqlx/` query cache (no live DB).
+      - name: Prebuild server
+        env:
+          SQLX_OFFLINE: 'true'
+        run: cargo build -p solitaire_server --quiet

      - name: Set up Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -35,3 +35,13 @@ deploy/*-auth-secret.yaml
 /.agents/
 /.codex/
 /AGENTS.md
+# claude-flow scratch dirs, anywhere in the tree (e.g. solitaire_engine/src/)
+.claude-flow/
+
+# Local token-saving helper scripts (peek/cargoclip/testfail/diffclip/etc.) —
+# inspection-only Go tools, not committed. Tracked scripts/*.sh and *.md stay.
+scripts/*.go
+
+# WASM bundles — built by build_wasm.sh locally and by the Docker wasm-builder
+# stage / web-e2e workflow in CI; never committed (issue #156)
+solitaire_server/web/pkg/
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Ferrous Solitaire — Architecture Document

-> **Version:** 1.3  
+> **Version:** 1.4  
 > **Language:** Rust (Edition 2024)  
 > **Engine:** Bevy (latest stable)  
-> **Last Updated:** 2026-05-12
+> **Last Updated:** 2026-07-06 — post card_game/klondike migration (PR #88):
+> core card/pile types come from the upstream `card_game` workspace and
+> score/undo/recycle are derived from the upstream session, not stored.

 ---

@@ -82,13 +84,15 @@ ferrous_solitaire/
 │       ├── win_fanfare.wav
 │       └── ambient_loop.wav
 │
-├── solitaire_core/             # Pure Rust game logic — zero external deps beyond rand/serde
+├── solitaire_core/             # Pure Rust game rules — wraps upstream card_game/klondike (serde + thiserror only otherwise)
 ├── solitaire_sync/             # Shared API types — used by client and server
 ├── solitaire_data/             # Persistence, sync client, settings
 ├── solitaire_engine/           # Bevy ECS systems, components, plugins
-├── solitaire_server/           # Self-hosted sync server (Axum + SQLite)
-├── solitaire_wasm/             # WebAssembly bindings — browser-side replay player
-└── solitaire_app/              # Main binary entry point
+├── solitaire_server/           # Self-hosted sync server (Axum + SQLite) + web frontend
+├── solitaire_wasm/             # WebAssembly bindings — browser-side logic/replay + debug bridge
+├── solitaire_web/              # Bevy WASM canvas build for the browser /play route
+├── solitaire_assetgen/         # One-shot generator for card/background PNG assets
+└── solitaire_app/              # Main binary entry point (desktop + Android cdylib)
 ```

 ---
@@ -96,18 +100,42 @@ ferrous_solitaire/
 ## 3. Crate Responsibilities

 ### `solitaire_core`
-**Dependencies:** `rand`, `serde`, `chrono` only.
+**Dependencies:** `serde`, `thiserror`, plus the upstream `card_game` and
+`klondike` crates (pinned via the Quaternions registry — never edit upstream).

-The entire game rules engine. No Bevy, no network, no file I/O. Designed to be tested in isolation with `cargo test -p solitaire_core`.
+The game rules layer. No Bevy, no network, no file I/O. Designed to be tested
+in isolation with `cargo test -p solitaire_core`.
+
+Since the card_game migration (2026-06-22, PR #88) the primitive types are
+**upstream**: `Card`, `Deck`, `Suit`, `Rank`, `Session` come from `card_game`;
+`Klondike`, `KlondikePile`, `KlondikeInstruction`, `DrawStockConfig`,
+`Foundation`, `Tableau` come from `klondike`. `solitaire_core` re-exports them
+so downstream crates import from one place and never depend on the upstream
+crates directly.

 Owns:
- All game data models (`Card`, `Suit`, `Rank`, `Pile`, `GameState`)
- Move validation logic
- Scoring engine
- Undo stack
+- `GameState` — a wrapper around the upstream `Session<Klondike>`; the session
+  is the single source of truth for board state and stats
+- `MoveError` and the `Result`-based mutation API
+- `KlondikeConfig` adaptation (`klondike_adapter`) — draw mode, scoring,
+  take-from-foundation
+- `GameMode` (Classic / Zen / Challenge / TimeAttack) and mode-aware scoring
+- Solvability check API (`SolveOutcome`, delegating to `Session::solve`)
 - Win / auto-complete detection
 - Achievement unlock condition evaluation
- Seeded RNG for reproducible deals
+- Seeded deals (same seed ⇒ same layout, via the upstream dealer)
+
+**Rules decisions:**
+- **Stock recycling is unlimited in every draw mode — by design.** Extra
+  passes through the stock are discouraged via the upstream score penalty
+  (applied by the `card_game`/`klondike` session), never blocked with a
+  `MoveError`. This matches mainstream digital solitaire (unlimited redeals
+  in Draw-1) rather than strict tournament rules (3-pass cap). It is load-
+  bearing: the difficulty seed catalog and the winnable-deal solver are
+  verified under unlimited recycling, so introducing a hard pass limit would
+  invalidate both. Locked in by the
+  `draw_one_recycling_is_unlimited_by_design` test in
+  `solitaire_core/src/game_state.rs`. (Decision record: Gitea issue #117.)

 ### `solitaire_sync`
 **Dependencies:** `serde`, `serde_json`, `uuid`, `chrono` only.
@@ -117,7 +145,6 @@ Shared API contract types imported by both the game client (`solitaire_data`) an
 Owns:
 - `SyncPayload`, `SyncResponse`, `ConflictReport`
 - `ChallengeGoal`, `LeaderboardEntry`
- `ApiError` enum
 - Merge logic (pure functions, no I/O)

 ### `solitaire_data`
@@ -165,7 +192,7 @@ Owns:
 ### `solitaire_wasm`
 **Dependencies:** `solitaire_core`, `serde`, `serde_json`, `chrono`, `wasm-bindgen`, `serde-wasm-bindgen`.

-WebAssembly bindings for browser-side replay playback. Compiled to `cdylib` via `wasm-pack build`; the output lives in `solitaire_server/web/pkg/` and is served statically by the server.
+WebAssembly bindings for browser-side replay playback. Compiled to `cdylib` via `wasm-pack build` (`build_wasm.sh`); the output lands in `solitaire_server/web/pkg/` — gitignored, built in CI (Docker `wasm-builder` stage, web-e2e workflow) — and is served statically by the server.

 Intentionally **does not** depend on `solitaire_data` (which pulls in `dirs`, `keyring`, `reqwest`, and other non-WASM crates). Instead it defines a minimal `Replay` mirror with the same serde shape as `solitaire_data::Replay` — the JSON wire format is the compatibility contract.

@@ -177,9 +204,13 @@ Owns:
 Because `ReplayPlayer` uses the same `solitaire_core::GameState` as the desktop client, the two implementations cannot drift: the same seed + move list produces identical pile state at every step on both platforms.

 ### `solitaire_app`
-**Dependencies:** `bevy`, `solitaire_engine`.
+**Dependencies:** `bevy`, `solitaire_engine`, `solitaire_data` (+ `jni` on Android).

-Thin binary entry point. Registers all Bevy plugins and sets initial window properties.
+Thin entry point (desktop binary + Android `cdylib`). Registers all Bevy
+plugins and sets initial window properties. The one crate in the workspace
+allowed `unsafe`: the Android entry point reconstructs the raw JNI handles and
+hands them to the safe `solitaire_data::android_jni` bridge; everything else
+is `forbid(unsafe_code)`.

 ---

@@ -225,7 +256,7 @@ solitaire_sync::merge(local, remote)
    │
    ▼
 Write merged result to disk
-    │  fires SyncCompleteEvent
+    │
    ▼
 Bevy main thread reads updated StatsResource
 ```
@@ -345,7 +376,6 @@ struct StateChangedEvent;
 struct CardFlippedEvent(u32);
 struct GameWonEvent { score: i32, time_seconds: u64 }
 struct AchievementUnlockedEvent(AchievementRecord);
-struct SyncCompleteEvent(Result<SyncResponse, String>);
 ```

 ### Layout System
@@ -547,26 +577,36 @@ This ensures all players worldwide get the same challenge for a given date, rega

 ### Core Game Models (`solitaire_core`)

+Since the card_game migration, the primitives are upstream types re-exported
+through `solitaire_core`:
+
 ```rust
-pub enum Suit { Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades }
-pub enum Rank { Ace, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Jack, Queen, King }
+// From `card_game` (upstream — never edit):
+pub enum Suit { /* Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades */ }
+pub enum Rank { /* Ace ..= King */ }
+pub struct Card { /* deck + suit + rank; identity type, no face_up flag —
+                     facing is positional, tracked by the Klondike board */ }
+pub struct Session<G> { /* replayable instruction log + derived stats */ }

-pub struct Card {
-    pub id: u32,
-    pub suit: Suit,
-    pub rank: Rank,
-    pub face_up: bool,
+// From `klondike` (upstream — never edit):
+pub enum KlondikePile {
+    Stock,                    // NB: no Waste variant — see below
+    Foundation(Foundation),   // 4 slots, any suit may claim any slot
+    Tableau(Tableau),         // 7 columns
 }
+// Pile-coordinate convention: upstream has no `Waste` variant. In
+// pile-coordinate space `KlondikePile::Stock` denotes the face-up
+// *waste* pile (the only stock-side pile cards move out of); use
+// `GameState::stock_cards()` / `waste_cards()` when the face-down
+// draw stack must be distinguished. Documented on `GameState::pile`.
+pub enum DrawStockConfig { DrawOne, DrawThree }
+pub enum KlondikeInstruction { /* RotateStock, DstFoundation, ... — the
+                                  serialized move format (schema v4+) */ }
+```

-pub enum PileType {
-    Stock,
-    Waste,
-    Foundation(Suit),
-    Tableau(usize),   // 0–6
-}
-
-pub enum DrawMode { DrawOne, DrawThree }
+Owned by `solitaire_core`:

+```rust
 /// Active game mode. Classic is the default; others unlock at level 5.
 pub enum GameMode { Classic, Zen, Challenge, TimeAttack }

@@ -577,24 +617,30 @@ pub enum MoveError {
    RuleViolation(String),
    UndoStackEmpty,
    GameAlreadyWon,
+    StockEmpty,
 }

 pub struct GameState {
-    pub piles: HashMap<PileType, Vec<Card>>,
-    pub draw_mode: DrawMode,
    pub mode: GameMode,
-    pub score: i32,
-    pub move_count: u32,
-    pub undo_count: u32,        // number of undos used in this game
-    pub recycle_count: u32,     // number of stock recycles
    pub elapsed_seconds: u64,
-    pub seed: u64,
-    pub is_won: bool,
-    pub is_auto_completable: bool,
-    undo_stack: VecDeque<StateSnapshot>,   // private, max 64 (VecDeque for O(1) pop_front)
+    pub seed: u64,                 // same seed ⇒ same deal
+    pub take_from_foundation: bool,
+    session: Session<Klondike>,    // private — the single source of truth
 }
 ```

+**Derived, not stored:** `score()`, `move_count()`, `undo_count()`,
+`recycle_count()`, `is_won()`, `is_auto_completable()`, and all pile
+accessors read through the session. Undo replays the instruction log
+(no snapshot stack); the −15 undo penalty is applied by the upstream
+score formula via the session config. Persistence (schema v5) saves
+`saved_moves` as upstream `KlondikeInstruction`s and rebuilds the
+session by replay on load — older files carrying `score`/`undo_count`/
+`recycle_count` keys load fine, the extra fields are ignored.
+
+**Rules decision:** stock recycling is unlimited in every draw mode
+(see the "Rules decisions" note in §3 `solitaire_core`).
+
 ### Persistence Models (`solitaire_data`)

 ```rust
@@ -632,7 +678,7 @@ pub struct AchievementRecord {
 }

 pub struct Settings {
-    pub draw_mode: DrawMode,
+    pub draw_mode: DrawStockConfig,
    pub sfx_volume: f32,                       // 0.0–1.0
    pub music_volume: f32,
    pub animation_speed: AnimSpeed,
@@ -697,7 +743,7 @@ All endpoints are under the base URL configured by the user (e.g., `https://soli
 | Method | Path | Auth | Notes |
 |---|---|---|---|
 | GET | `/replays/:id` | None | Serves `web/index.html`; JS fetches `/api/replays/:id` and steps through via the `solitaire_wasm` WASM module |
-| GET | `/web/*` | None | Static assets served via `ServeDir` from `solitaire_server/web/` (includes `web/pkg/` with wasm-bindgen output) |
+| GET | `/web/*` | None | Static assets served via `ServeDir` from `solitaire_server/web/` (includes `web/pkg/` with wasm-bindgen output — gitignored, produced by `build_wasm.sh` / CI) |

 ### Account Management

@@ -6,8 +6,189 @@ project follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).

 ## [Unreleased]

+## [0.47.0] — 2026-07-13
+
 ### Added

+- **"What's new" on update.** The first launch after an update shows a
+  one-time card summarising what changed — like this one, right now.
+  Dismiss it and it never repeats; fresh installs never see it. (#180)
+- **Situational tips.** Two one-time teaches that fire from play, not a
+  tour: staring at a stuck board for a while points you at Hint, and an
+  engaged game quietly mentions the long-press quick-action menu —
+  unless you've already found it yourself. (#181)
+- **UI scale.** Settings → Accessibility now has a UI Scale control
+  (90% / 100% / 115% / 130%) that resizes every menu, button, and HUD
+  element live. The table always fits your screen regardless. (#182)
+- **Hold `/` for shortcuts** (desktop). A reference card of every
+  keyboard binding appears while `/` is held. The onboarding tour and
+  this card now share one binding table, so they can never disagree —
+  the tour's copy had drifted from reality. (#183)
+
+## [0.46.0] — 2026-07-13
+
+### Added
+
+- **Theme-store previews.** The store modal now shows each theme's
+  preview image next to its name — the server has advertised them since
+  the store launched; the client finally fetches them. Thumbnails load
+  in the background, pop in as they arrive, and are remembered for the
+  session. (#179)
+- **Hint ghost preview.** Asking for a hint now also plays a translucent
+  copy of the suggested card gliding to its destination (twice, then it
+  fades) alongside the usual highlights — you see the move, not just the
+  pieces. Automatically disabled when reduce-motion is on. (#179)
+
+### Changed
+
+- **One toast style, one place.** Queued info banners and instant
+  celebration/warning/error toasts now share a single bottom-anchored
+  stack that clears the touch action bar; simultaneous toasts stack
+  upward instead of overlapping. (#178)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Touch onboarding copy.** The how-to-play slide no longer tells touch
+  players to left/right-click; it now describes drag, double-tap, and
+  the bottom-bar Hint button. (#178)
+- **First launch shows one screen at a time.** On a fresh install the
+  Home screen no longer spawns underneath the welcome tour; the order is
+  now onboarding → Home → table. (#178)
+
+## [0.45.0] — 2026-07-13
+
+### Added
+
+- **Thumb-reach action bar on touch (menu redesign Phase F).** The bottom
+  bar slims to five buttons: an enlarged **Undo · Draw · Hint** trio
+  (96×64 px targets) between compact Menu and Pause. **Draw is new** — it
+  draws from the stock exactly like tapping the deck, without the reach to
+  the top of a tall folded screen. Help, Modes, and New Game moved off the
+  touch bar (Menu → System, the Home grid, and Home's hero button cover
+  them). Desktop keeps its seven-button bar unchanged.
+- **Hold-to-repeat Undo.** Press and hold Undo to step back repeatedly
+  (~5.5 undos/s after a short delay) instead of tap-tap-tap. Every step
+  goes through the normal undo path, so scoring penalties apply as usual.
+
+## [0.44.0] — 2026-07-13
+
+### Added
+
+- **Home is now a real home (menu redesign Phase B).** The mode picker became
+  a hierarchy: a **Continue** card (mode · elapsed · score) appears while a
+  game is in progress and returns to the table; a hero **New Game** button
+  replays your last mode with the current deal options in one tap; deal
+  options (draw 1/3, a new **winnable-only** toggle, difficulty tiers) moved
+  into a disclosure under the hero; the six modes sit in a compact symmetric
+  2×3 grid with descriptions on wide screens; and the stats strip moved to
+  the bottom. Wide viewports (desktop, unfolded foldables) get a two-pane
+  layout — launch surfaces left, Continue/daily/stats right. Cancel is now
+  **Back to table** and only appears while a live game exists. (#175)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Save files are self-contained (schema v6).** Like replays in 0.43.3, a
+  saved game now stores the dealt board via the upstream session serializers
+  instead of re-dealing from the seed on load; v4/v5 saves still load through
+  the legacy path and rewrite as v6 on next save. (#171)
+
+### Internal
+
+- **CI is ~9× faster.** Root-caused why the actions cache never restored on
+  the host-executor runner (per-run workdir paths poisoned the cache version
+  hash); the test workflow now uses a persistent on-runner target dir, and a
+  seconds-long `fmt` gate fails formatting mistakes before the build. Warm
+  full-gate runs: 4m29s, down from ~40 min. (#176)
+
+## [0.43.3] — 2026-07-10
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Replays are now self-contained (schema v4).** A replay stores the dealt
+  board itself via the upstream `card_game` session serializers instead of
+  re-dealing from the seed at playback time, so replays survive RNG and
+  upstream upgrades that change the seed→deal mapping — the failure that had
+  silently broken every stored replay. The web player and web game now
+  exchange the full payload through the wasm layer (the old JS path hardcoded
+  `schema_version: 2`, uploaded empty move lists, and corrupted u64 seeds via
+  `Math.round`), and the replay viewer reports unplayable old-format replays
+  in the caption instead of dying silently. Pre-v4 replays are rejected by a
+  version gate; local histories repopulate with new wins. (#170)
+- **Difficulty-mode wins can upload.** The server's replay `mode` validation
+  now accepts data-carrying `GameMode` variants (previously a 400). (#170)
+
+## [0.42.0] — 2026-07-06
+
+### Added
+
+- **CI workspace gate.** New `test.yml` workflow runs clippy (deny warnings)
+  and the full test suite on every master push and PR — previously no CI ran
+  tests at all. Caught its own first bug (missing Bevy native deps) on its
+  own PR. (#135)
+- **Schedule ambiguity gate.** A headless test builds the gameplay plugin
+  cluster with Bevy ambiguity detection promoted to error. The initial
+  measurement found 302 system pairs with conflicting data access and no
+  ordering; four burn-down batches (PRs #146–#149) took it to ZERO the same
+  day, and the gate now enforces 0. Keyboard consumption, board painting,
+  and HUD updates all have deterministic order for the first time.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Browser canvas 36% smaller.** `canvas_bg.wasm` shrank 36.2 MB → 23.2 MB
+  via a size-focused `wasm-release` profile (fat LTO, single codegen unit,
+  opt-level "s"); verified visually identical in production. (#134)
+- **Quaternions API adoption.** Canonical `FOUNDATIONS`/`TABLEAUS` consts in
+  `solitaire_core` replace five scattered enum lists; upstream
+  `Suit::SUITS`/`Rank::RANKS` replace nine hand-rolled arrays, with the
+  texture-atlas indexing re-keyed through tested canonical helpers. Net
+  −177 lines. (#137)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Sync push race.** The server's load→merge→store cycle now runs in one
+  transaction; concurrent pushes from two devices can no longer overwrite
+  each other's merge. (#136)
+- **Refresh-token rotation is single-use under concurrency** — rotation
+  gates on the DELETE's row count, so a stolen-then-replayed refresh token
+  loses the race and gets 401. (#136)
+- **Exit sync push actually completes.** Was a detached task killed by
+  process teardown; now a bounded 2-second blocking wait on the app's final
+  frame. (#138)
+- **Server auth hardening.** Login timing no longer reveals whether a
+  username exists; concurrent duplicate registration returns 409 instead of
+  500; avatar uploads are magic-byte checked. (#144, issues #139–#141)
+
+## [0.41.1] — 2026-07-06
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Oversized pile-marker frames after fold/unfold.** `on_window_resized`
+  resized the marker fill sprite but never its children, so the outline frame
+  and the "A"/"K" watermark kept their spawn-time size after any resize —
+  rendering as oversized grey slabs over empty foundation slots on foldables
+  (found during Galaxy Fold 7 on-device verification of v0.41.0, fixed and
+  re-verified on the same device). Both children are now re-derived from the
+  new layout on every relayout.
+
+### Added
+
+- **Android relayout diagnostics.** Every layout recompute on Android now
+  logs its window dimensions and insets (`layout: resize to WxH …`) — the
+  evidence channel for foldable layout reports (#130).
+
+## [0.41.0] — 2026-07-06
+
+> Consolidates everything shipped since v0.39.0, including the v0.40.0–v0.40.3
+> patch tags (which were cut from this section without renaming it at the time).
+
+### Added
+
+- **Rules decision record: unlimited stock recycling.** Documented in
+  `ARCHITECTURE.md` that unlimited recycling with score penalties (matching
+  mainstream digital solitaire) is intentional, and locked it in with a core
+  test — the difficulty seed catalog and winnable-deal solver are verified
+  under this rule. Resolves the last open finding from the June 500-game
+  audit (issue #117).
 - **Analytics validation runbook.** Documented native Matomo live validation,
  expected event payloads, and the current web/WASM analytics split.
 - **Android smoke-test runbook.** Updated the Android doc with the current
@@ -26,6 +207,10 @@ project follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).

 ### Changed

+- **Engine plugin modules restructured.** The five oversized plugin files
+  (card, hud, settings, game, input) are now module directories with their
+  test suites in sibling `tests.rs` files — no behaviour change; first phase
+  of the module-split plan (#118).
 - **Core type ownership.** Routed all klondike/card imports through
  `solitaire_core` and unified local `Suit` / `Rank` with upstream `card_game`
  types.
@@ -37,6 +222,24 @@ project follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).

 ### Fixed

+- **Safe-area insets now re-polled after app resume.** The inset poller settled
+  permanently once insets first resolved, so inset changes while backgrounded
+  (fold/unfold, rotation, gesture ↔ 3-button nav switch) kept stale layout until
+  the app was killed. Each resume now re-arms a fresh poll window; the cached
+  value is rewritten only when it actually changed, so unchanged resumes still
+  cause no relayout flash. (#116)
+- **Tableau fill on foldables / tall screens.** The tableau fan now spreads from
+  each column's total depth (face-down cards included) and refills on the
+  cold-start deal, every move, and on resize (incl. the Android safe-area-inset
+  resize and fold/unfold), so a near-square viewport such as an unfolded Galaxy
+  Fold no longer leaves the bottom of the screen empty. The fan spread cap was
+  raised so very tall / narrow viewports (e.g. a foldable cover screen) fill
+  further.
+- **Card-move animation jank.** A move now rebuilds a card's child visuals only
+  when its appearance changes (flip / resize / accessibility) instead of
+  despawning and respawning every card's children each `StateChangedEvent`,
+  removing the per-move spike that stuttered the slide animation on
+  high-resolution devices.
 - **Android and modal safe-area layout.** Modal cards now center within the
  usable area between status and gesture bars, additional modal-spawn guards were
  added, and Android build scripts now auto-discover SDK/NDK paths and strip
@@ -47,6 +250,11 @@ project follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 - **Input and rendering issues.** Fixed stock/waste hit testing, accepted waste
  clicks, delayed first-run onboarding until splash teardown, and kept dragged
  stacks above all piles.
+- **Draw-Three waste fan hit testing on Android.** The renderer and the click
+  hit-test now share a single `waste_fan_step` / `tableau_col_step` source. They
+  previously diverged under Android's tighter column spacing, shifting the top
+  fanned waste card's hit target onto the card beneath it, so dragging the visible
+  card played the wrong one.
 - **Web runtime stability.** Fixed wasm32 runtime panics, HiDPI canvas surface
  sizing, WebGL2 shader compatibility, and Firefox boot/render behavior.
 - **Server and data hardening.** Moved bcrypt work to `spawn_blocking`, switched
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ solitaire_data/    # Persistence + sync client
 solitaire_engine/  # Bevy ECS + UI + gameplay orchestration
 solitaire_server/  # Axum backend (optional sync layer)
 solitaire_wasm/    # WASM bindings for browser-side replay player
-solitaire_app/     # Entry binary
+solitaire_web/     # Bevy WASM canvas build for the browser /play route
+solitaire_assetgen/ # One-shot card/background PNG asset generator
+solitaire_app/     # Entry binary (desktop + Android cdylib)
 assets/            # Runtime assets (except audio + default theme)
 ```

@@ -208,9 +210,14 @@ Embed via `include_bytes!()` only when ALL of the following are true:
 Currently embedded:
 * **Audio** — all `.wav` files in `audio_plugin.rs`
 * **Default card theme** — shipped via `embedded://` scheme in `ThemePlugin`
+* **Bundled UI font** — `assets/fonts/main.ttf` (FiraMono) via `include_bytes!`
+  in `font_plugin.rs` and `assets/svg_loader.rs`; it is the canonical UI face
+  and must always be present, so it is embedded rather than `AssetServer`-loaded

-Do NOT embed card face PNGs, background images, or user fonts —
-these are loaded via `AssetServer` so art can be swapped without recompile.
+Do NOT embed card face PNGs or background images — these are loaded via
+`AssetServer` so art can be swapped without recompile. User-supplied fonts
+(if ever added) likewise go through `AssetServer`; only the bundled FiraMono
+face above is embedded.

 ---

@@ -7306,6 +7306,7 @@ name = "solitaire_app"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
 "bevy",
+ "jni 0.21.1",
 "keyring",
 "solitaire_data",
 "solitaire_engine",
@@ -7330,7 +7331,9 @@ dependencies = [
 "card_game",
 "klondike",
 "proptest",
+ "rand 0.10.1",
 "serde",
+ "serde_json",
 "thiserror 2.0.18",
 ]

@@ -7350,13 +7353,16 @@ dependencies = [
 "reqwest",
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
 "solitaire_core",
 "solitaire_server",
 "solitaire_sync",
 "sqlx",
+ "tempfile",
 "thiserror 2.0.18",
 "tokio",
 "uuid",
+ "zip",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -7401,10 +7407,13 @@ dependencies = [
 "chrono",
 "dotenvy",
 "jsonwebtoken",
+ "ron",
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
 "solitaire_sync",
 "sqlx",
+ "tempfile",
 "thiserror 2.0.18",
 "tokio",
 "tower",
@@ -7413,6 +7422,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "tracing",
 "tracing-subscriber",
 "uuid",
+ "zip",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -7421,6 +7431,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
 "chrono",
 "serde",
+ "serde_json",
 "thiserror 2.0.18",
 "uuid",
 ]
@@ -18,6 +18,22 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 license = "MIT"
 rust-version = "1.95"

+# Pedantic correctness lints applied across every member crate via
+# `[lints] workspace = true`.
+[workspace.lints.rust]
+# Workspace-wide ban on `unsafe`. The sole exception is `solitaire_app`,
+# which sets its own `deny`-level lints (see its Cargo.toml) because the
+# Android cdylib entry point must reconstruct raw JNI handles. Every other
+# crate reaches Android JNI through the safe `solitaire_data::android_jni`
+# bridge and stays fully unsafe-free.
+unsafe_code = "forbid"
+single_use_lifetimes = "warn"
+trivial_casts = "warn"
+unused_lifetimes = "warn"
+unused_qualifications = "warn"
+variant_size_differences = "warn"
+unexpected_cfgs = "warn"
+
 [workspace.dependencies]
 serde       = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json  = "1"
@@ -31,6 +47,7 @@ dirs        = "6"
 keyring     = "4"
 keyring-core = "1"
 reqwest     = { version = "0.13", features = ["json", "rustls", "rustls-native-certs"], default-features = false }
+sha2        = "0.10"
 arboard     = { version = "3", default-features = false }
 jni         = { version = "0.21", default-features = false }

@@ -140,3 +157,19 @@ opt-level = 3
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = 3
 lto = "thin"
+
+# Size-focused profile for the browser canvas build (solitaire_web →
+# canvas_bg.wasm). Download size is the constraint on the web, not peak
+# throughput: fat LTO + one codegen unit + opt-level "s" cut the Bevy wasm
+# bundle substantially versus plain release. This is rustc-side sizing only —
+# the binaryen pass in build_wasm.sh stays at wasm-opt -O2 because -Oz has
+# miscompiled Bevy's render pipeline before (grey screen on first load).
+[profile.wasm-release]
+inherits = "release"
+opt-level = "s"
+lto = "fat"
+codegen-units = 1
+# No `strip`: on wasm it also removes the target_features custom section,
+# which makes wasm-opt reject the module ("all used features should be
+# allowed" on trunc_sat). wasm-opt drops the name section in its output
+# anyway, so strip buys nothing here.
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@ docker compose up -d
 ```


+## Theme store
+
+The server can offer card-art themes for in-game download. Drop theme
+`.zip` archives (the same format the game's Settings → Import accepts:
+a `theme.ron` manifest plus 53 SVGs) into the directory named by
+`THEME_STORE_DIR` (default: `theme_store/` next to the binary), then
+restart the server — the catalog is scanned once at startup. An
+optional `<theme-id>.png` in the same directory becomes the theme's
+store preview.
+
+Endpoints (public, no auth):
+
+- `GET /api/themes` — catalog JSON (id, name, author, size, sha256)
+- `GET /api/themes/<id>/download` — the archive
+- `GET /api/themes/<id>/preview` — the preview PNG, if present
+
+Archives that are oversized (> 20 MiB), unreadable, or have a
+malformed `theme.ron` are skipped with a warning in the server log;
+they never fail startup.
+
 ## Admin — Password Reset

 If a player loses access to their account, the server binary includes a
@@ -1,16 +1,81 @@
 # Ferrous Solitaire — Session Handoff

-**Last updated:** 2026-06-09 — AVD Android launch smoke passed; physical-device gate remains.
+**Last updated:** 2026-07-06 — v0.41.0 + v0.41.1 released and verified on a
+physical Galaxy Fold 7; issue tracker empty except low-priority #130.

 ---

 ## Current state

- **Branch state:** `master` pushed to origin; latest commits are validation runbooks, card-label test coverage, and Android AVD smoke notes.
- **Latest tag:** `v0.39.0`
- **Working tree:** clean. Local `scripts/` helpers are excluded through `.git/info/exclude` and intentionally not committed.
- **Latest verification in this follow-up:** `cargo test -p solitaire_core`; `cargo test -p solitaire_data matomo_client`; `cargo test -p solitaire_engine analytics_plugin`; `cargo test -p solitaire_engine settings_plugin`; `cargo test -p solitaire_engine card_plugin`; `cargo apk build -p solitaire_app --target x86_64-linux-android --lib`; AVD `Pixel_7` install/launch/input smoke.
- **Full previous gate:** Claude reported recent card_game work pushed to origin and `cargo test` / `clippy` gates passing before the changelog follow-up.
+- **Branch state:** `master` pushed to origin; latest work is the 2026-07-06
+  arc (PRs #121–#131): scripted repo review, five issues filed and fixed,
+  plugin module splits, two releases.
+- **Latest tags:** `v0.41.1` (pile-marker child-resize fix + Android relayout
+  logging) on top of `v0.41.0` (consolidated release for everything since
+  v0.39.0). Both released via tag push → CI signed APK; both verified
+  installed on hardware (`versionCode 4101`).
+- **Working tree:** clean. Local `scripts/*.go` helpers are intentionally
+  gitignored (`.gitignore:43`); `scripts/watch_deploy.sh` is now committed.
+- **Latest verification:** workspace clippy `--all-targets -D warnings`,
+  full test suite, `cargo ndk` clippy for `aarch64-linux-android`, CI release
+  builds green, and an on-device pass on the Fold 7 (fold/unfold layout,
+  safe-area resume, marker fix).
+- **Issue tracker:** #116/#117/#118/#119/#120 all closed 2026-07-06. #130
+  (transient tableau clip after fold) open at low priority — did not
+  reproduce in repeat testing; v0.41.1's relayout logging is the evidence
+  channel if it recurs.
+
+---
+
+## 2026-07-06 session summary (v0.40.3 → v0.41.1)
+
+- **Scripted repo review** (cratemap/todoctx/cargoclip/testfail): clippy
+  clean, tests green, error/SQL policies compliant. Five issues filed and
+  all resolved same-day.
+- **#116 safe-area re-poll after resume** (PR #121): `refresh_insets` now
+  gates on the poll counter, settles per cycle, and rewrites insets only on
+  change. Verified on Fold 7 — note both Fold screens report identical
+  insets (top=110 bottom=0), so the re-poll path is a no-op on this device.
+- **#117 Draw-1 recycle** (PR #122): unlimited recycling documented as an
+  intentional rules decision (ARCHITECTURE.md "Rules decisions" +
+  `draw_one_recycling_is_unlimited_by_design` lock-in test). A hard limit
+  would invalidate the difficulty seed catalog and the winnable-deal solver.
+- **#118 module splits** (PRs #124/#125/#127/#128/#129): card, hud,
+  settings, game, and input plugins are now module directories; tests in
+  sibling `tests.rs`, runtime code split along system boundaries
+  (`pub(super)` items, mod.rs glob-imports children). Largest runtime file
+  is now `card_plugin/sync.rs` at 748 lines (was `card_plugin.rs` at 4,129).
+- **v0.41.1 pile-marker fix** (PR #131): marker outline + "A"/"K" watermark
+  children are re-derived from the layout on every resize — previously
+  spawn-time-sized, rendering as oversized grey slabs on empty foundations
+  after fold/unfold. Found via photo evidence, fixed, re-verified on device.
+- **Obtainium note:** reported "no suitable release" for v0.41.0 even though
+  the anonymous releases API, `releases/latest`, and the APK download were
+  all verified fine — client-side issue; sideload via adb was used instead.
+
+---
+
+## v0.40.0 release (2026-06-25)
+
+Released via tag push → `.gitea/workflows/android-release.yml` built and signed the
+arm64-v8a release APK (release keystore, `versionCode 4000` / `versionName 0.40.0`,
+29.2 MB) and published it to the Gitea release. Obtainium clients tracking the repo
+pick it up automatically.
+
+- Release: https://git.aleshym.co/funman300/Ferrous-Solitaire/releases/tag/v0.40.0
+
+| PR | Summary |
+|----|---------|
+| #106 | **fix(engine):** Draw-Three waste fan hit-test now shares the renderer's fan step (`card_plugin::waste_fan_step` / `tableau_col_step`). The two had diverged under Android's tighter column spacing (`H_GAP_DIVISOR=32`), shifting the top fanned waste card's click target onto the card beneath it — so dragging the visible top card played the wrong one. Desktop/web were unaffected (the formulas already coincided there). |
+| #105 | **test(engine):** waste-card draggability regression tests (`find_draggable_at` picks the waste top with multiple cards and as a lone card). |
+| #108 | **docs(android):** NDK reference updated `26.3.11579264` → `30.0.14904198`; noted versions are not load-bearing and `build_android_apk.sh` auto-discovers the newest NDK/build-tools. |
+
+Pre-release validation performed locally this session: workspace clippy/test/build
+gates; `aarch64-linux-android` cross-compile + clippy clean (covers the
+`#[cfg(target_os = "android")]` paths that host CI never lints); release manifest
+sanity (`solitaire_app/android/AndroidManifest.xml` has no version fields so CI
+injection works; `lib_name` matches `[lib].name`); and a full signed local APK
+proving the `build_android_apk.sh` packaging pipeline end-to-end.

 ---

@@ -103,32 +168,46 @@ Three bugs fixed:

 ## Open punch list

-### 1. Android APK launch verification (Option A)
+### 1. Physical-device smoke test — DONE (2026-07-06, Galaxy Fold 7)

-Physical device test: install the latest APK on a real Android device (not AVD),
-and run the checklist in `docs/ANDROID.md`. This has never been gated in CI.
-AVD `adb shell input tap` doesn't deliver real touch events, so physical-device
-smoke testing is the only gate.
+v0.41.1 installed via adb and the full device checklist passed on hardware:
+fold/unfold layout on both screens (incl. the #116 resume path and the
+pile-marker fix), safe-area inset resolution, Draw-Three waste fan tap
+accuracy (#106), modal centring on both screens, drag-and-drop across all
+pile types, text rendering, kill-and-restore, and the sync token flow.
+Reminder for future gates: AVD is not a substitute — `adb shell input tap`
+doesn't deliver real touch events.

-Latest AVD smoke (2026-06-08 local / 2026-06-09 UTC): built
-`target/debug/apk/ferrous-solitaire.apk` for `x86_64-linux-android`, installed
-it on AVD `Pixel_7`, launched `android.app.NativeActivity`, confirmed Bevy
-rendered the board, safe-area insets resolved as `top=136 bottom=63 left=0
-right=0` after 2 frames, onboarding could be dismissed via AVD input, and
-filtered logcat showed no Ferrous panic/fatal/ANR.
+### 2. Matomo analytics live validation (independent — NOT a release blocker)

-### 2. Matomo analytics live validation
-
-`Settings` has `analytics_enabled`, `matomo_url`, and `matomo_site_id`; the engine
-consumes them via `AnalyticsPlugin` on non-wasm targets. Remaining work is live
-validation against the deployed Matomo instance. Use
-`docs/analytics-validation.md` for the native validation checklist and the
-current web/WASM decision notes.
+Separate, ongoing task unrelated to the Android release. `Settings` has
+`analytics_enabled`, `matomo_url`, and `matomo_site_id`; the engine consumes them via
+`AnalyticsPlugin` on non-wasm targets. Remaining work is live validation against the
+deployed Matomo instance. Use `docs/analytics-validation.md` for the native
+validation checklist and the current web/WASM decision notes.

 ---

 ## Architectural notes for next session

+- **Plugin submodule pattern (2026-07-06 splits):** big plugins are module
+  directories: `mod.rs` holds types/markers/plugin-build and glob-imports the
+  children (`use input::*;`); children hold `pub(super)` systems and start
+  with `use super::*;` plus their own external imports. Tests (`tests.rs`)
+  may need explicit imports for names no longer used by `mod.rs` itself.
+
+- **Marker child-resize rule:** anything spawned as a *child* of a
+  layout-sized entity (outline frames, watermark text) must be re-derived in
+  `on_window_resized` too — resizing only the parent sprite leaves children
+  at spawn-time size (the v0.41.1 foldable bug).
+
+- **Fold 7 quirks:** both screens report identical safe-area insets
+  (top=110, bottom=0), so inset-driven relayout never fires on fold; layout
+  correctness across folds rides entirely on `WindowResized`. winit 0.30
+  logs `TODO: find a way to notify application of content rect change` on
+  resume — see #130 if a stale-width layout ever reproduces; v0.41.1 logs
+  every Android relayout (`layout: resize to WxH`) for exactly this.
+
 - **Reduce-motion pattern:** always gate in the `start_*` / `detect_*` system
  (the trigger), not the `tick_*` system. If the component is never inserted, the
  tick path never runs. See `hud_plugin.rs::detect_score_change` and
@@ -13,15 +13,32 @@
 # Run from the repo root:
 #   ./build_wasm.sh
 #
-# The generated pkg/ files are committed to git so self-hosters who don't
-# touch the WASM crates can skip this step.  Regenerate after any change to
-# solitaire_wasm/, solitaire_web/, solitaire_engine/, or solitaire_core/.
+# The generated pkg/ files are NOT committed to git (issue #156). CI builds
+# them where needed: the Docker image's wasm-builder stage for deployment,
+# and the web-e2e workflow for browser tests. Run this script locally before
+# serving /web or /play from a source checkout.

 set -euo pipefail

 REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 OUT_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/solitaire_server/web/pkg"

+# Reproducible builds. The wasm artifacts otherwise bake in machine-specific
+# absolute source paths (the cargo registry, the rustup std sources, and this
+# checkout), so a rebuild on a different machine produces different bytes and
+# the CI freshness gate (rebuild-and-diff) false-positives. Remap all three
+# prefixes to fixed names so the output is byte-identical anywhere.
+#
+# We must use CARGO_ENCODED_RUSTFLAGS (not RUSTFLAGS) and re-state the
+# getrandom backend cfg here: a `*_RUSTFLAGS` env var *replaces* — does not
+# merge with — the `[target.wasm32-unknown-unknown] rustflags` in
+# .cargo/config.toml, so dropping that cfg would break the wasm getrandom build.
+# Keep this `--cfg` in sync with .cargo/config.toml.
+CARGO_HOME_DIR="${CARGO_HOME:-$HOME/.cargo}"
+RUSTUP_HOME_DIR="${RUSTUP_HOME:-$HOME/.rustup}"
+US=$'\x1f'   # unit separator: CARGO_ENCODED_RUSTFLAGS arg delimiter
+export CARGO_ENCODED_RUSTFLAGS="--cfg${US}getrandom_backend=\"wasm_js\"${US}--remap-path-prefix=${CARGO_HOME_DIR}=/cargo${US}--remap-path-prefix=${RUSTUP_HOME_DIR}=/rustup${US}--remap-path-prefix=${REPO_ROOT}=/build"
+
 if ! command -v wasm-pack &> /dev/null; then
    echo "error: wasm-pack not found." >&2
    echo "  Install with: cargo install wasm-pack" >&2
@@ -51,7 +68,9 @@ if ! command -v wasm-bindgen &> /dev/null; then
 fi

 echo "Building solitaire_web (Bevy WASM app)..."
-cargo build --release --target wasm32-unknown-unknown -p solitaire_web
+# wasm-release is the size-focused profile (fat LTO, CGU=1, opt-level "s") —
+# see [profile.wasm-release] in Cargo.toml. Download size is the constraint.
+cargo build --profile wasm-release --target wasm32-unknown-unknown -p solitaire_web

 echo "Running wasm-bindgen for solitaire_web..."
 wasm-bindgen \
@@ -59,7 +78,7 @@ wasm-bindgen \
    --out-name canvas \
    --target web \
    --no-typescript \
-    "$REPO_ROOT/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/solitaire_web.wasm"
+    "${CARGO_TARGET_DIR:-$REPO_ROOT/target}/wasm32-unknown-unknown/wasm-release/solitaire_web.wasm"

 # Optional size optimisation — Bevy bundles are large (~5-15 MB uncompressed).
 # wasm-opt passes are skipped silently when the tool is not installed.
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ spec:
                  key: jwt-secret
            - name: SERVER_PORT
              value: "8080"
+            # Theme-store catalog directory on the persistent volume.
+            # Scanned once at startup — after dropping new theme zips
+            # into /data/theme_store, restart the deployment.
+            - name: THEME_STORE_DIR
+              value: /data/theme_store
          volumeMounts:
            - name: db-data
              mountPath: /data
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ services:
      # Override DATABASE_URL so the DB always lands in the persistent volume,
      # regardless of what .env contains.
      DATABASE_URL: sqlite:///data/solitaire.db
+      # Theme-store catalog directory (scanned once at startup; the
+      # host ./theme_store folder is where the operator drops theme
+      # zips + preview PNGs).
+      THEME_STORE_DIR: /theme_store
    volumes:
      - ./data:/data
+      - ./theme_store:/theme_store:ro
    restart: unless-stopped
    expose:
      - "${SERVER_PORT:-8080}"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rm /tmp/cmdline-tools.zip
  echo ''
  echo '# Android dev'
  echo 'export ANDROID_HOME="$HOME/Android/Sdk"'
-  echo 'export ANDROID_NDK_HOME="$ANDROID_HOME/ndk/26.3.11579264"'
+  echo 'export ANDROID_NDK_HOME="$ANDROID_HOME/ndk/30.0.14904198"'
  echo 'export JAVA_HOME="$(dirname $(dirname $(readlink -f $(which java))))"'
  echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest/bin:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$ANDROID_HOME/emulator"'
 } >> ~/.bashrc
@@ -49,10 +49,15 @@ sdkmanager \
  "platform-tools" \
  "platforms;android-34" \
  "build-tools;34.0.0" \
-  "ndk;26.3.11579264" \
+  "ndk;30.0.14904198" \
  "emulator" \
  "system-images;android-34;google_apis;x86_64"

+# The exact NDK/build-tools versions above are not load-bearing — newer ones
+# work (verified on NDK 30.0.14904198 / build-tools 37.0.0). `scripts/build_android_apk.sh`
+# auto-discovers the newest installed NDK and build-tools, so set ANDROID_NDK_HOME
+# (step 3) to whatever version you actually install here.
+
 # 6. AVD for testing (one-time).
 echo no | avdmanager create avd \
  -n bevy_test \
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+# Menu UX Redesign — July 2026
+
+Status: IN PROGRESS. A / E / C / G shipped in v0.43.0; B implemented on
+`feat/home-hierarchy` (2026-07-13); F / H and the I–M backlog remain open.
+Visual identity (Terminal / base16-eighties) is settled and out of
+scope — this is about **structure and interaction**, not colors or type.
+
+## Diagnosis (from code survey, 2026-07-07)
+
+| Surface | Today | Pain |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Settings | One scrolling modal, 5 section labels, ~37 control rows, single Done | Scroll-hunting for any toggle; endless on the folded (cover) screen; every new feature (theme store, import) stretches it further |
+| Home | Modal launcher: stats strip, draw-mode row, difficulty rows, 6 equal mode cards, Cancel | No "Continue" primacy; deal options (draw/difficulty/winnable) crowd the mode choice; six cards weighted identically though Classic dominates play |
+| HUD menu | Popover with 7 destinations (Help, Modes, Stats, Achievements, Profile, Settings, Leaderboard) | "Modes" duplicates Home's job; flat list, no grouping; each item opens another modal — modal-on-modal navigation |
+| Global | Everything is a modal over the felt | No hierarchy; near-square unfolded Fold renders one narrow wasted column |
+
+## Phase A — Settings tabs (highest pain, lowest risk)
+
+- Replace the single scroll with **tabs**: `Audio · Gameplay · Appearance ·
+  Accessibility · Account`.
+  - *Appearance* = today's Cosmetic (card back, background, card theme,
+    theme store, import).
+  - *Accessibility* = extracted from Gameplay/Cosmetic: color-blind,
+    high-contrast, reduce-motion, touch input mode, tooltip delay.
+  - *Account* = Sync + Privacy merged.
+- Narrow screens: tab chips in a row under the header. Wide (aspect > ~1.2 —
+  unfolded Fold, desktop): left rail, rows in two columns.
+- Only the active tab's rows are spawned → each tab is ≤ 8 rows and fits the
+  cover screen without scrolling.
+- **Implementation constraint:** pure `ui.rs` re-layout + one `SettingsTab`
+  resource. The `SettingsButton` enum, input handlers, and persistence are
+  untouched, so the 25 settings tests and the ambiguity gate stay green.
+
+## Phase B — Home becomes a real home
+
+- **Hierarchy, top to bottom:**
+  1. `Continue` card (only when a game is in progress) — mode, elapsed, score.
+  2. Hero `New Game` — one tap, reuses last mode + deal options.
+  3. Compact 2×3 mode grid (Classic, Daily, Zen, Challenge, Time Attack,
+     Seed) — smaller cards, glyph + name + one-line description on wide only.
+  4. Stats strip moves to the bottom (or right pane when unfolded).
+- **Deal options** (draw 1/3, difficulty, winnable-only) move off the top
+  level into a disclosure on the Classic card / New Game hero — they are
+  Classic-mode concerns, not global ones.
+- Cancel becomes `Back to table` and only renders when a game exists.
+- Unfolded Fold / desktop: two panes — modes left, Continue + stats +
+  daily/weekly right.
+
+## Phase C — HUD menu consolidation
+
+- Drop `Modes` from the popover (Home owns mode selection; HUD's New-Game
+  path opens Home).
+- Group the remaining six: **Play** (Home) · **You** (Profile, Stats,
+  Achievements) · **Community** (Leaderboard) · **System** (Settings, Help) —
+  section dividers in the existing popover, not a new widget.
+- Dismissal audit: Esc / scrim-tap / Done must behave identically on every
+  modal (most already do via `ScrimDismissible`; sweep the stragglers).
+
+## Phase D — Validation gates
+
+- Optional Stitch mockups (Terminal design-system asset
+  `assets/0f1652274fea460585d0b331a9ddbb06`, project 593811793268308763) for
+  Home + Settings before implementing Phase B. Phase A is safe to build
+  straight in-engine.
+- Per-phase gates: full test suite, clippy `-D warnings`, ambiguity gate at 0,
+  Android checklist (§15.3), on-device pass on the Fold 7 in BOTH postures.
+
+## Sequencing & risk
+
+| Phase | Size | Risk | Depends on |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| A — Settings tabs | ~1 session | Low (layout-only) | — |
+| B — Home hierarchy | 1–2 sessions | Medium (touches launch flow) | D mockups if wanted |
+| C — Menu grouping | small | Low | B (Modes removal) |
+
+## Phase E — "You" hub (reuses the Phase A tab component)
+
+Profile, Stats, Achievements, and the replay browser are four separate
+modals today, reached through the HUD popover one at a time. Fold them
+into ONE tabbed hub — `Profile · Stats · Achievements · Replays` — using
+the same tab widget Phase A builds for Settings. Cuts the HUD popover to
+four destinations and makes the tab component pay for itself twice.
+Existing per-screen systems keep their markers/handlers; only the outer
+shell changes (same trick as Phase A).
+
+## Phase F — Mobile ergonomics (Fold-first)
+
+- **Bottom action bar** on touch: Undo, Hint, Draw within thumb reach at
+  the bottom safe-area edge (via the existing `SafeAreaAnchoredBottom`),
+  score-only band stays on top. Desktop keeps the current top band.
+  Biggest one-handed-play win available; folded posture is tall and
+  top-heavy today.
+- **Hold-to-repeat Undo** — press-and-hold steps back repeatedly
+  (respecting the existing undo scoring penalty), instead of tap-tap-tap.
+- Both are additive; game stays fully playable with the top band alone
+  (UI-first rule §3.3 satisfied).
+
+## Phase G — Post-win flow
+
+Win summary today is a stats dump with a close. Give it an action
+hierarchy: **Play again** (same mode/options, primary) · **Share replay**
+(the upload already returns a share URL; surface it here with copy
+feedback) · **Watch replay** · quiet stats below. Rematch loop drops from
+4 taps to 1.
+
+## Phase H — Feedback polish (small, bundling candidates)
+
+- Unify queued vs. immediate toast styling (two subtly different styles
+  exist today) and anchor both to one position; consider a 5-item toast
+  history on the stats screen.
+- Theme-store modal: render the preview PNGs the server already serves
+  (v1 is text-only rows).
+- Hint: optional ghost-motion preview of the suggested move instead of a
+  static highlight (auto-disabled under reduce-motion).
+
+## Phase I — Onboarding & discoverability
+
+The first-run onboarding exists, but everything learned after it is
+invisible: the radial menu (long-press/right-click), hint cycling,
+tap-to-toggle HUD chrome, hotkeys. Add **contextual one-time tips** —
+fired by the situation, not a tour (first stall → hint tip; first
+long-press-able stack → radial tip; each shows once, stored in
+Settings like `shown_achievement_onboarding` already is). Plus a
+one-shot **"What's new"** card on first launch after a version bump —
+ObtainX updates are silent today, so shipped features go unnoticed
+(nobody will find the theme store on their own).
+
+## Phase J — Keyboard & focus completeness (desktop + web)
+
+`ui_focus` already gives deterministic Esc order and tab-walk
+(`FocusRow`/`Focusable`), and `KeyboardDragState` exists — but full
+keyboard-only play has never been audited end to end. Deliverables: every
+modal reachable/dismissable without a mouse, a visible focus ring styled
+to the Terminal system (current focus state is subtle), and a hotkey
+cheat-sheet overlay (hold `?`) generated from the actual bindings instead
+of the static Help text. Web build (Rhys) benefits most.
+
+## Phase K — UI scale & touch-target accessibility
+
+All type sizes flow through `TYPE_*` tokens and layout through
+`compute_layout` — which makes a **UI scale setting** (90/100/115/130 %)
+cheap to wire and genuinely useful on the Fold's dense cover screen.
+Pair with: respect Android system font scale on first run (seed the
+setting from it), and a one-time audit that every interactive element
+meets the 44 px logical minimum in BOTH Fold postures (the pill buttons
+and picker swatches are the suspects). Lands in the Accessibility tab
+that Phase A creates.
+
+## Phase L — Empty & loading states, standardized
+
+Async/empty surfaces each improvise today: leaderboard with no entries,
+stats with no games, replay browser with no replays, theme store
+loading/error (just added), sync status text. Define ONE pattern —
+glyph + one-line explanation + a single next-step action — as a
+`spawn_empty_state` helper in `ui_modal`, and sweep all five surfaces
+onto it. Small, mechanical, big perceived-quality win.
+
+## Phase M — Sync transparency & data stewardship
+
+The sync layer returns `ConflictReport`s ("data is never silently
+discarded") — but no UI ever shows them; players can't tell what a merge
+did. Add: a post-sync summary line ("merged, 2 conflicts kept newer
+values" → tap for detail in the Account tab), a visible last-synced
+timestamp (exists as `SyncStatus::LastSynced`, barely surfaced), and
+local **data export/import** (zip of the JSON saves) for device
+migrations without a server. Closes the trust loop the server work
+opened.
+
+## Roadmap tie-ins (already in flight elsewhere)
+
+- **Spider mode** (feat/spider-core, PR #157): Home's mode grid gains a
+  7th card once engine work lands — the 2×3 grid in Phase B should be
+  designed as N-card flow from day one. Spider UI also needs positional
+  card→entity keys (documented in spider.rs module docs).
+- **Show solution** (feat/solution-line, in flight): lands in the pause
+  menu; Phase C's grouping should leave room for it under a "Game"
+  cluster if the pause menu grows.
+
+## Sequencing (updated)
+
+| Phase | Size | Risk | Depends on |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| A — Settings tabs | ~1 session | Low | — (DECIDED: tabs) |
+| E — "You" hub | ~1 session | Low | A's tab component |
+| C — Menu grouping | small | Low | E (popover shrinks) |
+| B — Home hierarchy | 1–2 sessions | Medium | D mockups if wanted |
+| F — Bottom action bar | ~1 session | Medium (input paths) | — |
+| G — Post-win flow | small | Low | — |
+| H — Feedback polish | small each | Low | — |
+| I — Onboarding & discoverability | ~1 session | Low | ships best after B/F land |
+| J — Keyboard & focus completeness | ~1 session | Low | A/E (fewer modals to audit) |
+| K — UI scale & touch targets | ~1 session | Medium (layout-wide) | A (Accessibility tab) |
+| L — Empty-state standardization | small | Low | — |
+| M — Sync transparency & export | ~1 session | Low–Medium | A (Account tab) |
+
+Suggested order: **A → E → C** (one arc: the tab component and the menu
+slimming), then **B**, then **F/G/H** as independent follow-ups.
+
+## Open decisions
+
+1. ~~Settings: tabs vs. sub-pages~~ — **DECIDED 2026-07-07: tabs.**
+2. ~~Deal options: disclosure on Classic card vs. keep global row~~ —
+   **DECIDED 2026-07-09: disclosure on the Classic card / New Game hero.**
+3. ~~Time Attack + Seed: top-level cards vs. "More" card~~ —
+   **DECIDED 2026-07-09: top-level cards, symmetric 2×3 grid.**
+4. ~~Stitch mockups for Phase B, or iterate directly in-engine~~ —
+   **DECIDED 2026-07-09: directly in-engine.**
+5. ~~Phase F bottom bar: touch-only vs. also desktop~~ —
+   **DECIDED 2026-07-13: touch-only.** Desktop keeps the current top
+   band; the bar is additive per §3.3 so a later desktop rollout stays
+   a settings flag away.
@@ -213,15 +213,35 @@ KEY_PASS="${KEY_PASS:-$KEYSTORE_PASS}"

 mkdir -p "$(dirname "$APK_OUT")"
 echo ">>> apksigner sign -> $APK_OUT"
+# Sign the schemes explicitly instead of relying on apksigner's auto behaviour.
+# Left to "auto", this pipeline produced an APK carrying invalid v1 (JAR)
+# signature files (META-INF/*.SF/.RSA present but failing v1 verification).
+# Android installs it fine via v2/v3, but Obtainium parses the APK's legacy v1
+# certificate at install time, gets an empty cert list, and crashes with
+# "RangeError (length): Invalid value: valid value range is empty: 0".
+# minSdk is 26 (solitaire_app/android/AndroidManifest.xml), so v1/JAR signing is
+# not needed at all — disable it and ship a clean v2+v3 signature, matching what
+# modern Android tooling produces for minSdk >= 24.
 "$BT/apksigner" sign \
  --ks "$KEYSTORE" \
  --ks-pass "pass:$KEYSTORE_PASS" \
  --ks-key-alias "$KEY_ALIAS" \
  --key-pass "pass:$KEY_PASS" \
+  --min-sdk-version 26 \
+  --v1-signing-enabled false \
+  --v2-signing-enabled true \
+  --v3-signing-enabled true \
  --out "$APK_OUT" \
  "$STAGING/app-aligned.apk"

 echo ">>> verify"
-"$BT/apksigner" verify --verbose "$APK_OUT"
+"$BT/apksigner" verify --min-sdk-version 26 --verbose "$APK_OUT"
+
+# Guard: no leftover v1/JAR signature files may remain — their presence (valid or
+# not) is what tripped Obtainium. Fail the build if any slipped through.
+if unzip -l "$APK_OUT" 2>/dev/null | grep -qiE 'META-INF/.*\.(SF|RSA|DSA|EC)$'; then
+  echo "ERROR: APK still contains v1/JAR signature files; expected v2+v3 only" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi

 echo ">>> done: $APK_OUT"
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Live-watch the Gitea Actions deploy pipeline for Ferrous Solitaire.
+#
+# Polls recent workflow runs and prints a compact status block each cycle.
+# Stops when the newest docker-build (the deploy) has completed — the wasm
+# is built inside that image build, so no other workflow gates the deploy.
+#
+# Usage:  ./scripts/watch_deploy.sh [interval_seconds]
+#   token is read from ~/.config/tea/config.yml (never printed).
+set -uo pipefail
+
+REPO="funman300/Ferrous-Solitaire"
+BASE="https://git.aleshym.co/api/v1/repos/${REPO}"
+INTERVAL="${1:-20}"
+CFG="${HOME}/.config/tea/config.yml"
+
+TOKEN="$(grep -E '^[[:space:]]*token:' "$CFG" | head -1 | sed -E 's/.*token:[[:space:]]*//' | tr -d '"'\'' ')"
+[ -z "$TOKEN" ] && { echo "error: no token in $CFG" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+echo "── watching ${REPO} deploy (poll ${INTERVAL}s, Ctrl-C to stop) ──"
+
+while :; do
+  json="$(curl -s --max-time 20 -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" "${BASE}/actions/runs?limit=6")"
+  # Print rows + emit the deploy state on the last line (parsed below).
+  # JSON is passed via env var because `python3 -` reads its program from the
+  # heredoc on stdin, so stdin can't also carry the data.
+  out="$(JSON_DATA="$json" python3 - <<'PY'
+import os, sys, json, datetime
+now = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S")
+raw = os.environ.get("JSON_DATA", "").strip()
+try:
+    d = json.loads(raw)
+except Exception:
+    print("[%s] (api unavailable, retrying)" % now)
+    print("STATE=DEPLOYING")
+    sys.exit(0)
+runs = d.get("workflow_runs", [])[:6]
+icons = {("completed","success"):"OK  ", ("completed","failure"):"FAIL",
+         ("completed","cancelled"):"CXL "}
+def ic(s, c):
+    if s == "queued": return "queue"
+    if s == "in_progress": return "run.."
+    return icons.get((s, c), s or "?")
+print("[%s]" % datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S"))
+for r in runs:
+    wf = str(r.get("path","")).split("@")[0].split("/")[-1].replace(".yml","")
+    print("   %-5s %-5s %-7s %-18s %s/%s" % (
+        ic(r.get("status"), r.get("conclusion")),
+        r.get("id"), str(r.get("head_sha"))[:7], wf[:18],
+        r.get("status"), r.get("conclusion")))
+db = [r for r in runs if "docker-build" in str(r.get("path"))]
+top = db[0] if db else None
+live = bool(top and top.get("status")=="completed" and top.get("conclusion")=="success")
+print("STATE=%s" % ("LIVE" if live else "DEPLOYING"))
+PY
+)"
+  echo "$out" | grep -v '^STATE='
+  if echo "$out" | grep -q '^STATE=LIVE'; then
+    echo ""
+    echo "DEPLOY LIVE — newest docker-build succeeded."
+    echo "   Test: https://klondike.aleshym.co/play?v=${RANDOM}"
+    break
+  fi
+  sleep "$INTERVAL"
+done
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ bevy             = { workspace = true }
 solitaire_engine = { workspace = true }
 solitaire_data   = { workspace = true }

+# Android-only: the entry point reconstructs the raw `JavaVM` / activity
+# handles and registers the safe `solitaire_data::android_jni` bridge. This
+# is the one crate in the workspace that performs `unsafe` FFI, so it is also
+# the only one that depends on `jni` directly at the app layer.
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "android")'.dependencies]
+jni = { workspace = true }
+
 # Desktop-only deps. `keyring`'s default-store init only matters on
 # platforms with a real keychain backend (Linux Secret Service,
 # macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Store), and its transitive
@@ -99,3 +106,18 @@ icon = "@mipmap/ic_launcher"
 # in portrait orientation. Remove (or add a landscape layout) before
 # enabling auto-rotate.
 orientation = "portrait"
+
+# `solitaire_app` is the one crate that cannot inherit the workspace
+# `forbid(unsafe_code)`: as the Android cdylib it must export the
+# `#[unsafe(no_mangle)]` entry point and reconstruct the raw JNI handles
+# there (a `no_mangle` symbol cannot live in a dependency rlib). It mirrors
+# the workspace lints but at `deny`, so the two `#[allow(unsafe_code)]`
+# scopes in the Android entry point are the only unsafe in the whole tree.
+[lints.rust]
+unsafe_code = "deny"
+single_use_lifetimes = "warn"
+trivial_casts = "warn"
+unused_lifetimes = "warn"
+unused_qualifications = "warn"
+variant_size_differences = "warn"
+unexpected_cfgs = "warn"
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ fn load_settings() -> Settings {
        .unwrap_or_default()
 }

-/// Build the Bevy app without entering the event loop.
-pub fn build_app(sync_provider: Box<dyn SyncProvider + Send + Sync>) -> App {
-    build_app_with_settings(load_settings(), sync_provider)
-}
-
 /// App entry point — configures runtime services, builds, and runs the app.
 ///
 /// Called from both the desktop `bin` target's `main` shim and (on
@@ -144,7 +139,7 @@ fn build_app_with_settings(
                    // Android windows always fill the screen; max_width/max_height
                    // default to 0.0, which panics Bevy's clamp when min > max.
                    #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
-                    resize_constraints: bevy::window::WindowResizeConstraints {
+                    resize_constraints: WindowResizeConstraints {
                        min_width: 800.0,
                        min_height: 600.0,
                        ..default()
@@ -166,7 +161,7 @@ fn build_app_with_settings(
            // default makes it walk *out* of the APK's assets root and
            // all loads fail silently — which is what produced the
            // solid-red card-back fallback in the v0.22.3 screenshot.
-            .set(bevy::asset::AssetPlugin {
+            .set(AssetPlugin {
                #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
                file_path: "../assets".to_string(),
                ..default()
@@ -363,16 +358,57 @@ fn set_window_icon(
 /// works on a function named `main`; our shared entry point is `run`, so
 /// we emit the equivalent expansion manually.
 #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+#[allow(unsafe_code)]
 #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
 fn android_main(android_app: bevy::android::android_activity::AndroidApp) {
-    let vm_ptr = android_app.vm_as_ptr().cast();
-    if let Err(e) = solitaire_data::init_android_jvm(vm_ptr) {
-        eprintln!("warn: could not initialise Android Keystore JNI ({e})");
+    if let Err(e) = init_android_jni(&android_app) {
+        eprintln!("warn: could not initialise Android JNI bridge ({e})");
    }
    let _ = bevy::android::ANDROID_APP.set(android_app);
    run();
 }

+/// Reconstructs the raw `JavaVM` / `NativeActivity` handles handed over by the
+/// Android runtime and registers safe wrappers with `solitaire_data`.
+///
+/// This is the *only* place in the workspace that performs `unsafe` FFI handle
+/// reconstruction. Every other crate consumes the safe
+/// [`solitaire_data::android_jni`] bridge and stays `forbid(unsafe_code)`;
+/// `solitaire_app` opts down to `deny` with a narrowly scoped allow on this
+/// function and the `#[unsafe(no_mangle)]` entry point above.
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+#[allow(unsafe_code)]
+fn init_android_jni(
+    android_app: &bevy::android::android_activity::AndroidApp,
+) -> Result<(), String> {
+    use jni::JavaVM;
+    use jni::objects::JObject;
+
+    let vm_ptr = android_app.vm_as_ptr();
+    if vm_ptr.is_null() {
+        return Err("JavaVM pointer is null".into());
+    }
+    // SAFETY: `vm_as_ptr()` returns the process-wide JavaVM* established by the
+    // Android runtime; it is valid for the lifetime of the process.
+    let vm = unsafe { JavaVM::from_raw(vm_ptr.cast()) }.map_err(|e| format!("JavaVM: {e}"))?;
+
+    let env = vm
+        .attach_current_thread_permanently()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("attach_current_thread: {e}"))?;
+
+    // SAFETY: `activity_as_ptr()` returns the NativeActivity jobject pointer,
+    // valid for the lifetime of the process. Promote it to a global reference
+    // so the safe bridge can hand it to any thread.
+    let activity = unsafe { JObject::from_raw(android_app.activity_as_ptr().cast()) };
+    let activity_ref = env
+        .new_global_ref(&activity)
+        .map_err(|e| format!("activity global ref: {e}"))?;
+
+    solitaire_data::android_jni::set_jvm(vm);
+    solitaire_data::android_jni::set_activity(activity_ref);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Wraps the default panic hook with one that also appends a crash log
 /// to `<data_dir>/crash.log` (next to `settings.json`). The default hook
 /// still runs afterwards, so stderr output and debugger integration are
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ path = "src/bin/gen_seeds.rs"
 [[bin]]
 name = "gen_difficulty_seeds"
 path = "src/bin/gen_difficulty_seeds.rs"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 //!   --per-tier  Seeds to emit per tier (default 40)
 //!   --help      Print this message

-use solitaire_core::DrawMode;
-use solitaire_data::solver::try_solve;
+use solitaire_core::DrawStockConfig;
+use solitaire_core::game_state::GameState;

 // Budget boundaries defining each tier. A seed belongs to the lowest tier
 // whose budget proves it Winnable.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ fn main() {
        std::process::exit(1);
    }

-    let draw_mode = DrawMode::DrawOne;
+    let draw_mode = DrawStockConfig::DrawOne;
    let num_tiers = BUDGETS.len();
    let mut buckets: Vec<Vec<u64>> = vec![Vec::with_capacity(per_tier); num_tiers];
    let mut tried: u64 = 0;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fn main() {
            if buckets[i].len() >= per_tier {
                continue;
            }
-            match try_solve(seed, draw_mode, move_budget, state_budget) {
+            match GameState::solve_fresh_deal(seed, draw_mode, move_budget, state_budget) {
                Ok(Some(_)) => {
                    buckets[i].push(seed);
                    eprintln!(
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 //!   --count  Number of Winnable seeds to emit (default 75)
 //!   --help   Print this message

-use solitaire_core::DrawMode;
-use solitaire_data::solver::{DEFAULT_SOLVE_MOVES_BUDGET, DEFAULT_SOLVE_STATES_BUDGET, try_solve};
+use solitaire_core::DrawStockConfig;
+use solitaire_core::game_state::GameState;
+use solitaire_core::{DEFAULT_SOLVE_MOVES_BUDGET, DEFAULT_SOLVE_STATES_BUDGET};

 fn main() {
    let mut args = std::env::args().skip(1).peekable();
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ fn main() {
        std::process::exit(1);
    }

-    let draw_mode = DrawMode::DrawOne;
+    let draw_mode = DrawStockConfig::DrawOne;
    let mut found: Vec<u64> = Vec::with_capacity(count);
    let mut tried: u64 = 0;
    let mut seed = start;
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ fn main() {
    while found.len() < count {
        tried += 1;
        if matches!(
-            try_solve(
+            GameState::solve_fresh_deal(
                seed,
                draw_mode,
                DEFAULT_SOLVE_MOVES_BUDGET,
@@ -9,10 +9,19 @@ default = []
 test-support = []

 [dev-dependencies]
-proptest = "1"
+proptest   = "1"
+serde_json = { workspace = true }

 [dependencies]
 serde     = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 klondike  = { workspace = true }
 card_game = { workspace = true }
+# Deliberately NOT the workspace rand (0.9): this pins the exact dep the
+# upstream `klondike` crate uses, so `SeedableRng`/`SliceRandom` resolve
+# against the same crate version as `klondike::Rng` and Spider deals go
+# through the identical shuffle stack as Klondike deals.
+rand      = { version = "0.10.1", default-features = false, features = ["std_rng"] }
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-pub use card_game::{Card, Deck, Rank, Suit};
-
-/// Maps a [`Card`] to a stable `0..=51` numeric identity, independent of the
-/// upstream `card_game::Card` bit-packing.
-///
-/// Encoding: `suit_index * 13 + (rank as u32 - 1)`, where `suit_index` is
-/// Clubs=0, Diamonds=1, Hearts=2, Spades=3 and `rank` is 1 (Ace) ..= 13 (King).
-/// The deck id is intentionally ignored so the id depends only on the visible
-/// face.
-///
-/// This is the single source of truth shared by `CardEntity` numeric tracking,
-/// deterministic per-card animation jitter, and the WASM replay layer — those
-/// must agree byte-for-byte so replay snapshots are identical across the
-/// desktop and browser builds.
-pub fn card_to_id(card: &Card) -> u32 {
-    let suit_index: u32 = match card.suit() {
-        Suit::Clubs => 0,
-        Suit::Diamonds => 1,
-        Suit::Hearts => 2,
-        Suit::Spades => 3,
-    };
-    suit_index * 13 + (card.rank() as u32 - 1)
-}
@@ -3,44 +3,32 @@
 //! [`KlondikeAdapter`] is a pure helper namespace for:
 //! - building [`KlondikeConfig`] from Ferrous settings
 //! - translating between local and upstream types
-//! - applying Ferrous-specific scoring policy on top of upstream defaults
+//!
+//! Ferrous-specific scoring policy (the win-time bonus) lives in
+//! [`crate::scoring`], not here.
 //!
 //! All `From` / `TryFrom` conversions between `solitaire_core` product types and
 //! upstream `card_game` / `klondike` types live here so that the product modules
 //! (`card`, `pile`, etc.) remain free of upstream dependencies.

 use klondike::{
-    DrawStockConfig, DstFoundation, DstTableau, Foundation, KlondikeConfig, KlondikeInstruction,
-    KlondikePile, KlondikePileStack, MoveFromFoundationConfig, ScoringConfig, SkipCards, Tableau,
-    TableauStack,
+    DrawStockConfig, Foundation, KlondikeConfig, MoveFromFoundationConfig, ScoringConfig,
+    SkipCards, Tableau,
 };
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

-/// Whether cards are drawn one at a time or three at a time from the stock.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub enum DrawMode {
-    /// Draw one card from stock per turn.
-    DrawOne,
-    /// Draw three cards from stock per turn; only the top is playable.
-    DrawThree,
-}
-
-/// Bridges `solitaire_core` game config and scoring to the upstream `klondike` crate.
+/// Bridges `solitaire_core` game config to the upstream `klondike` crate.
 ///
 /// This type is intentionally zero-sized: it does not carry mutable runtime
-/// state, and exists only as a namespace for configuration, conversion, and
-/// scoring helpers.
+/// state, and exists only as a namespace for configuration and conversion
+/// helpers.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct KlondikeAdapter;

 impl KlondikeAdapter {
    /// Build a [`KlondikeConfig`] from draw mode and foundation house-rule setting.
-    pub fn config_for(draw_mode: DrawMode, take_from_foundation: bool) -> KlondikeConfig {
+    pub fn config_for(draw_mode: DrawStockConfig, take_from_foundation: bool) -> KlondikeConfig {
        KlondikeConfig {
-            draw_stock: match draw_mode {
-                DrawMode::DrawOne => DrawStockConfig::DrawOne,
-                DrawMode::DrawThree => DrawStockConfig::DrawThree,
-            },
+            draw_stock: draw_mode,
            move_from_foundation: if take_from_foundation {
                MoveFromFoundationConfig::Allowed
            } else {
@@ -95,272 +83,3 @@ pub fn skip_cards_from_count(skip: usize) -> Option<SkipCards> {
        _ => None,
    }
 }
-
-// ── Legacy serde mirror types (kept for backward compatibility) ───────────────
-//
-// These types were introduced when upstream `klondike` had no serde feature.
-// Mainline `klondike` now provides full serde support (with a hand-written
-// compact `KlondikeInstruction` impl), and `GameState` serialises
-// `saved_moves` directly as `Vec<KlondikeInstruction>` (schema v4).
-//
-// The mirror types are retained for three reasons:
-//   1. Schema v3 migration: `AnyInstruction` in `game_state.rs` uses
-//      `TryFrom<SavedInstruction> for KlondikeInstruction` to parse old save
-//      files with u8 indices and replay them.
-//   2. `solitaire_data::ReplayMove` uses `SavedKlondikePile` as its serde
-//      type; changing it would break the on-disk replay format (schema v2).
-//   3. `solitaire_wasm` mirrors `ReplayMove` using the same types so that
-//      replay JSON is cross-compatible between the desktop and browser builds.
-//
-// These types should not be used for new serialisation concerns.  If the
-// ReplayMove format is ever bumped to a new schema, migrate those callers to
-// `KlondikePile` / `KlondikePileStack` and the types here can then be deleted.
-
-/// A `Serialize` + `Deserialize` mirror of [`klondike::Tableau`] (0 = Tableau1 … 6 = Tableau7).
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct SavedTableau(pub u8);
-
-/// A `Serialize` + `Deserialize` mirror of [`klondike::Foundation`] (0 = Foundation1 … 3 = Foundation4).
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct SavedFoundation(pub u8);
-
-/// A `Serialize` + `Deserialize` mirror of [`klondike::SkipCards`] (0 = Skip0 … 12 = Skip12).
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct SavedSkipCards(pub u8);
-
-/// A `Serialize` + `Deserialize` mirror of [`klondike::KlondikePile`].
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub enum SavedKlondikePile {
-    Tableau(SavedTableau),
-    Stock,
-    Foundation(SavedFoundation),
-}
-
-/// A `Serialize` + `Deserialize` mirror of [`klondike::TableauStack`].
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct SavedTableauStack {
-    pub tableau: SavedTableau,
-    pub skip_cards: SavedSkipCards,
-}
-
-/// A `Serialize` + `Deserialize` mirror of [`klondike::KlondikePileStack`].
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub enum SavedKlondikePileStack {
-    Tableau(SavedTableauStack),
-    Stock,
-    Foundation(SavedFoundation),
-}
-
-/// A `Serialize` + `Deserialize` mirror of [`klondike::DstFoundation`].
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct SavedDstFoundation {
-    pub src: SavedKlondikePile,
-    pub foundation: SavedFoundation,
-}
-
-/// A `Serialize` + `Deserialize` mirror of [`klondike::DstTableau`].
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct SavedDstTableau {
-    pub src: SavedKlondikePileStack,
-    pub tableau: SavedTableau,
-}
-
-/// A `Serialize` + `Deserialize` mirror of [`klondike::KlondikeInstruction`].
-///
-/// Convert to/from the upstream type with:
-/// ```ignore
-/// let saved = SavedInstruction::from(instruction);
-/// let instruction = KlondikeInstruction::try_from(saved)?;
-/// ```
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub enum SavedInstruction {
-    DstFoundation(SavedDstFoundation),
-    DstTableau(SavedDstTableau),
-    RotateStock,
-}
-
-/// Error returned when a [`SavedInstruction`] contains an out-of-range numeric value
-/// and cannot be converted back to a [`klondike::KlondikeInstruction`].
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, thiserror::Error)]
-pub enum InvalidSavedInstruction {
-    #[error("invalid tableau index {0} (expected 0–6)")]
-    Tableau(u8),
-    #[error("invalid foundation index {0} (expected 0–3)")]
-    Foundation(u8),
-    #[error("invalid skip_cards value {0} (expected 0–12)")]
-    SkipCards(u8),
-}
-
-// ── From impls: KlondikeInstruction → Saved* ─────────────────────────────────
-
-impl From<Tableau> for SavedTableau {
-    fn from(t: Tableau) -> Self {
-        Self(t as u8)
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<Foundation> for SavedFoundation {
-    fn from(f: Foundation) -> Self {
-        Self(f as u8)
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<SkipCards> for SavedSkipCards {
-    fn from(s: SkipCards) -> Self {
-        Self(s as u8)
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<KlondikePile> for SavedKlondikePile {
-    fn from(p: KlondikePile) -> Self {
-        match p {
-            KlondikePile::Tableau(t) => Self::Tableau(t.into()),
-            KlondikePile::Stock => Self::Stock,
-            KlondikePile::Foundation(f) => Self::Foundation(f.into()),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<TableauStack> for SavedTableauStack {
-    fn from(ts: TableauStack) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            tableau: ts.tableau.into(),
-            skip_cards: ts.skip_cards.into(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<KlondikePileStack> for SavedKlondikePileStack {
-    fn from(ps: KlondikePileStack) -> Self {
-        match ps {
-            KlondikePileStack::Tableau(ts) => Self::Tableau(ts.into()),
-            KlondikePileStack::Stock => Self::Stock,
-            KlondikePileStack::Foundation(f) => Self::Foundation(f.into()),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<DstFoundation> for SavedDstFoundation {
-    fn from(df: DstFoundation) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            src: df.src.into(),
-            foundation: df.foundation.into(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<DstTableau> for SavedDstTableau {
-    fn from(dt: DstTableau) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            src: dt.src.into(),
-            tableau: dt.tableau.into(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<KlondikeInstruction> for SavedInstruction {
-    fn from(i: KlondikeInstruction) -> Self {
-        match i {
-            KlondikeInstruction::RotateStock => Self::RotateStock,
-            KlondikeInstruction::DstFoundation(df) => Self::DstFoundation(df.into()),
-            KlondikeInstruction::DstTableau(dt) => Self::DstTableau(dt.into()),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-// ── TryFrom impls: Saved* → KlondikeInstruction ──────────────────────────────
-
-impl TryFrom<SavedTableau> for Tableau {
-    type Error = InvalidSavedInstruction;
-    fn try_from(s: SavedTableau) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        tableau_from_index(s.0 as usize).ok_or(InvalidSavedInstruction::Tableau(s.0))
-    }
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<SavedFoundation> for Foundation {
-    type Error = InvalidSavedInstruction;
-    fn try_from(s: SavedFoundation) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        foundation_from_slot(s.0).ok_or(InvalidSavedInstruction::Foundation(s.0))
-    }
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<SavedSkipCards> for SkipCards {
-    type Error = InvalidSavedInstruction;
-    fn try_from(s: SavedSkipCards) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        skip_cards_from_count(s.0 as usize).ok_or(InvalidSavedInstruction::SkipCards(s.0))
-    }
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<SavedKlondikePile> for KlondikePile {
-    type Error = InvalidSavedInstruction;
-    fn try_from(s: SavedKlondikePile) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        Ok(match s {
-            SavedKlondikePile::Tableau(t) => KlondikePile::Tableau(t.try_into()?),
-            SavedKlondikePile::Stock => KlondikePile::Stock,
-            SavedKlondikePile::Foundation(f) => KlondikePile::Foundation(f.try_into()?),
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<SavedTableauStack> for TableauStack {
-    type Error = InvalidSavedInstruction;
-    fn try_from(s: SavedTableauStack) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        Ok(TableauStack {
-            tableau: s.tableau.try_into()?,
-            skip_cards: s.skip_cards.try_into()?,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<SavedKlondikePileStack> for KlondikePileStack {
-    type Error = InvalidSavedInstruction;
-    fn try_from(s: SavedKlondikePileStack) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        Ok(match s {
-            SavedKlondikePileStack::Tableau(ts) => KlondikePileStack::Tableau(ts.try_into()?),
-            SavedKlondikePileStack::Stock => KlondikePileStack::Stock,
-            SavedKlondikePileStack::Foundation(f) => KlondikePileStack::Foundation(f.try_into()?),
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<SavedDstFoundation> for DstFoundation {
-    type Error = InvalidSavedInstruction;
-    fn try_from(s: SavedDstFoundation) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        Ok(DstFoundation {
-            src: s.src.try_into()?,
-            foundation: s.foundation.try_into()?,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<SavedDstTableau> for DstTableau {
-    type Error = InvalidSavedInstruction;
-    fn try_from(s: SavedDstTableau) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        Ok(DstTableau {
-            src: s.src.try_into()?,
-            tableau: s.tableau.try_into()?,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<SavedInstruction> for KlondikeInstruction {
-    type Error = InvalidSavedInstruction;
-    fn try_from(s: SavedInstruction) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        Ok(match s {
-            SavedInstruction::RotateStock => KlondikeInstruction::RotateStock,
-            SavedInstruction::DstFoundation(df) => {
-                KlondikeInstruction::DstFoundation(df.try_into()?)
-            }
-            SavedInstruction::DstTableau(dt) => KlondikeInstruction::DstTableau(dt.try_into()?),
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-/// Time bonus added to the score on a win: `700_000 / elapsed_seconds`.
-/// Returns 0 when `elapsed_seconds` is 0 to avoid division by zero.
-pub fn compute_time_bonus(elapsed_seconds: u64) -> i32 {
-    if elapsed_seconds == 0 {
-        return 0;
-    }
-    (700_000u64 / elapsed_seconds).min(i32::MAX as u64) as i32
-}
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 pub mod achievement;
-pub mod card;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod game_state;
 pub mod klondike_adapter;
+pub mod scoring;
+pub mod spider;

 // Re-export the upstream types that cross the solitaire_core API boundary so
 // downstream crates (engine, wasm) can import from one place without a direct
@@ -12,9 +13,51 @@ pub mod klondike_adapter;
 // re-exported — they are only used internally (in `klondike_adapter.rs` and
 // when decoding instructions to piles in `instruction_to_piles`) and do not
 // appear in any public method signature.
-pub use card_game::{Card, Session};
-pub use klondike::{Foundation, Klondike, KlondikeInstruction, KlondikePile, Tableau};
-pub use klondike_adapter::DrawMode;
+pub use card_game::{Card, Deck, Rank, SolveError, Suit};
+pub use klondike::{
+    DrawStockConfig, Foundation, Klondike, KlondikeInstruction, KlondikePile, Tableau,
+};
+
+// Solvability check API (delegates to `card_game::Session::solve`); replaces the
+// former `solitaire_data::solver` wrapper module.
+pub use game_state::{
+    DEFAULT_SOLVE_MOVES_BUDGET, DEFAULT_SOLVE_STATES_BUDGET, SessionRecording, SolveOutcome,
+};
+
+// Spider rules (second `card_game::Game` implementation; engine UI is a
+// later phase — nothing outside solitaire_core consumes these yet).
+pub use spider::{
+    RunLength, Spider, SpiderConfig, SpiderGameState, SpiderInstruction, SpiderIter, SpiderMove,
+    SpiderScoring, SpiderStats, SpiderSuits, SpiderTableau,
+};
+
+/// All four foundation slots, in slot order.
+///
+/// Canonical iteration source for `Foundation` — upstream `klondike` has no
+/// `Foundation::ALL` (unlike `Suit::SUITS` / `Rank::RANKS` in `card_game`),
+/// and inherent impls cannot be added to a foreign type, so the workspace
+/// const lives here. Use this instead of hand-rolling `[Foundation; 4]`
+/// arrays; scattered copies can silently diverge.
+pub const FOUNDATIONS: [Foundation; 4] = [
+    Foundation::Foundation1,
+    Foundation::Foundation2,
+    Foundation::Foundation3,
+    Foundation::Foundation4,
+];
+
+/// All seven tableau columns, in column order (left to right on screen).
+///
+/// Canonical iteration source for `Tableau` — see [`FOUNDATIONS`] for why
+/// this lives here rather than upstream.
+pub const TABLEAUS: [Tableau; 7] = [
+    Tableau::Tableau1,
+    Tableau::Tableau2,
+    Tableau::Tableau3,
+    Tableau::Tableau4,
+    Tableau::Tableau5,
+    Tableau::Tableau6,
+    Tableau::Tableau7,
+];

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod proptest_tests;
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 use card_game::{Card, Game};
-use klondike::{Foundation, KlondikePile, KlondikeInstruction, SkipCards, Tableau};
+use klondike::{DrawStockConfig, Foundation, KlondikePile, Tableau};
 use proptest::prelude::*;

 use crate::game_state::GameState;
-use crate::klondike_adapter::DrawMode;
-use crate::klondike_adapter::{
-    InvalidSavedInstruction, SavedDstFoundation, SavedDstTableau, SavedFoundation,
-    SavedInstruction, SavedKlondikePile, SavedKlondikePileStack, SavedSkipCards, SavedTableau,
-    SavedTableauStack,
-};

 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Shared helpers
@@ -47,13 +41,20 @@ fn all_cards(game: &GameState) -> Vec<Card> {
        );
    }
    for t in &tableaux {
-        cards.extend(game.pile(KlondikePile::Tableau(*t)).iter().map(|(c, _)| c.clone()));
+        cards.extend(
+            game.pile(KlondikePile::Tableau(*t))
+                .iter()
+                .map(|(c, _)| c.clone()),
+        );
    }
    cards
 }

-fn draw_mode_strategy() -> impl Strategy<Value = DrawMode> {
-    prop_oneof![Just(DrawMode::DrawOne), Just(DrawMode::DrawThree)]
+fn draw_mode_strategy() -> impl Strategy<Value = DrawStockConfig> {
+    prop_oneof![
+        Just(DrawStockConfig::DrawOne),
+        Just(DrawStockConfig::DrawThree)
+    ]
 }

 /// Apply a sequence of random actions to a game, silently ignoring errors.
@@ -262,116 +263,4 @@ proptest! {
        }
    }

-    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // SavedInstruction ↔ KlondikeInstruction round-trip
-    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    /// Every valid `SavedInstruction` survives a round-trip through
-    /// `KlondikeInstruction::try_from(SavedInstruction::from(original))`.
-    ///
-    /// Covers all three variants (`RotateStock`, `DstFoundation`, `DstTableau`)
-    /// and all legal sub-field ranges:
-    ///   - `SavedTableau`: 0–6
-    ///   - `SavedFoundation`: 0–3
-    ///   - `SavedSkipCards`: 0–12
-    #[test]
-    fn saved_instruction_round_trip(
-        instruction in saved_instruction_strategy(),
-    ) {
-        let klondike = KlondikeInstruction::try_from(instruction);
-        prop_assert!(
-            klondike.is_ok(),
-            "TryFrom failed for valid SavedInstruction {instruction:?}: {:?}",
-            klondike.err(),
-        );
-        let saved_again = SavedInstruction::from(klondike.expect("checked above"));
-        prop_assert_eq!(
-            saved_again,
-            instruction,
-            "round-trip produced a different SavedInstruction",
-        );
-    }
-}
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Proptest strategies for SavedInstruction and its sub-types
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-fn saved_tableau_strategy() -> impl Strategy<Value = SavedTableau> {
-    (0u8..=6).prop_map(SavedTableau)
-}
-
-fn saved_foundation_strategy() -> impl Strategy<Value = SavedFoundation> {
-    (0u8..=3).prop_map(SavedFoundation)
-}
-
-fn saved_skip_cards_strategy() -> impl Strategy<Value = SavedSkipCards> {
-    (0u8..=12).prop_map(SavedSkipCards)
-}
-
-fn saved_klondike_pile_strategy() -> impl Strategy<Value = SavedKlondikePile> {
-    prop_oneof![
-        saved_tableau_strategy().prop_map(SavedKlondikePile::Tableau),
-        Just(SavedKlondikePile::Stock),
-        saved_foundation_strategy().prop_map(SavedKlondikePile::Foundation),
-    ]
-}
-
-fn saved_klondike_pile_stack_strategy() -> impl Strategy<Value = SavedKlondikePileStack> {
-    prop_oneof![
-        (saved_tableau_strategy(), saved_skip_cards_strategy()).prop_map(|(tableau, skip_cards)| {
-            SavedKlondikePileStack::Tableau(SavedTableauStack { tableau, skip_cards })
-        }),
-        Just(SavedKlondikePileStack::Stock),
-        saved_foundation_strategy().prop_map(SavedKlondikePileStack::Foundation),
-    ]
-}
-
-fn saved_instruction_strategy() -> impl Strategy<Value = SavedInstruction> {
-    prop_oneof![
-        Just(SavedInstruction::RotateStock),
-        (saved_klondike_pile_strategy(), saved_foundation_strategy()).prop_map(
-            |(src, foundation)| {
-                SavedInstruction::DstFoundation(SavedDstFoundation { src, foundation })
-            }
-        ),
-        (saved_klondike_pile_stack_strategy(), saved_tableau_strategy()).prop_map(
-            |(src, tableau)| {
-                SavedInstruction::DstTableau(SavedDstTableau { src, tableau })
-            }
-        ),
-    ]
-}
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Boundary error unit tests (exact out-of-range values)
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod saved_instruction_boundary_tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn saved_tableau_7_is_invalid() {
-        let result = Tableau::try_from(SavedTableau(7));
-        assert_eq!(result, Err(InvalidSavedInstruction::Tableau(7)));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn saved_tableau_255_is_invalid() {
-        let result = Tableau::try_from(SavedTableau(255));
-        assert_eq!(result, Err(InvalidSavedInstruction::Tableau(255)));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn saved_foundation_4_is_invalid() {
-        let result = Foundation::try_from(SavedFoundation(4));
-        assert_eq!(result, Err(InvalidSavedInstruction::Foundation(4)));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn saved_skip_cards_13_is_invalid() {
-        let result = SkipCards::try_from(SavedSkipCards(13));
-        assert_eq!(result, Err(InvalidSavedInstruction::SkipCards(13)));
-    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//! Ferrous-specific scoring policy layered on top of upstream `klondike`.
+//!
+//! Upstream [`klondike::KlondikeStats::score`] owns the per-move point values
+//! (move-to-foundation, flip-up bonus, recycle penalty, etc.). The functions
+//! here are the Ferrous Solitaire house rules that upstream has no opinion on —
+//! currently just the win-time bonus shown in the win modal.
+
+/// Time bonus added to the score on a win: `700_000 / elapsed_seconds`.
+/// Returns 0 when `elapsed_seconds` is 0 to avoid division by zero.
+pub fn compute_time_bonus(elapsed_seconds: u64) -> i32 {
+    if elapsed_seconds == 0 {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    (700_000u64 / elapsed_seconds).min(i32::MAX as u64) as i32
+}
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ uuid           = { workspace = true }
 dirs           = { workspace = true }
 reqwest        = { workspace = true }
 tokio          = { workspace = true }
+# Theme-store downloads are verified against the catalog's SHA-256
+# before the archive is handed to the engine's theme importer.
+sha2           = { workspace = true }

 # `keyring-core` is the typed Entry/Error API used by
 # `auth_tokens`. The crate's own dependency tree pulls in
@@ -47,3 +50,10 @@ sqlx             = { workspace = true }
 jsonwebtoken     = { workspace = true }
 uuid             = { workspace = true }
 chrono           = { workspace = true }
+# theme_store_round_trip builds a theme zip in a tempdir for the
+# in-process store server.
+zip              = { workspace = true }
+tempfile         = { workspace = true }
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+//! Safe JNI bridge for Android platform integration.
+//!
+//! Reconstructing the raw `JavaVM` / `NativeActivity` handles handed over by
+//! the Android runtime requires `unsafe` FFI. That single reconstruction lives
+//! in `solitaire_app`'s entry point ([`solitaire_app::android_main`]); this
+//! module only ever stores the resulting *safe* [`JavaVM`] and activity
+//! [`GlobalRef`] and hands callers an attached [`JNIEnv`].
+//!
+//! As a result every consumer of Android JNI — the keystore, clipboard, and
+//! safe-area subsystems — goes through the safe functions here and stays
+//! `forbid(unsafe_code)`. The only crate carrying `unsafe` is `solitaire_app`.
+//!
+//! Only compiled and linked on `target_os = "android"`.
+
+use jni::objects::{GlobalRef, JObject};
+use jni::{JNIEnv, JavaVM};
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
+
+static ANDROID_JVM: OnceLock<JavaVM> = OnceLock::new();
+static ANDROID_ACTIVITY: OnceLock<GlobalRef> = OnceLock::new();
+
+/// Store the process-wide [`JavaVM`]. Called once from Android startup
+/// (`solitaire_app::android_main`); subsequent calls are ignored.
+pub fn set_jvm(vm: JavaVM) {
+    let _ = ANDROID_JVM.set(vm);
+}
+
+/// Store a global reference to the `NativeActivity`. Called once from Android
+/// startup; subsequent calls are ignored.
+pub fn set_activity(activity: GlobalRef) {
+    let _ = ANDROID_ACTIVITY.set(activity);
+}
+
+/// Run `f` with a [`JNIEnv`] attached to the current thread.
+///
+/// Returns an error string if the bridge has not been initialised yet or the
+/// thread cannot be attached. The closure's JNI errors are surfaced through the
+/// same `String` channel so callers have a single error type to map.
+pub fn with_env<F, R>(f: F) -> Result<R, String>
+where
+    F: for<'local> FnOnce(&mut JNIEnv<'local>) -> jni::errors::Result<R>,
+{
+    let vm = ANDROID_JVM
+        .get()
+        .ok_or_else(|| "Android JavaVM not initialised".to_string())?;
+    let mut env = vm
+        .attach_current_thread_permanently()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("attach_current_thread: {e}"))?;
+    f(&mut env).map_err(|e| format!("JNI: {e}"))
+}
+
+/// Run `f` with an attached [`JNIEnv`] and the `NativeActivity` object.
+///
+/// Like [`with_env`] but also resolves the cached activity global reference, so
+/// callers that need to invoke instance methods on the activity (clipboard,
+/// window insets) never touch a raw handle.
+pub fn with_activity_env<F, R>(f: F) -> Result<R, String>
+where
+    F: for<'local> FnOnce(&mut JNIEnv<'local>, &JObject<'local>) -> jni::errors::Result<R>,
+{
+    let activity = ANDROID_ACTIVITY
+        .get()
+        .ok_or_else(|| "Android activity not initialised".to_string())?;
+    with_env(|env| f(env, activity.as_obj()))
+}
@@ -14,19 +14,16 @@
 ///
 /// Only compiled and linked on `target_os = "android"`.
 use jni::{
-    JNIEnv, JavaVM,
+    JNIEnv,
    objects::{JByteArray, JObject, JObjectArray, JValue, JValueOwned},
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::ffi::c_void;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::sync::OnceLock;

 use crate::auth_tokens::TokenError;

 const KEY_ALIAS: &str = "ferrous_solitaire_token_key";
-static ANDROID_JVM: OnceLock<JavaVM> = OnceLock::new();

 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct TokenBlob {
@@ -39,43 +36,15 @@ struct TokenBlob {
 // JVM helper
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

-/// Initialise Android Keystore access with the process-wide `JavaVM*`.
-///
-/// This is called by `solitaire_app` from Android startup code. Keeping the
-/// raw JVM pointer here avoids making `solitaire_data` depend on the app or
-/// engine layer just to reach platform startup state.
-pub fn init_android_jvm(vm_ptr: *mut c_void) -> Result<(), TokenError> {
-    if vm_ptr.is_null() {
-        return Err(TokenError::KeychainUnavailable(
-            "JavaVM pointer is null".into(),
-        ));
-    }
-    if ANDROID_JVM.get().is_some() {
-        return Ok(());
-    }
-
-    // SAFETY: `vm_ptr` is supplied by Android startup code and must be the
-    // process-wide JavaVM* for this app. `OnceLock` keeps the wrapper alive for
-    // the process lifetime.
-    let vm = unsafe { JavaVM::from_raw(vm_ptr.cast()) }
-        .map_err(|e| TokenError::Keyring(format!("JavaVM: {e}")))?;
-    let _ = ANDROID_JVM.set(vm);
-    Ok(())
-}
-
+/// Run `f` with an attached `JNIEnv`, delegating thread attach and the
+/// `JavaVM` handle to the safe [`crate::android_jni`] bridge. The bridge is
+/// initialised once from Android startup, so the keystore never touches a raw
+/// pointer and this module stays `forbid(unsafe_code)`.
 fn with_jvm<F, R>(f: F) -> Result<R, TokenError>
 where
    F: for<'env> FnOnce(&mut JNIEnv<'env>) -> Result<R, jni::errors::Error>,
 {
-    let vm = ANDROID_JVM
-        .get()
-        .ok_or_else(|| TokenError::KeychainUnavailable("Android JavaVM not initialised".into()))?;
-
-    let mut env = vm
-        .attach_current_thread_permanently()
-        .map_err(|e| TokenError::Keyring(format!("attach: {e}")))?;
-
-    f(&mut env).map_err(|e| TokenError::Keyring(format!("JNI: {e}")))
+    crate::android_jni::with_env(f).map_err(TokenError::Keyring)
 }

 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -230,9 +199,10 @@ fn encrypt_gcm(
    .v()?;

    // IV is generated by Android's provider; read it back after init.
+    // `getIV()` returns `[B`; the safe `From<JObject>` reinterprets the
+    // returned object reference as a typed byte array.
    let iv_jobj = env.call_method(&cipher, "getIV", "()[B", &[])?.l()?;
-    // SAFETY: the method signature guarantees a byte array return.
-    let iv_arr = unsafe { JByteArray::from_raw(iv_jobj.into_raw()) };
+    let iv_arr = JByteArray::from(iv_jobj);
    let iv = env.convert_byte_array(&iv_arr)?;

    let pt_arr = env.byte_array_from_slice(plaintext)?;
@@ -240,8 +210,7 @@ fn encrypt_gcm(
    let ct_jobj = env
        .call_method(&cipher, "doFinal", "([B)[B", &[pt_val.borrow()])?
        .l()?;
-    // SAFETY: doFinal([B) returns [B.
-    let ct_arr = unsafe { JByteArray::from_raw(ct_jobj.into_raw()) };
+    let ct_arr = JByteArray::from(ct_jobj);
    let ciphertext = env.convert_byte_array(&ct_arr)?;

    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(iv.len() + ciphertext.len());
@@ -292,8 +261,7 @@ fn decrypt_gcm(
    let pt_jobj = env
        .call_method(&cipher, "doFinal", "([B)[B", &[ct_val.borrow()])?
        .l()?;
-    // SAFETY: doFinal([B) returns [B.
-    let pt_arr = unsafe { JByteArray::from_raw(pt_jobj.into_raw()) };
+    let pt_arr = JByteArray::from(pt_jobj);
    env.convert_byte_array(&pt_arr)
 }

@@ -380,29 +348,29 @@ fn read_map() -> Result<HashMap<String, TokenBlob>, TokenError> {
    }

    // --- 2. Legacy path migration ---
-    if let Some(ref lpath) = legacy_path {
-        if lpath.exists() {
-            let data = read_file_bytes_from(lpath).map_err(|e| match e {
-                TokenError::NotFound(_) => TokenError::NotFound(String::new()),
-                other => other,
+    if let Some(ref lpath) = legacy_path
+        && lpath.exists()
+    {
+        let data = read_file_bytes_from(lpath).map_err(|e| match e {
+            TokenError::NotFound(_) => TokenError::NotFound(String::new()),
+            other => other,
+        })?;
+        if data.len() >= 12 {
+            let plaintext = with_jvm(|env| {
+                let key = load_or_create_key(env)?;
+                decrypt_gcm(env, &key, &data)
            })?;
-            if data.len() >= 12 {
-                let plaintext = with_jvm(|env| {
-                    let key = load_or_create_key(env)?;
-                    decrypt_gcm(env, &key, &data)
-                })?;
-                if let Ok(blob) = serde_json::from_slice::<TokenBlob>(&plaintext) {
-                    let mut map = HashMap::new();
-                    map.insert(blob.username.clone(), blob);
-                    // Write to the new location, then remove the legacy file.
-                    if write_map_inner(&map).is_ok() {
-                        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(lpath);
-                    }
-                    return Ok(map);
+            if let Ok(blob) = serde_json::from_slice::<TokenBlob>(&plaintext) {
+                let mut map = HashMap::new();
+                map.insert(blob.username.clone(), blob);
+                // Write to the new location, then remove the legacy file.
+                if write_map_inner(&map).is_ok() {
+                    let _ = std::fs::remove_file(lpath);
                }
+                return Ok(map);
            }
-            // Legacy file corrupt or unrecognised — treat as empty.
        }
+        // Legacy file corrupt or unrecognised — treat as empty.
    }

    // --- 3. No file found ---
@@ -491,11 +459,11 @@ pub fn delete_tokens(username: &str) -> Result<(), TokenError> {

    if map.is_empty() {
        // No more users — remove the file and the Keystore key.
-        if let Some(path) = token_file_path() {
-            if path.exists() {
-                std::fs::remove_file(&path)
-                    .map_err(|e| TokenError::Keyring(format!("delete auth_tokens.bin: {e}")))?;
-            }
+        if let Some(path) = token_file_path()
+            && path.exists()
+        {
+            std::fs::remove_file(&path)
+                .map_err(|e| TokenError::Keyring(format!("delete auth_tokens.bin: {e}")))?;
        }

        // Remove the Keystore key so a future re-login generates a fresh key.
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 //! `keyring-core` cannot compile for the android target (its `rpassword`
 //! transitive dep uses `libc::__errno_location`, which Android's bionic
 //! doesn't expose). On Android this module delegates to an Android Keystore
-//! JNI backend. `solitaire_app` must call `solitaire_data::init_android_jvm`
-//! from Android startup before token operations can succeed.
+//! JNI backend. `solitaire_app` must initialise the safe
+//! [`crate::android_jni`] bridge (via `set_jvm` / `set_activity`) from Android
+//! startup before token operations can succeed.
 //!
 //! # Note: no unit tests — requires live OS keychain.

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub trait SyncProvider: Send + Sync {
    /// so backends without a server (e.g. `LocalOnlyProvider`) are
    /// silently no-op'd by the engine's push-on-win system, matching
    /// the same pattern `pull` / `push` follow.
-    async fn push_replay(&self, _replay: &crate::replay::Replay) -> Result<String, SyncError> {
+    async fn push_replay(&self, _replay: &Replay) -> Result<String, SyncError> {
        Err(SyncError::UnsupportedPlatform)
    }
 }
@@ -94,27 +94,20 @@ impl SyncProvider for Box<dyn SyncProvider + Send + Sync> {
    async fn delete_account(&self) -> Result<(), SyncError> {
        (**self).delete_account().await
    }
-    async fn push_replay(&self, replay: &crate::replay::Replay) -> Result<String, SyncError> {
+    async fn push_replay(&self, replay: &Replay) -> Result<String, SyncError> {
        (**self).push_replay(replay).await
    }
 }

-pub mod solver;
-pub use solver::{
-    DEFAULT_SOLVE_MOVES_BUDGET, DEFAULT_SOLVE_STATES_BUDGET, SolveOutcome, try_solve,
-    try_solve_from_state,
-};
-
 pub mod stats;
 pub use stats::{StatsExt, StatsSnapshot};

 pub mod storage;
 pub use storage::{
    TimeAttackSession, cleanup_orphaned_tmp_files, delete_game_state_at,
-    delete_time_attack_session_at, game_state_file_path, load_game_state_from, load_stats,
-    load_stats_from, load_time_attack_session_from, load_time_attack_session_from_at,
-    save_game_state_to, save_stats, save_stats_to, save_time_attack_session_to, stats_file_path,
-    time_attack_session_path, time_attack_session_with_now,
+    delete_time_attack_session_at, game_state_file_path, load_game_state_from, load_stats_from,
+    load_time_attack_session_from, save_game_state_to, save_stats_to, save_time_attack_session_to,
+    stats_file_path, time_attack_session_path,
 };

 pub mod achievements;
@@ -142,34 +135,36 @@ pub use difficulty_seeds::{DifficultySeeds, seeds_for};

 pub mod settings;
 pub use settings::{
-    AnimSpeed, REPLAY_MOVE_INTERVAL_MAX_SECS, REPLAY_MOVE_INTERVAL_MIN_SECS,
-    REPLAY_MOVE_INTERVAL_STEP_SECS, SOLVER_DEAL_RETRY_CAP, Settings, SyncBackend,
-    TIME_BONUS_MULTIPLIER_MAX, TIME_BONUS_MULTIPLIER_MIN, TIME_BONUS_MULTIPLIER_STEP,
-    TOOLTIP_DELAY_MAX_SECS, TOOLTIP_DELAY_MIN_SECS, TOOLTIP_DELAY_STEP_SECS, Theme, WindowGeometry,
-    load_settings_from, save_settings_to, settings_file_path,
+    AnimSpeed, REPLAY_MOVE_INTERVAL_STEP_SECS, SOLVER_DEAL_RETRY_CAP, Settings, SyncBackend,
+    TIME_BONUS_MULTIPLIER_STEP, TOOLTIP_DELAY_STEP_SECS, Theme, WindowGeometry, load_settings_from,
+    save_settings_to, settings_file_path,
 };

 #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
-mod android_keystore;
+pub mod android_jni;
+
 #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
-pub use android_keystore::init_android_jvm;
+mod android_keystore;

 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 pub mod auth_tokens;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-pub use auth_tokens::{
-    TokenError, delete_tokens, load_access_token, load_refresh_token, store_tokens,
-};
+pub use auth_tokens::{TokenError, delete_tokens, store_tokens};

 pub mod sync_client;
 pub use sync_client::LocalOnlyProvider;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 pub use sync_client::{SolitaireServerClient, provider_for_backend};

+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+pub mod theme_store_client;
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+pub use theme_store_client::{ThemeStoreClient, ThemeStoreError};
+
 pub mod replay;
 pub use replay::{
    REPLAY_HISTORY_CAP, REPLAY_HISTORY_SCHEMA_VERSION, REPLAY_SCHEMA_VERSION, Replay,
-    ReplayHistory, ReplayMove, append_replay_to_history, load_replay_history_from,
+    ReplayHistory, append_replay_to_history, load_replay_history_from,
    migrate_legacy_latest_replay, replay_history_path, save_replay_history_to,
 };
 // `latest_replay_path` is still consumed by the engine's one-shot legacy
@@ -12,13 +12,24 @@
 //! carries any other version so older replays are silently dropped instead
 //! of crashing the loader.
 //!
-//! The recording is intentionally minimal — only [`ReplayMove`] entries
-//! that successfully advanced the game. `Undo` is **not** recorded: a
-//! replay represents the canonical path the player ultimately took to win,
-//! so backed-out missteps simply do not appear in the move list. The
-//! starting deal is not stored either — the [`seed`](Replay::seed) +
-//! [`draw_mode`](Replay::draw_mode) + [`mode`](Replay::mode) are sufficient
-//! for `GameState::new_with_mode` to rebuild the identical layout.
+//! The payload is a [`SessionRecording`](solitaire_core::SessionRecording):
+//! the upstream `card_game` session serialisation, which stores the dealt
+//! board **explicitly** plus the ordered instruction list. `Undo` is not
+//! recorded: a replay represents the canonical path the player ultimately
+//! took to win, so backed-out missteps simply do not appear (the session
+//! pops them from its history).
+//!
+//! Storing the deal (rather than re-dealing from [`seed`](Replay::seed) at
+//! playback time, as schemas ≤ v3 did) makes replays immune to seed→deal
+//! mapping drift across RNG or upstream-crate upgrades — the exact failure
+//! that silently broke every pre-upgrade replay. `seed`, `draw_mode`, and
+//! `mode` remain as presentation/indexing metadata only.
+//!
+//! Each recorded move is the player's atomic *input*, not its outcome.
+//! `KlondikeInstruction::RotateStock` covers every click on the stock pile;
+//! the engine resolves draw-vs-recycle deterministically from the current
+//! stock state during playback, so the same input always produces the same
+//! effect on the same starting deal.

 use std::fs;
 use std::io;
@@ -26,8 +37,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};

 use chrono::NaiveDate;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::GameMode};
-use solitaire_core::klondike_adapter::SavedKlondikePile;
+use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, SessionRecording, game_state::GameMode};

 const LATEST_REPLAY_FILE_NAME: &str = "latest_replay.json";
 const REPLAY_HISTORY_FILE_NAME: &str = "replays.json";
@@ -65,14 +75,23 @@ fn history_schema_v0() -> u32 {
 /// seeing a broken one.
 ///
 /// History:
-/// - v1: initial release. `ReplayMove` had separate `Draw` and `Recycle`
+/// - v1: initial release. The move type had separate `Draw` and `Recycle`
 ///   variants which carried the *outcome* of a stock interaction rather
 ///   than the player's atomic input.
-/// - v2 (current): `Draw` + `Recycle` collapsed into a single `StockClick`
-///   variant. The engine resolves draw-vs-recycle deterministically from
-///   the current stock state, so the input alone is sufficient and the
-///   replay model now stores atomic player inputs end-to-end.
-pub const REPLAY_SCHEMA_VERSION: u32 = 2;
+/// - v2: `Draw` + `Recycle` collapsed into a single `StockClick` variant.
+/// - v3: the bespoke `ReplayMove` serde mirror was dropped. Moves
+///   were stored directly as upstream `KlondikeInstruction` (compact
+///   int serde); `StockClick` became `RotateStock`. Pile-position types are
+///   runtime-only and are never serialised. The starting deal was still
+///   rebuilt from the seed at playback time.
+/// - v4 (current): the bare `moves` list was replaced by a
+///   [`SessionRecording`](solitaire_core::SessionRecording) — the upstream
+///   `card_game` session serialisation carrying the dealt board explicitly
+///   plus the instruction list. Playback no longer re-deals from the seed,
+///   so replays survive RNG/upstream upgrades that change the seed→deal
+///   mapping (which invalidated every v3 replay). v1–v3 files fail the
+///   version gate and are discarded by the loader.
+pub const REPLAY_SCHEMA_VERSION: u32 = 4;

 /// Default value for [`Replay::schema_version`] when deserialising files
 /// that pre-date the field. Any value other than [`REPLAY_SCHEMA_VERSION`]
@@ -81,37 +100,12 @@ fn schema_v0() -> u32 {
    0
 }

-/// One atomic player input recorded during a winning game, in the order
-/// it was applied to the live `GameState`.
-///
-/// `Undo` is intentionally absent — see the module-level docs.
-///
-/// The variants represent *inputs*, not outcomes. `StockClick` covers
-/// every player click on the stock pile; the engine then resolves
-/// draw-vs-recycle deterministically from the current state during both
-/// recording and playback, so the same input always produces the same
-/// effect on the same starting deal.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub enum ReplayMove {
-    /// A successful `move_cards(from, to, count)` call.
-    Move {
-        /// Source pile.
-        from: SavedKlondikePile,
-        /// Destination pile.
-        to: SavedKlondikePile,
-        /// Number of cards moved.
-        count: usize,
-    },
-    /// A click on the stock pile. Resolves to a draw when stock is
-    /// non-empty and to a waste→stock recycle when stock is empty.
-    StockClick,
-}
-
 /// A complete recording of a single winning game.
 ///
-/// Replays are reconstructed by rebuilding a fresh
-/// `GameState::new_with_mode(seed, draw_mode, mode)` and applying the
-/// [`moves`](Self::moves) in order. The presentation fields
+/// Replays are reconstructed via
+/// `GameState::from_recording(&replay.recording, replay.seed, replay.mode)`,
+/// which rebuilds the recorded deal directly and returns the instruction
+/// list to step through. The presentation fields
 /// ([`time_seconds`](Self::time_seconds), [`final_score`](Self::final_score),
 /// [`recorded_at`](Self::recorded_at)) drive the Stats UI caption such as
 /// "Replay (2:14 win on 2026-05-02)".
@@ -120,11 +114,12 @@ pub struct Replay {
    /// Schema version. See [`REPLAY_SCHEMA_VERSION`].
    #[serde(default = "schema_v0")]
    pub schema_version: u32,
-    /// Seed used for the deal — replay rasterises the deck via
-    /// `GameState::new_with_mode(seed, draw_mode, mode)`.
+    /// Seed the recorded game was originally dealt from. Presentation /
+    /// indexing metadata only — playback rebuilds the board from
+    /// [`recording`](Self::recording), never by re-dealing this seed.
    pub seed: u64,
    /// Draw mode the recorded game was played in.
-    pub draw_mode: DrawMode,
+    pub draw_mode: DrawStockConfig,
    /// Game mode the recorded game was played in.
    pub mode: GameMode,
    /// Total wall-clock seconds the win took. Used for the Stats UI
@@ -134,9 +129,10 @@ pub struct Replay {
    pub final_score: i32,
    /// ISO-8601 date the win was recorded.
    pub recorded_at: NaiveDate,
-    /// Ordered move list. Each entry is what the player did, replayable
-    /// against a fresh `GameState` constructed from the seed.
-    pub moves: Vec<ReplayMove>,
+    /// The dealt board plus the ordered instruction list, serialised via the
+    /// upstream `card_game` session serializers. Self-contained: playback
+    /// needs nothing else to reproduce the game move-for-move.
+    pub recording: SessionRecording,
    /// Public share URL for this replay on the active sync backend, set
    /// by `sync_plugin::poll_replay_upload_result` when the upload
    /// task resolves. `None` when the player won on a local-only
@@ -146,11 +142,12 @@ pub struct Replay {
    /// [`REPLAY_SCHEMA_VERSION`].
    #[serde(default)]
    pub share_url: Option<String>,
-    /// Index into [`moves`](Self::moves) of the move that triggered
-    /// the win condition (i.e. completed the last foundation pile).
+    /// Index into the [`recording`](Self::recording)'s instruction list
+    /// of the move that triggered the win condition (i.e. completed the
+    /// last foundation pile).
    ///
    /// For replays recorded by the live engine this is always
-    /// `Some(moves.len() - 1)` because recording freezes on win — but
+    /// `Some(recording.len() - 1)` because recording freezes on win — but
    /// the field is stored explicitly so the playback UI can read it
    /// directly without re-deriving "the last move was the win" each
    /// time, and to leave room for future recording semantics that
@@ -180,12 +177,12 @@ impl Replay {
    /// latter directly when the upload task resolves.
    pub fn new(
        seed: u64,
-        draw_mode: DrawMode,
+        draw_mode: DrawStockConfig,
        mode: GameMode,
        time_seconds: u64,
        final_score: i32,
        recorded_at: NaiveDate,
-        moves: Vec<ReplayMove>,
+        recording: SessionRecording,
    ) -> Self {
        Self {
            schema_version: REPLAY_SCHEMA_VERSION,
@@ -195,7 +192,7 @@ impl Replay {
            time_seconds,
            final_score,
            recorded_at,
-            moves,
+            recording,
            share_url: None,
            win_move_index: None,
        }
@@ -206,7 +203,7 @@ impl Replay {
    /// [`Replay::new`]:
    ///
    /// ```ignore
-    /// let replay = Replay::new(...).with_win_move_index(Some(recording.moves.len() - 1));
+    /// let replay = Replay::new(...).with_win_move_index(recording.len().checked_sub(1));
    /// ```
    ///
    /// `None` is a valid input — useful for tests that don't care about
@@ -442,7 +439,10 @@ pub fn migrate_legacy_latest_replay(latest_path: &Path, history_path: &Path) {
 #[allow(deprecated)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
-    use solitaire_core::klondike_adapter::{SavedFoundation, SavedTableau};
+    use klondike::{
+        DstFoundation, DstTableau, Foundation, KlondikeInstruction, KlondikePile,
+        KlondikePileStack, Tableau,
+    };
    use std::env;

    fn tmp_path(name: &str) -> PathBuf {
@@ -453,25 +453,27 @@ mod tests {
        let date = NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(2026, 5, 2).expect("valid date");
        Replay::new(
            12345,
-            DrawMode::DrawThree,
+            DrawStockConfig::DrawThree,
            GameMode::Classic,
            134,
            5_120,
            date,
-            vec![
-                ReplayMove::StockClick,
-                ReplayMove::Move {
-                    from: SavedKlondikePile::Stock,
-                    to: SavedKlondikePile::Tableau(SavedTableau(3)),
-                    count: 1,
-                },
-                ReplayMove::StockClick,
-                ReplayMove::Move {
-                    from: SavedKlondikePile::Tableau(SavedTableau(3)),
-                    to: SavedKlondikePile::Foundation(SavedFoundation(0)),
-                    count: 1,
-                },
-            ],
+            SessionRecording::from_instructions_unchecked(
+                12345,
+                DrawStockConfig::DrawThree,
+                [
+                    KlondikeInstruction::RotateStock,
+                    KlondikeInstruction::DstTableau(DstTableau {
+                        src: KlondikePileStack::Stock,
+                        tableau: Tableau::Tableau4,
+                    }),
+                    KlondikeInstruction::RotateStock,
+                    KlondikeInstruction::DstFoundation(DstFoundation {
+                        src: KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau4),
+                        foundation: Foundation::Foundation1,
+                    }),
+                ],
+            ),
        )
    }

@@ -531,25 +533,22 @@ mod tests {
    /// rolling history wiped on the v0.19.0 update.
    #[test]
    fn replay_loads_when_share_url_field_is_absent() {
-        let pre_v019_json = format!(
-            r#"{{
-                "schema_version": {schema},
-                "seed": 1,
-                "draw_mode": "DrawOne",
-                "mode": "Classic",
-                "time_seconds": 60,
-                "final_score": 100,
-                "recorded_at": "2025-01-01",
-                "moves": []
-            }}"#,
-            schema = REPLAY_SCHEMA_VERSION,
-        );
-        let parsed: Replay = serde_json::from_str(&pre_v019_json)
-            .expect("pre-v0.19.0 replay JSON must still deserialise");
+        // Build a current-schema JSON object, then strip the optional
+        // fields to simulate a file written before they existed.
+        let mut value = serde_json::to_value(sample_replay()).expect("serialise sample");
+        let obj = value.as_object_mut().expect("replay serialises as object");
+        obj.remove("share_url");
+        obj.remove("win_move_index");
+        let parsed: Replay = serde_json::from_value(value)
+            .expect("replay JSON without optional fields must still deserialise");
        assert!(
            parsed.share_url.is_none(),
            "missing share_url field must default to None",
        );
+        assert!(
+            parsed.win_move_index.is_none(),
+            "missing win_move_index field must default to None",
+        );
    }

    /// Atomic-write contract — `.tmp` must not be left behind after
@@ -596,12 +595,16 @@ mod tests {
        let date = NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(2026, 5, 2).expect("valid date");
        Replay::new(
            id as u64,
-            DrawMode::DrawOne,
+            DrawStockConfig::DrawOne,
            GameMode::Classic,
            60,
            id,
            date,
-            vec![ReplayMove::StockClick],
+            SessionRecording::from_instructions_unchecked(
+                id as u64,
+                DrawStockConfig::DrawOne,
+                [KlondikeInstruction::RotateStock],
+            ),
        )
    }

@@ -837,18 +840,14 @@ mod tests {
        let path = tmp_path("legacy_no_win_move_index");
        let _ = fs::remove_file(&path);

-        // Hand-rolled minimal v2 replay JSON with no win_move_index field.
-        let v2_no_field = r#"{
-            "schema_version": 2,
-            "seed": 1,
-            "draw_mode": "DrawOne",
-            "mode": "Classic",
-            "time_seconds": 60,
-            "final_score": 100,
-            "recorded_at": "2026-05-02",
-            "moves": []
-        }"#;
-        fs::write(&path, v2_no_field).expect("write fixture");
+        // Current-schema replay JSON with the win_move_index field stripped —
+        // the additive field must still default to None.
+        let mut value = serde_json::to_value(sample_replay()).expect("serialise sample");
+        value
+            .as_object_mut()
+            .expect("replay serialises as object")
+            .remove("win_move_index");
+        fs::write(&path, serde_json::to_string(&value).expect("to_string")).expect("write fixture");

        let loaded = load_latest_replay_from(&path).expect("load");
        assert_eq!(loaded.win_move_index, None);
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ use std::io;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};

 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::DifficultyLevel};
+use solitaire_core::{
+    DrawStockConfig,
+    game_state::{DifficultyLevel, GameMode},
+};

 const SETTINGS_FILE_NAME: &str = "settings.json";

@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ pub struct WindowGeometry {
 pub struct Settings {
    /// Draw mode selected for new games.
    #[serde(default = "default_draw_mode")]
-    pub draw_mode: DrawMode,
+    pub draw_mode: DrawStockConfig,
    /// Linear SFX volume in `[0.0, 1.0]`. Applied to kira's SFX channel gain.
    #[serde(default = "default_sfx_volume")]
    pub sfx_volume: f32,
@@ -161,8 +164,10 @@ pub struct Settings {
    /// Identifier of the active card-art theme. Matches `meta.id` from
    /// the theme's `theme.ron` manifest. `"dark"` and `"classic"` are
    /// always present; user-supplied themes register under their own ids.
-    /// Older `settings.json` files that stored `"default"` or `"classic"`
-    /// are migrated to `"dark"` by [`Settings::sanitized`].
+    /// Older `settings.json` files that stored `"default"` (the
+    /// pre-rename id of the dark theme) are migrated to `"dark"` by
+    /// [`Settings::sanitized`]; `"classic"` is a valid player choice
+    /// and is never rewritten.
    #[serde(default = "default_theme_id")]
    pub selected_theme_id: String,
    /// Set to `true` once the achievement-onboarding info-toast has been
@@ -200,7 +205,7 @@ pub struct Settings {
    #[serde(default = "default_time_bonus_multiplier")]
    pub time_bonus_multiplier: f32,
    /// When `true`, the engine rejects new-game deals the
-    /// [`solitaire_data::solver`] cannot prove winnable, retrying
+    /// the solver cannot prove winnable, retrying
    /// fresh seeds up to [`SOLVER_DEAL_RETRY_CAP`] attempts before
    /// giving up and using the last tried seed. Off by default —
    /// the solver adds a few hundred milliseconds of latency on the
@@ -246,6 +251,38 @@ pub struct Settings {
    /// cleanly to `None` via `#[serde(default)]`.
    #[serde(default)]
    pub last_difficulty: Option<DifficultyLevel>,
+    /// Mode of the last game the player launched from the home overlay.
+    /// The home hero "New Game" button replays this mode with one tap.
+    /// Older `settings.json` files written before this field existed
+    /// deserialize cleanly to `GameMode::Classic` via `#[serde(default)]`.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub last_mode: GameMode,
+    /// The release version whose "What's new" card the player has already
+    /// seen (e.g. `"0.46.0"`). Empty on installs that predate the card,
+    /// which correctly reads as "there is news to show" after an upgrade;
+    /// fresh installs stamp it silently when onboarding completes. Older
+    /// `settings.json` files deserialize cleanly to `""` via
+    /// `#[serde(default)]`.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub last_seen_whats_new: String,
+    /// `true` once the one-shot "Stuck? Try a hint" contextual tip has
+    /// fired (or been suppressed as unnecessary). Phase I teach: fired
+    /// by the situation, shown once, like `shown_achievement_onboarding`.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub shown_stall_hint_tip: bool,
+    /// `true` once the one-shot radial-menu contextual tip has fired —
+    /// or the player has already opened the radial menu on their own,
+    /// which marks the tip as unnecessary without showing it.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub shown_radial_menu_tip: bool,
+    /// Global UI scale multiplier applied to all UI chrome (HUD, modals,
+    /// action bar) — the table itself stays window-fit via
+    /// `compute_layout`. Cycles through 0.9 / 1.0 / 1.15 / 1.3 in
+    /// Settings → Accessibility; clamped to `[UI_SCALE_MIN,
+    /// UI_SCALE_MAX]` by [`Settings::sanitized`]. Older `settings.json`
+    /// files deserialize cleanly to `1.0` via the serde default.
+    #[serde(default = "default_ui_scale")]
+    pub ui_scale: f32,
    /// Custom public name displayed on the leaderboard. When `None`, the
    /// player's server `username` is used instead. Trimmed to 32 characters
    /// before submission. Older `settings.json` files written before this
@@ -288,8 +325,8 @@ pub struct Settings {
    pub touch_input_mode: TouchInputMode,
 }

-fn default_draw_mode() -> DrawMode {
-    DrawMode::DrawOne
+fn default_draw_mode() -> DrawStockConfig {
+    DrawStockConfig::DrawOne
 }

 fn default_sfx_volume() -> f32 {
@@ -354,6 +391,16 @@ fn default_replay_move_interval_secs() -> f32 {
    0.45
 }

+/// Lowest / highest UI scale the settings row offers; anything outside
+/// (hand-edited settings.json) clamps here on load.
+pub const UI_SCALE_MIN: f32 = 0.9;
+/// See [`UI_SCALE_MIN`].
+pub const UI_SCALE_MAX: f32 = 1.3;
+
+fn default_ui_scale() -> f32 {
+    1.0
+}
+
 fn default_matomo_site_id() -> u32 {
    1
 }
@@ -392,7 +439,7 @@ pub const SOLVER_DEAL_RETRY_CAP: u32 = 50;
 impl Default for Settings {
    fn default() -> Self {
        Self {
-            draw_mode: DrawMode::DrawOne,
+            draw_mode: DrawStockConfig::DrawOne,
            sfx_volume: default_sfx_volume(),
            music_volume: default_music_volume(),
            animation_speed: AnimSpeed::Normal,
@@ -413,6 +460,11 @@ impl Default for Settings {
            disable_smart_default_size: false,
            replay_move_interval_secs: default_replay_move_interval_secs(),
            last_difficulty: None,
+            last_mode: GameMode::Classic,
+            last_seen_whats_new: String::new(),
+            shown_stall_hint_tip: false,
+            shown_radial_menu_tip: false,
+            ui_scale: default_ui_scale(),
            leaderboard_display_name: None,
            leaderboard_opted_in: false,
            take_from_foundation: true,
@@ -448,6 +500,7 @@ impl Settings {
            replay_move_interval_secs: self
                .replay_move_interval_secs
                .clamp(REPLAY_MOVE_INTERVAL_MIN_SECS, REPLAY_MOVE_INTERVAL_MAX_SECS),
+            ui_scale: self.ui_scale.clamp(UI_SCALE_MIN, UI_SCALE_MAX),
            selected_theme_id,
            ..self
        }
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-//! Klondike solvability check using upstream `card_game::Session::solve()`.
-//!
-//! Backs the **Settings → Gameplay → "Winnable deals only"** toggle, the
-//! Play-by-seed verdict badge, and the hint system (which wants the first
-//! move on a winning path). All search is delegated to `card_game`; this
-//! module only adapts the inputs (a seed or a live [`GameState`]) and extracts
-//! the first move from the returned solution.
-
-use card_game::{Session, SessionConfig, SolveError};
-use klondike::KlondikeInstruction;
-use solitaire_core::DrawMode;
-use solitaire_core::game_state::GameState;
-use solitaire_core::klondike_adapter::KlondikeAdapter;
-
-/// Default move budget for a solve. Matches the winnable-deal retry loop.
-pub const DEFAULT_SOLVE_MOVES_BUDGET: u64 = 100_000;
-/// Default unique-state budget for a solve.
-pub const DEFAULT_SOLVE_STATES_BUDGET: u64 = 200_000;
-
-/// Outcome of a solvability check:
-///
-/// * `Ok(Some(instruction))` — winnable; `instruction` is the first move on a
-///   winning path (used by the hint system).
-/// * `Ok(None)` — provably unwinnable (search exhausted with no solution, or
-///   the game is already won so no next move exists).
-/// * `Err(SolveError)` — inconclusive; the move/state budget was exceeded
-///   before a verdict was reached.
-pub type SolveOutcome = Result<Option<KlondikeInstruction>, SolveError>;
-
-/// Solves a fresh Classic-mode game dealt from `seed` + `draw_mode`.
-///
-/// Fresh-deal solving models standard Klondike rules, so the non-standard
-/// take-from-foundation house rule stays disabled here.
-pub fn try_solve(
-    seed: u64,
-    draw_mode: DrawMode,
-    moves_budget: u64,
-    states_budget: u64,
-) -> SolveOutcome {
-    let mut game = GameState::new(seed, draw_mode);
-    game.take_from_foundation = false;
-    try_solve_from_state(&game, moves_budget, states_budget)
-}
-
-/// Solves from an existing in-progress [`GameState`], returning the first move
-/// on a winning path when one exists.
-pub fn try_solve_from_state(
-    state: &GameState,
-    moves_budget: u64,
-    states_budget: u64,
-) -> SolveOutcome {
-    // An already-won game has no "next move"; report it as unwinnable so the
-    // winnable contract (`Some(_)` ⇒ a real move exists) holds.
-    if state.is_won() {
-        return Ok(None);
-    }
-
-    let config = SessionConfig {
-        inner: KlondikeAdapter::config_for(state.draw_mode(), state.take_from_foundation),
-        undo_penalty: 0,
-        solve_moves_budget: moves_budget,
-        solve_states_budget: states_budget,
-    };
-    let session = Session::new(state.session().state().state().clone(), config);
-
-    session.solve().map(|solution| {
-        solution.and_then(|solution| {
-            solution
-                .raw_solution()
-                .iter()
-                .map(|snapshot| *snapshot.instruction())
-                .find(|instruction| !instruction.is_useless())
-        })
-    })
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    /// `SolveError` has no `PartialEq`, so compare the winnable verdict and the
-    /// extracted first move (both `Eq`) rather than the whole `Result`.
-    fn verdict_key(outcome: &SolveOutcome) -> (bool, Option<KlondikeInstruction>) {
-        (outcome.is_err(), outcome.clone().ok().flatten())
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn try_solve_is_deterministic() {
-        let a = try_solve(7, DrawMode::DrawOne, DEFAULT_SOLVE_MOVES_BUDGET, DEFAULT_SOLVE_STATES_BUDGET);
-        let b = try_solve(7, DrawMode::DrawOne, DEFAULT_SOLVE_MOVES_BUDGET, DEFAULT_SOLVE_STATES_BUDGET);
-        assert_eq!(verdict_key(&a), verdict_key(&b));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn winnable_verdict_carries_a_first_move() {
-        // Contract: a first move is present iff the verdict is winnable.
-        let outcome = try_solve(7, DrawMode::DrawOne, 5_000, 5_000);
-        let winnable = matches!(outcome, Ok(Some(_)));
-        let has_move = outcome.ok().flatten().is_some();
-        assert_eq!(winnable, has_move);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn try_solve_from_state_uses_live_game_state() {
-        let mut game = GameState::new(42, DrawMode::DrawOne);
-        game.draw().expect("draw must succeed");
-
-        let outcome = try_solve_from_state(&game, 5_000, 5_000);
-        let winnable = matches!(outcome, Ok(Some(_)));
-        let has_move = outcome.ok().flatten().is_some();
-        assert_eq!(winnable, has_move);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn zero_state_budget_is_inconclusive() {
-        let outcome = try_solve(7, DrawMode::DrawOne, 5_000, 0);
-        assert!(matches!(outcome, Err(SolveError::StatesBudgetExceeded)));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn budget_is_passed_through_not_clamped() {
-        // This seed is Inconclusive at 1k states but Winnable at 5k — proving
-        // the budget reaches the solver unchanged.
-        let easy = try_solve(0xD1FF_0000_0000_0012, DrawMode::DrawOne, 1_000, 1_000);
-        let medium = try_solve(0xD1FF_0000_0000_0012, DrawMode::DrawOne, 5_000, 5_000);
-        assert!(easy.is_err());
-        assert!(matches!(medium, Ok(Some(_))));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn budget_above_five_thousand_is_not_clamped() {
-        let below_cap = try_solve(0xD1FF_0000_0000_00DE, DrawMode::DrawOne, 5_000, 5_000);
-        let above_cap = try_solve(0xD1FF_0000_0000_00DE, DrawMode::DrawOne, 50_000, 50_000);
-        assert!(below_cap.is_err(), "seed must be Inconclusive at 5 000 states");
-        assert!(
-            matches!(above_cap, Ok(Some(_))),
-            "seed must be Winnable at 50 000 states — re-introducing the 5k cap would break this"
-        );
-    }
-}
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 //!
 //! [`StatsSnapshot`] is defined in `solitaire_sync` and re-exported here.
 //! This module adds the [`StatsExt`] extension trait, which supplies the
-//! `update_on_win` method that depends on [`DrawMode`] from `solitaire_core`.
+//! `update_on_win` method that depends on [`DrawStockConfig`] from `solitaire_core`.

 use chrono::Utc;
-use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::GameMode};
+use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameMode};

 pub use solitaire_sync::StatsSnapshot;

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ pub trait StatsExt {
    ///
    /// Tracks lifetime totals only — per-mode best scores and times are
    /// updated separately via [`StatsExt::update_per_mode_bests`] so the
-    /// long-standing call sites that only know about [`DrawMode`] keep
+    /// long-standing call sites that only know about [`DrawStockConfig`] keep
    /// compiling.
-    fn update_on_win(&mut self, score: i32, time_seconds: u64, draw_mode: &DrawMode);
+    fn update_on_win(&mut self, score: i32, time_seconds: u64, draw_mode: &DrawStockConfig);

    /// Updates the per-mode best score and fastest-win-time fields for the
    /// given [`GameMode`]. Call alongside [`StatsExt::update_on_win`] from
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub trait StatsExt {
 }

 impl StatsExt for StatsSnapshot {
-    fn update_on_win(&mut self, score: i32, time_seconds: u64, draw_mode: &DrawMode) {
+    fn update_on_win(&mut self, score: i32, time_seconds: u64, draw_mode: &DrawStockConfig) {
        let prev_wins = self.games_won;
        self.games_played += 1;
        self.games_won += 1;
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ impl StatsExt for StatsSnapshot {
        };

        match draw_mode {
-            DrawMode::DrawOne => self.draw_one_wins += 1,
-            DrawMode::DrawThree => self.draw_three_wins += 1,
+            DrawStockConfig::DrawOne => self.draw_one_wins += 1,
+            DrawStockConfig::DrawThree => self.draw_three_wins += 1,
        }

        self.last_modified = Utc::now();
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ mod tests {
    #[test]
    fn first_win_sets_all_fields() {
        let mut s = StatsSnapshot::default();
-        s.update_on_win(1500, 120, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(1500, 120, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        assert_eq!(s.games_played, 1);
        assert_eq!(s.games_won, 1);
        assert_eq!(s.win_streak_current, 1);
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ mod tests {
    fn streak_tracks_across_wins() {
        let mut s = StatsSnapshot::default();
        for _ in 0..3 {
-            s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
+            s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        }
        assert_eq!(s.win_streak_current, 3);
        assert_eq!(s.win_streak_best, 3);
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ mod tests {
    #[test]
    fn record_abandoned_resets_streak_and_increments_played() {
        let mut s = StatsSnapshot::default();
-        s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
-        s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        assert_eq!(s.win_streak_current, 2);
        s.record_abandoned();
        assert_eq!(s.games_played, 3);
@@ -174,35 +174,35 @@ mod tests {
    #[test]
    fn fastest_win_takes_minimum() {
        let mut s = StatsSnapshot::default();
-        s.update_on_win(100, 300, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
-        s.update_on_win(100, 120, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
-        s.update_on_win(100, 500, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(100, 300, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(100, 120, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(100, 500, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        assert_eq!(s.fastest_win_seconds, 120);
    }

    #[test]
    fn avg_time_is_correct_rolling_average() {
        let mut s = StatsSnapshot::default();
-        s.update_on_win(100, 100, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
-        s.update_on_win(100, 200, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
-        s.update_on_win(100, 300, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(100, 100, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(100, 200, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(100, 300, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        assert_eq!(s.avg_time_seconds, 200);
    }

    #[test]
    fn best_score_updates_only_on_higher_score() {
        let mut s = StatsSnapshot::default();
-        s.update_on_win(500, 60, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
-        s.update_on_win(300, 60, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(500, 60, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(300, 60, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        assert_eq!(s.best_single_score, 500);
-        s.update_on_win(800, 60, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(800, 60, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        assert_eq!(s.best_single_score, 800);
    }

    #[test]
    fn negative_score_treated_as_zero() {
        let mut s = StatsSnapshot::default();
-        s.update_on_win(-50, 60, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(-50, 60, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        assert_eq!(s.best_single_score, 0);
        assert_eq!(s.lifetime_score, 0);
    }
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ mod tests {
    #[test]
    fn draw_three_wins_tracked_separately() {
        let mut s = StatsSnapshot::default();
-        s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
-        s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawMode::DrawThree);
+        s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawStockConfig::DrawThree);
        assert_eq!(s.draw_one_wins, 1);
        assert_eq!(s.draw_three_wins, 1);
    }
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ mod tests {
        let mut s = StatsSnapshot::default();
        // Build a streak of 5.
        for _ in 0..5 {
-            s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
+            s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        }
        assert_eq!(s.win_streak_best, 5);
        // Lose (abandon), resetting current.
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(s.win_streak_current, 0);
        assert_eq!(s.win_streak_best, 5, "best must survive the loss");
        // Win once — current becomes 1, best must remain 5.
-        s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(100, 60, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        assert_eq!(s.win_streak_current, 1);
        assert_eq!(
            s.win_streak_best, 5,
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ mod tests {
            lifetime_score: u64::MAX - 100,
            ..Default::default()
        };
-        s.update_on_win(200, 60, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        s.update_on_win(200, 60, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        assert_eq!(
            s.lifetime_score,
            u64::MAX,
@@ -46,22 +46,6 @@ pub fn save_stats_to(path: &Path, stats: &StatsSnapshot) -> io::Result<()> {
    Ok(())
 }

-/// Load stats from the platform default path. Returns default if the path
-/// is unavailable or the file is missing/corrupt.
-pub fn load_stats() -> StatsSnapshot {
-    stats_file_path()
-        .map(|p| load_stats_from(&p))
-        .unwrap_or_default()
-}
-
-/// Save stats to the platform default path. Returns an error if the platform
-/// data dir is unavailable or the write fails.
-pub fn save_stats(stats: &StatsSnapshot) -> io::Result<()> {
-    let path = stats_file_path()
-        .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::NotFound, "platform data dir unavailable"))?;
-    save_stats_to(&path, stats)
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // In-progress game state
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -245,18 +229,6 @@ pub fn delete_time_attack_session_at(path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
    }
 }

-/// Convenience helper for callers that want to stamp a session with the
-/// current wall-clock time. Equivalent to constructing the struct
-/// manually and setting `saved_at_unix_secs` to `SystemTime::now()`.
-pub fn time_attack_session_with_now(remaining_secs: f32, wins: u32) -> TimeAttackSession {
-    let now = Utc::now().timestamp().max(0) as u64;
-    TimeAttackSession {
-        remaining_secs,
-        wins,
-        saved_at_unix_secs: now,
-    }
-}
-
 /// Inner helper: delete `*.tmp` entries inside `dir`.
 ///
 /// Per-file errors (already deleted, permission denied) are silently ignored.
@@ -279,7 +251,7 @@ fn cleanup_tmp_files_in(dir: &Path) {
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use crate::stats::{StatsExt, StatsSnapshot};
-    use solitaire_core::DrawMode;
+    use solitaire_core::DrawStockConfig;
    use std::env;

    fn tmp_path(name: &str) -> PathBuf {
@@ -292,7 +264,7 @@ mod tests {
        let _ = fs::remove_file(&path);

        let mut stats = StatsSnapshot::default();
-        stats.update_on_win(1000, 180, &DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        stats.update_on_win(1000, 180, &DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        save_stats_to(&path, &stats).expect("save");

        let loaded = load_stats_from(&path);
@@ -381,7 +353,7 @@ mod tests {
        let path = gs_path("round_trip");
        let _ = fs::remove_file(&path);

-        let gs = GameState::new(12345, DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        let gs = GameState::new(12345, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        save_game_state_to(&path, &gs).expect("save");

        let loaded = load_game_state_from(&path).expect("load");
@@ -410,7 +382,7 @@ mod tests {
        let path = gs_path("won_skip");
        let _ = fs::remove_file(&path);

-        let mut gs = GameState::new(99, DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        let mut gs = GameState::new(99, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        gs.set_test_won(true);
        save_game_state_to(&path, &gs).expect("save should be no-op, not error");
        assert!(
@@ -423,7 +395,7 @@ mod tests {
    fn delete_game_state_removes_file() {
        use solitaire_core::game_state::GameState;
        let path = gs_path("delete");
-        let gs = GameState::new(1, DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        let gs = GameState::new(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        save_game_state_to(&path, &gs).expect("save");
        assert!(path.exists());
        delete_game_state_at(&path).expect("delete");
@@ -441,7 +413,7 @@ mod tests {
    fn save_game_state_is_atomic() {
        use solitaire_core::game_state::GameState;
        let path = gs_path("atomic");
-        let gs = GameState::new(55, DrawMode::DrawThree);
+        let gs = GameState::new(55, DrawStockConfig::DrawThree);
        save_game_state_to(&path, &gs).expect("save");
        let tmp = path.with_extension("json.tmp");
        assert!(!tmp.exists(), ".tmp must be cleaned up after rename");
@@ -505,14 +477,14 @@ mod tests {
    /// again must reproduce byte-identical JSON. `undo_count` deliberately resets
    /// to 0 on load because only the forward instruction history is persisted.
    #[test]
-    fn game_state_v5_mid_game_round_trip() {
+    fn game_state_v6_mid_game_round_trip() {
        use solitaire_core::KlondikeInstruction;
        use solitaire_core::game_state::GameState;

        let path = gs_path("v4_mid_game");
        let _ = fs::remove_file(&path);

-        let mut gs = GameState::new(42, DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        let mut gs = GameState::new(42, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);

        // Draw several times to populate the instruction history with
        // RotateStock entries and expose waste cards for further moves.
@@ -546,19 +518,24 @@ mod tests {

        save_game_state_to(&path, &gs).expect("save");

-        // Verify the file carries the v5 schema marker.
+        // Verify the file carries the v6 schema marker and the recording.
        let json = fs::read_to_string(&path).expect("read json");
+        let parsed: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&json).expect("parse saved json");
+        assert_eq!(
+            parsed["schema_version"], 6,
+            "saved file must use schema version 6",
+        );
        assert!(
-            json.contains("\"schema_version\"") && json.contains('5'),
-            "saved file must use schema version 5",
+            parsed["recording"].is_object(),
+            "saved file must embed the session recording",
        );

-        let loaded = load_game_state_from(&path)
-            .expect("a valid in-progress game must load without error");
+        let loaded =
+            load_game_state_from(&path).expect("a valid in-progress game must load without error");

        // The forward instruction history round-trips, so the reconstructed board
        // re-serialises to byte-identical JSON.
-        let path_reload = gs_path("v5_mid_game_reload");
+        let path_reload = gs_path("v6_mid_game_reload");
        let _ = fs::remove_file(&path_reload);
        save_game_state_to(&path_reload, &loaded).expect("re-save loaded");
        assert_eq!(
@@ -569,7 +546,11 @@ mod tests {

        // Derived board reads match the live game (move count + recycle count are
        // both rebuilt from the replayed forward history).
-        assert_eq!(loaded.move_count(), gs.move_count(), "move_count round-trips");
+        assert_eq!(
+            loaded.move_count(),
+            gs.move_count(),
+            "move_count round-trips"
+        );
        assert_eq!(
            loaded.recycle_count(),
            gs.recycle_count(),
@@ -583,24 +564,16 @@ mod tests {
        );
    }

-    /// A schema v3 save (instruction history using u8 indices) must load
-    /// successfully and be transparently migrated to schema v4.
-    ///
-    /// This verifies the `AnyInstruction` untagged deserialization migration
-    /// path. v3 files with `RotateStock` (unit variant, format-identical in
-    /// v3 and v4) load correctly and report `schema_version == 4` after load.
-    /// The `SavedInstruction` boundary tests in `proptest_tests.rs` cover the
-    /// u8-to-named conversion for `DstFoundation` / `DstTableau` indices.
+    /// A schema v3 save (instruction history using the old u8-index mirror
+    /// types) is no longer loadable. The legacy migration path was dropped,
+    /// so any file claiming `schema_version: 3` must be rejected and the
+    /// player started on a fresh game.
    #[test]
-    fn game_state_v3_migrates_to_v4() {
-        use solitaire_core::game_state::GameState;
-
-        let path = gs_path("v3_migrate");
+    fn game_state_v3_is_rejected() {
+        let path = gs_path("v3_reject");
        let _ = fs::remove_file(&path);

        // Hand-crafted schema v3 JSON: one RotateStock (draw) instruction.
-        // RotateStock serialises as the string "RotateStock" in both v3 and v4,
-        // so this exercises the schema version acceptance code path.
        let v3_json = r#"{
            "draw_mode": "DrawOne",
            "mode": "Classic",
@@ -615,13 +588,12 @@ mod tests {
        }"#;
        fs::write(&path, v3_json).expect("write v3 fixture");

-        let loaded = load_game_state_from(&path)
-            .expect("schema v3 must be accepted and migrated to v4");
+        assert!(
+            load_game_state_from(&path).is_none(),
+            "schema v3 must be rejected (no migration path)",
+        );

-        // The loaded game should match a fresh game that had one draw applied.
-        let mut expected = GameState::new(42, DrawMode::DrawOne);
-        expected.draw().expect("draw must succeed on a fresh game");
-        assert_eq!(loaded, expected, "migrated v3 game state must match equivalent v4 state");
+        let _ = fs::remove_file(&path);
    }

    /// Schema v2 stored raw pile arrays and undo snapshots (no instruction
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ pub struct SolitaireServerClient {
    username: String,
    /// Shared `reqwest` client (keeps connection pools alive across calls).
    client: reqwest::Client,
+    /// Serialises token refreshes. The server rotates refresh tokens and each
+    /// is single-use, so two overlapping 401-retries must not both spend one:
+    /// the loser's (already-consumed) token would be rejected and surface as
+    /// a spurious "session expired" to the player. See [`Self::refresh_token`].
+    refresh_lock: tokio::sync::Mutex<()>,
 }

 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
@@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ impl SolitaireServerClient {
            base_url: base_url.into().trim_end_matches('/').to_owned(),
            username: username.into(),
            client: reqwest::Client::new(),
+            refresh_lock: tokio::sync::Mutex::new(()),
        }
    }

@@ -172,7 +178,27 @@ impl SolitaireServerClient {
    /// The server rotates refresh tokens on each call: the response includes a
    /// new refresh token that replaces the old one. Both tokens are persisted
    /// to the OS keychain on success.
-    async fn refresh_token(&self) -> Result<(), SyncError> {
+    ///
+    /// `stale_access` is the access token that just earned the caller a 401.
+    /// Refreshes are serialised behind [`Self::refresh_lock`]: with single-use
+    /// rotated refresh tokens, two overlapping 401-retries (e.g. a replay
+    /// upload racing a manual sync) must not both call `/api/auth/refresh` —
+    /// the second call would present an already-consumed token, get rejected,
+    /// and force a re-login for no user-visible reason. Whoever loses the lock
+    /// race checks whether the stored access token has already moved past
+    /// `stale_access`; if so the refresh already happened and there is nothing
+    /// left to do.
+    async fn refresh_token(&self, stale_access: &str) -> Result<(), SyncError> {
+        let _guard = self.refresh_lock.lock().await;
+
+        if let Ok(current) = load_access_token(&self.username)
+            && current != stale_access
+        {
+            // Another task refreshed while we waited on the lock; retry with
+            // the token it stored rather than spending the new refresh token.
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
        let old_refresh =
            load_refresh_token(&self.username).map_err(|e| SyncError::Auth(e.to_string()))?;

@@ -231,7 +257,7 @@ impl SyncProvider for SolitaireServerClient {

        if resp.status() == reqwest::StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED {
            // Token expired — refresh and retry once.
-            self.refresh_token().await?;
+            self.refresh_token(&token).await?;
            let new_token = self.access_token()?;
            let resp = self
                .client
@@ -264,7 +290,7 @@ impl SyncProvider for SolitaireServerClient {

        if resp.status() == reqwest::StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED {
            // Token expired — refresh and retry once.
-            self.refresh_token().await?;
+            self.refresh_token(&token).await?;
            let new_token = self.access_token()?;
            let resp = self
                .client
@@ -331,7 +357,7 @@ impl SyncProvider for SolitaireServerClient {
            .map_err(|e| SyncError::Network(e.to_string()))?;

        if resp.status() == reqwest::StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED {
-            self.refresh_token().await?;
+            self.refresh_token(&token).await?;
            let new_token = self.access_token()?;
            let resp = self
                .client
@@ -366,7 +392,7 @@ impl SyncProvider for SolitaireServerClient {
            .map_err(|e| SyncError::Network(e.to_string()))?;

        if resp.status() == reqwest::StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED {
-            self.refresh_token().await?;
+            self.refresh_token(&token).await?;
            let new_token = self.access_token()?;
            let resp = self
                .client
@@ -406,7 +432,7 @@ impl SyncProvider for SolitaireServerClient {
            .map_err(|e| SyncError::Network(e.to_string()))?;

        if resp.status() == reqwest::StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED {
-            self.refresh_token().await?;
+            self.refresh_token(&token).await?;
            let new_token = self.access_token()?;
            let resp = self
                .client
@@ -446,7 +472,7 @@ impl SyncProvider for SolitaireServerClient {
            .map_err(|e| SyncError::Network(e.to_string()))?;

        if resp.status() == reqwest::StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED {
-            self.refresh_token().await?;
+            self.refresh_token(&token).await?;
            let new_token = self.access_token()?;
            let resp = self
                .client
@@ -480,7 +506,7 @@ impl SyncProvider for SolitaireServerClient {
            .map_err(|e| SyncError::Network(e.to_string()))?;

        if resp.status() == reqwest::StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED {
-            self.refresh_token().await?;
+            self.refresh_token(&token).await?;
            let new_token = self.access_token()?;
            let resp = self
                .client
@@ -542,7 +568,7 @@ impl SolitaireServerClient {
            .map_err(|e| SyncError::Network(e.to_string()))?;

        if resp.status() == reqwest::StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED {
-            self.refresh_token().await?;
+            self.refresh_token(&token).await?;
            let new_token = self.access_token()?;
            let resp = self
                .client
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+//! HTTP client for the server's theme-store endpoints.
+//!
+//! Fetches the catalog (`GET /api/themes`) and downloads theme
+//! archives, verifying each download's size and SHA-256 against the
+//! catalog entry before returning the bytes. The caller (the engine's
+//! theme-store UI) hands verified bytes to the theme importer, which
+//! independently re-validates the archive's structure — the store
+//! pipeline never trusts a byte the importer hasn't checked.
+//!
+//! Native-only: gated out on wasm32 alongside the other `reqwest`
+//! consumers in this crate.
+
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+use solitaire_sync::{ThemeCatalogEntry, ThemeCatalogResponse};
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+/// Hard cap on a theme archive download, matching the engine
+/// importer's `MAX_ARCHIVE_BYTES` — anything larger can never import,
+/// so downloading it is pure waste.
+pub const MAX_THEME_DOWNLOAD_BYTES: u64 = 20 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+/// Hard cap on a preview PNG download — previews are small decorative
+/// thumbnails; anything past this is a misconfigured server.
+pub const MAX_PREVIEW_BYTES: u64 = 512 * 1024;
+
+/// Errors surfaced by [`ThemeStoreClient`].
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum ThemeStoreError {
+    /// The request could not be sent or the response body not read.
+    #[error("network error: {0}")]
+    Network(String),
+    /// The server answered with a non-success status code.
+    #[error("server returned HTTP {0}")]
+    Http(u16),
+    /// The catalog JSON did not parse.
+    #[error("malformed catalog: {0}")]
+    MalformedCatalog(String),
+    /// The archive is larger than [`MAX_THEME_DOWNLOAD_BYTES`] or its
+    /// catalog-declared size.
+    #[error("archive size {got} exceeds the expected {expected} bytes")]
+    Oversized { expected: u64, got: u64 },
+    /// The downloaded bytes do not hash to the catalog's SHA-256 —
+    /// the file changed on the server or was corrupted in transit.
+    #[error("archive checksum mismatch (expected {expected}, got {got})")]
+    ChecksumMismatch { expected: String, got: String },
+}
+
+/// Client for one server's theme store.
+///
+/// Unauthenticated: the catalog and downloads are public endpoints,
+/// so unlike `SolitaireServerClient` there is no token handling.
+pub struct ThemeStoreClient {
+    /// Base URL of the server, trailing slash stripped.
+    base_url: String,
+    client: reqwest::Client,
+}
+
+impl ThemeStoreClient {
+    /// Construct a client for the server at `base_url`
+    /// (e.g. `"https://solitaire.example.com"`).
+    pub fn new(base_url: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            base_url: base_url.into().trim_end_matches('/').to_owned(),
+            client: reqwest::Client::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Fetch the theme catalog, sorted by display name (server-side).
+    pub async fn fetch_catalog(&self) -> Result<Vec<ThemeCatalogEntry>, ThemeStoreError> {
+        let resp = self
+            .client
+            .get(format!("{}/api/themes", self.base_url))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| ThemeStoreError::Network(e.to_string()))?;
+        if !resp.status().is_success() {
+            return Err(ThemeStoreError::Http(resp.status().as_u16()));
+        }
+        let catalog: ThemeCatalogResponse = resp
+            .json()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| ThemeStoreError::MalformedCatalog(e.to_string()))?;
+        Ok(catalog.themes)
+    }
+
+    /// Download `entry`'s archive and verify it against the catalog's
+    /// size and SHA-256. Returns the verified `.zip` bytes, ready for
+    /// the engine's theme importer.
+    pub async fn download_theme(
+        &self,
+        entry: &ThemeCatalogEntry,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ThemeStoreError> {
+        // The catalog itself could name an absurd size; refuse before
+        // buffering anything.
+        if entry.size_bytes > MAX_THEME_DOWNLOAD_BYTES {
+            return Err(ThemeStoreError::Oversized {
+                expected: MAX_THEME_DOWNLOAD_BYTES,
+                got: entry.size_bytes,
+            });
+        }
+        let resp = self
+            .client
+            .get(format!("{}{}", self.base_url, entry.download_url))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| ThemeStoreError::Network(e.to_string()))?;
+        if !resp.status().is_success() {
+            return Err(ThemeStoreError::Http(resp.status().as_u16()));
+        }
+        let bytes = resp
+            .bytes()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| ThemeStoreError::Network(e.to_string()))?;
+        verify_archive(&bytes, entry)?;
+        Ok(bytes.to_vec())
+    }
+
+    /// Fetch the preview PNG the catalog advertises for `entry`.
+    ///
+    /// Returns `Http(404)` when the entry carries no `preview_url` —
+    /// the same shape the server answers with when the file is absent,
+    /// so callers only handle one "no preview" case. Previews are
+    /// decorative; unlike archives they carry no checksum, only the
+    /// [`MAX_PREVIEW_BYTES`] size cap.
+    pub async fn fetch_preview(
+        &self,
+        entry: &ThemeCatalogEntry,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ThemeStoreError> {
+        let Some(path) = entry.preview_url.as_deref() else {
+            return Err(ThemeStoreError::Http(404));
+        };
+        let resp = self
+            .client
+            .get(format!("{}{}", self.base_url, path))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| ThemeStoreError::Network(e.to_string()))?;
+        if !resp.status().is_success() {
+            return Err(ThemeStoreError::Http(resp.status().as_u16()));
+        }
+        let bytes = resp
+            .bytes()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| ThemeStoreError::Network(e.to_string()))?;
+        if bytes.len() as u64 > MAX_PREVIEW_BYTES {
+            return Err(ThemeStoreError::Oversized {
+                expected: MAX_PREVIEW_BYTES,
+                got: bytes.len() as u64,
+            });
+        }
+        Ok(bytes.to_vec())
+    }
+}
+
+/// Checks downloaded `bytes` against the catalog `entry`'s declared
+/// size and SHA-256. Pure so it can be unit-tested without a server.
+fn verify_archive(bytes: &[u8], entry: &ThemeCatalogEntry) -> Result<(), ThemeStoreError> {
+    if bytes.len() as u64 != entry.size_bytes {
+        return Err(ThemeStoreError::Oversized {
+            expected: entry.size_bytes,
+            got: bytes.len() as u64,
+        });
+    }
+    let got = hex_digest(bytes);
+    // Case-insensitive: the server emits lowercase hex, but a
+    // hand-authored catalog mirror shouldn't fail on case alone.
+    if !got.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&entry.sha256) {
+        return Err(ThemeStoreError::ChecksumMismatch {
+            expected: entry.sha256.clone(),
+            got,
+        });
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Lowercase-hex SHA-256 of `bytes`. Mirrors the server's digest
+/// encoding in `solitaire_server::theme_store`.
+fn hex_digest(bytes: &[u8]) -> String {
+    let digest = Sha256::digest(bytes);
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(digest.len() * 2);
+    for byte in digest {
+        out.push_str(&format!("{byte:02x}"));
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn entry_for(bytes: &[u8]) -> ThemeCatalogEntry {
+        ThemeCatalogEntry {
+            id: "neon".into(),
+            name: "Neon".into(),
+            author: "Test".into(),
+            version: "1.0.0".into(),
+            card_aspect: (2, 3),
+            size_bytes: bytes.len() as u64,
+            sha256: hex_digest(bytes),
+            download_url: "/api/themes/neon/download".into(),
+            preview_url: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn verify_accepts_matching_bytes() {
+        let bytes = b"theme archive bytes";
+        assert!(verify_archive(bytes, &entry_for(bytes)).is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn verify_accepts_uppercase_catalog_hash() {
+        let bytes = b"theme archive bytes";
+        let mut entry = entry_for(bytes);
+        entry.sha256 = entry.sha256.to_uppercase();
+        assert!(verify_archive(bytes, &entry).is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn verify_rejects_size_mismatch() {
+        let bytes = b"theme archive bytes";
+        let mut entry = entry_for(bytes);
+        entry.size_bytes += 1;
+        assert!(matches!(
+            verify_archive(bytes, &entry),
+            Err(ThemeStoreError::Oversized { .. })
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn verify_rejects_checksum_mismatch() {
+        let bytes = b"theme archive bytes";
+        let mut entry = entry_for(bytes);
+        entry.sha256 = "0".repeat(64);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            verify_archive(bytes, &entry),
+            Err(ThemeStoreError::ChecksumMismatch { .. })
+        ));
+    }
+}
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //! increments matching counters in `PlayerProgress::weekly_goal_progress`.

 use chrono::{Datelike, NaiveDate};
-use solitaire_core::DrawMode;
+use solitaire_core::DrawStockConfig;

 /// XP awarded each time a weekly goal is just completed.
 pub const WEEKLY_GOAL_XP: u64 = 75;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub struct WeeklyGoalDef {
 pub struct WeeklyGoalContext {
    pub time_seconds: u64,
    pub used_undo: bool,
-    pub draw_mode: DrawMode,
+    pub draw_mode: DrawStockConfig,
 }

 impl WeeklyGoalDef {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ impl WeeklyGoalDef {
            WeeklyGoalKind::WinGame => true,
            WeeklyGoalKind::WinWithoutUndo => !ctx.used_undo,
            WeeklyGoalKind::WinUnder { seconds } => ctx.time_seconds < seconds,
-            WeeklyGoalKind::WinDrawThree => ctx.draw_mode == DrawMode::DrawThree,
+            WeeklyGoalKind::WinDrawThree => ctx.draw_mode == DrawStockConfig::DrawThree,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ mod tests {
        WeeklyGoalContext {
            time_seconds: time,
            used_undo: undo,
-            draw_mode: DrawMode::DrawOne,
+            draw_mode: DrawStockConfig::DrawOne,
        }
    }

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ mod tests {
        WeeklyGoalContext {
            time_seconds: time,
            used_undo: false,
-            draw_mode: DrawMode::DrawThree,
+            draw_mode: DrawStockConfig::DrawThree,
        }
    }

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+//! End-to-end theme-store test: a real `solitaire_server` router
+//! serving a scanned catalog over a localhost TCP socket, consumed by
+//! [`solitaire_data::ThemeStoreClient`].
+//!
+//! Mirrors the `sync_round_trip` harness: `TcpListener` on port 0,
+//! router in a background `tokio::spawn`, no explicit shutdown.
+
+#![cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+
+use std::io::Write as _;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use solitaire_data::ThemeStoreClient;
+use solitaire_server::theme_store::ThemeStore;
+
+/// Minimal theme archive: the catalog scan only reads the `meta`
+/// block, so no face SVGs are needed.
+fn write_store_zip(dir: &Path, file_name: &str, id: &str, name: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    let manifest = format!(
+        r#"(
+    meta: (
+        id: "{id}",
+        name: "{name}",
+        author: "Round Trip",
+        version: "1.0.0",
+        card_aspect: (2, 3),
+    ),
+    faces: {{}},
+    back: "back.svg",
+)"#
+    );
+    let path = dir.join(file_name);
+    let file = std::fs::File::create(&path).expect("create zip");
+    let mut writer = zip::ZipWriter::new(file);
+    let options = zip::write::SimpleFileOptions::default();
+    writer.start_file("theme.ron", options).expect("start_file");
+    writer
+        .write_all(manifest.as_bytes())
+        .expect("write manifest");
+    writer.finish().expect("finish zip");
+    path
+}
+
+/// Spawn the test server with a theme store scanned from `store_dir`
+/// and return its base URL.
+async fn spawn_store_server(store_dir: &Path) -> String {
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0")
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to bind test listener");
+    let addr = listener.local_addr().expect("listener has no local addr");
+
+    let pool = solitaire_server::build_test_pool().await;
+    let app =
+        solitaire_server::build_test_router_with_theme_store(pool, ThemeStore::scan(store_dir));
+
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        if let Err(e) = axum::serve(listener, app).await {
+            eprintln!("test server crashed: {e}");
+        }
+    });
+
+    format!("http://{addr}")
+}
+
+/// Catalog fetch → download → verified bytes match the file the
+/// server scanned. This is the exact path the engine's store UI runs.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn catalog_fetch_and_verified_download_round_trip() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
+    let zip_path = write_store_zip(dir.path(), "neon.zip", "neon", "Neon");
+    let base_url = spawn_store_server(dir.path()).await;
+
+    let client = ThemeStoreClient::new(&base_url);
+    let catalog = client.fetch_catalog().await.expect("fetch catalog");
+    assert_eq!(catalog.len(), 1);
+    let entry = &catalog[0];
+    assert_eq!(entry.id, "neon");
+
+    let bytes = client.download_theme(entry).await.expect("download");
+    assert_eq!(bytes, std::fs::read(&zip_path).expect("read zip"));
+}
+
+/// A catalog entry whose hash no longer matches the served file must
+/// be rejected client-side — the importer never sees unverified bytes.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn download_with_stale_catalog_hash_is_rejected() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
+    write_store_zip(dir.path(), "neon.zip", "neon", "Neon");
+    let base_url = spawn_store_server(dir.path()).await;
+
+    let client = ThemeStoreClient::new(&base_url);
+    let mut entry = client.fetch_catalog().await.expect("fetch catalog")[0].clone();
+    entry.sha256 = "0".repeat(64);
+
+    let err = client
+        .download_theme(&entry)
+        .await
+        .expect_err("mismatched hash must fail");
+    assert!(
+        matches!(
+            err,
+            solitaire_data::ThemeStoreError::ChecksumMismatch { .. }
+        ),
+        "expected ChecksumMismatch, got: {err:?}"
+    );
+}
+
+/// An empty (or absent) store directory serves an empty catalog — the
+/// client sees a store with nothing in it, not an error.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn empty_store_yields_empty_catalog() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
+    let base_url = spawn_store_server(dir.path()).await;
+
+    let client = ThemeStoreClient::new(&base_url);
+    let catalog = client.fetch_catalog().await.expect("fetch catalog");
+    assert!(catalog.is_empty());
+}
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ web-sys       = { version = "0.3", features = ["Storage", "Window"] }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 tempfile    = { workspace = true }
 solitaire_core = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
@@ -30,13 +30,9 @@ use crate::replay_playback::ReplayPlaybackState;
 use crate::resources::GameStateResource;
 use crate::settings_plugin::{SettingsResource, SettingsStoragePath};
 use crate::stats_plugin::{StatsResource, StatsUpdate};
-use crate::ui_modal::{
-    ButtonVariant, ModalScrim, ScrimDismissible, spawn_modal, spawn_modal_actions,
-    spawn_modal_button, spawn_modal_header,
-};
 use crate::ui_theme::{
    ACCENT_PRIMARY, BORDER_SUBTLE, STATE_SUCCESS, TEXT_DISABLED, TEXT_PRIMARY, TEXT_SECONDARY,
-    TYPE_BODY, TYPE_BODY_LG, TYPE_CAPTION, VAL_SPACE_1, Z_MODAL_PANEL,
+    TYPE_BODY, TYPE_BODY_LG, TYPE_CAPTION, VAL_SPACE_1,
 };
 use crate::ui_tooltip::Tooltip;

@@ -116,7 +112,7 @@ impl Plugin for AchievementPlugin {
            // achievements-scroll system also runs cleanly under
            // `MinimalPlugins` in tests.
            .add_message::<MouseWheel>()
-            .add_message::<bevy::input::touch::TouchInput>()
+            .add_message::<TouchInput>()
            // Run after GameMutation (so GameWonEvent is available), after
            // StatsUpdate (so stats reflect this win), and after ProgressUpdate
            // (so daily_challenge_streak is up to date for daily_devotee).
@@ -137,8 +133,8 @@ impl Plugin for AchievementPlugin {
                    .after(GameMutation)
                    .after(StatsUpdate),
            )
-            .add_systems(Update, toggle_achievements_screen)
-            .add_systems(Update, handle_achievements_close_button)
+            // Open/close/tab handling moved to `you_hub_plugin`
+            // (Phase E) — this plugin now owns body content + scroll.
            .add_systems(Update, scroll_achievements_panel)
            .add_systems(
                Update,
@@ -385,47 +381,6 @@ pub fn display_name_for(id: &str) -> String {
    achievement_by_id(id).map_or_else(|| id.to_string(), |d| d.name.to_string())
 }

-/// Marker on the "Done" button inside the Achievements modal.
-#[derive(Component, Debug)]
-pub struct AchievementsCloseButton;
-
-/// Toggle the achievements overlay — `A` keyboard accelerator or
-/// `ToggleAchievementsRequestEvent` from the HUD Menu popover.
-fn toggle_achievements_screen(
-    mut commands: Commands,
-    keys: Res<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>,
-    mut requests: MessageReader<ToggleAchievementsRequestEvent>,
-    achievements: Res<AchievementsResource>,
-    font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
-    screens: Query<Entity, With<AchievementsScreen>>,
-    other_modal_scrims: Query<(), (With<ModalScrim>, Without<AchievementsScreen>)>,
-) {
-    let button_clicked = requests.read().count() > 0;
-    if !keys.just_pressed(KeyCode::KeyA) && !button_clicked {
-        return;
-    }
-    if let Ok(entity) = screens.single() {
-        commands.entity(entity).despawn();
-    } else if other_modal_scrims.is_empty() {
-        spawn_achievements_screen(&mut commands, &achievements.0, font_res.as_deref());
-    }
-}
-
-/// Click handler for the modal's "Done" button — despawns the overlay
-/// the same way the `A` accelerator does.
-fn handle_achievements_close_button(
-    mut commands: Commands,
-    close_buttons: Query<&Interaction, (With<AchievementsCloseButton>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
-    screens: Query<Entity, With<AchievementsScreen>>,
-) {
-    if !close_buttons.iter().any(|i| *i == Interaction::Pressed) {
-        return;
-    }
-    for entity in &screens {
-        commands.entity(entity).despawn();
-    }
-}
-
 /// Routes mouse-wheel events into the Achievements modal's scrollable body
 /// while the panel is open.
 ///
@@ -458,14 +413,18 @@ fn scroll_achievements_panel(
    }
 }

-fn spawn_achievements_screen(
-    commands: &mut Commands,
+/// Builds the Achievements tab body inside the You hub's card. The
+/// unlock-count line that used to live in the standalone modal's
+/// header renders as the first body line instead (the hub owns the
+/// header). All markers (`AchievementRow`, `AchievementsScrollable`)
+/// are unchanged.
+pub(crate) fn spawn_achievements_body(
+    card: &mut ChildSpawnerCommands,
    records: &[AchievementRecord],
    font_res: Option<&FontResource>,
 ) {
    let unlocked: Vec<_> = records.iter().filter(|r| r.unlocked).collect();
    let total = ALL_ACHIEVEMENTS.len();
-    let header = format!("Achievements  ({}/{})", unlocked.len(), total);

    let font_handle = font_res.map(|f| f.0.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
    let font_name = TextFont {
@@ -486,8 +445,13 @@ fn spawn_achievements_screen(

    let any_unlocked = records.iter().any(|r| r.unlocked);

-    let scrim = spawn_modal(commands, AchievementsScreen, Z_MODAL_PANEL, |card| {
-        spawn_modal_header(card, header, font_res);
+    {
+        // Unlock progress — formerly the standalone modal's header.
+        card.spawn((
+            Text::new(format!("Unlocked {} / {}", unlocked.len(), total)),
+            font_name.clone(),
+            TextColor(TEXT_SECONDARY),
+        ));

        // First-time hint — shown until the player has unlocked anything.
        // The list itself describes individual rewards, but a top-level
@@ -594,21 +558,7 @@ fn spawn_achievements_screen(
                ));
            }
        });
-
-        spawn_modal_actions(card, |actions| {
-            spawn_modal_button(
-                actions,
-                AchievementsCloseButton,
-                "Done",
-                Some("A"),
-                ButtonVariant::Primary,
-                font_res,
-            );
-        });
-    });
-    // Achievements is a read-only list — clicking the scrim outside
-    // the card dismisses alongside the existing A / Done paths.
-    commands.entity(scrim).insert(ScrimDismissible);
+    }
 }

 fn format_reward(reward: Reward) -> String {
@@ -668,10 +618,11 @@ mod tests {
            .add_plugins(TablePlugin)
            .add_plugins(StatsPlugin::headless())
            .add_plugins(crate::progress_plugin::ProgressPlugin::headless())
-            .add_plugins(AchievementPlugin::headless());
+            .add_plugins(AchievementPlugin::headless())
+            .add_plugins(crate::you_hub_plugin::YouHubPlugin);
        // StatsPlugin's UI toggle system reads ButtonInput<KeyCode>; under
        // MinimalPlugins it isn't auto-registered.
-        app.init_resource::<bevy::input::ButtonInput<KeyCode>>();
+        app.init_resource::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>();
        app.update();
        app
    }
@@ -819,7 +770,7 @@ mod tests {
        app.world_mut()
            .resource_mut::<GameStateResource>()
            .0
-            .set_test_draw_mode(solitaire_core::DrawMode::DrawThree);
+            .set_test_draw_mode(DrawStockConfig::DrawThree);

        app.world_mut().write_message(GameWonEvent {
            score: 500,
@@ -868,7 +819,7 @@ mod tests {
        app.world_mut()
            .resource_mut::<GameStateResource>()
            .0
-            .set_test_draw_mode(solitaire_core::DrawMode::DrawThree);
+            .set_test_draw_mode(DrawStockConfig::DrawThree);

        app.world_mut().write_message(GameWonEvent {
            score: 500,
@@ -911,8 +862,7 @@ mod tests {

        // Put the active game in Zen mode. evaluate_on_win reads
        // GameStateResource.mode directly to populate last_win_is_zen.
-        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<GameStateResource>().0.mode =
-            solitaire_core::game_state::GameMode::Zen;
+        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<GameStateResource>().0.mode = GameMode::Zen;

        app.world_mut().write_message(GameWonEvent {
            score: 0,
@@ -946,7 +896,7 @@ mod tests {
        // Default GameMode is Classic; assert and rely on it.
        assert_eq!(
            app.world().resource::<GameStateResource>().0.mode,
-            solitaire_core::game_state::GameMode::Classic
+            GameMode::Classic
        );

        app.world_mut().write_message(GameWonEvent {
@@ -1250,7 +1200,7 @@ mod tests {
            .add_plugins(crate::progress_plugin::ProgressPlugin::headless())
            .add_plugins(crate::settings_plugin::SettingsPlugin::headless())
            .add_plugins(AchievementPlugin::headless());
-        app.init_resource::<bevy::input::ButtonInput<KeyCode>>();
+        app.init_resource::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>();
        app.update();
        app
    }
@@ -1393,8 +1343,10 @@ mod tests {

    use crate::replay_playback::ReplayPlaybackState;
    use chrono::NaiveDate;
-    use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::GameMode};
-    use solitaire_data::{Replay, ReplayMove};
+    use solitaire_core::{
+        DrawStockConfig, KlondikeInstruction, SessionRecording, game_state::GameMode,
+    };
+    use solitaire_data::Replay;

    /// Headless app variant that injects a default `ReplayPlaybackState`
    /// directly (no `ReplayPlaybackPlugin`) so we can drive the resource
@@ -1409,12 +1361,16 @@ mod tests {
    fn dummy_replay() -> Replay {
        Replay::new(
            1,
-            DrawMode::DrawOne,
+            DrawStockConfig::DrawOne,
            GameMode::Classic,
            10,
            100,
            NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(2026, 5, 5).expect("valid date"),
-            vec![ReplayMove::StockClick],
+            SessionRecording::from_instructions_unchecked(
+                1,
+                DrawStockConfig::DrawOne,
+                [KlondikeInstruction::RotateStock],
+            ),
        )
    }

@@ -1458,12 +1414,8 @@ mod tests {

        // Frame 1: enter Playing. The observer's first sample sees
        // `last_was_playing = false` and `now_playing = true`.
-        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() = ReplayPlaybackState::Playing {
-            replay: dummy_replay(),
-            cursor: 0,
-            secs_to_next: 0.0,
-            paused: false,
-        };
+        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() =
+            ReplayPlaybackState::playing(dummy_replay(), 0, 0.0, false);
        app.update();
        assert!(
            !cinephile_unlocked(&app),
@@ -1492,12 +1444,8 @@ mod tests {
    fn cinephile_does_not_unlock_on_stop_button_abort() {
        let mut app = cinephile_app();

-        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() = ReplayPlaybackState::Playing {
-            replay: dummy_replay(),
-            cursor: 0,
-            secs_to_next: 0.0,
-            paused: false,
-        };
+        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() =
+            ReplayPlaybackState::playing(dummy_replay(), 0, 0.0, false);
        app.update();

        // Direct Playing → Inactive — the path the Stop button takes via
@@ -1523,12 +1471,8 @@ mod tests {
        let mut app = cinephile_app();

        // First completion cycle to unlock.
-        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() = ReplayPlaybackState::Playing {
-            replay: dummy_replay(),
-            cursor: 0,
-            secs_to_next: 0.0,
-            paused: false,
-        };
+        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() =
+            ReplayPlaybackState::playing(dummy_replay(), 0, 0.0, false);
        app.update();
        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() = ReplayPlaybackState::Completed;
        app.update();
@@ -1546,12 +1490,8 @@ mod tests {
        // Second cycle: Inactive → Playing → Completed once more.
        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() = ReplayPlaybackState::Inactive;
        app.update();
-        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() = ReplayPlaybackState::Playing {
-            replay: dummy_replay(),
-            cursor: 0,
-            secs_to_next: 0.0,
-            paused: false,
-        };
+        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() =
+            ReplayPlaybackState::playing(dummy_replay(), 0, 0.0, false);
        app.update();
        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() = ReplayPlaybackState::Completed;
        app.update();
@@ -1570,12 +1510,8 @@ mod tests {
    fn cinephile_fires_once_across_completed_linger() {
        let mut app = cinephile_app();

-        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() = ReplayPlaybackState::Playing {
-            replay: dummy_replay(),
-            cursor: 0,
-            secs_to_next: 0.0,
-            paused: false,
-        };
+        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() =
+            ReplayPlaybackState::playing(dummy_replay(), 0, 0.0, false);
        app.update();
        *app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ReplayPlaybackState>() = ReplayPlaybackState::Completed;
        app.update();
@@ -1,37 +1,19 @@
 /// Android clipboard bridge via JNI.
 ///
 /// Writes text to the system clipboard by calling into `ClipboardManager`
-/// through the JNI. Only compiled and linked on `target_os = "android"`.
+/// through the safe [`solitaire_data::android_jni`] bridge. Only compiled and
+/// linked on `target_os = "android"`.
 #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
 pub fn set_text(text: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
-    use bevy::android::ANDROID_APP;
-    use jni::{
-        JavaVM,
-        objects::{JObject, JValueOwned},
-    };
+    use jni::objects::JValueOwned;
+    use solitaire_data::android_jni;

-    let app = ANDROID_APP
-        .get()
-        .ok_or_else(|| "ANDROID_APP not initialized".to_string())?;
-
-    // SAFETY: vm_as_ptr() returns the raw JavaVM* set up by the Android runtime.
-    let vm = unsafe { JavaVM::from_raw(app.vm_as_ptr().cast()) }
-        .map_err(|e| format!("JavaVM::from_raw: {e}"))?;
-
-    let mut env = vm
-        .attach_current_thread_permanently()
-        .map_err(|e| format!("attach_current_thread: {e}"))?;
-
-    // SAFETY: activity_as_ptr() is the NativeActivity jobject pointer —
-    // valid for the lifetime of the process.
-    let activity = unsafe { JObject::from_raw(app.activity_as_ptr() as _) };
-
-    (|| -> jni::errors::Result<()> {
+    android_jni::with_activity_env(|env, activity| {
        // ClipboardManager cm = activity.getSystemService("clipboard")
        let svc_name = JValueOwned::from(env.new_string("clipboard")?);
        let cm = env
            .call_method(
-                &activity,
+                activity,
                "getSystemService",
                "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/Object;",
                &[svc_name.borrow()],
@@ -60,6 +42,5 @@ pub fn set_text(text: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
            &[clip_val.borrow()],
        )?
        .v()
-    })()
-    .map_err(|e| format!("clipboard JNI: {e}"))
+    })
 }
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ use crate::events::{
 use crate::game_plugin::GameMutation;
 use crate::layout::LayoutResource;
 use crate::pause_plugin::PausedResource;
+use crate::platform::USE_TOUCH_UI_LAYOUT;
 use crate::progress_plugin::LevelUpEvent;
+use crate::safe_area::SafeAreaAnchoredBottom;
 use crate::settings_plugin::{SettingsChangedEvent, SettingsResource};
 use crate::time_attack_plugin::TimeAttackEndedEvent;
 use crate::ui_theme::{
@@ -160,6 +162,68 @@ pub struct ActiveToast {
 /// Duration of each queued info-toast in seconds.
 const QUEUED_TOAST_SECS: f32 = 2.5;

+/// Marker on the persistent bottom-anchored flex column every toast
+/// spawns into (Phase H). Stacking through one container gives queued
+/// and immediate toasts a single shared anchor — simultaneous toasts
+/// stack upward instead of relying on the old staggered-percentage
+/// anchors to dodge each other.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct ToastStackRoot;
+
+/// Marker on every toast card node (both paths). Freshly spawned toasts
+/// start `Visibility::Hidden` and unparented; [`adopt_toasts_into_stack`]
+/// re-parents them under [`ToastStackRoot`] and reveals them — one frame
+/// of latency, imperceptible at toast timescales, in exchange for the 14
+/// toast handlers keeping their `Commands`-only signatures.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct ToastNode;
+
+/// Logical-pixel gap between the screen bottom and the toast stack,
+/// before safe-area insets. Clears the Phase F bottom action bar on
+/// touch (compact 44px buttons + primary 64px trio + bar padding);
+/// desktop's shorter bar needs less.
+const TOAST_STACK_BASE_BOTTOM_PX: f32 = if USE_TOUCH_UI_LAYOUT { 112.0 } else { 72.0 };
+
+/// Spawns the persistent [`ToastStackRoot`] container at startup.
+fn spawn_toast_stack_root(mut commands: Commands) {
+    commands.spawn((
+        ToastStackRoot,
+        Node {
+            position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
+            bottom: Val::Px(TOAST_STACK_BASE_BOTTOM_PX),
+            left: Val::Px(0.0),
+            width: Val::Percent(100.0),
+            // Newest toast sits nearest the bottom edge; older ones
+            // push upward.
+            flex_direction: FlexDirection::ColumnReverse,
+            align_items: AlignItems::Center,
+            row_gap: VAL_SPACE_2,
+            ..default()
+        },
+        SafeAreaAnchoredBottom {
+            base_bottom: TOAST_STACK_BASE_BOTTOM_PX,
+        },
+        ZIndex(Z_TOAST),
+    ));
+}
+
+/// Re-parents freshly spawned [`ToastNode`]s under the stack root and
+/// reveals them. No-op when every toast is already adopted.
+fn adopt_toasts_into_stack(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    orphans: Query<Entity, (With<ToastNode>, Without<ChildOf>)>,
+    root: Query<Entity, With<ToastStackRoot>>,
+) {
+    let Ok(root) = root.single() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    for toast in &orphans {
+        commands
+            .entity(toast)
+            .insert((ChildOf(root), Visibility::Inherited));
+    }
+}
+
 /// Drives all linear card animations (`CardAnim`), toast notifications, deal stagger, win cascade, and the auto-complete card-slide sequence.
 pub struct AnimationPlugin;

@@ -185,7 +249,7 @@ impl Plugin for AnimationPlugin {
            .init_resource::<EffectiveSlideDuration>()
            .init_resource::<ToastQueue>()
            .init_resource::<ActiveToast>()
-            .add_systems(Startup, init_slide_duration)
+            .add_systems(Startup, (init_slide_duration, spawn_toast_stack_root))
            .add_systems(
                Update,
                (
@@ -206,6 +270,7 @@ impl Plugin for AnimationPlugin {
                    handle_warning_toast,
                    tick_toasts,
                    (enqueue_toasts, drive_toast_display).chain(),
+                    adopt_toasts_into_stack,
                )
                    .after(GameMutation),
            );
@@ -252,10 +317,17 @@ fn advance_card_anims(
    time: Res<Time>,
    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
    mut anims: Query<(Entity, &mut Transform, &mut CardAnim)>,
+    mut redraw: MessageWriter<RequestRedraw>,
 ) {
    if paused.is_some_and(|p| p.0) {
        return;
    }
+    // Keep the winit loop awake at full frame rate while slides (including
+    // staggered deals still in their delay phase) are in flight — required
+    // for Android's reactive_low_power focused_mode.
+    if !anims.is_empty() {
+        redraw.write(RequestRedraw);
+    }
    let dt = time.delta_secs();
    for (entity, mut transform, mut anim) in &mut anims {
        if anim.delay > 0.0 {
@@ -354,7 +426,7 @@ fn handle_win_cascade(
            end: target.truncate(),
            elapsed: 0.0,
            duration,
-            curve: crate::card_animation::MotionCurve::Expressive,
+            curve: MotionCurve::Expressive,
            delay: i as f32 * step,
            start_z: start.z,
            end_z: target.z,
@@ -558,10 +630,17 @@ fn drive_toast_display(
    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
    mut queue: ResMut<ToastQueue>,
    mut active: ResMut<ActiveToast>,
+    mut redraw: MessageWriter<RequestRedraw>,
 ) {
    if paused.is_some_and(|p| p.0) {
        return;
    }
+    // Keep the loop ticking while a toast is displayed or queued so the
+    // countdown advances and the despawn frame isn't held hostage by
+    // Android's reactive_low_power wake ceiling.
+    if active.entity.is_some() || !queue.0.is_empty() {
+        redraw.write(RequestRedraw);
+    }
    let dt = time.delta_secs();

    // Tick down the active toast timer.
@@ -593,9 +672,9 @@ pub enum ToastVariant {
    /// Neutral system message — teal border. Default for `InfoToastEvent`,
    /// settings volume notifications, and the auto-complete announcement.
    Info,
-    /// Caution / penalty — gold border. Currently unused by an in-engine
-    /// event; kept so future warning-flavoured toasts have a slot.
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    /// Caution / penalty — gold border. Used by [`handle_warning_toast`]
+    /// for `WarningToastEvent` messages (daily-challenge expiry, sync,
+    /// theme-store, and leaderboard warnings).
    Warning,
    /// Failure / rejected action — pink border. Used by
    /// [`handle_move_rejected_toast`] for illegal-placement
@@ -623,26 +702,14 @@ impl ToastVariant {
    }
 }

-/// Spawns a bottom-anchored `ToastEntity` for the queued toast system.
+/// Spawns a `ToastEntity` for the queued toast system.
 ///
 /// Queued toasts always carry [`ToastVariant::Info`] — the queue is fed
 /// by [`InfoToastEvent`] which is by definition neutral system info.
 /// Variants other than `Info` belong on the immediate-fire path
 /// ([`spawn_toast`]) where the call site knows the semantic intent.
 fn spawn_queued_toast(commands: &mut Commands, message: String) -> Entity {
-    spawn_toast_node(
-        commands,
-        ToastEntity,
-        message,
-        ToastVariant::Info,
-        // Slightly taller anchor than the immediate-fire path so a
-        // queued info banner doesn't collide with a celebration toast
-        // fired in the same frame.
-        Val::Percent(6.0),
-        Val::Percent(15.0),
-        Val::Percent(70.0),
-        UiRect::axes(VAL_SPACE_4, VAL_SPACE_2),
-    )
+    spawn_toast_node(commands, ToastEntity, message, ToastVariant::Info)
 }

 fn handle_xp_awarded_toast(mut commands: Commands, mut events: MessageReader<XpAwardedEvent>) {
@@ -730,12 +797,6 @@ fn spawn_toast(
        (ToastOverlay, ToastTimer(duration_secs)),
        message,
        variant,
-        // Sits above the queued banner so a celebration toast spawned
-        // alongside a queued info message remains readable.
-        Val::Percent(14.0),
-        Val::Percent(25.0),
-        Val::Percent(50.0),
-        UiRect::axes(VAL_SPACE_4, VAL_SPACE_3),
    );
 }

@@ -752,31 +813,25 @@ fn spawn_toast(
 ///   rungs; 18 is the closest rung that preserves the scale invariants
 ///   tested in `ui_theme::tests`.
 /// - [`RADIUS_MD`] corners.
-/// - Bottom-anchored absolute position; `bottom_pct` differs between
-///   queued and immediate paths so they layer instead of overlap.
-// The 8-argument signature is intentional — these are the per-toast
-// layout values that genuinely differ between the queued and fire-and-
-// forget call sites. A struct wrapper would just rename the same data.
-#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+///
+/// Layout is owned by [`ToastStackRoot`] (Phase H): the node spawns
+/// hidden and unpositioned, and [`adopt_toasts_into_stack`] slots it
+/// into the shared bottom-anchored column — one anchor for every toast,
+/// simultaneous toasts stack instead of overlapping.
 fn spawn_toast_node<B: Bundle>(
    commands: &mut Commands,
    bundle: B,
    message: String,
    variant: ToastVariant,
-    bottom_pct: Val,
-    left_pct: Val,
-    width_pct: Val,
-    padding: UiRect,
 ) -> Entity {
    commands
        .spawn((
            bundle,
+            ToastNode,
+            Visibility::Hidden,
            Node {
-                position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
-                left: left_pct,
-                bottom: bottom_pct,
-                width: width_pct,
-                padding,
+                max_width: Val::Percent(70.0),
+                padding: UiRect::axes(VAL_SPACE_4, VAL_SPACE_3),
                justify_content: JustifyContent::Center,
                align_items: AlignItems::Center,
                border: UiRect::all(Val::Px(1.0)),
@@ -785,7 +840,6 @@ fn spawn_toast_node<B: Bundle>(
            },
            BackgroundColor(BG_ELEVATED),
            BorderColor::all(variant.border_color()),
-            ZIndex(Z_TOAST),
        ))
        .with_children(|b| {
            b.spawn((
@@ -1301,4 +1355,85 @@ mod tests {
    fn cascade_duration_instant_is_zero() {
        assert_eq!(cascade_duration_secs(AnimSpeed::Instant), 0.0);
    }
+
+    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Phase H: unified toast stack
+    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /// Both toast paths must end up as visible children of the single
+    /// [`ToastStackRoot`] — the Phase H "one anchor" contract.
+    #[test]
+    fn queued_and_immediate_toasts_stack_under_one_root() {
+        let mut app = App::new();
+        app.add_plugins(MinimalPlugins).add_plugins(AnimationPlugin);
+        app.update(); // Startup: spawns the stack root.
+
+        // One immediate (error) toast + one queued (info) toast in the
+        // same frame — the exact collision case the old staggered
+        // anchors existed to dodge.
+        use solitaire_core::{KlondikePile, Tableau};
+        app.world_mut().write_message(MoveRejectedEvent {
+            from: KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1),
+            to: KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau2),
+            count: 1,
+        });
+        app.world_mut()
+            .write_message(InfoToastEvent("stacked info".to_string()));
+        app.update(); // handlers spawn both toasts (hidden, unparented)
+        app.update(); // adopt_toasts_into_stack re-parents + reveals
+
+        let root = app
+            .world_mut()
+            .query_filtered::<Entity, With<ToastStackRoot>>()
+            .single(app.world())
+            .expect("exactly one ToastStackRoot must exist");
+
+        let toasts: Vec<(Entity, &ChildOf, &Visibility)> = app
+            .world_mut()
+            .query_filtered::<(Entity, &ChildOf, &Visibility), With<ToastNode>>()
+            .iter(app.world())
+            .collect();
+        assert_eq!(
+            toasts.len(),
+            2,
+            "both the immediate and the queued toast must be adopted"
+        );
+        for (entity, child_of, visibility) in toasts {
+            assert_eq!(
+                child_of.parent(),
+                root,
+                "toast {entity} must be a child of the shared stack root"
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                *visibility,
+                Visibility::Inherited,
+                "adopted toast {entity} must be revealed"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Toast nodes must not carry their own absolute positioning — the
+    /// stack root owns layout (regression guard against reintroducing
+    /// per-path anchors).
+    #[test]
+    fn toast_nodes_have_no_absolute_position() {
+        let mut app = App::new();
+        app.add_plugins(MinimalPlugins).add_plugins(AnimationPlugin);
+        app.update();
+
+        app.world_mut()
+            .write_message(WarningToastEvent("layout check".to_string()));
+        app.update();
+
+        let node = app
+            .world_mut()
+            .query_filtered::<&Node, With<ToastNode>>()
+            .single(app.world())
+            .expect("warning toast must spawn a ToastNode");
+        assert_eq!(
+            node.position_type,
+            PositionType::Relative,
+            "toast nodes are flex children of the stack, not absolute overlays"
+        );
+    }
 }
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 //! red/black colour split.

 use bevy::math::UVec2;
-use solitaire_core::card::{Rank, Suit};
+use solitaire_core::{Rank, Suit};

 /// Target rasterisation size in pixels (2:3 aspect, half the default
 /// `SvgLoaderSettings` resolution).
@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ pub const ALL_RANKS: [Rank; 13] = [
    Rank::King,
 ];

-/// Every suit in `Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades` order — matches
-/// `card_plugin::load_card_images` so the suit index used here lines
-/// up with `CardImageSet.faces[suit]`.
+/// Iteration order for the SVG generator and the pin test only —
+/// output files are keyed by `suit_filename`, so no runtime index
+/// depends on this order. Kept local (not `Suit::SUITS`) because
+/// reordering would churn the pinned snapshot ordering for no
+/// benefit.
 pub const ALL_SUITS: [Suit; 4] = [Suit::Clubs, Suit::Diamonds, Suit::Hearts, Suit::Spades];

 /// The rank component of the on-disk filename — `A`, `2`..`10`, `J`,
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ macro_rules! embed_classic_svg {
 }

 /// Every Dark-theme SVG file bundled into the binary.
+// The `as &[u8]` in `embed_dark_svg!` coerces each fixed-size
+// `&[u8; N]` (N varies per file) to a uniform `&[u8]` so the tuples fit
+// this array type. The cast is load-bearing, not trivial.
+#[allow(trivial_casts)]
 const DARK_THEME_SVGS: &[(&str, &[u8])] = &[
    embed_dark_svg!("back.svg"),
    embed_dark_svg!("clubs_ace.svg"),
@@ -172,6 +176,8 @@ const DARK_THEME_SVGS: &[(&str, &[u8])] = &[
 ];

 /// Every Classic-theme SVG file bundled into the binary.
+// See `DARK_THEME_SVGS`: the `as &[u8]` cast is load-bearing.
+#[allow(trivial_casts)]
 const CLASSIC_THEME_SVGS: &[(&str, &[u8])] = &[
    embed_classic_svg!("back.svg"),
    embed_classic_svg!("clubs_ace.svg"),
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ fn shared_fontdb() -> Arc<fontdb::Database> {
 fn bundled_font_resolver() -> usvg::FontResolver<'static> {
    use usvg::FontResolver;

-    usvg::FontResolver {
+    FontResolver {
        select_font: Box::new(|_font, db| db.faces().next().map(|face| face.id)),
        select_fallback: FontResolver::default_fallback_selector(),
    }
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ mod tests {
    /// tightens.
    #[test]
    fn settings_satisfies_loader_bounds() {
-        fn assert_loader_settings<T: Default + serde::Serialize + serde::de::DeserializeOwned>() {}
+        fn assert_loader_settings<T: Default + Serialize + serde::de::DeserializeOwned>() {}
        assert_loader_settings::<SvgLoaderSettings>();
    }
 }
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ pub fn set_user_theme_dir(path: PathBuf) -> Result<(), PathBuf> {
 /// Returns the absolute path of the user-themes directory on the
 /// current platform.
 ///
-/// # Panics
-///
-/// Panics if [`solitaire_data::data_dir`] returns `None`, which on
-/// desktop indicates a broken `$HOME` / `$XDG_*` configuration.
-/// Android always returns `Some`. The panic message names the
-/// supported workaround ([`set_user_theme_dir`]).
+/// When [`solitaire_data::data_dir`] returns `None` (broken `$HOME` /
+/// `$XDG_*` on desktop; always on wasm32, which has no filesystem) this
+/// returns an empty path — callers treat that as "no user themes" and
+/// the bundled default theme still works. A warning naming the
+/// [`set_user_theme_dir`] workaround is logged once. Android always
+/// resolves.
 pub fn user_theme_dir() -> PathBuf {
    if let Some(p) = USER_THEME_DIR_OVERRIDE.get() {
        return p.clone();
@@ -76,29 +76,32 @@ fn user_theme_dir_for(data_dir: PathBuf) -> PathBuf {
 /// Per-target-os resolution of the platform's data dir. Delegates
 /// to [`solitaire_data::data_dir`] which encapsulates the
 /// per-target shape (desktop: `dirs::data_dir()`; android: the
-/// hardcoded `/data/data/<package>/files` sandbox path). Panics
-/// only when the underlying resolver returns `None`, which on
-/// desktop indicates a broken `$HOME` / `$XDG_*` configuration —
-/// the panic message names the supported workaround.
+/// hardcoded `/data/data/<package>/files` sandbox path).
+///
+/// When the resolver returns `None` — always on wasm32 (no
+/// filesystem), or a broken `$HOME` / `$XDG_*` configuration on
+/// desktop — this degrades to an empty path, which downstream theme
+/// scanning treats as "no user themes"; the bundled default theme is
+/// unaffected. CLAUDE.md §2.3 forbids panicking here: losing custom
+/// themes must not take the whole game down with it.
 fn detected_platform_data_dir() -> PathBuf {
    solitaire_data::data_dir().unwrap_or_else(|| {
-        // On wasm32, data_dir() always returns None — there is no filesystem.
-        // User themes are not supported in the browser build; return an empty
-        // path so callers produce a benign empty dir rather than panicking.
-        #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-        {
-            PathBuf::new()
-        }
        #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
        {
-            panic!(
-                "user_theme_dir(): platform data directory is unavailable. \
-                 On Linux check $XDG_DATA_HOME or $HOME; on macOS / Windows \
-                 the OS reported no Application Support / AppData path. \
-                 As a workaround call solitaire_engine::assets::user_dir::\
-                 set_user_theme_dir() before App::run()."
-            )
+            use std::sync::Once;
+            static WARN_ONCE: Once = Once::new();
+            WARN_ONCE.call_once(|| {
+                bevy::log::warn!(
+                    "user_theme_dir(): platform data directory is unavailable; \
+                     user themes are disabled. On Linux check $XDG_DATA_HOME or \
+                     $HOME; on macOS / Windows the OS reported no Application \
+                     Support / AppData path. As a workaround call \
+                     solitaire_engine::assets::user_dir::set_user_theme_dir() \
+                     before App::run()."
+                );
+            });
        }
+        PathBuf::new()
    })
 }

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Sound-effect playback via `kira`.
 //!
-//! Loads five embedded WAVs (`include_bytes!`) at startup and plays them in
-//! response to gameplay events:
+//! Loads seven embedded WAVs (`include_bytes!`) at startup — six SFX plus
+//! the ambient loop — and plays them in response to gameplay events:
 //!
 //! | Event | Sound |
 //! |---|---|
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 //! | `MoveRejectedEvent` | `card_invalid.wav` |
 //! | `NewGameRequestEvent` | `card_deal.wav` |
 //! | `GameWonEvent` | `win_fanfare.wav` |
+//! | `FoundationCompletedEvent` | `foundation_complete.wav` |
 //!
 //! An ambient loop (`ambient_loop.wav`) is started at plugin startup at very
 //! low volume (0.05 amplitude) routed through `music_track`.
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ use crate::settings_plugin::{SettingsChangedEvent, SettingsResource};
 /// Volume amplitude for the stock-recycle draw sound (half of normal 1.0).
 const RECYCLE_VOLUME: f64 = 0.5;

-/// Volume amplitude for the ambient music loop placeholder.
+/// Volume amplitude for the ambient music loop.
 const AMBIENT_VOLUME: f64 = 0.05;

 /// Converts a linear amplitude (0.0–1.0+) to the `Decibels` type used by
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ pub struct MuteState {
    pub music_muted: bool,
 }

-/// Plays sound effects and background music via `bevy_kira_audio`. Responds to game events (card place, flip, invalid move, win fanfare) and respects volume settings from `SettingsResource`.
+/// Plays sound effects and background music via `kira`. Responds to game events (card place, flip, invalid move, win fanfare) and respects volume settings from `SettingsResource`.
 pub struct AudioPlugin;

 impl Plugin for AudioPlugin {
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ pub struct AutoCompleteState {
 /// Plugin that drives the auto-complete sequence.
 pub struct AutoCompletePlugin;

+/// Set wrapping the auto-complete detect/drive chain; HUD readers of
+/// [`AutoCompleteState`] order themselves after it (#143).
+#[derive(bevy::ecs::schedule::SystemSet, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub struct AutoComplete;
+
 impl Plugin for AutoCompletePlugin {
    fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
        app.init_resource::<AutoCompleteState>()
@@ -58,7 +63,9 @@ impl Plugin for AutoCompletePlugin {
                    drive_auto_complete,
                )
                    .chain()
-                    .after(GameMutation),
+                    .in_set(AutoComplete)
+                    .after(GameMutation)
+                    .before(crate::card_plugin::BoardVisuals),
            );
    }
 }
@@ -140,6 +147,7 @@ fn drive_auto_complete(
    time: Res<Time>,
    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
    mut moves: MessageWriter<MoveRequestEvent>,
+    mut redraw: MessageWriter<RequestRedraw>,
 ) {
    if !state.active {
        return;
@@ -147,6 +155,10 @@ fn drive_auto_complete(
    if paused.is_some_and(|p| p.0) {
        return;
    }
+    // Keepalive: the step-interval cooldown only advances on frames that
+    // actually run, so keep the winit loop awake for the whole burst under
+    // Android's reactive_low_power focused_mode.
+    redraw.write(RequestRedraw);

    state.cooldown -= time.delta_secs();
    if state.cooldown > 0.0 {
@@ -167,9 +179,9 @@ mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use crate::game_plugin::GamePlugin;
    use crate::table_plugin::TablePlugin;
+    use solitaire_core::{Deck, Rank, Suit};
+    use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameState};
    use solitaire_core::{Foundation, KlondikePile, Tableau};
-    use solitaire_core::card::{Deck, Rank, Suit};
-    use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::GameState};

    fn headless_app() -> App {
        let mut app = App::new();
@@ -177,13 +189,13 @@ mod tests {
            .add_plugins(GamePlugin)
            .add_plugins(TablePlugin)
            .add_plugins(AutoCompletePlugin);
-        app.init_resource::<bevy::input::ButtonInput<KeyCode>>();
+        app.init_resource::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>();
        app.update();
        app
    }

    fn seeded_state_with_auto_move() -> (GameState, (KlondikePile, KlondikePile)) {
-        let mut g = GameState::new(1, DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        let mut g = GameState::new(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        g.set_test_stock_cards(Vec::new());
        g.set_test_waste_cards(Vec::new());
        for foundation in [
@@ -207,7 +219,11 @@ mod tests {
        }
        g.set_test_tableau_cards(
            Tableau::Tableau1,
-            vec![solitaire_core::card::Card::new(Deck::Deck1, Suit::Clubs, Rank::Ace)],
+            vec![solitaire_core::Card::new(
+                Deck::Deck1,
+                Suit::Clubs,
+                Rank::Ace,
+            )],
        );
        g.set_test_auto_completable(true);
        let expected = (
@@ -227,7 +243,7 @@ mod tests {
    #[test]
    fn detect_activates_when_auto_completable() {
        let mut app = headless_app();
-        let mut g = GameState::new(42, DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        let mut g = GameState::new(42, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        g.set_test_auto_completable(true);
        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<GameStateResource>().0 = g;
        app.world_mut().write_message(StateChangedEvent);
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub struct AvatarFetchEvent {
    pub url: String,
 }

-impl bevy::prelude::Message for AvatarFetchEvent {}
+impl Message for AvatarFetchEvent {}

 /// In-flight avatar download task. Returns the raw image bytes on success,
 /// or `None` on any network / decode error.
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
 //! The sine term is 0 at `t = 0` and `t = 1` and peaks at `t = 0.5`, so the
 //! card "floats up" in the middle of its travel and lands at its correct rest z.
 //!
-//! # Retargeting
-//!
-//! When a card is redirected mid-flight, call [`retarget_animation`]. It reads
-//! the current interpolated position so the card never snaps.
-//!
 //! # Coexistence with `CardAnim`
 //!
 //! `CardAnimation` and the legacy `CardAnim` can coexist in the same world but
@@ -33,6 +28,7 @@
 use std::f32::consts::PI;

 use bevy::prelude::*;
+use bevy::window::RequestRedraw;

 use super::curves::{MotionCurve, sample_curve};
 use super::timing::compute_duration;
@@ -122,8 +118,6 @@ impl CardAnimation {
    }

    /// Returns the current interpolated XY position without advancing time.
-    ///
-    /// Used by [`retarget_animation`] to read mid-flight position cleanly.
    pub fn current_xy(&self) -> Vec2 {
        if self.duration <= 0.0 {
            return self.end;
@@ -134,90 +128,6 @@ impl CardAnimation {
    }
 }

-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Retarget helper
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-/// Redirects a card to a new destination without snapping or interrupting motion.
-///
-/// Reads the card's current interpolated position (from a live [`CardAnimation`]
-/// if present, or from `Transform` if stationary) and starts a fresh
-/// [`CardAnimation`] from that position. Duration is recalculated from the
-/// remaining distance so short paths stay quick.
-///
-/// # Velocity continuity
-///
-/// When a card is mid-flight, the new animation starts with a small positive
-/// `elapsed` offset (`carry`) derived from how far through the current animation
-/// the card is. This preserves a sense of forward momentum: the new curve does
-/// not restart from zero velocity, avoiding a visible "lurch" when the target
-/// changes rapidly.
-///
-/// The carry is deliberately small (≤ 10 % of the new duration) so that it
-/// never causes a visible position jump — the card's start position is still
-/// read from the current transform.
-///
-/// # Example
-///
-/// ```ignore
-/// // Inside a system that decides to move a card to a new target:
-/// let (entity, transform, anim) = cards.get(card_entity)?;
-/// retarget_animation(
-///     &mut commands,
-///     entity,
-///     anim,            // Option<&CardAnimation>
-///     transform,
-///     Vec2::new(400.0, 200.0),
-///     resting_z,
-///     MotionCurve::SmoothSnap,
-/// );
-/// ```
-pub fn retarget_animation(
-    commands: &mut Commands,
-    entity: Entity,
-    current_anim: Option<&CardAnimation>,
-    transform: &Transform,
-    new_end: Vec2,
-    new_end_z: f32,
-    curve: MotionCurve,
-) {
-    let (current_xy, current_z, momentum_carry) = match current_anim {
-        Some(anim) if anim.duration > 0.0 => {
-            // Estimate how far into the current animation we are and carry
-            // a small fraction of that progress into the new animation.
-            // This avoids restarting from zero velocity and makes the motion
-            // feel continuous when the target changes mid-flight.
-            let t = (anim.elapsed / anim.duration).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
-            // Cap at 10 % of the new animation so there's no visible jump.
-            let carry = (t * 0.12).min(0.10);
-            (anim.current_xy(), transform.translation.z, carry)
-        }
-        _ => (
-            transform.translation.truncate(),
-            transform.translation.z,
-            0.0,
-        ),
-    };
-
-    let distance = current_xy.distance(new_end);
-    let duration = compute_duration(distance);
-
-    commands.entity(entity).insert(CardAnimation {
-        start: current_xy,
-        end: new_end,
-        // Start slightly into the new animation to carry forward momentum.
-        elapsed: momentum_carry * duration,
-        duration,
-        curve,
-        delay: 0.0,
-        start_z: current_z,
-        end_z: new_end_z,
-        z_lift: 8.0,
-        scale_start: 1.0,
-        scale_end: 1.0,
-    });
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // System
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -232,10 +142,18 @@ pub(crate) fn advance_card_animations(
    time: Res<Time>,
    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
    mut q: Query<(Entity, &mut Transform, &mut CardAnimation)>,
+    mut redraw: MessageWriter<RequestRedraw>,
 ) {
    if paused.is_some_and(|p| p.0) {
        return;
    }
+    // Keep the winit event loop awake while any animation (including one
+    // still in its delay phase) needs per-frame ticks. Without this,
+    // Android's reactive_low_power focused_mode only wakes at its 100 ms
+    // ceiling and card slides render at ~10 fps.
+    if !q.is_empty() {
+        redraw.write(RequestRedraw);
+    }
    let dt = time.delta_secs();

    for (entity, mut transform, mut anim) in &mut q {
@@ -283,27 +201,6 @@ pub(crate) fn advance_card_animations(
    }
 }

-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Win cascade
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-/// Win-cascade scatter targets — 8 points beyond the window edges.
-///
-/// Scaled by `radius` (pass `layout.card_size.x * 8.0` for a good result).
-pub fn win_scatter_targets(radius: f32) -> [Vec2; 8] {
-    let r = radius;
-    [
-        Vec2::new(r, r),
-        Vec2::new(-r, r),
-        Vec2::new(r, -r),
-        Vec2::new(-r, -r),
-        Vec2::new(0.0, r),
-        Vec2::new(0.0, -r),
-        Vec2::new(r, 0.0),
-        Vec2::new(-r, 0.0),
-    ]
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Tests
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -386,21 +283,4 @@ mod tests {
            .with_z_lift(12.0);
        assert!((anim.z_lift - 12.0).abs() < 1e-6);
    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn win_scatter_has_eight_targets() {
-        let targets = win_scatter_targets(800.0);
-        assert_eq!(targets.len(), 8);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn win_scatter_targets_are_off_center() {
-        for t in win_scatter_targets(400.0) {
-            let dist = t.length();
-            assert!(
-                dist > 100.0,
-                "scatter target should be well off-center: {t:?}"
-            );
-        }
-    }
 }
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use std::collections::VecDeque;

 use bevy::prelude::*;
 use bevy::window::PrimaryWindow;
-use solitaire_core::card::Card;
+use solitaire_core::Card;

 use super::animation::CardAnimation;
 use super::tuning::AnimationTuning;
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ pub struct HoverState {
 /// Describes a user action that arrived while cards were still animating.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum BufferedInput {
-    Move {
-        from: crate::events::MoveRequestEvent,
-    },
+    Move { from: MoveRequestEvent },
    Draw,
    Undo,
 }
@@ -31,38 +31,6 @@
 //! ));
 //! ```
 //!
-//! Retarget a card mid-flight:
-//!
-//! ```ignore
-//! use solitaire_engine::card_animation::retarget_animation;
-//!
-//! fn handle_drop(
-//!     mut commands: Commands,
-//!     q: Query<(Entity, &Transform, Option<&CardAnimation>), With<CardEntity>>,
-//! ) {
-//!     let (entity, transform, anim) = q.get(card_entity).unwrap();
-//!     retarget_animation(
-//!         &mut commands,
-//!         entity,
-//!         anim,
-//!         transform,
-//!         new_target_xy,
-//!         new_target_z,
-//!         MotionCurve::SmoothSnap,
-//!     );
-//! }
-//! ```
-//!
-//! # Win cascade with `Expressive` curve
-//!
-//! The existing `AnimationPlugin` drives the win cascade with `CardAnim`
-//! (linear). To use the curve-based cascade instead, disable
-//! `handle_win_cascade` in `AnimationPlugin` and register `WinCascadePlugin`
-//! (declared below) which uses `CardAnimation` + `MotionCurve::Expressive`.
-//!
-//! They **must not both be active** — both write to `Transform` on the same
-//! 52 entities and will race.
-//!
 //! # Coexistence rules
 //!
 //! | Condition | Safe? |
@@ -80,24 +48,21 @@ pub mod interaction;
 pub mod timing;
 pub mod tuning;

-pub use animation::{CardAnimation, retarget_animation, win_scatter_targets};
+pub use animation::CardAnimation;
 pub use chain::AnimationChain;
 pub use curves::{MotionCurve, sample_curve};
 pub use diagnostics::{FrameTimeDiagnostics, WINDOW_SIZE as DIAG_WINDOW_SIZE};
 pub use interaction::{BufferedInput, HoverState, InputBuffer};
 pub use timing::{
-    DEAL_INTERVAL_SECS, MAX_DURATION_SECS, MIN_DURATION_SECS, WIN_CASCADE_INTERVAL_SECS,
-    cascade_delay, compute_duration, micro_vary,
+    DEAL_INTERVAL_SECS, MAX_DURATION_SECS, MIN_DURATION_SECS, compute_duration, micro_vary,
 };
 pub use tuning::{AnimationTuning, InputPlatform};

 use bevy::prelude::*;
 use bevy::window::RequestRedraw;

-use crate::card_plugin::CardEntity;
 use crate::events::{DrawRequestEvent, GameWonEvent, MoveRequestEvent, UndoRequestEvent};
 use crate::game_plugin::GameMutation;
-use crate::layout::LayoutResource;
 use crate::resources::DragState;

 use animation::advance_card_animations;
@@ -166,63 +131,6 @@ impl Plugin for CardAnimationPlugin {
    }
 }

-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Optional: win cascade with Expressive curve
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-/// Optional plugin that replaces the linear win cascade in `AnimationPlugin`
-/// with an `Expressive`-curve cascade.
-///
-/// **Do not register this alongside `AnimationPlugin`'s win cascade** — they
-/// will race on the same card entities. To use this plugin, prevent
-/// `AnimationPlugin` from handling `GameWonEvent` (or remove it and manage
-/// win toasts manually).
-pub struct WinCascadePlugin;
-
-impl Plugin for WinCascadePlugin {
-    fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
-        app.add_systems(Update, trigger_expressive_win_cascade.after(GameMutation));
-    }
-}
-
-/// Inserts `CardAnimation` (Expressive curve) on every card when `GameWonEvent` fires.
-///
-/// Cards scatter to 8 off-screen positions with per-card stagger. The z-lift
-/// creates a "burst" effect as cards fly outward.
-fn trigger_expressive_win_cascade(
-    mut events: MessageReader<GameWonEvent>,
-    cards: Query<(Entity, &Transform), With<CardEntity>>,
-    layout: Option<Res<LayoutResource>>,
-    mut commands: Commands,
-) {
-    if events.read().next().is_none() {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    let radius = layout.as_ref().map_or(800.0, |l| l.0.card_size.x * 8.0);
-
-    let targets = win_scatter_targets(radius);
-
-    for (index, (entity, transform)) in cards.iter().enumerate() {
-        let start_xy = transform.translation.truncate();
-        let start_z = transform.translation.z;
-        let target = targets[index % targets.len()];
-
-        commands.entity(entity).insert(
-            CardAnimation::slide(
-                start_xy,
-                start_z,
-                target,
-                start_z + 60.0,
-                MotionCurve::Expressive,
-            )
-            .with_delay(cascade_delay(index, WIN_CASCADE_INTERVAL_SECS))
-            .with_duration(0.65)
-            .with_z_lift(25.0),
-        );
-    }
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Tests
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -307,6 +215,49 @@ mod tests {
        );
    }

+    /// Regression test for the v0.40.0 Android animation-lag bug: commit
+    /// 38e4c03 switched Android to `reactive_low_power` focused_mode on the
+    /// premise that animation systems write `RequestRedraw` while active,
+    /// but the writers were never added — card slides rendered at the 100 ms
+    /// wake ceiling (~10 fps). Active animations MUST emit `RequestRedraw`
+    /// every frame; an idle board must not.
+    #[test]
+    fn active_card_animation_requests_redraw() {
+        let mut app = App::new();
+        app.add_plugins(MinimalPlugins)
+            .add_plugins(CardAnimationPlugin);
+
+        // Idle board: no redraw requests.
+        app.update();
+        assert!(
+            app.world().resource::<Messages<RequestRedraw>>().is_empty(),
+            "no RequestRedraw expected while no animation is active"
+        );
+
+        app.world_mut().spawn((
+            Transform::from_translation(Vec3::ZERO),
+            CardAnimation {
+                start: Vec2::ZERO,
+                end: Vec2::new(100.0, 0.0),
+                elapsed: 0.0,
+                duration: 1.0,
+                curve: MotionCurve::Responsive,
+                delay: 0.0,
+                start_z: 0.0,
+                end_z: 0.0,
+                z_lift: 0.0,
+                scale_start: 1.0,
+                scale_end: 1.0,
+            },
+        ));
+        app.update();
+        assert!(
+            !app.world().resource::<Messages<RequestRedraw>>().is_empty(),
+            "an active CardAnimation must write RequestRedraw each frame to \
+             sustain the reactive render loop"
+        );
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn card_animation_instant_snaps_on_zero_duration() {
        let mut app = App::new();
@@ -412,19 +363,4 @@ mod tests {
        let state = HoverState::default();
        assert!(state.entity.is_none());
    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn win_scatter_produces_eight_distinct_points() {
-        let targets = win_scatter_targets(600.0);
-        assert_eq!(targets.len(), 8);
-        // All must be different.
-        for i in 0..8 {
-            for j in (i + 1)..8 {
-                assert_ne!(
-                    targets[i], targets[j],
-                    "scatter targets {i} and {j} must be distinct"
-                );
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
@@ -49,17 +49,6 @@ pub fn micro_vary(duration: f32, entity_index: u32) -> f32 {
    duration * (1.0 + variation)
 }

-/// Returns the pre-animation delay for card at `index` in a staggered cascade.
-///
-/// `delay = index × interval_secs`.
-#[inline]
-pub fn cascade_delay(index: usize, interval_secs: f32) -> f32 {
-    index as f32 * interval_secs
-}
-
-/// Recommended per-card interval for the win cascade (Normal speed).
-pub const WIN_CASCADE_INTERVAL_SECS: f32 = 0.018;
-
 /// Recommended per-card interval for deal animations (Normal speed).
 pub const DEAL_INTERVAL_SECS: f32 = 0.022;

@@ -137,22 +126,4 @@ mod tests {
            "micro_vary should differ for different indices"
        );
    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn cascade_delay_zero_index_is_zero() {
-        assert_eq!(cascade_delay(0, 0.018), 0.0);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn cascade_delay_scales_linearly() {
-        let interval = 0.018;
-        for i in 0..52usize {
-            let expected = i as f32 * interval;
-            let actual = cascade_delay(i, interval);
-            assert!(
-                (actual - expected).abs() < 1e-6,
-                "cascade_delay({i}) = {actual}, expected {expected}"
-            );
-        }
-    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+//! Card flip animation and drag shadows.
+
+use super::*;
+
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+
+use solitaire_core::Card;
+
+use crate::animation_plugin::EffectiveSlideDuration;
+use crate::events::{CardFaceRevealedEvent, CardFlippedEvent};
+use crate::layout::LayoutResource;
+use crate::resources::DragState;
+use crate::ui_theme::{CARD_SHADOW_ALPHA_DRAG, CARD_SHADOW_COLOR, CARD_SHADOW_LOCAL_Z};
+
+/// Listens for `CardFlippedEvent` and inserts a `CardFlipAnim` on the entity.
+///
+/// Skipped when `EffectiveSlideDuration::slide_secs == 0.0` (Instant speed).
+pub(super) fn start_flip_anim(
+    mut events: MessageReader<CardFlippedEvent>,
+    slide_dur: Option<Res<EffectiveSlideDuration>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    card_entities: Query<(Entity, &CardEntity)>,
+) {
+    if slide_dur.is_some_and(|d| d.slide_secs == 0.0) {
+        // Instant animation speed — skip the flip effect entirely.
+        events.clear();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for CardFlippedEvent(flipped_card) in events.read() {
+        for (entity, marker) in &card_entities {
+            if marker.card == *flipped_card {
+                commands.entity(entity).insert(CardFlipAnim {
+                    timer: 0.0,
+                    phase: FlipPhase::ScalingDown,
+                });
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Advances `CardFlipAnim` each frame, modifying `Transform::scale.x`.
+///
+/// - Phase `ScalingDown`: lerps scale.x from 1.0 → 0.0 over `FLIP_HALF_SECS`.
+/// - At the midpoint the phase switches to `ScalingUp`, scale.x resets to 0,
+///   and a `CardFaceRevealedEvent` is fired so audio plays in sync with the reveal.
+/// - Phase `ScalingUp`:  lerps scale.x from 0.0 → 1.0 over `FLIP_HALF_SECS`.
+/// - When complete the component is removed and scale.x is restored to 1.0.
+pub(super) fn tick_flip_anim(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    time: Res<Time>,
+    mut anims: Query<(Entity, &CardEntity, &mut Transform, &mut CardFlipAnim)>,
+    mut reveal_events: MessageWriter<CardFaceRevealedEvent>,
+) {
+    let dt = time.delta_secs();
+    for (entity, card_entity, mut transform, mut anim) in &mut anims {
+        anim.timer += dt;
+        match anim.phase {
+            FlipPhase::ScalingDown => {
+                let t = (anim.timer / FLIP_HALF_SECS).min(1.0);
+                transform.scale.x = 1.0 - t;
+                if t >= 1.0 {
+                    anim.phase = FlipPhase::ScalingUp;
+                    anim.timer = 0.0;
+                    transform.scale.x = 0.0;
+                    // Fire the reveal event exactly once, at the phase transition,
+                    // so the flip sound is synchronised with the visual face reveal.
+                    reveal_events.write(CardFaceRevealedEvent(card_entity.card.clone()));
+                }
+            }
+            FlipPhase::ScalingUp => {
+                let t = (anim.timer / FLIP_HALF_SECS).min(1.0);
+                transform.scale.x = t;
+                if t >= 1.0 {
+                    transform.scale.x = 1.0;
+                    commands.entity(entity).remove::<CardFlipAnim>();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Task #38 — Drag-elevation shadow
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Maintains a single `ShadowEntity` while cards are being dragged.
+///
+/// - If a drag is active, spawns (or repositions) a semi-transparent dark
+///   sprite behind the top dragged card.
+/// - If no drag is active, despawns the shadow entity.
+pub(super) fn update_drag_shadow(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    drag: Res<DragState>,
+    layout: Option<Res<LayoutResource>>,
+    card_entities: Query<(&CardEntity, &Transform)>,
+    card_index: Res<CardEntityIndex>,
+    mut shadow: Local<Option<Entity>>,
+) {
+    if drag.is_idle() {
+        // No drag in progress — remove shadow if it exists.
+        if let Some(e) = shadow.take() {
+            commands.entity(e).despawn();
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let Some(layout) = layout else { return };
+    let card_w = layout.0.card_size.x;
+    let card_h = layout.0.card_size.y;
+
+    // Find the world position of the first (top) dragged card.
+    let top_pos = drag.cards.first().and_then(|first_card| {
+        card_index
+            .get(first_card)
+            .and_then(|entity| card_entities.get(entity).ok())
+            .map(|(_, t)| t.translation)
+    });
+
+    let Some(top_pos) = top_pos else { return };
+
+    // Shadow is slightly larger, offset behind-and-below, at a z slightly
+    // below the dragged cards.
+    let shadow_pos = top_pos + Vec3::new(-4.0, 4.0, -1.0);
+
+    match *shadow {
+        Some(e) => {
+            // Reposition the existing shadow.
+            commands
+                .entity(e)
+                .insert(Transform::from_translation(shadow_pos));
+        }
+        None => {
+            // Spawn a new shadow sprite. Alpha tracks the per-card
+            // CARD_SHADOW_ALPHA_DRAG token so the Terminal palette's
+            // "no box-shadow" policy disables this stack shadow in
+            // lockstep with the per-card shadows. Re-enabling shadows
+            // is then a one-line change in `ui_theme`, not a hunt
+            // through plugin code.
+            let e = commands
+                .spawn((
+                    ShadowEntity,
+                    Sprite {
+                        color: CARD_SHADOW_COLOR.with_alpha(CARD_SHADOW_ALPHA_DRAG),
+                        custom_size: Some(Vec2::new(card_w + 8.0, card_h + 8.0)),
+                        ..default()
+                    },
+                    Transform::from_translation(shadow_pos),
+                    Visibility::default(),
+                ))
+                .id();
+            *shadow = Some(e);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Snaps every per-card [`CardShadow`] between its idle and lifted tunings
+/// based on whether the parent [`CardEntity`] is currently in
+/// [`DragState::cards`]. Runs every frame; the transition is an instant snap
+/// (no lerp) — the existing shake / settle feedback already handles motion
+/// at drag-end, so an additional shadow tween would compete with those cues.
+///
+/// The shadow size is rebuilt from the parent card's current `Sprite`
+/// `custom_size` plus the appropriate padding, so the resize handler does
+/// not need to pre-tune shadow sizes for the drag state — this system fixes
+/// the geometry within one frame.
+pub(super) fn update_card_shadows_on_drag(
+    drag: Res<DragState>,
+    cards: Query<(&CardEntity, &Sprite, &Children), Without<CardShadow>>,
+    mut shadows: Query<(&mut Sprite, &mut Transform), With<CardShadow>>,
+) {
+    let dragged: HashSet<&Card> = drag.cards.iter().collect();
+
+    for (card_entity, card_sprite, children) in cards.iter() {
+        let is_dragged = dragged.contains(&card_entity.card);
+        let (offset, padding, alpha) = card_shadow_params(is_dragged);
+        let Some(card_size) = card_sprite.custom_size else {
+            continue;
+        };
+
+        for child in children.iter() {
+            let Ok((mut shadow_sprite, mut shadow_transform)) = shadows.get_mut(child) else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            shadow_sprite.color = CARD_SHADOW_COLOR.with_alpha(alpha);
+            shadow_sprite.custom_size = Some(card_size + padding);
+            shadow_transform.translation.x = offset.x;
+            shadow_transform.translation.y = offset.y;
+            shadow_transform.translation.z = CARD_SHADOW_LOCAL_Z;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Task #28 — Hint highlight tick system
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+//! Hint and right-click highlights, plus cursor hit-testing helpers.
+
+use super::*;
+
+use bevy::color::Color;
+use solitaire_core::Card;
+use solitaire_core::game_state::GameState;
+
+use crate::events::StateChangedEvent;
+use crate::layout::{Layout, LayoutResource};
+use crate::pause_plugin::PausedResource;
+use crate::resources::{DragState, GameStateResource};
+use crate::settings_plugin::SettingsResource;
+use crate::table_plugin::{PILE_MARKER_DEFAULT_COLOUR, PileMarker};
+
+/// Counts down `HintHighlight::remaining` each frame. When it reaches zero,
+/// removes both `HintHighlight` and `HintHighlightTimer` (if present) and
+/// resets the card sprite to its normal face-up colour.
+pub(super) fn tick_hint_highlight(
+    time: Res<Time>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    mut query: Query<(Entity, &mut HintHighlight, &mut Sprite, &CardEntity)>,
+    game: Res<GameStateResource>,
+    settings: Option<Res<SettingsResource>>,
+    card_images: Option<Res<CardImageSet>>,
+) {
+    let back_idx = settings.as_ref().map_or(0, |s| s.0.selected_card_back);
+    let use_images = card_images.is_some();
+    for (entity, mut hint, mut sprite, card_entity) in query.iter_mut() {
+        hint.remaining -= time.delta_secs();
+        if hint.remaining <= 0.0 {
+            // Restore the normal sprite colour.
+            // When image-based rendering is active, WHITE is the neutral tint;
+            // otherwise restore the solid colour appropriate to the card state.
+            sprite.color = if use_images {
+                Color::WHITE
+            } else {
+                let is_face_up = all_cards(&game.0)
+                    .iter()
+                    .find(|(c, _face_up)| *c == card_entity.card)
+                    .is_some_and(|(_, face_up)| *face_up);
+                if is_face_up {
+                    CARD_FACE_COLOUR
+                } else {
+                    card_back_colour(back_idx)
+                }
+            };
+            commands
+                .entity(entity)
+                .remove::<HintHighlight>()
+                .remove::<HintHighlightTimer>();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Task #46 — Right-click legal destination highlights
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Lime tint applied to a `PileMarker` sprite when it is a legal
+/// destination for the right-clicked card. Same RGB as the design-
+/// system [`STATE_SUCCESS`] token at 60% alpha. Spelled as a literal
+/// because `Alpha::with_alpha` is not yet a `const` trait method on
+/// stable; the tracking test below pins the RGB to `STATE_SUCCESS`
+/// so a palette swap can't drift the two apart silently.
+pub(super) const RIGHT_CLICK_HIGHLIGHT_COLOUR: Color = Color::srgba(0.675, 0.761, 0.404, 0.6);
+
+/// Counts down `RightClickHighlightTimer` each frame and clears the highlight
+/// when the timer expires.
+///
+/// This is a fallback expiry: highlights also clear immediately on
+/// `StateChangedEvent` (move made) or when the game is paused, whichever comes
+/// first. The 1.5 s timer ensures highlights always disappear even if the
+/// player takes no further action.
+pub(super) fn tick_right_click_highlights(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    time: Res<Time>,
+    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
+    mut highlights: Query<
+        (Entity, &mut RightClickHighlightTimer, &mut Sprite),
+        With<RightClickHighlight>,
+    >,
+) {
+    if paused.is_some_and(|p| p.0) {
+        return;
+    }
+    let dt = time.delta_secs();
+    for (entity, mut timer, mut sprite) in &mut highlights {
+        timer.0 -= dt;
+        if timer.0 <= 0.0 {
+            // Restore the pile marker to its default colour before removing
+            // the highlight marker component.
+            sprite.color = PILE_MARKER_DEFAULT_COLOUR;
+            commands
+                .entity(entity)
+                .remove::<RightClickHighlight>()
+                .remove::<RightClickHighlightTimer>();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Removes the `RightClickHighlight` marker from every highlighted pile and
+/// resets its sprite colour to `PILE_MARKER_DEFAULT_COLOUR`.
+///
+/// Shared by the on-state-change and on-pause clear systems to avoid
+/// duplicating the removal logic.
+pub(super) fn clear_right_click_highlights(
+    commands: &mut Commands,
+    highlighted: &Query<Entity, With<RightClickHighlight>>,
+    pile_markers: &mut Query<(Entity, &PileMarker, &mut Sprite)>,
+) {
+    for entity in highlighted.iter() {
+        commands.entity(entity).remove::<RightClickHighlight>();
+    }
+    for (_entity, _, mut sprite) in pile_markers.iter_mut() {
+        if sprite.color == RIGHT_CLICK_HIGHLIGHT_COLOUR {
+            sprite.color = PILE_MARKER_DEFAULT_COLOUR;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Clears all right-click destination highlights whenever any game-state
+/// mutation succeeds (`StateChangedEvent` fires).
+///
+/// This ensures stale highlights do not linger after a card is moved.
+pub(super) fn clear_right_click_highlights_on_state_change(
+    mut events: MessageReader<StateChangedEvent>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    highlighted: Query<Entity, With<RightClickHighlight>>,
+    mut pile_markers: Query<(Entity, &PileMarker, &mut Sprite)>,
+) {
+    if events.read().next().is_none() {
+        return;
+    }
+    clear_right_click_highlights(&mut commands, &highlighted, &mut pile_markers);
+}
+
+/// Clears all right-click destination highlights when the game is paused
+/// (`PausedResource` changes to `true`).
+///
+/// Prevents highlighted pile markers from remaining visible behind the pause
+/// overlay.
+pub(super) fn clear_right_click_highlights_on_pause(
+    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    highlighted: Query<Entity, With<RightClickHighlight>>,
+    mut pile_markers: Query<(Entity, &PileMarker, &mut Sprite)>,
+) {
+    let Some(paused) = paused else { return };
+    if paused.is_changed() && paused.0 {
+        clear_right_click_highlights(&mut commands, &highlighted, &mut pile_markers);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Handles right-click: highlights legal destination piles for the clicked card,
+/// and clears highlights on any subsequent right- or left-click.
+///
+/// This system lives in `CardPlugin` to keep `InputPlugin` untouched.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(super) fn handle_right_click(
+    buttons: Option<Res<ButtonInput<MouseButton>>>,
+    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
+    drag: Res<DragState>,
+    windows: Query<&Window, With<bevy::window::PrimaryWindow>>,
+    cameras: Query<(&Camera, &GlobalTransform)>,
+    layout: Option<Res<LayoutResource>>,
+    game: Res<GameStateResource>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    mut pile_markers: Query<(Entity, &PileMarker, &mut Sprite)>,
+    card_entities: Query<(Entity, &CardEntity, &Transform)>,
+    highlighted: Query<Entity, With<RightClickHighlight>>,
+) {
+    if paused.is_some_and(|p| p.0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let Some(buttons) = buttons else { return };
+    let left_pressed = buttons.just_pressed(MouseButton::Left);
+    let right_pressed = buttons.just_pressed(MouseButton::Right);
+
+    // Clear existing highlights on any click.
+    if left_pressed || right_pressed {
+        for entity in &highlighted {
+            commands.entity(entity).remove::<RightClickHighlight>();
+        }
+        for (_entity, _, mut sprite) in &mut pile_markers {
+            if sprite.color == RIGHT_CLICK_HIGHLIGHT_COLOUR {
+                sprite.color = PILE_MARKER_DEFAULT_COLOUR;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Only proceed for right-clicks while not dragging.
+    if !right_pressed || !drag.is_idle() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let Some(layout) = layout else { return };
+
+    // Convert cursor to world-space position.
+    let Some(world) = cursor_world_pos(&windows, &cameras) else {
+        return;
+    };
+
+    // Find the topmost face-up card under the cursor.
+    let Some(card) = find_top_card_at(world, &game.0, &layout.0, &card_entities) else {
+        return;
+    };
+
+    let Some(source_pile) = game.0.pile_containing_card(card.clone()) else {
+        return;
+    };
+
+    // Tint piles that legally accept the card.
+    for (entity, pile_marker, mut sprite) in &mut pile_markers {
+        let legal = game.0.can_move_cards(&source_pile, &pile_marker.0, 1);
+        if legal {
+            sprite.color = RIGHT_CLICK_HIGHLIGHT_COLOUR;
+            commands
+                .entity(entity)
+                .insert(RightClickHighlight)
+                .insert(RightClickHighlightTimer(1.5));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Converts cursor position to 2-D world coordinates.
+pub(super) fn cursor_world_pos(
+    windows: &Query<&Window, With<bevy::window::PrimaryWindow>>,
+    cameras: &Query<(&Camera, &GlobalTransform)>,
+) -> Option<Vec2> {
+    let window = windows.single().ok()?;
+    let cursor = window.cursor_position()?;
+    let (camera, camera_transform) = cameras.single().ok()?;
+    camera.viewport_to_world_2d(camera_transform, cursor).ok()
+}
+
+/// Returns the topmost face-up `Card` under `cursor` by checking axis-aligned
+/// bounding rectangles of all card sprites, picking the highest Z.
+pub(super) fn find_top_card_at(
+    cursor: Vec2,
+    game: &GameState,
+    layout: &Layout,
+    card_entities: &Query<(Entity, &CardEntity, &Transform)>,
+) -> Option<Card> {
+    let half = layout.card_size / 2.0;
+    let mut best: Option<(f32, Card)> = None;
+
+    for (_, card_entity, transform) in card_entities.iter() {
+        let pos = transform.translation.truncate();
+        if cursor.x < pos.x - half.x
+            || cursor.x > pos.x + half.x
+            || cursor.y < pos.y - half.y
+            || cursor.y > pos.y + half.y
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let found = all_cards(game)
+            .into_iter()
+            .find(|(c, face_up)| *c == card_entity.card && *face_up);
+        if let Some((card, _)) = found {
+            let z = transform.translation.z;
+            if best.as_ref().is_none_or(|(bz, _)| z > *bz) {
+                best = Some((z, card));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    best.map(|(_, card)| card)
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Task #28 — Stock-empty visual indicator
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+//! Card face labels: desktop text labels and Android corner labels.
+
+use super::*;
+
+use bevy::color::Color;
+use bevy::sprite::Anchor;
+use solitaire_core::{Card, Rank, Suit};
+
+use crate::ui_theme::TEXT_PRIMARY_HC;
+
+pub(super) fn label_for(card: &Card) -> String {
+    let rank = match card.rank() {
+        Rank::Ace => "A",
+        Rank::Two => "2",
+        Rank::Three => "3",
+        Rank::Four => "4",
+        Rank::Five => "5",
+        Rank::Six => "6",
+        Rank::Seven => "7",
+        Rank::Eight => "8",
+        Rank::Nine => "9",
+        Rank::Ten => "10",
+        Rank::Jack => "J",
+        Rank::Queen => "Q",
+        Rank::King => "K",
+    };
+    let suit = match card.suit() {
+        Suit::Clubs => "C",
+        Suit::Diamonds => "D",
+        Suit::Hearts => "H",
+        Suit::Spades => "S",
+    };
+    format!("{rank}{suit}")
+}
+
+/// Suit colour for the rank/suit overlay rendered atop the constant
+/// fallback sprite (only fires under `MinimalPlugins` — production
+/// renders the suit glyph baked into the PNG). 2-colour traditional
+/// pairing — hearts + diamonds share the saturated red, clubs +
+/// spades share the near-white. Two accessibility flags compose:
+///
+/// - `color_blind`: red-suit cards swap to `RED_SUIT_COLOUR_CBM`
+///   (lime) — the "Settings toggle swaps red→lime" half of the
+///   design system's colour-blind support. CBM is a hue-replacement
+///   for red, so HC has no further effect on red when CBM is on
+///   (the lime is itself a high-luminance colour).
+/// - `high_contrast`: when CBM is off, red suits boost to
+///   `RED_SUIT_COLOUR_HC` (`#ff6868`); black suits boost from
+///   `#e8e8e8` (near-white) to `#f5f5f5` (`TEXT_PRIMARY_HC`).
+///
+/// The other half of CBM support (always-on filled-vs-outlined
+/// glyph differentiation for ♥♠ vs ♦♣) is baked into the PNG art
+/// and has no constant-fallback equivalent.
+pub(super) fn text_colour(card: &Card, color_blind: bool, high_contrast: bool) -> Color {
+    if card.suit().is_red() {
+        if color_blind {
+            // CBM lime wins — the colour-blind swap replaces the
+            // red hue entirely, and the lime is already high-
+            // luminance, so an HC boost on top has nothing to do.
+            RED_SUIT_COLOUR_CBM
+        } else if high_contrast {
+            RED_SUIT_COLOUR_HC
+        } else {
+            RED_SUIT_COLOUR
+        }
+    } else if high_contrast {
+        TEXT_PRIMARY_HC
+    } else {
+        BLACK_SUIT_COLOUR
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) fn label_visibility(face_up: bool) -> Visibility {
+    if face_up {
+        Visibility::Inherited
+    } else {
+        Visibility::Hidden
+    }
+}
+
+/// Rank+suit string for the readability overlay on touch HUD layouts.
+/// Uses Unicode suit glyphs (♠♥♦♣ — U+2660–U+2666, covered by FiraMono).
+pub(super) fn mobile_label_for(card: &Card) -> String {
+    let rank = match card.rank() {
+        Rank::Ace => "A",
+        Rank::Two => "2",
+        Rank::Three => "3",
+        Rank::Four => "4",
+        Rank::Five => "5",
+        Rank::Six => "6",
+        Rank::Seven => "7",
+        Rank::Eight => "8",
+        Rank::Nine => "9",
+        Rank::Ten => "10",
+        Rank::Jack => "J",
+        Rank::Queen => "Q",
+        Rank::King => "K",
+    };
+    let suit = match card.suit() {
+        Suit::Clubs => "♣",
+        Suit::Diamonds => "♦",
+        Suit::Hearts => "♥",
+        Suit::Spades => "♠",
+    };
+    format!("{rank}{suit}")
+}
+
+/// Spawns the [`AndroidCornerLabel`] + [`AndroidCornerBg`] children on
+/// face-up cards. The background sprite covers the card art's own small
+/// corner text so only the large overlay is visible.
+/// Spawns the [`AndroidCornerLabel`] + [`AndroidCornerBg`] children on
+/// face-up cards using FiraMono (passed via `font_handle`) so that the
+/// suit Unicode glyphs U+2660–U+2666 render correctly. Without an explicit
+/// font handle Bevy falls back to its built-in face which does not include
+/// those glyphs, causing a coloured missing-glyph rectangle to appear in
+/// the text colour — the root cause of the "red square on face-down cards"
+/// visual bug (the box bleeds through near the card edge at z=0.02).
+pub(super) fn add_android_corner_label(
+    parent: &mut ChildSpawnerCommands,
+    card: &Card,
+    face_up: bool,
+    card_size: Vec2,
+    color_blind: bool,
+    high_contrast: bool,
+    font_handle: Option<&Handle<Font>>,
+) {
+    if !face_up {
+        return;
+    }
+    let font_size = card_size.x * FONT_SIZE_FRAC_MOBILE;
+    let inset = 3.0_f32;
+    // Background covers ~3 monospace chars wide × 1 line tall.
+    // FiraMono char width ≈ 0.6 × font_size; 2.0× gives room for "10♠"
+    // (3 chars = 1.8× font_size) plus a small margin.
+    let bg_w = font_size * 2.0;
+    let bg_h = font_size * 1.25;
+
+    // Background covers the PNG's baked-in small corner text (top-left).
+    // Classic PNG cards have a white face, so the background must be white too.
+    // (CARD_FACE_COLOUR is the Terminal theme's dark face colour — wrong here.)
+    parent.spawn((
+        AndroidCornerBg,
+        Sprite {
+            color: Color::WHITE,
+            custom_size: Some(Vec2::new(bg_w, bg_h)),
+            ..default()
+        },
+        Transform::from_xyz(
+            -card_size.x / 2.0 + inset + bg_w / 2.0,
+            card_size.y / 2.0 - inset - bg_h / 2.0,
+            0.015,
+        ),
+    ));
+    // Cover the matching rotated baked-in text at the bottom-right corner.
+    parent.spawn((
+        AndroidCornerBg,
+        Sprite {
+            color: Color::WHITE,
+            custom_size: Some(Vec2::new(bg_w, bg_h)),
+            ..default()
+        },
+        Transform::from_xyz(
+            card_size.x / 2.0 - inset - bg_w / 2.0,
+            -card_size.y / 2.0 + inset + bg_h / 2.0,
+            0.015,
+        ),
+    ));
+
+    // Large rank+suit text drawn on top of the background. FiraMono must be
+    // wired here explicitly — the suit glyphs (U+2660–U+2666) are not in
+    // Bevy's built-in font and render as a coloured rectangle without it.
+    //
+    // Classic PNG cards have a white face: red suits stay the same saturated
+    // red, but black suits must use a dark colour (CARD_FACE_COLOUR ≈ #1a1a1a)
+    // rather than the near-white BLACK_SUIT_COLOUR designed for the dark
+    // Terminal theme background.
+    let text_col = if card.suit().is_red() {
+        if color_blind {
+            RED_SUIT_COLOUR_CBM
+        } else if high_contrast {
+            RED_SUIT_COLOUR_HC
+        } else {
+            RED_SUIT_COLOUR
+        }
+    } else {
+        CARD_FACE_COLOUR
+    };
+    let label_text = mobile_label_for(card);
+    parent.spawn((
+        AndroidCornerLabel(label_text.clone()),
+        CardLabel,
+        Text2d::new(label_text),
+        TextFont {
+            font: font_handle.cloned().unwrap_or_default(),
+            font_size,
+            ..default()
+        },
+        TextColor(text_col),
+        Anchor::TOP_LEFT,
+        Transform::from_xyz(-card_size.x / 2.0 + inset, card_size.y / 2.0 - inset, 0.02),
+    ));
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Task #34 — Card-flip animation systems
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -0,0 +1,346 @@
+//! Resize handling: window-resize snapping, in-place card resizing,
+//! and tableau fan spread.
+
+use super::*;
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use bevy::window::WindowResized;
+use solitaire_core::Card;
+use solitaire_core::game_state::GameState;
+
+use crate::animation_plugin::CardAnim;
+use crate::events::StateChangedEvent;
+use crate::font_plugin::FontResource;
+use crate::layout::{Layout, LayoutResource};
+use crate::resources::GameStateResource;
+use crate::table_plugin::PileMarker;
+use crate::ui_theme::{CARD_SHADOW_ALPHA_DRAG, CARD_SHADOW_PADDING_DRAG, CARD_SHADOW_PADDING_IDLE};
+
+/// Coalesces every `WindowResized` event arriving this frame into the latest
+/// pending size on [`ResizeThrottle`].
+///
+/// `WindowResized` fires per pixel of resize drag, so a fast corner drag can
+/// emit many events per frame. Reading `.last()` keeps only the final size —
+/// every frame's snap target is the most recent window size, never a stale
+/// one. Pending stays set across frames until the throttled applier consumes
+/// it; that's how we still flush the final "release" position when the user
+/// stops dragging.
+pub(super) fn collect_resize_events(
+    mut events: MessageReader<WindowResized>,
+    mut throttle: ResMut<ResizeThrottle>,
+) {
+    if let Some(ev) = events.read().last() {
+        throttle.pending = Some(Vec2::new(ev.width, ev.height));
+    }
+}
+
+/// Snaps every card sprite to its target position, size, and (in the
+/// fallback Text2d label path) font size when the window is resized.
+///
+/// **In-place mutation only.** Resize is the hot path — events fire per
+/// pixel of drag, so this system cannot afford the despawn/respawn churn
+/// `update_card_entity` does. We mutate `Sprite.custom_size`, `Transform`,
+/// and child `TextFont.font_size` directly, leaving the card image handle,
+/// suit/rank, and `CardLabel` entity untouched. Cards keep their identity
+/// across resizes; only their size and position change. The full repaint
+/// path lives in [`update_card_entity`] and is still used by every non-resize
+/// caller (deals, moves, flips, settings toggles).
+///
+/// **Throttled to ~20 Hz.** [`ResizeThrottle::pending`] is consumed at most
+/// once per [`RESIZE_THROTTLE_SECS`]. When events stop arriving, the next
+/// tick past the throttle window flushes the final size and clears
+/// `pending`, so the steady-state always matches the user's release size.
+///
+/// **Cancels in-flight slides.** Any `CardAnim` is removed so a mid-slide
+/// tween is not retargeted relative to the previous card-size's position.
+///
+/// The "↺" stock-empty label's `font_size` is derived from
+/// `layout.card_size.x`, so this system also reapplies the stock indicator —
+/// otherwise the label would not rescale on resize.
+///
+/// Scheduled after [`collect_resize_events`] (which itself runs after
+/// `LayoutSystem::UpdateOnResize`) so `LayoutResource` reflects the latest
+/// window size before we read it.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments, clippy::type_complexity)]
+pub(super) fn snap_cards_on_window_resize(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    time: Res<Time>,
+    mut throttle: ResMut<ResizeThrottle>,
+    game: Option<Res<GameStateResource>>,
+    layout: Option<Res<LayoutResource>>,
+    card_images: Option<Res<CardImageSet>>,
+    font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
+    entities: Query<
+        (Entity, &CardEntity, &mut Sprite, &mut Transform),
+        (
+            Without<CardLabel>,
+            Without<CardShadow>,
+            Without<CardBackFrame>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    label_query: Query<&mut TextFont, (With<CardLabel>, Without<StockEmptyLabel>)>,
+    shadow_query: Query<
+        &mut Sprite,
+        (
+            With<CardShadow>,
+            Without<CardEntity>,
+            Without<PileMarker>,
+            Without<CardBackFrame>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    frame_query: Query<
+        &mut Sprite,
+        (
+            With<CardBackFrame>,
+            Without<CardEntity>,
+            Without<CardShadow>,
+            Without<PileMarker>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    mut pile_markers: Query<
+        (Entity, &PileMarker, &mut Sprite),
+        (
+            Without<CardEntity>,
+            Without<CardShadow>,
+            Without<CardBackFrame>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    label_children: Query<(Entity, &ChildOf), With<StockEmptyLabel>>,
+) {
+    if throttle.pending.is_none() {
+        return;
+    }
+    let now = time.elapsed_secs();
+    if !should_apply_resize(now, throttle.last_applied_secs) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let Some(game) = game else {
+        // Nothing to apply — clear pending so we don't busy-loop.
+        throttle.pending = None;
+        return;
+    };
+    let Some(layout) = layout else {
+        throttle.pending = None;
+        return;
+    };
+
+    resize_cards_in_place(
+        &mut commands,
+        &game.0,
+        &layout.0,
+        card_images.as_deref(),
+        entities,
+        label_query,
+        shadow_query,
+        frame_query,
+    );
+
+    let font = font_res.as_ref().map(|f| f.0.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
+    apply_stock_empty_indicator(
+        &mut commands,
+        &game.0,
+        &mut pile_markers,
+        &label_children,
+        &layout.0,
+        font,
+    );
+
+    throttle.last_applied_secs = now;
+    throttle.pending = None;
+}
+
+/// In-place "size-only" sibling of [`sync_cards`]: walks every existing card
+/// entity, updates `Sprite.custom_size` and the snap-`Transform` to match the
+/// fresh layout, and (in fallback solid-colour mode) also updates the child
+/// `TextFont.font_size` of any `CardLabel`. No despawning, no `Sprite`
+/// replacement, no children rebuild — that's the entire point of this path.
+///
+/// Called only from the resize handler. Game-state changes (deals, moves,
+/// flips, settings toggles) still flow through [`sync_cards`] /
+/// [`update_card_entity`], which handle add/remove/repaint correctly.
+///
+/// Any in-flight `CardAnim` slide is removed so a mid-tween card is not
+/// retargeted relative to the previous card-size's position.
+#[allow(clippy::type_complexity, clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(super) fn resize_cards_in_place(
+    commands: &mut Commands,
+    game: &GameState,
+    layout: &Layout,
+    card_images: Option<&CardImageSet>,
+    mut entities: Query<
+        (Entity, &CardEntity, &mut Sprite, &mut Transform),
+        (
+            Without<CardLabel>,
+            Without<CardShadow>,
+            Without<CardBackFrame>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    mut label_query: Query<&mut TextFont, (With<CardLabel>, Without<StockEmptyLabel>)>,
+    mut shadow_query: Query<
+        &mut Sprite,
+        (
+            With<CardShadow>,
+            Without<CardEntity>,
+            Without<PileMarker>,
+            Without<CardBackFrame>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    mut frame_query: Query<
+        &mut Sprite,
+        (
+            With<CardBackFrame>,
+            Without<CardEntity>,
+            Without<CardShadow>,
+            Without<PileMarker>,
+        ),
+    >,
+) {
+    let positions = card_positions(game, layout);
+    let pos_by_id: HashMap<Card, (Vec2, f32)> = positions
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|((c, _face_up), p, z)| (c, (p, z)))
+        .collect();
+
+    for (entity, marker, mut sprite, mut transform) in entities.iter_mut() {
+        let Some(&(pos, z)) = pos_by_id.get(&marker.card) else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        sprite.custom_size = Some(layout.card_size);
+        transform.translation.x = pos.x;
+        transform.translation.y = pos.y;
+        transform.translation.z = z;
+        // Cancel any in-flight slide so it doesn't retarget from a stale
+        // mid-animation position computed against the previous card size.
+        commands.entity(entity).remove::<CardAnim>();
+    }
+
+    // Resize every per-card shadow halo to match the new card size. Both
+    // idle and drag states scale with the card body, so we preserve the
+    // *current* padding (idle vs drag) by keeping the alpha as-is and only
+    // recomputing the geometry. The drag-tracking system runs every frame
+    // and will retune offset / alpha / padding-mode within one frame if the
+    // drag state diverges from the resized geometry.
+    let idle_padding = CARD_SHADOW_PADDING_IDLE;
+    let drag_padding = CARD_SHADOW_PADDING_DRAG;
+    for mut shadow_sprite in shadow_query.iter_mut() {
+        // Choose padding based on the shadow's current alpha — preserves
+        // a lifted shadow's larger halo across resize without needing to
+        // plumb DragState through the resize handler.
+        let alpha = shadow_sprite.color.alpha();
+        let padding = if alpha >= CARD_SHADOW_ALPHA_DRAG - 0.001 {
+            drag_padding
+        } else {
+            idle_padding
+        };
+        shadow_sprite.custom_size = Some(layout.card_size + padding);
+    }
+
+    // Only the solid-colour fallback path uses CardLabel/Text2d overlays;
+    // when PNG faces are loaded the rank/suit are baked into the image and
+    // there is nothing to resize on the label side.
+    if card_images.is_none() {
+        let new_font_size = layout.card_size.x * FONT_SIZE_FRAC;
+        for mut font in label_query.iter_mut() {
+            font.font_size = new_font_size;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Resize every face-down border frame to match the new card size.
+    let frame_size = layout.card_size + Vec2::splat(CARD_BACK_FRAME_PADDING);
+    for mut frame_sprite in frame_query.iter_mut() {
+        frame_sprite.custom_size = Some(frame_size);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Updates font size and top-left anchor transform of every
+/// [`AndroidCornerLabel`] entity when `LayoutResource` changes (orientation
+/// change or any window resize). The full despawn/respawn path in
+/// `update_card_entity` already handles game-state changes; this system
+/// covers the resize-only path where children are mutated in place.
+pub(super) fn resize_android_corner_labels(
+    layout: Res<LayoutResource>,
+    card_images: Option<Res<CardImageSet>>,
+    mut text_query: Query<(
+        &AndroidCornerLabel,
+        &mut Text2d,
+        &mut TextFont,
+        &mut Transform,
+    )>,
+    mut bg_query: Query<(&mut Sprite, &mut Transform), AndroidCornerBgFilter>,
+) {
+    if !layout.is_changed() || card_images.is_none() {
+        return;
+    }
+    let font_size = layout.0.card_size.x * FONT_SIZE_FRAC_MOBILE;
+    let inset = 3.0_f32;
+    let bg_w = font_size * 2.0;
+    let bg_h = font_size * 1.25;
+    let text_x = -layout.0.card_size.x / 2.0 + inset;
+    let text_y = layout.0.card_size.y / 2.0 - inset;
+
+    for (label, mut text2d, mut font, mut transform) in text_query.iter_mut() {
+        text2d.0 = label.0.clone();
+        font.font_size = font_size;
+        transform.translation.x = text_x;
+        transform.translation.y = text_y;
+    }
+    for (mut sprite, mut transform) in bg_query.iter_mut() {
+        sprite.custom_size = Some(Vec2::new(bg_w, bg_h));
+        transform.translation.x = text_x + bg_w / 2.0;
+        transform.translation.y = text_y - bg_h / 2.0;
+    }
+}
+
+/// Adjusts `LayoutResource.tableau_fan_frac` (and the face-down companion) so
+/// the deepest tableau column fills the available vertical space at every stage
+/// of play. Runs after every `StateChangedEvent`.
+///
+/// Depth is measured across *all* cards in a column, weighting each face-down
+/// card by the fixed face-down/face-up step ratio. Counting the face-down
+/// portion — not just the face-up tail — is what fills the lower screen on a
+/// fresh deal (the deepest column is then six face-down cards under one face-up
+/// one): the earlier face-up-only depth was 1, so the fan never spread and the
+/// bottom half of a near-square viewport (e.g. an unfolded foldable) sat empty.
+///
+/// Deeper columns drive the fraction down so everything still fits the window;
+/// [`crate::layout::TABLEAU_FAN_FRAC`] floors it to the desktop feel and
+/// [`MAX_DYNAMIC_FAN_FRAC`] caps it so a near-empty column doesn't fling its few
+/// cards far apart.
+pub(super) fn update_tableau_fan_frac(
+    mut events: MessageReader<StateChangedEvent>,
+    game: Option<Res<GameStateResource>>,
+    mut layout: Option<ResMut<LayoutResource>>,
+) {
+    if events.read().next().is_none() {
+        return;
+    }
+    let Some(game) = game else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let Some(layout) = layout.as_mut() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    crate::layout::apply_dynamic_tableau_fan(&game.0, &mut layout.0);
+}
+
+/// PostStartup sibling of [`update_tableau_fan_frac`]. The initial deal is
+/// inserted directly as `GameStateResource` at startup without a
+/// `StateChangedEvent`, so the event-driven system never fires for it. This
+/// runs once, before [`sync_cards_startup`] renders, so the very first board
+/// (cold start) already fills the viewport — otherwise a fresh deal on a tall /
+/// near-square screen (e.g. an unfolded foldable) renders with the unspread fan
+/// and a large empty band below the tableau until the first move.
+pub(super) fn fill_tableau_fan_on_startup(
+    game: Option<Res<GameStateResource>>,
+    mut layout: Option<ResMut<LayoutResource>>,
+) {
+    let Some(game) = game else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let Some(layout) = layout.as_mut() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    crate::layout::apply_dynamic_tableau_fan(&game.0, &mut layout.0);
+}
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+//! PNG-based card rendering.
+//!
+//! Card entities are synced with [`GameStateResource`] on every
+//! [`StateChangedEvent`]: missing cards are spawned, present cards are
+//! repositioned/updated in place, and stale cards are despawned.
+//!
+//! When [`CardImageSet`] is available, each face-up card renders its own
+//! 120×168 px `Handle<Image>` chosen from the 52 per-card PNGs loaded from
+//! `assets/cards/faces/{rank}_{suit}.png`. A solid-colour `Sprite` with a
+//! `Text2d` rank+suit overlay is used as a fallback when `CardImageSet` is
+//! absent (e.g. in tests running under `MinimalPlugins`).
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use bevy::color::Color;
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+use solitaire_core::Card;
+use solitaire_core::{KlondikePile, Tableau};
+
+use crate::card_animation::CardAnimation;
+use crate::events::{CardFaceRevealedEvent, CardFlippedEvent};
+use crate::game_plugin::GameMutation;
+use crate::layout::{Layout, LayoutSystem};
+
+mod anim;
+mod highlights;
+mod labels;
+mod layout;
+mod stock;
+mod sync;
+
+use anim::*;
+use highlights::*;
+use labels::*;
+use layout::*;
+use stock::*;
+use sync::*;
+
+use crate::resources::GameStateResource;
+use crate::settings_plugin::SettingsChangedEvent;
+use crate::ui_theme::{
+    CARD_SHADOW_ALPHA_DRAG, CARD_SHADOW_ALPHA_IDLE, CARD_SHADOW_COLOR, CARD_SHADOW_LOCAL_Z,
+    CARD_SHADOW_OFFSET_DRAG, CARD_SHADOW_OFFSET_IDLE, CARD_SHADOW_PADDING_DRAG,
+    CARD_SHADOW_PADDING_IDLE,
+};
+
+/// Per-card vertical step for face-down tableau cards, as a fraction of
+/// card height. Smaller than [`crate::layout::TABLEAU_FAN_FRAC`] because face-down cards
+/// don't need their full body shown — only the back-pattern strip is
+/// visible. Public so `input_plugin` can mirror the exact sprite layout
+/// when hit-testing tableau columns; any drift between this and the
+/// renderer creates a visible offset between the card face and where
+/// clicks land.
+///
+/// Matches `layout::TABLEAU_FACEDOWN_FAN_FRAC` (0.14). Both constants must
+/// stay in sync; the layout constant drives the adaptive LayoutResource value
+/// used at runtime, while this one is the minimum floor used by
+/// `update_tableau_fan_frac` when computing proportional updates.
+pub const TABLEAU_FACEDOWN_FAN_FRAC: f32 = 0.14;
+
+/// Fraction of card height used as a tiny offset between stacked cards in
+/// non-tableau piles, so stacking is visible. Public so other plugins
+/// (e.g. input_plugin's drag-rejection tween) can compute the resting
+/// `Transform.translation.z` for a card at a given stack index without
+/// drifting from the value used by [`card_positions`].
+// Must exceed the highest child local-z of any card entity (0.02 for the
+// Android corner label) so every card's sprite covers all children of the
+// card below it.  Raising from 0.003 → 0.025 fixes corner labels on
+// foundation piles bleeding through when a 2 sits on an Ace.
+pub const STACK_FAN_FRAC: f32 = 0.025;
+
+/// Per-card horizontal fan step for the Draw-Three waste, in logical pixels.
+///
+/// Derived from the actual tableau column spacing (`Tableau2.x − Tableau1.x`)
+/// rather than a fixed fraction of card width, so the fan scales with the
+/// platform's `H_GAP_DIVISOR` (desktop ≈ 1.25×cw spacing, Android ≈ 1.03×cw).
+/// Public so `input_plugin` can hit-test the fanned waste cards at the exact
+/// x-offsets the renderer uses; any drift makes a click on the top fanned card
+/// land on the card beneath it.
+pub fn waste_fan_step(layout: &Layout) -> f32 {
+    tableau_col_step(layout) * 0.224
+}
+
+/// Horizontal distance between adjacent tableau columns (`Tableau2.x −
+/// Tableau1.x`), in logical pixels. The face-down stock is rendered one column
+/// step left of the waste, and the Draw-Three waste fan ([`waste_fan_step`]) is
+/// a fraction of it. Public so hit-testing mirrors the renderer exactly.
+pub fn tableau_col_step(layout: &Layout) -> f32 {
+    let t1 = layout
+        .pile_positions
+        .get(&KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1))
+        .copied()
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+    let t2 = layout
+        .pile_positions
+        .get(&KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau2))
+        .copied()
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+    (t2.x - t1.x).abs()
+}
+
+/// Font size as a fraction of card width.
+const FONT_SIZE_FRAC: f32 = 0.28;
+
+/// Font-size fraction for the large-print readability overlay on touch HUD layouts.
+/// Spawned on top of PNG face cards to make the rank+suit legible at phone
+/// scale, where the baked-in PNG corner text is only ~10 px physical.
+const FONT_SIZE_FRAC_MOBILE: f32 = 0.35;
+
+/// Card-face background — Terminal `#1a1a1a` (BG_ELEVATED).
+pub const CARD_FACE_COLOUR: Color = Color::srgb(0.102, 0.102, 0.102);
+/// Suit colour for hearts + diamonds — saturated red `#e35353`.
+/// 2-colour traditional pairing (the "Microsoft Solitaire on dark
+/// mode" feel) replacing the brief 4-colour-deck experiment that
+/// shipped between v0.21.0 and this commit. Brighter and more
+/// saturated than the v0.21.0 pink `#fb9fb1` so the cards read as
+/// a "real solitaire deck" rather than a Terminal-pastel theme.
+/// Visually distinct from `ACCENT_PRIMARY` (`#a54242` brick red,
+/// darker) so chrome and suit don't read as the same hue.
+pub const RED_SUIT_COLOUR: Color = Color::srgb(0.890, 0.325, 0.325);
+/// High-contrast variant of [`RED_SUIT_COLOUR`] — `#ff6868`. Lifted
+/// luminance for the Settings → Accessibility → High-contrast mode
+/// toggle. Pre-2-colour-revert this was `#ff8aa0` (pink-salmon)
+/// matching the v0.21.0 pink default; rebumped to a brighter red
+/// so it reads as "more chromatic" than the new saturated default,
+/// not "less saturated." Independent of `RED_SUIT_COLOUR_CBM`
+/// (lime) — high-contrast is *additive* over the default colour
+/// palette; CBM is a *replacement* of red with a hue-distinct
+/// alternative. The two modes can stack; CBM wins when both are on
+/// because the CBM lime is itself a high-contrast colour.
+pub const RED_SUIT_COLOUR_HC: Color = Color::srgb(1.000, 0.408, 0.408);
+/// Suit colour for spades + clubs — near-white `#e8e8e8`. Brighter
+/// than `TEXT_PRIMARY` (`#d0d0d0`, foreground gray) so the
+/// "black suit" reads as a distinct, chromatic-neutral counterpart
+/// to the new saturated red, not as "the same gray as body text."
+/// `TEXT_PRIMARY_HC` (`#f5f5f5`) is still brighter for the
+/// high-contrast boost path.
+pub const BLACK_SUIT_COLOUR: Color = Color::srgb(0.910, 0.910, 0.910);
+
+/// Canonical outer index of `s` in [`CardImageSet::faces`].
+///
+/// Derived from the upstream `card_game::Suit` discriminants (0..=3 in
+/// `Suit::SUITS` order), so every reader and writer of `faces` computes
+/// the same layout from the same source. Three hand-rolled copies of this
+/// mapping once lived in card_plugin and theme/plugin and were one
+/// reorder away from drawing the wrong art.
+pub(crate) const fn suit_index(s: solitaire_core::Suit) -> usize {
+    s as usize
+}
+
+/// Canonical inner index of `r` in [`CardImageSet::faces`] — upstream
+/// `card_game::Rank` discriminants are 1..=13 in `Rank::RANKS` order.
+pub(crate) const fn rank_index(r: solitaire_core::Rank) -> usize {
+    r as usize - 1
+}
+
+/// Pre-loaded [`Handle<Image>`]s for card face and back PNG textures.
+///
+/// Loaded once at startup by [`load_card_images`].  When this resource is
+/// present, card sprites use the PNG artwork; otherwise they fall back to
+/// solid-colour sprites (used in tests with `MinimalPlugins`).
+#[derive(Resource)]
+pub struct CardImageSet {
+    /// Per-card face images indexed by `[suit][rank]`.
+    ///
+    /// Layout is pinned to the upstream declaration order — index with
+    /// [`suit_index`] / [`rank_index`], never a hand-rolled match.
+    /// Suit order: `Suit::SUITS` (Spades=0, Hearts=1, Clubs=2, Diamonds=3).
+    /// Rank order: `Rank::RANKS` (Ace=0 … King=12).
+    pub faces: [[Handle<Image>; 13]; 4],
+    /// One handle per unlockable card-back design (indices 0–4). These
+    /// correspond to the legacy `assets/cards/backs/back_N.png` art, indexed
+    /// by `Settings::selected_card_back`. Used as a fallback when the active
+    /// theme does not provide its own back (see [`Self::theme_back`]).
+    pub backs: [Handle<Image>; 5],
+    /// Back image supplied by the currently-active card theme, if any.
+    ///
+    /// Populated by `theme::plugin::apply_theme_to_card_image_set` whenever
+    /// a `CardTheme` finishes loading. The face-down render path in
+    /// [`card_sprite`] prefers this handle over the legacy `backs[]` array,
+    /// so a theme switch swaps both faces *and* the back without the player
+    /// needing to touch the legacy `selected_card_back` picker. `None` means
+    /// the active theme did not declare a back asset (or no theme has loaded
+    /// yet); in that case [`card_sprite`] falls back to the legacy array.
+    pub theme_back: Option<Handle<Image>>,
+}
+
+/// Suit-colour swap for red-suit cards in colour-blind mode — Terminal
+/// `#acc267` (lime). Replaces `RED_SUIT_COLOUR` (pink) when CBM is on,
+/// providing a hue-distinct alternative that survives the most common
+/// red/green deficiencies. Pre-Terminal this was a *face tint*; the new
+/// design moves CBM differentiation into the suit glyph colour itself
+/// and keeps the face uniformly `CARD_FACE_COLOUR` regardless of CBM.
+///
+/// The CBM swap is lime (not the `ACCENT_PRIMARY` brick-red) because
+/// the primary accent is itself in the red family — using it for
+/// "the not-red CBM alternative" would defeat the purpose. Lime is
+/// the next-best non-red base16-eighties accent; deuteranopia and
+/// protanopia readers see it as visibly distinct from pink.
+const RED_SUIT_COLOUR_CBM: Color = Color::srgb(0.675, 0.761, 0.404);
+
+/// Returns the fallback card-back colour for the given unlocked card-back
+/// index. Production renders backs from PNG artwork; this fallback only
+/// fires under `MinimalPlugins` (tests). Mirrors the 5 accent colours
+/// from `card_face_svg::BACK_ACCENTS` so the test-environment back lives
+/// in the same hue family as the on-disk PNG art for that index.
+fn card_back_colour(selected_card_back: usize) -> Color {
+    match selected_card_back {
+        0 => Color::srgb(0.647, 0.259, 0.259), // #a54242 brick red (Terminal canonical, ACCENT_PRIMARY)
+        1 => Color::srgb(0.675, 0.761, 0.404), // #acc267 lime
+        2 => Color::srgb(0.882, 0.639, 0.933), // #e1a3ee lavender
+        3 => Color::srgb(0.984, 0.624, 0.694), // #fb9fb1 pink
+        _ => Color::srgb(0.867, 0.698, 0.435), // #ddb26f gold (4+)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Marker component linking a Bevy entity to its `solitaire_core::Card`.
+#[derive(Component, Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct CardEntity {
+    pub card: Card,
+}
+
+/// Cached signature of the inputs that determine a card entity's *child*
+/// visuals (drop-shadow, border frame, and the rank/suit label / large-print
+/// corner overlay). Stored on each card so [`update_card_entity`] can skip the
+/// expensive `despawn_related::<Children>()` + child respawn when nothing about
+/// the appearance changed — the common case during a move, where only the
+/// card's position changes. Without this guard every `StateChangedEvent`
+/// rebuilds all 52 cards' children (≈250 entity spawn/despawns plus 52 `Text2d`
+/// glyph re-layouts) in a single frame, which stutters the slide animation on
+/// high-resolution devices.
+///
+/// The children depend only on these four inputs; the card identity is fixed
+/// per entity, and the face/back *image* is handled by the always-refreshed
+/// `Sprite` (a cheap handle swap), so theme/card-back changes need no child
+/// rebuild.
+#[derive(Component, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
+struct CardChildrenKey {
+    face_up: bool,
+    card_size: Vec2,
+    color_blind: bool,
+    high_contrast: bool,
+}
+
+/// Query data read by the card-sync systems for each live card entity:
+/// its id, card identity, current transform, any in-flight curve animation,
+/// and its cached child-appearance key. Factored into an alias to keep the
+/// system signatures readable (and satisfy clippy's `type_complexity`).
+type CardSyncData = (
+    Entity,
+    &'static CardEntity,
+    &'static Transform,
+    Option<&'static CardAnimation>,
+    Option<&'static CardChildrenKey>,
+);
+
+/// Render-side index mapping each live board card to its [`CardEntity`].
+///
+/// Maintained exclusively by [`rebuild_card_entity_index`] in `PostUpdate`,
+/// after the card-sync authority ([`sync_cards_on_change`]) and the resize
+/// re-snap have flushed their spawn/despawn `Commands`. Consumers treat it as
+/// read-only and must still call `Query::get(entity)` for components beyond the
+/// `Entity` id (the map yields only the id).
+///
+/// Keyed by `Card`, which is unique across all live board entities in
+/// single-deck Klondike. Transient entities (drag shadow, labels) carry no
+/// `CardEntity` component, so the rebuild — which scans `&CardEntity` — never
+/// records them.
+#[derive(Resource, Debug, Default)]
+pub struct CardEntityIndex(pub HashMap<Card, Entity>);
+
+impl CardEntityIndex {
+    /// Resolve a card to its live entity, if one is currently spawned.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn get(&self, card: &Card) -> Option<Entity> {
+        self.0.get(card).copied()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Marker for the text child inside a card entity.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct CardLabel;
+
+/// Marker for the large-print rank+suit corner overlay used by touch HUD layouts.
+///
+/// Spawned on top of PNG face cards (face-up only) at font size
+/// [`FONT_SIZE_FRAC_MOBILE`] so the rank and suit character are
+/// readable at phone scale. Only exists when `CardImageSet` is present
+/// (the fallback solid-colour path uses a plain `CardLabel` instead).
+#[derive(Component, Debug, Clone)]
+struct AndroidCornerLabel(pub String);
+
+/// Solid-colour background sprite behind [`AndroidCornerLabel`].
+///
+/// Covers the card art's own small corner rank/suit text so only the
+/// large overlay is visible. Sized at [`FONT_SIZE_FRAC_MOBILE`]-derived
+/// dimensions and coloured [`CARD_FACE_COLOUR`] to match the card face.
+#[derive(Component, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+struct AndroidCornerBg;
+
+type AndroidCornerBgFilter = (With<AndroidCornerBg>, Without<AndroidCornerLabel>);
+
+/// Marker component indicating the card is currently highlighted as a hint.
+/// `remaining` counts down in real seconds; the highlight is removed when it
+/// reaches zero and the card sprite colour is restored to its normal value.
+#[derive(Component, Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct HintHighlight {
+    /// Seconds remaining before the highlight is cleared.
+    pub remaining: f32,
+}
+
+/// Countdown (seconds) until the `HintHighlight` on a card entity is removed.
+///
+/// Inserted alongside `HintHighlight` by the hint-visual system. When the timer
+/// reaches zero both `HintHighlight` and `HintHighlightTimer` are removed from
+/// the entity and the sprite colour is restored.
+#[derive(Component, Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct HintHighlightTimer(pub f32);
+
+/// Marker on a `PileMarker` entity that is highlighted because the right-clicked
+/// card can legally be placed there.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct RightClickHighlight;
+
+/// Countdown (seconds) until this right-click destination highlight despawns.
+///
+/// Inserted alongside `RightClickHighlight` so that highlights auto-clear after
+/// 1.5 s even if the player does not make a move or click again. The existing
+/// clear-on-state-change and clear-on-pause logic still fires early when
+/// appropriate.
+#[derive(Component, Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct RightClickHighlightTimer(pub f32);
+
+/// Marker placed on the child `Text2d` entity that shows "↺" on the stock pile
+/// marker when the stock pile is empty.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct StockEmptyLabel;
+
+/// Marker on the chip-background sprite of the stock-pile remaining-count
+/// badge.
+///
+/// The badge is spawned as a *top-level* world entity (not parented to the
+/// stock [`PileMarker`]) and its `Transform` is recomputed each frame from
+/// `LayoutResource` so it tracks the stock pile through window resizes.
+/// The chip sits in the bottom-right corner of the stock pile and is hidden
+/// while the stock is empty — the existing `↺` overlay
+/// ([`StockEmptyLabel`]) covers the recycle hint instead, so the two
+/// indicators never render simultaneously.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct StockCountBadge;
+
+/// Marker on the `Text2d` child of [`StockCountBadge`] showing the numeric
+/// count of cards remaining in the stock pile.
+///
+/// Update systems query this component to write the new count in place rather
+/// than despawning and respawning the text entity each tick.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct StockCountBadgeText;
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Task #34 — Card-flip animation
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Phase of the two-stage flip animation.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub enum FlipPhase {
+    /// Scale X from 1.0 → 0.0 (hiding the back face).
+    ScalingDown,
+    /// Scale X from 0.0 → 1.0 (revealing the front face).
+    ScalingUp,
+}
+
+/// Drives a 2-phase "card flip" animation on `CardEntity` entities.
+///
+/// The animation squashes X to 0, swaps the sprite to the face-up colour,
+/// then expands X back to 1. Total duration is `2 × FLIP_HALF_SECS`.
+#[derive(Component, Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct CardFlipAnim {
+    /// Seconds elapsed in the current phase.
+    pub timer: f32,
+    /// Which half of the flip we are in.
+    pub phase: FlipPhase,
+}
+
+/// Duration of each half of the flip animation (scale-down or scale-up).
+const FLIP_HALF_SECS: f32 = 0.08;
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Task #38 — Drag-elevation shadow
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Marker component for the semi-transparent shadow sprite shown while dragging.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct ShadowEntity;
+
+/// Marker component for the per-card drop-shadow child sprite.
+///
+/// Every `CardEntity` owns exactly one `CardShadow` child whose `Sprite` is a
+/// neutral-black halo painted slightly down-and-right of the card. Idle state
+/// uses [`CARD_SHADOW_OFFSET_IDLE`] / [`CARD_SHADOW_ALPHA_IDLE`]; while the
+/// parent card is being dragged the shadow is pushed to the deeper
+/// [`CARD_SHADOW_OFFSET_DRAG`] / [`CARD_SHADOW_ALPHA_DRAG`] values so the
+/// stack reads as "lifted" off the felt.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct CardShadow;
+
+/// Marker on the thin contrasting border sprite spawned behind face-down cards.
+///
+/// Face-down cards use `back_0.png` which is near-black (`#1a1a1a`). On the
+/// dark-green felt the edges are nearly invisible. This child sprite — slightly
+/// larger than the card, rendered at local z=-0.01 so it peeks out as a thin
+/// frame — gives every face-down card a visible perimeter.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct CardBackFrame;
+
+/// Fill colour for the face-down card border frame. Light-medium gray so it
+/// reads as a clear "edge" without competing with the suit colours on face-up
+/// cards. Brightened from `0.38` to `0.48` (≈ #7a7a7a) after a Pixel_7 smoke
+/// test showed face-down `back_0.png` (≈ #1a1a1a) was nearly invisible against
+/// the very dark `#151515` felt — the old gray was too close to the back fill
+/// to define a crisp perimeter.
+const CARD_BACK_FRAME_COLOR: Color = Color::srgb(0.48, 0.48, 0.48);
+
+/// Extra width/height (in world units) added to each side of the card to form
+/// the visible border. Widened from `3.0` to `6.0` so the frame peeks out as a
+/// clearly readable perimeter at phone density (420 dpi) rather than a hairline.
+const CARD_BACK_FRAME_PADDING: f32 = 6.0;
+
+/// Returns the `(offset, padding, alpha)` triple used to paint a per-card
+/// shadow given whether its parent card is currently part of the dragged
+/// stack. Pulled out as a pure helper so the shadow tuning can be unit-tested
+/// without spinning up a Bevy app.
+///
+/// `is_dragged = false` → resting `(IDLE, IDLE, IDLE)`
+/// `is_dragged = true`  → lifted  `(DRAG, DRAG, DRAG)`
+pub fn card_shadow_params(is_dragged: bool) -> (Vec2, Vec2, f32) {
+    if is_dragged {
+        (
+            CARD_SHADOW_OFFSET_DRAG,
+            CARD_SHADOW_PADDING_DRAG,
+            CARD_SHADOW_ALPHA_DRAG,
+        )
+    } else {
+        (
+            CARD_SHADOW_OFFSET_IDLE,
+            CARD_SHADOW_PADDING_IDLE,
+            CARD_SHADOW_ALPHA_IDLE,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/// Builds the `Sprite` used for a per-card shadow at the resting state. The
+/// alpha and size both use the idle tokens; `update_card_shadows_on_drag`
+/// retunes them at runtime when the parent card joins / leaves the dragged
+/// stack.
+fn card_shadow_sprite(card_size: Vec2) -> Sprite {
+    let (_offset, padding, alpha) = card_shadow_params(false);
+    Sprite {
+        color: CARD_SHADOW_COLOR.with_alpha(alpha),
+        custom_size: Some(card_size + padding),
+        ..default()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Builds the `Transform` used for a per-card shadow at the resting state.
+/// Local — it is parented to the card entity, so positions are relative.
+fn card_shadow_transform() -> Transform {
+    let (offset, _padding, _alpha) = card_shadow_params(false);
+    Transform::from_xyz(offset.x, offset.y, CARD_SHADOW_LOCAL_Z)
+}
+
+/// Spawns a single `CardShadow` child under the given card entity builder.
+/// Extracted so `spawn_card_entity` and `update_card_entity` can share the
+/// exact same shadow recipe — we never want one path to drift from the other.
+fn add_card_shadow_child(parent: &mut ChildSpawnerCommands, card_size: Vec2) {
+    parent.spawn((
+        CardShadow,
+        card_shadow_sprite(card_size),
+        card_shadow_transform(),
+        Visibility::default(),
+    ));
+}
+
+/// Spawns a `CardBackFrame` child behind a card entity to give every card a
+/// thin perimeter against the dark felt, regardless of face state.
+fn add_card_back_frame_child(parent: &mut ChildSpawnerCommands, card_size: Vec2) {
+    parent.spawn((
+        CardBackFrame,
+        Sprite {
+            color: CARD_BACK_FRAME_COLOR,
+            custom_size: Some(card_size + Vec2::splat(CARD_BACK_FRAME_PADDING)),
+            ..default()
+        },
+        Transform::from_xyz(0.0, 0.0, -0.01),
+        Visibility::default(),
+    ));
+}
+
+/// Throttle interval for resize-driven card snap work, in seconds.
+///
+/// `WindowResized` fires once per pixel of drag, so a fast corner-drag can
+/// produce dozens of events per frame. Re-running the per-card snap logic
+/// (52 cards × sprite/transform/font_size touches) for every event is the
+/// dominant cost of resize lag. We coalesce pending work and apply it at most
+/// once per [`RESIZE_THROTTLE_SECS`] (~20 Hz). The user still sees updates
+/// during a sustained drag, and the layout always catches up to the final
+/// size when the drag stops because the pending size is held until applied.
+const RESIZE_THROTTLE_SECS: f32 = 0.05;
+
+/// Holds the latest pending window size from `WindowResized` events plus a
+/// timestamp for the last applied snap, so the resize-snap work can be
+/// rate-limited to ~20 Hz during sustained drags.
+#[derive(Resource, Debug, Default)]
+pub struct ResizeThrottle {
+    /// Latest unapplied window size from `WindowResized`. `None` when there is
+    /// nothing to apply.
+    pub pending: Option<Vec2>,
+    /// `Time::elapsed_secs()` value at the moment of the most recent applied
+    /// snap. `0.0` until the first apply.
+    pub last_applied_secs: f32,
+}
+
+/// Pure helper used by the throttled resize-snap system: returns `true` when
+/// a pending resize should be flushed given the current `now_secs` and the
+/// last-applied timestamp. Throttle interval is [`RESIZE_THROTTLE_SECS`].
+///
+/// Extracted so the rate-limit logic can be unit-tested without spinning up
+/// a full Bevy app.
+fn should_apply_resize(now_secs: f32, last_applied_secs: f32) -> bool {
+    (now_secs - last_applied_secs) >= RESIZE_THROTTLE_SECS
+}
+
+/// Renders cards by reading `GameStateResource` on `StateChangedEvent`.
+pub struct CardPlugin;
+
+/// System set for everything that paints the board: card sprites, pile
+/// markers, shadows, highlights, badges. Members mutate `Sprite` /
+/// `Transform` on board entities and run as a deterministic chain (see the
+/// registration in [`CardPlugin`]'s `build`); table-plugin marker painters
+/// order themselves after this set. UI-domain systems that touch `Sprite`/
+/// `Transform` on non-board entities (HUD text pulses, modal cards) declare
+/// `.ambiguous_with(BoardVisuals)` instead — the entity domains are
+/// disjoint by design (#143).
+#[derive(SystemSet, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub struct BoardVisuals;
+
+impl Plugin for CardPlugin {
+    fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
+        // PostStartup ensures TablePlugin's Startup system has inserted
+        // LayoutResource before we try to read it.
+        //
+        // `handle_right_click` reads `ButtonInput<MouseButton>`. Under
+        // `MinimalPlugins` (tests) this resource is absent by default, so we
+        // ensure it exists here. Under `DefaultPlugins` the call is a no-op.
+        app.init_resource::<ButtonInput<MouseButton>>()
+            .init_resource::<ResizeThrottle>()
+            .init_resource::<CardEntityIndex>()
+            .add_message::<SettingsChangedEvent>()
+            .add_message::<CardFlippedEvent>()
+            .add_message::<CardFaceRevealedEvent>()
+            .add_systems(Startup, load_card_images)
+            .add_systems(
+                PostStartup,
+                (
+                    // Fill the tableau fan before the first render so the
+                    // cold-start deal already uses the full viewport height.
+                    fill_tableau_fan_on_startup.before(sync_cards_startup),
+                    sync_cards_startup,
+                    update_stock_empty_indicator_startup,
+                ),
+            )
+            // Layout recompute (UpdateOnResize) always precedes board
+            // painting, and the painters run as ONE deterministic chain in
+            // data-flow order: layout refinement → card authority → anims →
+            // shadows → highlights → indicators → resize snapping → labels.
+            // Every painter mutates card/marker Sprite+Transform, so without
+            // the chain each pair is a scheduler ambiguity (#143). All
+            // members are cheap and mostly change-gated; sequential
+            // execution is not a cost that matters here.
+            .configure_sets(Update, LayoutSystem::UpdateOnResize.before(BoardVisuals))
+            .add_systems(
+                Update,
+                (
+                    update_tableau_fan_frac,
+                    resync_cards_on_settings_change,
+                    sync_cards_on_change,
+                    start_flip_anim,
+                    tick_flip_anim,
+                    update_drag_shadow,
+                    update_card_shadows_on_drag,
+                    handle_right_click,
+                    tick_right_click_highlights,
+                    clear_right_click_highlights_on_state_change,
+                    clear_right_click_highlights_on_pause,
+                    tick_hint_highlight,
+                    update_stock_empty_indicator,
+                    update_stock_count_badge.run_if(resource_changed::<GameStateResource>),
+                    collect_resize_events,
+                    snap_cards_on_window_resize,
+                    resize_android_corner_labels,
+                )
+                    .chain()
+                    .in_set(BoardVisuals)
+                    .after(GameMutation),
+            );
+
+        app.add_systems(PostUpdate, rebuild_card_entity_index);
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests;
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+//! Stock-pile indicators: the empty-stock recycle hint and count badge.
+
+use super::*;
+
+use bevy::color::Color;
+use solitaire_core::KlondikePile;
+use solitaire_core::game_state::GameState;
+
+use crate::events::StateChangedEvent;
+use crate::font_plugin::FontResource;
+use crate::layout::{Layout, LayoutResource};
+use crate::resources::GameStateResource;
+use crate::table_plugin::{PILE_MARKER_DEFAULT_COLOUR, PileMarker};
+use crate::ui_theme::{STOCK_BADGE_BG, STOCK_BADGE_FG, TEXT_PRIMARY, TYPE_BODY, Z_STOCK_BADGE};
+
+/// Sprite colour applied to the stock `PileMarker` when the stock pile is empty,
+/// to signal to the player that there are no more cards to draw. Pure white
+/// at 0.4 alpha — a deliberate brightness-boost over the default marker so
+/// the "empty" state is more visible, not less. Not derived from a palette
+/// token: this is a sprite tint, not chrome colour.
+const STOCK_EMPTY_DIM_COLOUR: Color = Color::srgba(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.4);
+
+/// Sprite colour applied to the stock `PileMarker` when cards remain in
+/// stock. Aliased to [`PILE_MARKER_DEFAULT_COLOUR`] so it tracks the rest
+/// of the engine's idle pile-marker tint automatically.
+const STOCK_NORMAL_COLOUR: Color = PILE_MARKER_DEFAULT_COLOUR;
+
+/// Shared logic for updating the stock pile marker's dim state and "↺" label.
+///
+/// If the stock pile is empty the marker sprite is dimmed to
+/// `STOCK_EMPTY_DIM_COLOUR` and a child `Text2d` with `StockEmptyLabel` is
+/// spawned (if not already present). When the stock is non-empty the marker is
+/// restored to `STOCK_NORMAL_COLOUR` and any `StockEmptyLabel` children are
+/// despawned.
+pub(super) fn apply_stock_empty_indicator<F: bevy::ecs::query::QueryFilter>(
+    commands: &mut Commands,
+    game: &GameState,
+    pile_markers: &mut Query<(Entity, &PileMarker, &mut Sprite), F>,
+    label_children: &Query<(Entity, &ChildOf), With<StockEmptyLabel>>,
+    layout: &Layout,
+    font: Handle<Font>,
+) {
+    let stock_empty = game.stock_cards().is_empty();
+
+    for (entity, pile_marker, mut sprite) in pile_markers.iter_mut() {
+        if pile_marker.0 != KlondikePile::Stock {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if stock_empty {
+            // Dim the marker sprite.
+            sprite.color = STOCK_EMPTY_DIM_COLOUR;
+
+            // Spawn the "↺" label only if one does not already exist.
+            let already_has_label = label_children
+                .iter()
+                .any(|(_, parent)| parent.parent() == entity);
+            if !already_has_label {
+                let font_size = layout.card_size.x * 0.4;
+                commands.entity(entity).with_children(|b| {
+                    b.spawn((
+                        StockEmptyLabel,
+                        Text2d::new("↺"),
+                        TextFont {
+                            font: font.clone(),
+                            font_size,
+                            ..default()
+                        },
+                        TextColor(TEXT_PRIMARY.with_alpha(0.7)),
+                        Transform::from_xyz(0.0, 0.0, 0.1),
+                    ));
+                });
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Restore normal brightness.
+            sprite.color = STOCK_NORMAL_COLOUR;
+
+            // Despawn any existing "↺" label children.
+            for (label_entity, parent) in label_children.iter() {
+                if parent.parent() == entity {
+                    commands.entity(label_entity).despawn();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Runs at `PostStartup` to apply the stock-empty indicator for the initial
+/// game state (before any `StateChangedEvent` fires).
+pub(super) fn update_stock_empty_indicator_startup(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    game: Res<GameStateResource>,
+    layout: Option<Res<LayoutResource>>,
+    font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
+    mut pile_markers: Query<(Entity, &PileMarker, &mut Sprite)>,
+    label_children: Query<(Entity, &ChildOf), With<StockEmptyLabel>>,
+) {
+    let Some(layout) = layout else { return };
+    let font = font_res.as_ref().map(|f| f.0.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
+    apply_stock_empty_indicator(
+        &mut commands,
+        &game.0,
+        &mut pile_markers,
+        &label_children,
+        &layout.0,
+        font,
+    );
+}
+
+/// Runs each `Update` tick when a `StateChangedEvent` arrives, keeping the
+/// stock pile marker dim state and "↺" label in sync with the current stock.
+pub(super) fn update_stock_empty_indicator(
+    mut events: MessageReader<StateChangedEvent>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    game: Res<GameStateResource>,
+    layout: Option<Res<LayoutResource>>,
+    font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
+    mut pile_markers: Query<(Entity, &PileMarker, &mut Sprite)>,
+    label_children: Query<(Entity, &ChildOf), With<StockEmptyLabel>>,
+) {
+    if events.read().next().is_none() {
+        return;
+    }
+    let Some(layout) = layout else { return };
+    let font = font_res.as_ref().map(|f| f.0.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
+    apply_stock_empty_indicator(
+        &mut commands,
+        &game.0,
+        &mut pile_markers,
+        &label_children,
+        &layout.0,
+        font,
+    );
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Stock-pile remaining-count badge
+//
+// Shows a small "N" chip pinned to the bottom-right corner of the stock pile so
+// the player can see how many cards remain before the next recycle. The
+// existing `StockEmptyLabel` (`↺` overlay) covers the empty-stock case, so
+// the badge hides itself when the stock has zero cards — the two indicators
+// never render at the same time.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Inset (in pixels) from the bottom-right corner of the stock pile sprite to
+/// the centre of the count badge. Anchoring to the bottom-right keeps the chip
+/// clear of the rank/suit pip in the card's top-left corner. Both components
+/// move the centre *inward* from that corner: `x` is subtracted from the right
+/// edge, `y` is added to the bottom edge. The `x` magnitude must satisfy
+/// `x >= STOCK_BADGE_SIZE.x / 2` so the badge right edge stays inside the stock
+/// pile and never overlaps the adjacent waste pile — critical on Android where
+/// `H_GAP_DIVISOR = 32` gives an inter-pile gap of only ~4 px.
+const STOCK_BADGE_INSET: Vec2 = Vec2::new(20.0, 8.0);
+
+/// Width / height of the badge background sprite, in world pixels. Sized so
+/// a 2-digit count (max "24") fits comfortably with `TYPE_BODY` (14 pt) text.
+const STOCK_BADGE_SIZE: Vec2 = Vec2::new(34.0, 20.0);
+
+/// Returns the count of cards currently in the stock pile.
+///
+/// Pure helper extracted so the count source is identical between the spawn
+/// system, the update system, and the unit tests.
+pub(super) fn stock_card_count(game: &GameState) -> usize {
+    game.stock_cards().len()
+}
+
+/// Returns the world-space `Vec3` for the centre of the stock-count badge,
+/// given the current `Layout`. The badge sits at the bottom-right corner of
+/// the stock pile sprite, inset by [`STOCK_BADGE_INSET`], so it stays clear of
+/// the rank/suit pip in the card's top-left corner.
+pub(super) fn stock_badge_translation(layout: &Layout) -> Vec3 {
+    // Empty layouts don't contain a Stock entry — fall back to origin so
+    // the badge stays in a deterministic spot until the layout is filled.
+    let pile_pos = layout
+        .pile_positions
+        .get(&KlondikePile::Stock)
+        .copied()
+        .unwrap_or(Vec2::ZERO);
+    let half = layout.card_size * 0.5;
+    // Anchor to the bottom-right corner, then move the centre inward.
+    let x = pile_pos.x + half.x - STOCK_BADGE_INSET.x;
+    let y = pile_pos.y - half.y + STOCK_BADGE_INSET.y;
+    Vec3::new(x, y, Z_STOCK_BADGE)
+}
+
+/// Spawns the stock-count badge entity (background sprite + child text)
+/// into the world. Called once, when the badge does not yet exist.
+pub(super) fn spawn_stock_count_badge(
+    commands: &mut Commands,
+    layout: &Layout,
+    font: Option<&Handle<Font>>,
+    count: usize,
+) {
+    let translation = stock_badge_translation(layout);
+    let visibility = if count == 0 {
+        Visibility::Hidden
+    } else {
+        Visibility::Inherited
+    };
+    let text_font = TextFont {
+        font: font.cloned().unwrap_or_default(),
+        font_size: TYPE_BODY,
+        ..default()
+    };
+
+    commands
+        .spawn((
+            StockCountBadge,
+            Sprite {
+                color: STOCK_BADGE_BG,
+                custom_size: Some(STOCK_BADGE_SIZE),
+                ..default()
+            },
+            Transform::from_translation(translation),
+            visibility,
+        ))
+        .with_children(|b| {
+            b.spawn((
+                StockCountBadgeText,
+                Text2d::new(format!("{count}")),
+                text_font,
+                TextColor(STOCK_BADGE_FG),
+                // Slightly above the chip background so the digits aren't
+                // occluded by the sprite they sit on.
+                Transform::from_xyz(0.0, 0.0, 0.1),
+            ));
+        });
+}
+
+/// Spawns the stock-pile remaining-count badge if it does not yet exist,
+/// and otherwise updates its text and visibility in place.
+///
+/// Visibility rule: hidden when the stock is empty (the existing `↺`
+/// `StockEmptyLabel` overlay covers that state), shown when one or more
+/// cards remain.
+///
+/// Position is recomputed from `LayoutResource` every tick so the badge
+/// follows the stock pile across `WindowResized` layout updates without
+/// needing a dedicated resize handler.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(super) fn update_stock_count_badge(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    game: Option<Res<GameStateResource>>,
+    layout: Option<Res<LayoutResource>>,
+    font: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
+    mut badges: Query<(Entity, &mut Transform, &mut Visibility), With<StockCountBadge>>,
+    children: Query<&Children, With<StockCountBadge>>,
+    mut texts: Query<&mut Text2d, With<StockCountBadgeText>>,
+) {
+    let Some(game) = game else { return };
+    let Some(layout) = layout else { return };
+
+    let count = stock_card_count(&game.0);
+    let translation = stock_badge_translation(&layout.0);
+    let target_visibility = if count == 0 {
+        Visibility::Hidden
+    } else {
+        Visibility::Inherited
+    };
+
+    if badges.is_empty() {
+        spawn_stock_count_badge(&mut commands, &layout.0, font.as_ref().map(|f| &f.0), count);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (entity, mut transform, mut visibility) in badges.iter_mut() {
+        transform.translation = translation;
+        if *visibility != target_visibility {
+            *visibility = target_visibility;
+        }
+        // Update the child text to reflect the latest count. The text node
+        // is created at spawn time, so under normal operation we always
+        // have exactly one child here.
+        if let Ok(badge_children) = children.get(entity) {
+            for child in badge_children.iter() {
+                if let Ok(mut text) = texts.get_mut(child) {
+                    let new = format!("{count}");
+                    if text.0 != new {
+                        text.0 = new;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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+//! Card asset loading and entity lifecycle: the sync systems that
+//! spawn, update, and position card entities from `GameStateResource`.
+
+use super::*;
+
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
+
+use bevy::color::Color;
+use solitaire_core::{Card, Rank, Suit};
+use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameState};
+use solitaire_core::{Foundation, KlondikePile, Tableau};
+
+use crate::animation_plugin::{CARD_ANIM_Z_LIFT, CardAnim, EffectiveSlideDuration};
+use crate::card_animation::CardAnimation;
+use crate::events::StateChangedEvent;
+use crate::font_plugin::FontResource;
+use crate::layout::{Layout, LayoutResource};
+use crate::platform::USE_TOUCH_UI_LAYOUT;
+use crate::resources::GameStateResource;
+use crate::settings_plugin::{SettingsChangedEvent, SettingsResource};
+
+/// Rebuild the [`CardEntityIndex`] from the live `CardEntity` set.
+///
+/// Runs in `PostUpdate` so that all spawn/despawn `Commands` issued by
+/// [`sync_cards_on_change`] and [`snap_cards_on_window_resize`] in `Update`
+/// have been flushed at the `Update -> PostUpdate` apply-deferred boundary.
+/// Rebuilding from scratch (rather than incrementally patching at every
+/// spawn/despawn site — waste cards churn on every draw) keeps a single writer
+/// and makes a stale entry structurally impossible.
+///
+/// Gated to changed frames only: `Changed<CardEntity>` fires the frame a card
+/// is spawned, `RemovedComponents<CardEntity>` the frame one is despawned. The
+/// `card` field is write-once (never mutated in place), so card-reposition
+/// frames don't trip `Changed` and correctly skip the O(52) rebuild.
+pub(super) fn rebuild_card_entity_index(
+    mut index: ResMut<CardEntityIndex>,
+    cards: Query<(Entity, &CardEntity)>,
+    changed: Query<(), Changed<CardEntity>>,
+    removed: RemovedComponents<CardEntity>,
+) {
+    if changed.is_empty() && removed.is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+    let map = &mut index.0;
+    map.clear();
+    for (entity, ce) in &cards {
+        map.insert(ce.card.clone(), entity);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Returns the relative asset path for a card face PNG.
+///
+/// The path format is `cards/faces/classic/{RANK}{SUIT}.png`, e.g. `QS.png`
+/// for the Queen of Spades. Both `load_card_images` and the unit tests use
+/// this function so the filename formula is tested in isolation from the
+/// asset-loading machinery.
+///
+/// Note: this function verifies only the **code-side mapping**. If the PNG
+/// file at the returned path contains wrong artwork (e.g. `QS.png` has a
+/// diamond watermark baked in), that is an **asset content bug** and must be
+/// fixed by replacing the file — no code change can correct it.
+pub(super) fn card_face_asset_path(rank: Rank, suit: Suit) -> String {
+    const SUIT_CHARS: [&str; 4] = ["C", "D", "H", "S"];
+    const RANK_STRS: [&str; 13] = [
+        "A", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "J", "Q", "K",
+    ];
+    let suit_idx = match suit {
+        Suit::Clubs => 0,
+        Suit::Diamonds => 1,
+        Suit::Hearts => 2,
+        Suit::Spades => 3,
+    };
+    let rank_idx = match rank {
+        Rank::Ace => 0,
+        Rank::Two => 1,
+        Rank::Three => 2,
+        Rank::Four => 3,
+        Rank::Five => 4,
+        Rank::Six => 5,
+        Rank::Seven => 6,
+        Rank::Eight => 7,
+        Rank::Nine => 8,
+        Rank::Ten => 9,
+        Rank::Jack => 10,
+        Rank::Queen => 11,
+        Rank::King => 12,
+    };
+    format!(
+        "cards/faces/classic/{}{}.png",
+        RANK_STRS[rank_idx], SUIT_CHARS[suit_idx]
+    )
+}
+
+/// Loads card face and back PNGs at startup via [`AssetServer`] and inserts
+/// [`CardImageSet`].
+///
+/// Faces: `assets/cards/faces/{RANK}{SUIT}.png`  (e.g. `AC.png`, `10H.png`)
+/// Backs: `assets/cards/backs/back_{0..4}.png`
+///
+/// Under `MinimalPlugins` (tests) `AssetServer` is absent, so the system
+/// returns without inserting `CardImageSet` and the plugin falls back to
+/// solid-colour sprites.
+pub(super) fn load_card_images(asset_server: Option<Res<AssetServer>>, mut commands: Commands) {
+    let Some(asset_server) = asset_server else {
+        return;
+    };
+
+    // faces[suit_index(s)][rank_index(r)] — see the canonical helpers in
+    // card_plugin::mod; building from SUITS/RANKS order matches them.
+    let faces: [[Handle<Image>; 13]; 4] = std::array::from_fn(|si| {
+        std::array::from_fn(|ri| {
+            asset_server.load(card_face_asset_path(Rank::RANKS[ri], Suit::SUITS[si]))
+        })
+    });
+    let backs =
+        std::array::from_fn(|i| asset_server.load(format!("cards/backs/classic/back_{i}.png")));
+    commands.insert_resource(CardImageSet {
+        faces,
+        backs,
+        // Populated by the theme plugin once a `CardTheme` finishes loading.
+        // Until then the legacy back fallback (`backs[selected_card_back]`)
+        // is used.
+        theme_back: None,
+    });
+}
+
+/// Builds the [`Sprite`] for a card, using PNG artwork when [`CardImageSet`] is
+/// available and falling back to a solid-colour sprite in tests.
+pub(super) fn card_sprite(
+    card: &Card,
+    face_up: bool,
+    card_size: Vec2,
+    back_colour: Color,
+    card_images: Option<&CardImageSet>,
+    selected_back: usize,
+) -> Sprite {
+    if let Some(set) = card_images {
+        let image = if face_up {
+            let suit_idx = suit_index(card.suit());
+            let rank_idx = rank_index(card.rank());
+            set.faces[suit_idx][rank_idx].clone()
+        } else if let Some(theme_back) = &set.theme_back {
+            // Active theme provides its own back — always wins over the
+            // legacy `selected_card_back` picker, so a theme switch swaps
+            // faces *and* the back. The picker is treated as informational
+            // only while a theme back is active (see settings_plugin).
+            theme_back.clone()
+        } else {
+            let idx = selected_back.min(set.backs.len() - 1);
+            set.backs[idx].clone()
+        };
+        Sprite {
+            image,
+            color: Color::WHITE,
+            custom_size: Some(card_size),
+            ..default()
+        }
+    } else {
+        // Terminal aesthetic: face background is uniformly CARD_FACE_COLOUR
+        // regardless of colour-blind mode (CBM differentiation now lives in
+        // the suit glyph colour, applied by `text_colour`, not the face
+        // background). Pre-Terminal this branch dispatched through a
+        // separate `face_colour(card, color_blind)` helper.
+        let body_colour = if face_up {
+            CARD_FACE_COLOUR
+        } else {
+            back_colour
+        };
+        Sprite {
+            color: body_colour,
+            custom_size: Some(card_size),
+            ..default()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// When card-back selection changes in Settings, re-render all cards so the
+/// new back colour is applied immediately (without waiting for a state change).
+pub(super) fn resync_cards_on_settings_change(
+    mut setting_events: MessageReader<SettingsChangedEvent>,
+    mut state_events: MessageWriter<StateChangedEvent>,
+) {
+    if setting_events.read().next().is_some() {
+        state_events.write(StateChangedEvent);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Render the initial deal. Runs in `PostStartup`, so all `Startup` systems
+/// (including `TablePlugin::setup_table` which inserts `LayoutResource`)
+/// have already completed.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(super) fn sync_cards_startup(
+    commands: Commands,
+    game: Res<GameStateResource>,
+    layout: Option<Res<LayoutResource>>,
+    slide_dur: Option<Res<EffectiveSlideDuration>>,
+    settings: Option<Res<SettingsResource>>,
+    entities: Query<CardSyncData>,
+    card_images: Option<Res<CardImageSet>>,
+    font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
+) {
+    if let Some(layout) = layout {
+        let slide_secs = slide_dur.map_or(0.15, |d| d.slide_secs);
+        let selected_back = settings.as_ref().map_or(0, |s| s.0.selected_card_back);
+        let back_colour = card_back_colour(selected_back);
+        let color_blind = settings.as_ref().is_some_and(|s| s.0.color_blind_mode);
+        let high_contrast = settings.as_ref().is_some_and(|s| s.0.high_contrast_mode);
+        let font_handle = font_res.as_ref().map(|r| &r.0);
+        sync_cards(
+            commands,
+            &game.0,
+            &layout.0,
+            slide_secs,
+            back_colour,
+            color_blind,
+            high_contrast,
+            &entities,
+            card_images.as_deref(),
+            selected_back,
+            font_handle,
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(super) fn sync_cards_on_change(
+    mut events: MessageReader<StateChangedEvent>,
+    commands: Commands,
+    game: Res<GameStateResource>,
+    layout: Option<Res<LayoutResource>>,
+    slide_dur: Option<Res<EffectiveSlideDuration>>,
+    settings: Option<Res<SettingsResource>>,
+    entities: Query<CardSyncData>,
+    card_images: Option<Res<CardImageSet>>,
+    font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
+) {
+    if events.read().next().is_none() {
+        return;
+    }
+    if let Some(layout) = layout {
+        let slide_secs = slide_dur.map_or(0.15, |d| d.slide_secs);
+        let selected_back = settings.as_ref().map_or(0, |s| s.0.selected_card_back);
+        let back_colour = card_back_colour(selected_back);
+        let color_blind = settings.as_ref().is_some_and(|s| s.0.color_blind_mode);
+        let high_contrast = settings.as_ref().is_some_and(|s| s.0.high_contrast_mode);
+        let font_handle = font_res.as_ref().map(|r| &r.0);
+        sync_cards(
+            commands,
+            &game.0,
+            &layout.0,
+            slide_secs,
+            back_colour,
+            color_blind,
+            high_contrast,
+            &entities,
+            card_images.as_deref(),
+            selected_back,
+            font_handle,
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(super) fn sync_cards(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    game: &GameState,
+    layout: &Layout,
+    slide_secs: f32,
+    back_colour: Color,
+    color_blind: bool,
+    high_contrast: bool,
+    entities: &Query<CardSyncData>,
+    card_images: Option<&CardImageSet>,
+    selected_back: usize,
+    font_handle: Option<&Handle<Font>>,
+) {
+    let positions = card_positions(game, layout);
+
+    // The waste buffer card exists only to keep its entity alive while the new
+    // top card's slide animation plays — it must never be visible to the player.
+    // Without this, the buffer sits at waste_base uncovered during the animation
+    // and its rank/suit peek behind the incoming card.
+    let waste_buffer_id: Option<Card> = {
+        let visible = match game.draw_mode() {
+            DrawStockConfig::DrawOne => 1_usize,
+            DrawStockConfig::DrawThree => 3_usize,
+        };
+        let waste_cards = game.waste_cards();
+        (waste_cards.len() > visible)
+            .then_some(waste_cards)
+            .and_then(|w| w.get(w.len().saturating_sub(visible + 1)).cloned())
+            .map(|(c, _face_up)| c)
+    };
+
+    // Map Card -> (Entity, current_translation, anim_end) for in-place
+    // updates.  `anim_end` is `Some(end_xy)` when a curve-based `CardAnimation`
+    // is currently driving the card (e.g. a drag-rejection return tween).
+    //
+    // In the position loop below we compare `anim_end` against the new game-
+    // state target position to decide whether to honour or cancel the tween:
+    //   • end ≈ target  → animation is still heading to the right place; let
+    //                      it finish (skip the snap/slide path).
+    //   • end ≠ target  → the game state has changed (e.g. a new game started
+    //                      while the win-cascade was mid-flight); cancel the
+    //                      stale `CardAnimation` and apply the new position.
+    let mut existing: HashMap<Card, (Entity, Vec3, Option<Vec2>, Option<CardChildrenKey>)> =
+        HashMap::new();
+    for (entity, marker, transform, anim, children_key) in entities.iter() {
+        existing.insert(
+            marker.card.clone(),
+            (
+                entity,
+                transform.translation,
+                anim.map(|a| a.end),
+                children_key.copied(),
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+
+    let live_ids: HashSet<Card> = positions.iter().map(|(c, _, _)| c.0.clone()).collect();
+
+    // Despawn any entity whose card is no longer tracked.
+    for (card, (entity, _, _, _)) in &existing {
+        if !live_ids.contains(card) {
+            commands.entity(*entity).despawn();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // For each card in the current state: spawn or update its entity, then
+    // apply visibility. The waste buffer card is hidden so it cannot peek
+    // behind the incoming top card during the draw slide animation.
+    for ((card, face_up), position, z) in positions {
+        let entity = match existing.get(&card) {
+            Some(&(entity, cur, anim_end, children_key)) => {
+                // If a CardAnimation is in flight, check whether its destination
+                // still matches the game-state target.  If the game moved the card
+                // elsewhere (e.g. new game started during a win-cascade scatter),
+                // cancel the stale tween so the card snaps/slides to its new home.
+                let has_anim = match anim_end {
+                    Some(end_xy) if (end_xy - position).length() > 2.0 => {
+                        commands.entity(entity).remove::<CardAnimation>();
+                        false
+                    }
+                    Some(_) => true,
+                    None => false,
+                };
+                update_card_entity(
+                    &mut commands,
+                    entity,
+                    &card,
+                    face_up,
+                    position,
+                    z,
+                    layout,
+                    slide_secs,
+                    back_colour,
+                    color_blind,
+                    high_contrast,
+                    cur,
+                    has_anim,
+                    children_key,
+                    card_images,
+                    selected_back,
+                    font_handle,
+                );
+                entity
+            }
+            None => spawn_card_entity(
+                &mut commands,
+                &card,
+                face_up,
+                position,
+                z,
+                layout,
+                back_colour,
+                color_blind,
+                high_contrast,
+                card_images,
+                selected_back,
+                font_handle,
+            ),
+        };
+        let visibility = if waste_buffer_id.as_ref() == Some(&card) {
+            Visibility::Hidden
+        } else {
+            Visibility::Inherited
+        };
+        commands.entity(entity).insert(visibility);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Returns an ordered vec of ((card, face_up), position, z) for every card in the game.
+pub(super) fn card_positions(game: &GameState, layout: &Layout) -> Vec<((Card, bool), Vec2, f32)> {
+    let mut out: Vec<((Card, bool), Vec2, f32)> = Vec::with_capacity(52);
+    let piles = [
+        (KlondikePile::Stock, true),
+        (KlondikePile::Stock, false),
+        (KlondikePile::Foundation(Foundation::Foundation1), false),
+        (KlondikePile::Foundation(Foundation::Foundation2), false),
+        (KlondikePile::Foundation(Foundation::Foundation3), false),
+        (KlondikePile::Foundation(Foundation::Foundation4), false),
+        (KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1), false),
+        (KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau2), false),
+        (KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau3), false),
+        (KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau4), false),
+        (KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau5), false),
+        (KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau6), false),
+        (KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau7), false),
+    ];
+
+    // Draw-Three waste fan step, proportional to the column spacing so it scales
+    // with the platform's H_GAP_DIVISOR. Shared with input_plugin's hit-test via
+    // `waste_fan_step` so the two never drift (a drift puts the top fanned card's
+    // click target on the card beneath it).
+    let waste_fan_step = waste_fan_step(layout);
+
+    for (pile_type, is_stock_area) in piles {
+        let Some(mut base) = layout.pile_positions.get(&pile_type).copied() else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        if matches!(pile_type, KlondikePile::Stock) && is_stock_area {
+            base.x -= tableau_col_step(layout);
+        }
+        let is_tableau = matches!(pile_type, KlondikePile::Tableau(_));
+        let is_waste = matches!(pile_type, KlondikePile::Stock) && !is_stock_area;
+        let cards = if matches!(pile_type, KlondikePile::Stock) {
+            if is_stock_area {
+                game.stock_cards()
+            } else {
+                game.waste_cards()
+            }
+        } else {
+            game.pile(pile_type)
+        };
+
+        // Tableau uses a two-speed fan: face-down cards are packed tighter
+        // than face-up cards so the visible (playable) portion stands out.
+        // Non-tableau piles stack with a negligible offset.
+        //
+        // Waste pile: only the top N cards are rendered to prevent bleed-through
+        // while new cards animate in from the stock. Draw-One shows 1; Draw-Three
+        // shows up to 3 fanned in X (matching the standard Klondike presentation).
+        let render_start = if is_waste {
+            let visible = match game.draw_mode() {
+                DrawStockConfig::DrawOne => 1_usize,
+                DrawStockConfig::DrawThree => 3_usize,
+            };
+            // Render one extra card so that the card sliding off the waste
+            // during a draw animation is still present in the world at z=0
+            // (hidden under the stack) rather than vanishing mid-tween.
+            cards.len().saturating_sub(visible + 1)
+        } else {
+            0
+        };
+
+        let mut y_offset = 0.0_f32;
+        let rendered_len = cards[render_start..].len();
+        for (slot, (card, face_up)) in cards[render_start..].iter().enumerate() {
+            let x_offset = if is_waste && matches!(game.draw_mode(), DrawStockConfig::DrawThree) {
+                // When len > visible, slot 0 is a hidden buffer card kept at
+                // x=0 to prevent a flash during the draw tween. When len ≤
+                // visible (small pile), every card is visible and should fan
+                // normally — no card is hidden, so the shift is 0.
+                let visible = 3_usize;
+                let hidden = rendered_len.saturating_sub(visible);
+                slot.saturating_sub(hidden) as f32 * waste_fan_step
+            } else {
+                0.0
+            };
+            let pos = Vec2::new(base.x + x_offset, base.y + y_offset);
+            let z = 1.0 + (slot as f32) * STACK_FAN_FRAC;
+            out.push(((card.clone(), *face_up), pos, z));
+            if is_tableau {
+                let step = if *face_up {
+                    layout.tableau_fan_frac
+                } else {
+                    layout.tableau_facedown_fan_frac
+                };
+                y_offset -= layout.card_size.y * step;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+pub(super) fn all_cards(game: &GameState) -> Vec<(Card, bool)> {
+    let mut cards: Vec<(Card, bool)> = Vec::with_capacity(52);
+    cards.extend(game.stock_cards());
+    cards.extend(game.waste_cards());
+    for foundation in solitaire_core::FOUNDATIONS {
+        cards.extend(game.pile(KlondikePile::Foundation(foundation)));
+    }
+    for tableau in solitaire_core::TABLEAUS {
+        cards.extend(game.pile(KlondikePile::Tableau(tableau)));
+    }
+    cards
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(super) fn spawn_card_entity(
+    commands: &mut Commands,
+    card: &Card,
+    face_up: bool,
+    pos: Vec2,
+    z: f32,
+    layout: &Layout,
+    back_colour: Color,
+    color_blind: bool,
+    high_contrast: bool,
+    card_images: Option<&CardImageSet>,
+    selected_back: usize,
+    font_handle: Option<&Handle<Font>>,
+) -> Entity {
+    let sprite = card_sprite(
+        card,
+        face_up,
+        layout.card_size,
+        back_colour,
+        card_images,
+        selected_back,
+    );
+
+    let mut entity = commands.spawn((
+        CardEntity { card: card.clone() },
+        sprite,
+        Transform::from_xyz(pos.x, pos.y, z),
+        Visibility::default(),
+    ));
+    let entity_id = entity.id();
+    // Every card gets a subtle drop-shadow child so the play surface reads
+    // as physical instead of flat. Spawned in idle state; the drag-tracking
+    // system retunes its offset / alpha when this card joins the dragged
+    // stack.
+    entity.with_children(|b| {
+        add_card_shadow_child(b, layout.card_size);
+    });
+    // Every card gets a thin border frame so it reads as a distinct
+    // rectangle against the dark felt, regardless of face state.
+    entity.with_children(|b| {
+        add_card_back_frame_child(b, layout.card_size);
+    });
+    // When PNG faces are loaded the rank/suit are baked into the image.
+    // Only spawn the Text2d overlay in the solid-colour fallback (tests).
+    // On Android we additionally spawn a large-print corner label even in
+    // image mode so the rank/suit are legible at phone scale.
+    if card_images.is_none() {
+        entity.with_children(|b| {
+            b.spawn((
+                CardLabel,
+                Text2d::new(label_for(card)),
+                TextFont {
+                    font_size: layout.card_size.x * FONT_SIZE_FRAC,
+                    ..default()
+                },
+                TextColor(text_colour(card, color_blind, high_contrast)),
+                Transform::from_xyz(0.0, 0.0, 0.01),
+                label_visibility(face_up),
+            ));
+        });
+    }
+    if USE_TOUCH_UI_LAYOUT && card_images.is_some() {
+        entity.with_children(|b| {
+            add_android_corner_label(
+                b,
+                card,
+                face_up,
+                layout.card_size,
+                color_blind,
+                high_contrast,
+                font_handle,
+            );
+        });
+    }
+    // Record the appearance signature so subsequent `update_card_entity` calls
+    // can skip rebuilding these children until one of the inputs changes.
+    entity.insert(CardChildrenKey {
+        face_up,
+        card_size: layout.card_size,
+        color_blind,
+        high_contrast,
+    });
+    entity_id
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(super) fn update_card_entity(
+    commands: &mut Commands,
+    entity: Entity,
+    card: &Card,
+    face_up: bool,
+    pos: Vec2,
+    z: f32,
+    layout: &Layout,
+    slide_secs: f32,
+    back_colour: Color,
+    color_blind: bool,
+    high_contrast: bool,
+    cur: Vec3,
+    has_card_animation: bool,
+    existing_children_key: Option<CardChildrenKey>,
+    card_images: Option<&CardImageSet>,
+    selected_back: usize,
+    font_handle: Option<&Handle<Font>>,
+) {
+    let target = Vec3::new(pos.x, pos.y, z);
+
+    // Always refresh the visual appearance.
+    commands.entity(entity).insert(card_sprite(
+        card,
+        face_up,
+        layout.card_size,
+        back_colour,
+        card_images,
+        selected_back,
+    ));
+
+    // Skip the snap/slide path entirely when a curve-based `CardAnimation`
+    // is driving this card (e.g. the drag-rejection return tween). Writing
+    // `Transform` here would race that animation each frame and cause a
+    // visible jump. The animation system snaps the final position itself
+    // when it completes.
+    if !has_card_animation {
+        // Slide to the new position when it differs meaningfully; snap otherwise.
+        if (cur.truncate() - target.truncate()).length() > 1.0 && slide_secs > 0.0 {
+            // Lift the card immediately on the first frame of the animation so
+            // it never appears behind a card that is already resting at the
+            // destination slot. `advance_card_anims` will maintain this lift
+            // throughout the tween and snap to `target` (without lift) on
+            // completion.
+            let start = Vec3::new(cur.x, cur.y, z + CARD_ANIM_Z_LIFT);
+            commands
+                .entity(entity)
+                .insert(Transform::from_translation(start))
+                .insert(CardAnim {
+                    start,
+                    target,
+                    elapsed: 0.0,
+                    duration: slide_secs,
+                    delay: 0.0,
+                });
+        } else {
+            commands
+                .entity(entity)
+                .remove::<CardAnim>()
+                .insert(Transform::from_xyz(pos.x, pos.y, z));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Rebuild the card's child visuals (drop-shadow, border frame, and the
+    // rank/suit label / large-print corner overlay) only when an input that
+    // affects them actually changed. The child set depends solely on
+    // `CardChildrenKey`; the face/back image is carried by the always-refreshed
+    // `Sprite` above, so theme/card-back swaps need no child rebuild. Skipping
+    // this on a position-only move avoids despawning and respawning the child
+    // entities (incl. a `Text2d` glyph re-layout) for all 52 cards on every
+    // `StateChangedEvent` — the spike that stuttered the slide animation on
+    // high-resolution devices.
+    let new_children_key = CardChildrenKey {
+        face_up,
+        card_size: layout.card_size,
+        color_blind,
+        high_contrast,
+    };
+    if existing_children_key != Some(new_children_key) {
+        commands.entity(entity).despawn_related::<Children>();
+        commands.entity(entity).with_children(|b| {
+            add_card_shadow_child(b, layout.card_size);
+        });
+        commands.entity(entity).with_children(|b| {
+            add_card_back_frame_child(b, layout.card_size);
+        });
+        if card_images.is_none() {
+            commands.entity(entity).with_children(|b| {
+                b.spawn((
+                    CardLabel,
+                    Text2d::new(label_for(card)),
+                    TextFont {
+                        font_size: layout.card_size.x * FONT_SIZE_FRAC,
+                        ..default()
+                    },
+                    TextColor(text_colour(card, color_blind, high_contrast)),
+                    Transform::from_xyz(0.0, 0.0, 0.01),
+                    label_visibility(face_up),
+                ));
+            });
+        }
+        if USE_TOUCH_UI_LAYOUT && card_images.is_some() {
+            commands.entity(entity).with_children(|b| {
+                add_android_corner_label(
+                    b,
+                    card,
+                    face_up,
+                    layout.card_size,
+                    color_blind,
+                    high_contrast,
+                    font_handle,
+                );
+            });
+        }
+        commands.entity(entity).insert(new_children_key);
+    }
+}
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ mod tests {
    use crate::game_plugin::GamePlugin;
    use crate::progress_plugin::ProgressPlugin;
    use crate::table_plugin::TablePlugin;
-    use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::GameState};
+    use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameState};

    fn headless_app() -> App {
        let mut app = App::new();
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ mod tests {
    fn challenge_win_advances_index() {
        let mut app = headless_app();
        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<GameStateResource>().0 =
-            GameState::new_with_mode(1, DrawMode::DrawOne, GameMode::Challenge);
+            GameState::new_with_mode(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne, GameMode::Challenge);

        app.world_mut().write_message(GameWonEvent {
            score: 500,
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ mod tests {
            .0
            .challenge_index = 2;
        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<GameStateResource>().0 =
-            GameState::new_with_mode(1, DrawMode::DrawOne, GameMode::Challenge);
+            GameState::new_with_mode(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne, GameMode::Challenge);

        app.world_mut().write_message(GameWonEvent {
            score: 500,
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+//! Hold-`/` hotkey cheat sheet (Phase J).
+//!
+//! While `/` is held on a keyboard platform, a lightweight overlay
+//! lists every binding from [`crate::hotkeys::HOTKEYS`] — the same
+//! table the onboarding slide teaches from, so the two can never
+//! disagree. Releasing the key hides it instantly; it never captures
+//! input, never pauses the game, and never spawns while a modal owns
+//! the screen (which also keeps it out of the seed-entry text field's
+//! way).
+//!
+//! Not a `spawn_modal` modal on purpose: modals are sticky and guarded;
+//! this is a momentary reference card, closer to a tooltip than a
+//! dialog.
+
+use bevy::input::ButtonInput;
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+
+use crate::font_plugin::FontResource;
+use crate::hotkeys::HOTKEYS;
+use crate::platform::SHOW_KEYBOARD_ACCELERATORS;
+use crate::ui_modal::ModalScrim;
+use crate::ui_theme::{
+    ACCENT_PRIMARY, BG_ELEVATED, BORDER_STRONG, HighContrastBorder, RADIUS_MD, TEXT_PRIMARY,
+    TEXT_SECONDARY, TYPE_BODY, TYPE_CAPTION, VAL_SPACE_1, VAL_SPACE_2, VAL_SPACE_3, VAL_SPACE_4,
+    Z_TOOLTIP,
+};
+
+/// Marker on the cheat-sheet overlay root.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct CheatSheetOverlay;
+
+/// Registers the hold-`/` driver. Inert on touch-first builds.
+pub struct CheatSheetPlugin;
+
+impl Plugin for CheatSheetPlugin {
+    fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
+        app.init_resource::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>()
+            .add_systems(Update, drive_cheat_sheet);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Shows the overlay while `/` is held (and no modal owns the screen);
+/// hides it the frame the key releases.
+fn drive_cheat_sheet(
+    keys: Res<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>,
+    scrims: Query<(), With<ModalScrim>>,
+    existing: Query<Entity, With<CheatSheetOverlay>>,
+    font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    if !SHOW_KEYBOARD_ACCELERATORS {
+        return;
+    }
+    let held = keys.pressed(KeyCode::Slash);
+    if held && existing.is_empty() && scrims.is_empty() {
+        spawn_cheat_sheet(&mut commands, font_res.as_deref());
+    } else if !held {
+        for entity in &existing {
+            commands.entity(entity).despawn();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn spawn_cheat_sheet(commands: &mut Commands, font_res: Option<&FontResource>) {
+    let font_handle = font_res.map(|f| f.0.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
+    let font_header = TextFont {
+        font: font_handle.clone(),
+        font_size: TYPE_BODY,
+        ..default()
+    };
+    let font_keys = TextFont {
+        font: font_handle.clone(),
+        font_size: TYPE_CAPTION,
+        ..default()
+    };
+    let font_desc = TextFont {
+        font: font_handle,
+        font_size: TYPE_CAPTION,
+        ..default()
+    };
+
+    commands
+        .spawn((
+            CheatSheetOverlay,
+            Node {
+                position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
+                right: Val::Px(16.0),
+                top: Val::Percent(8.0),
+                flex_direction: FlexDirection::Column,
+                row_gap: VAL_SPACE_1,
+                padding: UiRect::all(VAL_SPACE_4),
+                border: UiRect::all(Val::Px(1.0)),
+                border_radius: BorderRadius::all(Val::Px(RADIUS_MD)),
+                max_height: Val::Percent(84.0),
+                overflow: Overflow::scroll_y(),
+                ..default()
+            },
+            BackgroundColor(BG_ELEVATED),
+            BorderColor::all(BORDER_STRONG),
+            HighContrastBorder::with_default(BORDER_STRONG),
+            GlobalZIndex(Z_TOOLTIP),
+        ))
+        .with_children(|panel| {
+            panel.spawn((
+                Text::new("Keyboard shortcuts"),
+                font_header.clone(),
+                TextColor(TEXT_PRIMARY),
+                Node {
+                    margin: UiRect::bottom(VAL_SPACE_2),
+                    ..default()
+                },
+            ));
+            for row in HOTKEYS {
+                panel
+                    .spawn(Node {
+                        flex_direction: FlexDirection::Row,
+                        column_gap: VAL_SPACE_3,
+                        ..default()
+                    })
+                    .with_children(|line| {
+                        line.spawn((
+                            Text::new(row.keys),
+                            font_keys.clone(),
+                            TextColor(ACCENT_PRIMARY),
+                            Node {
+                                min_width: Val::Px(110.0),
+                                ..default()
+                            },
+                        ));
+                        line.spawn((
+                            Text::new(row.description),
+                            font_desc.clone(),
+                            TextColor(TEXT_SECONDARY),
+                        ));
+                    });
+            }
+        });
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn app() -> App {
+        let mut app = App::new();
+        app.add_plugins(MinimalPlugins)
+            .add_plugins(CheatSheetPlugin);
+        app.update();
+        app
+    }
+
+    fn overlay_count(app: &mut App) -> usize {
+        app.world_mut()
+            .query::<&CheatSheetOverlay>()
+            .iter(app.world())
+            .count()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn holding_slash_shows_and_release_hides() {
+        let mut app = app();
+        app.world_mut()
+            .resource_mut::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>()
+            .press(KeyCode::Slash);
+        app.update();
+        assert_eq!(overlay_count(&mut app), 1, "held / must show the sheet");
+        // Still held on later frames: exactly one overlay, no stacking.
+        app.update();
+        assert_eq!(overlay_count(&mut app), 1);
+
+        app.world_mut()
+            .resource_mut::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>()
+            .release(KeyCode::Slash);
+        app.update();
+        app.update();
+        assert_eq!(overlay_count(&mut app), 0, "release must hide the sheet");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn suppressed_while_a_modal_is_open() {
+        let mut app = app();
+        app.world_mut().spawn(ModalScrim);
+        app.update();
+        app.world_mut()
+            .resource_mut::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>()
+            .press(KeyCode::Slash);
+        app.update();
+        assert_eq!(
+            overlay_count(&mut app),
+            0,
+            "the sheet must not spawn over a modal (or into a text field)"
+        );
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,309 @@
+//! Contextual one-time tips (Phase I of the 2026-07 UI redesign).
+//!
+//! Everything the first-run onboarding doesn't cover is invisible until
+//! stumbled upon: hint cycling, the radial quick-action menu. These
+//! tips fire **from the situation, not a tour** — each exactly once,
+//! recorded in `Settings` like `shown_achievement_onboarding`:
+//!
+//! - **Stall tip** — after [`STALL_TIP_SECS`] with no board change in an
+//!   active game, an info toast points at Hint. A player staring at a
+//!   stuck board is the one moment the tip is welcome.
+//! - **Radial tip** — once a game reaches [`RADIAL_TIP_MIN_MOVES`] moves
+//!   (an engaged player) and the radial menu has never been opened, an
+//!   info toast teaches the long-press / right-click gesture. Opening
+//!   the radial organically marks the tip as unnecessary — it is never
+//!   shown to someone who already knows.
+//!
+//! Tips render through the queued [`InfoToastEvent`] path, so they share
+//! the unified toast stack and never interrupt play.
+
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+
+use solitaire_data::save_settings_to;
+
+use crate::events::{InfoToastEvent, StateChangedEvent};
+use crate::game_plugin::GameMutation;
+use crate::pause_plugin::PausedResource;
+use crate::platform::SHOW_KEYBOARD_ACCELERATORS;
+use crate::radial_menu::RightClickRadialState;
+use crate::resources::GameStateResource;
+use crate::settings_plugin::{SettingsResource, SettingsStoragePath};
+use crate::ui_modal::ModalScrim;
+
+/// Seconds without any board change before the stall tip fires.
+/// Long enough that normal thinking never triggers it; short enough to
+/// reach a genuinely stuck player before they quit.
+const STALL_TIP_SECS: f32 = 45.0;
+
+/// Move count at which an engaged player earns the radial-menu teach.
+const RADIAL_TIP_MIN_MOVES: u32 = 15;
+
+/// Stall-tip copy per platform input vocabulary.
+const STALL_TIP: &str = if SHOW_KEYBOARD_ACCELERATORS {
+    "Stuck? Press H for a hint."
+} else {
+    "Stuck? Tap Hint in the bottom bar for a suggested move."
+};
+
+/// Radial-tip copy per platform input vocabulary.
+const RADIAL_TIP: &str = if SHOW_KEYBOARD_ACCELERATORS {
+    "Tip: right-click a card for quick actions."
+} else {
+    "Tip: long-press a card for quick actions."
+};
+
+/// Seconds of board inactivity, frozen while paused / a modal is open,
+/// reset by every [`StateChangedEvent`].
+#[derive(Resource, Debug, Default)]
+pub struct StallClock(pub f32);
+
+/// Registers the stall clock and the two tip triggers.
+pub struct ContextualTipsPlugin;
+
+impl Plugin for ContextualTipsPlugin {
+    fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
+        app.init_resource::<StallClock>()
+            .add_message::<InfoToastEvent>()
+            .add_message::<StateChangedEvent>()
+            .add_systems(
+                Update,
+                (
+                    tick_stall_clock,
+                    fire_stall_hint_tip
+                        .in_set(crate::game_plugin::InfoToastWriters)
+                        .ambiguous_with(crate::game_plugin::InfoToastWriters),
+                    observe_radial_menu_use,
+                    fire_radial_menu_tip
+                        .in_set(crate::game_plugin::InfoToastWriters)
+                        .ambiguous_with(crate::game_plugin::InfoToastWriters),
+                )
+                    .chain()
+                    .after(GameMutation),
+            );
+    }
+}
+
+/// Advances the stall clock; resets on any board change; freezes while
+/// paused, while a modal owns the screen, or when the game is over.
+fn tick_stall_clock(
+    time: Res<Time>,
+    mut state_events: MessageReader<StateChangedEvent>,
+    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
+    scrims: Query<(), With<ModalScrim>>,
+    game: Option<Res<GameStateResource>>,
+    mut clock: ResMut<StallClock>,
+) {
+    if state_events.read().next().is_some() {
+        clock.0 = 0.0;
+        return;
+    }
+    if paused.is_some_and(|p| p.0)
+        || !scrims.is_empty()
+        || game.as_ref().is_none_or(|g| g.0.is_won())
+    {
+        // Frozen, not reset: backgrounding into a menu mid-stall
+        // shouldn't restart the wait.
+        return;
+    }
+    clock.0 += time.delta_secs();
+}
+
+/// Fires the one-shot stall tip once the clock passes the threshold in
+/// a game the player has actually started (at least one move).
+fn fire_stall_hint_tip(
+    clock: Res<StallClock>,
+    game: Option<Res<GameStateResource>>,
+    mut settings: Option<ResMut<SettingsResource>>,
+    storage_path: Option<Res<SettingsStoragePath>>,
+    mut toast: MessageWriter<InfoToastEvent>,
+) {
+    let Some(s) = settings.as_mut() else { return };
+    if s.0.shown_stall_hint_tip || clock.0 < STALL_TIP_SECS {
+        return;
+    }
+    if game
+        .as_ref()
+        .is_none_or(|g| g.0.move_count() == 0 || g.0.is_won())
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+    toast.write(InfoToastEvent(STALL_TIP.to_string()));
+    s.0.shown_stall_hint_tip = true;
+    persist(storage_path.as_deref(), &s.0);
+}
+
+/// A player who opens the radial menu on their own doesn't need the
+/// teach — mark the tip done silently.
+fn observe_radial_menu_use(
+    radial: Option<Res<RightClickRadialState>>,
+    mut settings: Option<ResMut<SettingsResource>>,
+    storage_path: Option<Res<SettingsStoragePath>>,
+) {
+    let Some(radial) = radial else { return };
+    if !radial.is_active() {
+        return;
+    }
+    let Some(s) = settings.as_mut() else { return };
+    if s.0.shown_radial_menu_tip {
+        return;
+    }
+    s.0.shown_radial_menu_tip = true;
+    persist(storage_path.as_deref(), &s.0);
+}
+
+/// Fires the one-shot radial teach for an engaged player who has never
+/// opened the menu themselves.
+fn fire_radial_menu_tip(
+    game: Option<Res<GameStateResource>>,
+    mut settings: Option<ResMut<SettingsResource>>,
+    storage_path: Option<Res<SettingsStoragePath>>,
+    mut toast: MessageWriter<InfoToastEvent>,
+) {
+    let Some(s) = settings.as_mut() else { return };
+    if s.0.shown_radial_menu_tip {
+        return;
+    }
+    if game
+        .as_ref()
+        .is_none_or(|g| g.0.move_count() < RADIAL_TIP_MIN_MOVES || g.0.is_won())
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+    toast.write(InfoToastEvent(RADIAL_TIP.to_string()));
+    s.0.shown_radial_menu_tip = true;
+    persist(storage_path.as_deref(), &s.0);
+}
+
+fn persist(storage_path: Option<&SettingsStoragePath>, settings: &solitaire_data::Settings) {
+    if let Some(p) = storage_path
+        && let Some(path) = p.0.as_deref()
+        && let Err(e) = save_settings_to(path, settings)
+    {
+        warn!("contextual tips: failed to persist tip flag: {e}");
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use bevy::ecs::message::Messages;
+    use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameState};
+    use solitaire_data::Settings;
+
+    fn app_with(settings: Settings, game: GameState) -> App {
+        let mut app = App::new();
+        app.add_plugins(MinimalPlugins)
+            .add_plugins(ContextualTipsPlugin);
+        app.insert_resource(SettingsResource(settings));
+        app.insert_resource(GameStateResource(game));
+        app.update();
+        app
+    }
+
+    fn info_toast_count(app: &App) -> usize {
+        let events = app.world().resource::<Messages<InfoToastEvent>>();
+        let mut cursor = events.get_cursor();
+        cursor.read(events).count()
+    }
+
+    fn started_game() -> GameState {
+        let mut game = GameState::new(7, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+        game.draw().expect("draw from fresh deal");
+        game
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stall_tip_fires_once_past_threshold() {
+        let mut app = app_with(Settings::default(), started_game());
+        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<StallClock>().0 = STALL_TIP_SECS + 1.0;
+        app.update();
+
+        assert_eq!(info_toast_count(&app), 1, "stall tip must fire");
+        assert!(
+            app.world()
+                .resource::<SettingsResource>()
+                .0
+                .shown_stall_hint_tip,
+            "the tip flag must set so it never repeats"
+        );
+
+        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<StallClock>().0 = STALL_TIP_SECS + 30.0;
+        app.world_mut()
+            .resource_mut::<Messages<InfoToastEvent>>()
+            .clear();
+        app.update();
+        assert_eq!(info_toast_count(&app), 0, "the tip is one-shot");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stall_tip_needs_a_started_unwon_game() {
+        // Untouched deal: staring at the launch screen is not a stall.
+        let mut app = app_with(
+            Settings::default(),
+            GameState::new(7, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne),
+        );
+        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<StallClock>().0 = STALL_TIP_SECS + 1.0;
+        app.update();
+        assert_eq!(info_toast_count(&app), 0, "no tip on an untouched deal");
+
+        // Won game: nothing to hint at.
+        let mut won = started_game();
+        won.set_test_won(true);
+        let mut app = app_with(Settings::default(), won);
+        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<StallClock>().0 = STALL_TIP_SECS + 1.0;
+        app.update();
+        assert_eq!(info_toast_count(&app), 0, "no tip on a won game");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stall_clock_resets_on_state_change() {
+        let mut app = app_with(Settings::default(), started_game());
+        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<StallClock>().0 = 30.0;
+        app.world_mut().write_message(StateChangedEvent);
+        app.update();
+        assert_eq!(
+            app.world().resource::<StallClock>().0,
+            0.0,
+            "any board change must reset the stall clock"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn radial_tip_fires_for_engaged_player() {
+        let mut game = started_game();
+        game.set_test_move_count(RADIAL_TIP_MIN_MOVES);
+        let mut app = app_with(Settings::default(), game);
+        app.update();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            info_toast_count(&app),
+            1,
+            "radial tip must fire at the move threshold"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            app.world()
+                .resource::<SettingsResource>()
+                .0
+                .shown_radial_menu_tip
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn radial_tip_suppressed_after_organic_use() {
+        let mut game = started_game();
+        game.set_test_move_count(RADIAL_TIP_MIN_MOVES);
+        let mut app = app_with(
+            Settings {
+                shown_radial_menu_tip: true,
+                ..Settings::default()
+            },
+            game,
+        );
+        app.update();
+        assert_eq!(
+            info_toast_count(&app),
+            0,
+            "a player who used the radial menu never sees the teach"
+        );
+    }
+}
@@ -14,17 +14,19 @@ use crate::platform::{
 };
 use crate::{
    AchievementPlugin, AnimationPlugin, AssetSourcesPlugin, AutoCompletePlugin,
-    CardAnimationPlugin, CardPlugin, ChallengePlugin, CursorPlugin, DailyChallengePlugin,
-    DiagnosticsHudPlugin, DifficultyPlugin, FeedbackAnimPlugin, FontPlugin, GamePlugin, HelpPlugin,
-    HomePlugin, HudPlugin, InputPlugin, OnboardingPlugin, PausePlugin, PlayBySeedPlugin,
-    ProfilePlugin, ProgressPlugin, RadialMenuPlugin, ReplayOverlayPlugin, ReplayPlaybackPlugin,
-    SafeAreaInsetsPlugin, SelectionPlugin, SettingsPlugin, SplashPlugin, StatsPlugin, SyncProvider,
-    TablePlugin, ThemePlugin, ThemeRegistryPlugin, TimeAttackPlugin, TouchSelectionPlugin,
-    UiFocusPlugin, UiModalPlugin, UiTooltipPlugin, WeeklyGoalsPlugin, WinSummaryPlugin,
+    CardAnimationPlugin, CardPlugin, ChallengePlugin, CheatSheetPlugin, ContextualTipsPlugin,
+    CursorPlugin, DailyChallengePlugin, DiagnosticsHudPlugin, DifficultyPlugin, FeedbackAnimPlugin,
+    FontPlugin, GamePlugin, HelpPlugin, HomePlugin, HudPlugin, InputPlugin, OnboardingPlugin,
+    PausePlugin, PlayBySeedPlugin, ProfilePlugin, ProgressPlugin, RadialMenuPlugin,
+    ReplayOverlayPlugin, ReplayPlaybackPlugin, SafeAreaInsetsPlugin, SelectionPlugin,
+    SettingsPlugin, SolutionPlaybackPlugin, SplashPlugin, StatsPlugin, SyncProvider, TablePlugin,
+    ThemePlugin, ThemeRegistryPlugin, TimeAttackPlugin, TouchSelectionPlugin, UiFocusPlugin,
+    UiModalPlugin, UiTooltipPlugin, WeeklyGoalsPlugin, WhatsNewPlugin, WinSummaryPlugin,
 };
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use crate::{
    AnalyticsPlugin, AudioPlugin, AvatarPlugin, LeaderboardPlugin, SyncPlugin, SyncSetupPlugin,
+    ThemeStorePlugin,
 };

 /// Groups all Ferrous Solitaire gameplay plugins.
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ impl Plugin for CoreGamePlugin {
            .add_plugins(FeedbackAnimPlugin)
            .add_plugins(CardAnimationPlugin)
            .add_plugins(AutoCompletePlugin)
+            .add_plugins(SolutionPlaybackPlugin)
            .add_plugins(ReplayPlaybackPlugin)
            .add_plugins(ReplayOverlayPlugin)
            .add_plugins(StatsPlugin::default())
@@ -108,9 +111,13 @@ impl Plugin for CoreGamePlugin {
            .add_plugins(HelpPlugin)
            .add_plugins(HomePlugin::default())
            .add_plugins(ProfilePlugin)
+            .add_plugins(crate::you_hub_plugin::YouHubPlugin)
            .add_plugins(PausePlugin)
            .add_plugins(SettingsPlugin::default())
            .add_plugins(OnboardingPlugin)
+            .add_plugins(WhatsNewPlugin)
+            .add_plugins(ContextualTipsPlugin)
+            .add_plugins(CheatSheetPlugin)
            .add_plugins(WinSummaryPlugin)
            .add_plugins(UiModalPlugin)
            .add_plugins(UiFocusPlugin)
@@ -126,6 +133,7 @@ impl Plugin for CoreGamePlugin {
            .add_plugins(AudioPlugin)
            .add_plugins(SyncPlugin::new(sync_provider))
            .add_plugins(SyncSetupPlugin)
+            .add_plugins(ThemeStorePlugin)
            .add_plugins(AnalyticsPlugin)
            .add_plugins(LeaderboardPlugin);
    }
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@

 use bevy::prelude::*;
 use bevy::window::{CursorIcon, PrimaryWindow, SystemCursorIcon};
-use solitaire_core::card::Card;
+use solitaire_core::Card;
+use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameState};
 use solitaire_core::{Foundation, KlondikePile, Tableau};
-use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::GameState};

 use crate::card_plugin::RightClickHighlight;
 use crate::layout::{Layout, LayoutResource};
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ impl Plugin for CursorPlugin {
            Update,
            (
                update_cursor_icon,
-                update_drop_highlights.run_if(resource_changed::<crate::resources::DragState>),
+                update_drop_highlights.run_if(resource_changed::<DragState>),
                update_drop_target_overlays,
            ),
        );
@@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ fn tableau_or_stack_pos(
            base.x,
            base.y - layout.card_size.y * layout.tableau_fan_frac * (index as f32),
        )
-    } else if matches!(pile, KlondikePile::Stock) && game.draw_mode() == DrawMode::DrawThree {
+    } else if matches!(pile, KlondikePile::Stock) && game.draw_mode() == DrawStockConfig::DrawThree
+    {
        let pile_len = game.waste_cards().len();
        let visible_start = pile_len.saturating_sub(3);
        let slot = index.saturating_sub(visible_start) as f32;
@@ -563,9 +564,9 @@ mod tests {
    #[test]
    fn cursor_over_draggable_returns_false_for_empty_game() {
        use crate::layout::compute_layout;
-        use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::GameState};
+        use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameState};

-        let game = GameState::new(42, DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        let game = GameState::new(42, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
        // A cursor far off-screen should never hit anything.
        assert!(!cursor_over_draggable(
@@ -580,8 +581,11 @@ mod tests {
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    use crate::layout::compute_layout;
-    use solitaire_core::card::{Card, Deck, Rank, Suit};
-    use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::{GameMode, GameState}};
+    use solitaire_core::{Card, Deck, Rank, Suit};
+    use solitaire_core::{
+        DrawStockConfig,
+        game_state::{GameMode, GameState},
+    };

    /// Builds an `App` with `MinimalPlugins` and the overlay system
    /// registered, plus the resources the system needs. Callers
@@ -629,12 +633,8 @@ mod tests {
        // 5 of Spades (black) onto Tableau(2)'s 6 of Clubs (also black)
        // — same colour family, illegal. Tableau(2) must NOT be
        // highlighted.
-        let mut game = GameState::new_with_mode(7, DrawMode::DrawOne, GameMode::Classic);
-        set_tableau_top(
-            &mut game,
-            2,
-            Card::new(Deck::Deck1, Suit::Clubs, Rank::Six),
-        );
+        let mut game = GameState::new_with_mode(7, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne, GameMode::Classic);
+        set_tableau_top(&mut game, 2, Card::new(Deck::Deck1, Suit::Clubs, Rank::Six));
        let dragged = Card::new(Deck::Deck1, Suit::Spades, Rank::Five);

        let mut app = overlay_test_app(game);
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ mod tests {
    use crate::progress_plugin::ProgressPlugin;
    use crate::table_plugin::TablePlugin;
    #[allow(unused_imports)]
-    use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::GameState};
+    use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameState};

    fn headless_app() -> App {
        let mut app = App::new();
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ mod tests {

        // Replace the GameState with one whose seed matches the daily seed.
        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<GameStateResource>().0 =
-            GameState::new(daily_seed, DrawMode::DrawOne);
+            GameState::new(daily_seed, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);

        app.world_mut().write_message(GameWonEvent {
            score: 500,
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ mod tests {
        let daily_seed = app.world().resource::<DailyChallengeResource>().seed;
        // Use a deliberately different seed.
        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<GameStateResource>().0 =
-            GameState::new(daily_seed.wrapping_add(7777), DrawMode::DrawOne);
+            GameState::new(daily_seed.wrapping_add(7777), DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);

        app.world_mut().write_message(GameWonEvent {
            score: 500,
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ mod tests {
        let mut app = headless_app();
        let daily_seed = app.world().resource::<DailyChallengeResource>().seed;
        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<GameStateResource>().0 =
-            GameState::new(daily_seed, DrawMode::DrawOne);
+            GameState::new(daily_seed, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);

        app.world_mut().write_message(GameWonEvent {
            score: 500,
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ impl DifficultyIndexResource {
            DifficultyLevel::Hard => &mut self.hard,
            DifficultyLevel::Expert => &mut self.expert,
            DifficultyLevel::Grandmaster => &mut self.grandmaster,
-            DifficultyLevel::Random => unreachable!("Random has no catalog"),
+            // Random has no catalog today, so seeds_for() already returned
+            // None above; if it ever gains one, a time seed is still the
+            // right answer for "Random" — never a reachable panic.
+            DifficultyLevel::Random => return seed_from_system_time(),
        };
        let seed = catalog[*cursor % catalog.len()];
        *cursor = cursor.wrapping_add(1);
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@

 use bevy::prelude::Message;
 use solitaire_core::KlondikePile;
-use solitaire_core::card::{Card, Suit};
 use solitaire_core::game_state::GameMode;
+use solitaire_core::{Card, Suit};
 use solitaire_data::AchievementRecord;
-use solitaire_sync::SyncResponse;

 /// Request to move `count` cards from `from` to `to`. Fired by input systems,
 /// consumed by `GamePlugin`.
@@ -134,6 +133,12 @@ pub struct ManualSyncRequestEvent;
 #[derive(Message, Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
 pub struct SyncConfigureRequestEvent;

+/// Request to open the in-game theme-store modal. Fired by the
+/// "Browse theme store" button in the Settings cosmetic section;
+/// handled by `theme_store_plugin`.
+#[derive(Message, Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
+pub struct ThemeStoreOpenRequestEvent;
+
 /// Request to disconnect from the current sync backend, clear stored
 /// credentials, and reset to `SyncBackend::Local`. Fired by the "Disconnect"
 /// button in the Settings sync section.
@@ -153,6 +158,12 @@ pub struct DeleteAccountRequestEvent;
 #[derive(Message, Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
 pub struct PauseRequestEvent;

+/// Request to solve the current deal and auto-play the winning line.
+/// Fired by the pause menu's "Show solution" button; consumed by
+/// `solution_playback_plugin`.
+#[derive(Message, Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
+pub struct ShowSolutionRequestEvent;
+
 /// Request to toggle the help / controls overlay. Fired by the HUD "Help"
 /// button alongside the existing `F1` accelerator so the overlay is
 /// reachable without a keyboard. Consumed by `help_plugin::toggle_help_screen`.
@@ -231,15 +242,10 @@ pub struct ToggleSettingsRequestEvent;
 #[derive(Message, Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
 pub struct ToggleLeaderboardRequestEvent;

-/// Fired by `SyncPlugin` after a pull task resolves and the merged result has
-/// been persisted to disk. `Ok(SyncResponse)` carries the merged payload plus
-/// any `ConflictReport`s the merge produced. `Err(String)` carries a
-/// human-readable failure message (network, auth, serialization, etc.).
-///
-/// UI systems listen for this to refresh views without polling
-/// `SyncStatusResource`. See [ARCHITECTURE.md §4](../../ARCHITECTURE.md).
-#[derive(Message, Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct SyncCompleteEvent(pub Result<SyncResponse, String>);
+/// Request to toggle the Home mode launcher. Fired by the HUD
+/// Menu-popover "Home" row alongside the existing `M` accelerator.
+#[derive(Message, Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
+pub struct ToggleHomeRequestEvent;

 /// Generic informational toast message. Any system can fire this to display
 /// a short string to the player, e.g. "Locked — reach level 5".
@@ -283,15 +289,6 @@ pub struct ForfeitEvent;
 #[derive(Message, Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
 pub struct ForfeitRequestEvent;

-/// Fired when the player clicks "Scan for new themes" in Settings.
-///
-/// Consumed by `handle_scan_themes` in `SettingsPlugin`, which scans
-/// `user_theme_dir()` for `.zip` files, calls `import_theme()` on each
-/// unrecognised archive, refreshes [`crate::theme::ThemeRegistry`], and
-/// fires [`InfoToastEvent`] messages to report results.
-#[derive(Message, Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
-pub struct ScanThemesRequestEvent;
-
 /// Fired when the player requests a hint (H key). Carries the source card ID
 /// and destination pile for visual highlighting.
 ///
@@ -43,16 +43,17 @@ use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};

 use bevy::prelude::*;
 use bevy::window::RequestRedraw;
-use solitaire_core::card::Card;
+use solitaire_core::Card;
 use solitaire_core::KlondikePile;
 use solitaire_core::klondike_adapter::foundation_from_slot;
 use solitaire_data::AnimSpeed;

 use crate::animation_plugin::CardAnim;
-use crate::card_plugin::CardEntity;
+use crate::card_animation::{MotionCurve, sample_curve};
+use crate::card_plugin::{CardEntity, CardEntityIndex};
 use crate::events::{
-    DrawRequestEvent, FoundationCompletedEvent, MoveRejectedEvent, MoveRequestEvent,
-    NewGameRequestEvent,
+    DrawRequestEvent, FoundationCompletedEvent, HintVisualEvent, MoveRejectedEvent,
+    MoveRequestEvent, NewGameRequestEvent, StateChangedEvent,
 };
 use crate::game_plugin::GameMutation;
 use crate::layout::LayoutResource;
@@ -189,10 +190,6 @@ pub fn deal_stagger_jitter(card_id: u32) -> f32 {
    (jitter_norm - 0.5) * 0.2 // ±0.1 == ±10 %
 }

-// Per-card jitter keys off the shared stable card id so it matches the
-// numeric identity used elsewhere (and on the WASM replay side).
-use solitaire_core::card::card_to_id;
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Plugin
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -211,6 +208,8 @@ impl Plugin for FeedbackAnimPlugin {
            .add_message::<MoveRejectedEvent>()
            .add_message::<NewGameRequestEvent>()
            .add_message::<FoundationCompletedEvent>()
+            .add_message::<HintVisualEvent>()
+            .add_message::<StateChangedEvent>()
            .add_message::<RequestRedraw>()
            .add_systems(
                Update,
@@ -228,6 +227,20 @@ impl Plugin for FeedbackAnimPlugin {
                    start_deal_anim.after(GameMutation),
                    start_foundation_flourish.after(GameMutation),
                ),
+            )
+            // Hint ghost (Phase H): the spawn reads card Transform/Sprite,
+            // so it orders after the board painters; the tick only touches
+            // ghost entities (Without<CardEntity>) and stays conflict-free.
+            .add_systems(
+                Update,
+                (
+                    spawn_hint_ghost
+                        .after(GameMutation)
+                        .after(crate::card_plugin::BoardVisuals),
+                    tick_hint_ghosts,
+                    despawn_hint_ghosts_on_state_change.after(GameMutation),
+                )
+                    .chain(),
            );
    }
 }
@@ -280,10 +293,16 @@ fn tick_shake_anim(
    time: Res<Time>,
    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
    mut anims: Query<(Entity, &mut Transform, &mut ShakeAnim)>,
+    mut redraw: MessageWriter<RequestRedraw>,
 ) {
    if paused.is_some_and(|p| p.0) {
        return;
    }
+    // Sustain full-rate frames for the shake under Android's
+    // reactive_low_power focused_mode.
+    if !anims.is_empty() {
+        redraw.write(RequestRedraw);
+    }
    let dt = time.delta_secs();
    for (entity, mut transform, mut anim) in &mut anims {
        anim.elapsed += dt;
@@ -360,10 +379,16 @@ fn tick_settle_anim(
    time: Res<Time>,
    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
    mut anims: Query<(Entity, &mut Transform, &mut SettleAnim)>,
+    mut redraw: MessageWriter<RequestRedraw>,
 ) {
    if paused.is_some_and(|p| p.0) {
        return;
    }
+    // Sustain full-rate frames for the settle bounce under Android's
+    // reactive_low_power focused_mode.
+    if !anims.is_empty() {
+        redraw.write(RequestRedraw);
+    }
    let dt = time.delta_secs();
    for (entity, mut transform, mut anim) in &mut anims {
        anim.elapsed += dt;
@@ -413,10 +438,14 @@ fn start_deal_anim(

    for (index, (entity, card_marker, transform)) in card_entities.iter().enumerate() {
        let final_pos = transform.translation;
-        // ±10 % jitter, deterministic per card id, so the deal feels organic
-        // without losing reproducibility (a given seed still produces the
-        // same per-card stagger pattern across runs).
-        let per_card_stagger = stagger_secs * (1.0 + deal_stagger_jitter(card_to_id(&card_marker.card)));
+        // ±10 % jitter, deterministic per card, so the deal feels organic
+        // without losing reproducibility (a given deal produces the same
+        // per-card stagger pattern across runs). The seed is a hash of the
+        // card's own identity — no separate numeric id needed.
+        let mut card_hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
+        card_marker.card.hash(&mut card_hasher);
+        let per_card_stagger =
+            stagger_secs * (1.0 + deal_stagger_jitter(card_hasher.finish() as u32));
        commands.entity(entity).insert((
            Transform::from_translation(stock_start.with_z(final_pos.z)),
            CardAnim {
@@ -581,10 +610,16 @@ fn tick_foundation_flourish(
        (Entity, &mut Sprite, &mut FoundationMarkerFlourish),
        Without<FoundationFlourish>,
    >,
+    mut redraw: MessageWriter<RequestRedraw>,
 ) {
    if paused.is_some_and(|p| p.0) {
        return;
    }
+    // Sustain full-rate frames for the flourish under Android's
+    // reactive_low_power focused_mode.
+    if !card_anims.is_empty() || !marker_anims.is_empty() {
+        redraw.write(RequestRedraw);
+    }
    let dt = time.delta_secs();

    // Advance the King's scale pulse.
@@ -639,13 +674,154 @@ fn lerp_color(from: Color, to: Color, t: f32) -> Color {
 fn pile_cards(
    game: &solitaire_core::game_state::GameState,
    pile: &KlondikePile,
-) -> Vec<(solitaire_core::card::Card, bool)> {
+) -> Vec<(Card, bool)> {
    match pile {
        KlondikePile::Stock => game.waste_cards(),
        _ => game.pile(*pile),
    }
 }

+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Phase H — hint ghost-motion preview
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Duration of one ghost glide from the hinted card to its destination.
+const HINT_GHOST_PASS_SECS: f32 = 0.7;
+/// How many glides one hint plays before the ghost despawns. Two reads
+/// as "this move, over there" without outstaying the 2 s static
+/// highlight it accompanies.
+const HINT_GHOST_PASSES: f32 = 2.0;
+/// Ghost translucency — clearly a projection, never mistakable for the
+/// real card.
+const HINT_GHOST_ALPHA: f32 = 0.45;
+/// Ghost render depth: above every settled pile (~1.04 max) and the
+/// in-flight `CardAnim` lift (50), below a dragged card (500).
+const HINT_GHOST_Z: f32 = 400.0;
+
+/// A translucent copy of the hinted card gliding to the suggested
+/// destination (Phase H). Purely decorative — despawned by timer, by a
+/// newer hint, or by any state change.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HintGhost {
+    start: Vec3,
+    target: Vec3,
+    elapsed: f32,
+}
+
+/// Normalised progress of the current glide pass, restarting from the
+/// source each pass. Pure for unit testing.
+fn hint_ghost_pass_t(elapsed: f32) -> f32 {
+    (elapsed % HINT_GHOST_PASS_SECS) / HINT_GHOST_PASS_SECS
+}
+
+/// Ghost alpha at `pass_t` — full strength for most of the glide, then
+/// fading over the last 20 % so the loop restart reads as a repeat
+/// rather than a teleport. Pure for unit testing.
+fn hint_ghost_alpha(pass_t: f32) -> f32 {
+    let fade_in_tail = ((pass_t - 0.8) / 0.2).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+    HINT_GHOST_ALPHA * (1.0 - fade_in_tail)
+}
+
+/// Spawns the ghost when a hint fires. The static highlights (source
+/// card + gold destination pile) still spawn regardless; under
+/// reduce-motion they are the whole story and no ghost appears
+/// (`design-system.md` §Accessibility).
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+fn spawn_hint_ghost(
+    mut events: MessageReader<HintVisualEvent>,
+    settings: Option<Res<SettingsResource>>,
+    index: Option<Res<CardEntityIndex>>,
+    layout: Option<Res<LayoutResource>>,
+    cards: Query<(&Transform, &Sprite), With<CardEntity>>,
+    existing: Query<Entity, With<HintGhost>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    if events.is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+    if settings.is_some_and(|s| s.0.reduce_motion_mode) {
+        events.clear();
+        return;
+    }
+    let (Some(index), Some(layout)) = (index, layout) else {
+        events.clear();
+        return;
+    };
+    for ev in events.read() {
+        // A fresh hint replaces any ghost still in flight.
+        for entity in &existing {
+            commands.entity(entity).despawn();
+        }
+        let Some(card_entity) = index.get(&ev.source_card) else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        let Ok((transform, sprite)) = cards.get(card_entity) else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        let Some(&dest) = layout.0.pile_positions.get(&ev.dest_pile) else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        let start = transform.translation.truncate().extend(HINT_GHOST_Z);
+        let mut ghost_sprite = sprite.clone();
+        ghost_sprite.color = ghost_sprite.color.with_alpha(HINT_GHOST_ALPHA);
+        commands.spawn((
+            HintGhost {
+                start,
+                target: dest.extend(HINT_GHOST_Z),
+                elapsed: 0.0,
+            },
+            ghost_sprite,
+            Transform::from_translation(start),
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+/// Advances every ghost: eased glide per pass, tail fade, despawn after
+/// [`HINT_GHOST_PASSES`]. Frozen while paused, like every other
+/// decorative animation.
+#[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
+fn tick_hint_ghosts(
+    time: Res<Time>,
+    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
+    mut ghosts: Query<
+        (Entity, &mut HintGhost, &mut Transform, &mut Sprite),
+        (Without<CardEntity>, Without<PileMarker>),
+    >,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    if paused.is_some_and(|p| p.0) {
+        return;
+    }
+    let dt = time.delta_secs();
+    for (entity, mut ghost, mut transform, mut sprite) in ghosts.iter_mut() {
+        ghost.elapsed += dt;
+        if ghost.elapsed >= HINT_GHOST_PASS_SECS * HINT_GHOST_PASSES {
+            commands.entity(entity).despawn();
+            continue;
+        }
+        let pass_t = hint_ghost_pass_t(ghost.elapsed);
+        let eased = sample_curve(MotionCurve::SmoothSnap, pass_t);
+        transform.translation = ghost.start.lerp(ghost.target, eased);
+        sprite.color = sprite.color.with_alpha(hint_ghost_alpha(pass_t));
+    }
+}
+
+/// A ghost previews a move against the *current* board; the moment the
+/// board changes (move, undo, draw, new game) it is stale and vanishes.
+fn despawn_hint_ghosts_on_state_change(
+    mut events: MessageReader<StateChangedEvent>,
+    ghosts: Query<Entity, With<HintGhost>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    if events.is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+    events.clear();
+    for entity in &ghosts {
+        commands.entity(entity).despawn();
+    }
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Unit tests (pure functions only — no Bevy world required)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -846,13 +1022,16 @@ mod tests {
    fn shake_anim_skipped_under_reduce_motion() {
        use bevy::ecs::message::Messages;
        use solitaire_core::Tableau;
-        use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::GameState};
+        use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameState};
        use solitaire_data::Settings;

        let mut app = App::new();
        app.add_plugins(MinimalPlugins)
            .add_plugins(FeedbackAnimPlugin);
-        app.insert_resource(GameStateResource(GameState::new(1, DrawMode::DrawOne)));
+        app.insert_resource(GameStateResource(GameState::new(
+            1,
+            DrawStockConfig::DrawOne,
+        )));
        app.insert_resource(SettingsResource(Settings {
            reduce_motion_mode: true,
            ..Settings::default()
@@ -900,13 +1079,16 @@ mod tests {
    #[test]
    fn foundation_flourish_skipped_under_reduce_motion() {
        use bevy::ecs::message::Messages;
-        use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::GameState};
+        use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameState};
        use solitaire_data::Settings;

        let mut app = App::new();
        app.add_plugins(MinimalPlugins)
            .add_plugins(FeedbackAnimPlugin);
-        app.insert_resource(GameStateResource(GameState::new(1, DrawMode::DrawOne)));
+        app.insert_resource(GameStateResource(GameState::new(
+            1,
+            DrawStockConfig::DrawOne,
+        )));
        app.insert_resource(SettingsResource(Settings {
            reduce_motion_mode: true,
            ..Settings::default()
@@ -917,7 +1099,7 @@ mod tests {
            .resource_mut::<Messages<FoundationCompletedEvent>>()
            .write(FoundationCompletedEvent {
                slot: 0,
-                suit: solitaire_core::card::Suit::Spades,
+                suit: solitaire_core::Suit::Spades,
            });
        app.update();

@@ -931,4 +1113,147 @@ mod tests {
            "FoundationFlourish must not be inserted under reduce-motion"
        );
    }
+
+    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Phase H — hint ghost-motion preview
+    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hint_ghost_pass_t_restarts_each_pass() {
+        assert_eq!(hint_ghost_pass_t(0.0), 0.0);
+        // Just past one full pass, progress wraps back near zero.
+        assert!(hint_ghost_pass_t(HINT_GHOST_PASS_SECS + 0.01) < 0.1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hint_ghost_alpha_fades_only_in_the_tail() {
+        assert_eq!(hint_ghost_alpha(0.0), HINT_GHOST_ALPHA);
+        assert_eq!(hint_ghost_alpha(0.79), HINT_GHOST_ALPHA);
+        assert!(hint_ghost_alpha(0.9) < HINT_GHOST_ALPHA);
+        assert!(hint_ghost_alpha(1.0).abs() < 1e-6);
+    }
+
+    /// App with one indexed card entity and a real layout, ready to
+    /// receive `HintVisualEvent`s.
+    fn ghost_app(reduce_motion: bool) -> (App, Card) {
+        use solitaire_core::{Deck, Rank, Suit};
+
+        let mut app = App::new();
+        app.add_plugins(MinimalPlugins)
+            .add_plugins(FeedbackAnimPlugin);
+        // Sibling systems in the plugin take GameStateResource
+        // non-optionally; give them a fresh deal.
+        app.insert_resource(GameStateResource(
+            solitaire_core::game_state::GameState::new(1, solitaire_core::DrawStockConfig::DrawOne),
+        ));
+        app.insert_resource(SettingsResource(solitaire_data::Settings {
+            reduce_motion_mode: reduce_motion,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }));
+
+        let card = Card::new(Deck::Deck1, Suit::Spades, Rank::Ace);
+        let entity = app
+            .world_mut()
+            .spawn((
+                CardEntity { card: card.clone() },
+                Sprite::default(),
+                Transform::from_xyz(-100.0, 40.0, 1.0),
+            ))
+            .id();
+        let mut index = CardEntityIndex::default();
+        index.0.insert(card.clone(), entity);
+        app.insert_resource(index);
+        app.insert_resource(LayoutResource(crate::layout::compute_layout(
+            Vec2::new(1280.0, 720.0),
+            0.0,
+            0.0,
+            true,
+        )));
+        app.update();
+        (app, card)
+    }
+
+    fn fire_hint(app: &mut App, card: Card) {
+        use solitaire_core::Tableau;
+        app.world_mut().write_message(HintVisualEvent {
+            source_card: card,
+            dest_pile: KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau2),
+        });
+        app.update();
+    }
+
+    fn ghost_count(app: &mut App) -> usize {
+        app.world_mut()
+            .query::<&HintGhost>()
+            .iter(app.world())
+            .count()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hint_event_spawns_one_ghost_at_the_source_card() {
+        let (mut app, card) = ghost_app(false);
+        fire_hint(&mut app, card);
+
+        assert_eq!(ghost_count(&mut app), 1, "hint must spawn one ghost");
+        let transform = app
+            .world_mut()
+            .query_filtered::<&Transform, With<HintGhost>>()
+            .single(app.world())
+            .expect("ghost transform");
+        // The tick system may have advanced the ghost by one real-time
+        // frame already; assert it is still essentially at the source.
+        assert!(
+            transform
+                .translation
+                .truncate()
+                .distance(Vec2::new(-100.0, 40.0))
+                < 5.0,
+            "ghost must start at the hinted card, got {:?}",
+            transform.translation
+        );
+        assert_eq!(transform.translation.z, HINT_GHOST_Z);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hint_ghost_suppressed_under_reduce_motion() {
+        let (mut app, card) = ghost_app(true);
+        fire_hint(&mut app, card);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            ghost_count(&mut app),
+            0,
+            "no ghost may spawn under reduce-motion; the static highlight is the whole story"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn state_change_despawns_the_ghost() {
+        let (mut app, card) = ghost_app(false);
+        fire_hint(&mut app, card);
+        assert_eq!(ghost_count(&mut app), 1);
+
+        app.world_mut().write_message(StateChangedEvent);
+        app.update();
+        app.update();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            ghost_count(&mut app),
+            0,
+            "a board change makes the previewed move stale — the ghost must vanish"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn second_hint_replaces_the_first_ghost() {
+        let (mut app, card) = ghost_app(false);
+        fire_hint(&mut app, card.clone());
+        fire_hint(&mut app, card);
+        app.update();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            ghost_count(&mut app),
+            1,
+            "re-hinting must replace the in-flight ghost, not stack a second"
+        );
+    }
 }
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 //!
 //! Bundling rather than runtime-loading guarantees the canonical UI face is
 //! always available regardless of install or platform. The bytes are
-//! validated at startup; a parse failure aborts the program with a clear
-//! error because it means the binary is corrupt.
+//! validated at startup; a parse failure logs a warning and continues with
+//! glyph-less UI rather than aborting, since crashing on a corrupt embed is
+//! worse than degraded text.

 use bevy::prelude::*;

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ impl Plugin for HelpPlugin {
            // plugin under `DefaultPlugins`; register them explicitly so
            // scroll systems run cleanly under `MinimalPlugins` in tests.
            .add_message::<MouseWheel>()
-            .add_message::<bevy::input::touch::TouchInput>()
+            .add_message::<TouchInput>()
            .add_systems(
                Update,
                (
@@ -86,13 +86,18 @@ fn toggle_help_screen(
 }

 /// Click handler for the modal's "Done" button. F1 toggles the overlay
-/// the same way; this just exposes the close action to mouse / touch.
+/// the same way; Esc closes too, so dismissal matches every other
+/// modal (Phase C dismissal audit). Nothing ever stacks above Help,
+/// so Esc needs no topmost gate.
 fn handle_help_close_button(
    mut commands: Commands,
+    keys: Res<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>,
    close_buttons: Query<&Interaction, (With<HelpCloseButton>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
    screens: Query<Entity, With<HelpScreen>>,
 ) {
-    if !close_buttons.iter().any(|i| *i == Interaction::Pressed) {
+    let clicked = close_buttons.iter().any(|i| *i == Interaction::Pressed);
+    let esc = keys.just_pressed(KeyCode::Escape) && !screens.is_empty();
+    if !clicked && !esc {
        return;
    }
    for entity in &screens {
@@ -583,4 +588,33 @@ mod tests {
            0
        );
    }
+
+    /// Esc must dismiss the Help modal like Done and F1 do (Phase C
+    /// dismissal audit).
+    #[test]
+    fn escape_closes_help_screen() {
+        let mut app = headless_app();
+        app.world_mut()
+            .resource_mut::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>()
+            .press(KeyCode::F1);
+        app.update();
+
+        {
+            let mut input = app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>();
+            input.release(KeyCode::F1);
+            input.clear();
+            input.press(KeyCode::Escape);
+        }
+        app.update();
+        app.update();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            app.world_mut()
+                .query::<&HelpScreen>()
+                .iter(app.world())
+                .count(),
+            0,
+            "Esc must close the Help modal"
+        );
+    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+//! Single source of truth for the desktop keyboard bindings (Phase J).
+//!
+//! Two static hotkey tables had already diverged (onboarding's slide
+//! and Help's controls reference); every future drift multiplies. This
+//! module owns THE table: the onboarding slide renders the
+//! [`HotkeyRow::essential`] subset, the hold-`/` cheat sheet
+//! ([`crate::cheat_sheet_plugin`]) renders everything.
+//!
+//! The table is hand-maintained but **pinned by test** against the
+//! handlers that actually consume each key — adding a binding without
+//! updating this table (or vice versa) is designed to fail review, not
+//! runtime. A registry generated from the input systems themselves is
+//! the eventual ideal; this is the honest 90 % at 1 % of the cost.
+
+/// One row of the hotkey table.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct HotkeyRow {
+    /// Display form of the key(s), e.g. `"D / Space"`.
+    pub keys: &'static str,
+    /// One-line action description.
+    pub description: &'static str,
+    /// `true` for the beginner-relevant subset the onboarding slide
+    /// shows; the cheat sheet always shows every row.
+    pub essential: bool,
+}
+
+/// Every desktop keyboard binding, in teaching order.
+pub const HOTKEYS: &[HotkeyRow] = &[
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "D / Space",
+        description: "Draw from stock",
+        essential: true,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "U",
+        description: "Undo last move (hold to repeat)",
+        essential: true,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "H",
+        description: "Hint (repeat to cycle alternatives)",
+        essential: true,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "Tab → Enter",
+        description: "Pick a card; arrows pick where; Enter to drop",
+        essential: true,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "N",
+        description: "New Classic game",
+        essential: true,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "M",
+        description: "Open Home (then 1–6 to pick a mode)",
+        essential: true,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "Esc",
+        description: "Pause / resume; close the top dialog",
+        essential: true,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "F1",
+        description: "Help / controls",
+        essential: true,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "S",
+        description: "Stats & progression",
+        essential: true,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "A",
+        description: "Achievements",
+        essential: true,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "O",
+        description: "Settings",
+        essential: true,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "P",
+        description: "Profile",
+        essential: false,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "L",
+        description: "Leaderboard",
+        essential: false,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "C",
+        description: "Daily Challenge",
+        essential: false,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "Z",
+        description: "Zen mode",
+        essential: false,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "X",
+        description: "Challenge mode",
+        essential: false,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "T",
+        description: "Time Attack",
+        essential: false,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "G",
+        description: "Give up the current deal",
+        essential: false,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "[ / ]",
+        description: "Volume down / up",
+        essential: false,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "F11",
+        description: "Toggle fullscreen",
+        essential: false,
+    },
+    HotkeyRow {
+        keys: "/ (hold)",
+        description: "This cheat sheet",
+        essential: false,
+    },
+];
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn table_is_populated_and_well_formed() {
+        assert!(!HOTKEYS.is_empty());
+        for row in HOTKEYS {
+            assert!(!row.keys.trim().is_empty(), "empty keys cell");
+            assert!(
+                !row.description.trim().is_empty(),
+                "empty description for {}",
+                row.keys
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn essential_subset_is_a_teachable_size() {
+        let essentials = HOTKEYS.iter().filter(|r| r.essential).count();
+        assert!(
+            (6..=12).contains(&essentials),
+            "the onboarding slide wants a skimmable essential set, got {essentials}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn keys_cells_are_unique() {
+        let mut seen = std::collections::HashSet::new();
+        for row in HOTKEYS {
+            assert!(seen.insert(row.keys), "duplicate hotkey row: {}", row.keys);
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,431 @@
+//! HUD feedback effects: action-bar fades, score pulses and floaters,
+//! and streak flourishes.
+
+use super::*;
+
+/// Auto-fade state for the action button bar. The bar fades out when
+/// the cursor is in the play area (below the HUD band) and back in when
+/// the cursor approaches the top of the window — same UX as a video
+/// player's auto-hide controls. Buttons remain fully interactive when
+/// visible; when faded out they're geometrically out of cursor reach
+/// (hover requires the cursor to be on a button), so no extra
+/// pointer-events guard is needed.
+#[derive(Resource, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct HudActionFade {
+    /// Currently displayed alpha. Lerped toward `target` each frame.
+    pub alpha: f32,
+    /// Where `alpha` is heading — 0.0 (faded out) or 1.0 (visible).
+    pub target: f32,
+}
+
+impl Default for HudActionFade {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        // Start visible so the player sees the controls on first launch
+        // before they've moved the cursor anywhere.
+        Self {
+            alpha: 1.0,
+            target: 1.0,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// How many pixels from the bottom edge the cursor must be to reveal the bar.
+/// Set slightly taller than `HUD_BAND_HEIGHT` so the bar fades in as the
+/// cursor approaches, not only when it crosses into the band itself.
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+const ACTION_FADE_REVEAL_PX: f32 = HUD_BAND_HEIGHT + 32.0;
+
+/// Lerp rate for fading (per second). 6.0 ≈ 167 ms for a full
+/// transition — fast enough to feel responsive without flashing on
+/// brief cursor wanders into the reveal zone.
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+const ACTION_FADE_RATE_PER_SEC: f32 = 6.0;
+
+/// Updates the fade state from cursor position. Sets `target = 1.0` if
+/// the cursor is in the reveal zone (bottom of window) or off-screen
+/// (player is using keyboard); `0.0` otherwise. Lerps `alpha` toward
+/// `target` at a fixed rate so the visual transition is smooth across
+/// variable framerates.
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+pub(super) fn update_action_fade(
+    windows: Query<&Window>,
+    time: Res<Time>,
+    mut fade: ResMut<HudActionFade>,
+) {
+    let Ok(window) = windows.single() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let height = window.resolution.height();
+    fade.target = match window.cursor_position() {
+        Some(pos) if pos.y >= height - ACTION_FADE_REVEAL_PX => 1.0,
+        Some(_) => 0.0,
+        // Off-window cursor: assume keyboard navigation and keep the
+        // bar visible so Tab cycling doesn't lead to invisible focus.
+        None => 1.0,
+    };
+
+    let dt = time.delta_secs();
+    let max_step = ACTION_FADE_RATE_PER_SEC * dt;
+    let diff = fade.target - fade.alpha;
+    fade.alpha = (fade.alpha + diff.clamp(-max_step, max_step)).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+}
+
+/// Applies the current fade alpha to every action button's
+/// `BackgroundColor` and to its child label / hotkey-chip text. Runs in
+/// `Last` (after `paint_action_buttons`) so a hover-state change in the
+/// same frame doesn't override the fade with an opaque idle / hover
+/// colour.
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+#[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
+pub(super) fn apply_action_fade(
+    fade: Res<HudActionFade>,
+    // Excludes `PopoverRow` so the auto-fade only applies to the
+    // top-level action bar buttons. Popover rows live inside an
+    // explicitly-opened dropdown panel and need to stay visible
+    // regardless of the bar's fade state — without the exclusion
+    // the rows fade to invisible while the popover container stays
+    // visible, leaving a solid background block with no readable
+    // content.
+    mut buttons: Query<
+        (&Children, &mut BackgroundColor),
+        (With<ActionButton>, Without<PopoverRow>),
+    >,
+    mut text_q: Query<&mut TextColor>,
+) {
+    for (children, mut bg) in &mut buttons {
+        let mut c = bg.0;
+        c.set_alpha(fade.alpha);
+        bg.0 = c;
+        for child in children.iter() {
+            if let Ok(mut tc) = text_q.get_mut(child) {
+                let mut cc = tc.0;
+                cc.set_alpha(fade.alpha);
+                tc.0 = cc;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Visual feedback for every action button — paints idle / hover / pressed
+/// states by mutating `BackgroundColor` whenever the interaction state
+/// changes. One query covers all action buttons via the shared
+/// `ActionButton` marker.
+#[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
+pub(super) fn paint_action_buttons(
+    mut buttons: Query<
+        (&Interaction, &mut BackgroundColor),
+        (With<ActionButton>, Changed<Interaction>),
+    >,
+) {
+    for (interaction, mut bg) in &mut buttons {
+        bg.0 = match interaction {
+            Interaction::Pressed => ACTION_BTN_PRESSED,
+            Interaction::Hovered => ACTION_BTN_HOVER,
+            Interaction::None => ACTION_BTN_IDLE,
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+/// Triangular 1.0 → 1.1 → 1.0 curve used by the score pulse. Pure
+/// function so the test suite can assert on the curve directly
+/// without spinning up a Bevy app.
+///
+/// The brief proposed `if t < 0.5 { 1.0 + 0.2*t } else { 1.2 - 0.2*(t-0.5) }`,
+/// but that yields a discontinuity at t=0.5 (jumps from 1.1 → 1.2) and
+/// ends at 1.1 instead of 1.0. The corrected form below preserves the
+/// intent ("1.0 → 1.1 → 1.0 over the duration") with a continuous
+/// triangle peaking at 1.1.
+pub(super) fn score_pulse_scale(t: f32) -> f32 {
+    let clamped = t.clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+    if clamped < 0.5 {
+        1.0 + 0.2 * clamped
+    } else {
+        1.1 - 0.2 * (clamped - 0.5)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Vertical pixels the floating "+N" drifts up over its lifetime.
+const FLOATER_DRIFT_PX: f32 = 40.0;
+
+/// Diffs the current `GameStateResource.score` against
+/// [`PreviousScore`]. On a positive delta:
+///
+/// - Inserts (or refreshes) a [`ScorePulse`] on every [`HudScore`] entity
+///   so the readout pulses 1.0 → 1.1 → 1.0.
+/// - When the delta is ≥ [`SCORE_FLOATER_THRESHOLD`], spawns a floating
+///   "+N" UI text in `ACCENT_PRIMARY` anchored just below the score
+///   readout (see the doc comment on [`ScoreFloater`] for why this is a
+///   UI Node rather than a `Text2d`).
+pub(super) fn detect_score_change(
+    game: Res<GameStateResource>,
+    settings: Option<Res<SettingsResource>>,
+    mut prev: ResMut<PreviousScore>,
+    font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
+    score_q: Query<Entity, With<HudScore>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    let current = game.0.score();
+    let delta = current - prev.0;
+    prev.0 = current;
+    if delta <= 0 {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let reduce_motion = settings.as_deref().is_some_and(|s| s.0.reduce_motion_mode);
+    if reduce_motion {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let speed = settings
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|s| s.0.animation_speed)
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+    let pulse_secs = scaled_duration(MOTION_SCORE_PULSE_SECS, speed);
+    let floater_secs = scaled_duration(MOTION_SCORE_PULSE_SECS * 2.0, speed);
+
+    // Refresh ScorePulse on every score readout entity (in practice
+    // there's exactly one, but iterating is cheaper than asserting).
+    for entity in &score_q {
+        commands.entity(entity).insert(ScorePulse {
+            elapsed: 0.0,
+            duration: pulse_secs,
+        });
+    }
+
+    if delta < SCORE_FLOATER_THRESHOLD {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let font = TextFont {
+        font: font_res.as_ref().map(|f| f.0.clone()).unwrap_or_default(),
+        font_size: TYPE_BODY_LG,
+        ..default()
+    };
+    // Spawned as an absolutely-positioned UI Node so the floater rides
+    // the same screen-coordinate system as the score readout. Using a
+    // `Text2d` here would require translating UI layout coordinates to
+    // world space every frame; a UI node piggybacks on the same
+    // anchoring `update_hud` already uses for the score and stays
+    // testable under `MinimalPlugins`.
+    commands.spawn((
+        ScoreFloater {
+            elapsed: 0.0,
+            duration: floater_secs,
+        },
+        Node {
+            position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
+            // Anchored next to the HUD column; matches the
+            // `spawn_hud` left/top offsets so the floater appears
+            // overlaid on the score line and drifts up from there.
+            left: VAL_SPACE_3,
+            top: Val::Px(0.0),
+            ..default()
+        },
+        ZIndex(Z_HUD_TOP),
+        Text::new(format!("+{delta}")),
+        font,
+        TextColor(ACCENT_PRIMARY),
+    ));
+}
+
+/// Advances every [`ScorePulse`], scaling its entity's `Transform`
+/// using [`score_pulse_scale`]. Removes the component once
+/// `elapsed >= duration` (or immediately under
+/// [`AnimSpeed::Instant`](solitaire_data::AnimSpeed) where duration is
+/// 0) and pins the scale back to 1.0 so no float drift survives.
+pub(super) fn advance_score_pulse(
+    time: Res<Time>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    mut q: Query<(Entity, &mut ScorePulse, &mut Transform)>,
+) {
+    let dt = time.delta_secs();
+    for (entity, mut pulse, mut transform) in &mut q {
+        let t = if pulse.duration <= 0.0 {
+            1.0
+        } else {
+            pulse.elapsed += dt;
+            (pulse.elapsed / pulse.duration).clamp(0.0, 1.0)
+        };
+        let scale = score_pulse_scale(t);
+        transform.scale = Vec3::new(scale, scale, 1.0);
+        if t >= 1.0 {
+            transform.scale = Vec3::ONE;
+            commands.entity(entity).remove::<ScorePulse>();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Advances every [`ScoreFloater`]: drifts the node upward by up to
+/// [`FLOATER_DRIFT_PX`] and fades the text colour to transparent over
+/// its lifetime. Despawns the entity once `elapsed >= duration`.
+pub(super) fn advance_score_floater(
+    time: Res<Time>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    mut nodes: Query<(Entity, &mut ScoreFloater, &mut Node, &mut TextColor)>,
+) {
+    let dt = time.delta_secs();
+    for (entity, mut floater, mut node, mut color) in &mut nodes {
+        let t = if floater.duration <= 0.0 {
+            1.0
+        } else {
+            floater.elapsed += dt;
+            (floater.elapsed / floater.duration).clamp(0.0, 1.0)
+        };
+        // Drift upward: top decreases as t grows. Starting top=0 keeps
+        // the floater on the score line; ending at -FLOATER_DRIFT_PX
+        // pulls it up off the readout.
+        node.top = Val::Px(-FLOATER_DRIFT_PX * t);
+        // Linear fade: ACCENT_PRIMARY at t=0 → fully transparent at t=1.
+        let mut c = ACCENT_PRIMARY;
+        c.set_alpha(1.0 - t);
+        color.0 = c;
+        if t >= 1.0 {
+            commands.entity(entity).despawn();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Streak-milestone flourish
+//
+// Per the 2026-04-30 UX overhaul plan, the foundation flourish is the per-suit
+// completion celebration; the streak flourish is its lifetime equivalent —
+// when the player's `win_streak_current` crosses 3, 5, or 10, the HUD score
+// readout pulses larger than a normal score-change pulse and tints magenta
+// (`ACCENT_SECONDARY`) before snapping back to its resting state.
+//
+// Why the score readout: there is no always-on streak number on the HUD
+// today (the readout lives in the Stats overlay), and the score is the
+// most prominent always-visible HUD figure. The accompanying `InfoToastEvent`
+// fired by `stats_plugin` carries the explicit "Win streak: N!" text so a
+// player who isn't watching the score still sees the celebration land.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Pure helper for unit tests — returns the per-frame scale factor for
+/// the streak flourish at `elapsed_secs` over `duration_secs`.
+///
+/// Triangular curve, mirroring [`foundation_flourish_scale`](crate::feedback_anim_plugin::foundation_flourish_scale):
+/// at `t = 0.0` returns `1.0`, at `t = 0.5` returns
+/// [`STREAK_FLOURISH_PEAK_SCALE`], at `t = 1.0` returns `1.0`.
+/// Out-of-range values are clamped so the score readout never freezes
+/// at a non-1.0 scale on the frame after the flourish ends.
+///
+/// Returns `1.0` whenever `duration_secs <= 0.0` so callers running
+/// under `AnimSpeed::Instant` (zeroed durations) skip the flourish
+/// without dividing by zero.
+pub fn streak_flourish_scale(elapsed_secs: f32, duration_secs: f32) -> f32 {
+    if duration_secs <= 0.0 {
+        return 1.0;
+    }
+    let t = (elapsed_secs / duration_secs).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+    let peak = STREAK_FLOURISH_PEAK_SCALE;
+    if t < 0.5 {
+        // Climb from 1.0 at t=0 to peak at t=0.5.
+        1.0 + (peak - 1.0) * (t / 0.5)
+    } else {
+        // Descend from peak at t=0.5 back to 1.0 at t=1.0.
+        peak - (peak - 1.0) * ((t - 0.5) / 0.5)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Inserts a [`StreakFlourish`] on every [`HudScore`] entity when a
+/// [`WinStreakMilestoneEvent`] fires. Captures the readout's current
+/// `TextColor` so `advance_streak_flourish` can restore it when the
+/// timer expires; reuses any existing flourish's `original_color` so
+/// re-entering the system mid-flourish doesn't snapshot the magenta
+/// tint as the new "original".
+///
+/// Removes any concurrent [`ScorePulse`] from the same entity so the
+/// flourish takes over the scale slot cleanly — score pulses last
+/// 250 ms, the flourish 600 ms, and the streak crossing always
+/// coincides with a positive score delta, so the flourish is the
+/// louder of the two celebrations.
+pub(super) fn start_streak_flourish(
+    mut events: MessageReader<WinStreakMilestoneEvent>,
+    settings: Option<Res<SettingsResource>>,
+    score_q: Query<(Entity, &TextColor, Option<&StreakFlourish>), With<HudScore>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    let Some(latest) = events.read().last() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    if settings.as_deref().is_some_and(|s| s.0.reduce_motion_mode) {
+        return;
+    }
+    let speed = settings
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|s| s.0.animation_speed)
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+    let duration = scaled_duration(MOTION_STREAK_FLOURISH_SECS, speed);
+    for (entity, color, existing) in &score_q {
+        let original_color = existing.map_or(color.0, |f| f.original_color);
+        commands
+            .entity(entity)
+            .remove::<ScorePulse>()
+            .insert(StreakFlourish {
+                streak: latest.streak,
+                elapsed: 0.0,
+                duration,
+                original_color,
+            });
+    }
+}
+
+/// Advances every [`StreakFlourish`], scaling its entity's `Transform`
+/// using [`streak_flourish_scale`] and lerping the `TextColor` toward
+/// [`ACCENT_SECONDARY`] for the first half then back to the captured
+/// `original_color`. Removes the component once `elapsed >= duration`
+/// (or immediately under [`AnimSpeed::Instant`](solitaire_data::AnimSpeed)
+/// where duration is 0) and pins the scale back to 1.0 / restores the
+/// original colour so no half-state is ever shown.
+///
+/// Filtered with `Without<ScorePulse>` so the streak flourish never
+/// races a score pulse for the same `Transform.scale` slot —
+/// `start_streak_flourish` strips any concurrent `ScorePulse` from the
+/// score entity before this system runs, so the filter is purely a
+/// belt-and-braces invariant.
+pub(super) fn advance_streak_flourish(
+    time: Res<Time>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    mut q: Query<
+        (Entity, &mut StreakFlourish, &mut Transform, &mut TextColor),
+        Without<ScorePulse>,
+    >,
+) {
+    let dt = time.delta_secs();
+    for (entity, mut anim, mut transform, mut color) in &mut q {
+        let t = if anim.duration <= 0.0 {
+            1.0
+        } else {
+            anim.elapsed += dt;
+            (anim.elapsed / anim.duration).clamp(0.0, 1.0)
+        };
+        let scale = streak_flourish_scale(anim.elapsed, anim.duration);
+        transform.scale = Vec3::new(scale, scale, 1.0);
+        // Tint mix: full magenta at t=0..=0.5, fades back to the
+        // original colour over t=0.5..=1.0.
+        let mix = if t < 0.5 { 1.0 } else { 1.0 - (t - 0.5) / 0.5 };
+        color.0 = lerp_text_color(anim.original_color, ACCENT_SECONDARY, mix);
+        if t >= 1.0 {
+            transform.scale = Vec3::ONE;
+            color.0 = anim.original_color;
+            commands.entity(entity).remove::<StreakFlourish>();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// sRGB-space linear interpolation between two `Color`s — small local
+/// helper so `advance_streak_flourish` stays readable. sRGB-space
+/// lerping is fine for a brief decorative tint (a perceptually-uniform
+/// space would be overkill).
+pub(super) fn lerp_text_color(from: Color, to: Color, t: f32) -> Color {
+    let from = from.to_srgba();
+    let to = to.to_srgba();
+    let t = t.clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+    Color::srgba(
+        from.red + (to.red - from.red) * t,
+        from.green + (to.green - from.green) * t,
+        from.blue + (to.blue - from.blue) * t,
+        from.alpha + (to.alpha - from.alpha) * t,
+    )
+}
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+//! HUD interaction: action-button handlers, Modes/Menu popovers, and
+//! the chrome tap-to-toggle gesture.
+
+use super::*;
+
+/// `Changed<Interaction>` filter ensures we only react on the frame the
+/// interaction state transitions, avoiding repeat events while the button
+/// is held down. Each click handler fires the corresponding request event,
+/// which `pause_plugin` / `help_plugin` / `game_plugin` consume alongside
+/// their existing keyboard handlers.
+pub(super) fn handle_new_game_button(
+    interaction_query: Query<&Interaction, (With<NewGameButton>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
+    mut new_game: MessageWriter<NewGameRequestEvent>,
+) {
+    for interaction in &interaction_query {
+        if *interaction == Interaction::Pressed {
+            new_game.write(NewGameRequestEvent::default());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) fn handle_undo_button(
+    interaction_query: Query<&Interaction, (With<UndoButton>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
+    mut undo: MessageWriter<UndoRequestEvent>,
+) {
+    for interaction in &interaction_query {
+        if *interaction == Interaction::Pressed {
+            undo.write(UndoRequestEvent);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Seconds the Undo button must be continuously held before hold-to-repeat
+/// kicks in. Long enough that a normal tap (press + release inside one or
+/// two frames) never triggers a second undo.
+const UNDO_HOLD_INITIAL_DELAY_SECS: f32 = 0.45;
+
+/// Interval between repeated undos while the hold continues. ~5.5 undos/s —
+/// fast enough to unwind a long line, slow enough to release in time when
+/// the board reaches the state the player wants.
+const UNDO_HOLD_REPEAT_INTERVAL_SECS: f32 = 0.18;
+
+/// Hold-to-repeat undo (Phase F): while the Undo button stays pressed,
+/// fire additional [`UndoRequestEvent`]s after an initial delay, one per
+/// repeat interval. The plain tap path stays in [`handle_undo_button`]
+/// (its `Changed<Interaction>` filter fires exactly once per press);
+/// this system only adds events once the hold outlives the delay, so a
+/// tap never double-undoes.
+///
+/// Each repeat goes through the normal request queue — the scoring
+/// penalty and No-Undo-mode gating in the consumer apply to every step.
+pub(super) fn repeat_undo_on_hold(
+    time: Res<Time>,
+    buttons: Query<&Interaction, With<UndoButton>>,
+    mut state: ResMut<UndoHoldState>,
+    mut undo: MessageWriter<UndoRequestEvent>,
+) {
+    let held = buttons.iter().any(|i| *i == Interaction::Pressed);
+    if !held {
+        if state.held_secs != 0.0 {
+            state.held_secs = 0.0;
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let before = state.held_secs;
+    state.held_secs += time.delta_secs();
+    if undo_hold_crossed_fire_boundary(before, state.held_secs) {
+        undo.write(UndoRequestEvent);
+    }
+}
+
+/// `true` when a hold that lasted `before` seconds at the previous frame
+/// and `now` seconds this frame should fire a repeat undo: once when the
+/// hold first outlives the initial delay, then once per repeat-interval
+/// boundary. Pure so the timing contract is unit-testable without
+/// fighting `Time`.
+pub(super) fn undo_hold_crossed_fire_boundary(before: f32, now: f32) -> bool {
+    if now < UNDO_HOLD_INITIAL_DELAY_SECS {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if before < UNDO_HOLD_INITIAL_DELAY_SECS {
+        // Crossed the initial-delay threshold this frame — first repeat.
+        return true;
+    }
+    // Fire once each time the hold crosses another repeat-interval boundary.
+    let intervals_before =
+        ((before - UNDO_HOLD_INITIAL_DELAY_SECS) / UNDO_HOLD_REPEAT_INTERVAL_SECS).floor();
+    let intervals_now =
+        ((now - UNDO_HOLD_INITIAL_DELAY_SECS) / UNDO_HOLD_REPEAT_INTERVAL_SECS).floor();
+    intervals_now > intervals_before
+}
+
+/// Click on the touch action bar's Draw button — same
+/// [`DrawRequestEvent`] the stock-pile tap writes, so the consumer's
+/// rules (recycle, won-game rejection) apply identically. Skipped while
+/// paused, mirroring `handle_stock_click`'s guard.
+pub(super) fn handle_draw_button(
+    interaction_query: Query<&Interaction, (With<DrawButton>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
+    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
+    mut draw: MessageWriter<DrawRequestEvent>,
+) {
+    if paused.is_some_and(|p| p.0) {
+        return;
+    }
+    for interaction in &interaction_query {
+        if *interaction == Interaction::Pressed {
+            draw.write(DrawRequestEvent);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) fn handle_pause_button(
+    interaction_query: Query<&Interaction, (With<PauseButton>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
+    mut pause: MessageWriter<PauseRequestEvent>,
+) {
+    for interaction in &interaction_query {
+        if *interaction == Interaction::Pressed {
+            pause.write(PauseRequestEvent);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) fn handle_help_button(
+    interaction_query: Query<&Interaction, (With<HelpButton>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
+    mut help: MessageWriter<HelpRequestEvent>,
+) {
+    for interaction in &interaction_query {
+        if *interaction == Interaction::Pressed {
+            help.write(HelpRequestEvent);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) fn handle_hint_button(
+    interaction_query: Query<&Interaction, (With<HintButton>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
+    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
+    game: Option<Res<GameStateResource>>,
+    solver_config: Option<Res<crate::input_plugin::HintSolverConfig>>,
+    mut pending_hint: Option<ResMut<crate::pending_hint::PendingHintTask>>,
+    mut info_toast: MessageWriter<InfoToastEvent>,
+) {
+    for interaction in &interaction_query {
+        if *interaction != Interaction::Pressed {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if paused.as_ref().is_some_and(|p| p.0) {
+            return;
+        }
+        let Some(ref g) = game else { return };
+        if g.0.is_won() {
+            info_toast.write(InfoToastEvent(HINT_WON_MSG.to_string()));
+            return;
+        }
+        if let (Some(cfg), Some(hint)) = (solver_config.as_ref(), pending_hint.as_mut()) {
+            hint.spawn(g.0.clone(), cfg.moves_budget, cfg.states_budget);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Toggles the [`ModesPopover`]: spawns it on first click, despawns it on
+/// second click. Mode rows are populated per the player's current level so
+/// only unlocked options appear.
+pub(super) fn handle_modes_button(
+    interaction_query: Query<&Interaction, (With<ModesButton>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
+    popovers: Query<Entity, With<ModesPopover>>,
+    backdrops: Query<Entity, With<ModesPopoverBackdrop>>,
+    progress: Option<Res<ProgressResource>>,
+    daily: Option<Res<DailyChallengeResource>>,
+    font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    let pressed = interaction_query.iter().any(|i| *i == Interaction::Pressed);
+    if !pressed {
+        return;
+    }
+    if let Ok(entity) = popovers.single() {
+        commands.entity(entity).despawn();
+        for e in &backdrops {
+            commands.entity(e).despawn();
+        }
+    } else {
+        spawn_modes_popover(
+            &mut commands,
+            progress.as_deref(),
+            daily.as_deref(),
+            font_res.as_deref(),
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+/// Spawns the modes popover anchored just below the action bar's right
+/// edge. Always includes Classic; includes Daily Challenge when a daily
+/// resource is loaded; includes Zen / Challenge / Time Attack once the
+/// player reaches the challenge unlock level.
+pub(super) fn spawn_modes_popover(
+    commands: &mut Commands,
+    progress: Option<&ProgressResource>,
+    daily: Option<&DailyChallengeResource>,
+    font_res: Option<&FontResource>,
+) {
+    let level = progress.map_or(0, |p| p.0.level);
+    let font = TextFont {
+        font: font_res.map(|f| f.0.clone()).unwrap_or_default(),
+        font_size: 15.0,
+        ..default()
+    };
+
+    // Each row carries a tooltip alongside its label so hover reveals
+    // a one-line description of what the mode does — mirroring the
+    // tooltips on the action-bar buttons that opened this popover.
+    let mut rows: Vec<(ModeOption, &'static str, &'static str)> = vec![(
+        ModeOption::Classic,
+        "Classic",
+        "Standard Klondike. Score, timer, and full progression.",
+    )];
+    if daily.is_some() {
+        rows.push((
+            ModeOption::DailyChallenge,
+            "Daily Challenge",
+            "Today's seeded deal. Same for every player worldwide.",
+        ));
+    }
+    if level >= CHALLENGE_UNLOCK_LEVEL {
+        rows.push((
+            ModeOption::Zen,
+            "Zen",
+            "No timer, no score, no penalties. Just play.",
+        ));
+        rows.push((
+            ModeOption::Challenge,
+            "Challenge",
+            "Hand-picked hard seeds. No undo allowed.",
+        ));
+        rows.push((
+            ModeOption::TimeAttack,
+            "Time Attack",
+            "Win as many games as you can in ten minutes.",
+        ));
+    }
+
+    // Popover opens upward from just above the bottom action bar.
+    // Use a platform-aware offset that clears the bar height + safe-area
+    // gesture zone on Android, and the flat bar height on desktop.
+    let popover_bottom = Val::Px(ACTION_POPOVER_BOTTOM_PX);
+
+    commands
+        .spawn((
+            ModesPopover,
+            HudPopoverOpen,
+            Node {
+                position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
+                right: VAL_SPACE_3,
+                bottom: popover_bottom,
+                flex_direction: FlexDirection::Column,
+                row_gap: VAL_SPACE_1,
+                padding: UiRect::all(VAL_SPACE_2),
+                border_radius: BorderRadius::all(Val::Px(RADIUS_MD)),
+                ..default()
+            },
+            BackgroundColor(BG_ELEVATED),
+            ZIndex(Z_HUD_POPOVER),
+        ))
+        .with_children(|panel| {
+            for (option, label, tooltip) in rows {
+                panel
+                    .spawn((
+                        option,
+                        ActionButton,
+                        PopoverRow,
+                        Button,
+                        Tooltip::new(tooltip),
+                        Node {
+                            padding: UiRect::axes(VAL_SPACE_3, Val::Px(6.0)),
+                            justify_content: JustifyContent::FlexStart,
+                            align_items: AlignItems::Center,
+                            min_width: Val::Px(150.0),
+                            border_radius: BorderRadius::all(Val::Px(RADIUS_SM)),
+                            ..default()
+                        },
+                        BackgroundColor(ACTION_BTN_IDLE),
+                    ))
+                    .with_children(|b| {
+                        b.spawn((Text::new(label), font.clone(), TextColor(TEXT_PRIMARY)));
+                    });
+            }
+        });
+
+    // Fullscreen transparent backdrop at Z_HUD_POPOVER_BACKDROP (below the
+    // popover at Z_HUD_POPOVER) so tapping outside light-dismisses it.
+    commands.spawn((
+        ModesPopoverBackdrop,
+        Button,
+        Node {
+            position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
+            left: Val::Px(0.0),
+            top: Val::Px(0.0),
+            width: Val::Percent(100.0),
+            height: Val::Percent(100.0),
+            ..default()
+        },
+        BackgroundColor(Color::NONE),
+        ZIndex(Z_HUD_POPOVER_BACKDROP),
+    ));
+}
+
+/// Dispatches the click on a popover row to the matching request event,
+/// then despawns the popover.
+///
+/// Classic uses [`NewGameRequestEvent`] directly; the other modes use
+/// their `Start*RequestEvent` so the existing keyboard handler runs
+/// (level gates, `TimeAttackResource` setup, daily seed lookup, etc.) —
+/// the popover stays a thin entry point and never duplicates that logic.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(super) fn handle_mode_option_click(
+    interaction_query: Query<(&Interaction, &ModeOption), Changed<Interaction>>,
+    popovers: Query<Entity, With<ModesPopover>>,
+    backdrops: Query<Entity, With<ModesPopoverBackdrop>>,
+    mut new_game: MessageWriter<NewGameRequestEvent>,
+    mut zen: MessageWriter<StartZenRequestEvent>,
+    mut challenge: MessageWriter<StartChallengeRequestEvent>,
+    mut time_attack: MessageWriter<StartTimeAttackRequestEvent>,
+    mut daily: MessageWriter<StartDailyChallengeRequestEvent>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    let mut clicked_any = false;
+    for (interaction, option) in &interaction_query {
+        if *interaction != Interaction::Pressed {
+            continue;
+        }
+        clicked_any = true;
+        match option {
+            ModeOption::Classic => {
+                new_game.write(NewGameRequestEvent::default());
+            }
+            ModeOption::DailyChallenge => {
+                daily.write(StartDailyChallengeRequestEvent);
+            }
+            ModeOption::Zen => {
+                zen.write(StartZenRequestEvent);
+            }
+            ModeOption::Challenge => {
+                challenge.write(StartChallengeRequestEvent);
+            }
+            ModeOption::TimeAttack => {
+                time_attack.write(StartTimeAttackRequestEvent);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if clicked_any && let Ok(entity) = popovers.single() {
+        commands.entity(entity).despawn();
+        for e in &backdrops {
+            commands.entity(e).despawn();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Toggles the [`MenuPopover`]: spawns it on first click, despawns it on
+/// second click. The popover lists the five overlays previously only
+/// reachable via the S / A / P / O / L hotkeys.
+pub(super) fn handle_menu_button(
+    interaction_query: Query<&Interaction, (With<MenuButton>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
+    popovers: Query<Entity, With<MenuPopover>>,
+    backdrops: Query<Entity, With<MenuPopoverBackdrop>>,
+    scrims: Query<(), With<ModalScrim>>,
+    font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    let pressed = interaction_query.iter().any(|i| *i == Interaction::Pressed);
+    if !pressed {
+        return;
+    }
+    if let Ok(entity) = popovers.single() {
+        commands.entity(entity).despawn();
+        for e in &backdrops {
+            commands.entity(e).despawn();
+        }
+    } else if scrims.is_empty() {
+        spawn_menu_popover(&mut commands, font_res.as_deref());
+    }
+}
+
+/// Spawns the menu popover anchored just below the action bar, with one
+/// row per overlay. Each row dispatches its corresponding
+/// `Toggle*RequestEvent` so the existing toggle handler runs (and the
+/// HUD never duplicates spawn / despawn / fetch logic).
+pub(super) fn spawn_menu_popover(commands: &mut Commands, font_res: Option<&FontResource>) {
+    let font = TextFont {
+        font: font_res.map(|f| f.0.clone()).unwrap_or_default(),
+        font_size: 15.0,
+        ..default()
+    };
+
+    // One popover row: destination, label, hover tooltip.
+    type MenuRow = (MenuOption, &'static str, &'static str);
+    // Destinations grouped into labelled sections (Phase C of the menu
+    // redesign): Play · You · Community · System. Each row carries a
+    // tooltip alongside its label so hover reveals a one-line
+    // description of what each overlay shows — mirroring the tooltips
+    // on the action-bar buttons that opened this popover. Mode
+    // selection lives on Home now, so there is no Modes row.
+    let sections: [(&'static str, &'static [MenuRow]); 4] = [
+        (
+            "Play",
+            &[(
+                MenuOption::Home,
+                "Home",
+                "Pick a mode, continue, or start a new game.",
+            )],
+        ),
+        (
+            "You",
+            &[
+                (
+                    MenuOption::Profile,
+                    "Profile",
+                    "Your level, XP progress, and sync status.",
+                ),
+                (
+                    MenuOption::Stats,
+                    "Stats",
+                    "Lifetime totals: wins, streaks, fastest time, best score.",
+                ),
+                (
+                    MenuOption::Achievements,
+                    "Achievements",
+                    "Browse unlocked achievements and the rewards still ahead.",
+                ),
+            ],
+        ),
+        (
+            "Community",
+            &[(
+                MenuOption::Leaderboard,
+                "Leaderboard",
+                "Top players from your sync server. Opt in from Profile.",
+            )],
+        ),
+        (
+            "System",
+            &[
+                (
+                    MenuOption::Settings,
+                    "Settings",
+                    "Audio, animations, theme, draw mode, and sync.",
+                ),
+                (
+                    MenuOption::Help,
+                    "Help",
+                    "Show controls, rules, and keyboard shortcuts.",
+                ),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ];
+
+    // Same upward-opening placement as ModesPopover.
+    let popover_bottom = Val::Px(ACTION_POPOVER_BOTTOM_PX);
+
+    commands
+        .spawn((
+            MenuPopover,
+            HudPopoverOpen,
+            Node {
+                position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
+                right: VAL_SPACE_3,
+                bottom: popover_bottom,
+                flex_direction: FlexDirection::Column,
+                row_gap: VAL_SPACE_1,
+                padding: UiRect::all(VAL_SPACE_2),
+                border_radius: BorderRadius::all(Val::Px(RADIUS_MD)),
+                ..default()
+            },
+            BackgroundColor(BG_ELEVATED),
+            ZIndex(Z_HUD_POPOVER),
+        ))
+        .with_children(|panel| {
+            let section_font = TextFont {
+                font: font_res.map(|f| f.0.clone()).unwrap_or_default(),
+                font_size: TYPE_CAPTION,
+                ..default()
+            };
+            for (section, rows) in sections {
+                // Non-interactive section header — a quiet divider
+                // inside the existing panel, not a new widget.
+                panel
+                    .spawn(Node {
+                        padding: UiRect::axes(VAL_SPACE_3, Val::Px(2.0)),
+                        ..default()
+                    })
+                    .with_children(|b| {
+                        b.spawn((
+                            Text::new(section),
+                            section_font.clone(),
+                            TextColor(TEXT_SECONDARY),
+                        ));
+                    });
+                for &(option, label, tooltip) in rows {
+                    panel
+                        .spawn((
+                            option,
+                            ActionButton,
+                            PopoverRow,
+                            Button,
+                            Tooltip::new(tooltip),
+                            Node {
+                                padding: UiRect::axes(VAL_SPACE_3, Val::Px(6.0)),
+                                justify_content: JustifyContent::FlexStart,
+                                align_items: AlignItems::Center,
+                                min_width: Val::Px(150.0),
+                                border_radius: BorderRadius::all(Val::Px(RADIUS_SM)),
+                                ..default()
+                            },
+                            BackgroundColor(ACTION_BTN_IDLE),
+                        ))
+                        .with_children(|b| {
+                            b.spawn((Text::new(label), font.clone(), TextColor(TEXT_PRIMARY)));
+                        });
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+    // Transparent fullscreen backdrop behind the popover — tapping anywhere
+    // outside the panel light-dismisses it via handle_menu_backdrop_click.
+    commands.spawn((
+        MenuPopoverBackdrop,
+        Button,
+        Node {
+            position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
+            left: Val::Px(0.0),
+            top: Val::Px(0.0),
+            width: Val::Percent(100.0),
+            height: Val::Percent(100.0),
+            ..default()
+        },
+        BackgroundColor(Color::NONE),
+        ZIndex(Z_HUD_POPOVER_BACKDROP),
+    ));
+}
+
+/// Dispatches the click on a menu row to the matching toggle event,
+/// then despawns the popover.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(super) fn handle_menu_option_click(
+    interaction_query: Query<(&Interaction, &MenuOption), Changed<Interaction>>,
+    popovers: Query<Entity, With<MenuPopover>>,
+    backdrops: Query<Entity, With<MenuPopoverBackdrop>>,
+    mut home: MessageWriter<ToggleHomeRequestEvent>,
+    mut stats: MessageWriter<ToggleStatsRequestEvent>,
+    mut achievements: MessageWriter<ToggleAchievementsRequestEvent>,
+    mut profile: MessageWriter<ToggleProfileRequestEvent>,
+    mut settings: MessageWriter<ToggleSettingsRequestEvent>,
+    mut leaderboard: MessageWriter<ToggleLeaderboardRequestEvent>,
+    mut help: MessageWriter<HelpRequestEvent>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    let mut clicked_any = false;
+    for (interaction, option) in &interaction_query {
+        if *interaction != Interaction::Pressed {
+            continue;
+        }
+        clicked_any = true;
+        match option {
+            MenuOption::Home => {
+                home.write(ToggleHomeRequestEvent);
+            }
+            MenuOption::Help => {
+                help.write(HelpRequestEvent);
+            }
+            MenuOption::Stats => {
+                stats.write(ToggleStatsRequestEvent);
+            }
+            MenuOption::Achievements => {
+                achievements.write(ToggleAchievementsRequestEvent);
+            }
+            MenuOption::Profile => {
+                profile.write(ToggleProfileRequestEvent);
+            }
+            MenuOption::Settings => {
+                settings.write(ToggleSettingsRequestEvent);
+            }
+            MenuOption::Leaderboard => {
+                leaderboard.write(ToggleLeaderboardRequestEvent);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if clicked_any && let Ok(entity) = popovers.single() {
+        commands.entity(entity).despawn();
+        for e in &backdrops {
+            commands.entity(e).despawn();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Despawns the [`ModesPopover`] and its backdrop when Escape / Android back
+/// is pressed while the popover is open. Runs so `PausePlugin`'s guard (which
+/// checks [`HudPopoverOpen`]) sees an empty world and stays idle.
+pub(super) fn close_modes_popover_on_escape(
+    keys: Res<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>,
+    popovers: Query<Entity, With<ModesPopover>>,
+    backdrops: Query<Entity, With<ModesPopoverBackdrop>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    if !keys.just_pressed(KeyCode::Escape) || popovers.is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+    for e in popovers.iter().chain(backdrops.iter()) {
+        commands.entity(e).despawn();
+    }
+}
+
+/// Despawns the [`MenuPopover`] and its backdrop when Escape / Android back
+/// is pressed while the popover is open.
+pub(super) fn close_menu_popover_on_escape(
+    keys: Res<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>,
+    popovers: Query<Entity, With<MenuPopover>>,
+    backdrops: Query<Entity, With<MenuPopoverBackdrop>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    if !keys.just_pressed(KeyCode::Escape) || popovers.is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+    for e in popovers.iter().chain(backdrops.iter()) {
+        commands.entity(e).despawn();
+    }
+}
+
+/// Despawns the [`ModesPopover`] and its backdrop when the player taps
+/// anywhere outside the panel.
+pub(super) fn handle_modes_backdrop_click(
+    interaction_query: Query<&Interaction, (With<ModesPopoverBackdrop>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
+    popovers: Query<Entity, With<ModesPopover>>,
+    backdrops: Query<Entity, With<ModesPopoverBackdrop>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    let pressed = interaction_query.iter().any(|i| *i == Interaction::Pressed);
+    if !pressed {
+        return;
+    }
+    for e in popovers.iter().chain(backdrops.iter()) {
+        commands.entity(e).despawn();
+    }
+}
+
+/// Despawns the [`MenuPopover`] and its backdrop when the player taps
+/// anywhere outside the panel (i.e. the transparent backdrop is pressed).
+pub(super) fn handle_menu_backdrop_click(
+    interaction_query: Query<&Interaction, (With<MenuPopoverBackdrop>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
+    popovers: Query<Entity, With<MenuPopover>>,
+    backdrops: Query<Entity, With<MenuPopoverBackdrop>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    let pressed = interaction_query.iter().any(|i| *i == Interaction::Pressed);
+    if !pressed {
+        return;
+    }
+    for e in popovers.iter().chain(backdrops.iter()) {
+        commands.entity(e).despawn();
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(super) fn toggle_hud_on_tap(
+    mut touch_events: MessageReader<TouchInput>,
+    drag: Res<DragState>,
+    scrims: Query<(), With<ModalScrim>>,
+    paused: Option<Res<PausedResource>>,
+    mut tracker: ResMut<HudTapTracker>,
+    mut hud_vis: ResMut<HudVisibility>,
+    buttons: Query<&Interaction, With<ActionButton>>,
+    mut game_consumed: ResMut<GameInputConsumedResource>,
+) {
+    use bevy::input::touch::TouchPhase;
+    if !scrims.is_empty() || paused.is_some_and(|p| p.0) {
+        // Drain buffered events so they don't replay in the frame after
+        // the scrim despawns, which would trigger a spurious visibility
+        // toggle as the resume/close button tap's Started+Ended pair
+        // replays in the now-scrim-free frame.
+        for _ in touch_events.read() {}
+        tracker.start_pos = None;
+        tracker.started_on_button = false;
+        game_consumed.0 = false;
+        return;
+    }
+    for event in touch_events.read() {
+        match event.phase {
+            TouchPhase::Started => {
+                tracker.start_pos = Some(event.position);
+                // Record whether the finger-down landed on a button so
+                // the finger-up doesn't double-fire (toggle bar + press
+                // button at the same time).
+                tracker.started_on_button = buttons.iter().any(|i| *i != Interaction::None);
+            }
+            TouchPhase::Ended if drag.is_idle() => {
+                // Also treat taps where game logic consumed the touch (e.g.
+                // drawing from stock) as "on button" so they don't toggle
+                // the HUD. The flag is set on TouchPhase::Started by the
+                // input system that consumed the tap and must be cleared here
+                // regardless of whether we toggle.
+                let on_button = tracker.started_on_button || game_consumed.0;
+                game_consumed.0 = false;
+                if let Some(start) = tracker.start_pos.take()
+                    && !on_button
+                    && (event.position - start).length() < HUD_TAP_SLOP_PX
+                {
+                    *hud_vis = match *hud_vis {
+                        HudVisibility::Visible => HudVisibility::Hidden,
+                        HudVisibility::Hidden => HudVisibility::Visible,
+                    };
+                }
+                tracker.started_on_button = false;
+            }
+            // Moved: don't clear start_pos — Android fires Moved for normal
+            // tap jitter, and the distance check at Ended already rejects
+            // real drags. Clearing here would silently swallow tap toggles.
+            TouchPhase::Canceled => {
+                tracker.start_pos = None;
+                tracker.started_on_button = false;
+                game_consumed.0 = false;
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+}
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+//! Persistent in-game HUD: score, move count, elapsed time, mode badge,
+//! daily-challenge constraint, and undo count.
+//!
+//! The HUD spawns once at startup and lives for the app's lifetime. Text is
+//! refreshed whenever `GameStateResource` changes (which happens on every move
+//! and every elapsed-time tick), so score, moves, and timer all stay current
+//! without a separate tick system.
+
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+use bevy::window::WindowResized;
+
+mod fx;
+mod interaction;
+mod spawn;
+mod updates;
+
+pub use fx::*;
+use interaction::*;
+use spawn::*;
+use updates::*;
+
+// On wasm32 AvatarPlugin is gated out; define a placeholder type so the
+// Option<Res<AvatarResource>> parameters below compile without changes.
+// The resource is never inserted on wasm, so every call resolves to None.
+#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+#[derive(bevy::prelude::Resource)]
+struct AvatarResource(Option<bevy::prelude::Handle<bevy::prelude::Image>>);
+use crate::challenge_plugin::CHALLENGE_UNLOCK_LEVEL;
+use crate::daily_challenge_plugin::DailyChallengeResource;
+use crate::events::{
+    DrawRequestEvent, HelpRequestEvent, InfoToastEvent, NewGameRequestEvent, PauseRequestEvent,
+    StartChallengeRequestEvent, StartDailyChallengeRequestEvent, StartTimeAttackRequestEvent,
+    StartZenRequestEvent, ToggleAchievementsRequestEvent, ToggleHomeRequestEvent,
+    ToggleLeaderboardRequestEvent, ToggleProfileRequestEvent, ToggleSettingsRequestEvent,
+    ToggleStatsRequestEvent, UndoRequestEvent, WinStreakMilestoneEvent,
+};
+use crate::font_plugin::FontResource;
+use crate::game_plugin::{GameMutation, NewGameRequestWriters};
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+use crate::input_plugin::TouchDragSet;
+use crate::layout::HUD_BAND_HEIGHT;
+use crate::layout::LayoutSystem;
+use crate::pause_plugin::PausedResource;
+use crate::platform::{SHOW_KEYBOARD_ACCELERATORS, USE_TOUCH_UI_LAYOUT};
+use crate::progress_plugin::ProgressResource;
+use crate::resources::GameStateResource;
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+use crate::resources::{DragState, GameInputConsumedResource};
+use crate::safe_area::{SafeAreaAnchoredBottom, SafeAreaAnchoredTop};
+use crate::selection_plugin::SelectionState;
+use crate::settings_plugin::SettingsResource;
+use crate::time_attack_plugin::TimeAttackResource;
+use crate::ui_focus::{FocusGroup, Focusable};
+use crate::ui_modal::ModalScrim;
+use crate::ui_theme::SPACE_2;
+use crate::ui_theme::UiTextFx;
+use crate::ui_theme::{
+    ACCENT_PRIMARY, ACCENT_SECONDARY, BG_ELEVATED, BG_ELEVATED_HI, BG_ELEVATED_PRESSED,
+    BG_HUD_BAND, BORDER_SUBTLE, HighContrastBorder, MOTION_SCORE_PULSE_SECS,
+    MOTION_STREAK_FLOURISH_SECS, RADIUS_MD, RADIUS_SM, STATE_DANGER, STATE_INFO, STATE_SUCCESS,
+    STATE_WARNING, STREAK_FLOURISH_PEAK_SCALE, TEXT_PRIMARY, TEXT_SECONDARY, TYPE_BODY,
+    TYPE_BODY_LG, TYPE_CAPTION, TYPE_HEADLINE, VAL_SPACE_1, VAL_SPACE_2, VAL_SPACE_3,
+    scaled_duration,
+};
+use crate::ui_tooltip::Tooltip;
+use solitaire_data::SyncBackend;
+
+/// Marker on the score text node.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudScore;
+
+/// Marker on the move-count text node.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudMoves;
+
+/// Marker on the elapsed-time text node.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudTime;
+
+/// Marker on the mode badge text node.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudMode;
+
+/// Marker on the daily-challenge constraint text node.
+///
+/// Displays the active goal (time limit or score target) when a daily challenge
+/// is in progress. Empty string when no challenge is active or the game is won.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudChallenge;
+
+/// Marker on the "won this deal before" indicator text node.
+///
+/// Displays `"✓ Won before"` when the current deal's seed + draw_mode +
+/// mode triple matches one of the entries in `ReplayHistoryResource`.
+/// Empty string otherwise (including won games — the score readout
+/// already conveys the win on the active deal). Only meaningful for
+/// Classic / Zen / Challenge — daily-challenge and time-attack seeds
+/// are filtered out implicitly because their replay entries always
+/// carry a different mode tag.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudWonPreviously;
+
+/// Marker on the undo-count text node.
+///
+/// Shows how many undos have been used this game. Displayed in amber when
+/// `undo_count > 0` because using undo blocks the no-undo achievement.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudUndos;
+
+/// Marker on the auto-complete badge text node.
+///
+/// Displays `"AUTO"` in green while `AutoCompleteState.active` is true;
+/// empty string otherwise.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudAutoComplete;
+
+/// Marker on the stock-recycle counter text node.
+///
+/// Displays `"Recycles: N"` whenever `recycle_count > 0`, regardless of draw
+/// mode, so the player can track stock recycling in both Draw-One and
+/// Draw-Three (relevant to the `comeback` achievement). Hidden (empty string)
+/// until the first recycle occurs.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudRecycles;
+
+/// Marker on the draw-cycle indicator text node.
+///
+/// Only shown in Draw-Three mode. Displays `"Cycle: N/3"` where N is the
+/// number of cards that will be drawn on the next stock click
+/// (`min(stock_len, 3)`). Shows `"Cycle: 0/3"` when the stock is empty
+/// (recycle available). Hidden (empty string) in Draw-One mode or after the
+/// game is won.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudDrawCycle;
+
+/// Marker on the keyboard-selection indicator text node.
+///
+/// Displays `"▶ {pile_name}"` while a pile is selected via Tab, or an empty
+/// string when no pile is selected. Uses a light-yellow colour so it stands
+/// out from the other white HUD items.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudSelection;
+
+/// Marker on the HUD band background node (the translucent band behind buttons).
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudBand;
+
+/// Marker on the HUD score/info column root node.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudColumn;
+
+/// Marker on the action button bar root node.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudActionBar;
+
+/// Set wrapping the chained HUD button/popover interaction systems. Other
+/// keyboard consumers order themselves around it (e.g.
+/// [`crate::ui_focus::FocusKeys`] runs after) so input-consumption order is
+/// deterministic (#143).
+#[derive(bevy::ecs::schedule::SystemSet, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub struct HudButtons;
+
+/// Marker on the text node inside each touch-layout action-bar button.
+/// Used by `resize_action_bar_labels` to update font size on window resize.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+struct ActionButtonLabel;
+
+/// Marker on the circular profile-picture button anchored to the
+/// top-right of the HUD band. Pressing it opens the Profile overlay.
+/// Shows the server avatar image when loaded; falls back to the player's
+/// initial on a filled disc when no image is available.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudAvatar;
+
+/// Controls whether the in-game HUD (band, score column, action buttons) is
+/// visible. Toggled on Android by tapping empty board space; always `Visible`
+/// on desktop. Resets to `Visible` whenever a modal opens.
+#[derive(Resource, Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+pub enum HudVisibility {
+    #[default]
+    Visible,
+    Hidden,
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+#[derive(Resource, Debug, Default)]
+struct HudTapTracker {
+    start_pos: Option<Vec2>,
+    /// Set `true` when the finger-down hit an action button so the
+    /// finger-up never toggles bar visibility.
+    started_on_button: bool,
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+const HUD_TAP_SLOP_PX: f32 = 25.0;
+
+/// Drives the score-readout pulse: scales the [`HudScore`] text from
+/// 1.0 → 1.1 → 1.0 over [`MOTION_SCORE_PULSE_SECS`] (scaled by
+/// [`AnimSpeed`](solitaire_data::AnimSpeed)). Inserted on the score
+/// entity whenever the score increases; removed once `elapsed >=
+/// duration`.
+#[derive(Component, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct ScorePulse {
+    /// Seconds elapsed since the pulse started.
+    pub elapsed: f32,
+    /// Total duration. Zero under `AnimSpeed::Instant` — the system
+    /// snaps the scale back to 1.0 on first tick so no half-state
+    /// is ever shown.
+    pub duration: f32,
+}
+
+/// Marker on a transient floating "+N" text spawned next to the score
+/// readout when the score jumps by [`SCORE_FLOATER_THRESHOLD`] or more.
+/// Drifts upward and fades out over `MOTION_SCORE_PULSE_SECS * 2`,
+/// then despawns. Kept rare/meaningful by the threshold gate.
+#[derive(Component, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct ScoreFloater {
+    /// Seconds elapsed since the floater spawned.
+    pub elapsed: f32,
+    /// Total lifetime. Zero under `AnimSpeed::Instant` — the system
+    /// despawns it on first tick.
+    pub duration: f32,
+}
+
+/// Drives the streak-milestone flourish: scales the [`HudScore`] text
+/// from `1.0 → STREAK_FLOURISH_PEAK_SCALE → 1.0` over
+/// [`MOTION_STREAK_FLOURISH_SECS`] (scaled by
+/// [`AnimSpeed`](solitaire_data::AnimSpeed)) and tints it
+/// [`ACCENT_SECONDARY`] for the same window before restoring the
+/// original colour.
+///
+/// The streak readout currently lives in the Stats overlay (press
+/// `S`) — there is no always-on HUD streak counter — so the flourish
+/// piggybacks on the score readout, which is the most prominent
+/// always-visible HUD number. Mirrors the `FoundationFlourish`
+/// pattern: triangular scale curve, fixed duration, restores state
+/// when the timer expires.
+///
+/// Inserted on `HudScore` entities by `start_streak_flourish` when a
+/// `WinStreakMilestoneEvent` fires; removed once `elapsed >=
+/// duration` so the readout returns to its rest state for the next
+/// frame's transform sync.
+///
+/// Coexists with [`ScorePulse`]: the streak flourish lives on a
+/// dedicated marker so a streak-crossing win that also ticks the
+/// score (every win does) doesn't have the two animations stomp on
+/// each other's `Transform.scale` writes — the streak flourish runs
+/// in a `Without<ScorePulse>` query so only the loudest of the two
+/// celebrations is active at a time.
+#[derive(Component, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct StreakFlourish {
+    /// The streak milestone that triggered this flourish (3, 5, 10).
+    /// Carried for diagnostic logging only — the visual is identical
+    /// for every threshold so play-testing can decide later whether
+    /// to differentiate.
+    pub streak: u32,
+    /// Seconds elapsed since the flourish began.
+    pub elapsed: f32,
+    /// Total animation length in seconds. Zero under
+    /// [`AnimSpeed::Instant`](solitaire_data::AnimSpeed) — the system
+    /// snaps the scale back to 1.0 on the first tick so no half-state
+    /// is ever shown.
+    pub duration: f32,
+    /// The score readout's colour before the flourish began —
+    /// restored when the timer expires so the readout returns to its
+    /// resting `TEXT_PRIMARY` (or whatever it was) tint.
+    pub original_color: Color,
+}
+
+/// Tracks the score from the previous frame so the HUD can detect
+/// changes without a `ScoreChangedEvent`. The plugin wires this to the
+/// pulse + floater systems on every `Update`.
+#[derive(Resource, Debug, Default, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct PreviousScore(pub i32);
+
+/// Score increase (in points) below which no floating "+N" is spawned.
+/// 50 keeps the feedback for foundation drops and tableau-to-foundation
+/// promotions; single-card placements (which can earn as little as +5)
+/// stay quiet so the floater feels like a reward instead of noise.
+pub const SCORE_FLOATER_THRESHOLD: i32 = 50;
+
+/// Marker shared by every clickable HUD action button so a single
+/// `paint_action_buttons` system can recolour them on hover/press without
+/// each button needing its own paint handler.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct ActionButton;
+
+/// Marker on rows inside a popover panel ([`ModesPopover`] or
+/// [`MenuPopover`]). Popover rows already carry `ActionButton` so the
+/// hover/press paint path applies to them, but the auto-fade applied
+/// to the top-level action bar must NOT also fade these rows — the
+/// popover only renders when the player has explicitly opened it, so
+/// its content should always be at full opacity. `apply_action_fade`
+/// excludes entities with this marker via `Without<PopoverRow>`.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct PopoverRow;
+
+/// Marker on the "New Game" action button anchored top-right of the play
+/// area. Click fires [`NewGameRequestEvent`]; the existing
+/// `ConfirmNewGameScreen` modal handles confirmation when a game is in
+/// progress.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct NewGameButton;
+
+/// Marker on the "Undo" action button. Click fires [`UndoRequestEvent`],
+/// mirroring the `U` keyboard accelerator.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct UndoButton;
+
+/// Marker on the "Pause" action button. Click fires [`PauseRequestEvent`],
+/// mirroring the `Esc` keyboard accelerator. The pause overlay's own resume
+/// affordance dismisses it from the paused state.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct PauseButton;
+
+/// Accumulated hold time on the Undo button, driving hold-to-repeat undo
+/// (Phase F). `handle_undo_button` owns the instant first undo on press;
+/// `repeat_undo_on_hold` starts firing additional [`UndoRequestEvent`]s
+/// once the hold passes `UNDO_HOLD_INITIAL_DELAY_SECS` and then every
+/// `UNDO_HOLD_REPEAT_INTERVAL_SECS`. Each repeated undo goes through the
+/// normal request path, so the existing scoring penalty applies per step.
+#[derive(Resource, Debug, Default)]
+pub struct UndoHoldState {
+    /// Seconds the Undo button has been continuously held.
+    held_secs: f32,
+}
+
+/// Marker on the "Help" action button. Click fires [`HelpRequestEvent`],
+/// mirroring the `F1` keyboard accelerator.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HelpButton;
+
+/// Marker on the "Hint" action button. Click spawns an async solver task
+/// (same as the `H` keyboard accelerator) and highlights the suggested card.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HintButton;
+
+/// Marker on the touch action bar's "Draw" button (Phase F). Click fires
+/// [`DrawRequestEvent`] — same queue as tapping the stock pile — so the
+/// draw action is within thumb reach without stretching to the top of a
+/// tall folded screen. Touch layout only; desktop draws via stock
+/// click / `D` / `Space`.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct DrawButton;
+
+/// Android HUD label for the Hint button — shared with the help screen's
+/// controls reference so both always agree.
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+pub(crate) const ANDROID_HINT_LABEL: &str = "Hint";
+
+/// Hint label used by the touch action bar. Aliases [`ANDROID_HINT_LABEL`]
+/// on Android so the bar and the help screen's controls reference can
+/// never drift; the non-Android value only exists so the touch spawn
+/// path stays host-compilable for tests.
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+const TOUCH_HINT_LABEL: &str = ANDROID_HINT_LABEL;
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+const TOUCH_HINT_LABEL: &str = "Hint";
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+const ACTION_BAR_COLUMN_GAP: Val = Val::Px(4.0);
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+const ACTION_BAR_COLUMN_GAP: Val = VAL_SPACE_2;
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+const ACTION_POPOVER_BOTTOM_PX: f32 = 200.0;
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+const ACTION_POPOVER_BOTTOM_PX: f32 = 80.0;
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+const HINT_WON_MSG: &str = "Game won! Tap New Game to play again";
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+const HINT_WON_MSG: &str = "Game won! Press N for a new game";
+
+/// Marker on the "Modes" action button. Click toggles the [`ModesPopover`]
+/// (a small dropdown panel) below the action bar. Each popover row starts
+/// the corresponding game mode.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct ModesButton;
+
+/// Marker on the dropdown panel that opens below the [`ModesButton`].
+/// Spawned on first click, despawned on second click or on mode select.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct ModesPopover;
+
+/// One row inside the [`ModesPopover`]. The variant carries which event
+/// the click handler should fire — Classic uses `NewGameRequestEvent`
+/// directly, the others go through their `Start*RequestEvent` so the
+/// existing keyboard handler's level gate / resource setup runs.
+#[derive(Component, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum ModeOption {
+    Classic,
+    DailyChallenge,
+    Zen,
+    Challenge,
+    TimeAttack,
+}
+
+/// Marker on the "Menu" action button. Click toggles the [`MenuPopover`]
+/// which exposes the Home / Profile / Stats / Achievements /
+/// Leaderboard / Settings / Help overlays without needing the
+/// M/P/S/A/L/O/F1 hotkeys.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct MenuButton;
+
+/// Marker on the dropdown panel that opens below the [`MenuButton`].
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct MenuPopover;
+
+/// Shared marker placed on both [`MenuPopover`] and [`ModesPopover`] entities
+/// while they are open. External systems (e.g. `PausePlugin`) query this to
+/// determine whether a HUD popover is currently visible without importing the
+/// individual popover types.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+pub struct HudPopoverOpen;
+
+/// Fullscreen transparent backdrop spawned behind the [`MenuPopover`].
+/// Pressing it (tap anywhere outside the popover) light-dismisses the menu.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+struct MenuPopoverBackdrop;
+
+/// Fullscreen transparent backdrop spawned behind the [`ModesPopover`].
+/// Pressing it (tap anywhere outside the popover) light-dismisses it.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+struct ModesPopoverBackdrop;
+
+/// One row inside the [`MenuPopover`]. The variant selects which
+/// `Toggle*RequestEvent` the click handler fires. Rows render grouped
+/// under section headers (Play · You · Community · System); mode
+/// selection lives on Home, so there is no Modes row here.
+#[derive(Component, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum MenuOption {
+    Home,
+    Profile,
+    Stats,
+    Achievements,
+    Leaderboard,
+    Settings,
+    Help,
+}
+
+/// HUD Z-layer — above cards (which start at z=0) but below overlay screens.
+/// Mirrors `ui_theme::Z_HUD` and is duplicated here only so the hud module
+/// can use it as a `const` without a non-const expression in `ZIndex(...)`.
+const Z_HUD: i32 = crate::ui_theme::Z_HUD;
+const Z_HUD_POPOVER_BACKDROP: i32 = crate::ui_theme::Z_HUD_POPOVER_BACKDROP;
+const Z_HUD_POPOVER: i32 = crate::ui_theme::Z_HUD_POPOVER;
+const Z_HUD_TOP: i32 = crate::ui_theme::Z_HUD_TOP;
+
+/// Idle / hover / pressed colours shared by every action button. Aliased
+/// to the theme tokens so the HUD picks up palette changes for free.
+const ACTION_BTN_IDLE: Color = BG_ELEVATED;
+const ACTION_BTN_HOVER: Color = BG_ELEVATED_HI;
+const ACTION_BTN_PRESSED: Color = BG_ELEVATED_PRESSED;
+
+/// Renders the in-game HUD: score counter, move counter, elapsed timer, draw-mode indicator, and the auto-complete badge that lights up when the game is solvable without further input.
+pub struct HudPlugin;
+
+impl Plugin for HudPlugin {
+    fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
+        // The click handlers write to messages registered elsewhere by their
+        // owning plugins (`GamePlugin`, `PausePlugin`, `HelpPlugin`,
+        // `challenge_plugin`, `daily_challenge_plugin`, `time_attack_plugin`,
+        // `input_plugin`). Re-register defensively so the HUD plugin works in
+        // isolation under `MinimalPlugins` (tests). `add_message` is
+        // idempotent.
+        app.add_message::<NewGameRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<UndoRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<DrawRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<PauseRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<HelpRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<StartZenRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<StartChallengeRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<StartTimeAttackRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<StartDailyChallengeRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<ToggleStatsRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<ToggleHomeRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<ToggleAchievementsRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<ToggleProfileRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<ToggleSettingsRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<ToggleLeaderboardRequestEvent>()
+            .add_message::<WinStreakMilestoneEvent>()
+            .init_resource::<PreviousScore>()
+            .init_resource::<HudActionFade>()
+            .init_resource::<HudVisibility>()
+            .init_resource::<UndoHoldState>()
+            // Escape-close handlers for popovers read this; init defensively
+            // so HudPlugin works under MinimalPlugins in tests.
+            .init_resource::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>()
+            // WindowResized is registered by table_plugin; re-register
+            // defensively so the HUD plugin works standalone in tests.
+            .add_message::<WindowResized>()
+            .add_systems(Startup, (spawn_hud_band, spawn_hud, spawn_action_buttons, spawn_hud_avatar))
+            // HUD text updaters run as one deterministic chain (they write
+            // disjoint Text nodes, but Bevy can't prove it); update_hud also
+            // reads AutoCompleteState, so the chain sits after the
+            // auto-complete detect/drive chain (#143).
+            .add_systems(
+                Update,
+                (
+                    update_hud,
+                    update_selection_hud.run_if(
+                        resource_exists_and_changed::<SelectionState>
+                            .or(resource_exists_and_changed::<GameStateResource>),
+                    ),
+                    update_won_previously,
+                )
+                    .chain()
+                    .after(GameMutation)
+                    .after(crate::auto_complete_plugin::AutoComplete)
+                    .in_set(UiTextFx)
+                    .ambiguous_with(UiTextFx),
+            )
+            // HUD chrome visibility: modal-restore writes HudVisibility, the
+            // applier consumes it, and the layout recompute reads it — a
+            // fixed chain instead of three racing systems (#143).
+            .add_systems(
+                Update,
+                (restore_hud_on_modal, apply_hud_visibility)
+                    .chain()
+                    .before(LayoutSystem::UpdateOnResize),
+            )
+            .add_systems(
+                Update,
+                (
+                    update_hud_avatar.after(crate::settings_plugin::SettingsMutation),
+                    handle_avatar_button.ambiguous_with(HudButtons),
+                ),
+            )
+            .add_systems(
+                Update,
+                announce_auto_complete
+                    .after(GameMutation)
+                    .after(crate::auto_complete_plugin::AutoComplete)
+                    .in_set(crate::game_plugin::InfoToastWriters)
+                    .ambiguous_with(crate::game_plugin::InfoToastWriters),
+            )
+            // Typography rescale touches HUD TextFont only, but orders after
+            // the board painters that resize card/label text (#143).
+            .add_systems(
+                Update,
+                update_hud_typography.after(crate::card_plugin::BoardVisuals),
+            )
+            .add_systems(
+                Update,
+                (
+                    detect_score_change,
+                    advance_score_pulse,
+                    advance_score_floater,
+                )
+                    .chain()
+                    .after(GameMutation)
+                    .in_set(UiTextFx)
+                    .ambiguous_with(UiTextFx)
+                    .ambiguous_with(crate::card_plugin::BoardVisuals),
+            )
+            .add_systems(
+                Update,
+                (start_streak_flourish, advance_streak_flourish)
+                    .chain()
+                    .after(GameMutation)
+                    .in_set(UiTextFx)
+                    .ambiguous_with(UiTextFx)
+                    .ambiguous_with(crate::card_plugin::BoardVisuals),
+            )
+            .add_systems(
+                Update,
+                (
+                    handle_new_game_button
+                        .in_set(NewGameRequestWriters)
+                        .ambiguous_with(NewGameRequestWriters),
+                    handle_undo_button
+                        .in_set(crate::game_plugin::UndoRequestWriters)
+                        .ambiguous_with(crate::game_plugin::UndoRequestWriters)
+                        .before(GameMutation),
+                    repeat_undo_on_hold
+                        .in_set(crate::game_plugin::UndoRequestWriters)
+                        .ambiguous_with(crate::game_plugin::UndoRequestWriters)
+                        .before(GameMutation),
+                    handle_draw_button
+                        .in_set(crate::game_plugin::DrawRequestWriters)
+                        .ambiguous_with(crate::game_plugin::DrawRequestWriters)
+                        .before(GameMutation),
+                    handle_pause_button,
+                    handle_help_button,
+                    handle_hint_button
+                        .after(GameMutation)
+                        .in_set(crate::game_plugin::InfoToastWriters)
+                        .ambiguous_with(crate::game_plugin::InfoToastWriters),
+                    handle_modes_button,
+                    handle_mode_option_click
+                        .in_set(NewGameRequestWriters)
+                        .ambiguous_with(NewGameRequestWriters),
+                    handle_modes_backdrop_click,
+                    close_modes_popover_on_escape,
+                    handle_menu_button,
+                    handle_menu_option_click,
+                    handle_menu_backdrop_click,
+                    close_menu_popover_on_escape,
+                    paint_action_buttons,
+                )
+                    .chain()
+                    .in_set(HudButtons)
+                    .before(crate::ui_focus::FocusKeys),
+            )
+            // Fade lives in `Last` so it always overrides whatever the
+            // hover/paint pass set on `BackgroundColor` this frame.
+            // Otherwise on a hover-state change (`Changed<Interaction>`),
+            // `paint_action_buttons` would clobber the alpha back to 1.0
+            // mid-fade and produce a visible blip.
+            ;
+        // Desktop-only: cursor-proximity fade. On Android the bar
+        // visibility is toggled explicitly; cursor_position() returning
+        // Some(touch_pos) during a tap would otherwise fade the bar out.
+        #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+        app.add_systems(Last, (update_action_fade, apply_action_fade).chain());
+        #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+        {
+            app.init_resource::<HudTapTracker>()
+                .add_message::<TouchInput>()
+                .add_systems(
+                    Update,
+                    toggle_hud_on_tap
+                        .after(TouchDragSet::AfterStartDrag)
+                        .in_set(TouchDragSet::BeforeEndDrag),
+                );
+            app.add_systems(
+                Update,
+                resize_action_bar_labels
+                    .run_if(resource_exists_and_changed::<crate::layout::LayoutResource>),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests;
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+//! HUD construction: band, columns, avatar, and action-bar spawning.
+
+use super::*;
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+use crate::avatar_plugin::AvatarResource;
+
+/// Spawns the invisible HUD band that reserves vertical space at the top of
+/// the screen so the card layout (computed by `layout::compute_layout` using
+/// `HUD_BAND_HEIGHT`) aligns correctly below the score readouts.
+///
+/// The entity carries no `BackgroundColor` — the green felt shows through.
+/// A slim grey background is handled by each content section individually
+/// (the bottom action bar has its own `BG_HUD_BAND` background).
+pub(super) fn spawn_hud_band(mut commands: Commands) {
+    const BASE_TOP: f32 = 0.0;
+    commands.spawn((
+        Node {
+            position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
+            top: Val::Px(BASE_TOP),
+            left: Val::Px(0.0),
+            width: Val::Percent(100.0),
+            height: Val::Px(HUD_BAND_HEIGHT),
+            ..default()
+        },
+        ZIndex(Z_HUD - 1),
+        SafeAreaAnchoredTop { base_top: BASE_TOP },
+        HudBand,
+    ));
+}
+
+/// Spawns the in-game HUD as a 4-tier vertical column anchored to the
+/// top-left of the play area.
+///
+/// Tiers (top to bottom):
+///   1. **Primary** — Score (display weight) · Moves · Timer.
+///      Always visible during gameplay.
+///   2. **Mode context** — Mode badge · Daily-challenge constraint ·
+///      Draw-cycle indicator. Each cell is empty when not relevant; the
+///      row collapses visually when all cells are empty.
+///   3. **Penalty / bonus** — Undos · Recycles · Auto-complete badge.
+///      Both penalty counters share `STATE_WARNING` (the audit found
+///      they were inconsistent: Undos amber, Recycles white).
+///   4. **Selection** — keyboard-driven pile selector chip.
+///
+/// The audit identified the original single-row layout (10 readouts in
+/// one horizontal flex row, 5+ colour families competing) as the
+/// player's #1 complaint. This restructure groups by purpose, lets
+/// transient items disappear cleanly, and uses the typography scale to
+/// make Score the visual protagonist.
+pub(super) fn spawn_hud(font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>, mut commands: Commands) {
+    let font_handle = font_res.as_ref().map(|f| f.0.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
+    let font_score = TextFont {
+        font: font_handle.clone(),
+        font_size: TYPE_HEADLINE,
+        ..default()
+    };
+    let font_lg = TextFont {
+        font: font_handle.clone(),
+        font_size: TYPE_BODY_LG,
+        ..default()
+    };
+    let font_body = TextFont {
+        font: font_handle,
+        font_size: TYPE_BODY,
+        ..default()
+    };
+
+    let row_node = || Node {
+        flex_direction: FlexDirection::Row,
+        column_gap: VAL_SPACE_3,
+        // On a narrow viewport the four tier rows (Score/Moves/Timer,
+        // Mode/Challenge/Draw-cycle/Won-previously, Undos/Recycles/
+        // Auto-complete, selection chip) can collectively be wider than
+        // the available space and overflow into the action-button column
+        // on the right. `flex_wrap: Wrap` lets each tier soft-wrap onto
+        // a second line; on a desktop window the rows stay single-line
+        // because the parent column has no width cap and the row never
+        // exceeds the natural line width.
+        flex_wrap: FlexWrap::Wrap,
+        row_gap: VAL_SPACE_1,
+        align_items: AlignItems::Baseline,
+        ..default()
+    };
+
+    commands
+        .spawn((
+            Node {
+                position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
+                left: VAL_SPACE_3,
+                top: Val::Px(SPACE_2),
+                flex_direction: FlexDirection::Column,
+                // Cap the column at 50% of viewport so on narrow
+                // (mobile) widths the inner tier rows have a bounded
+                // width to wrap against, and the column can't bleed
+                // into the right-anchored action button row (also
+                // capped at 50%). On desktop 50% of 1920 = 960 px,
+                // wider than any tier row's natural width, so the
+                // visible layout is unaffected.
+                max_width: Val::Percent(50.0),
+                row_gap: VAL_SPACE_1,
+                ..default()
+            },
+            ZIndex(Z_HUD),
+            SafeAreaAnchoredTop { base_top: SPACE_2 },
+            HudColumn,
+        ))
+        .with_children(|hud| {
+            // Tier 1 — primary readouts. Score is the protagonist (HEADLINE);
+            // Moves and Timer are supporting context (BODY_LG, secondary tone).
+            hud.spawn(row_node()).with_children(|t1| {
+                t1.spawn((
+                    HudScore,
+                    Tooltip::new("Points earned this game. Hidden in Zen mode."),
+                    Text::new("Score: 0"),
+                    font_score.clone(),
+                    TextColor(TEXT_PRIMARY),
+                ));
+                t1.spawn((
+                    HudMoves,
+                    Tooltip::new("Moves you've made this game. Counts placements and stock draws."),
+                    Text::new("Moves: 0"),
+                    font_lg.clone(),
+                    TextColor(TEXT_SECONDARY),
+                ));
+                t1.spawn((
+                    HudTime,
+                    Tooltip::new("Time on this game. Counts down in Time Attack."),
+                    Text::new("0:00"),
+                    font_lg.clone(),
+                    TextColor(TEXT_SECONDARY),
+                ));
+            });
+
+            // Tier 2 — mode context. Each cell is empty until update_hud
+            // populates it (and clears it when no longer relevant), so the
+            // row collapses when nothing in this tier applies.
+            hud.spawn(row_node()).with_children(|t2| {
+                t2.spawn((
+                    HudMode,
+                    Tooltip::new("Active game mode. Click Modes to switch."),
+                    Text::new(""),
+                    font_body.clone(),
+                    TextColor(ACCENT_PRIMARY),
+                ));
+                t2.spawn((
+                    HudChallenge,
+                    Tooltip::new("Today's daily challenge target. Beat it for bonus XP."),
+                    Text::new(""),
+                    font_body.clone(),
+                    TextColor(STATE_INFO),
+                ));
+                t2.spawn((
+                    HudDrawCycle,
+                    Tooltip::new("Cards drawn on the next stock click in Draw-Three."),
+                    Text::new(""),
+                    font_body.clone(),
+                    TextColor(STATE_INFO),
+                ));
+                t2.spawn((
+                    HudWonPreviously,
+                    Tooltip::new("You've won this deal before. Same seed in your replay history."),
+                    Text::new(""),
+                    font_body.clone(),
+                    TextColor(STATE_SUCCESS),
+                ));
+            });
+
+            // Tier 3 — penalty / bonus. Undos and Recycles share the
+            // warning hue so they read as the same category ("you took a
+            // penalty"); the auto-complete badge stays success-green.
+            hud.spawn(row_node()).with_children(|t3| {
+                t3.spawn((
+                    HudUndos,
+                    Tooltip::new("Undos used this game. Any undo blocks the No Undo achievement."),
+                    Text::new(""),
+                    font_body.clone(),
+                    TextColor(STATE_WARNING),
+                ));
+                t3.spawn((
+                    HudRecycles,
+                    Tooltip::new(
+                        "Times you've recycled the stock. Three or more unlocks Comeback.",
+                    ),
+                    Text::new(""),
+                    font_body.clone(),
+                    TextColor(STATE_WARNING),
+                ));
+                t3.spawn((
+                    HudAutoComplete,
+                    Tooltip::new("Board is solvable from here. Press Enter to auto-finish."),
+                    Text::new(""),
+                    font_body.clone(),
+                    TextColor(STATE_SUCCESS),
+                ));
+            });
+
+            // Tier 4 — selection chip. Stays in HUD for now; a future
+            // pass can reposition it next to the selected pile.
+            hud.spawn(row_node()).with_children(|t4| {
+                t4.spawn((
+                    HudSelection,
+                    Tooltip::new("Pile selected with Tab. Use arrows or Enter to act."),
+                    Text::new(""),
+                    font_body,
+                    TextColor(ACCENT_SECONDARY),
+                ));
+            });
+        });
+}
+
+/// Spawns the circular avatar / initials button anchored to the top-right
+/// of the HUD band. Initial content is seeded from whatever resources are
+/// available at startup; `update_hud_avatar` replaces the children whenever
+/// `AvatarResource` or `SettingsResource` later changes.
+pub(super) fn spawn_hud_avatar(
+    font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
+    avatar: Option<Res<AvatarResource>>,
+    settings: Option<Res<SettingsResource>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    const SIZE: f32 = 32.0;
+    let id = commands
+        .spawn((
+            HudAvatar,
+            Button,
+            Tooltip::new("Your profile — tap to open."),
+            Node {
+                position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
+                top: Val::Px(SPACE_2),
+                right: VAL_SPACE_3,
+                width: Val::Px(SIZE),
+                height: Val::Px(SIZE),
+                border_radius: BorderRadius::all(Val::Px(SIZE / 2.0)),
+                align_items: AlignItems::Center,
+                justify_content: JustifyContent::Center,
+                ..default()
+            },
+            BackgroundColor(ACCENT_PRIMARY),
+            ZIndex(Z_HUD),
+            SafeAreaAnchoredTop { base_top: SPACE_2 },
+        ))
+        .id();
+    spawn_avatar_child(
+        &mut commands,
+        id,
+        avatar.as_deref(),
+        settings.as_deref(),
+        font_res.as_deref(),
+    );
+}
+
+/// Re-spawns the avatar circle content (image or initials) whenever either
+/// [`AvatarResource`] or [`SettingsResource`] changes — covers both the
+/// image arriving after download and the username changing after login.
+pub(super) fn update_hud_avatar(
+    avatar: Option<Res<AvatarResource>>,
+    settings: Option<Res<SettingsResource>>,
+    font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
+    q: Query<Entity, With<HudAvatar>>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    let avatar_changed = avatar.as_ref().is_some_and(|r| r.is_changed());
+    let settings_changed = settings.as_ref().is_some_and(|r| r.is_changed());
+    if !avatar_changed && !settings_changed {
+        return;
+    }
+    let Ok(entity) = q.single() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    commands.entity(entity).despawn_related::<Children>();
+    spawn_avatar_child(
+        &mut commands,
+        entity,
+        avatar.as_deref(),
+        settings.as_deref(),
+        font_res.as_deref(),
+    );
+}
+
+/// Populates the avatar container with either the downloaded image or an
+/// initials fallback disc. Called from both the startup spawn and the
+/// reactive update system so the rendering logic lives in one place.
+pub(super) fn spawn_avatar_child(
+    commands: &mut Commands,
+    parent: Entity,
+    avatar: Option<&AvatarResource>,
+    settings: Option<&SettingsResource>,
+    font_res: Option<&FontResource>,
+) {
+    const SIZE: f32 = 32.0;
+    if let Some(handle) = avatar.and_then(|a| a.0.clone()) {
+        // Logged-in with a downloaded avatar: keep the accent disc behind it.
+        commands
+            .entity(parent)
+            .insert(BackgroundColor(ACCENT_PRIMARY));
+        // Image fills the circle container; border_radius clips it to a disc.
+        commands.entity(parent).with_children(|b| {
+            b.spawn((
+                ImageNode::new(handle),
+                Node {
+                    width: Val::Px(SIZE),
+                    height: Val::Px(SIZE),
+                    border_radius: BorderRadius::all(Val::Px(SIZE / 2.0)),
+                    ..default()
+                },
+            ));
+        });
+    } else {
+        let initial = settings
+            .and_then(|s| match &s.0.sync_backend {
+                SyncBackend::SolitaireServer { username, .. } => username.chars().next(),
+                SyncBackend::Local => None,
+            })
+            .and_then(|c| c.to_uppercase().next())
+            .unwrap_or('?');
+        // Real initial (logged in) keeps the red accent disc; the '?'
+        // unauthenticated fallback uses a neutral grey so it reads as a
+        // "tap to log in" affordance rather than an error.
+        let disc_bg = if initial == '?' {
+            BG_ELEVATED_HI
+        } else {
+            ACCENT_PRIMARY
+        };
+        commands.entity(parent).insert(BackgroundColor(disc_bg));
+        commands.entity(parent).with_children(|b| {
+            b.spawn((
+                Text::new(initial.to_string()),
+                TextFont {
+                    font: font_res.map(|f| f.0.clone()).unwrap_or_default(),
+                    font_size: 14.0,
+                    ..default()
+                },
+                TextColor(TEXT_PRIMARY),
+            ));
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+/// Opens the Profile overlay when the avatar button is pressed.
+pub(super) fn handle_avatar_button(
+    interaction_query: Query<&Interaction, (With<HudAvatar>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
+    mut toggle_profile: MessageWriter<ToggleProfileRequestEvent>,
+) {
+    for interaction in &interaction_query {
+        if *interaction == Interaction::Pressed {
+            toggle_profile.write(ToggleProfileRequestEvent);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Spawns the action button bar anchored to the top-right of the window.
+/// Each child is a clickable button mirroring a keyboard accelerator —
+/// per the UI-first principle (CLAUDE.md / ARCHITECTURE.md §1) the buttons
+/// are the primary entry point and the hotkeys are optional.
+///
+/// Order (left → right): Undo, Pause, Help, New Game. New Game is rightmost
+/// because it's the most consequential action; the destructive button sits
+/// on its own visual edge.
+pub(super) fn spawn_action_buttons(
+    font_res: Option<Res<FontResource>>,
+    windows: Query<&Window>,
+    mut commands: Commands,
+) {
+    let action_font_size =
+        action_bar_font_size(windows.iter().next().map_or(900.0, |win| win.width()));
+    let font = TextFont {
+        font: font_res.as_ref().map(|f| f.0.clone()).unwrap_or_default(),
+        font_size: action_font_size,
+        ..default()
+    };
+
+    // Bottom bar: full-width, centered, sits above the gesture-navigation zone.
+    // `SafeAreaAnchoredBottom` applies the correct logical-pixel inset once
+    // Android reports it (frames 1-3); initial value is 0.0.
+    commands
+        .spawn((
+            Node {
+                position_type: PositionType::Absolute,
+                bottom: Val::Px(0.0),
+                left: Val::Px(0.0),
+                width: Val::Percent(100.0),
+                flex_direction: FlexDirection::Row,
+                flex_wrap: FlexWrap::Wrap,
+                justify_content: JustifyContent::Center,
+                column_gap: ACTION_BAR_COLUMN_GAP,
+                row_gap: VAL_SPACE_2,
+                align_items: AlignItems::Center,
+                padding: UiRect {
+                    left: VAL_SPACE_3,
+                    right: VAL_SPACE_3,
+                    top: VAL_SPACE_2,
+                    bottom: VAL_SPACE_2,
+                },
+                ..default()
+            },
+            BackgroundColor(BG_HUD_BAND),
+            ZIndex(Z_HUD),
+            SafeAreaAnchoredBottom { base_bottom: 0.0 },
+            HudActionBar,
+        ))
+        .with_children(|row| {
+            if USE_TOUCH_UI_LAYOUT {
+                spawn_touch_action_bar(row, &font);
+            } else {
+                spawn_desktop_action_bar(row, &font);
+            }
+        });
+}
+
+/// Phase F touch action bar — five buttons, three of them big.
+///
+/// The core gameplay trio (**Undo · Draw · Hint**) gets enlarged
+/// thumb-reach targets; Menu and Pause stay compact at the edges. The
+/// utility actions the desktop bar carries are reachable elsewhere on
+/// touch and are deliberately absent here: Help lives in Menu → System,
+/// mode switching lives on the Home screen (Phase B), and New Game is
+/// Home's hero button. Draw duplicates the stock-pile tap so the most
+/// frequent action of all no longer requires reaching the top half of a
+/// tall folded screen.
+pub(super) fn spawn_touch_action_bar(row: &mut ChildSpawnerCommands, font: &TextFont) {
+    // The trailing `order` argument feeds `Focusable { group: Hud, order }`
+    // so Tab (external keyboard) cycles the bar in visual reading order.
+    spawn_action_button(
+        row,
+        MenuButton,
+        "Menu",
+        None,
+        "Open Home, Stats, Achievements, Profile, Settings, or Leaderboard.",
+        font,
+        0,
+        TEXT_SECONDARY,
+    );
+    spawn_primary_action_button(
+        row,
+        UndoButton,
+        "Undo",
+        "Take back your last move. Hold to keep undoing. Costs points and blocks No Undo.",
+        font,
+        1,
+    );
+    spawn_primary_action_button(
+        row,
+        DrawButton,
+        "Draw",
+        "Draw from the stock — same as tapping the deck.",
+        font,
+        2,
+    );
+    spawn_primary_action_button(
+        row,
+        HintButton,
+        TOUCH_HINT_LABEL,
+        "Highlight a suggested move. Cycles through alternatives on repeat taps.",
+        font,
+        3,
+    );
+    spawn_action_button(
+        row,
+        PauseButton,
+        "Pause",
+        None,
+        "Pause the game and freeze the timer.",
+        font,
+        4,
+        TEXT_SECONDARY,
+    );
+}
+
+/// Desktop action bar — unchanged by Phase F (decision 5: the touch bar
+/// is touch-only). All seven actions, uniform sizing.
+pub(super) fn spawn_desktop_action_bar(row: &mut ChildSpawnerCommands, font: &TextFont) {
+    // The trailing `order` argument feeds `Focusable { group: Hud, order }`
+    // so Tab cycles the action bar in visual reading order.
+    // Undo and Pause are the primary gameplay actions — full brightness.
+    // Menu, Help, Hint, Modes, New are navigation/utility — dimmed.
+    spawn_action_button(
+        row,
+        MenuButton,
+        "Menu \u{2193}",
+        None,
+        "Open Stats, Achievements, Profile, Settings, or Leaderboard.",
+        font,
+        0,
+        TEXT_SECONDARY,
+    );
+    spawn_action_button(
+        row,
+        UndoButton,
+        "Undo",
+        Some("U"),
+        "Take back your last move. Hold to keep undoing. Costs points and blocks No Undo.",
+        font,
+        1,
+        TEXT_PRIMARY,
+    );
+    spawn_action_button(
+        row,
+        PauseButton,
+        "Pause",
+        Some("Esc"),
+        "Pause the game and freeze the timer.",
+        font,
+        2,
+        TEXT_PRIMARY,
+    );
+    spawn_action_button(
+        row,
+        HelpButton,
+        "Help",
+        Some("F1"),
+        "Show controls, rules, and keyboard shortcuts.",
+        font,
+        3,
+        TEXT_SECONDARY,
+    );
+    spawn_action_button(
+        row,
+        HintButton,
+        "Hint",
+        Some("H"),
+        "Highlight a suggested move. Cycles through alternatives on repeat taps.",
+        font,
+        4,
+        TEXT_SECONDARY,
+    );
+    spawn_action_button(
+        row,
+        ModesButton,
+        "Modes \u{2193}",
+        None,
+        "Switch modes: Classic, Daily, Zen, Challenge, Time Attack.",
+        font,
+        5,
+        TEXT_SECONDARY,
+    );
+    spawn_action_button(
+        row,
+        NewGameButton,
+        "New Game",
+        Some("N"),
+        "Start a fresh deal. Confirms first if a game is in progress.",
+        font,
+        6,
+        TEXT_SECONDARY,
+    );
+}
+
+/// Spawns a single action button as a child of `row`. Each button shares
+/// the same node geometry, idle colour, and `ActionButton` marker so
+/// `paint_action_buttons` can recolour all of them with one query.
+///
+/// `order` is the button's index inside the action bar (0 for the
+/// leftmost). It propagates into the [`Focusable`] this function inserts
+/// so Phase 2's keyboard focus ring cycles the HUD in visual order.
+///
+/// `tooltip` is the hover-reveal caption attached via [`Tooltip`]. Every
+/// action button ships with one — there is no opt-out — because each button
+/// represents a player-triggered action and benefits from a one-line
+/// reminder of what it does.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(super) fn spawn_action_button<M: Component>(
+    row: &mut ChildSpawnerCommands,
+    marker: M,
+    label: &str,
+    hotkey: Option<&'static str>,
+    tooltip: &'static str,
+    font: &TextFont,
+    order: i32,
+    text_color: Color,
+) {
+    // Hotkey hint chips ("U", "Esc", "F1", "N") are meaningless on a
+    // touch device — the button itself is the affordance — and they
+    // visibly clutter the narrow-viewport action row. The chevrons on
+    // Menu/Modes remain because they indicate dropdown behaviour.
+    let hotkey = if SHOW_KEYBOARD_ACCELERATORS {
+        hotkey
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+
+    let (pad, min_w, min_h) = action_button_metrics();
+    spawn_action_button_sized(
+        row, marker, label, hotkey, tooltip, font, order, text_color, pad, min_w, min_h,
+    );
+}
+
+/// Enlarged variant for the touch bar's core gameplay trio (Phase F):
+/// bigger padding / minimum target and a scaled-up label so Undo, Draw,
+/// and Hint read (and hit) as the primary actions. Hotkey chips are
+/// irrelevant on touch, so the variant takes none.
+pub(super) fn spawn_primary_action_button<M: Component>(
+    row: &mut ChildSpawnerCommands,
+    marker: M,
+    label: &str,
+    tooltip: &'static str,
+    font: &TextFont,
+    order: i32,
+) {
+    let (pad, min_w, min_h) = primary_action_button_metrics();
+    let primary_font = TextFont {
+        font: font.font.clone(),
+        // 1.35× the bar's responsive size, capped so landscape tablets
+        // don't blow the row height out.
+        font_size: (font.font_size * 1.35).min(24.0),
+        ..default()
+    };
+    spawn_action_button_sized(
+        row,
+        marker,
+        label,
+        None,
+        tooltip,
+        &primary_font,
+        order,
+        TEXT_PRIMARY,
+        pad,
+        min_w,
+        min_h,
+    );
+}
+
+/// Shared body of [`spawn_action_button`] / [`spawn_primary_action_button`]
+/// — one place owns the component set so `paint_action_buttons`, tooltips,
+/// and the focus ring treat every bar button identically.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+fn spawn_action_button_sized<M: Component>(
+    row: &mut ChildSpawnerCommands,
+    marker: M,
+    label: &str,
+    hotkey: Option<&'static str>,
+    tooltip: &'static str,
+    font: &TextFont,
+    order: i32,
+    text_color: Color,
+    pad: UiRect,
+    min_w: Val,
+    min_h: Val,
+) {
+    let hotkey_font = TextFont {
+        font: font.font.clone(),
+        font_size: TYPE_CAPTION,
+        ..default()
+    };
+    row.spawn((
+        marker,
+        ActionButton,
+        Button,
+        Tooltip::new(tooltip),
+        Focusable {
+            group: FocusGroup::Hud,
+            order,
+        },
+        Node {
+            padding: pad,
+            min_width: min_w,
+            min_height: min_h,
+            justify_content: JustifyContent::Center,
+            align_items: AlignItems::Center,
+            border_radius: BorderRadius::all(Val::Px(RADIUS_MD)),
+            column_gap: VAL_SPACE_2,
+            ..default()
+        },
+        BackgroundColor(ACTION_BTN_IDLE),
+        BorderColor::all(BORDER_SUBTLE),
+        HighContrastBorder::with_default(BORDER_SUBTLE),
+    ))
+    .with_children(|b| {
+        spawn_action_button_label(b, label, font, text_color);
+        if let Some(key) = hotkey {
+            // Hotkey hint rendered as a dim caption next to the label —
+            // keeps the keyboard accelerator discoverable without
+            // hijacking the button's primary affordance.
+            b.spawn((Text::new(key), hotkey_font, TextColor(TEXT_SECONDARY)));
+        }
+    });
+}
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+//! Per-frame HUD text/typography/visibility updater systems.
+
+use super::*;
+
+use bevy::window::WindowResized;
+use solitaire_core::Suit;
+use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameMode};
+use solitaire_core::{Foundation, KlondikePile, Tableau};
+
+use crate::auto_complete_plugin::AutoCompleteState;
+
+/// Formats a time-limit value in seconds as `"mm:ss"` for HUD display.
+///
+/// For example `format_time_limit(300)` returns `"5:00"`.
+pub fn format_time_limit(secs: u64) -> String {
+    let m = secs / 60;
+    let s = secs % 60;
+    format!("{m}:{s:02}")
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Score-change feedback (G2)
+//
+// The flow for each Update tick:
+//   1. `detect_score_change` diffs `GameStateResource.score` against
+//      `PreviousScore`. On any positive delta it inserts/refreshes
+//      `ScorePulse` on the score readout; on a delta ≥
+//      `SCORE_FLOATER_THRESHOLD` it also spawns a floating "+N" UI text
+//      anchored just below the score.
+//   2. `advance_score_pulse` ticks the pulse component, applies the
+//      triangular 1.0 → 1.1 → 1.0 scale curve, and removes the
+//      component on completion.
+//   3. `advance_score_floater` drifts each floater upward, fades it to
+//      transparent, and despawns it when its lifetime expires.
+//
+// The threshold of 50 (a foundation promotion's typical bonus) keeps
+// floaters rare and meaningful — see `SCORE_FLOATER_THRESHOLD`.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Sets the [`HudWonPreviously`] text to "✓ Won before" whenever the
+/// current deal's seed + draw_mode + mode triple matches an entry in
+/// the rolling [`ReplayHistory`]. Cleared while the active game is won
+/// (the on-screen "Game won!" cue already conveys victory) and on
+/// fresh deals the player hasn't won before.
+///
+/// Lives in its own system rather than `update_hud` to keep this
+/// orthogonal: `update_hud`'s query disambiguation is already busy
+/// enough; threading another marker through every Without filter
+/// would touch ~10 unrelated queries for no benefit.
+pub(super) fn update_won_previously(
+    game: Res<GameStateResource>,
+    // Optional because the HUD plugin's headless tests run without
+    // `StatsPlugin` and therefore without this resource. With the
+    // resource absent there's no history to compare against; the
+    // indicator just stays empty.
+    history: Option<Res<crate::stats_plugin::ReplayHistoryResource>>,
+    mut q: Query<&mut Text, With<HudWonPreviously>>,
+) {
+    let Ok(mut text) = q.single_mut() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let won_before = !game.0.is_won()
+        && history.as_ref().is_some_and(|h| {
+            h.0.replays.iter().any(|r| {
+                r.seed == game.0.seed && r.draw_mode == game.0.draw_mode() && r.mode == game.0.mode
+            })
+        });
+    let next = if won_before {
+        "\u{2713} Won before"
+    } else {
+        ""
+    };
+    if text.0 != next {
+        text.0 = next.to_string();
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::type_complexity, clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub(super) fn update_hud(
+    game: Res<GameStateResource>,
+    time_attack: Option<Res<TimeAttackResource>>,
+    daily: Option<Res<DailyChallengeResource>>,
+    auto_complete: Option<Res<AutoCompleteState>>,
+    mut score_q: Query<
+        &mut Text,
+        (
+            With<HudScore>,
+            Without<HudMoves>,
+            Without<HudTime>,
+            Without<HudMode>,
+            Without<HudChallenge>,
+            Without<HudUndos>,
+            Without<HudAutoComplete>,
+            Without<HudRecycles>,
+            Without<HudDrawCycle>,
+            Without<HudSelection>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    mut moves_q: Query<
+        &mut Text,
+        (
+            With<HudMoves>,
+            Without<HudScore>,
+            Without<HudTime>,
+            Without<HudMode>,
+            Without<HudChallenge>,
+            Without<HudUndos>,
+            Without<HudAutoComplete>,
+            Without<HudRecycles>,
+            Without<HudDrawCycle>,
+            Without<HudSelection>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    mut time_q: Query<
+        &mut Text,
+        (
+            With<HudTime>,
+            Without<HudScore>,
+            Without<HudMoves>,
+            Without<HudMode>,
+            Without<HudChallenge>,
+            Without<HudUndos>,
+            Without<HudAutoComplete>,
+            Without<HudRecycles>,
+            Without<HudDrawCycle>,
+            Without<HudSelection>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    mut mode_q: Query<
+        &mut Text,
+        (
+            With<HudMode>,
+            Without<HudScore>,
+            Without<HudMoves>,
+            Without<HudTime>,
+            Without<HudChallenge>,
+            Without<HudUndos>,
+            Without<HudAutoComplete>,
+            Without<HudRecycles>,
+            Without<HudDrawCycle>,
+            Without<HudSelection>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    mut challenge_q: Query<
+        (&mut Text, &mut TextColor),
+        (
+            With<HudChallenge>,
+            Without<HudScore>,
+            Without<HudMoves>,
+            Without<HudTime>,
+            Without<HudMode>,
+            Without<HudUndos>,
+            Without<HudAutoComplete>,
+            Without<HudRecycles>,
+            Without<HudDrawCycle>,
+            Without<HudSelection>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    mut undos_q: Query<
+        (&mut Text, &mut TextColor),
+        (
+            With<HudUndos>,
+            Without<HudScore>,
+            Without<HudMoves>,
+            Without<HudTime>,
+            Without<HudMode>,
+            Without<HudChallenge>,
+            Without<HudAutoComplete>,
+            Without<HudRecycles>,
+            Without<HudDrawCycle>,
+            Without<HudSelection>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    mut auto_q: Query<
+        &mut Text,
+        (
+            With<HudAutoComplete>,
+            Without<HudScore>,
+            Without<HudMoves>,
+            Without<HudTime>,
+            Without<HudMode>,
+            Without<HudChallenge>,
+            Without<HudUndos>,
+            Without<HudRecycles>,
+            Without<HudDrawCycle>,
+            Without<HudSelection>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    mut recycles_q: Query<
+        &mut Text,
+        (
+            With<HudRecycles>,
+            Without<HudScore>,
+            Without<HudMoves>,
+            Without<HudTime>,
+            Without<HudMode>,
+            Without<HudChallenge>,
+            Without<HudUndos>,
+            Without<HudAutoComplete>,
+            Without<HudDrawCycle>,
+            Without<HudSelection>,
+        ),
+    >,
+    mut draw_cycle_q: Query<
+        &mut Text,
+        (
+            With<HudDrawCycle>,
+            Without<HudScore>,
+            Without<HudMoves>,
+            Without<HudTime>,
+            Without<HudMode>,
+            Without<HudChallenge>,
+            Without<HudUndos>,
+            Without<HudAutoComplete>,
+            Without<HudRecycles>,
+            Without<HudSelection>,
+        ),
+    >,
+) {
+    let ta_active = time_attack.as_ref().is_some_and(|ta| ta.active);
+
+    // Score, moves, mode, challenge, and undos only need updating when game state changes.
+    if game.is_changed() {
+        let g = &game.0;
+        let is_zen = g.mode == GameMode::Zen;
+        if let Ok(mut t) = score_q.single_mut() {
+            // Zen mode suppresses score display per spec ("No score display").
+            **t = if is_zen {
+                String::new()
+            } else {
+                format!("Score: {}", g.score())
+            };
+        }
+        if let Ok(mut t) = moves_q.single_mut() {
+            **t = format!("Moves: {}", g.move_count());
+        }
+        if let Ok(mut t) = mode_q.single_mut() {
+            **t = match g.mode {
+                GameMode::Classic => match g.draw_mode() {
+                    DrawStockConfig::DrawOne => String::new(),
+                    DrawStockConfig::DrawThree => "Draw 3".to_string(),
+                },
+                GameMode::Zen => "ZEN".to_string(),
+                GameMode::Challenge => "CHALLENGE".to_string(),
+                GameMode::TimeAttack => "TIME ATTACK".to_string(),
+                GameMode::Difficulty(level) => level.label().to_uppercase(),
+            };
+        }
+
+        // --- Daily challenge constraint (with time-low colour warning) ---
+        if let Ok((mut t, mut color)) = challenge_q.single_mut() {
+            if g.is_won() {
+                **t = String::new();
+            } else if let Some(dc) = daily.as_deref() {
+                **t = challenge_hud_text(dc);
+                if let Some(max_secs) = dc.max_time_secs {
+                    let remaining = max_secs.saturating_sub(g.elapsed_seconds);
+                    *color = TextColor(challenge_time_color(remaining));
+                }
+            } else {
+                **t = String::new();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // --- Undo count ---
+        if let Ok((mut t, mut color)) = undos_q.single_mut() {
+            let count = g.undo_count();
+            if count == 0 {
+                **t = String::new();
+                *color = TextColor(TEXT_PRIMARY);
+            } else {
+                **t = format!("Undos: {count}");
+                // STATE_WARNING signals "you took a penalty" — same hue
+                // as the Recycles counter so they read as one category.
+                *color = TextColor(STATE_WARNING);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // --- Recycle counter (both modes, hidden until first recycle) ---
+        if let Ok(mut t) = recycles_q.single_mut() {
+            **t = if g.recycle_count() > 0 {
+                format!("Recycles: {}", g.recycle_count())
+            } else {
+                String::new()
+            };
+        }
+
+        // --- Draw-cycle indicator (Draw-Three mode only) ---
+        if let Ok(mut t) = draw_cycle_q.single_mut() {
+            **t = if g.is_won() || g.draw_mode() != DrawStockConfig::DrawThree {
+                // Hide when not in Draw-Three or after the game is won.
+                String::new()
+            } else {
+                let stock_len = g.stock_cards().len();
+                let next_draw = stock_len.min(3);
+                format!("Cycle: {next_draw}/3")
+            };
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Time display: show Time Attack countdown every frame when active;
+    // Zen mode suppresses the timer per spec ("No timer") — cleared unconditionally
+    // every frame so it disappears immediately on the frame Z is pressed.
+    // Otherwise show game elapsed time (updates once per second via game.is_changed()).
+    let is_zen = game.0.mode == GameMode::Zen;
+    let update_time = (ta_active || game.is_changed()) && !is_zen;
+    if update_time {
+        if let Ok(mut t) = time_q.single_mut() {
+            if let Some(ta) = time_attack.as_ref().filter(|ta| ta.active) {
+                let remaining = ta.remaining_secs.max(0.0) as u64;
+                let m = remaining / 60;
+                let s = remaining % 60;
+                **t = format!("{m}:{s:02}");
+            } else {
+                let secs = game.0.elapsed_seconds;
+                let m = secs / 60;
+                let s = secs % 60;
+                **t = format!("{m}:{s:02}");
+            }
+        }
+    } else if is_zen {
+        // Clear the time display immediately whenever Zen mode is active —
+        // do not guard on game.is_changed() so it clears on the same frame
+        // the player presses Z, before any move is made.
+        if let Ok(mut t) = time_q.single_mut() {
+            **t = String::new();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // --- Auto-complete badge ---
+    // Reflects the AutoCompleteState resource; update whenever it changes or game changes.
+    let ac_active = auto_complete.as_ref().is_some_and(|ac| ac.active);
+    let ac_changed = auto_complete.as_ref().is_some_and(|ac| ac.is_changed());
+    if (ac_changed || game.is_changed())
+        && let Ok(mut t) = auto_q.single_mut()
+    {
+        **t = if ac_active {
+            "AUTO".to_string()
+        } else {
+            String::new()
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+/// Updates the `HudSelection` text node to show which pile is Tab-selected.
+///
+/// Displays `"▶ {pile_name}"` while `SelectionState::selected_pile` is `Some`,
+/// or an empty string when no pile is selected. Runs every frame so the
+/// indicator stays in sync with the selection resource.
+pub(super) fn update_selection_hud(
+    selection: Option<Res<SelectionState>>,
+    game: Option<Res<GameStateResource>>,
+    mut q: Query<&mut Text, With<HudSelection>>,
+) {
+    let Ok(mut t) = q.single_mut() else { return };
+    let label = match selection.as_deref().and_then(|s| s.selected_pile.as_ref()) {
+        None => String::new(),
+        Some(KlondikePile::Stock) => "▶ Waste".to_string(),
+        Some(KlondikePile::Foundation(slot)) => match game.as_deref() {
+            Some(g) => foundation_selection_label(*slot, &g.0),
+            // No game resource means we can't probe claimed_suit; show the
+            // slot-based placeholder so the HUD still surfaces the selection.
+            None => format!("▶ Foundation {}", foundation_number(*slot)),
+        },
+        Some(KlondikePile::Tableau(idx)) => format!("▶ Column {}", tableau_number(*idx)),
+    };
+    **t = label;
+}
+
+/// Returns the HUD selection label for a foundation slot.
+///
+/// When the slot has a claimed suit (any card has landed) the announcement is
+/// "▶ {Suit} Foundation"; while the slot is empty it falls back to a
+/// "▶ Foundation N" placeholder labelled by the 1-based slot index.
+pub(super) fn foundation_selection_label(
+    slot: Foundation,
+    game: &solitaire_core::game_state::GameState,
+) -> String {
+    let claimed = game
+        .pile(KlondikePile::Foundation(slot))
+        .first()
+        .map(|c| c.0.suit());
+    match claimed {
+        Some(suit) => {
+            let s = match suit {
+                Suit::Clubs => "Clubs",
+                Suit::Diamonds => "Diamonds",
+                Suit::Hearts => "Hearts",
+                Suit::Spades => "Spades",
+            };
+            format!("▶ {s} Foundation")
+        }
+        None => format!("▶ Foundation {}", foundation_number(slot)),
+    }
+}
+
+const fn foundation_number(foundation: Foundation) -> u8 {
+    match foundation {
+        Foundation::Foundation1 => 1,
+        Foundation::Foundation2 => 2,
+        Foundation::Foundation3 => 3,
+        Foundation::Foundation4 => 4,
+    }
+}
+
+const fn tableau_number(tableau: Tableau) -> u8 {
+    match tableau {
+        Tableau::Tableau1 => 1,
+        Tableau::Tableau2 => 2,
+        Tableau::Tableau3 => 3,
+        Tableau::Tableau4 => 4,
+        Tableau::Tableau5 => 5,
+        Tableau::Tableau6 => 6,
+        Tableau::Tableau7 => 7,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Fires `InfoToastEvent("Auto-completing...")` exactly once each time
+/// `AutoCompleteState` transitions from inactive to active. Uses a `Local<bool>`
+/// to debounce so the toast only appears on the leading edge.
+pub(super) fn announce_auto_complete(
+    auto_complete: Option<Res<AutoCompleteState>>,
+    mut toast: MessageWriter<InfoToastEvent>,
+    mut was_active: Local<bool>,
+) {
+    let now_active = auto_complete.as_ref().is_some_and(|ac| ac.active);
+    if now_active && !*was_active {
+        toast.write(InfoToastEvent("Auto-completing...".to_string()));
+    }
+    *was_active = now_active;
+}
+
+/// Builds the HUD text for the active daily challenge constraints.
+///
+/// Returns `"Limit: mm:ss"` when a time limit is set, `"Goal: N pts"` when a
+/// score target is set, or an empty string when the challenge has no extra
+/// constraints.
+pub(super) fn challenge_hud_text(dc: &DailyChallengeResource) -> String {
+    if let Some(secs) = dc.max_time_secs {
+        format!("Limit: {}", format_time_limit(secs))
+    } else if let Some(score) = dc.target_score {
+        format!("Goal: {score} pts")
+    } else {
+        String::new()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Returns the colour for the challenge time-limit HUD label based on
+/// seconds remaining. Uses theme tokens so the urgency ramp picks up
+/// palette changes for free.
+///
+/// | Remaining   | Token            |
+/// |-------------|------------------|
+/// | ≥ 60 s      | `STATE_INFO`     |
+/// | 30 – 59 s   | `STATE_WARNING`  |
+/// | < 30 s      | `STATE_DANGER`   |
+pub fn challenge_time_color(remaining: u64) -> Color {
+    if remaining < 30 {
+        STATE_DANGER
+    } else if remaining < 60 {
+        STATE_WARNING
+    } else {
+        STATE_INFO
+    }
+}
+
+/// Scales HUD Tier-1 font sizes to fit a narrow viewport.
+///
+/// Fires on every `WindowResized` event. Below 480 logical pixels wide the
+/// score drops from `TYPE_HEADLINE` (26 px) to `TYPE_BODY_LG` (18 px) and the
+/// Moves/Timer labels drop from `TYPE_BODY_LG` to `TYPE_CAPTION` (11 px), so
+/// all three items remain on one row inside the 50 %-wide HUD column
+/// (≈ 180 dp on a 360 dp phone).  At ≥ 480 px the original sizes are
+/// restored so desktop/tablet layouts are unaffected.
+type HudScoreFont<'w, 's> =
+    Query<'w, 's, &'static mut TextFont, (With<HudScore>, Without<HudMoves>, Without<HudTime>)>;
+type HudMovesFont<'w, 's> =
+    Query<'w, 's, &'static mut TextFont, (With<HudMoves>, Without<HudScore>, Without<HudTime>)>;
+type HudTimeFont<'w, 's> =
+    Query<'w, 's, &'static mut TextFont, (With<HudTime>, Without<HudScore>, Without<HudMoves>)>;
+
+pub(super) fn update_hud_typography(
+    mut events: MessageReader<WindowResized>,
+    mut score_q: HudScoreFont,
+    mut moves_q: HudMovesFont,
+    mut time_q: HudTimeFont,
+) {
+    let Some(ev) = events.read().last() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let (score_size, secondary_size) = if ev.width < 480.0 {
+        (TYPE_BODY_LG, TYPE_CAPTION)
+    } else {
+        (TYPE_HEADLINE, TYPE_BODY_LG)
+    };
+    for mut font in &mut score_q {
+        font.font_size = score_size;
+    }
+    for mut font in &mut moves_q {
+        font.font_size = secondary_size;
+    }
+    for mut font in &mut time_q {
+        font.font_size = secondary_size;
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) fn apply_hud_visibility(
+    hud_vis: Res<HudVisibility>,
+    mut action_bar: Query<&mut Visibility, With<HudActionBar>>,
+) {
+    if !hud_vis.is_changed() {
+        return;
+    }
+    let v = if *hud_vis == HudVisibility::Visible {
+        Visibility::Visible
+    } else {
+        Visibility::Hidden
+    };
+    for mut vis in &mut action_bar {
+        *vis = v;
+    }
+    // The bottom action bar is a pure overlay — it does not claim any
+    // space in the card layout, so no WindowResized event is needed.
+}
+
+pub(super) fn restore_hud_on_modal(
+    new_scrims: Query<(), (With<ModalScrim>, Added<ModalScrim>)>,
+    mut hud_vis: ResMut<HudVisibility>,
+) {
+    if !new_scrims.is_empty() {
+        *hud_vis = HudVisibility::Visible;
+    }
+}
+
+/// Returns the action-bar label font size for a given logical window width.
+pub(super) fn action_bar_font_size(window_width: f32) -> f32 {
+    if USE_TOUCH_UI_LAYOUT {
+        // Seven word-labels ("Menu","Undo","Pause","Help","Hint","Mode","New")
+        // must share one row. The widest characters are in FiraMono (a
+        // monospace whose advance is ~0.62 of the font size). On a 900
+        // logical-px phone the row budget after bar padding (2*12) and six
+        // 4 px column gaps is ~852 px for ~28 label chars + 7*2*3 px button
+        // padding. Solving 28*0.62*size + 42 <= 852 gives size <= ~46, so the
+        // labels are advance-bound only on very narrow viewports; the real
+        // constraint is legibility, not fit. ~1/60 of the width yields ~15 px
+        // at 900 px — comfortably one row with margin to spare — clamped so it
+        // never drops below the 12 px legibility floor or grows past 18 px on
+        // landscape tablets where it would crowd the row again.
+        (window_width / 60.0).clamp(12.0, 18.0)
+    } else {
+        TYPE_BODY
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) fn action_button_metrics() -> (UiRect, Val, Val) {
+    if USE_TOUCH_UI_LAYOUT {
+        // Tight 3 px horizontal padding keeps the compact buttons narrow;
+        // Phase F trimmed the touch bar to 5 buttons (2 compact + 3
+        // primary), so width pressure is lower than the old 7-button row.
+        // min_height stays at 44 px to preserve the comfortable touch
+        // target on the compact buttons.
+        (
+            UiRect::axes(Val::Px(3.0), Val::Px(4.0)),
+            Val::Px(44.0),
+            Val::Px(44.0),
+        )
+    } else {
+        (
+            UiRect::axes(VAL_SPACE_2, VAL_SPACE_2),
+            Val::Px(48.0),
+            Val::Px(48.0),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/// Metrics for the touch bar's enlarged Undo / Draw / Hint trio (Phase F).
+/// 96×64 px targets — comfortably past the 44 px accessibility floor and
+/// big enough to hit one-handed without looking. Only the touch layout
+/// spawns primary buttons, so no desktop branch is needed; the desktop
+/// values exist purely so host-side tests can exercise the touch spawn
+/// path with sensible numbers.
+pub(super) fn primary_action_button_metrics() -> (UiRect, Val, Val) {
+    (
+        UiRect::axes(Val::Px(10.0), Val::Px(8.0)),
+        Val::Px(96.0),
+        Val::Px(64.0),
+    )
+}
+
+pub(super) fn spawn_action_button_label(
+    parent: &mut ChildSpawnerCommands,
+    label: &str,
+    font: &TextFont,
+    text_color: Color,
+) {
+    if USE_TOUCH_UI_LAYOUT {
+        parent.spawn((
+            ActionButtonLabel,
+            Text::new(label),
+            font.clone(),
+            TextColor(text_color),
+        ));
+    } else {
+        parent.spawn((Text::new(label), font.clone(), TextColor(text_color)));
+    }
+}
+
+/// Resizes the glyph text inside every [`ActionButtonLabel`] to match the
+/// current viewport width whenever [`LayoutResource`] changes (orientation
+/// change or window resize).
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+pub(super) fn resize_action_bar_labels(
+    layout: Res<crate::layout::LayoutResource>,
+    windows: Query<&Window>,
+    mut labels: Query<&mut TextFont, With<ActionButtonLabel>>,
+) {
+    let w = windows
+        .iter()
+        .next()
+        .map_or(layout.0.card_size.x * 7.25, |win| win.width());
+    let new_size = action_bar_font_size(w);
+    for mut font in &mut labels {
+        font.font_size = new_size;
+    }
+}
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+use super::*;
+use crate::layout::compute_layout;
+use solitaire_core::{Deck, Foundation, Rank, Suit, Tableau};
+use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameState};
+
+fn clear_test_piles(game: &mut GameState) {
+    game.set_test_stock_cards(Vec::new());
+    game.set_test_waste_cards(Vec::new());
+    for foundation in [
+        Foundation::Foundation1,
+        Foundation::Foundation2,
+        Foundation::Foundation3,
+        Foundation::Foundation4,
+    ] {
+        game.set_test_foundation_cards(foundation, Vec::new());
+    }
+    for tableau in [
+        Tableau::Tableau1,
+        Tableau::Tableau2,
+        Tableau::Tableau3,
+        Tableau::Tableau4,
+        Tableau::Tableau5,
+        Tableau::Tableau6,
+        Tableau::Tableau7,
+    ] {
+        game.set_test_tableau_cards(tableau, Vec::new());
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn dragged_card_z_matches_resting_stack_step() {
+    assert!((dragged_card_z(0) - DRAG_Z).abs() < 1e-6);
+    let step = dragged_card_z(1) - dragged_card_z(0);
+    assert!(
+        step > 0.02,
+        "drag step must exceed Android overlay local_z, got {step}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        step + 1e-4 >= STACK_FAN_FRAC,
+        "drag step must stay aligned with resting stack spacing, got {step}"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn point_in_rect_inside_returns_true() {
+    let center = Vec2::new(10.0, 20.0);
+    let size = Vec2::new(40.0, 60.0);
+    assert!(point_in_rect(Vec2::new(10.0, 20.0), center, size));
+    assert!(point_in_rect(Vec2::new(29.0, 49.0), center, size));
+    assert!(point_in_rect(Vec2::new(-9.0, -9.0), center, size));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn point_in_rect_on_edge_returns_true() {
+    let center = Vec2::ZERO;
+    let size = Vec2::new(10.0, 10.0);
+    assert!(point_in_rect(Vec2::new(5.0, 5.0), center, size));
+    assert!(point_in_rect(Vec2::new(-5.0, -5.0), center, size));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn point_in_rect_outside_returns_false() {
+    let center = Vec2::ZERO;
+    let size = Vec2::new(10.0, 10.0);
+    assert!(!point_in_rect(Vec2::new(6.0, 0.0), center, size));
+    assert!(!point_in_rect(Vec2::new(0.0, 6.0), center, size));
+    assert!(!point_in_rect(Vec2::new(-100.0, 0.0), center, size));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn find_draggable_picks_top_of_tableau() {
+    let game = GameState::new(42, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+
+    // In tableau 6, the visually topmost card is the last (face-up) one.
+    // Its position: base.y + fan * 6.
+    let top_pos = card_position(&game, &layout, &KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau7), 6);
+    let result = find_draggable_at(top_pos, &game, &layout).expect("hit");
+    assert_eq!(result.0, KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau7));
+    assert_eq!(result.1, 6);
+    assert_eq!(result.2.len(), 1);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn find_draggable_picks_waste_top_with_multiple_cards() {
+    // Reproduces the reported "drags the wrong waste card" bug: with several
+    // cards in the waste, clicking the visible top must pick the actual top
+    // (last index), not the buffer card underneath it.
+    let mut game = GameState::new(42, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+    clear_test_piles(&mut game);
+    let waste = vec![
+        Card::new(Deck::Deck1, Suit::Clubs, Rank::Two),
+        Card::new(Deck::Deck1, Suit::Hearts, Rank::Five),
+        Card::new(Deck::Deck1, Suit::Spades, Rank::Nine),
+    ];
+    game.set_test_waste_cards(waste.clone());
+
+    let top_index = waste.len() - 1; // 2 = the visible top
+    let top_pos = card_position(&game, &layout, &KlondikePile::Stock, top_index);
+    let result = find_draggable_at(top_pos, &game, &layout).expect("waste top is draggable");
+    assert_eq!(result.0, KlondikePile::Stock, "origin is the waste pile");
+    assert_eq!(result.1, top_index, "picks the top index, not the buffer");
+    assert_eq!(
+        result.2,
+        vec![waste[top_index].clone()],
+        "drags the top card only"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn find_draggable_picks_lone_waste_card() {
+    // "can't play the first card in the stock" — a waste of one card must
+    // still be draggable.
+    let mut game = GameState::new(42, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+    clear_test_piles(&mut game);
+    let card = Card::new(Deck::Deck1, Suit::Diamonds, Rank::Ace);
+    game.set_test_waste_cards(vec![card.clone()]);
+
+    let pos = card_position(&game, &layout, &KlondikePile::Stock, 0);
+    let result = find_draggable_at(pos, &game, &layout).expect("lone waste card is draggable");
+    assert_eq!(result.0, KlondikePile::Stock);
+    assert_eq!(result.1, 0);
+    assert_eq!(result.2, vec![card]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn draw_three_waste_hit_test_matches_render_fan_step() {
+    // Regression: the Draw-Three waste hit-test must use the same fan step as
+    // the renderer (`card_plugin::waste_fan_step`). The previous hard-coded
+    // `card_size.x * 0.28` matched the renderer only on desktop (column step =
+    // 1.25*cw); under tighter Android-style spacing the two drift and the top
+    // fanned card's click target lands on the card beneath it — so dragging
+    // the visible top card plays the wrong one.
+    let mut game = GameState::new(7, DrawStockConfig::DrawThree);
+    let mut layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+
+    // Force tight (Android-like) column spacing: ~1.03 * card_width.
+    let cw = layout.card_size.x;
+    let base = layout.pile_positions[&KlondikePile::Stock];
+    let t1 = layout.pile_positions[&KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1)];
+    layout.pile_positions.insert(
+        KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau2),
+        Vec2::new(t1.x + cw * 1.03, t1.y),
+    );
+
+    clear_test_piles(&mut game);
+    let waste = vec![
+        Card::new(Deck::Deck1, Suit::Clubs, Rank::Two),
+        Card::new(Deck::Deck1, Suit::Hearts, Rank::Five),
+        Card::new(Deck::Deck1, Suit::Spades, Rank::Nine),
+        Card::new(Deck::Deck1, Suit::Diamonds, Rank::King),
+    ];
+    game.set_test_waste_cards(waste.clone());
+
+    // visible_start = len-3 = 1, so the top card sits at fan slot 2.
+    let top_index = waste.len() - 1;
+    let pos = card_position(&game, &layout, &KlondikePile::Stock, top_index);
+
+    let expected = base.x + 2.0 * waste_fan_step(&layout);
+    assert!(
+        (pos.x - expected).abs() < 1e-3,
+        "hit-test must use the shared waste fan step"
+    );
+    // The old fixed constant would have drifted from the renderer here.
+    let old = base.x + 2.0 * cw * 0.28;
+    assert!(
+        (pos.x - old).abs() > 1.0,
+        "shared step must differ from the old fixed step under tight spacing"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn find_draggable_skips_face_down_cards() {
+    let game = GameState::new(42, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+
+    // Tableau 6 has 7 cards: 6 face-down (indices 0..5) + 1 face-up at
+    // the bottom (index 6). Click at the topmost face-down card's
+    // position — its full body is partly visible above the fanned
+    // face-up card, but the iterator should skip face-down cards and
+    // the cursor sits above the face-up card's AABB, so the result
+    // is None.
+    let face_down_pos = card_position(&game, &layout, &KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau7), 0);
+    let result = find_draggable_at(face_down_pos, &game, &layout);
+    assert!(result.is_none(), "face-down cards should not be draggable");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn find_draggable_hits_face_up_card_with_face_down_cards_above_it() {
+    // Regression test for the bug where input_plugin's hit-testing used
+    // a uniform 0.25 fan step but card_plugin renders face-down cards
+    // at 0.12 — so for any column with face-down cards above the
+    // face-up bottom card, clicking the visible card face missed the
+    // hit-test box and only the bottom strip of the card responded.
+    let game = GameState::new(42, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+
+    // Tableau 6 starts with 6 face-down + 1 face-up. The face-up card
+    // sits at base.y - 6 * TABLEAU_FACEDOWN_FAN_FRAC * card_h, NOT at
+    // base.y - 6 * TABLEAU_FAN_FRAC * card_h. Click the centre.
+    let face_up_pos = card_position(&game, &layout, &KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau7), 6);
+    let result = find_draggable_at(face_up_pos, &game, &layout)
+        .expect("clicking the face-up card's visible centre must initiate a drag");
+    assert_eq!(result.0, KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau7));
+    assert_eq!(result.1, 6);
+    assert_eq!(result.2.len(), 1);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn find_draggable_returns_run_when_picking_mid_stack() {
+    // Manually construct a tableau with three face-up cards all stacked.
+    let mut game = GameState::new(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    use solitaire_core::Deck as D;
+    use solitaire_core::{Card, Rank, Suit};
+    let king = Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Spades, Rank::King);
+    let queen = Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Hearts, Rank::Queen);
+    let jack = Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Clubs, Rank::Jack);
+    game.set_test_tableau_cards(Tableau::Tableau1, vec![king, queen.clone(), jack.clone()]);
+
+    let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+    // The Queen's geometric center (index 1) is inside the Jack's bounding box
+    // (Jack fans 0.5h below base; its box spans [base-h, base]).  To hit the
+    // Queen we click in her visible strip: the 0.25h band above the Jack's top
+    // edge (base.y to base.y+0.25h).  Midpoint = queen_center + 0.375*card_h.
+    let queen_center = card_position(&game, &layout, &KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1), 1);
+    let pos = queen_center + Vec2::new(0.0, layout.card_size.y * 0.375);
+    let (pile, start, ids) = find_draggable_at(pos, &game, &layout).expect("hit");
+    assert_eq!(pile, KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1));
+    assert_eq!(start, 1);
+    assert_eq!(ids, vec![queen, jack]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn find_draggable_skips_non_top_waste_card() {
+    let mut game = GameState::new(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    use solitaire_core::Deck as D;
+    use solitaire_core::{Card, Rank, Suit};
+    let two_spades = Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Spades, Rank::Two);
+    let three_hearts = Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Hearts, Rank::Three);
+    game.set_test_waste_cards(vec![two_spades, three_hearts.clone()]);
+
+    let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+    // Both cards in waste sit at the same (x, y). Clicking should pick
+    // the visually top card (three_hearts), with count = 1.
+    let pos = card_position(&game, &layout, &KlondikePile::Stock, 0);
+    let (pile, start, ids) = find_draggable_at(pos, &game, &layout).expect("hit");
+    assert_eq!(pile, KlondikePile::Stock);
+    assert_eq!(start, 1);
+    assert_eq!(ids, vec![three_hearts]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn find_drop_target_hits_empty_tableau_pile_marker() {
+    let game = GameState::new(42, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+    // Move all cards out of tableau 0 so its marker is the only drop area.
+    let mut game = game;
+    game.set_test_tableau_cards(Tableau::Tableau1, Vec::new());
+    let pos = layout.pile_positions[&KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1)];
+    let target = find_drop_target(
+        pos,
+        &game,
+        &layout,
+        &KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau7),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(target, Some(KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1)));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn find_drop_target_returns_none_for_origin() {
+    let game = GameState::new(42, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+    let pos = layout.pile_positions[&KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau4)];
+    let target = find_drop_target(
+        pos,
+        &game,
+        &layout,
+        &KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau4),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(target, None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn pile_drop_rect_extends_for_tableau_with_cards() {
+    let game = GameState::new(42, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+    // Tableau 6 has 7 cards.
+    let (_, size) = pile_drop_rect(&KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau7), &layout, &game);
+    // Expected: card_height + 6 fan steps.
+    let expected = layout.card_size.y * (1.0 + 6.0 * layout.tableau_fan_frac);
+    assert!(
+        (size.y - expected).abs() < 1e-3,
+        "expected {expected}, got {}",
+        size.y
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn find_draggable_draw_three_waste_top_card_hit_at_fanned_position() {
+    use solitaire_core::Deck as D;
+    use solitaire_core::{Card, Rank, Suit};
+    use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameMode};
+    let mut game = GameState::new_with_mode(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawThree, GameMode::Classic);
+    // Three waste cards; top (four_clubs) is rightmost in the fan.
+    let two_spades = Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Spades, Rank::Two);
+    let three_hearts = Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Hearts, Rank::Three);
+    let four_clubs = Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Clubs, Rank::Four);
+    game.set_test_waste_cards(vec![two_spades, three_hearts, four_clubs.clone()]);
+
+    let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+    let waste_base = layout.pile_positions[&KlondikePile::Stock];
+    // Top card (slot=2) is at base.x + 2 * 0.28 * card_width.
+    let top_card_x = waste_base.x + 2.0 * 0.28 * layout.card_size.x;
+    let cursor = Vec2::new(top_card_x, waste_base.y);
+
+    let result = find_draggable_at(cursor, &game, &layout);
+    assert!(
+        result.is_some(),
+        "top fanned waste card must be hittable at its visual X position"
+    );
+    let (pile, _start, ids) = result.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(pile, KlondikePile::Stock);
+    assert_eq!(
+        ids,
+        vec![four_clubs],
+        "only the top card is draggable from waste"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn find_draggable_returns_none_for_click_on_empty_pile() {
+    let mut game = GameState::new(42, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+    // Clear tableau 0 so it's an empty slot.
+    game.set_test_tableau_cards(Tableau::Tableau1, Vec::new());
+    let pos = layout.pile_positions[&KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1)];
+    let result = find_draggable_at(pos, &game, &layout);
+    assert!(
+        result.is_none(),
+        "clicking an empty pile must not produce a draggable"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn pile_drop_rect_is_card_sized_for_non_tableau() {
+    let game = GameState::new(42, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    let layout = compute_layout(Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0), 0.0, 0.0, true);
+    for pile in [
+        KlondikePile::Stock,
+        KlondikePile::Foundation(Foundation::Foundation3),
+    ] {
+        let (_, size) = pile_drop_rect(&pile, &layout, &game);
+        assert_eq!(size, layout.card_size);
+    }
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Task #27 — best_destination pure-function tests
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[test]
+fn best_destination_returns_none_when_no_legal_move() {
+    use solitaire_core::Deck as D;
+    use solitaire_core::{Card, Rank, Suit};
+    let mut game = GameState::new(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+
+    // Clear everything except one card that has nowhere to go.
+    clear_test_piles(&mut game);
+
+    // A Two of Clubs with empty foundations and empty tableau has no destination.
+    let card = Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Clubs, Rank::Two);
+    assert!(best_destination(&card, &game).is_none());
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// best_tableau_destination_for_stack pure-function tests
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[test]
+fn best_tableau_destination_for_stack_skips_source_pile() {
+    use solitaire_core::Deck as D;
+    use solitaire_core::{Card, Rank, Suit};
+    let mut game = GameState::new(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+
+    clear_test_piles(&mut game);
+
+    // Only tableau 0 has anything; every other column is empty.
+    // A King is the only card that can go on an empty tableau column.
+    // Source is Tableau(0), so the result must NOT be Tableau(0).
+    let king = Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Hearts, Rank::King);
+    game.set_test_tableau_cards(Tableau::Tableau1, vec![king.clone()]);
+
+    let result = best_tableau_destination_for_stack(
+        &king,
+        &KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1),
+        &game,
+        1,
+    );
+    // Result must be some other empty tableau column, never the source.
+    if let Some((dest, _)) = result {
+        assert_ne!(dest, KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn best_tableau_destination_for_stack_returns_none_when_no_legal_move() {
+    use solitaire_core::Deck as D;
+    use solitaire_core::{Card, Rank, Suit};
+    let mut game = GameState::new(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+
+    clear_test_piles(&mut game);
+
+    // Source: tableau 0 has a Two of Clubs (can't go on empty pile; not a King).
+    // All other piles are empty — no legal tableau target.
+    let two_clubs = Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Clubs, Rank::Two);
+    game.set_test_tableau_cards(Tableau::Tableau1, vec![two_clubs.clone()]);
+
+    let result = best_tableau_destination_for_stack(
+        &two_clubs,
+        &KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1),
+        &game,
+        1,
+    );
+    assert!(
+        result.is_none(),
+        "Two of Clubs has no legal tableau destination on empty piles"
+    );
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// auto_move_for_run pure-function tests (issue #158)
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// These need real positions — `can_move_cards` validates against the live
+// session, not the `set_test_*` overlays. Seeds 51 and 145 both deal an
+// Ace and its Two on tableau tops plus an opposite-color Three elsewhere,
+// letting two moves build a face-up [Three, Two] run whose top card is
+// foundation-eligible (the bait the pre-#158 code would take).
+
+/// Deal `seed`, send the Ace on tableau 1 to its foundation, then stack the
+/// matching Two from `two_from` onto the opposite-color Three on `run_on`.
+/// Returns the game with a 2-card face-up run on `run_on`.
+fn deal_run_with_foundation_bait(seed: u64, two_from: Tableau, run_on: Tableau) -> GameState {
+    let mut game = GameState::new(seed, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    let (ace, _) = game
+        .pile(KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1))
+        .last()
+        .cloned()
+        .expect("seed deals a card on tableau 1");
+    let foundation = best_destination(&ace, &game).expect("ace has a foundation home");
+    game.move_cards(KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1), foundation, 1)
+        .expect("ace moves to foundation");
+    game.move_cards(
+        KlondikePile::Tableau(two_from),
+        KlondikePile::Tableau(run_on),
+        1,
+    )
+    .expect("two stacks onto three");
+    game
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn auto_move_for_run_moves_exact_clicked_run_not_top_card() {
+    let game = deal_run_with_foundation_bait(51, Tableau::Tableau6, Tableau::Tableau5);
+    let run_pile = KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau5);
+    let cards = game.pile(run_pile);
+    let (top, _) = cards.last().cloned().expect("run pile has cards");
+    let (clicked, _) = cards[cards.len() - 2].clone();
+
+    // The bait: the lone top card has a foundation move available.
+    assert!(
+        matches!(
+            best_destination(&top, &game),
+            Some(KlondikePile::Foundation(_))
+        ),
+        "precondition: run top card must be foundation-eligible"
+    );
+
+    // Clicking the run base must move exactly the 2-card run to a tableau.
+    match auto_move_for_run(&clicked, &run_pile, &game, 2) {
+        Some((KlondikePile::Tableau(dest), 2)) => assert_ne!(dest, Tableau::Tableau5),
+        other => panic!("expected a whole-run tableau move, got {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn auto_move_for_run_rejects_when_clicked_run_cannot_move() {
+    let game = deal_run_with_foundation_bait(145, Tableau::Tableau4, Tableau::Tableau7);
+    let run_pile = KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau7);
+    let cards = game.pile(run_pile);
+    let (top, _) = cards.last().cloned().expect("run pile has cards");
+    let (clicked, _) = cards[cards.len() - 2].clone();
+
+    assert!(
+        matches!(
+            best_destination(&top, &game),
+            Some(KlondikePile::Foundation(_))
+        ),
+        "precondition: run top card must be foundation-eligible"
+    );
+
+    // The 2-card run has no legal home — the top card's foundation move
+    // must NOT be taken as a substitute.
+    assert_eq!(
+        auto_move_for_run(&clicked, &run_pile, &game, 2),
+        None,
+        "an immovable clicked run must not fall back to a top-card move"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn auto_move_for_run_single_card_prefers_foundation() {
+    // Seed 51 after the Ace reaches the foundation: the Two on tableau 6
+    // is a lone face-up card that could go to the foundation OR onto the
+    // Three on tableau 5. Foundation must win.
+    let mut game = GameState::new(51, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+    let (ace, _) = game
+        .pile(KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1))
+        .last()
+        .cloned()
+        .expect("seed 51 deals a card on tableau 1");
+    let foundation = best_destination(&ace, &game).expect("ace has a foundation home");
+    game.move_cards(KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1), foundation, 1)
+        .expect("ace moves to foundation");
+
+    let two_pile = KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau6);
+    let (two, _) = game.pile(two_pile).last().cloned().expect("two on top");
+    assert!(
+        game.can_move_cards(&two_pile, &KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau5), 1),
+        "precondition: a tableau destination also exists"
+    );
+
+    assert!(
+        matches!(
+            auto_move_for_run(&two, &two_pile, &game, 1),
+            Some((KlondikePile::Foundation(_), 1))
+        ),
+        "a lone top card still prefers the foundation"
+    );
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Task #28 — find_hint pure-function tests
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[test]
+fn find_hint_finds_ace_to_foundation() {
+    use solitaire_core::Deck as D;
+    use solitaire_core::{Card, Rank, Suit};
+    let mut game = GameState::new(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+
+    // Place Ace of Clubs on top of tableau 0.
+    clear_test_piles(&mut game);
+    let ace_clubs = Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Clubs, Rank::Ace);
+    game.set_test_tableau_cards(Tableau::Tableau1, vec![ace_clubs]);
+
+    let hint = find_hint(&game);
+    assert!(hint.is_some(), "should find a hint");
+    let (from, to) = hint.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(from, KlondikePile::Tableau(Tableau::Tableau1));
+    assert_eq!(to, KlondikePile::Foundation(Foundation::Foundation1));
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// G key fires ForfeitRequestEvent (modal-based forfeit flow)
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// `handle_keyboard_forfeit` only checks `paused` and the G keypress;
+/// the "is there actually a game?" gating lives in
+/// `pause_plugin::handle_forfeit_request` so it can surface a
+/// "No game to forfeit" toast instead of failing silently.
+#[test]
+fn g_key_paused_check_keeps_handler_silent_while_pause_modal_owns_input() {
+    // Build the system param state by hand so we don't rely on a
+    // full Bevy app: the assertion is that the function returns
+    // early on the paused branch without calling write_message.
+    // This is verified by the plain `if paused { return; }` shape;
+    // the body is small enough to inspect by reading.
+    // (Higher-level integration coverage lives in the pause-plugin
+    // tests where `forfeit_app` simulates the full flow.)
+    let _ = handle_keyboard_forfeit; // proves the symbol still compiles
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// all_hints / new-game window — pure-function tests added during refactor
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Pass 3 of `all_hints` should suggest drawing from the stock when there
+/// are no other moves and the stock is non-empty.
+#[test]
+fn all_hints_suggests_draw_when_no_moves_and_stock_nonempty() {
+    use solitaire_core::Deck as D;
+    use solitaire_core::{Card, Rank, Suit};
+    let mut game = GameState::new(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
+
+    // Remove all foundation, tableau, and waste cards so no pile-to-pile
+    // move exists. Leave one card in the stock.
+    clear_test_piles(&mut game);
+    // Put one card back into the stock so "draw" is a valid suggestion.
+    game.set_test_stock_cards(vec![Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Clubs, Rank::Ace)]);
+
+    let hints = all_hints(&game);
+    assert_eq!(hints.len(), 1, "exactly one hint: draw from stock");
+    let (from, to) = &hints[0];
+    assert_eq!(*from, KlondikePile::Stock, "hint must come from Stock");
+    assert_eq!(*to, KlondikePile::Stock, "hint must point to Waste");
+}
+
+// `all_hints` must be empty when both stock and waste are empty and no
+// pile-to-pile move exists — the game is truly stuck.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Drag-rejection return tween — `CardAnimation` replaces the legacy
+// `ShakeAnim` on the dragged cards. The audio cue
+// (`card_invalid.wav` via `MoveRejectedEvent`) is unchanged; only the
+// visual response on the dragged cards swapped from a horizontal wiggle
+// to a smooth ease-out glide back to the origin pile.
+//
+// These tests build the component values exactly as `end_drag` and
+// `touch_end_drag` would, then assert the resulting `CardAnimation` is
+// shaped correctly. Driving `end_drag` end-to-end requires a real window
+// and mouse-button input, so we exercise the data path the same way the
+// legacy `ShakeAnim` tests did.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Helper: build the `CardAnimation` the rejection paths construct for
+/// one dragged card. Mirrors the inline logic in `end_drag` and
+/// `touch_end_drag` so the tests stay in sync with the production code.
+fn build_drag_reject_animation(
+    drag_pos: Vec2,
+    drag_z: f32,
+    target_pos: Vec2,
+    stack_index: usize,
+) -> CardAnimation {
+    let end_z = 1.0 + (stack_index as f32) * STACK_FAN_FRAC;
+    CardAnimation::slide(drag_pos, drag_z, target_pos, end_z, MotionCurve::Responsive)
+        .with_duration(MOTION_DRAG_REJECT_SECS)
+}
+
+/// Every card in `drag.cards` should receive its own `CardAnimation` on
+/// rejection. With the shake → tween migration, the assertion changes
+/// from "every dragged card gets a ShakeAnim" to "every dragged card
+/// gets a CardAnimation" — same coverage, new component.
+#[test]
+fn rejected_drag_inserts_card_animation_on_each_dragged_card() {
+    use solitaire_core::Deck as D;
+    use solitaire_core::{Card, Rank, Suit};
+    // Simulate a stack drag of two cards.
+    let dragged_cards: Vec<Card> = vec![
+        Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Hearts, Rank::King),
+        Card::new(D::Deck1, Suit::Spades, Rank::Queen),
+    ];
+
+    let mut animated: Vec<Card> = Vec::new();
+    for card in &dragged_cards {
+        // In `end_drag` we iterate `drag.cards` and look up each card in
+        // `card_entities`. The cards we would insert a `CardAnimation` on
+        // must exactly match the dragged set.
+        animated.push(card.clone());
+    }
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        animated, dragged_cards,
+        "every card in drag.cards must receive a CardAnimation on rejection"
+    );
+}
+
+/// The `end` field of the inserted tween must equal the card's resting
+/// slot in its origin pile — the position the card belongs at after a
+/// rejected drop. Without this, the tween would glide to the wrong spot
+/// and `sync_cards` would have to fight it back.
+#[test]
+fn rejected_drag_animation_targets_origin_resting_position() {
+    let drag_pos = Vec2::new(640.0, 200.0); // somewhere mid-screen
+    let target_pos = Vec2::new(123.5, -50.0); // origin pile slot
+    let anim = build_drag_reject_animation(drag_pos, DRAG_Z, target_pos, /* stack_index */ 3);
+
+    assert!(
+        (anim.end - target_pos).length() < 1e-6,
+        "CardAnimation.end must match the origin slot's resting position. \
+         Expected {target_pos:?}, got {:?}",
+        anim.end
+    );
+}
+
+/// The `start` field of the inserted tween must equal the card's
+/// drop-time transform position — i.e. wherever the cursor or finger
+/// released the card. This is what makes the glide feel like a
+/// continuous return rather than a teleport-then-shake.
+#[test]
+fn rejected_drag_animation_starts_from_drag_position() {
+    let drag_pos = Vec2::new(640.0, 200.0);
+    let target_pos = Vec2::new(80.0, -120.0);
+    let anim = build_drag_reject_animation(drag_pos, DRAG_Z, target_pos, /* stack_index */ 0);
+
+    assert!(
+        (anim.start - drag_pos).length() < 1e-6,
+        "CardAnimation.start must match the drop-time transform position \
+         (where the cursor released). Expected {drag_pos:?}, got {:?}",
+        anim.start
+    );
+    // And the start must be visibly distinct from the origin slot — the
+    // whole point of the tween is that it visibly travels.
+    assert!(
+        (anim.start - anim.end).length() > 1.0,
+        "rejected drag should travel a visible distance, got start={:?} end={:?}",
+        anim.start,
+        anim.end
+    );
+}
+
+/// The tween duration is taken from the project-wide motion token so
+/// designers can retune the feel from one place. Keeps the constant and
+/// the call site honest.
+#[test]
+fn rejected_drag_animation_uses_correct_duration() {
+    let anim =
+        build_drag_reject_animation(Vec2::new(640.0, 200.0), DRAG_Z, Vec2::new(80.0, -120.0), 0);
+    assert!(
+        (anim.duration - MOTION_DRAG_REJECT_SECS).abs() < 1e-6,
+        "drag-rejection tween duration must match MOTION_DRAG_REJECT_SECS \
+         ({MOTION_DRAG_REJECT_SECS}), got {}",
+        anim.duration
+    );
+}
+
+/// The curve must be a no-overshoot ease-out so the card decelerates
+/// cleanly into its rest position — overshoot on a rejection feels
+/// jittery rather than forgiving.
+#[test]
+fn rejected_drag_animation_uses_responsive_curve() {
+    let anim =
+        build_drag_reject_animation(Vec2::new(640.0, 200.0), DRAG_Z, Vec2::new(80.0, -120.0), 0);
+    assert_eq!(
+        anim.curve,
+        MotionCurve::Responsive,
+        "drag-rejection tween must use Responsive (quintic ease-out) \
+         so the card snaps back without bouncing past the slot"
+    );
+}
+
+/// The `start_z` of the tween must equal the card's drop-time z
+/// (`DRAG_Z`) so the card stays above the rest of the table while it
+/// travels home, then settles at the correct resting z.
+#[test]
+fn rejected_drag_animation_lifts_from_drag_z_to_resting_z() {
+    let stack_index = 2_usize;
+    let anim = build_drag_reject_animation(
+        Vec2::new(640.0, 200.0),
+        DRAG_Z,
+        Vec2::new(80.0, -120.0),
+        stack_index,
+    );
+    assert!(
+        (anim.start_z - DRAG_Z).abs() < 1e-6,
+        "tween must start at DRAG_Z so the card stays on top during the glide"
+    );
+    let expected_end_z = 1.0 + (stack_index as f32) * STACK_FAN_FRAC;
+    assert!(
+        (anim.end_z - expected_end_z).abs() < 1e-6,
+        "tween must end at the slot's resting z, got {} expected {expected_end_z}",
+        anim.end_z
+    );
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Hint system — async port (v0.18.0+)
+//
+// `handle_keyboard_hint` no longer runs the solver inline; it
+// spawns an `AsyncComputeTaskPool` task whose result the polling
+// system in `pending_hint` turns into hint visuals one frame
+// later. The behaviour contract this section pins is "pressing H
+// populates `PendingHintTask`" — the spawn-to-emit pipeline is
+// covered end-to-end in `pending_hint::tests`.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Pressing H on a non-paused, non-won game with a live
+/// `GameStateResource` + `LayoutResource` must populate
+/// `PendingHintTask`. The polling system, exercised in
+/// `pending_hint::tests`, drives the result to a visual event.
+#[test]
+fn pressing_h_spawns_pending_hint_task() {
+    let mut app = App::new();
+    app.add_plugins(MinimalPlugins);
+    app.add_message::<InfoToastEvent>();
+    app.add_message::<HintVisualEvent>();
+    app.init_resource::<HintCycleIndex>();
+    app.init_resource::<HintSolverConfig>();
+    app.init_resource::<crate::pending_hint::PendingHintTask>();
+    app.init_resource::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>();
+    app.insert_resource(LayoutResource(compute_layout(
+        Vec2::new(1280.0, 800.0),
+        0.0,
+        0.0,
+        true,
+    )));
+    app.insert_resource(GameStateResource(GameState::new(
+        42,
+        DrawStockConfig::DrawOne,
+    )));
+    app.add_systems(Update, handle_keyboard_hint);
+
+    // Simulate the H key being pressed this frame.
+    {
+        let mut input = app.world_mut().resource_mut::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>();
+        input.release(KeyCode::KeyH);
+        input.clear();
+        input.press(KeyCode::KeyH);
+    }
+    app.update();
+
+    assert!(
+        app.world()
+            .resource::<crate::pending_hint::PendingHintTask>()
+            .is_pending(),
+        "pressing H must spawn an async hint task",
+    );
+}
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;

 use bevy::math::Vec2;
 use bevy::prelude::{Resource, SystemSet};
+use solitaire_core::game_state::GameState;
 use solitaire_core::{Foundation, KlondikePile, Tableau};

 /// Schedule labels for layout-related systems so cross-plugin ordering is
@@ -91,6 +92,15 @@ const TABLEAU_FACEDOWN_FAN_FRAC: f32 = 0.14;
 /// this column inside the visible window.
 const MAX_TABLEAU_CARDS: f32 = 13.0;

+/// Upper bound for the dynamic tableau fan step (fraction of card height) chosen
+/// by [`apply_dynamic_tableau_fan`]. The fan is spread to fill the available
+/// height, but a near-empty column has tiny demand, so without a cap its few
+/// cards would fling far apart on a tall viewport. At 0.6 the face-up cards keep
+/// clear overlap (a readable stack) while still filling most of a near-square /
+/// unfolded-foldable screen. Tunable purely for feel — no effect on correctness
+/// or hit-testing.
+pub(crate) const MAX_DYNAMIC_FAN_FRAC: f32 = 0.9;
+
 /// Vertical pixel band reserved at the top of the play area for the HUD
 /// (action buttons, Score / Moves / Timer readouts). The card grid starts
 /// below this band so the HUD doesn't bleed into the play surface.
@@ -275,13 +285,12 @@ pub fn compute_layout(
        );
    }

-    // Adaptive tableau fan fraction. On height-limited (desktop) windows the
-    // height-based sizing already ensures a worst-case 13-card column fits at
-    // TABLEAU_FAN_FRAC (0.25), so the formula returns ≈0.25 and the clamp
-    // keeps it there — no change from prior behaviour. On width-limited
-    // (portrait phone) windows card_size is small and lots of vertical space
-    // is unused; we solve for the fraction that exactly fills the available
-    // space to the bottom margin.
+    // Adaptive tableau fan fraction. On height-limited windows the height-based
+    // sizing already ensures a worst-case 13-card column fits at TABLEAU_FAN_FRAC,
+    // so the formula returns the minimum and the clamp keeps it there. On
+    // width-limited (portrait phone) windows card_size is small and lots of
+    // vertical space is unused; solve for the fraction that fills the available
+    // space. `apply_dynamic_tableau_fan` later refines this for the actual deal.
    //
    // avail = distance from the top of the first tableau card to the bottom
    //         margin — i.e. the space available for 12 fan steps.
@@ -292,20 +301,87 @@ pub fn compute_layout(
    } else {
        TABLEAU_FAN_FRAC
    };
-    // Never go below the desktop minimum — avoids shrinking the fan on
-    // degenerate near-square windows where the formula might undershoot.
    let tableau_fan_frac = ideal_fan_frac.max(TABLEAU_FAN_FRAC);
-    // Scale the face-down fraction proportionally so rendering and hit-testing
-    // stay in sync (TABLEAU_FACEDOWN_FAN_FRAC / TABLEAU_FAN_FRAC = 0.48 ratio).
    let facedown_scale = TABLEAU_FACEDOWN_FAN_FRAC / TABLEAU_FAN_FRAC;
    let tableau_facedown_fan_frac = tableau_fan_frac * facedown_scale;
+    let available_tableau_height = avail;

    Layout {
        card_size,
        pile_positions,
        tableau_fan_frac,
        tableau_facedown_fan_frac,
-        available_tableau_height: avail,
+        available_tableau_height,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Spread the tableau fan so the deepest column fills the available vertical
+/// height for the *current* deal, mutating `layout.tableau_fan_frac` and its
+/// face-down companion in place.
+///
+/// `compute_layout` is pure geometry and sizes the fan for a worst-case 13-card
+/// column, so early in a game (shallow columns) a tall or near-square viewport
+/// — e.g. an unfolded foldable — is left with a large empty band below the
+/// tableau. This refines the fan once the actual deal is known.
+///
+/// Depth is measured across *all* cards in a column, each face-down card
+/// weighted by the fixed face-down/face-up step ratio. Counting the face-down
+/// portion (not just the face-up tail) is what fills the lower screen on a fresh
+/// deal, where the deepest column is several face-down cards under one face-up
+/// one. Deeper columns drive the fraction down so everything still fits;
+/// [`TABLEAU_FAN_FRAC`] floors it and [`MAX_DYNAMIC_FAN_FRAC`] caps it.
+///
+/// Called from card-sync at startup and on every `StateChangedEvent`, and from
+/// the resize pipeline after `compute_layout`, so the cold-start deal, ongoing
+/// play, and fold/unfold all stay filled. `card_position` / `card_positions`
+/// read the same fractions, so rendering and hit-testing remain in sync.
+pub(crate) fn apply_dynamic_tableau_fan(game: &GameState, layout: &mut Layout) {
+    let card_h = layout.card_size.y;
+    let avail = layout.available_tableau_height;
+    if card_h <= 0.0 {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let facedown_ratio = TABLEAU_FACEDOWN_FAN_FRAC / TABLEAU_FAN_FRAC;
+
+    // "Step demand" of a column: the vertical offset of its bottom card from its
+    // top card, in units of the face-up fan step. Every card except the last
+    // contributes one step, weighted down to `facedown_ratio` while face-down.
+    let max_demand = [
+        Tableau::Tableau1,
+        Tableau::Tableau2,
+        Tableau::Tableau3,
+        Tableau::Tableau4,
+        Tableau::Tableau5,
+        Tableau::Tableau6,
+        Tableau::Tableau7,
+    ]
+    .into_iter()
+    .map(|tableau| {
+        let pile = game.pile(KlondikePile::Tableau(tableau));
+        let steps = pile.len().saturating_sub(1);
+        pile.iter()
+            .take(steps)
+            .map(|(_, face_up)| if *face_up { 1.0 } else { facedown_ratio })
+            .sum::<f32>()
+    })
+    .fold(0.0_f32, f32::max);
+
+    // No fannable column (every tableau pile has ≤ 1 card) — leave the fractions
+    // at the values compute_layout set.
+    if max_demand <= 0.0 {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let ideal = avail / (max_demand * card_h);
+    let new_frac = ideal.clamp(TABLEAU_FAN_FRAC, MAX_DYNAMIC_FAN_FRAC);
+    let new_facedown_frac = new_frac * facedown_ratio;
+
+    if (layout.tableau_fan_frac - new_frac).abs() > 1e-4 {
+        layout.tableau_fan_frac = new_frac;
+    }
+    if (layout.tableau_facedown_fan_frac - new_facedown_frac).abs() > 1e-4 {
+        layout.tableau_facedown_fan_frac = new_facedown_frac;
    }
 }

@@ -745,7 +821,7 @@ mod tests {
        );
        // The HUD band top clearance (distance from window top to card top)
        // must match as well — this is the quantity directly visible in Bug 2.
-        let card_top = |layout: &super::Layout| {
+        let card_top = |layout: &Layout| {
            layout.pile_positions[&KlondikePile::Stock].y + layout.card_size.y / 2.0
        };
        assert!(
@@ -343,13 +343,21 @@ fn scroll_leaderboard_panel(
    }
 }

+/// Done click or Esc dismisses the leaderboard (Phase C dismissal
+/// audit). Esc only fires when the leaderboard is the topmost modal —
+/// with the display-name dialog stacked on top, that dialog owns Esc.
 fn handle_leaderboard_close_button(
    mut commands: Commands,
+    keys: Res<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>,
    close_buttons: Query<&Interaction, (With<LeaderboardCloseButton>, Changed<Interaction>)>,
    screens: Query<Entity, With<LeaderboardScreen>>,
+    other_modal_scrims: Query<(), (With<ModalScrim>, Without<LeaderboardScreen>)>,
    mut closed_flag: ResMut<ClosedThisFrame>,
 ) {
-    if !close_buttons.iter().any(|i| *i == Interaction::Pressed) {
+    let clicked = close_buttons.iter().any(|i| *i == Interaction::Pressed);
+    let esc =
+        keys.just_pressed(KeyCode::Escape) && !screens.is_empty() && other_modal_scrims.is_empty();
+    if !clicked && !esc {
        return;
    }
    for entity in &screens {
@@ -862,10 +870,8 @@ fn handle_display_name_confirm(
                .leaderboard_display_name
                .clone()
                .unwrap_or_else(|| {
-                    if let solitaire_data::settings::SyncBackend::SolitaireServer {
-                        ref username,
-                        ..
-                    } = settings.0.sync_backend
+                    if let SyncBackend::SolitaireServer { ref username, .. } =
+                        settings.0.sync_backend
                    {
                        username.chars().take(32).collect()
                    } else {
@@ -890,12 +896,18 @@ fn handle_display_name_confirm(
 }

 /// Discards any typed text and closes the display-name editor modal.
+/// Cancel click or Esc dismisses the display-name dialog without
+/// saving (Phase C dismissal audit — same contract as the sync-setup
+/// dialog's Cancel/Esc pair).
 fn handle_display_name_cancel(
    button_q: Query<&Interaction, (Changed<Interaction>, With<DisplayNameCancelButton>)>,
+    keys: Res<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>,
    screens: Query<Entity, With<DisplayNameModal>>,
    mut commands: Commands,
 ) {
-    if !button_q.iter().any(|i| *i == Interaction::Pressed) {
+    let clicked = button_q.iter().any(|i| *i == Interaction::Pressed);
+    let esc = keys.just_pressed(KeyCode::Escape) && !screens.is_empty();
+    if !clicked && !esc {
        return;
    }
    for entity in &screens {
@@ -1091,7 +1103,7 @@ mod tests {
            .add_plugins(crate::achievement_plugin::AchievementPlugin::headless())
            .add_plugins(SyncPlugin::new(NoOpProvider))
            .add_plugins(LeaderboardPlugin);
-        app.init_resource::<bevy::input::ButtonInput<KeyCode>>();
+        app.init_resource::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>();
        app.update();
        app
    }
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ pub mod avatar_plugin;
 pub mod card_animation;
 pub mod card_plugin;
 pub mod challenge_plugin;
+pub mod cheat_sheet_plugin;
+pub mod contextual_tips_plugin;
 pub mod core_game_plugin;
 pub mod cursor_plugin;
 pub mod daily_challenge_plugin;
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ pub mod font_plugin;
 pub mod game_plugin;
 pub mod help_plugin;
 pub mod home_plugin;
+pub mod hotkeys;
 pub mod hud_plugin;
 pub mod input_plugin;
 pub mod layout;
@@ -43,8 +46,10 @@ pub mod replay_overlay;
 pub mod replay_playback;
 pub mod resources;
 pub mod safe_area;
+mod schedule_checks;
 pub mod selection_plugin;
 pub mod settings_plugin;
+pub mod solution_playback_plugin;
 pub mod splash_plugin;
 pub mod stats_plugin;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
@@ -53,6 +58,8 @@ pub mod sync_plugin;
 pub mod sync_setup_plugin;
 pub mod table_plugin;
 pub mod theme;
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+pub mod theme_store_plugin;
 pub mod time_attack_plugin;
 pub mod touch_selection_plugin;
 pub mod ui_focus;
@@ -60,7 +67,9 @@ pub mod ui_modal;
 pub mod ui_theme;
 pub mod ui_tooltip;
 pub mod weekly_goals_plugin;
+pub mod whats_new_plugin;
 pub mod win_summary_plugin;
+pub mod you_hub_plugin;

 pub use achievement_plugin::{AchievementPlugin, AchievementsResource, AchievementsScreen};
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
@@ -78,9 +87,8 @@ pub use avatar_plugin::{AvatarFetchEvent, AvatarPlugin, AvatarResource};
 pub use card_animation::{
    AnimationChain, AnimationTuning, BufferedInput, CardAnimation, CardAnimationPlugin,
    DEAL_INTERVAL_SECS, DIAG_WINDOW_SIZE, FrameTimeDiagnostics, HoverState, InputBuffer,
-    InputPlatform, MAX_DURATION_SECS, MIN_DURATION_SECS, MotionCurve, WIN_CASCADE_INTERVAL_SECS,
-    WinCascadePlugin, cascade_delay, compute_duration, micro_vary, retarget_animation,
-    sample_curve, win_scatter_targets,
+    InputPlatform, MAX_DURATION_SECS, MIN_DURATION_SECS, MotionCurve, compute_duration, micro_vary,
+    sample_curve,
 };
 pub use card_plugin::{
    CardEntity, CardImageSet, CardLabel, CardPlugin, HintHighlight, HintHighlightTimer,
@@ -89,6 +97,8 @@ pub use card_plugin::{
 pub use challenge_plugin::{
    CHALLENGE_UNLOCK_LEVEL, ChallengeAdvancedEvent, ChallengePlugin, challenge_progress_label,
 };
+pub use cheat_sheet_plugin::{CheatSheetOverlay, CheatSheetPlugin};
+pub use contextual_tips_plugin::ContextualTipsPlugin;
 pub use core_game_plugin::CoreGamePlugin;
 pub use cursor_plugin::CursorPlugin;
 pub use daily_challenge_plugin::{
@@ -102,7 +112,7 @@ pub use events::{
    HintVisualEvent, InfoToastEvent, ManualSyncRequestEvent, MoveRejectedEvent, MoveRequestEvent,
    NewGameRequestEvent, PauseRequestEvent, StartChallengeRequestEvent,
    StartDailyChallengeRequestEvent, StartDifficultyRequestEvent, StartPlayBySeedRequestEvent,
-    StartTimeAttackRequestEvent, StartZenRequestEvent, StateChangedEvent, SyncCompleteEvent,
+    StartTimeAttackRequestEvent, StartZenRequestEvent, StateChangedEvent,
    ToggleAchievementsRequestEvent, ToggleLeaderboardRequestEvent, ToggleProfileRequestEvent,
    ToggleSettingsRequestEvent, ToggleStatsRequestEvent, UndoRequestEvent, WinStreakMilestoneEvent,
    XpAwardedEvent,
@@ -158,6 +168,7 @@ pub use settings_plugin::{
    SettingsScreen, WINDOW_GEOMETRY_DEBOUNCE_SECS,
 };
 pub use solitaire_data::SyncProvider;
+pub use solution_playback_plugin::{SolutionPlayback, SolutionPlaybackPlugin, SolutionSolveTask};
 pub use splash_plugin::{SplashAge, SplashPlugin, SplashRoot};
 pub use stats_plugin::{
    LatestReplayPath, ReplayHistoryResource, ReplayNextButton, ReplayPrevButton,
@@ -175,6 +186,8 @@ pub use theme::{
    ActiveTheme, CardTheme, CardThemeLoader, ThemeEntry, ThemePlugin, ThemeRegistry,
    ThemeRegistryPlugin, set_theme,
 };
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+pub use theme_store_plugin::{ThemeStorePlugin, ThemeStoreScreen};
 pub use time_attack_plugin::{
    TIME_ATTACK_DURATION_SECS, TimeAttackEndedEvent, TimeAttackPlugin, TimeAttackResource,
 };
@@ -187,6 +200,8 @@ pub use ui_modal::{
 };
 pub use ui_tooltip::{Tooltip, UiTooltipPlugin};
 pub use weekly_goals_plugin::{WeeklyGoalCompletedEvent, WeeklyGoalsPlugin};
+pub use whats_new_plugin::{WhatsNewPending, WhatsNewPlugin, WhatsNewScreen};
 pub use win_summary_plugin::{
    ScreenShakeResource, SessionAchievements, WinSummaryPending, WinSummaryPlugin, format_win_time,
 };
+pub use you_hub_plugin::{ActiveYouTab, YouHubPlugin, YouHubScreen, YouTab};
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use solitaire_data::{Settings, save_settings_to};

 use crate::font_plugin::FontResource;
 use crate::settings_plugin::{SettingsResource, SettingsStoragePath};
+use crate::splash_plugin::SplashRoot;
 use crate::ui_modal::{
    ButtonVariant, spawn_modal, spawn_modal_actions, spawn_modal_body_text, spawn_modal_button,
    spawn_modal_header,
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ use crate::ui_theme::{
    BORDER_SUBTLE, HighContrastBorder, RADIUS_SM, TEXT_PRIMARY, TYPE_BODY, TYPE_CAPTION,
    VAL_SPACE_1, VAL_SPACE_2, VAL_SPACE_3,
 };
-use crate::splash_plugin::SplashRoot;
 use crate::ui_theme::{TEXT_SECONDARY, Z_ONBOARDING};

 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -84,66 +84,11 @@ struct OnboardingSkipButton;
 pub struct OnboardingSlideIndex(pub u8);

 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Slide data — hotkey rows are taken verbatim from `help_plugin.rs` so the
-// two screens stay in sync without a shared abstraction.
+// Slide data — the hotkey slide renders the essential subset of the
+// shared table in `crate::hotkeys` (Phase J unified the previously
+// diverging copies here and in help_plugin).
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

-/// A single `key — description` pair shown on slide 3.
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
-struct HotkeyRow {
-    keys: &'static str,
-    description: &'static str,
-}
-
-/// Most-used shortcuts from the `help_plugin` canonical list.
-///
-/// Updating the list in `help_plugin.rs` should be mirrored here. The
-/// ARCHITECTURE.md decision log calls out that we copy values rather than
-/// refactor the help plugin.
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
-const HOTKEYS: &[HotkeyRow] = &[
-    HotkeyRow {
-        keys: "D / Space",
-        description: "Draw from stock",
-    },
-    HotkeyRow {
-        keys: "U",
-        description: "Undo last move",
-    },
-    HotkeyRow {
-        keys: "Tab → Enter",
-        description: "Pick a card; arrows pick where; Enter to drop",
-    },
-    HotkeyRow {
-        keys: "N",
-        description: "New Classic game",
-    },
-    HotkeyRow {
-        keys: "M",
-        description: "Open Mode Launcher (then 1–5 to pick)",
-    },
-    HotkeyRow {
-        keys: "S",
-        description: "Stats & progression",
-    },
-    HotkeyRow {
-        keys: "A",
-        description: "Achievements",
-    },
-    HotkeyRow {
-        keys: "O",
-        description: "Settings",
-    },
-    HotkeyRow {
-        keys: "Esc",
-        description: "Pause / resume",
-    },
-    HotkeyRow {
-        keys: "F1",
-        description: "Help / controls",
-    },
-];
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Plugin
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -313,6 +258,10 @@ fn complete_onboarding(
    despawn_screen(commands, screens);
    if let Some(s) = settings {
        s.0.first_run_complete = true;
+        // A fresh install has nothing "new" to announce — stamp the
+        // running release so the What's-new card (Phase I) only ever
+        // fires after an actual upgrade.
+        s.0.last_seen_whats_new = crate::whats_new_plugin::current_release_version();
        persist(path.map(|p| &p.0), &s.0);
    }
 }
@@ -382,20 +331,27 @@ fn spawn_slide_welcome(commands: &mut Commands, font_res: Option<&FontResource>)
    });
 }

+/// How-to-play body copy, phrased for the platform's input vocabulary —
+/// a touch player never left-clicks (Phase H polish; spotted in the
+/// emulator smoke of v0.44.0).
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+const HOW_TO_PLAY_BODY: &str = "Drag any face-up card to move it between piles. \
+     You can drag a whole column at once by grabbing the topmost card \
+     you want to move. Double-tap a face-up card to send it to a \
+     foundation pile automatically (when the move is legal). \
+     Tap Hint in the bottom bar for a suggested move.";
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+const HOW_TO_PLAY_BODY: &str = "Left-click and drag any face-up card to move it between piles. \
+     You can drag a whole column at once by grabbing the topmost card \
+     you want to move. Double-click a face-up card to send it to a \
+     foundation pile automatically (when the move is legal). \
+     Right-click a card for a hint — valid destinations will highlight.";
+
 /// Slide 2 — How to play.
 fn spawn_slide_how_to_play(commands: &mut Commands, font_res: Option<&FontResource>) {
    spawn_modal(commands, OnboardingScreen, Z_ONBOARDING, |card| {
        spawn_modal_header(card, "Drag cards to play", font_res);
-        spawn_modal_body_text(
-            card,
-            "Left-click and drag any face-up card to move it between piles. \
-             You can drag a whole column at once by grabbing the topmost card \
-             you want to move. Double-click a face-up card to send it to a \
-             foundation pile automatically (when the move is legal). \
-             Right-click a card for a hint — valid destinations will highlight.",
-            TEXT_SECONDARY,
-            font_res,
-        );
+        spawn_modal_body_text(card, HOW_TO_PLAY_BODY, TEXT_SECONDARY, font_res);
        spawn_modal_actions(card, |actions| {
            spawn_modal_button(
                actions,
@@ -435,8 +391,10 @@ fn spawn_slide_hotkeys(commands: &mut Commands, font_res: Option<&FontResource>)
    spawn_modal(commands, OnboardingScreen, Z_ONBOARDING, |card| {
        spawn_modal_header(card, "Keyboard shortcuts", font_res);

-        // Vertical list of `key — description` rows, same chip style as HelpScreen.
-        for row in HOTKEYS {
+        // Vertical list of `key — description` rows, same chip style as
+        // HelpScreen. Essential subset only — the full table lives on
+        // the hold-`/` cheat sheet.
+        for row in crate::hotkeys::HOTKEYS.iter().filter(|r| r.essential) {
            card.spawn(Node {
                flex_direction: FlexDirection::Row,
                align_items: AlignItems::Center,
@@ -815,22 +773,15 @@ mod tests {
    }

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // Hotkey list is non-empty (guards against accidental truncation)
+    // Hotkey slide renders a non-empty essential subset (the table's own
+    // integrity tests live in `crate::hotkeys`)
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #[test]
-    fn hotkey_list_is_non_empty() {
-        assert!(!HOTKEYS.is_empty(), "HOTKEYS must not be empty");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn all_hotkey_rows_have_non_empty_fields() {
-        for row in HOTKEYS {
-            assert!(!row.keys.is_empty(), "hotkey key field must not be empty");
-            assert!(
-                !row.description.is_empty(),
-                "hotkey description must not be empty"
-            );
-        }
+    fn hotkey_slide_subset_is_non_empty() {
+        assert!(
+            crate::hotkeys::HOTKEYS.iter().any(|r| r.essential),
+            "the onboarding slide needs at least one essential hotkey"
+        );
    }
 }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 //! active opens the overlay as normal.

 use bevy::prelude::*;
-use solitaire_core::DrawMode;
+use solitaire_core::DrawStockConfig;
 use solitaire_data::save_game_state_to;

 use crate::events::{
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ struct PauseResumeButton;
 #[derive(Component, Debug)]
 struct PauseForfeitButton;

+/// Marker on the "Show solution" secondary button on the pause modal.
+/// A click resumes the game and fires `ShowSolutionRequestEvent`;
+/// `solution_playback_plugin` takes it from there.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+struct PauseSolutionButton;
+
 /// Marker on the forfeit-confirm modal scrim.
 #[derive(Component, Debug)]
 pub struct ForfeitConfirmScreen;
@@ -86,10 +92,10 @@ struct ForfeitConfirmButton;
 /// Returns the human-readable label for a draw mode.
 ///
 /// Used on the pause overlay draw-mode toggle button.
-pub fn draw_mode_label(mode: DrawMode) -> &'static str {
+pub fn draw_mode_label(mode: DrawStockConfig) -> &'static str {
    match mode {
-        DrawMode::DrawOne => "Draw 1",
-        DrawMode::DrawThree => "Draw 3",
+        DrawStockConfig::DrawOne => "Draw 1",
+        DrawStockConfig::DrawThree => "Draw 3",
    }
 }

@@ -107,6 +113,7 @@ impl Plugin for PausePlugin {
            .add_message::<PauseRequestEvent>()
            .add_message::<ForfeitRequestEvent>()
            .add_message::<ForfeitEvent>()
+            .add_message::<crate::events::ShowSolutionRequestEvent>()
            .add_message::<InfoToastEvent>()
            .init_resource::<PausedResource>()
            .add_systems(
@@ -125,6 +132,7 @@ impl Plugin for PausePlugin {
                    handle_pause_draw_buttons,
                    handle_pause_resume_button,
                    handle_pause_forfeit_button,
+                    handle_pause_solution_button,
                    handle_forfeit_request,
                    handle_forfeit_confirm_buttons,
                    handle_forfeit_keyboard,
@@ -273,9 +281,9 @@ fn handle_pause_draw_buttons(
    }
    let Some(mut settings) = settings else { return };
    let new_mode = if pressed_one {
-        DrawMode::DrawOne
+        DrawStockConfig::DrawOne
    } else {
-        DrawMode::DrawThree
+        DrawStockConfig::DrawThree
    };
    if settings.0.draw_mode == new_mode {
        return;
@@ -304,6 +312,22 @@ fn handle_pause_resume_button(
    }
 }

+/// Translates a click on the pause modal's "Show solution" button into
+/// a resume (`PauseRequestEvent` — playback can't run while paused)
+/// plus a `ShowSolutionRequestEvent` for `solution_playback_plugin`.
+fn handle_pause_solution_button(
+    interaction_query: Query<&Interaction, (Changed<Interaction>, With<PauseSolutionButton>)>,
+    mut pause: MessageWriter<PauseRequestEvent>,
+    mut solution: MessageWriter<crate::events::ShowSolutionRequestEvent>,
+) {
+    for interaction in &interaction_query {
+        if *interaction == Interaction::Pressed {
+            pause.write(PauseRequestEvent);
+            solution.write(crate::events::ShowSolutionRequestEvent);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Translates a click on the pause modal's Forfeit button into a
 /// `ForfeitRequestEvent` so `handle_forfeit_request` can spawn the
 /// confirm modal — same code path as the `G` accelerator.
@@ -477,7 +501,7 @@ fn spawn_pause_screen(
    commands: &mut Commands,
    level: Option<u32>,
    streak: Option<u32>,
-    draw_mode: Option<DrawMode>,
+    draw_mode: Option<DrawStockConfig>,
    font_res: Option<&FontResource>,
 ) {
    spawn_modal(commands, PauseScreen, ui_theme::Z_PAUSE, |card| {
@@ -498,6 +522,14 @@ fn spawn_pause_screen(
                ButtonVariant::Tertiary,
                font_res,
            );
+            spawn_modal_button(
+                actions,
+                PauseSolutionButton,
+                "Show solution",
+                None,
+                ButtonVariant::Secondary,
+                font_res,
+            );
            spawn_modal_button(
                actions,
                PauseResumeButton,
@@ -516,7 +548,7 @@ fn spawn_pause_screen(
 /// `Tertiary` (recessed), giving an obvious selection state at a glance.
 fn spawn_draw_mode_row(
    parent: &mut ChildSpawnerCommands,
-    mode: DrawMode,
+    mode: DrawStockConfig,
    font_res: Option<&FontResource>,
 ) {
    let label_font = TextFont {
@@ -530,8 +562,8 @@ fn spawn_draw_mode_row(
        ..default()
    };
    let (one_variant, three_variant) = match mode {
-        DrawMode::DrawOne => (ButtonVariant::Secondary, ButtonVariant::Tertiary),
-        DrawMode::DrawThree => (ButtonVariant::Tertiary, ButtonVariant::Secondary),
+        DrawStockConfig::DrawOne => (ButtonVariant::Secondary, ButtonVariant::Tertiary),
+        DrawStockConfig::DrawThree => (ButtonVariant::Tertiary, ButtonVariant::Secondary),
    };
    parent
        .spawn(Node {
@@ -800,20 +832,20 @@ mod tests {

    #[test]
    fn draw_mode_label_draw_one() {
-        assert_eq!(draw_mode_label(DrawMode::DrawOne), "Draw 1");
+        assert_eq!(draw_mode_label(DrawStockConfig::DrawOne), "Draw 1");
    }

    #[test]
    fn draw_mode_label_draw_three() {
-        assert_eq!(draw_mode_label(DrawMode::DrawThree), "Draw 3");
+        assert_eq!(draw_mode_label(DrawStockConfig::DrawThree), "Draw 3");
    }

    /// Both variants are covered so the match is exhaustive — this test would
-    /// fail to compile if a new DrawMode variant were added without updating
+    /// fail to compile if a new DrawStockConfig variant were added without updating
    /// `draw_mode_label`.
    #[test]
    fn draw_mode_label_covers_all_variants() {
-        for mode in [DrawMode::DrawOne, DrawMode::DrawThree] {
+        for mode in [DrawStockConfig::DrawOne, DrawStockConfig::DrawThree] {
            let label = draw_mode_label(mode);
            assert!(
                !label.is_empty(),
@@ -842,7 +874,7 @@ mod tests {
        app.world_mut()
            .resource_mut::<SettingsResource>()
            .0
-            .draw_mode = DrawMode::DrawOne;
+            .draw_mode = DrawStockConfig::DrawOne;

        // Set paused so handle_pause_draw_toggle acts.
        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<PausedResource>().0 = true;
@@ -856,7 +888,7 @@ mod tests {
        let mode = &app.world().resource::<SettingsResource>().0.draw_mode;
        assert_eq!(
            *mode,
-            DrawMode::DrawThree,
+            DrawStockConfig::DrawThree,
            "pressing Draw 3 must set mode to DrawThree"
        );

@@ -869,7 +901,7 @@ mod tests {
        let mode2 = &app.world().resource::<SettingsResource>().0.draw_mode;
        assert_eq!(
            *mode2,
-            DrawMode::DrawOne,
+            DrawStockConfig::DrawOne,
            "pressing Draw 1 must set mode to DrawOne"
        );

@@ -965,11 +997,14 @@ mod tests {
    /// Provides a fresh `GameStateResource` (not won) so the modal can
    /// open. `move_count` doesn't matter — the gate is just `!is_won`.
    fn forfeit_app() -> App {
-        use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::GameState};
+        use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameState};
        let mut app = App::new();
        app.add_plugins(MinimalPlugins).add_plugins(PausePlugin);
        app.init_resource::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>();
-        app.insert_resource(GameStateResource(GameState::new(1, DrawMode::DrawOne)));
+        app.insert_resource(GameStateResource(GameState::new(
+            1,
+            DrawStockConfig::DrawOne,
+        )));
        app.update();
        app
    }
@@ -1020,11 +1055,11 @@ mod tests {
    /// hotkey was received but is currently a no-op.
    #[test]
    fn forfeit_request_emits_toast_and_skips_modal_when_game_is_won() {
-        use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::GameState};
+        use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameState};
        let mut app = App::new();
        app.add_plugins(MinimalPlugins).add_plugins(PausePlugin);
        app.init_resource::<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>();
-        let mut game = GameState::new(1, DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        let mut game = GameState::new(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        game.set_test_won(true);
        app.insert_resource(GameStateResource(game));
        app.update();
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ use bevy::prelude::*;
 use bevy::tasks::{AsyncComputeTaskPool, Task, futures_lite::future};
 use solitaire_core::KlondikeInstruction;
 use solitaire_core::game_state::GameState;
-use solitaire_data::solver::try_solve_from_state;

 use crate::card_plugin::CardEntity;
 use crate::events::{HintVisualEvent, InfoToastEvent, StateChangedEvent};
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ impl PendingHintTask {
            // Winnable (`Ok(Some)`) carries the first move on a winning path;
            // unwinnable (`Ok(None)`) and inconclusive (`Err`) both fall back
            // to the live-state heuristic so H always produces feedback.
-            match try_solve_from_state(&state, moves_budget, states_budget) {
+            match state.solve_first_move(moves_budget, states_budget) {
                Ok(Some(first_move)) => HintTaskOutput::SolverMove(first_move),
                Ok(None) | Err(_) => HintTaskOutput::NeedsHeuristic,
            }
@@ -179,9 +178,9 @@ mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use crate::events::HintVisualEvent;
    use crate::input_plugin::HintSolverConfig;
+    use solitaire_core::{Card, Deck, Rank, Suit};
+    use solitaire_core::{DrawStockConfig, game_state::GameState};
    use solitaire_core::{Foundation, KlondikePile, Tableau};
-    use solitaire_core::card::{Card, Deck, Rank, Suit};
-    use solitaire_core::{DrawMode, game_state::GameState};

    /// Build a minimal Bevy app exercising only the polling system
    /// and the resources/messages it touches.
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ mod tests {
    /// foundations hold A..Q for each suit, four Kings sit on
    /// tableau columns 0..3, stock and waste empty.
    fn near_finished_state() -> GameState {
-        let mut game = GameState::new(1, DrawMode::DrawOne);
+        let mut game = GameState::new(1, DrawStockConfig::DrawOne);
        game.set_test_stock_cards(Vec::new());
        game.set_test_waste_cards(Vec::new());
        for foundation in [
@@ -221,32 +220,11 @@ mod tests {
        ] {
            game.set_test_foundation_cards(foundation, Vec::new());
        }
-        for tableau in [
-            Tableau::Tableau1,
-            Tableau::Tableau2,
-            Tableau::Tableau3,
-            Tableau::Tableau4,
-            Tableau::Tableau5,
-            Tableau::Tableau6,
-            Tableau::Tableau7,
-        ] {
+        for tableau in solitaire_core::TABLEAUS {
            game.set_test_tableau_cards(tableau, Vec::new());
        }
-        let suits = [Suit::Clubs, Suit::Diamonds, Suit::Hearts, Suit::Spades];
-        let ranks_below_king = [
-            Rank::Ace,
-            Rank::Two,
-            Rank::Three,
-            Rank::Four,
-            Rank::Five,
-            Rank::Six,
-            Rank::Seven,
-            Rank::Eight,
-            Rank::Nine,
-            Rank::Ten,
-            Rank::Jack,
-            Rank::Queen,
-        ];
+        let suits = Suit::SUITS;
+        let ranks_below_king = &Rank::RANKS[..12]; // everything below King
        for (foundation, suit) in [
            Foundation::Foundation1,
            Foundation::Foundation2,
@@ -271,10 +249,7 @@ mod tests {
        .into_iter()
        .zip(suits.iter())
        {
-            game.set_test_tableau_cards(
-                tableau,
-                vec![Card::new(Deck::Deck1, *suit, Rank::King)],
-            );
+            game.set_test_tableau_cards(tableau, vec![Card::new(Deck::Deck1, *suit, Rank::King)]);
        }
        game
    }
@@ -289,9 +264,11 @@ mod tests {
        let mut app = pending_hint_app();
        app.insert_resource(GameStateResource(near_finished_state()));
        let cfg = *app.world().resource::<HintSolverConfig>();
-        app.world_mut()
-            .resource_mut::<PendingHintTask>()
-            .spawn(near_finished_state(), cfg.moves_budget, cfg.states_budget);
+        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<PendingHintTask>().spawn(
+            near_finished_state(),
+            cfg.moves_budget,
+            cfg.states_budget,
+        );

        let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + std::time::Duration::from_secs(15);
        while app.world().resource::<PendingHintTask>().is_pending() {
@@ -328,9 +305,11 @@ mod tests {
        let mut app = pending_hint_app();
        app.insert_resource(GameStateResource(near_finished_state()));
        let cfg = *app.world().resource::<HintSolverConfig>();
-        app.world_mut()
-            .resource_mut::<PendingHintTask>()
-            .spawn(near_finished_state(), cfg.moves_budget, cfg.states_budget);
+        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<PendingHintTask>().spawn(
+            near_finished_state(),
+            cfg.moves_budget,
+            cfg.states_budget,
+        );
        assert!(
            app.world().resource::<PendingHintTask>().is_pending(),
            "task is in flight after spawn",
@@ -366,18 +345,22 @@ mod tests {
        let cfg = *app.world().resource::<HintSolverConfig>();

        // First spawn.
-        app.world_mut()
-            .resource_mut::<PendingHintTask>()
-            .spawn(near_finished_state(), cfg.moves_budget, cfg.states_budget);
+        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<PendingHintTask>().spawn(
+            near_finished_state(),
+            cfg.moves_budget,
+            cfg.states_budget,
+        );
        let first_handle_present = app.world().resource::<PendingHintTask>().is_pending();
        assert!(first_handle_present);

        // Second spawn. The `spawn` helper drops the prior task
        // before assigning the new one — at no point are two tasks
        // in flight.
-        app.world_mut()
-            .resource_mut::<PendingHintTask>()
-            .spawn(near_finished_state(), cfg.moves_budget, cfg.states_budget);
+        app.world_mut().resource_mut::<PendingHintTask>().spawn(
+            near_finished_state(),
+            cfg.moves_budget,
+            cfg.states_budget,
+        );
        // Resource still pending (the second task), but the first
        // is gone. We can't directly observe the first handle once
        // it's been overwritten — what we *can* assert is that the
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 //! 3. `handle_text_input` appends decimal digits / handles Backspace while
 //!    the modal is open, updating [`SeedInputBuffer`] each frame.
 //! 4. `tick_debounce_and_spawn_solver_task` waits for 12 frames (~200 ms at
-//!    60 Hz) of no input before spawning a [`try_solve`] task on
+//!    60 Hz) of no input before spawning a [`GameState::solve_fresh_deal`] task on
 //!    [`AsyncComputeTaskPool`]. Any fresh keypress drops the in-flight task
 //!    by resetting the resource.
 //! 5. `poll_solver_task` polls the in-flight task each frame and updates the
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
 use bevy::input::ButtonInput;
 use bevy::prelude::*;
 use bevy::tasks::{AsyncComputeTaskPool, Task, futures_lite::future};
-use solitaire_core::DrawMode;
-use solitaire_data::solver::{
-    DEFAULT_SOLVE_MOVES_BUDGET, DEFAULT_SOLVE_STATES_BUDGET, SolveOutcome, try_solve,
-};
+use solitaire_core::DrawStockConfig;
+use solitaire_core::game_state::GameState;
+use solitaire_core::{DEFAULT_SOLVE_MOVES_BUDGET, DEFAULT_SOLVE_STATES_BUDGET, SolveOutcome};

 use crate::events::{NewGameRequestEvent, StartPlayBySeedRequestEvent};
 use crate::font_plugin::FontResource;
@@ -341,9 +340,9 @@ fn tick_debounce_and_spawn_solver_task(

    let draw_mode = settings
        .as_ref()
-        .map_or(DrawMode::DrawOne, |s| s.0.draw_mode);
+        .map_or(DrawStockConfig::DrawOne, |s| s.0.draw_mode);
    let task = AsyncComputeTaskPool::get().spawn(async move {
-        try_solve(
+        GameState::solve_fresh_deal(
            seed,
            draw_mode,
            DEFAULT_SOLVE_MOVES_BUDGET,
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